Chapter Summaries

Qin Shi learned that passing the Jail Gate required him to keep moving forward, then used the Electronic Demon to lure Qin Yixiong into the Netherworld. As Qin Shi began searching for his target, the Netherworld Research Institute detected his mental strength breaking its peak.

• Qin Shi asked Super Little He how to pass the Jail Gate and concluded he needed to keep advancing without turning back.
• Qin Shi staged a fake death photo and told Qin Yixiong that the target had been dealt with, prompting Qin Yixiong to arrange payment.
• Qin Shi’s Electronic Demon seized Qin Yixiong’s mind and pulled him into the Netherworld.
• Section Chief Ma and the Netherworld Research Institute detected Qin Shi entering the Netherworld and watched his mental strength surpass its peak.
• Qin Shi surveyed his tiny island in the Netherworld, then used Devious Maps to navigate toward Qin Yixiong.

Qin Shi cultivated the Void Meditation Method in the Netherworld, attracting powerful anomalies to his island of mind. After manifesting a raft marked with the Four Pillars’ emblems, he set out with Super Little He and found that even dangerous Netherworld creatures fled from him.

• Qin Shi tried to swim away from the island but returned to shore when the Netherworld’s cold overwhelmed him, so Super Little He explained how Mental Strength could manifest a boat.
• Qin Shi practiced the Void Meditation Method, drawing the Death Angler, the Red Embroidered Shoes, and other anomalies toward his island of mind.
• Section Chief Ma received reports of numerous anomalies moving and ordered the researchers to focus on monitoring Mother Snake's Eye.
• Qin Shi refined golden characters until he could manifest a small wooden raft, then branded the Four Pillars’ symbolic emblems onto its corners before setting off with Super Little He.
• The Death Angler fled when it saw the emblems, and the Red Embroidered Shoes scurried away when Qin Shi approached them.

Qin Shi killed Qin Yixiong in the Netherworld and used the experience to pass through the Jail Gate and break the Spirit Gate limit. As Qin Shi reached Spirit Dwelling in Inner Scenery, Old Liang stopped Secretary Huo’s team from arresting Gao Haipeng and sent them away with a corpse.

• Qin Shi summoned a dump truck with his Mental Strength and crushed Qin Yixiong, then refined the memory fragments left behind.
• Qin Shi returned to the Mind Palace and realized that killing an enemy had eased the mental burden that kept his Jail Gate closed.
• Qin Shi accepted that his past-life self was gone, passed through the Jail Gate, and broke the limit of the Spirit Gate.
• Secretary Huo arrived with Professional Level operatives to arrest Gao Haipeng, but Old Liang confronted them outside the dormitory.
• Old Liang recognized Qin Shi’s breakthrough, dismissed Secretary Huo’s team, and told them to take the corpse so it would not frighten his apprentice.

After Liang Zhengxiong killed Gao Haipeng, Secretary Huo secured the Inspection Department’s help cleaning up and agreed to respect Qin Shi’s wishes. Qin Shi broke through the Spirit Gate, resonated with Hong Sheng’s founding patriarch, and began mastering the patriarch’s techniques; Chen Ruofu then arranged an eighty-million sponsorship for Qin as a Martial Arts New Star while wondering who else stood behind him.

• Liang Zhengxiong rejected Secretary Huo’s offer to intervene in his teaching dispute, approved of Chen Ruofu’s interest in Qin Shi, and asked the inspectors to wash down the battlefield after killing Gao Haipeng.
• Qin Shi’s Inner Scenery transformed after he passed the Jail Gate, and touching the martial-art steles triggered a Mental Resonance with Hong Sheng’s founding patriarch.
• Super Little He explained that Qin Shi’s ability to learn through Mental Resonance was exceptionally rare, and Qin Shi left the Inner Scenery refreshed and in the Second New Life Transformation stage.
• Qin Shi practiced the patriarch’s Hundred Forms Cultivating Momentum in his dorm, and Liang Zhengxiong was startled by how closely his apprentice’s style resembled the patriarch’s.
• Secretary Huo reported Gao Haipeng’s death to Chen Ruofu, who ordered the department to respect Qin Shi’s wishes and revealed that the Martial Arts Association would offer Qin an initial sponsorship of eighty million.
• Chen Ruofu wondered why Qin Yixiong had also died and whether another expert was backing Qin Shi.

