Chapter Summaries

Leikedasi’s experimental class was confirmed after Xu Jintang’s team defeated Yu Wanyao’s team, and the two groups agreed to train together. When Silver Light Military Academy’s challenge drew the academy’s attention, the experimental class was assigned to spar with Yu Wanyao’s team while the project remained secret.

• Xu Jintang’s team won the friendly match, and Principal Miao Mingzhi confirmed that Leikedasi would continue the experimental class project.
• Zhuang Silin said both teams would represent Leikedasi in the league and urged them to cooperate, after which the students agreed to train and hold regular matches together.
• Xu Jintang struggled to break through to the fourth tier, then watched a video of Silver Light Military Academy crushing rival teams and asked for its captain’s contact details.
• Zhuang Silin told the students that Silver Light Military Academy would challenge Leikedasi and assigned Yu Wanyao’s team to compete while Xu Jintang’s team served as sparring partners.
• Xu Jintang and the other students sat down to discuss tactics, and Xu asked Yu Wanyao how she wanted them to spar.

Xu Jintang trained Yu Wanyao’s team to improve their coordination against Silver Light Military Academy’s powerful fighters. Later, she gave Xue Zhongqi paid advice about Tracking Inscriptions, leaving their call ongoing while she went downstairs for water.

• Yu Wanyao and Wei Zixuan briefed the team on Silver Light Military Academy’s two third-tier threats, and Xu Jintang offered to teach them how to counter the melee fighter.
• Xu Jintang fought Mu Guang, Yan Zitao, Wei Zixuan, and Qin Shuxue without using her ice ability, quickly eliminating Wei Zixuan and Qin Shuxue before defeating Yan Zitao and prompting Mu Guang to give up.
• Xu Jintang explained that their team needed better coordination and warned that melee fighters could quickly target their weakest members before they could prepare.
• Yu Wanyao’s team trained with Xu Jintang’s team, losing each match but lasting longer as their coordination improved.
• Xue Zhongqi asked Xu Jintang for help with Tracking Inscriptions, paid her a thousand contribution points, and listened to her explain his questions over a call.
• Xu Jintang paused the call to get water, while Xue Zhongqi remained in his room reviewing her advice.

Xu Jintang secretly tutored Xue Zhongqi, then learned that Zhuang Silin had identified the Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx who took her away. When Silver Light Military Academy arrived for the friendly match, Xu Jintang deliberately sent Huai Yangxia’s team the wrong way, and he confronted her after discovering the prank.

• Xue Zhongqi realized why he had been failing, and Xu Jintang confirmed that he understood the concepts before ending their tutoring call.
• The Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx noticed Xu Jintang’s secrets, then flew off to earn money for a deluxe beast pet space.
• Zhuang Silin identified the Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx as a peak eighth-tier lord demonic beast, and Xu Jintang warned him not to cause trouble.
• Huai Yangxia and Silver Light Military Academy’s team arrived for the friendly match, and Xu Jintang gave them directions that sent them the wrong way.
• Huai Yangxia discovered the deception and accused Xu Jintang, who admitted she had done it on purpose.

Yu Wanyao and her teammates defeated Huai Yangxia’s Silver Light Military Academy team in a friendly match through swift coordination and focused attacks. The match ended in under five minutes, leaving Huai Yangxia’s team disgraced and their teacher reprimanding them for underestimating their opponents.

• Huai Yangxia threatened Xu Jintang, then returned to his team as both academies prepared for the match.
• Zhuang Silin started the match, and Yu Wanyao froze Huai Yangxia’s Five Poisons Golden Toad while Mu Guang and Yan Zitao pinned down the muscular fighter.
• Wei Zixuan summoned a third-tier Electric Feather Beast, and Mu Guang and Yan Zitao helped knock the muscular fighter out of the arena.
• Qin Shuxue held off three opponents with her heavy sword and Healing Angel ability until Yu Wanyao’s team regrouped and eliminated them.
• Yu Wanyao, Wei Zixuan, and Mu Guang surrounded Huai Yangxia, who surrendered before their attacks landed; Zhuang Silin declared Leikedasi the winner.
• Huai Yangxia and the muscular fighter blamed their defeat on being outnumbered, but their teacher reprimanded them for neglecting tactics and underestimating their opponents.

