Chapter Summaries

Bai Pu battled Tokesen through a prolonged close-quarters fight, enduring poison and using a calculated feint to land a humiliating blow. After Bai Pu dragged Tokesen back for another strike, Munis intervened and ended the Scholastic Assessment, praising Bai Pu’s performance.

• Tokesen pierced Bai Pu’s Storm Eye with Scarlet Ray, resisted Mountain Shattering Mystery, and poisoned Bai Pu with his Poison Fang Gauntlets.
• Bai Pu defended with his tower shield as Tokesen attacked relentlessly, while the two fighters steadily depleted their Battle Qi.
• Tokesen mistook Bai Pu’s slowed turn for an opening, but Bai Pu feigned weakness, struck Tokesen with his sword hilt, and slapped his face with the greatsword’s flat.
• Tokesen escaped with Blood Shadow Clone, but Bai Pu used Lasso Strike to pull him back toward another sword blow.
• Munis cut through Bai Pu’s attack, stopped the Scholastic Assessment, and said Bai Pu was the first person to fight a War God Peak Student on equal footing before enrolling.

Bai Pu earned recognition at Gadgetzan Warrior Academy after fighting Tokesen to a standstill, then completed his transfer enrollment as Dio Fulei. He left with a student ID and learned that the academy’s strongest Battle Qi methods were reserved for War God Peak, while he still planned to honor his promise to challenge Ryan.

• Bai Pu decided to stop fighting Tokesen after achieving his goal of gaining recognition, and Munis welcomed him as a transfer student under the name Dio Fulei.
• Munis asked Tom to help Bai Pu complete enrollment, and Mr. Aflei led them through the administrative district.
• Academy Head Bosh Gadgetzan praised Bai Pu’s performance and told him he did not have to challenge Ryan to keep his student status.
• Bai Pu completed his enrollment and received a Gagison Student ID that boosted his Strength, Agility, and Endurance when stored.
• Bai Pu promised Aflei he would still challenge Ryan, then learned that students could borrow methods from the Secret Collection Hall while War God Peak’s Flying Sky Pavilion was restricted.

Bai Pu arranged a public spar with Ryan after joining Gagison Academy as a first-year Transfer Student, hoping to earn work-study access to the Secret Collection Hall. The chapter ended with Gabiadini confirming Bai Pu was eighteen, while teachers and students gathered to watch the match.

• Bai Pu asked Aflei about studying in the Secret Collection Hall, and Aflei offered a work-study certificate if Bai Pu defeated Ryan.
• Munis and Tom volunteered to help Bai Pu with his studies, and Bai Pu said he would soon challenge Ryan.
• Bai Pu met Ryan, reminded him of their promised spar, and arranged to hold it in the freshman tournament arena with teachers as referees.
• Bai Pu invited Gabiadini to observe, but required Gagison teachers to be present for an age-detection spell.
• Gabiadini cast Wheel of Life on Bai Pu and confirmed that he was eighteen years old.

Bai Pu fought Ryan in front of Gagison Academy’s higher-ups, using his strength and defenses to gain the advantage despite Ryan’s advanced Battle Qi skills. The fight was still underway when Ryan revealed an ancient power through his axe.

• Mr. Aflei offered Bai Pu an ancient Battle Qi cultivation method if he defeated Ryan, and the Spirit Realm Will triggered Main Quest Step 2 as Academy Head Bosh Gadgetzan arrived to watch.
• Bai Pu accepted the quest and began battling Ryan, whose Blood Sea Battle Shark Domain barely outprioritized Bai Pu’s Blood River Territory.
• Bai Pu drove Ryan back with his greatsword, then shattered Ryan’s Reverse Wave Shark skill with Mountain Shattering Mystery despite suffering a brief disruption to his Battle Qi.
• Ryan used Undercurrent Giant Shark to attack Bai Pu, but Bai Pu blocked the assault with a Dark Gold Tower Shield and activated Gene Fusion.
• Bai Pu kept blocking Ryan’s attacks and landed several shallow wounds, while Ryan remained uninjured and raised his axe to reveal an ancient power that made it resemble a roaring dragon head.

Ryan activated Saint Dragon's Jaw's Divine Descent and unleashed a powerful assault on Bai Pu, but Bai Pu’s layered defenses reduced the blows to minor damage. Bai Pu continued wearing Ryan down with sword strikes as the spectators watched their duel remain unresolved.

• Ryan activated Saint Dragon's Jaw's Divine Descent, doubling its passive bonuses and granting him resistance to control effects and faster recovery.
• Mr. Aflei and the Gagison students recognized Saint Dragon's Jaw, while Bai Pu anticipated a greater reward from defeating Ryan.
• Ryan charged Bai Pu and struck him with a storm of axe blows, but Bai Pu blocked them all with Protect Master and other defensive abilities.
• Bai Pu’s damage reduction limited Ryan’s full-power attacks to small amounts of damage, while his Blood River Territory helped him recover.
• Ryan resisted Bai Pu’s attempts to stagger him and kept attacking, as Bai Pu gradually reduced Ryan’s Health Points with repeated sword strikes.

