Chapter Summaries

After Zhao Longfei failed to persuade Liu Yingrong to hand over Hua Weiguang, Qin Siyang attacked to avenge the gravely injured Zhao Sifang. Qin Siyang crushed Hua Weiguang’s Tier Four Armor with one punch, apparently killing him, and left the arena in stunned silence.

• Zhao Longfei told Liu Yingrong that Eastern Glory’s students had disgraced her and questioned how long she planned to remain principal.
• Liu Yingrong refused to hand Hua Weiguang over to Southern Glory, insisting that Secretary-General Gu and the law would handle the matter.
• Qin Siyang, enraged by Hua Weiguang’s ambush on Zhao Sifang, swallowed a piece of God Remains and activated his abilities.
• Qin Siyang struck Hua Weiguang with a magma-wrapped fist, splitting the arena and crushing the helmet of his Tier Four Armor.
• Hua Weiguang lay motionless as blood seeped through his damaged helmet, and everyone realized Qin Siyang had apparently killed him with one punch.

Qin Siyang killed Hua Weiguang with a single punch, provoking Eastern Glory principal Liu Yingrong to attack him. Zhang Kuang then subdued Liu Yingrong, leaving her accusing him and Zhao Longfei of conspiring against her.

• Qin Siyang's punch crushed Hua Weiguang's Tier Four Armor and killed him, shocking the arena's onlookers.
• Liu Yingrong vowed to punish Qin Siyang and attacked him with purple halos, but Li Tianming blocked her strike with crimson vines.
• Liu Yingrong acknowledged Qin Siyang's strength but continued to insist that he needed to be punished for killing Hua Weiguang.
• Liu Yingrong moved to attack again, but Zhang Kuang appeared behind her and restrained her with his hand on her head.
• Liu Yingrong accused Zhang Kuang and Zhao Longfei of conspiring to kill her, while Zhao Longfei said they had teamed up on the spur of the moment.

Liu Yingrong tried to rally Eastern Glory’s professors and students against Southern Glory, but they were all subdued. With Hua Weiguang dead, the referees urged Zhao Longfei to settle the conflict peacefully, yet Liu Yingrong refused to back down.

• Liu Yingrong ordered Eastern Glory’s professors to attack, but they revealed that Lister had restrained them with glasslike shackles that prevented them from using their Sequence Abilities.
• Harrison trapped Eastern Glory’s students in a lightning cage and shocked one student unconscious when he tried to escape.
• Zhao Longfei and Southern Glory’s team subdued everyone from Eastern Glory, leaving the referees alarmed by the tournament’s descent into an all-out fight.
• The head referee pleaded with Zhao Longfei to talk things through, and Zhao blamed Liu Yingrong’s threat to kill Qin Siyang for Southern Glory’s intervention.
• Liu Yingrong insisted that Hua Weiguang should have been tried instead of killed, and Zhao pointed out to the referee that she refused to settle the dispute.

Liu Yingrong demanded that Qin Siyang be handed over to Secretary-General Gu after he killed Hua Weiguang, but Zhao Longfei refused and Zhang Kuang threatened Eastern Glory. The chapter left Liu Yingrong facing pressure from her own students, who chose their safety over seeking justice for Hua Weiguang.

• The referee urged Liu Yingrong to let the matter rest, but she insisted Hua Weiguang's death be reported to Secretary-General Gu.
• Zhao Longfei argued that handing Hua Weiguang or Qin Siyang to Gu Weiyang would have different consequences, and he refused to surrender Qin Siyang.
• Zhang Kuang threatened to eliminate Eastern Glory's people, claiming no one would dare arrest him.
• Liu Yingrong said she could not return to Eastern Glory without seeking justice for Hua Weiguang.
• An Eastern Glory student declared Hua Weiguang had brought his death upon himself, and other students joined in to defend Qin Siyang and urge Liu Yingrong to stop.

