Chapter Summaries

Su Xiao wondered how to use his check-in system in the real world while considering his future and his parents’ plans for him to study abroad. After an uneventful morning, he arrived at Shi Lan High School and noticed Chu Zihang’s name atop the honor wall.

• Su Xiao asked the system whether he could earn rewards by checking in at places in the real world, and the system confirmed that he could.
• Su Xiao jogged around his family’s island but received no check-in reward.
• Su Xiao rode with Uncle Li to Shi Lan High School and said his mother wanted him to attend university abroad.
• Su Xiao ate his usual breakfast at a shop before Uncle Li drove him to school.
• Su Xiao saw Chu Zihang’s name at the top of Shi Lan High School’s honor wall and grew pensive.

Su Xiao received an interview invitation from Cassell College despite his mother never having applied for him, and went to the Regent Hotel with other Shi Lan High School students. After hearing that the interviews involved bizarre questions, he waited to face the interview himself.

• Su Xiao received a Cassell College interview invitation and a phone with Professor Gudrian as its only contact.
• Su Xiao arrived at the Regent Hotel and met Su Xiaoqiang, Chen Wenwen, Liu Miaomiao, Zhao Menghua, and Lu Mingfei.
• Ye Sheng took Liu Miaomiao into the conference room for her interview, and she returned looking close to tears.
• Su Xiaoqiang, Chen Wenwen, and Lu Mingfei each completed their interviews, apparently without impressing the interviewers.
• Lu Mingfei told Su Xiao that a woman from an island nation had asked strange questions about philosophy and aliens, and warned him the college might be a scam.

Su Xiao completed his Cassell College interview with Jiu De Yaji, answering strange questions about aliens, superpowers, and the nature of human existence. He left the Regent Hotel, where Uncle Li and Su Xiaoqiang were waiting for him.

• Jiu De Yaji asked Su Xiao whether he believed in aliens, and he said they existed because otherwise believers would be miserable.
• Su Xiao affirmed that he believed in superpowers, then irritably refused to give a reason.
• Asked whether humanity was founded on idealism or materialism, Su Xiao said he preferred being supreme above all.
• Ye Sheng ended the interview and escorted Su Xiao out, where Lu Mingfei said he had lasted two minutes.
• Su Xiao left Chen Wenwen with Lu Mingfei and saw Uncle Li waiting at the Regent Hotel entrance while Su Xiaoqiang glared at him beside a black Mercedes GT53.

Su Xiao agreed to attend Su Xiaoqiang’s Literary Society graduation movie and learned that Cassell College had accepted him. At a breakfast meeting with student examiner Nono, he received a check-in reward and realized the other admitted student was Lu Mingfei.

• Su Xiaoqiang ordered Su Xiao to accompany her to the Literary Society’s graduation movie, and he agreed after she said Lu Mingfei would be there.
• Su Xiao learned that Su Xiaoqiang had abandoned her interview plans and intended to attend Stanford instead.
• Ye Sheng called Su Xiao to tell him he had passed Cassell College’s interview and invited him and his family to discuss enrollment at the Regent Hotel.
• Su Xiao met Nono at the hotel, where she explained that Cassell offered him a scholarship of ten thousand dollars a year.
• Su Xiao checked in after encountering Nono and received a reward of one hundred thousand dollars.
• Nono hinted that another admitted student was nearby, and Su Xiao identified him as Lu Mingfei.

Su Xiao chose to enroll at Cassell College because he wanted to stay near Lu Mingfei, and Professor Gudrian assigned him F-Rank despite being unable to assess his abilities. At the Literary Society’s graduation movie, Lu Mingfei stood under a spotlight as the system offered Su Xiao a Bugatti Veyron for checking in at Lu Mingfei’s heartbreak moment.

• Su Xiao met Lu Mingfei and his family at the hotel, then told Professor Gudrian he would attend Cassell College because Lu Mingfei would otherwise leave him lonely.
• Professor Gudrian said Su Xiao’s rank could not be assessed and decided to classify him as F-Rank to avoid having two S-Ranks in one year.
• Su Xiao told his mother he would attend Cassell College, then dressed formally and met Su Xiaoqiang for the Literary Society’s graduation movie.
• Su Xiao noticed Lu Mingfei wearing an ill-fitting black suit as the Literary Society members took their seats at the theater.
• Lu Mingfei stepped under the spotlight in front of the screen, and the system offered Su Xiao a Bugatti Veyron for checking in at Lu Mingfei’s heartbreak moment.

Su Xiao disrupted Zhao Menghua’s staged confession to Chen Wenwen, then gave Lu Mingfei a Bugatti Veyron and watched Nono transform him into the confident Ricardo M. Lu. Nono took Lu Mingfei away, while Su Xiao left with Su Xiaoqiang and told Lu Mingfei he would see him at Cassell College.

