Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan’s parents left him with his grandfather after a doctor diagnosed him with autism and judged him unsuited for the Martial Dao. On his eighth birthday, Chen Fan’s system raised his Martial Dao Talent to 2550, and he prepared to begin cultivation.

• A doctor examined Chen Fan and told Chen Long and Luo Mengjie that their son might have autism related to the shock of learning his Martial Dao root aptitude was poor.
• Chen Long and Luo Mengjie decided to leave Chen Fan with his grandfather rather than take him to the dangerous Starry Sky Frontline.
• Chen Fan’s parents departed in the rain, and his grandfather welcomed him into his home without questioning him.
• On the night before his eighth birthday, Chen Fan’s system increased his Martial Dao Talent from 1270 to 2550.
• Chen Fan realized he could finally begin Martial Dao cultivation under Human Federation law and looked forward to starting.

Chen Long and Luo Mengjie worried that their son Chen Fan would feel inferior at his first martial arts class, while Zhang Meng’s boast about his own son deepened their concerns. At school, Chen Fan learned the Five Elements Stance and sensed qi and blood in minutes, leaving Lin Tao stunned and determined to speak with him privately.

• Chen Long and Luo Mengjie arrived at the 368th Battlefield Fortress, where Zhang Meng praised his son’s martial arts progress and renewed their worries about Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan performed the Five Elements Stance after seeing Lin Tao demonstrate it once, astonishing the class with his precise movements and memory.
• Wang Hao mocked Chen Fan’s poor aptitude, but Lin Tao sensed a faint qi-and-blood fluctuation coming from Chen Fan.
• Lin Tao quietly confirmed that Chen Fan had entered the Five Elements Stance and realized the old diagnosis of poor aptitude was wrong.
• Lin Tao silenced Wang Hao, dismissed the class, and asked Chen Fan to stay behind.

After Chen Fan rapidly mastered the Five Elements Stance, Lin Tao brought him to Principal Li Guangming, who retested his aptitude and discovered he was an A-grade genius. Li ordered Chen Fan moved out of third grade and into Teacher Wang’s advanced fourth-grade class.

• Chen Fan told Lin Tao he had learned the Five Elements Stance after watching the demonstration once, so Lin Tao took him to Principal Li Guangming.
• Lin Tao told Li that Chen Fan had sensed his qi and blood and reached the stance’s beginner level in under five minutes.
• Li Guangming recalled Chen Fan’s file had rated him mediocre and noted signs of autism, then used the principal’s aptitude tester to reassess him.
• The test rated Chen Fan’s martial arts foundational aptitude A-grade with extremely high potential, prompting Li to denounce the earlier diagnosis.
• Li Guangming ordered Lin Tao to arrange Chen Fan’s promotion directly to fourth grade, class one, to study with Teacher Wang’s advanced class.

Chen Fan kept his A-grade talent and rapid progress secret, then practiced the Five Elements Stance at home and measured his qi and blood at 3.1 calories. He ended the day far stronger than before, though his grandfather misunderstood why the school had told him to change classes.

• Li Guangming asked Chen Fan to keep the day's events secret and told him to report to Grade Four Class One the next morning.
• Chen Fan returned home early and told Chen Ping only that his teacher had told him to change classes, leaving his grandfather to fear the school was giving up on him.
• Chen Fan practiced the Five Elements Stance in his room and felt his qi and blood surge as his body grew stronger.
• Chen Fan used his parents' home qi-blood detector and saw his reading settle at 3.1 calories.

Wang Zhen, convinced Chen Fan was a connected student with poor aptitude, planned to drive him out of his elite class. After Chen Fan arrived at school, Wang Zhen announced that he would have to take the class’s first assessment, and led everyone to the martial arts testing room.

• Wang Zhen read Chen Fan’s file, dismissed his aptitude, and decided to make him fail or leave the class.
• Chen Fan practiced the Five Elements Stance, felt his qi and blood grow stronger, and set off for school the next morning.
• Chen Ping worried that Chen Fan might be unhappy at school, while Lin Tao welcomed Chen Fan and warned him about Wang Zhen.
• Wang Zhen’s students scrutinized and mocked Chen Fan when Lin Tao brought him into fourth grade’s class one.
• Wang Zhen made Chen Fan join the term’s first assessment and led the class to the martial arts testing room.

