Recaps

Chen Ming awakened a C-rank Shield Guard despite his record-breaking spiritual potential, while his nearly complete charge progress hinted at an impending ability. Qin Zhixue then awakened an SS-rank Holy Radiance Angel, leaving Chen Ming’s team status and their future partnership uncertain.

• Chen Ming awakened a C-rank Shield Guard, disappointing the crowd and the director of instruction.
• Chen Ming checked his status panel and saw his charge progress was at 99.99%.
• Sun Yang encouraged Chen Ming and offered to team up with him to level up.
• Qin Zhixue awakened an SS-rank Holy Radiance Angel, stunning everyone in the hall.
• The crowd speculated Qin Zhixue would leave Chen Ming’s team, and Chen Ming saw that he was captain of the three-member Morning Light Squad.

Chen Ming considered whether to disband his team, then examined his Shield Guard stats as his long-awaited talent activated. He received a max-level SSS-rank Absolute Defense skill that reduced incoming damage to zero or one point, leaving him stunned by its power.

• Chen Ming decided to keep the team he had formed, leaving it to Qin Zhixue, Song Chuan, and Jiang Yi to quit if they wanted.
• Chen Ming checked his level-one Shield Guard stats and examined his C-rank Battle-Hardened skill.
• Chen Ming's talent activated, promising him an additional SSS-rank skill every ten levels and granting him a random max-level SSS-rank skill.
• Chen Ming claimed the reward and awakened Absolute Defense, which limited physical and mental damage according to the enemy's attributes.
• Chen Ming realized that even an enemy with far higher attributes could deal him only one point of damage per hit.

After gaining Absolute Defense, Chen Ming decided to level up alone while Sun Yang sought other teammates. Once the Grand Exam began, Jiang Yi and Song Chuan demanded that Chen Ming hand over his team-leader position and leave the squad, and he challenged them to leave themselves.

• Chen Ming realized Absolute Defense made incoming damage only 0 or 1 and told Sun Yang he would level up alone.
• The instructor announced the Alliance Grand Exam, and the graduates entered its thirty-day instance in Cloud Sea City.
• Chen Ming headed toward the Exotic Beast Forest alone after Sun Yang agreed to find temporary teammates.
• Jiang Yi and Song Chuan confronted Chen Ming and demanded he surrender the Morning Light Squad leadership and leave.
• Chen Ming refused and asked why they did not leave the team themselves.

Chen Ming rejected Song Chuan and Jiang Yi’s attempt to take over the Morning Light Squad and kicked them out instead. Qin Zhixue then invited him to team up for the Grand Exam, and Chen Ming agreed to cooperate with her later in dungeons.

• Song Chuan and Jiang Yi offered Chen Ming one gold coin to surrender the captain’s position so they could use the Morning Light Squad to approach Qin Zhixue.
• Chen Ming removed Song Chuan and Jiang Yi from the Morning Light Squad, angering them and drawing a shocked crowd.
• Song Chuan confronted Chen Ming, warned him about meeting in the wilds, and left with Jiang Yi.
• Song Chuan tried to recruit Qin Zhixue, but she ignored him and asked Chen Ming to team up instead.
• Qin Zhixue offered to help Chen Ming reach level 10 during the Grand Exam, and Chen Ming agreed to team up with her for future dungeon runs.

Chen Ming left Cloud Sea City alone and entered Breeze Jungle to test his strength against a Spike Roller Beast. After its attacks failed to hurt him, he fought back and discovered its Whirlwind Roll could not damage him either.

• Chen Ming rejected offers to team up, bought strength-enhancing equipment, and headed alone to the outskirts.
• Chen Ming entered Breeze Jungle and encountered a level-one Spike Roller Beast.
• Chen Ming let the beast attack him and confirmed its strikes caused him no damage.
• Chen Ming repeatedly slashed the Spike Roller Beast and struck its weak spot for a heavy blow.
• The Spike Roller Beast used Whirlwind Roll, but its attack still dealt Chen Ming no damage, and he laughed at how powerful his ability was.

Chen Ming hunted Spike Roller Beasts in the forest, relying on [Absolute Defense] to withstand their attacks while he fought recklessly to gain experience. After he was surrounded by three beasts, two nearby Class Changers discovered that the apparently fearless fighter was a C-rank Shield Guard.

