Chapter Summaries

Ji Zhixing recovered his past-life memories in a world of Gene Cultivators and realized his classmates would soon discover he had lied about awakening a Second-Order Gene Aperture. As he worried about his parents’ sacrifices, a strange Eight Trigrams pattern appeared in his Gene Furnace, leaving him wondering whether it could help him choose a gene.

• Ji Zhixing learned that students could fuse genes through their Gene Apertures and watched Qi Xingzhou defeat Shi Xiangyang in combat.
• Ji Zhixing recalled that he had two First-Order Gene Apertures, despite claiming for two and a half years that he had awakened a Second-Order one.
• Ji Zhixing worried that his upcoming gene fusion would expose his lie and devastate his parents, who had spent much of their savings on his supplements.
• Ji Zhixing discovered an incomplete Eight Trigrams pattern inside his Gene Furnace and suspected it came from the furnace he had found before transmigrating.

Ji Zhixing and Liu Qifan heard that a seventh-order Glory Rank Sky Tyrant Dragon Beast had been detected near Rain City, prompting a citywide lockdown and stirring Ji Zhixing’s desire for power. As they reached home, Ji Zhixing dreaded telling his parents about his gene aperture, while the Eight Trigrams pattern in his gene furnace grew clearer.

• Ji Zhixing and Liu Qifan left class and discussed their gene choices for the next day’s visit to the Gene Bank.
• Rain City announced a lockdown after detecting the Sky Tyrant Dragon Beast southeast of the city, and the crowd reacted with alarm.
• Ji Zhixing watched the beast’s footage and became determined to gain power like a Glory Rank being.
• Liu Qifan urged Ji Zhixing to hurry home as the crowd grew tense under the lockdown.
• Ji Zhixing approached his parents’ home in dread and saw the Eight Trigrams pattern in his gene furnace becoming clearer.

Ji Zhixing shared a warm family dinner while hiding the truth about his gene aperture, deciding to wait until his Gene Bank visit before confessing. After the Sky Tyrant Dragon Beast was driven away, he went to bed wondering what the transforming Eight Trigrams Furnace would become.

• Ji Zhixing returned home to find Ji Zhiyu, Ji Guodong, and Zhang Yulan preparing a special dinner before his gene selection.
• Ji Zhixing gave the best portions of food to Ji Zhiyu and his parents, then decided to postpone confessing his lie until after visiting the Gene Bank.
• A powerful blast shook the apartment as the Sky Tyrant Dragon Beast attacked near Rain City Base City.
• A broadcast announced that the beast had been driven back beyond the city's boundaries, and the family relaxed as residents celebrated.
• Ji Zhixing felt the Eight Trigrams Furnace continuing to transform and went to sleep, expecting to learn more the next day.

Ji Zhixing left home with his family's hopes weighing on him and traveled with his classmates to Rain City Base City's Gene Bank to choose a gene. The chapter ended as he examined the first gene sample display inside the bank.

• Zhang Yulan prepared breakfast, and Ji Zhixing gave his fried egg to Ji Zhiyu before leaving with his family.
• Ji Zhixing met Liu Qifan and walked with him to school, while his transformed gene furnace remained a mystery to him.
• Ji Zhixing rode the school bus with his classmates, who discussed their gene preferences and the previous night's battle.
• Ji Zhixing and the other students arrived at Rain City Base City's Gene Bank and entered its sample hall.
• Ji Zhixing inspected a display describing the first-order tiger gene and its abilities and advancement paths.

Ji Zhixing secretly left the second floor to search the first-floor gene samples, where he found several genes with promising compatibility. He hesitated between the strong compatibility of the small cave monkey gene and the combat potential of other genes, then stopped at another stand.

• He Yanbing sent Ji Zhixing, Huang Yu, and Yu Zhirou to the second floor to inspect second-tier genes, but Ji Zhixing found that he could not sense any of them.
• Ji Zhixing slipped back to the first floor and searched for a gene with better compatibility, finding thirty-nine percent with a gibbon gene.
• Ji Zhixing encountered Zhang Haocheng, who said his best match was a wild donkey king gene at forty-six percent compatibility.
• Ji Zhixing searched ape and monkey genes and found forty-five percent compatibility with a golden snub-nosed monkey gene and fifty percent with a cave monkey gene.
• Ji Zhixing worried that the cave monkey's small size would limit its early combat strength, chose to keep searching, and suddenly stopped at another stand.

Ji Zhixing discovered two genes with 72 percent compatibility across his dual gene apertures and decided the Three-Inch Stone Monkey Gene was his best choice despite its modest initial abilities. As He Yanbing searched for him, Ji Zhixing remained on the first floor, resolved to choose the monkey gene.

