Chapter Summaries

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.

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.