Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yuan, a transmigrator with average martial talent, discovered that his martial heroes achievement system had finally activated and judged him to be a once-in-ten-thousand-years prodigy. The system rewarded him with a Creation Pill as he headed to martial arts class.

• Jiang Yuan listened as his teacher described the martial entrance exam and the slim odds of reaching New Star, while he resolved to pursue strength rather than settle for an ordinary life.
• Guo Hongtao checked on Jiang Yuan and offered to be his sparring partner, but Jiang Yuan declined because his friend was much stronger.
• A system panel appeared and warned that Jiang Yuan's strength exceeded the plane's limits before reassessing his rank.
• The system declared Jiang Yuan a true dragon prodigy and awarded him a Creation Pill that could improve his talent, aptitude, comprehension, and innate constitution.

Jiang Yuan took the Creation Pill, which transformed his physique and gave him a major boost in strength. At martial arts class, he watched Song Xi’s impressive test results and heard that no student at his school had any hope of reaching New Star.

• Jiang Yuan extracted the Creation Pill, swallowed it in a bathroom stall, and felt its energy temper his body.
• Jiang Yuan punched a hole in a marble wall, demonstrating strength of at least four hundred kilograms.
• Jiang Yuan joined Guo Hongtao and the other students at the martial arts hall, where Li Qingshan began testing their speed and strength.
• Song Xi ran at 19.5 meters per second and recorded a punching force of 410 kilograms.
• Li Qingshan dismissed the students’ hopes of reaching New Star, declaring that no third-year student at the school had any chance of going there.

Jiang Yuan’s test results revealed a dramatic rise in his speed and strength, prompting Li Qingshan to declare that he had a chance of reaching New Star. After class, Li Qingshan offered to teach him the incomplete A-rank martial skill Tyrant Blade, and a mysterious infusion began.

• Jiang Yuan recorded a speed of 20.8 m/s and a punching force of 435 kilograms, stunning his classmates.
• Li Qingshan explained that Jiang Yuan’s rapid improvement showed exceptional talent and defended him against suspicions of using banned drugs.
• Li Qingshan offered to teach Jiang Yuan a martial skill after class, while Song Xi resented the special treatment he received.
• After class, Li Qingshan revealed his incomplete A-rank skill, Tyrant Blade, and began demonstrating it.
• A notification appeared that a mysterious mighty expert was passing cultivation to Jiang Yuan, and the infusion started.

Jiang Yuan received the Nine Yang Divine Skill from the system after Li Qingshan taught him Tyrant Blade, then tested his improved power and secured access to the gravity chamber. As the practical combat assessment began, Song Xi used experimental exoskeleton equipment to boost her strength and challenged him to the first match.

• The system rewarded Jiang Yuan with the first volume of Nine Yang Divine Skill after Li Qingshan passed on his Tyrant Blade knowledge, and Li helped him stabilize his surging qi and blood.
• Jiang Yuan tested his punch at 450 kilograms and applied for two hours in the gravity chamber.
• The school announced that practical combat assessment results would determine students' shares of cultivation resources.
• Song Xi reported Jiang Yuan's recent progress to her family and obtained an experimental exoskeleton that raised her punch force to 503 kilograms.
• Song Xi entered the assessment arena wearing the exoskeleton and challenged Jiang Yuan to the first match.

Guo Hongtao defeated a stronger Class Seven student by dodging until he could exploit an opening, while several students lost their rankings and resources. Song Xi then challenged Jiang Yuan to unrestricted sparring with a powered exoskeleton, and their match began with her charging at him.

• Guo Hongtao evaded the Class Seven student's attacks, struck his ribs and neck guard, and won Arena One.
• Six students lost their rankings and some challengers withdrew their applications against Jiang Yuan as they watched the other matches.
• Jiang Yuan recovered with Nine Yang Inner Force in the waiting area while Song Xi requested unrestricted sparring.
• Song Xi entered the central arena in a powered exoskeleton that raised her punching force to five hundred and three kilograms.
• Jiang Yuan declined protective gear, inspected the exoskeleton, and faced Song Xi as she charged and punched toward his chest.

Jiang Yuan defeated Song Xi by reflecting her punch back through her exoskeleton, revealing an ability the school identified as Damage Reflection. After the principal added him to the year's number-one seed list, the dean voided his practical assessment results and summoned him for a special interview.

• Song Xi struck Jiang Yuan with her exoskeleton, but his Nine Yang Inner Force reflected the impact and sent her flying, leaving her unable to fight.
• Li Qingshan examined Song Xi while the principal and dean reviewed footage and identified Jiang Yuan's defense as a Damage Reflection Ability.
• The principal ordered the footage sealed and added Jiang Yuan to the number-one seed list, while Song Xi was carried off the arena.
• Li Qingshan declared Jiang Yuan the winner, and the rankings placed him first and Song Xi second.
• Guo Hongtao asked Jiang Yuan about his defensive technique, and Jiang Yuan said he could use it only defensively and unreliably.
• The dean of academic affairs voided Jiang Yuan's practical assessment results and ordered him to attend a special interview with the principal.

