Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Chen exhausted his Source Energy to save everyone, Zhang Nianfeng believed the damage to his dantian had left him crippled and unlikely to awaken. Xiao Chen regained consciousness beside the lakeside, leaving Zhang Nianfeng shocked as he moved to examine him.

• Zhang Nianfeng examined Xiao Chen and said his depleted Source Energy and damaged dantian might leave him permanently crippled.
• Qian Wandai and the Mighty Warrior Academy disciples mourned Xiao Chen, while some Myriad Swords Sect disciples secretly rejoiced at his apparent downfall.
• Qian Wandai cried beside Xiao Chen for over an hour, and Xiao Chen's remaining awareness stirred as he heard him.
• Xiao Chen opened his eyes and spoke to Qian Wandai, who leaped up in surprise.
• Zhang Nianfeng rushed to Xiao Chen and told him not to move while he checked his condition.

Xiao Chen awoke with his Source Energy and vital blood recovering, despite Zhang Nianfeng’s belief that his cultivation had been ruined. As the Blacksun Dynasty overwhelmed Great Xia and forced the sect academies to retreat, Xiao Chen rejected Huang Yingying’s request for his Communication Inscription, and Zhang Nianfeng warned that the Mighty Warrior Academy faced a coming war.

• Zhang Nianfeng discovered that Xiao Chen’s Source Energy and vital blood were regenerating, and announced that he was no longer in danger.
• News arrived that hidden King Realm experts from the Blacksun Dynasty had seized Wankun City and taken its people captive.
• Yue Wentian and Lin Lanhua returned badly wounded and ordered their disciples to retreat to their sects.
• Huang Yingying asked Xiao Chen for his Communication Inscription, but he refused, leaving her surprised before she departed.
• Zhang Nianfeng led the Mighty Warrior Academy disciples home and warned them to prepare to fight demons and resist the Blacksun Dynasty.

Xiao Chen learned that the Huang Family was searching for him and worried that its members inside Mighty Warrior Academy could threaten him. After Zhang Nianfeng brought the new students to the academy, they learned they would face a brutal beating as part of its initiation.

• Qian Wandai and Zhang Nianfeng discussed Great Xia's peril and the Huang Family's refusal to aid Wankun City, while Xiao Chen learned the family was searching for him.
• Qiongqi told Xiao Chen the Huang Family's younger generation might trouble him, but he could not protect Xiao Chen from older experts after using too much strength.
• Qian Wandai praised Xiao Chen's deeds to the academy disciples, and Zhang Nianfeng warned them to stop discussing the Huang Family because its members held positions in the academy.
• Xiao Chen worried that Mighty Warrior Academy might be unsafe but chose to stay because he had nowhere else to go.
• Zhang Nianfeng led the new students to Mighty Warrior Academy, where Senior Brother Wang explained that older students would beat them to stir their fighting spirit.

Xiao Chen and Qian Wandai arrived at Mighty Warrior Academy, where they learned about its brutal culture and the weak standing of Ninth Peak. After Eighth Peak disciples mocked Xiao Chen as a sick dog, he memorized their faces and resolved to settle the score once he recovered.

• Senior Brother Wang led Qian Wandai and the others into Mighty Warrior Academy, reassuring them that their injuries would be minor even if they spent months in bed.
• Xiao Chen and Qian Wandai saw the blood-red academy buildings and learned that only exceptional geniuses could carve declarations onto their walls.
• Zhang Nianfeng explained that Ninth Peak was the weakest of the nine peaks and that students had to earn respect through strength and challenges.
• Eighth Peak disciples mocked the pale Xiao Chen as a sick dog, and Xiao Chen memorized their faces while vowing to confront them after recovering.
• Qian Wandai offered braised pig trotters to older students to gain their favor, but Senior Brother Wang told him Eighth Peak would handle the welcoming ceremony.

Xiao Chen and the new students learned that Mighty Warrior Academy rewarded strength and that Ninth Peak’s Ascend Might Path tested climbers with a punishing formation. After Niu Qingtian punished Qian Wandai for insulting him, Xiao Chen found the climb surprisingly easy, though the senior students still thought he was too weak to climb alone.

