Chapter Summaries

Ning Chuan learned the rewards for inscribing a new Eight Heavenly Gates martial seal and decided to cultivate the art to completion. Back at his apartment, he opened the first four gates and found that they greatly boosted his strength without damaging his body.

• Tang Qianjun told Ning Chuan that the Eight Heavenly Gates martial seal was close to exhaustion and explained the merits and free martial arts awarded for inscribing a new seal.
• Ning Chuan decided to complete the Eight Heavenly Gates by seeking an epiphany from the academy's instructors.
• Ning Chuan left the Stars Treasury with Tang Qianjun, then contacted Song Shiyu and Shi Feng about meeting at his apartment.
• Ning Chuan opened the first heavenly gate and confirmed that it increased his strength by fifty percent with negligible physical strain.
• Ning Chuan opened four heavenly gates at once, doubling his strength, and found that the strain caused no damage to his body.

Ning Chuan opened all eight heavenly gates to test their strain, injuring himself before his Force ran out. Song Shiyu and Shi Feng planned to use his battered appearance to lure students who wanted the teaching assistant position, and Han Chen arrived as their first major prospect.

• Ning Chuan opened all eight heavenly gates and found their amplification fell just short of fourfold while the accumulated strain injured his body.
• Ning Chuan's Force ran out before his injuries noticeably affected his movements, leaving him pale, sweaty, and weakened.
• Song Shiyu and Shi Feng visited, and Ning Chuan assured them his injuries would heal overnight and would not affect his fight with Wu Hanhai.
• Song Shiyu proposed secretly photographing Ning Chuan's injured appearance to attract students coveting the teaching assistant position, and Ning Chuan agreed.
• Han Chen, a sixth-year student ranked 769th on the Heroes Ranking, arrived, and Ning Chuan opened the door while appearing pale and weak.

Han Chen challenged Ning Chuan for the teaching assistant position, hoping to keep Wu Hanhai from claiming it. Ning Chuan agreed only if Han Chen staked 30,000 credits, and Han Chen accepted.

• Han Chen visited Ning Chuan and proposed a fight with the teaching assistant position at stake.
• Ning Chuan revealed he had already agreed to fight Wu Hanhai, but Han Chen explained that multiple challengers could compete for the position.
• Song Shiyu and Shi Feng privately recognized that Han Chen was following the plan Ning Chuan had devised to attract challengers.
• Ning Chuan demanded 100,000 credits from Han Chen, then lowered the stake to 30,000 when Han Chen refused.
• Ning Chuan warned that challengers would be placed in order and that he would fight only two matches each week.
• Han Chen agreed to stake 30,000 credits on the fight.

Ning Chuan arranged a series of challenge matches while revealing that he had mastered all eight heavenly gates and planned to launch a black-market business. By night, he had signed 32 contracts worth a total of 1.06 million credits, leaving him eager to spend the fortune on Sharpness Qi for his Divine Weapons.

• Han Chen warned Ning Chuan that challenge matches allowed only treasures a student owned outright, then left after signing their contract.
• Ning Chuan told Song Shiyu and Shi Feng that he had reached the Gate of the Heavenly God realm of the Eight Heavenly Gates and could open all eight gates.
• Ning Chuan assigned Song Shiyu to smooth the way for their black-market company and Shi Feng to find a location and recruit employees.
• Jia Tianzong visited after buying challenge-line information from Han Chen, and Ning Chuan scheduled him for the Tuesday after next for 30,000 credits.
• Students arrived throughout the day and signed 32 challenge contracts with Ning Chuan, bringing the total value to 1.06 million credits.

An online argument over Ning Chuan’s injuries and chances against Wu Hanhai erupted into a feud between freshmen and upperclassmen. Several top freshmen challenged Heroes Ranking students, but Ji Hao, Xiao Fenghua, and Hong Yan were swiftly defeated, leaving Zi Yun’er’s match against Wu Hanhai next.

