Chapter Summaries

Lu PingAn reflected on the lack of oversight in Secret Realms, then was dragged back to the police station by Xia Qin and tested his combat abilities against her and Lei Huo Ren. He proved far weaker than the veteran Professionals in direct combat, though they were alarmed by how quickly he had developed, and Xia Qin warned that his weakness could cost him a scholarship.

• Lu PingAn bought buns and considered how the Secret Realm sovereignty system let bullying and other abuses go unchecked.
• Lu PingAn spent the morning wandering around and having fun until Xia Qin intercepted him and took him back to the police station.
• Lu PingAn worked overtime, asked questions, and annoyed Xia Qin, who challenged him to spar in the training room.
• Lu PingAn used rapid self-healing during training, surprising Xia Qin and Lei Huo Ren, but found the ability left him exhausted and ravenous.
• Lu PingAn lost repeatedly to Lei Huo Ren and Xia Qin, and stopped the sparring to protect his magic plant before his entrance exam.
• Xia Qin said Lu PingAn should pass the practical combat test but would not earn a scholarship because of his obvious weakness.

Lu PingAn sought a way to compensate for his weak close-combat skills before his upcoming entrance exam, and Chris advised him to take the Soldier path as a secondary profession. The chapter ended with Lu PingAn learning that the Soldier Job Change Ceremony required killing someone who was not hostile toward him.

• Lu PingAn asked Xia Qin and Lei Huo Ren how to improve his close-combat ability, and they warned him against hastily choosing a combat profession.
• Xia Qin and Lei Huo Ren trained Lu PingAn and pointed out his weaknesses, including his poor close-range reactions and lack of direct combat experience.
• After returning home, Lu PingAn asked Chris for advice, and she recommended the Soldier path because All Weapon Proficiency would suit his use of demonic plants.
• Chris explained that the Soldier skill War Memory supported battlefield awareness and group combat rather than directly enhancing individual fighting ability.
• Lu PingAn asked about the Soldier Job Change Ceremony, and Chris said it required killing someone who was not hostile toward him.

Lu PingAn completed the Soldier job change, strengthened his abilities, and prepared for the college entrance examination by developing his demonic plants and arranging combat training. He did not know the exam had been reformed, sharply increasing the number of candidates while leaving Logistics Team slots unchanged.

• Lu PingAn completed Lover of Chess’s ritual and obtained the Tier 0 Soldier profession, along with War Memory and All Weapon Proficiency.
• Lu PingAn chose the Exotic Weapon specialization, and his physique and spirit reached Black Iron Low Rank.
• Lu PingAn planned to invest Life Essence in his demonic plants and use his Hibernation Bag to conceal and carry them.
• Lu PingAn hired Senior Brother Xue En for intensive combat training ahead of the practical examination.
• The college entrance examination expanded its ordinary and Preparatory Classes, multiplying the candidates while keeping Logistics Team slots unchanged.

Lu PingAn learned that new policies had opened the path to becoming a Professional, driving up competition and forcing Training Institutions to compete for applicants. After weighing his choices, he entered Gu University's examination hall.

• Lu PingAn heard Cat Cat complain that the surge in applicants had made the entrance competition much fiercer.
• Lu PingAn learned that the X-07 Potion would be sold to ordinary people and that Training Institutions would provide free potions and Secret Realm training to Preparatory Class students.
• Lu PingAn concluded that the policies aimed to rapidly increase the number of Professionals as authorities struggled to contain Pollution and Secret Realms.
• Lu PingAn found that Gu University and other first-rate Training Institutions had raised their enrollment rewards and considered which institution to choose.
• Two days later, Lu PingAn entered Gu University's examination hall.

Lu PingAn entered Gu Da’s secret-realm entrance examination and relied on Chris to answer the mathematics paper. His perfect score was announced publicly, along with a proctor’s suspicion that he had either ignored difficult questions or cheated.

• Lu PingAn learned that Chris’s Secluded Courtyard was also called the Doomsday Ark, then collected his admission ticket after frightening the man who had harassed him before.
• Lu PingAn recited the phrase on his ticket beneath a pine tree and entered the secret-realm examination site, a vast world filled with strange landscapes and dangerous creatures.
• The academy announced the examination rules and exposed candidates who had brought cheat sheets or electronic devices before the test began.
• Lu PingAn negotiated with Chris for answers and filled out the mathematics paper in ten minutes.
• Lu PingAn left the exam early, and the airship announced his score of 150 out of 150 while the proctor publicly questioned whether he had ignored advanced questions or cheated.

