Chapter Summaries

Yang Lie's group tracked down the Pengshan Brothers, a formidable quintuplet team carrying all five target beads, and began a battle with them. Garo struggled to overcome their coordination, while Yang Lie sent Pengshan Jin flying with a powerful strike.

• Yang Lie's group decided to keep moving through the area rather than try to organize or eliminate every nearby team.
• Shangguan Xuanhai spotted that one team had gathered all five target beads, and Yang Lie led the group toward them.
• Ye Kongyao identified the five youths as the Pengshan Brothers, whose giant bloodline and teamwork made them exceptionally strong.
• Garo attacked the brothers but was driven into the air by their coordinated Wolf Tooth Club strikes.
• Yang Lie struck Pengshan Jin with Azure Dragon выход из моря and sent him flying, prompting Ye Kongyao to wonder whether Yang Lie had dragon bloodline.

Yang Lie defeated the Pengshan Five Brothers and bought their five target beads with help from his allies. On the fifth day, his group discovered a team carrying twenty beads, and Yang Lie prepared to confront them for the valuable prize.

• Yang Lie defeated the Pengshan Five Brothers with his martial arts and movement technique, forcing Pengshan Jin to surrender their five target beads.
• Yang Lie offered to sell the beads, but the brothers could not afford them and surrendered; Chen Haoming, Garo, and Ye Kongyao bought all five.
• Yang Lie's group agreed to stay together and spent two days searching, defeating monsters and beadless examinee teams while seeking more targets.
• On the afternoon of the fifth day, Shangguan Xuanhai detected a team with twenty beads, and Chen Haoming warned that they might be dangerous.
• Yang Lie insisted they pursue the beads, and Ye Kongyao told him to handle the approaching team.

Yang Lie’s group faced the Bear King Team’s overwhelming snake-monster swarm during the Great College Entrance Examination. After Yang Lie charged toward the attackers, his allies weighed whether to follow him.

• Yang Lie spotted a giant eagle monster spying on him, but Qin Ta shot it down from below.
• Miao Duo’s consciousness was destroyed with the eagle, and Miao Lanfang summoned a vast army of snake monsters with the Flute Sound Snake Control Skill.
• Ye Kongyao identified the attackers as the Bear King Team and described its members’ abilities.
• Yang Lie rushed into the snake-monster swarm, while Garo hesitated and Zhao Meixian and Shangguan Xuanhai stayed back rather than risk becoming burdens.

Yang Lie fought through Miao Lanfang’s snake swarm and defeated Wan Man, then offered him a deal over the beads. Wan Man bought three beads and agreed to pay Yang Lie eight million Alliance Coin, but refused to travel with Yang Lie’s team.

• Yang Lie used Azure Dragon Grand Whirlpool to shred the attacking snake monsters, while Garo and Ye Kongyao recognized his extraordinary power and suspected he had a special dragon bloodline.
• Yang Lie spotted Wan Man, Miao Lanfang, and their companion behind the swarm, and Wan Man merged with his fourth-order bear spirit to confront him.
• Yang Lie knocked Wan Man back, then stopped his whirlpool before it pulled Miao Lanfang in and struck the Snake Flute from her hand.
• Yang Lie offered Wan Man a choice between surrendering beads and leaving the exam or buying beads and promising payment; Wan Man chose to buy three beads for eight million Alliance Coin.
• Wan Man handed Yang Lie seventeen beads but declined his offer to have their teams travel together.

Yang Lie’s group discovered a Moon Spirit Ancient Tree bearing nine precious flowers, and several teams converged on it. Wan Man’s team feared clashing with Yang Lie, but Wan Man chose to approach him and try to buy his way into the competition for the flowers.

• Wan Man and his companions left after Yang Lie agreed to accept eight million Alliance Coins for their beads and examination rights.
• Yang Lie’s group spent two days hunting monsters and fending off ambushes, then smelled a heavenly treasure on the seventh night.
• Moon Spirit Ancient Trees emerged across Planet Garden, and Yang Lie led his awakened companions toward the nearest one.
• Zhao Meixian explained that the tree’s nine flowers could greatly increase Life Essence, while Garo spotted approaching opponents on the group’s map.
• Wan Man recognized Yang Lie near the tree, sent Miao Duo and Miao Lanfang away with their beads, and used his Shadow Snake Beast Soul to approach in darkness.

Yang Lie, Qin Zihe, and Murong Xuantian converged on a Moon Spirit Ancient Tree bearing nine flowers, each demanding the flowers and challenging the others. Qin Zihe attacked Yang Lie first, and Yang Lie sent him flying with a powerful punch.

