Recaps

Lai Yudong ate breakfast while using the bullet comments to learn about his fellow trainees and decided to keep them on for their information and real-time feedback. He hurried to the hall for the gathering, where the trainees were assembling by class.

• Lai Yudong compared his small breakfast with the varied meals of Su Junzhe, Jiang Yangfan, Yin Zizhen, and the other trainees.
• Lai Yudong learned from the system that he could turn off the bullet comments but chose to keep them on as a source of information and audience feedback.
• Zhou Rui reminded Lai Yudong that it was five minutes to eleven, and Lai Yudong resolved to thank him another time.
• Lai Yudong reached the hall three minutes before eleven and saw trainees gather in groups wearing uniforms that marked their classes.
• Lai Yudong observed that about two-thirds of the 101 trainees had arrived, with the blue and black Class C and F groups appearing largest.

The trainees watched Fu Hanyu reveal the demanding theme song “To The Stars,” and Lai Yudong realized he might need help learning its choreography. The chapter left him remembering the simulated dance machine’s beginner tutorial as a possible way to practice.

• Lai Yudong found Liu Qichu and spotted Xu An and Liang Zhisheng among the trainees, while Li Xu arrived just before the session began.
• Fu Hanyu announced the theme song and showed the trainees his performance of “To The Stars.”
• Liu Qichu worried that the difficult choreography and lyrics would take too long to learn, while Zeng Kai teased him about being in Class F.
• Lai Yudong struggled to follow the fast-moving choreography and thought Fu Hanyu danced beautifully.
• Lai Yudong remembered the simulated dance machine’s beginner tutorial and considered using it to practice the theme song.

Lai Yudong learned that the Theme Song Assessment would not include a beginner tutorial, while the trainees discovered they had only three days to prepare for reassignment and five days before filming. The chapter left the trainees facing an intense schedule, with Lai especially anxious to avoid remaining in Class F.

• Lai Yudong learned from the System that he was no longer considered a beginner and complained about its rules.
• Liu Qichu noticed Miura Yuki’s rare expression of indignation and tried to comfort him about the difficult theme song.
• Fu Hanyu announced that the assessment would reassign trainees to classes, select the Initial C Position from Class A, and exclude F-rated trainees from the recording.
• The trainees reacted with alarm to the three-day assessment deadline and five-day filming deadline, while Liu Qichu joked that Class F trainees had little to lose.
• Lai Yudong worried that staying in Class F could trigger dangerous consequences, and the trainees learned the schedule for their group and specialist lessons.

Lai Yudong planned to find a way to study the demonstration video early, while Liang Zhisheng reflected on being pushed into the survival show by his company. Liang returned to room 707 and found Miura Yuki there, a roommate he considered disciplined and easy to get along with.

• Lai Yudong headed to the dorm after practice dismissal, intending to get an early start without copying the restricted demonstration video onto a device.
• Lai Yudong reminded himself that the first three days were crucial before class reassignment and filming, and resolved to practice relentlessly.
• Liang Zhisheng recalled how his dance-cover videos had built him a following before his MCN agency sent him to the survival show for exposure.
• Liang Zhisheng entered room 707 and greeted Miura Yuki, who had gone to get breakfast and was crouched by his suitcase.
• Liang Zhisheng judged Miura Yuki a disciplined, kind roommate and recalled choosing room 707 because Xu An and Li Xu also seemed trustworthy.

Lai Yudong left the dorm to study the theme song lyrics before practice, hoping to make up for his lack of skill. On his way to the practice rooms, Zeng Kai passed him without acknowledging him, leaving Lai Yudong confused.

• Liang Zhisheng decided Miura Yuki was the safest roommate choice and asked whether he planned to sleep more.
• Miura Yuki said he was not tired and was heading to the practice room to practice.
• Liang Zhisheng reminded Miura Yuki to eat lunch and avoid overexerting himself, and Miura Yuki thanked him.
• Lai Yudong left the dorm with paper and a pen to memorize the theme song lyrics before practice.
• Lai Yudong encountered Zeng Kai on the stairs, but Zeng Kai brushed past without greeting him.

