Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lin’s newly awakened Delusion ability helped him destroy the skeleton, but Fan Daoyi punished him after sensing that he had tried to use it against him. The chapter ended with Jiang Lin begging for forgiveness under Fan Daoyi’s control.

• Wang Long tried to burn the skeleton while Jiang Lin attacked it with his dagger, and the blade made it disintegrate into dust.
• Wang Long coveted Jiang Lin’s dagger and invited him to work for the Wang Family, then left the girls’ dormitory as a rose-shaped tattoo appeared on his spine.
• Jiang Lin returned to Fan Daoyi, whose paper bore the words “Wild Rose,” and Fan Daoyi explained that Jiang Lin’s Delusion ability had emerged under his influence.
• Fan Daoyi sensed Jiang Lin’s attempt to use Delusion to kill him and restrained him with vines until Jiang Lin apologized.
• Fan Daoyi waited until Jiang Lin’s forbidden thought had been erased, then praised him for his effort.

Fan Daoyi used fear from the players’ deaths during morning reading to spread mysterious plant patterns, then trapped the class and killed several players during a lesson on the poem “Wild Rose.” The chapter ended with their corpses hanging from thorny vines as Fan Daoyi recorded them.

• Players shared stories about the previous night, but the discipline monitor killed one player for disrupting morning reading.
• Fan Daoyi gathered the resulting fear as Origin Source and used it to spread plant patterns across a wall.
• Fan Daoyi appeared in the classroom, introduced himself as the teacher, and had Jiang Lin shut both doors.
• Fan Daoyi recited “Wild Rose,” causing thorns to grow through some players’ backs and bodies.
• Wang Long ordered the players to interrupt the lesson, but Jiang Lin blocked them while Fan Daoyi recorded their deaths with a flying insect.

Fan Daoyi watched the players suffer from curses and staged a false betrayal to make Wang Long believe Jiang Lin had turned against him. He revealed the deception and ordered Jiang Lin to kill himself.

• Fan Daoyi’s cursed thorns poisoned and dissolved the players they had impaled, while He Piaojian saved one player and warned him to avoid the Female Ghosts.
• Fan Daoyi’s flying insects monitored the examination rooms as Jiang Lin chased Wang Long through the hallway.
• Wang Long pretended to be badly wounded, and Jiang Lin appeared to stab Fan Daoyi after Fan Daoyi ordered him to kill Wang Long.
• Fan Daoyi revealed that the apparent betrayal was staged with false evidence, and Jiang Lin resumed attacking Wang Long.
• Fan Daoyi explained that Jiang Lin had not been tempted by Wang Long’s offer and ordered Jiang Lin to kill himself.

Fan Daoyi forced Wang Long to flee into the room where the principal was hiding, then confronted her over the story she had altered. He tore her apart and sealed the room, preparing to explain the story’s background.

• Fan Daoyi wounded Wang Long and drove him to escape into the room where he sensed the principal.
• Wang Long called on the principal to kill Fan Daoyi, but she recognized Fan Daoyi and tried to retreat behind a wall.
• Fan Daoyi used vines to drag the principal out and demanded to know whether she had arranged the treatment.
• Fan Daoyi stabbed the principal after accusing her of altering the story, and the vines tore her limbs apart.
• Fan Daoyi sealed the room with vines, sat down, and said he would tell the principal the story’s background again.

Girls lured to a remote school discover they have been trafficked and abused, then use a mysterious book and poison to resist their captors. After scattering the truth and driving out the abusers, the survivors turn the site into a real school.

• A kind outsider took village girls to a remote school, where they were taught dependence and selected by visiting strangers who abused them.
• A girl overheard the outsider arranging to sell the children and felt that something was wrong.
• A traveler in black gave the girl a picture book and a bottle of poison, and she shared them with other girls.
• The girls used the book's stories and the poison to resist their abusers, and one girl died rather than betray the others.
• A girl who was captured and sentenced to execution scattered papers revealing the truth, inspiring the girls to pursue the fleeing outsider and his accomplices.
• The survivors buried the dead, established a real school, and watched wild roses grow along the road.

Fan Daoyi defeated the principal and offered the branches and vines a chance to revive the students, while Apothecary and Xuan Miao arranged for the players to leave Guixu. Fan Daoyi fell unconscious after a flood of wishes drained his Origin Source, and Azure Dragon Guards found a weak survivor in the principal’s office.

