Recaps

Xia Ping discovered that the package he had taken contained twenty Golden Potions and the Heaven and Earth Audio-Visual Method, a secret art that could create spiritual power before reaching the Martial Artist Realm. As Black Bear Company supervisor Zheng Cheng mobilized his forces to recover the stolen goods, Xia Ping fled and Zheng Cheng’s subordinate Song Hui arrived.

• Xia Ping searched the three men he had killed and found a laser firearm and two titanium alloy knives.
• Xia Ping opened the package and found twenty Golden Potions and the Heaven and Earth Audio-Visual Method, which could produce spiritual power in the Martial Apprentice Realm.
• Xia Ping suspected his fused souls gave him the spiritual power needed to cultivate the manual, then fled when he heard people approaching.
• Zheng Cheng recalled how a powerful company member had stolen the potions and secret art, and vowed to recover the manual so he could reach the Martial Artist Realm.
• Song Hui arrived beside Zheng Cheng.

Zheng Cheng ordered his son Zheng Hua to hunt Xia Ping, believing Xia Ping was no stronger than the fifth level of the Martial Apprentice Realm. Hiding in an abandoned warehouse after escaping the Black Bear Company’s pursuit, Xia Ping took a Golden Potion and used the Pure Yang Indestructible Art to reach the fifth level and recover from his injuries.

• Song Hui reported that five or six Black Bear Company fighters had been killed in ambushes, and Zheng Cheng concluded their attacker was at most at the fifth level of the Martial Apprentice Realm.
• Zheng Cheng ordered his son Zheng Hua, a sixth-level Martial Apprentice, to find and kill Xia Ping, despite Song Hui’s warning about the danger.
• After escaping the company’s pursuit, Xia Ping hid in an abandoned warehouse, exhausted, hungry, and wounded from the fights.
• Xia Ping swallowed a Golden Potion and used the Pure Yang Indestructible Art to refine its violent energy.
• Xia Ping opened his fifth meridian, advanced to the fifth level of the Martial Apprentice Realm, healed his injuries, and demonstrated a punch with at least three thousand pounds of force.

After reaching Martial Apprentice Fifth Heaven, Xia Ping mastered the Heaven and Earth Audio-Visual Method and gained mental power that let him sense everything within twenty meters. As armed men arrived at the warehouse looking for him, he attacked first by throwing a stone through the short informant’s head.

• Xia Ping advanced to Martial Apprentice Fifth Heaven and considered how to escape the black-market men without exposing himself to their Laser Firearms.
• Xia Ping followed the Heaven and Earth Audio-Visual Method and quickly awakened mental power by breaking through the Baihui acupoint.
• Xia Ping used his new mental power to sense his surroundings and catch a fly with his fingers.
• Xia Ping sensed people approaching the warehouse as dawn broke and decided he had little to fear.
• Young Master Zheng arrived with seven or eight men in black, and the short informant confirmed someone was inside the warehouse.
• Xia Ping threw a stone through the warehouse window, killing the short informant with a blow to the head.

Xia Ping ambushed Zheng Hua and his men outside the warehouse, killing them with thrown stones and a final punch. He left Zheng Hua dead despite his plea that his father’s position at the Black Bear Company would protect him.

• Xia Ping killed the short man and several men in black by hurling pebbles from inside the warehouse.
• Xia Ping used his spiritual power to track the survivors and killed the men who tried to hide behind a wall and an iron barrel.
• Zheng Hua cut through a pebble with his sword and challenged Xia Ping to fight him openly.
• Xia Ping threw nine stones at Zheng Hua, who deflected them with nine sword strikes.
• Xia Ping leaped from the warehouse and killed Zheng Hua with a punch to the chest, dismissing his claim that his father would avenge him.

After killing Zheng Hua and the other attackers, Xia Ping looted recovery potions and a saber manual, then fled as Black Bear Company patrolmen approached. Zheng Cheng learned his only son was dead and ordered the company to seal off Black Moon City and hunt Xia Ping down.

