Chapter Summaries

After breaking through to the Fourth Realm, Lin Qi discovered that his body absorbed Source Energy more efficiently and gained five points of blood vitality. He went to Liu Ran’s class to learn about Bone Refining, where her demonstration showed the destructive power of a Middle Realm Martial Artist.

• Lin Qi broke through to the Fourth Realm, shed his old skin, and found that his cultivation efficiency and appetite for Source Energy had increased.
• Lin Qi gained five points of blood vitality and decided he needed guidance on cultivating the Fourth Realm while his teacher Mu Hong was away.
• Lin Qi asked Jiang Tao to take him to Liu Ran, who gathered her students to teach a class on Fourth Realm Bone Refining.
• Lin Qi revealed that he had already reached the Fourth Realm, shocking Jiang Tao, the senior students, and Ding Danxuan.
• Liu Ran explained how Bone Refining strengthened bones and improved force and destructive power, then demonstrated with a punch that unleashed a powerful shockwave.

Liu Ran taught Lin Qi and the other students about Bone Refining, Jin Force Projection, and the cultivation requirements for reaching the Fifth Realm. After the lesson, Lin Qi’s friends questioned how quickly he could master Jin Force Projection, and he revealed that he had already fused Jin Force and Source Energy in the Third Realm.

• Liu Ran demonstrated how Bone Refining strengthened attacks and explained that Fourth Realm Martial Artists could project Jin Force beyond their bodies.
• Liu Ran described how Jin Force Projection worked and explained that Martial Artists needed a vitality and blood value of 400 to break through to the Fifth Realm.
• Liu Ran explained that Intermediate Source Energy Techniques and specialized resources helped Middle Realm Martial Artists improve their cultivation.
• Ding Danxuan asked Liu Ran how long Lin Qi would take to master Jin Force Projection, and Liu Ran estimated seven or eight days.
• Jiang Tao, Guan Shan, and Wang Qiu Feng guessed Lin Qi would master the technique in six or seven days, and Lin Qi told them he had already fused Jin Force and Source Energy in the Third Realm.

Lin Qi mastered Jin Force Projection after breaking through to the Fourth Realm and began considering how to refine the technique for his spear. The next day, Dean Liu and Lu Wei congratulated him on his progress and told him he would need a five-star Intermediate Source Energy Technique based on a Tier 9 King-Level Calamity Beast.

• Lin Qi told Jiang Tao, Guan Shan, and Wang Qiu Feng that he had fused Jin Force with Source Energy and mastered Mountain Shaking Force.
• Lin Qi reviewed Liu Ran's lecture, tested his stronger Jin Force, and found that his body held more Source Energy Particles that were difficult to control.
• Lin Qi practiced the Tiger Form Fist and successfully projected Jin Force from his fingertips, earning a fist technique improvement on the Golden Panel.
• Lin Qi decided to work on integrating Jin Force and Source Energy into his weapons and making his Jin Force Circulation more precise.
• The next day, Dean Liu praised Lin Qi for setting the academy's fastest Fourth Realm breakthrough record, and Lin Qi revealed that he had already mastered Jin Force Projection.
• Lu Wei explained that Lin Qi should learn a five-star Intermediate Source Energy Technique based on a Tier 9 King-Level Calamity Beast.

Lu Wei and Dean Liu explained why Lin Qi would need a costly, difficult Intermediate Source Energy Technique and access to Ninth Level Disaster Beast corpses in the Otherworld to advance toward the Seventh Realm. Lin Qi postponed learning the technique, bought cultivation supplies, and worried about affording the expenses ahead.

• Lu Wei told Lin Qi that mastering a Five-Star Rating Intermediate Source Energy Technique was necessary to build a foundation for reaching the Seventh Realm and accelerate his cultivation.
• Dean Liu advised Lin Qi to wait, explaining that Intermediate Source Energy Techniques were expensive and difficult to master, and that the Tenth Institute would take its geniuses to the Otherworld after the upcoming Disaster Beast Hunting Competition to study Ninth Level Disaster Beast corpses.
• Dean Liu and Lu Wei discussed Lin Qi's rapid progress and noted that only four others at the Tenth Institute had reached the Fourth Realm.
• Lin Qi returned to his villa and ordered Bone Tempering Fluid, Spirit Gathering Elixir, and other cultivation resources for 15 million Xia Guo Bi after his discount.
• Lin Qi checked his remaining funds and worried that he would need even more money for an Intermediate Source Energy Technique, Ninth Level Disaster Beast blood, and a trip to the Otherworld.

