Chapter Summaries

Su Ye’s parents learned that he had helped Xu Yong advance to Deputy Battalion Commander, and old military acquaintances began flooding their home with calls and visits. While his parents marveled at his achievements, Su Ye prepared to cultivate the Nine Extremes Breathing Technique and test his cultivation speed.

• Su Ye told Su Su and Wang Yuerong that he had saved Xu Yong, and Su Su recalled his own failed attempt to join Xu Yong’s unit.
• Wang Yuerong urged Su Ye not to feel pressured about the Four School Joint Event, and his parents sent him to rest.
• Su Su’s old squad leader sent photos of Su Ye and explained that Su Ye had cured Xu Yong’s eighteen-year affliction, helping him reach the True Bone Realm and become Deputy Battalion Commander.
• Calls and visitors overwhelmed Su Su’s home as old acquaintances sought to connect with Su Ye, while Wang Yuerong said he had already gone to rest.
• Su Ye heard the commotion, reflected that martial arts were his true foundation, and prepared to cultivate the Nine Extremes Breathing Technique.

Su Ye studied the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Technique and discovered he could briefly disrupt his inner balance to break his limits and boost his combat strength. After cultivating through the night, he gained two points of progress and anticipated reaching the sixth or seventh Extreme before the Four Schools Grand Examination.

• Su Ye realized the technique involved contemplating himself and inferred that Nine Extremes could mean breaking his limits nine times.
• Su Ye deliberately disrupted his yin-yang balance, briefly increasing his strength to roughly twice its normal level before stopping when pain warned him he had reached his limit.
• Su Ye named the method the Nine Limits Secret Art and recognized it as a trump card that could help offset his lack of combat experience.
• Su Ye spent the night cultivating the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Technique and gained two points of progress, reaching 3/108.
• Su Ye planned to rest, refine pills at the Heavenly Pill Pavilion, and practice Dual Cultivation with Li Aoxue.

Su Ye learned that the Heavenly Pill Pavilion would reward him with a two-million house if he placed in the top three at the Four School Grand Competition’s alchemy contest. After hearing about a Fang Family prodigy who could refine Blood Burst Pills and might attempt both first- and second-grade certification in one day, Su Ye focused on strengthening his Level 1 Alchemy foundation, aiming to reach Level 2 within three weeks.

• Zhang Jing told Su Ye that the Heavenly Pill Pavilion would give him a two-million house and make him its brand ambassador if he placed in the top three in the alchemy contest.
• Zhang Jing warned Su Ye that the Four Great Families’ descendants were formidable and revealed that a Fang Family prodigy could refine Level One Blood Burst Pills and might already be capable of refining second-grade pills.
• Su Ye refined ten furnaces of Qi Recovery Pills, succeeded eight times, and raised his Level 1 Alchemy progress to 800 out of 1000.
• Su Ye decided to master Level 1 Alchemy completely before attempting second-grade pills and resolved to reach Level 2 Alchemy within three weeks.

Su Ye visited Dongyong Camp and met Xu Yong, who was negotiating with the Level 8 alchemist Master Lei for help removing the lingering Flame Demon Power in exchange for the Xu Family's Sequential Incomplete Formula. Master Lei dismissed Su Ye's talent and left after arranging for his disciple Fang Yaoxian to join Xing Li's combat training, while Su Ye turned to begin training with Xu Yong.

• Su Ye arrived at Dongyong Camp, where the guards recognized him and escorted him to Xu Yong.
• Xu Yong asked Master Lei to refine a Level 8 Fire-Repelling Sky Sea Great Pill to purge the remaining Flame Demon Power, offering the Xu Family's Sequential Incomplete Formula in exchange.
• Master Lei recognized Su Ye as the young alchemist who had used his pill furnace to make Intent Pills, but declined Xu Yong's suggestion to assess or teach him.
• Master Lei agreed to Xu Yong's request on the condition that his disciple Fang Yaoxian join Xing Li's practical combat training.
• Master Lei left for the Ye Family, and Su Ye told Xu Yong he was unbothered by the dismissal and asked to begin practical combat training.

