Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen joined the Competition Team, bought access to the Stealth Talisman, and learned that each use cost extra. After the monthly exam, news of the Three Great High Schools’ breakthrough in body-tempering technology left He Dayou realizing Songyang’s students had fallen far behind.

• Lan Ling told Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen that the Special Training Program required an initial investment of three million, while Wang Hai explained the Competition Team’s benefits and gave them the Nine Dragons Needle Technique.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen joined the Competition Team, received the Nine Dragons Needle Technique, and left to avoid revealing their secrets.
• Zhang Yu spent forty thousand to buy Stealth Talisman usage rights, then discovered that each use cost five hundred and sympathized with Zhang Pianpian’s earlier expenses.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen continued studying, tutoring, and cultivating as their students and tutoring income increased.
• The monthly exam rankings placed Zhang Yu first, He Dayou second, and Bai Zhenzhen third, while He Dayou attributed the gap to Zhang Pianpian’s support.
• He Dayou read news that the Three Great High Schools had swept the Physical Competition and advanced their body-tempering technology through an Oasis Group partnership.

As the Physical Competition approached, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen trained relentlessly while learning that the Three Great High Schools’ new body-tempering technology threatened to widen the gap in admissions. On competition day, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were left facing the stakes of competing for a place among the top ten.

• Zhang Yu read Zhao Tianxing’s message about Songyang’s second-years losing badly and the Three Great High Schools improving their body-tempering technology, then returned to cultivating Scarlet Marrow Primordial Qi.
• Bai Zhenzhen accompanied Zhang Yu on his daily run while cultivating, refusing his hints that she should train Sports Car Legs and take turns carrying him.
• Bai Zhenzhen trained close combat with Le Mulan, who privately connected their shared scents to Zhang Yu, and received 5,000 yuan for the session.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen learned that Cai Tou had been fired after his classes lost students and his performance fell below target, prompting Bai Zhenzhen to urge them to reach the top ten and complete Foundation Establishment.
• Zhao Tianxing and Qian Shen discussed how the Three Great High Schools’ technology and competition dominance could shrink Songyang High School’s university admissions, while Wa Wa explained the wealthy lineages’ role in the growing monopoly.
• The days of cultivation passed, and the Physical Competition finally arrived.

Zhang Yu and Songyang High School’s team traveled to Ziyun High School for the Physical Competition, which Zhang Pianpian had described as a corporate contest between Body Tempering technologies. After reflecting on his progress and the limits of his current cultivation methods, Zhang Yu arrived determined to compete, but the chapter ended with Ziyun High School enforcing its disinfection policy on Songyang’s visitors while exempting White Dragon High School.

• On the bus, Wang Hai warned a student that oversized Body Tempering influencers relied on Transformation Surgery and deceptive marketing, then recalled the Three Great High Schools’ recent technological breakthroughs and Songyang’s defeat.
• Zhang Yu remembered Zhang Pianpian’s warning that the first-year Physical Competition was also a contest between the Immortal Dao Techniques and corporations behind the schools.
• Zhang Yu checked his progress, recognized bottlenecks in his cultivation, and decided he would need new Breath Circulation and heart techniques after the competition; he also hoped to win the 300,000 prize.
• The Songyang team arrived at Ziyun High School, where Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen objected to the required disinfection and asked for an exemption based on their scores.
• The reception teacher explained that White Dragon High School students were exempt because their school was Ziyun’s partner, and Wang Hai led Songyang through the disinfection passage.

Songyang High School arrived at Ziyun High School’s Physical Competition, where Zhang Yu encountered transformed students from White Dragon High School and learned about the rival schools’ body-enhancement technologies. The packed stadium revealed the competition’s role as a corporate showcase, and Lian Tianji led Songyang’s team to its rest area.

