Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yu reached the Qi Refining Limit and grew wealthier while questioning whether he should leave his old cultivation method and poor acquaintances behind. After seeing wage cuts and rising food prices, he learned that Oasis Group planned to expand Food Loans, leaving him unsettled by President Wang's goal of getting as many people as possible to borrow.

• Zhang Yu reached Dao Heart Level 10, noticed his Remnant Ox Abandoning Self Heart Sutra had grown less effective, and considered adopting techniques suited to the wealthy.
• Mo Tianyi asked Zhang Yu for help, and Zhang Yu promised to transfer him one hundred thousand yuan in gratitude for the Poor People Alliance's past support.
• Zhang Yu learned that companies were cutting wages and that food prices were rising, then shared chicken breast with Zhao Tianxing when he saw him eating plain Synthetic Food.
• Zhang Yu's account balance surpassed 24 million as he and Bai Zhenzhen attended an Oasis Group meeting about its promotional plans.
• Oasis Group announced Food Loan services aimed first at students, and Wang Yin said the group wanted everyone on the First Layer to borrow while offering Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen future finance internships.
• Zhang Yu remembered what it was like to go hungry and silently dwelled on Wang Yin's plan to make borrowers of everyone who ate on the First Layer.

Zhang Yu watched Oasis Group celebrate Food Loan’s growth, then confronted the company’s exploitation of people on the First Layer as he struggled to save enough for Foundation Establishment. Wang Yin told Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to reconsider their objections, leaving Zhang Yu unable to resist the pull of money and his ambitions.

• Wang Yin celebrated Food Loan surpassing one billion and gave Zhang Yu a Human Skin Cultivation Skin, which Zhang Yu reluctantly put on.
• Zhang Yu watched Saint Jay and Tan Shishan achieve Foundation Establishment and resolved to earn enough to buy a Heavenly Spiritual Root.
• Zhang Yu intervened when classmates bullied Zhou Chechen, then saw Oasis Group prepare a service that let people repay debts with their flesh.
• As his savings grew, Zhang Yu’s tutoring income fell, while he learned that the flesh mortgaged to Oasis Group was sold to the Upper Level.
• Wang Yin defended the trade as voluntary and urged Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to focus on their future, leaving Zhang Yu conflicted about his money and plans.

Zhang Yu adapted to his wealthy life and demonstrated his overwhelming martial arts ability at a gathering, earning Wang Yin's praise and another reward. Meanwhile, Li Xuelian arranged paid overtime for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, while Spark True Person finished another job and negotiated for higher overtime pay.

• Zhang Yu cultivated the Gold Jade Hall Sutra and reflected on how his growing wealth strengthened his resolve.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen watched Yu Xinghan excel in the Foundation Establishment Exam trials and then attended a gathering at Oasis Building.
• Ye Mantian challenged Zhang Yu, but Zhang Yu endured three heavy strikes and sent him tumbling out of the arena without attacking.
• Wang Yin praised Zhang Yu's combat talent and rewarded him with five hundred thousand, impressing the gathering's wealthy guests and clan descendants.
• Li Xuelian arranged another month of paid overtime for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, while Spark True Person killed a man, warned a youth away from a company battlefield, and demanded more overtime pay from Deng Bingding.

Zhang Yu learned that powerful factions might be disputing the First Layer’s future, then tried to rescue Zhao Tianxing after Oasis Group sold his body to a client on the Second Layer. President Wang refused and drove Zhang Yu out, leaving him unable to help his friend as a dangerous Golden Core cultivator approached.

• Le Mulan used Zhang Yu’s phone to influence its recommendations while Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen continued their training and daily life.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen spoke with Zhang Pianpian, who warned them to accept Oasis Group’s compensation but avoid investing in or participating in its business because of friction among powerful factions.
• Fu Ji inferred that rival factions might oppose Oasis Group’s plans, though their motives would be self-interest rather than concern for the poor.
• After Zhao Tianxing’s mother told Zhang Yu that Oasis Group had sold Zhao Tianxing’s body, Zhang Yu asked President Wang to help recover it.
• President Wang refused, saying the body had been shipped to a Second Layer client, and threw Zhang Yu out after he tried to intervene.
• Zhang Yu apologized to Zhao Tianxing’s mother, believing he could not save his friend, as an alert warned that Spark True Person had entered within one thousand meters.

