Chapter Summaries

At the Su and Lin families’ gathering, Su Ye accepted Lin Qingyue’s demand to change their arranged marriage, then awakened the Manifestation Talisman and used it to master two martial arts techniques. He left the gathered families stunned by revealing that he could meet the Martial Arts Class requirements.

• Lin Qingyue demanded to change her engagement from Su Ye to Su Ling, while Lin Yue and Su Li rebuked her.
• Su Ye agreed that he and Lin Qingyue did not need to marry, and he discovered that the Dao Talisman in his mind had become the Manifestation Talisman.
• The Manifestation Talisman revealed that Su Ye could instantly master techniques, and he used two manifestations on the Azure Cloud Breathing Technique and Tiger Form Bone Forging Method.
• Lin Qingyue claimed she would marry Su Ye if he could qualify for the Martial Arts Class, and Su Li declared that the marriage would be changed.
• Su Ye challenged the family’s assumptions, then manifested the two techniques and unleashed a powerful aura before everyone.

After mastering the basics of two martial arts techniques, Su Ye rejected Lin Qingyue and left the Su Family Manor rather than accept a meager subsidy. He returned to the adoptive parents who had raised him and discovered they had bought him Bone Tempering Pills to support his Martial Arts Class ambitions.

• Su Ye revealed that he had entered the basics of the Azure Cloud Breathing Technique and Tiger Form Bone Forging Method, then told Lin Qingyue that he was rejecting her.
• Lin Yue slapped Lin Qingyue when she insulted Su Ye, and Su Ling challenged Su Ye with the aura of a mid-stage Bone Tempering Martial Artist.
• Su Li settled the marriage change and offered Su Ye ten thousand in educational assistance, but Su Ye refused the money and the room arranged for him before leaving Su Manor.
• Su Ye walked through streets filled with martial arts advertisements and reflected on the high cost of cultivation and the threats posed by Demon Beasts.
• Su Ye returned to his adoptive parents, Wang Yuerong and Su Su, who gave him a jade bottle containing ten Bone Tempering Pills to help him pursue the Martial Arts Class.

Su Ye tested the Manifestation Talisman and discovered that diligent practice advanced his cultivation methods, allowing him to forge a second Martial Bone and control its strength. With the Martial Arts Branch Exam a week away, he set his sights on placing in the top ten and headed to the Vast Sea Sword Hall for a swordplay course.

• Su Ye accepted ten Bone Tempering Pills from Su Su and Wang Yuerong and promised to repay their support by becoming a powerful Martial Artist.
• Su Ye practiced the Tiger Form Bone Forging Method until the Manifestation Talisman advanced it and he forged his second Martial Bone.
• Su Ye practiced the Azure Cloud Breathing Technique through dawn and gained control over his increased strength.
• Su Ye read the exam notices, learned about the top-ten rewards, and resolved to claim a top-ten spot in the Martial Arts Branch Exam.
• Su Ye remembered his six-day Extreme Shadow Swordplay course and arrived at the Vast Sea Sword Hall.

Su Ye attended Vast Sea Martial Arts School’s Extreme Shadow Swordplay intensive class with Zhang Yuan, where they met instructor Li Aoxue, a student at Myriad Law University. As Li Aoxue began teaching, Su Ye’s Dao Talisman offered to initiate the swordplay, and he instantly gained months of practice and understanding.

• Su Ye arrived at Vast Sea Martial Arts School to study Extreme Shadow Swordplay and ran into his classmate Zhang Yuan.
• Zhang Yuan told Su Ye that Li Aoxue, the school owner’s daughter and a student at Myriad Law University, was coaching the class during her break.
• Zhang Yuan said he had tempered three Martial Bones and expected to temper more, while Su Ye privately believed he could temper seven or eight in a week.
• Li Aoxue explained the four levels of Extreme Shadow Swordplay and offered a half-fee refund to students who reached Void Shadow in six days.
• As Li Aoxue taught, Su Ye’s Dao Talisman offered to initiate Extreme Shadow Swordplay, and Su Ye accepted, receiving a flood of swordplay insights.

