Recaps

Huo Shan ordered Song Xu to seize a rumored ten million in cash from an escaped Evil God, while Zhang Yu and his allies planned to use the operation to gather intelligence on that enemy. As Song Xu’s team headed to the transaction site, he reconsidered the money and decided that hunting Evil Gods and awakening his potential mattered more.

• Huo Shan ordered Song Xu to take believers to the transaction site and seize the ten million if possible.
• Zhang Yu returned from the Spirit Realm, where Yu Xinghan claimed his experiences had deepened his cultivation, and then met Bai Zhenzhen and Fu Ji.
• Fu Ji explained that he had tracked his Evil God colleague through Puppet Machines and sent false intelligence to draw away the colleague’s main force.
• The following night, Song Xu and five Qi Refining Peak believers rode a container truck toward the outskirts to intercept the cash.
• Song Xu chose not to involve Mo Tianyi’s Poor People Alliance and weighed the ten million against his goal of hunting Evil Gods.
• Song Xu decided to use his Civilian Grade Flying Sword to scout the situation before deciding whether to take the money.

Zhang Yu used a planted cultivation manual and an anonymous report to get Huo Shan’s followers taken away by the authorities. Huo Shan suspected the raid targeted him, hid behind a Hidden Door, and summoned help.

• Zhang Yu disguised himself as a deliveryman and left a package containing a mathematics textbook outside Huo Shan’s apartment.
• Li Quan opened the package, and Huo Shan discovered that the textbook contained Boundless Spring Autumn Zen as police and Xianyun Corporation’s security team arrived.
• Huo Shan and his followers burned the book, but the authorities found an iron plate bearing the cultivation method and took Li Quan and the dark-faced burly man away for investigation.
• Zhang Yu watched the arrests with Fu Ji, then sent a delivery rider to check whether anyone remained in the apartment.
• Huo Shan hid when the rider searched the room and left, then opened a Hidden Door and messaged Song Xu and the others for help.

Huo Shan hid in a concealed interlayer while Zhang Yu searched his apartment and destroyed his belongings. Song Xu and his five followers escaped a delay at the Unfinished Building and headed toward Huo Shan, forcing Zhang Yu to leave before they arrived.

• Huo Shan hid in the Small Dark Room and messaged Song Xu for help as Zhang Yu searched his apartment.
• Fu Ji told Zhang Yu to smash everything to find Huo Shan, and Zhang Yu wrecked the room while Huo Shan watched from hiding.
• Bai Zhenzhen’s report brought Wanli Group Security Guards to the Unfinished Building, where they stopped Song Xu and his five followers.
• Song Xu paid off the Security Guards and led his followers away after learning someone was looking for Huo Shan.
• Bai Zhenzhen monitored Song Xu’s group and warned Zhang Yu that they were approaching, so Zhang Yu abandoned his search and left the apartment.

Zhang Yu disguised himself to capture Huo Shan and used the teddy bear to control the Evil God, but Song Xu and five cultists attacked after discovering Zhang Yu’s identity. Zhang Yu escaped by hiding in shadow while the cultists died from their Ritual’s backlash, then returned with Bai Zhenzhen and asked Fu Ji to increase their potential.

• Zhang Yu disguised himself as Song Xu, seized Huo Shan, and helped Fu Ji temporarily suppress the Evil God inside the teddy bear.
• Song Xu and five other cultists arrived, and Zhang Yu exposed their identities, triggering the Ritual’s deadly backlash.
• Song Xu’s group attacked Zhang Yu, but he used the teddy bear to make them hesitate, then obscured their vision and hid in a shadow while they chased a falling stool outside.
• The six cultists burned to ash as constables and the Songyang City Patrol Team arrived to investigate.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen recovered surveillance footage from the suburban Unfinished Building, returned to Fu Ji, and asked her to increase their potential.

After digesting the Evil God Status, Fu Ji raised Zhang Yu’s cultivation potential and awakened a new Feather Scroll feature called the Chain Law Diagram. Zhang Yu explored its cultivation method sets and planned his next training, while Fu Ji told Bai Zhenzhen to prepare carefully for her own potential-raising ritual.

