Arc 2Northern Cang to Freshman Challenge

Liu Bai passed the Northern Azure Spirit Academy’s assessment, defeated Zhou Fan, and entered the academy as a powerful new student. After reaching the Heaven Fusion Realm, he united the freshmen to challenge the seniors for control of the Divine Soul Ranking, and his team won the five-on-five match.

  • Liu Bai traveled to the Northern Cang Realm, where applicants had to cross the realm and earn a qualifying mark, and he defeated Zhou Ze before reaching Fourth Grade.
  • Liu Bai joined An Ran in stealing the Northern Nether Golden Patterned Eagle’s core from Zhou Fan, then helped her claim the eagle and later advanced by refining the Earth Spirit Stone Python’s core.
  • Liu Bai and Su Xuan’s group killed the Snow Demon Beast, and Liu Bai defeated Zhou Fan by trapping his Heavenly Profound Golden Scale Beast in a Third-Grade Spirit Array.
  • Li Xuantong summoned Northern Cang Hall, and Liu Bai won the challenge tournament and entered Northern Azure Spirit Academy with eight thousand Spirit Value.
  • Liu Bai took first place on the Divine Soul Ranking after one day at the academy, bought new arts and manuals, and broke through to the Heaven Fusion Realm.
  • After defeating an Iron Cavalry Society member, Liu Bai invited Li Xuantong, Crane Demon, and other freshman leaders to unite and reclaim the Divine Soul Ranking from older students.
  • Liu Bai challenged the seniors who had lost their top-ten places to a five-on-five match, and he defeated Huo Yun using his fifth Senluo Death Seal and the Hundred Spirit Sword Array.
  • Li Xuantong and Shen Cangsheng won their fights, giving the freshmen the victories needed to win the match, while Crane Demon knocked his opponent unconscious.
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Ch. 26Northern Cang Realm

After recovering from the killing intent he had developed while hunting the Blood Wolf Bandits, Liu Bai left Willow Manor to begin the Northern Azure Spirit Academy’s entrance assessment. He arrived at the Northern Cang Realm and found himself stronger than anyone else on his platform, while wondering what exceptional new students awaited him.

  • Liu Bai recognized that killing the Blood Wolf Bandits had made him violent, then calmed his hostility through several days of cultivation and declined the girl Liu Qingtian had sent to him.
  • Liu Bai bid farewell to his family and friends at Willow Manor before traveling through the Teleportation Array to Northern Spirit City.
  • Mr. Lin explained that the six candidates still had to pass the Five Great Academies’ separate assessments, and the candidates entered their assigned arrays.
  • Liu Bai entered the array for the Northern Azure Spirit Academy after Liu Mubai and Hong Ling wished him well.
  • Liu Bai arrived at an assessment platform in the Northern Cang Realm and realized he was the strongest cultivator among the nearly thousand people gathered there.

Ch. 27Money Really Is Amazing

Liu Bai and the other applicants learned the Northern Azure Spirit Academy’s trial rules in the Northern Cang Realm, where they had to raise their marks to at least Fourth Grade to qualify. After the trial began, a Brocade Youth gathered the five other Seed Quota holders and demanded their marks, revealing a powerful Middle-Grade Spirit Sword.

  • An elderly monitor explained that applicants had to cross the Northern Cang Realm and reach Northern Cang Hall, while the stele graded them according to their quotas.
  • The monitor said applicants below Fourth Grade would be eliminated, but they could raise their marks by collecting spiritual energy or seizing it from other students.
  • Liu Bai and five others received Third-Grade marks, drawing attention and inviting other applicants to target them.
  • A Brocade Youth gathered the six Seed Quota holders and demanded that they hand over their marks.
  • The Brocade Youth produced a wind-attributed Middle-Grade Spirit Sword, startling the group with his powerful weapon.

Ch. 28Bear-Slaying Maiden

Liu Bai defeated Zhou Ze and took his mark, earning a Fourth-Grade Mark before exploring the Northern Cang Realm and hunting Spirit Beasts. After killing an Ironclad Rhino, he heard a roar in the distance, where a girl in black stood atop a slain Purple Striped Black Bear.