Lu PingAn left the written exam early and trained with Xue En, who helped him integrate his abilities into a coherent fighting style. After two days of sparring, Xue En warned him not to kill anyone in public, and Lu PingAn prepared to compete for first place.

• Lu PingAn handed in his paper early, drawing speculation, while other examinees began leaving; Li DaoAn submitted a blank paper and received zero points.
• Xue En told Lu PingAn that his main obstacle was himself and criticized his scattered, improvised approach to combat.
• Xue En advised Lu PingAn to combine his abilities, use his evolved body and weapons, and take control of fights with a consistent combat style.
• Lu PingAn trained and sparred with Xue En for two days, gradually integrating his abilities into his own fighting rhythm.
• After Lu PingAn's rapid improvement left him injured and wary, Xue En warned him not to kill anyone in public, and Lu PingAn thanked him before aiming for the top spot.

Lu PingAn received a regulated Blue Lightning Rod 2nd Generation from Xia Qin before heading to the Eternal Garrison Knight Secret Realm for the second practical exam. After hearing the trial’s rules and seeing Li DaoAn set a new record, Lu PingAn entered the Secret Realm.

• Stuck in traffic, Lu PingAn told Xia Qin the joke about Gu City University's practical exams and mentioned his strong first-round score.
• Xia Qin congratulated Lu PingAn and gave him a Blue Lightning Rod 2nd Generation, a durable enchanted weapon that could harm spirits and demonic creatures.
• Xia Qin explained the baton’s functions and asked Lu PingAn to perform well so he would not damage her reputation.
• Lu PingAn reached the Eternal Garrison Knight Secret Realm, where candidates were told to climb floors by defeating magical monsters and to forfeit if they were in danger.
• Lu PingAn watched the rankings update as Li DaoAn reached the seventeenth floor, then recited the entry password and entered the Secret Realm.

Lu PingAn entered the Rust Knight’s secret realm and struggled to defeat a Living Armor with his stun baton, then continued toward the next floor. Meanwhile, Deng Jun prepared to enter a separate secret realm and challenge Lu PingAn to a fair duel.

• Lu PingAn entered the Rust Knight’s tower and encountered a Living Armor, an enemy type that countered his gardening abilities.
• Lu PingAn tried to damage the slow-moving armor with his stun baton, but his attacks barely affected it.
• Lu PingAn kept striking the armor to a rhythm until he finally smashed it after thirteen minutes, opening the way to the second floor.
• Deng Jun watched Lu PingAn’s trial and prepared to enter a different secret realm to issue him an invitation to a fair duel.

A Technology University student, Deng Jun, challenged Lu PingAn in the Knight Secret Realm to avenge his father and cousin, exploiting the duel rules to sabotage Lu's exam. Lu seemed to forget who Deng Jun was, then killed him with a sudden neck twist.

• A screen showed Deng Jun challenging Lu PingAn, prompting Director Qian ShuEn to condemn the interference and warn that exam saboteurs would face severe punishment.
• A Technology University teacher explained that Deng Jun was Professor Deng Anqi's son, a Tier 2 combat-track student who had sacrificed his future to seek revenge.
• Deng Jun confronted Lu PingAn and declared that he would defeat him three times to ruin his exam, while Lu initially failed to remember Deng Anqi.
• Deng Jun charged at Lu PingAn after dismissing the victims of his family's actions, and Lu vanished before appearing behind him.
• Lu PingAn twisted Deng Jun's neck and asked what his death had to do with him.

Lu PingAn defeated Deng Jun in the Knight Secret Realm by combining his abilities into a swift, decisive strike, while observers mistakenly believed he had killed him. After leaving the trial because Frenzy had exhausted him, Lu PingAn considered using the secret realm’s generous rewards to accomplish more than his strength alone allowed.

• Lu PingAn killed Deng Jun’s apparent corpse and left the second floor, while spectators analyzed how he had used Ground Shrinking and Deng Jun’s charge to twist his neck.
• Lu PingAn reviewed how Space Perception, Spiritual Perception, Frenzy, and his combat skills had enabled the attack, and reflected that Deng Jun had underestimated him because of poor information.
• The secret realm’s rules were revealed to have stopped the duel when Deng Jun admitted defeat, and healers treated and restrained him at the exit.
• Technology University’s team-leading teacher ordered the incident reported truthfully as the crowd discussed Deng Jun’s humiliating loss.
• Lu PingAn grew exhausted from Frenzy and left the secret realm early, then considered using its rewards to achieve results beyond his own strength.

