Chapter Summaries

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.

Zhu Yuan and Xu Hua visited Qin Chen’s family to award him his Two-Star Martial Artist certificate, while Zhu Yuan arranged a move to help him prepare for trouble with the Zhao Family. A citywide announcement revealed Qin Chen’s achievement and exposed the neighbors’ mistaken rumors.

• Xu Hua and Zhu Yuan met Li Xiufen outside Qin Chen’s home and reassured her that Qin Chen had done nothing wrong.
• Zhu Yuan presented Qin Chen with a Two-Star Martial Artist certificate, delighting Qin Dahe and Li Xiufen.
• Qin Chen told Zhu Yuan he wanted to move soon because the Zhao Family might discover Zhao Kuan’s death, and Zhu Yuan said he had arranged the move.
• Neighbors crowded outside Qin Chen’s door to eavesdrop, wrongly speculating that he had been expelled from the Genius Training Camp for causing trouble.
• A citywide announcement praised Qin Chen of No. 1 Middle School as a Two-Star Martial Artist and awarded him a residence, two million, and a fourth-grade martial art.
• The neighbors realized Qin Chen was the subject of the announcement, then scattered as Zhou Yi fled in fear.

Qin Chen received a Qinghe Garden property and learned that winning the General Star Selection could help him deal with the Zhao Family. He accepted the first-stage mission, collected his prize money, and prepared to move.

• Zhu Yuan told Qin Chen that the city had awarded him a property in Qinghe Garden and explained the General Star Selection.
• Qin Chen accepted the mission to take first place in the Rongcheng Genius Training Camp, the first step toward becoming a General Star.
• Zhu Yuan left, and Xu Hua arranged to escort Qin Chen's family and belongings to Qinghe Garden.
• Qin Chen went to No. 1 Middle School and received 2.25 million in prize money from the city lord's manor, the training camp, and Principal Luo Jianhui.
• Principal Luo Jianhui told Qin Chen that his awarded fourth-grade martial art would be mailed to his home.

Qin Chen returned to Class Seven to attend one last class with his homeroom teacher, Wang Su, before leaving school. After sharing the class and signing autographs for his classmates, he said goodbye and walked away as they watched him leave.

• Qin Chen asked the principal to attend one of Wang Su's classes, wanting to complete one final school day and thank her for helping him in the past.
• Wang Su entered Class Seven and announced that she would teach the PE period because someone was coming to join the class.
• Qin Chen appeared, and his classmates excitedly welcomed him back and congratulated him on becoming a Two-Star Martial Artist.
• Qin Chen told the class he had asked to attend Wang Su's lesson, and the students eagerly agreed to share the period with him.
• Wang Su taught the class while Qin Chen listened, and afterward she took a photo of the students before leaving.
• Qin Chen signed autographs for his classmates, said goodbye, and walked out as they followed him and watched him disappear.

Qin Chen agreed to lend his name to Wang Hai’s Shanhai Martial Arts School, then returned to training camp after spending time with his parents. At the Zhao Family residence, Zhao Wanshi learned that Qin Chen had killed Zhao Kuan and agreed to let Zhao Liang find a way to kill him.

• Wang Hai told Qin Chen he had met the requirements to cultivate and planned to take over his family’s martial arts school instead of going to college.
• Wang Hai asked Qin Chen to let Shanhai Martial Arts School use his name, and Qin Chen agreed.
• After spending five days with his parents, Qin Chen took a taxi back to the training camp early on the sixth day.
• A servant told Zhao Wanshi and Zhao Liang that Qin Chen was the boy last seen leaving with Zhao Kuan and that Zhao Kuan had arranged for Qin Dahe to be run over.
• Zhao Wanshi decided the Zhao Family should wait for a safe opportunity to avenge Zhao Kuan, and Zhao Liang volunteered to handle Qin Chen without acting personally.
• Zhao Wanshi trusted Zhao Liang and agreed to let him proceed.

The trainees discussed Yu Yang’s breakthrough and Qin Chen’s absence while Zhou Lei tried to preserve Qin Chen’s reputation. Yu Yang learned about the upcoming General Star selection and was chosen to compete for the training camp’s place, a plan Yang Xue intended to use to pressure Qin Chen into focusing on fire-element cultivation.

