Recaps

Jiang Yan tested his Talent at the Warrior Building, and the Honor Roll ranked him first with an unnamed SS-rank Talent, drawing a crowd and spreading news across Linjiang City. A powerful man rushed down from the upper floors to find the newly revealed genius.

• Chen An told Jiang Yan that his materials had sold for at least thirty million and gave him a membership token.
• The Honor Roll began calculating Jiang Yan's Talent results as his name climbed past the top thirty and into second place.
• The screen declared Jiang Yan number one with an unnamed SS-rank Talent, shocking everyone in the hall.
• A man on the upper floors saw the SS-rank result, rushed down through a window, and headed for the first floor.
• The crowded hall surrounded Jiang Yan as Chen An said the news had gone viral, and a black figure landed before Jiang Yan asking who had awakened the SS-rank Talent.

After awakening an SS-rank Talent, Jiang Yan received rewards from Ma Shan, head of Linjiang City's Warrior Building, and learned how formidable the examinees from the Divine Capital and Modu were. The chapter ended with Ma Shan recognizing Jiang Yan's unwavering desire to fight them.

• Ma Shan rushed to Jiang Yan, confirmed his SS-rank Talent, and brought him to his office.
• Ma Shan gave Jiang Yan three bottles of Body Tempering Fluid and access to choose one Heaven-grade Martial Skill.
• Ma Shan learned Jiang Yan was eighteen, would take the College Entrance Exam in two days, and had reached Blood Condensation Perfection.
• Ma Shan explained that geniuses from the Divine Capital and Modu had exceptional resources and could defeat examinees from other provinces.
• Jiang Yan accepted the challenge of testing himself against stronger opponents, and Ma Shan sensed his towering Battle Intent.

Jiang Yan returned to Uncle Wang with an Evergreen Green Plant to treat his injuries, then chose a Heaven-grade saber skill and trained with it in the Divine Martial Space. After a night of combat and Body Tempering Fluid, he neared a breakthrough to Xiantian and looked forward to fighting the Two Capitals Prodigies.

• Jiang Yan gave Uncle Wang the Evergreen Green Plant and joked with him while settling back into his home.
• Jiang Yan selected the Heaven-grade saber skill "Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash" and discussed the upcoming College Entrance Exam with Uncle Wang.
• Jiang Yan drank all three bottles of Body Tempering Fluid and fought the Thousand Vine Flower Demon to improve his physique and practice his new skill.
• Jiang Yan emerged from a night of training with greatly enhanced strength and felt close to reaching Xiantian.
• Jiang Yan checked his Status Panel and looked forward to battling the Two Capitals Prodigies.

With one day remaining before the College Entrance Exam, Jiang Yan’s SS-rank talent made him famous in Linjiang City and prompted authorities to remove threats against him. As he prepared to enter the Alternate Space Exam Hall, elite examinees elsewhere dismissed him as an insignificant late awakener, while Fan Man declared that first place was his.

• Wang Zhong gave Jiang Yan space to rest as news of his SS-rank talent spread across Linjiang City and local television celebrated him.
• Liu Hair-Ren panicked over Jiang Yan’s fame, then collapsed into despair after the Provincial Investigation Bureau called about reports against him.
• Plainclothes officers arrested Chu Tianqin for hiring an assassin to murder Jiang Yan, while the assassin had already been captured and confessed.
• Jiang Yan reviewed the official exam information and learned that candidates would take the College Entrance Exam in an Alternate Space created by Space Martial Saints.
• Fan Man dismissed Jiang Yan’s file because he had opened his apertures at eighteen, ordered his secretary to investigate Hidden Families and sects, and claimed first place for himself.
• Jiang Yan immersed himself in battle as candidates and social media followed stories about exam prodigies.

Jiang Yan sensed qi for the first time and learned that absorbing his first strand would shape his cultivation, but he chose to rest rather than rush into a decision. The next morning, he entered the College Entrance Exam’s Alternate Space as Linjiang City prepared to watch his performance.

• Jiang Yan used Heaven Rewards Diligence to sense qi of every color in the Study Space, accomplishing in one day what many martial artists struggled to do for years.
• Jiang Yan considered the importance of choosing a suitable mother qi and how to absorb it, then decided to sleep and restore his energy.
• Old Wang gave Jiang Yan reminders before he left for the exam, where candidates gathered at the City Lord’s Manor.
• Jiang Yan followed the exam procedures, passed the inspection, selected an Alloy Long Blade, and completed identity verification.
• Jiang Yan entered the Alternate Space at ten in the morning, while Linjiang City TV began livestreaming his exclusive perspective under serial number 9527.

