Chapter Summaries

The Mask Squad began the championship match against Purple Rosy Clouds Pond Flower with a 2v2 round, sending Xu Jintang and Jiang Shiyi against Su Mo and Jiang Baimu. Xu Jintang revealed that she had advanced to fourth tier and used Domain Detection to guide their attacks through the thick ice mist; the round remained underway as she caught Jiang Baimu around the waist after he tried to ambush her.

• The championship match’s first format was drawn as a 2v2 mixed team battle, and Xu Jintang chose to team up with Jiang Shiyi.
• Xu Jintang and Jiang Shiyi entered the first round against Su Mo and Jiang Baimu, and Xu Jintang revealed that her mental power had reached fourth tier.
• The round began with Xu Jintang spreading ice across the arena while Jiang Shiyi bombarded the opposing team with her rocket launcher.
• Xu Jintang created thick ice mist and used Domain Detection to locate Su Mo and Jiang Baimu, allowing Jiang Shiyi to target them with a rocket launcher combination skill.
• Jiang Baimu used spatial traversal to attack Xu Jintang from behind, but she dodged his attempt to grab her and seized him around the waist.

Xu Jintang and Jiang Shiyi defeated Jiang Baimu and Su Mo in the two-on-two match, eliminating Su Mo first and then overwhelming Jiang Baimu with a combined ice technique. Li Xiang stopped the final attack and declared the Mask Squad the winner.

• Xu Jintang chased Jiang Baimu with spreading ice while Jiang Shiyi attacked, and Su Mo slipped and was eliminated after Li Xiang blocked the shells aimed at her.
• Jiang Baimu escaped through space as Xu Jintang and Jiang Shiyi pursued him, but Jiang Shiyi's bombardment exhausted and wounded him.
• Jiang Baimu tried to ambush Xu Jintang with the Wood Spirit Dagger, but she froze his feet and unleashed a combined Ice Lotus and Ice Blade Storm technique.
• Jiang Baimu teleported away, but the attack met him when he reappeared and his ability was on cooldown.
• Li Xiang shielded Jiang Baimu from the attack and announced the Mask Squad's victory as the spectators cheered.

The Mask Squad lost the second 3v3 match to the Purple Rosy Clouds Pond Flower Team after Song Tianqi surrendered, following Xu Jintang's plan to save their energy. The championship now hinges on the final 5v5 team battle, which begins after a ten-minute break.

• Jiang Baimu left the arena injured after the Mask Squad's first 3v3 victory, while Xu Jintang quietly instructed Xue Zhongqi, Yan Yuting, and Song Tianqi about the next match.
• Song Tianqi, Xue Zhongqi, and Yan Yuting attacked Mu Yongshou's team, but Mu Yongshou's Radiant Sun Phoenix shielded his teammates from their fire and lightning.
• Mu Yongshou's trio defended for two minutes, then prepared to counterattack when the Mask Squad stopped attacking.
• Song Tianqi surrendered before Mu Yongshou could finish his attack, giving the Purple Rosy Clouds Pond Flower Team the second 3v3 match.
• Li Xiang announced that the final 5v5 team battle would begin in ten minutes and determine the competition champion.

The Mask Squad began the championship five-on-five battle against the Purple Rosy Clouds Pond Flower Team, with Xu Jintang confronting Mu Yongshou’s Radiant Sun Phoenix. The Mask Squad’s opening assault gave them a brief advantage, but their opponents began counterattacking as Xu Jintang struggled to overcome the phoenix’s defenses.

• Xu Jintang reassured the Mask Squad that they had a chance to win, and both teams prepared for the final match.
• The teams entered the arena, introduced themselves, and began the championship battle as the protective barriers rose.
• Xu Jintang used ice attacks against Mu Yongshou’s Radiant Sun Phoenix, but its powerful defense and scorching flames resisted her attacks.
• Jiang Shiyi and Song Tianqi unleashed heavy fire on the Purple Rosy Clouds Pond Flower Team, forcing Su Mo and her teammates to retreat briefly.
• Su Mo directed her teammates to target Jiang Shiyi, but Xue Zhongqi helped her evade the Lightning Light Shield and the other attacks.
• Xu Jintang was knocked back again by the Radiant Sun Phoenix as the fight continued across the arena.

