Chapter Summaries

After Su Hao’s unlikely victory over a Green-Eyed Coyote made him famous in Tea Mountain Outpost, Wu Yuntian tested his strength and discovered he had already reached the High-Rank Ordinary Warrior level. Wu Yuntian then began explaining the Martial Artist ranks and prepared to advise Su Hao on his future path.

• Su Hao told the gathered warriors that luck had helped him kill the Green-Eyed Coyote, and He Jianyong sent the children away while the warriors searched the village for more coyotes.
• Su Hao worried that his growing reputation might make him a target, but Wu Yuntian reassured him that Tea Mountain Outpost was safe.
• Su Hao explained that his Blood Qi had reached his body’s limit and that adjusting the Blood Qi Strengthening Wave had helped him break through its bottleneck, surprising Wu Yuntian.
• Wu Yuntian tested Su Hao’s punch and judged his strength to be that of a High-Rank Ordinary Warrior.
• Wu Yuntian explained the Martial Artist ranks and said that Su Hao’s future progress would depend on himself.

Wu Yuntian explained how Martial Artists progressed and demonstrated how an Elite Warrior could send Blood Qi through an object. He warned Su Hao not to attempt the Elite Realm while his body was still frail, and planned to teach him martial techniques over the next three years.

• Wu Yuntian described the three obstacles Martial Artists faced as they cultivated Blood Qi.
• Wu Yuntian demonstrated Elite Warrior strength by making a dead branch pierce a stone with transmitted Blood Qi.
• Wu Yuntian told Su Hao to wait until his body grew stronger before attempting to become an Elite Warrior.
• Wu Yuntian set a three-year wait and offered to teach Su Hao martial techniques and take him into the wilderness.
• Su Hao agreed to the plan and said he was not afraid of hardship.

Wu Yuntian brought Su Hao into the wilderness to face a snow flower leopard as combat training. Su Hao used Little Light to find the camouflaged predator, and the chapter ended as it launched a swift attack.

• Wu Yuntian led Su Hao from the city wall into the wilderness and explained that he would hunt a snow flower leopard.
• Wu Yuntian left Su Hao to approach the One-Horned Flower Deer’s territory alone, promising to watch from nearby.
• Su Hao used Little Light to identify the hidden snow flower leopard watching him from a tree.
• Su Hao threw snowballs at the leopard until it attacked, while Wu Yuntian stood ready to intervene.
• The snow flower leopard charged low and fast, leaving Su Hao struggling under the pressure of its attack.

Su Hao fought a snow flower leopard under Wu Yuntian’s supervision, first narrowly escaping death and then returning the next day with a better strategy. He steadily wounded the leopard and prepared to finish it with a single slash.

• Su Hao’s Horizontal Slash missed the snow flower leopard, and Wu Yuntian pulled him out of danger before ending the training session.
• The next day, Su Hao returned to the leopard’s territory and decided to rely on close-range dodges and counterattacks instead of matching its strength and speed.
• Su Hao evaded the leopard’s pounce and kicked it beneath the jaw, startling it without causing serious injury.
• Su Hao repeatedly dodged the leopard’s attacks and stabbed it during openings, leaving it bloodied and increasingly weakened.
• Su Hao recognized that the leopard was afraid and might flee, so he decided to finish it with one slash.

Over three years, Su Hao trained under Wu Yuntian by fighting fierce beasts and grew into a powerful eight-year-old warrior. He killed a Blue-Striped Tiger with a single strike and dragged its body away.

• Su Hao killed a snow flower leopard, and Wu Yuntian praised him but regretted that its damaged pelt would be worth little.
• Su Hao fought a Shanji for six days before defeating it with a rope snare, then trained against beasts with only his short blade and armor.
• Su Hao overcame a Black-Haired Piglet, a Violent Bear, and many other fierce beasts as Wu Yuntian guided his training across the mountains.
• Three years later, Su Hao used Little Light’s extensive beast database to identify a Blue-Striped Tiger that Wu Yuntian could not see.
• Su Hao charged the Blue-Striped Tiger and killed it instantly by stabbing his blade through its chin into its brain.

After returning from a hunt, Su Hao reviewed his health and training progress, focusing on how to strengthen his body and control its functions. Wu Yuntian then announced that he would begin teaching Su Hao how to advance to an Advanced Elite Warrior the next day.

