Chapter Summaries

After practicing spear techniques, Qin Yan reviewed four spear-based Body Tempering Martial Arts that Instructor Xiao Huo had selected for him. He considered two Top Grade options that matched his Spear Technique proficiency but had not yet chosen one.

• Qin Yan finished more than two hours of spear practice and noticed Instructor Xiao Huo had sent him several Body Tempering Martial Arts options.
• Qin Yan reviewed the Exquisite Grade Flood Dragon Python Shedding Skin Spear and Blazing Sun Melting Snow Spear, but neither seemed to fit the Spear Intent he sought.
• Qin Yan examined the Top Grade Mystic Ice Spear Technique, which required Third-Stage Spear Technique proficiency and offered defensive and slowing effects.
• Qin Yan read about the Top Grade Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear, which promised tough skin and fascia, resistance to impacts, and strengthening Counter-Shock Qi.
• Qin Yan weighed the difficulty of mastering Top Grade Martial Skills against their stronger foundations and effects, but made no decision.

Qin Yan chose the difficult Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear, and Xiao Huo obtained university approval and sent him the technique. After training long enough to earn nine Skill Points, Qin Yan invested them all in the martial art, receiving its first-revolution knowledge as the chapter ended.

• Qin Yan rejected the Exquisite Grade skills and chose the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear for its strength and style.
• Xiao Huo warned Qin Yan that few students mastered the demanding technique, but Qin Yan reaffirmed his choice.
• Xiao Huo applied for university approval to teach Qin Yan the Top Grade Body Tempering Martial Art.
• While waiting for the technique, Qin Yan practiced the Basic Spear Technique for more than four hours and earned another Skill Point.
• Xiao Huo sent Qin Yan the technique, and Qin Yan read about its three chapters and the nine revolutions in each.
• Qin Yan spent all nine Skill Points on the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear and received the first revolution’s cultivation knowledge.

Qin Yan completed the first revolution of the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear’s Flesh and Skin Chapter and cultivated a faint strand of qi. He chose to delay telling Instructor Xiao Huo about his rapid progress so he would not attract excessive attention.

• Qin Yan saw that he had reached 90% mastery and worried about the Skill Points required for later stages before resting and accepting Lu Youyou’s invitation to the Heavenly Zone cafeteria.
• Qin Yan joined Lu Youyou and Xiao Wangshu for a medicinal meal, which Lu Youyou bought to celebrate becoming fellow disciples.
• Qin Yan returned to Estate No. 111 and trained for four more hours until his final Skill Point arrived.
• Qin Yan spent the Skill Point on the first revolution, broke through the bottleneck, and sensed a faint strand of qi within his body.
• Qin Yan decided to wait three to five days before visiting Instructor Xiao Huo, hoping to avoid scrutiny while presenting himself as a Spear Path prodigy.

On his first day of classes at Magic Capital Martial University, Qin Yan learned the principles of becoming a Martial Artist before training and studying spiritual herbs at home. The vastness of the herb guide left him with a demanding new assignment and less than one-thousandth of its contents read.

• Qin Yan attended Professor Wang Qi's Basic Theory of Martial Artists lecture and learned more about qi, breakthrough precautions, and the measures of each rank.
• After class, Qin Yan trained at Estate No. 111, noticed his endurance had improved, and speculated that the thread of qi inside him was nourishing his body.
• Qin Yan opened the Complete Guide to Low-Grade Spiritual Herbs at Xiao Huo's instruction and began learning about First-Rank Spiritual Herbs.
• After an hour of study, Qin Yan had grasped some herbs' effects and learned that spiritual herbs had nine ranks, but he had read less than one-thousandth of the guide.

Qin Yan used his Skill Points to advance his alchemy knowledge and the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear, then went to Instructor Xiao Huo to ask him to guard his breakthrough to the Martial Artist realm. Xiao Huo examined Qin Yan, discovered he had condensed qi in just six days, and agreed that his progress was astonishing.

• Qin Yan spent one Skill Point on the Complete Guide to Low-Grade Spiritual Herbs and raised his knowledge progress to 2.1%.
• Qin Yan trained and studied for five days, earning eleven Skill Points and reaching 77% of the spear art’s Second Revolution.
• Qin Yan finished his morning spear practice and went to Xiao Huo’s Pill Chamber to ask him to stand guard during his breakthrough.
• Xiao Huo finished refining ten pills, then examined Qin Yan and learned he had condensed qi and advanced the spear art in only six days.
• Xiao Huo praised Qin Yan’s progress and lost his concerns about the difficulty of the Martial Skill.

