Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao arrived at the final Foundation Establishment Exam, where spectators from Kunxu Second Layer watched and Huang Zichou explained the rewards and first-stage test. Zhang Yu activated a military Divine Spiritual Root combat suit, which restored his Magical Power and stamina, but showed that he could bring out only 0.03% of its output.

• Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao learned that university representatives from Kunxu Second Layer were watching their exam to assess them for future recruitment.
• Huang Zichou announced the rewards for the winner and loser, then explained that the final exam would have three stages testing their strength and potential after Foundation Establishment.
• A Smiling Emoji told a Laughing Crying Emoji that Ye Lingxiao would assist him in Oasis Group, then lectured him about controlling subordinates and criticized his generous compensation for people whose limbs he had taken for Dao Arts materials.
• Huang Zichou explained that the first stage would test the candidates' physical potential by measuring how much power they could draw from temporary Divine Spiritual Roots.
• Zhang Yu put on and activated the Divine Spiritual Root combat suit, which replenished his Magical Power and stamina, while its display showed an output of 0.03%.

Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao tested the Mystic Armor Spirit Root, which increased its output as they exerted their physical abilities. While Ye Lingxiao demonstrated its growing powers, Zhang Yu focused on improving his Dao Heart with medicine, then began warming up as the test continued.

• Huang Zichou explained that the exam allowed any medication and that the Mystic Armor Spirit Root’s output would rise with physical exertion.
• Ye Lingxiao raised his output to 10% and demonstrated a ranged palm strike, then increased it to 18.12% by releasing his muscles and circulating his blood and qi.
• While observers assumed Zhang Yu had given up and discussed recruiting or betting on the contestants, Zhang Yu selected and drank Dao Heart Potion from the medicine cabinets.
• Ye Lingxiao raised the Spirit Root’s output above 30%, activating a protective shield and displaying his cultivation techniques as his output climbed past 40%.
• Zhang Yu stopped taking medicine after his Dao Heart improved from 89.5% to 89.6%, returned to the exam grounds, and began warming up as his Spirit Root’s output started to rise.

Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao pushed their bodies and Divine Spiritual Roots to their limits during the Foundation Establishment Exam, each unlocking powerful abilities and confronting the other as a rival. The chapter ended with both of their outputs reaching 100%, drawing the university representatives’ attention.

• Zhang Yu activated Overload, driving his Divine Spiritual Root output upward and manifesting a Mystic Armor Flame Dragon.
• Ye Lingxiao took the Mind Division Spirit Pill, using its divided thought to operate more cultivation methods and summon his own flame dragon.
• Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao exchanged battle intent and strained to raise their Divine Spiritual Root outputs further.
• Zhang Yu endured and healed injuries under Overload while Ye Lingxiao pushed his Perfect Bloodline to its limits.
• Both men reached 100% output and awakened Mystic Armor Divine Wind, while the university representatives watched them intently.

Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao tied the first round of the Foundation Establishment Exam after both reached 100% output with the Mystic Armor Spirit Root. As the examiners and university representatives assessed their potential, Zhang Yu prepared for the next round by switching his Sacred Body and processing the medicine he had taken.

• The examiners debated how to judge Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao after both reached 100% output, with Deng Bingding noting Ye Lingxiao had developed his brain and Huang Zichou arguing that Zhang Yu’s skills showed exceptional physical talent.
• University representatives discussed recruiting the two contestants, while Mao Mao Tou dismissed their chances of entering Ten Thousand Laws University’s Finance Department and Laughing Crying Emoji planned to recruit Zhang Yu.
• Deng Bingding ruled the first round a draw because neither contestant had used his full strength, and Huang Zichou announced that their scores were temporarily tied.
• Zhang Yu reflected that he had not used the toxin eruption of Boundless Spring Autumn Zen and wondered how much strength Ye Lingxiao was still concealing.
• Zhang Yu switched from the Martial Dao Sacred Embryo to the High School Sacred Body, which helped him absorb and metabolize the medicine and gather its toxins toward the character on his chest.

Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao began the second test, which measured their compatibility with Dharma Skeletons. After Zhang Yu was fitted with a teaching-grade Eye Skeleton, he saw the Spirit Realm overlay the examination hall with scenery and advertisements.

• Huang Zichou ended the Mystic Armor Spirit Root demonstration and explained that the second test would measure each examinee’s synchronization with three simulated Dharma Skeletons.
• Er Ha Tou explained how strong physical conditioning could make it harder for cultivators to adapt to Dharma Skeletons, while Mao Mao Tou recognized the Eye Skeleton as Tianyan Company advertising.
• Huang Zichou introduced Tianyan Company’s teaching-grade Farsight Eye Skeleton and explained its network and Spirit Realm functions.
• Huang Zichou temporarily severed Zhang Yu’s connection to his eyes and redirected his neural signals to Farsight, restoring his vision through the Eye Skeleton.
• Zhang Yu saw a vast sea and sky in the Spirit Realm, then watched them disappear as advertisements and promotions appeared across the examination hall.

Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao tested how well they adapted to the Farsight Eye Skeleton and the Sword Tomb Arm Skeleton during the Foundation Establishment Exam. Their Sword Tomb usage stopped when its free trial expired, leaving the Orthodox God examiners to watch advertisements to restore it.

• Zhang Yu used the Eye Skeleton to see the examination hall’s advertisements and learned how much information it revealed, but the mismatch between his eyes and the skeleton made him uncomfortable.
• Huang Zichou explained that the candidates’ discomfort came from disrupted body-and-mind synchronization, while Mu Guiyin judged Ye Lingxiao’s background gave him an advantage over Zhang Yu.
• Huang Zichou introduced Tianwu Group’s Sword Tomb, a Foundation Establishment Realm Arm Skeleton that could store sword techniques and convert Magical Power into Sword Qi.
• Huang Zichou severed the candidates’ connections to their right arms, and Zhang Yu struggled to control Sword Tomb as it lagged behind his thoughts.
• Both candidates’ Sword Tombs stopped and demanded that they watch a video for more usage time, so the Orthodox God examiners watched advertisements through the Divine Power Network.

Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao tested a Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot, and Ye Lingxiao won the second round as Zhang Yu struggled to adapt to the spinal Dharma Skeleton. Huang Zichou began announcing the third round, which would decide who received the Foundation Establishment Certificate.

• Huang Zichou warned Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao to check their Dharma Skeleton equipment and payments before exams.
• Mu Guiyin and the other Orthodox Gods attributed Zhang Yu's disadvantage to his lower Dao Heart level and predicted he would lose the round.
• Huang Zichou introduced the Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot, and Zhang Yu experienced paralysis and a brief hallucination while connecting to it.
• Mao Mao Tou warned Er Ha Tou that the Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot was outdated and made with mostly inferior materials.
• The synchronization rates fell to 79% for Zhang Yu and 86% for Ye Lingxiao, confirming Ye Lingxiao's victory in the second round.
• Huang Zichou began announcing the third round, which would determine the recipient of the Foundation Establishment Certificate.

Er Ha Tou and other university representatives discussed recruiting Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao as the two prepared for the dangerous final examination. After signing away their right to seek compensation for any harm, Zhang Yu used the break to consume medicine while Ye Lingxiao planned how to maximize his strength for the contest.

• Er Ha Tou decided to prioritize recruiting Ye Lingxiao, while Mao Mao Tou offered to help either student obtain loans.
• Huang Zichou explained that Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao would face dangerous environments while pulling opposite ends of a Dragon Binding Cord, and warned that they could die.
• Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao signed a contract waiving claims over injuries or death in the final examination.
• Deng Bingding approved opening the medicine cabinet before the exam and arranged for the sponsor to donate medicine for Zhang Yu.
• Zhang Yu drank a large bottle of medicinal liquid to build up medicinal poison, while Ye Lingxiao prepared combat medicine and considered taking one or two Mind Division Spirit Pills.

