Recaps

Baili Jing explained how the Baili Family planned to erase Baili Pangpang and take his identity as Baili Tumming, turning him into a Night Watchmen executive. He revealed that the Fifth Special Squad was the only unforeseen obstacle, leaving Baili Pangpang’s fate uncertain.

• Baili Jing told Baili Pangpang that after his death, the Baili Family would alter records to make Baili Jing appear to be Baili Tumming.
• Baili Jing described the planned reveal that he and Baili Tumming were the same person, allowing him to inherit the Baili Group and potentially become a Night Watchmen executive.
• Baili Pangpang protested that he had chosen to join the Night Watchmen and that people would recognize him, but Baili Jing said the family had kept him alive and prepared to replace him.
• Baili Jing explained that the Baili Family had swapped photos in Baili Tumming’s files and expected Team 010 to accept the new identity in exchange for support.
• Baili Jing admitted that Baili Pangpang’s connection to the Fifth Special Squad was the only part of the family’s plan they had not anticipated.

Baili Pangpang confronted Baili Jing, insisting Lin Qiye and his comrades would not abandon him, but Baili Xin showed no concern for his son and ordered Baili Jing to finish the job. Baili Jing killed Baili Pangpang, while a glowing Jade Ruyi appeared within his corpse.

• Baili Pangpang told Baili Jing that Lin Qiye would never abandon him, and Baili Jing responded by slashing his face with a jade sword.
• Baili Xin entered the office, ignored Baili Pangpang, and ordered Baili Jing to deal with him quickly.
• Baili Pangpang watched Baili Xin leave and realized that the family affection he had believed in was an illusion.
• Baili Jing stabbed Baili Pangpang through the heart, confirmed he was dead, and left the locked office.
• A broken sandalwood Peace Talisman engraved with Baili Xin's name fell into Baili Pangpang's blood, and a faint light later shone from a Jade Ruyi inside his corpse.

At Baili Group chairman Baili Xin’s birthday banquet, he announced his son Baili Tumming as his successor. His adopted son Baili Jing then claimed that identity, leaving Lin Qiye and the other guests stunned.

• Shen Qingzhu entered Baili Group’s headquarters with the Ninth Seat and kept his distance from Lin Qiye to avoid being recognized.
• Lin Qiye and his companions waited for Baili Pangpang, while Baili Xin appeared and began his birthday speech.
• Baili Xin announced that his son Baili Tumming would take over Baili Group, prompting Lin Qiye and his companions to question the description of the heir.
• Baili Jing walked onto the platform and revealed that he was also Baili Tumming, the only son of Baili Xin and the group’s sole heir.
• Lin Qiye’s gaze turned cold as the venue fell silent.

Baili Xin presented Baili Jing as his true son, Baili Tumming, and heir to the Baili Group, while Wei Xiuming’s team abandoned Miao Su’s insistence that the man onstage was not their comrade. As Miao Su was subdued and the team decided to silence her, a black-haired young man confronted Baili Xin and declared that the man onstage was not Baili Tumming.

• Baili Xin revealed Baili Jing as his son Baili Tumming and announced that he would inherit the Baili Group.
• Miao Su challenged Wei Xiuming and the team for accepting the Baili Family’s support and abandoning the real Little Tumming.
• A Team 010 member used his ability to knock Miao Su unconscious, and Wei Xiuming ordered the others not to let her wake up.
• The Ninth Seat remarked to Shen Qingzhu that Baili Tumming looked different from the fat man described by the believers who had hunted him.
• A black-haired young man walked up to Baili Xin and declared that the man onstage was not Baili Tumming.

Chang Kangsheng revealed that Baili Pangpang had been erased from the records and replaced by the real Baili Tumming, then demanded that Lin Qiye honor his deal and stay out of the Baili Family’s affairs. Lin Qiye rejected the offer, returned Zhanbai, and ordered the Fifth Reserve Team to draw their blades.