• Chen Ming killed a Level 1 Spike Roller Beast, collected its core, and estimated he could reach Level 2 in half a day by hunting alone.
• Chen Ming continued deeper into the forest, where he encountered three Spike Roller Beasts and charged into their attack.
• Two Level 1 beasts dealt Chen Ming no damage, while a larger Level 2 beast ambushed him and stung his butt for 1 damage.
• Chen Ming focused on fighting the Level 2 beast as the other two beasts attacked him without effect.
• A nearby two-person party rushed toward the commotion to help, then slowed when they saw Chen Ming battling all three beasts without fear.
• The two Class Changers identified Chen Ming as a C-rank Shield Guard and marveled at how he faced the Level 2 beast.

Chen Ming hunted Level 2 beasts in the Breeze Jungle, relying on his immense durability to withstand their attacks and kill them. After obtaining and using a Strength Rune Stone, he reached Level 2 and resolved to reach Level 3 that day.

• Chen Ming killed a Level 2 Spike Roller Beast by repeatedly striking its weak spots while enduring its attacks, then obtained a Strength Rune Stone.
• Chen Ming used the Strength Rune Stone on his long blade, raising its Strength bonus from +4 to +5.
• Chen Ming ignored the two remaining Level 1 Spike Roller Beasts and went deeper into the jungle to hunt Level 2 beasts.
• Chen Ming spent three hours killing Level 2 beasts and reached Level 2, restoring much of his Constitution and raising Battle-Hardened to Level 2.
• Chen Ming checked his improved class panel and decided to reach Level 3 that day.

Chen Ming left the safe zone and entered the misty Beast Forest, where he fought and killed a Level Three Red Tusk Boar. He collected its beast core and a Constitution Rune Stone, and expected to reach Level Three after hunting a few more beasts.

• Chen Ming entered the dangerous valley after the beasts following him refused to cross into it.
• A Level Three Red Tusk Boar appeared, sized Chen Ming up, and charged him.
• Chen Ming let the boar's attacks hit him, took only one damage, and struck back while it was dazed.
• The boar used Crimson Blood Charge again, but Chen Ming endured the impact and attacked its hind hooves.
• Chen Ming killed the Red Tusk Boar and obtained its beast core and a Constitution Rune Stone.
• Chen Ming estimated that seven or eight Level Three beasts would give him enough experience to reach Level Three that day.

Chen Ming explored the Exotic Beast Forest, strengthened his blade, and discovered that his Absolute Defense made him immune to the Two-Headed Rattlesnake’s poison. He killed the level-4 beast and found a Dungeon Rune Stone.

• Chen Ming killed several level-3 Exotic Beasts, gained a Strength Rune Stone, and used it to raise his blade’s Strength by six.
• Chen Ming encountered a Two-Headed Rattlesnake that ambushed him and inflicted a small wound with its poison fang.
• Chen Ming waited and confirmed that the poison did not spread or cause further damage, revealing his immunity to poison.
• Chen Ming fought the Two-Headed Rattlesnake until it ran out of venom and killed it, gaining experience, a beast core, and a Dungeon Rune Stone.

Chen Ming found a Comprehensive Dungeon Rune Stone and reached level 3 after hunting beasts, then ran into Qin Zhixue on his way back from the forest. Qin Zhixue used Angel's Shelter on the team, leaving Chen Ming glowing with its attribute boost.

• Chen Ming found a Comprehensive Dungeon Rune Stone, marked a distant dungeon on his map, and decided to explore it after reaching level 5.
• Chen Ming fled from a level 5 Black-Armored Rhino after his attacks barely hurt it.
• Chen Ming defeated a level 3 Blue-Striped Weasel and reached level 3, achieving his goal for the day.
• Chen Ming met Qin Zhixue and another young woman while returning from the Beast Forest and realized his clothes had been shredded during combat.
• Qin Zhixue activated Angel's Shelter, surrounding Chen Ming with a Feather Garment and boosting the entire team's attributes by 20%.

