Chapter Summaries

Graduating students offered advice before He Hao told the juniors about the dangers of the Desperate Battlefield. Liu Ruohan recruited Luo Yan and Bai? into the Student Union, where they accepted roles on the Discipline Committee.

• Su Jiu encouraged the juniors to keep working hard, while other graduates joked with Yang Lixie and teased him about Liu Ruohan.
• He Hao warned the students about the Desperate Battlefield and the deadly threat of giant beasts, then told Luo Yan that he had applied to join the Surface Corps and planned to become a Tiangang Dragon Rider.
• Liu Ruohan invited Luo Yan and Bai? to the Student Union, where she announced that she would become its president and explained the benefits of joining.
• Luo Yan agreed to take over He Hao's Discipline Committee position, and Bai? volunteered to serve alongside him despite Zhao Ping's warning that the role was unpopular.

After receiving his Grand Sports Meet rewards, Luo Yan returned to the Red Gate and learned how it had taken over Black Owl’s people and businesses. He weighed the threat posed by the Luo Family, then checked Yang Tao’s cultivation and decided she was ready for actual combat.

• Luo Yan received Credit Points, potions, and a Primordial Stone Fragment, while Bai? received an Academy reward and planned to choose a Divine Weapon grade piece of equipment.
• Luo Yan met Wen Zou at Jüde Restaurant, where Wen Zou reported that the Red Gate had absorbed Black Owl’s forces and businesses and had detained Wan Cheng’s remaining relatives.
• Luo Yan told Wen Zou to take Wan Cheng’s relatives to Coyote Camp for work and learned that the Luo Family-backed Wanzhitang was trying to drive the Red Gate out of the medicinal materials business.
• Luo Yan ordered the Red Gate not to act rashly against Wanzhitang and planned to discuss dealing with the Luo Family with Di Zheng; Wen Zou also told him that Yu Qiushui wanted to speak with him.
• Luo Yan tested Yang Tao’s training, praised her progress to Primary Level Three, and said that her next step was actual combat.

Luo Yan told Yang Tao that she needed practical combat experience and would teach her a secret technique before sending her to the surface. He made clear that she would follow his orders and have to earn things for herself.

• Yang Tao reacted to the prospect of actual combat with excitement and fear.
• Luo Yan said he would first teach Yang Tao a secret technique before arranging for her to spend time on the surface.
• Luo Yan warned Yang Tao that she would receive no special treatment as his student and would have to fight for what she wanted.

In the library, Luo Yan showed Lin Wei a set of intricate words he had copied from the Ruins. Lin Wei said they were among the hardest Ruins words to decipher, but the chapter ended before Luo Yan revealed where he found them.

• Luo Yan used Divine Treasure's Strong Memory to copy the intricate words and handed them to Lin Wei.
• Lin Wei put on plain glasses and explained that Ruins words varied in difficulty to decipher.
• Lin Wei said Luo Yan's recorded words were among the most difficult discovered so far.
• Lin Wei asked where Luo Yan had found the words, then told him he did not have to answer.

The freshmen admired a male senior and a petite female senior, who stepped forward and cheerfully asked them not to fight. The chapter ends as the air beside Bai? ripples and a figure reaches out.

• The freshmen commented that the male senior was scary, handsome, and cool.
• The freshmen noticed the petite female senior and called her cute and frail.
• The female senior stepped forward, smiled, and asked the freshmen not to fight in the future.
• The freshmen praised the female senior's voice and said they wanted to hug her.
• The air beside Bai? rippled violently, and a figure reached out.

Luo Yan discussed how to use the Wanzhitang incident against the Luo Family with Di Zheng, who then introduced him to Fang Yao for guidance on cultivating Blood Executioner. Fang Yao tested Luo Yan’s willingness to sacrifice himself for others, then approved of his honest answer and agreed to guide him.

• Luo Yan suggested killing Luo Tianyi, but Di Zheng explained that Luo Tianyi might have a backer and proposed using the Wanzhitang incident to expose them instead.
• Di Zheng brought Luo Yan to meet Fang Yao at the Undercity Municipal Building and introduced him as his half-student.
• Fang Yao questioned Luo Yan about his violent nature and asked whether he would sacrifice himself to defeat a powerful enemy.
• Luo Yan said he would seek a way to defeat the enemy without sacrificing himself and admitted he could not give his life for strangers he did not know.
• Fang Yao praised Luo Yan’s honesty and unyielding backbone, declaring that a man must top the Heavens and stand upon the Earth.