After Leikedasi defeated Silver Light Military Academy, Xu Jintang provoked the defeated Huai Yangxia and learned that his team would stay at the academy for the upcoming Ability User Competition. Later, she considered entering the competition for its prize money, and the chapter ended as she and her classmates joined Yu Wanyao’s team for a weapons theory class.

• Leikedasi’s team won the match, and Xu Jintang challenged Huai Yangxia after he demanded to fight her, prompting Teacher Zhu to drag him away.
• Zhuang Silin explained that Silver Light Military Academy’s team would remain at Leikedasi to prepare for the Ability User Competition and warned Xu Jintang not to reveal her experimental class identity.
• Xu Jintang read messages about the match’s online attention, told Yu Wanyao that Huai Yangxia did not deserve to know her name, and joked with her classmates in their group chat.
• The Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx urged Xu Jintang to enter the Ability User Competition for its two-million-star-coin team prize, and she privately weighed the idea before falling asleep.
• The next morning, Xu Jintang and her classmates attended weapons theory class, where they found Yu Wanyao and her four teammates already seated.

Wu Jinghong taught the support and experimental class how magical treasures and inscriptions could enhance combat ability, prompting the students to reconsider their equipment and training. When the students struggled with the cost of upgrades, Xu Jintang proposed entering the Ability User Competition for its prize money, but Jiang Shiyi warned that their identities had to remain secret.

• Wu Jinghong explained how weapon types and inscriptions could improve combat performance, using Qin Shuxue and Mechanical Technology Military Academy as examples.
• Wu Jinghong ordered Song Tianqi to stand during class because he kept falling asleep, and Xu Jintang later advised him to prioritize defensive, speed, or healing equipment.
• After class, Yan Yuting asked Xu Jintang to lend her money, while Xue Zhongqi and Song Tianqi argued over the price of a level-three inscription.
• Xu Jintang called a meeting and proposed the Ability User Competition’s two-million-star-coin-per-person championship prize as a way to earn money.
• Jiang Shiyi cautioned that Teacher Zhuang had forbidden the five experimental-class members from revealing their identities publicly.

Xu Jintang persuaded Zhuang Silin and the academy to fund the five students’ entry into the Ability User Competition, where they planned to hide their identities and fight with magical treasures and inscriptions. After registering as the Mask Squad, they began preparing for the competition and learned about its format and rivals.

• Xu Jintang proposed that the team wear masks and use magical treasures and inscriptions in the Ability User Competition, then asked Zhuang Silin to seek academy funding for their equipment.
• The academy approved 2.5 million star coins for the five students, and Zhuang Silin personally contributed another 100,000; Xu Jintang and her teammates registered just before registration closed.
• Wu Jinghong volunteered to advise the team and explained the competition’s rules, schedule, age limit, and likely opponents, while Xue Zhongqi confirmed the Inscription Master Competition would not overlap.
• Xu Jintang distributed the funding and studied an explosive inscription to improve her sleeve crossbow’s damage.
• After registration closed, the team chose the name Mask Squad, though they had not settled on a slogan.

Xu Jintang met with President Sun to learn the Inscription Master Competition rules, then answered Xue Zhongqi’s questions about Tracking Inscriptions on the way home. At the Ability User Competition’s opening, the Mask Squad entered the upper bracket while several powerful rivals, including Silver Light Military Academy and Mechanical Technology Military Academy, were assigned to the lower bracket.

• Xu Jintang and Yan Yuting gave up trying to create a team slogan and decided that a team name was enough.
• Xu Jintang met President Sun and Xue Zhongqi at the Inscriptionist Association, where Sun Yuantian explained the Inscription Master Competition format.
• Xue Zhongqi paid Xu Jintang a thousand contribution points for answering his questions about Tracking Inscriptions as they walked.
• Xu Jintang arrived at the Ability User Competition with her four masked teammates, where she saw Qiu Zhuyu lead the Mechanical Technology Military Academy team into the arena.
• Xu Jintang drew the upper bracket for the Mask Squad, while Huai Yangxia’s Silver Light Military Academy team and Qiu Zhuyu’s team drew the lower bracket alongside several other powerful teams.

