Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi tested Ziying’s skills and discovered that the world’s digitization rules did not affect him, then prepared to hunt valuable monsters with her. The chapter left them driving toward the swamp while the Awakening Bureau planned to recruit Ling Yi and use his admission to address problems at the Professional Academy.

• Ling Yi cooked a celebratory feast, then had Ziying attack him with her skills; every attack failed to hit or harm him, confirming that digitized skill effects did not work on him.
• Ling Yi agreed to take Ziying monster hunting and chose the Eastern Suburb Swamp, where Earth-Turning Mud Dragons had valuable hides.
• Director Li consulted a higher-up, who advised him not to pressure Ling Yi, suggested telling him about rewards for killing Church of Darkness members, and arranged an entrance-exam-exempt admission offer to the Professional Academy.
• The higher-up said he had destroyed records about Shadow Ziying and told Director Li not to monitor or contact her directly.
• The next morning, Ling Yi drove a modified Hummer with Ziying toward the swamp, passing other professionals as they headed into the high-level monster zone.

Ling Yi lured and defeated the Earth-Turning Mud Dragons with his powerful skills, then harvested their hides with Ziying. A nearby group discovered that he was a level 22 Priest who could also use Chain Lightning, while Ling Yi found cheap sealing talismans in the Low-Profile Points Shop to carry his loot.

• Ling Yi drew the Earth-Turning Mud Dragons out of the swamp, then used Healing Technique and Holy Light Technique to protect Ziying from their poisonous miasma.
• White Moon watched the battle from nearby with Sister Susu and worried that Ling Yi might hate her for obeying her father's order to avoid him.
• Susu sent Li Hai to investigate, and he reported that Ling Yi had used Chain Lightning to kill dozens of Earth-Turning Mud Dragons despite being only level 22.
• Susu ordered her group back to the city after realizing Ling Yi's two classes and transcendent-grade talent could attract powerful factions and the Church of Darkness.
• Ling Yi and Ziying harvested thirty-five hides, and Ling Yi found single-use sealing talismans in the Low-Profile Points Shop for storing his loot.

After selling the monster materials he gathered, Ling Yi returned to school to meet Zhou Yunkai, the Professional Academy’s vice dean, and chose to take the academy’s entrance assessments rather than accept admission without them. He left Luo Yuhai baffled, saying he wanted to test a few things and was confident in his choice.

• Luo Yuhai called Ling Yi back to Dafeng City because a Professional Academy representative wanted to test him.
• Ling Yi sold his Earth-Turning Mud Dragon scales and hides for over fifty million, then learned from Ziying about the academy’s three possible entrance assessments.
• At the school, Luo Yuhai introduced Ling Yi to Zhou Yunkai, the academy’s level-89 vice dean, who offered him either direct admission or a place in the September assessments.
• Ling Yi chose to take the assessments, despite Luo Yuhai’s objections, and told him he wanted to verify a few things.

Luo Yuhai explained class-change requirements and warned Ling Yi that the Church of Darkness might target him after Song Yan exposed his transcendent-grade talent. When Director Li reported that thousands of Church of Darkness members had infiltrated Feng Town, Ling Yi went to confront them, while learning new details about his missing parents’ disappearance inside a mysterious dungeon.

• Luo Yuhai told Ling Yi about the Class Holder Academy entrance requirements and how mercenary guild monopolies made class-change orbs prohibitively expensive, then gave Ling Yi the school's orbs for his first and second advancements.
• Luo Yuhai warned Ling Yi to stay alert because the Church of Darkness might come after him, and explained that Song Yan had been imprisoned for exposing his talent.
• Director Li told Ling Yi that three thousand Church of Darkness members, including powerful archers and a poison priest, had infiltrated Feng Town, and Ling Yi agreed to deal with them.
• Ling Yi asked Director Li about Ziying and learned that she was an Awakening Bureau undercover agent planted in the Church of Darkness.
• Director Li explained that Ling Yi's parents had entered a level 30 dungeon in Nanling City with over a hundred thousand other class holders, but the dungeon vanished after half a day and none of its entrants returned.
• Ling Yi learned that the dungeon had offered only Hell Grade difficulty, then entered Feng Town to confront the Church of Darkness.

