Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yu learned that the Talisman Book charged him for worship and offerings, then focused on training for the Martial Arts Competition while hiding his strongest techniques. Zhou Tianyi ambushed him at the Unfinished Building, but Zhang Yu’s qi suddenly repelled the attack.

• Zhang Yu discovered that worshiping gods had charged a thousand yuan directly to his Bank Card, and Zhang Pianpian explained the Talisman Book’s worship, offering, and consultation functions.
• Zhang Yu inspected the offerings, realized they were remote services in the Spirit Realm, and worried about the cost of winning the high school Dao Arts Competition.
• Zhang Yu drank Monster Beast Meat Powder and went to the Unfinished Building to train, deciding to improve his basic qualities and conceal his high-level techniques at the Martial Arts Competition.
• Zhou Tianyi watched Zhang Yu train for over two hours and waited for him to weaken before launching a sneak attack with his level 5 Gale Leg Technique.
• Zhang Yu’s back released a surge of white qi that absorbed Zhou Tianyi’s kick and struck back with immense force.

Zhang Yu defeated Zhou Tianyi’s ambush, learned that Zhou served an Evil God, and grew more adept at switching between his cultivation techniques. After Zhou’s death, Zhang Yu faced growing isolation at school but agreed to introduce Qian Shen to Zhang Pianpian for a fee.

• Zhang Yu countered Zhou Tianyi’s sneak attack and crushed him against a concrete wall with the Limitless Cloud Hand.
• Zhou Tianyi claimed Songyang High School cultivated poor students as potential spare parts, then revealed that an Evil God was interested in Zhang Yu before crimson flames burned him to ash.
• Zhang Yu reflected on when to fight and when to retreat, and his Heavenly Martial Heart Refinement Art advanced to level 6 overnight.
• Su Haifeng agreed to help arrange Zhou Tianyi’s withdrawal and suggested that the school leave Zhang Yu alone for now because he had attracted too much attention.
• At school, Zhang Yu noticed his classmates avoiding him, while Bai Zhenzhen asked to borrow his Talisman Book.
• Qian Shen asked Zhang Yu to introduce him to Zhang Pianpian, and Zhang Yu offered to arrange it for 3,000.

Zhao Tianxing overcame his fear of being shunned and joined Zhang Yu at lunch, while Bai Zhenzhen let Mo Tianyi believe she and Zhang Yu had signed with Zhang Pianpian to protect their plans. Mo Tianyi accepted their supposed withdrawal, then continued his grueling Spirit Realm work and sent his wages to the boss, hoping the boss could enter the top ten.

• Zhao Tianxing feared associating with Zhang Yu but eventually sat beside him after Zhang Yu waved him over.
• Zhang Yu told Qian Shen that Zhang Pianpian refused to add him because his highest score was only 626, and he withheld her harsher follow-up message.
• Bai Zhenzhen told Mo Tianyi that she and Zhang Yu had signed with Zhang Pianpian and would not compete for the top ten, keeping their real plans secret.
• Mo Tianyi regretted the money he had given Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, then returned to his customer-service work in the Spirit Realm.
• After working eighteen hours and receiving five minutes of rest, Mo Tianyi transferred his wages to the boss and urged him to succeed.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen resumed Martial Arts Competition tutoring with Lei Jun, who trained them to fight opponents with superior strength and explained the legal limits on cultivation breakthroughs. After eleven days of practice, Zhang Yu raised the Heavenly Martial Heart Refinement Art to Level 10 and gained a heightened sense of focus.

• Bai Zhenzhen told Zhang Yu about Mo Tianyi's mysterious boss, and Zhang Yu advised her not to reveal the truth yet.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen bought basic insurance and began sparring with Lei Jun, who outmatched them despite limiting his strength and Magical Power.
• Lei Jun explained that Foundation Establishment required a certificate available only through university, and recalled how Spirit Root quotas had dashed his own hopes.
• Zhang Yu continued cultivating the Heavenly Martial Heart Refinement Art while training with Bai Zhenzhen under Lei Jun for eleven days.
• Zhang Yu raised the Heavenly Martial Heart Refinement Art to Level 10, making its martial techniques instinctive and sharpening his perception through intense concentration.

