Chapter Summaries

Chu Yu and Shen Heng pushed through painful marrow tempering, while Jiang Tao awakened the [Heavy Earth] ability and became an SS-Rank Genius. By the end of 2047, Lin Qi had raised his blood and qi value to 1,800 after a month of rapid cultivation.

• Chu Yu endured the Marrow Tempering Method and increased his daily training goal by half an hour so he could keep up with Lin Qi.
• Shen Heng finished cultivating and resolved to win the Global Martial Arts Competition before breaking through to the Seventh Realm.
• Jiang Tao awakened the [Heavy Earth] ability, and news of his rise to an SS-Rank Genius spread through the academy.
• Guan Shan, Wang Qiu Feng, Li Zhou, Guo Heng, and the others celebrated Jiang Tao's awakening at his villa.
• On December 31, 2047, Lin Qi completed two hours of cultivation and raised his blood and qi value from 1,785 to 1,800.

Lin Qi welcomed Jiang Tao after he awakened the special ability [Heavy Earth] and became an SS-Rank Genius, then considered staying at school over winter vacation to keep cultivating. At an institute meeting on January 1, 2048, leaders announced that Tenth Level Calamity Beasts had awakened and were moving toward human territory, leaving Xia Kingdom preparing for a full lockdown and a dangerous fight ahead.

• After consuming 6,000 kilograms of Seventh Level Disaster Beast Flesh over the previous month, Lin Qi received Dean Liu’s message and went to greet Jiang Tao.
• Jiang Tao told Lin Qi he had awakened [Heavy Earth] three days earlier, and Dean Liu confirmed his SS-Rank Genius status and move into the Star Abode Residence.
• At Jiang Tao’s welcome party, the second-year Awakened Geniuses discussed his potential and his sister Jiang Miaoyin’s possible awakening.
• While chatting over barbecue, Jiang Tao said he and Jiang Miaoyin would stay at school for the New Year to cultivate, and Lin Qi considered doing the same ahead of the Global Martial Arts Competition.
• At an Azure Sky Institute meeting on January 1, Xu Wenji announced that three known Tenth Level Calamity Beasts had awakened and were heading toward human territory, prompting Xia Kingdom to prepare a full lockdown.
• After the meeting, Xue Zhou said he would go to the battlefield, while Dean Liu stressed that Xia Kingdom urgently needed more Ninth Realm Martial Artists.

Lin Qi stayed at the Azure Sky Institute for Spring Festival and entered the Final Assessment’s Disaster Beast Trial Tower, aiming to improve his ranking. He cleared the 15th Floor at the last moment, rising from ninth to fifth place and reaching the 16th Floor entrance.

• The Azure Sky Institute advised its 182 geniuses to stay for Spring Festival, and Lin Qi decided to invite his parents to visit instead of returning to Tianhai City.
• Jiang Tao told Lin Qi that the Final Assessment would use the Disaster Beast Trial Tower and offer double rewards, and the assessment began on January 15.
• Lin Qi ate thirty kilograms of Level 7 Disaster Beast Flesh before logging into the tower, where he found himself ranked ninth and resolved to clear the 15th Floor.
• Lin Qi fought the trial’s Calamity Beasts for nearly eighty minutes, using his Movement Technique and martial intent to dodge attacks and kill them.
• With ten seconds left, Lin Qi killed the final Ripping Claw Ape with Rivers and Mountains Shattered, cleared the 15th Floor, and rose to fifth place.

Lin Qi reached fifth place in the Disaster Beast Trial Tower rankings after attempting the brutal 16th Floor, where he was killed by the stronger beasts. The institute settled the rankings and awarded him a large bonus and high-level Disaster Beast flesh, while students and staff reacted to his rise.

