Chapter Summaries

Ye Buyu revealed that her spear could heal teammates without a Compulsory Cost, then announced she had reached the Fourth Tier. When Lei Yue revealed that elite teams from North Russia, New Rome, and the Americas were coming to learn under Hold Up the Heavens, Ye Buyu was stunned by the news.

• Ye Buyu explained that the Other Shore's spear form could provide area healing while waiving its Compulsory Cost, and admitted she had kept the ability secret to prank Su Wuwei.
• Lou Guanshan threw Su Wuwei to the floor, while Wan Lan, Kou Ying, and Mu Bingge joined in teasing him.
• Wei Changming visited with the Horizon Team and said everyone but Ye Buyu had reached the Fourth Tier, so Ye Buyu proudly announced that she had reached it too.
• The Hold Up the Heavens Team braced for a crisis, believing Ye Buyu's tier advancements often brought disaster, while the visitors struggled to understand their alarm.
• Lei Yue announced that elite teams from North Russia, New Rome, and the Americas were coming to learn, with Hold Up the Heavens designated as the lead mentoring team, and Ye Buyu was stunned.

Ye Buyu reluctantly accepted her role in teaching and preparing for the arrival of elite challengers from three nations. She persuaded the Horizon Team to join the competition, and Wei Changming agreed on the condition that Hold Up the Heavens would train and fight them whenever challenged.

• Ye Buyu worried that she could not teach the incoming students, but Zhao Zhe reassured her by listing her accomplishments and saying the Borderlands Calamities had placed her on their blacklist.
• Ye Buyu accepted the situation, while Mu Bingge and Kou Ying offered to investigate the visitors and Lou Guanshan volunteered to face any challengers.
• Ding Ruixue insisted that the Horizon Team participate, and Zhao Zhe and Lei Yue provoked them by suggesting they would be forgotten beside Hold Up the Heavens.
• Guan Xiaomei, Meng He, Yu Qin, Chu Lie, Xiao Shuo, and Wei Changming agreed to join, and Ye Buyu promised to help them master soul power so they could defeat the visiting elites.
• Wei Changming challenged Ye Buyu's plan to make Horizon fight while Hold Up the Heavens investigated, then demanded exhaustive training and a standing agreement that Hold Up the Heavens could never refuse a Horizon challenge.

Ye Buyu and Wei Changming sealed an agreement between their teams, then began a demonstration fight to teach Soul's New Path. Ye Buyu defeated Wei Changming with Soul Shock and Soul Lock, and Chu Lie prepared to face Lou Guanshan next.

• Ye Buyu and Wei Changming agreed that Hold Up the Heavens and the Horizon Team would compete, then brought both teams to the arena for individual matches.
• The teams found Zhao Zhe guarding the wall covered with twelve human-shaped craters, and the teachers hurried everyone into the arena.
• Ye Buyu used Soul Shock to shatter gravel and a stone slab, formed a giant palm, then used Soul Lock to make it chase and slam Wei Changming into the ground.
• Ye Buyu demonstrated Soul Shock in hand-to-hand combat by punching Wei Changming into the crater again, then asked who would fight next.
• Lou Guanshan stepped forward and summoned a Mo Dao, and Chu Lie challenged him to a contest of speed between the blade and his lightning.

Lou Guanshan and the others put their classmates through teaching matches to help them understand Soul Creation. The chapter ends with Ye Buyu deciding Su Wuwei can teach her after all.

• Lou Guanshan pushed Chu Lie into creating a lightning blade with Soul Creation, then defeated him and told him his technique needed work.
• Wan Lan attacked Guan Xiaomei with arrows until Guan formed a blood-red sword, then shattered it and ended their match with Guan suffering excessive blood loss.
• Kou Ying overwhelmed Xiao Shuo with shadows and Soul Creation daggers, leaving him wounded and reflecting on the lesson.
• Mu Bingge used her whip to help Meng He sense the power within her attacks as he tried to learn Soul Creation.
• Ye Buyu questioned whether Su Wuwei could teach her, then decided he was capable after all.

Ye Buyu tested a new Soul Threads technique on Yu Qin during a teaching match, trapping and stunning him until he grasped the soul power he wanted to summon. Impressed by the new path’s potential, the teachers prepared to learn from the Hold Up the Heavens Team.

• Su Wuwei asked Ye Buyu to take his place in the teaching match, and she agreed so she could test a new idea.
• Ye Buyu formed the Other Shore Short Gun and fired homing bullets at Yu Qin, who dodged them and sent skeletons to intercept them.
• Ye Buyu redirected the bullets into the ground, where they formed Soul Threads that trapped Yu Qin in midair.
• Ye Buyu struck Yu Qin with Soul Shock, prompting him to locate his soul power and condense a white spiked club.
• Lan Huaiyu and the other teachers praised Ye Buyu’s performance, then gathered around the six members of Hold Up the Heavens to learn their skills.

