Chapter Summaries

Jiang Qiu survived his first Martial Spirit Incense medicinal bath and showed clear signs of body tempering as he trained with Liu Zili. At the Elite Training Hall, students debated whether he could match Li Juefeng, before Wu Shan and Director Zhao arrived to discuss the coming Practical Training Hunt.

• Jiang Qiu woke after passing out in his medicinal bath, cleaned up, and left for school with Liu Zili.
• Jiang Qiu ate ten trays' worth of breakfast, and Liu Zili encouraged him to surpass Li Juefeng in the Practical Training Hunt.
• Students at Field No. 8 discussed Jiang Qiu's martial arts talent and argued over whether he could match Li Juefeng's medicinal-bath endurance and cultivation.
• Wu Shan told Jiang Qiu and the other students to train together because the Practical Training Hunt might begin soon, then Director Zhao arrived and asked about Wu Shan's teaching.

Jiang Qiu attended the practical training hunt meeting after surpassing Xie Kuang, and learned that students would hunt demonic beasts in Qingmu Town for rewards. The organizers favored Li Juefeng with the first choice of starting land and a chance at valuable Spear Spirit Incense, and the chapter ended as someone objected.

• Zhao Gongzheng and Wu Shan called Jiang Qiu to the meeting after learning he had defeated Xie Kuang and become Field No. 8's top Outstanding Student.
• Jiang Qiu heard that the hunt would take place in Qingmu Town, where a secret realm distortion had gathered demonic beasts and a fruit-bearing Demon Plant.
• Zhao Gongzheng announced that top students would lead the hunt and that the best performer could earn ten portions of Martial Spirit Incense and one portion of Spear Spirit Incense.
• Jiang Qiu suspected the rewards and Demon Plant had been arranged to favor Li Juefeng, but decided to focus on killing beasts and earning money.
• Li Ang gave Field No. 1, where Li Juefeng studied, first choice of Initial Land, and an unidentified speaker objected.

Wu Shan challenged Li Ang’s decision to give Li Juefeng first pick and secured the choice for Jiang Qiu instead. At Field No. 8, Wu Shan announced that Jiang Qiu would lead the students into Qingmu Town Center Street, a dangerous area with a fruit-bearing Demon Plant.

• Wu Shan argued that Jiang Qiu should receive first pick instead of the absent Li Juefeng, and Zhao Gongzheng approved the change despite Li Ang’s objection.
• Jiang Qiu left the meeting determined to outperform Li Juefeng in the Practical Training Hunt and earn the school’s recognition.
• Wu Shan told Field No. 8 that this year’s hunt would take place in Qingmu Town, where a fruit-bearing Demon Plant had been found.
• Wu Shan announced that Field No. 8 had selected Qingmu Town Center Street as its Initial Land and named Jiang Qiu as its lead student.

Jiang Qiu became Field No. 8’s lead student for the Practical Training Hunt, gathered the support of most of his classmates, and prepared for the trip. As the students assembled to depart, they noticed Li Juefeng was absent, though they believed he would recover and catch up.

• The teacher announced that Jiang Qiu had received the prime selection opportunity and told Field No. 8 to follow his arrangements during the hunt.
• Liu Zili, Wang Guanjia, Zhang Shan, and more than half the students voiced their support for Jiang Qiu, while Xie Kuang remained silent.
• Wu Shan told Jiang Qiu that the survival and protection supplies cost four thousand yuan, and Jiang Qiu bought the necessary gear, including Blood Boil Liquid.
• Jiang Qiu hurried home to prepare, cleaned Liu Zili’s wooden tub, and then headed to school with his backpack, dagger, and belt.
• The students saw Jiang Qiu leading the armed group out of the Elite Training Hall and wondered why Li Juefeng was not with them.
• The students speculated that Li Juefeng was recovering from the effects of using his monthly Martial Spirit Incense, but insisted he would be fine.

