Chapter Summaries

Qin Siyang learned that Ban Dingyuan had broken an arm and a leg after killing an Eastern Glory student in a match, and Zhao Longfei asked him for medicine. A video revealed that Ban had provoked the fight with a string of insults, leaving Qin Siyang stunned by his way with words.

• Zhao Longfei questioned Qin Siyang about the Tiger Cards, and Qin hinted that he had killed people for valuable materials.
• Zhao Longfei compared the Reincarnation Church to a customer rather than a business partner and asked Qin for medicine for Ban Dingyuan.
• Qin learned that Ban had been injured after killing an Eastern Glory student during a match, and Zhao asked him to bring medicine to the Guesthouse.
• Qin found no discussion of the incident on the Forum, and Zhao explained that both universities had kept it quiet.
• Zhao showed Qin a video of Ban insulting Eastern Glory students, prompting Qin to marvel at Ban's way with words.

Qin Siyang visited the injured Ban Dingyuan with medicine and found him chatting cheerfully with Shi Tao about the Safe Zone's Five Good Student selection. Ban Dingyuan warned that Qin Siyang's rising candidacy could threaten Duan, leaving Qin Siyang's joking confidence unanswered when both upperclassmen fell silent.

• Qin Siyang brought medicine to Ban Dingyuan's room and found Shi Tao looking after him.
• Ban Dingyuan encouraged Shi Tao to practice while he recovered, and the two discussed staying optimistic despite injuries and the apocalypse.
• Ban Dingyuan praised Qin Siyang's recent achievements and predicted he could win this year's Safe Zone Five Good Student award.
• Shi Tao and Ban Dingyuan said they would be supporting Qin Siyang, while Ban Dingyuan explained that Duan was likely to claim one of the remaining spots.
• Ban Dingyuan warned that Qin Siyang's candidacy might obstruct Duan, and both he and Shi Tao fell silent after Qin Siyang joked that Duan would not undermine a fellow student.

Qin Siyang restored Ban Dingyuan’s missing limbs with powerful medicine, then learned that Ban rapidly advances along the path of the believer when fighting foreigners. The reason remained unknown, and Ban’s [Mist User] Sequence offered no clear explanation.

• Ban Dingyuan and Shi Tao warned Qin Siyang to be careful around his opponents and discussed Governor Kav’s transfer.
• Qin Siyang applied [Powerful Burn Ointment] to Ban Dingyuan’s wounds, and Ban regrew his missing hand and foot within minutes.
• Ban Dingyuan tested his restored limbs and thanked Qin Siyang, while he and Shi Tao praised Qin’s abilities.
• After asking Shi Tao for privacy, Ban Dingyuan told Qin Siyang that fighting foreigners in Eastern Glory made him progress rapidly along the path of the believer.
• Ban Dingyuan said Professor Harrison had also been unable to explain the effect and confirmed that his Sequence was [Mist User], not [Blood Judgment].

Qin Siyang kept training while officials and allies publicized his achievements and built support for his Safe Zone [Five Good Student] candidacy. The chapter left him appointed commander of the 8th Independent Sequence Regiment, with rival prodigies alarmed by his growing influence.

• Ban Dingyuan revealed that fighting foreigners had helped him advance along the Path of the Believer, and he stayed in bed to conceal his recovery and protect Qin Siyang.
• Qin Siyang chose to ponder Ban Dingyuan's secret himself and returned to the God Arena to fight the Sacrificial Giant Vine.
• Qian Wendao traveled to District 2 for investigation, while the public disclosure of the Reincarnation Church's plot defused a major threat within Area No. 7's Administration Bureau.
• News spread that Qin Siyang had received Area No. 7's [Five Good Student] award, drawing the attention of prodigies competing for the Safe Zone award.
• Tang Wangong publicly praised Qin Siyang for hunting a Corrosive Black Centipede and handing over its God Remains.
• The United Government approved the Yan Character Legion's proposal to make Qin Siyang commander of the 8th Independent Sequence Regiment, where he could recruit troops alongside Huo Dangkou in Area No. 4444.

