Chapter Summaries

Lin Wuwu's friends challenged the Korean visitors after Li Zhengzai insulted Huaxia, and Lin Nanshan arranged a series of one-on-one matches. Li Yunzhao defeated Yuan Hao in the opening bout, leaving the Huaxia team to send out its next fighter.

• Zhang Bo and Lin Wuwu's friends confronted Li Zhengzai and accepted the Koreans' challenge.
• Lin Nanshan led everyone to the martial arts arena and agreed to the one-on-one match format.
• Wang Bo, Guo Caihe, and Yuan Hao decided their order, with Yuan Hao going first and Wang Bo last.
• Li Yunzhao attacked Yuan Hao with powerful leg techniques and kept him on the defensive.
• Yuan Hao charged in after Li Yunzhao taunted him, and Li Yunzhao struck him from an unexpected angle, knocking him down.
• Wang Bo and the others rushed to check on Yuan Hao as Li Yunzhao called for the next fighter.

Li Yunzhao defeated Guo Caihe after revealing strength close to that of a Level 4 Martial Artist, then faced Wang Bo in the third match. The chapter ends as Li Yunzhao launched a fierce opening kick at Wang Bo.

• Guo Caihe insisted on fighting Li Yunzhao first so Wang Bo could watch and study his moves.
• Li Yunzhao blocked Guo Caihe's attacks, then revealed his concealed strength and knocked her down.
• Wang Bo stepped onto the platform to fight Li Yunzhao despite doubting that he could win.
• Lin Nanshan announced the third match, and Li Yunzhao leaped into the air and kicked toward Wang Bo's head.

Li Yunzhao defeated Wang Bo and taunted Huaxia’s martial artists while Wang Bo tried to summon university geniuses. A young stranger arrived, knocked Li Yunzhao off the stage with one blow, and dismissed him as unimpressive.

• Li Yunzhao overwhelmed Wang Bo with a barrage of kicks and sent him crashing to the edge of the arena.
• Li Yunzhao mocked Huaxia’s martial arts and challenged anyone else to face him while the crowd worried that no one could stop him.
• Wang Bo proposed calling university experts and asked Li Yunzhao to wait while he invited a stronger opponent.
• Li Yunzhao accepted Wang Bo’s challenge and boasted that the Bang Kingdom had the strongest martial artists.
• A young stranger entered the courtyard, insulted the Bang Kingdom, and knocked Li Yunzhao off the stage with a single blow.

Jiang Fan arrived at Nanshan Martial Arts School and defeated Li Yunzhao, then provoked Li Zhengzai by challenging him and Park Jihoon to fight him together. Park Jihoon charged Jiang Fan, beginning the next match.

• Jiang Fan introduced himself as a student of Ninth Martial Arts University and knocked Li Yunzhao down before the crowd could react.
• Jiang Fan mocked Li Zhengzai and offered to let Li Yunzhao attack first in a rematch, angering Li Zhengzai.
• Lin Nanshan told the guests that Jiang Fan was not from his school, and they guessed the Martial Arts Association had sent him.
• Wang Bo recognized Jiang Fan as the Newcomer League champion and assured Lin Wuwu that Nanshan Martial Arts School had nothing to worry about.
• Jiang Fan challenged Li Zhengzai and Park Jihoon to attack him together, and Li Zhengzai ordered Park Jihoon to fight.
• Park Jihoon launched himself at Jiang Fan, starting the second match.

Jiang Fan defeated Park Jihoon in one move, then fought Li Zhengzai and gained the upper hand with his elemental attacks. Li Zhengzai launched a hidden weapon, but a sudden buzz left him frozen as the attack flew toward Jiang Fan.

• Jiang Fan sent Park Jihoon flying with a single exchange, astonishing the crowd and angering Li Zhengzai.
• Lin Wuwu heard that Jiang Fan had also instantly defeated Si Kongyingjie and wondered who he was.
• Jiang Fan restrained Li Zhengzai with Fire Element Energy, then countered his attack with a gigantic fire dragon.
• Jiang Fan and Li Zhengzai traded powerful Fire and Earth Element attacks, with Jiang Fan appearing to hold the advantage.
• Li Zhengzai secretly launched a slender cone at Jiang Fan, then froze when a buzz rang through his head.