At East Sea Martial Arts Elementary School, Chen Fan proved his extraordinary talent to Wang Zhen by recording 3.6 calories of Qi and Blood despite being only eight and having trained for just two days. Wang Zhen apologized and accepted him into Class One, Grade Four.

• Wang Zhen challenged Lin Tao and Chen Fan to prove that Chen Fan belonged in his elite class.
• Li Wei tested at 2.8 calories of Qi and Blood, prompting Wang Zhen and the students to doubt Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan tested at 3.6 calories of Qi and Blood, stunning everyone in the testing room.
• Lin Tao revealed that Chen Fan had first encountered the Five Elements Stance the previous afternoon and was on his second day of martial arts training.
• Wang Zhen apologized to Chen Fan and welcomed him into Class One, Grade Four.

Chen Fan joined Grade Four, Class One, where Wang Zhen demonstrated the Five Elements Fist and the students struggled to practice it. Chen Fan claimed he had memorized the forms after one demonstration, so Wang Zhen asked him to perform them.

• Wang Zhen welcomed Chen Fan into Grade Four, Class One and led the class back to the training room.
• Wang Zhen demonstrated the Five Elements Fist and told the students to practice for half an hour.
• Wang Zhen corrected the struggling students but treated Chen Fan with unusual gentleness, drawing their envy.
• Li Wei told Zhao Jie that Chen Fan might take his top spot, and Zhao Jie replied that his qi and blood had reached 4.2 calories and he had mastered the fist's introductory level.
• Chen Fan said he had memorized the Five Elements Fist during Wang Zhen's demonstration, and Wang Zhen told him to demonstrate it.

Chen Fan demonstrated that he had mastered the basics of the Five Elements Fist after watching Wang Zhen perform it once, stunning the class and earning Wang Zhen’s praise. He received an elementary qi and blood potion and began cultivating with it, absorbing its energy as the chapter ended.

• Chen Fan performed all five forms of the Five Elements Fist in a smooth sequence, astonishing Wang Zhen and the students.
• Zhao Jie grew jealous of Chen Fan and resolved to prove that he was still Class One’s top student.
• Wang Zhen praised Chen Fan’s comprehension and gave him an elementary qi and blood potion like the other Class One students.
• That afternoon, Chen Fan drank the potion at the martial arts training hall and used the Five Elements Stance to absorb its energy.
• Chen Fan’s exceptional martial arts talent allowed him to turn far more of the potion’s medicinal power into qi and blood than an ordinary person could.

After absorbing an elementary qi-blood potion, Chen Fan raised his qi and blood to 4.5 cal and left school to continue cultivating. In an alley, he defeated Zhao Jie with one punch and ordered the stunned boys to get out of his way.

• Chen Fan absorbed most of the potion’s medicinal power while cultivating the Five Elements Stance, impressing Wang Zhen with his efficiency.
• Chen Fan tested his qi and blood and recorded 4.5 cal, up from 3.6 cal that morning.
• On his way home, Chen Fan encountered Zhao Jie, Li Wei, and several other students blocking the alley.
• Zhao Jie lunged at Chen Fan with a Five Elements Fist strike, but Chen Fan dodged and hit him in the chest, sending him flying.
• Chen Fan walked past the shocked students and told Li Wei, “Out of my way!”

After defeating Zhao Jie, Chen Fan returned to cultivating, while Zhao Jie apologized and declared himself Chen Fan’s follower. Half a month later, their teacher announced a check of the students’ cultivation progress.

• After Chen Fan left, Zhao Jie broke down crying in the alley, and his lackeys gathered around him.
• The next morning, Zhao Jie apologized to Chen Fan in class and asked to follow him as his boss.
• Chen Fan ignored Zhao Jie and began cultivating, which Zhao Jie took as silent approval and prompted him to sit beside Chen Fan and practice too.
• Over the next half month, Zhao Jie stayed close to Chen Fan and helped him, while Chen Fan grew accustomed to the boy’s devotion.
• During martial arts class, Wang Zhen stopped the students’ practice and announced he would check their cultivation progress.

During Wang Zhen’s progress check, Zhao Jie reached 4.5 cal, but Chen Fan shocked the class by demonstrating minor mastery of the Five Elements Stance and Fist. Chen Fan’s qi and blood measured 10.3 cal, leaving Wang Zhen stunned by the boy’s extraordinary growth.

