Recaps

Chang Lei reprimanded the late trainees and assigned them laps around the training ground, while Shen Heng watched and wondered what the punishment was meant to accomplish. As the runners moved off, Chang Lei released an invisible wave from his body.

• Chang Lei singled out the ordinary people who had awakened, praising Shen Heng for recognizing the bell and arriving first.
• Chang Lei scolded the sixteen other late trainees, and Liu Jingchuan explained that they had needed to confirm who the bell was summoning and where to assemble.
• Chang Lei ordered everyone who had arrived late to run ten laps within an hour or miss lunch.
• Chang Lei reduced Lü Wenrui and the other ordinary newcomers’ punishment to five laps, and they joined the runners.
• After the runners had gone partway around the training ground, Chang Lei stepped forward and emitted an invisible wave.

Shen Heng figured out that Chang Lei was using his A-rank Heavy Pressure ability to make the punished students run under increased gravity. He and Cao Mingyu joined the punishment as extra training and ran up behind Lü Wenrui.

• Shen Heng observed the runners buckle under an invisible force and deduced that gravity was pressing down on them.
• Chang Lei confirmed that his ability was A-rank Heavy Pressure and told Shen Heng the punished students would still have to complete their scheduled training afterward.
• Shen Heng asked to join the punishment, reasoning that Chang Lei would ensure it did not exhaust the runners too much, and Chang Lei agreed.
• Cao Mingyu also asked to join, and he and Shen Heng ran into the Heavy Pressure, struggling against its force on their bodies and internal organs.
• Lü Wenrui saw Shen Heng and Cao Mingyu catch up behind him and wondered why they had joined the punishment.

After several trainees joined the latecomers’ punishment run, Chang Lei turned it into the camp’s first intensive training session by increasing the gravity. Shen Heng struggled under the new force as the trainees began testing how long they could endure.

• Xiao Xiangtong, Fang Ran, Zhou Xuan, and several others chose to join the punishment run, while Yang Xu initially refused.
• Chang Lei told Yang Xu that the run was an opportunity to grow, and Yang Xu angrily joined the runners.
• Cao Mingyu told Shen Heng about his squad once being punished for singing GG Bond during military-song practice.
• Chang Lei announced that the run would count as the first training session, with the latecomers required to endure for an hour and the others encouraged to last as long as possible.
• Chang Lei increased the gravity across the training ground, and Shen Heng staggered before realizing he would need Origin Power or an ability to keep going.

Shen Heng and the other trainees struggled through Chang Lei’s gravity-resistance exercise, using their abilities or Origin Power to keep moving. After most gave up, Shen Heng remained among the final four still running.

• Cao Mingyu used his Physical Fitness Enhancement ability to move relatively easily under the increased gravity.
• Wu Hongxuan used Shadow Manipulation to enhance his body, while Zhou Xuan tried to ride an earth mound until Chang Lei ordered him down.
• Shen Heng circulated Origin Power with Flow to strengthen his body and began running laps, estimating he could maintain the effort for about two hours.
• Chang Lei scolded trainees who slowed down, and their Origin Power gradually ran out as the exercise continued.
• Lü Wenrui gave up after one hour and ten minutes, and several others soon returned to Chang Lei.
• Cao Mingyu, Wu Hongxuan, Xiao Xiangtong, and Shen Heng were the only four still running.

Chang Lei discovered that Shen Heng had endured the gravity training despite his D-rank Sound Wave Perception, and suspected his Origin Power was the reason. Xiao Xiangtong stopped after thirteen minutes, while Shen Heng, Cao Mingyu, and Wu Hongxuan kept running; the chapter ended with Yang Xu identifying Shen Heng as the holder of Sound Wave Perception and dismissing his ability as trash.

• Chang Lei checked the trainees’ files and learned that Shen Heng had a D-rank Sound Wave Perception ability that could not explain his resistance to gravity.
• Shen Heng kept running despite the growing strain, while he judged Cao Mingyu and Wu Hongxuan to be in better shape and Xiao Xiangtong to be struggling.
• Xiao Xiangtong stopped running after thirteen minutes, and the trainees at the sidelines debated how long the remaining runners could last.
• Fang Ran told the group that Sound Wave Perception could not help someone resist gravity, prompting Yang Xu to identify its user and sneer at the ability.

Shen Heng endured Chang Lei’s gravity training despite having a support ability, then followed the group to the research building, where Chang Lei revealed the base’s new Origin Power rooms. The trainees learned that access to the six more powerful rooms would depend on their performance.

