Chapter Summaries

Doria Kingdom won its first tournament match after Milan, Eve, and Lin Mo defended the ring against Donis Kingdom. Lin Mo’s overwhelming victory drew attention from their next opponent, Lihes Kingdom First Academy, whose leader dismissed the reports.

• Milan defeated a Level 8 Assassin by luring him into the path of her returning fireball, and both contestants were eliminated.
• Eve entered the ring and swiftly defeated a Level 9 warrior, then beat an Elite-ranked opponent with a golden greatsword.
• Lin Mo replaced the exhausted Eve and knocked Gallagher unconscious with a single strike, prompting Donis Kingdom to forfeit.
• Doria Kingdom earned the first point, and reports of Lin Mo’s victory spread to the other academies.
• Lihes Kingdom First Academy’s leader heard about Lin Mo but remained unconcerned, confident in his team’s strength.

Doria Kingdom faced the formidable Lihes Kingdom First Academy, where Eve won once before falling to a stronger Knight. Ally then stunned the packed arena by freezing her opponent with a single strike, leaving everyone wondering where Doria Kingdom had found another expert.

• Spectators gathered to watch Lin Mo and Doria Kingdom face Lihes Kingdom, while Elvis, Nolun, and Xiliyas also observed the match.
• Lihes Kingdom sent out its weakest level 10 contestant, and Eve defeated him after using her Swiftness Gem to accelerate her attacks.
• Eve fought Lihes Kingdom’s Elite-ranked level 11 Knight, but his defense withstood her ultimate move, so she surrendered when her strength ran low.
• Flora hesitated over who to send next, and Lin Mo urged Ally to take the stage while telling her not to make too big a scene.
• Ally faced the Knight and froze him solid with Frost Slash, astonishing the crowd and prompting spectators to question whose general she was.

Ally defeated Lihes Kingdom Academy’s level 13 Mage and Domo before facing its strongest student, Warren. She revealed her level 15 strength and won, leaving Doria Kingdom Academy defending the stage and Lihes Kingdom swept in the group stage.

• A level 13 Earth Element Mage challenged Ally, but she feigned weakness before defeating him with a sword strike.
• Domo took the stage, and Ally overwhelmed him with her strength before defeating him with [Frost Slash].
• Warren stepped forward as Lihes Kingdom’s final challenger, and his first exchange with Ally revealed that she was level 15.
• Ally fought Warren with her speed, strength, and icy attacks, then defeated him with [Drawing Slash].
• The audience watched in stunned silence as Doria Kingdom Academy successfully defended the stage and Ally swept Lihes Kingdom’s team.

Doria Kingdom National Academy finished the group stage with an undefeated student record and advanced to the elimination rounds despite losing most of its mentor matches. Elvis explained the single-elimination melee format before the competition began the next morning.

• Ally crushed Lihes Kingdom First Academy, and Doria Kingdom’s upset victory spread through Imperial Academy.
• Doria Kingdom won all its remaining student matches, with Ally dominating while Lin Mo kept his apparent strength hidden.
• Doria Kingdom finished its student matches first in the group with 26 points, then lost 21 of its 26 mentor matches and fell to fourth place.
• Elvis explained that the elimination rounds would use five single-elimination rounds, with students and mentors entering each melee in stages.
• Elvis told the students that mentor entry order depended on level and that the top two mentors could only enter last.

Doria Kingdom Academy faced Lonia Kingdom Academy in the first elimination-round battle, where both sides’ tactics brought their instructors into the arena. Doria’s fighters gained the upper hand, but Lonia’s stronger instructors had yet to enter, and Lin Mo still held back his full strength.

• Lin Mo trained with his companions overnight, improving his skills and helping Ally and Phini learn new abilities.
• The elimination-round draw paired Doria Kingdom Academy with Lonia Kingdom Academy, whose dean hoped to avenge their earlier humiliation.
• Lonia deliberately sacrificed three students to bring an instructor into the match, but Ally quickly defeated him while Lin Mo and his allies held off Lonia’s strongest students.
• After Doria lost four students, instructors from both teams entered; Lin Mo and a Level 14 instructor took down Lonia’s top students, then Lin Mo withdrew and left the instructor to face two Level 16 opponents.
• Flora, Amy, and Ally entered to fight Lonia’s two Level 16 instructors while Lin Mo watched and waited for the stronger instructors still to come.

Ally battled Lonia Academy’s level 16 Warrior instructor while Flora and Amy pressured its Mage, and Lin Mo revealed his overwhelming strength when he blocked the remaining instructors from joining the fight. Lin Mo exposed that he could wield both Blood Qi and magic, then pierced Lonia’s level 20 Mage with a powerful flame spell.