• Wang Zhen began the progress check, and Li Wei tested at 3.5 cal.
• Zhao Jie shouted “For the boss!” before punching the sensor and reaching 4.5 cal.
• Chen Fan calmly approached the device and demonstrated minor mastery of the Five Elements Stance and Five Elements Fist.
• Chen Fan struck the sensor, which recorded his qi and blood at 10.3 cal.
• Wang Zhen stared at Chen Fan’s result and marveled at his progress from 3.6 cal in half a month.

After Chen Fan’s qi and blood reached 10.3 calories, Wang Zhen urged Principal Li Guangming to move him into sixth grade so he could develop faster and help the school at the upcoming exchange tournament. Li Guangming approved a trial transfer, and the chapter ended as older students cut the lunch line in front of Chen Fan’s class.

• Chen Fan’s test result of 10.3 calories stunned his classmates, while Wang Zhen ordered them back to training and hurried to report it to Li Guangming.
• Wang Zhen told Li Guangming that Chen Fan had reached minor mastery in stance and fist techniques in half a month and argued that fourth-grade instruction could no longer keep up with him.
• Wang Zhen proposed sending Chen Fan to sixth grade to train with the advanced class for a month, citing the school’s weak prospects for the upcoming exchange tournament.
• Li Guangming worried that the jump could overwhelm Chen Fan, but agreed to take the risk and arranged for him to transfer to Liu Haifeng’s sixth-grade Class One the next day.
• At lunch, Chen Fan and Zhao Jie joined the cafeteria line as classmates kept their distance from Chen Fan, then older students shoved their way to the front.

Chen Fan defended Li Wei from sixth-grade bullies, then defeated Sun Hao and two companions in the cafeteria. Wang Zhen praised Chen Fan and announced that he would skip ahead to sixth grade, class one, starting the next day.

• Sun Hao shoved Li Wei out of the food line, but Chen Fan stopped Li Wei from retreating and demanded that Sun Hao apologize and go to the back.
• Sun Hao attacked Chen Fan, who crushed his fist and sent him and two companions flying across the cafeteria.
• Sun Hao threatened Chen Fan before fleeing with his companions, and Chen Fan calmly told Li Wei to get his food.
• Zhao Jie warned Chen Fan that Sun Hao's classmates might retaliate, but Chen Fan told him to eat and then cultivate.
• Wang Zhen praised Chen Fan for the fight and announced that he would join sixth grade, class one, starting tomorrow.

Chen Fan agreed to move to Class One, Sixth Year for its superior cultivation resources, while his grandfather worried about him coming home early and contacted his parents. A report of heavy casualties at the front lines clarified Chen Fan’s reason for growing stronger, and he trained through the night.

• Wang Zhen offered Chen Fan a place in Class One, Sixth Year, and Chen Fan accepted after learning it had the school’s best cultivation resources.
• Zhao Jie vowed to catch up with Chen Fan, who left without turning back but smiled at his friend’s determination.
• Chen Ping worried that Chen Fan’s repeated early returns meant school was not going well and sent a message to Chen Fan’s parents using their Military-Grade Quantum Communication Terminal.
• Chen Fan watched news of the battle at Fortress No. 56 and feared losing his parents before he was strong enough to protect them.
• Chen Fan began practicing the Five Elements Stance and continued training through the night despite the pain.

Chen Fan joined sixth grade, Class One, where Liu Haifeng recognized his talent and began teaching him advanced martial techniques. Wei Zhe challenged Chen Fan over Sun Hao, but Liu Haifeng intervened, and Wei Zhe threatened to settle things at the weekly test.

• Luo Mengjie and Chen Long read Chen Ping’s message about their troubled son, but an S-rank emergency mission forced them to remain on the front lines.
• Wang Zhen brought Chen Fan to Liu Haifeng’s sixth-grade class, where Sun Hao recognized the boy who had crippled his wrist.
• Liu Haifeng introduced Chen Fan to the class and demonstrated advanced control of qi and blood, which Chen Fan quickly understood and incorporated into his stance practice.
• Wei Zhe confronted Chen Fan for beating Sun Hao and released his qi-and-blood pressure against him.
• Liu Haifeng shielded Chen Fan and warned Wei Zhe that he could be expelled, prompting Wei Zhe to threaten Chen Fan with the weekly test.

After a week of intense cultivation, Chen Fan raised his qi and blood to 13.9 cal. At the Weekly Test, he accepted Wei Zhe’s challenge, setting up their first fight.