Luo Tianyi met with Ouyang Hua of the Yellow Springs organization and secured their support in his struggle for power in Guangling City. He asked them to help avenge his son, leaving Ouyang Hua to respond to the request.

• Luo Tianyi discussed the Red Gate and his plans to pressure it with Gao Lin, who warned that Scarlet Ghost might be backed by a powerful organization.
• Luo Tianyi traveled in disguise with Gao Lin to a mahjong parlor in the Old City to meet Ouyang Hua.
• Luo Tianyi introduced Ouyang Hua as an elite member of Yellow Springs, and Ouyang Hua said Yin Rong had approved Luo Tianyi's conditions and promised to help him become City Lord.
• Luo Tianyi asked Ouyang Hua to help avenge his son, who had been killed by a classmate.

Ouyang Hua and Ah Jiu planned to investigate Luo Yan before deciding how to deal with him. Back at Hundred Battles Academy, Luo Yan received cultivation guidance and learned that Bi'an’s upgrade could unlock Transcendence Mode.

• Ouyang Hua told Ah Jiu that Luo Tianyi had tasked them with killing Luo Yan, but ordered him to investigate Luo Yan’s abilities first.
• Luo Yan reflected on the people who had helped him and agreed to travel with Yang Lixie to Qingyang to follow up on the Nursery Garden.
• Yang Lixie told Luo Yan that Teacher Shi Haoting was looking for him.
• Luo Yan visited the Mecha Upgrade Warehouse and saw that Bi'an had been disassembled for upgrades.
• Xie Guangyao explained the Superconducting Neural Feedback System and recommended adding three Taotie cores to Bi'an’s Super Core Matrix to unlock Transcendence Mode.

Luo Yan recalled that the Super Core Matrix’s six-core function was Transcendence Mode, which could qualitatively enhance a colossal beast’s traits. The chapter ended while he considered how Taotie’s invisibility could suppress sound and make its movements blend seamlessly with the surroundings.

• Luo Yan remembered Wei Fenghua telling him in his first year that the Super Core Matrix would activate a special function at six cores.
• Luo Yan recalled that the function was Transcendence Mode, which surpassed the matrix’s normal performance.
• Luo Yan considered records describing how Transcendence Mode could transform Taotie’s invisibility to suppress sound and simulate changes in the surrounding environment.

Luo Yan and Yang Lixie were ambushed in an abandoned town before dawn, and Luo Yan drew the attackers away to protect Yang Lixie. The pursuit continued as Luo Yan survived a sniper shot and ran toward the edge of town.

• Luo Yan and Yang Lixie spent the night in their armored vehicle, and Luo Yan stayed alert while Yang Lixie fell asleep.
• An explosive attack struck the convoy before dawn, overturning Luo Yan’s vehicle and scattering the guards.
• Luo Yan hid Yang Lixie in the debris, then escaped the vehicle in Dragon Transformation and used Golden Armor and a vehicle door as a shield.
• Ouyang Hua identified Luo Yan on a drone screen, ordered his men to attack, and chased after him with Ah Jiu.
• Luo Yan discarded the bullet-riddled door and kept running after a sniper shot shattered his Golden Armor, leaving the sniper stunned that he survived.

Luo Yan killed Ah Jiu and the other attackers, then wounded Ouyang Hua and turned him against Luo Tianyi by claiming Luo Tianyi had set him up. After Ouyang Hua escaped, Luo Yan returned to Yang Lixie, and the group continued toward a Surface Base on motorcycles.

• Luo Yan used his dragon-elephant and blood-colored Lizard Dragon to kill Ah Jiu and cut down the fleeing attackers.
• Luo Yan told Ouyang Hua that Luo Tianyi had sent him out of the city to be killed, and Ouyang Hua began to hate Luo Tianyi.
• Luo Yan's A Strip of Rainbow broke through Ouyang Hua's black Demonic Tree, but Ouyang Hua escaped with a wounded shoulder.
• Luo Yan returned to town and told Yang Lixie that Luo Tianyi had sent the attackers after him, not the convoy.
• Yang Lixie sent guards to retrieve motorcycles, and the group rode across the wasteland until they reached a Surface Base.

