Recaps

Zhang Yu, Ping Han, Su Yanyang, and Xiao Yunji displayed their strengths as the Military Certificate exam escalated, while True Lord Qiyun considered Zhang Yu’s hidden connection to Magnetic Pole True Lord. The Yellow Turban Warriors launched an aerial assault, and the examinees answered with stronger defenses and attacks as Zhang Yu began refining their remains.

• True Lord Qiyun and True Lord Tianxiang praised Ping Han’s construction prowess and Zhang Yu’s coordinated use of Small Three Harmonies and Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force.
• True Lord Qiyun discovered that Zhang Yu had designated Magnetic Pole True Lord as his guiding teacher and wondered whether Director Gao knew.
• Yellow Turban Warriors with wings took to the sky, prompting Su Yanyang to invest more Calculation Pool resources and raise defenses while Xiao Yunji switched to experienced Soul Cultivators.
• As Nectar Coin rose, Ping Han and his Soul Cultivators increased their resources and fighting power, and Ping Han seized the airborne Yellow Turban Warriors with a giant hand.
• Zhang Yu controlled the Earth Giant as it crushed Yellow Turban Warriors, then swallowed their remains and began refining them inside his body.

During the examination, news that Nectar Divine Lord planned to marry and stop dual cultivating with outsiders rattled Su Yanyang and the Soul Cultivators following Ping Han, while Xiao Yunjin stayed focused on fighting. Nectar Divine Lord later clarified that she would continue her dual cultivation career and announced a lottery Ritual for next week, leaving coin holders reassured.

• True Lord Tianxiang and True Lord Qiyun discussed Ping Han's chances of earning a Military Certificate and helping Ten Thousand Laws University win the intercollegiate competition.
• Su Yanyang saw news that Nectar Divine Lord was marrying and might stop dual cultivating with outsiders, panicked about Nectar Coin crashing, and began selling his holdings as his defenses failed.
• Xiao Yunjin ignored the coin news and continued crushing Yellow Turban Warriors, while Ping Han kept fighting and reassured his anxious Soul Cultivators that the rumors were fake.
• Nectar Divine Lord announced that marriage would not stop her dual cultivation career or lottery Rituals, and that the first lottery Ritual would begin next week with 1,000 slots.

Nectar Coin’s sudden surge strengthened Ping Han during the Military Certificate exam, while Su Yanyang struggled to defend his underground palace. As the Yellow Turban Legion launched its fiercest assault, Xiao Yunji and Zhang Yu unveiled powerful transformations, leaving the battle raging with Ping Han still regarded as the strongest contender.

• Su Yanyang failed to buy Nectar Coin before its price climbed, then used the Small Three Harmonies formation to resist the Yellow Turban Warriors attacking his underground tomb.
• Ping Han mortgaged more Nectar Coin to upgrade his resources and techniques, then rode the market surge to shatter wave after wave of Yellow Turban Warriors.
• Judges and guests praised Ping Han’s growing combat power, and Gengchen Yi declared that no one present could rival him.
• The Yellow Turban Warriors formed a coordinated legion and battered Su Yanyang’s underground palace, while Xiao Yunji transformed into a high-speed train and crushed them along a Magnetic Channel.
• Zhang Yu reinforced his Earth Giant with a skeleton, family ashes, and armor made from Yellow Turban remains, renaming it the Formless Spirit General.
• The Formless Spirit General endured an Ironclad Divine Thunder strike, smashed a giant Yellow Turban Warrior with the Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm, and fired thunderfire into the legion.

In the Military Certificate examination’s final minute, combined Yellow Turban Monsters pushed the remaining examinees to their limits, eliminating Su Yanyang and leaving Xiao Yunjin unable to qualify. Zhang Yu and Ping Han alone kept their Array Cores intact as they fought through the overwhelming assault, and the chapter ended as Ping Han appeared to reveal another hidden card.

