Recaps

With the Exchange Competition approaching, Wang Yongfeng briefed Linhai First High School’s team on their opponent and the rewards, while Shen Lian angrily challenged Ye Li over losing her official place. The meeting ended with Ye Li rising under a murderous pressure that left Shen Lian terrified.

• Wang Yongfeng explained that Qingshan First High School’s captain, Tang Yao, was a powerful Second-Tier Level Six swordswoman and their final competitor.
• Wang Yongfeng announced the prize money and Qi and Blood Pills for official members, then revealed an additional city-provided treasure for the best-performing student.
• Shen Lian protested that substitutes received much smaller rewards and demanded that Ye Li return the money and pill she had lost by being removed from the official lineup.
• Shen Lian insulted Ye Li and claimed the school valued him only for his strength, prompting Wang Yongfeng to rebuke her and Jiang Qingzhu to react coldly.
• Ye Li rose as his aura and killing intent overwhelmed Shen Lian, who realized she had gone too far and began to panic.

Ye Li attacked Shen Lian after she threatened to ruin his reputation, leaving her gravely injured in the meeting room. Wang Yongfeng accepted Ye Li’s explanation, ended the meeting, and told the School Team to prepare to leave the next day.

• Shen Lian threatened to spread rumors about Ye Li, believing the School Team and teacher would keep him from harming her.
• Ye Li struck Shen Lian and sent her crashing through the meeting-room door, severely injuring her.
• Yu Qianqian, Liu Yangde, Jiang Qingzhu, and Wang Yongfeng watched Ye Li’s attack, and Wang Yongfeng judged that he had held back.
• Ye Li mocked Shen Lian as she writhed on the ground, and she fainted; the system awarded him 3,000 Malice Points.
• Ye Li told Wang Yongfeng that Shen Lian had spread rumors and insulted him, and Wang Yongfeng agreed that the attack did not violate school rules.
• Wang Yongfeng called emergency services, ended the meeting, and told everyone to prepare to leave for the Exchange Competition the next day.

Qingshan First High School prepared for its Exchange Competition against Linhai First High School, while Tang Yao dismissed their opponents and Chen Deng’s team planned a covert stamina-draining scheme. Chen Deng ordered his teammates to ambush the visitors at the training ground before the competition.

• A Qingshan teacher held a pre-battle meeting and asked Tang Yao for her assessment of Linhai First High School.
• Tang Yao called Linhai’s team rabble aside from Jiang Qingzhu, while Chen Deng warned that the newly added Ye Li might threaten her after reportedly defeating three opponents at once.
• After Tang Yao and the teacher left, Chen Deng’s teammates revealed they had gathered more than a hundred First-Tier martial artists to challenge Linhai’s group in repeated sparring matches.
• Chen Deng agreed to the plan and ordered his teammates to keep it secret, drain the visitors’ stamina, and have ordinary students make the first move.

Ye Li arrived in Qingshan for the exchange competition and received the Jiang Family’s S-Grade Breathing Technique from Jiang Qingzhu. He stayed behind at the hotel to study it instead of visiting Qingshan First High School with the group.

• Ye Li arrived in Qingshan with the Linhai First High School team, and Qingshan students escorted them to a hotel near the city center.
• Qingshan students invited Wang Yongfeng and the team to visit Qingshan First High School before the afternoon exchange competition.
• Ye Li checked his system panel and decided to wait until after the competition for Jiang Qingzhu’s promised breathing technique before allocating his Malice Points.
• Jiang Qingzhu brought Ye Li the Jiang Family’s [White Mist Frost Snow] and warned him that it was difficult to cultivate.
• Ye Li thanked Jiang Qingzhu, asked her to tell Wang Yongfeng he would stay behind, and returned to his bed to examine the technique.

Ye Li mastered the S-Grade Breathing Technique White Mist Frost Snow and tested its powerful area attack, Frost Snow Covers the Sky. After spending almost all his Malice Points, he received messages from Jiang Qingzhu saying they were surrounded at the Training Ground and asking him to get reinforcements.

• Ye Li used his Malice Points to raise White Mist Frost Snow to perfection and learned Frost Snow Covers the Sky.
• Ye Li tested the technique in the hotel Cultivation Room, freezing its contents in a wide blast that used about twenty percent of his true qi.
• Ye Li recovered most of his spent true qi within a few breaths and worried about his nearly depleted Malice Points before the Exchange Competition.
• Jiang Qingzhu messaged Ye Li that she and her companions were surrounded at the Training Ground by people demanding sparring matches and asked him to get reinforcements.

