Chapter Summaries

Bai Bing encouraged Yang Jing after his loss, promised him top-grade resources, and urged him to reach the Qi-Nourishing Realm as turmoil stirred in the martial world. Meanwhile, Yuwen Mingjue warned Chu Yunhai that Yang Jing was training hard, but Chu Yunhai was confident the sect’s resources and his master’s guidance would keep him far ahead.

• Bai Bing met Yang Jing in a moonlit pavilion and praised him for turning his defeat in the Top Potential Seed contest into motivation to cultivate.
• Bai Bing told Yang Jing that resolve mattered more than root bone or resources, promised to secure the resources he needed, and warned him to reach the Qi-Nourishing Realm amid signs that the Demon Cult might rise again.
• Chu Yunhai reflected on the abundant resources and personal instruction he received as the Top Potential Seed, then refused Yuwen Mingjue’s invitation to a banquet at the Yuwen Residence.
• Yuwen Mingjue warned Chu Yunhai that Yang Jing was training from dawn to dusk and might still seek to replace him.
• Chu Yunhai dismissed the warning, insisting that the resources and guidance he received would widen the gap between him and Yang Jing, while Yuwen Mingjue took satisfaction in Yang Jing’s setbacks.

Yang Jing trained toward the peak of the qi-devouring realm, then went to Yunxi Peak to take Sun Ningxiang out to celebrate her breakthrough to transforming strength. As they left together, Yuwen Mingjue watched them with hatred, and Yang Jing dismissed him as someone he would kill when the opportunity arose.

• Yang Jing practiced the Mountain-Splitting Seal for hours, bringing his cultivation close to the pinnacle of the qi-devouring realm.
• Yang Jing recalled that Sun Ningxiang had reached transforming strength and planned to celebrate with her and their friends.
• Yang Jing went to Yunxi Peak, where Sun Ningxiang met him dressed for their outing, and they headed down the mountain together.
• Yuwen Mingjue watched Yang Jing and Sun Ningxiang with jealousy, then fled after Yang Jing met his gaze.
• Yang Jing dismissed Yuwen Mingjue as beneath his notice and resolved to kill him when he found an opportunity.

Yang Jing and Sun Ningxiang joined Lin Ziheng, Fang He, and Yan Chenglong at the Lin Family Villa, where Ma Qiang arrived to celebrate Sun Ningxiang's breakthrough and catch up with old friends. As the group discussed the difficulty of reaching the qi-nourishing realm, Yang Jing looked ahead to his own progress, confident that the System Panel would let him overcome the bottleneck once he reached the peak of the qi-devouring realm.

• Yang Jing and Sun Ningxiang traveled from Duck Mountain Island to the Lin Family Villa in Hidden Dragon Town, where Lin Ziheng, Fang He, and Yan Chenglong welcomed them.
• Yan Chenglong told Yang Jing that Ma Qiang was coming to celebrate Sun Ningxiang's breakthrough, and Ma Qiang soon arrived at the villa.
• The group shared a feast, and Sun Ningxiang's affection for Yang Jing became clear to their friends as they exchanged stories about their past at the Sun Clan Martial Arts School.
• Ma Qiang and Yan Chenglong discussed how difficult it was to break through from the peak of the qi-devouring realm to the qi-nourishing realm, while Lin Ziheng noted that he had yet to enter the qi-devouring realm.
• Yang Jing anticipated reaching the peak of the qi-devouring realm and advancing further, confident that the System Panel would let him break through without facing a bottleneck.

Yang Jing spent the day training in the Grade-B No. 3 Training Room and brought the Mountain-Splitting Seal close to the peak of the Qi-Devouring Realm. Meanwhile, Qin Chuan broke through to the Qi-Nourishing Realm, and Yang Jing planned to make his own breakthrough attempt the next day.

• Yang Jing rented the Grade-B No. 3 Training Room, where Si Jiawen offered to let him use the Grade-A room but explained that sect rules prevented the transfer.
• Yang Jing practiced the Mountain-Splitting Seal throughout the day, strengthening his meridians and internal qi.
• Qin Chuan succeeded in his third attempt to break through to the Qi-Nourishing Realm and earned the sect's renewed attention.
• Yang Jing checked his System Panel and saw that the Mountain-Splitting Seal had reached 1991/2000 progress toward minor achievement.
• Yang Jing decided to rest overnight and push the Mountain-Splitting Seal to the peak of the Qi-Devouring Realm the next day before attempting a breakthrough.

