Chapter Summaries

After waking in Jiangcheng Middle School’s West Town medicine garden, Ye Nan realized he had been sent there after accidentally kabedoning Wang Lingxi. The garden staff explained that a ferocious beast sighting had happened years ago, but roars and explosions from West Town soon signaled a new attack.

• Two medicine garden staff members gossiped about Ye Nan’s drunken kabedon of Wang Lingxi and speculated that she had spared him because of his looks or background.
• Ye Nan woke in a small house, remembered accidentally kabedoning Wang Lingxi, and worried that his school and family would punish him.
• Ye Nan confirmed with the staff that he was in West Town’s back mountain medicine garden and asked about the area’s past ferocious beast sighting.
• Roars, explosions, and screams came from West Town, and the staff told Ye Nan to hide and wait for backup.
• Ye Nan followed the two Junior Martial Apprentices as they ran to take shelter.

When two intermediate first-tier ferocious beasts attacked Ye Nan and the staff members at the medicinal herb garden, Ye Nan’s God-Level Comprehension system awakened and granted him the Azure Dragon Divine Body. He used its power to destroy both beasts, discovering strength approaching the Great Martial Master level.

• Ye Nan and two staff members hid in the back mountain medicinal herb garden as ferocious beasts attacked West Town and then approached them.
• Two intermediate first-tier ferocious beasts smashed into the building and lunged at Ye Nan, but an unseen resistance repelled them.
• The system announced that Ye Nan’s body had suffered massive damage and granted him sudden enlightenment of the Azure Dragon Divine Body.
• Ye Nan activated the Azure Dragon Divine Body, surrounded himself with a golden dragon, and struck the beasts with the Azure Dragon Divine Fist.
• Ye Nan blasted both ferocious beasts apart and sensed that his strength was approaching the Great Martial Master level.

After discovering that killing ferocious beasts increased his combat power, Ye Nan fought his way through West Town and rapidly grew stronger. He learned from the local martial artists that the beasts had emerged from an underground cavern entrance.

• Ye Nan realized his system rewarded him with combat power for killing ferocious beasts, pushing him to Junior Martial Apprentice and prompting him to seek more beasts in West Town.
• Ye Nan killed several first-tier low-level ferocious beasts in the herb garden and headed into the devastated town.
• Ye Nan destroyed dozens of beasts on a basketball court, raising his total combat power to 1,600.
• Ye Nan rescued several fleeing senior martial artists by killing their pursuers, bringing his combat power to 2,400 and shocking them with his strength and youth.
• Ye Nan asked where the ferocious beasts had come from, and one of the senior martial artists told him an underground cavern entrance had appeared nearby.

Ye Nan cleared fierce beasts from an apartment building in West Town, triggered God-Level Comprehension to learn the Mighty Bull Demon Fist, and advanced to Senior Martial Apprentice. He rescued a terrified young man and continued facing the danger in West Town.

• Ye Nan learned that a catacomb beneath West Town was likely the source of the fierce beasts and decided to clear the area without entering it.
• After killing several first-rank low-level fierce beasts in an apartment building, Ye Nan triggered God-Level Comprehension and learned the Mighty Bull Demon Fist.
• Ye Nan used the Mighty Bull Demon Fist to erase a first-rank high-level fierce beast, then hunted more beasts until his combat power reached 3,150 and he became a Senior Martial Apprentice.
• Ye Nan found a frightened young man calling A Zhen and promised he would not die just yet.
• Ye Nan killed a first-rank low-level fierce beast that threatened the young man, told him to hide, and gave his name as Ye Nan.

Ye Nan fought a swarm of ferocious beasts in West Town in front of Fu Yuncheng and two Jiangcheng Middle School teachers, revealing his powerful combat techniques. After killing the beasts, he reached 6,100 combat power and realized he had surpassed the Junior Martial Artist threshold.

• Wang Lingxi arrived in West Town and wondered whether the beasts would raise her combat power to 10,000.
• Ye Nan encountered Fu Yuncheng and two teachers while hunting ferocious beasts, and Fu Yuncheng told him to stay behind them.
• When numerous beasts surrounded the group, Ye Nan activated the Azure Dragon Divine Body and attacked them with his combat techniques.
• Ye Nan killed the beasts, including several low-level third-tier beasts, and gained nearly 3,000 combat power.
• Ye Nan checked his total of 6,100 combat power, while Fu Yuncheng and the teachers stared at him in shock.

After revealing his strength to Fu Yuncheng, Ye Nan entered the West Town grotto alone and encountered Wang Lingxi, whose body held the weakened soul Lu Lenglan. As he raced toward another fierce beast battle, he comprehended Flowing Light Shadow Steps and reached the grotto’s deepest area, where City Lord's Manor martial artists were fighting fierce beasts.

