Recaps

After Xu Jintang’s team won the semifinal, she collapsed from the strain of using dragon blood’s power and recovered in the medical center. She and Song Tianqi chose to compete in the final despite Song Duoduo’s injury, and learned about their Class Three opponents as they prepared for the match.

• Yao Wenna and Gao Boshan surrendered after Xu Jintang defeated Xu Bohan, giving Xu Jintang’s team the semifinal victory.
• Xu Jintang visited the injured Song Duoduo, then passed out because her body could not withstand the power of dragon blood; the Ice Soul Dragon said she had slept for a day and absorbed some of its energy.
• After waking, Xu Jintang checked on Song Duoduo and insisted that she and Song Tianqi compete in the final, and Jiang Lu agreed on the condition that they protect themselves.
• Song Tianqi told Xu Jintang that their opponents included Shangguan Lang, who controlled wind, a lollipop user whose sweets boosted attack damage, and a fighter with a lightning dagger.

Xu Jintang and Song Tianqi faced Shangguan Lang’s team in the championship match, and both sides unleashed powerful combined attacks. After an explosion shook the arena, Liu Hongfang revealed he had evacuated all five students for their safety, leaving the winner undecided.

• Shangguan Lang planned to use his team’s combined mental power to defeat Xu Jintang and Song Tianqi, believing Xu Jintang could not repeat her earlier burst of strength.
• At the championship match, Liu Hongfang refereed and warned both teams that attacks must stop when an opponent conceded or could no longer fight.
• Shangguan Lang’s teammates transferred their mental power to him while Li Ruxuan gave him a lollipop, and he formed a massive Storm Vortex.
• Xu Jintang lent her mental power to Song Tianqi, who activated Blazing Flame Burst and successfully formed a Crimson Flame Fireball.
• Shangguan Lang launched the Storm Vortex as Song Tianqi hurled his fireball; Xu Jintang secretly added ice energy, triggering a huge explosion when the attacks collided.
• Liu Hongfang sent all five students out of the arena to protect them, then explained that the explosion exceeded their ability to withstand; Shangguan Lang asked how the winner would be decided.

Xu Jintang and Song Tianqi’s team won the placement assessment championship, and Dean Wang awarded them three second-tier magical treasures to share with the injured Song Duoduo. As Xu Jintang presented the prizes in the medical center, Song Duoduo hesitated to choose first because she had missed the last two matches.

• Liu Hongfang judged that Xu Jintang’s team would have defeated Shangguan Lang’s team and declared Xu Jintang’s team the winner.
• Jiang Lu congratulated Xu Jintang and Song Tianqi but ordered them to submit written reflections, while Dean Wang decided to arrange rewards for the top teams.
• Jiang Shiyi gave Xu Jintang, Song Tianqi, and Song Duoduo three Myriad Treasures Pavilion free-purchase cards, and Song Tianqi said he would leave for Leikedasi the day after tomorrow.
• Xu Jintang told Jiang Shiyi she planned to apply to Leikedasi, and Dean Wang later presented her with three second-tier magical treasures for the team.
• Xu Jintang brought the Lightning Sword, Mystic Dark Shield, and Disguise Mask to Song Duoduo, who declined to choose first because she had not taken part in the last two matches.

Xu Jintang chose the disguise mask from the artifacts and helped Song Duoduo receive the other two before Song Tianqi and Jiang Shiyi left for Leikedasi. She bought flood dragon blood essence at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and began absorbing its power in her dorm under the Ice Soul Dragon’s guidance.

• Xu Jintang took the disguise mask, while Song Tianqi gave both remaining artifacts to Song Duoduo to help her prepare for the joint examination.
• Song Duoduo resolved to recover and train for the military academy entrance exam instead of relying on her teammates.
• Xu Jintang saw Song Tianqi and Jiang Shiyi off on a passenger aircraft bound for the Federation Star Region.
• At the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, Supervisor Sun offered Xu Jintang flood dragon blood essence, and the Ice Soul Dragon advised her to buy it and assured her she could absorb it safely.
• Xu Jintang used her complimentary purchase card to obtain the blood essence, then returned to her dorm and began cultivating as the Ice Soul Dragon guided her through absorbing its power.

