Recaps

After sparring with Le Mulan, Zhang Yu found that her medicinal residue boosted his stamina and cultivation, so he continued the lucrative work and bought the Great Sun Qi Sea. He rapidly reached its first level beneath the Bridge Hole, where Bai Zhenzhen noticed that he was glowing and smelled unusually good.

• Zhang Yu left the Training Room exhausted after two hours of sparring with Le Mulan, then realized her medicinal residue had revitalized him and stirred his Magical Power.
• Fu Ji pointed out that the medicinal liquid on the floor could be sold, but Zhang Yu refused to collect it and later accepted replacement pants from Lian Tianji.
• Zhang Yu decided to keep sparring with Le Mulan for the high pay, bought usage rights to the Great Sun Qi Sea, and began cultivating it with Feather Scroll's Specialization.
• Zhang Yu rapidly completed the cultivation method's first cycle as medicinal power accelerated his Magical Power and faint radiance gathered around him.
• By the time Bai Zhenzhen returned to the Bridge Hole, Zhang Yu had reached Level 1 (4/10) of the Great Sun Qi Sea, and she asked why he smelled so good.

Zhang Yu cultivated the Great Sun Qi Sea with help from Bai Zhenzhen’s evolving Spirit Root and searched for a place to rent. He accepted Le Mulan’s cheap, sparring-ready apartment and left with Bai Zhenzhen for practical combat training at White Dragon High School.

• Bai Zhenzhen asked Zhang Yu to bring back Le Mulan’s medicinal sweat and showed him the scars removed by surgery, whose cost Zhang Yu reimbursed.
• Zhang Yu found that Bai Zhenzhen’s True Spirit Root improved his Great Sun Qi Sea’s radiance absorption, and Fu Ji wondered how far the Spirit Root could evolve.
• Zhang Yu’s technique advanced to Level 3 as he cultivated in the morning sun, while its shadowing effect darkened his appearance until he deliberately suppressed it.
• Yu Xinghan offered to share a costly rental with Zhang Yu, then asked him to help slash a shopping-platform price; Zhang Yu declined the room.
• Zhang Yu considered rental offers from Qian Shen and Song Hailong, then accepted Le Mulan’s sixty-square-meter apartment for 2,000 a month, agreeing to spar there.
• Bai Zhenzhen called Zhang Yu to leave for White Dragon High School, where they would take part in practical combat training with Yu Xinghan and Song Hailong.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen visited White Dragon High School to collect sparring fees and recommend Bai as a substitute instructor, where Zhang Yu reflected on the strength they needed for the Foundation Establishment Exam. They reached the training room, where Bai began fighting Song Hailong and Yu Xinghan turned his attention to Zhang Yu as a potential sparring partner.

• Zhang Yu cultivated on the Songyang High School rooftop as his Great Sun Qi Sea reached level 4 and his Magical Power rose to 44.3.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen entered White Dragon High School, where Chu Qiuhe introduced Zhang Yu to two students who had challenged them and punished the pair for their disrespect.
• Chu Qiuhe led Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen past aging third-year students, prompting Zhang Yu to compare their exam prospects with White Dragon's third-year standards.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen resolved to reach Dao Heart Level 6, more than 70 units of Magical Power, and Physical Strength above level 7.5 before the Foundation Establishment Exam's first round.
• At the training room, Bai Zhenzhen fought Song Hailong while Yu Xinghan considered using Zhang Yu as a sparring partner.

Yu Xinghan and Zhang Yu sparred using only physical strength, with Yu Xinghan trying to learn Zhang Yu’s precise control of force. After their first round, Zhang Yu considered learning Yu Xinghan’s Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm, and Yu Xinghan reminded him to click a link.

• Yu Xinghan set rules for their sparring: they would use no Magical Power, and whoever injured the other would pay the medical expenses.
• Chu Qiuhe watched Song Hailong and Bai Zhenzhen fight, envied their connection to Zhang Pianpian, and then watched Zhang Yu and Yu Xinghan begin sparring.
• Yu Xinghan attacked Zhang Yu with the level 8 Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm, while studying how Zhang Yu redirected his force.
• After both fighters grew tired, Yu Xinghan stopped to rest and reflected that Zhang Yu was an ideal training partner.
• Zhang Yu saw that learning the Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm required two hundred thousand for usage rights and postponed deciding whether to learn it.
• Yu Xinghan asked Zhang Yu whether he had clicked the link he had sent him earlier.

