Chapter Summaries

Qiu Tu used a dinner with Tang Feifei to steer her toward opposing Jia Shu and proposed a three-sided cooperation over the Yin Caimei Case. Tang Feifei agreed to provide Yan Chen’s Military Department spy list, then sent Liu Fuping out before stating an additional condition.

• Qiu Tu told Tang Feifei that Jia Shu had violated procedure in the Yin Caimei Case and spread rumors about Jia Shu’s abuses, prompting her to consider targeting him.
• Qiu Tu revealed that the Security Department was interested in the case, and Tang Feifei recognized that he had been guiding their conversation.
• Qiu Tu admitted to cooperating with the Security Department and explained how it, Tang Feifei, and he could investigate the case’s different suspects and obstacles.
• Qiu Tu asked Tang Feifei for Yan Chen’s list of spies in the Military Department, and she agreed with an additional condition.
• Tang Feifei told Liu Fuping to leave before revealing that condition.

The Qin Family argued over making Fourth Master Qin take the blame, while Qiu Tu waited for the fallout and teased Shen Ling Shuang. After Fourth Master Qin called to confront him, Qiu Tu explained his deductions about the family’s succession plot and offered to save him.

• Qin ZhengGuang and Qin Heng told Fourth Master Qin that he should take the blame for the Qin Family, while Qin Shu objected to surrendering one-third of his assets.
• Shen Ling Shuang asked Qiu Tu about his past relationships, and he flustered her by asking if she wanted to be his first love.
• Fourth Master Qin called Qiu Tu and accused him of taking his money and betraying him, but Qiu Tu hung up and called back to insist they talk calmly.
• Qiu Tu deduced that Fourth Master Qin and Third Master had plotted to bring Qin ZhengGuang down so one of them could inherit control of the Qin Family.
• Fourth Master Qin denied Qiu Tu's accusations and asked whether Qiu Tu could save him.

Qiu Tu revealed extensive evidence of the Qin Family’s crimes, then gave Qin ZhengGuang a way to avoid becoming the scapegoat by blaming Fourth Master Qin and surrendering the family’s illicit businesses and evidence. He asked Yan Chen to let Qin ZhengGuang personally bring Qin JinSheng and the evidence to the Investigation Department.

• Qiu Tu reported that his investigation had uncovered illegal drug warehouses, Alliance dealings, and the Qin Family’s release of anti-government members.
• Qiu Tu identified Qin JinSheng as the mastermind behind the criminal operations, explaining that he had used Qin ZhengGuang’s and Qin Heng’s names to traffic drugs and people.
• Qiu Tu reminded Qin ZhengGuang that he had supposedly agreed to expose Qin JinSheng and hand over the evidence and related businesses, and Qin ZhengGuang accepted.
• Qiu Tu asked Yan Chen to give Qin ZhengGuang time to escort Qin JinSheng and all the evidence to the Investigation Department himself.

Qiu Tu investigated Yin Caimei’s death and found clues linking the case to Jia Shu, while suspecting Liu Fuping and her handler had been drawn into a trap. He confronted Liu Fuping, spared her, and ended by asking who her handler was.

• Qiu Tu assigned Cao Dabiao and the remaining agents to investigate discreetly, then considered why he needed to uncover the real culprit instead of framing someone.
• Agents reported that Yin Caimei had died suddenly in detention after reading a book called “Brave New World,” which Jia Shu had approved her to bring in.
• Qiu Tu learned that Yin Caimei’s body had never been autopsied, and ordered Chen Feng, Zhu Huoyan, and Wang Xi to arrange one while leaving Chen Feng’s communicator behind.
• Liu Fuping accused Qiu Tu of knowing the investigation was a trap, and he nearly crushed her before releasing her and warning her not to try it again.
• Qiu Tu explained that he had only guessed the trap that morning and asked Liu Fuping who her handler was.

Qiu Tu won Qing Lan’s loyalty by offering her generous benefits and entrusted her with delivering a letter to Shao Hua. As the Heavenly God Trial neared its end and the God Kings prepared to counterattack, Shao Hua received Qiu Tu’s claim that he knew her missing uncle’s whereabouts, while another letter was sent to the North God King.