• Chang Kangsheng froze the banquet inside the Time Rift and told Lin Qiye that Baili Pangpang was an adopted impostor, while the real Baili Tumming stood with Baili Xin.
• Chang Kangsheng claimed the Night Watchmen’s records had been altered so Baili Pangpang had no recognized identity or official connection to the organization.
• Chang Kangsheng invoked his earlier deal with Lin Qiye and offered him compensation to stand aside while the Baili Family resolved the matter.
• The Time Rift ended, and Lin Qiye faced Baili Xin and Baili Tumming as the banquet resumed.
• Lin Qiye threw Zhanbai’s case across the venue, summoned Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, and Jialan, and ordered the Fifth Reserve Team to draw their blades.

Lin Qiye and his allies confronted the Baili Group at Baili Pangpang’s birthday banquet, while Baili Pangpang revived alone in the chairman’s office and chose to leave his old identity behind. The chapter ended with Lin Qiye facing Team 010 and Baili Pangpang putting on his Pigsy Mask.

• Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, and Jialan armed themselves when Lin Qiye ordered them to draw their blades.
• Baili Xin ordered Chang Kangsheng to teleport most guests away and erase their memories, but the Ninth Seat, Shen Qingzhu, and Team 010 remained.
• Baili Xin called on Team 010 to stop Lin Qiye, and Wei Xiuming refused to move aside despite Lin Qiye identifying himself as the Fifth Special Squad’s reserve captain.
• Lin Qiye accused Wei Xiuming and Team 010 of siding with the Baili Family and abandoning their teammates, but they claimed they did not know the person he meant.
• Baili Pangpang revived in the chairman’s office, burned the bloodied Sandalwood Peace Talisman, and put on a Pigsy Mask as he said farewell to Baili Tumming.

Lin Qiye and his companions attacked Team 010 at the venue, fighting to reach the father and son on the raised platform. Jialan took on Wei Xiuming while Lin Qiye broke through toward his target.

• Lin Qiye ordered his companions to attack, and Cao Yuan, Jialan, and An Qingyu quickly gained the upper hand against Team 010.
• An Qingyu trapped three members of Team 010 in a thread cage after seeing through their optical camouflage.
• Lin Qiye fought Wei Xiuming, whose Sparrow's Cry blade could slice through nearly anything, and used his speed to wound him.
• Jialan stopped Wei Xiuming's sweeping slash with her bare hand and insisted on fighting him herself.
• Cao Yuan and An Qingyu held off Team 010's other members as Jialan forced Wei Xiuming to retreat.
• Lin Qiye charged past the battle and appeared above the raised platform where the father and son stood.

Lin Qiye confronted Baili Xin on Floor 166, but Baili Xin’s powerful Forbidden Items and the Zodiac Twelve overwhelmed the floor with their presence. Refusing Baili Xin’s offer to withdraw, Lin Qiye vowed to avenge his brother and summoned the God of Night through Soul Embodiment.

• Baili Xin stopped Lin Qiye’s attack with the Wall of Sighs, which blasted him through the windows before the reverse summoning spell brought him back.
• Baili Xin summoned the Zodiac Twelve, whose twelve Forbidden Item Wielders included eight Sea realm experts, three Limitless realm experts, and one Klein realm expert.
• Baili Xin offered Lin Qiye Zhanbai and the promises made by Chang Kangsheng if he left, but Lin Qiye continued toward the platform.
• Lin Qiye declared that he would make the Baili Family pay if they harmed his brother, then activated Soul Embodiment.
• The God of Night’s power descended as Lin Qiye transformed, and darkness swallowed the sky outside the building.

Lin Qiye unleashed Nyx’s power and the Wrath of the Evil God’s Serpent Skin during his assault on the Baili Family, filling the main building with giant pythons. As he tried to breach the Wall of Sighs to avenge his brother, Baili Xin targeted him with a powerful Forbidden Item and sent three fighters to kill him.

