Recaps

After Ye Nan’s grandfather’s birthday, Ye Nan left the Ye Family and focused on preparing for the college entrance exam. His combat power reached 80,000, and Principal Wang Mingguo summoned him to discuss the exam and the Southeast Province Genius Training Camp.

• Zhang Yueshan and the Alchemist Alliance attended Ye Sheng’s birthday celebration, then left with representatives of Jiangcheng Middle School and the Wu Family.
• Ye Ming and Ye Tangxing apologized to Ye Nan for how they had treated him, but Ye Nan stopped Ye Sheng from apologizing and left the family home.
• Ye Nan practiced the Heavenly Dragon Body Tempering Art until his combat power reached 80,000, making him a Senior Martial Master.
• Mao Qiang escorted Ye Nan to Principal Wang Mingguo, who asked about his college entrance exam preparations and the Genius Training Camp.
• Wang Mingguo told Ye Nan that the city lord and other Jiangcheng experts would watch the exam, while Mao Qiang was astonished to learn Ye Nan was expected to attend the provincial camp.

Ye Nan learned why Wang Lingxi had come to Jiangcheng, while the city prepared for the college entrance exam. The exam began with combat-power testing, and City Lord Sun Wu arrived as the students awaited their turns.

• After Ye Nan left the principal’s office, Mao Qiang asked Wang Mingguo about Ye Nan’s strength, and Wang Mingguo said they would find out at the exam.
• Ye Nan asked Wang Lingxi why she had not dodged when he pinned her against a wall while drunk; she admitted she did not know why she had stayed still.
• Wang Lingxi revealed that she had come to Jiangcheng to find a future powerhouse who would be her husband, then hurried away before explaining further.
• On the day of the college entrance exam, families and officials gathered at Jiangcheng Middle School to watch Ye Nan and the other students.
• The combat-power test began, and City Lord Sun Wu arrived at the school, prompting Wang Mingguo and the martial artists in the viewing area to welcome him.

Jiangcheng Middle School began its college entrance exam combat power test, revealing the students’ results and drawing attention to Wu Chen’s strong showing. The proctor then called Wang Lingxi forward, and the plaza turned its attention to her.

• City Lord Sun Wu encouraged the students and declared the combat power test open.
• The first groups of students tested their combat power, leaving some pleased and others disappointed; Ye Tangxing registered 1,750.
• Wu Chen registered 2,670 combat power, prompting excitement from the Wu Family and envy from the other students.
• Wu Chen and Ye Tangxing both watched Ye Nan, anticipating his test result, while Sun Wu remained troubled despite approving of Wu Chen’s score.
• The proctor called Wang Lingxi to test, and the students, spectators, and Sun Wu focused on her.

Wang Lingxi and Ye Nan stunned Jiangcheng Middle School with combat power readings far beyond expectations. Ye Nan’s test ended with the machine showing 60,000 combat power, leaving the square in shock.

• Wang Lingxi struck the testing machine and produced a combat power reading of about 30,000, revealing that she was a Junior Martial Master.
• Wu Chen, Ye Sheng, and City Lord Sun Wu were shaken by Wang Lingxi’s result, while Sun Wu considered asking her to help Jiangcheng.
• Ye Nan stepped onto the platform as the final student, and the crowd debated whether he had any martial talent.
• Ye Nan punched the testing machine, and its reading climbed past 52,000 to 60,000 combat power.
• The proctor and everyone in the square were stunned, with some students wondering whether the testing machine was broken.

Ye Nan’s college entrance exam combat power reached 81,200, stunning Jiangcheng and revealing him as a Senior Martial Master. City Lord Sun Wu approached him to talk, while Wang Lingxi struggled with her feelings about the husband she had come to reject.

