Arc 18The Ba Snake and Realm Entry

Zhang Xuezhou helped Dong Zhongshu and Wen Weng hunt the Ba Snake, seized its eye, and learned Confucian cultivation from Dong Zhongshu. Back in reality, he advanced his mental power while the Ren family explored Realm Entry, treated Wang Haoran, and prepared for the Sequencer Grand Gathering, as Zhang Manqian suffered a disturbing hallucination.

  • Dong Zhongshu taught Zhang Xuezhou the Vast Righteous Qi Instruction in exchange for learning the Drowsiness Technique, and Zhang later taught him feng shui surveying to help locate the Ba Snake.
  • Dong Zhongshu and Wen Weng ambushed the Ba Snake at Great Peace Weir, but it escaped after Dong Zhongshu injured its eye and Wen Weng froze it.
  • Zhang Xuezhou pursued the Ba Snake’s floating eyeball, shrank it into the Eye of the Ba Snake, and used it to manifest the Kunpeng Combat Technique before being rescued from the river.
  • After waking in reality, Zhang Xuezhou learned Ren Wuyang had injured himself trying the Sunflower Manual, while Ren Anran began considering how Realm Techniques could guide cultivation.
  • Zhang Xuezhou discovered that Law Power let him leap and glide, reached the True Spirit Realm, and accepted X432 treatment from Ren Yisheng, during which he advanced his Mental Strengthening Chapter and sensed the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon within him.
  • Zhang Xuezhou demonstrated his mental power on Ren Wuyang and offered to help train people in Realm Entry, while Ren Yisheng guided Zhang Weimeng and later sought help testing whether Song Fengying could restore Song Bu’er and Qin Wenhan.
  • Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Wuyang used the Supreme Purity True Technique to help restore movement in Wang Haoran’s severed hand tendon, and Ren Anran pointed out how better casting could strengthen the healing effect.
  • Ren Wuyang agreed to discuss a rescue job with Wang Li as Flying Entertainment Livestream’s casino network brought in large commissions, while Zhang Xuezhou and Zhang Manqian prepared for the Sequencer Grand Gathering and she experienced a frightening hallucination.
Chapters 427–451 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 427Setting an Ambush

After the Ba Snake escaped, Wen Weng and Dong Zhongshu decided they would have to find and ambush it without help from the court. Dong Zhongshu explained to Zhang Xuezhou why powerful Techniques were tightly controlled, leaving Zhang alarmed by the dangers of spreading them.

  • Wen Weng and Dong Zhongshu questioned Zhang Xuezhou about the Ba Snake, but he had no useful information and had lost his horse.
  • Wen Weng and Dong Zhongshu concluded that the distant court would not send help in time, so they had to deal with the Ba Snake themselves.
  • Dong Zhongshu proposed finding the Ba Snake and ambushing it, while Wen Weng agreed to consider how to restrain it with a spell.
  • Zhang Xuezhou asked why Wen Weng's high cultivation did not make him as effective in combat as Dong Zhongshu, and Dong explained that Wen Weng lacked well-practiced Techniques.
  • Dong Zhongshu explained that dangerous high-level Techniques such as Zhang Xuezhou's Supreme Purity True Technique were restricted because people might injure themselves to master them, leaving Zhang horrified.

Ch. 428Vast Righteous Qi

Zhang Xuezhou discussed the dangers of controlling cultivation knowledge with Dong Zhongshu, who began considering how the Han Dynasty might educate and gather talent. Dong Zhongshu then offered Zhang Xuezhou the Vast Righteous Qi Art, claiming it could balance his yin and yang and let him learn techniques from any school.

  • Zhang Xuezhou questioned Dong Zhongshu about whether people could become useful while cultivation knowledge remained tightly controlled, and Dong Zhongshu said the court could never fully control talent or prevent war.
  • Zhang Xuezhou took comfort in the Han Kingdom's many impractical cultivation techniques, while Dong Zhongshu began imagining a broader plan to educate people and decided to test it on Zhang Xuezhou.
  • Dong Zhongshu questioned Zhang Xuezhou about his cultivation and concluded that he had a high realm but few practical abilities.
  • Dong Zhongshu offered Zhang Xuezhou a volume of the Vast Righteous Qi Art, claiming it could balance his yin and yang and remove restrictions on learning combat techniques.
  • Dong Zhongshu said he had learned 148 different techniques and challenged Zhang Xuezhou to teach him a Yin-Yang School technique so he could demonstrate his ability to learn it.

