Chapter Summaries

Little Nian Beast reunited with the returning Nian Beast Overlord while secretly planning to claim his throne and help Ji Minghuan attack Sodalitas Salvifica. In Li Jing, Cesar visited Gu Qiye to discuss rescuing Ji Minghuan, and Gu Qiye learned that Little Shark was involved.

• Little Nian Beast watched the Nian Beast Overlord arrive with White Greedy Wolf, the Green Snake Zodiac Demon, and the surviving Seven Deadly Sins demons, then fell asleep instead of greeting his father.
• The Nian Beast Overlord found Little Nian Beast sleeping in a tree, quietly called him the same as before, and continued to the ancient temple.
• Cesar and Little Shark discussed preparing for an assault on Sodalitas Salvifica and visiting Blue Arc, Ghost Bell, and the White Crow Troupe for help.
• Cesar went to Gu Qiye's home, where Gu Qiye stopped a lightning attack just short of his face.
• Cesar told Gu Qiye that he had come to discuss rescuing Little Shark's friend Ji Minghuan from Sodalitas Salvifica's headquarters.

Su Zimai and Gu Zhuoan mourned Gu Wenyu and reflected on how he had secretly protected the family as Black Cocoon. As Gu Qiye and the others prepared to leave Li Jing, Uriel arrived at their home while they hid beneath Cesar’s Divine Stealth Umbrella.

• Su Zimai told Gu Zhuoan that Gu Wenyu had hidden his identity to protect the family and keep Gu Zhuoan from worrying about him.
• Gu Zhuoan recalled how Black Cocoon’s insults had revealed Gu Qiye’s pain and regretted neglecting Gu Wenyu.
• Su Zimai and Gu Zhuoan packed Gu Wenyu’s belongings as they prepared to leave for the Train Station, while Cesar asked Gu Qiye to help rescue Ji Minghuan from Sodalitas Salvifica.
• Gu Qiye declined to risk his family’s safety, and he and Cesar agreed that Cesar and Little Shark would stay behind while Gu Qiye’s family left for Haifan City.
• Su Zimai mistook Cesar for Uriel, but their conversation was interrupted by a visitor at the door.
• Cesar hid the group beneath the Divine Stealth Umbrella as Uriel entered the house and searched the empty-looking living room.

Uriel visited Gu Qiye’s empty home and quietly explored his room while he and his family watched unseen beneath Cesar’s Divine Stealth Umbrella, leaving Gu Qiye to depart after a silent farewell. Meanwhile, Xia Pingzhou advanced his training, received a deadline-bound mission to kill a member of Lake Hunt, and prepared to travel with Enma Rin and Ayase Origami to Haifan City.

• Cesar used the Divine Stealth Umbrella to hide Gu Qiye, Gu Zhuoan, and Su Zimai from Uriel, and Gu Qiye took over holding it.
• Uriel looked through the family photo album, wandered through Gu Qiye’s room, and fell asleep beside his blue hedgehog plush while the hidden family watched.
• Gu Qiye and the others left quietly after Uriel fell asleep, and Gu Qiye took one last look at her before going.
• Xia Pingzhou and the Queen Statue killed a group of Working Demons, after which he raised his Speed to S rank and advanced his demon-hunting mission.
• Xia Pingzhou received a mission to accompany the White Crow Troupe and kill a Lake Hunt member before August 25, while his deadline to kill Jack the Ripper approached.
• Enma Rin arrived with Ayase Origami and told Xia Pingzhou that the Troupe was heading to Haifan City, and he agreed to go.

Su Zimai learned that her grandfather, Su Wei, was the President of the China Exorcist Association Branch and had secretly arranged for Ke Qirui to protect her. After boarding Ke Qirui’s train, she went to meet Lake Hunt’s four, ending with Ke Qirui introducing her as the Ghost Train Troupe’s “Genius Exorcist”—“Mai Mai-sama.”

• Gu Zhuoan told Su Zimai that Su Wei had secretly tracked and protected her, leading her to suspect that he was the Exorcist Association’s President.
• Su Zimai and Gu Zhuoan reasoned that Ke Qirui might be Su Wei’s adopted daughter and therefore their aunt, while Gu Qiye tried to make sense of the revelation.
• Gu Qiye said Cesar had left to search the world for Anecdote Fragments ahead of the coming battle with Sodalitas Salvifica.
• Ke Qirui confirmed that Su Wei was the President and her adoptive father, and explained that he had arranged for Su Zimai to come to Lake Hunt for safety.
• Ke Qirui took Su Zimai to No. 3 Car to meet Lin Xingshi, Zhou Jiuya, Zhuge Hui, and Zhong Wujiu, then introduced her with an embarrassing grand title.

