Chapter Summaries

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.

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.