Recaps

Lin Qiye and his companions fought the prisoners charging the black gate, with Cao Yuan, Baili Pangpang, and An Qingyu joining the battle. As Lin Qiye cut through the attackers, a hidden control-type Forbidden Ruin began separating his body and weakening his control over it.

• A sinister prisoner and two other powerful prisoners led the assault on the black gate, with the remaining prisoners following behind them.
• Cao Yuan unleashed his malevolent qi and charged into the prisoners, while Lin Qiye realized Cao Yuan had reached the River realm.
• Baili Pangpang equipped several Forbidden Objects and attacked from the air with a rain of swords.
• An Qingyu created a razor-sharp net of invisible threads and joined the fight with his Frost Greatsword.
• Lin Qiye used darkness, his straight swords, and Reverse Summoning to kill several prisoners.
• An unknown Forbidden Ruin began separating Lin Qiye's body into pieces and weakening his control over it, prompting him to search the battlefield for its source.

Lin Qiye fought off a coordinated attack by prisoners wielding Forbidden Ruins, using transformation and summoning magic to escape their traps and kill them. As he continued through the blood-soaked battlefield, Baili Pangpang watched with alarm alongside Cao Yuan and An Qingyu.

• A dwarf prisoner weakened Lin Qiye by slicing his body apart, while a one-armed man trapped his blades and a werewolf prepared to finish him off.
• Lin Qiye transformed into Hong Yan, resisted the werewolf's attack, and killed him with dragon breath.
• Lin Qiye summoned the Chaos Cube to break the cage and killed the dwarf with his freed blades.
• Lin Qiye used the Chaos Cube to force the one-armed man in front of him, then killed him with a blade.
• Lin Qiye spotted and killed an invisible prisoner, explaining that his Forbidden Ruins made the man's invisibility ineffective.
• Baili Pangpang watched Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, and An Qingyu fight and wondered why they were all born killers.

The Whisperer attacked Abstinence Hall with a meteor storm, but his power went awry and Old Dog Wu destroyed the meteors before the Second Seat and Fourth Seat overwhelmed and trapped him. Seven silver pillars surrounded Wu Tongxuan and shielded him with lightning, leaving his fate unresolved.

• The Whisperer opened a rift above Abstinence Hall and summoned a meteor storm, but pain made the meteors scatter and only a few struck the facility.
• Old Dog Wu spread darkness across the sky and shattered the falling meteors, exhausting himself in the process.
• The Second Seat struck Old Dog Wu with six spatial cones, and the Fourth Seat trapped him in a reinforced steel cage.
• The Second Seat pulled the Fourth Seat away from a lightning strike aimed at Old Dog Wu.
• Seven silver pillars descended around Old Dog Wu and formed a lightning barrier around him.

The Spirit Medium Squad rescued Old Dog Wu after Second Seat and Fourth Seat escaped, and Bu Li reminded him to remain in the Abstinence Hall. Outside, Shen Qingzhu learned that the assassination mission had failed and secretly reacted as the Whisperer fled from the pursuing squad.

• Second Seat escaped with Fourth Seat when the Spirit Medium Squad arrived, and Bu Li reported that the hunt had failed.
• Bu Li freed Old Dog Wu, who grieved over the six silent squad members and begged to return with the others.
• Bu Li refused Old Dog Wu's request, reminding him of their agreement that they could not both be in danger, then ordered him to remain in the Abstinence Hall.
• The Spirit Medium Squad departed to hunt the Whisperer, while Bu Li promised Old Dog Wu would one day lead a new squad.
• The Whisperer told Shen Qingzhu to order Second Seat, Fourth Seat, and Fifth Seat to retreat after the assassination mission failed; Shen Qingzhu secretly smiled as the squad pursued the Whisperer.

After the assassination of Wu Tongxuan failed, Shen Qingzhu told the Second Seat, Fourth Seat, and Fifth Seat that Lord The Whisperer had ordered them to ambush the supposedly mortally wounded Master Chen. The three believed Shen Qingzhu’s oath and set out to prepare, while he stayed behind.

