Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “Entering the Tower”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Students gather outside the Ten Thousand Demons Tower, preparing to challenge it in teams.
• The crowd is shocked when Ling Zhan enters the tower alone, without teammates.
• Ling Zhan’s solo challenge quickly becomes the center of attention because of his first-place performance in the previous day’s white-tier assessment.
• Brean Aixi, a wealthy Holy Knights student and relative of Ophiviel, arrives with four powerful attendants. After learning that Ling Zhan has entered the tower, Brean mocks him for seeking attention and predicts that he will fail around the third or fifth floor.
• The crowd agrees, believing soloing the tower is nearly impossible because:
  • Each floor must be cleared consecutively without rest.
  • The tower’s Killing Intent reduces all attributes by 50%.
  • Teams normally rely on support, defensive, and damage-dealing roles.
• Inside the tower, Ling Zhan receives a Return Scroll and enters the first floor, where he faces a level 80 Steel Demon Soldier.
• The Steel Demon Soldier breaks free from its chains and charges at Ling Zhan with overwhelming killing intent.
• Despite the monster’s intimidating aura, Ling Zhan remains completely calm and unaffected.

Character Developments

• Ling Zhan: Demonstrates extreme confidence and mental composure by entering the tower alone. His lack of fear suggests that his abilities and previous victories may have greatly exceeded the crowd’s expectations.
• Brean Aixi: Revealed as arrogant, status-conscious, and hostile toward Ling Zhan, partly because Ling Zhan defeated or surpassed his cousin Ophiviel in the previous assessment. He relies on his family’s influence and attendants, contrasting sharply with Ling Zhan’s independence.
• The Crowd: Their admiration for Ling Zhan is mixed with skepticism and anticipation of his failure. They underestimate him based on the tower’s difficulty and the necessity of teamwork.

Significant Themes

• Individual strength versus teamwork: The chapter questions whether a single powerful individual can overcome challenges designed for coordinated groups.
• Confidence versus arrogance: Ling Zhan’s calm determination contrasts with Brean’s boastful criticism and the crowd’s eagerness to see him fail.
• Public judgment and reputation: Ling Zhan’s previous achievement has made him famous, but it also attracts envy, scrutiny, and hostility.
• Mental fortitude: The tower’s killing aura is designed to inspire fear, yet Ling Zhan’s complete composure establishes his exceptional willpower.

Character Interactions

• The Student Council guard addresses the assembled challengers and oversees entry into the tower.
• The crowd reacts with surprise and debate when Ling Zhan enters alone.
• Brean’s followers flatter him by echoing his criticism of Ling Zhan, while Brean openly ridicules Ling Zhan’s challenge.
• Ling Zhan has no direct interaction with the spectators in this chapter, but his actions provoke widespread discussion.
• His first confrontation inside the tower is with the Steel Demon Soldier, whose violent attack sets up the chapter’s impending battle.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Zhan, using his SS-rank Appraisal Eye, analyzes a level 80 Steel Demon Soldier, revealing its immense strength and high defenses.
• Ling Zhan summons a Star-Moon Piercing Slaughter Spear, a top-grade spirit weapon, to combat the Steel Demon Soldier.
• He uses the spear's Unstoppable talent to reduce the demon soldier's defenses by 80%, then silences it with a 15-second silence spell.
• Ling Zhan swiftly defeats the Steel Demon Soldier in less than 10 seconds, demonstrating his formidable power.

Character Developments

• Ling Zhan showcases his immense strength and versatility as a Jobless Freelancer, proving that he's not just a support character.
• Breian, a rival character, expresses disdain for Ling Zhan's accomplishment, hinting at his own ambition and insecurity.

Significant Themes

• The power of unique weapons and skills.
• The importance of versatility and adaptability in combat.
• The theme of underestimation and proving oneself against expectations.

Character Interactions

• Ling Zhan's actions impress and shock the audience, including the blue-rank students from the Holy Knights.
• Breian and his sycophants dismiss Ling Zhan's achievement, setting up a potential rivalry or conflict.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Zhan, using the Myriad Transformer, copies the Star-Moon Piercing Slaughter Spear, enhancing its attributes by 200%.
• He encounters a Steel Demon Soldier on the first floor and a Life Demon Soldier on the second floor, both of which he defeats instantly.
• The Life Demon Soldier's powerful healing ability is suppressed by Ling Zhan's black flames, leading to its death in just two seconds.

