Chapter Summaries

Zhou Meng woke with amnesia in the Gods' Psychiatric Hospital and discovered that he was listed as the God of Theft, with a trait called Petty Theft. He decided to test his ability on the gods in the neighboring wards.

• Zhou Meng woke in a deserted hospital ward, remembered only his name, and found himself subject to the hospital's rules when its main gate refused to open.
• Zhou Meng recognized the place as the Gods' Psychiatric Hospital from Slaying Gods and recalled its patients, including six gods, Lin Qiye, and An Qingyu.
• Zhou Meng returned to his ward and read the records identifying him as the God of Theft, with the trait Petty Theft and a 100% mental illness index.
• Zhou Meng wondered what he could steal and set out to test his ability on the gods in the neighboring wards.

Zhou Meng entered Nyx’s ward and tested his theft ability on her thoughts, illness, and divine entries, discovering that his power could not take her strongest abilities. As Nyx embraced him as her husband, a violent knock sounded at the hospital entrance and bells rang from the clock tower.

• Zhou Meng stole the door to Nyx’s ward, got knocked down by it, and entered her room.
• Nyx mistook Zhou Meng for her child, but he stole the thought of claiming him as her son; she then embraced vases while calling for Thanatos and Hypnos.
• Zhou Meng failed to steal Nyx’s delusions and learned that he could not take her crimson-gold or orange entries, though he could steal some weaker ones.
• Nyx hugged Zhou Meng and mistook him for her husband Erebus, while identifying Hypnos and Thanatos as their children.
• A violent knock sounded at the mental hospital’s entrance, and bells rang from its clock tower.

Lin Qiye explored the Gods' Psychiatric Hospital and met its patient, Zhou Meng, whose ward task required borrowing his traits to advance treatment. Zhou Meng lent Lin Qiye his Extraordinary Fertility trait, and his mental illness index began to fall.

• Lin Qiye entered the hospital's activity area after discovering that his eyesight and spiritual power had returned.
• Lin Qiye met Zhou Meng, who admitted he was a patient and agreed to show him around.
• Lin Qiye read Zhou Meng's ward task, which instructed him to borrow Zhou Meng's traits to raise treatment progress.
• Zhou Meng lent Lin Qiye his Extraordinary Fertility trait, and Zhou Meng saw his mental illness index decrease to 99.99%.

Lin Qiye tested a trait borrowed from Zhou Meng and discovered it gave him an overwhelming urge to give birth to many children. After Zhou Meng took it back, Lin Qiye explored the psychiatric ward and prepared to learn more about its divine patients.

• Zhou Meng lent Lin Qiye Nyx's purple [Extraordinary Fertility] trait, which filled Lin Qiye with a desire to give birth to many children himself.
• Zhou Meng reclaimed the trait and returned it to Nyx, ending Lin Qiye's urge while his treatment progress increased by 0.01%.
• Lin Qiye asked Zhou Meng about his identity, and Zhou Meng said he could not remember his origins and only knew he could steal and lend traits.
• Lin Qiye tried the ward doors, found five locked, and entered Nyx's room after its door dissolved when he touched the handle.
• Zhou Meng stopped Lin Qiye from leaving and grabbed two blue traits from Nyx to lend him for self-defense.

Lin Qiye received two powerful entries from Zhou Meng and gained a way to teleport through shadows, while Zhou Meng began visiting the other gods’ wards to steal their abilities. In the real world, Lin Qiye asked a doctor how to handle an amnesiac who denied being ill and was told to increase the medication.

• Zhou Meng lent Lin Qiye the [Dark Night Flash] and [Star-Splitting Art] entries, which Lin Qiye absorbed and tested by teleporting between shadows.
• Lin Qiye thanked Zhou Meng, decided not to test Star-Splitting Art inside the mental hospital, and left with plans to learn more about Nyx’s and Zhou Meng’s illnesses.
• Zhou Meng visited Merlin’s ward, dodged the falling door, and left after Merlin tried to draw him into a discussion about reality.
• Zhou Meng headed toward Bragi’s room to continue checking the remaining gods.
• In the real world, Lin Qiye asked a doctor about an amnesiac psychiatric patient who insisted he was not sick, and the doctor advised increasing the dosage.

Zhou Meng inspected Bragi, Sun Wukong, and Gilgamesh, then joined Lin Qiye as he tried to treat Nyx by posing as her son. Nyx welcomed Lin Qiye as Thanatos and mistook Zhou Meng for her husband Erebus, prompting Zhou Meng to suggest they call each other “brother” and “Dad.”