Spark True Person urged Zhang Yu to attend Ten Thousand Laws University and offered to mentor him, while Deng Bingding tried to recruit him to deal with Wang Yin. Zhang Yu refused and chose to stay close to Bai Zhenzhen and wait; meanwhile, Wang Yin watched his flatterers condemn Zhang Yu and reflected that obedient followers were useless when trouble came.

• Spark True Person explained the differences between Nether University and Ten Thousand Laws University, offered Zhang Yu guidance, and asked him to tell Bai Zhenzhen about the offer.
• Deng Bingding asked Zhang Yu to help deal with Wang Yin, but Zhang Yu refused despite her explanation that Wang Yin had crippled his cultivation.
• Deng Bingding interpreted Zhang Yu's refusal as a sign that it was not yet time to act, while Spark True Person questioned her decision to involve a high school student.
• Zhang Yu returned to Bai Zhenzhen and resolved to endure quietly rather than risk their lives before he had enough strength.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen stopped attending Wang Yin's gatherings, prompting Ye Mantian and others to curse Zhang Yu and compete for Wang Yin's favor.
• Wang Yin watched his followers obediently denounce Zhang Yu and thought that such dependent followers lacked the courage to be useful in a crisis.

Wang Yin tried to discipline Zhang Yu by withholding his monthly payment, then invited him and Bai Zhenzhen to a gathering where he announced that he had agreed to sell Bai Zhenzhen’s physical body. Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen decided to resist and sought help from Deng Bingding, leaving Zhang Yu’s next move in motion.

• Wang Yin withheld Zhang Yu’s monthly payment while planning to reward him later for submitting to the company’s rules.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen attended a gathering where Wang Yin showed them a Qi and Blood Pool and told Bai Zhenzhen that he had agreed to sell her physical body.
• Zhang Yu agreed calmly to Wang Yin’s demand, then told Bai Zhenzhen at home that he would not endure her being sold.
• Bai Zhenzhen agreed to resist, and Fu Ji advised Zhang Yu to use the Sect above’s conflict with Oasis Group to his advantage.
• Zhang Yu contacted Deng Bingding and asked how he planned to deal with Wang Yin, and Deng Bingding wondered if the time had come.

Deng Bingding tried to recruit Zhang Yu to help drive Wang Yin out of the First Layer, offering cultivation resources in exchange. Zhang Yu and Fu Ji decided he should pursue Foundation Establishment first, but Wang Yin froze Bai Zhenzhen’s transfer and demanded that she undergo Foundation Establishment at Oasis Building under his protection.

• Deng Bingding explained that Wang Yin’s immunity and influence made him the key target, and asked Zhang Yu to wound his soul so he would have to return above.
• Zhang Yu bargained for resources, and Deng Bingding offered a twenty-million interest-free loan, a Foundation Establishment Realm Dharma Skeleton, and three cultivation methods, including a Former Military Grade method.
• Zhang Yu consulted Bai Zhenzhen and Fu Ji, who warned that fighting Wang Yin was dangerous but agreed that Zhang Yu needed to reach Foundation Establishment soon.
• Fu Ji advised Zhang Yu to use Bai Zhenzhen’s money to buy a Heavenly Spiritual Root, and Bai Zhenzhen attempted to transfer funds to him.
• Bai Zhenzhen discovered that her funds had been frozen, and Wang Yin called to ask why she was transferring money and insisted that she come to Oasis Building for Foundation Establishment.

Wang Yin tightened his control over Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, forcing them to flee while Zhang Yu sought money and support to reach Heavenly Spiritual Root Foundation Establishment. As pursuers closed in, Zhang Yu tapped his reserve of Immortal Dao Potential by asking friends and allies across the First Layer for loans.

• Wang Yin froze Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s funds, then sent Red River to seize Bai Zhenzhen after the pair disappeared from their apartment.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen fled through the city, and Zhang Yu asked Deng Bingding for support, a secret account, and an interest-free loan while Wang Yin ordered Songyang City’s exits guarded.
• Red River tracked the pair with help from an Orthodox God, but the Songyang Patrol Team stopped his group for an inspection.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen borrowed through loan platforms until their secret account reached forty-three million, then Zhang Yu remembered they had a reserve of Immortal Dao Potential.
• Zhang Yu asked friends, classmates, and allies for loans, and Yu Xinghan, Le Mulan, Qian Shen, Mo Tianyi, Xiong Wenwu, Zhao Tianxing, and Spark True Person responded or prepared to help.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen raised money from students and allies to buy a Heavenly Spiritual Root and help Zhang Yu reach Foundation Establishment, while Wang Yin sent Red River to intercept them. The courier found only Zhang Yu’s shed Human Skin at the delivery site, and Red River was suddenly enveloped by killing intent.

