Recaps

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen turned pressure from the Zhou Family into compensation and pursued income through the Dark Tutoring World while preparing for the Foundation Establishment Exam. Zhang Yu tied Ye Lingxiao in the first test, then entered the second stage and experienced the Farsight Eye Skeleton’s Spirit Realm connection.

• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were framed and detained after Yue Jincheng and Si Zhouyu followed them, but Deng Bingding’s investigation forced Zhou Chechen to compensate them with money, cultivation resources, and access to school methods.
• Zhang Yu cultivated the Grievance Fiend Art and became a Gold Medal Teacher in the Dark Tutoring World, while Bai Zhenzhen joined the Dark Learning Gang and earned money in its conflict with the Gold Class Gang.
• Zhang Yu completed the Five Qi Organ Refining Method and Kan Ice Li Fire Body Tempering Great Art as he and Bai Zhenzhen prepared for the exam, while the rival gangs eventually declared a ceasefire.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen arrived in Immortal Capital City for the final round, where Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao faced three tests before Orthodox God examiners and university representatives.
• Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao both drove their Divine Spiritual Root outputs to 100 percent, and Deng Bingding declared their first test a draw.
• Zhang Yu shifted to the High School Sacred Body to metabolize his medicine before Huang Zichou began the Dharma Skeleton synchronization test.
• Huang Zichou connected Zhang Yu’s neural signals to Tianyan Company’s Farsight Eye Skeleton, letting Zhang Yu see through it as Spirit Realm advertisements filled the examination hall.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen won Foundation Establishment Certificates, gained wealth and public attention, then became entangled in Oasis Group’s predatory business and Wang Yin’s demands. After fleeing with help from their allies, Zhang Yu began Foundation Establishment while Bai Zhenzhen was captured by Zhou Yang, leaving Zhang Yu to confront him.

• Zhang Yu won the final examination against Ye Lingxiao and received a Foundation Establishment Certificate, joining Bai Zhenzhen as a qualified candidate.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen fielded university and company offers, signed on as Oasis Group spokespeople, and saw their savings grow as the group expanded its lending and flesh-trading businesses.
• After learning that Oasis Group had sold Zhao Tianxing’s body, Zhang Yu asked President Wang to recover it but failed, then refused Deng Bingding’s request to help target Wang Yin.
• Wang Yin told Zhang Yu that Bai Zhenzhen’s body had been sold, so the pair agreed to resist him and Zhang Yu sought Deng Bingding’s support and resources.
• When Wang Yin froze their funds and sent Red River after them, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen fled and gathered loans from friends and allies to buy a Heavenly Spiritual Root.
• Bai Zhenzhen drew the pursuers toward an abandoned factory while Zhang Yu retrieved the real Heavenly Spiritual Root and swallowed it to begin Foundation Establishment.
• After Zhou Yang froze Bai Zhenzhen and prepared to hand her over to Red River, white mist spread through the factory district as Zhang Yu ordered Zhou Yang to release her.

Zhang Yu defeated Wang Yin, gained new cultivation and equipment, and survived an assassination attempt that separated him from Bai Zhenzhen. He ascended to the Second Layer and began life at Ten Thousand Laws University, where class rankings and upper-layer students quickly shaped his new surroundings.

• Zhang Yu rescued Bai Zhenzhen and fought Wang Yin, eventually defeating him with the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force and Soul-Wounding Brick as the Orthodox Gods intervened in Oasis Group’s aftermath.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen received new cultivation methods and Dharma Skeletons, trained under Spark True Person, and prepared for the Gaokao while investigating Zhou Yang’s family.
• Two cultivators hired by Oasis Group attacked Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, but Zhang Yu survived beneath the rubble while Bai Zhenzhen’s Divine Spiritual Root awakened and she was taken into protective custody.
• After the Gaokao, Zhang Yu chose Ten Thousand Laws University and ascended to the Second Layer, where he reunited with Bai Zhenzhen through the Spirit Realm Network.
• Zhang Yu arrived in University City with Le Mulan, Yu Xinghan, and Li Xuelian, completed his university interview, and moved into a cramped shared dormitory with Zhang Pianpian’s help.
• Zhang Yu joined the Civil Engineering Foundation Establishment Class, fell to twelfth place as more students arrived, and watched the classroom fall silent when Ji Yuan Shu entered.

Zhang Yu concealed his rapid cultivation while climbing the class rankings, taking on construction work, and using dangerous jobs to strengthen himself. After surviving a sabotaged factory repair project and consuming salvaged materials, he earned a wilderness-project invitation and faced Ying Xin’s challenge.

• Ji Yuan Shu and Gongshu Jin agreed to divide the class’s first-place rewards, while Zhang Yu drew their attention after Jiao Lei True Person revealed his early Foundation Establishment achievement.
• Zhang Yu began cultivating in the dormitory, unlocked the University Sacred Body, and secretly raised his methods and Magical Power as he climbed the rankings.
• Zhang Yu trained on surveillance-free floors, learned to use the Earth Eating Divine Skill, and practiced dangerous combat techniques while helping Yu Xinghan improve.
• After the foundational-course exams, Zhang Yu placed sixth and joined Yu Xinghan and Li Xiao at a construction site, where he used the work to cultivate Limitless Vibration Zen.
• Zhang Yu balanced classes, infusions, and night shifts, earning money while strengthening himself and learning that Civil Engineering Sacred Body techniques and work could badly harm the body.
• Zhang Yu adopted the Nine Hells Mountain Suppressing Belt and completed the techniques required for the Elementary Civil Engineering Sacred Body.
• Zhang Yu and Li Xiao joined a dangerous factory repair job after an explosion, where Zhang Yu rescued workers and secretly collected discarded materials as toxic fumes and further blasts struck.
• Zhang Yu consumed salvaged factory materials for fifteen days, improved his attributes and lifespan, and received a wilderness-project invitation from Tu Lishan, prompting Ying Xin to demand a fight.