• Fu Ji finished digesting the teddy bear’s Evil God Status after sleeping for two days, then used her power to raise Zhang Yu’s potential.
• The Feather Scroll revealed Chapter One, the Chain Law Diagram, which let Zhang Yu link cultivation methods into sets with different effects.
• Zhang Yu identified sets including High School Sacred Body, Martial Dao Sacred Embryo, All Dragons Bloodline, Heavenly Martial Battle Heart, and Great Saint Successor.
• Zhang Yu searched cultivation method shopping sites for methods that could complete his sets and decided to finish the High School Sacred Body set first.
• Fu Ji told Bai Zhenzhen that raising her potential required a carefully prepared Wish Ritual and instructed her to gather the necessary items and locations.

Fu Ji explained the Evil God Rituals she could perform and persuaded Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to buy antiques so she could conceal them from surveillance and hide their growing strength. After they prepared for the Rituals and continued cultivating, Patrol Team Captain Yun Ni approached Zhang Yu at school and asked whether he had been in contact with Song Xu.

• Fu Ji revealed that she had recovered Low-level Evil God status and could perform camera-related Rituals, including ones to detect surveillance and conceal the believers' data.
• Fu Ji explained that the Rituals required Evil God Power, which she could replenish from Incense and Fire Prayer Power lingering in antiques, and persuaded Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to spend over a hundred thousand on supplies.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen agreed to prepare the Ritual materials, then continued cultivating as Zhang Yu used Boundless Spring Autumn Zen to improve his body and expel toxins.
• After fighting Yu Xinghan and Song Hailong at White Dragon High School, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen saw Patrol Team members arrive and tried to avoid attracting their attention.
• Patrol Team Captain Yun Ni recognized Zhang Yu, spoke disparagingly about White Dragon students who had undergone Transformation Surgery, and took Zhang Yu aside to ask whether he had recently contacted Song Xu.

Zhang Yu was questioned by Yun Ni about Song Xu and Mo Tianyi, while concealing his connection to the incident involving the six dead believers. After learning Zhang Yu had taken the Foundation Establishment Exam, Yun Ni warned her subordinates not to investigate him, fearing they could expose a powerful secret.

• Fu Ji reminded Zhang Yu to deny knowing Song Xu, and Zhang Yu told Yun Ni they had never met.
• Zhang Yu truthfully described his contacts with Mo Tianyi, but Yun Ni learned nothing useful about whether Song Xu had an Evil God behind him.
• Yun Ni offered Zhang Yu a chance to become a full Patrol Team member so he could contact Zhang Pianpian across Kunxu's layers, but Zhang Yu declined.
• A Patrol Team Member reported Zhang Yu's antique purchases and two trips outside Songyang, prompting Yun Ni to ask when he had left the city.
• Yun Ni realized the trips coincided with the high school Foundation Establishment Exam and ordered her subordinates not to investigate Zhang Yu further.

Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen, and Fu Ji completed rituals that awakened Bai Zhenzhen’s lightning potential and gave Zhang Yu detection and anti-detection abilities. After testing their new powers, Zhang Yu returned to cultivation and advanced the Boundless Spring Autumn Zen to level 9.

• Zhang Yu brought Bai Zhenzhen and Fu Ji to the Unfinished Building, where they prepared a Wish Ritual, a Detection Ritual, and an Anti-Detection Ritual.
• Fu Ji performed the Wish Ritual, and Bai Zhenzhen awakened lightning-infused Special Magical Power that improved her cultivation and physical abilities.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen tested the other rituals and found that Detection revealed cameras within thirty meters while Anti-Detection concealed their Magical Power and Physical Strength readings.
• Fu Ji explained that she could maintain ten rituals, with four slots remaining, and described ways to increase her capacity by advancing her rank or stealing Orthodox Gods’ authority.
• At the apartment, Bai Zhenzhen discovered she could replenish Magical Power and temper her body by charging, but Zhang Yu stopped her when the electric meter spun wildly.
• Zhang Yu resumed cultivating overnight and advanced the Boundless Spring Autumn Zen to level 9.

Bai Zhenzhen commandeered classroom outlets to charge her Power Banks and improve her Thunder cultivation, while Zhang Yu advanced Boundless Spring Autumn Zen to Level 10. The chapter ended with both of them hearing that school discipline would crack down on class-cutting, threatening the time they needed to prepare for the Foundation Establishment Exam.

