Chapter Summaries

Cao Ya used his knowledge and overwhelming strength to join a special government department and began preparing to build a martial arts force to fight dragons. As Cassell College’s teams arrived in the country to investigate the Bronze and Fire King and recruit Lu Mingfei, Cao Ya prepared to meet them.

• Cao Ya recalled his place at Shilan High School and wondered why Cassell College had invited Lu Mingfei and other classmates but not him.
• After gaining immense power in System Space, Cao Ya contacted the authorities, demonstrated his strength, and was placed in charge of a regional special department.
• Cao Ya secured permission to assemble his own team and planned to establish a martial arts university so ordinary people could train to fight dragons.
• Cassell College sent teams to investigate the Bronze and Fire King and bring Lu Mingfei to the college, while Cao Ya’s personnel monitored their movements.
• Cao Ya reviewed intelligence about Cassell College’s arrivals and prepared to meet its people in person.

Cao Ya confronted Cassell College's representatives over their unauthorized operation in the Three Gorges and demanded a Dragon Raja corpse as compensation. The group could not accept his demand on the spot, leaving them to seek Principal Angers's decision as tensions rose over Cao Ya's assessment of his strength.

• Cao Ya met Nono at the Regent Hotel and was led to the VIP lounge, where Professor Goodman, Ye Sheng, and Sake Tokiko were waiting.
• Cao Ya accused Cassell College of violating China's sovereignty and demanded one Dragon Raja corpse as compensation.
• Nono argued that Cassell College had not yet done anything, but Cao Ya warned that their Three Gorges operation had already crossed the line.
• Professor Goodman said he could not authorize the demand, so Cao Ya told him to consult Principal Angers.
• Ye Sheng and Sake Tokiko objected when Cao Ya called Angers's strength merely passable, while Cao Ya remained confident he could overcome Angers's Time Zero.

Cao Ya told Angers that Lu Mingfei was staying with him and refused to defer to Cassell College, prompting Angers to arrange a personal meeting. After reviewing Cao Ya’s records, Angers could not identify his Word Spirit and decided he might have to fight Cao Ya to learn more.

• Cao Ya told Angers that Lu Mingfei was with him and said Cassell College’s approval did not matter.
• Angers accepted Cao Ya’s challenge to meet in person the next day, while the Cassell College group wondered how Cao Ya had become so powerful.
• At Cassell College, Angers asked Norma to retrieve Cao Ya’s information and ordered her to assume he had a Dragon King bloodline.
• Norma could not determine Cao Ya’s Word Spirit, suggesting Bronze Throne, Sword Control, or a power from the Black King.
• Angers booked a flight to meet Cao Ya and said they could fight if they could not figure him out.

Cao Ya prepared to meet Angers and revealed that he wanted to capture Dragon Kings alive for research rather than simply kill them. Their meeting ended with Professor Goodman warning that trying to contain a living Dragon King would be suicidal.

• Cao Ya inspected his suburban research base and dismissed his subordinates’ warnings about Angers, whom he respected despite their conflicting ideals.
• Angers visited Cao Ya with Professor Goodman, Nono, Ye Sheng, and Sake Tokiko after Lu Mingfei’s interview, which had only been a formality.
• Cao Ya and Angers agreed that they both wanted to defeat Dragon Raja, but Cao Ya said their methods and plans for dealing with dragons differed.
• Cao Ya explained that he wanted to capture Dragon Kings alive and study their powers in a laboratory.
• Angers called Cao Ya’s plan risky, and Professor Goodman objected that no laboratory could hold a living Dragon King.

Cao Ya challenged Angers to a sparring match to demonstrate his strength and make the headmaster reconsider his concerns about Cao Ya's attitude toward the Dragon Kings. Cao Ya broke free of Angers's Word Spirit: Time Zero and defeated him, leaving Angers eager to learn the source of his power.

• Cao Ya took Angers, Professor Goodman, Nono, Sake Tokiko, and Ye Sheng to a secluded training ground and challenged Angers to fight.
• Cao Ya asked Angers to strike first and said he wanted to experience Word Spirit: Time Zero.
• Angers activated Word Spirit: Time Zero, but Cao Ya hardened his body with golden light and broke through its restraints by force.
• Cao Ya's punch shattered Angers's blade, and golden light blocked Angers's routes until he admitted defeat and dispelled his Word Spirit.
• Angers praised Cao Ya's strength and asked what Word Spirit he had used, noting that Cao Ya had not relied on his bloodline to resist Time Zero.

