Recaps

Xu Jintang and the Mask Squad defeated Xiao Linghe’s Soul Awakening Team to advance to the final four of the Ability User Competition. After their victory drew widespread attention and improved their championship odds, Xu Jintang and her teammates headed to the black-market casino.

• Xu Jintang stalled Xiao Linghe while Xue Zhongqi prepared a level-two array pattern and Yan Yuting guarded him.
• Xu Jintang disrupted the Soul Awakening Team’s formation and helped Xue Zhongqi launch his array pattern, which eliminated Xiao Linghe.
• Xu Jintang and her teammates forced the Soul Awakening Team’s remaining two members off the arena, securing the Mask Squad’s victory.
• The Mask Squad celebrated their win and shook hands with the defeated Soul Awakening Team, while Xu Jintang teased Xiao Linghe.
• News of the Mask Squad’s victory spread across the Star Network, and Xu Jintang and her four teammates went to the black-market casino.

Xu Jintang and her companions collected their winnings from the casino, then caught and turned in a man who followed them out of the black market to rob them. After returning to their villa dorm, they relaxed with games, while the group planned to give statements to the Administration Bureau the next day.

• Xu Jintang and her four companions cashed out their bets on the Mask Squad, earning five bank star cards and a million star coins for Xu Jintang.
• Xu Jintang sensed a man following them out of the black market and froze his feet to the ground, allowing the group to defeat and restrain him.
• Yan Yuting reported the attempted robbery, and Song Yuanlang arrived with the Federation Administration Bureau to take the man into custody and ask the group to give statements.
• The five returned to their villa dorm with their winnings and decided to give their statements the next day.
• Song Tianqi and Xue Zhongqi played a holographic game while Xu Jintang, Jiang Shiyi, and Yan Yuting played cards, with Xu Jintang laying down two Ice Soul Dragon cards.

After celebrating Mask Squad’s place in the final four, Xu Jintang met Lin Qinglang of the Federation Ordnance and Equipment Depot to discuss a partnership over her Tracking Inscription. Lin Qinglang admitted she had deliberately arrived late because Xu Jintang’s identity and name were false, leaving their negotiations at a tense start.

• Xu Jintang accepted an invitation from the Federation Ordnance and Equipment Depot to discuss a partnership involving her Tracking Inscription.
• Ruan Tao prepared a cake to celebrate Mask Squad reaching the final four, and Xu Jintang asked her to make extra Ten Thousand Fragrance Fruit jam to help strengthen her meridians.
• After the group celebrated, Xu Jintang disguised herself as Qian Duoduo and went to the Ten Thousand Dragons Teahouse to meet Lin Qinglang.
• Lin Qinglang arrived ten minutes late, and Xu Jintang challenged her punctuality before discussing the partnership.
• Lin Qinglang admitted she had been late on purpose because her investigation found that Xu Jintang’s identity was unknown and her name was fake.

Xu Jintang revealed her real identity and two abilities to Lin Qinglang, then secured a contract to produce Tracking Inscriptions for the Federation Ordnance and Equipment Depot. After her teachers and classmates learned she was also Qian Duoduo, Zhuang Silin pressed her to explain her second ability, which Xu Jintang said she could not yet control freely.

• Xu Jintang removed her disguise and told Lin Qinglang that she was a Leikdasi Military Academy student with both an ice ability and a star-attribute ability.
• After Xu Jintang demonstrated Domain of Ice and the Tilting Scales, Lin Qinglang agreed to cooperate with her on Tracking Inscriptions.
• Two days later, Xu Jintang signed a contract to deliver sixty Tracking Inscriptions within three months for four million star coins.
• Zhuang Silin and Wu Jinghong visited Xu Jintang, and she admitted to her teachers and classmates that she had two abilities and was an inscription master known as Qian Duoduo.
• Zhuang Silin asked Xu Jintang to demonstrate her second ability, but Xu Jintang said she could use it only once before needing to wait and would need to reach the fifth tier to control it freely.

Xu Jintang revealed the full power of her second ability to Zhuang Silin and her teammates, then continued making inscriptions openly after her identity was exposed. She arrived at the Inscription Master Competition’s semifinal knockout round, where Mu Zhongbai announced he would set the assessment task.

