Recaps

Dong Xuebin urged people across Fenzhou to evacuate before the predicted earthquake, even as his warning brought scrutiny from State Security and city officials. At an emergency district meeting, Wang Anshi suspended him, and Dong challenged the order and defended reporting the danger.

• Dong Xuebin called colleagues, friends, and family to urge them to leave unsafe buildings or the city before the earthquake expected the next morning.
• Residents began fleeing Fenzhou and setting up tents outdoors after reading Dong Xuebin’s article.
• Secretary Zang summoned Dong Xuebin to a meeting where Wang Anshi and district officials watched news coverage of the uproar over his warning.
• Wang Anshi announced that Dong Xuebin was suspended from all duties, citing rumors and social unrest.
• Dong Xuebin challenged Wang Anshi’s decision and argued that he had a duty to report abnormal signs of an earthquake.

After Wang Anshi ordered measures against Dong Xuebin and the earthquake rumors, Geng Yuehua quietly pushed the district to prepare for a possible disaster. Dong Xuebin told Guangming Street Office staff he could not be certain an earthquake would happen, then announced his personal decision to evacuate residents from old buildings.

• Wang Anshi ordered an investigation of Dong Xuebin, the suppression of earthquake rumors, and increased police presence.
• Wu Liang told Geng Yuehua he believed there was at least a ten percent chance of an earthquake, and she ordered earthquake-prevention broadcasts and preparations across the district.
• Dong Xuebin gathered Guangming Street Office and community workers for an emergency meeting despite his suspension.
• Dong Xuebin admitted he did not know whether an earthquake would occur, but said he would not gamble with residents' safety.
• Dong Xuebin announced that he would evacuate residents from old buildings in his area and take personal responsibility for the decision.

Dong Xuebin persuaded Guangming Street Office staff to help prepare for a possible earthquake despite the risks of acting without authorization. After Geng Yuehua ordered district-wide earthquake precautions, Dong assigned urgent shelter, evacuation, and public-order tasks, leaving the office united and racing against time.

• Dong Xuebin declared that he alone would take responsibility for evacuating residents, and Wang Yuling, Zhou Yanru, Peng Gang, Geng Xinke, and the other staff pledged to help.
• Dong Xuebin received word that the district government had ordered all street offices to prepare for earthquake prevention, a move Geng Yuehua had made despite opposing Wang Anshi.
• Dong Xuebin ordered Geng Xinke to coordinate at the Street Office and directed Zhou Yanru and Wang Yuling to set up emergency shelters at Guangming Garden before morning.
• Dong Xuebin told Yu and Meng to issue evacuation notices for vulnerable residential compounds, factories, and buildings, following the drill plan.
• Dong Xuebin assigned Peng Gang to maintain public order, and the staff dispersed to carry out their tasks.

After the Star Radiance Magic Array transformed Xiang Tian from a baby into a teenager and awakened immense magical power, the Grand Elder arranged for his parents to teach him Druid history while the elders recovered. Xiang Tian challenged the arrangement but pretended to cooperate, and his parents left to settle in the temple.

• The Grand Elder told Xiang Tian to rest in the temple for a week and learn about the Druid clan and the Western Continent.
• The Wolf-headed Druid elder asked the Grand Elder who should train Xiang Tian, and the Grand Elder decided his parents could teach him history and daily knowledge while the elders recovered.
• Xiang Tian asked why he should follow the elders' arrangements and stared defiantly at the Grand Elder.
• Inte agreed to follow the elders' wishes, and he and his wife prepared to move into the temple.
• Xiang Tian watched his parents leave, then sat down to study the General History of the Western Continent.

Dong Xuebin confronted Deputy Director Chu’s team after they arrested a Guangming Street Police Station officer and disrupted the evacuation. He confiscated the officers’ identification and ordered all seven arrested, leaving the standoff in his hands.

• Branch bureau detectives arrested a Guangming Street Police Station officer, prompting Peng Gang and his personnel to block their police car.
• Dong Xuebin arrived and told Peng Gang and the civilians to move aside, then challenged Deputy Director Chu’s team to show their identification.
• Dong Xuebin secretly took the identification and valuables from all seven officers, leaving them unable to prove who they were.
• Dong Xuebin kicked Deputy Director Chu, dislocated his arm, and handcuffed him.
• Peng Gang and the Street Police Station officers cuffed all seven branch bureau officers and took them back to the station on Dong Xuebin’s orders.