Yang Jing reached the peak of the qi-devouring realm and began using a Marrow Tempering Pill to break through to the qi-nourishing realm. Meanwhile, the Profound Truth Sect's leaders prepared for a challenge from the Vajra Order's Three Heroes, assigning Chu Yunhai and Yang Jing to face them.

• Yang Jing prepared for a breakthrough while Bai Bing considered how to secure cultivation resources for him.
• Cao Zhen told the Peak Masters and Ouyang Jingxuan that the Vajra Order's Three Heroes planned to challenge the Profound Truth Sect.
• Ouyang Jingxuan proposed that Chu Yunhai and Yang Jing face the Three Heroes, and Cao Zhen agreed to the plan for now.
• Yang Jing completed two hours of cultivation and reached the peak of the qi-devouring realm.
• Yang Jing swallowed a Marrow Tempering Pill and began driving his internal qi toward the qi-nourishing realm.

Yang Jing broke through to the qi-nourishing realm while cultivating at Lingxi Peak and began training to control his newly condensed internal qi. As the Vajra Order’s Three Heroes prepared to challenge the Profound Truth Sect and Jadewater Palace, Bai Bing and Lin Weiyuan considered Yang Jing’s likely role in the coming confrontation.

• Yang Jing used the Marrow Tempering Pill while practicing the Mountain-Splitting Seal and successfully advanced to the qi-nourishing realm.
• Yang Jing sensed his stronger, purer internal qi and continued cultivating to improve his control.
• Bai Bing considered warning Yang Jing about the Vajra Order’s Three Heroes and hoped he would gain more cultivation resources by performing well.
• Lin Weiyuan told Lin Shuhua to take her seventh and eighth brothers to the Profound Truth Sect and deliver Yang Jing’s five Marrow Tempering Pills.
• Lin Weiyuan predicted that Yang Jing would join Chu Yunhai in facing the Three Heroes, and Lin Shuhua was pleased that her brothers might witness the fight.

Yang Jing learned that the Vajra Order's Three Heroes planned to challenge the Profound Truth Sect, then accompanied Si Jiawen to meet Bai Bing. Bai Bing was visibly startled when she sensed Yang Jing, leaving the reason for her reaction unresolved.

• Lin Ziheng told Yang Jing that the Vajra Order's Three Heroes—Zhou Qiang, Li Yu, and Xu Shizheng—were coming to challenge the Five Great Schools, and Zhang Hengyi revealed Li Yu's extreme ascetic practice.
• Lin Ziheng explained that Yang Jing and Chu Yunhai were likely to face the challengers because they were among the Profound Truth Sect's strongest young disciples.
• Si Jiawen summoned Yang Jing to Lingxi Hall, and Yang Jing concealed his recent breakthrough from her while they walked to the summit.
• Si Jiawen mistook Yang Jing's concealed qi for a sign that he had not yet broken through and advised him to prepare for the bottleneck at the peak of the qi-devouring realm.
• Bai Bing looked at Yang Jing as he entered Lingxi Hall and reacted with unmistakable astonishment.

Yang Jing revealed to Bai Bing that he had reached the qi-nourishing realm two days earlier, astonishing her with how easily he had broken through. After she corrected his Mountain-Splitting Seal technique, Bai Bing told him he and Chu Yunhai would face the Vajra Order's Three Elites, and she anticipated the sect's reaction to his breakthrough.

• Bai Bing sent Si Jiawen away and asked Yang Jing when he had reached the qi-nourishing realm; he said he had broken through two days earlier.
• Yang Jing explained that he had broken through smoothly after reaching the peak of the qi-devouring realm, and Bai Bing recognized his extraordinary potential.
• Bai Bing asked Yang Jing to demonstrate the Mountain-Splitting Seal, then explained that he needed to let hard force lead and use softness as support.
• Yang Jing understood Bai Bing's correction, thanked her, and promised to refine his cultivation and technique.
• Bai Bing told Yang Jing that he and Chu Yunhai would face the Vajra Order's Three Elites, and said the Sect Master would likely summon them soon.