Jiang Yan entered the first round of the National College Entrance Exam, the Stairway to Godhood, and quickly outpaced the other candidates. Seeking first place, he combined his abilities and took flight up the stairway.

• Linjiang City's official livestream showed Jiang Yan entering the Alternate Space as viewers cheered for him.
• The exam announcer introduced the Stairway to Godhood and its time limit and point rewards.
• Candidates appeared in the wasteland, and the golden stairway emerged; most were crushed by the pressure on its first step.
• Jiang Yan endured the pressure, activated Nine Consecutive Steps, and raced past the struggling candidates.
• Jiang Yan combined Nine Consecutive Steps, Wind Rider, Battle Saint Armor, Demon's Scale, and his Blade Bearer boost, then took flight toward the summit.

Jiang Yan became the first candidate to reach the Stairway to Godhood summit, drawing widespread attention and earning special treatment before entering the Divine Martial Space to search for high-quality qi. As he meditated, a mysterious aura from beyond the starry sky resonated with him, and a golden meteor suddenly struck toward him.

• Jiang Yan stomped through the air to the summit and received 300 points as the first candidate to finish.
• Shang Xingren reached the summit second, received 200 points, and reacted with interest to Jiang Yan's achievement.
• Jiang Yan's flight went viral, and blogger Jiang Sheng celebrated as online doubters apologized.
• Wang Zhong watched Jiang Yan's replay in Linjiang City and cried with pride.
• Jiang Yan entered the Divine Martial Space and meditated to find the best possible qi rather than drawing in ordinary qi.
• Jiang Yan sensed an aura from beyond the domain, and a golden meteor shot toward him.

Jiang Yan broke through to become a Third-Rank Innate Martial Artist and selected Multiple Casting as his new Trait during the exam break. He tested his Geng Metal Mother Qi with a blade strike while viewers online analyzed his growing fame, and he waited for the Second Round Exam.

• Jiang Yan awakened after his breakthrough, named the golden energy in his body Geng Metal Mother Qi, and learned that five million candidates had advanced.
• During the two-hour break, Jiang Yan entered the Divine Martial Space and chose Multiple Casting from five available Traits.
• Jiang Yan returned to the exam grounds and used Geng Metal Mother Qi to send a blade strike through the air, carving a ravine and splitting a massive boulder.
• Viewers and netizens watched Jiang Yan's stream and circulated clips of his feats while he waited for the next round.

Jiang Yan entered the Second Round Exam, where examinees had to collect Martial-marked items and evacuate, and used his Wind Rider Trait to survey the ruined city. He robbed Li Wang of a Silver Token and University Pass, then waited in the air for other examinees to find more items.

• The officials announced the Second Round Exam rules, and Jiang Yan was teleported to an unfamiliar map.
• Jiang Yan rose above the ruined city using his Wind Rider Trait and surveyed its layout.
• Li Wang found a Silver Token and celebrated his good fortune.
• Jiang Yan demanded Li Wang's Silver Token, knocked him down, and took the token and his University Pass.
• Jiang Yan returned to the clouds to wait for examinees to find items, while livestream viewers argued over his robbery.

Jiang Yan gathered Marked Items at high speed and crossed paths with He Xiao, a Modu prodigy who wanted to force him out of the sky. After He Xiao provoked him, Jiang Yan descended, and the two began fighting.

• Jiang Yan killed a Black Blood Python, took the backpack beneath its tree, and continued collecting Marked Items.
• Jiang Yan robbed another examinee and reached three Marked Items within thirty minutes.
• He Xiao took a Marked Item from an examinee and injured him, while viewers urged He Xiao to confront Jiang Yan.
• He Xiao hurled a boulder at Jiang Yan, then taunted him with a middle finger to provoke him into descending.
• Jiang Yan flew down toward He Xiao, who ignited his body as their battle began.

Jiang Yan effortlessly defeated He Xiao, collected ten Marked Items, and became the first examinee to perfectly evacuate the map with a record 1,000 points. Back in the Divine Martial Space, he began his campaign to defeat the Thousand Vine Flower Demon.