• Xu Jintang explained that her second ability could raise allies’ mental power by one tier or lower enemies’ by one tier for twenty minutes, astonishing Zhuang Silin, Wu Jinghong, and the others.
• Zhuang Silin told Xu Jintang to keep the ability secret for future competitions, and her teammates celebrated and accepted her identity as Miss Qian.
• Xu Jintang openly made inscriptions at the villa, while Xue Zhongqi gradually became an enthusiastic admirer and sought her advice.
• Xu Jintang and Xue Zhongqi went to the semifinal knockout round, where competitors and livestream viewers focused on Qian Duoduo and a male competitor tried to get her contact ID.
• Mu Zhongbai arrived, greeted Xu Jintang, and announced that he would personally set the knockout assessment task; Xue Zhongqi revealed that Mu had created the difficult Tracking Inscription.

Xu Jintang began the top-eight elimination assessment, where contestants had to learn and engrave Mu Zhongbai’s newly invented Berserk Inscription within eight hours. After several failed attempts and steadily improving, she reached one-third of the formation diagram before an explosion interrupted her work.

• Mu Zhongbai announced that contestants had to learn and engrave his new Berserk Inscription, which could boost strength by at least twenty percent.
• Xu Jintang began engraving the inscription, but her first attempt failed when Mu Zhongbai’s close observation distracted her.
• Xu Jintang made several more attempts while the other contestants struggled, and she rested with Jiang Xiangyang and Xue Zhongqi between efforts.
• After returning to her seat, Xu Jintang continued engraving and reached one-third of the formation diagram, drawing excited attention from livestream viewers.
• An explosion suddenly rang out as Xu Jintang worked on the inscription.

Xu Jintang, competing under the name Qian Duoduo, advanced through repeated failures to inscribe two-thirds of the Berserk Inscription and won the round with a perfect score. After the other contestants were ranked and the eliminated competitors dismissed, a staff member invited her to speak privately with Mu Zhongbai.

• Xu Jintang repeatedly failed to inscribe the Berserk Inscription, while Jiang Xiangyang also struggled to connect its later formation diagrams.
• After reaching halfway through Xu Jintang's inscription, Mu Zhongbai recognized her exceptional progress, while Jiang Xiangyang advanced only to one quarter.
• With thirty minutes left, Xu Jintang had reached two-thirds progress and rested as the exhausted contestants gave up working.
• Mu Zhongbai ended the assessment early, and the rankings showed Qian Duoduo in first place with two-thirds progress and 100 points, ahead of Jiang Xiangyang in second with one-third.
• Xu Jintang advanced in first place, Xue Zhongqi secured fourth, and a staff member invited Xu Jintang to meet privately with Mu Zhongbai.

Xu Jintang advanced in the Inscription Master Competition and received a book of basic inscription array diagrams from Mu Zhongbai, who decided not to take her as his disciple. During the competition’s rest week, the Mask Squad’s merchandise became hugely popular, and the five military academies gathered to plan the next Military Academy League as Shi Lekang raised questions about the squad’s origins.

• Mu Zhongbai praised Xu Jintang’s inscription talent, gave her a comprehensive book of basic inscription array diagrams, and explained that he would not take her as his final disciple.
• Xu Jintang returned to the villa with Xue Zhongqi, where Yan Yuting and Song Tianqi admitted they had fallen asleep instead of watching the competition; Jiang Shiyi revealed she had listened to their matches and congratulated them on advancing.
• Yan Yuting brought Xu Jintang and Xue Zhongqi saved food, then fought with Xue Zhongqi while Song Tianqi cheered; Xu Jintang went to her room to rest.
• The Mask Squad’s figurines and other merchandise sold out quickly, prompting fans to seek them at inflated resale prices and the organizers to announce a restock.
• At a joint meeting of the five major military academies, Miao Mingzhi began discussions about arrangements for the Military Academy League, and Shi Lekang asked which academy had secretly nurtured the Mask Squad.

As the Mask Squad prepared for the Ability User Competition semifinals, Xu Jintang studied Ability Trait Assimilation and successfully activated it for the first time. Her enhanced Ice Blade Storm tested at peak fourth tier, while the semifinal teams and their threats remained under review.