Bai Pu fought Ryan through the end of Saint Dragon's Jaw's Divine Descent, then defeated him after Ryan exhausted his Battle Qi and mana. Munis declared Bai Pu the winner, while Afulei decided to reward him with two advanced martial techniques as an early investment.

• Afulei considered Bai Pu a promising freshman and decided to give him two advanced martial techniques if he defeated Ryan.
• Ryan activated Divine Descent, raising Main Quest 2's difficulty from A-rank to S-rank, while Bai Pu relied on his equipment to withstand Saint Dragon's Jaw.
• Bai Pu used his shields, damage reduction, and Spider Demon Warriors to survive Ryan's attacks until the Dark Gold Tower Shield's demon power ran out and Saint Dragon's Jaw's duration ended.
• Ryan exhausted his Battle Qi and used spatial magic to evade Bai Pu, but Bai Pu countered his remaining spells until Ryan ran out of mana and conceded.
• Munis announced Bai Pu as the winner and secretly supported his exhausted body with Battle Qi.

Bai Pu defeated Ryan in a celebrated match, completing his main quest and earning new standing at Gagison Warrior Academy. He received the Whale Devour Battle Qi method and martial techniques, then went to the Secret Collection Hall to study another cultivation method with Munis’s help.

• Bai Pu accepted the stadium’s cheers after Ryan conceded, and Principal Bosh praised Ryan’s potential while warning Bai Pu not to grow complacent.
• Bai Pu completed Main Quest 2, gained Friendly reputation at Gadgetzan Warrior Academy, and increased his favorability with Aflei and other students.
• Aflei gave Bai Pu the Whale Devour Battle Qi method and two martial techniques, Titanic Devour and Wrathful Slash of Raging Waves.
• Bai Pu declined to use an Orb of Inspiration to learn Whale Devour Battle Qi, then headed to the Secret Collection Hall.
• Bai Pu studied Fierce Tiger Battle Qi with Munis’s guidance, memorized its method, and compared it with his existing cultivation methods.

Bai Pu studied Battle Qi cultivation methods in Gagison Academy’s Secret Collection Hall, then decided to explore combining Battle Qi with elemental magic. He began sensing earth-element Elemental Spirits as he tested whether he could develop Magic Battle Qi.

• Bai Pu set aside cultivation methods with low compatibility and studied those with at least 50% compatibility, asking Munis for guidance and using the Holy Thorn Strip (Imitation) to improve his comprehension.
• After ten days in the Secret Collection Hall, Bai Pu reached the final shelf and decided to try creating Magic Battle Qi, with Whale Devour Battle Qi as a fallback.
• Tom explained the available magic schools and advised Bai Pu that Elemental Magic was more practical than Life Spirit Magic because suitable Elemental Magic Seeds were easier to find.
• Bai Pu chose to explore earth and wind magic based on his Mountain Shatter and Gale profound truths, then studied Earth Element Magic Basics with Tom’s help.
• Bai Pu followed the book’s instructions, closed his eyes, and began sensing earth-element Elemental Spirits.

Bai Pu rapidly established earth- and wind-element magic circuits, astonishing Tom and Munis with his talent. Munis downplayed his potential to keep Lorich Magic Academy from recruiting him, while Bai Pu asked how to obtain Magic Seeds.

• Bai Pu meditated and drew earth elemental energy into his body, establishing a magic circuit.
• Tom and Munis were amazed by Bai Pu's progress, and Munis told him he might become a High-Level Mage.
• Tom explained that Bai Pu needed an elemental treasure to refine a Magic Seed and store magic power.
• Bai Pu studied the wind element and established a wind magic circuit as well.
• Munis downplayed Bai Pu's talent, and Bai Pu asked Tom where he could obtain Magic Seeds.

Bai Pu, Tom, and Oshana accepted the Nasitas Ancient Scepter mission and traveled to the Istan Great Desert to search the ruins. Their guide Tanu said they would have to wait two days for the Blood Moon to end before entering the Red Sand Ancient City.

• Tom admitted that he, Bai Pu, and Oshana planned to form a team and take the Nasitas Ancient Scepter mission.
• Academy Head Bosh approved fifteen days of leave, triggering Bai Pu’s third Main Quest to retrieve the Sandstorm Mage’s ancient scepter.
• Academy Head Bosh sent Hercules to protect the trio from outside threats and ambushes by older experts.
• Bai Pu, Tom, and Oshana traveled by teleportation array to the Istan Great Desert and hired Tanu as their guide.
• Tanu told Tom that the Blood Moon prevented them from entering the Red Sand Ancient City for another two days.

