Chapter Summaries

Yin Tiansheng left the viewing delegation to intervene in Yin Xiaofei’s fight, but Shi Yuhui blocked his way and challenged him. The two opened a vast secret realm and unleashed a devastating clash in the Upper City, while the Invisible Man abandoned the underground battle to watch them.

• Yin Tiansheng vanished from the viewing grounds after hearing that Yin Xiaofei had used the Heavenly Demon Manifestation Technique.
• Shi Yuhui blocked Yin Tiansheng in the Upper City and argued that he had no right to intervene in the bicycle race.
• Yin Tiansheng declared that he would act as Yin Xiaofei’s backer, and Shi Yuhui said she would stand against him.
• Shi Yuhui and Yin Tiansheng opened a vast secret realm and exchanged blows, wrecking the street and frightening nearby pedestrians.
• The Invisible Man noticed the clash and raced toward the Upper City, leaving Si Chongtian and Yin Qingtai behind.

Shi Tiexin raced through the Base Layer, determined to win, while a battle between Third Heavenly Layer experts erupted in Upper City and shocked those nearby. The chapter ended with Shi Tiexin taking a dangerous shortcut through the Waste Dust Factory.

• Gao Chongxiao received a message about a major event while speaking to reporters and quickly left.
• Sima Liang opened his estate’s shields and endured the pressure of the experts’ auras to strengthen his Sharp Will.
• A Young Master struggled against the aura while watering flowers, then recognized the distant blast as possibly coming from Shi Yuhui’s Destiny Armament.
• Shi Tiexin raced toward victory, turned onto a side road, and charged into the Waste Dust Factory to take a shortcut.

Shi Tiexin rode through the Waste Dust Factory’s contamination zone to take a shortcut into the Upper City. His Minor Drawing Method countered the waste dust, giving him hope that he could endure deeper routes, though it consumed vital essence and offered no benefit.

• Shi Tiexin entered the Waste Dust Factory, where young workers endured life-shortening waste dust without protective gear.
• The Vision System warned him of toxin accumulation and displayed Attack Poison +9, which began reducing the danger.
• Shi Tiexin used the Minor Drawing Method to extract waste dust from his body, though the process was difficult and costly.
• Shi Tiexin used Basic Mathematics to find that Tough Membrane reduced waste dust penetration slightly and wondered how Muscle Armor might help.

After Shi Yuhui defeated Yin Tiansheng in a public duel, the Young Master heard his subordinate’s report and interpreted the fight as a political maneuver to secure Shi Yuhui a place among Tumubao’s power brokers. The chapter ended with the subordinate dismissing Shi Tiexin as an ordinary, controllable target.

• The Young Master pretended he had sensed his subordinate’s return, then listened as the subordinate reported Shi Yuhui and Yin Tiansheng’s duel on Long Street.
• The subordinate said Shi Yuhui matched Yin Tiansheng for 244 moves before using her Destiny Armament to land a devastating hammer blow, after which Yin Tiansheng left.
• The Young Master reflected that Shi Yuhui had condensed a Destiny Armament at twenty-one but doubted she could reach the Golden Triangle.
• The Young Master explained that Shi Yuhui had used Yin Tiansheng as a pretext to display her strength and claim a share of Tumubao’s established power and resources.
• The Young Master asked about Shi Tiexin, and the subordinate said he had some talent but was an unremarkable target under the Young Master’s control.

Shi Tiexin endured the final stretch of the Take Your Mom Flying Catch Shrimp Racing Competition and became the only contestant to reach the finish line. After learning that Si Chongtian had won his fight, Shi Tiexin fainted as Si Chongtian asked him to witness his breakthrough in nine days.

• Young Master dismissed the Invisible Man, who stayed hidden and watched him relax after the apparent departure.
• Shi Tiexin rode out of the Base Layer nearly spent, relying on his physical strength and recovery boosts to keep moving.
• Shi Tiexin’s bicycle broke near the finish line, but he got up and charged into the final Crystal Orb, claiming the sixth General’s Seal.
• Old Tang and the Little Bees rushed to celebrate as Shi Tiexin learned that Yin Xiaofei had collapsed near the finish and that Si Chongtian had sent both her and Shi Tiexin’s other companion to the hospital.
• Si Chongtian told Shi Tiexin that he had won his fight and asked him to witness his Burning Core Breakthrough in nine days; Shi Tiexin praised him and then fainted.

