Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue entered Lost Ruin No. 1 and learned that they had to collect beast cores to earn points toward one EX1-rank resource each. They set off to hunt after Lu Yuan detected an eighth-order beast to the southeast.

• Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue reached the strange lake that served as the entrance to Lost Ruin No. 1 and jumped inside.
• They arrived in a frozen forest and sensed no beasts nearby, so Ye Qingyue chose a direction for them to explore.
• Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue flew through the forest for about half an hour until Lu Yuan detected an eighth-order Upper Rank beast thirty kilometers to the southeast.
• Ye Qingyue agreed to hunt the beast after Lu Yuan pointed out its location.
• The chapter explained that beast cores earned points toward EX1-rank resources, with 10,000 points required for each resource and a limit of one per person.

Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue defeated an Ice Giant Elephant, earning Lu Yuan 45 million Evolution Points and a huge beast crystal. He secretly spent points to advance Mysterious Ice Dragon Soaring to Master Level, with his training still underway.

• Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue overwhelmed the Ice Giant Elephant with repeated Ice Blade attacks until its Annihilation Force ran out and its insides froze solid.
• The Ice Giant Elephant collapsed and died, giving Lu Yuan 45 million Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan cut open the beast and extracted its enormous crystal, then stored it in a Spatial Ring.
• Lu Yuan told Ye Qingyue he needed to take care of something and pretended to go behind a clump of grass so he could use the System unnoticed.
• Lu Yuan spent 300,000 Evolution Points to raise Mysterious Ice Dragon Soaring from Intermediate to Advanced, then spent 1,440,000 more to raise it to Master Level.

Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue struggled to find enough vicious beasts to earn the points they needed to leave Lost Ruin No. 1, then spent the night barbecuing together. As they cooked, Ye Qingyue learned to grill skewers, and Lu Yuan caught himself thinking she was cute.

• Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue ended a day of hunting with only 220 points and continued searching as night fell.
• Ye Qingyue reassured Lu Yuan that they had two months to earn the points needed to leave, and she would let him go if necessary.
• Lu Yuan roasted Ice Giant Elephant meat over a campfire and shared the first skewer with Ye Qingyue.
• Ye Qingyue asked Lu Yuan to teach her to grill, and she cooked skewers with his guidance.
• Lu Yuan noticed Ye Qingyue pretending to pout over some burnt skewers and privately thought she was cute, then hurriedly shook the thought away.

Lu Yuan spent his Evolution Points to advance his Body Tempering Art and Spirit Refining Technique, then continued hunting beasts with Ye Qingyue. Elsewhere, Lin Heng fled from the ninth-order Upper Rank Illusory Charm Butterfly, unable to withstand its mental-control ability.

• Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue spent ten days hunting ferocious beasts and earned 2,100 points, though they found no ninth-order beasts.
• Lu Yuan used 90 million Evolution Points each to raise Frost Wing Spirit Tempering Technique to the eleventh layer and Observation of Hidden Moon Starry Sky Scripture to the fourth layer.
• Lu Yuan practiced his spear technique through the night because his upgraded body left him too keyed up to sleep, then told Ye Qingyue about the upgrades and resumed hunting with her.
• Lin Heng, a ninth-order Middle Rank Martial Saint and founder of the Combat Supernatural Ability Hall, fled from the Illusory Charm Butterfly because he could not resist its mental control.

Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue searched for beasts to earn points, then followed a suspicious Spiritual Power signal to a Blizzard Dragonfly King. Lu Yuan discovered it was a middle-rank ninth-order beast hiding its true rank, and prepared to fight it.

• Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue spent five more days collecting beast cores worth 4,500 points, still short of their 20,000-point goal.
• After ten hours without finding a beast, Lu Yuan sensed one about a hundred kilometers away and told Ye Qingyue.
• Ye Qingyue warned that the beast might be baiting them, but Lu Yuan chose to investigate, relying on his Obsidian Battle Armor and ability to escape.
• Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue reached the beast, and Lu Yuan scanned it as a Blizzard Dragonfly King that concealed its middle-rank ninth-order strength in snowy environments.
• Lu Yuan learned the Blizzard Dragonfly King had a Rare-grade bloodline and decided it was not strong enough to worry him.