• Bai Zhenzhen ordered Class 10 and other classes to charge her Power Banks, then used an empty first-year classroom outlet to cultivate the Thunderclap True Body.
• He Dayou dismissed a student's complaint about Bai Zhenzhen occupying the outlets, telling him to endure it or surpass her grades.
• Zhang Yu raised Boundless Spring Autumn Zen to Level 10 and discovered he could retain toxins to unleash strength at the cost of lifespan.
• Zhang Yu went to the cafeteria, where he ate with Bai Zhenzhen, Zhao Tianxing, and Qian Shen as Zhao reflected on the Purple People hierarchy shaped by Super Metabolism Surgery.
• The campus broadcast announced stricter discipline and investigations into tardiness and class-cutting, worrying Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, both frequent class-cutters.

Zhou Chechen urged Lan Ling to endure their humiliation, but a Zhou Family elder ordered him to pressure Zhang Yu and draw out the power behind him. Zhou Yang planned to use the conflict to locate Zhang Yu’s Evil God, while the Zhou Family sought stronger Evil God Power to preserve its position.

• Lan Ling urged Zhou Chechen to arrange a hit-and-run against Zhang Yu, but Zhou Chechen argued that they should focus on the Gaokao because Zhang Yu seemed to have powerful backing.
• Zhou Yang projected himself before Zhou Chechen and ordered him to pressure Zhang Yu under his own name, forcing Zhang Yu to seek help without killing him.
• Zhou Chechen agreed to follow the Lineage’s order, realizing that he and Zhang Yu were caught between powerful forces.
• Zhou Yang, confined to a hospital bed, reflected that a new Evil God incident had drawn the Patrol Team’s attention elsewhere and created an opportunity for the Zhou Family.
• Zhou Yang resolved to use Zhou Chechen to force Zhang Yu to contact his Evil God so he could locate it and obtain stronger Evil God Power.

Su Haifeng tightened attendance rules while secretly plotting to use Zhou Chechen to force Zhang Yu to seek help from the Evil God behind him. Zhang Yu faced new restrictions at school but used them to assemble the High School Sacred Body, while Wang Hai declined to help Zhou Chechen drug him.

• Su Haifeng warned the Demonstration Class that skipping any lesson could lead to expulsion and a blacklist, while he privately planned to capture the Evil God behind Zhang Yu.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen practiced Breath Circulation during class as teachers patrolled the corridors.
• Lei Jun told Zhang Yu he could no longer leave martial arts class and offered him a choice of Basic Cultivation Methods; Zhang Yu chose High School Basic Digestion Method and quickly raised it to Level 3.
• Lin Hui replaced Wang Hai as the Demonstration Class's physical education teacher and distributed Dragon Elephant Formulations to the students.
• Wang Hai refused to support or oppose Zhou Chechen's plan to add an addictive drug to Zhang Yu's formulation because he did not understand the situation.

Zhou Chechen's schemes against Zhang Yu escalated as Songyang High School imposed suspicious medicine, Basic Cultivation Methods, and mandatory Talisman Arts tutoring on him. Bai Zhenzhen failed to stop the tutoring and discovered that Zhou Chechen's forces were watching her, leaving her worried they would lose their freedom to cultivate and earn money.

• Wang Hai suspected Zhang Yu and Lin Hui would be consumed by the powerful interests behind the school's schemes, while Zhang Yu tested the Dragon Elephant Formulation and sensed its potent effects and toxicity.
• Lin Hui watched Zhang Yu cultivate, knowing she had given him addictive Mad Dragon Formulation, and Zhang Yu later realized the school had given him different medicine from the other students.
• Su Haifeng assigned Zhang Yu four hours of daily Talisman Arts tutoring with Teacher Zhou, who made him begin working through hundreds of test papers.
• Bai Zhenzhen confronted He Dayou and Zhou Chechen over Zhang Yu's tutoring, but Zhou Hao, Zhou Chechen's security guard, swiftly drove her from the Training Field.
• Zhou Hao offered Bai Zhenzhen one million to betray Zhang Yu, but she refused to sign his contract and left.
• Bai Zhenzhen detected a hidden camera watching her and feared Zhou Chechen's surveillance would keep her and Zhang Yu from going to the Dark Learning Gang.

Zhou Chechen planned to wear Zhang Yu down through school pressure, drug dependency, and surveillance, while Fu Ji advised Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to endure and conceal their capabilities. The chapter ended with Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen quietly cultivating under their pursuers’ watch.

