Recaps

Jiang Lan explained to Shen Qingqiu that Wei Guodong had fallen on his own, then practiced Earth-Cracking Leg and Wind-Walking Step with startling speed. After mastering the basics of both techniques, he wondered how to combine them with Iron Mountain Fist.

• Shen Qingqiu confronted Jiang Lan about Wei Guodong being taken away in an ambulance, and Jiang Lan claimed Wei had fallen by himself.
• Shen Qingqiu accepted that Jiang Lan had acted to stand up for him and went to make him food.
• Lu Yuan praised Jiang Lan’s choice of Earth-Cracking Leg but warned that Wind-Walking Step was difficult to learn.
• Jiang Lan practiced Earth-Cracking Leg, shattered a training dummy with his first kick, and quickly made his movements more fluid.
• Jiang Lan practiced Wind-Walking Step and learned to move, stop, and change direction within ten meters at will.
• Jiang Lan considered chaining Wind-Walking Step and Earth-Cracking Leg with Iron Mountain Fist.

Jiang Lan used Wind-Walking Step and Earth-Cracking Leg in a spar with Lu Yuan, impressing his teacher with how quickly he had learned them. After Jiang Lan held his own against Lu Yuan’s full strength, Lu Yuan arranged for him to enter the Spiritual Energy Chamber the next day.

• Jiang Lan tested Wind-Walking Step and Earth-Cracking Leg on a training dummy, then combined them against Lu Yuan during their spar.
• Lu Yuan asked when Jiang Lan had learned the techniques, and Jiang Lan said he had practiced them the day before.
• Lu Yuan stopped holding back, and Jiang Lan used his new techniques to keep pace with him through a long exchange.
• Lu Yuan called Jiang Lan a genius and told him to report to the Spiritual Energy Chamber at ten the next day.
• Jiang Lan left the Training Area, planning to build up spiritual energy for his next level.

Jiang Lan drained the Spiritual Energy Chamber and tested his newly learned Earth-Cracking Leg, then signed up for the academy’s upcoming Special Admissions Students ranking tournament. He looked forward to competing for the rewards and showing the other students his strength.

• Jiang Lan absorbed spiritual energy in the chamber until his upgrade progress reached 203/512, then left with Lu Yuan.
• Jiang Lan tested his speed and punching force, then struck the training target with Earth-Cracking Leg for a force reading of 28,412 kilograms.
• Zhao Xuan announced the upcoming ranking matches, and Jiang Lan decided to participate for the rewards.
• Jiang Lan told Shen Qingqiu at dinner that he had signed up for the tournament, and Zhao Xuan later confirmed he had registered Jiang Lan and Lin Wan.

Jiang Lan competed in a sixteen-person tournament for essence-blood prizes and advanced through the first two rounds with decisive victories. He remained on course for the semifinals, where he could potentially face Fang Duo.

• Jiang Lan arrived at the Training Area plaza for a sixteen-person, single-elimination tournament offering essence blood as prizes.
• Jiang Lan drew Han Zheng, defeated him with one punch, and advanced to the second round.
• Zhao Xuan also won his first-round match and praised Jiang Lan's performance.
• Jiang Lan faced peak Astral Condensation Realm fighter Sun Yu, using Wind-Walking Step and Earth-Cracking Leg to stagger him.
• Jiang Lan finished Sun Yu with Iron Mountain Fist, and the referee declared him the winner.

Jiang Lan defeated Qian Hao in the semifinal and then overwhelmed Fang Duo to win the final. The square was left stunned by his decisive victory.

• Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan told Jiang Lan about their losses, and the match chart paired him against Qian Hao.
• Jiang Lan knocked Qian Hao out of the arena with a single Iron Mountain Fist and advanced to the final.
• Fang Duo defeated Zhao Chen and joined Jiang Lan in the final after the ten-minute break.
• Fang Duo struck Jiang Lan with a powerful punch, but Jiang Lan blocked it without serious injury.
• Jiang Lan knocked Fang Duo off balance with punches and kicks until Fang Duo conceded, giving Jiang Lan the victory.
• The referee announced Jiang Lan as the winner, and Zhao Xuan cheered while the crowd stared in disbelief.

After winning the ranking tournament, Jiang Lan used his prize essence blood and savings to upgrade his indestructible diamond body to the seventeenth layer. He tested his improved abilities at the Training Area and considered asking his teacher about going to the Wilderness Zone for more essence blood.