Lu Yuan killed the Blizzard Dragonfly King and gathered enough Evolution Points to prepare for a breakthrough to the ninth-rank mid-level realm. He warned Ye Qingyue that the breakthrough’s Primal Energy fluctuations would reach far, then handed her his Obsidian Battle Armor for protection.

• Lu Yuan chased down the wounded Blizzard Dragonfly King and killed it with repeated Extreme Cold Piercing Kill attacks, earning one hundred million Evolution Points and taking its beast crystal.
• Over the next ten days, Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue collected beast crystals worth 8,150 points while Lu Yuan’s Evolution Points rose to 251,500,000.
• Lu Yuan saw the indicator that he could add points and told Ye Qingyue he felt ready to break through.
• Lu Yuan said his breakthrough would affect an area dozens of kilometers wide and told Ye Qingyue to move about a hundred kilometers away.
• As Ye Qingyue prepared to leave, Lu Yuan removed his Obsidian Battle Armor and gave it to her in case something went wrong.

Lu Yuan completed his breakthrough to ninth-rank, middle-tier, while Ye Qingyue returned and accidentally saw him naked, leaving her flustered. After they reunited, they prepared to resume hunting vicious beasts because their score was still not secure.

• Ye Qingyue hunted vicious beasts while Lu Yuan calmed the Ice Elemental Energy in his body, killing a ninth-rank, lower-tier beast and gaining 1,000 points.
• After three days, Ye Qingyue sensed that Lu Yuan’s breakthrough was nearly complete and flew back to him.
• Lu Yuan finished breaking through, saw that his Spiritual Power and Blood Qi had both exceeded 20 million, and remained naked while checking his System Panel.
• Ye Qingyue saw Lu Yuan’s exposed body from a distance, blushed, and hurriedly flew away, wondering how she could possibly accommodate him.
• Lu Yuan put on his battle suit, then greeted Ye Qingyue when she returned and accepted the Obsidian Battle Armor from her.
• Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue decided to hunt vicious beasts because their score had reached only 9,960 after nearly a month.

Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue broke into a wrecked Interstellar Spaceship to retrieve its fuel, fighting off the robots inside and narrowly stopping the ship from self-destructing. Lu Yuan collected about seventy cubic meters of fuel, frozen into blocks and stored in his Spatial Ring.

• Gu Li identified the spaceship from Lu Yuan's description and explained how to remove its fuel.
• Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue forced open the spaceship door, triggering an alarm and drawing out a swarm of robots.
• Lu Yuan used Falling Stars to destroy all the robots.
• Lu Yuan found that the spaceship's systems had locked down and started a self-destruct countdown, so Gu Li told him to flood the operating system with junk data.
• Lu Yuan's junk data stopped the countdown but ruined the operating system, and he broke open the fuel container with Extreme Cold Piercing Kill.
• Lu Yuan froze the fuel and stored about seventy cubic meters of it in his Spatial Ring.

Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue were attacked by an Illusory Charm Butterfly that controlled Ye Qingyue and threatened to kill her unless Lu Yuan removed his Obsidian Battle Armor. Lu Yuan agreed to the butterfly’s demand, leaving his next move uncertain.

• The Illusory Charm Butterfly approached Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue, and its Spiritual Power waves left Ye Qingyue dizzy.
• The butterfly took control of Ye Qingyue and positioned her between itself and Lu Yuan, stopping him from using Mysterious Ice Dragon Soaring.
• The Illusory Charm Butterfly demanded that Lu Yuan remove his Obsidian Battle Armor or it would kill Ye Qingyue.
• Ye Qingyue silently urged Lu Yuan to refuse and flee, but Lu Yuan agreed when the butterfly offered to let him give the armor to her.

Lu Yuan resisted the Illusory Charm Butterfly’s Spirit Impact by repeatedly stabbing himself with an icicle, while Ye Qingyue fought the butterfly and watched over him. Just as his Spirit Sea was about to shatter, the pain cleared his mind, leaving him still standing against the attack.

