Chapter Summaries

Zuo Xiaoduo provoked Cheng Fangzhi in Class One, then defeated him and fought the students who rushed to attack. He overpowered the class and continued rampaging through the room while warning the teacher not to interfere in a student spar.

• Zuo Xiaoduo told Cheng Fangzhi that his father had died, using a message with the sender's name covered as proof.
• Cheng Fangzhi attacked Zuo Xiaoduo, who dodged his kick and struck him in the abdomen before knocking him unconscious with another kick.
• Class One students charged at Zuo Xiaoduo, and he beat them back with punches and kicks while shouting that they had bullied Class Nine.
• Zuo Xiaoduo invoked school rules to stop the teacher from intervening and continued attacking Class One students until they were scattered across the room.

Zuo Xiaoduo defended himself after fighting Class One, while Qin Fangyang protected him from Mu Yunfeng and brought Class Nine back to class. His classmates celebrated his victory and wondered how he had become so powerful.

• Zuo Xiaoduo argued that he had only come to tell Cheng Fangzhi about his father's death and had fought back after Cheng Fangzhi and Class One attacked him.
• Mu Yunfeng moved to strike Zuo Xiaoduo, but Qin Fangyang stepped between them and invoked the rule against teachers interfering in student disputes.
• Qin Fangyang scolded Zuo Xiaoduo for interrupting class, then led Class Nine away and warned Mu Yunfeng not to threaten his students.
• Back in their classroom, Class Nine welcomed Zuo Xiaoduo as a hero, and Long Yusheng asked how he had become strong enough to defeat Class One alone.

After praising Class Nine for standing together against Class One, Qin Fangyang dismissed class, and Zuo Xiaoduo blocked Class One’s exit to punish them for bullying Li Chenglong. He left Class One trapped in their classroom, declaring openly that he had come to bully them.

• Zuo Xiaoduo bragged that the Emperor had arranged his recent special training, and his classmates responded with skepticism.
• Qin Fangyang praised Class Nine for following Zuo Xiaoduo to help Li Chenglong despite their injuries, then told them to heal.
• After class, Zuo Xiaoduo brought a chair to Class One’s doorway and accused its students of bullying Li Chenglong and attacking Class Nine.
• Zuo Xiaoduo kicked a group of Class One students back into the classroom when they tried to rush past him.
• Zuo Xiaoduo refused to let Class One leave, telling them to fight their way past him and admitting that he had come to bully them.

Zuo Xiaoduo kept Class One trapped until class began, while Qin Fangyang defended him against Mu Yunfeng. After school, Zuo Xiaoduo prepared to continue confronting Class One, troubled by ominous signs surrounding its students and a reaction from the Greedy Wolf's Heart.

• Zuo Xiaoduo refused to reason with Mu Yunfeng and continued blocking Class One's door as Qin Fangyang argued that the students should settle their own affairs.
• Qin Fangyang accused Class One of bullying Class Nine and threatened to kill Mu Yunfeng if he touched Zuo Xiaoduo.
• When the bell rang, Zuo Xiaoduo bowed to Mu Yunfeng, promised to return after class, and finally let Class One students leave for the toilets.
• Zuo Xiaoduo sensed that Class One's students faced grave misfortune and noticed the Greedy Wolf's Heart reacting faintly.
• At dismissal, Zuo Xiaoduo and Class Nine rushed out, and Zuo Xiaoduo waited at Class One's door to confront Mu Yunfeng and continue his campaign against the students.

After blocking Class One’s doorway, Zuo Xiaoduo left the students to question why they had attacked Li Chenglong, while Cheng Fangzhi and Mu Yunfeng discussed compensation and the incident. Zuo Xiaoduo returned home and proudly announced that he had become the top student in his class.

