Chapter Summaries

Shisui overwhelmed and killed Xue Jiuyao at the docks, then prepared his severed head as a gift. The next morning, Bo Xiwan found the head among flowers on his study desk and hurried away.

• Xue Jiuyao struggled to fight Shisui, but Shisui's kagune trapped and defeated him.
• Shisui killed Xue Jiuyao, removed his head, and grew a branch of koukaku from the severed neck.
• Bo Xiwan found Xue Jiuyao's head displayed among black datura on his study desk.
• Bo Xiwan closed the study door and hurried away, recognizing that the manor was no longer safe.

Shisui met Bo Xiwan at an inn and offered to help him secure victory in exchange for the value of two gifts, while they discussed Bo Xiwan’s family ambitions and the danger of drawing the Heaven Realm’s attention. At the damaged docks, investigators found only Psychic Energy traces matching Xue Jiuyao, identifying him as the sole person whose energy remained at the scene.

• Shisui made Bo Xiwan wait while he brewed tea, then asked him to decide what the two gifts were worth.
• Bo Xiwan said he could not reach upstream and suggested that Xue Jiuyao had better connections through the Yinling Sect.
• Shisui offered to help Bo Xiwan win the family-head position, and Bo Xiwan considered using his space attribute to eliminate rivals without leaving direct evidence.
• At the docks, Moonwhite Shoal’s search team investigated the wreckage while workers hurried to keep the damaged structure from collapsing.
• A search team member identified the Psychic Energy traces as Xue Jiuyao’s and reported that his were the only traces at the scene.

Shisui, disguised as Yue Jian, struck a deal with Bo Xiwan for a way into Mao City and Shengtian Public School, plus access to Xu Xing, in exchange for information about Xue Jiuyao’s death. After sealing their agreement with a Blood Oath, Shisui revealed how he had used Xue Jiuyao’s remains and a Spirit Treasure to maintain his disguise.

• The search team identified Xue Jiuyao at the ruined pier, then received a report accusing him of embezzling goods and killing Bo Xiping.
• Shisui asked Bo Xiwan for an identity that would let him enter Mao City and Shengtian Public School and reach Xu Xing.
• Bo Xiwan offered Bo Xiping’s admission slot and an internship at the Citroën Company in exchange for information about his younger brother, and the two sealed a no-betrayal Blood Oath.
• Shisui told Bo Xiwan that only Xue Jiuyao’s Psychic Energy fluctuations remained at the pier and that Xue Jiuyao had visited the mine.
• After Bo Xiwan left, Shisui emerged from Alternate Space and revealed that the apparent Xue Jiuyao had been a puppet made from his remains.
• Shisui used Xue Jiuyao’s silver stud earring, an artificial Spirit Treasure powered by Coagulated Blood Crystal, to mask the puppet’s aura.

Shisui crafted a new type of Flesh Crystal to power his earring, stored Xue Jiuyao, and entered [Metamorphosis] to prepare for Shengtian Public School. As authorities investigated the recent incidents and river travel was restricted, Miao Xingyu headed south, seeking a sea route to Huaihuang Continent.

• Shisui combined a Flesh Crystal with Psychic Energy-infused silver powder to make crystals that could power his earring without realm restrictions, then put one in the stud.
• Shisui stored Xue Jiuyao in his Alternate Space and used numerous Flesh Crystals to cultivate before entering [Metamorphosis].
• Investigators questioned Bo Xiwan and discussed evidence linking Xue Jiuyao to the mine and dock, believing they would soon resolve both cases.
• Chen City joined the blockade of the Wunu River, while chaos in Qiongfang City and the buried mountain pass drove refugees south.
• Miao Xingyu traveled with other Demon Race refugees and headed toward a sea route to Huaihuang Continent.

Shisui discovered a snowflake marking on a merchant ship’s thruster that connected Bo Xiwan to Xu Xing, the developer of Coagulated Blood Crystal equipment. After the Wealth-Bringing Caravan reached Mao City, Shisui set his sights on Shengtian Public School’s records about soul research, while the wanted assassin White Owl also headed toward the city.

