Chapter Summaries

Luke’s team used the Flowing Fire Incantation and an elk offering to attack the monkey demons gathered in a Baobab Tree. As the spell turned the battlefield gray, Qiong appeared among the demons and struck with her sword.

• Qiong rejected Luke’s suggestion to attack the Clover Hunting Team and directed the hunters to target the demons in the Baobab Tree.
• Luke assigned roles to the hunters and prepared the Flowing Fire Incantation, using the bound elk as an offering.
• Arnie Black cast the incantation while Luke invoked its verses, setting the vegetation and Baobab Tree ablaze and summoning white-hot cogongrass around the monkey demons.
• Luke finished with Summon Bark, which extinguished the fireballs and drained the color from the battlefield, leaving the monkey demons stunned.
• Qiong appeared among the demon horde in several sword-wielding forms and spilled blood across the gray battlefield.

As Queen’s team attacked the wild demon horde, spectators debated her decision and Xiao Xiao analyzed the powerful combination spell Red Heart Q had used. The spell’s effects faded as Queen defeated the Wild Monkey Demon King, while Clover’s five hunters emerged unharmed and ready to face them.

• Fatty Xin questioned Queen’s decision to attack the monkey demons, and Zhang Jixin suggested Red Heart Q might have expected Clover not to ambush them.
• Zheng Qing asked Xiao Xiao to identify the spell, and Xiao Xiao described it as a combination of a modified Flowing Fire Incantation, a Sacrifice Incantation, and an unknown control spell.
• Lin Guo spotted Clover emerging, and Zheng Qing turned his telescope toward the wasteland.
• Queen beheaded the Wild Monkey Demon King beneath the Baobab Tree as the gray wasteland regained its colors.
• The five hunters of Clover remained unharmed on either side of the boulder.

After Red Heart Q defeated the wild demons beneath the Baobab Tree, the Clover Hunting Team confronted them over the prey. Jiang Jun launched himself toward Red Heart Q, leaving his team’s intentions unresolved as the two groups prepared to clash.

• Luke suspected the Clover Hunting Team had let Red Heart Q fight because they did not consider them a threat, and he readied his spellbook.
• Arthur Ness taunted Red Heart Q and offered to handle the remains, but Luke rejected his offer and signaled his teammates to prepare for a fight.
• Nicholas Duning and Kitano Gen discussed the Baobab Tree and the slain demons while Jiang Jun sat on a boulder.
• Jiang Jun said Red Heart Q had taken the Clover Hunting Team’s prey and decided to ask them to give it back.
• Jiang Jun launched himself toward Red Heart Q, and the boulder beneath him shattered into chunks.

Jiang Jun intimidated Red Heart Q’s hunters and challenged Qiong after mocking their combat skills and the traditions of Jiu You Academy. Qiong, still weakened from earlier battles, drew her blade and advanced toward him as both prepared to fight.

• Jiang Jun dodged Luke’s Binding Spell and appeared behind Peter Greenspan, frightening him into collapsing.
• Arnie Black and Luke tried to block Jiang Jun, but his pressure suppressed Luke’s spell and left the others unable to act.
• Jiang Jun explained the gap between Jiu You and Alpha and threatened to fight if the hunters provoked him.
• Qiong stood from the Baobab Tree despite her exhaustion and challenged Jiang Jun to reveal the beast he was restraining.
• Jiang Jun crushed a monkey demon’s head as he approached, while Qiong advanced along the tree trunk and began Slash Style 28.

The spectators criticized the Red Queen Hunting Team’s scouting hunter and debated the team’s reliance on Greenspan family sponsorship. Fatty Xin was fined one credit for throwing a chicken leg, while the Red Queen and Clover captains prepared to fight.

• In the stands, Fatty Xin, Dylan, Zhang Jixin, and Dr. Xiao discussed Insect Tail’s failure and the Greenspan family’s influence over the Red Queen Hunting Team.
• Zhang Jixin and Dr. Xiao speculated that Mister Greenspan had assembled the Red Queen Hunting Team as a venture to earn credits.
• An Atlas Academy senior identified Fatty Xin as the person who threw a chicken leg into the hunting ground and fined him one credit.
• The senior warned that reporting rule-breaking spectators earned half of their deducted credits, leaving Fatty Xin searching the crowd for the informant.
• Xiao Xiao pointed out that the Red Queen captain had stood up in a tree and that a major battle between the team captains was about to begin.

Zheng Qing watched Queen of Hearts attack Jiang Jun and studied the exchange in slowed footage. Xiao Xiao explained the Slash Technique and warned that Queen of Hearts had overexerted herself, leaving her likely to lose the battle.

