Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan entered the Jiangnan Textile Factory to rescue a hostage from a newly emerged Tier 2 Red-Haired Demon Ape, but the beast overwhelmed both him and Captain Leng Feng. As Leng Feng fought to hold it back, Ye Fan advanced his Peerless Overlord Spear to the threshold of Transcending the Mundane and Entering Sainthood.

• Ye Fan pushed Leng Feng out of the Red-Haired Demon Ape's attack, then pursued it into the Jiangnan Textile Factory to save the hostage.
• Leng Feng called for support while Wu Xie and Jiangning City's guards rushed to respond to the suspected Tier 2 threat.
• Ye Fan checked in at the factory and received five Enlightenment Points before the ape's piercing cry left him briefly dazed.
• Leng Feng struck the Tier 2 ape with Void Splitting Slash, but it wounded him only slightly and the beast turned its attack on the captain.
• As Leng Feng urged him to flee with the hostage, Ye Fan spent two Enlightenment Points on Peerless Overlord Spear and raised its proficiency to 99%, at the threshold of Transcending the Mundane and Entering Sainthood.

Ye Fan and Leng Feng fought the Tier 2 Red-Haired Ape King as Ye Fan awakened the Transcendent Saint level of the Peerless Overlord Spear and then learned the second form of the Overlord King Fist. Ye Fan was sent crashing into a factory after clashing with the beast, which was driven back, as an unknown voice shouted for it to die.

• Leng Feng urged Ye Fan to flee while he held off the Red-Haired Ape King, but Ye Fan refused to abandon him.
• Ye Fan thrust his spear into the Red-Haired Ape King's back while Leng Feng pinned it with his strongest Void Splitting Slash, though the spear stopped against the beast's bones.
• The Red-Haired Ape King punched at Ye Fan, who dodged and broke through to Tier 2 Fist Technique before using Enlightenment Points to advance the Supreme Royal Court form of the Overlord King Fist.
• Ye Fan met the Red-Haired Ape King's punch head-on with Supreme Royal Court, and their clash sent him through the windows of a factory while forcing the beast back more than ten steps.
• A cold voice shouted for the Red-Haired Ape King to die.

Wu Xie and the Mechanical Legion attacked the Tier 2 Red-Haired Ape King while Wu Xie rescued Ye Fan from the factory debris. Ye Fan discovered that the battle had nurtured a Ninth-Grade Dao Seed—Bingyan, and wondered what its ability was.

• Wu Xie arrived and took over the fight against the Red-Haired Ape King, using the Nine-Fold Overlapping Wave Staff to suppress it.
• Gunpowder told the squad that Ye Fan had broken the beast’s Golden Body and knocked it back, while the Mechanical Legion arrived and requested permission to attack.
• Wu Xie ordered the Mechanical Legion to fire, and its drones and alloy robots bombarded the Red-Haired Ape King.
• Wu Xie found Ye Fan beneath shattered debris and confirmed that he had only suffered light injuries.
• Ye Fan received a prompt saying that helping slay the Red-Haired Ape King had nurtured a Ninth-Grade Dao Seed—Bingyan.

After conceiving the Bingyan Dao Seed, Ye Fan recovered from his injuries and learned that the Red-Haired Ape King’s corpse contained an ancient tripod emitting a medicinal fragrance. He suspected it was connected to a treasure his father had escorted, and the squad prepared to investigate its origins.

• Ye Fan examined the Bingyan Dao Seed’s weapon-fusion, spear-enhancement, and weapon-control abilities, then accepted and quickly drank Leng Feng’s recovery potions.
• Ye Fan recovered alongside Leng Feng as his powerful physique rapidly restored his strength.
• Wu Xie returned after the Red-Haired Ape King was defeated and revealed that a cracked tripod inside the beast was releasing a strange medicinal fragrance that might have caused the ape tide.
• Wu Xie promised Ye Fan a reward and a share of any treasure’s value based on his contribution, and told him to call him Uncle Wu in private.
• Ye Fan photographed the tripod, which professionals were extracting from the ape’s corpse, intending to ask his father about it.
• A bald First Squad member praised Ye Fan enthusiastically, making Ye Fan wary of his intentions.

