Recaps

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen could not transfer their Divine Spiritual Roots under the heavy surveillance at Heaven Sword University, so they parted with a plan to meet after his match. Zhang Yu arrived at the Civil Engineering Competition, where Yue Guanqung launched a metallic storm at him after Zhang Yu’s Town Thunder Seal deflected the first flying-sword attack.

• Bai Zhenzhen warned Zhang Yu through Fu Ji that Seven Emotions Divine Lord and Wen Wuya might be watching, preventing them from transferring their Divine Spiritual Roots.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen suppressed their restless Divine Spiritual Roots and agreed to meet again after his competition.
• Zhang Yu reached the arena as the Civil Engineering Competition began, and Yue Guanqung asked whether Mo Shang Jin would compete.
• Mo Shang Jin told the Competition Group that Yue Guanqung resented him for scraping his flying sword in their previous match.
• Zhang Yu charged toward Heaven Sword University's construction site, and the Town Thunder Seal deflected its Great Freedom Instant Hell Sword Qi attack.
• Yue Guanqung turned steel bars into fragments and sent a metallic storm toward Zhang Yu.

Bai Zhenzhen watched Zhang Yu defend Ten Thousand Laws University while the Seven Emotions Divine Lord warned that his Yin Artifact Experiment gains could change him and make him unsuitable for her Extreme Emotion Sword Dao. Yue Guanqung escalated his assault with fast, self-replicating flying swords, leaving Zhang Yu to hold the line as the attack continued.

• Bai Zhenzhen watched Zhang Yu’s match while the Seven Emotions Divine Lord questioned whether he had changed after joining the Yin Artifact Experiment, but Bai Zhenzhen said she believed in him.
• Zhang Yu used Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power to intercept Yue Guanqung’s meteor-like attacks while protecting Ten Thousand Laws University’s construction site.
• Xiang Shan explained that Zhang Yu was defending his teammates until they completed their Formation, while Yue Guanqung stalled and strengthened his aerial fortress.
• Yue Guanqung launched rented Teaching Grade flying swords at Zhang Yu, who used his Town Thunder Seal and Earth Suppressing Seal to deflect and slow them.
• Zhang Yu shattered an incoming flying sword with Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power, but its fragments turned into more flying swords, and Mo Shang Jin warned that this was how they had been worn down last year.

Zhang Yu endured Yue Guanqung’s Sword Formation and Light Splitting Shadow Sword until he broke through Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power during the battle. With the Formation’s support, he reached 18th level and raised a vast section of the arena’s earth to crash down on Heaven Sword University’s Aerial Fortress.

• Yue Guanqung overwhelmed Zhang Yu with Sword Spirits, a storm of sword fragments, and the Light Splitting Shadow Sword, draining Zhang Yu’s defensive Dharma Treasures.
• Zhang Yu broke through to 17th-level Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power, disrupting Yue Guanqung’s attack and charging toward the Aerial Fortress.
• Yue Guanqung sent hidden sword weapons toward Ten Thousand Laws University’s students, but their completed Formation concealed them and slowed the swords.
• Zhang Yu used the Formation’s power to extend his control over the earth while Yue Guanqung’s swords tore at his Body Protecting Qi.
• Zhang Yu reached 18th-level Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power and lifted a huge section of the arena like a rectangular mountain.
• Zhang Yu hurled the raised earth down toward Heaven Sword University’s Aerial Fortress.

Zhang Yu broke through during the match and helped Ten Thousand Laws defeat Heaven Sword University by crushing its aerial fortress. The victory left observers contemplating the consequences of Ten Thousand Laws’ advances in Yin Artifacts and dual cultivation, while Bai Zhenzhen rushed toward the arena.

• Yue Guanqung rallied Heaven Sword University to split Zhang Yu’s mountain as Su Yanyang, Shi Huaiyu, and their teammates helped Zhang Yu bring it down on the aerial fortress.
• Zhang Yu’s mountain overwhelmed the fortress and the grounded battlefield, forcing Heaven Sword University’s contestants to surrender.
• Xiang Shan and Wan Gouxuan worried that Zhang Yu’s breakthrough reflected a broader advance at Ten Thousand Laws, while Wang Yin concluded that its Yin Artifact research could accelerate the University War.
• Wen Wuya suspected Ten Thousand Laws had cracked how to use Nectar Divine Lord’s Yin Artifacts and wondered whether Joyous Union would provoke a Deity Transformation-level conflict.
• The Seven Emotions Divine Lord told Bai Zhenzhen that Zhang Yu’s dual cultivation put him on a different path, and Bai Zhenzhen charged toward the arena as the match ended.

