Recaps

Lin Mo’s group traveled through the Giantstone Mine’s middle level toward their final mission, while Lin Mo learned about the Royal National Academy students training there and caught Eve and Milan’s attention. The group set out for the Crystallized Spider nest, and Lin Mo began clearing monsters along the route as they headed deeper into Area 6.

• Deke explained how arrays worked as the group crossed an Earth Element Pile Array into the Giantstone Mine’s middle level and reached its camp.
• Lin Mo learned about the Royal National Academy’s advanced students and watched Eve and Milan’s party settle into camp; Milan mentioned that Flora praised a genius she had met and used that person to push her students harder.
• After Lin Mo noticed a new Co-Cultivation proficiency increase, the group departed for its Crystallized Spider Nest Investigation mission in Area 6.
• Deke warned that Area 6 contained many powerful monsters, while Hahn checked the route on the map.
• Lin Mo used Eagle Eye to spot monsters and killed them with Blood Qi Blade as Luke and Hahn collected their crystals without stopping the carriage.

Lin Mo maxed out Blood Qi Blade and gained the Epic-level Blood Moon Sky Charge, then planned how to raise his attributes and skills. He led Deke’s team into the Crystallized Spider Nest, where they found a vast web-filled cavern and began collecting spider silk.

• Blood Qi Blade reached its maximum level and evolved into Blood Moon Sky Charge, which dealt powerful damage but injured Lin Mo when cast.
• Lin Mo chose to reduce Blood Moon Sky Charge’s self-damage and planned to raise his Warrior skills for Strength and Spear of Blazing Fire for Magic.
• Lin Mo continued killing monsters with Spear of Blazing Fire as Deke led the team toward the Crystallized Spider Nest in Giantstone Mine Area 6.
• The group entered the dark cave, and Lin Mo used Light Spell while his clone scouted ahead.
• Deke explained that most Crystallized Spiders were away during the day, and the team found a large nest covered in glowing webs.
• Deke began recording the nest and cutting free spider webs, while the team started collecting them with protective gloves.

Lin Mo and his team cleared the Crystallized Spiders guarding their nest and collected dozens of webs, while Eve’s academy team was surrounded by a Crystallized Spider Queen and its reinforcements. The two groups met at the nest entrance as the spiders closed in.

• Lin Mo killed the Crystallized Spiders guarding the nest, gained skill proficiency, and helped his team collect fifty spider webs.
• Eve’s team fought the level 10 Crystallized Spider Queen, but their attacks could not bring it down.
• Milan spotted a group of approaching Crystallized Spiders, and Eve led the team toward the nest to avoid being surrounded from both sides.
• The academy team found more Crystallized Spiders blocking their original escape route and retreated toward the nest entrance.
• Eve’s team encountered Lin Mo and the adventurers leaving the nest, while a wave of Crystallized Spiders closed in behind them.

Eve and the academy students fought alongside Lin Mo’s adventuring party against the Crystallized Spiders in Giantstone Mine. Lin Mo effortlessly killed the Crystallized Spider Queen, leaving Eve convinced that he was a genius beyond her reach.

• Eve wondered whether Lin Mo was the exceptionally talented person Teacher Flora had once encountered before the Crystallized Spiders caught up with the group.
• Deke and Eve each killed a Crystallized Spider as the adventurers and students joined forces against the swarm.
• Lin Mo amazed Eve and Milan by rapidly casting powerful Blazing Fire Spears to kill the spiders.
• When the Crystallized Spider Queen charged, Lin Mo drew an Epic Rank sword and rushed into close combat.
• Lin Mo used Phantom Sword Dance to badly wound the Queen, then finished it with a Blazing Fire Spear.
• Eve watched Lin Mo defeat the Queen and felt that no matter how hard she worked, she could never surpass him.

After Lin Mo’s party and the academy students survived a sudden collapse in Giantstone Mine, Lin Mo healed the injured and suspected the disaster had been deliberately caused. The group remained trapped underground, and the students blamed Satter’s fear of Eve in the Hunting Competition.