Wan Ming broke through to the fourth realm but learned that Song Qing had beaten him by a day, then became unsettled when Lin Qi revealed he had also reached the realm. Lin Qi tested Bone Tempering Fluid, rapidly increased his Blood Qi, and later astonished Liu Ran and the students by revealing he had already mastered Jin Force Projection.

• Wan Ming reached Fourth Realm Bone Refining, called Song Qing to boast, and learned she had broken through one day earlier.
• Wan Ming messaged Lin Qi about his breakthrough, and Lin Qi replied that he had also reached the fourth realm, prompting Wan Ming to resume cultivation in alarm.
• Lin Qi drank Bone Tempering Fluid and practiced Tiger Form Fist, refining his four limbs bones and raising his Blood Qi value from 105 to 112.
• Over the following ten days, Lin Qi continued cultivating and occasionally attended Liu Ran's blade-technique lectures with Jiang Tao, Guan Shan, and Wang Qiu Feng.
• Liu Ran asked whether Lin Qi had mastered Jin Force Projection, and Jiang Tao revealed that Lin Qi had already learned it, surprising Liu Ran, Ding Danxuan, and the other students.

Lin Qi sparred with Ding Danxuan to demonstrate his mastery of Jin Force Projection, pushing the sophomore Institute Head to use most of her strength before conceding. Afterward, he encouraged Jiang Tao, Guan Shan, and Wang Qiu Feng to prepare for the Disaster Beast Hunting Competition.

• Liu Ran arranged a spar, and Ding Danxuan volunteered to test Lin Qi's Jin Force Projection.
• Lin Qi and Ding Danxuan exchanged attacks in the Martial Arts Room, and their Jin Force clashes impressed the watching students.
• Ding Danxuan increased her strength to ninety percent and drove Lin Qi back, after which he admitted defeat and ended the spar.
• Ding Danxuan told Liu Ran that Lin Qi's strength was frightening, and Liu Ran reassured her that Lin Qi was an exceptional genius.
• Lin Qi rode toward the Selection Zone with Jiang Tao, Guan Shan, and Wang Qiu Feng, who vowed that Six Institutes would win the next day's Disaster Beast Hunting Competition.
• Lin Qi returned to his villa, changed into a clean martial arts uniform, and looked at his golden panel.

Lin Qi prepared for the Disaster Beast Hunting Competition after learning he needed at least forty million Xia Guo Bi to enter the Otherworld and cultivate a Source Energy Technique. The competition began at Base No. 6, with Lin Qi aiming to earn thirty million while Huo Wanyang and other geniuses headed for Tier 4 Disaster Beasts.

• Sparring with Ding Danxuan improved Lin Qi’s Spear Technique to Third Order 45%.
• Dean Liu told Lin Qi that preparing to enter the Otherworld would cost at least forty million Xia Guo Bi, so Lin Qi resolved to hunt hard for prize money.
• Lin Qi tested his strength, recording 7,531.6 kilograms of punch force and a speed of 65 meters per second, then cultivated until his Blood and Qi Value reached 128.5.
• Lin Qi led the students from Azure Sky Sixth Academy to Base No. 6 for the three-day Disaster Beast Hunting Competition.
• Xu Wenji announced that Tier 4 Disaster Beasts would appear at the Space Gate on the final day, offering 250,000 Xia Guo Bi each, and the competition began.
• Huo Wanyang, newly advanced to Fourth Realm Bone Refining, and other competitors rushed toward Area 2 as Lin Qi set out to earn at least thirty million Xia Guo Bi.

Lin Qi removed his Gravity Rings and hunted Calamity Beasts at high speed, quickly pulling ahead in the Disaster Beast Hunting Competition. Two days later, he had killed numerous Tier 3 beasts and remained first in Sixth Institute with 35,600 points.

