Recaps

Bai Chen and Lin Luoluo defeated the level 16 Crystal Scorpion King and reached an S-Rank evaluation before completing the assessment. As Jiang Ruoxue waited for Lin Luoluo to fail, the Assessment Center announced that Lin Luoluo had passed with an SSS-Rank evaluation.

• Lin Luoluo commanded the Pitch-Black Throne’s strengthened tentacles to bind the Crystal Scorpion King, and Bai Chen crushed it with Hard Skin.
• The watch reported that the Crystal Scorpion King was slain and Lin Luoluo’s evaluation had risen to S-Rank at 71% progress.
• Bai Chen realized Jiang Ruoxue had likely manipulated the assessment’s difficulty, and he and Lin Luoluo pressed on.
• At the Assessment Center, Jiang Ruoxue learned that Lin Luoluo’s vital signs were normal and that her assessment was still underway.
• The loudspeaker announced that Lin Luoluo had passed the assessment with an SSS-Rank evaluation.

Lin Luoluo received an SSS-Rank assessment rating, stunning the crowd and enraging Jiang Ruoxue. As Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen emerged from Assessment Room Three, they found a crowd waiting to see what had happened.

• The assessment center announced Lin Luoluo had received an SSS-Rank rating, leaving the crowd and Liu De astonished.
• Jiang Ruoxue saw Lin Luoluo's rating on the screen and received an urgent call from Jiang Yuanfeng, who ordered her to recruit the SSS-Rank genius for the Jiang Family.
• Jiang Ruoxue refused to believe Lin Luoluo had earned the rating and vowed to expose her as a fraud.
• A crowd gathered outside Assessment Room Three as its door opened.
• Bai Chen emerged carrying Lin Luoluo inside his Slime body, and the startled crowd left them both shocked.

Lin Luoluo learned that she had earned a legendary 3S rating after surviving an assessment sabotaged by Jiang Ruoxue, drawing the attention of the crowd and powerful organizations. Bai Chen urged her to hide his true strength, and the Blood-colored Mining Team arrived to recruit her.

• Liu De told Lin Luoluo that the assessment system had raised the difficulty, Chu Feng's Contract Spirit had died, and she had received a 3S rating.
• Bai Chen mocked Jiang Ruoxue and Chu Feng while Lin Luoluo struggled to take in her sudden success.
• Bai Chen told Lin Luoluo to credit her S-Rank talent for their result and conceal his true power, and she agreed to protect his secret.
• The crowd marveled at Lin Luoluo's talent and discussed whether powerful organizations could heal her legs, though some doubted her Slime would let her advance far.
• The Blood-colored Mining Team forced its way into the assessment hall and announced that it had come to recruit the genius with the SSS rating.

After Lin Luoluo received a 3S evaluation, powerful Underground City factions crowded around to recruit her. Their offers escalated dramatically, and she was left to choose between the factions’ competing promises.

• Town Chief Liu De moved the major factions and Lin Luoluo into a reception room so the assessment could continue.
• Black Wolf offered Lin Luoluo a place in the Blood-colored Mining Team, promising resources, an 800-Silver-Coin allowance, and a share of mining profits.
• Liu Yu countered with 2,000 Silver Coins a month and argued the Azure Mist Guild could help Lin Luoluo reach the Upper City safely.
• The Hundred Treasures Pavilion, Wang Family, and Earth-Splitting Mining Team raised their offers, with the Earth-Splitting Mining Team promising 8,000 Silver Coins and a vice-captain position.
• Black Wolf raised his offer to 5,000 Silver Coins and stressed survival skills, while Liu Yu offered 6,000 and urged Lin Luoluo to seek a future beyond the underground.
• The representatives waited for Lin Luoluo to make her decision.

Jiang Yuanpeng intervened in the captains’ recruitment dispute and used the Jiang Family’s influence to prevent Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen from joining any Mining Team. He left after threatening them and Jiang Ruoxue exposed Lin Luoluo as a cripple with an SSS rating.