Character Developments

• Ling Zhan demonstrates his formidable strength and skill, instantly defeating powerful Demon Soldiers.
• Breian, initially contemptuous, becomes silent and resentful as he realizes Ling Zhan's capabilities.

Significant Themes

• The power of Ling Zhan's Myriad Transformer and his black flames, which suppress healing and regeneration.
• The underestimation of Ling Zhan's abilities by others, leading to their shock and awe.

Character Interactions

• Ling Zhan faces off against the Demon Soldiers, showcasing his prowess.
• Breian and the crowd initially mock Ling Zhan but become silent and shocked as he continues to defeat enemies instantly.
• Breian's frustration and resentment grow as Ling Zhan's achievements become more impressive.

Chapter Summary: “Instant Kill! Myriad-Blade Demon Soldier”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Zhan continues his solo climb through the Ten Thousand Demons Tower, astonishing spectators by defeating every demon soldier almost instantly.
• On the third floor, he faces the poison-based Crimson Venom Demon Soldier. Instead of resisting its venom, Ling Zhan uses a powerful dispel skill that removes all of the demon’s toxic effects, stripping away most of its offensive power. He then kills it immediately.
• On the fourth floor, the Frost Demon Soldier transforms the battlefield into an icy domain. Ling Zhan counters with an endless stream of enhanced SS-rank Fireball Techniques, turning the frozen area into a sea of flames and destroying the demon soldier.
• On the fifth floor, he defeats the Devouring Demon Soldier by continuously feeding it magical energy. The demon absorbs too much power, explodes, and dies before Ling Zhan’s mana is depleted.
• On the sixth floor, the Cursed Demon Soldier sacrifices half its life to cast a powerful curse that reduces Ling Zhan’s health by 80%. However, his extraordinary regeneration restores him to full health without any healing skill. He then kills the demon by piercing its heart with a halberd.
• Ling Zhan clears the seventh through tenth floors, defeating every opponent in under thirty seconds.
• On the tenth floor, he encounters the level 110 Myriad-Blade Demon Soldier, a highly dangerous enemy capable of transforming its body into any weapon, exploiting combat openings, and inflicting Heavy Injury or instant death. The chapter ends as the battle with this formidable opponent is about to begin.

Character Developments

• Ling Zhan demonstrates increasing versatility and overwhelming combat adaptability. He defeats each demon by identifying its central strength and countering it with an unexpected ability.
• His immense regeneration is revealed to come from several sources: his S-rank Undying Body talent, powerful physique, high Constitution, the Lord of Ten Thousand Demons bloodline, and years of disciplined physical training.
• The spectators’ attitude toward Ling Zhan changes dramatically. Their earlier mockery and doubt disappear as his repeated victories prove that the “Jobless Freelancer” is genuinely terrifyingly powerful.
• Breian, previously confident enough to ridicule Ling Zhan, is now silenced and no longer dares to provoke him.

Significant Themes

• Adaptability over specialization: Ling Zhan succeeds not merely through raw strength but by using the precise counter to each enemy’s ability.
• The value of preparation and persistence: His regenerative power and physical strength reflect the benefits of long-term discipline and seemingly minor daily efforts.
• Defying expectations: Ling Zhan overturns everyone’s assumptions about the limitations of a Jobless Freelancer.
• Spectacle and changing perception: His performance shifts the crowd from disbelief and ridicule to awe and fear.
• Overwhelming confidence versus true danger: Although Ling Zhan has dominated the tower so far, the Myriad-Blade Demon Soldier represents a more serious challenge because of its skill, durability, and ability to punish even the smallest mistake.

Character Interactions

• Ling Zhan has no direct conversation with the spectators, but his successive victories communicate his superiority more powerfully than words.
• The onlookers react with shock and disbelief to each new feat, especially his use of dispel magic, his enhanced Fireball Technique, and his effortless self-healing.
• The crowd’s reactions evolve from mocking skepticism to stunned admiration and intense anticipation as they watch his “personal exhibition match.”
• Breian’s silent retreat from mockery highlights the reversal in social power between him and Ling Zhan.
• The chapter closes with the spectators focused on the impending confrontation between Ling Zhan and the Myriad-Blade Demon Soldier, whose reputation suggests that this floor may finally test him.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Zhan, a Jobless Freelancer, faces a level 110 Myriad-Blade Demon Soldier alone.
• The Demon Soldier mocks Ling Zhan, who remains calm and unfazed.
• Ling Zhan copies the Demon Soldier's weapon, a Crimson Flame Battle Blade, using his sacred artifact, the Myriad Transformer.
• The Demon Soldier attacks, moving incredibly fast. Ling Zhan blocks the first strike but is targeted by a second, tricky attack.
• Ling Zhan avoids the second attack by taking a single, precise step to the right.

