Chapter Summaries

Xu Qingran was moved to a cell in the Evil Tower after frightening a mentally unstable prisoner, and he resolved to use the pain from his bracelet to train his weakened body. Meanwhile, Shen Tingyu inspected Tower 2, where the E-Type prisoners feared and hated him.

• Xu Qingran deliberately scared a prisoner who mistook him for a ghost and pleaded for his life.
• Staff members dragged Xu Qingran away after the prisoner suffered a heart attack, then placed him in a new cell under interrogator Niu's authority.
• Xu Qingran acknowledged the pain caused by his bracelet and used it to help his body adapt and grow stronger.
• Shen Tingyu inspected the isolated cells in Tower 2, where E-Type prisoners watched him with fear and hatred because he had previously put them through military training.

Shen Tingyu brutally punished a prisoner who insulted him, then noticed Xu Qingran was making the punishment bracelets fluctuate again. In Tower 4, Xu Qingran retaliated against a neighboring inmate who kept disrupting his sleep by breaking his finger.

• A stubbled Type E insulted Shen Tingyu and attacked him with a concealed dagger, but Shen overwhelmed him and broke several of his ribs.
• Shen pinned the prisoner down, injured him further, and told him that serving the empire let him legally beat people in the tower.
• An alert from Shen's device showed that Xu Qingran had made both punishment bracelets fluctuate, and Shen recognized the behavior from his own past.
• Shen reported the injured prisoner to Tower 2's administration and said the newcomer needed educating.
• Xu Qingran, exhausted by a neighboring inmate's nightly laughter, lured him into holding out his hand and broke one of his fingers.

Xu Qingran subdued the noisy prisoners in Tower 4 and woke to find the staff stunned by the injuries he had sustained. A young Silver Dragon guard brought him bread and revealed he was Qi Heqian, a childhood acquaintance adopted by Xu Qingran’s second uncle.

• Xu Qingran tortured a madman into silence, then used his mental power to deal with the other noisy prisoners and the security doors.
• Staff found the Tower 4 prisoners quiet and battered the next morning, while Xu Qingran greeted them after a peaceful night’s sleep.
• Medical staff treated Xu Qingran’s wounds, and a Silver Dragon guard offered him bread and asked whether he remembered him.
• Xu Qingran pretended he had forgotten much of his past, and the guard introduced himself as Qi Heqian, the orphan Xu Qingran and his mother had rescued.
• Xu Qingran recalled their rainy-night rescue and asked Qi Heqian how the cat they had saved was doing.

Qi Heqian told Xu Qingran that his stepmother and father had caused Qi Shengxue’s death and Xu Qingran’s damaged Spiritual Pool. As Xu Qingran continued his forced training in the Evil Tower, he learned that the inmates were approaching their first assessment, which could determine who was safe to leave.

• Qi Heqian told Xu Qingran that he had uncovered evidence linking Xu Qingran’s father and stepmother to Qi Shengxue’s death, and warned that his stepmother had damaged Xu Qingran’s Spiritual Pool before he was born.
• Xu Qingran realized that the psychiatric patient Qi Heqian had questioned was the bald man he had encountered, then decided he would be less restrained against his stepmother in the future.
• An elderly Type E inmate asked Xu Qingran whether he had seen his wife, and Xu Qingran warned him to be quiet if he wanted to stay alive.
• Xu Qingran continued counseling and labor in the Evil Tower, treating his unusually difficult workload as free physical training.
• More than ten days after Xu Qingran entered the Evil Tower, the inmates faced their first assessment, which could establish whether they were non-dangerous and able to leave.

Shen Tingyu reviewed Xu Qingran’s initial assessment at the Evil Tower and sent him to Tower 3’s arena instead of releasing him or keeping him under observation. Xu Qingran learned that the arena forced death-row inmates and dangerous E-Types to fight for survival.

• The tower chief showed Shen Tingyu Xu Qingran’s assessment results, including his B-grade Spiritual Pool and strong written exam score.
• Shen Tingyu read Xu Qingran’s answer threatening to kill the world and the person who wrote the question, which Shen Tingyu had authored.
• Shen Tingyu decided to send Xu Qingran to the Tower 3 arena, despite the tower chief’s warning that someone could die.
• A staff member notified Xu Qingran that he was being sent to the arena, and the system explained that its fighters had to battle until only one survived.

