Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan and Jiang Xuanran registered as freshmen at Tiangong Supernatural Ability Academy and received temporary dormitory assignments. Lu Yuan traveled to Heart Lake Island No. 2 to see his dormitory, while Jiang Xuanran remained behind.

• Lu Yuan ran into Lin Sheng at the registration area before he and Jiang Xuanran registered for the academy.
• Lu Yuan received a key for Building 101 on Heart Lake Island No. 2, and Ji Yunxi explained that dormitories would be reassigned after the student competition.
• Yang Yue arrived with her younger brother Yang Xing to register and teased Lu Yuan about having a girlfriend, prompting Jiang Xuanran to link arms with him.
• Lu Yuan used the Void Display Device to find Heart Lake Island No. 2 on the city map and said goodbye to Jiang Xuanran.
• Lu Yuan flew to Heart Lake Island No. 2 and arrived at the scenic island dormitory.

Lu Yuan tested the gravity training room, pushing its settings until eight times gravity proved barely bearable, then trained at six times gravity until evening. Jiang Xuanran visited, cooked him dinner, and Lu Yuan asked her to return to her dorm so they could explore the academy together tomorrow.

• Lu Yuan adjusted the training room to minus 50 degrees and tested two and four times gravity before practicing with his Star Shattering Spear.
• Lu Yuan increased the gravity to six and then eight times, finding eight times barely bearable, and continued training at six times gravity.
• Jiang Xuanran arrived at Lu Yuan's dormitory at seven-thirty and asked whether he had eaten.
• Jiang Xuanran cooked dinner, and Lu Yuan praised the meal as he ate.
• At eleven, Lu Yuan told Jiang Xuanran to return to her dorm and suggested they explore the academy together the next day.

Lu Yuan received a summons from Ye Qingyue and left Jiang Xuanran resting after making her breakfast. He met Nikos on the way, then reached Ye Qingyue’s island residence and noticed her purple irises and familiar flower hair ornament.

• Lu Yuan received Ye Qingyue’s message asking him to visit Branch Island 12 and quietly left Jiang Xuanran breakfast before departing.
• Lu Yuan met Nikos, who tried to sense his realm but found his Spiritual Power overwhelming and could not determine how strong he was.
• Lu Yuan told Nikos to keep training, then flew to Lakeheart Island No. 1.
• Lu Yuan arrived at Ye Qingyue’s Branch Island 12 and saw it was covered in irises, recalling that she always wore a purple flower in her hair.

Ye Qingyue explained how beast-killing points and Peak Tower multipliers determined Tiangong Supernatural Ability Academy's Combat Power Rankings, then Lu Yuan headed to the Peak Tower with Ji Yunxi. They arrived at the enormous silver-scaled tower, where Lu Yuan planned to test his strength.

• Ye Qingyue explained the academy's ranking system and warned that students who fell in the rankings or stayed in the bottom fifty for three months would be expelled.
• Lu Yuan left Ye Qingyue's dormitory and decided to visit the Peak Tower after learning that its multiplier affected his final score.
• Lu Yuan caught up with Ji Yunxi on the way, and she told him she had reached the Fifth Order Upper Rank and was also going to the tower.
• Lu Yuan thought about learning the Frost Wing Spirit Tempering Technique once he had enough blood and energy, estimating that the Sixth Order would meet its requirement.
• Lu Yuan and Ji Yunxi arrived at the Peak Tower and saw its vast base, interlocking silver scales, and transparent capsule elevators.

Jiang Xuanran woke up after spending the night with Lu Yuan, while Lu Yuan and Ji Yunxi met Celicia at Peak Tower. Celicia showed unusual interest in Lu Yuan after subtly probing his mind, and the chapter left them together as Celicia announced her skill proficiency breakthrough.

• Jiang Xuanran woke up, remembered the night with Lu Yuan, and ate the restorative breakfast he had left for her.
• Ji Yunxi recognized Celicia at Peak Tower and introduced Lu Yuan as her junior brother.
• Celicia subtly probed Lu Yuan’s mind, and he noticed the Spiritual Power probing before it vanished.
• Celicia greeted Lu Yuan with an unusually faint smile, astonishing the students watching them.
• Celicia told Ji Yunxi that her skill proficiency had broken through.