Su Ye used the Manifestation Talisman to rapidly master Extreme Shadow Swordplay during Li Aoxue’s training class, reaching the Void Shadow stage in an hour. When Li Aoxue questioned why he had enrolled despite his advanced skill, Su Ye suggested he might have reached that stage only during the class.

• Su Ye used a Manifestation count to begin learning Extreme Shadow Swordplay and realized the talisman could quickly improve skills he understood at a basic level.
• After Li Aoxue finished explaining the swordplay, Su Ye declined Zhang Yuan’s suggestion to seek her guidance and practiced alone with a wooden sword.
• Su Ye used repeated practice and the Manifestation Talisman to progress through the swordplay, eventually producing two sword shadows and reaching the Void Shadow stage.
• Li Aoxue noticed Su Ye’s skill and asked whether he had reached the Void Shadow stage, and he confirmed it while checking his progress.
• Li Aoxue questioned why Su Ye had enrolled in a beginner class, and Su Ye replied that he might have reached the Void Shadow stage during the class or just in the past few days.

Su Ye challenged Coach Li Aoxue’s judgment and wagered that he could advance his Extreme Shadow Swordplay within six days. After Li promised a full tuition refund and personal lessons in Vast Sea Swordplay if he succeeded, Su Ye left the hall with Zhang Yuan, who questioned whether he was serious.

• Su Ye claimed he had learned Extreme Shadow Swordplay in one class, but Li Aoxue refused to believe him or refund his tuition.
• Su Ye challenged Li to judge his progress over the next few days and asked what she would offer if he reached the Extreme Shadow level.
• Li offered to refund ten thousand if Su Ye reached Shadowless, and promised ten one-on-one lessons in Vast Sea Swordplay if he reached Extreme Shadow within six days.
• Li warned Su Ye that he would be barred from returning to Vast Sea Martial Arts School if he failed, then left the hall.
• Zhang Yuan pulled Su Ye out of the hall and praised his boldness, but Su Ye said he was standing up for his interests and might even profit from the wager.
• At a green light, Zhang Yuan asked Su Ye whether he genuinely intended to reach the Shadowless and Extreme Shadow levels.

Su Ye arranged with Zhang Yuan to trade Bone Tempering Pills for Qi Recovery Pills, then refused a six-hundred-thousand-yuan scholarship offered by Su Ying on behalf of the Su Family. Su Ying warned him that powerful Demon Beasts outside Shenyun City were growing restless.

• Su Ye asked Zhang Yuan to trade his ten Bone Tempering Pills for Qi Recovery Pills, and Zhang Yuan promised to bring him fourteen the next day.
• Su Ying explained that Su Ye's father had been the Su Family's heir before vanishing during a Monster Tide, and that Su Ye's return had stirred talk of him becoming the next heir.
• Su Ying offered Su Ye a six-hundred-thousand-yuan family scholarship, but Su Ye refused it and said he would live by his own pace.
• Su Ying warned Su Ye that several overlord Demon Beasts outside Shenyun City seemed restless and that the military had sent people out to investigate.

Su Ye reflected on Blue Star’s history of calamity and the importance of martial artists, then trained to strengthen his body and mind. The next morning, he returned to Vast Sea Sword Hall and practiced Extreme Shadow Swordplay despite the students’ and Li Aoxue’s disdain.

• Su Ye remembered the Monster Tide that killed nearly ten thousand people in Shenyun City and resolved to become stronger.
• Su Ying warned Su Ye that Demon Beasts were growing more intelligent, and Su Ye thanked him before leaving.
• Wang Yuerong prepared an extravagant meal for Su Ye and encouraged him about getting into the Martial Arts Class.
• Su Ye practiced the Tiger Form Bone Forging Method, completed his third Martial Bone, and advanced the Azure Cloud Breathing Technique through visualization.
• Su Ye returned to Vast Sea Sword Hall, ignored a student’s insults and Li Aoxue’s coldness, and trained his Extreme Shadow Swordplay.