Xu Qingran entered Tower 3’s arena without its protective bracelets, while Shen Tingyu learned that he and Xu Qingran had a reported ninety-nine percent soul compatibility. The chapter left Shen Tingyu rejecting the result as impossible and considering what to do before the empire could force them into marriage and a contract.

• A staff member explained that the bracelets would protect Xu Qingran in Tower 3’s arena, but Xu Qingran removed them and entered without them.
• The staff member reported to the Tower Master that Xu Qingran had discarded the protective bracelets.
• Shen Tingyu returned to Golden Wing headquarters and received an unsigned letter from the empire’s capital planet.
• A woman told Shen Tingyu that she had intercepted data showing Xu Qingran was his ninety-nine-percent-compatible match.
• Shen Tingyu insisted the results were wrong, while the woman warned that the empire could force a marriage and soul contract before new samples could be taken.
• Shen Tingyu lowered his eyes and considered what to do.

While Xu Qingran remained in the Evil Tower, a rumor about a soul match above 98% sparked a factional flame war, and Xu Qing'an used the gossip to disparage his brother. After nearly two days in Tower 3’s arena, Xu Qingran was the only life sign left, and the staff opened the door as footsteps approached from inside.

• Shen Tingyu ordered someone to move Xu Qingran to Tianyi’s place while he investigated their unusual match result.
• An anonymous Star Horizon post claimed that two prominent people from different factions would soon reveal a soul compatibility above 98%, igniting speculation and a feud between Golden Wing and Silver Dragon users.
• Xu Qing'an told his friends he knew nothing about the rumored match and suggested his brother could not have matched with anyone from District 1 Hospital.
• After the arena system detected one remaining life sign, Tower 3’s warden ordered the doors opened, and footsteps sounded from within.

Xu Qingran survived Tower 3’s purgatorial arena without a protective bracelet and confirmed that the examiner who sent him there was Shen Tingyu. After recovering in the medical department, he received an official invitation from Grandis University.

• Xu Qingran emerged from the arena as its sole victor and dropped his knife before the tower master.
• Xu Qingran asked whether the examiner was Shen Tingyu, and the tower master confirmed his suspicion.
• Xu Qingran spent several days recovering in Tower 3’s medical department and refused MT Agent injections.
• Medical staff discussed military celebrities and the rumored 99% soul-compatibility match involving Xu Qingran.
• Tower 3’s supervisor brought Xu Qingran an official invitation from Grandis University.

Xu Qingran received his invitation to Grandis University's military academy and left Evil Tower after Shen Tingyu sent someone to fetch him. Lu Cheng arrived too late to take him away and learned he had been picked up by someone from the Shen Family; Xu Qingran reached Gold City on Sirius-Jade Star.

• The Tower 3 supervisor gave Xu Qingran his Grandis University military academy invitation and told him someone was waiting to take him from Evil Tower.
• A middle-aged man sent by Shen Tingyu invited Xu Qingran to the admiral's residence, and Xu Qingran agreed to go with him.
• Lu Cheng visited Evil Tower to seek Xu Qingran's release, claiming the young man was too timid to have beaten anyone violently.
• The tower chief told Lu Cheng that Xu Qingran had already left with someone from the Shen Family.
• Xu Qingran passed the checkpoints and arrived in Gold City on Sirius-Jade Star.

Xu Qingran arrived at Shen Tingyu’s secluded home and learned that Shen was often away for long stretches. After finding Shen unexpectedly naked in the shared bathroom, Xu Qingran recalled their tense reunion and blamed Shen for making his Evil Tower route so difficult.

• Xu Qingran traveled to Shen Tingyu’s isolated home and was welcomed by Sister-in-law Song, who showed him to a room near Shen’s.
• Sister-in-law Song explained that Shen usually returned late or could be away for a month, and she offered Xu Qingran new clothes and a place to rest.
• Xu Qingran noticed a toy with black and white wolves and thought that he would eventually grind the admiral of the main camp underfoot.
• Xu Qingran opened the bathroom door and found Shen Tingyu naked after a shower, then shut the door and privately remarked on his physique.
• Xu Qingran recalled sitting opposite Shen Tingyu after leaving the Evil Tower and accusing him of tailoring a punishing route for him.