• More than a dozen Yellow Turban Warriors combined into massive monsters that attacked the examination grounds, while Director Gao and the judges watched the final minute begin.
• The Yellow Turban Monsters broke through Su Yanyang’s underground defenses and eliminated him, while Xiao Yunjin split her train body into five pieces to escape and destroy attackers but lost her chance at the Military Certificate.
• Xiao Yunjin charged to protect her Array Core and destroyed the Yellow Turban Warrior attacking it, but her Dharma Skeleton Synchronization Rate had fallen sharply.
• Ping Han and Zhang Yu were the only examinees left with 100% Array Core Integrity, and both fought the Yellow Turban Monsters at the limits of their strength.
• The judges and Director Gao watched Ping Han and Zhang Yu’s battle with anticipation, and True Lord Tianxiang noted that only seconds remained before smoke rose and the horizon began to lift around Ping Han’s battlefield.

Ping Han wagered everything to crush the Yellow Turban Legion with a massive earth-shattering strike, while Zhang Yu launched an even broader assault to improve his standing in the Military Certificate exam. The chapter ended with Zhang Yu forcing out a second wave of attacks as the exam neared its end.

• Ping Han pledged his assets and used Mountain Pull to tear up a vast section of earth and smash it down on the Yellow Turban Legion.
• The judges praised Ping Han’s all-in strike, while Director Gao accepted that Ping Han had chosen his own risky Immortal Path.
• True Lord Tianxiang noticed Zhang Yu preparing an attack and said the contest was not over.
• Zhang Yu combined his techniques and breakthroughs into Nine Heavens Cloud Void, Thousand Hand Sacred Martial, striking the Yellow Turban Warriors across the battlefield.
• After exhausting his Magical Power, Zhang Yu forced more from his body and unleashed a second wave of blood-streaked attacks before the exam ended.

Zhang Yu collapsed after unleashing his final attacks and was rescued for treatment as the examination ended. On the Flying Boat, judges and guests argued over whether Zhang Yu or Ping Han deserved the Military Certificate, while Director Gao decided to formally take Zhang Yu as his disciple.

• Zhang Yu fell as the Formless Spirit General crumbled, and Director Gao caught him before he hit the ground.
• Director Gao explained that the exam was over and sent Zhang Yu with Deng Bingding for treatment, offering to pay the medical fees.
• The judges praised Ping Han's strength and argued that his final strike made him a strong candidate for the Military Certificate.
• True Lord Tianxiang highlighted Zhang Yu's technical skill and devastating final attacks, prompting the guests to debate his merits against Ping Han's.
• Director Gao listened to the arguments and resolved to formally accept Zhang Yu as his disciple.

True Lord Qiyun weighed Zhang Yu’s precise, low-cost victory against Ping Han’s greater but less controlled power, then said he would report the examination for the Heavenly Court to decide. Outside the grounds, Ping Han revealed his perfect Array Core integrity, while Su Yanyang and Xiao Yunjin reacted to the likely outcome.

• True Lord Tianxiang switched the rankings to kill count, showing Zhang Yu ahead of Ping Han, and explained that Ping Han’s strike had left smaller Yellow Turban Warriors alive.
• True Lord Qiyun praised both students but favored Zhang Yu’s efficient performance, considered his Artifact Crafting talent, and said he would submit the examination data and opinions to the Heavenly Court.
• The judges and guests concluded that Zhang Yu was likely to receive the Military Certificate, though the result still awaited Heavenly Court approval; Director Gao regretted that Ping Han had lost his final chance.
• Outside the examination grounds, Su Yanyang saw Zhang Yu receiving treatment and mocked his injuries, then stepped away when Xiao Yunjin approached in a fury.
• Ping Han showed Su Yanyang his Nectar Coin portfolio screenshots and said he had maintained one hundred percent Array Core integrity, leaving Xiao Yunjin convinced that her chance of winning was gone.

After the Military Certificate Exam, Ping Han expected to win and tried to recruit others into his Nectar Coin guidance group, while Zhang Yu weighed offers from powerful department leaders. Magnetic Extremes True Lord privately questioned Zhang Yu about his performance, then carried him back toward his dormitory and asked what he thought of Old Gao.

