Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yu used Demonic Mimicry Aerosol to temper his body, earned extra income by selling Magical Power to Xuan Ge, and intensified his studies and construction work to fund his transfer to the Artifact Crafting Department. After claiming to have resisted temptation for over half a month, he struggled against increasingly explicit advertisements on his way back to the dormitory.

• Zhang Yu inhaled Demonic Mimicry Aerosol and used Boundless Spring Autumn Zen to temper his body, despite the medicine's danger and high cost.
• Zhang Yu discovered Xuan Ge's Blazing Sun Magic Vein, infused him with Magical Power, and arranged a private monthly sale of 10,000 units for one Spirit Coin.
• Zhang Yu used Mind Clarity Technique and accelerated thinking in the Taiqing Realm to memorize Artifact Crafting Department courses, spending Spirit Coins on lessons and materials.
• Zhang Yu trained Earth Seeking Claw at the 667th Layer construction site, increased his October earnings, and worked overtime while his body's heat subsided.
• Zhang Yu boasted to Fu Ji that he had abstained from lust for over half a month, then became flustered by increasingly explicit advertisements and blamed big data for targeting his weak period.

Zhang Yu continued cultivating while selling Magical Power to Le Mulan, and Bai Zhenzhen began supervising their exchanges to protect his progress toward the Immortal Dao. As the competition approached, Zhang Yu trained against Shi Huaiyu, while Bai Zhenzhen set out for Ten Thousand Laws University for the Flying Sword Competition.

• Bai Zhenzhen warned Zhang Yu that selling Magical Power to Le Mulan could harm his cultivation and made him agree to send her recordings of each exchange.
• Le Mulan told Zhang Yu that a company wanted to purchase his Reproductive Rights, and he refused to sell them.
• A month later, Zhang Yu had cultivated four techniques with his Martial Dao Sacred Body and saved more than 9 Spirit Coins.
• Shi Huaiyu trained Zhang Yu to withstand opponents using the Small Three Harmonies, then paused when her Ghost Kidney caused her pain.
• Ji Yuan Shu judged Zhang Yu's Competition Team poorly, while Xuan Ge entered Zhang Yu's dormitory and Li Xiao remained outside.
• Bai Zhenzhen rejected the Seven Emotions Divine Lord's suggestion that Zhang Yu might start a family, vowed to stop him from having children, and later traveled to Ten Thousand Laws University for the Flying Sword Competition.

Zhang Yu continued studying artifact crafting and met Bai Zhenzhen after nearly seventeen months apart. She transferred her evolved Divine Spiritual Root into him, leaving them reunited and Zhang Yu strengthened by the dangerous procedure.

• Zhang Yu reviewed artifact-crafting fundamentals and planned to gain practical experience while earning money for materials and lab fees.
• Zhang Yu checked his cultivation progress and learned that Bai Zhenzhen had arrived in Ten Thousand Laws University City.
• Zhang Yu met Bai Zhenzhen in a secluded spot, where she embraced him and began transferring her Divine Spiritual Root into his body.
• Bai Zhenzhen's Divine Spiritual Root replaced Zhang Yu's Spirit Root temporarily, causing him intense pain before the effects eased.
• Zhang Yu warned Bai Zhenzhen about the risks of revealing her transferable Divine Spiritual Root, then reunited with her in an embrace.

Zhang Yu discovered that Bai Zhenzhen’s Dao Seed was a Level 2 Azure Lotus Sword Embryo and learned how to nourish it with cultivation techniques while using the Divine Spiritual Root. As Bai Zhenzhen prepared for the Flying Sword Competition, Zhang Yu cultivated in secret and later returned her True Spirit Root, triggering an intense adaptation reaction.

• Zhang Yu saw the Level 2 Azure Lotus Sword Embryo on both Bai Zhenzhen and himself, then learned that ten Level 20 cultivation techniques could nourish it for replication.
• Bai Zhenzhen left Zhang Yu and told him to return the Divine Spiritual Root at midnight after the competition’s opening ceremony.
• Zhang Yu began circulating cultivation techniques with the Divine Spiritual Root while Fu Ji watched expectantly.
• Zhang Yu watched Bai Zhenzhen enter the Flying Sword Competition opening ceremony as a Heaven Sword University favorite, while classmates discussed her fame and wealth.
• Zhang Yu asked Yu Xinghan and Li Xiao to keep his connection to Bai Zhenzhen secret, then left the construction site before overtime ended.
• Zhang Yu returned the True Spirit Root to Bai Zhenzhen on the underground 66th Layer, and she trembled as her body reacted intensely to its return.

