Chapter Summaries

Shi Tiexin and his companions rescued Gao Shaoling from a Shaluo City youth, then faced an attack by the youth’s gang. A powerful young woman intervened and beat the unruly-haired youth unconscious, leaving her identity a mystery to the group.

• Shi Tiexin recognized the youth who had caused trouble at Boxin Amusement City and provoked him while Gao Chongxiao and the others mocked him.
• The youth released Gao Shaoling and charged at the group, breaking the secret realm’s barrier; Shi Tiexin rescued Gao Shaoling, and Shi Yuwei knocked the youth out of the realm.
• The youth summoned six or seven powerful companions, and both sides prepared to fight.
• A woman’s overwhelming pressure halted the attackers, and she kicked the unruly-haired youth down.
• The woman scolded and repeatedly slapped the youth before sending him flying out of the secret realm, badly beaten and barely conscious.

A young woman from Shuren Zhengxue Academy stopped a student from bullying the group, apologized for his behavior, and treated them to a meal at her family’s establishment. The group later rehearsed for the competition and learned its lavish rewards, including Platinum Sharp Energy martial arts and a rare combat technique.

• The young woman made the hoodlums drag away the student who had attacked Gao Shaoling, then apologized to the group and covered their expenses.
• Gao Chongxiao and Shu Wangzhou joked about marrying the young woman, while Gu Shaohuai asked Gao Shaoling which school the bully attended.
• Shi Tiexin and Shi Yuwei assessed the young woman’s strength and decided they should send Little Sima’s intelligence analysts to investigate Shuren Zhengxue Academy.
• The group followed Sister Mengmeng to the training hall and rehearsed the five-person arena team match format.
• Sister Mengmeng explained that the champion team would receive a Platinum Sharp Energy martial art, while the Best in the Field would receive another Platinum Cultivation Method and a rare edition of the Profound Heart Combat Technique.

Sister Mengmeng explained Mystic Heart Combat Arts and prepared the team for the Nine Cities Derby, while Shi Tiexin reflected on the prize he wanted. At the competition venue, he met Lin Shuilian again, who mistook him for the team-leading teacher.

• Sister Mengmeng explained that Mystic Heart Combat Arts blended mind arts and force arts, then began planning tactics around Shi Yuwei as the team's strongest fighter.
• Sister Mengmeng outlined the round-robin format and urged the team to conceal its methods and aim for the championship.
• On the third day of training, Shi Tiexin and the team inspected the arena, where he resolved to win a Sharp Energy Platinum Cultivation Method.
• Shi Tiexin met Lin Shuilian at the venue, and she introduced herself before recognizing him as someone from First Zhengxue Academy of Earth and Wood.
• Lin Shuilian assumed Shi Tiexin was the team-leading teacher and greeted him formally.

Gao Chongxiao and the other calves met Lin Shuilian and learned that she had information about their troubles. Shi Tiexin discovered that Shuren Zhengxue Academy was targeting Tumubao because Si Chongtian had taken a place among Lumen’s Eight Sages, leaving the academy out.

• Gao Chongxiao and the other calves greeted Lin Shuilian and tried to repay her for helping them by inviting her to celebrate with them.
• Lin Shuilian offered to explain certain matters to the calves and invited them to hear her out.
• At the hotel, Sima Liang explained that Shuren Zhengxue Academy had taken special action against the group because Si Chongtian had joined the Eight Sages of Lumen.
• Shi Tiexin realized Shuren’s students resented Tumubao for taking a coveted place among the Eight Sages.
• Shu Wangzhou called Shuren the strongest local rival, while Shi Yuwei declared that they would fight them all.

The nine-city tournament drew closer as the delegations faced online attacks, public scrutiny, and betting markets. Shi Tiexin studied the odds and prepared for the competition, which was set to begin the next day.

• Gao Chongxiao, Da Shu, and Gu Shaohuai dismissed a plan to trick Shaluo City with a false secret weapon.
• Tournament organizers released promotional videos that revealed the contestants, prompting intense discussion and hostility online.
• Gao Chongxiao and Gu Shaohuai lost their composure while reading insulting comments, while Shi Tiexin sent the Little Bees and orphans to fight back online.
• Shi Tiexin studied the betting odds, judged Shaluo City's Shuren Zhengxue Academy the leading favorite, and planned a betting strategy.
• Shi Tiexin finished adaptive training without completing Viscera Training or Wind Tribulation Leg, and the tournament was due to begin the next day.

Shi Tiexin and the Tumubao team arrived at the Nine Cities Academy Student Competition, where they faced the noise and pressure of the packed stadium. Sister Mengmeng announced that Tumubao would face Pingchuan Fort in the second match, and Pingchuan Fort's coach called to speak with Shi Tiexin.