• Ping Han answered Su Yanyang and another examinee's questions, drew them into his paid guidance group, and offered Xiao Yunjin Nectar Coin materials as he became confident he would win the Military Certificate.
• Jiao Lei relayed Director Lin's offer of a Finance Department path and a 600 Spirit Coin loan, while another instructor conveyed Spirit Peak True Lord's offer to take Zhang Yu as a disciple.
• Zhang Yu considered both offers and decided not to commit, judging that the Finance Department and Spirit Peak True Lord's school each carried risks while keeping other options open could improve his bargaining position.
• Deng Bingding returned the examinees to University City and said the Heavenly Court would announce results within three to fifteen working days; afterward, he took Zhang Yu to the hospital, where Zhang Yu requested discharge after receiving medicine.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord met Zhang Yu on a concealed street, asked about his exam, and carried him toward his dormitory while Ye Xingli watched in shock.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord asked Zhang Yu what he thought of Old Gao, who had also carried him during the examination.

Magnetic Extremes True Lord advised Zhang Yu to remain in the Civil Engineering Department long enough to learn its Military Grade cultivation technique, while Director Gao struggled to draft a contract that would keep Zhang Yu without limiting his growth. Zhang Yu considered joining a Sect and transferring to artifact crafting, and Magnetic Extremes True Lord saw a possible route through the Inter-University League; the chapter ended with her taking over Zhang Yu’s reply to Director Gao.

• Magnetic Extremes True Lord warned Director Gao that others might recruit Zhang Yu and urged him to formalize their mentor-student relationship.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord argued that Director Gao could not give Zhang Yu enough freedom or protection, then proposed establishing a company with Director Gao to shield Zhang Yu from poachers.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord advised Zhang Yu to stay in civil engineering and learn the Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power before considering a transfer to artifact crafting.
• Zhang Yu asked about entering a Sect, and Magnetic Extremes True Lord explained the steep requirements while recommending that he build his foundation in civil engineering.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord suggested Zhang Yu might earn the Seven Wonders of Civil Engineering through the Inter-University League, giving him a chance to transfer to artifact crafting later.
• Director Gao messaged Zhang Yu to ask what he thought of Magnetic Extremes True Lord, but she seized the message and told Zhang Yu she would answer for him.

Zhang Yu learned that Magnetic Extremes True Lord planned to let him sign a lenient contract and become Director Gao’s formal disciple while he continued studying civil engineering. After signing, he learned the Civil Engineering Competition would begin in late October and run through December, and Director Gao assigned him goals for the department contest and inter-university league.

• Magnetic Extremes True Lord told Zhang Yu to accept Director Gao’s upcoming contract, while Ye Xingli learned that Zhang Yu’s roommates were all his First Floor Compatriots.
• After returning to his dorm, Zhang Yu rested, studied artifact forging, and received Director Gao’s contract, which offered monthly cultivation support in exchange for future work and shared profits.
• The next day, Zhang Yu signed the contract under an Orthodox God’s witness and became Director Gao’s formal disciple.
• Director Gao explained that the Civil Engineering Competition would run from late October through December in spaced-out matches to reduce injuries and give students more time to show their abilities.
• Director Gao told Zhang Yu to lead his current team into the top seven and earn a Seven Absolutes slot, then join Mo Shang Jin’s team for the Inter-University League.

Zhang Yu recovered, studied, and prepared for the Civil Engineering Department Competition while Mo Shang Jin expelled Ping Han from the team over his obsessive Nectar Coin speculation. As Zhang Yu’s team faced Ma Xuan’s group again, Su Yanyang’s confident plans were interrupted by the announcement that the Military Certificate results had come out.

• Director Gao told Zhang Yu to focus on recovering, and Zhang Yu returned to the Taiqing Realm to study artifact forging while planning how to spend his monthly 30 Spirit Coins.
• Ping Han urged the Civil Engineering students to buy Nectar Coin, distracting Mo Shang Jin’s team from training until Mo Shang Jin struck Ping Han and ordered him to leave.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord told Zhang Yu that Ye Xingli would assign him Dharma Treasure orders, allowing Zhang Yu to use his monthly cultivation funds for artifact forging.
• Zhang Yu returned to classes and work, then joined Shi Huaiyu’s group in the Department Competition qualifiers, where they were matched against Ma Xuan’s team.
• Su Yanyang assured Ma Xuan’s group that he had devised a winning strategy against Zhang Yu, but stopped responding after learning that the Military Certificate results were out.