Lai Yudong arrived early to practice the theme song in Class F’s empty room, where he copied down the lyrics and discovered he had been humming the chorus far below its original pitch. Su Junzhe from Class A then came in and asked to practice in the quiet room, leaving Lai Yudong to learn that four Class A trainees were already working on the song.

• Lai Yudong saw Jiang Yangfan enter a Class B practice room, then found Class F empty when he arrived.
• Lai Yudong copied the lyrics to “To The Stars” into his notebook and memorized most of them.
• Lai Yudong hummed the chorus, but the comments pointed out that he had lowered it by eight keys.
• Su Junzhe entered the Class F room and asked Lai Yudong if he could practice there to escape the noise in Class A.
• Su Junzhe told Lai Yudong that Yu Yizhen, Qu Junwei, Mo Li, and he were practicing in Class A.

Lai Yudong asked Su Junzhe to help him learn the theme song dance, and Su Junzhe patiently taught him the movements. As more Class F trainees arrived, they joined Su Junzhe’s impromptu lesson.

• Lai Yudong hesitated before asking Su Junzhe to teach him the dance, and Su Junzhe agreed after finishing a run-through.
• Su Junzhe broke the choreography into eight-counts and guided Lai Yudong through the movements.
• Lai Yudong awkwardly imitated Su Junzhe, while viewers joked about his stiff dancing.
• Wang Yiwen entered the practice room, saw Su Junzhe teaching, and asked to join.
• The other Class F trainees arrived and gathered around Su Junzhe to learn the theme song dance.

Su Junzhe’s one-on-one lesson with Lai Yudong grew into a crowded Class F group lesson, where he helped the trainees practice before leaving to get lunch. Lai Yudong thanked and apologized to him privately, and Su Junzhe asked whether Lai Yudong truly had no dance experience.

• News spread that Su Junzhe was teaching Class F, and more than twenty trainees gathered for his lesson.
• Su Junzhe led the trainees through an eight-count, though they struggled to keep their movements and timing together.
• Su Junzhe ended the lesson because he had not eaten lunch, and the trainees thanked him as the group dispersed.
• Lai Yudong followed Su Junzhe to the elevator and privately thanked him and apologized for the trouble the large group had caused.
• Su Junzhe said the lesson had helped him get closer to everyone, then asked Lai Yudong if he had no dance foundation at all.

Lai Yudong received encouragement from Su Junzhe about his dancing, then struggled with the bland cafeteria food and considered how to become more sociable on the show. He finally asked Su Junzhe why his lunch was so small.

• Su Junzhe encouraged Lai Yudong to keep practicing and jokingly called him a future main dancer.
• Lai Yudong found the cafeteria lunch bland and missed his university cafeteria food.
• Lai Yudong noticed Su Junzhe eating only chicken breast, salad, and an iced Americano, and wondered whether he could stay full.
• Remembering Liang Zhisheng's advice to socialize for more screen time, Lai Yudong decided to take opportunities to speak up.
• Lai Yudong asked Su Junzhe, “So little again?”

Su Junzhe explained his restrictive diet to Lai Yudong, who had prepared lyrics before class and found that preparation helped him keep up with Class F. After hours of struggling to follow the theme song at full speed, Lai Yudong learned that every class would have to perform it before dismissal, and Zhao Yifeng and Xu An faced the challenge in despair.

• Su Junzhe told Lai Yudong that he was dieting to avoid looking puffy on camera, prompting Lai Yudong to worry about his health.
• Lai Yudong reviewed lyrics in his notebook before the afternoon lesson began.
• During dance class, Lai Yudong kept up better than some Class F trainees, who began looking to him as a model, but he struggled to match the beat at full speed.
• After the exhausting lesson, dance teacher Cao Yan announced that each class had to perform the theme song before class could end.
• Cao Yan called on Class A first, and the struggling dancers Zhao Yifeng and Xu An looked utterly despairing.

