Chapter Summaries

Zuo Xiaoduo’s victory over Fenghai Thirteenth High School led its teachers to concede the fourth match, but the Life-and-Death Arena rules kept the remaining contestants in danger. Zuo Xiaoduo asked to end the match without further fighting, and his team advanced while Fenghai Thirteenth withdrew from the competition.

• Ding Xiulan defended Zuo Xiaoduo and demanded that Li Chengqiu decide whether Fenghai Thirteenth High School would fight the fourth match.
• Li Chengqiu conceded, but Ma Changsi insisted that the signed Life-and-Death Contract required the match to continue.
• Zuo Xiaoduo asked the teachers to count the remaining three matches as victories without making the other students fight.
• Phoenix City Second High School advanced into the top fifteen, while Fenghai Thirteenth High School withdrew after three contestants died and its survivors lost their will to compete.
• Li Chengqiu and another teacher hurriedly left South Ji City with the three surviving team members as news of the livestreamed deaths stirred turmoil in Fenghai City.

The fallout from the Life-and-Death Arena overwhelmed Fenghai City and Thirteenth High School, while Phoenix City Second High School continued its run in the Dragon-Tiger Ranking. After advancing to the top eleven, Zuo Xiaoduo's team prepared for the top-eight round.

• Wu and Gao Lineage elders blamed Li Chengqiu for the deaths in the arena, while their families argued over who was responsible.
• Parents flooded Thirteenth High School, accusing its teachers of ruining their children's prospects and demanding accountability.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Phoenix City Second High School received widespread acclaim, and the Crotch-Kicking Leg made the Kunlun Dao Sect famous.
• Hidden Dragon First High School narrowly defeated Shuicheng First High School after a brutal match that drew little attention compared with Zuo Xiaoduo's arena fight.
• Phoenix City Second High School's next opponent conceded after two bouts, sending Zuo Xiaoduo's team into the top eleven in first place.
• The top-eight round was scheduled for two days later, and South Ji City offered competing students free use of its Martial Dao Nourishment Rooms.

Zuo Xiaoduo accepted restorative treatment for Phoenix City Second High School despite none of the team being injured, then persuaded the others to drink their fill of the Nutrient Pods’ Spirit Liquid. When Hu Ruoyun and Luo Lie returned, they found all six students sprawled on sofas with swollen bellies, and Li Chenglong began explaining what had happened.

• Zuo Xiaoduo accepted the tournament organizers’ offer of Nutrient Pods for Phoenix City Second High School.
• Zuo Xiaoduo explained that the Nutrient Pods contained Spirit Liquid and ordered Long Yusheng, Wan Lixiu, and the others to drink their fill.
• The six Phoenix City Second High School students used up a considerable amount of Spirit Liquid in the Nutrient Pods.
• Hu Ruoyun and Luo Lie returned and found all six students lying on sofas with enormous bellies.
• Li Chenglong began telling Hu Ruoyun and Luo Lie that the team had gone to soak in the Nutrient Pods.

After the students drank the Nutrient Pod solution on Zuo Xiaoduo’s advice, they absorbed its energy through training and reviewed footage of their future opponents. Zuo Xiaoduo singled out three teams to study and praised Water City’s six fighters, leaving the group to prepare for the battles ahead.

• Li Chenglong, Yu Moyan, and Long Yusheng explained to Hu Ruoyun and Luo Lie that they had drunk the Nutrient Pod solution on Zuo Xiaoduo’s orders.
• Hu Ruoyun and Luo Lie agreed that the students’ determination to use every means to grow stronger showed the makings of true powerhouses.
• The next afternoon, Wan Lixiu and the others felt new Yuan Energy flowing into their meridians as they trained, and Zuo Xiaoduo advised them to seek Nutrient Pods at High Martial universities.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and the others watched recordings of the remaining teams, and he dismissed three as weak opponents.
• Zuo Xiaoduo chose to study Hidden Dragon One, Fenghai Three, and Yangluo One, while praising Water City’s six fighters as honorable martial artists and trustworthy friends.

Zuo Xiaoduo learned about Shuicheng First High School’s legendary principal and analyzed the concealed strengths of rival teams. He ordered his group to remove their weights and prepare for special training after tomorrow’s battle so they could hide their abilities and shore up weaknesses.

