Chapter Summaries

Qiu Tu learned that two powerful outsiders, possibly including a God King, had descended into the South Kingdom and began coordinating an investigation. He then went to meet Zhao Ji and discovered a vast tree growing in the middle of the Mandala Sand Sea, leaving him wondering what she was doing there.

• Qing Lan brought Qiu Tu Zhu Wu’s warning that a God King had descended in the South Kingdom, and Qiu Tu confirmed the meteor report with the Celestial Phenomena Bureau.
• Qiu Tu contacted Shao Hua, who revealed that two powerful outsiders—a man and a giant horned woman—had landed at her training ground and that she was observing them from a distance.
• Qiu Tu urged Shao Hua to investigate safely, asked whether her uncle White Robe had contacted her, and then wondered why White Robe had disappeared after becoming a Heavenly God.
• Qiu Tu thanked Qing Lan for the timely intelligence, credited Zhu Wu for recognizing the concealed descent, and left to speak with Zhao Ji despite Doris trying to tempt him to stay.
• Qiu Tu flew toward Zhao Ji in the Mandala Sand Sea and found a fifty-story tree rising from the desert, which seemed strangely out of place for a Heavenly God of Destruction.

Qiu Tu rescued Liu Fuping and realized Jia Shu was trying to use her as leverage, so he decided to pretend she was his weakness while secretly planning to bring Jia Shu down. After taking Liu Fuping home and reassuring her, he left her trusting and emotionally attached, then wondered if her invitation to shower hinted at an unexpected development.

• Qiu Tu deduced that Jia Shu had monitored his actions and was using Liu Fuping to force him into a trap.
• Qiu Tu decided to make his relationship with Liu Fuping appear genuine so he could control Jia Shu’s attack and gain time to work with Tang Feifei.
• Qiu Tu comforted Liu Fuping at the Investigation Department, and her loyalty to him increased.
• Qiu Tu drove Liu Fuping home, reassured her about Jia Shu and her spy obligations, and promised to handle everything.
• Liu Fuping said she trusted Qiu Tu, then went to take a shower, leaving him wondering whether she had an unexpected surprise in mind.

Han Hai God King deduced that Qiu Tu could identify traitors with a Heavenly God Skill and proposed exposing his investigation, while Qiu Tu faced Mo Li after she discovered his relationship with La Riluo. Mo Li confronted him, and Qiu Tu tried to deflect her anger by asking if she was jealous, leaving her wondering what he was planning.

• Han Hai God King told Heavy Stone God King that Ilena had reclaimed authority to protect Qiu Tu and suggested Qiu Tu possessed a skill that could distinguish allies from enemies.
• Han Hai God King proposed spreading word of Qiu Tu's investigation beyond the Execution Department, and Heavy Stone God King quietly checked the estate's defenses.
• Qiu Tu checked Zhao Ji's stable breakthrough, then met La Riluo, who invited him to dinner; he promised to try to come after his trial with Mo Li.
• Mo Li greeted Qiu Tu with a suggestive invitation and accused him of hiding his relationship with La Riluo, explaining that women's changes and their absences were easy to notice.
• Qiu Tu put an arm around Mo Li and asked whether she was jealous, leaving her to wonder why he had suddenly acted so strangely.

Whale Shark and Evil Moon plotted to sabotage Tang Feifei’s claim to the New World Area, while Qiu Tu received the Area Master’s growing power and went to visit Shen Ling Shuang. Meanwhile, Guan Xiao and Miao Xiaoxiao investigated a suspect, unaware that a mysterious eye was watching them.

• Evil Moon deduced that Tang Feifei had secretly refined the Area Center and used a disguised monkey to hinder Whale Shark and Evil Moon, so Whale Shark took Evil Moon through a formation to challenge her Area Master succession.
• Qiu Tu received the New World Area’s steadily increasing power and estimated that he would reach Fourth Order in about seven days, around the time Tang Feifei might advance.
• Qiu Tu returned to reality, went with Tan Huimin to Shen Ling Shuang’s villa, and reunited with her after catching her dog, Little White.
• Guan Xiao organized an investigation into Whale Shark and Evil Moon’s possible hosts, then joined Miao Xiaoxiao to surveil Deputy Director Wu’s home and his six-year-old son.
• Miao Xiaoxiao slipped into the villa as a black cat while Guan Xiao watched from a rooftop, but an eye silently opened in a nearby wall and observed them.

