Chapter Summaries

Su Ye absorbed the Vast Sea Swordplay through the Manifestation Talisman and demonstrated its first form after tempering his sixth Martial Bone, shocking Li Aoxue with his comprehension. Li Aoxue accepted that Su Ye’s talent surpassed her own and planned to spar with him, while she and Li Hai each prepared to share something after Su Ye left.

• Su Ye struggled to digest the Vast Sea Swordplay’s complexity and recognized the importance of Spiritual Power and breathing techniques.
• Li Aoxue noticed Su Ye had stopped paying attention during her lesson and grew displeased with him.
• Su Ye took a wooden sword, revealed that he had tempered six Martial Bones, and performed the Vast Sea Swordplay’s first form, Rising Momentum.
• Li Aoxue concluded Su Ye had entered a state of enlightenment and admitted that his comprehension surpassed hers.
• Li Aoxue offered to spar with Su Ye while explaining the swordplay, then later told Li Hai that she had something to tell him.

Li Aoxue told Li Hai that Su Ye had mastered the Vast Sea Swordplay’s first level in an hour, prompting Li Hai to urge her to befriend him. After warning her about the Heavenly Demon Cult bishop Po Jun, Li Hai advised her to return to Myriad Law University; Su Ye trained hard and, on the eve of class placement, his aura surged as he withdrew his fist.

• Li Aoxue told Li Hai that Su Ye had mastered all thirty-six variations of the Vast Sea Swordplay’s first level during their hour together.
• Li Hai recognized Su Ye’s talent and encouraged Li Aoxue to build a good relationship with him.
• Li Hai told Li Aoxue that Luo Ting’s special training would delay their meditation-method practice by about a month and warned her that the Heavenly Demon Cult bishop Po Jun was in Shenyun City.
• Li Hai advised Li Aoxue to return to Myriad Law University while the military tracked Po Jun, and she agreed.
• Su Ye reviewed his Vast Sea Swordplay progress and resolved to train for the class placement rankings.
• On the eve of class placement, Su Ye withdrew his fist as his body crackled and his aura burst out before sharply receding.

After weeks of cultivation, Su Ye felt his strength had surged, and he learned that this year's martial arts placement competition was unusually fierce. At school, he stood up to Wan Yue before a mysterious young girl arrived in a Rolls-Royce.

• Su Ye reviewed his progress in tempering Martial Bones and practicing the Azure Cloud Breathing Technique and Vast Sea Swordplay.
• Zhang Yuan called to say he had tempered five Martial Bones, then warned Su Ye that many students had reached four or more and several had tempered ten.
• Su Ye read the class chat, where students discussed Fang Yuan's nine Martial Bones and the intense competition for the top ten.
• Su Ye and Zhang Yuan arrived at Shenyun First High School, where Wan Yue mocked Zhang Yuan and challenged Su Ye to demonstrate his Extreme Shadow Swordplay.
• Su Ye asked Wan Yue what he was supposed to be, and Zhang Yuan backed him up before Wan Yue walked away.
• A black Rolls-Royce Phantom arrived, and a young girl stepped out as the students turned to look.

Su Ye learned that Ye Xingli had refused a military training invitation and joined his classmates for the Martial Arts Class placement assessment. At the packed indoor Martial Arts Arena, he saw Lin Qingyue staring coldly at him.

• Zhang Yuan told Su Ye that Ye Xingli was one of three students from First High School selected for military training, but she had refused the invitation.
• Ye Xingli briefly met Su Ye’s gaze, while Zhang Yuan mistakenly thought she had looked at him with interest.
• Su Ye entered Class 6, Grade 12, where the homeroom teacher prepared the students who had tempered Martial Bones for a placement assessment.
• Twelve students, including Su Ye, qualified to attend the assessment, and Su Ye followed the teacher to the indoor Martial Arts Arena.
• Su Ye saw a large crowd of competitors at the arena and noticed Lin Qingyue staring coldly at him.