After Jiang Yuan’s victory over Song Xi, the principal questioned him about his ability to rebound attacks and granted him valuable training resources. Jiang Yuan used a high-grade qi-and-blood potion to master the first volume of the Nine Yang Divine Skill, unaware that a miniature drone was watching him.

• The principal questioned Jiang Yuan about his unexplained ability to withstand and rebound Song Xi’s punch, and Jiang Yuan described it as a recent physical mutation.
• The principal classified Jiang Yuan’s ability as top-level confidential material and granted him three high-grade qi-and-blood potions and unlimited advanced gravity chamber access.
• Jiang Yuan told Guo Hongtao about the resources and said he intended to meet New Star Martial University’s direct admission standard.
• Jiang Yuan absorbed a high-grade qi-and-blood potion at home, expelled bodily impurities, and reached 100% cultivation progress in Nine Yang Divine Skill Volume One.
• A miniature reconnaissance drone hovered outside Jiang Yuan’s window and watched him through a gap in the curtains.

Jiang Yuan discovered that a battered broken sword in Uncle Chen's shop was a powerful system-recognized weapon, then concealed his interest and bargained over its price. He left the negotiation at a standoff, with Uncle Chen demanding five hundred and Jiang Yuan offering two fifty.

• Jiang Yuan visited Uncle Chen's Treasure Gathering Studio while looking for a weapon and rejected the shopkeeper's dubious antiques.
• Jiang Yuan touched a rusty broken sword and the system identified it as the sealed, severely damaged Heaven-Reliant Dragon-Slayer Thunderfire Sword.
• Jiang Yuan tested the sword, sensed its weight and resonance with his Nine Yang Inner Force, and hid his excitement from Uncle Chen.
• Jiang Yuan haggled down from Uncle Chen's eighty-thousand asking price, while Uncle Chen successively lowered his demand.
• Uncle Chen offered the sword and its rosewood box for five hundred, and Jiang Yuan countered with two fifty.

Jiang Yuan made the broken Heaven-Reliant Dragon-Slayer Thunderfire Sword acknowledge him as its master and mastered a fragment of the Heaven-Burning Sword Art. At Jianghai No. 1 High School’s anniversary celebration, he saved Little Fatty Liu from an Iron-Winged Vulture and fought off three more, stunning the assembled school.

• Jiang Yuan bought the broken sword from Uncle Chen for 235 yuan and awakened its power with his Nine Yang Inner Force at home.
• The sword acknowledged Jiang Yuan as its master, granting him a fragment of the Heaven-Burning Sword Art and Blazing Sun Sword Intent.
• At the school anniversary celebration, Zhou Hu mocked Jiang Yuan for carrying the broken sword, but backed away when challenged.
• An Iron-Winged Vulture attacked the students near the grills, and Jiang Yuan cut it down before it could harm Little Fatty Liu.
• Three more Iron-Winged Vultures attacked, and Jiang Yuan killed all three with the Subtle Realm Heaven-Burning Sword Art.
• Li Qingshan recognized Jiang Yuan’s sword art as being in the Subtle Realm while the teachers and students watched in shock.

Jiang Yuan killed four Iron-Winged Vultures during the school anniversary assembly, exposing his powerful swordsmanship to the crowd. After the school tried to contain the footage and protect him, the New Star Martial Arts Admissions Joint Center ordered his records transferred and announced a special investigation team would arrive in two hours.

• Jiang Yuan landed on the training ground and killed the attacking Iron-Winged Vultures, while Li Qingshan organized the school’s response.
• Guo Hongtao questioned Jiang Yuan’s swordsmanship, and the dean of academic affairs restricted students’ terminals and inspected Zhou Hu’s recording.
• Jiang Yuan told Li Qingshan he had learned swordsmanship from a damaged manual, and Li Qingshan advised him to say he had practiced since winter break.
• The principal and security team discovered that the vultures’ fire-attribute energy had vanished, and the principal summoned Jiang Yuan to the conference room.
• The dean of academic affairs revealed that footage had leaked outside campus, and the New Star Martial Arts Admissions Joint Center ordered Jiang Yuan’s records transferred before its investigators arrived.

After killing four Iron-Winged Vultures, Jiang Yuan concealed the broken sword’s ability to absorb beast blood and repair itself while preparing a cover story for the arriving investigation team. He then asked Li Qingshan to teach him every A-Rank Martial Art, leaving his teacher stunned and angry.

