Recaps

Before the quarterfinals, Xia Ping learned that the betting company offered ten-to-one odds on him winning the tournament and wagered forty million Federal Coins on himself. The betting company’s executives dismissed the bet, unaware that Xia Ping might still win despite Qin Muyang’s Martial Artist Realm strength.

• Xia Chuanliu called Xia Ping and said he planned to bet on his son after learning the championship odds were ten-to-one.
• Xia Ping checked the betting company’s website, realized it knew Qin Muyang had reached the Martial Artist Realm, and decided the long odds were a chance to make a fortune.
• Xia Ping registered with the betting company and placed a forty-million-Federal-Coin bet on himself to win the championship.
• The betting company’s employees and boss discussed the large wager and learned Xia Ping had placed it himself.
• The boss and other executives mocked Xia Ping’s bet, confident Qin Muyang would win because he was a Martial Artist Realm expert.

Xia Ping faced Jiang Yaru in the quarterfinals, while his remarks sparked outrageous rumors that she was his pregnant girlfriend. Jiang Yaru attacked with Thousand Buddha Hands of Tathagata, but her full-power strike failed to hurt him, leaving her stunned.

• Xia Ping met Jiang Yaru in the quarterfinals and urged her to concede, saying he needed the prize money to support his family.
• Spectators misinterpreted Xia Ping's words and spread rumors that Jiang Yaru was his pregnant girlfriend, angering her.
• Jiang Yaru unleashed the advanced martial skill Thousand Buddha Hands of Tathagata and struck Xia Ping with overwhelming force.
• Jiang Yaru's palm hit Xia Ping, but he redirected its force without being harmed, astonishing her.

Jiang Yaru unleashed her ultimate Thousand Buddha Hands technique against Xia Ping, but his defenses remained unbroken. He stopped her before she exhausted herself further, leaving her held in his arms as spectators speculated about what had happened.

• Jiang Yaru struck Xia Ping with her strongest attacks, but his Northern Underworld Body Protection Art left him unharmed.
• Jiang Yaru used Buddha Point Thousand Lamps, draining nearly all her true qi as she hammered Xia Ping with a thousand palms.
• Xia Ping caught Jiang Yaru's final strike and pulled her into his arms, stopping her before she could further damage herself.
• Xia Ping scolded Jiang Yaru for forcing out a technique her strength could not support, and she felt guilty about losing control.
• The spectators saw Jiang Yaru in Xia Ping's arms and joked about how he had supposedly calmed her down.
• An older spectator claimed Xia Ping had kissed Jiang Yaru, then recalled his own disastrous romantic past as the others pressed him for details.

Xia Ping defeated Jiang Yaru after she forfeited, then advanced to the tournament final when Nangong Wu forfeited their semifinal. The chapter ended as Xia Ping and Qin Muyang prepared to compete for the championship.

• Jiang Yaru forfeited her quarterfinal match against Xia Ping, and the referee declared Xia Ping the winner.
• Xia Ping learned that Nangong Wu would be his semifinal opponent, while Qin Muyang defeated Chu Rong.
• Nangong Wu forfeited before fighting Xia Ping, saying she wanted to see him face Qin Muyang.
• The audience accused Xia Ping of rigging the tournament and complained that their bets on Nangong Wu had lost.
• Qin Muyang won his semifinal, setting up the championship final against Xia Ping.

Xia Ping faced Qin Muyang in the final, but Qin Muyang revealed that he had reached the Martial Artist Realm, leaving the spectators convinced Xia Ping would lose. The match had not yet begun, and Xia Ping remained on the arena facing the newly exposed threat.

• Qin Muyang confronted Xia Ping and recalled the humiliations that had made him wait eagerly for their final match.
• Xia Ping calmly declared that he would win, prompting Qin Muyang to unleash his aura and project true energy.
• Spectators realized Qin Muyang had reached the Martial Artist Realm and predicted that Xia Ping would be crushed.
• Gamblers who had bet on Xia Ping cursed the bookmakers, while the bookmakers celebrated their winnings.
• Chu Rong, Jiang Ya Ru, Qiu Xue, and Xia Ping’s former tormentors reacted to Qin Muyang’s strength, with the former group expecting Xia Ping to lose and the latter relieved that someone might stop him.