Jiang Qiu led the students into Qingmu Town and settled them in a ruined supermarket. When an Iron-Armored Lizard ambushed Zhang Shan, Jiang Qiu rescued him with a single spear thrust and asked why he had not let go of his spear.

• Jiang Qiu explained the Recording Rings' functions and told the students to stay together while they found shelter.
• Jiang Qiu declined to pursue Xie Kuang and the students who had followed him into a side street.
• Jiang Qiu and the students entered a ruined supermarket to settle in for the night.
• An Iron-Armored Lizard pinned Zhang Shan down, and Li Si's spear thrust failed to pierce its armored back.
• Jiang Qiu lifted the lizard off Zhang Shan and stabbed it through the belly, then asked Zhang Shan why he had not let go of the spear shaft.

Jiang Qiu led the students through a hunt for Iron-Armored Lizards in a supermarket, then shared their meat around a campfire. As they ate, Jiang Qiu discovered Beast Meat could refine his body, but a creature was approaching the storage room.

• Jiang Qiu killed the first Iron-Armored Lizard and warned the students to search the supermarket carefully for more.
• Zhang Shan, Liu Zili, Wang Guanjia, Li Si, and the other students spread out to hunt while Jiang Qiu cleared storage rooms.
• The students killed fourteen Iron-Armored Lizards, and Jiang Qiu killed ten more, wiping out the beasts in the supermarket building.
• Zhang Shan roasted the Iron-Armored Lizard meat, and the students shared a feast with Jiang Qiu and Hu Yeye.
• Jiang Qiu noticed that eating Beast Meat had improved his Iron Flesh, then the students heard a creature crawling toward their storage room.

Jiang Qiu survived a Red-Armored Great Lizard’s ambush and killed it barehanded, revealing his Iron Flesh Realm and Copper Transformation. The Practical Training Hunt faced mid-tier demon beast attacks at every venue, while the missing Demon Plant’s main body remained undiscovered.

• A Red-Armored Great Lizard ambushed Jiang Qiu from the ceiling and bit down on his upper body.
• Liu Zili, Zhang Shan, Wang Guanjia, and the other students charged the beast, but its tail swept them aside.
• Jiang Qiu endured the bite with his Copper Transformation, struck the lizard with Penetrating Force, and chased it through a wall.
• Jiang Qiu pinned the Red-Armored Great Lizard outside and killed it with a blow that shattered its skull.
• Wu Shan learned that students at all venues were facing mid-tier demon beast attacks and that casualties had already occurred.
• Responsible Team Leader Li Ang reported that Director Zhao had activated Bright Sight, but the missing Demon Plant’s main body was still not found.

After Jiang Qiu killed a Red-Armored Great Lizard, Field No. 8 supported him as their leader and hunted beasts together. They encountered Xie Kuang’s battered group, who left without joining their meal, while green shoots quietly appeared on withered vines nearby.

• Jiang Qiu dragged the Red-Armored Great Lizard back to the supermarket, where Liu Zili and the other students praised him for killing it barehanded.
• The group spent the night in the supermarket, then Hu Yeye prepared breakfast the next morning.
• Zhang Shan proposed that the students give Jiang Qiu their beast-killing opportunities while they practiced capturing beasts alive, and the group agreed.
• Jiang Qiu led the students through Qingmu Town, where they killed beasts and captured some alive before stopping to eat.
• Xie Kuang and his surviving companions passed the group without accepting Li Si’s offer of meat, and the students mocked them after they left.
• Two or three green shoots sprouted from the withered vines outside the door.

After learning that Li Juefeng had arrived in Qingmu Town, Jiang Qiu resolved to kill more Demon Beasts and claim the Best Performance reward. He rescued students from Field No. 5 by swiftly killing their attackers, then faced a Red-Armored Great Lizard as someone approached from down the street.

