Recaps

Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai prepared for the third round of the Eerie Competition, Heroes versus Demon Kings, and discovered that the rules and their assigned weaknesses seemed designed to undermine the Heroes. As twenty-three Demon Kings faced 427 Heroes, Wen Xishu decided to fight them directly while resolving to protect a clever rare species contestant.

• Wen Xishu explained to Zheng Zai that the rules favored Demon Kings because Heroes had to cooperate and shared their points equally, making victory dependent on luck without someone to organize them.
• After contestants from the other zones arrived, Wen Xishu equipped combat-focused God Cards, while Zheng Zai selected cards that strengthened his defense, vitality, and chances of surviving fatal damage.
• Wen Xishu drew the Sword Hero role and Zheng Zai the Shield Hero role, but their assigned weaknesses impaired Wen Xishu's communication and made Zheng Zai appear untrustworthy to teammates.
• The contestants learned that 23 of the 450 participants were Demon Kings, leaving the Heroes badly outnumbered and demoralized.
• Wen Xishu overheard a rare species contestant reason that he could survive by turning the Demon Kings against one another, and he asked Zheng Zai to learn the contestant's name and help keep him alive.
• Wen Xishu said he would ignore the game's intended strategy and try to slaughter the Demon Kings himself, hoping to force the host to reveal the competition's secrets.

The warriors struggled to survive the battlefield as Demon Kings massacred disorganized groups, while one lone Sword Warrior used two Weird Divine Cards to defeat Demon King Twenty-Two. The Sword Warrior forced the Demon King to serve as his mount and ordered it to take him to the other Demon Kings.

• Zheng Zai's group argued at a crossroads in Area Four as a Demon King approached, leaving them unable to choose a direction or act together.
• Demon King Ten used its Split card to create six duplicates and wiped out the warriors who had nearly defeated it in Zone Seven.
• Demon King Twenty-Two ambushed a group in Area Eleven, and the Formation Warriors fled while the Magic Heroes were killed, leaving only a lone Sword Warrior.
• The Sword Warrior endured Demon King Twenty-Two's attacks with Emotion Shield and severed its arm with Emotion Blade.
• The Sword Warrior defeated Demon King Twenty-Two, threatened to kill it unless it became his dog, and rode it toward the other Demon Kings.

Wen Xishu rode Demon King Twenty-Two through the battlefield, killing warriors who were not Shield Warriors and searching for Old Zheng. After destroying Demon King Ten with his sponsored cards, he sensed Old Zheng in Area Four and hurried toward Demon King Eleven, which felt a terrifying presence approaching.

• Wen Xishu ordered Demon King Twenty-Two to kill warriors in Areas Ten and Seven while sparing Shield Warriors, and he confirmed Old Zheng was not among the dead.
• Wen Xishu confronted Demon King Ten in Area Six, and Demon King Ten attacked him with poison, flames, claws, and enhanced clones.
• Wen Xishu killed Demon King Twenty-Two, then activated Scales' Measure and Scales' Mirror Image to match Demon King Ten's abilities and stats.
• Wen Xishu destroyed Demon King Ten and all its clones, then sensed Old Zheng's presence in Area Four.
• Demon King Eleven felt an unprecedented pressure as Wen Xishu approached Area Four at tremendous speed.

Wen Xishu rushed through the battlefield, killing Demon King Eleven and Demon King One, then found Zheng Zai alive thanks to his Scarecrow Demon Energy Card. With Zheng Zai at his side, Wen Xishu decided to end the Eerie Competition by killing the remaining survivors.

• Wen Xishu killed Demon King Eleven after it tried to flee, then learned that the warriors believed their last Shield Warrior had been eaten and feared Old Zheng was dead.
• Wen Xishu left Area Four for Area Three, while the surviving warriors headed toward Area Five.
• Zheng Zai survived Demon King Eleven's attack by using the Scarecrow Demon Energy Card to teleport to Area Two, then made his way toward Area Three.
• Wen Xishu killed the seven Formation Warriors and Demon King One, which had been tormenting them and tried to flee.
• Zheng Zai revealed himself, and Wen Xishu realized he was alive; the two reunited and agreed to fight through the arena together.
• Wen Xishu told Zheng Zai he intended to kill every remaining survivor in the third round to prevent further rounds of the Eerie Competition.

