Recaps

Su Zhan reinforced Jiu Huo and discovered his strength could now overpower ordinary Intermediate Martial Marshals, though he chose to keep targeting beginners for safety. After turning to repair Spirit Treasures, he brought over a hundred perfectly restored Beginner Spirit Treasures to a Cloud Above Tower branch, astonishing its staff.

• Su Zhan promised Jiang Yin Yue he would deliver an Intermediate Spirit Treasure in perfect condition within three months, then left the Silver Moon Martial Hall.
• Su Zhan reinforced Jiu Huo, doubling its attack power and greatly improving his saber and elemental control.
• Su Zhan tested his strength in a Cultivation Room and struck with a force of 6,439 tons, enough to overpower ordinary Intermediate Martial Marshals.
• Su Zhan decided to keep targeting Beginner Martial Marshals while he built his strength, then began repairing Spirit Treasures.
• Elder Chen told Tower Master Zhou that over a hundred Beginner Spirit Treasures had arrived in perfect condition, and Zhou rushed to see them.

Su Zhan sold more than a hundred perfect-grade Beginner Spirit Treasures, used the proceeds to buy enhancement materials, and strengthened several cultivation methods. As his ventures expanded and weekly income climbed to nearly 15,000 Spirit Crystals, Blood Consumption and Frenzy Blood each reached a 10,000-times cultivation multiplier and unlocked Cultivation Alchemy.

• Su Zhan, disguised as Mr. Yun, sold over a hundred perfect-grade Beginner Spirit Treasures to Tower Master Zhou for nearly 15,000 Spirit Crystals.
• Su Zhan spent 5,000 Spirit Crystals on materials, then enhanced Sanyu and Lei Yin, greatly improving his defense, damage reflection, and movement speed.
• Su Zhan struggled to obtain the high-grade pills his cultivation methods needed and began seeking them through multiple channels.
• Su Zhan expanded his dealings to Jiang Yin Yue and the Golden Treasure Pavilion, while Blood Consumption, Frenzy Blood, and Jiu Huo completed their second enhancements.
• Su Zhan shifted his cultivation method avatars to hunting Intermediate Martial Marshals, raising their weekly earnings to 5,000 Spirit Crystals and his combined weekly income to nearly 15,000.
• Blood Consumption and Frenzy Blood each reached a 10,000-times cultivation multiplier, unlocking the Cultivation Alchemy feature.

Su Zhan discovered that Cultivation Alchemy could automatically refine pills, though each batch consumed an External Avatar and took a long time. After reviewing his progress and struggling to break through to Advanced Martial Marshal, he learned that the Ancient Moon Family was investigating the High-level Repair Master behind him.

• Su Zhan used Cultivation Alchemy to analyze an eighth-grade pill, learned its ingredients but not its refining method, and started a batch that would take three days.
• Su Zhan obtained a ninth-grade pill through Tower Master Zhou, analyzed its ingredients, and began a batch that would take ten days.
• During the third week, Su Zhan sold Beginner Spirit Treasures, helped his Cultivation Methods advance, and raised Years' multiplier to nearly 3,000-fold by feeding her treasures.
• Su Zhan reviewed his attributes and remained unable to break through from Intermediate Martial Marshal to Advanced Martial Marshal.
• Yu Jingshan called Su Zhan and warned him that the Ancient Moon Family was investigating the High-level Repair Master behind him.

Su Zhan moved his family out of Heaven City after learning that the Gu Yue Family was tracking Mr. Qiu, while two Limit Martial Marshals questioned the Lin Household about Su Zhan. The marshals decided to follow the trail of his family, leaving the Lin Household shaken by their knowledge of a High-level Repair Master.

• Su Zhan warned Yu Jingshan about the Gu Yue Family, told him to keep quiet about Mr. Qiu, and secretly took the guests from Cloud Above Tower.
• Su Zhan carried his parents and Fang Ling'er's family east toward Great Yang City and told them he had offended a Peak Martial Marquis, but promised he could handle the threat.
• Two Limit Martial Marshals questioned Lin Fanlong and the Lin Household, whose members did not know that Su Zhan was Mr. Qiu.
• The marshals discussed Su Zhan's connection to a High-level Repair Master and resolved to follow the trail of his relocated family.

