Chapter Summaries

After the Alice Pharmaceutical Factory scandal led to heavy penalties for the Alice Family, Xu Jintang and her companions watched Leikedasi’s final military academy challenge. Yu Wanyao was unexpectedly knocked out by a last-minute substitute with a poisonous silver-liquid ability, leaving the match’s outcome uncertain.

• Xu Jintang warned her companions to stay out of the investigation into the Alice Pharmaceutical Factory, and news of the factory’s substandard medicine scandal spread.
• After a week of turmoil, the factory was ordered to suspend operations and the Alice Family lost half its yearly revenue to fines; Xu Jintang suspected Alice had accepted the penalty willingly.
• Leikedasi won five more military academy challenges, leaving only its final opponent before completing its assignment.
• Xu Jintang and her companions attended the final challenge, where a blue-haired substitute used poisonous west silver to knock Yu Wanyao out of the arena.
• Zhuang Silin explained that the opposing team had changed a member at the last minute, while Wei Zixuan and the other three Leikedasi fighters remained in the match.

Yu Wanyao’s team recovered from losing the first match, won the remaining matches, and completed their academy challenges with a perfect record. After returning to the Federation Star Region, Xu Jintang and her companions settled back into student life, where Xue Zhongqi showed off his new novelty inscriptions.

• Leikedasi lost the first match against a team whose blue-haired member wielded an unfamiliar silver ability, but Yu Wanyao’s team won the next two matches and claimed the challenge round.
• Leikedasi completed challenges against fifteen military academies in eighteen days with a one-hundred-percent win rate, surpassing Clifford’s previous record.
• Alice met Xu Jintang and Zhuang Silin at the hotel, arranged for their group to fly in the top-tier radiant gold cabin, and saw them off.
• After the group landed in the Federation Star Region, Zhuang Silin took Yu Wanyao’s team to report back while Xu Jintang and her companions returned to their villa dormitory.
• Xue Zhongqi demonstrated his novelty fireworks and water-spraying inscriptions, and Xu Jintang and Song Tianqi tested and collected some of them.

Xu Jintang and her classmates attended Leikdasi’s freshman ceremony, where seniors paired with freshmen for games. Their firework inscriptions drew attention and helped them find partners, and the ceremony began with the Flower Ball Plucking challenge.

• Zhuang Silin explained that seniors and freshmen would pair up for games assessing the newcomers and helping them get acquainted.
• At the training grounds, freshmen crowded around Yu Wanyao and her teammates, while Xu Jintang’s group initially received little attention.
• Xu Jintang gave Jiang Yingxue firework inscriptions and demonstrated them, drawing curious freshmen who wanted inscriptions and senior partners.
• Song Tianqi, Xue Zhongqi, Yan Yuting, and Jiang Shiyi also handed out firework inscriptions, and all five classmates found partners.
• Zhuang Silin introduced the Flower Ball Plucking warm-up, in which pairs would earn points by reaching a flower ball suspended above the training grounds.

Xu Jintang and Jiang Yingxue entered the flower-ball-plucking contest, where teams earned points for making their retrievals spectacular. After Yu Wanyao and her partner took first place with a display of ice and blooming roses, Xu Jintang began a grand icy performance to help Jiang Yingxue challenge their score.

• Zhuang Silin explained that judges would reward teams for spectacular flower-ball-plucking performances, and Xu Jintang and Jiang Yingxue planned a routine combining their abilities.
• The lights selected Yu Wanyao and her junior, who used ice and blooming roses to create a sea of flowers and earned an average score of nine points.
• Jiang Yingxue told Xu Jintang that Yu Wanyao's partner was the joint examination's top scorer who had once forced her to surrender her points, and Xu Jintang promised to help her take first place.
• After several average performances, the lights selected Xu Jintang and Jiang Yingxue, drawing the attention of students who remembered Xu Jintang.
• As the countdown began, Xu Jintang raised Jiang Yingxue on an ice lotus, filling the area with miniature lotuses and cold air.

Jiang Yingxue and Xu Jintang won the first minigame with a dazzling ice-and-wind performance, taking the lead before the competition shifted to a two-minute battle royale. When the fight began, Xu Jintang brought Jiang Yingxue to Yu Wanyao's group for protection, and Song Tianqi soon joined them with his junior.

• Jiang Yingxue used the Wind-Greeting Bells while Xu Jintang's ice lotuses supported her descent, and they earned an average score of 9.5 to take first place.
• Yu Wanyao's junior questioned Xu Jintang's strength, and Yu Wanyao told him not to provoke her group.
• Zhuang Silin announced a two-minute battle royale in which a pair would both be eliminated if either partner was knocked out.
• As teams charged at them, Xu Jintang grabbed Jiang Yingxue and ran toward Yu Wanyao's group, then asked them to protect the pair.
• Song Tianqi brought his junior into the protective circle, while Xue Zhongqi, Jiang Shiyi, and Yan Yuting formed an alliance elsewhere.