Dong Xuebin continued evacuating residents from dangerous buildings in Guangming Street as the earthquake approached. He learned that Xie Huilan had also pushed through an evacuation in Yantai County, and her support renewed his resolve.

• Dong Xuebin and Street Office staff evacuated residents from a vulnerable old residential complex and moved on to other dangerous sites.
• Dong Xuebin called Zhou Yanru and learned that the Street Office was preparing hospitals and shelters while Yantai County had begun evacuating residents.
• Zhou Yanru told Dong Xuebin that Xie Huilan had persuaded the Yantai County Standing Committee to approve the evacuation despite the County Party Secretary's opposition.
• Dong Xuebin called Xie Huilan, who explained she had supported him because they were soon to marry and she would stand by him amid the controversy.
• Dong Xuebin thanked Xie Huilan and promised that the higher-ups would not punish them, while she joked about their future married life.

Dong Xuebin rushed to evacuate residents who refused to leave a demolition-dispute alley, while district and county officials argued over his actions and Xie Huilan’s earthquake preparations. The evacuation continued under pressure as the predicted earthquake drew near.

• Wang Yuling told Dong Xuebin that residents in the last evacuation area were refusing to leave, and he drove there to help.
• Dong Xuebin promised the residents their homes would not be demolished, but Old Cheng and others still refused to evacuate.
• Dong Xuebin ordered Peng Gang and the officers to move the holdouts by force, and Old Cheng struck him on the head with his cane.
• Despite bleeding and being beaten by resisting residents, Dong Xuebin urged the staff to hurry and helped load people into vehicles for the park shelter.
• At an emergency meeting, Wen Wei and Xue Qingrong condemned Dong Xuebin for detaining police officers, while Wu Liang defended his urgency.
• Xiang Daofa challenged Xie Huilan’s unauthorized evacuation, but privately believed her earthquake warning would prove false.

Dong Xuebin's evacuation efforts were interrupted when a powerful earthquake struck Fenzhou City, while Geng Yuehua and Xie Huilan faced the same disaster during political confrontations. The chapter ended with the quake shaking the city and its leaders scrambling to respond.

• Dong Xuebin urged the Street Office staff to evacuate the remaining residents, but Old Cheng and his family refused to leave their courtyard.
• As Peng Gang's team moved to remove Old Cheng's family, an earthquake shook the alley and a nearby makeshift kitchen collapsed.
• Geng Yuehua defended her evacuation orders at a district committee meeting, and an earthquake struck the building before Wang Anshi could finish challenging her.
• Xiang Daofa criticized Xie Huilan's countywide evacuation decision, but the earthquake hit Yantai County and Xie recognized it immediately.

A powerful earthquake struck Guangming Street, and Dong Xuebin’s evacuation efforts proved to have saved residents from collapsing houses. He rushed into Old Cheng’s crumbling courtyard to rescue the child left inside, while the others fled and the chapter ended with Dong Xuebin entering the East Room.

• A powerful earthquake shook the alley, collapsing houses and confirming that Dong Xuebin had been right to evacuate residents.
• Dong Xuebin and Zhou Yanru urged everyone to flee, but Old Cheng’s family revealed that his grandson was still inside.
• Dong Xuebin stopped Old Cheng from rushing into the collapsing courtyard and ordered Peng Gang to evacuate the residents.
• Dong Xuebin ran into the courtyard despite the danger and told Peng Gang to leave the child to him.
• Dong Xuebin heard the boy crying in the East Room and charged inside to rescue him as Zhou Yanru was dragged away.

After surviving the first earthquake, Dong Xuebin organized the Street Office staff and residents to evacuate and then led a small team west to rescue people. When a trapped man could not be freed by hand, Dong Xuebin rode off to find more help.

• Dong Xuebin told worried Street Office workers they could return to their families before assigning Zhou Yanru to lead the remaining staff and residents to a shelter.
• Several residents volunteered to help, while Dong Xuebin, Peng Gang, and four auxiliary police officers headed west to search for people in danger.
• Dong Xuebin and his team found a woman whose husband, Da Wei, was trapped beneath rubble, but they could not move the heavy wall pinning him down.
• A passing family ignored Dong Xuebin's request for help, so he sent Peng Gang to keep Da Wei conscious and rode an abandoned bicycle to seek reinforcements at the nearby Street Office.

