Recaps

Chen Nan defeated Jiang Wenyu by using the Mist Concealment Technique to land a lightning strike through his nose, but Jiang Wenyu’s allies prepared to counter him with equipment for their next match. Chen Nan anticipated their cheating and worried that he had little chance of winning the decisive third battle.

• Chen Nan concealed himself in mist and struck Jiang Wenyu’s brain with lightning through his nostrils, knocking him unconscious and winning their match.
• Jiang Wenming tried to attack Chen Nan, but Zhao Yunlong stopped him from breaking the Diligence Ranking rules.
• After Jiang Wenyu woke up, he told his group how Chen Nan had defeated him, and they dismissed the win as a sneak attack.
• Zhao Yunlong’s group decided to defend Jiang Wenyu against lightning with equipment and arrange for a teacher to overlook their cheating.
• Chen Nan anticipated that his opponents would prepare for his attack and cheat, so he worried about winning the third match and reconsidered his ranking goal.

Chen Nan struggled to find a way to defeat Jiang Wenyu, whose side had arranged concealed anti-electric equipment for the Diligence Ranking final. Yang Yugan gave Chen Nan cultivation power stored in the Mysterious Profound Token, and Chen Nan planned how to use it as Friday’s battle approached.

• Jiang Wenyu’s allies greased palms and prepared anti-electric equipment for him and Jiang Wenyu.
• Yang Yugan woke Chen Nan from cultivation and offered to store some of his cultivation power in the Mysterious Profound Token.
• Yang Yugan charged the token with cultivation power and told Chen Nan to swallow it before the fight.
• Chen Nan tested the power in the token, found it exceptionally pure, and planned to use it gradually to overcome Jiang Wenyu’s defenses.
• Friday arrived, and Chen Nan and Jiang Wenyu’s final Diligence Ranking match drew attention from Zhao Yunlong’s group and the academy’s upper ranks.

Chen Nan fought Jiang Wenyu in a Diligence Ranking battle, combining electric-current-enhanced reactions, Earth martial arts, and the Void Dissipation Art to counter Jiang Wenyu’s attacks. As Jiang Wenyu began to fear defeat, Zhao Yunlong whispered advice to Jiang Wenming, who shouted toward the arena.

• Chen Nan and Jiang Wenyu arrived for their battle, and Jiang Wenyu vowed to drive Chen Nan off the Diligence Ranking.
• Chen Nan used lightning to enhance his body and combined Tai Chi Eight Trigrams, Wing Chun, and Xingyi to evade Jiang Wenyu’s physical attacks.
• Jiang Wenyu escalated to repeated Tiger Rend Fist energy attacks, but Chen Nan combined martial arts with the Void Dissipation Art to withstand them.
• Jiang Wenyu worried that his strength would run out before he could defeat Chen Nan, and his attacks slowed.
• Zhao Yunlong whispered to Jiang Wenming, who began shouting toward the arena.

Chen Nan defeated Jiang Wenyu despite the opponents’ cheating, securing a place on the Diligence Ranking. He left Zhao Yunlong’s threats behind and planned to drop a few ranks so he could cultivate before facing Jiang Wenyu again.

• Jiang Wenming relayed Zhao Yunlong’s endurance advice to Jiang Wenyu, while Zhao Yunlong worried that their blatant cheating would be exposed if Jiang Wenyu lost.
• Jiang Wenyu steadied himself for an endurance battle, but Chen Nan avoided relying on his hidden reserves and decided to finish the fight quickly.
• Chen Nan used the Mist Concealment Technique and secretly sent electricity into Jiang Wenyu’s nostril, knocking him unconscious again.
• Chen Nan claimed his victory from Zhao Yunlong, who acknowledged the wager but warned him to be careful and restrained.
• Chen Nan recorded his win and officially reached 202nd place on the Diligence Ranking, then planned to drop a few ranks and cultivate before Jiang Wenyu recovered.

After reaching rank 202, Chen Nan encouraged the Nature Master Department students as their cultivation improved and planned to teach them combat techniques. He returned to his residence to cultivate and use the AI System to create a martial art that might help them face the Strength Department.