• The trainees noted Yu Yang’s progress and wondered whether Qin Chen had fallen behind him and Xu Fei.
• Zhou Lei defended Qin Chen and reassured the trainees that his boss would return soon.
• Yu Yang trained under increasing gravity and said he expected to adapt to four times gravity within three days.
• Yang Xue and Luo Bin told Yu Yang about the General Star selection and said the training camp would choose its strongest trainee in half a month to represent it against Jiang Province’s geniuses.
• Yu Yang declared himself the camp’s current number one and said he welcomed the extra time to strengthen his lead.
• Yang Xue explained that she hoped Yu Yang’s progress would pressure Qin Chen to set aside wind-element cultivation and focus on fire-element cultivation.

Qin Chen returned to the training camp after cultivating on Ming Mountain and entered the gravity room to test his strength. He quickly raised the gravity to three times, surprising the trainees watching outside.

• Xu Fei passed the level-three movement technique test and tied the camp record, while trainees praised him and reported that instructors had summoned Yu Yang again.
• Qin Chen reached the peak of Ming Mountain, where his wind and ice marks reached 40% and 45%, and his combat power rose to 830.
• Qin Chen returned to the training camp without reporting to Yang Xue and headed straight to the gravity room.
• The trainees let Qin Chen enter ahead of them, and he activated one times gravity before rapidly adjusting to two times.
• The crowd saw the gravity setting reach three times and was startled by how quickly Qin Chen had adapted.

Qin Chen tested the gravity room and quickly raised it to six times gravity, astonishing the trainees and undermining Yu Yang’s confidence. The chapter left everyone outside stunned as Qin Chen continued training inside.

• Zhou Lei arrived at the gravity room and boasted that Qin Chen could reach seven times gravity.
• Yu Yang learned that Qin Chen had raised the gravity to four times and hurried to the room.
• Qin Chen adapted to four times gravity, raised it to five, and began moving and punching under the pressure.
• The trainees wondered whether Qin Chen had become a martial artist, while Yu Yang feared Qin Chen had surpassed him.
• Qin Chen raised the gravity to six times, and Zhou Lei laughed as the crowd stared in shock.

Qin Chen endured sevenfold gravity, accelerating the condensation of his elemental marks before leaving the chamber to test his movement technique. He entered the infrared chamber as the crowd and Xu Fei watched, and began dodging its beams.

• Qin Chen adapted to sixfold gravity, then increased the chamber to sevenfold and found himself unable to move except for a finger.
• Qin Chen endured sevenfold gravity for a minute, switched it off, and saw his wind, ice, and fire marks progress.
• The trainees watched Qin Chen emerge, while Zhou Lei proudly claimed he had predicted the sevenfold setting.
• Yu Yang resolved to catch up with Qin Chen and entered the gravity chamber after the crowd followed Qin Chen to the infrared chamber.
• Qin Chen entered the infrared chamber, activated its first setting, and dodged three beams as they swept after him.

Qin Chen passed the infrared room’s level-four movement test and reached Minute Subtlety, then pushed himself to the limit trying level five. After Xu Fei conceded Qin Chen’s superiority, Qin Chen revealed that he had long been a martial artist and had earned a two-star certification, leaving the trainees stunned.

• Qin Chen passed level-two movement technique and began the level-three test as the trainees watched outside.
• Qin Chen passed level three and level four, breaking through to Minute Subtlety as his Wind Elemental Mark reached 50%.
• Qin Chen activated level five, but, unable to finish the test, he switched it off after his Wind Elemental Mark reached 52%.
• Xu Fei admitted Qin Chen was superior and vowed to catch up, while Qin Chen encouraged him.
• When Xu Fei asked if he was a martial artist, Qin Chen said he had been one for a long time and revealed his two-star certification.

After learning that Qin Chen had become a Two-Star Martial Artist, Zhao Liang tried to recruit Yu Yang to kill him during the training camp assessment. Yu Yang refused and warned Qin Chen, prompting Zhao Liang to decide to make the move himself while planning to eliminate Yu Yang and his father if necessary.

• Yang Xue confirmed Qin Chen's Two-Star Martial Artist certification and combat power of 780, but kept the camp's assessment plans in place.
• Yu Yang trained intensely under five times gravity as he recognized the gap between himself and Qin Chen.
• Zhao Liang asked Yu Yang to kill Qin Chen during the assessment and threatened the Yu Family's business when Yu Yang refused.
• Yu Yang warned his father about the Zhao Family and sent Qin Chen a message before leaving the camp.
• Qin Chen learned that the Zhao Family planned to target him inside the training camp.
• Zhao Liang ordered cooperation with the Yu Family ended, then decided he would attack Qin Chen himself and try to kill Yu Yang as well.