Bai Pu and his companions waited out the Blood Moon before the Red Sand Defense Force confronted their guide, Tanu. When Bacher attacked, Bai Pu fought him while Tom and the others handled the remaining desert natives.

• Tom agreed to wait two days for the Blood Moon to end, while Bai Pu trained Battle Qi cultivation methods in Gene Mindscape.
• Bacher accused Tanu of betraying his ancestors and led the Red Sand Defense Force in an attack on the group.
• Tom struck the attackers with Zenith Blade, and Oshana protected the group with Radiant Demon-Repelling Barrier.
• Bai Pu stopped Oshana from fighting and told Tom to handle Bacher's followers while he took on Bacher.
• Bai Pu blocked Bacher's Battle Qi Slash, then struck him with his shield and estimated that Bacher had six or seven thousand Health Points.

Bai Pu and his companions defeated a Red Sand Defense Force squad and waited at the entrance to the Nasitas Ancient Ruins for the Blood Moon to pass. After a much larger force ambushed them at night, Bai Pu realized that their numbers posed a serious threat.

• Bai Pu killed Bacher with a greatsword strike, while Tom and Oshana defeated the remaining soldiers in the squad.
• Tanu warned that the Red Sand Defense Force was much larger and stronger than the squad they had faced, and the group agreed to wait until the Blood Moon passed before entering the ruins.
• Bai Pu devoured Bacher's corpse to restore his shield and continued meditating as he worked toward creating a Battle Qi cultivation method and advancing to a High-Level Awakened.
• The local tribespeople refused to shelter Bai Pu, Tom, and Oshana, so they waited beside the underground entrance to the Nasitas Ancient Ruins as Red Sand Defense Force reinforcements gathered nearby.
• After nightfall, hundreds or possibly thousands of Red Sand soldiers ambushed the group with Battle Qi-infused curved blades, overwhelming Bai Pu with repeated hits while he recovered his qi.

Bai Pu led Oshana, Tom, and the unconscious Tanu into the underground ruins after fighting off the Red Sand Defense Force, while Chief Balagan sent hidden outsiders after them. The group reached an upside-down hall with three passages and had to choose which route to take.

• Bai Pu used his shield and Blood River Territory to protect Oshana, Tom, and Tanu, then opened a chance to retreat with a powerful Battle Qi Slash.
• Tom knocked Tanu unconscious and carried him into the hidden passage as Oshana and Bai Pu followed.
• Balagan crushed Bai Pu’s Battle Qi Slash, then refused to send his soldiers into the ancestors’ mausoleum during the Blood Moon and revealed that outsiders had already followed the group.
• Bai Pu’s group descended through an upside-down corridor into a hall, where Oshana found three passages ending at closed doors and asked Tom which one to take.

Bai Pu, Tom, Oshana, and Tanu discovered they were trapped in the Nasitas Ancient Ruins during the dangerous Blood Moon period and had to choose one of three test gates to enter the tomb. After rejecting the Courage and Wisdom tests, they chose to face the Strength Gate’s gargoyle.

• Tanu explained that the Blood Moon period barred anyone inside the tomb from leaving, and Oshana confirmed that red mist blocked the exit.
• Tanu said he had only visited during the safe period and could not explain why the gates were closed or what tests awaited them.
• The group sent Oshana’s scouting bugs toward the Courage Gate, where its monster carving killed half of them with blood-colored beams.
• Tom and Bai Pu discussed the unpredictable risks of the Wisdom test, then the group examined the Strength Gate’s challenge.
• Tanu read that they had to defeat the gargoyle guarding the gate, and Tom chose the Strength Road.

Bai Pu and his companions passed the Gate of Strength and fought ancient ghosts empowered by Crimson Force, whose attacks could not be parried or blocked. After the ghosts became a Devil Fetal Membrane, Bai Pu broke it open, and an incomplete humanoid monster with a combat power of 470 emerged.

• Bai Pu, Tom, and Oshana defeated the gargoyle and entered the Gate of Strength.
• Bai Pu's group encountered Nasitas Ancient Spirits, whose Crimson Force reduced incoming damage and made their attacks impossible to parry or Block.
• Bai Pu used Blood River Territory to support his teammates, then activated Gene Fusion and cut down the ancient ghosts.
• The fallen ghosts gathered into a Devil Fetal Membrane, which Tom and Oshana could not break with their attacks.
• Bai Pu weakened the membrane with his Chainsaw Greatsword and split it open with a Battle Qi Slash.
• An incomplete humanoid monster emerged from the membrane, and Bai Pu saw that its combat power was 470.