After the earthquake, Dong Xuebin returned to Guangming Park, organized rescue and relief efforts, and checked another shelter. He learned that the District Committee Courtyard was burning with leaders trapped inside, and feared Yuehua might be among them.

• Dong Xuebin and his companions brought injured civilians to Guangming Park, where Geng Xinke reported hundreds injured, scarce supplies, and inadequate rescue resources.
• Dong Xuebin ordered the Street Office to rely on its own people, prioritize saving lives, and organize rescue teams while securing food and water.
• Dong Xuebin went to the Small Square and heard Wang Yuling's report on the shelter's conditions.
• A clerk reported that the District Committee Courtyard was on fire, with leaders and cadres trapped inside and Fire Trucks unable to reach them.
• Dong Xuebin feared Yuehua had stayed behind to rescue people and might be trapped in the fire.

Dong Xuebin rushed to the District Committee Courtyard after learning that Geng Yuehua was trapped in the burning government Office Building. He found her and several others stranded on the roof, with the fire closing in and no apparent way to rescue them.

• Dong Xuebin sent Wang Yuling to organize rescue operations across Nanshan District and hurried toward the District Committee Courtyard.
• Wang Anshi and Shen Fei learned that Geng Yuehua and more than twenty people were trapped inside the partially collapsed, burning government Office Building.
• Dong Xuebin arrived and, after learning Geng Yuehua was inside, used STOP! to freeze the flames and entered the building to search for her.
• Dong Xuebin found the stairs had collapsed, failed to reach the upper floors, and escaped through a window after inhaling smoke.
• People spotted Geng Yuehua and several injured clerks and officials stranded on the roof, calling for help as the fire approached.

Dong Xuebin tried to save District Governor Yuehua and the others trapped on the burning District Government Office Building roof. With the fire closing in and only a thin layer of car seats, mats, and clothes below, a woman fell from the roof, and Dong Xuebin caught her.

• District Governor Yuehua and six officials and staff members became trapped on the roof as the fire spread through the building.
• Dong Xuebin told people to gather anything soft, then tore seats from cars and helped lay them out beneath the building.
• As the flames reached the roof, Dong Xuebin stopped Geng Xinke from rushing into the fire and ordered everyone outside the courtyard.
• Dong Xuebin told the people on the roof to jump and assured District Governor Yuehua that he could save them.
• A female staff member fell from the roof, and Dong Xuebin caught her on the makeshift cushion.

Dong Xuebin repeatedly caught officials jumping from the burning District Government Office Building, using BACK to heal his injuries and continue rescuing them. He saved Geng Yuehua during an explosion and aftershock, then passed out as rescuers rushed to help.

• Dong Xuebin caught the first female clerk with his bare hands and ordered the others to keep jumping.
• He caught a second clerk who was falling headfirst, worsening his injuries, then used BACK to restore his arms.
• Dong Xuebin caught Director Yu and continued rescuing the remaining officials as Geng Yuehua waited until last.
• Geng Yuehua jumped as an explosion and aftershock struck, and Dong Xuebin used BACK to catch her before they hit the ground.
• Dong Xuebin passed out, and Wang Anshi ordered people to rescue him and Geng Yuehua.

After waking in the hospital with fractures from catching people during the earthquake, Dong Xuebin learned that everyone he saved had survived. Geng Yuehua stayed to care for him as the death toll rose, while word of his extraordinary rescue spread across Nanshan District.

• Dong Xuebin woke after seven or eight hours unconscious and learned that his hands were fractured but expected to heal without lasting damage.
• Geng Yuehua and the rescued officials visited Dong Xuebin, and the survivors and their families thanked him for saving them.
• After the visitors left, Geng Yuehua told Dong Xuebin that the earthquake death toll had exceeded ten thousand and fed him porridge before agreeing to wash him an apple.
• As transportation and communications partly recovered, news of Dong Xuebin catching seven or eight people falling from the building spread throughout Nanshan District.