Xu Yong tested Su Ye in his private Martial Arts Arena, suppressing his cultivation to match Su Ye's and challenging him to withstand one hundred exchanges. Su Ye impressed him with his battle comprehension, but Xu Yong became serious and advanced with overwhelming pressure.

• Xu Yong brought Su Ye to his private Martial Arts Arena and invited him to choose a weapon.
• Su Ye chose a sharp sword instead of a wooden one, and Xu Yong agreed to fight him with the same number of Martial Bones.
• Su Ye launched a sudden thrust, but Xu Yong dodged and explained the weaknesses in Su Ye's footwork and weapon handling.
• Su Ye combined Extreme Shadow Swordplay, Vast Sea Swordplay, and the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Technique to cut a strand of Xu Yong's hair.
• Xu Yong recognized Su Ye's battle comprehension, gripped his saber with both hands, and charged at him in earnest.

Su Ye sparred with Xu Yong and rapidly improved, while Xu Yong used his Heavenly Blade Heart Array to suppress Su Ye’s yin-yang imbalance. After training, Xu Yong brought Su Ye aside to ask what he knew about Ye Xingli.

• Su Ye absorbed combat lessons from Xu Yong and realized his strong martial technique foundation helped him learn battle tactics quickly.
• Su Ye’s yin and yang fell out of balance during the spar, but Xu Yong used his Divine Ability, Heavenly Blade Heart Array, to suppress the symptoms and continue the fight.
• After an hour of sparring, Su Ye lasted eighty-one moves before Xu Yong defeated him, and he identified his faulty footwork as the cause.
• Xu Yong suggested Su Ye spar with the soldiers, but Su Ye declined because he had other plans and said he would train with them the next day.
• Xu Yong asked whether Su Ye was in Ye Xingli’s class, then took him aside and asked how much he knew about her.

Xu Yong revealed that Ye Xingli carried inherited demon blood whose power was becoming difficult to control, and explained why she needed a partner to cultivate the Nine Yin Cold Moon Breathing Meditation Method. Su Ye agreed to dual cultivate with her, and Xu Yong planned to ask Ye Tianlin to forge him a custom Origin Power Weapon.

• Xu Yong told Su Ye that Ye Xingli's family descended from Demon-Containing Practitioners and that her demon blood power sometimes went out of control.
• Xu Yong explained that Ye Xingli needed to advance her Nine Yin Cold Moon Breathing Meditation Method and that Su Ye was a suitable dual cultivation partner because he had mastered the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Meditation Technique.
• Xu Yong offered to ask Ye Tianlin, the city's Eighth-level Master Refiner, to forge Su Ye an Origin Power Weapon in return for helping Ye Xingli.
• Su Ye agreed to dual cultivate with Ye Xingli, and Xu Yong prepared to tell Ye Tianlin, warning that he would scrutinize Su Ye closely.

Xu Yong explained that the Eastern Four Provinces would create the Heavenly Pride Soaring Cloud Ranking, giving Su Ye a new goal in the Four School Grand Competition. Su Ye began breathing-technique resonance with Li Aoxue, and the resonance manifested her naked spiritual figure in his Sea of Consciousness.

• Xu Yong told Su Ye that the Four School Grand Competition could qualify him for the new Soaring Cloud Ranking and urged him to aim for the top three.
• Xu Yong advised Su Ye to learn pure combat techniques from the veterans and promised to tell him about the Ye Family the next day.
• Su Ye considered his abilities and resolved to strengthen his Martial Bones and breathing technique before entering the Vast Sea Sword Hall.
• Li Aoxue explained that breathing-technique dual cultivation involved matching spiritual frequencies, then began practicing with Su Ye.
• When their frequencies resonated, Su Ye saw Li Aoxue's naked spiritual figure form in his Sea of Consciousness.

