Chapter Summaries

Yang Lie consumed a thousand-year Dragon Scale Fruit in the Small World, then discovered a rat-headed cult performing a sacrifice in an abandoned building. He recognized Yun Rou among the captives and prepared to fight the cultists.

• Yang Lie bargained with Zhao Meixian for rare beast materials and spirit stones in exchange for medicine, while arranging for her to find martial arts instructors.
• Yang Lie left Zhao Meixian's villa and hid in an abandoned building in a city slum.
• Yang Lie picked and ate a thousand-year Dragon Scale Fruit, enduring its effects as it strengthened his body.
• Yang Lie heard a cult praying to the Lord of Rats and found nine robed cultists holding three women captive, including Yun Rou.
• Rats alerted the cultists to Yang Lie's presence, and he faced the armed group, confident he could defeat them.

Yang Lie killed the Rat God Sect Master and rescued Yun Rou and two other women. Afterward, he found two Forbidden Treasures and realized they were affecting his thoughts, so he stored them in his Small World.

• Yang Lie killed the eight Rat God Sect disciples and destroyed the swarming rats with the Flood Dragon Great Whirlpool.
• The Rat God Sect Master attacked Yang Lie with the Spirit Rat Fist, but Yang Lie overpowered him with Flood Dragon Treading Waves.
• The Rat God Sect Master used a bracelet to transform and regenerate, but Yang Lie battered him until his Evil God Power ran out and he died.
• Yang Lie freed Yun Rou and the other two women, then told Yun Rou to take them downstairs.
• Yang Lie found the Rat Control Ring and a rune-engraved bracelet, sensed their corrupting influence, and stored them in his Small World.

Yang Lie consumed three Swarm Rat Fruits and earned the Yun Family’s gratitude after saving Yun Rou, then began training in the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Skill under Huo Lei. He condensed the Heavenly Dragon’s Roar almost immediately, shocking his instructor.

• Yang Lie swallowed three Swarm Rat Fruits, strengthening his Life Essence and expanding his Small World’s Spirit Land.
• Yun Rou admitted that she had ditched her bodyguards, and Yun Haoran arrived with the Yun Family to bring her home and thank Yang Lie for saving her.
• Zhao Meixian visited Yang Lie, confirmed that she had prepared the main ingredients for his spirit herbs, and told him she had found a private tutor.
• Huo Lei warned Yang Lie that the Heaven-Grade Heavenly Dragon Vajra Skill was dangerous for someone of his cultivation level, then taught him how to condense the Heavenly Dragon’s Roar.
• Yang Lie quickly produced the Heavenly Dragon’s Roar, and Huo Lei was stunned by his talent as the sound began tempering Yang Lie’s body.

Yang Lie mastered the Heavenly Dragon's Roar and began learning the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Skill, while Huo Lei offered to mentor him in exchange for future help. After months of training and preparing spiritual medicine for Zhao Meixian, Yang Lie consumed his ninth Fourth Order Silver Tai Tan Python fruit and neared the Life Essence needed to cultivate the Azure Dragon Fist.

• Yang Lie mastered the Heavenly Dragon's Roar, impressing Huo Lei, who taught him the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Skill through the Golden Core Realm and asked for a future favor in return.
• Yang Lie agreed to Huo Lei's request, and Huo Lei offered to help him with his cultivation whenever needed.
• Yun Rou greeted Yang Lie at school, and Yun Haoran explained that Yang Lie had saved her from the Rat God Sect.
• Yang Lie continued training and preparing spiritual medicine for Zhao Meixian, who paid him extra to refine another batch using different Ferocious Beast corpses.
• Over three months, Yang Lie cultivated Fourth Order Ferocious Beast Fruit in his Small World and consumed his ninth Silver Tai Tan Python fruit, bringing him close to cultivating the Azure Dragon Fist.

Yang Lie mastered the Azure Dragon Breathing Method and began cultivating the Heaven-Grade Azure Dragon Fist with Fang He's instruction. After placing third in the final examinations, he declined Yun Haoran's invitation to hunt in the Ferocious Beast Forest and warned him about its dangers.

• After consuming the Life Essence of two fourth-rank serpentine beasts, Yang Lie found he could cultivate the Azure Dragon Fist and resolved to keep strengthening his foundation.
• Fang He taught Yang Lie the Azure Dragon Breathing Method and Azure Dragon Fist, and Yang Lie quickly mastered both.
• Yang Lie continued cultivating the Azure Dragon Fist and thousand-year Dragon Scale Fruits to improve his strength and aptitude.
• Yang Lie placed third in his school's final examinations, behind Yun Haoran and Zhao Meixian.
• Yun Haoran invited Yang Lie to join a summer hunt in the Ferocious Beast Forest, but Yang Lie refused and warned the group about the dangers there.

