Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan reassured Zhou Liang about his future and secretly transferred him ten million Huaxia Coins to support him and Li Mucheng. After seeing Zhou Liang back to Jiangnan University, Ye Fan encountered Qin Feng, who greeted him warmly in front of several astonished young masters.

• Zhou Liang told Ye Fan that he had started dating Li Mucheng and described their plans to study and cultivate together.
• Ye Fan encouraged Zhou Liang to stay ambitious and treat Li Mucheng well.
• Zhou Liang received a transfer of ten million Huaxia Coins from Ye Fan and accepted his encouragement to keep working hard.
• Ye Fan paid for their meal and took Zhou Liang back to Jiangnan University.
• A group of luxury cars arrived outside the university, and Qin Feng ran over to greet Ye Fan, surprising the young masters with him.

Ye Fan befriended Qin Feng, who enlisted Jiangling City's wealthy youths to treat Ye Fan's childhood friend Zhou Liang with respect. Zhou Liang then crashed his motorcycle into a luxury car and faced its arrogant owner, but the arrival of Young Master Hu ended with the owner being slapped.

• Ye Fan recognized Qin Feng and explained that his childhood friend Zhou Liang attended Jiangnan Martial University.
• Qin Feng introduced Ye Fan's credentials to his wealthy companions and ordered them to treat Zhou Liang as they would Qin Feng.
• Zhou Liang rode his motorcycle to meet Li Mucheng but crashed into a Trident luxury car.
• The car's muscular owner and his girlfriend insulted Zhou Liang and Li Mucheng, while Zhou Liang agreed to pay for the damage without revealing his money.
• Young Master Hu and other wealthy youths arrived, questioned Zhou Liang, and Young Master Hu slapped the muscular car owner.

Ye Fan prepared to leave home for Kunlun Martial University, while his connections helped Zhou Liang settle into Jiangling. After bidding farewell to his family, Ye Fan flew with Teacher Zhou Cang to Kunlun Martial University and arrived at the foot of its vast mountain.

• Hu Zongping recognized Zhou Liang as Ye Fan’s brother, punished the muscular man who had attacked him, and arranged for Zhou Liang to borrow a Maybach.
• Ye Fan shared a final family dinner with Lan Cuifang, Ye Ling, Ye Jun, and Teacher Zhou Cang, then practiced the Void Spirit Refining Technique and martial arts through the night.
• Ye Fan said goodbye to his family and left with Teacher Zhou Cang aboard the White Emperor 5000 aircraft.
• Teacher Zhou Cang cleared mutant beasts from their route as the aircraft crossed thousands of kilometers toward Kunlun Martial University.
• Ye Fan and Teacher Zhou Cang arrived at Kunlun Martial University, where the towering Kunlun Mountain made Ye Fan feel small.

Ye Fan arrived at Kunlun Martial University and learned that its Ninth Institute was far behind in the freshman Nine Mountains Challenge. After reuniting with Qin Feng, he discovered that the challenge’s results could affect Zhou Cang’s promotion.

• Zhou Cang brought Ye Fan to Kunlun Martial University, explained that it guarded the Takla Realm, and escorted him through enrollment.
• Ye Fan checked in at Kunlun Martial University and received three Enlightenment Points.
• Lu Meng and Ling Yunfeng boasted that the First Institute had built a lead of over two thousand points over the Ninth Institute and dismissed Ye Fan’s chances.
• Zhou Cang completed Ye Fan’s enrollment, encouraged him to attempt the Nine Mountains Challenge, and left to handle other work.
• Qin Feng met Ye Fan and explained that the challenge ranked institutes by freshmen’s points, with a five-hundred-million-Huaxia-Coin prize pool.
• Qin Feng told Ye Fan that the Ninth Institute ranked ninth and that its challenge ranking was tied to Zhou Cang’s promotion.

Ye Fan learned that the Nine Mountains Challenge would decide whether Zhou Cang or his rival from the First Institute gained full support and the Director of Admissions Office position. He rallied the Ninth Institute’s freshmen and set out to prove they could reach the top three.

• Qin Feng told Ye Fan that the Ninth Institute trailed the First Institute by more than two thousand points, and that the First Institute’s advantage did not include its Quasi-Rookie King.
• Qin Feng invited Ye Fan to the Ninth Institute hall, where Ai Wei and other freshmen discussed their bleak chances in the challenge.
• Ye Fan declared that he would bring the Ninth Institute into the top three, prompting some freshmen to call him Senior Brother.
• Ye Fan led more than a dozen Ninth Institute students toward the challenge site as veteran students watched skeptically.

Ye Fan and the Ninth Institute freshmen headed to the Nine Mountains Challenge, where Ye Fan discovered the demigod corpse used to record the Kunlun Ranking. After learning how the ranking worked, he became interested in climbing it for its special rewards.