Jiang Fan defeated Li Zhengzai and his two disciples at Nanshan Martial Arts School, then told Lin Nanshan to publicize the victory without revealing his identity. He left for the Martial Arts Association, but froze when he noticed Lin Wuwu.

• Jiang Fan overcame Li Zhengzai’s mental attack, knocked him down, and left him unconscious.
• Lin Nanshan and the others celebrated Jiang Fan’s victory, learning he was the Newcomer League champion and a student of Ninth Martial Arts University.
• Jiang Fan asked Lin Nanshan to publicize the defeat of Li Zhengzai’s group but keep Jiang Fan’s name out of it.
• Jiang Fan declined Lin Nanshan’s invitation to lunch and set off to report to Minister Wan himself.
• As Jiang Fan left amid the school’s praise, he noticed Lin Wuwu and froze.

After dealing with Li Zhengzai at Nanshan Martial Arts School, Jiang Fan learned the schoolmasters recognized him as the Newcomer League champion. Jiang Sichen approached him with a renewed invitation to the Jiang Family, and Jiang Fan agreed to go after finishing his current affairs.

• Lin Nanshan introduced his daughter Lin Wuwu to Jiang Fan and saw him off from Nanshan Martial Arts School.
• Wang Bo told Lin Nanshan that Jiang Fan had won the Huaxia Hundred-Schools Newcomer League, easing the schoolmasters’ complaints about the Martial Arts Association.
• Jiang Fan left the school and encountered Jiang Sichen, who said an elder had ordered him to contact Jiang Fan again.
• Jiang Sichen urged Jiang Fan to visit the Jiang Family, warning that Jiang Yunxin might be targeted if he refused.
• Jiang Fan said he could not go immediately but agreed to visit the Jiang Family with Jiang Sichen once he had handled his current affairs.

After a period of cultivation, Jiang Fan challenged the fifth trial of the Martial Arts Space and was overwhelmed by a Python-robed middle-aged man’s strange techniques and speed. He discovered that the opponent’s weakness was the eyes on his robe and began considering how to strike them.

• Jiang Fan returned to Stone Path Cottage and cultivated for over a week, raising his qi and blood to 1,938 and increasing his Spiritual Energy vortex.
• Jiang Fan decided to challenge the fifth trial before visiting Luo City to assess his Psychic level.
• The Python-robed middle-aged man used extreme speed and Bronze Bell Illusions to injure Jiang Fan and defeat him.
• Jiang Fan suspected the man’s techniques came from the Star Map on his robe, then returned to the trial to test the theory.
• Jiang Fan confirmed that threatening the eyes on the robe made the Python-robed middle-aged man falter, and he began planning how to destroy them.

Jiang Fan used Fire Element Energy and Earth Thorns to defeat Zhao Chang, then learned the story behind Zhao Chang’s martial arts inheritance. Studying the Soaring Dragon Astonishing Swan Art, Jiang Fan adapted its flash technique to the abundant energy of the High-Martial World and successfully teleported to an anchor point.

• Jiang Fan found that he could use Heaven and Earth Energy in the arena and defeated Zhao Chang with Fire Dragon Dance and Earth Thorns.
• Jiang Fan entered the Martial Performance Moment, where Zhao Chang recounted his life and revealed that he had lost hope after discovering the human body was a prison.
• Zhao Chang passed on the Soaring Dragon Astonishing Swan Art and explained how its flash technique used anchor points.
• Jiang Fan realized he could form stable anchor points with the abundant energy in the High-Martial World and appeared at one he had created.

Jiang Fan mastered a short-range flash technique by combining Zhao Chang's Soaring Dragon Astonishing Swan Art with spatial anchors, then tested its limits across campus. He told Hong Tiangan he planned to travel to Luo City, and Hong Tiangan advised him to fly and reminded him not to accept unreasonable demands for a Psychic cultivation technique.

• Jiang Fan placed multiple anchors around the arena and discovered he could flash between them.
• Jiang Fan tested the skill across campus, finding he could flash only within his perception range of about one kilometer and fewer than twenty times in succession.
• Jiang Fan surprised Hong Tiangan by appearing beside his courtyard, then told him he planned to leave for Luo City in a couple of days.
• Hong Tiangan advised Jiang Fan to take a plane and discussed his recent cultivation progress with him.
• Hong Tiangan told Jiang Fan to seek the Psychic cultivation technique in Luo City but to refuse excessive demands, promising to find another Psychic teacher if needed.

