Chapter Summaries

Bai Cangshu visited the Slum Area stalls in disguise and found a Stone Mask for sale, but he sought Hamon instead. Kai revealed a Hamon ability scroll, leaving Bai Cangshu with a chance to acquire the skill.

• Bai Cangshu used Anomaly Points and Dimensional Points to obtain a mask that concealed his appearance and a special right hand that disguised his number.
• Bai Cangshu browsed the Slum Area stalls, where his Visage of an Ancient God unnerved several Reincarnators.
• Bai Cangshu examined a Stone Mask at Kai's stall and offered to trade Anomaly Points for it.
• Kai quoted a C-rank Anomaly Point plus 5,000 Dimensional Points for the Stone Mask, and Bai Cangshu declined.
• Bai Cangshu asked Kai for Hamon, prompting Kai to reveal a C+-rank Hamon ability scroll and its learning requirements.

Bai Cangshu traded with Kai for a Hamon ability scroll, hoping its Ripple energy would help him develop the Divine Finger Technique. He learned Hamon and tested its basic effects before returning to reality.

• Bai Cangshu reasoned that Hamon might offer an alternative way to cultivate energy after he failed to master Ki Sense.
• Bai Cangshu negotiated with Kai and traded two E-rank Anomaly Points for the Hamon ability scroll.
• Kai left for the Goddess's Abode after thanking Bai Cangshu and suggesting they might cooperate again.
• Bai Cangshu returned to his private space and successfully learned Hamon at C+ rank.
• Bai Cangshu used Hamon to make his body feel lighter and stronger, then prepared to return to reality.

After returning to his dorm, Bai Cangshu manipulated Officer Song Xian’s suspicions and was placed under surveillance by the East Xia Special Affairs Bureau. He then learned that someone was looking for him and prepared to take action through Xiao Ning.

• Bai Cangshu returned from the Private Space and told Song Xian that Chu Qi had sent him strange messages and that he had visited Old Street.
• Song Xian checked surveillance reports, found Bai Cangshu’s presence there but no clear evidence, and formally placed him under Dangerous-level observation.
• Song Xian allowed Bai Cangshu to move around within the university and left Binhai University.
• Xiao Ning told Bai Cangshu that someone had been asking about him on the bar street and offered to deal with the person.
• Bai Cangshu asked Xiao Ning for a phone and told him to send the person’s location and photo.

Song Xian and Luoshui uncovered an impossible omission in Bai Cangshu’s file and rushed to the Special Affairs Bureau. Meanwhile, Li Chenchen, a diviner and newcomer hunter posing as Clown Evans, waited for Song Xian to leave so he could approach Bai Cangshu.

• Luoshui questioned whether they should return after finding that Bai Cangshu’s file recorded no parents or relatives.
• Song Xian realized the omission was suspicious and ordered Luoshui to drive them to the Special Affairs Bureau.
• Li Chenchen watched their vehicle leave Binhai University and put away a reversed Tower card that warned of danger.
• Li Chenchen reflected on how he had used divination and tainted Dimensional Points to locate and ambush newcomers.
• Li Chenchen decided to wait for Song Xian to get farther away before approaching Bai Cangshu.

Li Chenchen left a bar and drew the attention of a red-haired woman, whose selfie gave Bai Cangshu clues to his pursuer’s abilities. Bai Cangshu decided he had to kill the dangerous Seer Pathway enemy, while Xiao Ning ordered his crew to drug and capture the newcomer on their turf.

• Li Chenchen refused the red-haired woman’s advances, and she took a selfie that showed his side profile.
• Bai Cangshu used the photo to identify his pursuer as likely a Sequence 7 Magician and decided to kill him.
• Xiao Ning struck Sister Hong when she questioned why they were helping Bai Cangshu, and Braces Girl warned her about his strength.
• Xiao Ning recalled Bai Cangshu defeating Brother Hu’s gang and said Bai Cangshu was a monster.
• After taking a call from Bai Cangshu, Xiao Ning ordered his crew to take down the newcomer and told Braces Girl to drug his drink.

Li Chenchen investigated a mysterious young man at a bar, but Xiao Ning’s men drugged him and dragged him to a basement. Li Chenchen woke and swiftly defeated the guards, leaving Xiao Ning and the others terrified.