Chen Ming learned from Qin Zhixue that reaching 20% spiritual potential could awaken a mental skill, and that Grand Exam rankings offered rare resources needed for the attempt. As the first day ended, people gathered to discuss the rankings and Qin Zhixue’s potential teams, and she returned to the city alongside Chen Ming.

• Qin Zhixue told Chen Ming that high spiritual potential could awaken mental skills and that the Grand Exam leaderboard rewards could provide the rare resources required.
• Chen Ming realized his spiritual potential was already 19% and hoped a top-three ranking would earn him a mental-skill resource.
• Class Changers returning at dusk discussed the difficulty of leveling and speculated about the first-day rankings.
• Song Chuan received praise for his S-Rank class, while Jiang Yi grew upset remembering that Qin Zhixue had chosen Chen Ming over her.
• Qin Zhixue entered the city with a young woman behind her and Chen Ming walking beside her in a radiant Feather Garment.

The first-day Grand Exam rankings were announced, revealing that Qin Zhixue and Chen Ming had reached level 3 and led the rankings as teammates. Their results stunned the crowd and left Song Chuan and other high-ranked Class Changers far below them.

• Chen Ming met Sun Yang outside the guild, where Sun Yang proudly said he had reached level 2 and Chen Ming told him he was level 3.
• The Grand Exam announced that 191 people had reached level 2 and two had reached level 3 on the first day.
• Sun Yang placed 99th in the level rankings and celebrated making the list.
• Jiang Yi placed 11th, while Song Chuan placed 6th, disappointing them both.
• The rankings revealed Wang Yan in 4th and Wu Qingyang in 5th, then listed Qin Zhixue first, Chen Ming second, and Lin Wei third.

Chen Ming placed second in the Grand Exam rankings after leveling up alone, shocking the city and surprising Qin Zhixue. He claimed his ranking rewards, equipped rare gear and enchantments, and chose a Mind Crystal as his rare resource.

• The Grand Exam rankings revealed Qin Zhixue in first place, Chen Ming in second, and Lin Wei in third, leaving the crowd stunned by Chen Ming's rise to level 3.
• Qin Zhixue and Lin Wei realized Chen Ming had leveled alone, while Sun Yang was astonished to see his friend ranked second.
• Chen Ming chose a vitality armor and agility boots from his ranking rewards, then selected Stealth and Haste enchantment books for them.
• After equipping his rewards, Chen Ming saw that his vitality had risen to 2,550 and his locked-HP limit had increased.
• Chen Ming browsed the rare resource options and found the Mind Crystal he wanted.

Chen Ming sold the beast cores he had collected during the Grand Exam and spent the proceeds on Strength Rune Stones before returning home to rest. He read reports about his exam ranking and a prophecy of rising heroes and possible contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, leaving the rumors unexplored.

• Chen Ming found a Mind Crystal among his rewards and showed it to Sun Yang.
• Chen Ming sold seventeen beast cores at the Guild, surprising the clerk with their high levels, then bought four Strength Rune Stones.
• Chen Ming returned to his home, cleaned up, ate dinner, and rested after the day's battles.
• Chen Ming read trending posts reporting that he had gained two levels and ranked second on the first day of the Grand Exam, while rumors linked him to Qin Zhixue.
• Chen Ming read Master Azure Sky's prophecy about an age of heroes and possible contact with an interstellar civilization, then noticed similar claims in other trending topics.

Chen Ming meditated through the night, hoping to raise his mental potential to 20% and awaken a mental skill. Meanwhile, Cloud Sea City’s principals learned that Jiangnan Province had only two team slots for a special assessment, and they began trying to recruit Qin Zhixue for their team.

• Chen Ming used meditation to recover his mental power and push his mental potential toward 20%.
• Cloud Sea City’s Class Changers gathered at the outskirts to level up on the second day, after 191 had reached Level 2 and two had reached Level 3 on the first day.
• A provincial Inspector asked about Chen Ming, and Principal Zhou explained that the C-Rank Shield Guard had ranked second after teaming up with Qin Zhixue.
• The Inspector announced that Jiangnan Province had only two team slots and that he would set Cloud Sea City’s assessment.
• Principals Wang and Wu urged Principal Zhou to bring Qin Zhixue into the Abyss Squad, but he rejected their overtures.

