Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan learned about the Spark Program’s steep elimination rate after meeting Minister Tong Jincheng, who had mistaken the three-year-old for a powerful adult. On the third day, Lin Xuan entered the third assessment round, where his age drew attention and skepticism from other factions.

• Li Xin clarified to Tong Jincheng that Lin Xuan was a three-year-old Spark Program examinee, and Gao Yang teased Tong for mistaking him for a mysterious powerhouse.
• Lin Xuan learned that Tong Jincheng was the deputy director of Crimson Flame’s Colorful Cloud Province Branch and considered how many candidates would compete for only one hundred places.
• The third Spark Program assessment began, with the Crimson Flame Tianhai Branch assigned to that round after the first two rounds had taken place.
• Other factions’ senior members noticed Lin Xuan was younger than the five-year-old Wang Family Prodigy and questioned why Gao Yang had recommended him.

Vice Dean Pei tested the Spark Program candidates with a sudden roar and a fearsome tiger-like presence. While many candidates panicked or fainted, Lin Xuan stayed composed, and Pei turned his attention toward him.

• Lin Xuan and the other candidates met Pei Ge, a Martial Arts Sixth Realm vice dean of Qinghong Academy, who led them into a dim corridor.
• Xing Yan warned Lin Xuan that the Spark assessment had four unknown rounds and advised him to endure until the end.
• Pei abruptly stomped and roared, projecting the image of a giant fierce tiger and terrifying the candidates.
• Xiang Beifeng fainted immediately, while Lin Xuan remained conscious, recalling Lin Rou's earlier training.
• Pei fixed his gaze on Lin Xuan, who looked around and began to understand why.

Lin Xuan survived Vice Dean Pei’s Martial Soul Domain assessment and learned that the ability belonged to Fifth Realm Martial Artists, prompting him to suspect his sister Lin Rou had reached that realm. Vice Dean Pei led the remaining candidates toward the next test, while the eliminated Xiang Beifeng accepted Gao Yang’s advice to train his willpower.

• Vice Dean Pei’s shout caused many candidates to faint, but Lin Xuan and Xing Yan remained calm and drew his attention.
• Xing Yan explained that Vice Dean Pei had used a Martial Soul Domain, an ability exclusive to Fifth Realm Martial Artists.
• Lin Xuan recalled that he had experienced similar domains before and realized Lin Rou might have reached the Fifth Realm at only twenty years old.
• Vice Dean Pei announced that the next test would be the main course and led the remaining candidates onward.
• Xiang Beifeng apologized to Gao Yang for being eliminated, and Gao Yang advised him to strengthen his willpower.
• Gao Yang praised Xing Taisen’s sixth child, while Xing Taisen compared him with the young candidate Li Xin had brought.

The remaining candidates followed Vice Dean Pei into a mysterious tower and began climbing its spiraling stairs as part of the assessment. Lin Xuan found that climbing rapidly advanced his Toddling proficiency, while the tower’s appearance shocked Wang Chongzu watching the livestream.

• Lin Xuan’s resistance to Vice Dean Pei’s Martial Soul Domain astonished Li Xin, while Xiang Beifeng and other candidates were eliminated.
• Gao Yang, Tong Jincheng, and Wang Chongzu traded jabs about their recommended candidates, including Wang Chongzu’s nine-year-old prodigy, Xie Yi.
• Wang Chongzu spotted the tower on the livestream, crushed his wineglass in shock, and blurted out that it had appeared.
• Vice Dean Pei led the remaining candidates into the tower and up its spiraling staircase without explaining the test.
• As the candidates climbed, some grew exhausted, while Lin Xuan’s Toddling proficiency surged and neared its next breakthrough.

During the Spark Program’s climbing test, Vice Dean Pei explained that candidates could use their intelligence and abilities to keep up, while Lin Xuan and Xing Yan helped Hua Yiren continue. The test went on without punishing those who aided companions, and Lin Xuan’s Toddling talent finally met its advancement requirements.

• A candidate accused Vice Dean Pei of favoring Martial Artists, but Pei pointed out that another candidate was using mechanical tentacles to climb and criticized the objector for lacking humility; the candidate withdrew and was taken away.
• Hua Yiren’s plant-controlling Divine Gift only gave her vine crutches, and she soon became too exhausted to continue.
• Lin Xuan offered to pull Hua Yiren along with the vines, and Xing Yan joined him; they caught up with the main group.
• Other exhausted candidates tried to help one another, but some fought and more than ten candidates were eliminated in the resulting incidents.
• The candidates who helped their companions, including Lin Xuan’s group, faced no consequences, and Lin Xuan received a prompt that Toddling had met its advancement requirements.