• Ye Fan warned the Ninth Institute freshmen not to provoke older students, and Ai Wei urged them to focus on developing their strength.
• Qin Feng teased Ai Wei about sounding like Ye Fan's wife, making her blush and curse at him.
• At the Nine Mountains Challenge, Ye Fan felt crushing pressure from a mountain-sized alien corpse and used his Glazed Jade Body to withstand most of it.
• Qin Feng explained that the Dragon Alliance Leader had killed the demigod and given its corpse to Kunlun Martial University.
• Ye Fan saw Ling Luoli ranked tenth on the Kunlun Ranking and learned that points came from Nine Mountains Challenge amplitudes multiplied by contribution points.

Ye Fan learned that the Nine Mountains Challenge would determine his Combat Power Amplitude and became eager to compete for the Kunlun Ranking’s rare rewards. As the First and Ninth Institutes arrived at the challenge site, their rivalry over the Rookie King title and a large bonus came to a head.

• Qin Feng told Ye Fan that top-ranked students could receive rare treasures, including the Geng Metal Senior Disciple Nie Weiguo had obtained, and Ye Fan resolved to aim for first place on the Kunlun Ranking.
• Qin Feng and Ai Wei said their Combat Power Amplitude was 2, while the Dragon Alliance Leader was the only person known to have reached 9; Ye Fan set out to test his own amplitude.
• Lu Meng urged Ling Yunfeng to defend the First Institute’s Rookie King title, and Ling Yunfeng rallied nearly a hundred students to claim the three hundred million reward and defeat the Ninth Institute.
• Old Pang and Old Ding discussed the institutes’ unfinished trials and the points leaderboard as the two groups arrived at the Nine Mountains Challenge site.
• Ling Yunfeng and Ye Fan led their respective groups into the hall, where they faced one another amid palpable hostility.

Ye Fan accepted Ling Yunfeng’s wager over who would earn more points in the Nine Mountains Trial, with the loser forfeiting a Second-Class Star Sea Quota. As Ling Yunfeng raced ahead, the Ninth Institute fell further behind the leaders, leaving Ye Fan to face a growing points gap.

• Ling Yunfeng challenged Ye Fan to wager a Second-Class Star Sea Quota on their Nine Mountains Trial scores, and Ye Fan agreed.
• Ye Fan and Ling Yunfeng asked the two On-duty Teachers to witness the bet, and they agreed the winner would receive the loser’s quota.
• Ling Yunfeng entered the trial passage, and his points quickly pushed the First Institute’s total higher.
• Ling Yunfeng reached the trial’s third stage, demonstrating a Combat Power Amplitude of 3 and impressing the two On-duty Teachers.
• The Ninth Institute’s score lagged more than three thousand points behind the leaders, weighing heavily on its students.

Ling Yunfeng’s high score put the First Institute far ahead, and its students began claiming victory before Ye Fan entered the Nine Mountains Challenge. Ye Fan discovered that his Battle Heaven: Blood Burn Dao Seed still worked in the trial as humanoid alien enemies appeared in the desert.

• Ling Yunfeng returned after gaining 1,450 points, leaving the First Institute 3,883 points ahead of the Ninth Institute.
• The First Institute’s students demanded the prize money and Ye Fan’s Second-Class Star Sea Trial Quota, while Lu Meng taunted Zhou Cang about Ye Fan’s chances.
• Ai Wei told the First Institute’s students she believed in Ye Fan, and Ye Fan applied to enter the trial.
• Ye Fan entered the trial, found his body and abilities simulated with his blood-and-qi realm suppressed, and confirmed his Battle Heaven: Blood Burn Dao Seed still worked.
• Ye Fan arrived in a scorching desert as humanoid alien races wielding crimson sabers appeared.

Ye Fan discovered that killing simulated aliens in the Nine Mountains Challenge improved his Martial Dao skills, so he used the trial to train while advancing through the mountains. After entering the Second Mountain, he continued fighting at a deliberate pace as spectators mocked him and the on-duty teachers recognized his purpose.

• Ye Fan killed a Mantis Blade Warrior and felt his Martial Dao Skill improve slightly.
• Ye Fan slaughtered groups of low-level Mantis Blade aliens, raising his Tier 3 Spear Technique, Tier 3 Fist Technique, and Spear Intent.
• Ye Fan reached the gate to the Second Mountain and killed its stronger guardian.
• First Institute students mocked Ye Fan for taking so long on the first stage, while Qin Feng challenged some of them to enter the arena with him.
• Ye Fan entered the Second Mountain and continued fighting slowly to temper his skills, which the on-duty teachers recognized as his strategy.

Ye Fan cleared Second Mountain by mastering Fist Intent and defeating its powerful guardian, then advanced through Third Mountain by overwhelming aliens who specialized in mental attacks. His score reached 1,500, and the chapter ended with Qin Feng believing this was only an appetizer.