• Qing Lan warned Qiu Tu that she would only take on work matching her compensation, and he asked her to deliver a letter to Shao Hua while competing with her.
• Qing Lan realized Qiu Tu trusted her with an important task, and the Loyalty Game showed her loyalty rising as he explained his plans.
• Qing Lan returned to Zhu Wu and boasted about the resources Qiu Tu had given her, while Qiu Tu summoned Guan Xiao to prepare for the approaching conflict.
• As the Heavenly God Trial countdown reached seven days, Shao Hua left a Puppet Worm tribe after slaughtering its members and struggled over Qiu Tu’s letter about her missing uncle.
• Shao Hua wondered whether Qiu Tu knew the truth or was testing her, while another letter was sent from the northwestern region to the North God King.

Xue Er discovered Qiu Tu and Yan Yan together, while rumors about Qiu Tu and Xue Er spread and prompted Huang Shangzong to march into East Industry State. Qiu Tu and Rain Butterfly recognized the political opportunities in the crisis, and Huang Shangzong confronted Ye Mingfeng outside East City demanding to see Qiu Tu.

• Xue Er woke with fragments of memories from the previous night and found Qiu Tu and Yan Yan asleep together, then secretly watched them after they woke.
• Qiu Tu left Yan Yan's villa and returned to his office, where Guan Xiao presented a report on rumors linking him to Xue Er and Huang Shangzong's advance with two thousand Personal Guards.
• Rain Butterfly told Lin Zuo that the Security Bureau's leak revealed disloyal personnel and that Qiu Tu could use the crisis to take action.
• Old Pang learned Huang Shangzong was leading troops into East Industry State, left the Red Mountain City tour, and asked Ai Li to accompany Consort Xi.
• Huang Shangzong's convoy reached East City, where Ye Mingfeng confronted him; Huang Shangzong demanded to see Qiu Tu, and Ye Mingfeng offered to take him to the Speaker.

Qiu Tu accepted his promotion to First-level Investigator in the Political Department, reunited with A Tai, and went to Yan Chen’s villa for a new assignment. There he encountered Fang Ming escorting the captured Black Market Pharmacist after interrogation.

• Li Ke presented Qiu Tu with his new uniform and contact information, then left after saluting him.
• A Tai told Qiu Tu he had waited outside with Eagle in case he needed rescuing, and Qiu Tu recalled how their group of orphans had survived together.
• Qiu Tu changed into his uniform, received Jia Shu’s summons to Garden Villa, and set out while A Tai and Eagle went to the Public Security Bureau to share the news of his promotion.
• Qiu Tu arrived at City Central Garden and met Fang Ming, who was escorting the Black Market Pharmacist after her interrogation.

La Riluo explained how she and Yan Chen had spent years scheming against each other, and revealed that Yan Chen’s fusion formation trapped her in the Real World. Qiu Tu suspected Yan Chen’s plan was also connected to his transmigration and Qin Shuman’s new body, while La Riluo said Zhao Ji’s power had left Yan Chen unable to harm her.

• Qiu Tu questioned La Riluo about the schemes involving Zheng Tao, Bai Yu, Yan Chen, and her own disappearance, and La Riluo agreed to explain.
• La Riluo recounted how Old Master Qin approached Yan Chen under the pretense of cooperation, cloned Yan Chen’s wife, and secretly obtained Yan Yan’s genes for La Riluo’s plans.
• La Riluo explained that Yan Chen discovered her identity and planned to devour her, while Bai Yu secretly helped him lure her into the Real World.
• Yan Chen prepared a fusion formation that trapped La Riluo’s soul in the body she had descended into, forcing her to flee and hide.
• Qiu Tu suspected Yan Chen’s formation had contributed to his transmigration and Qin Shuman’s new body, though he thought another event must also have been involved.
• La Riluo revealed that she discovered Bai Yu’s betrayal through her Believer Mark and sought help from Zhao Ji, a Fifth-Order Evil God who could shatter Yan Chen’s Law Projection.

After helping Liu Xiongyuan secure a political ally, Qiu Tu received his promise of support and two pieces of La Riluo’s divine remains. La Riluo then possessed Fang Tangtang to survive, while Zhao Ji’s appearance over New Realm City left its leaders fearing an imminent threat.

