Recaps

Lu Yuan went to challenge the Peak Tower after his SSS-rank ability evolved, while students watched Celicia’s combat power surge after she advanced another level. After greeting Celicia, Lu Yuan entered the tower and reached the ninth level.

• Li Ming complained that his game account had been banned for stealing a kill.
• Lu Yuan left after preparing breakfast for Jiang Xuanran and flew to the Peak Tower to test his strength.
• Students discussed Celicia’s progress and Lu Yuan’s expected performance as Celicia’s combat power rose sharply after clearing another level.
• Celicia greeted Lu Yuan, and they briefly acknowledged that they had not seen each other in a month.
• Lu Yuan entered the Peak Tower and reached the ninth level.

Lu Yuan and Little Ice climbed the Peak Tower, defeating successive groups of Volcanic Bears as the multiplier rose. After Little Ice struggled on the thirteenth floor, Lu Yuan recalled it and faced two seventh-order Upper Rank Volcanic Bears himself on the fourteenth floor, winning the challenge.

• Little Ice grew into a fully grown ice dragon and defeated two seventh-order Lower Rank Volcanic Bears with Ice Breath, raising the multiplier to 130%.
• Little Ice swept away three more Volcanic Bears on the tenth floor, increasing the multiplier to 150%.
• Little Ice defeated the enemies on the eleventh and twelfth floors, but struggled against the thirteenth floor's opponents.
• Lu Yuan recalled Little Ice before the fourteenth floor and confronted two seventh-order Upper Rank Volcanic Bears himself.
• Lu Yuan conjured an ice dragon with the Profound Ice Overlord Spear, destroyed the bears' fireballs, and completed the challenge.

Lu Yuan defeated the Crimson Flame Demonic Bear and rapidly cleared the Peak Tower’s sixteenth and seventeenth floors. As he continued upward, the students watching below grew increasingly excited.

• Lu Yuan pierced the seventh-order Crimson Flame Demonic Bear’s heart with Extreme Cold Piercing Kill, and the bear died as its multiplier rose to 300%.
• Lu Yuan entered the sixteenth-floor challenge and killed an eighth-order Crimson Flame Demonic Bear with Ice Blades, raising his multiplier to 340%.
• Lu Yuan used Mystic Ice Strangling Array to defeat two Crimson Flame Demonic Bears on the seventeenth floor, increasing his multiplier to 380%.
• Lu Yuan continued toward higher floors while the students gathered beneath the Peak Tower grew more excited.

Lu Yuan defeated an eighth-order Lower Rank Crimson Flame Demonic Bear on Peak Tower's 18th floor and advanced to the 19th floor. He remained confident he had not reached his limit, while the students watching below were shocked by how quickly he cleared the challenge.

• Lu Yuan scanned the Crimson Flame Demonic Bear and discovered it had reached eighth-order Lower Rank.
• Lu Yuan's golden Ice Blades pierced the bear's Flame Jet, and the bear unleashed its strongest move, Volcanic Eruption.
• Lu Yuan used Myriad Flower Ice Mirror and multiple ice dragons to counter the eruption and bring the bear close to death.
• Lu Yuan launched four more ice dragons, killing the Crimson Flame Demonic Bear and raising his coefficient from 380% to 420%.
• Lu Yuan was carried to the 19th floor and said he would keep trying, while the students below stared in shock.

Lu Yuan defeated two eighth-order Lower Rank Crimson Flame Demonic Bears on the Peak Tower's 19th floor, surpassing Celicia's record and advancing to the 20th floor. After waking from her rest, Ye Qingyue reflected on her recovery and wished Lu Yuan would go shopping with her.

• Lu Yuan killed the two Crimson Flame Demonic Bears with a simultaneous attack of more than ten thousand Ice Blades and raised his multiplier to 460%.
• Lu Yuan ascended to the Peak Tower's 20th floor as students noticed he had surpassed Senior Celicia's record.
• Celicia calmly accepted that Lu Yuan had surpassed her, having expected it since the end of the whole-school student competition.
• Ye Qingyue woke refreshed and reflected that Lu Yuan had recovered and her Black Scale Disease had been suppressed by her SSS-rank ability.
• Ye Qingyue decided she wanted to go shopping and thought it would be nice if Lu Yuan came with her.

