Chapter Summaries

Fang Mo attended Lu Bencao’s lesson on refining Five Spirit Liquid, then earned thirty credits by completing a large Bone Strengthening Soup task. After returning to the dormitory, he received Qu Jiang’s detailed first-year alchemy notes, which could help him learn more formulas without spending credits on classes.

• Fang Mo attended Lu Bencao’s demonstration of Five Spirit Liquid and raised his alchemy proficiency to 367.
• Fang Mo found no suitable forum tasks, accepted six batches of Bone Strengthening Soup work, and refined three hundred bottles over five hours.
• The medicine workshop inspected Fang Mo’s Bone Strengthening Soup, approved it, and gave him proof to claim thirty credits.
• Ding Bingxiu told Fang Mo that the Bone Strengthening Soup task paid poorly and advised him to attend more classes.
• Qu Jiang gave Fang Mo his detailed first-year alchemy notes, and Fang Mo began studying them.

Fang Mo visited the market with Ding Bingxiu and Qu Jiang to buy medicinal ingredients, then met Guan Lu and learned that Ding Bingxiu had considerable influence at Lingcao Hall. As Fang Mo left with his purchases and worried about his dwindling funds, Qin Muxue recognized him and watched him coldly.

• Fang Mo called Guan Lu while traveling to the market with Ding Bingxiu and Qu Jiang, and she told him to meet her at the entrance.
• Fang Mo met Guan Lu at the market, where Ding Bingxiu introduced himself before Qu Jiang left to deliver medicine.
• Ding Bingxiu led Fang Mo and Guan Lu to Lingcao Hall, where Manager Wang offered Fang Mo a discounted price on his medicinal ingredients.
• Fang Mo paid for the medicine with cash and three gold bars, then worried that his money would soon run out.
• Qin Muxue saw Fang Mo at Lingcao Hall, pretended not to recognize him, and watched him leave with a cold gleam in her eyes.

Fang Mo visited the Arena Hall with Ding Bingxiu, Qu Jiang, and Guan Lu, then entered the Virtual Combat Platform to test its realism and fight a matched opponent. His first exchange with Eternal King ended evenly, and the battle continued as spectators took notice.

• Ding Bingxiu persuaded Fang Mo, Qu Jiang, and Guan Lu to visit the Arena Hall and try Virtual Combat.
• Fang Mo entered the Virtual Combat Platform under the nickname Iron Mask and received a Peak Manifesting Strength assessment.
• Fang Mo watched a virtual match, then spent credits to enter an arena battle against Eternal King.
• Eternal King urged Fang Mo to concede, but Fang Mo accepted his challenge and met his first punch evenly.
• Eternal King claimed he had been holding back and launched another attack, while Fang Mo said he had also used only half his strength.

Fang Mo defeated Eternal King in the virtual combat arena and discovered that fighting there increased his martial arts proficiency. After checking his gains, he accepted another challenge and began battling Elegant Passerby, while Wang Tai left to train for a rematch.

• Fang Mo matched Eternal King's Eight Sounds of Manifesting Strength and held his ground through a prolonged exchange of attacks.
• Fang Mo provoked Eternal King into fighting until he was exhausted and fell, then found that the Bronze Mirror recorded increases to his martial arts proficiency.
• Fang Mo received his combat rewards, returned to the system, and accepted one of seven challenges from Elegant Passerby.
• Fang Mo and Elegant Passerby traded claw attacks in the arena as their fight began.
• Wang Tai, who had played Eternal King, was fined for damaging a public armrest and left to cultivate his Chain Splitting Air Palm.

Fang Mo defeated Elegant Passerby, then continued fighting without resting and entered his fifth consecutive battle against Mad Lion. Guan Lu recognized Fang Mo as Iron Mask while watching the match, which ended with Fang Mo unleashing a nine-echo Tiger Step Cannon Fist.

• Fang Mo defeated Elegant Passerby with Fierce Tiger Entangling Shake and earned five Victory Credits, seventeen Observation Credits, and one Combat Point.
• Fang Mo refused the system's recommendation to rest and immediately accepted another challenge.
• Ding Bingxiu, Qu Jiang, and Guan Lu waited for Fang Mo to leave the Card Pack, and Ding Bingxiu led Guan Lu to watch a live battle in the main hall.
• Guan Lu recognized Iron Mask as Fang Mo because he was using Tiger Subduing Fist, and she worried as Mad Lion drove him back during their fight.
• Mad Lion launched Iron Back Mountain Shaking Palm, and Fang Mo countered with Tiger Step Cannon Fist, producing nine echoes that astonished the spectators.