• Ye Fan fought the muscular aliens on Second Mountain with his fists, advancing his Fist Intent to completion.
• Ye Fan defeated the stage guardian with Blood Burn and entered Third Mountain, raising his Combat Power Amplitude to 3.
• The Ninth Institute students cheered Ye Fan's progress while First Institute students and Ling Yunfeng doubted he could advance much farther.
• Ye Fan used Bewitching Arts to immobilize the mental-attack aliens on Third Mountain and swiftly defeated them.
• Ye Fan's points surged to 1,500, stunning the spectators, while Qin Feng thought the score was only an appetizer.

Ye Fan slaughtered the Starry Sky Alien Race on Third Mountain, and the trial hall learned that he was a Mind Controller. After defeating a powerful alien at the pass to Fourth Mountain, he broke Kunlun Martial University's century-old new student record and became the Rookie King.

• Ling Yunfeng accused Ye Fan of cheating as Ye Fan's points surged on Third Mountain, and Qin Feng and the Ninth Institute students defended him.
• Teacher Wu showed the trial hall footage of Ye Fan killing the Starry Sky Alien Race, and Qin Feng revealed that Ye Fan was a Mind Controller.
• Ye Fan killed more than twenty aliens, then endured a Mental Power Attack from an Early Stage Mountain Sea Realm alien and pierced its head with his spear.
• Ye Fan's points reached 2350, surpassing Wang Hao's record of 2295, and he claimed first place on the new student ranking.

Ye Fan entered the Fourth Mountain and found that the Blazing Sun Golden Toads’ heat and light could strengthen his Great Sun Glazed Body, turning the trial into an opportunity to cultivate. As the Ninth Institute celebrated his progress and the First Institute watched in disbelief, Ling Luoli emerged from her Martial Arts Room and was told that something bad had happened.

• Ye Fan entered the Fourth Mountain, where the First Institute students recognized the Blazing Sun Golden Toads as powerful alien races and predicted he would fail.
• Ai Wei revealed that Ye Fan had Fire Attribute Spiritual Aptitude, giving the Ninth Institute hope that he could handle the toads.
• Ye Fan circulated the Great Sun Glazed Body and absorbed the toads’ heat and light, raising his Glazed Jade Body from 60% to 61%.
• The Ninth Institute students celebrated Ye Fan’s cultivation while the First Institute students watched in shock.
• Ling Luoli left her Martial Arts Room, and a male student hurried over to tell her something bad had happened.

Ling Luoli and Nie Weiguo learned that freshman Ye Fan had broken Kunlun Martial University's Nine Mountains Challenge records and was still growing stronger during the trial. On the Fourth Mountain, Ye Fan completed his Glazed Jade Body and obliterated five Blazing Sun Golden Toads, sending his score soaring.

• A student told Ling Luoli that Ye Fan had broken the freshmen's challenge record, and she was astonished to learn he came from Jiangning City and had reached the Fourth Mountain while continuing to improve.
• Hu Feiyu warned Nie Weiguo that freshman Ye Fan had broken admission and challenge records and reached a Combat Power Amplitude of 4, making Nie Weiguo take notice.
• Ye Fan absorbed radiation from the Blazing Sun Golden Toads and advanced his Glazed Jade Body to Great Completion, transforming his physical strength and durability.
• Five Blazing Sun Golden Toads attacked Ye Fan, and he fought them head-on and blasted all five apart without being injured.
• Ye Fan gained 3,750 points from the five Golden Toads, and students watching the trial erupted in excitement.

Ye Fan defeated a middle-stage Mountain Sea Realm Blazing Sun Golden Toad and entered the Fifth Mountain, setting several records in the freshman trial. As he pressed on to earn more points, Zhou Cang excitedly called Lu Meng.

• The Ninth Institute took first place in the institute rankings, while Ling Yunfeng lamented losing a Second-tier Star Sea Trial slot in his bet.
• Ling Luoli studied Ye Fan's scores and promised to try to exchange a price for her brother's lost trial slot.
• Ye Fan activated Intermediate Blood Burn and defeated the Blazing Sun Golden Toad with one punch.
• Ye Fan charged into the Fifth Mountain, setting records for freshman points, Combat Power Amplitude growth, and time to reach the mountain.
• Zhou Cang jumped up in excitement at the news and called Lu Meng.

Ye Fan dominated the Nine Mountains Mountain-Climbing Trial, earning the Ninth Institute first place and fifth place on the Freshman Nine Mountains Record Ranking. After returning to cheers from the freshmen, he was approached by Ling Luoli, who offered to trade for her younger brother’s second-class Star Sea Trial quota.