Su Ye traded Bone Tempering Pills for Qi Recovery Pills and trained the Extreme Shadow Swordplay until he reached the Shadowless level. When Li Aoxue approached to offer help, he reminded her that she had promised to refund him ten thousand if he reached that level, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Zhang Yuan exchanged Qi Recovery Pills for Su Ye’s Bone Tempering Pills and warned him that Fang Li, a five-Martial-Bone student from the Fang Family, might target him.
• Lin Qingyue called Su Ye and ordered him to meet her at the Lin Family residence to discuss their marriage, but he refused and told her he was at Vast Sea Sword Hall.
• Su Ye ignored the class and practiced the Extreme Shadow Swordplay, while Li Aoxue struggled to control her irritability from the Nine Sun Blazing Sun Meditation Method.
• After a thousand swings, Su Ye mastered the Shadowless level, took a Qi Recovery Pill, and recovered enough strength to continue training.
• Li Aoxue approached Su Ye to offer coaching, but he said he had only been resting and then reminded her of her promised ten-thousand refund, shocking the students watching.

Su Ye practiced Extreme Shadow Swordplay after agreeing to spar with Fang Li once he reached its Extreme Shadow level. Lin Qingyue offered him pills to keep their betrothal quiet, but he rejected them and warned her not to regret ending their engagement.

• Fang Li mocked Su Ye's claim that he could reach the Extreme Shadow level and proposed a spar, but Su Ye accepted the challenge and the ten-thousand fee.
• Li Aoxue dismissed the class, and Su Ye stayed behind to practice while the other students assumed he was avoiding Fang Li.
• Lin Qingyue found Su Ye and asked him not to reveal their childhood betrothal, offering him ten Third-grade Marrow Tempering Bone Condensing Pills.
• Su Ye refused the pills, telling Lin Qingyue they were beneath him and warning her not to regret breaking their engagement to marry someone else.

Lin Qingyue enlisted Fang Li to humiliate Su Ye, while Su Ye advanced his Extreme Shadow Swordplay and prepared to discover what happened when it reached completion. Fang Li attacked him at the Vast Sea Martial Arts School, and Su Ye countered as the hall watched.

• Lin Qingyue mocked Su Ye and asked Fang Li to humiliate him in a sparring match the next day.
• Su Ye trained at the Vast Sea Sword Hall until he reached the Extreme Shadow realm of his swordplay.
• Su Ye wondered whether completing the swordplay would bring a new change and continued training until he was exhausted.
• Su Ye arrived early at the Vast Sea Martial Arts School with his swordplay at 996/1000 progress.
• Fang Li knocked Su Ye's wooden sword away and attacked him, but Su Ye raised his own sword and countered.

Su Ye fought Fang Li with the Extreme Shadow Swordplay and perfected it in the middle of the battle, comprehending Extreme Shadow Sword Intent. Li Hai stopped the fight and recognized Su Ye’s achievement, then learned from Zhang Yuan that Su Ye had only reached the Void Shadow stage two days earlier.

• Fang Li charged Su Ye after being wounded, but Su Ye used the Extreme Shadow Swordplay to deflect his attacks and hold his own despite having fewer Martial Bones.
• The students recognized that Su Ye had mastered the Extreme Shadow stage, while Li Aoxue watched in shock and tried to stop the fight.
• Su Ye perfected the Extreme Shadow Swordplay, comprehended Extreme Shadow Sword Intent, and drove Fang Li back with a flurry of cuts.
• Li Hai intervened and explained that martial intent surpassed a skill’s ordinary level of perfection, then praised Su Ye for comprehending it in just over three weeks.
• Zhang Yuan revealed that Su Ye had been at the Void Shadow stage only two days earlier, startling Li Hai.