After Zhang Yu appeared on the Military Certificate list, his classmates learned he had earned it by defeating every Yellow Turban Warrior with Martial Arts alone. The news spread through their competition circles, leaving Ma Xuan's team in disarray while Zhang Yu publicly shared the results.

• Ma Xuan and Su Yanyang saw Zhang Yu's name on the Military Certificate list and wondered whether the result involved shady dealings.
• Ping Han challenged Director Gao over losing the certificate, but Director Gao said Zhang Yu had performed better and showed him the exam data.
• Director Lin told Xiao Yunjin that Zhang Yu had wiped out every Yellow Turban Warrior with less construction volume, and Xiao Yunjin passed the explanation to Su Yanyang.
• Su Yanyang left the competition team to find another team, while Ma Xuan made Ji Yuan Shu captain and then left himself; the other members also deserted.
• Ji Yuan Shu tried to recruit former teammates and Li Xiao, but they already knew Zhang Yu had earned the certificate, and he discovered Zhang Yu had posted the list on Moments.

Zhang Yu received his Military Civil Engineering Certificate at the construction site, and the award boosted his department ranking to twenty-ninth. As classmates and teachers celebrated and recruiters sought competition-team spots, Zhao Tianxing enjoyed new status and income from his work on Zhang Yu’s exam.

• Ji Yuan Shu received a message from Ping Han asking whether his competition team still needed members.
• Li Xiao and Gongshu Jin found Ying Xin helping Zhang Yu at the construction site, where she had been working for days to secure a substitute spot.
• Deng Bingding issued Zhang Yu his Military Certificate, and the certificate raised Zhang Yu’s department ranking from the sixties to twenty-ninth.
• Ying Xin, Gongshu Jin, and Li Xiao took photos with Zhang Yu, while Tu Lishan shared the ceremony photo with the Civil Engineering Department teachers and Director Lin failed to poach Zhang Yu because he had already signed a contract.
• Zhang Yu received messages from people seeking to buy competition spots, including Ma Xuan and Su Yanyang, but he hesitated to sell a place to them.
• Zhao Tianxing told the Songyang Fellow Villagers Group that Zhang Yu had earned his Military Certificate, then agreed to ask around about work for his roommates.

After Zhang Yu earned his Military Certificate, his growing strength and status drew attention from friends, clients, and mentors, while he prepared for the Inter-University League. Director Gao told him that Ping Han had joined Ji Yuan Shu’s team and challenged him to defeat Ping Han to prove himself worthy of the remaining Seven Absolutes.

• Le Jingchen saw Yu Xinghan’s photo of Zhang Yu in the Songyang Fellow Villagers Group and contacted Le Mulan, while Yu Xinghan promoted Zhang Yu’s massage services to his fan group.
• Le Mulan and Zhang Yu exchanged medicinal power and blood, and Yin Jiurao asked Le Mulan to tell her when Zhang Yu had more material to supply for her research.
• Zhang Yu spoke with Bai Zhenzhen, and they agreed to meet at Heaven Sword University during the Inter-University League; Wen Wuya updated Zhang Yu’s contact note after learning he had earned a Military Certificate.
• Jinque Mingxiao announced a special-training test requiring students to show their account balances, with the lowest students facing immediate elimination.
• Zhang Yu began forging a Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill to improve his strength, and Director Gao informed him that Ping Han would challenge him in Combat Arts on Ji Yuan Shu’s team.

Wang Yin learned of Zhang Yu’s growing achievements and turned them into fuel for his renewed resolve, while Zhang Yu prepared to face Ping Han in the Civil Engineering departmental match. The chapter left the two competitors facing off over their opposing views on Nectar Coin speculation.