Ye Buyu and her teammates began a second Wall Battle against the teachers, with the Horizon Team and Hold Up the Heavens Team joining the fight. Ye Buyu’s support powers helped turn the tide, and Wan Lan renewed her attack on Ding Ruixue.

• Lou Guanshan proposed that the students tear down the wall if they won, and both teams agreed to fight the teachers.
• Ye Buyu and her teammates initially chased the teachers with their Awakened abilities, but the Four Principals joined in and quickly overwhelmed them.
• The Horizon Team and Hold Up the Heavens Team entered the battle, freeing their allies and attacking the teachers.
• Ye Buyu planted her Double-Edged Spear to weaken the teachers while strengthening and healing her allies.
• Wan Lan recovered her strength and aimed at Ding Ruixue, declaring that she would hit her.

Ye Buyu coordinated the students’ counterattack against Lan Huaiyu and the teachers, assigning each teammate an opponent or role. The teams began turning the fight around, while Ye Buyu prepared to face Lan Huaiyu herself.

• Ding Ruixue and Wan Lan traded attacks as Guan Xiaomei and Ye Buyu warned their allies about the danger of the teachers’ counterattacks.
• Ye Buyu used Soul Threads to prepare a counterattack and assigned the students to control and defeat the teachers while she confronted Lan Huaiyu.
• Guan Xiaomei joined Wan Lan in keeping Ding Ruixue occupied, while Meng He and Kou Ying disrupted the teachers’ formation and Kou Ying eliminated Shi Can.
• Chu Lie and Yu Qin attacked the scattered teachers, while Mu Bingge and Xiao Shuo fought Lei Yue using water mirrors and light blasts.
• Su Wuwei trapped Zhao Zhe with Blazing Sun Karmic Fire, and Ye Buyu prepared to stop Lan Huaiyu.

Ye Buyu and her team unleashed a coordinated attack on Lan Huaiyu, destroying her Flying Swallow and striking her with a soul-tracking bullet before Lou Guanshan and Wei Changming brought down two massive blades. The team survived the devastating clash but failed to defeat Lan Huaiyu, while an arriving Elite Team learned the base was hosting a sparring match.

• Lou Guanshan and Wei Changming forged enormous blades while Ye Buyu used Soul Threads, her spear, and Su Wuwei's Golden Flame to destroy Lan Huaiyu's Flying Swallow.
• Ye Buyu redirected soul-tracking bullets around Lan Huaiyu's spear and landed a hit, then called for Lou Guanshan and Wei Changming to attack.
• Lou Guanshan and Wei Changming brought their building-sized blades down on Lan Huaiyu as Mu Bingge used a Water Mirror to pull Wan Lan and Ye Buyu clear of the impact.
• An Elite Team arriving outside the base asked about the disturbance, and the security student told them the teams were sparring.
• Lou Guanshan pulled Kou Ying from the rubble and explained that the others were mostly safe, while Ye Buyu saw that Lan Huaiyu remained almost unscathed and lamented that the fight was too hard.

After a hard-fought battle, Ye Buyu and the students negotiated with Lan Huaiyu over the embarrassing stone wall and were promised another chance to challenge the principals. The elite delegations from three nations arrived at the base while the exhausted students went to clean up.

• Ye Buyu and the others asked the teachers not to display the stone wall, worried that the visiting delegations would see it.
• Lan Huaiyu agreed to keep the wall private, then made it a keepsake for the four principals and granted the students another chance to challenge them.
• Wei Changming revealed that the students had slept for a week, explaining why the elite delegations had arrived sooner than they expected.
• Lan Huaiyu sent the delegations to the Teaching Building Conference Room and told the students to clean up.
• The base gates opened, and a delegation member asked about the commotion inside while the student operating security urged them to investigate.

Elite teams from three countries arrived at Great Xia’s base, where Duke Slyder antagonized the principals and made clear his hostility toward Hold Up the Heavens. When the team finally entered the conference room, Wan Lan immediately irritated him with a blunt remark.

• Flora and Jonathan questioned Slyder about Hold Up the Heavens, and he snapped at them before trading barbs with Nora and Borg.
• Slyder mocked Great Xia’s welcome and ridiculed the ruined combat arena as the teams followed their guide to the conference room.
• The four principals welcomed Borg, Nora, and Slyder, whose strength and status impressed Zhao Zhe.
• Slyder criticized Hold Up the Heavens and asked to visit them, while Lan Huaiyu explained that the students had only just woken up.
• Hold Up the Heavens entered the conference room, and Wan Lan told Slyder he seemed to have too much time on his hands.