• Shisui recognized a snowflake pattern on the Fortune-Bringing Merchant Ship’s thruster as the same mark he had seen beside Xu Xing’s name on Coagulated Blood Crystal equipment.
• Shisui decided to preserve his cooperation with Bo Xiwan so he could reach Xu Xing through him.
• The Wealth-Bringing Caravan sailed for two days and brought Shisui to Mao City, where he planned to visit Shengtian Public School’s library for research about the soul.
• A cargo ship briefly stopped five kilometers outside Mao City, allowing several disguised passengers to disembark before it continued on.
• White Owl, a wanted Beastfolk assassin, left the ship openly and headed purposefully toward Mao City.

Shisui entered Mao City under the name Yue Jian and headed toward Shengtian Public School, but stopped for the night at a villa near the city’s west side. After killing the villa’s owner and a security guard, he cooked seafood claypot rice and left without a trace.

• Shisui entered Mao City using documents that identified him as Yue Jian and planned to continue to Shengtian Public School the next day.
• Shisui broke into a villa and killed its owner with his Kagune.
• Shisui prepared seafood claypot rice, then killed a patrolling security guard who came to investigate the damaged front door.
• Shisui left by cutting through space, and the villa’s interior returned to normal before other guards arrived.

Bo Xiqian attended a secret Knowledge-Seeking Society meeting at Shengtian Public School, where he agreed to pursue leadership of the Bo Xi Family for the All-School Alliance. Meanwhile, Shisui waited at Mao City's western ferry terminal, preparing to travel to Academy Island with his school admission certificate.

• Shisui opened a clay pot of seafood rice at an inn and ignored the terrified commotion nearby.
• Bo Xiqian entered a concealed room in Shengtian Public School's library and joined a meeting of students from the Knowledge-Seeking Society.
• The society discussed exploiting the great families' weakened position and asked Bo Xiqian whether he could become head of the Bo Xi Family.
• Bo Xiqian said he was seventy percent confident and pledged to act in the All-School Alliance's interests.
• Shisui arrived at the West City ferry terminal and prepared to board a ferry to Academy Island using his Shengtian Public School admission certificate.

In a non-canon dream, Shisui livestreamed himself eating raw meat while answering viewers’ questions. He woke in the inn before he could eat his fill and planned to get breakfast.

• Shisui began a mukbang livestream and prepared sliced raw meat with homemade sauce and black coffee.
• Shisui answered viewers’ questions about his hair, skincare, and secret sauce recipe.
• Shisui ate the meat while viewers watched, then chatted until he had streamed for two hours and ended the broadcast.
• After the stream, Shisui hurried to the fridge for more meat, but an alarm woke him in the inn.
• Shisui sat up and planned to eat breakfast early.

Shisui arrived on Academy Island in disguise, passed through its security barrier, and hired a local guide to help him settle in. Uncle Cai warned him that students in All-School Alliance uniforms and employees of Citroën Machinery were people he should not offend.

• Shisui boarded a cruise ship to Academy Island and sensed that several assassins were aboard, likely targeting people on the island.
• Shisui passed the island’s security barrier, whose scan failed to detect his disguise because it came from changes to his own cells.
• Shisui met Zhang Juncai, agreed to hire him as a guide, and paid him two hundred medium-grade spirit pills a day.
• Shisui and Uncle Cai hired a luxury carriage and headed toward the center of Academy Island.
• Uncle Cai told Shisui to avoid students under the All-School Alliance and employees of Citroën Machinery.

Shisui traveled with Uncle Cai and considered how to approach Citroën Machinery Company, while Chief Engineer Xu made production decisions at the company. Shisui and Uncle Cai reached a discreet side entrance to Shengtian Public School and knocked on its gate.

• Uncle Cai warned Shisui not to provoke Shengtian's students or Citroën Machinery Company's employees, and Shisui decided he needed an aristocratic family to introduce him to the company.
• Xu Xing reviewed the research department's progress and production orders with his assistant, then ordered the company to keep using the previous-generation Warship Thruster model and redirect a production line from the Bo Xi Family's order to upper management.
• Shisui arrived at Shengtian Public School with Uncle Cai, who claimed he had connections there and led him away from the main gate.
• Shisui sensed that one of the statues beside the side entrance was watching him, but nothing happened.
• Shisui and Uncle Cai approached the side gate of Shengtian Public School and knocked.

Shisui entered Shengtian Public School with Zhang Juncai and surveyed the campus while looking for information about his target. After a brief encounter with the powerful Arakawa Jiushu, Shisui left Zhang Juncai at the cafeteria and continued his investigation alone.

