Chapter Summaries

After defeating Xu Tao, Jiang Ping An and Meng Jing traveled to Black Wind City, where Jiang Ping An saw powerful cultivators and stocked up on pills. The chapter left them preparing to continue their cultivation journey, with Meng Jing accepting pills as a loan.

• Meng Jing warned Jiang Ping An that Xu Tao’s death could bring a bounty from Spirit Terrace Kingdom, while Jiang Ping An searched the corpse and summoned Little White.
• Jiang Ping An explained that Little White was a hidden escape plan, then rode with Meng Jing to Black Wind City.
• Jiang Ping An surveyed the city’s cultivators with his right eye, spotted what seemed to be a Nascent Soul expert, and quickly looked away when the cultivator noticed him.
• Jiang Ping An sold twenty-one Protective Amulets and traded pills for supplies useful to Foundation Establishment Realm and Martial Master-level cultivation.
• Jiang Ping An gave Meng Jing fifty Blood Spirit Pills, which she accepted as a loan to repay later.

Jiang Ping An and Meng Jing arrived at the Prefect Residence, where Xia Qing promised to help Meng Jing awaken her talent and contact her mother if she placed in the tournament’s top ten. Xia Qing offered Jiang Ping An three martial techniques, and he chose the Limitless Fist before being sent to rest.

• Jiang Ping An and Meng Jing arrived at the Prefect Residence and were admitted after Xia Qing confirmed their arrival.
• Xia Qing recognized Meng Jing’s potential and said she could help contact Meng Jing’s mother if Meng Jing placed in the top ten.
• Xia Qing told Meng Jing that she had found materials to awaken her talent and encouraged her to work toward earning a tournament slot.
• Xia Qing offered Jiang Ping An the Immovable Golden Bell Shield, the Limitless Fist, and the Great Collapse Fist, explaining their strengths and weaknesses.
• Jiang Ping An chose the Limitless Fist, and Xia Qing gave him its jade slip and arranged for someone to take him to rest.

Jiang Ping An settled into his new residence, rebuffed Ma Wei’s demand that he become a lackey, and completed his first circulation of the Tyrant Body Art, advancing to Martial Master. He joined Meng Jing at the dining hall, where her newly awakened Thunder Spirit Body drew attention and Feng Yuchen introduced himself.

• The maid showed Jiang Ping An his room and explained that he would train and be assessed in the Back Mountain in three days.
• Ma Wei ambushed Jiang Ping An and demanded he become his lackey, but Jiang Ping An refused and used the room’s formation barrier to send him flying.
• Jiang Ping An endured a painful day of cultivation and completed one circulation of the Tyrant Body Art, entering the Martial Master ranks.
• Meng Jing visited Jiang Ping An, told him she had awakened a powerful talent and become a Martial Master, and took him to the dining hall for desserts.
• People at the dining hall discussed Meng Jing’s Thunder Spirit Body and Lei Family bloodline, and Feng Yuchen introduced himself to her and described his own Dragon Bloodline.

At the Prefect Residence, Jiang Ping An drew scorn from Feng Yuchen and Ma Wei, but Meng Jing defended him as her best friend. She explained that the coming five-month battle for spots would determine who could compete in the Hundred Counties Tournament, while promising to share her winnings with Jiang Ping An.

• Young men crowded around Meng Jing, but she introduced herself as Jiang Ping An and headed for the desserts.
• Feng Yuchen treated Jiang Ping An as a servant and threatened him after Jiang Ping An refused to share Meng Jing's personal details.
• Jiang Ping An took a Foundation Establishment Pill out to buy demon beast meat, but the chef gave him a portion for free.
• Ma Wei mocked Jiang Ping An, and Meng Jing rebuked him and declared Jiang Ping An her best friend.
• Meng Jing told Jiang Ping An that the five-month battle for spots would take place on a thirty-level mountain, where the highest-ranked cultivators would earn resources and qualify for the Hundred Counties Tournament.

