Chapter Summaries

Jiang Mingyuan used his soul silver flexible sword and elemental control to fight Yuanen Yehui’s Titan Giant Ape form, then overcame her gravitational suppression with a direct elemental punch. Yuanen Yehui lost the clash and collapsed with serious injuries.

• Jiang Mingyuan shaped his soul silver into a flexible sword and used wind element to cut Yuanen Yehui’s back.
• Yuanen Yehui used Air Cannon blasts to launch herself into the air and pursue Jiang Mingyuan.
• Yuanen Yehui’s Titan Giant Ape trait pinned Jiang Mingyuan with gravitational suppression, but he formed a phoenix-patterned gauntlet from the soul silver.
• Jiang Mingyuan’s elemental punch pierced Yuanen Yehui’s Air Cannon and struck her chest, defeating her and leaving her badly injured.

Jiang Mingyuan secretly helped Yuanen Yehui recover and covered her after her exam, then led Class Zero through a survival trial where they rested and ate grilled fish. Their meal was interrupted by a little Three-Eyed Golden Lion, which Tang Wulin caught by the scruff of its neck.

• Jiang Mingyuan covered Yuanen Yehui with his coat and quietly promised to keep her disguise secret.
• Yuanen Yehui put on a black robe and reflected on her isolation, while Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena were the only other examinees to defeat their opponents.
• Jiang Mingyuan proposed that Class Zero camp beside a stream during their ninth trial, and the group gathered firewood and caught fish.
• Jiang Mingyuan grilled the fish, and Class Zero rested and ate together.
• A little Three-Eyed Golden Lion darted from the bushes to snatch the last piece of fish, and Tang Wulin grabbed it by the scruff.

Ya Li took over as the freshmen’s head teacher, and Shen Yi began their first lesson on becoming battle armor masters. Jiang Mingyuan avoided being called on, but his startled movements left Tang Wulin in an embarrassing situation.

• Ya Li announced that she would teach the freshmen with Wu Changkong and Shen Yi as assistant instructors, and Shen Yi explained the academy’s rules.
• Shen Yi introduced battle armor and the requirements for becoming a One-Word Battle Armor Master, then showed the class designs to compare with mechas.
• Tang Wulin shared Mu Chen’s notes with Jiang Mingyuan, who teased him about his handwriting.
• Jiang Mingyuan hid under the desk to avoid being called on, and Ya Li’s presence behind him helped Shen Yi choose Luo Guixing instead.
• Jiang Mingyuan stood up while grabbing Tang Wulin’s arm, causing Tang Wulin’s hand to slip away as Jiang Mingyuan looked down and saw his exposed body.

Jiang Mingyuan blushed after an awkward remark to Tang Wulin, then nominated him for class monitor while he and Gu Yuena declined to compete. Shen Yi announced that the candidates would compete the next day, and Tang Wulin stayed behind after class to compose himself.

• Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin sat blushing after Jiang Mingyuan accidentally said something embarrassing, while Ya Li watched fondly.
• Luo Guixing explained how battle armor differed from mechas and why soul masters should cultivate a second profession.
• Shen Yi announced the class committee election, and Jiang Mingyuan recommended Tang Wulin for monitor before declining to run alongside Gu Yuena.
• Wu Siduo, Yang Nianxia, Xu Yucheng, and other students volunteered to compete for monitor, while Luo Guixing stayed seated.
• Shen Yi said the candidates would demonstrate their abilities in a special match the next day, then dismissed the class.
• After the others left for grilled fish, Tang Wulin stayed behind to calm himself.

Jiang Mingyuan returned to the abandoned cabins with his classmates and reunited with Yuanen, who asked to speak with him privately. Yuanen revealed her identity as Yuanen Yehui, and Jiang Mingyuan recognized her from the dessert shop where she had worked as a waitress.

