Chapter Summaries

After reaching Dou Zhe, Qin Yu awakened the Trait Extraction System and chose Top-Tier Comprehension, using it to improve his cultivation method and Battle Techniques. He went to Wutan City's square to line up for Jia Nan Academy admissions.

• Qin Yu reached the Dou Zhe realm and worried that his only cultivation method was a Yellow Tier technique.
• The Trait Extraction System awakened and offered Qin Yu three traits; he chose Top-Tier Comprehension.
• Qin Yu modified the Thick Earth Formula until it seemed comparable to a Mystic Tier cultivation method.
• Qin Yu spent three days improving his Rock-Splitting Palm and Rock Fist, strengthening his grasp of Dou Qi and combat.
• Qin Yu walked to Wutan City's square and quietly joined the line for Jia Nan Academy admissions.

Qin Yu arrived at Canaan Academy’s temporary grounds with Xiao Yu and challenged older students who tried to force the newcomers outside. He easily read and countered Bai Chen’s attacks, leaving the older students humiliated, but Bai Chen launched another kick at Qin Yu as the chapter ended.

• Qin Yu passed Canaan Academy’s admissions test and met Xiao Yu, who introduced herself and walked with him.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yu arrived at the academy grounds and found older students bullying new students under the academy’s rules.
• Bai Chen and the other older students crowded around Xiao Yu, but Qin Yu told them to leave instead.
• Bai Chen attacked Qin Yu, who deflected his punches and stopped his attempted leg strike while mocking his fighting style.
• Bai Chen attacked again with a kick aimed at Qin Yu’s kidney as Xiao Yu warned him to watch out.

Qin Yu fought off Bai Chen at Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment site, then spent time walking around Wutan City with Xiao Yu. Xiao Ning teased Xiao Yu about Qin Yu being her future brother-in-law, and she chased him through the Xiao Household that evening.

• Qin Yu grabbed Bai Chen as he tried to attack him, slammed him into the ground, and threw him away before Instructor Ruo Lin caught him with water.
• Instructor Ruo Lin treated Bai Chen, registered the new students, and learned that Qin Yu was a One-Star Dou Practitioner despite his strong performance.
• Xiao Yu invited Qin Yu to walk through Wutan City and thanked him for stepping in, while Qin Yu said he had used Bai Chen to test his skills.
• Xiao Ning found Xiao Yu and Qin Yu together, suspected Qin Yu was her future brother-in-law, and teased his sister until she blushed and scolded him.
• Xiao Yu returned to the Xiao Household in embarrassment, then chased Xiao Ning around that evening until their grandfather intervened.

Qin Yu tested his improved battle technique by defeating a Six-Star Fighter who confronted him and Xiao Ning. Xiao Ning then brought Qin Yu to meet his grandfather, the Xiao Household's First Elder.

• Qin Yu practiced his combined Rock-Splitting Palm and Rock Fist before Xiao Ning invited him to walk around Wutan City.
• Xiao Ning and Qin Yu encountered Jia Lie Ao, who provoked them and ordered his Six-Star Fighter guard to fight Qin Yu.
• Qin Yu used his Earth-Attribute Battle Qi and improved technique to strike the guard several times until Jia Lie Ao called off the fight.
• Xiao Ning, impressed by Qin Yu's strength, took him to the Xiao Household and introduced him to his grandfather, the First Elder.

After exchanging insights with the Xiao Household's First Elder, Qin Yu revised the Thick Earth Formula into the Earth Origin Formula, which drew power directly from underground and greatly accelerated his cultivation. By morning, he was close to becoming a Two-Star Fighter and planned to improve the formula again at Jia Nan Academy.

• The First Elder invited Qin Yu to discuss Earth-Attribute Battle Qi, and their exchange gave Qin Yu new insights.
• Xiao Yu arrived looking for the First Elder, discovered Qin Yu with him, and scolded Xiao Ning for trying to sneak away.
• After Qin Yu left, the First Elder praised his comprehension and teased Xiao Yu about getting along with him.
• Qin Yu redesigned the Thick Earth Formula to draw power from the ground and renamed it the Earth Origin Formula.
• Qin Yu cultivated barefoot on a hill overnight, increasing his Dou Qi until he was one step from becoming a Two-Star Fighter.
• Qin Yu decided to make another improvement to the Earth Origin Formula after reaching Jia Nan Academy.

Qin Yu joined Canaan Academy’s departing students and unexpectedly advanced to a two-star Dou Practitioner while cultivating barefoot. After a night of further cultivation, he prepared to leave for the academy with Xiao Yu, whose new uniform caught his attention.