Zhang Yu secretly returned Bai Zhenzhen’s Divine Spiritual Root and focused on copying its Dao Seed before she left Ten Thousand Laws University. As the Flying Sword Competition began, Wen Wuya’s awkward attempts to win Bai Zhenzhen’s affection without spending money remained unsuccessful, and Zhang Yu wondered how other sects achieved long-range sword attacks.

• Zhang Yu nourished the Divine Spiritual Root, returned it to Bai Zhenzhen, and urged her to leave before anyone noticed.
• Fu Ji reminded Zhang Yu to perform Rituals for Bai Zhenzhen, and Zhang Yu agreed before secretly leaving the 66th Layer.
• Wen Wuya recalled the Seven Emotions Divine Lord’s order to build feelings with Bai Zhenzhen without spending money, but Bai Zhenzhen continued to distrust him and dislike his attention.
• Bai Zhenzhen told Wen Wuya she had been warming up, then concealed pain from her Divine Spiritual Root and headed to the competition.
• Zhang Yu returned to the construction site, where Yu Xinghan guessed he had gone to relax, and they watched the Flying Sword Competition begin.
• Ying Xin noted the competitors’ ability to hit targets eighty kilometers away, and Zhang Yu wondered how sects other than the Heaven Sword Sect managed such attacks.

Zhang Yu watched Bai Zhenzhen excel in the Flying Sword Competition while secretly exchanging True Spirit Roots with her and cultivating to copy her Dao Seed. As Bai Zhenzhen’s victories and connection to the Seven Emotions Divine Lord drew widespread attention, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen kept their secret exchanges hidden.

• Ying Xin explained the universities’ distinctive flying sword techniques, and Zhang Yu realized that sword technology mattered as much as a contestant’s skill.
• Bai Zhenzhen demonstrated her Essence Gold Flying Swords in the competition, then met Zhang Yu privately to transfer her True Spirit Root.
• Zhang Yu worked overtime and used multiple minds to cultivate several methods at once, hoping to copy the Dao Seed before Bai Zhenzhen left.
• Bai Zhenzhen defeated opponents in Sword Combat with Essence Gold Flying Swords, including rivals wielding Military Grade Flying Swords, and attracted growing public attention.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen continued exchanging True Spirit Roots in secret, while Wen Wuya grew suspicious of Bai Zhenzhen’s frequent trips away from the hotel.
• The Spirit Realm Network publicized Bai Zhenzhen’s achievements and her connection to the Seven Emotions Divine Lord, prompting widespread praise and admiration.

Yu Xinghan speculated on Seven Emotions Coin and asked Zhang Yu to predict Bai Zhenzhen’s competition result, while Bai Zhenzhen expected to place in the top twenty. After she placed eighteenth and the coin’s hype faded, Wen Wuya learned from the Seven Emotions Divine Lord that Zhang Yu had received five Spirit Coin from her.

• Yu Xinghan recalled Spark True Person’s advice about hyping powerful figures and decided to ask Zhang Yu when to sell Seven Emotions Coin.
• Bai Zhenzhen told Zhang Yu that she aimed for the top twenty and advised anyone holding Seven Emotions Coin to sell by the day after tomorrow.
• Wen Wuya searched for Bai Zhenzhen, but Zhang Yu denied seeing her when Wen Wuya showed him her photo.
• Bai Zhenzhen placed eighteenth in the competition, prompting online criticism and complaints from Seven Emotions Coin buyers.
• At the post-match banquet, the Seven Emotions Divine Lord told Wen Wuya that Zhang Yu had a good relationship with Bai Zhenzhen and had received five Spirit Coin from her.

Wen Wuya discovered Zhang Yu’s connection to Bai Zhenzhen and paid him to coach him on building a relationship with her. Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen arranged for Zhang Yu to manage Wen Wuya’s messages, while Zhang Yu focused on replicating the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo on his final night.