Su Zimai met Lake Hunt’s Lin Xingshi and learned more about her troubled family and childhood, while Lin remembered a lost friend as the Train Demon carried them through Time-Space Turbulence. Elsewhere, the Nian Beast Overlord reunited with Little Nian Beast and asked where it had been and what it had done.

• Ke Qirui introduced Su Zimai to Lake Hunt, and Su Zimai learned that Ke Qirui and her adoptive father, Su Wei, had a strained relationship.
• Zhuge Hui accidentally mentioned Su Zimai’s deceased brother, Gu Wenyu, and apologized after Lin Xingshi explained what had happened.
• Lin Xingshi told Su Zimai that she had run away from home as a child and had awakened her Heavenly Drive at four, while Ke Qirui described her as a prodigy.
• Su Zimai asked why Lin Xingshi still dressed as a boy, and Lin Xingshi said the world was not complicated to pure people before turning to the scenery and remembering a lost friend.
• Little Nian Beast awoke in the forest behind Spirit Heart Lake, and the Nian Beast Overlord invited it to walk together.
• The Nian Beast Overlord and Little Nian Beast crossed Spirit Heart Lake and watched the sunset from a cliff, where the Overlord asked about Little Nian Beast’s years away.

Little Nian Beast told the Nian Beast Overlord how he first met Lin Xingshi after running away to Haifan City, and the two children promised to escape together. After warning the Overlord about the Seven Deadly Sins, Little Nian Beast planned to betray them and recruit the Wrath Demon as Unit 2’s Contracted Demon.

• Little Nian Beast told the Nian Beast Overlord he had wandered before traveling from Haifan City to Li Capital, and his memories returned to his first night with Lin Xingshi.
• Lin Xingshi and Little Nian Beast broke into an apartment, shared a bath, and confided in each other about their lonely lives and families.
• Little Nian Beast promised Lin Xingshi he would help her run away, and she agreed that they would never return.
• Little Nian Beast warned the Nian Beast Overlord that the Seven Deadly Sins might be plotting, while the Overlord remained silent about a possible war with Lake Hunt.
• Little Nian Beast decided to sell out the Seven Deadly Sins and make the Wrath Demon Unit 2’s Contracted Demon.

Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami spent their last day in Li Capital visiting a cinema, an amusement park, and an aquarium, where he urged her to choose her own future and leave the White Crow Troupe with him. After she finally agreed, he disappeared, then returned to share fireworks with her, leaving them reconciled but facing the looming conflict with Lake Hunt.

• Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami watched two films, ate on Li Capital's snack street, and rode the Ferris Wheel together before heading to Li Jing Aquarium.
• In the aquarium tunnel, Xia Pingzhou challenged Ayase Origami to say what she wanted for herself, and she said she wanted to stay by his side but would not leave the White Crow Troupe because it was where Taki Kage had placed her.
• Xia Pingzhou imagined a quieter life for them and asked Ayase Origami to leave the Troupe with him; she did not answer, and he left the aquarium without her.
• Ayase Origami found Xia Pingzhou's phone and the Kitten Pendant in the locker, then sent him a message saying she would go with him.
• Xia Pingzhou appeared beside Ayase Origami at the lakeside and used the Fireworks Demon to show her fireworks, explaining that he had wanted to share something beautiful with her.
• Ayase Origami gave Xia Pingzhou the Kitten Pendant and asked him not to leave alone, then took his hand as they watched the fireworks together.

Xia Pingzhou spent the day with Ayase Origami, then learned more about the White Crow Troupe’s hunt for Sodalitas Salvifica and Lake Hunt. After he fell asleep, Instructor woke Ji Minghuan with news that Sodalitas Salvifica had deployed Zeus, leaving him wondering what threat had prompted it.