• Anonymous photos showed Ning Chuan injured while arranging fights for credits and the teaching assistant position, sparking debate on the Fenghua Forum.
• Ning Chuan’s fans clashed with other students over whether he could defeat Wu Hanhai and other Heroes Ranking experts.
• Ji Hao challenged Ye Juncai, and Xiao Fenghua and Hong Yan followed with challenges that Ye Juncai accepted.
• Zi Yun’er challenged Wu Hanhai, who accepted, and students rushed to Yuying Training Ground to watch the fights.
• Ning Chuan watched the broadcast from his apartment as Ye Juncai defeated Ji Hao, Hong Yan, and Xiao Fenghua in one move each.

Ning Chuan faced Wu Hanhai in their highly anticipated battle, after Wu Hanhai had demonstrated his strength by breaking Zi Yun'er's Dharma Aspect. Ning Chuan stopped Wu Hanhai's opening Falling Star Staff with the Destruction Heavenly Art, leaving the crowded audience stunned and Wu Hanhai reassessing Ning Chuan's rapid progress.

• Wu Hanhai shattered Zi Yun'er's Wings of the Cold Blade with one Falling Star Staff strike, breaking her arms and shocking the freshmen.
• After several days of rain, Galaxy University gave students and instructors a holiday for Ning Chuan and Wu Hanhai's September 27 match.
• More than a million spectators overwhelmed the Soaring Dragon Auditorium, so the university moved the fight to an open-air square in the commercial district.
• Wu Hanhai opened the match by attacking Ning Chuan with Falling Star Staff, a technique that had previously broken Zi Yun'er's Dharma Aspect.
• Ning Chuan summoned the Destruction Heavenly Art's Golden Blazing Sun, which swallowed Wu Hanhai's Force staff without being damaged.
• Wu Hanhai sensed Ning Chuan's Force had grown far denser in two weeks and wondered how quickly he had improved.

Ning Chuan fought Wu Hanhai, using his Golden Blazing Sun and Wisdom King Dharma Form against Wu Hanhai’s Demonic Ape Seven Kills Art and Dharma Aspect. Ning Chuan’s Wisdom King Dharma Form repelled Wu Hanhai’s decisive attack, leaving the match’s outcome poised in Ning Chuan’s favor.

• Wu Hanhai unleashed the Demonic Ape Seven Kills Art, and Ning Chuan used Airspace Lockdown and the Golden Blazing Sun to meet it.
• The Golden Blazing Sun exploded after engulfing the black Demonic Ape, but Wu Hanhai’s remaining Force hand struck at Ning Chuan.
• Ning Chuan summoned the Wisdom King Dharma Form, which shattered Wu Hanhai’s Force hand.
• Wu Hanhai enveloped himself in his Demonic Ape Dharma Aspect and launched a kick at Ning Chuan.
• Ning Chuan strengthened his Wisdom King Dharma Form, which withstood Wu Hanhai’s attack and sent him flying backward.

Ning Chuan used the Destruction Heavenly Art to draw Wu Hanhai into a fierce fight, then prepared to show that his Eight Wonders Saber could overcome Wu Hanhai where the Destruction Heavenly Art could not. The battle continued with Wu Hanhai’s Demonic Ape Dharma Aspect attacking Ning Chuan’s intact Wisdom King Dharma Form.

• Wu Hanhai was shocked when his Demonic Ape Dharma Aspect failed to break Ning Chuan’s defenses, while spectators argued over Ning Chuan’s chances of winning.
• Ning Chuan caught up to Wu Hanhai and trapped him inside a Golden Blazing Sun created by the Destruction Heavenly Art, but Wu Hanhai broke free unharmed.
• Ning Chuan decided to use the fight to demonstrate the Eight Wonders Saber’s strength and thought that Uncle Lu would understand why he was putting the Destruction Heavenly Art aside.
• Ning Chuan sent another Golden Blazing Sun at Wu Hanhai, who dodged it and destroyed it with his Demonic Ape Dharma Aspect.
• Wu Hanhai repeatedly struck Ning Chuan’s Wisdom King Dharma Form, but it remained intact as they continued fighting across the arena.

