Chapter Summaries

Zhu Xiyan skipped Jiangnan University's chaotic morning group cultivation session and returned to her own routine, planning to explain herself to the instructor. During the afternoon cultivation class, Yun Xiyao reported her absence, and Zhu Xiyan stepped forward when Xu Yanzhou asked who she was.

• Zhu Xiyan ignored the country's cultivation announcements and skipped the university's mandatory group session to cultivate alone.
• Yun Xiyao questioned Zhu Xiaoran about Zhu Xiyan's absence, then failed to report it to the instructor amid the crowded track.
• Zhu Xiaoran, Tian Fang, and Li Zhixuan complained to Zhu Xiyan about how noisy and unproductive the group session had been.
• Zhu Xiyan attended afternoon cultivation class with her dormmates, where Xu Yanzhou began sorting students by their cultivation experience.
• Yun Xiyao reported Zhu Xiyan for missing the morning session, and Zhu Xiyan identified herself when Xu Yanzhou asked who she was.

Zhu Xiyan told Xu Yanzhou she would stop attending morning group cultivation, arguing that it was unnecessary for her, and claimed she knew as much about cultivation as he did. Xu Yanzhou angrily suggested she stop attending his class, but Zhu Xiyan said she was informing him rather than seeking his approval, leaving the students stunned and Yun Xiyao pleased at the confrontation.

• Xu Yanzhou questioned Zhu Xiyan for missing morning group cultivation, and she announced she would not attend it in the future.
• Yun Xiyao accused Zhu Xiyan of defying the teacher and school rules, while Xu Yanzhou challenged her claim that she had advanced beyond beginner cultivation.
• Zhu Xiyan said she had long surpassed the beginner level by the standards of the original Cultivation World and claimed she knew at least as much as Xu Yanzhou.
• Xu Yanzhou angrily told Zhu Xiyan she could stop coming to his cultivation class, and Yun Xiyao and the students reacted with astonishment.
• Zhu Xiyan said she would not waste time on the class or morning group cultivation and was merely informing Xu Yanzhou, while Yun Xiyao privately welcomed his growing anger.

Zhu Xiyan rejected Xu Yanzhou’s threats over cultivation-class credits and challenged his authority, prompting him to demand a fight. When Xu Yanzhou attacked, Zhu Xiyan effortlessly shattered his Fist Qi with one palm and sent him flying.

• Xu Yanzhou threatened to report Zhu Xiyan and deny her cultivation-class credits, but she said she did not care about credits, graduation, or transferring to the state-established cultivation university.
• Xu Yanzhou stopped Zhu Xiyan from leaving and challenged her to prove her cultivation skill in a fight; she accepted.
• Xu Yanzhou offered to let Zhu Xiyan make three moves first, but she told him to attack directly because he might not withstand a single move from her.
• Xu Yanzhou launched a powerful punch covered in Fist Qi as the students watched.
• Zhu Xiyan struck Xu Yanzhou’s fist with one palm, shattered its Fist Qi, and sent him flying.

Zhu Xiyan defeated cultivation teacher Xu Yanzhou with one move, stunning the students and revealing that her cultivation was likely at least the Second Level of Forming Yuan. She mocked Xu, warned Yun Xiyao to stop provoking her, and then walked away.

• Zhu Xiyan sent Xu Yanzhou flying with one move, leaving the gathered students stunned.
• Zhu Xiaoran, Li Zhixuan, and Tian Fang realized Zhu Xiyan was far stronger than they had assumed, while Yun Xiyao became jealous and dejected.
• Xu Yanzhou struggled to his feet and guessed Zhu Xiyan had reached the Second or Third Level of Forming Yuan.
• Zhu Xiyan taunted Xu for underestimating her and challenged his claim that she was a beginner.
• Zhu Xiyan warned Yun Xiyao not to provoke her again, then walked away.

Zhu Xiyan left Jiangnan University after impressing her classmates with her strength, and rumors spread that she was the freshman who had defeated Li Hongtian. By the end of September, Ning Wangshu mastered a Dou Technique, though the All Heavens Seal still suppressed its power.

• Xu Yanzhou sent students with cultivation foundations to practice on their own and took the others to find suitable cultivation methods.
• Zhu Xiyan's classmates speculated that she was the freshman who had defeated the Cultivation Society president, and later confirmed her identity through a witness.
• Zhu Xiyan stayed away from group cultivation sessions, cultivated at home, and gave Zhu Xiaoran and the others pointers.
• Ning Wangshu reached a breakthrough in his Dou Technique practice, but the All Heavens Seal suppressed the Immortal Force that would have boosted his strength.

Ning Wangshu consumed the Hedao Flower and entered a mysterious state of Dao comprehension as its power surged into his Immortal Soul. Elsewhere, his Wizard Clan Avatar continued refining the ancient powerhouse’s Essence Blood and had grown much stronger.