Jiang Fan traveled from Kyoto to Luo City and met Wen Yu and her young daughter, Ye Xinyan, at the airport. After Yan Yan returned his dropped points card, Jiang Fan helped her reunite with Wen Yu, and they boarded the same flight.

• Jiang Fan prepared for his trip to Luo City, booked a flight, and set off from Kyoto three days later.
• At the airport, Yan Yan chased after Jiang Fan to return the Ninth Martial Arts University points card he had dropped.
• Jiang Fan learned that Yan Yan was waiting for her mother, Wen Yu, and escorted her back to her.
• Jiang Fan and Wen Yu introduced themselves and chatted while waiting for their shared flight.
• When boarding was announced, Jiang Fan told Wen Yu it was time to board and rubbed Yan Yan's head.

Jiang Fan traveled from Kyoto to Luo City with Wen Yu and Yan Yan, discovering that Heaven and Earth Energy was denser at high altitude while sensing a mysterious energy keeping pace with the plane. During the plane’s descent, violent jolts injured a flight attendant, and an elderly passenger saw enormous wings outside the window.

• Wen Yu took Yan Yan aboard the plane, and Yan Yan eagerly waved to Jiang Fan from her seat several rows behind him.
• Jiang Fan declined the in-flight meal and cultivated the Innate Qi Absorption and Guidance Technique, finding that high-altitude Heaven and Earth Energy was unusually dense.
• Jiang Fan sensed an unfamiliar energy body moving beneath the plane, but it repeatedly vanished whenever he tried to investigate it.
• As the plane began descending, a sudden violent jolt threw passengers and luggage around and injured a flight attendant.
• An elderly passenger noticed a pair of enormous wings flapping alongside the plane and casting a shadow over the sky.

General Liu ordered preparations for the sky phantom’s possible descent after Jiao Yang warned that it might be unusual. When a high-level alien beast attacked a passenger plane over Luan City, the military scrambled bombers to help, but the plane was struck and its emergency exit was destroyed.

• Jiao Yang told General Liu and the gathered officers that the persistent sky phantom might descend, and General Liu ordered the military to prepare and seek support from Luo City’s clans and academies.
• A warrant officer reported a Level Four or possibly Level Five flying alien beast near Luan City and said a passenger plane carrying more than two hundred people was in its attack range.
• General Liu ordered an aerial combat squad to launch a rescue, and two bombers took off from the military base.
• The alien beast attacked the passenger plane, forcing the pilot to fight its descent and destroying the cabin’s emergency exit.
• The passengers saw that the emergency exit had been smashed and realized that a little girl had fallen out.

Jiang Fan rescued Ye Xinyan after she fell from the plane, then closed the emergency door and went outside to face the alien beast threatening everyone aboard. As the beast charged back toward the plane, Jiang Fan began gathering fiery-red energy to fight it.

• Jiang Fan saw that Ye Xinyan had fallen from the plane and leaped outside to rescue her.
• Jiang Fan carried Ye Xinyan back into the cabin and helped Wen Yu secure her in her seat.
• Jiang Fan warned Wen Yu that the alien beast still threatened the plane, then went outside and shut the emergency door.
• The passengers and Wen Yu worried that Jiang Fan had sacrificed himself, while Ye Xinyan said he could defeat the monster.
• The alien beast charged back to the plane, and Jiang Fan gathered fiery-red energy to meet it.

Jiang Fan fought a powerful Flying Beast near the passenger plane and killed it with his Flame Dragon Break after keeping its attacks away from the passengers. The passengers survived, and Jiang Fan received 2,852 points of Life Energy.

• Jiang Fan's Fire Dragon Dance collided with the Flying Beast's ice attack, and the blast shook the passenger plane.
• Jiang Fan judged that the beast was near the threshold of Level Five and attacked it with a fiery net and flame arrows.
• The beast froze and shattered Jiang Fan's net, then wounded him with an ice-covered claw before he climbed onto its back and burned its wings.
• The beast unleashed a burst of ice spikes and turned to attack the plane, so Jiang Fan intercepted the attack and drove it away from the passengers.
• Jiang Fan pierced the beast with Flame Dragon Break, killing it and earning 2,852 points of Life Energy.

