Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yan pushed himself through his ninth attempt to awaken his apertures and collapsed, but he refused to abandon his goal despite Wang Zhong's concern. As news spread that Chu Ming had awakened his apertures, a mysterious Divine Martial Space began loading in Jiang Yan's mind.

• Jiang Yan forced apart a Gravity Machine during his ninth awakening attempt and was carried to the school infirmary.
• Wang Zhong visited the badly injured Jiang Yan, gave him medicinal liquid, and warned him to stop training without permission.
• Jiang Yan recalled his parents' deaths, Wang Zhong's role in raising him, and the world's martial hierarchy, then insisted he still had a chance before the College Entrance Exam.
• Wang Zhong reconsidered his opposition after Jiang Yan compared the risks of awakening apertures to fighting Fierce Beasts.
• Jiang Yan slept through class as his classmates reacted to news that Chu Ming had awakened his apertures.
• A mechanical voice announced that Divine Martial Space was loading in Jiang Yan's mind.

Jiang Yan chose the Heaven Rewards Diligence Trait in the Divine Martial Space and discovered it rewarded his efforts with improvements to his skills and physique. After exploring the training spaces, he entered Combat Space and began fighting a Sharp Ruler Tiger, which he managed to injure.

• Jiang Yan selected Heaven Rewards Diligence as his innate Trait, then found that the Divine Martial Space offered Study Space and Combat Space.
• Jiang Yan tested the Study Space and learned it could create adjustable martial arts training equipment, though it could not produce unrelated items.
• Jiang Yan entered Combat Space and encountered a Second-Order Early-Stage Sharp Ruler Tiger, learning that he could fight without dying but the beast would retain its injuries.
• Jiang Yan began battling the Sharp Ruler Tiger and struck it with his saber, failing to break through its defense at first.
• The System Log reported that Jiang Yan's effort had dealt slight damage and slightly improved his Basic Saber Technique proficiency and physique.

Jiang Yan repeatedly fought and died to the Sharp Ruler Tiger, using Heaven Rewards Diligence to improve his skills and gain Traits. After finally killing the beast, he obtained Swiftness and opened his aperture.

• Principal Liu Hair-Ren ordered Wang Zhong to keep Jiang Yan off the Martial Arts Field and threatened his teaching bonus if he kept protecting him.
• Jiang Yan repeatedly died while attacking the Sharp Ruler Tiger, and his Basic Saber Technique reached Great Accomplishment.
• Jiang Yan injured the tiger and, after dying more than fifty times, gained the Desperate Truth Trait, which helped him evade fatal attacks.
• Jiang Yan continued fighting the tiger until Fierce Bull Strength reached Subtlety, then killed it after an hour of battle.
• Heaven Rewards Diligence granted Jiang Yan the Blue Trait Swiftness and stimulated his body’s potential, allowing him to open his aperture.

Jiang Yan awakened the Thick-Skinned Physique, reached the Late Body Tempering Stage, and learned that the principal had banned him from the Martial Arts Field. He decided to withdraw from Linjiang First High School while still taking the College Entrance Exam, then provoked Chu Ming after learning he had awakened.

• Jiang Yan discovered his new Thick-Skinned Physique and Late Body Tempering Stage, then left the Divine Martial Space.
• Wang Zhong told Jiang Yan that the principal had forbidden him from using the Martial Arts Field, so Jiang Yan decided to withdraw from school and take the College Entrance Exam independently.
• Jiang Yan told Wang Zhong that he had awakened, and Wang Zhong agreed to help him handle the withdrawal procedures.
• Jiang Yan returned to class and learned from his deskmate that Chu Ming had awakened and still resented him for reporting Chu Ming's bullying.
• Jiang Yan insulted Chu Ming, who threatened to beat him, while the class argued and Jiang Yan's deskmate ran to find Teacher Wang.

Jiang Yan beat Chu Ming and his lackeys after they mocked him, then went along with Wang Zhong’s plan to make his expulsion look convincing. The two reached the Office of Academic Affairs, where Wang Zhong insisted on carrying out the punishment despite efforts to talk him out of it.

• Jiang Yan knocked Chu Ming down with a punch and fractured his hand when their martial skills collided.
• Jiang Yan slapped Chu Ming’s lackeys and left the class stunned by his strength.
• Wang Zhong arrived, heard Jiang Yan’s fabricated account of a mutual spar, and announced that he would report the fight to the Principal.
• Wang Zhong dismissed other teachers’ offers to take Jiang Yan into their classes and escorted him to the Office of Academic Affairs.
• Wang Zhong refused the dean’s plea to reconsider and declared that he would lead by example in establishing discipline at First High School.