Su Ye attended the school’s assessment assembly, where Principal Sun Rui announced rewards for the top ten and introduced three scored assessments. The evaluation began with cultivation foundation, and Class One, Year Three was called forward first.

• Lin Qingyue dismissed Su Ye and focused on making the top ten, entering one of the Five Great Academies, and pursuing Su Family secrets through her planned marriage to Su Ling.
• Zhang Yuan told Su Ye that the top ten could choose their classes and named Ye Xingli, Lin Qingyue, Li Yue, and Wan Jun as likely contenders.
• Principal Sun Rui announced that the top ten would receive student aid, a chance to select a cultivation method or martial skill, and the right to choose their classes.
• Sun Rui explained that the assessment covered cultivation foundation, the Breathing Meditation Method, and martial skills, weighted at forty, forty, and twenty percent.
• Sun Rui introduced the Strength Testing Stone as the first assessment and called Class One, Year Three forward.

Lin Qingyue impressed the school at the class-placement assessment by tempering eleven Martial Bones and striking with 992 kilograms of force. She taunted Su Ye about the gap between them, while he stayed focused on placing in the top ten, winning the prize money, and earning access to a Cultivation Method.

• Zhang Yuan told Su Ye that the school record was eleven tempered Martial Bones and 997 kilograms of punching force.
• Sun Rui explained that the Strength Testing Stone measured students’ cultivation and punching force as indicators of their Foundation and potential.
• Lin Qingyue struck the stone and recorded eleven tempered Martial Bones and 992 kilograms of punching force, drawing the crowd’s admiration.
• Lin Qingyue remembered her resentments toward Su Ye and believed her results proved she was far above him.
• Su Ye resolved to place in the top ten, win thirty thousand, repay his adoptive parents, and qualify to choose a Cultivation Method.
• Lin Qingyue laughed at Su Ye and asked whether he understood the gap between them.

Class 1’s tests revealed Ye Xingli’s record-breaking strength, while Su Ye recognized that his own Martial Bone Foundation was more complete than his classmates’. The testing reached Class 6, leaving Su Ye poised to discover his punching force.

• Class 1 students tested their strength, and Su Ye realized his punching force had surpassed that of other students with the same number of tempered Martial Bones.
• Ye Xingli revealed that she had tempered eleven bones and struck the Strength Testing Stone for 999 kilograms, surpassing Lin Qingyue’s result and setting a record.
• Lin Qingyue reacted with anger as Ye Xingli took the lead, while Principal Sun Rui and the teachers welcomed the strong results.
• Students from the other classes completed their tests, and Su Ling’er told Su Ye she had earned a place in the Martial Arts Key Class after tempering five bones.
• Sun Rui called Class 6, Grade 12 forward, and Su Ye prepared to test his punching force.

Class 6 students tested their Martial Bones and punching strength, with Yao Hong unexpectedly emerging as a powerful contender before Su Ye took his turn. Su Ye unleashed a focused punch at the Strength Testing Stone, leaving the crowd stunned as the result remained unrevealed.

• Fang Yuan tested ten Martial Bones and a punching force of 969 kilograms, ranking third among the students tested so far.
• Zhang Yuan asked Su Ye how many Martial Bones he had tempered, but Su Ye told him to wait and see.
• Wan Yue tested five Martial Bones and mocked Zhang Yuan and Su Ye, while Zhang Yuan argued back.
• Yao Hong revealed nine Martial Bones and a punching force of 942 kilograms, surprising the crowd and Zhang Yuan.
• Zhang Yuan tested five Martial Bones and a punching force of 830 kilograms, then urged Su Ye to prove himself against Wan Yue.
• Su Ye gathered his power and struck the Strength Testing Stone with a punch that stunned the crowd.