• Jiang Yuanpeng arrived with Jiang Ruoxue, and Bai Chen recognized her as the one stirring up trouble again.
• Jiang Yuanpeng announced that no Mining Team could recruit Lin Luoluo, despite the captains’ protests.
• Jiang Yuanpeng threatened the captains with the Jiang Family’s wrath, and they backed down rather than endanger their teams.
• Jiang Yuanpeng told Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen that no Mining Team in the Underground City would accept them and warned them to enjoy their remaining freedom.
• Jiang Ruoxue mocked Lin Luoluo as a cripple and questioned how she had earned an SSS rating.

After Jiang Ruoxue challenged Lin Luoluo’s 3S rating, the Jiang Family’s influence drove every Mining Team captain to abandon recruitment, leaving Lin Luoluo alone. Mayor Liu De arrived, realized what had happened, and was stopped from confronting the Jiang Family by Bai Chen’s tentacle.

• Jiang Ruoxue accused Lin Luoluo of cheating, and Bai Chen’s tentacle restrained her until Jiang Yuanfeng intervened.
• Lin Luoluo defended her and Xiao Bai’s 3S assessment, insisting the Guild’s records could prove they had earned it honestly.
• Jiang Yuanfeng took Jiang Ruoxue away, while the Mining Team captains withdrew one by one rather than risk the Jiang Family’s retaliation.
• Black Wolf and the other captains left Lin Luoluo without a team, while the Hundred Treasures Pavilion vice president offered her a business card and departed.
• Mayor Liu De found Lin Luoluo alone, blamed the Jiang Family for the captains’ departure, and set off to confront them.
• Bai Chen’s black tentacle stopped Liu De as he tried to leave.

After Lin Luoluo declined to join a Mining Team, Mayor Liu De offered her a captain’s contact and realized Bai Chen was far stronger than he had assumed. Lin Luoluo collected her monthly subsidy and discovered her 3S-Rank assessment earned her three hundred Silver Coins.

• Lin Luoluo told Liu De that she had chosen not to join a Mining Team, and he warned her about entering Demon Rifts alone before giving her a captain’s contact.
• After Lin Luoluo left, Liu De recalled Bai Chen’s tentacle effortlessly restraining him and realized the Slime was not a burden.
• Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen went to the Contract Spirit Master hall to collect her subsidy, where they saw many injured assessment candidates leaving.
• An employee explained that Lin Luoluo’s 3S-Rank rating entitled her to three hundred Silver Coins per month.

After receiving three hundred silver coins for Lin Luoluo’s Contract Spirit rating, Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen spent the money on food and new clothes for Lin Chuchu and themselves. When they returned home, they found Lin Chuchu lying motionless on the floor.

• Lin Luoluo received three hundred silver coins, while the employee decided to enroll her son in spirit refinement classes.
• Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen went to the market and bought meat, chicken, and fruit.
• Bai Chen persuaded Lin Luoluo to buy new clothes for herself and Lin Chuchu, and commissioned a custom JK uniform.
• Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen returned home, but Lin Chuchu did not answer their knocks.
• Bai Chen broke down the door and found Lin Chuchu motionless on the floor beside an overturned chair and spilled water.

After Lin Chuchu’s illness worsened, Doctor Tang explained that only a Contract Spirit might strengthen her mental power enough to cure her. Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen decided to find one in the mine, and their first expedition into the Forest Grotto ended with them reaching a beautiful, deep area.

• Doctor Tang used Panopus’s Detection Ray to examine Lin Chuchu and explained that her Hypersomnia and Heart Disease were worsening because of her weak mental power.
• Bai Chen reassured Lin Luoluo that they could find a Contract Spirit for Chuchu in the mine, and Lin Luoluo vowed to grow stronger to cure her sister.
• Lin Chuchu stayed at Huixin Clinic while Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen spent nearly all their money on medicine; Bai Chen blamed the powerful families for the medicine’s high price and vowed to uproot the Jiang Family.
• The next morning, Bai Chen helped Lin Luoluo dress for combat and carried her swiftly through the slums to the newly opened Forest Grotto.
• Lin Luoluo registered as a solo First Tier Contract Spirit Master, paid the entrance fee, and received a location-tracking wristband from the mine staff.
• Half an hour later, Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen reached a deep part of the Forest Grotto, where Lin Luoluo exclaimed at the beautiful view.