Xu Jintang boarded a passenger craft with the other Dawn Academy candidates to travel to the All-Star-Region Joint Examination in the Federation Star Region. The examiners secretly began an additional simulated battlefield assessment aboard the craft, and Xu Jintang grew suspicious when she felt no airsickness despite expecting it.

• After three months of preparation, Xu Jintang and Song Duoduo learned that candidates would travel together to the Federation Star Region for the joint examination.
• Xu Jintang and her classmates boarded the craft, where the crowd separated her from Song Duoduo, and Jiang Lu and Liu Hongfang saw them off.
• The craft remained at the transit hub as an energy wave drew every candidate into a simulated battlefield without their knowledge.
• Zhuang Silin, Shi Lekang, and the other chief invigilators watched the candidates through surveillance feeds and discussed the secret assessment.
• Xu Jintang woke after a jolt, realized she had forgotten her airsickness medicine, and then noticed she did not feel airsick despite the craft seeming to travel at high speed.

Xu Jintang realized the aircraft was a simulated battlefield and concluded that the joint examination had begun. After a violent disturbance caused panic among the candidates, she calmed them by explaining that the incident was their first test and urged them to wait for the aircraft to reach its destination.

• Xu Jintang learned from the Ice Soul Dragon that the galactic view was an illusion and suspected the examination had already begun.
• Xu Jintang found Wei Zixuan and explained that they were likely inside an advanced simulated battlefield after they discovered the staff were missing and the aircraft was on autopilot.
• The military academy teachers watched Xu Jintang identify the simulation, briefly competed to recruit her, then lost interest after seeing her support ability was Domain Slow.
• The aircraft shook violently, sending candidates tumbling and prompting them to fear that they would die without a pilot.
• Xu Jintang told the panicked candidates that the aircraft incident was an illusion and their first test, and she urged them to stay calm until they reached their destination.

Xu Jintang led the examinees in War Zone No. 11 against a horde of demonic beasts, while Wei Zixuan’s summoning ability brought a powerful ally into the fight. As the battle dragged on and the examinees began to fall, Xu Jintang continued fighting with severe injuries.

• Xu Jintang recognized that the examinees had to fight the beasts after their aircraft landed in War Zone No. 11, and she rallied them to charge out.
• Xu Jintang used her domain to slow the first-tier beasts while the examinees attacked and pushed them away from the aircraft.
• Xu Jintang was wounded by a beast, then used her ruby sleeve crossbow to kill one and returned to the fight.
• Wei Zixuan summoned a Four-Horned Rhinoceros, surprising Xu Jintang and the other examinees with its power above the third tier.
• In the operations room, Shi Lekang explained Wei Zixuan’s Random Summoning ability and said he had rejected a special admission offer to pursue Leikedasi; Zhuang Silin declined to name the other students who had caught her interest.
• As the prolonged battle exhausted the examinees and they began dying, Xu Jintang kept fighting despite her many wounds and struck at another beast with her ruby sleeve crossbow.

Xu Jintang survived the simulated battlefield assessment with Wei Zixuan and ranked ninth overall, surprising the military academy teachers. After recovering from airsickness aboard the aircraft, she went to the buffet dinner, where she reunited with Song Duoduo.

• Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan survived until the supplementary assessment ended, and Captain Zhao explained that scores would depend on beasts killed and survival time.
• The assessment rankings placed Xu Jintang ninth and Wei Zixuan tenth overall, prompting surprise from the military academy teachers.
• A medical worker relieved Xu Jintang's airsickness, while Wei Zixuan called for help from the next room.
• Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan went to the aircraft's buffet dinner, where Wei left to greet old classmates.
• Song Duoduo spotted Xu Jintang at the banquet hall and ran over to greet her.

Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan discovered they had placed ninth and tenth in the additional assessment, drawing attention to their lower star region, and decided to hide their identities. At the joint examination base, chief examiner Zhuang Silin explained that the ranking would remain visible and update with candidates' scores, then asked Xu Jintang to stay behind for questions.

• Xu Jintang reunited with Song Duoduo, who said she had performed poorly in the additional assessment and noted that Yao Wenna and Xu Bohan had stayed in the combat zone longer.
• Xu Jintang arrived in the Federation's main city and saw that she and Wei Zixuan ranked ninth and tenth on the additional assessment ranking.
• Wei Zixuan worried the ranking would make them targets, so he chose the alias Wang Tieniu while Xu Jintang chose Xu Lanxing.
• At the joint examination base, Zhuang Silin announced that the top-ten ranking would remain displayed, prompting complaints from other candidates.
• Xu Jintang asked whether the ranking would appear during the official examination, and Zhuang Silin confirmed it would update as candidates earned points.
• Zhuang Silin asked Xu Jintang to stay behind so the examiners could question her.

After discovering that her airsickness had exposed a flaw in the simulated battlefield, Xu Jintang arrived in the Federation Star Region for the joint examination. She learned about formidable top-ranked examinees, prepared inscription talismans, and watched examinees from across the interstellar regions gather for the competition.

• Xu Jintang explained that airsickness had revealed the simulated battlefield bug, and the military academy teachers said they would have it fixed.
• Xu Jintang cultivated in her dormitory, then met Wei Zixuan and Li Tongfu in the cafeteria to discuss the top-ranked examinees.
• Li Tongfu described the powerful abilities and inscription skills of the top three examinees, while Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan pretended their own top-ten rankings were mostly due to luck.
• After hearing that inscription talismans were allowed in the examination, Xu Jintang returned to her dormitory and began making more talismans.
• Examinees from other star regions arrived over the next two days, and Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan's names appeared on the main city's top-ten rankings.

Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan overslept after drinking with Song Duoduo and arrived late for the All-Star-Region Joint Examination. They entered the simulated battlefield an hour after the top examinees, and Xu Jintang found herself alone in the Death Forest.

• Xu Jintang spent two days cultivating and making Inscription Talismans before agreeing to dinner with Song Duoduo and Wei Zixuan.
• The three drank Fragrant Jade Dew Wine, became drunk, and playfully declared themselves sworn siblings.
• Zhuang Silin opened the joint examination and began calling examinees into the simulated battlefield while Xu Jintang slept through the roll call.
• Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan rushed to Examination Area One, where the proctor made them wait until the other examinees had entered.
• Zhuang Silin allowed them to take part but delayed their entry by an hour as punishment for arriving late.
• Xu Jintang entered the simulated battlefield and found herself alone in the Death Forest.

Xu Jintang learned how the joint examination awarded points and joined Li Tongfu’s group to spend the night safely. She discovered Li Tongfu was eliminating sleeping teammates by stealing and crushing their points tokens.

• After Yu Wanyao took first place, Xu Jintang killed demonic beasts and learned they earned points through tokens.
• Xu Jintang met Li Tongfu and joined his group to camp for the night.
• Li Tongfu warned Xu Jintang that candidates could steal points from one another, and she remained wary of him.
• Xu Jintang saw Li Tongfu steal a sleeping teammate’s points token, crush it, and make the teammate disappear.

Xu Jintang caught Li Tongfu stealing points from his sleeping teammates, defeated him, and rose to sixth place, though examinees mistakenly believed she had ambushed people. The next morning, she reunited with Wei Zixuan at a safe zone, learned that supplies cost points, and began considering hunting stronger demonic beasts for a larger score.