Zhang Yu raised the Great Sun Qi Sea to Level 10, boosting his cultivation and body-tempering efficiency while recognizing the technique’s lifespan cost. As he and Bai Zhenzhen faced mounting expenses on the path to the Foundation Establishment Exam, Zhang Yu left for Purple Cloud to spar with Le Mulan and rent a house, carrying a bottle to collect her medicinal liquid.

• Yu Xinghan persuaded Zhang Yu to watch ads for Talismans Coupons, then paid him for sparring and transferred 30,000 yuan by mistake; Zhang Yu returned the extra 8,000 yuan.
• After weeks of tutoring and sparring, Zhang Yu raised the Great Sun Qi Sea to Level 10, and his Magical Power reached 46.8.
• Bai Zhenzhen practiced the Formless Sword Art alongside her Level 10 Body Piercing Sword Qi and resolved to get strong enough to pass the Foundation Establishment Exam with Zhang Yu.
• Fu Ji warned Zhang Yu that cultivating the Remnant Ox Abandoning Self Heart Sutra, Scarlet Marrow Primordial Qi, and exam skills would require far more money.
• Bai Zhenzhen sent Zhang Yu to Purple Cloud to spar with Le Mulan and rent a house, insisting that he bring a large bottle to collect Le Mulan’s medicinal liquid.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen moved into an apartment arranged by Le Mulan, who also offered them discounted medicine, and continued cultivating toward the Foundation Establishment Exam. Zhang Yu then visited Xianyun Corporation to film an endorsement and learned that Zhang Pianpian had ranked first in talismans at the Eastern District 12 City Joint Exam.

• Le Mulan gave Zhang Yu the apartment keycard, set conditions for training there, and agreed to sell him medicine at a twenty percent discount.
• Bai Zhenzhen inspected the apartment, welcomed its facilities and low rent, and said the rental contract would let them apply for an Intercity Pass.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen settled into a routine of school, cultivation, and Dark Learning Gang activities while Zhang Yu advanced the Remnant Ox Abandoning Self Heart Sutra.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen arrived at Xianyun Corporation for Zhang Yu's advertising shoot and saw a poster promoting Zhang Pianpian's talisman achievement.
• Zhang Yu asked the prayer beads why Zhang Pianpian's talisman level was so high and what the Divine Path meant.

Zhang Yu learned that Zhang Pianpian may have entered the Divine Path, where the Eight Divine Departments offered cultivation in exchange for decades or centuries of unpaid service. At an advertisement shoot, he sought connections for Spirit Veins and the Spirit Realm while Miao Yun transformed the students’ appearances for the Imitation Demon Muscle commercial.

• Fu Ji explained that Divine Path cultivators received resources and divine guidance but had to join the Eight Divine Departments as unpaid officials after graduating from university.
• Zhang Yu suspected Zhang Pianpian had signed with a powerful Orthodox God, though Fu Ji thought he should focus on his own concerns.
• Zhang Yu asked Yu Xinghan and Song Hailong for Spirit Vein and Spirit Realm connections; Song Hailong recommended Xiong Wenwu and Hu Yuntao, while Yu Xinghan promised to ask his master about the Spirit Realm.
• Miao Yun began preparing the students for the advertisement by using Magical Power to make Song Hailong look scrawny and wretched.
• Miao Yun struggled to alter Yu Xinghan’s External Cultivation Technique-hardened body, then asked Bai Zhenzhen whether she could collect her face model.

Zhang Yu reached Level 10 in both his Breathing Technique and heart method, then began using Le Mulan’s medicinal liquid to speed up his Body Tempering. Meanwhile, pressure from the school and Purple Cloud’s Super Metabolism Surgery led Zhao Tianxing to sign up, while Su Haifeng wondered what the companies were planning.

• Zhang Yu discovered that his face model had already been sold for 2,000 yuan, then received the first 200,000-yuan installment of his endorsement fee.
• Su Haifeng promoted Purple Cloud’s Super Metabolism Surgery to the Demonstration Class, and Zhao Tianxing signed the application after worrying about falling behind.
• Su Haifeng let Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s skipped classes pass, while He Dayou resented their special treatment.
• Zhang Yu’s Remnant Ox Abandoning Self Heart Sutra reached Level 10, strengthening his resolve and giving him greater control over his body.
• Zhang Yu trained with Le Mulan and absorbed the medicinal liquid she produced, deciding to use it for Body Tempering rather than drink it or wash it off.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen accelerated his body-tempering through Le Mulan’s medicinal liquid, injections, and shared Spirit Root cultivation. By early May, they realized their magical power and Dao Heart were progressing too slowly to meet their August goal, so they traveled to a Protected Area to meet Xiong Wenwu about the Spirit Vein.

