Chapter Summaries

Xu Jintang defeated Bing Rujiao, securing Leikedasi Military Academy’s victory in the first match, while the academies’ leaders and rivals weighed the significance of Leikedasi’s strength. During the intermission, the team prepared for the upcoming battle as Shen Mucheng performed and the Mask Squad drew attention online.

• Xu Jintang and Bing Rujiao unleashed their strongest attacks, and the referee declared Xu Jintang’s Leikedasi Military Academy the winner.
• Song Tianqi, Yan Yuting, Xue Zhongqi, and Jiang Shiyi checked on Xu Jintang, who urged the team to recover their mental power before the next match.
• Miao Mingzhi told Federation branch bureau officials that the graduating students would choose where to go, while Zhuang Silin worried their performance would draw Jing Hongyi’s attention.
• Shen Mucheng performed during the intermission, and Xu Jintang’s close-up helped send #TangerineOrangeCP# and #MaskSquad# trending online.
• Chu Er acknowledged that Leikedasi’s hidden strength would make the coming matches difficult, but said the other teams faced pressure too.

Leikedasi and Green Sail Vine faced off in a 5v5 team battle, with Liao Ruyi unable to compete and Leikedasi taking the initiative. The fight continued as Xu Jintang’s team pressured Green Sail Vine, while Xue Zhongqi’s Life Sharing skill was disrupted and Xu Jintang blocked Bing Rujiao’s Phoenix Rain with an ice shield.

• The league randomly selected a 5v5 team battle, and Liao Ruyi stayed out because his body and mental power were depleted.
• Song Tianqi opened the match with Blazing Flames of the Nine Heavens, while An Yufei, Bing Rujiao, and Kong Ruzhen countered with defensive skills and Kong Ruzhen restrained Song Tianqi.
• Xu Jintang ordered Jiang Shiyi to target Bing Rujiao, and the teams clashed as Bing Rujiao mounted her golden-plumed phoenix.
• Qiuyue spread water across the arena and tried to freeze it, but she was forced to evade Xu Jintang’s Ice Blade Storm and countered with Water Dragons Converge on the Moon.
• Xue Zhongqi established a Life Sharing link with Qiuyue, but An Yufei’s stuffed bear and Qiuyue’s water dragon exploded together and knocked him back.
• Bing Rujiao launched another Phoenix Rain, and Xu Jintang raised an ice shield overhead to block it.

Yan Yuting’s apple buns boosted her teammates’ speed and reactions, allowing Xu Jintang and the others to overwhelm Bing Rujiao’s team. Xue Zhongqi and Xu Jintang eliminated An Yufei, and both sides prepared for the next clash.

• Yan Yuting gave apple buns to her teammates, whose reactions, thoughts, and movement speed became at least twice as fast.
• Bing Rujiao told her team to avoid direct clashes until the buffs wore off, but Yan Yuting revealed that they lasted five minutes.
• Xue Zhongqi attacked An Yufei with Absolute Star Chain, and Xu Jintang’s Road of Frost forced the referee to eliminate her.
• Song Tianqi summoned the Vermilion Bird as Jiang Shiyi aimed her rocket launcher and Kong Ruzhen gathered his mental power for an attack.

Leikedasi defeated Green Sail Vine Military Academy, then faced an investigation over allegations that its main team had faked injuries. After the bureau found no evidence, Leikedasi prepared for its second knockout match against Giant Wave Military Academy, where Song Tianqi, Yan Yuting, and Xue Zhongqi were selected for the opening team battle.

• Kong Ruzhen used his Two-Character Technique against Jiang Shiyi, but she broke through its restraint and eliminated him with a rocket shell; Bing Rujiao then conceded, giving Leikedasi the match.
• Leikedasi and Mask Squad dominated Star Network trends, while Federation Administration Bureau officials investigated whether the academy's injured main team had fabricated its injuries.
• Zhuang Silin and Miao Mingzhi confronted the investigators in the intensive care ward; scans found no evidence, and the bureau later released its findings.
• The referee announced Leikedasi's second knockout-round match against Giant Wave Military Academy, whose captain Su Pengtian decided his team would fight despite expecting to lose.
• Leikedasi drew a 3v3 team battle for the first game, and Song Tianqi, Yan Yuting, and Xue Zhongqi volunteered before the match began.

Leikedasi Military Academy swept Giant Wave Military Academy in the elimination rounds, with Xu Jintang defeating all five opponents in their final match. After the qualifying teams received a week to prepare for the revamped semifinals, Xu Jintang spoke with Jiang Lu and hoped the finals would go smoothly.