Two Limit Martial Marshals questioned the Lin Household while searching for Su Zhan, but Lin Jinyu’s call to him went unanswered. Su Zhan later appeared safely before the Lin family and asked Lin Fanlong to forge him an identity so he could take the College Entrance Examination early as “Lin Zui.”

• Two Limit Martial Marshals questioned Lin Fanlong about where Su Zhan had moved his family and ordered him to call Su Zhan.
• Lin Jinyu called Su Zhan, but his Communication Device was switched off, so the two Limit Martial Marshals left to search the Cloud Above Tower branch.
• After the visitors departed, Su Zhan appeared in the Lin Household conference room, startling Lin Jinyu, Lin Baitian, and Lin Fanlong with his safe return and Intermediate Martial General cultivation.
• Su Zhan asked Lin Fanlong to forge him an identity and false face so he could take the College Entrance Examination early as Lin Zui.

Su Zhan used the weeks before the college entrance examination to strengthen himself and prepare a false identity so he could enter the Four Greats safely. On exam day, he disguised himself among the examinees, only for Gu Yunlou to appear as a distinguished guest.

• Lin Fanlong agreed to create a new identity for Su Zhan, and Senior Han recognized that Su Zhan had mastered a Heaven Grade camouflage technique.
• During the following weeks, Su Zhan and his allies improved their techniques, enhanced their fighters, and unlocked additional Cultivation Alchemy stages.
• Su Zhan's parents urged him to stay safe during the college entrance examination, and he reassured them before changing his appearance and concealing his cultivation.
• Su Zhan entered the examination venue under his false identity and spotted Lin Jinyu, Ye He, and other familiar faces among the crowd.
• The announcer introduced Gu Yunlou of the Ancient Moon Family as a distinguished guest, and Su Zhan wondered why he had come.

Gu Yunlou came to Heaven City to use a Spirit Treasure to find the High-level Repair Master, while Su Zhan tried to keep his abilities hidden during the college entrance exam. As the candidates entered the secret realm, Gu Yunlou spotted a man named Qiu and was shocked to discover he was alive.

• Gu Yunlou arrived at the exam and greeted the city’s leaders with unexpected courtesy, while Su Zhan wondered why he had come.
• The Four Greats’ examiners arrived, and the host explained the exam’s strength, defense, and secret realm tests.
• Su Zhan passed the first two tests by posing as an Intermediate Martial Artist, while Lin Jinyu entered the secret realm among the first candidates.
• Gu Yunlou used a Top-grade Spirit Treasure to search for the High-level Repair Master he had come to find.
• Gu Yunlou spotted a man named Qiu entering the spatial passage and realized, in shock, that he was not dead.

Gu Yunlou realized that Su Zhan had entered the secret realm and feared the Four Greats would protect him if he survived the trial. He bribed Magic Wu's proctor, Proctor Zhao, with a Top-grade Spirit Treasure and asked him to let Gu Yunlou and his guards enter so they could kill Su Zhan.

• Gu Yunlou recognized Su Zhan as a high school senior with the strength of an Advanced Martial General and watched him enter the secret realm.
• Gu Yunlou concluded that Su Zhan could not be allowed to survive long enough to attract the Four Greats' attention.
• Gu Yunlou approached Magic Wu's proctor, Proctor Zhao, and drew him backstage to speak privately.
• Gu Yunlou gave Proctor Zhao the Ancient Bronze Round Mirror, which Proctor Zhao recognized as a Top-grade Spirit Treasure.
• Gu Yunlou told Proctor Zhao he wanted to kill an examinee and asked him to open a passage into the secret realm for him and his guards.

Gu Yunlou bribed Proctor Zhao to let him and two disguised guards enter the secret realm and kill Su Zhan, while Su Zhan collected a B-grade Fierce Beast Core and watched other examinees challenge B-grade beasts. Su Zhan recognized the approaching disguised intruders as Gu Yunlou and two Advanced Martial Marshals.