Character Developments

• Ling Zhan demonstrates exceptional calm, composure, and reflexes under pressure.
• The Myriad-Blade Demon Soldier shows its formidable speed, strength, and combat prowess.

Significant Themes

• The power of adaptability and versatility, represented by Ling Zhan's Myriad Transformer.
• The importance of composure and quick reflexes in combat.
• The pride and insult of the Myriad-Blade Demon Soldier, driving its intense fighting spirit.

Character Interactions

• Ling Zhan and the Myriad-Blade Demon Soldier engage in a tense, high-stakes battle of skill and reflexes.
• The spectators outside watch in awe and tension, reacting to Ling Zhan's daring moves and the Demon Soldier's formidable attacks.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Zhan, a Jobless Freelancer, fights a level 110 Myriad-Blade Demon Soldier in the Ten Thousand Demons Tower.
• Despite being suppressed by the environment and outmatched in level and strength, Ling Zhan defeats the demon soldier.
• Ling Zhan uses a combination of skills and strategic thinking to outmaneuver and defeat the demon soldier.

Character Developments

• Ling Zhan demonstrates exceptional combat skills, quick thinking, and strategic prowess.
• The Myriad-Blade Demon Soldier shows formidable combat techniques but underestimates Ling Zhan.

Significant Themes

• The importance of strategy and adaptability in combat.
• The dangers of underestimating one's opponent.
• The role of environment in affecting combat capabilities.

Character Interactions

• Ling Zhan vs. Myriad-Blade Demon Soldier: A tense and strategic battle where Ling Zhan outsmarts and defeats the demon soldier.
• Ling Zhan's actions impress the audience, including Breian, who admits he couldn't defeat the demon soldier under the same conditions.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Zhan, a Jobless Freelancer, defeats a level 110 Myriad-Blade Demon Soldier in one strike using his Crimson Flame Battle Blade.
• Breian, a noble, witnesses Ling Zhan's strength and considers recruiting him due to his potential.
• Ling Zhan enters the eleventh floor of the Ten Thousand Demons Tower, indicating he plans to continue his challenge.

Character Developments

• Ling Zhan: Proves his strength and potential, attracting the attention of nobles. His methods and skills are comprehensive and powerful, exceeding expectations.
• Breian: Recognizes Ling Zhan's potential and considers recruiting him, seeing him as a valuable asset for his family's future struggles.

Significant Themes

• The strength of Jobless Freelancers: Ling Zhan's journey challenges the notion that Jobless Freelancers become more useless as they progress.
• Potential and recruitment: Breian's interest in Ling Zhan highlights the value of potential and the desire to recruit powerful individuals.

Character Interactions

• Ling Zhan vs. Myriad-Blade Demon Soldier: Ling Zhan's battle showcases his skills and strength, leaving the demon soldier and spectators in awe.
• Breian and his guard: Breian considers recruiting Ling Zhan, and his guard suggests making Ling Zhan his loyal servant through a soul contract.

Chapter Summary:

Darkmoon Demon Soldier

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Zhan, the level 100 Jobless Freelancer, chooses to continue beyond the tenth floor of the Ten Thousand Demons Tower and enters the eleventh floor.
• Spectators are shocked because the eleventh floor marks the appearance of high-level demon soldiers, beginning with enemies at level 121. Most students are unable to challenge these floors alone.
• The eleventh-floor guardian is revealed to be a Darkmoon Demon Soldier, a spatially gifted demon soldier known for its mobility, evasiveness, and difficulty in landing a decisive attack.
• Upon entering, Ling Zhan receives a warning that a Return Scroll has been placed in his inventory, though using it requires uninterrupted casting time.
• Ling discovers that the room is dominated by a massive dark moon emitting the Ten Thousand Demons’ Killing Intent and powerful spatial fluctuations.
• Using his SS-rank Appraisal Eye, Ling identifies the guardian’s level, attributes, and skills:
  • Level 121
  • 500,000 in each of its four attributes
  • Spatial Traversal, Spatial Severing, Spatial Compression, and Create Space
• The dark moon transforms into a gigantic, dark-skinned demon soldier, confirming the spectators’ fears.
• The chapter ends as Ling faces the Darkmoon Demon Soldier; the actual battle has not yet begun.

