Chapter Summaries

Shen Heng formed a team with Fang Ran and Zhou Xuan for the simulation, then considered Lü Wenrui’s request to join them. Lü Wenrui revealed that his ability was Fortune, leaving Shen Heng to decide whether to add him.

• Zhang Chenguang announced that third-tier participants could team up to target the late-third-tier Dragon Armor Beast and said their simulation results would be recorded.
• Shen Heng, Fang Ran, and Zhou Xuan agreed to form a three-person team, and Shen Heng explained that teams of three to five balanced safety with each member’s share of points.
• Lü Wenrui asked to join Shen Heng’s team, arguing that Shen Heng could help them find Calamity Beasts faster.
• Shen Heng questioned Lü Wenrui’s strength and ability, while Zhou Xuan and Fang Ran supported letting him join for added safety.
• Lü Wenrui said his ability was Fortune, which occasionally brought him good luck.

Lü Wenrui joined Shen Heng's team, and they entered the final simulation, where they immediately faced a mid tier 3 Moon-Eroding Demonic Wolf. Working together, they restrained and killed it with ease, leaving Lü Wenrui amazed at their coordinated attacks.

• Lü Wenrui explained that his luck ability could occasionally bring favorable events but was uncontrollable, and Shen Heng welcomed him onto the team.
• Zhang Chenguang began the final simulation, and Shen Heng's group awoke to a Moon-Eroding Demonic Wolf charging toward them.
• Shen Heng assigned roles: Zhou Xuan would summon yin soldiers, Shen Heng would stun the wolf with sonic blasts, Fang Ran would bind it, and Lü Wenrui would finish it off.
• Zhou Xuan's yin soldiers and a suppressing character, Shen Heng's sonic blasts, and Fang Ran's branches restricted the wolf's movements.
• Lü Wenrui drove his spear through the Moon-Eroding Demonic Wolf's eye and killed it, then marveled at how easily the group had defeated it.

Shen Heng’s team hunted Calamity Beasts in a storm-darkened ruined city, climbing the rankings through coordinated attacks. As night approached, Shen Heng led them to shelter in an abandoned building, where Zhou Xuan remarked that the simulation felt like an apocalypse.

• Shen Heng explained that some Calamity Beasts could resist the team’s crowd control, and the group saw their ranking at the top after an early kill.
• Shen Heng sensed another Calamity Beast, and the team immobilized a Rustbone Rhinoceros before Lü Wenrui killed it with a spear thrust.
• The team’s score rose, but Shen Heng noticed that Xiong Yingluo, Yu Ruofei, and Gao Nianchu had remained at 10 points for hours.
• As darkness fell, Shen Heng called off the hunt and took the others to find shelter rather than risk fighting by torchlight.
• The group roasted Calamity Beast meat in an abandoned building, and Zhou Xuan said the simulation felt like being in the apocalypse.

Shen Heng and the others discussed their pasts and ate disgusting Calamity Beast meat while sheltering in a building. When Shen Heng sensed a Calamity Beast approaching, they concealed their firelight and prepared to take turns keeping watch.

• Fang Ran told Shen Heng that he had joined the Supervision Bureau after repeated Calamity Beast incidents killed or deterred other applicants in his city.
• Lü Wenrui recoiled from the Rustbone Rhinoceros meat, but Shen Heng, Zhou Xuan, and Fang Ran ate it, and Lü Wenrui eventually forced himself to do the same.
• Shen Heng sensed a Calamity Beast approaching and told Fang Ran to seal the windows with branches while he concealed their sound.
• Fang Ran shared water he had drawn from underground, and the group rinsed their mouths and drank.
• Shen Heng volunteered to keep watch during the first half of the night, leaving the others to take turns in the second half.

While keeping watch, Shen Heng spotted Xiong Yingluo and two teammates being chased by Calamity Beasts and used sound to guide them to safety. The three suspected Shen Heng had rescued them, and Yu Ruofei recalled his unusual reputation in the training camp.

• Shen Heng practiced shaping Origin Power into a branch, but it collapsed and left him mentally fatigued.
• From the rooftop, Shen Heng saw three people fleeing with a torch as four Calamity Beasts pursued them.
• Shen Heng told the group to turn right, extinguish the torch, and hide inside a building.
• Shen Heng used misleading sounds to draw the Calamity Beasts away from the building where the three hid.
• Xiong Yingluo, Yu Ruofei, and their teammate discussed their escape, and Xiong Yingluo identified Shen Heng as the likely rescuer.
• Yu Ruofei thought of Shen Heng's D-rank ability and his high placements in the training exercises.