Xu Jintang and Yu Wanyao joined forces in the third round, a flower-passing game where the player holding the ball when the bell stopped would be eliminated. Xu Jintang froze much of the field as the bell sped up, leaving the other teams trapped in the escalating fight.

• After the free-for-all ended, Zhuang Silin announced that twenty-seven groups remained and explained the rules for the flower-passing round.
• Yu Wanyao, Xu Jintang, Song Tianqi, Xue Zhongqi, Yan Yuting, and Jiang Shiyi teamed up before the game began.
• Yu Wanyao threw the flower ball, and a junior girl caught it before passing it to Xu Jintang.
• Xu Jintang used ice to trap participants and hurled the flower ball toward them while their seniors attacked to protect their teammates.
• As the bell rang faster, Xu Jintang and Yu Wanyao attacked together and covered the field in ice, immobilizing everyone who was fighting.

During the chase showdown, Xu Jintang and the other chasers struggled to catch the runners, who joined forces to defend themselves. After Song Tianqi drew the chasers’ attention, they agreed to target him, and the chase erupted into a fight.

• Zhuang Silin ended the flower-ball game, then assigned the competitors randomly as chasers or runners for the fourth game.
• Xu Jintang and Yan Yuting became chasers, while Song Tianqi, Xue Zhongqi, and Jiang Shiyi became runners.
• Xu Jintang pursued the runners with ice, but one runner escaped when a golden lightning bolt shattered the ice.
• The runners joined forces to defend themselves, prompting the chasers to gather and discuss whom to catch first.
• Song Tianqi taunted the chasers, so Xu Jintang and the others agreed to target him and charged into the runners’ group.
• Miao Mingzhi and the other judges watched the ensuing clash and remarked that the freshmen were strong.

Xu Jintang and Jiang Yingxue survived the final elimination draw and took first place in the freshman welcome games at Leikedasi's military academy. After the ceremony ended, Xu Jintang returned to her villa dormitory and began organizing the growing stock in her storage space.

• Xu Jintang and the pursuers eliminated Song Tianqi, Xue Zhongqi, and several other runners, leaving only four runners uncaught with two minutes remaining.
• Jiang Shiyi and Yan Zitao protected their freshman teammates so effectively that the pursuers gave up trying to catch them.
• Zhuang Silin ended the game, eliminating eight teams and leaving twelve teams in the competition.
• Xu Jintang and Jiang Yingxue blindly selected Wang Yuze and Sun Yuyu, then Yan Zitao and Wang Li, leaving themselves in the competition.
• Zhuang Silin announced Xu Jintang and Jiang Yingxue as the first-place team, and the freshman ceremony came to a close.
• Back at her villa dormitory, Xu Jintang began sorting her storage space, which was a third full with payments, rewards, and spirit herbs from the Extreme Cold Forest.

Xu Jintang consulted the Ice Soul Dragon about her treasures, then sold most of them through the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and bought a Snow Jujube. Back at her villa, the Ice Soul Dragon revealed that the jujube was a rare Snow Crystal Jujube.

• The Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx identified the Five Skandhas Spirit Fruit and Cinnabar Blood Grass among Xu Jintang's treasures, and the Ice Soul Dragon advised her to keep the fruit and seek a thousand-year-old Jade Frost Bamboo.
• Xu Jintang visited the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, bought a thousand-year-old Snow Jujube, and offered her surplus treasures for sale.
• The deputy manager accepted nineteen treasures for auction and agreed to buy seven others, while planning to postpone the auction for a week.
• Xu Jintang returned to her villa, where the Ice Soul Dragon removed the Snow Jujube's seal and revealed that it had mutated into a Snow Crystal Jujube.

Xu Jintang ate the Snow Crystal Jujube, then learned that the Myriad Treasures Pavilion was auctioning her Five Skandhas Spirit Fruit and Cinnabar Blood Grass as its finale lot. After she and her friends added more consignments, the auction became a major event, and it began with an unidentified man in gray taking a front-row seat.

• Xu Jintang took the Snow Crystal Jujube from the cold pool, ate it, and began cultivating as its icy energy spread through her body.
• The Myriad Treasures Pavilion postponed its auction and announced that the Five Skandhas Spirit Fruit and Cinnabar Blood Grass would be the finale lot, driving ticket prices sharply higher.
• Xu Jintang told Song Tianqi, Yan Yuting, and Xue Zhongqi that the finale lot was hers, and they decided to auction more than thirty items they had received from Alice.
• The Myriad Treasures Pavilion's manager added every new consignment to the auction and promoted it as a grand, once-in-a-century event.
• Xu Jintang and her companions arrived and were shown to a private box, while an inconspicuously dressed man in gray took a seat in the front row.