Lu Yuan fought the newly evolved eighth-order Lower Rank Blazing Hell Demonic Bear with his ice abilities and overwhelmed it with repeated attacks. After the bear fell, Lu Yuan sensed a faint fluctuation of Primal Energy and prepared for the corpse to explode.

• Lu Yuan learned that the Volcanic Bear had evolved into a Crimson Flame Demonic Bear and then an eighth-order Lower Rank Blazing Hell Demonic Bear.
• The Blazing Hell Demonic Bear reveled in its increased power and challenged Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan summoned the Extreme Ice Emperor Throne, and the bear felt an involuntary urge to submit despite its Supreme-grade bloodline.
• The Blazing Hell Demonic Bear unleashed Netherworld Flame Explosion, but Lu Yuan countered with ice dragons and a spear attack combining two Martial Skills.
• Lu Yuan relentlessly bombarded the bear with dozens of ice dragons until it crashed to the ground.
• Lu Yuan sensed a faint fluctuation of Primal Energy and cast Myriad Flower Ice Mirror four times before the bear's corpse erupted in a violent explosion.

Lu Yuan cleared the twentieth floor of Peak Tower, then invited Celicia to dinner and privately told her his ability had reached SSS-rank. After their meal in Tiangong City, they left the restaurant together.

• Lu Yuan emerged from the Peak Tower capsule, and Celicia was surprised that he had cleared the twentieth floor while still at seventh-order Lower Rank.
• Lu Yuan told Celicia he had mastered a new spell, then invited her to dinner as promised.
• While flying to the restaurant, Lu Yuan apologized and privately revealed that his ability had advanced to SSS-rank.
• Lu Yuan and Celicia ate together at the restaurant in Tiangong City, chatted, and left after he paid the bill.

Lu Yuan returned to Ye Qingyue’s residence, where she asked him to treat her as a friend and call her Sister Yue. She gave him the SSS-rank skill Falling Stars, then invited him to take a stroll with her.

• Lu Yuan arrived late at Ye Qingyue’s residence and apologized after she chided him.
• Ye Qingyue told Lu Yuan he did not need to act deferentially around her, and he agreed to treat her like a friend.
• Ye Qingyue asked Lu Yuan to call her Sister Yue, and he awkwardly accepted the new form of address.
• Ye Qingyue gave Lu Yuan an SSS-rank skill scroll for Falling Stars, a large-area attack skill.
• Ye Qingyue invited Lu Yuan to take a stroll with her, and he agreed.

Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue flew beyond Tiangong Supernatural Ability Academy and spent the day strolling, eating, and enjoying themselves. Ye Qingyue thanked him for helping her feel happy again, and they prepared to return to the academy as evening came.

• Ye Qingyue noticed Lu Yuan had formed Ice Wings and was surprised that he had reached the tenth level of Body Tempering Art so quickly.
• Ye Qingyue checked that Lu Yuan felt well, and he reassured her after she worried he might be hiding discomfort.
• Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue visited a mall, a rare-plant eco-park, a musical fountain, and an amusement park, then bought and ate candied hawthorn.
• Ye Qingyue thanked Lu Yuan for the enjoyable day and said she had not been this happy in a long time.
• Ye Qingyue formed an Ice Wing and suggested that they head back as it grew late.

Lu Yuan accepted Celicia’s invitation to lunch as thanks for rescuing her in the Underground World, while he and Jiang Xuanran spent the morning pursuing their own plans. The chapter ended with Lu Yuan and Celicia ordering food together at her chosen restaurant.

• Wang Youzhu recalled advising Jiang Xuanran to use her figure to get closer to Lu Yuan, and credited herself for the success.
• Celicia invited Lu Yuan to lunch to thank him for saving her, and he accepted.
• Lu Yuan teased Jiang Xuanran after she woke, then made breakfast before they went to their separate activities.
• Lu Yuan studied the Observation of Hidden Moon Starry Sky Scripture and the Falling Stars spell until noon.
• Lu Yuan flew to Celicia’s chosen restaurant, where she greeted him and invited him to order whatever he wanted.

Lu Yuan and Celicia rushed to Fortress No. 2 as massive numbers of fierce beasts attacked every fortress around Tiangong City. At the academy, Wilson confessed to spying for the fierce beasts, and Hu Minghao proposed using him to feed them false information before realizing Wilson had no remorse.