• Ally used her ice armor, Silvermoon Blade, and learned sword skills to wound the level 16 Warrior instructor and force him onto the defensive.
• Flora and Amy depleted the other instructor’s magic while Lonia Academy’s remaining students deliberately got themselves eliminated, prompting its final two instructors to enter.
• Lin Mo stopped the level 18 Assassin instructor with Shockwave Fist and knocked him out of the arena, shocking the spectators with his hidden strength.
• Lin Mo tested the level 20 Mage’s Frost Barrier with sword energy, then revealed his magic ability as Imperial First Academy and the audience watched.
• Lin Mo’s Sky Burning Flame Spear overwhelmed the Mage’s Ice Falcon Strike, shattered his barrier, and pierced his abdomen.

Doria Kingdom Academy advanced to the top sixteen after Lin Mo’s team overwhelmed Lonia Kingdom Academy, while Lin Mo learned that Imperial First Academy’s Nolun and Xiliyas would make the final difficult. After sharing lunch with Nolun, Lin Mo saw the second-round draw pit Imperial First Academy against Rose Kingdom.

• Lin Mo’s team swiftly defeated Lonia Kingdom Academy, and the other academies watched the upset in disbelief.
• Flora told Lin Mo that Nolun was around level 19 or 20 and that Xiliyas had reached Transcendent Grade, leaving him concerned about facing them both.
• Lin Mo cooked lunch for his companions, and Phini invited Nolun to join them; Nolun accepted and shared the meal before warning Lin Mo she would still challenge him.
• The first elimination round concluded with Doria Kingdom Academy among the top sixteen, and teams without Transcendent Grade powerhouses grew wary of drawing Lin Mo’s team.
• The second-round draw matched Imperial First Academy against Rose Kingdom, a matchup that excited the spectators.

Doria Kingdom Academy easily defeated Rhode Kingdom National Academy in the semifinals and advanced to the finals, where they would face Imperial First Academy. As the final match approached, Nolun watched Lin Mo with open provocation.

• Imperial First Academy defeated Imperial Second Academy after Xiliyas fought its Transcendent Grade instructor with her two swords.
• The semifinal draw paired Doria Kingdom Academy with Rhode Kingdom National Academy, while Imperial First Academy faced Gashi Kingdom National Academy.
• Lin Mo and Ally overwhelmed Rhode Kingdom National Academy, sending Doria Kingdom Academy into the finals.
• Elvis wept with joy over the team’s unexpected success, while Teacher Flora struggled with her feelings for Lin Mo and reminded herself not to hurt Phini.
• After the semifinal, Lin Mo noticed Nolun watching him with a provocative look as the finals approached.

Lin Mo faced Nolun and her servant Xiliyas in the Academy Competition finals, using his speed and powerful skills to challenge the two Transcendent Grade opponents. He discovered that Xiliyas could deflect his attacks and that Nolun could interfere with them, while his teammates struggled elsewhere on the stage.

• Nolun proposed that the weaker students on both teams leave the stage, and Lin Mo agreed before planning for his instructors and teammates to hold back the opposing team.
• Lin Mo used [Flash] to attack Nolun, but Xiliyas blocked his strike and was knocked backward with her mistress.
• Xiliyas overwhelmed Lin Mo with rapid sword attacks, while Nolun slowed him with [Slow Spell]; Lin Mo used [Shadow Split] to assist his struggling teammates.
• Lin Mo entered the Shadow Devour state and unleashed [Lightning Dragon Piercing Kill] on Xiliyas, but his physical immunity let him survive her counterattack.
• Nolun redirected Lin Mo's lightning attack with a Cursecaster ability, leaving Xiliyas unharmed and causing Nolun severe mana strain.

Lin Mo defeated Nolun and Xiliyas after using Rift of Void to survive their attacks and Space Slash to strike Xiliyas internally. Imperial First Academy conceded, and Royal National Academy of the Doria Kingdom was announced as the Academy Competition champion.

• Nolun trapped Lin Mo with Gravity Spell while Xiliyas launched her Future Eternal Calamity Slash, but Lin Mo used Rift of Void to dissipate the attack and Frost Dragon's Breath to break free.
• Lin Mo used Blazing Flame Sword Dance to pressure Xiliyas, then landed Space Slash when she charged at him, causing her to collapse from internal injuries.
• Lin Mo healed Xiliyas enough to stabilize her, and the referee announced that Nolun and Xiliyas had been removed from the match.
• Aaron stopped Imperial First Academy's remaining instructors and conceded the match, while Flora's team halted their fight against the other contestants.
• The referee declared Royal National Academy of the Doria Kingdom the overall champion, leaving its members and the audience stunned.