• Fan Daoyi exposed the principal’s betrayal, and the formation caused Wang Long to age as the principal turned on him.
• Fan Daoyi’s branches and vines found and tore apart the principal, then accepted the potion he offered and carried it toward the rosebushes.
• Fan Daoyi ordered the vines to keep the remaining players in Guixu and refresh the story, while Apothecary and Xuan Miao restored the students and prepared to let players pass through.
• Players across multiple instances completed their objectives and made wishes to save people, draining Fan Daoyi’s Origin Source until he fell asleep.
• Apothecary killed fleeing players, took Jiang Lin’s corpse through a crimson opening, and left the college entrance exam instance.
• Azure Dragon Guards entered the instance, searched the remains, and found a survivor with weak breathing in the principal’s office.

Fan Daoyi woke in a private hospital in Magic City after being publicly hailed as the savior who killed Guixu’s final boss. He learned that the authorities were investigating Wang Long, while He Piaojian and Kan Water questioned whether the evidence pointed to another Fan Daoyi.

• He Piaojian and Kan Water discussed Fan Daoyi’s condition and the authorities’ decision to present him as a savior before Kan Water nearly tried to dissect him.
• Fan Daoyi revealed that he had been awake and asked where he was and why the public called him a savior.
• Kan Water explained that Fan Daoyi was in his private hospital in Magic City and that the authorities would reward him for saving students.
• Fan Daoyi told Kan Water that Wang Long had colluded with the dungeon boss, and Kan Water confirmed that surveillance evidence showed Wang Long killing his companions and working with Guixu.
• After leaving Fan Daoyi’s room, He Piaojian told Kan Water that the footage showed Fan Daoyi throughout the incident, raising the possibility that there had been two Fan Daoyis.

Fan Daoyi was taken outside in a wheelchair by He Piaojian, who nearly sent him into a lake before Kun Earth rescued him. After learning why the group used trigram code names, Fan Daoyi heard that Xun Wind’s intuition had directed Kun Earth to help him.

• Fan Daoyi rested in his room until He Piaojian brought him a wheelchair and rushed him outside.
• He Piaojian pushed Fan Daoyi toward a steep slope, then ran to greet Li Fire and left the wheelchair rolling downhill.
• Li Fire tried to stop the wheelchair but let go, and Kun Earth used her ability to catch Fan Daoyi and bring him safely to the bottom.
• Fan Daoyi stood up and asked why the group used trigram aliases, and Kun Earth explained that some abilities could exploit real names.
• Kun Earth said Xun Wind’s intuition had told her when and where to use her ability, prompting Fan Daoyi to wonder whether it resembled foreseeing the future.

Fan Daoyi visited the underground [Eight Trigrams] base to meet Xun Wind, who used a stone to detect Fan Daoyi’s ability. Xun Wind sensed that Fan Daoyi’s power extended beyond teleportation and eagerly tried to recruit him into [Eight Trigrams].

• Fan Daoyi agreed to meet Xun Wind at the organization’s base after He Piaojian said Xun Wind would not dare leave it.
• Kun Earth led Fan Daoyi, Li Fire, and He Piaojian through the Moonlight Bar to [Eight Trigrams]’s hidden underground headquarters.
• Fan Daoyi met Gen Mountain and found Xun Wind crouched by the door, where Xun Wind asked whether Fan Daoyi could teleport.
• Xun Wind had Fan Daoyi hold a detection stone, and Fan Daoyi selected the teleportation ability [Essential for Getting Around, Boundless Fleeting Shadows].
• Xun Wind inferred that Fan Daoyi’s ability involved space and urged him to join [Eight Trigrams], while Kun Earth tried to restrain him.

Fan Daoyi considered joining [Eight Trigrams] as Kun Earth and Xun Wind explained the organization’s benefits and tested his intentions. After Xun Wind’s Intuition convinced him to trust the group, Fan Daoyi agreed to join and warned them not to rely too heavily on acquired abilities.

• Xun Wind promoted [Eight Trigrams] to Fan Daoyi, emphasizing its authority to strike first and report afterward, while Kun Earth hinted that Fan Daoyi could use it to deal with people indirectly.
• Fan Daoyi asked Kun Earth whether he should join, and she said she trusted Xun Wind’s judgment but left the choice to him.
• Fan Daoyi questioned how he could join when all eight positions seemed filled, then transported himself and Xun Wind to the top of a spire and asked whether he was about to kill him.
• Xun Wind explained that [Eight Trigrams] could add a position and that losing Fan Daoyi to another organization would be a great loss; Fan Daoyi pushed him from the spire, then rescued him when Xun Wind’s Intuition predicted he would survive.
• Fan Daoyi agreed to join [Eight Trigrams] and advised its members not to depend too heavily on abilities they had acquired.