• Wang Hai led Songyang High School through disinfection, where Zhang Yu observed the beastlike White Dragon students and Chu Qiuhe revealed that Yu Xinghan had ordered Song Hailong to sneak-attack him five times each day.
• Song Hailong struck Yu Xinghan, who easily flung him away and criticized his attack, while Chu Qiuhe told Zhang Yu he looked forward to competing against him.
• Zhang Yu and the Songyang group entered Ziyun High School’s enormous, crowded stadium and learned that sponsors had invited media, influencers, company workers, and spectators.
• Lian Tianji welcomed the Songyang team and guided them through the heavily advertised venue, where Zhang Yu noticed Ziyun students’ purple drug residue and Lian Tianji’s purple forehead mark.
• Lian Tianji brought the Songyang team to its well-equipped rest area.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen explored the Physical Competition venue and ate at its lavish buffet, where Lian Tianji learned Zhang Yu claimed a Physical Strength of 4.95. Le Mulan arrived and asked Zhang Yu if she could touch him, offering to pay.

• Qian Shen and Zhao Tianxing were surprised by Songyang High School's rest area, and Lian Tianji explained that sponsors had provided the facilities and free buffet.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen visited the buffet, where they saw Purple Cloud students and Red Pagoda students transformed by Black Dragon Bloodline traits.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen ate the buffet food, and Zhang Yu told Lian Tianji his Physical Strength was 4.95.
• Le Mulan entered, received a makeshift stool from a Purple Cloud student, and asked Zhang Yu if she could touch him for payment.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen attended the Physical Competition at Ziyun High School, where new Body Tempering technology drove competitors’ results to unprecedented levels. The first strength test ended with Zhang Yu in first place at level 4.95, surpassing the Three Great High Schools’ contestants.

• Le Mulan paid Zhang Yu 2,000 yuan to touch his hand, while Bai Zhenzhen arranged a possible visit to touch them both next time.
• Zhang Yu used the Heaven’s Eye Talisman and found that the Three Great High Schools’ student information had been hidden by their affiliated companies.
• Zhou Chechen told Lan Ling he wanted Songyang High School’s slot for support from the Three Great High Schools’ Body Tempering technology and threatened to beat him if he refused.
• Gang Shan and Le Jingchen livestreamed the competition and discussed how new Body Tempering technology was transforming the students’ results.
• Lian Tianji took first place at level 4.56, but Zhang Yu then claimed first with a level of 4.95.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen stunned the Physical Strength competition with results that made spectators suspect Songyang High School had developed new Body Tempering technology. The Three Great High Schools’ top students claimed the highest rankings, and the Physical Strength tests ended as the next event was about to begin.

• Zhang Yu scored 4.95 Physical Strength, startling the Three Great High Schools and prompting speculation about Songyang High School’s technology.
• He Dayou, Wang Hai, Lan Ling, and Zhou Chechen reacted with surprise, while Wang Hai and Zhou Chechen received calls asking about a possible breakthrough.
• Hu Yuntao scored 4.98, Song Hailong scored 5.03, Xiong Wenwu scored 5.05, and Yu Xinghan took first place with 5.07.
• Zhang Yu placed fifth with 4.95 and Bai Zhenzhen placed seventh with 4.92, while Le Mulan placed sixth with 4.93.
• Le Jingchen claimed Le Mulan’s Super Metabolism Surgery would let her perform like someone with 5.05 Physical Strength and predicted she would reach the top three.
• The Physical Strength tests concluded, and the second event of the Physical Competition was about to begin.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen entered the agility stage of the Physical Competition, where contestants had to dodge steel balls inside shrinking rings. As ordinary high school students were eliminated and the Three Great High Schools’ students continued to excel, Le Jingchen used Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to promote new Body Tempering technology.

• Wang Hai explained that agility, speed, and strength determined the Physical Competition, and the agility stage eliminated contestants who failed to place in the top twenty.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen visited Purple Cloud High School’s unusual restrooms, then took performance-enhancing drugs before the competition.
• Contestants entered separate rooms and began dodging steel balls inside shrinking rings; Zhang Yu relied on his quick reactions and saved Full Concentration for when the challenge grew harder.
• Ordinary high school students were injured and eliminated, while Lian Tianji and Le Mulan of Purple Cloud High School dodged the steel balls with ease.
• Le Jingchen told Gang Shan that access to new Body Tempering techniques could help ordinary students compete, and pointed to Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen as examples.