Yang Lie reached the jade level of Skin Refining and advanced into Bone Refinement while avoiding the turmoil surrounding Yun Haoran’s death. After months of secluded cultivation, he discovered the wanted Luo Changxin hiding in his manor and demanded to know why he had come.

• Yang Lie used a thousand-year-old Dragon Scale Fruit and the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Skill to reach the jade level of Skin Refining, then advanced to Bone Refinement with the Azure Dragon Fist.
• Zhao Meixian told Yang Lie that an evil spirit had killed Yun Haoran and Zhang Shixin, while Luo Changxin escaped and became wanted across Konghe Star.
• Yang Lie realized that Yun Haoran’s mother, Shangguan Hong, was hunting Luo Changxin and warned Zhao Meixian that he would avoid getting involved.
• Yang Lie stayed in the manor through the holiday and later limited his movements to school and home while continuing to cultivate.
• After three months of training, Yang Lie sensed someone in the manor’s Martial Arts Practice Field and confronted Luo Changxin, accusing him of bringing danger to his home.

Yang Lie fought Luo Changxin, who used the dark jade pendant to become an evil spirit, and destroyed him with Azure Dragon martial intent. Afterward, Yang Lie realized he had condensed martial intent ahead of the usual stage, giving him a way to resist evil ghosts.

• Luo Changxin asked Yang Lie for shelter, then admitted he had intended to harm him and drew black aura from his jade pendant.
• Yang Lie kicked Luo Changxin’s body apart, but Luo Changxin’s spirit emerged and attacked his heart.
• Yang Lie evaded Luo Changxin’s claws and fought back with the Azure Dragon Fist while keeping the spirit away from his vital points.
• Luo Changxin’s ghostly howl briefly muddled Yang Lie, but Yang Lie’s jade-like defense blocked the claw aimed at his heart.
• Yang Lie shattered Luo Changxin’s body and destroyed his spirit with Azure Dragon martial intent.
• Yang Lie realized he had condensed martial intent early and considered how it would help him fight evil ghosts.

After killing Luo Changxin, Yang Lie claimed his Evil Ghost Jade Pendant and advanced his cultivation, but the Evil Ghost Sect sent three assassins to retrieve the pendant and kill him. Their night raid triggered an alarm, leaving Yang Lie waiting in the dark as Wei Dalei entered his room.

• Yang Lie took Luo Changxin's Evil Ghost Jade Pendant, which expanded his Small World's Spirit Land and produced three Nether Ghost Fruits.
• Yang Lie asked Zhao Meixian to claim the bounty on Luo Changxin's corpse, while the Evil Ghost Sect ordered Wei Dalei, Hao Ziyu, and Hu Zhe to retrieve the pendant and kill Yang Lie if possible.
• Seven days later, Yang Lie completed Jade Bone and advanced to the Marrow Refinement Realm.
• Wei Dalei, Hao Ziyu, and Hu Zhe arrived at Yang Lie's estate at night, but Wei Dalei triggered the home's alarm while picking the master bedroom lock.
• Yang Lie found his phone signal jammed, assessed the threat, and hid in the dark as Wei Dalei kicked down his bedroom door.

Yang Lie killed three Ghost Jade-wielding intruders, prompting a crackdown on underground forces while the surviving Ordinary Ghost Elder escaped. Six months later, Yang Lie had advanced his martial arts and learned a Heaven-Grade lightness skill, and he agreed to team up with Zhao Meixian for the upcoming mock college entrance examination.

• Yang Lie killed Wei Dalei, Hao Ziyu, and Hu Zhe, then took their Ghost Jades and gained a Fourth Order Nether Ghost Fruit from breaking them down in his Small World.
• Yang Lie gave the intruders' corpses to Zhao Meixian, leading the Tailing City Security Department to intensify its searches, while Ordinary Ghost Elder chose to hide after learning of Yang Lie's strength.
• Over the next six months, Yang Lie gained the Life Essence of six Fourth Order Ferocious Beasts, reached the sixth level of the Hundred Refinements Realm, and learned Heavenly Dragon Elusive Step.
• Yang Lie demonstrated that Heavenly Dragon Elusive Step let him walk through the air, and he told Zhao Meixian he expected to earn full marks in the cultural subjects.
• Zhao Meixian proposed that she and Yang Lie team up for the first half of the mock college entrance examination, and Yang Lie agreed.

Yang Lie passed the mock college entrance examination’s combat test and traveled with other elite students to Striving City for the Red Maple Great Forest trial. As teams formed, Yun Rou asked to join Yang Lie and Zhao Meixian, and Yang Lie left the decision to Zhao Meixian.

