Chapter Summaries

Xue Jing took charge of the martial arts exam class, using overwhelming psychic pressure to discipline the students and promising to help them improve. He began individual training by sending Xu Zixuan crashing into a wall, then told the next student that he was a true gender equality advocate.

• Xue Jing entered the noisy classroom and forced the students into their seats with his psychic aura.
• Xue Jing punished Xu Zixuan for secretly insulting Chen Xingyan by flicking him into the ceiling, then introduced himself and addressed the class.
• Xue Jing told the students they were mediocre but could still reach the top with his help, then took them to the training ground.
• Xue Jing called the students forward in order for practical training and knocked the recovered Xu Zixuan unconscious by hurling him into a wall.
• Xue Jing told the trembling female student who came next that he was a true gender equality advocate.

Xue Jing tested his students in combat, then healed them and earned their gratitude. After leading them to the cafeteria, he disappeared from their group and was found cooking behind the serving counter.

• Xue Jing faced Yuan Baijing's three-strike Courage Word Spear Art and stopped each attack with a finger before disarming him.
• Xue Jing healed Yuan Baijing and secretly copied martial arts knowledge from his mind.
• Xue Jing used his Life Force to heal the injured students, then brought them to the cafeteria for lunch.
• He Han revealed that he had spoken with Xue Jing's driver, prompting Chen Xingyan to scold him for risking their secrets.
• The students found Xue Jing in the cafeteria kitchen, slicing ingredients with a strange knife while wearing a white apron.

Xue Jing tested his students, stopping Yuan Baijing’s Courage Word Spear Art with one finger before healing him and the other injured students with his life force. The class went to the cafeteria, where they discovered Xue Jing cooking behind the serving counter.

• Xue Jing fought the students one by one, then faced Yuan Baijing and blocked all three strikes of his Courage Word Spear Art before disarming him.
• Xue Jing secretly copied Yuan Baijing’s martial arts knowledge while healing his injuries with the Dragon Sakura Seed’s life force.
• Xue Jing healed the rest of the injured students, earning their gratitude, then led the class to the cafeteria for lunch.
• He Han admitted to Chen Xingyan that he had gathered intelligence from Xue Jing and his driver the previous day.
• The students found Xue Jing wearing an apron and rapidly preparing food behind the cafeteria counter.

Xue Jing selected seven promising or suspicious students and developed a powerful, broadly adaptable move based on the Courage Word Spear Art. He demonstrated the move at the training grounds, leaving the students stunned and the mansion wall destroyed.

• Xue Jing reviewed the student files and identified Cao Sini, Yuan Baijing, Chen Xingyan, He Han, Zhao Longtu, Ye Jingqiu, and Xu Zixuan as students needing special attention.
• Xue Jing decided to improve the students’ combat power by adapting the Courage Word Spear Art into a move that did not require a spear.
• Xue Jing summoned the students to the training grounds and promised to provide their meals during the exam.
• Xue Jing had the students stack sandbags, then told them to watch as he unleashed a punch that pulverized the sandbags and blasted through the mansion’s wall.
• Cao Sini asked Xue Jing what the move was called, and he named it Serious Punch.

Xue Jing demonstrated the devastating Serious Punch and used Empowerment to teach it to his students, beginning with Cao Sini. He taught the class in turn, but failed to probe Xu Zixuan’s mind, and Ye Jingqiu ended the lesson frustrated after Xue Jing refused to let her lean on him.

• Xue Jing unleashed a Serious Punch that flattened a vast stretch of grassland beyond Xuanwu Mansion and explained how he had developed the move.
• Cao Sini asked to learn the technique, received Xue Jing’s Empowerment, and replicated the Serious Punch with a Piercing Hand before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Xue Jing assured the students he could teach them all and began empowering them in student number order, starting with Xu Zixuan.
• Xue Jing’s attempt to draw information from Xu Zixuan failed when Xu Zixuan’s mental defenses locked down, though Xue Jing realized Xu was wary of him.
• Xue Jing empowered the rest of the students, who excitedly celebrated learning the move despite their exhaustion.
• Ye Jingqiu tried to lean on Xue Jing after her empowerment, but he stopped her with one finger and told her to sit and rest.

Xue Jing learned that Zhao Longtu was at the Supreme Martial Ascension Palace and set out to bring him back, with Ning Yuan Tai and Cao Sini accompanying him. After arriving, Xue Jing registered with the Palace’s AI, Xuan Ling, and began the test that would assign his starting floor.