Ye Buyu defeated the visiting students from Orbis, Ayr, and Viksu Academies with one area attack after they challenged Hold Up the Heavens. The students blamed their defeat on letting their guard down, while Mu Bingge pointed out that Ye Buyu could have killed them twelve times over.

• Zhao Zhe introduced Duke Slyder, the other academy representatives, and the Hold Up the Heavens and Horizon teams.
• Hadd, Ximier, Donald, Anania, and Flora challenged Hold Up the Heavens, demanding to test their strength.
• After the teachers left, Ye Buyu used her Double-Edged Spear and Otherworldly Flowers to knock down every visiting student except the two teams.
• Su Wuwei photographed the fallen students, and Hadd accused him of humiliating them.
• Ximier claimed they had let their guard down, and Mu Bingge replied that they had given Hold Up the Heavens enough time to kill them twelve times.

Ye Buyu and her team subdued the visiting students from the Three Academies and scheduled a midnight simulation to teach them through combat. The students and delegation leaders remained unconscious as Slyder criticized them and demanded compensation for the damaged furniture.

• Donald, Anania, Flora, Jonathan, and the other visiting students argued about fighting Ye Buyu's team, and Ye Buyu arranged a midnight simulation after they had time to prepare.
• When Ximier challenged the arrangement, Su Wuwei dispersed her ice, and Ye Buyu used Soul Shock and the Soul-Suppressing Tune while hidden figures knocked the students unconscious.
• Su Wuwei took photos of the unconscious students, and Wei Changming agreed that his team would fight them that night while Ye Buyu and her teammates went to lunch.
• The teachers learned that the elite groups had been knocked out, and Lan Huaiyu confirmed that no one was in danger and they would wake soon.
• Slyder called the students useless and told Zhao Zhe to consider compensation for the damaged furniture, while Zhao Zhe insisted it counted as normal wear and tear.

After the visiting students were knocked unconscious by Hold Up the Heavens, Jonathan urged Orbis Academy to take the team’s strength seriously, while Donald questioned whether they needed to learn Soul’s New Path. Anania revealed that mastering it was necessary to face Calamity, and the students began arranging cooperation for the coming combat exercise.

• The visiting teachers and students were found piled outside the conference room, and the awakened visitors recognized that Hold Up the Heavens could have killed them if they had been enemies.
• Jonathan warned Orbis Academy that they had underestimated Hold Up the Heavens and might fail their assignment unless they changed their attitude.
• Donald argued that Awakened students had little reason to spend time learning Soul’s New Path, prompting Anania to explain that her uncle Morkov, North Russia’s supreme commander, said mastering it was necessary to face Calamity.
• Jonathan proposed that Orbis and Viksu Academies lead their own teams while watching out for each other, and Anania agreed.
• Ximier offered to represent Ayr Academy, but Donald refused to follow her until Yark woke up, and the two challenged each other.
• Jonathan led the students away to eat and rest before giving their all in the evening’s combat exercise.

Hold Up the Heavens confronted the visiting elite teams after the Horizon Team agreed to battle them. The teams entered the Simulation Arena, where Ye Buyu challenged the visitors to prove they could learn soul creation or leave.

• Nora kicked Yark out of his dorm window to wake him and bring him downstairs.
• Ye Buyu revealed Hold Up the Heavens had been hidden by a soul barrier, and Slyder admitted he had not learned soul techniques.
• Hold Up the Heavens collected a ring from Lan Huaiyu and teased Slyder with watermelon before heading to the Horizon Team.
• Guan Xiaomei and Wei Changming challenged the visiting teams, while Mu Bingge set terms for what would happen if either side lost.
• Kou Ying opened the Simulation Arena, and Ye Buyu warned the visiting elites that they would have to learn soul creation or leave.

Hold Up the Heavens used a blood-locking Simulation Arena to make the Horizon Team fight the students from the Three Academies in a brutal lesson on Soul Creation. The battle began with the visiting students overwhelmed by killing blows and Soul Power attacks, while some started trying to learn under pressure.

• The Simulation Arena transformed the ground into a Ruined Town and used blood locking to keep fighters alive even after fatal injuries.
• Lan Huaiyu explained that the Horizon Team intended to fight for real, and Nora and Slyder approved of the students being taught a harsh lesson.
• Wei Changming, Chu Lie, and Guan Xiaomei launched the Horizon Team's attack, scattering and injuring the students from the Three Academies.
• Xiao Shuo, Meng He, and Yu Qin used Soul Power attacks and Soul Creation techniques against Ximier and the other students, while Yu Qin urged them to learn through combat.
• Jonathan fought Chu Lie while trying to master Soul Creation, and Flora formed a frost scepter before Guan Xiaomei cut it apart as part of the lesson.
• The spectating Hold Up the Heavens Team praised Wan Lan's disciple, and Wan Lan avoided answering.