Zhang Yu spent his savings on the Imperishable Seal Art and mastered it to Level 10 before the Martial Arts Competition. He and Bai Zhenzhen arrived at White Dragon High School hungry and discovered that neither had money for dinner.

• Zhang Yu bought the Imperishable Seal Art for thirty thousand and quickly began learning its techniques.
• During training, Lei Jun praised Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's progress, warned them to prioritize safety, and told them to meet at White Dragon High School at midnight.
• Zhang Yu trained the Imperishable Seal Art to Level 10, gaining the ability to replenish some of his Magical Power by absorbing an opponent's.
• Zhang Yu traveled to White Dragon High School for the competition and looked for Bai Zhenzhen so he could borrow money for dinner.
• Bai Zhenzhen asked Zhang Yu for money instead, and they realized both had spent all their savings.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen reached White Dragon High School for the Martial Arts Competition, where the school’s strict score-based rules and lavish facilities highlighted the gap between elite and ordinary schools. After the contestants gathered, the organizers announced a Scoring Match against Yellow Turban Warriors, leaving the competition about to begin.

• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen got Qian Shen to buy them food, then Lei Jun provided tickets so the group could enter White Dragon High School.
• Zhang Yu and his companions explored White Dragon’s score-restricted facilities before reaching the basement arena, where contestants and students from the Three Great High Schools had gathered.
• Lian Tianji explained that Ziyun, White Dragon, and Red Pagoda had each sent their ten strongest first-year competitors, while Zhang Yu noticed the unequal rest areas given to different schools.
• Qian Shen recognized He Dayou in disguise in the spectator stands, and He Dayou claimed he had come to watch a middle school classmate compete rather than Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen.
• The organizers announced that competitors would be grouped by scores and that the Scoring Match would have each contestant fight a Yellow Turban Warrior at Physical Strength level 1.98 for one minute.

Zhang Yu watched the scoring matches and used the Heaven's Eye Talisman to inspect Song Hailong, whose overwhelming victory revealed him as a major threat. As powerful students from the Three Great High Schools showed off their strength, Song Hailong challenged Le Mulan to meet him in the finals.

• Zhang Yu learned the scoring rules and watched a White Dragon High School contestant earn 128 points against a Yellow Turban Warrior.
• Song Hailong threw a Yellow Turban Warrior out of bounds in under a second, earning 300 points, and Zhang Yu used the Heaven's Eye Talisman to inspect his attributes.
• Bai Zhenzhen and Lei Jun explained some of Song Hailong's Spirit Root and physical enhancements to Zhang Yu.
• Lian Tianji scored 261 points, and a Red Pagoda High School student earned 300 points by knocking a Yellow Turban Warrior out of bounds.
• Le Mulan scored 305 points and surpassed Song Hailong, while Qian Shen explained that she required Ziyun High School's first-years to remain silent around her.
• Song Hailong laughed and told Le Mulan he would be waiting for her in the finals.

Zhang Yu earned a perfect 300-point score by using precise timing and positioning to throw the Yellow Turban Warriors out of bounds, surprising spectators from the Three Great High Schools. Bai Zhenzhen struggled against the same opponent and scored 89, while Zhang Yu suspected she had hidden her strength for the group stage.

• Zhang Yu studied the Yellow Turban Warriors and planned to score highly to avoid facing the strongest contestants in his group.
• He Dayou, Qian Shen, and Zhao Tianxing watched as Chu Qiuhe mocked Songyang High School and its competitors.
• Zhang Yu used Limitless Cloud Hand to redirect the Yellow Turban Warriors' attack and throw it out of bounds, earning 300 points.
• A coach explained Zhang Yu's tactics and warned the students not to underestimate him, while Song Hailong dismissed the performance as a petty trick.
• Le Mulan belittled Zhang Yu and Lian Tianji over their poverty as they watched from Purple Cloud High School's preparation area.
• Bai Zhenzhen struggled to score against the Yellow Turban Warriors and finished with 89 points, leading Zhang Yu to suspect she was concealing her strength for the group stage.

Bai Zhenzhen faced Hu Yuntao in the group elimination matches and revealed a Spirit Root she had spent ten years hiding. She defeated him with stealth and precise timing, advancing from their bout.