• Senior Brother Wang explained that neighboring peaks competed for rewards and that Ninth Peak stayed united because it was weak.
• Zhang Nianfeng recognized Xiao Chen’s potential because his sword-and-body cultivation let him fight above his level.
• Xiao Chen and the students reached Ninth Peak and learned that its might characters helped disciples comprehend the Mighty King Sutra.
• Senior Brother Wang explained that the Ascend Might Path’s formation burdened climbers, and Qian Wandai was crushed by extra pressure after insulting Niu Qingtian.
• Zhang Nianfeng tried to draw the blood-red pressure away from Qian Wandai until Niu Qingtian ordered them to watch their mouths and released them.
• As they continued climbing, Xiao Chen felt little pressure and asked the senior students to let him walk on his own, but they urged him to rest.

Xiao Chen climbed Ascend Might Path despite his injuries and reached Ninth Peak’s summit first, astonishing the students who mistakenly believed Zhang Nianfeng had given him special treatment. Zhang Nianfeng checked Xiao Chen’s condition after reaching the summit last.

• Xiao Chen refused help and stepped onto Ascend Might Path, enduring its bloodlight pressure alone.
• Xiao Chen continued climbing as the others watched in astonishment, while Zhang Nianfeng kept quiet about the strength of Xiao Chen’s body.
• The students assumed Zhang Nianfeng had lowered the path’s resistance for Xiao Chen and began climbing themselves.
• Xiao Chen reached Ninth Peak’s summit first and waited among its blood-colored buildings and imposing disciples.
• Qian Wandai and the other students eventually reached the summit, and Zhang Nianfeng arrived last and checked Xiao Chen’s condition.

Xiao Chen joined Ninth Peak's new students for the welcome ceremony, where they learned that Eighth Peak had brought the formidable Huang Rilang, who possessed the Mountain King Physique. As the two peaks met at Trial Gold Hall, Xiao Chen secretly absorbed Thunder Wolf Demon Cores and prepared to confront Huang Rilang.

• Zhang Nianfeng learned that Eighth Peak had arrived for the welcome ceremony, and he warned Ninth Peak that Huang Rilang's Mountain King Physique made him a dangerous opponent.
• Qian Wandai discovered Xiao Chen secretly absorbing a Thunder Wolf Demon Core and kept the practice hidden from the others.
• Xiao Chen continued absorbing Demon Cores, hoping to build enough strength to teach Huang Rilang a lesson.
• Zhang Nianfeng led the group into Trial Gold Hall, where an Eighth Peak delegation and Huang Rilang awaited them.
• An Eighth Peak instructor approached Zhang Nianfeng and taunted him for arriving late.

Eighth Peak challenged Ninth Peak at the welcoming ceremony, with Huang Rilang boasting that he could defeat Meng Hanqiu and insulting Xiao Chen. Huang Rilang nearly recognized Xiao Chen from a portrait but decided he had mistaken him, and the chapter ended as the ceremony’s first challenge was about to begin.

• Zhi Long confronted Zhang Nianfeng and brought Huang Rilang to challenge Ninth Peak, hoping to erase Eighth Peak’s past humiliation.
• Zhang Nianfeng and Senior Brother Wang explained that Meng Hanqiu had once defeated Eighth Peak’s younger disciples, while Huang Rilang angrily rejected being compared to Huang Yelang.
• Huang Rilang challenged everyone at Ninth Peak and claimed he could suppress Meng Hanqiu with one hand.
• Eighth Peak disciples mocked Xiao Chen’s pale appearance, and Xiao Chen grew furious at their insult.
• Huang Rilang mistook Xiao Chen for the Xiao Chen who had fought Huang Yelang, but Xiao Chen kept his disguise and Huang Rilang dismissed the resemblance.
• Zhi Long announced that Ninth Peak’s senior students would challenge Eighth Peak’s newcomers first.

