Recaps

The ranking challenges continued until Ji Fenghua challenged Jiang Fan for the top spot. Jiang Fan knocked him out of the arena in one move, leaving the crowd stunned as the examiner prepared to continue.

• Jiang Ranran lost to Liao Junsheng, who took No. 8 while she fell to No. 10.
• Xu Bo challenged Ji Fenghua and lost, retaining his ranking, while the other competitors completed their challenges over the next two hours.
• Ji Fenghua challenged No. 1 Jiang Fan, drawing an excited reaction from the spectators.
• Jiang Fan defeated Ji Fenghua with a single move, sending him crashing through the arena barrier.
• Jiang Fan asked the stunned chief examiner to move on to the next round.

Jiang Fan defeated Li Jiaoyang in one move after Wang Ying declined to challenge him, and the practical matches ended with Jiang Fan firmly in first place. As he looked ahead to entering a top Martial Arts University, he decided to use the month before the results were announced to improve his cultivation.

• After Ji Fenghua collapsed, Wang Ying declined to challenge Jiang Fan or Li Jiaoyang, citing the gap in their blood vitality and her loss to Li Jiaoyang.
• Li Jiaoyang challenged Jiang Fan and attacked first with a powerful leg technique.
• Jiang Fan struck Li Jiaoyang's foot with a punch and sent him flying to the edge of the arena.
• Li Jiaoyang admitted defeat, and the chief examiner declared Jiang Fan the winner of the final round.
• After the practical matches ended, Jiang Fan considered the stronger martial artists elsewhere in Huaxia and resolved to cultivate during the month before the final results were announced.

Jiang Fan left River City for Xiaocheng to train at Hengduan Ridge, leaving Lei Ming a supply of blood-replenishing potions before boarding the train. He woke during the journey to find the carriage crowded with students from Ye City.

• Jiang Fan chose Hengduan Ridge as a training ground suited to his Level 3 strength and planned to hunt exotic beasts there.
• Jiang Fan gave Lei Ming more than ten bottles of blood-replenishing potions and told him he would be away for about a month.
• Jiang Fan explained that he wanted to strengthen himself before university, while Lei Ming said he was content to attend an ordinary Martial Arts University and later inherit his father's hall.
• Jiang Fan left Ma Ning a large supply of potions and boarded a train from River City to Xiaocheng.
• Jiang Fan dozed during the six-hour trip, then woke when a girl opened a snack bag beside him and learned that the newly arrived passengers were students from Ye City.

Jiang Fan traveled from River City to Xiao City and confirmed to fellow passengers that the rumors about his college entrance examination results were true. After reaching Xiao City, he stayed overnight before heading toward Hengduan Ridge.

• Jiang Fan listened as a group of young travelers discussed visiting Old World ruins near Xiao City and worried about exotic beasts.
• The passengers debated rumors that a River City student had scored over 400 in qi-blood and more than 90,000 points in the ranking competition.
• Jiang Fan told the group he was from River City and confirmed that the student had reached Level 3 High Stage and really scored more than 90,000 points.
• Jiang Fan arrived in Xiao City, said goodbye to the passengers, and checked into his reserved hotel.
• Jiang Fan left Xiao City early the next morning and headed toward Hengduan Ridge.

Jiang Fan hunted Exotic Beasts in Hengduan Ridge by day and cultivated the Starry Visualization Technique by night. On the third day, he came upon the four young people from the train just as a Raging Giant Ape attacked them, and its killing blow abruptly stopped when it crashed down dead.

• Jiang Fan traveled to Hengduan Ridge and began hunting Exotic Beasts, absorbing their Life Energy as he killed them.
• Jiang Fan spent the nights cultivating the Starry Visualization Technique and continued hunting during the days.
• Jiang Fan heard a commotion and found the train couple and two other girls retreating from a Level 3 Raging Giant Ape.
• A frightened girl broke a branch and ran into a tree, startling the ape and provoking it to attack the group.
• The four young people fell in terror as the ape swung its palm, but the attack stopped and the Raging Giant Ape crashed to the ground dead.

After reaching Level 4, Jiang Fan challenged the fourth trial of the Martial Arts Space and defeated the Old Beggar. The trial announcement mistakenly called it the third trial, leaving Jiang Fan surprised at how easy the challenge had been.