• Jiang Yan defeated He Xiao with a single slash, took his Marked Items, and left him badly wounded.
• Jiang Yan hunted Fierce Beasts and gathered Marked Items until he had ten.
• Jiang Yan reached the evacuation exit first and earned 1,000 total points across the two exam rounds.
• The other examinees struggled to find Marked Items and evacuation points while the officials’ Air Wall blocked escape attempts.
• Jiang Yan returned to the Divine Martial Space and began fighting the Thousand Vine Flower Demon, searching for an opening to kill it in one strike.

Jiang Yan defeated the Thousand Vine Flower Demon, then cultivated his Geng Metal Mother Qi as the Second Round Exam ended. He topped the rankings, and observers realized he had mastered Blade Momentum.

• Jiang Yan used a perfected Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash to kill the Thousand Vine Flower Demon and gained the Flower Language Amidst Thickets and Premonition Traits.
• Jiang Yan studied the Geng Metal Mother Qi and used it to draw in matching qi, slightly increasing his Qi Absorption speed.
• The Second Round Exam ended, and officials announced that candidates who had evacuated would begin the final round in three hours.
• The officials released the rankings, placing Jiang Yan first with 1000 points, ahead of Shang Xingren, Xiao Ziming, and Lin Li, who each had 800.
• Viewers analyzed Jiang Yan's combat footage and concluded that he had mastered Blade Momentum, while Shen Donglin bragged about knowing him.

Jiang Yan entered the final College Entrance Exam round, where candidates earned points by killing Fierce Beasts or plundering scoreboards. After defeating a candidate and gaining 2.5 points, he considered waiting until the final days to take the leading candidate’s full score, but questioned whether he could win that fight.

• The examination announced that candidates would compete across a shrinking map for seven days, with scoreboard plundering granting half a victim’s points before the fourth day and all their points afterward.
• Jiang Yan appeared in a barren desert, surveyed the surrounding terrain, and decided to hunt Fierce Beasts first and target other candidates during the final three days.
• Jiang Yan killed a Second-Order Fire-Breathing Lizard, then confronted a woman who accused him of stealing her monster and demanded his scoreboard.
• Jiang Yan broke the woman’s whip, kicked her unconscious, and took her scoreboard, gaining 2.5 points from her total.
• Jiang Yan considered skipping monster hunts and trying to plunder the candidate in first place after the fourth day, but wondered whether he could defeat them.

The official exam broadcast followed top-ranked examinees Shang Xingren and Li Qingle as they fought beasts and climbed the rankings, while viewers wondered why Jiang Yan was absent. After the director switched the feed to Jiang Yan, the enormous audience fell silent.

• Shang Xingren killed Ai Ning’s Second-Order Ferocious Beast, struck Ai Ning down, and let him flee.
• Li Qingle defeated a mid-stage Third-Order Ferocious Beast with her spear and became a fan favorite.
• Shang Xingren, Li Qingle, and Xiao Ziming repeatedly traded places at the top of the live rankings while strong examinees held back and let others build up points.
• Viewers questioned why Jiang Yan, who had ranked first in the first two rounds, was missing from the top thousand and demanded to see him.
• The director switched the broadcast to Jiang Yan, and the live stream room fell silent.

After absorbing Geng Metal Mother Qi for four days, Jiang Yan broke through to Innate Mid-Stage and created a Breathing Technique of his own. He entered the shrinking exam zone, began taking other candidates’ scoreboards, and then targeted Ai Ning.

• Jiang Yan slept while absorbing Geng Metal Mother Qi, drawing disbelief from the commentators and viewers watching his live stream.
• Over four days, Jiang Yan continued cultivating as the exam battles intensified and the poison zone shrank.
• Jiang Yan woke after reaching Innate Mid-Stage, creating an unnamed Breathing Technique and advancing Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash to Subtlety.
• Jiang Yan knocked out a candidate, took his scoreboard, and flew off to search for more targets.
• Jiang Yan spotted Ai Ning, who tried to flee when he recognized him.

Jiang Yan defeated Ai Ning and eliminated the Daoist Zhang Daoqing after surviving his Talisman attack. The official livestream revealed Jiang Yan’s Heaven-grade Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash at Subtlety proficiency, shocking viewers as Zhang Daoran continued competing elsewhere.