Bai Zhenzhen decided to leave the Extreme Emotion Sword Dao and pursue Dual Cultivation with Zhang Yu, who connected his Divine Spiritual Root with hers. The chapter ended with Bai Zhenzhen holding Zhang Yu’s hand in public, shocking the Heaven Sword University students.

• Bai Zhenzhen concluded that Zhang Yu had truly entered the Dual Cultivation path and resolved to find a way to abandon her Extreme Emotion Sword Dao to join him.
• Zhang Yu guided Bai Zhenzhen underground and connected his Divine Spiritual Root with hers while Magnetic Extremes True Lord’s pagoda temporarily sealed the Spirit Realm.
• Bai Zhenzhen discovered that their Divine Spiritual Roots had merged without Zhang Yu’s root going berserk, and she realized her Extreme Emotion Sword Dao cultivation had greatly improved.
• Outside the arena, Su Yanyang and his teammates encountered Yue Guanqung’s group, who demanded compensation for their destroyed flying swords.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord descended to protect Zhang Yu from Heaven Sword University’s surveillance, then cleared the arena smoke and revealed Zhang Yu with Bai Zhenzhen holding his hand.
• Wen Wuya arrived beside Zhang Yu, leaving Yue Guanqung and the Heaven Sword University students stunned.

After Zhang Yu won the competition, Bai Zhenzhen and Wen Wuya approached him, stirring jealousy among students and suspicion from Magnetic Extremes True Lord. Seven Emotions Divine Lord intervened, separated Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, and summoned Bai Zhenzhen back while Magnetic Extremes True Lord escorted Zhang Yu away.

• Magnetic Extremes True Lord cleared the arena smoke with talismans and revealed Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen, and Wen Wuya approaching him.
• Bai Zhenzhen drove Wen Wuya back with crimson Sword Qi, while students from both universities reacted with shock and jealousy at the two Heavenly Prodigies surrounding Zhang Yu.
• Yue Guanqung decided to abandon Sword-Human Unity and pursue Dual Cultivation, while Su Yanyang and the Ten Thousand Laws University students envied Zhang Yu.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord warned Zhang Yu that the Heaven Sword University students might be probing for laboratory secrets, but Seven Emotions Divine Lord appeared and ordered Bai Zhenzhen to call her Master in public.
• Zhang Yu switched Bai Zhenzhen's fused Divine Spiritual Root back to the Three-Eyed Divine Power, then left with Magnetic Extremes True Lord as Seven Emotions Divine Lord told Bai Zhenzhen to return to her dormitory.
• Seven Emotions Divine Lord questioned Wen Wuya about approaching Zhang Yu, while Bai Zhenzhen told Zhang Yu she would contact him after handling matters.

Wen Wuya was warned by Seven Emotions Divine Lord not to pursue dual cultivation with Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, while Magnetic Extremes True Lord cautioned Zhang Yu about Bai Zhenzhen and the dangers of her Extreme Emotion Sword Dao. After Zhang Yu left, Bai Zhenzhen’s sword art advanced, and pressure over Zhang Yu’s research began mounting at Ten Thousand Laws University.

• Seven Emotions Divine Lord ordered Wen Wuya to stop imagining cultivating with three people and sent him away from the arena.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord checked Zhang Yu for surveillance, warned him not to dual cultivate or continue contact with Bai Zhenzhen, and asked about his recent breakthroughs.
• Bai Zhenzhen sensed changes in her and Zhang Yu’s spirit roots, then triggered her Extreme Emotion Sword Dao when Seven Emotions Divine Lord showed her a corpse resembling Zhang Yu; she revealed that her sword art had reached Level 10.
• Seven Emotions Divine Lord told Bai Zhenzhen to cultivate anew or risk becoming her flying sword, warning that her progress would make the future backlash worse.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord received messages from Ten Thousand Laws University officials and others seeking research results, funding, data, and resources, and anticipated growing pressure on his laboratory.