Jiang Yan left Linjiang First High School after being expelled and entered the Divine Martial Space to battle an Azure Lord Eagle. The chapter left him facing the eagle after Desperate Truth helped him dodge its first attack.

• Jiang Yan rejected Principal Liu Hair-Ren's attempt to keep him at school and left after his expulsion.
• Liu Hair-Ren dismissed Jiang Yan's prospects without the school's resources and went to visit Chu Ming.
• Ai Ning told his lackeys that late-awakened Aperture Awakened were inferior to Talent Users, then smashed a metal dummy during training.
• Jiang Yan returned home, entered the Divine Martial Space, and customized an Alloy Long Blade for a battle.
• Jiang Yan began fighting the Azure Lord Eagle, whose first strike he narrowly dodged when Desperate Truth activated.

Jiang Yan sought a movement skill and decided to leave Linjiang City to hunt Fierce Beasts for money. After testing him in a rooftop fight, Wang Zhong let him go, and Jiang Yan prepared to leave the city the next day.

• Jiang Yan gave up trying to fight the Azure Lord Eagle and practiced Basic Saber Technique until he reached Perfection.
• Unable to afford the martial skills and equipment he needed, Jiang Yan decided to try earning money as a Wilderness Hunter.
• Wang Zhong strongly opposed Jiang Yan leaving Linjiang City, then offered to let him go if he could defeat him.
• Jiang Yan and Wang Zhong fought on the rooftop, and Jiang Yan's strength and stamina surprised Wang Zhong.
• Wang Zhong stopped the spar and allowed Jiang Yan to leave, and Jiang Yan decided to depart the following day.

Jiang Yan left the city to hunt Fierce Beasts, discovering that diligent combat improved his abilities through Heaven Rewards Diligence. After surviving a pack of Black Wolves and strengthening his Thick-Skinned Physique, he began collecting their valuable parts.

• Uncle Wang left Jiang Yan protective armor and an Alloy Long Blade, which Jiang Yan took when he headed beyond the city gates.
• Jiang Yan passed the guard’s inspection and left the city to hunt Fierce Beasts for money.
• Jiang Yan killed several weak creatures and found that his physique improved, though they did not drop Traits.
• Jiang Yan fought and killed a Black Wolf, improving his saber comprehension, combat skills, and physique through diligent effort.
• More Black Wolves attacked, and Jiang Yan killed several, strengthening his perception of Killing Intent, killing techniques, and Thick-Skinned Physique.
• Jiang Yan resolved to keep training until Thick-Skinned Physique became a powerful constitution, then began stripping valuable parts from the wolves.

Jiang Yan sold Black Wolf materials, arranged to buy Explosive Step from a black-market merchant, and returned to the Wilderness to hunt and grow stronger. After reaching Body Tempering Perfection, he dodged a bandit’s arrow and charged at the group that had been following him.

• Jiang Yan sold six Black Wolf pelts and twelve fangs at the Exchange, earning enough to consider buying a movement technique.
• Jiang Yan arranged to meet Shorty at five that afternoon to buy Explosive Step.
• Jiang Yan returned to the Wilderness to hunt for money while several bandits followed him, planning to rob him.
• Jiang Yan battled Fierce Beasts, improved his Fierce Bull Strength, and broke through to Body Tempering Perfection after killing a Wind Strider Horse.
• Skinny shot an arrow at Jiang Yan from behind, but Jiang Yan dodged it; when Bald Strongman’s group moved to rob him, Jiang Yan charged at them with his saber.

Jiang Yan defeated a group of five wilderness robbers and traded the loot with Shorty for a deal on black-market goods. He bought Explosive Step and left eager to seek more battles and trigger his physique’s transformation.

• Jiang Yan charged the five robbers, killed Skinny, and fought off their attacks as his combat instincts and Thick-Skinned Physique improved.
• Jiang Yan killed three more robbers, severed Baldie's arm to stop him taking medicine, then killed him and the remaining woman.
• Jiang Yan searched the corpses and collected Star Coins, weapons, and other goods before heading to the Exchange.
• Jiang Yan negotiated with Shorty to sell him all the materials he gathered in the Wilderness in exchange for a ninety percent discount on black-market goods.
• Shorty agreed to the deal, brought out Explosive Step, and priced Jiang Yan's loot at the Exchange's market rates.

Jiang Yan sold his loot, bought Explosive Step, and continued fighting Black Wolves as his skills and Thick-Skinned Physique advanced. Meanwhile, Linjiang First High School announced a Wilderness mock exam offering Body Tempering Fluid, and a silver wolf appeared before Jiang Yan.