• Li Chenchen paid the bartender for stories about a powerful young man rumored to dominate the underground world near Binhai University City.
• Braces Girl drugged Li Chenchen’s cocktail and secretly signaled Xiao Ning’s men to take him away.
• Xiao Ning’s guards carried the unconscious Li Chenchen to a basement, where Xiao Ning stepped on his face and ordered his men to beat him.
• Li Chenchen woke, caught Xiao Ning’s foot, and flung him onto a sofa.
• Li Chenchen dodged one guard’s kick and used acrobatic moves to knock out another, while the remaining men froze in fear.
• Li Chenchen faced the frightened Xiao Ning and asked, “Why so serious?”

Li Chenchen interrogated Bai Cangshu’s subordinates after surviving their poisoned-wine trap, but Bai Cangshu arrived and confronted him. Their first exchange ended with Bai Cangshu identifying Li Chenchen as only a Clown, leaving Li Chenchen alarmed by his strength.

• Li Chenchen seized Xiao Ning and forced him to reveal that Bai Cangshu was at Binhai University.
• Li Chenchen threw a dagger through Sister Hong’s hand and used a Tarot Card to disable A Chao as he tried to escape.
• Bai Cangshu entered the basement, praised Clown Evans, and sent A Chao tumbling down the steps.
• Li Chenchen attacked Bai Cangshu with two Tarot Cards, but Bai Cangshu dodged them and crossed the room to punch him.
• Li Chenchen evaded Bai Cangshu’s punch and struck his chest, but Bai Cangshu slid back and declared that Li Chenchen was only a Clown, not yet a Magician.

Li Chenchen, disguised as Clown Evans, confronted Bai Cangshu after Bai identified the nature of his abilities. Their fight revealed both men’s unusual strength and skill, and it ended with Li Chenchen challenging Bai to keep fighting.

• Li Chenchen grew wary when Bai Cangshu recognized his abilities and used a Tarot Card to pin Xiao Ning’s hand to the floor.
• Bai Cangshu said he had no close ties to Xiao Ning and the others, while Li Chenchen criticized him for his coldness.
• Li Chenchen attacked Bai Cangshu, who evaded the blow with a movement like a Sequence 8 - Clown and struck him with tremendous force.
• Bai Cangshu seized Li Chenchen and charged with Baji Quan: Iron Mountain Lean, but Li Chenchen used Niko Style: Redirection Kata: Willow to send him flying toward the wall.
• Bai Cangshu pushed off the wall and landed unharmed, and Li Chenchen beckoned him forward, declaring that he was more than a clown.

Bai Cangshu fought Li Chenchen, learning and imitating the Niko Style techniques during their exchange. After Li Chenchen tried to negotiate, Bai Cangshu refused and pressed the fight, leaving Li Chenchen to unleash Fox Shadow Style: Rakshasa Palm.

• Li Chenchen used Niko Style: Flame Kata - Blazing Fire, but Bai Cangshu copied Niko Style: Water Kata - Willow and struck back.
• Bai Cangshu imitated Blazing Fire and punched Li Chenchen in the back, injuring his internal organs.
• Li Chenchen used a Medical Ninjutsu Scroll to ease his injuries and offered to talk, acknowledging Bai Cangshu's potential.
• Bai Cangshu refused to end the battle and charged at Li Chenchen again.
• Li Chenchen abandoned his Niko Style stance and unleashed Fox Shadow Style: Rakshasa Palm.

Bai Cangshu survived Evans's Rakshasa Palm and returned to the basement despite his severe injuries. He used the Blazing Fire footwork to counterattack Evans with a Rakshasa Palm of his own.

• Evans struck Bai Cangshu in the chest with the Fox Shadow Style: Rakshasa Palm, sending him crashing through the basement door into the bar hallway.
• Bai Cangshu stood up, threw A Chao out of the basement, and ordered him to claim there had been a gas explosion so the crowd would evacuate.
• A Chao warned the bar patrons to get outside while Li Chenchen studied Bai Cangshu and questioned how he was still standing.
• Bai Cangshu stomped through the basement floor with the Niko Style: Fire Heaven Form - Blazing Fire and rushed behind Li Chenchen.
• Bai Cangshu struck Li Chenchen between the chest and abdomen with the Fox Shadow Style: Rakshasa Palm.

Bai Cangshu killed Clown Evans in the real world, survived the Rakshasa Palm by redirecting most of its force, and learned that dead Reincarnators were erased from everyone’s memories. He sent Xiao Ning and the others away, then collected Evans’s Scarlet Drop Card.