Xu Jintang revealed her ability to create level-two formation patterns and used one to pursue the opposing team, while the Mask Squad kept up its attacks. Mu Yongshou then unleashed the Radiant Sun Phoenix’s powerful fire technique against Xu Jintang, leaving her facing a blazing river of flames.

• Xu Jintang rapidly formed a level-two formation pattern, shocking the spectators and prompting Yu Wanyao to suspect she had two abilities.
• Xu Jintang chased Jiang Baimu with the formation pattern, but he escaped through a spatial rift; she then targeted another opposing team member before Li Xiang disrupted the pattern and rescued him.
• Song Tianqi activated his Vermilion Bird Bloodline and unleashed his enhanced Withering Fire Feathers across the arena.
• Mu Yongshou directed the Radiant Sun Phoenix to attack Song Tianqi and told Su Mo to focus her team’s attacks on him.
• Xu Jintang struck Su Mo, then attacked an opposing curved-saber fighter with ice and her ruby sleeve crossbow.
• Mu Yongshou rushed to protect the curved-saber fighter and unleashed Radiant Sun Scorches the Plains, sending a river of fire down toward Xu Jintang.

Xu Jintang summoned the Tilting Scales and used them to lower the opponents’ mental power across the arena. The Mask Squad pressed its attack, and Xu Jintang charged Mu Yongshou as the chapter ended with him fleeing skyward into her Ice Blade Storms.

• Jiang Baimu attacked Xue Zhongqi and then Yan Yuting while Mu Yongshou’s river of fire overwhelmed Xu Jintang’s ice.
• Xu Jintang called on Jin Xiaobao to summon the Tilting Scales, and Jin Xiaobao warned that she would be unable to act again for at least half a month.
• Xu Jintang tilted the scales sideways, spreading a Silence Domain that lowered the mental power of Mu Yongshou and the other opponents by one level.
• Xue Zhongqi, Jiang Shiyi, and Song Tianqi attacked while Mu Yongshou urged his team to hold out until the domain ended.
• Mu Yongshou’s Phoenix Cry failed to affect Xu Jintang, so he sent the Radiant Sun Phoenix upward to evade her three enhanced Ice Blade Storms.

Xu Jintang and the Mask Squad defeated the Purple Rosy Clouds Pond Flower Team in the competition final, overcoming Mu Yongshou and his teammates after Foodie's ability downgraded them for more than ten minutes. The Mask Squad celebrated their championship as the announcer congratulated them before the cheering crowd.

• Xu Jintang held off the weakened river of fire while Su Mo and Jiang Baimu charged into the fight, and Song Tianqi and Xue Zhongqi eliminated one of their opponents.
• Xu Jintang knocked Mu Yongshou from the Radiant Sun Phoenix, then combined attacks with Jiang Shiyi to eliminate him.
• Xu Jintang ordered an all-out attack, and the Mask Squad eliminated Su Mo and then Jiang Baimu to win the match.
• The Mask Squad celebrated in the arena as the crowd cheered, and Li Xiang announced them as the competition champions.
• Mu Yongshou acknowledged that Foodie's second ability had overwhelmed his team, while Li Xiang congratulated the five champions and praised the competition's success.

The Mask Squad won the Ability User Competition, and Xu Jintang’s second ability drew widespread attention. After academy leaders questioned her about it, they agreed to let her keep gaining experience rather than place her under constant protection, and she headed out to finish the Inscription Master Competition.