After the beast tide ended, Gunpowder welcomed Ye Fan to the squad with a lavish dinner, where Ye Fan’s fame and newfound strength became clear. Wu Xie gave Ye Fan an access card to a new residence, and Ye Fan took Ye Ling to their old home to pack, where he heard an argument inside.

• Wu Yao and the squad members introduced themselves to Ye Fan and welcomed him after his battle against the mutated beasts.
• Wu Xie confirmed that the threat was over, and Gunpowder invited the squad to celebrate at Taotie Tower.
• At dinner, Ye Fan learned that footage of him fighting the beasts had made him a celebrity, and eating ranked-beast meat raised his Vitality Value by eight points.
• Wu Xie gave Ye Fan an access card to a new residence and let him use a Martial Hall vehicle.
• Ye Fan picked Ye Ling up from the hospital and drove her to their old home to pack, then spoke with his friend Zhou Liang.
• After Ye Ling went upstairs, Ye Fan heard an argument inside the old home.

Ye Fan rescued Ye Ling from a lecherous landlord and brought her to their new home at Villa No. 017 in Linjiang No. 1. On the way, Ye Ling asked him to teach her martial arts so she could protect their family, and the siblings were left amazed by the villa.

• Ye Fan hurried to the family's old apartment and found the landlord harassing Ye Ling as she packed their belongings.
• Ye Fan slapped the landlord away, then revealed his Martial Warrior status by activating the housing card for Villa No. 017 in Linjiang No. 1.
• Ye Ling told Ye Fan she wanted to practice martial arts to protect herself and their family, and he agreed to teach her stance training.
• Ye Fan told Ye Ling about Jin Lian's betrayal at the Jiangnan Martial University Trial Camp, and Ye Ling vowed to seek justice for their family.
• Ye Fan and Ye Ling arrived at Villa No. 017 and were shocked by its furnishings and facilities.

Ye Fan settled his family into a luxurious villa provided by the Star Martial Hall and entered the Starry Sky Combat Network to check the requirements for upgrading his A-Rank cultivation contract. After learning how demanding the higher ranks were, he decided to test his limits.

• Ye Fan welcomed Ye Ling into Villa No. 17 and explained that it came with his Star Martial Hall contract.
• Ye Ling registered her biometric information, then followed Xiao Zhi upstairs to choose a room.
• Ye Fan explored the villa's Martial Arts Room and replied to messages from teachers, contacts, and classmates.
• Ye Fan entered the Starry Sky Combat Network and chose a mature sister in traditional Huaxia clothing as his Smart Brain.
• Ye Fan reviewed the S-Rank, SS-Rank, and SSS-Rank advancement requirements, then resolved to see how far he could go.

Ye Fan entered the Starry Sky Combat Network’s Combat Trial Channel and rapidly won his way through the Bronze Warrior ranks. As he approached a promotion match, Star Martial Hall leaders learned of his extraordinary spear technique and suspected he had formed a Spear Intent Seed.

• Ye Fan chose the Combat Trial Channel, concealed his identity, and defeated a hammer-wielding opponent with one spear strike.
• Ye Fan won ten consecutive Bronze Warrior trials, defeating an elf-like Wood Attribute Martial Warrior by breaking through her vines and wooden barriers.
• Ai Qi asked Ai Wei to avenge her defeat, and Ai Wei decided to pursue Ye Fan.
• Wu Xie reported Ye Fan’s remarkable spear technique and suspected Spear Intent Seed to Yin Shanyue, who chose to wait before reporting him to higher ranks.
• Ye Fan’s win streak reached twenty-nine consecutive victories, and he prepared for his next promotion match.