As Qin Shi prepared for the new school year, his training and growing reputation drew the attention of the Qin family, the Martial Arts Association, and rival factions. Qin Renying halted retaliation and handed the Old Factory Street redevelopment project to A’yang, while visitors from competing institutions prepared to assess Qin Shi.

• Qin Shi served fitness meals to Li Yuan, Xie Yucheng, and Zhou Ning, then continued training Li Yuan and Xie Yucheng as they pursued boxing and fighter certification.
• Qin Shi told Li Yuan that his progress had already surpassed his classmates and that his peers were likely at first-class academies.
• Qin Renying learned Qin Yixiong had died of brainstem failure, ordered his men not to pursue Qin Shi, and put A’yang in charge of the Old Factory Street redevelopment project.
• Qin Renying ordered Qin Yixiong’s body taken to the ancestral hall, canceled a presentation, and summoned Qin Yun to drive him to Mang Village.
• Lin Yunqing complained that Chen Ruofu had intervened in her investment in Qin Shi, then vowed to use her family’s influence in the Education Commission to help him.
• Lin Xiaohan learned that the Hengzhou Martial Arts Association and the Education Department would send representatives to assess Qin Shi, and worried that talent alone would not help him in the new era.

Qin Shi moved into the Talent Cultivation Project’s apartment and discovered that its resources let him train without worrying about money. By entering a state of mental stillness, he accelerated his New Life Transformation and gained at least eight Life Force points overnight; the next morning, he arranged to use the apartment’s training room.

• Miss An Jingchu showed Qin Shi his furnished apartment and explained that its seventeenth-floor unit reflected his top score in the Talent Cultivation Project.
• Qin Shi found the apartment stocked with costly training supplies and began practicing his fighting techniques and True Essence One Qi.
• Qin Shi learned from Super Little He that his Spirit Gate breakthrough let him gather Sun Essence, which could nourish his Mental Strength if used carefully.
• After training through the sunset, Qin Shi entered a state of mental stillness and experienced an intense New Life Transformation that gained him at least eight Life Force points.
• Qin Shi ate to recover, then accepted An Jingchu’s offer of nutritious meals the next morning and requested time in the apartment’s training room.

Qin Shi trained in the apartment complex's gravity room and set a staggering new challenge-mode record, raising his Life Force to just over thirty. Later, elite students Xu Mo and Zhao Yunzhu discovered the record and wondered whether its holder was their schoolmate.

• An Jingchu gave Qin Shi his new Identity Card and led him to the training rooms, where he trained at twice normal gravity and replenished his energy with Level 2 Energy Liquid.
• Qin Shi attempted challenge mode at three times normal gravity, defeated the projected attackers, and scored 1,900 in the thirty-minute session.
• Qin Shi's physical stats rose from 22 to 30.1 and his mental stats from 30 to 36.8, leaving him eager to choose another Hengzhou University target.
• Xu Mo and Zhao Yunzhu arrived to train and discussed their Life Force goals and the difficulty of qualifying for Hengzhou's Martial Arts New Star program.
• Lu Hui shoved Xu Mo aside to claim Training Room No. 2, then saw Qin Shi's record and reacted with disbelief.
• Zhao Yunzhu checked the rankings after Training Room No. 1 reopened, saw Qin Shi's score, and wondered if the record holder attended New No. 1 Middle School.

Qin Shi visited Lin Yunqing, heard that a veteran from the Hengzhou Martial Arts Association would test his talent, and then entered Qiguang Hengda University's virtual Combat Room to challenge ten Martial Arts Department students at once. He defeated Moon Walker in the opening fight, leaving the other nine opponents and the stunned spectators to watch.

• Qin Shi took a rideshare to Lin Yunqing's villa, and she told him a famed former Stellar Cup finalist would soon come to test his talent.
• Lin Yunqing invited Qin Shi to Uncle Chen's birthday banquet, but he declined and went to the basement to rank up in the virtual Combat Room.
• Luo Wenbin contacted Qin Shi and supplied him with a list of highly ranked Martial Arts Department players.
• Qin Shi created a multiplayer room and invited ten students, leaving Luo Wenbin and Xu Dong stunned by his one-versus-ten challenge.
• Qin Shi charged across the desert map and overpowered Moon Walker's defense before dragging him through the sand and crushing his skull with a final punch.

