Recaps

Jiang Zhihua explained how the Remnant Souls of students who died by suicide at Shangjing University had stayed in Classroom 609, and how she had become their teacher and caretaker. After Lin Qiye accidentally broke her barrier and frightened the spirits into scattering, he planned to recruit students to search the campus and bring the missing ones back.

• Jiang Zhihua told Lin Qiye and An Qingyu that she had encountered the spirits in Classroom 609 after a failed suicide attempt, when they saved her from falling to her death.
• Jiang Zhihua explained that she had awakened the ability to see and communicate with Remnant Souls, then returned to teach the spirits and show them how the modern world had changed.
• Jiang Zhihua said that Lin Qiye's aura had frightened the fourteen Remnant Souls into fleeing after his gaze broke her barrier, and that some might not return easily.
• Lin Qiye exchanged phone numbers with Jiang Zhihua and left with An Qingyu and Jiang Er to find the scattered spirits.
• Lin Qiye decided to enlist students to search the campus and bring the Remnant Souls back to Classroom 609.

Su Yuan and Su Zhe joined the reserve squad, and Lin Qiye assigned the team a three-day mission to find Remnant Souls at Shangjing University. As the squad set out, An Qingyu suddenly suffered a violent attack, and Lin Qiye sensed Mi Go nearby.

• Su Yuan and Su Zhe arrived at 006 Squad headquarters and met Li Zhenzhen, Fang Mo, and Lu Baoyou.
• Chen Han told the squad that Captain Lin had a mission for them, and they went to Shangjing University to meet Lin Qiye.
• Lin Qiye explained that the squad had three days to locate Remnant Souls with Silver Thread Glasses and return them to a classroom without harming them.
• The reserve squad dispersed to search while An Qingyu and Lin Qiye stayed together.
• An Qingyu began coughing and trembling as a gray hue spread through his eyes, and Lin Qiye sensed Mi Go nearby.

An Qingyu’s debilitating headache returned as Lin Qiye sensed four Mi Go entering Shangjing, prompting him to coordinate a response. Cao Yuan left the Kendo Club to handle one of the creatures, while Lin Qiye confronted another and discovered that his End King’s Law could prevent it from escaping through a spatial rift.

• An Qingyu suffered a sudden headache, and Lin Qiye sensed multiple Mi Go before leaving to respond.
• Lu Menglei waited for Cao Yuan at the Kendo Club, but he received an urgent call and rushed away before they could train.
• Lin Qiye told Chen Han that four Mi Go had appeared and divided the targets among himself, Chen Han, Cao Yuan, and Laifu.
• Lin Qiye sent Laifu southeast to fight one Mi Go and pursued another Mi Go perched on a skyscraper.
• Lin Qiye used End King’s Law to block the Mi Go’s escape through a spatial rift, then drew Zhanbai to attack.

At Shangjing University, An Qingyu’s logical abilities showed clear signs of recovery, though he still suffered dizziness when pushed too far. Lin Qiye returned after killing the Mi Go and planned to investigate a growing threat in Shangjing while keeping An Qingyu out of it.

• An Qingyu told Jiang Er that his headaches had worsened, then learned the Mi Go was a servant of the Key of Doors.
• An Qingyu played chess with Jiang Er and showed a major improvement in his logical computing ability after taking his medicine.
• An Qingyu became dizzy during a harder chess game, and Jiang Er let him rest in the sun as he voiced hope that he would recover.
• Lin Qiye returned after he and his companions killed all four Mi Go and found no new ones over two hours of surveillance.
• Lin Qiye asked Jiang Er to help search electronic records in the coming days and told her to keep his plans from An Qingyu.

Lin Qiye concluded that the Mi Go were searching Shangjing City for a target and prepared the Night Watchmen for another invasion. Meanwhile, Li Zhenzhen and Su Zhe found and captured a White Shadow at a convenience store, but it escaped by crashing into the owner.

• Lin Qiye analyzed the Mi Go's encircling pattern and predicted another invasion, then planned a citywide search for Lovecraftian objects and more guards.
• Chen Han agreed to mobilize the logistics department to search Shangjing City.
• Su Zhe and Li Zhenzhen searched Shangjing University for Remnant Souls and spotted a White Shadow in a convenience store.
• Li Zhenzhen grabbed the White Shadow with her special gloves and escorted it outside while Su Zhe watched.
• The convenience store owner demanded payment for the potato chips, and the White Shadow jerked free by slamming into him.

