Recaps

Lin Hao reassured Lin Rongshan and Li Xiulan that his rapidly rising qi and blood would undermine the accusations against him, and his parents agreed to help clear the matter with the Discipline Bureau. After sleeping through most of the day, Lin Hao checked his system panel and prepared to cultivate with his self-refined Primordial Qi and Blood Potions.

• Lin Hao told Lin Rongshan and Li Xiulan that he expected his qi and blood to reach the Martial Artist Examination threshold, which would weaken Zhang Mao's accusations about his security job.
• Lin Rongshan said he would contact Lin Hao's eldest uncle, and Lin Hao agreed to return home the next morning so his parents could accompany him to the Discipline Bureau.
• Lin Hao returned to his room with a headache from refining potions and eventually fell asleep for nearly eight hours.
• Lin Rongshan and Li Xiulan told Lin Hao they had worried when they could not wake him, and they offered to arrange another Primordial Qi and Blood Potion if he needed one.
• Lin Hao checked his system panel, saw that his mental power had risen to 0.13 and his qi and blood value to 1.72, then picked up one of his Primordial Qi and Blood Potions to resume cultivating.

Lin Hao refined his new Primordial Qi and Blood Potion, endured its overwhelming medicinal power through hours of cultivation, and surpassed Capital Martial University's qualification thresholds. At school, he learned that the anonymous champion of the Six-City Young Pharmacists Competition had drawn the attention of powerful factions, but he chose to focus on the Martial Artist Examination before pursuing a pharmacy career.

• Lin Hao drank three measures of his own Primordial Qi and Blood Potion, then practiced the Basic Eighteen Forms of Qi and Blood for hours to keep its potent medicinal energy from damaging his meridians.
• Lin Hao finished cultivating around one in the morning and saw that his qi and blood had reached 2.23 and his combat power 8.03, both above Capital Martial University's qualification threshold of 2.0.
• Lin Hao cleaned his room, locked away the remaining potion, and fell into a deep sleep.
• Lin Hao heard classmates discuss the anonymous champion who had competed as Zhou Mingxuan at the Six-City Young Pharmacists Competition and impressed Su Mo and the gathered factions.
• Lin Hao considered using his reputation as a pharmacist to help his family and cousin Lin Qing, but decided to prepare for the Martial Artist Examination before joining any faction.

Lin Hao listened as his classmates praised the two martial arts geniuses, knowing both were him, and weighed how to approach Jiang City's factions before revealing his identity. After Shi Tie summoned Lin Hao and four classmates, they realized the school intended to persuade them to skip the Martial Artist Examination and began discussing how much compensation to demand.

• Lin Hao heard classmates discuss the potion expert and the student who killed two Shadow Mimic Spiders, and realized they were both talking about him.
• Lin Hao considered revealing his identity to improve his family's circumstances but decided to plan his relationship with Jiang City's factions first.
• Lin Hao listened to Jiang Chao complain about Xia Zhi and considered asking him to help sell his stronger Primordial Qi and Blood Potion after the examination.
• Mr. Zhou Lie taught combat theory, and Lin Hao understood the lessons through his years of battlefield experience.
• Shi Tie ordered Lin Hao, Jiang Chao, Jiang Lei, Zhao Peng, and Sun Hao to stay behind while the rest of the class went to practical training.
• Jiang Chao explained that the school would likely pressure them to withdraw from the exam, and Jiang Lei, Zhao Peng, and Sun Hao discussed demanding eighty thousand yuan each before turning their attention to Lin Hao.

Lin Hao refused the school’s offer to pay him to withdraw from the Martial Artist Examination, even as the principal pressured him and invoked his cousin’s troubles. The chapter ended with Zou Jianmin and Shi Tie reacting in fear to the killing intent in Lin Hao’s gaze.

• Jiang Lei, Zhao Peng, and Sun Hao proposed demanding money from the school, while Lin Hao declared that he would take the Martial Artist Examination and Jiang Chao backed him up.
• Shi Tie offered the five students thirty thousand each to give up registration, and Jiang Lei, Zhao Peng, and Sun Hao negotiated for eighty thousand.
• Lin Hao and Jiang Chao refused to sign, and Shi Tie insisted that all five students had to withdraw for the school to improve its admission rate.
• Principal Zou Jianmin arrived, agreed to pay the three students eighty thousand each, and offered Lin Hao a hundred thousand to withdraw.
• Lin Hao refused Principal Zou’s offer, and Zou threatened him by bringing up Lin Qing’s arrest by the Discipline Bureau.
• Zou Jianmin tried to intimidate Lin Hao with his martial artist’s aura, but Lin Hao’s cold gaze made Zou and Shi Tie tremble with fear.

