Chapter Summaries

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.

Chen Fan defeated Blood Wolf, the 100-calorie Arena Champion, with one Basic Straight Punch, killing him instantly. The clash shook the shackle confining Chen Fan’s dantian qi sea, and he heard it crack open.

• Blood Wolf entered the Octagon Cage as the ten-win Arena Champion, while Zhang Bao worried that the young Chen Fan could be seriously hurt.
• Gu Ci refused Zhang Bao’s offer to interfere, saying Chen Fan had to defeat Blood Wolf to deserve being his student.
• Blood Wolf launched a lethal punch at Chen Fan as soon as the bell rang, and Chen Fan countered with a Basic Straight Punch.
• Chen Fan’s Star Qi and Blood shattered Blood Wolf’s defenses and sent him through the cage, killing him in one blow.
• Chen Fan sensed the impact had shaken the shackle limiting his dantian qi sea, then heard it crack open.

Chen Fan broke through the hundred-calorie limit, reaching 101 calories, and killed Blood Wolf with one punch to claim ten consecutive wins in the Bloodstained Cage. Gu Ci then ordered him to remain there for a month and win a hundred consecutive fights, and Chen Fan accepted.

• Chen Fan broke through his Qi and Blood shackles and reached 101 calories.
• Chen Fan killed Blood Wolf with one punch, completing ten consecutive wins and earning the crowd’s acclaim as the new king of the Bloodstained Cage.
• Zhang Bao watched in shock as Gu Ci showed satisfaction at Chen Fan’s breakthrough.
• Chen Fan told Gu Ci that 101 calories felt strong but was still not enough.
• Gu Ci assigned Chen Fan a mission to win a hundred consecutive fights in the Bloodstained Cage within a month, and Chen Fan agreed.

Over twenty-one days, Chen Fan won ninety-nine consecutive fights in the Bloodstained Cage and raised his Qi and Blood to 108 calories. He entered the hundredth match against Black Bone, a Qi-Blood Realm champion, as Black Bone unleashed his power at the bell.

• Chen Fan defeated a dagger-wielding opponent in his ninety-ninth match, completing ninety-nine consecutive wins.
• Zhang Bao warned Gu Ci that Chen Fan’s final opponent, Black Bone, had recently broken through to the Qi-Blood Realm, but Gu Ci let Chen Fan fight him.
• The announcer introduced the hundredth match between challenger 137 and defending champion Black Bone, silencing the crowd.
• Black Bone dismissed Chen Fan’s record, then released a pressure of Qi and Blood that drove spectators back and left Zhang Bao struggling to breathe.
• Black Bone entered the cage, threatened to break Chen Fan’s bones, and unleashed a powerful wave of Qi and Blood as the starting bell rang.

Chen Fan defeated Black Bone to claim his hundredth consecutive victory and reached 110 calories of Qi and Blood before Gu Ci ended his training. Meanwhile, Jiangnan No. 1 High School faced pressure to enter a dangerous exchange tournament, but the Old Principal refused to risk Chen Fan against a true Qi-Blood Realm opponent.

• Black Bone unleashed his Qi and Blood Garment and attacked Chen Fan, who caught and crushed his bone club before knocking him into the cage.
• Chen Fan achieved his hundredth consecutive victory, and his Qi and Blood rose to 110 calories.
• Gu Ci praised Chen Fan and led him out of the underground arena as the spectators cheered.
• The Old Principal learned that Zhou Ye had reached the Qi-Blood Realm ahead of the exchange tournament in seven days.
• Wei Tianlong suggested Chen Fan as a possible competitor, but the Old Principal refused to send the nine-year-old into the dangerous tournament.

Wei Tianlong accepted the Old Principal’s decision to protect Chen Fan from Zhou Ye’s challenge, while Chen Fan returned to his dormitory after reaching 110 calories of Qi and Blood. On G-7 Resource Planet, Chen Long and Luo Mengjie heard about a young genius from East Sea City and, fearing it might be their son, spent their hard-earned merits to call Chen Fan; the chapter ended with the family reuniting by holographic projection.

• The Old Principal stopped Wei Tianlong from sending nine-year-old Chen Fan into a dangerous exchange competition against Zhou Ye.
• Gu Ci told Chen Fan to rest for three days after his Qi and Blood reached 110 calories, then left him at the Prodigy Class dormitory.
• After an exhausting mission on G-7 Resource Planet, Old Zhang told Chen Long and Luo Mengjie about an eight-year-old Chen from East Sea City who had amazed thirty-six cities.
• Chen Long and Luo Mengjie wondered if the reported genius could be their son, then Luo Mengjie cried over missing Chen Fan’s birthday and worrying that he was alone.
• Chen Long spent 2,500 merit points on a Star-Domain Instant Communication session and called Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan answered the military family communication request, and the holographic call reunited him with Chen Long and Luo Mengjie after a year apart.

