Chapter Summaries

Atwood and Long Er turned the Fighting Club and Student Union against Rong Cheng, leaving Mu Fan to settle their conflict. Mu Fan defeated Rong Cheng in a one-on-one fight and reminded him that he was a first-year Mecha Academy student.

• Atwood ordered most Fighting Club members to leave Rong Cheng’s side and said the club would not interfere in Mu Fan’s dispute with him.
• Long Er drove off Rong Cheng’s remaining Fighting Club supporters and forced Shao Qi and the Student Union group to back away.
• Long Er challenged Rong Cheng to face Mu Fan alone, and Mu Fan rejected You Shi Wan’s plea to end the confrontation.
• Rong Cheng attacked Mu Fan with his Energy Nine-Section Whip, but Mu Fan evaded it with Six Forms · Charge Step and slammed him to the ground.
• Mu Fan reminded the unconscious Rong Cheng that he was a first-year student at Dingchuan Academy and a new Mecha Academy student.

After Rong Cheng fainted, Mu Fan refused Long Er’s invitation to join the Fighting Club and declared that breaking through every obstacle with strength was his dream. You Shi Wan questioned whether he understood the dangers ahead, and the chapter ended with his answer inspiring the students around him.

• Rong Cheng fainted, and Atwood left with the Fighting Club members.
• Long Er invited Mu Fan to join the Fighting Club, but Mu Fan declined and agreed to visit Long Er’s training field to spar.
• Long Er rebuked five Fighting Club members for not thanking Mu Fan for holding back, and they carried Rong Cheng away.
• You Shi Wan approached Mu Fan and asked whether he had been worried about the danger of charging ahead.
• Mu Fan said his dream was to break through every obstacle with strength, stirring the students watching him.

After the Kendo Club recruitment commotion, Mu Fan and Wang Nuonuo walked together and agreed to share a meal. Their conversation turned to the upcoming Mecha Martial Arts Competition and Mu Fan’s plan to prepare the Extremely Special Soldier Mecha.

• Wang Nuonuo called out to Mu Fan in front of the crowd, then blushed and asked if he was hurt; Mu Fan reassured her.
• You Shi Wan left to handle Student Union matters, and the crowd’s enthusiasm for joining the Kendo Club surged.
• Mu Fan thanked Shi Sen and the other Army Reserve Special Recruitment students for backing him, while Bing Su gave him and Wang Nuonuo a chance to talk alone.
• Mu Fan and Wang Nuonuo walked along the tree-lined path and discussed which clubs they planned to join.
• Wang Nuonuo invited Mu Fan to a meal and asked whether he would inspect the repaired Extreme Soldier the next day; Mu Fan remembered his plan with Black to prepare the Extremely Special Soldier Mecha.

Mu Fan and Wang Nuonuo traveled to Luoqi Heavy Industries’ secret Nautilus Warehouse to inspect the Extreme Soldier as the Mecha Martial Arts Competition approached. They arrived at the underground facility, where its eerie silence unsettled Wang Nuonuo.

• Mu Fan and Wang Nuonuo shared a cheerful meal, and Nuonuo admitted she missed home.
• Mu Fan trained on Little Green Mountain with Lu Qingxue, then reviewed Black’s reports on the Shadow Fleet, Gao Lingze, and the Three-Color Relic star map.
• Mu Fan met Wang Nuonuo and prepared to visit Luoqi Heavy Industries’ secret warehouse to learn about the Extreme Soldier.
• Nuonuo explained that their driver was a bionic robot and that her grandfather relied on robots to protect her movements.
• The Hover Car traveled through the city’s layered roadways and underground passages before reaching the silver-white Nautilus Warehouse.

Wang Nuonuo brought Mu Fan through the heavily secured Nautilus warehouse and granted him access to its central control system. The chapter ended as she prepared to hand the Extreme Soldier over to him.

• Mu Fan asked Wang Nuonuo about the warehouse's name, and she explained that the Nautilus Fish inspired it as a symbol of Luoqi Heavy Industries' future rise.
• Mu Fan and Wang Nuonuo passed through the warehouse's biometric scans, blast doors, laser-net passage, and gait-sensing corridor.
• Black urged Mu Fan to crack the central control computer, but Mu Fan hesitated because Nuonuo had brought him there in trust.
• Wang Nuonuo led Mu Fan to the central control room and registered his biological information to grant him warehouse access.
• Wang Nuonuo completed Mu Fan's authentication and pressed the control button to prepare the Extreme Soldier for him.