Shen Heng and his companions kept watch through the night, then hunted a Split-Spine Mandrill the next day. As they finally restrained the beast and Shen Heng prepared to kill it, dark purple flames suddenly intruded.

• Shen Heng used focused footsteps to drive Calamity Beasts away from the rooftop and watched lightning strike in the distance.
• Shen Heng woke Lü Wenrui for his watch, then slept until morning while the others took their shifts.
• Fang Ran reported that no Calamity Beasts had reached them, and Shen Heng led the group out to hunt after Lü Wenrui asked about breakfast.
• Shen Heng, Zhou Xuan, Fang Ran, and Lü Wenrui struggled to restrain the Split-Spine Mandrill as it attacked Fang Ran and Shen Heng.
• Shen Heng used sound waves to disrupt the mandrill, allowing Fang Ran, Lü Wenrui, and Zhou Xuan to restrain it again, but dark purple flames suddenly appeared.

After Yang Xu stole the kill on the Split-Spine Mandrill, Shen Heng stopped his companions from retaliating and explained that the risks of fighting outweighed the satisfaction. The group continued on, still frustrated, while Yang Xu followed them from a distance.

• Yang Xu killed the Split-Spine Mandrill at the last moment and received its points, prompting Zhou Xuan and Lü Wenrui to accuse him of stealing their kill.
• Shen Heng ended the argument, called Yang Xu’s excuse dishonest, and led Zhou Xuan, Lü Wenrui, and Fang Ran away.
• Lü Wenrui and Zhou Xuan proposed attacking Yang Xu, but Fang Ran warned that a previous fight had cost Cao Mingyu and others 1,000 Martial World Easy Exchange points each.
• Shen Heng told the group that he was angry but saw no action worth taking because they did not know whether fighting was prohibited.
• The group fell silent after Shen Heng explained that retaliation offered little beyond venting their anger, and one of them called him too rational.

Shen Heng and his companions continued hunting Calamity Beasts as the thunderclouds grew increasingly active, then struggled to control a Rock Marrow Centipede that rolled across the battlefield. As they searched for a way to stop it, a familiar figure arrived and met Shen Heng’s gaze.

• Shen Heng agreed to keep hunting Calamity Beasts and used his ability to lead his companions away from someone searching for them.
• Over the next three days, Shen Heng and his companions killed Calamity Beasts, while the thunderclouds produced lightning more frequently.
• Shen Heng led Zhou Xuan, Fang Ran, and Lü Wenrui to a late third-tier Rock Marrow Centipede feeding on a building and launched an attack.
• The centipede broke free of their restraints, curled into a ball, and rolled through the battlefield, smashing Zhou Xuan’s yin soldiers and Fang Ran’s branches.
• A familiar figure arrived, surveyed the fight, and exchanged a knowing look with Shen Heng.

Shen Heng coordinated an attack that briefly exposed the Rock Marrow Centipede, allowing Lü Wenrui to wound it before its frantic movements thwarted the killing blow. Shen Heng stepped in and began layering a third sound wave onto his saber, but the chapter ended before his strike landed.

• Shen Heng watched Yang Xu leave, remained wary of his intentions, and focused on the Rock Marrow Centipede.
• Shen Heng directed Zhou Xuan, Fang Ran, and Lü Wenrui to restrain the Rock Marrow Centipede after he disrupted its control with a sound-wave attack.
• Zhou Xuan pinned the beast with the City God Seal while Fang Ran bound it with vines, giving Lü Wenrui an opening to spear its head and break its armor.
• The Rock Marrow Centipede twisted violently, throwing Lü Wenrui's spear aside and threatening to curl back into a ball.
• Shen Heng told Lü Wenrui to move aside and began preparing a triple-layer Vibrating Blade strike.

Shen Heng killed the Rock Marrow Centipede with a powerful development of Vibrating Blade, then went alone to deal with Yang Xu, who had lured Calamity Beasts toward the team. After Yang Xu survived several beasts, a lava-patterned python burst through the wall, and he realized Shen Heng had arranged the encounter.

• Shen Heng severed the Rock Marrow Centipede with his developed Vibrating Blade, astonishing Zhou Xuan and Lü Wenrui.
• Shen Heng told Zhou Xuan, Lü Wenrui, and Fang Ran that Yang Xu was approaching with two Calamity Beasts to lure them into danger.
• Shen Heng agreed to go alone while his teammates offered to share any points deducted as punishment.
• Yang Xu saw Shen Heng's ranking rise, then hid from the Rock-Splitting Giant Lizard and Mist-Fang Bear after luring them away from the team.
• Yang Xu killed three Calamity Beasts but, while injured and exhausted, was confronted by a lava-patterned python that burst through the wall.
• Yang Xu realized Shen Heng had set up the encounter and shouted his name.

