Chapter Summaries

After securing investment for their competition victory, Yang Lie strengthened himself by consuming a ferocious beast fruit and began cultivating high-grade spirit rice in his Small World. When school resumed, he asked to learn the Heaven-Grade Azure Dragon Fist, but his teacher explained that he first needed to advance through lower-tier martial skills.

• Zhao Meixian offered Yang Lie nine same-species third-order high-grade snake-type ferocious beast corpses and 30 million, while Fang Lingxiu chose money; both signed contracts that would waive their debts if they reached Golden Core Realm as students.
• Qian Xiner invited Yang Lie to celebrate his competition victory with the Qian Family, and he later swallowed a Three Ring Golden Pattern Ferocious Snake Fruit that greatly strengthened him.
• Yang Lie evolved a Pure White Pearl Rice seed into a High-Grade Pure White Pearl Rice Seed and planted it in his Small World, spending ten spirit stones to accelerate its growth.
• Zhao Meixian sent Yang Lie a third-order high-grade Black Shadow Ferocious Snake, which he buried in his Small World to cultivate Ferocious Snake Fruits.
• At school, Yang Lie asked Teacher He to teach him the Azure Dragon Fist, but He Qing told him to demonstrate the Dragon Snake Stance Method and Snake Fist and explained that he had to progress through lower-tier martial skills first.

Yang Lie proved he could endure the Azure Dragon breathing method long enough for He Qing to teach him the Earth Grade Flood Dragon Fist, which he quickly mastered while advancing to the third level of the Essence Solidification Realm. He then asked to learn External Training Martial Arts, and He Qing explained that doing so alongside Flood Dragon Fist would require more expensive, energy-rich food or pills.

• Yang Lie activated the Azure Dragon Fist breathing method but stopped after one minute when his blood and qi overwhelmed him.
• He Qing praised Yang Lie's endurance and taught him Flood Dragon Fist, while Nangong Minghai and the other students reacted with surprise.
• Yang Lie quickly mastered Flood Dragon Fist and naturally advanced to the third level of the Essence Solidification Realm.
• He Qing suspected Yang Lie had awakened a dragon-serpent bloodline, and Nangong Minghai worried that Yang Lie's place as second in the grade was now secure.
• Yang Lie asked He Qing to teach him a powerful External Training Martial Art, and He Qing warned that practicing both arts required richer food or stronger pills.

Yang Lie began cultivating Vajra Skill and, with Qian Ming’s help, entered Beihe Base City’s underground fighting arena to train through combat. He accepted a match against an Essence Solidification Realm second-layer boxer, while his opponent was warned not to kill or seriously injure him.

• He Qing taught Yang Lie and the gathered students the Earth Grade Vajra Skill, and Yang Lie’s first cultivation round left him intensely hungry.
• Qian Ming and Fang Li welcomed Yang Lie and Qian Xiner home, and Qian Ming agreed to provide Yang Lie with better food and training resources.
• Qian Ming took Yang Lie to the black market, revealed that he held a stake in its shops, and proposed underground fights to improve Yang Lie’s Vajra Skill and combat experience.
• Yang Lie agreed to fight for prize money, put on a Black Flood Dragon mask, and was introduced to Hong Ya and Red Stone at the arena.
• Qian Ming ordered Hong Ya to arrange an Essence Solidification Realm second-layer opponent for Yang Lie, while the opponent, Muscle Bomb, was told not to kill or seriously injure him.

Yang Lie fought Muscle Bomb in an underground arena and won after enduring his attacks and strengthening his Vajra Skill. After collecting his prize, Yang Lie asked Red Stone about Golden Dragon and requested a shopping catalog.

• Muscle Bomb learned that he was expected to fight Yang Lie hard, despite being unable to kill or seriously injure him, and accepted the doubled fees and prize money.
• The host introduced Yang Lie, under the name Black Flood Dragon, and Muscle Bomb as Essence Solidification Realm Second Layer fighters, and the crowd placed bets.
• Muscle Bomb attacked Yang Lie with Ape Demon Herculean Fist, while Yang Lie used Vajra Skill to withstand the blows and broke through a bottleneck.
• Yang Lie struck Muscle Bomb once, making him surrender, and the host declared Yang Lie the winner.
• Red Stone gave Yang Lie his appearance fee and prize money, told him Golden Dragon had left and set a one-million spending limit, then handed him a shopping catalog.