Mu Fan received access to the Extreme Soldier and customized its systems with Black’s help, tailoring its mobility to his piloting habits. After finishing the preliminary adjustments, he found Wang Nuonuo still asleep and reached toward her cheek to wake her.

• Wang Nuonuo showed Mu Fan the fully restored Extreme Soldier and explained that he could customize it using Luoqi Heavy Industries’ equipment and plans.
• Mu Fan used Black’s instructions to operate the workbench and select close-combat enhancements for the mech.
• Mu Fan and Black optimized the Extreme Soldier around its Meteorite No. 3 Engine, increasing its mobility by about eight percent.
• Wang Nuonuo fell asleep at the workbench while Mu Fan worked, and he finished the preliminary adjustments when the clock reached 11:00.
• Mu Fan noticed Wang Nuonuo was still asleep, tried calling her, and reached toward her cheek as his stomach rumbled.

Mu Fan woke Wang Nuonuo and invited her to eat at the Food Street, then asked whether Luoqi Heavy Industries could provide him with a stronger physical weapon. Nuonuo remembered that her grandfather had sent him a unique weapon, Flame Rain Frost Blue, and that it had already been shipped.

• Mu Fan pinched Wang Nuonuo’s nose until she woke, and she hid her embarrassment about having fallen asleep.
• Mu Fan invited Wang Nuonuo to the Food Street beside Dingchuan No. 4 Entrance, and she happily agreed.
• Mu Fan asked whether Luoqi Heavy Industries had a powerful physical cold weapon for his combat needs.
• Wang Nuonuo remembered that her grandfather had arranged to ship Mu Fan a unique weapon.
• Wang Nuonuo revealed that the weapon was called Flame Rain Frost Blue.

Mu Fan and Wang Nuonuo arrived at Dingchuan Academy’s Food Street for a weekend meal with their friends after discussing his upcoming Martial Arts Competition. Nearby, a wealthy young man spotted someone he knew at their restaurant and took his companion over to greet them.

• Wang Nuonuo told Mu Fan that she had secured him a prized weapon from Luoqi Heavy Industries and hoped it would arrive before the Martial Arts Competition.
• Wang Nuonuo and Mu Fan explored the Food Street and headed to Heaven and Earth Same Square Big Plate Chicken.
• Gu Yunyou, White Hair, Li Xiaoxi, Harry, and William welcomed Wang Nuonuo and Mu Fan, and their weekend gathering began.
• A wealthy young man and his female companion crossed the Food Street on their way to an opera gathering.
• The young man spotted someone he knew at Heaven and Earth Same Square Big Plate Chicken and led his companion over to say hello.

Mu Fan and Wang Nuonuo ate with their friends and discussed the Freshmen Welcome Party before Lin An arrived with his girlfriend, Veronica, and insulted Mu Fan for being poor. White Hair and Harry reacted to Lin An’s taunts with a dramatic outburst that Li Xiaoxi interpreted as a call to undo White Hair’s zipper.

• Wang Nuonuo said she would perform a dance at the Freshmen Welcome Party, and Mu Fan embarrassed her by recalling her aerobics performance in PO Battle Network.
• Lin An arrived with Veronica and criticized Mu Fan for treating Wang Nuonuo to a meal at the small restaurant.
• Wang Nuonuo and Mu Fan told Lin An to stop disturbing their meal, but Lin An continued insulting Mu Fan and left with Veronica.
• White Hair shouted and Harry sprang to his feet with a howl, startling the diners.
• Gu Yunyou asked Li Xiaoxi what White Hair had said, and Li Xiaoxi guessed that he was calling for someone to undo his zipper because a gay was there.

White Hair confronted Lin An and Veronica with a fabricated claim that Veronica had once dated him, then used a private detail he had learned by spying to make the accusation seem true. Lin An and Veronica ended the chapter arguing over how White Hair knew about her past.

• Mu Fan sprayed water when White Hair and Harry joked about their team jargon, while Lin An angrily demanded that White Hair clarify whom he was mocking.
• White Hair called Veronica his darling, but she denied knowing him and said Lin An was her boyfriend.
• White Hair claimed Veronica was his ex-girlfriend and revealed that she had a mole near her cleavage, a detail he had noticed after spying on the girls' dormitory surveillance.
• Veronica denied dating White Hair, but Lin An demanded to know how he knew about the mole.
• White Hair claimed he had dumped Veronica because he preferred smaller breasts, then suggested she had been his secret lover.
• Lin An demanded an explanation from Veronica, and she insisted she had never dated White Hair.