• After the contestants were divided into eight groups, Zhang Yu learned that Bai Zhenzhen would face the powerful Demon Descendant Hu Yuntao.
• Bai Zhenzhen drew Hu Yuntao as her first opponent and prepared to use the Spirit Root hidden within her.
• Hu Yuntao charged at Bai Zhenzhen, but she vanished from sight and reappeared to attack his dantian.
• Bai Zhenzhen evaded Hu Yuntao's claw strike, tripped him, and sent him off the arena.
• Bai Zhenzhen declared that she had not used her full strength and won the match.

Bai Zhenzhen defeated Hu Yuntao, while Zhang Yu faced Chu Qiuhe, who had taken a combat supplement to boost his strength. Zhang Yu redirected Chu Qiuhe’s attacks and overwhelmed him with technique, leaving Zhang Yu victorious.

• Bai Zhenzhen defeated Hu Yuntao by sending him out of the arena, though most spectators overlooked the victory.
• Zhao Tianxing praised Bai Zhenzhen, while He Dayou and Qian Shen watched Zhang Yu prepare to fight Chu Qiuhe.
• Chu Qiuhe took a combat supplement that raised his Physical Strength and charged Zhang Yu with the Truck Charge Fist.
• Zhang Yu used the Formless Cloud Gang and his Full Concentration state to redirect Chu Qiuhe’s punches and evade his grapples.
• Zhang Yu struck Chu Qiuhe repeatedly until Chu Qiuhe’s body stiffened and he collapsed unconscious.
• Zhang Yu won the match against Chu Qiuhe.

The top eight of the Martial Arts Competition were decided, and Zhang Yu began his quarterfinal against Lian Tianji, who used combat drugs and a powerful explosive fist technique. As Zhang Yu started redirecting Lian Tianji’s attacks, Lian Tianji grew serious and stirred the Spiritual Energy, hinting that he had brought a Battle Spirit Root.

• Zhang Yu defeated Chu Qiuhe, and Bai Zhenzhen also beat a White Dragon High School student, prompting Chu Qiuhe to hope Zhang Yu would win more matches.
• Song Hailong and Le Mulan won their fights, and the top eight were set with Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen, Song Hailong, Le Mulan, Lian Tianji, two Red Pagoda students, and another White Dragon student.
• Zhang Yu reviewed the bracket and saw that he would face Lian Tianji, then likely Song Hailong, while Bai Zhenzhen had a difficult route through Red Pagoda’s top-ranked student and Le Mulan.
• Lian Tianji took several approved combat drugs while filming a promotional segment, then faced Zhang Yu after the referee allowed him to finish.
• Lian Tianji’s Level 3 Explosive Ripple Fist repeatedly blasted apart Zhang Yu’s Formless Cloud Gang, but Zhang Yu used the Imperishable Seal Art to redirect the force.
• After an advertiser warned that Lian Tianji’s pay would be docked if he failed to finish within a minute, Lian Tianji became serious and made the Spiritual Energy churn, suggesting he had brought a Battle Spirit Root.

Zhang Yu defeated Lian Tianji after using Subdermal Gang Qi to withstand his attacks and breaking through with Limitless Cloud Hand during their fight. The chapter left Zhang Yu receiving treatment before his next matches, while Chu Qiuhe secretly hoped he would win the championship.

• Lian Tianji activated his rented Battle Spirit Root and battered Zhang Yu with Explosive Ripple Fist, but Zhang Yu kept fighting through his apparent injuries.
• Zhang Yu used hidden Subdermal Gang Qi to protect his body and return the force of Lian Tianji’s blows, gradually wearing him down.
• After an advertiser threatened to cancel future cooperation, Lian Tianji unleashed his self-destructive Explosive Ripple Fist, but Zhang Yu blocked it and revealed that Limitless Cloud Hand had reached level 4.
• Lian Tianji collapsed from his injuries, and Zhang Yu claimed he had also practiced the Imperishable Seal Art and an External Cultivation Martial Arts to explain his endurance.
• The emergency doctor found that Zhang Yu had only flesh wounds, and Zhang Yu agreed to treatment after checking the cost and insurance coverage.
• White Dragon High School’s competitors reacted to Lian Tianji’s defeat, while Chu Qiuhe secretly hoped Zhang Yu would win the championship.