• Lin Qi advanced to the 16th Floor, fought its Tier 4, Tier 5, and Tier 6 Disaster Beasts, and died before completing the trial.
• Lin Qi exited the tower in fifth place, while Fang Wu was pushed to sixth and saw Lin Qi’s new ranking.
• Jiang Tao congratulated Lin Qi, and Shen Heng resolved to train and break through to the Seventh Realm to stay ahead of him.
• Zhang Tianyang, Lei Shuang, and Meng Yu felt pressure after seeing Lin Qi’s ranking, while Dean Liu heard from Xue Zhou that Calamity Beasts were gathering near the Steel Great Wall.
• The institute awarded Lin Qi 240 million Xia Guo Bi, 9,000 kilograms of selectable Seventh Level Disaster Beast Flesh, and 500 kilograms of Eighth Level Disaster Beast Flesh.

Lin Qi welcomed Lin Zhen and Fang Huiyi to the Azure Sky Institute for the New Year and showed them how his life and cultivation had changed. His parents were stunned by his achievements and by the Seventh Level Disaster Beast Flesh he served them, and the chapter ended with Lin Qi urging them to eat freely because he had nine tons more.

• Lin Qi received 240 million Xia Guo Bi, 9,000 kilograms of Seventh Level Disaster Beast Flesh, and 500 kilograms of Eighth Level Disaster Beast Flesh as rewards.
• Lin Zhen and Fang Huiyi arrived at the Azure Sky Institute, where Lin Qi, Jiang Tao, and Jiang Miaoyin greeted them.
• Jiang Miaoyin told Lin Zhen and Fang Huiyi that Lin Qi had awakened, defeated S-Rank, SS-Rank, and SSS-rank geniuses, and placed in the Final Assessment's top five.
• Lin Qi brought his parents to Villa No. 36 and explained that they would stay at the institute over the New Year for safety and to adapt to the Otherworld.
• At lunch, Lin Zhen recognized the Steel Bone Giant Tiger meat as Level 7 Disaster Beast Flesh and was shocked when Lin Qi said he had nine tons of it.

Lin Qi strengthened his parents with disaster beast flesh and Mind Evolution Fluid, then used Soul Essence to advance his spiritual cultivation. Scale Commander abandoned an immediate assassination attempt and began considering other targets and the mystery of Blue Star’s genes.

• Lin Qi’s parents gained 15 and 12 qi and blood points after eating Seventh Level Disaster Beast Flesh and cultivating.
• Lin Qi bought 15 bottles of Soul Essence and two bottles of Mind Evolution Fluid, spending 282 million Xia Guo Bi after his discount.
• In India, Scale Commander postponed plans to assassinate Lin Qi at Azure Sky Institute and considered targeting geniuses on the battlefield while investigating Blue Star’s genes and the Holy Blood.
• Lin Zhen and Fang Huiyi drank Mind Evolution Fluid and found their comprehension and martial arts techniques had improved.
• Lin Qi drank three bottles of Soul Essence and visualized the Blood Rage Giant Wolf, using it to battle more than a thousand Tier 5 Calamity Beasts as his spiritual power increased.

Lin Qi increased his psychic power after consuming three bottles of Soul Essence, while his family adapted to life at Azure Sky Institute and celebrated the New Year. The new semester began with a warning about mounting battlefield losses and a reminder that fourth-year students would graduate and deploy in just over three months.

• Lin Qi's Thousand Calamities Bestiary broke through, raising his psychic power by 100 to 2025.
• Lin Zhen and Fang Huiyi met influential parents at Azure Sky Institute and improved their vitality through training and Level 7 Disaster Beast meat.
• Lin Qi's family celebrated New Year's Eve, and Lin Qi resolved to grow stronger before cultivating the Source Energy Technique.
• Lin Zhen and Fang Huiyi prepared to return to Tianhai City after Lin Zhen and Fang Huiyi had spent over a month at the institute; Fang Huiyi reached the Fourth Realm, while Lin Zhen neared the Fifth Realm.
• Vice Principal Xu Wenji told the 182 geniuses that battlefield losses were rising and urged fourth-year students to prepare for graduation and deployment in just over three months.

Lin Qi trained under extreme gravity, improved his Adamantine Fist, and broke through to the Sixth Realm Mid-Stage while preparing for the Global Martial Arts Competition. As Calamity Beast attacks worsened, the chapter ended with Xue Zhou fighting two Eighth Level Magma Sparrows at the Azure Sky Base.

