Chapter Summaries

Lin Qiye led Baili Pangpang, Molly, and Shen Qingzhu away from the recruits’ battle with Mask and used a series of attacks to overwhelm Vortex. The four then escaped toward the warehouse and detonated its explosives, leaving Lin Qiye confident they could still win.

• Lin Qiye told Baili Pangpang, Molly, and Shen Qingzhu to follow him as the other recruits attacked Rose and Mask closed in.
• Lin Qiye’s group attacked Vortex with Baili Pangpang’s weapons, Shen Qingzhu’s explosive flames, and Molly and Lin Qiye’s detonators and satchel charge, pushing Vortex beyond his absorption limit.
• Lin Qiye and his companions ran toward the warehouse as Vortex’s overloaded ability erupted; Mask knocked the remaining recruits out of the match.
• Wang Mian and the other Mask members heard the warehouse’s time bomb beeping and ran before the stored explosives blew the building apart.
• Lin Qiye told Molly that Mask would have defeated the other recruits regardless and said the four of them would bring victory.

Lin Qiye gathered the recruits in the dorms to prepare an ambush against the Mask Squad, then persuaded Cao Yuan to join the fight. The group’s plans were underway when Baili Pangpang confronted Cao Yuan over his friendship with Lin Qiye.

• Lin Qiye reasoned that the Mask Squad would head to the dorms and led Baili Pangpang, Molly, and Shen Qingzhu there, avoiding Wang Quan on the training grounds.
• Wang Quan remained behind to challenge recruits, and the Mask Squad passed him on their way to the dorms.
• Lin Qiye rallied the recruits in the dorms, where Molly and Shen Qingzhu reported that preparations were complete but Cao Yuan refused to cooperate.
• Lin Qiye introduced himself to Cao Yuan, who recognized his name, declared Lin Qiye his benefactor, and agreed to take the most dangerous position and act as bait.
• Baili Pangpang saw Cao Yuan with Lin Qiye and angrily insisted that he was Lin Qiye’s best friend, prompting Cao Yuan to say Lin Qiye was his benefactor.

Lin Qiye recruited Cao Yuan, whose Forbidden Ruins made him a powerful but dangerous reserve, then led Shen Qingzhu and Molly into battle against the Mask Squad. Their trap drew Rose into the dormitory courtyard, but Wang Mian used his saber to slice apart the buildings, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Lin Qiye learned that Cao Yuan possessed Sequence 031, [Black King Annihilation], and told him to wait for a signal before joining the fight.
• Lin Qiye, Shen Qingzhu, and Molly confronted Wang Mian and the Mask Squad outside the dormitories.
• Rose charged the bait team, and Shen Qingzhu dispelled Lin Qiye's air barrier and used an explosive lighter to smash her hammer and provoke her.
• Rose pursued Shen Qingzhu into the space between the dormitories, where Lin Qiye's team sealed the exit and opened fire on her.
• Wang Mian used his time-based power and saber to slice the three dormitory buildings apart without harming anyone, then calmly addressed the dust-covered Shen Qingzhu.

Lin Qiye and Wang Mian’s battle was interrupted when Wang Quan stopped Cao Yuan from hurting the surviving recruits and turned the battlefield into a spectator gathering. With nearly everyone watching and cheering, Lin Qiye and Wang Mian remained the only ones still fighting.

• Baili Pangpang rescued Molly from Moon Ghost and attacked Tian Ping while Lin Qiye charged toward Wang Mian.
• Lin Qiye called for Cao Yuan to emerge from the rubble, and Cao Yuan burst out in a berserk, armored state and attacked nearby recruits.
• Wang Quan stopped Cao Yuan’s blade, subdued him, and then sat down with him to watch the fight over snacks.
• Shen Qingzhu, Rose, and the others abandoned their fights and gathered around Wang Quan’s table, while Molly thanked Baili Pangpang before rebuffing him.
• Lin Qiye protested that the fight was not over, but both sides cheered for their captains and raised drinks as Wang Mian continued to face him.

Lin Qiye and Wang Mian faced off in a fierce duel, trading attacks as their abilities alternated. They were still battling when Wang Quan’s drinks were smashed by debris from the fight.

• Lin Qiye used [Starry Night Dancer] to dodge Wang Mian’s slashes and slip through his blade net as the time Divine Ruins weakened.
• Lin Qiye sealed Yiyuan with a strip of tape from the [Scroll of Sealing], earning Wang Mian’s praise.
• Wang Mian and Lin Qiye alternated between attacking and defending as their respective abilities ran out and recovered.
• Wang Quan cheered for Lin Qiye and joked about his month of stinky socks, then complained when debris shattered his tea and cola.
• The Mask members restrained Wang Quan as he stood up and cursed at the two fighters.

