Chapter Summaries

The Leopard Gang reached the Blood-Red Tree on Beast Island and prepared to seize its fruits when they ripened. After learning that students from Tianshui City were also headed to the island, Lin Bao decided the gang would watch them and threatened to kill anyone who interfered.

• The Leopard Gang found the Blood-Red Tree and learned its Blood-Red Fruits would ripen in a little over a day.
• Lin Bao warned the gang that the fruit’s fragrance would draw beasts, so they needed to prepare before trying to claim it.
• A bespectacled gang member reported that students from ten ordinary schools in Tianshui City were approaching Beast Island for training.
• Lin Bao dismissed the threat from the students and their teachers, while the gang discussed targeting the students, including the girls.
• Lin Bao ordered the gang to ready their equipment and warned that he would punish anyone who let things go wrong.

The students arrived at Beast Island and split up to begin their five-day trial. Xia Ping, Jiang Yaru, and Zhu Erqin set out to find a base, while Han Shan’s group followed them and then unexpectedly killed a pack of Jungle Wolves for them.

• Captain Luo Jian told the students they had five days on Beast Island before the ship returned, and the ship left them on the beach.
• The schools split into separate groups, while Xiong Batian and his companions left Xia Ping, Jiang Yaru, and Zhu Erqin behind.
• Jiang Yaru and Zhu Erqin suggested finding water and shelter near a mountain stream, and the three headed east into the forest.
• Han Shan and eleven or twelve students from Zhengde Middle School followed the trio at a distance, making them wary.
• Xia Ping sensed danger ahead, and five Jungle Wolves emerged from the forest.
• Five students from Zhengde Middle School rushed forward and killed the Jungle Wolves with their swords, leaving Jiang Yaru and Zhu Erqin stunned.

Zhengde Middle School students tried to starve Xia Ping, Jiang Yaru, and Zhu Erqin by taking every beast and wild fruit they encountered. As Han Shan’s group expected them to give in, Xia Ping revealed a stash of food and offered it to his companions.

• Zhengde Middle School students killed nearby beasts and carried away the bodies, leaving Xia Ping and his companions without prey.
• Jiang Yaru and Zhu Erqin realized that Han Shan’s group was deliberately trying to starve them.
• Han Shan and the Zhengde students mocked the trio and planned to keep them hungry until they begged for mercy.
• Jiang Yaru explained that they could not hunt while the larger group kept watch, and Zhu Erqin asked if they had to tolerate the bullying.
• Xia Ping calmly said they did not need to hunt and pulled a variety of food from his pack, astonishing Jiang Yaru and Zhu Erqin.

Xia Ping fed Jiang Yaru and Zhu Erqin food he had obtained through the system, while the students from Zhengde Middle School accused him of getting special treatment and continued following the group. As they moved deeper into the forest, a Zhengde student mistook an approaching figure for a beast and shot it, only for the group to realize it was a person.

• Xia Ping shared food with Jiang Yaru and Zhu Erqin, and the students from Zhengde Middle School speculated that he had pulled strings to bring it off the ship.
• Han Shan decided Xia Ping's supplies would run out and kept his group following Xia Ping, Jiang Yaru, and Zhu Erqin.
• Xia Ping led the group deeper into the forest, expecting powerful beasts to drive the Zhengde students away.
• Xia Ping and the Zhengde students spotted a fast-moving shadow among the trees, and Han Shan ordered an archer to shoot it.
• The arrow struck the figure, which screamed and bled, revealing that it was a person rather than a beast.

Xia Ping and the students from Zhengde Middle School encountered the armed Leopard Gang on the uninhabited island. The gang injured Han Shan and revealed that they had blocked the students’ distress signals, leaving them trapped.