Jiang Ping An received a Demon Beast Storage Bag for Little White and rapidly advanced to Qi Refining Level 6 by consuming large numbers of Spirit Gathering Pills. Meanwhile, Xia Qing warned Meng Jing that Jiang Ping An was unworthy of her and urged her to keep her distance, leaving Meng Jing silent.

• Jiang Ping An refused to sell Little White, and the old horse attendant gave him a Demon Beast Storage Bag as a gift.
• Jiang Ping An stored Little White and returned to cultivate, using demon beast meat and Spirit Gathering Pills to break through to Qi Refining Level 6.
• Ma Wei and nearby Cultivators noticed the surrounding spiritual energy had suddenly diminished.
• Meng Jing sensed Thunder Power, and Xia Qing explained that her Thunder Spirit Body could eventually command lightning.
• Xia Qing told Meng Jing that Jiang Ping An was not worthy of her and urged her to avoid him, while Meng Jing lowered her head without responding.

Jiang Ping An received the Heavenly Profound Pill Meng Jing had given him and pushed his cultivation to the Martial Master level, though he failed to reach Foundation Establishment. The next morning, he and Meng Jing arrived at the Back Mountain as the competition for tournament spots was about to begin.

• Jiang Ping An found Meng Jing chatting with other youths in the dining hall, then ate alone until she brought him demon beast meat and gave him a pill from Xia Qing to improve his talent.
• Jiang Ping An traded Foundation Establishment Pills for cultivation pills and spent the night absorbing their energy, advancing through the Qi Refining layers without breaking through to Foundation Establishment.
• Xia Qing realized Meng Jing had given away the Heavenly Profound Pill, but let her keep her decision after Meng Jing vowed to earn a top ten spot.
• Meng Jing woke Jiang Ping An and learned he had reached the Martial Master level; she then hurried him to the Back Mountain before he could eat breakfast.
• The youths gathered at the thirty-level mountain for the tournament-spot competition, and Xia Qing arrived above the clouds with several Maids.

The Quota Competition began as gifted youths fought for the mountain’s upper floors, while Jiang Ping An chose the lowest floor to study the Limitless Fist and cultivate. After opening the Heavenly Profound Pill Meng Jing had given him, he felt his blood surge and touched the Foundation Establishment Realm barrier.

• Xia Qing announced the Quota Competition rules and declared that the youths had five months to qualify for the Hundred Counties Tournament.
• A Divine Phoenix Body girl claimed the first floor, a Soul Cultivator took the second, and a youth with the Myriad Gold Body claimed the third as other contestants fought for positions.
• Meng Jing went to fight on the mountain, while Jiang Ping An walked to the Thirtieth Floor to cultivate.
• Xia Qing told her maid that Jiang Ping An needed time to study the Limitless Fist, while Ma Wei grew furious that he could not challenge him and went to challenge Meng Jing instead.
• Jiang Ping An activated his room’s barrier, opened the pill Meng Jing had given him, and felt himself touch the Foundation Establishment Realm barrier.

Jiang Ping An used the Seven-Colored Pill to break through directly to Foundation Establishment and discovered that his cultivation speed had improved dramatically. After emerging from seclusion, he found Meng Jing had been blocked from climbing higher by Ma Wei, who was targeting her because of Jiang Ping An.

• Jiang Ping An replicated the Seven-Colored Pill with the Bronze Treasure Accumulation Basin, producing five pills, then swallowed one to improve his talent.
• The pill helped Jiang Ping An break through to Foundation Establishment, draining ten thousand spirit stones as spiritual energy flooded into him.
• After three days, Jiang Ping An found that the Overlord Body Art circulated more than ten times faster and considered learning powerful spells to catch up with the other geniuses.
• Jiang Ping An saw Meng Jing lose to Ma Wei on the twenty-fifth level and learned that Ma Wei was deliberately blocking her progress because Jiang Ping An had offended him.
• Ma Wei mocked Jiang Ping An in front of the other geniuses, and Jiang Ping An pulled the furious Meng Jing into a room.