The host watched the Demon Kings fall to Wen Xishu, Zheng Zai, and their allies, leaving the Heroes victorious and the Eerie Competition’s host exposed. After Scorpio warned him not to interfere and declared this the final competition, the three survivors returned for the award ceremony.

• The host watched the remaining Heroes endure as Demon Kings died in rapid succession, while Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai recruited the Rare Species Abdu.
• Wen Xishu rode Demon King Twenty while pursuing Demon King Five, and the Sword Warrior defeated the last Demon Kings as the host’s contestant count collapsed.
• Scorpio called the host, ordered him to follow procedure, explained that the surviving humans could determine the Eerie Competition’s final outcome, and told him to pass a message to Wen Xishu.
• The third round ended with the Heroes’ faction victorious and three survivors: two humans and Abdu, with no Elite Species among them.

After the Eerie Competition ended, Wen Xishu learned that humans could lock in outcomes in the Strange Tower and that other lands of obsession might be reached through special methods. Abdu evolved into a red house, while Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai vanished before receiving their human rewards, which the Guide would reveal.

• The host announced the winners’ scores, and Wen Xishu learned from Scorpio’s message that humans could lock in Strange Tower endings through highly rated completions.
• Wen Xishu realized the Eerie Competition had been exploiting monsters’ deaths and obsession to produce items and powers, and that Zheng Zai might find other Entry Tickets.
• Abdu received his reward, evolved into a red house, and pledged to serve Wen Xishu, who invited him to Wind City.
• Taurus and Libra argued with Scorpio about the loss of the Eerie Competition, then agreed to let the Guide handle the human winners’ rewards according to tower rules.
• The host returned to find that Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai had disappeared, while Abdu explained that they had been sent back to where the Guide resided.

After the Eerie Competition ended, Wen Xishu checked his rewards and examined two powerful Constellation items that could alter Strange Tower explorations. The Guide sent him back to the Bunker, warning that history was changing and his secret might not stay hidden much longer.

• The Guide told Wen Xishu that he had survived the competition and earned rewards, including Eerie Sequence 58: mutated slaughter and the Rune: unnameable desire.
• Wen Xishu learned that Zheng Zai had also received mutated slaughter and equipped the Sequence among his seven active Sequences.
• Wen Xishu examined Taurus's Horn of Competition, which created contests with favorable rules but sacrificed those who died in them to its creator.
• Wen Xishu studied Libra's Scale of Chaos, which could disable an item and summon a disruptive third faction that remained friendly to him for two hours.
• Wen Xishu questioned the cost of using the Constellations' items, then learned his completion level was six and that he had spent two days in the competition.
• The Guide warned Wen Xishu that history was already changing and his secret might soon be exposed, and Wen Xishu activated his Login Device to return to the Bunker.

After returning to the Bunker, Wen Xishu heard that its affairs and tower climbing were improving, but an assassin attacked him in his office. Wen Xishu captured the attacker, Na Gu, only to see him transform into the face of an old man Wen Xishu recognized.

• Wen Xishu returned to the Bunker, heard the Academy Spirit report on Hockner’s beach plans and the tower climbs of Mr. Jin, Liu Zizai, Wen Renjing, and Xun Hui, and asked it to learn all of Zheng Zai’s rewards.
• Wen Xishu rested in his office while Na Gu watched the Tower of Deception Academy with a telescope and fired four bullets toward him.
• Nissen and Yue Yun confronted Na Gu, while Wen Xishu deflected the first bullet and entered his deathmatch state to withstand the rest.
• Wen Xishu’s body transformed into black, bandage-like growths that spread through the academy and captured Na Gu.
• Wen Xishu demanded to know who had hired Na Gu, but Na Gu transformed into an old man’s face that Wen Xishu recognized.

Wen Xishu survived an assassination attempt by an attacker who transformed from a student into Luo Feng, and the Five Elders debated whether Luo Feng had truly attacked him. They suspected a mysterious imitator was behind the assault and ended with Luo Feng fearing that something had happened to Mr. Jin.

• Luo Feng attacked Wen Xishu, who used his mutated body, terrain advantages, and Perfect Parry to escape into the Recollection Archive facility.
• The Academy Spirit contacted Wen Xishu and ordered Jabbar to lock down the Three Towers Academy against the Five Elders, though Evelyn later visited Wen Xishu.
• William Gordon, Matthew Jones, and Evelyn questioned Luo Feng at the Luo Family residence, where he denied attacking Wen Xishu.
• Evelyn described how the assassin had changed from a Tower of Slaughter Academy student into Luo Feng, leading the Elders to suspect someone could imitate them.
• The Elders agreed they needed to find the assassin, and Luo Feng voiced concern that something bad might have happened to Mr. Jin.

