Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yu and Ying Xin competed to transport construction garbage from the 666th Layer to underground Layer 1, with the winner earning a Wilderness Project internship. Ying Xin put her civil engineering techniques to work, but Zhang Yu surged past her using the Battle Demon Lifefall Skill.

• Tu Lishan announced a five-hour garbage-hauling contest, with the winner earning a Wilderness Project internship, and explained how transportation embodied Immortal Dao Technique.
• Zhang Yu asked whether the contest paid wages, then proposed that the loser pay the winner double wages; Ying Xin accepted.
• Ying Xin and Zhang Yu transformed into small Giants and set off along the route, hauling construction garbage with Astral Qi.
• Ying Xin used her Eye Remains to guide her movement and carried twenty-five tons of garbage at nearly two hundred meters per second.
• Zhang Yu overtook Ying Xin while using the Battle Demon Lifefall Skill, startling her with his all-out effort.

Zhang Yu defeated Ying Xin in a five-hour construction-material transport race by pushing his body through relentless work and cultivation, while Ying Xin exhausted her strength and talisman funds. After Zhang Yu returned to work, Tu Lishan told him he could apply for a low-interest student loan and hinted that next month’s Wilderness Project would give Civil Engineering students a chance to prove themselves.

• Zhang Yu accelerated with the help of his cultivation and stored medicinal power, while Ying Xin used talismans to keep pace during their race.
• Zhang Yu repeatedly transported materials without stopping, and Ying Xin eventually suspended her talisman array as its Spirit Coin cost mounted.
• Tu Lishan explained that Zhang Yu had forged his strength through exhausting construction work and body-refinement cultivation, and the updated rankings placed Zhang above Ying Xin.
• Zhang Yu reminded Ying Xin to transfer the money, then returned to the 666th Layer to work overtime while Li Xiao questioned Yu Xinghan about his plans.
• Ying Xin transferred Zhang 0.121 Spirit Coin, and Tu Lishan told him that Director Gao had arranged a meeting about a low-interest student loan.
• When Zhang Yu asked about next month’s Wilderness Project, Tu Lishan instead asked how much he knew about the University War.

Zhang Yu learned that Ten Thousand Laws University’s Civil Engineering Department was preparing students for projects supporting its allied universities in armed conflicts, while Yu Xinghan reached ninety percent Spirit Root Fusion and awakened more of his Three-Eyed Divine Power. Zhang Yu gained a copy of Yu Xinghan’s new Dao Seed, then went with Tu Lishan to meet Finance Department teacher Xu Lingzi about arranging a low-interest loan.

• Zhang Pianpian explained that university wars were usually limited conflicts, and Tu Lishan told Zhang Yu that his field project would build a Dharma Treasure production line for a Brother School.
• Tu Lishan reviewed Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin’s files, viewing Zhang Yu as a short-term investment and Gongshu Jin as a long-term cultivation target.
• Yu Xinghan trained with Zhang Yu and raised his Spirit Root Fusion to ninety percent, awakening enhanced vision and the ability to copy movements and perceive Spiritual Energy.
• Zhang Yu acquired Three-Eyed Divine Power Level 1 through the Feather Scroll and realized it could improve further if Yu Xinghan reached full Spirit Root Fusion and raised his Magical Power above 500.
• Zhang Yu accompanied Tu Lishan to the Finance Department, where Tu Lishan brought him to meet Xu Lingzi about a Low-Interest Loan.

Zhang Yu spent his new loan on cultivation, helped Le Mulan improve her Magical Power after she reached Foundation Establishment, and trained at the 666th Layer construction site. Before he left for an outdoor site that might be a war zone, Bai Zhenzhen gave him a Flying Sword Code for a special flying sword she had prepared for him.

• Xu Lingzi approved Zhang Yu's 10 Spirit Coin loan, and Zhang Yu spent the rest of November using Spirit Coins to raise his cultivation.
• Le Mulan told Zhang Yu she had passed the Foundation Establishment Exam, and he began improving her Magical Power Quality by infusing her with his own Magical Power.
• At the 666th Layer construction site, Zhang Yu used his Three-Eyed Divine Power to copy and refine his movements as he trained.
• Zhang Yu saw a group-chat message asking for 3.2 Spirit Coins to revive Liu Ben, who had died temporarily after an explosion, and worried about the danger of University War.
• Zhang Yu told Bai Zhenzhen he would be away at an outdoor construction site for two or three months, and she gave him a Flying Sword Code for a special flying sword she had prepared.