• Jiang Qiu learned that Li Juefeng had arrived and decided to push harder to win the Spear Spirit Incense.
• Jiang Qiu's group heard a distress signal from Field No. 5 and rushed to help students being pursued by Iron-Armored Lizards.
• Jiang Qiu charged through the lizards, killing twenty-one and astonishing the students from both fields with his speed and spear technique.
• A Red-Armored Great Lizard cut off the students, but a short black shadow pierced its head and killed it before Jiang Qiu could attack.
• Unhurried footsteps approached from the far end of the street as the scene fell silent.

Jiang Qiu met Li Juefeng, who revealed that finding the vanished Demon Plant and claiming its fruit would decide who received Spear Spirit Incense. Jiang Qiu set out to search the secret realm’s center, but repeated distress signals interrupted the group.

• Li Juefeng arrived, asked who had killed the Demon Beasts, and learned that Jiang Qiu was responsible.
• Li Juefeng said the Demon Plant in Qingmu Town had vanished and that whoever found it and picked its fruit would receive Spear Spirit Incense.
• Jiang Qiu questioned the Field No. 5 students about their encounters with Demon Beasts, then led Field No. 8 away with the remains they had gathered.
• Zhang Shan and Li Si urged Jiang Qiu to search near the secret realm’s center, while Jiang Qiu considered whether the vines covering Qingmu Town could help him find the Demon Plant.
• Several distress signals sounded in succession, stopping Jiang Qiu and the others.

Jiang Qiu led Field No. 8 to Central Plaza to rescue other students and fight the massive beast tide, where he and Li Juefeng competed in a rapidly growing kill count. As the teachers watched Jiang Qiu close in on Li Juefeng, Li Ang questioned whether sheer numbers of kills would earn him Best Performance.

• Jiang Qiu led Field No. 8 toward Central Plaza, promising students they could keep the proceeds from the beasts they killed.
• Jiang Qiu and his group reached Central Plaza, where Iron-Armored Lizards and Red-Armored Great Lizards swarmed alongside students from several fields, including Li Juefeng.
• Li Juefeng held a main street against the beasts while Jiang Qiu charged into the battle and killed Red-Armored Great Lizards by piercing their armor.
• Students from Field No. 8 and other fields joined the fight, turning Central Plaza into a slaughterhouse as their kill counts climbed.
• Teachers praised Li Juefeng's fighting and equipment, then noticed Jiang Qiu's kill count was rising fast enough to put him in second place.
• Li Ang watched Jiang Qiu's explosive fighting and doubted that killing the most beasts alone would earn Best Performance.

Jiang Qiu used Blood Boil Liquid to regain strength and slaughter more Iron-Armored Lizards, while a secret realm fluctuation swallowed the battlefield. Trapped among thousands of demon beasts, he raced Li Juefeng toward the Demon Plant’s three White Jade Fruits.

• Jiang Qiu drank Blood Boil Liquid, greatly increasing his power and raising his kill count as he fought the demon beasts.
• Jiang Qiu sensed secret realm fluctuations near the great tree and spotted the Demon Plant with three White Jade Fruits.
• Li Juefeng charged toward the center of the square as students tried to withdraw, but the teachers did not respond.
• The secret realm swallowed the square, trapping the students with thousands of Iron-Armored Lizards and more than twenty Red-Armored Great Lizards.
• Li Juefeng leaped toward the Demon Plant’s fruits, and Jiang Qiu raced through the air to reach them too.

Jiang Qiu fought to reach the Demon Plant’s White Jade Fruits, but its vine struck him away before Liu Zili gave him her Blood Boil Liquid. He battled back toward her and saved her from a Red-Armored Great Lizard, while the students remained trapped in the secret realm.