Qin Siyang killed Lü Chang, a Snake Cards wanted criminal who had tried to assassinate him on Southern Glory’s campus, and worried that the public reveal would ruin his strategy of hiding his strength. Qin Siyang, Li Tianming, and Zhao Longfei suspected Guo Jiuxiao had arranged the attack to turn them against one another and counter Zhao Longfei.

• News spread across the Safe Zone that Lü Chang had failed to assassinate Qin Siyang and had been killed by him.
• Qin Siyang lamented that Lü Chang’s attack in the God Arena had exposed more of his strength and would scare off the opponents he had been baiting.
• Li Tianming encouraged Qin Siyang to accept that he had to reveal more strength if he wanted to win the Five Good Student award.
• Qin Siyang, Li Tianming, and Zhao Longfei discussed how Lü Chang had infiltrated Southern Glory using a Tier Four Disguise artifact and ruled out the Bright Sun Merchants' Association and the Reincarnation Church as likely sponsors.
• Qin Siyang proposed that the artifact had been designed to counter Zhao Longfei, and all three suspected Guo Jiuxiao had orchestrated the attack.

Jiang Hao, Guo Jiuxiao, Xiao Zhigang, and Choi Chan-hoon met under the cover of a mahjong game to discuss bringing down the Zhao Family. They revealed their failed attempts against Qin Siyang and Sun Linshou, then agreed to continue working together despite their factional ties.

• Jiang Hao, Guo Jiuxiao, Xiao Zhigang, and Choi Chan-hoon played mahjong in a private room in Area No. 4 while discussing business.
• Jiang Hao explained that the neutral venue and separate choices of location, time, and venue were meant to prevent anyone from setting an ambush.
• Guo Jiuxiao admitted that his attempt to target Qin Siyang had failed after Lü Chang proved useless, and Jiang Hao warned that Qin Siyang had grown too strong for ordinary assassins.
• Choi Chan-hoon denied responsibility for the attempt on Sun Linshou, but Jiang Hao said they already knew he belonged to the Reincarnation Church.
• Jiang Hao reassured Choi Chan-hoon that they were willing to cooperate across factions, while Guo Jiuxiao declared a self-drawn win.

Choi Chan-hoon revealed that he belonged to the Reincarnation Church and proposed using Qin Siyang’s [Five Good Student] campaign to turn opposition against the Zhao Family. Qin Siyang learned that Secretary-General Gu might change the award’s selection method, but Zhao Longfei urged him not to withdraw.

• Choi Chan-hoon admitted to Jiang Hao, Guo Jiuxiao, and Xiao Zhigang that he was a member of the Reincarnation Church and sought their help against the Zhao Family.
• Choi Chan-hoon proposed targeting Qin Siyang’s [Five Good Student] campaign by arguing that the publicity around him was unfair.
• After half a month of promotion, Qin Siyang became famous across the Safe Zone, while prodigies at other universities publicized their own achievements.
• Qin Siyang struggled to make progress in the God Arena and asked Zhao Longfei whether he could prepare to negotiate with Secretary-General Gu.
• Zhao Longfei told Qin Siyang that Secretary-General Gu might change the [Five Good Student] selection method after a petition opposing student publicity campaigns.
• Qin Siyang considered withdrawing, but Zhao Longfei told him not to give ground to their opponents.

Qin Siyang and Zhao Longfei decided to defend Qin’s Five Good Student selection and recruit allies from the forces that had not signed the opposition petition. Meanwhile, Choi Chan-hoon anticipated their countermeasure and waited for them to submit a petition of their own before making his next move.

• Qin Siyang proposed withdrawing from the selection, but Zhao Longfei explained that retreat would let their opponents weaken the Zhao Family and strip it of influence.
• Zhao Longfei argued that the Zhao Family had to defend Qin’s selection and suggested approaching forces absent from the joint petition as potential allies.
• Qin Siyang agreed with Zhao Longfei that Jiang Hao and Xiao Zhigang had exposed their faction by showing who signed the petition.
• Jiang Hao, Guo Jiuxiao, Xiao Zhigang, and Choi Chan-hoon discussed the petition in a sauna, where Choi predicted the Zhao brothers would seek allies and might choose the wrong ones under pressure.
• Choi Chan-hoon said he would wait for the Zhao side to submit a petition supporting Qin Siyang before making his next move.

