Recaps

Ning Chuan used his perfect-realm Gale Step to survive Zhao Weiping’s attacks, then chose to fight back rather than abandon Lu Mengyue. His Flash Thunder Slash reached the expert realm and wounded Zhao Weiping, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Gu Tianyu recognized that Ning Chuan had mastered Gale Step to the perfect realm but feared he could not hold out until help arrived.
• Ning Chuan judged that he could not escape Zhao Weiping and decided to force Flash Thunder Slash into a breakthrough by attacking.
• Zhao Weiping offered to spare Ning Chuan if he let him kill Lu Mengyue, but Ning Chuan rejected the deal and charged at him.
• Ning Chuan repeatedly attacked with Flash Thunder Slash, triggering moments of enlightenment until the technique reached the expert realm.
• Ning Chuan’s expert-realm slash cut Zhao Weiping deeply across the torso, and Gu Tianyu realized Ning Chuan had experienced three moments of enlightenment in battle.

Ning Chuan stopped Zhao Weiping from escaping and killed him with three lethal slashes after Flash Thunder Slash reached the Perfect Realm. As Qingshan City's first spring rain ended, Lu Zhan arrived, and Ning Chuan remained composed when asked about killing for the first time.

• Ning Chuan used his newly increased saber speed to wound Zhao Weiping and prevent him from fleeing.
• Zhao Weiping prepared a powerful martial art to take them both down, while Ning Chuan kept attacking until Flash Thunder Slash advanced to the Perfect Realm.
• Ning Chuan unleashed Three Slashes in an Instant, broke Zhao Weiping's Force defense, and severed his head with the third slash.
• Wang Ershui announced Zhao Weiping's death, and viewers across livestreaming platforms reacted with shock.
• Lu Zhan arrived and helped Lu Mengyue up; she told him Ning Chuan had saved her and killed Zhao Weiping.
• Lu Zhan asked Ning Chuan if it was his first time killing someone, praised him, and police cars and ambulances arrived minutes later.

After Ning Chuan recovered from killing Zhao Weiping, he received gifts and rewards, while the police considered giving Lu Mengyue the Mountain and Sea Genius Training Camp spot. Ning Chuan accepted the decision and counted his gains, then decided to seek a better breathing technique despite the high cost of obtaining an S-rank one.

• Ning Chuan received gifts, nutrient solutions, and cash from Qingshan organizations while he recovered in the hospital.
• Zhou Wei told Ning Chuan that officers wanted to award Lu Mengyue the training camp spot because she had weakened Zhao Weiping, though the Lu Family had not intervened.
• Ning Chuan agreed to let Lu Mengyue have the spot, and Lu Mengyue said she had only helped the police to find a chance to break through.
• Lu Zhan thanked Ning Chuan for saving Lu Mengyue, gave him his number, and offered to help him if needed.
• Ning Chuan added up his rewards and savings, then considered switching breathing techniques but regretted that S-rank techniques were difficult to obtain.

Ning Chuan considered replacing his breathing technique and discovered that his Perfect martial arts still showed rising progress. After leaving the hospital, he met Wei Bohu and Wei Qiance, who offered to buy his place at the Mountain and Sea Genius Training Camp, and Ning Chuan demanded twenty million.

• Ning Chuan decided to look for a B-grade breathing technique and wondered whether the school would let him learn one for free.
• Ning Chuan noticed that Gale Step and Flash Thunder Slash had gained progress despite reaching the Perfect Realm, but he could not explain why.
• After a healer confirmed that his injuries were minor, Ning Chuan packed his money and supplies, left the hospital, and met Wei Bohu.
• Wei Bohu brought Ning Chuan to a car, where his father, Wei Qiance, offered one million to buy Ning Chuan's training camp spot.
• Ning Chuan showed Wei Bohu the money and checks in his bag, then countered Wei Qiance's offer with a demand for twenty million.

Ning Chuan accepted Wei Qiance’s promise to pay twenty million for his Mountain and Sea Genius Training Camp spot and took three tubes of Hundred Beasts Nutrient Solution as a public reward. The Wei father and son then framed him for stealing the tubes, and police arrived at his home to arrest him.