• Zhou Meng examined Bragi’s, Sun Wukong’s, and Gilgamesh’s traits, then decided to leave Nyarlathotep sealed in Yaland’s room.
• Lin Qiye returned to the psychiatric hospital and invited Zhou Meng to watch him try to treat Nyx by acting as her child.
• Lin Qiye embraced Nyx and called her Mother, and Nyx welcomed him as Thanatos while his treatment progress reached 3%.
• Lin Qiye drew the [Starry Night Dancer] ability and noticed [Extraordinary Fertility], realizing Zhou Meng had stolen the trait.
• Nyx mistook Zhou Meng for her husband Erebus and asked Lin Qiye to greet his father, so Zhou Meng proposed that they call each other “brother” and “Dad.”

Zhou Meng discovered a letter from Ji Nian that hinted at his unknown origin and a missing object, then tried medicine for his amnesia and began seeing through Lin Qiye’s perspective. The chapter ended with Lin Qiye sensing Zhou Meng’s gaze as he looked up at the rainy night sky.

• Zhou Meng found Ji Nian’s letter to an unfamiliar god and learned that he had appeared in the mental hospital with an unknown object that she had taken.
• Lin Qiye put on Ji Nian’s white coat and gave Zhou Meng medicine labeled for gods with amnesia.
• Zhou Meng drank the medicine, saw no change in his mental illness index, then experienced increasingly vivid images.
• Zhou Meng saw Lin Qiye’s aunt and younger brother, Yang Jin, through Lin Qiye’s perspective before Lin Qiye looked up at the night sky.

Lin Qiye rushed to save Zhao Kongcheng from the Ghost-Faced King, but his Star-Splitting Art failed to kill the monster and left him unable to fight. As Zhao Kongcheng used Ghost-God Guidance to protect him, Lin Qiye heard Zhou Meng offer help.

• Lin Qiye learned from a bat that Zhao Kongcheng had disappeared while fighting a huge monster, then used Dark Night Flash to reach the hidden battlefield.
• Lin Qiye entered Zhao Kongcheng's Boundless Airspace and found him confronting the Ghost-Faced King.
• Lin Qiye severed the Ghost-Faced King's head with the Star-Splitting Art, but the monster survived because its true body was the pale face on its chest.
• Lin Qiye exhausted his spiritual power, and Zhao Kongcheng took the brunt of the Ghost-Faced King's attacks to protect him.
• Zhao Kongcheng used Ghost-God Guidance and struck at the Ghost-Faced King's chest, but the monster dodged and lost only half an arm.
• Lin Qiye wondered how to save Zhao Kongcheng, then heard Zhou Meng's voice offer help.

Zhou Meng took over Lin Qiye’s body and killed the Ghost-Faced King, then stopped Zhao Kongcheng from dying. Zhao Kongcheng woke in the 136th Squad’s infirmary and asked Chen Muye how he had survived.

• Lin Qiye agreed to let Zhou Meng possess his body so Zhou Meng could save Zhao Kongcheng.
• Zhou Meng took control of Lin Qiye, pulled Zhao Kongcheng behind him, and used the Ghost-Faced King’s Forbidden Ruin to kill it with Zhao Kongcheng’s blade.
• Zhou Meng caught the collapsing Zhao Kongcheng and used his remaining time to halt Zhao Kongcheng’s failing life force.
• Zhao Kongcheng woke in the 136th Squad’s infirmary, saw Chen Muye and the other squad members, and asked Chen Muye how he had survived after using Ghost-God Guidance.

Zhao Kongcheng woke after three days of recovery and learned that Lin Qiye had joined the Nightwatchers to repay him for saving his life. After Zhao recounted the battle with the Ghost-Faced King, Chen Muye decided Lin Qiye and the mysterious Zhou Meng needed urgent reassessment and contacted Commander-in-Chief Ye.

• Chen Muye and the 136th Squad told Zhao Kongcheng that he had survived the fight and that Lin Qiye had joined the Nightwatchers for ten years to repay him.
• Wu Xiangnan asked Zhao about the Ghost-Faced King's death, Lin Qiye's abilities, and whether Ghost-God Guidance had worked, and Zhao recounted the battle.
• Si Xiaonan said she found no trace of Ghost-God Guidance in Zhao's body, despite evidence that the needle had been used.
• Zhao concluded that Zhou Meng had taken over Lin Qiye's body and saved him, while Chen Muye considered the implications of Lin Qiye's strength and Zhou Meng's powers.
• Chen Muye left the hospital room and called Commander-in-Chief Ye to report the urgent matter.

Zhou Meng gave Lin Qiye the Ghost-Faced King’s spatial-shifting trait after persuading him to spare the imprisoned monster. Lin Qiye prepared to join the Nightwatchers and grow strong enough to protect his family, while Zhou Meng discovered that helping him could lower his illness index and bring him closer to discharge.