Zhao Longteng gathered powerful allies to discuss defending the Zhao Family and Qin Siyang against a petition seeking to change Crystal Coin allocations. The group debated countering with their own petition, but Qin Yingguang objected, and Zhao Longfei urged Qin Siyang to explain the plan.

• Qin Yingguang questioned whether Gu Weirong's attendance meant Secretary-General Gu supported the Zhao Family, and Gu Weirong said he was there to protect his own interests.
• Gu Weihong, Wang Bozhong, and Chu Zhongxiong explained that the Three Prosperities research institutes wanted to preserve their Crystal Coin allocations and said their opponents were willing to undermine the currency system.
• Sun Linshou revealed that Choi Chan-hoon had tried to kill him, while Gu Weirong said Secretary-General Gu could not act without evidence tying Choi to the Reincarnation Church.
• Zhao Longteng proposed keeping Qin Siyang in the [Five Good Student] competition and submitting a counter-petition to Secretary-General Gu.
• Qin Yingguang argued that the counter-petition would play into the opponents' hands, and Zhao Longfei asked Qin Siyang to explain his plan.

Qin Siyang explained why Jiang Hao’s allies were attacking his reputation after their petition succeeded, while the powerful figures at the meeting showed how much they trusted him. He rejected Qin Yingguang’s guess about the purpose of his counter-petition, leaving everyone wondering what he planned instead.

• Gu Weihong questioned why the Zhao Family Brothers had called a meeting for Qin Siyang to present his petition plan, then noticed the other attendees trusted him and chose to listen.
• The chapter recounted how Zhao Longfei, Li Tianming, Zhao Longteng, Chu Xiaoang, Kyle Warren, Qin Yingguang, Tang Wangong, Chu Zhongxiong, Sun Linshou, Hu Chan, and Wang Bozhong had come to value Qin Siyang through their dealings with him.
• Qin Siyang said Jiang Hao’s allies had followed their successful petition against manufactured public support by posting attacks on his reputation and questioning his Crystal Coin quota.
• Qin Siyang argued that the Forum critics were likely arranged by Jiang Hao’s group because ordinary Sequence Ability Users had no reason to care about Crystal Coin allocations.
• Qin Yingguang guessed Qin Siyang’s petition would expose Jiang Hao’s hypocrisy over manufactured public support, but Qin Siyang denied it, leaving the attendees puzzled.

Qin Siyang argued that the apparent contradiction in his opponents’ campaign was a trap and proposed petitioning to abolish the Five Good Student title in the name of fairness. His allies praised the strategy, while Qin Yingguang questioned whether he truly cared about fairness.

• Qin Siyang rejected the idea that Jiang Hao and the others had accidentally contradicted themselves, arguing that they were deliberately baiting his side.
• Qin Siyang proposed petitioning Secretary-General Gu to abolish the Five Good Student selection and other distinctions, arguing that fairness required equal treatment for all students.
• Qin Siyang said that abolishing the title would be worthwhile if it brought genuine fairness to the Safe Zone.
• Chu Zhongxiong, Gu Weihong, and Chu Xiaoang praised Qin Siyang’s plan as a way to turn his opponents’ fairness argument against them.
• Qin Yingguang accused Qin Siyang of pretending to care about fairness, and Qin Siyang replied that loyalty and universal fairness could coexist before taking out the Bird-Shaped Lie Detector.

Qin Siyang proposed a petition plan that won the meeting’s approval, while Choi Chan-hoon learned the Zhao Family had rejected the trap he prepared and devised a safer response. Choi faced isolation in the United Government and was warned by [Asura] to find backup options before the Zhao Family acted.