• Bai Cangshu received notifications for killing Clown Evans, gaining an Agility point, merging Evans’s Private Space, and unlocking the Hunter milestone.
• Bai Cangshu explained that he had used Niko Style: Redirection Kata: Willow to deflect most of the Rakshasa Palm’s twisting force and survive.
• Bai Cangshu ordered Xiao Ning to take Sister Hong and the unconscious people away, while Xiao Ning promised to conceal what had happened.
• Bai Cangshu revealed that a dead Reincarnator’s corpse vanished and everyone forgot they had existed.
• Bai Cangshu touched Li Chenchen’s corpse, which vanished and left behind a Scarlet Drop Card · Clown Evans.

Bai Cangshu opened Clown Evans’s Scarlet Drop Card and chose an item draw and an attribute boost, acquiring the Magic Spear scroll and increasing his Agility. He discovered Evans’s digital wallet held more than three hundred thousand dollars, while the Magic Spear remained beyond his current physical capabilities.

• Bai Cangshu chose an item draw and an additional attribute extraction from Clown Evans’s drop.
• The draw awarded him two Konoha Medical Scrolls, a Magic Spear ability scroll, and an Advanced Electronic Information Storage Device U35, while his Agility rose by one point.
• Bai Cangshu noticed a bird outside the dormitory and wondered whether it was connected to the surveillance Officer Song had mentioned.
• He examined the Magic Spear scroll and learned it required Constitution above 15 and Fist and Kick Specialization Lv4, requirements he did not yet meet.
• Bai Cangshu plugged Evans’s U35 into his laptop and found that its electronic wallet contained more than three hundred thousand dollars.

After leaving campus for treatment, Bai Cangshu met Luoshui, who was tasked with easing his hostility toward the bureau’s surveillance, and gave her a misleadingly ordinary explanation for his injuries. He returned to the gym and began training by plunging his hand into Iron Sand, while Luoshui realized she had forgotten to ask about his parents.

• Bai Cangshu left campus, had his severe muscle injuries treated without anesthetic, and noticed the black strange bird continued to follow him.
• Luoshui approached Bai Cangshu outside the hospital on Song Xian’s instructions and asked why he had left campus.
• Bai Cangshu said he had strained a muscle while exercising and invited Luoshui for a drink, but she declined and gave him her business card.
• Bai Cangshu went to the gym, confirmed Xiao Ning had obtained the Iron Sand, and plunged his hand into it to injure his skin.
• As Luoshui drove away, she remembered that she had forgotten to ask Bai Cangshu about his parents.

After pushing his Hamon training to the point of self-injury, Bai Cangshu reached Lv2 and gained a sense of qi. He returned to the Private Space and visited the Goddess's Abode, where he met the enormous Goddess.

• Bai Cangshu's Hamon advanced to Lv2, and he unlocked the ability to pursue Martial Artist and Qigong Master sequences after comprehending qi.
• A notice warned Bai Cangshu that spatial deployment would begin in an hour, so he packed up at Xiao Ning's gym and returned to his dormitory.
• Bai Cangshu returned to his enlarged Private Space, changed into Mercenary Tao's Pink Robe, and disguised himself with the Visage of an Ancient God.
• Two white jade lions let Bai Cangshu enter the Goddess's Abode after sensing that he carried an offering, and the Goddess declared that time did not flow there.
• Bai Cangshu reached the White Jade Plaza and saw the silver-haired, red-eyed Goddess, then remarked that those features were especially popular in East Asia.

Bai Cangshu used Anomaly Points to enhance Hamon and chose Hamon Overdrive, then learned and upgraded the Magic Spear. He accepted a mission to advance his rating by killing a sufficiently powerful Plot Character one-on-one and bringing back their head.

• The Goddess of the East District explained Reincarnator Authority and the costs of improving abilities, bloodlines, and sequences.
• Bai Cangshu spent Anomaly Points to raise Hamon to Lv4 and chose the Hamon Overdrive specialization.
• Bai Cangshu used a Magic Spear scroll and spent more Anomaly Points to raise the ability to Lv3.
• At the Rank Management Office, a female Space figure told Bai Cangshu how to reach Bing-level.
• Bai Cangshu accepted the advancement mission, Flesh of the Enemy, My Sustenance.

