Chapter Summaries

Chen Ming obtained and equipped the legendary-grade Nether Eye, which boosted his mental power and granted the Spirit Exhaustion skill. His party learned that the first-tier Bone Burial Ground had dropped legendary-grade equipment, a discovery that could draw powerful Class Changers to Cloud Sea City.

• Chen Ming found the Nether Eye bound to his mental space and equipped it inside his left eye.
• Chen Ming learned that the Nether Eye increased mental power by 20% and gave him the Spirit Exhaustion skill, which reduced a target’s mental power to 1 for a short time.
• Chen Ming enhanced the Nether Eye with 50 Spirit Rune Stones, raising his maximum mental attribute to 2180.
• Sun Yang saw the dungeon notification that Chen Ming had obtained legendary-grade equipment and excitedly told Lin Wei and Qin Zhixue.
• Lin Wei and Qin Zhixue confirmed the first-tier Bone Burial Ground had dropped the Nether Eye and realized the news could attract advanced Class Changers to Cloud Sea City.

After claiming the Legendary [Nether Eye], Chen Ming continued the Soul Suppression Trial beyond the instance’s rules and defeated its seventh and eighth layers. With only a few Spirit Power points lost, he watched the Pitch-Black Tower absorb every Nether Shadow in the Bone Land, leaving the mechanism’s next move unknown.

• Chen Ming examined the [Nether Eye] and recognized its Spirit Power depletion skill as especially useful against Class Changers.
• Chen Ming chose to continue the trial after learning that the mysterious instance had ended its highest difficulty and the Pitch-Black Tower would oversee the remaining layers.
• The Pitch-Black Tower replaced the instance rules, and Chen Ming endured the million Nether Shadows’ assault to clear the seventh layer.
• Every skeleton in the Bone Land rose into a colossal Spirit Power tide, but Chen Ming survived its assault and cleared the eighth layer.
• The Pitch-Black Tower absorbed all the Nether Shadows and illuminated the Underground World, prompting Chen Ming to say that the mechanism had kicked in.

Chen Ming completed the ninth layer of Soul Suppression and discovered that the Bone Burial Ground had become a miniature world inside his Nether Eye equipment. He emerged from the Demon Cave as a quake shook the wasteland and Cloud Sea City, leaving his companions relieved but himself stunned by his discovery.

• A one-meter black skull formed from the Underground World's eerie glow and brushed past Chen Ming, dealing mental damage and establishing a connection with him.
• The skull merged into the Pitch-Black Tower, completing the ninth layer of Soul Suppression and transferring their mental connection to the tower.
• Outside the Demon Cave, Sun Yang, Qin Zhixue, and Lin Wei worried that Chen Ming might have died or become trapped, and Qin Zhixue prepared to enter.
• A powerful earthquake shook the wasteland, the Exotic Beast Forest, and all of Cloud Sea City before Chen Ming appeared at the Demon Cave's exit.
• Chen Ming realized the Bone Burial Ground had vanished from the Underground World and now existed as a miniature world inside his Nether Eye, containing tens of millions of corpses and the Pitch-Black Tower.
• Chen Ming discovered that the entire Bone Burial Ground was one enormous skull.

Chen Ming discovered that the Pitch-Black Tower could summon Bone Demons and learned he could command nearly five million of them. He gathered the Sorrowful Bone Tears needed to clear the Fusion Dungeon, and the tower shuddered when he compared the flowers’ mental damage to the Nine-Layer Soul Suppression.

• Chen Ming used the Pitch-Black Tower to summon a level-one Bone Demon, which stood obediently beside him before returning through the Nether Gate.
• Chen Ming realized the tower could summon nearly five million Bone Demons at no cost, though their level could not exceed his own.
• Chen Ming went to the Grave Flowers and plucked their Sorrowful Bone Tears, taking mental damage as he collected exactly one hundred.
• Chen Ming checked his mental power and remarked that plucking the tears had hurt him more than the Nine-Layer Soul Suppression, making the Pitch-Black Tower shudder.

Chen Ming and his team cleared the Fusion Dungeon with a Legendary rating, earning rewards and leveling up before the Day 4 Grand Exam results were announced. The Morning Light Squad held first, second, third, and sixth place on the leaderboard.