• Fang Ran and Lü Wenrui learned that Shen Heng’s ability was D-rank Sound Wave Perception and wondered how he had lasted so long under gravity.
• Shen Heng’s Origin Power ran dry, and he stopped running; Chang Lei then increased the gravity on Wu Hongxuan and Cao Mingyu, who eventually stopped as well.
• Cao Mingyu praised Shen Heng’s endurance, and Shen Heng said he had a technique listed on Martial World Easy Exchange.
• Chang Lei led the trainees to the research building and explained that it contained thirty Origin Power rooms, each usable for one hour a day after gravity training.
• Chang Lei revealed that six top-floor rooms built with tier 3 Origin Crystals could be used for six hours a day, and said access would depend on the trainees’ performance.

Chang Lei explained that trainees had to place in the top two under an instructor to earn access to an advanced Origin Power room, and Shen Heng tried one of the rooms before reuniting with his friends at the cafeteria. The group discussed how they might compete for slots and what the other instructors’ training programs could involve.

• Chang Lei told the trainees that each instructor controlled two advanced Origin Power room slots, awarded to the top two performers in their program, and clarified that slots could not be stacked.
• Shen Heng asked whether placing in the top two under all three instructors would grant round-the-clock access, then followed the instructions to swipe his ID and enter an Origin Power room.
• Shen Heng sensed the room’s dense Origin Power and began circulating the Heavenly Cycle Breathing Technique to recover from training.
• At the cafeteria, Cao Mingyu, Zhou Xuan, Fang Ran, and Shen Heng discussed competing for room access and speculated that the instructors would teach different programs tied to their abilities.
• Fang Ran suggested a combat program, and Shen Heng said the trainees might fight instructors or one another, possibly in alternating bouts.

Shen Heng attended Yan Yu’s lesson on how combat environments affected different abilities and learned how his own ability fared. That night, Cao Zhenghao learned Shen Heng had placed third under Chang Lei’s training and decided to observe him the next day.

• Shen Heng doubted he could place in the top two in combat training because his ability would be hard to use once others understood it.
• Yan Yu taught the students how environments could strengthen or weaken abilities, and Xiao Xiangtong asked about wind-type abilities.
• Shen Heng learned his ability was ineffective in a vacuum, weakened underwater and in sandstorms, and strengthened on plateaus and in enclosed spaces.
• Cao Zhenghao asked Chang Lei about his training, and Chang Lei said Shen Heng had reached third place despite having a D-rank support ability.
• Cao Zhenghao decided to check Shen Heng during the next day’s training, while Zhang Chenguang told Chang Lei that his training design was ready.

Cao Zhenghao began the recruits’ combat training by taking on all thirty trainees at once, and Shen Heng was the first he attacked. Afterward, Cao Zhenghao assessed the trainees for Chang Lei, noting that Shen Heng’s ability could catch even an A-rank opponent off guard.

• Cao Zhenghao introduced himself as a fourth-tier A-rank Godspeed ability user and told the trainees to attack him together.
• When no one moved, Cao Zhenghao chose Shen Heng and used his speed to appear in front of him.
• That evening, Zhou Xuan, Fang Ran, Cao Mingyu, and Shen Heng compared their bruises and wondered why Cao Zhenghao had targeted Shen Heng first.
• Cao Zhenghao told Chang Lei that Xiao Xiangtong and Wu Hongxuan had performed best, with Liu Jingchuan placing third.
• Cao Zhenghao judged Shen Heng’s head-on combat power to be among the weakest but warned that an opponent who underestimated his ability could be caught off guard.

Zhang Chenguang sent Shen Heng and the other trainees into a mental simulation to practice fighting Calamity Beasts. Shen Heng woke in a ruined city beneath a blood moon and discovered six beasts blocked the only staircase, leaving him searching for a way out.

• Zhang Chenguang introduced himself as the instructor for practical combat against Calamity Beasts and told the trainees to kill the beasts once they arrived.
• A strange force made the trainees collapse, and Zhang Chenguang noted that Shen Heng had held out for two seconds before falling.
• Shen Heng woke in a dilapidated room and realized he was inside a mental simulation because he could not make out his palm lines but could still feel pain.
• Shen Heng looked out over a ruined city beneath a blood moon and saw a screen displaying the trainees' kill counts.
• Shen Heng listened through the door and detected six Calamity Beasts near the only staircase, then decided that rushing them or jumping from the building was too dangerous.

Shen Heng fought off a group of Tier 2 Gathering Wolves in the simulation, then returned to the cafeteria and discussed the simulation’s painful deaths with Zhou Xuan and Cao Mingyu. Yang Xu approached their table and claimed he had saved Fang Ran’s life.

