Chapter Summaries

Bai Yushan confirmed that the Spirit Ascension Platform contained a real miniature space and entered it to train his combat strength. He slaughtered a troop of Mountain Mist Apes, leaving only their thousand-year leader to face him.

• Bai Yushan used Electromagnetic Clarity and determined that his body and surroundings inside the Spirit Ascension Platform were real rather than virtual.
• Bai Yushan decided to use the space to improve his strength and charged toward a troop of Mountain Mist Apes.
• Bai Yushan’s electromagnetic perception let him see through the mist and detect every ape’s position and movement.
• Bai Yushan killed the first three attacking Mountain Mist Apes with punches, an elbow strike, and a kick.
• Bai Yushan slaughtered the troop’s twenty-two hundred-year Mountain Mist Apes without being touched.
• The thousand-year Mountain Mist Ape leader raged at the deaths of its troop, expanded the surrounding mist, and charged at Bai Yushan.

Bai Yushan wiped out a troop of Mountain Mist Apes and absorbed the spiritual power they left behind, discovering that it greatly strengthened his self-made soul ring and bioelectricity. After reaching seventy-eight thousand volts, he charged deeper into the forest to hunt more soul beasts.

• Bai Yushan killed the thousand-year Mountain Mist Ape leader and wiped out all twenty-three Mountain Mist Apes in two minutes.
• Bai Yushan broke through his electrical barrier and increased his bioelectricity to seventy-two thousand volts through the battle.
• Bai Yushan absorbed the spiritual power from the dead apes, strengthening his body, self-made soul ring, and Electromagnetic Clarity.
• Bai Yushan's bioelectricity surged to seventy-eight thousand volts as he absorbed the spiritual power.
• Bai Yushan used Electromagnetic Clarity to locate soul beasts across a thousand-meter radius and charged into the forest to hunt them.

Bai Yushan was ambushed by a pack of Flame Demon Lions while hunting in the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform. He unveiled his self-created Lightning Plasma technique to kill two lionesses, but the remaining lions continued their attack.

• Bai Yushan was surrounded by ten hundred-year lionesses and two thousand-year male Flame Demon Lions, whose flames blocked his escape.
• Bai Yushan dodged the males’ combined flaming shock wave but was trapped by two lionesses attacking from the front and the rest closing in behind him.
• Bai Yushan unleashed Lightning Plasma, killing the two lionesses in less than a second.
• The remaining lionesses pressed in as the two male lions attacked, and Bai Yushan met one male’s flaming paw with a charged punch.
• Bai Yushan’s tempered strength matched and slightly exceeded the male lion’s, numbing its foreleg and forcing it back half a step.

Bai Yushan fought the Flame Demon Lions despite suffering severe burns and wounds, eventually killing both thousand-year male lions and the fleeing lionesses. He stood alone on the silent battlefield, badly injured but victorious.

• The Flame Demon Lions burned Bai Yushan's arm and wounded his back, driving him to unleash his full strength.
• Bai Yushan used Hell Stab: Four-Finger Nukite to paralyze one male lion, then battled the coordinated pack while accumulating injuries.
• Bai Yushan charged the wounded male lion and killed it with a second Hell Stab through its heart.
• The remaining male lion engulfed Bai Yushan in a powerful flame shockwave, but he countered its attack and killed it with a third Hell Stab and relentless punches.
• Bai Yushan killed the fleeing lionesses with precise lightning thrusts, leaving the battlefield silent.

Bai Yushan recovered from his battle with the Flame Demon Lions and gained eighty-seven thousand volts, but a thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear soon ambushed him. He chose to face the Ferocious Beast head-on and launched his Hell Stab: Three Finger Nukite, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Bai Yushan absorbed the spiritual power of the twelve Flame Demon Lions, healed his injuries, and increased his Electric Current Push to eighty-seven thousand volts.
• A Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear attacked Bai Yushan with a ranged claw strike, and he narrowly dodged it.
• Bai Yushan recognized the bear’s overwhelming strength but chose to fight rather than retreat.
• Bai Yushan used Electromagnetic Clarity to analyze the bear’s fighting habits and charged toward its attack instead of dodging.
• Bai Yushan concentrated his current into three fingertips and thrust at the bear with Hell Stab: Three Finger Nukite.

Bai Yushan fought the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear despite its overwhelming strength, sustaining devastating injuries while repeatedly striking back with Hell Stab: Three Finger Nukite. He landed a final attack into the beast’s chest as its claw light struck him, leaving both combatants grievously wounded.