• The Second Seat and Fourth Seat returned from the failed mission, and the Fifth Seat learned that Wu Tongxuan had survived and the Sixth Seat had fallen.
• Shen Qingzhu announced that Lord The Whisperer had ordered them to ambush and kill Master Chen, who was allegedly gravely wounded after a god attacked him.
• The Second Seat made Shen Qingzhu swear on his Soul Contract, and the three followers accepted that his report was true.
• The Second Seat, Fourth Seat, and Fifth Seat entered a spatial rift to prepare for the ambush, while Shen Qingzhu remained behind.

Master Chen returned to the Abstinence Hall and confronted three believers who had mistaken his tea-cup attack for a bluff. At the main gate, Lin Qiye, Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, and An Qingyu routed the remaining prisoners, leaving them too terrified to fight.

• Master Chen sensed that his mindscape in the Abstinence Hall had shattered and hurried back from Huaihai City.
• Master Chen struck the Second Seat with a tea cup, but the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Seats mistook the attack for an Empty Fort Strategy and challenged him.
• Master Chen spread his mindscape over the area, trapped the three believers in an ancient courtyard, and confronted them with the pressure of a Human Apex.
• Lin Qiye, Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, and An Qingyu fought together at the Abstinence Hall gate and killed or routed most of the prisoners.
• Lin Qiye challenged the remaining prisoners to keep trying to escape, but Cao Yuan's menacing approach sent them fleeing and pleading for their lives.

Lin Qiye subdued Cao Yuan after his murderous power ran out of control, then led Cao Yuan, Baili Pangpang, and An Qingyu out through the electrified wall before Master could arrive. The four leaped from the wall toward the sea and cliffs.

• Lin Qiye stopped fighting the frightened prisoners and confronted Cao Yuan, who was still advancing in his mad demon state.
• Lin Qiye used Spider Silk and the Scroll of Sealing’s tape to bind Cao Yuan and contain his murderous aura.
• Cao Yuan apologized for losing control, and Lin Qiye sensed that Master was about to arrive.
• Lin Qiye led An Qingyu, Baili Pangpang, and Cao Yuan up the black steel wall, redirecting its lightning with his poem.
• The four crossed the electric defenses, reached the cliff beyond the wall, and jumped toward the sea.

Lin Qiye and his companions escaped the island and traveled across the sea, while Ye Fan learned that Lin Qiye had gotten away and set out to catch up. On the ice boat, the four youths encountered a cloaked swordsman walking across the water.

• Lin Qiye used a powerful wind to carry the four youths away from the island, and Baili Pangpang taunted Shen Qingzhu as he watched from a cliff.
• Master Chen learned that Lin Qiye had escaped and accepted that he had left, but later realized he had forgotten something.
• Ye Fan scolded Master Chen and Dr. Li for letting Lin Qiye escape, then asked which direction the group had gone so he could pursue them.
• Lin Qiye and the others crossed the sea by alternating between An Qingyu's ice boat and Baili Pangpang's Yaoguang, and they grilled fish to recover their strength.
• Lin Qiye sensed someone ahead, and the group spotted a middle-aged man in a dark crimson cloak walking across the water toward their boat.

After confirming Ye Fan was the Commander of the Night Watchmen, Lin Qiye learned that Ye Fan had come to recruit him as captain of the newly established Fifth Special Squad. Ye Fan declared Lin Qiye to be Great Xia’s most promising young Night Watchman and said the captaincy belonged to him.

• Lin Qiye remained wary until Cao Yuan confirmed Ye Fan’s identity as the Commander of the Night Watchmen.
• Ye Fan told Lin Qiye he was not there to punish him for escaping the Abstinence Hall and thanked him for guarding it.
• Ye Fan shared grilled fish with Lin Qiye, Baili Pangpang, An Qingyu, and Cao Yuan before discussing business.
• Ye Fan explained that Great Xia urgently needed a Fifth Special Squad and asked Lin Qiye to become its captain.
• Ye Fan said a captain’s potential mattered most and named Lin Qiye as the young Night Watchman with the greatest potential in Great Xia.

Ye Fan offered Lin Qiye command of an unrecognized reserve squad that could become the Fifth Special Squad if it met strict strength and merit requirements. After learning the squad’s duties were connected to Beyond the Mist, Lin Qiye agreed to become its captain.

