Chapter Summaries

A huge swarm of Fire-Thorn Lizards led by the Fire-Thorn Lizard King surrounded the Ruined City, trapping Mu Bancheng and the examinees. Xia Ping tried to leave, but the others forced him to stay and help fight.

• An examinee reported that tens of thousands of Fire-Thorn Lizards and the Fire-Thorn Lizard King had surrounded the Ruined City.
• Mu Bancheng realized the group was trapped between the lizards and the dangerous desert outside.
• Xia Ping offered the Sand Bear as a gift and tried to slip away.
• Luo Di and the other examinees blocked Xia Ping and threatened to fight him if he left.
• Mu Bancheng promised to settle their grudge if Xia Ping helped them fight the Fire-Thorn Lizards.
• Xia Ping agreed to stay and fight alongside the examinees.

Xia Ping proposed killing the Fire-Thorn Lizard King to stop the Fire-Thorn Lizards, and Mu Bancheng and the examinees went with him to confront it. The battle began in the Ruined City, where the king’s first attack showed its overwhelming power.

• Xia Ping urged the group to kill the Fire-Thorn Lizard King, then agreed to join Mu Bancheng in attacking it.
• The examinees and Mu Bancheng left the Royal Palace and saw the Fire-Thorn Lizard King leading a vast horde into the Ruined City.
• Mu Bancheng ordered the examinees to engage the Fire-Thorn Lizards while he and Xia Ping advanced toward the king.
• The Fire-Thorn Lizard King recognized Xia Ping and attacked with a claw strike that sliced buildings and gouged the ground, forcing Xia Ping and Mu Bancheng to dodge.

Xia Ping used the Moon-Shooting Bow and the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art to fight the Fire-Thorn Lizard King after its gale made close-range attacks impossible. He killed the monster with the fourth stance, leaving Mu Bancheng and the other examinees stunned.

• The Fire-Thorn Lizard King's wings created a devastating gale, preventing Mu Bancheng and the others from approaching it.
• Xia Ping drew the Moon-Shooting Bow and wounded the Fire-Thorn Lizard King with the first stance of the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art.
• Mu Bancheng attacked the wounded monster with his sword, but its bones stopped him from cutting deeper, and it knocked him through several buildings.
• The enraged Fire-Thorn Lizard King charged at Xia Ping as he entered a state of unity with his bow.
• Xia Ping fired the fourth stance, Sun and Moon Without Light, and the arrow pierced the Fire-Thorn Lizard King's skull and destroyed its body.
• Mu Bancheng and the other examinees watched in shock as the Fire-Thorn Lizard King died.

Xia Ping learned that he had briefly comprehended the power of the Extreme Realm when he killed the Fire-Thorn Lizard King. After the battle, he pretended to be gravely injured and let the grateful examinees believe he had sacrificed his future for them, then left with the king’s meat.

• The system explained that Xia Ping had entered the Extreme Realm, a spiritual power that could affect the material world and might lead to comprehending the Dao Realm.
• With their king dead, the Fire-Thorn Lizards panicked and fled, and Luo Di, Mu Bancheng, and the other examinees pursued and killed them.
• Xia Ping pretended that using a forbidden technique had cost him years of cultivation, prompting the examinees to thank him and offer him compensation.
• Xia Ping refused most of the meat and took only the Fire-Thorn Lizard King's meat, while the examinees praised his generosity and vowed to remember his kindness.

After the month-long exam ended, Xia Ping and his companions were rescued from the Wild Sand Ruins, having grown stronger and gathered valuable supplies. A group of examinees who had previously fought Xia Ping greeted him warmly and promised to repay the money they owed.

• Xia Ping and his companions received the message that the Yanhuang University exam had ended and prepared to leave the ruins.
• Xia Ping reflected on his new supplies and learned that he had accumulated 245,363 Hate Points.
• Black-clad warriors picked up Xia Ping and the others and brought them aboard a Super Warship.
• Mu Bancheng and the other examinees greeted Xia Ping enthusiastically, surprising Jiang Yaru and the others.
• When Feng Hetang demanded the money owed, the examinees promised to repay every bit of it after returning.

After surviving the entrance trial, Xia Ping accepted the examinees’ eager payments, and the chief examiner announced their admission to Yanhuang University and the harsh military training ahead. As the students began recovering aboard the warship, the admissions list was sent to government departments, martial arts factions, and the media, reaching the Xu Family in Huajing City.