Xu Qingran learned that he had been matched with someone in the Shen Family at a 99 compatibility score and agreed to live at Shen Tingyu’s home for a year. Shen Tingyu began to reintroduce himself, but a young boy arriving interrupted him.

• Shen Tingyu gave Xu Qingran the empire’s confidential soulmate-match notice and explained that a 99 compatibility score could not be refused.
• Shen Tingyu said Xu Qingran would need to live with him for a year while he observed him and waited until their soul information could be collected again.
• Xu Qingran asked whether Shen Tingyu could guarantee his safety, then agreed to move in and said he would pack the next day.
• Shen Tingyu started to introduce himself again, but a little boy with a mecha-themed schoolbag entered the living room.

Xu Qingran discovered that the Soulmate System had matched him with five-year-old Shen Tianyi, Shen Tingyu’s nephew, and was told to live with the child while awaiting reexamination. The chapter ended with Lu Cheng arriving at Shen Tingyu’s home and confronting him over Xu Qingran’s presence.

• Shen Tingyu introduced Shen Tianyi as Xu Qingran’s 99%-compatible match and explained that Xu Qingran would live with him for a year.
• Shen Tianyi asked Xu Qingran if he was the person who would become his wife, then privately decided that having him as a wife might not be so bad.
• Xu Qingran and the system questioned whether the match was a mistake, while the system noted that the compatibility data had been fabricated to create an excuse to approach Shen Tingyu.
• Lu Cheng arrived at Shen Tingyu’s home, checked Xu Qingran for injuries, and identified himself through Xu Qingran’s hesitant guess.
• Lu Cheng objected that Shen Tingyu had brought a Silver Dragon Camp member home without authorization and wondered how Xu Qingran had become involved with him.

Xu Qingran rejected Lu Cheng’s attempt to take him away, punched him, and stayed with Shen Tingyu. Two days later, he returned to the Xu Family home to pack his belongings and found the Star Horizon forum thread about the highly compatible couple still trending.

• Lu Cheng warned Xu Qingran against associating with Shen Tingyu, but Xu Qingran said he agreed Shen Tingyu was not a good person and questioned Lu Cheng’s right to interfere.
• Xu Qingran punched Lu Cheng, told him to stay away, and shut the door with Shen Tingyu inside.
• Lu Cheng eventually left, and Xu Qingran had dinner with Shen Tingyu and his family.
• Two days later, Shen Tingyu’s driver took Xu Qingran to the Xu Family home, where he packed his belongings.
• Xu Qingran found a lightboard displaying the Star Horizon forum thread about the highly compatible couple, which remained popular after more than half a month.

Xu Qingran remembered his younger sister, Xu Qingyao, while holding a broken toy from their childhood. Meanwhile, Xu Qing'an and Father Xu learned that Xu Qingran’s Soulmate System match might be linked to Chen Shengfei, and Father Xu was summoned to the system headquarters.

• Xu Qingran noticed a comment claiming the match involved someone from a major family rather than Boss Chen, then found a damaged Ultraman model in his drawer.
• The toy brought back memories of Xu Qingran and Xu Qingyao migrating together during the apocalypse, when she urged him to keep moving after his toy was destroyed.
• Xu Qingran recalled that Xu Qingyao had disappeared in his previous life and wondered aloud whether the toy wanted to become the light of justice.
• Xu Qing'an arrived and discovered that Father Xu had been summoned to the Soulmate System headquarters about the Xu Family.
• Xu Qing'an told Father Xu that rumors claimed Xu Qingran’s sample matched Chen Shengfei at over 98%, and Father Xu angrily rejected the possibility.

Xu Qingran prepared to move out of the Xu Family home and live with his fiancé, prompting a confrontation with Lu Cheng. As he left, he noticed signs that Class IV Devils had reached Red City.

• Xu Qing'an told Lu Cheng that Xu Qingran might have been matched with a highly compatible partner, and Lu Cheng angrily rejected the idea that it could be Shen Tingyu.
• Xu Qingran came downstairs with his luggage and told Father Xu he was leaving to live with his fiancé and prepare for their marriage.
• Lu Cheng tried to stop Xu Qingran, who mocked his relationship with Xu Qing'an and warned him to let go of his wrist.
• Xu Qingran left the house with the driver and noticed blue-black Devil stains near a sewer entrance.
• The driver said the stains came from Class IV Devils and remarked that their spread to Red City was a bad sign.