• The testing machine settled at 81,200 combat power, and the proctor announced a result unprecedented in Jiangcheng’s exam history.
• Ye Tangxing, Ye Ming, Ye Sheng, Ye Yuancheng, and Du Cuiping were stunned by Ye Nan’s result, with his parents moved to tears.
• Lu Lenglan told Wang Lingxi that Ye Nan seemed to be the person she was seeking, but Wang Lingxi felt no happiness at the realization.
• Mao Qiang excitedly picked Ye Nan up after he left the testing platform, then set him down when Ye Nan reminded him to mind his image.
• City Lord Sun Wu approached Ye Nan and asked if they could talk, while Ye Nan considered whether he might obtain a body-tempering cultivation art from the city lord’s residence.

Ye Nan agreed to represent Jiangcheng in a contest against Hailin City for control of a starstone mine in exchange for a general-grade body tempering art. After City Lord Sun Wu arranged a wilderness combat assessment for Ye Nan and Wang Lingxi, Ye Nan sought her out, and she began to explain why she had come to Jiangcheng.

• Ye Nan discussed the Twelve Body Tempering Forms and considered how a higher-grade body tempering art might improve through God-Level Comprehension.
• City Lord Sun Wu told Ye Nan that Jiangcheng and Hailin City would each send a recent college entrance exam student to fight for control of a starstone mine.
• Ye Nan agreed to fight for Jiangcheng after Sun Wu offered him a general-grade body tempering art as a reward.
• Wang Mingguo told Sun Wu that the school had no suitable ferocious beasts for Ye Nan and Wang Lingxi’s practical combat assessment, so Sun Wu offered to take them into the wilderness.
• Ye Nan told Wang Lingxi about the assessment, then asked what she had wanted to tell him; she said her earlier explanation for coming to Jiangcheng was true, but hesitated to continue.

Ye Nan and Wang Lingxi agreed that they both wanted to focus on their own paths, while Ye Nan's family apologized for how they had treated him. The wilderness combat assessment began in Black Wood Forest, where Wang Lingxi killed a low-level third-tier ferocious beast and Ye Nan's target was found.

• Wang Lingxi told Ye Nan she had come to make her intentions clear and wanted to be alone, and Ye Nan was relieved that they shared the same outlook.
• Ye Sheng, Ye Ming, Ye Tangxing, and other Ye family members solemnly apologized to Ye Nan for their past treatment of him.
• Ye Nan and Wang Lingxi met City Lord Sun Wu at school and traveled with him and two City Lord's Manor martial artists to Black Wood Forest for their combat assessment.
• Wang Lingxi killed a low-level third-tier ferocious beast with repeated palm strikes, impressing Sun Wu.
• A martial artist from the City Lord's Manor spotted a high-level third-tier ferocious beast for Ye Nan's assessment.

Ye Nan killed a third-tier advanced vicious beast during the practical combat assessment, then accepted the Tuling General Art from City Lord Sun Wu. His system transformed it into the Tuling Galaxy Art, and he began practicing it on Jiangling Mountain, where his low martial realm made it difficult to use.

• Ye Nan defeated a third-tier advanced vicious beast with two punches, astonishing Wang Lingxi, Lu Lenglan, and City Lord Sun Wu.
• After the group returned to Jiangcheng, Sun Wu took Ye Nan to the City Lord's Mansion and gave him the Tuling General Art.
• Ye Nan studied the art at home, and his system triggered sudden enlightenment, granting him the Tuling Galaxy Art.
• The next day, Ye Nan went to Jiangling Mountain and began using the Tuling Galaxy Art, but his body met strong resistance because his martial realm was too low.

Ye Nan was summoned to the city lord’s residence to represent Jiangcheng in a contest against Hailin City over the Nebula Mine. The chapter ended as Guan Jie launched a punch at Ye Nan, confident that his Cloud Steps would secure an easy victory.