Ch. 429Recitation

Dong Zhongshu taught Zhang Xuezhou the Vast Righteous Qi Art after Zhang refused to become his disciple, explaining that the support doctrine would not conflict with Zhang’s cultivation. Zhang began to see its potential when he learned that reciting its instruction took no time.

  • Dong Zhongshu mastered Zhang Xuezhou’s Drowsiness Technique and offered to teach him the Vast Righteous Qi Art as his student.
  • Zhang Xuezhou refused to become Dong Zhongshu’s disciple because he was already bound to a master and could not take another.
  • Dong Zhongshu offered to teach Zhang the Vast Righteous Qi Art in exchange for the Drowsiness Technique, assuring him it would not hinder his realm cultivation.
  • Zhang agreed, and Dong Zhongshu explained the doctrine’s principles while Zhang listened carefully and sensed a subtle change.
  • Dong Zhongshu told Zhang that reciting the Vast Righteous Qi Instruction could gather heaven and earth’s righteous Qi and required no extra time, making Zhang eager to practice it.

Ch. 430A Seed of Confucianism

At the commandery governor’s residence, Dong Zhongshu taught Zhang Xuezhou the Vast Righteous Qi Instruction while discussing how Confucian teachings could complement other schools. The search for the Ba Snake ended without a trace, leaving Wen Weng and Dong Zhongshu unsure how to find it.

  • Zhang Xuezhou found temporary lodging at the commandery governor’s residence and recited Dong Zhongshu’s Vast Righteous Qi Instruction while waiting to return to reality.
  • Wen Weng questioned why Zhang Xuezhou was learning Confucian cultivation, and Dong Zhongshu explained that he hoped to introduce cultivators from other schools to Confucian teachings.
  • Dong Zhongshu admitted Zhang Xuezhou had not become his disciple, while Wen Weng warned him to be careful about teaching cultivation before Zhang joined the school.
  • Dong Zhongshu reminded Wen Weng that obtaining the Ba Snake’s gallbladder could help him advance, as they waited for the search party to return.
  • The investigators reported finding no trace of the Ba Snake near the Great Peace Weir, apart from a missing father and son, and Wen Weng and Dong Zhongshu worried about how to track it down.

Ch. 431A Little Bit

After waking in Shu Commandery City, Zhang Xuezhou worried that his prolonged sleep could leave him starving and sought ingredients for Grain Avoidance Powder. He admired Dong Zhongshu’s unusual cultivation of both literary techniques and martial arts, then revealed his limited knowledge of pill refining and Yin-Yang formations, prompting Dong Zhongshu to consider asking him to help with the Ba Snake.

  • Zhang Xuezhou woke after three days and worried that his increasingly long absences would leave him unable to eat in this world.
  • Zhang Xuezhou advanced his Grain Avoidance Instruction and decided to ask Dong Zhongshu for ingredients to make Grain Avoidance Powder.
  • Zhang Xuezhou watched Dong Zhongshu display literary techniques and martial arts through the Vast Righteous Qi Instruction.
  • Dong Zhongshu offered to teach Zhang Xuezhou his cultivation method, but Zhang Xuezhou refused because it had not yet advanced beyond the Divine Ability Realm.
  • Zhang Xuezhou praised Dong Zhongshu for developing his own cultivation method and asked him to help obtain medicinal ingredients.
  • Dong Zhongshu learned that Zhang Xuezhou knew a little about pill refining and Yin-Yang formations, and considered using his skills to help with the Ba Snake.

Ch. 432Feng Shui Site Surveying

Dong Zhongshu persuaded Zhang Xuezhou to teach him feng shui so they could locate the Ba Snake’s lair at Great Peace Weir, promising that Wen Weng would obtain the ingredients for Zhang’s Grain Avoidance Powder. Zhang refused to join the search until Wen Weng returned with a treasure to resolve the dispute.