• Jiang Fan saved a group of students from a Raging Giant Ape, and the pretty girl wondered why he seemed familiar and knew they had strayed from the cleared zone.
• Jiang Fan continued hunting Exotic Beasts, then left Hengduan Ridge for Xiao City to rest and test his blood vitality.
• At Shiyang Martial Arts School, Jiang Fan measured blood vitality of 511 and combat power of 71,253, confirming he had reached Level 4.
• Jiang Fan entered the Martial Arts Space and challenged the fourth trial, where the Old Beggar dodged his attacks with an unusual movement technique.
• Jiang Fan predicted the Old Beggar's movements, struck him down, and received a message congratulating him for completing the third trial.

Jiang Fan succeeded in the fourth inheritance challenge and learned the Sky Dance Technique and Combat Technique from Old Beggar, gaining new ways to fly and wield qi. After practicing and cultivating at Hengduan Ridge, he spotted a group of young people pursued by Level 2 Exotic Beasts and recognized familiar faces among them.

• Jiang Fan listened as Old Beggar explained that the inheritance space was meant to continue Human Race cultivation after Heaven and Earth Energy had withered.
• Old Beggar taught Jiang Fan the Sky Dance Technique and Combat Technique, and Jiang Fan mastered their essentials through the inheritance.
• Jiang Fan practiced flying and qi-based attacks, discovering that qi could boost his combat power and be projected as forceful strikes.
• Jiang Fan flew to Hengduan Ridge, cultivated through the night, and set out at dawn to hunt exotic beasts.
• Jiang Fan saw a group of young men and women fleeing several Level 2 Exotic Beasts and recognized familiar figures among them, then flew toward the group.

Jiang Fan rescued a group of students lost in Hengduan Ridge and pointed them toward an exit before resuming his cultivation. A month passed as he continued hunting Exotic Beasts and training.

• A group of students lost in Hengduan Ridge ran from Level 2 Exotic Beasts, unable to agree on whether to fight.
• Jiang Fan appeared in the sky and killed several Exotic Beasts with a wave of energy.
• Jiang Fan scolded the students for ignoring his warning to leave, and Xixi explained that fog had led them deeper into the ridge.
• Jiang Fan surveyed the terrain, showed the students a route out, and flew away as they realized he might be the River City exam prodigy.
• Jiang Fan resumed hunting Exotic Beasts and cultivating, returning to Xiao City every few days for food and rest; a month passed.

After a month of training, Jiang Fan returned to Jiang City and learned that his entrance exam results had made him a top scorer across ten provinces. He chose to wait at home for university admissions directors to approach him, while the directors gathered at the Martial Arts Association and debated when to visit.

• Jiang Fan raised his Vitality to 982, developed new applications for Combat Technique and Spiritual Power, and left Hengduan Ridge.
• Jiang Fan returned to Jiang City, where Ma Ning told him that admissions representatives and other visitors had been seeking him for days.
• Ma Ning revealed that Jiang Fan was Jiang City's top scorer and a top scorer across ten provinces, with a chance at becoming the national top scorer.
• Jiang Fan decided to wait at home rather than visit the admissions directors, expecting them to return after hearing he was back.
• President Wu told the gathered admissions directors that Jiang Fan had returned, and they eagerly discussed going to his home.
• One person argued that Jiang Fan should come to them himself, leaving the others visibly unsettled.

Admissions officers from Huaxia’s Nine Top Martial Arts Universities visited Jiang Fan to recruit him, and he asked them to explain their offers. Zhu Yanyang described Fourth Martial Arts University’s A-class resources and points, and Jiang Fan invited the other officers to make their pitches.

• Wang Jingming argued with the other admissions officers, who mocked Kyoto First Martial Arts University’s confidence in attracting Jiang Fan.
• The admissions officers agreed to compete fairly for Jiang Fan and went with President Wu to his home.
• President Wu introduced the representatives, and they crowded around Jiang Fan to praise their universities until he asked them to take turns.
• Zhu Yanyang proposed that the officers describe their offers, but Jiang Fan asked directly about the support and resources each school provided.
• Zhu Yanyang offered A-class cultivation resources worth 80,000 points and explained how points could be used in Secret Realms.
• Jiang Fan learned the points would cover about eight visits to a Secret Realm, thanked Zhu Yanyang, and asked to hear the other offers.

Jiang Fan rejected Kyoto First Martial Arts University after Wang Jingming offered him B-grade resources and showed open hostility, then compared the schools’ offerings and learned their education was largely similar. When the representatives returned with improved offers the next day, Jiang Fan announced that he had made his decision.