Bai Chen and Lin Luoluo ventured into the Forest Grotto’s depths to find Netherworld Grass for Bai Chen’s breakthrough, but a powerful Contract Spirit Master named Kalina claimed the plant. Kalina challenged Lin Luoluo to a fight, and Bai Chen attacked her before Lin Luoluo could respond.

• Bai Chen showed Lin Luoluo the underground forest and promised to take her to the Slime Forest someday.
• Bai Chen and Lin Luoluo searched the dangerous depths for Netherworld Grass, which Bai Chen needed to break through past level 10.
• Lin Luoluo spotted Netherworld Grass beneath a giant tree, but Kalina pulled it up first.
• Lin Luoluo offered Kalina two Second Tier magic crystals for the plant, but Kalina became excited by Bai Chen and challenged Lin Luoluo to a fight for it.
• Bai Chen launched several tentacles at Kalina, and she grabbed her Heaven-Shaking Hammer and swung it at them.

Bai Chen explained the purpose behind the no-private-fights rule while battling Kalina, then activated Throne Form and turned the fight around. After Kalina’s strongest attack failed, Bai Chen restrained her, and Lin Luoluo asked for the Netherworld Grass.

• Bai Chen told Lin Luoluo that the no-private-fights rule let powerful people hold others accountable when someone with status was killed.
• Bai Chen fell behind Kalina’s Second Tier Heaven-Shaking Hammer and activated Throne Form on his own, transforming himself and Lin Luoluo.
• Kalina recognized the power of Bai Chen’s new form and unleashed her A-Rank Ice Explosion skill with an enormous ice hammer.
• Bai Chen blocked Kalina’s strike with a barrier of tentacles, leaving Lin Luoluo unharmed and sending Kalina crashing to the ground.
• Bai Chen’s tentacles bound Kalina and lifted her before Lin Luoluo, who asked her to hand over the Netherworld Grass.

After defeating Kalina, Lin Luoluo received the Netherworld Grass while Bai Chen consumed it and the Demon Crystals. Kalina invited Lin Luoluo to join her team, but she suddenly fainted before Lin Luoluo could answer.

• Bai Chen released Kalina, who gave Lin Luoluo the promised Netherworld Grass.
• Bai Chen swallowed the Netherworld Grass and the Second Tier Demon Crystals, then rested to digest them.
• Kalina learned that Lin Luoluo had dropped out of school and had been rejected by Mining Teams because she was crippled.
• Kalina invited Lin Luoluo to join her team for the National Contract Spirit Master Competition and promised to provide her with resources.
• Kalina abruptly lost consciousness, and Lin Luoluo reached out to help her.

Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen were ambushed by two Second Tier Contract Spirit Masters working for Jiang Ruoxue. As Lin Luoluo prepared to fight alongside Bai Chen, a golden light emerged from her chest, signaling a new Life Skill.

• Bai Chen warned Lin Luoluo to cover her nose, then pushed her onto his head and spotted two men emerging from the woods.
• The pink-haired man revealed that his Illusion Dream Butterfly had put Kalina to sleep, while the burly man urged him to seize Lin Luoluo and claim a reward from their young lady.
• Lin Luoluo realized Jiang Ruoxue had sent the men and grew furious as she thought of protecting Lin Chuchu and Bai Chen.
• Lin Luoluo told Bai Chen they would fight together, but warmth spread from her chest and a golden light appeared, revealing what seemed to be a new Life Skill.