• Lin Mo’s battle proficiency raised Spear of Blazing Fire to its maximum level, evolving it into Sky Burning Flame Spear, and he chose the path that gave it a chance to strike vital points.
• As Lin Mo’s party and the academy students prepared to part ways outside the cave, Giantstone Mine shook violently and the ground beneath them collapsed.
• Lin Mo and Shefiliya stopped their fall against the cliff wall, protected their companions, and reached the lower level; Lin Mo then healed Luke, Deke’s group, and the injured students.
• After Milan said the chaotic mana fluctuations prevented magical communication, Lin Mo reasoned that someone could have used Earth magic to cause the collapse and conceal the traces.
• Eve stayed calm, and the academy students concluded that Satter had arranged the accident because he feared Eve in the Hunting Competition.

Lin Mo and the Royal National Academy students uncovered that Satter and Duke Ster Morin had arranged the cave-in to eliminate Eve and promote the Morin Family before the Hunting Competition. With rescue expected in one or two days, Lin Mo created a fortified shelter in the mine, but approaching footsteps signaled their first enemy was near.

• The students blamed Satter for targeting Eve, and they suspected his father, Duke Ster Morin, was involved in the cave-in.
• Lin Mo reasoned that the Morin Family wanted to win the Hunting Competition to compete with the Nolun Merchant Guild, and the group prepared to survive until rescue arrived.
• Lin Mo told Milan that Flora had taught him magic and greeted her as a classmate, leaving Milan to reconsider Flora's stories about him.
• Lin Mo sent a Shadow Split clone to search for shelter, but it found no suitable place before its duration ran out.
• Lin Mo blasted into a rock wall and used Earth magic to expand and reinforce a temporary shelter for the group.
• Hearing heavy footsteps approaching, Lin Mo led the group out to face their first opponent.

Lin Mo fought the monsters in Area 7 of Giantstone Mine and, while leveling his skills, fused magic power and Blood Qi into a new attack. He used Blazing Moon Sky Charge to cut down the Deep Rock Golem, leaving the group to face the aftermath of his breakthrough.

• Eve, Deke, and the others battled a swarm of Giant Rock Golems while Shefiliya guarded Phini.
• Lin Mo used Thunderfall, Sky Burning Flame Spear, and Blood Moon Sky Charge to destroy golems and raise his skills and attributes.
• Lin Mo stopped moving as he perceived the threads of magic power and Blood Qi intertwining, while the Deep Rock Golem advanced on him.
• Shefiliya rushed to protect Lin Mo, and Eve's sword strike failed to halt the Deep Rock Golem.
• Lin Mo awakened a fused power and used Blazing Moon Sky Charge to slice the Deep Rock Golem in two.

After defeating the monsters, Lin Mo examined his new Magic Swordsman profession and its extraordinary attribute bonuses and skill effects. While the group rested around a fire in the cave, Eve asked him about the powerful skill he had used.

• Lin Mo returned to the group after killing the greatest threat, and everyone retreated to the cave once the remaining monsters were dealt with.
• Lin Mo reviewed his Warrior and Mage advancements and discovered that changing to Magic Swordsman had granted him a separate level-one profession with enormous attribute amplification.
• Lin Mo learned that Heart of the Magic Sword let him combine skills through Demonic Energy, boost their power, and raise the proficiency of both component skills.
• Deke urged everyone to relax while they waited for the instigators to send more monsters, and Luke suggested they eat.
• Lin Mo grilled meat by the fire, drawing the group together, and Eve asked him about the skill he had used in battle.

Lin Mo explained his Special Job Change and demonstrated that he could combine Blood Qi with mana and merge different elemental powers, astonishing the academy students. While Seth ventured deeper into the Giantstone Mine to find stronger monsters for Duke Morin’s mission, Lin Mo sent out a clone to hunt an Acid Lizard and train Shadow Split.