• Le Jingchen arranged for Wang Hai to praise Zhang Yu’s achievements at Songyang High School, while Li Xuelian showed Spark True Person news about Zhang Yu.
• Wang Yin’s mother told him about Zhang Yu’s rising rank, Spirit Transformation dual cultivation partner, and Military Certificate, and Wang Yin insisted the news would strengthen his Emperor’s Heart.
• Wang Yin added Zhang Yu as a friend, and Zhang Yu confirmed his identity with Tian Yang before closing the chat to prepare for the match.
• Zhang Yu’s Competition Team and Ping Han’s Competition Team faced each other in the departmental Civil Engineering match as students watched through livestreams.
• Ping Han asked whether Zhang Yu speculated on Nectar Coin, and Zhang Yu denied it; Ping Han claimed that anyone who did not speculate would be eliminated by the times.

Zhang Yu publicly warned that Nectar Coin was risky, but Ping Han turned the backlash into support and used their competition to promote himself and his investment group. Ping Han then challenged Zhang Yu to a fight and revealed his specially prepared Sky Abyss Armor as the battle began.

• Zhang Yu warned the audience that Nectar Coin was unstable and easy to manipulate, drawing a storm of insults from spectators.
• Ping Han pointed out that Nectar Coin had risen again during Zhang Yu’s warning, rallied the crowd, and gained more members for his investment guidance group.
• Ping Han left Ji Yuan Shu and the other teammates to build while he rushed ahead to challenge Zhang Yu alone.
• Ping Han challenged Zhang Yu to fight instead of compete in construction, and they exchanged attacks using Small Three Harmonies.
• Ping Han revealed his Sky Abyss Armor, whose power and coin-price display drew cheers from the Spirit Realm audience.
• Ping Han claimed that his wealth gave him greater Immortal Dao potential and demanded to know what gave Zhang Yu the right to fight him.

Ping Han overwhelmed Zhang Yu with his armor and scythe technique, destroying the Golden Armored Warriors he mistook for Zhang Yu. Zhang Yu then emerged atop the newly constructed Formless Spirit General and launched a scorching beam at Ping Han.

• Ping Han used the Sky Abyss Armor and his combat studies to batter Zhang Yu while demanding that he concede.
• Ye Xingli and Yan Qianji watched the duel, and Jiu Tianliu defended the Finance Department’s promotion of Nectar Coin and proposed a wager.
• Ping Han’s final punch destroyed a Golden Armored Warrior rather than Zhang Yu, who sent two more Golden Armored Warriors to attack.
• Ping Han used the Nine Heavens Azure Nether Scythe to split both Golden Armored Warriors and shatter their Astral Qi.
• Zhang Yu completed the first round of construction on the Formless Spirit General and emerged atop it, firing a scorching beam at Ping Han.

Zhang Yu fought Ping Han, whose wealthy combat armor and Human Dao Torrent overwhelmed the Formless Spirit General and left Zhang Yu exposed. Zhang Yu then revealed a trap built from the scattered remnants of the General, using Ping Han’s own accumulated force and the armor’s weak points to smash him into the ground.

• Zhang Yu struck Ping Han with a combined palm attack, but Ping Han’s armor remained intact and he charged back at the Formless Spirit General.
• Ping Han cut through the General’s golden arms while taunting Zhang Yu about his wealth, as Zhang Yu studied Ping Han’s armor for weaknesses.
• Ping Han unleashed Human Dao Torrent, flooding the arena with Nectar Coin information that overloaded spectators’ Eye Remains and left Zhang Yu disoriented.
• Ping Han shattered the Formless Spirit General and prepared to finish Zhang Yu, while the crowd’s projections demanded that Zhang Yu be driven bankrupt.
• Zhang Yu activated the scattered remnants of the General, targeting the weak points in Ping Han’s armor and Dharma Skeleton with Nine Heavens Cloud Void, Thousand Hand Sacred Martial.
• The encircling palm prints combined Zhang Yu’s power with the force of Ping Han’s twenty strikes and blasted Ping Han into the ground.

Zhang Yu defeated Ping Han in the arena, exposing how Ping Han’s fear of risking his Nectar Coin holdings had kept him from fighting at full strength. Though Ping Han surrendered, he and the spectators continued promoting the coin, while Zhang Yu’s teammates struggled to decide whether to sell; Zhang Yu then returned to his ordinary university routine.