• Miao Mingzhi let the military academy representatives argue over the Mask Squad's identity before restoring order and discussing preparations for the Military Academy League.
• Xu Jintang watched the semifinal trailer, then Zhuang Silin briefed the Mask Squad on their three possible opponents and urged them to prepare while keeping their identities secret.
• Xu Jintang gathered Song Tianqi and Jiang Shiyi to study Ability Trait Assimilation, while Yan Yuting and Xue Zhongqi left to cultivate.
• Xu Jintang followed the instructional video in the cultivation room and drew ice-attribute power inward until she entered an assimilated state.
• Xu Jintang tested her enhanced Ice Blade Storm at the training ground, where the strength-testing machine recorded peak fourth tier.

Xu Jintang and the Mask Squad faced the Dark Horse Team in the semifinal draw after confidently declaring their championship ambitions. As the five-day preparation period began, Xu Jintang received a friend request from Qiu Zhuyu of the Mechanical Technology Military Academy Team.

• Xu Jintang and her teammates trained intensely in preparation for the semifinals.
• During a livestream interview, Xu Jintang and Song Tianqi declared that the Mask Squad would win the championship, while Xue Zhongqi spoke more cautiously.
• Ji Nanqing said the Dark Horse Team would win the championship, prompting rival fans to argue in the livestream.
• The semifinal draw matched the Mask Squad against the Dark Horse Team and the Light and Brightness Team against the Purple Rosy Clouds Pond Flower Team.
• Xu Jintang trained until she reached her limit, then accepted a friend request from Qiu Zhuyu, who introduced herself as a member of the Mechanical Technology Military Academy Team.

Xu Jintang’s Mask Squad studied the Dark Horse Team with information from Qiu Zhuyu, while Ji Nanqing and her teammates analyzed the Mask Squad’s mysterious powers ahead of the semifinals. As the match approached, both teams prepared to face each other, and their supporters scrambled to get tickets.

• Qiu Zhuyu sent Xu Jintang detailed videos and analyses of the Dark Horse Team, hoping the Mask Squad would avenge her team’s loss.
• Xu Jintang gathered her teammates to review the Dark Horse Team’s ruthless tactics, including how Ji Nanqing had countered and broken Qiu Zhuyu’s twin guns.
• At Xihe Alliance Military Academy, Jiang Wenzhuo warned Ji Nanqing that the Mask Squad might be secretly trained by another academy and noted that its captain had used unexplained power.
• Ji Nanqing admitted that the semifinals might be difficult after her teammates asked whether they would win as easily as before.
• Qiu Zhuyu bought a resale ticket to watch the Dark Horse Team, while Xu Jintang and her teammates secured tickets for their friends.
• Wei Zixuan shared that the Mask Squad’s championship odds had fallen to match those of the Purple Rosy Clouds Pond Flower Team as the semifinals drew near.

The Mask Squad faced the Dark Horse Team in the semifinal, where the randomly selected 1v1 gauntlet began with Xue Zhongqi fighting Xiu Delu. Xue Zhongqi surrendered after Xiu Delu’s poison gas and homing arrows overwhelmed him, and Xu Jintang sent Song Tianqi in for the next match.

• Xu Jintang and the Mask Squad entered the arena, followed by Ji Nanqing and the Dark Horse Team, and the match format was selected as a 1v1 gauntlet.
• Xu Jintang chose Xue Zhongqi to fight first, and Xiu Delu introduced himself as a peak third-tier mental-power user against Xue Zhongqi’s peak second tier.
• Xiu Delu filled the arena with Two Aspects Poison Gas and attacked Xue Zhongqi with homing arrows from a concealed-weapon artifact.
• Xue Zhongqi sustained multiple wounds as Xiu Delu’s artifact and poison gas left him unable to counterattack, so he surrendered.
• The healer treated Xue Zhongqi, and Xu Jintang told Song Tianqi to fight in the second match after giving him instructions.

Song Tianqi defeated Xiu Delu with his fire and gauntlet attacks, giving the Mask Squad a 1v1 victory. Chu Minmin then countered Song Tianqi with her Soft Bone Technique and locked him in a choking hold, leaving Xu Jintang considering how to respond.