Bai Zhenzhen fought the powerful Xiong Wenwu and won by spotting and striking his weakness, but she lost her right arm when he went berserk. The chapter ended with her at the emergency treatment area, arguing over the cost of reattaching it.

• Xiong Wenwu scolded Hu Yuntao for losing and then went to the arena to avenge him.
• Xiong Wenwu injected himself with three syringes and attacked Bai Zhenzhen, whose Sword Qi could barely pierce his defenses.
• Bai Zhenzhen endured Xiong Wenwu’s relentless assault, read his movements, and struck a flaw that caused severe bleeding.
• Xiong Wenwu went berserk and tore off Bai Zhenzhen’s right arm before collapsing, and Bai Zhenzhen was declared the winner.
• Lei Jun carried Bai Zhenzhen to the emergency treatment area, where a doctor quoted the treatment cost and she protested the uncovered fees.

Bai Zhenzhen faced Le Mulan in the first semifinal but conceded rather than risk injuries and medical costs she could not afford. Le Mulan advanced, and Zhang Yu’s semifinal against Song Hailong was next.

• Xiong Wenwu and Bai Zhenzhen received emergency treatment after the quarterfinals, while Bai refused costly scar removal.
• Bai told Lei Jun she wanted to keep competing, and Zhang Yu offered to help her borrow money for the next match.
• The semifinal roster was announced: Zhang Yu faced Song Hailong, and Le Mulan faced Bai Zhenzhen, with the women’s match first.
• Le Mulan trapped Bai with her level-five Star Dou Swordplay, and Bai realized that exploiting its flaw could cost hundreds of thousands in treatment.
• Bai conceded before Le Mulan’s Sword Qi could surround her, and Zhang Yu’s match against Song Hailong followed.

Zhang Yu faced Song Hailong in the semifinal, confronting the enormous gap between their strength and medical coverage. As Song Hailong’s grappling attack threatened to overpower him, Zhang Yu expanded his Formless Cloud Gang and escaped his grasp, prompting Lian Tianji to realize Zhang Yu’s Limitless Cloud Hand had advanced again.

• Le Mulan punished Lian Tianji for three days by making him serve as her stool, then explained that Bai Zhenzhen had lost because she could no longer afford treatment.
• Zhang Yu and Song Hailong began their semifinal as spectators from White Dragon High School cheered for Song Hailong and Zhang Yu’s supporters hesitated to cheer.
• Song Hailong revealed his 10 million medical insurance limit and challenged Zhang Yu to injure him enough to exhaust it, while Zhang Yu’s palm strikes barely reduced the amount.
• Song Hailong’s Deluxe Body Tempering Spirit Root began healing his injuries as he used Back Dragon Overturning Mountain Hand to grab and wrestle Zhang Yu.
• Zhang Yu expanded his Formless Cloud Gang to his elbows and slipped out of Song Hailong’s grip, making Lian Tianji realize his Limitless Cloud Hand had broken through to Level 5.

Zhang Yu defeated Song Hailong by mastering and surpassing Song Hailong’s Back Dragon Overturning Mountain Hand during their ground fight, then throwing him out of bounds. After the referees confirmed Zhang Yu had bought the technique’s usage rights, Bai Zhenzhen carried him back to rest and began preparing him for his next match against Le Mulan.

• Zhang Yu learned Back Dragon Overturning Mountain Hand during his fight with Song Hailong, while Bai Zhenzhen and Lei Jun arranged a 40,000-yuan purchase of its usage rights.
• Zhang Yu’s improved technique and level 5 Formless Cloud Gang let him disrupt Song Hailong’s grapples, and he eventually threw Song Hailong out of the arena.
• Song Hailong accepted the loss after the referees stopped him from charging back into the arena.
• Bai Zhenzhen showed the referee Zhang Yu’s purchase order and Patrol Department Talisman Book, then carried the exhausted Zhang Yu back to rest.
• Bai Zhenzhen told Zhang Yu he had to beat Le Mulan and began explaining Le Mulan’s weakness.
• White Dragon High School’s coach and students praised Zhang Yu while making excuses for Song Hailong’s loss, and Chu Qiuhe secretly hoped the praise would make his own defeat seem less shameful.