• Ye Nan practiced the Tuling Galaxy Art on Jiangling Mountain and raised his combat power to 100,000.
• A martial artist from the city lord’s residence brought Ye Nan to see Sun Wu, who told him that Hailin City’s delegation was arriving and that he and Wang Lingxi had been selected for the Genius Training Camp.
• Lü Yunshan arrived with Hailin City’s representative, Guan Jie, whose combat power had reached 5,000.
• Sun Wu named Ye Nan as Jiangcheng’s fighter, and the two cities moved to the training ground for their contest over the Nebula Mine.
• Guan Jie challenged Ye Nan and used Cloud Steps before punching at him, while Ye Nan remained unimpressed.

Ye Nan defeated Guan Jie with Flowing Light Shadow Steps, securing Jiangcheng’s claim to the border starstone mine. Lü Yunshan proposed another wager involving an alchemy contest, and Ye Nan told Sun Wu he could compete as Jiangcheng’s alchemy genius.

• Ye Nan dodged Guan Jie’s punch, then used Flowing Light Shadow Steps to strike him and send him unconscious to the ground.
• Sun Wu reminded Lü Yunshan that Hailin City had lost their agreed wager, and Lü Yunshan called for another bet rather than challenge the result.
• Lü Yunshan proposed that the winner of an alchemy contest would claim both the border mine and Hailin City’s starstone mine.
• Sun Wu refused the wager, but Ye Nan privately told him he could compete as an alchemist, and Sun Wu recalled Zhang Yueshan’s praise of Ye Nan’s talent.

Ye Nan faced Du Yun, a third-grade alchemist from the Southeast City Alchemist Alliance, in a contest arranged to settle the dispute over the border starstone mine. After Du Yun challenged him to refine a fourth-grade Cloud Heaven Pill, they agreed to make Moon-Clearing Pills, and the chapter ended with Ye Nan’s cauldron still unopened.

• Sun Wu accepted Lü Yunshan’s proposal for an alchemy contest, and Zhang Yueshan confirmed that Ye Nan could outmatch Hailin City’s alchemist.
• Du Yun arrived and revealed he was willing to become a citizen of Hailin City, angering Sun Wu and the Jiangcheng group.
• Lü Yunshan brought everyone to the Alchemist Alliance for the contest, where Du Yun proposed refining Cloud Heaven Pills.
• Ye Nan calmly accepted either challenge, so Du Yun settled on Moon-Clearing Pills and both alchemists began refining.
• After about twenty minutes, Ye Nan’s flames went out, leaving both groups anxious about the contents of his cauldron.

Ye Nan secured Jiangcheng’s claim to the starstone mines by refining a top-quality Moon-Clearing Pill, then traveled to Southeast City for the Genius Training Camp. He arrived at the station and joined the other selected students while waiting for the remaining arrivals.

• Ye Nan refined a top-quality Moon-Clearing Pill, causing Du Yun to fail and Lü Yunshan to honor his promise to Sun Wu over the starstone mines.
• Xiao Yunchuan told the Genius Training Camp instructors, including Qing Lingxue, Shi Wu, and Zhang Hao, that a peerless genius would attend the camp.
• Ye Nan traveled alone to Southeast City after learning Wang Lingxi had gone ahead.
• Ye Nan found the camp’s station banner, showed his notice, and was told to wait until two more students arrived.
• Ye Nan spotted Wang Lingxi among more than thirty students in the rest area and used his system to check their average combat power.

Ye Nan and the other young Martial Artists began the Genius Training Camp’s admission trial before reaching East Mountain, where they had to travel alone through routes guarded by fierce beasts and alloy automatons. Qing Lingxue wondered whether Governor Xiao’s peerless genius could complete an entire route, while Ye Nan entered Route 19 and heard a fierce beast roar nearby.

• Ye Nan arrived and sat with Wang Lingxi before the participants boarded a bus for East Mountain.
• The bus jolted, its driver vanished, and it crashed into a rock wall.
• An instructor announced over loudspeakers that the participants had to reach East Mountain alone while facing fierce beasts and alloy automatons to gain admission.
• Qing Lingxue, Shi Wu, and Zhang Hao watched the route monitors, and Qing Lingxue wondered whether Governor Xiao’s peerless genius could complete the entire route.
• Ye Nan chose Route 19, entered a dense forest, and heard a fierce beast roar.

