Recaps

At the Underground City’s awakening ceremony, Jiang Ruoxue summoned Bai Chen, a level-nine black Slime with S-Rank potential, and rejected him after learning why the array had assessed him so highly. Lin Luoluo then summoned a genuine S-Rank Cold Moon Fox, but it dodged her reaching hand.

• Jiang Ruoxue summoned Bai Chen, whose golden light drew the crowd’s attention before his Slime appearance provoked ridicule.
• Bai Chen recognized that he had reached the human world after surviving a year in the Demon Continent by devouring Slimes and raising his tentacle ability to S-Rank.
• Jiang Ruoxue kicked Bai Chen away and asked Town Chief Liu whether the magic array was broken.
• Liu De scanned Bai Chen and explained that his level-nine energy, rather than his species, had triggered the S-Rank assessment.
• Lin Luoluo, a wheelchair user with S-Rank mental strength, summoned a Cold Moon Fox and reached toward it, but the fox dodged her.

Lin Luoluo summoned an S-Rank Cold Moon Fox, but Jiang Ruoxue persuaded it to contract with her and left Lin with the unwanted Slime, Bai Chen. Lin and Bai Chen chose each other, and she began forming a contract with him.

• Jiang Ruoxue approached Lin Luoluo and offered the Cold Moon Fox rare materials and a better future, while pointing out that Lin could not afford to raise it.
• The Cold Moon Fox chose Jiang Ruoxue, who contracted with it and gave Bai Chen, the Slime she had summoned, to Lin Luoluo.
• Liu De offered to report Lin's missed summoning so the Federation might match her with a B-Rank Contract Spirit, but Lin declined.
• Lin approached Bai Chen and invited him to be her Contract Spirit, promising that her S-Rank mental strength would help him grow.
• Bai Chen wrote "Yes" in Lin's palm with a tentacle, and Lin hugged him before beginning the contract.

After contracting with Lin Luoluo, Bai Chen discovered her S-Rank talent and an S-Rank shadow ability, but Jiang Ruoxue tried to reclaim him and ordered her Cold Moon Fox to attack. Bai Chen protected Lin Luoluo and knocked the fox into a trash can, leaving the square stunned.

• Bai Chen chose an equal contract with Lin Luoluo and received a saved Devour opportunity after learning she had the S-Rank Ten Thousand Arts Sovereign talent.
• Lin Luoluo saw that Bai Chen had an S-Rank Shadow Tentacles ability, while Jiang Ruoxue dismissed her claim and demanded the Slime back.
• Lin Luoluo refused to surrender Bai Chen, and Jiang Ruoxue ordered her Cold Moon Fox to kill him.
• Lin Luoluo fell from her wheelchair while shielding Bai Chen, but Bai Chen caught her with his tentacles and struck the attacking fox.
• Bai Chen sent the Cold Moon Fox flying into a trash can, silencing the square.

After defeating Jiang Ruoxue’s Cold Moon Fox, Bai Chen used his completed Devouring Chance to unlock the S-Rank Moon Ice Domain. The attack left Lin Luoluo safe, Jiang Ruoxue’s fox battered and filthy, and Town Chief Liu astonished by Bai Chen’s impossible strength.

• Bai Chen reflected that his Shadow Touch offered few combat options and realized Devouring the Cold Moon Fox’s blood had increased Moon Ice Domain’s progress by 0.001%.
• Bai Chen asked the system to use his Complete Devouring Chance, and the system raised Moon Ice Domain’s progress to 100%, unlocking the S-Rank ability.
• Bai Chen felt the power of ice surge through him and imagined combining Moon Ice Domain with Shadow Touch to strengthen his tentacles.
• Bai Chen returned Lin Luoluo to her wheelchair, and she realized she was unharmed after the attack.
• Jiang Ruoxue found her Cold Moon Fox headfirst in a trash can, and her old servant pulled the filthy fox out.
• Town Chief Liu checked on Lin Luoluo and marveled at Bai Chen’s tentacle attack, which contradicted everything he knew about Slimes.