• Su Hao returned to the village with the Blue-Striped Tiger's valuable parts and let the villagers believe Wu Yuntian had done most of the work.
• Little Fatty and Silly Tao envied Su Hao's progress, while He Qingqing left to train after Little Fatty praised her talent.
• Su Hao checked his status in Marble Space and found that his blood qi and muscle strength had reached their limits, while his bone, viscera, and five-senses training remained unfinished.
• Su Hao meditated to practice controlling his strengthening functions but made little progress with his bones, viscera, and five senses.
• Wu Yuntian told Su Hao that he would teach him to advance to an Advanced Elite Warrior starting the next day, and Su Hao asked why they could not begin immediately.

Su Hao learned that advancing to an Elite Warrior required strengthening his vitality, spirit, and vigor until he could control his Blood Qi. At nine years old, he used a centrifugal separation method to rapidly convert ordinary Blood Qi into elite Blood Qi and discovered its immense power.

• Wu Yuntian explained that Su Hao needed to strengthen his vitality, spirit, and vigor to take control of his Blood Qi, and taught him the three strictnesses, four diligences, and five abstinences.
• Su Hao spent six months cultivating until he could make a small portion of his Blood Qi move, then another six months until he could circulate it according to the "Nine Palaces Blood-Intercepting Manual."
• At age nine, Su Hao began vibrating his Blood Qi to transform it into elite Blood Qi but realized the process was too slow.
• Su Hao devised the Centrifugal Separation Method, spinning his Blood Qi into vortices that rapidly produced elite Blood Qi.
• Su Hao coated a short blade with elite Blood Qi and drove it through the stone floor, astonished by its strength.

Su Hao learned how elite Blood Qi worked, filled all Nine Palaces in just a month, and discovered that his methods made his progress far faster than normal. He sparred with Wu Yuntian to test his strength and realized elite Blood Qi could protect him from attacks, leaving him eager to rely on close combat.

• Su Hao coated his fist in elite Blood Qi and punched a crater into the ground, then discovered that converting all his ordinary Blood Qi left his muscles exhausted.
• Su Hao replenished and converted his Blood Qi for a month, filling all Nine Palaces and telling Wu Yuntian he had reached that limit.
• Wu Yuntian explained that Su Hao's Blood Qi Strengthening Function and Centrifugal Force Conversion Method let him accumulate elite Blood Qi far faster than ordinary warriors.
• Wu Yuntian took Su Hao outside to spar so they could assess his strength.
• Su Hao attacked with Charge and a sudden upward kick, but Wu Yuntian evaded and knocked him flying with an elbow.
• Su Hao learned that elite Blood Qi could offset elite Blood Qi attacks, and concluded that his strengthened body and abundant reserves made hand-to-hand combat a viable strategy.

Su Hao fought Wu Yuntian and learned he had reached the High-Rank Elite Warrior level, so Wu Yuntian arranged for him to attend Lingyun Warrior Academy. After two months of training, Su Hao left Tea Mountain Outpost for Lingyun Town with He Qingqing, Li Cunzhi, and their fathers.

• Su Hao battled Wu Yuntian, who recognized that his son’s strength and speed were nearly his equal, and Su Hao conceded after being thrown off balance.
• Wu Yuntian told Su Hao he would enroll at Lingyun Warrior Academy in September to study martial cultivation theory, alongside He Qingqing and Li Cunzhi.
• Two months later, Su Hao recorded his improved status as a High-Rank Elite Warrior with 31 Elite Blood Qi and mastered Sliding Shadow Step.
• Su Hao set out for Lingyun Town with He Qingqing, Li Cunzhi, He Jianyong, and Old Li, while Wu Yuntian stayed behind to guard the village.
• Wu Yuntian gave Su Hao money from trading his collected spoils, and Su Hao left Tea Mountain Outpost for the first time, excited about the journey.

Su Hao and the others traveled to Lingyun Town, discussing the Warrior Academy and their expectations for studying there. They reached the town and learned its towering walls were built to defend against Ferocious Beasts, then He Jianyong led them inside to register.