• Zhang Juncai bribed the gate guard with cigarettes and showed Shisui's admission certificate to gain entry to Shengtian Public School.
• Shisui and Zhang Juncai toured the campus, and Shisui studied the chained human statues around the library plaza.
• Shisui exchanged a brief glance with Arakawa Jiushu, who sensed Shisui's Psychic Energy Barrier and dismissed him as weak.
• Shisui and Zhang Juncai found that they could not enter the library without student brooches, so they circled it before going to the cafeteria.
• Shisui found the cafeteria food foul because it lacked Psychic Energy, then told Zhang Juncai he had to leave and continue surveying the campus alone.
• Zhang Juncai gave Shisui his home address and offered to help if Shisui needed anything.

Arakawa Jiushu met Yuanqing at a luxurious residence and agreed to kill Ji Xingbang at Shengtian, while privately judging Yuanqing and resolving to contact the people behind him. At Shengtian Public School, Shisui sensed a hidden mystery in the library and found soul-related book rubbings, one of which responded to his soul.

• Arakawa Jiushu met Yuanqing and confirmed his ability to kill Ji Xingbang at Shengtian according to their plan.
• Yuanqing said his side would handle the aftermath, and Arakawa Jiushu decided to seek contact with the people behind him.
• Shisui received his student brooch early and entered Shengtian's library, where the dome stirred the Rc Cells in his body.
• A library employee told Shisui that access to the upper floors required credits and cultivation in increasingly advanced realms.
• Shisui found a concealed door and soul-related book rubbings in a secluded corner of the library.
• The rubbing titled "Soul, Body, Psychic Energy" glowed when Shisui touched it, as if the original book sensed his soul.

Shisui borrowed and read the first volume of Soul, Body, and Psychic Energy, hoping the complete set would explain his transmigration before he advanced to the Earth Realm. Meanwhile, Bo Xiqian and his allies prepared to seize control of the Bo Xi Family the next day.

• Shisui borrowed the printed first volume of Soul, Body, and Psychic Energy and learned where the other volumes were kept.
• A powerful watcher followed Shisui near the fountain, where the statue's covered eyes seemed to move.
• Shisui read the first volume and concluded that he needed the complete set to investigate his soul's transmigration before reaching the Earth Realm.
• Bo Xiqian told the group that Mr. Ji Xingbang and many family branches supported their operation.
• The group planned to take control of the Bo Xi Family's descendants during enrollment, then launch their operation on Ringwater Continent, while Bo Xiqian led most of them back to Wu City by boat that night.

Shisui intercepted a carrier pigeon and learned that Bo Xiqian was fleeing to Huanshui, so he went to the harbor to assassinate him. He killed Bo Xiqian as he tried to board a ship, leaving the dock in panic and his companions confronting the headless body.

• Shisui caught a carrier pigeon from Bo Xiwan, learned Bo Xiqian planned to sail south that night, and sent word that Bo Xiqian would not board the ship.
• Shisui surveyed the harbor, hid on a rooftop, and waited for Bo Xiqian to arrive.
• Bo Xiqian reached the dock in a shielded carriage with prominent classmates and hurried toward the cruise ship's boarding entrance.
• Shisui shot Bo Xiqian in the head as he spoke to a crew member, triggering screams and chaos among the passengers.
• Bo Xiqian's companions pushed through the crowd and found his headless body in a pool of blood.

Shisui assassinated Bo Xiqian with a Steel Feather and returned to the Shengtian Library, then prepared to wait for the school to erupt in chaos. As Yuanqing’s conspirators and Arakawa Jiushu positioned themselves for a dawn takeover, the night ended with White Owl watching from the administrative building.

• Shisui killed Bo Xiqian near the cruise ship boarding entrance with a Steel Feather, retrieved the feather through a space wormhole, and returned to the Shengtian Library.
• Members of the Knowledge-Seeking Society smuggled weapons and awakened ones into Shengtian Public School to prepare for a takeover the next morning.
• A woman directing the plot reassured a recruit that ordinary students would avoid interfering in prominent families’ disputes, then used her pearl bracelet to signal Yuanqing.
• Yuanqing ordered Arakawa Jiushu, known as White Owl, to act at daybreak.
• Arakawa Jiushu flew to the administrative building and watched the conspirators deploy around the school.