Lin Xuan advanced Toddling into Mystical Swiftness during the Spark Program’s second assessment. As he continued climbing the seemingly endless staircase, he realized the tower was imposing an abnormal challenge and suspected the stage tested adaptability.

• Lin Xuan chose Mystical Swiftness as Toddling’s advancement path, and his new talent replaced Toddling on his status panel.
• Lin Xuan reflected that he had helped Hua Yiren both to improve his training and because he liked her, and he reasoned that the assessment tested more than combat strength.
• Lin Xuan noticed several other candidates had adapted to the climb by using their abilities to compensate for their weaknesses.
• Lin Xuan realized the staircase had continued far longer than the tower’s apparent height allowed and concluded that something was wrong with the tower.
• Lin Xuan inferred that the tower’s pressure made the climb effective training and that many more candidates would likely be eliminated before the stage ended.

Lin Xuan, Xing Yan, and the remaining candidates completed the grueling spiral-staircase assessment, while Vice Dean Pei explained that it tested overall ability and adaptability rather than imposing rules against receiving help. The candidates followed him through a newly opened door, where Lin Xuan saw something that shocked him.

• Hua Yiren withdrew from the assessment, gave Lin Xuan and Xing Yan her vines, and fell asleep beside the staircase.
• Lin Xuan and Xing Yan continued onward, and Xing Yan endured without using his Divine Ability.
• Vice Dean Pei announced that the candidates who remained had passed the stage, leaving fewer than a hundred from the original group.
• A candidate accused those who had received help of cheating, but Vice Dean Pei said the stage tested ability and adaptability and that no rule had forbidden assistance.
• Vice Dean Pei opened a door in the staircase wall and led the candidates through it, where Lin Xuan was shocked by what he saw.

Lin Xuan and the other candidates discovered that the tower led to a vast, desolate land, and Xing Yan identified it as the Old Earth Oddity Unfixed High Tower, Sequence 097. Vice Dean Pei explained the final Spark Program assessment, a contest for twenty-five platforms, and Lin Xuan occupied one as the platforms filled, waiting to see who would challenge him first.

• Lin Xuan found that the land beyond the tower could not be explained by a looping staircase or virtual projection.
• Xing Yan recognized the tower as the Old Earth Oddity Unfixed High Tower, Sequence 097, controlled by Qinghong Academy.
• Vice Dean Pei divided the candidates by age and raised twenty-five platforms for the final assessment.
• Vice Dean Pei explained that candidates had to hold a platform to earn a Spark Program ticket and that each challenge had to be one-on-one.
• Lin Xuan whispered an idea to Xing Yan, then claimed a platform; Xing Yan and other candidates followed.
• After all twenty-five platforms were occupied, Lin Xuan waited for a challenger, expecting to be targeted as the youngest candidate.

Lin Xuan discovered that practicing inside the Unfixed High Tower improved his cultivation, and he trained on his platform while the other candidates fought. After Xing Yan defeated his challenger, he saw that same candidate head toward Lin Xuan’s platform, leaving Lin Xuan facing a possible challenge.

• The candidates avoided challenging Lin Xuan because they were too proud to target someone they considered an easy opponent.
• Lin Xuan practiced the True Meaning Swimming Dragon Step and confirmed that the tower accelerated his cultivation.
• Vice Dean Pei recognized Lin Xuan’s technique and was astonished that a three-year-old could perform it.
• Xing Yan defeated his challenger, who conceded, and earned ten minutes of rest.
• Xing Yan noticed his defeated opponent walking toward Lin Xuan’s platform and worried that he would cause trouble.

Qinghong Academy’s candidates faced the third Spark Program assessment inside the Unfixed High Tower, where they had to compete for platforms. Lin Xuan and Xing Yan’s early choices drew puzzled reactions from the observers, and the chapter ended as the defeated Bai Yu approached Lin Xuan’s platform.

• The observers recognized the Unfixed High Tower as a powerful Old Earth Oddity that trapped anyone who entered without guidance or overwhelming strength.
• Hua Yiren was escorted out after exhausting herself, and Gao Yang reassured her that the assessment had not suited her strengths.
• Lin Xuan and Xing Yan claimed separate platforms early, prompting Gao Yang to question their decision while Xing Taisen and Li Xin approved.
• Xing Yan forced Bai Yu to surrender, and Bai Yu then headed for Lin Xuan’s platform.
• Tong Jincheng noted that Bai Yu was not yet seven, and Gao Yang argued that Xing Yan had not used his full strength.

