Recaps

Chen Fan registered for Jiangnan No. 1 High School’s independent admissions examination, stunning the staff with his age of eight. When admissions director Wei Tianlong saw Chen Fan’s recorded Qi and Blood of 57 calories, he ordered access to the boy’s examination-site monitoring and decided to invigilate personally.

• Li Guangming showed Chen Fan the elite students at Tian Nan City First Martial Dao Elementary School before they entered the registration hall.
• The registration teacher saw Chen Fan’s age was eight, completed his registration personally, and issued him bracelet A-37.
• Li Guangming urged Chen Fan to show the Jiangnan Region’s geniuses what a real monster looked like as Chen Fan headed into the examination site.
• Wei Tianlong reviewed the top candidates’ records before his optical computer flagged Chen Fan’s age and Qi and Blood result as abnormal.
• Wei Tianlong ordered the A-37 examination-site monitoring switched to his screen so he could invigilate Chen Fan personally.

Eight-year-old Chen Fan stunned the Jiangnan Region examination hall by recording 57.0 calories of Qi-Blood, far exceeding expectations. After passing the first assessment, he faced the martial arts aptitude test, where Hong Yi earned an excellent rating before Chen Fan was called to demonstrate his skill.

• The examiner eliminated examinees whose Qi-Blood readings fell below thirty-five calories, leaving only sixteen of nearly fifty candidates.
• Hong Yi recorded 69.5 calories, the highest reading so far, and impressed the examiner with his strength.
• Chen Fan's Qi-Blood reading climbed to 57.0 calories, shocking the examinees and prompting Wei Tianlong to recognize his extraordinary talent.
• The examiner began the martial arts aptitude assessment, requiring each candidate to demonstrate a basic martial art.
• Hong Yi performed Hong Fist at perfection and received an excellent rating.
• Chen Fan stepped forward for his assessment and stood casually without taking a stance or mobilizing his Qi and Blood.

Chen Fan revealed that his Five Elements Fist had reached the Pinnacle Realm, stunning the examinees and staff at Jiangnan No. 1 High School. Wei Tianlong interrupted the admissions exam to admit Chen Fan immediately, while outside, Principal Li Guangming mistook Chen Fan’s early exit for failure.

• Hong Yi and the other examinees doubted Chen Fan’s martial arts realm and mocked him before his demonstration.
• Chen Fan casually threw a Geng Metal Fist, revealing the five elements’ nascent intent and overwhelming everyone in the arena.
• The examiner recognized Chen Fan’s Pinnacle Realm, while Hong Yi’s confidence and fighting spirit crumbled.
• Wei Tianlong saw the replay, rushed to exam hall A-37, and ordered the area sealed off.
• Wei Tianlong announced Chen Fan’s immediate admission and waived all remaining assessments.
• Chen Fan walked out first, and Li Guangming assumed he had been eliminated as Zhang Jianguo mocked his boast.

Chen Fan revealed that he had been admitted early to Jiangnan No. 1 High School, and admissions director Wei Tianlong confirmed the news. Li Guangming celebrated by announcing Chen Fan’s achievement to East Sea Martial Arts Elementary School, where the students and teachers erupted in cheers.

• Li Guangming feared Chen Fan had failed and comforted him, but Chen Fan calmly said he had been admitted early.
• Wei Tianlong rushed from the examination hall and congratulated Li Guangming, praising Chen Fan as a priceless treasure.
• Li Guangming celebrated Chen Fan’s admission and smugly answered Zhang Jianguo’s earlier mockery before leaving with Chen Fan.
• Li Guangming brought Chen Fan straight to East Sea Martial Arts Elementary School and called an emergency assembly.
• Li Guangming announced Chen Fan’s unprecedented early admission to Jiangnan First High School, prompting the school to erupt in cheers while Chen Fan remained calm.

Chen Fan received Jiangnan No. 1 High School’s Star-Transferring Blood Art and risked severe injury trying to cultivate it, eventually drawing on real starlight to refine his Qi and Blood. The chapter ended with the school’s principal realizing no one had been sent to supervise Chen Fan and fearing for his life.

• Chen Ping heard news of a genius named Chen Fan but assumed it was someone else and avoided mentioning it to his grandson.
• Li Guangming gave Chen Fan the Star-Transferring Blood Art, which warned that cultivation without extraordinary talent, perseverance, and fortune would lead to death.
• Chen Fan repeatedly failed to circulate his Qi and Blood through the art’s complex route, suffering intense pain and spitting up blood.
• Chen Fan opened the cultivation room’s dome, drew in real starlight, and used it to begin refining his Qi and Blood.
• Wei Tianlong told Jiangnan No. 1 High School’s principal that he had given Chen Fan an S-grade contract, and the principal realized no teacher had been sent to guard him.