Arakawa Jiushu killed Vice Principal Ji Xingbang, and the Knowledge-Seeking Society’s uprising plunged Shengtian Public School into chaos. Shisui used the turmoil to sneak through the library and search for the remaining volume of “Soul, Body, Psychic Energy.”

• Arakawa Jiushu ambushed Ji Xingbang outside the Administration Building and escaped with his heart.
• The Knowledge-Seeking Society attacked across the school, and Shisui detonated his Radiant Feathers, causing widespread destruction and deaths.
• Shisui used Feather Powder and Owl Wings to hide his spatial movements and vanish from the library’s first floor.
• A blindfolded young man emerged from the fountain statue and left the library to enter the chaos.
• Shisui searched the library’s second and third floors for “Soul, Body, Psychic Energy” and planned to reach the top floor for the last volume.

Shisui broke into the hidden upper floor of Shengtian Public Library, triggering its defenses and drawing the attention of a chained Earth Realm cultivator. Their fight ended with the cultivator trapping Shisui in a Psychic Energy lockdown.

• After securing the books and reinforcing his connection to the Radiant Feathers, Shisui sensed a hidden floor above the library’s fourth floor.
• Shisui attacked the space sealing off the hidden floor, setting off the library’s alarm and defenses.
• A young man who had been rescuing people rushed to the library and confronted Shisui as he emerged from the spatial lockdown.
• Shisui and the young man exchanged attacks, and both tested the other’s defenses and strength.
• When the young man reached for the chains at his waist, Shisui launched an attack, but the young man sealed Shisui inside a Psychic Energy lockdown.

Shisui escaped the blindfolded young man's devastating attack and helped paralyze him, allowing Arakawa Jiushu to capture him. The story then shifted to a Beastfolk interception post near Mao City, where an unknown attacker began killing its soldiers.

• Shisui regenerated after the blindfolded young man severed his neck, but the young man used golden chains to trap him and unleash a blast that destroyed the plaza around the library.
• A battered scorpion tail stabbed the blindfolded young man with [Bone-Deep Rot], leaving him frozen and twitching.
• Arakawa Jiushu arrived, recognized an opportunity to seize the Human Race's Earth Realm captive, and carried him away as White Owl.
• The story shifted to a newly established Beastfolk interception post near the Wunu River, where two soldiers took a break while the post intercepted fleeing civilians.
• One soldier spotted something in the jungle and warned the other, but a sharp Steel Feather decapitated the standing soldier before the attacker killed the remaining witness.

Shisui emerged from a Space Wormhole badly injured and nearly drained of Psychic Energy, then awoke driven by overwhelming hunger. After feeding on Beastfolk and regaining strength, he attacked a huge crowd gathered at the Wunu River outpost and trapped them with Spatial Lockdown and Feather Powder.

• A Radiant Feather pierced a Beastfolk soldier, opened a Space Wormhole through his body, and brought Shisui into the rainforest as the soldier was killed.
• Shisui slowly recovered enough to move, then hunger overwhelmed him when he regained consciousness.
• Shisui killed two nearby Beastfolk and consumed one of his victims to restore his strength.
• At the Wunu River outpost, Beastfolk soldiers detained a cargo ship and gathered thousands of passengers and land travelers to collect passage fees.
• Shisui crashed into the crowd, activated Spatial Lockdown, transformed into a hunting form, and surrounded the fleeing people with Feather Powder.

Shisui slaughtered the fleeing passengers and Beastfolk trapped in Feather Powder fog, then attacked their outpost. In Wu City, Bo Xiwan prepared to seize control of the Bo Xi Family, setting the stage for violence as his rivals were away or under his control.

• Shisui hunted down the last fleeing passenger on the Wunu River bank and gathered the Feather Powder fog toward the outpost.
• Shisui flew to the outpost and smashed through its fence and first building, beginning another slaughter.
• Bo Xiwan received a carrier pigeon’s message that Bo Xiqian could not board the ship that night and decided to act early.
• Bo Xiwan gathered the Bo Xi Family elders and learned that his two main rivals were away while his other siblings were within his forces’ control.
• Bo Xiwan prepared to seize the family leadership and eliminate threats as chaos approached the family compound.