Principal Zhou revealed Chen Ming’s 19% mental potential to the Inspector, who asked where Chen Ming was. After cultivating, Chen Ming reached 20% mental potential and discovered he could awaken a mental skill, but he absorbed his Mind Crystal first and decided to seek more rare resources before awakening.

• Principals Wu and Wang urged Principal Zhou to have Qin Zhixue join an all-S-Rank team, while Zhou hoped Chen Ming’s mental talent could change their prospects.
• The Inspector heard that Chen Ming had reached 19% mental potential and asked where he was.
• Chen Ming finished cultivating and saw that his mental potential had reached 20%, unlocking a prompt to awaken a mental skill.
• Chen Ming absorbed the energy in his Mind Crystal and concluded that rare mental resources could improve the level of his awakened skill.
• Chen Ming chose to postpone awakening and turned his attention to opening his mental space.

Chen Ming reached 20% mental strength, awakening a mental space and greatly enhanced mental sensing, then arrived late to the Grand Exam's leveling grounds. Though onlookers assumed he was slacking and had been abandoned by Qin Zhixue, he headed alone toward the Exotic Beast Forest, intent on leveling quickly enough to keep his top-three ranking.

• Chen Ming opened a mental space, stored his Power Longblade inside it, and discovered that reaching 20% mental strength had dramatically enhanced his mental sensing.
• After losing the morning to training, Chen Ming arrived at the city outskirts, where onlookers mocked him for showing up late and speculated that Qin Zhixue had stopped carrying him.
• The Inspector noticed Chen Ming had already surpassed 20% mental strength, and Chen Ming briefly sensed someone watching him from a distant high-rise.
• Chen Ming left the city alone toward Breeze Jungle, prompting two people who had seen him clear it alone the previous day to realize who he was.
• Chen Ming continued beyond the safe zone along yesterday's route and resolved to level up quickly to protect his top-three ranking before the standings were finalized at 6 p.m.

Chen Ming entered Exotic Beast Forest to improve his attack power and tested his strength against a level 5 Gale Mantis. He killed it by repeatedly striking its eyes and discovered that its attacks could barely hurt him.

• Chen Ming entered Exotic Beast Forest with his equipment bonuses raising his stats, and decided he needed to improve his attack power.
• Chen Ming sensed a level 5 Gale Mantis and launched a surprise attack on its eye.
• The Gale Mantis used Blade Flash Strike, but its blows dealt only one point of damage to Chen Ming.
• Chen Ming counterattacked the Gale Mantis's eyes until it tried to flee, then cut off its head.
• Chen Ming killed the Gale Mantis and obtained its beast core and a Constitution Rune Stone.

Chen Ming hunted level 6 monsters while traveling toward the Comprehensive Dungeon, then reached level 4 after killing a Venomous Frog and a Tyrant Flower. He continued with 550 experience points remaining until his next level.

• Chen Ming equipped a Constitution Rune Stone and headed toward the Comprehensive Dungeon, aiming to reach level 5 before entering.
• Chen Ming killed four level 6 Silver-Backed Apes and collected three beast cores.
• Chen Ming found a Venomous Frog fighting a Tyrant Flower and finished off the weakened frog with one slash.
• Chen Ming fought and killed the Tyrant Flower, gaining enough experience to reach level 4.

Chen Ming reached level 5 after hunting level 7 Exotic Beasts and discovered the location of his outdoor Comprehensive Dungeon. He arrived at a vast chasm and stared into the enormous sinkhole ahead.

• Chen Ming reviewed his level 4 attributes, then drew in and killed several level 7 Exotic Beasts to gain experience.
• Chen Ming roasted a Savage Bull's leg, watched a Gold-Eating Rat and another Savage Bull fight, then killed both and reached level 5.
• Chen Ming checked the map, followed it to the dungeon location, and found a vast chasm stretching across the valley.

Chen Ming entered the Cloud Hidden Ravine Dungeon, where he found rare attribute-rich plants and began collecting and refining them. As he approached a Wind-Breath Orchid, a shadow suddenly charged at him through the mist.