  • Dong Zhongshu asked Zhang Xuezhou to teach him feng shui site surveying so they could find the Ba Snake, and Zhang agreed in exchange for medicinal ingredients.
  • Wen Weng arranged to obtain the ingredients, and Zhang taught Dong Zhongshu what he remembered about surveying feng shui sites.
  • Dong Zhongshu gained confidence after learning the technique and proposed searching Great Peace Weir for the Ba Snake’s lair and preparing an ambush.
  • Dong Zhongshu insisted that Zhang accompany them, but Zhang refused, saying he fainted at the sight of snakes and did not trust Dong to protect him.
  • Wen Weng returned after making preparations and took out a treasure to settle the matter between Zhang and Dong.

Ch. 433I Want to Become an Official

Zhang Xuezhou admired Wen Weng’s Mountain-Subduing Stone and declared that he wanted to become an official so he could obtain rare treasures from the imperial court. At the Great Peace Weir, Dong Zhongshu surveyed the flooded river and began using feng shui to search for an auspicious site.

  • Wen Weng explained the Mountain-Subduing Stone’s protective power and said that an official might request Dushan Jade from the imperial court.
  • Zhang Xuezhou said he wanted to become an official, and Wen Weng offered him a letter of recommendation.
  • Wen Weng described the Great Peace Weir’s flooded channels, and Dong Zhongshu identified the river as a place of vital waters.
  • Zhang Shu and Zhao Liang laid bamboo poles toward the river’s center, and Dong Zhongshu crossed them to survey the site.
  • Dong Zhongshu identified the river’s center as the dragon’s spine and sent a glimmer of blue light downstream to search for the dragon’s mouth.

Ch. 434The Ba Snake's Tribulation

Wen Weng, Dong Zhongshu, and Zhang Xuezhou investigated a deep pool where Dong Zhongshu’s Feng Shui technique had detected a possible Ba Snake lair. They found the wounded Ba Snake recovering from a Lightning Tribulation, and Dong Zhongshu and Wen Weng attacked as it tried to escape.

  • Wen Weng chose to investigate the deep pool, and Zhang Shu prepared bait while Zhao Liang dove into the water.
  • Zhang Xuezhou spotted faint ripples and warned Dong Zhongshu and the others, who were on a bamboo raft above the Ba Snake’s lair.
  • The Ba Snake rose beneath the raft and swallowed the bait, while Dong Zhongshu struck its right eye and noticed its sluggishness and Lightning Tribulation scars.
  • Dong Zhongshu realized the Ba Snake had survived the Lightning Tribulation, and Wen Weng froze it as it tried to dive away.
  • The Ba Snake regained its senses, threatened its attackers, and shrank to escape; Dong Zhongshu’s wind blade lodged in its eye socket and forced the eyeball into the river.

Ch. 435The Eye of the Ba Snake

After Wen Weng and Dong Zhongshu failed to capture the Ba Snake, Zhang Xuezhou pursued its severed eyeball and claimed it as a demon treasure. The treasure let him manifest the Kunpeng Combat Technique, while the wounded Ba Snake escaped and Zhang Xuezhou wondered what its other eye might do.

  • Wen Weng and Dong Zhongshu discussed tracking the Ba Snake with its body parts after it escaped their second encounter.
  • Dong Zhongshu and Wen Weng realized the Ba Snake's eyeball had been lost in the river and decided to search again the next day.
  • Wen Weng sensed that Zhang Xuezhou and the Mountain-Subduing Stone had moved downstream while the group helped rescue Zhao Liang.
  • Zhang Xuezhou kept the Ba Snake at bay as they both pursued its floating eyeball, and the Ba Snake eventually retreated across the river.
  • Zhang Xuezhou seized the eyeball and used his Law Power to shrink it into a black bead called the Eye of the Ba Snake.
  • Zhang Xuezhou used the treasure to manifest the Kunpeng Combat Technique and wondered whether the Ba Snake's other eye could do the same.

Ch. 436A Long Road and a Heavy Burden

After losing track of Zhang Xuezhou and the Mountain-Subduing Stone, Wen Weng and Dong Zhongshu searched the floodwaters and found Zhang Xuezhou floating downstream. They rescued him alive and suspected his Innate Water Body had kept him breathing, while Wen Weng reflected on the Han Dynasty’s difficult road ahead.

