Recaps

Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao tested how well they adapted to the Farsight Eye Skeleton and the Sword Tomb Arm Skeleton during the Foundation Establishment Exam. Their Sword Tomb usage stopped when its free trial expired, leaving the Orthodox God examiners to watch advertisements to restore it.

• Zhang Yu used the Eye Skeleton to see the examination hall’s advertisements and learned how much information it revealed, but the mismatch between his eyes and the skeleton made him uncomfortable.
• Huang Zichou explained that the candidates’ discomfort came from disrupted body-and-mind synchronization, while Mu Guiyin judged Ye Lingxiao’s background gave him an advantage over Zhang Yu.
• Huang Zichou introduced Tianwu Group’s Sword Tomb, a Foundation Establishment Realm Arm Skeleton that could store sword techniques and convert Magical Power into Sword Qi.
• Huang Zichou severed the candidates’ connections to their right arms, and Zhang Yu struggled to control Sword Tomb as it lagged behind his thoughts.
• Both candidates’ Sword Tombs stopped and demanded that they watch a video for more usage time, so the Orthodox God examiners watched advertisements through the Divine Power Network.

Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao tested a Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot, and Ye Lingxiao won the second round as Zhang Yu struggled to adapt to the spinal Dharma Skeleton. Huang Zichou began announcing the third round, which would decide who received the Foundation Establishment Certificate.

• Huang Zichou warned Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao to check their Dharma Skeleton equipment and payments before exams.
• Mu Guiyin and the other Orthodox Gods attributed Zhang Yu's disadvantage to his lower Dao Heart level and predicted he would lose the round.
• Huang Zichou introduced the Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot, and Zhang Yu experienced paralysis and a brief hallucination while connecting to it.
• Mao Mao Tou warned Er Ha Tou that the Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot was outdated and made with mostly inferior materials.
• The synchronization rates fell to 79% for Zhang Yu and 86% for Ye Lingxiao, confirming Ye Lingxiao's victory in the second round.
• Huang Zichou began announcing the third round, which would determine the recipient of the Foundation Establishment Certificate.

Er Ha Tou and other university representatives discussed recruiting Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao as the two prepared for the dangerous final examination. After signing away their right to seek compensation for any harm, Zhang Yu used the break to consume medicine while Ye Lingxiao planned how to maximize his strength for the contest.

• Er Ha Tou decided to prioritize recruiting Ye Lingxiao, while Mao Mao Tou offered to help either student obtain loans.
• Huang Zichou explained that Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao would face dangerous environments while pulling opposite ends of a Dragon Binding Cord, and warned that they could die.
• Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao signed a contract waiving claims over injuries or death in the final examination.
• Deng Bingding approved opening the medicine cabinet before the exam and arranged for the sponsor to donate medicine for Zhang Yu.
• Zhang Yu drank a large bottle of medicinal liquid to build up medicinal poison, while Ye Lingxiao prepared combat medicine and considered taking one or two Mind Division Spirit Pills.

Bai Zhenzhen faced Yun Jing in the final Martial Dao exam, using her close study of his techniques and equipment to take the first round before Yun Jing won the second with overwhelming firepower. As the deciding third round began, Bai Zhenzhen again promised to defeat him with one sword and invited universities to compete for her recruitment.

• Laughing Crying Emoji replayed the Martial Dao final and watched Bai Zhenzhen and Yun Jing begin their best-of-three match.
• Bai Zhenzhen exploited weaknesses in Yun Jing’s fire attack and Heavenly Mechanism’s predictable counters, then pierced a flaw in his body and won the first round.
• Yun Jing learned that a high school student’s negligence had left a tiny weakness in his outsourced body tempering, which Bai Zhenzhen had discovered and used to breach his defenses.
• Yun Jing dominated the second round with sustained fire attacks and forced Bai Zhenzhen off the arena, bringing the match to one win each.
• At the start of the third round, Bai Zhenzhen told the audience she would defeat Yun Jing with one sword and urged universities to compete to recruit her.

Bai Zhenzhen used a carefully prepared combination of thunder techniques to accelerate her sword beyond sound and defeat Yun Jing, earning a Foundation Establishment Certificate. As she lost consciousness, an investor decided she was worth hiring, while Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao began the final match.

