Recaps

After the College Entrance Exam rankings named Jiang Yan the Top Scholar, Martial Arts Universities across Blue Star competed to recruit him with increasingly lavish offers. Dongxing and Nanxuan’s representatives visited his home, but Jiang Yan stayed noncommittal as the recruitment battle began.

• Wang Zhong celebrated Jiang Yan’s first-place ranking by calling acquaintances and sharing the news.
• Shendu and Modu Martial University leaders ordered their recruiters to win Jiang Yan over, while other major universities also sent representatives to Linjiang.
• Linjiang City celebrated Jiang Yan’s success with a citywide holiday, and his name stayed at the top of the trending lists.
• Chang He of Dongxing Martial University offered Jiang Yan generous resources and a saber grandmaster, but Jiang Yan said he had not decided.
• He Daoyong of Nanxuan Martial University promised Jiang Yan the chance to become the next Peak Martial Saint, while Jiang Yan again gave no commitment.

Teachers from several prestigious Martial Arts Universities competed to recruit Jiang Yan, but Modu Martial University and Shendu Martial University arrived with stronger offers. The chapter ended with Shendu promising that its principal, or even the Cangyuan Saber Saint through an avatar, would personally guide Jiang Yan.

• Recruitment teachers from Dongxing, Nanxuan, Xicang, and Beimian Martial Universities argued over Jiang Yan while he gave them noncommittal answers.
• A teacher from Modu Martial University arrived and tried to recruit Jiang Yan with the school's reputation and a flirtatious offer, but he remained undecided.
• The Xicang and Beimian teachers renewed their quarrel and flew out of the living room to fight.
• Sun Qi arrived from Shendu Martial University and criticized Modu's recruitment approach.
• Sun Qi offered Jiang Yan personal guidance from Shendu's principal and said the school could request an avatar of the Cangyuan Saber Saint to teach him.

Jiang Yan turned the universities’ recruitment contest into an auction for cultivation resources, despite Shendu Martial University offering the Cangyuan Saber Saint’s guidance. As Modu Martial University’s Li Li made a lavish offer, Sun Qi called Shendu’s principal, where Qin Wufeng prepared to speak with an old friend.

• Sun Qi offered to have the Cangyuan Saber Saint personally guide Jiang Yan, but Jiang Yan remained focused on obtaining cultivation resources.
• Jiang Yan asked Li Li what benefits Modu Martial University could offer, prompting recruiters to compete with Spirit Gathering Liquid, martial skills, credits, and Spirit Gathering Room access.
• Li Li offered forty bottles of Spirit Gathering Liquid each month, unlimited Spirit Gathering Room use, and unrestricted martial skill selection, silencing the other recruiters.
• Sun Qi asked Jiang Yan not to accept Li Li’s offer yet and went to call Shendu Martial University.
• At Shendu Martial University, Qin Wufeng discussed Jiang Yan with a bearded man before answering Sun Qi’s call.

Qin Wufeng and the Cangyuan Saber Saint learned that Jiang Yan valued cultivation resources over a Martial Saint’s guidance, so Shendu Martial University offered to cover all his resources for four years. Jiang Yan signed with Shendu, then wondered what kind of person the Saber Saint was.

• Sun Qi told Qin Wufeng that Jiang Yan wanted cultivation resources rather than the Cangyuan Saber Saint’s guidance.
• The Cangyuan Saber Saint became interested in Jiang Yan and told Qin Wufeng to recruit him without worrying about the cost.
• Li Li offered Jiang Yan generous resources and benefits on behalf of Modu Martial University.
• Sun Qi offered to cover all of Jiang Yan’s cultivation resources for four years at Shendu Martial University.
• Jiang Yan chose Shendu Martial University and signed the contract with Sun Qi.
• After the other recruitment teachers left, Jiang Yan wondered what kind of existence the Saber Saint was.