• Chen Nan filled out his form for rank 202 and learned he would collect the rank’s rewards on the second Tuesday.
• Chen Nan visited the Nature Master Department and found that its students had improved rapidly through the Myriad Laws Universe Art.
• Chen Nan discussed teaching the students combat techniques and warned them not to let their gains make them arrogant or reckless.
• The students agreed to endure for now and work toward graduating with the strength to stand confidently among other Transcendents.
• Chen Nan returned home, cultivated, and used the AI System to combine martial arts knowledge into a new set of techniques for the students.

Chen Nan adjusted his Diligence Ranking strategy while the academy’s leaders reconsidered the Nature Master Department. Meanwhile, Zhiyun Region descended into war as Demonic Orc nations backed a separatist resistance force equipped with powerful mechs, and Qingyang Kingdom debated how to respond.

• Chen Nan studied how to teach martial arts, then faced three challengers and conceded to Jiang Wenyu, falling to rank 205.
• Academy leaders discussed imposing measures on the Nature Master Department after Chen Nan entered the top 200, but took no action.
• Separatist activity in Zhiyun Region escalated into war after Qingyang Kingdom sent troops to suppress it, and Demonic Orc nations condemned the crackdown and backed the resistance.
• Chen Nan watched combat footage showing the resistance army’s advanced mech units overwhelming Qingyang Kingdom’s regular forces.
• Qingyang Kingdom’s leaders considered saturating Zhiyun Region with bombs to destroy the mechs and prevent the region from breaking away.

Chen Nan redirected Yang Yugan and Lu Fangliang from worrying about the kingdom to strengthening the Nature Master Department, which flourished as he continued to advance. As his progress drew the academy’s attention, its leaders used a surprise inspection to strip the department of its equipment and funds, though Chen Nan had anticipated their attack and kept other options.

• Chen Nan urged Yang Yugan and Lu Fangliang to teach the students cultivation arts and focus on building the Nature Master Department rather than fretting over a possible war.
• Yang Yugan and Lu Fangliang accepted Chen Nan’s advice, and the department united and began developing while its elective students grew more attached to it.
• After half a year of cultivation, Chen Nan reached Level 46, and his spiritual senses and AI System both developed new capabilities.
• Chen Nan rose to 150th on the Diligence Ranking and moved roughly a dozen places ahead of Jiang Wenyu.
• Several department heads told Qiu Daqiang that the Nature Master Department threatened the academy, and the academy arranged a surprise inspection.
• The academy classified the department’s Meditation Qi Yin Art equipment as an illegal purchase, confiscated it, imposed fines, and audited its accounts, but Chen Nan had prepared other methods.

After the Nature Master Department lost its assets in the academy’s punishment, Chen Nan secretly arranged Fu Long’s death and a will that gave most of his fortune to the department. Yang Yugan used the inheritance and Chen Nan’s business support to keep the department operating at an outside cultivation site, though its future remained uncertain.

• Chen Nan secretly manipulated Fu Long’s health and, after deciding the time was right, caused him to die from a fatal heart attack.
• Fu Long’s will left one-tenth of his estate to his descendants and the rest to the Nature Master Department, though Chen Nan had fabricated the will.
• Yang Yugan transferred the inheritance to Chen Nan’s Spicy Hot Pot, and the department used the funds to buy a suburban site and cultivation equipment.
• Yang Yugan, Lu Fangliang, and Chen Nan’s Spicy Hot Pot supplied money to keep the department running despite its financial punishment.
• Yang Yugan suspected Chen Nan had orchestrated Fu Long’s inheritance and recognized that the teenager had helped carry the department through its crisis.

Chen Nan secured resources for the struggling Nature Master Department by arranging Gao Haitao’s death and redirecting most of his inheritance, while Yang Yugan prepared to enter seclusion and Chen Nan’s Diligence Ranking rose toward the top one hundred. Chen Nan received stronger ranking rewards as his progress drew renewed attention from the Chen family.