• Xu Wenji warned students that the Global Freshman Competition was a little over two months away and promised more generous rewards.
• Lin Qi trained in a twenty-times-gravity room, using Adamantine Fist and Gold Edge to temper his marrow and strengthen his body.
• After two hours of training, Lin Qi broke through to the Sixth Realm Marrow Tempering Middle Stage and raised his fist technique to Fourth Order 50%.
• Lin Qi and other students continued cultivating as Calamity Beast invasions grew more severe across the world.
• At the Azure Sky Base, Xue Zhou fought an Eighth Level Magma Sparrow before a second one joined the battle.

After surviving a disastrous Beast Tide, Xue Zhou returned to recover and prepared to attempt a breakthrough to the Nine Realms. As Azure Sky Institute’s students trained for upcoming competitions, Jiang Miaoyin awakened a special ability, joined Lin Qi and Jiang Tao in the Otherworld, and began preparing for the Nationwide Freshman Competition.

• Xue Zhou told Dean Liu that a Ninth Level Disaster Beast Red Flame Bird had nearly killed him, and that the Bei Jiang Sword King had saved him during the Beast Tide.
• Xue Zhou said the Beast Tide had killed many Martial Artists, including Lao Liang, and that the near-death battle had inspired him to prepare for a breakthrough to the Nine Realms.
• Lin Qi saw his teacher Mu Hong fighting at the Steel Great Wall and then headed to the Gravity Room to train harder for the approaching competitions.
• Jiang Miaoyin awakened after a powerful mental wave overwhelmed her, and students learned that she had become an SS-Rank Genius.
• Jiang Miaoyin arrived at Azure Sky Institute in the Otherworld and showed Lin Qi and Jiang Tao her Psychic Master ability.
• Dean Liu urged Jiang Miaoyin to train for the Nationwide Freshman Competition, while Lin Qi continued cultivating for the competitions ahead.

After the Global Freshman Competition ended, Lin Qi perfected the Adamantine Fist’s final form and raised his combat power to the Seventh Realm. Dean Liu then briefed Azure Sky Institute’s students on the Global Martial Arts Competition, whose preliminary rounds began the next day.

• Wang Hailong won the Global Freshman Competition, while Jiang Miaoyin placed among the top two hundred.
• Under twenty-five times gravity, Lin Qi mastered Unity, perfected the Adamantine Fist, and increased its combat power enhancement to two times.
• Lin Qi left a mark on the Gravity Room’s alloy wall and concluded that his combat power had reached the Seventh Realm.
• Dean Liu told Azure Sky Institute’s second-, third-, and fourth-year students that only eighty countries remained and explained the Global Martial Arts Competition’s elimination rounds.
• Dean Liu explained that participants would face Calamity Beasts and opponents in virtual battlefields, with only twenty thousand advancing to the Main Competition.

Lin Qi broke through to the Sixth Realm Late Stage on the first day of the Global Martial Arts Competition, then entered the Red Realm venue with students from Azure Sky Martial Academy. He arrived at Tiananmen in the Imperial Capital amid a vast crowd of competitors.

• Wan Ming told his classmates that the Preliminary Round should be manageable for second years, while the Main Competition would be much harder.
• Universities nationwide urged students to pass the first Preliminary Round and promised greatly increased rewards to those who advanced.
• Lin Qi completed a cultivation session, reached the Sixth Realm Late Stage, and raised his blood and vitality to 3002.
• Lin Qi entered the Red Realm and selected the Global Martial Arts Competition venue.
• Lin Qi arrived at Tiananmen and reunited with Jiang Tao, Wan Ming, Pei Jiu, Yu Zhuoran, and Chu Yu among the gathered competitors.

Mountain and River King announced the Global Martial Arts Competition’s brutal first preliminary round, and Lin Qi was randomly selected for the opening match. As a Calamity Beast tide surged toward the contestants, Lin Qi faced an attack from a Fourth Realm fighter from Sakura Country.