• A student accidentally shot a Leopard Gang member with an arrow, and the bald gang member slapped the student in retaliation.
• Han Shan tried to defend his classmates, but a gang member shot him in the thigh with a Laser Firearm.
• The bald man identified the group as the Leopard Gang, and a student revealed that his father was a police officer.
• The gang threatened the student whose father was a police officer and said they had blocked distress signals with Jammers.
• The students realized their distress calls could not reach their teachers and that they were trapped on the island.

The Leopard Gang cornered Zhengde Middle School’s students and threatened the girls, prompting Xia Ping to step in to protect Jiang Yaru. He struck the bald gang leader through the chest, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The students from Zhengde Middle School despaired as the armed thugs captured them and blamed Xia Ping for their predicament.
• The bald man threatened the girls, and the thugs singled out Jiang Yaru while the other students stood by in fear.
• Xia Ping stepped in front of Jiang Yaru and ordered the Leopard Gang to leave the students alone.
• The bald man mocked Xia Ping and reached for Jiang Yaru, so Xia Ping used Snake Fist: Viper Strikes from Its Lair to pierce the man’s chest and burst his heart.

Xia Ping killed the bandits who attacked him and the students, while Jiang Yaru stopped the last survivor from detonating a grenade. The group was left among the dead as the bald man’s Communicator began to ring.

• Xia Ping killed the bald bandit after warning him not to move, shocking Han Shan and the Zhengde Middle School students.
• Xia Ping dodged a bandit’s laser shot with the help of his psychic power, then killed the shooter with Crane Fist.
• Xia Ping shook the ground and killed three more bandits by hurling rocks at them.
• Jiang Yaru struck the last bandit before he could detonate his Shock Grenade, killing him and leaving the students stunned.
• The bald man’s Communicator rang and its red indicator light flashed.

After Xia Ping killed the gangsters who attacked the students, he set out with Jiang Yaru, Zhu Erqin, Luo Lan, and several other girls to confront the Leopard Gang. The gang’s leader, Lin Bao, learned his men were dead and ordered a squad to kill the students before they could reach their teachers.

• Xia Ping crushed the Communicator, and Jiang Yaru realized the gangsters might return for revenge.
• Xia Ping refused to flee and said he would hunt down the gangsters, while Han Shan chose to retreat toward the ship to inform the teachers.
• Luo Lan and several girls left Han Shan’s group and followed Xia Ping, Jiang Yaru, and Zhu Erqin into the jungle.
• Han Shan led the remaining boys away and vowed he would settle things with Xia Ping later.
• Lin Bao learned that Baldy’s group had been killed and ordered a squad to hunt down the students.

Trapped in a cave under the Leopard Gang’s long-range assault, Xia Ping bought and mastered the first level of the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art so he could fight back. He left the cave carrying stone fragments, while Scarface’s bandits continued to target the students.

• Jiang Yaru, Xia Ping, Zhu Erqin, Luo Lan, and the other girls hid in a cave as the bandits’ sniper and heavy weapons kept them pinned down.
• After Jiang Yaru asked what to do, Xia Ping used the system to buy the first level of the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art for two thousand Hate Points and quickly mastered it.
• Xia Ping shattered a nearby boulder, pocketed some fragments, and strode out of the cave despite Jiang Yaru and the others trying to stop him.
• Scarface’s bandits mocked the trapped students and discussed taking the girls alive, but Scarface warned them that Baldy and the others had died at the students’ hands.

Xia Ping charged out of the cave and used his mental perception and pebbles to kill bandits who had planned to attack the students. The surviving bandits panicked as he continued picking them off, while the sniper failed to target him.

• The bandits dismissed Scarface's warning and prepared to approach the cave, intending to kill the boys and capture the girls.
• A sniper spotted Xia Ping leaving the cave and fired at him from five kilometers away, but Xia Ping sensed the bullet and dodged it.
• Xia Ping threw pebbles at the bandits, killing the hooked-nosed man and another bandit before they could retaliate.
• The bandits opened fire and demanded that the sniper stop Xia Ping, but the sniper could not lock onto him.
• Xia Ping killed three more bandits with pebbles through their hearts, then killed three others with headshots despite their attempts to hide.