Qiu Tu’s plan lured Liu Xiongyuan, Ye Mingfeng, and Wang Hu into ambushing La Riluo after she fled into the Boundless Mind Sea. A green meteor signaled that La Riluo’s true body had likely been destroyed, but Yan Chen suddenly spat blood after learning what had happened.

• Tang Feifei invited Qiu Tu to her house and bargained for three promises before he agreed for the sake of work.
• Liu Xiongyuan, Ye Mingfeng, and Wang Hu waited in the Boundless Mind Sea for La Riluo, whose escape Qiu Tu had predicted.
• La Riluo emerged injured from a meteor impact, recognized the ambush, and tried to flee while calling for help.
• Liu Xiongyuan, Ye Mingfeng, and Wang Hu chased La Riluo, and a green meteor appeared in the sky after Tang Feifei said an evil god had fallen.
• Yan Chen learned what Qiu Tu and Tang Feifei had arranged, then suddenly spat out blood.

Zheng Tao learned that Qiu Tu had been promoted to deputy director after Yan Chen submitted a final list containing only Qiu Tu, and he sought Guan Weihua’s explanation for the reversal. Guan explained the face-saving political exchange behind the promotion, while Qiu Tu separately told Tang Feifei that Yan Chen had tried to take advantage of all sides; the story left their differing interpretations unresolved.

• Yan Chen first submitted a promotion list without Qiu Tu, then secured the Municipal Committee’s written approval before submitting a final list with only Qiu Tu’s name, which City Hall approved within minutes.
• Zheng Tao lashed out at Tan Huimin when she brought him dinner, then decided to ask Guan Weihua how Qiu Tu had won the promotion.
• Zheng Tao went to Guan Weihua, who explained that Yan Chen had held firm to defend the Investigation Department’s authority and then granted Qiu Tu the promotion to earn favors from the other departments.
• Qiu Tu told Tang Feifei that Yan Chen had initially agreed to support his promotion, but later made a move that tried to take advantage of all four sides.

Yao Qin found the badly wounded Tang Lang and believed his account of being ambushed by Qiu Tu, Xi Yue, and three others, unaware that Qiu Tu had disguised himself as Tang Lang. After Yao Qin promised revenge and began helping him recover, the chapter revealed Qiu Tu’s plan to infiltrate her inner circle and sabotage the World Passage mission.

• Yao Qin sensed signs of a major battle near a massive rift and concluded Tang Lang had been captured by a group that included a Peak Heavenly God.
• Yao Qin followed Tang Lang’s coordinates to a border city, found him badly injured, and secretly took him to a creek to question and examine him.
• Tang Lang told Yao Qin that Qiu Tu, Xi Yue, and three other Heavenly Gods had attacked him, including a strange support-type fighter.
• Yao Qin accepted Tang Lang’s explanation that he had escaped by using one of his Five Section Wolf lives, gave him a Boundless God Crystal, and vowed to avenge him.
• At Shao Hua’s manor, Qing Lan worried about Qiu Tu while Doris and Zhu Wu reassured and teased her.
• The chapter revealed that Qiu Tu was impersonating Tang Lang with Punishment God Domain to infiltrate Yao Qin’s inner circle, gather intelligence, and disrupt her mission.

Qiu Tu taunted Zheng Tao and bet that he would become Political Department Deputy Minister, demanding to borrow Zheng Tao’s secretary, driver, and car if he won. Meanwhile, the Investigation Department’s senior officials agreed to submit two candidates for Political Department Minister and began debating who should fill the deputy minister vacancy.

• Qiu Tu met Zheng Tao in the elevator, and Zheng Tao tried to belittle him by listing the privileges of senior officials.
• Qiu Tu said he intended to seek the open Political Department Deputy Minister position, and Zheng Tao dismissed the idea as impossible.
• After Zheng Tao claimed Qiu Tu could never be promoted, Qiu Tu proposed a bet: if he won, Zheng Tao would lend him his secretary, driver, and car for two days.
• Zheng Tao accepted the bet, then returned to his office and scolded his wife and secretary for addressing him too familiarly at work.
• Secretary Bai eased tensions at the senior officials’ meeting, and Yan Chen agreed to submit Lao Cai’s and Lao Zhang’s names for Political Department Minister.
• Yan Chen asked the senior officials to discuss who should take the deputy minister position, and the meeting grew tense again.