• The representatives from several Martial Arts Universities offered Jiang Fan A-class cultivation resources, but Wang Jingming said Kyoto First Martial Arts University would give him B-grade resources through merit-based selection.
• Jiang Fan confronted Wang Jingming about his hostility and ordered him to leave, ending his interest in Kyoto First Martial Arts University.
• Jiang Fan asked the other representatives for a day to consider their offers, and President Wu explained that the universities offered similar support and resources.
• The representatives returned the next day and raised their offers, but Jiang Fan stopped their argument and said he had made his decision.

Jiang Fan chose the Ninth Martial Arts University after learning that its president, Hong Tiangan, would take him as a disciple and provide S-level cultivation resources. As he prepared to leave for school, he became intrigued by the university’s old cultivation methods and wondered whether they resembled the meridian cultivation he knew.

• Jiang Fan chose the Ninth Martial Arts University, surprising the other admissions officers, and Shen Du promised to secure him more resources.
• Jiang Fan told President Wu that Luo Xiuwu had recommended him to Hong Tiangan after explaining that he had awakened only a month before the college entrance examination.
• President Wu explained that the Ninth Martial Arts University practiced old methods focused on cultivating meridians, prompting Jiang Fan to question whether they matched his own cultivation.
• Shen Du sent Jiang Fan’s admission notice, and news of his enrollment made Jiang Fan famous in River City while Luo Xiuwu benefited from the publicity.
• Jiang Fan delegated most public matters to Luo Xiuwu, devoted himself to cultivation for half a month, and reached the day school opened.

Jiang Fan rejected Su Qingwan’s attempts to persuade him to reconnect with the Jiang Family and left River City for Jing City to report to the Ninth Martial Arts University of Kyoto. After arriving and completing most of the registration process, he discovered that his major was missing from his admission notice, and the reception student could not find his name on the list.

• Jiang Fan told Su Qingwan he would not see Su Xin or accept anything from the Jiang Family, then escaped her advice and returned to cultivation.
• Two days later, Jiang Fan boarded a train to Jing City and used his cultivation technique to stay refreshed during the long journey.
• Jiang Fan reached the reception hall and joined the Ninth Martial Arts University group, then rode a bus to the school.
• The reception students began registering the arriving students and assigning their classes and dormitories.
• When the girl asked Jiang Fan his major, he said he did not know; she checked his admission notice and could not find his name on the list.

Jiang Fan arrived at Ninth Martial Arts University and was personally received by Shen Du, who arranged special benefits and a private courtyard for him. As Jiang Fan settled in, he wondered why Hong Tiangan wanted him as a disciple, leaving the question for their meeting the next day.

• Shen Du arrived at the reception area, explained that Jiang Fan’s records were not on file, and took him to complete his enrollment personally.
• Students at the reception learned that Jiang Fan was River City’s top college entrance examination scorer and were astonished that their school had admitted one.
• Shen Du showed Jiang Fan around the campus and told him about Ninth Martial Arts University’s former glory and its current low ranking.
• Shen Du gave Jiang Fan a points card, dormitory keys, 100,000 points, and two monthly chances to enter the Secret Realm, then said Hong Tiangan intended to take him as a disciple.
• Shen Du assigned Jiang Fan a private courtyard and said he would take him to meet Hong Tiangan the next morning.
• Jiang Fan wondered whether his rapid cultivation was the only reason Hong Tiangan favored him, then set the question aside and began cultivating.

Jiang Fan met Hong Tiangan, the Dean of Ninth Martial Arts University, and became his disciple. Hong Tiangan explained why he had accepted Jiang Fan and said the university hoped the talented newcomer would help improve its reputation.

• Jiang Fan asked Shen Du who lived in the secluded courtyards and learned that they belonged to the Dean’s disciples, though most were empty.
• Shen Du took Jiang Fan to meet Hong Tiangan, whom Jiang Fan found working the soil in his garden.
• After Shen Du left, Hong Tiangan served Jiang Fan tea and told him to call him Teacher.
• Hong Tiangan explained that he accepted Jiang Fan partly because Luo Xiuwu had asked him and partly because Jiang Fan had advanced to Level 3 in a month.
• Hong Tiangan said Ninth Martial Arts University was struggling and that Jiang Fan’s enrollment could help improve its reputation.