• Xia Ping searched Zheng Hua’s body, taking recovery potions and finding a copy of the Universe Three Talents Saber Technique.
• Hearing Black Bear Company men approach, Xia Ping gathered his spoils and fled the warehouse.
• The patrolmen found the dead guards and identified the young man in white as Zheng Hua, Manager Zheng’s son.
• Zheng Cheng received news of Zheng Hua’s death and vowed to kill Xia Ping and punish his family.
• Zheng Cheng ordered Black Bear Company members to seal off the area and inspect the stations, and Song Hui relayed the order.

After killing Zheng Cheng’s son, Xia Ping found Black Bear Company searching Black Moon City and considered using an Invisibility Pill to escape. He instead decided to strike back, and the chapter ended as Zheng Cheng’s men discovered a note in the company lobby.

• Xia Ping learned that someone had developed an undying hatred for him and found Black Bear Company members sealing off the station to catch the killer.
• Xia Ping heard that Manager Zheng had ordered the company to capture him and threaten his family, so he used his Skin Mask to conceal his identity.
• Xia Ping found an Invisibility Pill in the system shop but balked at spending most of his Hate Points and decided to deal Black Bear Company a serious blow.
• Zheng Cheng berated Song Hui and his men for failing to find Xia Ping, while Song Hui suspected the killer had powerful accomplices.
• Song Hui spotted a piece of paper at the lobby entrance and pointed it out to Zheng Cheng.

Desolate destroyed Black Bear Company with a timed micro nuclear bomb and attacked the survivors. Zheng Cheng escaped the blast but was killed by Desolate after a barrage of attacks.

• Song Hui found a message at Black Bear Company's gate thanking the organization and promising a grand gift, signed by Desolate.
• Zheng Cheng sensed danger and tried to flee as a timed micro nuclear bomb exploded, destroying Black Bear Company's building and killing Song Hui and the others.
• Zheng Cheng survived the blast but emerged from the rubble badly injured and swore to hunt down Desolate.
• Desolate attacked Zheng Cheng with pebbles, laser beams, and a punch that broke his ribs.
• Desolate identified himself above Zheng Cheng and shot him in the head with a laser, killing him.

Xia Ping destroyed the Black Bear Company’s building, killed Zheng Cheng, and left the alias Desolate as a taunt before escaping toward Tianshui City. Dai An vowed to hunt him down, while Xia Ping received Hate Points aboard the train.

• Xia Ping used an Invisibility Pill to rob the Black Bear Company warehouse, then set timed nuclear bombs that destroyed the building and killed Zheng Cheng.
• Xia Ping carved the name Desolate beside Zheng Cheng’s corpse and hurried to the station to return to Tianshui City.
• Black Bear Company patrol members discovered the ruins and notified headquarters.
• Dai An arrived, learned about Desolate, and ordered the company to put him on the global wanted list and kill him.
• Xia Ping boarded the train after his invisibility wore off, and the system awarded him Hate Points for provoking many enemies.

After returning from Black Moon City, Xia Ping used Golden Potion to accelerate his cultivation and learned about a body-protection art that could help him absorb energy faster. He planned to earn the Hate Points needed to redeem its first level at the School Fighting Tournament the next day, where he also intended to confront Zhou Tai'an.

• Xia Ping cultivated with a bottle of Golden Potion and realized that three or four more bottles could help him reach Martial Apprentice Sixth Heaven within a month.
• Xia Ping worried that his body could not absorb energy quickly enough to advance before the College Entrance Exam.
• The system introduced the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art, which strengthened the body by converting attacks and the energy used to repair resulting damage.
• Xia Ping learned that the art's first level cost 3,000 Hate Points, leaving him 400 short of his current total.
• Xia Ping decided to use Monday's School Fighting Tournament to earn the missing Hate Points and planned to repay Zhou Tai'an for what had happened previously.

At the school Fighting Tournament, Xia Ping taunted Gao Wan and Yang Wei about their detention, causing students to spread humiliating rumors about them. He then spotted Xiong Batian and asked whether he had recovered from his hospital stay.

• Xia Ping found Gao Wan and Yang Wei at the Grade 12 lineup and greeted them by asking if they had just gotten out of detention.
• Nearby students recognized Gao Wan and Yang Wei and gossiped about their naked run around school and their seven-day detention.
• Xia Ping asked whether anything had happened to Gao Wan and Yang Wei in the holding cells, prompting the students to imagine lurid rumors despite their protests.
• Gao Wan and Yang Wei vowed to get revenge on Xia Ping for ruining their reputations.
• Xia Ping spotted Xiong Batian hurrying past and asked if he had recovered from the hospital.

