Recaps

After awakening in a world where humanity relied on martial cultivation to fight monsters, Qin Chen used the God-Level Martial Artist System to overcome his lack of talent. He left school determined to cultivate, having gained SSS-rank fire talent, S-rank wind talent, and the innate skill Devour.

• Qin Chen woke in class and realized he had transmigrated into a parallel world where martial artists fought monsters and his fire sensitivity was too low to cultivate.
• Qin Chen activated the system and used a Fire Sensitivity Enhancement Pill, raising his fire sensitivity to 9 and his fire talent to SSS rank.
• Qin Chen gained the innate skill Devour, which let him absorb energy objects and convert them into abilities.
• Qin Chen swallowed a Wind Element Sensitivity Enhancement Pill, raising his wind sensitivity to 7 and his wind talent to S rank.
• Wang Hai invited Qin Chen to eat hot pot after school, but Qin Chen declined so he could hurry home and focus on improving himself.

Qin Chen realized Zhao Kuan had harmed his father and might kill him on March twenty-fifth, leaving him seven days to gain power and protect his family. He devoured his father's supreme-grade fire-element beast crystal and reached mid Body Tempering.

• Qin Chen remembered Zhao Kuan had arranged the attack that left Qin Dahe injured and feared he would be targeted on March twenty-fifth.
• Qin Chen resolved to become a martial artist and move his family somewhere safe before the danger arrived.
• Qin Chen took Qin Dahe's beast crystal to his room, intending to test his innate skill, Devour.
• Qin Chen swallowed the crystal, and his Devour skill tempered his body to sixty percent.
• Qin Chen celebrated reaching mid Body Tempering.

Qin Chen chose the Hell-mode mission to reach peak body tempering within a day, then went to the Martial Arts Association to earn money for a high-grade fire-element ferocious beast crystal. After certifying at mid body tempering and claiming fifty thousand yuan, he asked the staff member to take him to buy beast crystals.

• Qin Chen selected the Hell-mode mission, which required him to reach peak body tempering within one day.
• Qin Chen went to the Yi Martial Arts Association and passed certification at early body tempering.
• Qin Chen retook the certification test and demonstrated mid body tempering, earning a fifty-thousand-yuan reward for being under eighteen.
• Qin Chen asked where to buy beast crystals, and the staff member offered to take him to the Martial Arts Association's shop.

Qin Chen bought and devoured a fire-element beast crystal, reaching Peak Body Tempering, then used his rewards to strengthen his wind and ice abilities. After hearing that Zhao Kuan had become a One-Star Martial Artist, Qin Chen returned to the certification hall to get certified again.

• Qin Chen bought a high-grade fire-element beast crystal at a discount and devoured it in a secluded spot, reaching Peak Body Tempering and completing Mission 3 (Hell Mode).
• Qin Chen devoured the wind-element beast crystal and swallowed the ice-element sensitivity enhancement pill, raising his wind tempering to 45% and his ice talent to SS-rank.
• Qin Chen checked his status and found that his combined elemental combat power had reached 150, then asked Wu Fang about certification rewards for Late Body Tempering and Peak Body Tempering.
• A citywide announcement reported that Zhao Kuan had become a One-Star Martial Artist, and Wu Fang told Qin Chen about Zhao Kuan and Zhao Liang's past certifications.
• Qin Chen asked Wu Fang to take him to the certification hall and pressed his palm against the certification instrument again.

Qin Chen certified at Peak Body Tempering and received a 300,000 reward, drawing Director Xu Hua’s personal attention. Qin Chen kept his possible second element secret and asked that his certification remain quiet, while Xu Hua began investigating his suspected grudge against the Zhao Family.

• Qin Chen revealed his Peak Body Tempering strength during certification, astonishing the hall and earning a 300,000 reward.
• Xu Hua invited Qin Chen to a private room, processed the payment, and learned that Qin Chen attended Rongcheng No. 1 High School.
• Qin Chen asked whether people with two elements received an extra reward, but Xu Hua explained that no such reward existed and asked whether Qin Chen had two elements.
• Qin Chen declined to answer and asked Xu Hua not to spread news of his certification, though Xu Hua warned that Rongcheng’s authorities would eventually see the record.
• After Qin Chen left, Wu Fang told Xu Hua she suspected he had certified because of Zhao Kuan, and Xu Hua ordered a discreet investigation into Qin Chen’s grudge against the Zhao Family.