• Lian Tianji and Yu Xinghan borrowed money from others to lend it to Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, while Wang Hai, Lei Jun, and He Dayou also transferred money to support them.
• Wang Yin learned that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were borrowing money, ordered their accounts and social media blocked, and told Red River to watch for the Heavenly Spiritual Root delivery.
• Zhang Yu’s account passed 56 million as donations and loans came in, and Bai Zhenzhen decided to draw away the company’s forces while Zhang Yu prepared for Foundation Establishment.
• A courier brought the Heavenly Spiritual Root to an abandoned factory, where he found Zhang Yu’s shed Human Skin instead of the pair.
• Red River realized Zhang Yu might have lured them to the factory, but an astonishing killing intent suddenly enveloped him.

Bai Zhenzhen ambushed Oasis Group’s pursuers to buy time while Zhang Yu secretly consumed the Heavenly Spiritual Root and began Foundation Establishment. After Zhou Yang captured Bai Zhenzhen, Zhang Yu’s white mist engulfed the factory district and his voice ordered Zhou Yang to release her.

• Bai Zhenzhen struck Red River with a lightning-fast sword attack, then fled as Wang Yin used a Surgery Talisman to heal him and rallied the pursuers.
• Zhang Yu retrieved the real Heavenly Spiritual Root from a commercial building, hid in a sewer, and swallowed it to begin Foundation Establishment.
• Bai Zhenzhen lured the pursuers through the factory district and wounded Ye Mantian after he pulled back his attack to avoid killing her.
• Bai Zhenzhen evaded the pursuers for more than forty minutes before Zhou Yang emerged from a sewer and froze her in place.
• Zhou Yang prepared to hand Bai Zhenzhen over to Red River, but white mist enveloped the factory district as Zhang Yu ordered him to take his hand off her.

Zhang Yu fused the Qi Sea Spiritual Root with his body, broke through to Foundation Establishment, and rushed to save Bai Zhenzhen. He left the battlefield with Bai Zhenzhen rescued and the surrounding Qi Refining experts defeated and afraid to move.

• Zhang Yu fused the Qi Sea Spiritual Root into his dantian and meridians, greatly increasing his Spiritual Energy absorption and Magical Power efficiency.
• Zhang Yu broke through his Magical Power, Dao Heart, and Physical Strength limits, then began cultivating the Foundation Establishment method Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force.
• Zhang Yu hurried to the battlefield and found Zhou Yang holding Bai Zhenzhen captive.
• Zhang Yu wounded Zhou Yang with one palm and pulled Bai Zhenzhen into his arms.
• Zhang Yu struck down the attacking Qi Refining experts with a powerful palm, leaving them unable to stand.
• Wang Yin's Surgery Talismans began treating the wounded, while Zhang Yu's cold gaze kept the survivors from moving.

Zhang Yu slaughtered the people pursuing him after sending Bai Zhenzhen to safety, but Wang Yin arrived and confronted him. Bai Zhenzhen received treatment and chose to have a Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot installed so she could return to the battle.

• Zhang Yu sent Bai Zhenzhen through a sewer to meet Deng Bingding’s reinforcements, then began killing the pursuers as they fled through his cloud-filled battlefield.
• Zhang Yu killed Zhou Yang, Ye Mantian, and numerous other experts, while divine lightning struck down a Qi Refining expert who attempted to break through without a license.
• Wang Yin arrived and blew away Zhang Yu’s clouds with a divine wind tornado, then accused Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen of betraying the company.
• A doctor treated Bai Zhenzhen and told her Wang Yin was coming, so she chose to have the Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot installed despite the pain and risks.
• Wang Yin berated Red River and called Zhang Yu a dog he had raised, while Zhang Yu challenged him by invoking Kunxu’s rules of business.

