Chapter Summaries

Zuo Xiaoduo endured an intense fifty-times-gravity training session to strengthen his body and silently vowed to fulfill He Yuanyue’s wishes by making Second High School the best. He remained inside the Gravity Room, unaware that Hu Ruoyun was waiting outside with a notice.

• Luo Lie warned the youngsters not to reveal their innate gifts and reserves, then told them to use Star Soul Jade to replenish themselves and stabilize their cultivation.
• Zuo Xiaoduo entered the Gravity Room wearing thirty thousand jin of weights on each arm and struggled to stand under fifty times normal gravity.
• Zuo Xiaoduo endured the pressure using his physical strength, replenishing himself with the Dragon Blood Flying Knife and Star Soul Jade before activating the Flame Sun True Scripture when he could no longer hold on.
• Zuo Xiaoduo vowed to honor He Yuanyue by taking first place for Second High School and resolved to pursue the path shaped by He Yuanyue, Hu Ruoyun, and Qin Fangyang.
• After four and a half hours, Zuo Xiaoduo continued training, unaware that Hu Ruoyun had been waiting outside for two and a half hours with a notice.

Zuo Xiaoduo pushed himself through exhausting physical training, then learned that he and five classmates would represent Second High School in the Central Plains Region Martial School Ranking Competition. After Hu Ruoyun announced the arrangements and left, Luo Lie introduced himself as the group’s new homeroom teacher.

• Zuo Xiaoduo trained with heavy weapons, using the Flame Sun True Scripture only to recover before continuing to strengthen his body.
• Hu Ruoyun cared for Zuo Xiaoduo after he collapsed from exhaustion, and Long Yusheng and the others missed Qin Fangyang.
• Hu Ruoyun told the six students that they would compete in the Central Plains Region Martial School Ranking Competition in less than a month, as the former principal had requested.
• Hu Ruoyun asked the students to choose their own captain and vice-captain and cautioned them not to overtrain.
• Luo Lie introduced himself as the students’ new homeroom teacher and cautiously joked with Zuo Xiaoduo about their old acquaintance.

Zuo Xiaoduo and his classmates left school to discuss the upcoming tournament, while Hu Ruoyun warned Luo Lie that he could never replace Qin Fangyang in the students’ hearts. Over dinner, Zuo Xiaoduo claimed the captaincy and began outlining a plan to win their first match.

• Zuo Xiaoduo led Wan Lixiu and the other classmates out of school, leaving Luo Lie to reflect on how distant he was from them compared with Qin Fangyang.
• Hu Ruoyun told Luo Lie that the students would continue to regard Qin Fangyang as their teacher, and revealed that Luo Lie had gained the position through shameless tactics.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and his classmates decided to eat together instead of discussing their plans at Phoenix Looking Back, and they made Li Chenglong pay for dinner.
• Zuo Xiaoduo declared himself captain and nominated Zhongzhong as vice-captain, with no objections from the group.
• Zuo Xiaoduo explained that their seeded team should be able to defeat its first tournament opponent with a single fighter.

Zuo Xiaoduo laid out an overconfident plan for the team to advance through the tournament, then ordered the six students to train fiercely for a month. Their first day of training wrecked the school’s martial arts grounds, and Li Changjiang sent them out of the city for their trials.

• Zuo Xiaoduo proposed having one teammate sweep each school in turn, while Li Chenglong warned that the plan was too confident and could leave the team unable to recover from a loss.
• Zuo Xiaoduo told the others to train in their Lineage and school martial arts, promising to cover for opponents they could not handle and threatening them if they lost to someone they could beat.
• The six students’ first day of combat drills destroyed the school’s training grounds and sent the arena platform, with four teachers on it, flying.
• Li Changjiang furiously ordered the students to leave the school for their trials and told Li Chenglong to bring his parents to pay for the damage.
• Li Changjiang reviewed the roster and noted that Zuo Xiaoduo, Li Chenglong, Long Yusheng, Wan Lixiu, Yu Moyan, and Li Changming had already been the team lineup.