Ling Yi reassured Ziying that she was no longer affiliated with the Church of Darkness, then prepared for the arrival of over three thousand of its members. As Ling Yi cooked, the armed Church members gathered outside Feng Town, led by someone who hoped Ling Yi would be a worthy opponent.

• Ziying recovered memories of serving as a Hunter for the Church of Darkness but remained unsure of her past, and Ling Yi told her Director Li had confirmed she was not truly one of them.
• Ling Yi used Appraisal Technique to inspect Ziying and Li Chunfeng, then bought Protective Divine Shield and placed it on himself and Ziying.
• Ziying warned Ling Yi that the Church of Darkness was targeting him because of his transcendent-grade talent, but Ling Yi chose to eat before facing them.
• Li Chunfeng sent Ling Yi an Awakening Bureau bounty notice offering at least 100,000 for each Church member killed, and Ling Yi considered the potential reward for defeating the group.
• More than three thousand black-robed Church of Darkness members gathered at the eastern junction outside Feng Town, carrying real weapons and firearms, while their leader examined a glass-like marble and hoped Ling Yi would not disappoint him.

Elder Gu used the Data Ball to trap Ling Yi and Ziying in a Duel Domain, expecting their deaths to advance the world's digitization. When the Church of Darkness attacked, Ling Yi recognized the Data Ball's power and weathered their skills behind his replenishable shield, leaving Elder Gu alarmed by Ling Yi's apparent external energy release.

• Elder Gu activated the Data Ball's domain and ordered the Church of Darkness to attack Ling Yi and Ziying while sparing the Awakening Bureau's followers.
• Ling Yi and Ziying noticed the digitized indicators above people and saw the Church of Darkness surrounding their hotel.
• Ling Yi appraised the Data Ball, learned its functions, and decided he would take it from the Church of Darkness.
• The Church of Darkness bombarded Ling Yi and Ziying with skills, but their attacks only depleted shield value that Ling Yi could restore.
• Ling Yi released towering energy after the attacks struck him, and Elder Gu feared he had encountered a powerhouse beyond level one hundred.

Ling Yi defeated the Church of Darkness forces and took the Data Ball, then heard Elder Gu explain its history and how it had led to Blue Star’s digitization. Ling Yi knew the Church’s explanation was mistaken because the Data Ball was a naturally formed origin object, and the chapter left him questioning whether it had truly come before digitization.

• Elder Gu and Elder Bai argued over whether to attack Ling Yi, while Elder Situ was left weakened by Corrosion Plague.
• Ling Yi and Ziying fought back, with Ling Yi using Chain Lightning and Flash Step to eliminate the armed Church of Darkness forces and Elder Gu remaining as the last opponent.
• Ling Yi took the Data Ball from Elder Gu, returned home with him, and asked what the Church knew about it.
• Elder Gu recounted that the Church’s founder had found the Data Ball in an ancient tomb, and that later leaders used it to open dungeons and create class holders.
• Elder Gu said the Church had deliberately caused wars to feed the Data Ball until it digitized Blue Star fifty years earlier, while Ling Yi knew the object had formed naturally.

After binding the Data Ball, Ling Yi learned its true purpose and the Church of Darkness’s mistaken beliefs, then faced growing attention from the Awakening Bureau and other factions. He decided to open a level 100 dungeon with Ziying, and the chapter ended as he reviewed the Data Ball’s dungeon records.

• The Data Ball bound itself to Ling Yi, revealed its secrets, and transformed into armor that he also gave to Ziying.
• Ling Yi learned that dungeons were passages to other worlds and that the Data Ball was part of the World Consciousness’s plan to digitize and infect worlds.
• Li Chunfeng warned Ling Yi that the Awakening Bureau had split over how to deal with him and that the White Tiger Mercenary Guild might approach him.
• Ling Yi told Li Chunfeng he would join no faction, then said he planned to level up and visit the Class Holder Academy.
• Ling Yi and Ziying shared breakfast, and Ling Yi invited her to enter a level 100 dungeon with him.
• Ling Yi projected the Data Ball’s panel and found over five thousand cleared dungeons listed, with none above level fifty.