• Lin Qiye’s realm rose to half-step "Klein" as he approached Baili Xin and the twelve Forbidden Item Wielders.
• Lin Qiye summoned Wrath of the Evil God, and its Serpent Skin unleashed a swarm of giant pythons that spread through the Baili main building.
• Lin Qiye used Night Flicker to reach the raised platform and drove his blade into the Wall of Sighs, declaring that he was avenging his brother.
• Baili Xin summoned a golden spear and blasted through the floors, forcing Lin Qiye to evade its attack.
• Baili Xin ordered Leo, Aries, and Virgin to kill Lin Qiye; Aries struck an afterimage, and Lin Qiye answered with a wave of darkness.

Lin Qiye fought Lion, Virgin, and Aries on the 166th floor while the Ninth Seat killed Aries and Jialan dealt with Wei Xiuming. As Lin Qiye struggled against Lion’s kinetic-energy sword, an elevator arrived carrying a blood-covered figure in a Pigsy Mask.

• Jialan kicked Wei Xiuming into a wall, then endured his sword strike while watching Lin Qiye fight outside.
• Lin Qiye pinned Virgin’s gauze with black pillars and discovered that Lion’s longsword could control the kinetic energy of objects it touched.
• The Ninth Seat appeared behind Aries and killed him, leaving Lin Qiye puzzled about the stranger’s identity.
• Lion used his longsword to halt Lin Qiye’s falling stars and continued advancing toward him.
• An elevator reached the 166th floor, and a blood-covered figure wearing a Pigsy Mask appeared inside as Baili Xin and the fighters watched.

Baili Pangpang returned alive and revealed his Sea-realm power, reversing the laws governing Forbidden Items and turning the Baili Family’s weapons against them. Lin Qiye reunited with him and promised to fight at his side, as the two prepared to turn the battlefield upside down.

• Baili Pangpang emerged in his Pigsy Mask, shocking Baili Jing, who had believed he was dead, and confronted Baili Xin, who ordered Baili Jing to kill him.
• Baili Pangpang raised a Taiji Bagua formation across the venue and used Universe Reversal to strip Baili Jing of the Green Jade Thumb Ring and seize Forbidden Items from other wielders.
• The stolen Forbidden Items struck back at their former wielders, and giant pythons devoured many of the stunned Baili Family fighters; Baili Pangpang gathered eight Forbidden Items around himself.
• Lin Qiye rushed to Baili Pangpang, checked his injuries, and told him that his friends would never abandon him.
• Baili Pangpang admitted that he was sad and angry, and Lin Qiye invited him to turn the shattered venue upside down together.

Lin Qiye separated Leo from the fight while Baili Pangpang confronted Baili Jing, who received two powerful Forbidden Items from Baili Xin. Their battle shook the 166th floor, and Baili Xin used black sand to keep it from collapsing.

• Lin Qiye used the Chaos Cube to send Sagittarius to the Ninth Seat and transported Leo away, leaving Baili Pangpang alone to face Baili Jing and Baili Xin.
• Baili Jing backed away from Baili Pangpang, but Baili Xin gave him a golden spear and a wooden sword sheath, warning that he had no value if he failed to win.
• Baili Jing charged and fired golden pillars of light from his spear while Baili Pangpang equipped Jade Armor and attacked with a beam of mental energy.
• The wooden sheath dispersed Baili Pangpang's mental attack, and Baili Jing's repeated spear strikes began to crack the top floor.
• Baili Xin spread black sand into the load-bearing pillars and barely stabilized the shaking floor.

Baili Pangpang defeated Baili Jing and forced Baili Xin to reconsider which son should inherit the Baili family. Baili Xin offered Pangpang his former identity, the family fortune, and support in exchange for returning to the family and serving its interests.