Yang Jing trained to improve his martial arts before being summoned to the Main Peak Hall, where the sect learned that Li Yu had reached the qi-nourishing realm. Bai Bing declared that Yang Jing would reach that realm before the Vajra Order's Three Heroes arrived, then challenged Qin Gang to wager on it.

• Yang Jing practiced the Mountain-Splitting Seal and the Indestructible True Art in the Grade-B No. 3 Training Room, advancing his cultivation.
• Xu Kun summoned Yang Jing to the Main Peak Hall on the Chief Elder's orders, and Yang Jing set off after washing and changing.
• Cao Zhen and Ouyang Jingxuan told the Seven Branches' Peak Masters that Li Yu had broken through to the qi-nourishing realm, putting the sect's planned response in jeopardy.
• Bai Bing insisted that Yang Jing would reach the qi-nourishing realm before the Vajra Order's Three Heroes arrived and could face Li Yu.
• Bai Bing challenged Qin Gang to bet the Bone Jade Pill, Heart-Questioning Pill, High-Grade Treasure Armor, and Frost Sword on Yang Jing's breakthrough.

Bai Bing wagered that Yang Jing would reach the Qi-Nourishing Realm before the Vajra Order's Three Heroes arrived, and Qin Gang staked his precious Azure Lake Seal against her treasures. Yang Jing's breakthrough stunned the Profound Truth Sect's leaders and left Chu Yunhai in disbelief, while the sect gained new confidence for the coming challenge.

• Bai Bing proposed a wager with Qin Gang, who ultimately staked the Azure Lake Seal against her treasures.
• Bai Bing explained that she believed Yang Jing had succeeded because he had not returned to report his failed breakthrough, prompting the sect leaders to doubt her reasoning.
• Chu Yunhai and Yang Jing entered the hall, and the leaders recognized that Yang Jing had reached the Qi-Nourishing Realm.
• Yang Jing confirmed his breakthrough to Cao Zhen, stunning Chu Yunhai and prompting Qin Gang to realize Bai Bing had known the truth and won their wager.
• Cao Zhen and the other leaders celebrated Yang Jing's talent and concluded that his breakthrough gave the Profound Truth Sect confidence to face the Vajra Order's Three Heroes.

Yang Jing’s breakthrough convinced the Profound Truth Sect’s leaders that he was a supreme prodigy, and they resolved to prioritize his cultivation. The sect then learned that Li Yu had also entered the qi-nourishing realm, leaving Chu Yunhai shaken as the Vajra Order’s challenge approached.

• Ouyang Jingxuan regretted misjudging Yang Jing, while Qin Gang lamented turning him away from Mountain-Suppressing Peak.
• Cao Zhen and the peak masters recognized Yang Jing as the sect’s hoped-for supreme prodigy, and Ouyang Jingxuan promised to put the sect’s best resources into nurturing him.
• Cao Zhen told Yang Jing and Chu Yunhai that the Vajra Order’s Three Heroes would challenge the sect in two days and that Li Yu had broken through to the qi-nourishing realm.
• Yang Jing realized Li Yu’s breakthrough explained the Three Heroes’ confidence, while Chu Yunhai felt crushed by being overtaken by both Yang Jing and Li Yu.

Chu Yunhai left the Main Peak Hall feeling crushed after Cao Zhen dismissed him while the sect pledged its support to Yang Jing. Yang Jing returned to Lingxi Peak to cultivate in secret, determined to prepare for his coming battle with Li Yu.

• Cao Zhen sent Chu Yunhai away and urged him to cultivate, while Huang Zhen worried that the setback would discourage his disciple.
• Cao Zhen declared that the Profound Truth Sect would devote its resources to nurturing Yang Jing, and Bai Bing welcomed the commitment.
• Cao Zhen ordered the elders to conceal Yang Jing's breakthrough until Li Yu of the Vajra Order arrived to challenge the sect, and instructed Huang Zhen to keep Chu Yunhai silent.
• Yang Jing overheard the elders mention a Bone Jade Pill and wondered whether the sect planned to give him one.
• Yang Jing returned to Lingxi Peak, postponed visiting Senior Sister Ningxiang, and entered training room B-3 to cultivate the Indestructible True Art before his battle with Li Yu.

Yang Jing rapidly improved his Indestructible True Art during a four-hour session and worried whether he could advance before the Vajra Order's Three Heroes arrived. Si Jiawen brought him to Bai Bing, who revealed that the sect's leaders had decided how to allocate his cultivation resources, but she had not yet announced the details.