Ling Yi entered a level 100 dungeon on Hell difficulty while Ziying went into a cleared level 10 dungeon, where Zirui followed her. In the Realm of the Dead, Ling Yi discovered that killing monsters granted him EXP and increased his attributes, and he began fighting the dungeon’s skeleton army.

• Ling Yi explained that cleared dungeons remained accessible and let class holders gain digitization progress, then opened a cleared level 10 dungeon for Ziying before entering the level 100 dungeon himself.
• Zirui arrived at Ling Yi and Ziying’s home, teased Ziying about her feelings for Ling Yi, and charged into the level 10 dungeon; Ziying followed her in.
• Ling Yi entered the Realm of the Dead, selected Hell difficulty, and received a warning that failing to clear the dungeon would let its monsters invade the world.
• Over a thousand level 100 skeleton soldiers emerged, and Ling Yi killed a wave of them with Chain Lightning.
• Ling Yi absorbed EXP from the skeletons, saw his attributes increase by one point, and realized he could level up despite lacking a class holder data panel.

After clearing a level-100 dungeon with ease, Ling Yi spent a month leveling up and enjoying Zirui’s cooking with her and Ziying. When Luo Yuhai called to say the Professional Academy assessment was beginning, Ling Yi decided to attend despite distrusting the powerful factions behind it.

• Ling Yi defeated the Skeleton King, inspected his stats, and left the level-100 dungeon.
• Ziying returned with her older sister Zirui, who apologized for taking Ziying into a dungeon and offered to cook for Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi welcomed Zirui after learning she could cook, and the sisters stayed with him as he ran dungeons and enjoyed her meals.
• Over the next month, Ling Yi cleared 129 level-100 dungeons, reached level 308 while displaying level 30, and faced no further attacks from the Church of Darkness.
• Luo Yuhai called Ling Yi about the Professional Academy assessment, and Ling Yi chose to go with Ziying and Zirui despite suspecting the Academy and its affiliated factions might try to control or eliminate him.

Ling Yi returned to school for the Professional Academy assessment and revealed that he was level 30 with both priest and mage classes, astonishing his classmates. White Moon had also reached level 30 and completed her second advancement, while recruiters arrived to sign up students and Liu Hongying approached Ling Yi.

• Ling Yi arrived at Dafeng City No. 3 Middle School with Ziying and Zirui, reassured Li Rui, and told classmates he had reached level 30 and learned the Holy Light Technique.
• Ling Yi displayed his level information, revealing his priest and mage classes and leaving the students stunned.
• White Moon watched from a distance in her new moon-white armor, and Wen Susu noted that Ling Yi's displayed level seemed false; White Moon had reached level 30 and completed her second advancement as a lightning mage.
• The principal, Luo Yuhai, Liu Hongying, Li Chunfeng, and Zhao Ruixing arrived with Lin Shu, whom Ling Yi recognized as an unusually capable student affiliated with the Professional Guild.
• Zhao Ruixing recruited several students for the Professional Guild, while the officials left Ling Yi to the Professional Academy; Liu Hongying ignored their warnings and walked toward him.

Liu Hongying tried to force Ling Yi to join the White Tiger Mercenary Guild and marry White Moon, then attacked him when he ignored her. Zirui stopped the arrow and defeated Liu Hongying, while White Moon boarded the bus without helping her; a Church of Darkness elder then ordered Plan Six as Ling Yi sensed the surveillance.

• Liu Hongying demanded that Ling Yi join White Tiger and marry her daughter White Moon, but Ling Yi walked away without responding.
• Liu Hongying fired a Cold Ice Arrow at Ling Yi, and Zirui shattered it before striking Liu Hongying into the school wall.
• Ling Yi, Zirui, and Ziying boarded the bus, and White Moon left with them without checking on her injured mother.
• A Church of Darkness elder watched the bus depart, worried that Ling Yi had mastered the Holy Orb, and ordered Old Bug to carry out Plan Six.
• A sparrow flew after the bus, and Ling Yi opened his eyes, recognizing that the Church of Darkness was monitoring them.