After the Divine Power Network was sealed off and his spells failed, Wang Yin fought Zhang Yu with martial arts and overwhelmed him. Zhang Yu struggled against Wang Yin’s Spirit Surge Stance as the battle continued under a storm of explosive punches.

• The Divine Power Network connection was cut off, causing Wang Yin’s talisman spells and wind dragon to fail, and he fell toward Zhang Yu.
• Zhang Yu attacked Wang Yin with a palm strike, but Wang Yin met it with a punch and sent Zhang Yu crashing into a crater.
• Wang Yin blocked Zhang Yu’s follow-up attacks with his Netherworld Blood Shadow Shroud and revealed that it contained tens of thousands of Living Souls from the First Layer.
• Zhang Yu realized Wang Yin was using the battle to advertise how cheaply Living Souls could be bought on the First Layer, and his anger intensified.
• Wang Yin used Heaven Devouring Stance to monopolize much of the battlefield’s Spiritual Energy, weakening Zhang Yu’s ability to recover Magical Power.
• Wang Yin attacked with Spirit Surge Stance, blasting Zhang Yu repeatedly and forcing him to defend against the explosions.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen combined their techniques to drive a supersonic Magnetic Oscillation Sword through Wang Yin’s Nether Blood Shadow Cover. The sword reached Wang Yin’s brow but shattered, leaving his Skin Magic Skeleton apparently unharmed.

• Wang Yin battered Zhang Yu while exhausting his Magical Power, and Zhang Yu prepared to gamble on using the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force.
• Bai Zhenzhen arrived with a Magnetic Oscillation Sword and attacked Wang Yin, but his Nether Blood Shadow Cover stopped her first strike.
• Bai Zhenzhen and Zhang Yu fought together as she built momentum with the Ten Thousand Swords Without End Art and activated her Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot.
• Bai Zhenzhen’s Dragon Might Art disrupted Wang Yin’s cultivation, and Zhang Yu released five stored strikes through the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force to drive their sword toward him.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen forced the sword tip against Wang Yin’s brow, but the Magnetic Oscillation Sword shattered against his Skin Magic Skeleton.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s attack failed to break through Wang Yin’s defenses, and Spark True Person intervened before Wang Yin could finish them. He negotiated a short pause so Zhang Yu could recover and receive instruction, then learned that Zhang Yu had already mastered the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force to the Third Layer.

• Oasis Group employees rushed toward the battlefield, but Deng Bingding’s Outsourced Workers intercepted them, Li Xuelian held off Xianyun Corporation’s director, and Spark True Person arrived to block the company’s forces.
• Wang Yin shattered Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s sword and struck them both, leaving them badly injured as Zhang Yu stood between Wang Yin and Bai Zhenzhen.
• Spark True Person stepped between Wang Yin and Zhang Yu and negotiated a pause in the battle so Zhang Yu could recover and receive instruction; Wang Yin agreed to an hour and a half.
• Spark True Person secretly asked Zhang Yu about his cultivation and discovered that he had reached the Third Layer of the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force.
• Spark True Person and Wang Yin signed a contract, and Wang Yin asked the Orthodox Gods to stop disrupting the Divine Power Network during the next battle.

Zhang Yu underwent surgery to receive Bai Zhenzhen’s Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot, then trained the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force and prepared for his fight with Wang Yin. Their battle began with Zhang Yu charging through Wang Yin’s opening attack, and Wang Yin answered with the Heaven-Tilting Stance.

• Spark True Person explained Wang Yin’s defenses and taught Zhang Yu to combine different forces before striking with the Soul-Wounding Brick.
• After surgery, Zhang Yu consumed medicine and rapidly trained the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force, while the Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot raised his Physical Strength by one Level.
• Zhang Yu signed advertising contracts, wore defensive battle posters, and learned that his Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force had reached level 11.
• Wang Yin announced his plan to breed ordinary people for their Living Souls as cameras livestreamed the battle, while Zhang Yu and Wang Yin recited advertisements.
• Zhang Yu rushed Wang Yin and used the Dragon Might Art to disrupt him, but Wang Yin countered with the Earth-Crushing Stance.
• Zhang Yu blocked Wang Yin’s attacks with a flurry of martial arts and advanced using Eleven Consecutive Strikes, while Wang Yin began the Heaven-Tilting Stance.