• Liu Xiongyuan accepted Qiu Tu as one of his own, asked him to call him Uncle Liu, and promised to reserve two pieces of La Riluo’s Boundless God Crystal for him.
• Tang Feifei confronted Qiu Tu for helping Liu Xiongyuan instead of her, then overpowered him and made him train with her.
• La Riluo, reduced to a fragile consciousness after her divine body was destroyed, searched New Realm City for a suitable host and chose Fang Tangtang.
• La Riluo possessed Fang Tangtang while she slept, hoping to use her connection to Qiu Tu to regain strength and contact her Sister.
• Zhao Ji’s enormous eyes appeared over New Realm City, alarming its Third Order Calamity Descendants and Security Department before she departed.
• Qin Shuman’s report warned that Zhao Ji might be preparing to annex New Realm City and inferred that the weakened La Riluo was still hiding within the city.

Qiu Tu claimed that Qin Shuman had arranged the Alliance’s staged attack to make him famous, but Yan Chen revealed that Qin Shuman was a short-lived Clone Female Body created by the Qin Family, which had secretly pledged loyalty to him. Yan Chen challenged Qiu Tu’s accusation that she was a City Hall mole, leaving Qiu Tu facing the collapse of his story.

• Qiu Tu told Yan Chen and Jia Shu that Qin Shuman had arranged the Alliance’s attack and that the attackers deliberately let him drive them back.
• Qiu Tu offered details that Yan Chen could verify, including Fang Ming’s instructions and his advance request for help from Old Alley Street Temporary Detectives.
• Yan Chen sent Jia Shu to verify Qiu Tu’s claims, then told Qiu Tu that Qin Shuman could not be a mole and that his excuse was wrong.
• Yan Chen revealed that Qin Shuman was a Clone Female Body presented to him by the Qin Family, whose members had pledged loyalty to him four years earlier.
• Yan Chen explained that Qin Shuman had been created to suit his preferences and had only a few years to live, then questioned how she could be a City Hall mole who recruited Qiu Tu.

Qiu Tu used the Mountain River Dice and a fabricated connection to the Chaos Witch to persuade Xiao Yuan Yao to help defend the Boundless Mind Sea from the Order Divine Faction. Meanwhile, the Star Founder God King treated Yao Qin’s apparent betrayal as a pretext to purge his ranks, and Xiao Yuan Yao abruptly suggested that Qiu Tu seek help from her rabbit, Lao Hei.

• Qiu Tu brought Xiao Yuan Yao to Mandala City, showed her the Mountain River Dice, and learned that it was a replica of the Chaos Witch’s life-bound treasure.
• Qiu Tu claimed that he, Yao Qin, and Heavenly King Zhi Yan served Xi Yue, then convinced Xiao Yuan Yao that fate had brought her to protect the world the Chaos Witch had left in their care.
• Xiao Yuan Yao agreed to hear about Qiu Tu’s problem after he claimed the Order Shrine was invading, but perked up when she learned the Order Divine Faction was behind the threat.
• The Star Founder God King suspected Qiu Tu had turned Yao Qin against him and ordered Heavenly Fury summoned while directing Carlton and Inoue to prepare a major mobilization.
• After Qiu Tu described the enemy’s formidable God King forces, Xiao Yuan Yao refused to help and recommended asking Lao Hei, her dream-prone rabbit.

After Yao Qin relocated the Boundless Mind Sea and made its World Passage reusable, Qiu Tu led Zhao Ji, Yao Qin, Xiao Yuan Yao, Qing Lan, and Zhu Wu to the Heavenly God Battlefield. In Chaos West Capital, Qiu Tu received a note from White Robe proposing a meeting and collaboration.

• Qing Lan told Qiu Tu that Zhu Wu had broken through, and Qiu Tu arranged to discuss the next stage of the plan with her.
• Qiu Tu visited Zhao Ji, learned she planned to hunt Destruction Path Heavenly Gods on the Heavenly God Battlefield, and suggested they travel there together.
• Yao Qin agreed to guard the Boundless Mind Sea and proposed relocating it to conceal its coordinates; after she completed the relocation, Qiu Tu prepared his group for the journey.
• Qiu Tu and his companions arrived at the Heavenly God Battlefield, where nine suns blazed overhead, and Xiao Yuan Yao led them toward Chaos West Capital.
• Qiu Tu reached Chaos West Capital and found a note from White Robe inviting him to meet about a collaboration.

