Chapter Summaries

Red Fox confronted He Yueyin over her defense of Ronan, and his anger brought back memories of the Association abandoning his comrades after the Lake City operation. As He Yueyin challenged his assumptions, a formally dressed man appeared behind him and asked whether he was on Red Fox’s death list.

• Red Fox recalled the successful Lake City operation, the cult’s retaliation, and the Association’s reprimand and abandonment of the survivors.
• He Yueyin told Red Fox that their attention should not be on a corpse, prompting him to challenge her and Ronan.
• He Yueyin played recordings of Red Fox questioning the operation and warning that innocent civilians could be caught in the blast.
• He Yueyin said the group had chosen to support and protect rookie Ronan rather than make him take the blame, and she linked that choice to Red Fox’s experience in Lake City.
• A formally dressed middle-aged man appeared behind Red Fox and asked whether he was included on the death list.

Ouyang Chen appeared beside Red Fox during his argument with He Yueyin and showed him the danger surrounding Frost River Reality. He revealed that he had isolated them from the crowd in a Logic World, then challenged Red Fox to understand why he was even more foolish than the ordinary people nearby.

• Ouyang Chen greeted Red Fox outside Frost River Reality, startling him while He Yueyin continued arguing over the limits of applying Lake City's conclusions to Xia City.
• He Yueyin warned that an Awakened's Self Logic should not be distorted by external threats, and Red Fox abandoned the argument to report Ouyang Chen's arrival.
• Ouyang Chen explained that three Justice Cult high priests had placed nearby buildings and crowds within the lethal range of their incantation.
• Red Fox realized Ouyang Chen's Logic World had separated them from the crowd and stopped the encrypted channel's timer.
• Ouyang Chen explained that ordinary people could not perceive the danger, then told Red Fox that he was even more foolish and asked him why.

Ouyang Chen explained that the Inner World was governed by destructive power and strength forged through confrontation, forcing Red Fox to recognize how the association’s logic had distorted his original purpose. He then challenged Red Fox’s dismissal of Ronan, suggesting that the unawakened boy was beginning to build a higher-level logic of his own.

• Ouyang Chen described the Inner World as a system shaped by the destructive power of Ability Users and the competing circles of strong individuals.
• Ouyang Chen asked Red Fox where his strength and confrontation were, prompting Red Fox to recall his original plan to return to Lake City and settle old scores.
• Red Fox realized that the association’s logic had twisted his Self Logic and left him detached from the purpose he once held.
• Ouyang Chen asked Red Fox to identify the strongest people on their side, then pointed out that Red Fox had overlooked Ronan.
• Ouyang Chen explained that people building higher-level logic could seem dull or confused by secular standards, and said Ronan still had to accumulate experience from the beginning.

Tensions rose within the Association team as Red Fox demanded proof and Ronan remained absorbed in his perception. The chapter ended when Ronan finally looked toward Cat's Eye, and the team felt something unsettling in his eyes.

• Bamboo Pole spotted Red Fox outside Frost River Reality and judged that he had not rushed in, while Paper Cut warned that verifying the situation could provoke the Cult.
• Paper Cut and Zhang Yingying separately asked Cat's Eye whether she could find a safe way to verify the claim, but she remained focused on Ronan.
• Cat's Eye suddenly sharpened her attention as Ronan emerged from his inward focus and looked at her.
• Paper Cut watched Ronan through Cat's Eye's Shared Perspective and shivered, while Bamboo Pole remarked that Ronan's eyes seemed evil.

Ronan used his newly heightened perception to trace the bodily configurations of Cat's Eye and Zhang Yingying, revealing that his body-and-soul state had greatly increased his ability to observe and affect the Material Layer. He realized the influx of precise details overwhelmed his processing capacity and would require him to build new ways of organizing what he perceived.

• Ronan pointed toward Cat's Eye and traced her body's outline from a distance, leaving her unable to move.
• Ronan turned his finger on Zhang Yingying, whose body trembled as he traced her outline despite her attempts to resist.
• Zhang Yingying sensed that Ronan's tracing had purified and clarified the White Rainbow power she had been tempering.
• Ronan perceived Cat's Eye and Zhang Yingying as constellations of points and connecting lines, while more such patterns appeared around him.
• Ronan recognized that his fused body and soul had more than doubled the precision of his influence on the Material Layer.
• Ronan struggled to process the vast details flooding his perception and concluded that he needed to connect them into new overall structures.

Ronan developed Life Sketches by perceiving people as patterns of mind and matter while the others pursued Red Fox and monitored Frost River Reality. A military shuttle attacked the suspected Sacrifice Knight, but its destruction revealed that a small figure had escaped from the exploding corpse.