Qin Chen told Qin Dahe and Li Xiufen that he could cultivate and showed them his Early Body Tempering certificate, easing their worries. At practical combat training, he was called to face Liao Yang, and the chapter ended as one of them went flying backward.

• Qin Dahe and Li Xiufen planned to sell the beast crystal to buy Qin Chen supplements, but Qin Chen refused and revealed that he could cultivate.
• Qin Chen showed them his Early Body Tempering certificate, and his parents reacted with excitement and disbelief.
• The next day, the homeroom teacher took the students to practical combat training, where instructor Fang Lei arranged fights to assess their progress.
• Liao Yang, ranked fifth among First High's ten great geniuses, defeated student after student, including Class Seven's monitor.
• Fang Lei called Qin Chen to fight Liao Yang, and after Liao Yang charged at him, a figure went flying backward.

Qin Chen defeated Liao Yang with one punch, then revealed his Peak Body Tempering strength and tested a combat power of 150. The principal recognized him as a rare two-element genius and agreed to apply for a 100,000 cash award.

• Qin Chen knocked Liao Yang out in a single move, and Fang Lei took him to the martial arts building for a combat test.
• Wang Hai told the other students that Qin Chen had reached Late Body Tempering, though he privately realized Qin Chen had hidden his strength from him.
• Qin Chen told Fang Lei he was at Peak Body Tempering and agreed to test his combat power.
• Qin Chen's test registered 150, stunning Fang Lei and the principal, who concluded that Qin Chen had two elements.
• The principal urged Qin Chen to focus on reaching One-Star Martial Artist before the college entrance exam, and Qin Chen asked to apply for the school's 100,000 cash award.
• The principal promised to submit Qin Chen's award application and try to get it approved within three days.

Qin Chen used his new freedom from school to buy wind- and ice-element beast crystals, then encountered Zhao Kuan, who lured him toward a remote place under the pretense of compensation. After secretly devouring all four crystals, Qin Chen reached peak body tempering in all three elements and triggered a God-tier mission.

• Qin Chen asked the principal for more freedom over his study time and received permission.
• Qin Chen bought two top-grade wind-element and two top-grade ice-element beast crystals at the energy mall, using his peak body-tempering discount.
• Zhao Kuan saw Qin Chen at the mall and, fearing Qin Chen had evidence against him, pretended to offer compensation and invited him to a secluded villa.
• Qin Chen agreed to go with Zhao Kuan and allowed the woman accompanying him to come along.
• When the car stopped on a remote path, Qin Chen swallowed all four beast crystals and reached peak body tempering in fire, wind, and ice.
• Qin Chen's combat power reached 500, and cultivating all three elements to the human body's limits activated a God-tier mission.

Qin Chen accepted the god-level mission to become a One-Star Martial Artist within three days, then killed Zhao Kuan after Zhao murdered the woman at the reservoir. After returning home, Qin Chen began forming his Fire Elemental Mark, but the next morning the principal urgently summoned him to school.

• Qin Chen saw that his combat power had reached 504 and accepted the system's god-level mission to become a One-Star Martial Artist within three days.
• Zhao Kuan killed the woman at the abandoned reservoir and threw her body into the water.
• Qin Chen defeated Zhao Kuan with one punch, killed him, and disposed of both bodies and Zhao Kuan's car in the reservoir.
• Qin Chen cultivated his Fire Elemental Mark overnight and found that its progress had reached two percent.
• The principal called Qin Chen and urgently told him to come to school.

Qin Chen joined the Genius Training Camp after learning it had a newly developed elemental cultivation room, then set out to find the camp before dark. After spotting a suspicious taxi driver and kicking the car door off to escape, he learned the driver was part of a group tracking him.

• The principal selected Qin Chen for the Genius Training Camp and promised him a 100,000 award, with 150,000 if he took first place.
• Qin Chen agreed to attend when he learned the camp had an elemental cultivation room that worked fifteen times faster than normal.
• The principal told Qin Chen to find the camp himself and arrive before dark, and warned that failing to do so would count as withdrawing.
• Qin Chen used a map to deduce that the camp was most likely at the Mingshan Training Ground, but first took a taxi toward the Martial Arts Association.
• Qin Chen noticed the driver was taking the wrong route, kicked the car door flying, and leaped out.
• The driver reported by phone that No. 37 had escaped and estimated Qin Chen's cultivation was at least mid body tempering.