Qin Shi dominated Qiguang Hengda University’s virtual Combat Room, using his Old Martial Arts breakthroughs and newly unlocked skills to defeat opponent after opponent. After earning ten consecutive victories and reaching Unyielding Silver, he received a call about meeting a senior from the Hengzhou Martial Arts Association.

• Qin Shi defeated Moon Walker and set out to hunt Buxu Dao, while Yue Xingzhe concluded that Qin Shi had followed the Old Martial Arts breakthrough path and joined Luo Wenbin’s Shame Revenge Squad.
• Qin Shi defeated Buxu Dao and reasoned that New Martial Arts students were strongest when working as a team, then prepared to face the approaching opponents.
• Chang Jing confronted Qin Shi, used his Radar Sensing Great Method and a powerful Cannon Fist combination, but Qin Shi unlocked Raging Surge and overcame him.
• Qin Shi continued winning as the red team dwindled, prompting Luo Wenbin and the Shame Revenge Squad to marvel at his endurance and accuse him of possible cheating.
• Qin Shi achieved ten consecutive victories, reached Unyielding Silver, and received a call from Holwen asking him to meet a senior from the Hengzhou Martial Arts Association.

Qin Shi prepared for Chen Ruofu’s birthday banquet and arrived with Lin Yunqing as several powerful figures gathered to assess his inheritance and maneuver over martial arts traditions. The chapter ended with Lin Xiaohan heading downstairs to meet Qin Shi and Lin Yunqing while Inspector Xu explored the banquet venue.

• Qin Shi rested after his exhausting fight, inspected his transformed body, and changed into a navy-blue suit Lin Yunqing had prepared for him.
• Qin Shi and Lin Yunqing drove to Jinhui Building for Chen Ruofu’s birthday banquet.
• Chen Ruofu told Holwen to receive Qin Shi and personally greet the veteran from the Hengzhou Martial Arts Association, while forbidding his son A-Zhou from bringing guests upstairs.
• A frail old martial artist gave Xiaodao a patterned clay tablet to present to Qin Shi as a test of whether he had inherited He Lanchán’s teachings.
• Inspector Xu discussed the old martial arts traditions with Lin Xiaohan, who received Lin Yunqing’s call and went downstairs to meet her and Qin Shi.

At Chen Zhou’s banquet, Qin Shi met Inspector Xu, who assessed his Old Martial Arts talent and opposed suppressing him over his inheritance of He Lanchán’s legacy. Ren You then began verifying Qin Shi’s eligibility for Education Fund sponsorship by asking him to test a relic, leaving Qin Shi ready to strike the Jade Book.

• Lin Yunqing explained Chen Zhou’s strained relationship with his father, and Lin Xiaohan invited Qin Shi to join an exchange visit, which Qin Shi politely declined.
• Inspector Xu questioned Qin Shi about his age, life force, university plans, and broken limits, then praised his composure and Spirit Gate breakthrough.
• Inspector Xu told his secretary he had come to prevent conservatives from targeting Qin Shi and said he would offer him a chance to go to Central City if Old Man Zhang did not recruit him.
• Ren You introduced himself on behalf of the Hengzhou Martial Arts Association and asked Qin Shi to test the Jade Book relic by punching it, focusing his mind, and reciting its inscription.
• Qin Shi adjusted his body to peak condition and prepared to strike the Jade Book with full force.

Qin Shi demonstrated immense physical strength and Mental Strength to Ren You and the master of Nanhuang Dojo, but the master initially refused to take him as a disciple. After attacking Xu Bichang for trying to recruit Qin Shi, the master changed course and decided to move Nanhuang Dojo from Central City to Taian.

• Qin Shi struck Contained Object YC-522 with a powerful punch, and Ren You praised his strength after the clay slab absorbed the impact.
• Qin Shi produced ten beams of light from the slab by focusing his Mental Strength, convincing Ren You that he had the rare gift of Spirit-Flesh Union.
• The master assessed the slab, declined to accept Qin Shi as a disciple, and instead granted him 150 Million from the Education Fund and permission to possess the SSS-grade Void Meditation Method.
• The master learned Xu Bichang had approached Qin Shi, transformed into a towering figure, and hurled a yellow bulldozer at Xu Bichang's car.
• The master told Ren You to return to Central City without him and ordered Nanhuang Dojo to move from Central City to Taian.