Fang Mo, fighting as Iron Mask, defeated Mad Lion with Nine Echoes of Ming Jin and gained substantial martial proficiency before recovering at the Card Pack booth. Guan Lu showed growing concern for him, and Yuan Hongfei confronted the group as they prepared to leave.

• Fang Mo used Nine Echoes of Ming Jin and Tiger Step Iron Mountain Lean to knock Mad Lion off the platform and win their match.
• Guan Lu recognized Iron Mask as Fang Mo and rushed to meet him after he left the arena.
• Fang Mo saw his martial techniques gain proficiency and recovered from exhaustion through the Bronze Mirror’s energy.
• Guan Lu met Fang Mo outside the Card Pack booth, helped him with his sweat, and gave him milk tea while Ding Bingxiu watched with disappointment.
• Yuan Hongfei approached and tried to invite Fang Mo to a meal, but Guan Lu moved to leave and Ding Bingxiu blocked him.

Fang Mo built a reputation as the academy’s Strongest Manifesting Strength fighter, but challengers stopped coming as his strength outmatched them. When Ye Gufeng, a Dark Force martial artist, challenged him, Fang Mo accepted.

• Yuan Hongfei clashed with Ding Bingxiu at the Arena Hall, but Qu Jiang stopped Yuan Hongfei and Guan Lu led her companions away.
• Fang Mo intensified his training, fought five daily matches, and went undefeated for more than ten days, earning the title Strongest Manifesting Strength.
• After Fang Mo defeated a Peak Manifesting Strength opponent in five moves, no one would accept his challenges, leaving him unable to complete his daily matches.
• Ye Gufeng challenged Fang Mo to fight as a Dark Force martial artist, and Fang Mo agreed.

Fang Mo fought Ye Gufeng, a Dark Force Martial Artist, in a heavily watched arena battle and held his ground with his powerful body and self-created Tiger Form Half-Step Collapse Fist. He defeated Ye Gufeng, shocking the crowd and leaving Yun Kong celebrating the emergence of another martial arts genius.

• Ye Gufeng opened the battle with Beast King Fist Mountain Crusher, but Fang Mo met his punch head-on and gained proficiency in Indestructible Diamond Body.
• Fang Mo and Ye Gufeng exchanged dozens of powerful blows as Fang Mo endured attacks that most viewers thought would overwhelm a Ming Jin Martial Artist.
• Ye Gufeng unleashed Astral Bear Strikes the Mountain, and Fang Mo countered with his self-created Tiger Form Half-Step Collapse Fist.
• Both fighters staggered back from the collision, but Ye Gufeng spat blood and vanished as the system declared Fang Mo the victor.
• The crowd erupted in applause, and Guan Lu excitedly celebrated Fang Mo's victory.

After Luo Zongshan identified Fang Mo as a promising martial arts talent and secured permission to investigate him, Fang Mo broke through to Dark Force after advancing his Indestructible Diamond Body. He left behind the Iron Mask identity, bought medicine, and began refining new formulas, unaware that his appearance had sparked a conflict at the Virtual Combat Platform center.

• Luo Zongshan showed Dean Yue Wuping footage of Fang Mo's battles, praised his rapid improvement, and received authorization to retrieve Iron Mask's student information.
• The Bronze Mirror's energy helped Fang Mo advance the Indestructible Diamond Body, and he broke through to Dark Force.
• Fang Mo left the Arena Hall intending to abandon the Iron Mask identity, while Guan Lu watched him go and vowed not to be left behind.
• Fang Mo exchanged seven gold bars for money and bought medicine, including Dragon Blood Body Tempering Liquid.
• Fang Mo rented an alchemy room and began refining Five Spirit Liquid, while a conflict over him developed at the Virtual Combat Platform center.

Luo Zongshan discovered Fang Mo’s potential and tried to keep him from the Comprehensive Institute’s Liu Xinjian, who also wanted to recruit him. Meanwhile, Fang Mo finished refining Five Spirit Liquid and encountered a black figure in the woods on his way back to the dormitory.

• Luo Zongshan accessed Fang Mo’s records and learned that Fang Mo had a D-grade Bone Structure, excellent comprehension, and the Indestructible Diamond Body.
• Luo Zongshan met Liu Xinjian at the supercomputer center, and they argued over who would recruit Fang Mo before Liu entered to check his information.
• Fang Mo completed a batch of Five Spirit Liquid, leaving sixty bottles that he planned to sell and keep for his own use.
• Fang Mo sensed someone watching him as he carried the medicine toward his dormitory, then stopped when he saw a black figure standing in the woods.

Fang Mo fought off a masked Transformation Force expert who seemed to be testing him, then discovered that reaching Dark Force had increased the proficiency he gained from training. At breakfast, Sword Academy students entered the Alchemy Institute and demanded that Fang Mo come out.