• Jiang Lan received the tournament prizes and bought sixteen additional bottles of second-tier ferocious beast essence blood.
• Jiang Lan used 128 bottles of second-tier essence blood to upgrade his indestructible diamond body to the seventeenth layer, increasing his defense, blood vitality, and constitution.
• Jiang Lan checked his system panel and saw that the next upgrade required fifty bottles of third-tier essence blood.
• Jiang Lan tested his speed at the Training Area and reached 356.4 meters per second using Wind-Walking Step.
• Jiang Lan measured a punch of 29,486 kilograms and a whip kick of 36,752 kilograms, then considered asking his teacher about traveling to the Wilderness Zone.

Jiang Lan asked Lu Yuan for permission to enter the Wilderness Zone alone, and Lu Yuan required him to prove he could defeat a simulated fourth-tier ferocious beast. After practicing a combo and returning home, Jiang Lan asked Shen Qingqiu whether there was anything he wanted to do.

• Jiang Lan sparred with Lu Yuan and showed how much stronger he had become.
• Jiang Lan asked to hunt alone in the Wilderness Zone, and Lu Yuan agreed to consider it after a simulated fight against a fourth-tier ferocious beast the next morning.
• Jiang Lan practiced linking Wind-Walking Step, Earth-Cracking Leg, and Iron Mountain Fist into a faster combo.
• At dinner, Shen Qingqiu told Jiang Lan he had transferred to Director Li's team after Wei Guodong's team was disbanded.
• Jiang Lan asked Shen Qingqiu whether he had anything he wanted to do, and Shen Qingqiu thanked him for bringing him to Central Base City before telling him to get some rest.

Jiang Lan proved he could defeat a Fourth Tier Iron-Clad Bear in the Simulated Combat Room and received permission to leave the city alone. He prepared for the trip to the Northern Wilderness Zone the next day, while Zhao Xuan, Lin Wan, and Shen Qingqiu urged him to stay safe.

• Jiang Lan defeated a simulated Fourth Tier Iron-Clad Bear using Wind-Walking Step and Earth-Cracking Leg.
• Lu Yuan gave Jiang Lan an application form and communicator, explained the limits on his trip, and told him to collect two signal flares.
• Zhao Xuan learned Jiang Lan was leaving the city alone, worried about the danger, and told him to be careful.
• Lin Wan messaged Jiang Lan to wish him safety, and he replied with a cat meme before completing the paperwork and packing his supplies.
• Jiang Lan told Shen Qingqiu he planned to leave the city the next day, and she told him to stay safe.

Jiang Lan hunted third-tier ferocious beasts in the wilderness and then ventured into the deep zone, where he found a fourth-tier beast guarding a cave rich with spiritual energy. With time still left, he approached the beast and began the fight.

• Jiang Lan left the city with an Academy teacher and entered the wilderness to hunt ferocious beasts.
• Jiang Lan killed sixteen third-tier beasts and collected their essence blood and Beast Cores.
• Jiang Lan ventured into a eerily quiet area and sensed a powerful beast nearby.
• Jiang Lan spotted a strange, rock-scaled beast guarding a cave that gave off a strong spiritual-energy scent.
• Jiang Lan ignored the beast's warning and used Wind-Walking Step to appear in front of it.

Jiang Lan defeated the Four-Unlike Ferocious Beast and discovered natural spiritual energy crystals in its cave, enough to bring him closer to upgrading his Indestructible Diamond Body. He collected the crystals but left a concealed fissure unexplored because too much time had passed.

• Jiang Lan used Wind-Walking Step and repeated kicks to wear down the Four-Unlike Ferocious Beast, then exposed its belly and killed it with a strike through its broken armor.
• Jiang Lan collected the beast's essence blood and materials before entering the cave, where the spiritual energy grew much denser.
• Jiang Lan found translucent natural spiritual energy crystals and learned from his system that each was worth five units of third-tier ferocious beast essence blood for his upgrade progress.
• Jiang Lan collected all the crystals he could find and spotted a concealed fissure glowing blue, but decided to leave and return another time because seven hours and forty minutes had passed.

Jiang Lan used the resources he gathered in the wilderness to upgrade Indestructible Diamond Body to level eighteen, advancing to the Astral Condensation Realm and gaining sharper perception and greater control. After testing his new abilities, he left the Training Area and headed home to Shen Qingqiu.