• Ji Zhixing found a gene that matched one of his apertures at 72 percent, memorized its platform, and continued searching.
• He Yanbing found Huang Yu and Yu Zhirou on the second floor and learned that Huang Yu favored the lightning leopard gene while Yu Zhirou was still searching.
• He Yanbing checked the third floor for Ji Zhixing, failed to find him, and returned to search the first floor.
• Ji Zhixing tested the Three-Inch Stone Monkey Gene and discovered it also had 72 percent compatibility with his other aperture.
• Ji Zhixing concluded the Three-Inch Stone Monkey Gene had the highest compatibility among the ape and monkey genes he had tested and resolved to choose it for its potential to evolve.

Ji Zhixing refined and fused the Three-Inch Stone Monkey Gene, raising his compatibility to one hundred percent and hearing its powerful evolution path. He told He Yanbing that he had awakened a twin-core gene aperture and was experimenting with the gene, but its unusual manifestation left her puzzled.

• Ji Zhixing activated his gene furnace and absorbed the Three-Inch Stone Monkey Gene from the platform.
• As Ji Zhixing refined the gene, his compatibility with it rose from seventy-two percent to one hundred percent.
• Ji Zhixing fused the gene and heard that it could evolve through several forms toward the Combat God Monkey Gene; he learned he needed Stone Skin, Gigantification, and innate staff heart to reach the Pikeman Stone Monkey Gene.
• He Yanbing confronted Ji Zhixing for choosing a low-grade gene after he returned from the second floor.
• Ji Zhixing displayed a ring of light instead of a Three-Inch Stone Monkey phantom and told He Yanbing he had awakened a twin-core gene aperture and was testing whether the gene could evolve.

Ji Zhixing defended his choice to fuse the Three-Inch Stone Monkey Gene, telling He Yanbing that he had heard its voice and learned its evolutionary path. On the bus back to school, Huang Yu questioned his decision while Yu Zhirou wondered whether Ji Zhixing’s gene apertures were truly second-order.

• Students discovered Ji Zhixing had twin-core gene apertures and criticized him for fusing the first-order Three-Inch Stone Monkey Gene.
• He Yanbing urged Ji Zhixing to fuse a second-order gene, but he explained that his gene had reacted to another option with over seventy percent compatibility and that he knew the Three-Inch Stone Monkey’s evolutionary path.
• Ji Zhixing named its next evolution as Staff Soldier Stone Monkey, which was absent from the listed paths, but insisted he was certain.
• He Yanbing reluctantly accepted Ji Zhixing’s choice after he promised to fuse a second-order gene next time if the Three-Inch Stone Monkey could not evolve.
• After the students finished choosing genes, Huang Yu questioned Ji Zhixing on the bus, while Yu Zhirou privately wondered whether his gene apertures were actually second-order.

Ji Zhixing told He Yanbing that he needed Stone Skin, Gigantification, and Innate Staff Heart to evolve his Three-Inch Stone Monkey Gene. The school refused to fund potions but lent him gene equipment with Basic Staff Technique for one month, leaving him determined to develop Innate Staff Heart before the loan expired.

• Ji Zhixing explained that he could develop Innate Staff Heart by mastering a First-Order Two-Star Staff Art, while Stone Skin and Gigantification required Gene Potions.
• He Yanbing asked Principal Zhou Chenghong to support Ji Zhixing, but Zhou refused to provide Gene Potions because the school’s resources were limited and doubted the value of his chosen gene.
• Zhou Chenghong allowed Ji Zhixing to borrow gene equipment with Basic Staff Technique for up to one month, and said He Yanbing could return if Ji developed Innate Staff Heart.
• He Yanbing told Ji Zhixing about the loan and warned him to fuse with a second-order gene if he failed to make progress.
• Ji Zhixing left for the Equipment Vault, resolved to develop Innate Staff Heart within a month, and set his sights on becoming a Staff Soldier Stone Monkey.

Ji Zhixing collected and refined a loaned Black Longstaff, discovering that it granted him the Basic Staff Technique and formed an unusually deep connection with him. He left school with Liu Qifan, planning to master the basic technique before pursuing a stronger Staff Art.

• Ji Zhixing met Liu Qifan, who told him he had fused with the Ironback Wolf gene, and explained that Teacher He had arranged a month-long loan of Gene Equipment for him.
• Ji Zhixing collected a Black Longstaff from the Equipment Vault, which the teacher said suited his need to master a First-Order Two-Star Staff Art.
• Ji Zhixing refined the staff in his Gene Furnace and received the training method for the Basic Staff Technique.
• Ji Zhixing found that he could summon the staff from his body and sense it as though it were part of him.
• Ji Zhixing swung the staff smoothly, showed Liu Qifan its ability, and left school with him for the Rain-Listening Garden.