• The examinees insisted on paying Xia Ping billions for helping them, and he accepted their money while Jiang Yaru and the others watched in disbelief.
• The chief examiner announced that the survivors had earned admission to Yanhuang University, though only forty percent of the examinees had survived.
• The chief examiner gave the students one day for treatment and three days at home before they had to enroll at Yanhuang University on World Island.
• Xia Ping entered a nutrition pod aboard the warship to recover and strengthen his vitality.
• The chief examiner ordered the officers to distribute the admissions list, and an officer sent it to government departments, martial arts factions, and the news media.
• The Xu Family in Huajing City received the Yanhuang University admissions list.

The Xu Family learned that Xia Ping had killed Xu Yang and Xu Yuntian during the Yanhuang University examination, but the Giant Corporation’s protection prevented them from retaliating on Yanhuang Planet. Xu Zhong planned to have Xia Ping killed in the lawless Cloud Sky Realm and postpone targeting his parents until their protection ended.

• Xu Family elders reported that Xu Yang and Xu Yuntian had died and that Xia Ping had killed them during the examination.
• Xu An demanded that the family kill Xia Ping and his parents, but Xu Zhong warned that the Giant Corporation protected them and could destroy the Xu Family in retaliation.
• Xu Zhong said the family could not interfere with the examination’s outcome because the competitors had signed life-and-death agreements.
• Xu Zhong planned to kill Xia Ping in the Cloud Sky Realm, where the Giant Corporation would have less control and might not discover who was responsible.
• Xu Zhong ordered Xu An to leave Xia Ping’s parents alone until after Xia Ping’s death, and the Xu Family elders agreed to wait for the right moment.

Reporters surrounded Xia Chuanliu and Huang Lanxin to ask about Xia Ping’s admission to Yanhuang University and his sudden rise to fame. Xia Chuanliu celebrated the news, boasted about his family’s genes, defended Xia Ping’s novels, and tried to find him a wife on live television.

• Reporters swarmed Xia Chuanliu and Huang Lanxin outside their villa and told them Xia Ping had been admitted to Yanhuang University.
• Xia Chuanliu and Huang Lanxin rejoiced at the news, and Xia Chuanliu claimed the family’s excellent genes explained Xia Ping’s success.
• Xia Chuanliu dismissed questions about secret training or medicine and said he had mostly let Xia Ping do as he pleased.
• Xia Chuanliu angrily defended Xia Ping’s erotic novels after a reporter asked whether they should be banned.
• Xia Chuanliu denied rumors about Xia Ping’s love life, called his son a virgin, and invited viewers to introduce him to a pretty daughter.
• A reporter ended the broadcast when Xia Chuanliu began listing the qualities he wanted in a match for Xia Ping.

Xia Chuanliu's televised interview sparked an online uproar, and the resulting attention prompted reporters to investigate Xia Ping's past. Their interviews with Xia Ping's neighbors and schoolmates portrayed him as a born genius and an admired, hardworking student, despite their private resentment.

• Netizens condemned Xia Chuanliu for defending Xia Ping, and the controversy boosted the show's ratings.
• TV reporters visited Xia Ping's former residential complex, where residents recounted exaggerated tales of his extraordinary birth and childhood.
• Reporters interviewed Xiong Batian at Tianshui City No. 95 Middle School, and he praised Xia Ping while hiding his dislike.
• Yang Wei and Gao Wan falsely described Xia Ping as a diligent student with excellent character after their families warned them not to criticize him.
• The reporters presented Xia Ping as a school role model with a fan club, leaving Yang Wei and Gao Wan furious that they could not expose him.

Xia Chuanliu was promoted to head of the Tianshui City Management Bureau, a favor arranged for Xia Ping’s sake, and celebrated with Huang Lanxin. After returning to Tianshui City, Xia Ping learned that the Xu Family’s hatred had earned him many Hate Points and discovered his family had thrown a party for him.

