Chapter Summaries

Lin Qi tempered his heart with Viscera Training Fluid and Golden Edge Force, gaining Vitality and then breaking through to master the Mountain Shaking Spear Technique’s third ultimate move. He realized that his brief fusion of will and spear had shown the first signs of Conception, leaving him close to Fourth Order.

• Lin Qi used Golden Edge Force and Viscera Training Fluid to temper his heart, gaining 30 Vitality during a two-hour cultivation session.
• Lin Qi practiced the Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique and Mountain Shaking Spear Technique while sensing the flow of Jin Force.
• Lin Qi unleashed the Mountain Shaking ultimate move and pierced through a stone block, which then shattered under the force of his attack.
• Lin Qi’s Spear Technique rose from Third Order 89% to Third Order 98% as he mastered the move.
• Lin Qi recognized that his brief merging of will with the spear was the first sign of Conception.

Lin Qi trained the Adamantine Fist under intense gravity and awakened Adamantine Intent as he resolved to protect his family and country from the Calamity Beasts. Meanwhile, enhanced students began changing under mysterious injections, and the announced Elite Training Camp set the stage for the awakened geniuses to compete.

• Lin Qi reviewed the Mountain Shaking spear move and decided to focus on comprehending the Adamantine Fist and its Intent.
• Li Zehao, Yu Jing, and other Azure Sky Martial Academy students injected a strength-enhancing medicine, while Scale Commander planned to exploit them during the Disaster Beast Hunting Competition.
• Xu Wenji studied a map of the Nine Great Academies and decided to sweep out the Azure Sky Martial Academy during the competition.
• Azure Sky Martial Academy announced an Elite Training Camp in the Otherworld where awakened geniuses from across Xia Kingdom would train and compete, exciting Chu Yu and putting the Tenth Institute students under pressure.
• Lin Qi trained the Adamantine Fist in eleven-times gravity, recalled his resolve to protect his family and country, and awakened Adamantine Intent.

Lin Qi completed his heart tempering, advanced to the Fifth Realm, and comprehended Adamantine Fist Intent. After testing his strength, he found that his Gold Edge-enhanced punch exceeded the minimum force for the Sixth Realm, leaving him confident he could contend with powerful Sixth Realm fighters.

• Lin Qi broke through to Major Achievement in Adamantine Fist, comprehended Adamantine Fist Intent, and raised his Fist Technique to the Fourth Order.
• Lin Qi completed tempering his heart, bringing his Blood Qi Value to 501 and advancing from the Fourth Realm to the Fifth Realm.
• Lin Qi wondered whether reaching a 30% fusion rate would awaken a second special ability.
• Lin Qi tested his punch and recorded a force of 15,994 kilograms without using Gold Edge.
• Lin Qi used Gold Edge with Adamantine Fist to strike the tester for 28,888 kilograms, nearly 29 tons.

Lin Qi joined the Disaster Beast Hunting Competition at Fortress 9 and quickly overwhelmed the Calamity Beasts with his spear techniques, surging to the top of the rankings. The competition continued as academy leaders watched his score climb, while Lin Qi’s Fifth Realm breakthrough astonished them.

• Lin Qi practiced with his Tiger Fiend Great Spear and worked toward mastering Mountain Shaking Intent.
• Xu Wenji announced that the competition’s Area 2 would include Level 5 and Level 6 Calamity Beasts, then opened the Disaster Beast Garden.
• Lin Qi and Huo Wanyang led the students into the garden, where Calamity Beasts poured through a Space Gate from the Otherworld.
• Lin Qi killed groups of Calamity Beasts with his Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique and Golden Edge Force, rapidly accumulating points.
• Jiang Tao saw Lin Qi’s lead on the rankings and vowed to reach 120,000 points as he continued hunting.
• Academy leaders watched Lin Qi’s score pass 30,000 points, and Dean Liu revealed that Lin Qi had already reached the Fifth Realm.