After Luo Feng visited Wen Xishu to deny attacking him, Wen Xishu suspected Xiao Jin was behind the impersonation, but Xiao Jin had disappeared. The next morning, Albert told Wen Xishu that Old Jin had died in the Slaughter Tower, leaving the group grieving as the Bunker’s attempted assassination remained unresolved.

• The Security Bureau tortured and imprisoned the real Na Gu after an impostor used his identity and disguised telescope to attack Wen Xishu.
• Luo Feng met Wen Xishu in the Recollection Archive Safe House, denied being the assassin, and warned that the culprit had an unusual and distinguished identity.
• Wen Xishu suspected Xiao Jin because the culprit could transform into other people, but Xiao Jin had disappeared.
• The Academy Spirit told Wen Xishu that Albert had returned and wanted to meet him at the Garden Forbidden Grounds.
• Albert told Wen Xishu that Sagittarius had killed Old Jin in the Slaughter Tower, and the Five Elders grieved over Old Jin’s death.
• Albert asked Wen Xishu whether he had any leads on the attempted assassination.

After Mr. Jin’s death, Albert promised to protect Wen Xishu and hunt the would-be assassin while the Bunker mourned. Wen Xishu began another Strange Tower expedition, choosing a dice effect that could bypass defenses before entering the Underworld-themed Journey of Miracles mission.

• Wen Xishu told Albert that Xiao Jin could imitate people at the elders’ level and might have attacked him, though he had no proof; Albert judged the ability a serious threat and promised to find the assassin within three days.
• Albert and the elders mourned Liu Zizai, and Albert urged Luo Feng to train if he wanted to kill Sagittarius; the Bunker later held a funeral for Mr. Jin, prompting residents to wear white mourning flowers.
• Wen Xishu learned that Zheng Zai had obtained two orange items, then decided to seek Xiao Jin eventually while leaving the search to Albert and the elders.
• Wen Xishu began his fifteenth tower climb and chose the Safety Net effect from the Madman’s Dice, which guaranteed minimum damage against enemies.
• Wen Xishu reviewed the Journey of Miracles mission, which sent him to the Underworld to make crucial choices and return to the living, and wondered whether he might find someone he knew among the dead.

Wen Xishu spent more than a day wandering through a boundless, lightless space on the fortieth floor before using the Horn of Competition to create a Hero-versus-Demon King contest. Through Demon King Vision, he saw the Demon King trapped in Magma Hell and began investigating why the Demon King could reach the realm of the dead when he could not.

• Wen Xishu walked through the dark, viscous void for over twenty-seven hours, losing his sense of direction and struggling to stay calm.
• Wen Xishu used the Horn of Competition to start a contest in which he had to evade, imprison, or kill the Demon King.
• Wen Xishu activated Demon King Vision and saw the Demon King flying through a lava-filled Hell.
• The Demon King used Spatial Deconstruction, learned that he was in Lava Hell and infinitely distant from Wen Xishu, and was advised to escape by using blood.
• Wen Xishu reasoned that the void marked the boundary between life and death and wondered why the Demon King could enter Hell while he remained outside.

Wen Xishu used his connection to the fool’s grief over Wen Chaohua to manifest a summon and send his consciousness into the Netherworld. With help from the Rainbow Crow, he learned he could choose any soul to rescue and set out to find the Undead Coachman, unsure whom to save.

• Wen Xishu decided to spend Tower Power to create a summon that could enter the Netherworld.
• Wen Xishu stirred the fool’s grief by claiming Wen Chaohua had entered the world of the dead, and the fool’s desperate wish to save his brother fueled Wen Xishu’s Sequence Ultimate.
• Wen Xishu manifested a cold-white summon linked to his consciousness and entered the Netherworld while his living body remained outside.
• The Rainbow Crow sheltered Wen Xishu, gave him a feather that let him perceive the spirits’ flesh and blood, and explained that he could choose any soul to rescue.
• Wen Xishu left the alley and decided to find the Undead Coachman to travel to the timeline of his own era.

Wen Xishu explored the Upper Spirit World, spent merit to board the Time-Space Carriage, and learned how travel between its timeline regions worked. He arrived in a Bunker region three years after his death, where dead residents recognized him as a legend and leader of the Xishu Divine Church.