Bai Pu’s group encountered the powerful Crimson Executor and fled deeper into the ruins, where a surprise saber attack forced them to confront Xi Lou and another Star Plucking Tower member. The chapter ended with Bai Pu preparing to defend himself against the two figures.

• The incomplete Crimson Executor roared, slowed Bai Pu, and charged, but Bai Pu dodged its attack and discovered that its strength and defense were overwhelming.
• Bai Pu carried Tanu and led Tom and Oshana deeper into the ruins, explaining that the entrance was blocked by red mist and the narrow passage made escape impossible.
• Bai Pu realized the Crimson Executor seemed designed to drive intruders farther into the ruins rather than kill them.
• A saber emerged from the shadows and repeatedly pursued Bai Pu, but Tom struck it aside with Starfall Burst.
• The shadows receded, revealing Xi Lou and a well-proportioned man holding the saber as Bai Pu drew his Dark Gold Tower Shield.

Xi Lou and Tian Lang ambushed Bai Pu, with Tian Lang using military rank suppression to block his escape and attack him with overwhelming speed. Bai Pu countered with his shield armor and Mountain Shattering Mystery, but Tian Lang removed the control effect and left Bai Pu’s strike poised to miss.

• Bai Pu recognized Xi Lou, who had allied with S-rank wanted criminal Tian Lang to kill him.
• Tian Lang used Military Rank Suppression to prevent Bai Pu from teleporting, while Xi Lou concealed them in his Phantom Domain.
• Tian Lang repeatedly struck Bai Pu, exploiting his superior Strength and Agility as the Crimson Executors closed in.
• Bai Pu activated Demon Spider Queen’s Vigil and used Lasso Strike followed by Mountain Shattering Mystery to pull Tian Lang in.
• Tian Lang dispelled the suppression effect and dodged Bai Pu’s sword, leaving him vulnerable to a counterattack.

Bai Pu mastered Mountain Shattering Mystery during his fight with Tian Lang, gaining new Profound Truth Skills and turning the battle in his favor. After countering Tian Lang’s attacks, Bai Pu encountered Mount Tai Sect in the passage and asked if he was from Gagison Academy.

• Bai Pu struck the ground with his sword and used Earth Shattering Strike to launch Tian Lang, comprehending the skill and reaching Mastery in Mountain Shattering Mystery.
• Xi Lou used Phantom Domain to save Tian Lang from Bai Pu’s follow-up, but Bai Pu’s Volcanic Visage Shield explosion slammed Tian Lang into a wall.
• Bai Pu used Suppression to seize the initiative, then sensed Tian Lang’s landings and blocked all seven of his attempts to exploit his agility.
• Tian Lang attacked with Asura Breaking Evil Blade, but Bai Pu’s Mountain Shattering Mystery shattered the strike and forced him back.
• Mount Tai Sect emerged from the passage, and Bai Pu asked whether he was from Gagison Academy.

Mount Tai Sect arrived to protect Bai Pu, Tom, and Oshana, rescuing Tom and Oshana from the Crimson Executor and refusing Xi Lou’s offer to betray his mission. He fought Xi Lou and Tian Lang while Bai Pu and the academy students were left to face the Crimson Executor, and Mount Tai Sect’s axe came down as his counterattack began.

• Mount Tai Sect appeared and blocked the Crimson Executor’s attack, then overpowered it with his strength and fighting technique.
• Oshana told Mount Tai Sect that Simli had joined outsiders to attack them and that Dio had been injured.
• Xi Lou offered Mount Tai Sect a reward to help kill Bai Pu, Tom, and Oshana, but Mount Tai Sect refused and ordered him to leave.
• Tian Lang challenged Mount Tai Sect, who drew his axe and told Bai Pu and the others to handle the Crimson Executor themselves.
• Mount Tai Sect stomped the ground to reveal Xi Lou and Tian Lang inside the Phantom Domain, then deflected Tian Lang’s Asura Breaking Evil Blade and began a second axe strike.

Bai Pu, Tom, and Oshana fought and defeated the incomplete Crimson Executor while Mount Tai Sect let Xi Lou and Tian Lang escape. As a treasure chest appeared above the corpse, Mount Tai Sect warned that the blood mist was dispersing toward the ruins’ depths.

• Mount Tai Sect defeated Tian Lang but let Xi Lou carry him away, disguising their escape as a failed pursuit.
• Bai Pu fought the Crimson Executor with support from Tom and Oshana, using potions and Mountain Shattering Mystery to break through its Crimson Force.
• Bai Pu exhausted his Battle Qi and struck the Crimson Executor with Mountain Collapse and Earth Shatter, killing it.
• A dark gold treasure chest appeared above the Crimson Executor’s corpse as blood mist gathered around it.
• Mount Tai Sect warned Bai Pu, Tom, and Oshana that the blood mist was contracting and flowing toward the depths of the ruins.