Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lan returned from the Wilderness Zone with Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan, split their reward, and reunited with Shen Qingqiu at home. After checking his System Panel, he calculated that he was close to collecting enough essence blood to reach the twenty-first level.

• Zhao Xuan boasted about their fifth-tier ferocious beast kill, while Lin Wan criticized his childish behavior.
• On the ride back, Jiang Lan agreed to split the Points Exchange Voucher, taking a hundred points and giving Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan the rest.
• Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan handed Jiang Lan the fourth- and fifth-tier Blood Essence Cores they had saved for him.
• Jiang Lan returned home, showered, and ate dinner with Shen Qingqiu, telling him the expedition had gone smoothly.
• Jiang Lan checked his System Panel and estimated that his remaining essence blood and two more Spiritual Energy Chamber visits would bring him to the twenty-first level.

Jiang Lan sparred with Wei Chong and learned from Su Wan that his monthly third-tier essence blood allotment would double, though hunting trips into the Northern Wilderness Zone would face tighter restrictions. He exchanged his voucher for essence blood and trained in the Spiritual Energy Chamber, raising his upgrade progress to 92/400.

• Wei Chong praised Jiang Lan's progress, sparred with him for two hours, and told him Su Wan wanted to see him.
• Jiang Lan told Su Wan he had killed a Fifth-Tier Black-Armored Giant Rhinoceros by wearing it down, and she increased his monthly third-tier essence blood allotment from five bottles to ten.
• Su Wan warned Jiang Lan that the Northern Wilderness Zone was deteriorating and prohibited him from hunting alone in the middle regions or beyond.
• Jiang Lan exchanged his voucher for third-tier essence blood, setting aside eighty-six bottles and taking one hundred with him.
• Jiang Lan trained in the Spiritual Energy Chamber for two hours and increased his upgrade progress from 43/400 to 92/400.

Jiang Lan exchanged his collected Beast Cores and essence blood for third-tier essence blood, then absorbed spiritual energy and used 160 bottles to upgrade his Indestructible Diamond Body to level twenty-one. He discovered that his next upgrade required only twenty bottles of fourth-tier essence blood and considered heading outside the city, though he expected Wei Chong might resist letting him go.

• Jiang Lan exchanged his fourth- and fifth-tier materials at the shop for a hundred bottles of third-tier essence blood.
• At dinner, Shen Qingqiu told Jiang Lan that he had switched teams and that his new assignment was easier.
• Jiang Lan absorbed spiritual energy at the Spiritual Energy Chamber until his progress passed two hundred, then hurried home.
• Jiang Lan used 160 bottles of third-tier essence blood to raise his Indestructible Diamond Body to level twenty-one and greatly increase his attributes.
• Jiang Lan saw that his next upgrade required twenty bottles of fourth-tier essence blood and planned to ask Wei Chong to let him leave the city.

After Jiang Lan’s constitution improved, he dodged Wei Chong’s punches, landed a hit, and demonstrated much greater strength and speed. He obtained permission to leave the city for a day to hunt Ferocious Beasts, then discovered his speed and strength had crossed the Blood Exchange Realm threshold.

• Jiang Lan dodged several of Wei Chong’s punches and endured the blows he could not avoid without being knocked down.
• Jiang Lan spotted an opening, used Wind-Walking Step, and struck Wei Chong’s flank with Iron Mountain Fist.
• Wei Chong praised Jiang Lan, then hit him with five punches in a row to end their training session.
• Jiang Lan told Wei Chong he wanted to hunt Ferocious Beasts for combat experience, and Wei Chong permitted him to leave the city for one day.
• Jiang Lan tested his updated stats and recorded 55,142 kilograms of punch force, 71,104 kilograms of kicking force, and a speed of 642.3 meters per second.

Jiang Lan hunted fourth-tier Ferocious Beasts in the Wilderness Zone, gathered enough essence blood to advance his Indestructible Diamond Body to the twenty-second layer, and returned home after dark. His mental power and perception surged, and he left with only fourteen vials needed for his next upgrade.

• Jiang Lan left Base City alone and reached the outer and middle zone boundary, where fourth-tier Ferocious Beasts had begun appearing.
• Jiang Lan killed fourth-tier Ferocious Beasts with ease, collecting their essence blood and Beast Cores.
• Jiang Lan hunted until dark and gathered forty-six vials of essence blood before returning home at eight thirty in the evening.
• Shen Qingqiu worried about Jiang Lan’s late return, but Jiang Lan reassured him that he had not been in danger.
• Jiang Lan used twenty vials of essence blood to advance his Indestructible Diamond Body to the twenty-second layer, raising his mental power to 601.
• Jiang Lan checked that the next upgrade required forty vials and found he was fourteen vials short.