Old Master Qin confessed that he had served La Riluo for years and helped her descend, leading Qiu Tu to suspect she was behind the Pharmacy Robbery Case. The Shelter approved punishments for the Yin Caimei Case, commended the Investigation and Security Departments, and Yan Chen used the recognition to build support for Qiu Tu’s upcoming appointment.

• Old Master Qin told Qiu Tu how La Riluo restored his virility and promised him eternal life in exchange for preparing a body and guiding her descent.
• Qiu Tu suspected La Riluo had successfully descended and targeted the suited masked man and Wang Xi, making her a possible high-level threat behind the Pharmacy Robbery Case.
• Under intense interrogation, Old Master Qin revealed his crimes and the involvement of officials, helping the Security Department solve the Yin Caimei Case.
• The Shelter approved proposed punishments, warned New Realm City's Municipal Committee, and commended the Investigation Department and Security Department.
• At a senior officials’ meeting, Secretary Bai presented the case and its commendations while Yan Chen used the report to build support for Qiu Tu’s personnel advancement.

Qiu Tu and Zhao Ji fought Yao Qin after she discovered that he had destroyed the World Passage and Repair Array. Zhao Ji defeated Yao Qin with a concealed Heavenly God Skill, leaving Qiu Tu to heal Zhao Ji and bind their defeated opponent.

• Yao Qin sensed that Qiu Tu had destroyed the World Passage and Repair Array, confronted him, and declared that she would fight Zhao Ji.
• Qiu Tu used Tang Lang’s Sea Mirage Prism and his Order Space to boost Zhao Ji’s strength as she battled Yao Qin.
• As the countdown ran out, Zhao Ji feigned defeat and unleashed Earth Destruction Heavenly Seal, reducing Yao Qin’s power and knocking her to the ground.
• Qiu Tu healed Zhao Ji, had Tang Lang subdue Yao Qin, and bound her with a Cataclysmic Treasure.
• Yao Qin accused Qiu Tu of betraying their agreement, but Qiu Tu denied that they had ever fought and asked why she had attacked them.

Qiu Tu warned Liu Fuping that Yan Chen was advancing to become a Fourth-Order Calamity Descendant and seeking the Deputy Speaker position, then coordinated with Tang Feifei to exploit the time before Yan Chen could take charge. Meanwhile, New Realm City's leaders struggled to decide who would handle the investigation into Wu Zhi's murder, with Yan Chen unavailable.

• Qiu Tu told Liu Fuping about Yan Chen's advancement and Deputy Speaker ambitions, and she agreed to pass the intelligence to Director Liu.
• Liu Fuping revealed that she was training at the Shelter to become one of East Industry State's first adjudicators and would later return to New Realm City.
• Qiu Tu discussed his plan with Tang Feifei, who agreed to approach Yu Zhengyi and keep Lai Shun under control while Yan Chen was unavailable.
• Qiu Tu waited for Director Liu to contact him so they could plan their next move against Yan Chen.
• Yu Zhengyi, Committee Member Wang, Cai Peiyuan, and Zhang Jian received the forensic findings that Wu Zhi had been killed by a bullet from a privately manufactured weapon used by the Anti-Government Armed Forces Alliance, and the investigators suspected Lone Wolf.
• Committee Member Wang asked Yu Zhengyi who would take responsibility for deciding how to handle Wu Zhi's death while Yan Chen was advancing.

Pang Hai Chen tried to conceal the messenger’s death and contact the Mist Veil Society’s leaders, only to learn that Qiu Tu and Zhao Ji had killed Lord Yaksa and Beauty Wind. As the victory shook the Northwest Area’s political order, Qiu Tu began consolidating control in New State and tasked Dai Yukang with investigating suspicious officials.

• Pang Hai Chen killed the maid who had reported the messenger’s bizarre death, hid the bodies, and arranged similar deaths around other Shelter officials to obscure the incident.
• Pang Hai Chen failed to reach Beauty Wind or Lord Yaksa through God Incense, then learned that Qiu Tu and Zhao Ji had killed both Sixth Order evil gods in the Boundless Mind Sea - Trade Market Zone.
• The news spread through the Shelter leadership, and officials began considering whether to align themselves with Qiu Tu as Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng rushed to New State.
• Qiu Tu assigned Tang Feifei, Liu Xiongyuan, and Li Tingdong their duties, then kept Dai Yukang behind after the meeting.
• Qiu Tu asked Dai Yukang to monitor mid- and high-ranking officials in both states for sudden personality changes or unusual phenomena.