• Lu Yuan and Celicia learned that every fortress faced at least three eighth-order fierce beasts and tens of thousands of beasts, then headed for Fortress No. 2.
• Interrogators used the special prison cell to break Wilson's resistance and learned that he had become a spy after taking a black pill from the fierce beasts.
• Wilson explained that he had supplied the fierce beasts with important information to obtain the potion that kept him alive.
• Hu Minghao offered Wilson a deal to send the fierce beasts false information in exchange for another dose of the potion.
• Wilson agreed, but Hu Minghao saw through his attempt to buy time and warned that he would not hold back.

Ye Qingyue stayed home because the agreement prevented her from fighting, while Lu Yuan and Celicia raced toward Fortress No. 2. Lu Yuan reached the fortress first, then flew out to attack the approaching ferocious beast horde and gather Evolution Points.

• Ye Qingyue reminded Lu Yuan to be careful and let him keep the Ice Blessing Necklace before staying home to water her irises.
• Lu Yuan raced ahead of Celicia and arrived at Fortress No. 2, where the students greeted him as Tiangong Supernatural Ability Academy’s strongest student.
• Lu Yuan decided to attack the approaching beasts before they reached the fortress and flew off despite the other students trying to stop him.
• Lu Yuan reached the horde and repeatedly unleashed Ice Dragon's Roar, killing large numbers of beasts and earning Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan reflected that Falling Stars would have been especially effective against the massed horde.

Lu Yuan survived the Heart Shaker King’s mental shock thanks to the Ice Blessing Necklace and returned to the city wall to warn the defenders about the beast’s power. Kemil arrived and offered to use his psychic ability to deal with the threat.

• The Heart Shaker King’s mental shock dazed Lu Yuan and stopped his Ice Wings, but the Ice Blessing Necklace shielded him and cleared his mind.
• Lu Yuan’s intelligent assistant identified the attacker as the eighth-order Middle Rank, Supreme-grade Upper-rank Ferocious Beast, Heart Shaker King.
• Lu Yuan flew back to the city wall, where Celicia and the fortress commander met him.
• Lu Yuan told the defenders about the Heart Shaker King’s mental attack, frightening the people gathered on the wall.
• Kemil, an eighth-order Upper Rank with an awakened SS-rank Psychic ability, offered to handle the ferocious beast.

Lu Yuan and Celicia engaged the Lightning Flood Dragon and Forest Sky-Swallowing Ape while Kemil faced Heart Shaker King. Lu Yuan pierced the dragon’s lightning sphere and trapped it with ice, while Celicia wounded the ape with One Thought Annihilation Slash.

• Lu Yuan assigned himself to fight the Lightning Flood Dragon and Celicia to fight the Forest Sky-Swallowing Ape, while Kemil stopped Heart Shaker King’s mental attack and countered with spirit blades.
• Lu Yuan charged the Lightning Flood Dragon with Extreme Cold Piercing Kill, broke through its lightning sphere, and forced it to dodge.
• The Lightning Flood Dragon fired a beam that killed two students, and Lu Yuan angrily trapped it in a Mystic Ice Strangling Array.
• Celicia attacked the Forest Sky-Swallowing Ape with One Thought Annihilation Slash and carved a shallow gash into its arm.
• The Forest Sky-Swallowing Ape roared and gathered Grass Element Primal Energy in its mouth to use Magic Flying Leaves.

Lu Yuan killed the Forest Sky-Swallowing Ape after saving Celicia from its surprise attack, gaining 2,400,000 Evolution Points. The Lightning Flood Dragon then unleashed Heavenly Thunderbolt, and Lu Yuan repeatedly shielded himself and Celicia with Myriad Flower Ice Mirror as the attack continued.

• The Forest Sky-Swallowing Ape attacked Celicia with its tail-vines, and Lu Yuan shoved her aside and blocked the blow with Myriad Flower Ice Mirror.
• Lu Yuan killed the weakened Forest Sky-Swallowing Ape with Extreme Cold Piercing Kill and received 2,400,000 Evolution Points.
• The Lightning Flood Dragon finished off the Ice Blades, leaving itself badly wounded, and unleashed Heavenly Thunderbolt with its remaining energy.
• Lu Yuan pulled Celicia close and cast Myriad Flower Ice Mirror four times in a row to block the lightning.

