Recaps

Lin Qiye tried to help An Qingyu recover while bringing his companions to Shangjing University, where they began adjusting to campus life. A staged scare at Building 5 exposed Jiang Zhihua’s ability to control Remnant Souls, which escaped across campus after Lin Qiye broke her barrier.

• Fang Mo and Li Zhenzhen joined the Night Watchmen, and Fang Mo accepted a place leading a reserve team with Lu Baoyou.
• Lin Qiye and Chen Han fought a Mi Go in Shangjing, while An Qingyu awakened with damage to his soul that impaired his reasoning and Forbidden Ruins.
• Lin Qiye took An Qingyu to the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods and tried his Mortal Divine Domain, but it caused An Qingyu pain without improving his condition.
• Lin Qiye arranged for An Qingyu, Cao Yuan, and Li Yifei to attend Shangjing University, where An Qingyu used Go to adapt to the mental burden of his injured soul.
• Cao Yuan joined the Kendo Club and sparred with Lu Menglei, impressing her while avoiding contact with swords and blades.
• Lin Qiye and his companions staged a scare in Building 5 to bring Cao Yuan and Lu Menglei together, but they found Remnant Souls in Classroom 609 instead.
• Lin Qiye broke Jiang Zhihua’s barrier while stopping the Remnant Souls, and she explained that she could communicate with and control them.
• Lin Qiye promised Jiang Zhihua that he and An Qingyu would help recover the escaped Remnant Souls across campus.

Lin Qiye and the Nightfall Squad fought a Mi Go attack on Shangjing University while helping the Remnant Souls attend the freshman gala. Jiang Ziya took An Qingyu and Jiang Er to Heavenly Court, and Lin Qiye learned that An Qingyu had become part of the Gate of Truth and could no longer remain in the world.

• Jiang Zhihua explained how she had befriended the Remnant Souls in Classroom 609, and Lin Qiye sent students across campus to find those who had fled.
• Lin Qiye assigned the reserve squad to search for the spirits while he and his allies fought off several Mi Go attacks across Shangjing.
• Li Yifei realized the White Shadow remembered him as Chang Hong, and he performed for the Remnant Souls at the freshman gala after learning they could not leave Classroom 609.
• An Qingyu performed a song for Jiang Er at the gala, but a severe headache and a boom in the sky announced the Mi Go's arrival.
• Lin Qiye evacuated Shangjing University and fought the Mi Go with his squad, while Cao Yuan, Laifu, and Lu Menglei protected An Qingyu.
• Jiang Ziya appeared and killed nine Mi Go, then took An Qingyu and Jiang Er through a portal to Heavenly Court despite Lin Qiye's attempt to stop him.
• Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan questioned Zuo Qing, who revealed that An Qingyu had become part of the Gate of Truth and that the Mi Go were strengthening its awakening.
• Zuo Qing warned that An Qingyu could no longer continue existing in the world, and Lin Qiye urged Cao Yuan to stay calm as they considered another way to help him.

An Qingyu was drawn toward the Gate of Truth while the Mi Go and Lucifer pursued him, and Jiang Er was fatally destroyed in the struggle. After escorting Jiang Er on her final journey and returning to accept his death, An Qingyu was seized by a fragment of Nyarlathotep, while Chaos took over Lin Qiye’s body.

• Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan set out for the Heavenly Court as An Qingyu agreed to be sealed, but Number 27 found them and waited inside Lin Qiye while they continued their search.
• A space-time rift displaced An Qingyu and Jiang Er, and the Mi Go tried to sacrifice An Qingyu to restore the Gate of Truth as Lucifer attacked them.
• An Qingyu used the Gate of Truth against Lucifer, and Lin Qiye and Number 27 joined the fight before the Great Xia Gods and Celestial Venerables drove Lucifer and the Black Goat back.
• Jiang Er’s real body was destroyed, and An Qingyu took her to Erhai Lake for a final journey before returning to the Heavenly Court to accept his death.
• The Jade Emperor activated the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, but a fragment of Nyarlathotep swallowed An Qingyu and Lin Qiye collapsed.
• Lin Qiye confronted Chaos in the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods and learned it had manipulated the hospital and sought a body to use beyond it.
• Chaos defeated Lin Qiye, blasted his soul from his body, swallowed it, and entered his vacant body.

Chaos possessed Lin Qiye, devastated the Heavenly Court, and escaped with An Qingyu, while Lin Qiye recovered from his Heart Barrier and accepted leadership of the Special Operations Department. As he reorganized the Special Squads and began searching for Chloe, Chaos and An Qingyu pursued their plans, and a mysterious scholar appeared to the imprisoned Li Yifei.

• Chaos possessed Lin Qiye and fought the gods of the Heavenly Court until Lin Qiye’s soul broke free and trapped Chaos, but An Qingyu then fought Cao Yuan, who died as the Black King broke its chains and regained freedom.
• An Qingyu used the Gate of Truth to draw the Black King inside, then left with Chaos, who rescued the Black Goat and escaped through a Spacetime Vortex.
• The Primordial Celestial Venerable found Lin Qiye’s soul trapped in a Heart Barrier, and Lin Qiye remained withdrawn as Zuo Qing brought him to the Abstinence Hall.
• Shen Qingzhu returned from Hell after absorbing Lucifer, and Lin Qiye broke through his Heart Barrier when Cool Bro appeared beside him at the Night Watchmen monument.
• Zuo Qing appointed Lin Qiye director of the Special Operations Department, and Lin Qiye discovered records about Chloe while reviewing the headquarters archives.
• Lin Qiye convened the Special Squads, activated the Snow Concealment Plan for Mask and Nightfall, and assigned new duties while asking Phoenix Squad about Chloe and Number 27.
• Lin Qiye offered Wu Quan a chance to serve alongside Shen Qingzhu and asked Lu Wuwei to find Chloe.
• Chaos brought An Qingyu to a hidden mirror world and demanded that he revive the Key of Doors within four years, while a Han Dynasty scholar gave a white chess piece to the starving Li Yifei.