• Su Xiao punched Zhao Menghua during his public confession to Chen Wenwen, stopping the humiliation of Lu Mingfei.
• Su Xiao checked in with the system and received a Bugatti Veyron, then handed its key to Lu Mingfei.
• Nono arrived and arranged suits and styling for Lu Mingfei, presenting him as Ricardo M. Lu before the Literary Society.
• Nono left with Lu Mingfei in a Ferrari while Su Xiao gave Su Xiaoqiang the Bugatti key and asked her to drive him home.
• Su Xiao called after Lu Mingfei that he would see him at Cassell College.

Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei arrived in Chicago to enroll at Cassell College, where they met the over-eager eighth-year student Fingel while waiting for the mysterious CC1000 Express Train. The train arrived, and Lu Mingfei’s S-Rank status earned him immediate deference from the conductor.

• Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei landed in Chicago, where Su Xiao drove them to the train station in a newly purchased Lamborghini Reventon.
• When they could not find the CC1000 Express Train on the schedule, Fingel approached them, and they mistook him for a robber before he introduced himself as a fellow student.
• Su Xiao signed in and obtained Norma’s highest authorization, then learned from Fingel that the CC1000 Express Train carried students to Cassell College and that student rank granted privileges.
• Nono told Su Xiao that he was F-Rank and Lu Mingfei was S-Rank, while Fingel revealed that he was also F-Rank and had repeated his fourth year four times.
• The CC1000 Express Train arrived, and Su Xiao, Lu Mingfei, and Fingel prepared to board with their luggage and Su Xiao’s Lamborghini.
• The conductor greeted Lu Mingfei with special respect after he swiped his card as an S-Rank student.

Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei arrived at Cassell College, where they learned that the school trained students to slay dragons. Su Xiao discovered that the system had concealed his Dragon Emperor bloodline, and the chapter ended as Fuyamashi prepared to demonstrate the reality of dragons with a pistol and a dragon scale.

• Professor Gudrian explained the entrance exam and showed Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei a painting of Ragnarok before revealing Cassell College's Dragon Slaying mission.
• The system told Su Xiao that he had inherited the Dragon Emperor Godhood and concealed his bloodline, making the college see him as a Hybrid with fifty percent dragon bloodline purity.
• Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei arrived at Cassell College, settled into dorms near Fingel, and shared a lavish feast arranged by Fingel.
• The next morning, Professor Gudrian brought Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei to meet Fuyamashi, who showed them a dragon scale as evidence that dragons existed.
• Fuyamashi placed a pistol beside the dragon scale and asked which of the two students wanted to try it.

Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei witnessed a dragon specimen awaken at Cassell College before an armed attack erupted across campus. After signing in for No. 99 Lingering Will: Light Pupil, Su Xiao grabbed a pistol and used his newly awakened golden-eyed ability to dodge a sniper's shot.

• Su Xiao fired a modified Walther PPK Pistol, and Fuyamashi showed him and Lu Mingfei that it had failed to damage a dragon scale.
• A Red Dragon Cub awakened when Su Xiao touched its specimen jar, breathed Dragon Flame, then fell dormant again after formalin poured into its mouth.
• Professor Gudrian attributed the creature's awakening to Su Xiao's powerful bloodline, but an air raid siren sounded before he could explain further.
• Gunfire swept across campus, and Professor Gudrian and Fuyamashi were shot as Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei hid.
• Su Xiao signed in for No. 99 Lingering Will: Light Pupil, then heard Caesar Gattuso and Chu Zihang speak over the loudspeaker.
• Su Xiao grabbed Fuyamashi's pistol, saw a distant female sniper fire at him, and dodged the bullet as his eyes glowed gold.

Su Xiao survived Free Day’s staged battle and was declared its victor after Lu Mingfei’s rampage left the campus apparently full of corpses. The participants revived, and an elderly white-haired man watched Su Xiao from the headmaster’s office.

• Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei played dead while Caesar and Chu Zihang fought in the parking lot, but a sniper killed Nono.
• Lu Mingfei took Nono’s sniper rifle, shot the female sniper and Caesar, then aimed at Chu Zihang.
• Su Xiao stopped Lu Mingfei from killing Chu Zihang and later blasted Lu Mingfei away while Chu Zihang fell.
• Professor Manstein declared Su Xiao the victor, and Professor Gudrian explained that the battle had been a live-action game using Frigga Bullets.
• Lu Mingfei, Nono, Chu Zihang, and Caesar revived, while Professor Manstein confronted Caesar and Chu Zihang about organizing the incident.
• An elderly white-haired man in the headmaster’s office watched Su Xiao intently.