Wei Tianlong and Li Guangming rushed to the special-grade cultivation room, fearing Chen Fan had died while practicing the dangerous Star-Transferring Blood Art. Chen Fan emerged alive after reaching its entry level in one night, leaving both men stunned by his success.

• The white-haired principal sent Wei Tianlong to East Sea City with the Black Crow and warned him not to return if anything happened to Chen Fan.
• Wei Tianlong reached East Sea Martial Arts Elementary School and learned from Li Guangming that Chen Fan had cultivated alone through the night.
• Wei Tianlong explained that the Star-Transferring Blood Art required an expert to guide the cultivator or risk crippling or killing them, and he and Li Guangming raced to the cultivation room.
• The alloy doors opened before Wei Tianlong could force them, and Chen Fan walked out alive, pale and sweaty but with Star Power in his Qi and Blood.
• Wei Tianlong recognized that Chen Fan had reached the art's entry level, and Chen Fan said he had simply kept cultivating until he did.

Wei Tianlong recognized Chen Fan’s extraordinary talent and gave him a precious Nine-Orifice Dragon Blood Pill before rushing to report to the principal. After Li Guangming warned Chen Fan to be more careful, Chen Fan swallowed the pill and began cultivating as its power clashed with the Star-Transferring Blood Art.

• Wei Tianlong laughed with relief after Chen Fan explained that he had practiced until he reached the beginner level.
• Wei Tianlong gave Chen Fan a Nine-Orifice Dragon Blood Pill as an apology and hurried back to report his discovery to the principal.
• Li Guangming urged Chen Fan to avoid reckless cultivation, and Chen Fan promised to be more careful.
• Chen Fan swallowed the pill and activated the Star-Transferring Blood Art as the dragon-blood energy surged through his body.

Chen Fan broke through the prospective martial artist bottleneck and reached 65.3 calories of Qi and Blood, then received a major talent increase on his ninth birthday. Meanwhile, his parents fought on a distant battlefield and realized they could not contact him to wish him a happy birthday.

• Chen Fan used the Star-Transferring Blood Art and the Nine-Orifice Dragon Blood Pill to break through his bottleneck, raising his Qi and Blood to 65.3 calories.
• The principal of Jiangnan No. 1 High School ordered Wei Tianlong to place Chen Fan directly in the Prodigy Class when he enrolled.
• On his ninth birthday, Chen Fan gained 2560 Martial Dao Talent and saw his rating rise to 5110, inspiring him to pursue minor mastery of the Star-Transferring Blood Art.
• Chen Long and Luo Mengjie survived a battle on G-7 Resource Planet and returned wounded to their dormitory at No. 368 Battlefield Fortress.
• Luo Mengjie realized it was Chen Fan's birthday, and she and Chen Long grieved that battlefield communications kept them from reaching their son.

Chen Fan measured his Qi and Blood at 73.2 calories before leaving for Jiangnan No. 1 High School, where he had earned exceptional early admission as East Sea City’s Qilin Prodigy. After Chen Ping learned the truth and tearfully saw him off, he tried to tell Chen Fan’s parents, but the message could not reach them in the S-Rank interference zone.

• Chen Fan measured his Qi and Blood at 73.2 calories on the eve of school.
• Li Guangming arrived to escort Chen Fan to Jiangnan No. 1 High School and revealed his exceptional early admission to Chen Ping.
• Chen Ping learned that Chen Fan was East Sea City’s Qilin Prodigy and worried about his grandson leaving home.
• Chen Fan promised to care for himself and visit during breaks, then left with Li Guangming for Tiannan City.
• Chen Ping tried to send the news to Chen Fan’s parents on the Starry Sky Frontline, but the communication failed.

Chen Fan arrived at Jiangnan No. 1 High School and was placed in its elite Prodigy Class, where his former assessment opponent Hong Yi recognized him. The class’s new instructor, Feng Lie, overwhelmed the other students with his pressure but found Chen Fan unmoved.