• Jiang Yan sold Baldie's boxing gloves and other loot to Shorty for a total of three hundred thousand Star Coins, then bought Explosive Step and camped near the Exchange.
• Principal Liu Hair-Ren announced that fifteen schools would hold a practical mock College Entrance Exam in the Wilderness, with Body Tempering Fluid for the top ten.
• Ai Ning resolved to compete for the rewards, while Liu Hair-Ren dismissed Jiang Yan's prospects after he left school.
• Jiang Yan's battles against Black Wolves increased his Thick-Skinned Physique and improved his skills, bringing Fierce Bull Strength to perfection.
• Jiang Yan fought the remaining Black Wolves with his Alloy Long Blade after they began to fear him.
• An earth-shaking howl made the wolves prostrate themselves as a towering silver wolf emerged from the pack.

Jiang Yan fought the Silver Howl Wolf King and its Black Wolf pack, using the battle to improve his abilities and comprehend Blade Momentum. He killed the wolf king, advanced to the Early Blood Coagulation Realm, and learned that Blade Momentum could develop into Blade Intent.

• The Silver Howl Wolf King led the Black Wolves in attacking Jiang Yan, who fought through the encirclement and charged at the beast.
• Jiang Yan killed Black Wolves and endured severe wounds from the Silver Howl Wolf King, steadily improving his physique and saber skills.
• Jiang Yan's repeated battles with the wolf king improved his combat techniques and raised Explosive Step to Mastery.
• The Silver Howl Wolf King grew larger and faster, but Jiang Yan kept attacking until he comprehended Blade Momentum.
• Jiang Yan used Blade Momentum to kill the Silver Howl Wolf King and advanced to the Early Blood Coagulation Realm.

Jiang Yan mastered Explosive Step, gained Wind Rider and Blade Bearer by defeating the Azure Lord Eagle, and endured repeated deaths to the Void-Rending Weasel before awakening Battle Saint Armor. After three days of fighting in the Wilderness, he spotted a drone and wondered why it was there.

• Jiang Yan reached Subtlety in Explosive Step and killed the Azure Lord Eagle, earning Wind Rider and Blade Bearer.
• A Void-Rending Weasel appeared in the Combat Space, and it killed Jiang Yan 125 times as he fought it through the night.
• Jiang Yan gained the Battle Saint Armor talent, which covered him in silver armor and a golden cape while boosting his attributes in battle.
• Jiang Yan entered the Wilderness and spent three days fighting until he reached the mid stage of Blood Coagulation.
• After killing a Fierce Beast, Jiang Yan hid from a passing drone and wondered why it was there.

As the Joint Exam began, Chu Ming anticipated taking revenge on Jiang Yan, while Liu Hair-Ren boasted to provincial official Shen Donglin about Linjiang First High School’s rising talent, Ai Ning. Liu Hair-Ren’s confidence in the school’s future left him dismissive of Jiang Yan, who had dropped out.

• Wang Zhong checked that Jiang Yan was still alive, and Jiang Yan replied that he was not dead.
• Chu Ming celebrated reaching Body Tempering Perfection and believed Jiang Yan had fled to avoid his retaliation.
• Shen Donglin confirmed that the Joint Exam’s trial zone had been prepared, with no Fierce Beasts above the third rank and Wilderness Hunters left in place.
• Liu Hair-Ren told Shen Donglin that Linjiang First High School had twenty-one Talent Users, including Ai Ning, who had awakened at fifteen and reached Blood Coagulation Mid Stage.
• Liu Hair-Ren revealed that Ai Ning had received an A talent rating, then dismissed Jiang Yan as unimportant compared with his promising student.

During the students’ trial in the Wilderness, Jiang Yan drew attention by defeating challengers who demanded his points, while officials and Liu Hair-Ren recognized him from the surveillance footage. He then encountered Chu Ming, who boasted about reaching Body Tempering Perfection, and attacked him before he could finish his threat.

• Shen Donglin ordered a camera to follow Ai Ning as the students began their trial in the Wilderness.
• Jiang Yan recognized that the students and drones had entered the territory where he had been hunting Fierce Beasts for days.
• When a student from Huangshui Middle School demanded his points, Jiang Yan sliced through his fireball and slashed him until he fainted.
• Shen Donglin replayed the footage of Jiang Yan’s blade technique, while Liu Hair-Ren recognized him and wondered how he had become so strong.
• Jiang Yan beat other students who tried to take his points, then decided to test whether the trial participants could stop him.
• Chu Ming confronted Jiang Yan, boasted that he had reached Body Tempering Perfection, and was met with Jiang Yan’s sudden Explosive Step attack.