Lin Hao resisted pressure from his school to give up the Martial Artist Examination, but Zhao Man used the investigation involving his cousin Lin Qing and his industrial park job to threaten his eligibility. He accepted the school’s decision to dismiss him, leaving his examination plans in jeopardy.

• Lin Hao insisted he would take the Martial Artist Examination despite Zou Jianmin and Shi Tie’s doubts.
• Zhao Man arrived at No. 2 High School, challenged the school’s pledge, and announced that Lin Hao was implicated in a case involving irregular recruitment and bribery.
• Zhao Man claimed Lin Qing had placed all responsibility on Lin Hao, but he confirmed that he had handled the matter himself and questioned Zhao Man’s authority to interrogate him.
• Zhao Man told Lin Hao that his blood qi and combat power would be retested the next morning and argued that his formal employment allowed the school to dismiss him.
• Lin Hao accepted the school’s decision to dismiss him, while Zhao Man, Zou Jianmin, and Shi Tie believed they had won.

After No. 2 High School expelled Lin Hao, he reassured his parents that he would pass the assessment and help clear his cousin Lin Qing’s case. Lin Qing arranged for him to join Jiang City No. 1 High School and take the Martial Artist Examination, leaving him set to test at the assessment center the next day.

• Lin Hao returned home with his expulsion notice, and Lin Rongshan and Li Xiulan expressed anger at the school and Zhao Man.
• Lin Hao told his parents he did not regret protecting Lin Qing and said his blood qi was at least 1.0.
• Lin Rongshan told Lin Hao that Lin Qing had left the Discipline Bureau and was working to resolve his situation.
• Lin Qing called to thank Lin Hao and arranged for him to report to Jiang City No. 1 High School’s senior-year martial arts class the next day.
• Lin Qing said she had also spoken with the martial artist assessment center, where Lin Hao could take his test without anyone using the results against him.

Lin Hao prepared to turn his retest into a chance to earn one-star martial artist certification, while Lin Qing gave up her bid for deputy director and supported his cultivation. He planned to raise his qi and blood before the assessment and saw certification as a way to help his family and disprove the accusations against his cousin.

• Lin Qing reassured Li Xiulan and Lin Rongshan that Zhao Man would stop targeting Lin Hao after she withdrew from the deputy director competition, and she sent him two bottles of Primordial Qi and Blood Potion.
• Lin Hao returned to his room, discarded No. 2 High School's dismissal notice, and set out his cousin's two potions alongside the two he had refined himself.
• Lin Hao studied the one-star martial artist assessment rules and decided he could reach the exceptional qi and blood threshold and pass the combat test against an early-stage one-star demonic beast.
• Lin Hao concluded that earning certification would undermine the improper recruitment accusations against Lin Qing and make No. 2 High School's dismissal of him look foolish.
• Lin Hao checked the benefits for Jiang City one-star martial artists and the Martial Artist Examination prizes, which could provide a home for his family and money for his father's treatment.

Lin Hao trained for nearly twelve hours, raising his qi and blood value to 2.79 and preparing for his One-Star Martial Artist certification. The next morning, he left his parents at home and arrived at the Jiang City Martial Artist Assessment Center, ready for the test.

• Lin Hao drank his self-refined Primordial Qi and Blood Potion measure by measure while practicing the Basic Eighteen Forms of Qi and Blood for more than six hours.
• Lin Hao trained for another five hours that night and saw his qi and blood value rise to 2.79, enough to meet the exceptional qualification threshold.
• Lin Hao considered how his meridian aptitude might limit future progress, then decided to focus on passing the certification before seeking a way to improve it.
• Lin Rongshan and Li Xiulan stayed home while Lin Hao set out for the assessment center, reassured them that he would be fine, and arrived there in just over ten minutes.
• Lin Hao stood outside the Jiang City Martial Artist Assessment Center and recalled the twelve years he had spent struggling in martial education.

