Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into a sick young woman’s body, Li Yang activated a system that warned she had only one day to live unless she harvested plants. Wild grass yielded too little lifespan, so she spent hours trying to chop down a giant, harmless four-leaf clover in Heqing Residential Complex.

• Li Yang recalled her previous life and learned that her new body’s original owner had died after her grandmother’s death left her struggling to survive.
• The Longevity System activated and showed Li Yang that she had one day of lifespan remaining and needed to harvest plants.
• Li Yang tested the system by pulling roadside weeds and gained only one second of lifespan after several minutes of work.
• Li Yang chose to harvest the giant four-leaf clover blocking the residential complex’s road and retrieved her grandmother’s axe.
• Li Yang chopped at the clover for hours, but her efforts left only shallow marks on its stem.

Li Yang chopped down a mutated four-leaf clover to gain lifespan, then learned from He Song that it carried a ten-thousand-Huaxia-coin bounty and that Zhongdu Military Academy offered student missions. She returned home exhausted but interested in applying to the academy, despite her low physique and spirit stats.

• He Song found Li Yang chopping a mutated four-leaf clover and offered to help, but she convinced him it was rooted on her parents’ grave and refused his aid.
• Li Yang chopped the clover down herself, gained ten years of lifespan, and discovered her lifespan had reached its storage limit because her physical strength was too low.
• He Song introduced himself as an assistant teacher at Zhongdu Military Academy and offered Li Yang the ten-thousand-Huaxia-coin bounty for the clover.
• Li Yang asked He Song about the academy’s bounty missions, learned students could take them, and heard that applicants needed a physique stat above eighty.
• He Song left Li Yang with the bounty money, and she went home interested in Zhongdu Military Academy.

Li Yang used the Longevity System to trade years of her lifespan for training, raising her physique to 90 and her spirit to 40 while leaving herself only one year to live. She then researched the world’s history and learned how the Astral Realm, mutated creatures, and Star Wielders had shaped society.

• Li Yang discovered that the Longevity System could consume her lifespan to simulate training and spent four years raising her physique from 30 to 70.
• Li Yang endured the physical sensations of years of training and saw her body transformed by her improved physique.
• Li Yang spent one year training, raising her physique to 76, then lost a point after a year of ineffective training and binge eating.
• Li Yang spent two more years training and reached 90 physique and 40 spirit, leaving her with one year of lifespan.
• Li Yang visited an internet café and learned that the Astral Realm had appeared three hundred years earlier, mutated creatures had emerged, and powerful Star Wielders had rebuilt society and developed a nine-grade cultivation system.

Li Yang returned to school to take the military academy general assessment, hoping to qualify for Zhongdu Military Academy and earn its scholarship. At the athletic field, students gathered to have their physique stats tested as Yu Hongyuan and Fang Chuyun drew attention and sparked an argument over how they had raised their stats.

• Li Yang paid the 300 assessment fee and joined the students gathering at the athletic field.
• Students discussed whether old hen soup, training, or Soul Condensing Pills could raise physique stats.
• Yu Hongyuan and Fang Chuyun arrived, drawing attention from their classmates.
• Students argued over Yu Hongyuan’s pill-raised physique and Fang Chuyun’s discipline and family advantages.

Li Yang listened to the military academy assessment rules and decided to try to keep her unusually high physique score from drawing attention. After Fang Chuyun scored 85, Yu Hongyuan joined Li Yang’s line and was surprised by her changed appearance, asking whether she had taken time off to train.

• Chen Xiangrong discussed Fang Chuyun and Yu Hongyuan’s self-test scores with Principal Sun and explained why high physique scores before opening a Star Aperture mattered.
• Li Yang joined the end of a testing line, learned scores could fluctuate, and hoped to lower her result from 90 to avoid standing out.
• Fang Chuyun scored 85 and declined the offer to test again, while Yu Hongyuan dismissed her score and said he would test last.
• Yu Hongyuan recognized Li Yang in line, questioned whether she was applying to a military academy, and asked if she had reached a physique score of 65.
• Li Yang confirmed she had reached 65, and Yu Hongyuan asked whether she had trained during her time away from school.

Li Yang tested at 88 points, shocking the school and provincial officials, who had glimpsed a 90-point reading during her punches. As the officials urged her to test again, Principal Sun and Chen Xiangrong began discussing rewards for a 90-point heaven’s chosen.