Zhang Yu rejected Le Mulan’s offer of four hundred thousand to lose the final, despite the money’s potential to help his cultivation and university prospects. As the match began, Le Mulan overwhelmed him with Sword Qi powered by a Replaceable Inner Core, but Zhang Yu used her aversion to blood to create an opening and rush toward her.

• Le Mulan offered Zhang Yu up to four hundred thousand to lose the championship, but he hesitated and ultimately refused after the Ritual pushed him to keep pursuing first place.
• Zhang Yu and Le Mulan entered the arena for the finals, where Le Mulan unleashed her Star Dou Swordplay and drew on eight million in stored Magical Power from her Replaceable Inner Core.
• Le Mulan pressed Zhang Yu back with relentless Sword Qi and questioned why he refused to earn money, while he blocked until his palm was cut.
• Zhang Yu flung his blood toward Le Mulan, making her dodge and exposing a flaw in her swordplay.
• Zhang Yu surged through the opening, recalling Bai Zhenzhen’s warning that Le Mulan was a clean freak who would avoid blood and other filthy things.

Zhang Yu used Bai Zhenzhen’s advice to exploit Le Mulan’s weaknesses and defeated her, winning the Martial Arts Competition. The venue celebrated his victory, while Bai Zhenzhen carried the dizzy Zhang Yu toward emergency treatment.

• Zhang Yu took off his Weighted Suit, heated his body, and charged through Le Mulan’s Sword Qi at full speed.
• Zhang Yu reached Le Mulan, overwhelmed her at close range, and disabled her wrists and legs with the Back Dragon Overturning Mountain Hand.
• Zhang Yu told Le Mulan that Bai Zhenzhen had identified her flaws, then threw her out of the ring to claim the championship.
• Zhao Tianxing, Bai Zhenzhen, and students from the competing schools applauded Zhang Yu as the crowd recognized his victory.
• Bai Zhenzhen celebrated with Zhang Yu, then picked him up and took him to the emergency area when he became dizzy.

After Zhang Yu won the Martial Arts Competition, he received the gold medal and drew the attention of Song Hailong, who offered to hire him as a sparring partner. Zhang Yu agreed to discuss the price, but recognized that he needed to improve his Physical Strength before their training and the next competition.

• Lei Jun treated Zhang Yu after his fight, and Bai Zhenzhen declined to compete against Song Hailong for third place, finalizing the top four as Zhang Yu, Le Mulan, Song Hailong, and Bai Zhenzhen.
• Le Mulan withdrew Lian Tianji's stool punishment, reflected on how Zhang Yu had exploited her weaknesses, and planned to train in close-quarters combat.
• Song Hailong received a scolding from his father over the loss, then offered to hire Zhang Yu as a real-combat sparring partner and told him to improve his Physical Strength.
• Zhang Yu accepted Song Hailong's offer pending a discussion of the price, while Bai Zhenzhen volunteered to negotiate as his agent and coach.
• Zhao Tianxing, Qian Shen, and He Dayou visited Zhang Yu, and Lei Jun later treated the group to a meal at a restaurant serving Pre-made Meals.

After winning the Martial Arts Competition, Zhang Yu chose Scarlet Marrow Primordial Qi as his champion’s cultivation method, aiming to improve his body before the Physical Competition. Meanwhile, Zhou Chechen rejected Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s team applications and planned to use an early Special Training Program to keep them out of the competition.

• At a celebratory meal, Zhang Yu learned that his champion’s reward included a fifty-thousand-yuan prize and an Expert-level Cultivation Method.
• Lei Jun explained the strengths and risks of Dragon Elephant Great Strength, Scarlet Marrow Primordial Qi, and Shifting Tendons and Changing Meridians; Zhang Yu chose Scarlet Marrow Primordial Qi because it had only one practice stance.
• At Songyang High School, Zhou Chechen watched footage of Zhang Yu defeating Song Hailong and Le Mulan and regretted that Zhang Pianpian had signed Zhang Yu instead of him.
• Zhou Chechen rejected Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s applications to the Physical Competition Team, setting a condition that they had to place in their year’s top five after one month.
• Zhou Chechen ordered five first-year students, including Qian Shen, He Dayou, and Zhao Tianxing, to enter the Special Training Program early so they could surpass Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen in Physical Strength.