Ye Nan advanced through the Genius Training Camp route, defeating ferocious beasts and an alloy automaton while repeatedly using the Mighty Bull Demon Fist. His God-Level Comprehension triggered a breakthrough to the Star River Heavenly Shadow Fist, and the instructors noticed him reaching the route’s second half.

• Ye Nan killed several tier-one high-level ferocious beasts with single punches and continued deeper along the route.
• Ye Nan dodged and destroyed a Giant Black Devouring Vine, then killed a tier-two low-level ferocious beast with the Mighty Bull Demon Fist.
• Ye Nan used the Mighty Bull Demon Fist to smash an alloy automaton with at least 8,000 combat power into fragments.
• God-Level Comprehension granted Ye Nan a breakthrough to the Star River Heavenly Shadow Fist after his repeated use of the Mighty Bull Demon Fist.
• Qing Lingxue, Shi Wu, and Zhang Hao saw Ye Nan appear on the screen in the route’s second half and wondered if he was the peerless genius the governor had mentioned.

Ye Nan destroyed a swarm of mechanical insects with his Star River Heavenly Shadow Fist and reached the deepest part of route nineteen, where he outpaced the dark figure, Ding Yunqiang. As the instructors watched in shock, Ding Yunqiang launched a surprise punch at Ye Nan before the test was over.

• Qing Lingxue, Shi Wu, and Zhang Hao watched Ye Nan approach the mechanical insects and wondered whether he could withstand the second half of route nineteen.
• Ye Nan used the Star River Heavenly Shadow Fist to wipe out the swarm in one strike, astonishing the instructors.
• Ye Nan pushed through the remaining dangers and reached the deepest part of route nineteen, where a dark figure appeared before him.
• Ye Nan identified the figure as Ding Yunqiang, a Senior Martial Master, and used the Flowing Light Shadow Steps to place a hand on his shoulder.
• Ding Yunqiang admitted Ye Nan was faster, then suddenly punched at him, saying the test was not over.

Ye Nan completed route nineteen after surviving Ding Yunqiang’s surprise attack, then joined the other failed candidates at the training camp plaza. Qing Lingxue revealed that the trial had not been a complete wipeout, but she did not identify who had passed, leaving the geniuses wondering who could be strong enough.

• Ding Yunqiang attacked Ye Nan, but Ye Nan activated the Azure Dragon Divine Body and endured the blow, frightening Ding Yunqiang into letting him proceed.
• Ye Nan entered the plaza, where the failed candidates, including Wang Lingxi, believed he had also failed the trial.
• Wang Lingxi told Ye Nan that she had not passed, and Ye Nan realized the other routes must have been difficult too.
• Qing Lingxue, Shi Wu, and Zhang Hao introduced themselves as the candidates’ instructors.
• Qing Lingxue admitted the instructors had been joking about failed candidates losing their places at camp, then revealed that someone had passed the entrance trial without naming Ye Nan.

Ye Nan and the other geniuses began training with Blood Gang Stakes, which sent a strange force through the body to increase combat power. Ye Nan learned the Blood Gang Gale Fist and drew everyone’s attention by using it.

• Qing Lingxue told the geniuses they would spend two days striking Blood Gang Stakes before entering a virtual secret realm to fight vicious beasts.
• The geniuses chose stakes and discovered that a suction force made it difficult to pull their fists away after each punch.
• Ye Nan struck his stake repeatedly and felt its strange force spread throughout his body, while the instructors watched him.
• Ye Nan’s system granted him the Blood Gang Gale Fist, a technique that made striking the stakes faster and more effective.
• Ye Nan unleashed the Blood Gang Gale Fist, sending gale-like power and yellow sand through the area and drawing the other geniuses’ attention.