• Bai Yushan pierced the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s shoulder with Hell Stab: Three Finger Nukite, then was hurled away by its counterattack and badly injured.
• Bai Yushan refused to retreat and charged again, but the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear blocked his strike and shredded his right arm.
• Bai Yushan stabilized his disrupted current through sheer will and continued fighting despite his ruined arm and a deep gash across his face.
• The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear unleashed twin blasts of claw light, and Bai Yushan abandoned defense to launch his final attack.
• Bai Yushan’s Hell Stab pierced the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s chest and flooded it with current as the beast’s claws tore into his chest and shattered his bones.

Bai Yushan withdrew from his losing battle with the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and awoke to find his injuries had vanished but the spiritual pain remained. That ordeal awakened the embryonic form of his magnetic field power, and he left the Spirit Pagoda with Long Hengxu after its staff offered him a meal.

• Bai Yushan used the exit signaling device just before the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's killing blow struck, leaving the battle determined to return stronger.
• Bai Yushan awoke in the preparation chamber physically unharmed but still enduring the spiritual pain of his projected body's injuries.
• Bai Yushan laughed as his Electric Current Push developed the embryonic form of magnetic field power, disabling the observation room's electronics and stirring the staff's fighting instincts.
• Bai Yushan recalled the electric current, stepped out of the pod, and asked Long Hengxu to take him back to eat.
• Long Hengxu agreed to take Bai Yushan to the academy, but a Spirit Pagoda staff member offered them a restorative meal in the Pagoda's dining hall.

Bai Yushan left the Spirit Pagoda after Long Hengxu refused its staff member’s attempt to recruit him, then replenished his strength at Eastsea Academy’s cafeteria. He told Long Hengxu he would not enter the Class Promotion Tournament, leaving the director shocked and worried about his promise to the board.

• Long Hengxu rejected the Spirit Pagoda staff member’s offer to host Bai Yushan, but Bai Yushan ended their argument with a burst of magnetic pressure and left the building.
• Bai Yushan reviewed his death match and sensed the faint magnetic power beginning to form in his dantian as Long Hengxu followed him in silence.
• Bai Yushan rushed into Eastsea Academy’s cafeteria and devoured twenty plates of high-energy meals while Long Hengxu watched.
• Long Hengxu suggested that Bai Yushan could challenge higher grades in the Class Promotion Tournament, but Bai Yushan said he would not compete.
• Long Hengxu urged Bai Yushan to reconsider, explaining that the tournament could earn him recognition and resources and that he and the dean had promised the board a display of genius.

Bai Yushan rejected Long Hengxu’s plan for a public exhibition and urged him to show the board recordings of his Spirit Ascension Platform trials instead. While studying the flow state he had reached fighting the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, Bai Yushan uncovered how his harsh past had forged his refusal to yield, leaving him determined to understand and command that strength.

• Bai Yushan told Long Hengxu to send the board members recordings of his Spirit Ascension Platform trials, especially his battle against the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
• Long Hengxu realized the Spirit Ascension Platform footage would make a stronger case for Bai Yushan’s talent than an exhibition match.
• Bai Yushan returned to his dorm and repeatedly relived the battle, analyzing the state that had united his spiritual power, body, and electric current.
• Bai Yushan recreated the battle’s pain and pressure in his mind and recognized that danger awakened a deep-rooted will to fight rather than retreat.
• Bai Yushan’s memories of growing up alone and surviving on the streets returned, along with the heroic characters whose refusal to yield had sustained him.
• Bai Yushan understood that his resolve came from a lifelong desire to face defeat and death without begging for mercy or fleeing in disgrace.

Bai Yushan awakened the magnetic field power of his true heart and made defeating the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear his sole goal. He was assigned to Class Zero with Wu Changkong as his homeroom teacher, but continued seeking out the Ferocious Beast and losing in repeated battles.

• Bai Yushan understood that his magnetic field came from his will to fight and vowed to kill the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
• Bai Yushan forgot his arranged duel with Wu Changkong, who waited for him before quietly setting the match aside.
• Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie led First Year Class Five to victory in the Class Promotion Tournament, and Long Hengxu proposed Class Zero.
• After reviewing Bai Yushan's battle recording, Yu Zhen and the board approved Class Zero, naming Wu Changkong its homeroom teacher and selecting Bai Yushan and five other students.
• Bai Yushan continued training and repeatedly challenged the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, suffering severe injuries and defeat each time while becoming more absorbed in the fights.

Bai Yushan’s cultivation pushed his Electric Current Push to ninety-nine thousand volts, but his continued absence from Class Zero led Wu Changkong to insist that he attend. When Bai finally came to class, Wu reminded him of their promised fight, and Bai accepted immediately.