Xia Ping wiped out Scarface’s bandit squad with stones and then killed the sniper from five kilometers away with the first form of the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art. Scarface remained the only bandit left alive nearby, facing Xia Ping.

• Scarface ordered the survivors to retreat after Xia Ping killed most of his squad, but Xia Ping killed two more bandits with stones.
• Scarface blocked Xia Ping’s next stone, while the distant sniper fired three bullets at Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping threw three stones to intercept the bullets, then picked up a large rock and aimed at the sniper five kilometers away.
• Xia Ping used Heart-Piercing Bone-Penetrating to hurl the rock, which shrank into a marble-sized projectile as it crossed the distance.
• The projectile pierced the sniper’s head and killed him.

Xia Ping killed Scarface and the rest of the bandits, then returned to the cave with their weapons. Meanwhile, Lin Bao prepared to claim the Blood-Red Fruit and vowed to kill whoever had slain his men.

• Xia Ping caught Scarface as he tried to flee and killed him with Tiger Fist.
• Xia Ping confirmed the bandits were dead, took their weapons, and headed back to the cave.
• Lin Bao realized Scarface and his twelve-man squad had been wiped out and swore revenge after securing the Blood-Red Fruit.
• Lin Bao's men revealed they had planted bombs to kill the beasts when the fruit ripened and seize their corpses.
• Xia Ping told Jiang Yaru and the others that he had killed every bandit, and they went outside to check the bodies.

After killing the criminals and the distant sniper, Xia Ping reunited with Jiang Yaru and the others, then left to help more students being chased through the woods. The chapter ended with him racing toward Chu Rong’s group as two armed criminals pursued them.

• Jiang Yaru and the others emerged from the cave and learned from Xia Ping that he had killed the criminals and the sniper five kilometers away.
• A girl from Zhengde Middle School asked Xia Ping to teach her, and several girls flirted with him by proposing private training sessions.
• Jiang Yaru pulled Xia Ping away from the girls, while they laughed at the rumored couple’s interaction.
• Zhu Erqin spotted Chu Rong and several other figures approaching as two armed criminals chased them.
• Xia Ping rushed off to rescue Chu Rong’s group.

Chu Rong and her companions fled armed criminals through the jungle until Xia Ping killed their pursuers and joined them with Jiang Yaru. The group reunited and prepared to find shelter and treat the injured.

• Chu Rong carried an injured girl while leading her companions away from criminals who had killed two students.
• Xiao Lan fell, and three criminals caught up with the exhausted girls and threatened them.
• Xia Ping killed the three criminals by throwing stones before Chu Rong and her companions could fight back.
• Xia Ping arrived, followed by Jiang Yaru and the others, and Chu Rong recognized them.
• Jiang Yaru told Chu Rong that Xia Ping had saved them and suggested finding a place to rest and treat the injured.

Xia Ping and the others took shelter in a cave, where Chu Rong explained that the Leopard Gang had attacked students and jammed communications across Beast Island. Xia Ping left alone to find the gang’s base and destroy the jammer, while the others stayed behind with the weapons they had taken.

• Chu Rong told Jiang Yaru and the others that the Leopard Gang had killed and captured students, while signal jammers prevented them from contacting their teachers.
• A bespectacled girl from Zhengde Middle School explained that the gang used signal simulators as well as jammers, making escape or outside help unlikely.
• Jiang Yaru proposed destroying the jammer at the gang’s base, and Chu Rong warned that the captured students might not survive until the teachers returned in three days.
• Xia Ping volunteered to go alone to the gang’s headquarters and said his Ten Thousand Mile Tracking Technique would help him find it.
• Xia Ping left the weapons with the group and departed before Chu Rong could stop him.

Lin Bao gathered the Leopard Gang and their captured students near a valley where three Blood-Red Fruits were about to ripen. Xia Ping found the fruits from a nearby hill and decided he wanted them, too.