Su Ye and Li Aoxue continued their Breathing Technique cultivation, discovering that their spiritual resonance accelerated his progress but also caused an embarrassing reflection in his Sea of Consciousness. The next day, Xu Yong told Su Ye that Ye Tianlin was considering forging him an exclusive Origin Power Weapon, while privately anticipating that Li Aoxue and Ye Xingli would grow closer to Su Ye.

• During their spiritual cultivation, Su Ye saw Li Aoxue reflected in his Sea of Consciousness, and she angrily warned him not to look around before apologizing for her own embarrassment.
• Li Aoxue resumed cultivating with Su Ye, whose Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Technique drew their spiritual forms close and increased his cultivation speed by about one and a half times.
• After leaving the Vast Sea Sword Hall, Su Ye expected to reach the sixth extreme before the Four School Grand Competition and resolved to compete for a place on the Four Provinces Heavenly Pride Soaring Cloud Ranking.
• The next day, Xu Yong told Su Ye that Ye Tianlin was considering his request and would likely agree to forge him an exclusive Origin Power Weapon before the Four School Grand Competition.
• Xu Yong asked whether Li Aoxue had cultivated with Su Ye, then privately suspected that she and Ye Xingli would develop favorable feelings toward him.

Su Ye advanced his martial arts and alchemy while preparing for the upcoming exams and competitions. After nearing perfection in Level 1 Alchemy, he asked Zhang Jing to guide him in Level 2 Alchemy.

• Su Ye completed his twenty-seventh Martial Bone while practicing the Tiger Form Bone Forging Method and planned to temper all forty-nine bones before the Four School Grand Competition.
• In alchemy class, Zhuang Xue highlighted Lin Qingyue's instruction from a Seven-star Alchemist, while Su Ye asked Zhang Yuan to arrange a meeting with Zhang Jing.
• Su Ye saw that his Level 1 Alchemy progress was 998/1000 and decided to seek guidance on Level 2 Alchemy that evening.
• Luo Ding taught the Qi Recovery Pill formula and privately considered Su Ye a possible Second-grade Alchemist before the College Entrance Examination.
• At the Heavenly Pill Pavilion, Su Ye told Zhang Jing he wanted guidance on Level 2 Alchemy.

Su Ye asked Zhang Jing to teach him Level 2 Alchemy, despite warnings about its difficulty. After Su Ye produced four perfect Blood Burst Pills and completed Level 1 Alchemy, Zhang Jing agreed to teach him.

• Zhang Jing and Zhang Yuan explained that Level 2 Alchemy required precise judgment of medicinal properties, and Zhang Yuan named Luo Ting and Fang Yaoxian as promising candidates with special talents.
• Zhang Jing advised Su Ye to consolidate his Level 1 Alchemy foundations before advancing, but Su Ye insisted on trying Level 2 Alchemy.
• A female assistant reported that Su Ye had refined four successful furnaces of Blood Burst Pills, and Zhang Jing confirmed all four pills were perfect quality.
• Su Ye saw that his Level 1 Alchemy had reached 1000/1000 mastery and decided to attempt Level 2 Alchemy.
• Zhang Jing recognized Su Ye’s flawless foundation and offered to teach him Level 2 Alchemy immediately.

Su Ye used the Manifestation Talisman to initiate Level 2 Alchemy and quickly studied the Beauty Pill’s complex refining process. He began refining it with precise adjustments and five combined Furnace Control Palm techniques, stunning Zhang Jing and Zhang Yuan.

• Zhang Jing explained that Level 2 Alchemy demanded precise knowledge of medicinal properties and mastery of five combined Furnace Control Palm variations.
• Su Ye spent a Manifestation Point to initiate Level 2 Alchemy and gained the ability to learn the discipline rapidly.
• Zhang Jing introduced the Beauty Pill and arranged for Su Ye to practice with several sets of materials while Zhang Yuan and the female assistant watched.
• After studying the formula for five minutes, Su Ye took the main furnace position and chose a more difficult direct refining method.
• Su Ye adjusted the fire to account for the Spirit Source Ganoderma’s age, then combined five Furnace Control Palm techniques and stunned Zhang Yuan.