• Jiang Mingyuan and his classmates found three dilapidated wooden houses in the woods and met Yuanen as he came outside.
• Yuanen returned Jiang Mingyuan's freshly washed coat and explained that he was a Work-Study Student.
• Yuanen grabbed Jiang Mingyuan's arm and asked to speak with him in private, so Jiang Mingyuan followed him into the cabin.
• Yuanen removed his robe and revealed herself as Yuanen Yehui, thanking Jiang Mingyuan for keeping her secret.
• Jiang Mingyuan asked Yuanen Yehui whether she still worked as a waitress at the dessert shop, and she recognized him as the silver-haired girl's companion.

Jiang Mingyuan comforted Yuanen Yehui, collected dark adamantine silver from Leng Yaozhu, and brought it to Tang Wulin to forge. A bonus scene showed the three facing the Dragon God's curse that left the Dragon Race desperate to reproduce, with Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena turning their attention to Jiang Mingyuan.

• Yuanen Yehui confided in Jiang Mingyuan, who listened until he finally excused himself.
• Leng Yaozhu gave Jiang Mingyuan two crates of dark adamantine silver, and he said Tang Wulin could forge it.
• Jiang Mingyuan returned to find Tang Wulin and Jiang Xiaoyue had wrecked the dormitory, then gave them ten minutes to clean it.
• Jiang Mingyuan showed Tang Wulin the dark adamantine silver and liquid soul silver, and Tang Wulin took the materials to try forging them.
• Years later, the Dragon God's curse left the Dragon Race in an uncontrollable reproductive frenzy, and Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena turned to Jiang Mingyuan for help.

Tang Wulin could not forge Jiang Mingyuan’s dark adamantine silver because the Blacksmith Association’s furnace was not hot enough and he lacked clearance for its hotter furnaces. After Jiang Mingyuan reassured him at dinner, Tang Wulin kept searching for a solution, and Jiang Mingyuan suddenly had an idea and asked him for a dark adamantine silver weapon.

• Tang Wulin learned that the Blacksmith Association’s furnaces could not heat dark adamantine silver and that he was not qualified to use the hotter ones.
• Tang Wulin called Jiang Mingyuan to apologize, and Jiang Mingyuan told him not to worry and invited him home for dinner.
• Tang Wulin bought cake for Jiang Xiaoyue and returned to share a meal with her and Jiang Mingyuan.
• Tang Wulin searched his books for another way to melt dark adamantine silver while Jiang Mingyuan worried that he had pressured him.
• Jiang Mingyuan suddenly sat up with an idea and asked Tang Wulin to take out a dark adamantine silver weapon.

Jiang Mingyuan tried to heat Dark Adamantine Silver for Tang Wulin, then used the furnace-like core inside his body to melt it and accidentally turned it into a long staff. In a side story, Wang Qiu'er cared for Jia Lin and a blue butterfly in the Star Dou Great Forest before taking them to town for fries.

• Jiang Mingyuan raised the heat of his flames while holding the Dark Adamantine Silver longsword, but Tang Wulin stopped him before he lost control.
• Jiang Mingyuan realized his body could act as a furnace and melted the longsword inside himself, leaving molten silver trapped in his upper body.
• Tang Wulin helped Jiang Mingyuan draw out and solidify the metal into a long staff, and Jiang Mingyuan weakly kicked him for forcing the process.
• Wang Qiu'er restrained Jia Lin and looked after her and the sleeping blue butterfly in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Wang Qiu'er set off with Jia Lin and the blue butterfly for a nearby town to get fries.

During the class committee election contest in a virtual forest, Tang Wulin ordered his team to attack every group they encountered. He led them into an ambush against Taisha’s clique after Zhang Yangzi cloaked the area in dark mist.

• Shen Yi brought the students into a circular hall and explained how to use the simulation pods for the election contest.
• Tang Wulin told Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Xu Xiaoyan to attack everyone on sight, then entered a pod with them.
• The five arrived in a dense virtual forest and spotted a group of six soul masters to the northeast.
• Tang Wulin assigned his team roles for an ambush on Taisha’s group, targeting Taisha and the two girls among his companions.
• Zhang Yangzi spread dark mist over the group, and Tang Wulin shouted for his team to attack.