After Free Day, Angers and Flamel discussed Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei’s extraordinary dragon blood and abilities, while Su Xiao learned he had won the right to use Norton Hall and was preparing to move in. Professor Gudrian arrived to ask how Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei were preparing for the entrance exam.

• Professor Manstein complained to Angers about the Lionheart Society and Student Council, and Angers redirected his attention to Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei’s unusual reactions to Chu Zihang’s Golden Eyes.
• Angers told Manstein that Su Xiao would be promoted to S-Rank after the freshman tests.
• Angers and Flamel discussed Su Xiao’s powerful dragon blood and his ability to use the dangerous Word Spirit Light Eyes under Discipline.
• Fingel told Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei that Su Xiao had won the right to use Norton Hall and a courtship reward, prompting Su Xiao to prepare to move there at midnight.
• Professor Gudrian surprised Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei at their dormitory and asked how they were preparing for the entrance exam.

Professor Gudrian taught Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei about Dragon Language, and Su Xiao secretly understood the words despite pretending otherwise. Su Xiao took Lu Mingfei to Norton Hall to confront Caesar and the Student Council, where he demanded they leave.

• Professor Gudrian explained that dragon blood allowed people to sense Dragon Language, then read a passage aloud to Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei.
• Su Xiao understood the words, “Praise the awakening of my king. Destruction is rebirth,” but concealed how clearly he had understood them.
• Fingel told Su Xiao that Nono, also known as Chen Motong, was Caesar’s girlfriend, then offered to come along to Norton Hall.
• Su Xiao reassured Lu Mingfei about the exam and drove him toward Norton Hall to teach Caesar a lesson.
• Su Xiao used a megaphone to give the Student Council three minutes to leave Norton Hall, claiming the right to use it.

Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei took Cassell College’s bloodline assessment, and an emergency briefing revealed that Executive Department members in China were trapped in a dragon ruin. The chapter left Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei gathered with the college’s leaders as they heard the call for help.

• Caesar conceded Norton Hall and the Bugatti Veyron to Su Xiao, offered him and Lu Mingfei places in the Student Council, and then left with its members while Nono stayed behind.
• Fingel explained the bloodline exam and sold Lu Mingfei answers from an exam set he had taken eight years earlier.
• During the exam, Lu Mingfei filled pages with strange writing while Su Xiao’s paper was full of Korean phonetic notation despite his claim that he did not know it.
• Nono told Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei that Norma had made Su Xiao an S-Rank student, then brought them to the emergency meeting in the library.
• A masked man announced that Executive Department members in China were trapped in a dragon ruin and needed help.

Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei helped Cassell College decipher Dragon Language and save the Executive Department members, earning S-Rank status. Su Xiao joined Chu Zihang’s Lionheart Society, while Lu Mingfei received Nono’s invitation to a Student Council dance that the three planned to attend.

• Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei examined Jiu De Yaji’s recordings, and Lu Mingfei deciphered the Dragon Language map before the oxygen deadline.
• Hilbert Jean Angers announced that Ye Sheng and Jiu De Yaji had escaped safely, Lu Mingfei retained his S-Rank, and Su Xiao had earned the highest assessment score in ten years and risen to S-Rank.
• Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei saw white doves released in mourning, then met Chu Zihang, and Su Xiao revealed that he could control his golden eyes.
• Chu Zihang invited Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei to join the Lionheart Society, and Su Xiao accepted while Lu Mingfei hesitated.
• Lu Mingfei received Nono’s invitation to a dance at Amber Hall, and Su Xiao gave him and Fingel tailored suits for the event.

At the Student Council ball, Su Xiao danced with Ling and asked to pursue her, while Caesar invited Lu Mingfei to stand with him. The celebration was interrupted by a dragon invasion, and Su Xiao took up a sniper rifle as Lu Mingfei urged him to retreat.

• Su Xiao and Lu Mingfei arrived at Amber Hall with Fingel in luxury cars and joined the ball.
• Su Xiao asked Ling to dance and, during the dance, asked if he could pursue her; Ling left without answering.
• Caesar invited Lu Mingfei to stand with him, but a threatening phone call and an explosion at Cassell’s gates interrupted the ball.
• Norma declared a dragon invasion and ordered eligible students to arm themselves with Frigga Bullets.
• Su Xiao used Light Pupil to observe the invaders and chose to stay and fight, while Lu Mingfei warned him that the invasion was dangerous.
• Su Xiao collected a Barrett M82A1 sniper rifle as Lu Mingfei retreated.

Su Xiao pursued a high-bloodline intruder through Cassell College and discovered that the intruder’s old authority had let him bypass the school’s defenses. The chase ended with a bronze canister exploding and a pureblood dragon escaping, so Su Xiao fled toward the swimming pool to avoid its flames.