Xu Jintang’s Mask Squad drew the veteran Heavenly Radiance Team as its first opponent, and the match format was set as a 1v1 gauntlet. Xue Zhongqi opened for the Mask Squad, and the match began with him charging Xin Honglang as Xin Honglang summoned a boulder.

• The draw matched the Mask Squad against the Heavenly Radiance Team in the first points match.
• The host, Li Xiang, announced that the match would use a 1v1 gauntlet format.
• Xu Jintang chose Xue Zhongqi to fight first, and he agreed to lead the charge.
• Xue Zhongqi introduced himself as “Big Watermelon,” surprising the spectators and livestream viewers.
• Xue Zhongqi charged Xin Honglang with his grappling gun, and Xin Honglang summoned a huge hovering boulder.

Xue Zhongqi won the first two bouts of the gauntlet match for the Mask Squad, defeating Xin Honglang with his modified grappling gun and then knocking a puppeteer off the arena. The Heavenly Radiance Team sent its captain, Chu Wenkuo, to face him next, while Song Tianqi waited for his chance to compete.

• Xue Zhongqi used explosive tracking bullets and his grappling hook to defeat Xin Honglang, who surrendered before the bullets detonated.
• Chu Wenkuo warned the Heavenly Radiance Team that Xue Zhongqi’s modified weapon had hidden functions and told the next fighter to follow their planned order.
• Xue Zhongqi lured the Heavenly Radiance Team’s puppeteer and her wooden puppet toward the arena’s edge, then hooked her ankle and pulled her out of the arena.
• Chu Wenkuo decided to enter the third bout, believing Xue Zhongqi was the Mask Squad’s strongest member and should be eliminated early.
• Chu Wenkuo stepped into the arena as Xue Zhongqi greeted him, while Song Tianqi complained that Xue Zhongqi had taken all the limelight.

The Mask Squad defeated the Heavenly Radiance Team in their first points round after Xue Zhongqi revealed his skill as an inscription master, and the opposing team conceded the remaining matches. After the win put the Mask Squad atop the leaderboard, Wu Jinghong criticized Xue Zhongqi for exposing his formation-pattern trump card too early.

• Xue Zhongqi used offensive inscriptions and a formation pattern to overwhelm Chu Wenkuo's Mystic Water Chessboard, and Li Xiang declared the Mask Squad the winner of the match.
• Chu Wenkuo conceded the Heavenly Radiance Team's two remaining matches, giving the Mask Squad the points-round victory and a fifty-percent bonus.
• Xu Jintang and the other Mask Squad members left the venue while reporters questioned them about their win and masks.
• The Mask Squad took first place on the points leaderboard with 150 points, while the Heavenly Radiance Team stood second with zero.
• Wu Jinghong reviewed Xue Zhongqi's fights and warned that he had made mistakes and revealed his formation-pattern trump card too soon; Xue admitted he had wanted to show off.

Xu Jintang entered the Inscription Master Competition under the alias Qian Duoduo and began the preliminary round, where her first inscription earned a perfect score. The chapter left her continuing the timed task as livestream viewers began noticing her skill.

• Wu Jinghong warned Xu Jintang and the others to act cautiously in their upcoming matches, and Xu Jintang later slipped away to the Inscription Master Competition venue.
• Xue Zhongqi, competing as Big Watermelon, explained the contest format and pointed out former champion Jiang Xiangyang, whom Xu Jintang recognized as a formidable rival.
• Xu Jintang learned that level-two inscriptionists gained access to advanced tutorials and missions, and resolved to seek certification and ask President Sun about star-attribute cultivation techniques after the competition.
• Xu Jintang was assigned to Group Three, exchanged a challenging look with Jiang Xiangyang, and began crafting the required inscriptions.
• Xu Jintang completed a perfect Level-One Fire-Attribute Attack Inscription in 8 minutes and 15.7 seconds, earning 200 points as livestream viewers reacted with surprise.