• Wei Qiance agreed to pay Ning Chuan twenty million for his training camp spot and gave him three tubes of Hundred Beasts Nutrient Solution.
• After Ning Chuan left, Wei Qiance revealed that the tubes’ value could make him liable for a severe theft charge, and Wei Bohu eagerly joined the scheme.
• Ning Chuan recorded his conversation with Wei Qiance in case the Wei family reneged on the payment, then took a taxi home.
• Two officers confronted Ning Chuan outside his apartment and accused him of stealing the nutrient solution from the Wei Financial Group.
• Ning Chuan explained that Wei Qiance had given him the tubes, but Captain Liu pointed to their matching anti-counterfeiting numbers and treated them as stolen goods.
• Ning Chuan realized the Wei father and son had arranged the accusation in advance and that his recording might be his only defense.

Ning Chuan refused to hand over evidence to officers he suspected of working with the Wei Financial Group, and he forced them to follow the law when they threatened to arrest him. At the Anmin Police Station, he called Lu Zhan for help, then was placed in a holding cell while his anger at Wei Bohu and Wei Qiance turned to killing intent.

• Captain Liu and the young officer tried to handcuff Ning Chuan, but his murderous presence made them hesitate before they aimed their guns at him.
• Ning Chuan cited his rights as a minor and warned the officers that he could kill them before they pulled the trigger, so they put away their weapons.
• Ning Chuan went with the officers to the Anmin Police Station and asked to contact a lawyer to arrange bail.
• Ning Chuan called Lu Zhan and told him the Wei Financial Group had framed him and that he was being held at the station; Lu Zhan told him to wait.
• Captain Liu mocked Ning Chuan and led him into a holding cell, while Ning Chuan's anger at Wei Bohu and Wei Qiance hardened into killing intent.

Lu Zhan secured Ning Chuan's release from detention, but Wei Qiance threatened to drag out the theft case until Ning Chuan missed the Mountain and Sea Genius Training Camp. Ning Chuan recovered his belongings and kept a recording that could expose the Wei father and son, leaving him poised to retaliate.

• Wei Qiance and Wei Bohu pressured Ning Chuan in detention to surrender his place at the Mountain and Sea Genius Training Camp in exchange for dropping their theft accusation.
• Lu Zhan arrived and demanded Ning Chuan's release, while Wei Qiance claimed Ning Chuan had stolen three vials of Hundred Beasts Nutrient Solution.
• A young police officer announced that the court had approved Ning Chuan's bail, and Wei Qiance warned that the lawsuit could keep him from attending the training camp.
• Ning Chuan retrieved his belongings and confirmed that his phone still held a recording of the Wei father and son's conversation.
• Ning Chuan ignored Captain Liu's apology and reminded him that he had promised to change his surname if Ning Chuan made bail.

Ning Chuan chose to visit the Wei Family with Lu Zhan rather than use Lu Zhan’s favor to punish Wei Qiance directly. As Wei Qiance and Wei Bohu discussed pressuring Ning Chuan, Lu Zhan and Ning Chuan arrived at the Wei Financial Group headquarters.

• Lu Mengyue told Ning Chuan that the lawsuit could drag on, and Ning Chuan played a recording that exposed the Wei father and son’s scheme.
• Lu Zhan offered Ning Chuan the choice of using his favor to deal with Wei Qiance or visiting the Wei Family to demand a retraction and compensation.
• Ning Chuan chose the visit, saying he would make the Wei Family pay himself one day, and Lu Zhan took him to their headquarters.
• Wei Qiance reassured Wei Bohu that the lawsuit would buy time and urged him to threaten Ning Chuan at school.
• Lu Zhan and Ning Chuan burst through the headquarters’ alloy doors as Wei Qiance declared that Ning Chuan would refuse to compromise.

Lu Zhan helped Ning Chuan confront Wei Qiance over the false theft charges, forcing Wei Qiance to drop them and pay Ning Chuan twenty million after tax. Ning Chuan left with the compensation and a new resolve to grow stronger, while hinting that he would take revenge on Wei Bohu at the next monthly exam.

