Chapter Summaries

At Linhai No.1 Senior High School, Qin Yan trained diligently while concealing a panel that rewarded his martial arts practice with skill points. After finishing his stance training, he joined Zhou Yuan in the skill training area, where they prepared for more instruction from Gu Feng.

• Gu Feng corrected the students’ Sky-Supporting Qi Pillar stances and recognized Qin Yan’s exceptional form and Third Layer progress.
• After Gu Feng dismissed the class, Qin Yan continued practicing for nine more minutes while Zhou Yuan went ahead to the Skill Training Area.
• Qin Yan checked his hidden panel, which showed his cultivation stats and one available Skill Point earned through daily training.
• Qin Yan explained to himself that Skill Points improved martial arts skills, and reflected on how they had advanced his stance and spear technique.
• Qin Yan met Zhou Yuan, who complained about Gu Feng’s tough instruction, and reminded him that the coaching could help him qualify for Linhai Martial University.

Qin Yan demonstrated his rapidly improving Spear Technique during Gu Feng’s martial arts assessment, impressing the class and prompting Wang Ping to admit Qin Yan had surpassed him. The assessment continued with Qin Yan facing Gu Feng.

• Gu Feng began the martial arts skill test, suppressing his vitality to 80 Cal and calling students forward in ranking order.
• Gu Feng easily evaded Xiao Huohuo’s Ancient Ruler attacks, disarmed him, and criticized his rigid technique and poor force control.
• Gu Feng assessed the students one by one, dodging their attacks and identifying flaws in their techniques.
• Qin Yan charged Gu Feng with a fast, powerful spear thrust that surprised the coach and drew astonished reactions from the class.
• Wang Ping watched Qin Yan’s strike and admitted that Qin Yan’s Spear Technique was stronger than his own.

Qin Yan impressed Gu Feng by enduring his spear duel and resisting a disarming strike, though Gu Feng ultimately defeated him. After all the students had fought, Gu Feng warned the class that their current abilities might not earn them admission to their chosen Martial Universities, especially Jianghai Martial University.

• Qin Yan evaded Gu Feng's attacks and kept his spear when Gu Feng tried to disarm him, earning the teacher's praise for his First Stage High Rank Spear Technique.
• Gu Feng eventually knocked Qin Yan's spear from his grip and encouraged him to improve before the Gaokao.
• Zhou Yuan congratulated Qin Yan, who credited his progress to six hours of daily training and the System Panel that tracked his Skill Points.
• Qin Yan watched Wang Ping and the other students fight, then judged that his Martial Arts Skill placed him among the class's top ten.
• After Lin Yang was defeated, Gu Feng criticized the class and challenged him over failing to meet Jianghai Martial University's blood and qi and Martial Arts Skill requirements.

Qin Yan faced the high cost of improving his Blood Qi, but Gu Feng announced scholarships for April's Monthly Exam that reignited his determination to compete. After school, Qin Yan focused on studying and training while keeping his goal of entering Jianghai Martial University in mind.

• Qin Yan recognized that raising his Blood Qi quickly required expensive potions and other resources his family could not afford.
• Gu Feng announced rewards of 30,000 Huaxia Coins for the Grade's Top 50 and 50,000 Huaxia Coins plus ten Blood Qi Potions for the Top 10.
• Qin Yan resolved to push for the Top 50 or Top 10, calculating that his System Panel and training could help him catch up.
• Qin Yan reassured Zhou Yuan that they still had a month to prepare before sharing lunch and returning to academic study.
• Qin Yan reflected on the cost of martial arts cultivation and reaffirmed his goal of entering Jianghai Martial University, where Linhai No.1 Senior High School had placed only seven students the previous year.

Qin Yan trained late into the night, spent his new Skill Points improving his Spear Technique, and returned home to his family. He reunited with his younger sister and learned his father had gone back to the factory, before Qin Shouzheng arrived home exhausted.

• Qin Yan trained at the Gymnasium after Zhou Yuan left, then continued practicing after Lin Yang headed home.
• After another hour of training, Qin Yan checked his System Panel and spent two Skill Points to raise his Spear Technique to Level 1 (76%).
• Qin Yan walked home to Guanlan Residential Area, where Qin Xiaoxi surprised him and waited to go inside with him.
• Chen Juan told Qin Yan that Qin Shouzheng had returned to the factory to handle a problem, and Qin Yan reflected on the family's tight finances.
• Qin Shouzheng came home from work, tired but smiling at his family.

