Recaps

After cleaning his equipment and submitting a mission, Lu Yuan returned to his dormitory, where fellow specially recruited freshman Fang Shi arrived to challenge him. The chapter ended with Lu Yuan asking what he would get if he won.

• Jiang Qing advised Lu Yuan to wait several days after his Bloodthirsty Qi faded before returning to the Underground World.
• Lu Yuan paid to have his spear and battle suit cleaned at the campus cleaning center.
• Lu Yuan submitted ten Shadow Cat paws for a C-rank mission and earned 0.5 Credit Points, raising his mission level to 2.
• Lu Yuan returned to his dormitory and found Fang Shi, an S-rank ability user, waiting to challenge him.
• Lu Yuan asked Fang Shi what he would get if he won.

Xia Qingyin recognized Lu Yuan’s rapid progress and began to view him as a rival. Lu Yuan collected his cleaned equipment, learned his family would be moving thanks to a city reward, and set off with Fang Shi to settle their challenge at the Arena District.

• Xia Qingyin learned that Lu Yuan had advanced quickly without an apparent mentor and decided he was a rival.
• Lu Yuan woke that evening, collected a message from Heart in Shen Da, and rode to retrieve his spear and battle suit.
• Fang Wan told Lu Yuan that his family would move to a place of their choice, apparently as a reward from the city.
• The next morning, Fang Shi arrived with his Companion Beast Xiao Shi and invited Lu Yuan to the Arena District.
• Lu Yuan agreed, and he and Fang Shi rode shared electric scooters toward the Arena District.

Lu Yuan and Fang Shi fought a friendly arena match at Shencheng Supernatural University, where Lu Yuan won by knocking Fang Shi’s broadsword away. After Fang Shi paid him the agreed 100,000 Blue Star coins, Lu Yuan asked whether he had eaten breakfast.

• Lu Yuan and Fang Shi registered for a friendly spar, and a Tier 2 referee led them to the arena.
• Fang Shi left his Stone Armor Bear cub outside the ring, and both fighters activated their supernatural abilities as the match began.
• After a fierce exchange, Lu Yuan baited Fang Shi into an aggressive swing and knocked his broadsword out of his hands.
• The referee declared Lu Yuan the winner, and Fang Shi congratulated him on the match.
• Fang Shi transferred Lu Yuan 100,000 Blue Star coins, and Lu Yuan asked if he had eaten breakfast.

Lu Yuan visited the Ice Snow Supernatural Ability Hall at Shencheng Supernatural University to find a suitable training room for his S-rank ice ability. After learning he was a First Order Lower Rank spear user, a staff member recommended a C-class room on the second floor.

• Lu Yuan rode a shared electric scooter through the university’s supernatural ability hall district and noticed that the Ice Snow Supernatural Ability Hall had few visitors.
• Lu Yuan admired the hall’s ice-blue exterior, entered its chilly interior, and looked around.
• A staff member greeted Lu Yuan and asked how she could help him.
• Lu Yuan told the staff member that he had awakened an S-class ice-element ability, was First Order Lower Rank, used a spear, and wanted a training room recommendation.
• The staff member was surprised to meet someone with an S-rank ability and recommended a C-class training room on the second floor.

On his sixth day at Shencheng Supernatural University, Lu Yuan received his share of the Fire Fox Team’s earnings, settled his debt to Zhou Wan, and checked his System Panel. He spent all 430 Evolution Points to break through to the next rank.

• Lu Yuan saw Xia Qingyin discipline her Deepwater Demon Dragon Cub, then left to replenish his strength.
• Zhou Wan told Lu Yuan he was entitled to 30% of the Fire Fox Team’s earnings from their first three days hunting in the Underground World.
• Lu Yuan received 89,680 Blue Star coins and transferred Zhou Wan 12,000 for the calming potion he had used.
• Lu Yuan checked his System Panel, which showed 430 Evolution Points and a First Order Lower Rank.
• Lu Yuan used all 430 Evolution Points to break through to the next rank.

After Lu Yuan’s Primal Energy breakthrough subsided, Xia Qingyin visited him with watermelon and discovered that he had reached First Order Middle Rank. She returned to her dorm astonished, while Lu Yuan went back inside to enjoy the watermelon.