The leaders prepared protections for the Disaster Beast Hunting Competition after learning Lin Qi had already reached the Fifth Realm. On the competition’s final day, a masked figure activated a mechanical insect that compelled participants to attack Lin Qi, while Lin Qi fought a swarm of beasts near the Space Gate.

• Xu Wenji asked whether the arrangements were complete, and the First Institute’s Dean confirmed that the geniuses were being tracked and protected.
• A masked figure ordered his accomplices to target Lin Qi and Huo Wanyang, then activated a dark-green mechanical insect.
• Yu Jing and Li Zehao lost control of their bodies and headed toward Area 2 under the compulsion to kill Lin Qi.
• Lin Qi killed dozens of Bronze Wild Bulls while fighting the Calamity Beasts near the Space Gate.
• Several Tier 5 Ripping Claw Apes charged Lin Qi, and he raised his Golden Great Spear to strike them.

Lin Qi slaughtered the Tier 5 Ripping Claw Apes and then fought the Tier 6 Iron-Spine Battle Bear. As the bear attacked, Lin Qi awakened Mountain Shaking Intent and prepared to strike back.

• Lin Qi killed all six Tier 5 Ripping Claw Apes, while Huo Wanyang struggled against one and saw the great difference between them.
• Officers watching the battle noted Lin Qi's strength and anticipated his fight with the approaching Tier 6 Disaster Beast.
• The Iron-Spine Battle Bear attacked Lin Qi, who wounded its eye and paw before being blasted into a crater and narrowly escaping its next blow.
• Lin Qi identified the bear's weak points and gathered his strength as it attacked again.
• Lin Qi fused his will with the Mountain Shaking Spear Technique, manifesting Mountain Shaking Intent before Huo Wanyang.

Lin Qi broke through to the Fourth Order of the Mountain Shaking Spear Technique and killed the Tier 6 Iron-Spine Battle Bear before slaughtering the surrounding Disaster Beasts. As the competition neared its end, Yu Jing, Li Zehao, and other students approached him with hostile intent.

• Lin Qi comprehended Mountain Shaking Intent and killed the Iron-Spine Battle Bear with the Third Ultimate Move, Mountain Shaking.
• Huo Wanyang pressed the rescue button, while the officers and Xue Zhou praised Lin Qi’s strength from the Watchtower and fighter jet.
• Xue Zhou, Liu Ran, and Yu Jing’s teacher decided to watch from the shadows as fifteen students approached Lin Qi and Huo Wanyang.
• Lin Qi killed the remaining Disaster Beasts around him and prepared to leave as the competition neared its end.
• Lin Qi sensed danger and saw Yu Jing, Li Zehao, and several other students sprinting toward him.

Lin Qi fought off Li Zehao, Yu Jing, and eight other Zerg Modified Martial Artists who ambushed him. After activating his Minor Divine Power, he killed the attackers and left the battlefield with the threat ended.

• Li Zehao and Yu Jing led eight Zerg Modified Martial Artists in an attack on Lin Qi, whose earlier battle had already drained much of his stamina.
• Lin Qi defended himself as the attackers surrounded him, while Liu Ran and Xue Zhou watched nearby.
• Lin Qi activated Minor Divine Power, First Level · Adamantine Yang Transformation, and unleashed the Mountain Shaking Spear Technique with Mountain Shaking Intent.
• Lin Qi shattered the attackers’ weapons and killed most of them in a single sweeping strike, leaving Li Zehao and Yu Jing gravely injured.
• Yu Jing begged for mercy, but Lin Qi killed him, then killed Li Zehao and checked that all the attackers were dead.

Lin Qi killed Li Zehao and nine other students who had been brainwashed by the Insect God Society, then learned that the academy would investigate its staff and students for infiltrators. The competition ended with Lin Qi ranked first at 506,000 points.

• Lin Qi called Xue Zhou, Liu Ran, and another man out of the forest after killing the ten attackers, then drank Xue Zhou’s healing medicine.
• Xue Zhou and Liu Ran explained that the Insect God Society had controlled the attackers with nanobot-filled potions, and Xue Zhou said their families would be punished.
• Huo Wanyang arrived with the First Institute Head after the five people who attacked him had been dealt with, and the group left the competition in a fighter jet.
• At the Red Sky Building, academy leaders watched Lin Qi’s battle and decided to investigate students, teachers, and staff for Insect God Society infiltrators.
• Students at Fortress 9 saw the final points ranking, which showed Lin Qi in first place with 506,000 points.