• Shi Tiexin struggled to sleep before the competition and failed to use cheats despite spending the night trying to connect with his avatar.
• Big Sister led the team in a cheer before they traveled to the venue and entered their preparation room.
• The inspection team checked the contestants, and the host's entrance raised the excitement in the stadium.
• Sister Mengmeng told the team that their second-match opponent was Pingchuan Fort and urged them to seize the initiative.
• Pingchuan Fort's coach called and said one of their team members wanted to speak with Shi Tiexin.

Shi Tiexin accepted Zhang Songyang’s challenge to open the match between Pingchuan Fort and Tumubao, while the Nine Cities Derby began with a fierce contest between Duxin Fortress and Huaiyin Fort. After Huaiyin Fort won, Shi Tiexin prepared to enter the arena against Zhang Songyang.

• Zhang Songyang contacted Shi Tiexin and challenged him to fight first in the competition, and Shi Tiexin accepted.
• Sister Mengmeng chose Gao Chongxiao, Sima Liang, Shu Wangzhou, and Gu Shaohuai for the round, with Shi Yuwei sitting it out.
• Duxin Fortress and Huaiyin Fort began the derby with a fierce opening match, and Huaiyin Fort won against the betting odds.
• Shi Yuwei watched the matches eagerly while Shi Tiexin and his teammates waited for their turn.
• After a fifteen-minute rest, the host announced Pingchuan Fort versus Tumubao and introduced Zhang Songyang and Shi Tiexin as the first fighters.
• Shi Tiexin promised the little calf he would win, then strode toward the arena.

Shi Tiexin faced Zhang Songyang in a duel between their Liang Group outer sects, and the two traded matching techniques before Zhang revealed his Unceasing Thunder Tribulation Fist Technique. The fight continued with Shi Tiexin adapting to Zhang’s moves, leaving Zhang startled that Shi was learning his Lightning Tribulation Hand.

• Zhang Songyang and Shi Tiexin exchanged provocative declarations before the match, with Shi revealing he had borrowed money to bet on himself.
• Shi Tiexin and Zhang Songyang opened the fight by countering each other with the Formless Wind Tribulation Leg and Startling Electric Palm.
• Shi Tiexin gained the upper hand and swollen Zhang Songyang’s wrist, prompting Zhang to reveal his Unceasing Thunder Tribulation Fist Technique.
• Zhang Songyang used rapid, continuous punches while both fighters moved with Formless Wind footwork.
• After thirty exchanges, Zhang Songyang retreated in surprise and accused Shi Tiexin of learning his Lightning Tribulation Hand.

Shi Tiexin defeated Zhang Songyang by learning and adapting the Unceasing Thunder Tribulation Hand during their duel. He won the battle and earned the right to avoid going to Heaven Platform.

• Shi Tiexin countered Zhang Songyang’s attacks with techniques that startled Gu Shaohuai and made Zhang wonder whether he practiced snake forms and Wing Chun.
• Shi Tiexin criticized Zhang Songyang’s training and challenged him to use his trump card.
• Zhang Songyang unleashed Lightning Flash Without Interval, Accumulated Thunder Becomes Tribulation, but Shi Tiexin read the attack and exploited weaknesses in his stance.
• Shi Tiexin struck Zhang Songyang’s throat with a borrowed Lightning Tribulation Hand technique, ending the fight when Zhang could no longer breathe properly.
• The secret realm shattered, Zhang Songyang recovered, and the host declared Shi Tiexin the winner, exempting him from going to Heaven Platform.

After Shi Tiexin’s team won their opening match, Shi Yuhui warned him that Sister Mengmeng’s reality-warping phenomenon might recur and struck a deal for him to obtain Martial Heart Zen. The chapter left Shi Tiexin hoping to win the rare combat art and learn Shi Yuhui’s First-Class Heavy Strike, despite doubting he could claim Best Individual.

• Shi Tiexin met Shi Yuhui after the first day’s matches, and she told him that Sister Mengmeng’s strange phenomenon might recur and that he must check whether she and her reliable contact still remembered her.
• Shi Yuhui asked Shi Tiexin to remind her of everything if she forgot Sister Mengmeng, and he promised to do so despite fearing he might face the phenomenon alone.
• Shi Yuhui offered to erase Shi Tiexin’s debts and trade him her signature Mystic Heart Combat Arts, First-Class Heavy Strike, for one Martial Heart Zen Seed.
• Shi Yuhui demonstrated First-Class Heavy Strike, and Shi Tiexin recognized the devastating move that had once defeated Old Tang.
• Shi Tiexin accepted the deal but doubted he could win Best Individual, while Shi Yuhui suggested he might surprise everyone.