After discovering Cui Lan spying on him, Qiu Tu killed her and had Eagle and A Kun remove her body. The chapter ended when Qin Heng, the Qin Family head, came out to hear A Fu's urgent report.

• Qiu Tu caught Cui Lan eavesdropping outside his room, and she admitted she had waited there while he spoke with Fourth Master Qin.
• Cui Lan claimed Yan Chen had assigned her to monitor Qiu Tu, and Qiu Tu pretended to accept her explanation before stabbing her to death.
• Qiu Tu dragged Cui Lan's corpse inside, cleaned the blood, changed clothes, and called Eagle and A Kun to dispose of her body.
• Qiu Tu watched Eagle and A Kun leave and quietly called Cui Lan his first victim.
• A Fu woke Qin Heng in the Qin Family's secondary residence and said he had urgent business to report to the family head.

Qiu Tu used his remaining reinforcements and a decoy to draw Jia Shu into a trap while evading another assassination attempt. Jia Shu was arrested by the Supervisory Committee, who revealed that Qiu Tu had outmaneuvered him.

• A burly Masked Suit Man attacked Qiu Tu at the third villa, but Tao Yaoyao sent soldiers to drive him off while Qiu Tu escaped.
• Qiu Tu used Tang Feifei to hold off the Suit Man at the fourth villa, then drove toward the fifth villa as the countdown continued.
• Jia Shu arrived at Yan Chen's villa and followed Ji Chen toward the study, while a hidden attacker waited for Qiu Tu.
• A dark figure rose from the shadows and appeared to behead Qiu Tu, but the body and head vanished after the decoy taunted the attacker.
• The Supervisory Committee trapped Jia Shu in a white cage and arrested him, prompting him to realize Qiu Tu's plan and laugh.

La Riluo suspected Qiu Tu had taken her treasures, Emerald Shadow Dragon, and Area Center, while Huang Shangzong approved Qiu Tu’s promotion if he survived the Daredevil Team’s expedition. Qiu Tu returned to the New World Area and tried to persuade La Riluo to treat him as an ally, but she used his reasoning to demand the Area Center back.

• La Riluo concluded that Qiu Tu was highly suspicious of stealing her treasures, taking Emerald Shadow Dragon Yi Yi, and finding the Area Center, and she vowed not to let him off.
• New Realm City’s Daredevil Team attracted more than a hundred applicants, though officials expected only twelve to twenty-four to pass Cataclysm Awakening.
• Huang Shangzong heard that the New World Area was extremely dangerous and that Qiu Tu had only a ten percent chance of surviving the seven-day expedition.
• Huang Shangzong signed the application recommending Qiu Tu for Deputy Director if he returned safely, despite disliking him.
• Qiu Tu entered the New World Area and joined La Riluo on a tree branch after she had failed to find her missing possessions and Emerald Shadow Dragon Yi Yi.
• Qiu Tu claimed that they should share everything as people closest to each other, and La Riluo used his logic to demand that he return the Area Center.

Qiu Tu treated Chen Feng after an attack that killed Wu Zhi, while Ji Chen and Yu Zhengyi suspected Qiu Tu might have staged the assassination. The chapter revealed that Qiu Tu had planned the attack to eliminate Wu Zhi, though the details of his plan remained undisclosed.

• Ji Chen considered whether Qiu Tu had staged Wu Zhi’s assassination, but Committee Member Wang warned him not to frame Qiu Tu and urged an investigation.
• Ji Chen failed to reach Yan Chen and learned from A Lan that Yan Chen had shot Maid A Ju dead inside his bedroom.
• Ji Chen reported the attack to Yu Zhengyi, who identified the attacker as Lone Wolf, a notorious assassin, and agreed to investigate Qiu Tu’s people as well.
• Qiu Tu treated Chen Feng’s bullet wound, and Chen Feng recognized the bullet as Alliance-made.
• Qiu Tu recalled deciding to eliminate Wu Zhi after learning Wu Zhi had joined forces with New Realm City’s local powers against him.