Lin Luoluo concealed Bai Chen’s true nature by claiming he was a C-Rank Mutant Slime after he struck down Jiang Ruoxue’s S-Rank Cold Moon Fox. Liu De silenced rumors that Bai Chen was an Evil Contract Spirit and warned Lin Luoluo that Jiang Ruoxue might retaliate, urging her to earn her junior Contract Spirit Master certificate.

• Lin Luoluo told Liu De that Bai Chen was a C-Rank Mutant Slime, and he accepted her explanation.
• Liu De encouraged Lin Luoluo to train and earn her certificate so she could explore the mine tunnels and support her younger sister.
• Onlookers speculated that Bai Chen might be an Evil Contract Spirit, frightening the crowd and putting Lin Luoluo at risk.
• Liu De rebuked the crowd and insisted Bai Chen was a Mutant Slime who had defeated the newly summoned Cold Moon Fox by catching it off guard.
• After the crowd dispersed, Liu De warned Lin Luoluo that Jiang Ruoxue might seek revenge and advised her to join an official cave exploration team.

Lin Luoluo agreed to pursue a Contract Spirit Master certificate and learned that her Contract Spirit was named Bai Chen, not Xiao Hei. When her wheelchair broke on the way home, Bai Chen caught her before she fell, but the ruined chair left her stranded far from home.

• Lin Luoluo accepted Mayor Liu De's suggestion to obtain a Contract Spirit Master certificate so she could earn money in the mine tunnels and protect herself from the Jiang Family.
• On the way home, Lin Luoluo asked about Xiao Hei's race, and Bai Chen revealed through their mental link that his name was Bai Chen.
• Lin Luoluo apologized for calling him Xiao Hei and suggested Xiao Bai as a nickname, which Bai Chen accepted.
• Lin Luoluo hugged Bai Chen and resumed pushing her wheelchair, but one wheel broke off and the chair collapsed.
• Bai Chen used tentacles to keep Lin Luoluo from hitting the ground and set her down safely.
• Lin Luoluo recognized the wheelchair as a birthday gift Chuchu had bought by collecting scrap and worried about how she would get home.

After Lin Luoluo’s wheelchair broke, Bai Chen used his body and tentacles to support her and carry her at high speed. They reached her neighborhood with the broken wheelchair in tow, and Lin Luoluo realized their partnership could become a powerful way to fight.

• Lin Luoluo mourned the broken wheelchair that her younger sister Chuchu had given her, and Bai Chen decided to help her move without it.
• Bai Chen wrapped around Lin Luoluo and used his tentacles to lift her upright and run her around the alley.
• Lin Luoluo gratefully hugged Bai Chen and asked him to take the broken wheelchair along because it was a gift from Chuchu.
• Bai Chen misunderstood Lin Luoluo’s plea to slow down and accelerated until they reached the street of old shacks three minutes later.
• Lin Luoluo retched after the ride, then realized that she and Bai Chen could use their speed together in combat without her holding him back.

Lin Luoluo brought Xiao Bai home after deciding to take the Contract Spirit Master assessment, and explained how she and Chuchu protected themselves from Devil Creatures. She entered their cramped shelter on Xiao Bai’s tentacles, where Chuchu was astonished to see her sister standing on her legs.

• Lin Luoluo decided to take the assessment and returned home with Xiao Bai.
• Lin Luoluo explained that she and Chuchu used a password because Devil Creatures that mimicked voices threatened the Poor District.
• Bai Chen resolved to pass the assessment, earn money, and move Lin Luoluo and Chuchu to a house in the Safe Zone.
• Bai Chen carried Lin Luoluo into their small, shabby home on his tentacles.
• Chuchu saw Lin Luoluo standing on her legs and stared at her in astonishment.

