Recaps

Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, and Baili Pangpang struggled through the instructors’ punishing endurance test in Jinnan Mountain while Shen Qingzhu endured questioning about his past. As darkness fell, Baili Pangpang was carried off after fainting, while Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan remained among the sixteen recruits still running.

• Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, and Baili Pangpang listened to Shen Qingzhu being questioned about why he wanted to become strong and about his romantic history.
• The drones repeatedly chased the recruits through Jinnan Mountain, pushing the three runners toward exhaustion.
• Baili Pangpang fainted from exhaustion, and Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan left him behind to continue running.
• Lin Qiye told Cao Yuan that he wanted to become stronger so he could survive and someday return, while Cao Yuan said he hoped the two of them could become friends.
• Instructors carried Baili Pangpang down the mountain, not realizing he had secretly opened his eyes and was smiling.
• After seven hours, Instructor Hong learned that sixteen recruits remained, including Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan, who were nearing their limits.

During the nighttime endurance training in Jinnan Mountain, Lin Qiye’s unusual stamina and command of the mountain let him continue after Cao Yuan gave up. Cao Yuan reflected on the deaths caused by his uncontrollable Forbidden Ruins, while the instructors prepared to wait for Lin Qiye at the far side of the mountain.

• Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan continued through the dark forest after Zheng Zhong was knocked unconscious, leaving them as the last two trainees.
• Lin Qiye’s strength kept recovering at night, and he used the mountain’s Night Creatures to track the terrain and the people following him.
• Cao Yuan stopped because he feared losing consciousness would let his Forbidden Ruins take control, and Lin Qiye continued alone.
• The instructors learned Lin Qiye had been moving in a straight line and estimated he could cross the mountain, so Instructor Hong led them to wait at its far side.
• An instructor questioned Cao Yuan, who said he regretted surviving his childhood attempt to drown himself and recounted how his Forbidden Ruins had killed 172 villagers and 161 people at a police station.
• Cao Yuan told Lin Qiye not to disgrace the heretics.

Lin Qiye completed the Extreme Training at Jinnan Mountain in record time, then revealed that his greatest regret was being unable to save someone. The chapter ended with Baili Pangpang rushing naked toward breakfast and alarming the girls outside.

• Lin Qiye crossed Jinnan Mountain in ten hours, and Instructor Hong confirmed that he had completed the Extreme Training and made history.
• After Lin Qiye asked about his compensation, Instructor Hong let him wear the Truth Ring and asked what he regretted most; Lin Qiye answered that he could not save someone.
• Baili Pangpang woke in a medicinal bath beside Lin Qiye and learned that the recruits' morning training had been suspended.
• Cao Yuan told Baili Pangpang that breakfast included steamed buns, fried dough sticks, and soy milk, prompting him to rush out without dressing.
• Lin Qiye noticed that Baili Pangpang had left his clothes behind as girls screamed outside the window.

Lin Qiye collected the rewards for defeating the Mask Squad, refusing Yuan Gang’s cash but accepting the Heart of Azure, a forbidden item that protected against mental attacks. Yuan Gang watched him leave and said Lin Qiye truly deserved the gift.

• Lin Qiye told Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan that he had crossed Jinnan Mountain alone, then left the cafeteria for the instructors’ office.
• Instructor Hong gave Lin Qiye a bank card containing five hundred thousand yuan and a box holding a forbidden item, explaining that Yuan Gang had paid for the rewards himself.
• Lin Qiye refused the money because he would not take cash from a soldier, but insisted on keeping the forbidden item.
• Lin Qiye opened the box and learned that the Heart of Azure could block or weaken mental attacks within one meter.
• After Lin Qiye left, Yuan Gang appeared in the office and told Instructor Hong that Lin Qiye deserved the gift.

After Instructor Han Li exposed the limits of Lin Qiye’s swordsmanship, Lin Qiye questioned whether the sword suited him. A dream of Chen Muye’s twin-blade attacks led him to try wielding two swords himself, while Chen Muye sneezed repeatedly at the Heping Agency.

• Lin Qiye defeated Baili Pangpang in a spar, and Instructor Han Li told Baili Pangpang to practice the basics.
• Instructor Han Li defeated Lin Qiye with four unpredictable strikes and explained that Lin Qiye’s swordsmanship lacked fluidity and that another path might suit him better.
• Lin Qiye spent the following days dwelling on Han Li’s advice and wondering whether to give up swordsmanship.
• In a dream, Lin Qiye used Mental Power to study Chen Muye’s twin-blade movements instead of avoiding his attacks.
• Lin Qiye woke, went to the empty training field, and practiced with two wooden swords, moving with new agility.
• Chen Muye sneezed repeatedly at the Heping Agency and joked that someone was missing him, while Wu Xiangnan dismissed the idea.