Lu Yuan began his first Peak Tower challenge and let Little Ice fight the first-floor Volcanic Bear. Little Ice won, raising Lu Yuan’s coefficient to 10%, then approached him for praise.

• Lu Yuan read Peak Tower’s rules, including its monthly challenge limit, simulated battles, time limit, and floor coefficients.
• Lu Yuan chose to begin the challenge and faced a West Tier Upper Rank Volcanic Bear on the first floor.
• Lu Yuan summoned Little Ice to fight the bear, and Little Ice defeated it with ice attacks and a powerful tail sweep.
• Peak Tower announced Lu Yuan’s success and increased his coefficient from 0% to 10%.
• Lu Yuan praised Little Ice as it crawled up to him and lifted its head.

Lu Yuan cleared the Peak Tower's seventh floor but stopped before the eighth because his Ice Elemental Energy was depleted and the next opponent would be stronger. He then visited Ye Qingyue to ask who led Tiangong Supernatural Ability Academy, and found her waiting in her residence.

• Lu Yuan recalled Little Ice and defeated the fifth-order Volcanic Bear with an ice dragon, then continued clearing floors of the Peak Tower.
• Lu Yuan used Extreme Cold Piercing Kill to defeat the sixth-order Upper Rank Volcanic Bear on the seventh floor, raising his multiplier to 90%.
• Lu Yuan declined the eighth-floor challenge because he doubted he could defeat a seventh-order Volcanic Bear and had run out of Ice Elemental Energy.
• Lu Yuan messaged Ye Qingyue to ask who the dean of Tiangong Supernatural Ability Academy was, and she invited him to visit.
• Lu Yuan flew to Ye Qingyue's residence and entered to find a mature woman reading on the sofa.

Ye Qingyue invited Lu Yuan to stroll around and showed him the academy’s Spirit Giant Pillar. The chapter left them at the pillar as Ye Qingyue began explaining how it worked.

• Ye Qingyue told Lu Yuan that Xiao Chengjun was the first dean and Fang Yi was the second.
• Ye Qingyue invited Lu Yuan to go for a stroll with her, and he agreed.
• Ye Qingyue and Lu Yuan flew toward the Spirit Giant Pillar, and she outpaced him before turning back for him.
• Lu Yuan saw students meditating near the towering Spirit Giant Pillar and felt pressure coming from it.
• Ye Qingyue explained that the pillar was made from special stones containing Spiritual Power and constantly emitted Spiritual Power ripples.

Lu Yuan advanced through the Spirit Giant Pillar’s increasingly oppressive ring zones, drawing the attention of students who watched to see whether he could reach the seventh. He endured the mounting pressure and prepared to push through as Ye Qingyue stood ready to rescue him.

• Lu Yuan crossed the first three ring zones without slowing, barely reacting to their mental pressure.
• Lu Yuan entered the fourth and fifth ring zones, causing senior students to stop cultivating and watch him.
• Lu Yuan broke into the sixth ring zone, astonishing the students because few new students had reached it in recent years.
• Ye Qingyue spread her Ice Wings and stood ready to carry Lu Yuan away if the pressure harmed him.
• Lu Yuan approached the seventh ring zone, strained by the force pressing against him, and resolved to charge forward.

After Lu Yuan suffered the mild side effects of the Spirit Giant Pillar, Ye Qingyue gave him a Spirit Nurturing Pill that quickly restored him. The chapter ended with Lu Yuan already knowing through his Smart Auxiliary Brain that the pill was an extraordinarily rare SSS-rank resource.

• Lu Yuan teased Ye Qingyue about reaching only the sixth ring region when she first entered the academy, and she pinched his arm until he apologized.
• Ye Qingyue led Lu Yuan away, and he soon became pale and mentally dazed as the Spirit Giant Pillar’s side effects emerged.
• Ye Qingyue told Lu Yuan to endure the discomfort, explaining that it would ease and could also be an opportunity to strengthen his Spiritual Power.
• Ye Qingyue gave Lu Yuan a Spirit Nurturing Pill, and he recovered within seconds.
• Ye Qingyue kept the pill’s SSS rank secret, unaware that Lu Yuan’s Smart Auxiliary Brain had already identified it.

Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue visited the Mission Building, where students took missions for contribution points, while mentors earned Guidance Points through their students’ performance. After Ye Qingyue left, Lu Yuan explored the mission listings and learned that the powerful student Xiu Yas had arrived, bringing William to mind.