After Doria Kingdom Academy won the Academy Competition, Lin Mo and his teammates collected their rewards, and Lin Mo chose a Superior Epic Rank robe suited to his lightning and fire magic. As the group prepared to return home, Nolun accepted the loss and urged Lin Mo to take care of Phini while promising to challenge him again.

• Elvis divided the champions’ Gold Coin rewards, giving Lin Mo 1,300,000 Gold Coins, and the team received equipment and other prizes.
• Lin Mo examined the Superior Epic Rank equipment in the Imperial Academy’s treasure vault and chose the Thunderflame Falling Star Robe.
• Nolun admitted that she and Xiliyas had lost, promised to seek revenge, and told Lin Mo to take care of Phini.
• Lin Mo and his teammates left with Elvis to return to Doria Kingdom and announce their championship victory.

After returning to the Doria Kingdom as Academy Competition champions, Lin Mo and his teammates received a grand welcome, and Eve began to question her feelings as she watched their closeness. Lin Mo later identified weaknesses in his powers, then attended a royal banquet where the king presented him with a vast reward.

• Elvis gave Lin Mo an invitation to the Mage Association and led the team back to the Doria Kingdom, where the king and citizens welcomed them with a celebration.
• Ally, Phini, Laina, Eve, and Flora gathered around Lin Mo to fend off admirers, and Eve later felt out of place after sharing dinner with his group.
• Lin Mo reflected on the imbalance between his Blood Qi and magic power and resolved to strengthen his weaker classes before leaving the kingdom.
• Flora told Lin Mo that the king had increased his compensation after learning the team had won the championship, and she escorted him to a royal banquet.
• The king thanked Lin Mo for bringing honor to the Doria Kingdom and showed him a large collection of Gold Coins, treasures, and other rewards.

After Doria Kingdom rewarded Lin Mo for winning the Academy Competition, he received an ancient map fragment and learned where to find the Mountain Giant material he needed. Over the next four days, he learned seventy-five skills, advanced several professions, expanded his Portable Space into a furnished home, and helped his companions grow stronger; he then planned to train in Serene Forest before heading to a new region.

• The king granted Lin Mo the status of Honorary Duke and gave him gold, equipment, skill scrolls, potions, and an ancient map fragment said to point toward a Secret Realm.
• Lin Mo asked about Mountain Giants, and the king told him they had reportedly appeared near Frostbreath Snow Mountain in Lonia Kingdom.
• Lin Mo returned to Flora's villa, then spent the next day expanding his Portable Space and learning all seventy-five skills, raising several professions and advancing his Ranger and Assassin ranks to Elite.
• Over four days, Lin Mo expanded his Portable Space into a furnished little home while Ally improved her skills, Phini and Shefiliya reached Level 12, and Laina raised her Mana to the equivalent of a Level 7 Mage.
• Lin Mo planned to train his new skills in Serene Forest before traveling to a new map.

Lin Mo maxed out his Common Grade skills, grew stronger, and returned to the Royal Capital with his companions. Flora resigned from the academy and joined the Silver Radiance Team, surprising Phini, who had expected Eve to be the one to join them.

• Lin Mo maxed out all fifty Common Grade skills, upgraded them to Excellent Grade, and gained enough experience and attributes to reach Warrior Level 19 and raise several other professions to Level 15.
• Lin Mo spent the evening with his companions in the Serene Forest, then returned with them to the Royal Capital the next day.
• Flora told Lin Mo she had resigned from St. Antonia Academy because she wanted to leave the Doria Kingdom and travel with him.
• Lin Mo welcomed Flora into the Silver Radiance Team, while Phini was surprised that Flora—not Eve—had joined them.

Flora feared Phini would reject her after she confessed her feelings, but Phini treated her as usual, easing the tension between them. As Lin Mo’s group departed for Lonia Kingdom, they discovered Eve had secretly hidden in their carriage and insisted on joining them.

• Flora fled to her room after confessing, and Lin Mo learned that Phini felt surprised and awkward but did not hate her.
• Lin Mo advised Phini to greet Flora normally the next morning, and Phini’s ordinary warmth during breakfast helped Flora relax.
• Lin Mo told everyone to prepare for their journey to Lonia Kingdom, and the group left the academy the following morning after Elvis saw them off.
• At the Royal Capital’s gate, Lin Mo found Eve hiding inside the carriage; she explained that she had slipped in days earlier and wanted to travel with them.
• Eve turned away and offered to let Lin Mo hit her, claiming a book said men liked hitting there and would be happy afterward.