• Bai Yushan’s repeated battles in the Spirit Ascension Platform raised his Electric Current Push to ninety-nine thousand volts and strengthened his abilities.
• Wu Changkong complained to Yu Zhen that Bai Yushan’s absence was harming Class Zero, so Yu Zhen visited Bai’s dormitory and persuaded him to attend class.
• Bai Yushan went to Class Zero while dwelling on how difficult it was to defeat the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
• Bai Yushan entered the classroom and bluntly asked Wu Changkong what he wanted, saying he would leave if there was nothing.
• Wu Changkong reminded Bai Yushan of their agreement to fight, and Bai readily accepted the challenge.

Wu Changkong challenged Bai Yushan to a combat lesson and suppressed his power to three rings, but Bai Yushan’s speed and strength quickly surprised him. The fight continued with Bai Yushan pressing Wu Changkong with a storm of electrified punches.

• Wu Changkong led his students to the indoor training room to watch him fight Bai Yushan, and Long Hengxu hurried over to spectate.
• Wu Changkong suppressed his cultivation to three rings and attacked Bai Yushan with the Heavenly Frost Sword.
• Bai Yushan dodged Wu Changkong’s opening strike with lightning-fast movement, and the two exchanged blows too quickly for the students to follow.
• Wu Changkong used freezing mist and Heavenly Frost Slash, but Bai Yushan dispersed the mist with high-voltage current and met the ice blade with his fists.
• Bai Yushan’s strength forced Wu Changkong to retreat half a step, and Bai Yushan followed with a relentless barrage of Lightning Plasma punches.

Bai Yushan battled Wu Changkong, forcing the teacher to raise his cultivation to four rings and use his full swordsmanship. Bai Yushan then unveiled the first form of his own martial art, Five Beast Way, and charged at Wu Changkong with a tiger-like punch.

• Long Hengxu watched Bai Yushan's direct, savage fighting style with excitement while Gu Yue sensed the mysterious power within him.
• Wu Changkong raised his cultivation to the Four-Ring Soul Ancestor level and struck with Frost Ice Whisper, but Bai Yushan pierced the ice sword's core and shattered it.
• Bai Yushan's charged punch cracked Wu Changkong's ice shield and numbed his sword arm, forcing Wu Changkong to attack with intricate, freezing sword strikes.
• Bai Yushan unleashed Electromagnetic Clarity at its limit, reading Wu Changkong's movements and sword techniques before warning him to be careful.
• Bai Yushan revealed Five Beast Way's first form, Tiger Roar Golden Bell, and charged at Wu Changkong with a punch carrying the might of a Diamond Tiger.

Bai Yushan used the Five Beast Way to match Wu Changkong’s four-ring power and force him back, stunning the onlookers. Wu Changkong cast off his hesitation and prepared to answer with his genuine swordsmanship as Bai Yushan charged again.

• Bai Yushan used Tiger Roar Golden Bell, Deer Plays in the Azure Void, Bears Shake the Mountain, Ape Plucks the Stars, and White Crane Spreads Its Wings to counter Wu Changkong’s attacks and shatter his ice sword.
• Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Long Hengxu, and Gu Yue watched in amazement as Bai Yushan held his own against Wu Changkong.
• Wu Changkong struggled with his pride and refused to use his five-ring cultivation against Bai Yushan, a One-Ring Soul Master.
• Bai Yushan shouted that the fight was exhilarating and charged at Wu Changkong with the opening stance of Tiger Roar Golden Bell.
• An invisible force touched Wu Changkong’s spiritual sea, clearing his doubts; he resolved to fight with his four-ring cultivation and true sword techniques.

Bai Yushan pushed his Electric Current Push to one hundred thousand volts during his duel with Wu Changkong, transforming the fight into an even exchange. When Electromagnetic Clarity ran out, Wu Changkong exploited the opening and ended the match with his sword at Bai Yushan’s neck.

• Wu Changkong’s refined swordsmanship disrupted Bai Yushan’s Five Beast Way and gradually drove him into retreat.
• Under pressure, Bai Yushan broke through to one hundred thousand volts and struck back with a tiger’s roar that shattered Wu Changkong’s frost mist.
• Five beast phantoms appeared behind Bai Yushan as his power surged, astonishing Wu Changkong and the watching students.
• Bai Yushan charged again, and he and Wu Changkong fought evenly for more than a hundred exchanges.
• Electromagnetic Clarity ended, slowing Bai Yushan’s reactions; Wu Changkong wounded him and placed the Heavenly Frost Sword against his neck.