• Yu Hongyuan refused to test before Li Yang, insisting that his appearance would be the penultimate act.
• Li Yang punched the testing post while Chen Xiangrong, Principal Sun, and a growing crowd watched.
• The machine recorded Li Yang’s final physique value as 88 points, leaving the sports field silent.
• Chen Xiangrong and Principal Sun urged Li Yang to use her second test chance after seeing a 90-point reading flash on the screen.
• Principal Sun realized Li Yang might be reluctant to attract attention because of her family’s circumstances, while he and Chen Xiangrong wanted her to reach 90 points.
• Chen Xiangrong asked Principal Sun whether Huangcheng City offered rewards and support for a 90-point heaven’s chosen.

Li Yang confirmed a physique value of 90 and drew attention as a rare candidate for Zhongdu Military Academy. While school officials investigated her sudden improvement, she explained her hardships and mentioned He Song, leaving them convinced she had encountered a major opportunity.

• Li Yang repeated the physique test and scored 90, earning praise from Principal Sun and Chen Xiangrong while Yu Hongyuan wondered why the expected protagonist was someone else.
• News of Li Yang's score spread online, and Principal Sun and Chen Xiangrong questioned her about her work and time away from school.
• Li Yang explained that her grandmother had died and that she had supported herself, prompting Chen Xiangrong to suggest grief had awakened her potential.
• Principal Sun asked Li Yang about clearing a mutant four-leaf clover, and she explained that she had chopped at it to help her neighbors.
• Li Yang said He Song may have helped clear the plant, and Chen Xiangrong and Principal Sun realized that the young Zhongdu Military Academy assistant teacher's presence could signal a major opportunity.

After moving into Huangcheng No. 1 High School’s apartment building, Li Yang prepared for the practical assessment while Principal Sun shielded her from reporters and distractions. As she got ready to travel to the provincial capital, Fang Chuyun invited her to ride there by car, leaving Li Yang unsure what to make of the sudden offer.

• Principal Sun arranged a furnished apartment for Li Yang, and she decided to stay at Huangcheng No. 1 High School rather than transfer.
• Reporters came looking for Li Yang at Heqing Residential Complex, but Principal Sun kept them out of the school and protected her study time.
• Li Yang reviewed past practical exams and received academic tutoring as she prepared for the provincial assessment.
• Li Yang packed for the trip to the provincial capital, where the first practical exam was due to begin in two days.
• Fang Chuyun visited Li Yang and invited her to drive to the provincial capital that afternoon.
• Yu Hongyuan, under pressure from Yu Zhiying to approach Li Yang, went to Principal Sun for help arranging an invitation.

Yu Hongyuan and Fang Chuyun competed to take Li Yang to the provincial capital, but Li Yang persuaded them to travel together. On the journey, they and their companions discussed what the practical assessment might involve, though its format remained uncertain.

• Yu Hongyuan asked Principal Sun to invite Li Yang to ride to the provincial capital with him, but learned she had already been invited by Fang Chuyun.
• Yu Hongyuan rushed to Li Yang’s apartment and argued with Fang Chuyun over whose car and exam information were better.
• Li Yang proposed that all three classmates travel together, and Yu Hongyuan and Fang Chuyun agreed.
• Yu Zhiying arranged a roomier car and told Yu Hongyuan to learn from Li Yang and get along with Fang Chuyun.
• During the drive, Yu Hongyuan revealed that the practical assessment would take place in a special quarantine zone, while Fang Chuyun and the two adults debated whether it would be survival mode or a creature-clearing test.

Li Yang learned that the practical exam would require candidates to survive for three days in a two-star special isolation zone, and she carefully studied the entry notice instead of signing it immediately. As the other candidates judged her caution, the exam was about to begin.

• Li Yang was assigned to group 8, separate from Fang Chuyun and Yu Hongyuan, and entered the classroom with the other candidates.
• The group discussed the exam and learned that Li Yang was the Huangcheng applicant with a physique value of 90.
• The teacher announced that the assessment was survival in a two-star special isolation zone, where candidates had to last three days and could withdraw by activating a rescue device.
• Li Yang read the entry notice closely and decided to memorize its survival information before signing and handing it in.
• Chen Song called Li Yang a coward for delaying, while Xu Wenpei defended her as being careful.

Li Yang entered the two-star special quarantine zone for the survival exam after carefully memorizing and interpreting its entry instructions. She left group 8 behind to avoid attracting danger and explored cautiously, hoping to find mutated plants without provoking threats.