• Jing Hongyi presented the championship trophy to Xu Jintang and the Mask Squad, whose victory quickly spread across the Star Network.
• Zhuang Silin told the team that the academy would forgive its earlier investment and increase funding for the experimental class, then brought Xu Jintang to meet the principal.
• Xu Jintang explained the known effects of Tilting Scales to Miao Mingzhi and the other academy leaders while keeping Jin Xiaobao’s existence secret.
• The leaders argued over whether to protect Xu Jintang closely or let her gain experience, and Xu Jintang said that experience helped people grow.
• Miao Mingzhi settled the dispute by agreeing that Xu Jintang would continue as before, and Xu Jintang left campus looking forward to finishing the Inscription Master Competition.

Xu Jintang and the other four Mask Squad members collected their huge betting winnings, then Xu and Xue Zhongqi entered the Inscription Master Competition final. The final’s test was revealed as breaking a Sealed Lock Inscription, which none of the four contestants recognized, and Mu Zhongbai began to explain it.

• Xu Jintang and the other four Mask Squad members waited in line at the underground black market and collected their winnings after Yan Yuting and Song Tianqi presented their betting slips.
• The casino boss recognized the five as the Mask Squad only after they had left with their payouts.
• Two days later, Xu Jintang and Xue Zhongqi joined Jiang Xiangyang and another contestant for the Inscription Master Competition final, with Mu Zhongbai, President Sun, and President Wang judging.
• Xu Jintang chose one of four covered alloy boxes, and all four contestants prepared to begin the final.
• Mu Zhongbai announced that the contestants had to break a Sealed Lock Inscription, with scores based on their time and method.
• Xu Jintang, Jiang Xiangyang, and the other contestants looked confused, so Mu Zhongbai began introducing Sealed Lock Inscriptions.

The Inscription Master Competition’s final round challenged Xu Jintang and three other contestants to break Sealed Lock Inscriptions within twelve hours. After struggling to memorize the complex inscription on her chest, Xu Jintang arranged to trade its Starlight Copper to Jin Xiaobao for help, and he announced that he had found a solution as she rested.

• Mu Zhongbai explained the Sealed Lock Inscription challenge, and the contestants examined their chests and the tools provided before the round began.
• Xu Jintang studied the inscription on her chest, which Mu Zhongbai recognized as his own especially difficult work.
• Xu Jintang repeatedly tried to memorize the inscription’s formation diagram while the judges and online spectators watched the contestants work.
• Jin Xiaobao told Xu Jintang that the inscription was beyond her current ability and offered help in exchange for the chest’s Starlight Copper.
• Xu Jintang asked Mu Zhongbai whether she could keep the chest if she broke its inscription, and he promised her ten chests if she succeeded.
• After two hours, Xu Jintang went to the service area to rest, where Jin Xiaobao announced that he had found a solution.

Xu Jintang used Jin Xiaobao and the Tilting Scales to melt the core formation of a Sealed Lock Inscription, completing the test as Qian Duoduo. Mu Zhongbai and the other officials questioned her about the unusual ability while livestream viewers recognized the scales as Foodie’s.

• Jin Xiaobao summoned the Tilting Scales through Xu Jintang and used their silver energy to melt the Sealed Lock Inscription’s core formation.
• Xu Jintang opened the empty chest, and the monitoring system announced that Qian Duoduo had completed the test in two hours, forty-eight minutes, and twenty-seven seconds.
• Mu Zhongbai examined the broken inscription, then took Xu Jintang to the VIP lounge to ask about her ability.
• Xu Jintang explained the Tilting Scales’ summoning requirements and effects to Mu Zhongbai, Sun Yuantian, and President Wang.
• Livestream viewers recognized the Tilting Scales as Foodie’s ability, while Jiang Xiangyang and Xue Zhongqi returned to studying their inscriptions.

After the judges ruled that Qian Duoduo’s unusual method of breaking the Sealed Lock Inscription was valid, they resumed the competition and let her cultivate while the other contestants continued their attempts. With ten minutes left, a staff member asked Xu Jintang to come for a champion’s interview.