Jiang Fan absorbed the Life Energy from the Exotic Beast and likely advanced to a Level 5 Martial Artist. After killing the beast, he caught up with the passenger plane and returned to the cabin, where the passengers celebrated his safe return.

• Jiang Fan absorbed more than 2,000 points of Life Energy and believed his blood and qi value had exceeded 2,000.
• Jiang Fan repeatedly flashed through the air, caught up with the passenger plane, and appeared in his seat without opening the safety door.
• Ye Xinyan and the other passengers rejoiced when Jiang Fan returned, and he told them that the Exotic Beast had been dealt with.
• A bomber pilot reported that someone had killed the Flying Exotic Beast with a Flame Spear and flown toward the passenger plane.
• The command center recognized that Jiang Fan had handled the threat and ordered the bombers to return.

After saving Wen Yu and Ye Xinyan from an exotic beast that hijacked their plane, Jiang Fan arrived with them in Luo City. Their reunion with Ye Zitao turned hostile when he wrongly suspected Jiang Fan of approaching his family.

• Ye Zitao learned from an elder that Wen Yu and Ye Xinyan were safe after a mysterious expert killed the beast, and he hurried to the airport.
• Jiang Fan landed in Luo City and received thanks from the crew and passengers for killing the exotic beast.
• Wen Yu and Ye Xinyan caught up with Jiang Fan, and he promised the little girl he would visit her another time.
• Wen Yu tried to thank Jiang Fan and ask for his contact details, but Ye Zitao arrived and demanded to know why Jiang Fan was approaching them.
• Wen Yu told Ye Zitao that Jiang Fan had saved her and Ye Xinyan and warned him to show respect.

After Jiang Fan's arrival in Luo City, Wen Yu and Ye Xinyan defended him against Ye Zitao, whose insincere apology failed to change Jiang Fan's mind. Jiang Fan reached Second Martial Arts University to find Song Xixi, who spotted him at the Martial Arts Arena.

• Wen Yu and Ye Xinyan told Ye Zitao that Jiang Fan had saved them and the passengers, and Ye Zitao began to suspect Jiang Fan was the mysterious expert.
• Jiang Fan declined Wen Yu's offer to escort him and left, prompting Wen Yu to berate Ye Zitao and take Ye Xinyan home by taxi.
• Jiang Fan traveled from the airport to Second Martial Arts University and asked a school-building administrator where to find Song Xixi.
• Song Xixi defeated four students in a sparring match at the Martial Arts Arena, then spotted Jiang Fan and called out to him.

Jiang Fan accompanied Song Xixi to meet her teacher, Ye Qiubai, at the Ye Family's manor. There, he encountered Ye Zitao, who suspected Jiang Fan of having ulterior motives.

• Song Xixi challenged Jiang Fan to fight, but he refused, and she agreed to duel him again after her business was finished.
• Song Xixi changed clothes and took Jiang Fan outside the university to the Ye Manor, where she revealed that her teacher was Ye Qiubai, a sixth-level Psychic and one of the Ye Family's Old Ancestors.
• Song Xixi led Jiang Fan through the Ye Family compound, where the guards greeted her and let them in to see Ye Qiubai.
• Jiang Fan encountered Ye Zitao, who demanded to know his ulterior motive for coming to the manor, and Jiang Fan's expression darkened.

Jiang Fan confronted Ye Zitao over his prejudice, then met Ye Qiubai, the Ye Family’s sixth ancestor, who explained why she had invited him: she believed he was a rare Psychic. The chapter ended with Ye Qiubai asking when Jiang Fan had discovered his psychic abilities and how he cultivated them.

• Jiang Fan rebuked Ye Zitao for accusing him of visiting the Ye Family with ulterior motives, and Song Xixi confirmed that Jiang Fan had come at her invitation.
• Wen Yu and Ye Xinyan arrived, and Song Xixi warned Ye Zitao to set aside any grudge before leading Jiang Fan away to meet her teacher.
• Song Xixi asked Jiang Fan about his conflict with Ye Zitao and questioned him about the incident on the passenger plane, but Jiang Fan avoided answering.
• Song Xixi brought Jiang Fan to Ye Qiubai, who welcomed him and explained that she had invited him because she believed he was a rare Psychic.
• Ye Qiubai asked Jiang Fan when he first discovered his psychic abilities and how he usually cultivated them.