• Le Mulan offered to bring Zhang Yu body-tempering medicine, and Bai Zhenzhen rubbed the medicinal liquid from his body onto herself.
• Zhang Yu swallowed a Primordial Pill and cultivated Scarlet Marrow Primordial Qi while Bai Zhenzhen lent him her True Spirit Root.
• The next day, Bai Zhenzhen used the Nine Dragons Needle Technique to inject Zhang Yu with body-tempering medicine, increasing his physical sensitivity as she hugged him to send over her Spirit Root.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen alternated between Le Mulan’s medicinal liquid and injections, steadily improving his Physical Strength and helping the True Spirit Root adapt to drawing in spiritual energy from light.
• By early May, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen found their magical power and Dao Heart progress insufficient for their August goal, so they went to a Protected Area to meet Xiong Wenwu about the Spirit Vein.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen entered Red Pagoda Husbandry’s Spiritual Opportunity Reserve hoping to meet Xiong Wenwu and find an affordable place to cultivate near a Spirit Vein. They were stunned by the reserve’s steep charges and reached the Breeding Base without knowing whether they could afford access to a Spirit Vein.

• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen raced toward the Spiritual Opportunity Reserve while Zhang Yu considered whether his 570,000 yuan could cover a Spirit Vein rental.
• They passed the ruins of a factory destroyed after its owners resisted a tax investigation, and Bai Zhenzhen explained that the Tribute Heavenly Prison Great God had struck it down.
• At the reserve entrance, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen discovered that visitors were charged separately for air, water, Spiritual Energy, and other resources.
• Inside the reserve, they felt the air and Spiritual Energy improve their cultivation, but worried the costs would quickly drain their money.
• They saw wealthy visitors cultivating near protected Spirit Veins and continued toward the Breeding Base to meet Xiong Wenwu.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen toured Red Pagoda Husbandry’s Breeding Base with Xiong Wenwu and learned how Demon Descendants were bred, trained, and assigned to work. Xiong Wenwu brought them to meet his sister An An about accessing the Spirit Vein, but she refused to betray the company.

• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen paid to enter the Breeding Base and met Xiong Wenwu, who showed them the Incubation Room and explained that his demon beast mother had been implanted with True Dragon Bloodline.
• Xiong Wenwu guided them through the Newborn Area and Learning Room, where infants received drug injections and company training from an early age.
• As the tour progressed, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen saw Demon Descendants sorted into work or further study, and Xiong Wenwu explained that Oasis Group’s expansion might force the Breeding Base to close.
• Xiong Wenwu offered to bring Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen into the Breeding Base through a transportation channel to use its Spirit Vein air for eight thousand per hour, but said they needed the sole employee’s approval.
• Xiong Wenwu introduced his elder sister An An, a red panda working at the souvenir counter, but An An angrily refused to sell out the company’s interests.

Xiong Wenwu persuaded An An to let Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen cultivate at the Breeding Base’s Spirit Vein, helping them improve while he planned to repay An An’s Breeding Debt. After the Gaokao ended, Zhang Pianpian told Zhang Yu she was leaving and warned him to watch out for Zhou Chechen and Lan Ling.

• Xiong Wenwu begged An An to help him avoid elimination by letting Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen practice Breath Circulation at the Spirit Vein, and An An reluctantly agreed in exchange for tutoring.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen cultivated in the Incubation Room using the Spirit Vein and Dragon Egg Incubation Lamps, greatly increasing their Breath Circulation efficiency.
• Xiong Wenwu told Zhang Yu he intended to repay An An’s Breeding Debt so she could leave the base and avoid being sold to Oasis Group.
• By early June, Zhang Yu’s Physical Strength had reached 5.99, his Magical Power 60.2, and his Dao Heart level 5 at 25%, while his savings dwindled.
• After the Gaokao ended, Zhang Pianpian told Zhang Yu she was about to leave and warned him that Zhou Chechen and Lan Ling were his chief threats.

Zhang Pianpian said goodbye to Zhang Yu and left for the Kunxu Second Layer, while Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen traveled to Immortal Capital City to register for the Foundation Establishment Exam. The registration countdown ended, and the website instructed them to find a private space before confirming.