After recovering from his injuries, Shi Tiexin reunited with Shi Yuhui and attended a ceremony where Liang Tuan awarded him a complete set of martial arts. He began studying Flying Electric Finger and discovered its true name was Unceasing Thunder Tribulation Hand.

• Shi Tiexin awoke in a medical pod, recovered quickly, and learned that Shi Yulei and Shi Yuwei had also healed.
• Shi Yuhui told Shi Tiexin to work hard, repay his debts, grow stronger, and strike back if he got the chance.
• Liang Tuan held an award ceremony for Shi Tiexin, presenting him with Flying Electric Finger, Swift Electric Claw, and Startling Electric Palm.
• Shi Tiexin recognized that his martial arts lacked killing power and decided to study the awarded finger and claw techniques.
• Shi Tiexin studied Flying Electric Finger and comprehended the first level of Strength Technique: Unceasing Thunder Tribulation Hand.

After recovering and mastering Flying Electric Finger, Shi Tiexin looked forward to earning big through delivery orders, then joined Shi Yuwei at Wuji Hall to observe Si Chongtian’s Burning Core Breakthrough. The guests learned why Si Chongtian needed exceptional sharp intent to ring the Bell of Heaven, and the ceremony was about to begin.

• Shi Tiexin recovered, raised Flying Electric Finger to Excellent 95, and used it to claim every delivery order for his Little Bees.
• Shi Tiexin picked up Shi Yuwei and went with her to Wuji Hall, where Si Chongtian was preparing to break through.
• Gao Chongxiao explained how Black Obstruction hindered advancement and how ringing the Bell of Heaven could purify energy.
• Shi Tiexin and the others joined Si Chongtian’s young friends and relatives at the venue, where they met Sima Liang.
• Someone announced that the ceremony was starting.

Shi Tiexin watched Si Chongtian attempt the Burning Core Breakthrough as Sharp Will and vital essence united to create sharp energy. Si Chongtian drove the new energy through his body and into his brain, where it vanished before a mysterious bell resonance sounded.

• Shi Tiexin sensed Si Chongtian’s Sharp Will gathering at his heart and descending toward his Core Formation.
• Si Chongtian’s Sharp Will ignited his vital essence, and flames engulfed his Core Formation.
• Si Chongtian’s Core Formation exploded, giving birth to sharp energy.
• Si Chongtian roared and drove the sharp energy upward, opening the meridians as it surged through his body.
• The sharp energy reached Si Chongtian’s brain and disappeared, and Shi Tiexin heard a bell-like resonance.

Shi Tiexin watched Si Chongtian ring the Heavenly Bell six times, then heard him explain how perseverance and conviction formed true Sharp Will. Si Chongtian urged Shi Tiexin to step onto a larger stage and said he would wait for him in Shaluo City, while the meaning of “196” remained a mystery.

• Si Chongtian broke the ten-year record by ringing the Heavenly Bell six times, and Shi Tiexin joined the crowd in cheering him on.
• Three days later, Si Chongtian met Shi Tiexin at the edge of the Sky Layer and congratulated him on winning his competition.
• Si Chongtian explained that true Sharp Will came from rising after failure and resisting hardship, and credited Shi Tiexin with inspiring his own cultivation.
• Si Chongtian told Shi Tiexin to temper his foundation with courage, pursue major opportunities, and meet him in Shaluo City.
• When Shi Tiexin asked what “196” meant, Si Chongtian teased that he would understand once he grew up.

After showing Liang Group’s recruitment advertisement, a designer told his colleague that its featured man, Shi Tiexin, had become the King of Yellow. He recounted how Yin Xiaofei’s defeat in the cycling competition had ushered in Shi Tiexin’s new order in Liang Group’s outer sect.

• Manager Liu demanded more revisions to Liang Group’s recruitment video, and Team Leader Zhang agreed to make a tenth version.
• Team Leader Zhang told a coworker that the video’s central figure, once a food-delivery worker, was now Liang Group’s leading outer disciple known as the King of Yellow.
• A month and a half after the Take Your Mom Flying Competition, Yin Xiaofei’s defeat marked the end of her era.
• Shi Tiexin reorganized Liang Group’s outer sect with the HR Manager’s tacit approval, redrawing its rules and distribution of profits.

