Chapter Summaries

Chen Yan gave Hou Ze a Foundation-Cultivating Fruit, and its powerful effects drew the Grandmaster Class’s attention. Bai Lingshuang ate a second fruit and began reacting to its effects.

• Chen Yan urged Hou Ze to eat a Foundation-Cultivating Fruit from the Scroll World.
• Hou Ze swallowed the fruit, circulated the Dragon Cicada Art, and expelled black gas as it purged toxins from his body.
• Hou Ze found that his qi and blood had increased and his true qi had become much purer, convincing the watching students of the fruit’s power.
• Chen Yan tossed another fruit, and Bai Lingshuang caught it and ate it.
• Frost spread around Bai Lingshuang as her skin flushed, and she squeezed her eyes shut under the fruit’s effects.

Chen Yan’s Foundation-Cultivating Fruits transformed Hou Ze and Bai Lingshuang, while their effects helped him attract classmates seeking rare materials. He gave the system’s Peace-Calming Bell to Yu Qingmeng as an early birthday gift, and she kept it a secret from her parents.

• Bai Lingshuang discovered that the Foundation-Cultivating Fruit replenished her life essence and gave her Mystic Ice Jade Body a new trait, prompting classmates to offer Chen Yan rare materials in exchange for more fruit.
• Chen Yan received a Peace-Calming Bell for investing in Hou Ze, Bai Lingshuang, and Ji Junyu, and reasoned that the reward depended on how much an investment shifted its targets’ fates.
• Chen Yan gave the bell to Yu Qingmeng as an early birthday present, and she asked him to fasten it around her wrist.
• Yu Qingmeng went home wearing the bell and told Liu Xin and Yu Lei that it was a secret between her and Xiao Yan.

Chen Yan used the delivered spiritual treasures to temper his organs and form all 108 energy cores, transforming his True Qi into True Essence and greatly increasing his power. He sensed that the Hundred Apertures Crystallization Method could extend beyond 108 cores, then entered the East Continent Game to pursue the Professional League championship.

• Chen Yan received a lead-shielded case containing Star Sand, Lightning-Struck Wood Heart, Water of Serenity, and several unlisted spiritual materials.
• Chen Yan entered the Scroll World and refined the treasures to strengthen his kidneys, liver, and spleen before forming energy cores.
• Chen Yan condensed 72 energy cores, then forcibly opened the remaining 36 death acupoints and linked all 108 cores.
• The linked cores compressed Chen Yan's True Qi into golden True Essence, giving him a reserve estimated at 5.4 times that of his main dantian.
• Chen Yan sensed that the Hundred Apertures Crystallization Method could continue beyond 108 cores and received a notification that his Hundred Bones Body Forging Technique had reached Minor Accomplishment.
• Chen Yan returned to reality and entered the East Continent Game, aiming to win the Professional League championship.

Chen Yan entered the Professional League under his real name and was matched against White Dragon, a dangerous opponent he had defeated before. The chapter left them set to meet in the opening match.

• Chen Yan entered the Professional League arena and learned that the system identified contestants by their real names.
• Chen Yan decided that being unmasked was worth the prestige he could gain for his system task, though he reminded himself to stay cautious.
• Spectators debated the likely champions and speculated about the real identity of Yama.
• Chen Yan drew White Dragon as his first opponent and recalled that White Dragon could pierce protective True Qi.

Chen Yan faced White Dragon in the Professional League and defeated him with a single fire-powered punch, ending their revenge match in less than three seconds. White Dragon re-formed in his private box, stunned and humiliated as he opened the replay.

• White Dragon arranged for Chen Yan to enter the Professional League and swore to defeat him after his earlier humiliation.
• Chen Yan recognized White Dragon when they appeared opposite each other in the arena.
• White Dragon gathered his power and took on a savage, scale-covered form as the match began.
• Chen Yan struck White Dragon with a tiny crimson fire dragon, evaporating him and winning by knockout.
• White Dragon re-formed in his private box, struggled to understand his defeat, and opened the match replay.

Chairman Chu learned that Chen Yan had defeated the young master of the Heavenly Python Clan and possessed physical strength beyond the league’s simulation system. He concluded that Chen Yan might have the makings of a Martial Saint and wondered where such a powerful student had come from.

