Chapter Summaries

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.

Xia Ping went to Wuwei Martial Hall to challenge it and swiftly defeated a powerful student at the entrance. He entered the training ground, where Yao Zhong and more than a hundred students confronted him.

• Xia Ping decided to train by challenging Wuwei Martial Hall and traveled there after school.
• A recruiter tried to sell Xia Ping a membership, but Xia Ping announced that he had come to challenge the hall.
• Senior Brother Xu tried to grab Xia Ping, who struck him once and smashed him into a concrete wall.
• The shocked students let Xia Ping enter the hall, while the recruiter rushed inside to alert the others.
• Yao Zhong gathered more than a hundred students on the training ground and demanded to know why Xia Ping had come.

Xia Ping went to Wuwei Martial Hall to challenge its disciples and beat them up, quickly knocking out Baldy with a single slap. Yao Zhong attacked with his Thousand Illusion Palm, but Xia Ping saw through the technique and seized his hand, leaving their fight poised to continue.

• Xia Ping told Yao Zhong he had come to challenge Wuwei Martial Hall and beat its members up.
• Baldy charged Xia Ping, who knocked him unconscious with one backhanded slap.
• Yao Zhong recognized that Xia Ping had advanced to Martial Apprentice Sixth Heaven, and Xia Ping taunted the martial hall disciples.
• Yao Zhong accused Xia Ping of injuring his junior and himself, then launched his Thousand Illusion Palm.
• Xia Ping used his spiritual power to find Yao Zhong's real hand and caught it with Crane Fist's Crane Seeks Shrimp.

Xia Ping defeated Yao Zhong with one punch, then challenged the Wuwei Martial Hall disciples to attack him without making him step back. As they struck him, his Northern Underworld Body Protection Art absorbed their attacks and grew stronger.

• Xia Ping broke Yao Zhong's Thousand Illusion Palm, seized his hand, and knocked him unconscious with a punch.
• Xia Ping mocked the Wuwei Martial Hall and said its reputation exceeded its ability.
• Xia Ping promised to leave the hall if its disciples could make him take one step back, then stood still and invited them to attack.
• The Wuwei Martial Hall disciples punched and kicked Xia Ping, but his Northern Underworld Body Protection Art absorbed their blows and strengthened his true qi.
• Xia Ping taunted the disciples, who renewed their attacks to defend the hall's reputation.

Xia Ping spent three days using Wuwei Martial Hall's disciples as sparring partners, exhausting them while he remained unharmed. He finally agreed to find another martial hall to train at, and the disciples celebrated his departure.

• Xia Ping taunted Wuwei Martial Hall's exhausted disciples after they failed to injure him during an hour of attacks.
• Xia Ping returned to Wuwei Martial Hall each evening for three days and made its disciples attack him to help his training.
• Xia Ping mocked the disciples as they collapsed from exhaustion, while they grew accustomed to his torment and gave up resisting.
• The Wuwei Martial Hall disciples begged Xia Ping to stop returning and suggested he find other martial halls to spar with.
• Xia Ping decided to visit another martial hall the next day, and the Wuwei Martial Hall disciples celebrated his departure.

Xia Ping challenged martial halls around Tianshui City and used their students’ attacks to train his body, while his victories and fabricated rumors made him infamous online. The rumors said he would challenge Chu Family Martial Hall the next day.

• Xia Ping challenged Ferocious Tiger Martial Hall, endured its students’ attacks, and left them exhausted.
• Xia Ping challenged seven or eight more martial halls over the next week, including Heaven Hegemon Martial Hall and Black Cat Martial Hall.
• Students spread news of Xia Ping’s challenges across school forums and message boards.
• Martial hall students circulated false rumors that Xia Ping was a shameless womanizer with many pregnant girlfriends.
• Online commenters said Xia Ping planned to challenge Chu Family Martial Hall the next day and planned to watch him get beaten.

Chu Rong learned that Xia Ping planned to challenge the Chu Family Martial Hall and vowed to defeat him, believing she could expose him to Jiang Yaru. The disciples prepared for his arrival, trusting Chu Rong's Heaven-Earth Mountain-Splitting Leg to overcome his defenses.