• Wan Ming told Jiang Tao and the others that 23.12 million contestants would compete in the Global Martial Arts Competition.
• Mountain and River King opened the competition and explained that contestants had to survive until only ten thousand remained to advance.
• Mountain and River King created a simulated battlefield modeled on the Steel Great Wall near Azure Sky Base and randomly selected the first group.
• Lin Qi received combat equipment and appeared on the battlefield as a vast Calamity Beast tide approached.
• Contestants began attacking one another as well as preparing to face the beasts, and a Fourth Realm contestant from Sakura Country charged at Lin Qi.

Lin Qi killed Watanabe in the first round of the Preliminary Round, then fought through the Calamity Beast Tide and demonstrated that he could easily kill Tier 6 Calamity Beasts. The other contestants watched in awe as Watanabe realized how badly he had underestimated Lin Qi.

• Watanabe attacked Lin Qi, but Lin Qi dodged and killed him with a spear thrust through the neck.
• Moriyama Ayane told the shocked spectators that Lin Qi had won last year's Global Freshman Competition.
• The Calamity Beast Tide overwhelmed the contestants, killing more than ten thousand in just a few minutes.
• Lin Qi used Flowing Water Thrust to kill the Calamity Beasts around him with rapid spear strikes.
• Lin Qi killed a Tier 5 Blood Rage Giant Wolf and a Tier 6 Iron-Spine Battle Bear, astonishing the nearby contestants.

Lin Qi returned to the Preliminary Round and used its brutal battles to strengthen his combat skills. After advancing through the second round, he broke through in both his Spear Technique and Movement Technique.

• Former opponents including Miyamoto Genichiro, Viktor, and Havier recognized Lin Qi’s strength and realized he had surpassed them.
• The first Preliminary Round ended, and Lin Qi returned to his contestant zone, where his companions were stunned to learn he had reached the Sixth Realm.
• Lin Qi left the competition to train in the Gravity Room while the remaining matches continued.
• Mountain and River King announced the second round, in which only 20,000 of the 200,000 contestants could advance to the Main Competition.
• Lin Qi fought through the Calamity Beast Tide and broke through in his Spear Technique and Movement Technique before the match ended.

After advancing to the Main Competition, Lin Qi improved his Spear Technique and Movement Technique through training. The competition introduced a new first-round format against Zerg Modified Martial Artists, and the first match began with Jiang Tao among the contestants sent into the arena.

• Guo Heng congratulated Lin Qi on advancing, while Jiang Tao said congratulations should wait until Lin Qi reached the top 64.
• Lin Qi's battles against Calamity Beasts raised his Spear Technique to Fourth Order 59% and his Movement Technique to Fourth Order 56%, and he logged off to train.
• On May 3rd, Lin Qi entered the redesigned arena, reunited with Jiang Tao and the others, and greeted Jiang Miaoyin.
• The Mountain and River King announced that the 20,000 contestants would compete in ten matches against Zerg Modified Martial Artists, with the top 1,000 advancing and earning 80 million Xia Guo Bi.
• The first match began as 2,000 contestants, including Jiang Tao, entered a simulated ruined landscape and faced Modified Martial Artists with cyan, gold, and black skin.

The Main Competition’s first round showed how powerful the Zerg Modified Martial Artists were, while Jiang Tao used his Heavy Earth ability to defeat them and placed thirteenth. In the second round, Lin Qi killed the Modified Martial Artists with ease and claimed first place, drawing the audience’s attention.

• The Zerg Modified Martial Artists overwhelmed many contestants, eliminating dozens at the start of the first round.
• Jiang Tao activated Heavy Earth, defeated a black-skinned Modified Martial Artist, and rose to thirteenth place with forty points before the round ended with five hundred survivors.
• Lin Qi entered the second round and killed a cyan-skinned Modified Martial Artist with a single spear thrust.
• Lin Qi continued defeating the Modified Martial Artists rapidly without relying on Conception or Special Abilities, climbing the rankings.
• Lin Qi reached first place after twelve minutes with one hundred points, prompting viewers to ask who he was.