Shi Yuwei reflected on her guilt about hurting people with her strength and longed for a friend who understood her. She found that kindred spirit in Lin Shuilian, then parted with her after arranging to meet again tomorrow, when Lin Shuilian's school would reveal its strongest fighter.

• Shi Yuwei recalled how accidentally injuring people after getting lost as a child made her fear hurting others and struggle to enjoy sparring.
• Shi Yuwei and Lin Shuilian discovered they both disliked fighting and felt guilty when their strength hurt their sparring partners.
• Shi Yuwei eagerly bonded with Lin Shuilian over their shared struggles and their tendency to get lost.
• Shi Yuwei invited Lin Shuilian to explore a strange place she had found, but Lin Shuilian nervously declined.
• Shi Tiexin came to collect Shi Yuwei, and she asked Lin Shuilian about the strongest person at her school before they agreed to meet again tomorrow.

Tumubao defeated Duxin Fortress five to zero despite organized jeers from Shuren Zhengxue Academy’s students. The chapter ended as Shuren’s students chanted for Qiu Huang and challenged Tumubao’s strongest fighter to come forward.

• Sister Mengmeng set Tumubao’s lineup and told the team to conserve their strength against Duxin Fortress.
• Shi Yuwei, Gao Chongxiao, Gu Shaohuai, Sima Liang, and Shi Tiexin each won their matches, giving Tumubao a clean five-to-zero victory.
• Gao Chongxiao identified the jeering spectators as students from Shaluo City's Shuren Zhengxue Academy, and the host warned them to stop disrupting the contestants.
• Shi Tiexin noticed Shuren’s organized block of spectators and told his opponent that Tumubao would see how they acted when the teams met.
• Shuren’s students chanted “The Emperor's Reign is Limitless” and called for Qiu Huang as their challenge to Tumubao.

Shuren Zhengxue Academy’s Qiu Huang accepted Hanyang Fort’s challenge and demonstrated his overwhelming strength. After killing his opponent with a single brutal strike, Qiu Huang was identified as a practitioner of the Blood Buddha Sect’s Sea of Blood Pagoda.

• Qiu Huang challenged Hanyang Fort’s fighters over the loudspeakers, and Hanyang Fort accepted a duel.
• Qiu Huang took the stage wearing a dark-red cape and faced Hanyang Fort’s contestant.
• Hanyang Fort’s contestant struck Qiu Huang’s neck twice, but Qiu Huang did not move or suffer injury.
• Qiu Huang killed his opponent by kicking and tearing apart his neck, then faced the crowd amid Hanyang Fort’s contestant’s blood.
• Sister Mengmeng identified Qiu Huang’s cultivation as the Blood Buddha Sect’s Sea of Blood Pagoda and said he might be the tournament’s strongest opponent.

Qiu Huang’s overwhelming strength and extensive divine arts made him the clear favorite, while Sister Mengmeng explained his abilities to the Tumubao contestants. As Qiu Huang crushed more opponents over the next two days, Shi Tiexin kept searching for a way to face him without compromising his Sharp Will.

• Sister Mengmeng analyzed Qiu Huang’s Blood Buddha Sect techniques, cultivation, and equipment, identifying his rigid, forward-only style as a possible weakness.
• Gao Chongxiao proposed that the Tumubao contestants gang up on Qiu Huang, but Shi Tiexin rejected the idea because he could not accept surrendering in his heart.
• On the third day, Qiu Huang overpowered a contestant’s Tai Chi Locking Force and crushed him into the ground.
• On the fourth day, Qiu Huang dismissed Zhang Songyang’s thunder-based attack and caved in his face with a single punch.
• On the fifth day, Qiu Huang challenged all the remaining contestants to attack him together.

Qiu Huang overwhelmed five Huaiyin Fort contestants at once, demonstrating the force of his martial arts and Baleful Intent before refusing to compete again until someone stronger appeared. As the tournament continued, Shi Tiexin analyzed how he might challenge Qiu Huang, while Sister Mengmeng encouraged Gu Shaohuai and someone watched Shi Tiexin.

• Huaiyin Fort sent five contestants to fight Qiu Huang together, but he defeated them with powerful attacks and terrifying Baleful Intent, causing one opponent's fighting spirit to collapse.
• Qiu Huang declared that he would not compete again for several days unless a worthy challenger appeared, leaving the tournament contestants shaken.
• Shi Tiexin weighed Qiu Huang's strengths and considered whether his movement, offense, and defense could stand up to him.
• Sister Mengmeng encouraged Gu Shaohuai, then pushed him out the door to take the lead despite his difficult path.
• Qiu Huang stayed off the stage as the tournament continued, and someone observed Shi Tiexin.