Wei Changming defeated Donald after explaining how Soul's New Path could cultivate and advance, but Donald awakened calamity power and attacked him. As Donald's transformation stirred the arena, Hadd prepared to challenge Hold Up the Heavens.

• Donald refused to learn Soul's New Path, and Wei Changming attacked him while explaining that Soul Power could be cultivated and purified calamity materials could enable advancement.
• Donald summoned rock armor and struck Wei Changming, but Wei Changming cleaved through his stone arm and wounded him.
• A voice urged Donald to unleash his power, and red crystals sealed his wound as calamity energy transformed him.
• Lou Guanshan moved toward his sword, but Su Wuwei held him back while they watched to see whether Donald could control the calamity power.
• Donald attacked Wei Changming again, prompting Ximier to warn that he might lose control and Hadd to announce that he wanted to challenge Hold Up the Heavens.
• Meng He gave Hadd permission to go ahead.

Anania and Yu Qin allowed Hadd and the Guidance Group to challenge Hold Up the Heavens after Horizon’s teaching match ended. Hold Up the Heavens revealed that the challengers’ calamity powers were no match for them, leaving Donald and the remaining fighters facing the team.

• Anania asked Yu Qin to let the Guidance Group fight Hold Up the Heavens, and Yu Qin agreed to see their hidden powers.
• Xiao Shuo left after seeing Ximier use soul creation, while Yark chose to go back to sleep.
• Hadd charged Hold Up the Heavens as Jonathan, Flora, and Ximier unleashed their calamity powers alongside Donald’s.
• Mu Bingge overwhelmed Flora with [Abyssal Erosion], and Su Wuwei burned Jonathan’s giant to ash.
• Kou Ying swallowed Ximier’s decaying silk cloth with a black shadow and pierced her chest with a Soul Blade, defeating her.

Ye Buyu ended the practical lesson after only six students learned Soul Creation, and the teachers agreed to send everyone else home. Duke Slyder revealed that the Emperor of New Rome had sent him after seeing things from the future, apparently because of the Hold Up the Heavens Team.

• Lou Guanshan knocked Hadd out of his iron-man state, while the Hold Up the Heavens Team quickly defeated Jonathan, Flora, and Ximier.
• Ye Buyu treated Donald with bullets that removed his Calamity Power and gradually restored his sanity.
• Ye Buyu ended the lesson and reported that only Anania, Hadd, Yark, Ximier, Jonathan, and Flora had learned Soul Creation.
• Ye Buyu recommended sending the remaining students home, and Borg agreed after she threatened to involve the Federation Secretariat.
• Duke Slyder revealed that the Emperor of New Rome had seen things from the future and sent him to investigate the Hold Up the Heavens Team.

Ye Buyu learned of the Bai Ze Division’s cryptic warning about betrayal, a revival, a battle in the Third Zone of the Borderlands, and a life sacrificed to save Dawn. She rallied her teammates to investigate the mastermind, while Lan Huaiyu and the foreign envoys revealed their confidence in Hold Up the Heavens and the reasons they had been sent to support the team.

• Slyder told Ye Buyu that his elder brother foresaw a disastrous event, and Lan Huaiyu shared the Bai Ze Division’s warning about betrayal, revival, battle, and a life lost to save Dawn.
• Lan Huaiyu explained that the prophecy offered fragments rather than clear connections, while Slyder added visions of a hidden hand, a watching eye, and a confrontation on scarlet ground.
• Ye Buyu took heart from the warning’s limited accuracy during the River of Forgetfulness Reform and left to discuss the clues with her teammates, determined to find the mastermind.
• Lan Huaiyu told Slyder she trusted Hold Up the Heavens to uncover what others could not and would explain to the Bai Ze Division why she had shared the warning.
• Nora and Borg revealed that the Bai Ze Division and the Emperor of New Rome had helped identify Hold Up the Heavens as the focus of the coming danger, so they had been sent to support the team.

Hold Up the Heavens tried to identify which of them Calamity had targeted and suspected the elite students of harboring a betrayer. Mu Bingge emerged as the likeliest target because she carried [Abyssal Erosion], and she questioned Flora about the power inside her.

• Ye Buyu told her teammates about the warnings, and they considered which of them might be targeted by Calamity.
• The team judged Mu Bingge the most likely candidate but could not rule out the others, then suspected the betrayer was among the elite students.
• Ye Buyu invited the teachers to help investigate the elites, while the teachers treated the injured students.
• Mu Bingge questioned Flora about the power inside her, and Flora said it came from the remains of [Abyssal Erosion].