• Zuo Xiaoduo refused Mu Yunfeng’s demand to leave and blocked Class One’s doorway for half an hour before departing.
• Cheng Fangzhi offered to compensate Class One’s students with Star Yuan Pills, but Ge Yuanhang questioned why they had lost control and attacked Li Chenglong.
• Ge Yuanhang left with Zhu Yun and Cao Feiyu to investigate the strange events, while the other students dispersed.
• Mu Yunfeng scolded Cheng Fangzhi for acting rashly and told him to bring real Star Yuan Pills the next day.
• Zuo Xiaoduo returned home and announced to Zuo Changlu, Wu Yuting, and Zuo Xiaonian that he had become the top student in his class.

Zuo Xiaoduo celebrated what he believed was his rise to first place, then gave Zuo Changlu a bundle of valuable Star Soul Stones he had received as thanks for fortune-telling. The family celebrated together, and Zuo Changlu asked Zuo Xiaoduo to help unload a truck at the shop the next day.

• Zuo Xiaoduo announced that he had taken first place, and Wu Yuting credited Zuo Xiaonian's master for his improvement.
• Wu Yuting asked Zuo Changlu to buy groceries and liquor, so Zuo Xiaonian paid and Zuo Xiaoduo ran the errand.
• At dinner, Zuo Xiaoduo presented Zuo Changlu with Star Soul Stones he had received from people whose fortunes he had read.
• Zuo Xiaoduo explained that his reading had helped the people avoid a deadly calamity, and Zuo Changlu encouraged him to develop the ability to save others.
• Zuo Changlu asked Zuo Xiaoduo to leave school early the next day and help unload a truck, while turning down Zuo Xiaonian's offer to come along.

Zuo Xiaonian connected Zuo Xiaoduo’s foresight to the growing threat in Phoenix City and suspected the Kill Break Wolf sects had pursued a hidden target there for years. The next morning, Zuo Xiaoduo resumed blocking Class One’s doorway and announced he would keep fighting until the students dealt with him.

• Zuo Changlu refused to let Zuo Xiaonian help with the heavy work and sent Zuo Xiaoduo instead.
• Zuo Xiaoduo hid his money after noticing Wu Yuting watching his pocket, while his family recognized his sneaking around.
• Zuo Xiaonian reasoned that Greedy Wolf, Seven Killings, and Broken Army had likely established a long-standing network in Phoenix City to pursue an important secret.
• Zuo Xiaoduo noticed the increased surveillance around the city and criticized the investigators’ methods on his way to school.
• Zuo Xiaoduo drove the early arrivals out of Class One and sat in its doorway, then told the arriving students he would not stop until they dealt with him.

Zuo Xiaoduo refused to stop harassing Class One until he felt his anger was spent, while Li Changjiang and Hu Ruoyun worried that his retaliation would spiral out of control. The confrontation remained outside the classroom, with Qin Fangyang and Liu Jiansheng’s brothers watching as Mu Yunfeng fumed.

• Zuo Xiaoduo declared that he would beat Class One students whenever he saw them and insisted that he had never listened to reason.
• Li Changjiang recognized that Zuo Xiaoduo had reached the Martial Master Tier and suspected his fighting ability was already at the intermediate level.
• Li Changjiang warned Hu Ruoyun that Zuo Xiaoduo might keep renewing his grudge, and she agreed to try to talk to him.
• Zuo Xiaoduo watched Class One’s entrance while Qin Fangyang stood nearby and Mu Yunfeng seethed.
• Liu Jiansheng and his nine brothers watched from the side, ready to join a fight if anyone intervened against Zuo Xiaoduo.

Zuo Xiaoduo agreed to end his attack on Class One only if they gave Class Nine and Li Chenglong a satisfying accounting, while Hu Ruoyun urged him to compromise. He left with Hu Ruoyun after striking Cheng Fangzhi and kicking Zheng Deyi, and Qin Fangyang traded barbs with Mu Yunfeng as the students headed to class.