Yang Lie cultivated the Black Shadow Ferocious Snake Fruit and advanced to the eighth layer of the Essence Solidification Realm while continuing his studies and training. He attended Wei Xinlan’s birthday banquet with Qian Xiner, where Zou Qi asked which of their classmates he liked, but Yang Lie said he only wanted to enter a Super First-Rate University.

• Yang Lie browsed the black market for martial arts and supplies, then continued cultivating while planting an acre of High-Grade Spirit Rice.
• Yang Lie swallowed a Black Shadow Ferocious Snake Fruit, gained its power, and broke through to the eighth layer of the Essence Solidification Realm.
• Wei Xinlan invited Yang Lie to her birthday banquet, and he agreed after Zou Qi pointed out that the whole class was invited.
• Yang Lie and Qian Xiner attended Wei Xinlan’s birthday banquet, where Wei Xinlan and Qian Xiner joined the other girls while Yang Lie stayed near Qian Xiner.
• Zou Qi asked Yang Lie which girl he liked, and Yang Lie replied that he only wanted to get into a Super First-Rate University.

Wei Xinlan poisoned the students at her birthday party and revealed her plot with Jiang Ye, but Yang Lie resisted the sleeping pills and fought back. After killing Wei Xinlan, Yang Lie pursued Jiang Ye and was injured by his blood-powered claw attack, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Wei Xinlan used a cracked crystal necklace to release pink gas at Han Hongmei and Zhou Qiuju, then the poisoned cake knocked the students unconscious.
• Yang Lie resisted the sleeping pills and attacked Wei Xinlan, while Jiang Ye emerged and struck him with a saber.
• Four armed men fired at Yang Lie, but his Vajra Force blocked their bullets, and he killed Wei Xinlan with a punch.
• Fang Lingxiu held off the four attackers as Yang Lie chased Jiang Ye.
• Jiang Ye used Blood Claw Skull Pierce on Yang Lie, drawing blood from his face, but Yang Lie counterattacked with Flood Dragon Breaks the Sky.

Yang Lie and Fang Lingxiu defeated the vampires who attacked the birthday party, but a Public Security Bureau squad arrived and accused them of being Blood Clan agents. Yang Lie exposed Luo Xiangkong as a traitor and fought him, while another officer attacked.

• Yang Lie killed Jiang Ye, then confirmed Qian Xiner was unconscious and learned from Fang Lingxiu that the dead attackers were vampires controlled by their masters.
• Yang Lie searched the bodies and found a Blood Clan Holy Page in a golden box.
• Luo Xiangkong arrived with the Eleventh Great Squad, attacked Yang Lie, and ordered his officers to shoot Yang Lie and Fang Lingxiu as alleged Blood Clan agents.
• Yang Lie survived Luo Xiangkong's Flashbang and saber attack, then struck Luo Xiangkong hard enough to break several bones.
• A female officer shouted for Luo Xiangkong and slashed at Yang Lie with her saber.

Yang Lie killed Luo Xiangkong and the Eleventh Great Squad after they attacked him, then learned they served the Deputy City Lord rather than Qian Ming. He gained a Tier 3 Blood Clan Fruit’s power and remained at the Wei Family Villa as Wang Zhen’s officers arrived.

• Yang Lie killed Xin Xin, Luo Xiangkong, and the Eleventh Great Squad members who attacked him.
• Yang Lie called Qian Ming, who confirmed Luo Xiangkong worked for the Deputy City Lord and told Yang Lie to protect Xin'er and wait for help.
• Yang Lie entered the Small World, exchanged two Evil God Forbidden Objects and spirit stones for a Tier 3 Blood Clan Fruit, and consumed it to strengthen himself.
• Yang Lie reunited with Fang Lingxiu, and Wang Zhen arrived with the Ninth Great Squad to rescue students and search the Wei Family Villa for evidence.