Jiang Qingzhu and Linhai First High School’s students were trapped in a rigged series of sparring matches at Qingshan First High School’s Training Ground. After Jiang Qingzhu sent for Ye Li, he smashed through the entrance checkpoint and charged toward them.

• Qingshan First High School students provoked Linhai First High School into sparring, and Chen Deng knocked Yu Qianqian unconscious with an underhanded attack.
• Jiang Qingzhu confronted Chen Deng and defeated a succession of First-Tier fighters, while Chen Deng’s group planned to wear her down with human-wave tactics.
• Jiang Qingzhu realized the students were trying to exhaust Linhai’s team before the afternoon Exchange Competition and had lured away the teacher on duty.
• Chen Deng’s group dismissed the threat of Ye Li arriving, while Ye Li reached the Training Ground and destroyed the checkpoint pavilion, knocking its guard unconscious.

Ye Li arrived alone at Qingshan First High School’s Training Ground and revealed that its apparent friendly spar was a trap against Linhai First High School. He overwhelmed the students who surrounded him, leaving the remaining fighters terrified as he challenged them to attack.

• Ye Li realized that Qingshan First High School had trapped Jiang Qingzhu and the others, and decided to intervene alone rather than waste time seeking reinforcements.
• Ye Li burst through the Training Ground’s doors, where Liu Yangde recognized him and Chen Deng mistook his arrival for a reckless mistake.
• Ye Li accepted Chen Deng’s proposed one-on-one spar while pointing out that Qingshan First High School was closing in around him.
• Ye Li used a single punch to send several Qingshan First High School students crashing into a wall, badly injuring them.
• Chen Deng attacked Ye Li with his broadsword, but Ye Li dodged and slammed Chen Deng headfirst into the ground, knocking him unconscious.
• Ye Li mocked the remaining students and challenged them to keep fighting as Jiang Qingzhu, Liu Yangde, and the others watched in shock.

Ye Li defeated dozens of Qingshan First High School students by unleashing Frost Snow Covers the Sky, then left the Training Ground with his Malice Points replenished. Wang Yongfeng and the other teachers arrived to find the students and ice sculptures scattered across the venue, and asked Jiang Qingzhu who had caused the destruction.

• A Qingshan First High School student convinced the others that Ye Li was nearly out of true qi, and they advanced on him.
• Jiang Qingzhu prepared to help Ye Li, but he warned her off, so she stayed back and watched.
• As the students closed in, Ye Li unleashed Frost Snow Covers the Sky and froze dozens of First-Tier Martial Artists into human-shaped ice sculptures.
• Ye Li left the Training Ground after gaining enough Malice Points to recover what he had spent on the Breathing Technique.
• Wang Yongfeng and the Qingshan First High School teachers entered the Training Ground, saw the wreckage and injured students, and asked Jiang Qingzhu who had done it.

Jiang Qingzhu took responsibility for the injuries at Qingshan First High School, while Wang Yongfeng suspected Ye Li had fought alone. At the hospital, Tang Yao revealed that Ye Li by himself had sent all 126 injured students to the hospital.

• Jiang Qingzhu claimed she had beaten the Qingshan First High School students and left with the unconscious Yu Qianqian.
• Wang Yongfeng realized Jiang Qingzhu was covering for Ye Li, whose fighting style matched the attack.
• Xu Lihong learned that 126 Qingshan First High School students, including Chen Deng, were seriously injured.
• Chen Deng suspected Linhai First High School had brought outside help to defeat them.
• Tang Yao told Chen Deng and Xu Lihong that Ye Li alone had beaten all of them.

Tang Yao refused to withdraw Qingshan First High School from the Exchange Competition despite most of the team being injured, and declared Ye Li’s side the challengers. Ye Li drew a Harmony Ring from the system and learned the competition would proceed, leaving him eager to face Tang Yao.

• Tang Yao heard that Ye Li had defeated more than a hundred people, but dismissed his achievement as unimpressive.
• Tang Yao rejected Xu Lihong’s suggestion to withdraw and insisted that she would compete against Ye Li’s team.
• Ye Li reviewed his Malice Points and used one thousand to draw a Purple Rare Treasure Tool, the Harmony Ring, which could force nearby enemies to kneel.
• Jiang Qingzhu told Ye Li that Qingshan First High School had not withdrawn and had called his team to compete, prompting Ye Li to look forward to facing Tang Yao.