• Teachers at No.8 Middle School realized the students had vanished into the secret realm, and Zhao Gongzheng ordered an emergency report and a search for demon beasts.
• Jiang Qiu pursued the Demon Plant’s fruits, but its vine blasted him away as the plant chased Li Juefeng.
• Liu Zili threw Jiang Qiu her Blood Boil Liquid while fighting Iron-Armored Lizards, and he drank it before killing a Red-Armored Great Lizard.
• Jiang Qiu’s Ancient Martial Spear progress reached 965/1000, and he charged through the demon beasts toward Liu Zili.
• A Red-Armored Great Lizard knocked Liu Zili down, but Jiang Qiu’s spear pierced its skull and carried it away from her.

Jiang Qiu broke through the beast tide and killed the Demon Plant by striking its core, causing the Iron-Armored Lizards and Red-Armored Great Lizards to collapse. As the students recovered and the White Jade Fruits rolled away, a tiny purple spider emerged beside them and watched a wounded student.

• Jiang Qiu rescued Liu Zili and the other students from the encircling beasts, then realized the Demon Plant was likely controlling them.
• The Demon Plant battered Li Juefeng, leaving him badly injured and unable to fight back.
• Jiang Qiu launched a spear strike at the Demon Plant's crown and destroyed its core with his Transformative Force.
• The Demon Plant fell, and the remaining Iron-Armored Lizards and Red-Armored Great Lizards died as their life force dissipated.
• The three White Jade Fruits rolled away, and a tiny purple spider crawled out beside them and watched a wounded student.

Jiang Qiu killed the Demon Plant with a mastery-level spear technique, saving the surviving students and awakening a new Mastery Integration Drill. After Xie Kuang resisted the fruits’ influence and gave them to Liu Zili, Jiang Qiu resolved to grow stronger and led the survivors in roasting demon-beast meat.

• Jiang Qiu used Soaring Dragon Pierce to kill the Demon Plant, ending the attack by the demon beasts and earning the survivors’ cheers.
• Jiang Qiu realized his broken spear shaft had failed under the strike and gained a Mastery Integration Drill for his Ancient Martial Spear.
• Xie Kuang found three White Jade Fruits and considered using their power to surpass Jiang Qiu, but crushed a hidden spider remnant that had tried to influence him.
• Xie Kuang carried the fruits to Liu Zili, deciding the victor should receive the prize.
• Jiang Qiu reflected on the danger of the demon race’s schemes, vowed to improve, and ordered the survivors to light a fire and roast the Red-Armored Great Lizard meat.

After the battle, Jiang Qiu organized the survivors as they gathered bodies and prepared demonic beast meat, then recovered his broken spearhead from Li Juefeng. As the students ate and regained strength, Jiang Qiu wondered how much the three Demon Plant Fruits would improve his body tempering.

• Students from the six fields moved the demonic beast corpses and gathered the dead, while Jiang Qiu told them to leave the bodies for their families to retrieve.
• Liu Zili gave Jiang Qiu three Demon Plant Fruits from Xie Kuang and said she was only tired; Jiang Qiu thanked her for the Blood Boil Liquid and urged her to rest and eat.
• Jiang Qiu searched for his missing spearhead until Li Juefeng returned it and said Jiang Qiu's spear technique had shown him the direction he wanted to pursue.
• Li Juefeng praised Jiang Qiu as a better fit for the Heavenly Prodigy Project, and Jiang Qiu reflected on what the project meant before Zhang Shan called him to eat.
• Jiang Qiu had the students distribute roasted demonic beast meat, then ate with Zhang Shan and Liu Zili and gained one session of low-quality body tempering.
• Jiang Qiu noticed the Demon Plant Fruits in his backpack and wondered how much they would improve his body tempering.

After more than seventeen days searching Qingmu Town, Zhao Gongzheng, Wu Shan, and Li Ang watched the secret realm reopen and the students emerge alive, led by Jiang Qiu. Jiang Qiu returned with three White Jade Fruits, and Zhao Gongzheng noticed they had changed.

