Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan hunted vicious beasts in the Underground World for several days, gathering Evolution Points while saving them to break through to Second Order Lower Rank. On the fourth day, he encountered an enormous armored rhinoceros-like beast and photographed it to identify it.

• Lu Yuan hunted beasts through the shallow area and used a Mental Sustaining Pill to keep hunting through the night, gaining 700 Evolution Points on the first day.
• Lu Yuan ventured deeper over the next three days and accumulated 2,400 Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan chose to save his Evolution Points for a breakthrough instead of upgrading his skills.
• Lu Yuan felt the ground tremble on the fourth day, hid in a thicket, and saw a huge gray-armored beast emerge.
• Lu Yuan took a photo of the unfamiliar beast with his phone.

Lu Yuan upgraded Ice Blast Technique and killed an Armored Rhinoceros, then continued hunting until he realized his full backpack was costing him valuable beast organs. On the night of the fourth day, several Green Winged Bats began following him, and he struck them with Ice Blades.

• Lu Yuan spent 1,600 Evolution Points to raise Ice Blast Technique to intermediate proficiency.
• Lu Yuan blasted a hole through the Armored Rhinoceros's armor, wounded it with his spear, and killed it with Ice Blades, earning 900 Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan removed the Armored Rhinoceros's crystal and continued deeper into the area.
• On the evening of the fourth day, Lu Yuan checked his 1,500 Evolution Points and regretted not buying a Spatial Ring after discarding low-rank beast organs to make space.
• That night, Lu Yuan spotted Green Winged Bats following him and knocked two down with Ice Blades as the rest scattered.

Lu Yuan discovered several valuable herbs, including an S-rank Blood Boosting Grass, in a cave and harvested them. A squad led by the one-eyed youth who had previously clashed with him arrived, and the youth demanded that Lu Yuan hand over the rare herb.

• Lu Yuan used the Heart in Shen Da app to identify several ordinary-looking plants as B-rank and A-rank herbs, then harvested them.
• Lu Yuan identified an S-rank Blood Boosting Grass, valued at over a million Blue Star coins, and harvested it after finding that the nearby spring water was ordinary.
• The one-eyed youth and four squad members entered the cave and claimed they were taking it over.
• The one-eyed youth spotted the Blood Boosting Grass and demanded that Lu Yuan hand it over, threatening him with the lawless conditions of the Underground World.
• Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes and asked what would happen if he refused.

Lu Yuan killed the one-eyed youth and his four teammates in the cave, then continued hunting vicious beasts and gathered enough Evolution Points to unlock a realm breakthrough. He stopped himself from activating it in the wilderness, where an interruption could be fatal.

• Lu Yuan killed the one-eyed youth with an Ice Blast Technique after the youth's team tried to kill him.
• Lu Yuan ignored the surviving teammates' pleas and killed them with Ice Blades, then claimed their crystals.
• Lu Yuan continued hunting vicious beasts while heading back, ending the night with 3,900 Evolution Points.
• On the sixth day, Lu Yuan reached 4,600 Evolution Points and saw that he could raise his realm from First Order Upper Rank.
• Lu Yuan refrained from starting the breakthrough because vicious beasts could attack while he was vulnerable.

Lu Yuan encountered Li Ren's team as two Second Order Upper Rank Green-spotted Tigers chased them. After Fang Shi warned him to run, Lu Yuan rushed to help, and the chapter ended as he attacked one of the tigers with Ice Blast Technique.

• Li Ren's team struggled to escape two Second Order Upper Rank Green-spotted Tigers, and Li Ren prepared to fight with berserk potions.
• Fang Shi recognized Lu Yuan approaching and shouted a warning, urging him to run.
• Lu Yuan decided to help the team despite the danger and charged toward them for the chance to earn Evolution Points.
• Li Ren rallied his teammates to fight, while Lu Yuan used Ice Flash to close in and unleashed Ice Blast Technique at one of the tigers.