Jiang Lan realized Shen Qingqiu was upset because he felt useless and unable to help after they moved to the city. Jiang Lan reassured him that he mattered more than anything, and they ended the conversation embracing and promising not to leave each other.

• Jiang Lan heard Shen Qingqiu sigh downstairs and noticed that he had been crying.
• Jiang Lan apologized for worrying Shen Qingqiu, who admitted he felt useless because he could not help and was only at the middle Meridian-Opening stage.
• Jiang Lan told Shen Qingqiu that he was the most important person in his life and that all he wanted was to have him by his side.
• Jiang Lan hugged Shen Qingqiu, who hugged him back and promised they would not part.
• Shen Qingqiu told Jiang Lan there was food in the pot, and Jiang Lan went to get it.

Jiang Lan’s improved perception helped him perform better in training, and Wei Chong approved his request for three days off to visit the Wilderness Zone. After telling Shen Qingqiu he would go out of the city again, Jiang Lan calculated how much essence blood he needed to gain two more levels.

• Shen Qingqiu served Jiang Lan breakfast and told him to stay safe before he left for training.
• Jiang Lan used his improved perception to dodge four of Wei Chong’s punches and later landed one shoulder strike with Wind-Walking Step.
• Jiang Lan asked Wei Chong for three days off to visit the Wilderness Zone, and Wei Chong approved while promising to intensify training when he returned.
• Jiang Lan told Shen Qingqiu he would leave the city again the next day and return before five thirty in the afternoon.
• Jiang Lan calculated that he needed ninety-four more bottles of essence blood to reach levels twenty-three and twenty-four.

Jiang Lan hunted Ferocious Beasts more efficiently with his increased spiritual sense, then used their essence blood to raise his Indestructible Diamond Body to level 23. He tested his new strength and speed before returning home, where his teasing remark left Shen Qingqiu asking how long would be enough.

• Jiang Lan hunted across the Wilderness Zone and collected thirty-eight bottles of essence blood by the afternoon.
• Jiang Lan used forty bottles of fourth-tier Fierce Beast Blood Essence to advance his Indestructible Diamond Body to level 23, raising his strength to 719.
• Jiang Lan tested his power at the Training Room, recording a 76,518-kilogram punch, a 97,283-kilogram kick, and a speed of 644.1 meters per second.
• Jiang Lan returned home, showered, and told Shen Qingqiu he had gone to the Training Room.
• Jiang Lan's remark about what he could do in five minutes embarrassed Shen Qingqiu, who asked how long he thought would be enough.

Jiang Lan hunted fourth-tier ferocious beasts and gathered enough essence blood to upgrade his Indestructible Diamond Body to the twenty-fourth layer. He returned home on time and found his agility and physical responsiveness greatly improved, while the next upgrade required 160 vials.

• Jiang Lan joked with Shen Qingqiu over dinner, then promised he would be home around five during his next two days outside the city.
• Jiang Lan went north of the city and killed an Iron-Clad Bear with one kick, then hunted ferocious beasts throughout the day.
• Jiang Lan collected 58 vials of fourth-tier essence blood, bringing his total to 82, and returned home at five.
• Jiang Lan used 80 vials to advance his Indestructible Diamond Body to the twenty-fourth layer, raising his defense, vitality, and agility.
• Jiang Lan noticed his movement and reactions had become much faster, then joined Shen Qingqiu for dinner and teased him.

Jiang Lan hunted fourth-tier Ferocious Beasts as their numbers spread into the outer zone, then grew closer to Shen Qingqiu at home. The next morning, he arrived at the Training Room ready to test his improved strength against Wei Chong.

• Jiang Lan reached the Wilderness Zone faster than before and killed fourth-tier Ferocious Beasts, noticing that they had begun appearing in the outer zone.
• Jiang Lan collected sixty bottles of fourth-tier essence blood, bringing his total to sixty-two.
• Shen Qingqiu told Jiang Lan that the Military had asked the Academy for supplies and was sending more personnel north.
• Jiang Lan hugged Shen Qingqiu and rubbed his cheek against his, then let go when Shen Qingqiu warned him not to do it again.
• Jiang Lan arrived at the Training Room and challenged Wei Chong to test his improved strength and agility.