• Zhang Yu overwhelmed Ping Han with relentless palm strikes, broke his armor, and explained that fear of risking his Nectar Coin position had made Ping Han hold back.
• Ping Han surrendered, then urged the spectators to keep buying Nectar Coin as its price rose, while Zhang Yu condemned their speculation.
• Fu Ji told Zhang Yu that Nectar Coin was part of a conflict among Nascent Soul Transformation cultivators, and Zhang Yu realized his actions had influenced some people to consider selling.
• Zhang Yu told his teammates to sell their Nectar Coin; Che Yufei agreed, and Xiao Qingxuan persuaded Shi Huaiyu to sell as well.
• Jiu Tianliu and Yan Qianji traded barbs over the Finance Department’s influence and their departments’ finances before vanishing from the Spirit Realm.
• Zhang Yu stopped concerning himself with Nectar Coin and resumed studying, cultivating, and attending competitions.

Che Yufei sold his Competition Team spot to Su Yanyang, while Zhang Yu’s team finished second in the Department Competition and Zhang Yu learned the Dragon Vein Sensing Chapter, his fourth Absolute. As the Nectar Coin frenzy continued and plans for the Inter-University League took shape, Zhang Pianpian asked Zhang Yu whether he had bought Nectar Coin.

• Che Yufei sold his Competition Team spot to Su Yanyang, who paid 26.7 Spirit Coins to join the group.
• Zhang Yu chose to save toward upgrading Zhang Pianpian’s Taiqing Realm and practiced forging a Hundred Treasures Box.
• Zhang Yu’s team defeated Xiao Yunjin’s team and finished second in the Department Competition, raising Zhang Yu’s department ranking to twenty-fifth.
• Gongshu Jin won the second Seven Absolutes slot, and Zhang Yu learned the Dragon Vein Sensing Chapter from Director Gao.
• Director Gao told Zhang Yu to prepare for the Inter-University League and explained that arrangements were underway for the remaining Seven Absolutes tests.
• Zhang Pianpian messaged Zhang Yu to ask whether he had bought Nectar Coin.

Cang Lanyu and Zhang Pianpian uncovered signs that the Dual Cultivation Sect and other universities were involved in promoting Nectar Coin, while Zhang Yu later witnessed a Financial Storm erupt after Nectar Coin crashed. As Joyous Union University’s Yin Artifacts escaped and the news was suppressed, Ping Han and Ji Yuan Shu sought loans from Zhang Yu, who refused to help.

• Cang Lanyu discovered that Zhang Pianpian had used military-grade Dao Arts and suspected the Dual Cultivation Sect’s Nectar Coin scheme involved multiple universities.
• Zhang Yu advanced the Dragon Vein Sensing Chapter to Level 16, then watched divine light seize workers as a Level 1.3 Financial Storm warning appeared.
• Zhang Yu learned that High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits had escaped from Joyous Union University with Nectar Divine Lord’s Yin Artifacts, sending Nectar Coin’s price plunging.
• Joyous Union University suppressed reports of the escape and announced that the Thousand Cultivator Conference would proceed using stockpiled tools and Yang Artifacts.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord examined the escaped Yin Artifacts and asked Feng Jiu for more samples and help from the Talisman Department.
• Ping Han repeatedly begged Zhang Yu for Spirit Coin, but Zhang Yu blocked him; when Ji Yuan Shu also asked for a loan, Zhang Yu silently closed the chat.

After the Nectar Coin crash, Zhang Yu saw how the losses affected people around him and passed Director Gao’s test to gain the fifth civil-engineering wonder, Finger Pointing Turns to Steel. Director Gao planned to arrange the sixth wonder’s test next month and asked Zhang Yu to recommend replacements for Mo Shang Jin’s Inter-University League team.