• Lu Zhan and Ning Chuan entered Wei Financial Group headquarters and used a recording to make Wei Qiance admit to his threats against Ning Chuan.
• Lu Zhan demanded that Wei Qiance drop the theft charges and compensate Ning Chuan, eventually insisting on twenty million.
• Lu Zhan threatened Wei Qiance with the consequences of harming Ning Chuan, and Wei Qiance agreed to pay the compensation from his personal assets.
• Ning Chuan demanded that the twenty million be paid after tax, and the money arrived in his account a few minutes later.
• Ning Chuan mocked Wei Bohu and reminded him that they could face each other at the next Monday monthly exam.

After receiving twenty million in compensation, Ning Chuan planned to invest most of it in Hundred Beasts Nutrient Solution and a top-tier A-rank breathing technique to improve his chances of entering Galaxy University. At the Qingshan City Police Headquarters, Gu Tianyu gave him the promised S-rank movement technique, Three Thousand Wind Shadows.

• Lu Zhan let Ning Chuan keep the twenty million and told him to have Mengyue buy Hundred Beasts Nutrient Solution at the Lu Family’s cost price.
• Ning Chuan decided to spend fifteen million on a hundred vials of Hundred Beasts Nutrient Solution and use the remaining funds, along with his earnings from killing Zhao Weiping, to buy a top-tier A-rank breathing technique.
• Ning Chuan went to the Qingshan City Police Headquarters to collect his reward and claim the martial technique Gu Tianyu had promised him.
• Gu Tianyu explained that Gale Step had been adapted from a movement technique created by his university mentor, the Wind Blood Divine General.
• Gu Tianyu handed Ning Chuan a cyan martial seal containing the S-rank movement technique Three Thousand Wind Shadows and invited him to receive its inheritance.

Ning Chuan absorbed Gale Step insights to advance Three Thousand Wind Shadows to the Proficiency Realm, then became a sensation at school after killing Zhao Weiping. As he searched for an explosive A-rank breathing technique, Guo Renyu invited him to dinner with his family, hinting that his father had something to offer.

• Ning Chuan imprinted Three Thousand Wind Shadows, which absorbed insights from his Perfect Realm Gale Step and quickly advanced to Proficiency.
• Gu Tianyu told Ning Chuan that the Wind Blood Divine General’s higher Three Thousand Wind Shadows inheritances were reserved for Galaxy University students, and Ning Chuan promised to do his best to get in.
• Ning Chuan collected his one-million-yuan reward and went to school, where a banner and excited students celebrated his killing of Zhao Weiping.
• Ning Chuan searched for an A-rank breathing technique suited to explosive speed and learned that school rules prevented him from inheriting additional martial arts.
• Guo Renyu explained that his father had whipped him after seeing footage of Ning Chuan saving him from Thunder Sparrow, then invited Ning Chuan home for dinner without explaining why.

Father Guo gave Ning Chuan the Guo family’s final inheritance of the Ancient Dragon Elephant Scripture, an ancient breathing technique said to be the strongest in the Federation. Ning Chuan accepted the golden martial seal, knowing it could pass on the technique only one last time and that mastering it would be exceptionally difficult.

• Father Guo brought Ning Chuan and Guo Renyu into his study and revealed a hidden safe containing an ancient golden martial seal.
• Father Guo and Guo Renyu explained that the seal held the Ancient Dragon Elephant Scripture, once the Guo imperial family’s secret inheritance and reputedly the Federation’s strongest martial art.
• Father Guo told Ning Chuan that a perfect-level practitioner could achieve extraordinary punching force, though no one in the Guo family had reached even the Proficiency Realm since the Federation was founded.
• Guo Renyu explained that the seal could pass on its inheritance only one more time, so Father Guo had not dared let him cultivate the technique.
• Father Guo handed the golden martial seal to Ning Chuan, who accepted it and kept the Guo family’s history and inheritance secret.