• Chen Ping dismissed a warning on his military terminal as signal interference and planned to tell his son and daughter-in-law about his family’s glory once communications improved.
• Li Guangming brought Chen Fan to Jiangnan No. 1 High School, where Admissions Director Wei Tianlong welcomed Chen Fan with unusual deference and promised him the highest level of support.
• Wei Tianlong escorted Chen Fan to the Prodigy Class, where Hong Yi recognized him as the student who had defeated him during the admissions assessment.
• Chen Fan ignored the other prodigies’ scrutiny, sat in a corner, and began preparing to cultivate, provoking one student’s anger.
• Feng Lie kicked open the classroom’s heavy alloy door, introduced himself as the students’ third-stage Bone Tempering instructor, and suppressed the class with his aura.
• Feng Lie noticed that Chen Fan remained calm and continued sitting cross-legged under the pressure.

Chen Fan ignored Feng Lie’s pressure and learned that the Prodigy Class rewarded top rankings with abundant resources, then entered the initial assessment ranking in eighth place. When Lei Meng challenged him as an easy target, Chen Fan defeated him with one precise strike, shocking the class.

• Feng Lie focused most of his pressure on Chen Fan, but Chen Fan’s Star Power absorbed it while he continued contemplating the Star-Transferring Blood Art.
• Feng Lie announced weekly rankings, resource rewards, and elimination rules, and Chen Fan became eager to claim first place for the resources he needed to find his parents.
• At the Martial Dao training hall, the initial rankings placed Qin Wuyue first, Hong Yi second, and Chen Fan eighth, provoking resentment among the other prodigies.
• Feng Lie allowed anyone to challenge a student in the top ten, and Lei Meng challenged Chen Fan, expecting to seize his ranking.
• Chen Fan dodged Lei Meng’s Mountain-Crushing Fist and struck beneath his ribs with Metal-Element Fist Intent, sending him out of the arena and leaving the class stunned.

Chen Fan defeated three challengers with a single move each, then skipped over Hong Yi and challenged Qin Wuyue, the Prodigy Class's number one. Qin Wuyue accepted and revealed Qi and Blood of 75.2 calories as they prepared to fight.

• Feng Lie mocked the arena, and a defensive specialist challenged Chen Fan, only to be knocked unconscious by one punch.
• A speed-focused prodigy challenged Chen Fan, who struck him down with a single move before he could gain an advantage.
• Chen Fan's three victories silenced the crowd, and he looked past the higher-ranked students to Hong Yi.
• Chen Fan skipped past Hong Yi and challenged Qin Wuyue, leaving Hong Yi furious and humiliated.
• Qin Wuyue accepted the challenge, stepped onto the platform, and displayed Qi and Blood of 75.2 calories.

Chen Fan revealed 73.2 calories of Qi and Blood and fought Qin Wuyue to a draw, shocking the arena. Instructor Feng Lie declared them tied for first.

• Qin Wuyue’s Qi and Blood test showed 75.2 calories, and spectators expected her to defeat Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan stopped holding back and tested at 73.2 calories of Qi and Blood, stunning the arena and making Hong Yi realize how far beneath him he was.
• Qin Wuyue treated Chen Fan as her equal, and the match began as she attacked with a flurry of sword strikes.
• Chen Fan countered with his Pinnacle Realm Five Elements Fist and Star Fist Intent, and both fighters exchanged blows before stepping back three paces.
• Qin Wuyue bled from her sword hand while Chen Fan bore a shallow sword mark, and Instructor Feng Lie declared them tied for first.

Hong Yi challenged Chen Fan after watching his fight with Qin Wuyue, but Chen Fan defeated him with one precise punch. Feng Lie declared Chen Fan and Qin Wuyue tied for first and ordered the prodigies to prepare for their first real lesson.

• Hong Yi challenged Chen Fan and offered to wait an hour so Chen Fan could recover, but Chen Fan refused.
• Hong Yi unleashed Hong Sect Threefold Waves with his 69.5 cal of Qi and Blood.
• Chen Fan found an opening in Hong Yi's attack and struck it with Five Elements Fist, sending Hong Yi flying and leaving him unconscious.
• Feng Lie praised Chen Fan's victory, declared Chen Fan and Qin Wuyue tied for first, and ordered the prodigies to report to the training ground at seven the next morning.

Chen Fan asked Instructor Feng Lie to teach him a weapon-based martial art after mastering the Five Elements Fist, then chose Five Elements Basic Swordplay at the Arsenal. He received the inheritance and absorbed its principles, leaving Feng Lie eager to see how far he would develop it.

• After the other students left, Qin Wuyue meditated while Chen Fan approached Instructor Feng Lie and asked to learn a weapon-based martial art.
• Chen Fan told Feng Lie he had cultivated the Five Elements Fist to the Pinnacle Realm and had time to learn another basic art, so Feng Lie took him to the Arsenal.
• Chen Fan examined the basic swordplay techniques and chose Five Elements Basic Swordplay because it shared the Five Elements foundation of his existing martial arts.
• Feng Lie transferred the swordplay inheritance to Chen Fan, who quickly absorbed its essential principles and five basic movements.