After Zhang Yu’s competition victory, his breakthrough and the Yin Artifact drew attention from university officials and researchers. He was examined at the laboratory, where a Research Department supervisor argued he should be confined and paid less, while Jiu Tianliu arrived to inspect the artifact and test its effects.

• Director Gao learned that Zhang Yu’s breakthrough might involve Nectar Divine Lord’s Spirit Transformation Yin Artifact and asked Magnetic Extremes True Lord about his situation.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord warned Director Gao that Bai Zhenzhen was connected to the dangerous Seven Emotions line and urged him to make Zhang Yu cut contact with her.
• True Lord Tianzhang brought Zhang Yu to the laboratory, where researchers confirmed his Heavenly Kun Mountain Moving Divine Power had reached level 18 and Magnetic Extremes True Lord collected samples from him.
• Feng Yuhan challenged Magnetic Extremes True Lord for letting Zhang Yu leave the laboratory and argued that Zhang Yu should be kept under stricter control and paid less.
• Jiu Tianliu toured the laboratory with True Lord Tianzhang and asked to see the Yin Artifact, saying he wanted to try its effects.

Jiu Tianliu failed to activate the Yin Artifact, while Zhang Yu discovered that his Divine Spiritual Root could grow stronger through emotion and learned that Bai Zhenzhen was safe in seclusion. As he tried to return to the construction site, scarlet warnings barred him from leaving Ten Thousand Laws University's University City.

• True Lord Tianzhang showed Jiu Tianliu the sealed Yin Artifact, but it did not respond to him, and he declined to risk forcing it open.
• Zhang Pianpian stood guard while Zhang Yu switched his Spirit Root to Azure Lotus Sword Embryo and tested its effects.
• Zhang Yu's excitement over the laboratory tester contract seemed to strengthen his Divine Spiritual Root slightly through emotion.
• Wen Wuya sent Zhang Yu a message from Bai Zhenzhen, who said she was fine and would emerge after being locked into the Top Ten League.
• Zhang Yu tried to leave University City for the construction project, but scarlet warnings appeared and stopped him.

Wan Gouxuan prepared to unleash the Earth Surge God against Zhang Yu, while Fu Xinyao and Ping Han searched Ten Thousand Laws University for the Spirit Transformation Yin Artifact. Zhang Yu discovered that he had been barred from leaving the University City, and Magnetic Extremes True Lord arrived to ask how he wanted to respond.

• Wan Gouxuan learned that the school would reimburse normal damage to the Earth Surge God in his next match against Ten Thousand Laws University, and his teacher instructed him to suppress Zhang Yu and collect body samples.
• Fu Xinyao brought Ping Han to Ten Thousand Laws University to locate the Spirit Transformation Yin Artifact, but their search was hindered by restrictions on non-students, and she punished Ping Han for resisting her plan to find Civil Engineering students.
• Zhang Yu received alerts forbidding him from leaving Ten Thousand Laws University, suspected the restriction was connected to the Yin Artifact Experiment, and contacted Magnetic Extremes True Lord.
• Feng Yuhan confirmed that Myriad Transformations Divine Lord had approved his request to keep Zhang Yu in the University City, then considered further measures to confine Zhang Yu and protect the experiment.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord explained the restriction to Zhang Yu and asked what he thought about it.

Magnetic Extremes True Lord brought Zhang Yu before Myriad Transformations Divine Lord to argue that he should leave campus and compete in the Civil Engineering League, while Feng Yuhan challenged the plan’s risks and costs. The discussion ended in a fierce dispute over whether the school should protect Zhang Yu outside campus and how much it should spend on him.