  • Wen Weng and Dong Zhongshu failed to sense Zhang Xuezhou or the Mountain-Subduing Stone and worried that both were lost in the flood.
  • Wen Weng discussed the scarcity of practical cultivation techniques with Dong Zhongshu and turned back to the academy and Great Peace Weir’s affairs.
  • Zhao Liang spotted someone floating in the river, and Wen Weng and Dong Zhongshu recognized Zhang Xuezhou.
  • Dong Zhongshu entered the river and found Zhang Xuezhou still breathing, then Zhang Shu helped pull him from the water.
  • Dong Zhongshu suggested Zhang Xuezhou had an Innate Water Body, and Wen Weng lamented the loss of the Water Element Sect before reflecting on the Han Dynasty’s long road ahead.

Ch. 437A normal person wouldn't do something like this

After waking from a week-long sleep, Zhang Xuezhou feared that his body in the other world had drowned and struggled to recover his composure. His spirits lifted slightly when he learned about his parents’ genetic results, then improved further when he discovered Ren Wuyang had tried the Sunflower Manual and suffered for it.

  • Zhang Xuezhou woke in the Xuanshi Building after a week asleep, panicked about having fallen into a flood in the other world, and learned Ren Anran and Zhang Weimeng had been watching over him.
  • Zhang Xuezhou washed up and went to eat guinea fowl, while Zhang Weimeng asked him about having sheep genes.
  • Zhang Xuezhou explained that genetic similarities did not mean Zhang Weimeng had sheep genes, then learned both of his parents had sheep-related results in their sequencing.
  • Zhang Xuezhou brooded over the decisions that had left him in danger, then tried to numb himself by eating several portions of guinea fowl.
  • Ren Wuyang told Zhang Xuezhou that he had cultivated the Sunflower Manual, lost a body part, and noticed only that the tree in his perception had grown leaves.
  • Zhang Xuezhou realized Ren Wuyang had been drawn into trying the manual and remarked that a normal person would not do such a thing.

Ch. 438Hongku the Ascetic

Zhang Xuezhou revealed that Ren Wuyang had cultivated a difficult version of a martial arts technique without needing the castration its manual prescribed, leaving Ren Wuyang regretful and confused. Ren Anran considered how the new cultivation path could be improved, while a woman secretly observing Zhang Xuezhou learned about Hongku and approached his table.

  • Zhang Xuezhou explained that Ren Wuyang had mastered an advanced version of the Heart Incantation and could have done so without the operation.
  • Ren Wuyang realized he had damaged his body and made cultivation harder, while Zhang Xuezhou claimed he regretted choosing the same difficult path.
  • Ren Wuyang suspected Hongku's influence explained Zhang Xuezhou's unusual behavior and left in a hurry.
  • Ren Anran compared the two realm techniques and considered how more examples might help create a simpler cultivation method.
  • Ren Wuyang told Ren Anran that Zhang Xuezhou's material came from an ascetic named Hongku.
  • A woman with glasses who had been secretly observing Zhang Xuezhou learned Hongku's name, wiped her lips, and walked toward his table.

Ch. 439Zhou Yueyan

Zhou Yueyan approached Zhang Xuezhou in the dining hall and offered him her blood-serum services, while Ren Anran warned him against trusting her. Zhang Xuezhou recovered from his despair and, after eating a large amount of guinea fowl, sensed a change in his body that felt like the Heavenly Robe’s power.

  • Zhou Yueyan introduced herself to Zhang Xuezhou as a genetics researcher and left him her business card, then exchanged a pointed greeting with Ren Anran.
  • Ren Anran warned Zhang Xuezhou not to associate with Zhou Yueyan, who teased him about a genetically modified alternative to guinea fowl.
  • Zhang Xuezhou continued eating despite Ren Anran’s warning, while Ren Anran became distracted by thoughts about mental abilities and forgot his name.
  • Ren Anran’s forgetfulness lifted Zhang Xuezhou’s spirits, and he resolved to accept the possible loss of his other body and focus on escaping the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon’s control.
  • After eating more guinea fowl, Zhang Xuezhou felt his body grow lighter and sensed the Heavenly Robe’s effect, wondering if he was about to fly.

Ch. 440Left and Right

Zhang Xuezhou discovered he could fly backward by combining the Crane Form Fist with mental power, while Ren Anran worked out how Gene Fighting Techniques and mental techniques could be joined. The chapter left Ren Anran facing two possible paths into Realm Entry.