• Wen Xishu learned that souls in the Upper Spirit World ate desire and spent merit, then paid 648 Merit Coins to board the carriage immediately.
• The carriage driver explained that Netherworld regions were organized by the year people died and that travelers had to serve the lifespan time difference before visiting another timeline.
• Wen Xishu learned he could travel three years before or after his death, but had one special journey that bypassed the limit, and chose the Three Towers World three years after his death.
• Wen Xishu arrived in a modern city in a Bunker region, where passersby recognized him as a famous figure and the Church Leader of the Xishu Divine Church.

In the World of the Dead, Wen Xishu learned that Xun Hui and Wen Renjing had died on the Seventieth Floor and that he himself had disappeared three years earlier, then narrowly avoided drawing an enforcer’s attention. He traveled back three years to search for Mr. Jin and reached the Population Statistics Bureau, where he planned to check whether Mr. Jin was dead.

• Wen Xishu pretended to be a Church Leader Wen lookalike and persuaded Xishu Divine Church follower Huang He to talk with him over drinks.
• Huang He told Wen Xishu that Xun Hui and Wen Renjing had died on the Seventieth Floor, and that Wen Xishu had disappeared three years earlier after an assassination attempt.
• A Bull-Headed Monster attacked after Wen Xishu learned details that could disrupt causality, and Huang He’s death memories revealed how much the Xishu Divine Church had inspired people in the Bunker.
• Wen Xishu chose not to fight the Bull-Headed Monster, realizing he could return to the living world and prevent Huang He’s death, and concluded that he needed to rescue souls without attracting the enforcers.
• Wen Xishu used the Demon King’s shared vision to see an enforcer kill it, then traveled three years into the past to look for Mr. Jin.
• Wen Xishu visited the Population Statistics Bureau and asked to review the year’s death records from the Bunker world so he could find out whether Mr. Jin had died.

Wen Xishu found Jin Zhenyuan’s name in the Netherworld’s Death Register but realized Liu Zizai’s absence made the record suspicious, leading him to suspect Mr. Jin had orchestrated attempts to kill him for the Madman’s Dice. On the way to search for Jin Zhenyuan, he met Wen Tingyun, who revealed the Wen family’s grief and love for him; the chapter left Wen Xishu offering his other self a chance to see their family.

• Wen Xishu searched the Death Register, found Jin Zhenyuan listed, and noticed Liu Zizai’s name was missing.
• Wen Xishu theorized that Mr. Jin might have survived and targeted him to obtain the secret of Wen Chaohua’s Madman’s Dice.
• Wen Xishu rode the Elevator toward the lower floors and encountered Wen Tingyun, who recognized and confronted him.
• Wen Tingyun revealed that he resented Wen Xishu for being spared while the rest of the Wen family died for a plan, then broke down in grief and relief upon hearing of Wen Xishu’s success.
• Wen Xishu declined Wen Tingyun’s invitation to visit the Wen family gathering and asked his other self whether he wanted to see their parents and relatives.
• The other Wen Xishu refused to meet the family, fearing he would cry, but tears fell as he mourned them.

Wen Xishu arranged a dream visitation to make Albert Napolitano hold a public funeral for Liu Zizai and Jin Zhenyuan, hoping to draw Jin to the World of the Dead. Wen Tingyun received merit after meeting Wen Xishu and began to suspect that the man he had met was truly alive and pursuing a plan.

• Wen Xishu reasoned that he could combine Underworld Office services with the Madman's Dice to find Jin Zhenyuan, then stole Liang Qin’s merit by severely injuring him and promised to compensate him later.
• Wen Xishu paid for a dream visitation to Albert Napolitano, instructing him to hold a memorable funeral for Liu Zizai and Jin Zhenyuan and publicize their contributions to the Bunker.
• Wen Xishu waited at the downtown building for Jin Zhenyuan to collect the merit generated by people’s grief, worrying that Jin or Liu might be in the Lower Spirit District.
• Albert Napolitano arranged a grand farewell ceremony for Jin Zhenyuan and Liu Zizai, explaining that he wanted to avoid having regrets.
• Wen Tingyun received a call saying Wen Xishu’s grief had generated merit for him, connected it to his meeting with the supposed Xishu Divine Church follower, and told the Wen Family head that he suspected Wen Xishu was alive.

