Chapter Summaries

Su Ye took the stage after Lin Qingyue impressed the crowd, then drew Lin Feiting, who showed clear malice toward him. Su Ye revealed that he had only Twenty Martial Bones and calmly declared they should be enough to fight Lin Feiting.

• Lin Feiting praised Lin Qingyue after a hundred exchanges, and the crowd marveled at her strength.
• Su Ye stepped onto the stage as the crowd looked to him to challenge Lin Qingyue's showcase.
• Lin Feiting taunted Su Ye, but Li Aoxue and Ye Wentian rebuked him for his lack of magnanimity.
• The draw matched Su Ye against Lin Feiting, and Su Ye sensed malice from his opponent.
• Su Ye revealed he had Twenty Martial Bones and said they should be enough to fight Lin Feiting, shocking the school.

Su Ye challenged Lin Feiting, a Heavenly Chosen with Twenty-five Martial Bones, despite having tempered only Twenty. He evaded Lin Feiting’s attacks and stunned the crowd by combining Extreme Shadow Sword Intent with the Tiger Form Bone Forging Method, leaving Lin Qingyue shaken.

• Su Ye publicly declared that he would fight Lin Feiting despite their difference in Martial Bones, shocking the students and teachers.
• Lin Feiting attacked Su Ye with Sky Phoenix Claw, but Su Ye calmly dodged his strikes.
• Su Ye used Extreme Shadow Speed and a combined technique to tear Lin Feiting’s clothes and force him to retreat.
• Fang Yuan recognized the move as Extreme Shadow Sword Intent combined with Hungry Tiger Pounces on Mountain, and explained how difficult it was to execute.
• Students, teachers, and Principal Sun Rui marveled at Su Ye’s talent, while Lin Qingyue’s composure cracked as she watched.

Su Ye effortlessly dodged Lin Feiting’s barrage of martial skills and criticized his cultivation, prompting Lin Feiting to draw a damaged Origin Power Weapon. Su Ye declined Li Aoxue’s offered sword, picked a blade of grass, and unleashed Sword Qi, stunning the school.

• Lin Qingyue grew furious as Su Ye drew the crowd’s attention away from her again.
• Lin Feiting attacked Su Ye with more than ten Third-grade Martial Skills, but Su Ye dodged them all and pointed out flaws in Lin Feiting’s foundation and coordination.
• Lin Feiting stopped his ineffective attacks and drew the damaged level-seven Changming Saber, intending to injure Su Ye before the sparring assessment ended.
• Li Aoxue objected to Lin Feiting using an Origin Power Weapon against Su Ye and offered him her own damaged weapon, but Su Ye returned it.
• Su Ye picked a blade of grass, declared it was enough to face Lin Feiting, and unleashed Sword Qi that shocked the school.

Su Ye revealed that he had comprehended Sword Qi and unleashed his self-developed Heavy Sea intent against Lin Feiting. Lin Feiting struggled to withstand the attack, leaving the crowd stunned by Su Ye's mastery of two layers of Sword Intent.

• Su Ye’s blade of grass released Sword Qi that forced Lin Feiting back, astonishing the students and teachers.
• The crowd recognized Su Ye’s Sword Qi, while Su Ye sensed Gui Shi trembling at his waist and kept the sword sheathed.
• Su Ye accused Lin Feiting of acting with malice and challenged him to withstand one sword strike.
• Su Ye unleashed the Vast Sea Swordplay with his Heavy Sea intent, sending over a hundred streams of Sword Qi at Lin Feiting.
• Lin Feiting countered with his Level Six Firefly Saber, but Su Ye’s attack drove him backward.
• Li Aoxue identified the swordplay and Heavy Sea intent, prompting the crowd to wonder whether Su Ye had mastered two layers of Sword Intent.

Su Ye used his Vast Sea Solitary Intent and an unexpected spiritual attack to defeat Lin Feiting’s assault in front of the school. The chapter ended with Lin Feiting on one knee before Su Ye as thousands of students watched.

• The teachers and students were stunned to learn that Su Ye had mastered dual sword intents.
• Enraged by Su Ye’s attack, Lin Feiting rushed at him and used a spiritual field from his breathing technique.
• Su Ye summoned a sea of blood and stirred its Killing Intent to counter Lin Feiting’s spiritual assault.
• Lin Feiting buckled under the Killing Intent and dropped to one knee before Su Ye.

Su Ye defeated Lin Feiting despite having his cultivation suppressed, prompting Principal Sun Rui to intervene when Lin Feiting attacked again and shattered his Origin Power Weapon. As Su Ye left the field, Lin Feiting claimed that Su Ye had only around Twenty Martial Bones, shocking the school.