The Exchange Competition began with Ye Li of Linhai First High School facing Tang Yao, Qingshan First High School’s celebrated sword genius. Tang Yao entered the arena confident of victory, while Ye Li welcomed the Malice Points her reputation might bring.

• Qingshan First High School students discussed how Jiang Qingzhu had defeated most of their team and placed their hopes on Tang Yao.
• Jiang Qingzhu warned Ye Li that Tang Yao was powerful and advised him to watch out for her slashes.
• Ye Li arrived at the Combat Stage with an ordinary spear, and Jiang Qingzhu offered to bring him a suitable Spear Treasure Tool next time.
• The referee announced the first match between Ye Li and Tang Yao as the crowd erupted in cheers.
• Tang Yao declared that she would win, drew her dragon-patterned saber, and reminded Ye Li that he was the challenger.

Ye Li faced Tang Yao in a combat-stage match despite her overwhelming advantage in Martial Arts Level and Sword Dao talent. He dodged her opening strike and smashed through her sword shadow, sending her flying and leaving the match unresolved.

• Teachers and guests discussed Tang Yao's strength, while Yu Weng said she could enter Fengyun University through the normal Martial Exam.
• The Sword Pavilion elder hoped Yu Weng would directly recommend Tang Yao, but Yu Weng chose to observe her performance first.
• Tang Yao and Ye Li traded taunts before the referee began their match.
• Tang Yao rushed Ye Li with Lightning Flash, but he evaded her saber using the Heavenly Dipper Void-Treading Technique.
• Ye Li counterattacked with his spear, shattered Tang Yao's sword shadow, and sent her flying with blood at her mouth.

Ye Li used the Harmony Ring to immobilize Tang Yao and humiliate her, then struck her as she knelt on the Combat Stage. Tang Yao broke free with a devastating sword aura and left Ye Li trapped amid her Sword Qi.

• Ye Li's spear shattered Tang Yao's Giant Sword Phantom Cauldron and blasted her across the Combat Stage.
• Yu Weng recognized the power of Ye Li's white mist and spear technique, while a Qingshan Sword Pavilion elder insisted Tang Yao could still break through his defense.
• Tang Yao charged Ye Li again, but the Harmony Ring stopped her in midair and forced her to kneel and slide to his feet.
• Ye Li grabbed Tang Yao's face and struck her with his knee, cutting off her threat and enraging her.
• Tang Yao erupted with sword aura, broke free from Ye Li's grip, and retreated as Sword Qi pierced him.

Ye Li survived Tang Yao’s strongest sword technique and overwhelmed her with his awakened power, leaving her defeated and humiliated on the Combat Stage. He ended the fight by calling her trash.

• Tang Yao used the Great Mastery technique [Mount Tai Holds Up the Sun] to strike Ye Li, and the crowd assumed she had won.
• Ye Li emerged from the smoke unharmed after [Golden Soul Revival] healed his wounds and boosted his physical strength.
• Ye Li shattered Tang Yao’s sword phantom with a spear strike, numbing her arms and crippling much of her combat ability.
• Ye Li broke Tang Yao’s Golden Dragon Saber and struck her in the waist, sending her crashing to the ground with broken ribs.
• Ye Li stepped on Tang Yao’s face and taunted her, calling her nothing but trash.

Ye Li defeated Tang Yao brutally, securing Linhai First High School’s victory in the Exchange Competition. A Fengyun University elder pursued him with a likely Recommendation Quota, and Yu Weng entered the lounge to ask whether Ye Li was interested.

• Ye Li crushed Tang Yao in their match, publicly humiliated her, and won as the spectators watched in stunned silence.
• The referee declared Linhai First High School the Exchange Competition’s victor after Qingshan First High School’s remaining contestants forfeited.
• A Fengyun University elder leaped from the raised platform and hurried after Ye Li, prompting spectators to speculate that he would offer a Recommendation Quota.
• In the lounge, Ye Li told Wang Yongfeng he was recovering well and revealed that humiliating Tang Yao had earned him 5,000 Malice Points.
• Yu Weng entered the lounge and asked Ye Li whether he was interested in Fengyun University.

Ye Li turned down Yu Weng’s offer of a special recommendation to Fengyun University because he wanted to take the Martial Exam. After Yu Weng warned him that other contestants would challenge him, Ye Li proposed taking both the recommendation and the exam.