  • Zhang Xuezhou used the Crane Form Fist to launch himself backward and struck a landscaping tree before testing his flight again.
  • Zhang Weimeng mistook Zhang Xuezhou's backward flight for the Flying Sheep Wall Running martial art, while Ren Anran recognized that he was combining mental power with the Crane Form Fist.
  • Ren Anran recalled Zhang Xuezhou's ability to keep rain away and reasoned that he had made the Crane Form Fist more effective by adapting it to himself.
  • Ren Yisheng called Ren Anran, and she realized that a Realm Technique might bridge mental power and Gene Fighting Techniques.
  • Ren Anran connected the Heart Incantation and the Sunflower Manual to two possible routes into Realm Entry, which appeared to her as a choice between left and right.

Ch. 441Hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the livestream

Zhou Yueyan watched Zhang Xuezhou demonstrate Crane Form Fist while assessing whether Ren Yisheng could help the Zhou Household, then started a livestream that unexpectedly attracted Lao Luo and Zhou So-and-so's Bleak Life. The viewers recognized Ren Yisheng in her camera view, leaving Zhou Yueyan worried she had missed something important.

  • Zhou Yueyan used a telescope to watch Zhang Xuezhou perform Crane Form Fist and considered whether Ren Yisheng could become a valuable ally to the Zhou Household.
  • Zhou Yueyan noted that she wanted to try crane blood serum, then opened a livestream to pass the time.
  • Several viewers entered Zhou Yueyan's stream, and one tipped her a hundred yuan.
  • Lao Luo and Zhou So-and-so's Bleak Life joined the stream, and Zhou Yueyan recognized them from their accounts and familiar manner of speaking.
  • Zhou Yueyan aimed the camera at the scene outside, where Zhang Xuezhou hopped through the woods and the viewers commented on his jumps.
  • Lao Luo spotted Ren Yisheng in the camera view and asked why he was not doing research, while Zhou Yueyan realized she might have missed important information.

Ch. 442Two Kinds of Advancement

After seven days of sleep and an emotional upheaval, Zhang Xuezhou regained his composure and entered the True Spirit Realm, while Ren Anran also entered a realm. Ren Yisheng questioned Zhang Xuezhou about his experience and urged the group to cooperate with Zhou Yueyan, who watched them from the dining center and broadcast his remarks.

  • Zhang Xuezhou tested how Law Power helped him leap and glide, then realized he had entered the True Spirit Realm again.
  • Ren Yisheng sensed Law Power emerging in Ren Anran and saw that Zhang Xuezhou had reached the True Spirit Realm.
  • Ren Yisheng asked Zhang Xuezhou about his seven days of sleep, and Zhang Xuezhou said his sleep schedule might remain abnormal.
  • Ren Yisheng spotted Zhou Yueyan watching from the dining center and advised the group to cooperate with her laboratory for high-grade blood serums.
  • Zhou Yueyan read Ren Yisheng's words through binoculars and displayed them in her livestream.

Ch. 443X432 Body Repair Technology

Ren Yisheng offered Zhang Xuezhou an X432 Body Repair Technology treatment, which could invigorate his mind and aid his cultivation. While Zhang Xuezhou received treatment at Jishi Medical Center, Ren Yisheng prepared to help Zhang Weimeng achieve Realm Entry.

  • Ren Yisheng offered Zhang Xuezhou an X432 treatment using funds the Supreme Sequence Committee had paid for his earlier X446 treatment, and Zhang Xuezhou accepted.
  • Ren Yisheng explained that X432 could ease mental exhaustion and boost Mental Strengthening, while Ren Wuyang warned of its addictive pleasure and discussed his own cultivation mishaps.
  • Ren Yisheng asked Zhang Xuezhou to assist with an operation after recovering, and Zhang Xuezhou offered to improve his translations of ancient scripts and help train people in Realm Entry.
  • Zhang Xuezhou entered a different treatment tank at Jishi Medical Center, and Ren Yisheng called Zhang Weimeng aside to guide him into Realm Entry.

Ch. 444The Blessing of the Emperor's Possession

Zhang Xuezhou used the X432 Body Repair Technology to advance his Mental Strengthening Chapter and broke through its fourth chapter before losing consciousness. As Ren Anran and Ren Wuyang watched, Ren Anran realized that her new insight into Realm Techniques might have come from Hongku.