City Lord Luo Heng revealed that he had colluded with the Ferocious Beastmen and killed Tian Fei and Zhao He. After detecting the attack on Zhao He, Qian Ming prepared to respond by entering the Azure Dragon Type 5 Battle Armor.

• Qian Ming accused Tian Fei of colluding with the Blood Clan, and Luo Heng temporarily suspended Tian Fei while arranging an investigation.
• Qian Ming told Liu Feifan that Tian Fei was probably framed, then ordered squad captains close to Luo Xiangkong reassigned to the archives.
• Luo Heng tricked Tian Fei with a Blood Clan Holy Page, immobilized him, and had Ying Kuang tear out his heart and behead him.
• Luo Heng and Ying Kuang ambushed Zhao He and killed him, then decided to act before Qian Ming became suspicious.
• Qian Ming detected a brief Golden Core Realm battle at Zhao He's manor and entered the mecha warehouse to prepare the Azure Dragon Type 5 Battle Armor.

After communications across Beihe Base City were destroyed and the Public Security Headquarters exploded, Yang Lie learned the city was in crisis and began gathering valuable resources before fleeing inland. He raided the beast meat cold storage facilities, where Huo Bin’s squad attacked him on orders to secure the stores for City Lord Luo Heng.

• Qian Ming entered the hangar, sensed danger, and tried to retreat before the Azure Dragon Type 5 Battle Armor facility exploded.
• A man in black ordered the destruction of Base City communication stations, cutting off communications across the city.
• Yang Lie found Qian Xiner’s note warning him to escape inland, then rode to the beast meat freezing plant to collect resources.
• Yang Lie broke into the cold storage facilities and stored Ferocious Beast Meat and intact beast corpses in his Small World.
• Huo Bin ordered his ten soldiers to shoot Yang Lie, but their bullets bounced off his Vajra Skill defenses.

Yang Lie killed Huo Bin and the Internal Affairs Department elites at the frozen food factory, then tried to flee south from Beihe Base City. After learning the southern gate was sealed, he joined Zhao Meixian and her bodyguards to escape northeast and resolved to learn a lightness skill.

• Huo Bin blinded Yang Lie with a Flashbang and attacked, but Yang Lie endured his saber strike, killed him, and wiped out the remaining Internal Affairs Department elites.
• Yang Lie concluded that the City Lord's side was likely involved in the crisis, stored the corpses and equipment in his Small World, and took three superalloy off-road vehicles before setting off south on his bicycle.
• Yang Lie found the roads blocked by fleeing crowds, then met Zhao Meixian, who told him the southern gate was sealed and proposed they travel northeast.
• Yang Lie joined Zhao Meixian, Zhou Qiuju, and Han Hongmei, and the group fought off giant wolves near the city wall.
• Zhao Meixian and her bodyguards used lightness skills to cross the wall, while Yang Lie jumped heavily over it and decided he needed to learn a lightness skill.

Yang Lie and Zhao Meixian’s group fought their way through the Ferocious Beast Forest, but a sniper attack and Zhou Qiuju’s sudden betrayal left Zhao Meixian under threat. Han Hongmei hesitated after Zhou Qiuju claimed the Zhao Family Head had ordered the attack.

• Yang Lie blinded eighteen Giant Strength Black-Haired Ferocious Apes with a flashbang and killed them while Zhao Meixian, Han Hongmei, and Zhou Qiuju fought alongside him.
• Yang Lie stayed behind to collect the ape corpses, stored them in his Small World, and later caught up with the three women using his enhanced sense of smell.
• Yang Lie and the three women traveled through the jungle, killing weaker ferocious beasts and collecting their corpses as they went.
• The next afternoon, a sniper round struck Yang Lie in the head, while Zhao Meixian’s energy shield deflected three shots aimed at her.
• Zhou Qiuju attacked Zhao Meixian and said the Zhao Family Head had ordered her to kill her; Han Hongmei hesitated, torn between Zhao Meixian and her loyalty to the Zhao Family Head.