Lin Xuan defeated Bai Yu with one strike during the assessment, impressing Vice Dean Pei and shocking Xing Yan. The chapter ended with Xing Yan realizing that three-year-old Lin Xuan might be stronger than him.

• Bai Yu challenged Lin Xuan after losing to Xing Yan and said he would hold back against him.
• Lin Xuan moved faster than Bai Yu and struck him with True Meaning Five Elements Fist - Skyward Cannon, sending him off the platform.
• Vice Dean Pei caught Bai Yu, praised Lin Xuan's technique, and asked whether he wanted to become his disciple before leaving with Bai Yu.
• Staff members took away the unconscious Bai Yu, who could no longer challenge anyone else.
• Xing Yan watched Lin Xuan's victory in shock, waved back at him, and wondered whether Lin Xuan was the kind of monster his father had described.

Lin Xuan watched Xing Yan reveal his Rock Divinity and advanced his True Meaning Swimming Dragon Step while the platform battles continued. Vice Dean Pei then halted new challenges and abruptly announced that the assessment round had ended.

• After Lin Xuan defeated Bai Yu, no one challenged his platform, while Xing Yan faced a stronger opponent with Frost Divinity.
• Xing Yan used his Rock Divinity to strike the Frost Divinity wielder, who conceded before leaving to challenge another platform.
• Lin Xuan realized Xing Yan had awakened Rock Divinity and speculated that its strength might exceed Xing Yan’s martial arts ability.
• Lin Xuan’s True Meaning Swimming Dragon Step advanced to Lv.3, and he considered learning another martial arts technique to progress further.
• Vice Dean Pei ordered candidates to stop initiating challenges, then announced that the assessment round had ended.

Vice Dean Pei ended the assessment, eliminating candidates who had failed to claim platforms, and explained that the final stage tested courage and judgment as well as strength. Lin Xuan’s early decision to take a platform proved wise, while Gao Yang wondered whether Lin Xuan had anticipated the test.

• Lin Xuan recalled suspecting that the final stage would test more than strength and had urged Xing Yan to claim a platform early.
• Vice Dean Pei abruptly ended the assessment, leaving candidates who had not challenged anyone protesting their elimination.
• Vice Dean Pei asserted his authority as chief examiner and said the candidates could appeal to the organizers if they objected.
• Vice Dean Pei explained that the assessment tested candidates’ courage to face challenges, while monitoring and other rules helped ensure fairness.
• Lin Xuan concluded that candidates with courage or strong judgment could have advanced, and Gao Yang wondered whether Lin Xuan had seen the outcome coming.

Lin Xuan and Xing Yan celebrated passing the Spark Program assessment, and Xing Taisen thanked Lin Xuan for helping his son. The twenty-five successful youths gathered to meet one another, where Lin Xuan spoke with Xie Yi about Xie Yi’s teacher and the Lingnan Wang Family.

• Tong Jincheng left after Gao Yang revealed that two of his four candidates had passed, compared with Tong’s one out of ten.
• Lin Xuan and Xing Yan came out to tell their companions they had passed, and Xing Taisen congratulated Xing Yan while Li Xin and Hua Yiren celebrated Lin Xuan.
• Xing Taisen thanked Lin Xuan for helping Xing Yan and promised to send gifts to Lin Xuan’s family.
• The twenty-five assessment winners gathered and began introducing themselves, while Lin Xuan and Xing Yan mostly kept to themselves.
• Xie Yi introduced himself to Lin Xuan, who asked about Xie Yi’s teacher, Uncle Wang, and the Lingnan Wang Family.

Lin Xuan passed the Spark Program assessment and departed aboard an airship with the other successful candidates. At the Huangting Grand Hotel, Li Xin told his worried family the news and introduced them to Xing Taisen, the Lord of Skysea Island.

• Chen Donghuang formed a temporary alliance with seven other successful candidates, while Lin Xuan and Xing Yan chose not to join.
• Vice Dean Pei led Lin Xuan and the other candidates onto an airship, which carried them away from the assessment site.
• Lin Long asked Lin Wu to check on Lin Xuan, but Lin Wu explained that the Spark Program records were classified.
• Li Xin arrived at the hotel and told Lin Hai and Ye Hongyu that Lin Xuan had passed the assessment as its youngest successful candidate.
• Li Xin introduced Xing Taisen, the Lord of Skysea Island, to Lin Xuan's family.

Xing Taisen visited Lin Hai and Ye Hongyu to thank Lin Xuan for helping his son during the Spark Program assessment, explaining that the program was an experiment in educational reform for gifted children. He presented the family with gifts, including gene serums that could help Lin Hai advance toward Level Three.

