Recaps

At Fengyang City Second High School’s Awakening Ceremony, Lu Yuan received a system that promised him a random S-class ice ability and 100 Evolution Points. The ceremony reached his turn, but his awakening had not yet been revealed.

• Lu Yuan reflected on his difficult childhood and worried that his ordinary parents meant he would awaken a low-quality ability.
• The system appeared and promised Lu Yuan an S-class ice element ability and 100 Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan told his friend Li Ming that he hoped to awaken an ice ability, surprising Li Ming, who remembered Lu Yuan’s preference for thunder.
• The Awakening Ceremony proceeded, and the school’s staff noted that no student had awakened an A-rank or B-rank ability.
• The announcer called Lu Yuan, number 42 from Class 11, Senior 3, to awaken.

Lu Yuan awakened the S-class ability Ice Snow Crown, causing the Awakening Crystal to explode and Principal Wang to faint. Director Li took him to the office and began advising him about the four prestigious universities, recommending two with seventh-tier Ice Grandmasters.

• Lu Yuan awakened the S-class Ice Snow Crown as June snow fell, and the Awakening Crystal exploded.
• Principal Wang fainted from excitement, while Director Li arranged for an ambulance and suspended the ceremony until a replacement crystal arrived.
• Lu Yuan saw his newly activated panel, which listed 100 Evolution Points and his Ice Snow Crown ability.
• Director Li took Lu Yuan to his office, learned the name and rank of his ability, and asked about his university plans.
• Director Li recommended Modu Supernatural University and Shencheng Supernatural University because each had a seventh-tier Ice Grandmaster.

After awakening the S-class Ice Snow Crown ability, Lu Yuan told his mother, Fang Wan, and learned that Xida Prestigious University was sending teachers to recruit him. He discovered that Evolution Points could strengthen him and decided that a university with an Underground World passage would suit his goals.

• Lu Yuan called Fang Wan from Director Li's phone and told her he had awakened the S-class Ice Snow Crown ability and that Xida Prestigious University would recruit at his school.
• Fang Wan congratulated Lu Yuan and promised to make him a special dinner, then ended the call to return to work.
• Director Li let Lu Yuan use his computer to research Xida Prestigious University before leaving for the Awakening Ceremony.
• Lu Yuan searched short-video advice about the university but found the recommendations confusing, so he asked his system about his 100 Evolution Points.
• The system explained that Evolution Points could raise Lu Yuan's level and strengthen his skills, and that he could earn them by killing ferocious beasts.
• Lu Yuan decided to consider whether a university had an Underground World passage, since he wanted to hunt ferocious beasts and gain Evolution Points.

After finishing his investigation, Lu Yuan received a 500,000 Blue Star coin reward and returned to Class 11 to pack his things and talk with his classmates. As he headed toward Director Li’s office, Director Li hurried after him, leaving Lu Yuan to guess what had happened.

• Director Li told Lu Yuan the school would reward him with 500,000 Blue Star coins and sent him to pack his things.
• Lu Yuan returned to Class 11, where his homeroom teacher ended the class meeting and his classmates crowded around to ask about his S-class ability.
• Lu Yuan packed his belongings and left after promising a classmate he would share photos from university.
• Lin Xiangyu declined to approach Lu Yuan, deciding they were no longer from the same world and that she should abandon her feelings.
• Director Li rushed to find Lu Yuan and caught sight of him heading toward the office.

Lu Yuan heard recruitment offers from four supernatural universities and weighed their benefits. He favored Shencheng Supernatural University, and his willingness to enter the Underground World impressed Ling Weiwei.

• Principal Wang Jiyuan welcomed admissions teachers Zhang Wei, Li Hao, Jiang Ting, and Ling Weiwei to the school.
• Zhang Wei offered Lu Yuan three million Blue Star coins and basic pills, while Li Hao offered three million coins and D-class equipment.
• Jiang Ting offered four million coins, a custom C-class weapon, and access to a Seventh-Rank Ice Mage.
• Ling Weiwei offered one million coins, at least 300 Credit Points per year, and access to a Seventh-Rank Ice Grandmaster.
• Jiang Ting warned Lu Yuan that Shencheng Supernatural University sent students into the Underground World, but Lu Yuan said he was not afraid to fight ferocious beasts.