Jiang Yan trained through the night, then spent half a month fighting Fierce Beasts in the Wilderness before reaching Late Innate and perfecting the Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash. After gaining the Pandora's Box Trait, he entered the Combat Space to challenge the Trickster again.

• Jiang Yan agreed to apply to Shendu Martial University in exchange for four years of cultivation resources and one personal lesson from the Cangyuan Saber Saint.
• Jiang Yan cultivated with Spirit Gathering Liquid and practiced the Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash until it reached Great Accomplishment.
• Jiang Yan told Wang Zhong he was heading into the Wilderness for training, and Wang Zhong warned him to be careful.
• Jiang Yan killed an Early Fourth-Order Sky-Piercing Python with one slash and continued deeper into the Wilderness.
• Jiang Yan spent half a month fighting in the Wilderness, broke through to Late Innate, perfected the Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash, and gained the Pandora's Box Trait.
• Jiang Yan entered the Combat Space and began a challenge against the Trickster.

Jiang Yan defeated Trickster by silencing him and claimed two new rewards that strengthened his Traits. After leaving the Divine Martial Space, he decided to head to Shendu Martial University to collect the cultivation resources it had promised him.

• Jiang Yan pursued Trickster and used Pandora's Box to inflict negative effects until a doubled Silence left Trickster unable to use his abilities.
• Jiang Yan killed Trickster with Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash and obtained the Orange Trait Four Leaf Clover and the Blue Entry Eagle Eye.
• Jiang Yan realized Four Leaf Clover could increase the trigger probabilities of several of his other Traits.
• Jiang Yan declined to continue the challenge and left the Divine Martial Space.
• Jiang Yan learned that Spirit Gathering Liquid required Martial Artist points and decided to claim cultivation supplies from Shendu Martial University.
• Jiang Yan disguised himself before returning to Linjiang City, where his fame often drew crowds around him.

Jiang Yan flew to the Divine Capital to register at university and was mobbed by fans after arriving. As the city buzzed over his arrival, Shang Yuèrény criticized his younger brother Shang Xingren and wondered how Jiang Yan compared to him.

• Jiang Yan chose to fly to the Divine Capital himself, improving his physique along the way and fighting off a flock of Vultures.
• Jiang Yan arrived in the Divine Capital and escaped a crowd of locals who recognized him from the College Entrance Exam.
• Shang Xingren lamented losing to Jiang Yan, but Shang Yuèrény rebuked him for his cowardice and questioned how Jiang Yan compared to himself.
• The Director of Shendu Martial University's Admissions Office arranged for someone to pick Jiang Yan up the next day while rebuffing a colleague's attempt to involve his daughter.
• Jiang Yan gathered his qi at the hotel as news of his arrival spread throughout the Divine Capital.

Jiang Yan arrived at Shendu Martial University, received a private villa dormitory and access to free cultivation resources. After ordering supplies and drinking Premium Spirit Gathering Liquid, he set out for the Spirit Gathering Room.

• Xu Fei escorted Jiang Yan to Shendu Martial University on her pink motorcycle and helped him complete his registration.
• Jiang Yan received a villa to himself, explored its facilities, and logged into the university platform with his Student Card.
• Jiang Yan discovered that his permissions let him obtain cultivation resources for free and ordered several items from the repository.
• Jiang Yan received ten bottles of Premium Spirit Gathering Liquid, one Hei Qian Xu, and ten Ganyan Grass plants at his doorstep.
• Jiang Yan drank two bottles of Premium Spirit Gathering Liquid and used the school map to locate the Spirit Gathering Room.

Jiang Yan cultivated in Shendu Martial University's Spirit Gathering Room, absorbing Metal Origin qi so rapidly that the equipment struggled to supply and filter it. At the chapter's end, Teacher Zhao ordered more devices connected and demanded surveillance footage to identify the person stealing qi.