• Zhou Meng inspected the imprisoned Ghost-Faced King and identified its blue trait, Ghost-Face Spatial Shift.
• Lin Qiye found the prison and moved to kill the Ghost-Faced King, but Zhou Meng convinced him to spare it as a potential future orderly.
• Zhou Meng replaced Lin Qiye’s Dark Night Flash trait with Ghost-Face Spatial Shift and explained that Lin Qiye’s realm limited how many traits he could accommodate.
• Lin Qiye reflected on joining the Nightwatchers to repay Zhao Kongcheng and become strong enough to protect his family.
• Zhou Meng checked his status and saw that possessing Lin Qiye to fight could reduce his mental illness index faster than lending traits alone.

Lin Qiye began special training with the 136th Squad, but Chen Muye pushed him into a desperate fight to test the power he had unleashed against the Ghost-Faced King. Lin Qiye’s blade strike devastated the training ground, prompting Hongying and Wen Qimo to head downstairs and investigate.

• Chen Muye assigned Lin Qiye morning blade practice, afternoon Forbidden Ruin training with Wen Qimo, and evening shooting practice with Leng Xuan, lending him Zhao Kongcheng’s blade.
• Chen Muye battered Lin Qiye during their sparring match, hoping to provoke the extraordinary power Lin Qiye had shown before.
• Zhou Meng heard Lin Qiye’s screams from the psychiatric hospital and urged him to use the traits he had lent him.
• Lin Qiye’s eyes began to glow as he unleashed a powerful blade strike that Chen Muye barely managed to deflect.
• The deflected strike smashed the weapons rack and cracked the wall, shaking the building upstairs.
• Hongying and Wen Qimo hurried toward the underground training ground to see what had caused the commotion.

Lin Qiye’s training slash nearly brought down the building and left Chen Muye wondering how the rookie had unleashed such power. Chen Muye stopped the spar and called for help reinforcing the building, while Lin Qiye was left to clean up with Hongying and Wen Qimo.

• Lin Qiye’s Star-Splitting Art sent a Blade Aura into the wall, creating a huge crack and forcing Chen Muye to deflect it with bamboo swords that snapped.
• Hongying and Wen Qimo came downstairs, learned Lin Qiye had made the crack, and praised his strength while Chen Muye wondered whether Zhou Meng was connected to the technique.
• Lin Qiye realized his slash had been far more powerful than expected and resolved to ask Zhou Meng about his abilities or test them in the Mental Hospital before using them outside.
• Chen Muye ended training, warned Lin Qiye not to use the dangerous move again, and ordered Hongying and Wen Qimo to help him clean up.
• Chen Muye called for someone with an earth-and-wood-type Forbidden Ruins ability to reinforce the building.

Lin Qiye learned that Wen Qimo suspected Zhou Meng was a second personality, while keeping the truth about the gods in his mental hospital secret. As Hongying arrived to spar with him, Zhou Meng gave Lin Qiye the [Bronze Head and Iron Arms] entry to help him withstand her attacks.

• Lin Qiye told Wen Qimo he did not remember using his power against the Ghost-Faced King, and Wen Qimo shared the team's theory that Zhou Meng was a second personality holding most of Lin Qiye's Divine Ruin power.
• Wen Qimo prepared to train Lin Qiye's perception when Hongying arrived and challenged him to spar with her spear.
• Lin Qiye went into the mental hospital and asked Zhou Meng for an ability that would let him take hits without pain.
• Zhou Meng gave Lin Qiye the [Bronze Head and Iron Arms] entry, which Lin Qiye planned to combine with [Ghost-Faced Earth Aspect] before facing Hongying.

Lin Qiye trained with Hongying, using Ghost-Face Spatial Shift to distort her perception and improve his combat skills. Hongying recognized the Forbidden Ruins and began using her own power, leaving Lin Qiye facing a fiery spear thrust.

• Lin Qiye picked up a bamboo sword and began sparring with Hongying while Wen Qimo watched from a distance.
• Lin Qiye activated Ghost-Face Spatial Shift, and Hongying recognized it as the Ghost-Faced King's Forbidden Ruins.
• Lin Qiye shifted Hongying's perception, but she quickly adapted and continued fighting, giving him an advantage in their exchange.
• Wen Qimo approached, felt the spatial distortion, and suspected Lin Qiye could wield multiple Forbidden Ruins.
• Lin Qiye told Hongying that if he could use the Forbidden Ruins, it was his, and Hongying activated [Rosefire Feather Robe] before preparing a flaming spear thrust.