Yang Lie joined Zhao Meixian against Zhou Qiuju and the Mountain Ridge Five Ghosts, killing Zhou Qiuju and one of the bandits. He was left facing the four remaining Ghosts as they attacked him together.

• Zhao Meixian identified Zhou Qiuju as acting on another woman's orders and called on Yang Lie to help her fight the Mountain Ridge Five Ghosts in exchange for two complete Third-Order Serpent Ferocious Beast corpses.
• Yang Lie agreed to Zhao Meixian's offer, but He Shan initially ordered him to leave until Zhou Qiuju warned that they could not let him escape.
• Yang Lie used a Flashbang to blind everyone, then killed Zhou Qiuju with a single punch.
• He Shan and the other Ghosts launched coordinated attacks, but Yang Lie charged through them and killed Mountain Ridge Five Ghosts with one blow.
• Mountain Ridge Second Ghost hooked at Yang Lie while He Shan, the spear wielder, and the swordsman attacked him again.

Yang Lie and Zhao Meixian defeated the Mountain Ridge Five Ghosts and their snipers, then agreed to travel to the Tailing Yun Family. After leaving Han Hongmei behind, they camped in the forest, where a sinister floating ghost appeared before them.

• Yang Lie and Zhao Meixian killed the Mountain Ridge Five Ghosts, and Yang Lie tracked down and killed their three fleeing snipers.
• Han Hongmei refused Zhao Meixian’s request to pledge loyalty to her, then departed after promising to keep the encounter secret.
• Zhao Meixian told Yang Lie she was heading to the Tailing Yun Family, and Yang Lie agreed to escort her in exchange for settling their investment contract.
• Yang Lie gathered the bodies and the Mad Ape Staff Technique manual, then caught up with Zhao Meixian and continued through the forest.
• At their nighttime camp, Zhao Meixian recoiled from a pale, floating woman’s ghost, which stared at her and Yang Lie with malice.

Yang Lie and Zhao Meixian fought a bizarre ghost in the forest, and Yang Lie survived its attack with Zhao Meixian’s help. After healing, they followed a strange fragrance to a Dragon Scale Fruit Tree, where Zhao Meixian identified its three fruits as ten-year varieties.

• Yang Lie and Zhao Meixian saw a floating woman’s face, and Yang Lie lit a campfire while preparing to defend them.
• Yang Lie sensed the ghost approaching and attacked it, but it pierced his body and seized his heart.
• Zhao Meixian struck the ghost with the Ice Flood Dragon Palm Technique, allowing Yang Lie to keep attacking until it vanished.
• Yang Lie collapsed with a wounded heart, then took healing pills while Zhao Meixian offered him a Cloud Plum Spirit Pill.
• Yang Lie smelled a strange fragrance that Zhao Meixian could not detect, and they followed it through the forest together.
• Yang Lie and Zhao Meixian found a Dragon Scale Fruit Tree bearing three ten-year Dragon Scale Fruits.

Yang Lie secretly moved the Dragon Scale Fruit Tree into his Small World and discovered how to make it produce rare fruits. Three days later, he and Zhao Meixian reached Tai Ling Base City, where she killed the assassin sent after her by transforming into the Ice Blue Evil Dragon.

• Yang Lie and Zhao Meixian agreed to split the three Dragon Scale Fruits, and Yang Lie secretly uprooted the tree and replanted it in his Small World.
• Yang Lie used a spirit stone to heal the Dragon Scale Fruit Tree and learned it could produce Hundred-Year and Thousand-Year Dragon Scale Fruits using snake-type Extraordinary Creature corpses.
• Yang Lie returned to Zhao Meixian, and the two traveled through the forest for three days until they reached Tai Ling Base City.
• Wei Duoxin appeared and revealed that Zhao Meixian's stepmother had hired him to abduct and dishonor her.
• Zhao Meixian equipped the Ice Blue Evil Dragon and killed Wei Duoxin with a beam of blue light.

Yang Lie treated Zhao Meixian’s depleted Life Essence with a rare spiritual medicine after she exhausted herself using Tier 5 Implant Armor. After nine days, Zhao Meixian recovered, and she warned Yang Lie to keep the medicine’s secret safe.