  • Chu Yi revealed his Human Vein, but Zhou Ze used his Earth Vein and Spirit Sword to defeat Chu Yi and four other students and steal their marks.
  • Zhou Ze challenged Liu Bai for his mark, but Liu Bai blocked his attacks, struck him down, and absorbed his mark to reach Fourth Grade.
  • Liu Bai traveled through the ancient forest, collected Spirit Materials, and killed an Ironclad Rhino with his Star Shattering Fist.
  • Liu Bai heard a tremendous roar, and the scene shifted to a mountain where a girl in black stood atop a dead Purple Striped Black Bear.

Ch. 29Li Jing

Liu Bai met Li Jing in the forest, strengthened his arrays and physique, and then spotted three Divine Soul Realm cultivators hunting someone with a horde of Spirit Beasts. He watched as the injured Red-dressed Girl turned the Golden Flame Lion King’s attack into an opening and pierced its heart.

  • Liu Bai encountered Li Jing, who explained that at least four King Title Holders had chosen Northern Azure Spirit Academy, then parted ways with him.
  • Liu Bai spent Experience Points to improve three Spirit Arrays and advance the Ice Muscle Jade Bone Art, strengthening his physique and raising his Spirit Veins awakening points by fifty.
  • A nearby roar drew Liu Bai to a battle where three Divine Soul Realm cultivators were pursuing someone amid a Spirit Beast horde.
  • Liu Bai saw the Red-dressed Girl fight a pack of golden lion beasts and suffer a direct hit from the Golden Flame Lion King’s Lion King Roar.
  • The Red-dressed Girl used the injury as a feint, then struck the Golden Flame Lion King’s exposed heart with her Spirit Breaking Spear.

Ch. 30Elimination

Liu Bai intervened when Fan Xiu and the Zhou Gang pursued an injured red-dressed girl, using a spirit array to defeat them and seize their marks. After Fan Xiu tried to attack him and surrendered, Liu Bai forced him to destroy his mark, just as an imposing newcomer arrived.

  • The red-dressed girl defeated the Golden Flame Lion King, but Fan Xiu and two Zhou Gang members cornered her and demanded her Spirit Jade Fruits and mark.
  • Liu Bai set up the Five Wheel Sky Splitting Array and used its golden Light Wheels to injure Fan Xiu's two companions and force Fan Xiu to surrender.
  • Liu Bai demanded all three marks, but Fan Xiu attacked him and was badly injured when Liu Bai met his punch head-on.
  • Liu Bai threatened Fan Xiu, took his Level Five mark, and made him destroy the mark on his forehead.
  • An imposing newcomer landed before Liu Bai and the others.

Ch. 31Northern Nether Golden Patterned Eagle

Liu Bai learned that Zhou Fan’s faction was hunting An Ran to keep her from revealing the Northern Nether Golden Patterned Eagle’s location, then agreed to help her claim its Spirit Beast Core in exchange for the location of another Heavenly Beast. The pair reached the snowy mountains where the eagle nested, knowing Zhou Fan and his men might already be attacking it.

  • An Inspector took Fan Xiu away after he destroyed his mark, and Liu Bai explained the assessment’s elimination rules to An Ran.
  • Liu Bai forced the two injured youths to reveal that Zhou Fan founded Zhou Gang and was targeting the Northern Nether Golden Patterned Eagle to prevent An Ran from sharing its whereabouts.
  • An Ran offered to tell Liu Bai where another powerful Heavenly Beast lived if he helped her obtain the eagle’s Spirit Beast Core, and Liu Bai agreed.
  • Liu Bai recognized An Ran as a figure from the original story, and she led him toward the eagle’s nest in the snowy mountains.
  • An Ran told Liu Bai that the eagle had only developed its second layer of golden feathers and was at the peak of the Heaven Fusion Realm Early Stage.

Ch. 32Zhou Fan

Liu Bai and An Ran stole the Northern Nether Golden Patterned Eagle’s Spirit Beast Core after Zhou Fan’s forces defeated it, then escaped amid a destructive array blast. Liu Bai recovered in a distant cave, but An Ran had not arrived, and an icy presence was approaching.

