Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping tortured Feng Hetang by repeatedly dislocating and resetting his arm, forcing Feng Hetang and the others to beg for mercy. He discovered they refused to withdraw from the competition because their families had warned them not to leave before impressing important observers.

• Xia Ping dragged Feng Hetang and the others into a building and began repeatedly breaking and resetting Feng Hetang’s arm.
• Feng Hetang threatened Xia Ping with his father’s status as a councilor, but Xia Ping continued torturing him until he passed out.
• Xia Ping woke Feng Hetang, and Feng Hetang and the others begged him to spare them.
• Xia Ping asked why they had not pressed the emergency button and withdrawn from the competition.
• Feng Hetang and the others hesitated to explain that withdrawing would disappoint their elders and cost them standing in their families.

Xia Ping forced Feng Hetang and the others to become his underlings for the three-day tournament, intending to use them as allies in his search for a token. He ordered them to collect food from the surrounding districts, leaving them shocked by his plan.

• Feng Hetang begged Xia Ping to let him and the others go, but Xia Ping refused to hurry and demanded they serve as his underlings for three days.
• Xia Ping threatened to lock them in a basement until the tournament ended, so Feng Hetang and the others reluctantly agreed to obey him.
• Xia Ping warned them not to resist or disobey, using his mental power to cow them into submission.
• Xia Ping ordered Feng Hetang and the others to find a large truck and gather all the food in the surrounding districts.

Xia Ping and his followers stripped the supermarkets in three districts of food and settled in a villa, alarming viewers and Feng Hetang. Xia Ping revealed that he wanted the other contestants to get angry so he could earn Hate Points, leaving his companions fearing the retaliation.

• Xia Ping and Feng Hetang drove trucks through three districts, clearing out the supermarkets’ food before taking shelter in a villa.
• Viewers realized the food shortage could leave contestants hungry during the three-day tournament and debated whether Xia Ping’s plan would provoke a backlash.
• Feng Hetang warned Xia Ping that the other contestants might join forces and come after them.
• Xia Ping said he had deliberately angered the contestants to earn Hate Points, and Feng Hetang and the others regretted staying with him.

Exhausted contestants reached a supermarket hoping to find food, only to discover that Xia Ping had cleared it out and left a note demanding they become his lackeys. Enraged by his arrogance, the students rushed to his villa to confront him and seize the food.

• Students complained that the One-Horned Thunder Leopard guarding the token was too strong to defeat, then headed to a nearby supermarket for food.
• The students found the supermarket completely empty and accused an unknown thief of taking everything.
• The students discovered Xia Ping’s note, which admitted he had cleared out the supermarket and invited them to his villa to become his lackeys, with women given priority.
• Feng Shaofeng and the other students vowed to confront Xia Ping, beat him, and force him to hand over the food.
• The angry crowd hurried toward Xia Ping’s villa.

Students from the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Districts discovered that Xia Ping had stolen all their food and joined forces to confront him. Their march drew attention from viewers and powerful figures, while Xia Ping remained unaware of the approaching crowd.

• Students from the Seventh and Eighth Districts met on the way to Xia Ping's villa and realized he had cleared out the food in both districts.
• Students from the Ninth District arrived, confirmed Xia Ping had stolen their food too, and described the injuries they suffered crossing to the Eighth District.
• The three groups united and charged toward Xia Ping's district, frightening the beasts along the way.
• Livestream viewers watched the crowd form, while Qiu Xue, Gao Wan, and Yang Wei reacted to the news.
• The White-Clothed Elder watched the footage in a Tianshui City VIP room and called the situation interesting.

Xia Ping faced a furious crowd of students who demanded his food and an apology, then violently defeated their spokesman. The rest of the students confronted him in anger, leaving a fight poised to erupt.

• Han Shan warned Xia Ping that a furious crowd was approaching the villa, and Xia Ping admitted he had revealed their location and left a note at the supermarket.
• Xia Ping opened the door eating cream bread while the students demanded he hand over the food and apologize on his knees.
• A tall student ordered Xia Ping to kneel and crawl between his legs, so Xia Ping kicked him into the crowd and sent several students sprawling.
• Xia Ping slapped the tall student repeatedly, broke his leg, and continued hitting him after he passed out.
• The students shouted at Xia Ping to stop and prepared to retaliate.

Xia Ping let a crowd of elite students attack him, relying on his Northern Underworld Body Protection Art to absorb their blows, then defeated them all. He ordered Han Shan and the others to hang the beaten students from his villa as a warning.

• Xia Ping taunted the students who had gathered at his villa, provoking them into charging at him.
• Dozens of students punched and kicked Xia Ping, but his body absorbed their attacks without injury and grew stronger.
• The exhausted students continued attacking until Xia Ping dismissed them as useless and began fighting back.
• Xia Ping knocked down the crowd in moments, badly injuring some students and eliminating them from the competition.
• Xia Ping ordered Han Shan and the others to hang the defeated students from the villa, and they obeyed reverently.

Xia Ping humiliated over a hundred rival students by hanging them outside the villa, then cultivated overnight and broke through to Martial Apprentice Ninth Heaven. He went out to see the exhausted students the next morning.