• Mu Zhongbai announced that Qian Duoduo’s result would count separately and that another first-place winner would be chosen from the remaining contestants.
• Xu Jintang cultivated in the service area as news of Foodie’s appearance drew a growing crowd of fans to the livestream.
• Jiang Xiangyang struggled to memorize the inscription’s core formation, while Xue Zhongqi managed only three-tenths of it before giving up.
• Jiang Xiangyang attempted to break the inscription but stopped when its self-destruct warning appeared.
• Xu Jintang finished cultivating and watched the contestants as the competition neared its end.
• A staff member asked Xu Jintang to come for a champion’s interview.

Xu Jintang denied dating rumors during an interview as the Inscription Master Competition concluded with Jiang Xiangyang, Xue Zhongqi, and Song Hongyu taking the top three places. A week later, the Mask Squad prepared to meet the commander-in-chief, and Jiang Shiyi wondered whether a possible recruitment would conflict with their military academy studies.

• Xu Jintang gave a brief interview, denied having any relationship with Shen Mucheng, and said the Mask Squad had no plans to enter the entertainment industry or other competitions.
• Jiang Xiangyang failed to break the Sealed Lock Inscription, and the judges ranked him first, Xue Zhongqi second, and Song Hongyu third based on their assessment results.
• Xu Jintang and Xue Zhongqi finished the awards program and left the venue at sunset.
• A week later, Yan Yuting asked Jiang Shiyi to help choose an outfit for their meeting with the commander-in-chief, and Jiang Shiyi recommended a formal suit.
• Jiang Shiyi asked Xu Jintang whether joining the military would conflict with attending military academy, and Song Tianqi hurried downstairs ready to leave.

Xu Jintang and her four companions met Commander-in-Chief Jing Hongyi, who asked about their future plans and offered them a chance to train with a new special operations force. Four of them accepted, while Jiang Shiyi declined, and the group left the headquarters with Jiang Shiyi looking grave.

• Xu Jintang led the group into the Command Bureau headquarters and met Jing Hongyi in the palace-like main hall.
• Jing Hongyi asked about their plans, and Xue Zhongqi, Yan Yuting, Song Tianqi, Jiang Shiyi, and Xu Jintang each described their intentions.
• Jing Hongyi offered to recommend them as trainee soldiers for a newly formed special operations force during their academy break.
• Song Tianqi, Yan Yuting, Xue Zhongqi, and Xu Jintang agreed to try the training, while Jiang Shiyi declined because she had other plans.
• The group left the headquarters, and Jiang Shiyi remained quiet and grave as the others remarked on Jing Hongyi's friendliness.

Xu Jintang and her classmates chose separate military camps for their internships, then she prepared to leave for the Command Camp alone. Before setting off, she bought upgraded storage and pet spaces, obtained a locked treasure box from Sun Yuantian, and used Jin Xiaobao to open it and claim the star-attribute cultivation technique.

• Xu Jintang gathered the four other experimental-class students, and they chose the Logistics, Recruit, Armament, and Command Camps before Jing Hongyi arranged their departures.
• The five classmates played a holographic racing game through the night, then said goodbye as they set off for camps in different Star Cities.
• Alone at the villa, Xu Jintang ignored the Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx's complaints and bought a shape-changing storage space and a luxury pet space at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
• Xu Jintang visited the Inscriptionist Association and received a secure box from Sun Yuantian's assistant, with instructions to break its Sealed Lock Inscription herself.
• Xu Jintang summoned Jin Xiaobao, who used the Tilting Scales' silver energy to break the inscription and reveal a cultivation technique for star-attribute ability users.
• Jin Xiaobao took the treasure box for himself, while Xu Jintang absorbed the technique's meridian pathways and circulation methods into her mind.

Xu Jintang arrived at the Command Camp, checked into a dorm with Mo Yuqi, and learned that the intern soldiers would face an elimination assessment. The chapter ended as Wang Yile gave them ten minutes to prepare for a simulated battlefield survival battle.