Ning Chuan and Wu Hanhai fought in the arena, where Wu Hanhai discovered that his shockwave technique could knock the Wisdom King Dharma Form out of position. Ning Chuan countered with explosive decoys and a surprise attack, then revealed a second Dharma Aspect as multiple copies of him closed in on Wu Hanhai.

• Wu Hanhai repeatedly attacked Ning Chuan's Wisdom King Dharma Form but could not break through its defense.
• Wu Hanhai used the Demonic Ape Seven Kills Art's shockwave technique to send Ning Chuan and his Dharma Form flying, then decided to win by knocking him out of the arena.
• Wu Hanhai charged again, but the Ning Chuan in front of him exploded and sent him staggering.
• Ning Chuan dropped from above and struck Wu Hanhai with his knee, knocking him to the ground.
• Wu Hanhai counterattacked, but another Ning Chuan exploded before more than ten Ning Chuans appeared around him, revealing Ning Chuan's Wind Shadow Dharma Aspect.

Ning Chuan overwhelmed Wu Hanhai by opening all eight Heavenly Gates and revealing the Eight Wonders Saber, then won their match with Torrential Rain. Wu Guangzhi conceded on his son's behalf, and the referee declared Ning Chuan the winner.

• Ning Chuan used his Wind Shadow Dharma Aspect and Shadow Clones to keep Wu Hanhai on the defensive, while Wu Guangzhi argued that Hanhai's Demonic Ape Dharma Aspect could outlast him.
• Ning Chuan opened all eight Heavenly Gates, astonishing the crowd and frightening Wu Hanhai.
• Ning Chuan summoned the Divine Weapon Torrential Rain and used the Eight Wonders Saber to cut through Wu Hanhai's Demonic Ape Dharma Aspect and wound him repeatedly.
• Ning Chuan's saber shattered the Demonic Ape Dharma Aspect, and he cut off both of Wu Hanhai's arms when Hanhai charged at him in desperation.
• Wu Guangzhi conceded on Wu Hanhai's behalf and healed his wounds, and the referee announced Ning Chuan as the winner.

After Ning Chuan defeated Wu Hanhai, he demanded the wager and threatened to kill Wu Hanhai if the credits were not paid within ten minutes. With the credits received, Ning Chuan reviewed plans for a credits company and went to ask Qin Ya to back it, where he found her pushing an old man in a wheelchair.

• Ning Chuan defeated Wu Hanhai by cutting apart the Demonic Ape Dharma Aspect, and spectators praised the power of his Eight Wonders Saber.
• Ning Chuan demanded the wager, and Wu Guangzhi agreed to pay 100,000 credits after Ning Chuan gave him ten minutes and threatened his son.
• Ning Chuan confirmed that the credits had arrived and discussed the planned credits company with Song Shiyu and Shi Feng.
• Ning Chuan went to Storm Mountain Villa to ask Qin Ya to back the company, and Zi Yun'er led him to her.
• Ning Chuan found Qin Ya strolling across the lawn while pushing a motionless old man in a wheelchair.

Ning Chuan asked Qin Ya to back his plan to sell credits through a black-market company, and she agreed while warning him about the powerful students who might challenge him. Confident that no one on the Heroes Ranking could beat him, Ning Chuan chose a prime commercial-district location for the company’s first shop.

• Qin Ya recounted the Thunderfire Divine General’s victories while pushing her father, Qin Lang, in his wheelchair, and Ning Chuan realized Qin Lang was the previous World Walker.
• Ning Chuan asked Qin Ya to back a company that would sell credits, and she agreed.
• Qin Ya and Zi Yun'er warned Ning Chuan that Guan Yun and other high-ranking students could threaten his teaching assistant position and the bets tied to it.
• Ning Chuan declared that no one on the Heroes Ranking could match him, and Qin Ya urged him to stop holding back.
• Ning Chuan told Song Shiyu and Shi Feng to prepare to open the credit company, then chose its prime location in the commercial district.

Ning Chuan received fifty-seven Firmament martial arts from Tang Qianjun and learned that Zheng Gui, creator of the Nine Nether Thunder Saber, had vanished mysteriously decades earlier. After spending two days inheriting the techniques, Ning Chuan visited their founders and rapidly advanced them by observing their Laws.