• Ye Nan asked Fu Yuncheng to keep his demonstrated strength quiet, declined to join the teachers, and followed them to the West Town grotto on his own.
• Ye Nan entered the grotto, killed its weak fierce beasts, and found Wang Lingxi fighting; he noticed the soul inside her but kept his discovery secret.
• Wang Lingxi spoke with Lu Lenglan, who wondered whether Ye Nan was the peerless powerhouse foretold by Heavenly Mandate Divination, while Wang Lingxi doubted it.
• Ye Nan continued killing fierce beasts until a distant roar drew him toward the grotto’s deeper battles.
• The system triggered Ye Nan’s god-tier comprehension, allowing him to learn Flowing Light Shadow Steps, and he reached the grotto’s deepest area, where City Lord's Manor martial artists were fighting.

Ye Nan reached 10,000 combat power after helping the City Lord's Mansion martial artists clear the West Town Catacombs, then returned to Jiangcheng Middle School. On the training grounds, he confronted his cousin Ye Tangxing, whose mocking ended when Ye Nan ordered him to get lost.

• Ye Nan used Flowing Light Shadow Steps to kill the ferocious beasts in the West Town Catacombs alongside the City Lord's Mansion martial artists, raising his combat power to 10,010 before leaving.
• Fu Yuncheng allowed Ye Nan to return to school and predicted that he would impress everyone in the college entrance exam.
• Ye Nan returned to Jiangcheng Middle School, where students discussed his punishment and his encounter with Wang Lingxi.
• Mao Qiang confirmed that Ye Nan had returned because the dean had told him to and urged him to train for the college entrance exam.
• Ye Nan went to the training grounds and considered practicing the Twelve Body Tempering Forms to trigger another epiphany.
• Ye Tangxing mocked Ye Nan over the Wang Lingxi incident and his return to school, but Ye Nan told him to get lost and confronted him with an icy gaze.

Ye Nan gained the Heavenly Dragon Body Tempering Art and trained until his combat power reached 12,150. After learning that Wu Chen planned to confront him over Wang Lingxi, Ye Nan went to find Wu Chen.

• Ye Nan intimidated Ye Tangxing, then performed the Twelve Body Tempering Forms and comprehended the Heavenly Dragon Body Tempering Art.
• Ye Nan secretly trained with the art on the mountain behind Jiangcheng Middle School for three days, raising his combat power to 12,150 before exhaustion forced him to rest.
• Lin Kang told Ye Nan that Wu Chen had emerged from seclusion and was likely to target him because of Wang Lingxi.
• Ye Nan dismissed his roommates' warnings and decided to confront Wu Chen rather than apologize or hide.
• Ye Tangxing told Ye Nan where Wu Chen was, and Ye Nan went to find him.

Ye Nan confronted Wu Chen over his pursuit of Wang Lingxi and challenged him to a fight. After Wu Chen’s punch failed to move him, Ye Nan knocked Wu Chen down and left him stunned by his strength.

• Ye Nan found Wu Chen beneath a red maple tree and asked whether Wu Chen had been looking for him.
• Wu Chen accused Ye Nan of making an improper move on Wang Lingxi and agreed to fight him in the combat room.
• Wu Chen punched Ye Nan, but Ye Nan stood unharmed and revealed that his defense far surpassed Wu Chen’s expectations.
• Ye Nan struck Wu Chen hard enough to send him crashing to the ground, then told him he would learn Ye Nan’s strength at the college entrance exam.
• Ye Nan asked Wu Chen to keep the fight secret so he could maintain a low profile, and Wu Chen agreed.

Wu Chen decided to befriend Ye Nan after losing to him, while Ye Nan trained until his combat power reached 17,267. When Wu Chen invited him to an alchemist’s lecture, Ye Nan agreed to go with him.

• Wu Chen chose not to use his family against Ye Nan and left the combat room resolved to get on Ye Nan’s good side.
• The students were surprised that Ye Nan emerged unharmed, and Wu Chen told them that he and Ye Nan had only chatted.
• Ye Nan trained for five days with the Heavenly Dragon Body Tempering Art, reached 17,267 combat power, and returned to the dormitory as classmates wondered if Wu Chen had killed him.
• Wu Chen blocked Ye Nan in the school square, where students, Ye Tangxing, and Wang Lingxi watched and speculated about his intentions.
• Wu Chen invited Ye Nan to an alchemist’s lecture the next day, and Ye Nan agreed to go with him.

Wu Chen invited Ye Nan to attend a practical alchemy lesson, leaving their classmates and Wang Lingxi puzzled by their sudden closeness. At the lesson, third-grade alchemist Wang Pei began demonstrating pill refining, and Ye Nan watched his cyan Medicinal Fire in anticipation of triggering God-Level Comprehension.