Yuan Rui arrived at the shop with an unconditional real estate transfer for Mu Fan, revealing that it was compensation tied to Mu Fan’s past dealings with the Mountain Haze Society. Mu Fan recognized the connection, while the others were left wondering what agreement he had made.

• Two formally dressed men entered the shop and identified Mu Fan from a portrait on their Sky Communicator.
• Yuan Rui politely asked Lin An to move aside, then confirmed Mu Fan’s identity.
• Yuan Rui offered Mu Fan an unconditional transfer of a 720-square-meter villa in Monarch Bauhinia Villa District.
• Wang Nuonuo asked for details about the transfer, and Yuan Rui said Mu Fan would understand after seeing what he brought.
• Yuan Rui recited a phrase that made Mu Fan recognize the Mountain Haze Society, then explained that he was fulfilling an agreement made on someone else’s behalf.

Yuan Rui offered Mu Fan a villa worth 273 million Star Coins on behalf of the Mountain Haze Society, and revealed that the First Mountain Lord wanted to speak with him. Mu Fan accepted the gift and agreed to meet, leaving his friends to finish their meal before departing.

• Lin An and Veronica doubted the villa transfer, but Gu Yunyou confirmed the documents were real.
• Yuan Rui told Mu Fan that the First Mountain Lord wished to speak with him, and Mu Fan agreed to meet after the meal.
• Mu Fan signed the gift contract, becoming the sole owner of a villa in Monarch Bauhinia.
• White Hair taunted Lin An until Lin An stormed out, followed by Veronica.
• Mu Fan told his friends he would leave later and pointed out Yuan Rui and the other man waiting outside.

After a meal with his companions, Mu Fan traveled with Yuan Rui and Lawyer Sisco toward the suburbs, secretly asking Black to record the route and search for information on the Mountain Lord. Elsewhere, Lin Wu met with Empire Hawk Eye agent Ren Xiaowei, who secured their tea room before beginning a confidential briefing for His Highness.

• Mu Fan paid for the group’s meal, then left with Yuan Rui and Lawyer Sisco in a deep purple Hover Car.
• As the car headed toward the suburbs along a familiar route, Mu Fan covertly asked Black to record it and search for the Mountain Lord.
• At a tea house by Senliu Lake, Lin Wu waited alone in a third-floor Viewing Pavilion after dismissing the tea artists.
• Ren Xiaowei arrived disguised as a travel-worn young man and met Lin Wu in the pavilion.
• Ren Xiaowei activated devices to prevent eavesdropping, then said he needed to verify several matters with Lin Wu for a report to His Highness.

Lin Wu met Ren Xiaowei to discuss imperial funding, the Fengyuan Deathsworn’s deaths, and the mysterious forces behind recent attacks. Ren Xiaowei warned him about rival families and the student connected to Luoqi Heavy Industries, while Lin Wu remained confident in his imperial influence.

• Lin Wu reported that he had transferred about 57.2 billion Star Coins to the designated accounts and had another 16.7 billion awaiting transfer, and Ren Xiaowei said Prince Xuyang would give him command of the Purple Mirror Unit.
• Ren Xiaowei questioned Lin Wu about the Fengyuan Deathsworn’s deaths, and Lin Wu said they had likely been smelted at the Chad Metal Smelting Plant after an interception by an unknown force.
• Ren Xiaowei identified Hidden Peak and the force that attacked the Federation’s expulsion fleet as possible mysterious powers, and Lin Wu suspected Hidden Peak might be seeking information about Akabote Alloy.
• After tea attendant Min Shi interrupted their meeting, Lin Wu dismissed her and told Ren Xiaowei that beautiful women often died young.
• Ren Xiaowei asked about the Tang family, the Gaoling Family, and Lin Wu’s interest in Luoqi Heavy Industries’ princess, then noted that her preferred student had considerable potential.
• Lin Wu dismissed the student’s prospects and said even the Thunderbolt Fighting God would disappoint him if he appeared before the Empire.

Ren Xiaowei and Lin Wu discussed the reliability of Planetfall Operation and its plans against Wang Lingfeng and Luoqi Heavy Industries. Mu Fan arrived at Cloud Mist Mountain Villa to meet the First Mountain Lord, who introduced himself as Ke Qingshan.

• Ren Xiaowei asked Lin Wu about Planetfall Operation, and Lin Wu said its reliability exceeded ninety percent and the plot against Wang Lingfeng involved the Bauhinia Family.
• Ren Xiaowei left the Tea House and wondered whether the Huangchuan Family was mobilizing and whether Prince Xuyang would come to watch the matches.
• Yuan Rui brought Mu Fan to Cloud Mist Mountain Villa, where Black warned him that the club was heavily monitored.
• Mu Fan entered a shielded room and met the First Mountain Lord, who told him to call him Ke Qingshan.