Liu Yingrong gave up her effort to punish Qin Siyang after Eastern Glory's students sided against her, and the referees agreed to keep Hua Weiguang's death from being reported externally. Gu Yunpeng volunteered to take the blame in the official record, leaving Zhao Longfei relieved and amused by his closeness with Qin Siyang.

• Eastern Glory's students urged Liu Yingrong to stop pursuing Hua Weiguang's death, while Zhao Longfei pressed her to accept their judgment.
• Liu Yingrong agreed not to make trouble for Qin Siyang, and the referees promised not to activate the external reporting mechanism.
• The head referee said they still needed a record explaining Hua Weiguang's death and Zhao Sifang's injuries.
• Gu Yunpeng volunteered to say he had accidentally killed Hua Weiguang while protecting Zhao Sifang from an ambush, and Qin Siyang praised him for taking the blame.
• The referees agreed to record Gu Yunpeng's account, while Zhao Longfei quietly helped them prepare the report and reflected on Gu Yunpeng's bond with Qin Siyang.

After arranging a discreet record of the arena battle, Zhao Longfei negotiated with referee Lü Boming, who wanted help transferring out of Area No. 42. Qin Siyang agreed to ask Kav to help, and the chapter ended with Liu Yingrong forfeiting the rest of Eastern Glory’s first-year matches.

• Zhao Longfei and Lü Boming arranged to repair the arena and use an unregistered spare set of Tier Four Armor to address the battle’s damage.
• Lü Boming asked Zhao Longfei to help him transfer because his conflict with Fang Mo had become dangerous, but Zhao said he could not arrange it.
• Lü Boming suggested that Kav could secure a transfer, so Zhao called Qin Siyang to discuss the request.
• Qin Siyang agreed that Kav could help Lü Boming move to State No. 12, while warning that Lü would have to earn his position.
• Lü Boming confirmed that the conversation would be remembered outside the arena, and the officials finished settling the arrangements.
• Liu Yingrong announced that Eastern Glory’s first-year freshmen would forfeit the remaining matches, shocking the students.

Liu Yingrong asked Qin Siyang to take the remaining matches against Eastern Glory University, and its top three freshmen forfeited rather than face him. Nanrong University won 3–0 and advanced, while the students left the arena with their memories erased and Gu Yunpeng blamed for Hua Weiguang’s death.

• Liu Yingrong asked Qin Siyang to fight Eastern Glory’s remaining first-years, and he agreed after Gu Yunpeng approved.
• Eastern Glory’s three remaining top freshmen forfeited instead of fighting Qin Siyang, securing Nanrong University a 3–0 victory and a place in the Championship Tournament semifinals.
• Zhao Sifang woke up and guessed that Qin Siyang had killed Hua Weiguang to avenge him, but Qin Siyang did not confirm it.
• After leaving the arena, the students forgot what had happened inside and remembered only that Gu Yunpeng had killed Hua Weiguang.
• Qin Siyang blamed Chu Baxing for the killing, and Chu Baxing thanked Gu Yunpeng for taking the blame.

Gu Yunpeng was cleared of premeditated murder after killing Hua Weiguang in self-defense, but he was taken away to cooperate with an investigation and barred from Nanrong University's remaining matches. Nanrong advanced to the final four, while Qin Siyang and Duan Chongfang lamented that they had barely gotten to compete.

• The referees' report identified Gu Yunpeng as the person who killed Hua Weiguang in self-defense, and Qian Wendao read it aloud at Gu Weiyang's request.
• Qin Siyang, Chu Baxing, and Hu Chan teased Gu Yunpeng about being their brother-in-law, while Qin Siyang urged Zhao Sifang to keep up the appearance of being badly injured.
• Xiao Zhigang and Choi Chan-hoon agreed that Gu Yunpeng's actions qualified as self-defense, but Gu Weiyang ordered him taken for investigation and removed from Nanrong University's remaining matches.
• Gu Yunpeng encouraged his teammates before leaving, and Qin Siyang urged Fu Wanli to compete despite his worry for Gu Yunpeng.
• Liu Yingrong resigned as Eastern Glory University's principal, and Western Glory, Northern Revival, Zhongrong, and Nanrong advanced to the final four.
• Qin Siyang and Duan Chongfang complained that their stronger classmates had left them with little chance to compete.