• Zhang Pianpian gave Zhang Yu three talismans, contact information for the Songyang City Patrol Team Captain, and advice for surviving on the Kunxu First Layer.
• Zhang Yu arranged two days off for himself and Bai Zhenzhen so they could handle Zhang Pianpian's final request and prepare for exam registration.
• Zhang Pianpian sent Zhang Yu a farewell message before stepping onto the Ascension Platform, and her profile picture went gray.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen traveled by train to Immortal Capital City, where they saw the prosperous Upper City above the dark Lower City.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen opened the registration website in Immortal Capital City, waited for the countdown to end, and read its instruction to find a private space before confirming.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen registered for the reformed Foundation Establishment Exam, where contestants had to pay a steep fee and take an unexpected screening test. At the testing hall, Zhang Yu encountered Yu Xinghan and Ye Lingxiao, then discovered Ye Lingxiao’s red-envelope talisman saddled its recipients with debt—until an unknown person proved immune to it.

• Zhang Yu paid the login fee, arrived at the exam registration office, signed the confidentiality contract, and paid the thirty-thousand-yuan registration fee.
• The registrar assigned Zhang Yu contestant number 55 and told him the reformed exam required an immediate fundamentals test.
• Zhang Yu found Yu Xinghan at the testing hall, and Bai Zhenzhen arrived shortly afterward as another contestant.
• Zhang Yu collected money from Ye Lingxiao’s Red Envelope Talisman, then learned that recipients borrowed from their emergency funds and hurried to repay the debt.
• The contestants backed away from Ye Lingxiao, but another person touched his next red envelope without making it disappear, leaving Ye Lingxiao surprised that the talisman had stopped working on them.

Zhang Yu passed the Foundation Establishment Exam registration tests after witnessing the strength of Immortal Capital students and fighting through a monster-filled Dao Heart trial. In the testing office, Deng Bingding explained the exam reform to her assistants and monitored the candidates’ trials.

• Yun Jing revealed that an Anti-Fraud Talisman made him immune to Ye Lingxiao’s Red Envelope Talisman, then opened the test gate in 0.64 seconds; Ye Lingxiao followed in 0.65 seconds.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen felt the pressure of the Immortal Capital students’ strength, while Yu Xinghan treated the exam as preparation for next year.
• Zhang Yu watched the candidates, opened the gate in 2.3 seconds, passed the monster-filled Dao Heart Test, and confirmed that he had registered successfully.
• After Zhang Yu left the restroom, someone struck him unconscious with a palm.
• Deng Bingding received Goodwill Talismans from four small gods, noticed Huang Zichou had sent only 5,000, and explained that the new tests screened candidates and identified those who could handle higher ranks.

Deng Bingding and the other examiners watched candidates face temptations in the Dao Heart Test, while they dismissed poor first-year student Zhang Yu as easy to buy off. Zhang Yu indulged in the free cultivation resources but rejected an offer that required him to abandon the Foundation Establishment Certificate, prompting the examiners to propose a new test for him.

• Deng Bingding explained that the examiners were judging how much temptation candidates could resist, then branded Zhang Yu a failure because of his poverty.
• Zhang Yu refused expensive food and lowered the Spiritual Energy concentration, fearing that the luxurious accommodations would leave him bankrupt.
• After being offered free pills, Spiritual Roots, training resources, and a two-month contract, Zhang Yu began using them and grew increasingly absorbed in the luxuries.
• When the examiners expected Zhang Yu to withdraw from the exam, he rejected the Cauldron companions’ offer and insisted he would never give up the Foundation Establishment Certificate.
• Huang Zichou suggested arranging ten handsome male Cauldrons to test whether Zhang Yu would accept them.

During the Dao Heart Test, students faced illusions that offered wealth and opportunity in exchange for giving up the Foundation Establishment Exam. Deng Bingding recorded their valuations as Yu Xinghan, Bai Zhenzhen, and Yun Jing yielded to offers tied to their deepest vulnerabilities, while Zhang Yu remained trapped in his illusion.

• Zhang Yu resisted an illusion that used ten handsome men to tempt him, though the Ritual prevented him from choosing to give up.
• Deng Bingding assigned Huang Zichou to oversee Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, while students across the test began surrendering for large offers.
• Yu Xinghan accepted an offer to transfer his contract with Spark True Person to Oasis Group, and Deng Bingding valued his surrender at 1.3 billion.
• Bai Zhenzhen agreed to give up her exam opportunity only if Zhang Yu received the same resources without having to withdraw, earning a combined valuation of 1.2 billion.
• Yun Jing accepted a contract that would provide liquid capital to revive the Yun Family in exchange for his high school Foundation Establishment Certificate, and Deng Bingding valued it at 5 billion.