Lin Qiye returned to the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods and found Nyx healthier after Li Yifei had kept her company. His promise that they would not leave her raised her Treatment Progress to 51%, unlocking another ability draw and allowing her to temporarily leave the hospital.

• Lin Qiye came back to eat with Nyx, who welcomed him as her son Danaus.
• Lin Qiye learned that Li Yifei had been caring for Nyx and saw that her Treatment Progress had reached 48%.
• Lin Qiye tried to raise Nyx’s progress by serving her food, but it only rose to 49%.
• Nyx said she had been left alone after her children grew up and went away.
• Lin Qiye told Nyx that they would not leave, raising her Treatment Progress to 51% and allowing her to temporarily leave the hospital.

Lin Qiye drew Absolute Darkness Erosion, the Goddess of Night’s Divine Forbidden Zone, and tested its power in the real world. He then brought Nyx out of the hospital, leaving her standing beside him on the rooftop.

• Lin Qiye drew Absolute Darkness Erosion and learned it let him control objects and living creatures shrouded in darkness, with its range and strength growing with his Mental Power.
• Lin Qiye tested the Divine Forbidden Zone on the dormitory rooftop, spreading darkness about ten meters and discovering the forbidden item limited its range.
• Lin Qiye manipulated gravel, cracked the concrete, and controlled a bird, while finding that Starry Night Dancer could be used within the darkness even during the day.
• After exhausting his Mental Power, Lin Qiye wondered why he could sustain his Divine Forbidden Zone longer than King Mask and concluded that King Mask was weak.
• Lin Qiye asked Nyx if she wanted to visit the real world, then withdrew his consciousness from the hospital and brought her to the rooftop.

Lin Qiye asked Nyx to use Night Flicker to take him from the Training Camp to see his family, then returned with her before they were away for long. Yuan Gang detected Nyx’s divine aura, while Yang Jin sensed her presence near his home and wondered why Lin Qiye was with a Western god.

• Nyx appeared on the Training Camp rooftop, and Lin Qiye agreed to let her take him somewhere under the night sky.
• Yuan Gang sensed an unknown god’s aura, alerted Shao Pingge, and searched the rooftop after Lin Qiye and Nyx vanished.
• Nyx brought Lin Qiye to a building near his home, where he watched Yang Jin helping their aunt with the dishes.
• Yang Jin sensed Nyx and called her another Western god, but concealed his reaction from his aunt.
• Lin Qiye told Nyx that Yang Jin was family, then asked her to take him back to the Training Camp.
• After Lin Qiye and Nyx vanished, Yang Jin looked toward where they had been and fell into thought.

Lin Qiye met Nyx on the dormitory rooftop, where she named him her proxy and Yuan Gang confirmed her identity as the Goddess of Night. Nyx left Great Xia, and the Night Watchmen added her to their god sequence while Lin Qiye’s dual proxy status was reported to the commander-in-chief.

• Lin Qiye and Nyx reappeared on the dormitory rooftop, where Yuan Gang confronted Nyx and learned she was the Goddess of Night.
• Nyx said she had found her proxy in Lin Qiye, and Lin Qiye persuaded her to leave Great Xia after she asked him to help find her bracelet.
• Yuan Gang questioned Lin Qiye about serving two gods, then reported Nyx’s appearance and Lin Qiye’s dual proxy status to Shao Pingge.
• The Night Watchmen’s archives recorded Nyx as Sequence 043 after Yuan Gang observed her at New Recruit Training Camp No. 039.
• Master Chen learned the god in Cangnan had left and ordered his carriage turned around on the Yangtze River.

As winter set in, Lin Qiye and the other recruits continued their grueling training, while Baili Pangpang hoped for a New Year break. Chen Muye warned Yuan Gang that an unknown faction had infiltrated Cangnan City and was targeting the Training Camp.

• Baili Pangpang was ordered to run five extra laps after an instructor caught him rubbing his face, then joined Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan for breakfast.
• Baili Pangpang asked about New Year leave and invited Lin Qiye to visit Guangshen after training; Lin Qiye said he wanted to have a reunion dinner with Chen Muye and the others.
• Chen Muye asked Yuan Gang to let Lin Qiye leave for the reunion dinner or allow Team 136 to bring food into the Training Camp.
• Chen Muye told Yuan Gang that an unknown faction had infiltrated Cangnan City and that its target was the Training Camp.