Chen Fan mastered the Five Elements Swordplay to minor mastery after a single night, shocking Instructor Feng Lie and the school’s leadership. The principal ordered the school to support Chen Fan’s cultivation and promised he could skip a grade if he perfected the sword art within a month.

• Chen Fan studied the Five Elements Swordplay in his private room and reached minor mastery by dawn by combining it with the Star-Transferring Blood Art.
• Chen Fan arrived at the training hall, where Feng Lie assigned the dispirited prodigies free training after their defeat the previous day.
• Chen Fan demonstrated his swordplay, and Feng Lie realized he had reached minor mastery in one night.
• Feng Lie called Wei Tianlong and reported Chen Fan’s achievement, leaving Wei Tianlong stunned.
• The principal ordered Feng Lie to keep observing Chen Fan and directed the school to provide for his cultivation needs, adding that Chen Fan could skip a grade if he perfected the sword art within a month.

The Old Principal ordered the school to support Chen Fan without interfering, and Chen Fan spent the month cultivating until he perfected Five Elements Swordplay. His qi and blood reached 80 calories, leaving Qin Wuyue behind and prompting her to challenge him.

• The Old Principal convinced Wei Tianlong that Chen Fan needed a path suited to his exceptional talent and told Feng Lie to meet Chen Fan's cultivation needs without interference.
• Chen Fan consumed seventy-two Primary Qi-Blood Potions over the month and advanced his Five Elements Swordplay to perfection by fusing it with his Five Elements Fist Intent.
• Feng Lie and the Prodigy Class watched as Chen Fan perfected his swordplay on the final day of the wager.
• Chen Fan tested his qi and blood, and the machine recorded 80 calories, up from 73.2 a month earlier.
• Qin Wuyue realized Chen Fan had surpassed her 79.1 calories and stood to challenge him to a fight.

Qin Wuyue challenged Chen Fan, but he effortlessly broke her strongest sword strike and won. The principal summoned the reclusive Gu Ci to teach Chen Fan, and Gu Ci arrived at the office.

• Qin Wuyue challenged Chen Fan to a duel, and Feng Lie approved it.
• Chen Fan shattered Qin Wuyue’s full-powered sword strike with one finger, and she admitted defeat and bowed to him.
• Feng Lie reported Chen Fan’s 80 cal of Qi and Blood and perfected Five Elements Swordplay to the principal.
• The principal called Gu Ci through the school’s encrypted line and asked him to teach a student.
• Gu Ci arrived at the principal’s office, and the principal told him that Chen Fan needed his instruction.

Gu Ci reconsidered teaching Chen Fan after seeing his exceptional records, then watched him attempt to fuse his martial arts with Star Power. Chen Fan succeeded in creating the Five Elements Stars Transformation, and Gu Ci silently appeared before him.

• The Old Principal showed Gu Ci Chen Fan’s assessment results and urged him to consider personally teaching a student who could become the Federation Top Scholar, so Gu Ci agreed to take a look.
• Chen Fan reviewed his fight with Qin Wuyue, practiced the Five Elements Fist and Five Elements Swordplay, and realized they shared the same origin and might be united.
• Chen Fan’s first attempt to fuse the arts caused his Qi and Blood to collide violently, while Gu Ci entered the cultivation room and watched him.
• Chen Fan used Star Power to control and temper the fist intent and sword principles, enduring severe pain until they merged into a new power.
• Chen Fan tested the fusion by cutting a tiny hole through the alloy wall and named his creation the Five Elements Stars Transformation.
• Gu Ci appeared silently before Chen Fan, who looked up at him in surprise.

After Chen Fan agreed to learn from Gu Ci, the Old Principal placed him on an exclusive training track, and Gu Ci tested his resolve in the A-Rank Gravity Training Zone. Chen Fan endured an hour under extreme weight and gravity before collapsing, and Gu Ci ordered him to drink a Qi-Blood Potion.

• Chen Fan accepted Gu Ci's offer to teach him, and the Old Principal removed him from the Prodigy Class while preserving his weekly potion allocation.
• Gu Ci took Chen Fan to the A-Rank Gravity Training Zone, equipped him with fifty kilograms of weighted gear, and set the room to 1.5G.
• Chen Fan practiced the Five Elements Fist despite the crushing pressure, pain, and his body's protests.
• After reaching his physical limit, Chen Fan steadied his Qi and Blood and used the pressure to temper it, continuing for an hour and surprising Gu Ci with his perseverance.
• Gu Ci switched off the gravity field when the researcher delivered Chen Fan's potions, and Chen Fan collapsed as Gu Ci tossed him a vial and told him to drink it.