• Jiang Yan defeated Ai Ning and gained 600 points, bringing his score higher.
• A Daoist attacked Jiang Yan with a Heavenly Thunder Edict, then fled when it failed to injure him.
• Jiang Yan chased down Zhang Daoqing and struck him with Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash despite the Talismans protecting him.
• Jiang Yan took Zhang Daoqing’s score token, eliminated him, and reached a score of 1902.5.
• The livestream showed Zhang Daoran, who sensed his Junior Brother Daoqing’s Talisman aura but decided not to investigate.
• The official livestream replayed Jiang Yan’s fight, and viewers were stunned by his Subtlety-level Heaven-grade martial skill.

On the fifth night, Jiang Yan confronted the top-ranked Shang Xingren, whose spatial ability let him strike from the shadows. Jiang Yan’s armor withstood Shang Xingren’s attacks and his own lightning slash hit an apparently empty battlefield, leaving Shang Xingren’s fate unclear.

• Jiang Yan cut through examinees, raised his score to 3,200, and climbed into the top five thousand while his Battle Saint Armor grew stronger.
• Jiang Yan headed toward Shang Xingren, the ranking leader, who revealed his concealed spatial ability and disappeared from view.
• Shang Xingren attacked Jiang Yan from the shadows, but Jiang Yan blocked and rebounded the strike, then crushed Shang Xingren’s dagger without being harmed.
• Shang Xingren unleashed an explosive sea of flames, but Jiang Yan emerged with only minor damage as his armor strengthened.
• Jiang Yan fired an Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash at Shang Xingren’s position, but found no one there afterward and wondered if Shang Xingren had escaped.

Shang Xingren fled after Jiang Yan overwhelmed him, and the livestream replay revealed why he had been so terrified. After meeting Xiao Ziming and failing to persuade him to join forces, Shang Xingren was left behind as Jiang Yan continued robbing examinees, turning the global livestream into his personal show.

• Shang Xingren fled from Jiang Yan, fearing the strength of his attacks and defense, and later realized the battle had been livestreamed.
• The audience watched a replay of Jiang Yan overpowering Shang Xingren and stopped blaming Shang Xingren for running.
• While Shang Xingren recovered from his injuries, Xiao Ziming found him and mocked his defeat.
• Shang Xingren warned Xiao Ziming that Jiang Yan was too strong to beat and proposed joining forces, but Xiao Ziming rejected the idea and left.
• Jiang Yan continued descending on examinees to seize their points, prompting the official livestream to focus entirely on him.

Jiang Yan continued eliminating top-ranked examinees, defeating Guan Xinyan and rising to first place by a huge margin. As he rested on day six, hundreds of examinees formed an alliance and began sweeping the map to take him down.

• Jiang Yan defeated Guan Xinyan with Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash, shattering her blade and eliminating her from the exam.
• Jiang Yan's rapid eliminations disrupted the rankings, and he rose to first place with nearly thirty thousand points more than second place.
• After fighting through the night, Jiang Yan landed by a tree on day six and fell asleep from exhaustion.
• At the foot of a snow mountain, examinees agreed to unite against Jiang Yan, believing he was too powerful to face alone.
• The alliance grew to two hundred people and began sweeping across the map in formation.

Jiang Yan joined a large group of examinees who planned to hunt the glowing winged monster, unaware that their target was him. When he revealed himself at night while pursuing Shang Xingren, the team panicked and scattered, while several figures rushed toward him.

• Jiang Yan accepted a girl's invitation to join a team gathering examinees to hunt a supposed monster in the sky.
• Rumors about the glowing figure spread, and the extermination team grew to five hundred people.
• Li Qingle and Xiao Ziming rejected the team's invitation, each intending to face the monster alone.
• After night fell, Jiang Yan spotted Shang Xingren and activated Battle Saint Armor, revealing himself to the team as the monster they sought.
• The examinees fled in terror, while Shang Xingren stood his ground and prepared to fight Jiang Yan.
• Jiang Yan recognized the absurd rumors about the monster as stories about himself, and several figures charged toward him through the fleeing crowd.

Jiang Yan effortlessly defeated the examinees who had organized crusading squads, then drew challenges from several top-ranked competitors. He chose Xiao Ziming to fight and overwhelmed his opening attack, leaving Xiao preparing to continue with a stronger strike.