• Mayor Qin Fei told Xia Chuanliu that he had been appointed head of the Tianshui City Management Bureau after the previous chief was reassigned.
• Xia Chuanliu and Huang Lanxin realized the promotion was connected to Xia Ping’s success and decided to celebrate with relatives and friends.
• Xia Ping and the others returned to Tianshui City after a month in the Wild Sand Ruins, then split up to visit home before leaving for Yanhuang University.
• Qin Muyang vowed to surpass Xia Ping at college, but Xia Ping taunted him before they parted.
• Xia Ping checked his system and found more than five hundred thousand Hate Points, including two hundred and eighty thousand from the Xu Family.
• Xia Ping returned to his villa and saw that his family had decorated it for a party attended by relatives, friends, and other guests.

At the Xia family banquet, Xia Chuanliu had Bi Jianren arrested for fleeing with a loan, then welcomed former superior Liu Guang, who offered him a costly gift. The banquet continued with Xia Chuanliu securing a second bottle of Tiger-Wolf Wine from Liu Guang.

• Xia Chuanliu confronted Bi Jianren over the hundred thousand Federal Coins he had borrowed and vanished with ten years earlier.
• Bi Jianren admitted he had fled to escape gambling debts, but Xia Chuanliu had the police arrest him for fraud.
• Xia Chuanliu sent the officers away with Bi Jianren and continued greeting the banquet guests.
• Liu Guang praised Xia Chuanliu and gave him a bottle of Tiger-Wolf Wine worth a million Federal Coins.
• Xia Chuanliu hinted that one bottle was not enough, and Liu Guang agreed to send another.

Xia Chuanliu welcomed guests to celebrate Xia Ping’s success, using his new wealth and status to taunt people who had once looked down on him. After humiliating Ma Guo over his son’s university, he led Xia Ping into the banquet.

• Liu Guang gave Xia Chuanliu a gift, and Xia Chuanliu relished making the former City Management Bureau director submit to him.
• Xia Chuanliu greeted Ma Guo and bragged that his villa cost a billion.
• Xia Chuanliu compared their sons and mocked Ma Guo’s son for attending Plum Blossom University instead of Yanhuang University.
• Xia Chuanliu offered to let Ma Guo’s son work for Xia Ping if he had no other prospects, leaving Ma Guo furious but silent.
• Xia Chuanliu greeted the other guests with boasts about his money, then noticed Xia Ping and led him inside.

Xia Ping returned home with rare treasures and nearly 99 billion Federal Coins, astonishing his parents before reassuring them about the dangerous martial path he had chosen. After spending three days with them and giving them ten billion, he received a message to gather at Tianshui City Airport.

• Xia Ping gave Xia Chuanliu and Huang Lanxin Gem Fruits and Fire-Thorn Lizard meat from the entrance exam ruins.
• Xia Ping received transfers totaling 99 billion Federal Coins from the other examinees, and his parents were stunned by the amount.
• Xia Chuanliu warned Xia Ping about the dangers of the martial artist's path, and Xia Ping said he would stay alert and escape danger when necessary.
• Xia Ping spent the next three days with his parents and transferred ten billion Federal Coins to them.
• Xia Ping received a message telling him to gather at Tianshui City Airport.

Xia Ping and his companions traveled by battleship from Tianshui City to Yanhuang University in the Cloud Sky Realm, learning about its demon threats and the importance of Contribution Points. They prepared to begin university life, warned that older students might trick freshmen out of their points and that failing the yearly assessment meant expulsion.

• Xia Ping boarded the battleship at Tianshui City Airport, activated his Yanhuang University Smart Watch, and joined Jiang Yaru, Nangong Wu, Feng Hetang, and Chu Rong for the journey.
• Nangong Wu and Feng Hetang explained that powerful monsters and demon kingdoms ruled parts of the Cloud Sky Realm, though Yanhuang University was protected near the entrance.
• Nangong Wu described Contribution Points as valuable currency for buying manuals, pills, treasures, and guidance from King Realm experts, and said each new student received one hundred points.
• Feng Hetang warned that older students might trick freshmen into surrendering their points, while Jiang Yaru and Chu Rong noted that students who failed the yearly assessment were expelled.

Xia Ping and his companions learned that Cloud Sky Realm students would make the Freshman Ranking Tournament far more competitive, despite its valuable point rewards. Their battleship passed through a black hole and arrived in the Cloud Sky Realm, where they saw a vast city beneath an immense forest.