Lu Yuan exchanged the spoils from his solo hunt in the Underground World for 2,540 points, earning more than two million yuan. After eating a large meal, he took a taxi back to Shencheng Supernatural University.

• Lu Yuan checked that he had 6,400 Evolution Points and asked a staff member where he could exchange his spoils.
• Lu Yuan poured out his crystals and other spoils, and told the astonished staff member that he had hunted them alone at eighteen.
• The staff member counted the spoils and credited Lu Yuan with 2,540 points, which Lu Yuan exchanged for 2,540,000 yuan.
• Lu Yuan ate ten bowls of rice at a nearby restaurant after days of surviving on compressed biscuits.
• Lu Yuan fell asleep in a taxi and was jolted awake by the driver after they arrived at Shencheng Supernatural University.

After recovering from a four-day sleep, Lu Yuan ate his fill and went to the Resource Trading Office to buy a C-Rank alloy battle suit and a twenty-cubic-meter Spatial Ring. He was shocked to learn the items would cost 1.6 million Blue Star coins.

• Lu Yuan woke after sleeping for four days and shared Liu Yuan's fried skewers before promising to treat him to lunch.
• Lu Yuan continued eating at the cafeteria, where he ran into Hu Dahai and explained that he had returned from the Underground World and slept for several days.
• Lu Yuan collected his battle suit and long spear from the cleaning center, then visited the school's Resource Trading Office.
• Lu Yuan asked the old man at the counter for a C-Rank alloy battle suit and a twenty-cubic-meter Spatial Ring.
• The old man quoted a total price of 1.6 million Blue Star coins, leaving Lu Yuan stunned.

Lu Yuan tested his new Spatial Ring, then visited Qin Tianlong and revealed that his Ice Blast Technique had already reached intermediate mastery. Qin Tianlong agreed to watch him demonstrate it, and they headed to the backyard.

• Lu Yuan activated his ice-blue Spatial Ring, confirmed its twenty-cubic-meter capacity, and stored his battle suit and cultivation resources inside.
• Lu Yuan treated Liu Yuan to a meal, then went to visit Qin Tianlong while Liu Yuan returned on his own.
• Qin Tianlong scolded Hu Dahai for making slow progress with the Ice Break Technique, and Lu Yuan arrived after the reprimand ended.
• Lu Yuan told Qin Tianlong that his Ice Blast Technique had reached intermediate mastery, surprising his teacher.
• Qin Tianlong asked Lu Yuan to demonstrate the technique, and Lu Yuan picked up a spear in the backyard.

Lu Yuan chose to pursue the S-class Detective Skill despite Qin Tianlong warning that his Spiritual Power might be too low. Qin Tianlong then explained the Sky Tree and its powerful fruit, which the Five Great Superpowers shared by agreement.

• Lu Yuan insisted on learning the S-class Detective Skill, and Qin Tianlong told him he could study it in the library by using his name.
• Wen Qiu visited Qin Tianlong’s residence with a sealed box of fruit, met Lu Yuan, and learned he was Qin Tianlong’s new disciple with an S-class ice-element ability.
• After Wen Qiu left, Qin Tianlong opened the box and explained that the Sky Tree grew in a restricted Underground World and bore fruit every four years.
• Qin Tianlong told Lu Yuan that the Five Great Superpowers divided the Sky Tree’s S+-, SS+-, and SSS+-rank fruit, with Great Xia usually giving each Seventh-rank Grandmaster one S+-rank fruit per year.

Lu Yuan brought S-rank Blood Boosting Grass and the Sky Tree fruit to the Alchemy Hall to have them refined into pills. The head of the hall arrived to handle the rare resources.

• Lu Yuan asked the Alchemy Hall to refine his Blood Boosting Grass and Sky Tree fruit into pills.
• The student working at the window recognized the Blood Boosting Grass but not the fruit, so she went to fetch the hall's head.
• Jiang Yan greeted Lu Yuan, commented on his resources, and invited him to join his team after the Freshman Tournament.
• Lu Yuan declined Jiang Yan's invitation and said he planned to go alone.
• The Alchemy Hall's head arrived and asked where the Blood Boosting Grass was.