Ye Fan fought Ai Wei in his thirtieth Starry Sky Combat Network match, seeking the win that would promote him to Golden Commander and earn a bonus. Their battle escalated as Ai Wei used water-based techniques and Ye Fan answered with his Transcendent Saint-level spear skill and Spear Intent.

• Two Candle Flame Martial Hall Mountain Sea Realm Martial Warriors noticed Ye Fan's twenty-nine consecutive victories and discussed his talent and Ai Wei's use of an account to help her younger sister.
• Ye Fan anticipated earning the promotion bonus so he could buy foundation-tempering potions for Ye Ling.
• Ai Wei entered the arena, recognized Ye Fan from Ai Qi's description, and attacked with two bracelets transformed into Water Flood Dragons.
• Ye Fan shattered Ai Wei's Water Flood Dragons with his spear, and Ai Wei praised his talent before they resumed fighting.
• Ai Wei used her major-mastery Raging Waves skill, but Ye Fan pierced through it with his Transcendent Saint-level Peerless Overlord Spear technique.
• Ai Wei empowered her bracelet beads with the conception of water, and Ye Fan countered with Spear Intent as their attacks collided.

Ye Fan defeated Ai Wei to earn his thirtieth consecutive victory and advance to Golden Commander, then stopped challenging after reaching his limit. Ai Wei and two Candle Flame Martial Hall chairmen reacted to his strength, and one chairman learned Ye Fan had been rejected by Jiangnan Martial University.

• Ye Fan used his Spear Intent Seed, King-grade Overlord King Fist, and Weapon Control to overcome Ai Wei’s attacks and defeat her.
• Ai Wei revealed that her true rank was Golden Commander before vanishing from the arena.
• Ye Fan received improvements to his Spear Technique and Spear Intent Seed, advanced to Golden Commander, and stopped his challenge.
• Ai Qi learned Ai Wei had lost and rushed off to tell her grandfather that Ye Fan had groped Ai Wei.
• Two Candle Flame Martial Hall chairmen investigated Ye Fan and discovered that Jiangnan Martial University had rejected him, enraging the Giant Elephant Lineage chairman.

Ying Cong learned that Ye Fan had achieved thirty consecutive victories on the Starry Sky Combat Network and defeated a provincial exam contender, prompting Xiang Shan to order him to investigate and offer Ye Fan a Class A Cultivation Contract. After leaving the Combat Trial Channel, Ye Fan asked the Mature Sister AI to design an efficient vitality enhancement plan, and she began presenting options.

• Xiang Shan called Ying Cong and asked whether Ye Fan had attended Jiangnan Martial University's Trial Camp.
• Ying Cong described Ye Fan as talentless and said he had expelled him from the camp while demanding two hundred thousand Huaxia Coins in expenses.
• Xiang Shan revealed Ye Fan's thirty consecutive victories and his defeat of a seeded contender, then ordered Ying Cong to verify his identity and offer him a Class A Cultivation Contract.
• Ying Cong doubted the report but grew uneasy as he remembered Ye Fan's warning that the university would regret expelling him.
• Ye Fan asked the Mature Sister AI for the most efficient plan to raise his vitality, and she began listing three options.

Ye Fan planned to improve his Vitality Value through expensive beast meat and genetic potions while balancing martial cultivation with his studies. After spending more than 2.9 million Huaxia Coins on supplies and medicine for himself and Ye Ling, he left the Underground Martial Arts Room and found her ready for a lesson.

• Ye Fan settled on preparing for the Citywide Joint Examination while raising his Vitality Value and Mental Power, and the Mature Sister AI outlined three ways to increase his vitality.
• Ye Fan chose Ironhide Blood Rhino meat and Foundation Strengthening No. 1, then received 89,836 Huaxia Coins after taxes from his Starry Sky Combat Network prize.
• Ye Fan ordered a month's supply of cooked rhino meat and sixty doses of Foundation Strengthening No. 1, spending 2.85 million Huaxia Coins.
• Ye Fan bought medicinal fluid for Ye Ling and spent more than 2.9 million Huaxia Coins in total, while deciding to keep his Dao Seed secret.
• Ye Fan left the Underground Martial Arts Room, and Ye Ling greeted him after finishing her homework and asked him to teach her martial arts.