• Ye Fan explained that Lin Qiye’s potential made him a possible captain, but his abilities and standing remained insufficient for an official Special Squad.
• Ye Fan proposed that Lin Qiye lead a ghost-like reserve squad that would handle crises independently without official records or local squad support.
• Ye Fan listed five requirements for the reserve squad to become the Fifth Special Squad, including reaching specific realms and earning a collective Stellar medal.
• Ye Fan told Lin Qiye he could choose and recruit squad members, while warning that refusing the role would send him back to Sunshine Psychiatric Hospital.
• Ye Fan revealed that the Fifth Special Squad’s duties involved Beyond the Mist, prompting Lin Qiye to think of Loki and Gaia and accept the captaincy.

Ye Fan appointed Lin Qiye captain of Great Xia’s Fifth Special Squad’s reserve team and left him and his companions stranded at sea as their assessment began. Lin Qiye recruited Cao Yuan, Baili Pangpang, and An Qingyu, then set the team’s course toward the shore and its future missions.

• Ye Fan gave Lin Qiye mission documents and a phone, explained how the team could mark completed missions, and departed without giving them a ride to shore.
• Baili Pangpang urged Lin Qiye to celebrate becoming captain of the Fifth Special Squad, but Lin Qiye called it a thankless job.
• Lin Qiye invited Cao Yuan and Baili Pangpang to join the reserve team, and both accepted by leaving their fingerprints on applications.
• An Qingyu joined after Lin Qiye agreed he could conduct experiments that did not endanger public safety.
• Lin Qiye decided to wait for suitable candidates to complete the team, and Baili Pangpang used Thunder Roll Wind to propel their ice boat toward land.

After the failed assassination of Wu Tongxuan, Shen Qingzhu reported that Master Fuzi had killed the other believers and was appointed the new Tenth Seat. Meanwhile, Lin Qiye and his companions washed ashore at a beach in Honglian City and fled from startled tourists; Lin Qiye turned on Ye Fan’s phone and saw a message appear.

• Shen Qingzhu told The Whisperer that Master Fuzi had killed the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Seats, while the Second Seat had saved him by sending him through a spatial rift.
• The Whisperer realized that twelve of the twenty Seats had died and appointed Shen Qingzhu temporary Tenth Seat, urging him to take on greater responsibility.
• Lin Qiye, Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, and another companion emerged from the sea at a crowded beach, where tourists mistook them for suspicious intruders and called the police.
• Lin Qiye led the group away from the beach, and they realized they had landed at Golden Coast Beach in Honglian City.
• Lin Qiye removed Ye Fan’s phone from its sealed bag, turned it on, and received a message.

Lin Qiye and the Fifth Special Squad traveled by train toward Anta County to investigate a suspected powerful Ant-type Mystery in the primeval forest. The team prepared for a difficult search in a vast, freezing wilderness where they might have to survive for an extended period.

• Lin Qiye explained that the reserve squad had to take an old train because their remote destination had no high-speed rail access.
• An old man mistook Lin Qiye and the others for thieves, but Lin Qiye stopped Baili Pangpang from confronting him.
• After the old man and his granddaughter left, Lin Qiye showed the team that their destination was Anta County, near the Xing'an Mountains.
• An Qingyu explained that the local Night Watchmen had requested support after finding traces of a suspected River- or Sea-realm Ant-type Mystery.
• Lin Qiye told the squad to prepare for a prolonged search and survival in the immense, harsh, freezing primeval forest.

Lin Qiye and his team traveled to Anta County to investigate a Mystery near the border, where they saw the immense Misty Wall for the first time. They found the local Night Watchmen outpost in a rundown Forest Protection Bureau building and prepared to approach its staff for clues.

• Lin Qiye split the team so Baili Pangpang and An Qingyu bought supplies while he and Cao Yuan arranged a ride to Anta County.
• Baili Pangpang and An Qingyu returned with the supplies, and Lin Qiye packed them into hiking backpacks to disguise the team as travelers.
• After a five-hour drive, Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, Cao Yuan, and Baili Pangpang saw the Misty Wall stretching along Great Xia's border.
• Lin Qiye decided to seek clues at the local Night Watchmen outpost rather than search the vast primeval forest blindly.
• The team found the outpost in a dilapidated building marked Anta County Forest Protection Bureau, and Lin Qiye led them inside.

Lin Qiye and his companions visited the Anta County Forest Protection Bureau to ask about entering the nearby primeval forest, where Li Deyang and Chen Han were tracking Mysteries. They left without getting permission, then encountered a familiar elderly man and a little girl outside the station.