Lin Luoluo introduced Bai Chen to her younger sister, Lin Chuchu, and helped the frightened girl see that he meant no harm. The sisters welcomed Bai Chen into their family over dinner, and the chapter ended with him feeding Lin Luoluo a bite of pork and rice.

• Bai Chen changed into a round Slime form to greet Lin Chuchu, but she mistook him for a Devil Creature and charged at him with a broom.
• Lin Luoluo stopped Lin Chuchu and explained that Xiao Bai was her new Contract Spirit; after apologizing, Lin Chuchu cautiously poked him and began playfully tickling him.
• Bai Chen carried Lin Luoluo to the stove, where she cooked dinner while Lin Chuchu watched and eagerly anticipated the meal.
• Lin Luoluo told Lin Chuchu to let their new family member eat first, but Bai Chen said he did not need human food and urged the sisters to eat.
• Bai Chen used a tentacle to scoop up pork and rice and feed it directly to Lin Luoluo.

Bai Chen cared for Lin Luoluo and her sister after their meal, learned about Lin Chuchu’s illnesses, and helped Luoluo bathe and get ready for bed. As he slept in Luoluo’s arms, he resolved to help the sisters pass the Contract Spirit Master test and improve their lives.

• Bai Chen fed Lin Luoluo and planned to improve the sisters’ meals once they had passed the qualification test and earned an income.
• Lin Chuchu ate until she fell asleep, and Lin Luoluo explained that her sister suffered from sudden sleep attacks and a heart problem.
• Lin Luoluo asked Bai Chen to help her bathe, but she bathed alone after he carried her to the bathroom.
• Bai Chen carried Lin Luoluo back to bed, and she invited him to sleep with her and Lin Chuchu.
• As Lin Luoluo fell asleep in his arms, Bai Chen resolved to help the sisters pass the test, cure Lin Chuchu, and heal Luoluo’s legs.

Bai Chen intercepted two Jiang Family men sent to kill Lin Luoluo before her Contract Spirit Master assessment. After crushing one attacker’s Contract Spirit, he fought the other’s Stingtail Scorpion and used Moon Ice Domain to block its poison attack, leaving the battle underway.

• Bai Chen hid in shadow near Lin Luoluo’s home and discovered two men plotting to kill her on Jiang Ruoxue’s orders.
• The men summoned a Shatterrock Hound and a Stingtail Scorpion to break into Lin Luoluo’s house, but Bai Chen crushed the Shatterrock Hound with his Shadow Tentacles.
• The short, fat man was injured by the loss of his Contract Spirit, while the tall, thin man decided they should wait near the alley and ambush Lin Luoluo later.
• Bai Chen attacked as the men turned to leave and targeted the Stingtail Scorpion, prompting the tall, thin man to command its Poison Sting Combo.
• Bai Chen activated Moon Ice Domain, slowing the poisonous stingers and forming an ice wall, then armored his Shadow Tentacles with ice to deflect the projectiles.

Bai Chen killed the two Jiang Family underlings and their Contract Spirits, then chose to absorb [Hard Skin] rather than [Scorpion Poison]. He left the chapter with a new ability selected as a less conspicuous cover for his powers.

• The tall, thin man recognized the ice ability as resembling Jiang's [Moon Ice Domain], but Bai Chen killed him with an ice-armored tentacle.
• The short, stout man tried to flee and call for help, but Bai Chen caught him and snapped his neck.
• Bai Chen tore apart the confused Stingtail Scorpion and obtained its purple Source Crystal, along with the yellow crystal from the Shatterrock Hound.
• Bai Chen dumped the two men's bodies into a sewer, then considered how using [Moon Ice Domain] could expose his strength and draw powerful factions after him.
• Bai Chen chose the Shatterrock Hound's [Hard Skin] over the Stingtail Scorpion's [Scorpion Poison] and began to Devour it.

