Arc 17The Birthday Betrayal

Lin Qiye’s squad survived the Snake Woman’s attack, learned more about the mist, and traveled to Guangshen for Baili Pangpang’s family birthday banquet. There, Baili Jing revealed that Baili Pangpang’s own father wanted him dead and demanded that he give up the name Baili Tumming.

  • Lin Qiye and his allies killed the Snake Woman, escaped the purple mist, and left their squad’s mark before Jiang Han’s rescue team found them.
  • Lin Qiye recruited Belial Krande as an orderly and learned that people and the Holy Judgment Knights survived in the mist.
  • Baili Pangpang survived an attack on his plane, evaded the Baili Family’s search, and reached Guangshen with help from Team 010.
  • Lin Qiye’s team arrived in Guangshen and received invitations to Baili Xin’s birthday banquet, while Baili Pangpang returned to his family estate.
  • Baili Pangpang confronted Baili Jing but held back at breakfast, then joined his parents and brother at the birthday banquet.
  • The Baili Family offered the Fifth Special Squad forbidden items, and Lin Qiye accepted White Severance after agreeing to a future reasonable request.
  • Ye Fan discovered errors in Baili Tumming’s enlistment file and sent Zuo Qing to investigate the crisis at the banquet, while the Ninth Seat and Shen Qingzhu planned to target Baili Pangpang.
  • Baili Pangpang accused Baili Jing of trying to kill him, but Baili Jing overpowered him and revealed that their father wanted him dead and had used him as bait.
Chapters 402–426 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 402Surprised? Unexpected?

Lin Qiye rescued Jialan and confronted the Snake Woman, using his teammates and the Chaos Cube to trap her within her snake-eye domain. When she prepared to unleash the Ancient God Church’s Wrath of the Evil God, Lin Qiye revealed he had stolen the box and summoned two more, leaving the Snake Woman stunned.

  • Lin Qiye saw Jialan’s bloodied hand, learned the Snake Woman had hurt her, and took her sword to confront the Snake Woman.
  • Lin Qiye charged the Snake Woman and declared that he was not alone as Mad Demon Cao Yuan and Baili Pangpang joined the fight.
  • Lin Qiye used the Chaos Cube to gather the Snake Woman’s eyes into an enclosed space and restrict her movement.
  • The Snake Woman brought out a Black Box containing the Wrath of the Evil God and prepared to open it.
  • Lin Qiye revealed that he had taken the Snake Woman’s box and summoned two more Black Boxes.

Ch. 403Petrification

Lin Qiye revealed how he had secretly neutralized the Ancient God Church’s Black Boxes and trapped Snake Woman, but her final attack petrified the group and Molly broke the floor beneath them. The chapter left Molly and the others falling into the night sky as Baili Pangpang rushed to catch her.

  • Lin Qiye explained that he had used a disguised substitute and rat transformation to place summoning magic on the Black Boxes, restricting Snake Woman’s swapping range.
  • Lin Qiye ordered Cao Yuan and the others to attack Snake Woman, and Lin Qiye wounded her with his blades.
  • Snake Woman tore out her snake eyes and used the thousands of eyes on the walls to petrify Lin Qiye and the others.
  • Molly used Myriad Phenomena Vibration to shatter the floor, sending everyone falling into the sky below.
  • Baili Pangpang summoned a flying sword and raced toward the falling Molly.

Ch. 404Lin Qiye's Threat

After defeating the Snake Woman, Lin Qiye and his exhausted team faced a powerful man who threatened to kill them all. Lin Qiye revealed the three Black Boxes he had seized, turning the enemy’s own weapons against him.

  • Lin Qiye used a gale to catch Jialan, Qin Kai, and the bound members of Team 017, while Cao Yuan crashed into the road and Molly remained gravely injured.
  • Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan confirmed that the Snake Woman was dead and reflected that their mission had earned them major merit.
  • A man formed from yellow sand appeared and threatened the group, declaring that none of them would leave alive.
  • Molly, Cao Yuan, and Baili Pangpang stood beside Lin Qiye, ready to fight the man despite their injuries.
  • Lin Qiye summoned the three Black Boxes and warned the man that their contents could easily kill a 'Limitless' opponent.