• Bai Zhenzhen used the second match to lay down Thunder Magical Power and build an electric field across the arena.
• Bai Zhenzhen combined the Ten Thousand Swords Without End Art, Thunder Walk Nine Heavens Step, and Thunder God Thunderbolt Art to launch a sword strike beyond sound.
• Bai Zhenzhen pierced Yun Jing's defenses and blasted a huge hole through his upper body, winning the match and a Foundation Establishment Certificate.
• Huang Zichou confirmed Bai Zhenzhen's victory, and she lost consciousness after thinking of Yu Zi.
• Laughing Crying Emoji decided to hire Bai Zhenzhen, and Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao began the final match.

Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao began their decisive battle on the examination platforms, where changing hazards and a Dragon Binding Cord tested their strength. Ye Lingxiao gained the upper hand after his divided thoughts coordinated, while Zhang Yu switched to the Martial Dao Sacred Embryo as acidic mist engulfed them.

• Zhang Yu decided to prolong the contest and accumulate toxins, while Ye Lingxiao prepared to attack with the Mind Division Spirit Pill and his superior bodily control.
• Ye Lingxiao swallowed the pill but briefly faltered, allowing Zhang Yu to yank him toward the platform's edge.
• Ye Lingxiao's two conflicting thoughts began working together, letting him activate his techniques in unison and stop himself at the edge.
• As heat, changing gravity, and crushing pressure swept across the platforms, Ye Lingxiao repeatedly pulled Zhang Yu closer to the edge.
• Zhang Yu switched the High School Sacred Body to the Martial Dao Sacred Embryo, and the high-pressure hazard gave way to acidic mist.

Zhang Yu defeated Ye Lingxiao in the third round of the Foundation Establishment Exam and won the athletics track’s Foundation Establishment Certificate. After Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen learned that they had both qualified for university, they celebrated together while Yun Jing watched unhappily.

• Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao pushed their bodies past their limits as they battled over the Dragon Binding Cord amid the examination’s deadly hazards.
• Ye Lingxiao used his last Mind Division Spirit Pill, but his injuries and the pill’s side effects left him unable to resist Zhang Yu, who hurled him away from the platform.
• Huang Zichou declared Zhang Yu the third-round and overall athletics track winner, awarding him a Foundation Establishment Certificate and Foundation Establishment qualifications.
• Laughing Crying Emoji and the university representatives discussed recruiting Zhang Yu, while Smiling Emoji insisted that the Ye Family remained useful despite Ye Lingxiao’s loss.
• After their injuries were healed, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen confirmed that they had both qualified and embraced over their chance to attend university together.
• Yun Jing watched Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen celebrate, and his already gloomy expression grew even darker.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen received their Foundation Establishment rewards after defeating Ye Lingxiao and Yun Jing, shocking the Immortal Capital students. As the candidates left, Deng Bingding wondered whether the exam results would help Oasis Group’s reform and whether powerful gods had already made their moves.

• Saint Jay learned that Zhang Yu had defeated and severely injured Ye Lingxiao, while Yun Jing admitted that Bai Zhenzhen had beaten him.
• The Immortal Capital students reacted with shock, and Saint Jay considered whether he could replace Ye Lingxiao as Oasis Group’s promotional figure.
• Deng Bingding awarded Foundation Establishment Certificates to Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen, Saint Jay, and Tan Shishan, then distributed loans and explained the remaining rewards.
• Deng Bingding warned the certificate recipients to be cautious about university and company recruitment offers after candidate information became public.
• After the candidates left, Deng Bingding considered how the exam might advance Oasis Group’s reform and whether the great gods had placed their pieces through the examination.

After passing the Foundation Establishment Certificate exam, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen hid away to cultivate and avoid potential retaliation from the Zhou Family while university and corporate recruiters searched for them. Their achievement was publicly announced at Songyang High School, leaving the gathered representatives to realize that old unspoken rules were about to be broken.

• Fu Ji urged Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to use university recruitment offers to fund their Foundation Establishment, then advised them to stay away from Songyang, cultivate, and guard against the Zhou Family.
• Le Jingchen learned that Purple Cloud Pharmaceutical's headquarters wanted him to contact Zhang Yu, but Le Mulan could not reach Zhang Yu by phone.
• Zhou Chechen and Lan Ling trained to improve their chances in senior-year competitions as Zhou Chechen resolved not to remain a pawn.
• Representatives from major Immortal Capital companies gathered at Songyang High School and asked Zhou Chechen for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, but he could not tell them where they were.
• Hundreds of flying swords wrote a congratulatory message from President Wang of Oasis Group announcing that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had obtained their Foundation Establishment Certificates.