• Su Pengtian and Giant Wave Military Academy lost their first two matches to Leikedasi Military Academy in minutes.
• Xu Jintang froze all five Giant Wave fighters with her Road of Frost and secured Leikedasi's place in the finals alongside Grande Military Academy.
• Song Duoduo celebrated Leikedasi's victory with Xu Jintang and her teammates, while Star Network users discussed the Mask Squad's identity and the new finals format.
• The elimination rounds ended with all five great military academies and other strong teams qualifying for the finals, whose revised rules would be announced on opening day.
• Chu Er recognized Xu Jintang as the famous Mask Squad, and several normally haughty academy members rushed over to ask her for autographs.
• During the week-long break, Xu Jintang told Jiang Lu she had arranged two finals tickets for him and hoped the finals would go smoothly.

The finals began with a new simulated battlefield format in which ten teams fought to be the last team standing. Xu Jintang’s team allied with Clifford’s team, while Shi Anyu revealed Grande Military Academy had outside support; the chapter ended as Gu Xiuwen joined Jing Hongyi among the judges.

• Jiang Lu and Liu Hongfang watched the packed finals venue as the teams prepared for the competition.
• Xu Jintang told her teammates to wait and see what the revised finals would involve.
• Qin Tiangang announced a shrinking-zone survival battle with random supply drops, where teams could eliminate opponents by destroying their life tokens.
• Xu Jintang agreed to renew her alliance with Chu Er, bringing the Leikdasi and Clifford teams together.
• Shi Anyu told Wang Qian that Grande Military Academy’s people were already outside the venue and confirmed they would follow their original plan.
• Jing Hongyi and Gu Xiuwen appeared as judges, drawing cheers from the spectators.

Xu Jintang and her teammates entered the grand finals’ simulated battlefield, survived an earthquake and rockfall, and encountered Grande Military Academy. Shi Anyu revealed that Grande had entered to expose Jing Hongyi’s alleged plot to collude with demonic beasts, leaving Xu Jintang wary as he explained the growing conflict between the Federation and the five great military academies.

• Xu Jintang and her four teammates were transported to a forest in the simulated battlefield, where the broadcast announced that the survival zone would contract in one hour.
• Xu Jintang’s team investigated the quiet woodland, then fled when an earthquake opened fissures and sent rocks tumbling down the mountains.
• Xu Jintang’s team met Shi Anyu and Grande Military Academy while escaping the rockfall, and Shi Anyu proposed cooperation.
• After the teams reached the plains, Shi Anyu told Xu Jintang that Grande was not competing for the championship but intended to expose Jing Hongyi’s plot to collude with demonic beasts.
• Shi Anyu claimed that the Dragon Lake Lion Pride’s attack and rule changes in the league were connected to tensions between the Federation and the five great military academies, and that Jing Hongyi had long targeted Xu Jintang.

Xu Jintang learned from Shi Anyu that the Reform Society had compromised the simulated battlefield, making its members invincible and putting participants at risk of brain death. As disasters struck the arena, Xu Jintang sheltered with her team and then defeated Red Star Military Academy before proposing an alliance.

• Shi Anyu told Xu Jintang that the Reform Society had created a system that made its members invincible in the simulated battlefield, and asked her to help expose Jing Hongyi's plot.
• Xu Jintang staged an argument with Shi Anyu so her team could leave, then told her teammates to avoid wasting energy targeting Grande Military Academy.
• In a cave, Xu Jintang discussed the danger with Jin Xiaobao, the Ice Soul Dragon, and the Thunder Dragon King, who agreed to protect her only as a last resort.
• As the temperature plunged, An Xinran and the Red Star Military Academy team entered Xu Jintang's cave seeking shelter.
• Xu Jintang ordered her team to attack and defeat An Xinran's team, then helped An Xinran up and offered to cooperate.

Xu Jintang forced Red Star Military Academy to cooperate by taking its members’ tokens, then led the combined teams into the shrinking survival zone during a lightning bombardment. After defeating Milky Way Military Academy inside the zone, she offered its captain the same coercive arrangement, leaving him weighing whether to accept.

• Xu Jintang demanded Red Star Military Academy’s tokens as a condition of cooperation, and An Xinran accepted, handing over all five tokens.
• When the survival zone shrank and the abandoned zone faced bombardment, Xu Jintang led both teams toward safety, and they dodged lightning strikes on the way.
• Xu Jintang’s group reached the survival zone, where they encountered Milky Way Military Academy and attacked on her signal.
• An Xinran’s team helped overwhelm Milky Way Military Academy, and An Xinran brought its captain before Xu Jintang.
• Xu Jintang offered Milky Way Military Academy cooperation, and An Xinran explained that it required surrendering their tokens and obeying Xu Jintang’s orders.

Xu Jintang led three allied teams through the shrinking survival zone toward a supply drop, where Song Ziqian and Ji Nanqing tried to ambush them. Xu Jintang’s side defeated Ji Nanqing and drove Song Ziqian’s team away, then prepared to collect the supplies.