• Chen Ming leaped into the sinkhole, reached the valley floor, and entered the Cloud Hidden Ravine Dungeon with a Dungeon Rune Stone.
• Chen Ming learned the dungeon required him to collect ten energy-attribute materials and kill five Treasure-Guarding Exotic Beasts within 24 hours.
• Chen Ming collected a Green Wood Sprout, Vermilion Fruit, and Thick Earth Flower, then refined the first and third to increase his attributes and stored the fruit in his spiritual space.
• Chen Ming found poisonous Heart-Connecting Grass, recognized its poison, and ate it to gain recovery attribute.
• Chen Ming spotted a Wind-Breath Orchid, but a shadow rushed at him through the mist, so he struck with his blade.

Chen Ming killed the level 7 Wind Demon in the Cloud Hidden Ravine dungeon and collected valuable loot, including a Tier 1 Crystal. With dungeon progress at 1/5 Treasure-Guarding Exotic Beasts, he continued deeper into the canyon while Class Changers elsewhere returned to Cloud Sea City after their second day of leveling.

• Chen Ming fought the Wind Demon, whose rapid wind attacks and eerie howls made it a dangerous opponent.
• Chen Ming used the Feather Boots’ Agility enchantment to outpace the Wind Demon and killed it after half a minute of attacks.
• Chen Ming obtained a level 7 Beast Core, two Agility Rune Stones, and a Tier 1 Crystal from the Wind Demon.
• Chen Ming added the Agility Rune Stones to his Feather Boots, collected the Wind-Breath Orchid, and saw that he had killed 1 of the 5 required Treasure-Guarding Exotic Beasts.
• Chen Ming continued deeper into the canyon, while Class Changers returned to the outskirts of Cloud Sea City and compared their leveling progress.

Qin Zhixue returned to Cloud Sea City and rejected Wu Qingyang’s invitation to join the Abyss Squad, insisting she already had a team. The second-day Grand Exam results showed two Class Changers had reached Level 5, leaving the crowd wondering whether Chen Ming was one of them again.

• People in Cloud Sea City discussed wild dungeon rune stones and the rewards they could offer.
• Qin Zhixue returned with Lin Wei, while onlookers talked about her no longer helping Chen Ming level up.
• Wu Qingyang invited Qin Zhixue to join the Abyss Squad and warned her about the team-based Special Assessment.
• Qin Zhixue refused the invitation, and Wang Yan blocked her while he and Wu Qingyang criticized Chen Ming as a C-Rank Class Changer.
• The second-day results announced that two Class Changers had reached Level 5, prompting the crowd to wonder if Chen Ming had done it again.

The Grand Exam rankings revealed that Chen Ming had reached Level 5 faster than Qin Zhixue and taken first place, shocking the participants and onlookers. Wang Yan accused Chen Ming of cheating and promised to report him, while Chen Ming remained missing beyond the city as the Inspector and several principals watched the commotion.

• The rankings placed Song Chuan sixth and then revealed Chen Ming in first place, ahead of Qin Zhixue despite his C-Rank Shield Guard class.
• Lin Wei noticed Wang Yan and Wu Qingyang's discomfort after Chen Ming surpassed them, and Qin Zhixue wondered whether he had awakened a mental-type skill.
• Wang Yan claimed Chen Ming must have cheated and said he would report the suspected violation to the Alliance.
• The participants learned Chen Ming had gone into Exotic Beast Forest and had not returned, intensifying their suspicions.
• The Inspector's Mechanical Crow condemned the crowd's doubts, while Third High School's principal felt embarrassed by his grandson Wang Yan's accusations.

The Grand Exam instance revealed Chen Ming’s detailed records to answer accusations that he had cheated, showing his solo kills and rapid leveling. The crowd stopped doubting his results and began wondering whether he had a hidden or dual class, while Sun Yang messaged him to ask where he was.

• The Grand Exam instance confirmed Chen Ming’s identity and queried his detailed exam information.
• The border crowd saw Chen Ming’s records from the first day, including solo kills of increasingly powerful exotic beasts, and fell silent.
• The records showed Chen Ming reached level 5 and killed a level 7 Wind Demon on the second day.
• After the screen vanished, the crowd speculated that Chen Ming had a hidden class or was a dual-class Changer.
• Sun Yang messaged Chen Ming that everyone was talking about him like a legend and asked where he was.