Ch. 405We Are Only a Legend

Lin Qiye and his team forced Set’s proxy to retreat by threatening him with the three Black Boxes, then emerged from the Boundless Void Domain with the injured Molly and Qin Kai. After arranging for the rescue team to treat them, Lin Qiye and the others left Gusu under the name of the Fifth Special Squad.

  • Set’s proxy decided not to risk fighting Lin Qiye and retreated, warning that the Ancient God Church would hunt them down.
  • Jiang Han led the rescue convoy through the thinning purple mist to find Lin Qiye’s masked group carrying Molly and the captured enemies.
  • Lin Qiye told Jiang Han that Molly and Qin Kai needed treatment and that another unconscious team member was near the Southern Gate.
  • Baili Pangpang reluctantly left Molly with the rescue workers after Lin Qiye promised he could visit her in the hospital.
  • Lin Qiye told Jiang Han they were the Fifth Special Squad, and Baili Pangpang said they were only a legend before the group disappeared into the mist.

Ch. 406Mark

After completing their mission, Lin Qiye and the others prepared to leave the fog and decided to mark the site so their contributions could be recorded. They left behind a bold black circle crossed by two lines, then got ready to board An Qingyu’s van.

  • Baili Pangpang joked that the group should make a stylish exit, while Lin Qiye promised to have Jialan’s broken bow repaired.
  • Lin Qiye spotted An Qingyu’s van arriving to take them to the safe house.
  • Cao Yuan reminded the group to leave a mark at the scene so others could identify their squad’s work.
  • Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, Jialan, and An Qingyu added drawings to a figure, but Lin Qiye covered it with black paint.
  • Lin Qiye painted a filled circle crossed with an X and declared it the squad’s mark.

Ch. 407Seeking a Talisman

Qin Kai woke in the hospital and learned that an unfamiliar squad wearing Journey to the West masks had defeated Belial Crand and left a mysterious symbol in Gusu. Meanwhile, Baili Pangpang visited a temple and ordered twenty wishes engraved on a peace talisman.

  • Qin Kai woke in the hospital, and Jiang Han told him Molly was recovering and a Special Squad had dealt with the mist and Belial Crand.
  • Qin Kai's team described the masked squad, including its powerful Red Boy, Sandy, and Zhu Bajie members, and Qian Haoran reported that an unmasked young man had killed Belial Crand alone.
  • Jiang Han showed Qin Kai footage of a mysterious symbol left at a Gusu intersection by the squad, which had escaped in a van with a fake license plate.
  • Qin Kai told Jiang Han to record the incident and report it to the higher-ups.
  • Baili Pangpang visited a temple to buy a peace talisman and paid to have twenty wishes engraved on it.

Ch. 408Fat Brothers

Baili Pangpang and his companions visited a temple and then went to the hospital to see Molly. Baili Pangpang befriended the men guarding Molly’s room, while Jialan quietly reacted to their remarks about her.

  • Baili Pangpang brought out two talismans for Baili Xin and Molly, and Cao Yuan admired their many inscriptions.
  • Lin Qiye said Jialan’s incense went out three times before she could bow, and Baili Pangpang suggested visiting Molly at the hospital.
  • An Qingyu and Lin Qiye stayed behind while Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, and Jialan went to see Molly.
  • Sun Luan, Qian Haoran, and the Gaunt Man questioned the visitors, then privately recalled the masked team’s strength and speculated about the woman who had broken their arms.
  • Jialan tightened her grip on the bench as the men mocked the masked woman, so Baili Pangpang gave them Rolex watches to distract them.
  • Zhengzheng left Molly’s room and found the three men laughing with Baili Pangpang and calling him Fat Brother.