Jiang Lan impressed Wei Chong during their sparring session, then secured permission to spend seven days in the Wilderness Zone. He planned to hunt Ferocious Beasts and visit the Spiritual Energy Chamber to gain enough Essence Blood experience to advance.

• Jiang Lan dodged Wei Chong's punches, struck him twice, and endured Wei Chong's full-strength attack without serious harm.
• Jiang Lan spotted an opening and hit Wei Chong with Earth-Cracking Leg, forcing him to slide several meters back.
• Wei Chong praised Jiang Lan's rapid improvement and offered to let him leave the city again.
• Jiang Lan asked to spend more time in the Wilderness Zone, and Wei Chong approved a seven-day trip.
• Jiang Lan celebrated the plan and calculated how much Essence Blood he still needed to level up.

Jiang Lan hunted in the Wilderness Zone but fled when a powerful fifth-tier Ferocious Beast drove other beasts toward the Base City. He returned to find the city under lockdown, with students barred from leaving and the Spiritual Energy Chamber reserved for military use.

• Jiang Lan confirmed that the Spiritual Energy Chamber could help him gather upgrade progress and prepared to hunt outside the city the next day.
• Jiang Lan hunted fourth-tier Ferocious Beasts and collected forty-five bottles of essence blood, leaving him eleven short of upgrading.
• Jiang Lan saw Ferocious Beasts fleeing toward the Base City, sensed a late-fifth-tier beast approaching, and ran back to the north gate.
• Jiang Lan learned that Martial Artists were temporarily forbidden from leaving the city and warned Shen Qingqiu about the danger outside.
• Jiang Lan received an Academy notice locking down the Northern Wilderness Zone and restricting student access to the Spiritual Energy Chamber.

Jiang Lan learned that migrating ferocious beasts were threatening the Base City and that a sixth-tier beast might be among them. He was assigned to a mobile squad deploying beyond the city the next morning, and Shen Qingqiu hugged him and urged him to return safely.

• Jiang Lan received notice that the Academy had called an emergency meeting and that training was suspended for the day.
• A military officer told the Special Admissions Students that three late fifth-tier beasts were fighting in the Northern Wilderness Zone and that scouts had detected a fluctuation suspected to be sixth-tier.
• Su Wan assigned the students to mobile squads with Blood Exchange Realm martial artists to patrol the outer regions and intercept beasts, with orders to retreat from fifth-tier beasts.
• Wei Chong warned Jiang Lan to flee if he could not defeat a fifth-tier beast.
• Jiang Lan told Shen Qingqiu that he would begin missions outside the city the next morning, and Shen Qingqiu hugged him and asked him to come back soon.

Jiang Lan joined Zhou Yi's mobile squad to patrol west of the North Gate and swiftly proved far stronger than the soldiers expected. After killing wave after wave of ferocious beasts, he camped with the squad for the night as their mission continued.

• Jiang Lan reported to Zhou Yi and met Old Li, Old Zhang, and Old Wang, who were skeptical about having an Academy student on their squad.
• Jiang Lan killed two fourth-tier beasts in seconds, stunning Zhou Yi and the soldiers and prompting Zhou Yi to have Jiang Lan take the lead against fourth-tier beasts.
• Jiang Lan repeatedly killed fourth-tier beasts while the soldiers dealt with the third-tier beasts, and Old Li apologized for their earlier doubts.
• Jiang Lan and the squad fought through five waves of beasts and advanced nearly twenty kilometers as the soldiers grew accustomed to his strength.
• Zhou Yi ordered the squad to camp on high ground, and Jiang Lan ate with the soldiers before turning in for the night.

Jiang Lan and Zhou Yi's squad encountered increasingly frequent waves of ferocious beasts during their patrol, while fifth-tier beasts moved toward the defensive line. After the military ordered the mobile squads to retreat, the group made camp and divided their spoils.

• Jiang Lan swiftly killed two fourth-tier Red-Maned Lions while Zhou Yi's squad subdued four third-tier Rock-Tusked Boars.
• Jiang Lan and the squad fought through eight increasingly large waves of ferocious beasts during the morning patrol.
• Zhou Yi heard a radio warning that fifth-tier ferocious beasts were moving south, and the squad continued its patrol.
• Zhou Yi received orders for all mobile squads to withdraw behind the outer defensive line, and he led the group back to camp.
• Zhou Yi reported that two fifth-tier ferocious beasts had appeared near the defensive line and awarded Jiang Lan twenty bottles of third-tier essence blood, twenty third-tier beast cores, forty bottles of fourth-tier essence blood, and forty fourth-tier beast cores.

