Chapter Summaries

Three years after the Xuan Qing Highway was completed, Zhou Ming studied cultivation at the Family School, where Bai Feihu drew ridicule after sensing spiritual energy and challenging his more accomplished cousins. After classmates beat Bai Feihu, Zhou Ming stopped them and offered him a place at his side.

• The Xuan Qing Highway was completed, and six-year-old Zhou Ming continued his studies at the Family School.
• During a cultivation lesson, eight-year-old Bai Feihu sensed spiritual energy and announced that he would surpass Bai Xinrou and Bai Yuanliang.
• Bai Yuanliang intimidated Bai Feihu into returning to his seat while their classmates laughed at him.
• After class, several students surrounded Bai Feihu in a Bamboo Forest and beat him for disrupting the lesson.
• Zhou Ming intervened, sent the bullies away, and offered the bruised Bai Feihu a place as his lackey.

Bai Ze decided to use the Bai family's new wealth to help Bai Feiyang establish his foundation, while Zhou Ming secretly cultivated far beyond what his family knew. The chapter ended with Zhou Ming confident in the power of the Primal Chaos Immortal Art and his future progress.

• Bai Ze told Bai Xu Tang and Lan Zhixi that Bai Feiyang would need pills to improve his chances of Foundation Establishment.
• Bai Ze revealed one million Spirit Coins earned from an investor in the Xuan Qing Fruit industry and said Bai Feiyang had helped bring in the money.
• Bai Ze, Bai Xu Tang, and Lan Zhixi decided to buy the three divine pills for Bai Feiyang rather than a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Zhou Ming secretly continued cultivating at Qi Refining Late Stage, though his spiritual power had reached at least Liquid Condensation Early Stage.
• Zhou Ming praised the Primal Chaos Immortal Art and believed it would help him reach Spirit Manifestation Late Stage.

Bai Ze bought Zhou Ming a Foundation Establishment Divine Pill Set, only to learn Zhou Ming had already established his foundation. At Zhou Ming’s suggestion, the pills became prizes for a Family Competition, where Bai Feihu prepared to compete for a chance to establish his foundation.

• Bai Ze gave Zhou Ming the pills as a reward, but Zhou Ming revealed he had established his foundation months earlier and said he wanted a subscription to Path to Immortality instead.
• Zhou Ming suggested using the pills as rewards in a Family Competition, and Bai Ze agreed to hold the contest at the Family School.
• Bai Ze announced the competition, drawing excitement and questions throughout the family; Bai Xu Tang accepted the plan after learning Zhou Ming had no use for the pills.
• At school, students discussed their chances, and Bai Feihu told Zhou Ming he would compete because he hoped the pills could help him establish his foundation.
• Zhou Ming declined to enter because he was young and did not want to reveal his strength, then encouraged Bai Feihu to do his best.

After the Family Competition’s surprising results sparked disputes, Zhou Ming persuaded the Bai family to honor the winners and improve future rules instead of canceling the contest. The competition motivated the descendants, and several of them established their foundations within months.

• Bai Xinrou and Bai Yuanliang protested their defeats, while the parents argued over whether the competition results should stand.
• Zhou Ming explained that the contest had been unfairly structured but urged his grandfather to keep his promise and distribute the prizes, citing the competition’s benefits to the family.
• The old master upheld the results, distributed the rewards, and announced that future competitions would be held annually with fairer rules.
• A few months later, Bai Yuanlong, Bai Qinglin, Bai Tianrui, and Bai Feihu established their foundations.
• The prospect of next year’s prizes inspired the Bai family students to study and cultivate harder, and several more developed spiritual energy perception.

Zhou Ming used Xuan Qing City’s disastrous struggle with the Guo Guo Rabbits to turn the scandal into a tourism boom, while tourists and cultivators drove the rabbits into retreat. He entered the orchard with young companions for a Family Trial, intending to study the rabbits and find the leader behind their attacks.

• Zhou Ming became a celebrated young genius of the Bai family, winning two Family Competitions and building a following among his peers.
• Guo Guo Rabbits attacked fruit-picking teams and overwhelmed Xuan Qing City’s forces, killing over a thousand hunters and injuring several thousand more.
• A journalist’s widely reprinted report mocked Xuan Qing City, and Zhou Ming arranged a seven-day tour for visiting reporters that helped launch the city’s tourism industry.
• More than ten thousand cultivators, including two immortals, joined the rabbit hunts, forcing the Guo Guo Rabbits to retreat and stop their mass charges.
• Zhou Ming brought several young companions into the Xuan Qing Fruit forest to study the rabbits and search for the possible Rabbit King behind the plague.

Zhou Ming discovered that Guo Guo Rabbits had spread and planted the Xuan Qing fruit forest by gnawing fruit shells and clearing land, forming a mutually beneficial relationship with the trees. As he warned that Xuan Qing City should limit its harvest and avoid exterminating the rabbits, a vast army of Guo Guo Rabbits surrounded his group.