• Xue Jing read Zhao Longtu’s file and learned that he had reached the 8,233rd floor of the Supreme Martial Ascension Palace.
• Xue Jing decided to go after Zhao Longtu, and Ning Yuan Tai arranged an aircraft while Cao Sini asked to come along.
• Xue Jing and his companions flew to the Palace as the students watched them leave, and Xue Jing learned that Cao Sini came from the Cao Clan.
• Xue Jing arrived at the Palace, registered as Ascender Xue Jing, and asked Xuan Ling to begin his test.

Xue Jing took the Supreme Martial Ascension Palace’s first test and unleashed his full martial strength on the SC Force Field, earning an A+ rank. His astonishing result shocked the martial artists watching, while Yu Ruoying noticed the palace’s faint vibrations and asked Li Suisui if he was ready.

• A leather-clad woman and her companions watched Xue Jing, discussed Li Suisui’s impending challenge to Yu Ruoying, and expected Xue Jing to become a stepping stone for him.
• Xuan Ling generated an SC Force Field, and Ning Yuan Tai explained that it was connected to the entire palace and could withstand immense force.
• Xue Jing activated Twin Life and Reverse Scale of the Heavens, then struck the field with a barrage of Continuous Serious Punches that swept nearby martial artists off their feet.
• Yu Ruoying sensed faint vibrations traveling through the palace, learned they came from Xue Jing’s test, and asked Li Suisui whether he was ready.
• Xuan Ling awarded Xue Jing an A+ rank, prompting onlookers to realize his attack power matched that of a martial artist near or beyond a second Limit Break.
• The leather-clad woman’s group acknowledged Xue Jing’s strength and resolved to stay behind others when they entered the Steel Tree Sea.

After earning an unprecedented A+ rating, Xue Jing received special help from Xuan Ling and was moved to the 8493rd floor to find Zhao Longtu. He arrived as Zhao Longtu defeated another challenger, then entered the arena to face him.

• Xue Jing recovered from using Continuous Serious Punches, and Xuan Ling explained that she had allocated extra processing power to him after his A+ rating.
• Ning Yuan Tai described how exceptional the A+ result was, and Xuan Ling located Zhao Longtu on the 8493rd floor.
• Xuan Ling used Four-Dimensional Movement to take Xue Jing directly to Zhao Longtu's floor.
• Xue Jing found Zhao Longtu fighting in Arena No. 064, where spectators discussed the young fighter's rapid progress.
• After Zhao Longtu knocked Ji Yang out of the arena, Xue Jing voted Average and stepped forward as his next challenger.

Xue Jing defeated Zhao Longtu in the Supreme Martial Ascension Palace despite being weakened, then brought the unconscious fighter back to Xuanwu Mansion. After Zhao Longtu woke in the medical room, Cao Sini told him that Xue Jing was the teacher he had already fought.

• Zhao Longtu sensed that Xue Jing was in poor condition and offered to postpone their fight, but Xue Jing insisted he was ready.
• Zhao Longtu attacked with the Asura Great Rhinoceros Stance, and Xue Jing used the Eye Piercing Style and Seamless Heavenly Garment to break his strength and knock him unconscious.
• Xue Jing dragged Zhao Longtu back to the preparation hall, where Ning Yuan Tai and Cao Sini recognized him, then left with him for Xuanwu Mansion.
• He Han tricked the waking Zhao Longtu with a story about humanity's extinction and the Demon King Xue until Cao Sini interrupted him and told Zhao Longtu to meet the teacher.
• Cao Sini revealed that the teacher was Xue Jing, the examiner Zhao Longtu had just fought, and Zhao Longtu remembered Xue Jing's warning about his intuition.

Zhao Longtu refused to meet Xue Jing and fought Cao Sini when she tried to bring him over. Xue Jing stopped Cao Sini’s Serious Punch, rescued Zhao Longtu, and sent Cao Sini to rest.

• Zhao Longtu tried to flee the infirmary because he distrusted teachers, but Cao Sini pursued him and fought him on the training ground.
• The students dismissed He Han’s account of Xue Jing dragging Zhao Longtu back, leaving He Han furious that nobody believed him.
• Cao Sini unleashed Serious Punch against Zhao Longtu, and Xue Jing intervened by knocking Zhao Longtu out of its path.
• Xue Jing emerged unharmed after using Nonexistent Beast to evade the punch, restored some of Cao Sini’s strength with Dragon Cherry, and reassured her.
• Xue Jing apologized to the workers repairing the mansion wall after Zhao Longtu was embedded in it by his slap.

Xue Jing offered Zhao Longtu a deal: he would teach him martial arts during the exam period in exchange for Zhao Longtu's full cooperation. Zhao Longtu accepted and rejoined the students, where Xue Jing began a game involving a bell.