Myriad Treasures Pavilion's auction began, and Xu Jintang and the others in the VIP box amused themselves by bidding on lots and driving up prices. During the intermission, Song Yuanlang and an Armament Bureau captain arrived, both apparently seeking the Five Skandhas Spirit Fruit.

• Song Tianqi bid two million star coins for the Red Mountain Pearl Fruit and won it without competition.
• Xu Jintang briefly raised the price of five mind-calming inscriptions before a guest in seat eighteen won them for one million five hundred thousand.
• Xu Jintang and the others continued placing bids for fun, while Xue Zhongqi's popular lot sold well above market price.
• Guests speculated that the VIP box was deliberately inflating bids when its occupants repeatedly stopped bidding before winning.
• Song Yuanlang arrived with Administration Bureau members and took a seat in the first row.
• An Armament Bureau captain arrived, greeted Song Yuanlang, and sat beside him as both prepared to bid on the Five Skandhas Spirit Fruit.

The auction's finale brought the Federation Branch Bureau and Armament Camp captains into a fierce contest for the Five Skandhas Spirit Fruit and Cinnabar Blood Grass, driving the price to 230 million. The Federation captains ran out of budget, and they accused the Armament Camp of having suspiciously deep pockets.

• Song Yuanlang and an Armament Bureau captain drove the price of a rare spirit herb up to twelve million after the captain deliberately bid against him.
• Song Tianqi's lot sold, the second-to-last lot went for eighty million, and the auction unveiled the Five Skandhas Spirit Fruit and Cinnabar Blood Grass as its finale.
• The bidding for the combined lot quickly rose past one hundred million as Song Yuanlang and the Armament Camp captain competed.
• Xu Jintang's companions discussed dinner while the bids climbed, and she promised to treat them at the Fragrant Aroma Pavilion.
• The Armament Camp captain bid 230 million, exhausting Song Yuanlang's authorized budget and stopping the Federation Branch Bureau captains from bidding further.
• The Federation captains accused the Armament Camp of having enormous or questionable wealth, while its captain smiled at their remarks.

Xu Jintang and her companions celebrated the auction’s record sale, then prepared for a more competitive Military Academy League as registration expanded and the Federation Bureau’s actions raised suspicions. The chapter left them arriving at the warm-up venue to watch an exhibition match.

• The Armament Camp captain defended his camp’s spending, and the Five Skandhas Spirit Fruit sold to Xu Jintang for 230 million star coins as the auction’s final lot.
• Xu Jintang and her four companions celebrated at the Fragrant Aroma Pavilion after the auction, and the sale became a trending topic online.
• Zhuang Silin announced that Leikedasi would double its training for the Military Academy League, while Jing Hongyi broadened registration to include academies founded within the last two years.
• Miao Mingzhi learned that Federation Bureau representatives had tried to recruit a Leikedasi administrator and told the academy to focus on the warm-up events for now.
• Xu Jintang and her companions went to Interstellar Plaza to watch Yu Wanyao and the others compete in an exhibition match, then entered the spherical venue with a staff member.

Xu Jintang and Chu Er compared their academies’ reserve teams while the five great military academies prepared for the livestreamed exhibition matches. After the draw paired Leikdasi with Imperial Military Academy, Imperial’s captain Song Renyi rallied his team, and both sides were called to the arena.

• Xu Jintang and Chu Er exchanged polite remarks, then privately acknowledged that their reserve teams were about as strong as their main teams.
• Zhuang Silin announced the elimination format and that the exhibition and arena defense matches would be livestreamed.
• The draw paired Leikdasi Military Academy against Imperial Military Academy and Quiet Moon Military Academy against Clifford Military Academy, while Xihe Alliance Military Academy received a bye.
• Chu Er said Imperial’s main team was only average, while Song Renyi accepted his team’s difficult matchup and urged them to do their best.
• After the promotional video, Zhuang Silin welcomed Leikdasi and Imperial Military Academy’s main teams to the arena.

Leikdasi Military Academy's main team defeated Imperial Military Academy after Song Renyi's desperate counterattack briefly turned the match around. The chapter ended as Quiet Moon Military Academy and Clifford Military Academy began their long-anticipated match.