Qiu Tu studied reports on Zhao Ji, La Riluo, and the Investigation Department’s sections, then considered bringing the Intelligence Section under his control. After reading Li Xian’s supplementary interrogation statement, he found Tan Huimin asleep in his lounge and tucked her into bed before a notification appeared.

• Qiu Tu learned that Zhao Ji was a powerful Evil God whose territory surrounded New Realm City, and that La Riluo had repeatedly fought and lost to her.
• Qiu Tu read that La Riluo wanted Moonlight Lake for its Moonlight Tears, which could strengthen Cataclysm Creatures on the Life path.
• Qiu Tu reviewed the section reports and decided to take control of the Intelligence Section while keeping the Supervision Section as a weapon against his enemies.
• Song Qing delivered Li Xian’s supplementary statement about Zheng Tao’s interrogation, and Qiu Tu considered assigning Li Xian to the Intelligence Section.
• Song Qing teased Qiu Tu about Tan Huimin showering in his office, then hurried away when he claimed he was using Water Torture.
• Qiu Tu found Tan Huimin asleep naked, carried her back to bed, and tucked her in before a notification flashed before his eyes.

Qiu Tu and Qin Shuman exchanged intelligence and planned to destroy the Alliance Special Operations Team so they could prove themselves and gain authority. After spending the night together, Qiu Tu returned to his office and asked La Riluo whether she wanted revenge.

• Qin Shuman explained that Dai Yukang had appointed an Inspector to oversee her, and Qiu Tu concealed that he was the Inspector.
• Qiu Tu told Qin Shuman about the Alliance Special Operations Team, and they agreed to defeat it together to establish their authority.
• Qiu Tu and Qin Shuman discussed how to handle the team’s Third Order and Second Order Calamity Descendants, considering a trap arranged through Qiu Tu’s Evil God Special Envoy identity.
• Qiu Tu and Qin Shuman spent the night together, then parted after breakfast, with Qin Shuman teasing him about his relationship with Tang Feifei.
• Qiu Tu returned to the Investigation Department, let La Riluo absorb his Calamity Power, and asked whether she wanted revenge.

Qiu Tu responded to Yan Chen’s apparent rejection by rallying his Investigation Team with approved promotions and preparing to make a bold move. After distributing everyone’s new ranks and credentials, he had his subordinates bring him the interrogation records for Suit Man and Wang Xi.

• Cao Dabiao warned Qiu Tu that Yan Chen had asked the Organization Department to shortlist candidates for a Deputy Director position, signaling that Qiu Tu’s promotion prospects might have changed.
• Qiu Tu decided to test Yan Chen’s attitude and told Cao Dabiao that every member of the Investigation Team had been promoted by one rank.
• Cao Dabiao’s loyalty to Qiu Tu rose to 96 after Qiu Tu confirmed that the promotions were approved and their new IDs and insignia were ready.
• Qiu Tu returned to the Investigation Department and handed out promotion documents, new IDs, and insignia to his subordinates, earning a surge of loyalty.
• Qiu Tu ordered his subordinates to bring him the interrogation records for Suit Man and Wang Xi, then dismissed them to celebrate their promotions.

Qiu Tu treated Zhao Ji’s Heavenly God Backlash injuries in an intimate encounter while La Riluo secretly entered the villa. La Riluo interrupted them, and Zhao Ji concealed what had happened by claiming she and Qiu Tu were studying intelligence about the enemy.

• La Riluo used her matching aura and Mental Power to bypass Zhao Ji’s formation and enter the villa.
• Qiu Tu realized he could only heal Zhao Ji by touching her, and Zhao Ji agreed to let him treat the rest of her injuries after he finished with her back.
• Qiu Tu treated Zhao Ji’s injuries while she watched him, and she quietly retrieved her Soft Sword after seeing him behave properly.
• La Riluo called out and entered the bedroom, so Zhao Ji shoved Qiu Tu away, covered La Riluo with a blanket, and quickly dressed.
• Zhao Ji claimed she and Qiu Tu were studying intelligence about the enemy, leaving La Riluo confused.