After the battle, Lu Yuan returned to Tiangong Supernatural Ability Academy with Celicia, who kissed his cheek to thank him for saving her. Lu Yuan kissed her back, and Celicia asked whether he accepted her feelings; his response made it clear that he did.

• Heart Shaker King fled after Kemil defeated the other two beasts, leaving Lu Yuan to regret missing out on its Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan and Celicia headed back toward Tiangong Supernatural Ability Academy as the other fortresses’ battles were being resolved.
• Near the academy, Celicia kissed Lu Yuan’s cheek and thanked him for saving her several times.
• Lu Yuan pulled Celicia close and kissed her on the lips, then asked whether she had finally decided to tell him how she felt.
• Celicia asked if Lu Yuan accepted her feelings, and his smile showed her that he did.

Celicia and Jiang Xuanran grew close and planned to go shopping together, while Lu Yuan returned to Ye Qingyue after surviving the battle at the No. 2 Lost Ruin. Ye Qingyue tended to a small wound on his arm, and the chapter ended with her applying medicine to him.

• Celicia and Jiang Xuanran chatted like sisters, and Celicia agreed to Jiang Xuanran's suggestion for tonight.
• Jiang Xuanran took Celicia out to shop for clothes while Lu Yuan went to see Ye Qingyue.
• Lu Yuan thanked Ye Qingyue for lending him the Ice Blessing Necklace, which had protected him from the Heart Shaker King's mental shock.
• Ye Qingyue noticed a small cut on Lu Yuan's arm and insisted on treating it.
• Ye Qingyue gently applied ointment to Lu Yuan's wound.

Lu Yuan spent 55 million Evolution Points to raise his realm to Seventh-Order Middle Rank, enduring a violent surge of Ice Elemental Energy outside Tiangong City. After fourteen hours, he completed the breakthrough and checked his greatly increased attributes.

• After leaving Ye Qingyue's residence, Lu Yuan returned home and found Celicia and Jiang Xuanran gone.
• Lu Yuan saw that he had 74.26 million Evolution Points and took Little Ice outside Tiangong City to avoid damaging his residence during a breakthrough.
• Lu Yuan spent 55 million Evolution Points to advance from Seventh-Order Lower Rank to Seventh-Order Middle Rank.
• Little Ice patrolled the area while Lu Yuan focused on controlling the hundredfold increase in Ice Elemental Energy surging through him.
• After fourteen hours, Lu Yuan completed the breakthrough and found his Spiritual Power had reached 1,264,400 Hz, his Blood Qi 2,637,000 cal, and his Annihilation Force 500 units.

After breaking through to seventh-order Middle Rank, Lu Yuan trained with Ye Qingyue and gave her a day to rest before returning. He found Jiang Xuanran and Celicia waiting for him in his bedroom, inviting him to bed.

• Lu Yuan visited Ye Qingyue after breaking through, ate breakfast, and told her his wounds had healed.
• Lu Yuan trained with Ye Qingyue for the day and improved his understanding of Falling Stars.
• Lu Yuan said he would skip the next day’s lesson so Ye Qingyue could rest, and she told him to return the day after.
• Lu Yuan sensed two people in his bedroom and found Jiang Xuanran and Celicia waiting for him.
• Jiang Xuanran invited Lu Yuan to bed.

Over two weeks, Lu Yuan advanced his spiritual power and learned the SSS-rank spell Falling Stars, then used Evolution Points to raise it from Beginner to Perfected proficiency. He tested the spell outside Tiangong City and was stunned by its destructive power, though casting it consumed more than half his Ice Elemental Energy.

• Lu Yuan comprehended the Observation of Hidden Moon Starry Sky Scripture to the Second Level, raising his Spiritual Power to 1.721 million hertz.
• With Ye Qingyue's instruction, Lu Yuan reached Beginner proficiency in Falling Stars and unlocked it on his System Panel.
• Lu Yuan spent Evolution Points to upgrade Falling Stars through every proficiency level to Perfected, leaving him with 1,473,800 points.
• Lu Yuan rode Little Ice outside Tiangong City and cast Falling Stars, summoning icy meteors that froze and devastated the area.
• Lu Yuan marveled at the spell's power and discovered that casting it had consumed more than half of his Ice Elemental Energy.