Qiu Tu presented the facts of Jia Shu’s case to the Supervisory Committee, securing Jia Shu’s removal and a ban from New Realm City while refusing to fabricate evidence. Impressed by Qiu Tu, Inspector Tang offered to recommend him for a deputy minister position overseeing internal supervision, though Director Yan’s approval remained uncertain.

• Qiu Tu warned the three inspectors that they would share responsibility if Jia Shu were released without charge, and Inspector Tang responded by treating him more warmly.
• Qiu Tu explained that Jia Shu had colluded briefly with an evil god, harmed colleagues, concealed his brother Jia Wei’s involvement, and tried to kill Qiu Tu, while denying that Jia Shu was himself an evil god believer.
• Qiu Tu presented his evidence and asked that Jia Shu be expelled from New Realm City and permanently barred from returning; Inspector Tang agreed the request was reasonable.
• Qiu Tu rejected the chance to add accusations or fabricate evidence, earning the inspectors’ respect.
• Inspector Tang offered to recommend Qiu Tu for a deputy minister post overseeing internal supervision, but said Director Yan’s opposition could prevent the appointment.

Tang Feifei explained why the Shelter capped Calamity Descendants at Third Order, then agreed to help Qiu Tu with a political scheme in exchange for two nights with him. Qiu Tu began the plan to capture Suit Man, while Wang Xi sensed something was wrong at the Investigation Department.

• Tang Feifei told Qiu Tu that higher-order Calamity Descendants risk losing their rationality, and that the Shelter preferred collective strength and Cataclysm Technology over cultivating them.
• Qiu Tu asked Tang Feifei for help with a plan, and she agreed to two nights with him as payment.
• Qiu Tu ordered his team to surround the villa where Suit Man had been staying and prepare to arrest him when Security Department specialists knocked at 6:30.
• Cao Dabiao told Qiu Tu that the villa's ownership records had been deliberately erased, while investigators reported that relatives of at least nineteen officials were missing.
• Wang Xi told Song Qing that something felt wrong at the Investigation Department, but Song Qing remained absorbed in her mobile game.

Tang Feifei told Qiu Tu that Old Wang’s support for Li Tingdong had helped secure Qiu Tu’s ministerial position while leaving the Fengtian Faction without a seat among East Industry State’s Speakers. As the new state was established, investigators moved to detain Cui Ying over Wu Zhi’s murder, leaving Qiu Tu’s allies under pressure.

• Qiu Tu asked Tang Feifei about the investigation into Wu Zhi’s death, and she said Huang Shangzong’s investigators had found no leads yet.
• Tang Feifei explained that Old Wang had backed Li Tingdong over Guo Huai and arranged for Councilor Ouyang to support Qiu Tu’s Minister of the Political Department position.
• Tang Feifei gave Qiu Tu Li Tingdong’s contact number and said the Fengtian Faction hoped to cooperate with him against Huang Shangzong’s growing influence.
• Officials passed resolutions establishing East Industry State, naming East City its Prefecture Capital, and appointing its Speaker and Deputy Speakers.
• Plainclothes inspectors from the East Industry State Supervision Bureau approached Cui Ying and ordered him to cooperate with an investigation into a murder case.

Yan Chen decided to reward Qiu Tu for solving the Yin Caimei Case, and the senior officials debated how to promote him. The meeting ended in stunned silence when Secretary Bai proposed giving Qiu Tu temporary authority over several Public Security Bureaus while he investigated the Pharmacy Robbery Case.

• Yan Chen explained the Yin Caimei Case’s importance and resolved to promote Qiu Tu after learning the Qin Family’s connection to an evil god.
• Lin Ting and Shi Youxin suggested making Qiu Tu a section chief in a vacant department, while Tang Feifei proposed an instructor position in the Training Department.
• Secretary Bai proposed creating a section chief post for Qiu Tu in the Political Department’s Action Division, and Yan Chen considered appointing him Deputy Director at full section level.
• Secretary Bai pointed out that Qin ZhengGuang had been suspended and proposed having Qiu Tu temporarily oversee several Public Security Bureaus as part of the Pharmacy Robbery Case Investigation Team.
• The senior officials were stunned by Yan Chen’s plan.