Lin Qi recovered from the Disaster Beast Hunting Competition, received 252 million Xia Guo Bi in prize money, and continued cultivating as the Insect God Society shifted its focus to searching for a treasure. At Fortress 9, Chu Yu fulfilled his boast by earning one million points in the Freshman Beast Hunting Competition, leaving Yu Zhuoran far behind.

• Lin Qi told Jiang Tao and the others that Yu Jing and ten others had tried to kill him, and the group condemned Yu Jing for joining the Insect God Society.
• Lin Qi cultivated to recover from his injuries, increasing his vitality from 520 to 540, while the Insect God Society’s Black Mask leader dismissed the failed attack and turned to searching for a treasure.
• Azure Sky Martial Academy publicized Li Zehao and the others’ betrayal, and their former friends and families reacted to the news.
• Chu Yu declared that he would earn one million points in the Freshman Beast Hunting Competition, while Lin Qi received 252 million Xia Guo Bi after taxes for his record-setting competition score.
• Chu Yu returned to Fortress 9 with one million points, while Yu Zhuoran placed second with 395,900 and recognized the gap between their abilities.

Lin Qi learned about the powerful competitors awaiting him at the Otherworld Elite Training Camp and attended Mu Hong’s final lesson, which explained the stages of Spear Technique Intent. As Lin Qi considered ways to improve his mental power, Mu Hong began discussing how to choose a new Spear Technique Secret Manual.

• Lin Qi shared hotpot with Jiang Tao and Jiang Miaoyin, encouraged Jiang Miaoyin after her tournament semifinal, and sensed that the siblings might awaken special abilities.
• Lin Qi saw the competition rankings and learned that the younger SSS-rank genius Wang Hailong had reached the Fifth Realm, while Chu Yu had earned one million points.
• Xu Wenji reported that the academy’s purge had uncovered 432 members of the Insect God Society, all of whom were dead, and announced that students and selected teachers would leave for the Otherworld Elite Training Camp in three days.
• Mu Hong announced that he would leave for the Otherworld the next day and gave Lin Qi and the others his final in-person lesson.
• Mu Hong explained the stages of Fourth Order Spear Technique Intent, demonstrated his Blood Shadow Intent, and described how Intent eventually developed into Domain.
• Lin Qi reflected on the importance and expense of improving mental power as Mu Hong began discussing how to choose a new Spear Technique Secret Manual.

After Mu Hong explained how Conception and awakened abilities shaped a martial artist’s path, Lin Qi chose the Rivers and Mountains Spear Technique and bought resources to strengthen his mental power. The technique and its imprint stone arrived ahead of his planned departure for the Otherworld.

• Mu Hong taught Lin Qi, Li Qing, Liang Tai, and Wang Zhixuan about Conception manuals, compatibility, and the risks of combining incompatible attributes.
• Lin Qi compared five-star spear manuals and selected the Rivers and Mountains Spear Technique, which suited many special abilities and had 99% Compatibility.
• Lin Qi bought the Rivers and Mountains Spear Technique and five bottles of Soul Essence, spending 210 million Xia Guo Bi after discounts.
• Jiang Tao, Guo Heng, and Lin Qi discussed teachers and students traveling to the Otherworld, where cultivation was more effective.
• Mu Hong approved Lin Qi’s choice but warned that comprehending Rivers and Mountains Martial Intent from Mountain Shaking Intent would be difficult.
• Lin Qi received the secret manual and a Black Radiance Rare Stone imprinted with the Rivers and Mountains Martial Intent.

Lin Qi studied Rivers and Mountains Spear Technique, reached entry level, and began transforming his Mountain Shaking Intent after connecting with the manual’s Conception. As he departed for the Otherworld Elite Training Camp, he met the SSS-rank genius Chu Yu, whose strength surprised them both during a handshake.