• Su Xiao followed a black-robed intruder into the library vent and chased him through the school’s computer facility.
• EVA told Su Xiao that the intruder’s privilege card had authority higher than his own and directed him toward the Ice Cellar.
• Su Xiao reached the Skadi Zone, where a bronze canister began releasing intense heat and the intruder escaped.
• The canister exploded, and Su Xiao saw a long-haired youth cry out, "Brother," before Professor Von Schneider warned that the escaped dragon could control metal and flames.
• Su Xiao left the Ice Cellar and headed for the swimming pool to avoid the dragon’s flames.

Su Xiao joined the effort to stop Constantine from unleashing the catastrophic Word Spirit Zhulong and received the Sword of Protection, Burt Steel. At the clock tower, Angers prepared to expose Constantine’s weakness so Su Xiao could shoot him with a Philosopher’s Stone bullet.

• Su Xiao reached the Hall of Valor, where Caesar and Jiu De Mai explained that Constantine’s collapse could unleash Zhulong and destroy the college.
• Lu Mingfei, Nono, Fingel, and Lao Tang arrived, and Su Xiao recognized Lao Tang as the man he had been pursuing.
• Su Xiao checked in with the system and received Burt Steel, then joined the group heading toward the Gymnasium Swimming Pool as Caesar and Jiu De Mai stayed behind to delay Constantine.
• Angers led Su Xiao to the clock tower, where Flamel and Angers prepared a Philosopher’s Stone bullet and a rifle for him.
• Angers jumped down to attack Constantine and expose the dragon’s third eye while Su Xiao aimed through the rifle scope, but he noticed that everything except himself and Angers had begun to slow down.

Su Xiao helped kill Constantine, who reunited with his twin brother Lao Tang before dying. The next day, Cassell College prepared a Dragon Slaying mission codenamed “Bronze,” with the Lionheart Society set to send two people.

• Angers slowed time with his Word Spirit, allowing Su Xiao to shoot Constantine with a Philosopher’s Stone bullet when his third dragon eye was exposed.
• Constantine fled to Lao Tang, and the brothers embraced before Constantine died in a Dragon Bone Cross outside Cassell College.
• Su Xiao, Lu Mingfei, and Fingel discovered that Fingel had charged their meals to Lu Mingfei’s S-rank student card, leaving a thirty-thousand-dollar debt.
• Lu Mingfei joined the Student Council and was summoned to a meeting, while Su Xiao received an invitation from Chu Zihang to attend the Lionheart Society meeting.
• At the Lionheart Society meeting, Su Xiao heard that the college would launch a Dragon Slaying mission codenamed “Bronze,” and the society would send two people.

Su Xiao and the other Cassell students trained for the Bronze Plan before traveling to the Yangtze River to hunt Norton. After Ling withdrew from the underwater mission, Nono and Lu Mingfei took her place and entered the water.

• Su Xiao and Su Qian joined the Bronze Plan as Team C, alongside Lu Mingfei and Nono in Team B and Caesar and Ling in Team A.
• During two months of training, Su Xiao studied dragon lore and continued trying to court Ling.
• Professor Manstein led the team to the Moniyahe, where he explained that a single Storm Torpedo would be used to cut Norton apart once the divers lured him out.
• Ling said she could not dive because she was on her period, so Professor Manstein asked Team B to take over.
• Nono and Lu Mingfei put on diving suits, entered the water, and began communicating with the Moniyahe by radio.

Su Xiao used the system, Norma, and Professor Manstein’s Word Spirit: Snake to help Lu Mingfei and Nono navigate out of Bronze City while the Moniyahe waited for Norton to emerge. Norton attacked the ship, damaging its compartments and weapons, as Su Xiao prepared for his battle with the Dragon King.

• After Lu Mingfei and Nono lost contact with the Moniyahe, Su Xiao and Caesar offered to dive after them, but Professor Manstein ordered them to wait.
• Su Xiao used the system to connect to Lu Mingfei and Fingel, sent them a map of Bronze City, and gave Fingel his highest authority over Norma so it could guide Lu Mingfei and Nono to safety.
• When hot steam rose from the water, Ling warned that Norton had arrived, and Caesar took command of the Moniyahe.
• Su Qian said her Word Spirit could not harm Norton because she was his descendant, while Caesar prepared Alchemy Bullets and vowed to fight.
• Norton’s attack flooded compartments, started a fire, and damaged the torpedo compartment and Alchemy Warheads as Su Xiao waited on deck.
• Caesar warned Su Xiao that something underwater was pursuing the Moniyahe at fifty knots.