Qin Shi learned about the rare Armed and Armored licenses held by a few dojos and entrusted Lin Yunqing with managing his 150-million-yuan sponsorship to improve his access to resources. Meanwhile, Ren You announced that Nanhuang Dojo planned to move to Tai'an, and Lin Xiaohan eagerly promised to approve land for it.

• Lin Yunqing explained Nanhuang Dojo's reputation and how dojos could grant members exceptional weapon, defense, and armor privileges.
• Lin Yunqing advised Qin Shi to invest most of his sponsorship in resources and higher market access, and Qin Shi entrusted the money to her.
• Lin Xiaohan learned that Inspector Xu Bichang had been struck by a bulldozer and was hospitalized, then hurried to visit him.
• Ren You told Lin Xiaohan that Nanhuang Dojo planned to move to Tai'an and asked the Education Department to approve land.
• Lin Xiaohan welcomed the dojo's move and promised to approve any site its senior chose.

On his first day at New No. 1 Middle School, Qin Shi practiced Body Cultivation and accepted a ride from An Jingchu, who tried to interest him in corporate sponsorship. The chapter ended with An Jingchu giving him her Primal Energy Company business card at the school gate.

• Qin Shi followed Old Liang's Body Cultivation advice, dressed in his school uniform, and asked An Jingchu to arrange a ride to school.
• Xu Mo and Zhao Yunzhu discussed the mysterious new Talent Apartment resident and doubted that he was the Qin Shi from their grade.
• Xu Mo saw An Jingchu driving a passenger toward school and wondered about the newcomer's status.
• An Jingchu told Qin Shi about corporate sponsorship for rising Martial Artists, but he said he had not considered it.
• At the school gate, An Jingchu handed Qin Shi her business card for Primal Energy Company and touched his palm.

Qin Shi returned to New No. 1 Middle School after summer vacation and took the opening Life Force test, astonishing Hongzhi Class and the Elite Class with a score of thirty-four. Xu Mo challenged him about his identity and records, leaving Qin Shi unsure who Lu Hui was.

• Qin Shi met Zhou Ning outside school and entered New No. 1 Middle School, where classmates and Liu Yue discussed their summer vacations.
• Brother Qian led Hongzhi Class to the Life Force test, while Zhou Ning talked with Qin Shi about the Elite Class and his hopes of joining it.
• Xu Mo and Zhao Yunzhu discussed the divide between the classes and speculated about Qin Shi's test result after hearing a commotion from the testing room.
• Brother Qian announced that Qin Shi's Life Force had risen from eight to thirty-four, setting a New No. 1 Middle School record and stunning both classes.
• Xu Mo questioned Brother Qian about the score, then asked Qin Shi whether he lived in Talent Apartment and had broken Lu Hui's training-room record; Qin Shi did not recognize the name.

Qin Shi stunned his teachers and classmates with a Life Force score of thirty-four, then refused a transfer to the Elite Class because he valued his freedom and already had other opportunities. He planned to keep training while continuing to spend time with Lin Yunqing.

• Xu Mo revealed that Qin Shi lived in the Talent Apartment, and Qin Shi said he did not know Lu Hui.
• Qin Shi told Brother Qian he would stay in Hongzhi Class, citing his sponsorship from the Hengzhou Martial Arts Association and plans to apply to the Martial Arts New Star training program.
• Teacher Wang discovered Qin Shi's score, prompting Liu Min to urge the principal to move him to the Elite Class.
• Principal Han said Qin Shi had declined the transfer and explained that the Education Commission, Martial Arts Association, and Inspection Department had all recognized or supported him.
• Principal Han decided to give Qin Shi the Grade Leader Award and scholarship, while Liu Min accepted that Qin Shi would remain in Hongzhi Class.
• Qin Shi told Zhou Ning he wanted to keep his freedom for training and accompanying a rich lady, then subdued Zhou when he tried to attack him.

Chen Yun brought Qin Shi to the Chenghua District Inspection Sub-bureau to apply for a third-tier temporary inspector's credential, and he passed its combat, psionic, and machinery assessments with ease. As they left, Qin Shi asked whether the Inspection Department issued equipment.