• Chen Ming collected the final Sorrowful Bone Tear, ending the Fusion Dungeon and returning the team to the boundary of the Exotic Beast Forest and wasteland.
• Chen Ming received a Legendary rating, 120 dungeon points, 4,000 experience, 100 Tier 1 Crystals, and a Resurrection Bone Spirit, then reached level 8.
• Qin Zhixue and Lin Wei reached level 7, while Sun Yang reached level 6; the teammates declined Chen Ming's offer to share the Sorrowful Bone Tears.
• Chen Ming showed the team 100 rare resources, and the Grand Exam Day 4 results placed Chen Ming first, Qin Zhixue second, Lin Wei third, and Sun Yang sixth.

Chen Ming and his companions returned from the dungeon after gaining levels and rare rewards, while Qin Zhixue told her grandfather she wanted to become a support. Sun Yang reached Level 6 and stunned Cloud Sea City's onlookers by saying he had gained three levels just by watching Chen Ming fight.

• Qin Zhixue and Chen Ming killed a Crimson Flame Lizard, allowing Qin Zhixue to reach Level 8 as Chen Ming reviewed his gains and considered which skill to awaken at Level 10.
• Qin Zhixue and Lin Wei met the Angel Old Man in the wilderness, where he confronted Qin Zhixue about wanting to take the support path.
• Sun Yang parted from Chen Ming and headed toward the guild to buy Agility Rune Stones, deciding to focus on speed as an agile support.
• People in Cloud Sea City recognized Sun Yang as the day's sixth-ranked player after he reached Level 6, and he said he had gained three levels by watching the dungeon battles.

Chen Ming cultivated his mental power overnight and increased his mental potential to 21%. The next morning, Cloud Sea City gathered to watch Morning Light Squad and Abyss Squad compete for the chance to advance, and the match began under the Inspector’s supervision.

• Chen Ming meditated and broke through to 21% mental potential.
• Cloud Sea City’s residents gathered to watch the team battle between Morning Light Squad and Abyss Squad.
• The crowd debated which squad would win and placed bets on the match.
• The Inspector’s Mechanical Crow appeared and projected the event across a giant light screen.
• Chen Ming and Wang Yan led their squads onto the platform as the Mechanical Crow announced that the contestants must avoid taking lives.

The Abyss Squad began its planned assault on Chen Ming, using four members to surround him while their rock-armored guard blocked Qin Zhixue. The chapter left the teams mid-battle, with the Abyss Squad trying to bring down Chen Ming before his power could build.

• Sun Yang asked Chen Ming about tactics, and Chen Ming told him to join in if he wanted to fight.
• Wang Yan reminded Song Chuan of his task: use Golden-Horned Pangolin Beast essence blood to gain armor-piercing power and break Chen Ming's defense.
• The match began, and Chen Ming advanced with his flaming longsword drawn.
• Wang Yan ordered the Abyss Squad to attack, sending four members after Chen Ming while Luo Bing blocked Qin Zhixue.
• Qin Zhixue recognized that the Abyss Squad meant to keep her from supporting Chen Ming, though Chen Ming did not need her help.

Abyss Squad launched coordinated attacks against Chen Ming, but his Absolute Defense reduced every hit to zero. When Song Chuan charged, Chen Ming used Spirit Exhaustion to drain his spiritual power, leaving him staggering toward Chen Ming, who sidestepped to avoid the embarrassing collision.

• Wang Yan and the Gale Archer attacked Chen Ming from both sides, but all their attacks dealt zero damage.
• Wang Yan realized Abyss Squad could not break Chen Ming's defense and relied on Song Chuan to turn the fight around.
• Chen Ming used Nether Eye's Spirit Exhaustion on Song Chuan as he charged.
• Song Chuan's spiritual power ran dry, his skill failed, and he fainted while continuing forward in a crooked stumble.
• Chen Ming sidestepped Song Chuan's comical charge as the crowd watched in silence.

Song Chuan lost control during the match, charged Chen Ming, and fell off the platform, while the Inspector revealed that beast blood essence was behind his behavior. As Chen Ming advanced on the Abyss Squad, Wang Yan offered him any amount of gold to buy a place on the team and join the Alliance’s favored generation.

• Song Chuan regained consciousness after falling from the platform, realized the crowd had seen his disgrace, and fainted again in anger.
• Principal Zhou recognized Chen Ming’s legendary equipment, while the Inspector told Principals Wang and Wu that Song Chuan had consumed high-level beast blood essence.
• Chen Ming declared the Abyss Squad’s time was nearly up and walked toward them with Pale Flame surrounding him.
• Wang Yan offered Chen Ming any amount of gold to buy the Abyss Squad’s open spot, hoping to join the generation the Alliance planned to cultivate.