  • Zhou Fan used a Spirit Breaking Bead to wound the Northern Nether Golden Patterned Eagle, then struck it down with his Thunderclap God-Shattering Spear.
  • Liu Bai and An Ran launched a surprise attack with the Five Wheel Sky Splitting Array while Zhou Fan’s forces were distracted, and An Ran took the Eagle’s Spirit Beast Core.
  • Liu Bai advanced the Mountain God Art to the fourth layer and self-destructed the array to escape Zhou Gang’s attacks, while Zhou Fan vowed revenge.
  • Liu Bai reached a cave several dozen miles away and healed his injuries, but An Ran failed to meet him at the agreed place.
  • Liu Bai sensed a surge of icy power rapidly approaching the cave.

Ch. 33Mystic Jade Marrow Hand

Liu Bai took the Northern Nether Golden Patterned Eagle core from An Ran, gained a Level Seven Mark, and waited while she fused with it and advanced to the Divine Soul Realm Middle Stage. As they set out for the Underground Cave, news spread of Zhou Fan’s defeat, while Li Xuantong demonstrated his strength by killing a Rock Desolate Savage Bear with the Mystic Jade Marrow Hand.

  • Liu Bai used his jade-like power to drive the core’s chill from his body and held it while An Ran thawed her hands overnight.
  • Liu Bai absorbed the core’s energy and raised his Mark to Level Seven, then explored the forms of his Mountain God Art and Divine Soul during An Ran’s three-day fusion.
  • An Ran completed the fusion, advanced to the Divine Soul Realm Middle Stage, and set out with Liu Bai toward the Underground Cave.
  • News spread across the Northern Cang Realm that Zhou Fan’s group had lost the Northern Nether Golden Patterned Eagle core to a mysterious Spirit Array Master.
  • In the northwestern inner region, Li Xuantong killed the wounded Rock Desolate Savage Bear with his Mystic Jade Marrow Hand as his followers celebrated.

Ch. 34Array Diagram

Liu Bai explored a trading ground with An Ran and obtained a damaged Third-Grade Spirit Array from Li Jing in exchange for agreeing to help her kill a Heaven Tier Spirit Beast. After restoring and mastering the array, Liu Bai and An Ran set out for the Underground Cave to face a dangerous Spirit Beast.

  • An Ran explained how the basin served as a trading hub, and Liu Bai searched its stalls for a powerful array diagram.
  • Liu Bai called out for a Second-Grade array diagram, and Li Jing offered him a damaged Third-Grade Demon Vine Strangling Array in exchange for his help killing a Heaven Tier Spirit Beast three days later.
  • Liu Bai used Experience Points to restore the array and improve his array mastery, then agreed with An Ran to leave for the Underground Cave the next morning.
  • Liu Bai and An Ran reached the desert canyon entrance and sensed a terrifying presence within the cave.
  • Liu Bai and An Ran entered the cave, where darkness and a cold, fishy stench suggested a serpent-type Spirit Beast lived inside.

Ch. 35Earth Spirit Stone Python

Liu Bai and An Ran fought the Earth Spirit Stone Python beneath the Underground Cave, using spirit arrays and An Ran’s Northern Nether Golden Patterned Eagle to wear it down. After An Ran killed the python, Liu Bai asked her to absorb its spiritual energy while he recovered and prepared to fuse with its core.

  • Liu Bai began setting up a spirit array while An Ran attacked the Earth Spirit Stone Python and drew its attention.
  • An Ran summoned the Northern Nether Golden Patterned Eagle as Liu Bai trapped the python with the Demon Vine Strangling Array.
  • An Ran’s Frozen Wings struck the python’s vital point, but she fell as the Ice Eagle dissipated, and Liu Bai pulled her to safety.
  • The Earth Spirit Stone Python recovered and struck Liu Bai, shattering his Mountain God Art defense and leaving him badly injured.
  • After half a day of fighting, An Ran recovered and killed the weakened python with a Wave Cutting Slash.
  • Liu Bai asked An Ran to absorb the python’s spiritual energy while he recovered and prepared to fuse with its core.