• Xue Jing explained Zhao Longtu's past: after discovering his teacher Yao Yushan's intentions, Zhao Longtu resisted him, and the school pressured Zhao Longtu to keep the incident quiet.
• Xue Jing proposed teaching Zhao Longtu martial arts during the exam period in return for Zhao Longtu cooperating with him and the other students.
• Zhao Longtu accepted the deal and called Xue Jing his teacher, letting go of some of his resistance.
• Zhao Longtu rejoined the students, where He Han fooled him again with a string of fake names and the group laughed.
• Xue Jing announced a game and brought out a bell, prompting He Han to accuse him of copying Kakashi before Xue Jing corrected him.

Xue Jing set his students a half-hour challenge to make the bell on his waist ring, with his dinner as the prize, and demonstrated how difficult it was by silently controlling the bell and repelling their attacks. The students launched a coordinated assault, but Xue Jing countered them and swept many of them into a whirlwind.

• Xue Jing explained that the students’ Joint Exam results included Personal Score and team score, then challenged them to make his bell ring before half an hour passed or lose dinner.
• He Han’s punch sent a shockwave at Xue Jing, but the bell made no sound because Xue Jing stopped its clapper from hitting the shell.
• Chen Xingyan explained the bell’s mechanics, and the students devised a plan to strike and break it; Xue Jing also guessed that He Han was waiting as a surprise attacker.
• The students attacked Xue Jing from multiple directions, but he criticized their timing and easily turned aside their blows.
• Cao Sini and Zhao Longtu attacked together as He Han reached for the bell, then more than twenty students joined the assault.
• Xue Jing activated Golden Scale Skin and spun into a whirlwind that swept dozens of students into the air.

Xue Jing took his students to the Steel Tree Sea for the Seventh City Circle Joint Exam after three days of intensive training. At the Exam Hall entrance, Zhou Yinglin reunited with Xue Jing as a Secret Martial Society informant and warned his allies about Xue Jing’s strength.

• After the students failed to ring the bell on Xue Jing within half an hour, they went hungry that night, then Zhao Longtu discovered how delicious Xue Jing’s cooking was at breakfast.
• Xue Jing trained the students for three more days before taking them by aircraft to the Steel Tree Sea for the Joint Exam.
• On the flight, the students discussed the exam’s dangers and expressed confidence in the strength they had gained under Xue Jing.
• At the Steel Tree Sea entrance, Xue Jing saw students from other Exam Halls, including Zhou Yinglin, who had joined the Secret Martial Society’s plan as an adviser and source of intelligence.
• Zhou Yinglin warned his allies that Xue Jing had a powerful attack-enhancing move and advised them not to confront him head-on.

Xue Jing met Wei Yuzhao, an immensely powerful member of the Secret Martial Society’s Innovation Faction, and absorbed enough Divinity to unlock the special skill Crimson. After refusing Wei’s invitation and activating the skill, Xue Jing watched the arrival of Li Suisui, the famed young martial arts prodigy.

• The examiners questioned Ji Huaiyu about Xue Jing, but Ji Huaiyu said Xue Jing was strong and had no weaknesses they could exploit.
• Wei Yuzhao introduced himself to Xue Jing as a Blessed member of the Secret Martial Society’s Innovation Faction and invited him to join.
• Xue Jing absorbed Wei Yuzhao’s Divinity, unlocked the Crimson special skill, and refused his invitation.
• Xue Jing activated Crimson, a skill that traded his special abilities for enhanced flesh-and-blood strength.
• An aircraft from Extreme City’s number one Exam Hall arrived carrying Li Suisui, whom Chen Xingyan identified as the strongest young martial arts genius.

Li Suisui arrived for the Steel Tree Sea exam and ordered the Secret Martial Society team to prioritize capturing Xue Jing and undermining his students’ results. Xue Jing led his students into the Steel Tree Sea, where they began adapting to its harsh conditions and Ye Jingqiu seized a chance to cling to him.

• Li Suisui told Zhou Yinglin and the other examiners that they should capture Xue Jing rather than kill him, then proposed sabotaging Xue Jing’s students as a fallback plan.
• Xue Jing and the examiners watched officials distribute backpacks, tactical suits, and wristbands to the examinees.
• Cao Sini showed Xue Jing her wristband and promised she would not disappoint him in the exam.
• Xue Jing led his students through the entrance into the Steel Tree Sea, where they struggled with the heavy gravity and metallic environment.
• Ye Jingqiu pretended to stumble and wrapped her arms around Xue Jing, inhaling deeply against his chest.

Xue Jing explained the Joint Martial Exam rules and led his class to form one team, promising to protect every student. After leaving them to explore, he successfully contracted a metal tree and realized he could use his abilities to exploit the exam’s restrictions.