• Chen Nan reached Level Fifty and the middle stage of Mystic Understanding after three more months of cultivation, while Yang Yugan prepared to break through into the Unity stage and handed department affairs to Chen Nan and Lu Fangliang.
• Chen Nan used Gao Haitao’s appetite for his toxic pills to worsen his chronic poisoning, and Gao Haitao eventually died after consuming medicines he had refined himself.
• Chen Nan altered Gao Haitao’s will so that ninety percent of his inheritance went to the Nature Master Department through Lu Fangliang, who accepted the responsibility of holding the funds for future crises.
• Chen Nan’s Diligence Ranking climbed toward the top one hundred, while Zhao Yunlong, Chen Jiadong, Chen Wan’er, Chu Yu, and Qin Shou held prominent positions on the list.
• Chen Wan’er’s father urged her to make peace with Chen Nan for the sake of the Chen Lineage, but she continued to dislike him and could not explain why.
• Chen Nan entered the bottom of the top one hundred and became eligible for a medium Spirit Touch Potion, a Hongci Training Center ticket, and a Heaven-Defying Pill.

Chen Nan used his Diligence Ranking rewards to cultivate with a Heaven-Defying Pill, making substantial progress while leaving the Nature Master Department’s affairs to Lu Fangliang. Susanna’s father urged her to support Chen Nan and report on him, while the chapter revealed that he was monitoring Chen Nan as a potentially dangerous Transcendent.

• Chen Nan claimed a Heaven-Defying Pill, Spirit Touch Potions, and training-center tickets, then tested the pill during a six-hour cultivation session at the Hongci Training Center.
• Chen Nan continued cultivating and participating in matches, while Lu Fangliang handled the Nature Master Department’s affairs and felt frustrated at being left with the work.
• Susanna struggled with Chen Nan’s lack of attention, but a message from her father encouraged her to view his focus on cultivation as responsible preparation for their future.
• Susanna began telling her father about Chen Nan every day, and he explained that Transcendents who grew beyond control had to be suppressed to protect their countries.

Chen Nan secretly advanced his cultivation by using the AI System to manage Heaven-Defying Pills and conceal his true level. After the academy punished the Nature Master Department and reduced Chen Nan’s rewards, he learned that Transcendent hooligans were attacking his Spicy Hot Pot stores.

• Chen Nan tested how the AI System could regulate his body after taking Heaven-Defying Pills and found it could clear their harmful effects within three hours, though he limited himself to four pills a month.
• Chen Nan used his Diligence Ranking rewards to advance rapidly, reaching Level Fifty-Five and then Level Sixty while the Hidden Merit Secret Method made inspections show him at only Level Fifty-One.
• Chen Nan developed powerful control over the Thousand Pull Art and Void Transformation Art but kept his strongest abilities hidden.
• Elder Fu Long’s family accused the Nature Master Department of fraud over his inheritance, and the academy forced the department to pay the family and reduced Chen Nan’s Mana Crystal rewards.
• Jiang Lili messaged Chen Nan that Transcendent hooligans had begun smashing up his Spicy Hot Pot stores.

Chen Nan traced the attacks on Chen Nan Spicy Hot Pot to a larger plot amid the Qingyang Kingdom’s growing crisis and ordered Jiang Lili to close the Luojing City stores and return to Wu City. With her safely gone, he sent Qi Shan and the others to guard a remaining store, preparing to retaliate if troublemakers appeared.

• Chen Nan learned that the Demonic Beast Kingdom was pressuring the Qingyang Kingdom and that lawless Transcendents were exploiting the turmoil to prey on ordinary people.
• Chen Nan identified Su Liye, a Su Family summoner, as a possible participant in the ambush against him and suspected someone else had ordered it.
• Chen Nan called Jiang Lili and told her to close the Luojing City stores, leave behind everything except owned properties, and return to Wu City.
• Jiang Lili agreed after Li Nanchao persuaded her, transferred thirty million yuan to Chen Nan, and returned home.
• Chen Nan instructed Qi Shan and the others to guard a remaining chain store and beat anyone who came to cause trouble.
• Qi Shan, Lu Zitong, and Liu Mingtao led three to five underlings to one of the Chen Nan Spicy Hot Pot stores.

Qi Shan and his companions watched as Transcendent thugs attacked a Chen Nan Spicy Hot Pot shop, then fought back after the thugs threatened them. They returned to the academy with evidence of the killing, and Chen Nan praised Liu Mingtao while preparing to act against those targeting the Nature Masters.