• Zhou Ming led his group deep into the Xuan Qing fruit forest despite Bai Jingfeng's warnings about the dangers of Guo Guo Rabbits.
• Zhou Ming found an open boundary between forests and examined gnawed trees and a sprouted Xuan Qing Fruit with a thinned shell.
• Zhou Ming explained that Guo Guo Rabbits helped Xuan Qing Fruit Trees spread by clearing vegetation and preparing seeds, while the trees provided the rabbits with food.
• Zhou Ming warned that Xuan Qing City should control fruit harvesting and preserve the Guo Guo Rabbits, whose relationship with the trees had helped create the forest.
• Bai Yuanbao spotted countless Guo Guo Rabbits surrounding the group across the forest and open ground.

Zhou Ming used chili powder to stop the Guo Guo Rabbits from attacking his companions, then pursued and captured their white ruler. The rabbit horde surrendered when their Queen ordered them to stop, leaving Zhou Ming in control of the Rabbit Plague’s leader.

• Zhou Ming told Bai Jingfeng and the others to use gas masks and spray chili powder while he went after the rabbits’ commander.
• Bai Jingfeng sprayed the charging Guo Guo Rabbits, blinding them and disrupting their attack.
• Zhou Ming found the white Guo Guo Rabbit King on the hill and fought off the rabbits protecting her.
• Zhou Ming chased the Rabbit King toward the Xuan Qing Fruit forest, injured her with Rushing Current Fist, and captured her in a net.
• Zhou Ming threatened the Rabbit King, and she ordered the Guo Guo Rabbits to stop attacking, prompting the horde to surrender.
• Zhou Ming checked the Rabbit King’s injury and realized she was a Queen.

After resolving the Rabbit Plague, Zhou Ming sought a way to control the Guo Guo Rabbit population without harming Xuan Qing City's fruit industry. He turned the rabbits into a lucrative pet business, beginning with the sale of a royal-blooded rabbit to Aunt Bai Xue's granddaughter.

• Zhou Ming proposed halving the Guo Guo Rabbit population and maintaining long-term culling, but Bai Xiuxiu and many women in the Bai family condemned him for wanting to eat the adorable rabbits.
• The Guo Guo Rabbits won over the Bai family women by acting cute, and Lan Zhixi scolded Zhou Ming for his lack of compassion.
• Aunt Bai Xue's granddaughter offered up to eight million Spirit Coins for the Rabbit Queen, prompting Zhou Ming to recognize the potential of selling Guo Guo Rabbits as pets and rabbit food.
• Zhou Ming privately discussed the plan with the Rabbit Queen, who reluctantly agreed, and Aunt Bai Xue's granddaughter bought one of the Queen's royal-blooded daughters for one million Spirit Coins.
• Royal Guo Guo Rabbits later became prized pets, while the pet rabbit and rabbit food industries grew into pillar industries of Xuan Qing City's economy.

The Green Robe Elder came to Xuan Qing City to end the engagement between Bai Feiyang and the Chu family’s beloved daughter, but testing Bai Feiyang only convinced him the boy was exceptional. The Bai family erupted in fury when the Elder delivered Azure Orchid City’s decision, while Zhou Ming was delighted to find that the broken-engagement cliché had happened to him.

• The Green Robe Elder arrived in Xuan Qing City to break the engagement on behalf of Azure Orchid City, which had chosen an alliance with Imperial Cloud City instead.
• The Green Robe Elder tested Bai Feiyang’s intelligence and character, finding him exceptionally clever and admired by his family.
• The Green Robe Elder discovered that twelve-year-old Bai Feiyang had reached late Qi Refining through hard work despite having an ordinary mortal body.
• The Green Robe Elder concluded Bai Feiyang was an excellent match but still conveyed Azure Orchid City’s intention to end the engagement because Chu Taihu and the Chu family’s beloved daughter favored Chao Tianhao.
• Old Master Bai Ze and Bai Xu Tang smashed tables as the Bai family denounced the insult and threatened the Chu family’s beloved daughter.
• Zhou Ming realized the broken engagement involved his own betrothed childhood partner and welcomed the turn of events.

Zhou Ming proposed a three-year martial match between Bai Feiyang and Chao Yuanhao as a way to settle the Chu Family’s demand to break the engagement without starting a feud between the families. After revealing that he had reached the Liquid Condensation Realm, he told the Bai Family that he intended to publicly dissolve the marriage alliance himself even if he won.