• Ronan described how All-domain Perception let him break down and reassemble people’s physical and emotional signals, and he called the resulting images Life Sketches.
• Zhang Yingying grabbed Ronan and checked on Cat's Eye, while Paper Cut asked Ronan for a clear explanation through the encrypted channel.
• Paper Cut and Bamboo Pole closed in on Red Fox as a military shuttle entered Frost River Reality and sent surveillance footage to the encrypted channel.
• Paper Cut and Bamboo Pole seized Red Fox while the cult gunmen shot down the shuttle, whose weapons had fired at the bloated corpse.
• The corpse exploded, and a small figure shot out of the blood mist and vanished beyond the surveillance frame.

After Ghost Mine emerged from an exploded corpse and destroyed the surveillance system, Red Fox identified the Justice Cult Sacrifice Knight while He Yueyin ordered Ronan and Cat’s Eye to locate the Cult gunmen. Ronan’s perception reached eighty meters in his united body-and-spirit state, and his Life Sketch continued expanding as the operation moved toward its next phase.

• A figure leapt from the exploded corpse, seized control of the surveillance system, and destroyed the feeds.
• Paper Cut and Bamboo Pole restrained Red Fox until he identified the figure as Ghost Mine, a fast Justice Cult Sacrifice Knight who could turn substances he touched into explosives.
• He Yueyin ordered all communication through the encrypted channel and asked Ronan and Cat’s Eye to report their All-domain Perception ranges; they reported eighty and fifty-five meters.
• Zhang Yingying explained that Ronan’s eighty-meter range exceeded ordinary expectations, while Ronan privately calculated that his natural perception remained far below his spiritual maximum.
• Ronan’s Life Sketch expanded beyond a hundred meters as He Yueyin ordered the team to locate every Cult gunman and take them out quickly.

He Yueyin ordered the squad to eliminate the cult gunmen while Ronan and Cat's Eye maintained full-area perception, but Ronan unexpectedly eliminated seven gunmen and the enemy began advancing. As He Yueyin ordered the team to move, darkness spread through the Triangle Spaceship and all three linked towers.

• He Yueyin assigned Ronan and Cat's Eye to lead the attack while the others protected them and covered the area.
• Bamboo Pole helped Ronan take control of the marker map and explained how to update it.
• Ronan accidentally removed nearly half the enemy markers, then reported that he had eliminated seven gunmen.
• Cat's Eye detected Sacrifice Knights and Ghost Mine advancing, while He Yueyin ordered the team to move toward ten o'clock.
• The Triangle Spaceship lost power, and darkness rapidly spread through all three linked towers.

As the association team advanced through Frost River Reality’s sudden blackout, Ronan’s Life Sketches revealed the Sacrifice Knights’ approach and helped him interpret the threat. He Yueyin killed Ghost Mine with a lightning-fast strike, then ordered the team to accelerate toward the remaining enemies.

• The four Sacrifice Knights charged the association team through the darkness, and their hostile intent disrupted Ronan and several others.
• Ronan used his Life Sketches to clarify the approaching knights’ constellations and interpret the hidden information affecting him.
• He Yueyin ordered Bai Xinyan to cover the team as debris blasted through the ceiling; Bai Xinyan froze the fragments while He Yueyin rushed toward the attackers.
• He Yueyin killed Ghost Mine with Ten Steps, One Kill, and Cat's Eye confirmed the kill over the encrypted channel.
• He Yueyin ordered the team to accelerate toward twelve o’clock, then reappeared beside the formation and glanced at Xue Lei for speaking aloud.

After He Yueyin killed Ghost Mine, Ronan observed the hidden force behind the Sacrifice Knights collapse and scatter, disrupting Frost River Reality and frightening the civilians. As Ronan reassessed how he used his perception, he realized he should focus on the overall composition of the Life Layer rather than its details.

• He Yueyin killed Ghost Mine, revealing his constellation to Ronan and disrupting the hidden force coordinating the Sacrifice Knights.
• The scattered power chilled the special police officers and drove nearby civilians into panic, while the Gestalt's blessing restored itself.
• Ronan told Xue Lei that the enemy's power had gone out of control, and Cat's Eye reported that her sensory range had shrunk.
• Ronan confirmed his own perception remained strong and explained that he could adjust its range and precision to suit his observations.
• Ronan recognized that he should focus on the broad outline and flow of the Life Layer instead of drawing overly detailed Configurations.