Lin Hao arrived at the martial artist assessment center for a blood qi retest and was escorted to the front of the queue by Discipline Bureau officers and West City Branch Bureau deputy director Wei Kun. As he waited for the test, Zhao Man and Wei Kun privately dismissed him as a weak, ungrateful relative of Lin Qing.

• A staff member checked Lin Hao's ID and directed him to Assessment Hall One, where he found a long line of older applicants waiting for blood qi tests.
• Chen Jing introduced himself as the Discipline Bureau lead officer and brought Lin Hao to the front because of his special circumstances; Lin Hao recognized Zhao Man among the officials accompanying them.
• Zhao Man told Lin Hao that the earlier blood qi tester had been miscalibrated and that failing to reach 0.9 would only cost him the security post, but Lin Hao showed little reaction.
• Wei Kun reassured Lin Hao while people in line speculated that the officials were supervising his retest because Lin Qing had arranged his industrial park security job.
• Lin Hao overheard Zhao Man and Wei Kun criticize him and compare Lin Qing's hard-earned strength with Zhao Man's family-backed position; Zhao Man called Lin Hao trash with a blood qi value of 0.3.

Lin Hao took the industrial park security recruitment test despite Zhao Man and Zhou Lie trying to dismiss his combat ability, and his blood qi reading stunned everyone. The chapter ended with Chen Jing and Wei Kun treating him as a major talent while Zhao Man was left speechless and ashamed.

• Zhou Lie tried to skip Lin Hao's combat power test, but Lin Hao insisted on taking it and challenged the officials' reluctance.
• Lin Hao placed his palm on the blood qi machine, which recorded a reading of 2.79.
• The examinees and officials reacted in shock, recognizing Lin Hao as an extraordinary eighteen-year-old martial arts talent.
• Chen Jing checked the machine and apologized to Lin Hao, offering him a place in the Martial Arts General Bureau's reserve talent pool.
• Wei Kun tried to win Lin Hao's favor by praising his cousin Lin Qing, while Lin Hao responded coolly.
• Zhao Man remembered her insults and stood frozen, humiliated by Lin Hao's result.

Lin Hao stunned the Jiang City Martial Artist Examination hall by recording combat power of 9.21 and admitting he had killed the Shadow Mimic Spiders. He rejected Zhou Lie and Zhao Man’s attempts to make amends, then insisted on challenging a one-star demonic beast for special certification.

• Lin Hao struck the combat power testing machine and scored 9.21, shocking the examinees and nearly reaching the two-star martial artist threshold.
• Zhou Lie apologized for wronging Lin Hao, but Lin Hao walked past him without responding.
• Chen Jing praised Lin Hao, and Wei Kun asked whether he had killed the two Shadow Mimic Spiders; Lin Hao confirmed it.
• Wei Kun revealed that Lin Qing had been searching for the spider-killing genius on the city lord’s orders, and Lin Hao realized his cousin had been looking for him.
• Zhao Man invited Lin Hao to a celebration, but Lin Hao rejected her harshly.
• Lin Hao requested special one-star martial artist certification by fighting a one-star demonic beast, and he dismissed everyone’s warnings.

Lin Hao insisted on taking the exceptional one-star martial artist assessment, despite officials warning him about the danger. The chapter ended as Zhou Lie warned that the Wind-Rending Swift Leopard chosen for the test could fight at one-star middle-stage strength.

• Zhao Man accepted Wei Kun's advice to withdraw from competing with Lin Qing for the deputy director position and submit a report.
• Zhou Lie led Lin Hao to the practical combat assessment room, followed by a crowd of candidates.
• Jiang Baichuan urged Lin Hao to delay the assessment, then admitted the center had prepared a Wind-Rending Swift Leopard with vitality of 4.5.
• Zhou Lie warned that the leopard's speed and fighting skills could let it display one-star middle-stage combat power.

Lin Hao accepted an exceptional certification assessment against a Wind-Rending Swift Leopard despite warnings that it was far stronger than expected. He dodged and redirected its first attack, then struck its vulnerable chest and abdomen, leaving the beast badly injured and frightened.