• Ye Qingyue showed Lu Yuan the Mission Building and explained how missions earned students contribution points and mentors Guidance Points.
• Lu Yuan joked that he could reduce Ye Qingyue’s Guidance Points by doing nothing, then hurried into the building as she watched him leave.
• Lu Yuan browsed the mission floors and noticed students avoiding an area when Xiu Yas entered with several companions.
• Lu Yuan used his smart-assist brain to identify Xiu Yas as a Beautiful Country student ranked nineteenth on the combat rankings with S-rank clearance.
• Lu Yuan thought of William, who had once hunted him, and smiled calmly.

Lu Yuan accepted ten missions, borrowed contribution points, and bought supplies before preparing to leave for the fortress at dawn. After catching up with Xia Qingyin, he returned to his dorm and was greeted by the aroma of food.

• Lu Yuan accepted ten missions and borrowed contribution points from Ji Yunxi and Wang Shuo to buy survival supplies at the resource exchange center.
• Lu Yuan photographed the sunset and sent the picture to his mother and both girlfriends before flying back to his dorm.
• Xia Qingyin told Lu Yuan that Wang Youzhu and his former roommate Liu Yuan had both gotten partners, then chatted with him until he reached his dorm.
• Xia Qingyin woke Little Blue and urged it to train so it would not fall behind Little Ice in size.
• Lu Yuan opened his dorm door and was met by the rich aroma of food.

After parting from Jiang Xuanran, Lu Yuan prepared to hunt ferocious beasts at Fortress No. 4, hoping to earn Evolution Points. He arrived above the fortress, ready to begin.

• Lu Yuan let Jiang Xuanran leave after sharing a kiss, then returned to his room and studied a map of Tiangong City and its surrounding fortresses.
• Lu Yuan decided he would rather hunt alone than team up with Ji Yunxi and Wang Shuo, since he needed to land the final blow to gain Evolution Points.
• The next morning, Lu Yuan boarded a flying vehicle and headed for Fortress No. 4, eager to hunt ferocious beasts.
• Lu Yuan reached the area above Fortress No. 4.

Lu Yuan left the fortress and began hunting vicious beasts alone, using Detective Skill to search the surrounding area. After finding and killing several Fifth Order beasts, he continued deeper to hunt before the beast tide forced him back behind the fortress walls.

• Lu Yuan met Zhu Yan outside the fortress and reminded him that they had previously met over a Desert Ostrich egg.
• Lu Yuan turned down a female member of Zhu Yan's team when she asked to add him on Q-Chat, and the two groups went their separate ways.
• Lu Yuan used Detective Skill to scan a 20-kilometer radius but found no vicious beasts, so he flew farther out.
• Lu Yuan detected several approaching vicious beasts and killed them with Ice Dragon's Roar, earning more than 100,000 Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan continued deeper to hunt before the beast tide arrived and forced him to retreat behind the fortress walls.

Wang Yi, a human spy who had infiltrated the Soul Devouring King clan, discovered that the ferocious beasts were feinting at several fortresses while targeting Lu Yuan at Fortress No. 4. After the warning reached Ye Qingyue, she abandoned her route to Fortress No. 14 and raced toward Lu Yuan.

• Wang Yi, disguised as Soul Devouring King 027, listened as 019 and 022 discussed the ferocious beasts’ plans.
• Wang Yi’s identity was revealed: he was a human spy with the SS+ ability Soul Exchange, and he had taken over the body and memories of a Soul Devouring King.
• Wang Yi reported that the ferocious beasts planned a feint and that their real target was Lu Yuan at Fortress No. 4, while a ferocious-beast spy was inside Tiangong Supernatural Ability Academy.
• Ferocious beasts heavily attacked Fortresses No. 5, No. 9, and No. 14, prompting instructors to reinforce them while students withdrew.
• Ye Qingyue received the warning while heading to Fortress No. 14, changed direction, and flew toward Fortress No. 4 to reach Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan used Evolution Points to strengthen his Clear Heart Technique and Mystic Ice Strangling Array, then encountered a massive vicious-beast horde led by a terrifying beast. As he fled, Celicia unleashed her One Thought Annihilation Slash against the horde.