• Qin Siyang used the Lie Detector to confirm his sincerity, then presented his Petition Plan, which no one challenged.
• Zhao Longteng arranged for a drafted petition to be brought over for review.
• Sun Linshou’s assassination attempt left Choi Chan-hoon ostracized, unable to get work done, and unable to reconcile with Sun Linshou.
• Choi Chan-hoon waited for the Zhao Family to fall into his trap, hoping to use the move to crush Sun Linshou and restore his authority.
• [Asura] told Choi Chan-hoon that Qin Siyang had recognized the contradictions in his plan as a possible trap and persuaded the meeting to adopt another approach.
• Choi Chan-hoon asked [Asura] for more help, but [Asura] refused and urged him to discuss backup options with Jiang Hao and the others.

Gu Weiyang reversed the changes to the [Five Good Student] selection after receiving a joint petition, but Qin Siyang was disappointed that the petition’s broader proposal was rejected. At the Guesthouse, Qin Siyang met Fu Wanli’s new girlfriend, Feng Linlin, and found that although she seemed ordinary, the others still suspected something was off.

• Gu Weiyang signed a directive restoring the previous [Five Good Student] selection process after considering the petitions.
• Qin Siyang declined Zhao Longfei’s offer to celebrate and admitted he had hoped Gu Weiyang would accept the proposal to abolish [Five Good Student] and preferential treatment.
• Zhao Sifang brought Qin Siyang to meet Fu Wanli’s girlfriend, Feng Linlin, at the Guesthouse lounge.
• Fu Wanli explained that he and Feng Linlin met through an elective and began dating after working on a project and killing gods together.
• Qin Siyang and the others found Feng Linlin seemingly normal but remained uneasy about her.

Qin Siyang continued searching for answers about the white speck of light and spent a warm dinner with Wen Shu, who hinted that she had something she could not tell him. The chapter ended with Wen Shu asking which of two women, Sally or Yan Ran, Qin Siyang would marry.

• Qin Siyang put aside his suspicions about Fu Wanli's new girlfriend and practiced in the God Arena without making progress.
• Qin Siyang attended Divine Spectroscopy class and reflected that his strength made the lessons difficult to apply.
• Wen Shu invited Qin Siyang to dinner and told him about her demanding studies at Nine Dragons College.
• Qin Siyang and Wen Shu discussed his growing prominence and his strength, and Wen Shu suggested he focus on becoming stronger.
• Wen Shu asked Qin Siyang whether he would marry Sally or Yan Ran if both wanted to marry him.

Qin Siyang learned that the First Intercollegiate Sequence Championship would affect both Five Good Student evaluations and university resources, and agreed to compete for Nanrong University. The championship would likely be hosted by Western Glory University in Zone 5.

• Wen Shu teased Qin Siyang about choosing between Sally and Yan Ran, then told him he would need to become stronger before she would consider marrying him.
• Qin Siyang returned to the God Arena and unsuccessfully tried to find the white light point.
• Zhao Longfei showed Qin Siyang the Ministry of Education’s championship document and explained its stakes for student evaluations and university resources.
• Qin Siyang agreed to compete after Zhao Longfei said Nanrong needed him to contend for Five Good Student recognition and negotiate with Secretary-General Gu.
• Zhao Longfei predicted that Western Glory University would host the championship because the Four Major Mining Companies could afford the sponsorship.

Qin Siyang learned that Duan Chongfang had excluded him from Southern Glory’s championship roster, and he suspected Duan Chongfang was siding with Xiao Zhigang’s faction. The roster leaked on the School Forum, leaving the dispute exposed.

• Qin Siyang heard that Duan Chongfang had selected five first-years for the championship without including him.
• Hu Chan told Qin Siyang that Duan Chongfang had ordered the chosen students to keep the roster secret.
• Qin Siyang accused Duan Chongfang of acting selfishly and suspected he had aligned himself with Xiao Zhigang.
• Ban Dingyuan and Shi Tao confronted Duan Chongfang about excluding Qin Siyang, but Duan Chongfang refused to explain his reasons.
• Someone noticed that Southern Glory’s roster had appeared on the School Forum and questioned why Qin Siyang was missing.