• Zhou Cang mocked Lu Meng over Ye Fan’s record-breaking trial performance, and Lu Meng angrily insisted that Zhou Cang had only been lucky.
• Cang Xiaohai congratulated Zhou Cang on recruiting Ye Fan, recommended him for promotion, and asked him to bring Ye Fan to meet him after the trial.
• On the Fifth Mountain, Ye Fan fought three silver-robed Starry Sky Alien Race warriors, killed one, and was defeated by the other two spearing him through the heart.
• Ye Fan returned to the Ninth Institute to cheers and discovered that it had taken first place by more than 33,000 points and that he ranked fifth on the freshman record ranking with 36,000 points.
• Ling Luoli congratulated Ye Fan and offered to exchange for her younger brother’s second-class Star Sea Trial quota.

Ling Luoli asked Ye Fan to help her younger brother, but he refused, earning her cold warning. Teacher Zhou Cang then took Ye Fan to meet the Dean and introduced him to the Huaxia Martial University Freshman Competition, whose generous rewards caught his interest.

• Ling Luoli offered to pay Ye Fan to help Ling Yunfeng, but Ye Fan refused her request.
• Ling Luoli cut off Ling Yunfeng and warned Ye Fan that offending a Senior Sister at Kunlun Martial University was unwise.
• Teacher Zhou Cang arrived, received congratulations on his proposed appointment as Admissions Office director, and summoned Ye Fan to meet the Dean.
• Ye Fan said goodbye to Ai Wei, Qin Feng, and the others, then followed Teacher Zhou Cang away.
• Teacher Zhou Cang explained the Huaxia Martial University Freshman Competition and its generous rewards as they walked toward a villa.

Ye Fan met Dean Cang at his villa, where Cang Xiaohai assessed his strengths and advised him to improve his movement techniques. After discussing the upcoming Huaxia Martial University Freshman Competition, Dean Cang set Ye Fan a goal of fifth place.

• Zhou Cang brought Ye Fan to Dean Cang’s villa and told him to stay humble and composed during their meeting.
• Ye Fan and Zhou Cang found Cang Xiaohai relaxing in a hot spring, and Ye Fan greeted him respectfully.
• Cang Xiaohai assessed Ye Fan’s powerful body, spiritual attributes, and Mental Power, then identified movement techniques as his main weakness.
• Cang Xiaohai offered to answer Ye Fan’s future cultivation questions and asked whether Zhou Cang had told him about the freshman competition.
• Cang Xiaohai praised Ye Fan’s performance in challenging the Nine Mountains and set him a target of fifth place in the Huaxia Martial University Freshman Competition.

Cang Xiaohai warned Ye Fan that winning first place in the Huaxia Martial University Freshman Tournament would bring both a 30-billion Dragon Blood reward and deadly attention from foreign races. After learning that the Blood Demon Civilization had placed a 100-billion bounty on his life, Ye Fan returned to his villa and went to the martial arts room.

• Ye Fan told Cang Xiaohai that he aimed to win first place in the freshman tournament, despite the strength and resources of provincial champions.
• Cang Xiaohai explained that the tournament would be held online, then revealed that first place would earn Dragon Blood worth 30 billion Huaxia Coins, which could raise Ye Fan's blood and qi and potentially grant Dragon Transformation.
• Cang Xiaohai warned Ye Fan that tournament champions became assassination targets, then revealed that a Blood Demon Civilization Demigod, possibly the Howling Wolf Demigod, had offered a 100-billion bounty for Ye Fan's life.
• Cang Xiaohai and Zhou Cang discussed the dangers Ye Fan would face if he pursued first place, while Cang Xiaohai compared his potential to the Dragon Alliance Leader and Ma Yunteng.
• Ye Fan returned to his private villa and went straight to the martial arts room.

Under pressure from the bounty on his head, Ye Fan practiced until he broke through to Tier 4 Spear Technique and awakened Spear Heart Clarity, then collapsed. Zhou Cang, Ai Wei, and Qin Feng found him and watched footage revealing the extraordinary extent of his training.

• After Dean Cang warned him about the hundred-billion bounty, Ye Fan took up his King Weapon spear and practiced to vent his fear and frustration.
• Ye Fan unconsciously entered a state of enlightenment, integrated his spear techniques, and raised his Tier 3 Spear Technique from 93% to Tier 4.
• Ye Fan's Spear Intent advanced to Spear Heart Clarity, and Bingyan gained an opportunity to advance to an Eighth Rank Dao Seed, but Ye Fan did not notice the System notifications.
• After practicing through the night, Ye Fan collapsed in the Martial Arts Room and remained unconscious until the following evening.
• Ai Wei, Qin Feng, and Zhou Cang entered Ye Fan's villa, found him breathing, and placed him on a resting bed.
• Zhou Cang requested the room's surveillance footage, and the three were stunned by what they saw in the recording.