Zhen Thunder burst in and attacked Fan Daoyi, mistaking him for a thief, before the Eight Trigrams members calmed the fight and apologized. Fan Daoyi then began coughing up blood, and the chapter ended with Kan Water treating him after a frantic, queasy trip to the scene.

• Zhen Thunder kicked open the door and charged at Fan Daoyi, but Fan Daoyi blocked his electrified fist with a bamboo staff.
• Li Fire attacked Zhen Thunder, while Kun Earth restrained her and Qian Heaven restored calm; the group realized Zhen Thunder had misunderstood the situation and he apologized to Fan Daoyi.
• Inside Guixu, Sculptor returned feeling guilty about being defeated, but Flower Tender and Puppet reassured them and persuaded them to join a drinking game.
• Fan Daoyi suddenly coughed up blood as the Eight Trigrams members scrambled to help, and Qian Heaven called Kan Water for medical aid.
• He Piaojian rushed Kan Water to the scene on a flying sword, where Kan Water treated the unconscious Fan Daoyi before vomiting into a trash can.

Fan Daoyi recovered from surgery and joined [Eight Trigrams] under the codename Tai Chi, despite his ability remaining at the first tier of the First Illumination realm. He tested himself in the training room, took first place in the highest-difficulty agility course, and left Qian Heaven wondering how powerful his talent really was.

• Qian Heaven dismissed the others, questioned Fan Daoyi about his slow realm progression, and welcomed him into [Eight Trigrams].
• Qian Heaven proposed the codename Tai Chi, and Fan Daoyi accepted it.
• Fan Daoyi visited the training room and raised the agility course difficulty until he was dodging attacks at the highest setting.
• Fan Daoyi perfectly completed the course and took first place in the rankings.
• Qian Heaven questioned Fan Daoyi about the limits of teleporting with another person, and Fan Daoyi described restrictions that still impressed him.

Fan Daoyi accepted a mission to confront Wang Haotian over the Wang Family’s suspected crimes and a debt involving Sacrificial Artifacts. He bypassed the guards and pressured Wang Haotian into dismissing his people, then demanded that he do something to clear the debt.

• Qian Heaven explained that Xia Baoguo’s team had surrounded the Wang Family, but suspicious surveillance footage and an empty search had left them without decisive evidence.
• Fan Daoyi accepted the mission, and He Piaojian agreed to accompany him to confront Wang Haotian.
• Fan Daoyi and He Piaojian appeared outside the Wang Family residence, where He Piaojian shouted for Xia Baoguo and the Azure Dragon Guards moved to seize him.
• Fan Daoyi vanished and entered the residence, where he appeared at Wang Haotian’s table and threatened him with a knife.
• Fan Daoyi reminded Wang Haotian of a transaction involving a Sacrificial Artifact and made him send his guards away.
• Fan Daoyi offered to wipe out Wang Haotian’s debt if he did something for him, then threw a knife past Wang Haotian’s cheek and refused to negotiate.

Fan Daoyi exposed Wang Haotian’s hidden worship of the Blood Doctor and discovered a grotesque monster in the family’s secret chamber. After the monster devoured the old believer and began eating people in the villa, Wang Haotian begged Fan Daoyi to believe his loyalty to Guixu.

• Fan Daoyi showed Wang Haotian a real entrance to Guixu, and Wang Haotian admitted he had taken precautions.
• Wang Haotian led Fan Daoyi to the family’s hidden ancestral hall, where a cloaked old man tried to force him to kneel before the Blood Doctor.
• Fan Daoyi reversed the old man’s crushing gravity, shattered most of the ancestral tablets, and found a grotesque stitched monster in the chamber beyond.
• Fan Daoyi woke the monster, which broke free and ate organs to satisfy its hunger.
• The monster swallowed the old man after Fan Daoyi allowed it, then went upstairs to eat people in the villa as ordered.
• Wang Haotian prostrated himself before Fan Daoyi and declared his devotion to Guixu.

Fan Daoyi forced Wang Haotian to prove his loyalty, then disarmed him and demanded to know how he contacted Guixu. Meanwhile, the monster inside the villa grew more powerful as the faces on its belly awakened and urged it to leave, bringing it into conflict with He Piaojian.

• Wang Haotian smashed the tablet, swore allegiance to Fan Daoyi, and accepted even the claim that Fan had caused his son's death.
• Wang Haotian tried to ambush Fan Daoyi, but Fan cut off his arm and asked how he had contacted Guixu.
• The monster grew as it ate people inside the villa, while He Piaojian noticed it had not yet attacked anyone outside and Xia Baoguo went to gather materials for a barrier.
• The faces on the monster's belly awakened and persuaded it to ignore Fan Daoyi's instructions and move toward the villa's exit.
• He Piaojian recognized the old man's face among the monster's faces and mocked their combined strength, prompting them to shout at him.