Lin Qiye used Zhou Meng’s Bronze Head and Iron Arms entry to withstand Hongying’s flaming spear thrust, leaving Hongying and Wen Qimo stunned. Zhou Meng watched from the psychiatric hospital and confirmed that lending Lin Qiye varied entries lowered his mental illness index, then went to find another entry to lend him.

• Hongying attacked Lin Qiye with a flaming spear, while Lin Qiye activated Bronze Head and Iron Arms to face the thrust head-on.
• Hongying’s spear tip flew off and embedded itself in the wall, while Lin Qiye’s bamboo saber burned down to its hilt.
• Wen Qimo and Hongying wondered how Lin Qiye had blocked the attack, and Hongying asked him what he had used.
• Zhou Meng left after watching the spar and found that his mental illness index had fallen to 99.75% as Lin Qiye used entries more flexibly and frequently.
• Zhou Meng headed toward the ward area to choose another entry to lend Lin Qiye.

After two weeks of brutal training, Lin Qiye prepared for his first official Nightwatcher mission, the Nanda Snake Demon case. Zhou Meng lent him Bragi’s “Heavenly” Voice, leaving Lin Qiye ready to unleash his singing on Nyx.

• The 136th Squad reassessed Lin Qiye’s abilities and intensified his training, while his shooting practice remained disastrous.
• Zhou Meng recalled that the Nanda Snake Demon planned to infiltrate the Nightwatchers through its second personality, Li Yifei, and considered how Lin Qiye and An Qingyu might expose it.
• As Zhou Meng’s illness index fell, he chose Bragi’s blue trait, “Heavenly” Voice, for Lin Qiye.
• Lin Qiye received the trait and felt an irresistible urge to sing, while Zhou Meng retreated with stolen earmuffs.
• Lin Qiye began singing “My Sun” to Nyx.

Lin Qiye’s Heavenly Voice entry made Nyx chase him with a feather duster, but it also raised the Ghost-Faced King’s fear value and improved Nyx’s healing. At Second High School, Lin Qiye proposed a way to contain the infected, and Chen Muye approved after hearing Lin’s singing over the comms.

• Nyx chased Lin Qiye around the room and hit him with a feather duster after he sang, until Zhou Meng stole her urge to keep chasing him.
• Lin Qiye checked Nyx’s condition, saw that her healing value had risen, and found that the Ghost-Faced King’s fear value had jumped from two to fifty.
• Lin Qiye reported that at least sixty students and staff at Second High School were infected and asked Chen Muye about a memory-erasing Forbidden Item.
• Lin Qiye asked Chen Muye to isolate their communications, then sang into the comms device and made Chen rip out his earpiece.
• Chen Muye realized Lin Qiye’s plan could work, restored communications, approved his request, and ordered Hongying and Xiaonan to follow Lin’s orders.

Lin Qiye ordered the Nightwatchers to gather everyone at No. 2 High School in the auditorium, where he planned to trap the monsters among them. The chapter ended with Lin Qiye discovering that Li Yifei had put in his earplugs too soon and could no longer hear him.

• Wu Xiangnan appointed Lin Qiye acting commander, and Lin Qiye told Hongying and Si Xiaonan to watch the girls' dormitory rather than enter it.
• Lin Qiye sent Li Yifei to fetch earplugs, then went to the principal's office and used Michael's divine might to make the principal announce a school-wide gathering.
• Teachers led their students toward the auditorium, while An Qingyu noticed signs that something unusual was happening at school.
• Lin Qiye told Li Yifei to give earplugs to Hongying and Si Xiaonan, and ordered them to block the auditorium's exits once everyone was inside.
• Hongying questioned Lin Qiye's plan to gather the monsters with the civilians, but agreed to trust him; Lin Qiye then found Li Yifei waiting outside with his earplugs already in, unable to hear him.

Lin Qiye exposed the Nanda Snake Demons in No. 2 High School’s auditorium by singing unbearably loudly, allowing Hongying, Si Xiaonan, and Li Yifei to kill them. Afterward, they found that the unharmed student An Qingyu had deliberately protected his ears and deduced the cause of the attack.

• Lin Qiye gathered the school in the auditorium and began singing Borrow Five Hundred Years from Heaven.
• Lin Qiye’s singing incapacitated the humans and revealed more than sixty students and staff as Nanda Snake Demons.
• Hongying, Si Xiaonan, and Li Yifei killed the weakened monsters while Lin Qiye continued singing.
• Lin Qiye stopped Li Yifei from attacking An Qingyu, who had remained conscious and was examining a monster’s corpse.
• An Qingyu introduced himself and said that basic deduction had helped him understand why he was unaffected.