• Yang Lie easily passed his academic exams and defeated the seventh-level Essence Solidification Realm examination robot with one palm strike.
• Twenty-seven students from Tailing No. 1 High School passed the robot test and qualified for the next stage.
• Yang Lie and the other elite students traveled to Striving City, where Lin Yu explained the Red Maple Great Forest team trial and its scoring rules.
• Zhao Meixian invited Yang Lie to team up with her, and Yang Lie agreed.
• Yun Rou asked to join their team, and Yang Lie told her she needed Zhao Meixian’s approval as well as his own.

Yang Lie, Zhao Meixian, and Yun Rou entered the Great Forest, where Yang Lie killed a snake and a swarm of Poison Locust Bees before the group faced a pack of wolves. As Zhao Meixian and Yun Rou fought the wolves, an enemy archer targeted Yun Rou, and Yang Lie deflected the arrow.

• Yun Rou joined Zhao Meixian and Yang Lie’s team, and they traveled to the Great Forest entrance.
• Yang Lie led the group through the trees and killed a second-tier snake that attacked him.
• Yang Lie destroyed a swarm of Poison Locust Bees with the Azure Dragon Grand Whirlpool, then asked Zhao Meixian to prepare the snake for lunch.
• Yang Lie spotted a pack of Black Fur Vicious Wolves, and Zhao Meixian and Yun Rou moved to fight them.
• An enemy shot an arrow at Yun Rou, and Yang Lie appeared before her and knocked it aside.

Yang Lie protected Yun Rou, defeated Chen Xiang’s team, and drew the attention of exam scouts with his Heaven-Grade martial art. After his party advanced into the Great Forest, he confronted a group of Earth Mountain Apes and killed their strongest leader with one blow.

• Yang Lie stopped an archer from striking Yun Rou, then defeated Chen Xiang and three teammates with Azure Dragon Grand Whirlpool and forced the fifth attacker to surrender.
• Yang Lie’s group wiped out the wolf pack and continued deeper into the Great Forest after recovering their strength.
• Liu Long’s team saw Yang Lie, Zhao Meixian, and Yun Rou approach a group of Earth Mountain Apes and worried that they were acting recklessly.
• Yang Lie told Mei Xian to stay alert, then struck the strongest Earth Mountain Ape through the heart with Azure Dragon 出海.

Yang Lie, Zhao Meixian, and Yun Rou collected the three target pearls while Yang Lie defeated rival students who had been watching them. As the trio headed for the central arena, Shangguan Xuanhai was approached by Li Wanlie with an offer to team up and eliminate other students.

• Yang Lie killed the Earth Mountain Apes and found a target pearl in their nest while Liu Long and his team fled.
• Yang Lie found another pearl in a cave guarded by bears, then eliminated Nan Xin and two other girls who had been spying on the group.
• Yang Lie and Zhao Meixian rested overnight, searched another cave, and collected their third pearl before setting out for the central arena with Yun Rou.
• A day later, Shangguan Xuanhai deflected three arrows near the central arena, and Li Wanlie invited him to join forces against other students.

Yang Lie defeated Li Wanlie’s group of more than thirty students with Azure Dragon Grand Whirlpool, revealing his mastery of the Heaven-Grade Azure Dragon Fist. His points rose to the top of the rankings, and he continued through the forest to take down three hidden archers.

• Li Wanlie’s group fled from Shangguan Xuanhai, then regrouped and ambushed Liu Long’s five-person team.
• Yang Lie arrived, knocked out one attacker, and defeated Wang Fang’s five-person team with Azure Dragon Grand Whirlpool.
• Liu Long agreed to join forces with Li Wanlie against Yang Lie, then fled with her team rather than risk being eliminated.
• Yang Lie unleashed Azure Dragon Grand Whirlpool against the attackers and disqualified them, sending his points to the top of the rankings.
• Yang Lie used Heavenly Dragon Elusive Step to pursue and defeat three archers hiding in the forest.

Yang Lie reached the central plaza and challenged Konghe Star’s leading geniuses after defeating Li Shan. He began a fierce battle with Shangguan Xuanhai on the Number One arena, and the fight was still underway.

• Yang Lie, Yun Rou, and Zhao Meixian arrived at the central plaza, where Shangguan Xuanhai and three other renowned geniuses were present.
• Li Shan demanded the group’s beads, but Yang Lie used the Heavenly Dragon Elusive Step to strike him from behind and eliminate him from the examination.
• Shangguan Xuanhai introduced himself and challenged Yang Lie to fight on the Number One arena, and Yang Lie accepted.
• Shangguan Xuanhai and Yang Lie exchanged attacks, each forcing the other back more than ten steps.
• Shangguan Xuanhai attacked with the Mountain Severing Saber Technique while Yang Lie fought back with the Azure Dragon Fist Technique.