• Baili Pangpang used the Tai Chi Diagram’s abilities, but Baili Jing’s Primordial Devouring Sword Sheath absorbed his attacks and sent lightning back at him.
• Baili Pangpang reversed the Qian and Kun trigrams, disarmed Baili Jing, and beat him until he lost his weapon and collapsed.
• Baili Jing begged Baili Xin for another forbidden item, but Baili Xin kicked him away and called him a fool.
• Baili Xin praised Baili Pangpang’s potential and offered to restore his identity as Baili Tumming and make him heir to the Baili Group.
• Baili Xin promised Baili Pangpang five hundred million, a collectible, and a return to his Fifth Reserve Team if he accepted the deal.

Baili Pangpang rejected Baili Xin’s offer to inherit the Baili Group and declared that he would live only for his teammates and destroy the Baili Family. After killing Baili Jing, he turned toward Baili Xin, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Baili Xin offered Baili Pangpang the Baili Group and power in exchange for forgiving the family, but Baili Pangpang refused and vowed to kill him and Baili Jing.
• Baili Xin attacked Baili Pangpang while trying to pull Baili Jing to safety, and the Ninth Seat intervened to attack Baili Jing.
• Baili Xin revealed that he had arranged the bounty on Baili Tumming, and the Ninth Seat defended his actions as those of a professional assassin.
• Baili Pangpang stabbed Baili Jing through the heart and used Li Huo to burn his body to ash.
• Baili Pangpang turned toward Baili Xin and began walking toward him with the Wooden Ruler.

Lin Qiye switched to Merlin’s soul and used metal-element magic with Baili Pangpang’s help to take Lion’s Kinetic Energy Longsword and defeat him. He then arrived at the venue, where Baili Xin remained the final opponent after Ninth Seat completed his mission and disappeared.

• Lin Qiye switched from the God of Night’s soul to Merlin’s, weakening himself as he prepared to counter Lion’s Kinetic Energy Longsword.
• Lin Qiye used Chaos Magnetic Yuan to draw Lion and the metal objects in the Baili main building toward a powerful magnetic force.
• Baili Pangpang used Universe Reversal to disarm Lion, allowing Lin Qiye to seize the Kinetic Energy Longsword.
• Lin Qiye struck Lion with a massive magical hand, sending him crashing through the main building, then teleported away.
• Ninth Seat told Baili Pangpang that the mission was complete and disappeared after seeing Baili Jing reduced to ashes.
• Lin Qiye appeared beside Baili Pangpang and faced Baili Xin as the last opponent.

After defeating the Zodiac Twelve, Lin Qiye rejected Baili Xin’s offer and vowed to destroy the Baili Family. Baili Xin revealed the power of the Primordial Devouring Sword Sheath and struck back with a massive flaming blade, while black sand kept the collapsing floor standing.

• Jialan defeated Wei Xiuming, and she and An Qingyu regrouped with Lin Qiye and Baili Pangpang as Mad Demon Cao Yuan chased a giant python off the 166th floor.
• Shen Qingzhu stayed behind with the Ninth Seat, saying he was worried about his companions.
• Baili Xin offered Lin Qiye and his team the Baili Family’s resources if they stopped fighting, but Lin Qiye refused and declared that Baili Xin and the family had to die.
• Lin Qiye unleashed flames at Baili Xin, but Baili Pangpang warned that the Primordial Devouring Sword Sheath could absorb energy attacks.
• Baili Xin absorbed the flames and released them as a huge flaming slash that cut through the floor’s supports, while black sand connected the pillars and stabilized the structure.

Lin Qiye and his companions prepared to face Baili Xin, reviewing the forbidden items he could use and deciding who would fight him. Jialan charged into the battle and proved immune to Baili Xin’s attacks, leaving him stunned after she kicked him off the platform.