• Li Deyang and Chen Han discussed their failing heating and their efforts to map the Mysteries’ movements for a Special Squad.
• Lin Qiye and his three companions arrived and asked for a map to the forest, claiming they wanted to film bears.
• Li Deyang invited them inside and warned them not to enter the forest until a month later.
• Baili Pangpang offered Li Deyang a Rolex to learn why the forest was off-limits, but Li refused to be swayed.
• An Qingyu examined the map, and Lin Qiye thanked Li Deyang before the group left.
• Cao Yuan opened the door and saw a familiar elderly man with a plaid sack and a little girl with braided pigtails.

Lin Qiye and his companions entered the primeval forest to investigate a powerful Mystery after An Qingyu memorized a map of the area. They headed toward an abandoned logging camp where traces of a suspected ant-type Mystery had been found.

• Li Deyang welcomed his father and daughter, Little Tingting, who had brought him winter clothes and planned to stay at the nearby Gaoxing Hotel.
• An Qingyu said he had memorized the forest map and identified the route to the abandoned logging camp.
• Lin Qiye and the others discussed the unusually powerful Mystery and decided to investigate the changes inside the forest.
• As darkness fell, Lin Qiye led the group into the forest with their equipment and supplies.
• An Qingyu guided the group toward the logging camp, about three hours deeper in, where the suspected ant-type Mystery had left traces.

As Lin Qiye and his companions traveled through the Xing'an Mountains, An Qingyu told them a ghost story about a haunted forest and a Kingdom of the Dead. Lin Qiye sensed something nearby, and the group was attacked by a giant crimson ant that charged straight at Baili Pangpang.

• An Qingyu told Lin Qiye, Baili Pangpang, and Cao Yuan a legend about a missing guide whose face matched a dead figure seen in a haunted forest.
• An Qingyu explained that the legend claimed the missing guide had wandered out of an eternal Kingdom of the Dead and was trying to find his way home.
• Lin Qiye sensed something nearby and drew his blade, striking into the darkness as a piercing shriek rang out.
• A giant crimson ant burst from the forest, smashed a large tree, and charged at Baili Pangpang.
• Baili Pangpang cursed as a golden flash burst from around his neck.

Lin Qiye and the others killed a giant Worker Ant in the forest and identified it as a recently born Mystery. They suspected a Queen Ant led the colony, while An Qingyu’s examination suggested the Worker Ant had been hunting because it was starving.

• The giant ant sent Baili Pangpang flying, and Lin Qiye attacked it while An Qingyu identified the weak point in its head.
• Lin Qiye crippled the fleeing ant with darkness and killed it by stabbing its antennal groove.
• An Qingyu dissected the ant and concluded that it was a recently born Worker Ant belonging to an unknown Mystery species.
• Lin Qiye and the others suspected that a Queen Ant controlled the colony and might be at least Sea Realm.
• An Qingyu found the ant’s stomach nearly empty and suggested it had attacked them while hunting in extreme hunger.

Lin Qiye realized the starving Worker Ants might be spreading out from their nest to find food and planned to test an idea to locate it. Meanwhile, a giant ant abducted Tingting from a roadside hotel, and her grandfather ran into the night after it.

• Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, Baili Pangpang, and Cao Yuan concluded that the Worker Ants’ dwindling food supply could put nearby residents at risk if they did not find the Queen Ant soon.
• Lin Qiye told the others to spare the next Worker Ant they encountered so he could test an idea.
• Tingting and her grandfather arrived at the Gaoxing Hotel on the edge of the wilderness and settled into a room for the night.
• A giant ant smashed through the hotel window, abducted Tingting, and carried her toward the forest.
• Tingting’s grandfather chased after the ant, and twenty minutes later a heavy knock woke Li Deyang at the Anta County Forest Protection Bureau.

Li Deyang learned that a giant red ant had taken Tingting into the forest and set out with Chen Han to rescue her. Meanwhile, Lin Qiye and his team searched the Abandoned Logging Ground for a living giant ant and discovered someone inside the final building.

• The old man told Li Deyang that a giant red ant had abducted Tingting and fled into the forest.
• Li Deyang armed himself, ordered the old man to wait behind, and left with Chen Han, deploying Team 332.
• Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, and Baili Pangpang reached the Abandoned Logging Ground to search for a living giant ant.
• Lin Qiye used Mental Power to check several buildings, and the team found no trace of the ants.
• At the final building, Lin Qiye spotted a person behind the third window from the left on the second floor.