Hu Chan left the Zhao Merchants' Association to carry out a mission while Qin Siyang covered for him, but a church leader soon arrived demanding to see Hu Chan over a series of assassinations. Qin Siyang learned that Secretary-General Gu’s presence meant the killings could no longer be quietly overlooked.

• Choi Chan-hoon questioned Xiao Zhigang about whether Duan Chongfang was following their plan to lure Qin Siyang out and kill him the next night.
• Hu Chan asked Qin Siyang to play cards with him, and Qin Siyang agreed to provide an alibi while Hu Chan left through a departure area Zhao Longfei had arranged.
• Qin Siyang fell asleep from exhaustion and dreamed of enjoying sunlight in his previous life before Zhao Longfei’s call woke him.
• Zhao Longfei told Qin Siyang that Ulit Richar had arrived with officials, claiming that World Salvation Church members had killed Victor Richar and more than a dozen Senior Stewards.
• Qin Siyang learned that Ulit wanted to establish Hu Chan’s absence as grounds to accuse him, and Zhao Longfei explained that Secretary-General Gu’s presence required the killings to be handled strictly by the book.

Qin Siyang weighed how to protect Hu Chan from a potentially ruinous prosecution while Three Harmonies Church members gathered outside the Zhao Merchants' Association Clubhouse to demand his surrender. Zhao Longfei and four other Tiger Card figures emerged to confront the crowd, leaving the church members subdued.

• Qin Siyang discussed Hu Chan's possible sentence with Zhao Longfei and decided to keep the crowd outside to buy Hu Chan time.
• Three Harmonies Church members gathered outside the clubhouse, accusing Hu Chan of killing Victor Richar and attacking their headquarters.
• United Government officials and Nanrong University students watched as the church members threatened to storm the clubhouse.
• The clubhouse doors opened, and Zhao Longfei appeared with Li Tianming, Zhang Kuang, Lister, and Harrison.
• The crowd recognized the five Tiger Card figures, including three ranked above Ulit Richar, and fell silent.

Qin Siyang brought Ulit and Osses into the Zhao Merchants' Association Clubhouse and admitted that Hu Chan had gone to kill Victor. He began negotiating to clear Hu Chan of suspicion, leaving Ulit and Osses to hear his offer.

• Ulit led Three Harmonies Church members and three bureau chiefs to the Clubhouse, demanding that Zhao Longfei hand over Hu Chan for investigation.
• Zhao Longfei refused to let the church members enter, while Ulit pressed him to call Hu Chan out and accused him of shielding the killer.
• Qin Siyang appeared and claimed Hu Chan was inside, then led Ulit and Osses to Hu Chan's room while Zhao Longfei kept the others outside.
• After activating Conversation Shielding, Qin Siyang admitted that Hu Chan had gone to kill Victor and asked Ulit to sit down and talk.
• Qin Siyang offered to help clear Hu Chan of suspicion in exchange for something, and Osses interrupted before he could finish.

Qin Siyang confronted Ulit and Osses with evidence that Osses was [Muse], then negotiated a deal to clear Hu Chan in exchange for proof. Ulit accepted, and Qin Siyang and Osses settled on thirty grams of Crimson Crystal as the deposit.

• Qin Siyang told Ulit and Osses that he had evidence proving Osses was [Muse], and invited them to discuss it.
• Qin Siyang demanded evidence that Hu Chan had killed Viktor and a public statement clearing Hu Chan, offering proof of Osses's identity in return.
• Qin Siyang revealed that Governor Kav had told him about Osses killing Jeff Li as [Muse], and warned Osses against attacking him.
• Ulit accepted Qin Siyang's proposal, and Qin Siyang offered twenty grams of Crimson Crystal as a deposit under a Sharing Contract.
• After bargaining, Osses agreed to a thirty-gram deposit, prompting Ulit to criticize his negotiation.