• Deke described ordinary job changes, and Eve and Milan explained that Special Job Change fused two professions or magical attributes.
• Lin Mo revealed that he had combined Blood Qi and mana, then showed Milan that he could merge fire and water into a single spell.
• Seth decided to risk entering Area 8 of the Giantstone Mine to find monsters capable of threatening Lin Mo and the others.
• After waiting without a monster attack, Lin Mo sent a Shadow Split clone to scout and encountered an Acid Lizard.
• Lin Mo’s clone dodged the Acid Lizard’s ambush, killed it, and gained proficiency in Shadow Split.

Lin Mo’s scouting clone discovered a group of powerful Crystal Cluster Guards approaching the cave where the party had been sheltering. As the others prepared for battle, Lin Mo’s Shadow Split skill and two classes advanced, and the chapter ended as Deke recognized the monsters.

• Lin Mo learned that Shadow Split had reached Level 5 while the group waited in the mine, and Deke persuaded him to try roasted worm meat.
• After nearly a day in the cave, Lin Mo sent out a clone to scout and found a group of crystal-armored monsters in the mine’s depths.
• The clone killed a Level 9 monster but was badly injured by a much stronger crystal-armored leader before using an explosive attack.
• Lin Mo warned the group that the approaching monsters were too strong for most of them, while Eve, Deke, and Lin Mo prepared to fight.
• Lin Mo’s Shadow Split reached Level 6, and his Assassin and Ranger classes advanced to Level 8.
• The monsters arrived, and Deke identified them as Crystal Cluster Guards.

Lin Mo annihilated the Crystal Cluster Guards with powerful combinations of fist and sword skills, then reunited with Flora and the rescued students. As they prepared to leave Giantstone Mine, Lin Mo and Flora found the corpse of the man responsible for the collapse, giving her evidence against the Morin Family.

• Lin Mo chose to evolve Shadow Split into Phase Shift II, then combined Mountain Shaking Fist with Spiral Wind Vortex to destroy the Crystal Cluster Guards.
• Lin Mo combined Magic Light Piercing Kill with Lightning Strike and killed the charging monster as well as an injured Mage hiding in the beam’s path.
• Flora and Sha Ya arrived, and Flora reunited with Milan before recognizing that Lin Mo had advanced to Elite-ranked and could combine magic power with Blood Qi.
• The academy rescue team evacuated the students on Gryphons, and Lin Mo led Flora through the path of his attack to find the Mage’s corpse.
• Flora identified the dead Mage as a former academy instructor who had served the Morin Family, making his corpse evidence of the conspiracy behind the collapse.

On the way back from Giantstone Mine, Lin Mo gained two new skills and agreed to join the Royal National Academy as a temporary student and help protect Flora’s students from Duke Morin. He planned to return to Fagard City first, then visit the academy in the Royal Capital to complete the enrollment formalities.

• Lin Mo gained enough proficiency to max out [Mountain Shaking Fist] and [Spiral Wind Vortex], evolving them into [Shockwave Fist] and [Gale Domain].
• Lin Mo chose stronger shockwave damage for [Shockwave Fist] and increased the vulnerability effect of [Gale Domain].
• Flora warned Lin Mo that Duke Morin would keep targeting Eve, Milan, and the other students to help his son win the Hunting Competition.
• Flora asked Lin Mo to temporarily join the students’ team, and Lin Mo agreed after learning that academy credits and additional gifts would be part of his compensation.
• Flora told Lin Mo to visit her at the Royal National Academy after he finished his business in Fagard City.

Lin Mo returned to Fagard City after completing the Giantstone Mine mission, reunited with Laina, and used Co-Cultivation to help Ally reach Level 5. He then went to the Association with Shefiliya to submit the mission and divide the rewards.