• The crowd watched in disbelief as Su Ye defeated Lin Feiting and forced him to his knees.
• Lin Feiting rose with his full Blood Nourishing Realm cultivation and attacked Su Ye, but Principal Sun Rui stopped him and shattered his Changming Saber.
• Principal Sun Rui rebuked Lin Feiting and praised Su Ye, while teachers speculated that Su Ye had used a rare spiritual secret technique.
• Su Ye calmly left the field as Zhang Yuan celebrated his victory and Su Ye considered the trump cards he had not yet revealed.
• Lin Feiting announced that Su Ye's cultivation was probably only around Twenty Martial Bones, causing the school to erupt in shock.

Lin Feiting claimed that Su Ye had only Twenty Martial Bones and that his foundation was damaged, prompting students and Lin Qingyue to doubt him despite Zhang Yuan’s defense. After the four-school selection ended, Luo Ding told Su Ye that the principal wanted to see him.

• Lin Feiting accused Su Ye of having only Twenty Martial Bones, then reasoned that Su Ye’s foundation had been damaged and that he could not threaten Lin Qingyue at the upcoming competition.
• Lin Qingyue accepted Lin Feiting’s judgment, while the students began to doubt Su Ye because he did not explain himself.
• Zhang Yuan defended Su Ye’s composure and privately resolved to let the Four School Grand Competition prove the doubters wrong.
• The four-school selection continued for several hours and ended when no more students volunteered.
• Luo Ding kept Su Ye behind after the selection and told him that the principal wanted to see him.

Luo Ding and Principal Sun Rui worried that Su Ye's rumored foundation damage would make him fall behind, and Sun Rui urged him to withdraw from the Four School Grand Competition. Su Ye refused and revealed the true extent of his Martial Bones, leaving Sun Rui stunned.

• Luo Ding encouraged Su Ye and recalled how his former student Wang Jian'an had been driven from school and later become the Heavenly Demon Cult's vice cult leader, Blood Butcher.
• Luo Ding brought Su Ye to Principal Sun Rui's office and offered to support him if trouble arose.
• Sun Rui believed Su Ye had only Twenty Martial Bones and warned him that he could skip the Four School Grand Competition while he recovered.
• Su Ye refused to withdraw, saying that one had to contend to cultivate the Martial Path.
• Su Ye took a step that made his Martial Bones ring and his aura erupt, causing Sun Rui to drop his teacup in shock.

Su Ye impressed Sun Rui with his hidden Perfect Foundation, then met Commander Tan Bai, whose past sacrifice had left him unable to reach the True Bone Realm. Tan Bai secretly traded a military formation talisman to the Heavenly Demon Cult for rare blood and set his sights on reclaiming his Martial Path, while the Four School Joint Event approached.

• Sun Rui recognized Su Ye's extraordinary foundation and praised his composure, while Su Ye remained humble.
• Tan Bai arrived to discuss the Four School Joint Event and praised Su Ye for helping Xu Yong reach the True Bone Realm.
• Sun Rui told Su Ye that Tan Bai had once sacrificed himself during the Monster Tide, suffering injuries that prevented his own breakthrough.
• Tan Bai announced that the citywide Four School Joint Event would begin in a week at Shenyun Second High School and be broadcast to students across the city.
• Tan Bai secretly exchanged his military formation talisman for Heavenly Demon Rare Blood from a hidden Heavenly Demon Cult member, intending to continue his Martial Path despite betraying the military.
• Tan Bai warned that powerful True Bone Realm experts and the General Commander would observe the competition, then left Shenyun City resolved to put his own advancement above others.

Fang Yaoxian confronted Su Ye over his visit to the Ye Family and warned him to stay away from Ye Xingli. Su Ye left after secretly cutting Fang Yaoxian’s school badge with Sword Qi, and Fang Yaoxian vowed to challenge him at the Four School Grand Competition.

• Fang Yaoxian arrived at Shenyun First High School and told Su Ye he had come to discuss Ye Xingli.
• Fang Yaoxian questioned Su Ye about visiting the Ye Family and pointed out that Su Ye wore a jade pendant identical to Ye Xingli’s.
• Fang Yaoxian revealed he had thirty-nine Martial Bones and claimed Su Ye could not compare to him.
• Su Ye dodged Fang Yaoxian’s punch and left, having cut Fang Yaoxian’s school badge with Sword Qi.
• Fang Yaoxian’s head steward dismissed the cut as a harmless trick, and Fang Yaoxian vowed to show Su Ye their difference at the Four School Grand Competition.

Su Ye found Ye Xingli in an uncontrolled Demon Body state at the Ye Family estate, but Ye Tianlin suppressed it before Su Ye had to fight her. Su Ye and Ye Xingli cultivated together, both broke through, and she thanked him as he left.