Bai Zhenzhen faced Yun Jing in the final Martial Dao exam, using her close study of his techniques and equipment to take the first round before Yun Jing won the second with overwhelming firepower. As the deciding third round began, Bai Zhenzhen again promised to defeat him with one sword and invited universities to compete for her recruitment.

• Laughing Crying Emoji replayed the Martial Dao final and watched Bai Zhenzhen and Yun Jing begin their best-of-three match.
• Bai Zhenzhen exploited weaknesses in Yun Jing’s fire attack and Heavenly Mechanism’s predictable counters, then pierced a flaw in his body and won the first round.
• Yun Jing learned that a high school student’s negligence had left a tiny weakness in his outsourced body tempering, which Bai Zhenzhen had discovered and used to breach his defenses.
• Yun Jing dominated the second round with sustained fire attacks and forced Bai Zhenzhen off the arena, bringing the match to one win each.
• At the start of the third round, Bai Zhenzhen told the audience she would defeat Yun Jing with one sword and urged universities to compete to recruit her.

Bai Zhenzhen used a carefully prepared combination of thunder techniques to accelerate her sword beyond sound and defeat Yun Jing, earning a Foundation Establishment Certificate. As she lost consciousness, an investor decided she was worth hiring, while Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao began the final match.

• Bai Zhenzhen used the second match to lay down Thunder Magical Power and build an electric field across the arena.
• Bai Zhenzhen combined the Ten Thousand Swords Without End Art, Thunder Walk Nine Heavens Step, and Thunder God Thunderbolt Art to launch a sword strike beyond sound.
• Bai Zhenzhen pierced Yun Jing's defenses and blasted a huge hole through his upper body, winning the match and a Foundation Establishment Certificate.
• Huang Zichou confirmed Bai Zhenzhen's victory, and she lost consciousness after thinking of Yu Zi.
• Laughing Crying Emoji decided to hire Bai Zhenzhen, and Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao began the final match.

Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao began their decisive battle on the examination platforms, where changing hazards and a Dragon Binding Cord tested their strength. Ye Lingxiao gained the upper hand after his divided thoughts coordinated, while Zhang Yu switched to the Martial Dao Sacred Embryo as acidic mist engulfed them.

• Zhang Yu decided to prolong the contest and accumulate toxins, while Ye Lingxiao prepared to attack with the Mind Division Spirit Pill and his superior bodily control.
• Ye Lingxiao swallowed the pill but briefly faltered, allowing Zhang Yu to yank him toward the platform's edge.
• Ye Lingxiao's two conflicting thoughts began working together, letting him activate his techniques in unison and stop himself at the edge.
• As heat, changing gravity, and crushing pressure swept across the platforms, Ye Lingxiao repeatedly pulled Zhang Yu closer to the edge.
• Zhang Yu switched the High School Sacred Body to the Martial Dao Sacred Embryo, and the high-pressure hazard gave way to acidic mist.

Zhang Yu defeated Ye Lingxiao in the third round of the Foundation Establishment Exam and won the athletics track’s Foundation Establishment Certificate. After Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen learned that they had both qualified for university, they celebrated together while Yun Jing watched unhappily.

• Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao pushed their bodies past their limits as they battled over the Dragon Binding Cord amid the examination’s deadly hazards.
• Ye Lingxiao used his last Mind Division Spirit Pill, but his injuries and the pill’s side effects left him unable to resist Zhang Yu, who hurled him away from the platform.
• Huang Zichou declared Zhang Yu the third-round and overall athletics track winner, awarding him a Foundation Establishment Certificate and Foundation Establishment qualifications.
• Laughing Crying Emoji and the university representatives discussed recruiting Zhang Yu, while Smiling Emoji insisted that the Ye Family remained useful despite Ye Lingxiao’s loss.
• After their injuries were healed, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen confirmed that they had both qualified and embraced over their chance to attend university together.
• Yun Jing watched Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen celebrate, and his already gloomy expression grew even darker.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen received their Foundation Establishment rewards after defeating Ye Lingxiao and Yun Jing, shocking the Immortal Capital students. As the candidates left, Deng Bingding wondered whether the exam results would help Oasis Group’s reform and whether powerful gods had already made their moves.