• The candidates objected to the Wind-Rending Swift Leopard’s 4.5 vitality, and Jiang Baichuan urged Lin Hao to postpone the assessment.
• Lin Hao insisted on taking the assessment that day and entered the arena as the Wind-Rending Swift Leopard emerged.
• Lin Hao evaded the leopard’s feint and redirected its momentum with the Blocking Hand Form, sending it into the protective railing.
• Chen Jing and Wei Kun recognized Lin Hao’s combat experience, while Zhao Man’s confidence in watching him faltered.
• The leopard accelerated and launched a multi-directional attack, but Lin Hao avoided its claw wind and punched its vulnerable chest and abdomen.
• The injured Wind-Rending Swift Leopard crashed to the ground, spat bloody froth, and showed fear.

Lin Hao killed the Wind-Rending Swift Leopard in three moves using Mountain-Subduing Basic Fist, stunning the witnesses and earning the officials’ respect. As the assessment center offered him a free meridian aptitude test, Lin Hao worried that his results might be poor.

• Lin Hao evaded the Wind-Rending Swift Leopard’s attacks, struck its vital point, and killed it in three moves.
• Zhou Lie and the other witnesses marveled at Lin Hao’s skill, while Wei Kun urged Zhao Man to contact Lin Qing and repair their relationship with her and Lin Hao.
• Chen Jing apologized to Lin Hao, promised to clear Lin Qing of suspicion, and offered to recommend Lin Hao for individual third-class merit; Wei Kun also promised to handle Lin Qing’s case.
• Zhao Man congratulated Lin Hao, and the examinees crowded around him until Jiang Baichuan and the staff restored order.
• Jiang Baichuan offered Lin Hao a free meridian aptitude test, and Lin Hao worried that his aptitude would be poor.

Lin Hao completed his One-Star Martial Artist certification and received a monthly allowance and a fully furnished home in Jiang City. He shared the news with Jiang Chao and reassured his mother, planning to celebrate with his family that evening.

• Jiang Baichuan postponed Lin Hao's meridian talent test until his blood qi reached 3.0 and personally escorted him through the certification process.
• Lin Hao received his One-Star Martial Artist certificate, badge, a 50,000-yuan monthly allowance, and keys to a 220-square-meter home in River View Luxury Gardens.
• Jiang Chao offered Lin Hao a warehouse administrator job before learning from the certificate photo that Lin Hao had become a One-Star Martial Artist.
• Lin Hao invited Jiang Chao to celebrate with dinner and told him he would call his parents.
• Lin Hao reassured Li Xiulan that the test had cleared up his cousin's matter and promised to bring home food and a surprise for the family.

Jiang City officials uncovered that the anonymous Six-City Pharmacist Competition champion was Lin Hao, a local teenager and Lin Qing’s younger cousin. The discovery linked him to a recent disciplinary case, and City Lord Wei Cang demanded to know how Lin Qing’s matter had been handled.

• Wei Cang scolded Jiang City’s officials for failing to find the teenager who killed the Mimic Spider and urged them to prioritize the search.
• A staff officer announced that officials had identified the anonymous pharmacist champion as Lin Hao, an eighteen-year-old Jiang City native who entered the competition using Zhou Mingxuan’s slot.
• Zhang Qishan recognized Lin Hao as Lin Qing’s younger cousin, and the officials recalled Lin Hao’s involvement in a recent industrial-park security case.
• Wei Cang turned to Zhou Zheng and demanded to know how Lin Qing’s case had been handled, leaving Zhou Zheng alarmed.

Wei Cang condemned the Discipline Bureau’s mishandling of Lin Qing’s case and ordered a renewed investigation, while the city officials debated how to keep Lin Hao in Jiang City. Zhang Qishan then revealed that Lin Hao was also the martial arts genius they had been searching for, and Wei Cang led the officials to meet him.

• Zhang Qishan reported that Lin Hao had taken responsibility for Lin Qing’s case and that the Discipline Bureau planned to close it after a retest.
• Wei Cang criticized Zhang Qishan and Zhou Zheng for an inadequate investigation and ordered them to investigate again, with him personally reviewing the results.
• Wei Cang and the other officials discussed the resources needed to persuade Lin Hao to stay, and Wei Cang sent Shen Ce to meet him in person.
• Zhang Qishan received news that Lin Hao had achieved exceptional martial arts recognition and had admitted to killing the Shadow Mimic Spiders.
• Zhang Qishan revealed that Lin Hao was both the pharmaceutical and martial arts genius, prompting Wei Cang and the senior officials to hurry to Lin Hao’s home.