• Shen Heng killed a Gathering Wolf that pushed its head through his door, then used his fist and saber to kill another as the wolves broke in.
• Four Gathering Wolves entered Shen Heng’s cramped room while another watched from the doorway, and Shen Heng prepared to face them.
• At the cafeteria, Zhou Xuan complained about suffering pain in the simulation, and Cao Mingyu suggested it was part of training.
• Shen Heng and Zhou Xuan discussed how the simulation’s injuries might prepare them for fighting Calamity Beasts.
• Yang Xu came to the table, and Cao Mingyu told him to leave before Yang Xu told Fang Ran that he had saved her life.

Yang Xu taunted Shen Heng’s group over their simulation rankings and boasted about gaining access to the advanced Origin Power room, but Shen Heng challenged his claim. After Fang Ran declined the group’s offer to confront Yang Xu, Shen Heng considered his own poor ranking and began planning how to compete against stronger ability users.

• Yang Xu claimed he had tried to help Fang Ran with a Calamity Beast and mocked the group’s rankings, prompting Shen Heng to stop Cao Mingyu from reacting.
• Shen Heng pointed out that Yang Xu’s fifth-place finish and advanced Origin Power room access depended partly on other people already having secured access, leaving Yang Xu with little to say before he walked away.
• Cao Mingyu, Zhou Xuan, and Shen Heng offered to confront Yang Xu during the next simulation, but Fang Ran refused because he did not want to hurt their performance.
• Shen Heng reviewed the simulation results, noting Wu Hongxuan’s first place with ninety-eight kills, Xiao Xiangtong’s second with ninety-six, and his own twenty-ninth place with three.
• Shen Heng noticed Lü Wenrui complaining that he had been attacked as soon as he woke, then considered how his D-rank ability could compete with A-rank and B-rank ability users.

Shen Heng began the second simulation in a ruined city and set out to kill enough Calamity Beasts to qualify for the advanced Origin Power chamber. He killed a Bone-Corroding Wolf Spider with his saber and sound-based ability, then headed toward his next target.

• Shen Heng awakened on a city road and learned that a Calamity Beast and another person were nearby as the sky's leaderboard refreshed.
• Shen Heng decided he needed to kill around sixty Calamity Beasts to improve his chances of gaining access to the advanced Origin Power chamber.
• Shen Heng entered a warehouse and found a Bone-Corroding Wolf Spider hanging from the ceiling.
• Shen Heng dodged the spider's acidic webs and mucus, then used his ability to stun it and drove his saber into its mouth, killing it.
• Shen Heng saw his kill count appear on the leaderboard and hurried toward the next Calamity Beast.

The training camp's Calamity Beast rankings continued to shift as Xiao Xiangtong and Wu Hongxuan held the top two spots. Zhang Chenguang, Cao Zhenghao, and Chang Lei observed the contestants in his Fantasy Corridor and judged Shen Heng unlikely to catch up before the competition ended.

• Xiao Xiangtong secured first place and Wu Hongxuan settled into second as the leaderboard climbed.
• Zhang Chenguang explained that his Fantasy Corridor drew on his memories and the subconscious minds of those inside, and discussed its dangers and limits with Cao Zhenghao and Chang Lei.
• Cao Zhenghao and Chang Lei noticed Peng Lesong had killed far fewer beasts than in the previous training, and Zhang Chenguang showed Peng Lesong approaching a sleeping beast.
• Zhang Chenguang predicted Lin Chentao, Wang Zhixue, and Yang Xu had the best chances of earning the advanced Origin Power room spots.
• Chang Lei watched Shen Heng defeat several Calamity Beasts but concluded he could not make up the gap with only an hour left.

Shen Heng checked the combat simulation rankings and realized he needed at least 19 more kills to have a chance at fifth place before time ran out. He went to investigate a nearby fight and watched Wu Hongxuan defeat four Spirit Fox Apes with his shadow ability.

• Shen Heng killed a Calamity Beast and saw that he was ranked twelfth with 43 kills, while fifth place required 58.
• Shen Heng decided to pursue the rankings and ran toward the sound of a fight nearby.
• Shen Heng found Wu Hongxuan battling four Spirit Fox Apes with a humanoid shadow that he appeared to be developing.
• Wu Hongxuan formed a shadow spear and quickly killed all four Spirit Fox Apes.
• Shen Heng envied Wu Hongxuan’s ability to face several Calamity Beasts at once and judged that only Wu Hongxuan and Xiao Xiangtong could achieve such results.

Shen Heng used Xiuyu Metro Station’s tunnel to amplify his sound-wave attacks and lure nearby Calamity Beasts toward him. As he began fighting the gathered beasts, Yang Xu checked the leaderboard and saw the countdown near its end before the screen suddenly rippled.