Lu Yuan booked an E-grade cultivation room at Extreme Supernatural Ability Hall and used his Evolution Points to improve his spear technique. He tested his Ice Snow Crown ability while practicing, then realized his Primal Energy reserves were still limited.

• Lu Yuan left school and rode his bicycle to Extreme Supernatural Ability Hall.
• He booked Room 303, an E-grade cultivation room, for 400 Blue Star coins per hour.
• Lu Yuan spent 100 Evolution Points to raise his spear technique from Beginner to Intermediate.
• He activated Ice Snow Crown and practiced spear techniques with his weapon encased in ice.
• After half an hour, Lu Yuan had used up half of his Primal Energy.

Lu Yuan tested his newly acquired Ice Shard Ring Body skill, then left the training hall and encountered a Square-eared Rat that fled into a storm drain. He considered the official explanation that such beasts were projections from the Underground World suspicious, but focused on getting stronger before heading to Shencheng Supernatural University.

• Lu Yuan activated Ice Shard Ring Body and noticed its three ice shards made the Primal Energy in his body more active.
• Lu Yuan ended his training after 59 minutes and paid 400 Blue Star coins to leave the Combat Supernatural Ability Hall.
• Lu Yuan spotted a Square-eared Rat beside his bicycle, but it escaped into a storm drain before he could capture it.
• Lu Yuan avoided attacking from a distance because he might damage his bicycle and nearby electric scooters.
• Lu Yuan recalled that officials called the suddenly appearing, non-aggressive ferocious beasts projections of the Underground World, an explanation he doubted.

Lu Yuan practiced spear techniques at home after watching alarming news, then received a spear from his mother, Fang Wan. Over dinner, he told her which university had admitted him and offered to spend some of his award money on her, but she told him to keep it.

• Lu Yuan watched reports of a Martial Saint's death and growing international tensions, then practiced spear techniques with his Hardwood Pole.
• Fang Wan arrived late with groceries and a man who carried in the spear Lu Yuan had used at the Extreme Supernatural Ability Hall.
• Fang Wan gave Lu Yuan the spear as a gift, and he recognized it as the one he had planned to buy.
• Lu Yuan helped Fang Wan prepare dinner, then told her he had been admitted to Shencheng Supernatural University in Kuandong Province.
• Lu Yuan offered to buy Fang Wan makeup or a bag with his 1.5 million Blue Star coins, but she told him to keep the money.

Lu Yuan left Fengyang City for Shencheng and met Wang Zheng and his Companion Beast, Xiao Mao, on the train. Wang Zheng tried to impress two girls with the hamster, but they lost interest in him and turned their attention to Lu Yuan.

• Fang Wan saw Lu Yuan off at Fengyang City's high-speed rail station, and he boarded the train to Shencheng.
• Lu Yuan took his seat beside two girls, and Wang Zheng sat across from them with his blue Companion Beast, Xiao Mao.
• The girls admired Xiao Mao and asked to pet him, while Lu Yuan decided he preferred more powerful beasts.
• Wang Zheng called Xiao Mao back and bragged about him, but the girls grew impatient when he kept them from petting the hamster.
• One girl played on her phone while the other glanced at Lu Yuan, leaving Wang Zheng embarrassed before he tried to start another conversation.

Lu Yuan revealed his S-class ice ability to the passengers on his train before arriving in Shencheng. At the station, he found the senior student sent to meet him after Ling Weiwei had to cancel, and hurried over with his luggage.

• Lu Yuan corrected the girls and Wang Zheng by revealing his S-class ice ability, leaving the girls impressed and Wang Zheng embarrassed.
• The train arrived at Shencheng Station, and Lu Yuan got off and took in the city’s sights and advertisements.
• Ling Weiwei told Lu Yuan she could not meet him because something important had come up, but arranged for a senior student to greet him.
• Lu Yuan spotted a young man holding a Shencheng Supernatural University flag and hurried toward him.

Jiang Qing drove Lu Yuan to Shencheng Supernatural University and warned him about the dangers of hunting beasts in the Underground World. Lu Yuan arrived stunned by the university’s imposing gate, while still planning to seek Evolution Points and pursue the Freshman Tournament.