Qian Mingyuan assigned Lin Hao to Liu Wan's class after Liu Mei and Liu Wan refused to take him, citing Lin Qing's request. Zhang Qishan then revealed that Lin Hao was an exceptional martial artist who had killed a powerful beast and could become Jiang City's first Capital Martial University entrant in decades.

• Liu Mei and Liu Wan argued over which class would take Lin Hao, whom they believed had only 0.3 blood qi.
• Qian Mingyuan explained that Lin Qing had personally requested Lin Hao's enrollment, then assigned him to Liu Wan's class because Lin Qing trusted her teaching.
• Liu Wan accepted the assignment, and Qian Mingyuan promised the school would make up any lost bonus.
• Zhang Qishan called to congratulate No. 1 High School, revealing that Lin Hao had 2.79 blood qi and 9.21 combat power and might enter Capital Martial University.
• Zhang Qishan said Lin Hao had killed a Wind-Rending Swift Leopard in three moves and had also solo-killed two Mimic Spiders.

After learning that Lin Hao was both a martial arts prodigy and the anonymous champion of the Six-City Young Pharmacists Competition, No. 1 High School’s staff rushed to secure his enrollment. In Qingyang City, the Su Family also discovered Lin Hao’s identity and sent Uncle Fu to meet him, while Su Qiwen urged Su Mo to befriend him sincerely.

• Zhang Qishan revealed that Lin Hao had tested at 2.79 blood qi and 9.21 combat power, killed a Wind-Rending Swift Leopard in three moves, and won the Six-City Young Pharmacists Competition anonymously.
• Qian Mingyuan and Liu Wan hurried to Lin Hao’s home to secure his enrollment, while Liu Mei regretted rejecting him and tried to change his mind.
• Uncle Fu told Su Qiwen and Su Mo that Lin Hao was the anonymous champion and had recently been certified as a one-star martial artist.
• Su Qiwen sent Uncle Fu to meet Lin Hao without a contract or bargaining chips and told Su Mo to seek his friendship as one person to another.

Luo Jinglin and Qingyang City officials raced to recruit Lin Hao after learning of his martial artist certification and pharmacist talent, while representatives from across the six cities gathered at his home. Qian Mingyuan and Zou Jianmin clashed over Lin Hao’s enrollment, then hurried upstairs together to reach him.

• Luo Jinglin learned that Lin Hao had become a One-Star Martial Artist and arranged to investigate his family and find specialists to treat Lin Rongshan’s back injury.
• Tao Jingtong ordered Yan Rusong to offer Lin Hao all of Qingyang City’s bargaining chips, citing Lin Hao’s exceptional pharmacist talent.
• Qian Mingyuan and Liu Wan arrived at Lin Hao’s apartment building and saw that people from across the six cities had gathered there.
• Qian Mingyuan confronted Zou Jianmin, who argued that No. 2 High School still had a claim to Lin Hao because his transfer paperwork was unfinished.
• Lu Ming rebuked the principals for squabbling, after which Qian Mingyuan and Zou Jianmin rushed up the narrow stairwell together.

Lin Rongshan and Li Xiulan waited for Lin Hao to return, believing his surprise was that he had qualified for an ordinary martial artist university. Jiang City’s leaders arrived at their home and revealed that Lin Hao’s exceptional assessment results made him a strong candidate for Capital Martial University.

• Li Xiulan and Lin Rongshan celebrated the possibility that Lin Hao’s blood qi and combat power had passed the required levels.
• Zhang Qishan arrived with several officials and assured Lin Rongshan and Li Xiulan that Lin Qing and Lin Hao were no longer in trouble.
• Zhou Zheng apologized for the investigation’s failures and promised to pursue anyone who had interfered behind the scenes.
• Zhang Qishan introduced Wei Cang, Shen Ce, Chen Jingshan, and Huang Keming as Jiang City’s senior leaders.
• Wei Cang announced that Lin Hao had earned one-star martial artist certification through exceptional admission, with blood qi of 2.79 and combat power of 9.21, after killing the assessment’s Wind-Rending Swift Leopard in three moves.
• Wei Cang told Lin Rongshan and Li Xiulan that Lin Hao was likely to enter Capital Martial University.