Ch. 36Fusion of a Spirit Beast Core

Liu Bai absorbed and refined the Earth Spirit Stone Python’s core, advancing to the Divine Soul Realm Late Stage and strengthening his earth-element spiritual energy. After returning to camp, he learned that Zhou Fan had reached the Heaven Fusion Realm and that Li Xuantong was the Spirit Crown Holder.

  • Liu Bai suppressed the Earth Spirit Stone Python’s remaining consciousness and spent four hours erasing it, discovering that his soul power rivaled the Heaven Fusion Realm.
  • The python’s purified core strengthened Liu Bai’s earth-element spiritual energy, and after a day of refinement he advanced to the Divine Soul Realm Late Stage.
  • Liu Bai upgraded the Blazing Sun Art and two spiritual arts, stored the python’s corpse, and told An Ran to stay at camp and focus on cultivation.
  • Liu Bai and An Ran returned to camp, where An Ran remained behind while Liu Bai went to the trading area to seek useful items.
  • Liu Bai heard that Zhou Fan had absorbed an Ice Profound Spirit Flood Dragon core and reached the Heaven Fusion Realm.
  • Liu Bai also learned that Li Xuantong, an old acquaintance from the original story, had appeared as the Spirit Crown Holder.

Ch. 37Gathering

Liu Bai joined Li Jing, Su Xuan, Su Ling'er, Guo Xiong, and two other cultivators on a mission to hunt a powerful Snow Demon Beast in Ice Valley. After the beast ambushed them, Liu Bai restrained it with the Demon Vine Strangling Array, creating an opening for the group as Su Xuan prepared to strike.

  • Li Jing introduced Liu Bai to Su Xuan, Su Ling'er, Guo Xiong, and the two other members of their hunting party, then led them toward Ice Valley.
  • The group reached Ice Valley and heard the Snow Demon Beast roar from within the blizzard.
  • Li Jing assigned Liu Bai to restrain the beast with an array, while she and the others distracted it and Su Xuan prepared the final attack.
  • The Snow Demon Beast emerged in a giant tornado and struck the group, but they scattered and counterattacked.
  • Li Jing wounded the Snow Demon Beast and drew its attention while Liu Bai used the Demon Vine Strangling Array to bind it.
  • The group attacked the restrained Snow Demon Beast as Su Xuan completed her preparations.

Ch. 38Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road

Liu Bai and Su Xuan’s group killed the Snow Demon Beast, but Zhou Fan arrived afterward and confronted Liu Bai over their earlier clash. Liu Bai faced Zhou Fan in a direct fight, and the chapter ended as he unleashed the Great Sun Sea Burning Palm.

  • Su Xuan used her Sea Spirit Merman power to grievously wound the Snow Demon Beast, and Liu Bai killed it with the Five Wheel Sky Splitting Array.
  • Liu Bai’s group divided the Snow Demon Beast’s remains, and Su Xuan raised her mark to the eighth level by absorbing its core.
  • Su Xuan learned that Zhou Fan and Zhou Gang had entered the ice valley, and the two groups met after the battlefield had been cleared.
  • Zhou Fan recognized Liu Bai and challenged him, while Liu Bai stepped forward to face him despite the difference in their cultivation realms.
  • Zhou Fan sent Liu Bai flying with a punch, and Liu Bai retaliated by unleashing the Great Sun Sea Burning Palm.

Ch. 39Battle with Zhou Fan

Liu Bai fought Zhou Fan, who had reached the Heaven Fusion Realm and gained the powerful Heavenly Profound Golden Scale Beast, trading attacks with him while secretly preparing a Third-Grade Spirit Array. The chapter ended as Liu Bai’s completed Demon Vine Strangling Array enclosed the battlefield and Zhou Fan unleashed his Spirit Beast’s full power.

  • Zhou Fan split Liu Bai’s blazing sun attack and used his Spirit Beast Core’s power to evade Liu Bai’s surprise Senluo Death Seals.
  • Zhou Fan summoned the Heavenly Profound Golden Scale Beast to destroy Liu Bai’s three First-Grade Spirit Arrays, and Liu Bai countered with the Five Wheel Sky Splitting Array and Stone Dragon Break.
  • Zhou Fan mocked Liu Bai and then fully manifested the Heavenly Profound Golden Scale Beast, heating and vaporizing the ice around them.
  • Liu Bai completed a powerful Demon Vine Strangling Array that Su Xuan recognized as a complete Third-Grade Spirit Array combining trapping and killing functions.