• Qin Yu arrived at the encampment and reunited with Xiao Yu and several other new students.
• Qin Yu broke through to two-star Dou Practitioner while sitting barefoot, prompting the boys nearby to imitate him.
• Instructor Ruo Lin explained that Qin Yu’s method suited his earth-attribute Dou Qi and warned that it would be less effective while riding flying Magic Beasts.
• Qin Yu cultivated in a quiet corner until the next morning, when Xiao Yu came to tell him the students were ready to depart.
• Qin Yu examined Xiao Yu’s academy uniform and began to comment on her legs before catching himself.

Qin Yu traveled with Xiao Yu and the other new students toward Canaan Academy, cultivating at night during the two-month journey. He broke through to Three-Star Fighter, while Xiao Yu grew closer to him and cautiously began addressing him as “Brother Yu.”

• Qin Yu and Xiao Yu joined the new students boarding Griffin Beasts, and Instructor Ruo Lin led them toward Canaan City.
• Qin Yu found that flying weakened his Earth Origin Formula cultivation, so he rested by day and cultivated barefoot on the ground at night.
• After half a month, Qin Yu filled his Battle Qi Vortex and broke through to Three-Star Fighter.
• Xiao Yu noticed Qin Yu’s increased strength, sat beside him, and asked whether they might be assigned to the same class.
• Xiao Yu called Qin Yu “Brother Yu” and moved closer to him as she considered how to befriend him.

After a month and a half traveling by Griffin, Qin Yu and the new students arrived at Canaan City and reached Canaan Academy’s Outer Academy. Ruo Lin prepared to complete their enrollment and assign their classes and dormitories.

• During the journey, Qin Yu reached four-star Dou Practitioner while Xue Ni teased Xiao Yu about her feelings for him.
• Ruo Lin pointed out Peace Town’s Death Spirit Tree and explained that it displayed the corpses of people who had caused trouble there, including Dou Spirits and Dou Kings.
• The Griffins landed at Peace Town, where Qin Yu enjoyed standing on solid ground again, and the group rested overnight.
• Ruo Lin led the students into Canaan City through a special passage after the guards recognized her insignia.
• Ruo Lin brought the new students to Canaan Academy’s Outer Academy and told them she would arrange their enrollment, classes, and dormitories.

Qin Yu joined Canaan Academy’s Yellow Class Two, then met Vice Principal Hu Gan to discuss his rapid cultivation growth and student benefits. Hu Gan granted him library access and a single dorm room, but hinted that access to the Scripture Repository might still be possible.

• Qin Yu and Xiao Yu discovered they had both been assigned to Yellow Class Two and agreed they could cultivate together.
• Instructor Ruo Lin summoned Qin Yu to meet Vice Principal Hu Gan, who confirmed Qin Yu had reached Four-Star Dou Practitioner after registering as a One-Star.
• Hu Gan explained that Qin Yu’s benefits were difficult to determine because the academy assigned them according to enrollment ratings.
• Qin Yu requested unrestricted library and Scripture Repository access, as well as a private dorm room.
• Hu Gan agreed to arrange Qin Yu a single dorm room and gave him a library access token, then suggested there might be a way to enter the Scripture Repository.

Hu Gan challenged Qin Yu to reach the top fifty of the Outer Academy Points Tournament within two years in exchange for free access to the Scripture Repository. After recognizing Qin Yu’s improved cultivation method, Hu Gan granted him permission to choose two items, and Qin Yu entered the repository the next day to make his selections.

• Hu Gan told Qin Yu that reaching the Points Tournament’s top fifty within two years would earn him free access to the Scripture Repository, and Qin Yu accepted the challenge.
• Hu Gan sensed that Qin Yu’s cultivation method had reached Mystic Tier Middle-Rank and learned that Qin Yu had improved the family-inherited Thick Earth Formula himself.
• Hu Gan gave Qin Yu permission to choose two Dou Skills or cultivation methods before the tournament and handed him a token for the Scripture Repository.
• Qin Yu received a quiet single dormitory, settled in, and began planning his cultivation.
• The next day, Qin Yu used Hu Gan’s token to enter the Scripture Repository and saw how vast it was.

Qin Yu searched Jia Nan Academy’s Scripture Repository for Earth Attribute techniques and, with help from Han Yue, found a pair suited to his Earth Origin Formula. He used Hu Gan’s special authorization token to stop older students from taking the books, then prepared to borrow them.