• Flora agreed to help Phini and Ally enroll at the Royal National Academy and confirmed that Laina could study planting and cooking at its branch schools.
• Lin Mo trained Shield Counter against monsters on the journey back, raised it to Level 3, and advanced his Knight Profession to Level 5.
• At the camp, Phini grew bolder and leaned close to Lin Mo, while Shefiliya quietly encouraged her.
• After returning to Fagard City, Lin Mo found Laina at the plantation, comforted her, and listened as she showed him her crops and explained her concerns about lacking magic power.
• Lin Mo and the others relaxed at the bathhouse and over dinner; afterward, Ally's Co-Cultivation with Lin Mo raised her to Level 5.
• Lin Mo went to the Association with Shefiliya to submit the mission and share the profits, where they waited for Deke and his team to arrive.

Deke and Lin Mo settled the mission rewards, leaving Lin Mo’s team with 41,645 Gold Coins, and Lin Mo planned how to spend the team’s funds to strengthen everyone. After a leisurely day in Fagard City, Lin Mo found an Excellent Grade Knight Skill Scroll at the trading market and prepared to show the stall owner why he wanted it.

• Deke turned in three missions and sold the monster materials, earning 33,300 Gold Coins from the missions and 20,000 Gold Coins from the remaining materials, including the Crystallized Spider Queen’s share.
• Deke and his companions refused their share of the extra materials, while the agreed split of the mission earnings left Lin Mo’s Silver Radiance Team with 41,645 Gold Coins in total.
• Lin Mo divided 1,645 Gold Coins as pocket money and reserved 40,000 Gold Coins for team funds, planning to buy Elemental Reagents and better armor for his companions.
• Lin Mo took Shefiliya, Ally, and Phini shopping around Fagard City, then led them to the trading market to purchase supplies.
• Lin Mo found an Excellent Grade Knight Skill Scroll, and when its owner warned that it was unsuitable for him, Lin Mo picked up a shield to demonstrate his intention.

Lin Mo bought Knight skills and expensive Elemental Reagents while preparing his team for further growth. After dinner, he returned to the inn and opened the door to find Phini waiting instead of Shefiliya.

• Lin Mo tested the stall owner's strength, bought the [Whirlwind Shield] and [Charge Shield] scrolls, and learned both skills, gaining 3 Constitution.
• Lin Mo led his companions to the Nolun Merchant Guild and spent 31,500 Gold Coins after a discount on four high-quality Elemental Reagents.
• The team replenished supplies, ate magical beast meat, and Lin Mo gained 1 base Constitution.
• Lin Mo returned to the inn, bathed, and waited in his room before answering the doorbell.
• Lin Mo opened the door and found Phini standing there in pink pajamas with a pillow.

Phini secretly kissed Lin Mo, who responded, and their intimacy raised his [Co-Cultivation] skill to Level 3. The next day, Lin Mo trained relentlessly with Leonard to improve [Toughness], then arranged to spar with Grimm the following day.

• Phini sneaked into Lin Mo's bed, kissed him, and was caught; Lin Mo pulled her close, and their intimacy earned him four proficiency points in [Co-Cultivation], raising it to Level 3.
• The next morning, Lin Mo left Phini to rest and drank intermediate Lightning and Ice Elemental Reagents on his way to the Lion Adventurer Group, boosting his elemental affinities.
• Lin Mo challenged Leonard to spar and asked him to be a training partner for the next few days; Leonard agreed to help without payment.
• Lin Mo sparred with Leonard from morning until night, repeatedly restoring Leonard's stamina so they could continue and earning [Toughness] proficiency.
• Exhausted, Leonard told Lin Mo not to return the next day, then recommended Grimm; they agreed Lin Mo would train with Grimm instead.

Lin Mo spent the day training with Grimm to raise his skill proficiency, while Phini’s new relationship with Lin Mo shifted the atmosphere among the girls. He left Grimm exhausted, gained skill levels, and returned to the inn as the group settled into a new, unspoken arrangement.