Su Ye repeatedly refined a Second-grade Beauty Pill, rapidly improving his techniques until he successfully formed a pill on his third furnace. Zhang Jing offered to help him secure three million toward a house if he placed in the top three at the Four School Grand Competition.

• Su Ye failed to form a pill on his first attempt and gained experience in Level 2 Alchemy.
• Zhang Jing and Zhang Yuan were astonished by Su Ye’s ability to grasp and nearly master the Beauty Pill process after watching it once.
• Zhang Jing let Su Ye use the remaining ingredients and postponed his meeting to watch him refine.
• Su Ye failed his second attempt, identified the timing of Pill Condensation as the problem, and began a third furnace.
• Su Ye adjusted the fire properties and techniques, then successfully formed a pill on his third attempt.
• Zhang Jing promised to help Su Ye obtain another million in housing budget if he placed in the top three at the Four School Grand Competition.

Zhang Jing offered to fund Su Ye’s alchemy materials and predicted a bright future for him, while warning that the Four School Grand Competition was drawing unusual attention. Su Ye headed to Dongyong Camp to train with veteran soldiers as he prepared to compete in both alchemy and martial arts.

• Zhang Jing waived Su Ye’s previous materials investment and offered to cover future refining materials, promising to seek an official partnership after the competition.
• Zhang Jing told Zhang Yuan that Su Ye’s talent made him worth investing in and predicted he could become at least a sixth-grade alchemist.
• Zhang Jing said Su Ye could contend for the top three in the Four School Grand Competition, but Fang Yaoxian was preparing to take the Second-grade Alchemist certification exam.
• Zhang Jing explained that the competition had attracted military, school, family, and public attention, and suspected it might be part of a provincial arrangement.
• Su Ye learned that Deputy Battalion Commander Xu had gone out because of unusual demon-beast activity, then accepted a training match with veteran soldiers at Dongyong Camp.

Su Ye sparred with veteran Old Zhang using only fighting techniques, relying on his foundation to hold his own against a stronger opponent. After Old Zhang taught him to treat every battlefield clash as a matter of life and death, Su Ye immediately applied the lesson, astonishing the veterans.

• Su Ye used the power Xu Yong had left him to spar at roughly Twenty Martial Bones and faced Old Zhang without using Martial Skills.
• Su Ye used his sword’s speed and technique to withstand Old Zhang’s Twenty-six Martial Bones and Long Army Saber.
• Old Zhang committed to a dangerous attack rather than evade Su Ye’s counter, disarmed him, and explained that the battlefield allowed no time to hesitate.
• Su Ye recognized Old Zhang’s lesson and charged at him without retrieving his sword, saying there would be no time to pick it up on a battlefield.
• The veterans were astonished by Su Ye’s courage and changed how they viewed him, while Old Zhang reacted with gratified surprise.

Su Ye used the Tiger Form Bone Forging Method as a combat technique, learned from Old Zhang during their duel, and broke through to twenty-one Martial Bones before Old Zhang conceded. Lin Yun reported Su Ye’s cultivation to Lin Qingyue, who dismissed him as an unworthy rival and vowed to defeat him at the Four School Grand Competition.

• Su Ye adapted the Tiger Form Bone Forging Method into a series of attacks and kept Old Zhang from using his saber at range.
• Su Ye grew calmer as he studied Old Zhang’s movements, then broke through during the fight and advanced the Tiger Form Bone Forging Method.
• Old Zhang admitted defeat, praised Su Ye, and yielded the arena to another veteran soldier.
• Lin Yun called Lin Qingyue and reported that Su Ye had broken through to twenty-one Martial Bones.
• Lin Qingyue dismissed Su Ye, noted her own progress to twenty-seven Martial Bones, and vowed to crush him at the Four School Grand Competition.