Bai Zhenzhen and Zhang Yu reached the final four in the steel-ball dodging round, while Le Mulan and Yu Xinghan competed for first place. Yu Xinghan won by using his extraordinary perception and physical control, then announced that Xianyun Corporation would offer Imitation Demon Muscle services in Songyang City.

• Bai Zhenzhen and the other contestants from the Three Great High Schools dodged the steel balls with ease as ordinary and Key High School students were eliminated.
• Le Jingchen explained how Super Metabolism Surgery improved Le Mulan’s performance while Gang Shan advertised Dare to Borrow loans.
• He Dayou lasted fifty-eight seconds before his transplanted muscles failed, and the remaining contestants from the Three Great High Schools were eliminated one by one.
• Bai Zhenzhen finished fourth at 2 minutes 13 seconds, and Zhang Yu finished third at 2 minutes 18 seconds.
• Le Mulan was struck after lasting 2 minutes 25 seconds, leaving Yu Xinghan to win first place at 2 minutes 33 seconds without being hit.
• Yu Xinghan announced that Xianyun Corporation would offer Imitation Demon Muscle body tempering services in Songyang City starting the next month.

Yu Xinghan and Zhang Yu prepared to face each other in the 5,000-meter race, while Hu Yuntao surged ahead at the start but was soon overtaken. The race continued with Yu Xinghan in front and several contestants passing Hu Yuntao.

• Song Hailong vowed to defeat Yu Xinghan someday, while Yu Xinghan easily blocked Song Hailong's kick and told him to be more subtle.
• Bai Zhenzhen told Zhang Yu he could beat Yu Xinghan, and Zhang Yu resolved to win the remaining events and surpass him in total score.
• The competition began its 5,000-meter race with twenty contestants, and Zhang Yu and Yu Xinghan recognized that they had both activated the Heavenly Martial Heart Refinement Art.
• Hu Yuntao took the lead by running on all fours and drew strength from the Black Dragon Bloodline awakened by his father's essence blood.
• Yu Xinghan passed Hu Yuntao and pulled ahead, while Song Hailong, Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen, and Le Mulan overtook Hu Yuntao.

Zhang Yu surged past Song Hailong and challenged Yu Xinghan, matching him stride for stride after both accelerated to their limits. As they raced ahead, Le Mulan activated a powerful drug and began overtaking the other runners.

• Song Hailong reshaped his muscles for speed and held second place, but Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen used the windbreak behind him to surge past.
• Zhang Yu accelerated past Bai Zhenzhen and began catching Yu Xinghan, whose third eye spotted him approaching.
• Yu Xinghan slowed to run beside Zhang Yu, challenged him to race, and counted down before they both accelerated again.
• Zhang Yu pushed his body beyond its limits and kept pace with Yu Xinghan, astonishing the spectators and Songyang High School's team.
• Le Mulan took the banned drug from Purple Cloud Laboratory, overtook Song Hailong, and began closing in on Bai Zhenzhen.

Yu Xinghan won the speed event, with Zhang Yu second and Bai Zhenzhen reclaiming third from Le Mulan. Zhang Yu realized his heart had broken through its limits but needed nutrition to recover, and he planned to use the final strength event to overcome Yu Xinghan’s points lead.

• Le Mulan and Bai Zhenzhen battled for third place until Bai Zhenzhen passed her in the final stretch.
• Yu Xinghan crossed the finish line first, Zhang Yu finished second, Bai Zhenzhen placed third, and Le Mulan came fourth.
• Zhang Yu recognized that his heart had reached a new limit under strain and needed food and recovery to grow stronger.
• Yu Xinghan told Li Xuelian that he had won the first three events and promised to protect Immortal Charm’s contract.
• Le Jingchen suspected Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were using Xianyun Corporation technology and worried that Songyang High School had taken the spotlight.
• Zhang Yu calculated that he needed to beat Yu Xinghan by more than nine points in the final strength event, then began eating at the buffet while Bai Zhenzhen brought him food.

Zhang Yu recovered from the brutal sprint and prepared to challenge Yu Xinghan in the Strength Trial, while Zhou Chechen tried to dissuade him on behalf of Purple Cloud. After cultivating with Bai Zhenzhen’s True Spirit Root and a Primordial Pill, Zhang Yu reached the start of the final round, where contestants would test their strength against the Sky Pillar.

• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen ate bucket after bucket of Synthetic Food as they recovered before the Strength Trial.
• Zhou Chechen warned Zhang Yu to take it easy, hoping to weaken his results for Purple Cloud, then explained his strategy to Lan Ling.
• Zhang Yu told Zhang Pianpian about the companies’ involvement and asked whether winning against Yu Xinghan would put him at risk; she urged him to win and promised to negotiate with White Dragon.
• Bai Zhenzhen lent Zhang Yu her True Spirit Root, and he swallowed a Primordial Pill to cultivate and recover in a secluded restroom.
• The Strength Trial began with the Sky Pillar descending into the arena, ready for contestants to test how much weight they could hold up.

The contestants tested their limits in the Sky Pillar round, while Zhang Yu deliberately concealed his strength and saved his peak effort for the final attempt. After the second round, he prepared to unleash his full power in the third.

• Le Jingchen explained that contestants would report weights without knowing their rivals’ choices and would be scored on their best result across three attempts.
• Wang Hai estimated that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen could lift at least six or seven thousand kilograms, while Zhao Tianxing reflected on how comparisons made people seem weak and ridiculous.
• Contestants warmed up in the first round, and Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen each assessed the Sky Pillar’s weight and their own physical limits.
• Chu Qiuhe failed to lift 6,800 kilograms in the second round, while Bai Zhenzhen and Zhang Yu each supported 7,000 kilograms.
• Xiong Wenwu and Yu Xinghan emerged as likely contenders as Yu Xinghan lifted more than 9,000 kilograms, while Zhang Yu conserved his strength after judging his limit in the first round.

Xiong Wenwu pushed himself through devastating injuries to lift 10,800 kilograms, while Yu Xinghan was held back from risking his health and other contestants strained to beat their limits. After Xiong Wenwu succeeded, the Sky Pillar revealed a 12,531-kilogram result, showing that an even stronger contestant had lifted it.

• Xiong Wenwu lifted 10,000 kilograms in the second round, and Le Jingchen noticed that his injuries were recovering rapidly.
• Li Xuelian stopped Yu Xinghan from overexerting himself, reminding him that his body and its repair costs belonged to Father.
• Bai Zhenzhen lifted 8,050 kilograms despite reopening her scars, and Le Mulan lifted 9,000 kilograms after taking a dangerous quantity of medicine.
• Song Hailong lifted 9,300 kilograms, Hu Yuntao lifted 9,800 kilograms, and Yu Xinghan lifted 10,001 kilograms.
• Xiong Wenwu lifted 10,800 kilograms despite severe injuries, then learned he had succeeded as cameras recorded his recovery.
• After Xiong Wenwu was carried away, the Sky Pillar displayed 12,531 kilograms, revealing that another contestant had lifted it.

Zhang Yu attempted to hold up a 12,531-kilogram Sky Pillar, using medicine and precise control of his body to endure the strain. He succeeded for five seconds, surpassing Yu Xinghan in physical technique, and left the stage badly injured but without serious damage.

• Zhang Yu injected three syringes of medicine before stepping onto the stage to challenge the 12,531-kilogram Sky Pillar.
• Zhang Yu entered Full Concentration and carefully adjusted his posture to distribute the pillar's force throughout his body.
• Zhang Yu achieved a breakthrough in controlling and balancing his physical power, then raised the Sky Pillar onto his shoulders.
• Zhang Yu held the pillar for five seconds as his body fractured and bled, and Yu Xinghan realized he had lost to him.
• Wang Hai examined Zhang Yu and concluded that his injuries were minor and that Zhang Yu possessed extraordinary talent for controlling physical power.

Zhang Yu won the Physical Competition overall, while Purple Cloud tried to weaken the value of his achievement by praising his talent rather than White Dragon’s technology. Zhang Pianpian secured a chance for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to get endorsements, but warned that her departure in less than two months would leave them exposed to mounting pressure.

