Recaps

Yu Sheng entered the apprentice assessment at an abandoned factory, where he fought a demon beast and a cultist while showing how he treated danger and rewards. Liu Qingfeng left him with a promise to pay the reward he had earned, as the surviving students faced the consequences of the trial.

• Yu Sheng reported Yu Sanshui to the police, kept the money his father told him about, and awakened a golden nine before secretly activating the Dragon-Patterned Staff through the resentment of his classmates.
• Yu Sheng took in the wounded Li Yihan, who repeatedly failed to kill himself, and discovered that emotional distress filled his scroll painting with energy.
• Liu Qingfeng selected Yu Sheng for the apprentice assessment, and the principal agreed to pay him three grade-one crystals for participating.
• At the factory, Yu Sheng used concealed weapons to defeat Du Xu, while Luo Yun and the observers recognized him as a promising but unusually ruthless student.
• Luo Yun sent a Dog Demon to attack the students, and Yu Sheng left the group to negotiate with the driver before returning and killing the demon while claiming a reward.
• A beggar cultist attacked the students, and Yu Sheng killed him after Liu Qingfeng explained that cultists could be killed and carried a reward.
• Liu Qingfeng asked Yu Sheng about his past killings and urged him to stand with his teammates and help humanity, while Yu Sheng promised to try and reminded him about the reward he was owed.

Yu Sheng collected his reward, visited the veterans’ camp with Liu Qingfeng, and awakened his staff as Mobei City’s schools prepared for the national exam. Meanwhile, An Xin and the Ink Pavilion assembled for a dangerous operation, while Yu Sheng remained uneasy about trust, killing, and his classmates’ feelings.

• Luo Yun and Liu Qingfeng judged Yu Sheng promising but agreed he needed more observation, while Yu Sheng refused Wang Wenxuan’s suggestion to bend the rescue rules for extra money.
• An Xin and the Third Squad rescued injured girls from a truck and took them toward Baichun City, while a Divine Cult agent marked Mobei City as the focus of an early plan.
• Yu Sheng earned first place in the assessment and collected his bounty with Chen Yimo’s help, while An Xin’s team struggled to claim its own reward.
• After returning home, Yu Sheng learned that students from the other schools were provoking Second High School, and Liu Qingfeng explained the coming school merger and university assessment.
• Liu Qingfeng took Yu Sheng to the Veterans’ Camp, where Yu Sheng met Elder Zhong, collected 300 yuan from him over illicit discs, and heard about the veterans’ sacrifices and Zhong Yushu’s past.
• Liu Qingfeng encouraged Yu Sheng to experience the wider Human Race, and Yu Sheng found moments of happiness fishing and spending time in the village before awakening the staff from his vision.
• Yu Sheng negotiated a share of school uniform sponsorship profits with the principal, while advertisements strengthened the Dragon-Patterned Staff through the students’ resentment.
• An Xin’s team accepted a dangerous Ink Pavilion mission, while Pavilion Master Lin briefed the operation’s participants and promised the Ink Pavilion would not sacrifice them.
• As the exam approached, Liu Qingfeng reassured Yu Sheng about justice and his future, then sent the students to rest, and Yu Sheng sat apart, unable to understand their sadness at leaving the classroom.

Yu Sheng took first place in the provincial exam, but Liu Qingfeng died defending Mobei City, leaving Yu Sheng with his medal and a new resolve to earn merit. After graduating, Yu Sheng and Zhao Zicheng set off for Jiangcheng, where a God Servant and An Xin were also headed.

• Liu Qingfeng took Yu Sheng in, became his only disciple, and prepared him for the exam while Evil Cult forces gathered around Mobei City.
• As the exam began, Liu Qingfeng and the veterans left to defend the city, where the school, Guard Bureau, and civilians came under attack.
• Yu Sheng awakened his Dragon-Patterned Staff, named it Sucker Punch, and crossed the exam course to place first in Mobei City.
• Zhong Yushu killed Wei Le and his companions, then left to help purge the Evil Cult as Liu Qingfeng continued fighting the Divine Attendant.
• Yu Sheng reached Liu Qingfeng as he lay dying, told him he had placed first, and received Liu Qingfeng’s medal before Liu Qingfeng died.
• Yu Sheng joined An Xin and Zhao Qingyi in defeating the remaining cultists, then buried Liu Qingfeng and received invitations to university assessments.
• After graduating, Yu Sheng decided to earn medals and obtained a Tiger XS from a black-market contact, then set out for Jiangcheng with Zhao Zicheng.
• The Goddess sent a young God Servant to Jiangcheng to kill two Ink Academy students, while An Xin and Zhao Qingyi also departed for the city.

Zhao Qingyi and Pavilion Master Lin headed for Jiangcheng while Yu Sheng and Zhao Zicheng hunted Evil Cultists, then the group became entangled in Ink Academy’s chaotic entrance assessment. Yu Sheng and Zhao Zicheng earned hundreds of credits by provoking the upperclassmen, while the academy’s aged voice announced several deaths from explosives.

• Zhao Qingyi chose to go to Jiangcheng, and Pavilion Master Lin tested her wariness before leading her onward and training her along the way.
• Yu Sheng and Zhao Zicheng raided Evil Cult hideouts for bounties, prompting cult leader Zong Ren to gather followers in Jiangcheng as Ink Academy candidates arrived.
• Ink Academy shut Jiangcheng’s gates before its assessment, and a giant broke through the eastern gate after candidates were kept outside.
• Xu Yuanqing admitted Yu Sheng after Yu Sheng bluffed him with fake explosives, then set candidates to fight Yu Sheng and complete other harsh assessment tasks.
• Yu Sheng defeated the giant and fought Tombstone Boy, while Xu Yuanqing’s authority and salary were repeatedly challenged by the academy’s loudspeaker.
• Zhao Zicheng enrolled after Xu Yuanqing tested his Sandbag, and the candidates endured poisoned food before being assessed on whether they could punch Liu Yu.
• Yu Sheng and Zhao Zicheng tricked the upperclassmen into attacking Sun Wen, then Zhao Zicheng used his Awakening Object to distract them while Yu Sheng secretly prepared explosives around the academy.
• The upperclassmen planted explosives in their rooms and waited for Yu Sheng, but the devices detonated, killing one third-year student, two second-year students, and a teacher and awarding Yu Sheng and Zhao Zicheng 400 credits.