• Hu Ruoyun explained how Gu Qianfan was saved by a Heaven-Reversing Pill, retired from the Southern Army, and became principal of Shuicheng First High School.
• Zuo Xiaoduo teased Li Chenglong over his debt for a Space Ring, and Hu Ruoyun joked that Zuo had stained him with bad habits.
• Zuo Xiaoduo studied battle videos and identified Hidden Dragon First High School as their greatest threat, while noting the concealed strength of several rivals.
• Zuo Xiaoduo spent two days reviewing the videos and realized the other schools had many formidable fighters.
• Zuo Xiaoduo ordered everyone to remove their weights and announced special training after the next battle to conceal their strength and address weaknesses.

Zuo Xiaoduo prepared his team for the next tournament matches, while organizers questioned Hu Ruoyun and Luo Lie about Fenghai Thirteenth High School teacher Li Chengqiu, who had been attacked on his way home. The chapter ended with Zuo Xiaoduo’s remark about Li having offended many people drawing the disciplinary committee teacher’s attention.

• Zuo Xiaoduo told Hu Ruoyun that his team needed at least twelve more pills to restore True Essence Power, and she left to obtain them.
• Zuo Xiaoduo instructed his teammates to remove their weights and train for speed before the next day’s matches.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and his teammates arrived at arena one, where teachers from many schools greeted them warmly.
• Organizing committee disciplinary teachers questioned Hu Ruoyun and Luo Lie about Li Chengqiu’s withdrawal and Hu Ruoyun’s past grievance with him.
• A disciplinary teacher told Hu Ruoyun, Luo Lie, and Zuo Xiaoduo that Li Chengqiu had been attacked on the road and might be dead or alive.
• Zuo Xiaoduo remarked that Li Chengqiu had offended many people, and the disciplinary teacher took notice of his words.

After Li Chengqiu was brutally crippled in two attacks by women, investigators questioned Hu Ruoyun, who denied involvement, while Zuo Xiaoduo speculated about possible culprits. The tournament then began its next round, with eleven teams preparing for five simultaneous best-of-five matches.

• An advanced martial arts teacher questioned Hu Ruoyun about Li Chengqiu's attack, and she established that she had no opportunity to commit it.
• The investigator described two women attacking Li Chengqiu in succession and leaving him with devastating injuries.
• Zuo Xiaoduo guessed that Li Chengqiu had wronged women, teased Long Yusheng, and wondered whether Teacher Mu or Teacher Ma was involved.
• The investigator continued questioning people, including Teacher Ma Changsi, despite claiming the inquiries were routine.
• An organizer announced the next round's rules and team standings, and the captains prepared to draw lots for five simultaneous matches.

At the interschool martial arts tournament, Zuo Xiaoduo used humor and impeccable manners to gain an advantage during the team captains’ draw. The chapter ended with the other captains realizing he had made them look rude to the supervising teacher.

• Eleven high school teams gathered for the tournament, and the students’ uniforms and styles drew attention.
• The accompanying teachers withdrew to the stands, leaving the teams to make their own decisions under the rules.
• Zuo Xiaoduo joked about being the tallest captain and suggested the captains line up by height before stepping forward to draw first.
• Zuo Xiaoduo thanked the supervising teacher warmly, drew a lot, and moved aside without checking it.
• The other ten captains reached for the box together, but the teacher told them to line up and draw one at a time.
• The captains glared at Zuo Xiaoduo for making them appear ill-mannered, while he smiled and urged them to obey the teacher.

After the draw, a teacher angrily reprimanded the captains for failing to show basic respect and gratitude to the teachers overseeing the tournament, while praising Zuo Xiaoduo for greeting him. Zhou Yunqing accepted the rebuke and apologized publicly, vowing to face punishment when he returned to Water City.

• The ten captains drew lots and grudgingly thanked the teacher, leaving both them and him frustrated.
• The teacher criticized the students for taking the teachers’ work for granted and condemned the captains for resenting Zuo Xiaoduo’s greeting.
• The teacher told everyone except Zuo Xiaoduo not to greet him again, then left the stage in anger.
• The reprimand embarrassed the competitors and left the teachers reflecting on his words.
• Zhou Yunqing admitted he was wrong, apologized to the teacher and the other teachers, and vowed to accept punishment at the Former Principal's Never-Return Tower.

Zhou Yunqing apologized for his mistake, and Zuo Xiaoduo’s team drew a bye in the first round. Zuo Xiaoduo sent his teammates to scout the other matches while he watched Hidden Dragon First High School face Zhujundian First High School.

• Zhou Yunqing bowed to the teachers, admitted his mistake, and left the stage; the other captains followed with reluctant apologies and thanks.
• Zuo Xiaoduo returned to his team with the bye lot and loudly announced their good fortune after revealing the number 11.
• The draw paired Hidden Dragon First High School with Zhujundian First High School, alongside four other matches, while Phoenix City Second High School received the bye.
• Zuo Xiaoduo assigned his teammates to watch the five matches and warned Li Changming not to fall asleep.
• Zuo Xiaoduo quietly advised Yu Moyan to seek guidance from Teacher Luo Yanling, and Yu Moyan shyly made his way over.