• Qi Shan stopped Liu Mingtao from intervening when a fat Transcendent killed a shop clerk, so they could learn more about the attackers.
• The fat man demanded money from the shop and threatened Qi Shan’s group, while boasting that Transcendents could kill commoners without consequence.
• Liu Mingtao struck the fat man down, and Qi Shan’s group beat his companion until he fled; Liu then killed the fat man with repeated punches.
• Qi Shan recorded the fight and retrieved the shop’s surveillance footage before the group left for the academy.
• Chen Nan praised Liu Mingtao, told him to prioritize his own safety, and began forming a plan after Qi Shan reported what happened.

Chen Nan shared the Nature Master Department’s secret training location with his loyal students, while the department struggled after its hot pot stores closed and its academy support dried up. At home, Li Nanchao warned Jiang Lili and the others that the academy might try to keep Chen Nan if the department became independent.

• Chen Nan gave Qi Shan and the other loyal students an off-campus address for the Nature Master Department’s additional training.
• Public support and legal evidence helped Liu Mingtao and the others receive only minor academy punishments, but the controversy forced Chen Nan’s Spicy Hot Pot stores to close.
• The Nature Master Department’s students pooled money and used Elder Gao Haitao’s inheritance to keep the department operating.
• Jiang Lili asked Li Nanchao to explain Chen Nan’s situation, and he said the academy and others were suppressing Chen Nan and the Nature Master Department.
• Li Nanchao warned that if the department went bankrupt and became independent, the academy might keep Chen Nan under its control until his best years of cultivation talent had passed.

Li Yunfeng revealed to Chen Shimei that Chen Nan was their son and asked him to help the young man through his crisis. Chen Shimei agreed to secretly assist Chen Nan, leaving his trusted servant to carry out his instructions.

• Li Nanchao explained that a major Lineage could protect a Transcendent, while the others discussed how to help Chen Nan.
• Li Yunfeng left, opened the pendant on her gold necklace, and called the special number she had kept for years.
• Li Yunfeng told Chen Shimei that she had given birth to their son, Chen Nan, and asked him to help him rather than give her money.
• Chen Shimei reflected on his arranged marriage and the life he had chosen within the Chen Lineage, then decided he would help Chen Nan secretly.
• Chen Shimei summoned his most trusted servant and gave him detailed instructions about helping Chen Nan.

With the Nature Master Department near bankruptcy and Yang Yugan still in seclusion, Chen Nan accepted secret support from an unknown benefactor. The supplies enabled the department to resume rapid training, while Chen Nan accepted that he would be responsible for repaying the favor.

• Chen Nan and Lu Fangliang worried that the Nature Master Department had exhausted Elder Gao Haitao’s inheritance and lacked the resources to advance.
• An unremarkable man from Wu City visited Chen Nan, claiming he came to thank him on behalf of his hometown and Chen Yun.
• The man delivered a tricycle-load of vegetables, and Chen Nan revealed that an eggplant concealed a medium Spirit Touch Potion inside.
• Chen Nan told Lu Fangliang that the unknown benefactor considered the supplies an investment to be repaid later, and he accepted the risk because the department needed support.
• Chen Nan began receiving wealth and supplies through various channels, and the Nature Master Department resumed rapid cultivation at its private base.

Chen Nan helped the Nature Master Department remain covert while Yang Yugan returned from seclusion in the early Unity stage. As war closed in on Qingyang Kingdom, Chen Nan obtained six Capacity Expansion Pods to accelerate the department’s cultivation.

• Chen Nan had Lu Fangliang pose as various medical experts in advertisements, keeping the Nature Master Department funded while drawing mockery from Transcendents.
• Chen Nan continued earning Diligence Ranking rewards as his cultivation reached level sixty-two, while Yang Yugan emerged from seclusion in the early Unity stage.
• Kroya, Jialuo Kingdom, and their allies advanced on Qingyang Kingdom, whose Transcendents began evacuating and transferring their power elsewhere.
• Chen Nan requested Capacity Expansion Pods from the mysterious ordinary person and received six for the cultivation base.
• Chen Nan explained how Capacity Expansion Pods had accelerated his cultivation and taught Lu Fangliang the Myriad Laws Universe Art so he could use one.
• Chen Nan reserved one Capacity Expansion Pod for Lu Fangliang and one for himself, while the other students would qualify only upon reaching the Mystic Understanding stage.