After Duan Chongfang excluded Qin Siyang from the championship roster, students questioned his decision, and Hu Chan publicly challenged his authority. Sally, Zhao Sifang, Gu Yunpeng, Fu Wanli, and Chu Baxing also withdrew, leaving Duan Chongfang furious as they walked away.

• Qin Siyang saw that someone had leaked the roster on the School Forum and decided he would not need to handle the issue himself.
• Students confronted Duan Chongfang about excluding Qin Siyang, while Duan accused Ban Dingyuan and Shi Tao of leaking the roster.
• Hu Chan admitted posting the roster and challenged Duan Chongfang to remove him from the team as well.
• When Duan Chongfang named Sally Warren as Hu Chan's replacement, Sally refused to compete if Qin Siyang was excluded.
• Zhao Sifang, Gu Yunpeng, Fu Wanli, and Chu Baxing also withdrew and left the God-Hunting Building.
• Duan Chongfang threatened to make them pay, and Chu Baxing asked how many army divisions Duan Chongfang's father commanded.

After Duan Chongfang excluded Qin Siyang from Southern Glory's championship team, Qin Siyang left Zhao Longfei's office while the furious students confronted Duan. A call with Minister Xiao revealed that Duan had misunderstood the plan, and Jiang Hao proposed secretly rewriting Duan's memories to make him appear to be a victim.

• Qin Siyang praised Hu Chan and left Zhao Longfei's office, while Zhao Longfei worried about Duan Chongfang's character.
• Southern Glory students accused Duan Chongfang of sacrificing the school's interests, but he walked away without replying.
• Duan Chongfang called Minister Xiao and learned that the plan had been to sabotage Qin Siyang during the championship, not remove him from the roster.
• Xiao Zhigang, Guo Jiuxiao, Choi Chan-hoon, and Jiang Hao discussed how to contain the backlash and decided to portray Duan as a victim of altered memories.
• Choi Chan-hoon said secretly rewriting Duan's memories would require a scarce sequence level six expert, and Guo Jiuxiao offered to find another way.

Qin Siyang and Zhao Longfei rushed to the hospital after learning that Li Pengfei had suffered a mental breakdown. Li Tianming explained that Guo Jiuxiao had rewritten his son's memories, and the chapter ended with Zhao Longfei wondering whether Duan Chongfang might have been affected too.

• Chen Fenghe called Qin Siyang and told him Li Pengfei had gone mad, so Qin Siyang went to the hospital with Zhao Longfei.
• Li Tianming told Zhao Longfei and Qin Siyang that someone had infiltrated the Southern Glory Affiliated Elementary School and altered Li Pengfei's memories.
• Li Tianming recounted how Li Pengfei recognized both him and Zhang as his father before screaming and collapsing.
• Qin Siyang and Zhao Longfei concluded that Guo Jiuxiao was responsible, while Li Tianming said Li Pengfei's recovery was uncertain.
• Zhao Longfei wondered whether Duan Chongfang might also have had his memories rewritten.

Qin Siyang and Li Tianming discussed how bluewater glass star ore might be artificially formed and planned to confront Zhong Dingming about yellow-silver star ore. Guo Jiuxiao then appeared in a nurse’s body and revealed that he had gradually rewritten Ye Hongqing’s memories.

• Zhao Longfei apologized to Li Tianming and left to check on Duan Chongfang, while Qin Siyang stayed with Li Tianming at the hospital.
• Li Tianming told Qin Siyang that bluewater glass star ore likely formed through human intervention and that Zhong Dingming might know how to produce yellow-silver star ore.
• Li Tianming said he would meet Zhong Dingming and offered to accompany Qin Siyang’s team to the Championship Tournament as its faculty adviser.
• A female nurse entered the ward and revealed herself as Guo Jiuxiao, borrowing an ordinary woman’s body to speak with Li Tianming and Qin Siyang.
• Guo Jiuxiao claimed that Ye Hongqing had loved Li Tianming and that he had spent nearly a year secretly rewriting her memories.