Zuo Xiaoduo persuaded Ma Changsi to take him to watch an opposing school’s match, then won over the judges with praise for the work of teachers. When a teacher asked which High Martial school he favored, Zuo Xiaoduo said he had not decided and explained that his own teachers knew little about schools beyond Phoenix City.

• Luo Yanling took Yu Moyan to scout the match between Shuicheng First High School and Nanji First High School.
• Zuo Xiaoduo asked Ma Changsi to take him to watch Hidden Dragon First High School face Zhujundian First High School, and Ma Changsi brought him to the judges’ viewing area.
• Zuo Xiaoduo praised the judges’ work and thanked them for guiding students year after year.
• A middle-aged woman asked Zuo Xiaoduo whether he had chosen a High Martial school, and Ma Changsi demanded to know what she was trying to do.
• Zuo Xiaoduo said he had not decided where to go and that his Phoenix City teachers knew little about schools elsewhere.

Zuo Xiaoduo postponed choosing a school until the judges could assess him more fully after the tournament. He watched Hidden Dragon First High School battle Zhujundian First High School, where both teams suffered severe injuries, and saw Hidden Dragon's captain reveal Embryonic Breath Realm strength to win the fifth bout.

• Zuo Xiaoduo thanked the judges for their advice and said he would seek their recommendations again after the tournament ended.
• The contestants from Hidden Dragon First High School and Zhujundian First High School noticed Zuo Xiaoduo watching beside the judges' panel as their match began.
• Hidden Dragon won the first bout after both contestants were badly injured, and Zhujundian won the second bout in another costly fight.
• After four bouts, Hidden Dragon had two wins, one loss, and one draw, with contestants from both teams suffering serious injuries.
• Hidden Dragon's captain defeated his opponent in the fifth bout by revealing his concealed Embryonic Breath Realm strength, which Zuo Xiaoduo judged to be at its peak.

Zuo Xiaoduo watched Hidden Dragon First High School defeat Garrison Town, whose captain said the team had fought to weaken Hidden Dragon for its next match. Afterward, teachers criticized Hidden Dragon’s scheming and worried that Li Changming had not returned from watching another still-unfinished match.

• Hidden Dragon First High School won three matches, lost one, and drew one against Garrison Town, whose captain said his team had fought to wear down Hidden Dragon despite knowing it would lose.
• Garrison Town’s captain urged Zuo Xiaoduo to lead Phoenix City Second High School to defend the championship next year, and Zuo promised the team a year of drinks if it happened.
• Hidden Dragon’s captain warned Zuo that he might not reach the final, and Zuo replied that another team could eliminate Hidden Dragon first.
• Ma Changsi and the other teachers assessed Hidden Dragon’s remaining strength and criticized the school’s reliance on tricks and schemes.
• Zuo Xiaoduo returned to find Li Changming still watching the unfinished match between Shikou First High School and Dragon Belly First High School, while officials discussed the brutal tournament round.

Phoenix City Second High School agreed to let the exhausted teams rest before the next matches, then advanced after Garrison Town forfeited. The top eight were decided, with Phoenix City Second High School retaining first place and Hidden Dragon First High School left furious about Garrison Town’s choice.

• The tournament organizers gave the five battered teams four hours to rest, and Zuo Xiaoduo’s team accepted the delay.
• Zuo Xiaoduo drew Garrison Town for Phoenix City Second High School’s elimination match, but Meng Changjun and his teammates conceded.
• Meng Changjun explained that Garrison Town had reached its goal and entrusted Phoenix City Second High School with the task of defeating Hidden Dragon First High School.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and his teammates exchanged salutes with Garrison Town as Meng Changjun’s team left the field.
• The tournament established the top eight, with Phoenix City Second High School first and Hidden Dragon First High School second, while Hidden Dragon’s team cursed Garrison Town for conceding.

Zuo Xiaoduo drew Hidden Dragon First High School as Phoenix City Second High School’s opponent in the final eight, then unsettled their team with taunts and a morale-boosting exit. After a restful night, his team prepared for the match, while Zuo Xiaoduo irritated his teammates with intrusive questions.