• Lin Qi entered Area 2 without his Gravity Rings and killed packs of Mastiff-Tooth Hounds and Single-Horned Black Boars, rapidly increasing his points.
• Students at Azure Sky Sixth Academy watched Lin Qi pass 1,000 points in under an hour and marveled at his pace.
• The Nine Great Academies' vice principals reviewed the rankings as Lin Qi overtook Huo Wanyang, while Wu Yueze predicted Huo would eventually take first place.
• Two days later, Lin Qi killed a pack of fifteen Gray-Spine Giant Wolves and surveyed the many Calamity Beast corpses around him.
• Lin Qi checked Sixth Institute's rankings and saw that he led with 35,600 points, well ahead of Jiang Tao's 19,056.

Lin Qi and Huo Wanyang reached the Space Gate entrance as Tier 4 Disaster Beasts emerged, then fought the enormous beast tide. Their points climbed rapidly as they slaughtered the charging Calamity Beasts.

• Lin Qi saw that Azure Sky Sixth Academy had built a commanding lead in the overall competition and headed toward the Space Gate entrance to hunt Tier 4 Disaster Beasts.
• Huo Wanyang used Chi Yan to kill Bloodscale Iron Boars, but learned that Lin Qi had passed him in points and went to the Space Gate to seek a chance to catch up.
• At the entrance, Lin Qi and Huo Wanyang arrived as soldiers released Tier 4 Disaster Beasts through the expanding Space Gate, where Bronze Wild Bulls gathered among the other Calamity Beasts.
• The officer ordered the Space Gate closed, and the Calamity Beasts charged Lin Qi and Huo Wanyang in a massive tide.
• Huo Wanyang opened the fight with a sweeping Chi Yan attack, while Lin Qi killed the charging beasts with his spear and rapidly increased his points.
• Students at Fortress 6 watched Lin Qi and Huo Wanyang's scores surge, with Lin Qi passing 37,000 points and Huo Wanyang exceeding 36,000.

With the hunting competition nearing its end, Lin Qi and Huo Wanyang fought through the remaining Disaster Beasts in Area 2. Huo Wanyang withdrew from exhaustion, while Lin Qi activated his Minor Divine Power to face the last twenty-three Bronze Wild Bulls.

• Students watching the competition marveled at Huo Wanyang and Lin Qi’s scores as both freshmen hunted Tier 4 Disaster Beasts.
• Huo Wanyang fought Bronze Wild Bulls and other beasts until exhaustion forced him to withdraw from the competition.
• Lin Qi used Mountain Shaking Force to blind a charging Bronze Wild Bull, then killed the beasts it injured and continued hunting.
• With less than half an hour remaining, Lin Qi faced twenty-three Bronze Wild Bulls while his stamina was nearly depleted.
• Lin Qi activated his Minor Divine Power, Adamantine Yang Transformation, and prepared to kill the remaining Disaster Beasts within three minutes.

Lin Qi used his Minor Divine Power to slaughter the Disaster Beasts, push his score to 128,700, and break the competition record. The competition ended with Azure Sky Sixth Academy in first place, and Lin Qi awaited the rewards to be distributed the next day.

• Lin Qi activated [Adamantine Yang Transformation] and killed the Tier 4 Bronze Wild Bulls and other Disaster Beasts, including all twenty-three Bronze Wild Bulls in the area.
• After withdrawing his Minor Divine Power and pressing the rescue button, Lin Qi checked the rankings and saw that he had 128,700 points, far ahead of Jiang Tao.
• Soldiers and officials watched in shock as Lin Qi surpassed Huo Wanyang, who accepted that his more than 90,000 points were not enough to win.
• The competition ended at five, and Lin Qi returned to the plaza, where students celebrated his record-breaking score and Azure Sky Sixth Academy’s first-place standing.
• Vice Principal Xu Wenji announced the final Academy Points Ranking and said the competition rewards would be distributed the next day.

After recovering from the Disaster Beast Hunting Competition, Lin Qi received a reward of over 50 million Xia Guo Bi and planned to buy an Intermediate Source Energy Technique. Dean Liu told him the academy would enter the Otherworld on March 22, leaving him four days to prepare.

• Lin Qi returned to Azure Sky Sixth Academy, ate, and saw that his Spear Technique and Movement Technique had improved during three days of fighting Calamity Beasts.
• At Fortress 6, Wan Ming and the other Tenth Academy competitors began their Disaster Beast Hunting Competition, while Xu Wenji ordered Teacher Wang to release Tier 4 Disaster Beasts.
• Lin Qi completed Source Energy cultivation and increased his Vitality to 132.
• Xiao Chan showed Lin Qi that he had earned 50.409 million Xia Guo Bi in competition rewards, bringing his account balance to nearly 80 million.
• Dean Liu told Lin Qi that the academy would enter the Otherworld on March 22 and advised him to purchase an Intermediate Source Energy Technique and use the academy's training resources before then.