Zhou Dazui, a freshman from Power King Academy, challenged the Ninth Peak and humiliated its disciples with his four-inch vital blood projection. Wang Gangying stepped up to fight him, but Zhou Dazui shattered Wang Gangying’s giant rat phantom with one punch.

• Zhou Dazui entered the battlefield and revealed that he could project his vital blood four inches, frightening the Ninth Peak veterans.
• Xiao Chen secretly crushed and absorbed another Thunder Wolf Demon Core to recover while hiding behind Qian Wandai.
• Zhou Dazui mocked the Ninth Peak and taunted Xiao Chen, prompting Wang Gangying to challenge him.
• Wang Gangying summoned a giant rat phantom with the Greyrats Sutra and clashed with Zhou Dazui.
• Zhou Dazui overpowered Wang Gangying’s attack and shattered the giant rat phantom with a single punch.

After defeating Wang Gangying, Zhou Dazui challenged the Ninth Peak disciples and taunted Xiao Chen, who had secretly recovered by absorbing Thunder Wolf Demon Cores. Xiao Chen entered the Trial Gold Hall to face him, and the chapter ended with Xiao Chen stopping Zhou Dazui’s powerful attack without moving.

• Zhou Dazui defeated Wang Gangying in one move, leaving the older student humiliated despite his peers’ attempts to comfort him.
• Xiao Chen absorbed Thunder Wolf Demon Cores to restore his strength while concealing his recovery and preparing to face Huang Rilang.
• Zhou Dazui taunted the Ninth Peak disciples and mocked Xiao Chen as a Kidney Deficiency Brat, prompting Zhang Nianfeng to seek Meng Hanqiu’s help.
• Xiao Chen stepped onto the battlefield and declared that one finger would be enough to defeat Zhou Dazui.
• Zhou Dazui launched a fierce blood-radiance punch, but Xiao Chen blocked it with an invisible force without moving.

Xiao Chen overwhelmed the Eighth Peak veterans with attacks aimed at their kidneys, turning the arena’s momentum in favor of the Ninth Peak. Huang Rilang then recognized Xiao Chen and challenged him, but Xiao Chen shattered his first attack with one hand before Huang Rilang began a secret technique.

• Xiao Chen injured Zhou Dazui’s kidney and forced him to admit that he was the Kidney Deficiency Brat.
• Xiao Chen destroyed a veteran student’s three-horned blood bull with Sword Qi and injured his kidney, revealing his sword cultivation.
• The Eighth Peak disciples backed down, while the Ninth Peak camp cheered Xiao Chen’s victories.
• Huang Rilang recognized Xiao Chen, confronted him on the battlefield, and declared that he would defeat him.
• Xiao Chen broke Huang Rilang’s mountain attack with one hand and dismissed him as inferior to Huang Yelang.
• Huang Rilang began using Three Mountains Pressing Down, pounding his chest as blood light and energy ripples surged around him.

Xiao Chen defeated Huang Rilang with the Indestructible Diamond Sutra, revealing his identity as the renowned Xiao Chen and a Dragon Seedling. The chapter left him facing Huang Chenglong, who ignored the Huang Family’s oath and pressed him with deadly force.

• Xiao Chen blocked Huang Rilang’s Three Mountains Descend and destroyed his Five Elements Mountain phantom with his Golden Body.
• Huang Rilang admitted defeat, while the disciples of Ninth Peak celebrated Xiao Chen’s victory.
• Several people recognized Xiao Chen, and Qian Wandai confirmed that his Sword Dao was renowned throughout the secular world.
• Huang Chenglong appeared and used his pressure to nearly force Xiao Chen to his knees, then blasted Zhang Nianfeng aside when he intervened.
• Xiao Chen invoked the Huang Family’s Heavenly Dao Oath, but Huang Chenglong said he would kill him despite the backlash because Xiao Chen was a Dragon Seedling.
• Huang Rilang challenged Huang Chenglong for violating the agreement against deploying elder-generation experts, but Huang Chenglong dismissed his concern.