Bai Chen gained Hard Skin and used a C-Rank Source Crystal to raise its proficiency before rushing back to Lin Luoluo when he heard her call. Lin Luoluo feared Xiao Bai had only been a dream, but his return reassured her as a message from the walkie-talkie was sent from the sewers.

• Bai Chen acquired the D-Rank ability Hard Skin and raised its progress to 30% by consuming a C-Rank Source Crystal.
• Bai Chen heard Lin Luoluo calling and hurried back to the house without testing his new ability.
• In the sewer, creatures devoured the two corpses, while a walkie-talkie sent a message from a hidden corner.
• Lin Luoluo woke from a dream, found Xiao Bai missing, and feared their contract and companionship had not been real.
• Bai Chen returned and wiped Lin Luoluo's tears, and she hugged him in relief after realizing he was real.

Lin Luoluo prepared to take the Spirit Tamer assessment and left home with Bai Chen after an emotional goodbye to Lin Chuchu. At the crowded Spirit Master Hall, Chu Feng and his classmates discussed the assessment before hearing that a cripple had arrived to take it.

• Lin Luoluo changed into her old school uniform and prepared to leave for the assessment with Bai Chen.
• Lin Chuchu hugged her sister and asked Bai Chen to keep Lin Luoluo safe, and Bai Chen reassured her with a gentle pat.
• Bai Chen formed a seat and spider-like legs from his tentacles, carrying Lin Luoluo out toward the assessment.
• At the Spirit Master Hall, Chu Feng’s classmates praised his level-nine B-Rank Silver Moon Snow Leopard, while Chu Feng acknowledged Jiang Ruoxue’s S-Rank Cold Moon Fox.
• Chu Feng’s classmates said that a cripple had come to take the assessment.

At the Spirit Tamer assessment hall, Chu Feng tried to impress Jiang Ruoxue by arguing that a disabled candidate should not be allowed to participate. He discovered the candidate was his former classmate Lin Luoluo, who insisted that she and her Contract Spirit, Xiao Bai, could pass.

• Chu Feng criticized the disabled candidate’s fitness for the assessment, and his classmates echoed his claims.
• Jiang Ruoxue walked toward the commotion, prompting Chu Feng to lead his followers over to discourage the candidate.
• Chu Feng and the others recognized the candidate as Lin Luoluo, their former classmate who used a wheelchair and had left school.
• Staff members and bystanders warned Lin Luoluo about the assessment’s risks, but she said Xiao Bai would help her succeed.
• Chu Feng urged Lin Luoluo to save her money and give up, while his classmates mocked her poverty and faded school uniform.

Bai Chen supported Lin Luoluo as she stood up to her former classmates, whose mockery turned to shock when they saw her beauty. Meanwhile, Jiang Ruoxue learned that her hired attackers had vanished and arranged to have Lin Luoluo’s examination tampered with using dangerous Deep Immersion technology.

• Bai Chen recognized Chu Feng and his classmates as Lin Luoluo’s former classmates and resolved to deal with Chu Feng after the examination.
• Lin Luoluo took Bai Chen’s encouragement and firmly told Chu Feng that her decision to take the examination was none of his concern.
• The classmates and Chu Feng were stunned by Lin Luoluo’s appearance, and Chu Feng awkwardly left with the others.
• Jiang Ruoxue learned that Black Snake and Scorpion had encountered a powerful wild Demon and stopped responding.
• Jiang Ruoxue ordered Uncle Wei to persuade her third uncle to use Deep Immersion technology in Lin Luoluo’s examination room.

Lin Luoluo worried that the assessment's reduced number of passing spots would leave her unable to support her sick younger sister, while Bai Chen reassured her. After Jiang Ruoxue earned an S-Rank evaluation, Lin Luoluo was called to Assessment Area Three for her turn.