Mu Fan met Ke Qingshan, the former commander’s son and head of the Mountain Haze Society, who invited him to join and condemned the Federation’s noble-controlled power structure. Ke ended by asking Mu Fan whether he was willing to join, leaving his answer unknown.

• Mu Fan learned that Ke Qingshan was the son of former Federation First Army Group commander Ke Qilian, who had died six years earlier on Capital Star.
• Ke Qingshan invited Mu Fan to join the Mountain Haze Society, citing his potential, his status at Dingchuan Academy, and his rapidly rising rating in the society’s database.
• Mu Fan asked what the Mountain Haze Society was and why he should join, then described his limited understanding of the nobility and the Federation.
• Ke Qingshan argued that nobles controlled nearly all Federation political power and that their conflicts and greed were rotting the Federation.
• When Mu Fan defended the soldiers and officers he had met, Ke Qingshan claimed most wars served nobles’ interests and said the New Faction Expeditionary Force opposed those groups.
• Ke Qingshan formally asked Mu Fan whether he was willing to join the Mountain Haze Society.

Mu Fan rejected Ke Qingshan’s offer to join the Mountain Haze Society and investigated the mysterious Mountain Lord with Black. He headed to the library to study advanced Soglier Series moves and prepare for the competition.

• Mu Fan refused Ke Qingshan’s invitation, saying he trusted only himself, and left without seeing the Mountain Lord’s face.
• Yuan Rui drove Mu Fan back to Dingchuan Academy and confirmed that he had once served in the military.
• Mu Fan asked Black to investigate Ke Qilian and Ke Qingshan, learning that Ke Qingshan had no official records and might be Ke Qilian’s illegitimate son.
• Mu Fan told Black to monitor Ke Qingshan and the Mountain Haze Society, then joked with Black about being a loyal intelligent life.
• Mu Fan reached the library and asked Black to find advanced Soglier Series moves so he could master more mecha skills before the competition.

Mu Fan went to Dingchuan Academy’s library to study Soglier’s cold-weapon techniques, while Master Wendell noticed his arrival and was called away to investigate the Storm Lightning Owl. Mu Fan chose to scan all three beginner techniques at once, beginning with V-shaped Sabre.

• Black listed seven cold-weapon techniques and guided Mu Fan to Soglier’s notes on the ninth floor.
• Master Wendell spotted Mu Fan on the library’s surveillance system, then left with Xu Jiang to inspect abnormalities in the Storm Lightning Owl.
• Black guided Mu Fan around the ninth-floor surveillance as he made his way to bookshelf 8, number 193.
• Mu Fan collected Soglier’s seven notebooks and, despite Black’s warning, ordered him to scan V-shaped Sabre, Great Wheel Thrust, and Lotus.
• Black began scanning the notebooks, starting with Soglier’s V-shaped Sabre technique.

Mu Fan spent the day in the library forcibly memorizing advanced techniques from Soglier's Unbelievable Conjecture, pushing his mental power to its limits. He left determined to begin his final preparations for the competition the next day.

• Mu Fan used the auxiliary reader to memorize Soglier's V-shaped Sabre and Great Wheel Thrust, enduring heavy mental exhaustion as Black helped him continue.
• Mu Fan explained that he cared about the competition because he was repaying kindness, and Black agreed to let him proceed for Little Fatty Girl's sake.
• Mu Fan studied Lotus Fall and recognized its imagery as resembling the fantastical technique Harry had shown him on Luoqie Star.
• At the library's 22:00 closing announcement, Mu Fan finished memorizing the notebooks, returned them, and staggered out.
• Mu Fan resolved to balance strength and speed training in his Flexible Training Suit with mecha practice and technique familiarization in Extreme Soldier, beginning his final preparation phase the next day.

Mu Fan returned to BattleNet to finish his placement matches while Lang Ge began a new Lone Wolf Tutoring Class with a boastful ranked-match demonstration. Their accounts were matched against each other, and Lang Ge recognized Shura just as the battle was about to begin.

• Mu Fan resumed training and decided to complete his final placement match before military training ended.
• Mu Fan entered the BattleNet and queued for a match as Shura.
• Lang Ge opened his ninth Lone Wolf Tutoring Class and promised the freshmen a demonstration of his ranked-match skills.
• The BattleNet matched Shura against Lang Ge's account, Lone Wolf Tutoring Monitor.
• Lang Ge saw Shura's name and cursed.