2. Character Developments

• Ling Zhan: Continues to display confidence and composure despite entering territory considered dangerous even for experienced students. His decision to solo the tower highlights his immense strength, independence, and desire to claim all experience and academy rewards for himself.
• Spectators and Students: Their opinions shift from believing Ling is reckless to recognizing that he may still be concealing considerable strength. His earlier instant victories have earned him cautious respect.
• Darkmoon Demon Soldier: Introduced as a powerful and highly evasive opponent whose spatial abilities make it fundamentally different from the lower-floor demon soldiers.

3. Significant Themes

• Confidence versus recklessness: Ling’s choice to advance appears suicidal to many, but his previous performance suggests calculated confidence rather than arrogance.
• The advantages and costs of independence: Soloing allows Ling to monopolize experience and rewards, but removes the support and coordination available in a party.
• Power hierarchy: The chapter emphasizes the enormous difference between demon-soldier ranks. Even a one-level increase from an intermediate demon soldier to a high-level one represents a dramatic rise in strength.
• Escalating challenge: The tower’s floors correspond to increasingly powerful student ranks, with the upper floors reportedly containing Demon Emperors and even Ten Thousand Demon Venerables.
• Spatial power and control: The Darkmoon Demon Soldier’s abilities establish space itself as the central threat of the upcoming battle.

4. Character Interactions

• The spectators debate whether Ling can survive the eleventh floor, with experienced students sharing their earlier failures against the Darkmoon Demon Soldier.
• Their discussion contrasts the demon soldier’s spatial mobility with the confined environment of the tower, where escape and evasion become even more difficult.
• Ling does not directly interact with the spectators, but their commentary frames the danger of his challenge and builds anticipation for his confrontation with the guardian.
• Ling and the Darkmoon Demon Soldier finally confront one another, with Ling analyzing the monster before it fully reveals its combat form.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Zhan, after a single day, rises from one star to nine-star White-tier student, the fastest in recent years.
• To become a Blue-tier student, he needs to reach level 120 and pass an examination with the Holy Knights, but breaking through the 14th floor of the Ten Thousand Demons Tower will grant him instant fame and an invitation to join the Holy Knights.
• Ling Zhan faces a Darkmoon Demon Soldier on the 14th floor. The soldier uses its signature move to create a new space, blocking the camera feed.
• Inside the new space, the Darkmoon Demon Soldier attacks Ling Zhan, but he uses an illusion spell to deceive and defeat the soldier.

Character Developments

• Ling Zhan demonstrates his calm and composed demeanor under pressure, showing no fear or panic despite the soldier's powerful spatial abilities.
• The Darkmoon Demon Soldier initially underestimates Ling Zhan but becomes enraged and humiliated when he remains indifferent to its threats.

Significant Themes

• The power of illusion and deception in combat.
• The importance of maintaining composure and confidence in the face of adversity.
• The dangers of underestimating one's opponents.

Character Interactions

• Ling Zhan and the Darkmoon Demon Soldier engage in a battle of wits and strength, with Ling Zhan ultimately outsmarting the soldier.
• The students watching outside the tower discuss Ling Zhan's progress and the challenges he faces.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Zhan faces a Darkmoon Demon Soldier (level 121) on the eleventh floor.
• He uses his S-rank innate talent, Ten Thousand Demons' Eye, to control and charm the demon soldier, creating an illusion that leads to its defeat.
• Ling Zhan advances to the twelfth floor, facing a Decay Demon Soldier (level 125), and the scene goes black again, indicating another instant kill.

Character Developments

• Ling Zhan demonstrates his immense power, crushing the demon soldiers despite being only level 100.
• Breian of the Aixi Family becomes interested in recruiting Ling Zhan as a trusted confidant.

Significant Themes

• The power of illusions and the mind over reality.
• The suppression of the Ten Thousand Demons Race by the Lord of Ten Thousand Demons' bloodline.

Character Interactions

• Ling Zhan and the Darkmoon Demon Soldier: Ling Zhan's illusions completely control and defeat the demon soldier.
• Breian and Ling Zhan: Breian plans to recruit Ling Zhan as a trusted confidant, considering his immense strength.