Lin Luoluo gained the S-Rank Profound Ice Burst Life Skill and unleashed Bai Chen’s shadowy Throne Form against two Jiang Family Contract Spirit Masters. With her Star Energy nearly exhausted, Bai Chen relied on his own reserves and attacked the men.

• Lin Luoluo touched the golden light and learned she had gained the S-Rank ice-element Life Skill Profound Ice Burst, while Bai Chen explained that he possessed multiple elemental types.
• Two Second Tier Jiang Family Contract Spirit Masters approached Lin Luoluo, mocking her and assuming she was frightened.
• Lin Luoluo summoned Bai Chen’s Shadow Tentacles and throne, donned a black-and-purple dress, and unleashed a chilling aura that made the men suspect she was an Evil Contract Spirit.
• Bai Chen activated Throne Form and Profound Ice Burst, but stopped himself from using Skin Hardening when Lin Luoluo warned that her Star Energy was almost depleted.
• Bai Chen stabilized Throne Form with his own reserves and sent a wave of black tentacles surging toward the two men.

Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen fought two Second Tier Contract Spirit Masters, resisting their attacks and defeating the Pink-Haired Man’s Illusion Dream Butterfly. The Black Fiend Tiger was overwhelmed and knocked down, while Brother Meng’s fate remained unresolved.

• Brother Meng used his B-Rank Black Tiger Roar against Lin Luoluo, but she remained unharmed because of her and Bai Chen’s resistance to mental attacks.
• The Pink-Haired Man revealed that the cold surrounding Lin Luoluo had frozen his Illusion Dream Butterfly and neutralized its dust.
• Lin Luoluo ordered Xiao Bai to attack the butterfly, and Bai Chen crushed it with two tentacles.
• The Pink-Haired Man spat blood after his Contract Spirit was killed and called on Brother Meng to avenge it.
• Bai Chen’s tentacles battered and froze the Black Fiend Tiger until a hidden strike knocked it down.

Lin Luoluo defeated Zhao Han and ordered Bai Chen to kill him and the pink-haired man after they threatened her family. After looting their bodies, they found four Demon Crystals and two Source Crystals, bringing their funds to more than 2,000 Silver Coins.

• Lin Luoluo revealed that Bai Chen had built up enough damage to destroy the Black Fiend Tiger, then snapped her fingers and made it explode.
• Zhao Han and the pink-haired man begged for their lives and threatened Lin Luoluo with the Jiang Family and Upper City geniuses.
• Lin Luoluo ordered Bai Chen to kill the two men, and his tentacles pierced their hearts before he ended Throne Form.
• Bai Chen steadied Lin Luoluo as she struggled with the shock of killing, then began searching the bodies for valuables.
• Bai Chen found four Demon Crystals worth 1,800 Silver Coins, and then picked up the two Source Crystals left behind by the dead Contract Spirits.

Bai Chen and Lin Luoluo discovered a Spirit-Capturing Box that likely held the escaped S-Rank Space-Type Contract Spirit, and they considered having Chuchu form a contract with it. After assuring Lin Luoluo he could subdue it, Bai Chen prepared to break through by devouring three second-tier Demon Crystals.

• Bai Chen found a strange metal box on the pink-haired man's corpse, and Lin Luoluo identified it as a Spirit-Capturing Box.
• Bai Chen and Lin Luoluo realized the box might contain the escaped S-Rank Space-Type Contract Spirit sought by the Upper City geniuses.
• Bai Chen proposed that Chuchu form a contract with the spirit to cure her illness, while Lin Luoluo worried that Chuchu might not withstand its power and that the Jiang Family would pursue them.
• Bai Chen argued that they were already enemies of the Jiang Family and promised he could make the spirit obey Chuchu.
• Bai Chen sent Lin Luoluo to watch Kalina, then transformed into his Devouring Demon God form and swallowed three second-tier Demon Crystals to prepare for a breakthrough.