• Chu Rong arrived at the Chu Family Martial Hall's training ground, where disciples warned her that Xia Ping had defeated students at several martial halls using his unusually tough body.
• The disciples told Chu Rong that Xia Ping attended Tianshui City No. 95 Middle School, a rival of the No. 88 Middle School that most of them attended.
• A disciple claimed Xia Ping was Jiang Yaru's boyfriend and repeated lurid rumors about his relationships, leaving Chu Rong shocked and furious.
• Chu Rong decided to defeat Xia Ping herself and prove to Jiang Yaru that he was unworthy of her.
• When a disciple warned that Xia Ping had withstood attacks from Wuwei Martial Hall's Yao Zhong, Chu Rong insisted her Heaven-Earth Mountain-Splitting Leg could break his body-hardening technique, and the disciples rallied behind her.

Xia Ping arrived at the Chu Family Martial Hall to challenge it and defeated the disciples who tried to block him. Chu Rong confronted him at the entrance, where he continued to insult the crowd.

• Chu Family Martial Hall spectators gathered to watch Xia Ping, many drawn by the popularity of senior disciple Chu Rong.
• Several burly disciples tried to stop Xia Ping from entering, but he knocked three Sixth Heaven Martial Apprentices unconscious with rapid punches.
• Xia Ping defeated a Seventh Heaven Martial Apprentice with his Thunderous Leopard Hammer and silenced the crowd by demanding to know who else dared stop him.
• Chu Rong led the martial hall disciples outside and challenged Xia Ping over his behavior.
• Xia Ping dismissed the men he had defeated as flies and ants, enraging the Chu Family Martial Hall disciples.

Xia Ping provoked the Chu Family Martial Hall and accepted Chu Rong’s challenge, turning their fight into a bet about Jiang Yaru and whether Chu Rong would become his eighth lover. Chu Rong agreed to the humiliating terms and prepared to fight him.

• Xia Ping insulted the Chu Family Martial Hall’s disciples and challenged its hall master to come out and defeat him.
• Chu Rong proposed that if she beat Xia Ping, he would break up with Jiang Yaru and stay away from her.
• Xia Ping accepted and demanded a consequence for Chu Rong if she lost, so she offered to become his girlfriend.
• Xia Ping rejected Chu Rong as a girlfriend and said she could only be his eighth lover, enraging the onlookers and Chu Rong.
• Chu Rong agreed to Xia Ping’s terms and resolved to beat him and cripple him.

Xia Ping faced Chu Rong in a wagered fight at the Chu Family Martial Hall and endured her first two Heaven-Earth Mountain-Splitting Leg attacks without moving. Chu Rong unleashed the technique’s powerful third form, Splitting the Nine Provinces, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Xia Ping signed the wager contract with Chu Rong and followed her into the Chu Family Martial Hall’s arena.
• Chu Rong opened the fight with Reversing Heaven and Earth, but Xia Ping took the kick to his chest without moving.
• Chu Rong struck again with Wrathful Shattering of the Five Mountains, while Xia Ping used the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art to disperse the force.
• Chu Rong unleashed Splitting the Nine Provinces, combining nine leg shadows into a single devastating attack.

Xia Ping advanced to Martial Apprentice Seventh Heaven during his fight with Chu Rong and defeated her. He carried her away from the Martial Arts Arena while the swirling sand kept the spectators from seeing her exposed.

• Chu Rong's powerful kick triggered Xia Ping's breakthrough to Martial Apprentice Seventh Heaven.
• Chu Rong attacked again, but Xia Ping overpowered her and blasted her training clothes apart with his counterforce.
• Xia Ping caught Chu Rong's foot and claimed she qualified to be his eighth lover.
• Chu Rong tried to kick him again, but Xia Ping blocked her and carried her in a princess carry.
• Xia Ping warned Chu Rong that the spectators might see her, then leaped away with her in his arms as onlookers realized he was escaping.