Lin Qiye and the others encountered a strange paper effigy at the abandoned logging ground and chased it into the forest, but it escaped. The discovery matched an old legend and left them wondering whether the eternal Kingdom of the Dead was real.

• Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, Baili Pangpang, and Lin Qiye saw a flat, pale paper effigy staring at them from a window in the abandoned building.
• The paper effigy vanished into the building, and Lin Qiye and An Qingyu rushed after it while Cao Yuan and Baili Pangpang followed.
• Lin Qiye sensed the effigy fleeing into the forest, and the four chased it but fell behind and lost track of it.
• Lin Qiye found no signs that the effigy was a living creature, a Mystery, or controlled by a Forbidden Ruin, while An Qingyu regretted not being able to dissect it.
• Cao Yuan connected the encounter to an old legend about a paper effigy at a logging ground and raised the possibility of an eternal Kingdom of the Dead deep in the forest.
• Lin Qiye concluded that the forest held more secrets than they had imagined.

Lin Qiye and his companions made camp in the forest, where Baili Pangpang turned their wilderness setup into a lavish campsite. During Lin Qiye’s watch, a Red Giant Ant carrying an unconscious girl appeared at the edge of the forest, and he offered it a piece of steak.

• Lin Qiye chose a clearing for the group to rest and set a watch schedule, but Baili Pangpang filled the tents with luxurious supplies and cooking equipment.
• Li Deyang and Chen Han followed the Red Giant Ant’s tracks and found footprints from four other people, whom they suspected were Lin Qiye and his companions.
• Lin Qiye woke to take his watch while Baili Pangpang made coffee and served him steak and snacks.
• Lin Qiye spotted the Red Giant Ant carrying an unconscious girl at the forest’s edge and held up a piece of steak as if inviting it closer.

Lin Qiye captured a giant ant and used its mind to learn the general direction of the nest, then rescued the girl it had carried from the train. The group set off toward the nest with the girl, while An Qingyu offered Lin Qiye his coat.

• Lin Qiye severed the Red Giant Ant's legs and freed the girl it had been carrying.
• Lin Qiye invaded the ant's mind and learned the general direction of its nest, planning to keep searching its thoughts to adjust their route.
• Lin Qiye recognized the girl from the train, covered her with his jackets, and decided to bring her along rather than lose time returning to Anta County.
• Cao Yuan carried the unconscious girl while Baili Pangpang prepared pizza for her to eat when she woke.
• An Qingyu offered Lin Qiye his coat, explaining that his frost genes kept him from feeling cold.

Lin Qiye and his companions rescued Li Tingting from the forest and reunited her with her father, Li Deyang. They concealed that they had captured the giant ant, but its muffled pounding inside Baili Pangpang’s iron case drew Li Deyang’s attention.

• Li Tingting woke on Cao Yuan’s back, recognized Lin Qiye and the others from the train, and trusted them after Lin Qiye mentioned her father.
• Baili Pangpang gave Li Tingting pizza and a drink as the group continued through the forest.
• Li Deyang and Chen Han followed the group’s footprints and caught up with them as dawn broke.
• Li Tingting ran to Li Deyang, who checked her for injuries and embraced her.
• Lin Qiye and his companions claimed they had simply found Li Tingting and denied seeing a red ant.
• Banging came from Baili Pangpang’s iron case, and Lin Qiye dismissed it as unruly wild game.

Li Deyang tried to force Lin Qiye and the others to leave the forest, but they overpowered him after he pointed his hunting rifle at them. While An Qingyu treated his injuries, Lin Qiye maintained that they were filming a documentary and introduced the group with a series of dubious roles.

• Li Deyang sent Chen Han to take Li Tingting back, then stayed behind to make Lin Qiye and the others return.
• After the others refused to leave, Li Deyang aimed his hunting rifle at them and threatened to shoot.
• Lin Qiye and the others subdued Li Deyang and took the rifle from him.
• An Qingyu treated Li Deyang's wounds as Lin Qiye questioned why he had tried to grab the rifle back.
• Li Deyang challenged their claim that they were documentary filmmakers, and Lin Qiye described An Qingyu as a doctor, Cao Yuan as a cameraman, and Baili Pangpang as a rich landlord's foolish son.