• Jiang Yan slapped Xiao Ziming aside, then chased down and knocked out more than a dozen examinees who had targeted him.
• After an hour of fighting, Jiang Yan collected enough points to secure first place in the third round and refused Shang Xingren's challenge, calling him too weak.
• Li Qingle, Zhang Daoran, and Xiao Ziming each challenged Jiang Yan, and Jiang Yan chose Xiao Ziming to fight first.
• Xiao Ziming unleashed Blazing Sword Might, but Jiang Yan's blade overpowered his attack and forced him to release his sword.
• Xiao Ziming gathered his Xiantian qi and attacked again, while Jiang Yan countered with Metal Origin and Purple-Gold Lightning.

Jiang Yan defeated Xiao Ziming, then fought the other prodigies together after Zhang Daoran summoned the power of Ancestor Yuanqing with the Divine Reception Technique. Jiang Yan overwhelmed them all, and Zhang Daoran was left battered in a crater as his borrowed power waned.

• Jiang Yan crushed Xiao Ziming in their duel and announced that he would attack everyone at once.
• Jiang Yan drove back Li Qingle and broke through Zhang Daoran's defenses, prompting Zhang Daoran to use the Divine Reception Technique and summon Ancestor Yuanqing's power.
• Zhang Daoran's transformed body clashed with Jiang Yan, whose shattered blade gave way to his fists as he sent the giant flying.
• Xiao Ziming, Shang Xingren, and Li Qingle joined the fight against Jiang Yan, but he slapped Xiao Ziming aside, warped Li Qingle's spearhead, and kicked her away.
• Jiang Yan punched Zhang Daoran into a crater as the ancestor's power faded, leaving Zhang Daoran bruised and unable to fight.

Jiang Yan crushed Zhang Daoran, Shang Xingren, and the remaining exam competition, then spent a day challenging the Trickster in the Divine Martial Space and endured its bizarre attacks. He defeated Shi Anyuan to take first place in the College Entrance Exam and was sent out of the Alternate Space as the newly proclaimed Top Scholar.

• Jiang Yan shattered Zhang Daoran's Dao Ancestor Possession, defeated Shang Xingren, and took both of their Scoreboards.
• Jiang Yan entered the Divine Martial Space and challenged the Trickster, whose Miracle talent killed him through a series of bizarre tricks and attacks.
• Jiang Yan spent the seventh day in the Alternate Space as the final circle shrank and most of the remaining examinees were eliminated.
• Shi Anyuan challenged Jiang Yan, but Jiang Yan kicked him flying and took his Scoreboard.
• Jiang Yan and Shi Anyuan were sent out of the Alternate Space, and the livestream announced Jiang Yan as the College Entrance Exam's first-place finisher.

After earning the College Entrance Exam Top Scholar title, Jiang Yan returned to Linjiang City and received an enthusiastic welcome from local officials and provincial representative Shen Donglin. Shen Donglin gave him a Space Ring filled with rewards and warned him to negotiate carefully with universities seeking to recruit him.

• Lin Yuanshan and Ma Shan met Jiang Yan at the examination site and escorted him home, while Ma Shan tried to introduce him to his daughter.
• Wang Zhong learned that Jiang Yan had become Top Scholar and struggled to hide how proud and excited he was.
• Shen Donglin visited Jiang Yan and advised him to seek favorable terms when universities offered admission.
• Shen Donglin gave Jiang Yan a Space Ring containing a Martial Artist Privilege Upgrade Card, ten bottles of Spirit Gathering Liquid, and other provincial rewards.

Jiang Yan inventoried the gifts from Ma Shan, Lin Yuanshan, and Shen Donglin, then used the Spirit Gathering Liquid to accelerate his cultivation. After rapidly strengthening his Geng Metal Mother Qi, he entered the Combat Space to train against the Trickster, where he continued to die in spectacular ways.

• Jiang Yan examined the gifts, including a Space Ring, Spirit Gathering Liquid, a Martial Artist Privilege Upgrade Card, and the commissioned saber Ming Ke.
• Jiang Yan consumed Spirit Gathering Liquid through the night and found that his qi absorption speed had increased dramatically.
• Jiang Yan cultivated further, strengthening his Geng Metal Mother Qi and nearing the Late Innate threshold.
• Jiang Yan entered the Combat Space and fought the Trickster, deliberately facing repeated deaths to understand his weaknesses.
• The Trickster killed Jiang Yan with a meteor shower, but Jiang Yan triggered a Moment of Truth and became immune to that death.