Mister Luo and Yang Lixie entered Black Spider Base after Old Hu let them in, and Mister Luo explored while the others went to sell their motorcycles. The chapter ended when a guard told Mister Luo that Yang Lixie had clashed with the auto shop.

• Mister Luo and his companions reached Black Spider Base near closing time, and Old Hu demanded the Dragon-Elephant sword as part of their entrance fee.
• Yang Lixie persuaded Old Hu to accept a motorcycle instead and secured his recommendation for Axin Auto Shop.
• The group entered the base, where Yang Lixie stopped a guard from giving food to the starving children to avoid attracting trouble.
• Mister Luo wandered around the base while Yang Lixie and the guards went to the auto shop to sell their motorcycles.
• A guard found Mister Luo and reported that Yang Lixie had gotten into a conflict with the auto shop.

Luo Yan punished Zhuo Biao’s auto shop for swindling Yang Lixie, then traveled with his companions to Qingyang Underground City. They arrived before the Nursery Garden bidding, which Qingyang had allowed them to enter but refused to grant them outright.

• Yang Lixie told Luo Yan that Zhuo Biao had taken their motorcycles, and Luo Yan confronted the auto shop after hearing about the fraud.
• Xiao Zhang kicked Zhuo Biao out of the way when Luo Yan attacked, then fought Luo Yan to repay Zhuo Biao for saving his life.
• Luo Yan defeated Xiao Zhang with one strike of Crescent Moon Breaking Clouds and spared him, while Yang Lixie negotiated and looted the auto shop.
• The next day, Luo Yan and his companions left Black Spider Base with two cars and supplies taken from Zhuo Biao’s shop.
• The group reached Qingyang Underground City, where Yang Lixie explained they would have to bid for the Forbidden Land’s Nursery Garden.

Luo Yan attended Yu Qiushui’s meeting at Red Chamber disguised as Captain Red Ghost, where Huang Yu challenged him over his mask and revealed his hostility toward him. As Huang Yu’s thoughts exposed his alliance with Lin Yuanfang and plans against the Xuanming Department, he suddenly snatched off Luo Yan’s mask.

• Luo Yan arrived at Red Chamber as Captain Red Ghost and found Chen Ling and several other Xuanming Department captains gathered for Yu Qiushui’s meeting.
• Huang Yu mocked Luo Yan for wearing a mask and demanded that he reveal his face, but Luo Yan refused and Yu Qiushui backed him.
• Luo Yan read Huang Yu’s thoughts and discovered that Lin Yuanfang had bought him off to help annex the Xuanming Department.
• Huang Yu tried to remove Luo Yan’s mask, but Chen Ling drew his gun and Yu Qiushui ordered Huang Yu to return to his seat.
• After pretending to comply, Huang Yu abruptly grabbed Luo Yan’s mask and yanked it off.

Luo Yan crippled Huang Yu before Yu Qiushui intervened to keep him alive, then the captains unanimously supported her bid to become head of the Xuanming Department. Yu Qiushui revealed that a battle with Yellow Springs was approaching and explained to Luo Yan that she had saved Huang Yu to use him to mislead Lin Yuanfang.

• Luo Yan twisted and shattered Huang Yu's arm, but Yu Qiushui's water whip battered Huang Yu and spared his life.
• Yu Qiushui announced that the Xuanming Department's head position could no longer remain vacant and asked the captains to support her candidacy.
• He Dong, Zheng Huan, Luo Yan, and Chen Ling all supported Yu Qiushui becoming department head.
• Yu Qiushui said she needed to lead the captains to a major organizational contribution and predicted a battle with Yellow Springs within three to six months.
• After the meeting, Yu Qiushui told Luo Yan that Huang Yu served Lin Yuanfang of the Gou Mang Department and that she had spared him so she could feed Lin false information.

Yu Qiushui gave Luo Yan the Blood Drinker saber and agreed to let Wen Zou join Team 7. The next morning, Luo Yan and Yang Lixie went to Qingyang City's auction house for the Forbidden Land Nursery Garden bidding, where they were insulted at the entrance.