• Shen Heng reached Xiuyu Metro Station and entered its dark tunnels to use their acoustics to strengthen his attacks.
• Shen Heng made torches, lit a section of the tunnel, and cut notches in the walls for them.
• Shen Heng used Sound Wave Perception to locate Calamity Beasts and struck the tunnel wall to lure them toward him.
• Shen Heng drew a crowd of Calamity Beasts into the torchlit area and began attacking them with his saber.
• Yang Xu saw himself ranked fifth with 63 kills and believed he had secured his place as the countdown neared its end.
• The leaderboard screen rippled as Yang Xu watched it.

Shen Heng used sound waves to immobilize a horde of Calamity Beasts and killed enough to claim third place in the trial. Back in the lecture hall, his classmates doubted his tally, but Shen Heng chose not to explain.

• Shen Heng struck the tunnel rail and gathered the resulting sound waves into a shock wave that froze the charging Calamity Beasts.
• Shen Heng drew his saber and killed the immobilized beasts as his ranking rapidly climbed.
• Yang Xu and others watched Shen Heng's score rise, while Zhang Chenguang showed Cao Zhenghao and Chang Lei a recording of Shen Heng's actions in the tunnel.
• Shen Heng returned to the lecture hall with a score of sixty-nine and third place, and Cao Mingyu and Zhou Xuan asked how he had killed so many beasts.
• Yang Xu challenged Shen Heng's tally, and the others debated whether he could have killed twenty-six Calamity Beasts in one minute.
• Shen Heng listened calmly to the doubts and kept quiet because he was mentally exhausted.

Zhang Chenguang confirmed Shen Heng’s third-place result and showed the class how he had used the subway tunnel to defeat Calamity Beasts. The simulation ended with Shen Heng and Lin Chentao earning access to the advanced Origin Power room.

• Zhang Chenguang confirmed that Shen Heng had killed the recorded number of Calamity Beasts and placed third, despite Yang Xu’s objections.
• Zhang Chenguang used his ability to show the class Shen Heng’s actions in the subway station during the simulation.
• Xiao Xiangtong explained that Shen Heng had used sound to lure the Calamity Beasts toward him, and Shen Heng confirmed it.
• Shen Heng struck the rail, using the tunnel’s amplified sound waves to kill the approaching Calamity Beasts within a minute.
• The class returned to the tiered classroom, where Yang Xu watched Shen Heng grimly before Zhang Chenguang ended the session and awarded Shen Heng and Lin Chentao access to the advanced Origin Power room.

After placing third in the combat simulation, Shen Heng explained how he had used a tunnel to amplify sound and discussed his companions’ abilities. He later trained in an advanced Origin Power room, where he reflected on the camp’s enormous costs and decided to message someone that night.

• Shen Heng told Zhou Xuan that researching sound waves had taught him how tunnels could amplify them, then suggested Zhou Xuan invite gods tied to different environments to improve his ability.
• Cao Mingyu warned Shen Heng that Yang Xu might target him for taking his spot, and Shen Heng said he would avoid people and Calamity Beasts rather than risk a direct fight.
• Cao Mingyu invited Shen Heng to use the advanced Origin Power rooms, and they went there together after theory class.
• Shen Heng scanned his ID and entered an advanced room, noting that its six Tier 3 Origin Crystals added to the camp’s considerable expense.
• Shen Heng decided to send a message that night, then practiced drawing Origin Power into his heart, used the Heavenly Cycle Breathing Technique, and alternated between Body Tempering, Bone Tempering, and Blood Tempering.

Shen Heng realized he was wasting time by tempering his body inside the advanced Origin Power room, so he used the room only to replenish his Origin Power and trained outside. He left after using all six hours, becoming the last person to leave the rooms.

• During waterfall training, Lü Wenrui complained about the exhausting routine, and Cao Mingyu and Fang Ran explained how the exercises trained different parts of the body and benefited blood tempering.
• Lü Wenrui asked Shen Heng whether he found the training hard, and Shen Heng said he could handle it at its current level.
• After theory class, Shen Heng realized he should reserve the advanced Origin Power room for breathing cultivation and temper his body outside it.
• Shen Heng repeatedly replenished his Origin Power in the room, then left to temper his bones until his daily room time ran out.
• Shen Heng left the room after dark and saw that the other rooms were empty, realizing he had been the last to leave.

Shen Heng trained for the changing combat simulations, placing thirteenth in a forest setting while Fang Ran and Zhou Xuan won Origin Power room slots. After another simulation on an ice field, Chang Lei reported to Yan Yu that the advanced Origin Power rooms were consuming Origin Crystals faster than expected.