Dong Xuebin stayed in the hospital, anxious to return to the earthquake rescue efforts, and called to check on Xie Huilan and his family. Mother Qu told him Yun Xuan had gone into labor early and was at the hospital, while Father Qu urged him to remain at the disaster site; the chapter ended with Dong Xuebin realizing he was about to become a father.

• Dong Xuebin struggled to rest in his hospital room and asked a nurse for cigarettes and news from outside.
• The nurse helped Dong Xuebin call Xie Huilan, who briefly confirmed she was safe before the call disconnected.
• Dong Xuebin reached Luan Xiaoping and learned that his family and Uncle Yang were safe.
• Mother Qu called Dong Xuebin and told him Yun Xuan had gone into labor early and was at the hospital.
• Father Qu told Dong Xuebin to stay and focus on rescue work while the family cared for Yun Xuan.

Dong Xuebin anxiously waited in the hospital for news about Yun Xuan’s delivery and finally learned that she had safely given birth to a healthy daughter. He spoke with Yun Xuan by phone and promised to return to Beijing when he finished his work.

• Dong Xuebin stayed awake in the hospital, waiting for a call about Yun Xuan and chatting with nurse Zhan Rourou.
• Dong Xuebin worried about whether an early delivery could be dangerous, but Zhan Rourou said she was not an obstetrics nurse.
• Mother Zhai called Dong Xuebin and told him that Yun Xuan had given birth and that both mother and baby were fine.
• Dong Xuebin heard the newborn crying and then spoke with Yun Xuan, who said their daughter was healthy and had been delivered by Caesarean section.
• Dong Xuebin told Yun Xuan he would return to Beijing when his work was finished, and Yun Xuan urged him to focus on work and stay safe.

After waking from a happy dream about his newborn daughter, Dong Xuebin saw the earthquake’s devastation at First Hospital and gave up his private room so injured patients could use it. A powerful aftershock struck as he and Zhan Rourou were in the ward, and the hospital collapsed, killing them both.

• Dong Xuebin woke from a dream about holding his daughter with Yun Xuan, then told Zhan Rourou that the earthquake had caused widespread deaths and destruction beyond the hospital area.
• Zhan Rourou pushed Dong Xuebin through the overcrowded hospital, where he saw injured patients filling corridors and learned that the building had developed cracks.
• Dong Xuebin insisted that Dean Sun give his single room to someone more seriously injured, and Dean Sun agreed to move him into an eight-person ward instead.
• A strong aftershock shook the hospital while Dong Xuebin and Zhan Rourou were in his room.
• The hospital’s main building collapsed; falling debris killed Zhan Rourou and Dong Xuebin.

Shan Si Yu met his longtime friend Tang Xiao Bao at Shentang Bay, where A Bao tried to kill them both over Shan Si Yu’s past with his younger sister. Shan Si Yu escaped A Bao’s grip and plunged from the cliff, leaving A Bao behind as his voice called up from below.

• Tom was summoned to meet Shan Si Yu and obeyed, rolling into the living room and kneeling before him.
• Shan Si Yu recalled how he and Tang Xiao Bao had met in a fight eight years earlier and joked about their past.
• At Shentang Bay, A Bao gave Shan Si Yu two bottles of Maotai and asked whether he remembered what happened when he was twelve.
• A Bao revealed that Tang Xiao Yu was his younger sister and said he planned to jump with Shan Si Yu to avenge her.
• Shan Si Yu drank the wine, struck A Bao back onto the cliff, and fell toward the bay as A Bao stood above him.

Dong Xuebin rushed to evacuate First Hospital before an approaching aftershock, while Wang Anshi ordered the patients back inside and accused him of causing trouble. The chapter ended with Dong openly defying and cursing Wang as the countdown to the aftershock dwindled to seconds.

• Wang Anshi arrived at First Hospital and ordered the evacuated patients to return inside, dismissing concerns about cracks in the building.
• Dong Xuebin continued evacuating the hospital, insisting that the building was about to collapse despite Wang's order.
• The crowd hesitated between the conflicting instructions, but many trusted Dong because he had previously predicted the earthquake.
• Wang, Xue Qingrong, and Wen Wei confronted Dong and tried to make the patients go back inside.
• With the aftershock less than a minute away, Dong cursed Wang and ordered nurses to stop moving supplies and get outside.