Shi Tiexin defeated the anti-Shi alliance, took full control of the Liang Group Outer Sect, and became known as the King of Yellow. After earning a huge monthly income, he celebrated his progress toward repaying his debt and set out to farm the wilds for more rewards.

• Shi Tiexin mastered Flying Electric Finger, stopped the anti-Shi alliance from stealing orders, and watched its support dwindle.
• Yin Xiaofei left Upper City for the North City division, while Shi Tiexin used decisive methods to govern the Outer Sect.
• The anti-Shi alliance lured Shi Tiexin to a Hongmen Banquet, but he mastered the second layer of Unceasing Thunder Tribulation Hand and defeated the gathered Big Shots.
• Shi Tiexin dismantled the old hierarchy, purged holdouts, and consolidated his rule over the Liang Group Outer Sect, earning the nickname King of Yellow.
• Shi Tiexin counted 280,000 Value Points after exchanging his earnings and then rushed out to farm the wilds for more loot.

Shi Tiexin used his improved martial arts to seek fast prize money in competitions, choosing the Corona Battlefield solo tournament as his hunting ground. He won the final eleven to zero and collected ten thousand Value Points, then prepared to pursue more contests.

• Shi Tiexin decided that competitions were the best way to earn quick money and targeted contests for young competitors with substantial prizes.
• Shi Tiexin entered the Corona Battlefield solo tournament at Boxin Amusement City.
• Shi Tiexin defeated Ponytail Twin Guns Jie with rapid headshots and won the final by an eleven-to-zero score.
• The Boxin owner awarded Shi Tiexin ten thousand Value Points and a year of free-play vouchers.
• Shi Tiexin treated the prize as his first tournament payday and planned to enter more competitions.

Shi Tiexin swept Tumubao's Corona Battlefield competitions, earning over six hundred thousand in just over a month. He returned to martial arts cultivation and activated a spherical pod to train with a gadget that turned out to be a cryptocurrency-mining rig for grabbing delivery orders.

• Shi Tiexin won the individual and survival matches at Tumubao's Amusement Arcades, earning twenty thousand a day as the owners' experts failed to find a way to beat him.
• Shi Tiexin completed the regional competitions, then swept the Tumubao Corona Battlefield finals and collected two hundred thousand in prize money.
• Shi Tiexin counted more than six hundred thousand in his bank account and considered moving on to rhythm games, while recognizing that martial arts cultivation remained his priority.
• Shi Tiexin returned to his private residence, entered a spherical pod, and activated a device the HR Manager had lent him for training finger and palm techniques.
• Shi Tiexin saw that the device was essentially a cryptocurrency-mining rig, set up to help him handle the vast number of food delivery orders.

Shi Tiexin devoted himself to mastering Startling Electric Palm, improving rapidly through seven days of increasingly difficult practice without relying on cheats. As he entered deep seclusion, an ill-intentioned challenger appeared at Boxin Amusement City.

• Shi Tiexin practiced Startling Electric Palm while working in a spherical cabin, then increased the training difficulty after his shift.
• Shi Tiexin chose to cultivate through hardship rather than use Heavenly Gifted Golden Light, aiming to strengthen his Sharp Will and connect his fists and feet.
• Shi Tiexin learned that Shi Yuwei was undergoing special training with Shi Yuhui and resolved to keep improving.
• Shi Tiexin trained in seclusion for seven days and raised Unceasing Thunder Tribulation Hand, Third Level to Profound 85.
• Shi Tiexin gained a small Win Character Buff, ignored calls from the Amusement Arcade, and returned to the cabin to pursue mastery.
• The owner of Boxin Amusement City watched as a hostile visitor set up an arena match in the hall.

A teenager humiliated Tumubao’s esports players by defeating every challenger and taunting them to bring their Great Demon King. On the third day, Shi Tiexin emerged from seclusion and found more than a hundred missed calls as Boxin Amusement City’s challenge continued.