• The secretary reported that Luo Yan had advanced to the Grandmaster Realm and withdrawn, while Chu Feng and another contestant had won their matches.
• Chairman Chu celebrated that only ten of the twenty-eight foreign exchange contestants had advanced and learned that the young master of the Sky Python Clan had been eliminated by Chen Yan.
• Chairman Chu ordered higher rewards for the league’s top twenty contestants.
• The secretary told Chairman Chu that the virtual system could not fully reproduce one contestant’s physical data, and the technical department had found no system error.
• Chairman Chu learned the contestant was Chen Yan and linked his unmatched physical strength to his victory over the young master of the Heavenly Python Clan.
• Chairman Chu declared that Chen Yan had the makings of a Martial Saint and wondered what kind of monster he was.

Chen Yan advanced to the top sixty-four and drew Miao Guanyu as his next opponent before returning to real-world cultivation. Miao Guanyu, intrigued by the unfamiliar name, posted a public request for information about Chen Yan, leaving Southern Martial University buzzing with speculation.

• Chen Yan watched viewers debate whether his fighting style meant he was Yama, then learned Miao Guanyu would be his next opponent.
• Chen Yan returned from the Scroll World and cultivated, sensing that five of his mastered skills were close to breaking through.
• Miao Guanyu woke from his game pod and wondered who Chen Yan was, since he had never heard of the fighter.
• Miao Guanyu posted on Southern Martial University's forum, offering a generous reward for information about Chen Yan.
• Students reacted to Miao Guanyu's post and jokingly speculated that he was looking for a romantic partner.

Miao Guanyu sought advice from Zhou Li about his upcoming match against the unfamiliar Chen Yan, but Zhou Li exposed the flaws in his swordsmanship during a sparring session. Miao Guanyu left humbled and was told to watch Chen Yan’s match replay.

• Miao Guanyu went to the Sword Arts Department faculty building after posting a missing-person notice and asked Zhou Li for guidance.
• Zhou Li brought Miao Guanyu to a hidden Martial Arts Arena, where Miao Guanyu attacked him with a sword and was effortlessly repelled by one finger.
• Zhou Li questioned Miao Guanyu’s confidence and warned that his wavering focus weakened his swordsmanship.
• Miao Guanyu revealed that his next opponent was Chen Yan, then lost his sword when Zhou Li exploited another lapse in concentration.
• Zhou Li told the shaken Miao Guanyu to watch Chen Yan’s match replay instead of worrying about an opponent he had not studied.

Miao Guanyu watched Chen Yan defeat White Dragon with a single punch and realized how vast the gap between them was. Zhou Li then suggested that Miao Guanyu wait until next year before competing.

• Miao Guanyu searched the tournament system for Chen Yan’s match replay while Zhou Li let him use the office equipment.
• After Teacher Wang briefly interrupted, Miao Guanyu discovered the replay had already ended, and Zhou Li said he had seen it.
• Miao Guanyu replayed the match and watched Chen Yan erase White Dragon with a crimson flash before the match’s delayed KO notification appeared.
• Miao Guanyu and Zhou Li slowed the replay repeatedly but could only make out the attack’s red flash and a fleeting dragon-shaped afterimage.
• Zhou Li asked Miao Guanyu to wait until next year.

Miao Guanyu challenged Chen Yan in the Professional League’s Round of 64 match, determined to experience his power firsthand. Chen Yan countered Miao Guanyu’s sword attack with Kidney Water Qi, and the chapter ended as he struck Miao Guanyu’s barrier and reached to meet his descending blade with his palm.

• Miao Guanyu rejected Zhou Li’s suggestion to wait until next season and left determined to fight Chen Yan.
• Miao Guanyu and Chen Yan appeared in the Round of 64 match, and Miao Guanyu attacked first with a storm of sword afterimages.
• Chen Yan released Kidney Water Qi, which formed a wave that erased the sword afterimages and a fog that weakened Miao Guanyu’s attacks.
• Miao Guanyu unleashed his full Professional Rank 9 power and cut a path through the fog, only to find Chen Yan standing three steps away.
• Chen Yan shattered Miao Guanyu’s True Qi barrier with a punch, then raised his palm toward Miao Guanyu’s descending longsword.

Chen Yan defeated Miao Guanyu in the Professional League by secretly building up Kidney Water Qi in his opponent, then watched his victory make headlines. The next day, classmates crowded around him, and he used the attention to promote Foundation-Cultivating Fruit.