Chapter Summary

Ling Zhan advances to the thirteenth floor of the Demon Tower, where he encounters a level-130 Beast-Taming Demon Soldier. As with the previous battle, the footage abruptly turns black because Ling Zhan uses his Spatial Sovereign talent to conceal the tower’s interior and prevent others from seeing his abilities. Observers gradually realize that he is deliberately hiding his trump cards to avoid attracting unwanted attention in the unfamiliar Holy Continent.
The Beast-Taming Demon Soldier possesses a powerful ability similar to a Beast Tamer’s Life Bond. It can summon large numbers of demonic beasts and, if the opponent’s level and attributes are lower, forcibly turn their pets against them, claiming them as its own and corrupting them with the Myriad Demons Bloodline. It summons vicious creatures such as Nine-Headed Demon-Eating Hounds, Venomous Demon Spiders, Demon Scorpions, and Three-Headed Demon Serpents.
Rather than being intimidated, Ling Zhan counters by summoning his own Contract Spirits. The demon soldier initially assumes that it can seize them, but it is stunned when every spirit is appraised as SS-rank. These are ordinary beginner spirits—such as Thorn Flower Demons, Little Demon Scorpions, Slimes, Winged Tigers, and Goblin Archers—that have been transformed by Ling Zhan’s abilities into extraordinarily powerful creatures. For example, the Thorn Flower Demon has evolved into a far stronger entity resembling a “Thorn Queen,” gaining numerous S-rank skills and additional talents.
The Beast-Taming Demon Soldier’s control technique fails completely. Instead of turning Ling Zhan’s spirits against him, it only enrages them. His Contract Spirits overwhelm and slaughter the demon soldier’s summoned beasts, eventually killing and devouring the soldier itself.
The chapter also briefly recalls Ling Zhan’s victory over the Decay Demon Soldier on the previous floor. He controlled it with the Ten Thousand Demons’ Eye and killed it by piercing its heart with the SS-rank Dispel Holy Spear, using additional skills only when necessary.
On the fourteenth floor, Ling Zhan encounters a level-135 Undead Demon Soldier. This enemy commands undead creatures, including Ten Thousand Demons Corpse Kings, Undead Demon Skeletons, and Demon Corpse Cavalry. The chapter ends as the Undead Demon Soldier immediately orders its entire undead army to attack him.

Character Development and Interactions

• Ling Zhan continues to display caution, tactical intelligence, and overwhelming power. He deliberately hides his battles while revealing only enough of his abilities to defeat each opponent efficiently.
• His Contract Spirits demonstrate that they are not merely summoned creatures but exceptionally powerful partners capable of independent, brutal combat.
• The Beast-Taming Demon Soldier shifts from complete confidence to shock and desperation when its control ability fails against Ling Zhan’s SS-rank spirits.
• The spectators’ reactions develop from confusion and suspicion to understanding and acceptance of Ling Zhan’s decision to conceal his methods.
• Ling Zhan’s main interaction with the demon soldiers is strategic: he counters each opponent using the specific weakness of their combat style rather than relying on unnecessary force.

Significant Themes

• Hidden strength and secrecy: Ling Zhan conceals his abilities to avoid exposing himself to future enemies.
• The reversal of expectations: Ordinary-looking beginner Contract Spirits become terrifying SS-rank entities, proving that appearances and conventional rankings can be misleading.
• Mastery versus specialization: The Beast-Taming Demon Soldier relies on controlling other creatures, but Ling Zhan’s superior summons make that strategy useless.
• Efficiency and overwhelming power: Ling Zhan uses the simplest effective method to eliminate each enemy, emphasizing his confidence and combat experience.
• Loyalty and control: The failed attempt to turn Ling Zhan’s Contract Spirits against him highlights the strength of their bond and the limits of forced domination.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Zhan uses his SS-rank light-element skill, Flash Technique, to defeat a level 135 undead demon soldier in under a minute.
• He reaches the entrance to the fifteenth floor but is stopped due to the requirement for a five-person party or Purple-tier status.
• Ling Zhan leaves the Ten Thousand Demons Tower and is met with admiration from students who witnessed his feat.
• Brean Aixi, a Blue-tier student, offers Ling Zhan a position as his trusted subordinate with family retainer status, but Ling Zhan declines.

Character Developments

• Ling Zhan demonstrates his immense power and skill, proving himself to be a formidable force among students.
• Brean Aixi shows interest in recruiting Ling Zhan due to his potential, indicating that he values strength and is willing to invest in it.

Significant Themes

• The importance of light-element skills in countering undead monsters.
• The value of strength and skill in the eyes of others, as seen through Brean's offer to Ling Zhan.
• The challenges and requirements of the Ten Thousand Demons Tower, highlighting the need for teamwork or higher status to progress.

