Recaps

Li Chen awakened the S-rank Vector ability, joined Canglan Academy, and survived the academy’s trials while keeping his strength hidden. After confronting the Tree Demons in the Secret Realm, he began developing techniques as the Special Affairs Bureau and academy staff concealed his true rank.

• Li Chen climbed the white stairway during the Awakening Ceremony, received an S-rank result, and was carried away unconscious as cultists attacked the academy.
• Li Chen demonstrated his Vector ability to Su Zhe, chose Canglan Academy with him, and refused to let Teacher Yu correct his concealed rank.
• Li Chen, Su Zhe, and Jianping passed Canglan Academy’s illusion-filled entrance ceremony and joined its special class under Yu Qingnian.
• Li Chen and his teammates entered the Secret Realm, where Tree Demons separated them and attacked several groups, while Li Chen discovered the creatures avoided a bone altar.
• Li Chen calmed the Tree Demons threatening Su Zhe and the others, and Faluo ended the training exercise and escorted the injured students out with a teleportation talisman.
• Li Chen resisted the White Door’s invitation, then returned to the Secret Realm with his teammates and destroyed a large area of forest with a compressed energy orb.
• The Special Affairs Bureau attacked suspected God-Binding Cult members in Magic City while Yu Qingnian told Faluo that Li Chen’s S-rank ability was being concealed as B-rank.
• Li Chen practiced forming an energy blade and splitting it into fragments, striking an enormous Tree Demon at the cost of much of his mental energy.

Li Chen’s team entered the Canglan Tournament as the God-Binding Cult brought Pandora’s Box and a Calamity Realm monster into Magic City, then launched another attack in Shenzhou City. As Li Chen’s inner seal weakened and the black door drew him into a strange space, he and his friends left the suspended tournament to assist the Special Affairs Bureau.

• Li Chen defeated Wang Hao in the academy rankings, declined Ji Shao’s offer to join her team, and learned the Canglan Tournament had been moved up.
• The God-Binding Cult opened Pandora’s Box in Magic City, releasing a Calamity Realm monster that killed Bureau agents before the Seventh Sequence arrived and destroyed it.
• Canglan Academy registered Li Chen’s team for the tournament, and they quickly defeated Team 12 in the elimination round.
• As cult members prepared another attack, Li Chen’s consciousness entered the space behind his inner door, where Black Mist overwhelmed its runes and led him to a chained masked man.
• Li Chen woke to find Jianping and Su Zhe had bound him, while the Special Affairs Bureau fought cultists and the Puppeteer in Shenzhou City.
• Cang Lao suspended the tournament so students could witness the invasion, and Li Chen decided to act as the burning sensation within him intensified.
• After Kui Xing, Ji Mumu, and Qi Hong saw a red flare over Shenzhou City, the academy authorized qualified students to support the Bureau, and Li Chen, Su Zhe, and Jianping set out for the Neon District.

Li Chen and his teammates survived the Black Mist, won the Canglan Tournament, and were sent to train in Ruined City. As they faced powerful Eerie Monsters, Li Chen gained a strange mark and began seeing white lines on people and objects, while the students were left to find their own way in the city.

• Li Chen and his companions fought Blood Charm as he opened Pandora’s Box, and Li Chen was drawn into its darkness while Jianping and Su Zhe searched for him.
• Li Chen absorbed the Black Mist and returned to his companions, then told the Special Affairs Bureau what had happened.
• Li Chen’s team defeated three teams in the Canglan Tournament and won the final Heart-Questioning Road challenge, after which Cang Lao required Li Chen to compete individually in the Academy Tournament.
• A month later, Yu Qingnian took the Special Class to Ruined City, where the students fought off waves of Eerie Monsters and Li Chen helped destroy a powerful monster with Su Xian and Jianping.
• Blood Charm was rejected by masked members of the Godless Cult, while the Seventh Seat decided against attacking near Ruined Pass.
• Li Chen climbed the white staircase in a vision, received a wing-and-sword mark, and resisted a voice urging him to reach into Su Xian’s body.
• The students arrived in Ruined City and learned they would need to find their own accommodations and receive training missions through their Student Badges.

Li Chen uncovered his ability to control Forbidden Substance, helped Gu Cheng create a Forbidden Object, and kept his power secret as the Eerie Tide struck Ruined Pass. The battle continued while cultists approached Ruined City, leaving Li Chen worried about the trainees at the other Slaughter Arena.

• Li Chen and the other Canglan Academy students began training in Ruined City, where they fought Eerie Monsters and Li Chen discovered he could absorb the black substance inside them.
• After absorbing too much Forbidden Substance, Li Chen encountered the masked man in the Throne Space, who explained King’s Power and warned him about the Elder Gods.
• Li Chen returned to the battle and used Ink to disrupt the Forbidden Substance in Eerie Monsters, helping the trainees defeat a horde.
• Li Chen revealed his dark matter ability to Yu Qingnian and Gu Cheng, then produced a large amount of Forbidden Substance in exchange for Merit.
• Li Chen and Gu Cheng fused Forbidden Substance into a broken black rod, creating a Forbidden Object, before Gu Cheng warned that the Eerie Tide was coming.
• Eerie Monsters breached the Slaughter Arenas, and Li Chen, Su Zhe, Lin Hua, and Jianping fought to hold them back as Yu Qingnian and Gu Cheng defended Ruined Pass.
• Yu Qingnian and Gu Cheng learned that humanoid figures controlled the Eerie Tide, while Gu Cheng’s missile killed many monsters and a cult group tried to enter Ruined City.
• Yu Qingnian drove off cultists as Li Chen held the steel gates until Slaughterer robots arrived, then Li Chen rested and worried about the other Slaughter Arena.