• A masked man attacked Fang Mo, exchanged a fierce series of blows with him, revealed Transformation Force, and then fled when someone approached with a flashlight.
• Fang Mo returned to his dormitory and found that more than twenty bottles of medicine had shattered, costing him another twenty thousand.
• During training the next morning, Fang Mo found that Tiger Subduing Fist, Tiger Subduing Stance, Mad Sand Saber Art, and Chasing Wind Leg gained proficiency faster when driven by Dark Force.
• Ding Bingxiu and Qu Jiang advised Fang Mo to attend martial arts electives and suggested he seek better techniques or learn from others.
• Five Sword Academy students entered the dining hall, and one loudly demanded that Fang Mo come out.

Fang Mo confronted Young Master Wu, who came to the Alchemy Institute to insult him and expose his supposed lack of martial artist Bone Structure. Fang Mo defeated him with a Dark Force punch, revealing his strength to the cafeteria, just as an angry voice called out to stop the trouble.

• Young Master Wu and four Sword Academy students came looking for Fang Mo and mocked him, prompting Ding Bingxiu to fight their leader.
• Fang Mo stopped Ding Bingxiu and identified himself, while Young Master Wu insulted him as a useless young master with no martial artist Bone Structure.
• Fang Mo suspected Qin Muxue had sent Young Master Wu, then revealed their former engagement and her connection to the He Family.
• Enraged by Fang Mo's words, Young Master Wu attacked, but Fang Mo struck him with the Tiger Form Half-Step Collapse Fist and sent him reeling with a broken hand.
• The cafeteria students realized Fang Mo possessed Dark Force, and Fang Mo challenged Young Master Wu by asking who was useless now.
• A stern voice demanded to know who was causing trouble.

Fang Mo was punished by Zhao Dingxiang after a fight at the Alchemy Institute, but Luo Zongshan revealed he knew Fang Mo was Iron Mask and invited him to join the Fist Academy. Fang Mo accepted the offer, agreeing to stay undefeated against same-rank opponents on the Virtual Combat Platform for six months.

• Zhao Dingxiang ordered demerits and credit deductions for Fang Mo and Ding Bingxiu, then dropped the punishments when Luo Zongshan asked to speak with Fang Mo.
• Young Master Wu and his companions left, unsettled by Luo Zongshan's interest in Fang Mo, and decided to investigate his background.
• Luo Zongshan identified Fang Mo as Iron Mask and praised his Dark Force and Indestructible Diamond Body progress.
• Luo Zongshan offered Fang Mo generous training conditions if he remained undefeated against same-rank opponents on the Virtual Combat Platform for six months.
• Fang Mo accepted Luo Zongshan's offer to join the Fist Academy, and Luo said he would handle matters with the Alchemy Institute.

Fang Mo learned that he would transfer to the Fist Academy and shared a warm farewell with Qu Jiang and Ding Bingxiu. After Bai Zujiang approved the transfer, Zhao Dingxiang discovered that Liu Xinjian also wanted Fang Mo, leaving him to wonder why multiple directors were pursuing a student once judged worthless.

• Fang Mo told Qu Jiang and Ding Bingxiu that he might transfer to the Fist Academy, and the three jokingly founded the Cloud Sky Three Swordsmen.
• Zhao Dingxiang gave Fang Mo's file to Bai Zujiang, who approved the transfer after learning Luo Zongshan had requested it on Xie Changmin's behalf.
• Luo Zongshan thanked Zhao Dingxiang, took Fang Mo's file, and called to pick Fang Mo up himself.
• Liu Xinjian called Zhao Dingxiang to request Fang Mo's transfer to the Comprehensive Institute, but learned Luo Zongshan had already taken him.
• After Liu Xinjian angrily ended the call, Zhao Dingxiang wondered what made Fang Mo valuable to two academy directors.

Fang Mo transferred from the Alchemy Institute to the Fist Academy and settled into a new residence with better cultivation facilities. He began training in his basement, determined to make the most of his new starting point.

• Liu Xinjian learned the dean believed Fang Mo could be nurtured, but Luo Zongshan had already taken Fang Mo's file and brought him from the Alchemy Institute.
• Ding Bingxiu and Qu Jiang discussed Fang Mo's prospects, and Qu Jiang hinted he was waiting for an opportunity.
• Luo Zongshan showed Fang Mo the Fist Academy's facilities and offered him extra Gravity Room time if he won ten matches each week.
• Fang Mo completed his registration, moved into a townhouse, and met his robot butler, Xiao Yi.
• Fang Mo messaged Guan Lu, inspected his basement training room for surveillance, and began cultivating.