Ch. 40Earth Spirit Stone Python Evolution

Liu Bai defeated Zhou Fan with the Demon Vine Strangling Array, gained his mark energy, and joined Su Xuan’s group to hunt Spirit Beasts. After the group harvested a large horde, Liu Bai received a system prompt offering to evolve his Earth Spirit Stone Python into a Three-Headed Stone Flood Dragon.

  • Liu Bai used the Demon Vine Strangling Array to bind Zhou Fan’s Heavenly Profound Golden Scale Beast, forcing Zhou Fan to concede and end their dispute over the snowy mountain.
  • Zhou Fan transferred his mark energy to Liu Bai, raising Liu Bai’s mark to Level Eight, while Su Xuan warned that Zhou Fan would seek a rematch.
  • Liu Bai agreed to hunt Spirit Beasts alongside Guo Xiong and Su Xuan, while Li Jing left to find a safe place to fuse with the Snow Demon Beast’s Spirit Beast Core.
  • A day later, Liu Bai and Su Xuan trapped and defeated more than forty Spirit Beasts as Guo Xiong and the others lured the horde to their array.
  • The hunt earned Liu Bai nearly 36,000 Experience Points and 165 Beast Soul Points, prompting the system to offer an evolution of his Earth Spirit Stone Python into an intermediate Heavenly Beast, the Three-Headed Stone Flood Dragon.

Ch. 41The Final Test

Liu Bai and his companions entered the Northern Cang Hall after Li Xuantong used a Level Nine Mark to summon it, and received Spirit Value tokens for passing the Northern Azure Spirit Academy's test. The white-haired elder announced an optional challenge tournament for students with Level Seven Marks or higher, leaving Liu Bai and his peers facing a team of powerful senior students.

  • Liu Bai learned that his Array Dao manual had reached its limit, then saw a purple-gold beam summon the Northern Cang Hall.
  • Li Xuantong revealed that he had used a Level Nine Mark to summon the hall, whose doors opened to admit students with marks of Grade Four or higher.
  • The white-haired elder welcomed the candidates and distributed Spirit Value tokens; Liu Bai and Su Xuan each received three thousand Spirit Value.
  • The elder announced an optional challenge tournament that would reward five thousand Spirit Value to students with Level Seven Marks or higher.
  • More than a dozen senior students appeared, and they reacted with surprise after discovering that Li Xuantong, Zhou Fan, and Su Xuan had reached the Heaven Fusion Realm.

Ch. 42The Strongest Generation!

Liu Bai challenged Northern Azure Spirit Academy’s senior students and defeated Li Ling with Spirit Arrays and martial arts, earning additional Spirit Value. Li Xuantong also defeated Yan Mo, while Li Jing and Guo Xiong lost their matches.

  • Yan Mo introduced the challenge, and Su Xuan, Liu Bai, Li Jing, Guo Xiong, and others decided whether to compete or withdraw.
  • The freshmen drew opponents, matching Liu Bai against Li Ling and Yan Mo against Li Xuantong.
  • Liu Bai used five golden wheels, the Senluo Death Seals, and Star Shattering Fist to defeat Li Ling.
  • Elder Bai raised Liu Bai’s Spirit Value from three thousand to eight thousand, while Li Jing and Guo Xiong lost their matches.
  • Li Xuantong defeated Yan Mo after a difficult battle, leaving Yan Mo pale and disheveled.

Ch. 43Northern Azure Spirit Academy

Liu Bai and the other freshmen entered Northern Azure Spirit Academy and saw its vast grounds, rankings, and many gifted students. After Elder Bai announced a Freshman Assembly in a month, mentor Qiu Zongsheng led Liu Bai’s group to their new residence, a lakeside district covered by a fourth grade Spirit Gathering Array.