Jiang Ping An fed Meng Jing the seven-colored pill, awakening the terrifying power of her Thunder Spirit Body while he studied the Limitless Fist. Meng Jing challenged Ma Wei and revealed her ability to summon a devastating thunderstorm, leaving the mountain’s geniuses shocked and Ma Wei wary of provoking her further.

• Jiang Ping An forced Meng Jing to swallow the seven-colored pill, and she spent three days absorbing its power while he studied Xia Qing’s Limitless Fist.
• Meng Jing awoke with a transformed aura, discovered the lightning had destroyed her clothes, and threatened Jiang Ping An before setting out to challenge Ma Wei.
• Meng Jing summoned a thundercloud and unleashed bolts of lightning at Ma Wei, who dodged with the Vast Mist Sect’s Divine Void Step.
• After three breaths, Meng Jing exhausted her power and went to find Jiang Ping An for food, admitting she had only meant to scare Ma Wei.
• The mountain’s geniuses marveled at Meng Jing’s Thunder Spirit Body, and Ma Wei decided to stop provoking her and began challenging his way upward.

Jiang Ping An spent four months mastering the first level of the Limitless Fist instead of competing for higher mountain levels, earning Xia Qing’s respect for his patience and steady temperament. With only one month left before the assessment deadline, Xia Qing expected him to begin challenging others but doubted he could reach the top ten.

• Meng Jing teased Jiang Ping An after Ma Wei stopped blocking her, while Xia Qing watched their friendship with envy before returning to the imperial city.
• Over the next few months, Meng Jing climbed to the fifteenth level while Jiang Ping An practiced the Limitless Fist, eventually training on the thirtieth level without challenging anyone.
• Xia Qing returned in the fourth month and showed her maid that Jiang Ping An could exchange punches with a snowflake without shattering it.
• Xia Qing explained that Jiang Ping An had fully mastered the first level of the Limitless Fist and praised his patience, while her maid suggested his progress came from the Heavenly Profound Pill.
• Xia Qing predicted Jiang Ping An might reach the top twenty in the final month but dismissed his chances of placing in the top ten.

At the Winter Solstice Festival, Ma Wei exposed Jiang Ping An’s origins in Spirit Terrace Kingdom and accused him of being a spy. Jiang Ping An calmly admitted where he was born as the gathered cultivators turned against him.

• Xia Qing announced a day off for the Winter Solstice Festival and invited the youths to the dining hall that evening.
• Meng Jing persuaded Jiang Ping An to take a break, and the two went shopping in Black Wind City before returning to the Prefect Residence.
• At the dining hall, Ma Wei asked whether Jiang Ping An’s homeland, Spirit Terrace Kingdom, celebrated the festival, provoking suspicion among the gathered youths.
• Meng Jing defended Jiang Ping An, explaining that Spirit Terrace Kingdom had killed his parents and that he had helped Great Xia defeat Flat Water County.
• Jiang Ping An acknowledged that he was born in Spirit Terrace Kingdom and said Ma Wei was attacking him regardless of what he claimed, while Ma Wei presented his words as an admission of spying.
• The youths called for Jiang Ping An to be driven out or captured and interrogated, as Meng Jing stood up for him.

Xia Qing stopped the youths from attacking Jiang Ping An and urged them to focus on unity and cultivation. The next morning, Jiang Ping An challenged the genius on the twenty-ninth level, who recognized his mastery of Limitless Fist and charged into battle.

• Meng Jing defended Jiang Ping An as Ma Wei stirred up suspicion, but Xia Qing arrived and declared that Jiang Ping An was not a spy.
• Xia Qing called for unity, encouraged the youths to cultivate for the Quota Competition, and gave each of them a red packet containing one thousand spirit stones.
• Meng Jing left with Jiang Ping An and vowed to avenge him by knocking Ma Wei out of the top ten.
• The next morning, Jiang Ping An challenged Ren Ming on the twenty-ninth level despite being only an intermediate Martial Master.
• Jiang Ping An rebounded Ren Ming's sword qi with Limitless Fist, shocking Ren Ming, who then charged at him to test the technique.