• Jiang Lan returned from the cave with twenty-eight bottles of third-tier essence blood and thirteen spiritual energy crystals, worth about seventy-five bottles in total.
• Jiang Lan used the equivalent of fifty bottles to raise Indestructible Diamond Body to level eighteen and reached the Astral Condensation Realm.
• Jiang Lan discovered he could perceive faint spiritual energy and see, hear, and react with much greater precision.
• Jiang Lan tested his new speed and strength in a training room, reaching 405.8 meters per second and striking with 31,283 kilograms of punch force and 38,917 kilograms of leg force.
• Jiang Lan concluded he could reliably defeat early blood exchange fighters, then left the Training Area to go home as Shen Qingqiu finished work.

After discovering how much Jiang Lan had improved, Lu Yuan agreed to let him return to the Wilderness Zone. Jiang Lan reached the cave and uncovered a chamber packed with spiritual energy crystals.

• Jiang Lan fought Lu Yuan at full strength and forced him to retreat after nearly half an hour of combat.
• Lu Yuan said Jiang Lan’s battle reactions matched mid Blood Exchange and agreed to let him leave the city again.
• Jiang Lan traveled back to the Wilderness Zone, killed a Gray-Maned Leopard and a Rock-Tusked Boar, and collected their essence blood and Beast Cores.
• Jiang Lan returned to the cave and broke open a concealed crevice in the rock wall.
• Jiang Lan found a cavity whose walls were densely covered in spiritual energy crystals.

Jiang Lan used natural spiritual energy crystals to upgrade his Indestructible Diamond Body to level nineteen, then killed a fourth-tier late-stage giant ape outside the cave. With two fourth-tier essence blood bottles and two beast cores collected, he continued hunting nearby beasts to gather materials for another upgrade.

• Jiang Lan discovered that the natural spiritual energy crystals in the cave were enough for an upgrade and raised his Indestructible Diamond Body to level nineteen.
• Jiang Lan left the cave and encountered a fourth-tier late-stage giant ape eating the Four-Unlike Ferocious Beast's corpse.
• Jiang Lan endured the giant ape's heavy blow, then used Wind-Walking Step, Earth-Cracking Leg, and Iron Mountain Fist to kill it in under a minute.
• Jiang Lan collected the giant ape's fourth-tier essence blood and beast core, giving him two of each alongside the materials from the Four-Unlike Ferocious Beast.
• Jiang Lan decided to search for lone third-tier ferocious beasts so he could gather enough materials for another upgrade.

Jiang Lan collected enough third-tier essence blood to upgrade his Indestructible Diamond Body to the twentieth layer, greatly boosting his attributes. After testing his new speed and strength in the training room, he left wondering whether he would need a new teacher.

• Jiang Lan killed a Rock-Tusked Boar and six more third-tier ferocious beasts, gathering more than enough essence blood for an upgrade.
• Jiang Lan returned home early with his teacher and used the essence blood to upgrade his Indestructible Diamond Body to the twentieth layer.
• Jiang Lan checked his system panel and saw that his agility had reached 530 while his next upgrade would require 400 bottles of third-tier essence blood.
• Jiang Lan tested his speed at 573.6 meters per second, putting him close to the Blood Exchange Realm benchmark.
• Jiang Lan measured a punch of 47,639 kilograms and an Earth-Cracking Leg kick of 59,847 kilograms, then left the training room considering whether to change teachers.

Jiang Lan overwhelmed Lu Yuan in a spar, prompting Lu Yuan to arrange a more suitable instructor. After Jiang Lan swiftly defeated a late fourth-tier Iron-Clad Bear in a simulated test, Su Wan suspected his defensive talent was mutated and promised to consult the academy about his training.

• Jiang Lan outmaneuvered and overpowered Lu Yuan in their spar, showing that Lu Yuan could no longer keep up with him.
• Lu Yuan told Jiang Lan he would ask the academy to assign him a more suitable teacher, and Jiang Lan invited him to a meal.
• Su Wan arranged a simulated test against a late fourth-tier Iron-Clad Bear to assess Jiang Lan's strength.
• Jiang Lan broke the bear's knee and shattered its abdominal armor, killing it in under ten seconds.
• Su Wan suspected Jiang Lan had a mutated special talent and told him to take two days off while she discussed his instructor with the academy.