  • Liu Bai and the freshmen passed through the academy gates and saw the Divine Soul Ranking, Heavenly Ranking, and the academy’s expansive grounds.
  • Yan Mo explained the rankings and advised the freshmen to focus on adapting to academy life before challenging them.
  • The remaining freshmen arrived, including Shen Cangsheng and Crane Demon, who greeted Su Xuan.
  • Elder Bai welcomed the freshmen, announced the Freshman Assembly in a month, and explained that they would compete for the title of number one freshman.
  • Mentor Qiu Zongsheng led Liu Bai and roughly two thousand other students to their lakeside residence in the Freshman District.
  • Liu Bai identified the surrounding spiritual array as a fourth grade Spirit Gathering Array, and Qiu Zongsheng confirmed it.

Ch. 44Terrifying Prices

Qiu Zongsheng explained how Northern Azure Spirit Academy charged Spirit Value for better housing, advanced cultivation arrays, and access to the Thunder Domain, then Liu Bai and several companions chose the free Grade C Area. Liu Bai browsed the Spirit Value Hall catalog and found the items he wanted were far beyond his means, including the Ancient Golden Crow Spirit Core he hoped to use.

  • Qiu Zongsheng described the academy’s housing fees, Spirit Value rewards, and the cost of entering the Thunder Domain.
  • Liu Bai chose the free Grade C Area, and Guo Xiong, An Ran, Li Jing, and others chose nearby residences.
  • Liu Bai opened the Spirit Value Hall catalog and reviewed the prices of spiritual arts, artifacts, arrays, and Heavenly Thunder Beads.
  • Liu Bai considered the Golden Crow Blazing Flame Art as a match for the Ancient Golden Crow Spirit Core.
  • Liu Bai saw that the Ancient Golden Crow Spirit Core cost four million Spirit Value and realized it would be difficult to obtain.

Ch. 45Striking the Divine Soul Ranking (Bonus Chapter for Tips)

Liu Bai chose the cultivation method, array, and foundational manuals he wanted to buy, then challenged the Divine Soul Ranking to earn the Spirit Value he needed. He took first place on his first day at the Northern Azure Spirit Academy, leaving the academy stunned and Huo Yun displaced from the ranking.

  • Liu Bai selected the Golden Crow Blazing Flame Art, the Hundred Spirit Sword Array, and manuals on artifact forging and pill refining, planning to obtain the Spirit Value through the ranking.
  • Liu Bai poured his spiritual energy into his Spirit Value Token to challenge the Divine Soul Ranking as Guo Xiong, Li Jing, and An Ran watched.
  • A golden light climbed rapidly through the Divine Soul Ranking, passing the top ten and then the top three.
  • Liu Bai's name appeared in first place, identified as having cultivated at the Northern Azure Spirit Academy for one day.
  • Students across the academy reacted with shock and excitement as Liu Bai displaced Huo Yun and checked the Spirit Value on his token.

Ch. 46Breakthrough

After taking first place on the Divine Soul Ranking, Liu Bai spent his Spirit Value on cultivation and crafting resources, then used his system to rapidly improve his skills and cultivation. He broke through toward the Heaven Fusion Realm, leaving the Freshman District stunned by the upheaval.

  • Liu Bai visited the Spirit Value Hall and exchanged fifty-one thousand Spirit Value for the Golden Crow Blazing Flame Art, the Hundred Spirit Sword Array, and basic spirit artifact forging and pill refining texts.
  • Liu Bai merged the Golden Crow Blazing Flame Art, gained a Golden Crow manifestation, and raised his array and crafting skills to Great Accomplishment.
  • Liu Bai spent eighteen thousand Experience Points on the Mountain God Art, causing him to begin a breakthrough as spiritual energy surged into his residence.
  • An Ran and Li Jing watched the disturbance, and Li Jing concluded that Liu Bai was attempting to break through to the Heaven Fusion Realm.
  • After more than ten minutes, the spiritual energy fluctuations subsided, and Liu Bai opened his eyes with a dramatically transformed aura.

Ch. 47Testing His Skills

Liu Bai broke through to the Heaven Fusion Realm and demonstrated his strength after an Iron Cavalry Society member challenged him. The chapter ended with his companions weighing how to respond to the powerful faction backing Huo Yun.