Jiang Ping An used the Limitless Fist to exhaust one opponent after another and climbed to the twentieth floor, where Xiang Yang challenged him. The chapter ended as Jiang Ping An prepared to fight the Golden Staff-wielding Body Cultivator.

• Jiang Ping An countered Ren Ming’s attacks with the Limitless Fist until Ren Ming ran out of spiritual energy and surrendered, then continued climbing.
• Jiang Ping An fought a flame-wielding Body Cultivator on the Twenty-Eighth Floor until the man collapsed from exhaustion, then reflected on the technique’s limits.
• Jiang Ping An deflected a whip-wielding genius girl’s attacks until she too was exhausted and defeated, while Ren Ming and the Body Cultivator mocked her from below to keep her fighting.
• Jiang Ping An continued climbing over the following days, exhausting and defeating the geniuses on successive floors as his battles drew increasing attention.
• With twenty-three days left until the selection, Jiang Ping An reached the twentieth floor and faced Xiang Yang, a powerful Body Cultivator wielding a Golden Staff.

Jiang Ping An climbed rapidly through the mountain trials, defeating Xiang Yang and Zhang Lingmin with his Limitless Fist and recovering eye abilities. He reached the eleventh floor as Meng Jing began a major battle with Ma Wei on the ninth floor.

• Jiang Ping An rebounded Xiang Yang's staff strikes, exhausted him, and advanced to the twentieth floor.
• Jiang Ping An revealed his breakthrough to high-level Martial Master and defeated the female Cultivator on the nineteenth floor before continuing his climb.
• Jiang Ping An reached the twelfth floor and faced Zhang Lingmin, who attacked with Wind Spirit Dance and Wind Blades.
• Jiang Ping An used his improving dynamic vision to anticipate Zhang Lingmin's attacks and defeated her after an hour.
• Jiang Ping An challenged the eleventh floor while Meng Jing and Ma Wei began a battle on the ninth floor that drew the attention of the trial's strongest observers.

Xia Qing learned that Jiang Ping An had reached the eleventh floor, while Meng Jing drove Ma Wei down to the tenth with a massive lightning attack. Jiang Ping An prepared to challenge Ma Wei for a top-ten place despite Xia Qing’s doubts that he could win.

• Xia Qing’s maid reported that Jiang Ping An had defeated the eleventh-ranked challenger and reached the eleventh floor, astonishing Xia Qing.
• Xia Qing went to the Back Mountain and watched Meng Jing battle Ma Wei, while she concluded Jiang Ping An’s strength came from a body-tempering technique.
• Meng Jing unleashed Thunderstorm, frightening Ma Wei into retreating to the tenth floor; a Nascent Soul Realm manager confirmed that the attack was not lethal.
• Jiang Ping An announced that he would challenge Ma Wei, and Xia Qing judged that Ma Wei’s training and techniques gave him the advantage.
• Meng Jing warned Jiang Ping An that Ma Wei might hurt him, but Jiang Ping An insisted that he needed a top-ten place.
• Ma Wei announced that he had recovered and called on Jiang Ping An to challenge him.

Jiang Ping An defeated Ma Wei with one punch after revealing that he had mastered the Heavenly Fiend Art and Tyrant Body Art. His victory secured his place on the Tenth Floor and drew the attention of the mountain’s strongest geniuses and Xia Qing.

• Ma Wei challenged Jiang Ping An, boasting that he would kill him in one strike, while Meng Jing warned Jiang Ping An about his sword art.
• Jiang Ping An used the Heavenly Fiend Art to unleash Killing Intent, disrupting Ma Wei’s Thousand Willow Sword Art and briefly binding him with an unseen force.
• Jiang Ping An activated the Tyrant Body Art and punched Ma Wei off the mountain, where a manager caught him before he hit the ground.
• Ma Wei recognized the Tyrant Body Art, and the gathered cultivators reacted with shock as Jiang Ping An declared his victory.
• Xia Qing reconsidered Jiang Ping An, while the Myriad Gold Body praised his perseverance and explained how painful the Tyrant Body Art was to cultivate.