• The Fang Family's chief steward worried that the Lin and Su families' Marriage Alliance signaled greater ambitions and said the Fang Family intended to pursue an alliance with the Ye Family through Fang Yaoxian and Ye Xingli.
• Su Ye found Ye Xingli in her uncontrolled Demon Body state and prepared to stop her, but Ye Tianlin arrived and suppressed her with a Secret Technique.
• Ye Tianlin explained that Xing Li's demon blood could be controlled if she advanced her Nine Yin Cold Moon Breathing Meditation Method, and asked Su Ye to help her reach the fourth level.
• Su Ye reassured Ye Xingli that she was beautiful and that her ancestors were heroes, then began cultivating with her.
• Su Ye reached the fifth extremity of the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Meditation Technique, while Ye Xingli advanced to the third level of her meditation method.
• Ye Xingli thanked Su Ye for helping her break through as he left.

Su Ye returned home and reassured his parents that he felt no pressure about the Four School Grand Competition, while resolving to improve their lives after it. As the city prepared for the event, Lin Qingyue trained and declared her intention to win both alchemy and martial arts, and the competition began seven days later.

• Su Ye came home to find Wang Yuerong preparing food and Su Su worrying that the competition might put too much pressure on him; he reassured them and resolved to give them a better life.
• Students across Shenyun City anticipated the Four School Grand Competition, where forty students would compete in martial arts and four other disciplines for the top ten places.
• Lin Yue and Lin Feiting watched Lin Qingyue train and encouraged her confidence, while Lin Feiting predicted that the incomplete-formula alchemy test would give her an advantage over Su Ye.
• Lin Qingyue reviewed potential rivals, including Ye Xingli, Fang Yaoxian, Wang Junran, Ye Jingfeng, and He Jingyu, and vowed to become the competition's top student.
• Seven days passed, and the Four School Grand Competition arrived.

Shenyun First High School’s forty-two competitors traveled to Shenyun Second High School for the Four School Grand Competition, where the Monster Subduing Tower would host the event. The four schools gathered as the city’s schools began broadcasting the competition live.

• Principal Sun Rui encouraged Shenyun First High School’s competitors and carried them to Shenyun Second High School on a level-nine Origin Power Weapon.
• Zhang Yuan excitedly talked about competing in alchemy, while Ye Xingli thanked Su Ye for helping her break through and said they would not be opponents.
• Yao Hong praised Su Ye’s reputation as a Cold Gate Prodigy and explained that the Monster Subduing Tower could suppress demon beasts during a Monster Tide.
• The students arrived at Shenyun Second High School and saw military officers Xu and Wang, familiar figures including Li Hai, Li Aoxue, Lin Feiting, and Ye Wentian, and competitors from the other schools.
• All four schools gathered, and primary and secondary schools across the city began broadcasting the Four School Grand Competition live.

The Four School Joint Event began with the Grand Competition of Alchemy, where a Level 7 Jingyun Alchemy Furnace was announced as the first-place reward. Su Ye decided to compete for the prize, then spotted an unexpected pill formula on the contestants’ selection tablet.

• The host opened the Grand Competition of Alchemy at Shenyun Second High School and announced that the champion would receive a Level 7 Jingyun Alchemy Furnace sponsored by Master Lei.
• The crowd assumed Fang Yaoxian would win because of her Innate Alchemy Heart and years of guidance from the Fang Family and Master Lei.
• Su Ye realized that winning the furnace would give him a portable Level 7 alchemy furnace, so he resolved to fight for first place.
• The contestants received tablets to choose their pill-refinement materials, and Su Ye browsed the Second-grade Pill category.
• Su Ye noticed an unexpected pill formula listed on the tablet and froze.

Su Ye chose an ambitious pill to refine in the Four School Grand Competition, while Vice President Xu doubted he could handle his selections. With the materials prepared, Su Ye readied himself to begin.

• Su Ye reviewed the pill formulas and committed to refining a pill he had studied but never made before.
• Vice President Xu praised Fang Yaoxian's choice of the High-grade Level 2 Bone Tempering Pill and noted Lin Qingyue's two backup options.
• Vice President Xu found that Su Ye had selected four different Grade Two Medium Pills and suspected he was staking everything on challenging Fang Yaoxian.
• Vice President Xu concluded that Su Ye's plan was unrealistic, lost confidence in him, and arranged for the materials to be prepared.
• Su Ye studied the delivered materials and believed he had a good chance of refining his chosen pill.

The Four School Grand Competition’s alchemy round began as Fang Yaoxian drew attention by refining a high-grade second-grade Bone Tempering Pill. Zhang Jing rejected Master Lei’s offer to help sign Fang Yaoxian and named Su Ye as his chosen endorser, just as the crowd noticed Su Ye’s unexpected pill choice.