• Lin Qi learned the six forms of Rivers and Mountains Spear Technique and raised his Spear Technique to Fourth Order 14% while sensing Rivers and Mountains Martial Intent.
• Lin Qi read forum posts about how long other geniuses took to comprehend Rivers and Mountains Martial Intent, then resumed training.
• Mu Hong and Dean Liu discussed Lin Qi’s prospects, while Chu Yu and Li Hanjiang prepared to meet rivals at the Elite Training Camp.
• Jiang Tao told Lin Qi that he had mastered a Minor Divine Power, and Lin Qi departed for the Elite Training Camp.
• At the airport, Lin Qi greeted the Tenth Institute students and met Chu Yu, who tested his strength in a forceful handshake; both were impressed by the other.

Lin Qi and the other geniuses arrived at the Otherworld’s Elite Training Camp, now renamed the Azure Sky Institute, where they met Awakened Geniuses from Ming Sea Martial University. Dean Liu began showing them the Institute and its enhanced cultivation facilities as they headed to their dormitories.

• Wan Ming asked where the Elite Training Camp was, and Chu Yu explained its history and his privileged cultivation under Li Qifeng.
• The fighter jet arrived at the Azure Sky Institute, a new complex beside the Calamity Beast Pyramids, and Dean Liu welcomed the students.
• Lin Qi and the others saw the Institute’s Azure Sky Tower and boarded a sightseeing vehicle to tour the grounds.
• Awakened Geniuses from Ming Sea Martial University arrived, including Kong Ruoxuan, Li Hanjiang, and Wei Peng, whom Dean Liu said had awakened after eating Awakening Fruits.
• Dean Liu explained that the Institute’s seven buildings held improved cultivation facilities and that the dormitories had several times the Source Energy concentration of those on Blue Star.

Lin Qi settled into Azure Sky Institute’s Star Abode Villa No. 36 and used its concentrated Source Energy to accelerate his cultivation. The next morning, he joined the other awakened geniuses at Azure Sky Tower, where Li Qifeng welcomed them and revealed the scale of their group.

• Dean Liu showed the accommodation area and explained that villa size and facilities depended on each genius’s rank.
• Dean Liu brought Lin Qi to Star Abode Villa No. 36, where Lin Qi settled in and discovered its Source Energy concentration was four times that of his Martial Arts Room at Azure Sky Martial Academy.
• Lin Qi cultivated for two hours, increased his blood and qi value from 545 to 575, and received Dean Liu’s notice to gather at Azure Sky Tower the following morning.
• Lin Qi and the other freshmen gathered at Azure Sky Tower alongside awakened geniuses from other academies, the Military, and the Ten Famous Schools.
• Li Qifeng tested the assembled geniuses with his pressure, then announced that 181 awakened geniuses were present: 152 S-Rank, 24 SS-Rank, and five SSS-rank.

Principal Li Qifeng announced that the Awakened Geniuses at Azure Sky Institute would compete in the Disaster Beast Trial Tower for monthly cultivation-resource rewards. After meeting their counselor and seeing the other students, Lin Qi headed to the Spirit Refining Tower to strengthen his mental power.

• Li Qifeng warned the Awakened Geniuses that humanity faced growing threats and urged them to become stronger quickly.
• Li Qifeng announced grade and overall rankings in the Disaster Beast Trial Tower, with monthly rewards including rare high-level Calamity Beast flesh.
• Dean Liu welcomed the fifty second-year students to Azure Sky Institute, introduced the instructors, and told them they could begin trials that day.
• Chu Yu noticed a powerful Sixth Realm girl in a military uniform, and Wan Ming later remarked that she was an SSS-rank genius from the Military.
• Lin Qi went to the Spirit Refining Tower with several companions, hoping to improve his mental strength and Spear Technique.

Lin Qi trained his mental power in the Refining God Tower and improved his Rivers and Mountains Spear Technique before entering the Disaster Beast Trial Tower to test himself. He began the 10th-floor trial by charging into a horde of Calamity Beasts.