Qin Siyang negotiated Ulit's departure by trading collateral for evidence that could clear Hu Chan of the Area No. 15 murders. He then decided to abandon the deal and help destroy the Three Harmonies Church, declaring that he wanted Osses dead.

• Ulit publicly declared that Hu Chan and the World Salvation Church had nothing to do with the attack on the Three Harmonies Church headquarters, and the gathered factions dispersed.
• Qin Siyang returned to Hu Chan, learned he was badly injured, and gave him a Capsule to help him recover.
• Qin Siyang handed Hu Chan contact information for retrieving and destroying the evidence from Area No. 15.
• Qin Siyang told Hu Chan he had offered Crimson Crystal as collateral but no longer wanted to hand over his leverage on Osses or recover it.
• Qin Siyang explained that he intended to oppose the Richar Family and the Three Harmonies Church, then said he wanted Osses dead.

Hu Chan discovered that a senior member of the World Salvation Church had planted evidence to frame him for Victor’s murder, and Qin Siyang suggested a way to identify the traitor. Qin Siyang then recruited Hu Chan to gather proof that Osses was [Muse] and expose him at the Championship Tournament, leaving Hu Chan with increasingly dangerous debts to repay.

• Hu Chan realized the evidence Qin Siyang gave him showed that a Church insider had planted multiple clues to frame him for Victor’s murder.
• Hu Chan narrowed the possible traitors to Guardians Chris and Jin Shengyu, and Qin Siyang proposed giving each of them a different fake evidence location to expose the culprit.
• Qin Siyang revealed that Osses was the Snake Cards’ Queen of Diamonds, [Muse], based on information from Governor Kav.
• Qin Siyang proposed exposing Osses at the Championship Tournament so Secretary-General Gu’s authority could help bring about his death.
• Qin Siyang assigned Hu Chan to have Yu Guardian retrieve the evidence and proof from Ulit and Kav, then inform Secretary-General Gu about Osses at the tournament.
• Hu Chan accepted the assignment reluctantly and reflected that repaying Qin Siyang’s kindness might not take much longer at this rate.

Southern Glory and Central Glory prepared for their semifinal after the tournament announced rules requiring contestants to fight until one could no longer continue or conceded. As the teams entered the Combat Arena, Zhao Longfei needled Central Glory principal Han Shuo about an old score, leaving Central Glory’s students curious.

• Zhao Longfei, Li Tianming, and Zhang Kuang warned Southern Glory’s students that Central Glory’s team was powerful and had ties to the United Government.
• Qian Wendao announced that semifinal bouts would be decided by incapacitation or concession, with tier three armor and ten-minute draws eliminating both contestants.
• Qian Wendao explained that armor damage would appear on the scoreboards and that tied year-group scores would be settled through repeated tiebreaker bouts.
• After an hour’s break, Southern Glory and Central Glory headed toward a Combat Arena room for their semifinal.
• Zhao Longfei teased Han Shuo about being called “Six Hundred and Eighty-Two Points,” and Han Shuo dismissed it as a distraction to his students.

Wang Zheng won Nanrong University the opening match against Zhongrong University but returned to fight again despite his injuries. Xing Gong overwhelmed him with wind attacks, and Zhao Longfei forfeited the match as Wang Zheng was thrown from the arena.

• Han Shuo warned Zhao Longfei that the tournament format could leave their students battered before the final against a less-injured Western Glory University.
• Nanrong University sent Wang Zheng to face Zhongrong University's Huang Jiaoyang in the opening third-year match.
• Wang Zheng and Huang Jiaoyang shattered each other's armor and fought through severe injuries until Wang Zheng defeated her with a concentrated rain of fire.
• Wang Zheng rejected Zhao Longfei's advice to stop fighting and returned to the arena to face Zhongrong's Xing Gong.
• Xing Gong struck Wang Zheng with wind blades and a hurricane, and Zhao Longfei forfeited the match on his behalf.