• Ning Wangshu decided to test whether the Hedao Flower could help him break through toward the Mysterious Immortal Realm.
• Ning Wangshu prepared the Hedao Flower, the mysterious golden page, and the immortal sword, then swallowed the flower.
• Ning Wangshu refined the Hedao Flower with the Western Emperor Scripture, and its power entered his Immortal Soul.
• Ning Wangshu’s consciousness drifted among profound Dao patterns, losing himself in a state resembling Entering the Dao.
• Ning Wangshu’s Wizard Clan Avatar continued refining the ancient Wizard Clan powerhouse’s Essence Blood deep underground and had grown vastly stronger.

Lan Caiyi resolved to keep searching for Ning Wangshu because she hoped he could help the Wizard God Clan face the evil demons threatening their ancestral land. As Jiangnan University’s cultivation assessment began, Xuan Yuan Jingxiu and Hidden Dragon arrived to observe and examine the students.

• Lan Caiyi told Lan Tianzheng and the Wizard God Sect elders that she would rest briefly before continuing her search for Ning Wangshu, whom she believed might be able to help against the evil demons.
• Lan Tianzheng agreed that Ning Wangshu might be the Wizard God Sect’s only hope if the Wizard God Masters in the ancestral land failed to contain the demons.
• October brought the approaching Huaxia Cultivation University admissions assessments, and Zhu Xiaoran, Tian Fang, and Li Zhixuan asked Zhu Xiyan about cultivation.
• The first batch of university assessments began on October 12, and Jiangnan University’s second-batch assessment followed on October 16.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu and Zhang Rui arrived at Jiangnan University, where the president and administrators welcomed them; Hidden Dragon members came to examine the students.

Xuan Yuan Jingxiu and Zhang Rui arrived at Jiangnan University to oversee Huaxia Cultivation University’s assessment, while Zhu Xiyan’s friends prepared to take it. Xuan Yuan Jingxiu went to explore the campus where Ning Wangshu had studied, and Zhu Xiyan agreed to accompany her friends to the athletic field despite deciding not to be assessed.

• Zhang Rui introduced himself as Hidden Dragon Director and Xuan Yuan Jingxiu as Huaxia Cultivation University’s First Principal to Jiangnan University president Zhou Zhengze.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu declined Zhou Zhengze’s offer to accompany him and went to look around the campus where Ning Wangshu had studied.
• Zhang Rui followed Zhou Zhengze to the administration building while Zhou arranged for the students to assemble on the athletic field for the assessment.
• Zhu Xiyan told Zhu Xiaoran and their friends that she would not take the assessment because she was staying in Jiangnan City and did not need the university’s instruction.
• Zhu Xiyan agreed to go with her friends to watch the assessment and offer advice, then left the dormitory with them for the athletic field.

Zhu Xiyan arrived at the athletic field for the Huaxia Cultivation University entrance exam and confronted Yun Xiyao for mocking her. After slapping Yun Xiyao and warning her not to provoke her again, Zhu Xiyan left Yun Xiyao seething with resentment.

• Zhu Xiyan arrived at the athletic field with Zhu Xiaoran and the others, surprising classmates who had heard she would not take the entrance exam.
• Yun Xiyao mocked Zhu Xiyan for showing up after saying she would skip the exam, and Zhu Xiyan warned her to stop provoking her.
• Yun Xiyao challenged Zhu Xiyan to hit her, and Zhu Xiyan immediately slapped her across the face.
• Zhu Xiyan dismissed Yun Xiyao's anger, threatened her with a third warning, and dared her to fight back.
• Yun Xiyao stayed silent under Zhu Xiyan's threat but vowed inwardly to make her pay for the humiliation.

Zhu Xiyan watched the school gathering as Zhang Rui and Xuan Yuan Jingxiu arrived for Huaxia Cultivation University's admissions assessment. After Yun Xiyao mocked her, Zhu Xiyan slapped her again, and Zhang Rui soon announced the assessment's start.

• Liu Feng witnessed Zhu Xiyan's earlier confrontation with Yun Xiyao, then decided not to get involved.
• Zhou Zhengze arrived with Zhang Rui and the Hidden Dragon Members and introduced them as the assessment examiners.
• Zhou Zhengze announced that Xuan Yuan Jingxiu, Huaxia Cultivation University's first principal, was also visiting the school.
• Zhu Xiyan said Principal Xuanyuan's cultivation was far below Xuan Yuan Mang's, and Yun Xiyao mocked her for claiming to know him.
• Zhu Xiyan slapped Yun Xiyao again after she continued taunting her.
• Zhang Rui briefly addressed the students and announced that the assessment was beginning.

At the cultivation university assessments, Zhu Xiyan refused to take the test, saying Huaxia Cultivation University would be a waste of time for her. When a Hidden Dragon Member challenged her attitude, she openly admitted that she looked down on the university.

• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu arrived at Jiangnan University’s sports field and asked Zhang Rui about promising assessment candidates.
• When the proctor called her name, Zhu Xiyan refused to take the assessment, explaining she had come only to accompany Zhu Xiaoran and the others.
• Liu Feng urged Zhu Xiyan to reconsider, but she insisted she had never planned to take the assessment.
• Yun Xiyao told the Hidden Dragon Member that Zhu Xiyan had said she did not deign to take the assessment and thought little of the university.
• Zhu Xiyan confirmed she had said that, explaining that attending Huaxia Cultivation University would waste her time and that she did look down on it.

After Liu Feng revealed that Zhu Xiyan had likely reached at least the Second Level of the Forming Yuan Stage, the Hidden Dragon examiner realized she was an exceptional talent and went to report her cultivation to the bureau chief. Zhu Xiyan’s classmates speculated that she would be punished, but she remained unconcerned as the assessment was put on hold.

• The Hidden Dragon examiner mocked Zhu Xiyan’s confidence until Liu Feng told him she had defeated their Third Level of Xiantian cultivation teacher with one move.
• Liu Feng said their teacher believed Zhu Xiyan had reached at least the Second Level of the Forming Yuan Stage, possibly the Third, and the examiner was shocked to learn her cultivation exceeded his own.
• The examiner postponed the class assessment, told Liu Feng to keep Zhu Xiyan there, and hurried to report her situation to Zhang Rui.
• Zhu Xiyan’s classmates wondered why the examiner had left, while Yun Xiyao predicted he would report Zhu Xiyan and that the school would punish her.
• Zhu Xiaoran and the others worried that Zhu Xiyan might be punished, but Zhu Xiyan said she did not care.

The Hidden Dragon Member reported Zhu Xiyan’s cultivation to Zhang Rui and Xuan Yuan Jingxiu, prompting them and Jiangnan University President Zhou Zhengze to meet her. Zhang Rui sensed that Zhu Xiyan had reached Forming Yuan Stage Sixth Level, leaving her classmates stunned.

• The Hidden Dragon Member told Zhang Rui and Xuan Yuan Jingxiu that Zhu Xiyan was a rare prodigy who had reached at least Forming Yuan Stage Second Level and urged them to recruit her.
• Zhang Rui and Xuan Yuan Jingxiu hurried with Zhou Zhengze to Zhu Xiyan’s class, while her classmates assumed the leaders had come to punish her.
• Yun Xiyao gloated over Zhu Xiyan’s apparent trouble and resented her for slapping her, while Zhu Xiyan remained calm.
• Zhang Rui examined Zhu Xiyan’s aura and declared that she had reached Forming Yuan Stage Sixth Level, not merely Second or Third Level.
• Zhu Xiyan’s classmates and the Hidden Dragon Member reacted with disbelief at Zhang Rui’s revelation.

Zhang Rui revealed that Zhu Xiyan had reached the sixth level of the Forming Yuan Stage and offered her direct admission to Huaxia Cultivation University with a Golden Core Stage teacher. The chapter ended with Xuan Yuan Jingxiu declaring that he was not qualified to teach her and walking toward her, leaving everyone baffled.

• Yun Xiyao and the others were shocked to learn from Zhang Rui that Zhu Xiyan had reached the sixth level of the Forming Yuan Stage.
• Zhang Rui offered Zhu Xiyan direct admission to Huaxia Cultivation University and promised a Golden Core Stage teacher, possibly Xuan Yuan Jingxiu himself.
• Yun Xiyao grew jealous, while Zhu Xiaoran, Li Zhixuan, and Tian Fang expected Zhu Xiyan to accept the offer.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu told Zhang Rui he was not qualified to teach Zhu Xiyan and agreed that attending the university would waste her time.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu walked toward Zhu Xiyan as Zhang Rui and the onlookers stared at him in confusion.

Zhu Xiyan reunited with Xuan Yuan Jingxiu at Huaxia Cultivation University, where he revealed that her cultivation teacher was beyond his ability to teach. Their conversation left the crowd wondering about her background and the mysterious person she cultivated under.

• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu approached Zhu Xiyan, and she greeted him as an old acquaintance.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu confirmed he knew Zhu Xiyan and said he could not teach her because she was cultivating under someone he respected.
• Zhu Xiyan explained that she had come only to watch her roommates take their exams and apologized for her earlier words to the examiner.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu asked about the person Zhu Xiyan cultivated under, learned he remained in seclusion, and asked her to pass along his regards and thanks.
• Zhang Rui asked about Zhu Xiyan, but Xuan Yuan Jingxiu promised to explain privately before leaving with Zhang Rui and Zhou Zhengze.