Lin Qi bought the Platinum Evil Tiger Evolution Method and supplies for his upcoming trip to the Otherworld, then received and began studying the technique. The chapter left him puzzled by unfamiliar material in its pages.

• Lin Qi compared the twenty-four five-star Intermediate Source Energy Techniques and chose the Platinum Evil Tiger Evolution Method because his Golden Panel showed it had 100% Compatibility.
• Lin Qi ordered the technique, ten bottles each of Bone Tempering Fluid and Spirit Gathering Elixir, and other resources for 39 million Xia Guo Bi after his discount.
• Xu Wenji watched the competition rankings and anticipated that the geniuses might compete over the limited corpses of Ninth Level Calamity Beasts in the Otherworld.
• Lin Qi told Jiang Tao he had bought the Platinum Evil Tiger Evolution Method, and Jiang Tao said he planned to use the Mountain Moving Ape as his visualization target.
• Lin Qi received his purchases, witnessed the Platinum Evil Tiger’s image emerge from the technique’s cover, and read that the method increased Source Energy absorption and accelerated the growth of vitality and blood.
• Lin Qi furrowed his brows as he reached material in the technique that felt unfamiliar to him.

Lin Qi studied the Platinum Evil Tiger Evolution Method and learned how talent and resources affected Bone Casting. When the Tenth Academy’s Disaster Beast Hunting Competition ended, he ranked third, provoking Xiang Long and Shen Zhenzhen while Yu Zhuoran demonstrated his strength.

• Lin Qi learned that forging an Evil Tiger Bone required exceptional talent and would create a powerful foundation for future breakthroughs.
• Lin Qi concluded that he needed Ninth Level Calamity Beast blood and time to master the Divine Intent Diagram before cultivating the technique in the Otherworld.
• On March 20, Xu Wenji welcomed the twelve returning geniuses and announced the competition rankings, placing Pei Jiu first, Yu Zhuoran second, and Lin Qi third with 128,700 points.
• Xiang Long and Shen Zhenzhen made excuses for being surpassed, but Yu Zhuoran challenged them and unleashed his electrical aura.
• Xu Wenji stopped the confrontation before it could escalate.

Lin Qi joined Tenth Institute’s Otherworld training trip after being ranked Third Place in the Disaster Beast Hunting Competition. Aboard the fighter jet, Wan Ming explained the history and dangers of the Otherworld’s reclamation as the group headed toward Azure Sky Base.

• Xu Wenji added Lin Qi and Huo Wanyang to Tenth Institute’s Ranking List and announced that they would join the Otherworld training trip.
• Mu Hong returned to Azure Sky Base after breaking through to the Eighth Realm and said he planned to return to teaching his students.
• Lin Qi prepared for the trip, then boarded the Peregrine Falcon Fighter Jet with Dean Liu and the other awakened geniuses.
• Wan Ming told Lin Qi and the group that Lin Qi ranked Third Place, ahead of Xiang Long, and explained the Otherworld’s history as a source of treasures and cultivation resources.
• Wan Ming warned that the regions beyond the explored areas near War Bases held powerful Calamity Beasts and carried a high death risk.

Lin Qi and the Azure Sky Martial Academy students entered the Otherworld through the Space Gate and arrived at the massive Azure Sky Base Headquarters. Teacher Yi greeted them and led them to the Accommodation Area, where they were shown their villas.

• Wan Ming explained the Otherworld and the Space Gate to Lin Qi as their fighter jet approached the entrance.
• The fighter jet passed through the Space Gate, and the students experienced the Otherworld's threefold gravity and dense Source Energy.
• Dean Liu introduced the Azure Sky Base Headquarters and its defenses, including pyramids that stored Ninth Level Disaster Beast corpses.
• The students landed at the base, where Dean Liu introduced Ivey, also called Teacher Yi, who managed the stored corpses.
• Ivey arranged for Intelligent Robots to carry the students' luggage and led them by sightseeing vehicle to the Accommodation Area.