• Li Tongfu entered the girls' tent to steal points, but Xu Jintang caught and restrained him.
• Xu Jintang took Li Tongfu's points, reached sixth place on the Joint Examination Red Ranking, and eliminated him by crushing his token.
• Wei Zixuan and other examinees heard Xu Jintang's ranking announcement, and some wrongly suspected she had robbed sleeping competitors.
• Xu Jintang woke in a tree, learned of a nearby safe zone, and discovered that examinees were wary of having their points stolen.
• Xu Jintang told Wei Zixuan what had happened, then learned that supplies cost points and tier-two demonic beasts earned more than tier-one beasts.

Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan hunted a peak second-tier Poison-Scaled Fox and defeated it with inscriptions and a summoned bear. Yang Tuo and his team arrived to claim a share of the points, and Xu Jintang agreed to divide them while Yang Tuo demanded that the siblings accompany him for the next few days.

• Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan left the safe zone and headed deeper into the forest to hunt second-tier demonic beasts.
• Xu Jintang gave Wei Zixuan a teleportation inscription, and he summoned a second-tier Silver-Glowing Black-Feathered Bear to help find the territory's lord beast.
• Xu Jintang lured the peak second-tier Poison-Scaled Fox from its cave and attacked it with dozens of air-blade inscriptions while Wei Zixuan's bear struck it down.
• Yang Tuo arrived with five teammates and demanded an equal share of the Poison-Scaled Fox's points, citing his rank as the joint exam's eighth-place contestant.
• Xu Jintang collected the fox's 200 points and proposed giving each of the eight people 20 points, with the remaining 40 going to Yang Tuo.
• Yang Tuo accepted the split and told Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan to accompany him for the next few days.

Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan lured Yang Tuo’s team into a fight with a third-tier demonic beast, then revealed their strength when the team was in danger. The chapter left Yang Tuo charging at them as Wei Zixuan summoned a peak third-tier Earth-Breaking Stone Ancient Bird.

• Xu Jintang persuaded Yang Tuo to hunt a third-tier demonic beast by promising him most of the points, and Yang Tuo agreed after his ranking fell to ninth.
• The group found a Mantis Electric Feather Beast, but Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan withdrew from the battle while Yang Tuo and his five lackeys fought it.
• When Yang Tuo’s team began to falter, Xu Jintang used Domain Slow and defeated all five lackeys while Wei Zixuan watched.
• Yang Tuo drove back the Mantis Electric Feather Beast and charged at Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan, threatening to get them eliminated with him.
• Xu Jintang told Wei Zixuan to summon a demonic beast, and he brought forth a peak third-tier Earth-Breaking Stone Ancient Bird.

Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan rose in the rankings after taking points from Yang Tuo’s group and killing a third-tier demonic beast, then prepared for a sudden demonic beast siege. They found a cave occupied by two rival groups and introduced themselves after Yu Wanyao spotted them.

• Xu Jintang took points from Yang Tuo’s tied-up lackeys, reached fifth place, and helped Wei Zixuan reach seventh, while Yang Tuo escaped into the forest.
• Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan killed the weakened mantis beast, split its points, and left camp as night fell.
• The military academy examiners debated Xu Jintang’s methods, while examinees in the safe zone suspected she and Wei Zixuan had teamed up to steal points.
• The next day, Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan hunted second-tier demonic beasts until a broadcast announced a rampage and siege battle with doubled points.
• Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan hurried to find shelter and encountered Jing Yuanzheng and Yu Wanyao’s groups disputing over a cave.
• Yu Wanyao spotted Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan, and Xu Jintang explained that they only wanted to shelter in the cave.

Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan joined Jing Yuanzheng and Yu Wanyao in a cave as the demonic beast rampage began, then helped defend it against a wave of beasts. Xu Jintang slowed the attackers while Jing Yuanzheng trapped dozens in his Heavenly Remnant Kan Water Diagram, and Yu Wanyao charged into the pack.