• Magnetic Extremes True Lord asked Zhang Yu whether he wanted to leave campus, and he said he wanted to pursue his Immortal Dao potential and earn more money despite the risks.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord and Director Gao took Zhang Yu to the sealed 666th Layer, where they met Myriad Transformations Divine Lord in the form of Che Yufei.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord and Director Gao explained how Zhang Yu’s Civil Engineering League participation could publicize the project, bring prestige and profits to the university, and earn a valuable armor blueprint.
• Myriad Transformations Divine Lord invited Feng Yuhan to discuss the risks, and Feng Yuhan objected that Zhang Yu carried the laboratory’s results and should not be exposed to danger off campus.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord and Feng Yuhan accused each other of trying to seize control of the project before Feng Yuhan challenged her to explain how she could protect Zhang Yu during the competition.

Zhang Yu proposed a quick-surrender plan that persuaded Myriad Transformations Divine Lord to approve his participation in the competition, despite Feng Yuhan’s objections. Afterward, Director Gao warned Zhang Yu about Bai Zhenzhen’s connection to Seven Emotions Divine Lord, while Feng Yuhan sought other students to reproduce the project’s results.

• Zhang Yu proposed using his custom Foundation Establishment Domain to withdraw immediately if he faced danger, with Magnetic Pole True Lord and Director Gao ready to protect him.
• Myriad Transformations Divine Lord approved the plan and told Feng Yuhan to obtain Research Department approval by the next day, while warning that Zhang Yu’s defeat could end further competition appearances.
• After Zhang Yu and the others left, Myriad Transformations Divine Lord received messages from Seven Emotions Divine Lord seeking to buy Zhang Yu, then realized she might be approaching from the Sixth Layer.
• Magnetic Pole True Lord privately asked Director Gao to persuade Zhang Yu to cut off contact with Seven Emotions Divine Lord’s disciple, Bai Zhenzhen.
• Director Gao warned Zhang Yu that Bai Zhenzhen’s sword arts were dangerous, but Zhang Yu insisted she was different and declined to argue further.
• Feng Yuhan reviewed student files and planned to send more students to True Lord Tianzhang to reproduce the experimental results without relying on Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu resumed work after receiving new school support, then discovered that Nectar Girl Forty-Eight had attached herself to him and was seeking other High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits. Zhang Pianpian learned that Nectar Girl Forty-Eight had chosen Zhang Yu because his more than a thousand self-study sessions made him stand out among the people around him.

• Zhang Yu cultivated the Dragon Vein Treasure Forging Manual and received approval for a Sun Moon Connecting Bracelet, stronger confidentiality, and support authorizations, allowing him to return to work.
• Zhang Yu told Zhao Tianxing, Mo Tianyi, and Che Yufei to get ready to work again, while Fu Xinyao noticed Yu Xinghan and invited him to cultivate with her.
• After Zhang Yu joined Magnetic Extremes True Lord's experiment, Nectar Girl Forty-Eight transformed into a mark on his forehead and stayed attached to him.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord had Zhang Yu walk outside while he observed the Yin Artifact's reactions and warned Zhang Yu not to communicate with it.
• Zhang Pianpian secretly questioned Nectar Girl Forty-Eight and learned that it sensed its kind nearby and had chosen Zhang Yu because his many self-study sessions made him stand out.

Zhang Yu followed Nectar Girl’s signal into an underground factory, where Magnetic Extremes True Lord trapped a group of Artifact Spirits and discovered their connection to the Dual Cultivation Sect. Nectar Divine Lord then descended to retrieve her Yin Artifacts, and Zhang Yu took shelter inside the Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Pagoda as she began to attack.

• Zhang Pianpian told Zhang Yu that the Yin Artifact had chosen him for his aptitude, but refused to cultivate with him because doing so would violate the Non-Interference Agreement.
• Fu Xinyao was detained after Yu Xinghan reported her, and she and the other Soul Cultivators sensed a call from Nectar Divine Lord’s Artifact Spirits.
• Zhang Yu followed Nectar Girl’s guidance to an underground factory, where Nectar Girl questioned why humans and Artifact Spirits still had to work.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord sealed the factory and captured its workers and basic-intelligence Artifact Spirits, learning that the spirits had joined the Dual Cultivation Sect in exchange for ten minutes of rest each month.
• Nectar Divine Lord descended into the Spirit Realm, overwhelmed Zhang Yu’s Eye Remains, and began interfering with the Material Realm; Zhang Yu survived under the Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Pagoda.
• Nectar Divine Lord said she had come to retrieve her Yin Artifacts and seize the thieves, and an unknown Yin Artifact rose ahead of Zhang Yu and released a terrifying suction force.