• Baili Pangpang identified the forbidden items already in play and told Lin Qiye about the Fire Demon Bottle and Elegy, two of Baili Xin’s remaining collectibles.
• Lin Qiye told An Qingyu and Baili Pangpang to stay away from the central fight while he and Jialan confronted Baili Xin, then kept Zhanbai for himself.
• Baili Xin attacked Lin Qiye and his companions with a Golden Pillar of Light, prompting Lin Qiye to teleport into the venue and try to restrain him with Void Lock.
• Jialan charged through Baili Xin’s Golden Pillar of Light unharmed, reached the platform, dodged his response, and kicked him off it.
• Baili Xin stared in shock at Jialan and the others, calling them monsters.

Lin Qiye, Baili Pangpang, Jialan, and An Qingyu fought Baili Xin on the 166th floor, stripping him of his spear and countering his black flames with Cao Yuan’s Malevolent Qi Flames. Baili Xin drew a blood-red skullcap as his final weapon, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Lin Qiye bombarded Baili Xin with magic while Jialan kept him within range, and Lin Qiye’s Mystic Iron Cone knocked the golden spear from Baili Xin’s hand.
• Baili Pangpang used Universe Reversal to take the spear and attack Baili Xin, who was then kicked away by Jialan.
• Baili Xin unleashed black flames and summoned a Black Fire Demon from a porcelain bottle.
• Mad Demon Cao Yuan arrived in the elevator, but Baili Xin struck him off the 166th floor with his sword.
• An Qingyu caught Cao Yuan with threads and hurled him into the Black Fire Demon, whose flames weakened as Cao Yuan’s Malevolent Qi Flames grew stronger.
• Baili Xin pulled a blood-red skullcap from his pocket as his last item.

Baili Xin used Elegy to turn Lin Qiye and the others into sand, but a sudden Vacuum Domain stopped the song and let them seize the skull. A young man in a dark red cloak arrived and confronted Baili Xin, leaving his identity unresolved.

• Baili Xin activated Elegy, and its song began turning Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, Mad Demon Cao Yuan, and Baili Pangpang into sand while Jialan remained unaffected.
• The Ninth Seat explained Elegy's deadly history to Shen Qingzhu, who snapped his fingers and created a Vacuum Domain that stopped the song.
• Lin Qiye used space magic to cut off Baili Xin's arm, and Baili Pangpang took Elegy and shut its jaw.
• The air returned after less than four seconds, and Baili Pangpang searched for the person he believed had created the Vacuum Domain.
• A young man in a dark red cloak flew into the venue and addressed Baili Xin, saying Ye Fan's guess had been right.

Zuo Qing arrived to arrest Baili Xin on orders from Ye Fan, but Baili Xin accused Lin Qiye and the Fifth Reserve Team of multiple crimes and tried to use the Night Watchmen's rules to protect himself. When Lin Qiye insisted Baili Xin had to die, he trapped Zuo Qing and urged Baili Pangpang to kill him, leaving the team facing the consequences together.

• Zuo Qing identified himself as Director of the Night Watchmen's Special Operations Department and announced that he had come to arrest Baili Xin.
• Zuo Qing presented a military court summons, and Baili Xin agreed to attend while claiming the Fifth Reserve Team had committed numerous crimes.
• A Magic Array activated beneath Baili Xin, and Zuo Qing pulled him away before its blades could strike.
• Lin Qiye tried to kill Baili Xin and teleported Zuo Qing away, but Zuo Qing interrupted the spell and warned Lin Qiye against defying the military court.
• Lin Qiye trapped Zuo Qing with sealing spells and told Baili Pangpang to kill Baili Xin, promising that the team would bear the consequences together.

Shen Qingzhu killed Baili Xin before Baili Pangpang could decide whether to strike, then escaped the Night Watchmen with Lin Qiye and Baili Pangpang's help. After Lin Qiye collapsed from exhaustion, Shen Qingzhu left with the Ninth Seat to look around Guangshen.