• Lu Yuan gave the Obsidian Battle Armor to Ye Qingyue, reducing the Illusory Charm Butterfly’s Spirit Impact on her and restoring her control.
• Lu Yuan stabbed himself with an icicle to use physical pain to resist the butterfly’s mental assault.
• Ye Qingyue held back from approaching Lu Yuan and attacked the Illusory Charm Butterfly while he endured the pain.
• The Illusory Charm Butterfly intensified its Spirit Impact when it realized Lu Yuan was resisting.
• Lu Yuan drew strength from seeing Ye Qingyue’s concern and continued fighting the mental attack despite his injuries.
• As Lu Yuan’s Spirit Sea neared shattering, the pain of his wounds suddenly cleared the haze from his mind.

Lu Yuan killed the Illusory Charm Butterfly but collapsed with severe injuries, and Ye Qingyue rushed to his side instead of retrieving its beast core. As she blamed herself and cried, Lu Yuan comforted her, leaving Ye Qingyue overwhelmed by the feelings she had buried.

• Lu Yuan gained 2,500,000,000 Evolution Points for killing the Illusory Charm Butterfly, then slumped to the ground from his injuries.
• Ye Qingyue hurried to Lu Yuan instead of taking the beast core and asked if he was all right.
• Lu Yuan tried to reassure Ye Qingyue, but his pain surged and he nearly fell.
• Ye Qingyue blamed herself for being controlled by the butterfly and making Lu Yuan suffer, then broke down crying.
• Lu Yuan wiped Ye Qingyue's tears and told her she had never been a burden, while also taking responsibility for what happened.
• Ye Qingyue looked at Lu Yuan tenderly and felt her buried feelings rise to the surface.

After kissing Lu Yuan, Ye Qingyue worried that they had not confirmed their relationship and asked him to make her his girlfriend. Lu Yuan assured her they were already together, and they shared another kiss before he gently teased her about being too cute.

• Lu Yuan teased Ye Qingyue about kissing him, and she fled to retrieve the Illusory Charm Butterfly's crystal.
• Ye Qingyue collected the crystal and asked Lu Yuan if she could be his girlfriend.
• Lu Yuan told Ye Qingyue they were already together, and she asked him to call her Yue'er instead of Sister Yue.
• Ye Qingyue kissed Lu Yuan again, and he returned her kiss.
• Lu Yuan warned Ye Qingyue that he might lose control, then reassured her that she was simply too cute.

Lu Yuan reassured Ye Qingyue after she urged him to protect himself, then teased and kissed her until she fled to her tent. The next morning, Ye Qingyue woke embarrassed as she recalled that they had confirmed their relationship and kissed repeatedly.

• Ye Qingyue urged Lu Yuan to run from danger and put his own life first, but he stayed silent about refusing to abandon her.
• Lu Yuan kissed Ye Qingyue again, leaving her flustered and embarrassed.
• Lu Yuan jokingly blamed his Bloodthirsty Qi for the kiss, and Ye Qingyue left for her tent in a huff.
• The next morning, Ye Qingyue remembered confirming her relationship with Lu Yuan and their repeated kisses, and blushed with embarrassment.

Lu Yuan teased Ye Qingyue into kissing him before she left, then used his evolution points to break through to the Ninth-Rank Upper Realm. His breakthrough began with a surge of overwhelming Ice Elemental Energy.

• Lu Yuan told Ye Qingyue he was about to break through and teased her by claiming their kiss had inspired his epiphany.
• Ye Qingyue kissed Lu Yuan, and he pulled her close and deepened the kiss.
• Ye Qingyue took the Obsidian Battle Armor, put it on, and flew ahead with her Ice Wings.
• Lu Yuan spent 300,000,000 evolution points to advance from Ninth-Rank Middle to Ninth-Rank Upper.
• Ice Elemental Energy erupted through Lu Yuan's body with immense force.

After Lu Yuan’s Ice Elemental Energy settled, his Spirit and Vitality neared 40 million. Ye Qingyue arrived hoping to catch him off guard and tease him, but he had already dressed, leaving her disappointed and him wondering where she was looking.

• Lu Yuan stabilized his Ice Elemental Energy and checked his improved System Panel readings.
• Lu Yuan put on a black battle suit just before Ye Qingyue arrived.
• Ye Qingyue had rushed over intending to surprise Lu Yuan and tease him after recalling an earlier embarrassing sight.
• Ye Qingyue regretted arriving too late when she found Lu Yuan fully dressed.
• Lu Yuan noticed Ye Qingyue repeatedly glancing away from his face and wondered what she wanted.

Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue hunted fierce beasts in Lost Ruin No. 1 and strengthened their abilities before claiming their rewards and returning to Antarctica. They boarded their fighter jet, and Shamirra appeared as they took off.

• Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue hunted fierce beasts for days, while Lu Yuan spent 300 million Evolution Points to upgrade his cultivation techniques and raise his Spirit and Qi and Blood above 50 million.
• Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue placed crystals worth 20,000 points on the ground, receiving the Blazing Three-Headed Spear, the Crimson Firmament Battle Armor, and a portal.
• Ye Qingyue kept the spear and chose to turn in the armor, which Lu Yuan agreed was more useful to surrender.
• Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue returned through the portal to Antarctica, where Ye Qingyue took Lu Yuan's hand and said they should go back.
• Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue boarded their fighter jet and took off; Shamirra appeared, stretched, and said she had nearly died of boredom in the ruin.

Lu Yuan added Ye Qingyue to his close-knit group chat, and they reaffirmed their love with a kiss during the flight. Jiang Xuanran and Sister Celicia discovered that the new member, A Iris, was Lu Yuan’s former teacher; Ye Qingyue asked for time before meeting Lu Yuan’s mother.

• Lu Yuan invited Ye Qingyue to the group chat Love of Yuan, and she asked whether he loved her before they kissed.
• Lu Yuan invited A Iris to the chat, and Jiang Xuanran and Sister Celicia saw the notification at dinner.
• Sister Celicia recognized A Iris from the teacher-student group chat and realized Lu Yuan had won over his own teacher.
• Jiang Xuanran reacted with surprise and admiration when Sister Celicia told her what she had discovered.
• Ye Qingyue asked for time to prepare before meeting Lu Yuan’s mother because she was older than Lu Yuan and had once been his teacher.

Lu Yuan and Ye Qingyue shared a tender kiss in her bedroom, but he stopped when he sensed she was afraid. Ye Qingyue told him what had happened before, and Lu Yuan realized she had truly come that day before drawing her close again.

• Lu Yuan waited nervously in Ye Qingyue's bedroom while she got ready.
• Ye Qingyue entered wearing a black dress, stockings, and high heels, and asked Lu Yuan if she looked all right.
• Lu Yuan praised her and kissed her, but stopped when he noticed she was trembling and seemed afraid.
• Ye Qingyue caught Lu Yuan's wrist and told him everything that had happened, without hiding anything.
• Lu Yuan realized Ye Qingyue had come that day and gently drew her into his arms again.

Two days after their intense intimacy, Lu Yuan apologized to Ye Qingyue for losing control and explained that her being his teacher made their relationship especially exciting to him. Ye Qingyue accepted his apology and asked him to continue gently, and Lu Yuan spent the day treating her tenderly.

• Lu Yuan apologized to Ye Qingyue and explained how his accumulated bloodthirst, his attraction to her, and their teacher-student relationship had fueled his passion.
• Ye Qingyue's feigned sulk faded, and she blushed as she admitted she had wondered why he kept calling her teacher.
• Ye Qingyue told Lu Yuan to continue, assuring him that she had rested and was feeling better.
• Ye Qingyue asked Lu Yuan to be gentle, and he promised to take care with her.
• Lu Yuan acted gently as the morning light shifted to afternoon.

Lu Yuan accompanied Ye Qingyue to visit her family’s graves, where they introduced their love to her grandparents and parents. Ye Qingyue left feeling at peace, assured that she was no longer alone.

• Lu Yuan prepared white irises and pale lisianthus before going with Ye Qingyue to the cemetery.
• Ye Qingyue placed the flowers at her family’s gravestone and told her grandparents, mother, and father that she had returned.
• Ye Qingyue introduced Lu Yuan as her former student and current love, explaining that they had fallen for each other.
• Lu Yuan respectfully promised to cherish and protect Ye Qingyue for the rest of his life.
• Ye Qingyue told her family she was happy and wanted to spend her life with Lu Yuan, then clasped his hand.