• Xia Pingzhou gave Ayase Origami August 15 as his birthday, learned she did not know her own birthday, and accepted the gloves she had bought him.
• At Gray Crow, Enma Rin told Xia Pingzhou that Urushihara Ruri had become a puppet of Sodalitas Salvifica and had challenged her brother, Urushi Haramichi, to hide-and-seek in a letter.
• Xia Pingzhou, Enma Rin, and Bloodline discussed the White Crow Troupe’s plans to attack Lake Hunt and steal the antiques in Zhou Jiuya’s Tonggu Compass.
• Xia Pingzhou said he wanted to contract with the Wrath Demon after reaching Tier Three, and Enma Rin suggested asking the leader at Sea Sail Mountain.
• After Xia Pingzhou fell asleep, Instructor woke Ji Minghuan and told him that Sodalitas Salvifica had deployed Zeus.

Ji Minghuan and Sun Changkong watched footage of Zeus destroying the Light-Devouring Bees in India, then prepared to go to Paradise. A mysterious Prophet appeared during a time stop and told Ji Minghuan to wait two days, leaving him unsure whether to tell the Instructor.

• The Instructor explained that Zeus had been deployed to eliminate the surviving Bee Queen and three Bee Marquises hiding in India, and Ji Minghuan and Sun Changkong watched footage of Zeus annihilating them.
• The Instructor sent Ji Minghuan and Sun Changkong to Paradise, and Ji Minghuan remembered Sun Changkong's birthday as September 5th.
• Mercury-colored light froze the world, and a shadow in a white cloak appeared in the Imprisonment Room.
• The Prophet told Ji Minghuan that he would return in two days and that they would not repeat the same mistakes.
• After time resumed, Ji Minghuan concealed his encounter from Sun Changkong and wondered whether to tell the Instructor.

Black Cocoon searched Hofsjökull Glacier for the Sodalitas Salvifica base while Ji Minghuan weighed his rescue plan and struggled with his feelings toward the children imprisoned with him. The chapter ended with Unit 2, Xia Pingzhou, waking in the Underground Bar Gray Crow and preparing to leave for Haifan City.

• Black Cocoon established four defense lines across Hofsjökull Glacier but found no sign of the Sodalitas Salvifica base, and he considered which allies might help when he located it.
• Ji Minghuan worried that Wu Qingjie’s Zeus fragment could ruin his infiltration plan and wondered what the Prophet, who had promised to visit in two days, intended.
• Shang Xiaochi told Ji Minghuan that she wanted to see the outside world with him, but his teasing made her cry and unsettled the other children.
• Ji Minghuan accidentally told the children they should all die, then left Paradise and rode the elevator away as the lights went out.
• Xia Pingzhou woke in a private room at the Underground Bar Gray Crow, put on his gloves, and answered Ripper’s call to head to Haifan City.

Xia Pingzhou joined the fight against the Black Sun Demon during its attack on Li Capital, defeated it, and advanced his Chess Heavenly Drive to Tier Three. After receiving his rewards, he flew with Ayase Origami toward the Train Station.

• Bloodline and Hacker left the bar for the Train Station ahead of Xia Pingzhou, Ayase Origami, and Enma Rin.
• The Black Sun Demon eclipsed the sun and wrecked Li Capital, while Uriel and Silver Devourer rescued civilians.
• Xia Pingzhou flew toward the demon with Ayase Origami and unleashed two King's Flash attacks, while Uriel struck the Black Sun Demon with an ice meteor.
• Xia Pingzhou fused the Queen Colossus with the Scissorhand Demon to create Ragdoll Princess, who split the Black Sun Demon apart and killed it.
• Xia Pingzhou completed the Card Event and advanced his Chess Heavenly Drive to Tier Three, gaining new abilities and rewards.
• Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami left on the paper butterfly and flew toward the Train Station.

On the train to Haifan City, Xia Pingzhou and his companions discussed the authorities’ response to the Black Sun Demon and their plans to hunt the Seven Deadly Sins. His memories then returned to Little Nian Beast’s childhood with Lin Xingshi, ending as he approached the Wrath Demon at Spirit Heart Lake.

• Xia Pingzhou and the Hacker speculated that the authorities would blame the Black Sun Demon incident on a superhuman and conceal Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami’s identities.
• Xia Pingzhou confirmed he had reached Rank Three and discussed meeting a captain’s acquaintance in Haifan City before targeting the Seven Deadly Sins and contracting the Wrath Demon.
• Eleven years earlier, Lin Xingshi and Little Nian Beast shared a bed, spotted a man from her family, and Little Nian Beast secretly yanked out a lock of his hair to avenge her.
• Lin Xingshi and Little Nian Beast promised not to separate, and she explained how a contract could bind an Exorcist and demon together for life.
• On August 19, Little Nian Beast met the Wrath Demon beside Spirit Heart Lake and decided he would soon make him his Contracted Demon.