Zhang Yu prepared for a three-month Outdoor Construction Site assignment by renting cultivation aids and improving his strength before boarding the Flying Boat. There, Tu Lishan introduced the students’ demanding training plan and gave them Three Worm Tendon Changing Pills, which Zhang Yu decided he could endure despite their risks.

• Zhang Yu rented three Mystic Creation Relics and an Azure Spirit Gu, which helped his Qi Sea Spiritual Root resume growing toward full fusion.
• Zhang Yu’s Dao Heart reached level 12, his Magical Power reached 425.5 with 136% quality, and his Physical Strength reached level 12.63.
• Zhang Yu received Bai Zhenzhen’s flying sword, said farewell to Yu Xinghan, Le Mulan, and Zhang Pianpian, then departed with the Civil Engineering Department for the construction site.
• Tu Lishan assigned the students training plans and warned them that the project had allocated death quotas, while Che Yufei dismissed the warning as ordinary for Civil Engineering.
• Tu Lishan gave the students Three Worm Tendon Changing Pills, and Zhang Yu swallowed one, felt it drain his stamina and Magical Power, and judged that he could withstand its harm.

Zhang Yu learned about the Civil Engineering Department’s punishing training program and traveled to the ruins of a Shanhe University factory, where he began cultivating the Mountain Manifestation True Form Chapter while working. As the students started rebuilding the site, Gongshu Bao focused on Director Gao’s instruction and resolved to defeat Ji Yuan Shu in three months.

• Tu Lishan explained that Zhang Yu’s group would endure dangerous drugs, techniques, and strenuous work, while another group of six students received expensive training from Director Gao.
• Zhang Yu examined the Azure Silk Flying Sword Bai Zhenzhen had given him and learned it could protect him, recharge itself, and connect to the Spirit Realm Network.
• The Flying Boat reached the ruined Shanhe University factory, and Mo Bao used the Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power to carry the students and clear debris.
• Zhang Yu began learning the Mountain Manifestation True Form Chapter while doing assigned labor, and his first circulation failed before he gained the technique at Level 1.
• Director Gao taught Gongshu Bao about finding Formation foundation points, and Gongshu Bao resolved to defeat Ji Yuan Shu after three months.

Zhang Yu began work at a ruined Puppet Factory, where the Poor People's Class used risky medicines and rushed through online lessons before starting their first night of cleanup. The chapter contrasted their harsh training with Gongshu Jin’s expensive, carefully tailored cultivation and left Zhang Yu clearing rubble amid warnings about lingering dangers.

• Zhang Yu moved into a six-person room at the construction site and met Che Yufei and Shi Yunxiang, who warned him that university work would push him toward Dao Heart Buffer Capsules.
• Zhang Yu examined the side effects and disease risks of the construction site’s medicines, took a five-medicine meal, and cultivated to counter the damage.
• Gongshu Jin received safer, customized medicine and paid to accelerate his Spirit Realm lessons, while Zhang Yu watched recordings at ten times speed and complained about Yu Xinghan filming Ying Xin.
• The Poor People's Class began clearing the ruined factory zone, and Tu Lishan warned that Golden Core Realm Magical Power, active formations, and polluted materials might still pose dangers.
• Zhang Yu activated the Mountain Manifestation True Form Chapter and carefully began breaking and removing rubble.

Zhang Yu worked through the dangerous factory ruins, using his abilities to avoid traps and learning about salvaged materials while refusing to waste money on massages. After several days, he began digesting No. 20 Spirit Law Secret Steel to strengthen his bones, then realized he needed to reinforce his stomach and intestines to digest it faster.

• Zhang Yu uncovered Wrath Alloy and discovered a half-finished puppet arm and the Factory Protection Array could still endanger students in the ruins.
• Zhang Yu handed Che Yufei a valuable beam for recycling and continued working safely by relying on his Three-Eyed Divine Power, Time Remnant Ink Eyes, and Civil Engineering Sacred Body.
• Gongshu Jin watched Mo Shang Jin and the other seniors reshape the terrain and process materials, then used his Hand Skeletons and Nine Earths Netherworld Force to begin his own work.
• Zhang Yu refused his coworkers’ invitation to get a massage, chatted with Bai Zhenzhen, and returned to the ruins to work overtime.
• Zhang Yu began digesting No. 20 Spirit Law Secret Steel to strengthen his bones, but found it slow and decided to toughen his stomach and intestines with suitable materials.