• Song Tianqi overwhelmed Xiu Delu's defenses, burned away his poison gas, and knocked him out of the arena with a powerful punch.
• Ji Nanqing sent Chu Minmin to face Song Tianqi next, while Song Tianqi used the intermission to recover his mental power.
• Chu Minmin introduced herself and attacked Song Tianqi, dodging his flames and using her Soft Bone Technique to absorb the force of his blows.
• Chu Minmin circled behind Song Tianqi and locked her arms around his neck, cutting off his breathing.
• Xu Jintang watched the fight and thought about the information Teacher Zhuang and Zhu Qiuyu had shared about Chu Minmin's ability.

Song Tianqi defeated Chu Minmin in the third match with a fire attack that he could largely withstand, giving the Mask Squad the lead before he conceded the fourth match after exhausting his mental power. Jiang Shiyi then entered the next match against Jing Lei, with the score tied.

• Song Tianqi used Ability Trait Assimilation and his Vermilion Bird Bloodline to overwhelm Chu Minmin, and Li Xiang declared the Mask Squad the winner.
• Li Xiang explained that Song Tianqi had at least eighty percent immunity to fire damage, and Ji Nanqing accepted the loss on behalf of her team.
• After the break, Song Tianqi ran out of mental power and conceded the fourth match to the Dark Horse Team.
• Jiang Shiyi took the stage as the Mask Squad's next fighter, and Jing Lei introduced himself as her opponent.

Jiang Shiyi fought Jing Lei, who used copied magical artifacts and card commands to counter her, but she unleashed a devastating combination skill that forced referee Li Xiang to protect him and secured the Mask Squad’s victory. The Mask Squad took the lead, though Ji Nanqing had yet to fight.

• Jiang Shiyi and Jing Lei exchanged rocket attacks as Jing Lei used copied weapons and tracking sleeve arrows to pressure her.
• Jing Lei tried to immobilize Jiang Shiyi with a concealed Stasis Card Command, but she destroyed it with Hail of Bullets.
• Jing Lei surrounded Jiang Shiyi with multiple attacks and another hidden Stasis Card Command, prompting her to unleash her Superpower Rocket Launcher Combination Skill.
• Li Xiang shielded Jing Lei from the arena-wide barrage, and Xu Jintang confirmed the Mask Squad had won the match.
• The crowd and the other teams reacted to Jiang Shiyi’s trump card, while Qiu Zhuyu warned that Ji Nanqing had yet to fight.

During the fifth 1v1 match, Jiang Shiyi faced Jiang Yun, whose Golden Disc Magic Array unleashed a relentless, target-locking attack. Low on mental power after her previous fight, Jiang Shiyi could not use her strongest combination move and continued fleeing as the golden light scorched the stage.

• During the intermission, Li Xiang introduced Jiang Yun and Ji Nanqing of the Dark Horse Team and Jade Fox and Foodie of the Mask Squad.
• Jiang Yun began the fifth 1v1 match by dropping gold ore onto the stage, and Jiang Shiyi dodged while firing her rocket launcher.
• Jiang Yun summoned the Golden Disc Magic Array, creating a golden disc whose attacks could pursue Jiang Shiyi for five minutes.
• Jiang Shiyi's Energy-Concentrating Cannon shots bounced off the disc, and she realized she lacked the mental power to use her combination move again.
• Jiang Shiyi ran from the golden light as it chased her around the stage and scorched much of it into ruins.

Jiang Shiyi and Jiang Yun fought to a draw after Jiang Shiyi used a mental-attacking combination skill, leaving Ji Nanqing as the Dark Horse Team’s last fighter. During the intermission, Xu Jintang gave Yan Yuting instructions for her upcoming match, while Xihe Alliance Military Academy’s staff worried over the tournament.