  • Liu Bai reached the Heaven Fusion Realm, raised his Golden Crow Blazing Flame Art to the sixth level, and successfully formed five Senluo Death Seals.
  • Li Jing, Guo Xiong, and the others congratulated Liu Bai, who urged Li Jing and Guo Xiong to obtain Divine Soul Pills and predicted Spirit Value would soon come their way.
  • An Iron Cavalry Society member confronted Liu Bai in the Freshman Square, and Liu Bai defeated him with a punch carrying four Senluo Death Seals.
  • Crane Demon watched Liu Bai's display, while Li Xuantong recognized him as a formidable rival and left with Ye Tian.
  • Zhang Heng and Shao Rui reported that the Iron Cavalry Society had thousands of members and was led by Bai Ran, a Heavenly Ranking expert ranked thirty-second; Liu Bai rewarded them with Spirit Value.
  • Li Jing suggested discussing the Iron Cavalry Society with Su Xuan and contacting Li Xuantong, while Guo Xiong worried that their group was outnumbered.

Ch. 48Make It Big!

Liu Bai gathered the freshmen’s leading factions to challenge the older students monopolizing the Divine Soul Ranking. After demonstrating his precise control of Earth Element Spiritual Energy, he explained the ranking’s Spirit Value rewards and mission-access benefits, leaving the assembled leaders to realize his plan could inflame relations between freshmen and older students.

  • Liu Bai recruited Guo Xiong to invite Li Xuantong, Shen Cangsheng, and Crane Demon to discuss uniting the freshmen.
  • Li Xuantong, Crane Demon, and leaders of many freshman factions accepted the invitation and gathered at the island in the lake.
  • Liu Bai shaped the island into a stone meeting ground with a display of Earth Element Spiritual Energy control that impressed the gathered experts.
  • Liu Bai announced that he wanted the freshmen to contest the Divine Soul Ranking, which older students currently occupied.
  • Liu Bai described the Spirit Value rewards and the better missions available to ranked students, stirring the freshmen’s anger at being excluded.
  • Li Xuantong and Crane Demon recognized that Liu Bai’s proposal could provoke a serious conflict between freshmen and older students.

Ch. 49A Challenge Between Freshmen and Seniors

Liu Bai united the freshmen to challenge the senior students for control of the Divine Soul Ranking, leading to a best-of-five match between their strongest fighters. The five battles began, and Liu Bai and Huo Yun’s opening exchanges ended in a draw before they charged at each other again.

  • Liu Bai lent Li Jing eight thousand Spirit Value so she could exchange for a Divine Soul Pill and enter the Thunder Domain to advance her cultivation.
  • Ye Tian, Mo Feng, Li Jing, Ling Yu, Xu Huang, and Jiang Tai helped freshmen claim more than half of the Divine Soul Ranking’s top ten places.
  • Liu Bai challenged the senior students who had been pushed out of the top ten to a five-on-five match, and Dean Taicang allowed the match to proceed.
  • Huo Yun and four other former top-ten seniors accepted the challenge, and the two teams gathered in the Freshman District three days later.
  • Liu Bai, Su Xuan, Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong, and Crane Demon each chose a senior opponent and began fighting in separate battlefields.
  • Liu Bai and Huo Yun exchanged punches, drew even, and then charged at each other again, shattering the square’s ground with their collision.

Ch. 50Tremor

Liu Bai defeated Huo Yun with the Hundred Spirit Sword Array, and Li Xuantong also won his match, securing the new students’ victory. As Crane Demon unleashed a powerful technique against his opponent, he was left standing while the old student was knocked unconscious.

  • Liu Bai surprised Huo Yun by revealing a fifth Senluo Death Seal, then countered Huo Yun’s sword art with a Hundred Spirit Sword Array he had secretly formed during their fight.
  • Liu Bai halted the array’s sword-qi torrent just before it struck Huo Yun, and the Punishment Hall declared Liu Bai the winner.
  • Li Xuantong defeated Xiao Jian, who conceded and handed over his Spirit Value; Liu Bai learned that Li Xuantong had fused with an Ancient Suanni core.
  • Shen Cangsheng defeated his opponent, giving the new students the two wins they needed to win the challenge.
  • Crane Demon unleashed a giant crane shadow against his opponent’s Golden Lion, and the collision knocked the old student unconscious while Crane Demon was dragged backward across the ground.
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