Ye Fan trained Ye Ling, cultivated the Void Spirit Refining Technique, and cared for his family as his father recovered. After agreeing to receive a Heroic Youth commendation at school, Ye Fan returned to City First High School while Meng Xiong led the Meng Clan to plead guilty to Ye Fan’s family.

• Ye Fan taught Ye Ling the Hidden Dragon Stance, then raised his mental power and willpower through overnight cultivation.
• Ye Fan prepared breakfast, gave Ye Ling medicine to ease her training fatigue, and drove her to school before visiting his recovering father, Ye Jun.
• Teacher Ma invited Ye Fan to City First High School for a Heroic Youth commendation, and Ye Fan agreed to attend for the prize money and Enlightenment Points.
• Ye Fan arrived at school to find banners welcoming his triumphant return.
• Meng Xiong and Elder Shen arrived at the hospital with the Meng Clan, intending to plead guilty to Ye Jun.

Ye Fan attended a ceremony at Jiangning City First High, where the school and local officials celebrated his achievements and he promised to excel in upcoming exams. As Ye Fan prepared to spar with Teacher Fang, specially recruited teacher Ying Cong panicked after recognizing him in footage and decided to go to Jiangning.

• Students and staff at Jiangning City First High eagerly anticipated Ye Fan's arrival and welcomed him as a rising hero.
• Wu Xie, an Education Bureau leader, and school officials praised Ye Fan and encouraged students to follow his example.
• Ye Fan thanked the guests, his teachers, and his classmates, then vowed to fight hard in the June Citywide Joint Examination and July Martial Unification Exam.
• Teacher Fang invited Ye Fan to spar, and Ye Fan accepted and took a wooden spear.
• Ying Cong recognized Ye Fan in footage from Vice Principal Xiang Shan and resolved to visit Jiangning.

After receiving praise for his achievements, Ye Fan thanked Teacher Fang and arranged to continue martial training through the Star Martial Hall. He planned an intensive cultivation schedule and agreed to help Liu Lou, while a distant relative who had once refused to help his family began eyeing his new resources.

• Students celebrated Ye Fan's martial skill after his school commendation, and a television broadcast brought his achievement to his distant relatives in Jiangyin City.
• The freckle-faced little fatty asked his mother to teach him martial arts, and she planned to visit Ye Fan to seek his guidance and cultivation resources.
• Teacher Fang praised Ye Fan, and Ye Fan explained that he would keep attending cultural classes while training with the Star Martial Hall under Captain Wu Xie.
• Ye Fan thanked Teacher Fang for supporting him and estimated that his Vitality Value could rise by at least seven hundred points before the entrance examination.
• Liu Lou approached Ye Fan to ask for help, and Ye Fan agreed before hearing him finish.

Ye Fan demonstrated his mastery of Cannon Fist, offered Liu Lou regular guidance, and trained with Leng Feng at the Star Martial Hall. Meanwhile, Zhou Liang told Ye Fan about his feelings for Sang Tiantian, and recruitment teacher Ying Cong arrived in Jiangning to visit Ye Fan.

• Ye Fan effortlessly handled Liu Lou's Cannon Fist and demonstrated the eight-sound technique at the Perfection Realm.
• Ye Fan promised to guide Liu Lou after morning classes until the Martial Unification College Entrance Examination.
• Zhou Liang brought Ye Fan his missed class notes and said Sang Tiantian had agreed to date him, while admitting he knew she might not truly like him.
• Ye Fan drove to the Star Martial Hall Jiangning Office and sparred with Leng Feng.
• Ying Cong arrived in Jiangning and decided to visit Ye Fan at his home.