• Little Fatty boasted that he would protect He Qingqing at the Warrior Academy, while Su Hao privately worried he would have to handle trouble for them.
• Little Fatty asked Su Hao about his rank, and Su Hao vaguely agreed when Little Fatty guessed he was a High-Rank Ordinary Warrior.
• Su Hao, He Qingqing, Little Fatty, and the others arrived at Lingyun Town in the afternoon and marveled at its immense walls.
• He Jianyong explained that the walls protected the town from powerful Ferocious Beasts and reassured the children that warriors guarded them.
• He Jianyong led the group through the city gate to register.

Su Hao, He Qingqing, and Little Fatty enrolled at Lingyun Warrior Academy and began settling into their new lives there. When Little Fatty went back to the dormitory to fetch money for dinner, he discovered it was missing.

• He Jianyong treated the children to food in Lingyun Town, and Su Hao bought new clothes, a longer blade, and daily necessities.
• Su Hao paid one Gold Yuan to enroll at Lingyun Warrior Academy and received a student token before He Jianyong and Old Li returned to Tea Mountain Outpost.
• Su Hao and Little Fatty shared a dormitory, while He Qingqing was assigned to a girls' dormitory elsewhere in the Academy.
• Su Hao led Little Fatty and He Qingqing around the Academy, showing them the dining hall, training field, bathhouse, classrooms, and teachers' residences.
• Little Fatty decided to treat Su Hao and He Qingqing to dinner and returned to the dormitory to get his money.
• Little Fatty searched the dormitory and told Su Hao that he could not find his money.

Su Hao traced the thief who stole Little Fatty’s money to a restaurant and recovered the stolen pouch. He broke both of the thief’s hands, paid the restaurant bill with money taken from the thief’s companions, and left the thief subdued.

• Su Hao used Little Light to identify unfamiliar footprints and fingerprints, then led Little Fatty and He Qingqing to a restaurant outside Warrior Academy.
• Su Hao confirmed the short-haired man’s fingerprints and caught him boasting about stealing from a child.
• When the man’s two companions tried to attack, Su Hao kicked them aside and demanded the stolen money.
• Su Hao broke the short-haired man’s hand, searched him, and recovered three money pouches; Little Fatty identified and reclaimed his own.
• Su Hao broke the thief’s other hand and paid the waiter for the meal with Silver Yuan taken from the thief’s companions.

Su Hao explained Thunderous Means to He Qingqing and Little Fatty, then demonstrated the principle by beating their domineering roommate Kong Yang into submission. He left Hua Wanli eager to learn from him, but told the timid boy that the Academy could teach him.

• Su Hao told He Qingqing and Little Fatty that they had to make the cost of bullying them outweigh the rewards, and used a steamed-bun example to explain Thunderous Means.
• Jin Dayan and the girls with him discussed Su Hao's fight at the restaurant, and Jin Dayan admitted he might not have defeated the three opponents as cleanly.
• Su Hao escorted He Qingqing to her dormitory and introduced her to her roommates so she would not be isolated.
• Back at his dormitory, Su Hao challenged Kong Yang after Kong Yang bullied Li Cunzhi and claimed authority over the room.
• Su Hao repeatedly struck Kong Yang until he surrendered, then asked Little Fatty if he understood Thunderous Means.
• Hua Wanli asked Su Hao to teach him, and Su Hao told him he could learn at the Academy.

New students gathered at Lingyun Warrior Academy, where Dean Xiao Jixuan welcomed them before Jin Datong announced a sudden elimination test. Su Hao ran with Little Fatty and He Qingqing, trying to stay inconspicuous while he figured out how Jin Datong would judge the students.

• Xiao Jixuan welcomed the new students and spoke about the Academy’s role in training warriors and preserving the Human Race.
• Jin Datong announced that only four hundred of the five hundred and eighteen students could stay, and expelled a student who protested.
• Su Hao reassured Little Fatty and He Qingqing that he would help them if he could.
• Jin Datong ordered the students to run twenty laps and threatened to eliminate those he disliked.
• Su Hao ran with Little Fatty and He Qingqing at a moderate pace while observing the test.

Su Hao completed the twenty-lap run after Jin Datong offered ten Gold Yuan to whoever took first place. When Jin Datong tried to delay payment until the next day, Su Hao wrote him an IOU in front of the other teachers.