Zhang Yu gathered and refined rare materials at the ruins construction site, strengthening his digestive system until he was ready to eat No. 20 Secret Steel. After reaching the Second Layer of the Civil Engineering Sacred Body, he swallowed the metal and began digesting it with his strongest techniques.

• Zhang Yu collected Corrosion Abyss Gelatin and No. 15 Secret Steel from the ruins, storing the ingredients until his shift ended.
• Zhang Yu spent over a week refining Corrosion Abyss Gelatin to strengthen his esophagus, stomach, and intestines, then used his skills to digest No. 15 Secret Steel.
• After the ruins were cleared, Zhang Yu continued construction work, advanced the Mountain Manifestation True Form Chapter, and reached Level 20.
• Zhang Yu secretly retrieved No. 20 Secret Steel from his buried stash and prepared to digest it after strengthening his stomach and intestines.
• Zhang Yu reached the Second Layer of the Civil Engineering Sacred Body, swallowed the No. 20 Secret Steel, and activated the Level 20 Battle Demon Lifefall Skill with a double eruption.

Zhang Yu refined No. 20 Secret Steel into his arm bones and pushed his training and medication to dangerous extremes to strengthen himself before the construction project ended. After two months at the site, he prepared to raise the tenth Civil Engineering Sacred Body cultivation method to Level 20 and complete the sacred body.

• Zhang Yu used the second burst of Battle Demon Lifefall Skill and Level 20 techniques to crack and refine No. 20 Secret Steel, fusing it into the bones of his right hand.
• Zhang Yu began taking increasingly large doses of dangerous medicines while switching between the Civil Engineering Sacred Body and University Sacred Body to endure the side effects and metabolize the drugs.
• Che Yufei and Fu Ji worried about Zhang Yu as his medication assessment showed a 32% sudden-death rate, but Zhang Yu continued training and adapting to his increasingly heavy body.
• Tu Lishan questioned Zhang Yu about his medication use, then arranged a blood test; the doctor found no abnormalities, and Director Gao accepted Zhang Yu's unusual physique and suggested selling samples to other departments.
• After another month at the construction site, Zhang Yu continued cultivating and set out to raise the tenth Civil Engineering Sacred Body method to Level 20.

Zhang Yu completed the tenth cultivation method of the Civil Engineering Sacred Body and discovered that approaching death increased his resistances and reduced the lifespan cost of cultivation and medicine. He deliberately stopped healing himself and pushed his body toward a fragile balance, leaving those around him worried as he continued taking large amounts of lifespan-draining medicine.

• Zhang Yu passed the sealed Artifact Crafting Department production area and recalled the dangers of the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Qi and companies' compensation scandals.
• Zhang Yu completed the tenth cultivation method of the Civil Engineering Sacred Body and realized its effects grew stronger as he neared death.
• Zhang Yu stopped healing himself while working, eating, and taking medicine, and his body grew visibly weaker as its resistance increased.
• Zhang Yu found that the lifespan cost of medicine had become almost negligible and that his cultivation methods could barely harm him, so he increased his doses.
• Fu Ji and Che Yufei warned Zhang Yu that he was risking his life, but Zhang Yu ordered two more portions of medicine.

Zhang Yu returned from the construction site after pushing himself through months of work and cultivation, then recovered before applying for the Final Exam. As Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin began their exams, Tu Lishan expected Zhang Yu to fall behind in the Body Refinement category.

• Tu Lishan warned Zhang Yu to limit his medicine intake, and Director Gao allowed him to continue taking up to ten doses a day.
• Zhang Yu worked overtime and cultivated through the final half month at the construction site, refining all 206 bones with No. 20 Spirit Law Secret Steel.
• Zhang Yu returned with improved attributes and a fully refined skeleton, then returned the rented Mystic Creation Relic and Azure Spirit Gu Worm and scheduled his Final Exam.
• Zhang Yu spent the week recovering his body and replenishing his nutrition and vital energy before heading to the examination venue.
• Gongshu Jin and Zhang Yu began their Final Exams, and Tu Lishan observed that their professional course results were close while Zhang Yu's Dao Heart lagged behind Gongshu Jin's.
• Tu Lishan watched the Body Refinement Exam approach and expected Zhang Yu's score to be far lower than Gongshu Jin's.

Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin began the Body Tempering Exam’s Speed Trial on the simulated urban battlefield, where Gongshu Jin’s expensive training methods gave him the lead. Zhang Yu nevertheless finished close behind him, and both proceeded to the Strength Trial as Tu Lishan and Director Gao watched.

• Zhang Yu reached the examination site and met Gongshu Jin at the starting point for the Body Tempering Exam.
• Tu Lishan reviewed the exam rules and watched as Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin prepared for the Speed Trial.
• Gongshu Jin used three syringes to boost his condition, while Zhang Yu took standard pills and considered the discarded medicine before Fu Ji reminded him that borrowing it would count as cheating.
• Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin raced through the obstacle-filled battlefield, and Gongshu Jin activated his level 20 Ten Thousand Mile Flying Sword Step to surge ahead at supersonic speed.
• Gongshu Jin crossed the finish line first, but Zhang Yu finished shortly afterward, impressing him with his speed and recovery.
• Tu Lishan and Director Gao discussed the coming University War as Gongshu Jin and Zhang Yu headed to the Strength Trial.

Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin endured the Strength Trial’s escalating gravity, each relying on different methods to withstand the pressure. After the exam, Gongshu Jin confronted Zhang Yu about his rapid progress, while Zhang Yu left to work overtime at a construction site.

• Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin entered the Gravity Simulation Room and began the Strength Trial as its gravity increased.
• At 24x gravity, Zhang Yu activated the War Demon Lifefall Art and endured mounting injuries, while Gongshu Jin used his cultivation arts and Dharma Skeleton to remain steady.
• Zhang Yu pushed through the rising gravity with his reinforced skeleton and body, impressing Director Gao, who called him a genius and ordered staff to obtain his body samples.
• After the exam, Zhang Yu found that his results and the updated rankings were not yet available.
• Gongshu Jin asked Zhang Yu how he had surpassed him in three months, and Zhang Yu credited hard work, lifespan-burning medicine, and overtime before leaving for a construction job.

Zhang Yu continued working overtime at the construction site while nourishing his depleted body, and he ran into Saint Jay, a former acquaintance who had joined Ten Thousand Laws University’s Security Department. The semester rankings revealed that Zhang Yu had risen to second place, ahead of Gongshu Jin, and Li Xiao congratulated him as he worked.

• Gongshu Jin rejected Zhang Yu’s offer to stay and talk for Spirit Coins, resolved to pursue steady advancement, and messaged his Master that he had lost.
• Zhang Yu cultivated the Heavenly Fortune Longevity Art to replenish his depleted body, and Tu Lishan told him that Director Gao planned to meet and nurture him.
• Saint Jay recognized Zhang Yu at the 666th Layer construction site and explained that he had joined Ten Thousand Laws University’s Security Department instead of Nether University.
• Saint Jay’s colleagues teased him about Zhang Yu’s lower ranking, and he reflected on the gulf between students from the First Layer and those above them.
• Jiao Lei True Person posted the semester rankings, placing Ji Yuan Shu first, Zhang Yu second, and Gongshu Jin third.
• Li Xiao congratulated Zhang Yu on reaching second place, and Zhang Yu learned of the ranking while working overtime.

After Zhang Yu’s Final Exam ranking rose to second in his class, classmates and colleagues reacted with surprise and admiration while he continued working overnight. He left the construction site at dawn, noticing that his new rank earned him greater respect.

• Jiao Lei praised Zhang Yu in the class chat for rising from the middle-to-lower ranks to second place and said he had applied for Scholarship Loans for the top three students.
• Che Yufei discovered Zhang Yu’s second-place ranking, shared it with Shi Yunxiang, and congratulated Zhang Yu.
• Zhao Tianxing received an alert about Zhang Yu’s ranking, sent him a brief message of praise, and was warned against chatting during work hours.
• Zhang Yu exchanged messages with Yu Xinghan and Le Mulan about their rankings, while Le Mulan asked her brother whether Feather Juice could cost more.
• Zhang Pianpian privately praised Zhang Yu’s exam performance and score control, and Zhang Yu insisted to himself that he had genuinely gone all out.
• After working through the night and recovering by more than half, Zhang Yu left the site and observed workers and students treating him with greater respect because of his ranking.