Xia Ping provoked Xiong Batian at the School Fighting Tournament venue, then gained Hate Points as students spread rumors about his relationship with Jiang Yaru. The tournament began, and Xia Ping learned he would face Zhou Tai'an in the first match.

• Xia Ping taunted Xiong Batian about his hospital stay and warned him he might send him back, but Xiong Batian held back and left.
• Qiu Xue ordered the students to line up, and the School Fighting Tournament began with speeches from school officials.
• Jiang Yaru gave a speech while students gossiped about her and Xia Ping, spreading rumors that he dated many girls.
• Xia Ping realized the rumors were causing nearby students to hate him and earn him Hate Points.
• Xia Ping received the tournament schedule and discovered his first match was against Zhou Tai'an.

Xia Ping learned that his first tournament match would be against Zhou Tai'an, who was rumored to have arranged the matchup to punish him. As the tournament venue opened and spectators gathered at Ring 88, Zhou Tai'an made a dramatic entrance, leaving Xia Ping's match about to begin.

• Xia Ping saw that he had been paired with Zhou Tai'an in the first round, and students speculated that Zhou Tai'an had rigged the draw to get revenge.
• Gao Wan and Yang Wei celebrated the matchup and planned to mock Xia Ping after Zhou Tai'an beat him.
• The school deployed 126 transforming metal rings across the sports field and announced that matches would begin in fifteen minutes.
• Xia Ping went to Ring 88 and found a large crowd drawn by Zhou Tai'an's popularity and rumors about Xia Ping's love life.
• Zhou Tai'an arrived with his lackeys, cleared a path through the spectators, and leaped into the ring hard enough to crack the concrete.

Xia Ping faced Zhou Tai'an in the ring after Zhou displayed his strength and threatened to cripple him. Zhou began the match with a powerful strike, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Zhou Tai'an leaped into the arena, impressing the watching students with his strength as a Martial Apprentice Sixth Heaven expert.
• Xia Ping arrived, and the students judged him an ordinary opponent who had no chance against Zhou Tai'an.
• Zhou Tai'an threatened Xia Ping and boasted about his training at Wuwei Martial Arts Hall and his mastery of Five Peaks Fist.
• Xia Ping recalled knocking out Xiong Batian with one punch, but Zhou Tai'an dismissed the comparison and told the referee to start the match.
• The referee began the match, and Zhou Tai'an attacked with Five Peaks Fist's Mount Tai Crushing Top.

Xia Ping overwhelmed Zhou Tai'an in the ring, revealing power and martial skill far beyond what the students expected. After Zhou Tai'an charged at him again, Xia Ping struck him down and left him badly injured.

• Zhou Tai'an attacked Xia Ping with his Five Peaks Fist while the students dismissed Xia Ping's chances.
• Xia Ping used his Five Forms Fist: Dragon Fist to strike Zhou Tai'an in the chest, then followed with a White Crane kick that smashed him into the ring.
• The students, Yang Wei, Gao Wan, Xia Ping's classmates, and the referee teacher watched in shock as Xia Ping's attack shattered the ring and severely injured Zhou Tai'an.
• Zhou Tai'an accused Xia Ping of having reached the fifth level of the Martial Apprentice Realm, and Xia Ping mocked his confidence and lack of understanding.
• Zhou Tai'an charged at Xia Ping in a rage, but Xia Ping struck him with a palm, knocking out three teeth and swelling his face.

Xia Ping defeated Zhou Tai'an and provoked the spectators with his taunts, leaving the crowd furious and afraid of him. After the referee declared Xia Ping the winner, he knocked Zhou Tai'an unconscious and gained over three hundred Hate Points, still a hundred short of exchanging for the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art.

• Xia Ping asked the defeated Zhou Tai'an if he was convinced, but Zhou Tai'an refused to accept his loss.
• When students condemned Xia Ping for humiliating Zhou Tai'an, Xia Ping challenged them to fight and used his spiritual power to terrify three outspoken students.
• Xia Ping insulted the crowd, drawing more curses from the students as Gao Wan, Yang Wei, and Class 16 of Grade 12 watched.
• The referee declared Xia Ping the winner because Zhou Tai'an could no longer continue, but Xia Ping slapped Zhou Tai'an unconscious when he kept protesting.
• Students carried Zhou Tai'an away, and Xia Ping received over three hundred Hate Points, leaving him a hundred short of exchanging for the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art.