• Wu Chen invited Ye Nan to an alchemist's class, and Wang Lingxi approached Ye Nan after Wu Chen left.
• Ye Nan dismissed Wang Lingxi's concern about Wu Chen and later refused to explain their relationship to his curious dormmates.
• The next day, Wu Chen took Ye Nan to meet the visiting alchemist at Jiangcheng Middle School.
• Wang Pei introduced himself as a third-grade alchemist and explained the basics of Medicinal Fire and refining medicine.
• Wang Pei brought out medicinal ingredients and a medicine cauldron, then produced cyan Medicinal Fire as Ye Nan watched.

After gaining Super Alchemy Brain by watching Wang Pei refine a pill, Ye Nan bought a Medicinal Fire Pill and learned he needed to observe its refinement to derive the best medicinal flame. He headed to the Alchemist Alliance, where he found Wang Pei teaching novice alchemists.

• Ye Nan watched Wang Pei refine a Qi Solidifying Pill, and the system granted him Super Alchemy Brain.
• Ye Nan asked Wu Chen about Medicinal Fire Pills, then bought one at the pill market for 98,000.
• Ye Nan learned that observing the Medicinal Fire Pill’s refinement would improve its result and used Super Alchemy Brain to identify the Spirit Forging Pill as a suitable target.
• Ye Nan practiced the Heavenly Dragon Body Tempering Art, then went to the Alchemist Alliance the next day.
• Ye Nan followed several young people who were hurrying to Wang Pei’s lesson for novice alchemists.

Ye Nan used his top-grade medicinal flame and Super Alchemy Brain to refine a low-level grade-one Wild Rage Pill from ingredients meant for inferior pills. The Alchemist Alliance staff member watched in disbelief, leaving Ye Nan’s talent on the verge of attracting the Alliance’s attention.

• Wang Pei refined a low-level grade-one Blood Coagulation Pill while Ye Nan swallowed a Medicinal Fire Pill and developed a rich cyan medicinal flame.
• Ye Nan registered in the free alchemy room and used the Super Alchemy Brain to choose ingredients for a Wild Rage Pill.
• A staff member doubted Ye Nan’s mismatched ingredient choices but was stunned by his top-grade medicinal flame and precise fire control.
• Ye Nan quickly refined a pale black low-level grade-one pill, leaving the staff member unable to speak.

Ye Nan amazed the Alchemist Alliance staff and Wang Pei by refining a Wild Rage Pill from inferior ingredients. After learning Ye Nan was from Jiangcheng, Wang Pei gave him the ingredients for a Spirit Forging Pill, then realized Ye Nan attended Jiangcheng Middle School and decided to inform the alliance leader.

• Ye Nan gave the staff member the Wild Rage Pill he had refined from inferior ingredients, and the staff member took it to Wang Pei.
• Wang Pei was shocked by the pill and learned that Ye Nan had refined it in the free alchemy room using an exceptional medicinal flame and precise fire control.
• Wang Pei met Ye Nan and asked where he came from, and Ye Nan said he was from Jiangcheng and requested Spirit Forging Pill ingredients.
• Wang Pei recognized the ingredients Ye Nan listed and, suspecting Ye Nan might be able to refine a high-grade, grade-three Spirit Forging Pill, went to retrieve them.
• Ye Nan received the ingredients and left the Alchemist Alliance, while Wang Pei checked his registration and decided to tell the alliance leader that he was a Jiangcheng Middle School student.

Alliance leader Zhang Yueshan recognized Ye Nan as a remarkable alchemy talent after examining his Wild Rage Pill and planned to test his ability with a Blood Battle Pill. Ye Nan returned home with Spirit Forging Pill ingredients and asked his parents to use the family’s medicine cauldron.

• Wang Pei showed Zhang Yueshan the Wild Rage Pill Ye Nan had refined, and a pill-testing machine identified its recipe despite the substandard ingredients.
• Zhang Yueshan learned that Ye Nan was from Jiangcheng, under twenty, and had the best kind of alchemy flame, so he decided to invite him to refine a Blood Battle Pill.
• Wang Pei told Zhang Yueshan that Ye Nan was a student at Jiangcheng Middle School, and Zhang Yueshan said the Alchemist Alliance would nurture him.
• Ye Nan returned to the family residence with ingredients for a Spirit Forging Pill and passed Ye Tangxing, who mocked him after he walked away.
• Ye Nan asked his parents, Ye Yuancheng and Du Cuiping, to let him use the family’s medicine cauldron, and Du Cuiping asked why he needed it.