As Tumubao swept Linlang Fort and prepared for the Nine Cities Derby final against favored Shuren Zhengxue Academy, Shi Tiexin continued training and learned what he lacked to reach Core Formation. The team’s celebration was interrupted when everyone received a warning from Lin Shuilian.

• Yin Tiansheng gave his disciple the Unwavering Fire Tribulation Blade and sent him off to act, accepting the cost to his reputation.
• Shi Tiexin discussed Core Formation with Sister Mengmeng and decided to focus on Viscera Training, Wind Tribulation Leg, and strengthening his Sharp Will before the final.
• Tumubao defeated Linlang Fort in all five matches, completing victories over the other seven first-tier space cities.
• Tumubao First Academy’s old principal celebrated the team’s success with a banquet and urged the students to fight without regret in the final.
• During the banquet, the students received the same message from Lin Shuilian: “Careful!”

Qiu Huang attacked the gathered youths and instructors inside his great secret realm, overwhelming them with his Killing Intent and brutal martial arts. Shi Tiexin rescued several fighters and challenged Qiu Huang, but the battle continued as Qiu Huang launched a descending attack.

• Qiu Huang entered the hotel, announced that he had a message, activated his great secret realm, and knocked Assistant Instructor Zhao away with a punch.
• Shi Tiexin caught Assistant Instructor Zhao while Qiu Huang beat Shu Wangzhou and Assistant Instructor Wang, then injured Gao Chongxiao and sent Sima Liang flying.
• Shi Tiexin struck Qiu Huang in the face, but Qiu Huang countered by knocking Sima Liang aside and beating Gu Shaohuai until Shi Tiexin rescued him.
• Shi Tiexin attacked Qiu Huang's joints with a series of kicks, but Qiu Huang braced himself and leaped overhead, descending toward him with his red cloak spread wide.

Shi Yuwei fought Qiu Huang after he overwhelmed the Tumubao competitors, while Qiu Huang announced his plan to defeat Si Chongtian at the coming examination. When two Gangji experts arrived to help him leave, Sister Mengmeng suppressed their auras and challenged them.

• Qiu Huang defeated the Tumubao competitors and assistant instructors, then drove Shi Tiexin to the brink of collapse.
• Shi Yuwei entered the fight and exchanged a fierce barrage of blows with Qiu Huang, forcing him to step back.
• Qiu Huang announced that he would defeat the competitors, shatter the Resonant Bell, and defeat Si Chongtian before his examination.
• Two Gangji experts arrived, and Qiu Huang claimed he could leave Shaluo City whenever he wanted.
• Sister Mengmeng appeared between the experts, suppressed their auras, and threatened them.

Lin Shuilian stopped Qiu Huang from attacking Shi Yuwei and the others, while Shi Tiexin returned to training, determined to defeat Qiu Huang. As he pushed himself to complete Viscera Training, Scholar Stone sent 120 points of Heavenly Gifted Golden Light through the Interlayer Mist and summoned him across worlds.

• Sister Mengmeng restrained Qiu Huang's two experts and challenged him to call in his allies, while Shi Yuwei prepared to fight.
• Lin Shuilian intervened, threatened to request arbitration, and persuaded Qiu Huang to leave with his experts.
• Lin Shuilian checked on Shi Yuwei and urged the injured teammates to recover for the final the next day.
• Shi Tiexin returned to his suite and trained desperately, determined to complete Viscera Training and beat Qiu Huang himself.
• Scholar Stone sent 120 points of Heavenly Gifted Golden Light through the Interlayer Mist and called Shi Tiexin to join him in creating a miracle.

Shi Tiexin won the 110-meter hurdles at the Southern Zhili Sports Meet after tying with Fang Qingjue for first place in the schoolwide mathematics exam. His victories replenished his Heavenly Gifted Golden Light, leaving his talent reserve at 793.

• Fengming First High School announced the mathematics exam rankings, with Shi Tiexin and Fang Qingjue tied for first across the school.
• Old Jia settled into his new role as homeroom teacher of Second Year, Class One and wondered how Shi Tiexin was doing at the sports meet.
• The school broadcast announced that Shi Tiexin had set the world's best javelin result, and students cheered while Fang Qingjue smiled faintly.
• Ling Xingjian celebrated Shi Tiexin's javelin result in the broadcasting room and planned to continue her exclusive interview with him.
• Shi Tiexin won the 110-meter hurdles final and received enough Heavenly Gifted Golden Light to raise his Gifted Golden Light Refining Liquid Reserve to 793.