• Lu Yuan checked his status and saw that his Spirit and Blood Energy had increased after his breakthrough.
• Xia Qingyin brought chilled watermelon to Lu Yuan’s dorm and asked about the Primal Energy burst she had sensed.
• Lu Yuan released his ability’s aura, confirming to Xia Qingyin that he had reached First Order Middle Rank.
• Xia Qingyin returned to her dorm after expressing her astonishment, and Lu Yuan took the watermelon inside.

Hu Dahai told Lu Yuan that Instructor Qin had returned and invited him to visit the next day, while Fang Shi warned him about an S-minus-class fire ability user in the upcoming tournament. The next morning, Lu Yuan went for his usual run before visiting Instructor Qin.

• Hu Dahai told Lu Yuan that Instructor Qin was back and wanted him to visit, and said Lu Yuan might become Qin’s disciple.
• Lu Yuan met Fang Shi on the way to the cafeteria, and they ate together.
• Fang Shi warned Lu Yuan that a specially recruited freshman had awakened an S-minus-class fire element ability.
• The next morning, Lu Yuan went for a jog around the dormitory area before his visit to Instructor Qin.

Lu Yuan met Qin Tianlong, who offered to take him as a disciple if he placed in the top three of the Freshman Tournament. Qin Tianlong gave him a B-rank Ice Break Technique skill book and advised him on fighting fire-type opponents, leaving Lu Yuan determined to meet the tournament condition.

• Qin Tianlong praised Lu Yuan for being the school's first ice-type special-admission freshman in five years and explained that instructors could select students before the Freshman Tournament.
• Lu Yuan asked to become Qin Tianlong's disciple, and Qin Tianlong set a top-three finish at the Freshman Tournament as the condition.
• Qin Tianlong gave Lu Yuan the B-rank Ice Break Technique skill book and promised to teach him his S-rank Ice Blast Technique if he became his disciple.
• Lu Yuan asked how an ice-type ability user should fight fire-type opponents, and Qin Tianlong advised him to avoid meeting fire with fire and use his spear to disarm an opponent before striking.
• Qin Tianlong recommended that Lu Yuan choose the Profound Nether Ice Soul Body tempering art from the library.

Qin Tianlong accepted Lu Yuan as his disciple and gave him the S-rank Ice Blast Technique skill book. He took Lu Yuan to the library on his Companion Beast, Xiao Yu, and explained why he used an ice-type beast despite fire being ice’s counter.

• Qin Tianlong sensed Lu Yuan’s solid First Order Middle Rank cultivation and learned that Lu Yuan had awakened his ability only ten days earlier, so he decided to accept him as his disciple.
• Qin Tianlong handed Lu Yuan the Ice Blast Technique skill book and decided to personally take him to borrow Profound Nether Ice Soul Body from the library.
• Qin Tianlong summoned his ice-blue Companion Beast, Xiao Yu, and flew with Lu Yuan toward the library.
• Lu Yuan asked why Qin Tianlong’s Companion Beast was ice-type if water could counter fire, and Qin Tianlong explained that same-type beasts could accelerate growth and strengthen matching abilities.

Lu Yuan received the S-rank Profound Nether Ice Soul Body from Qin Tianlong and learned its stages and bone-tempering method. After practicing under Qin Tianlong’s guidance, Lu Yuan returned to the Ice Elemental Ability Center to train and cultivate.

• Students in the library noticed Qin Tianlong with Lu Yuan and assumed Lu Yuan was his new disciple.
• A staff member brought Qin Tianlong the Profound Nether Ice Soul Body, and Qin Tianlong took Lu Yuan to his residence to teach him.
• Qin Tianlong explained the stages of Body Tempering Arts and showed Lu Yuan how to use ice-elemental power to temper all 206 bones.
• Lu Yuan began tempering his bones, endured the pain, and learned the technique during a morning of instruction.
• Lu Yuan left after lunch for the Ice Elemental Ability Center to practice his spear technique, temper his bones, and cultivate with medicine.

Lu Yuan prepared for another trip to the Underground World after his attributes improved, though he still had not learned Ice Blast Technique well enough to use Evolution Points on it. He joined the Fire Fox Team in Jiang Zhan City and set out to hunt First Order beasts before taking on stronger prey.