• Queen of Hearts charged Jiang Jun and struck him with a rapid flurry of fifteen slashes.
• Zheng Qing reviewed Dylan’s footage but could not see the instant Queen of Hearts attacked.
• Xiao Xiao explained how sword users developed the Slash Technique and why Queen of Hearts lacked follow-up moves.
• Xiao Xiao and Zhang Jixin concluded that Queen of Hearts had gambled everything on her attack and was likely to lose to Jiang Jun.
• Zhang Jixin told Zheng Qing to treat Queen of Hearts’ battle as a lesson in not risking everything recklessly.

The Queen of Hearts Hunting Team attacked Jiang Jun, captain of the Clover Hunting Team, but he recovered from Qiong’s blows and broke free of their spells. With the hunters injured and the snowstorm strengthening the undead captain, four more enemies approached as the battle turned against the team.

• Jiang Jun healed from Qiong’s fifteen slashes, then punched her toward the Baobab Tree before Luke’s vines caught her.
• Arnie Black trapped Jiang Jun in successive nets while Peter Greenspan and Zhan Shichen struck him with curses.
• Luke used the team’s costly scroll to unleash a freezing blizzard that buried Jiang Jun in snow.
• Qiong warned the hunters as Jiang Jun burst free, knocked Zhan Shichen and Peter Greenspan unconscious, and revealed that zombies thrived in cold weather.
• Four figures approached through the storm, and one warned that Jiang Jun was in a bad mood.

The stands watched the Queen of Hearts Hunting Team battle Clover, while Zheng Qing and the You Zui Hunting Team marveled at the competitors’ strength. The fight turned brutal when Jiang Jun repeatedly struck Qiong, then lifted her by the throat as Clover restrained two other Queen of Hearts hunters.

• The commentators described Queen of Hearts’ spells and composite scroll, which temporarily suppressed Jiang Jun but failed to defeat him.
• Zheng Qing admitted that he could not match the second-year hunters, and the You Zui Hunting Team watched the fight in silence.
• A commentator referred to Jiang Jun’s zombie bloodline, prompting protests and an apology from the Hunting Committee.
• Queen raised her blade, and Jiang Jun charged at her, then delivered a barrage of heavy blows to Qiong.
• Clover’s other hunters bound Queen of Hearts’ left assistant hunter and roaming hunter to a Baobab Tree while Jiang Jun lifted Qiong by the throat.

As Jiang Jun brutally attacked Qiong during the hunting competition, the spectators debated whether his behavior reflected prejudice, political motives, or the harsh nature of hunting. The discussion ended when a disturbance broke out in the stands, leaving the competition’s outcome uncertain.

• Jiang Jun continued beating Qiong despite her severe injuries and refusal to surrender, prompting the commentator and spectators to condemn his conduct.
• Lin Guo protested the Clover Hunting Team’s brutality, while Zhang Jixin and Xiao Xiao explained that hunting competitions were already regulated versions of a dangerous activity.
• Dylan suggested Qiong was fighting to earn acceptance as a half-blood Vampire, and he and the others speculated about Jiang Jun’s prejudice and political motives.
• Zheng Qing redirected the conversation with a joke about Jiang Jun’s prospects of finding a girlfriend, easing the tense mood among the group.
• Xiao Xiao hoped the match would end safely, but a disturbance broke out in the stands around Hunting Ground No. 1.

Fence Goblins attacked the stands during the hunting match, and attempts to capture them spiraled into a full-scale brawl between Jiuyou Academy and Alpha Academy. The Hunting Committee fled as spells flew between the academies, leaving the round-robin tournament in the Small World underway.

• Minor disputes among the spectators continued until Fence Goblins crawled into the Jiuyou Academy stands and frightened the witches in the front rows.
• Zhang Jixin and Fatty Xin called for help while Xiao Xiao warned Zheng Qing not to use spells against the goblins and showed him how to capture them with sacks and Suppression Talismans.
• A violent explosion released a green cloud in the Alpha Academy stands, scattering the students there.
• An Alpha wizard swept the cloud toward Jiuyou Academy's stands with a curse, and Jiuyou wizards retaliated with protective barriers and spells.
• The Hunting Committee fled as the conflict became a full-scale brawl, without stopping the tournament in the Small World.

After students from several academies fought with spells at the School Hunting Meet, Professor Yao arrived and reprimanded them while Xiao Xiao warned that the organized clash could lead to expulsions. Xiao Xiao recounted an eleven-year-old campus battle that brought the Wizard Alliance and Wizard Court into the investigation, leaving the students facing the possibility of severe punishment.

