Chapter Summaries

Chu Fei sought additional supplies from Liu Tingyun, but left when she tried to use the investment to control him. He then complained to Zhou Haiyi about investors exploiting academy talent, and she asked him to return the next morning.

• Chu Fei asked Liu Tingyun for five hundred thousand in supplies, but she rejected the amount and questioned whether he had been studying under Cao Liwen.
• Liu Tingyun told Chu Fei that she alone decided what investment to provide, and Chu Fei left, saying he would not ask for it anymore.
• Liu Tingyun realized Chu Fei meant she would have to bring the investment to him herself.
• Chu Fei went to the Academic Affairs Office and told Zhou Haiyi that investors could exploit talented students who urgently needed resources.
• Zhou Haiyi understood Chu Fei's complaint as a demand for resources and told him to return the next morning.

Chu Fei weighed the risks of Liu Tingyun’s offer, reported her approach to Cao Liwen, and focused on strengthening himself during the First Renewal Period. Zhou Haiyi then offered him sufficient supplies from Dawn Academy in exchange for accepting Headmaster Wu’s mission.

• Chu Fei rejected Liu Tingyun’s attempt to use money to get him to betray Cao Liwen, then went to the Academic Affairs Office to seek support from Dawn Academy.
• Chu Fei reminded himself that he still had to reach the Second Limit and the Physiological Limit, and spent the day studying, meditating, and consuming twenty-two jin of Meat Porridge.
• Cao Liwen asked whether Liu Tingyun had approached Chu Fei, and Chu Fei said he had refused her attempt to pry into Cao Liwen’s lessons.
• Chu Fei found that his Thought Model had helped his Wisdom Tree Seed gain nearly four drops of dew, then used Wisdom Dew to speed his bodily transformation.
• Zhou Haiyi told Chu Fei that Dawn Academy would provide sufficient supplies during his First Renewal Period if he accepted Headmaster Wu’s mission.

Chu Fei accepted Principal Wu Yong’s secret mission to protect someone entering the Dimensional Space on Winter Solstice, then consumed the Academy’s improved Meat Porridge while studying and visualizing. After his body transformed rapidly and his skin became intensely itchy, Cao Liwen warned him that he might be undergoing a mutation.

• Chu Fei accepted the mission to protect someone in the Winter Solstice Dimensional Space, though Zhou Haiyi had no further details yet.
• Chu Fei collected the Academy’s Meat Porridge and drank six liters while studying in the cafeteria.
• Chu Fei went to his dormitory and used visualization to guide his body’s transformation, consuming energy rapidly and developing grime on his skin.
• Chu Fei’s skin and body began itching after he showered, and Cao Liwen questioned him about the change in the porridge and his transformation.
• Cao Liwen warned Chu Fei that he might be undergoing a mutation, and Chu Fei sprang up in panic and overturned the table.

Chu Fei learned that his itching signaled an early mutation caused by his rapid First Renewal Period, and Cao Liwen advised him to slow his renewal so his body could repair itself. Cao Liwen warned that if the mutation persisted despite treatment, Chu Fei could be eliminated from cultivation.

• Chu Fei panicked when Cao Liwen identified his itching as a mutation, but Cao Liwen said early mutations could often be cured.
• Cao Liwen explained how gene unlocking could activate harmful genes and cause mutations, especially in Awakened.
• Cao Liwen described how a Cancer Treatment Needle could help restore bodily balance and said Chu Fei might activate his self-repair ability by recovering naturally.
• Chu Fei asked whether geniuses were more prone to mutation during the First Renewal Period, and Cao Liwen linked the risk to rapid renewal exceeding the body's metabolic capacity.
• Cao Liwen told Chu Fei to stop active visualization, halve his Meat Porridge, and allow two days for recovery before considering an injection.
• Cao Liwen warned that if treatment failed, Chu Fei could face elimination.

Chu Fei discovered that actively increasing his computing power and metabolic capacity could resolve the problems caused by his rapid bodily updates. He continued refining his First Renewal Period with Meat Porridge and Wisdom Dewdrops, then activated a new Body Rebalancing Ability.

• Chu Fei reflected on his recent crisis and tested whether actively activating his Thought Model could give his body enough computing power to recover.
• After four hours, Chu Fei's numbness and itching disappeared, though he was extremely hungry, and he concluded that computing power, energy, and nutrients all affected bodily updates.
• Chu Fei used Wisdom Dewdrops and visualization to strengthen his metabolic capacity, drinking nearly ten jin of Meat Porridge overnight.
• Chu Fei continued studying, receiving Cao Liwen's special tutoring, and using the academy's resources to accelerate and improve his First Renewal Period.
• Chu Fei deliberately triggered another bodily crisis, consumed two Wisdom Dewdrops, and activated his Body Rebalancing Ability, emerging thinner and clean-skinned after a shower.