Qin Shouzheng gave Qin Yan twenty thousand Huaxia Coins to support his martial arts training before the college entrance exam, while Qin Yan reassured his worried sister that he would enter a Martial University. The chapter revealed that Qin Shouzheng had taken dangerous special-duty work at the factory to earn the money.

• Qin Xiaoxi welcomed Qin Shouzheng home with a shoulder massage, and Qin Shouzheng offered Qin Yan twenty thousand Huaxia Coins for his training and exam preparation.
• Chen Juan encouraged Qin Yan not to pressure himself, but Qin Yan insisted he would enter a Martial University.
• Qin Xiaoxi worried that Qin Shouzheng had taken dangerous factory work, and Qin Yan tried to reassure her while promising to provide for the family after he succeeded.
• Qin Yan told Qin Xiaoxi to share the good news of his recent progress with their parents, and she eagerly agreed.
• Chen Juan asked Qin Shouzheng whether he had accepted special-duty work, and he confirmed he had done it to support Qin Yan before the exam.

Qin Yan spent a month following an intense training schedule and used the 45 Skill Points he earned to greatly improve his Spear Technique and Sky-Supporting Qi Pillar. With the Monthly Exam approaching, he reached Fifth Layer perfection in Stance Training, ready to absorb Blood Qi Potions far more efficiently.

• Qin Yan saved his Blood Qi Potion until his Stance Training improved, then began a month of disciplined spear practice, stance training, and study.
• Before the Monthly Exam, Qin Yan checked his System Panel and found he had accumulated 45 Skill Points.
• Qin Yan spent Skill Points to advance his Spear Technique to Second Stage Low Rank and raise its progress to 21%.
• Qin Yan used his remaining Skill Points on Sky-Supporting Qi Pillar, breaking through Fourth Layer and reaching Fifth Layer perfection.

Qin Yan used perfected Sky-Supporting Qi Pillar training to absorb Blood Qi Potions and raise his blood qi ahead of the Monthly Exam. After an early morning training session, he arrived at the athletic field with Zhou Yuan and Lin Yang as the first event, the blood qi test, was about to begin.

• Qin Yan returned home, drank two Blood Qi Potions while practicing perfected Sky-Supporting Qi Pillar, and raised his blood qi from 67 Cal to 68 Cal.
• Qin Yan stayed up using his remaining potions, then left home at four in the morning and trained at school for two hours.
• Qin Yan ate breakfast with Zhou Yuan, who doubted that he had trained for two hours that morning.
• Qin Yan and Zhou Yuan joined the crowd heading to the athletic field for the Monthly Exam's blood qi test.
• Lin Yang showed Qin Yan the Qi-Blood Detection Pods and explained that students would circulate their blood qi inside them while their results appeared on screens.

Director Wan Xueping visited Linhai No.1 High School hoping to find a student who could enter a Top Martial University and improve his promotion prospects. As the April Monthly Exam began, Elite Class 1 was called to take the Blood Qi Test first.

• Lin Yang joked that Qin Yan might surpass him in the Monthly Exam, and Qin Yan silently considered that it was possible after his intense studying.
• Principal Wu Ming introduced promising Elite Class students to Wan Xueping, but admitted they had little chance of entering a Top Martial University.
• Wan Xueping rebuked Wu Ming over the school’s results, then reflected that a Top Martial University admission could help him beat his rival for a promotion.
• Wu Ming invited Wan Xueping to watch the Monthly Exam, and Wan agreed in the hope that the students might produce a dark horse.
• Gu Feng gave the Elite Class and Class 1 instructions for the tests, and the broadcast summoned the first ten Elite Class 1 students to the Blood Qi Test.

Qin Yan watched the Elite Class’s Blood Qi tests before taking his own test during Ordinary Class 1’s turn. His result reached 72 Cal, leaving Gu Feng shocked by how quickly he had improved.

• The Elite Class’s top ten students tested between 77 and 82 Cal, drawing excited reactions from the school.
• Lin Yang tested at 79 Cal, while Zhou Yuan recorded 69 Cal.
• Qin Yan entered the Number 5 Qi-Blood Detection Pod and released his Blood Qi for testing.
• The screen showed Qin Yan at 72 Cal, and Gu Feng realized he had gained more than 5 Cal in just over a month.

After Qin Yan scored 72 Cal Blood Qi, Gu Feng led Ordinary Class 1 to the Martial Arts Bureau for a Gaokao-standard Martial Arts Skill Test. Qin Yan was assigned a testing Puppet and readied his Spear as the test was about to begin.