• Jing Yuanzheng called a truce with Yu Wanyao so their groups could work together through the demonic beast rampage, and Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan joined them in the cave.
• Jing Yuanzheng organized the sixteen students into rotating teams, assigning Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan to his group with Yu Wanyao.
• When the rampage began, Yu Wanyao threatened to beat up Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan over rumors that they stole points.
• Xu Jintang slowed a pack of beasts chasing fleeing students, and Jing Yuanzheng let the newcomers shelter in the cave before summoning his Heavenly Remnant Kan Water Diagram.
• Jing Yuanzheng absorbed dozens of beasts into the diagram, while Xu Jintang expanded Domain Slow and Yu Wanyao charged into the slowed pack.

Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan helped defend the cave during the demonic beast rampage, but Yang Tuo exposed their identities and accused them of betraying his team. The cave’s occupants kept the two pairs apart, and as night fell, Yang Tuo objected when Xu Jintang volunteered to take the first watch.

• Yu Wanyao shielded the cave from a horde of tier-one demonic beasts, and Xu Jintang proposed that the survivors split the points equally.
• Xu Jintang and the others helped Yang Tuo fight off another beast horde, after which Yang Tuo recognized her and accused her and Wei Zixuan of using false names and eliminating his teammates.
• Xu Jintang and Yang Tuo gave opposing accounts of their earlier conflict, and Jing Yuanzheng stopped them from fighting by ordering them to stay apart until the rampage ended.
• Xu Jintang repeatedly charged out to kill beasts and collected enough points to pass a thousand, while the cave’s occupants grew wary of her and Wei Zixuan.
• After night fell, Xu Jintang volunteered for the first watch with Wei Zixuan, and Yang Tuo protested that he did not trust them.

After the demonic beast rampage ended, Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan intercepted Yang Tuo and took his points, pushing Xu Jintang to third place and Wei Zixuan to fifth. With their nutrient solutions gone and three days left in the joint examination, they decided to return to the safe zone.

• Xu Jintang explained that she had taken back points from a friend who stole them, while Yu Wanyao and Jing Yuanzheng listened during the night watch.
• The demonic beast rampage ended at dawn, and Yang Tuo hurried out of the cave before Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan followed him.
• Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan attacked Yang Tuo, stole his points jade token, and transferred its points before Wei Zixuan crushed it, eliminating him.
• The rankings updated with Xu Jintang in third place and Wei Zixuan in fifth, prompting examinees to speculate about their point thefts.
• Xu Jintang drank her last nutrient solution, and Wei Zixuan said they needed to return to the safe zone because they had run out with three days remaining in the examination.

Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan used their bandit reputation to obtain nutrient solution before hunting Second Tier demonic beasts. In the forest, they discovered Yan Zitao and Yan Yuting were impersonating them to rob examinees, and subdued the siblings after a fight.

• Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan demanded nutrient solution from examinees while offering payment, but their bandit reputation frightened their victims.
• The pair hunted Second Tier demonic beasts together and retreated when they neared territory where Third Tier beasts might appear.
• Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan overheard Yan Zitao and Yan Yuting pretending to be them while robbing examinees of points.
• Xu Jintang attacked Yan Zitao, and Wei Zixuan summoned a Peak Third Tier demonic beast to help subdue the siblings.
• Xu Jintang took Yan Zitao's points jade token and asked how many examinees they had robbed, while Yan Yuting pleaded for leniency.

Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan’s attempt to clear their names only strengthened the rumors that they were bandits. On the final day of the joint examination, a ten-thousand-point red flag drew the examinees into a tense standoff, and a boy with a folding fan proposed an all-out melee.

• Xu Jintang took back the eight hundred points Yan Zitao had stolen and had Yan Zitao and Yan Yuting promise to tell others she and Wei Zixuan were good people before letting them go.
• Yan Zitao and Yan Yuting tried to correct the rumors, but the teams they met assumed they had been threatened, further damaging Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan’s reputation.
• Two days later, the joint examination entered its final day with Yu Wanyao in first place, Jing Yuanzheng in second, Xu Jintang in third, and Wei Zixuan in fifth.
• The examination announced a capture-the-flag mode that would award ten thousand points to the first person to pull out the red flag and immediately end the exam.
• Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan watched from trees as examinees gathered around the flag; when one boy tried to seize it, the others attacked and drove him back.
• A boy carrying a folding fan proposed settling the standoff with an all-out melee.