• Jiang Yan entered a Spirit Gathering Room and released a thread of Metal Origin so its system could match qi to his needs.
• Jiang Yan circulated the Geng Metal Breathing Technique and absorbed the incoming Metal Origin qi, increasing his absorption speed and strengthening his Geng Metal Mother Qi.
• Teacher Zhao and Xiao Zhang noticed that Spirit Gathering Device No. 6 was filtering qi abnormally slowly because Jiang Yan's qi was difficult to separate.
• As Jiang Yan absorbed the qi, the supply dwindled, then surged after Xiao Zhang connected additional Spirit Gathering Devices.
• Teacher Zhao discovered that Devices No. 6, 13, and 14 had shut down, then ordered Xiao Zhang to connect three more devices and pull up the surveillance feed to find the person stealing qi.

Jiang Yan cultivated in the Spirit Gathering Room at an extraordinary speed while Zhao Gongming watched and tried to understand his method. After discovering Jiang Yan had unlimited room access, Zhao Gongming reported it to Principal Qin and activated a sixth Spirit Gathering Device, leaving Jiang Yan still cultivating as Zhao continued studying him.

• Jiang Yan absorbed Metal Origin Qi at an astonishing rate, impressing Zhao Gongming and his student, Xiao Zhang.
• Zhao Gongming stopped Xiao Zhang from trying to remove Jiang Yan and asked him to retrieve Jiang Yan’s user information.
• Jiang Yan’s cultivation strengthened his Geng Metal Mother Qi and brought him closer to another breakthrough.
• Zhao Gongming discovered that Jiang Yan’s Spirit Gathering Room usage time was listed as unlimited and called Principal Qin to confirm his access was valid.
• Zhao Gongming activated a sixth Spirit Gathering Device for Jiang Yan and continued recording his cultivation to investigate how his method worked.

Jiang Yan challenged the Rhythm Beast in the Combat Space and repeatedly endured her attacks to strengthen Battle Saint Armor. After relentless training and countless deaths, Battle Saint Armor evolved into Chaos Imprint: Myriad Tribulation Body, and he gained the Orange Trait Titan Module.

• Jiang Yan stopped cultivating, planned to visit the Combat Space, and returned to his villa.
• Jiang Yan challenged the Rhythm Beast, whose extreme speed killed him after triggering Moment of Truth and Desperate Truth.
• Jiang Yan realized he could use the Rhythm Beast’s repeated attacks to strengthen Battle Saint Armor and his physique in the Combat Space.
• Jiang Yan spent the night and following day repeatedly fighting the Rhythm Beast, gradually increasing how long he survived.
• Jiang Yan died after his Battle Saint Armor endured countless attacks, then gained Chaos Imprint: Myriad Tribulation Body and the Orange Trait Titan Module.

After evolving his Battle Saint Armor, Jiang Yan gained the Imprint talent, which let him create Doppelgangers and share their attributes, along with the Titan Module trait. He began condensing his first Doppelganger at Shendu Martial University and left its face undecided until he formed a second one.

• Jiang Yan evolved his Battle Saint Armor after two days of effort and gained the Imprint talent, Shadow Hunt, and the Titan Module trait.
• Jiang Yan studied the talents and realized Imprint could greatly multiply his strength through Doppelgangers, while Titan Module permanently increased his defense.
• Jiang Yan activated Imprint and used Geng Metal Mother Qi to begin condensing a Doppelganger, but his supply weakened before it was complete.
• Jiang Yan went to Shendu Martial University's Spirit Gathering Room, where Zhao Gongming assigned him all six vacant Spirit Gathering Devices to observe his Breathing Technique.
• Jiang Yan used the abundant Metal Origin to finish forming a golden Doppelganger, then chose to wait before sculpting its face.

Jiang Yan reached Third Rank Innate Perfection, developed his Doppelgangers, and trained his defense with the Rhythm Beast. As Shang Xingren and Shang Yuèrény arrived to challenge him again, Shang Xingren tried to steel himself to fight with composure.