Ch. 409The Promise

Baili Pangpang gave Molly a peace talisman and persuaded her to visit Guangshen after his father's birthday, though she refused to meet his father. In Gusu City, An Qingyu explained how he created and controlled clones, then asked Lin Qiye to let him dissect Belial Krande's corpse.

  • Baili Pangpang entered Molly's hospital room and gave her a Sandalwood Peace Talisman inscribed with her name and the words "wife."
  • Molly scolded Baili Pangpang over the inscription, then agreed to visit Guangshen after his father's birthday while refusing to meet him.
  • Lin Qiye asked An Qingyu about his ability to create clones, and An Qingyu explained the method's limits and how he controlled only one body at a time.
  • An Qingyu asked Lin Qiye to let him dissect Belial Krande's corpse, and Lin Qiye handed it over with a reminder to return it.

Ch. 410Missile

Baili Pangpang left Lin Qiye and the others to return to Guangshen City for Baili Xin’s birthday banquet, but someone drugged him aboard a private jet and tried to kill him. The jet was struck by a missile, leaving Baili Pangpang’s fate unknown.

  • Baili Pangpang gave Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, and Jialan invitations to Baili Xin’s birthday banquet before leaving by helicopter.
  • Lin Qiye and the others decided to buy formalwear and have Baili Pangpang reimburse them.
  • Baili Pangpang boarded a private jet and learned that it belonged to Baili Jing, his father’s adopted son and a rising executive in the Baili Group.
  • Xiao Xu drugged Baili Pangpang and told him they could not let him return to Guangshen alive.
  • A missile struck Baili Pangpang’s jet, which exploded in midair.

Ch. 411Iron-boned Beile Lord

Lin Qiye visited the underground prison to question Belial Kland, a golden insect, and made it speak through a pug. Belial Kland offered information about the mist in exchange for its life, and Lin Qiye pushed it to accept further demands.

  • Li Yifei and Bragi played Three Kingdoms Kill with Merlin, Nyx, and A Zhu in the activity room, while Lin Qiye went to the Director's Office.
  • Lin Qiye visited Belial Kland in the underground prison and brought a half-dead pug for it to use as a voice.
  • Belial Kland possessed the pug and spoke to Lin Qiye through it.
  • Lin Qiye demanded that Belial Kland prove its value and agree to work for him in exchange for its life.
  • Belial Kland offered information about the mist, resisted Lin Qiye's conditions, then stopped him with a bark.

Ch. 412Holy Judgment Knights

Lin Qiye recruited Belial Krande as the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods’ fifth orderly and questioned him about the mist. Belial described the ruined cities beyond the mist and revealed that living humans called the Holy Judgment Knights hunted Mysteries there.

  • Lin Qiye made Belial Krande sign the hospital agreement, adding him as orderly number 005.
  • Lin Qiye introduced Belial, whom he renamed Lord Beile, to A Zhu, who assigned him toilet-cleaning duties.
  • Belial told Lin Qiye that Mysteries could survive and move freely in the mist, which had destroyed a city once called Edinburgh.
  • Belial explained that he had explored ruined British cities, including Liverpool, Leeds, Oxford, and Manchester.
  • Belial revealed that living people remained in the mist and described the Holy Judgment Knights, armored riders who hunted Mysteries in London.

Ch. 413Escape

Lin Qiye learned that the Holy Judgment Knights hunted Belial Krande in London using powerful armor, while Baili Pangpang survived an attack on his plane and suspected Baili Jing was behind it. Stranded on a deserted coast, Baili Pangpang forced a driver to take him somewhere by paying him cash.

  • Belial Krande told Lin Qiye that the Holy Judgment Knights had hunted him in London with armor that granted them great strength, speed, and elemental abilities, before he escaped east.
  • Lin Qiye wondered about the survivors and mysteries within the Mist, while Belial Krande asked to stop cleaning toilets and Lin Qiye refused.
  • Baili Pangpang escaped his sedated flight by jumping into the sea before a missile destroyed the plane, then swam to shore.
  • Baili Pangpang recalled Xiao Xu's remarks about Young Master Jing and suspected Baili Jing had arranged the attack to prevent his return to Guangshen.
  • Baili Pangpang stopped a passing driver, got into his car, and ordered him to drive after tossing cash onto the seat.