Su Ye stunned the Martial Arts Arena by revealing ten tempered Martial Bones, a thousand-kilogram punch, and a perfect foundation. He proved the Strength Testing Stone was accurate by controlling his punches to exact kilogram values, leaving Lin Qingyue humiliated and the crowd in awe.

• Su Ye punched the Strength Testing Stone and revealed that he had tempered ten Martial Bones without stepping back.
• The Strength Testing Stone displayed a punch force of 1,000 kilograms and gave Su Ye an unprecedented SSS rating for his perfect foundation.
• Su Ling'er cried that the result was impossible, while Zhang Yuan, Ye Xingli, Lin Qingyue, and the teachers reacted with shock.
• Lin Qingyue accused Su Ye of benefiting from an error in the Strength Testing Stone.
• Su Ye demonstrated precise control by striking the stone at successively lower punch-force values, silencing the crowd and further distressing Lin Qingyue.

Su Ye’s extraordinary Martial Bone test stunned his classmates, while Principal Sun Rui encouraged the students and announced the next assessment. The Breathing Meditation Method test began with an Azure Tiger Demon Core that would create a simulated environment of growing Demonic Might.

• Su Ye returned to Class 6 after demonstrating ten tempered Martial Bones and punching force above a thousand kilograms, leaving Lin Qingyue, Fang Yuan, and Wan Yue shaken.
• Yao Hong praised Su Ye, and Zhang Yuan asked what miracle drug he had taken.
• Principal Sun Rui praised Su Ye’s foundation and reminded the students that martial arts depended on more than tempering Martial Bones.
• The remaining students completed their tests, and teachers noted that two students had tempered eleven Martial Bones, six had tempered ten, and eleven had tempered nine.
• Zhang Yuan told Su Ye that all Four Great High Schools were performing far above previous years, while teachers discussed the results of Chengde Middle School’s Breathing Meditation Method test.
• Principal Sun Rui introduced an Azure Tiger Demon Core and explained that its Demonic Might would form a simulated environment for the second test.

Su Ye endured the Azure Tiger Demon Core’s escalating Demonic Might as students were eliminated from the breathing technique trial. With the final seconds approaching, his Azure Cloud Breathing Technique reached 99/100, and purple light flashed in his mind.

• Sun Rui explained that students had to maintain their breathing meditation technique for sixty seconds under increasing Demonic Might to earn full marks.
• The Azure Tiger Demon Core released its pressure, and many students’ breathing rhythms faltered as the teachers recorded their times.
• Ye Xingli was eliminated at thirty-six seconds, surprising Sun Rui and delighting Lin Qingyue, who believed her own foundation was superior.
• Lin Qingyue watched Su Ye tremble after the fifty-second surge and expected him to fail within seconds.
• Only Lin Qingyue, Su Ye, Fang Yuan, and Yao Hong remained; Fang Yuan and Yao Hong were eliminated together at fifty-three seconds.
• Su Ye continued circulating the Azure Cloud Breathing Technique until it reached 99/100, and purple light flashed within his mind.

Su Ye endured the Demonic Might long enough to perfect the Azure Cloud Breathing Technique under pressure, earning full marks alongside Lin Qingyue. The assessment then moved on to Extreme Shadow Swordplay, the final test for determining the top ten.

• Fang Yuan, Wan Yue, and Lin Qingyue expected Su Ye to reach his limit before the sixty-second threshold.
• Su Ye endured the pressure, circulated the Azure Cloud Breathing Technique, and perfected it at 100/100.
• The teachers recognized Su Ye's breakthrough, and Sun Rui awarded full marks to both Su Ye and Lin Qingyue.
• Lin Qingyue grew angry that attention had shifted to Su Ye and suspected Su Ying had helped him.
• Su Ye reflected on his strengthened control and Spiritual Power, then set aside his free Reflection Method count to focus on passing the assessment.
• Sun Rui announced that the final assessment would test Extreme Shadow Swordplay.