Xu Jintang, competing as Qian Duoduo, finished first in her Inscription Master Competition preliminary group and advanced to the next round. Later, Wu Jinghong planned the Mask Squad’s upcoming matches, and the team watched the Mechanical Technology Military Academy dominate its first match with weapons alone.

• Xu Jintang completed a perfect Level-Two Teleportation Inscription in 43 minutes and earned 200 points, bringing her total to 600.
• Xu Jintang took first place in her group, ahead of Jiang Xiangyang, and both advanced after the preliminary round ended.
• Xu Jintang returned to the villa and confirmed to Xue Zhongqi that she had passed the preliminaries.
• After the next Ability User Competition schedule was announced, Wu Jinghong assigned likely team pairings and told Song Tianqi he could fight if the format was a 1v1 gauntlet.
• Xue Zhongqi played footage of Qiu Zhuyu and the Mechanical Technology Military Academy defeating five opponents in under two minutes using weapons and magical treasures.

Xu Jintang crafted living spirit alloy arrowheads for her ruby sleeve crossbow, then learned the Mask Squad would face the Dragon-Slaying Team in their next points match. The team began planning after Xu Jintang noted that the Dragon-Slaying Team had been quickly defeated by Silver Light Military Academy.

• Xue Zhongqi identified Qiu Zhuyu's bullets as being made from living spirit alloy, and Xu Jintang researched the metal's price and properties.
• Xu Jintang bought living spirit alloy and an arrowhead mold, then used her mental power to craft arrowheads for her ruby sleeve crossbow.
• Xu Jintang tested an arrowhead by firing into a reinforced villa wall and found that it pierced more than five centimeters deep.
• The competition organizers drew the Mask Squad's next opponent as the Dragon-Slaying Team, and the squad members noticed that the team looked nervous.
• The Mask Squad returned to the villa and began planning tactics; Xu Jintang said the Dragon-Slaying Team had been defeated instantly by Silver Light Military Academy.

The Mask Squad prepared to face the Dragon-Slaying Team in the Ability User Competition’s second round, while Song Duoduo worried about her classmates’ chances. The match began with Song Tianqi and Jiang Shiyi taking the first 2v2 bout, and Jiang Shiyi stunned the audience by announcing she had fourth-tier mental power.

• Xu Jintang learned from Song Duoduo that the Dragon-Slaying Team had lost its first match and would face the Mask Squad next, but she resolved not to go easy on them.
• The Dragon-Slaying Team’s captain, Yao Wenyu, worried about facing the Mask Squad, while Song Duoduo encouraged her classmates and bought a ticket to watch.
• Song Duoduo saw the Mask Squad enter the venue and found their captain’s walk familiar, while fans cheered for the team.
• Li Xiang announced a mixed-team format for the match, and Xu Jintang assigned Song Tianqi and Jiang Shiyi to the first 2v2 bout.
• Song Tianqi introduced himself as Hot Air Balloon with peak second-tier mental power, and Jiang Shiyi introduced herself as Aloof Killer with fourth-tier mental power, shocking the spectators.

The Mask Squad defeated the Dragon-Slaying Team in both the 2v2 and 3v3 matches, winning quickly through Jiang Shiyi’s overwhelming mental power and the squad’s coordinated attacks. Song Duoduo began to suspect that Xu Jintang was someone she recognized, while Li Xiang wondered which military academy the Mask Squad represented.

• Song Tianqi and Jiang Shiyi defeated the Dragon-Slaying Team’s 2v2 pair in under three minutes, forcing them to surrender.
• During the break, Li Xiang and a staff member speculated that the Mask Squad members were students from one of the five great military academies.
• Xu Jintang, Yan Yuting, and Xue Zhongqi introduced themselves as second- and peak third-tier ability users before the 3v3 match.
• Xu Jintang quickly forced one opponent to surrender, while Yan Yuting and Xue Zhongqi subdued the other two.
• Song Duoduo watched Xu Jintang and suspected that she was the person she remembered for her overwhelming physical strength.
• Li Xiang declared the Mask Squad the winner of the points match, extending its unbeaten run.

