Chapter Summaries

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.

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.