• Jiang Yan completed his second Doppelganger and discovered that Doppelgangers in his Chaos Space still shared attributes with him, then broke through to Third Rank Innate Perfection after a week in the Spirit Gathering Room.
• Zhao Gongming worried that Jiang Yan’s relentless cultivation and use of the Spirit Gathering Room would strain the school’s limited resources.
• Jiang Yan returned to his dormitory, rested, then used the Rhythm Beast to raise his Titan Module defense to 120%.
• Shang Yuèrény told Shang Xingren that he had to face Jiang Yan again to overcome his inner demon, and Shang Xingren agreed to fight with composure.
• Jiang Yan recalled his two Doppelgangers when Shang Yuèrény and Shang Xingren approached, and Shang Xingren repeated that he would remain composed whether he won or lost.

Jiang Yan defeated Shang Xingren and his elder brother Shang Yuèrény with ease, then made them repair the damaged lawn. Afterward, he headed to the Martial Skill Library to look for stronger martial skills.

• Shang Xingren challenged Jiang Yan to test his progress, but Jiang Yan struck him out of the shadows and left him injured.
• Shang Xingren accepted his defeat and found renewed confidence, while Shang Yuèrény stepped forward to challenge Jiang Yan.
• Jiang Yan kicked Shang Yuèrény flying with one blow, leaving him demoralized and the lawn badly damaged.
• Jiang Yan ordered Shang Yuèrény to repair the lawn before letting the two brothers leave.
• Jiang Yan went to the Martial Skill Library to explore martial skills beyond Heaven-grade and was asked to show his Student Card at the entrance.

Jiang Yan entered Shendu Martial University’s fourth-floor Martial Skill Library and chose the Eternal Arrow-grade saber technique Six Paths Heavenly Tribulation Slash. He watched its demonstrations and began memorizing its mantra, with his system reporting improved memory and comprehension.

• Jiang Yan used his special authority to enter the fourth floor of the Martial Skill Library, where the elder guarding the gate recognized him and warned him not to reach too high.
• Jiang Yan selected the Eternal Arrow-grade Six Paths Heavenly Tribulation Slash, written by the Cangyuan Saber Saint, and took its magnetic chip to a Martial Skill Simulation Pod.
• Jiang Yan watched the technique’s five demonstrated forms, including the Cangyuan Saber Saint’s Lightning Strike: Nine Heavens Break, and wondered how powerful the unseen final form was.
• Jiang Yan studied the technique’s mantra, and his system reported that his memory and comprehension had improved.

Jiang Yan chose and practiced new martial skills before attending his first class meeting at Shendu Martial University. Counselor Wang Chongyue introduced the Myriad Worlds Heavenly Ladder and warned the students that their university ranked only in the middle to lower tiers among the myriad races.

• Jiang Yan selected Heavenly Gap Astonishing Swan and Bloodthirsty Bone Frenzy, then returned to his villa to cultivate.
• Jiang Yan practiced Heavenly Gap Astonishing Swan against the Rhythm Beast and used its attacks to improve his Titan Module and Bloodthirsty Bone Frenzy.
• Jiang Yan received a message telling him to report to Room 302 of the Diligent Martial Building and arrived for the class meeting the next day.
• Wang Chongyue explained that Academic Credits could be earned through missions and rankings on the Myriad Worlds Heavenly Ladder, where students could battle prodigies from other planets.
• Wang Chongyue told the students that Shendu Martial University students ranked only in the middle to lower ranks among the myriad races of the starry sky.

Wang Chongyue warned her students that Blue Star faced fierce competition in the Myriad Worlds Heavenly Ladder, while Jiang Yan remained confident he could earn a place. She revealed that his opponents would include top prodigies under twenty-five from a thousand planets in their War Zone.