• Jiang Qing drove Lu Yuan in his Maybach and explained that hunting ferocious beasts could pay well but was dangerous, advising him to wait until he reached the first rank and to find an experienced team.
• Jiang Qing told Lu Yuan that school assignments could earn Credit Points for ordinary needs, and revealed that picking him up had been one such assignment.
• Lu Yuan considered Jiang Qing’s warning but still intended to hunt beasts for Evolution Points, believing it would help him win the Freshman Tournament.
• Jiang Qing and Lu Yuan arrived at Shencheng Supernatural University, where Lu Yuan was awed by the enormous alloy gate.
• Jiang Qing urged Lu Yuan to register quickly so they could reach the cafeteria before the good food sold out.

Lu Yuan saw the Silver Wolf Team return from hunting fourth-rank vicious beasts and learned why they trained outside the school’s Underground World passage. He registered as a Special Recruit at Shencheng Supernatural University and arrived with Jiang Qing at the dormitory area, where the villas awaited him.

• Lu Yuan watched the Silver Wolf Team, led by Jiang Qing, enter campus after a brutal hunt in another world.
• Jiang Qing explained that the school passage was for training against beasts up to the third rank, while the Silver Wolf Team needed outside passages to fight stronger beasts.
• Jiang Qing guided Lu Yuan to the student registration office, where a teacher confirmed his identity and issued his student ID, badge, dorm key, and uniform.
• Jiang Qing led Lu Yuan to the dormitory area and pointed out the sprawling cluster of villas.

Lu Yuan moved into his comfortable two-story dorm at Shencheng Supernatural University and met Xia Qingyin, another Special Recruit whose grass-type ability made her wary of his ice ability. The chapter ended with Lu Yuan exploring the villa’s amenities.

• Lu Yuan found his dorm and noticed Xia Qingyin across the hall with her Deepwater Demon Dragon Cub.
• Xia Qingyin sensed Lu Yuan’s icy aura and recognized that his ice ability could threaten her grass-type ability in the Freshman Tournament.
• Xia Qingyin entered her dorm with her sleepy Companion Beast.
• Lu Yuan entered his villa dorm, tested its Smart Assistant Xiao Ya, and discovered the air conditioning, kitchen, and staircase to the second floor.

Lu Yuan downloaded Shencheng Supernatural University’s app and explored the Campus Forum, where he learned how instructor assignments worked and why the Freshman Tournament mattered. He planned to visit the Seventh-Rank Ice Grandmaster before the tournament.

• Ling Weiwei told Lu Yuan about the Campus Forum and sent him a link to the university app, Heart in Shen Da.
• Jiang Qing ordered Honey Crispy Roast Chicken at the Third Cafeteria and sneezed several times.
• Lu Yuan registered for Heart in Shen Da and opened the Campus Forum’s pinned freshman guide.
• Lu Yuan learned that instructors usually chose one student each and that standing out in the Freshman Tournament could improve his chances.
• Lu Yuan decided to visit the Seventh-Rank Ice Grandmaster he admired before the tournament.

After learning about the Freshman Tournament and researching trips through Underground World passages, Lu Yuan visited Qin Tianlong’s residence hoping to become his disciple. Qin was away on a provincial mission, so Lu Yuan toured campus with Qin’s student Hu Dahai, who revealed that the Xia Family’s eldest daughter was also a specially admitted freshman.

• Lu Yuan ordered braised chicken with rice and searched the Campus Forum for advice on entering an Underground World passage.
• Lu Yuan rode a shared electric scooter to Qin Tianlong’s residence, hoping the Seventh-Rank Ice Grandmaster would accept him as a disciple.
• Hu Dahai introduced himself as one of Qin’s students, and Lu Yuan revealed his S-class Ice Snow Crown ability.
• Hu Dahai told Lu Yuan that Qin was away at a provincial Underground World passage and likely would not return for a week.
• Hu Dahai showed Lu Yuan around campus and told him that the Xia Family’s eldest daughter was a specially admitted freshman in his year.

Lu Yuan visited the Mission Center with Hu Dahai and learned how missions, rewards, and mission levels worked. The Silver Wolf Team captain Jiang Xuanran arrived to submit a mission, drawing the attention of everyone there.