• Tang Qianjun gave Ning Chuan fifty-seven Firmament martial arts and a booklet listing their founders, warning him that Zhang Kai, Liu Shayun, and Zheng Gui were unavailable.
• Tang Qianjun told Ning Chuan that Zheng Gui had disappeared from his room at the school more than thirty years earlier, and that investigations by Heavenly King Wei Chen and the Federation Investigation Bureau had found no clues.
• Ning Chuan told Tang Qianjun he was close to perfecting the Eight Heavenly Gates, and Tang promised he could claim the repair reward early once he reached perfection.
• Ning Chuan returned to his apartment and spent nearly two days inheriting all fifty-seven martial arts, with the techniques reaching at least the Proficiency Realm.
• Ning Chuan visited the available founders, who demonstrated their martial arts and Laws, allowing him to raise techniques to the Perfect Realm within seconds.

Ning Chuan finished visiting the Divine Generals and prepared to rely on credit sales to support his many Divine Weapons. The Round-Down Foundation opened and presented its credit exchange as donations to fund his cultivation, drawing a crowd of students eager to participate.

• Ning Chuan found that most of his newly inherited martial arts had reached the Perfect Realm and that three had formed Dharma Aspects, though he considered the new aspects inferior to his existing ones.
• Ning Chuan counted eighty-one Divine Weapons across his Force Apertures and anticipated needing the next day's credit sales to fund their Sharpness Qi.
• Students gathered outside the Round-Down Foundation, expecting it to sell credits, and questioned its name and legitimacy.
• Liu Qin introduced the Round-Down Foundation as a fundraising organization that gave credits to donors while denying that it sold credits.
• Liu Qin announced daily limits and donation rates: thirty million, thirty-five million, or forty million for each credit, depending on when students joined the queue.

Ning Chuan and Song Shiyu watched the Round-Down Foundation use scarcity and tiered pricing to sell credits to Galaxy University students. Liu Qin announced a special 40-billion-yuan offer for Eight Wonders Saber inheritances, and after Zi Yun'er bought two, more students hurried to secure their own.

• Ning Chuan and Song Shiyu watched students flock to the Round-Down Foundation, whose limited customer slots and rising prices made ordinary credits seem scarce.
• Students inside the shop tested the process by donating money, received credits immediately, and soon bought the maximum amount allowed.
• Liu Qin explained that a 40-billion-yuan donation bought 1,600 special-purpose credits for an Eight Wonders Saber inheritance at the Ten Thousand Martial Arts Pavilion.
• Zi Yun'er bought two inheritances for 80 billion yuan and cited the Wind Blood Divine General's praise of the Eight Wonders Saber for agile fighters.
• Zhong Yangping and more than ten other students rushed to buy special-purpose credits before the limited inheritances ran out.

The Round-Down Foundation earned hundreds of billions on its first day, prompting Ning Chuan to plan ways to increase revenue and fund his growing Divine Weapon collection. He promised to cover Song Shiyu and Shi Feng’s cultivation expenses, then returned to classes and his nightly training.

• The Round-Down Foundation sold all 3,000 credits in under an hour, and Song Shiyu calculated that special-purpose credits brought total revenue to more than 600 billion so far.
• Ning Chuan realized that nourishing his expanding Divine Weapon collection could consume a trillion yuan in about a month and asked how the foundation could raise more money.
• Song Shiyu recommended gradually raising credit prices, while Shi Feng proposed paid membership tiers with different purchase limits.
• Ning Chuan promised to cover Song Shiyu and Shi Feng’s cultivation expenses, explaining privately that he wanted to reward his earliest followers and test their integrity.
• After Song Shiyu warned Shi Feng to spend only on their cultivation, Ning Chuan went to his Friday classes and returned that night to study while nourishing his Divine Weapons with Sharpness Qi.

Han Hongyi and Han Chen visited Ning Chuan to offer compensation for canceling their challenge match, but Ning Chuan refused. After Han Hongyi threatened him, Song Shiyu mutilated the butler, and Ning Chuan demanded Han Chen pay for the bloodied furniture before their fight.