• Wang Chongyue described the scale of extraordinary civilizations across the Milky Way Domain and warned that Shendu Martial University might rank only in the middle or lower tier.
• Wang Chongyue called on Jiang Yan, who said he could secure a place on the Myriad Worlds Heavenly Ladder.
• Jiang Yan considered how the Heavenly Ladder differed from the Divine Martial Space and decided he would participate, though Academic Credits were not his goal.
• After the meeting, Wang Chongyue told Jiang Yan that Shendu Martial University's top student ranked beyond ten thousand in a War Zone containing a thousand planets.
• Wang Chongyue explained that Jiang Yan would compete against the top prodigies under twenty-five from across the War Zone.

Jiang Yan practiced his martial skills and learned that Senior Zou Han was preparing to challenge the top ten thousand of the Myriad Worlds Heavenly Ladder. Blue Star’s government announced Zou Han’s attempt, and the public learned that reaching the top ten thousand would grant their planet one year of Battle Immunity.

• Jiang Yan reflected on Instructor Wang’s warning about the Heavenly Ladder’s formidable competitors while training against Rhythm Beasts.
• Jiang Yan improved his Bloodthirsty Bone Frenzy proficiency and Titan’s Physique defense, then planned to visit the Myriad Worlds Heavenly Ladder.
• Jiang Yan overheard students discussing Senior Zou Han’s determination to reach the top ten thousand before graduating.
• Blue Star’s government announced that Zou Han would attempt to enter the top ten thousand, prompting a planet-wide livestream and public discussion.
• Netizens discovered that a first-time top-ten-thousand finish in the under-twenty-five ranking would give the competitor’s planet one year of Battle Immunity from invasion.

Jiang Yan registered for the Myriad Worlds Heavenly Ladder, entered his first match, and discovered Divine Martial Space let him use his Traits in the virtual arena. After defeating Yue Shan, he left the arena as Zou Han began his high-stakes ranked challenge before a global livestream.

• Jiang Yan registered his account, confirmed his War Zone, and hid his planet from his public profile.
• Jiang Yan enabled matchmaking and found that Divine Martial Space allowed him to use his Traits in the virtual Duel Arena.
• Jiang Yan matched with Yue Shan and defeated her with a single hand chop.
• Jiang Yan left the arena after winning as Zou Han began his livestreamed Heavenly Ladder match.
• Zou Han's match was confirmed, and a blue pillar of light brought his opponent into the Duel Arena.

Zou Han crushed Xue Qian and continued climbing the Myriad Worlds Heavenly Ladder, while Jiang Yan won his five placement matches and awaited his new rank. After an exhausting streak, Zou Han faced a new opponent: You An.

• Zou Han endured Xue Qian’s attacks, then killed it with a single grab, winning his first match.
• Jiang Yan accepted five placement matches and defeated each opponent with ease, including a fourth-rank fighter ranked eighty millionth.
• Jiang Yan reached his fifth placement match against an opponent ranked 25,806,900, then waited while the system assessed his rank.
• Zou Han won five consecutive matches, pushing himself to exhaustion before smashing his final opponent apart with his fists.
• A new match began for Zou Han, and You An appeared in the Duel Arena as his next opponent.

Zou Han fought You An, a Void-Rending Weasel whose endless teleportation overwhelmed him, until Zou Han used a forbidden art to force a stalemate. You An then began its Ancestral Return, shrouding the Duel Arena in deathly shadows.

• You An repeatedly teleported around Zou Han and slashed through his defenses while Zou Han struggled to land a hit.
• Zou Han refused to surrender, citing the hopes of Blue Star and the lives of a hundred thousand soldiers.
• Zou Han used the Forbidden Art: Body-Destroying Curse, exploding with energy that struck You An and forced it back.
• Zou Han and You An reached a stalemate as Zou Han endured its attacks but could not catch it.
• A viewer identified You An as a Void-Rending Weasel and explained that its Ancestral Return greatly enhanced its strength and abilities.
• You An began its Ancestral Return, darkening its eyes and filling the Duel Arena with a corroding aura and shadows.