Li Zhenzhen and Su Zhe pursued a Remnant Soul that kept changing hosts through Shangjing University, until Li Yifei’s singing distracted it and drew it into the open. Cao Yuan found Lu Menglei by the lake, and she agreed to continue practicing swordsmanship with him.

• The Remnant Soul escaped Li Zhenzhen and Su Zhe by leaving the convenience store owner and possessing a male student in the campus crowd.
• Li Zhenzhen tracked the possessed student from a teaching building and prepared to shoot him with her heart-shaped bow, but Li Yifei’s singing distracted the student and stopped her from firing.
• The Remnant Soul approached Li Yifei, while Li Zhenzhen alerted Fang Mo and the reserve team closed in through the crowd.
• Lu Menglei heard Li Yifei’s song and thought about Cao Yuan before he appeared behind her carrying a Black Box.
• Cao Yuan told Lu Menglei he had followed her from the Kendo Club, and she agreed to practice swordsmanship.

Li Yifei’s performance drew a crowd before a possessed student mistook him for someone named Chang Hong, and Fang Mo’s team captured the spirit possessing him. Later, Cao Yuan told Lu Menglei he would be searching Shangjing City, and she asked whether it was connected to his true identity.

• Jiang Er teased An Qingyu about being jealous while they watched Li Yifei perform.
• Fang Mo and the reserve team waited for the crowd around Li Yifei to disperse, then seized a student who called him Chang Hong.
• Fang Mo separated a White Shadow from the student, and the team restrained the spirit while Li Yifei watched in confusion.
• Li Yifei told Zhang Yang he had added over thirty girls on WeChat to win their bet, and Zhang Yang invited him to perform at the freshman welcome gala.
• Cao Yuan told Lu Menglei he would be away to search for something in Shangjing City, and she asked whether his search concerned his true identity.

Cao Yuan agreed to spar with Lu Menglei late at night, while Lin Qiye returned from searching Shangjing City for the Mi Go and found An Qingyu's condition unchanged. After Li Yifei lost to An Qingyu at chess, An Qingyu asked him to teach him guitar.

• Lu Menglei deduced that Cao Yuan had a mysterious background and asked to join him, but Cao Yuan refused and agreed to spar with her around midnight.
• Lin Qiye and the Night Watchmen Headquarters searched Shangjing City for what the Mi Go were seeking but found nothing, and Lin Qiye returned to the courtyard.
• An Qingyu told Lin Qiye that his computing power had not improved, while Li Yifei recounted encountering a Remnant Soul who seemed fixated on him.
• Lin Qiye suggested Li Yifei help resolve the Remnant Soul's lingering anguish, and Li Yifei stayed in the courtyard to play chess with An Qingyu.
• An Qingyu defeated Li Yifei at chess and asked him to teach him guitar.

Lin Qiye used his Mortal Divine Domain to narrow the search for the Mi Go’s target to Shangjing University and joined the campus search. There, he helped Fang Mo and Lu Baoyou capture a White Shadow possessing a student, while the search for the real target remained unresolved.

• Lin Qiye’s pen refill landed on Shangjing University and nearby streets, so Chen Han sent agents to search the area.
• Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan split up to investigate the campus during the freshman welcome party rehearsal.
• Fang Mo and Lu Baoyou tried to return a White Shadow to its proper place after it possessed a student who wanted to compete in a track meet.
• The White Shadow escaped through a window, but Lin Qiye caught it and handed it back to Fang Mo.
• Lin Qiye comforted the White Shadow and asked Fang Mo how his mission was progressing.

Lin Qiye investigated a suspicious direction on campus while Li Yifei followed Fang Mo and Lu Baoyou to see a Remnant Soul connected to his past encounter. At the rehearsal, An Qingyu questioned Jiang Er about the others’ secrecy and learned that the Mi Go might return to Shangjing City a third time.

• Lin Qiye asked Fang Mo to report suspicious people or objects at school, then used a piece of chalk to check a direction outside the classroom.
• After finishing his rehearsal, Li Yifei saw Fang Mo and Lu Baoyou leading a white silhouette away and hurried after them, hoping to see the girl Remnant Soul he had met before.
• Fang Mo and Lu Baoyou explained that the silhouette was a different Remnant Soul, then agreed to take Li Yifei to the one he sought.
• An Qingyu and Jiang Er arrived after Li Yifei’s rehearsal, and Lin Qiye concealed his investigation by saying he had come to watch.
• An Qingyu confronted Jiang Er about Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan’s absences, so Jiang Er told him that the Mi Go were searching for something in Shangjing City and might return a third time.

