Chapter Summaries

Qin Yuan and his allies defeated the students competing for the Shadow Beast, and the Main Campus assessment awarded him first place and a Three-step Tower spot. After cultivating in the tower and using a Star River Vein from Feng Ling'er, Qin Yuan advanced his Plant Element to the Advanced Level, bringing his total to four Advanced Elements.

• Qin Yuan led Mo Fan, Mu Nujiao, Zhao Manyan, and Ai Tutu toward the Beast Taming Iron Cage with the Blaze Wolf and Shadow Beast, prompting nearly two hundred students to challenge them.
• A student’s Fierce Fist strengthened the Blaze Wolf, which absorbed the flames and fought through the crowd while Mo Fan, Mu Nujiao, Zhao Manyan, and Ai Tutu attacked alongside it.
• Qin Yuan secured the Shadow Beast in the Beast Taming Iron Cage, ending the assessment; he took first place, Mo Fan placed second, Mu Nujiao third, and Zhao Manyan and Ai Tutu fourth and fifth.
• After resting for a day, Qin Yuan cultivated in the Three-step Tower for five days and advanced his Lightning, Chaos, Space, and Poison Elements.
• Feng Ling'er returned with a Star River Vein, which helped Qin Yuan advance his Plant Element to the Advanced Level, giving him four Advanced Elements.

Qin Yuan prepared to travel to Imperial Capital Academy as part of Pearl Academy’s exchange student team, while his companions discussed their cultivation and wished him well. He joined eight other students and departed for the Imperial Capital with their lead teachers.

• Qin Yuan woke before Ding Yumian, Qin Yuer, and Feng Ling'er, prepared lunch, and told them he would leave for Imperial Capital Academy that afternoon.
• Qin Yuan reassured Qin Yuer that he would be careful, urged Feng Ling'er to focus on cultivation, and learned that Ding Yumian had awakened the Shadow Element.
• Qin Yuer took Ding Yumian and Feng Ling'er to Hangzhou, leaving Qin Yuan alone until Mu Nujiao arrived to gather him for the exchange student team.
• Qin Yuan met Mo Fan, Luo Song, Song Xia, Zhao Manyan, Shen Mingxiao, Xu Zhaoting, Bai Tingting, and Mu Nujiao at the Qing Campus.
• Teacher Gu Han and Professor Qiu Yuhua led the nine students as they left Modu for the Imperial Capital.

Qin Yuan and the Pearl Academy group toured the Imperial Capital before arriving at Imperial Capital Academy, where Qin Yuan received three powerful check-in rewards. Lu Yiming welcomed them and announced the upcoming sparring and wilderness training, then took particular notice of Qin Yuan.

• Professor Qiu Yuhua showed Qin Yuan and the others the Ancient City Wall, and Qin Yuan told Mo Fan that the wall might have acknowledged him.
• After visiting several sights and Magic Civilization Holy Lands, Qin Yuan checked in at Imperial Capital Academy and obtained Myriad Flower Ice Mirror, a Blue Silver Emperor Seed, and a God Devouring Insect Mother.
• Qin Yuan considered how the rewards would strengthen his Ice, Plant, and Poison Elements, including letting him control people and demon beasts with God Devouring Larvae.
• Lu Yiming welcomed the Pearl Academy group and led them to their guest apartments, explaining that the academies' sparring session and wilderness training would soon begin.
• After Gu Han went to handle registration, Lu Yiming noticed Qin Yuan was the only student whose cultivation he could not see through.

Lu Yiming recognized Qin Yuan among Pearl Academy’s exchange students and told Imperial Capital Academy’s Magic Sparring team about him, provoking Lu Zhenghe’s jealousy over Ning Xue. That night, Qin Yuan fused the Blue Silver Emperor Seed into his Plant Element, leaving the results of the fusion and the upcoming sparring unresolved.