  • Zhang Xuezhou studied Ren Yisheng’s notes, then began the X432 treatment and struggled to practice through its growing comfort.
  • Zhang Xuezhou focused on the fourth chapter of the Mental Strengthening Chapter and pushed his mental energy forward, hoping to gain the power to control his strength.
  • Zhang Xuezhou sensed something break in his mind and slumped unconscious; Ren Anran and Ren Wuyang noted that he had endured the treatment longer than Ren Wuyang had.
  • Ren Anran explained that the Heart Incantation and Sunflower Manual could support different aspects of Realm cultivation and help advance it.
  • Ren Anran told Ren Wuyang that Hongku might have affected her after she gained unusual Realm Technique insight from her earlier encounter with Zhang Xuezhou.

Ch. 445Watching

During X432 treatment, Zhang Xuezhou recalled that the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon had already entered his body while fleeing a catastrophe, though it seemed severely weakened. He then witnessed Dong Zhongshu and Wen Weng carrying him through the mud as an unseen presence watched them, before waking and questioning whether the experience was a dream or a problem with the treatment.

  • Zhang Xuezhou fell asleep while practicing the fourth chapter of the Mental Strengthening Chapter during X432 treatment.
  • Zhang Xuezhou remembered the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon's destruction-filled escape and realized it had taken refuge inside him, apparently after splitting off dozens of tiny starlights.
  • Zhang Xuezhou saw Dong Zhongshu, Wen Weng, Zhang Shu, and Zhao Liang making their way through the mud while he remained unconscious and clutched the Ba Snake's eye.
  • Dong Zhongshu sensed that someone was watching the group, and Wen Weng also noticed the presence, but neither found its source.
  • Zhang Xuezhou's vision faded, and he awoke to Ren Yisheng's uncomprehending gaze, wondering whether the experience had been a dream or a treatment problem.

Ch. 446Controlling the Division of Mental Power

After another failure of the X432 Body Repair Technology, Ren Yisheng disciplined Jishi Medical Center staff while Zhang Xuezhou recovered and reflected on his new mental abilities. Zhang Xuezhou demonstrated that he could use his mental power to affect Ren Wuyang, and he began to see Ren Anran as a potential companion in cultivation.

  • Ren Yisheng reprimanded Jishi Medical Center's staff over the failed treatment and pressured several managers to accept transfers and relinquish authority.
  • Zhang Xuezhou told Ren Wuyang that he had broken through, then resolved to cultivate the Water Avoidance Instruction in hopes of surviving his fall into the flood.
  • Ren Anran recognized that Zhang Xuezhou had divided his attention and advanced his mental power, while Ren Wuyang urged him to demonstrate its effects.
  • Zhang Xuezhou used his mental power on Ren Wuyang, causing a painful sensation that made him suppress his Dragon Elephant Combat Technique and bleed from the nose.
  • Ren Anran advised Zhang Xuezhou to emphasize control when developing a combat technique, and he recognized her unusual insight into Realm Techniques as he considered her a possible cultivation companion.

Ch. 447A Complex Cultivation System

Zhang Xuezhou discussed cultivation techniques with Ren Anran, prompting Ren Yisheng to recognize how complex the path could become. Zhang Xuezhou requested a reservation for X446 Body Repair Technology and revealed that Flying Entertainment Livestream’s recent profits could help cover the cost, leaving Ren Wuyang stunned by his five-million share.

  • Zhang Xuezhou explained techniques and cultivation to Ren Anran while Ren Yisheng listened outside and realized the system was more complex than he had expected.
  • Ren Yisheng noticed Ren Anran’s unusual ability to follow Zhang Xuezhou’s explanations despite having studied the path for only a little over ten days.
  • Ren Yisheng entered the observation room, and Zhang Xuezhou said he had officially reached the fifth chapter of the Mental Strengthening Chapter but still had not returned to normal.
  • Zhang Xuezhou asked Ren Yisheng to reserve treatment using X446 Body Repair Technology and said he and his associates could pay for it themselves.
  • Zhang Xuezhou revealed that Ren Wuyang owned twenty percent of Flying Entertainment Livestream and could receive around five million from its recent profits, astonishing Ren Wuyang.

Ch. 448My Dad Is Fine

Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Yisheng discovered that Zhang Weimeng had recovered normally after achieving Realm Entry, possibly because of his long experience with the boundary between reality and illusion. They then turned to Wang Haoran’s treatment, while his sons worried about their declining family and watched the medical team prepare for surgery.