• Ally spent the night with Lin Mo and gained nearly four Stat Points through [Co-Cultivation].
• Lin Mo visited the Falcon Adventurer Group and asked Grimm to keep attacking him so he could train [Toughness] and defensive skills.
• Grimm fired arrows and used skills against Lin Mo for hours, while Lin Mo’s defenses and reflected damage wore Grimm down.
• Lin Mo raised [Frost Guard] to Level 3 and brought [Toughness] to Level 6, with only 11 proficiency points remaining until its maximum level.
• Grimm offered Lin Mo Gold Coins to hit Leonard, but Lin Mo accepted the joke and gave Grimm several alchemical reagents instead.
• Lin Mo returned to the inn, where the group followed its unspoken arrangement and the young maid whose turn had been covered entered his room.

Lin Mo evolved Toughness into the passive Epic skill Unyielding Body, advanced his Knight profession, and spent a final day with his companions before setting out for the Royal Capital. After accepting two missions in Serene Forest, he began slaughtering Goblins to gain skill proficiency.

• Lin Mo maxed out Toughness, evolved it into Unyielding Body, gained Constitution, and advanced his Knight profession from level 5 to level 6.
• Lin Mo gave Leonard alchemical reagents and planned a final day of rest before traveling toward the Royal Capital.
• Lin Mo spent time with Ally, Phini, Laina, and Shefiliya, and their Co-Cultivation skill leveled up as they gained attributes and professions levels.
• Lin Mo selected two D-rank missions in Serene Forest: hunting Goblins on Route 5 and Gale Tigers on Route 15.
• Lin Mo reached Route 5, killed Goblins with Whirlwind Shield, raised the skill to level 4, and drew a massive horde that surrounded the carriage.

Lin Mo defeated a large Goblin force, completed his mission, and advanced toward Area 15 while improving his shield skills and Knight Profession. After reaching the new mission area, he hunted Gale Tigers until he and his companions encountered familiar students from Giantstone Mine.

• Lin Mo used Whirlwind Shield against the Goblins, evolved it into Multi-Whirlwind, and reached Knight Profession Level 7.
• Lin Mo held back from killing the Goblins too quickly so they would summon reinforcements, then defeated enough Bronze rank Goblins to complete his first mission.
• Lin Mo combined Water and Fire Elements in Clear Stream Technique to clean and dry the party, and they traveled to Area 15 before nightfall.
• The next day, Lin Mo checked his skill gains as the carriage entered Area 15, where he killed five Gale Tigers while searching for more mission targets.
• Lin Mo followed the sounds of battle and found familiar students who had been trapped with them in the lower level of Giantstone Mine.

Lin Mo watched Eve and the Royal National Academy students fight Gale Tigers, then helped Eve survive a battle against a level 11 Gale Tiger King without taking away her chance to grow. Eve reached level 10 before collapsing, and Lin Mo killed the beast with a newly combined skill, gaining substantial proficiency.

• Eve and the students fought a Gale Tiger King and several Gale Tigers while Lin Mo watched and noticed their hidden protector, Sha Ya, as well as another approaching threat.
• A second, stronger Gale Tiger King charged the students, and Eve attacked it before being knocked back beside Lin Mo.
• Eve refused Lin Mo’s offer of help and continued fighting; when she neared her limit, Lin Mo boosted her strength and stamina without healing her.
• Eve unleashed her golden sword skill, heavily wounded the Gale Tiger King, and reached level 10 before collapsing into Lin Mo’s arms.
• Lin Mo killed the wounded Gale Tiger King with Resonant Lightning Shockwave Fist, and his Shockwave Fist reached level 3 as he gained attributes.

Lin Mo returned to the Royal National Academy with Eve and her companions after defeating the Gale Tiger King, and revealed he would compete in the Hunting Competition. Along the way, his Ranger and Assassin professions advanced to level 9, and he arrived at Flora’s villa to stay until his enrollment was complete.