• Vice President Xu equipped the forty students with alchemy furnaces and Heavenly Essence Fire Stones, then started the timed competition.
• Yao Hong surveyed the powerful spectators and competitors as the alchemy round began.
• Fang Yaoxian’s high-grade second-grade Bone Tempering Pill appeared above his head, and he proudly began refining it with the Heavenly Thunder Alchemy Method.
• Master Lei offered to introduce Zhang Jing to the Fang Family and help him sign Fang Yaoxian, but Zhang Jing said he had already chosen Su Ye.
• Wan Qian proposed that Pill Immortal Pavilion sign Fang Yaoxian instead, then noticed Su Ye’s pill choice and joined the crowd in reacting with astonishment.

Su Ye shocked the crowd by attempting to refine four Grade Two Medium pills at once, prompting Zhang Jing to suspect he was using the notoriously difficult Four Symbols Inlaid Pill Method. The onlookers doubted he could meet its demands, but Zhang Jing wondered whether Su Ye had a plan as the refinement continued.

• Netizens and spectators learned that Su Ye had earned his First-grade Alchemist certificate only a month earlier and questioned his choice of four Grade Two Medium pills.
• Su Ye tossed four sets of ingredients into one Alchemy Furnace and carefully separated them into four corners for refining.
• Fang Yaoxian mocked Su Ye's choice but nearly disrupted his own refinement when Su Ye began processing all four sets of ingredients at once.
• Zhang Jing suspected Su Ye was using the Four Symbols Inlaid Pill Method, which required simultaneous refinement of four pills and exceptional skill.
• Master Lei, Wan Qian, and the Dragon Pill Pavilion manager explained how difficult the method was, while Zhang Jing silently considered that Su Ye might succeed.
• News that Su Ye was attempting the Four Symbols Inlaid Pill Method spread among the million livestream viewers and caused a major uproar.

Su Ye used the Four Symbols Inlaid Pill Method to combine four Grade Two Medium pills, drawing widespread disbelief during the alchemy competition. As Fang Yaoxian and Lin Qingyue dismissed him as doomed to fail, Xu Yong defended his choice and the livestream audience passed one million viewers.

• Vice President Xu explained that Su Ye was using the Four Symbols Inlaid Pill Method to fuse four Grade Two Medium pills into a higher-quality pill.
• A Level 7 Alchemist explained the technique’s extreme demands, and millions of viewers mocked Su Ye’s attempt as impossible.
• Fang Yaoxian dismissed Su Ye’s method as grandstanding and refocused on refining his Grade Two High Bone Tempering Pill.
• Lin Qingyue saw Su Ye add ingredients for all four pills at once, judged him reckless, and turned to an advanced alchemy method from the Lin Family.
• Deputy Battalion Commander Wang mocked Su Ye to provoke Xu Yong, but Xu Yong said he trusted the boy and supported his willingness to compete.
• Master Lei acknowledged that Su Ye’s move had drawn more viewers to Yaoxian’s livestream and continued to doubt Su Ye could claim his Level 7 Alchemy Furnace.

Su Ye demonstrated extraordinary control while refining four different pills at once, leaving Master Lei and the watching crowd stunned. After fifteen minutes, all four pills had taken shape, and the chapter ended as online viewers and bettors reconsidered whether Fang Yaoxian was still certain to win.

• Su Ye used precise furnace control and Spiritual Power to manage the different heat requirements of four pills, while Master Lei began to doubt his abilities.
• An auxiliary pill formed in Su Ye’s furnace, drawing the cameras and crowd’s attention away from the other contestants.
• Su Ye formed auxiliary pills for the Spirit Replenishing Pill and Essence Gathering Pill, then formed the main Essence Solidifying Pill.
• After fifteen minutes, all four pills had taken shape, and viewers concluded that Su Ye could refine Grade Two Medium pills.
• A Level 7 Alchemist deleted his second post, bettors panicked, and Master Lei recalled dismissing Su Ye as inferior to Fang Yaoxian.

Su Ye pushed four Grade Two Medium pills into the final Pill Formation stage, astonishing the audience with twelve stacked Furnace Control Palm techniques. As Master Lei feared Su Ye would eclipse Fang Yaoxian, the chapter ended with everyone questioning how a student from humble beginnings could wield such powerful Spiritual Power.

• Master Lei resented Su Ye's unexpected talent and feared he would claim the Level 7 Jingyun Alchemy Furnace intended for Fang Yaoxian.
• Vice President Xu and the spectators watched in shock as Su Ye continued refining four pills at once.
• Su Ye began Pill Formation, confident that his backup plan could preserve at least one pill if his ambitious attempt failed.
• A provincial Level 7 master predicted Su Ye's pills would reach Grade Two Peak quality at minimum and might challenge Third Grade.
• Su Ye rapidly stacked twelve combination techniques with his Furnace Control Palm to control all four pills, leaving Master Lei stunned by his Spiritual Power.