• Chen Yan struck Miao Guanyu's sword with his bare palm, chipping its blade while Kidney Water Qi seeped into Miao Guanyu's body.
• Chen Yan withdrew, triggering the accumulated Qi and leaving Miao Guanyu weakened as his health rapidly drained.
• The system declared Chen Yan the winner, and millions of viewers and professional analysts reacted to his unusual fighting style.
• The next day, classmates surrounded Chen Yan in the Grandmaster Class, while Yu Qingmeng used a little sword to stop Jiang Xixi from touching him.
• Chen Yan told his classmates that Foundation-Cultivating Fruit had helped him improve and began promoting it.

Chen Yan’s Foundation-Cultivating Fruits sparked a rush of orders from his classmates as he continued refining his martial arts. After Mei Qiaoer asked about the fruits’ origin and whether they could help a Professional Rank 9 martial artist, Chen Yan gave her three and secured her promise to help him if needed.

• Chen Yan raised his daily supply of Foundation-Cultivating Fruits to five as classmates competed to reserve them with valuable resources.
• Li Mu struggled with his pride despite wanting a fruit, while Bai Lingshuang noticed his improved composure and redirected her thoughts toward cultivation.
• Chen Yan practiced the Five Aggregates Fist at the Martial Arts Arena, and Mei Qiaoer praised his Professional League performance before acknowledging she could no longer teach him much.
• Mei Qiaoer asked where Chen Yan’s fruits came from, and Chen Yan reassured her by claiming Grandmaster Wang Anguo knew about them.
• When Mei Qiaoer asked whether the fruits could benefit someone at Professional Rank 9, Chen Yan led her into her office and gave her three fruits.
• Mei Qiaoer accepted Chen Yan’s gift and promised to help him whenever he needed it.

Chen Yan defeated Wang Fei in three seconds, then completed his 361 Divine Apertures and crossed the second Heavenly Pass. He returned to the Scroll World transformed, with a star-chart array and a miniature universe within his dantian, though his system rank still showed Professional Rank 9.

• Chen Yan defeated Wang Fei with Lung Metal Sword Qi in three seconds during the East Continent Professional League round of thirty-two.
• Chen Yan ignored the Round of Sixteen draw and cultivated his perfected Divine Aperture method in the Scroll World.
• Chen Yan triggered the second Heavenly Pass as his 361 Divine Apertures neared completion and discovered he had to cross a bottomless void between two bronze gates.
• Chen Yan used starlight projected by his Divine Apertures to walk across the void, completing all 361 apertures and returning to his body.
• Chen Yan's Divine Aperture Array transformed his body, accelerated his energy absorption, and formed a miniature star-filled universe inside a pill in his dantian.
• Chen Yan saw that his cultivation still read Professional Rank 9 and believed his growing power could overcome the foreign races, the Evil God, and the Outer-Heaven Fleet.

Chen Yan visited Wang Anguo, who warned him that his classmates’ buying spree had driven up resource prices and explained that people would seek his favor because of the coming Imperial Capital Rift. Wang Anguo then gave Chen Yan a box of valuable elixirs and spirit plants.

• Chen Yan left Du Qionghua and used a single step to reach Wang Anguo’s courtyard.
• Wang Anguo confronted Chen Yan about using his name in the Grandmaster Class and described how Chen Yan’s classmates’ purchases had caused resource shortages and soaring prices.
• Wang Anguo explained that the Imperial Capital Rift was growing more active and that people would seek places on Chen Yan’s team or try to invest in him.
• Wang Anguo gave Chen Yan a box filled with martial arts elixirs and rare spirit plants, and Chen Yan happily accepted it.

Chen Yan defeated Gu Lin in the round of sixteen and waited as the other matches concluded. The quarterfinal draw paired him against Chu Feng.

• Gu Lin opened with her sword and psychic illusion, but Chen Yan pierced through the illusion and struck her with the Fire Aspect of the Five Aggregates Fist.
• Gu Lin trapped Chen Yan with her Psychic Cage, but he shattered it and won the match.
• Chen Yan watched the remaining round-of-sixteen matches and judged the professional fighters unimpressive.
• The eight qualifiers were drawn into quarterfinal pairs, matching Chu Feng against Chen Yan.

Chen Yan faced Chu Feng in the quarterfinals and overcame the limits of his virtual body's sluggishness by relying on overwhelming strength. After Chen Yan revealed his self-created Five Aggregates Fist, the arena fell silent and Chairman Chu praised him to Wang Anguo.