• Wen Wuya noticed Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen disappearing from the banquet together, then confronted Zhang Yu and learned they had been high school classmates.
• After Fu Ji advised him to stay calm, Zhang Yu admitted their past connection, and Wen Wuya asked him to teach him how to get closer to Bai Zhenzhen.
• Zhang Yu coached Wen Wuya to message Bai Zhenzhen about civil engineering, and Wen Wuya paid him ten Spirit Coins per month after receiving a long reply.
• Bai Zhenzhen refused Zhang Yu’s offer to share the money and put Wen Wuya’s contact under Zhang Yu’s management, while Zhang Yu told Wen Wuya to wait twelve hours before replying.
• Zhang Yu went to an empty corner on the eighty-eighth floor of Ten Thousand Laws University and began cultivating to replicate the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo.

Zhang Yu discovered that the Level 2 Azure Lotus Sword Embryo adaptively strengthened his Chain Law Diagram sets and might let him retain some of their effects after switching sets. At the Simulated Construction Site, Wen Wuya arrived looking for Bai Zhenzhen and was approached by Ji Yuan Shu.

• Zhang Yu studied the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo and realized its selective adaptive enhancement followed the abilities he focused on improving.
• Zhang Yu found that the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo was slowly strengthening his Chain Law Diagram sets and might preserve some set effects even when he removed them.
• Zhang Yu noted that the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo needed ten Level 30 cultivation methods to reach Level 3 and worried that advancing it too soon could attract the Seven Emotions Divine Lord's attention.
• At the Simulated Construction Site, Gongshu Jin wondered why Zhang Yu had skipped classes and failed to socialize at the banquet.
• Wen Wuya came to the Simulated Construction Site to look for Bai Zhenzhen, and Ji Yuan Shu introduced himself in hopes of making a connection.

Bai Zhenzhen said goodbye to Zhang Yu before returning to her team, while Wen Wuya met Zhang Yu at the construction site and discussed Civil Engineering with him. As the Civil Engineering Competition began, Ji Yuan Shu prepared to face Zhang Yu’s team in his first match.

• Wen Wuya immobilized Ji Yuan Shu with a talisman, and Ji Yuan Shu endured it to earn Spirit Coins.
• Bai Zhenzhen said goodbye to Zhang Yu, urged him to reach the Top Ten League with her, and vanished in a flash of lightning.
• Wen Wuya met Zhang Yu at the construction site, then left after learning Bai Zhenzhen had returned to her team.
• Director Gao learned of Zhang Yu’s connection to Wen Wuya and encouraged him to keep communicating with Wen Tianya.
• Director Lin instructed Ji Yuan Shu to eliminate Zhang Yu’s team in the first Civil Engineering Competition match, and Ji Yuan Shu devoted himself to preparing.
• Several days later, the department’s internal Civil Engineering Competition began.

Ji Yuan Shu, Che Yufei, Shi Yunxiang, and Shi Huaiyu prepared for the Civil Engineering Competition, while Zhang Yu reached Level 20 in the sixth Martial Arts technique of the Martial Dao Sacred Body. The first elimination round was about to begin as Shi Huaiyu hurried Zhang Yu into the arena.

• Ji Yuan Shu showed off his new Thunder-Fire Double Roar arms and relied on his Platinum Fortune Suppression Card and growing following to build luck, then headed to the arena.
• Che Yufei finished three days of recuperation, resolved to earn a top-ten competition ranking, and met Shi Yunxiang, who had sold his original left hand to pay for a new Dharma Skeleton hand.
• Shi Huaiyu waited for her teammates after using profits from Seven Emotions Coin to buy a Ghost Suppression Seal, and refused to let its soul cultivator leave before the agreed time.
• Zhang Yu advanced the sixth Martial Arts technique of the Martial Dao Sacred Body to Level 20 and realized it increased the practical combat power of Foundation Establishment Realm martial techniques.
• Shi Huaiyu pulled Zhang Yu toward the arena as the first elimination round was about to begin.

Zhang Yu and his teammates entered the Civil Engineering Competition as factional tensions heightened and the prizes expanded to include Seven Wonders of Civil Engineering cultivation methods. The first elimination round began with a thousand-meter gravity field, where Zhang Yu watched elite teams cross at astonishing speed and prepared to tackle the course himself.

• Shi Huaiyu explained that the competition’s Comprehensive Score mattered to rankings and warned that War Faction and Peace Faction teams would compete fiercely for top placements.
• Su Yanyang mocked Shi Huaiyu’s team and offered her a substitute spot, but Shi Huaiyu rejected him and reminded him to pay compensation after losing their lawsuit.
• Spirit Peak True Lord announced that each of the top seven teams would receive two slots for Seven Wonders of Civil Engineering cultivation methods.
• The first elimination round began, requiring teams to cross a shifting gravity field one thousand meters long, with the twenty fastest teams advancing.
• Mo Shang Jin used the Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power to carry his teammates across the field, and another tenth-year team crossed just as quickly.