Lin Qiye defeated Wang Mian in their sparring match, but Wang Mian reversed time before the instructors could send the recruits to war. The group negotiated three favors from Mask for Lin Qiye, and Wang Quan prepared to ask Wang Mian for something else.

• Lin Qiye and Wang Mian's blade clash drew the attention of their gods, Kronos and Michael, while Wang Quan's fighting spirit also caught the gods' notice.
• Lin Qiye struck Wang Mian's mask and split it, winning the match before Wang Mian used Time Reversal to restore the scene.
• The instructors celebrated Lin Qiye's victory, and Wang Quan and Yuan Gang argued that the recruits should not be sent to the battlefield.
• Wang Quan explained that his domain had protected him from Time Reversal, while Wang Mian told Lin Qiye to keep the victory quiet so training could continue.
• Wang Mian promised Lin Qiye three favors owed by Mask, and Wang Quan turned to Wang Mian with a serious request.

After the recruits lost their match against the Mask Squad, Yuan Gang announced a year of punishing training, beginning with six months of physical conditioning. At three in the morning, Wang Quan assembled the recruits and revealed a Thunder Tiger in a cage, while an invisible barrier shut out anyone who arrived late.

• Yuan Gang berated the recruits for losing to the five members of the Mask Squad and warned that their forbidden ruins would be suppressed during six months of physical training.
• The recruits discovered that the demolished dormitory had been restored, and Wang Mian explained that he had fixed it so they could rest before training began.
• Wang Mian confirmed that the Mask Squad had lost and that he owed Lin Qiye three favors, while Wang Quan insisted he could defeat every recruit on the training grounds.
• At three in the morning, Lin Qiye and Baili Pangpang hurried to the training grounds, where they saw a River Realm Thunder Tiger waiting in an iron cage.
• Wang Quan started a timer, then activated an invisible barrier that blocked recruits who had not arrived within three minutes.

Wang Quan put the recruits through punishing drills, and Shen Qingzhu forced his way through a mental barrier to avoid a late-arrival penalty. After breakfast, Wang Quan announced that physical training would be a race against death, and a tiger’s roar began the run.

• Wang Quan made late recruits run weighted laps, but Shen Qingzhu endured the mental barrier and entered the training grounds in time to avoid punishment.
• Wang Quan caught Shen Qingzhu when he collapsed, healed him with Reverse Cursed Technique, and sent him back into formation.
• Lin Qiye and Baili Pangpang returned to the grounds for another assembly, and Baili Pangpang barely arrived before Wang Quan’s deadline.
• Wang Quan served the recruits bloody raw meat for breakfast, then announced that physical training would be running without weights.
• Lin Qiye and Baili Pangpang sprinted toward the track when Wang Quan counted to three, followed by Molly and Cao Yuan, as a tiger roared.

Wang Quan taught the recruits to adapt by unleashing a Thunder Tiger on them during training. Lin Qiye and the others saved Shen Qingzhu and his followers, and Baili Pangpang left training injured but delighted when Molly took his hand to lead him to the infirmary.

• Wang Quan unleashed the Thunder Tiger on the recruits without giving them a real countdown, then healed the injured and threw them back into training.
• The recruits discovered the Thunder Tiger would not attack anyone on the track and scrambled toward safety, but several fell in the chaos.
• Shen Qingzhu charged the Thunder Tiger to protect the fallen recruits, and Lin Qiye rescued him while Baili Pangpang and Molly drew the beast's attention.
• Lin Qiye helped Shen Qingzhu up and reminded him that they had fought side by side, and Shen Qingzhu took his hand despite protesting.
• The Thunder Tiger knocked Baili Pangpang and Molly away, and Molly helped the injured Baili Pangpang toward the infirmary.

Wang Quan taught the recruits to adapt to danger and never abandon their comrades, then began training them with the Thunder Tiger. A new system mission required him to earn recognition from ten geniuses, and he ended the chapter two recruits short after getting Wang Mian to insult him instead.

• Wang Quan healed Baili Pangpang, then praised Lin Qiye, Shen Qingzhu, Baili Tu Ming, Cao Yuan, and Molly for helping a comrade before sending the recruits running laps with the Thunder Tiger chasing them.
• Wang Quan received a Cursed Spirit Manipulation unlock mission requiring recognition from ten geniuses; two other mission conditions were already complete.
• After training, Wang Quan asked the leading recruits to compliment him, raising his progress to six before Lin Qiye and Shen Qingzhu reluctantly praised him as well.
• Wang Quan dismissed Baili Pangpang's extravagant compliment because he did not consider him a genius, leaving the mission two recognitions short.
• Wang Quan called Wang Mian and asked him to say he was awesome, but Wang Mian called him a fucking idiot.