• Yang Jing practiced the Indestructible True Art in a Grade-B Training Room, where his cultivation advanced quickly with help from his realm, the training room, and the Heart-Questioning Pill.
• After checking his progress, Yang Jing worried that he might not reach the qi-nourishing realm before the Vajra Order's Three Heroes challenged the sect.
• Si Jiawen emerged from the Grade-A Training Room and told Yang Jing that Bai Bing had sent her to bring him to Lingxi Hall.
• Bai Bing dismissed Si Jiawen after she and Yang Jing arrived, leaving Yang Jing alone with his master.
• Bai Bing told Yang Jing that the sect's senior leaders had reached a decision about his cultivation resources, and he waited eagerly to hear the details.

Yang Jing received the Sect’s first batch of rare cultivation resources and unlimited access to Bai Bing’s Grade-A Training Room while the Sect prepared a dedicated room for him. He entered Bai Bing’s private room and, after adjusting to its powerful origin energy and incense, prepared to begin cultivating.

• Bai Bing gave Yang Jing two Bone Jade Pills and ten drops of Aperture-Nurturing Jade Marrow as the Sect’s first allocation of cultivation resources.
• Bai Bing offered Yang Jing unrestricted use of her private Grade-A Training Room until the Sect built one exclusively for him, and Yang Jing accepted.
• After leaving Lingxi Hall, Yang Jing went straight to the training room behind it rather than returning to the disciples’ residential area.
• Yang Jing opened the training room and felt its dense origin energy and potent incense accelerate his internal qi.
• Yang Jing meditated until he had adjusted to the room, placed his Sect token and cultivation resources beside him, and moved to the center to prepare to cultivate.

Yang Jing trained the Mountain-Splitting Seal and Indestructible True Art in a Grade-A Training Room, then used Aperture-Nurturing Jade Marrow to accelerate his cultivation. At Qin Chuan’s celebratory banquet, Su Qingyue heard disciples discuss Yang Jing and regretted how she had treated him, while the gathering continued without revealing whether he would attend.

• Yang Jing practiced the Mountain-Splitting Seal for two hours in the Grade-A Training Room and improved his mastery.
• Yang Jing cultivated the Indestructible True Art, found the room’s efficiency far greater than the Grade-B Training Room’s, and swallowed a drop of Aperture-Nurturing Jade Marrow to strengthen his internal qi.
• Qin Chuan hosted a banquet at the Ma Family Tavern to celebrate entering the qi-nourishing realm, and Bai Ziyu and Lu Shaohua arrived to congratulate him.
• Su Qingyue attended with Zhao Hongxiang and Cai Hekang, then overheard disciples discuss Chu Yunhai’s absence and wonder whether Yang Jing had been invited.
• Su Qingyue regretted that she had once looked down on and mistreated Yang Jing as the banquet guests raised their cups to her.

Li Yu, Zhou Qiang, and Xu Shizheng prepared for their Mountain-Visiting Challenge against the Profound Truth Sect and were summoned to the Vajra Order's Main Hall. Meanwhile, Yang Jing trained under Bai Bing, who offered to spar with him so he could gain combat experience.

• Xu Shizheng shared intelligence about the Profound Truth Sect's disciples, and Li Yu dismissed Qin Chuan and Yang Jing while acknowledging Chu Yunhai as a potential challenge.
• Li Yu urged Zhou Qiang and Xu Shizheng to drink tea, but both avoided the cups because they were repulsed by his reputation for eating shit.
• An Inner-Door Disciple summoned Li Yu, Zhou Qiang, and Xu Shizheng to the Main Hall, and Li Yu guessed the Order Master would discuss their rewards for winning the challenge.
• Yang Jing practiced the Mountain-Splitting Seal as Bai Bing watched and praised his progress.
• Bai Bing offered to spar with Yang Jing to help him overcome his lack of combat experience, and he eagerly prepared to attack her.

Yang Jing sparred with Bai Bing and learned how vast the gap remained between him and senior disciples, even after reaching the Qi-Nourishing Realm. He then cultivated in the Grade-A Training Room, took a Bone Jade Pill, and raised his root bone to the sixth grade as he prepared to advance the Indestructible True Art before the Vajra Order's Three Heroes arrived.