• Lu Yiming confirmed to Gu Han that the exchange student was Qin Yuan, whom many Imperial Capital Academy students regarded as a love rival.
• At the training ground, Xu Dalong and Liao Mingxuan disparaged Pearl Academy and traded insults with Lu Zhenghe.
• Lu Yiming revealed that Qin Yuan was among Pearl Academy’s exchange students and was an Intermediate Level mage, prompting Lu Zhenghe to vow that his Ghost Pattern Violent Wolf would defeat him.
• Lu Zhenghe brooded over Qin Yuan’s relationship with Ning Xue and looked forward to the next day’s Magic Sparring.
• Qin Yuan took out the Blue Silver Emperor Seed on the rooftop and smoothly fused it into his Plant Element.

Qin Yuan fused the Blue Silver Emperor into his Plant Element and named it Little Blue, then learned how Chaluo could cultivate God Devouring Larvae. After Little Xue'er clashed with Chaluo over her place on Qin Yuan’s shoulder, the two settled down, and Qin Yuan rejoined Pearl Academy before its Magic Sparring match with Imperial Capital Academy.

• Qin Yuan named the newly awakened Blue Silver Emperor Little Blue after fusing it into his Plant Element.
• Qin Yuan asked Chaluo about cultivating God Devouring Larvae and learned that toxins could help her produce them.
• Qin Yuan fed Chaluo Poison Element Magic Energy, but it was insufficient to finish cultivating a larva.
• Little Xue'er froze Chaluo for taking her shoulder seat, and Qin Yuan explained the situation until the two eased their rivalry.
• Qin Yuan flew away with Little Xue'er and Chaluo on his shoulders, then returned the next day as Pearl Academy prepared to face Imperial Capital Academy.

Qin Yuan drew the lot that kept him out of Pearl Academy’s matches, then arranged the first team for the Magic Sparring against Imperial Capital Academy. The students faced off amid tension between their teachers, and Qin Yuan named Mu Nujiao as the first team’s commander.

• Qin Yuan explained that Chaluo had cultivated three God Devouring Larvae and agreed to let nine students draw lots for eight places in the matches.
• Qin Yuan drew the lot that made him sit out, and he refused Bai Tingting’s offer to give up her spot so he could compete.
• Mu Nujiao grew flustered when Qin Yuan teased her about being jealous of Bai Tingting.
• Xu Dalong mocked Luo Song, prompting Gu Han to rebuke Imperial Capital Academy and warn the student to behave.
• Gu Han appointed Qin Yuan to arrange the teams, and Qin Yuan selected Mu Nujiao, Song Xia, Shen Mingxiao, and Luo Song for the first match, with Mu Nujiao in command.

Qin Yuan prepared Pearl Academy’s students for their Magic Sparring match against Imperial Capital Academy, emphasizing that they should learn from their opponents rather than be distracted by their arrogance. Mu Ning Xue arrived at the arena and reunited with Qin Yuan after handling affairs at the Mu family estate, while he offered to help her.

• Qin Yuan warned Shen Mingxiao against showing off and assigned Mo Fan to command the second match.
• Qin Yuan and Gu Han reminded the Pearl Academy students to learn from their opponents and stay calm.
• Mu Nujiao’s group entered the arena to face Xu Dalong, Liao Mingxuan, Jingjing, and Zhao Yueming, and the first Magic Sparring match began without magic equipment or artifacts.
• Lu Zhenghe saw Mu Ning Xue head to Qin Yuan and followed her toward Pearl Academy’s rest area.
• Mu Ning Xue sat close beside Qin Yuan and explained that she had finished taking control of the Mu family and removing its unproductive members.
• Qin Yuan held Mu Ning Xue’s hand and offered to handle the family affairs together, but she said she could manage them herself.

Qin Yuan demonstrated his power to Lu Zhenghe while standing beside Mu Ning Xue, then was caught off guard when Xue'er mistook Mu Ning Xue for Qin Yuer. The chapter ended with Mu Ning Xue asking if Xue'er was Qin Yuan and Qin Yuer's child.

• Mu Ning Xue told Lu Zhenghe to address her as Captain and made clear that she wanted to spend time with Qin Yuan.
• Qin Yuan summoned his General Grade Blaze Wolf, which pushed Lu Zhenghe back to his resting area and left him dusty and humiliated.
• Lu Yiming stopped Lu Zhenghe from challenging Qin Yuan and told him they could face each other in the upcoming Magic Sparring round.
• Xue'er mistook Mu Ning Xue for Qin Yuer, and Mu Ning Xue asked Qin Yuan whether Xue'er was his child with Sister Yuer.