Ji Zhixing explored his new gene source energy and practiced the Basic Staff Technique with the Black Longstaff, gradually improving even when he trained without its assistance. Chen Ye, a famous fourth-order gene cultivator who lived in the Rain-Listening Garden, noticed Ji Zhixing's increasingly smooth movements.

• Liu Qifan challenged Ji Zhixing to a spar when school resumed, and Ji Zhixing agreed as long as he could use gene equipment.
• Ji Zhixing returned home, examined the gene source energy in his gene furnace, and used it to enhance his body.
• Ji Zhixing practiced all twelve forms of the Basic Staff Technique with the Black Longstaff, then tried repeating them from memory and noticed flaws in his movements.
• Chen Ye arrived in the courtyard, recognized Ji Zhixing as a new gene cultivator, and initially paid him little attention.
• Ji Zhixing continued practicing until he was exhausted, then resumed training from memory with smoother movements.
• Chen Ye looked up again and watched Ji Zhixing more closely.

Ji Zhixing impressed Chen Ye with his rapid staff training and explained that he had chosen the first-order Three-Inch Stone Monkey Gene because of his high compatibility and latent staff talent. He revealed his choice and his dual gene apertures to his worried parents, who accepted his decision after seeing his gene aperture and school-issued Black Longstaff.

• Chen Ye noticed Ji Zhixing's unusually swift progress with the staff and learned he had fused with the Three-Inch Stone Monkey Gene at seventy-two percent compatibility.
• Ji Zhixing told Chen Ye he was developing the gene's innate staff heart talent and had dual gene apertures, earning Chen Ye's encouragement.
• Ji Zhixing met his returning parents and sister, then admitted he had chosen a first-order gene instead of a second-order one.
• Ji Zhixing explained his plan to develop and eventually evolve the gene, and showed his parents his second aperture and Black Longstaff.
• Ji Guodong and Zhang Yulan accepted Ji Zhixing's choice, while Chen Ye told his grandfather that Ji Zhixing had a chance to evolve his gene.

Ji Zhixing trained for three days and mastered the Basic Staff Technique, while realizing he needed money and more academy support to develop his gene abilities. On Monday, Liu Qifan showed off his mastery of the Ironback Wolf’s three gene abilities and challenged Ji Zhixing ahead of their promised sparring match.

• Ji Zhixing searched for gene potions and realized their high cost meant he needed to earn money, but he decided it was too dangerous to hunt Gene Beasts before becoming stronger.
• Ji Zhixing spent three days practicing the Basic Staff Technique until he could perform it smoothly with an ordinary wooden staff.
• Ji Zhixing concluded that mastering the Basic Staff Technique was only the first step toward developing innate staff heart and that he needed academy support to learn a First-Order Two-Star Staff Art.
• Ji Zhixing returned home, ate the nutritious meal Zhang Yulan had prepared, and resolved to give his parents a better life once he earned money.
• Ji Zhixing met Liu Qifan on Monday, and Liu Qifan demonstrated his Ironback, Wolf Sprint, and wolf claw abilities before boasting that Ji Zhixing would lose their sparring match.

Ji Zhixing and his classmates began practical combat training, demonstrating their gene abilities as the school prepared them to hunt gene beasts outside the city. When He Yanbing decided not to call up Ji Zhixing because his gene ability was passive, he volunteered to demonstrate his staff technique instead.

• Ji Zhixing and Liu Qifan arrived at school and joined their classmates before He Yanbing led the class to the training grounds.
• He Yanbing announced two weeks of combat training followed by a gene-beast hunt outside the city, prompting anxious and excited reactions.
• Huang Yu demonstrated the speed, claw, and violet lightning abilities of his second-order lightning leopard gene, and Yu Zhirou showed Wind Blade and Light Body.
• The students took turns demonstrating their gene abilities, but He Yanbing said Ji Zhixing could skip his turn because stone heart was difficult to show.
• Ji Zhixing insisted that he could demonstrate his staff technique.

Ji Zhixing demonstrated that he had mastered the Basic Staff Technique in just three days, convincing He Yanbing that he had genuine talent with the staff. He Yanbing summoned him to her office, and Ji Zhixing hoped the school would offer him more support.

• Ji Zhixing took a practice longstaff and demonstrated the twelve forms of the Basic Staff Technique before his classmates and teachers.
• The teachers marveled that Ji Zhixing had mastered the technique in three days, while Teacher Sun revealed it had taken him two and a half years.
• Huang Yu was stunned by Ji Zhixing’s progress, though Yu Zhirou remained doubtful that he could evolve the Three-Inch Stone Monkey Gene.
• He Yanbing praised Ji Zhixing, assigned the other students to practice under the remaining teachers, and asked him to come to her office.
• Ji Zhixing returned the longstaff and followed He Yanbing, anticipating that the school might give him more support.