Qiu Tu learned that Crisis Intuition could reveal multiple dangers and warn him about lethal mistakes, then used its insights to guide his interactions with Shen Ling Shuang. After arranging her protection, he returned to his residence and found Fourth Master Qin waiting with a young girl.

• Qiu Tu realized Crisis Intuition could trigger multiple alerts, warn him about reckless actions, and reveal hidden factors affecting Cataclysm Potion preparation.
• Qiu Tu treated Shen Ling Shuang more patiently, served her a meal, and left her wondering whether he had kept her company.
• Qiu Tu considered Shen Ling Shuang's high status a valuable connection and asked Fang Ming to arrange protection and female attendants for her.
• Qiu Tu went to the residence prepared by the Qin Family and found Fourth Master Qin waiting in the front hall with a girl beside him.
• Fourth Master Qin greeted Qiu Tu warmly, and Qiu Tu asked why he had come so late at night.

After Qiu Tu killed a Sixth-Order Peak Great Evil God and vowed to save humanity, his victory spread across the factions, prompting them to reconsider their alliances and plans. He returned toward the 7th Shelter with Jackal and Dusk Night and offered them shares of the spoils.

• Qiu Tu’s spectacular strike and vow stunned the intelligence agents, while Consort Xi, Shen Yuzhou, and Li Feng reacted to his newfound prestige and strength.
• Zhu Wu judged that Qiu Tu’s Heaven-Sundering technique had amplified his Sixth-Order Peak strength to Seventh-Order combat power, then teased Shen Yuzhou and left him behind.
• Shen Yuzhou decided the Third Shelter needed to weaken Qiu Tu’s influence, while Li Feng led the Iron Maidens Army away without challenging him.
• After hearing of Qiu Tu’s victory, Kou Xuan sent Su Wanqing to support Qiu Tu and said the Kou Family would proceed with its original plan.
• Qiu Tu returned toward the 7th Shelter with Jackal and Dusk Night, explained that he had left some Evil Gods for the Shelters to fight, and offered them shares of the Boundless God Crystals.

Qiu Tu used La Riluo’s memories to find another landmark that could help him locate the New World Area’s control center, while planning to use the United Front Special Operations Team against Yan Chen and then eliminate the team. Tan Huimin brought Yan Yan to meet him, and Qiu Tu saw her as a way to learn Yan Chen’s itinerary.

• Qiu Tu told La Riluo he could arrange an ambush on Yan Chen with the United Front Special Operations Team, and La Riluo warned that Yan Chen’s Life Path abilities made him difficult to kill.
• Qiu Tu locked La Riluo back in the safe, then used a Memory Fragment and saw her bathing beside a stream in the New World Area.
• Qiu Tu sensed that the Area Center lay southeast of the stream, memorized the surroundings, and sketched the location after returning to the Real World.
• Qiu Tu planned with Qin Shuman to have the Special Operations Team attack Yan Chen before they and the departments wiped out the team, but he needed Yan Chen’s itinerary.
• Tan Huimin told Qiu Tu that Yan Yan had come to see him, and he decided she could help him learn her father’s schedule.

Qiu Tu’s interrogation of Qi Yun revealed that the Four Major Transport Merchants served as the Qin Family’s hidden criminal network, prompting him to press on with questioning Third Master Qin, Qin Shu. At the Qin residence, Qin Heng ordered an assassination of Qiu Tu, but Fugui warned that killing him inside the Political Department could provoke a wider conflict.

• Qiu Tu questioned Qi Yun, who confessed that the Qin Family controlled the Four Major Transport Merchants and used them to conceal criminal enterprises and private armed forces.
• Qiu Tu recognized that he was racing against the Qin Family and ordered investigators to bring in Third Master Qin, Qin Shu.
• Bai Yongdong complained to Qin Heng about Qiu Tu’s arrests, and Qin Heng claimed that senior officials had promised the matter would be settled the next day.
• Fugui reported that the Qin Family had no clear information from the sealed interrogation area, so Qin Heng ordered Lone Wolf to kill Qiu Tu.
• Fugui warned Qin Heng that an assassination inside the Political Department could break the city’s rules and trigger a major conflict.