• Lin Mo reassured Eve after rescuing her, then reviewed the proficiency he gained from defeating the Gale Tigers and Gale Tiger King.
• On the journey back, Lin Mo told Eve’s companions he would enter the Hunting Competition, leaving them to joke that they would have to compete for second place.
• Lin Mo practiced Ranger skills against monsters on the road, evolved [Spiral Arrow] into [Dual Shadow Spiral], and advanced both his Ranger and Assassin professions to level 9.
• Lin Mo and the students arrived at the Royal National Academy, where Flora met them and took him to her villa.
• Flora offered to ask Teacher Elvis to approve a villa for Lin Mo and his companions, then told Lin Mo to rest before registering the next day.

Lin Mo chose to enroll in the Mage Academy and join Instructor Flora’s class, then toured the academy with her. At lunch, another instructor, Amy, tried to recruit him for her Water Element Class, but Flora pulled him away.

• Milan delivered Flora’s late-night snacks, and Flora explained that Milan studied magic while supporting her family through adventuring and part-time work.
• Lin Mo and Phini practiced together overnight, raising Phini to level five and a half as their Co-Cultivation proficiency increased.
• Flora took Lin Mo and the others to register at the academy, and Lin Mo chose to join her class at the Mage Academy.
• Flora showed Lin Mo around the Mage Academy and asked him to look after Eve, Milan, and the others during their upcoming missions.
• Amy mistook Lin Mo for Flora’s boyfriend, then invited him to transfer to her Water Element Class and offered to teach him personally.
• Flora interrupted Amy and dragged Lin Mo away from the cafeteria, leaving Amy to lament that he was her type.

Lin Mo learned how the academy’s credit system worked and discovered that forging his Mithril Gloves required a scarce Giant’s Heart. He arranged to study Water Element Magic with Amy as a pretext for sparring, then returned to Flora’s dormitory, where she asked where he had been.

• Flora warned Lin Mo to avoid Amy, then explained that she was looking after him as her student.
• Lin Mo studied the academy’s credit system and learned that students could borrow ordinary Skill Scrolls for credits.
• At Preston Forge, Andre showed Lin Mo a design for the Mithril Gloves and said they required a Giant’s Heart, which was difficult to obtain.
• Amy deliberately collided with Lin Mo, then agreed to teach him Water Element Magic one-on-one the next day without telling Flora.
• Lin Mo returned to Flora’s dormitory, where he found Ally, Laina, Shefiliya, Phini, and Flora discussing their classes; Flora asked where he had gone.

Lin Mo used Amy’s offer of private Water Element Magic lessons to learn from her and then spar with her, while Flora arranged to keep watch on them. The lesson left Amy’s mana drained and Lin Mo satisfied with his gains, but Amy remained excited after he left.

• Lin Mo told Flora he planned to learn from Amy, and Flora decided to bring her fire class to the practice facility to keep an eye on them.
• Flora repeatedly interrupted Amy’s attempts to meet Lin Mo alone, then returned to teaching and let Amy enter the training room.
• Lin Mo showed Amy his quick grasp of advanced Water Element Magic, exhausting her knowledge before asking her to spar.
• Lin Mo demonstrated powerful magic, including Dual Casting with two elements, and used Amy’s attacks to test his skills and improve [Unyielding Body].
• Lin Mo stopped the spar after Amy’s mana ran dry and left, while Amy sat on the ground flushed with excitement.

Lin Mo visited Flora’s practice room after sparring with Amy, and Flora discovered that he had developed advanced magic techniques on his own. She corrected his methods, then tried to learn his innovations from him, leaving her students amused when their teacher became the one being lectured.

• Lin Mo left his spar with Amy having gained skill proficiency and went to Flora’s practice room to learn more techniques.
• Flora allowed Lin Mo to sit in on her lesson, and he told her Amy had taught him Water Element techniques.
• Flora learned that Lin Mo had developed his magic methods without a teacher and asked him to demonstrate his Fire Element magic.
• Flora identified weaknesses in Lin Mo’s techniques, corrected him, and then tried to reproduce his innovative methods.
• Lin Mo instructed Flora as her students watched, and Flora blushed when she realized the class had seen her being lectured.
• A student shouted that Flora was embarrassed and angry, and the students scattered as she turned her attention back to them.