• Qin Yu went to the second floor of the Scripture Repository, where he met Han Yue and showed her Hu Gan’s special authorization token.
• Han Yue recognized Qin Yu’s Earth Attribute and pointed him toward the relevant cultivation methods and Dou Techniques.
• Qin Yu chose Mountain Qilin Suppresses the Mountains and its accompanying Dou Technique, Qilin Fist, and considered how to combine their principles with his Earth Origin Formula.
• An older student demanded that Qin Yu leave the two books behind, claiming freshmen could not borrow high-rank techniques.
• Qin Yu showed the older students Hu Gan’s token and said the vice dean had authorized him to choose two techniques, silencing their leader.

Qin Yu fused the Earth Origin Formula with Mountain Qilin Suppresses the Mountains to create the Mysterious Earth Qilin Formula, then devised and tested the Mountain Qilin Leap movement skill. While practicing on a mountain near Canaan Academy, he sensed Bai Cheng and several others approaching him.

• Qin Yu overheard Bai Cheng and the older students plotting to make him pay for taking the scrolls, then returned to his dormitory with his books and scrolls.
• Qin Yu combined the Earth Origin Formula’s Earth Power with the Qilin form of Mountain Qilin Suppresses the Mountains and named the result the Mysterious Earth Qilin Formula.
• Qin Yu created the Mountain Qilin Leap, a movement Dou skill that used Earth Power to produce powerful leaps and bursts of speed.
• Qin Yu went to a nearby mountain, sensed its faint rhythm, and tested Mountain Qilin Leap, quickly improving after a couple of tumbles.
• Qin Yu sensed several purposeful auras approaching, and Bai Cheng emerged from the forest with the group.

Bai Cheng and several older students confronted Qin Yu in the mountains and demanded the cultivation methods and combat skills he had taken. Qin Yu escaped down a cliff using Mountain Qilin Leap, leaving Bai Cheng wary as he headed back to the dormitories before his first class.

• Bai Cheng surrounded Qin Yu with older students and demanded that he hand over the techniques he had taken from the Scripture Repository.
• Qin Yu dismissed Bai Cheng’s threats, and Bai Cheng’s companions prepared to attack him.
• Qin Yu leaped down the cliff with Mountain Qilin Leap and vanished into the forest before the group could stop him.
• Bai Cheng called off the confrontation and left with the older students, troubled by Qin Yu’s movement technique.
• Qin Yu reflected that the dangerous descent had improved his understanding of Mountain Qilin Leap, then headed to the dormitories for the night.

Qin Yu began classes at Canaan Academy, quickly understood the lessons, and resumed cultivating with the Mountain Qilin Suppresses the Mountains method. As he refined his movement technique, Bai Chen left to seek help from his cousin Bai Cheng.

• Qin Yu attended his first classes, and Instructor Ruo Lin introduced the academy and its rules.
• Hu Gan visited to retrieve his token and asked Qin Yu about choosing Mountain Qilin Suppresses the Mountains; Qin Yu said it would help him improve his cultivation method.
• Qin Yu went to the mountains to cultivate and passed Bai Chen, who recognized his rapid progress from one-star to four-star Dou Practitioner.
• Bai Chen decided to embellish his grievance and enlist his older cousin Bai Cheng's help, then left the mountain with his companion.
• Qin Yu practiced the Mysterious Earth Qilin Formula and Mountain Qilin Leap, climbed the cliff smoothly, and considered ways to further improve the technique.

Bai Cheng dismissed Bai Chen’s complaint about Qin Yu but worried that Qin Yu’s rapid cultivation would make it harder to reclaim the techniques and Dou skills he wanted. A week later, Qin Yu reached five-star Dou Practitioner, and Xiao Yu nearly confessed her feelings before fleeing in embarrassment.

• Bai Chen exaggerated Qin Yu’s conduct in Wutan City to persuade Bai Cheng to avenge him, but Bai Cheng saw through his scheme and sent him away.
• Bai Cheng considered Qin Yu’s rapid progress and decided to wait rather than confront him yet.
• Qin Yu cultivated to five-star Dou Practitioner and surprised his classmates when he arrived for class.
• Xue Ni teased Xiao Yu about Qin Yu’s breakthrough, and Xiao Yu later walked with Qin Yu after class.
• Xiao Yu asked Qin Yu whether he liked looking at her, then panicked and ran away before he could respond.

Qin Yu watched Han Yue defeat Bai Cheng at the arena, then reunited with Xiao Yu at dinner and eased her embarrassment by telling her he loved watching her too. Xiao Yu returned to the dormitory smiling, where Xue Ni eagerly pressed her for details.