Sun Rui tested the students’ mastery of Extreme Shadow Swordplay, and Lin Qingyue revealed that she had reached the Shadowless stage. As Ye Xingli stepped forward for the Extreme Shadow stage, Zhang Yuan asked whether developing Extreme Shadow Sword Intent counted, just as Su Ye prepared to come forward.

• Sun Rui explained the four stages of Extreme Shadow Swordplay and called students forward to demonstrate their mastery.
• Zhang Yuan and about a quarter of the students demonstrated the Afterimage stage, while thirteen students, including Fang Yuan, Yao Hong, and Li Yue, showed Void Shadow.
• Lin Qingyue stepped forward alone for the Shadowless stage and demonstrated her mastery, while wondering why Ye Xingli and Su Ye had not yet come out.
• Sun Rui called for students who had reached Extreme Shadow, and Ye Xingli stepped forward as Su Ye prepared to do the same.
• Zhang Yuan asked Sun Rui whether students who had developed Extreme Shadow Sword Intent should step forward as well.

Su Ye stunned the school assembly by demonstrating Extreme Shadow Sword Intent after only a month of training, surpassing the crowd’s expectations and overshadowing the other students. His display left Wan Yue regretful, Fang Yuan discouraged, and Lin Qingyue shaken as Su Ye emerged as a leading candidate for the Five Top Academies.

• Zhang Yuan asked Principal Sun Rui whether Su Ye’s Extreme Shadow Sword Intent counted as a martial technique achievement, prompting Sun Rui to explain the realm beyond perfection.
• Zhang Yuan revealed that he was asking on Su Ye’s behalf, and the crowd turned its attention to Su Ye.
• Su Ye borrowed Yao Hong’s wooden sword and demonstrated Extreme Shadow Swordplay with the decisive speed and force of true sword intent.
• The teachers and students recognized Su Ye’s achievement, while Wan Yue regretted mocking him and Fang Yuan felt discouraged.
• Lin Qingyue dropped her practice sword as she realized that Su Ye, her former fiancé whom she had looked down on, had surpassed her.

Su Ye’s astonishing martial arts performance stunned his classmates and intensified Su Ling’er’s jealousy, while Zhang Yuan wondered whether Su Ye’s talent could rival the best students. The school announced that it had added two Key Classes, then revealed their placements and prepared to announce the top ten and their rewards.

• Su Ling’er struggled to accept Su Ye’s display of talent and argued that early cultivation speed did not guarantee lasting success.
• Classmates suggested that Su Ye would still face competition from Su Ling and Luo Ting, and Su Ling’er took comfort in her newly discovered Alchemy Talent and promised resources from her aunt.
• Ye Xingli demonstrated perfected Extreme Shadow Swordplay, but the students remained focused on Su Ye’s earlier performance.
• Principal Sun Rui announced that the school would have two Martial Arts Key Classes and eight Martial Arts Regular Classes, then revealed the Key Class placements.
• Zhang Yuan celebrated his placement in Class 1 and wondered whether Su Ye’s talent could rival Su Ling’s or Luo Ting’s.
• Sun Rui began announcing the top ten in class placement and called the students forward to receive their rewards.

Su Ye placed among the top ten in Shenyun First High School’s class placement tests and received a scholarship and library access. After Lin Qingyue warned him that her family’s resources would keep them apart, Sun Rui announced that Shenyun’s four major high schools would hold a joint event at the Monster Subduing Tower in one month.

• Sun Rui named the top ten test performers, with Su Ye called last and treated by students as the strongest overall.
• Su Ye joined the other top students onstage and reflected on the hard work that had earned him his results.
• Sun Rui awarded each top-ten student a thirty-thousand scholarship and permission to read one book on the library’s third floor.
• Lin Qingyue told Su Ye that her family’s resources gave her an insurmountable advantage, but Su Ye remained confident in his own path.
• Sun Rui announced that the military would open the Monster Subduing Tower in one month for a Four School Joint Event among Shenyun’s four major high schools.