Xia Pingzhou reunited with the White Crow Troupe in Haifan City and got permission to pursue the Wrath Demon as his next Contracted Demon. As Little Nian Beast prepared to capture the Seven Deadly Sins, Xia Pingzhou and Enma Rin headed toward Sea Sail Mountain, where Su Zimai had also spotted him.

• Xia Pingzhou arrived in Haifan City with the Troupe and met Urushi Haramichi at Old Wu's Antique Shop, where he asked to hunt the Wrath Demon and received the captain's tacit approval.
• Little Nian Beast challenged the Wrath Demon over the Seven Deadly Sins' alleged binding rule and left, while Ji Minghuan planned to capture the demon and eliminate threats to his operation.
• Little Nian Beast watched Sloth and Wrath leave their nest and noticed the Rat Zodiac Demon following them.
• Xia Pingzhou recognized Su Zimai watching him from a barbecue restaurant but concealed his reaction from Ayase Origami.
• Xia Pingzhou and Enma Rin summoned the Queen Colossus and flew toward Sea Sail Mountain to hunt the Seven Deadly Sins.

Xia Pingzhou and Enma Rin ambushed Wrath and Sloth in the Maple Forest, killed Sloth, and forced Wrath to become Xia Pingzhou’s third Contracted Demon. The next day, Ke Qirui briefed Lake Hunt about the White Crow Troupe, and Zhuge Hui suggested assigning someone outside the office to watch them.

• Xia Pingzhou sent the Queen Colossus and Enma Rin to attack Wrath and Sloth in the Maple Forest while he summoned the King Colossus for protection.
• The Queen Colossus battered Wrath’s shield form as Enma Rin resisted Sloth’s sleep-inducing song and cut Sloth down.
• Xia Pingzhou threatened Wrath with the Sewer Demon’s foul water gun until Wrath agreed to sign a contract with him.
• Wrath became Xia Pingzhou’s third Contracted Demon, and the prompt panel showed that his Heavenly Drive had reached its contract limit.
• The next day, Ke Qirui told Lake Hunt that Wheat might have seen members of the White Crow Troupe, and Zhou Jiuya explained that he had killed two of them in Tokyo.
• Zhuge Hui argued that someone should watch the White Crow Troupe and pointed to the person waiting outside the office.

Lake Hunt recruited Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuoan to hold off the White Crow Troupe while Lake Hunt dealt with the Nian Beast, and Su Zimai reluctantly accepted their decision. Meanwhile, the Nian Beast Overlord questioned the Little Nian Beast about the deaths of Sloth and Wrath, and Ji Minghuan prepared to meet the Prophet that night.

• Zhuge Hui argued that Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuoan should help Lake Hunt watch the White Crow Troupe, and Lin Xingshi agreed after hearing their case.
• Ke Qirui kept quiet about Xia Pingzhou as Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuoan agreed to hold the Troupe back during Lake Hunt's fight with the Nian Beast.
• Su Zimai objected to her family helping, but Gu Qiye reassured her, and she fell silent while remembering someone who had never returned.
• The Rat Zodiac Demon reported Sloth's death, and the Nian Beast Overlord summoned the Little Nian Beast and questioned him about the incident.
• The Little Nian Beast admitted that the two humans were friends but hid their connection to the deaths, then went to sleep and entered the Spirit World Library.
• Ji Minghuan asked Red Dragon what kind of person the Prophet was, and Red Dragon replied that Ji Minghuan would learn that night.

Ji Minghuan rested in the Mental Library and reflected on his fear that the Prophet might endanger the people around him. After meeting Ke Aojiena in the Imprisonment Room, he watched the Prophet arrive in a world frozen to everyone but the two of them.

• Ji Minghuan played with Black Cocoon's Restraint Bands in the Mental Library while Red Dragon Wales reassured him that his power could protect him, though he worried about his friends' fragility and Li Qingping's death.
• Red Dragon Wales pointed out a grinning Ragdoll resembling the White-haired Girl, and Ji Minghuan went to sleep after wondering what Li Qingping did when he was tired.
• Ji Minghuan rested for nearly a day while his four units continued their separate surveillance, training, and travel activities.
• Ke Aojiena visited Ji Minghuan in the Imprisonment Room, told him the children were waiting in Paradise, and said the Instructor planned to let them outside the following month.
• The Prophet appeared at the Imprisonment Room entrance and froze the surrounding world, leaving only himself and Ji Minghuan able to move.
• Ji Minghuan greeted the Prophet and asked what he wanted.