• Zhou Yuan celebrated Qin Yan's 72 Cal Blood Qi and said his First Stage High Rank Spear Technique could help him reach the class's top ten, while Lin Yang reacted in shock.
• Wan Xueping asked Wu Ming to send him detailed results after the Martial Arts Skill Test, then left to visit other high schools.
• Gu Feng led the students to the Linhai City Martial Arts Administration, where staff divided them into smaller groups for testing.
• A staff member gave Qin Yan Information Card number 110 and instructed him to insert it into the Puppet and fight it with a weapon.
• Qin Yan took a standard-issue Spear, entered his details into the Puppet, and assumed a spear stance in the safe zone.

Qin Yan faced the Martial Arts Bureau’s adaptive puppet and earned 86 points after lasting 74 rounds. After he stunned Zhou Yuan and Lin Yang with his result, Gu Feng received a phone call that filled him with excitement.

• Qin Yan fought the puppet as it rapidly improved its boxing, but it eventually disarmed him and ended the test after 74 rounds.
• The test reported Qin Yan’s Martial Arts Skill score as 86 points, and he collected his information card before joining the others.
• Lin Yang and Zhou Yuan discussed their lower results, then reacted with disbelief when Qin Yan revealed his score and number of rounds.
• Gu Feng answered a phone call, reacted with surprise, and then celebrated excitedly over what he heard.

After Qin Yan’s Martial Arts Skill score of 86 points was confirmed, his achievement astonished students and school officials. Principal Wu Ming and Education Bureau Director Wan Xueping praised Qin Yan, leaving him face-to-face with the director at Linhai No.1 High School.

• Gu Feng praised Qin Yan after the Martial Arts Bureau confirmed his score, and Zhou Yuan and Lin Yang realized Qin Yan had told the truth.
• News of Qin Yan’s 86-point score and 74 rounds spread among the students, replacing disbelief with shock and awe.
• Wu Ming learned of Qin Yan’s result, celebrated, and called Wan Xueping to report it.
• Wan Xueping told Wu Ming to wait at school and rushed over to meet Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan arrived at the principal’s office, where Wu Ming introduced him to Director Wan Xueping, and Qin Yan greeted the director respectfully.

Wan Xueping learned that Qin Yan had perfected the fifth layer of Stance Training and offered him personal resource support to pursue admission to a Top Martial University. Qin Yan accepted the opportunity with confidence, then returned to the cafeteria and kept the meeting vague when Zhou Yuan asked about it.

• Wan Xueping asked Qin Yan whether he hoped to apply to a Top Martial University, and Qin Yan admitted that his vitality was still below the standard.
• Qin Yan revealed that he had reached the fifth layer of Stance Training and demonstrated the perfected Sky-Supporting Qi Pillar, astonishing Wan Xueping and Wu Ming.
• Wan Xueping explained that he needed a Top Martial University candidate to support his promotion prospects and asked whether resources could help Qin Yan meet the admission standards.
• Qin Yan said he was ninety percent certain he could reach the required strength with sufficient resources, and Wan Xueping decided to support him.
• Wan Xueping reminded Qin Yan to prepare for the academic exam, and Qin Yan later told Zhou Yuan that the meeting was a little secret.

Qin Yan received substantial cultivation resources from Wan Xueping in exchange for meeting a training target, while Wan also arranged easier work for Qin Yan’s father. The Monthly Exam results were announced the next day, with Qin Yan placing first in his class and ninth in his grade.

• Wan Xueping gave Qin Yan fifty Blood Qi Potions and ten Blood Qi Pills, setting targets of 80 Cal Blood Qi and an 88-point Martial Arts Skill score within half a month.
• Qin Yan accepted the conditions and trained with his Spear Technique for four hours that night.
• Qin Yan learned that Wan Xueping had arranged an easier job for Qin Shouzheng and told his family that an Education Bureau leader was supporting his training.
• Qin Yan drank a Blood Qi Potion and practiced the perfected fifth-layer stance of the Sky-Supporting Qi Pillar.
• The Monthly Exam results showed Qin Yan had scored 158 overall, placing first in his class and ninth in his grade, one point ahead of Lin Yang.

After Qin Yan’s latest training earned him another reward from Wan Xueping, Zhao Bin asked him to teach Stance Training, and Qin Yan also offered to guide Lin Yang. The next day, Qin Yan left school with Zhao Bin in a black sedan, heading to an undisclosed destination.