• Xing Taisen met Lin Rou and learned she was Lin Xuan's sister before thanking Lin Hai and Ye Hongyu for Lin Xuan's help to his son.
• Xing Taisen explained that changing circumstances and the rise of extraordinary power had made the old education system inadequate for gifted children.
• Xing Taisen told Lin Hai that the Spark Program was an experiment in educational reform backed by the Great Xia Research Institute.
• Xing Taisen insisted that Lin Hai accept his gratitude, with Li Xin supporting him.
• Xing Taisen opened a suitcase of Pan Wang Group X·11 gene serums, saying they could help Lin Hai advance up to Level Three.

Xing Taisen gave Lin Hai and the Lin Family valuable, carefully chosen gifts, and Lin Hai learned how powerful the Xing Family was. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan and the others arrived at a remote training venue where Vice Dean Pei said their communications had been blocked for confidential Great Xia Research Institute training.

• Xing Taisen gave Lin Hai a set of genetic serums, Ye Hongyu a Jade Beauty Pavilion diamond membership card, and Lin Rou a rare metal sphere before leaving.
• Li Xin told Lin Hai to accept the gifts and offered to handle any questions about them.
• Lin Wu explained that the Xing Family had long been Skysea's wealthiest family, and Lin Rou persuaded Lin Hai that his gifts were earned.
• Xing Taisen asked Li Xin whether the Lin Family had accepted the gifts, then resolved to build a good relationship with them.
• Lin Xuan and the others arrived by airship at an unfamiliar venue surrounded by forest, and Xie Yi said they might have left Great Xia.
• After a Mechanical Modifier reported that positioning and communications were blocked, Vice Dean Pei said the special training involved confidential matters and barred contact with the outside world.

Lin Xuan arrived at the Spark Program’s Taiyuan Base, read its rules and discovered a booklet about the base. Meanwhile, Wang Chongtian trained underground until Su A'lei teased him about a younger trainee who had just arrived.

• The airship descended into the venue, where Vice Dean Pei explained that the special training would begin in three days and warned the trainees that rule violations could get them eliminated.
• Lin Xuan read the Code of Conduct and learned that trainees could contact their families once a month using the venue’s equipment.
• Xing Yan checked whether Lin Xuan could read and invited him to dinner, which Lin Xuan accepted.
• Lin Xuan noticed a booklet titled “Taiyuan Base Precautions” and began reading it.
• Wang Chongtian practiced controlling two floating dumbbells in the base’s underground level.
• Su A'lei teased Wang Chongtian by telling him that a trainee two years younger than him had arrived.

Su A'lei told Wang Chongtian that a three-year-old had passed the Spark Program assessment, prompting him to rush to the cafeteria to see Lin Xuan. Wang Chongtian confronted Lin Xuan with faint hostility, while Lin Xuan realized he had mistaken Su A'lei for the Wang Family Prodigy.

• Su A'lei told Wang Chongtian that a three-year-old had passed the Spark Program assessment, and he hurried out to investigate.
• Su A'lei followed Wang Chongtian by floating through the air with her own ability.
• Lin Xuan and Xing Yan entered the cafeteria, where trainees stared at Lin Xuan as the youngest trainee.
• A girl in a baseball cap flew past Lin Xuan and Xing Yan, and Su A'lei caught her before she landed.
• Lin Xuan mistook Su A'lei for the Wang Family Prodigy until Wang Chongtian introduced himself and showed hostility toward him.
• Wang Chongtian asked Lin Xuan if he was the three-year-old Su A'lei had mentioned, and Su A'lei raised her hand.

Lin Xuan challenged Wang Chongtian after he dismissed the younger trainees, and both prepared for a possible fight. Before they could clash, Luo Kedi stepped in to take Wang Chongtian’s place, leaving Lin Xuan stunned by the Wang Family’s substitute fighter.

• Su A'lei cheered for Lin Xuan and Wang Chongtian until the girl beside her covered her mouth when she started to protest Wang Chongtian’s denial of knowing her.
• Wang Chongtian told Lin Xuan to make the most of the opportunity and said he would not compete for the title of youngest Spark Program trainee.
• Lin Xuan provoked Wang Chongtian, who threatened to teach him a lesson while arguing that it would count only as a minor violation.
• Lin Xuan considered how to counter Wang Chongtian’s ability and questioned why he had gotten so worked up, but remained willing to fight if Wang Chongtian attacked.
• Luo Kedi blocked Wang Chongtian and offered to fight Lin Xuan in his place, introducing himself as someone who could be found in Lingnan.