Lai Yudong agreed to try the theme-song dance as Class A began its evaluation, and watched the trainees face harsh criticism and uneven performances. After Class A and B danced, Class C started, where Zhou Rui collided with Liang Zhisheng and broke the tense mood.

• Lai Yudong weighed his lack of preparation against the chance to be seen on camera and decided to give the dance a try.
• Class A performed, with Jin Xiheng and Su Junzhe standing out while Zhao Yifeng and Xu An struggled.
• Dance teacher Cao Yan criticized most of Class A and warned that they could lose their places if they did not practice.
• Class B performed, and Qu Xincheng, Jiang Yangfan, and Lai Yudong’s roommate Li Xu drew attention for different reasons.
• Class C began its performance, and Zhou Rui collided with Liang Zhisheng after Liang danced in the wrong direction.

Lai Yudong rejected Luo Feiran’s request to take a less visible position, then joined Class F’s Theme Song evaluation. He struggled to keep the beat and follow the choreography, and after nearly falling, he tried to copy the other Trainees’ moves.

• Luo Feiran asked Lai Yudong to stand farther back, but Lai Yudong refused and chose a front-row position.
• Lai Yudong took the far-left spot in Class F’s formation beside Wang Yiwen and Zeng Kai.
• Liu Qichu joked about being dwarfed by the taller Pei Lan in the back row.
• Lai Yudong began the Theme Song dance with a strong pose but struggled to count the beats and match the choreography.
• Lai Yudong stumbled and lost the rhythm, then tried to copy the other Trainees to salvage his dance.

Lai Yudong struggled through Class F’s theme-song dance until the chorus helped him recover some remembered moves, and his smile drew attention from viewers. He finished the dance despite imperfect accuracy, then faced dance teacher Cao Yan’s scolding over the class’s chaotic performance.

• Lai Yudong found the chorus in the music and used remembered lyrics and choreography to regain the rhythm.
• Lai Yudong smiled while performing a hand sequence, prompting viewers to praise his expression and urge others to vote for Miura Yuki.
• Lai Yudong followed the melody and lyrics to complete the dance, though he improvised and achieved only about sixty to seventy percent accuracy.
• Lai Yudong noticed that many Class F students had frozen during the performance and wished they would at least keep moving.
• Cao Yan criticized Class F for performing different moves and standing still when they forgot the choreography.

After Cao Yan criticized Class F’s practice, Lai Yudong received a mixed review and searched for a faster, more suitable way to learn the choreography. He teamed up with Zhou Rui to visit different trainee-led lessons, but had not yet found the right one.

• Cao Yan scolded Class F for their poor dancing and gave Wang Yiwen, Pei Lan, Liu Qichu, and Miura Yuki individual feedback.
• After class, the trainees stayed to practice and formed small teaching circles around stronger dancers.
• Lai Yudong tried Jin Xiheng’s lesson but found its pace too slow for him.
• Lai Yudong thanked Zhou Rui for reminding him of the time, and Zhou Rui invited him to look for another lesson together.
• Lai Yudong and Zhou Rui visited lessons led by Jiang Yangfan and Qu Xincheng, but found them too slow or crowded, then encountered other groups that were barely practicing.

Lai Yudong and Zhou Rui followed Su Junzhe around the practice rooms and joined a small group practicing the theme song dance. Su Junzhe led them to a quieter classroom to help them correct their moves, while Lai Yudong learned the edited broadcast and first-stage rankings would come out next Saturday.

• Lai Yudong and Zhou Rui visited several practice rooms and found Su Junzhe surrounded by trainees following his dance practice.
• Su Junzhe spoke with Lai Yudong and Zhou Rui, then playfully called Lai Yudong his future star pupil.
• Lai Yudong learned from the system that the edited broadcast and first-stage rankings would be released next Saturday.
• Su Junzhe proposed moving the remaining trainees to a small classroom so they could use the mirrors to correct their moves.
• Su Junzhe, Lai Yudong, Zhou Rui, and three other trainees entered the Class C practice room, where the trainees already inside offered to join them.