Southern Glory and Central Glory’s junior matches escalated into a brutal exchange that left both teams’ top students injured. Duan Chongfang defeated Guo Xiaofeng without visible damage, securing the junior division’s first point for Nanrong University and leaving Qin Siyang wary of facing him.

• Zhao Longfei and Qin Siyang treated the gravely wounded Wang Zheng after Xing Gong continued attacking him, while Duan Chongfang refused to take the stage early in revenge.
• Huang Jingran challenged Xing Gong, and the matches between Southern Glory and Central Glory grew increasingly hostile as students from both sides suffered serious injuries.
• Duan Chongfang and Guo Xiaofeng became the last juniors standing, and Guo Xiaofeng filled the Arena with illusory doubles and Azure Mist.
• After the mist cleared, Guo Xiaofeng surrendered without a visible injury, and the Referee declared that Nanrong University had won the junior division’s first point.
• Duan Chongfang passed Qin Siyang, who judged that he might not be able to defeat Duan and hoped that Senior Duan would look out for him.

Southern Glory defeated Central Glory in the second-year matches and advanced to the finals, though injuries left its team weakened. As the first-year battles began, Zhao Sifang and the other freshmen insisted on fighting with honor and giving their all.

• Duan Chongfang ended the third-year matches, and the universities’ leaders urged their students to avoid needlessly brutal fighting.
• Park Hee-eun defeated three opponents before Central Glory’s top second-year beat her; Shi Tao then defeated the injured student, giving Southern Glory the second-year victory and a place in the finals.
• Qin Siyang realized Gu Weiyang may have known the knockout rules in advance and that taking Gu Yunpeng away could have protected Gu Weiyang’s nephew.
• Zhao Longfei regretted the injuries to his students, but Qin Siyang reminded him there was no turning back, and Zhao Longfei renewed his resolve.
• Shi Tao suggested the first-years conserve their strength, but Zhao Sifang, Fu Wanli, Chu Baxing, and Hu Chan committed to fighting for Southern Glory and Qin Siyang.

Fu Wanli faced Gong Dayou in the first-year Championship Tournament and used his remarkable reflexes and speed to overcome Gong Dayou’s corrosive abilities. After removing Gong Dayou’s helmet and stopping a kick beside his face, Fu Wanli forced him to concede.

• Fu Wanli entered the arena to represent Nanrong University against Zhongrong University's Gong Dayou, whose Tier Three Armor made Fu question how he could attack bare-handed.
• Gong Dayou attacked from within milky-white mist, but Fu Wanli dodged the water projectiles through sheer reflexes and agility, impressing the spectators.
• Fu Wanli activated [A Hair's Breadth from Death], rushed into the mist, and emerged holding Gong Dayou's helmet after dismantling its connection to the neck armor.
• Fu Wanli revealed that Gong Dayou's abilities used corrosive acid, while his own armor had been damaged and his shoulder was bleeding.
• When Gong Dayou refused to concede, Fu Wanli moved too quickly for him to react and stopped a kick beside his face, prompting Gong Dayou to concede.

Fu Wanli defeated Gong Dayou, then embarrassed himself with a boastful celebration before recovering and facing Zhongrong’s Zhang Gao. Fu Wanli stripped away Zhang Gao’s armor, but Zhang Gao vowed to endure until Fu Wanli’s ability ran out.

• Gong Dayou conceded to Fu Wanli, giving Nanrong University another victory over Zhongrong University.
• Fu Wanli tried to show off, but his [A Hair's Breadth from Death] wore off and his legs buckled; Qin Siyang and the others carried him down to rest.
• After recovering, Fu Wanli returned to the arena and called for the next opponent, while Wei Guanchen grew angry at his provocations.
• Zhang Gao took the stage and fought Fu Wanli with his Body Metallization ability.
• Fu Wanli repeatedly kicked Zhang Gao from behind until the armor’s joints gave way and he knocked Zhang Gao clear.
• Zhang Gao steadied himself and declared that he could outlast Fu Wanli until his ability ran out.