• Milky Way Military Academy agreed to cooperate with Leikedasi, while Xu Jintang’s Domain of Ice kept the three allied teams cool as they rested in the desert.
• Chu Er defeated two teams that ambushed Clifford Military Academy, but Shi Anyu arrived with Grande Military Academy and absorbed the injured teams after taking their tokens.
• When the survival zone shrank, Xu Jintang led the three teams toward a supply drop, where they encountered Song Ziqian and Xihe Alliance Military Academy.
• Song Ziqian and Ji Nanqing launched a surprise attack as Xu Jintang’s teams passed, but Xu Jintang’s group isolated and overwhelmed Ji Nanqing while Song Tianqi countered Song Ziqian.
• An Xinran took Ji Nanqing’s token, and Song Ziqian ordered his remaining teammates to retreat; Xu Jintang stopped the others from pursuing and said they would collect the supplies with Ji Nanqing.

Xu Jintang’s group took shelter from a torrential storm, then learned that an external enemy had infiltrated the simulated battlefield and that survivors could not be ejected. As panic spread and the livestream cut out, a scream sounded at the league venue.

• Xu Jintang ordered her group to prepare the cabin against flooding and falling rocks as the rain continued through the night.
• The battlefield system announced that an external enemy had infiltrated it and that all survivors would be ejected in ten seconds.
• The countdown ended, but Xu Jintang and the other survivors remained inside the battlefield, prompting fears that the system had malfunctioned and trapped them.
• Xu Jintang kept calm, knowing Shi Anyu had planted a bug that prevented anyone from leaving normally and that revealing this would cause panic.
• Viewers speculated about the infiltration, the livestream signal cut out, and someone screamed inside the league venue.

Demonic beasts attacked the Military Academy League venue while the simulated battlefield was breached, trapping spectators and competitors. Jing Hongyi appeared to be cooperating with a mysterious figure, while Xu Jintang organized the trapped students and demonic beasts launched a simultaneous assault on Border Defense Star City.

• Demonic beasts invaded the league venue and sealed its security doors, prompting Federation officials and spectators to fight back as Jing Hongyi headed to the control room.
• Jing Hongyi shut off the control room alarms and spoke with a mist-shrouded figure, saying he had followed its instructions and asking it to fulfill its promise.
• Inside the simulated battlefield, Xu Jintang admitted she had known trouble was coming and asked the students to unite and follow her lead; Gao Xinran agreed, and Ji Nanqing stayed quiet.
• Gu Xiuwen told a Federation official that he had more or less foreseen the attack while officials and academy principals drove the beasts back at the venue.
• Demonic beast hordes began attacking Border Defense Star City, raising alarms and fueling concern across the Star Network.

The simulated battlefield remained malfunctioning, trapping the students as the survival zone continued to shrink and rescue efforts outside stalled. Xu Jintang rallied the gathered teams and led them toward a supply drop, where her group approached Grande Military Academy’s team in a snowstorm.

• Miao Mingzhi and the other principals failed to open the emergency doors and decided to consult Gu Xiuwen while Commander Jing remained missing.
• The trapped students realized that the shrinking survival zone could force teams into the deadly abandoned zone, where death might not return their consciousnesses safely.
• Xu Jintang explained the danger to the gathered teams, urged them to stay united, and led them toward the next supply drop.
• Gu Xiuwen told Miao Mingzhi that he had foreseen the calamity and believed there was still a turning point.
• Xu Jintang’s group and Grande Military Academy’s team headed toward the supply marker as heavy snow obscured their vision.
• Xu Jintang’s group heard Shi Anyu nearby, and both groups prepared for a possible encounter.

Xu Jintang and Shi Anyu decided to force the simulated battlefield’s backup system to activate by overwhelming its weakest defenses with everyone’s combined power. As the teams gathered in the worsening snow, they began channeling their energy together to break through.

• Xu Jintang learned that Shi Anyu’s group had no safe way to reach the core control room, so they planned to destroy the simulated battlefield enough to trigger its backup system.
• Xu Jintang told the teams about the system failure and the shortage of supplies, and persuaded them to stop relying on rescue and work together.
• The Xihe Alliance Military Academy, Imperial Military Academy, and Quiet Moon Military Academy teams joined Xu Jintang’s group, bringing all ten finalist teams together.
• Shi Anyu identified a weak point in the battlefield’s defenses, and Xu Jintang explained that they could overload it with their combined energy.
• Chu Er’s team began gathering power, followed by the other teams; Song Tianqi activated his divine beast bloodline, Jiang Shiyi prepared her rocket launcher, and Xu Jintang added her mental power to the growing energy sphere.

Xu Jintang and the other competitors escaped the simulated battlefield by overloading its system, then returned to the league venue. There, the injured Jing Hongyi was healed by Gu Xiuwen before the Mammoth King appeared and threatened everyone.