After completing the Tier 3 "Eternal Suppression Abyss," Lu PingAn chose a Rust Knight blessing that empowered his two-handed battle axe skills. He left the secret realm and found a battle axe beside a bound man, giving rise to a rumor about his cruel finishing touch.

• Lu PingAn received a D rating for completing the first layer of the "Eternal Suppression Abyss" and defeating one challenger.
• Lu PingAn chose the Rust Knight's blessing instead of a Taboo Item or an extra trial opportunity.
• The Rust Knight's Heroic Spirit Empowerment granted Lu PingAn a temporary boost to two-handed battle axe techniques through the Heroic Spirit Battle Axe Hero Cohen.
• Lu PingAn discovered a two-handed battle axe near the entrance beside a bandaged man who had been tied up.
• Lu PingAn asked the gathered onlookers if he could buy or rent the axe, prompting a rumor that he liked to kill people and add a final stab.

Lu PingAn used Heroic Spirit Possession to wield a battle axe and rapidly master the Wave School’s techniques while clearing the secret realm. Outside, Director Qian realized Lu PingAn’s powerful blessing might signal an uncanny ability to seize good luck.

• Lu PingAn defeated Living Armor with a single axe strike and gained temporary Wave Slash Technique lv12 through Heroic Spirit Possession.
• Lu PingAn used the Circle Dance technique to destroy three Living Armors, then studied the Wave School’s resonance and gained Battle Axe Technique (Wave School) lv1.
• Lu PingAn resolved to practice the axe techniques and test a breakthrough ability on the next floor.
• The Technology University team leader gave Lu PingAn the battle axe as an apology after Director Qian backed him over the dispute.
• Observers watched Lu PingAn wield the axe skillfully through the secret realm, and Director Qian deduced that Heroic Spirit Possession had granted him a rare blessing.
• Director Qian recalled a powerful former peer who had also benefited from extraordinary luck and wondered whether Lu PingAn could seize luck as well.

Lu PingAn mastered the Wave School’s Circle Dance while fighting through the fourth floor, then faced a powerful Living Armor using the same martial style on the fifth. The Living Armor yielded the stairs after their duel, and Lu PingAn gained a battle axe level and a trait from the Deep Swim Breathing Method.

• Lu PingAn used the Wave School’s Circle Dance to defeat most of the monsters on the fourth floor while gaining battle axe and Breathing Method experience.
• Lu PingAn encountered a golden Living Armor on the fifth floor wielding a Wave Battle Axe and a Tower Shield, and struggled against its circular defense.
• Lu PingAn adapted to the Living Armor’s rhythm and improved his Circle Dance through their extended duel.
• The Living Armor set down its weapons and yielded the stairs, then returned to the tower as Black Mist after Lu PingAn saluted it.
• Lu PingAn leveled up Battle Axe Technique (Wave School) to lv4 and gained a trait of the Deep Swim Breathing Method.

Lu PingAn withdrew after reaching the eleventh floor in his second trial, then spent the day recovering and preparing for one last attempt. He entered the secret realm again near the deadline, fought his way to the fifteenth floor, and revealed that he could restore his stamina just before facing the Living Armor Arena Knight.

• Lu PingAn chose a guaranteed quasi-Taboo Item reward, receiving Well-Loved Armor Cleaning Fluid, and worried that his score would be too low because he had stopped after the tenth-floor BOSS.
• Lu PingAn refused medical treatment, used his ability to heal his wounds, cleaned his equipment with the fluid, and napped while candidates continued their trials.
• At four-thirty, Lu PingAn entered the secret realm for his final attempt and defeated the fifth-floor mini-BOSS faster than before.
• Lu PingAn cleared the tenth-floor Living Armor and pushed through the fourteenth floor despite his exhaustion, then accelerated his self-healing and replenished himself with food and water.
• Lu PingAn reached the fifteenth floor and encountered the Living Armor Arena Knight, then used Deferred Payment with stamina as collateral to restore much of his fighting strength.

Lu PingAn tested the Wave Slash Technique against a third-rank Arena Knight and used its Silver Rune killing move to defeat the armored opponent. He left the room and continued toward the next floor.

• Lu PingAn used flowing axe movements to build resonance against the Arena Knight, but his attacks failed to break its armor.
• The Arena Knight linked Lu PingAn to itself with a chain and dragged him into a damaging close-range clash.
• Lu PingAn awakened the Piranha Mark with Silver Runes, causing the knight’s armor to twist and immobilizing it.
• Lu PingAn struck the trapped knight repeatedly until its Steel Body collapsed, then collected his axe and headed for the next floor.