• Baili Pangpang lowered his spear after Baili Xin warned that killing him would ruin his friends' futures.
• Shen Qingzhu stabbed Baili Xin with the Soul Severing Blade, burned his body, and told Baili Pangpang he had repaid his debt before escaping through a window.
• Lin Qiye and Baili Pangpang stopped Zuo Qing from pursuing Shen Qingzhu, and Lin Qiye fainted from exhaustion.
• Zuo Qing abandoned the chase and returned to help Lin Qiye.
• Shen Qingzhu met the Ninth Seat, learned Baili Xin's death could earn him a higher rank, and chose to look around Guangshen before returning to the church.

After Baili Xin’s death, Zuo Qing warned the team that headquarters might revoke their chance to become the Fifth Special Squad for their actions at the Baili Family. As their missions were suspended and they were confined to Guangshen City, Cao Yuan reminded Baili Pangpang that someone was waiting for him there.

• Zuo Qing said Miao Su would testify against Baili Xin and warned the team that their actions could cost them their qualification as the Fifth Special Squad.
• Zuo Qing canceled the team’s missions and ordered them to stay in Guangshen City until headquarters reached a judgment.
• Baili Pangpang apologized, but Cao Yuan and An Qingyu reassured him and said becoming a Special Squad was not their main concern.
• Cao Yuan reminded Baili Pangpang that someone was waiting for him in Guangshen, and Baili Pangpang remembered his promise to her beside a hospital bed in Gusu.

Baili Pangpang visited Molly in disguise but left without meeting her, adding a promise to her Sandalwood Peace Talisman. He decided to stay away until he was strong enough to protect her and give her a happy life.

• Molly waited at the high-speed rail station, then took a bus toward the Baili Group stop when no one arrived.
• Baili Pangpang sat behind Molly in a Pigsy Mask, took her Sandalwood Peace Talisman, and carved an apology and a promise to return onto it.
• Molly spotted the masked figure pointing at her bag as he left on the bus, then found the new message on her talisman.
• Baili Pangpang told Lin Qiye that he had nearly put Molly in danger and would not see her again until he could protect her.

Lin Qiye and his friends realized Shen Qingzhu might have survived the believers’ Soul Contract and could be working against them, while Baili Pangpang tried to lift everyone’s spirits. The story then showed Shen Qingzhu at a nightclub with the Ninth Seat, where he rejected three women sent to approach him.

• Baili Pangpang identified the white Fox Mask wearer as Shen Qingzhu, and he and Cao Yuan recalled seeing him near Abstinence Hall.
• Lin Qiye and Baili Pangpang considered whether the Heaven Returning Jade had blocked the Soul Contract and whether Shen Qingzhu was secretly working against the believers.
• Cao Yuan and Jialan noticed Baili Pangpang’s newfound seriousness, and he joked with them before Jialan broke a cleaver against her forehead.
• At Miu Nightclub in Guangshen City, the Ninth Seat sent three women to sit beside Shen Qingzhu, and Shen Qingzhu coldly told them to get lost.

The Ninth Seat explained to Shen Qingzhu why people under constant danger needed ways to relieve pressure, then revealed how his faith in The Whisperer had led him to lose himself. He voiced hope that Shen Qingzhu could change the Believers, while Shen Qingzhu understood that a Soul Contract had controlled the Ninth Seat’s loyalty.

• The Ninth Seat sent away the women and urged Shen Qingzhu to find an outlet for the pressures of their dangerous lives.
• The Ninth Seat explained how Night Watchmen could rely on teammates, while Believers like them often endured their burdens alone.
• The Ninth Seat described how he had joined the Believers believing they would save the world, but gradually followed The Whisperer’s orders without questioning them.
• Shen Qingzhu realized that The Whisperer’s Soul Contract had controlled the Ninth Seat and that the Heaven Returning Jade had spared him the same fate.
• The Ninth Seat told Shen Qingzhu he had high hopes that he could change the Believers and lead them toward glory.