Bai Cangshu traded a Dual Wielding Specialization Scroll for grenades and medical supplies before being deployed to a multiplayer mission in the Demon Slayer world. He and six other Reincarnators arrived in the forest, where Bai Cangshu recognized the setting and felt confident about the mission.

• Bai Cangshu examined Kyo Kusanagi's Glove but left without buying it because he had only one B-rank Anomaly Point.
• Bai Cangshu traded his Dual Wielding Specialization Scroll to Li Shuaixi for three High-Explosive Grenades and two High-Speed Hemostatic Sprays.
• Bai Cangshu returned to his Private Space and was deployed after the mission countdown ended.
• Bai Cangshu arrived in a dark forest with six other Reincarnators and learned they were in a low-to-medium difficulty Demon Slayer multiplayer mission.
• Bai Cangshu felt the Hamon within his body and smiled as another Reincarnator remarked on the opportunity to profit from the world.

Bai Cangshu and the other reincarnators discussed surviving their first night in the Demon Slayer World and headed toward nearby Wisteria Flowers after a giant Man-eating Demon appeared. After the group severed the demon’s head, a smaller demon attacked Bai Cangshu, who caught it and struck it with Ripple Power.

• Professor proposed that the reincarnators stay together because their mission was to survive until sunrise and a powerful demon might appear.
• Bai Cangshu sensed scrutiny, inferred that Wisteria Flowers offered shelter, and walked toward their scent as Professor urged the others to follow.
• A giant Man-eating Demon emerged from the forest and swung a tree at Bai Cangshu, but Professor shot off its arm with a hand cannon.
• The black-clad duo rushed the giant Man-eating Demon and severed its head, while Professor warned that it would be difficult to kill without Nichirin Blades.
• A smaller Man-eating Demon sprang from the severed head and attacked Bai Cangshu, who caught it by the throat and used Ripple Power on it.

Bai Cangshu used Hamon to burn Man-eating Demons to ash, while Liu Qi and the other Reincarnators fought a Demon Tide on Mount Fujikasane. As the group struggled to survive, Bai Cangshu pursued the demons through the forest and the mission’s threat remained unresolved.

• Bai Cangshu killed a Man-eating Demon with Hamon, surprising Professor and the other Reincarnators.
• Professor warned the group of a Demon Tide, but a demon wounded her as dozens of Man-eating Demons swarmed from the forest.
• Two Reincarnators fled while Liu Qi and the others stayed to fight the demons.
• Liu Qi used Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū techniques to save Professor and cut down demons, including the Blood Demon Art user Kōtarō.
• Bai Cangshu rampaged through the forest, burning demons with Hamon and pursuing them toward the Hand Demon.

After a night of deadly attacks at Mount Fujikasane, the surviving Reincarnators realized the mission world had drastically diverged from the original story. Bai Cangshu encountered a far more powerful Hand Demon and prepared to strike it with his Rakshasa Palm.

• The Professor, Liu Qi, Elizabeth, and Vincent took shelter in a Wisteria Flower grove after Man-eating Demons injured their group.
• Liu Qi pointed out that Bai Cangshu seemed to be the strongest among them, and Elizabeth warned that the mission world had undergone a major mutation.
• The Professor suspected they were at Mount Fujikasane, where the Wisteria Flower forest had been largely destroyed and Man-eating Demons now roamed freely.
• Bai Cangshu killed Xiaohuo, bringing his Demon Hunter progress to 9/20, then sensed a powerful killing intent in the forest.
• A gigantic Hand Demon emerged from the ground and attacked Bai Cangshu, who gathered Hamon and unleashed Immortal Art: Rakshasa Palm.

Bai Cangshu used Ripple energy and martial arts to overpower Hand Demon, whose attacks failed to stop him. He redirected Hand Demon’s spinning arms and charged along one toward its body.

• Bai Cangshu unleashed Rakshasa Palm, destroying Hand Demon’s giant hand with Ripple energy that burned the demon like sunlight.
• Hand Demon recoiled in pain and questioned whether Bai Cangshu was a new Lower Rank, while Bai Cangshu taunted it and smashed the ground with his foot.
• Bai Cangshu charged forward and drove a penetrating punch through Hand Demon’s flesh, damaging its organs with Ripple energy.
• Hand Demon spun its arms into a destructive whirlwind, smashing trees as Bai Cangshu readied himself to meet the attack.
• Bai Cangshu used the Niko Style’s Willow technique to redirect the force, landed on one of Hand Demon’s arms, and charged along it toward the demon.