• The quarterfinal draw paired Chen Yan with Chu Feng, drawing intense reactions from the spectators and concern from Bai Lingshuang and Hou Ze.
• Chu Feng opened with his mountain-like stance and attacked Chen Yan, who challenged him to come forward.
• Chen Yan realized his mind outpaced his virtual body, so he abandoned a technical exchange and unleashed a white fire dragon infused with dark-red Heart Fire.
• Chu Feng used a Taiji technique to block the dragon, but the attack cracked the platform and burned through his protective True Gang.
• After assessing Chu Feng's techniques, Chen Yan released the strongest move of his Five Aggregates Fist, causing the Sea Platform to tremble and leaving Chu Feng struggling under its pressure.
• Chairman Chu praised Chen Yan to Wang Anguo, who modestly claimed his student still needed polishing.

Chu Feng fought Chen Yan on the arena platform, unleashing his speed and a wide range of mastered martial arts while Chen Yan calmly countered him. Their rapid exchange continued without either gaining a clear advantage.

• Chu Feng ignored Chen Yan’s taunt and resolved to defeat him, recalling his teacher’s advice to pursue martial arts will and become a grandmaster before turning fourteen.
• Chu Feng charged across the platform with True Gang and struck Chen Yan with a powerful punch, but Chen Yan blocked it without moving.
• Chu Feng followed with a series of martial arts techniques, and Chen Yan countered or evaded each attack as they exchanged dozens of moves.
• Spectators marveled at Chu Feng’s mastery of numerous martial arts, while Luo Yan realized Chu Feng had previously hidden his true strength.
• Chu Feng and Chen Yan continued fighting at an apparently even pace, with neither able to suppress the other.

Chairman Chu and Wang Anguo praised Chen Yan’s extraordinary abilities as he prepared to defeat Chu Feng with a Chaos Singularity. Chen Yan suddenly logged off before landing his blow, leaving Chu Feng declared the winner and Wang Anguo worried that something had happened in the real world.

• Chairman Chu and Wang Anguo discussed Chen Yan’s unusual constitution and agreed that he was a remarkable talent.
• Chen Yan formed a Chaos Singularity and struck at Chu Feng, whose defenses and resolve seemed unable to stop him.
• Chen Yan abruptly halted his punch, vanished from the arena, and the system declared Chu Feng the winner.
• Spectators and livestream viewers argued over why Chen Yan had logged off, while Bai Lingshuang suspected an emergency in the real world.
• Wang Anguo logged off and tried to call Chen Yan, but the communicator said he was unavailable.
• Chu Feng rejected the hollow victory and left the arena.

Chen Yan rushed to rescue his mother, Du Qionghua, after her protective painting activated, and his Square Inch Universe evolved into Time Stroll along the way. He found Du Qionghua unharmed and discovered that his father, Chen Kefa, had been injured by the painting’s protective strike.

• Chen Yan sensed Du Qionghua’s protective painting activate and raced across the Imperial Capital to find her.
• Under pressure, Chen Yan upgraded Square Inch Universe to Time Stroll and reached the shopping mall in moments.
• Chen Yan found Du Qionghua safe in a boutique with her friend Liu Xin, then spotted Chen Kefa injured nearby.
• Chen Yan revealed that his protective painting had mistaken Chen Kefa’s attention for a threat and struck him.
• Chen Kefa realized his son’s protection had injured him, then fussed over Chen Yan and warned him not to train too hard while young.

Chen Yan and Chen Kefa visited Wang Anguo, who praised Kefa’s breakthrough before warning Chen Yan that the public was accusing him of throwing or fleeing from his Professional League match. As Kefa realized his son had reached the quarterfinals, Chen Yan concluded that a Grandmaster’s power could resist his Spirit Control and Time Stroll.

• Chen Yan told Chen Kefa that Wang Anguo wanted to see them, and they went to Wang Anguo’s residence.
• Chen Kefa reported to Wang Anguo that the Black Wind Valley war zone had grown more dangerous, and the two veterans shared memories of their battles.
• Wang Anguo told Chen Yan that public opinion had turned against him after he withdrew from the Professional League match.
• Chen Kefa learned that Chen Yan had reached the national Professional League quarterfinals and reacted with shock and relief that he had become a Grandmaster first.
• Chen Yan realized he could not read Chen Kefa’s specific thoughts or fully stop his movement because Grandmasters could resist his abilities.