Wang Yan tried to recruit Chen Ming after his plan to defeat him failed, but Chen Ming ignored the offer and attacked the Abyss Squad. His armor-piercing ability overwhelmed the Gale Archer, and he turned to face Wang Yan.

• Wang Yan planned to have Chen Ming and Qin Zhixue join the Abyss Squad so he could protect his own future and avoid the Inspector's scrutiny.
• Chen Ming rejected Wang Yan's offer and struck the Gale Archer, whose defenses were then completely bypassed by Chen Ming's 100% Armor Piercing.
• Chen Ming caught up to the Gale Archer and dealt increasingly powerful blows while the archer's wind arrows inflicted no damage.
• Chen Ming left the badly injured Gale Archer and advanced on Wang Yan, whose dark elemental attack also dealt no damage.
• Wang Yan attacked Chen Ming and briefly thought Chen Ming's damage had decreased, but Chen Ming's 100% Armor Piercing activated against him.

Chen Ming overwhelmed Wang Yan, shattered his epic-grade constitution equipment, and forced him to surrender. Wu Qingyang surrendered as well, leaving the rock-armored guard to realize the fight was already over.

• Chen Ming stripped away Wang Yan's defense and sent him flying with a slash that shattered his epic-grade constitution equipment.
• As Chen Ming pressed his attack, Wang Yan surrendered before the next blade strike could hit him.
• Chen Ming lowered his blade, and Wu Qingyang surrendered after seeing Wang Yan defeated and Chen Ming look his way.
• The A-rank rock-armored guard, distracted by watching Qin Zhixue, realized his teammates had lost when Sun Yang told him they had all fallen.

Chen Ming’s Morning Light Squad crushed Abyss Squad, securing Cloud Sea City’s place in the Provincial Selection. As other cities mocked Chen Ming and his team online, a gigantic mechanical creature flew toward the Exotic Beast Forest.

• Chen Ming defeated Abyss Squad after only five swings, and Principal Zhou announced Morning Light Squad’s victory.
• Inspector Lin congratulated Chen Ming, Qin Zhixue, Lin Wei, and Sun Yang and prepared to lead them to the Provincial Selection.
• Cloud Sea City listed Morning Light Squad as its top team, and Class-Changers from other cities mocked Chen Ming’s rank and lineup.
• Cloud Sea City residents stayed quiet about Chen Ming’s records, confident that the other cities would soon see his strength for themselves.
• A gigantic mechanical creature took flight from a high-rise and headed toward the Exotic Beast Forest.

Morning Light Squad learned that the Provincial Selection would give the Alliance a chance to identify and heavily cultivate ten promising teams. Inspector Lin revealed that rising energy tides had prompted the Alliance to prepare for a new era by breaking through the Exotic Beast Forest.

• Inspector Lin took Chen Ming, Sun Yang, Qin Zhixue, and Lin Wei aboard a Mechanical Crow bound for Abyss-Border City, where top teams from other cities would gather.
• Inspector Lin explained that his Mechanical Crow carried his consciousness and that he used it to speak because a cursed injury had damaged his voice.
• Inspector Lin showed Morning Light Squad a list of ten slots for teams the Alliance planned to nurture, with Purple Firmament Team and Yuqing Team already listed.
• Inspector Lin said provincial figures would arrange for every city's top team to reach Level 10, and he urged Morning Light Squad to seize the opportunity.
• Inspector Lin revealed that the Alliance intended to use the rising energy tides to end the era of exotic beasts and expand beyond the Exotic Beast Forest.

Inspector Lin revealed that the Pale Moon Wolf King had been gathering a Saint Grade resource, which Chen Ming had secretly taken, and concluded that Chen Ming had absorbed it. As the Morning Light Squad traveled into the wilderness, Chen Ming learned the Special Assessment could lead to teams being reorganized, and they arrived at Abyss-Border City.

• Inspector Lin told Chen Ming and Sun Yang that the Level 49 Pale Moon Wolf King had used a rare heavenly radiance to gather resources for a breakthrough to Saint Beast.
• Inspector Lin hinted that someone had stolen the Wolf King's Saint Grade resource, and Chen Ming privately realized it was the [Azure Flame True Core] in his spiritual space.
• Inspector Lin suspected Chen Ming had absorbed the resource and awakened a spiritual skill, but warned him to keep it hidden and did not expose him.
• Inspector Lin explained that the Provincial Selection could reorganize teams and that Chen Ming would need to prove his potential to secure a place for his squad.
• Chen Ming and the other Morning Light Squad members traveled into the depths of the Exotic Beast Forest, where Mechanical Crow blasted attacking flying beasts.
• The Morning Light Squad crossed the wilderness and arrived at Abyss-Border City.