Shen Heng lured Calamity Beasts toward the fleeing Yang Xu, who was seized and killed by a Dragon Armor Beast. Shen Heng observed the powerful beast and considered how much strength it would take to defeat it.

• Shen Heng practiced condensing Origin Power while listening to the sounds of battle nearby.
• Yang Xu fled through the dark streets, hoping he had escaped Shen Heng’s ability, then ran toward voices coming from a building.
• A Dragon Armor Beast emerged instead of the people Yang Xu expected and chased him down.
• The Dragon Armor Beast seized Yang Xu and killed him as he cursed Shen Heng.
• Shen Heng watched from a distance and recognized the Dragon Armor Beast as a near-S-class threat that would likely require the top-ranked trainees to defeat.

Shen Heng met with Xiao Xiangtong, who admitted she had wounded the Dragon Armor Beast and invited him to help her kill it. He considered her plan and the risks, then asked why she was so determined to kill the beast.

• Shen Heng noticed a wound on the Dragon Armor Beast and later went to meet Xiao Xiangtong in a building.
• Xiao Xiangtong told Shen Heng she had wounded the Dragon Armor Beast and could evade it using her wind ability and the city streets.
• Xiao Xiangtong invited Shen Heng to help her kill the Dragon Armor Beast, proposing that his Sound Wave Attack weaken it while she handled the fight.
• Shen Heng warned that his ability would not easily kill a late third tier beast, and Xiao Xiangtong said she only needed him to weaken it.
• After considering the risks and trusting Xiao Xiangtong to keep her word, Shen Heng asked why she was so set on killing the Dragon Armor Beast.

Shen Heng agreed to help Xiao Xiangtong kill the Dragon Armor Beast, and they shared a meal before a storm disrupted the night. They discovered that rings of purple lightning were closing around them, apparently forcing Calamity Beasts and people toward the Dragon Armor Beast.

• Xiao Xiangtong told Shen Heng she wanted to kill the Dragon Armor Beast because it was the strongest Calamity Beast, and they agreed to work together.
• Shen Heng gave hungry Xiao Xiangtong Black Sea Deer meat, and they roasted and ate it.
• Lü Wenrui asked Zhou Xuan and Fang Ran whether Shen Heng had succeeded in luring Calamity Beasts, and Fang Ran said Shen Heng was safe if he stayed cautious.
• Shen Heng woke to thunder and joined Xiao Xiangtong on the rooftop to investigate the lightning.
• Shen Heng and Xiao Xiangtong saw purple lightning forming a ring that was slowly closing in around them, with the Dragon Armor Beast near its center.

Shen Heng and Xiao Xiangtong lured the Dragon Armor Beast into a subway tunnel, where Shen Heng used sound waves to hinder it while Xiao Xiangtong attacked its exposed scales. The beast gradually recovered and adapted to the sound wave attack as their fight continued.

• Shen Heng and Xiao Xiangtong agreed to challenge the Dragon Armor Beast before the closing lightning ring brought more Calamity Beasts.
• Xiao Xiangtong went to lure the beast while Shen Heng prepared a sound-wave trap in the subway tunnel.
• Xiao Xiangtong led the Dragon Armor Beast into the tunnel, where Shen Heng struck it with sound waves and called for her to attack.
• Xiao Xiangtong used Empty Cicada to cut between the beast's bone plates, but it trapped her third strike and swept at her with its tail.
• Xiao Xiangtong and the Dragon Armor Beast continued fighting as its movements grew faster and it adapted to Shen Heng's sound waves.

Shen Heng and Xiao Xiangtong maneuvered the Dragon Armor Beast into getting stuck sideways in the narrow tunnel, leaving Xiao Xiangtong free to attack its legs. The beast battered the tunnel walls as she wounded it, and Shen Heng watched to see whether she could cripple its legs before it turned or fled.

• Shen Heng told Xiao Xiangtong to slip past the Dragon Armor Beast and draw it toward him.
• Shen Heng used sound waves to briefly stiffen the charging beast, then dodged its bite and tail strike.
• The Dragon Armor Beast became wedged diagonally in the narrow tunnel while trying to turn around.
• Xiao Xiangtong attacked the beast's legs as it thrashed against the tunnel walls.
• Shen Heng noticed cracks in the walls and worried the beast might turn or flee before Xiao Xiangtong could injure its legs.