Bai Yushan accepted Wu Changkong’s invitation to become Class Zero’s sparring partner, then used mental rehearsal to study his battles and refine the Five Beast Way. During their fight, Bai Yushan broke through to a hundred thousand volts and matched Wu Changkong, but his Electromagnetic Clarity ran out as the battle continued.

• Bai Yushan calmly admitted defeat to Wu Changkong and left for extra training.
• Wu Changkong asked Bai Yushan to become Class Zero’s sparring partner until he could defeat him, and Bai Yushan implied he would accept.
• Wu Changkong ordered Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and the other three Class Zero students to do extra training.
• Back in his dorm, Bai Yushan created Ghost Brain, a mental rehearsal method using recorded images of Wu Changkong and the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
• Wu Changkong’s swordsmanship exposed flaws in Bai Yushan’s Five Beast Way, pushing him to break through to a hundred thousand volts and summon five beast phantoms.
• Bai Yushan and Wu Changkong fought to a standstill, but Bai Yushan’s Electromagnetic Clarity ended and his reactions began to slow.

Bai Yushan used Ghost Brain to refine the Five Beast Way through simulated battles, then arrived at Class Zero’s training room to spar with Wu Changkong’s students. Wu Changkong set restrictive rules for the match, and the recovered students prepared to challenge Bai Yushan inside the circle.

• Bai Yushan simulated fights against Wu Changkong and a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, refining the Five Beast Way before exhaustion sent him to sleep.
• Bai Yushan went to Class Zero’s training room and watched Wu Changkong defeat Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi in seconds.
• Bai Yushan agreed to spar with the five students, and Wu Changkong drew a circle and forbade Bai Yushan from using his Martial Soul or Soul Power.
• Wu Changkong told the five students they would pass if they entered the circle and lasted one minute, while Bai Yushan stayed inside and could attack only those who entered.
• Tang Wulin and the others recovered their Soul Power, gathered at the circle’s edge, and told Wu Changkong they were ready.

Class Zero tested its teamwork against Bai Yushan in a sparring challenge, first managing to hold him back with their combined attacks. After Bai Yushan revealed a more forceful presence, Xie Xie launched another close-range strike, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Xie Xie rushed Bai Yushan and was slapped out of the circle, prompting Tang Wulin to restrain himself from charging in.
• Gu Yue attacked with wind blades while Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to strike Bai Yushan, who met their Bone Dragon Claw with a punch and retreated half a step.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi coordinated their attacks and kept Bai Yushan occupied inside the circle for half a minute.
• Bai Yushan announced that the warm-up had lasted long enough and released a powerful, imposing presence.
• Bai Yushan charged the Dark Eagle Dragon and struck its Bone Dragon Claw, while Xie Xie flashed in from the side and thrust his Light Dragon Dagger toward Bai Yushan's waist.

Bai Yushan defeated all five members of Class Zero and challenged Wu Changkong, who met him with the Heavenly Frost Sword. Their fierce duel left both injured, while Bai Yushan recognized that his Five Beast Way still lacked its core without electromagnetic force.

• Bai Yushan defeated the five members of Class Zero and mocked them before challenging Wu Changkong.
• Wu Changkong drew the Heavenly Frost Sword, and the duel began as Bai Yushan deflected his sword strikes and counterattacked at close range.
• Wu Changkong’s sword and Bai Yushan’s martial techniques clashed as Bai Yushan forced him backward and broke through his defenses.
• Wu Changkong retreated with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, but Bai Yushan pursued and wounded him beneath the ribs.
• The fighters separated, and Bai Yushan realized his Five Beast Way lacked its spiritual core without electromagnetic force.

Bai Yushan fought Wu Changkong without Soul Power and, under the pressure of Wu Changkong’s swordsmanship, awakened the Transparent World as an instinctive ability. He reversed the battle and gained a deeper understanding of the five-beast martial arts, ending with the conviction that he himself embodied their essence.

• Wu Changkong wounded Bai Yushan repeatedly with precise sword strikes, exposing flaws in Bai Yushan’s templated martial arts.
• Bai Yushan’s perception entered a clear, selfless state, and he assimilated the Transparent World without relying on Soul Skills.
• Bai Yushan dodged Wu Changkong’s sword and struck a point on his wrist, disrupting his grip and turning the fight around.
• Bai Yushan combined the five beasts’ strengths in fluid attacks and suppressed Wu Changkong, who could only defend.
• Bai Yushan withdrew, recited a verse about the five beasts, and realized that their forms and spirits had become his own.