The Prophet brought Ji Minghuan into a vision of Earth’s destruction and revealed that he was Restricted Class 1001, a future version of Ji Minghuan. He showed Ji Minghuan an original timeline in which Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling were adopted by the Gu family, then began explaining who died when Old Jingmai District was destroyed.

• The Prophet isolated Ji Minghuan from the world, took his consciousness to a strange corridor, and admitted that the white-haired girl in Ji Minghuan’s Mental Library had been his spy.
• The Prophet showed Ji Minghuan Restraint Bands devouring Earth and revealed that the scene depicted the past, then uncovered a face resembling Ji Minghuan’s older self and identified himself as Restricted Class 1001.
• The Prophet explained that in the original timeline Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling had been adopted by Su Ying and Gu Zhuoan, alongside Gu Qiye and Su Zimai.
• The Prophet said that the Starcaller destroyed Old Jingmai District on May 15, 2021, but Su Ying survived in that timeline and someone else died.

Ji Minghuan watched Restricted Class 1001 reveal a past timeline in which Kong Youling died, driving Ji Minghuan to destroy Earth while trying to bring her back. He learned that Restricted Class 1001 was his future self, who had traveled back to 1910 and lost his memories, then followed him into a corridor to hear why he had sent Ji Minghuan to Sodalitas Salvifica.

• Ji Minghuan questioned Restricted Class 1001 about a vision in which Starcaller’s meteor destroyed Gu Qiye’s home and killed Kong Youling.
• Restricted Class 1001 showed Ji Minghuan how Kong Youling’s death awakened his power and led him to kill people across the world while seeking a way to revive her.
• Ji Minghuan learned that he had missed Father of Puppets’ ability to restore the dead, and that his future self destroyed Earth before traveling back in time.
• Restricted Class 1001 explained that he had become Unit 0, gained immortality, and paid nearly all his powers to return to the past, where Sodalitas Salvifica named him Restricted Class 1001.
• Ji Minghuan recognized Restricted Class 1001 as his future self and followed him into a corridor after demanding to know why he had sent him to Sodalitas Salvifica.

Ji Minghuan learned how Restricted Class 1001 had traveled back in time, protected him and Kong Youling, and warned that the Instructor had changed Sodalitas Salvifica. As 1001 began to disappear, Ji Minghuan proposed merging their consciousnesses, and 1001 agreed before the memory corridor collapsed.

• Restricted Class 1001 recalled meeting the nameless Theresia in 1916, naming her, and leaving her to keep her safe from Sodalitas Salvifica.
• Restricted Class 1001 explained that he had become the Prophet, arranged for Ji Minghuan to be captured, and hoped Sodalitas Salvifica would protect Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling from Ji's reality-altering power.
• Restricted Class 1001 warned Ji Minghuan that his power could repeatedly cause Kong Youling's death, that the changed timeline would erase 1001, and that Ji should be wary of the Instructor.
• Restricted Class 1001 said he had only minutes left and asked Ji Minghuan to protect Theresia and avoid repeating his mistakes.
• Ji Minghuan suggested merging their consciousnesses, and Restricted Class 1001 agreed before turning into light and causing Ji to lose consciousness.

Ji Minghuan woke after Restricted Class 1001’s spirit merged with him and learned that 1001 had become a personality inside his Mental Library. After 1001 revealed that Sodalitas Salvifica’s base was beneath Hofsjökull Glacier, Ji Minghuan sent Black Cocoon’s avatar to scout it and agreed to go outside with the Instructor, leaving the story poised for a visit to the base.

• Ji Minghuan woke in the Imprisonment Room as Restricted Class 1001’s memories filled his mind and were sealed inside the Mental Library.
• Ji Minghuan found Restricted Class 1001 hanging in the Library, where 1001 explained that he would gradually merge into Ji Minghuan’s primary personality.
• Restricted Class 1001 told Ji Minghuan that Sodalitas Salvifica’s base was underground in northern Hofsjökull Glacier and discussed the previous timeline and Ji Minghuan’s potential allies.
• Ji Minghuan rejoined the children in Paradise, reassured Kong Youling, and learned that the Instructor planned to take them outside.
• Ji Minghuan secretly sent Black Cocoon’s avatar to scout Hofsjökull Glacier, then entered the elevator with Kong Youling and the Instructor to go outside.