• Han Shan and the other captured students regretted separating from Xia Ping as the Leopard Gang held them bound and injured.
• Lin Bao learned that Xia Ping had killed many of his men and ordered his subordinates to find and kill him.
• A gang member told Lin Bao that the Blood-Red Fruits would ripen in half an hour, and Lin Bao led the gang toward the valley to claim them.
• Xia Ping reached a nearby hill, spotted the three Blood-Red Fruits, and recognized why the Leopard Gang had come to Beast Island.
• Xia Ping learned the fruits were worth hundreds of millions of Federal Coins and decided to take them for himself.

As the Blood-Red Fruits ripened, Lin Bao’s gang used bombs and Laser Firearms to wipe out the beasts gathering around the valley. Just as Lin Bao prepared to claim the fruits, someone knocked them from the tree and caught them with a disk-shaped stone that flew back toward a nearby peak.

• Fierce beasts gathered around the valley, and Han Shan and the others watched in fear while Lin Bao waited for the Blood-Red Fruits to ripen.
• The fruits shone and released a powerful fragrance, prompting the beasts to charge toward them.
• At Lin Bao’s command, his men detonated bombs around the valley and shot down the birds of prey with Laser Firearms, driving off or killing the beasts.
• Lin Bao prepared to take the unharmed Blood-Red Fruits, but a stone struck their branch and knocked all three loose.
• A disk-shaped stone caught the falling fruits and carried them back to a nearby peak, astonishing Han Shan and the others.

Xia Ping stole all three Blood-Red Fruits from Lin Bao and escaped the Leopard Gang’s attack. Lin Bao swore to hunt him down, while Xia Ping received a flood of Hate Points from the bandits’ hatred.

• Xia Ping used the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art’s Deadly Spiral to shatter the stone disc and retrieve the three Blood-Red Fruits from a distance.
• Lin Bao recognized Xia Ping and ordered his shooters and rocket-launcher crews to bombard the peak.
• Xia Ping had already fled the peak, then used Crane Fist: Flying Crane Soaring to escape the pursuing bandits.
• Han Shan and the captured students resented Xia Ping for escaping with the fruits without rescuing them, while Lin Bao vowed to find and kill him.
• Xia Ping ran more than ten kilometers away and heard the system award him Hate Points as the Leopard Gang developed an undying hatred for him.

After scouting the Leopard Gang, Xia Ping returned to the cave and told Jiang Yaru and the others about the bandits, the Jammer, and the captured students. He then secluded himself, ate three Blood-Red Fruits, and broke through to the Martial Apprentice Eighth Heaven.

• Xia Ping learned from the system that he had 12,350 Hate Points and returned to the cave after laying traps to evade the bandits.
• Xia Ping told Jiang Yaru and the others that about twenty-three heavily armed bandits guarded the Jammer, which their powerful leader carried.
• Xia Ping revealed that the bandits had captured and tortured students, but he had not tried to rescue them because the camp was too dangerous.
• Xia Ping announced that he planned to break through and went into seclusion while Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, and the others reacted with surprise.
• Xia Ping ate three Blood-Red Fruits, refined their energy, and broke through to the Martial Apprentice Eighth Heaven.

After absorbing three Blood-Red Fruits, Xia Ping broke through to the Martial Apprentice Eighth Heaven and discovered that his strength and mental power had increased dramatically. He left the cave to test his new abilities after provoking Jiang Yaru and alarming the other students.

• Xia Ping woke after cultivating all night and found that the Blood-Red Fruits had helped him reach the Martial Apprentice Eighth Heaven, with more of their energy still stored in his body.
• Xia Ping tested his senses and found that his mental power could reach a hundred meters, then decided to test his strength.
• Xia Ping teased Jiang Yaru and made Chu Rong suspect they were involved, while Jiang Yaru angrily threw a boulder at him.
• Jiang Yaru told the awakened female students that she had thrown the boulder at a fly, and Xia Ping left the cave.