• Gu Yunlou persuaded Proctor Zhao to help him enter the secret realm, and Zhao gave him a Secret Realm Shielding Order to block nearby Teleportation Wood Talismans.
• Gu Yunlou and his two disguised Advanced Martial Marshal guards entered the secret realm after Zhao warned them to kill their target and leave immediately.
• Su Zhan killed a B-grade ferocious beast with a brief release of his power and extracted its Fierce Beast Core.
• Su Zhan approached a gathering of Martial Master-level examinees challenging B-grade ferocious beasts and watched Lin Jinyu fight one.
• Su Zhan sensed three disguised examinees approaching, identified two as Advanced Martial Marshals, and recognized the third as Gu Yunlou.

Gu Yunlou entered the Trial Secret Realm with War Ghost and Fierce Fire to find Su Zhan, then tried to seize Lin Jinyu as bait. Su Zhan rescued her and survived the two Advanced Martial Marshals’ attack with only one layer of his protective Gang Qi broken, leaving Gu Yunlou and his fighters stunned.

• Gu Yunlou failed to find Su Zhan at first, then recognized Lin Jinyu as someone close to him after she defeated a B-grade fierce beast.
• The livestream camera appeared, and proctors from the Four Greats argued over recruiting Lin Jinyu.
• War Ghost and Fierce Fire tried to grab Lin Jinyu, but Su Zhan pulled her clear and greeted Gu Yunlou.
• Gu Yunlou ordered War Ghost and Fierce Fire to attack Su Zhan, and their suppressed power injured the examinees while preventing their Teleportation Wood Talismans from working.
• Su Zhan and Lin Jinyu stood unharmed in the crater as Su Zhan’s protective Gang Qi lost only one layer, astonishing Gu Yunlou and the two Advanced Martial Marshals.

Su Zhan revealed overwhelming power and killed War Ghost and Fierce Fire with his self-created technique, then took Gu Yunlou’s escape tokens. Gu Yunlou remained protected by a weakened Advanced Protective Spirit Treasure and believed Su Zhan could not harm him.

• Su Zhan transformed into the Hell Blood Demon God and unleashed the five-slash technique Ninefold Overlord Melody: Chaos of the Firmament.
• War Ghost and Fierce Fire tried to flee, but Su Zhan’s first three slashes killed them and his remaining slashes destroyed their belongings.
• Senior Han recognized Su Zhan’s many powerful attributes, while the proctors outside sensed a spatial distortion and competed over candidates.
• Su Zhan tried to sever Gu Yunlou’s arms, then snatched his Shielding Token and Teleportation Wood Talisman.
• Gu Yunlou explained that his Advanced Protective Spirit Treasure had formed a barrier and concluded that Su Zhan could not hurt him within the secret realm.

Su Zhan tried to kill Gu Yunlou, but Gu Yunlou’s self-repairing Advanced Protective Spirit Treasure withstood his attacks. Su Zhan summoned 636 External Avatars to bombard Gu Yunlou continuously, and Gu Yunlou began to panic as the treasure’s cracks widened while Su Zhan relaxed nearby.

• Su Zhan’s attacks left Gu Yunlou unharmed because his Advanced Protective Spirit Treasure repaired its damage.
• Su Zhan told Lin Jinyu to retreat, then explained that he would keep attacking until the treasure’s durability ran out.
• Su Zhan summoned 636 External Avatars, shocking Lin Jinyu and Senior Han with their numbers and strength.
• The External Avatars attacked Gu Yunlou together, and their continuous blows made the treasure’s cracks grow faster than it could repair them.
• Gu Yunlou tried to reassure himself that Su Zhan and the External Avatars would run out of energy, but he saw Su Zhan relaxing with a drink and cheering them on.

Gu Yunlou realized Su Zhan was the High-level Repair Master and feared the relentless assault was about to destroy his protective treasure. Just as Su Zhan prepared to finish him, a livestream opened above them, exposing the scene to the packed venue.