• Zhou Chechen rejected Lan Ling’s suggestion to expel Zhang Yu and decided to keep him in school while gradually restricting his time and resources.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen detected that powerful experts were following them with cameras and could not shake the surveillance.
• Fu Ji warned Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen that acting without understanding the Zhou Family would expose more information, and advised them to lie low while seeking an opening.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen returned to a routine of school and home and cultivated during General Knowledge Class.
• Zhang Yu used Mad Dragon Formulation to cultivate Scarlet Marrow Primordial Qi while Bai Zhenzhen used Dragon Elephant Formulation and her Thunder Magical Power to advance the Thunderclap True Body.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen continued training and working under pressure while hiding or managing their progress as Zhou Chechen watched their exam results. Zhang Yu’s High School Sacred Body gained stronger benefits, and the chapter ended as the Second Round Foundation Establishment Exam approached.

• Zhang Yu practiced Basic Cultivation Methods while Bai Zhenzhen trained against ten students to improve her combat ability.
• Zhang Yu used the pressure of Dao Arts tutoring to strengthen his cultivation, while Bai Zhenzhen delivered meals to help cover their expenses and Si Zhouyu secretly followed her.
• Zhou Chechen reviewed the monthly exam scores and believed Zhang Yu was declining as Bai Zhenzhen continued improving; Zhang Yu and Fu Ji decided to let him keep believing that.
• Zhang Yu’s High School Sacred Body improved his toxin control and, later, his food digestion and metabolism; Le Mulan noticed his sweat had become unusually clean.
• By mid-October, Zhang Yu had reached the Advanced High School Sacred Body boost, and the Second Round Foundation Establishment Exam was about to begin.

Zhang Yu concealed his steady cultivation progress while his grades and finances appeared to decline, and he sought a way to travel to the Immortal Capital for the Second Round Foundation Establishment Exam. Yun Ni approved his request to go with Bai Zhenzhen on Patrol Team business, leaving the trip arranged despite the school’s refusal to grant leave.

• Zhang Yu discussed his strained finances and his reduced communication with Bai Zhenzhen while Zhao Tianxing and Qian Shen worried about him.
• Si Zhouyu monitored Zhang Yu and concluded that his falling grades and worsening finances should damage his mental state.
• Zhang Yu practiced the Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm and revealed that his High School Sacred Body had reached its Ultimate effect, boosting his cultivation efficiency and effects.
• After Su Haifeng refused his leave request, Zhang Yu asked Yun Ni to send him and Bai Zhenzhen to the Immortal Capital on Patrol Team business.
• Yun Ni approved Zhang Yu’s request and told him he did not need to explain his reasons or report back.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen traveled to Immortal Capital City for the Second Round Foundation Establishment Exam, while Zhou Yang decided not to follow them and planned to exploit what he knew about them. The chapter ended with Zhang Yu facing Ye Lingxiao and Yu Xinghan in the Physical Education track.

• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen obtained leave and traveled to Immortal Capital City, while Si Zhouyu was ordered to stop following them.
• Zhang Yu concluded that the Zhou Family, rather than Zhou Chechen, was behind the attempts to target him and Bai Zhenzhen.
• Zhou Chechen wondered whether the Patrol Team was backing Zhang Yu, while Zhou Yang chose not to pursue the pair because they might be taking the Foundation Establishment Exam.
• Zhou Yang suppressed the Zhou Family's Evil God, selected a replacement lower body, and began considering how to use his intelligence about Zhang Yu.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen arrived at the examination grounds and entered separate tracks; Zhang Yu faced Ye Lingxiao and Yu Xinghan in the Physical Education Exam.

Zhang Yu and the other Physical Track examinees learned that their first assessment would test how many drugs they could take, while Bai Zhenzhen and Yun Jing prepared for a separate Martial Dao combat exam. The chapter left the Physical Track candidates watching a drug-review video as the free-drug assessment was about to begin.

• Deng Bingding explained that the top two examinees in each track would advance toward the Foundation Establishment Certificate, with lower-ranked candidates receiving bonus points.
• Bai Zhenzhen realized she had been assigned to a different venue from Zhang Yu and identified Yun Jing as her main rival in the Martial Dao exam.
• Yun Jing reflected on his family's investment in his training and resolved not to lose, relieved that Ye Lingxiao was in another group.
• Deng Bingding announced that the Martial Dao candidates would fight one-on-one matches, while the Physical Track candidates would spend an hour taking drugs for points.
• Zhang Yu worried about the cost and unfamiliar effects of the drugs, then learned they were free and watched an influencer explain them.