Wen Juanhai accepted Wen Xishu’s suspected arrival in the Underworld and urged Wen Tingyun to help him quietly. Wen Xishu confronted the spirit using Jin Zhenyuan’s face, discovered he was Liu Zizai, and began questioning him about Jin’s fate.

• Wen Tingyun told Wen Juanhai that Wen Xishu might have entered the Underworld alive, and Wen Juanhai recalled Wen Chaohua’s plan and trusted that the brothers could break the rules.
• Wen Juanhai told Wen Tingyun not to expose Wen Xishu and to give him merit discreetly while keeping the matter from the other Wen family members.
• On the third day, Wen Xishu spotted Jin Zhenyuan’s face in the elevator and called him Liu Zizai, startling him into revealing that the name was tied to a secret.
• Wen Xishu used a hidden force to overpower Liu Zizai and took him to a basement, threatening to shatter his Spirit Body unless he answered questions.
• Wen Xishu asked whether Jin Zhenyuan was dead, and Liu Zizai immediately claimed that Jin had gone to the Lower Spirit District; Wen Xishu then prepared to use his information-gathering techniques.

Wen Xishu beat Liu Zizai and used Tang Rui's Mixed Feelings Rune to enter memories that revealed Mr. Jin's power to imitate others and his plans for the Bunker. Wen Xishu began to suspect that Mr. Jin had remained loyal to Longxia and might have been trying to make its failing plan succeed, even at the Bunker's expense.

• Wen Xishu attacked Liu Zizai in the Upper Spirit District, where Liu's abilities could not harm him, and demanded information about Mr. Jin.
• As Liu Zizai neared death, his floating comments led Wen Xishu to use Tang Rui's Mixed Feelings Rune to enter his memories.
• Liu Zizai's memory showed Mr. Jin killing Slaughter · Von Neumann by turning Von Neumann's Scanning against him, then revealing that he could take other people's appearances.
• In another memory, Mr. Jin described the Hidden Dragon Plan and his wish that the Bunker’s most promising climbers were Longxians, while calling Albert a friend and a hero for the Bunker.
• Wen Xishu suspected that Mr. Jin's loyalty to Longxia had conflicted with his role as the Bunker's pioneer, and wondered whether he might have risked destroying the Bunker to save Longxia's plan.

Wen Xishu learned that Mr. Jin had arranged Miyamoto Yoshiki’s challenge to test him, then witnessed Liu Zizai destroy his Spirit Body and die. After Wen Tingyun warned him against taking anyone out of the World of the Dead, Wen Xishu chose to return, and the Rainbow Crow revealed that the journey had tested whether he would try to break the boundary between life and death.

• Wen Xishu saw Mr. Jin tell Liu Zizai that he had arranged for Miyamoto Yoshiki to challenge Wen Xishu and had used Liu Zizai’s appearance to investigate Miyamoto.
• Liu Zizai feared that he would ruin Mr. Jin’s plans and began destroying his Spirit Body, causing Wen Xishu to witness the memory of Liu Zizai’s death by a powerful arrow.
• Spirit Inspectors appeared around Wen Xishu, and their chill depleted his yang energy as a Seven-Colored Flower began counting down to his death.
• Wen Tingyun found Wen Xishu and urged him not to take anyone from the World of the Dead; Wen Xishu decided to leave without rescuing a dead person.
• Wen Xishu praised the Rainbow Crow to begin his return, and the Rainbow Crow explained that the journey had tested whether he would abandon his obsession with the dead.

Wen Xishu returned from the Netherworld after learning that Mr. Jin was not dead and seeing his family, then received a powerful feather from the Netherworld Sovereign. He prepared to return to the Bunker, where people were still mourning Liu Zizai and Mr. Jin based on his earlier message.

• Rainbow Crow explained the Netherworld’s districts and procedures, then agreed to send Wen Xishu back to the Netherworld Gate.
• Wen Xishu asked how time travel and the World of Obsessions affected life and death, and Rainbow Crow explained provisional deaths and warned him against abducting spirits.
• Rainbow Crow gave Wen Xishu a feather called Death Plan and sent him back to the Netherworld Gate.
• Wen Xishu used his Login Device and learned that Death Plan let him see people’s names and determine how at least seven people would die during his next Strange Tower journey.
• Wen Xishu considered the feather’s power and decided to return to the Bunker to tell the Old Principal what he had encountered.