Jiang Lan spent his day off picking Shen Qingqiu up from work and taking him to dinner, where he revealed that he was changing mentors and offered to support Shen Qingqiu. Shen Qingqiu briefly cried, then went home with Jiang Lan; the chapter ended with Su Wan summoning Jiang Lan to the Admissions Department the next morning.

• Jiang Lan read Zhao Xuan's messages saying that a large-scale military sweep in the Northern Depths would involve several academies.
• Jiang Lan picked Shen Qingqiu up from work and took him to a nearby restaurant for dinner.
• Jiang Lan told Shen Qingqiu that Lu Yuan could no longer teach him and that the academy would arrange a stronger mentor.
• Jiang Lan offered to support Shen Qingqiu so he could quit his job, and Shen Qingqiu began to cry before composing himself.
• Jiang Lan returned home with Shen Qingqiu, then received Su Wan's message asking him to come to the Admissions Department at ten the next morning.

The academy reclassified Jiang Lan’s talent as a suspected mutation, increased his resources, and assigned him a new mentor. Jiang Lan also agreed to join a military cleanup operation in ten days and learned from Lu Yuan that Wei Chong had a temper.

• Su Wan told Jiang Lan that the academy suspected his talent had mutated and increased his monthly essence blood allowance and Spiritual Energy Chamber sessions.
• Su Wan assigned Jiang Lan to train under Wei Chong, an early Divine Strength Realm mentor from the Combat Guidance Department.
• Su Wan gave Jiang Lan a notice for a three-day military cleanup operation in the Northern Deep Wilderness Zone, and Jiang Lan agreed to participate in Group B.
• Jiang Lan asked Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan about joining the operation, and both said they would participate.
• Jiang Lan visited Lu Yuan, who warned him not to talk back to Wei Chong during training.

Jiang Lan met his new instructor, Wei Chong, and learned that his training would involve enduring the Divine Strength Realm fighter’s punches. After surviving his first two-hour session, Jiang Lan left the Training Area with a slight improvement in his ability to read Wei Chong’s attacks.

• Jiang Lan arrived at the Training Area and followed Wei Chong to a Training Room for an assessment.
• Wei Chong caught Jiang Lan’s punch, dodged his kick, and struck him hard enough to send him flying into a wall.
• Wei Chong praised Jiang Lan’s defense but called his offense average, then said his training would focus on taking punches.
• Wei Chong began Jiang Lan’s two-hour training immediately, and Jiang Lan endured repeated blows without serious injury.
• Jiang Lan noticed he could faintly follow the trajectories of Wei Chong’s punches, then recovered, packed his backpack, and left the Training Area.

Jiang Lan gradually learned to read Wei Chong’s punches during training and gathered spiritual energy toward his next upgrade. With a joint military clearing operation in the Northern Wilderness Zone six days away, he confirmed his team with Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan and reassured Shen Qingqiu that the mission would be manageable.

• On his fourth day of training, Jiang Lan dodged one of Wei Chong’s punches for the first time, but Wei Chong struck him with the next punch and promised to be faster tomorrow.
• Jiang Lan absorbed spiritual energy in the chamber and raised his upgrade progress to 43/400.
• At dinner, Shen Qingqiu asked about the upcoming clearing operation, and Jiang Lan said he would go with Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan to fight fourth-tier Ferocious Beasts.
• Zhao Xuan told Jiang Lan that he had registered their trio as a Team B group for the operation, and Lin Wan confirmed.
• Jiang Lan replied to Zhao Xuan’s question about Wei Chong with a cryptic remark and privately vowed to make Wei Chong sing “Conquest.”

Jiang Lan joined Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan for the three-day Northern Wilderness clearing operation after finishing ten days of training with Wei Chong. As their group entered the middle reaches, Jiang Lan detected what he suspected was a fourth-tier ferocious beast ahead.

• Jiang Lan made modest progress dodging Wei Chong’s punches, and Wei Chong told him to return alive from the clearing operation so they could keep training.
• Jiang Lan said goodbye to Shen Qingqiu and boarded the bus with Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan for the military assembly point.
• Commander Chen Chongwu explained the teams, three-day scoring rules, and orders to retreat from fifth-tier beasts, warning that fourth-tier beasts had gathered in unusually high numbers in the Northern Depths.
• Jiang Lan, Zhao Xuan, and Lin Wan joined Team B and rode to the middle reaches of the Northern Wilderness Zone.
• Jiang Lan led the group into the forest and detected heavy breathing about three hundred meters ahead, warning that it was probably a fourth-tier ferocious beast.