Liang Zhisheng noticed Miura Yuki had not returned to Dorm 707 and worried the trainee had forgotten his early Class F class. After waking at 3:40 a.m. and finding Miura’s bunk still empty, Liang went to look for him.

• Su Junzhe agreed to help others, while Lai Yudong worried that Qu Xincheng might neglect his own practice by helping everyone in Class B.
• Liang Zhisheng returned to Dorm 707 and learned from Li Xu that Miura Yuki had not come back.
• Li Xu went to sleep, and Xu An returned from a tiring dance practice while Liang prepared for bed.
• Liang Zhisheng woke at 3:40 a.m. and found Miura Yuki’s bunk untouched.
• Liang Zhisheng put on a padded coat and left the dorm to search for Miura Yuki.

Liang Zhisheng searched the practice rooms for Miura Yuki and found him asleep on the floor of Class F. After waking him, Liang Zhisheng heard Yuki speak unusually quickly and clearly before Yuki realized what he was doing and covered his eyes again.

• Liang Zhisheng checked the Class A classroom and met Mo Li practicing dance alone.
• Mo Li told Liang Zhisheng that Su Junzhe had taught Miura Yuki and a Class C trainee the theme song dance earlier that night.
• Liang Zhisheng searched the other classrooms and found Miura Yuki asleep on the floor in Class F.
• Liang Zhisheng woke Miura Yuki and reminded him that it was four in the morning and class began at eight.
• Miura Yuki apologized and explained that he had fallen asleep while trying to practice singing, speaking rapidly and clearly.
• Miura Yuki realized Liang Zhisheng had noticed his unusual speech and covered his eyes, admitting he was a little lively.

Lai Yudong remembered how he had trained late, fallen asleep in the practice room, and talked freely when Liang Zhisheng found him. Liang escorted him back to the dorm while reminding him to stay warm, shower, and avoid waking their roommates.

• After Su Junzhe’s Class A lesson, Lai Yudong and Zhou Rui ate dinner, then joined Su Junzhe to practice before Lai Yudong continued training alone.
• Lai Yudong fell asleep in the Class F practice room, and Liang Zhisheng found him while he was livestreaming and talking more than usual.
• Lai Yudong got up, collected his things, and left the practice room with Liang Zhisheng.
• On the way back, Liang Zhisheng reminded Lai Yudong to wear a jacket, shower before bed, keep quiet, and check on Li Xu in the morning.
• Liang Zhisheng teased Lai Yudong for usually answering with nods and shakes, and Lai Yudong fell silent.

On the way back to the dorm, Lai Yudong worried that his practice was falling behind after hearing how hard Mo Li was working, but Liang Zhisheng reassured him. Liang then asked about Lai Yudong’s handwriting, and Lai admitted he had practiced calligraphy since childhood.

• Liang Zhisheng told Lai Yudong that Mo Li was still practicing and planned to continue until four in the morning.
• Lai Yudong compared his own effort to Mo Li’s and worried that he was not working hard enough.
• Liang Zhisheng encouraged Lai Yudong, reminding him that Teacher Cao Yan had praised how quickly he learned the dance moves.
• Liang Zhisheng complimented Lai Yudong’s handwriting after glimpsing his lyric notebook.
• Lai Yudong admitted he had practiced calligraphy since childhood, and Liang Zhisheng explained that he had quit his own lessons.

Lai Yudong encouraged Liang Zhisheng about choosing an unconventional career, then got up early and practiced with support from Su Junzhe. At Class F’s dance lesson, Cao Yan praised Lai Yudong and two other trainees for their progress.

• Lai Yudong told Liang Zhisheng that becoming a successful content creator took courage, and Liang Zhisheng promised to vote for him if he was eliminated.
• Lai Yudong woke Li Xu early, then went to breakfast after getting up before the rest of the dorm.
• Su Junzhe sat with Lai Yudong and advised him to practice more, explaining that he had risen early to reinforce his own training.
• Cao Yan checked Class F’s theme-song choreography and praised Lai Yudong, Wang Yiwen, and Pei Lan for their performances.
• Cao Yan recognized Miura Yuki as a last-minute replacement and commended his improved timing and hard work, encouraging him to aim for promotion.