• Shen Heng told Zhou Xuan that practicing Body Tempering outside the Origin Power room could save room time, then caught up with the Linhai City Supervision Bureau group chat.
• Shen Heng explained his outdoor training method to Xiao Xiangtong, who asked whether she could use it the next day.
• Shen Heng entered a forest combat simulation, adapted to the setting, and placed thirteenth as Fang Ran and Zhou Xuan secured the two slots.
• Shen Heng took part in an ice-field combat simulation three days later, and Yu Zeyang and Wu Shiyao won the slots.
• Chang Lei informed Yan Yu that an inspection had found the advanced Origin Power rooms were consuming Origin Crystals faster than expected.

Yan Yu let the trainees continue extending their Origin Power room time by tempering their bodies outside, and Shen Heng kept improving through varied combat simulations. Yan Yu ended his theory classes at 07 Military Base by saluting the trainees and asking them to lead the world in a good direction.

• Chang Lei told Yan Yu that trainees were tempering their bodies outside the Origin Power rooms to extend their use of them, and Yan Yu let them continue while agreeing to cover the extra crystal cost.
• Shen Heng joined Wu Hongxuan, Liu Jingchuan, and Yang Xu in tempering their bodies outside the advanced Origin Power rooms, while Yang Xu resented that others had learned the method.
• Over the following month, the trainees experienced combat simulations in deserts, swamps, canyons, underwater settings, and other environments, with Shen Heng often securing an advanced Origin Power room slot.
• Yan Yu taught the trainees how to use resources found in different battlefield environments.
• Yan Yu announced that he was leaving 07 Military Base and that theory classes were over, then saluted the trainees and urged them to lead the world in a good direction.

After two months at the training camp, Shen Heng discussed Wu Hongxuan’s breakthrough and then received a summons from Li Daoyi. He joined Li Daoyi outside the base for grilled Yellow Fang Beast meat, where Li Daoyi asked how training had been.

• Zhou Xuan, Fang Ran, Shen Heng, and Cao Mingyu discussed the end of camp, and Cao Mingyu reported that Wu Hongxuan had reached Tier 3.
• Shen Heng explained that more trainees, including Xiao Xiangtong and Cao Mingyu, would likely break through before the camp ended.
• While Zhou Xuan spoke with his family, Shen Heng received a message from Daoist Master Li telling him to activate his ability.
• Shen Heng followed Li Daoyi’s voice, collected seasonings from the cafeteria, and met him outside the base.
• Li Daoyi shared grilled Yellow Fang Beast skewers with Shen Heng and asked how his two months at the training camp had gone.

Shen Heng discussed his D-rank ability with Li Daoyi, who suggested using sound waves to strengthen his own body. Meanwhile, Yan Yu returned to the laboratory, announced Tianshu’s upgrade, and directed an investigation into an abnormal rise in airborne Origin Power near the Western Polar Ocean.

• Shen Heng told Li Daoyi that he ranked around the middle of the training camp and struggled to damage Calamity Beasts with his ability.
• Li Daoyi urged Shen Heng to use sound waves on himself and explained how Tiger-Leopard Thunder Sound could temper his body.
• Yan Yu returned to the central laboratory and helped researchers address problems with their projects.
• Yan Yu announced that Tianshu’s quantum computing capacity had increased by 7.58 times and granted the research teams access.
• Yan Yu learned that an abnormal increase in airborne Origin Power appeared to originate west of the Western Polar Ocean and told Hong Ming to contact Rice Country’s Defense Bureau with a staged offer to investigate.

Li Daoyi arrived at the training grounds to lead half a month of training but admitted he had not prepared a plan. After rejecting several suggestions, he decided to teach each trainee a combat skill suited to their fighting style, leaving them eager to begin.

• The trainees wondered whether they would be made to train all day, and Cao Mingyu suggested cutting back on sleep to preserve their advanced Origin Power chamber time.
• Shen Heng explained that Li Daoyi had arrived, and the group fell silent as the fifth-tier expert introduced himself and his S-rank Cloud-Heavens Wind Control ability.
• Li Daoyi admitted he had not decided what to teach because the other instructors already covered most training, then rejected several suggestions from the trainees.
• After Xiao Xiangtong reminded him that the camp was meant to improve their strength, Li Daoyi told the trainees to practice on their own before he taught each one a combat skill suited to their fighting style.
• Li Daoyi said the skills would likely be C-rank or barely B-rank, and the trainees welcomed the chance to learn skills worth hundreds of points.