Book 3 in this cultivation series by J D Astra， and the heat is on as Jiyong and his team are off to Kokyu as exchange students。 They have been tasked to act as spies during this student exchange so a program which was meant to promote peace and cultural awareness between kingdoms was immediately fraught with danger。 Jiyong is out for revenge on both his father Hiro Kumiko and the traitor Ko-nah Wong， but soon finds that he has to work with Ko-nah as he was part of the student team。 The spies ar Book 3 in this cultivation series by J D Astra， and the heat is on as Jiyong and his team are off to Kokyu as exchange students。 They have been tasked to act as spies during this student exchange so a program which was meant to promote peace and cultural awareness between kingdoms was immediately fraught with danger。 Jiyong is out for revenge on both his father Hiro Kumiko and the traitor Ko-nah Wong， but soon finds that he has to work with Ko-nah as he was part of the student team。 The spies are risking their very lives in the hostile kingdom of Kokyu which is so very technologically advanced that at first they feel quite overwhelmed。 However， Jiyong has Mae， the machina embedded in his chest， and she is not easily daunted。 The head of the school which welcomed them Ena， is part of the Ributasan， a faction of rebels who wanted to execute the King and supplant him with Dokun Yamamotto， our teams enemy。 Dokun sets his sights on Jiyong and tries to turn him in his favour and at one point Jiyong is almost persuaded he might not be the monster they thought him to be， but upon further spying， and with the help of one of his bots the truth comes to the surface and the danger they are all facing is massive。 Will the group from Bastion make it out alive and back to Busa-Nan？ It is a race against time in the end and a race to freedom。 I love the non-stop action and the fear inducing moments in this very tense 3rd book in the series and with such an ending I cannot but look forward to book 4。 。。。more