During the Dao Heart Test, Zhang Yu refused increasingly valuable offers to abandon the Foundation Establishment Exam and demanded an extraordinary opportunity for himself and Bai Zhenzhen. Deng Bingding ended the test before the illusion collapsed and recorded Zhang Yu’s valuation as unknown because his limit had not been determined.

• Deng Bingding discovered that Ye Lingxiao had asked about using a Goodwill Talisman on someone and found Zhang Pianpian’s archived file had been tampered with.
• After sensing danger in the archive, Deng Bingding concealed what she had found and received a Department of All People directive to set Ye Lingxiao’s valuation at 5.5 billion.
• As Zhang Yu rejected increasingly lavish offers in the illusion, Deng Bingding and the others realized the temptation was making the illusion unstable.
• When asked what he wanted, Zhang Yu demanded a better chance to advance on Immortal Dao than earning a Foundation Establishment Certificate on his first try, with Bai Zhenzhen included.
• Deng Bingding ordered the Dao Heart Test to end and recorded Zhang Yu’s valuation as unknown because the illusion had not tested his limit.

After the Dao Heart Test, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen received interest-free loans as rewards and returned home from Immortal Capital City. Pressured by stronger students and Fu Ji’s urging to hunt Evil Gods, they decided to borrow more money to accelerate their cultivation.

• Deng Bingding reported the test results, and the gods above approved rewards for Zhang Yu, Ye Lingxiao, Yun Jing, and Bai Zhenzhen, as well as eliminations for several students.
• Deng Bingding gave Zhang Yu a 300,000 interest-free loan and encouraged him to pursue a Foundation Establishment Certificate.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen confirmed the test was over, learned that Bai had received a 150,000 interest-free loan, and boarded a train home.
• Fu Ji revealed she had sensed divine power during the exam and urged Zhang Yu to hunt the Evil God connected to Mo Tianyi’s boss so she could regain strength and improve their concealment.
• Zhang Yu decided he needed more money and strength to keep up with advanced students and prepare to hunt Evil Gods.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen opened the loan platform and borrowed heavily, feeling the money surge through them and boost their Immortal Dao potential.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen borrowed heavily to accelerate their cultivation, while Zhang Yu added new training methods and practiced martial arts with Yu Xinghan. As the First Round Foundation Establishment Exam approached, Lan Ling arrived to test Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, apparently acting on pressure from other students.

• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen borrowed another 1 million and 900,000 respectively, then returned to Songyang City to resume cultivating.
• Zhang Yu bought a Cultivation Skin that continuously restrained his body and trained him, and he used intense spotlights to cultivate Scarlet Marrow Primordial Qi.
• Bai Zhenzhen accepted Demon Beast Meat from An An and arranged to buy surplus meat cheaply, while An An worried she was betraying the company.
• Zhang Yu considered renting a Muscle Growth Spiritual Root, but rejected the 2-million-yuan monthly rate and chose hourly rentals instead.
• Zhang Yu trained with Yu Xinghan using Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm while concealing that his own technique had reached Level 3.
• Lan Ling brought second-year students to the first-year campus to test Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, encouraged by Zhou Chechen and Le Jingchen.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s cultivation advanced rapidly, but a second-year combat exchange arranged by Lan Ling targeted the first-years. Bai Zhenzhen headed to the Training Field, where Qian Shen challenged the seniors’ training methods while Zhao Tianxing endured Zhou Ke’s attacks.

• Lei Jun received notice of a second-year and first-year combat exchange and reluctantly warned Lan Ling not to let anyone get hurt.
• Zhao Tianxing secretly warned Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen that Lan Ling was looking for trouble, then Zhou Ke began knocking him down during their sparring.
• Zhang Yu reflected on his rapid cultivation progress and Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm reaching Level 10 as Bai Zhenzhen rushed toward the Training Room.
• Zhao Tianxing endured Zhou Ke’s repeated kicks without injury, while Qian Shen objected that the exercise wasted time and did not prepare students for the Gaokao Practical Exam.

Bai Zhenzhen overwhelmed Lan Ling with speed, combat tactics, and taunts while Lei Jun explained the principles of true combat to the students. As Lan Ling grew rattled, Zhou Chechen confronted Zhang Yu outside the Training Field and said he was more interested in Zhang Yu’s master, Zhang Pianpian.