• Chen Song criticized Li Yang for taking so long to sign the entry instructions, but Li Yang signed at the last moment after reviewing them carefully.
• The middle-aged teacher tested Li Yang on the instructions, and she recited the sixth point from memory, surprising Xu Wenpei and the other examinees.
• Group 8 traveled to the quarantine zone, where the proctor reminded them to prioritize safety and use their rescue devices if needed.
• Li Yang entered first, then quickly moved away from the group after interpreting a warning about large concentrations of unfamiliar presences as a reason not to gather together.
• Li Yang reasoned that unmentioned areas and hazards were likely safer, then examined a large ordinary tree and decided not to cut it down because the noise could attract danger.

Li Yang spent her first day in the quarantine zone avoiding dangerous animals and harvesting mutated plants for lifespan, then planned to raise her Spirit stat overnight. Meanwhile, the examiners reviewed her performance and realized she had been deliberately cutting down low-danger Gradeless plants that candidates were normally expected to leave alone.

• Li Yang felled ordinary bushes and then discovered that killing an attacking mutated bush earned her one month of lifespan.
• Using the entry instructions, Li Yang avoided areas with mutated animals and spent the day harvesting ugly bushes, flowers, and grasses.
• Li Yang reached four years of remaining lifespan, decided not to raise her already-high Physique, and prepared to spend three years of lifespan increasing her Spirit.
• The examiners reported that twenty candidates had dropped out and reviewed the three teams in Group Eight, including Chen Song's battered team and Xu Wenpei's team.
• The examiners watched Li Yang methodically avoid danger while chopping down several Gradeless mutated plants, leaving them stunned by her unusual behavior.

Li Yang raised her spirit stat by spending two years of lifespan, then discovered she could sense mutated plants more clearly and harvested them far more efficiently. By the second morning, she had 120 points and led the practical exam by a wide margin, while the chief examiner defended her performance.

• The examiners awarded Li Yang two bonus points for each of the 30 unranked mutated plants she had killed, putting her in first place with 60 points.
• Li Yang spent two years of lifespan raising her spirit stat to 46, then spent another year to raise it to 60.
• After sleeping in a tree, Li Yang noticed she could see the faint Starlight around hidden mutated plants and killed one, gaining a month of lifespan.
• Li Yang mapped Group 8's safe spots and harvested 30 mutated plants in one morning, restoring her lifespan to four years and reaching 120 points.
• The examiners compared Li Yang's score with Zhong Qian's 60 points, and the chief examiner began defending Li Yang's skill and sensitivity to Starlight.

Li Yang impressed the examiners by efficiently hunting Gradeless plants, then completed every safe point in Group 8 and raised both her physique and mental stats to 90. With her lifespan limit increased to fifty years, she planned to lie low until the practical exam ended, but an unexpected thought interrupted her.

• The examiners recognized that Li Yang had earned her score through quick thinking and self-motivation despite lacking the advantages of a wealthy family.
• Li Yang spent three years of lifespan raising her mental stat, then met Xu Wenpei and two other candidates traveling together.
• Li Yang warned the group that the Entry Instructions advised pressing the rescue device in danger, and Xu Wenpei decided to split up from the others.
• Li Yang harvested plants across all of Group 8's safe points, earning 180 points and completing the circuit in two days.
• Li Yang spent more lifespan to raise her mental stat to 90, which increased her lifespan limit to fifty years.
• As night fell, Li Yang planned to rest and wait out the exam, but a sudden thought interrupted her calculations.

Li Yang realized that killing mutated creatures might determine candidates’ practical-exam rankings, then agreed to help Chen Song’s injured group fight a high-tier mutated plant threatening their tree refuge. She planned to have Chen Song distract it while the others attacked from behind, but made clear she would flee if they could not win.

• Li Yang reasoned that candidates were likely ranked by their kills of mutated creatures and decided to seek opportunities to improve her standing while staying safe.
• Chen Song and three companions fled a grade-one, tier-seven mutated plant and climbed the tree where Li Yang was sheltering.
• Li Yang warned the group that staying together in the tree could attract more creatures and ordered them to climb down and fight the plant with her.
• Chen Song agreed to fight and explained that the plant attacked by shooting corrosive seeds and biting at high speed.
• Li Yang assigned Chen Song to distract the plant from the front while the others attacked from behind, and said she would run if they could not defeat it.

Li Yang helped Chen Song’s group kill a Grade One High Stage man-eating flower, earning ten years of lifespan and another 20 exam points. She left the group and settled in a new place for the night, reassured by her improved lifespan and balanced attributes.