Qin Muyang revealed his Martial Artist Realm cultivation and attacked Xia Ping with the Five Absolutes Killing God Hand, expecting an easy victory. Xia Ping remained unharmed and struck Qin Muyang in the chest, leaving the match's outcome unresolved.

• In a VIP room, Mayor Qin Fei and the clan heads praised Qin Muyang's Martial Artist Realm cultivation, and Elder Fang acknowledged his talent.
• Qin Muyang boasted that he would crush Xia Ping and win the championship before the spectators and Nangong Wu.
• After the referee started the match, Qin Muyang unleashed Lingchi World-Slicing, but Xia Ping stood unharmed after taking the attack.
• Qin Muyang frantically struck Xia Ping dozens of times, but Xia Ping did not move or suffer injury.
• Xia Ping told Qin Muyang to get lost and slammed his palm into Qin Muyang's chest.

Xia Ping defeated Qin Muyang, a Martial Artist Realm expert, and won their match despite being only at the Martial Apprentice Ninth Heaven. The stunned spectators recognized the victory as unprecedented, while Qin Muyang fainted outside the ring.

• Xia Ping struck Qin Muyang hard enough to break his ribs and asked him to surrender, but Qin Muyang refused.
• Qin Muyang forced himself up to attack, and Xia Ping slapped him out of the ring, knocking out several teeth and breaking more bones.
• Qin Muyang fainted from his injuries and rage, and the referee declared Xia Ping the winner.
• The spectators were shocked that Xia Ping had overwhelmed a Martial Artist Realm expert and called the match a legendary first for Tianshui City.

Xia Ping defeated Qin Muyang to win the championship, shocking the spectators and devastating the Tianshui City Betting Company with its enormous payouts. Elder Fang decided to meet Xia Ping after the awards ceremony, while Mayor Qin Fei watched the opportunity he had hoped for his son slip away.

• Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, Qiu Xue, and Xia Ping’s classmates reacted to his victory, with Chu Rong vowing to grow strong enough to challenge him again.
• The Tianshui City Betting Company’s executives realized Xia Ping’s win would cost them at least a billion Federal Coins and accepted that they had to pay.
• Elder Fang asked to meet Xia Ping after the awards ceremony, prompting the VIP lounge’s bigwigs to speculate that he would recruit him.
• Mayor Qin Fei resented Xia Ping for taking the attention Elder Fang might have given Qin Muyang, but he stayed silent.

After Xia Ping won the Tianshui City High School Fighting Tournament, his parents celebrated while Meng Fei and Wang Dachui planned to use his victory to promote their TV adaptation. Zhou Quan suspected Xia Ping was connected to his brother and nephew’s deaths and ordered his men to watch the family and kill Xia Ping if they found anything suspicious.

• Xia Chuanliu and Huang Lanxin celebrated Xia Ping’s tournament victory, and Xia Chuanliu decided to tell their relatives and friends.
• Meng Fei watched news of Xia Ping’s win and praised his martial arts and writing talent.
• Wang Dachui told Meng Fei the TV series was finished and proposed revealing Xia Ping’s identity to promote it, despite Meng Fei’s concern that Xia Ping might object.
• Zhou Quan’s men reported Xia Ping’s rapid cultivation, his conflict with Zhou Tai'an, and the deaths of Zhou Ding and others after they targeted Xia Ping’s family.
• Zhou Quan decided Xia Ping was likely involved in the deaths and ordered his men to monitor Xia Ping’s family and kill him if they found suspicious activity.

Xia Ping learned that his System permissions upgrade let him identify enemies bearing murderous intent, and he discovered Zhou Quan was plotting revenge. After winning the championship and meeting Elder Fang, Xia Ping punched him at the elder’s request, but his attack had no effect.

• The System told Xia Ping he had reached one hundred thousand Hate Points and could spend points to learn enemies’ identities, basic information, and locations.
• Xia Ping spent one thousand Hate Points to identify Zhou Quan as the man who wanted to kill him, then resolved to eliminate him after the awards ceremony.
• Xia Ping accepted the championship trophy while Qin Muyang remained in emergency treatment and missed the ceremony.
• A man in black invited Xia Ping to meet an important figure, and Xia Ping agreed after sensing no hostility from him.
• The man in black brought Xia Ping to Elder Fang, who asked him to throw a punch; Xia Ping struck with Dragon Fist, but Elder Fang absorbed the force without moving.