Zhang Yu used Spark True Person’s advice and his refined Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force to break through Wang Yin’s Nether Blood Shadow Cover and enter close combat. He turned Wang Yin’s Heaven-Tilting Stance back against him, leaving Wang Yin struggling to suppress the force inside his body.

• Wang Yin struck Zhang Yu with Heaven-Tilting Stance, but Zhang Yu had left his body without Magical Power, preventing the move from reaching its full effect.
• Zhang Yu unleashed eleven coordinated Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force strikes, using Formless Cloud Gang to open a narrow gap in the Nether Blood Shadow Cover.
• Zhang Yu passed through the gap and landed a twelfth strike on Wang Yin’s face, but Wang Yin endured it and prepared another Heaven-Tilting Stance.
• Zhang Yu’s level 10 Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force absorbed Wang Yin’s Heaven-Tilting Stance and released it back at him as a thirteenth strike.
• Wang Yin struggled to suppress the force stirring his Magical Power while Zhang Yu slipped through the gap in the Nether Blood Shadow Cover to fight him at close range.

Zhang Yu defeated Wang Yin by exploiting a flaw in his Skin Magic Skeleton and battering his mind with the Soul-Wounding Brick. Spark True Person pulled Zhang Yu away as Songyang City erupted into conflict, then arranged for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to study with him for the next nine months.

• Zhang Yu repeatedly slammed Wang Yin into the ground until vibrations loosened the connection between his Skin Magic Skeleton and flesh, revealing a bruise on his forehead.
• Zhang Yu struck the flaw with the Soul-Wounding Brick, flooding Wang Yin's mind with scam advertisements and junk information.
• Wang Yin counterpunched and shattered Zhang Yu's left arm, but Zhang Yu kept hitting him until he could no longer fight or speak.
• Spark True Person stopped Zhang Yu, explained that local families and workers were resisting Oasis Group, and took Zhang Yu away to train with Bai Zhenzhen.
• Li Xuelian knocked out Oasis Group employees while Yu Xinghan watched and realized Zhang Yu's crowdfunding lending channel had closed.

Zhang Yu defeated Wang Yin, shocking the First Layer and inspiring students while Orthodox Gods moved to contain the fallout and reshape the First Layer. Badly injured but already healing, Zhang Yu ended the chapter recovering under doctors’ care as Spark True Person wondered whether he possessed the legendary Martial Dao Sacred Body.

• Zhang Yu beat Wang Yin with the Soul-Wounding Brick, and Mu Guiyin sealed Wang Yin’s Divine Power Network when he seemed poised to break their agreement.
• Deng Bingding declared that the Orthodox Gods would handle Oasis Group’s aftermath and clean up the First Layer under the decree of Myriad Laws Sect.
• Le Mulan, Lian Tianji, Qian Shen, and students across several schools watched Zhang Yu’s victory and reconsidered what people from the First Layer could achieve.
• Deng Bingding observed that the battle inspired students to work harder, while foreseeing that Oasis Group would be carved up and the Upper Level would benefit from the resulting changes.
• Doctors treated Zhang Yu’s severe injuries, and Spark True Person marveled at how quickly Zhang Yu’s body was healing after reaching Foundation Establishment.

After Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen survived the day’s battles, they returned to their apartment to rest, while Spark True Person left to work and promised to help negotiate Zhang Yu’s rewards. As Zhang Yu resumed cultivating, he began to understand the blood-colored incantation on the Remnant Ox and wondered whether his Heart Sutra was incomplete.

• Spark True Person marveled at Zhang Yu’s Combat Saint Physique and martial talent, then left to work overtime and promised to help him negotiate with the Orthodox Gods.
• Bai Zhenzhen reunited with Zhang Yu, said she had defeated Wang Yin and gotten her account unfrozen, and the two headed back through the ongoing corporate battles.
• Zhang Yu activated his Foundation Establishment Domain, causing nearby fighters and pursuers to stand down as he and Bai Zhenzhen passed; Red River regretted not helping Zhang Yu earlier.
• At their apartment, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen cleaned up, told Fu Ji about their victory, and Bai Zhenzhen fell asleep from exhaustion.
• Zhang Yu resumed circulating his Heart Sutra and gained a new understanding of the Remnant Ox’s blood-colored incantation, suspecting his Heart Sutra was a castrated version.