Character Interactions

• Ling Zhan interacts with the crowd of students, who shift from contempt to admiration after witnessing his strength.
• Brean Aixi approaches Ling Zhan, offering him a position as his trusted subordinate, but Ling Zhan declines, showing his independence and self-assurance.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Zhan refuses Breian's invitation to join the Aixi Family, shocking everyone present.
• Ling Zhan gains 140 billion experience points and 140,000 credits after clearing the 14th floor of the Ten Thousand Demons Tower.
• A level-160 priestess named Lucia visits Ling Zhan and invites him to join the Holy Knights.

Character Developments

• Ling Zhan demonstrates his independence and confidence by refusing Breian's invitation, even in the face of peer pressure.
• Lucia, the vice captain of the Holy Knights, is introduced as a powerful, alluring, and respectful figure.

Significant Themes

• The importance of personal decisions and independence, even when faced with societal pressure or tempting offers.
• The value of experience points and credits in the game world, and the increasing difficulty of leveling up after level 100.

Character Interactions

• Ling Zhan's interaction with Breian highlights their contrasting personalities and power dynamics.
• Ling Zhan's interaction with Lucia shows mutual respect and consideration, with Ling Zhan warily assessing her while Lucia gently and politely extends an invitation.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Holy Knights are reserve squads for the Holy Continent's battlefield, with higher-level requirements than other Forbidden Lands' squads.
• Ling Zhan intends to join the Holy Knights for better resource access.
• Lucia, the Holy Knights' vice captain, meets Ling Zhan, and they discuss his joining the order.

Character Developments

• Ling Zhan shows interest in joining the Holy Knights for resource benefits.
• Lucia is intrigued by Ling Zhan's immunity to her Charm ability.

Significant Themes

• The importance of resources and leveling up in the class user system.
• The power dynamics and differences between human class users and demon monsters.

Character Interactions

• Ling Zhan and Lucia meet for the first time, with Lucia intrigued by Ling Zhan's immunity to her Charm.
• Ling Zhan and Lucia discuss the benefits and requirements of joining the Holy Knights.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Zhan joins the Holy Knights, the highest governing body composed of peerless powerhouses.
• He is the lowest-level member at 105, which may limit his mission options and attract unwanted attention.
• Lucia, the vice commander, personally recruits him after witnessing his performance in the Ten Thousand Demons Tower.
• Ling Zhan requests Lucia's help to find a team for high-difficulty missions, offering half the rewards as payment. Lucia agrees to introduce him to her junior sister's team for an SS-rank Spirit Treasury mission without requiring payment.

Character Developments

• Ling Zhan remains composed and undeterred by the challenges and prejudices that come with his low level and Jobless Freelancer class.
• Lucia is portrayed as kind, understanding, and willing to help, even going against the norm to recruit Ling Zhan and assist him in finding a team.

Significant Themes

• Prejudice and discrimination against the Jobless Freelancer class and low-level characters.
• The importance of teamwork and cooperation in high-level missions.
• The power dynamics and politics within the Holy Knights, with Lucia's personal intervention highlighting the influence of the vice commander.

Character Interactions

• Ling Zhan and Lucia interact professionally yet warmly, with Lucia showing understanding and support for Ling Zhan's situation.
• Ling Zhan's request for a team and Lucia's offer to introduce him to her junior sister's team establish a potential alliance and mutual respect between them.