• Gu Yunlou connected Su Zhan to the attacks on his family's stronghold and the sudden appearance of Beginner Spirit Treasures, concluding that Su Zhan was the High-level Repair Master.
• The proctors shortened the trial after the Secret Realm's increasingly violent fluctuations raised fears it might collapse.
• Su Zhan continued the assault with more than six hundred External Avatars for three hours while Lin Jinyu and Senior Han watched Gu Yunlou's protective treasure wear down.
• The avatars stopped, and Su Zhan rose as the Hell Blood Demon God to personally kill Gu Yunlou before he could beg for mercy.
• Lin Jinyu warned that the scene was about to be livestreamed as a blue ring appeared above Su Zhan, and the venue erupted after seeing him.

Su Zhan fought Gu Yunlou in the secret realm while the livestream exposed the College Entrance Examination scandal, and Marquis Gu Tong’s Heaven and Earth Avatar intervened just as Su Zhan was about to kill his son. The proctors realized a Martial King Rank powerhouse was watching the livestream.

• Spectators and the Four Greats Proctors saw Gu Yunlou fighting Su Zhan in the secret realm and realized an Advanced Martial General had entered the examination illegally.
• The proctors accused Proctor Zhao of helping Gu Yunlou enter, while Su Zhan’s powerful attacks drew their attention and astonished them.
• Su Zhan shattered Gu Yunlou’s protective Spirit Treasure and prepared to deliver the final blow.
• Marquis Gu Tong’s Heaven and Earth Avatar deflected Su Zhan’s attack and asked him to spare Gu Yunlou, as Marquis Gu Tong’s true body raced toward Heaven City.
• The spectators noticed the livestream had not switched scenes, and the Four Greats Proctors concluded that a Martial King Rank powerhouse was watching.

Su Zhan killed Gu Yunlou and Marquis Gu Tong’s Heaven and Earth Avatar during the livestream, then returned to the examination venue and drew offers from the Four Greats. A Martial King appeared through a rift in the sky, bringing the venue to a stunned silence.

• Su Zhan rejected Marquis Gu Tong’s offer to spare Gu Yunlou and unleashed his full-strength slash, killing Gu Yunlou and destroying Marquis Gu Tong’s Heaven and Earth Avatar.
• Marquis Gu Tong raged from afar and headed to Dragon Tooth Giant City to seek the Black Obsidian King’s protection for himself and the Gu Yue Family.
• Su Zhan returned to the examination venue, where Lin Jinyu followed and the Four Greats’ proctors competed to recruit him.
• A powerful presence silenced the venue as a black rift opened in the sky and a light-wreathed Martial King emerged.

Su Zhan revealed his identity after White Dragon King arrived and personally invited him to join Dragon Martial. Mad Axe King, Nether Gold King, and Feather Heart King then appeared and competed to recruit Su Zhan for their universities, leaving him with four extravagant offers.

• White Dragon King identified Su Zhan, who removed his Human Skin Mask and confirmed his identity before the stunned crowd.
• White Dragon King invited Su Zhan to join Dragon Martial and promised to fulfill any request he could.
• Mad Axe King arrived and offered Su Zhan equally generous terms to join Qing Martial University.
• Nether Gold King and Feather Heart King appeared and made competing offers on behalf of Bei Martial University and Magic Wu.
• The four Martial Kings argued over which university Su Zhan should choose, each promising to match or surpass the others.

Su Zhan made joining one of the Four Greats conditional on killing Marquis Gu Tong and wiping out the Gu Yue Family, prompting White Dragon King to mobilize Dragon Martial’s network. King Jin Yan attacked the Gu Yue Family, but Black Obsidian King intervened, arriving with Marquis Gu Tong as the confrontation began.

• Su Zhan told the four Martial King experts that he would join whichever Great could kill Marquis Gu Tong and destroy the Gu Yue Family.
• Mad Axe King, Nether Gold King, and Feather Heart King agreed to take action, while White Dragon King contacted Dragon Martial’s network and promised a response within ten minutes.
• King Jin Yan arrived above the Gu Yue Family and, finding family head Gu Baizhong absent, unleashed a gigantic flaming finger at the clan.
• Black Obsidian King stopped the attack with a black vortex and appeared alongside Marquis Gu Tong.
• Marquis Gu Tong’s presence reassured the Gu Yue Family experts, while King Jin Yan appeared pleased to face him.