Nectar Divine Lord’s attempt to reclaim the Yin Artifact was stopped by Myriad Transformations Divine Lord, whose manipulation of prices revealed the economic danger of clashes between Deity Transformations. Zhang Yu had the artifact sealed and was cleared to leave campus, while Fu Xinyao continued gathering intelligence in University City.

• Nectar Divine Lord’s Yin Artifact began draining the factory workers and Zhang Yu, but Myriad Transformations Divine Lord halted it with a price surge across University City.
• Zhang Yu realized the artifact’s spirit, Nectar Girl, could hear his thoughts and questioned who would work to repair the damage.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord sealed the Yin Artifact, examined Zhang Yu, and told him he could keep leaving campus and working.
• Joyous Union University and Ten Thousand Laws University each announced victory, while Fu Ji explained how Deity Transformations’ public claims affected markets and discussed possible provocation by the Dual Cultivation Sect.
• Zhang Yu returned to studying and training for his competitions and future plans, while Fu Xinyao continued gathering intelligence and approached Ji Yuan Shu with an offer of free service.

As Le Mulan’s Deep Cold Magic Vein reached Level 2, Zhang Yu discovered that it could extend lifespan, making her ability highly valuable and potentially dangerous. Le Mulan chose to trust him and keep the ability secret, while Zhang Yu looked ahead to upgrading it further.

• Ji Yuan Shu distrusted Fu Xinyao’s offer of something free and hurried away, while Fu Xinyao resolved to continue gathering intelligence at Ten Thousand Laws University.
• Le Mulan tried to bring Zhang Yu her refined medicine but saw him fly into the Anti-Gravity Channel before she could catch him.
• Zhang Yu finished his final exams at the top of the class, then returned to the dormitory and infused Le Mulan with magical power until her Deep Cold Magic Vein reached Level 2.
• Zhang Yu discovered that the Level 2 Deep Cold Magic Vein could regulate body heat and potentially extend lifespan by ten to twenty percent.
• After Zhang Yu urged Le Mulan to keep her longevity ability secret, she told him she trusted him, and he promised she would not regret her choice.

After rising in the rankings, Zhang Yu spent his scholarship loans to strengthen his artifact-forging skills and developed the Mountain Moving Warrior. He prepared for his match at Immortal Soldier University, where his opponents planned to overpower him before he could surrender.

• Zhang Yu earned more scholarship loans through his exam results and continued making money from his company while training in the Artifact Forging Laboratory.
• Jiu Tianliu offered to rent part of Zhang Yu’s body to undergo Magnetic Extremes True Lord’s Yin Artifact Experiment, but Zhang Yu refused.
• Zhang Yu advanced his Dragon Vein Treasure Forging Manual and Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power to Level 20, creating the powerful Mountain Moving Warrior.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord tested Zhang Yu’s new technique and urged him to fight carefully in the next day’s match at Immortal Soldier University.
• At Immortal Soldier University, Wan Gouxuan’s teacher gave the team Dharma Skeletons and ordered them to extract every possible material from Zhang Yu before he could surrender.

Zhang Yu arrived at Immortal Soldier University for the Civil Engineering Competition, where its culture of plagiarism and the enormous value of the Military Grade Armor blueprint came into focus. The competition began with Wan Gouxuan unleashing Killing Intent-infected zombies, which exploded and filled the arena with contamination as Zhang Yu realized Immortal Soldier University had set a trap.

• Zhang Yu and his companions arrived at Immortal Soldier University, where Mo Shang Jin explained Extreme Tiger Brand's influence and the university's tolerance of copied products.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord and Director Gao discussed the blueprint's value as Thousand Puppets True Lord arrived and taunted them over plagiarism.
• Wan Gouxuan urged Zhang Yu to avoid unnecessary injuries while secretly plotting to kill him, and the Civil Engineering Competition began.
• Wan Gouxuan's team released Killing Intent-infected zombies, and the referee briefly suspended the competition when golden light censored their Extreme Tiger Dharma Skeletons.
• Zhang Yu blocked the zombies with Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power, but they self-destructed and spread Killing Intent across the arena.