Jiang Ping An secured tenth place in the selection, while Meng Jing took ninth, and he learned that the Hundred Counties Tournament would decide access to God Island, a place rumored to hold a path to immortality. After the selection ended, Jiang Ping An agreed to fight the third-ranked cultivator, eager to test his skills against the man’s Myriad Gold Body.

• Ma Wei accused Jiang Ping An of cheating with a Forbidden Technique, but an administrator explained that the Heavenly Fiend Art was not forbidden and that its phantom victims had been soldiers from the Spirit Terrace Kingdom.
• Xia Qing announced that fourteen days remained before the final rankings, and Ma Wei secretly decided Jiang Ping An had to die so he could reclaim tenth place.
• As the rankings stabilized, Jiang Ping An stayed on the Tenth Floor to block Ma Wei, while Ma Wei never challenged him.
• Meng Jing told Jiang Ping An that the Hundred Counties Tournament would select geniuses to compete for God Island, which was rumored to offer a chance at immortality.
• Xia Qing ended the selection, confirming Jiang Ping An in tenth place and Meng Jing in ninth; the third-ranked cultivator challenged Jiang Ping An to a later match, and Jiang Ping An accepted.

After Jiang Ping An and Meng Jing earned places among the top fifteen, Xia Qing arranged for Meng Jing to reunite with her mother, Lei Lan. Lei Lan warned Jiang Ping An to stay away from Meng Jing and tested his resolve before taking Meng Jing to see her father, Meng Kuo.

• Xia Qing praised the seventy-eight geniuses, announced that the top fifteen should gather again in three days, and summoned Jiang Ping An and Meng Jing.
• Xia Qing introduced the black-robed Lei Lan, and Meng Jing rushed to embrace her mother after ten years apart.
• Lei Lan warned Jiang Ping An that Meng Jing’s Thunder Clan would not accept him, then pressured him with her aura and gave him a healing pill.
• Jiang Ping An insisted that he would protect Meng Jing, and Lei Lan gave him a jade slip before leaving with her daughter.
• Lei Lan and Meng Jing appeared in Meng Kuo’s room, and he recognized them in astonishment.

Jiang Ping An received the Thunder Flash speed technique and valuable cultivation resources from Xia Qing before heading to Abundant Wealth to buy pills and other supplies. There, he encountered Ma Wei, who threatened him, and entered a private room to make his purchases discreetly.

• Jiang Ping An inspected the jade slip from Meng Jing's mother and learned Thunder Flash, a top-tier speed technique.
• Xia Qing teased Jiang Ping An for concealing that he had learned the Tyrant Body Art and gave him the second and third levels of Limitless Fist along with five hundred thousand spirit stones.
• Jiang Ping An reminded Xia Qing of their wager that she would grant him a secret technique if he placed in the tournament's top ten, then left to buy cultivation supplies.
• At Abundant Wealth, Ma Wei insulted Jiang Ping An and threatened him after Jiang Ping An ignored him and entered the shop.
• Jiang Ping An chose the shop's third spending tier and paid for private room service before the maid led him to a room.

Jiang Ping An exchanged pills for powerful talismans, flight boots, and a deadly poisonous insect to strengthen his defenses. He left with the goods and poisons to help him survive against stronger enemies.

• Jiang Ping An exchanged one hundred Foundation Establishment Pills for Blood Demon Pills and Essence Nourishing Pills, then asked about weapons capable of harming Golden Core Realm experts.
• He traded one hundred Realm Breaking Pills for an offensive talisman and a defensive talisman, then bought the Sky Stepping Boots with more Realm Breaking Pills.
• Jiang Ping An asked for poisons and assassination tools, and the old man offered him a Myriad Poison Seven Star Insect that could kill an early-stage Golden Core Realm Cultivator.
• Jiang Ping An bought the insect, a beast-control secret technique, and nearly a million spirit stones' worth of poisons and antidotes.
• The old man returned with the goods, and Jiang Ping An put on the Sky Stepping Boots, which immediately doubled his speed even before he activated them.