Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yu comprehended the intent behind the Heavenly Human Martial Arts Diagram and nearly mastered the Heavenly Human Heart Refinement Art, but his Level 1 Dao heart fell short of its Level 3 requirement. Li Xuelian decided to recommend him to her father as a promising disciple, while the crowd gathered around Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen prepared to warn him about the apprenticeship.

• Bai Zhenzhen and the other students failed to meet the diagram’s requirements, and the attempts came to a halt.
• Zhang Yu followed a video of Bai Zhenzhen practicing all nine martial arts and suddenly understood that they cultivated martial Dao intent rather than techniques alone.
• The diagram reacted more strongly to Zhang Yu than to anyone else, but his martial Dao intent dissipated when his Level 1 Dao heart proved insufficient for the Heavenly Human Heart Refinement Art’s Level 3 requirement.
• Li Xuelian recognized Zhang Yu as a rare talent and told him she would ask her father whether he would take him as a disciple.
• Lian Tianji photographed Zhang Yu, the students crowded around him, and Bai Zhenzhen decided to caution him about accepting the apprenticeship as Li Xuelian called her father.

After Zhang Yu impressed everyone by comprehending the Heavenly Human Martial Arts Diagram, Spark True Person chose to invest in another prodigy instead, while Li Xuelian gave Zhang Yu usage rights to the Heavenly Martial Heart Refinement Art and ten thousand yuan. Zhang Yu learned about student contracts, drew attention from other schools, and ended the day with his remaining loan repaid and 8,300 yuan in his account.

• Spark True Person told Li Xuelian he would invest his family's resources in a fifteen-year-old genius who had mastered the Heavenly Martial Heart Refinement Art, rather than take Zhang Yu on.
• Li Xuelian apologized to Zhang Yu, granted him usage rights to the Heavenly Martial Heart Refinement Art, gave him ten thousand yuan, and asked him to delete his videos.
• Bai Zhenzhen and Qian Shen questioned Zhang Yu about his success, and Bai Zhenzhen explained that the school might offer him a contract and advised him to avoid signing if he aimed for a top university.
• Wu Qingqing from Saintly Women's Academy added Zhang Yu's contact information and challenged him to compare their abilities at the next citywide unified exam.
• After finishing his security work, Zhang Yu's savings rose to 13,300 yuan; he repaid 5,000 yuan of his loan and kept 8,300 yuan.

After rumors spread that Zhang Yu had been chosen as Spark True Person’s disciple, Su Haifeng offered him a restrictive student-aid contract. Zhang Yu rejected its terms, and Su Haifeng said they could renegotiate after the upcoming Monthly Exam based on his grades.

• Zhang Yu returned home after his security shift, worried about his loan, and cultivated through the night after taking Nerve Filler.
• Zhang Yu’s classmates discussed rumors that a Golden Core True Person had chosen him, but Zhang Yu did not correct them.
• Su Haifeng summoned Zhang Yu and asked about Spark True Person; Zhang Yu admitted he had turned the offer down because its terms were lacking.
• Su Haifeng presented a contract offering Zhang Yu 10,000 yuan per month in exchange for repayment, ten years of work for Wanxing Education Group, and school control over his university and Specialization choices.
• Zhang Yu rejected the contract and asked whether he could receive terms like Bai Zhenzhen’s; Su Haifeng said they could revisit the offer after the Monthly Exam in two weeks.

Zhang Yu devoted nearly all his time to cultivation, raising his Heavenly Cycle Qi Gathering Method to level 6 and his magical power to 9.4 while inspiring his classmates to work harder. He hurried to claim his free Heavenly Spiritual Root rental, where Zhao Tianxing began explaining the school’s Spirit Root options.