Li Changjiang struggled with the Former Principal’s absence until Hu Ruoyun encouraged him to trust himself and handle affairs one at a time. Meanwhile, Zuo Xiaoduo and his companions pushed their training into the dan origin realm area, and Zuo Xiaoduo later went there alone while the others trained independently.

• Li Changjiang worried over the students’ plan to sweep through the competition without detailed tactics, and Hu Ruoyun comforted him about succeeding the Former Principal.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and the others trained freely, advancing through the innate and embryonic breath areas before fighting in the dan origin realm area and returning with hundreds of star beast corpses.
• Luo Lie watched the group’s progress and wondered at Zuo Xiaoduo’s misleading Iron Fist Young Master nickname and concealed abilities.
• Zuo Xiaoduo proposed entering the dan origin realm area alone so the others could face danger without relying on him, and Luo Lie agreed to arrange Hu Ruoyun’s support.
• Long Yusheng and the others insisted on training independently in the embryonic breath area, and Luo Lie agreed.

Zuo Xiaoduo advanced his combat strength while harassing a Winged Sword Tiger, which fled with its cubs to reunite with its mate. Meanwhile, Zuo Xiaonian worked to protect the families of soldiers and martyrs, and her unsettled guilt began to turn into resolve.

• Luo Lie praised Long Yusheng and the others' progress and offered to take Yu Moyan to the Martial Treasury Pavilion to choose better-suited martial arts.
• Zuo Xiaoduo repeatedly attacked and evaded a mid-stage Dan Origin Realm Winged Sword Tiger, using its cubs to keep it from escaping.
• After Zuo Xiaoduo left, the exhausted Winged Sword Tiger carried its cubs away to find their father.
• Zuo Xiaoduo reflected on his rapid gains and planned to train with Zuo Xiaonian before the tournament.
• Zuo Xiaonian investigated and helped the families of soldiers and martyrs, winning support from Phoenix City's schools and government offices.
• Zuo Xiaonian's guilt over the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact gradually became motivation as her state of mind grew calmer.

Zuo Xiaoduo trained relentlessly after Zuo Xiaonian beat him and revealed how far he still had to go to catch up with her. As the two noticed his sudden growth spurt, they worried that Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting had not returned or answered their calls.

• Zuo Xiaonian beat Zuo Xiaoduo for calling her Nian'er, and he realized her breakthrough had widened the gap between them.
• Zuo Xiaoduo trained for ten days with heavy weights, fighting Star Beasts by day and Zuo Xiaonian by night.
• By the fifteenth day, Zuo Xiaoduo completed a hammer routine in the Fiftyfold Gravity Room while wearing thirty thousand jin of weights, but he felt he had reached another bottleneck.
• Zuo Xiaonian measured Zuo Xiaoduo and discovered he had grown to one meter eighty-nine, then considered whether to use her Youth-Preserving Pill to grow taller herself.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian worried because Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting had been gone without contacting them, and Zuo Xiaoduo joked that they might be planning to level up another alt.

Zuo Xiaoduo reopened his fortune-telling stall to replenish his dwindling funds, where Fang Yinuo sought help after fearing the Star Envoy was targeting him. Zuo Xiaoduo saw that Fang Yinuo faced a death calamity and asked him to write a character, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Zuo Xiaoduo spent the rest day earning more than three million Star Coins by telling fortunes at his stall.
• Fang Yinuo, disguised as a short, fat man, approached Zuo Xiaoduo and revealed that he feared the Star Envoy suspected him.
• Zuo Xiaoduo explained that he could not read Fang Yinuo's fortune while he was disguised, so Fang Yinuo showed his true face.
• Zuo Xiaoduo saw death signs in Fang Yinuo's physiognomy and told him that a death calamity was imminent.
• Fang Yinuo begged Zuo Xiaoduo to save him, and Zuo Xiaoduo asked him to write a character.