Chen Fan reunited with his parents over a video call, but their conversation was cut short by an S-Rank emergency mission. After seeing their injuries and learning they were heading into danger, he confronted his own weakness and stood up beside the Gravity Regulation System.

• Luo Mengjie and Chen Long spoke with Chen Fan and were relieved that he answered them calmly.
• Luo Mengjie noticed Chen Fan's room had changed, and Chen Long recognized its military-grade Special Alloy walls.
• An S-Rank emergency alarm summoned Chen Long and Luo Mengjie, who ended the call to join their mission.
• As they ran to the deck on G-7 Resource Planet, Chen Long speculated that Chen Ping had moved Chen Fan into an upscale apartment and decided to check the household records after the mission.
• Chen Fan worried that his parents might not survive and realized his strength was inadequate for the Starry Sky Frontline.
• Chen Fan rose and walked toward the Gravity Regulation System in his dormitory.

Chen Fan pushed his training beyond his previous limits and discovered that his qi and blood barrier could loosen past 110 calories. After Gu Ci warned him of the danger and explained how the White Emperor reached 118 calories, Chen Fan insisted on becoming stronger, and Gu Ci agreed to support him.

• Chen Fan raised the dorm room's gravity to 3.5 times normal and completed fifty rounds of Five Elements Stars Transformation, sensing a crack in the barrier around his 110 calories of qi and blood.
• The next morning, Chen Fan contacted Gu Ci and told him that the barrier had loosened during training.
• Gu Ci explained that 110 calories was the usual limit, then described how the White Emperor had reached 118 calories by enduring extreme training for six months.
• Gu Ci warned Chen Fan that forcing his qi sea to expand could cripple him, and urged him to advance safely instead.
• Chen Fan told Gu Ci, "I want to become stronger," reminding Gu Ci of his first disciple, who had died after making the same plea.
• Gu Ci agreed to walk the dangerous path with Chen Fan.

Gu Ci demanded that Chen Fan be entered in the dangerous Tiannan Junior High Exchange Tournament, and Chen Fan agreed despite the Old Principal’s warnings. Zhang Weimin approved the entry and granted Gu Ci’s request for ten Intermediate Qi and Blood Potions, leaving Gu Ci responsible for bringing Chen Fan back unharmed.

• Gu Ci called Zhang Weimin and insisted that Chen Fan be given a place in the tournament, threatening to stop teaching if the principal refused.
• Chen Fan entered the A-Level Gravity Training Room, where Zhang Weimin warned him about the tournament’s dangers and the stronger Zhou Ye.
• Chen Fan met Gu Ci’s gaze and firmly told Zhang Weimin that he would compete.
• Gu Ci promised to make Chen Fan the true number one in Jiangnan, and Zhang Weimin approved his entry.
• Gu Ci demanded ten Intermediate Qi and Blood Potions, and Zhang Weimin agreed while warning that Chen Fan must return unharmed.
• Gu Ci vowed to pay with his life if Chen Fan lost even a hair.

Gu Ci made Chen Fan consume ten Intermediate Qi and Blood Potions over seven days to force him past the 110-calorie shackle, despite the potentially fatal damage. After enduring the ordeal, Chen Fan shattered the barrier and broke through.

• Gu Ci explained the risks of breaking the 110-calorie shackle and gave Chen Fan ten Intermediate Qi and Blood Potions to absorb within seven days.
• Chen Fan drank the first potion and used the Star-Transferring Blood Art to drive its energy against the barrier, suffering severe injuries when it held firm.
• Over seven days and nights, Chen Fan consumed all ten potions and repeatedly endured worsening damage while Gu Ci watched.
• Gu Ci nearly intervened, but Chen Fan roared and shattered the 110-calorie Qi and Blood shackle.

After surviving a dangerous breakthrough, Chen Fan gained vastly greater power despite his Qi and Blood rising only to 111 calories. He reported to the exchange competition team, where Sun Rui challenged him to a punch as the older students dismissed him as an unqualified child.

• Chen Fan healed from his injuries, strengthened his meridians, and discovered he could leave a fingerprint in the special alloy floor with his condensed Qi and Blood.
• Gu Ci praised Chen Fan, gave him a new school uniform, and sent him to the meeting room to join the exchange competition team.
• Lu Qing, Xiao Ran, and Sun Rui argued over the principal’s decision to give Chen Fan Sun Rui’s place on the team.
• Chen Fan entered and introduced himself as a first-year student from the Prodigy Class, shocking the three older students.
• Sun Rui released his 99-calorie Qi and Blood and punched at Chen Fan while Lu Qing and Xiao Ran watched without intervening.