Ch. 414Baili Pursuit

Baili Pangpang escaped a suspicious police checkpoint after realizing the search was likely connected to the Baili Family. As he tried to make his way toward Guangshen City, three figures on golden light found him in the woods.

  • Baili Pangpang discarded his seawater-damaged phone and realized he could not safely contact Lin Qiye or anyone else he knew.
  • Baili Pangpang refused to call the police and studied a map while riding in a blue Chevrolet.
  • Baili Pangpang spotted an unusual police checkpoint, told the driver to pull over, and fled into the woods.
  • The driver mistook Baili Pangpang for a wanted criminal and sped to the checkpoint to report him.
  • Baili Pangpang reasoned that the Baili Family had arranged the search and headed southeast through the woods toward Guangshen City.
  • Three figures riding golden light spotted Baili Pangpang and illuminated him with flashlights.

Ch. 415Rebellious Forbidden Item Wielders

Baili Pangpang was ambushed by Baili Family members and learned that his trusted bodyguards had turned against him to prevent him from returning to Guangshen. As the attackers overwhelmed him and sent him falling, a man in a white Fox Mask noticed him from below.

  • Baili Pangpang recognized three Baili Family members on imitation Yaoguang, but they revealed they had come to locate him for an assassination.
  • The four Forbidden Item Wielders of Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water appeared and told Baili Pangpang they could not let him return to Guangshen alive.
  • Baili Pangpang demanded to know why Baili Jing wanted him dead, saying he only wanted to return for his father's birthday and would give up the family leadership.
  • Fire Envoy, Water Envoy, and Earth Envoy attacked Baili Pangpang, who fought back with his Wind Thunder Scroll and golden flying sword before escaping into the air.
  • The three Baili Family attackers trapped Baili Pangpang with lightning from imitation Thunder God Pillars, struck him, and sent him falling toward the forest.
  • A man wearing a white Fox Mask looked up and noticed Baili Pangpang falling.

Ch. 416The Missing File

Shen Qingzhu and the Ninth Seat searched for Baili Tumming but found no trace of him. In Gusu City, Lin Qiye received Jialan’s repaired bow and official team-entry documents, then noticed Baili Pangpang’s document was missing.

  • The masked Shen Qingzhu used his rings to stop the pursuers chasing Baili Pangpang, letting him escape before leaving the forest.
  • The Ninth Seat met Shen Qingzhu, and they decided to search Baili Tumming’s possible escape routes again before waiting in Guangshen City.
  • A Night Watchman delivered Lin Qiye’s repaired bow, medals, and team documents at the safe house.
  • Jialan opened the case and happily received her restored bow, while Lin Qiye explained that its surface had been strengthened with nanomaterial.
  • Lin Qiye chose to have the team’s medals delivered and confirmed that Jialan had officially joined the Fifth Reserve Team.
  • Lin Qiye noticed that Baili Pangpang’s team-entry document had not arrived, unlike Jialan’s.

Ch. 417Entering the City

Lin Qiye learned that Baili Tumming's application to join the team had gone missing, while Baili Pangpang secretly entered Guangshen City after escaping pursuit. Baili Pangpang weighed whom he could trust and settled on seeking help from outside the Baili Family.

  • Lin Qiye called Ye Fan and learned that Baili Tumming's team application had never reached him and might have been withheld.
  • Lin Qiye told Cao Yuan about the missing application and decided they should head to Guangshen City once An Qingyu finished his experiment.
  • Baili Pangpang hid among pigs in a truck, evaded traffic police, and escaped into Guangshen City.
  • Baili Pangpang considered the Baili Family's reach and crossed out potential allies connected to it.
  • Baili Pangpang chose a name as he prepared to seek help from a force outside the Baili Family.