• Zhang Yu stopped taking temporary jobs and spent four days cultivating, raising his method to level 6 and his magical power from 8.3 to 9.4.
• Zhang Yu’s relentless practice pressured Bai Zhenzhen, Qian Shen, Zhao Tianxing, and other Demonstration Class students to study and cultivate harder.
• Su Haifeng noticed the class’s improved work habits and mistakenly considered using insults as a teaching method.
• Zhang Yu rushed to redeem his free hour of Heavenly Spiritual Root rental time at the school.
• Zhao Tianxing followed Zhang Yu and explained the different grades and functions of Spirit Roots, including Parasitic and Muscle Growth Spiritual Roots.

Zhang Yu rented the Qi Sea Spiritual Root and discovered that it greatly increased his cultivation speed, raising his magical power from 9.4 to 9.5 in an hour. After returning it, he learned the root cost sixty million yuan and left with Wei Xin’s contact information.

• Zhao Tianxing explained that the Qi Sea Spiritual Root could gather Spiritual Energy across a wide area and boost magical power refinement.
• Zhang Yu claimed his reward, rented the Qi Sea Spiritual Root, and entered Quiet Room No. 2 to cultivate.
• The Qi Sea Spiritual Root drew Spiritual Energy from a radius of fifty meters, letting Zhang Yu refine magical power far faster than usual.
• Wei Xin noticed the Spiritual Energy drain around Quiet Room No. 2 and recognized Zhang Yu’s unusual cultivation ability.
• After his hour ended, Zhang Yu declined to extend the rental, learned the Qi Sea Spiritual Root cost sixty million yuan, and exchanged contact information with Wei Xin.

Zhang Yu qualified for the citywide Magic Competition and shifted his focus to body tempering to prepare for the Monthly Exam. After nine days of punishing practice under the Ritual, the exam finally arrived.

• Zhang Yu's magical power rose to 10.5, placing him eighth in the grade and earning him a spot in the Magic Competition; Teacher Yan praised his progress.
• Bai Zhenzhen and Qian Shen watched Zhang Yu's relentless cultivation and joined him in practicing breath circulation during class breaks.
• Zhang Yu decided to train the Body Tempering Thirty-Six Forms for the Monthly Exam, using the Heavenly Cycle Qi Gathering Method to improve his recovery and training results.
• The Ritual forced Zhang Yu to continue body-tempering beyond his limits, and he collapsed repeatedly before managing to advance the technique to Level 3 (22/30).
• Zhang Yu ate a huge meal to support his training, then spent the following days alternating body-tempering with Spiritual Energy circulation until the Monthly Exam arrived.

Zhang Yu raised the Body Tempering Thirty-Six Forms to its Qi Refining limit, which optimized his body and increased his Physical Strength. On the day of the Monthly Exam, he prepared for the practical Martial Dao exam by training Freehand Fighting, reaching Level 3 before it began.

• At 3:00 a.m., Su Haifeng reviewed Zhang Yu's records and expected his Monthly Exam results to remain poor, with the school likely offering him a D-grade contract.
• At 4:00 a.m., Zhang Yu raised the Body Tempering Thirty-Six Forms to Level 10, triggering a physical transformation that increased his Physical Strength from Level 1.05 to Level 1.25.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen complained about rising cafeteria prices and reduced meal allowances, while Zhou Tianyi explained that new tariffs and plans to promote Synthetic Food were driving up food costs.
• After the morning written exams, Zhang Yu switched his specialization to Freehand Fighting and trained during the break, reaching Level 2 in just over fifty minutes.
• Zhang Yu kept training despite exhaustion and raised Freehand Fighting to Level 3 before the afternoon exams.

Zhang Yu took a difficult Dao Arts exam that included spells beyond the syllabus, then headed toward the Martial Dao practical combat exam. He Dayou, convinced that Zhang Yu was an unworthy poor student, planned to use the practical exam to put him in his place.

• Zhang Yu refined his Freehand Fighting and reviewed Talisman Arts before taking the Dao Arts exam.
• Zhang Yu struggled with difficult and unfamiliar questions while He Dayou finished early and showed off his expensive Talisman Book.
• Bai Zhenzhen complained that much of the exam covered spells the class had never learned.
• He Dayou reflected on his wealthy family and his contempt for poor students, especially Zhang Yu.
• After confirming Zhang Yu was not a Golden Core True Person's disciple, He Dayou decided to teach him a lesson in the practical combat exam.