• Lin Qi endured the Refining God Tower’s third-floor Mental Shock while consuming Soul Essence, increasing his mental power from 555 to 600.
• Lin Qi practiced the Rivers and Mountains Spear Technique under triple gravity and raised his Spear Technique to Fourth Order 15%.
• Lin Qi checked the second-year rankings, where Du Shanyan led on the 14th floor and Yu Zhuoran held second place on the 10th.
• Lin Qi entered the 10th-floor trial, which required him to kill 500 Calamity Beasts within 60 minutes.
• Lin Qi charged at the approaching beasts and struck a Bloodscale Iron Pillar with Mountain Peak Suppression.

Lin Qi climbed to third place in his grade and 42nd overall after reaching the 12th floor of the Disaster Beast Trial Tower, where he was defeated by a Tier 4 beast. As Azure Sky Institute’s leaders considered a cross-grade combat competition and the rankings intensified rivalries, Dean Liu arrived at Lin Qi’s home with good news.

• Lin Qi perfected Thunder Shadow Instant Kill Step and comprehended Thunder Shadow Intent while clearing the 10th floor, then passed the 11th floor with seconds to spare and rose to 60th overall.
• Lin Qi attempted the 12th floor but died after about forty minutes when a Bronze Wild Bull and Gray-Spine Giant Wolves overwhelmed him, raising his overall rank to 42nd.
• Lin Qi met Wan Ming outside the trial tower, where they discussed the rankings, the leading geniuses, and the strength of the fourth-year competitors.
• Lin Qi’s combat improved his spear technique and movement technique, and he decided to buy a new Movement Technique Manual.
• Azure Sky Institute’s leaders discussed holding a combat competition, while Chu Yu, Du Shanyan, and Wang Hailong reacted to the rankings and resolved to keep improving.
• Dean Liu visited Lin Qi at home and told him he had good news.

Dean Liu gave Lin Qi three bottles of Gold Attribute Five Elements Viscera Tempering Paste and urged him to prepare for upcoming martial arts tournaments. After Mu Hong recommended underwater cultivation, Lin Qi tried training in the villa pool under three times gravity and found that it strained his internal organs, so he reached for the paste to aid their recovery.

• Dean Liu delivered three bottles of Five Elements Viscera Tempering Paste and told Lin Qi that 260 million Xia Guo Bi in cultivation resources remained for him.
• Dean Liu warned Lin Qi that Azure Sky Institute planned a Small Martial Arts Tournament, and Lin Qi resolved to surpass Du Shanyan and Chu Yu.
• Mu Hong told Lin Qi that underwater cultivation could strengthen his vitality, Martial Arts, and internal organs, especially under three times gravity.
• Lin Qi entered the villa's swimming pool with his great spear and struggled to control his movements as the water and gravity strained his body.
• After surfacing with pain in his internal organs, Lin Qi decided the training was effective and picked up a bottle of Five Elements Viscera Tempering Paste.

Lin Qi tempered his internal organs and advanced his Rivers and Mountains Martial Intent by training underwater with Five Elements Viscera Tempering Paste. After Azure Sky Institute settled its monthly Disaster Beast Trial Tower rewards, he received 1,200 kilograms of Level 7 Disaster Beast Flesh and began eating and training with it, raising his vitality.

• Lin Qi practiced the Rivers and Mountains Six Strikes underwater while the paste repaired and strengthened his compressed organs, increasing his vitality by 50 and deepening his understanding of Water's Fluidity.
• Dean Liu announced the monthly trial rewards, and Lin Qi learned that his third-place ranking earned him 30 million Xia Guo Bi and 1,200 kilograms of Level 7 Disaster Beast Flesh.
• Lin Qi received ten boxes of frozen beast flesh at Villa No. 36 and asked Xiao Chan to grill it.
• Lin Qi ate 100 kilograms of the grilled flesh, then trained with his Tiger Fiend Great Spear as its nutrients nourished his organs and raised his vitality.