Chu Fei activated his Rebalancing Ability, discovered the derived power Break to Build, and continued advancing through the First Renewal Period. After the period ended, Dawn Academy promoted him to second-year status and charged him 550,000 yuan for his Meat Porridge, leaving him facing debt, practical training, and the threat of expulsion.

• Chu Fei used his mutation crisis to activate Rebalancing Ability, set a higher bodily standard, and discovered Break to Build, which let him break an old balance before building a better one.
• At the fourth physical examination, Chu Fei’s Potential Index rose to 7.7202, while Zhang Xuan and Lu Hong surpassed Li Honggang, leaving him worried that he had exhausted his talent.
• After the First Renewal Period ended, Cao Liwen presented Chu Fei with a 550,000-yuan bill for his Meat Porridge and announced that he had been promoted to second-year student.
• Chu Fei considered how second-year practical training would interfere with his studies, while remembering the 7.75 threshold he had to reach to avoid expulsion.

After returning from his First Renewal Period, Chu Fei learned how to organize his second-year studies, cultivation, and tasks, then decisively refused Liu Tingyun’s offer. He began strengthening his Thought Model and identified the matrix structure and octal machine logic he would need to reach the Second Limit.

• Sun Xiangqing congratulated Chu Fei on completing a thirty-four-day First Renewal Period and relayed Liu Tingyun’s offer for one final discussion.
• Sun Xiangqing explained how he balanced classes, self-study, tasks, and cultivation, and Chu Fei asked to study alongside him.
• Sun Xiangqing helped Chu Fei move into a dormitory beside his, then pressed him to decide about Liu Tingyun’s offer.
• Chu Fei told Sun Xiangqing to inform Liu Tingyun that Principal Wu had already assigned him a task, and he would not take hers.
• Chu Fei used a Wisdom Dewdrop to strengthen his Thought Model and realized the Second Renewal Period required a thought matrix built with octal computational logic.

Chu Fei began building a Palindrome Matrix to advance his cultivation, but deliberately let the flawed structure collapse so he could study its weaknesses. When no one from the Greedy Wolf Team showed up to guide him, Cao Liwen concluded that Liu Tingyun may have abandoned him.

• Chu Fei used Wisdom Dewdrop to form an octal Palindrome Matrix, then intentionally pushed it until it collapsed and recorded what he learned.
• Chu Fei waited for Sun Xiangqing, but Geng Wenhao told him Sun had left early and that Liu Tingyun had made other arrangements.
• Chu Fei searched for Cao Liwen, then spent the morning reading in the teacher's office when he could find neither his teacher nor Sun Xiangqing.
• Cao Liwen arrived at noon, learned that Chu Fei had refused a mission from Liu Tingyun, and said Chu Fei may have been abandoned.

Cao Liwen showed Chu Fei the second-year facilities, helped him activate a virtual account, and registered him with Dawn Academy’s mission system. Chu Fei learned that his first mission was to hunt low-level mutated beasts in the Underground World, where Dawn Academy managed hunting grounds and charged admission.

• Cao Liwen took Chu Fei to the second-year classroom and explained the schedule and lessons.
• Cao Liwen introduced Chu Fei to Wu Feng and showed him the Virtual Center, where he activated his virtual account.
• Cao Liwen explained that second-year students received eight hours of virtual classes each week and could buy more with contribution points.
• Cao Liwen brought Chu Fei to the mission office, where Chu Fei registered and received a Virtual Bracelet.
• Cao Liwen recommended a mission to hunt low-level mutated beasts in the Underground World and explained that Dawn Academy managed the hunting grounds and charged admission.

Chu Fei studied the human body's energy system in the Virtual Center and learned how virtual-world study produced Wisdom Dewdrops while straining his brain. After dinner, he began rebuilding his Thought Model and completed a perfect octal matrix, forming a crystal cell.

• Chu Fei studied in the Virtual Center for an hour and gained twelve drops of Wisdom Dewdrop.
• Chu Fei learned about Energy System Version 7.7, including its twenty-four automated circulation routes, but left before practicing because he was exhausted and had not rebuilt his Thought Model.
• Chu Fei met Zhang Xuan, Zhang Shaojie, Lu Hong, Li Honggang, and the remaining classmates in the cafeteria, and agreed to lead a review the next evening.
• Chu Fei returned to his dormitory, used a drop of Wisdom Dewdrop, and reconstructed his Thought Model until he completed a perfect octal matrix called a crystal cell.