Qin Chen avoided the instructor’s attempt to divert him and climbed Ming Mountain toward the Genius Training Camp. He reached the summit first, discovering that the mountain’s environment accelerated his cultivation.

• Qin Chen recognized the taxi driver’s test, left the car, and arranged another ride toward the Mingshan Training Ground.
• Jin Xiaoyan and Zhou Lei struggled up Ming Mountain and argued over whether Zhou Lei should go ahead without her.
• Qin Chen raced past Jin Xiaoyan and Zhou Lei, identified himself as being from No. 1 High School, and continued climbing.
• Qin Chen felt cultivation become faster as he climbed and activated all three of his elements to overcome the mountain’s increasing difficulty.
• Qin Chen reached the summit of Ming Mountain, his blood boiling from the effort before gradually calming.

Qin Chen reached the Genius Training Camp first and revealed strength beyond the security guards’ expectations. After more than half the recruits were eliminated on the mountain, instructor Ma Jun announced that daily point rankings would continue eliminating trainees during the two-month camp.

• Qin Chen condensed each of his three elemental marks by another two percent on his way up Ming Mountain, bringing his combat power to 516.
• At the camp entrance, Qin Chen matched and then surpassed a security guard’s grip, alarming the two guards with strength they estimated at more than 380 combat power.
• As trainees arrived, a guard ordered them to endure five seconds without crying out, and students who failed were eliminated one by one.
• Ma Jun announced that 72 trainees had reached the summit and officially entered the Genius Training Camp, while everyone still absent was eliminated.
• Ma Jun explained that the camp would last two months and that the trainee with the fewest points each day would be eliminated.

Qin Chen replaced Wang Qiang in the training camp and was mistaken for a student admitted through connections, but he entered the first points assessment without hesitation and sent a mechanical puppet flying with one punch. The other students began to doubt his supposed lack of merit, though a student from No. 2 Middle School insisted the puppet was unfinished.

• Ma Jun confirmed Qin Chen's last-minute substitution for Wang Qiang, gave him Wang Qiang's number, and directed him to Area Four.
• Ma Jun announced that participants who left their rooms within half an hour or finished with the fewest points would be eliminated, then ordered everyone into the assessment area.
• At Room 37, other students urged Qin Chen to open the door first, and he entered without hesitation, saying the strong feared nothing.
• The students saw a mechanical puppet inside Qin Chen's room, then heard a crash as Qin Chen knocked it flying with one punch.
• A student from No. 2 Middle School claimed Qin Chen had only struck an unfinished puppet and argued that Qin Chen was unknown at No. 1 Middle School.

Yang Shuai was eliminated after challenging a mechanical puppet, while Qin Chen began fighting all nine puppets in room 37 and destroyed several. In the control room, Yang Xue and Luo Bin discussed Jiang Province’s chances in the first General Star selection before Yang Xue asked to view Yu Yang and Xu Fei’s room feeds.

• Yang Shuai entered his room to prove the mechanical puppets were unfinished, but one punch from a puppet knocked him unconscious and staff carried him out.
• Qin Chen disabled one puppet, then activated the other nine and fought them all at once.
• A staff member peered into room 37 and saw Qin Chen moving among the puppets, smashing them apart with heavy punches.
• Luo Bin told Yang Xue that Jiang Province lacked One-Star Martial Artists for the General Star selection, despite having two trainees at Peak Body Tempering.
• Yang Xue reviewed Yu Yang and Xu Fei’s files and asked to see the video feeds from their rooms.

Yang Xue and Luo Bin discovered that Qin Chen had destroyed the mechanical puppets in room 37 by using both wind and fire elements while still at peak body tempering. They began considering how to train him for the General Star selection, and learned that First High had substituted him for Wang Qiang.

• Luo Bin showed Yang Xue the surveillance feeds of Yu Yang and Xu Fei defeating mechanical puppets, and Yang Xue ordered the camps to train promising students for the General Star selection.
• A staff member reported a problem with the mechanical puppets and directed Luo Bin and Yang Xue to the footage from room 37.
• Luo Bin and Yang Xue watched Qin Chen activate nine puppets and defeat them, realizing he had mastered both wind and fire elements while remaining at peak body tempering.
• Luo Bin suggested training Qin Chen in the fire element cultivation room, while Yang Xue insisted on following the rules and continuing to train Yu Yang and Xu Fei.
• Yang Xue questioned First High's information listing Wang Qiang at late body tempering, and a soldier explained that First High had made a last-minute substitution: the student was Qin Chen.