• Hu Dahai told Lu Yuan that the campus Underground World passage was sealed, possibly because the school was preparing to use it for the Freshman Tournament.
• Hu Dahai brought Lu Yuan to the Mission Center and showed him how to activate a Mission Display Screen with a Student ID.
• Lu Yuan browsed missions of different ranks and learned that rewards depended on the final completion rating.
• Hu Dahai explained that Lu Yuan could only take multiple missions at once after raising his mission level.
• Jiang Xuanran entered the Mission Center to submit a mission, and students gathered to admire her.

Lu Yuan learned why Jiang Xuanran was famous, then ate with Hu Dahai and decided to prepare for a trip to the Underground World. The chapter left him buying supplies at the Resource Trading Office before heading to an outside passage the next day.

• Hu Dahai explained that Jiang Xuanran was a beautiful S-class awakener, a West Tier Middle Rank at twenty-two, and the leader of Shencheng Supernatural University’s winning competition team.
• Lu Yuan and Hu Dahai went to the Tenth West Cafeteria, where Hu Dahai showed Lu Yuan his shy white kitten Companion Beast, Little Mi.
• After dinner, Lu Yuan exchanged contact information with Hu Dahai but chose to travel to an Underground World passage outside campus alone.
• Lu Yuan went to the Resource Trading Office and ordered potions and a D-rank alloy combat suit for his trip.

Lu Yuan chose Jiangzhan City Supernatural Ability Base as his first destination for hunting beasts and traveled there the next morning. After registering his identity at the base, he obtained an identification card and prepared to enter an Underground World.

• Lu Yuan researched Underground Worlds and decided to visit Jiangzhan City Supernatural Ability Base, where the beasts were relatively low-level.
• Lu Yuan woke early, put on his D-rank alloy combat suit, and set out with his spear.
• Lu Yuan met Xia Qingyin and her Deepwater Demon Dragon Cub outside their dormitories, exchanged greetings, and left for the subway.
• Lu Yuan traveled by subway and taxi to Jiangzhan City Supernatural Ability Base, where he looked around at the busy gathering of civilian ability users.
• Lu Yuan found the registration office, paid 500 Blue Star coins, and received his supernatural ability base identification card.

Lu Yuan joined the Fire Fox Team after proving he had an ice-type ability, and met the team’s captain, Zhou Wan, and her Companion Beast, Huo Huo. Zhou Wan prepared to take the team into the Underground World, while noticing Lu Yuan’s Shencheng Supernatural University emblem.

• Lu Yuan called the Fire Fox Team and spoke with Zhou Wan, who invited him to meet them at the Jiangzhan City Supernatural Ability Base.
• Lu Yuan reached the team and demonstrated his ice-type ability by creating a snowflake on his fingertip.
• Zhou Wan accepted Lu Yuan as a team member, explaining that the team needed an ice-type user for support in the shallow regions.
• Zhou Wan introduced Huo Huo, her fox-like Companion Beast, and warned Lu Yuan to leave if he could not handle the otherworld.
• Zhou Wan noticed the Shencheng Supernatural University emblem on Lu Yuan’s combat suit.

Lu Yuan joined Zhou Wan’s Fire Fox Team and met its members before accompanying them to the passage to the Underground World. While they waited in line, Xu Lu explained that his ice ability would complement her water ability and strengthen the team’s control.

• Zhou Wan welcomed Lu Yuan, and Xu Lu, Huang Hao, Wang Hu, and Zhou Wan introduced themselves and their abilities.
• Lu Yuan introduced himself as an Awakened with the S-Class Ice Snow Crown ability, and Huang Hao joked about the crown appearing on his head.
• Zhou Wan led the team toward the Underground World passage after confirming Lu Yuan had prepared food and potions.
• The Fire Fox Team reached the third floor and joined the long line waiting to enter the passage.
• Xu Lu told Lu Yuan that his ice ability could work with her water ability to slow vicious beasts, addressing the team’s lack of control.

Lu Yuan arrived in the Underground World with the Fire Fox Team and saw the guarded city of Jiang Zhan, where Espers sold supplies and sought refuge. Huang Hao warned him about dishonest merchants and explained how dangerous work drove some people to unwind at the Moon Gazing Tower, leaving Lu Yuan thinking about the risks of their profession.