King Jin Yan moved to exterminate Marquis Gu Tong and the Gu Yue Family after learning the College Entrance Examination candidate Su Zhan was an Intermediate Martial Marshal. The Black Obsidian King abandoned Gu Tong after receiving word that the Dragon Emperor had contacted his ancestor, and Jin Yan destroyed the family.

• The Black Obsidian King tried to protect Marquis Gu Tong by offering King Jin Yan access to his clan’s Dao Comprehension Stone Stele.
• Marquis Gu Tong revealed that Su Zhan was an Intermediate Martial Marshal, then begged Jin Yan to spare him and promised never to seek revenge.
• King Jin Yan refused to relent, and the Black Obsidian King prepared to fight him rather than step aside.
• The Black Obsidian King received a message from his ancestor saying the Dragon Emperor had contacted him, then withdrew and left Gu Tong to his fate.
• King Jin Yan’s flaming finger obliterated Marquis Gu Tong and the entire Gu Yue Family.

After Dragon Martial fulfilled Su Zhan’s request by killing Marquis Gu Tong and wiping out the Gu Yue Family, Su Zhan formally accepted White Dragon King’s invitation to join Dragon Martial and received generous gifts from the other Martial Kings. Meanwhile, the Phoenix Moon Family learned of Su Zhan’s extraordinary talent, and its head decided to hunt him down and devour him.

• White Dragon King showed Su Zhan footage of King Jin Yan killing Marquis Gu Tong after the Dragon Emperor personally contacted Black Obsidian King and made him withdraw.
• Su Zhan accepted White Dragon King’s offer to join Dragon Martial and received a Dragon Martial Return Token and Identity Jade Talisman.
• Mad Axe King, Nether Gold King, and Feather Heart King each gave Su Zhan an Intermediate Spirit Treasure before leaving.
• Important figures at the examination site rushed to congratulate Su Zhan and seek connections with him.
• The Phoenix Moon Family learned that Su Zhan had reached Advanced Martial General before the examination and possessed strength rivaling an Intermediate Martial Marshal.
• The Phoenix Moon Family head revealed a skeletal face and resolved to devour Su Zhan.

The Black Skeleton learned that Long Wu had protected Su Zhan with a Return Token, forcing him to abandon plans to target the young genius. At the Lin residence, Su Zhan learned how the Four Greats ranked their students and discovered that his Tier 2 Transcendence made him a monster-tier talent with the potential to reach Tier 4.

• The Black Skeleton raged about being denied the chance to claim Su Zhan, but a shadowed voice warned him that the race’s upper ranks had forbidden anyone from harming the genius.
• The shadowed voice revealed that the White Dragon King had given Su Zhan a Return Token, and the Black Skeleton accepted that attacking him would invite a Martial King’s intervention.
• News of Su Zhan’s Tier 2 Transcendence and his entry into Long Wu spread among humanity’s core forces.
• At the Lin residence, Lin Baitian described how ordinary students could seem exceptional before entering Bei Martial University, where the standards were far higher.
• Lin Fanlong explained the Four Greats’ ranks, placing Su Zhan among monster geniuses and saying he had the potential to reach Tier 4 Transcendence like the Five-Headed Emperors.

Su Zhan learned why geniuses hold at Advanced Martial General to strengthen their foundations and how life-level barriers suppress cultivation gains. Lin Fanlong explained that Tier 3 Transcendence required mastering a strand of Heaven and Earth Will, leaving Su Zhan with a new goal.

• Su Zhan asked Lin Fanlong why martial artists held at the Martial General level to improve their tier-transcending strength.
• Lin Fanlong explained that the Martial General-to-Martial Marshal breakthrough was a fundamental change in life level, making the Martial General stage the best time to build a foundation before age thirty.
• Lin Fanlong said cultivation gains were suppressed by the life-level barrier and that the effects would return once a martial artist advanced to the Martial Marshal level.
• Su Zhan realized this explained his slow progress and anticipated a surge in strength after his breakthrough.
• Su Zhan asked how Tier 3 and Tier 4 Transcendence geniuses improved so far, and Lin Fanlong said Tier 3 Transcendence required mastering a strand of Heaven and Earth Will.