• Chen Yun drove Qin Shi to the Chenghua District Inspection Sub-bureau and explained that she was helping him apply for a third-tier temporary inspector's credential.
• Chen Yun pretended Qin Shi was her boyfriend to silence Wei Zheguang, then explained the credential's powers and introduced Qin Shi to Old Feng.
• Old Feng began the required assessments while Wei Zheguang watched, and Qin Shi quickly defeated the combat dummies and passed the psionic and machinery tests.
• Qin Shi saw that his Divine Mecha and Destruction achievements had improved, then asked Chen Yun whether the Inspection Department issued equipment.

After Qin Shi earned a temporary Inspection Department pass to protect himself from the Qin Family, he continued his training and sharpened his Mental Strength. Across the street, the leader of Nanhuang Dojo watched him and warned Ren You that Qin Shi’s ties to He Lanchán and Old Martial Arts made him a potential target in the struggle over martial arts and resources.

• Chen Yun explained that the Qin Family and other powerful forces could use their influence against Qin Shi, then gave him a temporary inspection pass arranged with Old Feng.
• Old Feng praised Qin Shi’s abilities and warned him not to choose the mechanical department, while Wei Zheguang grew furious at being ignored.
• After Chen Yun treated him to hot pot, Qin Shi returned to the Talent Apartment, trained with Level 3 Energy Liquid, and expanded his Mental Strength’s awareness to a radius of seven or eight meters.
• Qin Shi set Qiguang Hengda University's Great Whale Returns to Sea as his Combat Rewind target and went to bed after reading messages from Lin Yunqing and Chen Yun.
• The white-haired old man and Ren You discussed how Central City’s powerful families controlled resources and suppressed Old Martial Arts, and the old man revealed that Qin Shi’s legacy from He Lanchán made his prospects dangerous.

Qin Shi humiliated Lu Hui’s challenge with a display of wealth, then visited Old Liang to discuss his cultivation and the Old Martial Arts path. As Old Liang proposed cultivating the Spirit Gate and Bone Gate together, someone from Nanhuang Dojo interrupted to promote Heart Blood Refining Intent.

• Qin Shi refused Lu Hui’s sparring challenge and offered him money to stay away, leaving Lu Hui stunned by his apparent 150 million balance.
• Xu Mo and Zhao Yunzhu discussed Qin Shi’s likely exam rank and heard a rumor that boiled chicken breast and broccoli had helped his Life Force grow; Lu Hui resolved to copy the diet.
• Qin Shi returned to Old Factory Street, brought food and wine to Old Liang, and reported his Spirit Gate breakthrough, Inner Scenery progress, and ongoing second rebirth.
• Old Liang explained the limits of Life Force growth and suggested that Qin Shi cultivate the Spirit Gate and Bone Gate together.
• A voice from outside the dormitory called Spirit Bone Dual Cultivation antiquated and praised Nanhuang Dojo’s Heart Blood Refining Intent.

Ren You visited Qin Shi on behalf of Nanhuang Dojo, whose elder Zhang wanted to recruit him, but Old Liang negotiated a different arrangement: Zhang would teach Qin Shi the Universe Furnace Secret Codex while Qin Shi inherited Nanhuang Dojo. The chapter ended with Zhang agreeing to defy convention and pursue the path Old Liang proposed, just as Qin Shi mistook his excitement for a seizure.

• Ren You clashed auras with Old Liang outside Qin Shi's room until Qin Shi interrupted them and recognized Ren You.
• Ren You told Qin Shi that Nanhuang Dojo planned to settle in the Dangyang Eastern Suburbs and asked to meet Old Liang.
• Old Liang confronted Ren You about recruiting Qin Shi and challenged Zhang to come defeat him if Nanhuang Dojo wanted the disciple.
• Zhang revealed that Old Liang bore twelve Forbidden Class Fire Punishment Nails, and Old Liang said he had accepted them voluntarily.
• Old Liang proposed that Zhang teach Qin Shi the Universe Furnace Secret Codex in exchange for Qin Shi inheriting Nanhuang Dojo, and Zhang agreed to pursue the plan.
• Qin Shi returned with cigarettes, saw Zhang trembling with excitement, and hurriedly pushed his wheelchair toward a nearby clinic.