• Lan Ling sent Zhou Ke aside and stepped forward to fight Bai Zhenzhen, who immediately struck him and launched a rapid assault.
• Lan Ling used the Heart Origin Great Handprint and Lion's Roar, but Bai Zhenzhen evaded his attacks and countered while Lei Jun explained sneak attacks and provocation.
• Bai Zhenzhen cut Lan Ling’s clothes and skin to write “College student” on his chest, then taunted him as Lei Jun explained the Dao of Insult.
• Lan Ling became enraged and insisted Bai Zhenzhen could not match his actual strength, while Zhao Tianxing recognized that Lan Ling had become rattled.
• Outside the Training Field, Zhou Chechen confronted Zhang Yu and said he was more interested in Zhang Yu’s master, Zhang Pianpian.

Zhou Chechen arrived at the Training Field and tried to use his authority and mental cultivation to condemn Bai Zhenzhen for humiliating Lan Ling. Zhang Yu challenged him to knock him down within ten moves, and Zhou Chechen launched his first attack, promising to pin Zhang Yu down in three.

• Zhou Chechen warned Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to stay out of the upcoming first-year Dao Heart Competition, then entered the Training Field and defended Lan Ling.
• Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen, and Qian Shen argued that Bai Zhenzhen's competition results gave her the right to humiliate Lan Ling, leaving Lan Ling furious and unable to respond.
• Zhou Chechen unleashed the fear-inducing pressure of his Frost Prison Art, but Zhang Yu suppressed it with the Heavenly Martial Heart Refinement Art.
• Fu Ji warned Zhang Yu that Zhou Chechen's Frost Heaven Freezing Qi Field and Frost Prison Art would weaken him over time, so he needed to attack Zhou Chechen's confidence.
• Zhang Yu offered to take ten of Zhou Chechen's moves without attacking, defending, or dodging, and said Zhou Chechen should accept Bai Zhenzhen humiliating Lan Ling if he failed.
• Zhou Chechen promised to pin Zhang Yu down within three moves and struck at him with a palm through the freezing qi.

Zhang Yu endured Zhou Chechen’s three-move assault, resisted his freezing Qi, and made him vomit with a counterattack. Zhou Chechen left after Lei Jun stopped the fight, and Zhang Yu contacted Le Mulan about offering Purple Cloud a paid way to keep him and Bai Zhenzhen out of upcoming competitions.

• Zhou Chechen attacked Zhang Yu with his Frost Heaven Freezing Qi Field and Frost Prison Art, but Zhang Yu switched to the Remnant Ox Abandoning Self Heart Sutra and resisted the mental assault and cold.
• Zhang Yu survived Zhou Chechen’s third move and countered by driving his knee into Zhou Chechen’s stomach, making him vomit in front of the gathered students.
• Lei Jun explained that Zhang Yu had turned Zhou Chechen’s attempt to humiliate him into a public disgrace, then intervened to stop Zhou Chechen from continuing as the other students shivered.
• Zhou Chechen left with Lan Ling, while notices appeared in group chats warning students not to share photos or videos of the clash.
• Zhang Yu asked Le Mulan for the Purple Cloud Student Union leader’s contact information and offered to let Bai Zhenzhen and him skip upcoming competitions for payment.

Zhang Yu arranged for himself and Bai Zhenzhen to withdraw from the Dao Heart Competition in exchange for payments from the Three Great High Schools. After securing 2.3 million in total, he planned to use Zhang Pianpian’s Freezing Talisman to bluff Zhou Chechen and Lan Ling.

• Zhang Yu asked Le Mulan, Xiong Wenwu, and Yu Xinghan to negotiate payments for him and Bai Zhenzhen to skip the upcoming competitions.
• Le Mulan told Le Jingchen that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had strong wills and could place in the Dao Heart Competition, making it worthwhile to pay them to withdraw.
• Xiong Wenwu recommended paying 700,000, while Yu Xinghan persuaded Song Hailong to approve one million from White Dragon High School.
• Yu Xinghan agreed to pay one million, and Zhang Yu calculated that the three schools’ offers totaled 2.3 million, leaving him and Bai Zhenzhen 1.1 million each after Yu Xinghan’s kickback.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen discussed how Zhou Chechen and Lan Ling might harass them, and Zhang Yu prepared to use Zhang Pianpian’s Freezing Talisman to scare them off.