An Qingyu wondered whether his headaches were connected to the Mi Go invasions, but Jiang Er dismissed the idea. At the university, Li Yifei met a Remnant Soul who mistook him for her lost acquaintance Chang Hong, leading him to realize Chang Hong had likely been the human whose body the Nanda Snake Demon copied.

• An Qingyu connected the timing of his headaches to both Mi Go invasions, but Jiang Er argued the events were unrelated and urged him not to worry.
• Fang Mo sent the White Shadow into a classroom with Li Yifei, then left with Lu Baoyou to search for lost Remnant Souls.
• The White Shadow recognized Li Yifei as Chang Hong and wrote that she remembered him, including a distinctive mole.
• Li Yifei realized the human body he had taken on may once have belonged to Chang Hong, whom the Nanda Snake Demon had killed.
• The White Shadow saw Li Yifei staring at her and wrote that he had remembered.

Li Yifei heard White Shadow recount her love for Chang Hong and the night she died, but he denied being Chang Hong and offered to help the ghosts attend the freshman welcome gala. Meanwhile, Cao Yuan found Lu Menglei practicing alone at the Kendo Club, where she admitted she had waited to go to the gala with him.

• White Shadow wrote that she and Chang Hong fell in love at Shangjing University, then he vanished the night before graduation and she later jumped from the teaching building.
• Li Yifei told White Shadow he was not Chang Hong and urged her to let go, leaving her disappointed.
• White Shadow and the other ghosts asked Li Yifei to help them watch the freshman welcome gala, but they could not leave because of Teacher Jiang's barrier.
• Li Yifei rushed out to find Teacher Jiang and ask her to let the ghosts attend the gala.
• Cao Yuan searched for someone, then went to the Kendo Club training grounds and found Lu Menglei practicing alone.
• Lu Menglei told Cao Yuan she had stayed behind because she wanted to wait and go to the gala with him.

Cao Yuan and Lu Menglei went to the freshman welcome party together, while Lin Qiye attended with Chen Han and Xu Liao, who delivered Night Watchmen commendations for Nightfall and An Qingyu. Lin Qiye watched his teammates enjoy the party and reflected on the losses his team had suffered, ending with the thought that their world offered no “ifs.”

• Cao Yuan admired Lu Menglei in her dress, carried her bag, and took her hand as they left the training ground for the party.
• Lin Qiye met Chen Han and Xu Liao outside Shangjing University's freshman welcome party and watched the performances with them from the back of the crowd.
• Chen Han gave Lin Qiye Nightfall's collective Sea of Stars Medal and a personal medal for An Qingyu.
• Cao Yuan arrived at the party holding Lu Menglei's hand, and Lin Qiye remarked on his unexpected romantic confidence.
• Lin Qiye told Chen Han he wanted his teammates to rest after their losses, then reflected that their life would have been different without wars and Mysteries.

Li Yifei could not find Jiang Zhihua to free the remnant souls in Classroom 609, so he gave up his spot at the freshman welcome gala to put on a special performance for them. The chapter ended with him singing “Blue Lotus” in the dark classroom while the souls watched.

• Li Yifei learned that Jiang Zhihua had gone home sick and could not help the remnant souls leave Classroom 609.
• With ten minutes before his scheduled performance, Li Yifei decided to go to the gala venue and withdraw rather than leave the souls waiting.
• Li Yifei told a staff member to rearrange the program, then took balloons and streamers and ran back to Classroom 609.
• Li Yifei decorated the classroom, opened its north-facing windows, and promised to sing and dance along with the gala for the remnant souls.
• Li Yifei began his special show for the souls by singing “Blue Lotus.”

At the gala, Cao Yuan discussed his growing relationship with Lu Menglei and urged An Qingyu to reconsider how little he had done for Jiang Er. An Qingyu recognized that he had taken Jiang Er’s care for granted and asked her for a favor.

• Cao Yuan learned that the expected solo performance had been replaced by jazz dancing and agreed to show Lu Menglei his swordsmanship in exchange for one request.
• Cao Yuan told An Qingyu he was willing to pursue Lu Menglei despite the possibility that their time together would be limited, then challenged An Qingyu to show Jiang Er more love and attention.
• Jiang Er secretly brought An Qingyu ice cream, and Cao Yuan’s words made An Qingyu realize how consistently she had cared for him while he had done little for her.
• An Qingyu looked toward the stage and asked Jiang Er to do him a favor.