Chen Muye warned Yuan Gang that the Training Camp was vulnerable to outside threats and possible traitors, then proposed splitting up to protect its recruits. The recruits were granted an early end to physical training and a four-day holiday in Cangnan, but Lin Qiye wondered why the break had been announced so suddenly.

• Chen Muye told Yuan Gang that the Baili Group heir and Lin Qiye made the Training Camp a target, and warned that instructors might have been bribed or controlled.
• Yuan Gang asked what they should do, and Chen Muye proposed escaping by splitting the group apart.
• Instructor Hong announced that specialized physical training would end a month early and that recruits would begin tactics, firearms, and Forbidden Ruins training.
• Instructor Hong granted the recruits four days off but forbade them from leaving Cangnan, threatening to strip violators of their Night Watchmen qualification.
• Baili Pangpang urged Lin Qiye to pack, but Lin Qiye questioned why the holiday had been announced so suddenly.

As Lin Qiye and the other recruits left the Training Camp for their break, the release of the camp’s suppression helped them break through to a new realm. Their celebration ended when five missiles struck the camp, a checkpoint, and their bus.

• Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, and Baili Pangpang boarded buses carrying loaned Star Sabers after Instructor Hong ordered the recruits not to use them unless absolutely necessary.
• As the buses crossed beyond the Training Camp, the recruits’ Mental Power surged, and many broke through the Pool realm’s limits.
• Instructor Hong explained that the camp’s Forbidden Artifact had suppressed their Mental Power for over five months, and its release caused the sudden breakthrough.
• A recruit spotted five incoming missiles, and Lin Qiye recognized them as missiles as Instructor Hong ordered everyone to take cover.
• Three missiles struck the Training Camp, one destroyed a military checkpoint, and a fifth was intercepted above the bus by a rose-red flaming spear.

Lin Qiye saved the new recruits from missile fragments by using his Absolute Darkness Divine Forbidden Zone, but the strain left him unconscious. Yuan Gang discovered that a traitor had arranged the attack, while the woman who seized Missile Launch Base No. 39 decided to go to Cangnan herself.

• Lin Qiye expanded his Absolute Darkness Divine Forbidden Zone and stopped the missile fragments from striking the bus, saving nearly fifty recruits before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Instructor Hong rushed to Lin Qiye, who lost consciousness as the recruits struggled to understand what had happened.
• Yuan Gang learned that the other missiles had landed on the road and that all the buses and recruits were safe, then extinguished the flames consuming half the Training Camp.
• Yuan Gang concluded that a traitor had pursued the recruits with missiles and wondered how they had been mobilized.
• At Missile Launch Base No. 39, a woman responsible for seizing the base learned that the recruits had left the Training Camp and decided to go to Cangnan to meet someone.

After Lin Qiye recovered from collapsing, he learned that the Ancient God Church had used Snake Woman to target him and Baili Tumming, and that the Night Watchmen planned to use him as bait during his vacation. He stayed with the team in Cangnan, where Chen Muye invited him to New Year’s Eve dinner, while the others prepared to protect him.

• Lin Qiye woke at Hong Ying's house and learned that he had passed out after exhausting his Mental Power, and Instructor Hong promised to report his merit for saving the recruits.
• Instructor Hong and Chen Muye explained that the Ancient God Church had targeted Lin Qiye or Baili Tumming, and that Snake Woman had seized Missile Launch Base No. 39 to attack them.
• Instructor Hong revealed that the recruits' vacation was meant to protect them and that Lin Qiye would act as bait while the Night Watchmen tried to eliminate the attackers.
• Lin Qiye learned that Baili Tumming had gone to a five-star hotel and asked him to visit room 9039.
• Chen Muye invited Lin Qiye to shop for groceries with Hong Ying and the others and join them for New Year's Eve dinner at the office.
• Wen Qimo insisted on staying close to Lin Qiye and offered to share his bed to protect him.

Lin Qiye left the villa to visit Baili Pangpang, while Baili and Cao Yuan were caught in an explosion at the hotel and escaped the burning top floor. After landing safely, they realized the street around them was unnaturally quiet, leaving them facing an unseen threat.