Chen Nan used Capacity Expansion Pods and other resources to rapidly advance his cultivation while the Nature Master Department gained time to grow. After Chen Nan reached Level Seventy and the Path Entry stage, Yang Yugan forged him a short sword from refined gold, leaving Chen Nan with a divine weapon suited to sword control.

• Chen Nan introduced the Capacity Expansion Pods to the Nature Master Department, and its three Mystic Understanding students began cultivating with them.
• Over the next three to five months, Chen Nan rose to Level Seventy and reached initial Path Entry, while Lu Fangliang advanced into Path Entry as well.
• Chen Nan and Lu Fangliang retrieved cultivation techniques from the Mysterious Profound Token as Yang Yugan began forging Chen Nan a divine weapon from refined gold.
• Yang Yugan explained Nature Master weapon refinement to Chen Nan and Lu Fangliang while using Heaven and Earth Profound Fire to refine the metal.
• After about forty-nine days, Yang Yugan completed a palm-sized jade-like short sword for Chen Nan.

Chen Nan linked his spiritual sense to the little flying sword, while Yang Yugan supported Chen Nan’s reforms as the Nature Master Department began preparing new students for the Mystic Understanding stage. Chen Nan then discovered that cultivation after Path Entry followed a different system, though his AI System still worked and his earlier cultivation foundation remained compatible.

• Yang Yugan explained how Chen Nan could link his spiritual sense to the little sword, and Chen Nan completed the process with Lu Fangliang’s protection.
• Chen Nan summoned and withdrew the sword through his consciousness, and Lu Fangliang said a rise of the Nature Masters was drawing near as students advanced rapidly with the Capacity Expansion Pod.
• Yang Yugan approved Chen Nan’s reforms and entrusted most affairs of the Nature Master Department to Chen Nan and Lu Fangliang.
• Chen Nan and Lu Fangliang found that their previous cultivation methods no longer worked after reaching the Path Entry stage, though Chen Nan could still cultivate with his AI System.
• Chen Nan confirmed that his earlier cultivation foundation did not conflict with Nature Master methods and concluded that power after Path Entry came from principles beyond what technology could verify.

Chen Nan continued cultivating as a Nature Master while Yang Yugan left to research medicinal pills that could aid cultivation. After reconnecting with Susanna and agreeing to bring her to the training base, Chen Nan planned to compete in his Diligence Ranking match first.

• Chen Nan kept competing in the Diligence Ranking and cultivating, while considering how Nature Masters could increase their power and attain enlightenment.
• Yang Yugan explained cultivation matters to Chen Nan and Lu Fangliang, then left to search for materials and methods for refining medicinal pills.
• The Nature Master Department's students cultivated rapidly, and its six Capacity Expansion Pods operated at full capacity as several students neared the Path Entry stage.
• Chen Nan contacted Susanna, spent the day and night with her, and agreed to take her to the training base the next day.
• Chen Nan and Susanna returned to the academy first so he could finish his scheduled Diligence Ranking match before they went to the training base.

Susanna visited Chen Nan's training base and was impressed by its resources, but promised to keep its secrets. When her father pressed her for proof that Chen Nan trusted her, she revealed everything about the base to him.

• Chen Nan brought Susanna to the Nature Master Department's training base, where she saw its students, equipment, and expensive Capacity Expansion Pods.
• Chen Nan asked Susanna not to reveal what she had seen, and she promised to keep the base's affairs secret.
• After spending several days at the base, Susanna returned to the academy and then went home to tell her father she had won their bet.
• Father Su challenged Susanna to name something at the base, then persuaded her that her parents needed to know the truth about Chen Nan.
• Susanna told Father Su every detail about Chen Nan's base, and he praised her as a good daughter.

After Zhao Yunlong learned that Chen Nan's Nature Master Department training base had become unexpectedly strong, he led a group there to provoke its students. The attackers overwhelmed the defenders and singled out Liu Mingtao for punishment, while Chen Nan remained absent.