• First University professors suppressed the fighting, staff escorted outside spectators from Hunting Ground No. 1, and Professor Yao furiously scolded the students and spirits involved.
• Zheng Qing asked Xiao Xiao whether the school might expel them, and Xiao Xiao said their organized spell exchange could count as an act of war under Wizard Alliance regulations.
• Zhang Jixin, Dylan, Lin Guo, Lan Que, and Fatty Xin discussed their worries and Dylan’s age while Zheng Qing asked Xiao Xiao about an earlier similar incident.
• Xiao Xiao explained that eleven years earlier, a dispute between Danube Tribe exchange students and Alpha Academy students escalated into a battle in the Silent Forest that triggered the Guardian Array alarm.
• The Wizard Alliance, foreign embassies, and Wizard Court investigated the earlier battle, prompting school reforms; the exchange students were expelled and no participating student was allowed to graduate.

After a fight at Hunting Ground No. 1, Professor Yao sent the students away without announcing their punishments, and the campus grew tense as rumors spread. Zheng Qing and Xiao Xiao went to Book Mountain Hall to research the university’s history of brawls while the others headed back or pursued their own plans.

• Professor Yao registered the students involved in the fight and drove everyone out of Hunting Ground No. 1 without revealing the punishments.
• Lan Que escorted Lin Guo to Alpha Castle, while Dylan walked back with Zheng Qing and the others.
• Xiao Xiao read a message from Dunton announcing that the class meeting was canceled because the professors were holding an emergency meeting.
• Zheng Qing stopped at Book Mountain Hall to borrow a First University Yearbook, and Xiao Xiao joined him to look for notes from seniors.
• Dylan and Fatty Xin went back to the dormitory, while Zhang Jixin planned to ask his brother about hunting team tactics.

Zheng Qing expected severe repercussions after the fight at the hunting grounds, but found no sign of an investigation and discovered that outside newspapers had barely reported it. He read the school paper’s detailed coverage to understand how the incident was being presented.

• Zheng Qing arrived at class without seeing any investigators on campus, though students remained anxious about possible punishment.
• Zheng Qing showed Zhang Jixin and Fatty Xin his eight-thousand-word self-reflection and improvement plan, and Zhang Jixin agreed that the group should write reflections for Old Yao.
• Fatty Xin told Zheng Qing that off-campus newspapers had ignored the academy brawl, apart from a brief mention in the Puji Island Times.
• Zheng Qing found that the school paper had prominently covered the fight, with a photograph of Jiuyou Academy students raising shields and casting spells.
• Zheng Qing read the school paper’s reports, opinion piece, and interviews with students from the four academies to sort out his thoughts.

The school newspaper presented conflicting accounts of the disturbance between Jiuyou Academy and Alpha Academy, while most professional commentators called it an accident. Zheng Qing remained uneasy about the incident and, unable to find the university yearbook, decided to wait for Xiao Xiao to arrive and explain what he knew.

• Jiuyou Academy students accused Alpha Academy of summoning goblins to torment them, while Alpha students claimed Jiuyou had started the fight and Starry Sky Academy disclaimed involvement.
• Starry Sky Academy’s officer dismissed the clash between Jiuyou and Alpha as little more than a tantrum, while Atlas Academy stayed silent.
• Zhang Jixin asked whether Xiao Xiao had written a self-reflection, and Fatty Xin said that Xiao Xiao had proposed the assignment.
• Zheng Qing read the newspaper’s accounts of the disturbance and found that veteran staff and legal commentators mostly described it as an accident or a disciplinary violation.
• Zheng Qing told Fatty Xin he had failed to borrow the First University Yearbook and planned to ask Xiao Xiao about the incident when he arrived.

Xiao Xiao analyzed the uproar at Hunting Ground No. 1 and explained that the incident reflected deep hostility between Alpha Academy and Jiuyou Academy. The students still faced possible collective responsibility, and Xiao Xiao warned that next time the conflict might cause injuries or deaths.

• Xiao Xiao arrived shortly before class with reference books and dismissed the Stick Figure's threat to deduct points.
• Fatty Xin asked Xiao Xiao whether he had delivered breakfast and flowers, while Xiao Xiao and Zhang Jixin discussed the required self-reflection.
• Zheng Qing showed Xiao Xiao newspapers that had largely omitted the hunting-ground incident, and the students wondered whether they were in trouble.
• Xiao Xiao explained that the incident's suspicious instigators had not been identified, meaning all participants might bear joint responsibility.
• Xiao Xiao identified distrust and hostility between Alpha Academy and Jiuyou Academy as the incident's fundamental cause and warned that a future clash could be deadly.