Ning Chuan received the Ancient Dragon Elephant Scripture from Father Guo and replaced Savage Bull Force with it, discovering that its cultivation consumed energy far faster. As the monthly exam approached, his classmates argued over whether he could reach the top 30, while Zhang Wensi claimed Ning Chuan could not match him.

• Father Guo asked Ning Chuan to inscribe and return a new martial seal for the Ancient Dragon Elephant Scripture if he ever reached the Knight level and cultivated it to the Perfect Realm.
• Ning Chuan inherited the Ancient Dragon Elephant Scripture and replaced Savage Bull Force with it through his system.
• Ning Chuan tested the new breathing technique with Hundred Beasts Nutrient Solution and found it tempered his body far more quickly, though its cost would quickly drain his savings.
• Ning Chuan spent the weekend studying for the college entrance exam and read his class group chat as classmates discussed his chances in Monday's monthly exam.
• Su Yun asked whether Ning Chuan could reach the top 30, prompting classmates to debate his strength and the circumstances of his fight with Zhao Weiping.
• Zhang Wensi dismissed Ning Chuan's chances and claimed he was stronger, while Ma Hai challenged him to explain his panda eyes from the selection match.

Ning Chuan completed his intake interview for the Mountain and Sea Genius Training Camp, where his low cultivation realm and unusual breathing technique surprised the agent. He received his trainee ID and was told to arrive at the camp on April 1.

• Gu Tianyu told Ning Chuan that a Mountain and Sea Genius Training Camp agent had arrived, and Ning Chuan went to the police station.
• Agent Li checked Ning Chuan’s personal details and was shocked to learn he was only at Awakening Stage Six and had no ability.
• Ning Chuan listed his martial arts and described his breathing technique as an unnamed technique from a white-bearded grandpa that could evolve by merging with S-rank techniques.
• Agent Li recorded the breathing technique as unknown, completed the interview, and gave Ning Chuan his trainee ID.
• Agent Li told Ning Chuan to arrive at the camp on April 1 and said an instructor would explain the camp after he arrived.

Ning Chuan earned 259 points on the academic portion of Qingshan No. 1 High School’s monthly exam, then faced rumors that he had only killed a Heavenly Martial spy by luck. Wei Bohu threatened to cripple him in the martial arts arena, and Ning Chuan looked forward to settling their grudge there.

• Ning Chuan scored 259 points and ranked 31st, while Tang Xiaowan took first place with 299 points.
• At the training ground, spectators repeated claims that Ning Chuan had killed the Heavenly Martial spy only because the spy was badly injured.
• Wei Bohu confronted Ning Chuan and threatened to break his bones in the arena.
• Ning Chuan stayed silent as the crowd mocked him and anticipated proving his strength in the martial arts exam.

Ning Chuan entered Qingshan No. 1 High School’s monthly martial arts exam despite Su Yun’s warning that opponents and spectators might target him. He defeated Wang Zhong with a single finger, stunning the crowd and beginning his run toward first place.

• Wang Ershui interviewed Ning Chuan, who confidently said he was aiming for first place.
• Su Yun warned Ning Chuan that the exam could bring public criticism and urged him not to compete, but he refused to back down.
• Su Yun discovered that Ning Chuan had reached Awakening Stage Six and cautioned that he still faced stronger opponents and would tire across multiple matches.
• Ning Chuan was assigned to Arena No. 17, where he faced Wang Zhong, an Awakening Stage Four student.
• Ning Chuan flicked Wang Zhong’s saber with one finger, sending him off the arena and silencing the spectators.

Ning Chuan defeated Zhao Weiping and advanced through the martial examination, winning his next five matches with ease. During his sixth match against Ma Hai, he tested his physical strength and found it surpassed that of an ordinary Peak Awakening Stage Six martial artist.