After Zhu Xiyan left, Xuan Yuan Jingxiu revealed to Zhang Rui that Ning Xian Zun was the powerful figure backing her. They marveled at her rapid cultivation and considered her likely future advancement to the Golden Core Stage.

• Zhu Xiyan's classmates discussed her formidable background and treated her with envy and awe.
• Yun Xiyao panicked that Zhu Xiyan might punish her for stirring up trouble and despaired of avenging her earlier humiliation.
• Zhu Xiyan left for the dorms while Zhu Xiaoran, Li Zhixuan, and Tian Fang stayed behind.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu and Zhang Rui spoke privately, and Xuan Yuan Jingxiu identified Ning Xian Zun as the person behind Zhu Xiyan.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu and Zhang Rui noted that Zhu Xiyan had advanced from the second to the sixth level of the Forming Yuan Stage in two or three years and might reach the Golden Core Stage soon.

Zhu Xiyan reached the Seventh Level of the Forming Yuan Stage after Huaxia Cultivation University announced its assessment results, while a mysterious Five-Colored Divine Lotus emerged from a mountain cave near the Wizard God Sect. As Elder Li approached the lotus, a terrifying dark sword beam descended from the sky.

• Huaxia Cultivation University announced that just over a hundred students had passed, including three from Jiangnan University, while Li Hongtian was excluded because he was a Tiandao Sect disciple.
• Zhu Xiyan broke through to the Seventh Level of the Forming Yuan Stage.
• A pillar of light erupted from a newly exposed cave in the mountains near the Wizard God Sect, drawing Lan Caiyi, Lan Tianzheng, and several elders to investigate.
• A Five-Colored Divine Lotus rose from the cave, and Lan Tianzheng allowed Elder Li to try to retrieve it cautiously.
• A furious voice ordered them to get out of the way as a terrifying, ink-dark sword beam descended from the sky.

The Ten Thousand Demons Sect killed Elder Li and threatened Lan Caiyi, Lan Tianzheng, and the Wizard God Sect elders, but a mysterious phantom intervened and saved them. Lan Caiyi recognized the phantom as the senior who had shown her the Wizard God's true form.

• A Ten Thousand Demons Sect swordsman killed Elder Li with a black sword beam, despite Lan Caiyi's attempt to awaken the Wizard God Essence Blood in her heart.
• The swordsman attacked Lan Tianzheng, Lan Caiyi, and the Wizard God Sect elders, but an unseen voice shattered his sword beam and stopped the assault.
• The Ten Thousand Demons Sect leader challenged the hidden rescuer, who formed a hazy phantom and declared that he could handle them without appearing in person.
• Lan Tianzheng and the elders thanked the phantom, who said he had ties to them and could not stand by while they were attacked.
• Lan Caiyi recognized the phantom's silhouette as the senior who had once shown her the Wizard God's true form.

Ning Wangshu’s Wizard Clan Avatar saved Lan Caiyi and the Wizard God Sect from the Ten Thousand Demons Sect, then confronted the sect’s attackers. When their leader attacked his projection, Ning Wangshu shattered the demonic palm with a single strike.

• Lan Caiyi recognized Ning Wangshu’s phantom, and Lan Tianzheng and the Wizard God Sect elders learned that he was the lord she had sought.
• Ning Wangshu recognized Lan Caiyi and sensed the hundreds of drops of Wizard God Essence Blood within her.
• The Ten Thousand Demons Sect leader threatened to trace Ning Wangshu’s projection back to his true body and kill him.
• Ning Wangshu said his projected power was enough to destroy the attackers, but the leader summoned a massive demonic palm to crush him.
• Ning Wangshu pointed at the descending palm, pierced it with a Giant Finger, and made it collapse.

Ning Wangshu’s phantom overwhelmed Senior Brother Li and the Ten Thousand Demons Sect, but the Five-Colored Divine Lotus released a mind-ensnaring radiance that interrupted the fight. Ning Wangshu sent Lan Caiyi and the others away to safety, then watched as the Ten Thousand Demons Sect members wandered toward the lotus under its influence.

• Ning Wangshu’s phantom shattered Senior Brother Li’s technique, and Li claimed his Tribulation Stage strength could suppress even Ning Wangshu’s true form.
• Ning Wangshu unleashed a terrifying aura and a massive hand that sealed the Ten Thousand Demons Sect members’ power, leaving them fearful that he might have become an immortal.
• The Five-Colored Divine Lotus released a dazzling radiance that dazed Ning Wangshu, the Ten Thousand Demons Sect members, Lan Caiyi, and Lan Tianzheng.
• Ning Wangshu warned Lan Caiyi and the others to avert their eyes, broke them out of their trance, and sent them dozens of miles away.
• Ning Wangshu noticed the Ten Thousand Demons Sect members were still entranced and allowed them to approach the Five-Colored Divine Lotus to see what would happen.