Lin Qi dominated the first two matches of the Main Competition’s first round, finishing with 360 points and keeping first place. Tracy Campbell scored 310 in the third match and took second, while Lin Qi remained unimpressed and logged off to cultivate.

• Lin Qi stunned contestants from around the world by killing Zerg Modified Martial Artists at a remarkable pace and earning far more points than anyone else.
• The second match ended with Lin Qi in first place at 360 points, ten times Wan Ming’s score, and he returned to the audience seats.
• Tracy Campbell, a White Eagle Federation SSS-rank genius with a Gold Attribute special ability, entered the third match and rapidly climbed the ranking.
• Tracy finished the match in second place with 310 points, failing to overtake Lin Qi, while White Eagle Federation contestants claimed she had been holding back.
• Lin Qi judged Tracy weaker than he had expected, lost interest in the competition, and logged off to cultivate.

Lin Qi strengthened his mental power before the Global Martial Arts Competition announced the second-round rewards and matchups. He was paired against Silla’s Song Zhengzai, and their match began with Song attacking at full strength.

• Lin Qi trained with Thousand Calamities Bestiary, broke through, and increased his mental power to 3200.
• Lin Qi joined Jiang Tao and the others in the competition audience, where they discussed the difficulty of advancing and the leading contestants’ rankings.
• Mountain and River King announced that the second round would pair the 2,000 contestants, with those advancing earning money and Seventh Level Disaster Beast Flesh.
• The matchup chart paired Lin Qi with Song Zhengzai of Silla, an SS-Rank Genius who had hoped to reach the top 500.
• Mountain and River King and other officials watched as Lin Qi stepped into the ring and discussed his past achievements.
• Song Zhengzai activated Heavy Earth, formed golden-sand armor, and charged Lin Qi with a full-strength attack as their match began.

Lin Qi defeated Song Zhengzai with a single spear thrust, drawing praise from Mountain and River King and strengthening the case for his SSS-rank promotion. After the second round ended, Dean Liu warned the Azure Sky Institute students that the third round would be more dangerous and revealed the large number of awakened and top-tier geniuses advancing.

• Lin Qi shattered Song Zhengzai's defenses and killed him with one spear thrust, winning Match 10.
• Jin Zhongyu and Li Hexuan assured Song Zhengzai that Jin Zhongyu could eliminate Lin Qi if they met later.
• Mountain and River King praised Lin Qi's perfected martial skills and special ability, saying he qualified as an SSS-rank genius.
• Chu Yu, Du Shanyan, Shen Heng, Meng Yuxuan, Lei Shuang, and Zhang Tianyang won their matches as the competition continued, while Lin Qi returned to training.
• Dean Liu told the fifty-one Azure Sky Institute students that all had advanced to the third round and revealed that the advancing contestants included 624 Awakened Geniuses, ninety SS-Rank Geniuses, and fifteen SSS-rank geniuses.

Lin Qi studied the Global Martial Arts Competition’s strongest contenders before entering the third-round match against Silla’s Jin Zhongyu. Their battle began with Jin Zhongyu unleashing his gale ability and striking with his sword.

• Dean Liu explained that twenty-five contestants met the competition’s championship criteria and identified Xia Kingdom’s six contenders, including Lin Qi.
• Lin Qi memorized information about Jenos Ferratu, Ivan Petrov, and Nitin Reddy as major rivals, while Shen Heng and Ivan revealed their ambitions and Ivan’s Seventh Realm breakthrough.
• Mountain and River King announced the third round, and Lin Qi drew Jin Zhongyu, a third-year SS-Rank Genius from Silla who had reached the Top 8 in a previous freshman competition.
• Jin Zhongyu bragged that he would defeat Lin Qi, while Song Zhengzai privately doubted Jin Zhongyu’s chances based on Lin Qi’s strength.
• Lin Qi and Jin Zhongyu took the ring, and Jin Zhongyu activated his gale ability and launched a sword strike as their match began.