Yang Lie defeated Shangguan Xuanhai in a fierce arena match, while Zhao Meixian decisively beat Zhao Hongye and chose the second-place arena instead of challenging Yang Lie. After an hour, Wang Haolei challenged the exhausted Yang Lie for first place, and their fight began.

• Yang Lie and Shangguan Xuanhai traded powerful attacks until both were badly injured, but Yang Lie managed to stand and shattered Shangguan Xuanhai's wristwatch, eliminating him.
• Zhao Hongye challenged Zhao Meixian, who defeated her with a single strike and eliminated her.
• Zhao Meixian claimed the second-place arena rather than challenge Yang Lie for first place, while Yun Rou took the fifth-place arena.
• After an hour, Wang Haolei challenged Yang Lie, hoping to take advantage of his injuries.
• Yang Lie rushed at Wang Haolei with Heavenly Dragon Elusive Step as Wang Haolei defended with Storm Sword.

Yang Lie won first place in the mock college entrance exam and received offers from investors and Konghe University. He and Zhao Meixian remained set on aiming for one of the Four Super First-Rate Universities.

• Yang Lie dodged Wang Haolei's sword attacks and knocked him out of the arena with one palm.
• The mock college entrance exam ended, and Zhou Cong announced Yang Lie as first place and Zhao Meixian as second; the top one hundred students qualified for the entrance exam class.
• Investors and reporters surrounded Yang Lie, but he told Zhao Meixian he would reject their offers because their demands were too costly.
• Yang Lie explained that he had held back against Shangguan Xuanhai to avoid trouble, but defeated Wang Haolei easily so others would accept him as the rightful first-place winner.
• Guo Jun offered Yang Lie and Zhao Meixian special admission to Konghe University, but both said they aimed to enter one of the Four Super First-Rate Universities.

Wu Cong introduced Class 1 to the Gravity Cultivation Room and guided its strongest students through training. After class, he offered to teach Yang Lie the Azure Dragon Roar to improve his chances of entering one of the Four Super First-Rate Universities, and Yang Lie accepted.

• Wu Cong introduced himself as Class 1's homeroom teacher, Human Alliance guardian, and martial arts instructor.
• Wu Cong led the class into the Gravity Cultivation Room and explained its adjustable gravity and training rules.
• At ten times gravity, Yang Lie, Zhao Meixian, Shangguan Xuanhai, Wang Haolei, Li Shan, and Zhao Hongye remained in the room and practiced their martial arts under Wu Cong's guidance.
• After dismissing the class, Wu Cong asked Yang Lie whether he knew the Azure Dragon Roar and explained its uses and demanding requirements.
• Yang Lie asked Wu Cong to teach him the Azure Dragon Roar.

Yang Lie learned Azure Dragon Roar, then recruited Shangguan Xuanhai onto his team by charging him 10,000 spirit stones, which he used to expand his Small World's spirit farmland. Meanwhile, Ordinary Ghost Elder tried to enlist Wang Haolei against Yang Lie, but Wang refused to take part in an attack.

• Wu Cong taught Yang Lie Azure Dragon Roar, and Yang Lie mastered its basic use in a day before practicing its transformations under Wu Cong's guidance.
• Shangguan Xuanhai challenged Yang Lie, who demanded 1,000 spirit stones for a fight and offered team spots for the preliminary exam at 10,000 spirit stones each.
• Zhao Hongye said the team fee was too expensive, while Shangguan Xuanhai agreed to pay because he wanted to team up with Yang Lie.
• Three days later, Shangguan Xuanhai delivered 10,000 spirit stones to Yang Lie, who used them to create another acre of Spirit Land in his Small World.
• Ordinary Ghost Elder asked Wang Haolei to help deal with Yang Lie, but Wang refused to attack him and left the coffee shop.

Ordinary Ghost Elder possessed Wang Haolei after killing Uncle He, then used him to provoke a clash with Yang Lie. Yang Lie struck Wang Haolei in self-defense and went to tell Teacher Wu, while Wang Haolei fled in rage.

• Ordinary Ghost Elder's human skin subdued Uncle He, while his transparent figure possessed Wang Haolei and announced plans to provoke a conflict between the Wang Family and the Human Alliance.
• The next day, Wang Haolei invited Yang Lie to KTV, then attacked him when Yang Lie declined.
• Yang Lie blocked Wang Haolei's attack and slapped him, prompting Wang Haolei to flee and threaten revenge.
• Zhao Hongye told Yang Lie that Wang Haolei's outburst was abnormal, and Yang Lie went to Wu Cong's office to discuss the incident.