  • Zhang Weimeng woke from Ren Yisheng’s mental guidance without lasting confusion, and Zhang Xuezhou confirmed that his father was fine.
  • Zhang Weimeng explained that he had recognized the illusion as fake, leading Ren Yisheng and Zhang Xuezhou to consider his mental burning and years of blurred reality as possible reasons for his recovery.
  • Ren Yisheng asked Zhang Xuezhou to arrange a test with Song Fengying, hoping to find a way to restore Song Bu’er and Qin Wenhan.
  • Ren Yisheng examined Wang Haoran and explained to his sons that surgery to reconnect his severed tendons needed to happen soon, though recovery would be gradual and uncertain.
  • Wang Haoran’s sons discussed holding their diminished family together and raising reliable descendants, then watched Ren Yisheng’s team prepare for surgery.
  • The brothers were alarmed when an assistant rolled up his sleeves and pressed a bare palm over Wang Haoran’s wound.

Ch. 449Hope of Healing

Ren Yisheng operated on Wang Haoran while Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Wuyang used the Supreme Purity True Technique to aid his healing. The chapter ended with Wang Haoran considering Zhang Xuezhou’s painful proposal for repeatedly healing his injuries, despite the uncertainty and suffering involved.

  • Ren Yisheng sutured Wang Haoran’s severed hand tendon, and Zhang Xuezhou’s Supreme Purity True Technique helped restore sensation and movement.
  • Ren Wuyang cast the Technique on Wang Haoran, but Ren Yisheng found its healing effect weak and asked Zhang Xuezhou to cast it again.
  • Ren Anran identified flaws in Ren Wuyang’s casting and explained that improved stability could greatly increase the Technique’s power.
  • Zhang Xuezhou said the advanced Supreme Purity True Technique might heal severed limbs, giving Wang Haoran hope for a future recovery.
  • Zhang Xuezhou suggested that repeated casting on deliberately strained tendons and cut wounds might heal Wang Haoran’s injuries, and Wang Haoran became eager to try despite the pain.

Ch. 450Wang Li's Second Harvest

Zhang Xuezhou and Zhang Manqian reunited as the Ren siblings discussed borrowing money and protecting Flying Entertainment Livestream, whose profits could support the Ren Household. Wang Li contacted Ren Wuyang to recruit him for a paid rescue job in Chuzhou City, beginning another effort to profit from trapped gamblers.

  • Zhang Manqian knocked Zhang Xuezhou to the ground, then Ren Anran asked him to lend her 4.99 million for a blood agent.
  • Ren Wuyang explained that Flying Entertainment Livestream had ample cash flow, and Ren Anran urged him to protect the venture as a valuable source of funds for the Ren Household.
  • Ren Anran and Ren Wuyang identified Wang Li as a major shareholder who had gained personal capital after the Wang Household lost power.
  • Wang Li messaged Ren Wuyang, offering money to help two friends trapped in Chuzhou City return safely to Western Capital.
  • Ren Wuyang agreed to speak with Wang Li about the rescue job.

Ch. 451Three Hallucinations

Ren Wuyang learned how Flying Entertainment Livestream had linked hundreds of casinos into a profitable betting scheme, while Ren Anran persuaded him to spend the coming proceeds on better blood serum. Zhang Manqian suffered a violent hallucination of Zhang Xuezhou, leaving the siblings shaken and unsure what the visions meant.

  • Ren Wuyang discovered that Flying Entertainment Livestream had coordinated nearly three hundred casinos to manipulate outside betting and earn enormous commissions.
  • Ren Wuyang and Ren Anran discussed Wang Li's expected profits, and Ren Anran asked her brother to buy high-grade blood serum from Zhou Yueyan.
  • Zhang Xuezhou and Zhang Manqian discussed his slow reactions, combat training, and their parents' abilities ahead of the Sequencer Grand Gathering.
  • Zhang Weimeng told the siblings that Zhang Manqian's earlier hallucination had not involved him and had probably shown her children dying.
  • Zhang Manqian hallucinated Zhang Xuezhou's bloodied face and a black core with tentacle-like threads on his forehead, then took Origin-Nurturing Pill paste to recover.
Arc 18 of 56
Arc 18 of 56