Xu Jintang’s Mask Squad won its remaining points matches and topped the rankings, advancing to the Ability User Competition’s knockout stage. As other teams and viewers speculated about their academy, Xu Jintang kept her identity secret, and the squad prepared to face tougher opponents.

• After the Mask Squad defeated the Dragon-Slaying Team, its captain asked Xu Jintang whether they came from one of the five great military academies, and she firmly denied it.
• Wu Jinghong told the squad that people could guess which academy they came from, while instructors at Clifford Military Academy and other academies debated their likely origins and strength.
• At the villa, Xu Jintang teased the Green-Membrane Archaeopteryx with green peas, and Yan Yuting showed her the squad’s organized fan group.
• Song Duoduo sent Xu Jintang a trending post about the Mask Squad, and Xu Jintang’s evasive reply convinced Song Duoduo she was hiding her identity.
• The Mask Squad easily won its third points match against a weaker team, and the competition moved into the knockout stage.
• The official rankings placed the undefeated Mask Squad first, securing its place among the top sixty-four teams.

The Mask Squad drew the Prosperous Age Women's Team for the first knockout round, and Wu Jinghong briefed them on their opponents' abilities and possible strategies. After a day of planning, Xu Jintang heard a mysterious artifact soul claim it knew how to use the Tilting Scales.

• The tournament draw matched the Mask Squad against the Prosperous Age Women's Team, whose captain, Jiang Yingying, tried to uncover Xu Jintang's identity by reaching for her mask.
• Wu Jinghong explained that the Prosperous Age Women's Team had one fourth-tier member and three third-tier members, and warned the Mask Squad about Jiang Yingying's soul-control attacks.
• Xu Jintang and her teammates planned tactics for the possible knockout formats, focusing on targeting Jiang Yingying and preparing for a team battle.
• Xue Zhongqi reminded Xu Jintang that the inscription master knockout round began at nine the next morning.
• A mysterious artifact soul emerged and claimed it knew every secret of the Tilting Scales and how to summon it into battle.

Xu Jintang entered the Inscription Master Competition’s elimination round disguised as Qian Duoduo and struggled to repair discarded inscriptions after realizing she had never learned the technique. She adapted after her first attempt exploded, and by the end she was repairing her tenth inscription as the round neared its end.

• Xu Jintang learned that her ability was called Tilting Scales, then cultivated and received an upgraded disguise mask the next morning.
• Disguised as Miss Qian, Xu Jintang arrived at the competition venue and spoke with Jiang Xiangyang and Xue Zhongqi before Sun Yuantian announced the elimination round.
• Sun Yuantian set a two-hour test in which the thirty-two remaining contestants had to repair ten discarded inscriptions, with only sixteen advancing.
• Xu Jintang’s first repair attempt caused an inscription to explode, but she studied its formation and adjusted her mental-energy threads.
• Xu Jintang successfully repaired her first inscription after half an hour, then grew faster and continued working through the remaining inscriptions.
• Jiang Xiangyang finished all ten repairs and left, while Xu Jintang was still working on her tenth with ten minutes remaining.

Xu Jintang finished the Inscription Master Competition elimination round in sixteenth place, then returned to the villa and used Ruan Tao’s specially adjusted meal to boost her mental-power cultivation. Two days later, she and the Mask Squad arrived for their Ability User Competition elimination match against the Prosperous Age Women’s Team.

• Xu Jintang repaired nine discarded inscriptions and placed sixteenth, advancing to the final sixteen of the Inscription Master Competition.
• Xu Jintang left the venue with Xue Zhongqi, then returned to the villa and praised Ruan Tao’s cooking.
• Ruan Tao explained that Xu Jintang’s meal was designed to improve mental-power circulation, and Xu Jintang went upstairs to cultivate while the effect lasted.
• The organizers promoted the Mask Squad’s match against the Prosperous Age Women’s Team, and Xu Jintang and her teammates practiced tactics at the villa before the competition day.
• Xu Jintang and the Mask Squad entered the venue to cheering fans and waited through the earlier matches until Li Xiang announced their bout as the next match.