Zuo Xiaoduo advised Fang Yinuo to flee to Fenghai and work near Fenghai Hidden Dragon High Martial Arts School, presenting it as his only path to survival. Fang Yinuo accepted the plan and paid Zuo Xiaoduo five million before leaving for Fenghai.

• Zuo Xiaoduo read Fang Yinuo's fortune and said that staying near water under the protection of fortune was his only chance to live.
• Zuo Xiaoduo told Fang Yinuo to conceal his identity in Fenghai and find work near Fenghai Hidden Dragon High Martial Arts School, where a turning point would come.
• Fang Yinuo reasoned that returning to the Witch Alliance or seeking protection from a major Star Soul power would likely get him killed, so he agreed to follow Zuo Xiaoduo's advice.
• Zuo Xiaoduo advised Fang Yinuo to keep contact with the Witch Alliance and request rescue, which would help him maintain cover while staying away from danger.
• Fang Yinuo paid Zuo Xiaoduo five million and left for Fenghai, while Zuo Xiaoduo regretted not asking him for more.

Mo Xuanyi thanked Zuo Xiaoduo for reuniting her with her parents and asked what to do next. He urged her to take her parents to the Upper Capital and returned the Greedy Wolf's Heart to her; meanwhile, Mu Yanyan returned to Phoenix City and prepared to accompany Zuo Xiaonian and Qiu Yunshang to watch Zuo Xiaoduo compete.

• Mo Xuanyi gave Zuo Xiaoduo five hundred thousand and thanked him for helping her find her parents.
• Mo Xuanyi asked Zuo Xiaoduo for advice, and he warned that staying in Phoenix City could lead to her parents' deaths.
• Zuo Xiaoduo urged Mo Xuanyi to take her parents north to the Upper Capital and advised her to do good and punish evil.
• Zuo Xiaoduo returned the Greedy Wolf's Heart to Mo Xuanyi, who bowed and left for her journey.
• Mu Yanyan returned to Phoenix City after breaking through to the Cloud Transformation Realm and reunited with Zuo Xiaonian.
• Zuo Xiaonian, Mu Yanyan, and Qiu Yunshang disguised themselves and prepared to travel to South Ji City to watch Zuo Xiaoduo compete.

Zuo Xiaoduo and his teammates left Second High School for the tournament in South Ji City, determined to win the championship. Hu Ruoyun warned them about dangerous rival schools and urged them to concede rather than risk their lives, but Zuo Xiaoduo focused on the possibility of fighting back against lethal opponents.

• Hu Ruoyun and Luo Lie led Zuo Xiaoduo, Wan Lixiu, Long Yusheng, Li Changming, Yu Moyan, and Li Chenglong toward South Ji City, while Sister Lan followed unseen to escort them.
• Hu Ruoyun told Zuo Xiaoduo to control his temper and avoid killing unless an opponent attacked lethally first.
• Hu Ruoyun explained that Second High School had developed feuds with Boyang City First High School and Fenghai Thirteenth High School after repeatedly defeating them in past tournaments.
• Luo Lie began to reveal that Hu Ruoyun had a prior history with Fenghai Thirteenth High School, but Hu Ruoyun stopped him.
• Hu Ruoyun warned the students to concede if they could not withstand a clearly lethal attack, while Zuo Xiaoduo reacted eagerly to the prospect of a fight.

Phoenix City's Second High School encountered Fenghai City's Thirteenth High School at the hotel, where Teacher Li insulted their former principal, He Yuanyue, and provoked the students. The team vowed to confront their rivals in the tournament, while Hu Ruoyun warned them not to jeopardize their chances of admission.