• Lu Yuan raised his Qi and Blood to 301 cal and saw Body Tempering Art appear on his panel at Stage Zero.
• Zhou Wan told the team to assemble at the Jiangzhan City Supernatural Ability Base at noon the next day.
• Lu Yuan arrived at the base, where Zhou Wan, Huang Hao, and Wang Hu waited for Xu Lu to join them.
• Zhou Wan led the complete Fire Fox Team through the Underground World passage to Jiang Zhan City.
• The Fire Fox Team agreed to hunt Black Flower Deer, then left the city to begin their expedition.

The Fire Fox Team traveled to the Black Flower Deer habitat, where Lu Yuan killed the herd’s Second Order Lower Rank leader. The team reached the settlement, and Lu Yuan’s decisive attack left them facing the remaining deer.

• Lu Yuan killed the ferocious beasts the Fire Fox Team encountered on their journey, gaining Evolution Points.
• The team camped by a stream, ate grilled fish, and Lu Yuan trained while standing guard.
• Zhou Wan led the team to search for Black Flower Deer, and one deer fled after Lu Yuan’s spear missed it and brought down a tree.
• The team followed the deer’s trail to a settlement of more than ten Black Flower Deer, led by a Second Order Lower Rank beast.
• Zhou Wan summoned Huo Huo and Xu Lu buffed the team, but Lu Yuan attacked the leader and killed it with repeated spear thrusts.

After Lu Yuan killed the Black Flower Deer leader, the Fire Fox Team hunted more beasts while learning that Lu Yuan had advanced to First Order Middle Rank. By the third day underground, he felt no usual discomfort and used his watch to practice his spear technique, with 870 Evolution Points saved and Ice Blast Technique next on his mind.

• The Fire Fox Team routed the remaining Black Flower Deer, and Wang Hu cut off the leader’s antlers while Lu Yuan retrieved its crystal core.
• Zhou Wan asked how Lu Yuan had become so strong, and he revealed his First Order Middle Rank realm and denied using drugs.
• The team rested, replenished their supplies, and resumed hunting; Lu Yuan gained 560 Evolution Points over the next day and a half and chose to save them.
• On the third day underground, Lu Yuan noticed he had not suffered his usual discomfort and practiced spear technique while keeping watch.
• Lu Yuan checked his panel and saw 870 Evolution Points, an improved intermediate spear technique, and plans to learn Ice Blast Technique.

Lu Yuan gained beginner-level understanding of the S-rank Ice Blast Technique but lacked enough Evolution Points to improve it. While hunting with Fire Fox Team, he killed several beasts, and the team decided to search deeper in the wilderness for Black Flower Deer, heading toward a dangerous Purple Fang Snake habitat.

• Lu Yuan discovered that he had understood 10% of the Ice Blast Technique, but had only 10 Evolution Points left after advancing his Spear technique.
• Lu Yuan killed several Bamboo Leaf Snakes and a Red Fur Rat, earning Evolution Points as he hunted with Fire Fox Team.
• After the team failed to find any Black Flower Deer, Zhou Wan suggested searching farther in, despite Xu Lu's warning about stronger beasts.
• Huang Hao and Lu Yuan expressed confidence in Lu Yuan's ability to protect the team, and Wang Hu agreed to continue.
• Zhou Wan chose the Purple Fang Snake habitat as their next destination and told the team to rest for half an hour before setting out.

Lu Yuan and the Fire Fox Team reached the Purple Fang Snakes' habitat, where Lu Yuan swiftly killed two Second Order Lower Rank snakes. The team collected a valuable shed skin, and Lu Yuan gained Evolution Points from both kills.

• During his watch, Lu Yuan practiced hand-to-hand combat techniques and unlocked Combat Techniques (Beginner) on his panel.
• The Fire Fox Team traveled to the Purple Fang Snakes' habitat, where Zhou Wan urged everyone to stay together and proceed carefully.
• Huang Hao spotted what appeared to be a Purple Fang Snake, but Lu Yuan found only a shed skin, which Zhou Wan collected.
• Two Purple Fang Snakes emerged from the grass, and Lu Yuan killed one with three spear strikes.
• The surviving Purple Fang Snake tried to flee, but Lu Yuan caught up and killed it, earning another 130 Evolution Points.

Lu Yuan tested his newly learned Ice Blast Technique on a Second Order Middle Rank Unicorn Rhinoceros and killed it in one blast. He gained 400 Evolution Points, but the technique drained most of his Primal Energy, leaving him exhausted beside the intact white crystal.