Jiang Yan climbed the Myriad Worlds Heavenly Ladder to the top fifty thousand before realm differences finally stopped his winning streak, and he decided to pursue a breakthrough to fourth rank. When he found the Spirit Gathering Room overcrowded, he used his ranking to persuade Principal Qin Wufeng to offer a personal solution.

• The Void-Rending Weasel defeated Zou Han, who shut down his livestream as viewers attacked him with hostile comments.
• Jiang Yan won one hundred consecutive Heavenly Ladder matches and earned the title Invincible in a Hundred Battles.
• Jiang Yan rose into the top fifty thousand by defeating opponents with his Traits, Doppelgangers, and Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash.
• A near-sixth-rank opponent defeated Jiang Yan, prompting him to conclude that he needed to condense Inner Gang and reach fourth rank.
• Jiang Yan called Principal Qin Wufeng about the crowded Spirit Gathering Room, and Qin offered to personally install a Spirit Gathering Device at Jiang Yan's residence.

Qin Wufeng discovered Jiang Yan had reached rank fifty thousand on the Myriad Worlds Heavenly Ladder and promised him unlimited cultivation resources. After arranging Spirit Gathering Devices in Jiang Yan’s villa, Qin learned the new setup still could not meet Jiang Yan’s needs and discovered he had already been using six devices at once.

• Qin Wufeng checked Jiang Yan’s Student Card and confirmed his rank among the top fifty thousand on the Heavenly Ladder.
• Qin Wufeng promised to install a Spirit Gathering Device in Jiang Yan’s villa and urged him to focus on cultivation at Shendu Martial University.
• Jiang Yan found that the single device installed in his villa supplied far less qi than the Spirit Gathering Room and called Qin Wufeng for more.
• Qin Wufeng arranged additional Spirit Gathering Devices after Jiang Yan repeatedly said the supply was insufficient.
• Qin Wufeng called Zhao Gongming, who complained that Jiang Yan had been occupying six Spirit Gathering Devices, leaving Qin stunned.

Jiang Yan prepared to break through to Fourth Grade Inner Gang, securing more Spirit Gathering Devices and medicinal ingredients while training his techniques. After failing to defeat the elusive Rhythm Beast, he began a medicinal bath with enough Metal Origin gathered to support his cultivation.

• Qin Wufeng agreed to obtain more Spirit Gathering Devices for Jiang Yan after learning Shendu Martial University had used up its reserves.
• Jiang Yan read about Battle Immunity on the Myriad Worlds Heavenly Ladder and saw Zou Han facing public backlash after losing his qualification match to You An.
• Jiang Yan decided to pursue the top ten thousand for the people he cared about and entered the Divine Martial Space to improve his techniques before breaking through to Inner Gang.
• Jiang Yan mastered Swift Brush and Lightning Strike: Nine Heavens Break, but the Rhythm Beast dodged repeated attacks, so he vowed to challenge it again after reaching the fourth rank.
• Workers installed three more Spirit Gathering Devices, and Jiang Yan filled his cultivation room with Metal Origin before climbing into a medicinal bath.

Jiang Yan unknowingly transformed his Geng Metal Mother Qi while condensing Outer Gang, creating a strange, formless black qi. After two days of cultivation, he realized his Outer Gang looked nothing like he expected and wondered whether he had suffered Qi Deviation.

• Jiang Yan absorbed more than Metal Origin as his Geng Metal Mother Qi mutated and his Outer Gang began to form.
• Qin Wufeng checked on Jiang Yan, found him cultivating, and left a temporary Defensive Barrier before visiting Zou Han.
• Qin Wufeng reassured Zou Han about the public backlash, and Zou Han challenged the Myriad Worlds Heavenly Ladder again but failed to reach the top ten thousand.
• Zou Han vowed to stay at Shendu Martial University until he entered the top ten thousand, while Qin Wufeng left him to cultivate.
• Two days later, Jiang Yan finished forming a layer of Outer Gang and found it was black, chaotic, and unlike what he had expected.