• Zhang Yu attended Hu Yuntao’s Spirit Realm farewell gathering and reflected on the dangers of coin speculation.
• Feng Tingting told Zhang Yu that Ping Han had become a temporary artifact spirit in a Yin Artifact at Joyous Union University and was borrowing money after losing his physical body.
• The Patrol Team questioned Ji Yuan Shu after identifying the Evil God he contacted as a fraudster, and Ji Yuan Shu learned that some of his stolen money would be returned.
• Zhang Yu blocked Ping Han’s plea for a loan, while Yu Xinghan said he had escaped the Nectar Coin crash with a small profit.
• Zhang Yu passed Director Gao’s civil-engineering test on the 669th floor and received Finger Pointing Turns to Steel and permission to buy the Earthshaking Steel Wave blueprints.
• Director Gao said Zhang Yu could attempt the test for Turning Soil into Gold next month and asked him to recommend replacements for Mo Shang Jin’s weakened league team.

Che Yufei went bankrupt after leveraging Nectar Coin, while Mo Shang Jin’s injuries left Ten Thousand Laws University short-handed for the Civil Engineering League. Zhang Yu’s team arrived at Jinhe University, where the Nectar Coin crash had fueled an Anti-Intelligence Artifact Wave.

• Che Yufei confessed that he had leveraged his savings on Nectar Coin, lost everything, and was taken away by the Orthodox God as Shi Yunxiang watched.
• Shi Huaiyu, Su Yanyang, Gongshu Jin, Ying Xin, and Li Xiao each reflected on how they had avoided or been spared Che Yufei’s fate.
• Zhang Pianpian told Zhang Yu that Mo Shang Jin and another teammate had been seriously injured in a conflict involving Upper Schools, leaving the Civil Engineering team depleted.
• True Lord Qiyun ordered Xiao Yunjin and Su Yanyang to join the team and arranged for Zhang Yu to receive the seventh Wonder after his Seven Civil Engineering Tests in January.
• Zhang Yu traveled with the team to Jinhe University and learned from Mo Shang Jin that Nectar Coin’s collapse had sparked protests against intelligent Yin and Yang Artifacts.

Zhang Yu and his teammates reached Jinhe University before their Civil Engineering League match and followed Li Zhen to a health club, passing an anti-Intelligence Artifact checkpoint and a job fair for Soul Cultivators. While his teammates found dual-cultivation partners, Zhang Yu focused on raising Turning Soil into Gold to Level 20 before the competition.

• Li Zhen led Zhang Yu and the others through Jinhe University's crowded streets toward a place to rest before their match.
• The group passed an anti-Intelligence Artifact checkpoint, where inspectors backed down after seeing the Ten Thousand Laws University students' rankings.
• Mo Shang Jin explained that Jinhe University's job fair helped Soul Cultivators find work after the Level 3 Financial Storm, and Zhang Yu saw an excited Yang Artifact sign a contract.
• At a health club, Jinhe University students offered services and dual cultivation; Su Yanyang and Li Zhen each left with several students.
• Zhang Yu stayed at the club to cultivate Turning Soil into Gold, aiming to reach Level 20 and activate the Inverted Kunlun set's First Layer effect.

Zhang Yu finished cultivating Turning Soil into Gold and joined his classmates, while Su Yanyang was detained after a Soul Cultivator deliberately detonated a Yin Artifact and died. The Orthodox Gods suspected the Feathered Ascension Demonic Cult, made Su Yanyang sign a confidentiality agreement, and he rejoined the group as they reached the competition venue.

• Zhang Yu raised Turning Soil into Gold to Level 10 and told Xiao Yunjin he planned to forge his physical body into a customized Dharma Skeleton and Dharma Treasure.
• Xiao Yunjin suffered pain from her low Dharma Skeleton Synchronization Rate, and Zhang Yu suggested she consider switching to a lighter Dharma Skeleton.
• Orthodox Gods detained Su Yanyang after his dual cultivation partner's Yin Artifact exploded, and their investigation found signs that a Soul Cultivator had been bewitched into self-destruction by the Feathered Ascension Demonic Cult.
• The Orthodox Gods asked Su Yanyang to keep the incident confidential and told him to contact them if he experienced any effects from the explosion.
• Su Yanyang rejoined Zhang Yu and the others, explained the agreed-upon account of the Yin Artifact malfunction, and arrived with them at the competition venue.