Lu Yuan said goodbye to Celicia and Jiang Xuanran before visiting Ye Qingyue to tell her he would spend two months hunting ferocious beasts in the Underground World. After he left, Ye Qingyue realized she had developed romantic feelings for him, but lamented that she was his teacher.

• Lu Yuan spent several days dating Celicia and Jiang Xuanran before telling them he was leaving, and both women accepted his decision.
• Lu Yuan flew to Ye Qingyue's home on Island 11 to say goodbye and told her he planned to hunt ferocious beasts in the Underground World for about two months.
• Ye Qingyue asked Lu Yuan to hug her before he left, and he embraced her briefly while keeping proper boundaries.
• After Lu Yuan flew away, Ye Qingyue realized she had feelings for him and wished she were not his teacher.

Lu Yuan shared his recent progress with Xia Qingyin, his teacher Qin Tianlong, and his mother before returning to the Underground World. He entered the guarded site determined to reach the eighth-order Lower Rank so he could make use of Gu Li’s resources.

• Xia Qingyin told Lu Yuan that her grandfather Xia Jianfeng had recovered after receiving his treasure, then kissed Lu Yuan on the cheek.
• Lu Yuan told Qin Tianlong that his ability had reached SSS-rank, and Qin Tianlong watched him leave with emotion.
• Lu Yuan visited his mother, told her about Celicia, and showed her a photo before the two women spoke briefly by phone.
• Lu Yuan reached the guarded entrance to the Underground World, revealed his identity to the soldiers, and was allowed inside.
• Lu Yuan returned to the Underground World and set a goal of reaching the eighth-order Lower Rank before seeking out Gu Li again.

The Five Great Beast Emperors gathered beneath the sea to watch the gigantic egg they believed would hatch into an Overlord. They left convinced it would hatch in about a year and help the ferocious beasts defeat humanity.

• The Five Great Beast Emperors—Mo Qiu, Shuang Zheng, Yan Chi, Xuan Ao, and Tu Xiao—gathered hundreds of thousands of meters beneath the sea around the gigantic egg.
• Mo Qiu, Shuang Zheng, Yan Chi, and Xuan Ao celebrated the expected birth of the Overlord and spoke of humans becoming the ferocious beasts’ slaves.
• The chapter explained that the Five Great Beast Emperors and Xiao Chengjun were evenly matched at the Star Core Realm, prompting both sides to sign a peace agreement while pursuing their own plans.
• The gigantic egg shook violently, and the Five Great Beast Emperors headed toward the surface, estimating that it would hatch in about a year.

Lu Yuan spent ten days hunting ferocious beasts in the Underground World, building up Evolution Points while growing strong enough to kill a Vajra Earthwalker Sub-dragon with one thrust. He evolved Little Ice to seventh-order Middle Rank and ended with enough points to advance himself to seventh-order Upper Rank.

• Lu Yuan hunted ferocious beasts across the Underground World for ten days and amassed tens of millions of Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan killed a seventh-order Middle Rank Vajra Earthwalker Sub-dragon with a single thrust of his Profound Ice Overlord Spear.
• Little Ice hunted ferocious beasts alongside Lu Yuan and killed a seventh-order Middle Rank beast, earning him 4,000,000 Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan spent 27,500,000 Evolution Points to raise Little Ice to seventh-order Middle Rank.
• Lu Yuan accumulated 71,002,000 Evolution Points and prepared to advance to seventh-order Upper Rank.

After reaching seventh-order Upper Rank, Lu Yuan continued hunting ferocious beasts to build his Evolution Points toward the eighth-order Great Grandmaster realm. He sensed Gu Li’s Interstellar Spaceship and visited her, where she asked what he needed.

• Lu Yuan stabilized his breakthrough at seventh-order Upper Rank and found that he had 8,010,020 Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan continued hunting ferocious beasts for days as his Evolution Points grew.
• After more than a month in the Underground World, Lu Yuan sensed Gu Li’s Interstellar Spaceship and decided to visit her.
• Gu Li detected Lu Yuan’s Spiritual Power and opened the spaceship’s hatch for him.
• Lu Yuan entered the central control room and greeted Gu Li, who asked what he needed while continuing to play her game.