After learning that his family had moved to a better home, Lu Yuan used 6,000 Evolution Points to advance his Profound Nether Ice Soul Body to the Second Level. The breakthrough strengthened his attributes and greatly improved his control over Ice Elemental Energy, leaving him with 400 Evolution Points.

• Lu Yuan learned from his mother, Fang Wan, that his family had moved to Mingyue Residential Area.
• Lu Yuan returned to his bedroom and noticed that his Profound Nether Ice Soul Body could be upgraded.
• Lu Yuan spent 6,000 Evolution Points to advance his Profound Nether Ice Soul Body to the Second Level.
• Lu Yuan endured two hours of agony as he established five Primal Energy cycles and tempered his organs.
• Lu Yuan checked his improved attributes and demonstrated his precise control by making snowflakes fall from his palm.

Lu Yuan borrowed the last copy of the S-rank Mental Element skill Detective Skill and accepted Xia Qingyin's offer to teach him. After two hours of studying in the library's discussion area, he still found the skill difficult and struggled to focus.

• Lu Yuan searched the library and found the last available copy of the Detective Skill book.
• Xia Qingyin arrived to learn the same skill and offered to teach Lu Yuan in exchange for half the reading time.
• Lu Yuan agreed, recalling that Xia Qingyin had helped him in the Underground World.
• Lu Yuan and Xia Qingyin registered the book and began a lesson in a quiet corner of the free discussion area.
• Lu Yuan struggled with Detective Skill and kept getting distracted during Xia Qingyin's two-hour lesson.

Lu Yuan trained for the upcoming Freshman Tournament and arranged to study Detective Skill with Xia Qingyin at the library. The next day, he trained in the morning and studied with her in the afternoon, finding that his learning had improved.

• Wang Youzhu teased Xia Qingyin about Lu Yuan, and Xia Qingyin explained that he had made a good impression on her.
• Lu Yuan went to the Ice Snow Supernatural Ability Hall and practiced his spear technique in a Grade C training room.
• Lu Yuan accepted Xia Qingyin's transfer and messaged her about her library schedule; she agreed to help him study Detective Skill.
• The next day, Lu Yuan trained in the morning, then studied with Xia Qingyin at the library and noticed his ability to learn the skill had improved.

Lu Yuan absorbed the Blood Rush Pill and Extreme Ice Pill while training, then developed his Detective Skill to elementary proficiency after studying for more than a week. He stopped visiting the library, leaving Xia Qingyin waiting for him there the next day without knowing he had already learned the skill.

• Lu Yuan swallowed the Blood Rush Pill and endured its fiery effects before absorbing the intensely cold Extreme Ice Pill.
• After more than a week of training in the mornings and studying at the library in the afternoons, Lu Yuan gained the Detective Skill at beginner proficiency.
• Lu Yuan spent 100 Evolution Points to raise Detective Skill to elementary proficiency and tested its ability to sense living beings within a radius of up to 3,000 meters.
• Lu Yuan told Xia Qingyin he would see her tomorrow, but decided to explain later that he had already learned the skill and would no longer need the library.
• The next morning, Lu Yuan trained at the Ice Snow Supernatural Ability Hall and told a staff member he had been studying a new skill in the afternoons.
• Xia Qingyin waited at the library, called Lu Yuan when he was nearly an hour late, and then continued studying when he did not answer.

Lu Yuan learned that Jack, another S-class ice-element freshman, had enrolled at Shencheng Supernatural University and continued training without concern. Jack arrived at his luxurious dorm and went out to approach two female students.

• Liu Yuan showed Lu Yuan a campus forum post announcing that Jack was the second freshman with an S-class ice-element ability.
• Lu Yuan and Liu Yuan went to the Ice Snow Supernatural Ability Hall to train.
• Jack arrived at Shencheng Supernatural University, having chosen it to compete with Lu Yuan.
• Jack admired his villa dormitory and then approached two second-year female students to introduce himself.