• Chen Song agreed to let Li Yang deliver the final blow to the man-eating flower, and the group climbed down to face it.
• Li Yang struck the flower’s weak points, wedged her axe into its mouth, and rallied the group to attack after one student was poisoned.
• The examiners recognized Li Yang’s precise attacks and high Spirit, while she finished the flower and gained ten years of lifespan.
• Li Yang left for a safe zone, Chen Song and the others split up, and the poisoned student pressed his rescue device.
• Li Yang checked her system panel at her new overnight spot and saw that her lifespan had risen to 14 years while her Physique and Spirit remained at 90.

Li Yang discovered that uprooting Gradeless mutant plants had earned her 220 points and placed her first on the practical exam leaderboard. With four hours left, the chief examiner opened the partitions between groups so examinees could compete for more points and school choices.

• Li Yang spent the morning uprooting missed Gradeless mutant plants and gained another year of life.
• The chief examiner announced the rankings and explained that the top twenty examinees could choose their schools.
• Li Yang searched the leaderboard, then learned she was first with 220 points for killing 100 Gradeless mutant plants and one Grade One High Stage mutant plant.
• The chief examiner revealed Lin Zhaoqin was third with 120 points and Zhong Qian was second with 140 points.
• The chief examiner opened the partitions between the twenty groups for the final four hours of the assessment.

After the isolation walls came down, Li Yang crossed into other groups’ areas and continued hunting Gradeless mutated plants, extending her lead in the rankings. Meanwhile, Zhong Qian pursued the Second Grade creature to try to claim first place, while candidates gathered to watch.

• Li Yang decided to keep harvesting Gradeless mutated plants and hurried through the isolation wall into Group 7’s area.
• Candidates across the assessment tried to hunt Gradeless creatures, but found them difficult to locate and dangerous to fight, and came to respect Li Yang’s score.
• Li Yang used her perception to find and kill Gradeless plants in Group 7, then planned to sweep through Group 6.
• Zhong Qian saw he was 80 points behind Li Yang and headed toward the Second Grade mutated creature, aiming to earn 100 points and take first place.
• Lin Zhaoqin, Fang Chuyun, and Yu Hongyuan reacted with shock to Li Yang’s lead, while candidates watched her score rise.
• Zhong Qian gathered candidates to help lure out the Second Grade mutated creature, promising they would not need to fight it themselves.

Li Yang harvested mutated plants in Group 7, then rescued Zhong Kun from a mutated Virginia creeper in Group 6 and learned he was Zhong Qian’s cousin. When the three top-ranked examinees gathered in Group 6, a hidden mechanism released a Second Grade mutated creature, and Zhong Kun asked Li Yang to escort him to Zhong Qian in exchange for a Star-Attracting Pill.

• Li Yang finished clearing the optimal route through Group 7, gained three years of lifespan, and headed to a safe point in Group 6.
• Zhong Kun ran to Li Yang for help against a mutated Virginia creeper, and Li Yang chopped it down and gained a year of lifespan.
• Zhong Kun revealed that Zhong Qian was his cousin and asked Li Yang to escort him to Zhong Qian; Li Yang gave him the alias Fang Chuyun.
• The chief examiner announced that the arrival of the three top-ranked examinees in Group 6 had triggered a hidden mechanism and released a Second Grade mutated entity.
• Zhong Kun realized Li Yang was in Group 6 and urged her to help him reach Zhong Qian, offering her a Star-Attracting Pill.

Li Yang and Zhong Kun made their way through Group Six, where Li Yang harvested several mutated plants before they reached a crowd watching a Second Grade mutated dahlia. Zhong Qian fought the monster while Lin Zhaoqin refused to join in, and the onlookers waited to see what the person in first place would do.

• Li Yang persuaded Zhong Kun to help keep mutated creatures occupied as they headed toward Group Six, then used him to distract a mutated plant and harvested its Starlight.
• Li Yang and Zhong Kun defeated four low-stage mutated plants on their way to the gathered examinees.
• The pair found a gigantic Second Grade dahlia, and Li Yang abandoned any thought of harvesting it after seeing its size and dangerous attacks.
• Zhong Qian charged the dahlia and used his swordsmanship to dodge its attacks while searching for an opening.
• Zhong Kun challenged Lin Zhaoqin to fight, but she said she was afraid and pointed out that the person in first place had not acted either.