• A Unicorn Rhinoceros emerged from the woods, and Zhou Wan urged the Fire Fox Team to flee because it was a Second Order Middle Rank beast.
• Lu Yuan charged at the Unicorn Rhinoceros to test Ice Blast Technique while Zhou Wan tried to stop him and Huang Hao held her back.
• Lu Yuan unleashed Ice Blast Technique through his spear and blew the Unicorn Rhinoceros to pieces.
• The Fire Fox Team watched in shock as Lu Yuan slumped to the ground, drained of most of his Primal Energy.
• Lu Yuan received 400 Evolution Points, and the Unicorn Rhinoceros's white crystal remained intact.

After Fire Fox Team left, Lu Yuan stayed behind to hunt for Evolution Points, but realized Zhou Wan had forgotten to give him the map. As he explored nearby, he found a beast’s lair and watched it cautiously.

• Lu Yuan told Zhou Wan and Fire Fox Team that he had learned the S-rank Ice Blast Technique from his mentor the day before, stunning them with his rapid mastery.
• After the team collected the Unicorn Rhinoceros’s spoils, Zhou Wan and the others headed back, leaving Lu Yuan energy potions, while Huang Hao lent him a better spear.
• Lu Yuan recovered and went deeper into the area to hunt, then discovered Zhou Wan had forgotten to leave him the map.
• Lu Yuan killed a Second Order Lower Rank Purple Fang Snake and decided to hunt nearby while marking trees with his dagger to help find his way back.
• Lu Yuan pushed through some bushes, found a clearing with a beast’s lair, and watched it from cover.

Lu Yuan met Xia Qingyin in the Underground World and asked her to help him hunt two Gale Demon Wolves. Xia Qingyin agreed to team up with him, though she worried he could not handle one of the powerful beasts alone.

• Lu Yuan encountered Xia Qingyin, who said she had come to train with her Companion Beast, Xiao Lan.
• Xia Qingyin introduced Xiao Lan, a sleepy Deepwater Demon Dragon Cub.
• Lu Yuan told Xia Qingyin that two Second Order Upper Rank Gale Demon Wolves were ahead and asked her to help him fight them.
• Xia Qingyin said she and Xiao Lan could probably handle one wolf but worried about Lu Yuan facing the other.
• Lu Yuan confidently said he would take on the second wolf, and the two crouched down together at his hiding spot.

Lu Yuan and Xia Qingyin fought the two Gale Demon Wolves instead of retreating, and Lu Yuan killed both with his spear and ice skills. He gained 1,100 Evolution Points but collapsed from exhaustion after using up much of his Primal Energy.

• The Gale Demon Wolves decided to fight Lu Yuan and Xia Qingyin despite recognizing the Deepwater Demon Dragon Cub as a Dragon race Companion Beast.
• Xia Qingyin and Little Blue wounded one Gale Demon Wolf, drawing its attention away from Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan used Ice Blast Technique to blow apart the head of the Gale Demon Wolf he was fighting, then finished it off with his spear and gained 550 Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan pierced the other badly wounded Gale Demon Wolf with his spear, killing it and gaining another 550 Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan slumped to the ground after exhausting his Primal Energy, and Xia Qingyin hurried over to check on him.

Lu Yuan traveled with Xia Qingyin and used 1,100 Evolution Points to raise his Profound Nether Ice Soul Body to First Level. After the arduous breakthrough, his Blood Qi and Ice Elemental Energy increased, and Xia Qingyin offered him a sandwich.

• Xia Qingyin summoned water for Lu Yuan to wash up, then agreed to guide him with her map while Little Blue trained alongside them.
• Lu Yuan checked his System Panel and decided to spend Evolution Points on his Body Tempering Art.
• Lu Yuan asked Xia Qingyin to keep watch, then upgraded his Profound Nether Ice Soul Body from Zero Level to First Level.
• After about an hour, Lu Yuan checked his improved attributes and found his Blood Qi had risen by 120 Cal and his Ice Elemental Energy had increased.
• Xia Qingyin offered Lu Yuan a sandwich while she and Little Blue ate their meal.

Lu Yuan revealed that he had cultivated an S-class Body Tempering Art, then spent the day hunting and used Evolution Points to improve his Ice Shard Ring Body skill. That evening, he shared grilled meat with Xia Qingyin and the Deepwater Demon Dragon Cub, Little Blue, and trusted Xia Qingyin’s supernatural ability to alert them to approaching beasts while they slept.