Ye Nan stunned the training camp’s geniuses by striking the Blood Gang Stake at remarkable speed, then left to practice the Tuling Galaxy Art in a room with special spiritual energy. After two days, his combat power reached 130,000, and a staff member arrived to summon him.

• Ye Nan used the Blood Gang Gale Fist to strike the Blood Gang Stake at astonishing speed, gaining 1,000 combat power over several hours.
• Ye Nan asked Qing Lingxue for a place to practice his body-tempering technique, and she led him to a room with special spiritual energy.
• Qing Lingxue asked whether Ye Nan would attend the Virtual Secret Realm, and he confirmed that he would.
• Ye Nan practiced the Tuling Galaxy Art in the room for two days and raised his combat power to 130,000.
• A staff member called to Ye Nan from outside the room.

Ye Nan entered the virtual secret realm and fought virtual ferocious beasts in the desert, gaining an epiphany that gave him Sky-Shrouding Shadow Steps. He deliberately gathered a growing pack of beasts, and as they closed in around him, he unleashed his new technique at astonishing speed.

• Qing Lingxue and the other instructors led Ye Nan and the assembled geniuses into the virtual secret realm.
• Ye Nan arrived in the desert, where virtual ferocious beasts surrounded him, and he used Flowing Light Shadow Steps to attack them.
• Repeatedly using Flowing Light Shadow Steps triggered Ye Nan's epiphany, granting him the stronger Sky-Shrouding Shadow Steps.
• Ye Nan left the area where he had last seen Wang Lingxi and ran around the desert, drawing more and more ferocious beasts after him.
• As the beasts' encirclement closed, Ye Nan unleashed Sky-Shrouding Shadow Steps, astonishing Qing Lingxue, Shi Wu, and Zhang Hao with his speed.

Ye Nan used his newly comprehended Sky-Shrouding Shadow Steps and Star River Heavenly Shadow Fist to defeat virtual ferocious beasts and reached Junior Grand Martial Master. After learning Heavenly Fire Dragon Palm by watching Wang Lingxi fight, he left the desert area while Qing Lingxue, Shi Wu, and Zhang Hao considered how to train him.

• Ye Nan used Sky-Shrouding Shadow Steps to escape the beasts’ encirclement, then killed them with Star River Heavenly Shadow Fist and reached 150,755 combat power, becoming a Junior Grand Martial Master.
• Qing Lingxue, Shi Wu, and Zhang Hao watched Ye Nan’s display and were stunned by how quickly he wiped out the virtual beasts.
• Ye Nan watched Wang Lingxi fight in the desert area and triggered God-Level Comprehension, gaining insight into Heavenly Fire Dragon Palm.
• Ye Nan tried Heavenly Fire Dragon Palm on an approaching group of virtual beasts and killed them with a flaming dragon of palm force, stunning Wang Lingxi and Lu Lenglan.
• Wang Lingxi told Ye Nan that few beasts remained, and he left the desert area.
• Qing Lingxue, Shi Wu, and Zhang Hao discussed Ye Nan’s training and Qing Lingxue suggested bringing him out of the virtual secret realm before he killed all the beasts.

Qing Lingxue, Shi Wu, and Zhang Hao arranged for Ye Nan to join the Black Cloud Martial Arts Hall’s upcoming ferocious beast extermination plan in a real catacomb. Ye Nan agreed eagerly and looked forward to testing his combat techniques there.

• Qing Lingxue suggested finding a better challenge for Ye Nan because the virtual secret realm’s beasts were no match for him.
• Zhang Hao proposed sending Ye Nan to a real catacomb during the Black Cloud Martial Arts Hall’s upcoming extermination plan in Southeast City.
• Shi Wu entered the virtual secret realm, found Ye Nan, and asked whether he would join the expedition.
• Ye Nan agreed and left the virtual secret realm with Shi Wu.
• Qing Lingxue contacted the Black Cloud Martial Arts Hall, which agreed reluctantly, and then told Ye Nan about the arrangement.