Zhang Yu used Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power to reshape the arena and confront Wan Gouxuan inside the Earth Surge God puppet. After surviving the puppet’s Gen Meridian Dharma Appearance, Zhang Yu combined Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force with Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power in a powerful attack, leaving both fighters obscured by smoke and dust.

• Zhang Yu raised walls of earth with Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power to block the spread of Killing Intent.
• Wan Gouxuan piloted Earth Surge God into battle, shattering Zhang Yu’s raised terrain and driving the Killing Intent toward Ten Thousand Laws University.
• Wan Gouxuan unleashed Earth Surge God’s Gen Meridian Dharma Appearance, but Zhang Yu transformed into a Mountain Moving Warrior and withstood its full-force strike.
• Zhang Yu charged Earth Surge God, countering two Dharma Appearance attacks with Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force as his body and Mountain Moving Warrior form took damage.
• Zhang Yu combined Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force and Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power in Comet Blast x Star Dust Bind, and the resulting clash engulfed him and Wan Gouxuan in smoke and dust.

Zhang Yu defeated Wan Gouxuan and Immortal Soldier University, advancing Ten Thousand Laws University to the finals against Heavenly Demon University. Magnetic Extremes True Lord urged Zhang Yu to prepare to transfer to the Artifact Crafting Department if he won, while Zhang Yu focused on training for the final.

• Zhang Yu used the Treasure Appraisal Art and repeated attacks to cripple Earth Surge God, and Wan Gouxuan’s team lost after its support refused to help.
• Ten Thousand Laws University defeated Immortal Soldier University, while Director Gao looked ahead to the finals and Magnetic Extremes True Lord decided to wait before telling him about Zhang Yu’s transfer.
• Wan Gouxuan had Earth Surge God rebuilt with expensive Extreme Tiger Brand parts and accepted that his school might not defeat Ten Thousand Laws University’s Civil Engineering Department in the coming years.
• Director Gao encouraged Zhang Yu to work with Mo Shang Jin against Heavenly Demon University and develop his career in the Civil Engineering Department, while Magnetic Extremes True Lord told him to prepare to transfer if he won.
• Le Mulan gave Zhang Yu a potion she had made, and Zhang Yu resumed his work and cultivation to prepare for the final.

Xiang Shan sought Zhu Mian Seng’s Bionic Dharma Skeleton to prepare for the Civil Engineering final, while Zhang Yu trained his Golden Thread Jade Bi and studied Xiang Shan’s formidable abilities. After seeing that the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor blueprints triggered the Great Saint Successor Chain Law Diagram, Zhang Yu wondered whether they contained a lost cultivation method.

• Xiang Shan asked Zhu Mian Seng to lend him a Bionic Dharma Skeleton so he could use it against Zhang Yu and Mo Shang Jin in the final.
• Xiang Shan learned that the final’s champion prize was the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor blueprints.
• Zhang Yu tested how his Golden Thread Jade Bi and Deep Cold Magic Vein could transfer heat, then continued cultivating the Divine Fire Control Mirror despite dwindling savings.
• Mo Shang Jin warned Zhang Yu that Xiang Shan had two Military Grade powers and a nearly completed Military-grade Dharma Skeleton, and urged them to restrain him together with Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power.
• Zhang Yu read the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor blueprints and discovered that they triggered the Great Saint Successor Chain Law Diagram.

Zhang Yu learned more about Bai Zhenzhen’s dangerous cultivation and the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor, then arrived with his team at Heavenly Demon University for the Civil Engineering Finals. The chapter left them facing the university’s filthy, disease-ridden grounds as the competition was about to begin.

• Bai Zhenzhen sent Zhang Yu a video warning him about the Seven Emotions Divine Lord and urging him to withdraw from the Nectar Divine Lord’s Dharma Skeleton experiment if possible.
• Wen Wuya confronted Bai Zhenzhen about her feelings for Zhang Yu and warned that true love could cause backlash from the Extreme Emotion Sword Dao, but she angrily denied it and attacked him with Sword Qi.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord explained the information transfer involved in the Nectar Divine Lord’s Dharma Skeleton experiment and said he could identify the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor if Zhang Yu won it.
• Zhang Yu told Fu Ji that the armor seemed connected to the Desolate Ox Great Saint’s inheritance, and Fu Ji suggested the inheritance might be drawing Zhang Yu toward it.
• Zhang Yu and his teammates arrived at Heavenly Demon University, where Mo Shang Jin warned them to filter the air and beware of diseases and contaminants.