Ling Yi and his companions traveled toward Baihai City for the Professional Academy entrance assessment, while Zirui revealed how guilds controlled key resources and Ling Yi considered the coming digitization of the world. White Moon joined their team, and the chapter ended with Ling Yi wondering what the Church of Darkness’s Plan No. 6 involved.

• Zirui explained that the bus used magic-resistant materials and Burrow Demon Dragon fuel, and she and Ling Yi discussed mercenary guilds’ control of vital resources.
• Zhao Ruixing warned Zirui to watch her words, and Ling Yi reflected that the world could become fully digitized after the data sphere and World Consciousness completed their updates.
• White Moon apologized for backing out of their earlier agreement, and Ling Yi and Ziying invited her to join their team despite the trouble her parents might cause.
• Zirui joked about Ling Yi being surrounded by beauties, while Ziying introduced herself and the sisters to White Moon.
• Ling Yi and seventeen others boarded an automated Professional Academy plane bound for Baihai City without their principal or guards.
• After Li Rui worried that someone might attack the plane, Ling Yi questioned whether it was truly safe and wondered about the Church of Darkness’s Plan No. 6.

Ling Yi and the other students encountered a level-85 Grand Elder of the Church of Darkness riding a Two-Headed White Eagle beside their unmanned aircraft. As the eagle began charging, Lin Shu prepared to protect Liu Wenwen and fight back.

• Ziying, Zirui, and White Moon debated whether a world without professionals would be better, and Ling Yi redirected their attention to the enemy outside.
• The students spotted the Church of Darkness Grand Elder and discovered that the aircraft's weapons system had been disabled, prompting panic and accusations among the passengers.
• Lin Shu ordered the frightened students to prepare for battle and reflected on how grinding monsters with Liu Wenwen had rapidly strengthened him and led to a clash with White Tiger Mercenary Guild members.
• Liu Wenwen asked Lin Shu how they would fight, and he told her to stay close while planning to attack the Grand Elder with a volley of arrows.
• The Two-Headed White Eagle curved around and accelerated toward the aircraft as Lin Shu cursed the passengers who thought the attack was part of an assessment.

The Two-Headed White Eagle and the Church of Darkness grand elder attacked the plane, but Lin Shu wounded the grand elder with ambush arrows and Ling Yi took control of the eagle with Mental Contract. The plane landed safely at Baihai City Professional Academy, leaving Ling Yi with a new flying summon.

• The Two-Headed White Eagle tore open the plane’s fuselage, and the grand elder of the Church of Darkness fired at Ling Yi and destroyed the passengers’ parachutes.
• Lin Shu ambushed the grand elder with arrows, wounding him, before the grand elder ordered the Two-Headed White Eagle to block another volley and the arrows nearly killed her.
• Ling Yi healed the Two-Headed White Eagle and used Mental Contract to take control of her, then threw the grand elder through the opening in the plane.
• Ling Yi told the Two-Headed White Eagle to block the opening and shielded her from the damage, while Lin Shu questioned why he had not acted sooner.
• The plane landed at Baihai City Professional Academy, and Ling Yi sent the Two-Headed White Eagle away to level up.

Ling Yi and the others arrived at the Professional Academy, where examiner Situ Cheng ordered the new candidates to undergo a three-round assessment. After explaining the combat power test, Ten Thousand Beasts Tower challenge, and arena matches, he began assigning candidates to testing rooms.

• Ling Yi appraised Situ Cheng and discovered his high stats and ties to both the Church of Darkness and the Professional Academy.
• Situ Cheng handed out teleportation stones and ordered the candidates to teleport to the academy field within three minutes.
• Ling Yi and his companions arrived at the field, where other candidates noticed their high levels and White Moon identified Bai Yunhai as her hated cousin.
• Situ Cheng announced that candidates needed a combat power score of 500 to pass the first round, clear the tenth stage of the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower to pass the second, and survive arena matches until one thousand remained.
• The candidates moved to the testing grounds, checked their assigned rooms on the screens, and began the combat power test.