• Liu Jiansheng and the second brother discussed striking Zuo Xiaoduo before Qin Fangyang, while Hu Ruoyun approached and asked Zuo Xiaoduo why he was not in class.
• Zuo Xiaoduo proposed having all of Class One transfer, then said he had not beaten them enough but would respect Hu Ruoyun's intervention.
• Zuo Xiaoduo demanded that Class One answer to Class Nine and give Li Chenglong a separate accounting, warning he would return if he was not satisfied.
• Zuo Xiaoduo told Class One to grow stronger if they wanted revenge, slapped Cheng Fangzhi hard enough to knock out three teeth, and kicked Zheng Deyi.
• Hu Ruoyun took Zuo Xiaoduo away, while Mu Yunfeng blamed Qin Fangyang and Qin Fangyang defended his student before sending the students to class.

Ge Yuanhang led twenty-two Class One students to apologize to Qin Fangyang, Li Chenglong, and Class Nine for their earlier disrespect. They offered Star Power Pills and Star Yuan as compensation, while insisting their feud with Zuo Xiaoduo remained unresolved.

• Ge Yuanhang rejected Mu Yunfeng and Cheng Fangzhi's attempts to dissuade him, and said Class One had to answer for its mistakes.
• Ge Yuanhang rebuked Weng Shiting for relying on her beauty and led Zhu Yun, Cao Feiyu, and about twenty other students toward Class Nine.
• Zuo Xiaoduo returned to Class Nine, where the students cheered him before Qin Fangyang was interrupted by a knock at the door.
• Ge Yuanhang and twenty-one classmates entered, apologized to Qin Fangyang and Class Nine, and clarified that their score with Zuo Xiaoduo was separate.
• The Class One students apologized to Li Chenglong, who accepted, then offered Class Nine two bottles of Star Power Pills and 340,000 Star Yuan, excluding Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong.

Class One apologized to Qin Fangyang and Li Chenglong, while Ge Yuanhang warned Zuo Xiaoduo to be careful and described how strangely furious the students had been the previous day. Qin Fangyang rushed out after suspecting something, leaving Zuo Xiaoduo and his classmates to distribute the apology gifts.

• Ge Yuanhang presented Qin Fangyang with a sword and Li Chenglong with ancient books, and the students apologized for their actions.
• Ge Yuanhang told Qin Fangyang that Class One had inexplicably lost their tempers and said they could not understand how the previous day's fight had escalated.
• Ge Yuanhang warned Zuo Xiaoduo to watch out for trouble, then led the other students back to class.
• Zuo Xiaoduo told Qin Fangyang he did not suspect Ge Yuanhang or the students who had apologized, but wondered what had caused their strange behavior.
• Qin Fangyang suddenly sent Zuo Xiaoduo to cultivate and hurried out without distributing the gifts.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and his classmates divided the Star Yuan Pills, while Li Chenglong happily kept the ancient books and they left Qin Fangyang's sword for him.

Qin Fangyang warned Principal Li Changjiang that a Broken Army presence might be influencing Phoenix City and the school. He traced his suspicions to Class One’s inexplicable aggression and left Li considering an internal investigation.

• Qin Fangyang interrupted Li Changjiang and Hu Ruoyun in the principal’s office and warned that the Broken Army might have infiltrated the school.
• Li Changjiang reacted with alarm and connected the possible Broken Army presence to reports involving Seven Killings and Greedy Wolf, raising the possibility of a Kill Break Wolf configuration.
• Qin Fangyang said the situation did not necessarily involve the witch sects’ main forces but urged caution and an internal investigation.
• Qin Fangyang explained that his suspicions began with Li Chenglong’s beating, the conflict between Classes One and Nine, and Zuo Xiaoduo’s blockade of Class One’s doorway.
• Qin Fangyang said Ge Yuanhang and his classmates had apologized to Class Nine and revealed that Class One’s students had been unusually impulsive and violent before the fight.
• Qin Fangyang noted that Zuo Xiaoduo’s heavy blows and the students’ resulting blood loss had gradually calmed several Class One students.