Chu Fei experimented with expanding his Thought Model, eventually forming four Crystal Cells and programming them with a three-dimensional structure and vectors. After cultivating Internal Qi while asleep, he woke with improved night vision and enough strength to break his bed frame.

• Chu Fei tried duplicating Crystal Cells, but three interfered with one another, producing garbled data that muddled his consciousness and contaminated the Thought Model, so he formatted it.
• Chu Fei rebuilt three Crystal Cells, then used a Wisdom Dewdrop to create a fourth and programmed all four with the logic of a Regular Tetrahedron and vectors.
• Chu Fei decided to strengthen his body and energy system, then fed twenty-four human energy circulation modes into the Thought Model before going to sleep.
• Chu Fei woke before dawn hungry and covered in foul-smelling grime, and discovered he could see patterns in the dim room with greatly improved night vision.
• Chu Fei tried to stand, but the bed frame broke beneath his hand, revealing that his strength had increased.

Chu Fei used Wisdom Dewdrop and his scientific knowledge to transform Tai Chi Quan into a new martial art that coordinated with his twenty-four human energy circulation patterns. By morning, he had completed Chu's Tai Chi Quan and found that it greatly accelerated his body's energy cycle, leaving him wondering whether he had begun a path toward immortality.

• After discovering his body had grown strong enough to break his bed, Chu Fei ate, washed his bedsheets, and went to practice in the dormitory plaza.
• Chu Fei used Wisdom Dewdrop to recall Tai Chi Quan and repeatedly adjusted its movements to resonate with his body's changing energy circulation patterns.
• As the sun rose, Chu Fei realized that human will could come from pride as well as greed and incorporated the insight into his developing martial art.
• Chu Fei matched Tai Chi Quan to all twenty-four energy circulation patterns and compressed them into a 108-form routine called Chu's Tai Chi Quan.
• Chu Fei practiced the routine and found that it completed an energy cycle in about twenty minutes, raising his energy utilization efficiency and transforming his body.

Chu Fei attended the second-years’ classes, learned about cultivation and augmentation surgery, and decided to rely on himself rather than the distant Sun Xiangqing. That evening, he found a packed room of first-years eager to learn from him and began building a circle of companions.

• Chu Fei sat beside Sun Xiangqing, confirmed that he had grown distant, and turned to studying Advanced Mathematics on his own.
• Zhou Haiyi taught the second-years about cultivation, then described how augmentation surgery could greatly increase combat power outside the academy.
• Chu Fei asked what happened when augmentation surgery failed, and Zhou Haiyi answered that failures had no right to survive in the apocalypse.
• Chu Fei returned to his former classroom that evening and found it packed with first-year students who wanted to learn from him.
• Chu Fei shared his study and cultivation experiences with the students, reflected on their questions, and resolved to find companions and take charge of his own path.

Over three weeks, Chu Fei trained intensely, advanced his Thought Model and energy cultivation, and used up the Greedy Wolf Team’s investment. At the second-years’ physical examination, he arrived to find the students divided among the teams and headed toward the group of eight unaffiliated students, drawing everyone’s attention.

• Chu Fei spent three weeks studying, training, and accumulating 160 Wisdom Dewdrops as the Greedy Wolf Team’s investment ran out.
• Chu Fei developed two stable computational structures and improved his energy system through Chu’s Tai Chi Quan, then set a goal to create a cultivation firmware before the winter solstice.
• Sun Xiangqing summoned Chu Fei to the medical room before breakfast for the second-years’ physical examination.
• Chu Fei surveyed the thirty-seven second-years and assessed how the four teams’ investments corresponded to the students’ apparent condition.
• Liu Tingyun noticed Chu Fei and watched him with expectation as he walked toward the remaining group of eight, surprising the students and team representatives.

Chu Fei joined the students backed by Dawn Academy and took a second-year physical examination, where he broke the 7.75 threshold with no aberration. After learning what the Aberration Index meant, he asked Liu Tingyun about his sponsorship payment.

• Chu Fei rejected Sun Xiangqing's demand that he stand with the Greedy Wolf Team and joined Miao Siyuan's group instead.
• Zhou Haiyi began the voluntary examinations, and Chu Fei's results rose from 7.7202 to 7.7832 with an Aberration Index of 0‰.
• Guo Xuan's examination showed an increase to 7.8933 and an Aberration Index of 0.1‰.
• Sun Xiangqing's results rose to 7.7812, but his Aberration Index was 0.65‰, which Miao Siyuan said made further cultivation dangerous.
• Chu Fei asked Liu Tingyun whether the sponsorship agreement entitled him to 57,100 yuan.