Jiang Yan killed Chu Ming after destroying the drones recording their fight, prompting the Joint Exam officials to argue over his actions. Shen Donglin took control of the situation, offered rewards to students who could defeat Jiang Yan, and questioned Liu Hair-Ren about Chu Ming’s claim that Jiang Yan had been expelled.

• Chu Ming’s defensive scales failed to stop Jiang Yan’s blade, and Chu Ming taunted him by pointing out the surveillance drones recording the fight.
• Jiang Yan destroyed the three drones with his Blade Momentum and then stabbed Chu Ming through the heart.
• The principals in the meeting room demanded that Jiang Yan be captured or punished, while Liu Hair-Ren denounced him and tried to conceal his own role in expelling him.
• Shen Donglin silenced the principals, declared that he would make the decisions, and offered three bottles of Body Tempering Fluid to any student who defeated Jiang Yan.
• Shen Donglin asked Liu Hair-Ren why Chu Ming’s footage had mentioned Jiang Yan’s expulsion and pointed out that Chu Ming wore a Linjiang First High School uniform.

Shen Donglin questioned Liu Hair-Ren about Jiang Yan’s expulsion after recognizing Jiang Yan’s Blade Momentum, while Jiang Yan continued hunting in the Wilderness. Ai Ning began challenging students from other schools for their points, and Jiang Yan went to confront him.

• Shen Donglin recognized Jiang Yan’s Blade Momentum and demanded an explanation from Liu Hair-Ren, who claimed Jiang Yan had chosen to withdraw.
• Jiang Yan decided that hunting Second-Order Ferocious Beasts had become too easy and considered seeking Third-Order prey.
• Ai Ning ordered his lackeys to lure students from other schools to him so he could defeat them and take their points.
• One of Ai Ning’s lackeys provoked Jiang Yan, who grabbed him, learned Ai Ning’s name, and forced him to lead the way.
• Ai Ning defeated Huangshui Middle School’s strongest student with two sword strikes and mocked the school’s students.

Jiang Yan fought Ai Ning, who unleashed his Sword Constellation Heaven talent after Jiang Yan quickly overwhelmed him. Their final clash left one figure standing and the other kneeling, but the chapter ended before revealing who won.

• Liu Hair-Ren anticipated Ai Ning defeating Jiang Yan and earning a reward of three bottles of Body Tempering Fluid.
• Jiang Yan confronted Ai Ning and charged at him, while Ai Ning countered with his Soaring Cloud Swordplay.
• Jiang Yan cut Ai Ning’s sword in half and kicked him into the grass when Ai Ning tried to charge up power.
• Ai Ning unleashed his Sword Constellation Heaven talent and formed a Sword Embryo.
• Jiang Yan activated Battle Saint Armor, and the two struck each other in a clash that sent the onlookers flying.
• The dust settled enough to show one figure kneeling and one standing, but no one knew who had won.

Jiang Yan defeated Ai Ning and revealed his mastery of Blade Momentum, stunning the principals who watched the fight. Shen Donglin vowed to investigate why Jiang Yan had been expelled, leaving Liu Hair-Ren facing a likely reckoning.

• Jiang Yan stood unharmed over the badly wounded Ai Ning, who asked his identity and learned he was Jiang Yan, the student expelled by Linjiang First High School.
• The principals saw Ai Ning's defeat, while Shen Donglin praised Jiang Yan's Blade Momentum and talent and ordered an investigation into him.
• The principals recognized Jiang Yan's Blade Momentum and argued over which school should recruit him.
• The principal of Huangshui Middle School challenged Liu Hair-Ren to explain Jiang Yan's expulsion, and Shen Donglin promised to question Jiang Yan and judge whether Liu had treated him unfairly.
• Liu Hair-Ren sat in silence as the other principals mocked him and he awaited Shen Donglin's judgment.

After defeating Ai Ning, Jiang Yan met Shen Donglin, a senior official who offered to help him and recruit him for provincial training, but Jiang Yan chose to remain in the Wilderness. He then spent his savings on a new movement skill and supplies as he prepared to buy a better saber.

• Jiang Yan's Alloy Long Blade shattered, and he set off toward the dangerous Wilderness Area 56 Ruins City.
• Shen Donglin caught up with Jiang Yan, assured him he bore no ill will, and questioned him about his expulsion from Linjiang First High School.
• Jiang Yan explained Liu Hair-Ren's misconduct, and Shen Donglin promised to investigate and give him justice.
• Jiang Yan confirmed he would take the College Entrance Exam but refused Shen Donglin's offer to train at the Changchuan City Prodigy Training Camp.
• Jiang Yan sold Fierce Beast materials, bought the Mysterious Grade High Rank movement skill Nine Vertical Consecutive Actions, and entered the city to purchase supplies and a better saber.