• Yu Wanyao, Wei Zixuan, and their teammates fought Song Renyi's Imperial Military Academy team, with Song's Golden Bell Ancient Elephant ability powering his attacks.
• Song Renyi unleashed his strength and forced Yu Wanyao and Wei Zixuan back, while Qin Shuxue was knocked out of the arena.
• Imperial Military Academy's team mounted a counterattack, but Yu Wanyao, Wei Zixuan, and Mu Guang overwhelmed Song and his teammates.
• Imperial Military Academy conceded, and Zhuang Silin declared Leikdasi Military Academy the winner after more than seven minutes.
• Quiet Moon Military Academy and Clifford Military Academy introduced themselves and began their match.

Leikdasi won the exhibition tournament and dominated the following arena challenge, while Xihe Alliance Military Academy lost to Clifford. As Leikdasi’s second-year finals approached, Xu Jintang went to support her anxious junior Jiang Yingxue at the first-year assessment, where the rules were about to be explained.

• Clifford Military Academy defeated Quiet Moon Military Academy, and the draw gave Leikdasi Military Academy a bye.
• Clifford Military Academy overcame Xihe Alliance Military Academy, setting up the final against Leikdasi.
• Xu Jintang and Chu Er left before the final, and Leikdasi went on to win the exhibition tournament and defend its arena title.
• Xu Jintang reassured Jiang Yingxue, who was worried about her first-year final assessment and the attention she had received after winning the welcome ceremony.
• Xu Jintang joined Song Tianqi and Xue Zhongqi in the spectator stands as the first-year director began explaining the assessment rules.

Xu Jintang and her teammates planned to expose rivals investigating the military academies’ reserve teams by spreading false information. After Jiang Yingxue passed her assessment, rumors identifying the Mask Squad as a secret team from Clifford or Quiet Moon Military Academy spread online.

• Xu Jintang, Xue Zhongqi, and Song Tianqi discussed investigating the other academies’ reserve teams during the end-of-term assessment.
• Jiang Yingxue defeated Qi Shan, then earned the third-highest total score and passed the assessment.
• Xu Jintang told Jiang Yingxue she would be busy next term and might not be able to teach her, then shared a farewell meal with her.
• Xu Jintang, Yan Yuting, Jiang Shiyi, Song Tianqi, and Xue Zhongqi decided to spread false information to draw out people investigating the reserve teams.
• A rumor claimed the Mask Squad was Clifford Military Academy’s secret team, and Chu Er’s team responded by spreading a competing claim that it belonged to Quiet Moon Military Academy.

Xu Jintang and the experimental class trained through their holidays after the Military Academy League rumors suggested Imperial Military Academy could be their strongest rival. Their training was interrupted when the Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx said humans had attacked his flock and he needed to return to save them.

• Xu Jintang and the others began Zhuang Silin’s special additional training after finals week ended.
• Song Tianqi finished his strength training, dropped his weight, and complained about the exhausting holiday regimen.
• The Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx told Xu Jintang that humans had attacked his flock and he needed to go back before it lost the chance to reproduce.
• Xu Jintang asked whether the attack was serious, and the Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx said it was a little serious and he could not delay.

Xu Jintang accompanied the Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx to the Green-Membrane Bird tribe after the Federation military launched an extermination attack. His arrival turned the battle around, but the general ordered a retreat and planned to report that a human was associating with demon beasts.

• Xu Jintang agreed to return with the Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx, and the Ice Soul Dragon said he would help if necessary.
• After the terminal suspended train services, the Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx flew Xu Jintang through the forbidden zone toward his tribe.
• The general ordered the troops to intensify their attack, and soldiers broke through the Green-Membrane Birds' defenses and attacked the tribe.
• The Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx arrived and scattered the attacking troops, rallying the Green-Membrane Birds.
• The general ordered a retreat after learning the leader had returned and that a human had traveled with him; the Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx pursued the withdrawing soldiers as Xu Jintang leapt down.

After the Green-Membrane Bird tribe suffered heavy losses in an attack, Xu Jintang gathered spirit herbs and learned of a rare ice-elemental herb nearing maturity in the Crimson Flame Lions’ territory. She entered the territory as the herb was about to mature and was chased by a pride of lions while trying to reach it.

• Xu Jintang reunited with the Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx after the enemy attack, and he left her to explore while he arranged care for the injured and counted casualties.
• Xu Jintang gathered spirit herbs outside the tribe and learned from the Ice Soul Dragon about a thousand-year-old ice-elemental herb in the Crimson Flame Lions’ territory.
• Xu Jintang froze and teased a Blue-Eyed Long-Eared Rabbit, then let it go and hid near the lions’ watering place to wait for the herb to mature.
• A Crimson Fire Green Xun Beast fled into the area, drawing the lions’ attention and exposing Xu Jintang, who defended herself against their fireballs with ice.
• After the Ice Soul Dragon warned that the herb was about to mature, Xu Jintang rushed into the lions’ territory, and a large pride pursued her as she asked how much longer she had to run.