• Yang Lie spotted Qin Zihe and Wei Jilan approaching, while Ye Kongyao identified them as the two-person Spirit Spear Squad from Mu Hai Star.
• Murong Xuantian and Li Qingqing arrived, and Ye Kongyao identified them as members of the Sword Soul Squad from Jin Dou Star, which held forty beads.
• Murong Xuantian proposed that three teams each take three Moon Spirit Flowers and work together against the coming beast tide.
• Qin Zihe claimed all nine flowers, and Yang Lie declared that he wanted the flowers and the other teams' beads.
• Ye Kongyao said she would cheer for Yang Lie, while Zhao Meixian chose to watch from a distance with her group.
• Qin Zihe rejected Yang Lie's suggestion that they join forces against Murong Xuantian and attacked; Yang Lie countered with Azure Dragon выходит из моря and knocked Qin Zihe dozens of meters away.

Yang Lie defeated Qin Zihe, Murong Xuantian, and Li Qingqing after they joined forces against him, then demanded their beads and payment to let them leave. Qin Zihe accepted a loan from Ye Kongyao to cover the payment, leaving the group to settle the terms of their defeat.

• Yang Lie battled Qin Zihe and held his own against the lightning-powered Thunder Spear Technique.
• Murong Xuantian and Li Qingqing joined Qin Zihe, but Yang Lie sent Li Qingqing and Murong Xuantian crashing into trees and defeated Qin Zihe as well.
• Yang Lie offered Qin Zihe and Murong Xuantian a choice between surrendering their beads and being eliminated or paying him five million Alliance Coins.
• Murong Xuantian handed over his beads and promised ten million Alliance Coins, while Qin Zihe gave up his beads and said he had no money.
• Ye Kongyao offered Qin Zihe a loan at twenty percent annual interest, and Qin Zihe accepted so he could pursue admission to a Super First-Rate University.

Yang Lie sold beads and Moon Spirit Flowers to the other examinees before a small beast tide arrived. He killed the peak fourth-tier Eagle Dragon Beast alone, leaving the group facing the remaining flying monsters.

• Yang Lie sold beads to Murong Xuantian and Qin Zihe, who also bought Moon Spirit Flowers on credit, while Garo and Ye Kongyao bought the rest.
• Qin Zihe spotted a swarm of flying monsters converging on the Moon Spirit Flowers, led by a peak fourth-tier Eagle Dragon Beast.
• Garo offered to help Yang Lie fight the Eagle Dragon Beast in exchange for a cheaper Moon Spirit Flower, but Yang Lie refused and went to face it alone.
• Yang Lie evaded the beast's attacks, kicked it from the sky, and repeatedly smashed it against the ground until it died.

Yang Lie claimed the Moon Spirit Flowers, defeated Wan Man’s ambush, and watched a peak Fourth Order Red-haired Giant Ape kill a white tiger monster. The ape then turned its attention to the assembled candidates, who realized they were facing a creature they could not match.

• Yang Lie killed the Third Order flying monsters with Azure Dragon Grand Whirlpool and claimed all nine Moon Spirit Flowers.
• Wan Man attacked Yang Lie from the shadows, but Yang Lie evaded him and struck him down.
• Yang Lie forced Wan Man to agree to pay five million Alliance Coins for violating their agreement.
• A white tiger monster and a Red-haired Giant Ape appeared, and the ape killed the tiger after surviving its Wind Blade.
• The Red-haired Giant Ape turned toward the candidates, prompting Garo, Qin Zihe, Murong Xuantian, Li Qingqing, and the others to retreat in fear.

Yang Lie fought the Red-haired Giant Ape, whose strength initially sent him crashing through trees, but he used his speed and martial arts to cripple and kill it. Afterward, the forest beasts fled, and Yang Lie climbed onto the Moon Spirit Ancient Tree.

• The Red-haired Giant Ape struck Yang Lie with a powerful kick, sending him through four trees, while Garo and the examiners feared he had been defeated.
• Yang Lie increased his strength to eighty percent, evaded the ape’s attacks, and tore apart the tendons in its legs with Azure Dragon Rending the Sky.
• The Red-haired Giant Ape fell to its knees, and Yang Lie destroyed its abdomen and crushed its head, killing it.
• Yang Lie regretted that he could not store the ape’s corpse in his Small World, then leaped onto a branch of the Moon Spirit Ancient Tree.
• The forest beasts fled from Yang Lie, while poisonous insects swarmed the Red-haired Giant Ape’s and the white tiger monster’s corpses.

Yang Lie’s group harvested Moon Spirit Flowers, then spent the remaining days of the first round hunting for beads. On the final day, Zhao Shanlin’s team and 139 other students demanded their beads, and Yang Lie and Garo refused, leaving a large battle about to begin.