After defeating Angers, Cao Ya urged him to merge Cassell College into a new university teaching martial arts to the public. Angers left to consult the trustees, with only three days to answer before Cao Ya would come to Cassell College himself.

• Cao Ya explained that martial arts could be learned by anyone and said he wanted to build a university to make people stronger and better able to face dragons.
• Angers rejected the idea of merging Cassell College, citing the trustees and his confidence in the college's existing education.
• Cao Ya warned that if Cassell College refused, he would go there and take what he wanted, since modern weapons could not stop him.
• Angers asked for time to consult the others, and Cao Ya gave him three days to respond.
• Angers left with Professor Goodman, Nono, Ye Sheng, and Sake Tokiko, worrying about how to persuade the trustees.

Angers agreed to Cao Ya’s plan to absorb Cassell College into the First Martial Arts University, while Cao Ya accepted the authorities’ request to delay opening the school and revealing the truth to the public. Cao Ya planned to stay at Cassell College and told Angers to surround the Bronze and Fire King’s lair until he returned from the United States.

• Angers told Ye Sheng, Sake Tokiko, Nono, and Professor Goodman that he had agreed to Cao Ya’s proposal and believed Cao Ya would force the board to comply.
• Nono asked whether Cao Ya’s power came from a Word Spirit, and Angers said it came from training; the others were stunned by the idea.
• Cao Ya agreed with the authorities to delay the public announcement and enrollment, and they began arranging construction of his enormous school.
• Cao Ya told Angers he would stay at Cassell College, where students such as Lu Mingfei could enroll while Cao Ya tried teaching.
• Cao Ya named his school the First Martial Arts University and told Angers to surround the Bronze and Fire King’s lair at the Three Gorges until he returned from the United States.
• Cao Ya planned to spare Old Tang, one of the two Bronze and Fire Kings, rather than awaken Norton’s will and kill him.

After Cao Ya defeated Angers, Cassell College prepared to be absorbed into his First Martial Arts University. As Cao Ya planned to arrive in two days, students and trustees reacted with shock, anger, and curiosity.

• Cao Ya resolved to kill Norton without allowing Old Tang's human self to die, then turned his attention to Constantine and Lu Mingze's mysterious organization.
• Angers recalled the dragon-slaying team from China and told the Night Watcher that he had accepted Cao Ya's terms, making Cassell College a subordinate college under the First Martial Arts University.
• Cassell College's forum erupted over the merger, and News Department head Finger ordered staff to ban users who insulted Cao Ya or Angers.
• Caesar questioned Chu Zihang about Cao Ya, and an administrator announced that Cao Ya would arrive at Cassell College in two days.
• Cassell College's trustees, including Beowulf, traveled to the college to confront Angers about the merger.

Cao Ya arrived at Cassell College and demonstrated overwhelming power before announcing that the school could join Martial Arts University or remain independent while he took anything that interested him. The trustees and faculty faced his ultimatum, and Frost Gattuso declared that Cassell College would never allow the merger.

• The trustees waited at Cassell College for Cao Ya, and Angers assured them that Cao Ya was human.
• Cao Ya flew over the campus and released a burst of golden light, shocking everyone before introducing himself as the new principal.
• Cao Ya met Angers and dismissed Cassell College as merely adequate, then told Beowulf that he would never accept Dragon Raja bloodline.
• Frost Gattuso objected that the trustees had to approve any merger, but Cao Ya said he was there to notify them, not seek their permission.
• Cao Ya offered Cassell College a choice between becoming a branch of Martial Arts University or remaining independent while he claimed anything inside that caught his eye.
• Frost Gattuso called Cao Ya's demand an insult and refused, and Cao Ya asked whether the college was rejecting his offer.

Cao Ya forced Cassell College to accept him as principal and ordered Old Tang brought in after revealing that he was secretly Norton, the Dragon King of Bronze and Fire. He restrained Angers from killing Old Tang and insisted that he wanted to destroy Norton’s consciousness while preserving Old Tang.

• Cao Ya trapped Frost Gattuso in an illusion that left him mentally ruined, then warned Angers and the others against opposing him.
• Cassell College agreed to merge into Cao Ya’s future First Martial Arts University and accept him as principal, while he offered to teach the Golden Bell Shield.
• Cao Ya ordered the Execution Department to bring bounty hunter Ronald Tang, known as Old Tang, to Cassell College.
• Cao Ya identified Old Tang as Norton, the Bronze and Fire King, and explained that he intended to kill Norton while saving Old Tang.
• Angers warned that Norton would eventually awaken and erase Old Tang, but Cao Ya held him back.