Ronan developed Life Sketch by expanding his psychic perception into a vast Star River Picture, locating three dark clouds that marked the chief priests of the Justice Cult's Secular Side. He narrowed his focus to Frost River Reality and the Three Towers, then asked Cat's Eye to help open a metal box.

• Ronan used the New Explanation to expand his psychic perception and create a Star River Picture of the people and surroundings.
• Ronan identified three linked dark clouds at the tips of the spiral arms as the locations of the Justice Cult's three chief priests.
• Ronan expanded his perception across the nearby city blocks, then reduced it to about one kilometer to focus on Frost River Reality and the connected towers.
• Ronan reached for his pocket while Xue Lei and Cat's Eye supported him, accidentally striking Cat's Eye before asking her to let go.
• Ronan retrieved a metal box, and Cat's Eye offered help; he asked her to break it open.

Ronan suspected the metal box could help the Other Side track the group, then used its contents to create a Human-Faced Spider and send it into a turbulent dark cloud. The spider entered the cloud to gather information as Ronan sensed the threat turning toward Frost River Reality again.

• Ronan claimed the metal box might have been tampered with and persuaded the group to destroy it.
• Zhang Yingying split the box open with a precise strike, and He Yueyin identified the Justice Cult officiant as An Chengli.
• Ronan noticed the dark cloud surging and sending currents toward Frost River Reality, then gathered the material from the broken box with his Soul Power.
• Ronan used the Gestalt system and the Demon Rune as a template to create a low-grade Human-Faced Spider.
• Ronan sent the spider through the Mental Layer toward the turbulent dark cloud, where it plunged into a patch of emotional light.

Ronan and the team left Frost River Reality and prepared to search Building B for the remaining Cult gunmen, while the military handled the other towers. As He Yueyin imposed a strict countdown and ordered the team to evacuate afterward, Ronan heard a mysterious voice murmur, “How ugly.”

• Ronan watched Child and Baze’s clash reveal details of the Sacrifice Knights through his Star River Observation System.
• He Yueyin ordered the team to leave Frost River Reality through Exit Three and explained that their priority was stopping Cult gunmen from causing civilian casualties.
• Red Fox and He Yueyin said the military was handling Buildings A and C, while their team was responsible for Building B.
• He Yueyin assigned the team to eliminate the gunmen within 300 seconds and ordered Ronan, Zhang Yingying, and White Salt to search downstairs.
• He Yueyin warned Ronan to focus, and Ronan heard a mysterious voice say, “How ugly.”

Ronan and his team entered Tower B under a high priest’s watch, then split up to carry out a rapid descent through the darkened building. Xue Lei, Zhang Yingying, Bai Xinyan, and Ronan leaped into the night, while Xue Weilun watched them disappear and noticed his Gestalt reacting to Ronan’s departure.

• Ronan sensed malice nearby and warned the team that they were being watched, but He Yueyin told him to ignore it.
• He Yueyin paired Xue Lei with Ronan and ordered them to leave the tower complex after their mission, while Bai Xinyan questioned the Association’s arrangements.
• Xue Weilun and Xue Lei embraced and exchanged brief wishes for good luck and safety before the countdown forced them to act.
• He Yueyin and Cat's Eye jumped from Tower B to begin their descent, and Zhang Yingying explained that Ronan’s sensing range would guide their route.
• Xue Lei gathered his resolve, bumped fists with Ronan, and leaped out of the building with Zhang Yingying, Bai Xinyan, and Ronan.
• Xue Weilun watched the group vanish into the night, then saw the Gestalt on his chest twist and ripple after Ronan left.

An Chengli tried to recover his standing by attacking Ronan’s group, but An Weng took control of the Heavenly Evolution Domain and focused on altering the Balance of Truth. As the evacuation restored order and threatened the ritual, An Weng triggered a new crisis in Frost River Reality and the Three Towers.

• An Chengli prepared to attack Ronan’s group from Building B, but An Weng seized his authority over the Heavenly Evolution Domain.
• An Weng judged that the ritual still needed a remedy, while Zheng Xiao questioned what foundation An Weng had placed on the Truth Side.
• The citizens’ orderly evacuation calmed the panic and caused the Balance of Truth’s imbalance to worsen again.
• An Weng declared that rebirth required destruction, and a dazzling blast shattered a glass wall in Frost River Reality as seven or eight figures shot toward the Three Towers.
• Gunfire erupted at multiple locations throughout the Three Towers.

An Weng’s Sacrifice Knights pressed their attack despite An Chengli and Zheng Xiao’s alarm, while government and military forces moved against the gunmen. As the Balance of Truth’s power shifted, the civilians inside the buildings vanished, leaving the Knights to find only empty rooms.