• Zhao Meixian explained that activating her Tier 5 Implant Armor without a Life Crystal consumed her Life Essence and jeopardized her chance of entering a top university.
• Yang Lie offered to treat Zhao Meixian in exchange for beast corpses and spirit stones, and she accepted his terms.
• Yang Lie carried Zhao Meixian to a hidden cave and gave her a bottle of spiritual medicine made from a Ferocious Snake Fruit.
• Yang Lie prepared one bottle of medicine each day for nine days, restoring Zhao Meixian’s Life Essence and her glossy black hair.
• Zhao Meixian warned Yang Lie that revealing his rare Life Essence-restoring medicine could put him in danger.

Yang Lie arrived at Tai Ling Base City with Zhao Meixian, who arranged a manor, beast corpses, and a school transfer for him. After Zhao Meixian left, Yang Lie entered the Small World to accelerate his cultivation and prepare to consume the Thousand-Year Dragon Scale Fruit.

• Uncle He tried to take Zhao Meixian back to the Zhao Family, but she confronted him over her father's inaction and transformed into the Ice Blue Evil Dragon, prompting him to step aside.
• Uncle Zou welcomed Zhao Meixian and Yang Lie, then assigned Wang Xi to look after Yang Lie at a Yun Family guest manor.
• Yang Lie cultivated at the manor for three days before Zhao Meixian delivered a Silver Tai Tan Giant Python corpse and a Flesh Essence Extractor.
• Zhao Meixian told Yang Lie that his school transfer was complete and gave him the manor; Yang Lie asked to live without servants, and she agreed to dismiss them.
• Yang Lie checked the manor for surveillance, buried the python corpse in the Small World's Spirit Land, and used ten spirit stones to accelerate cultivation.

Yang Lie reunited with Qian Ming by video call, transferred into Tailing No. 1 High School with Zhao Meixian, and rejected Yun Haoran’s offer to become his retainer. After harvesting his first crop of High-Grade Spirit Rice in the Small World, Yang Lie shared a meal of it and fifth-grade Ferocious Beast Meat with Zhao Meixian.

• Yang Lie learned from Qian Ming that Aunt Fang and Xin'er were safe, while Qian Ming warned him not to get involved in the conflict in Shengyang City.
• Yang Lie and Zhao Meixian joined the key class at Tailing No. 1 High School and sat together as desk mates.
• Yun Haoran offered Yang Lie a retainer position, but Yang Lie pointed out Zhao Meixian’s four-billion-resource investment, and Zhao Meixian said Yang Lie was her friend, not her retainer.
• Yang Lie settled into studying and training with his new classmates and learned that Yun Rou, Luo Changxin, and Zhang Shixin were prominent school geniuses.
• Yang Lie harvested High-Grade Spirit Rice in the Small World, expending a tenth of his true qi and mental strength in the process.
• Zhao Meixian arrived with food, then eagerly ate Yang Lie’s High-Grade Spirit Rice and fifth-grade Ferocious Beast Meat with him.

After learning why his High-Grade Spirit Rice was valuable, Yang Lie advanced to the Hundred Refinements Realm and tested his Skin Refining Stage. He reached Bronze Grade and proved close to Silver Grade, while Zhao Meixian explained what the higher standards required.

• Zhao Meixian warned Yang Lie to keep his High-Grade Spirit Rice and fifth-rank Ferocious Beast Meat secret, explaining their rarity and value.
• Yang Lie felt ready to advance, practiced the Flood Dragon Fist, and broke through to the Hundred Refinements Realm.
• Zhao Meixian explained the six Skin Refining Stage grades and their importance for future martial dao cultivation.
• Yang Lie's left palm withstood 5.58-millimeter pistol and 12.7-millimeter heavy rifle fire, reaching Iron and Bronze Grade.
• Yang Lie tested a single 20-millimeter autocannon shell, which wounded his left hand and showed his Skin Refining Stage was between Bronze and Silver Grade.
• Zhao Meixian praised Yang Lie's progress and explained that Gold Grade required withstanding a 25-millimeter armor-piercing round, while Jade Grade required enduring a 10-millimeter Gauss Rifle.