• Lin Qiye prepared two Black Boxes and left alone to visit Baili Pangpang at the hotel.
• Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan argued in the presidential suite until a sudden explosion shattered the windows and engulfed the top floor in flames.
• Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan fell from the hotel, and Baili used Yaoguang to create clouds that slowed their descent.
• Cao Yuan noted that the instructors were likely fighting assassins as explosions continued on the hotel roof.
• Cao Yuan warned Baili Pangpang that the surrounding street was deserted and suspiciously quiet.

Lin Qiye discovered that Night Watchmen from another city had trapped Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan in a Boundless Void Domain, and chose to break in to save his friend. Inside, Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan faced attackers from the Abstinence Hall, who revealed they had come to kill Baili Pangpang to repay a favor.

• An explosion struck the hotel where Baili Pangpang was staying, and Lin Qiye followed a flash of gold to a Boundless Void Domain.
• Lin Qiye realized the domain was not Team 136’s and decided to enter it to save Baili Pangpang.
• Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan identified two attackers closing in on them and learned they belonged to the Abstinence Hall.
• The attackers said they meant to kill Baili Pangpang to repay a favor, then the Gaunt Man attacked his Yaoguang Shield.
• Cao Yuan faced the Three-Blade Man as Baili Pangpang struggled to defend himself from the Gaunt Man.

Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan fought the Gaunt Man and Three-Blade Man while Lin Qiye confronted a female archer who had attacked Cao Yuan. Lin Qiye identified himself as the Dual God Agent and began using his powers against her after she refused to answer his questions.

• The Gaunt Man shattered Baili Pangpang's Yaoguang Shield and attacked him, but Baili Pangpang dodged and threw his Great Treasure Sword at him.
• Cao Yuan attacked the Three-Blade Man with his straight blade and drove him to the ground before an arrow from a distant female archer blasted Cao Yuan into a building.
• The female archer fired more arrows at Cao Yuan, but he destroyed the last one with black blade energy.
• Lin Qiye appeared behind the female archer, took control of her arrow, and demanded to know how many enemies had entered the Boundless Void Domain and where Old Han was.
• Lin Qiye claimed he had killed Old Han, then began using his powers on the female archer after she recognized him as the Dual God Agent and refused to answer.

Lin Qiye fought and killed the female archer after using Absolute Darkness Erosion on her and dodging her attacks. He then collected the Black Box and headed toward the distant fighting, while Leng Xuan watched him from a nearby high-rise.

• Lin Qiye’s Absolute Darkness Erosion briefly affected the female archer, but her Mental Power broke free and sent a backlash at him.
• The female archer escaped her rooftop fall, then fired arrows at Lin Qiye as she fled through the streets.
• Lin Qiye dodged her arrows, caught three more in darkness, and sent them back off course.
• Lin Qiye drew a straight blade and killed the female archer with one slash.
• Lin Qiye picked up the Black Box and headed toward the distant explosions, while Leng Xuan watched from a high-rise and said, “Not bad.”

Lin Qiye arrived in time to save Baili Pangpang from the Gaunt Man, then subdued Mad Demon Cao Yuan with the sealing tape. With the instructors still fighting stronger enemies above, Lin Qiye decided to leave with Cao Yuan and Baili Pangpang to eat noodles.

• Baili Pangpang fought the Gaunt Man while Mad Demon Cao Yuan continued attacking the defeated Three-Blade Man.
• Lin Qiye stabbed the Gaunt Man through the heart and joined Baili Pangpang, then saw Cao Yuan approaching in his rampaging state.
• Lin Qiye used the sealing tape and his divine abilities to restrain Cao Yuan, throwing him into a nearby building until he returned to human form.
• Lin Qiye noted that the instructors were still battling River Realm enemies above, picked up the Black Box, and suggested they go eat noodles.

Lin Qiye, Baili Pangpang, and Cao Yuan discussed Baili Pangpang’s ambush over noodles before meeting Shen Qingzhu and his followers. Lin Qiye hired Shen Qingzhu to protect Baili Pangpang during the vacation for a thousand yuan a day, and Shen agreed to work alone.

• Lin Qiye took Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan to a remote noodle shop, where Cao Yuan covered Baili Pangpang’s expensive order in exchange for food and lodging for the next few days.
• Baili Pangpang explained that attackers had precisely destroyed the hotel floor where he was staying, and Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan concluded that his conspicuous lodging had made him easy to find.
• Shen Qingzhu arrived with Deng Wei, Li Jia, and Li Liang, ordered them shredded pork noodles while choosing clear broth for himself, and thanked Lin Qiye for shielding them from bus fragments.
• Lin Qiye offered Shen Qingzhu a thousand yuan a day to personally protect Baili Pangpang during the vacation, and Shen accepted while excluding his three followers from the deal.