• Yu Qiushui gave Luo Yan the Blood Drinker saber, which absorbed blood essence and suited his Blood Transformation Scripture.
• Yu Qiushui agreed that Wen Zou could join Team 7, then teased Luo Yan before he left the quiet room.
• Luo Yan and Yang Lixie ate breakfast while reviewing the bidding information and identifying Zheng Chao and Hong Dongxing as competitors.
• Yang Lixie spotted Xiao Zhang from Axin Auto Shop turning into an alley in Qingyang City.
• Luo Yan and Yang Lixie arrived at the auction house, where other bidders looked down on their dirty car.
• A man behind Luo Yan and Yang Lixie demanded that they move aside and called for security to drive them away.

Luo Yan broke the leg of a Tangshi Investment Company assistant after the man attacked him, and Shen Biao intervened on behalf of the Qingyang Legion. The bidders recognized Luo Yan as the Qingyang Divine General, and Shen Biao explained that the Nursery Garden auction would also judge bidders by their ability to protect it.

• A young assistant tried to shove Luo Yan aside, and Luo Yan broke the assistant’s foot when he kicked back.
• Zheng Chao and Lawyer Yang Cheng accused Luo Yan of assault, but Shen Biao arrived with Qingyang City’s Surface Corps and said Tangshi’s people had struck first.
• Shen Biao took Luo Yan and his companion to a VIP room, where he apologized that the Legion could only secure Luo Yan a bidding slot for the Nursery Garden.
• Shen Biao told Luo Yan and Yang Lixie that the three highest bidders would have to display their martial strength before the Undercity chose who would receive the Nursery Garden.

Luo Yan and Yang Lixie prepared to bid for the Chu Family's Forbidden Land Nursery Garden, but their fifty million budget seemed too small to beat Zheng Chao. Hong Dongxing offered them another fifty million in exchange for twenty percent of the annual profits, and they entered the auction with one hundred million.

• Yang Lixie admitted that he and Luo Yan had only prepared fifty million and vowed to bid aggressively against the other investors.
• Huang Xin brought Hong Dongxing to meet Luo Yan and Yang Lixie before the auction.
• Hong Dongxing offered Yang Lixie fifty million in exchange for twenty percent of the Nursery Garden's annual profits, explaining that he also wanted to curb Zheng Chao's arrogance.
• Yang Lixie accepted Hong Dongxing's offer, and the funds arrived, raising their budget to one hundred million.
• Luo Yan and Yang Lixie entered the auction hall, where onlookers wondered whether they had enough money to bid.

At the Nursery Garden auction, Zheng Chao planned to outbid Hong Dongxing, but Yang Lixie drove the price beyond Tangshi Investment’s means and won it for ninety million. Zheng Chao realized Hong Dongxing had teamed up with Yang Lixie and Luo Yan to trick him.

• Zheng Chao confirmed Tangshi Investment had eighty million available and greeted Hong Dongxing before they took separate seats in the auction hall.
• Zheng Chao told his assistant to wait for Hong Dongxing to bid and then raise the price, intending to make him overpay.
• Yang Lixie opened with a fifty-million bid, rejected Yang Cheng’s challenge to verify his assets, and raised the price to seventy million.
• Tangshi Investment bid fifty-five million and then eighty million, but Yang Lixie countered with ninety million.
• Tangshi Investment could not obtain more funds in time, and the auctioneer sold the Nursery Garden to Yang Lixie for ninety million.
• Zheng Chao saw Hong Dongxing join Yang Lixie and Luo Yan, realized they had tricked him, and nearly fainted.

Luo Yan and Yang Lixie rescued the injured Zhang Yi, then drew him into their plans to compete for the Nursery Garden. As the martial contest began, Zheng Chao arrived at the stadium with a group of unusually strong fighters.

• Luo Yan told Yang Lixie to help rescue Xiao Zhang, and Yang Lixie drove off the men who had beaten him.
• Luo Yan said Zhang Yi's skills and sense of honor made him a good fit for the Nursery Garden, while Yang Lixie tended to his injuries.
• Zheng Chao told Mister Jiang that he had lost the Nursery Garden auction but planned to win the martial contest, and Mister Jiang said he would fight too.
• Yang Lixie volunteered to compete first, and Zhang Yi offered to help after learning the contest was connected to the Nursery Garden.
• Luo Yan, Yang Lixie, and Zhang Yi agreed on their order for the contest and entered Qingyang Stadium.
• Zheng Chao's fighters arrived at the stadium, and Luo Yan sensed that they were unusually strong.