• Zhou Ming argued that the Bai Family could not accept an immediate broken engagement without losing face, then mocked the Chu Family for rushing to break it when Chu Tianjiao was only twelve.
• Zhou Ming declared that the Bai Family would grow stronger and proposed a martial match with Chao Yuanhao three years later, with the engagement’s fate determined by the winner.
• The Green Robe Elder accepted Zhou Ming’s proposal, while the Bai Family elders worried that Chao Yuanhao’s higher cultivation would make the match unwinnable.
• After the Green Robe Elder left, Zhou Ming revealed that he had already reached the early Liquid Condensation Realm, reassuring the Bai Family elders.
• Zhou Ming told his family that even if he won, he would publicly renounce the marriage alliance and use the match to prove the Bai Family’s spirit and dignity.

After the engagement dispute ended, Zhou Ming chose Huan Luan Middle School despite his family's objections, seeking real combat experience before his three-year contest with Chao Yuanhao. His family eventually agreed, and his middle school life was about to begin.

• Azure Orchid City accepted Xuan Qing City's proposal to settle the broken engagement through a martial contest between the younger generation in three years.
• Zhou Ming resolved to focus on cultivation and avoid emotional attachments as he pursued longevity and strength.
• Zhou Ming weighed three middle-school options: Xuan Qing City First Middle School, Huan Luan Middle School, and Huan Lang First Middle School.
• Despite warnings about Huan Luan Middle School's poor discipline and frequent violence, Zhou Ming chose it for combat experience and preparation to defeat Chao Yuanhao.
• Zhou Ming persuaded most of the Bai family to accept his choice, and they agreed to let him attend Huan Luan Middle School after he made several promises.

Zhou Ming arrived at Huan Luan Middle School under the alias Zhou Yuan and enrolled in First Year Class Two. As the school’s older students began a large-scale class battle, he welcomed the start of his new life there.

• Zhou Ming and A Fu reached Huan Luan City, where Zhou Ming used the alias Zhou Yuan to conceal his identity while enrolling.
• Zhou Ming saw the school’s rundown facilities and learned from a nervous chubby student that many students attended because tuition was cheap.
• Zhou Ming watched stronger students cut in line and waited nearly an hour to register.
• A staff member tested Zhou Ming’s cultivation and placed him in First Year Class Two, where he reunited with the chubby student, Little Luo.
• The school broadcast announced a battle between Third Year Class One and Third Year Class Three, and Zhou Ming greeted the start of his time at Huan Luan Middle School.

At Huan Luan Middle School, First Year Class Two chose its class monitor through fights, and Zhou Ming defeated He Sifang in the final. He Sifang then called on his followers to attack Zhou Ming, leaving Zhou Ming to fight them under the school’s rules.

• Xie Linlin proposed electing the class monitor by vote, but He Sifang insisted the position had to be won through fighting and led the candidates to the Back Playground.
• Zhou Ming defeated Huang Chao, while Wu Yilang beat Zhang Yu and He Sifang defeated Lu Qingchen with his Ascending Sky Fire Dragon Fist.
• Zhou Ming defeated Wu Yilang and advanced to the final against He Sifang, who offered him the deputy position instead of fighting.
• He Sifang used his Ascending Sky Fire Dragon Fist, but Zhou Ming countered with Dragon Suppression Fist and knocked him down.
• He Sifang ordered Huang Chao and his other followers to attack Zhou Ming, and Zhou Ming rushed to fight them after learning that group attacks were allowed.

Zhou Ming defeated the students who challenged him, even after exhausting his spiritual energy, and won recognition as Class 2, Grade 1’s class monitor. Lu Qingchen accepted the result but promised to challenge him again after recovering.

• Zhou Ming used Gale Style to defeat Huang Chao, Wu Yilang, He Sifang, and their allies, then challenged anyone else who refused to accept him.
• Zhou Ming revealed that his spiritual energy was exhausted, but eight students attacked him and he fought them using martial arts inner energy and a hardened body.
• Zhou Ming defeated the remaining challengers, leaving himself as the only person standing in the sparring area.
• Xie Linlin, Wu Yilang, Lu Qingchen, and He Sifang acknowledged Zhou Ming as class monitor, though Wu Yilang and Lu Qingchen vowed to challenge him later.
• Luo Xiao Pang celebrated as Zhou Ming became Class 2, Grade 1’s class monitor on the first day of school.

Zhou Ming appointed officers after claiming the position of Class Monitor, using the school’s rule that the strong dominated the weak to establish authority. He left the Deputy Class Monitor position open to He Sifang or Lu Qingchen, confident he could win one of them over within three days.

• Zhou Ming announced five class positions and invited students to volunteer, but the class initially ignored him.
• Luo Xiao Pang volunteered for Deputy Class Monitor, then chose Errand Captain after Zhou Ming rejected his first choice and classmates mocked him.
• Zhou Ming named Luo Xiao Pang class treasurer and ordered everyone to contribute 100 Spirit Coins for a Friday class dinner.
• Zhou Ming appointed Wu Yilang as Vanguard General, Xie Linlin as Medical Captain, and Chen En as Intelligence Officer.
• Zhou Ming gave He Sifang and Lu Qingchen three days to privately seek the Deputy Class Monitor position, but both rejected the idea of serving under him.