• An assessment official announced that only six of the seventy-nine Contract Spirit Masters would qualify, provoking complaints before she explained the association's funding troubles.
• Lin Luoluo feared losing the fifty silver coins she and her younger sister had saved, and Bai Chen comforted her.
• Jiang Ruoxue received an S-Rank evaluation, and Bai Chen recognized her as the girl who had stolen Lin Luoluo's Contract Spirit and tried to have her killed.
• Lin Luoluo explained the three requirements for an S-Rank evaluation, then resolved to aim for at least a B-Rank result with Bai Chen.
• The official called Hu Yue'er, Chu Feng, and Lin Luoluo to Assessment Area Three.

Lin Luoluo prepared for the Contract Spirit Master assessment after Jiang Ruoxue taunted her about failing, while Bai Chen worried that Jiang might have interfered. In the simulation room, Chu Feng offered to carry Lin Luoluo through the assessment for his own selfish reasons, but she rejected his offer and refused to team up.

• Jiang Ruoxue left the assessment area after earning an S-rank rating and mocked Lin Luoluo as her group prepared to go in.
• Bai Chen warned Lin Luoluo that Jiang Ruoxue might have tampered with the assessment, but Lin Luoluo doubted it was possible.
• Lin Luoluo entered Simulation Room Three and received a Mental Link Device from a staff member.
• Chu Feng arrived, offered to help Lin Luoluo pass, and privately planned to use her dependence on him to pursue her.
• Lin Luoluo recoiled from Chu Feng and told him she did not intend to join a team.

After Lin Luoluo rejected Chu Feng’s offer to team up, Hu Yue'er eagerly joined him for the assessment, and Chu Feng boasted that he would earn an S-rank rating. Lin Luoluo ignored their taunts and prepared to enter the simulation with Bai Chen as the assessment began.

• Hu Yue'er entered the simulation room, recognized Chu Feng, and asked to join his team after hearing Lin Luoluo had rejected him.
• Chu Feng accepted Hu Yue'er and promised to defeat the final boss and earn an S-rank rating.
• Lin Luoluo ignored Chu Feng and Hu Yue'er, while Bai Chen privately disparaged them and promised to teach them a lesson in the assessment.
• Chu Feng and Hu Yue'er put on mental-link helmets and lay down beside Lin Luoluo.
• The assessment system began the mental link, and Lin Luoluo saw a new world unfold as the simulation loaded.

Luo Bai and Lin Luoluo entered the South Mountain Third Mine Cave assessment and chose the middle tunnel, while Chu Feng and Hu Yue'er took the left based on his supposed insider information. Luo Bai swiftly slaughtered the Demons in their tunnel, leaving Lin Luoluo shaken and struggling to hold on.

• The assessment system warned that a mutated second-tier Cave Crystal Scorpion lurked deep in the mine and explained the objectives and risks.
• Luo Bai recommended the middle tunnel to Lin Luoluo so they could reach the core quickly, and they headed inside.
• Chu Feng told Hu Yue'er that his contact had revealed the left tunnel contained the most Rift Crystals and a manageable mini-boss, while the middle tunnel was packed with Demons.
• Luo Bai raced through the middle tunnel, killing the low-level Demons with his tentacles and swallowing those that threatened Lin Luoluo.
• After clearing the Demons, Luo Bai realized Lin Luoluo had been asking him to slow down while she clung to his tentacle.

Bai Chen and Lin Luoluo hunted through the mine tunnel, while Chu Feng and Hu Yue'er were badly injured in a simulation assessment and Chu Feng's Snow Leopard died. Jiang Ruoxue claimed the assessment disaster was an equipment malfunction, but someone at the hall accused her of causing it.