• Lan Ling urged Zhou Chechen to suppress Zhang Yu because his success threatened their plans with Purple Cloud, but Zhou said they should wait until Zhang Pianpian left.
• Le Jingchen and Gang Shan praised Zhang Yu’s extraordinary bodily technique on the livestream, presenting his achievement as the result of individual genius rather than new technology.
• Zhang Yu praised the streamers’ analysis, then Wang Hai sent Zhao Tianxing to fetch him energy drinks.
• The Sky Pillar announced Zhang Yu in first place with 341 points, Yu Xinghan in second with 338, and Le Mulan, Song Hailong, and Bai Zhenzhen rounding out the top five.
• Zhang Pianpian told Zhang Yu that White Dragon would offer endorsements and protection if he acknowledged its Imitation Demon Muscle modification, but Purple Cloud’s talent campaign might reduce the fees.
• Zhang Pianpian told Zhang Yu not to spend the incoming money or rush to repay loans, and asked to meet that night; Zhang Yu realized she would leave in less than two months and felt urgent about facing future pressure without her.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen signed lucrative endorsement contracts for Imitation Demon Muscle and promoted it to students, while the Evil God warned Zhang Yu that the technology only intensified competition and debt. As classmates considered getting modified, the Evil God urged Zhang Yu to hunt another Evil God to grow stronger before threats emerged after his sister left for university.

• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen signed contracts with Xianyun Corporation, accepting restrictions and agreeing to promote Imitation Demon Muscle for substantial fees.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen praised Imitation Demon Muscle in an interview, drawing students toward the company’s booth for consultations.
• The Evil God told Zhang Yu that the technology merely accelerated students’ progress without increasing the number of top rankings or Foundation Establishment Certificates, leaving them with more debt.
• Zhao Tianxing asked Zhang Yu whether he should get modified, and Zhang Yu cautiously endorsed Imitation Demon Muscle while mentioning Natural Body Refinement.
• He Dayou worried that his transplant surgery might complicate a future modification, while Zhang Yu feared his classmates would become increasingly altered.
• The Evil God warned Zhang Yu that people might target him after Zhang Pianpian left for university, then urged him to hunt another Evil God to increase his strength.

Yu Xinghan approached Zhang Yu after the competition and hired him for combat training, while Zhang Yu began arranging sparring work for Bai Zhenzhen as well. That night, Zhang Pianpian asked Zhang Yu whether he would go with her to the Second Layer in two months.

• Yu Xinghan visited Songyang High School's rest area, paid Bai Zhenzhen to add him as a friend, and asked Zhang Yu to train with him for eleven thousand an hour.
• Li Xuelian approved Yu Xinghan's proposed fifteen-thousand-an-hour training arrangement with Zhang Yu and told him to document the sessions and payments.
• Zhang Yu received sparring requests from Song Hailong and Le Mulan, and considered having Bai Zhenzhen take on some of the work so she could earn money and improve.
• Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen, and Zhang Pianpian met beneath the Bridge Hole, where Zhang Pianpian asked Zhang Yu whether he would go with her to the Second Layer in two months.

Zhang Pianpian offered Zhang Yu a place in Ten Thousand Laws University's Heavenly Genius Class, but Bai Zhenzhen did not qualify, leaving Zhang Yu torn between pursuing university and staying with her. As the Ritual pressured him to accept the offer, Zhang Pianpian revealed a difficult alternative that could let them remain together: earning a Foundation Establishment Certificate before graduating high school.

• Zhang Pianpian explained that Zhang Yu could qualify for Ten Thousand Laws University's Heavenly Genius Class by placing in the top three at the Dao Heart Competition and making up his Dao Arts.
• Zhang Pianpian said Bai Zhenzhen did not meet the class's standards, and she refused Zhang Yu's request to bend the rules for her.
• Bai Zhenzhen admitted she was too afraid to tell Zhang Yu to leave her behind, while Zhang Yu warned that people in Songyang would prey on her if he and Zhang Pianpian left.
• As the Ritual's countdown pushed Zhang Yu to accept the university path, Zhang Pianpian offered another way: Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen could stay in the First Layer and earn a Foundation Establishment Certificate before high school graduation.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were shocked and asked whether high school students could take the Foundation Establishment Certificate examination.