• Liu Haifeng explained that Weekly Test rankings determined students’ cultivation resources, and Chen Fan immediately returned to practicing the Five Elements Stance.
• Chen Fan spent the week studying and cultivating, then measured his qi and blood at 13.9 cal.
• Liu Haifeng announced that challenges could normally target students no more than five ranks above, but Chen Fan could use a priority challenge to establish his initial rank.
• Wei Zhe, whose qi and blood had reached 15 cal, taunted Chen Fan and challenged him to fight.
• Chen Fan stepped forward and declared that he challenged Wei Zhe.

Chen Fan challenged Wei Zhe and defeated him with mastery-level Five Elements Fist, despite Wei Zhe’s greater qi and blood. The training hall was left stunned as Liu Haifeng asked when Chen Fan had mastered the technique.

• Chen Fan challenged Wei Zhe, who unleashed his powerful aura and demanded that Chen Fan kneel and apologize.
• Wei Zhe charged with a minor-mastery Five Elements Fist, but Chen Fan dodged and struck his elbow to break his punching form.
• Wei Zhe attacked in a furious storm of punches while Chen Fan moved through them with mastery-level Five Elements Fist.
• Chen Fan exploited an opening and struck Wei Zhe’s chest with spiraling force, sending him flying and knocking him unconscious.
• Liu Haifeng and Wang Zhen rushed to Chen Fan, and Liu Haifeng asked when his Five Elements Fist had reached mastery.

Chen Fan defeated Wei Zhe and was recognized as the strongest student in sixth-grade class one, earning four Primary Qi-Blood Potions and the class’s allegiance. After a month of cultivation, Principal Li Guangming told him that the upcoming Donghai City Martial Arts Primary School Exchange Tournament depended on him to uphold East Sea Martial Arts Elementary School’s honor.

• Liu Haifeng declared Chen Fan the class’s new number one and awarded him three Primary Qi-Blood Potions, then gave him a fourth from his own supply.
• The next morning, Wei Zhe and the other students greeted Chen Fan as their boss, following the class tradition that its strongest student led the group.
• Chen Fan ignored the students’ deference and continued cultivating, while Wei Zhe ordered the class not to disturb him.
• A month later, Principal Li Guangming arrived with Liu Haifeng and Wang Zhen and announced that the city exchange tournament would begin in three days.
• Li Guangming told Chen Fan that the school’s honor rested entirely on his shoulders.

Li Guangming offered the exchange competition’s individual champion a month in the Special-Grade Resource Cultivation Room and doubled resources, then Chen Fan’s team traveled to Experimental Primary School, where rivals mocked him. Director Qian announced that the individual champion would receive guaranteed admission to Donghai First Middle School’s top class, giving Chen Fan another reason to pursue victory.

• Li Guangming promised the individual champion a month in the Special-Grade Resource Cultivation Room and double cultivation resources until elementary school graduation.
• Wang Zhen and Liu Haifeng warned Chen Fan about Lin Hu and Li Hao, while Chen Fan privately recalled that his qi and blood had reached 24.6 calories.
• Chen Fan’s team arrived at Experimental Primary School, where Li Hao’s lackey and Director Zhang mocked Chen Fan as too young to compete.
• Chen Fan stayed calm as his teammates endured the ridicule and waited for the opening ceremony.
• Director Qian announced that the individual competition’s overall champion would receive guaranteed admission to Donghai First Middle School’s top class.
• Chen Fan opened his eyes and decided that entering Donghai First Middle School could help him reach the front lines sooner and help his parents.

Chen Fan stunned the crowd by knocking out his much larger opponents with single punches and swept through the qualifying rounds. He faced Li Hao in the final as Li Hao declared he would win, and Chen Fan calmly told him to make his move.

• Wei Zhe defeated Zhang Tao in three moves, and the other East Sea Martial Arts Elementary School students also advanced.
• Chen Fan drew Lin Hu, whose size and strength prompted the crowd to mock Chen Fan and Lin Hu to urge him to forfeit.
• Chen Fan knocked Lin Hu unconscious with one punch, stunning the crowd and catching Director Qian’s attention.
• Chen Fan knocked out an Experimental Primary School student who had mocked him, then continued defeating or frightening off every opponent in the qualifying rounds.
• Chen Fan and Li Hao remained as the finalists, and Li Hao declared that he would be champion before Chen Fan told him to make his move.