• Lu Yuan followed the Fire Fox Team through the dark passage and emerged into a crowded settlement filled with Espers and hawkers.
• Huang Hao warned Lu Yuan that sellers of potions, pills, and maps could be dishonest and advised newcomers to keep their distance.
• Lu Yuan surveyed Jiang Zhan City's ancient-style buildings and walls, which government Esper soldiers guarded against vicious beasts.
• Huang Hao pointed out the Moon Gazing Tower and told Lu Yuan that Espers visited it to relieve the mental strain of hunting vicious beasts.
• Lu Yuan asked whether Wang Hu had a wife, and Huang Hao explained that people in their line of work could die at any moment before urging Lu Yuan to get stronger and find a girlfriend at university.

Outside Jiang Zhan City, Lu Yuan joined the Fire Fox Team in the Underground World and killed a juvenile Shadow Cat on his first hunt. Zhou Wan approved of his composure and skill, while Wang Hu and Xu Lu watched him closely.

• Lu Yuan adjusted to the high oxygen concentration as the Fire Fox Team entered a primeval forest outside Jiang Zhan City.
• After Zhou Wan checked the map and led the team left, a First Order Lower Rank Shadow Cat emerged from the bushes.
• Zhou Wan told Lu Yuan to use the Shadow Cat for practice, and Xu Lu cast a buff to increase his damage.
• Lu Yuan impaled the charging Shadow Cat with his spear and killed it, earning ten Evolution Points.
• Zhou Wan praised Lu Yuan's composure and foundation, Xu Lu admired his spear thrust, and Wang Hu watched thoughtfully.

Lu Yuan and the Fire Fox Team fought a pack of Shadow Cats led by the Shadow Cat King. After Zhou Wan and Huo Huo weakened the King, Lu Yuan stopped its escape and killed it.

• Huang Hao knocked a Shadow Cat away as the team formed a defensive circle and Zhou Wan summoned Huo Huo.
• The Shadow Cat King appeared, and Zhou Wan assigned herself and Huo Huo to fight it while the others handled the remaining cats.
• Xu Lu buffed the group, and Lu Yuan, Huang Hao, and Wang Hu fought the Shadow Cats.
• Lu Yuan used Ice Shard Ring Body and his spear to kill several Shadow Cats, earning Evolution Points.
• Zhou Wan and Huo Huo overwhelmed the Shadow Cat King, which fled after its underlings died.
• Lu Yuan hurled his spear into the fleeing Shadow Cat King and stabbed it repeatedly until it died.

Lu Yuan used 250 Evolution Points to advance from Awakened to First Order Lower Rank while keeping watch, surprising Zhou Wan with his breakthrough. After the Fire Fox Team woke, Zhou Wan proposed heading to the area where they usually operated.

• While on night watch, Lu Yuan checked his System Panel and chose to advance his realm rather than upgrade his skill.
• Lu Yuan became a First Order Lower Rank supernatural ability user, increasing his Mental Strength and Blood and Qi.
• Zhou Wan sensed the Primal Energy fluctuation, found Lu Yuan reading, and realized he had broken through.
• The night passed without incident, and the Fire Fox Team packed up camp the next morning.
• Zhou Wan suggested the team head to its usual operating area, and everyone agreed.

Lu Yuan’s growing restlessness forced the Fire Fox Team to escort him back to Jiang Zhan City so he could recover in the real world. After exchanging contact information with Zhou Wan, he returned to Shencheng Supernatural University.

• While keeping watch, Lu Yuan checked his System Panel and saw that he had accumulated 350 Evolution Points, though his realm had not advanced.
• On the third day of hunting Black Flower Deer, Lu Yuan felt an inexplicable restlessness and reported it to Zhou Wan.
• Zhou Wan gave Lu Yuan a calming potion, which temporarily suppressed the restlessness, and the Fire Fox Team decided to escort him back to Jiang Zhan City.
• At the city gate, inspectors checked the Fire Fox Team before letting them pass, and Zhou Wan gave Lu Yuan her Q-signal so she could pay him his share and contact him about future missions.
• Lu Yuan sent Zhou Wan a friend request, then traveled back to Shencheng Supernatural University.