Zhang Yu and the other candidates learned about three powerful experimental medicines, each worth fifteen hundred points and dangerous to the body. When the exam began, Yu Xinghan and Meng Tao rapidly took safer medicines, while Ye Lingxiao injected the Magical Power Meridian Injection and began suffering severe reactions.

• Deng Bingding explained the risks and effects of the Dao Dissolution Sustained Release Capsule, Magical Power Meridian Injection, and Imitation Phoenix Function Element.
• Yu Xinghan injected Dragon Elephant Formulations and other supplements, reaching 520 points before stopping near his physical limit.
• Meng Tao used his enormous body, enlarged through eight Transformation Surgeries, to take large quantities of medicine and quickly pass 1,200 points.
• Yu Xinghan watched as Ye Lingxiao went directly for the 1,500-point Magical Power Meridian Injection despite having taken no medicine.
• Ye Lingxiao injected the medicine, then developed bulging veins, labored breathing, and violent shaking.

During the Foundation Establishment Exam, Ye Lingxiao revealed his immense physical strength and drug tolerance, while Zhang Yu chose to take two Imitation Phoenix Function Element tablets at once. The Orthodox Gods prepared to rescue Zhang Yu, but he endured the side effects and began using the medicine to strengthen his body.

• Ye Lingxiao enjoyed the effects of the Magical Power Meridian Injection, released his suppressed size, and used Level 10 Boundless Spring Autumn Zen to nourish his body and expel toxins.
• Meng Tao injected himself to compete for the remaining rankings, while Yu Xinghan worried that the examinees were risking severe physical harm with their drugs.
• Zhang Yu decided to take Imitation Phoenix Function Element and swallowed two tablets in succession.
• The Orthodox Gods, alarmed by Zhang Yu's double dose and poor recent exam results, readied themselves to rescue him, and Huang Zichou offered to cover his medical expenses.
• Zhang Yu endured the medicine's heat and abdominal pain, then circulated Longevity Magical Power and practiced Boundless Spring Autumn Zen to raise his Level 9.89 physical strength.

Zhang Yu discovered that his High School Sacred Body had already raised his drug metabolism to the Qi Refining Period’s limit, giving him confidence in the exam as he used Imitation Phoenix Function Element to temper his body. The chapter ended with Zhang Yu injecting himself with a Magical Power Meridian Injection while Ye Lingxiao watched in astonishment.

• Zhang Yu realized Boundless Spring Autumn Zen did not improve his already maximized drug metabolism, and he resolved to win against Ye Lingxiao.
• Zhang Yu continued circulating Boundless Spring Autumn Zen, using the medicine to strengthen his body and increase his Physical Strength.
• Huang Zichou and the other Orthodox Gods reviewed Zhang Yu’s data, while Huang Zichou suspected that a powerful figure might be backing the poor student.
• Deng Bingding considered befriending Zhang Yu but decided not to interfere with whatever plans might involve him.
• Ye Lingxiao injected himself with a Magical Power Meridian Injection and used Boundless Spring Autumn Zen to handle its potency, then decided to take another injection.
• Zhang Yu picked up a Magical Power Meridian Injection and injected himself, causing his Great Sun Qi Sea to erupt and draw in Spiritual Energy.

During the drug buffet exam, Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao pushed their cultivation and scores higher by taking repeated doses, until Ye Lingxiao suffered an apparent side effect from the Dao Dissolution Sustained Release Capsule. Huang Zichou suspended the exam and ordered the examinees to sign a contract concealing the drug’s negative effects.

• Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao repeatedly took different drugs and cultivated, reaching 9,000 points after a little over half an hour.
• Zhang Yu’s Magical Power rose to 97.6 units and his Physical Strength reached 9.90 as nearby examinees watched in alarm.
• Ye Lingxiao took several Dao Dissolution Sustained Release Capsules to suppress his discomfort and keep competing with Zhang Yu.
• Zhang Yu observed Ye Lingxiao’s swollen, purple appearance and strange speech, then decided to try the capsule himself.
• Huang Zichou paused the exam because Ye Lingxiao was experiencing physical issues and required all examinees to agree to keep the drug’s negative effects confidential.