Zhang Yu pushed his Battle Demon Lifefall Skill to Level 20 and used Quadruple Thinking to race through the chaotic Gravity Field. Su Yanyang then crossed the field at five times the speed of sound, while Zhang Yu recognized him as the man who had injured Shi Huaiyu.

• Tu Lishan worried that the Peace Faction might gain support and defended Zhang Yu's desperate training methods to Wei Huai.
• Zhang Yu activated two eruptions of the Battle Demon Lifefall Skill, raising his Physical Strength above level 18.5.
• Zhang Yu used Quadruple Thinking to adapt to the Gravity Field and sprint past other students.
• Su Yanyang raced through the Gravity Field at five times the speed of sound, then switched from a speed-type Dharma Skeleton to an everyday set.
• Su Yanyang told the five soul cultivators assisting his Dharma Skeleton that he would keep at most one as a permanent employee, though he intended to keep none.

Ji Yuan Shu’s team finished the first elimination round in fifteenth place, and Zhang Yu’s team drew Ma Xuan’s team for the next match. As Ma Xuan unleashed a sand-and-mud attack, Zhang Yu shot through it toward him, apparently thrown forward by Shi Huaiyu and the others.

• Ji Yuan Shu used high speed to cross the gravity field and helped his team reach fifteenth place, while Zhang Yu also finished the course.
• Tu Lishan and Wei Huai argued over Zhang Yu’s and Ji Yuan Shu’s paths, until Spirit Peak True Lord urged them to balance Spirit Coins and lifespan.
• Zhang Yu’s team drew Ma Xuan and Ji Yuan Shu’s team for the twenty-to-ten elimination round.
• Su Yanyang warned Ma Xuan to win decisively without letting Shi Huaiyu and Xiao Qingxuan exhaust his team.
• Shi Huaiyu’s team attacked first, but Ma Xuan sent a wave of mud and sand at them; Zhang Yu burst through it toward Ma Xuan.

Ma Xuan’s team tried to defend its bunker and keep Zhang Yu from disrupting their formation, but Zhang Yu used stored palm strikes and his Level 20 Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force to counter them. He left the field in chaos as the team’s own attacks gave him more force to borrow and return.

• Ma Xuan assigned Bu Ziran and Ji Su Su to construction, Ji Yuan Shu to support, and led the defense as Shi Huaiyu’s group advanced.
• Zhang Yu descended through Ma Xuan’s mud-and-sand attack, while Ma Xuan warned his team not to fall for Zhang Yu’s provocation.
• Cong Na charged Zhang Yu in midair, but he unleashed Xiao Qingxuan’s stored Nine Dragons Heavenly Gang Palm strikes and sent her flying.
• Zhang Yu revealed that his Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force had reached Level 20 and released the remaining stored strikes as he landed.
• Ma Xuan ordered Yang Yan to suppress Zhang Yu while the others continued their assignments, but Zhang Yu’s Formless Cloud Gang created attackers that prompted the team to strike back.
• Zhang Yu borrowed force from the team’s attacks and used their techniques against them, plunging the battlefield into chaos.

Teachers watched the elimination matches and were astonished by Zhang Yu’s skill, while Ma Xuan’s team struggled against Shi Huaiyu’s group. Ma Xuan buried Zhang Yu underground and coordinated with Ji Yuan Shu’s long-range attacks, but the chapter ended as the earth beneath Ma Xuan began to shake.

• Teachers praised Su Yanyang and Xiao Yunjin’s performances before noticing Zhang Yu use Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force at Level 20.
• Lang Yougong and Tu Lishan marveled as Zhang Yu imitated several opponents’ techniques and fought them at once.
• Ma Xuan withdrew the Small Three Harmonies, opened a pit beneath the fighters, and buried Zhang Yu under the earth.
• Ma Xuan resumed fighting Shi Huaiyu’s group while Ji Yuan Shu bombarded them from long range with Thunder-Fire Gang Qi.
• Shi Huaiyu’s group faced attacks from the front and rear as Ma Xuan coordinated the battlefield, until the ground beneath him began to tremble.

Zhang Yu escaped Ma Xuan’s underground trap by digging back to the battlefield with nine Deep Cold Warriors, then forced Ma Xuan to defend himself while his teammates were occupied. Xiao Qingxuan emerged through a tunnel he and Zhang Yu had secretly made, and immediately attacked the unfinished bunker.