• Zuo Xiaoduo waited until the other captains had drawn before taking the last lot, and Hidden Dragon First High School’s captain revealed their teams would face each other.
• Zuo Xiaoduo mocked the captain’s muddled boasts, then led Long Yusheng and the others in shouting “Destroy Hidden Dragon” before they immediately left.
• The judges praised Zuo Xiaoduo’s tactics for frustrating Hidden Dragon First High School, while Hu Ruoyun felt uneasy hearing him described as honest and righteous.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and his teammates slept through the night and skipped their usual training before emerging refreshed the next morning.
• Zuo Xiaoduo asked his teammates whether they needed the toilet and teased Li Chenglong and Wan Lixiu, provoking their angry protests.

Zuo Xiaoduo provoked Hidden Dragon captain Ximen Daqing into taking the first match, then sent Li Changming to face him instead. Li Changming sprayed Ximen Daqing with a mysterious mist and ran around the arena, leaving the fight unresolved as he prepared to strike back.

• Zuo Xiaoduo entered the arena, tricked Ximen Daqing into committing to the first match, and then said he would sit out.
• Zuo Xiaoduo sent Li Changming to fight Ximen Daqing, and Li Changming loudly vowed to fight to the death.
• Ximen Daqing charged when the bell rang, but Li Changming sprayed his face with white mist and denied that it was poison.
• Li Changming ran around the arena while Ximen Daqing pursued him and landed several blows.
• Li Changming suddenly stopped and swept a hand back as Ximen Daqing demanded that he fight.

Li Changming used the Great Dream Divine Art to drag Ximen Daqing into a dream during their match, but the battle threatened to ruin Li Changming’s foundation. Zuo Xiaoduo conceded the match and rushed to treat him.

• Li Changming and Ximen Daqing collapsed asleep after Li Changming’s white mist left them drowsy.
• The referees recognized Li Changming’s Great Dream Divine Art and noted that his injuries and weaker cultivation made the dream battle dangerous for him.
• Li Changming and Ximen Daqing fought within the dream, both vomiting blood as Li Changming pushed himself toward a potentially ruinous victory.
• Zuo Xiaoduo saw Li Changming spit bloody foam, conceded the match, gave him a medicinal pill, poured ice water over him, and slapped his backside.

Li Changming lost his match against Ximen Daqing after Zuo Xiaoduo conceded to protect him from lasting harm. The judges praised Zuo Xiaoduo’s loyalty, while Ding Xiulan resolved to recruit him to her school.

• Zuo Xiaoduo woke Li Changming and conceded the match, then explained that continuing would have ruined Li Changming’s future.
• Li Changming mourned his defeat until Zuo Xiaoduo assured him that he had badly wounded Hidden Dragon First High School’s strongest fighter and made a major contribution.
• Li Changming stopped crying after securing Zuo Xiaoduo’s promise that he would receive the greatest credit if Phoenix City Second High School won the match and championship.
• The judges concluded that Zuo Xiaoduo had conceded to protect Li Changming’s life and cultivation future, and praised him as someone they could trust.
• Ding Xiulan decided that her school had to recruit Zuo Xiaoduo quietly and decisively.

Zuo Xiaoduo sent Li Chenglong to even the score against Hidden Dragon First High School, warning him to exploit their lack of life-and-death combat experience. Li Chenglong fought Xiang Bing in a brutal hand-to-hand match, leaving both badly battered.

• A Hidden Dragon referee admired Zuo Xiaoduo and considered him a possible leader who could restore the school’s declining spirit.
• Zuo Xiaoduo told Li Chenglong that Hidden Dragon’s students lacked real combat experience, and Li Chenglong volunteered to fight.
• Xiang Bing stepped forward for Hidden Dragon First High School after Zuo Xiaoduo teased Li Chenglong about her beauty.
• Li Chenglong and Xiang Bing fought fiercely without weapons, trading blows for several minutes.
• Both fighters ended the match bruised and bloodied, shocking the spectators and teachers.

Li Chenglong became a nationwide sensation after brutally defeating Xiang Bing in their live-broadcast match. The judges declared him the winner, while Xiang Bing remained on the platform sobbing and attacking him.

• Li Chenglong and Xiang Bing fought again, exchanging punishing blows until both were exhausted.
• Li Chenglong knocked Xiang Bing down, pinned her, and demanded that she yield while continuing to punch her.
• Xiang Bing broke down crying, and Li Chenglong stopped short of hitting her again, confused by her tears.
• The judges declared Li Chenglong the winner, but Xiang Bing clawed at his face when he tried to get up.
• Li Chenglong pinned Xiang Bing again and called for someone to remove her, insisting that he did not hit women.
• The livestream audience made Li Chenglong an overnight nationwide sensation.