Huang Chenglong attacked Xiao Chen, but Wei Renjie arrived in time to protect him and fought Huang Chenglong to a standstill. The chapter ended with Huang Chenglong warning Wei Renjie about the consequences of defending Xiao Chen.

• Huang Chenglong dismissed the Academy rules and struck Xiao Chen, overwhelming him with his Emperor Realm power.
• Qian Wandai stood up for Xiao Chen, while Zhang Nianfeng tried to summon Wei Renjie for help.
• Qiongqi assured Xiao Chen that his rescuer was on the way, just as Huang Chenglong prepared to kill him.
• Wei Renjie arrived and declared that he would protect anyone who entered Ninth Peak, especially the peerless Dragon Seedling Xiao Chen.
• Wei Renjie and Huang Chenglong exchanged more than a hundred blows and fought to a standstill.
• Huang Chenglong warned Wei Renjie about the consequences of opposing him for Xiao Chen's sake.

After Headmaster Niu Qingtian protected Xiao Chen from Huang Chenglong, the academy learned a false rumor about Xiao Chen being a sickly dog. In his new courtyard, Xiao Chen resumed cultivating and ignited seven-colored Dao Fire, though he had hoped to reach ten colors.

• Niu Qingtian stopped Wei Renjie and Huang Chenglong from fighting, examined Xiao Chen’s Dual Core, and declared that Mighty Warrior Academy would protect him.
• Huang Chenglong left with his killing intent toward Xiao Chen undiminished, while Niu Qingtian ordered everyone to keep Xiao Chen’s Dragon Seedling status secret.
• Wang Erhu spread the nickname “sickly dog” across the academy, and Xiao Chen grew angry as students repeated the rumor.
• Xiao Chen arrived at his new courtyard and resumed igniting his Dao Fire through questions from the Great Dao.
• Xiao Chen’s Dao Fire reached seven colors after he answered the Great Dao’s questions, and Qiongqi marveled at his comprehension.

Xiao Chen pressed Zhang Nianfeng to secure Immortal Registers for himself and Qian Wandai without waiting a year, and the academy’s leaders approved the request. Their decision displaced Wan Ziang and Li Kun, who resented the loss but feared the powerful backing they believed Xiao Chen had.

• Xiao Chen visited Zhang Nianfeng and asked for immediate Immortal Registers for himself and Qian Wandai, but Zhang Nianfeng said the year’s slots had already been assigned.
• At Xiao Chen’s insistence, Zhang Nianfeng consulted Wei Renjie, who ordered the registers processed and directed him to seek the academy lord’s approval.
• Niu Qingtian approved the request despite objections from academy officials, adding Xiao Chen and Qian Wandai to the list and removing two old students.
• Wan Ziang and Li Kun learned they had lost their places after waiting and paying for years, and their companions urged them to challenge Xiao Chen and Qian Wandai to a life-and-death duel.
• Wan Ziang decided not to retaliate because he believed Xiao Chen had powerful backing, while Li Kun remained furious over the lost spirit stones.

Wan Ziang and Li Kun plotted over losing their Immortal Register slots, while Xiao Chen warned Qian Wandai about possible retaliation and focused on preparing for his deadline to obtain the Dao Heaven Holy Elixir. After struggling to comprehend the Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art, Xiao Chen trained the Indestructible Diamond Sutra, astonishing Zhang Nianfeng with the technique’s unfathomable level.

• Wan Ziang refused Li Kun’s proposal to attack Xiao Chen and Qian Wandai, and Li Kun vowed to kill them after their companions backed away.
• Xiao Chen shared a meal with Qian Wandai, warned him that Wan Ziang and Li Kun might seek revenge, and then returned to cultivate.
• Xiao Chen reviewed his goals and seven-day wait for the Immortal Register to be processed, knowing he had one year to obtain the Dao Heaven Holy Elixir or die.
• Xiao Chen failed to make progress comprehending the Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art, and Qiongqi told him Hong Ye’s Divine Comprehension Runes were exceptionally rare.
• Xiao Chen cultivated the Indestructible Diamond Sutra for three days, forming golden armor and circulating runes around his body.
• Zhang Nianfeng watched Xiao Chen cultivate, realized the technique exceeded his understanding as a King Realm expert, and left in shame.