Qin Yuan introduced Snow Empress to Mu Ning Xue, then hired Mo Fan and the others to fight Lu Zhenghe’s Ghost Pattern Violent Wolf for a large reward. After Mu Nujiao joined them in the resting area, Lu Zhenghe saw Qin Yuan with Mu Ning Xue and grew jealous as the hired team took the arena.

• Qin Yuan introduced Xue'er to Mu Ning Xue, and the two women quickly bonded over their Ice Element powers.
• Qin Yuan offered Mo Fan, Xu Zhaoting, Zhao Manyan, and Bai Tingting at least three million Huaxia Coin each to defeat Lu Zhenghe’s General Grade Ghost Pattern Violent Wolf, with five million for killing it.
• Mo Fan and the others accepted the commission, while Qin Yuan and Gu Han discussed the Pearl team’s hard-won victory over Imperial Capital Academy.
• Mu Nujiao noticed Qin Yuan’s intimacy with Mu Ning Xue and sat beside him, while Mu Ning Xue reacted to her with a knowing glance.
• Qin Yuan sent Mo Fan and the others onto the arena, and Lu Zhenghe grew jealous when he saw Qin Yuan sitting closely with Mu Ning Xue and another pretty girl.

Pearl Academy’s team used coordinated magic to overcome Imperial Capital Academy’s numbers and its General Grade Ghost Pattern Violent Wolf. Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan eliminated two opponents, leaving only Lu Zhenghe and Ming Cong while the wolves continued fighting.

• Lu Zhenghe summoned his Ghost Pattern Violent Wolf, and Mo Fan answered by summoning his Ghost Wolf Beast.
• Mo Fan ordered Xu Zhaoting and Bai Tingting to restrain the Ghost Pattern Violent Wolf while Zhao Manyan protected him as he prepared his attack.
• Mo Fan struck Imperial Capital Academy’s three students with his Spirit Seed-enhanced Thunderbolt, eliminating Xiao Feng.
• Xu Zhaoting and Bai Tingting helped the Ghost Wolf Beast hold back the Ghost Pattern Violent Wolf with lightning and healing magic.
• Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan eliminated Xiao Jinhe, leaving Lu Zhenghe and Ming Cong, with Ming Cong being chased down.

Mo Fan revealed his third Element, Fire, and used his Rose Flame to kill Lu Zhenghe’s Ghost Pattern Violent Wolf. Imperial Capital Academy suffered another defeat, leaving Lu Zhenghe devastated over the loss of his Contract Beast.

• Lu Zhenghe ordered the Ghost Pattern Violent Wolf to charge Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan, while Xu Zhaoting and the Ghost Wolf Beast wounded it.
• The Ghost Pattern Violent Wolf struck down the Ghost Wolf Beast, and Bai Tingting healed its wounds before Mo Fan recalled it.
• Zhao Manyan protected Mo Fan with Holy Shields as Mo Fan prepared his Fire Element, while Xu Zhaoting interrupted Lu Zhenghe’s attempts to cast.
• Mo Fan revealed he possessed three Elements and used Rose Flame—Fierce Fist—Earth Fiend to knock out Ming Cong and fatally strike the Ghost Pattern Violent Wolf.
• Xu Zhaoting paralyzed Lu Zhenghe before he could recall the dying beast, and Imperial Capital Academy lost as Lu Zhenghe mourned his Contract Beast.

After Mo Fan and the others defeated Lu Zhenghe’s team, Dean Song He calmed the dispute and Qin Yuan paid the students for completing the mission. As the academies prepared for wilderness training near Dongting Lake, Qin Yuan considered pursuing a powerful pseudo-dragon, while Song He later met with Qiu Yuhua and a military mage at the Magic Palace.