Bai Chen advanced to the Second Tier, and Kalina told Lin Luoluo about Dawnlight Academy’s upcoming selection for Upper City residency. Lin Luoluo considered entering but worried about leaving her ill sister Chuchu behind, while the chapter ended with Jiang Chen confronting the Lower City Jiang Family over its past treatment of his ancestor.

• Bai Chen absorbed the Netherworld Grass and three Second Tier Demon Crystals, advanced to the Second Tier, and waited with Lin Luoluo for Kalina to wake.
• Kalina woke without realizing she had been hypnotized, then learned Bai Chen had advanced and reacted with shock at his growth.
• Kalina invited Lin Luoluo to try for Dawnlight Academy’s special admissions selection, explaining that successful applicants would gain Upper City residency.
• Lin Luoluo considered the opportunity but hesitated because Chuchu was ill and needed her care; she told Kalina she might still try.
• Jiang Chen arrived with the Jiang Family mining team to hunt the escaped S-Rank Space-Type Contract Spirit, and rejected Jiang Chutian and Jiang Ruoxue’s attempts to flatter him.
• Jiang Chen accused the Lower City Jiang Family of hypocrisy and recalled how its members had driven his ancestor out.

Jiang Chen rebuked the Lower City Jiang Family for relying on his Upper City ancestors’ protection, then offered Jiang Ruoxue a chance to try out for Dawnlight Academy. He judged her talent ordinary by Upper City standards, and the chapter ended with a rustling sound coming from the nearby woods.

• Jiang Chen reminded Jiang Chutian and the Jiang Family that their prosperity depended on his ancestor’s mercy and warned that currying favor with him would bring no extra benefits.
• Jiang Chen acknowledged Jiang Ruoxue’s S-Rank Contract Spirit and invited her to take part in Dawnlight Academy’s upcoming Lower City selection.
• Jiang Ruoxue asked how her talent compared with Upper City geniuses, and Jiang Chen said her S-Rank Cold Moon Fox and A-Rank mental strength made her ordinary there.
• The Jiang Family members recalled that Jiang Ruoxue had stolen the S-Rank Contract Spirit from a girl with S-Rank talent, and a rustling sound came from the nearby woods.

Lin Luoluo and Kalina encountered Jiang Chen and the Jiang family while hiding the Spirit-Capturing Box containing the Space Contract Spirit. After Jiang Chen insulted Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen, Kalina challenged him to a duel, but Jiang Ruoxue volunteered to fight Lin Luoluo instead.

• Jiang Chen and Kalina recognized each other and traded taunts while Lin Luoluo concealed the Spirit-Capturing Box.
• Kalina claimed Lin Luoluo was stronger than her and urged her to defeat Jiang Chen, who dismissed Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen as weak.
• Jiang Ruoxue stepped forward and offered to teach Lin Luoluo a lesson, eager to prove herself to Jiang Chen.
• Jiang Chen agreed to let Jiang Ruoxue fight Lin Luoluo, and Jiang Ruoxue turned to face her with confidence.

Lin Luoluo accepted Jiang Ruoxue’s challenge, while Kalina wagered the operating rights to a coveted academy shop against Jiang Chen on the outcome. The battle began with Bai Chen shrugging off Cold Moon Fox’s ice attacks, leaving Jiang Ruoxue frustrated and ready to use her trump card.

• Lin Luoluo agreed to fight Jiang Ruoxue, and both summoned Bai Chen and Cold Moon Fox.
• Kalina wagered her family’s chance to operate a prime shop at Dawnlight Academy against Jiang Chen, who accepted confidently.
• Lin Luoluo and Jiang Ruoxue began their battle as the gathered Jiang Family guards cleared space.
• Jiang Ruoxue ordered Cold Moon Fox to attack with ice crystals, but Bai Chen blocked them with Hardening Skin and Shadow Tentacles.
• Jiang Ruoxue grew frustrated by Bai Chen’s defense and decided to use her trump card.