Qin Chen earned Lounge No. 1 after destroying every mechanical puppet in his assessment, surprising Yu Yang and Xu Fei, who had expected to claim the top lounge. The next morning, Huang Jian confirmed Qin Chen's feat to Zhou Lei, who recognized Qin Chen from the mountain climb.

• Ma Jun gave Qin Chen the key to Lounge No. 1 after his assessment results earned him the top ranking.
• Yu Yang and Xu Fei both left their rooms after defeating seven mechanical puppets and argued over who deserved Lounge No. 1.
• Ma Jun assigned Yu Yang Lounge No. 2 and Xu Fei Lounge No. 3, explaining that Qin Chen had already claimed No. 1.
• Yu Yang and Xu Fei left resentful and questioned Qin Chen's connections, while Ma Jun watched them go with satisfaction.
• The next morning, Huang Jian told the cafeteria that someone had destroyed all the puppets in his area, and Zhou Lei believed him after recognizing Qin Chen as the person who had climbed the mountain with ease.
• Zhou Lei offered to approach Qin Chen, but Huang Jian refused because he feared Qin Chen after seeing the destroyed puppets.

Qin Chen accepted Zhou Lei as his little brother in exchange for information, and Zhou Lei explained the training camp’s cultivation rooms and its commander, Yang Xue. Yang Xue announced the camp’s points and challenge rules, leaving the trainees to weigh the risks of earning points and staying in the camp.

• Zhou Lei asked to become Qin Chen’s little brother, and Qin Chen agreed after Zhou Lei offered to gather information for him.
• Zhou Lei told Qin Chen about the camp’s five elemental rooms, its gravity, infrared, and combat rooms, and Senior Colonel Yang Xue’s background.
• Luo Bin introduced Yang Xue as the camp’s commander-in-chief and chief instructor at the assembled trainees’ briefing.
• Yang Xue explained that trainees could earn points through evaluations or challenges, and that losing a challenge meant surrendering all their points.
• Yang Xue ruled that higher-level trainees had to defeat two opponents at their own level before challenging someone weaker, while lower-level and same-level challenges had no such restriction.

Trainees received cards ranking their points, and the instructors explained the challenge rules. Qin Chen took first place, and just as he headed for his lounge, someone rang the challenge gong.

• Ma Jun handed out trainee cards in ranking order, and the trainees learned their points determined their lounge numbers.
• Xu Fei, ranked third, agreed to let Mo Qing challenge Qin Chen on his behalf and promised him protection from future challengers.
• Qin Chen received the number one card, and Ma Jun explained that cultivation guidance would cost points.
• Yang Xue clarified that trainees could not refuse their first challenge of the day and showed them how to summon an opponent at the arena.
• Qin Chen headed toward his lounge, but someone struck the challenge gong, stopping the departing trainees and drawing Ma Jun's attention.

Mo Qing challenged Qin Chen, believing him to be a nepotism pick, but Qin Chen defeated him with one move and silenced the trainees’ doubts. Qin Chen left after warning that he would accept no more challenges that day, while Zhou Lei basked in the attention of trainees hoping to meet him.

• Mo Qing challenged Qin Chen, claiming the training camp’s resources should be reserved for geniuses, and the referee began their arena match.
• Mo Qing charged and punched at Qin Chen, who caught his fist, broke it, and threw him unconscious onto the arena.
• The referee declared Qin Chen the winner and said Mo Qing’s points would be transferred to his trainee card.
• Qin Chen left the crowd and said anyone else who wanted to challenge him would have to wait until tomorrow.
• The trainees abandoned their claims that Qin Chen was a nepotism pick, and several asked Zhou Lei to introduce them to Qin Chen.