Qin Yan used the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear and Xiao Huo’s guidance to temper his flesh and skin, breaking through to become an Early First-Rank Martial Artist. After returning home, he checked his improved status and realized he still had many rounds of tempering ahead before reaching the First-Rank Peak.

• Xiao Huo gave Qin Yan Blood Qi Pills and Body Tempering Pills and guided him through his first full-body tempering.
• Qin Yan endured the pain as his qi and the pill’s power tempered his flesh and skin, completing the process under Xiao Huo’s protection.
• Xiao Huo congratulated Qin Yan on becoming a First-Rank Martial Artist and told him to consolidate his realm while continuing his martial and alchemy studies.
• Qin Yan returned to his estate, washed away the impurities from his breakthrough, and checked his System Panel.
• Qin Yan saw that his blood qi had reached 110 Cal and reflected that he was far behind Lu Youyou’s progress through the First Grade Realm.

After learning that the Monthly Exam would determine who kept a Heavenly Zone residence, Qin Yan discovered that becoming a First-Rank Martial Artist doubled the Skill Points he earned from training. He joined Class 1 and approached the empty seat beside Jin Gang, drawing the other students’ curious attention.

• Qin Yan read the notice for the upcoming Monthly Exam and resolved to train hard to keep his Heavenly Zone residence and earn Credit Points.
• After breaking through to First-Rank Martial Artist, Qin Yan confirmed that each four-hour training session earned him 2 Skill Points instead of 1.
• Qin Yan followed his updated timetable to Class 1, where the school had transferred him after his breakthrough.
• Lu Youyou greeted Qin Yan, impressed by how quickly he had learned Body Tempering Martial Arts and become a martial artist.
• Qin Yan headed for an empty seat beside Jin Gang, prompting his classmates to watch with eager anticipation.

Qin Yan clashed with Jin Gang after refusing to give up his seat, but Jin Gang proved stronger in a direct exchange. Lu Youyou defended Qin Yan and overwhelmed Jin Gang, then Sun Kong, the third-ranked freshman and Jin Gang’s fellow disciple, arrived.

• Jin Gang ordered Qin Yan to leave the seat beside him, and Qin Yan refused.
• Jin Gang punched Qin Yan, who met the attack head-on and was knocked back several steps.
• Lu Youyou confronted Jin Gang to defend Qin Yan and sent him stumbling backward with a single punch.
• Lu Youyou warned Jin Gang not to bully Qin Yan again and threatened to beat him during the Monthly Exam.
• Sun Kong arrived, and Lu Youyou told Qin Yan that the seat had been saved for Sun Kong, who ranked third among the freshmen.

After Lu Youyou and Sun Kong were stopped from fighting in the classroom, Qin Yan resolved to grow stronger before the Monthly Exam. After class, he returned to his manor and opened the campus resource exchange to look into the Golden Body Herbal Bath, a method that could speed up his cultivation.

• Lu Qingfeng stopped Lu Youyou and Sun Kong from fighting in the classroom and directed them to spar at the Martial Arena instead.
• Lu Youyou challenged Sun Kong to settle things at the Monthly Exam, then joined Qin Yan in finding a seat.
• Qin Yan resolved to improve his strength before the Monthly Exam, while Lu Qingfeng reflected on Xiao Wangshu's influence over the class.
• An elderly professor taught the class about humanity's martial history, beginning with the meteor, the arrival of Alien Races, and the awakening of Qi.
• Qin Yan declined Lu Youyou's invitation to eat on the cafeteria's second floor and ate a nutritious meal alone downstairs.
• Qin Yan returned to his manor and searched the campus resource exchange for the Golden Body Herbal Bath method recorded in the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear.

Qin Yan bought herbs for the Golden Body Medicine Bath and used them to strengthen his skin and flesh before practicing the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear. His Golden Body Counter-Shock Qi began to take shape, and he learned that the First Grade Flesh Realm’s killing move was Ninefold Qi Shock.

• Qin Yan searched the Logistics Department database and found that Iron Bone Flowers cost 1 Credit Point each while Golden Scale Grasses cost 9.
• Qin Yan exchanged 100 Credit Points for ten of each herb, leaving 50 Credit Points, and received the delivery from a Smart Robot.
• Qin Yan brewed one Iron Bone Flower and one Golden Scale Grass into a medicinal bath and soaked until his skin and flesh absorbed the medicine.
• Qin Yan practiced the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear and noticed that his Spear Force had grown more solid and pale golden Counter-Shock Qi had appeared around him.
• Qin Yan learned that the Flesh Realm’s killing move was Ninefold Qi Shock, which converted Golden Body Counter-Shock Qi into destructive Spear Qi.