Jiang Fan learned about Ninth Martial Arts University's old-method cultivation and began attending classes, where his reputation as the top scorer drew a crowd. Three days later, Senior Sister Xue Min arrived at his courtyard to meet him.

• Hong Tiangan told Jiang Fan that Xue Min would teach him the Heaven and Earth Natural Meditation Technique and warned him not to rely too much on Genetic Serum.
• Jiang Fan chose a class in the Martial Arts Department and attended lessons, attracting attention from students curious about his cultivation and status.
• After three days of classes, Jiang Fan stopped attending and focused on cultivating in his dormitory.
• Xue Min knocked at Jiang Fan's courtyard and called out to her Junior Brother.

Xue Min taught Jiang Fan the Heaven and Earth Natural Meditation Technique, expecting him to need time to sense Heaven and Earth Energy. Jiang Fan drew the energy into his body almost immediately, and Xue Min told him to keep cultivating until he reached Minor Accomplishment before seeing Hong Tiangan.

• Xue Min visited Jiang Fan to pass on the Heaven and Earth Natural Meditation Technique and explained the basics of cultivating old methods.
• Xue Min guided Jiang Fan through the meditation and reassured him that sensing Heaven and Earth Energy could take days.
• Jiang Fan quickly sensed Heaven and Earth Energy and drew all the energy in the room into his body.
• Xue Min was shocked by Jiang Fan's progress and prepared to report it to Hong Tiangan.
• Xue Min remembered Hong Tiangan's instruction and told Jiang Fan to cultivate until he reached Minor Accomplishment before visiting him.

Jiang Fan concealed how quickly he mastered the Heaven and Earth Natural Meditation Technique, but Xue Min brought him to Hong Tiangan after he claimed to reach Minor Accomplishment. Hong Tiangan confirmed that Jiang Fan had already reached Major Accomplishment and began teaching him the application technique.

• Xue Min explained that Minor Accomplishment required circulating Heaven and Earth Energy through one complete Celestial Circuit within one shichen, and said it usually took about a month.
• After Xue Min left, Jiang Fan compared the meditation technique with his Innate Breathing and Meditation Technique, then switched back to the faster breathing technique.
• Jiang Fan told Xue Min he had reached Minor Accomplishment on the fourth day, and she took him to see Hong Tiangan.
• Hong Tiangan watched Jiang Fan enter meditation instantly and circulate Heaven and Earth Energy, then confirmed that he had reached Major Accomplishment.
• Hong Tiangan praised Jiang Fan and offered to teach him the application technique.

Hong Tiangan taught Jiang Fan the Blazing Sun Void-Breaking Fist and explained the Newcomer League, while Jiang Fan secretly reached Level 4 and began combining two cultivation methods. After several days of practice, Jiang Fan met a well-dressed young man named Jiang Sichen at his gate.

• Hong Tiangan taught Jiang Fan the Blazing Sun Void-Breaking Fist, noting that Jiang Fan's fire affinity suited it and that his talent rivaled an Extraordinary Physique.
• Xue Min explained that the Newcomer League determined the national top newcomer and resolved disputes between the Nine Top Martial Arts Universities; Hong Tiangan said this year's contest would decide their shares of Secret Realm regions.
• Jiang Fan practiced the fist technique, channeled scarlet energy into his hand, and shattered the courtyard stones with a punch.
• Jiang Fan compared the old energy-guidance method with the Innate Qi Absorption and Guidance Technique, decided to keep using both, and chose not to tell Hong Tiangan that he had reached Level 4.
• After several days of practice, Jiang Fan went out to investigate a commotion and met Jiang Sichen, who introduced himself.

Jiang Fan met Jiang Sichen, who delivered the Jiang Family’s invitation for him to visit their Jing City branch, but Jiang Fan showed little interest. After training with Xue Min, he bought a saber at the school weapon storehouse and gave her blood-replenishing medicine.

• Jiang Sichen told Jiang Fan that the Jiang Family elders wanted him to visit them in Jing City and explained that the family could offer him cultivation resources.
• Xue Min recognized Jiang Sichen as Kyoto First Martial Arts University’s chief second-year student and suspected Jiang Fan had ties to the Jiang Family, though Jiang Fan denied it.
• Jiang Fan and Xue Min discussed cultivation and practiced together, leaving his courtyard damaged again.
• Jiang Fan told Xue Min he had more than ninety thousand enrollment points and said he wanted to buy a weapon.
• Jiang Fan spent thirty thousand points on a saber at the school weapon storehouse and gave Xue Min several bottles of blood-replenishing medicine.