• Hu Ruoyun and the Phoenix City's Second High School team met Teacher Li and Fenghai City's Thirteenth High School at breakfast.
• Teacher Li and his student captain mocked He Yuanyue's death, prompting Yu Moyan and Long Yusheng to confront them before Hu Ruoyun stopped a fight.
• Hu Ruoyun and Teacher Li challenged each other to settle matters in the arena, and Yu Moyan vowed not to show mercy.
• Zuo Xiaoduo claimed he would take on Fenghai City's Thirteenth High School, while his teammates joined him in shouting that they would kill their rivals.
• Hu Ruoyun warned the students that the tournament judges would also recruit for the High Martial Arts Academy, but the team remained determined to avenge He Yuanyue's insult.

Zuo Xiaoduo complained about the tournament’s unequal rewards, then Phoenix City Second High School drew Phoenix City First High School for its opening match. The two teams met on the field, where Zuo Xiaoduo offered them a deal and they readily agreed.

• Hu Ruoyun explained that the first-place team received exclusive supplies and cultivation resources, and Zuo Xiaoduo complained that the reward system was unfair.
• Zuo Xiaoduo admitted he liked the system because Phoenix City Second High School could benefit from it in future years if it won first place.
• Last year’s champions, Hidden Dragon First High School, arrived at the Spirit Spring Grand Hotel ahead of the tournament.
• The divisional matches began, and Phoenix City Second High School drew Phoenix City First High School for its first match.
• Phoenix City First High School’s six contestants, including the Phoenix City Three Young Masters, trembled in fear as they faced Zuo Xiaoduo.
• Zuo Xiaoduo offered one million, then clarified that he meant one million each, and all six opponents nodded in agreement.

Zuo Xiaoduo’s team won its opening match when Phoenix City First High School forfeited, then drew Antai City Seventh High School for the next match. As Yu Moyan stepped forward, Antai’s captain offered him five million each to concede.

• Zuo Xiaoduo’s opponents from Phoenix City First High School forfeited, leaving his team with a zero-second victory.
• A First High School teacher scolded Teng Hao and his teammates, who explained they had forfeited because Zuo Xiaoduo’s team had beaten them repeatedly before.
• The judges recorded Phoenix City Second High School’s win, while Hu Ruoyun reprimanded Zuo Xiaoduo for arranging the forfeit.
• Zuo Xiaoduo sent Yu Moyan to face Antai City Seventh High School in the next match.
• Antai City Seventh High School’s captain offered Yu Moyan five million each to concede.

Yu Moyan fought Antai City Seventh High School’s team and defeated two opponents with single punches, stunning the tournament audience and attracting the judges’ interest. The match was still underway as a judge asked what weapon Yu Moyan had used.

• Yu Moyan rejected the captain’s offer and explained that his side had demanded payment to avoid humiliating their opponents in public.
• A girl from Antai City challenged Yu Moyan, who knocked away her saber and struck her in the chest, badly injuring her.
• Zuo Xiaoduo reacted to Yu Moyan’s accidental blow, while Yu Moyan tried to explain that he had hit the wrong place.
• A boy charged Yu Moyan with a staff, but Yu Moyan snapped it and knocked him out with a punch to the abdomen.
• The judges took notice of Yu Moyan’s fighting ability, and a female judge asked whether he had used a bracer or hand guard.

Yu Moyan revealed that he wore more than seven thousand jin of meteoric-iron training weights, prompting Luo Yanling to praise his strength and invite him to consider her school. Antai City's Seventh High School captain tried to wear him down by circling and attacking from the air, but Yu Moyan leaped up and kicked him out of the arena.

• Yu Moyan removed his shirt and trousers to show the judges the meteoric-iron weights strapped across his body, explaining that he carried more than seven thousand jin.
• Luo Yanling introduced herself as a teacher from Guandong Yuyang High Martial School and invited Yu Moyan to consider enrolling there.
• Antai City's Seventh High School captain took advice from his teacher and began circling Yu Moyan, attacking with his sword while avoiding direct contact.
• Yu Moyan asked whether his opponent had circled enough, then leaped ten meters into the air and kicked him out of the arena into the spectator stands.
• Yu Moyan landed lightly back in the spot where he had been standing.