• Yang Lie distributed the nine Moon Spirit Flowers, selling one each to Zhao Meixian and Shangguan Xuanhai before the group left the area.
• Yang Lie’s group hunted monsters, defeated more than a dozen teams, and sold five beads over the next few days.
• On the final day, Shangguan Xuanhai spotted a team with many beads, and Yang Lie led his group toward them before detecting an ambush.
• Zhao Shanlin introduced himself as captain of Bota Star’s Shanlin Team and demanded that Yang Lie, Chen Haoming, and Garo surrender their beads for distribution among the 139 gathered students.
• Yang Lie refused to hand over his beads, and Garo agreed, asking whether the captured beads would be distributed according to contribution.

Yang Lie and his allies fought Zhao Shanlin’s group of more than a hundred examinees, with Yang Lie breaking through their illusions and overpowering their fighters. The battle ended with Zhao Shanlin fleeing and his assembled force scattering.

• Yang Lie, Garo, Ye Kongyao, Chen Haoming, and their allies agreed to fight Zhao Shanlin’s group and divide the beads according to their contributions.
• Zhao Shanlin’s fighters attacked Yang Lie with arrows, needles, illusions, and powder, but Yang Lie’s Azure Dragon Fist Intent broke the illusion interfering with his senses.
• Yang Lie used the Heavenly Dragon Elusive Step and Azure Dragon Fist Technique to defeat numerous examinees, while Ye Kongyao ordered the archers to fire and the other allies attacked Zhao Shanlin’s forces.
• Garo fought through the battlefield with Yuwendu guarding him, while Zhao Meixian and Shangguan Xuanhai attacked the fighters on the edge of Zhao Shanlin’s formation.
• Zhao Shanlin and four teammates fled, causing the examinees he had gathered to turn on one another or escape; arrows then struck two members of Zhao Shanlin’s team.

Yang Lie defeated Zhao Shanlin, collected beads, and sold some to his allies before the first round of the Great College Entrance Examination ended. Two days later, the surviving examinees were sent to Garden City for the second-round arena battles.

• Yang Lie defeated Zhao Shanlin and two of his fighters, then accepted Zhao's promise to pay five million Alliance Coins and bought ten beads from Yang Lie.
• Ye Kongyao divided the group's beads according to each member's contribution, and Yang Lie offered Zhao Meixian and Shangguan Xuanhai additional beads at a discount.
• Yang Lie refused Ye Kongyao's request for a lower price, then sold her thirty beads and Garo fifteen beads at two million Alliance Coins each.
• The first round ended at five in the afternoon, and staff escorted Yang Lie's group from the Great Forest to a hotel.
• Two days later, the examinees who had passed the first round were sent to Garden City for the second-round arena battles.

Yang Lie easily won both of his second-round matches and watched recordings of other leading candidates to assess their abilities. The competition continued, with Shangguan Xuanhai advancing after a difficult fight and several other strong contestants winning as well.

• Yang Lie defeated Tian Lin in seconds after using the Heavenly Dragon Elusive Step, and she admitted defeat.
• Zhao Hongye and Li Shan watched Yang Lie and Shangguan Xuanhai win, regretting that they had not paid to enter the second round.
• Yang Lie checked the results and found that Garo, Yuwendu, Ye Kongyao, Han Yingxiu, Wan Man, Qin Zihe, Murong Xuantian, Zhao Meixian, and Shangguan Xuanhai had advanced, while the Chen Family Three Brothers were eliminated.
• Yang Lie watched recordings of Ye Kongyao and Jiang Yang, then observed other powerful candidates defeat their opponents with ease.
• The next day, Yang Lie won again, Shangguan Xuanhai advanced after a hard-fought match, and the other contestants also progressed.

On the fourth day of the Great College Entrance Examination, Yang Lie faced Davos Celu, a formidable swordsman whose divine secret art enhanced his combat abilities. Yang Lie’s attacks forced Davos back, but Davos stubbornly endured as the spectators watched.

• Yang Lie entered Arena No. 6 to fight Davos Celu, whose previous opponents had each fallen to a single sword strike.
• Davos explained that his Knight’s Oath and Restraint secret art strengthened him when he upheld honesty and justice, and that its Mind’s Eye let him track Yang Lie’s movements.
• Yang Lie tested Davos’s swordsmanship with the Heavenly Dragon Elusive Step, then realized Davos could stay silent rather than answer questions that might reveal the art’s cost.
• Yang Lie unleashed Azure Dragon выхода из моря and shattered Davos’s sword light, blasting Davos backward.
• Yang Lie pressed his attack, but Davos repeatedly met his fists with his greatsword and stubbornly withstood the blows as the spectators praised both fighters.