• Bai Chen freed Lin Luoluo from his tentacle after his frantic movements had covered her face with her unzipped uniform, then apologized when she scolded him.
• Lin Luoluo checked their wristband and found their rating was B-, so Bai Chen urged her to hurry toward the Cave Crystal Scorpion guarding the rare crystal.
• An alarm sounded at the Contract Spirit Master Hall, and medical staff brought Chu Feng and Hu Yue'er out of the Simulation Room with severe injuries; Chu Feng's Snow Leopard was dead.
• Chu Feng told Chu Hong that far more Demons than expected had attacked them, and Chu Hong confronted the staff over the loss of his son's B-Rank Contract Spirit.
• Jiang Ruoxue said the incident was an equipment malfunction and pointed to the signed liability waiver and insurance, while Chu Hong wondered whether his son had offended her.
• A voice at the hall entrance demanded to know whether Jiang Ruoxue had arranged the incident behind the scenes.

Town Chief Liu tried to stop Jiang Ruoxue from endangering Lin Luoluo, but Jiang ordered the assessment live-streamed instead. The broadcast showed Lin Luoluo alive and apparently unharmed in the mine tunnel, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Liu De arrived after Chu Feng had been carried out and demanded that Jiang Ruoxue stop Lin Luoluo's assessment.
• Jiang Ruoxue refused, claiming the assessment could not be interrupted, and privately revealed she had raised the pain feedback and the Demons' danger levels.
• Jiang ordered the staff to live-stream the assessment, presenting the equipment malfunction as a chance to show the public the mine's dangers.
• The staff activated the screen, revealing Lin Luoluo standing in the dark tunnel without any visible injuries.

Lin Luoluo survived Jiang Ruoxue’s deadly assessment trap and reached 62% exploration progress, stunning the watching hall. As she and Bai Chen rested in the mine, a swarm of Crystal Scorpions and the Crystal Scorpion King appeared before them.

• The hall saw Lin Luoluo alive and unharmed with 62% exploration progress, while Jiang Ruoxue seethed at her success.
• The audience spotted more than a hundred Crystal Scorpions and the Crystal Scorpion King approaching Lin Luoluo on the broadcast.
• Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen rested, discussed their failure to develop a Life Skill, and remained unaware that Jiang Ruoxue had set a trap.
• Bai Chen sensed danger as a huge swarm of Crystal Scorpions emerged from the darkness.
• The Crystal Scorpion King, encased in deep-purple crystal, pushed through the swarm and appeared before Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen.

The Crystal Scorpion King pierced Bai Chen with a ranged attack, and the hit blacked out the exam’s surveillance feed. As onlookers questioned Bai Chen’s tentacles, Liu De defended Lin Luoluo and pleaded with Jiang Ruoxue, who threatened his position as mayor.

• Bai Chen stopped absorbing Lin Luoluo’s star energy and prepared to attack the Crystal Scorpions with hardened tentacles.
• The Crystal Scorpion King launched its crystal tail-tip at Bai Chen, punching a hole through his body and striking the examination room’s surveillance camera.
• Spectators mourned Bai Chen and speculated that his tentacles belonged to an Evil Contract Spirit.
• Liu De told the crowd that Lin Luoluo’s black Slime was a documented C-rank mutation, and they dropped their suspicions.
• Liu De pleaded with Jiang Ruoxue to spare Lin Luoluo, but Jiang Ruoxue threatened to have her father question whether he was fit to remain mayor.

Bai Chen fought the Crystal Scorpion King and its swarm while Lin Luoluo struggled with feeling like a burden. She awakened the S-Rank Life Skill Tentacle Throne, which Bai Chen synchronized with and used to transform into a throne for her, leaving them ready to counterattack.

• Bai Chen recovered from the Crystal Scorpion King's stinger and held back the King and its swarm while protecting Lin Luoluo.
• Lin Luoluo doubted her worth until Bai Chen's earlier encouragement renewed her resolve.
• Lin Luoluo awakened the S-Rank Life Skill Tentacle Throne and called out to Bai Chen.
• Bai Chen synchronized with Tentacle Throne, and the two joined as the skill transformed him into a throne with Lin Luoluo seated securely upon it.
• Bai Chen and Lin Luoluo prepared to attack the Crystal Scorpion King and its swarm together.