Jiang Fan discovered that he could hunt mutated beasts in the Secret Realm and quickly raise his vital energy and blood. After learning the Nine Top Martial Arts Universities Newcomer League offered major rewards, he set his sights on first place, beginning with the Newcomer Chief competition.

• Jiang Fan gave Xue Min five bottles of his potent homemade blood-replenishing potion.
• Jiang Fan entered the Secret Realm, confirmed that hunting its mutated beasts granted him Life Energy, and spent the day there.
• Jiang Fan visited the Secret Realm every other day for a week, raising his vital energy and blood to over 1,300.
• Xue Min told Jiang Fan that his potion had raised her vital energy and blood from 1,132 to 1,153 after she used three bottles.
• Xue Min explained the point rewards for the Newcomer Chief competition and the Nine Top Martial Arts Universities Newcomer League, including unlimited Secret Realm access for first place.
• Jiang Fan declared that he would win first place, starting with the Newcomer Chief competition.

Jiang Fan resolved to win the Ninth Martial Arts University's Newcomer Chief Competition and the Newcomer League, while Xue Min and Hong Tiangan discussed backing his ambition. As the Chief Competition began, Xue Min advised Jiang Fan to wait before entering the ring, where endurance and an unwritten order of challengers would shape the contest.

• Jiang Fan decided that winning the Newcomer Chief position and Newcomer League would secure his cultivation resources, and he told Xue Min he was determined to place first.
• Xue Min reported Jiang Fan's confidence to Hong Tiangan, who ordered her to support him and provide whatever he needed before the Newcomer League.
• The Ninth Martial Arts University's Chief Competition began as a ring tournament where the last newcomer standing would become Chief.
• Xue Min advised Jiang Fan to wait because challengers usually entered in order of realm to avoid exhausting the strongest contestants too early.
• The competition's opening clang sounded before Xue Min could finish explaining her advice.

Jiang Fan grew impatient with the Newcomer Chief Competition’s chaotic, slow-moving free-for-all and decided to enter the arena to speed things up. He left Xue Min wondering what he intended to do.

• Freshmen introduced themselves and began a chaotic melee, with contestants repeatedly entering and leaving the arena.
• Qu Fengyang criticized the disorderly competition and asked why stronger students were waiting to fight.
• The Director of Academic Affairs explained that stronger contestants held back because the contest was grueling.
• After learning the competition could last four or five hours, Jiang Fan decided to challenge the contestants immediately.
• Xue Min tried to stop Jiang Fan, but he said he would make the competition end faster and strode toward the stage.

Jiang Fan entered the Chief Competition and overwhelmed wave after wave of newcomers, using the Blazing Sun Void-Breaking Fist to clear the arena and deter weaker challengers. As he prepared to provoke the stronger Martial Artists, someone leaped up to face him.

• Jiang Fan entered the arena and quickly knocked the first group of newcomers off it.
• A stronger wave, including several third-level Martial Artists, joined forces to surround Jiang Fan.
• Jiang Fan rose into the air and struck with the Blazing Sun Void-Breaking Fist, blasting every candidate off the arena.
• Qu Fengyang praised Jiang Fan's strength and comprehension, recognizing him as the Dean's disciple.
• Jiang Fan challenged the crowd to come forward, and a figure leaped onto the arena to accept.

Jiang Fan challenged Ninth Martial Arts University’s freshmen to attack him together and defeated every Level 3 Martial Artist who stepped onto the platform. Qu Fengyang declared that Jiang Fan had earned the chief position, though the Director of Academic Affairs noted that the competition was not officially over.

• Shao Yang and more than a dozen freshmen joined the platform after Jiang Fan provoked them to challenge him.
• Jiang Fan refused to fight the challengers one at a time and invited them to attack together.
• Jiang Fan knocked out several freshmen with swift strikes, prompting Shao Yang to order the others to surround and attack him.
• Jiang Fan evaded the freshmen’s techniques and eliminated every remaining challenger within minutes.
• Xue Min watched in astonishment as Jiang Fan won without using advanced techniques or Heaven and Earth Energy.
• Qu Fengyang praised Jiang Fan and said he deserved the chief position, while the Director of Academic Affairs questioned whether the competition had ended.