Lin Qi began cultivating in the Otherworld’s high-source-energy, three-times-gravity environment and rapidly improved his qi and blood. After learning about the cost and benefits of staying there, he joined the others at an evening gathering, where he discovered that his teacher Mu Hong had reached the Eighth Realm.

• Ivey assigned Lin Qi Villa E86, where Lin Qi sensed the dense source energy and began cultivating after ordering nutritional meals.
• Lin Qi cultivated for two hours, raising his qi and blood value from 134 to 139.
• Xiang Long reunited with his teacher, who said he had broken through to the Eighth Realm and compared Xiang Long favorably with Lin Qi.
• Wan Ming, Han Zhen, Xia Lian, Pei Jiu, and Lin Qi discussed how the Otherworld’s gravity and source energy improved cultivation and how expensive accommodation there was.
• Lin Qi spent the second day cultivating in his villa and received Dean Liu’s invitation to an evening gathering.
• At the gathering, Lin Qi greeted Mu Hong and realized that his teacher had also broken through to the Eighth Realm.

Mu Hong reunited with Lin Qi after breaking through to the Eighth Realm, then clashed with Cheng Lei during a meeting at Azure Sky Martial Academy. The group learned that Lin Qi and Xiang Long needed the same scarce Disaster Beast corpse, and Cheng Lei argued that Xiang Long should get to observe it first.

• Mu Hong visited Lin Qi and praised his achievements, while Dean Liu described Mu Hong's own rise to the Eighth Realm.
• Cheng Lei arrived with Xiang Long, and his longstanding conflict with Mu Hong surfaced as the two exchanged pointed remarks about their breakthroughs.
• Teacher Ivey explained the costs and procedures for cultivating Intermediate Source Energy Techniques by observing Ninth Level Disaster Beast corpses.
• Teacher Ivey announced that Lin Qi and Xiang Long had chosen the same Platinum Evil Tiger Evolution Method, but the academy had only one matching corpse.
• Cheng Lei suggested that Xiang Long should observe the corpse first, and Mu Hong retorted that Lin Qi had surpassed him in the Disaster Beast Hunting Competition.

Lin Qi entered a Red Realm Arena battle against Xiang Long to decide who would observe the corpse first, agreeing not to use Minor Divine Power while Xiang Long’s special ability was prohibited. Their opening clashes showed that Lin Qi could match Xiang Long’s strength, though Xiang Long’s [Gold Edge] still made his Jin Force especially damaging; the fight remained underway.

• Dean Liu stopped Cheng Lei and Mu Hong from escalating their argument, and Ivey explained that students who shared an Evolution Technique had to fight for priority to observe the corpse.
• Mu Hong pointed out that Lin Qi had not awakened, so Ivey ruled that Xiang Long could not use his special ability; Xiang Long also demanded that Lin Qi avoid Minor Divine Power, and Lin Qi agreed.
• Lin Qi and Xiang Long entered Virtual Cabins, logged into the Red Realm, and began a one-on-one Arena battle while the others watched on a projected screen.
• Xiang Long charged with his Golden Great Spear, and he and Lin Qi clashed using the same Mountain Shaking Spear Technique; Xiang Long’s sharp Jin Force hurt Lin Qi, but Lin Qi’s raw strength also drove Xiang Long back.
• The spectators discussed Xiang Long’s advantage from [Gold Edge], while Dean Liu urged Mu Hong to keep watching; Lin Qi and Xiang Long then resumed trading head-on spear blows.

Lin Qi defeated Xiang Long in the Crimson Realm Arena by dodging Xiang Long’s killing move and landing a fatal spear thrust. The onlookers realized Lin Qi had hidden his speed, while Cheng Lei and Mu Hong reacted to their disciples’ rivalry.

• Lin Qi and Xiang Long clashed repeatedly, and Lin Qi taunted Xiang Long while preparing to seize an opening.
• Xiang Long launched Mountain Shaking Spear Technique First Killing Move—Mountain Collapse and Ground Fissure, but Lin Qi dodged with Thunder Shadow Instant Kill Step.
• Lin Qi followed with a fast, fully powered thrust that pierced Xiang Long’s throat and won the Arena battle.
• Teacher Ivey explained that Lin Qi had concealed his speed and waited for the right moment, while the onlookers marveled at his combat talent.
• Cheng Lei reacted angrily to Xiang Long’s defeat, and Mu Hong laughed at him as the White Virtual Cabin opened.