Ying Cong went to Ye Fan’s listed address, assaulted a man there, and then confronted Ye Fan to recruit him for Jiangnan Martial University. When Ying Cong threatened Ye Fan after he refused, someone rushed in with a warning.

• Ying Cong visited the address Ye Fan had provided, heard a man beating a woman, and knocked on the door.
• The bald man attacked Ying Cong, who struck him hard and fled without checking whether he had survived.
• Ye Fan sparred with Leng Feng for two hours, improving his techniques, Spear Intent Seed, and vitality.
• Ying Cong called Ye Fan and arranged to meet him, then offered him Jiangnan Martial University’s A-Rank Cultivation Contract.
• Ye Fan refused the offer and returned Ying Cong’s earlier insult, prompting Ying Cong to threaten him.
• A figure rushed toward them and shouted, “You dare touch my people?!”

Wu Xie rescued Ye Fan from Ying Cong after breaking through to the Star River Realm, then agreed to help him find high-grade weapon fragments. As Ye Fan’s studies and cultivation advanced, his father Ye Jun was discharged from the hospital, and an uninvited guest arrived at the Ye Family.

• Wu Xie struck Ying Cong and sent him flying after Ying Cong tried to force Ye Fan into submission.
• Wu Xie revealed that he was the Star Martial Hall Jiangning Office captain and left with Ye Fan, while police stopped Ying Cong for questioning about an assault.
• Wu Xie told Ye Fan that a treasure he had won from Bai Nuli had helped him break through to the Star River Realm, then agreed to help find high-grade weapon fragments.
• Ye Fan attended classes, improved at difficult mathematics problems, and continued raising his Vitality Value and other abilities through training and nourishment.
• Ye Jun was discharged from the hospital, and an uninvited guest arrived at the Ye Family.

Ye Fan rejected his aunt Lan Cuixiang after she arrived seeking favor, then settled his parents into their new villa. Wu Xie called to tell him that the Medicinal Fragrance Tripod from the Red-Haired Ape King held something precious and that Ye Fan would receive a reward.

• Lan Cuixiang arrived at Ye Fan's villa with her son and husband, hoping to benefit from his success.
• Lan Cuixiang's son attacked her after she slapped him, and Ye Fan kicked him away.
• Ye Fan rebuked Lan Cuixiang for refusing to lend money when Ye Jun was near death, then used his Tyrant Body aura to make her family collapse as he drove into the villa district.
• Linjiang No. 1 security guards warned Lan Cuixiang to stop causing a disturbance and cautioned her against slandering a Martial Warrior.
• Ye Fan showed his parents around their new home, and Lan Cuifang and Ye Jun cried with happiness.
• Wu Xie told Ye Fan that researchers had found something extremely precious inside the Medicinal Fragrance Tripod and that Ye Fan would receive a reward.

Ye Fan received a rare essence and weapon fragments from Wu Xie, then used the essence to rapidly raise his vitality to 1,150 calories and reach Spirit Stream Realm Seventh Grade. With the Citywide Joint Examination two days away, he believed he could soon break through 1,200 calories and face Ying Cong with confidence.

• Wu Xie told Ye Fan that researchers had extracted a valuable essence from the small cauldron and arranged to deliver 1 mg of it along with the weapon fragments.
• Ye Fan shared a joyful family dinner with Ye Ling, Lan Cuifang, and Ye Jun before the delivery arrived at the villa.
• Ye Fan opened the alloy briefcase and swallowed the jade-green essence, which triggered a powerful response in his Tyrant Body.
• Ye Fan's Vitality Value climbed by 700 calories to 1,150, advancing him to Spirit Stream Realm Seventh Grade.
• Ye Fan expected to reach Spirit Stream Realm Eighth Grade before the Citywide Joint Examination and believed he could contend with Ying Cong.