Bai Zhenzhen explained the Top Ten League and challenged Zhang Yu to compete with her for the strongest undergraduate title, while Zhang Yu learned the requirements for entering its Military Competitions. After reaching Level 20 in his cultivation technique, he returned to the dorm and discovered that Yu Xinghan had learned about his money-making arrangement with Le Mulan.

• Bai Zhenzhen described the Top Ten League’s Military Competitions and the Immortal Sect Grade cultivation method awarded to a grand-slam champion, then made a pact with Zhang Yu to compete together.
• After disconnecting, Zhang Yu asked Zhang Pianpian how to enter the League, and she explained that Military Competition contestants needed a military qualification certificate and a Military Grade cultivation method.
• Fu Ji wondered whether Bai Zhenzhen was hiding her Heaven Sword University ranking, while Zhang Pianpian hoped Zhang Yu might eventually join her in the team competition.
• Zhang Yu continued studying, working, and cultivating, and his Heavenly Fortune Longevity Technique reached Level 20.
• Zhang Yu returned to the dorm with a package and argued with Yu Xinghan, who accused him of secretly earning money with Le Mulan.
• Le Mulan and Xuan Ge overheard the argument, and Xuan Ge speculated about the complicated relationships involved in four-way cultivation.

Zhang Yu continued cultivating Le Mulan’s magical power while Director Gao assessed the political and financial stakes behind the students’ rankings. After Zhang Yu met Director Gao, the chapter left them beginning a discussion about Zhang Yu’s future plans.

• Xuan Ge guarded the dormitory while Zhang Yu infused Le Mulan with magical power and she checked his supplements, then they privately arranged to meet again.
• Yu Xinghan suspected Zhang Yu and Le Mulan were secretly communicating and resolved to surprise them when his videos became popular.
• Director Gao learned that Ji Yuan Shu had earned full marks in Finance Department exams and discussed the rivalry between the department’s factions with Tu Lishan.
• Director Gao asked whether Gongshu Jin and Zhang Yu could overtake Ji Yuan Shu, then told Tu Lishan to bring Zhang Yu to meet him.
• Zhang Yu met Director Gao in the Civil Engineering Department’s teaching building, and Director Gao asked about his plans for the future.

Zhang Yu gained benefits from Director Gao for serving the Civil Engineering Department, moved into a larger dorm with his roommates, and remained wary of being tied to construction work. Meanwhile, Ji Yuan Shu used Finance Department Luck Divination to study Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin as he prepared to widen his lead in the rankings.

• Zhang Yu told Director Gao he wanted to compete in the Top Ten League, and Director Gao required him to join at least one construction project each semester in exchange for salary, medicine discounts, and other benefits.
• Director Gao lent Zhang Yu a suite on the 318th Floor, granted him Anti-Gravity Channel access, and promised to accept him as an Unofficial Disciple if he ranked first among freshmen.
• Zhang Yu asked whether his roommates could live with him, then moved into the suite with Yu Xinghan, Le Mulan, and Zhang Pianpian and asked Le Mulan to assess his discounted medicine options.
• Director Lin reproached Ji Yuan Shu for leading second place by only twenty-six points and ordered him to widen his lead over the freshmen by more than one hundred points.
• Ji Yuan Shu used the Finance Department's Luck Divination service to examine Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin, predict their traits, and plan to guide people's hearts and borrow luck.

Ji Yuan Shu used the Finance Department’s Luck Daoist Arts to gather classmates’ confidence and strengthen himself, prompting Zhang Yu to answer his challenge and intensify his cultivation. After a month of study, medicine, and training, Zhang Yu received an invitation in his Eye Remains in early April.

• Ji Yuan Shu told the class group that he would earn perfect marks and take first place, gathering classmates’ confidence as luck that enhanced his cultivation.
• Gongshu Jin accepted Ji Yuan Shu’s challenge, and Fu Ji explained to Zhang Yu how the Finance Department used people’s hearts to control luck.
• Zhang Yu replied that he looked forward to competing, then resolved to overcome Ji Yuan Shu with the Feather Scroll and threw himself into study and cultivation.
• Zhang Yu bought discounted medicines and soaked in an expensive Hundred Herbs Revitalizing Elixir Bath to restore his depleted body, while his Spirit Coin balance dwindled.
• Lang Yougong praised Zhang Yu’s improving Physical Strength and guided Yu Xinghan and Li Xuelian as well; a month later, Zhang Yu received an invitation in his Eye Remains.