• Jiang Shiyi evaded Jiang Yun’s Gold Mountains and Flooding Waters attack with her rocket launcher, then fought back as Jiang Yun summoned more golden attacks.
• Jiang Shiyi fired an unfinished combination skill that exhausted her mental power and struck Jiang Yun with a mental attack; both fighters lost the ability to continue, so Li Xiang declared a draw.
• Jiang Shiyi left to cheers from the crowd, and Ji Nanqing became the Dark Horse Team’s sole remaining fighter.
• Xu Jintang quietly instructed Yan Yuting to prepare for her match, while Ji Nanqing grew suspicious and worried about facing the remaining Mask Squad fighters.
• Administrators and teachers at Xihe Alliance Military Academy watched the livestream and worried that their team would lose.

Yan Yuting faced Ji Nanqing in the sixth duel and used her modified Wind Shadow Whip to challenge the stronger opponent. The match remained unresolved as Ji Nanqing launched a powerful ice attack and Yan Yuting escaped its range by pulling herself toward her.

• Jiang Wenzhuo and the other teachers watched anxiously while Miao Mingzhi and Zhuang Silin praised their squad's performance.
• Yan Yuting and Ji Nanqing introduced themselves and began the sixth one-on-one duel.
• Yan Yuting struck Ji Nanqing and her Frost Demon Bear with lightning from her modified Wind Shadow Whip, then tried to drag Ji Nanqing off the platform.
• Ji Nanqing broke free, summoned an enormous ice seed, and forced Yan Yuting to unleash the Wind Shadow Whip's first form, Myriad-Jin Thunderbolt.
• When the ice seed overwhelmed Yan Yuting's lightning, she used her whip to pull Ji Nanqing toward the platform's edge, then escaped the attack by being pulled toward Ji Nanqing.
• Song Tianqi teased Xue Zhongqi about Yan Yuting copying Xu Jintang, and Xu Jintang asked whether they had been badmouthing her.

Xu Jintang faced Ji Nanqing in the final semifinal match, using ice attacks and the Ice Soul Dragon’s aura to counter her stronger opponent and frighten the Frost Demon Bear. Ji Nanqing realized the bear feared something in Xu Jintang’s ability, and the fight continued as it fled from her control.

• Yan Yuting lost to Ji Nanqing after harassing her for several exchanges, and Li Xiang announced the Dark Horse Team’s victory.
• During the intermission, Xu Jintang reviewed Yan Yuting’s match footage and prepared to face Ji Nanqing.
• Xu Jintang and Ji Nanqing introduced themselves and began the semifinal match, trading ice attacks and concealed crossbow bolts.
• Xu Jintang’s Ice Soul Dragon aura made the Frost Demon Bear freeze and panic, puzzling Ji Nanqing and the livestream viewers.
• Ji Nanqing tested the effect again, and the Frost Demon Bear fled in fear; Xu Jintang then sent ice chains after Ji Nanqing while the bear repeatedly ran from her aura.

Xu Jintang and Ji Nanqing fought to a stalemate before Xu Jintang used her dragon blood pressure to turn Ji Nanqing’s Frost Demon Bear into an unwilling mount. The duel ended in a head-on clash that left Ji Nanqing badly injured, while Xu Jintang’s condition remained unclear.

• Xu Jintang and Ji Nanqing traded blows for sixteen minutes, with neither gaining a clear advantage.
• Ji Nanqing ordered the Frost Demon Bear to use Sonic Wave Impact, but Xu Jintang’s mental-sea barrier reflected the attack and she mounted the frightened bear.
• Xu Jintang directed the Frost Demon Bear around the arena and used it to evade Ji Nanqing’s attack until Ji Nanqing canceled its summoning.
• Ji Nanqing activated Demon Bear Possession, her power-concentrating artifact, and Ability Trait Assimilation as Xu Jintang prepared her own amplified abilities and Ice Blade Storms.
• Xu Jintang and Ji Nanqing collided in a burst of icy-blue energy, and Ji Nanqing emerged pale and bleeding before Li Xiang caught her and called for a healer.

The Mask Squad defeated the Dark Horse Team and advanced to the Ability User Competition championship match. After the post-match interview, the next semifinal between Purple Rosy Clouds Pond Flower and the Light and Brightness Team was set to determine their opponent.