Qin Fangyang told Li Changjiang that several students had suffered an unnatural surge of anger, which he suspected was a negative influence tied to Broken Army's battle intent and possibly Mu Yunfeng's negligence. Li Changjiang began considering a discreet investigation into poor students and the people Mu Yunfeng and Vice Principal Gao Yi had brought into the school.

• Qin Fangyang described how Ge Yuanhang and other students had been driven to vent their anger through violence before regaining clarity after Zuo Xiaoduo beat them.
• Qin Fangyang suspected a Soul-Confusing Lure-like influence and suggested Mu Yunfeng had failed to notice the students' abnormal behavior.
• Li Changjiang recited Mu Yunfeng's background and work history but could identify no obvious problem beyond his possible dereliction of duty.
• Qin Fangyang advised Li Changjiang to examine students from extremely poor families discreetly and avoid alerting whoever might be behind the influence.
• Li Changjiang wondered whether Zuo Xiaoduo had noticed the crisis, and Qin Fangyang and Li Changjiang agreed not to involve him or reveal his face-reading ability.
• After Qin Fangyang left, Li Changjiang considered whether Mu Yunfeng's former students, Vice Principal Gao Yi, or other teachers Gao had recommended might also be implicated.

Zuo Xiaoduo became Class Nine’s Top Seat after breaking through to the Martial Master Tier, but Qin Fangyang arranged to spar with him during the afternoon Ranking Battles. When the battles began, Li Chenglong avoided Zuo Xiaoduo by pretending he had already been beaten.

• Li Changjiang worried that problems among former teachers and their students could expose a vast, dangerous network, then began arranging what he had discussed with Qin Fangyang.
• Class Nine placed Zuo Xiaoduo first, followed by Long Yusheng, Wan Lixiu, Yu Moyan, and Li Changming, and Zuo Xiaoduo gleefully celebrated taking the Top Seat.
• Qin Fangyang recognized Zuo Xiaoduo’s breakthrough and agreed to let him delay joining the Martial Master class, but said he would spar with him during the afternoon Ranking Battles.
• Long Yusheng fought Wan Lixiu while Yu Moyan fought Li Changming, and Li Chenglong lay down and pretended Zuo Xiaoduo had beaten him.

Qin Fangyang subjected Zuo Xiaoduo to a relentless live combat drill, teaching him that real fights demanded counterattacking under pressure rather than relying on sparring skills. Zuo Xiaoduo adapted to Qin Fangyang’s attacks and finally launched a fierce counterattack.

• Qin Fangyang kicked Zuo Xiaoduo across the field and continued beating him while urging him to counterattack.
• Qin Fangyang explained that Zuo Xiaoduo’s combat skills were ineffective in a real fight because he had never faced a life-or-death battle.
• Zuo Xiaoduo used Heaven's Gate Seal and the Starry Sky Step to evade Qin Fangyang and create distance for the first time.
• Zuo Xiaoduo steadied himself and began parrying Qin Fangyang’s attacks with greater control and fluidity.
• Zuo Xiaoduo unleashed Strike the Golden Bell in Reverse and drove his fists through an opening in Qin Fangyang’s attack.

Zuo Xiaoduo fought Qin Fangyang in a brutal training match and learned to press an advantage without giving an opponent time to recover. After school, four men cornered him at the gates and demanded that he come with them.

• Zuo Xiaoduo launched a sustained assault that forced Qin Fangyang back before Qin eventually overpowered him and ended the lesson.
• Qin Fangyang praised Zuo Xiaoduo's combat instincts and told him to attack ruthlessly and never let an enemy recover.
• Teachers watched the fight, while an elderly woman observed Qin Fangyang from a tall building and wept as she asked to leave.
• Li Chenglong and Li Changming carried the exhausted Zuo Xiaoduo back to the classroom, where he recovered until school let out.
• Two burly men confronted Zuo Xiaoduo outside the school and demanded that he go with them as four others blocked his way back inside.