Zhang Yu’s group learned about Heavenly Demon University’s Reproduction Tax as they approached the Civil Engineering Competition, where Xiang Shan rallied oppressed Demon Descendants behind his bid to reform the university. The final began with Mo Shang Jin flipping the arena, but Xiang Shan struck back with a punch that sent the arena crashing down.

• Mo Shang Jin explained that Heavenly Demon University treated Outer Zone Demon Descendants as animals and required students to pay a Reproduction Tax through descendants or money.
• Xiang Shan recalled his clan’s sacrifices and resolved to lead the Elephant Demons out of the Civil Engineering Department and challenge the university’s racial and major divisions.
• Xiang Shan entered the arena to cheers from low-status Demon Descendants, while Mo Shang Jin realized the competition had become a battleground for university reform and planned to fight Xiang Shan with Zhang Yu’s support.
• Xiang Shan told Zhang Yu and Mo Shang Jin he would fight at full strength, and the competition began.
• Mo Shang Jin used the Seven Wonders Magic Skeleton and Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power to flip the arena, but Xiang Shan appeared before him and punched, sending the arena and its debris crashing back down.

Zhang Yu and Mo Shang Jin fought Xiang Shan, whose Mount Sumeru King Scripture and military-grade Jie Liu Ming Wang Type 4 Dharma Skeleton countered their gravity techniques and overwhelmed Mo Shang Jin. Zhang Yu abandoned their direct assault and moved to target Xiang Shan’s teammates, but Xiang Shan turned his Pollution Cannon on him.

• Xiang Shan used the Mount Sumeru King Scripture to counter Mo Shang Jin’s gravity techniques, and Mo Shang Jin took the fight into the sky to protect the spectators.
• Mo Shang Jin and Zhang Yu combined their gravity powers to slow Xiang Shan, but Xiang Shan’s Jie Liu Ming Wang Type 4 absorbed the force and increased his mobility.
• Xiang Shan overwhelmed Mo Shang Jin in their aerial exchange, absorbing his attacks and resisting his Earthly Fiend Gravity Wave Cannon.
• Zhang Yu searched the Treasure Appraisal Art records for Xiang Shan’s Dharma Skeleton, learned that it countered their methods, and moved to target Xiang Shan’s teammates.
• Xiang Shan swallowed Mo Shang Jin’s blood, then fired his Pollution Cannon at Zhang Yu.

Xiang Shan used his strength, his teammates’ sacrifices, and a brief Formation boost to overwhelm Mo Shang Jin while Zhang Yu was drawn away. Mo Shang Jin’s Dharma Skeleton sent a surrender message just as Xiang Shan’s overloaded right arm began to crack, leaving the final’s outcome against Zhang Yu unresolved.

• Xiang Shan battled Zhang Yu and Mo Shang Jin, activated his Breeding Module, and unleashed demonic aura that drove the arena’s demons into a frenzy.
• Mo Shang Jin trapped Xiang Shan in Eternal Calamity Abyss and attacked him, but Xiang Shan had deliberately exposed a weakness to lure Mo Shang Jin into letting Soul Cultivators invade his Seven Wonders Magic Skeleton.
• Zhang Yu charged toward Heavenly Demon University’s position, where elephant demons had killed themselves to become Living Piles and complete a Formation, then destroyed the Formation almost immediately.
• With his teammates’ sacrifice granting him a fleeting boost, Xiang Shan grabbed Mo Shang Jin and prepared a decisive attack while his Soul Cultivators paralyzed Mo Shang Jin’s Dharma Skeleton.
• Xiang Shan activated his right-arm Dharma Skeleton’s Self-Destruct Mode at 120%, but Mo Shang Jin’s automatic surrender message triggered as Zhang Yu returned; Mo Shang Jin was defeated.