Shen Heng and Xiao Xiangtong fought the Dragon Armor Beast in the tunnel while it tried to dig around and turn toward them. After Xiao Xiangtong wounded its hind leg, Shen Heng weakened his sound waves and began using vibrations against the cracked tunnel wall.

• The Dragon Armor Beast dug into the tunnel wall as Shen Heng and Xiao Xiangtong continued attacking it.
• Xiao Xiangtong struck a deep cut into the Dragon Armor Beast’s thigh, drawing blood and provoking it to charge.
• Shen Heng and Xiao Xiangtong fought the beast as it pressed its physical advantage, while the sound waves began to make Xiao Xiangtong bleed from her ears and nose.
• Shen Heng asked Xiao Xiangtong to hold on while he dispersed the sound waves, and she trusted him and continued fighting.
• Shen Heng tested the cracked tunnel wall with his finger, then struck the rail to send sound waves into it and make it tremble.

Shen Heng and Xiao Xiangtong collapsed the tunnel onto the Dragon Armor Beast, but it survived and clawed its way back out. As the wounded beast charged them again, Shen Heng slowed it with sound waves while Xiao Xiangtong prepared a powerful wind attack.

• Shen Heng used sound and Origin Power to weaken and collapse the tunnel as Xiao Xiangtong helped him retreat from the Dragon Armor Beast.
• The tunnel buried the Dragon Armor Beast, but Shen Heng heard it digging its way out, and the pair prepared to fight again.
• The Dragon Armor Beast burst through the wreckage, badly wounded but still charging at Shen Heng and Xiao Xiangtong.
• Shen Heng struck the rail to slow the beast with sound waves while Xiao Xiangtong raised her sword and invoked the Wind King.

Shen Heng and Xiao Xiangtong killed a Dragon Armor Beast with a precisely coordinated sword strike, drawing attention from the simulation’s observers. Meanwhile, Lü Wenrui, Zhou Xuan, and Fang Ran realized Shen Heng had earned points by defeating the beast instead of searching for them.

• Shen Heng struck Xiao Xiangtong’s sword, enabling her Flitting Shadow attack to cut through the Dragon Armor Beast and kill it.
• Cao Yiyi informed Jiang Xingwei that two people had killed a Dragon Armor Beast, and he briefly praised them.
• Chang Lei, Cao Zhenghao, and Zhang Chenguang watched the fight and speculated that Shen Heng had boosted Xiao Xiangtong’s attack through their coordination.
• Lü Wenrui, Zhou Xuan, and Fang Ran defeated a Calamity Beast and discussed how much harder the simulation had become without Shen Heng.
• Fang Ran pointed out that the rankings showed Shen Heng and Xiao Xiangtong had each gained 250 points, leading them to conclude the pair had killed a Dragon Armor Beast.

Shen Heng and Xiao Xiangtong planned to wait near the Dragon Armor Beast’s building as the ring of lightning closed in, hoping to deal with the Calamity Beasts after they fought among themselves. Shen Heng brought Yu Ruofei, Xiong Yingluo, and Lu Jun into the building, leaving the group together as the danger approached.

• Shen Heng and Xiao Xiangtong assessed their dwindling Origin Power and estimated that the ring of lightning was about thirteen kilometers away.
• Shen Heng proposed waiting near the Dragon Armor Beast’s building until the Calamity Beasts had mostly killed one another, while he concealed their tracks.
• The pair reached the building, went upstairs, and replenished their Origin Power as the ring of lightning advanced.
• Shen Heng spotted three approaching figures and recognized them as Xiong Yingluo, Yu Ruofei, and Lu Jun.
• Shen Heng called the three into the building, explaining to Xiao Xiangtong that more people could help them fend off Calamity Beasts.

Shen Heng joined forces with Xiong Yingluo, Yu Ruofei, and Lu Jun as the shrinking lightning ring drew Calamity Beasts toward them. Elsewhere, Xue Han led his team toward the center to fight a Dragon Armor Beast, and the chapter ended with him dying after his team was overwhelmed.

• Shen Heng invited Xiong Yingluo, Yu Ruofei, and Lu Jun to work together against the approaching Calamity Beasts, and they agreed.
• Yu Ruofei asked Shen Heng about the Dragon Armor Beast he had killed, and he shared its meat with the group while they waited.
• As the lightning ring shrank, Xue Han decided his team should head toward the center rather than stay among the approaching beasts.
• Xue Han led Zhou Yang, Wang Rui, and Lin Qi into a fight against a Dragon Armor Beast, which quickly killed three of them.
• The wounded Xue Han realized he could not match the Dragon Armor Beast and died thinking that Shen Heng and Xiao Xiangtong had killed one together.