During the Martial Dao practical exam, Zhang Yu faced He Dayou and used his Level 3 Freehand Fighting to defeat him twice in a row. He Dayou activated his newly learned Little Heavenly Star Palm in the third round, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Lei Jun explained the practical exam rules, and the students drew opponents for three-round fights.
• He Dayou used his influence to draw Zhang Yu as his opponent, intending to teach him a lesson.
• Zhang Yu defeated He Dayou in the first round with a bear-hug throw that sent him out of bounds.
• Zhang Yu knocked He Dayou down again in the second round with a quick kick to the chest.
• In the third round, Zhang Yu pressed He Dayou with repeated palm strikes, and He Dayou countered with Little Heavenly Star Palm.

Zhang Yu defeated He Dayou in a contest of magical power, then trained Freehand Fighting through the night before attending the citywide Dao Heart Exam. The exam began with Zhang Yu entering the Spirit Realm, but his trial had not yet unfolded.

• He Dayou used the Little Heavenly Star Palm against Zhang Yu, but Zhang Yu endured the Yin-Cold Palm Power and forced He Dayou to admit defeat.
• Bai Zhenzhen learned that Zhang Yu had reached Level 3 Freehand Fighting, and they discovered that both had hidden their martial arts progress.
• Zhang Yu returned to the Unfinished Building and practiced Freehand Fighting through the night, raising it to level 5 and his magical power to 11.8.
• Zhang Yu arrived at the Dao Heart Exam, inspected and put on the Spirit Realm Mask, then entered another world when the exam began.

Zhang Yu entered the Spirit Realm to take a Dao Heart Exam that measured how much pain he could endure. As he struggled to raise his pain level, the Heavenly Martial Heart Refinement Art rekindled his fighting spirit, and he resolved to punish whoever designed the test.

• Zhang Yu arrived in the Spirit Realm and found himself among students taking the exam.
• Proctor Li Xingyu recognized Zhang Yu from the Heavenly Human Martial Arts Diagram and decided to record his exam performance.
• Li Xingyu explained that examinees would use controllers to endure increasing levels of pain for sixty minutes, with fainting resulting in a score of zero.
• Zhang Yu used the Basic Heart Refining Method to steady himself and raised the pain level until it reached 37.
• When the method no longer suited his temperament, Zhang Yu recalled the Heavenly Martial Heart Refinement Art and regained his resolve to endure the pain.

Zhang Yu endured the Dao Heart Exam, completed the Magical Power test, and prepared for the Physical Education Exam. Wang Hai suspected Zhang Yu’s score would reveal whether he had really become a Golden Core True Person’s disciple and considered expelling him if he threatened Wang Hai’s supply business.

• Li Xingyu watched Zhang Yu endure the Spirit Realm’s pain test for the full sixty minutes, then posted information about him online as a martial arts genius.
• Zhang Yu left the Spirit Realm, rejected Dao Heart Buffers, and hurried to the Magical Power examination hall.
• Zhang Yu completed the Magical Power test with high circulation efficiency, surprising the assistant teacher who recorded his results.
• Zhou Tianyi told Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen that harsh Dao Heart Exam rules had caused students at several schools to break down.
• Zhang Yu practiced the Heavenly Cycle Qi Gathering Method before heading to the afternoon Physical Education Exam.
• Wang Hai recalled Zhang Yu’s defiance and the rumor that he was a Golden Core True Person’s disciple, then resolved to judge him by his score and expel him if he threatened Wang Hai’s supply business.

Zhang Yu impressed the physical education exam judges with his strength and body structure, convincing Wang Hai that he was likely a Golden Core Disciple. Wang Hai tried to repair their relationship with a cash gift and complete freedom to skip physical education class, which Zhang Yu accepted with pleasure.