After defeating Zhou Tai'an, Xia Ping faced Baldy in the second round and knocked him out with one punch. He declared himself invincible, leaving the watching students furious and eager to challenge him.

• News of Xia Ping's humiliating victory over Zhou Tai'an spread throughout the school.
• Students gathered around Ring 75 to watch Xia Ping face Baldy, a Martial Apprentice Fifth Heaven fighter.
• Xia Ping dismissed Baldy and claimed he could defeat him with one punch, enraging him and the spectators.
• Baldy attacked with Eighteen Hungry Wolf Styles, but Xia Ping punched him out of the ring and knocked him unconscious.
• Xia Ping called himself invincible, and the students' anger toward him grew.

After advancing to the top sixteen, Xia Ping exchanged his Hate Points for the first level of the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art and faced Tao Yun in the next round. He challenged Tao Yun to hit him while he stood still, and the chapter ended as Tao Yun's Cloud-Parting Palm struck him.

• Xia Ping defeated his third- and fourth-round opponents with one punch each and advanced to the top sixteen.
• The system awarded Xia Ping 453 Hate Points, which he spent to learn the first level of the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art.
• Xia Ping felt a protective shield of true energy form over his skin and decided to test the art in his next match.
• Xia Ping faced Tao Yun, a Martial Apprentice Sixth Heaven practitioner skilled in Cloud-Parting Palm, and offered to stand still while Tao Yun attacked.
• After Xia Ping threatened him, Tao Yun accepted the challenge and struck Xia Ping with Flowing Water Moving Clouds.

Xia Ping tested the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art by letting Tao Yun hit him, and the attacks left him unharmed while helping him absorb the Golden Potion’s energy. Tao Yun broke down and fled the arena, while Xia Ping grew closer to reaching Martial Apprentice Sixth Heaven.

• The students expected Tao Yun’s Cloud-Parting Palm to badly injure Xia Ping, but Xia Ping blocked the strike with his Northern Underworld Body Protection Art.
• Xia Ping asked Tao Yun to keep attacking so he could test the technique.
• Tao Yun unleashed several Cloud-Parting Palm forms, but Xia Ping absorbed the force and used it to temper his body and speed up his absorption of the Golden Potion’s energy.
• Xia Ping mocked Tao Yun’s attacks as weak and urged him to hit harder.
• Tao Yun burst into tears, accused Xia Ping of bullying him, and fled the arena.

Xia Ping won his match when Tao Yun panicked and forfeited, then made the School Fighting Tournament’s top eight alongside Jiang Yaru. His sudden success shocked his classmates and teachers, while rumors and growing resentment followed him.

• Tao Yun fled the ring in tears, and the referee declared Xia Ping the winner by forfeit.
• The spectators called Xia Ping a demon and spread rumors about his supposed romantic scandals, while Xia Ping ignored them as the system awarded him Hate Points.
• The tournament announced its top eight, including Xia Ping and Jiang Yaru, who was already a Martial Apprentice Seventh Heaven expert.
• Jiang Yaru and the students of Class 16 were shocked by Xia Ping’s strength, while Liang Xiaoxue bitterly compared his success with her elimination.
• Gao Wan and Yang Wei feared they could no longer get revenge on Xia Ping, and Xiong Batian left after failing to make the top eight.
• Qiu Xue wondered whether Xia Ping had hidden his abilities before the tournament.

Xia Ping faced Gao Sheng in the quarterfinals and let the school's strongest attacker pound him, using the blows to refine his energy. After Gao Sheng exhausted himself, Xia Ping knocked him out with one punch and stood on the verge of advancing to Martial Apprentice Sixth Heaven.

• Gao Sheng challenged Xia Ping, boasting of his Tiger Tyrant Fist and threatening to defeat him.
• Xia Ping mocked Gao Sheng's technique, then stood still and let Gao Sheng's first punch strike his chest.
• Gao Sheng repeatedly punched Xia Ping, but Xia Ping remained unharmed and used the force to refine his energy.
• Xia Ping noticed Gao Sheng's attacks no longer improved his cultivation and decided to end the match.
• Xia Ping struck Gao Sheng once, breaking three ribs and sending him flying out of the arena unconscious.