Ye Nan refined a Spirit Forging Pill and raised his combat power to 30,000, then agreed to defend Jiangcheng Middle School against Bai Feng in exchange for vicious beast blood. The school’s leaders were left surprised that Ye Nan was Fu Yuncheng’s chosen candidate.

• Ye Nan borrowed an ordinary medicine cauldron from Du Cuiping, refined a Spirit Forging Pill, and returned the cauldron shortly afterward.
• At the mountain behind the school, Ye Nan used God-Level Comprehension’s optimal method and the Heavenly Dragon Body Tempering Art to refine the pill, increasing his combat power to 30,000.
• Wang Mingguo, Lin Gui, and Fu Yuncheng discussed Bai Feng’s upcoming challenge and worried that no Jiangcheng Middle School student could defeat him.
• Fu Yuncheng asked Ye Nan to help the school, and Ye Nan agreed in exchange for vicious beast blood, requesting a secluded place for the fight.
• Fu Yuncheng told Wang Mingguo and Lin Gui that Ye Nan had agreed, leaving them stunned by his choice.

Second Middle School brought Bai Feng to challenge Jiangcheng Middle School, expecting an easy victory. Ye Nan defeated Bai Feng with one punch, leaving both schools' leadership stunned as Second Middle School departed in shame.

• Fu Yuncheng assured Wang Mingguo and Lin Gui that Ye Nan would show his strength when the time came.
• Zheng Tu and Second Middle School's staff arrived at Jiangcheng Middle School with Bai Feng, who had recently become a Senior Martial Apprentice.
• Zheng Tu mocked Jiangcheng Middle School for arranging the match in a combat room, and Ye Nan arrived to face Bai Feng.
• Bai Feng charged and punched Ye Nan, but Ye Nan struck back and sent him flying with one punch.
• Wang Mingguo asked Zheng Tu whether they still needed to move the match outside, and Zheng Tu left with Bai Feng and the Second Middle School staff.

After receiving ferocious beast blood as a reward for defeating Bai Feng, Ye Nan refined it while practicing Flowing Light Shadow Steps and raised his combat power to 58,000. Two days later, he had reached 60,000, and Wang Pei of the Alchemist Alliance arrived at Jiangcheng Middle School asking about him.

• Wang Mingguo gave Ye Nan the ferocious beast blood he had earned for defeating Bai Feng.
• Ye Nan followed the system's optimal refinement method, drinking the blood and running with Flowing Light Shadow Steps until he refined it and reached 58,000 combat power.
• Two students mistook Ye Nan, surrounded by golden light, for a bull demon and fled from the mountain behind the school.
• Over the next two days, rumors of a monster spread, while Ye Nan practiced the Heavenly Dragon Body Tempering Art elsewhere and increased his combat power to 60,000.
• Wang Pei, a third-grade alchemist of the Alchemist Alliance, asked Mao Qiang whether Ye Nan was in his class.

Wang Pei brought Ye Nan to the Jiang City Alchemist Alliance, where Zhang Yueshan asked him to refine a fifth-grade intermediate Blood Battle Pill. Ye Nan agreed to try in exchange for a reward, and Zhang Yueshan led him to an alchemy room to begin.

• Mao Qiang found Ye Nan in his dormitory and brought him to meet Wang Pei.
• Wang Pei asked Ye Nan to help the Alchemist Alliance refine a Blood Battle Pill for Wu Kun, promising him any reward the alliance could provide if he succeeded.
• Ye Nan agreed to attempt the refinement and traveled with Wang Pei to the Alchemist Alliance.
• Ye Nan met Alliance Leader Zhang Yueshan, who asked whether he was confident he could refine the pill; Ye Nan said he would try.
• Zhang Yueshan took Ye Nan to the alchemy room and told Wang Pei to bring the medicinal herbs.

Ye Nan refined a high-quality Blood Battle Pill with the Azure Dragon Cauldron, astonishing Zhang Yueshan and Wang Pei. He declined Zhang Yueshan’s offer to lead the Jiang City Alchemist Alliance and asked for a storage ring, which Zhang Yueshan gave him.

• Ye Nan chose the Azure Dragon Cauldron and declined Zhang Yueshan’s offer of the Blood Battle Pill formula.
• Ye Nan used his deep cyan medicinal flame and precise control to refine the Blood Battle Pill while Zhang Yueshan and Wang Pei watched in amazement.
• After about forty minutes, Ye Nan produced a Blood Battle Pill whose quality surpassed what Zhang Yueshan expected he could achieve.
• Zhang Yueshan offered Ye Nan the position of alliance leader, but Ye Nan declined because he planned to leave Jiangcheng.
• Ye Nan asked Zhang Yueshan for a storage ring, and Zhang Yueshan gave him a small box containing a purple ring.