He Yanbing persuaded Principal Zhou Chenghong to let Ji Zhixing borrow a staff with a built-in tier-one, two-star technique. At the equipment storeroom, Ji Zhixing weighed his options and settled on the offensive Army-Breaking Staff.

• He Yanbing told Zhou Chenghong that Ji Zhixing had mastered the Basic Staff Technique in three days and asked for support.
• Zhou Chenghong agreed to let Ji Zhixing use a piece of gene equipment but required him to return it before graduation.
• He Yanbing took Ji Zhixing to the equipment storeroom, where Mr. Tian showed them three staves with different built-in techniques.
• Ji Zhixing asked which technique was easiest to learn, then chose the Army-Breaking Staff because its offensive style suited his intended evolution path.

Ji Zhixing refined the Army-Breaking Staff and learned its eight forms, discovering that their full power depended on infusing the weapon with his will. As he practiced at the training ground, He Yanbing advised Liu Qifan to learn the Basic Saber Technique, and other students began training with general-purpose skills.

• Ji Zhixing chose and refined the Army-Breaking Staff, receiving the inheritance of the Eight Army-Breaking Staff Moves.
• He Yanbing brought Ji Zhixing back to the training ground, where he practiced all eight forms and found they were more powerful with the Army-Breaking Staff than with an ordinary staff.
• Ji Zhixing realized he needed to practice with the Army-Breaking Staff to comprehend the will required to unleash the technique's full strength.
• He Yanbing advised Liu Qifan to use a weapon and learn the Basic Saber Technique instead of relying on his wolf claws.
• Liu Qifan went to Teacher Wu to choose gene equipment, while a boy with Blade-Armed Mantis genes began practicing saber swings with his two-star saber technique talent.

Ji Zhixing struggled to understand the army-breaking will behind the Eight Army-Breaking Staff Moves, while Teacher Sun advised him that mastery required years of practice. Before the class’s first hunt outside the city, Ji Zhixing formed a five-person team and wondered whether his Gene Furnace could help him earn money from the hunt.

• Ji Zhixing practiced the Eight Army-Breaking Staff Moves but could not channel their army-breaking will through an ordinary staff.
• Teacher Sun told Ji Zhixing that mastering a staff art could take years, while Ji Zhixing considered learning through real combat.
• Zhou Yuan remained unable to master the Basic Saber Technique despite his saber talent and extra training.
• Ji Zhixing agreed to team up with Liu Qifan and recruited Xie Jia, Zhang Haocheng, and Luo Yongguang for the hunt.
• Ji Zhixing saw Huang Yu and Yu Zhirou grouped with students who had fused with second-order genes and received Origin Force Gene Potions.
• Ji Zhixing anticipated that his Gene Furnace might let him refine gene equipment or a potion from the gene beasts they hunted.

Ji Zhixing and his classmates left Rain City Base City for their first Gene Beast field exercise at Stone Lake Town, led by Rain City Gene University senior Zhao Qing. Along the way, they learned that the abandoned town was once home to an Otherworld Secret Realm and was now a place where low-level Gene Beasts roamed.

• Ji Zhixing left home with Liu Qifan and met Zhang Haocheng, Luo Yongguang, and Xie Jia at Third Middle School.
• Chen Ye arrived with the Rain City Gene University seniors, and Principal Zhou Chenghong treated him with special courtesy because he had fused with fourth-order genes.
• Zhao Qing introduced herself as the five students’ leader, and the teams boarded buses for Stone Lake Town.
• The convoy passed Rain City Middle School and left the base city, where the students saw low-order Gene Beasts along the road.
• Zhao Qing explained that Stone Lake Town had been abandoned after its Otherworld Secret Realm vanished and repeated Beast Tides drove residents into the base city.

Ji Zhixing and his team entered Stone Lake Town for their first Gene Beast hunt and killed a black-coated slender hound through coordinated attacks. Zhao Qing explained that they needed to refine the corpse quickly, and the team considered who would try first.

• He Yanbing warned the students about the dangers of hunting Gene Beasts before the teams entered Stone Lake Town.
• Zhou Yuan challenged Ji Zhixing and Zhang Haocheng to compete over who could kill more Gene Beasts, and they agreed to the challenge.
• Ji Zhixing’s team followed Zhao Qing’s advice and searched the outskirts, where they spotted a black-coated slender hound.
• Liu Qifan, Ji Zhixing, Zhang Haocheng, and Luo Yongguang surrounded and attacked the hound, and Ji Zhixing finished it off with his staff.
• Zhao Qing praised the team’s cooperation and explained that the hound’s corpse needed to be placed in a gene furnace quickly; the five considered who would refine it.