During the Foundation Establishment Exam, Zhang Yu used medicine to take the lead in the first half and cultivated under crushing pressure in the second half. Meanwhile, Dai Xingzhi faced Bai Zhenzhen in a Martial Dao match, where she challenged his confidence in Immortal Capital people.

• After signing confidentiality contracts, Zhang Yu skipped the Dao Dissolution Sustained Release Capsule and consumed other medicines until he surpassed Ye Lingxiao in the first half of the exam.
• The examiners began the second half using Sea Stabilizing Pillars, which increased the pressure of Profound Abyss Heavy Water to simulate greater depths.
• Zhang Yu began cultivating Boundless Spring Autumn Zen underwater, choosing to build his Physical Strength rather than focus only on beating Ye Lingxiao.
• Dai Xingzhi prepared to fight Bai Zhenzhen for second place in the Martial Dao Exam, relying on his speed and evasion to conserve his Medical Insurance Quota.
• After Dai Xingzhi moved around her, Bai Zhenzhen sat still and told him that Immortal Capital people were lucky to be born there and would struggle to get into high school elsewhere.

Bai Zhenzhen and Dai Xingzhi fought for a place in the top two, each using speed and close-quarters attacks. Their clash left Bai Zhenzhen gravely wounded and Dai Xingzhi with a chest wound as both fighters’ medical insurance fell to zero.

• Bai Zhenzhen provoked Dai Xingzhi over his origins, and he pretended to be enraged while preparing a cautious feint.
• Bai Zhenzhen read Dai Xingzhi’s habits and deliberately took his palm strike on her shoulder to force a risky close-range fight.
• Bai Zhenzhen unleashed her accumulated Magical Power and speed-enhancing techniques in a decisive sword strike as Dai Xingzhi attacked her with a powerful kick.
• Bai Zhenzhen was thrown back and spat blood and fragments of her internal organs, while Dai Xingzhi clutched a hole in his chest that began healing.
• The medical insurance amounts above Bai Zhenzhen and Dai Xingzhi both dropped to zero.

Bai Zhenzhen defeated Dai Xingzhi by outlasting him, while Zhang Yu used the Sea Stabilizing Pillars exam’s crushing Profound Abyss Heavy Water to push his Body Tempering training to new heights. The depth reached -1300 meters, and Zhang Yu began struggling to mobilize his physical strength as Ye Lingxiao remained unaffected.

• Bai Zhenzhen recovered enough to knock Dai Xingzhi off the arena, securing a top-two spot and a place in the Foundation Establishment Exam final round.
• Dai Xingzhi blamed his loss on insufficient caution and resolved to defeat Bai Zhenzhen if they fought again.
• As the simulated depth reached -300 meters, Yu Xinghan adjusted his breathing to withstand the Profound Abyss Heavy Water, while Ye Lingxiao stood calmly without an oxygen mask.
• Zhang Yu combined Boundless Spring Autumn Zen, Imitation Phoenix Function Element, and the heavy-water pressure to accelerate his Body Tempering, raising his Physical Strength to Level 9.94 at -900 meters.
• Yu Xinghan withdrew at -511 meters, while Meng Tao struggled under the increasing pressure and Ye Lingxiao continued standing motionless.
• At -1300 meters, Zhang Yu could no longer perfectly mobilize his physical power against the crushing Profound Abyss Heavy Water.

Zhang Yu struggled to control his body under the crushing Profound Abyss Heavy Water and recognized that his Dao Heart could not keep pace with his Physical Strength. After Zhang Yu and Meng Tao withdrew, Ye Lingxiao remained alone in the examination hall, determined to secure first place in the Foundation Establishment Exam.

• At depths beyond 1300 meters, Zhang Yu’s muscles and coordination began to fail, and he realized his Dao Heart was too weak to command his growing Physical Strength.
• As the simulated depth reached 1321 meters, Zhang Yu detonated the toxins from Boundless Spring Autumn Zen to force his body beyond its limits and hold on for second place.
• Ye Lingxiao used three Level 10 body-protection techniques to withstand the pressure and judged that Zhang Yu’s physical abilities were inferior, while suspecting Zhang Yu’s drug tolerance came from a new technique or bodily modification.
• At depth 1422 meters, Meng Tao withdrew, leaving Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao as the last two examinees.
• Zhang Yu withdrew after deciding his total score would secure a top-two finish, while Ye Lingxiao remained and resolved to keep standing until he took first place.