Recaps

Zhou Leng recovered his cultivation, rose sharply in the Martial Examination rankings, and joined Xue Chengsong’s field study team. After surviving a demon-lion attack, he returned to Ru City to find that West Sea Martial University had screened him out over his physical test score.

• Zhou Leng found the Frost Giant Tree in a hidden forest, where cultivating greatly strengthened his Mystic Tide Art and helped restore his health.
• Zhou Leng’s Martial Examination results placed him 12,437th in the city, and he chose West Sea Martial University for supplementary admission while also applying to Ru City Martial University’s affiliated academy.
• Zhou Leng and Feng Wenhao joined Xue Chengsong’s field study team after sparring with Guo Xiaohao, then traveled with the group to Shuizhou Base.
• The team entered Wolf Valley, where Zhou Leng sensed approaching demon wolves and helped keep the students safe during their first night in the forest.
• A Rust Priest killed Guo Xiaohao and Liu Teng, but Tong Tianxia intervened and ordered Zhou Leng’s team to flee back toward Pioneer Base.
• An Ice Crystal Demon Lion ambushed the team, and Zhou Leng killed it with Wave-Stacking Palm after its ice field incapacitated his companions.
• Xue Chengsong compensated Zhou Leng with an Enchanted Mini Computer, and the surviving team members returned to Pioneer Base and continued training before heading back to Ru City.
• Chen Shouhu ordered Zhou Leng’s records sealed, while Principal Lu learned West Sea Martial University had screened Zhou Leng out over his physical test score and challenged Director Yu.

Zhou Leng entered the martial academy, dominated its opening tests, and pushed through a grueling combat tournament while earning recognition for his Divine Script research. The stretch ended with him reaching Qi-Nourishing Perfection as Shanhe Yuan’s growing strength set a new benchmark.

• Zhou Leng studied the Divine Script Golden Pages, deciphered the Standing Elephant form, and trained until exhaustion before leaving the forest with Big Yellow.
• After placing first in the supplementary admission exam, Zhou Leng chose the martial warrior route and began intensive training to prepare for the academy’s tests.
• Zhou Leng refused Chang Luan’s offer to yield the class tests, then led the opening physical and martial examinations with standout scores despite Tao Bing’s attack.
• Zhou Leng finished second in the academy rankings by one point behind Lu Juncai, earned scholarship applications, and began punishing military training.
• At No. 8 High School’s ceremony, Principal Lu challenged West Sea Martial University over its treatment of Zhou Leng, and Zhang Xinglie presented him with the Zhou Leng Progress Award and an Origin-Replenishing Pill.
• Zhou Leng supported Hu Yi through his family troubles, then entered the Practical Combat Tournament and defeated Yan Jianhua, Du Qianfang, and Dai Gangde before Xu Kang'an beat him in the final.
• Zhou Leng earned 135 points on the Junior Divine Script Researcher exam, impressing Zhao Nandi enough to receive an expedited certificate and an invitation to an intermediate exam.
• After a week of study and cultivation, Zhou Leng reached Qi-Nourishing Perfection, while Wei Hong reported that Shanhe Yuan had advanced to the eighth level of the Bronze Man Formation.

Zhou Leng advanced through a wagered nine-match showdown against Tian Wenhu’s fighters, then challenged the Bronze Man formations and rose on the freshman rankings. The arc ended when the Purgatory Gate pulled him into a mysterious world before the enormous Inverted Lotus Giant.

• Zhou Leng advanced to the Blood-Circulating Stage, joined the probationary Martial Guards, and helped Deng Zhijue investigate a demonic slaughter linked to Tian Wenbao, who died after fleeing the guards with Tian Wenhu.
• After Zhou Leng’s clashes with Tian Wenhu’s men, Li Linhan and Xue Tongming accepted Tian Wenhu’s proposal for nine wagered Blood-Circulating battles.
• Zhou Leng fought first and swept three opponents, then his side won all nine battles and made Tian Wenhu pay the pills and medical expenses.
• Chang Yuanzhong tried to make Zhou Leng surrender his scholarship to Chang Luan, but Deng Zhijue severed ties with them and reported them to Wang Boxiong, who ordered Chang Luan to transfer or be expelled.
• Zhou Leng trained intensively, received his Elite Freshman Award, and defeated the first two levels of the Two-Yi Bronze Man Formation.
• Zhou Leng gave Xu Qingjin a Great Supplement Pill and fighting advice, while his class learned he had risen to 209th on the Ru City Freshman Ranking.
• Zhou Leng entered the mysterious world through the Purgatory Gate and saw the enormous Inverted Lotus Giant.

Zhou Leng entered the Heavenly Stair trials, gained new techniques, and rallied students and foreign pioneers against the demon hordes. After leading a dangerous rescue, he recovered at the barrier as Glimmering Star prepared a challenge and the Death Herald Legion appeared.

• Zhou Leng endured the Purgatory Gate, strengthened his body and Martial Will, and received news of the 18-School Joint Examination.
• Zhou Leng traveled to Water Continent Demon City for the examination, where a Heavenly Stair appeared and drew examinees, soldiers, demons, and foreign explorers into its barrier.
• Zhou Leng fought through the demon-filled region, rescued students, and passed the Book of Spirituality trials, gaining the Sea-Calming Diagram and advancing his true qi into the Extreme Realm.
• Zhou Leng joined Rao Mingxian, Molten Hammer, and other students to hunt demons and collect inheritance lights, then helped rescue Xu Qingjin and other survivors.
• Zhou Leng passed the Land of Extreme Cold trials and formed a Martial Will Mountain phantom, then led thousands of fighters in driving back demons through United Will Forms a Fortress.
• Zhou Leng represented Ru University in a contest with An Huangui, won two skill rounds, and passed the Moonlit Shadow Wall trials by developing Thousand Tides Pour into the Sea.
• Zhou Leng led more than five thousand fighters through the demon horde to rescue students trapped outside the light barrier, then collapsed after the group returned.
• Glimmering Star prepared to force the Humans out or kill them to ripen the Primordial Demon Fruit, while Candlefire Two announced his challenge and summoned the plague- and poison-wielding Death Herald Legion.