• Saint Jay learned that Zhang Yu had defeated and severely injured Ye Lingxiao, while Yun Jing admitted that Bai Zhenzhen had beaten him.
• The Immortal Capital students reacted with shock, and Saint Jay considered whether he could replace Ye Lingxiao as Oasis Group’s promotional figure.
• Deng Bingding awarded Foundation Establishment Certificates to Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen, Saint Jay, and Tan Shishan, then distributed loans and explained the remaining rewards.
• Deng Bingding warned the certificate recipients to be cautious about university and company recruitment offers after candidate information became public.
• After the candidates left, Deng Bingding considered how the exam might advance Oasis Group’s reform and whether the great gods had placed their pieces through the examination.

After passing the Foundation Establishment Certificate exam, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen hid away to cultivate and avoid potential retaliation from the Zhou Family while university and corporate recruiters searched for them. Their achievement was publicly announced at Songyang High School, leaving the gathered representatives to realize that old unspoken rules were about to be broken.

• Fu Ji urged Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to use university recruitment offers to fund their Foundation Establishment, then advised them to stay away from Songyang, cultivate, and guard against the Zhou Family.
• Le Jingchen learned that Purple Cloud Pharmaceutical's headquarters wanted him to contact Zhang Yu, but Le Mulan could not reach Zhang Yu by phone.
• Zhou Chechen and Lan Ling trained to improve their chances in senior-year competitions as Zhou Chechen resolved not to remain a pawn.
• Representatives from major Immortal Capital companies gathered at Songyang High School and asked Zhou Chechen for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, but he could not tell them where they were.
• Hundreds of flying swords wrote a congratulatory message from President Wang of Oasis Group announcing that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had obtained their Foundation Establishment Certificates.

Oasis Group publicly announced that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had earned high school Foundation Establishment Certificates, drawing astonishment across Songyang High School and the city. The announcement raised their status and left rivals, teachers, and Le Mulan reconsidering their plans for the two students.

• Zhang Bi and other company representatives wondered why Oasis Group was publicizing the Foundation Establishment Exam as the Principal led Songyang High School's leaders to greet its visitors.
• Red River introduced himself as Oasis Group's Songyang City branch manager, announced a ten-million donation for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, and explained that they had earned Foundation Establishment Certificates.
• Teachers and students reacted to the news, while Wang Hai advised the female Sports Teacher who had drugged Zhang Yu to make amends with money.
• Lei Jun, Zhou Chechen, Lan Ling, Zhao Tianxing, and Qian Shen each grappled with the students' achievement and what their certificates meant for university admission.
• Le Mulan told Le Jingchen about the announcement, and he ordered her to collect bodily-fluid samples from Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen for research.
• Le Mulan considered whether she should hide in Zhang Yu's wardrobe so she could keep booking lessons with him.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen cultivated after earning Foundation Establishment Certificates, while companies and acquaintances across Songyang reacted to their achievement. The chapter ended with Tao Lin arriving to recruit them for Green River Arts Vocational College, despite believing the offer was a scam.

• President Wang told Red River that he would visit Songyang and expected Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to accept Oasis Group's money and opportunities.
• Director Long ordered Zhang Yu's discarded seeds recovered after seeing a message, while Yu Xinghan and Li Xuelian separately reacted to the news of Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's certificates.
• Zhang Yu cultivated the Earthly Fiend Return Origin Art and began studying the Great Might Heavenly Armor, while Bai Zhenzhen continued refining her exam-winning sword strike.
• Zhang Yu discovered that his Foundation Establishment Certificate could activate a domain that warned people within one hundred meters, and he preferred revealing the certificate beneath his red armband.
• Spark True Person used his Golden Core Domain at work and learned that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had earned Foundation Establishment Certificates, but postponed visiting them until his overtime ended.
• Tao Lin found Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen in a distant town and urged them to consider Green River Arts Vocational College, though he regarded the recruitment pitch as a scam.