• Healers helped Ji Nanqing off the arena, and Li Xiang announced the Mask Squad as the winner of the semifinal.
• The Mask Squad celebrated its victory as fans cheered, while teachers from Xihe Alliance Military Academy and Leikdasi Military Academy reacted to the result.
• Xu Jintang told Li Xiang that the Mask Squad was confident about the championship match, and Jiang Shiyi, Song Tianqi, Xue Zhongqi, and Yan Yuting answered questions in the post-match interview.
• The captains of Purple Rosy Clouds Pond Flower and the Light and Brightness Team discussed facing the Mask Squad and prepared for their own semifinal.
• Li Xiang announced a half-hour intermission before Purple Rosy Clouds Pond Flower and the Light and Brightness Team faced off for a place in the championship match.

Xu Jintang and the Mask Squad watched the second semifinal between the Purple Rosy Clouds Pond Flower Team and the Light and Brightness Team after making a bet about which team would win. As the match began, Xu Jintang received messages from Qiu Zhuyu and Yu Wanyao, who had taken unflattering photos of the squad.

• Xu Jintang and her teammates bet that whoever guessed the semifinal winner incorrectly would handle the squad's future competition interviews.
• The competition organizers presented a dance by Star Entertainment Company's rookie idol group before introducing the semifinal teams.
• Xu Jintang and the Mask Squad assessed the Purple Rosy Clouds Pond Flower Team's strength and worried about facing either semifinalist in the championship.
• The Purple Rosy Clouds Pond Flower Team and the Light and Brightness Team began a mixed 2v2 and 3v3 battle.
• Xu Jintang received a congratulatory message from Qiu Zhuyu, then opened Yu Wanyao's series of unflattering photos of the squad.

The Mask Squad advanced to the championship match against the Purple Rosy Clouds Pond Flower Team, and accepted an invitation to appear on Happy Match-Up. Xu Jintang broke through to the fourth tier and tested her new Ice Mist Snow Lotus skill, leaving the squad with another ability for the championship.

• Xu Jintang and her teammates watched the Purple Rosy Clouds Pond Flower Team win both semifinal matches, including a comeback led by Mu Yongshou.
• The Mask Squad advanced to the championship match, secured at least second place, and discussed repaying the military academy from their prize money.
• Xu Jintang told her teammates that Happy Match-Up had invited them to record a livestream, and they agreed to attend.
• Xu Jintang broke through to the fourth tier after nearly two months of cultivation, then received reminders from the Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx and Jin Xiaobao to keep training.
• Xu Jintang tested her fourth skill, Ice Mist Snow Lotus, creating three explosive snow lotuses and an Ice Mist Domain that chilled the training arena.

Xu Jintang and the Mask Squad appeared on Happy Match-Up with the Wood Spirit Show Idol Group, where Shen Mucheng quickly charmed the team. During the livestream, Xu Jintang recognized a staff member as possibly connected to the Reform Society and left to search for him.

• Xu Jintang tested her new skill and reached the peak of the fourth tier, drawing startled reactions from Song Tianqi and the others.
• Xu Jintang and the Mask Squad arrived at the Happy Match-Up studio, where they met the Wood Spirit Show Idol Group and Shen Mucheng won over Song Tianqi, Yan Yuting, and Xu Jintang.
• The Happy Match-Up livestream began, and Xu Jintang noticed a staff member whose figure reminded her of a Reform Society member she had seen at an underground black-market ball.
• Xu Jintang left the filming area to search for the staff member and sent the Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx to look for a tall, well-built man with a black buzz cut.

Xu Jintang caught a suspicious staff member carrying a Reform Society badge, but he escaped after an accomplice attacked, and explosions disrupted the livestreamed recording. Song Yuanlang arrived to investigate and questioned Xu Jintang about the staff member.

• Xu Jintang recognized a staff member as someone who had caused trouble at Mirage and had the Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx help capture him.
• The man admitted he was not from the Reform Society, then escaped using a Teleportation Inscription after an accomplice fired a hidden arrow.
• Xu Jintang gave the badge to the security captain, who reported the apparent Reform Society infiltration to the Administration Bureau.
• Explosions struck the recording venue, stopping the show and sending staff and guests into a panic; Xu Jintang returned to the Mask Squad and said someone was acting in the Reform Society's name.
• Song Yuanlang arrived with the Federation Administration Bureau, sealed off the venue, and questioned Xu Jintang about the staff member she had recognized.