Recaps

Ji Zhixing chose the Three-Inch Stone Monkey Gene and began developing its staff talent, earning a measure of support despite skepticism about his unusual choice. During his first gene-beast hunt, he began to grasp the will behind the Eight Army-Breaking Staff Moves and discovered that refining beasts could yield valuable rewards, then set his sights on Petrified Crabs.

• Ji Zhixing discovered the Eight Trigrams pattern in his Gene Furnace and worried that his gene selection would expose his lie about having a Second-Order Gene Aperture.
• At the Gene Bank, Ji Zhixing chose the Three-Inch Stone Monkey Gene, refined it to one hundred percent compatibility, and claimed he could evolve it into a Staff Soldier Stone Monkey.
• Ji Zhixing persuaded He Yanbing and Zhou Chenghong to support his training, mastered the Basic Staff Technique, and received the Army-Breaking Staff and its eight inherited moves.
• Ji Zhixing revealed his choice to Ji Guodong and Zhang Yulan, who accepted his plan to develop and eventually evolve the gene.
• Ji Zhixing formed a hunting team with Liu Qifan, Zhang Haocheng, Xie Jia, and Luo Yongguang and traveled with the school group to Stone Lake Town.
• Ji Zhixing fought an Iron-Feather Mountain Chicken King, trusted his own staff and conviction, and helped his team kill it with the ninth form of the Eight Army-Breaking Staff Moves.
• Ji Zhixing refined the king and received two Gene Source Stones and an Origin Force Gene Potion, then learned that Petrified Crabs could yield a Stone Skin Gene Potion.
• Ji Zhixing and Zhang Haocheng planned to search for Petrified Crabs as Qi Xingzhou and Gu Zheng dismissed his claims, while Chen Ye recognized his staff technique as nearing mastery.

Ji Zhixing survived Gu Zheng’s betrayal and an eighteen-day ordeal trapped with a Landwalking Ancient Whale, then returned home with valuable resources. He pursued Rain City University’s self-recommendation path while training the Tide-Listening Staff Technique and working toward new gene abilities.

• Ji Zhixing mastered the Eight Army-Breaking Staff Moves, developed the staff heart ability, and began studying the Stonewall Staff Technique with Sun Dajun.
• A Secret Realm opened near Stone Lake, and Ji Zhixing escaped a Black Eagle by entering its passage, where he met Gu Zheng’s group.
• Gu Zheng forced Ji Zhixing, Li Qiang, and Zhao Gang to lure out a Twin-Wing Thousand-Steel Python, and his men shot Li Qiang as Ji Zhixing fled into the lake.
• Ji Zhixing stole hematite from the valley, escaped underwater with the Frog Pendant, and returned to Stone Lake, where Yu Zhirou revealed his presence to Gu Zheng’s group.
• Ji Zhixing killed Liu Qing with a Whirlpool Sandworm and took his supplies, then found Earth Core Spirit Liquid among them.
• A Landwalking Ancient Whale trapped Ji Zhixing in an underground cave, where he cultivated, hunted Petrified Crabs, and developed the two-star Stone Skin ability before military officers rescued him.
• Ji Zhixing returned home after eighteen days, sold his hematite, bought Gigantification Gene Potions, and learned he could seek Rain City University admission through self-recommendation.
• Ji Zhixing trained with Sun Dajun’s Tidehearing Staff, practiced developing Gigantification, and mastered the Tide-Listening Staff Technique after ten days.

Ji Zhixing evolved his gene, won admission to Rain City University, and developed the bedrock body while preparing to advance to Second Order. After Gu Zheng isolated him from his classmates, Ji Zhixing joined Xiao Mingyue’s team in the Blood Beast Secret Realm and began hunting for resources.

• Ji Zhixing mastered Gigantification, won ten consecutive fights at Radiant Mall, and evolved the Three-Inch Stone Monkey Gene into the Pikeman Stone Monkey Gene.
• Ji Zhixing demonstrated his abilities at Rain City University and secured admission, then chose Class 21 and met his roommates.
• Ji Zhixing fused with the Willow Tree Gene during a wilderness trip with Ren Pingzhi, Zhao Hai, and Feng Yan, but Gu Zheng later threatened the group and drove Ji Zhixing’s roommates away.
• Ji Zhixing developed bedrock body in Xiao Mingyue’s gravity chamber, and his Willow Tree Gene gained basic self-healing after he refined a healing potion.
• Ji Zhixing entered the Blood Beast Secret Realm alone at first, then joined Xiao Mingyue, Zhou Han, Su Qing, and Iron Mountain’s team.
• Ji Zhixing killed a One-Horned Blood Boar with one staff strike and refined it, finding two Gene Source Stones and two blood crystals.

Ji Zhixing rose through the rankings while hunting Blood Beasts, escaped Gu Zheng’s attempt to seize the Weapon Tokens, and reunited with his companions. On the final day, he and Xiao Mingyue entered the giant snake’s lair and began absorbing the guarded Blood Zhi’s aura.

• Ji Zhixing and his companions cleared Spider Valley and fought waves of Blood Spiders and Single-Horned Blood Crocodiles, while Ji Zhixing secretly accumulated blood crystals and submitted enough to rank fifth.
• Ji Zhixing broke through to Second Order, gained Staffsmanship to the Divine, and stole all five Weapon Tokens from a cave while Gu Zheng and the Genius Class students fought a Red-Scaled Blood Beast.
• Ji Zhixing and Xiao Mingyue escaped Gu Zheng’s group through the Blood River, then discovered a giant Blood Snake guarding a Blood Zhi that could help Ji Zhixing’s willow tree gene evolve.
• Ji Zhixing redeemed the Ninefold Tidal Staff and Fallen-Feather Moon-Treading Boots, reunited with his companions, and helped them defeat Blood Wolves and iron-armored Blood Beasts after Chen Wenjie and Han Shuang lured the pack toward them.
• Ji Zhixing reached fourth place on the rankings, and his companions helped raise his score to 625,000 points by the ninth day.
• On the tenth day, Ji Zhixing and Xiao Mingyue hid beneath the Chameleon Cloth while their companions lured the giant snake away, then entered its lair and found the Blood Zhi.
• Ji Zhixing absorbed the Blood Zhi’s aura into his willow tree gene aperture while he and Xiao Mingyue hid from the returning snake, and he continued cultivating after Zhou Han and Su Qing were teleported out.