• Qin Yu watched Han Yue wear down Bai Cheng and defeat him with a strike to the chest.
• Han Yue noticed Qin Yu had advanced to a five-star Dou Practitioner before they exchanged nods and parted.
• Qin Yu overheard Xiao Yu and Xue Ni discussing Xiao Yu's awkward question, then joined them at dinner.
• Xue Ni left Qin Yu and Xiao Yu alone, and Qin Yu told Xiao Yu, "I love watching you too."
• Xiao Yu returned to the dormitory in a good mood as Xue Ni asked what had happened.

Xiao Yu told Xue Ni that she had made progress with Qin Yu, while Qin Yu began considering whether water-attribute Battle Qi could improve his earth-based cultivation. Four months later, Qin Yu had reached Nine-Star Dou Practitioner and attended the new students’ collective examination at Canaan Outer Academy.

• Xiao Yu told Xue Ni she had made progress with Qin Yu, and Xue Ni encouraged her to be more tactful as she pursued him.
• Qin Yu wondered whether Xiao Yu’s future Water-Attribute Battle Qi could help him cultivate Earth Power more efficiently, and decided he might try cultivating alongside her after she broke through.
• Bai Cheng noticed Qin Yu had advanced to Five-Star Dou Practitioner but chose to focus on protecting his ranking in the Points Tournament.
• Qin Yu considered how the Five Elements’ generation and suppression might apply to Dou Qi, then continued his routine of classes and cultivation over the following months.
• At the new students’ collective examination, Qin Yu reflected that he had advanced from One-Star to Nine-Star Dou Practitioner in half a year and chose not to risk his foundation by forcing a breakthrough.

At the new student collective test, Qin Yu declared he would take first place and defeated Lu Han in a single, overwhelming attack. The other students watched in shock as Qin Yu left the arena after winning without giving Lu Han a chance to react.

• Qin Yu revealed that he had perfected Mountain Qilin Leap and Qilin Fist, refining the latter into a three-layered punch.
• Instructor Ruo Lin asked Qin Yu about the test, and he said he intended to take first place; Xiao Yu watched as Ruo Lin praised her Nine-Stage Battle Qi.
• Qin Yu drew Lu Han, a Six-Star Fighter from Mystic Class Three, as his opponent.
• Qin Yu combined Mountain Qilin Leap with Qilin Fist and knocked Lu Han off the arena almost instantly.
• Lu Han struggled to sit up, confused and defeated, while the students in the stands marveled at Qin Yu's speed and strength.

Qin Yu defeated Lu Han and later overcame Luo Zheng in the new student examination, using Mountain Qilin Leap to evade attacks and studying Luo Zheng’s Metal-Attribute Battle Qi before striking. He finished the examination undefeated and took first place.

• Qin Yu returned to Yellow Class Two after defeating Lu Han, while Lu Han refused treatment and continued to watch him resentfully.
• Instructor Ruo Lin learned that Qin Yu had created the Mystic Tier movement Dou Technique Mountain Qilin Leap and considered recruiting more students from Wutan City.
• Qin Yu watched the remaining matches, while most of Yellow Class Two struggled to win and Qin Yu’s opponents often surrendered.
• Qin Yu faced Luo Zheng, the only Seven-Star Dou Practitioner among the freshmen, and dodged his attacks while observing his Metal-Attribute Battle Qi.
• Qin Yu exploited Luo Zheng’s unstable spinning attack and knocked him off the arena with Qilin Fist.
• The referee declared Qin Yu the winner, giving him first place in the New Student Examination with a flawless record.

After the New Student Examination, Qin Yu agreed to Hu Gan’s challenge to reach the Points Tournament’s top fifty within eight months in exchange for entering a deeper part of the Scripture Repository. He selected the Thousand-Ridge Earth Dragon Armor battle skill, while Bai Cheng began plotting to lure him into an arena through Xiao Yu.

• Hu Gan praised Qin Yu’s rapid progress and offered him access to a deeper part of the Scripture Repository if he reached the Points Tournament’s top fifty within eight months.
• News of Qin Yu’s Nine-Star Dou Practitioner cultivation spread through the Outer Academy, alarming Bai Cheng.
• Zhao Yuan suggested exploiting Qin Yu’s closeness to Xiao Yu to draw him into a confrontation, and Bai Cheng told Zhao Yuan to carry out the plan.
• Qin Yu chose the Mystic Tier High-Rank Thousand-Ridge Earth Dragon Armor battle skill at the Scripture Repository.
• As Qin Yu studied how to activate the skill, a classmate ran up to him, panting.