Lai Yudong gained a little confidence after receiving praise for his dancing, but he remained anxious about singing without his Pitch Corrector. In vocal class, trainees complained that they had not received the lyrics in time, and Jiang Xiaoting asked whether they had memorized them anyway.

• Cao Yan praised Lai Yudong's dance before pointing out that his movements were still stiff.
• Lai Yudong worried that his singing would not improve through practice, though he accepted that using the Pitch Corrector would have been unfair.
• Jiang Xiaoting introduced herself to Class F and asked whether the trainees had memorized the lyrics.
• Luo Feiran and Liu Qichu said the staff had not given them the lyrics, prompting complaints about other classes getting them earlier.
• Lai Yudong stayed silent after sensing trouble, and Jiang Xiaoting calmly asked whether the trainees were saying they had not memorized the lyrics.

Jiang Xiaoting tested Class C’s preparation and began a chaotic relay singing exercise. Lai Yudong salvaged his turn by following the misplaced lyrics and impressed the class with his distinctive voice, though his technique still needed work.

• Jiang Xiaoting pointed out that only six Class C students had memorized the lyrics despite having extra time and more people than the other classes.
• Jiang Xiaoting handed out lyric sheets and had the students sing two lines each in relay, but their timing and pitch quickly fell apart.
• When earlier students sang the wrong lines, Lai Yudong recognized that they were one line ahead and matched the backing track with the correct lyrics.
• Lai Yudong sang clearly in his distinctive low voice, catching Jiang Xiaoting’s attention and earning praise from the audience comments.
• Lai Yudong nervously checked Jiang Xiaoting’s reaction, then relaxed when she let the relay continue without interrupting him.

Jiang Xiaoting taught Class F the theme song and assessed the trainees’ singing, exposing Lai Yudong’s difficulty adapting his broadcasting habits to vocal performance. With less than forty-eight hours to practice before the evaluation, Lai Yudong cut back on sleep to work on the song.

• Jiang Xiaoting listened to all forty-two trainees and found that most of Class F struggled with the theme song.
• Jiang Xiaoting taught the song line by line, then had the trainees practice and sing individually while she corrected their mistakes.
• Jiang Xiaoting told Lai Yudong that his singing was too quiet, his enunciation too precise, and his vocal placement unsuitable for singing.
• Lai Yudong practiced a singing technique with Jiang Xiaoting but found it difficult to overcome his broadcasting habits.
• Lai Yudong reduced his sleep so he could practice for the theme song evaluation.

Lai Yudong and Zhou Rui practiced together through the night before the second assessment, while Zhou Rui worried about the competition and his chances of reaching Class A. As dawn approached, they left the practice room exhausted, with the assessment only hours away.

• After vocal class, Zhou Rui asked Lai Yudong to practice with him, and they became partners who trained separately in the same room.
• During a break, Zhou Rui explained why he thought the season’s competition was fierce and said he would be happy to reach Class B.
• Lai Yudong asked the system about getting publicity, but it said he needed to use his initial capital to create wealth first.
• Lai Yudong and Zhou Rui continued practicing until nearly five in the morning, when they were the only ones left in the Class F practice room.
• Zhou Rui staggered out exhausted, and Lai Yudong supported him as they headed out before the assessment.

Lai Yudong waited through the Class F theme song evaluations, then performed under pressure after asking the system to hide the distracting bullet comments. He sang and danced with precise timing, hoping to complete the song without mistakes and earn a chance to move up a class.

• The theme song evaluation began, and trainees recorded videos in their respective classes for the mentors to regrade.
• Lai Yudong encouraged Liang Zhisheng and Zhou Rui before joining the tense wait in the Class F practice room.
• Pei Lan volunteered to perform first and danced smoothly at first, but his strength and voice faltered as the song went on.
• Lai Yudong turned off the bullet comments, focused on the music, and began his evaluation with practiced movements and the first lyric.