Yang Lie defeated Davos and Yun Liufeng, advancing into the top 124 of the Great College Entrance Examination and moving within one win of the Golden List. Afterward, he watched other contestants’ battles and assessed Ye Kongyao’s exceptional movement technique and Jiang Yang’s dominance.

• Yang Lie defeated Davos with an eighty-percent-strength Azure Dragon Fist strike, knocking him out of the arena.
• Yang Lie defeated Yun Liufeng after breaking through his layered sword-light defense, advancing into the top 124.
• Yang Lie returned to his hotel and watched battle streams, seeing Garo, Qin Zihe, and other experts lose while Zhao Meixian and Ye Kongyao won.
• Yang Lie watched Ye Kongyao defeat a spear-wielding opponent with her strange movement technique and a single sword strike.
• Yang Lie watched Jiang Yang crush his opponents and continue his run as the leading champion prospect.

Yang Lie defeated Zheng Yan by breaking through his Black Tortoise True Skill and secured a place on the Golden List. After recovering, Yang Lie entered the arena for his next match against Zhao Meixian.

• Yang Lie fought Zheng Yan, whose Black Tortoise True Skill formed a rock armor linked to the earth and absorbed most of Yang Lie’s attacks.
• Yang Lie injured Zheng Yan with an eighty-percent-power Azure Dragon Sky-Piercing Strike, but Zheng Yan quickly repaired his armor.
• Yang Lie shattered Zheng Yan’s armor with a ninety-percent-power strike and blasted him out of the arena, earning a place on the Golden List.
• Wu Cong celebrated Yang Lie’s success while Zhou Jipeng grimly watched, having lost his bet after Garo’s early elimination.
• Yang Lie recovered in the lounge, then returned that afternoon to face Zhao Meixian as spectators discussed Konghe Star’s unexpected Golden List examinees.

Yang Lie defeated Zhao Meixian and advanced to the top thirty-two, then faced Zi Yanran, whose Three Talents Secret Void Eyes let her see about three seconds into the future. The chapter ended with Zi Yanran asking whether Yang Lie would concede.

• Yang Lie shattered Zhao Meixian's icy sword attacks and forced her to concede.
• Yang Lie returned to his hotel and reviewed recordings of the other competitors' battles.
• Yang Lie began his match against Zi Yanran, whose eyes changed as she activated a secret technique.
• Zi Yanran used Breeze Formless Slash to strike Yang Lie's shoulder, but his skin repelled her sword.
• Spectators identified Zi Yanran's Three Talents Secret Void Eyes and said it could see three seconds ahead.
• Zi Yanran pointed her sword at Yang Lie and asked whether he would concede.

Yang Lie defeated Zi Yanran, whose Three Talents Secret Void Eyes let her foresee his attacks, then advanced to the top eight after Yin Tugu conceded. As the remaining competitors prepared for the quarterfinals, admissions directors discussed recruiting Yang Lie and the advantages and costs of the extraordinary paths.

• Yang Lie overcame Zi Yanran’s predictions with his superior strength and knocked her out of the arena, winning their match.
• The referee declared Yang Lie the winner, and Zi Yanran left the arena after giving him an unwilling look.
• Yang Lie rested and reviewed recordings of his remaining opponents while the examination schedule slowed to one match per day.
• Yin Tugu conceded to Yang Lie because injuries from his previous match had not healed, sending Yang Lie into the top eight.
• At Arena No. 1, admissions directors Liu Zhenxin and Che Mingche discussed recruiting Yang Lie, while Li Xuanzhen presided over the examination.

Yang Lie and Ye Kongyao faced off in the Great College Entrance Examination, with Ye Kongyao trying to buy his surrender before launching a battle of speed and illusions. Yang Lie broke through her illusions with his martial will, but Ye Kongyao continued to evade his attacks and strike his nearly impenetrable body, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Yang Lie and Ye Kongyao entered the arena, where Ye Kongyao offered him increasing sums of money to concede, but he refused.
• Ye Kongyao attacked with Fallen Divine Butterfly Dance, and Yang Lie countered with Heavenly Dragon Elusive Step and Azure Dragon Exits the Sea.
• Ye Kongyao activated her bloodline power and used illusions and Divine Butterfly Thrust, while Yang Lie's martial intuition struggled to identify her real position.
• Yang Lie resisted Ye Kongyao's illusions with Azure Dragon Martial Intent and landed an apparent decisive punch, but struck an illusion.
• Ye Kongyao appeared behind Yang Lie and pierced his back only slightly; Yang Lie counterattacked, and the battle continued.