• The principal announced that Jiang Yuan had saved classmates and killed four Iron-Winged Vultures, and arranged a commendation and publicity photos.
• Jiang Yuan discovered that the broken sword absorbed Iron-Winged Vulture blood and repaired its damage, then hid the discovery from the staff.
• Li Qingshan instructed Jiang Yuan to tell the investigation team that an incomplete manual and a battle epiphany had led to his swordsmanship breakthrough.
• Jiang Yuan reminded Li Qingshan of their agreement about earning another martial arts slot and asked the school to nurture him.
• Jiang Yuan requested to learn all the school's A-Rank Martial Arts, and Li Qingshan called the demand nonsense.

Jiang Yuan persuaded Li Qingshan to let him learn two A-Rank Martial Arts, then instantly absorbed both inheritances. As a New Star investigation team arrived to question him, Zhou Hu confronted him in the cafeteria and challenged his worth without his sword.

• Jiang Yuan explained that he wanted the Baxia · Stone-Metal Body for defense and the Profound Heaven · Shattering Bone Hand for close combat, and Li Qingshan agreed to request both from the principal.
• The principal opened the school's A-Rank Martial Arts repository to Jiang Yuan and warned that the investigation team was on its way.
• Jiang Yuan grasped the two jade slips and instantly learned the Profound Heaven · Shattering Bone Hand and the Baxia · Stone-Metal Body.
• Jiang Yuan ate five trays of beast meat in the cafeteria, and Guo Hongtao told him that the New Star investigation team had arrived at the principal's office.
• Zhou Hu mocked Jiang Yuan for relying on a broken sword to kill the Iron-Winged Vultures and asked what he was without it.

Jiang Yuan silenced Zhou Hu’s challenge by demonstrating precise control of his broken sword, then accepted Shen Liuli’s offer to pay him for daily swordsmanship guidance. The academic affairs director summoned him to face the New Star Special Investigation Team’s questioning ahead of schedule.

• Zhou Hu challenged Jiang Yuan to fight without his broken sword, and Jiang Yuan used its sword light to stop inches from Zhou Hu’s throat and slice a table in half.
• Zhao Qingya accused Jiang Yuan of violating school rules, while Guo Hongtao argued that he had acted in self-defense.
• Shen Liuli recognized Jiang Yuan’s swordsmanship as having reached the Subtlety Realm and offered him three thousand Blue Star Credits per hour plus exotic beast meat to guide her.
• Jiang Yuan agreed to teach Shen Liuli sword forms and methods of exerting force, and they signed an electronic sparring agreement.
• The academic affairs director told Jiang Yuan to bring his weapon to the First Conference Room because questioning by the New Star Special Investigation Team had begun early.

Jiang Yuan faced an inquiry from the New Star Special Investigation Team about his swordsmanship and was ordered to undergo a comprehensive ability-potential assessment in three days. After school, he went with Shen Liuli to the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, where their sparring revealed that his swordsmanship resembled that of a famous figure in New Star.

• Jiang Yuan told the New Star investigators that he had learned swordsmanship from a damaged manual found in a wooden box, and they scheduled his ability-potential assessment for three days later.
• Li Qingshan advised Jiang Yuan to describe any discovery in the assessment as a recently awakened bodily mutation.
• Shen Liuli picked Jiang Yuan up in her Radiant Star Type-7 and took him to her family's Extreme Martial Arts Hall to hire him as her swordsmanship instructor.
• Shen Liuli overwhelmed Jiang Yuan with her combat experience until he used Late Strike Interception to interrupt one of her attacks and began adapting to her rhythm.
• Shen Liuli stopped the sparring and told Jiang Yuan that the force pathways in his swordsmanship resembled those of someone famous in New Star.

Jiang Yuan let Zhou Hu batter him during an unarmed spar so the attacks could advance his Baxia · Stone-Metal Body, then defeated him with a joint lock and slap. After Zhou Hu warned him to stay away from Shen Liuli and relayed Zhao Qingya’s message, Li Qingshan told Jiang Yuan that the special investigation team had returned.

• After receiving six thousand Blue Star Credits from Shen Liuli, Jiang Yuan spent them on Ironbone Boar tenderloin and discovered that his Nine Yang Divine Skill improved his Azure Wolf Art cultivation.
• Zhou Hu challenged Jiang Yuan to an unarmed spar in class, and Jiang Yuan accepted to train his body by taking hits.
• Jiang Yuan endured Zhou Hu’s punches as his Baxia · Stone-Metal Body progress rose to five percent, then disabled Zhou Hu’s arm with the Shattering Bone Hand and slapped him.
• Zhou Hu attacked again until Li Qingshan stopped the fight, then warned Jiang Yuan to stay away from Shen Liuli and passed on Zhao Qingya’s message about someone else’s position.
• Li Qingshan called Jiang Yuan to his office and told him that the special investigation team had returned.