• Lu Zhenghe demanded compensation for his dead Ghost Pattern Violent Wolf, but Dean Song He stopped his outburst and apologized to the other academies.
• Song He noticed Mo Fan’s Innate Dual System, while Mo Fan collected five million Huaxia Coin each for himself and the other three students from Qin Yuan.
• Gu Han appointed Qin Yuan captain for the wilderness training and told him to let the students gain experience while watching over them.
• Qin Yuan recalled that Golden Forest Wasteland City near Dongting Lake held a peak Commander-level pseudo-dragon and began considering his plans.
• Song He poured tea for Qiu Yuhua and a military mage at the Magic Palace as Qiu Yuhua complained that someone had no bottom line.

Qiu Yuhua rejected Lu Nian’s attempt to recruit Mo Fan for a dangerous experiment, and the academies assigned their joint training to the ruined Jinlin City. The students set out to count demons there, while Qin Yuan privately doubted the claim that the city had no Commander-level demons.

• Qiu Yuhua confronted Lu Nian over his experiment and insisted that Mo Fan would not participate, while Song He postponed the decision and shifted the discussion to student training.
• Song He announced that the joint training for Imperial Capital Academy and Pearl Academy would take place in Jinlin City, which had been overrun by demons fifteen years earlier.
• Song He explained that the students had to count Servant-level and General Grade demons, and warned them that encountering a Commander-level demon could make survival difficult.
• Qin Yuan recalled the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon in Jinlin City and privately questioned the academy’s report that no Commander-level demons remained there.
• The seventeen students traveled to Kangning City, bought an old atlas, and continued toward Jinlin City as Jingjing explained the local demons and how their groups were classified.

Pearl Academy and Imperial Capital Academy entered a dark railway tunnel on their way to Golden Forest Wasteland City, where Qin Yuan sensed a large group of Cave Demon Slaves. The students discovered the demons lurking behind the vines and thorns, and Mo Fan attacked them with fire.

• Qin Yuan let Song Xia command Pearl Academy’s students while Lu Zhenghe and Song Xia chose the route through the railway tunnel.
• Lu Zhenghe summoned an Iron Armored Rhinoceros to lead the group, and Song Xia assigned the mages their positions while leaving Qin Yuan out of the formation.
• Qin Yuan warned Mu Nujiao and Mu Ning Xue that around a hundred Cave Demon Slaves inhabited the tunnel and cautioned them against being surrounded.
• Liao Mingxuan’s silver mouse alerted the team, and Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan revealed pairs of ghostly blue eyes hiding behind the tunnel’s tangled vines.
• Mo Fan hurled a ball of crimson flame into the vines, burning them away and illuminating the hidden area.

Mo Fan and the academy students fought their way through a tunnel full of Cave Demon Slaves, but the creatures surrounded them and overwhelmed their defenses. Xiao Feng suffered severe injuries, and the group remained trapped in the battle.

• Mo Fan and Ming Cong killed several Cave Demon Slaves with lightning as the group advanced through the tunnel.
• Song Xia ordered the students into formation after more than a hundred Cave Demon Slaves surrounded them from both directions.
• The students attacked the creatures, and Mu Ning Xue froze and shattered nearly ten Cave Demon Slaves with her Ice Locks.
• A Cave Demon Slave broke both of Xiao Feng's legs, but Zhao Manyan blocked a blow aimed at his head and Xu Dalong pulled him away.

Lu Zhenghe turned the Iron Armored Rhinoceros against the team, but Qin Yuan killed the Cave Demon Slaves he sent flying and revealed power consistent with a High-level Mage. Lu Zhenghe was then gravely injured by a Cave Demon Slave as the team fought to reach the tunnel exit.

• Bai Tingting treated Xiao Feng's broken legs while Zhao Manyan used Raging Waves to push back the Cave Demon Slaves.
• Lu Zhenghe redirected his Iron Armored Rhinoceros to send several Cave Demon Slaves toward Qin Yuan and the team.
• Qin Yuan killed the incoming Cave Demon Slaves with Thunder Seal, shocking the students and frightening Lu Zhenghe with his apparent High-level Mage abilities.
• A Cave Demon Slave struck Lu Zhenghe between the legs, leaving him screaming and pleading for help as Mo Fan burned the creature.
• Song Xia urged the team toward the exit, and Jingjing used Forest of Kun—Prison Cage to block the Cave Demon Slaves while Xu Dalong used Earth Wave to speed their escape.