The trainees began a dangerous overnight assessment on Ming Mountain, where they had to survive among released exotic beasts and could earn rewards for their performance. Qin Chen entered the jungle with Zhou Lei, who eventually took half an hour to kill a Blood Wolf while fighting with extreme caution.

• Luo Bin explained that the trainees would spend the night in Ming Mountain among released exotic beasts and urged them to fight when they could, flee when necessary, and watch out for danger.
• Soldiers released the exotic beasts into the mountain, and the trainees scattered into the jungle; Yang Xue and Luo Bin monitored them through cameras fitted with explosive charges.
• Zhou Lei persuaded Qin Chen to let him follow, despite Qin Chen warning that doing so was dangerous.
• Qin Chen considered the threat of Zhao Liang and his own growing strength as he and Zhou Lei searched the jungle.
• A Blood Wolf confronted the pair, and Zhou Lei fought it cautiously from behind a tree until he killed it after half an hour.

Qin Chen and Zhou Lei continued through Ming Mountain, where Qin Chen killed a Fire Cloud Tiger with one punch. Zhao Liang tracked Qin Chen using hidden cameras and approached to kill him, while Yang Xue and Luo Bin identified the threat and Luo Bin rushed to intervene.

• Qin Chen praised Zhou Lei for killing a Blood Wolf, and Zhou Lei found no beast crystal in its skull.
• Zhao Liang watched footage from cameras he had planted around Ming Mountain and spotted Qin Chen approaching his position.
• Zhou Lei collected a beast crystal from an Early Body Tempering mutated beast and then tried to face a Fire Cloud Tiger.
• Qin Chen killed the Fire Cloud Tiger with one punch after Zhou Lei fled behind him.
• Yang Xue and Luo Bin recognized the approaching Zhao Liang on the camera feed, and Luo Bin charged out to stop him.

Qin Chen confronted Zhao Liang, who attacked him over Zhao Kuan’s death, and revealed overwhelming strength by killing him with one punch. As Qin Chen moved to finish Zhao Liang, Luo Bin arrived and shouted for him to stop, but Qin Chen did not pause.

• Zhao Liang accused Qin Chen of killing Zhao Kuan and attacked him with a saber.
• Qin Chen blocked Zhao Liang’s assault, forced him back, and recognized that Zhao Liang had used drugs to fake his three-star strength.
• Qin Chen unleashed a flame-wreathed punch that shattered Zhao Liang’s saber and sent him crashing through trees with fatal injuries.
• Qin Chen approached Zhao Liang and raised his hand to kill him as Luo Bin arrived and shouted for him to stop.
• Qin Chen’s palm struck despite Luo Bin’s warning.

After killing Zhao Liang and winning the assessment, Qin Chen received the second-stage mission to become Jiang Province's number one genius. Back at camp, he completed his wind and ice Divine Marks, obtained a ninth-rank martial art, and used a beast crystal to advance his fire Divine Mark.

• Qin Chen killed Zhao Liang, and Luo Bin ended the assessment and declared Qin Chen its winner.
• The system began the second-stage mission, which required Qin Chen to become Jiang Province's number one genius.
• Qin Chen found a fire-element beast crystal in the Fire Cloud Tiger's corpse and learned it was worth around five hundred thousand.
• Qin Chen swallowed his wind and ice mark fragments, completed both Divine Marks, and became a true three-element martial artist.
• Qin Chen received the first volume of the Star Body Tempering Art, then swallowed the beast crystal and advanced his second fire Divine Mark to twenty percent.

Qin Chen learned that he would compete in Jiang Province’s General Star Selection in three days and decided to test his strength in the combat room before visiting his parents. After wrecking an upper two-star mechanical puppet with a casual punch, he activated a lower three-star puppet.

• Qin Chen finished nearly twenty hours of practicing the Star Body Tempering Art and went with a soldier to meet Yang Xue.
• Yang Xue explained that Qin Chen could spend the next three days cultivating or visiting his parents before traveling to Yang City for the selection.
• Qin Chen asked to test his combat power in the combat room, and Yang Xue agreed while warning him not to damage the puppets.
• The trainees returned from the assessment, and Luo Bin announced Qin Chen as its first-place winner.
• Qin Chen entered the combat room, wrecked an upper two-star puppet with one punch, and pressed the switch for a lower three-star puppet.