Qin Chen entered a fire elemental cultivation room and condensed his Elemental Mark at an accelerating rate as the room grew hotter. After he remained inside for more than five hours, Zhou Lei boldly claimed his boss could last at least ten hours, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Qin Chen spent two thousand points to enter a fire elemental cultivation room and began cultivating.
• Qin Chen condensed his Elemental Mark to eight percent after an hour and twenty-four percent after three hours as the temperature rose.
• Staff members and trainees gathered outside to watch Qin Chen surpass the previous three-hour record and remain inside for five hours.
• Old Li prepared to cool Qin Chen when he emerged, but the room's door stayed shut.
• Zhou Lei claimed Qin Chen could stay inside for at least ten hours, and Old Li warned that the temperature would reach sixty degrees.

Qin Chen endured nearly twelve hours in the elemental cultivation room and broke through to One-Star Martial Artist, surpassing the combat-power threshold for Two-Star Martial Artist. As Yang Xue opened the door to check on him, Qin Chen was already leaving the room.

• Qin Chen used wind and ice to recover from his limits and continued condensing his fire Elemental Mark.
• Outside, Zhou Lei insisted Qin Chen could last eleven hours while Old Li and the others grew concerned when he did not emerge.
• After nearly twelve hours, Old Li suspected the room’s alarm was broken, and Yang Xue hurried over with Luo Bin to open the door.
• Qin Chen completed his Elemental Mark, became a One-Star Martial Artist, and saw his combat power reach 704.
• The system awarded Qin Chen wind- and ice-element mark fragments and a martial arts gift pack, which he chose not to open inside the room.
• As Qin Chen reached the door, Yang Xue opened it from outside.

Qin Chen broke through to become a One-Star Martial Artist and gained rare seventh-grade techniques, then asked Yang Xue for leave to secure his family. Yang Xue granted him ten days and secretly ordered an investigation into his background.

• Yang Xue confirmed Qin Chen had likely broken through, then left with Luo Bin and dismissed the crowd.
• Qin Chen devoured wind and ice Elemental Mark fragments, advancing their progress to 25% and 35%.
• Qin Chen opened the martial arts gift pack and received three breathing techniques and the seventh-grade Blazing Sun Fist.
• Qin Chen asked Yang Xue for leave to move his parents to the martial artists' family residential area, and she granted him ten days.
• Yang Xue summoned Luo Bin and ordered him to investigate Qin Chen's family background in preparation for the General Star Selection.

Qin Chen returned to the Martial Arts Association to seek official martial artist certification, and Xu Hua personally welcomed him. After declining to skip the line, Qin Chen waited as the certification began with the applicants ahead of him.

• Qin Chen rode a taxi to the Martial Arts Association, where the driver told him about repeatedly failing his own certification attempts.
• Xu Hua and several staff members came out to greet Qin Chen, startling the driver into fleeing.
• Xu Hua explained the certification floors and escorted Qin Chen to the second floor.
• Qin Chen refused the offer to skip the line and waited behind five applicants.
• The certification officer began testing the applicants, and Zhang Xing stepped up to the machine to demonstrate his elemental power.

Qin Chen passed his One-Star cultivation certification, then stunned the Martial Arts Association by recording a combat power of 780. He explained that this was only his normal combat power, leaving everyone, including Xu Hua, amazed.

• A nervous man passed cultivation certification but failed the combat power test with a score of 283, and the officer rejected his application.
• Liu Yun passed his Two-Star certification with a combat power score of 710, earning the crowd's admiration.
• Qin Chen passed cultivation certification after revealing a Fire Elemental Mark, surprising the people who doubted his age and background.
• Qin Chen struck the combat power tester and scored 780, leaving the certification officer and Xu Hua bewildered.
• Qin Chen said 780 was just his normal combat power and explained that he had not used the Blazing Sun Fist.

After Qin Chen demonstrated two-star combat power, Xu Hua delayed his certification until the association president could review it. Qin Chen returned home, planned to move his family, and cultivated his ice element overnight; the chapter ended with the association president arriving at his neighborhood.

• Xu Hua told Qin Chen that his certification result would be ready the next day because he needed the president to decide whether Qin Chen qualified as a two-star martial artist.
• Qin Chen returned home, told Li Xiufen and Qin Dahe to prepare to move, and privately cultivated his ice Elemental Mark through the night.
• Li Xiufen bought groceries to welcome Qin Chen home, while Zhou Yi suggested that Qin Chen might have been eliminated from the Genius Training Camp.
• Xu Hua arrived in the neighborhood with the elderly president of the Martial Arts Association, shocking Zhou Yi and the other neighbors.