• Ye Jingqiu inhaled Xue Jing’s scent and nearly collapsed, so he asked Fu Jiali to look after her.
• Xue Jing instructed the students to register as one team, and all thirty-one class members joined together.
• Xue Jing promised the students that he would protect them and ensure they left the exam safely.
• Xue Jing left the class in place and successfully used Plant Contract on a silver-gray metal tree, compressing it into a seed and storing it in a rift.
• Xue Jing considered how he could take advantage of the restrictions on examiners while making it appear that the metal tree had acted on its own.

Xue Jing led his students toward B2 Zone during the Joint Exam, but a Sky Cone locked onto Fu Jiali and began descending toward her. He stayed behind to save her, activated Crimson, and met the gaze of the Lord of Crimson.

• Xue Jing ordered the students to move toward B2 Zone after the mandatory Movement Mission began, while Fu Jiali and Zhong Wei supported the dazed Ye Jingqiu.
• Xue Jing kept watch as the group traveled through the Steel Tree Sea and considered the danger posed by rival examiners, especially Li Suisui.
• A Sky Cone appeared above Fu Jiali, immobilized her, and began descending toward her head; Xue Jing told the other students to continue onward while he stayed with her.
• Xue Jing reassured Fu Jiali, told her to close her eyes, and climbed a metal tree to confront the Sky Cone.
• Xue Jing activated Crimson, as his Divinity Skills turned crimson and the Lord of Crimson appeared to lock eyes with him.

After activating Crimson, Xue Jing encountered the Lord of Crimson’s true form and returned with a huge increase in Divinity and overwhelming physical power. He destroyed the Sky Cone threatening Fu Jiali, then discovered that Crimson let him control blood outside his body and began developing new techniques.

• Xue Jing returned from the void after a garbled notification announced that Divinity absorption was complete, and he suspected A Ban had affected the Lord of Crimson.
• Crimson raised Xue Jing’s Body stat to 11203 and gave him enough strength to cross the distance to the Sky Cone in a burst of speed.
• Xue Jing created Crimson Nova by compressing his burning blood into a spiral punch, destroying the Sky Cone and scattering its fragments across the area.
• Li Suisui shielded one of his students from a flying fragment and told the group to wait while he investigated.
• Fu Jiali was freed when the Sky Cone’s magnetic field vanished, but Xue Jing sent her to catch up with the others because his Blood Qi burned her when she approached.
• Xue Jing formed a Blood Flame Sword and pierced a metal tree with Spiral Vermillion Bullet as he tested his new blood-control ability.

Xue Jing tested the power and duration of his Crimson state before Li Suisui arrived and discussed martial arts with him. Li Suisui finally attacked Xue Jing, who pinned his fist to the steel ground with a blow that shook the exam zones.

• Xue Jing demonstrated that he could control his blood to cut and pierce metal, then restrained the Crimson state’s heat within his body and found he could maintain it indefinitely.
• Li Suisui arrived, examined the destruction around Xue Jing, and deduced how Xue Jing’s strength had grown far beyond the records he had seen.
• Li Suisui explained the ancient True Form martial lineage and its connection to the Hidden Dragon Style, then shared more martial arts knowledge with Xue Jing.
• Li Suisui realized Xue Jing’s Crimson state showed no sign of fading and stopped prolonging their conversation.
• Xue Jing invited Li Suisui to eat in B2 Zone after the exam, but Li Suisui declared he had come to take Xue Jing down and attacked.
• Xue Jing caught Li Suisui’s fist and pinned it to the ground, sending a tremendous blast through the exam zones.

Chen Xingyan and the other examinees were caught in the shockwaves from Xue Jing and Li Suisui’s battle, while examiners learned that Xue Jing could contend with the two-Limit-Break prodigy. Xue Jing asked Li Suisui to teach him the Multitude of Phenomena Style, but Li Suisui said he would only teach it if Xue Jing joined his master’s school or defeated him.

• Chen Xingyan prepared his classmates for a possible clash with another examinee group, but a shockwave from Xue Jing and Li Suisui’s fight swept both groups off their feet.
• Xue Jing hurled Li Suisui into a metal bird, triggering another shockwave and drawing nearby examiners to watch their battle.
• Wei Yuzhao recognized the Crimson Power in Xue Jing, while Zhou Yinglin and the other examiners realized Xue Jing was matching Li Suisui and discussed disrupting his exam results if Li Suisui lost.
• Xue Jing enjoyed trading physical blows with Li Suisui and asked him what technique he had used to dismantle Eye-Dotting.
• Li Suisui identified the technique as a basic application of the Multitude of Phenomena Style and told Xue Jing he must join his master’s school or defeat him to learn it.