Principal Sun Rui announced a Four School Joint Event in one month, with access to the Monster Subduing Tower and major prizes, prompting Su Ye to set his sights on the top three. After the teachers discussed Su Ye’s prospects and recalled Wang Jian'an’s fall from promise to infamy, Sun Rui confronted someone hiding beside the weapon rack.

• Sun Rui announced that the top thirty students in the next test could enter the Four School Joint Event, where the rewards included Bone Tempering Pills, scholarships, library access, and a personal favor from him for the winner.
• Su Ye resolved to contend for the top three so he could gain library access and money to help his family, while Lin Qingyue vowed to show him the gap between them.
• The homeroom teachers praised the year’s students and discussed Su Ye’s talent and ordinary family circumstances.
• The teachers recalled Wang Jian'an, who had once topped the placement test before dropping out and becoming the Heavenly Demon Vice Bishop Po Jun’s Blood Butcher.
• Sun Rui confronted a hidden presence beside the weapon rack and demanded that it come out.

Wang Jian'an returned to Shenyun First High School as a powerful Heavenly Demon Cult avatar and invited the teachers to join him before Principal Sun Rui destroyed it. After the students’ placement tests, Su Ye’s exceptional results became known across the school, while the Four School Competition and Po Jun’s arrival loomed.

• Wang Jian'an appeared before the teachers as a Yuan Power avatar, revealed his Peak Essence Fusion strength, and urged them to join the Heavenly Demon Cult.
• Principal Sun Rui destroyed Wang Jian'an’s avatar and warned that demonic power could cause rejection and change a person’s nature.
• The teachers worried that Po Jun had come to Shenyun City, but Sun Rui reassured them that the city’s formation and the military could contain her.
• The teachers discussed rival students and prepared for the upcoming Four School Competition.
• After the testing, Su Ye and Zhang Yuan left school, and Zhang Yuan told Su Ye that the test results would make him famous.
• The class chat reported that Su Ye, Fang Yuan, and Yao Hong placed in the top ten, and word of Su Ye’s feats spread throughout the school.

After Su Ye's record-breaking placement test, Zhang Yuan warned him about the Heavenly Demon Cult bishop Po Jun, while Lin Qingyue learned of his results and convinced herself that her advantages would carry her past him. Su Ye returned home and told his mother, Wang Yuerong, that he had made the Key Class and earned thirty thousand in student aid.

• Zhang Yuan congratulated Su Ye and warned him that Po Jun of the Heavenly Demon Cult preyed on geniuses.
• Zhang Yuan called his father, Zhang Jing, who urged him to befriend Su Ye and send him ten Qi Recovery Pills.
• Lin Qingyue told her father, Lin Yue, that Su Ye had broken three Shenyun First High School records, and Lin Yue reassured her that her family resources and fiancé Su Ling gave her the advantage.
• Lin Yue encouraged Lin Qingyue to pursue an elective and aim for a Level 1 Alchemist Certificate.
• Su Ye returned home and told Wang Yuerong that he had entered the Key Class, placed in the top ten, and received thirty thousand in student aid.

Su Ye told Wang Yuerong that he had tempered ten Martial Bones and planned to choose pillcraft, while she worried about the cost and tried to secure guidance from Su Nian. Su Nian refused to meet him, leaving Su Ye’s plans for learning pillcraft unresolved.

• Su Ye revealed his ten Martial Bones to Wang Yuerong, who was overjoyed but felt guilty that she and his father could not afford more cultivation resources.
• Su Ye told Wang Yuerong he planned to choose pillcraft, and she promised to set aside money to support his training.
• After Su Ye returned to school for class assignments and elective selection, Wang Yuerong called Su Nian to ask her to guide him in pillcraft.
• Su Nian dismissed Su Ye’s achievement, questioned his aptitude, and refused to let him come over because she was busy.