Zuo Xiaoduo was ambushed by ten Martial Masters but escaped their first encirclement and discovered he could overpower one of them. Once he realized he had the advantage, he stopped running and charged back into the fight.

• A group of burly men tried to seize Zuo Xiaoduo, but he kicked their leader in the groin and slipped past the others with the Starry Sky Step.
• Zuo Xiaoduo ran from the attackers, then found himself surrounded by ten Martial Masters emerging from nearby cars.
• He traded thirteen punches with one Martial Master and badly injured the man, gaining confidence that he could defeat the group.
• The Martial Masters revealed their beast tattoos and taunted Zuo Xiaoduo before four of them attacked together.
• Zuo Xiaoduo evaded their strikes with an afterimage and charged into the arms of a burly man behind him.

Zuo Xiaoduo defeated four of ten burly attackers by targeting their crotches, then Liu Jiansheng and his brothers arrived to detain the group. Liu revealed that Li Changjiang had secretly assigned them to protect Zuo Xiaoduo, but Zuo hurried home instead of joining the interrogation.

• Zuo Xiaoduo knocked four attackers out of the fight with a flurry of strikes and repeated Dragon Gate Leg and Star-Seizing Palm attacks.
• Zuo Xiaoduo taunted the remaining six men and prepared to leave when they did not continue fighting.
• Liu Jiansheng appeared with his three brothers and surrounded the ten attackers.
• Liu Jiansheng told Zuo Xiaoduo that the group wanted to find out who had sent the attackers.
• Liu Jiansheng explained that Li Changjiang had ordered them to protect Zuo Xiaoduo in secret after hearing about his ability to predict fortune and misfortune.
• Zuo Xiaoduo declined to help interrogate the attackers and hurried home to assist his father at the shop.

Zuo Xiaoduo left Liu Jiansheng his number after the fight, while Li Changjiang took five lower-ranked students away at the Martial Education Bureau’s request. Zuo Xiaoduo then reached the star soul stone shop and began carrying a large delivery inside.

• Zuo Xiaoduo gave Liu Jiansheng his phone number and ran off, while Liu Jiansheng ordered the injured men, including Little Black Dog, to move along.
• Principal Li Changjiang told Mu Yunfeng that the Martial Education Bureau had requested five of Class One’s lower-ranked students, then took five students with him.
• Mu Yunfeng realized the request might be connected to Ge Yuanhang and the men who had beaten him.
• Li Changjiang and Qin Fangyang drove the students away, taking a detour before heading to the Martial Education Bureau.
• Zuo Xiaoduo arrived at the Changlu Star Soul Stone Shop, stopped the shop owners from helping, and carried the delivered stones inside.

Zuo Xiaoduo hauled a truckload of heavy stones while the shopkeepers cheered him on, then learned they were mostly celebrating not having to lift them. Zuo Changlu bragged about Xiaoduo’s rise to first place, sending the shopkeepers away feeling envious, and warned Xiaoduo not to overestimate human goodness.

• Zuo Xiaoduo carried the truckload of stones into the shop in a little over ten minutes while the shopkeepers encouraged him.
• The shopkeepers joked that they were glad Xiaoduo had done the heavy work, and he realized their cheers had partly been teasing.
• Zuo Changlu invited the shopkeepers in for tea and told them Xiaoduo had advanced from last place to first in his Martial Warrior Class.
• Zuo Xiaoduo revealed that he had beaten the year’s former top student and become number one in the Martial Warrior year.
• The shopkeepers left feeling sour after Zuo Changlu and Xiaoduo downplayed their achievement while boasting about it.
• Zuo Changlu told Xiaoduo that people had many sides and cautioned him not to overestimate human goodness.