Jiang City officials told Lin Hao’s parents that he had become a one-star martial artist and won the Six-City Young Pharmacists Competition, then offered a package of development support. As Wei Cang waited to meet Lin Hao, Qingyang City’s secretary-general arrived to visit the family on behalf of City Lord Tao Jingtong.

• Li Xiulan and Lin Rongshan struggled to believe Wei Cang and Shen Ce’s news that Lin Hao had qualified for Capital Martial University as a one-star martial artist.
• Shen Ce revealed that Lin Hao had secretly won the Six-City Young Pharmacists Competition by refining a Beyond-Perfect-Grade Primordial Qi and Blood Potion.
• Wei Cang announced that Jiang City would support Lin Hao, and Huang Keming read out proposed funding, housing, job, and career benefits.
• Wei Cang objected silently when he saw that Huang Keming’s proposed terms were far lower than the package they had agreed on beforehand.
• Lin Rongshan agreed that the terms were excellent but said Lin Hao should decide, and Wei Cang chose to wait for him.
• Yan Rusong arrived at the door and introduced himself as the secretary-general of the Qingyang City Lord’s Manor, visiting on behalf of Tao Jingtong.

Lin Hao’s parents received competing offers from Qingyang City and Wansheng for Lin Hao’s talent, while Wansheng’s chairman also arranged treatment for Lin Rongshan’s back injury. The chapter ended with Wei Cang proposing that Jiang City and Wansheng cooperate to support Lin Hao, with his research center based in Jiang City.

• Yan Rusong offered Lin Hao ten times Jiang City’s terms, along with a fully equipped potion laboratory and martial arts training room.
• Luo Jinglin offered Lin Hao a five-percent stake in Wansheng, generous dividends, an independent research center, and half the profits from his potions.
• Luo Jinglin revealed that he had arranged surgery for Lin Rongshan and promised to proceed regardless of Lin Hao’s decision.
• Yan Rusong said Qingyang City could match Wansheng’s offer and also support Lin Hao’s martial arts career and potential rise to deputy city lord.
• Wei Cang proposed that Jiang City handle Lin Hao’s martial arts and public career while Wansheng supported his potion research, on the condition that the research center be built in Jiang City.

Representatives from several cities and organizations crowded into Lin Hao’s family home to compete for his services, while Lin Hao returned from grocery shopping. The chapter ended as he reached the fourth floor and came into view of the crowd outside his apartment.

• Wei Cang offered Lin Hao increased funding and a villa in Jiang City, and Luo Jinglin backed the proposal on Wansheng’s behalf.
• Uncle Fu offered the Su Family’s support to Qingyang City, including an honorary pharmacist role for Lin Hao and freedom to sell his potions.
• Representatives from multiple cities and organizations poured into Lin Hao’s apartment, leaving Lin Rongshan and Li Xiulan overwhelmed and unable to move around.
• Qian Mingyuan, Liu Wan, Zou Jianmin, and Zhou Lie arrived at the crowded fourth-floor landing, and Zou Jianmin regretted expelling Lin Hao.
• Lin Hao returned with groceries, pushed through the onlookers, and climbed toward his home, where Qian Mingyuan and the others saw him arrive.

Lin Hao confronted Zou Jianmin over No. 2 High School’s belated discipline of Shi Tie and Bai Cheng, then arranged to transfer to No. 1 High School and skip classes before the Martial Artist Examination. When he returned home, a crowd of visitors finally recognized him and cleared a path into his living room.

• Liu Wan and Qian Mingyuan introduced themselves to Lin Hao, while Zou Jianmin offered to reinstate him at No. 2 High School and punish Shi Tie and Bai Cheng.
• Lin Hao challenged Zou Jianmin over the school’s delayed investigations and its unequal treatment of students, and Zou admitted the school was in the wrong before leaving with Zhou Lie.
• Qian Mingyuan told Lin Hao that his transfer to No. 1 High School would be completed by the day after tomorrow, and agreed that Lin Hao could skip the remaining classes and take the Martial Artist Examination.
• Qian Mingyuan reminded Liu Wan to treat poor students equally and issue their city subsidies on time.
• Lin Hao entered his crowded home carrying groceries, deflected a young man who tried to stop him, and was recognized by a man in the crowd.
• The visitors moved aside as Lin Hao walked into his living room.