At the joint examination’s red flag, Xue Zhongqi’s attempt to seize first place sparked a chaotic battle, but Xu Jintang used her large supply of inscription talismans to reach the flag first. She won the examination, and the remaining examinees stopped fighting as the result became final.

• As the examinees stalled around the red flag, Xue Zhongqi launched inscription talismans to trigger a battle and tried to reach the flag, but Yu Wanyao dragged him down and attacked him.
• Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan revealed their plan: Xu Jintang went for the flag while Wei Zixuan distracted Jing Yuanzheng, who tried to pull Xu Jintang back with the Kan Water Diagram.
• Xue Zhongqi sent more than twenty offensive inscription talismans at Xu Jintang, but she broke them apart with over sixty of her own, clearing her path to the flag.
• Xu Jintang grabbed the red flag, earned 10,000 points, and was announced as the joint examination’s first-place winner.
• The red flag’s capture ended the examination; the fighting stopped, Xue Zhongqi stared at Xu Jintang, and Yu Wanyao and Jing Yuanzheng acknowledged the result.

Xu Jintang took first place in the All-Star-Region Joint Examination Competition and chose Leikedasi Military Academy. After receiving her admission letter and uniform, she prepared to register with Wei Zixuan.

• Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan’s joint examination results were locked, and the teachers discussed Xu Jintang’s use of Inscription Talismans.
• Zhuang Silin announced Xu Jintang’s first-place finish and the Joint Examination Red Ranking examinees’ right to choose among the five great military academies.
• Xu Jintang, Wei Zixuan, and Yu Wanyao said they planned to apply to Leikedasi, while Xue Zhongqi questioned Xu Jintang about her Inscription Talismans.
• Dawn Academy celebrated Xu Jintang’s victory, and Liu Hongfang traveled to the Federation Star Region to support her choice of academy.
• Xu Jintang submitted Leikdasi Military Academy as her sole preference, returned her visiting student nameplate to Zhuang Silin, and received an admission letter and uniform.
• Wei Zixuan told Xu Jintang that they could register at the academy and check into their dormitories the next day.

Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan registered at Leikdasi Military Academy and settled into their dormitories. Xu Jintang then disguised herself to visit the Federation Inscriptionist Association, where she began an admission assessment and learned how difficult inscription work was.

• Song Duoduo chose to apply to Red Ridge Military Academy, and she, Xu Jintang, and Wei Zixuan celebrated together before parting.
• Xu Jintang and Wei Zixuan registered at Leikdasi Military Academy, received permission to move into the dormitories during the break, and explored their new rooms.
• Wei Zixuan told Xu Jintang that their incoming class might participate in the military academy league three years later.
• Xu Jintang disguised herself and entered the Federation Inscriptionist Association to ask about joining and investigate her second ability.
• Sun Yuantian explained the three parts of the admission assessment, while Xue Zhongqi praised Sun Yuantian's exceptional talent as an inscriptionist.

Xu Jintang registered for the Inscriptionist Association assessment under the name Qian Duoduo and spent two days reviewing tasks she had already learned. At the assessment, she tried to keep a low profile, but Xue Zhongqi noticed her basic inscription pen; the first task began with Xu Jintang observing how slowly the other candidates formed mental power threads.

• Xu Jintang registered for the assessment under the name Qian Duoduo and arranged to take it the day after tomorrow.
• Xue Zhongqi tried to exchange contact information with Xu Jintang, but she refused and later ran into him again at the military academy.
• Xu Jintang reviewed the assessment handbook, realized she already knew all three tasks, and spent two days practicing how to slow her inscription speed.
• Xu Jintang arrived at the association for the assessment, where Xue Zhongqi noticed her secondhand inscription pen but said nothing.
• Sun Yuantian began the timed mental power thread linking task, and Xu Jintang watched the neighboring candidates struggle while the boy ahead of her formed one complete thread.