Oasis Group publicly announced that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had earned high school Foundation Establishment Certificates, drawing astonishment across Songyang High School and the city. The announcement raised their status and left rivals, teachers, and Le Mulan reconsidering their plans for the two students.

• Zhang Bi and other company representatives wondered why Oasis Group was publicizing the Foundation Establishment Exam as the Principal led Songyang High School's leaders to greet its visitors.
• Red River introduced himself as Oasis Group's Songyang City branch manager, announced a ten-million donation for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, and explained that they had earned Foundation Establishment Certificates.
• Teachers and students reacted to the news, while Wang Hai advised the female Sports Teacher who had drugged Zhang Yu to make amends with money.
• Lei Jun, Zhou Chechen, Lan Ling, Zhao Tianxing, and Qian Shen each grappled with the students' achievement and what their certificates meant for university admission.
• Le Mulan told Le Jingchen about the announcement, and he ordered her to collect bodily-fluid samples from Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen for research.
• Le Mulan considered whether she should hide in Zhang Yu's wardrobe so she could keep booking lessons with him.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen cultivated after earning Foundation Establishment Certificates, while companies and acquaintances across Songyang reacted to their achievement. The chapter ended with Tao Lin arriving to recruit them for Green River Arts Vocational College, despite believing the offer was a scam.

• President Wang told Red River that he would visit Songyang and expected Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to accept Oasis Group's money and opportunities.
• Director Long ordered Zhang Yu's discarded seeds recovered after seeing a message, while Yu Xinghan and Li Xuelian separately reacted to the news of Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's certificates.
• Zhang Yu cultivated the Earthly Fiend Return Origin Art and began studying the Great Might Heavenly Armor, while Bai Zhenzhen continued refining her exam-winning sword strike.
• Zhang Yu discovered that his Foundation Establishment Certificate could activate a domain that warned people within one hundred meters, and he preferred revealing the certificate beneath his red armband.
• Spark True Person used his Golden Core Domain at work and learned that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had earned Foundation Establishment Certificates, but postponed visiting them until his overtime ended.
• Tao Lin found Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen in a distant town and urged them to consider Green River Arts Vocational College, though he regarded the recruitment pitch as a scam.

Tao Lin tried to recruit Zhang Yu to Green River College with lavish promises, but Fu Ji rejected the offer because the Joyous Union Sect was a poor fit and the Ritual ruled out junior college. After Zhang Yu completed the final layer of his Martial Dao Sacred Embryo and returned with Bai Zhenzhen, they encountered Yue Jincheng, Si Zhouyu, and a formidable Purple-Gold Merit Lord waiting at the station.

• Tao Lin offered Zhang Yu mentorship from Heart-Corroding True Monarch, a path to Joyous Union University, study companions, scholarships, and other benefits, but Zhang Yu still sent him away.
• Fu Ji told Zhang Yu that his weaknesses made the Joyous Union Sect a dangerous choice and that the Ritual made attending junior college impossible.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen discovered that news of their Foundation Establishment Certificates had spread and that President Wang of Oasis Group wanted to donate ten million to them.
• Two days later, Zhang Yu raised the Great Might Heavenly Armor to Level 10 and completed the final layer of his Martial Dao Sacred Embryo.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen returned by train and found Yue Jincheng, Si Zhouyu, and a young man bearing the title Purple-Gold Merit Lord waiting at the station.

After Zhou Yang tried to reconcile with Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, the Patrol Team promoted them and arranged a cross-layer meeting with Zhang Pianpian. She explained the Second Layer’s university hierarchy and advised them on choosing a major, leaving them with a clearer picture of their future options.

• Zhou Yang welcomed Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to the Zhou Family Mansion, gave them three million, and pressured Zhou Chechen to offer them greeting gifts.
• Zhou Yang decided to ease tensions with Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, while Zhang Yu agreed to pretend to call a truce but remained wary of the Zhou Family and Fu Ji's secret.
• Yun Ni summoned Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, promoted them to top-tier outsourced personnel, and granted them access to monthly Cross-Layer Meetings.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen used the meeting to speak with Foundation Establishment cultivator Zhang Pianpian and told her about passing the exam and Songyang City's situation.
• Zhang Pianpian described the Second Layer's university rankings and advised them on majors, warning them about fields such as Civil Engineering, Archaeology, and Medicine.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen weighed university offers while considering Fu Ji’s warning that Zhang Pianpian’s connection to an Orthodox God could expose him. President Wang then gave them five million each and offered them a lucrative Oasis Group spokesperson contract, leaving them eager to accept.

• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen discussed Ten Thousand Laws University, but Fu Ji warned that Zhang Pianpian’s connection to an Orthodox God could draw attention to him.
• University representatives made offers, and Zhang Yu compared Ten Thousand Laws University’s advantages with the generous terms from Vajra University and Heaven Sword University.
• Fu Ji advised Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to delay their decision until before Gaokao registration, when improved cultivation might let them renegotiate.
• Wang Yin invited Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to Central Building and transferred five million to each of them, stopping Bai Zhenzhen from kneeling with a talisman spell.
• Wang Yin offered them Oasis Group spokesperson roles, raising the monthly pay from three million to four million per person after Zhang Yu said the original amount seemed low.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen became Oasis Group spokespeople as Wang Yin expanded the company’s influence across the First Layer and offered them further cultivation opportunities. Their growing fame and the company’s aggressive campaign left Zhang Yu uneasy, while Spark True Person postponed meeting them yet again.

• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen signed contracts with Wang Yin, who offered to help them seek admission to Nether University.
• Zhang Yu saved money for a Heavenly Spiritual Root and Foundation Establishment while increasing his tutoring work, and Spark True Person asked Li Xuelian to arrange a meeting with the pair.
• Wang Yin invited Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to an Oasis Group gathering, announced them as company spokespeople, and outlined plans to promote the group’s products with local lineages.
• Wang Yin healed a Demon Descendant server with his saliva, and Zhang Yu watched An An collect some in a cup, leaving him uncomfortable about the scene.
• Zhang Yu delivered Oasis Group’s promotional message at a press conference, then Wang Yin invited him and Bai Zhenzhen to bathe in a blood pool and taught them the Qi Blood Sutra.
• Oasis Group’s campaign made Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen widely admired, while Spark True Person again postponed his visit and asked Li Xuelian to arrange a meeting for the following month.

Zhang Yu reached the Qi Refining Limit and grew wealthier while questioning whether he should leave his old cultivation method and poor acquaintances behind. After seeing wage cuts and rising food prices, he learned that Oasis Group planned to expand Food Loans, leaving him unsettled by President Wang's goal of getting as many people as possible to borrow.

• Zhang Yu reached Dao Heart Level 10, noticed his Remnant Ox Abandoning Self Heart Sutra had grown less effective, and considered adopting techniques suited to the wealthy.
• Mo Tianyi asked Zhang Yu for help, and Zhang Yu promised to transfer him one hundred thousand yuan in gratitude for the Poor People Alliance's past support.
• Zhang Yu learned that companies were cutting wages and that food prices were rising, then shared chicken breast with Zhao Tianxing when he saw him eating plain Synthetic Food.
• Zhang Yu's account balance surpassed 24 million as he and Bai Zhenzhen attended an Oasis Group meeting about its promotional plans.
• Oasis Group announced Food Loan services aimed first at students, and Wang Yin said the group wanted everyone on the First Layer to borrow while offering Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen future finance internships.
• Zhang Yu remembered what it was like to go hungry and silently dwelled on Wang Yin's plan to make borrowers of everyone who ate on the First Layer.

Zhang Yu watched Oasis Group celebrate Food Loan’s growth, then confronted the company’s exploitation of people on the First Layer as he struggled to save enough for Foundation Establishment. Wang Yin told Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to reconsider their objections, leaving Zhang Yu unable to resist the pull of money and his ambitions.

• Wang Yin celebrated Food Loan surpassing one billion and gave Zhang Yu a Human Skin Cultivation Skin, which Zhang Yu reluctantly put on.
• Zhang Yu watched Saint Jay and Tan Shishan achieve Foundation Establishment and resolved to earn enough to buy a Heavenly Spiritual Root.
• Zhang Yu intervened when classmates bullied Zhou Chechen, then saw Oasis Group prepare a service that let people repay debts with their flesh.
• As his savings grew, Zhang Yu’s tutoring income fell, while he learned that the flesh mortgaged to Oasis Group was sold to the Upper Level.
• Wang Yin defended the trade as voluntary and urged Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to focus on their future, leaving Zhang Yu conflicted about his money and plans.