After losing their Immortal Register slots, Wan Ziang and Li Kun arranged to kidnap Qian Wandai and lure Xiao Chen into a trap. Their men killed A'Wu during the abduction, leaving the conspirators worried that Ninth Peak would trace the crime back to them.

• Zhang Nianfeng failed to guide Xiao Chen, while Qiongqi praised Xiao Chen's extraordinary comprehension.
• Wan Ziang told Li Wei that the elders would not refund their spirit stones or replace their lost Immortal Register slots, and he agreed to have others kill Xiao Chen and Qian Wandai.
• Two tiger-masked men abducted Qian Wandai, and they killed A'Wu after he recognized one of them and threatened to report them.
• The kidnappers delivered the unconscious Qian Wandai to Wan Ziang and Li Kun in a concealed cave, where they bound him and planned to lure Xiao Chen there.
• Wan Ziang insisted Ninth Peak could not act without evidence and said he would use his favors with Instructor Liu to protect them.

After A'Wu was killed and Qian Wandai disappeared, Xiao Chen ignored warnings to stay on Ninth Peak and went to confront the people behind the attacks. At a hidden cave, he learned that Li Kun had killed A'Wu and immediately killed one of the tiger-masked men.

• Xiao Chen stood by A'Wu's body as Ninth Peak disciples blamed Wan Ziang and Li Kun for the deaths and disappearance.
• Wei Renjie confronted Xu Zhenhai at Seventh Peak, and the two fought until Niu Qingtian intervened; Wei Renjie returned with no evidence against the suspects.
• Xiao Chen left Ninth Peak despite Zhang Nianfeng's warning and followed two tiger-masked men to a cave where Li Kun was waiting with the bound Qian Wandai.
• Xiao Chen asked who had killed A'Wu, and one tiger-masked man admitted that he had stomped A'Wu's throat apart.
• Xiao Chen seized the man by the throat and crushed his neck, killing him in front of Li Kun and the others.

Xiao Chen killed Li Kun and his two tiger-headed accomplices after they attacked him and Qian Wandai, then returned to Ninth Peak with news of Wan Ziang’s hiding place on Seventh Peak. Zhang Nianfeng learned that Xiao Chen had killed Li Kun, leaving the consequences of the deaths unresolved.

• Xiao Chen defeated Li Kun’s Howling Tiger Bloodgod Art, killed Li Kun, and forced the surviving tiger-headed man to reveal Wan Ziang’s hiding place before killing him too.
• Xiao Chen freed Qian Wandai, burned the three corpses with Solar Truefire, and learned that he could not visit Seventh Peak without permission.
• Xiao Chen and Qian Wandai returned to Ninth Peak, where Qian told the old students that Wan Ziang and Li Kun had attacked them and killed A'Wu.
• Zhang Nianfeng privately asked Xiao Chen what had happened, and Xiao Chen admitted that he had killed Li Kun and the others but had not encountered Wan Ziang.

After killing Li Kun, Xiao Chen learned of the Mountain Challenge and set out for Seventh Peak to avenge A'Wu. Xu Zhenhai refused to receive him, but guards reported they could not stop Xiao Chen from entering.

• Zhang Nianfeng urged Xiao Chen to stay on Ninth Peak and leave the matter to the instructors, but Xiao Chen said he would kill Wan Ziang too.
• Xiao Chen learned that a disciple could issue a Mountain Challenge against another peak and dismissed the old students' warnings against attempting it.
• Xiao Chen reflected on A'Wu's death, then secretly took a forest path down the mountain.
• Xu Zhenhai learned that Li Kun and two others had died, but warned Seventh Peak's instructors not to pursue Xiao Chen without evidence or risk offending his powerful backing.
• A guard reported that Chen Xiao had come to Seventh Peak and that they could not stop him from entering.