Fang Ru, the person in charge of Giant Corporation’s Yang Province District, discovered Xia Ping’s extraordinary spiritual power and invited him to join the corporation. Xia Ping considered the rare training and guidance the organization could offer.

• The White-Clothed Elder recognized that Xia Ping had cultivated spiritual power while still in the Martial Apprentice Realm.
• Xia Ping said his spiritual power reached about a hundred and twenty meters, astonishing the elder and the men in black.
• The elder introduced himself as Fang Ru, the person in charge of Giant Corporation’s Yang Province District.
• Fang Ru invited Xia Ping to join Giant Corporation and described its rare treasures, martial arts manuals, and guidance from Grandmaster and King Realm experts.
• Xia Ping reflected on the immense benefits of joining Giant Corporation.

Xia Ping agreed to join the Giant Corporation, signed its employment contract, and learned that his trial would begin in a week. After leaving the hall, he was approached by Tianshui City officials, including Feng Hetang’s father, who greeted him warmly.

• Fang Ru explained that Xia Ping could attend university while joining the Giant Corporation and described the required trial.
• Xia Ping decided the corporation’s support and resources were worth joining and accepted Fang Ru’s offer.
• Xia Ping read and signed the Giant Corporation’s contract, officially becoming a member pending his trial.
• Fang Ru told Xia Ping the trial would start in a week, last about a month, and not interfere with the College Entrance Exam.
• At the hall’s entrance, Feng Shan introduced himself as Feng Hetang’s father and warmly greeted Xia Ping.

Tianshui City's powerful families courted Xia Ping after he joined Giant Corporation and invited him to a reception for the Fighting Tournament finalists. After accepting, Xia Ping left with killing intent and planned to kill someone.

• Feng Shan introduced Xia Ping to Mayor Qin Fei, Deputy Mayor Liu Jianghe, several councilors, and Nangong Hai, head of the Nangong Clan.
• Xia Ping called Nangong Hai "Dad" and then "future father-in-law," angering Nangong Hai, who decided to keep him away from Nangong Wu.
• Feng Shan invited Xia Ping to a reception at Tianshui Grand Hotel the following evening for the sixteen Fighting Tournament finalists.
• Xia Ping accepted the invitation and left, intending to kill someone rather than go home.

Zhou Quan prepared to kidnap Xia Ping’s family, but Xia Ping found his hideout and killed his men. Xia Ping confronted Zhou Quan and attacked him, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Zhou Quan and his men planned to abduct Xia Ping’s family and eliminate him without leaving evidence.
• Zhou Quan dismissed a subordinate’s concerns and ordered his men to carry out the plan without failure.
• Xia Ping suddenly appeared in the warehouse and killed all of Zhou Quan’s subordinates with flying stones.
• Xia Ping confronted Zhou Quan about plotting against his family, and Zhou Quan demanded to know how he had learned of the plan.
• Xia Ping attacked Zhou Quan with the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art, and Zhou Quan surged with true qi to meet him.

Xia Ping defeated and killed Zhou Quan in the abandoned warehouse, then found three valuable Qi Condensation Pills on his corpse. He left with the pills, hoping they would help him reach the peak of the Martial Apprentice Realm and advance to the Martial Artist Realm.

• Zhou Quan attacked Xia Ping, but Xia Ping blocked his punch with the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art.
• Xia Ping struck Zhou Quan’s chest with Viper Piercing Heart and crushed his heart.
• Xia Ping used Corpse-Dissolving Water to erase the bodies and discovered a porcelain bottle Zhou Quan had left behind.
• Xia Ping found three Qi Condensation Pills in the bottle and took them before leaving the warehouse.

After taking a Qi Condensation Pill, Xia Ping attended a lavish banquet at the Tianshui Grand Hotel, where he drew attention as the Fighting Tournament champion. He left Jiang Yaru and Chu Rong exasperated as he flirted with admirers and boasted about his hard work and humility.