Jiang Ruoxue used Ice Soul Domain and Ice Blade Slash against Lin Luoluo, but Bai Chen activated Throne Form and blocked her strongest attack. As Lin Luoluo declared the battle over, Cold Moon Fox fled from Bai Chen's tentacles and was captured.

• Jiang Ruoxue used the A-Rank Ice Soul Domain to boost Cold Moon Fox and ordered her to attack Bai Chen with Ice Blade Slash.
• Bai Chen activated Throne Form, creating a Gothic Dress and black throne for Lin Luoluo, whose tentacles blocked the ice blade.
• Jiang Ruoxue and Jiang Chen were shocked when the A-Rank attack left only a faint mark, and Mighty General identified Bai Chen as a likely Shadow System Slime.
• Lin Luoluo told Jiang Ruoxue that she was finished, while Jiang Ruoxue panicked and ordered Cold Moon Fox to attack.
• Cold Moon Fox fled from Bai Chen's tentacles but was trapped in their cage and lifted into the air.

Bai Chen defeated Jiang Ruoxue, but Jiang Chutian broke the duel rules and attacked, forcing Kalina to intervene. Jiang Chutian apologized under Jiang Chen’s orders, and Jiang Chen agreed to hand over the shop he had wagered; his resentment toward Lin Luoluo and Kalina remained.

• Jiang Chutian barged into the duel, cut through Bai Chen’s tentacles, and launched a sword strike at Lin Luoluo, but Kalina intercepted it.
• Bai Chen struck Jiang Ruoxue with a tentacle, knocking her unconscious and ending the duel in Lin Luoluo’s favor.
• Kalina condemned Jiang Chutian for interfering and demanded an apology, while Jiang Chen ordered him to comply.
• Jiang Chutian gave a resentful apology, but Lin Luoluo told Kalina not to press him further.
• Kalina reminded Jiang Chen of their wager, and Jiang Chen promised to transfer the Dawnlight Academy shop after returning to the Upper City.

Kalina warned the Jiang Family not to harm Lin Luoluo, then escorted her away from the Mine Tunnel. Near the exit, Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen recognized Tie Jun, the injured captain who had once withdrawn his offer to hire her.

• Kalina threatened the Jiang Family with the Carter Family's retaliation if anyone harmed Lin Luoluo or kept her from the Dawnlight Academy assessment.
• Lin Luoluo left with Kalina while carrying the Jiang Family's Spirit-Capturing Box, and she worried the family would trace it back to her.
• Lin Luoluo and Kalina reached the Forest Grotto exit, where teams of Contract Spirit Masters gathered after exploring the mine.
• Bai Chen recognized the badly injured captain of the Iron Axe Mining Team as Tie Jun, who had once offered Lin Luoluo 8,000 Silver Coins before backing out.
• Lin Luoluo recalled Tie Jun's difficult rise from a commoner family and understood why he had hesitated to spend so much on an uncertain newcomer.

After leaving the Mine Tunnel, Lin Luoluo accepted Kalina’s Storage Ring containing valuable Demon materials and crystals. She and Bai Chen then looked for a trustworthy buyer, and Lin Luoluo remembered the business card from the Hundred Treasures Pavilion.

• Tie Jun hurried his injured team to sell their ore and pay for Third Brother’s treatment after a Cave Terrorclaw ambush.
• Bai Chen and Lin Luoluo left the Mine Tunnel with Kalina, who declined to sell her spoils at the crowded stalls because she needed to secure the shop in the Upper City.
• Kalina gave Lin Luoluo a Storage Ring filled with Demon materials, including two Third Tier Demon Crystals, as thanks for helping the Carter Family obtain the shop cheaply.
• Lin Luoluo accepted the ring after Bai Chen encouraged her to accept Kalina’s repayment, then discovered it held two enormous Demon corpses and several First Tier Demon Crystals.
• Lin Luoluo and Bai Chen avoided the shrewd vendors near the exit and decided to seek a reliable buyer, prompting Lin Luoluo to recall the Hundred Treasures Pavilion vice president’s business card.