• Zhang Yu and Zhao Tianxing applied Vajra Ghee before the Body Tempering Exam.
• Zhang Yu displayed remarkable strength and a refined body structure, drawing praise from the Sports Teachers and suspicion from Wang Hai that he had become a Golden Core Disciple.
• Wang Hai decided to mend his relationship with Zhang Yu by giving him a gift rather than risking a low score.
• Wang Hai transferred Zhang Yu 66,666.66 and apologized for his poor teaching and past treatment.
• Wang Hai told Zhang Yu he could do whatever he wanted in physical education class and skip whenever he wished, and Zhang Yu welcomed the freedom.

Zhang Yu’s Monthly Exam results revealed a dramatic rise to third place, prompting teachers and classmates to reconsider his potential. As the school celebrated his achievement, an unnamed caller planned to act before the Student Union approached him about a contract.

• Zhang Yu told Bai Zhenzhen that improving his grades and abilities would bring him more friends, then trained and raised his cultivation method to level 8 and his Magical Power to 11.9.
• Su Haifeng saw that Zhang Yu had placed third with 620 points and called Wang Hai to question his high Physical Competition score; Wang Hai defended the score and praised Zhang Yu’s potential.
• Su Haifeng told an unnamed caller that Zhang Yu might qualify for a Grade B or Grade A contract, and the caller asked him to delay the Student Union while he tried another method.
• Zhang Yu saw the school publicize his third-place finish and entered a classroom where Qian Shen resolved to compete with him and Bai Zhenzhen, while He Dayou focused on improving his own scores.
• Bai Zhenzhen wondered whether Zhang Yu had awakened like her.

Zhang Yu’s exam success drew attention from classmates and the Student Union, while he planned his cultivation and considered buying stronger methods with his new savings. The chapter ended with him browsing an Immortal Dao cultivation website and seeing its recommended methods.

• At White Dragon High School, Zhang Pianpian learned Zhang Yu had placed third in his grade with a score of 620 and decided to let him choose whether to sign with the Student Union.
• At Songyang High School, students and teachers focused on Zhang Yu after his exam results and his victory over He Dayou, while Bai Zhenzhen explained that they wanted to learn the secret behind his improvement.
• Zhao Tianxing wondered whether Bai Zhenzhen’s remarks about people seeking Zhang Yu’s study methods were aimed at him.
• On the bus, Zhang Yu received Bai Zhenzhen’s warning not to accept a Student Union contract before she had spoken with them.
• Zhang Yu planned to improve his cultivation methods and considered spending his savings on stronger ones after contract negotiations.
• Zhang Yu opened an Immortal Dao cultivation-method website and browsed Qi Refining Stage recommendations.

Zhang Yu browsed cultivation methods online, grew wary of a supposed competitor ordering Demonic Parasitic Art, and continued advancing his cultivation. At Songyang High School, Student Union vice president Zhou Chechen offered to take over Zhang Yu’s debts and presented him with a generous Grade A Contract.

• Zhang Yu reviewed popular cultivation methods, filtered them by age and grade, and found Expert-level techniques too expensive to afford.
• Zhang Yu saw a recommendation claiming his competitor was ordering Demonic Parasitic Art, then favorited it and several anti-demon methods while suspecting the platform was manipulating him.
• Zhang Yu’s Heavenly Cycle Qi Gathering Method reached level 8 (95/160), and his magical power rose to 12.1 after a day of cultivation.
• Lan Ling invited Zhang Yu to meet the Student Union about a contract, and Zhang Yu met Lan Ling and vice president Zhou Chechen at the office.
• Zhou Chechen told Zhang Yu that he had bought up Zhang Yu’s debts and would hold the seven hundred thousand without interest or immediate repayment.
• Zhou Chechen presented Zhang Yu with a Grade A Contract offering fifty thousand in monthly cultivation expenses, discounted school resources, and a private dormitory room.

After rejecting Zhou Chechen’s contract, Zhang Yu learned from Bai Zhenzhen that it could bind his future and help wealthy students keep poor applicants out of the Ten Great Top Universities. Though he realized joining a great Sect required reaching the Top Ten, he left the choice uncertain until Bai Zhenzhen declared her plan and he decided to pursue it with her.