• Nangong Wu explained how students earned university points and described the Freshman Ranking Tournament rewards.
• Nangong Wu warned Xia Ping and the others that Cloud Sky Realm residents had major advantages in population, cultivation, resources, and tournament enrollment.
• Xia Ping encouraged Jiang Yaru and the others not to lose confidence despite starting behind.
• Chu Rong pointed out a black hole, and the battleship entered it behind a protective energy barrier.
• Xia Ping and his companions emerged into the Cloud Sky Realm and saw a vast city built beneath the surrounding mountains and forest.

Xia Ping and the Yanhuang Planet students arrived at Yanhuang University, where Cloud Sky Realm students mocked their weaker cultivation and special admissions. When Feng Hetang demanded respect for Xia Ping, Xia Ping answered with insults that escalated the confrontation.

• Cloud Sky Realm students disparaged Yanhuang Planet students for entering Yanhuang University despite their lower cultivation and special admissions.
• Yanhuang Planet students held back from responding because the Cloud Sky Realm students were much stronger on average.
• Xia Ping and his companions arrived, and former comrades greeted him warmly, including Luo Di and Shi Fei.
• Cloud Sky Realm students mocked Xia Ping for being only at the Fourth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm and laughed at his companions.
• Feng Hetang demanded that the Cloud Sky Realm students pay Xia Ping their respects, and Xia Ping called them uncivilized primitives.

Xia Ping challenged the Cloud Sky Realm students and defeated their fighter Gu Shan with a single kick. He mocked the students’ strength and told them to leave, ending the confrontation with them humiliated.

• The Cloud Sky Realm students angrily challenged Xia Ping after he insulted them and demanded they apologize.
• Gu Shan, a Fifth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm expert, stepped forward and charged Xia Ping with the Great Strength Bull Demon Technique.
• Xia Ping stopped Gu Shan’s attack with one hand and kicked him more than a hundred meters, leaving him seriously injured.
• The Cloud Sky Realm students stared in shock as Xia Ping taunted them and called them a disappointment.

After Xia Ping defeated Gu Shan, the Yanhuang Planet students mocked the Cloud Sky Realm students, prompting Zhong Yuan to attack and challenge Xia Ping. A teacher stopped their fight and sent both groups to the Freshman Ranking Tournament, where Luo Di warned that Zhong Yuan came from a powerful King Family.

• The Yanhuang Planet students ridiculed the Cloud Sky Realm students after Xia Ping defeated Gu Shan.
• Zhong Yuan struck Xia Ping from a distance, forcing him back, then challenged him and defended the Cloud Sky Realm's superiority.
• A white-clad teacher stopped Zhong Yuan and Xia Ping from fighting and warned them against breaking school rules.
• The teacher sent Xia Ping and the others to the Freshman Ranking Tournament, and they boarded a bus to the training grounds.
• Luo Di warned that Zhong Yuan was descended from a king and belonged to the powerful Zhong Family.

Xia Ping and the others learned that Zhong Yuan was a descendant of a King with a half-human, half-demon Wind Kangaroo bloodline. At the start of the Freshman Ranking Tournament, Xia Ping’s first opponent turned out to be Zhong Yuan.

• Luo Di and Nangong Wu explained that Zhong Yuan had a half-human, half-demon bloodline and that his Wind Kangaroo heritage made him a powerful fighter.
• Xia Ping and the others arrived at Yanhuang University's training ground, where the Freshman Ranking Tournament was announced as fifty battles scored by wins, draws, and losses.
• Energy transported Xia Ping into a simulated training room controlled by a super Optical Brain.
• Zhong Yuan appeared as Xia Ping’s first opponent, and both men recognized each other as old enemies.

Xia Ping provoked Zhong Yuan into attacking so he could refine the medicinal energy in his body, then broke through to the Fifth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm. The resulting surge of strength sent Zhong Yuan flying into the wall and left him badly injured.

• Xia Ping taunted Zhong Yuan about his Wind Kangaroo bloodline and fist techniques, then challenged him to attack without using his own hands or feet.
• Zhong Yuan struck Xia Ping with the Starry Sky Meteor Fist, unleashing a barrage of powerful blows.
• Xia Ping used the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art to withstand the attacks and refine the energy of the Nine-Turn Foundation Pill and Fire-Thorn Lizard meat.
• Xia Ping broke through to the Fifth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm, and his strength doubled.
• The force of Xia Ping's breakthrough sent Zhong Yuan crashing into the energy-built wall, badly injuring him and making him spit blood.