Xia Ping advanced to the school tournament final after Hong Yu forfeited, then stunned Jiang Yaru by forfeiting against her and implying that she was pregnant. The chapter left Jiang Yaru confused as the students and teachers erupted in shock.

• Xia Ping defeated Gao Sheng, while Jiang Yaru, Hong Yu, and Zhu Erqin joined him in the semifinals.
• Hong Yu forfeited against Xia Ping to avoid getting injured, and Xia Ping advanced to the final without fighting.
• Jiang Yaru defeated Zhu Erqin and joined Xia Ping in the final.
• As Jiang Yaru prepared to fight, Xia Ping forfeited, leaving her baffled.
• Xia Ping called Jiang Yaru “Honey” and warned her not to upset the baby, provoking an uproar among the students and teachers.

After Xia Ping spread a false rumor that Jiang Yaru was pregnant, the crowd turned against him while Jiang Yaru won the tournament and vowed to make him pay. Xia Ping gained 3,700 Hate Points, but a dozen men in martial arts uniforms surrounded him at the school gate.

• Students blamed Xia Ping for Jiang Yaru's supposed pregnancy and invented a story that her beatings had made him stronger.
• Class 16's students and Qiu Xue were stunned by the rumor, while Jiang Yaru realized Xia Ping had made it up and grew furious.
• Xia Ping escaped to the bathroom as Jiang Yaru was declared champion, and she vowed to catch him later.
• The system told Xia Ping that the crowd's anger had earned him 3,700 Hate Points, and he headed home after using the bathroom.
• A dozen men in white martial arts uniforms surrounded Xia Ping at the school gate.

Yao Zhong, the senior disciple of Wuwei Martial Hall, confronted Xia Ping over his defeat of Zhou Tai'an, but Xia Ping proved stronger and left him injured. Xia Ping warned the other martial artists against attacking him, and they hesitated outside his school.

• Yao Zhong introduced himself as Zhou Tai'an's senior disciple and warned Xia Ping not to become arrogant.
• Yao Zhong attacked Xia Ping with his Thousand Illusion Palm, but Xia Ping dodged it.
• Yao Zhong tried to leave after warning Xia Ping that Zhou Tai'an would seek revenge, but Xia Ping struck him with Dragon Fist and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Yao Zhong's fellow martial artists threatened to gang up on Xia Ping, but he warned that hundreds of students could come to his aid.
• The martial artists hesitated, realizing they were outside Xia Ping's school and might be outnumbered.

Xia Ping sent Yao Zhong flying with a punch and learned they would face each other at the Tianshui City High School Fighting Tournament. Yao Zhong admitted Xia Ping had injured him but remained confident he would win, while Xia Ping returned home to find his parents waiting for him.

• Xia Ping mocked Yao Zhong after punching him, and Yao Zhong challenged him to prove himself at the tournament.
• Yao Zhong and his men left 95th Middle School, while Xia Ping resolved to become stronger before they met in the ring.
• Back at Wuwei Martial Hall, Yao Zhong spat blood and admitted Xia Ping’s punch had injured him because he had been careless.
• Yao Zhong insisted he could beat Xia Ping in a fair fight and boasted that he would soon reach Martial Apprentice Eighth Heaven.
• Xia Ping returned home and found his parents waiting for him.

Xia Ping cleared up rumors about Ya Ru with his parents, then broke through to Martial Apprentice Sixth Heaven after three days of cultivating. He decided to seek stronger opponents at Tianshui City's martial arts center so he could continue advancing.

• Xia Ping's parents confronted him about rumors that he had gotten Ya Ru pregnant, and he told them the rumors were false.
• Three days later, Xia Ping used the Pure Yang Indestructible Art and Golden Potion to open his sixth meridian and reach Martial Apprentice Sixth Heaven.
• Xia Ping credited the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art and his opponents' attacks for helping him absorb energy and improve quickly.
• Xia Ping realized he needed stronger opponents to keep cultivating and decided to go to the martial arts center.