Wen Xishu told Albert, Evelyn, Xun Hui, and Wen Renjing that he had visited the Netherworld and uncovered evidence that Jin Zhenyuan was alive and connected to Longxia’s Hidden Dragon Plan. Albert accepted Wen Xishu’s warning and ordered them to avoid the Seventieth Floor while the group investigated Old Jin’s motives and searched for Xiao Jin.

• Wen Xishu returned to the Bunker, discussed the Feather’s strict restrictions, and urgently summoned Albert, Evelyn, Xun Hui, and Wen Renjing.
• Wen Xishu recounted his journey to the Netherworld and concluded that the Jin Zhenyuan he met there was actually Liu Zizai, while the real Jin Zhenyuan was likely still alive.
• Wen Xishu warned that Xun Hui and Wen Renjing would die to Sagittarius on the Seventieth Floor and linked Old Jin’s abilities to Longxia’s failed plan to create a god from its people.
• Albert resisted the idea that Old Jin cared more for Longxia than the Bunker, but admitted that Old Jin had become unusually active and revealed that Xiao Jin was hiding in the Three Towers Academy.
• Xun Hui and Wen Renjing agreed not to climb the Seventieth Floor, and Albert assigned Evelyn to watch Luo Feng while he searched for Xiao Jin.

Wen Xishu and Albert tracked down Xiao Jin, whose attempt to kill Wen Xishu was driven by his desire to reclaim the Heart of Fusion rather than by Mr. Jin’s orders. After Albert defeated Xiao Jin, Wen Xishu prepared to climb the Strange Tower again and found a solution to the problem of needing seven companions.

• Wen Xishu and Albert organized a search of Three Towers Academy, and Albert located Xiao Jin in the Library.
• Xiao Jin attacked Wen Xishu using the forms and abilities of Luo Feng, Evelyn, and Xun Hui, but Albert subdued him with a punch.
• Wen Xishu explained that Xiao Jin wanted the Heart of Fusion so his evil will could control a fusion with his kinder half, clearing Mr. Jin of responsibility for the assassination attempt.
• Albert had Xiao Jin taken away for treatment and questioning, while Wen Xishu considered how to gather seven death-row inmates for his next tower climb.
• Wen Xishu thought of a solution to the companion problem, took out the Login Device, and began a new tower climb.

Wen Xishu entered floor forty-nine and was forced by Zoe to join a team of assassins tasked with killing the Saviors of several countries. After learning that the mission might conceal another purpose, he suggested that the assassins turn against Zoe and remove their explosive collars.

• Wen Xishu chose Three Phases instead of Triple High and entered the floor forty-nine mission, where he was assigned to assassinate the Saviors while surviving.
• A Free State guard led Wen Xishu to Zoe, who threatened the collared prisoners and promised them freedom and Ark access if they killed their targets.
• Cosmos refused the assignment until Zoe threatened his little sister, and the assassins reluctantly agreed to obey her.
• Zoe revealed nine targets, including Dmitri, Cain, and the mysterious Dragon, then sent the assassins to prepare their equipment and plans.
• Wen Xishu realized the mission's settings were connected through a door and suspected the Saviors might not be the team's true enemies.
• After the assassins voiced doubts about killing the Saviors and trusting Zoe, Wen Xishu proposed that she remove their bombs and atone by dying, prompting them to stare at him in disbelief.

Wen Xishu used the Seven-Colored Feather quill to make Zoe’s bodyguard reveal secrets and kill himself, convincing the captured assassins that he had a powerful ability. He then compelled Zoe to free them and erase their records, leaving them safe and ready to choose their next move.

• Wen Xishu introduced himself to the assassins as the Ultimate Killer King and wrote that Zoe’s bodyguard would arrive, reveal information, and kill himself.
• Zoe’s bodyguard entered the armory, disclosed secrets about Zoe and the Ark, and slit his own throat after Wen Xishu’s written command took effect.
• The assassins questioned Wen Xishu’s ability, while he claimed he could make people act and die through his quill.
• Wen Xishu promised that Zoe would remove the assassins’ bombs, protect them, and blame Zoe’s eventual death on God.
• Zoe arrived, ordered her agents to keep silent, removed the assassins’ bombs, and arranged to erase their bounty listings and criminal records.
• Wen Xishu told the freed assassins he would join them whether they chose to challenge the world’s strongest saviors or attack the Investigation Bureau.