• Susanna returned to the academy after her father promised to keep her secret from others.
• Qin Shou learned of the training base's unusual progress and told Zhao Yunlong, who decided to disrupt Chen Nan's work.
• Zhao Yunlong and his group arrived at the training base, where Liu Mingtao blocked their way and Qin Shou broke his collarbone with a punch.
• The Nature Master Department students overcame their fear and fought back, surprising Zhao Yunlong's group with their strength.
• Zhao Yunlong and his core group joined the battle, defeating the Nature Master Department students and leaving several seriously injured.
• Jiang Wenming was assigned to deal with Liu Mingtao after the attackers singled him out as their most troublesome opponent.

Zhao Yunlong tortured Liu Mingtao to force him to denounce Chen Nan, but Liu Mingtao stayed loyal until Chen Nan returned and rescued him. Chen Nan overwhelmed Zhao Yunlong’s group but spared them, then faced the possibility that Liu Mingtao’s injuries were beyond healing.

• Jiang Wenming held Liu Mingtao while Zhao Yunlong demanded that he condemn Chen Nan, but Liu Mingtao praised Chen Nan instead.
• Zhao Yunlong’s servants broke Liu Mingtao’s limbs and Zhao Yunlong attacked him with Fire Dragon Fist, but Chen Nan appeared in the lava pit and carried him out.
• Chen Nan struck with lightning, shattered the attackers’ defenses, and killed their subordinates while leaving Zhao Yunlong and his companions alive.
• Chen Nan explained that he spared the descendants of the five great Lineages to avoid provoking them into destroying the Nature Master Department, though he intended to settle the blood debt later.
• Liu Mingtao told Chen Nan that his injuries had ruined him, and the students’ healing spells could not reverse his worsening condition.

After Liu Hongtao was gravely injured protecting Chen Nan, he explained that Chen Nan had once saved his family, and Yang Yugan used an ancient pill to save his life. Chen Nan suspected the attack revealed a leak about the Nature Master Department’s secret location, while the five Lineages prepared to demand an explanation from Yang Yugan.

• Liu Hongtao told Chen Nan that Chen Nan had avenged his family and helped bring his sister home, making Chen Nan the hero he was willing to die for.
• Lu Fangliang offered an ancient life-preserving pill, and Yang Yugan treated Liu Hongtao after Chen Nan made him take it; Liu Hongtao survived, though his broken bones could not be repaired.
• Chen Nan took responsibility for the attack and suspected someone had exposed the Nature Master Department’s location, while Yang Yugan reassured him that the Department could withstand future difficulties.
• Qin Shou recounted Chen Nan’s attack to Qin Wanli, who warned him not to provoke Chen Nan and then coordinated with the Zhao, Chen, Chu, and Jiang families.
• Chen Shimei objected to provoking the Nature Master Department, but the five family heads jointly invited Yang Yugan to a banquet in Luojing City to demand an explanation.
• Yang Yugan told Chen Nan and Lu Fangliang he would attend the banquet, confident that even if the family heads could defeat him together, they could not stop him from escaping.

At a banquet, Yang Yugan confronted five patriarchs over their descendants’ conflict with his disciple Chen Nan and refused to submit to their threats. After demonstrating his ability to escape them, he left the patriarchs weighing the danger of provoking the Nature Master Department, and they agreed to let the matter go.

• Yang Yugan asked the five patriarchs why they had invited him, and Zhao Wenming said they wanted to apologize.
• Qin Wanli accused Chen Nan of killing the patriarchs’ descendants’ subordinates, but Yang Yugan defended his disciple and blamed the descendants for causing trouble on his turf.
• Jiang Sen threatened Yang Yugan, who rejected the patriarchs’ authority and challenged them to settle the dispute by force.
• Yang Yugan warned that his disciples would fight to the death and that he would hunt down their descendants if they destroyed the Nature Master Department.
• The patriarchs gathered their strength against Yang Yugan, but he vanished using spatial displacement and warned them not to provoke his department.
• Chen Shimei argued that the patriarchs should let the matter go, and the others stopped pursuing the conflict.