• Han Shan and the others tied up the defeated students and hung them in front of the villa, while viewers across Tianshui City watched and argued over the spectacle.
• Yang Wei and the others sympathized with the humiliated students and hoped someone would stop Xia Ping, but no one intervened during the night.
• Xia Ping cultivated through the night and opened his ninth meridian, advancing to Martial Apprentice Ninth Heaven.
• Xia Ping practiced boxing in his room, alarming Han Shan and the others, who rushed in and found the room wrecked.
• Feng Hetang told Xia Ping that five or six students had withdrawn and been rescued by the organizers; Xia Ping then went outside with Han Shan and the others to see the remaining students.

Xia Ping forced the students he had left hanging overnight to admit defeat, then offered them food in exchange for working for him. The students began signing on, with the first recruit earning two cups of instant noodles a day.

• Xia Ping asked the students hanging from the gate whether they accepted his taking the food and beating them, while Feng Hetang and Han Shan threatened further punishment.
• The starving students admitted defeat and begged Xia Ping to let them go, and he ordered Feng Hetang and the others to lower them.
• The students asked Xia Ping for food, and he offered to hire them for a day in exchange for one cup of instant noodles, with bread as a possible reward for good work.
• A chubby student immediately agreed to work for Xia Ping, and Xia Ping promised him two cups of instant noodles a day as a bonus.

Xia Ping turned the students who had challenged him into temporary lackeys, then promised two tokens to the most helpful among them to secure their cooperation. He led the group toward three tokens near the Eighth District, leaving them eager to compete for the chance to advance.

• Xia Ping made the defeated students accept his conditions and gave each of them instant noodles as an advance on their wages.
• The students ate and complained about Xia Ping in private while Yang Wei, Gao Wan, and others condemned him during the live broadcast.
• After the students recovered some strength, Xia Ping announced that they would go snatch tokens.
• Feng Hetang reported that three tokens near the Eighth District had been taken, and Xia Ping decided to pursue them with the group.
• Xia Ping promised to keep one token and award the other two to the students who contributed the most, motivating the group to help him.

Xia Ping tracked down a buzz-cut student carrying a token and surrounded him with more than a hundred allies. After defeating the student and ordering his group to beat him, Xia Ping took the token and said they needed two more to collect all the nearby tokens.

• The buzz-cut student fled into an alley while Xia Ping pursued him using a tracker and the Ten Thousand Mile Tracking Technique.
• Xia Ping summoned more than a hundred allies, surrounding the student and demanding his token.
• The buzz-cut student attacked Xia Ping, but Xia Ping defeated him with a single palm strike.
• Xia Ping ordered his allies to beat the student for half an hour, and Han Shan took the token and handed it to Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping accepted the token and said they needed two more to collect all the nearby tokens.

Students in Simulation City spread vicious rumors about Xia Ping and his followers, while his group celebrated their haul at the villa. The celebration was interrupted when Nangong Wu and several students from Xiulan Middle School arrived to meet Xia Ping.

• Students blamed Xia Ping and his followers for beating contestants and stealing tokens, and they planned to recruit experts from Tianshui City No. 1 Middle School to oppose him.
• Xia Ping rewarded the Xia Army with food and promised to give them three of the four tokens they had seized.
• Han Shan told Xia Ping that students from Xiulan Middle School had come to see him.
• Nangong Wu, Xiulan Middle School's top expert, entered the villa with several other young women and asked whether Xia Ping was there.

Nangong Wu and the girls from Xiulan Middle School asked Xia Ping for food after hunger left them with few options, but he demanded that Nangong Wu dance in exchange. His provocative request was broadcast throughout Tianshui City, shocking viewers and putting him at risk of the Nangong Family’s anger.

• Nangong Wu explained that her group needed food because Xia Ping had cleared out supplies in the surrounding areas.
• Xia Ping refused to give them food for free and rebuked the girls for expecting others to serve them.
• Nangong Wu asked what Xia Ping wanted in exchange for food, while keeping her composure despite the other girls’ anger.
• Xia Ping asked Nangong Wu to dance for him, prompting the girls to protest.
• The broadcast revealed Xia Ping’s request to viewers across Tianshui City, who warned that he had provoked Nangong Wu, the Nangong Family, and her many admirers.

Xia Ping challenged Nangong Wu to dance for him, insisting he would not force her, and she accepted the challenge. They went into his villa together, leaving the onlookers stunned and anticipating the trouble his actions could bring.

• Feng Hetang, Han Shan, and the others were shocked when Xia Ping told Nangong Wu to dance for him.
• Nangong Wu asked whether Xia Ping could handle seeing her dance, and Xia Ping replied that he would not force her if she refused.
• Nangong Wu accepted, saying she would dance for Xia Ping alone.
• Xia Ping led Nangong Wu into his villa, and the two disappeared into a room.
• The girls from Xiulan Middle School and Xia Ping's companions reacted with disbelief, while Han Shan and Feng Hetang admired his audacity.