Qin Yan used Skill Points and scarce cultivation resources to advance his martial skill and spear technique before the Monthly Exam. He arrived at the exam aiming for the top ten and Jin Gang, as the qualifying round began.

• Qin Yan spent 10 Skill Points to advance the Flesh and Skin Chapter to the Third Revolution, then completed his second and third skin temperings over the following days.
• After running out of cultivation resources, Qin Yan put his efforts into Ninefold Qi Shock and used his gains to raise his spear technique to Third Stage Mid-Grade before the exam.
• Qin Yan entered the Monthly Exam with 130 cal of Blood Qi and set his sights on the top ten, including challenging Jin Gang.
• Instructor Lin Jian explained the qualifying round and Arena Tournament rules, then the qualifying round began as lower-ranked students rushed to challenge their chosen opponents.

Qin Yan waited for the inevitable challenge at the Martial Arena and defeated Lu Chuan in a single exchange, establishing his strength and protecting his ranking. The selection matches continued, but no one challenged him again.

• Qin Yan watched the early matches, then prepared himself for a challenge.
• Lu Chuan, ranked fourteenth, challenged Qin Yan, ranked eleventh, at No. 3 Arena.
• Lu Chuan attacked first, but Qin Yan's spear knocked Lu Chuan's weapon from his hand and stopped at his throat.
• Lu Chuan surrendered, and Qin Yan left the arena after decisively defeating him.
• The later selection matches grew more intense, but Qin Yan was not challenged again.

Qin Yan entered the Arena Tournament and challenged tenth-ranked Jin Gang, whose high-level Body Tempering Martial Art made him a formidable opponent. Their fierce opening exchanges ended without a clear winner, and Jin Gang prepared to rely on his final killing move.

• After defeating two more challengers, Qin Yan secured eleventh place in the selection tournament and qualified for the Arena Tournament.
• The Arena Tournament began, and Qin Yan stepped onto the tenth arena to challenge Jin Gang.
• Jin Gang taunted Qin Yan about their past, but Qin Yan remained calm as the referee started the fight.
• Qin Yan's spear strike forced Jin Gang back, and they realized that Qin Yan had reached Mid First Grade while Jin Gang had reached Late First Grade.
• Jin Gang activated a Body Tempering Martial Art that turned his skin bronze, and the two exchanged fierce spear and fist attacks without either gaining the upper hand.
• After they separated, Qin Yan recognized the strength of Jin Gang's defense, while Jin Gang realized his usual methods had failed and prepared to use his final killing move.

Qin Yan defeated Vajra by revealing his Spear Qi and Double Spear Force, earning the tenth-place ranking among first-year students at Magic Capital Martial University. After he began recovering on the arena, students avoided challenging him and focused on ranks six through nine, leaving Qin Yan curious about the stronger prodigies above him.

• Qin Yan used Spear Qi and Double Spear Force to pierce Vajra's gauntlet and right hand, then struck him out of the fight.
• The referee declared Qin Yan the winner and ranked him tenth among the first-year students.
• Qin Yan sat on No. 10 Arena to recover his depleted Blood Qi while the tournament continued.
• After seeing Vajra's defeat, challengers avoided Qin Yan and the top five arenas, targeting ranks six through nine instead.
• Qin Yan watched the ensuing challenges, but their results left him slightly disappointed.

Lu Youyou challenged third-ranked Sun Kong and defeated him after her crimson defensive light film blocked his attack. The crowd identified the film as a body-tempering effect from a Martial Art at the Mastery realm.

• Qin Yan observed the arena holders' strength and noted that Leng Feng, Zhao Qingyun, and he were all spear users.
• Lu Youyou challenged Sun Kong, who vowed to avenge his junior disciple Jin Gang.
• Lu Youyou and Sun Kong exchanged fierce hammer and staff attacks, with Sun Kong gradually finding an opening.
• Sun Kong struck Lu Youyou's right shoulder, but a crimson light film absorbed the blow.
• Lu Youyou hit Sun Kong in the chest with her hammer, knocking him off the arena and into a coma.
• Students wondered how Lu Youyou had blocked the staff, and an informed student said the crimson film came from a Body Tempering Martial Art reaching Mastery.

Lu Youyou defeated Sun Kong and secured third place in the freshmen Monthly Exam, while Qin Yan finished tenth. After the exam, she told Qin Yan that the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear could help his body break the limits of convention if he cultivated it to perfection.