• Lu Yuan raised his Clear Heart Technique to Perfected Level, greatly improving his ability to suppress Bloodthirsty Qi.
• Lu Yuan upgraded the Mystic Ice Strangling Array to Supreme-grade, increasing its Ice Blades to 450, and saved his remaining Evolution Points for a breakthrough.
• The next day, Lu Yuan killed vicious beasts near Fortress No. 4 until a horde of at least ten thousand appeared before him.
• Lu Yuan fled the horde on a flying device and spotted Celicia as she raised her longsword.
• Celicia unleashed her One Thought Annihilation Slash, and its purple Sword Qi tore into the horde, killing many vicious beasts.

Lu Yuan and Celicia were ambushed by multiple eighth-order ferocious beasts while traveling toward Fortress No. 4, leaving them stranded after their aircraft was destroyed. Several hours earlier, Ye Qingyue realized signal jamming had prevented her warning from reaching Lu Yuan and hoped he could survive until she arrived.

• Celicia sensed the Giant Horned Rhinoceros Armored Earth Dragon and knocked Lu Yuan off course, saving him from its beam attack.
• Lu Yuan identified the beast as an eighth-order Middle Rank creature, and he and Celicia fled from it and the pursuing beast army.
• The Purple Sound Magic Bat King disrupted the air around them, causing their aircraft to crash and explode.
• Lu Yuan feared he would die and thought of his family and teacher while Celicia took a blood-red pill from her Spatial Ring.
• Several hours earlier, Ye Qingyue failed to contact Lu Yuan and concluded that an extraterrestrial signal jamming device was blocking her messages.

Lu Yuan killed an eighth-order Middle Rank Giant Horned Rhinoceros Armored Earth Dragon and gained twenty million Evolution Points. After resisting its Bloodthirsty Qi with his Perfected Level Clear Heart Technique, he astonished Ye Qingyue and Celicia.

• Ye Qingyue's ice swords killed two ferocious beasts and severely wounded a Giant Horned Rhinoceros Armored Earth Dragon.
• Lu Yuan asked Ye Qingyue to let him kill the wounded beast, and she left it barely alive for him.
• Lu Yuan finished the beast with Ice Dragon's Roar and gained twenty million Evolution Points.
• Bloodthirsty Qi flooded Lu Yuan, but he quickly returned to normal using his Perfected Level Clear Heart Technique.
• Ye Qingyue and Celicia were astonished that Lu Yuan had mastered the technique to that level.

After recovering from the aftereffects of Bloodthirsty Qi with Jiang Xuanran, Lu Yuan spent the evening upgrading his realm in the gravity training room. He advanced from Fifth Order Upper Rank to Sixth Order Lower Rank, unleashing waves of pressure as he focused on absorbing the Ice Elemental Energy.

• Lu Yuan returned to his dorm feeling uncomfortable, and Nikos saw him but chose not to ask what was wrong.
• Jiang Xuanran welcomed Lu Yuan with dinner, and they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Lu Yuan brought Jiang Xuanran nourishing porridge and stayed with her while she rested.
• That evening, Lu Yuan went to the gravity training room and spent 12,500,000 Evolution Points to advance to Sixth Order Lower Rank.
• Lu Yuan focused on the vast Ice Elemental Energy as powerful pressure spread outward from him.

After reaching Sixth Order Lower Rank, Lu Yuan discovered his breakthrough had destroyed his dorm and improved his attributes. He prepared to learn the Frost Wing Spirit Tempering Technique and decided to stay with Ye Qingyue while his dorm was rebuilt.

• Lu Yuan woke after breaking through to Sixth Order Lower Rank and found his dorm reduced to ice shards and rubble.
• Lu Yuan checked his new attributes, confirmed his Blood and Qi had reached 160000 cal, and qualified to learn the Frost Wing Spirit Tempering Technique.
• Lu Yuan spent Evolution Points to raise Ice Shard Ring Body, Ice Seal Shield, and Myriad Flower Ice Mirror to Perfected Level, saving the rest for the body tempering art.
• Lu Yuan called Ye Qingyue and told her about his breakthrough and destroyed dorm; she agreed to arrange his housing and confirmed he could begin learning the Frost Wing Spirit Tempering Technique.
• Lu Yuan accepted Ye Qingyue's offer to stay with her for convenient lessons, then headed to the cafeteria to eat.