Zhang Yu adapted to his wealthy life and demonstrated his overwhelming martial arts ability at a gathering, earning Wang Yin's praise and another reward. Meanwhile, Li Xuelian arranged paid overtime for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, while Spark True Person finished another job and negotiated for higher overtime pay.

• Zhang Yu cultivated the Gold Jade Hall Sutra and reflected on how his growing wealth strengthened his resolve.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen watched Yu Xinghan excel in the Foundation Establishment Exam trials and then attended a gathering at Oasis Building.
• Ye Mantian challenged Zhang Yu, but Zhang Yu endured three heavy strikes and sent him tumbling out of the arena without attacking.
• Wang Yin praised Zhang Yu's combat talent and rewarded him with five hundred thousand, impressing the gathering's wealthy guests and clan descendants.
• Li Xuelian arranged another month of paid overtime for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, while Spark True Person killed a man, warned a youth away from a company battlefield, and demanded more overtime pay from Deng Bingding.

Zhang Yu learned that powerful factions might be disputing the First Layer’s future, then tried to rescue Zhao Tianxing after Oasis Group sold his body to a client on the Second Layer. President Wang refused and drove Zhang Yu out, leaving him unable to help his friend as a dangerous Golden Core cultivator approached.

• Le Mulan used Zhang Yu’s phone to influence its recommendations while Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen continued their training and daily life.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen spoke with Zhang Pianpian, who warned them to accept Oasis Group’s compensation but avoid investing in or participating in its business because of friction among powerful factions.
• Fu Ji inferred that rival factions might oppose Oasis Group’s plans, though their motives would be self-interest rather than concern for the poor.
• After Zhao Tianxing’s mother told Zhang Yu that Oasis Group had sold Zhao Tianxing’s body, Zhang Yu asked President Wang to help recover it.
• President Wang refused, saying the body had been shipped to a Second Layer client, and threw Zhang Yu out after he tried to intervene.
• Zhang Yu apologized to Zhao Tianxing’s mother, believing he could not save his friend, as an alert warned that Spark True Person had entered within one thousand meters.

Spark True Person urged Zhang Yu to attend Ten Thousand Laws University and offered to mentor him, while Deng Bingding tried to recruit him to deal with Wang Yin. Zhang Yu refused and chose to stay close to Bai Zhenzhen and wait; meanwhile, Wang Yin watched his flatterers condemn Zhang Yu and reflected that obedient followers were useless when trouble came.

• Spark True Person explained the differences between Nether University and Ten Thousand Laws University, offered Zhang Yu guidance, and asked him to tell Bai Zhenzhen about the offer.
• Deng Bingding asked Zhang Yu to help deal with Wang Yin, but Zhang Yu refused despite her explanation that Wang Yin had crippled his cultivation.
• Deng Bingding interpreted Zhang Yu's refusal as a sign that it was not yet time to act, while Spark True Person questioned her decision to involve a high school student.
• Zhang Yu returned to Bai Zhenzhen and resolved to endure quietly rather than risk their lives before he had enough strength.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen stopped attending Wang Yin's gatherings, prompting Ye Mantian and others to curse Zhang Yu and compete for Wang Yin's favor.
• Wang Yin watched his followers obediently denounce Zhang Yu and thought that such dependent followers lacked the courage to be useful in a crisis.

Wang Yin tried to discipline Zhang Yu by withholding his monthly payment, then invited him and Bai Zhenzhen to a gathering where he announced that he had agreed to sell Bai Zhenzhen’s physical body. Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen decided to resist and sought help from Deng Bingding, leaving Zhang Yu’s next move in motion.

• Wang Yin withheld Zhang Yu’s monthly payment while planning to reward him later for submitting to the company’s rules.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen attended a gathering where Wang Yin showed them a Qi and Blood Pool and told Bai Zhenzhen that he had agreed to sell her physical body.
• Zhang Yu agreed calmly to Wang Yin’s demand, then told Bai Zhenzhen at home that he would not endure her being sold.
• Bai Zhenzhen agreed to resist, and Fu Ji advised Zhang Yu to use the Sect above’s conflict with Oasis Group to his advantage.
• Zhang Yu contacted Deng Bingding and asked how he planned to deal with Wang Yin, and Deng Bingding wondered if the time had come.