• Wang Yongfeng recognized Yu Weng as a senior teacher from Fengyun University, and Yu Weng praised Ye Li’s rapid healing and offered him a recommendation quota.
• Yu Weng described the recommendation’s benefits, including access to Fengyun University’s Book Repository, teachers, connections, and training opportunities.
• Ye Li refused the recommendation, earning Malice Points by repeatedly turning down Yu Weng.
• Yu Weng warned Ye Li that students from Qingshan First High School and Shanzhou First High School might target him if he took the Martial Exam.
• Ye Li proposed a compromise: he would accept the recommendation and still participate in the Martial Exam.

After defeating Tang Yao, Ye Li spent Malice Points to raise his cultivation from Second-Tier Level One to the Second-Tier Peak. He considered preparing for the powerful students from Shanzhou City and began spending more points to approach the True Blood Realm.

• Ye Li exchanged contact information with Yu Weng, then returned to the hotel with Jiang Qingzhu and the others.
• Jiang Qingzhu realized Ye Li had hidden his strength and resolved to catch up with him.
• Ye Li anticipated a coming challenge from Shanzhou City's martial arts students and decided to strengthen his cultivation.
• After spending 8,000 Malice Points, Ye Li advanced to the Second-Tier Peak and felt his meridians and blood begin to transform.
• Ye Li turned back to the panel and spent more Malice Points in an attempt to approach the True Blood Realm.

Ye Li upgraded his Indestructible Golden Soul to LV3 and awakened the Eye of Delusion, while the Exchange Competition results and his rumored guaranteed admission to Fengyun University spread across Ying Province. The chapter ended with Shanzhou First High School discussing the Boy in Black.

• Ye Li stopped spending Malice Points on refining his qi and blood after the system gave him a Qi Deviation warning, and decided he needed a Refinement Method.
• Ye Li weighed his combat forms and chose to save his remaining Malice Points for a possible Treasure Tool reward from the Exchange Competition.
• Ye Li spent Malice Points upgrading his Indestructible Golden Soul to LV3 and unlocked the Eye of Delusion.
• Ye Li tested his new divine ability, seeing distant objects and weaknesses in the room's spiritual energy formation before accidentally destroying it with a touch.
• Ye Li felt confident he could defeat Tang Yao without activating Golden Soul Revival.
• The Exchange Competition results and Ye Li's rumored guaranteed admission to Fengyun University spread across Ying Province, while Shanzhou First High School discussed the Boy in Black.

Yang Wanfeng’s team discussed Ye Li’s victory over Tang Yao and planned how to handle him at the Martial Exam. After learning Ye Li had received Fengyun University’s Recommendation Quota, Yang Wanfeng’s anger grew, and he decided to meet him if he competed for the championship.

• Yang Wanfeng told the Shanzhou First High School team that Ye Li had defeated Tang Yao and warned them not to underestimate him.
• Yang Wan dismissed Ye Li as weak without his secret technique, while Yang Wanfeng urged the team to avoid clashing with him and try to form an alliance.
• Yang Wan threatened to force Ye Li to submit if he refused to cooperate, and Yang Wanfeng warned her against provoking him because he feared for both her results and Ye Li’s life.
• A team member reported that Ye Li had obtained Fengyun University’s Recommendation Quota, prompting Yang Wan to protest and Yang Wanfeng to conceal his anger.
• Yang Wanfeng said he would personally meet Ye Li if he entered the Martial Exam to contend for the championship, while Yang Wan vowed to humiliate him if they crossed paths.

Ye Li traveled to Linhai City wearing the Fengyun University badge and learned that his recommendation had stunned Linhai First High School. Shen Lian collapsed with regret after hearing the news, while Ye Li focused on finding a refinement method before the Martial Exam.

• Ye Li rode a high-speed train to Linhai City wearing the golden badge Yu Weng had given him, while reading Yu Weng's messages praising Fengyun University.
• Principal Li announced that Ye Li from Class 9, Grade 12, had received a Recommendation Quota from Fengyun University, and students across Linhai First High School erupted in disbelief.
• Shen Lian heard the announcement in the infirmary and regretted abandoning Ye Li, whom she had hoped to join at Fengyun University.
• Ye Li arrived in Linhai City, gained 5,000 Malice Points from Shen Lian's collapse, and decided to seek a blood-and-vitality refinement method to reach Third-Tier before the Martial Exam.

Ye Li and Jiang Qingzhu witnessed wanted criminal Xiang Bu break free from faulty shackles and flee the high-speed rail station. As the Qingyi Bureau and Zhenjiang University students dealt with the injured and gave chase, Wang Yongfeng and Jiang Qingzhu realized Ye Li had disappeared.