• Zhou Chechen told Lan Ling he would give Zhang Yu another month to consider the contract and might improve its benefits if Zhang Yu’s grades rose again.
• Bai Zhenzhen warned Zhang Yu that the contract could give the Student Union control over his debt, assets, university, and major, with enforcement backed by the Law Department.
• Bai Zhenzhen explained that wealthy families used contracts and other means to reserve the Top Ten’s limited places for their own students, while ordinary university graduates could not join the Ten Great Sects as disciples.
• Zhang Yu realized that reaching the Top Ten was necessary for his goal of joining a great Sect, despite the crushing competition and his uncertainty about the contract.
• Bai Zhenzhen declared that she would not sign and would apply to the Top Ten, and Zhang Yu told her they would do it together.

Zhang Yu trained intensely while preparing for the Magic Competition and considering Bai Zhenzhen’s plan to apply to the Ten Great Top Universities. After raising his Heavenly Cycle Qi Gathering Method to Level 10, he reached second place in his grade and gained continuous passive cultivation.

• Bai Zhenzhen told Zhang Yu to focus on improving himself before the Magic Competition, where she planned to introduce him to people who might help them apply to the Ten Great Top Universities.
• During Martial Arts Class, Zhang Yu defeated He Dayou and revealed that his Freehand Fighting had advanced to level 4; Lei Jun invited him to the Songyang City Martial Arts Combat Competition.
• Zhang Yu watched Bai Zhenzhen suppress Qian Shen and wondered how the wealthy students would react if they learned that he and Bai Zhenzhen intended to apply to the Ten Great Top Universities.
• Zhang Yu increased his cultivation time, sparred with Bai Zhenzhen, and restocked medicines at the stationery shop while promoting the Zhang Yu Original Cultivation Package.
• After five days of intensive cultivation, Zhang Yu raised his Heavenly Cycle Qi Gathering Method to Level 10, reached magical power 13.3 and second place in his grade, and wondered whether Bai Zhenzhen had a hidden advantage too.

Zhang Yu bought and began cultivating the Desolate Ox Soul-Suppressing Heart Sutra to improve his Dao Heart, finding that Ritual Power’s constant coercion made him unusually well suited to the method. After rapid progress, his Dao Heart rose to Level 2, and he continued cultivating.

• Zhang Yu decided to prioritize improving his Dao Heart so he could meet the thresholds for stronger cultivation methods.
• Zhang Yu chose the inexpensive Desolate Ox Soul-Suppressing Heart Sutra, whose harsh-work requirements matched the pressure Ritual Power placed on him.
• Zhang Yu began cultivating the sutra and quickly reached Level 1, then Level 2, as the method made hardship feel easier to endure.
• Zhang Yu reflected that the sutra’s creator might have intended to help people endure hardship rather than turn them into workhorses.
• Zhang Yu raised his Desolate Ox Soul-Suppressing Heart Sutra to Level 3 and his Dao Heart to Level 2, then continued cultivating.

Zhang Yu advanced the Desolate Ox Soul-Suppressing Heart Sutra to Level 10 and attended Magic Competition tutoring with Bai Zhenzhen. He learned that the competition required precise Magical Power control and quickly demonstrated Sword Qi conversion by cutting through his notebook.

• Zhang Yu cultivated the Desolate Ox Soul-Suppressing Heart Sutra overnight until it reached Level 7, and his Dao Heart showed measurable progress.
• Liang Qin repeatedly tried to get Zhang Yu's attention and learn the secret behind his improved grades, but Zhang Yu ignored him.
• Zhang Yu reached Level 10 in the heart sutra and felt happiness from anticipating future progress.
• Bai Zhenzhen reminded Zhang Yu that they had Magic Competition tutoring, where Teacher Yan explained how controlling Magical Power could produce Sword Qi and other effects.
• Bai Zhenzhen struggled to follow the Sword Qi conversion route, while Zhang Yu used it to cut a two-variable equation from his notebook.