Ye Nan left the Genius Training Camp with Zhou Cheng to join the Black Cloud Martial Arts Hall ahead of its beast-extermination mission in the Red Ox Mountain Catacombs. He settled in at the hall and slept, while the other Martial Artists debated how strong he was.

• Zhou Cheng asked Ye Nan whether he truly intended to enter the catacombs, and Ye Nan confirmed that he did.
• Zhou Cheng told Ye Nan the mission would begin the next day in the ordinary Red Ox Mountain Catacombs, where a Grandmaster would lead the team.
• Zhou Cheng brought Ye Nan to the Black Cloud Martial Arts Hall and introduced him to the Martial Artists who would join the mission.
• Ye Nan went to his room, thought about the catacombs, and fell asleep.
• The Martial Artists discussed Ye Nan, disagreeing over whether his reputation and appearance reflected real strength.

Ye Nan joined Xu Heng and the Black Cloud Martial Arts Hall on their expedition into the Red Ox Mountain Catacombs, where he offered to handle the vicious beasts himself. He revealed a powerful aura and killed several first-tier beasts with one punch before a second-tier beast attacked him.

• Xu Heng arrived at the Black Cloud Martial Arts Hall and led Ye Nan and the others toward Red Ox Mountain.
• The group entered the Red Ox Mountain Catacombs and encountered first-tier and second-tier vicious beasts near the outskirts.
• Ye Nan told Xu Heng that he would eliminate the beasts, surprising Xu Heng and the Martial Artists.
• Ye Nan released a powerful aura, approached the beasts, and killed several first-tier vicious beasts with one punch.
• A low-level second-tier vicious beast leaped at Ye Nan.

Ye Nan stunned the Black Cloud Martial Arts Hall by killing ferocious beasts with ease, then led the attack when a beast tide appeared in the depths of the Red Ox Mountain Catacombs. He unleashed his powerful combat techniques and Azure Dragon Divine Body as Xu Heng’s group rushed to join the battle.

• Ye Nan killed a low-level second-tier ferocious beast with one punch and swiftly wiped out the other beasts nearby.
• Xu Heng admitted that the group had underestimated Ye Nan, and they continued clearing ferocious beasts as they traveled deeper into the catacombs.
• A beast tide gathered in the depths of the Red Ox Mountain Catacombs, and Xu Heng warned everyone to stay cautious.
• Ye Nan told Xu Heng he would make the first move, then used Sky-Shrouding Shadow Steps to charge into the beast tide.
• Ye Nan unleashed Star River Heavenly Shadow Fist and Heavenly Fire Dragon Palm, killing countless ferocious beasts and gaining combat power.
• Ye Nan activated Azure Dragon Divine Body, leaving Xu Heng and the Black Cloud Martial Arts Hall stunned; Xu Heng then urged his group to join the fight.

Ye Nan helped Xu Heng and the Black Cloud Martial Arts Hall clear the ferocious beasts from the Red Ox Mountain Catacombs, bringing his combat power to 320,000. He returned to the Genius Training Camp, where Qing Lingxue was astonished to hear the catacombs had already been cleared.

• Ye Nan and Xu Heng's group wiped out the beast tide in the deepest part of the Red Ox Mountain Catacombs, and Ye Nan's combat power reached 320,000.
• Xu Heng praised Ye Nan's strength, and the group swept the rest of the catacombs before leaving for Southeast City.
• Ye Nan declined to join the Black Cloud Martial Arts Hall and returned to the Genius Training Camp on East Mountain.
• Qing Lingxue asked Ye Nan why he had returned so quickly, and he told her that they had cleared the Red Ox Mountain Catacombs.
• Ye Nan went to strike the Blood Gang Stakes while Qing Lingxue wondered whether the catacombs had really been cleared.