Su Ye proved that he had rapidly mastered Extreme Shadow Swordplay, earning Li Aoxue’s promised reward and Li Hai’s additional gift of three Qi Recovery Pills. As Li Aoxue began class and arranged a free private training room for him, Fang Li secretly brooded over his grudge against Su Ye.

• Li Aoxue admitted Su Ye had been right about his progress and promised him ten thousand yuan and ten private lessons in Vast Sea Swordplay.
• After Li Aoxue explained the bet, Li Hai offered Su Ye three Qi Recovery Pills, which Su Ye accepted as promotional expenses for an honorary student.
• Zhang Yuan bragged in the class group that Su Ye had reached the Extreme Shadow level, but his classmates and Fang Yuan dismissed the claim.
• Li Aoxue gathered the students for class and offered Su Ye a free private training room so he could practice the Tiger Form Bone Forging Method.
• Fang Li watched Su Ye draw attention and resentfully thought that Su Ye had offended him despite having some talent.

Su Ye trained the Tiger Form Bone Forging Method until he formed a fifth Martial Bone, then planned to strengthen his foundation before the Martial Arts Branch Exam. On the way back with Zhang Yuan, he was cornered by Fang Li and several armed men seeking a fight.

• Su Ye tested his punch at 782 kilograms and considered developing more than the forty-nine Martial Bones taught by the Tiger Form Bone Forging Method.
• Su Ye practiced the method until the Manifestation Talisman raised his progress to five of forty-nine Martial Bones, and his punch strength increased to 872 kilograms.
• Su Ye practiced the Azure Cloud Breathing Technique and resolved to focus on it and his Martial Bone count before the Martial Arts Branch Exam.
• Zhang Yuan praised Su Ye's progress and asked about his upcoming private lesson with Li Aoxue; Su Ye said it was scheduled for the next night.
• Fang Li and several armed young men surrounded Su Ye and Zhang Yuan in a dim alley, demanding that Su Ye fight now that Li Aoxue was absent.

Fang Li and his men surrounded Su Ye and Zhang Yuan, but Li Aoxue intervened by declaring Su Ye a True Inheritance student of the Vast Sea Sword Hall. Fang Li tried to leave, but Su Ye stopped him and challenged him, claiming thirty moves would be enough to cripple him.

• Fang Li surrounded Su Ye and Zhang Yuan with four men armed with weapons and threatened to cripple Su Ye.
• Zhang Yuan refused Fang Li's demand to leave Su Ye behind and prepared to escape with him.
• Fang Li attacked Su Ye, but Li Aoxue stopped the fight and declared Su Ye a True Inheritance student of the Vast Sea Sword Hall.
• Fang Li left with his men after Li Aoxue warned him, but Su Ye stopped him and declared that he would cripple him in thirty moves.

Su Ye revealed that he had tempered five Martial Bones and used his swordsmanship insight to overpower Fang Li in a fight. Li Aoxue stopped Su Ye before he could seriously injure Fang Li, and the chapter ended with Fang Li receiving a call from Lin Qingyue.

• Su Ye charged Fang Li and struck him with sword-like attacks despite having no sword.
• Su Ye revealed his fifth Martial Bone and continued to overwhelm Fang Li with his fighting skill.
• Su Ye nearly injured Fang Li with a sweeping kick, but Li Aoxue pulled Fang Li away and ended the confrontation.
• Su Ye accepted Li Aoxue's offer to begin lessons the next night, while Fang Li left with his lackeys.
• Fang Li's phone rang, and Lin Qingyue's name appeared on the screen.

Lin Qingyue ordered Fang Li not to target Su Ye again while she prepared for the Martial Arts Branch Exam, and Su Ye planned to keep raising his cultivation with Qi Recovery Pills. When Su Ye returned home, he overheard a relative asking his mother to lend Bone Tempering Pills meant for him to Ling'er.