Chapter Summary: A Test to Prove His Worth

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter explains the Holy Knights’ mission-ranking system, ranging from D-rank to the nearly impossible Heavenly Void-rank. High-level missions require powerful parties, reflecting the danger of the Holy Continent’s corrupted and unusually strong magical beasts.
• Lucia’s junior apprentice sister has accepted a highly coveted Spirit Treasury Mission. This mission requires a five-person party to enter a resource-based Secret Realm and retrieve a designated treasure. Each approved member receives a Spirit Treasury Key, making mission acceptance essential for entry.
• Spirit Treasury Secret Realms contain abundant S-, SS-, and SSS-rank resources, and members are allowed to keep everything they obtain. Because of this, powerful factions often compete violently over access to them.
• Lucia recommends Ling Zhan for the mission despite his relatively low level of 105 and his status as a newcomer. Ling is surprised, recognizing that many stronger candidates would willingly join such a valuable mission.
• Lucia reveals her true motive indirectly: she believes Ling has concealed much of his strength. Based on his performance in the Ten Thousand Demons Tower, she estimates that his actual combat power may already rival a level-140 class changer.
• The Spirit Treasury Mission is therefore intended as a test. Lucia wants to determine whether Ling truly possesses the extraordinary potential she suspects. If he performs poorly, she will stop investing attention in him.
• Ling accepts the situation without resentment. He understands that Lucia is not helping him out of personal affection but is making an investment in his future potential. He views the mission as an opportunity to prove his value.
• Lucia disguises herself with a cloak and veil to suppress the effects of her succubus bloodline and exceptional beauty, then takes Ling to an arena belonging to the powerful tenth-rank Eden Guild rather than to the Holy Knights’ headquarters.
• Eden Guild is connected to major figures such as its vice president, the Corrupt Witch Cathy, and an extremely mysterious guild president above level 190.
• The chapter ends as Lucia and Ling enter the arena and are met by an enormous, enthusiastic roar from the gathered audience, suggesting that a major battle or confrontation is about to begin.

Character Developments

• Ling Zhan: Demonstrates maturity and realism by recognizing the political and personal motives behind Lucia’s offer. He does not mistake her attention for romantic interest and is willing to prove himself through action. His calm demeanor and concealed strength remain central to his characterization.
• Lucia: Is shown as perceptive, pragmatic, and calculating. She has taken a genuine interest in Ling’s potential but intends to verify her judgment rather than trust speculation. Her recommendation is both an opportunity for Ling and a test of whether he deserves continued investment.
• Lucia’s junior apprentice sister: Though she does not appear directly, her Spirit Treasury Mission serves as the reason Ling is brought into the larger conflict.
• Eden Guild and its leaders: The guild is established as one of the Holy Continent’s most powerful organizations, hinting at the influence and dangers surrounding the upcoming events.

Significant Themes

• Proving one’s worth: Ling must demonstrate that his extraordinary performance is not a fluke and that he deserves recognition despite being only level 105.
• Power hidden beneath appearances: Ling’s true strength is underestimated because of his level and Jobless Freelancer class, while Lucia’s beauty and succubus nature are concealed behind her cloak and veil.
• Pragmatism and mutual investment: Lucia’s assistance is not charity; both characters understand that alliances are built on value, trust, and future potential.
• Resource competition and power structures: The Spirit Treasury Mission illustrates how rare resources create conflict among powerful factions and why access is tightly controlled.
• Reality versus romantic assumptions: Ling deliberately avoids interpreting Lucia’s interest as affection, emphasizing the transactional and strategic nature of their relationship.

Character Interactions

• Lucia directly recruits Ling and brings him into a mission normally reserved for far stronger or more established individuals.
• Ling questions why she would select an inexperienced level-105 newcomer for such a valuable mission, but ultimately accepts the opportunity.
• Lucia’s actions show that she is testing and evaluating Ling, while Ling’s composed response demonstrates that he understands and accepts the terms of their developing alliance.
• Their quiet journey together contrasts Lucia’s overwhelming charm with Ling’s complete composure, reinforcing both his unusual mental strength and the growing interest she has in him.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Avril, a level 140 fourth-job Witch God, defeats Orok, a level 137 War God, instantly.
• Ling Zhan, a level 105 Jobless Freelancer, teleports onto the ring to challenge Avril.
• The referee announces the start of the match between Ling Zhan and Avril.

Character Developments

• Avril: Displayed her powerful combat abilities, defeating a higher-level opponent instantly. She is currently recruiting her final teammate for a Spirit Treasury quest.
• Ling Zhan: Revealed his SS-rank divine skill, Teleport, and challenged Avril despite the significant level gap. He demonstrated confidence and audacity.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics and level disparities in combat.
• The uniqueness of Ling Zhan as a high-level Jobless Freelancer.
• The spectators' expectations and disbelief in Ling Zhan's challenge.

Character Interactions

• Ling Zhan and Avril: Ling Zhan challenges Avril, while Avril is surprised and puzzled by his audacity.
• Ling Zhan and the spectators: The spectators express their disbelief and doubt in Ling Zhan's ability to win against Avril.
• Ling Zhan and Lucia: Lucia, Avril's senior sister, recognizes Ling Zhan's skill, Teleport, but does not expect him to win against Avril.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Avril, a level-140 Witch Goddess, is about to duel a level-105 Jobless Freelancer named Ling Zhan.
• The crowd expects an easy victory for Avril due to the significant level difference and the perceived inferiority of Jobless Freelancers.
• Avril uses her Curse-Killing Art, strengthened by Order Bestowal, to attack Ling Zhan, expecting to defeat him in one strike.
• Unexpectedly, Avril collapses after using her skill, suffering the same grievous injuries as Ling Zhan, and loses consciousness.
• Ling Zhan remains standing and is declared the winner by the referee.