After Liu Tingyun awarded Chu Fei a large additional investment, he faced growing isolation but focused on improving his cultivation. Zhou Haiyi gave him authorization to learn Perception of Wind, and the virtual library revealed that the spell required studying a range of scientific subjects.

• Liu Tingyun announced that Chu Fei would receive an additional investment of 171,300 yuan, leaving Sun Xiangqing and the others astonished by the total support he had received.
• Chu Fei reasoned that Liu Tingyun was betting on his potential, accepted that his classmates might isolate him, and decided to learn Perception of Wind instead of entering the Dawn Team work-study program.
• Liu Tingyun told Chu Fei at the cafeteria to keep producing results, and he thanked her before returning to his cultivation plans.
• Zhou Haiyi gave Chu Fei a one-use authorization code for Perception of Wind, which he memorized and destroyed before going to the Virtual Center.
• Chu Fei bound the authorization in the virtual library and found that learning Perception of Wind meant studying more than a hundred books on scientific topics.

Chu Fei studied the theory and technology behind Perception of Wind, then experienced its capabilities through a series of simulations. The chapter left him immersed in a world perceived through sound, which he called the Music of the Heavens.

• Chu Fei read the General Treatise on Perception of Wind and absorbed its contents into his consciousness.
• Chu Fei began simulation exercises that used echoes to reconstruct the shape of a boulder.
• Chu Fei tested point, line, and surface scanning, ultrasound, and enhanced hearing to improve Perception of Wind's resolution.
• Chu Fei used sound waves to perceive underwater and see inside objects, learning how different materials affected sound.
• Chu Fei combined multiple sounds and data methods to perceive physical properties as sound-based colors.
• Chu Fei wandered through a vivid soundscape of wind, birds, water, animals, and underground movement, calling it the Music of the Heavens.

After two weeks of intense training, Chu Fei used his improved perception and Tai Chi Quan to defeat Sun Xiangqing with a single punch. Liu Tingyun questioned how he had caused such severe damage, and Chu Fei attributed it to learning Perception of Wind.

• Chu Fei left the virtual simulation, realized how far he still had to go, and returned to diligent mental training and study.
• Chu Fei established a demanding daily routine, studying Perception of Wind and working to digitize Tai Chi Quan while saving Wisdom Dewdrops.
• Over two weeks, Chu Fei’s energy and Tai Chi Quan improved, and Liu Tingyun watched him practice one morning.
• Liu Tingyun sent Sun Xiangqing to test Chu Fei, but Chu Fei read his movements and knocked him more than four meters with one Horse Stance Punch.
• Chu Fei rushed the injured Sun Xiangqing to treatment, where the doctor found his abdominal muscles nearly destroyed.
• Liu Tingyun asked how one punch caused such damage, and Chu Fei said he had learned the Perception of Wind spell.

Chu Fei explained how he had incorporated sound-wave techniques into his fists, then decided to leave safe training and join the Dawn Team on a wilderness hunt. Zhao Hongyue agreed to take him after warning that the hunt could be deadly, and Chu Fei asked for information about their target, a pack of Two-headed Wolves.

• Chu Fei explained to Liu Tingyun and the watching students how sound-wave vibrations and density amplified his fist techniques.
• Sun Xiangqing asked Chu Fei about taking missions after his investment ran out and suggested joining the Greedy Wolf Team to clear mutated creatures underground.
• Chu Fei returned to the Dawn Team and told Zhao Hongyue he wanted to prepare for real combat.
• Zhao Hongyue recommended wilderness hunting over clearing mutated snakes and rats, explaining that it offered more time to plan and demanded greater skill.
• Chu Fei asked to join a wilderness hunt, and Zhao Hongyue invited him to hunt Two-headed Wolves with the team the day after tomorrow.

Chu Fei prepared to leave Flying Tiger City for a mutant-beast hunt, studying the dangers outside and packing his supplies. After spending the night developing a basic Perception of Wind model, he joined the Dawn Team’s expedition as its vehicles rolled out of the city.

• Chu Fei reviewed mutant-beast ranks, abilities, and the dangers posed by both wilderness creatures and human ambushers.
• He packed his pistol, bullets, potions, dagger, and savings, then decided to get a Mountain-Cleaving Saber for the hunt.
• Chu Fei spent the night cultivating Perception of Wind and embedded its basic computational model in one Crystal Cell.
• Zhao Hongyue prepared Chu Fei’s tactical backpack and Mountain-Cleaving Saber at the Dawn Team camp.
• Chu Fei left Flying Tiger City aboard the armored transport vehicle, recalling that he had arrived in the same vehicle.