Fan Daoyi killed Wang Haotian, then arranged an alibi while He Piaojian fought the monster in the villa. After He Piaojian defeated it, a masked man introduced himself as Taotie.

• Fan Daoyi tortured Wang Haotian into agreeing to attack the authorities, then killed him and said his plans to attack them gave him reason to do so.
• Fan Daoyi teleported behind the Azure Dragon Guards and helped Xia Baoguo set up a barrier, then discussed He Piaojian’s fight with him.
• Fan Daoyi summoned Dao Er and planned for him to put on an act so Fan Daoyi could establish a convincing alibi.
• He Piaojian dodged the monster’s attacks until Xia Baoguo threw him a sword, then cut the monster in half with one slash.
• The monster returned to its normal size and regained consciousness, and a masked man emerged from behind it and introduced himself as Taotie.

Dao Er, who called himself Taotie, confronted He Piaojian and Xia Baoguo while opening a passage to Guixu. Dao Er escaped through it after revealing the Four Fiends Cult intended to bring Guixu’s terror back to the world, leaving Xia Baoguo to warn of a coming calamity.

• Xia Baoguo rebuilt the barrier as Dao Er appeared, and He Piaojian cut Dao Er apart, only for him to regenerate completely.
• He Piaojian gave up fighting and left after Dao Er confirmed he meant no harm, but returned to strike him with a wooden stick and sword qi.
• Dao Er opened an entrance to Guixu and forced the wounded monster through it, then dodged He Piaojian’s renewed attack.
• Dao Er announced the Four Fiends Cult planned to let Guixu’s terror descend upon the world before disappearing into the closing entrance.
• He Piaojian asked Xia Baoguo about Dao Er’s final words, and Xia Baoguo said they needed to prepare for a calamity.

After the Wang Family incident, He Piaojian returned Fan Daoyi’s sword and negotiated a share of the mission’s reward. At the villa’s ancestral hall, Xia Baoguo investigated Wang Haotian’s gruesome death while Fan Daoyi concealed his involvement and left without suspicion.

• He Piaojian admired Xia Baoguo’s sword, learned it belonged to Fan Daoyi, and returned it to him.
• Xia Baoguo’s Azure Dragon Guards searched the ruins and brought He Piaojian and Fan Daoyi to inspect Wang Haotian’s corpse.
• Xia Baoguo noted that Wang Haotian had suffered many nonfatal weapon wounds and that his heart had been removed.
• Fan Daoyi acted uncomfortable around the bloody scene, prompting Xia Baoguo to let him leave with He Piaojian.
• He Piaojian negotiated a twenty-percent share of the reward from Xia Baoguo before departing with Fan Daoyi.

He Piaojian and Fan Daoyi went to a hot pot restaurant, where strange insects erupted from the food and transformed diners. Fan Daoyi discovered an unknown egg-laying creature hidden in the restaurant’s cold storage as the insect nest began to withdraw.

• He Piaojian called Qian Heaven to get money for the meal and changed his soup base to a divided pot after Qian Heaven warned him about spicy food.
• Fan Daoyi tasted the soup’s white pearls and wormlike contents while He Piaojian chatted with nearby diners.
• A bloodied chef transformed into an insect creature and tried to force adult insects into the diners’ mouths, while some customers also mutated.
• He Piaojian pierced the chef’s wrist with chopsticks, and Fan Daoyi entered the kitchen and found corpses beneath a huge insect structure.
• Fan Daoyi entered the cold storage room and saw a large white creature laying eggs before the insect structure retracted, revealing itself as the creature’s body.

Fan Daoyi and He Piaojian fought the insect mother and its swarm in the hot pot restaurant. After they killed it and freed the parasitized diners, Fan Daoyi suggested that He Piaojian try eating the insects.

• The corpses mutated into parasitized attackers, and Fan Daoyi discovered that cutting their antennae left them unable to target him.
• Fan Daoyi found the mother in the cold storage room, while He Piaojian set up a Barrier to keep the adult insects inside the restaurant.
• Fan Daoyi rescued He Piaojian from the swarm and teleported him close enough to stab the mother’s abdomen.
• Fan Daoyi severed the antennae of insects defending the mother’s tail cyst, allowing He Piaojian to pierce it with chopsticks and kill the mother.
• The adult insects died, and the parasitized diners vomited out the eggs and returned to normal; He Piaojian collected payment for his trouble.
• Fan Daoyi told He Piaojian that the larvae and eggs tasted good, and He Piaojian agreed to try them.