Character Developments

• Avril: Despite her immense talent and strength, she underestimates her opponent and suffers a humiliating defeat, losing consciousness.
• Ling Zhan: He remains calm and composed throughout the duel, revealing his true strength and catching everyone off guard.

Significant Themes

• Underestimation: Avril's underestimation of Ling Zhan leads to her downfall, highlighting the dangers of underestimating opponents.
• Talent vs. Skill: Avril's immense talent is not enough to guarantee victory against a skilled opponent like Ling Zhan.
• Perception vs. Reality: The audience's perception of Jobless Freelancers is challenged when Ling Zhan reveals his true abilities.

Character Interactions

• Avril and Ling Zhan: Their duel highlights the power dynamics between them, with Avril initially expecting an easy victory and Ling Zhan remaining calm and composed.
• The Crowd and Lucia: The crowd and Lucia, Avril's senior, are both shocked and incredulous at the duel's outcome, highlighting their initial underestimation of Ling Zhan.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lucia heals Avril after her defeat, restoring her to full health.
• Lucia reprimands Ling Zhan for his heavy blow against Avril, though he had held back significantly.
• Ling Zhan's strength and skills are revealed, including his SS-rank talent 'Thorn Armor' and his use of 'Blood Frenzy' to control his HP.
• Avril wakes up and learns she lost the duel, expressing her desire to rematch.
• Lucia invites Ling Zhan to join their Holy Knights team for the Spirit Repository mission and suggests a team dinner.

Character Developments

• Avril shows her competitive nature and desire to rematch, despite her loss.
• Lucia demonstrates her maturity and leadership, managing her junior sister and the team.
• Ling Zhan shows his calm and collected demeanor, accepting his new role in the team.

Significant Themes

• The importance of strength and skill in the job-changing world.
• The consequences of underestimating opponents and being careless in battle.
• The dynamics of teamwork and trust, as Lucia and Avril consider Ling Zhan's addition to their team.

Character Interactions

• Lucia and Avril: Lucia acts as a mentor and leader to Avril, guiding her and making decisions for the team. Avril, while competitive, respects Lucia's authority.
• Ling Zhan and Avril: Avril is initially dismissive of Ling Zhan's victory but later acknowledges his strength. Ling Zhan shows no reaction to Avril's attitude.
• Ling Zhan and Lucia: Lucia shows respect and trust towards Ling Zhan, inviting him to join the team and asking him to take care of Avril. Ling Zhan accepts these requests calmly.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Zhan joins the team for a dinner meeting at Sade Hotel to prepare for their SS-grade Spirit Treasury mission.
• He meets the other team members: Adolphus, a Dragonman Holy Shield War God; Yamashita Masahiko, a Japanese Sword God; and Anseli, a Holy Spirit Sage.
• Avril, the team's captain, introduces Ling Zhan and reveals he defeated her in a training match despite being a Jobless Freelancer at level 105.

Character Developments

• Ling Zhan remains calm and composed, drawing attention for his striking appearance and icy aura.
• Avril shows a more tsundere and youthful side outside the arena.
• Adolphus is introduced as a straightforward and friendly character.
• Yamashita Masahiko harbors hidden hostility towards Ling Zhan and lustful intentions towards Anseli.
• Anseli is initially frosty but sneaks glances at Ling Zhan, revealing her interest in him.

Significant Themes

• Appearance vs. Reality: Characters like Avril and Anseli initially present one image but reveal different aspects of their personalities later.
• Hostility and Tension: Yamashita Masahiko's hidden hostility towards Ling Zhan creates tension within the team.
• Attraction and Interest: Ling Zhan's appearance draws the attention of both male and female characters, leading to interest and admiration.

Character Interactions

• Ling Zhan interacts minimally with the team, maintaining his icy aura.
• Avril introduces Ling Zhan to the team and shares their mission details.
• Adolphus warmly welcomes Ling Zhan and expresses admiration for his strength.
• Yamashita Masahiko's hostility towards Ling Zhan and interest in Anseli create a complex dynamic within the team.
• Anseli's initial frostiness thaws as she shows interest in Ling Zhan.