Chen Ming and the Morning Light Squad arrived in Abyss-Border City, where Inspector Lin explained the dangerous but resource-rich Abyss outside its walls. At the provincial assessment gathering, the squad’s unusual mix of ranks drew attention, and SS-Rank Lu Shan approached Qin Zhixue.

• Chen Ming saw the immense, battle-scarred walls of Abyss-Border City and learned from Inspector Lin that the nearby Abyss was both dangerous and rich in resources.
• Aerial defense personnel verified the group’s identities before Inspector Lin brought the Morning Light Squad into the city.
• The Morning Light Squad landed at a wasteland gathering place and drew attention because its SS-Rank member was teamed with B- and C-Rank members.
• Inspector Lin reunited with Inspector Jiang Cheng, who questioned the squad’s unusual rank composition, but Inspector Lin gave no further explanation.
• Lu Shan introduced himself to Qin Zhixue as an SS-Rank Golden Steel Martial Venerable, and Sun Yang introduced himself and Chen Ming before asking Lu Shan what he wanted.

Lu Shan tried to recruit Qin Zhixue into his team, but Chen Ming confronted him for poaching a Morning Light Squad member. Lu Shan used his SS-Rank presence to pressure Chen Ming, only to collapse to his knees after Chen Ming activated Nether Eye’s Spirit Exhaustion.

• Lu Shan invited Qin Zhixue to join his team of three S-Ranks and two SS-Ranks, and insulted her current teammates.
• Chen Ming stepped in and challenged Lu Shan for trying to poach his squad member.
• Lu Shan advanced on Chen Ming and released oppressive metal-element energy, while onlookers expected Chen Ming to be overwhelmed.
• Chen Ming remained unaffected, activated Nether Eye’s Spirit Exhaustion, and caused Lu Shan to drop to his knees.

Lu Shan repeatedly collapsed to his knees before Chen Ming after his mental power was drained, while the crowd watched in confusion. City Lord Xia arrived for the Provincial Selection and praised Qin Zhixue, then turned his attention to the still-kneeling Lu Shan.

• Chen Ming watched as Lu Shan's strength vanished and Lu Shan fell to his knees.
• Lu Shan recovered and tried to stand, but he was forced to his knees again.
• City Lord Xia appeared above the Wasteland, and the high-ranking Class Changers greeted him as Jiangnan Province's Saint Grade City Lord.
• City Lord Xia noted that sixty-one S-rank Class-Changers and two SS-rank Class-Changers had awakened this year.
• City Lord Xia praised Qin Zhixue's Holy Radiance Angel class and her humble attitude.
• City Lord Xia named Lu Shan's Golden Steel Martial Venerable class, and the crowd noticed Lu Shan was still kneeling.

City Lord Xia created a dungeon to help the Class-Changers level up, while Chen Ming revealed that he had forced Lu Shan to kneel. The chapter ended with the competitors learning the dungeon’s rules and discovering that it held a thousand helpless Level 20 exotic beasts.

• City Lord Xia asked Chen Ming to stop tormenting Lu Shan, and Chen Ming obeyed, shocking the gathered Class-Changers.
• Lu Shan recovered, but City Lord Xia warned him that what was too rigid could easily break, leaving Lu Shan to thank him despite his grievance.
• City Lord Xia created a dungeon with rules that divided experience among team members and stopped their gains at Level 10.
• City Lord Xia revealed that the dungeon contained a thousand grievously wounded Level 20 exotic beasts, and teams would compete by how quickly every member reached Level 10.

City Lord Xia announced that the Provincial Selection would take place in the Abyss, where teams could gather resources to awaken skills, and began the dungeon competition. Chen Ming led the Morning Light Squad into the dungeon and found a restrained Level 20 Azure Mammoth.

• City Lord Xia revealed that higher-ranking teams would receive better positions in the Abyss and said the contestants would enter at Level 10 to seek awakening resources.
• City Lord Xia produced Dungeon Rune Stones and started the competition, sending twenty-three teams into dungeons to face Level 20 beasts.
• Lu Shan vowed to take first place and prove himself after his earlier humiliation.
• Inspectors Jiang and Lin discussed Chen Ming's legendary equipment before City Lord Xia asked what made Chen Ming special.
• Chen Ming led Sun Yang and the other Morning Light Squad members into their dungeon, where they encountered a gigantic, immobilized Azure Mammoth.