• Xia Ping felt the Qi Condensation Pill greatly increase his true energy and strength, bringing him closer to the peak of the Ninth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm.
• Xia Ping arrived at the Tianshui Grand Hotel banquet and met Jiang Yaru and Chu Rong, who doubted his claim that the mayor had personally invited him.
• Xia Ping complimented Jiang Yaru and Chu Rong’s outfits, then suggested he would prefer them to wear transparent clothes, making them blush and call him a pervert.
• A group of girls recognized Xia Ping as the Fighting Tournament champion and crowded around him, pushing Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, and the other students aside.
• Xia Ping credited his success to diligent training, then claimed that humility and martial arts talent were simply part of his nature, leaving Jiang Yaru and Chu Rong irritated.

Xia Ping teased a group of girls by claiming he and Nangong Wu had only been playing along, then Nangong Wu confronted him for spreading lies about their relationship. She drove the girls away and warned him to stop, leaving Xia Ping complaining that she had spoiled his evening.

• Xia Ping hinted that he had secret martial arts training tricks and invited the girls to discuss them in private after the banquet.
• The girls suggested meeting at a private club, and Xia Ping told one girl that having a boyfriend would not matter as long as he did not find out.
• When the girls asked about Nangong Wu, Xia Ping claimed they had been playing along and each gotten what they wanted.
• Nangong Wu overheard Xia Ping's claim, angrily sent the girls away, and warned him to stop spreading rumors about her.
• Xia Ping complained that Nangong Wu had ruined his fun, while Jiang Yaru and Chu Rong sympathized with her.

At a banquet, Qin Muyang’s fellow heirs resented Xia Ping for attracting the young women and urged Qin to confront him. Qin approached Xia Ping and declared that his privileged birth would eventually put him above the common-born champion.

• The young heirs complained about Xia Ping and asked Qin Muyang how to deal with him.
• A fellow heir warned Qin that Nangong Wu might fall for Xia Ping, and Qin led the group over to confront him.
• Xia Ping mocked Qin’s swift recovery from his injuries, angering Qin and the heirs around them.
• Qin told Xia Ping that the wealthy were born above others and could rise to the Grandmaster Realm easily, while commoners like Xia were destined to serve them.

At a banquet, Qin Muyang tried to humiliate Xia Ping by showing him former tournament champions reduced to serving as Qin Family bodyguards and then ordering him expelled. The White-Clad Butler hesitated because the mayor had ordered Xia Ping to be treated with respect, but Qin Muyang insisted on his authority.

• Qin Muyang summoned three Qin Family bodyguards and revealed that each had once won the Tianshui City High School Fighting Tournament.
• A bald bodyguard warned Xia Ping that talent alone could not overcome the need for resources, but Xia Ping replied that their failures did not prove every champion would fail.
• Qin Muyang ordered the White-Clad Butler to throw Xia Ping out of the banquet hall.
• The White-Clad Butler hesitated because Xia Ping was an honored guest whom the mayor had specifically ordered him to treat with respect.
• Qin Muyang threatened to dismiss the White-Clad Butler if he refused, and the butler nodded.

Liu Liang and the heirs of Tianshui City's great families joined Qin Muyang in demanding that Xia Ping leave the banquet, while his friends could only watch. As Qin Muyang ordered him out, a commanding voice suddenly intervened.

• Liu Liang sided with Qin Muyang and urged the banquet guests to drive Xia Ping out.
• More than a dozen young heirs joined the demand, and the crowd predicted Xia Ping's talent would not save him from the great families' hostility.
• Jiang Yaru wanted to defend Xia Ping, but Chu Rong stopped her, while Nangong Wu said she could not risk offending the great families.
• The White-Clad Butler reluctantly asked Xia Ping to leave, and Qin Muyang threatened to have him thrown out and make him leave Tianshui City.
• As Qin Muyang waved Xia away, an authoritative voice demanded to know who had ordered Mr. Xia to leave.

Mayor Qin Fei arrived at the banquet and revealed that Xia Ping was his honored guest and a new member of the Giant Corporation. Qin Muyang and the other young masters realized the danger of offending Xia Ping as Qin Fei demanded his son kneel and beg forgiveness.