The city erupted after footage showed Xia Ping making Nangong Wu dance, angering her admirers, the great-family heirs, and her father, Nangong Hai. Alone with Nangong Wu in the villa, Xia Ping blocked her first attack, and she launched a more dangerous strike.

• Viewers and Nangong Wu’s admirers condemned Xia Ping online, with some threatening to attack or hire an assassin against him.
• Heirs of the great families discussed their anger at Xia Ping and threatened to beat him when he emerged.
• Nangong Hai watched the footage at the Tianshui City government center and silently restrained his fury.
• Alone with Nangong Wu in the villa, Xia Ping teased her about dancing, and she attacked him with the Nangong Family’s Fire Cloud Palm.
• Xia Ping deflected Nangong Wu’s first strike with the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art and reached to put an arm around her waist.
• Nangong Wu used the second form of Fire Cloud Palm, Fire Snake Flicking Tongue, aiming a penetrating blow at Xia Ping.

Xia Ping subdued Nangong Wu after she attacked him, then kept her pinned in a room while promising not to harm her. He planned to hold her there for half an hour to gain Hate Points from her popularity, leaving her confused and furious as he considered how to spend the points.

• Nangong Wu struck and kicked Xia Ping, but his Northern Underworld Body Protection Art blocked her attacks.
• Xia Ping used Snake Fist to restrain Nangong Wu, and she failed to break free.
• Nangong Wu threatened to shout and invoke the Nangong Family, but Xia Ping told her he would not harm her.
• Xia Ping refused to release Nangong Wu immediately and said she had to stay in the room for half an hour in exchange for food.
• Xia Ping monitored his growing Hate Points and considered using them to improve his martial arts or obtain pills.

Xia Ping emerged from a room with Nangong Wu, and their ambiguous remarks made people believe he had taken advantage of her. The broadcast stirred public outrage, while Nangong Hai became furious over what he thought had happened to his daughter.

• Nangong Wu left the room with numb legs, and Xia Ping apologized for being too rough while she vowed there would be no next time.
• Han Shan and the others misunderstood Xia Ping’s comments about Nangong Wu’s service, while her classmates gathered around her.
• Viewers across Tianshui City speculated that Xia Ping had defiled Nangong Wu and flooded the internet with curses and demands for his arrest.
• Tianshui City officials watched the scene, and Nangong Hai clenched his fists in anger at Xia Ping.

After Xia Ping’s encounter with Nangong Wu became public, people across Tianshui City gossiped and reacted with outrage, while his parents joked about his success. In Simulation City, news reached Qin Muyang, who erupted in fury after learning that Nangong Wu had been with another man.

• Students from several schools accused Xia Ping of manipulating Nangong Wu and scheming to gain the Nangong Family’s fortune, while Yang Wei and the others fumed.
• Qiu Xue worried about Xia Ping’s behavior, and Xia Chuanliu bragged to Huang Lanxin about his own high-school interactions with girls.
• Nangong Wu led the Xiulan Middle School students away from the villa with food, and news of what had happened spread throughout Simulation City.
• At a villa, ten students from Tianshui City No. 1 Middle School gathered with a token each, and a hooked-nose student told Qin Muyang about Nangong Wu and Xia Ping.
• Qin Muyang’s rage shook the ground as the hooked-nose student asked what he planned to do, while the other students watched.

Qin Muyang gathered students to target Xia Ping after hearing that he had been alone with Nangong Wu, while Xia Ping slept through the growing hostility. The chapter ended with Qin Muyang leading two or three hundred students to surround Xia Ping's villa.

• Qin Muyang dismissed the report about Nangong Wu but remained furious that she and Xia Ping had spent half an hour alone together, and vowed to keep Xia Ping out of the top sixteen.
• Qin Muyang's allies warned that Xia Ping had gathered more than a hundred students, so Qin Muyang decided to recruit nearby students to overwhelm him.
• Students across Simulation City received invitations to join the attack on Xia Ping, and many considered accepting while privately planning to seize tokens for themselves.
• Xia Ping woke from a long sleep to discover that his Hate Points had risen to 75,363, and he focused on using them to obtain pills and reach the Martial Artist Realm.
• Han Shan and the others rushed in to tell Xia Ping that Qin Muyang and two or three hundred students had surrounded their villa.

Xia Ping and his companions confronted Qin Muyang’s large group, and Xia Ping traded insults with Qin Muyang’s hooked-nosed student. Qin Muyang’s palm attack injured several students, but Xia Ping remained unharmed, and his allies beat the hooked-nosed student down after he charged at Xia Ping.

• Xia Ping led Han Shan and the others outside to meet two or three hundred students gathered by Qin Muyang.
• The hooked-nosed student challenged Xia Ping and used his booming voice to force Han Shan and the others back, but Xia Ping and Feng Hetang mocked him.
• Qin Muyang attacked with Five Absolutes Killing God Hand, injuring five or six students while Xia Ping shattered one of the wind gusts with his palm.
• Qin Muyang warned Xia Ping not to act arrogantly at the tournament, but Xia Ping calmly challenged his claims of superiority.
• The hooked-nosed student charged Xia Ping, and five or six of Xia Ping’s companions surrounded and beat him until he could no longer fight.