Lin Qiye arranged protection and a place to stay for Baili Pangpang after the hotel was destroyed, then returned to Hong Ying’s home. As snow fell over Cangnan, Chen Muye and Wu Xiangnan joined Leng Xuan in keeping watch over the villa.

• Lin Qiye explained why Shen Qingzhu would protect Baili Pangpang, and Shen Qingzhu borrowed Cao Yuan’s three hundred yuan to help the three lackeys at the noodle shop.
• Lin Qiye led Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, and Shen Qingzhu to a lovers’ hotel, where Shen Qingzhu and Cao Yuan insisted on sharing Baili Pangpang’s room to guard him.
• Lin Qiye left the inn and headed to Hong Ying’s house, catching a snowflake and thinking that he could not build snowmen with A Jin that year.
• Hong Ying welcomed Lin Qiye home and told Wen Qimo to protect him for the night.
• Leng Xuan kept watch over the villa from a church roof, and Chen Muye and Wu Xiangnan joined him in the snowfall.

Lin Qiye unlocked the second ward in the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods and discovered Merlin, a clear-eyed patient from English Mythology. Merlin greeted him as if he had expected him, leaving Lin Qiye to wonder whether the hospital’s six wards represented different mythological systems, including one from Great Xia.

• Lin Qiye saw that Nyx’s treatment progress had stalled at 78% and suspected he would need to find a solution outside the hospital.
• Lin Qiye explained to Li Yifei that his breakthrough into the Pool realm might let him open the second ward door.
• Lin Qiye unlocked the second ward and found a young man in a deep blue robe who said he had known Lin Qiye was coming.
• Lin Qiye read the ward notice identifying the patient as Merlin, whose treatment progress was at 0%.
• Lin Qiye recognized Merlin as a legendary mage and wondered whether the six wards represented different mythological systems, including Great Xia’s.

Lin Qiye met Merlin, who described his prophecy and the mysterious girl Jinian, then explained that he was investigating the true nature of the world. Merlin left Lin Qiye with the possibility that their world had been created by a higher-dimensional being.

• Li Yifei saw Merlin transform into a woman and then a Nanda Snake Demon before Merlin returned to his usual form.
• Merlin told Lin Qiye that he had foreseen Lin Qiye opening the door ten years earlier, but could not clearly see his past or future.
• Merlin explained that Jinian had defeated him in a contest of deduction and won his Crystal Ball.
• Lin Qiye connected Jinian to the girl who had also won Nyx's bracelet and left an envelope in the Director's Office.
• Merlin said he was a scholar seeking the world's true nature and asked Lin Qiye whether a higher-dimensional being had created their world.

Merlin's search for the True World caused him to transform into a pink starfish and act like Patrick from SpongeBob, so Lin Qiye and Li Yifei sedated him. The next morning, Lin Qiye woke to heavy snow and found a motionless gray mouse in his room.

• Li Yifei challenged Merlin's claim that their world was fake, and Merlin recalled seeing an underwater world with pineapple-shaped houses and a yellow square.
• Merlin transformed into a pink starfish, called Lin Qiye SpongeBob, and ran through the courtyard pretending to catch jellyfish.
• Merlin mistook Nyx for Plankton, and Nyx embraced him as her grandson.
• Lin Qiye concluded that Merlin's visions of the True World had caused a mental breakdown, and Li Yifei chased Merlin with a syringe and injected him with a sedative.
• Lin Qiye left the hospital, then woke the next morning to find Cangnan covered in snow and a motionless gray mouse in his room.

Lin Qiye spent the morning with Hong Ying and Si Xiaonan while An Qingyu secretly monitored Cangnan City through rats implanted with artificial snake demon neurons. After assessing the dangerous forces gathering in the city, An Qingyu decided to warn Lin Qiye.

• Lin Qiye woke early, found Hong Ying practicing her spear, and joined her for breakfast with Wen Qimo and Si Xiaonan.
• Hong Ying took Lin Qiye and Si Xiaonan out to buy groceries while Wen Qimo stayed behind to wash the dishes.
• A gray rat watched the group from the mansion before returning to An Qingyu's underground lair in Cangnan's sewers.
• An Qingyu used more than four hundred rats implanted with fourth-generation artificial snake demon neurons, which he called Fish Seeds, to monitor the city.
• An Qingyu considered the powerful and dangerous figures gathering in Cangnan, then decided to give Lin Qiye a hand.