Lin Qingyue reviewed the Four School Grand Competition’s strongest competitors and resolved to win the championship, while Su Ye continued training at the military camp. Luo Ting ambushed Su Ye and confronted him about cultivating with Li Aoxue, but a middle-aged man interrupted them with a warning.

• Lin Qingyue studied the alchemy and martial arts competitors, identified Fang Yaoxian as her main alchemy rival, and decided she had a strong chance to win the competition.
• Su Ye left the military camp after training with veterans and reflected on his strength and ambitions.
• Luo Ting attacked Su Ye with a playing card, but he dodged it and learned she had come to investigate his connection to Li Aoxue.
• Luo Ting demanded that Su Ye stay away from Li Aoxue, claimed they were the true pair, and challenged him to a fight.
• A middle-aged man appeared between them and asked Luo Ting who had told her Su Ye practiced the Nine Yin Cold Moon Breathing Meditation Method, adding that she might someday need to seek him out for Dual Cultivation.

Luo Ting learned that Su Ye had mastered the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Meditation Technique unusually quickly, while Xu Yong revealed that Demon Beasts were gathering outside Shenyun City. Su Ye prepared to meet Ye Tianlin and then cultivated with Li Aoxue, reaching the second extreme and helping her approach a breakthrough.

• Luo Ting challenged Su Ye over his relationship with Li Aoxue before leaving, while Xu Yong revealed that Su Ye had twenty-eight Martial Bones.
• Xu Yong told Su Ye that Demon Beasts were gathering around Shenyun City and invited him to meet Ye Tianlin at the Ye Family the next night for a cultivation test and a custom Origin Power Weapon.
• Su Ye went to the Vast Sea Sword Hall and began spiritual Dual Cultivation with Li Aoxue, who asked him to call her Aoxue.
• Su Ye advanced the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Meditation Technique to the second extreme, and the resulting spiritual resonance shook Li Aoxue's barrier to the sixth level.

Su Ye helped Li Aoxue break through to the sixth level of the Nine Suns Brilliant Sun Breathing Meditation Method, and their shared cultivation advanced his own technique. After returning home, Su Ye practiced the Tiger Form Bone Forging Method and formed his twenty-ninth Martial Bone.

• Su Ye continued circulating the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Meditation Technique as Li Aoxue broke through to the sixth level of the Nine Suns Brilliant Sun Breathing Meditation Method.
• Su Ye gained four progress points in his breathing meditation technique, and Li Aoxue thanked him and said she would stay in Shenyun City to cultivate with him before the Four School Grand Competition.
• Su Ye returned home and reflected on using the Tiger Form Bone Forging Method as a combat technique, then practiced its forms through the night.
• Su Ye formed his twenty-ninth Martial Bone, achieving two Martial Bones in one day.

Su Ye tested the immense power and physical cost of releasing the first two limits of his Nine Extremes technique, then continued cultivating and impressed Xu Yong with his rapid progress. Xu Yong brought him to the Ye Family, where he warned him to play it by ear around Ye Tianlin’s daughter, Ye Xingli.

• Su Ye confirmed he had reached twenty-nine Martial Bones and tested the first two limits of his Nine Extremes technique, discovering that they greatly increased his strength but strained his body.
• Su Ye concluded that his technique’s duration depended mainly on the level of his breathing technique, Spiritual Power, and cultivation Foundation.
• After refining Second-grade Pills at the Heavenly Pill Pavilion, Su Ye met Xu Yong at Dongyong Camp, where Xu Yong marveled at his progress and offered him third-grade Bone Tempering Pills.
• Su Ye declined Xu Yong’s offer, explaining that he could obtain his own pills and that recovery speed, rather than pills, limited his cultivation.
• Xu Yong explained the backgrounds of Shenyun City’s Four Great Families as he took Su Ye to the Ye Family, then warned him to play it by ear around Ye Xingli.