Chapter Summaries

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.