• Qin Yan used his Blood Qi Potions over half a month to raise his Blood Qi to 83 Cal and received fifty more potions and a Blood Qi Pill from Wan Xueping.
• Lin Yang told Qin Yan that Zhao Bin wanted to meet him, and Qin Yan realized Principal Wu had likely arranged the request for guidance.
• Zhao Bin asked Qin Yan to teach him Stance Training for a month in exchange for 20,000, and Qin Yan agreed.
• Qin Yan told Lin Yang that his Stance Training had reached the fifth level and offered to guide him for free.
• The next day, Qin Yan joined Zhao Bin in a black sedan, and Zhao Bin took him away from school.

Qin Yan trained Zhao Bin in the Martial Association’s exclusive Training Room, helping him improve his Stance Training. Afterward, Zhao Bin took Qin Yan to watch a Martial Artist duel, where they met Zhou Nan in the front-row stands.

• Zhao Bin brought Qin Yan to his father’s Martial Association Training Room and treated him to a meal provided by the Association.
• Qin Yan insisted that the meal’s cost be deducted from Zhao Bin’s guidance fee, reducing it from twenty thousand to eighteen thousand.
• Qin Yan guided Zhao Bin through Stance Training, and Zhao Bin felt confident he could reach the fourth layer before the college entrance exam.
• Qin Yan tested his Martial Arts Skill at 88 points and worried about meeting the qi-blood requirements for a top martial university.
• Zhao Bin led Qin Yan to the Martial Arena to watch a duel between Martial Artists.
• Zhao Bin introduced Qin Yan to Zhou Nan, who recognized him as the Ordinary Class student who had excelled in the Monthly Exam.

Qin Yan watched Liu Meng and Lei Hao’s fierce duel at the Martial Arena, which strengthened his resolve to become a powerful martial artist. The next evening, he and Zhao Bin arrived at their martial arts room and found Zhou Nan waiting outside.

• Zhou Nan greeted Qin Yan and praised his Monthly Exam performance.
• Liu Meng and Lei Hao fought at the Martial Arena, and Liu Meng won by half a move, claiming a bottle of Bone-Forging Pills.
• Qin Yan walked home reflecting on the power of martial artists and became more determined to grow stronger.
• After Qin Yan left, Zhou Nan questioned Zhao Bin about inviting him to train and decided to investigate Qin Yan herself.
• The next day, Qin Yan practiced his spear technique and instructed Lin Yang and Zhou Yuan in Stance Training before planning to train at night with Zhao Bin.
• Zhou Nan waited outside Room 1011 when Qin Yan and Zhao Bin arrived, explaining that her martial arts room was next door.

Qin Yan revealed his Five-Layer Stance Training while instructing Zhao Bin, surprising Zhou Nan. She asked Qin Yan to teach her too, and he agreed to train her in exchange for double Zhao Bin’s payment, leaving them to negotiate whether she would pay in Blood Qi Potions or Pills.

• Zhou Nan followed Zhao Bin and Qin Yan into the Training Room, making Zhao Bin anxious that she might discover their secret.
• Qin Yan reassured Zhao Bin and resumed teaching him Stance Training as Zhou Nan watched.
• Qin Yan demonstrated the fifth layer of Stance Training, astonishing Zhou Nan, who closely studied his movements and instruction.
• After training, Zhou Nan offered Qin Yan a functional drink, and the two grew awkward after he accidentally lingered on her figure.
• Zhou Nan promised to keep Qin Yan’s lessons to Zhao Bin secret, then asked Qin Yan to teach her as well.
• Qin Yan agreed when Zhou Nan offered double Zhao Bin’s fee, and she proposed paying with Blood Qi Pills instead of Blood Qi Potions.

Qin Yan explained the link between Stance Training and Blood Qi bottlenecks, then continued guiding his friends while building his own strength. Zhou Nan broke through to the fourth layer, and Qin Yan’s Blood Qi reached 90 Cal with twenty days remaining until the Gaokao.

• Zhou Nan gave Qin Yan a Hundred Herbs Hall Gold Card, and he accepted it.
• Zhou Nan explained that stronger Stance Training helped martial artists absorb resources and break through Blood Qi bottlenecks.
• Qin Yan spent the following days training at school and guiding Lin Yang, Zhou Yuan, Zhao Bin, and Zhou Nan.
• Zhou Nan broke through to the fourth layer of Stance Training under Qin Yan’s guidance, prompting Zhao Bin to train harder.
• Qin Yan checked his progress and found that his Blood Qi had reached 90 Cal, with twenty days left before the Gaokao.
• Qin Yan helped the drunken Zhao Bin up after their celebration, and Zhou Nan reached out to steady Qin Yan when he swayed.