Xu Qingran settled into life at Shen Tingyu’s home, trained, and received requests to handle school and university paperwork. He encountered Shen Tianyi watching Duo Lili’s online concert, while the system urged him to provoke a romantic situation with Shen Tingyu.

• Xu Qingran asked the system what happened to the original owner’s soul and complained that his own new life felt like a series of tribulations.
• Xu Qingran returned to Shen Tingyu’s home, where he trained every morning and kept his distance from Shen Tianyi.
• The system urged Xu Qingran to make something happen with Shen Tingyu and announced its new fantasy about a flirtatious uncle and his nephew-in-law.
• Xu Qingran received emails from Grandis Secondary School Division and the university’s military academy requesting materials and in-person registration.
• Xu Qingran found Shen Tianyi watching Duo Lili’s online concert and viewed the immersive stage scene with him.

Xu Qingran learned about idol Duo Lili and clashed with Shen Tingyu, who offered to drive him to Grandis University. The chapter ended with Xu Qingran returning from his morning run to find Shen Tingyu waiting for him.

• Shen Tianyi explained Duo Lili's rare D-Type Soul Spirit and how her singing restored listeners' Mental Power.
• Xu Qingran saw Shen Tingyu return and reacted coldly after recalling the system's fabrication, while Shen Tingyu teased him.
• At dinner, Xu Qingran asked about Xiao Zhang and explained that he needed to go out after receiving an email.
• Shen Tingyu offered to drive Xu Qingran to Grandis University because he was going there anyway.
• The next morning, Xu Qingran returned from running to find Shen Tingyu waiting in the living room.

Xu Qingran went to Grandis Secondary School to collect his belongings and found that his former classmates had damaged his artwork and certificates. After hearing rumors about Xu Qing'an’s family, he confronted a group of students who mocked him and repeated accusations from Xu Qing'an.

• Shen Tingyu drove Xu Qingran to Grandis Secondary School, where Xu Qingran got out and took public transport to the academic affairs office.
• Xu Qingran found his trophies, certificates, and artworks damaged, then packed them into a box.
• Xu Qingran overheard students say that Xu Qing'an's mother had fallen and been taken to the hospital.
• A group of students mocked Xu Qingran and admitted they had touched up his work after throwing a stone at him.
• Xu Qingran challenged the group about what Xu Qing'an had told them and asked whether Xu Qing'an had said he went crazy when unhappy.

Xu Qingran retaliated against the students who had destroyed his work and certificates, beating them despite their threats and the teachers’ protests. Shen Tingyu arrived and, instead of stopping him, asked when he would be finished because they still had other places to go.

• Xu Qingran dislocated the rasping-voiced student’s arm, threw him down, and injured him with a kick and a blow of Mental Power.
• Xu Qingran poured coffee over a wealthy student, beat him, and forced him to kneel and bow before him.
• Xu Qingran confronted the remaining students, rejected their apologies, and warned that he would injure them while paying their medical bills.
• Shen Tingyu arrived to find the students badly injured, and teachers tried to stop Xu Qingran from attacking them further.
• Xu Qingran challenged the teachers for ignoring the destruction of his work, then lowered his fist when Shen Tingyu put a hand on his shoulder.
• Shen Tingyu told Xu Qingran he had not come to stop him and asked when he would be finished so they could go elsewhere.

Xu Qingran completed his military academy registration and retaliated against Professor Lu Wennian for questioning his admission, while Shen Tingyu quietly dealt with a private medical issue. The chapter ended with Shen asking Xie Nanjun to have his sister prepare more inhibitors, prompting Xie to question why Shen needed them so soon.

• Xu Qingran kicked the man who had caused trouble at the branch campus before leaving with his belongings.
• At Grandis University's main campus, Xu Qingran registered for the military academy and left a recording and his transcripts for the medical school's dean and Professor Lu Wennian.
• Xu Qingran and Shen Tingyu returned home, where they resumed their separate routines.
• On the night before Shen Tingyu returned to work, the system gave Xu Qingran a romance manual titled "Climb into his bed," and Xu Qingran rejected its advice.
• Shen Tingyu took an inhibitor from a locked cabinet and called Xie Nanjun to request another batch for his sister to prepare.
• Xie Nanjun pointed out that Shen Tingyu had received six doses just six months earlier, despite them previously lasting a year.