Ch. 418Young Master Jing's Friendship

Lin Qiye and his companions arrived early in Guangshen and were met by Chang Kangsheng, the butler of Baili Jing, Baili Pangpang’s younger brother. Chang Kangsheng brought them to the Baili Group’s most luxurious hotel suite, while Lin Qiye and An Qingyu wondered why Baili Jing had arranged everything instead of Baili Pangpang.

  • Lin Qiye and his companions reached Qingyun Airport in Guangshen ahead of schedule and did not know where to find Baili Pangpang.
  • Chang Kangsheng introduced himself as Baili Jing’s butler, explained that Baili Jing knew their flight itinerary, and invited them into a Lincoln.
  • Lin Qiye learned that Baili Pangpang had arrived in Guangshen the day before but had not contacted him because he was busy preparing for the next day’s birthday banquet.
  • An Qingyu questioned why Baili Jing, rather than Baili Pangpang, had sent someone to receive them, and Chang Kangsheng said the two young men were close.
  • Chang Kangsheng took Lin Qiye and his companions to the Baili Group’s hotel and showed them the presidential suite reserved for honored guests.

Ch. 419I Want to Go Home

An Qingyu and Lin Qiye suspected that Baili Pangpang had been deliberately erased from the arrangements made by the Baili Family and worried that something was wrong. After reaching Wei Xiuming, Baili Pangpang described the danger he had faced and asked for help returning home.

  • An Qingyu and Lin Qiye discussed their suspicions about Baili Jing and the absence of any mention of Baili Pangpang, while Lin Qiye hoped he was overthinking the situation.
  • Wei Xiuming and Miao Su discussed the Baili Family's gifts and the Night Watchmen who had not returned from investigating a mystery.
  • Baili Pangpang arrived at Wei Xiuming's home filthy and wounded, and Wei Xiuming and Miao Su brought him inside and treated him.
  • Baili Pangpang told Wei Xiuming that someone from the Baili Family wanted him dead and asked to go home.

Ch. 420Open the Gate

Baili Pangpang asked Team 010 to help him return to the Baili Family estate without being tracked, while the Ninth Seat and Shen Qingzhu followed their plans. At the estate gates, Baili Pangpang demanded that the guards let him enter his own home.

  • Baili Pangpang explained that he needed Team 010's help to evade the Baili Group's informants, and Wei Xiuming agreed.
  • The Ninth Seat and Shen Qingzhu killed two men watching Team 010's safehouse and tracked the team's car after it turned invisible.
  • Old Han drove Baili Pangpang and the others to the Baili Family estate, where Baili Pangpang continued on alone.
  • The guards hesitated to open the gates and said they needed instructions, so Baili Pangpang summoned Yaoguang and ordered them to open the gate.

Ch. 421Breakfast

Baili Pangpang returned to the Baili Family home and confronted Baili Jing, whom he suspected of arranging the ambush on his way back. He held off on revealing the conflict to his parents and prepared to attend Baili Xin’s birthday banquet.

  • Baili Pangpang arrived at the villa, where Baili Jing answered the door and admitted that he had expected the Night Watchmen’s skills would not save Baili Pangpang from the attack.
  • Baili Pangpang nearly punched Baili Jing, but stopped when Baili Xin called from inside and invited him to breakfast.
  • Baili Pangpang joined his parents and Baili Jing for breakfast, choosing not to expose the suspected plot on his father’s birthday.
  • Baili Pangpang finished breakfast and praised his mother’s cooking, then put away the Sandalwood Peace Talisman he had brought as a gift.
  • Baili Xin told Baili Pangpang to change clothes before they left for the birthday banquet venue.

Ch. 422Attending the Banquet

Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, and Jialan dressed for Baili Pangpang’s father’s birthday banquet and arrived at the Baili Group’s towering headquarters. After presenting their invitations, they were told that their host had prepared a token of appreciation for them.

  • Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, and An Qingyu dressed in suits, and Jialan joined them in a dark blue gown.
  • Cao Yuan asked whether they should bring their knives, and Lin Qiye briefly returned to the room before the group departed.
  • Chang Kangsheng escorted the four to the birthday banquet at the top of the Baili Group’s main A1 building.
  • The guests in the lobby turned to watch Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, and Jialan enter.
  • Lin Qiye presented their four invitations, and a staff member offered to escort them to receive a token of appreciation.

Ch. 423Forbidden Item Collection Hall

Lin Qiye and his teammates visited the Baili Family’s Forbidden Item Collection Hall, where they were invited to choose gifts for their Fifth Special Squad. The master had prepared White Severance, an ultra-high-risk sword, specifically for Lin Qiye.

  • A Baili Family representative led Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, and the others to the 101st floor and revealed a hall containing 383 forbidden items.
  • The representative explained that the Baili Family had invited the Fifth Special Squad to each choose one forbidden item as a gift.
  • Lin Qiye agreed to accept the gifts, and Cao Yuan and the others dispersed to look through the collection.
  • The representative told Lin Qiye that the master had prepared a forbidden item for him and led him to a separate room.
  • Lin Qiye opened a Black Box and found White Severance, the original ultra-high-risk sword he remembered from Baili Pangpang’s imitation.

Ch. 424Everything Was Wrong

Lin Qiye accepted White Severance from the Baili Family in exchange for a future reasonable favor, then went with his team to the 166th floor. Meanwhile, Ye Fan discovered that Baili Tumming’s Night Watchmen records were wrong and sent Zuo Qing to Guangshen, fearing a major crisis at the Baili Group.

  • Lin Qiye accepted White Severance after agreeing to help the Baili Family with a reasonable request in the future.
  • Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, and Jialan chose Forbidden Relics, and the group headed to the 166th floor.
  • Ye Fan and Zuo Qing searched the Night Watchmen archives to investigate why Baili Tumming’s enlistment documents had been withheld.
  • Ye Fan found Baili Tumming’s file unusually new and discovered that the records were wrong.
  • Ye Fan learned that the Fifth Reserve Team was at the Baili Family’s birthday banquet and sent Zuo Qing to Guangshen to investigate an impending crisis.

Ch. 425Settling Scores

The Ninth Seat and Shen Qingzhu planned to infiltrate the Li Group’s birthday banquet and kill Baili Tumming, while Lin Qiye and his companions waited at the venue for Baili Pangpang. After Baili Xin left the chairman’s office, Baili Pangpang and Baili Jing prepared to settle their score.

  • The Ninth Seat revealed that he and Shen Qingzhu would use forged invitations to enter the banquet and target Baili Tumming.
  • Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, and Jialan arrived at the banquet, where An Qingyu identified Team 010 among the guests.
  • Lin Qiye declined to approach Team 010 and told his companions to wait for Baili Pangpang’s entrance.
  • Li Xiang tried to approach Lin Qiye, but he rebuffed her, and Jialan angrily dismissed another guest who approached her.
  • Baili Xin left the chairman’s office, and Baili Pangpang and Baili Jing faced each other and agreed to settle their score.

Ch. 426Baili Tumming

Baili Pangpang confronted Baili Jing over the attempts on his life, but Baili Jing revealed that their father had ordered the attacks and that Baili Pangpang’s identity as Baili Tumming had been used to draw danger away from the Baili Group. Baili Pangpang was left badly injured and reeling as Baili Jing claimed he would take the Baili Tumming name for himself.

  • Baili Pangpang accused Baili Jing of trying to kill him and attacked, but Baili Jing caught his punch with the Green Jade Armor.
  • Baili Pangpang discovered his Mental Power had been sealed and realized the breakfast he ate had likely been tampered with.
  • Baili Jing explained that his own limited authority made it impossible for him to arrange the attacks without their father’s knowledge.
  • Baili Jing crushed Baili Pangpang’s hand and struck his chest, leaving him injured on the office floor.
  • Baili Jing told Baili Pangpang that their father wanted him dead and said he had been raised as bait to draw attacks away from the Baili Group.
  • Baili Jing declared that Baili Pangpang would have to give up the name Baili Tumming.
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