• Song Shiyu gave Ning Chuan information about Han Chen's heavy-sword style and Sever All Dharma Aspect before Han Chen and Han Hongyi arrived.
• Han Hongyi offered Ning Chuan 10,000 credits and Han Feng's future help if he canceled the challenge match, but Ning Chuan rejected the deal.
• Han Hongyi warned Ning Chuan that other prodigies could rival him, and Song Shiyu attacked after taking the threat as an insult.
• Ning Chuan's Dark Night Abyss stunned Han Hongyi, allowing Song Shiyu to destroy his tongue and cut his cheek while Han Chen struggled to intervene.
• Han Chen demanded an explanation, and Ning Chuan asked him to pay 100 million credits for the bloodied furniture before warning him about their coming fight.

Ning Chuan defeated Han Chen with the Eight Wonders Saber, then went to the Ancient Martial Arts Research Institute, where his new secretary Jiang Xiaorou told him about his rewards. The chapter ended with the institute offering him the chance to repair one Stars martial art.

• Ning Chuan told Song Shiyu to provoke Han Chen into wagering as many credits as possible, while admitting he could not yet match a Titled Knight’s combat power.
• Ning Chuan defeated Han Chen in one minute by opening all eight Heavenly Gates and attacking with the Eight Wonders Saber.
• Ning Chuan collected 30,000 credits and headed to the Ancient Martial Arts Research Institute, where staff directed him to meet his secretary.
• Jiang Xiaorou introduced herself as Ning Chuan’s secretary and explained that she was a fox person and a Galaxy University graduate.
• Jiang Xiaorou told Ning Chuan that he had received 5,000 credits and three unrestricted Firmament martial arts, and could choose one Stars martial art to repair.

Ning Chuan visited the Ancient Martial Arts Research Institute to choose mental martial arts and learned that repairing mental power cultivation methods could earn him Spirit-Nourishing Liquid. Yang Wanli then realized he knew a way to shorten the time needed to inherit a martial art.

• Ning Chuan asked Jiang Xiaorou about offensive Stars martial arts, but chose to seek mental martial arts first at the Moon God Martial Seal Repository.
• Ning Chuan met Yang Wanli, Dong Gaoyuan, and Xie Lian in the institute; Xie Lian left without speaking to him.
• Dong Gaoyuan explained that contributing to the repair of mental power cultivation methods could earn Spirit-Nourishing Liquid, and Yang Wanli described the rewards he had received while repairing the Raging Fire Meditation Method.
• Ning Chuan agreed to visit the Moon God Martial Seal Repository with Yang Wanli, Dong Gaoyuan, and Jiang Xiaorou, and asked Yang Wanli how to shorten martial art inheritance time.
• Yang Wanli said he knew a way to shorten the inheritance time.

Ning Chuan visited the Moon God Martial Seal Warehouse, chose the Quick Imprint Method and the highest-tier Spirit Forging Meditation Method, and rejected Yang Wanli’s offer to join a research project. He planned a lineup of martial arts that could build insights and income while he restored the spiritual-power method on his own.

• Ning Chuan took the Quick Imprint Method martial seal and asked Jiang Xiaorou to show him the spiritual-power cultivation methods.
• Dong Gaoyuan warned Ning Chuan that restoring such methods was difficult, while Yang Wanli offered him a place on the Raging Fire Meditation Method project.
• Xie Lian claimed Ning Chuan could not join another researcher’s project without his permission, but Ning Chuan said he would restore a method himself and challenged Xie Lian to bet that he would complete one.
• Xie Lian refused the bet and left the warehouse without choosing a martial seal.
• Jiang Xiaorou identified the Spirit Forging Meditation Method as the warehouse’s only high firmament tier method, and Ning Chuan took its martial seal despite its 57 percent incompleteness.
• Ning Chuan planned to use his remaining slots for weapon martial arts, spiritual-power manipulation methods, and soul-focused mental martial arts that could help restore the Spirit Forging Meditation Method.