• Lu Youyou defeated Sun Kong with her Great Accomplishment Body Tempering Martial Art and took third place in the grade.
• Instructor Lin Jian ended the Monthly Exam and announced the final top ten, with Xiao Wangshu first, Lu Qingfeng second, Lu Youyou third, and Qin Yan tenth.
• Lin Jian kept Sun Kong's fourth-place ranking pending and offered double the usual fourth-place Credit Points reward to whoever defeated him at the next Monthly Exam.
• Lu Youyou praised Qin Yan after the exam, and Qin Yan praised her strength in return.
• Lu Youyou explained that Magic Capital Martial University's principal had cultivated the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear and urged Qin Yan to reach perfection in every chapter.
• Lu Youyou revealed that Top Grade Body Tempering Martial Arts could guide a cultivator's body to break the limits of convention.

Qin Yan learned that Silver Skin lay beyond Bronze Skin and decided to master herbal knowledge so he could become an alchemist, earn Credit Points, and obtain cultivation resources. After completing the Complete Guide to Low-Grade Spiritual Herbs, he visited Xiao Huo and began proving his mastery.

• Lu Youyou explained to Qin Yan that perfecting the relevant section of a Top Grade Body Tempering Martial Art could let him reach Silver Skin beyond Bronze Skin.
• Lu Youyou treated Qin Yan to a celebratory meal, and he returned to his villa to train and earn four Skill Points.
• Qin Yan invested his Skill Points in the Complete Guide to Low-Grade Spiritual Herbs, then trained for eleven days until he mastered it.
• Qin Yan went to see Xiao Huo and announced that he had mastered the herbal guide.
• Xiao Huo tested Qin Yan on Blazing Flower, and Qin Yan accurately described its properties, effects, habitat, and uses.

Xiao Huo tested Qin Yan’s knowledge of spirit medicines and confirmed that he had mastered the Complete Guide to Low-Grade Spiritual Herbs. He gave Qin Yan a book on spiritual meat and explained the steps and requirements for alchemy, then demonstrated his control over fire.

• Xiao Huo questioned Qin Yan about spirit medicines, and Qin Yan answered every question correctly, impressing him.
• Xiao Huo told Qin Yan he was halfway to beginning alchemy and handed him the Complete Guide to Low-Grade Spiritual Meat from his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Huo explained that alchemy required knowledge of ingredients, mastery of pill recipes, and an Alchemy Flame, which a Martial Artist could refine after reaching the Fourth-Rank Realm.
• Xiao Huo explained that lower-ranked alchemists used unstable Beast Fire or Heavenly Spirit Fire, and said Qin Yan would begin with an external flame.
• Xiao Huo summoned an orange flame and shaped it into six Flame Dragons, leaving Qin Yan stunned by his power.

Qin Yan mastered the Complete Guide to Low-Grade Spirit Meat in four days and returned to Xiao Huo, who trusted his progress and introduced him to practical alchemy. Xiao Huo demonstrated how to refine the Freshness Pill, leaving Qin Yan to absorb the steps of the process.

• Qin Yan left Xiao Huo's Pill Chamber with the Complete Guide to Low-Grade Spirit Meat and reflected on his teacher's Alchemy Flame.
• Qin Yan spent 16 Skill Points mastering the guide over four days and learned how spirit meat was made and used.
• Qin Yan told Xiao Huo he had mastered the guide, and Xiao Huo gave him the Freshness Pill formula to study.
• Xiao Huo used Beast Fire to demonstrate warming the cauldron, tempering herbs, and fusing their spiritual liquids.
• Xiao Huo extinguished the fire and produced ten Freshness Pills, whose scent refreshed Qin Yan and purified the air around him.

Qin Yan began practicing alchemy after watching Xiao Huo refine a Freshness Pill, but controlling the Beast Fire proved far more exhausting than expected. As he tried to add the first ingredient, his flame control suddenly failed.

• Xiao Huo gave Qin Yan the Freshness Pill and ten ingredient sets for practice, telling him to study the process and attempt the pill himself.
• Qin Yan mentally reviewed the refining steps and recognized that tempering ingredients and condensing pills required experience he could gain only through practice.
• Qin Yan used a technique from the Complete Guide to Low-Grade Spirit Meat to awaken and control the furnace’s Beast Fire.
• Qin Yan struggled to warm the furnace evenly, while Xiao Huo wondered why the task drained his Mental Strength so quickly.
• Qin Yan began adding Heart-Clearing Grass and tried to lower the flame, but the Beast Fire surged out of control.