• Lu Yuan told Xia Qingyin that his Body Tempering Art was the S-class Profound Nether Ice Soul Body, leaving her astonished by his talent.
• Lu Yuan hunted nearly ten Second Order Lower Rank ferocious beasts with Xia Qingyin and raised his Evolution Points to 2050.
• Lu Yuan spent 200 Evolution Points to increase Ice Shard Ring Body from Beginner to Intermediate, which produced an additional ice shard.
• Lu Yuan cooked hunted meat over a campfire and shared skewers with Xia Qingyin and the ravenous Little Blue.
• Xia Qingyin’s Natural Spirit Dew could detect approaching ferocious beasts even while she slept, so Lu Yuan did not need to take a watch shift.

Lu Yuan and Xia Qingyin fled when a powerful Blazing Tiger appeared and pursued them. They escaped with Swiftness Pills, and Xia Qingyin used Natural Bath to remove the resulting adverse effect from Lu Yuan.

• Xia Qingyin sensed a Third Order beast nearby, and a Blazing Tiger emerged from the darkness.
• Lu Yuan and Xia Qingyin packed their belongings into Xia Qingyin's Spatial Ring and ran as the Blazing Tiger chased them.
• Xia Qingyin gave Lu Yuan a Swiftness Pill, and its effect let them outrun the Blazing Tiger.
• After escaping, Lu Yuan struggled to breathe, so Xia Qingyin used Natural Bath to remove his negative status.

Lu Yuan and Xia Qingyin left the Underground World after spotting ferocious beasts flying toward Jiang Zhan City. They returned safely to the city, where preparations were underway for a possible attack, and Lu Yuan offered Xia Qingyin half their hunting points.

• Lu Yuan asked why Xia Qingyin had not put him in her Spatial Ring, and she explained that entering one would require erasing his independent consciousness.
• Lu Yuan and Xia Qingyin saw Gale Eagles and White Feather Pigeons flying toward Jiang Zhan City and decided the area was no longer safe.
• The pair traveled through the night and reached Jiang Zhan City the following noon, where guards checked their identification and Little Blue's contract.
• A gate guard told Lu Yuan and Xia Qingyin that instruments had detected a sudden increase in nearby ferocious beasts and warned that they might attack the city.
• Lu Yuan offered Xia Qingyin half the points they had earned hunting ferocious beasts.

Lu Yuan exchanged his spoils for 620 points and 620,000 Blue Star coins, then repaid Xia Qingyin for her share and the Swiftness Pill. After realizing he had netted only 10,000 Blue Star coins, he left the base to head back to school with Xia Qingyin offering him a ride.

• A staff member valued Lu Yuan's spoils at 620 points, which he exchanged for 620,000 Blue Star coins.
• Lu Yuan and Xia Qingyin changed out of their bloodstained combat suits after returning to the base.
• Lu Yuan transferred Xia Qingyin 310,000 Blue Star coins for her share of the spoils and another 300,000 to repay her for the Swiftness Pill.
• Lu Yuan calculated that his day's deposits and withdrawals left him with a net gain of 10,000 Blue Star coins.
• Lu Yuan said goodbye to Xia Qingyin as he headed back to school, and Xia Qingyin offered him a ride because she was going there too.

Lu Yuan returned to Shencheng Supernatural University with Xia Qingyin, where Hu Dahai mistook their arrival together for a romance before learning they had merely traveled back from the Underground World. After collecting his completed mission rewards, Lu Yuan went to buy a replacement spear and decided to upgrade to a C-rank weapon.

• Lu Yuan rode back to Shencheng Supernatural University with Xia Qingyin and ran into Hu Dahai at the entrance.
• Hu Dahai messaged Lu Yuan to ask how he had won Xia Qingyin over, and Lu Yuan corrected his misunderstanding and mentioned the Underground World.
• Xia Qingyin left after taking a phone call, while Lu Yuan went to the cleaning center to have his battle suit and spear cleaned.
• Lu Yuan collected 2.5 Credit Points for completing a C-rank mission and a D-rank mission.
• Lu Yuan visited the Resource Trading Office to replace his broken spear and changed his request from a D-rank spear to a C-rank spear.