Lin Mo upgraded his Meditation skill, raised both his Mage and Priest professions to level 20, and continued expanding the Portable Space while his companions trained and settled into the journey. After the group traveled from the Royal Capital into the wilderness, Lin Mo killed a level 9 Wild Boar and collected its corpse for dinner.

• Lin Mo brought Eve into the Portable Space, where she and Flora were surprised to find each other and awkwardly confronted their unspoken plans.
• Lin Mo's Basic Meditation Technique reached its maximum level and evolved into Intermediate Meditation Technique, raising his mana and advancing his Mage and Priest professions to level 20.
• Lin Mo expanded the Portable Space while the others meditated, studied, practiced combat, and prepared for the journey.
• The group completed their first day of travel peacefully, and Lin Mo chose to help Ally break through to level 16 that night.
• After a day and a half, the carriage reached the wilderness, where Lin Mo shot a level 9 Wild Boar with Piercing Sky Arrow and sent his clone to retrieve it.

Lin Mo and his companions prepared to cross the dangerous Tamerat Desert, where monsters ranged from Level 3 to Level 25, while Lin Mo continued developing his Portable Space. As they shared dinner by the campfire, Flora privately worried about her feelings for Lin Mo, and the group remained less than three days from the Lonia Kingdom.

• Lin Mo gained attributes and advanced both his Assassin and Ranger classes to Level 17 during five days of travel.
• Lin Mo and Flora discussed the danger of crossing the Tamerat Desert and the rare but powerful monsters that lived there.
• Flora reflected on her uncertain feelings for Lin Mo while the group prepared dinner at their campsite.
• Lin Mo expanded the Portable Space and prepared a small plot of land where Laina could practice farming.
• Lin Mo planned to build a training ground and protective magic arrays after they reached the Lonia Kingdom.
• The group shared dinner around a campfire as night fell.

Lin Mo and his companions entered the dangerous Tamerat Desert, where they fought magical beasts and adjusted to the heat. When a swarm of Poison Tail Sand Scorpions attacked, the team practiced coordinating, and Lin Mo leveled up his Unyielding Body skill.

• Lin Mo sensed a Sand Worm beneath the sand, killed it with an arrow, and took its valuable mouthparts.
• As the desert heat intensified, the group relied on Ally’s cooling presence, and Lin Mo gave the struggling Phini ice to eat.
• Lin Mo detected a group of Poison Tail Sand Scorpions, and Ally, Shefiliya, Phini, Eve, and Flora joined the fight while he observed their teamwork.
• Lin Mo joined the battle with a shield and endured the scorpions’ attacks until Unyielding Body reached level 3 and granted him five Constitution points.

After a brutal day crossing the Tamerat Desert, Lin Mo grew closer to Eve, who borrowed a turn with him from Phini and Laina. The party pushed deeper into the desert, where a colossal tornado appeared just as Flora’s confident remarks seemed to tempt fate.

• Lin Mo let the women take turns bathing in the Portable Space, then took Shefiliya in with him; Phini unexpectedly joined them.
• That evening, Eve came to Lin Mo’s room and said she had borrowed a turn from Phini and Laina, and they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Lin Mo guided the carriage deeper into the desert, shielding the struggling horses from the scorching winds with [Frost Guard].
• Lin Mo killed a Flame Sand Giant Lizard with [Piercing Sky Arrow] and sent his clone to collect its materials.
• When Flora said there would be no trouble, Lin Mo had Eve cover her mouth, but a colossal tornado soon appeared and raced toward the carriage.

Lin Mo and his companions survived a supernatural tornado by taking shelter in his Portable Space, then encountered a Level 25 Thunder Lizard near the desert’s outskirts. Lin Mo killed it with a single surprise punch and looked forward to the rewards.

• Lin Mo stored the carriage and everyone inside the Portable Space to escape a powerful tornado, which Flora suspected came from a Secret Realm or another world.
• After the tornado disappeared, Lin Mo resumed the journey and led the group toward the desert’s outskirts.
• A Thunder Lizard burst from underground and attacked, so Lin Mo sheltered his companions and chose to fight the Level 25 monster.
• Lin Mo wounded the Thunder Lizard with his sword, then used the Portable Space to evade its lightning sphere.
• Lin Mo struck the stunned Thunder Lizard with [Wind Fire Split Sky Fist] and killed it with one punch.