Jiang Yuan passed an investigation into his apparent damage-reflection ability by claiming it was a bodily stress response, then demonstrated a powerful reversal of force when an investigator punched him. The New Star Investigation Center classified him as a special observation target and required monthly medical reports.

• Jiang Yuan accepted the investigation and told Shen Liuli that their training would start the next day.
• Jiang Yuan concealed his Nine Yang Inner Force during a scan and explained that his body grew stronger after recovering from injuries.
• A young investigator struck Jiang Yuan with a five-hundred-kilogram punch, and Jiang Yuan's Stone-Metal Body returned most of the force, breaking the investigator's arm.
• The chief examiner ordered a dedicated tracking file for Jiang Yuan and required him to submit monthly physical examination reports.
• Jiang Yuan left the conference room, ate five plates of Ironbone Boar meat, and received notice that Special Tracking File No. S-017 had been established.

Jiang Yuan impressed Shen Liuli and Uncle Zhou with his sword-reading and grappling skills during their sparring. Shen Liuli paid him with three vials of Crimson-Scaled Python heart’s blood and requested faster training, while Uncle Zhou began searching the academy’s technique database for Snake Fang Thrust.

• Jiang Yuan sparred with Shen Liuli and avoided her attacks by reading her subtle force-generation habits.
• Uncle Zhou tested Jiang Yuan’s close-combat skills, but Jiang Yuan used Shattering Bone Hand—Snake Fang Thrust to numb his wrist and force him to retreat.
• Shen Liuli gave Jiang Yuan three vials of Crimson-Scaled Python heart’s blood as additional payment and asked him to raise their sparring speed to twenty-two meters per second.
• Jiang Yuan accepted the vials and agreed to Shen Liuli’s request.
• After Jiang Yuan left, Uncle Zhou searched New Star Central Martial Academy’s advanced martial arts technique database for Snake Fang Thrust.

Jiang Yuan used Crimson-Scaled Python heart's blood to cultivate Baxia · Stone-Metal Body and repair his broken sword. He reached Minor Mastery and unlocked a new sword technique, while Guo Hongtao and Guo Yuting fled from the stench outside his door.

• Uncle Zhou found no record of Jiang Yuan's move in the Profound Heaven · Shattering Bone Hand and told Shen Liuli they might have found a treasure.
• Jiang Yuan soaked in Crimson-Scaled Python heart's blood and used the Baxia · Stone-Metal Body method to temper his body.
• Guo Hongtao brought Guo Yuting to Jiang Yuan's home, but they fled after a foul stench seeped out from inside.
• Jiang Yuan completed his body tempering, and the system raised his Baxia · Stone-Metal Body to Minor Mastery.
• Jiang Yuan poured the last tube of heart's blood onto the Heaven-Reliant Dragon-Slayer Thunderfire Sword, repairing its blade and unlocking Thunderclap Vibration.

Jiang Yuan accepted Celestial Pivot Industries’ wager to face Song Xi and her new Armor-Breaker cybernetic body in the selection tournament. Afterward, he recognized that its high-frequency vibration could counter his ability and decided he needed to master Thunderclap Vibration before the match.

• The school announced that the senior special admissions selection tournament would begin in three days, with valuable rewards for first place.
• Song Xi arrived with Celestial Pivot Industries representative Chu He, showcasing her new Armor-Breaker Type III cybernetic limbs designed to counter Jiang Yuan’s force-reflection ability.
• Chu He wagered that if Song Xi defeated Jiang Yuan, he would surrender his broken sword and provide living tissue samples; Jiang Yuan accepted.
• Guo Yuting and Guo Hongtao offered Jiang Yuan a makeshift foam “heart-protecting mirror,” which he stuffed into Guo Hongtao’s mouth.
• Jiang Yuan realized the cybernetic body’s high-frequency vibration could bypass his defenses and resolved to master Thunderclap Vibration before the tournament.

Jiang Yuan trained with his sword in the gravity chamber, accidentally blasting a hole into the school pool before Zhou Hu sabotaged the chamber and trapped him under tenfold gravity. Jiang Yuan endured the pressure, stabilized his Baxia · Stone-Metal Body, broke out, and confronted Zhou Hu in the corridor.

• Jiang Yuan practiced Thunderclap Vibration in No. 7 Gravity Chamber and blasted a huge hole through its wall into the swimming pool.
• Zhou Hu used the chaos to raise the chamber's gravity to ten times normal, destroy its communications module, and escape through a ventilation duct.
• Jiang Yuan struggled under the crushing pressure as his Nine Yang Inner Force and Baxia · Stone-Metal Body tempered and repaired his body.
• Jiang Yuan stood upright under tenfold gravity, stabilized his Metal-Stone Body, and smashed through the locked alloy door.
• Jiang Yuan found Zhou Hu hiding in the corridor and walked toward him.