Jiang Lan returned to Base City after the Military suspended the mobile squads’ mission, then used his gathered Essence Blood to upgrade his indestructible diamond body to level twenty-five. He rested at home and reunited with Shen Qingqiu, who wanted to check whether he had been hurt.

• Zhou Yi told Jiang Lan that the mission was suspended and the mobile squads had to return to the city.
• Jiang Lan reached home, showered, and used 118 bottles of fourth-tier Fierce Beast Blood Essence to advance his indestructible diamond body to level twenty-five.
• Jiang Lan checked his System Panel and found that he still needed 130 bottles of Essence Blood for the next upgrade, while the Wilderness Zone and Spiritual Energy Chamber were unavailable.
• Jiang Lan slept until Shen Qingqiu returned home, then teased him about having trouble focusing at work while he was away.
• Shen Qingqiu asked Jiang Lan to come over so he could check for injuries, and Jiang Lan joked about taking off his clothes.

Jiang Lan returned to training and showed that his strength had grown enough to challenge Wei Chong. Wei Chong then warned him that the military had confirmed a Tier Six Ferocious Beast near Central Base City, while Jiang Lan tested his new power and speed.

• Jiang Lan sparred with Wei Chong, dodging more attacks and landing increasingly powerful blows that sent Wei Chong crashing into a wall.
• After two hours of training, Wei Chong admitted Jiang Lan’s talent surpassed his expectations and that he might soon be unable to match him.
• Wei Chong told Jiang Lan that the military had detected a Tier Six Ferocious Beast again and was gathering Diamond Realm martial artists to prepare for a possible attack.
• Jiang Lan tested his strength at the testing area, recording a punch force of 89,142 kilograms, an Earth-Cracking Leg force of 114,376 kilograms, and a speed of 831.7 meters per second.

Jiang Lan exchanged his stockpiled Beast Cores for essence blood and, unable to hunt during the lockdown, waited at home before taking Shen Qingqiu out for dinner. The chapter ended with Shen Qingqiu insisting Jiang Lan finish the expensive red wine he had ordered.

• Jiang Lan exchanged 197 fourth-tier Beast Cores and other items for 210 bottles of fourth-tier essence blood, bringing his total to 239 bottles.
• Jiang Lan saw Zhao Xuan invite him and Lin Wan to train in the group chat, declined, and left the chat.
• Jiang Lan went to the Logistics Support Department to pick up Shen Qingqiu and invited him to dinner.
• Jiang Lan ordered the restaurant's most expensive red wine, but he and Shen Qingqiu both found it too bitter.
• Shen Qingqiu told Jiang Lan he had to finish the wine rather than waste the money.

Jiang Lan took Shen Qingqiu out to dinner, then grew more openly affectionate on their walk home and kissed his forehead before they parted for the night. As Jiang Lan reflected on his feelings, the Academy sent an urgent notice requiring all Special Admissions Students and instructors to attend a safety planning meeting the next morning.

• Jiang Lan treated Shen Qingqiu to an expensive dinner, and they walked home together afterward.
• When Shen Qingqiu stumbled, Jiang Lan caught his hand and intertwined their fingers; Shen Qingqiu let him hold it until they reached home.
• At home, Jiang Lan complimented Shen Qingqiu, then asked to hug him and kissed his forehead before saying good night.
• Shen Qingqiu fled into his room, while Jiang Lan returned to his own room and admitted to himself that Shen Qingqiu was the only person who had moved his heart.
• Jiang Lan received an Academy notice ordering all Special Admissions Students and instructors to attend a mandatory safety work planning meeting at ten the next morning.

Jiang Lan learned that the beast tide had intensified and that he would join a five-day mobile-squad operation outside the city. After gaining progress in the Spiritual Energy Chamber, he told Shen Qingqiu about the mission and reassured him that he could escape even a late fifth-tier beast.

• At breakfast, Jiang Lan teased Shen Qingqiu, then told him he had a school meeting that morning.
• At the meeting, an officer reported that the Northern Wilderness Zone beast tide had grown, the defensive line had faced three major assaults, and multiple fifth-tier beasts were active in the outer regions.
• Su Wan announced a second five-day clearing operation, larger squads, departure at the north gate the morning after tomorrow, and one Spiritual Energy Chamber session for each special admissions student.
• Jiang Lan used the chamber for two hours and raised his upgrade progress to 42/320.
• At dinner, Jiang Lan told Shen Qingqiu he would be away for five days and reassured him that he could escape a late fifth-tier beast.