An Qingyu arranged a surprise guitar performance for Jiang Er at the end of the orientation gala, while Lin Qiye revealed that he might have found Mi Go’s target. The chapter ended with An Qingyu preparing to sing to Jiang Er, who had finally found him in the crowd.

• An Qingyu asked Cao Yuan and Lu Menglei to help him with a plan, and they agreed to join him backstage.
• Lin Qiye told Chen Han that he might have found Mi Go’s target, but he was not yet certain.
• Jiang Er possessed a student to buy An Qingyu a Jianbing Guozi, then hurried back to the gala when she could not find him.
• Lin Qiye directed Jiang Er to look at the stage as the gala ended and its lights suddenly went dark.
• An Qingyu appeared onstage in his wheelchair with a guitar, then told Jiang Er that he had learned to play and sing for her.

An Qingyu performed a song for Jiang Er at the school evening party, overcoming his shyness and making her happy. After the celebration, he was struck by sudden agony as Lin Qiye sensed an unexpected threat arriving far sooner than expected.

• An Qingyu sang onstage, and Lin Qiye told Jiang Er that he had performed for her and that she had changed him.
• Lu Menglei operated the stage controls while Cao Yuan kept the tied-up staff members quiet and warned them to conceal what happened.
• An Qingyu finished the song, and Jiang Er embraced him and praised his performance.
• Lin Qiye and Chen Han congratulated An Qingyu, but he suddenly clutched his head in pain as a boom echoed across the sky.
• Lin Qiye sensed that someone had arrived after only two days and reacted in disbelief.

An Qingyu realized the Mi Go were targeting him as sixteen of them converged on Shangjing University. With no time to evacuate the campus, Lin Qiye used the university’s speakers to broadcast his strange song, leaving the students and staff with vacant eyes.

• An Qingyu suffered a severe headache and told Lin Qiye that he was probably the one the Mi Go were seeking.
• Lin Qiye sensed sixteen Mi Go approaching Shangjing University and concluded they had locked onto An Qingyu.
• Chen Han ordered the Night Watchmen to deploy the Boundless Void Domain and prepare Dream Whisper across the surrounding area.
• Lin Qiye decided to gather the Mi Go on campus and stop them himself rather than evacuate the teachers and students.
• Jiang Er connected the campus speakers, and Lin Qiye began broadcasting his song, causing listeners across the university to stare vacantly.

Lin Qiye organized Shangjing University's evacuation and sent his forces to protect An Qingyu as sixteen Mi Gos hunted him. Fang Mo’s team tried to rescue a student left behind, but a Mi Go attacked the dormitory before they could reach him.

• Lin Qiye evacuated the university, deployed his summoned orderlies around campus, and assigned Thunder Beast Laifu to protect An Qingyu.
• Cao Yuan left Lu Menglei with An Qingyu and Jiang Er, then ran to help Lin Qiye eliminate Mi Gos before they gathered.
• Fang Mo ordered his team to retreat to an air-raid shelter and resume their Remnant Soul mission later.
• Fang Mo’s team spotted a student who had missed the evacuation while showering and turned back to bring him to safety.
• A Mi Go burst through the dormitory roof, but a Rock Demon caught it as a white catlike figure carried the student out through a fifth-floor window.

Lin Qiye killed a Mi Go after Lu Baoyou was badly wounded, then left to deal with fourteen more. Meanwhile, Lu Menglei stood between An Qingyu and three approaching Mi Go, while An Qingyu struggled to use his ability.

• Lu Baoyou charged Mi Go to keep it from reaching the air-raid shelters, but it wounded him before Lin Qiye arrived and cut it apart.
• Lin Qiye checked Lu Baoyou’s injuries, ordered Fang Mo to take him to headquarters, and said fourteen more Mi Go remained.
• Fang Mo led the reserve team toward Shangjing University’s gates as the students worried about the monsters and Lin Qiye’s strength.
• Lu Menglei faced an approaching Mi Go with the Bamboo Sword, determined to protect An Qingyu, while Thunder Beast Laifu sensed two more closing in.
• An Qingyu tried to use The Only Correct Answer against the three Mi Go but quickly began coughing.

Cao Yuan rescued Lu Menglei and unleashed his Malevolent Qi blade to destroy the Mi Go alongside Laifu. After explaining that he, An Qingyu, and Qiye might have to leave, An Qingyu warned that more enemies were approaching.