Fang Mo prepared a private alchemy room and sold Five Spirit Liquid to raise money for equipment before trying the academy’s Gravity Room. He endured its crushing force and remained focused on completing one Great Heavenly Cycle.

• Fang Mo received a message from Guan Lu, replied with his address, and noticed she had been contacting him less often.
• Fang Mo discovered he had only twenty thousand left and listed forty bottles of Five Spirit Liquid for sale to afford alchemy tools.
• Fang Mo converted a room in his home into an alchemy room and reserved a slot in the Gravity Room.
• Fang Mo watched other young Dark Force martial artists struggle to last more than a few minutes in the introductory Gravity Room.
• Fang Mo entered the Gravity Room, held the Tiger Subduing Stance under intense gravity, and struggled to complete one Great Heavenly Cycle.

Fang Mo trained in the Gravity Room, received the Fist Academy’s promised money and cultivation resources, and chose Flying Cloud Steps as his movement technique. At the library, he ran into his former fiancée Qin Muxue and confronted her in front of her companions.

• Fang Mo finished twelve minutes in the Gravity Room, then went home to recover and continued training through the night.
• Fang Mo received a thirty-thousand subsidy, access to twenty-thousand worth of cultivation resources, and permission to choose an Earth Grade technique.
• Fang Mo visited the library and selected Flying Cloud Steps, then studied the manual and began practicing the technique.
• Fang Mo encountered Qin Muxue and her companions on the library stairs and reminded her that she had asked a friend to check on him.
• Fang Mo called Qin Muxue his former fiancée and taunted her about Young Master Wu, prompting her companion to step forward and challenge him.

Fang Mo humiliated Qin Muxue by revealing her engagement to He Xingyang, then continued cultivating and entered the Virtual Combat Platform as Iron Mask. After four days of training, Ye Gufeng learned Iron Mask had returned to fight Mu Tianlang and rushed to the center.

• Fang Mo told Gao Yuchuan that Qin Muxue was engaged to He Xingyang, provoking Qin Muxue and leaving Gao Yuchuan furious and heartbroken.
• Fang Mo practiced Flying Cloud Steps until he reached the proficient level, then sold his medicine and spent four days following his training routine.
• Fang Mo logged into the Virtual Combat Platform as Iron Mask and began matching for a battle.
• Ye Gufeng trained to recover from his loss to Iron Mask, then Hu Zongwei told him Iron Mask was fighting Mu Tianlang.
• Ye Gufeng hurried to the Virtual Combat Center to watch Iron Mask's fight.

Fang Mo defeated the Dark Force martial artist Mu Tianlang with Tiger Form Half-Step Collapse, impressing spectators and reassuring Luo Zongshan that his investment in Fang Mo was worthwhile. Ye Gufeng gave up on challenging Iron Mask and returned to train, while Liu Xinjian sent Zhao Dingxiang a video and invited him to watch a show.

• Ye Gufeng arrived at Hall Four and saw that Fang Mo had advanced to Dark Force and was fighting Mu Tianlang.
• Fang Mo used Tiger Form Half-Step Collapse to defeat Mu Tianlang, who admitted defeat and left the arena.
• Fang Mo checked his battle rewards and immediately requested another match, drawing Niu Dali as his next opponent.
• Ye Gufeng told Hu Zongwei he was not Fang Mo's match and left to keep training.
• Luo Zongshan watched Fang Mo's victory and felt reassured, while Liu Xinjian angrily sent Zhao Dingxiang a video and invited him to watch a show.

Fang Mo faced the powerful Niu Dali in a Virtual Combat Platform match, drawing a growing crowd and anxious attention from his allies. After their opening clash sent Fang Mo sliding into a pillar, he endured the blow without coughing up blood, leaving the spectators and Luo Zongshan wondering if he could still win.

• Zhao Dingxiang opened Liu Xinjian's match link and grew curious as hundreds of spectators gathered to watch Fang Mo and Niu Dali.
• Ding Bingxiu and Qu Jiang watched Fang Mo's match, while Luo Zongshan looked up Niu Dali's record and worried that Fang Mo was at a disadvantage.
• Liu Xinjian anticipated that a loss could cause trouble for Luo Zongshan, as Fang Mo welcomed the chance to face a strong opponent.
• Niu Dali taunted Fang Mo before the match, and Fang Mo calmly invited him to attack with the bearing of a grandmaster.
• Niu Dali charged and struck Fang Mo, but Fang Mo met his fist with Tiger Form Half-Step Collapse and was driven back into a pillar.
• Fang Mo's Indestructible Diamond Body helped him withstand the impact without coughing blood, and Luo Zongshan began to believe he might pull off a miracle.