• Wu Shan urged Zhao Gongzheng to abandon the search, while Li Ang insisted they wait for his son and the other students to return.
• Zhao Gongzheng argued that they should wait a few more days, despite the grim odds and the dangers facing any students who emerged.
• The secret realm began opening, and Jiang Qiu led the surviving students out among the corpses of the demon beasts and the withered Demon Plant.
• Wu Shan, Li Ang, and Zhao Gongzheng welcomed the students back, relieved that Jiang Qiu and Li Juefeng had survived.
• Jiang Qiu asked Zhao Gongzheng whether he would take the three White Jade Fruits back, and Zhao Gongzheng said the fruits seemed different from before.

After returning from the secret realm, Jiang Qiu was recognized for his record-breaking kill count and mastery of the Ancient Martial Arts Spear Technique. Zhao Gongzheng declared that No.8 Middle School should give him more resources and seek a temporary Heavenly Prodigy Project slot, then asked the teachers to vote.

• The teachers checked the restored records and saw Jiang Qiu had killed 311 demonic beasts, including a high-tier Demon Plant, far surpassing Li Juefeng’s 103 kills.
• Li Juefeng told Zhao Gongzheng that Jiang Qiu’s spear had pierced the Demon Plant, and Jiang Qiu said he had mastered the Ancient Martial Arts Spear Technique through a sudden epiphany.
• Zhao Gongzheng backed Jiang Qiu as the hunt’s best performer and sent the students away before calling a meeting with the teachers.
• Zhao Gongzheng said Plateau City had become a high-risk examination area and that the city would redistribute martial arts resources, which No.8 Middle School would seek to obtain.
• Zhao Gongzheng argued that Jiang Qiu deserved more resources and proposed requesting a temporary Heavenly Prodigy Project slot for him, then asked who supported or opposed the proposal.

After No. 8 Middle School’s Practical Training Hunt, the teachers backed Zhao Gongzheng’s plan to apply for Jiang Qiu to join the Heavenly Prodigy Project, while Jiang returned as the hunt’s leading student. His success brought new resources and an extra Outstanding Student slot to Field No. 8, giving Qian Cheng renewed resolve to compete.

• Wu Shan, Li Ang, and the other teachers supported Zhao Gongzheng’s proposal to apply for Jiang Qiu to enter the Heavenly Prodigy Project.
• Jiang Qiu and the surviving students returned to school with more than two thousand demon beast corpses and a Demonic Plant Fruit.
• Students saw Jiang Qiu leading the group ahead of Li Juefeng, and the school forum identified him as the Practical Training Hunt’s top pick.
• Qian Cheng accepted that he could not match Jiang Qiu but vowed to join the Military Department and rise through its ranks.
• Wu Shan announced that he would teach the Ancient Martial Spear for half a month and that Field No. 8 would receive additional resources and an extra Outstanding Student slot.
• Qian Cheng gripped his wooden spear and resolved to win the newly available Outstanding Student place.

After the practical training hunt, Jiang Qiu learned that his Demon Plant Fruits had fused with an egg stone produced by the Demon King Crimson Flame Spider Matriarch, making them valuable ingredients for Advanced Su Fragrance. He left the choice of selling or refining them undecided, while Wu Shan prepared to distribute his hunt rewards and seek a way to support his advancement.

• Jiang Qiu noticed that eating Red-Armored Great Lizard meat had strengthened his body, though he still wanted to improve his body-tempering realm.
• Wu Shan told Jiang Qiu that the three Demon Plant Fruits had fused with a Crimson Flame Spider Matriarch egg stone and could be used to refine Advanced Su Fragrance.
• Wu Shan advised Jiang Qiu not to sell the mutated egg stone and offered to find an incense-refining expert, estimating the process would cost about five million.
• Wu Shan calculated that Jiang Qiu would receive about nine million from the hunt and said he had earned thirteen portions of Martial Spirit Incense and one portion of Spear Spirit Incense.
• Jiang Qiu asked for a few days to consider refining the egg stone, while Wu Shan worried that the Heavenly Prodigy Project application would likely fail and resolved to invest in Jiang Qiu's potential.