Deng Bingding tried to recruit Zhang Yu to help drive Wang Yin out of the First Layer, offering cultivation resources in exchange. Zhang Yu and Fu Ji decided he should pursue Foundation Establishment first, but Wang Yin froze Bai Zhenzhen’s transfer and demanded that she undergo Foundation Establishment at Oasis Building under his protection.

• Deng Bingding explained that Wang Yin’s immunity and influence made him the key target, and asked Zhang Yu to wound his soul so he would have to return above.
• Zhang Yu bargained for resources, and Deng Bingding offered a twenty-million interest-free loan, a Foundation Establishment Realm Dharma Skeleton, and three cultivation methods, including a Former Military Grade method.
• Zhang Yu consulted Bai Zhenzhen and Fu Ji, who warned that fighting Wang Yin was dangerous but agreed that Zhang Yu needed to reach Foundation Establishment soon.
• Fu Ji advised Zhang Yu to use Bai Zhenzhen’s money to buy a Heavenly Spiritual Root, and Bai Zhenzhen attempted to transfer funds to him.
• Bai Zhenzhen discovered that her funds had been frozen, and Wang Yin called to ask why she was transferring money and insisted that she come to Oasis Building for Foundation Establishment.

Wang Yin tightened his control over Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, forcing them to flee while Zhang Yu sought money and support to reach Heavenly Spiritual Root Foundation Establishment. As pursuers closed in, Zhang Yu tapped his reserve of Immortal Dao Potential by asking friends and allies across the First Layer for loans.

• Wang Yin froze Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s funds, then sent Red River to seize Bai Zhenzhen after the pair disappeared from their apartment.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen fled through the city, and Zhang Yu asked Deng Bingding for support, a secret account, and an interest-free loan while Wang Yin ordered Songyang City’s exits guarded.
• Red River tracked the pair with help from an Orthodox God, but the Songyang Patrol Team stopped his group for an inspection.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen borrowed through loan platforms until their secret account reached forty-three million, then Zhang Yu remembered they had a reserve of Immortal Dao Potential.
• Zhang Yu asked friends, classmates, and allies for loans, and Yu Xinghan, Le Mulan, Qian Shen, Mo Tianyi, Xiong Wenwu, Zhao Tianxing, and Spark True Person responded or prepared to help.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen raised money from students and allies to buy a Heavenly Spiritual Root and help Zhang Yu reach Foundation Establishment, while Wang Yin sent Red River to intercept them. The courier found only Zhang Yu’s shed Human Skin at the delivery site, and Red River was suddenly enveloped by killing intent.

• Lian Tianji and Yu Xinghan borrowed money from others to lend it to Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, while Wang Hai, Lei Jun, and He Dayou also transferred money to support them.
• Wang Yin learned that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were borrowing money, ordered their accounts and social media blocked, and told Red River to watch for the Heavenly Spiritual Root delivery.
• Zhang Yu’s account passed 56 million as donations and loans came in, and Bai Zhenzhen decided to draw away the company’s forces while Zhang Yu prepared for Foundation Establishment.
• A courier brought the Heavenly Spiritual Root to an abandoned factory, where he found Zhang Yu’s shed Human Skin instead of the pair.
• Red River realized Zhang Yu might have lured them to the factory, but an astonishing killing intent suddenly enveloped him.

Bai Zhenzhen ambushed Oasis Group’s pursuers to buy time while Zhang Yu secretly consumed the Heavenly Spiritual Root and began Foundation Establishment. After Zhou Yang captured Bai Zhenzhen, Zhang Yu’s white mist engulfed the factory district and his voice ordered Zhou Yang to release her.

• Bai Zhenzhen struck Red River with a lightning-fast sword attack, then fled as Wang Yin used a Surgery Talisman to heal him and rallied the pursuers.
• Zhang Yu retrieved the real Heavenly Spiritual Root from a commercial building, hid in a sewer, and swallowed it to begin Foundation Establishment.
• Bai Zhenzhen lured the pursuers through the factory district and wounded Ye Mantian after he pulled back his attack to avoid killing her.
• Bai Zhenzhen evaded the pursuers for more than forty minutes before Zhou Yang emerged from a sewer and froze her in place.
• Zhou Yang prepared to hand Bai Zhenzhen over to Red River, but white mist enveloped the factory district as Zhang Yu ordered him to take his hand off her.