Dong Xuebin’s evacuation warning proved correct when another earthquake began collapsing the hospital, but falling debris injured him and trapped Zhan Rourou inside. Wang Anshi and Xue Qingrong fled instead of helping, while Geng Yuehua, Wu Liang, and civilians rushed toward the danger to save them.

• Dong Xuebin continued evacuating people as Wang Anshi and Xue Qingrong demanded that patients return to the hospital.
• A powerful aftershock split and tilted the hospital, confirming Dong Xuebin’s warning that the building was unsafe.
• A falling window struck Dong Xuebin and left him bleeding and unable to move, while Zhan Rourou cried for help inside.
• As the hospital began collapsing, Wang Anshi and Xue Qingrong abandoned Dong Xuebin and Zhan Rourou and ran toward safety.
• Geng Yuehua, Wu Liang, Ma Li, district officials, and civilians rushed forward to try to rescue Dong Xuebin and Zhan Rourou.

Dong Xuebin went back into the collapsing hospital to rescue Zhan Rourou and used STOP to carry her toward an exit. He threw her through a window before the building buried him, leaving Geng Yuehua and the others to order a rescue amid fears that he was dead.

• Wang Anshi and Xue Qingrong fled while Geng Yuehua, Wu Liang, and others rushed toward the hospital to save Dong Xuebin and Zhan Rourou.
• Dong Xuebin emerged from the hospital entrance but turned back inside to find Zhan Rourou, whose leg was pinned beneath a rock.
• Dong Xuebin freed Zhan Rourou and carried her toward the entrance, but found it blocked by rubble as the building collapsed around them.
• Dong Xuebin used STOP to halt the falling debris, then threw Zhan Rourou through a remaining window when his time ran out.
• Zhan Rourou survived and told Geng Yuehua and Wu Liang that Dong Xuebin had saved her, while the hospital collapsed over him.
• Geng Yuehua ordered the rescue team to dig through the rubble, then fainted as Wu Liang and others cried out for Dong Xuebin.

Trapped beneath the hospital ruins, Dong Xuebin survived his wounds by waiting for midnight and using REVERSE, but he began running out of air. The chapter left him holding an empty oxygen tank as he tried to find a way to escape suffocation.

• Dong Xuebin woke beneath the collapsed hospital and realized he was trapped in a small gap with serious wounds.
• After hallucinating about his loved ones, Dong Xuebin resolved to stay alive and endure until midnight, when his REVERSE time would replenish.
• At midnight, Dong Xuebin used REVERSE on his body and healed his wounds, then shouted for help without reaching anyone.
• Dong Xuebin began suffocating as the rubble cut off the air, and he searched the cramped space for something that could help.
• Dong Xuebin found an oxygen tank, discovered it was empty, and commanded REVERSE one second.

Buried beneath the ruins, Dong Xuebin survived by restoring Yūn Qi, food, and water with BACK while he waited for rescue. He learned from a repaired radio that hundreds of residents were digging for him by hand, and hoped they would reach him.

• Dong Xuebin used BACK on the Yūn Qi Tank to breathe and survived the night beneath the ruins.
• The next morning, he restored the tank and used BACK on his body to relieve his hunger and thirst.
• Dong Xuebin tried to move the rubble but stopped when dust fell and he feared the ruins would collapse.
• Hearing people working overhead, Dong Xuebin shouted and struck the ground, but they did not hear him.
• Dong Xuebin repaired a broken radio with BACK and heard that hundreds of residents were digging through the ruins to rescue him.

Trapped beneath the earthquake ruins for ten days, Dong Xuebin listened as rescuers fell silent and the radio reported the disaster’s casualties and his many rescues. The broadcast declared him dead and praised his deeds, while he remained alive and desperate to escape.

• Dong Xuebin restored the oxygen tank and radio batteries with REVERSE, then heard civilians and Rescue Team members digging above him.
• After ten days, the aftershocks and rescue noises stopped, and Dong Xuebin feared the rescuers had given up.
• Dong Xuebin heard that the earthquake had killed more than 42,000 people, while Yantai County had only 25 deaths after its evacuation order.
• The radio credited Dong Xuebin’s warning article and Guangming Street Office’s preparations with preventing many deaths.
• A female announcer recounted Dong Xuebin’s past rescues and declared that he had died beneath the hospital ruins, while he listened alive and wanted to escape.