Tao Lin tried to recruit Zhang Yu to Green River College with lavish promises, but Fu Ji rejected the offer because the Joyous Union Sect was a poor fit and the Ritual ruled out junior college. After Zhang Yu completed the final layer of his Martial Dao Sacred Embryo and returned with Bai Zhenzhen, they encountered Yue Jincheng, Si Zhouyu, and a formidable Purple-Gold Merit Lord waiting at the station.

• Tao Lin offered Zhang Yu mentorship from Heart-Corroding True Monarch, a path to Joyous Union University, study companions, scholarships, and other benefits, but Zhang Yu still sent him away.
• Fu Ji told Zhang Yu that his weaknesses made the Joyous Union Sect a dangerous choice and that the Ritual made attending junior college impossible.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen discovered that news of their Foundation Establishment Certificates had spread and that President Wang of Oasis Group wanted to donate ten million to them.
• Two days later, Zhang Yu raised the Great Might Heavenly Armor to Level 10 and completed the final layer of his Martial Dao Sacred Embryo.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen returned by train and found Yue Jincheng, Si Zhouyu, and a young man bearing the title Purple-Gold Merit Lord waiting at the station.

After Zhou Yang tried to reconcile with Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, the Patrol Team promoted them and arranged a cross-layer meeting with Zhang Pianpian. She explained the Second Layer’s university hierarchy and advised them on choosing a major, leaving them with a clearer picture of their future options.

• Zhou Yang welcomed Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to the Zhou Family Mansion, gave them three million, and pressured Zhou Chechen to offer them greeting gifts.
• Zhou Yang decided to ease tensions with Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, while Zhang Yu agreed to pretend to call a truce but remained wary of the Zhou Family and Fu Ji's secret.
• Yun Ni summoned Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, promoted them to top-tier outsourced personnel, and granted them access to monthly Cross-Layer Meetings.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen used the meeting to speak with Foundation Establishment cultivator Zhang Pianpian and told her about passing the exam and Songyang City's situation.
• Zhang Pianpian described the Second Layer's university rankings and advised them on majors, warning them about fields such as Civil Engineering, Archaeology, and Medicine.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen weighed university offers while considering Fu Ji’s warning that Zhang Pianpian’s connection to an Orthodox God could expose him. President Wang then gave them five million each and offered them a lucrative Oasis Group spokesperson contract, leaving them eager to accept.

• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen discussed Ten Thousand Laws University, but Fu Ji warned that Zhang Pianpian’s connection to an Orthodox God could draw attention to him.
• University representatives made offers, and Zhang Yu compared Ten Thousand Laws University’s advantages with the generous terms from Vajra University and Heaven Sword University.
• Fu Ji advised Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to delay their decision until before Gaokao registration, when improved cultivation might let them renegotiate.
• Wang Yin invited Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to Central Building and transferred five million to each of them, stopping Bai Zhenzhen from kneeling with a talisman spell.
• Wang Yin offered them Oasis Group spokesperson roles, raising the monthly pay from three million to four million per person after Zhang Yu said the original amount seemed low.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen became Oasis Group spokespeople as Wang Yin expanded the company’s influence across the First Layer and offered them further cultivation opportunities. Their growing fame and the company’s aggressive campaign left Zhang Yu uneasy, while Spark True Person postponed meeting them yet again.

• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen signed contracts with Wang Yin, who offered to help them seek admission to Nether University.
• Zhang Yu saved money for a Heavenly Spiritual Root and Foundation Establishment while increasing his tutoring work, and Spark True Person asked Li Xuelian to arrange a meeting with the pair.
• Wang Yin invited Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to an Oasis Group gathering, announced them as company spokespeople, and outlined plans to promote the group’s products with local lineages.
• Wang Yin healed a Demon Descendant server with his saliva, and Zhang Yu watched An An collect some in a cup, leaving him uncomfortable about the scene.
• Zhang Yu delivered Oasis Group’s promotional message at a press conference, then Wang Yin invited him and Bai Zhenzhen to bathe in a blood pool and taught them the Qi Blood Sutra.
• Oasis Group’s campaign made Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen widely admired, while Spark True Person again postponed his visit and asked Li Xuelian to arrange a meeting for the following month.