Gu Ci forced Chen Fan to temper his 80 cal of Qi and Blood under escalating gravity until it became dense as mercury, then ordered him to test his strength after it rose to 81 cal. Chen Fan’s ordinary punch cracked the tester’s supposedly indestructible screen.

• Chen Fan drank a Qi and Blood Potion, but obeyed Gu Ci’s command to suppress the surge instead of breaking through, transforming his Qi and Blood into dense, faintly starlit liquid.
• Gu Ci ordered Chen Fan to use the gravity room to refine his 80 cal of Qi and Blood and forbade him from breaking through.
• Over four weeks, Chen Fan trained under gravity that rose from 1.5G to 3G, drinking potions and suppressing his Qi and Blood as Gu Ci increased the pressure.
• After a month, Chen Fan’s Qi and Blood finally broke through to 81 cal, and Gu Ci showed satisfaction and switched off the gravity field.
• Gu Ci ordered Chen Fan to remove his weights and punch the Comprehensive Strength Tester, where Chen Fan’s basic straight punch cracked its screen.

Chen Fan completed the compression of his Qi and Blood and learned that Gu Ci expected him to reach at least 110 calories before attempting a breakthrough. After two months of grueling training, Chen Fan reached 100 calories and found his Qi and Blood sealed behind an invisible barrier.

• Chen Fan shattered the Comprehensive Strength Tester with a basic punch, demonstrating the power of his transformed Qi and Blood.
• Gu Ci told Chen Fan to increase his Qi and Blood without restraint, but forbade him from breaking through at 100 calories.
• Gu Ci explained that Chen Fan needed to build his foundation to at least 110 calories by expanding his Qi Sea.
• Chen Fan accepted Gu Ci's challenge, then spent two months training under threefold gravity and consuming nearly 150 bottles of Primary Qi-Blood Potion.
• Chen Fan reached 100 calories, but an invisible barrier sealed his Qi and Blood and prevented him from absorbing more.

After Chen Fan reached the mortal limit of 100 calories, Gu Ci explained that surpassing it required breaking the Mortal Shackles and took him to an underground boxing arena for real combat stimulation. Chen Fan watched a lethal match without fear, impressing Gu Ci, who ordered him to win ten fights in a row.

• Chen Fan told Gu Ci that his Qi and Blood had stopped increasing at 100 calories, and Gu Ci explained the Mortal Shackles and the challenge of breaking them.
• Gu Ci took Chen Fan from Jiangnan No. 1 High School to a hidden underground boxing arena, saying that real stimulation could help him progress.
• Chen Fan watched two prospective martial artists fight brutally, analyzing their techniques and flaws while the crowd cheered.
• Gu Ci tested Chen Fan’s reaction to the violence and, seeing his composure and longing for combat, told him to register and achieve ten consecutive victories.

Chen Fan registered at the underground arena and was assigned tag 137, while Gu Ci watched and insisted that the young talent needed to be tempered by blood. Chen Fan entered the cage against seven-win heavyweight A Nuo, who charged at him with a brutal punch as the crowd jeered.

• Chen Fan ignored the scarred registration clerk's mockery, signed the life-and-death waiver, and received tag 137.
• Gu Ci watched Chen Fan from the VIP room as Zhang Bao questioned the danger of bringing him to the arena, and Gu Ci said talent had to be honed through blood.
• The arena announced Chen Fan as challenger 137 against A Nuo, a heavyweight with seven consecutive victories.
• A Nuo taunted Chen Fan and demanded that he kneel, while Chen Fan remained calm and ignored him.
• A Nuo charged Chen Fan and swung a heavy punch toward his skull.

Chen Fan killed A Nuo with one punch, then defeated eight more challengers in succession at the underground arena. After earning nine consecutive wins, he was hailed by the crowd as 137.

• Chen Fan shattered A Nuo's arm and crushed his chest with a single punch, killing him in the cage.
• Brother Bao stared in horror as Gu Ci said Chen Fan's victory was only the beginning.
• Ghost entered the cage for the second match, but Chen Fan cut him down with a casual slash of force.
• Chen Fan won the third through eighth matches, then defeated a Quasi-Martial Artist with a knife-hand strike to the neck.
• The crowd roared 137's codename after Chen Fan claimed nine consecutive wins.