• A teenage challenger defeated Boxin Amusement City’s captain and insulted the local players, then kept beating everyone who challenged him.
• The challenger declared Tumubao’s esports players trash and kept his arena open for three days, demanding that anyone he beat admit it.
• Boxin’s team captain and the arcade owner realized they needed to invite Lu Lai Buddha, while arcade owners worried about the damage to local esports.
• Players rallied behind the Great Demon King of one-on-one duels, and the teenager challenged him to win one round for one hundred thousand.
• Shi Tiexin left his training pod, noticed more than a hundred missed calls, and received a call from Boxin Amusement City.

Shi Tiexin studied the professional players’ analysis of the foul-mouthed challenger before finally confronting him near the end of the day. He accepted the challenge for the promised prize money and proposed a bet, leaving the match about to begin.

• The Boxin team captain gave Shi Tiexin research based on more than three hundred matches and explained the challenger’s habits and weaknesses.
• Shi Tiexin calmly studied the analysis while the professional players repeatedly lost to the challenger, who continued insulting the crowd.
• As the deadline approached, the challenger taunted the crowd for having no one left to face him.
• The players cheered when Shi Tiexin arrived, and he admitted that he had studied the challenger.
• Shi Tiexin said he would fight for the prize money but proposed a bet so he would not take the challenger’s money for nothing.

Shi Tiexin wagered ten thousand Value Points against the wild-haired youth and faced him in an Old Era alley shootout. He counted down the youth’s shots, then charged as the opponent’s gun ran empty.

• Shi Tiexin persuaded the wild-haired youth to stake ten thousand Value Points each, with Bosin's owner holding the money as witness.
• The pair entered spherical pods, and Shi Tiexin chose a rainy, narrow Old Era alley as the battle map.
• Shi Tiexin assessed the youth’s weaknesses and suspected he was seeking Sharp Will by picking easy opponents.
• The two exchanged shots through the rain and airborne scraps of paper, while Shi Tiexin dodged the youth’s fire and counted his rounds.
• After the youth fired twelve rounds, Shi Tiexin charged as his opponent’s weapon clicked empty.

Shi Tiexin defeated the arrogant youth in several betting matches, using his Vision System’s Win buff and carefully chosen maps to build his winnings. After the youth kept doubling his bets despite repeated losses, Shi Tiexin urged him to stop as the crowd jeered.

• Shi Tiexin killed the youth after faking poor aim and exploiting his opponent’s arrogance in a kinetic-firearms match, winning ten thousand points.
• Shi Tiexin accepted the youth’s twenty-thousand-point bet on a map the youth chose and won by firing artillery at his opponent.
• Shi Tiexin won another match on the random Spore Grotto map, raising his winnings to eighty thousand points.
• Shi Tiexin chose a particularly difficult kinetic-firearms map and won two more matches as the youth doubled his bets.
• Shi Tiexin asked the youth to stop betting before his family scolded him, while the spectators mocked the youth.

Shi Tiexin kept defeating the arrogant youth in Corona Battlefield, winning his escalating bets and provoking him into wagering more. After the youth lost again and attacked Shi Tiexin, Boss Boxin stopped him, and Shi Tiexin warned him that people who could not accept defeat would be beaten to death.

• Shi Tiexin beat the arrogant youth again in Corona Battlefield, doubling the stakes from thirty-two to sixty-four.
• Shi Tiexin taunted the youth into betting six hundred and forty thousand Value Points, and won again, raising the total to one hundred and twenty-eight.
• The furious youth burst from the spherical pod and attacked Shi Tiexin, tearing his clothes as Shi dodged.
• Boss Boxin used his voice to knock the youth down and scolded him for attacking after losing.
• Shi Tiexin offered to fight the youth and warned him that people who could not accept defeat would be beaten to death.

Shi Tiexin confronted a Core Collapse Realm youth who had bullied weaker players, using his Bewitching Words to humiliate him and leave him enraged. As Shi Tiexin prepared to strike, the youth’s abdomen began to swell with strange moving lumps.

• The Core Collapse Realm youth threatened the surrounding players, but Shi Tiexin stood his ground and challenged his arrogance.
• Shi Tiexin revealed that he delivered takeout, and the players confirmed his work at the Amusement Arcade.
• Shi Tiexin berated the youth for bullying weaker opponents, flaunting cheated wins, and picking a fight after losing.
• The youth became furious and threatened to kill Shi Tiexin, who watched for an opening to attack.
• A strange gurgling came from the youth’s abdomen as lumps began moving beneath his skin, horrifying the onlookers.