• Xu Jintang cultivated overnight with the jade's method and found her mental power growing at least twice as fast.
• After traveling to the Command Camp, Xu Jintang reported to Captain Wang Yile, who directed her to check into the women's dormitory.
• Xu Jintang met Mo Yuqi in room 807, settled in, and joined her for the intern soldiers' assembly.
• Xu Jintang introduced herself as a first-year Leikedasi student with Fourth Tier mental power, surprising Wang Yile and the other intern soldiers.
• Wang Yile announced an individual survival assessment on a simulated battlefield that would eliminate at least half the 1,207 intern soldiers, with death or being knocked out resulting in elimination.
• Wang Yile gave the intern soldiers ten minutes to prepare before the assessment began.

Xu Jintang joined Wang Qian’s group in the scorching desert assessment, helped them survive demonic beast attacks, and identified the distant oasis as a mirage. As the one-hour deadline approached, Xu Jintang suspected the assessment was testing something beyond survival and attacked the illusion.

• Xu Jintang entered a desert beneath nine suns and learned that trainees had one hour to find the oasis base to pass the assessment.
• Xu Jintang joined Wang Qian’s group, and they traveled north together through the heat.
• Xu Jintang used her ruby sleeve crossbow and advised the group on demonic beasts’ weak points, helping them defeat several beasts; Wang Qian made her the group’s vice-captain for battles.
• Xu Jintang realized the oasis they had been approaching was probably a mirage and stopped the group.
• When Wang Qian questioned what the assessment was meant to test, Xu Jintang attacked the distant oasis with several attack inscriptions.

Xu Jintang and the other trainees discovered that the desert was an illusion covering a gigantic Flame Desert Turtle, then escaped its magma attacks and reached the oasis base. After the desert assessment ended with 599 participants remaining, they waited for the individual survival battle to begin.

• Xu Jintang realized the oasis was real when her attack struck its trees, and the Ice Soul Dragon explained that the desert beneath them was an illusion.
• A gigantic Flame Desert Turtle emerged, and Wang Qian recognized it as at least sixth tier and suspected the trainees were standing on its shell.
• As the Flame Desert Turtle unleashed magma and the group’s attacks failed, Xu Jintang used Teleportation Inscriptions to move everyone closer to the oasis base.
• Xu Jintang fired her grappling hook gun at the base’s sign and pulled the group inside, where all five trainees were confirmed to have reached the oasis base.
• The desert assessment ended with 608 participants eliminated and 599 remaining, and the electronic voice announced that the individual survival battle would begin in fifteen minutes.

Xu Jintang’s group entered the extreme-cold snowy mountain assessment together, claimed and cleaned a cabin, and chose her as their captain. Lu Wei’an then arrived and asked to join as their doorman.

• Wang Yile and the Command Camp leaders reviewed the first assessment and began the second one.
• Xu Jintang accepted the team-entry prompt, but Wang Qian chose to enter the snowy mountain assessment alone.
• Xu Jintang’s group found a cabin, claimed it for twelve hours, and cleaned it while survivor navigation directed others toward its coordinates.
• Wang Qian decided not to travel to the cabin and chose to look for another place to stay.
• Xu Jintang’s teammates chose her as captain, and Lu Wei’an arrived asking to join their team after explaining how he had passed the previous assessment alone.

Xu Jintang and Lu Wei'an recruited cabin teams into a cooperative force to protect their shelters as the cold worsened. When Xu Jintang’s cabin’s protection ended, nearby trainees gathered to test whether they could seize it.

• Xu Jintang accepted Lu Wei'an into her full cabin team, triggering a twelve-hour protection period and a rule preventing teammates from eliminating one another during the assessment.
• At midnight, a broadcast announced that thirty-seven people had been eliminated and 562 survivors remained, while Wang Qian spent the night alone in a cave after finding an occupied cabin.
• Fatty Fang proposed that nearby cabin teams cooperate, and Xu Jintang agreed to recruit other teams while he recruited in the opposite direction.
• Xu Jintang and Lu Wei'an secured cooperation from seven teams, while Fatty Fang contacted six; Xu Jintang’s teammates prepared as their cabin’s protection neared its end.
• After the protection expired, trainees converged on Xu Jintang’s cabin, and a young man urged his group to test the defenders despite concerns that they had prepared.