Lu PingAn cleared the fifteenth floor, then stopped at the twentieth and earned a practical combat score that secured his admission prospects. As he left the exam site, Chris warned him that a believer carrying her Holy Relic was behind him.

• Lu PingAn defeated the monsters on the upper floors, gained Battle Axe Technique (Wave School) LV6, and abandoned the twentieth-floor challenge after finding four powerful enemies inside.
• Lu PingAn chose a Taboo Item reward and received Wen Lai Er's Weapon Maintenance Fluid, then returned to the Gu University candidates with his battle axe.
• Lu PingAn learned his practical combat score was 3.69 and his total was 13.42, then teased Cat Cat about his results by text.
• Lu PingAn left the exam site and received a message from Chris warning him not to turn around because a believer carrying her Holy Relic was behind him.

Lu PingAn used the Sophist’s search for Chris’s holy icon to set a trap at the bus station, where an explosion exposed the disguised enemy to powerful pursuers. Amid the ensuing chaos, Lu PingAn recovered the icon, though the Sophist escaped.

• Lu PingAn recognized the Sophist as a dangerous pursuer and spotted Chris’s desecrated holy icon among the tutoring booth’s mascots.
• Lu PingAn approached the Sophist’s booth as a customer, gathered its materials, and waited for Xia Qin to arrive.
• Lu PingAn’s staged explosions caused panic and drew the attention of police and powerful fighters, forcing the Sophist to retreat.
• The Sophist realized Chris’s holy icon had disappeared as his old teammate charged toward him.
• Lu PingAn retrieved the white lucky cat from a withered flower bed and moved away to shelter from the chaos.

Lu PingAn learned that the Sophist and the Mother Goddess's cultists would eventually come after him, and Chris explained the power system and the extraordinary value of his Life Points. He resolved to grow stronger while avoiding premature advancement, then realized he needed to rethink his upcoming university interview.

• Lu PingAn concluded that the Sophist remaining alive meant the cultists might not yet know Chris's condition, but warned that they would eventually pursue him.
• Chris told Lu PingAn he had no chance against the Sophist, who possessed a powerful Law, and explained that higher-level abilities came from combining or refining lower-level powers.
• Chris revealed that Life Points were Eternal Truth, a resource only gods could trade, and that Lu PingAn had spent them at a severe loss.
• Chris warned Lu PingAn to flee if the Sophist found him and advised him to reach Tier 2 without advancing too quickly or attracting attention.
• Lu PingAn reconsidered his interview plan after Chris explained that the interview would assess his long-term path, potential for obtaining Law, and expectations of the university.

Lu PingAn gave Cat Cat a Black Iron VIP card that let her invest remotely, then used a carefully framed account of his ability during his Logistics Department interview. He left the interview confident that his explanation had passed scrutiny and learned he was the department’s first-ranked candidate.

• Cat Cat told Lu PingAn she scored 10.32 and thanked him for helping her earn bonus points and prepare for the exam.
• Lu PingAn gave Cat Cat a Life Bank Black Iron VIP card, and she used it to issue a remote investment invitation that Lu PingAn accepted.
• Lu PingAn set rules for Cat Cat’s investment applications and asked her about the school’s interview and its Keeper of Secrets branches.
• During his interview, Lu PingAn claimed his Rule-type ability, Rapid Growth, could accelerate plant growth and help himself and his friends grow quickly.
• Director Qian vouched for Lu PingAn, and the interviewers asked him to demonstrate his ability.
• Lu PingAn learned he was the first-ranked Logistics Department candidate and felt reassured about his interview.

Lu PingAn impressed the Logistics Department interviewers with his Gardener ability and his rapid creation of two Tier 2 magical plants, provoking Professor Wen to collapse and then try to recruit him. After Lu PingAn finished presenting his plans, a second-year Senior Sister entered as the interview’s test subject.

• Lu PingAn demonstrated instant plant ripening, and the examiners discussed the exceptional potential of his Gardener ability.
• Lu PingAn described developing two officially named Tier 2 magical plants in about a week, astonishing the examiners and causing Professor Wen to collapse.
• Lu PingAn presented his grafted poisonous tendrils and explosive Touch-Me-Not Mine, then outlined plans to pursue both research and combat as a Gardener.
• Professor Wen urged Lu PingAn to join his research team and promised graduate admission and other benefits, but Vice Dean Li had him taken away.
• A second-year Senior Sister entered as the test subject for the interview’s final evaluation.