Zhou Ming built a core team in Class 2, Grade 1 by offering cultivation manuals, recruiting He Sifang as deputy class monitor, and rewarding Luo Xiao Pang with an extravagant meal. With Wu Yilang, Chen En, Xie Linlin, He Sifang, and Luo Xiao Pang on his side, he prepared to strengthen the class and pursue control of more Ordinary Classes.

• Zhou Ming defeated Wu Yilang in a fight, assessed his cultivation limits, and gave him the Rank A Demonic Vajra Art.
• Zhou Ming won over Chen En and Xie Linlin by giving them Rank B cultivation methods suited to their aptitudes.
• Zhou Ming persuaded He Sifang to cooperate as deputy class monitor and help consolidate Class 2's strength, while Lu Qingchen refused a deputy position.
• Zhou Ming treated Luo Xiao Pang to a costly feast, and Luo Xiao Pang pledged his loyalty to him.

Zhou Ming treated nineteen classmates to an extravagant dinner to win their support, then led them back toward school. In an alley, Nan Zhen and more than fifty Class 1 students surrounded them, and Zhou Ming charged at the group in front while ordering his classmates to handle those behind.

• Zhou Ming hosted a lavish dinner for nineteen classmates, who praised him and pledged to support him.
• Zhou Ming reflected that the absent Lu Qingchen and He Sifang led Class 2's main fighting forces, while his new supporters were unreliable.
• On the walk back to school, Zhou Ming stopped the group after hearing people hiding in an alley.
• Nan Zhen appeared with more than fifty Class 1 students and threatened to teach Zhou Ming a lesson.
• Zhou Ming sent Xie Linlin and Ji Xiaoyue aside, assigned his classmates to fight the enemies behind them, and charged at those in front alone.

After Zhou Ming led Class 2 through months of warfare, he broke the alliance of the Ordinary Classes and persuaded Lu Qingchen to join his side. Class 2 defeated Classes 1 and 3 after the truce ended and declared dominance over the grade.

• Zhou Ming defeated Class 1 in an alley battle, uncovered He Sifang as the one who had leaked news of Class 2's dinner, and gained more than ten new followers.
• Zhou Ming trained his followers and led an alliance against Classes 5, 7, and 8, while Classes 1 and 3 joined forces against him.
• After two months of battles, Zhou Ming's side took the three Ordinary Classes, which dissolved their alliance with Classes 1 and 3 and agreed to remain neutral.
• During a half-month truce, Zhou Ming showed Lu Qingchen and He Sifang how much Wu Yilang and Chen En had improved and invited them to join his team.
• Lu Qingchen joined Zhou Ming, while He Sifang joined Class 1 and vowed to defeat him.
• After the truce, Class 2 defeated Classes 1 and 3 in four group battles and declared dominance over the grade.

After Class 2, Grade 1 dominated its grade, Zhou Ming set his sights on taking over Huan Luan Middle School by defeating the third years. He led his classmates through two months of intensive summer training, leaving the class strong enough to crush any single third-year class.

• Zhou Ming proposed that Class 2 challenge the third years, though Chen En, Jin Songming, and others warned about their age and cultivation advantages.
• Zhou Ming argued that Class 2 could defeat Third Year Class Three after targeted training, then rally the other second-year classes for an all-out fight against the third years.
• Class 2 agreed to pursue the challenge, with Lu Qingchen and Chen En citing the need to end upperclassmen's extortion and bullying.
• Zhou Ming spent over a million Spirit Coins on training equipment and medicinal pills, shared Cultivation Methods manuals, and led Class 2 through two months of grueling summer training.
• After training, two of Class 2's fifty-two students reached early Liquid Condensation and fifteen reached late Qi Refining, giving the class enough strength to crush any single third-year class.

Zhou Ming’s Second Year Class Two fought a six-month war against the third years, eventually winning the support of the other second-year classes and establishing its dominance at Huan Luan Middle School. The third years called a truce, leaving Class Two supreme.

• The third years united against the second years, while Class One and Class Three initially refused to join Zhou Ming’s war.
• Zhou Ming used the Point Control Strategy to defeat all eight third-year classes within a month, but the third years then surrounded Class Two with more than four hundred students.
• As Zhou Ming and his classmates were overwhelmed, reinforcements from the five Ordinary Classes, Class One, and Class Three arrived and turned the battle around.
• Nan Zhen and He Sifang said they had intervened because the third years had bullied their classmates, not because of Zhou Ming.
• After three more crushing defeats, the third years proposed a truce, and Second Year Class Two achieved supremacy at Huan Luan Middle School.