• Xu Jintang and the others combined their power with Jin Xiaobao’s contribution to overload the simulated battlefield, triggering its backup system and automatic ejection.
• The competitors awoke in the league venue, where Miao Mingzhi and the other principals checked them for injuries.
• Jing Hongyi was thrown into the venue unconscious and severely wounded, and Gu Xiuwen used his healing ability to mend his chest wound.
• An invisible force enveloped the venue, and the Mammoth King appeared, accusing Jing Hongyi of double-crossing him and threatening to kill everyone.

The Giant Mammoth attacked the league venue, and Gu Xiuwen identified him as a pseudo-god-tier demonic beast before joining the principals and Federation Branch Bureau leaders in battle. As the fighters struggled to hold him off, the Giant Mammoth spotted Xu Jintang trying to reach the security doors and struck at her.

• Gu Xiuwen arrived and explained that the Giant Mammoth had reached pseudo-god tier after absorbing Jing Hongyi’s energy.
• The Giant Mammoth’s roars and attacks injured people and knocked the students unconscious, while the Ice Soul Dragon restored Xu Jintang’s clarity.
• Miao Mingzhi, the principals, and the Federation Branch Bureau leaders attacked the Giant Mammoth, but their skills failed to overcome him.
• The Giant Mammoth changed into human form and fought more effectively as Gu Xiuwen used the Star Compass to strengthen the others.
• After the Federation Branch Bureau leaders fell, the Giant Mammoth spotted Xu Jintang approaching the security doors, and Miao Mingzhi shielded her with Lucky Bamboo as the Giant Mammoth’s hammer attack struck.

Xu Jintang was attacked by the Giant Mammoth, who knew the Ice Soul Dragon was hidden inside her, and the Ice Soul Dragon took control of her body to fight him. The Dragon gained the upper hand with Gu Xiuwen’s amplification, but the Giant Mammoth believed Xu Jintang’s body could not sustain the power much longer.

• The Giant Mammoth shattered Xu Jintang’s Lucky Bamboo and struck her with golden energy, knocking her unconscious as he demanded that the Ice Soul Dragon emerge.
• Gu Xiuwen amplified Miao Mingzhi with the Star Compass, allowing Miao Mingzhi and the others to attack the Giant Mammoth and free Xu Jintang, but the Giant Mammoth soon overwhelmed them.
• Gu Xiuwen drove the golden energy from Xu Jintang and urged her to release the Ice Soul Dragon, which then took control of her body.
• The Ice Soul Dragon fought the Giant Mammoth using Xu Jintang’s body, while Gu Xiuwen amplified her and Xu Jintang’s companions watched from her sea of consciousness.
• Xu Jintang’s body landed several heavy blows, but the Giant Mammoth warned that it could not hold out much longer as the Ice Soul Dragon prepared to attack again.

Xu Jintang and the Ice Soul Dragon fought the Giant Mammoth while Miao Mingzhi and the other leaders joined the battle. The Mammoth’s self-destruction was contained by the Ice Soul Dragon’s power and Song Tianqi’s Vermilion Bird ability, but Xu Jintang collapsed, while fighting continued at the Central Star Domain’s border defense district.

• Xu Jintang struggled to withstand the Ice Soul Dragon’s power as the Giant Mammoth tried to outlast her.
• Jin Xiaobao and the Thunder Dragon King protected Xu Jintang’s body, and her silver energy restored and strengthened Miao Mingzhi and the other leaders.
• Xu Jintang and the leaders attacked the Giant Mammoth together, while troops at the border defense district prepared to fight the approaching Flying Heavenly Horse tribe.
• The Giant Mammoth explained his grievances against humans and tried to self-destruct, but the Ice Soul Dragon’s cold contained the blast and Song Tianqi’s Vermilion Bird phantom appeared.
• Xu Jintang exhausted her energy and lost consciousness as the border defense district reported that the Heavenly Winged Tiger and White Ganoderma Sparrow tribes were approaching.

After the Giant Mammoth’s self-detonation, Gu Xiuwen helped the injured students recover, and Xu Jintang eventually joined the war effort as the conflict spread across the Federation. A ceasefire ended the fighting, and Xu Jintang and her companions looked toward graduation and life after the war.

• Gu Xiuwen used the Star Compass to heal the unconscious people in the ruined arena, and the medical team treated them as they woke.
• Xu Jintang remembered the Ice Soul Dragon fighting the Giant Mammoth through her body, and the sealed arena was fully reopened after three hours.
• The war spread across the Federation for more than half a year, and Xu Jintang and her companions were called to the battlefield for logistical support.
• Federation leaders and demonic beast leaders agreed to a hundred-year ceasefire, and the attacking beasts withdrew.
• Xu Jintang and her companions celebrated the ceasefire and discussed their plans after graduation, while Xu Jintang said she wanted a proper hot meal.