• Lu Menglei's Bamboo Sword broke against a Mi Go, and Cao Yuan rescued her from its attack.
• Cao Yuan formed a blade from Malevolent Qi Flames and killed the first Mi Go.
• Laifu transformed into a giant Thunder Beast and joined Cao Yuan in destroying the other two Mi Go.
• An Qingyu told Lu Menglei that he, Cao Yuan, and Qiye might have to leave after tonight, and Lu Menglei praised Cao Yuan's strength.
• Lin Qiye emerged from the darkness and warned them that more enemies were coming.

Li Yifei and A Zhu took the White Shadow Remnant Souls to an underground shelter while Mi Go attacked Shangjing University. Grand Tutor Jiang revealed himself as Song Jun and destroyed the nine Mi Go, then approached An Qingyu.

• A Zhu found Li Yifei and carried him and the Remnant Souls to an underground air-raid shelter.
• Li Yifei asked A Zhu whether everything had been all right at the asylum, and A Zhu tearfully said it had not.
• Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, and the summoned creatures prepared to hold off the nine Mi Go closing in on the gala venue.
• Song Jun appeared, transformed into Great Xia's Grand Tutor Jiang, and killed all nine Mi Go with the God-Beating Whip.
• Jiang Ziya showed no sign of relief and walked toward An Qingyu.

Jiang Ziya took An Qingyu and Jiang Er to Heavenly Court for the Celestial Venerable to decide how to handle An Qingyu. Worried by an ominous vision, Lin Qiye set out with Cao Yuan to reach Heavenly Court themselves.

• Lin Qiye confronted Jiang Ziya, who revealed that An Qingyu had to return to Heavenly Court and refused to let the Nightfall Squad accompany them.
• An Qingyu insisted that Jiang Er come with him because she would die if separated from him for too long, and Jiang Ziya agreed.
• Jiang Ziya opened a portal and took An Qingyu and Jiang Er through it; Lin Qiye failed to reach the portal before it vanished.
• Lin Qiye told Cao Yuan that An Qingyu might be connected to the Cthulhu Mythos and decided to find a way to Heavenly Court.
• Cao Yuan left Lu Menglei behind and joined Lin Qiye, promising that Nightfall would stand by him even if he opposed the entire world.

Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan sought Commander Zuo after learning that the Great Xia Gods had taken An Qingyu to the Heavenly Court, which had entered the Fog. At the Heavenly Court, An Qingyu noticed his abilities recovering and asked Lingbao Tianzun about his connection to the Key of Doors, while Zuo Qing revealed that An Qingyu could no longer remain in the world.

• Lin Qiye recalled a message Black Pupil had once delivered and, suspecting Commander Zuo knew more than he had let on, decided to question him about the Heavenly Court.
• Jiang Ziya brought An Qingyu and Jiang Er to a palace in the Heavenly Court, where An Qingyu noticed that his computational ability had recovered further and wondered about its connection to the Mi Go.
• Lingbao Tianzun appeared before An Qingyu and offered to answer his questions, so An Qingyu asked how he was connected to the Key of Doors.
• Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan met Zuo Qing, who explained that the Heavenly Court had entered the Fog to protect An Qingyu from the Mi Go and draw their attention away from human society.
• Zuo Qing told Lin Qiye that Grand Tutor Jiang had taken An Qingyu away for another reason: An Qingyu could no longer continue existing in this world.

Zuo Qing revealed that An Qingyu was fused with a fragment of the Gate of Truth and risked becoming the Key of Doors, prompting the Great Xia Gods to take him to the Heavenly Court. Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan feared the Gods would kill An Qingyu, but Lin Qiye held out hope that they had another solution.

• Zuo Qing explained that An Qingyu had become part of the Gate of Truth and could awaken the Key of Doors as he grew stronger.
• Zuo Qing revealed that the Celestial Venerable had restricted An Qingyu's soul, causing his recent symptoms, but the Gate of Truth was breaking through the restriction.
• Zuo Qing said the Mi Go had come to worship and strengthen the awakening Gate of Truth, forcing the Celestial Venerable to take An Qingyu to the Heavenly Court.
• Cao Yuan demanded to know what the Gods planned to do to An Qingyu, and Zuo Qing warned them to prepare themselves.
• Cao Yuan feared the Gods would kill An Qingyu, while Lin Qiye urged him to stay calm and suggested they might have another way.