Qin Yuan secretly used the Blue Silver Emperor to kill Cave Demon Slaves before joining the group outside the tunnel. After Lu Zhenghe lost his manhood and picked a fight with Qin Yuan, Qin Yuan beat and threatened him as the team prepared to treat Xiao Feng and find a campsite.

• Qin Yuan stayed behind in the tunnel and used Ghost Wood Hand to summon the Blue Silver Emperor, which killed the pursuing Cave Demon Slaves.
• Song Xia counted the students outside the tunnel, confirming that all seventeen had escaped, while Xiao Feng and Lu Zhenghe cried out over their injuries.
• Lu Zhenghe despaired over his crushed manhood, and Zhao Mingyue's attempt to comfort him only made him angrier.
• Qin Yuan urged the group to find a campsite and treat Xiao Feng, but Lu Zhenghe accused him of standing by during the injuries.
• Qin Yuan kicked Lu Zhenghe, warned that he would have killed him for his actions in the tunnel, and left him too frightened to retaliate.
• Song Xia led the group toward a campsite to treat Xiao Feng's legs, and Lu Zhenghe followed quietly.

After a night at camp, Qin Yuan returned with the girls while Xue'er nearly revealed a secret about Bai before he stopped her. The group continued toward Golden Forest Wasteland City and, avoiding another tunnel, reached a mountain overlook with the ruined city spread out below.

• Xue'er asked Qin Yuan for Ice Jade Cold Spring, then tried to tell him who was the biggest before he interrupted her and led the girls back to camp.
• Zhao Manyan spotted Lu Zhenghe returning to his tent at night, and Lu Zhenghe claimed he had gone to the bathroom.
• The group kept watch in shifts, then set out the next morning and traveled for roughly ten days without encountering any major demon groups.
• Lu Zhenghe and the others refused to enter another abandoned tunnel, so the group took a longer route over the mountains.
• The group reached the highest point of the mountain range and saw Golden Forest Wasteland City spread across the basin below.

The teams surveyed Golden Forest Wasteland City and chose an abandoned shopping mall as their foothold after Qin Yuan warned them away from a Municipal Building occupied by a Pseudo Terror Demon. Qin Yuan sensed an even greater threat, the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon, and the chapter ended as a violent gale swept through and he hurried the group into hiding.

• Song Xia and Mu Ning Xue led the teams in surveying the city outskirts and agreed to keep everyone together.
• Mo Fan proposed using the Municipal Building as a foothold, but Qin Yuan warned that a Pseudo Terror Demon lived inside it.
• Jingjing explained that an adult Pseudo Terror Demon could reach Advanced General Grade, and Mu Nujiao suggested an abandoned shopping mall instead.
• Qin Yuan confirmed that the mall was less dangerous, then quietly told Mu Ning Xue that the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon was an even greater threat.
• A violent gale swept through the street, and Qin Yuan grabbed Mu Ning Xue and Mu Nujiao and led the group beneath nearby ruins.

A Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon devoured the Pseudo Terror Demon, convincing the students that their training expedition had become a death trap. As the group withdrew, Qin Yuan decided to claim the dragon, while Lu Zhenghe secretly waited for his brother Lu Nian to arrive.

• The Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon demolished the Municipal Building, killed and ate the Pseudo Terror Demon, then flew away without noticing the students hiding nearby.
• Qin Yuan decided to pursue the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon and use Chaluo's God Devouring Larva to subdue it.
• Liao Mingxuan, Shen Mingxiao, Luo Song, Song Xia, Mu Ning Xue, and the other students chose to abandon the expedition and leave.
• Lu Zhenghe urged the students to continue, but Liao Mingxuan and Xu Dalong rejected his suggestion, and the group departed without him.
• Lu Zhenghe seethed as the students left and resolved to wait for his elder brother, Lu Nian, and his men to arrive.