• Bai Bing suppressed her strength to the Qi-Nourishing Realm and effortlessly blocked Yang Jing's Mountain-Splitting Seal, teaching him to recognize the gap between himself and senior disciples.
• After exchanging more than a hundred moves, Yang Jing thanked Bai Bing, who urged him to reach the peak of the Qi-Nourishing Realm and then challenge his Senior Sister.
• Bai Bing told Yang Jing that the Vajra Order's Three Heroes would arrive in three days, then returned to Lingxi Hall while he entered the Grade-A Training Room to cultivate the Indestructible True Art.
• Yang Jing practiced for two hours and resolved to advance the Indestructible True Art to the Qi-Nourishing Realm within three days, using the training room and his available resources.
• Yang Jing took a Bone Jade Pill, which cleansed and tempered his body, and discovered that his root bone had risen to the sixth grade.

After the Bone Jade Pill raised Yang Jing’s root bone to sixth grade, he discovered that his internal qi circulated thirty percent faster and planned to cultivate hard before the Vajra Order’s Three Heroes arrived. Chu Yunhai came to challenge him, but Yang Jing refused and continued toward the summit to train.

• Yang Jing practiced the Mountain-Splitting Seal and found his cultivation efficiency had increased by thirty percent after his root bone reached sixth grade.
• Yang Jing inspected the three streams of internal qi in his dantian, washed off the impurities expelled by the Bone Jade Pill, and resolved to cultivate intensively before July 15.
• Chu Yunhai visited Yang Jing at Azure No. 4 Courtyard and struggled to address him as senior brother because Yang Jing’s realm was now higher.
• Chu Yunhai challenged Yang Jing to a match, wanting to test whether Yang Jing’s rapid breakthrough had made him stronger.
• Yang Jing declined the challenge so he could focus on cultivation, leaving Chu Yunhai stunned as he headed toward the summit of Lingxi Peak.

Chu Yunhai resolved to offer Yang Jing a valuable wager to force the duel he wanted, while Yang Jing cultivated through the night in hopes of advancing before the Vajra Order’s Three Heroes arrived. By morning, the Three Heroes and their escort were nearing the Profound Truth Sect, and Lin Shuhua set out to witness the challenge and see Yang Jing again.

• Chu Yunhai left Lingxi Peak after Yang Jing refused his challenge, then decided to prepare a substantial stake to persuade him to fight.
• Yang Jing used the Grade-A Training Room and Aperture-Nurturing Jade Marrow to push the Indestructible True Art toward the peak of the qi-devouring realm.
• Yang Jing consumed another drop of jade marrow and continued cultivating overnight, determined to reach the qi-nourishing realm before the Three Heroes arrived.
• White Tiger Hall Master Xiao Chen told Li Yu, Zhou Qiang, and Xu Shizheng that Chu Yunhai and Yang Jing posed little threat, while Li Yu boasted that he could defeat Qin Chuan too.
• The Vajra Order’s procession entered Hidden Dragon Town as spectators gathered to watch its challenge to the Profound Truth Sect.
• Lin Shuhua learned the party had arrived, stopped her brothers’ sparring, and prepared to take them to the Profound Truth Sect.

The Vajra Order’s challenge tour drew the attention of Jintai Prefecture’s sects and families as they headed toward the Profound Truth Sect. Hong Qingzhu arranged to travel with Lin Shuhua and secretly sent Xu Hong a message to meet her on Duck Mountain Island, as the showdown approached.

• The Jadewater Palace’s Second Elder ordered his disciples to leave for the Profound Truth Sect and planned to assess the Vajra Order’s Three Heroes.
• Qi Fengnian led Heavenly Sword Sect martial artists toward Duck Mountain Island to observe the contest.
• Hong Qingzhu told Hong Huisheng she would travel with Lin Shuhua, and he insisted that Guang Wen and Guang Liang accompany her.
• Hong Qingzhu met Lin Shuhua, who refused to deliver a message to Xu Hong because it could anger Hong Qingzhu’s father.
• Hong Qingzhu persuaded Guang Liang to tell Xu Hong to meet her on Duck Mountain Island, disguising the request as a message for Lin Shuhua.
• Hong Qingzhu and Lin Shuhua set out for the Profound Truth Sect to watch the Vajra Order’s Three Heroes challenge its disciples.