• Ye Li asked Jiang Qingzhu about obtaining a Refinement Method, and she said she might be able to get one from her family next month.
• Jiang Qingzhu offered to choose a Third-Tier weapon for Ye Li before the Martial Exam, and they spotted Qingyi Bureau enforcers receiving a prisoner escorted by Zhenjiang University students.
• A Qingyi Bureau enforcer discovered the shackles were too weak, and Xiang Bu broke free, injured Director Chen, and fled through the station crowd.
• The enforcers stayed behind to assist the injured and summoned help, while a Qingyi Bureau enforcer berated the Zhenjiang University students for using Second-Tier shackles on a Peak Third Order criminal.
• Wang Yongfeng identified the fugitive as Xiang Bu and warned the students to be careful, then he and Jiang Qingzhu noticed Ye Li was missing.

Ye Li caught up with the wounded Xiang Bu and killed him despite his pleas, then asserted his authority over the Zhenjiang University students who arrived afterward. He returned toward the others, satisfied that his guess about the mission had been right.

• Xiang Bu fled through Linhai City, believing the wounded city director could no longer stop him, until Ye Li ambushed him with a spear and a punch.
• Ye Li fought Xiang Bu with his martial techniques and overwhelmed the injured Peak Third Order martial artist.
• Xiang Bu pleaded for his life and threatened Ye Li with the Zhenjiang University students, but Ye Li killed him with his spear.
• Zhenjiang University students arrived and objected to Ye Li intervening in their mission, but he showed them his Fengyun University golden badge and demanded their principal apologize.
• The students backed down and thanked Ye Li, who took back his badge and headed away, pleased that his guess had been correct.

Ye Li returned to the taxi after killing Xiang Bu and learned that his feat would be reported by the Zhenjiang University students. On the ride to Linhai First High School, Jiang Qingzhu offered to obtain an S-Grade Refinement Method for him, and Ye Li said he wanted both that and a Refinement Method right away.

• After Ye Li left, the Zhenjiang University students confirmed his Fengyun University gold badge and prepared to report his contribution for killing Xiang Bu.
• In the taxi, Jiang Qingzhu noticed a faint scent of blood on Ye Li, who reflected on his first kill and wondered whether killing mutated beasts could also earn Malice Points.
• Wang Yongfeng told Ye Li that the jointly sponsored treasure tool had been delivered to his training room and offered to request anything else he needed.
• Ye Li asked Wang Yongfeng for a decent Refinement Method, and Jiang Qingzhu offered to get him an S-Grade method after the exams.
• Jiang Qingzhu explained the advantages of an S-Grade Refinement Method and asked Ye Li to wait a few days, but he replied that he wanted both options.

Ye Li used the B-Grade Great Sun Treasure Furnace to cultivate and broke through to the Third Order First Layer. With the Martial Exam two and a half days away, he looked forward to facing Shanzhou First High School.

• Wang Yongfeng brought Ye Li the Great Sun Treasure Furnace, along with a storage ring, a million Huaxia Coins, a Qi and Blood Pill, and a Third-Tier mid-grade Armor of Protection.
• Ye Li decided to advance before the Martial Exam and used Malice Points to master the Great Sun Treasure Furnace, gaining heat resistance and fire-infused true qi.
• Ye Li spent 200 Malice Points to advance to the Third Order First Layer, with his blood, tendons, senses, and true qi strengthened.
• Ye Li turned his thoughts to the Martial Exam and wondered how much profit Shanzhou First High School would bring him.
• At Shanzhou First High School, Yang Wanfeng finished training and began an important discussion about the Martial Exam with his younger sister, Yang Wan.

Yang Wanfeng agreed to help Yang Wan punish Ye Li during the Provincial Martial Exam, and they arranged to lure him toward the core area. Three days later, the exam candidates arrived at the secret realm outside Shanzhou City as the exam was about to begin.

• Yang Wanfeng warned Yang Wan not to underestimate Ye Li and cautioned that attacking him outside the free-combat period could bring trouble.
• Yang Wan proposed stripping Ye Li and hanging him from a tree, then having Yang Wanfeng deal with him during the final free-combat period.
• Yang Wanfeng agreed to teach Ye Li a lesson, and Yang Wan revealed that she had arranged for their allies to lure him toward the core area.
• Three days later, hundreds of buses and military escort vehicles arrived at the camp outside Shanzhou City, bringing the Provincial Martial Exam candidates to the secret realm.