• A young master threatened the person interrupting the attempt to drive Xia Ping out, but was stopped when someone identified Mayor Qin Fei.
• Qin Fei arrived with Deputy Mayor Liu Jianghe, Councilor Feng Shan, and other officials, while the young masters' fathers confronted their sons.
• Qin Fei reprimanded Qin Muyang for joining the effort to humiliate Xia Ping, whom he had personally invited as an honored guest.
• Qin Fei ordered Qin Muyang to kneel and kowtow to Xia Ping, threatening to expel him from the Qin Family if Xia Ping refused to forgive him.
• Feng Shan revealed that Xia Ping had joined the Giant Corporation, leaving Qin Muyang, Liu Liang, and the other young masters shocked and afraid.
• The three bodyguards in black regretted having underestimated Xia Ping after learning he had joined the Giant Corporation.

The city’s influential figures revealed that Xia Ping had joined Giant Corporation, leaving the young heirs who had insulted him with no choice but to submit. Xia Ping made Qin Muyang, Liu Liang, and the other heirs kneel and apologize at the banquet.

• Nangong Wu, Chu Rong, Jiang Yaru, and Feng Hetang realized Xia Ping’s calmness made sense after Feng Shan revealed he had joined Giant Corporation.
• Qin Muyang knelt and apologized to Xia Ping, who repeatedly made him speak louder and admit that he had been blind to Xia Ping’s greatness.
• Vice Mayor Liu Jianghe ordered Liu Liang to apologize, and Liu Liang dropped to one knee and begged Xia Ping’s forgiveness.
• Feng Shan demanded that the young heirs apologize, and they knelt one by one to ask Xia Ping to forgive them for trying to drive him away.
• Feng Hetang, Nangong Wu, and the Qin Family bodyguards watched in shock as Xia Ping humbled Tianshui City’s great families.

After Qin Muyang resented being forced to kneel and apologize to Xia Ping, Qin Fei explained that the Giant Corporation had once destroyed a powerful family for killing one of its members. Qin Muyang accepted that the Qin Family could not risk opposing Xia Ping, but he remained determined to seek revenge if he ever reached the King Realm.

• Qin Muyang confronted Qin Fei over being forced to kneel and apologize to Xia Ping.
• Qin Fei warned Qin Muyang that the Giant Corporation protected its members and would destroy anyone who attacked them.
• Qin Fei recounted how the Giant Corporation had wiped out the Huang Family after its scion killed one of its geniuses.
• Qin Muyang realized that trying to kill Xia Ping could bring disaster upon the entire Qin Family.
• Qin Fei told Qin Muyang to reach the King Realm before seeking revenge, and Qin Muyang clenched his fists in resentment.

Xia Ping learned that Wang Dachui had completed the ten-episode TV series and authorized him to handle its publicity. As Xia Ping prepared for Giant Corporation’s trial, he discovered at school that news about his novel and its adaptation had spread across the internet.

• Wang Dachui told Xia Ping he had finished filming and editing all ten episodes and asked to promote them.
• Xia Ping let Wang Dachui manage the publicity campaign and focused on cultivating for his upcoming Giant Corporation trial.
• After a night of cultivation, Xia Ping went to school and found classmates whispering about him.
• A classmate told Xia Ping that news about his novel and its TV adaptation was circulating online, and Xia Ping found a prominent headline about himself on Penguin News.

Xia Ping discovered that news outlets had exposed his identity as Teacher Bai Rong, the young author of an erotic novel, and had published details about his school and class. As fabricated rumors about his private life spread online, he suspected that Wang Dachui had leaked his identity to promote an upcoming TV drama.

• Xia Ping saw sensational headlines revealing that he was Teacher Bai Rong and learned that the news named his school and class.
• Readers flooded the novel’s comments with surprise that Xia Ping was an eighteen-year-old high school student and a fighting tournament champion.
• People claiming to know Xia Ping posted fabricated stories accusing him of abusing and deceiving girls.
• Netizens repeated and embellished the accusations, while Xia Ping realized the rumors were impossible to dispel.
• Xia Ping wondered how his identity had leaked and suspected Wang Dachui, whose TV drama was about to air.