Ling Yi and his companions took the combat power test before heading to the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower, where Ling Yi learned that many Professional Academy members were also tied to the Church of Darkness. He secretly crippled Bai Yunhai, then chose to enter the tower with Zirui, Ziying, and White Moon.

• Lin Yun tested the group, and Gao Xiaohu was eliminated while Lin Shu, White Moon, Liu Wenwen, Li Rui, and Zhao Ming passed; Ling Yi, Zirui, and Ziying each deliberately registered 750 combat power.
• Bai Yunhai confronted White Moon and threatened Ling Yi, so Ling Yi secretly disabled Bai Yunhai's skills and attributes, weakened his equipment, and emptied his inventory except for his Teleport Stone.
• Ling Yi and his companions traveled to the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower, where Lin Shu's group arrived separately.
• The armored gatekeeper warned that parties faced more monsters, death was permanent, and the tower's monsters were unusually dangerous.
• Ling Yi chose to enter the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower in a party with Zirui, Ziying, and White Moon.

Ling Yi discovered that the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower’s floors contained instances whose open passages could expose the world to invasion, so he began clearing and closing them with the Data Ball. The Church of Darkness, secretly controlling the Professional Academy, decided to arrange an attempt on his life using Bai Yunhai and a Demon-Sealing Talisman.

• Ling Yi entered a floor’s instance, while Ziying and Zirui explained instance monsters to White Moon as she struggled to defeat the level 1 Goblins.
• Ling Yi cleared and closed the instance, then returned as White Moon finished the monster wave.
• Jiang Yunhui and the Church of Darkness elders debated whether to recruit, control, or kill Ling Yi, while concealing their takeover of the Professional Academy.
• The Ninth Elder reported that Ling Yi was closing the tower’s instances as he advanced, alarming Jiang Yunhui and the elders.
• The Fifth Elder proposed giving Bai Yunhai a Demon-Sealing Talisman to kill Ling Yi in the arena, and Jiang Yunhui approved the plan.

After clearing the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower, Ling Yi and the three women entered the arena assessment and discovered that red-name targets surrounded them, including Professional Academy staff and contestants. The Church of Darkness’s apparent infiltration became undeniable as the women’s forfeits were ignored and Ling Yi’s number finally appeared in the tenth round.

• Ling Yi cleared the tower’s final floor while the other new students had their tower assessment canceled and moved directly to arena matches.
• Ling Yi emerged with Zirui, Ziying, and White Moon, then learned from the Ninth Elder that their arena matches had already begun.
• Ling Yi used the Red Name Special Effect to reveal people with killing intent, identifying the Ninth Elder and many Professional Academy staff as enemies.
• Ling Yi explained that the red-name people were linked to the Church of Darkness and told the women to forfeit their matches.
• The women’s numbers repeatedly appeared against red-name opponents despite their forfeits, and Zirui grew frustrated as Ling Yi warned about hidden weapons.
• Ling Yi’s number appeared on the match list for the tenth round.

Ling Yi and his allies fought the Church of Darkness after its leaders trapped the stadium, and Ling Yi revealed that he controlled the Data Ball. With Jiang Yunhui and the elders stripped of their powers, Ling Yi considered what to do with them without destroying the Professional Academy.

• Bai Yunhai tried to seal Ling Yi’s skills with a Demon-Sealing Talisman, but Ling Yi killed him with Holy Light Technique as the match began.
• The Church of Darkness sealed the stadium and demanded the Data Ball, so Ling Yi shielded the non-hostile professionals while Ziying, Zirui, Bai Yue, and Ling Yi fought the red-named attackers.
• Ziying, Zirui, and Bai Yue appeared exhausted, while Ling Yi seemed to have stopped fighting, prompting the Church of Darkness’s leaders to enter the arena.
• Ling Yi unleashed lightning to defeat the attackers and used his control of the Data Ball to empty Jiang Yunhui’s inventory, drain the elders’ stats and levels, and seal their skills.
• Jiang Yunhui begged for his life, and Ling Yi weighed sparing the Church of Darkness leaders to avoid ruining the Professional Academy.