Su Zhan learned more about the Four Greats, the limits of Transcendence, and the secrets of their Internal Network. After leaving the Lin Household, he activated the Identity Jade Talisman given to him by the White Dragon King, and it blazed with light.

• Lin Baitian, Lin Jinyu, and Su Zhan marveled that geniuses of the Four Greats could comprehend Heaven and Earth Will at the Martial General level, while Su Zhan resolved to rely on his cultivation method incarnations instead of building a foundation himself.
• Su Zhan asked Lin Fanlong whether anyone achieved Tier 5 Transcendence, and Lin Fanlong confirmed that rumors of such figures existed.
• Senior Han told Lin Jinyu that Tier 5 Transcendence existed among other Alien Races, was extremely difficult at the Martial General level, and mattered most at the Martial Emperor level, where it could foretell becoming an emperor.
• Lin Jinyu resolved to pursue the Martial Emperor level and wondered whether Su Zhan might become an emperor because of his rapid progress.
• After leaving the Lin Household, Su Zhan learned that the Four Greats' Internal Network contained information about Martial Kings and Martial Emperors, and recognized his Identity Jade Talisman as the key to access.
• Su Zhan cut his finger and dripped blood onto the Identity Jade Talisman, which suddenly blazed with light.

Su Zhan discovered that his Dragon Mark let his Mental Consciousness enter Dragon Martial’s Internal Network, where everyone was reduced to an ordinary person. He found that he could summon the Mental Consciousnesses of his seven Cultivation Method Avatars into the network, then headed toward a crowd gathered around the Reincarnation Tower.

• Su Zhan used the Dragon Mark to enter the Internal Network and found himself in a lifelike city where nobody could sense or use their cultivation powers.
• Su Zhan tested the Cultivation Method Chat Group’s functions and found that Dispatch still worked, Replacement did not, and Summon brought the Avatars’ Mental Consciousnesses into the network.
• Blood Consumption, Jiu Huo, Sanyu, Frenzy Blood, Lei Yin, Qianlong, and Years appeared beside Su Zhan as transparent figures without their bodies, clothes, or powers.
• Su Zhan used Dispatch to return the Avatars to their bodies, while nearby people noticed the figures but dismissed them as virtual pets.
• Su Zhan realized the Avatars could help him in the Internal Network and followed a burst of cheers to a crowded plaza with a hundred-meter crystal tower labeled Reincarnation.

Su Zhan learned that the record-breaking Nine Deaths Martial General had reached floor 95 in the Cycle Tower, then met Tantai Lingyun, a powerful new student from the Tantai Clan. After she became his first close friend, she revealed that the four historical super geniuses ahead of him had all been killed by the Alien Race.

• Su Zhan listened as students celebrated Nine Deaths Martial General breaking the world record on floor 95 and learned that the Cycle Tower made a year inside pass as an hour outside.
• Tantai Lingyun, a veiled new student, recognized Su Zhan and told him that four historical super geniuses had died before reaching Martial King Rank.
• Tantai Lingyun asked Su Zhan to accept her close friend request, introduced herself as a member of the top-tier Tantai Clan, and offered him guidance and help.
• Su Zhan accepted Tantai Lingyun's request and added her as his first close friend.
• Tantai Lingyun told Su Zhan that the four super geniuses had all been killed by the Alien Race.

Tantai Lingyun explained that alien races targeted human geniuses and described how the Cycle Tower equalized entrants and challenged them to reach the highest floor within 30 years. After the Lightning Blade Martial General broke the record by reaching the 96th floor, Tantai Lingyun invited Su Zhan to attempt the tower.

• Tantai Lingyun told Su Zhan that alien races had long fought humanity and would likely target him for assassination.
• The Lightning Blade Martial General broke the Cycle Tower record by reaching the 96th floor, displacing Yanhuang’s brief record-holder.
• Tantai Lingyun explained that the Cycle Tower reset entrants’ attributes and cultivation methods, leaving their memories as their main advantage.
• Su Zhan learned that the tower had 99 floors, that reaching the 97th required Tier 5 Transcendence, and that no one in recorded history had attained it.
• Tantai Lingyun offered Su Zhan his weekly challenge attempt and wondered how far he would get.