Yu Moyan’s spectacular victory sent Phoenix City Second High School into the Top 375 and drew the attention of martial arts schools seeking to recruit him. When the afternoon match began, the team sent Long Yusheng to face Hekou City’s First High School, while Zuo Xiaoduo and the others continued playing cards.

• Yu Moyan landed silently while carrying seven thousand jin, and Antai City Seventh High School’s contestant forfeited, giving Phoenix City Second High School the victory.
• The judges announced Phoenix City Second High School’s advance, and Luo Yanling and the other teachers competed to recruit Yu Moyan.
• Phoenix City Second High School won both morning matches and took the lead in advancing to the Top 375 Dragon-Tiger Ranking.
• The other schools studied how to counter Yu Moyan, while teachers wondered whether he was Phoenix City Second High School’s captain.
• Phoenix City Second High School drew Hekou City’s First High School for its afternoon match, and Zuo Xiaoduo’s team chose its fighter by playing Gouji.
• Long Yusheng lost the card game and entered the arena as Phoenix City Second High School’s sole contestant.

Long Yusheng and Wan Lixiu won their matches, helping Phoenix City Second High School advance into the top ninety as the judges competed to recruit them. Wan Lixiu revealed that none of the three standout fighters was their team captain, leaving the judges stunned.

• Long Yusheng defeated four opponents with consecutive kicks, declared his school’s name, and told the judges he wore weights comparable to Yu Moyan’s.
• Hu Ruoyun and Luo Lie realized that the students’ post-victory declarations were reports to the Former Principal, and Phoenix City Second High School advanced into the top one hundred and eighty.
• Zuo Xiaoduo used his Qi-Viewing Technique and saw that Yu Moyan’s and Long Yusheng’s fortunes had strengthened after their victories.
• Wan Lixiu tore through her opponents, declared her school’s name, and said she wore about as much weight as Long Yusheng and Yu Moyan.
• The judges tried to recruit Wan Lixiu, but she suggested waiting until the matches were over.
• Wan Lixiu told Luo Yanling that neither she nor Yu Moyan nor Long Yusheng was the team captain, startling the judges.

Phoenix City Second High School’s undefeated sweep made the team the top championship favorite, while rival schools struggled to find a counter. At the next morning’s match against Boyang City First High School, Li Changming took the stage looking half-asleep as his teammates casually played cards.

• The judges learned that Yu Moyan, Long Yusheng, and Wan Lixiu were ordinary members and speculated that their captain and vice-captain must be even stronger.
• Phoenix City Second High School’s reputation spread, and the teams that had advanced to the top ninety held emergency meetings but could not devise a reliable counterstrategy.
• The next morning, Zuo Xiaoduo drew Boyang City First High School as their opponent and told Li Changming to handle the match.
• Luo Yanling and the other judges competed for front-row seats, while Luo Yanling tried unsuccessfully to keep Darkie Wei from recruiting Second High School’s geniuses.
• When the match began, Boyang City First High School urgently discussed tactics, while Li Changming shuffled onto the stage yawning and Phoenix City Second High School’s members played cards.

Li Changming and Li Chenglong swept their matches, carrying Phoenix City Second High School into the top twenty with an undefeated record. Zuo Xiaoduo chose to let his teammates claim the tournament’s opportunities, while Hu Ruoyun and the school celebrated their first-place standing.

• Li Changming introduced himself and his Great Dream Divine Art before defeating Zhang Fang in a single exchange.
• Li Changming won four consecutive matches, helping Phoenix City Second High School advance to the top forty-five undefeated.
• Zuo Xiaoduo told Li Chenglong and Zhongzhong to continue fighting and explained to Hu Ruoyun that he planned to stay out of the arena so his teammates could gain more from the matches.
• Li Chenglong defeated every opponent with one move, sending Phoenix City Second High School into the top twenty in first place.
• Hu Ruoyun watched the school’s name take first place on the arena screen, while teachers and students in Phoenix City celebrated the team’s success.