Xiao Xiao explained how Alpha and Jiuyou’s rivalry arose from their competition for influence, while Zheng Qing questioned the school’s muted response to the hunting-ground accident. The group then discovered that the Clover Hunting Team, not the Red Queen Hunting Team, had lost the match.

• Xiao Xiao said the conflict between Alpha and Jiuyou stemmed from Alpha’s dominance and Jiuyou’s growing strength through the Dimension School.
• Xiao Xiao explained that the school had not announced punishments because the headmaster was away and the Vice Principal and deans could not remove students from the roster.
• Zhang Jixin and Xiao Xiao said traditional academies preferred stability and explained that Alpha was much younger than Jiuyou.
• Fatty Xin told Zheng Qing and Xiao Xiao that the school paper reported Clover had lost the match.
• Zheng Qing questioned how Clover could have lost after appearing to regain control, then searched the newspaper for the report.

Zheng Qing and his friends discussed how Queen of Hearts overtook Clover to win the hunting match and advance to the Academy Cup finals. Their talk turned to the brewing conflict between student factions and the school's unexplained absence from the disturbance, before Professor Yao arrived late to class.

• Zheng Qing read the match results and learned that Queen of Hearts defeated Clover by twenty-seven points to claim the final spot in the Academy Cup finals.
• Fatty Xin explained that Peter Greenspan drank an Overmagic Potion and used the Flowing Fire Incantation to blast Clover's hunters, while Jiang Jun was carried from the grounds badly injured.
• Zhang Jixin, Xiao Xiao, and Zheng Qing speculated that the fight could lead to conflict between Sacred Will and the Blood Kin Society, while Fatty Xin reminded Zheng Qing of his wager and the Taylor family's proposal.
• Xiao Xiao noted that Old Yao had been the only Archwizard to suppress the disturbance and that the other school leaders were absent, suggesting the school was hiding something.
• Zhang Jixin pointed out that Professor Yao was more than ten minutes late for Magic Spell Class, and the Stick Figure announced his arrival.

Old Yao reprimanded the students who attended the fight at Hunting Ground No. 1 and announced a five-thousand-word self-reflection deadline. He also reminded the class about the Academy Cup ball and moved the Freshman Hunting Competition to Sunday, promising a credit bonus to participants.

• Old Yao ordered everyone who had been at Hunting Ground No. 1 to stand, and Zheng Qing rose first before more than half the class joined him.
• Old Yao criticized the students' conduct and assigned each participant a self-reflection of at least five thousand words, with one credit deducted for every missing word.
• Fatty Xin claimed he was saddened by his actions, easing Old Yao's stern expression.
• Old Yao urged the class to attend Saturday's Academy Cup ball and warned them not to cause trouble.
• Old Yao announced that the Freshman Hunting Competition would take place Sunday afternoon and promised participating students a small credit bonus.

In Life Skills Class, Zheng Qing learned about the required Campus Cup ball and struggled to stay awake after a week of intense hunting-team training. He and his friends wondered whether losing his shadow was worsening his fatigue, and the chapter ended as Professor Tian began teaching the Cleansing Charm.

• Zheng Qing learned that publicly funded students had to attend the Campus Cup ball on Saturday night.
• Xiao Xiao and Fatty Xin noticed Zheng Qing's exhaustion and wondered whether his missing shadow was affecting him.
• Zheng Qing said he would wait until after the Freshman Hunting Competition to ask Su Shijun about his condition and might skip the ball to rest.
• Fatty Xin warned that Old Yao's advice not to cause trouble at the ball made him suspect something would happen.
• Professor Tian quieted the students, introduced the Cleansing Charm, and conjured filthy robes into every student's washbasin.

Professor Tian taught the class about cleansing magic, comparing Jiang Yu’s quick charm with Zheng Qing’s powerful talisman. After praising Zheng Qing’s advanced rune work, she kept him at the podium to learn a new spell.

• Professor Tian showed the class piles of filthy robes and asked for examples of cleansing spells.
• Jiang Yu cast Scourgify on a basin, and Professor Tian explained that the old charm left some magical dirt behind.
• Zheng Qing used a talisman to completely clean a basin of robes, earning two credit points from Professor Tian.
• Li Meng demanded talismans from Zheng Qing and threatened to have Lin Guo leave his hunting team, but Jiang Yu pulled her back by the ear.
• Professor Tian asked Zheng Qing to stay at the podium and learn the day’s spell beside another basin of filthy clothes.