• The crowd debated Ning Chuan's fight with Zhao Weiping, and the referee declared Ning Chuan the winner.
• Su Yun asked how Ning Chuan had improved so quickly, and he jokingly claimed that his father was a Divine General before revealing the joke.
• Ning Chuan defeated his second and third opponents with a single finger, then won his fourth and fifth matches.
• Ning Chuan faced Ma Hai, who attacked in hopes of drawing attention by lasting several exchanges.
• Ning Chuan caught Ma Hai's axe kick with his bare hand and concluded that his physical condition was stronger than an ordinary Peak Awakening Stage Six martial artist's.

Ning Chuan easily defeated Ma Hai, then faced Zhang Wensi, an Awakening Eighth Stage classmate who challenged him over the Hundred Beasts Nutrient Solution. Ning Chuan blocked Zhang Wensi’s sword with his golden-lit fist and continued fighting without drawing his saber, intent on concealing his strength while practicing the Thousand Bones Slaughter Art.

• Ning Chuan grabbed Ma Hai’s descending leg and threw him off the arena, winning their match in two moves.
• Spectators praised Ning Chuan’s combat skill, while a hidden plant dismissed his victory as luck; Ning Chuan resolved to hide some strength before facing Wei Bohu.
• Ning Chuan confronted Zhang Wensi for telling outsiders about the three doses of Hundred Beasts Nutrient Solution, and Zhang Wensi blamed Ning Chuan for their previous arrangement ending.
• Zhang Wensi revealed his Awakening Eighth Stage cultivation and threatened to defeat Ning Chuan, who suspected his family had bought him an expensive supplement.
• When the match began, Ning Chuan dodged Zhang Wensi’s sword and struck with the White Bone Killing Fist, meeting the blade with a golden-lit fist that knocked Zhang Wensi’s sword into the air.
• Ning Chuan kept fighting with his fists and feet rather than drawing his saber, using the match to practice the Thousand Bones Slaughter Art while concealing his strength.

Ning Chuan fought Zhang Wensi in the arena, using his martial arts and powerful defense to withstand Zhang Wensi’s sword technique. After Zhang Wensi exhausted himself, Ning Chuan counterattacked and forced him to surrender, leaving the crowd convinced that Ning Chuan had been framed.

• Ning Chuan used Departing Lightning Fist to drive Zhang Wensi back and draw the crowd’s anger toward those who had spread rumors about him.
• Zhang Wensi unleashed Long River Great Waves Thirteen Swords, and Ning Chuan repeatedly deflected its escalating strikes while pretending to be under pressure.
• Ning Chuan endured Zhang Wensi’s final three strikes with Golden Body Transformation, revealing his Vajra Body to the stunned spectators.
• Ning Chuan attacked Zhang Wensi as he recovered from the sword technique, knocked away his sword, and punched him in the eye.
• Zhang Wensi remembered his earlier beating by Ning Chuan and surrendered to avoid getting a second black eye.

Ning Chuan advanced to the top sixteen of Qingshan No. 1 High School’s martial arts exam and was matched against Wei Bohu. As prominent figures gathered to watch, Wei Bohu requested a fifteen-minute no-holds-barred fight, and Ning Chuan accepted.

• Ning Chuan defeated Zhang Wensi and advanced to the top sixteen, then rested while the remaining matches concluded.
• The sixteen finalists were announced, including Ning Chuan, Wei Bohu, and three other dark horses.
• The referee matched Wei Bohu against Ning Chuan, while spectators predicted Ning Chuan would lose to the stronger opponent.
• Wei Qiance, Gu Tianyu, Lu Zhan, and other prominent figures arrived to watch, drawn by news that Lu Zhan had personally supported Ning Chuan against the Wei Financial Group.
• Wei Bohu requested a fifteen-minute no-holds-barred fight, and Ning Chuan accepted.

Ning Chuan faced Wei Bohu in a fifteen-minute unrestricted fight, while spectators expected Wei Bohu’s superior strength and origin-rune weapons to overwhelm him. Ning Chuan effortlessly dodged Wei Bohu’s attacks, and the crowd realized he had cultivated Gale Step to the Perfect Realm.