Jiang Lan demonstrated his new strength by killing a Fourth Tier Red-Maned Lion alone, then hunted with Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan through the forest. When they found another group struggling against a Red-Maned Lion, Jiang Lan chose to avoid them and take another route.

• Jiang Lan killed a Fourth Tier Red-Maned Lion in seconds while Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan watched in shock.
• Jiang Lan collected the lion's essence blood and Beast Core, then joked with Zhao Xuan about his strength and promised to leave Third Tier beasts to Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan.
• Jiang Lan, Zhao Xuan, and Lin Wan hunted through the forest, with Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan fighting Third Tier beasts while Jiang Lan handled the Fourth Tier beasts.
• By mid-afternoon, the three had earned points from several more beasts and heard fighting ahead.
• Jiang Lan saw four people struggling against a Fourth Tier Red-Maned Lion and decided to take another route rather than intervene.

Jiang Lan, Zhao Xuan, and Lin Wan hunted Ferocious Beasts, earned fifty-five points, and camped for the night. While standing watch, Jiang Lan calculated that he could gather enough essence blood to reach the twenty-first floor soon, then woke the others at dawn.

• Jiang Lan killed a Red-Maned Lion and a Red-Scaled Lizard, while Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan handled eight Third Tier Ferocious Beasts.
• Zhao Xuan counted their first-day haul as fifty-five points, and the three found a clearing to camp in before nightfall.
• Jiang Lan chopped down a tree for firewood and secretly shared beef jerky with Lin Wan while Zhao Xuan ate compressed biscuits.
• The three agreed to take turns keeping watch, and Jiang Lan stood the latter half of the night as Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan slept.
• Jiang Lan calculated that his hunting rewards and other supplies could provide enough essence blood to reach the twenty-first floor, then woke Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan at dawn.

Jiang Lan, Zhao Xuan, and Lin Wan hunted efficiently and earned 120 points before camping deeper in the wilderness. A fifth-tier Black-Armored Giant Rhinoceros attacked their camp, and Jiang Lan dodged its charge while Zhao Xuan fired a signal flare for reinforcements.

• Jiang Lan, Zhao Xuan, and Lin Wan hunted together, collecting enough beast materials to earn 120 points.
• The trio camped by a rock wall, shared rations, and took turns keeping watch.
• During his watch, Jiang Lan sensed a powerful presence and woke Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan.
• A fifth-tier Black-Armored Giant Rhinoceros emerged from the forest, and Jiang Lan told Zhao Xuan to fire a signal flare while they waited for reinforcements.
• Zhao Xuan fired the flare as Jiang Lan stepped forward to hold off the beast.
• The rhinoceros charged, but Jiang Lan dodged aside, and it smashed into the rock wall, leaving a huge crater.

Jiang Lan fought and killed the fifth-tier Black-Armored Giant Rhinoceros despite taking a direct hit, while Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan watched in disbelief. When military reinforcements arrived, they saw the beast’s corpse and asked Jiang Lan if he had killed it.

• Jiang Lan repeatedly kicked the Black-Armored Giant Rhinoceros's right foreleg, slowing its charges.
• The giant rhinoceros struck Jiang Lan with its tail and sent him flying, but he stood back up.
• Jiang Lan slipped beneath the slowed beast and battered the weaker armor on its belly until he broke through and brought it down.
• Jiang Lan kicked the dying Black-Armored Giant Rhinoceros in the forehead, killing it.
• A military squad arrived and, after Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan looked toward Jiang Lan, its officer asked if he had killed the beast.

Jiang Lan killed a fifth-tier Ferocious Beast without serious injury, then led Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan to keep hunting in the middle zone. At the end of the third day, their team reported 186 points, drawing disbelief from the other teams.

• A military officer learned that Jiang Lan had killed a fifth-tier Ferocious Beast alone and warned him to retreat from the deep zone; Jiang Lan agreed.
• After the soldiers left, Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan collected the Beast Core and essence blood while Jiang Lan recovered and urged them to resume hunting.
• Jiang Lan's team hunted in the middle zone and finished the day with 186 points, including the points awarded for the fifth-tier kill.
• Team B returned without losing any squads, and the military recorded each team's score and issued redemption vouchers.
• Zhao Xuan reported 186 points for his team, and nearby members discussed their lower scores as someone mentioned a team had killed a fifth-tier beast.