• Su Hao urged He Qingqing and Little Fatty to keep running after they began to falter, and he caught them when they collapsed.
• Jin Datong offered ten Gold Yuan to the first student to finish, expecting his younger brother Jin Dayan to win.
• Su Hao sprinted past the other students and Jin Dayan, then completed all twenty laps first.
• Su Hao demanded the promised reward, but Jin Datong said he would pay him the next day.
• Su Hao took out paper and a pen and began writing Jin Datong an IOU as the teachers laughed.

Su Hao collected his 10 Gold Yuan and joined Class 8, where his brutal response to his classmates’ challenge established his dominance. After Bald Old Liu stopped the brawl, the class began running, with Su Hao following them.

• Su Hao received his 10 Gold Yuan from Jin Datong and tore up the IOU.
• Su Hao learned he had been assigned to Class 8 under Bald Old Liu, who told the class to train by running.
• Su Hao punched Rong Guming unconscious after Rong asked whether Su Hao had to run too.
• Su Hao fought the students who rallied against him and knocked nearly all of them down before Bald Old Liu stopped him.
• Su Hao kicked Rong Guming again for disobeying Bald Old Liu, then the class hurried off to run.

Su Hao completed the Academy’s foundational training and became renowned as a genius, while Bald Old Liu predicted he could one day reach Ancestor Level. After defeating a group of upper-year students who confronted him, Su Hao demanded that they take him to the other Second-Level Students.

• Su Hao practiced unarmed combat with Bald Old Liu after his classmates were too afraid to spar with him.
• Su Hao decided to spend a year strengthening his foundations before pursuing advancement to Grandmaster Warrior.
• Teachers discussed Su Hao’s exceptional talent, and Bald Old Liu asked them to keep an eye on him.
• Half a year after enrolling, Su Hao completed foundational training and gained more time for independent study and practice.
• Several Second-Level Students blocked Su Hao, but he quickly beat them and asked them to lead him to the rest of their year.

Su Hao challenged Xiao Yushu, the undefeated strongest Level 2 Student, and defeated him in two blows. With Xiao Yushu unconscious and the crowd stunned, Su Hao demanded that the remaining Level 2 Students fight him together, then prepared to attack when no one stepped forward.

• Flathead led Su Hao to the Level 2 training venue after warning him that Xiao Yushu had never lost.
• Xiao Yushu defeated three top-ten Level 2 Students who challenged him together.
• Su Hao challenged Xiao Yushu and knocked him down with Sliding Shadow Step, surprising the spectators.
• Xiao Yushu charged again, but Su Hao parried his Mountain Breaking Fist and knocked him unconscious with Hard Force Fist.
• Su Hao challenged all the Level 2 Students at once, and when no one answered, he said he would take the initiative.

Su Hao defeated the Second-Level Students and used his newfound freedom to study at Lingyun Library, where he frightened a girl who thought he was damaging the books. He was left wondering whether he really was as scary as the rumors claimed.

• Su Hao defeated the Second-Level Students, learned the Level 3 Students were away at a wilderness outpost, and left the field.
• Old Liu and other teachers discussed Su Hao's victory and speculated that he had reached the Elite Warrior level.
• Su Hao's reputation kept trouble away from him, He Qingqing, and Little Fatty, and he began spending his afternoons studying at Lingyun Library.
• Su Hao rapidly flipped through books to record them in his system, alarming the three girls who were also in the library.
• Xiao Mei asked Su Hao not to ruin the books, but he deliberately intimidated her, causing her and her companions to flee.
• Su Hao watched the girls run away and wondered whether he was really that scary.

After months of training, Su Hao had become a powerful High-Rank Elite Warrior, but he rushed to He Qingqing’s dormitory when Little Fatty reported that a Level 3 Student was harassing her. He rescued her and then set out with her to confront the Level 3 Students, drawing a crowd of excited onlookers.

• Su Hao reviewed his improved body and skills in the library, where he saw Xiao Mei reading.
• Little Fatty told Su Hao that Level 3 Students had cornered He Qingqing in her dormitory after one of them demanded she become his girlfriend.
• Su Hao attacked the hedgehog-haired ringleader and his companions, then kicked the unconscious ringleader between the legs.
• He Qingqing ran out of the dormitory and joined Su Hao as he asked Little Fatty to lead them to the Level 3 Students.
• News spread that Wu Xiangwu was going to challenge all the Level 3 Students, and crowds of students hurried to watch.