• Ning Chuan challenged Wei Zhu to reconsider his claim that Ning Chuan had merely finished off the Heavenly Martial spy by luck.
• Wei Bohu began the fight with origin-rune knuckle dusters and attacked Ning Chuan, who kept his hands behind his back.
• Ning Chuan used Gale Step to evade Wei Bohu’s first punch without letting the knuckle duster come closer than three inches.
• Wei Bohu used his Mastery Realm Flowing Fire Cannon Fist and struck repeatedly, but Ning Chuan casually dodged every blow.
• A Martial Artist in the crowd recognized that Ning Chuan had reached the Perfect Realm in Gale Step, surprising the spectators and VIPs.

Ning Chuan revealed that his Flash Thunder Slash had reached the Perfect Realm and badly wounded Wei Bohu in their unrestricted fight. After Wei Qiance tried to use his authority to stop the match, Ning Chuan refused to end it.

• Ning Chuan taunted Wei Bohu, then struck him with Flash Thunder Slash and cut through the Force from his knuckle dusters.
• The slash sent Wei Bohu flying and left him with a deep wound, while spectators and officials realized Ning Chuan had mastered a B-grade martial art at the Perfect Realm.
• Ning Chuan challenged Wei Zhu to admit he had been wrong, then advanced on Wei Bohu as the injured fighter tried to concede and claim he had not been rested.
• Wei Qiance defended Wei Bohu and ordered Ning Chuan to stop the fight, but Lu Zhan explained that only both fighters agreeing or one dying could end it.
• Ning Chuan declared that he did not agree to stop the fight.

Ning Chuan defeated and maimed Wei Bohu in their match, then threatened to continue cutting him despite Wei Qiance offering him money to stop. After accepting Wei Qiance’s ten-million donation, Ning Chuan insisted the match would go on, leaving Wei Bohu at his mercy.

• Ning Chuan used Three Slashes in an Instant to cut off Wei Bohu’s hands, then slashed his chest and knocked him down.
• Wei Qiance privately threatened Ning Chuan’s family, but Ning Chuan replied that he was an orphan and warned he would continue the fight.
• Ning Chuan pinned Wei Bohu underfoot and described death by a thousand cuts, intending to use the remaining match time to cut him repeatedly.
• Wei Qiance offered Ning Chuan ten million to end the match, and Ning Chuan accepted the money after confirming it was after tax.
• When Wei Bohu pleaded to stop, Ning Chuan said the donation had nothing to do with their match and raised his saber again.

Ning Chuan forced Wei Bohu to confess his and Wei Qiance’s schemes, then advanced through the martial exam and won first place. He finished the monthly exam with 959 points, making history for an ordinary-class student at Qingshan No. 1 High School.

• Ning Chuan cut Wei Bohu and pressured him into admitting that he had bought a training-camp spot, framed Ning Chuan, and smeared his achievement.
• Ning Chuan kicked Wei Bohu off the platform, and the referee declared him the winner as the crowd turned against Wei Qiance.
• Li Ruoyun surrendered to Ning Chuan in the quarterfinal, and he advanced to the top four.
• Ning Chuan defeated Hu Kun with Flash Thunder Slash after the two Peak Awakening Stage Nine fighters in the other match injured each other.
• The senior-year director awarded Ning Chuan first place in the martial exam, and his combined score of 959 put him first in the monthly exam.

After his monthly exam victory made him famous across Qingshan City, Ning Chuan prepared to leave for the Mountain and Sea Genius Training Camp. He departed for the airport alone, where Lu Mengyue saw him off, and Lu Zhan reflected on why Ning Chuan chose to set out alone.

• Ning Chuan continued training at the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall, where his punching force reached 1822 kg, and collected two hundred tubes of Hundred Beasts Nutrient Solution from Lu Mengyue.
• Ning Chuan left Qingshan City for the Mountain and Sea Genius Training Camp and packed only a few school uniforms before signing a lease termination agreement.
• At Qingshan Airport, Lu Mengyue surprised Ning Chuan by arriving to see him off, and he thanked her before boarding his flight.
• Lu Mengyue worried that the training camp's competition might discourage Ning Chuan, but Lu Zhan said he would not falter and quoted, “Those who dwell apart are either gods or beasts!”