• Zhang Yu summoned nine Deep Cold Warriors and punched his way out of the earth before Ma Xuan could use his absence to turn the fight.
• Zhang Yu sent the Deep Cold Warriors after Bu Ziran and Ji Su Su, whose attacks exposed them to Cold Poison and forced them to stop working.
• Zhang Yu charged Ma Xuan and made him choose between enduring Zhang Yu’s attacks and letting Shi Huaiyu and the others join the fight.
• Ma Xuan activated his Vajra Mantra Skin, blocking Zhang Yu’s punches and believing he had regained control.
• Xiao Qingxuan emerged from the tunnel Zhang Yu had dug, and Ma Xuan realized they had secretly coordinated the tunnel and battlefield support.
• Xiao Qingxuan struck with nine Dragon-Shaped Gang Qi toward the half-finished bunker.

Ma Xuan’s team lost the first half after Zhang Yu and Shi Huaiyu’s side overwhelmed their defenses, leaving the bunker only 42% complete. In the second half, Ma Xuan isolated Che Yufei inside a hardened barrier, but discovered that his target was actually Zhang Yu and weighed whether to attack him at full strength.

• Ma Xuan’s team tried to defend the bunker against Shi Huaiyu’s assault, but Zhang Yu and Xiao Qingxuan’s attacks forced the barrier to crack.
• The round ended with the bunker 42% complete, and Ma Xuan vowed to reduce his opponents’ completion rate to zero in the next round.
• As the second half began, Ma Xuan ordered his team to eliminate opponents one by one and focused their attacks on Che Yufei.
• Ma Xuan stretched out the battle line, then sealed himself, Yang Yan, Bu Ziran, Ji Su Su, and Che Yufei inside a hardened barrier.
• Che Yufei’s disguise fell under attack, revealing Zhang Yu, while the real Che Yufei appeared outside the barrier.
• Ma Xuan realized Zhang Yu was weakened but that he could now attack without restraint, and considered having all four of them strike him at full strength.

Ma Xuan and his teammates launched a coordinated barrage of enhanced ranged attacks that overwhelmed Zhang Yu’s defenses and wounded him. Zhang Yu adapted by sending cloud clones to draw their fire, then charged Bu Ziran to force the team to hesitate and risk hitting their own teammate.

• Ma Xuan ordered the team to use a new tactic of frequent, weaker ranged attacks and unleashed silver-enhanced Formless Thousand Hands against Zhang Yu.
• Yang Yan fired electrically charged Blood Lightning with rented Heart and Hand Skeletons, while Gusu Su attacked with flaming Qi Explosion Swords from her rented Empty Roar Sword.
• Bu Ziran used Geng Metal Hair Sword Qi and Heaven Waterfall Sword to add a torrent of golden sword attacks to the assault.
• The combined attacks broke through Zhang Yu’s Formless Cloud Gang, leaving him with more than ten wounds as his Astral Qi rapidly drained.
• Zhang Yu spread his cloud gang and sent out figures to draw the team’s fire, then rushed toward Bu Ziran to make the others risk striking their teammate.

Zhang Yu endured Ma Xuan’s group’s attacks until he disabled Bu Ziran, while Xiao Qingxuan emerged to treat his injuries and fight beside him. With Shi Huaiyu reinforcing the barriers and taking down Cong Na, Bu Ziran, Yang Yan, and Gusu Su surrendered, leaving Ji Yuan Shu stunned.

• Zhang Yu used Bu Ziran as a shield against Ma Xuan’s group’s attacks, consuming their attacks and Sand Silver to recover while his own defenses strengthened.
• Bu Ziran’s Hand Skeleton malfunctioned during Zhang Yu’s charge, and Zhang Yu tore it off, struck his dantian, and froze him with Cold Poison.
• Ma Xuan discovered that Shi Huaiyu had reinforced the barriers, while Xiao Qingxuan emerged from underground and used Ancient Medical Arts to treat Zhang Yu.
• Zhang Yu and Xiao Qingxuan fought as a pair against Ma Xuan and the others, while Shi Huaiyu pursued and defeated Cong Na outside.
• Bu Ziran, Yang Yan, and Gusu Su surrendered after Bu Ziran declared that their four-versus-six fight was hopeless, and Ji Yuan Shu reacted with disbelief.