• Fang Li told Lin Qingyue that Li Aoxue had prevented him from acting against Su Ye, and Lin Qingyue ordered him not to target Su Ye again.
• Lin Qingyue trained in the Extreme Shadow Swordplay, took pills, and focused on reaching the top ten in the Martial Arts Branch Exam.
• Su Ye confirmed to Zhang Yuan that he had broken through to five Martial Bones and planned to use Qi Recovery Pills to reach eight or nine before the exam.
• Su Ye sensed that the blue glow over the city had grown thinner, but decided to focus on the upcoming exam.
• Su Ye returned home and overheard a relative asking his mother to lend Ling'er the Bone Tempering Pills bought for him.

Su Ye confronted his aunt Wu Qian when she tried to borrow Bone Tempering Pills for Su Ling'er, then revealed his martial arts progress and earned money from an Extreme Shadow Swordplay tutoring class. His aunt and cousin left furious, while his mother celebrated his breakthrough and asked where the money came from.

• Wu Qian pressured Wang Yuerong to give Su Ling'er Bone Tempering Pills, and Su Ye interrupted by saying he had used them all and reminding Wu Qian of her overdue house loan.
• Su Ling'er and Wu Qian mocked Su Ye's martial arts prospects, but Su Ye revealed that he had tempered Martial Bones.
• Su Ye fully displayed his five Martial Bones, leaving Su Ling'er and Wu Qian shocked as he asked whether Wu Qian's family would lend him pills in return for a share of his future success.
• Su Ye told Wang Yuerong he had earned ten thousand yuan as a promotional student for Extreme Shadow Swordplay and transferred it to her, then invited Wu Qian and Su Ling'er to join their family gathering.
• Wu Qian and Su Ling'er left angrily, and Su Ling'er urged her mother to buy her more pills from a ranked alchemist.
• Wang Yuerong celebrated Su Ye's progress but asked him to explain where the ten thousand yuan came from.

Su Ye reassured his parents about his martial arts reward, then planned to forge more Martial Bones with the Manifestation Talisman and prepare for his placement assessment. After training through the night and reaching six Martial Bones, he headed to the Vast Sea Sword Hall for his first private lesson with Li Aoxue.

• Su Ye showed Wang Yuerong proof that the martial arts hall had paid him a promotional-student reward, and she called Su Su to share the news.
• Su Su praised Su Ye's talent but warned him not to become arrogant, while Su Ye considered how he could use the Manifestation Talisman to forge as many as ninety-nine Martial Bones.
• Su Ye declined his father's offer to spend the reward on Bone Tempering Pills and planned to aim for the top ten in the placement assessment.
• Su Ye read about the Heavenly Demon Cult Bishop reportedly spotted in Shenyun City, then began practicing the Tiger Form Bone Forging Method and Azure Cloud Breathing Technique.
• Su Ye raised his Tiger Form Bone Forging Method progress to six Martial Bones and went to the Vast Sea Sword Hall for his first private lesson with Li Aoxue.

Su Ye visited the Vast Sea Sword Hall, where he overheard Li Hai discussing a wounded expert’s chance of reaching the True Bone Realm and impressed that expert by enduring the lingering Flame Demon Power. Li Aoxue taught Su Ye the four forms of Vast Sea Swordplay, and his Manifestation Talisman offered to initiate the Third-Rank skill.

• Su Ye overheard Li Hai explain that his Vast Sea Sword Intent had suppressed the square-faced expert’s old injury and that Li Aoxue might help him overcome the Flame Demon Power.
• Li Hai directed Su Ye to Room 207, and the square-faced expert became interested after learning Su Ye had cultivated Sword Intent in Extreme Shadow Swordplay in three days.
• Su Ye found Li Aoxue practicing a Breathing Technique, then waited while she changed before beginning his lesson.
• Li Aoxue demonstrated and explained the four forms of Vast Sea Swordplay: Rising Momentum, Layered Waves, Sky-Soaring, and Vast Sea.
• Su Ye’s Manifestation Talisman offered to initiate Vast Sea Swordplay for one Manifestation Count, and Su Ye accepted.