Lu Yuan checked his improved status before attending Shencheng Supernatural University’s opening ceremony with Liu Yuan. At the athletic field, Jack tried to approach Xia Qingyin, then grew jealous when she happily spoke with Lu Yuan and decided to challenge him at the Freshman Tournament.

• Lu Yuan reviewed his attributes, put on his school uniform, and encouraged the nervous Liu Yuan before they headed to the central athletic field.
• Xia Qingyin and Wang Youzhu chatted while waiting among the freshmen, with Wang Youzhu teasing Xia Qingyin about seeing Lu Yuan again.
• Jack approached Xia Qingyin and asked to get to know her, but she bluntly rejected him.
• After hearing others discuss Xia Qingyin’s family, Jack imagined winning her over and then noticed her talking and laughing with Lu Yuan.
• Jack decided he would teach Lu Yuan a lesson at the Freshman Tournament.

At Shencheng Supernatural University’s freshman orientation, President Song Liyuan warned that resources favored the strong and announced that the Freshman Tournament would take place in the campus passage to the Underground World. He revealed bonus rewards and valuable prizes for top performers, leaving the freshmen eager to compete.

• Song Liyuan introduced Shencheng Supernatural University and warned freshmen that admission did not guarantee success because resources favored the strong.
• Song Liyuan announced that all freshmen would compete in the Freshman Tournament inside the Underground World.
• Song Liyuan used his aura to knock down the freshmen who whispered during his speech.
• Song Liyuan revealed that tournament placements would earn bonuses based on the value of collected spoils.
• Song Liyuan announced additional prizes, including a custom-fitted weapon opportunity and an S+ rank resource for the first-place winner.

After the opening ceremony, Lu Yuan prepared with the other freshmen for the Freshman Tournament and remained confident he would take first place. The tournament instructor explained that the seven-day competition would be held in the sealed Underground World, where students would earn points by killing fierce beasts.

• The opening ceremony ended, and Lu Yuan exchanged good-luck wishes with Xia Qingyin before returning to the dorm with Liu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan and the freshmen attended training, then gathered the next day in battle suits and with weapons for the Freshman Tournament.
• Lu Yuan lined up with Ice School and noticed Jack's hostility, while thinking of Xia Qingyin and the S-minus-class fire-element freshman as rivals.
• The tournament instructor announced that the seven-day competition would take place in the sealed Underground World and that fierce beasts would award points based on their strength.
• The instructor said the freshmen would receive tracking watches for maps, points, and rankings.

Lu Yuan and the other freshmen entered the Underground World for Shencheng Supernatural University’s 2052 Freshman Tournament. After receiving supplies and having their Spatial Rings inspected, the students began the competition in Tengfei City.

• The instructor explained the tournament’s scoring strategy and reminded the freshmen that they could form teams.
• The freshmen marched through the Underground World passage and arrived at Tengfei City, where Lu Yuan noticed vendors and guards stationed nearby.
• Lu Yuan received a tactical backpack and recording watch, checked his potions, and submitted his Spatial Ring for inspection.
• After staff confiscated prohibited items, the instructor officially started the 2052 Freshman Tournament.
• Liu Yuan wished Lu Yuan luck, and freshmen around them shouted out their ranking ambitions.

Lu Yuan hunted mantis shrimp during the Freshman Tournament and saw his rank rise, while Xia Qingyin reached second place and Wang Ze held the lead. The tournament had only just begun, with Lu Yuan heading toward the deeper region and the current rankings still developing.

• Lu Yuan killed two First Order Lower Rank mantis shrimp after rescuing three frightened freshmen, earning 20 points and reaching rank 155.
• Five hours into the tournament, Lu Yuan had 120 points and rank 120, but continued toward deeper regions instead of detouring to hunt weaker beasts.
• Xia Qingyin rode Little Blue through the shallow region, using Detective Skill and Little Blue’s attacks to reach 240 points and rank 2.
• Wang Ze checked his record watch and held first place with 300 points, using his S-rank wind-type ability, Eye of the Storm.