• An Chengli and Zheng Xiao feared An Weng’s assault would cross the government’s limits, but the Sacrifice Knights leaped from the Triangle Spaceship toward the surrounding buildings.
• An Weng silenced An Chengli through the Heavenly Evolution Domain, while snipers and assassination robots killed the gunmen in Buildings A and C.
• An Chengli sensed the Ring Serpent gathering chaotic elements and noticed strange distortions in the air above the Frost River Reality as Ronan looked toward the sky.
• Flying Shark smashed through a building’s glass wall, but the civilians inside vanished into streams of distorted light, and the other buildings also proved empty.
• The Ring Serpent dissolved, the Black Scale Pan rose, and the Balance of Truth returned to zero.

Ronan and his companions witnessed the city briefly empty as a Space Fault separated the Sacrifice Knights and Justice Cult from ordinary reality, while Ronan continued observing both worlds at once. Inside the fault, An Weng met Ouyang, who explained that he had created the world called Logic and invited the others to help test it.

• Ronan, Zhang Yingying, Bai Xinyan, and Xue Lei found the street and city emptied after a shockwave disrupted the Spirit Wave Network.
• An unknown voice restored the missing crowd, while the Sacrifice Knights, Child, Baze, and the Justice Cult remained absent from ordinary reality.
• Bai Xinyan suspected a Space Fault had separated part of space-time, and Ronan realized his consciousness still observed the people trapped inside it.
• Ronan's overlapping perceptions of the two worlds made the Justice Cult's three chief priests clearer, allowing him to identify An Weng.
• An Weng met Ouyang on the rooftop, and Ouyang said he had created the world called Logic and asked An Weng and the others to help test it.

Ouyang Chen arrived in the Inner World, where he and An Weng discussed the Logic World and the purpose of Ouyang Chen’s experiment. As Child and Baze’s fight tore apart Frost River Reality, Ouyang Chen declared that he was using the Inner World’s methods to establish his own rules in Xia City.

• Ouyang Chen appeared before An Weng, and the two discussed his research into the source of the world’s transformation and the Gate of Truth.
• An Chengli and Zheng Xiao privately discussed An Weng, but An Weng’s will cut off their channel and pressed against their minds.
• Zheng Xiao noticed that the Balance of Truth’s white scale pan had risen and the Ouroboros on the Black Scale Pan had regained some vitality.
• Child and Baze’s battle damaged Frost River Reality and Building A, sending the fighters crashing into the building as glass shattered across its floors.
• An Weng recognized that Ouyang Chen’s model was designed to remain independent and avoid collapse under overload.
• Ouyang Chen told An Weng that he was following the established method by declaring his rules as Xia City’s nominally sole Extraordinary Species.

Ouyang Chen exposed An Weng’s Self-Sacrifice Ritual, revealing that the Balance of Truth was draining the chief priests because Child was its substrate. As An Chengli faced death and the ritual’s violence, Slender Appendages pierced his soul.

• Ouyang Chen explained that he had only cut off the channel for gathering chaotic elements, prompting An Chengli to recognize the Self-Sacrifice Ritual.
• An Chengli discovered that the Balance of Truth was siphoning away his power, and its revealed scales showed the imbalance slowly correcting itself.
• Zheng Xiao asked An Weng who the substrate was, and the Heavenly Evolution Domain revealed Child racing toward the rooftop.
• An Chengli and Zheng Xiao realized Child was the substrate and that the three chief priests could be drained dry trying to balance the scales.
• An Weng killed An Chengli’s followers with the domain’s defenses to demonstrate the cost of further sacrifices, while An Chengli prayed desperately for help.
• As An Chengli’s consciousness froze, a familiar shadow appeared in his soul, and Slender Appendages stabbed into it.

An Weng used the high priests and their followers to drive the Balance of Truth’s projection into the Mental Layer, hoping to verify the Gate of Truth in Xia City. As Zheng Xiao endured the deadly strain, pale insect-like shadows entered the Heavenly Evolution Domain.

• An Weng told Zheng Xiao that Quantum Corporation’s Human-Faced Spider research might be connected to the Gate of Truth, and insisted the order had to seize it.
• An Chengli briefly regained his sanity and cursed the Sacred Texts before his mania returned.
• The life force of three high priests, eight Sacrifice Knights, and dozens of priests and knights balanced against Child as the Balance of Truth’s projection rippled through the Logic World.
• The Balance of Truth shifted its ripples into the Mental Layer, plunging Zheng Xiao into a deep region and inflicting severe pain on him and An Weng.
• Pale, insect-like shadows seeped into the Heavenly Evolution Domain and circled the Balance of Truth’s projection.