Chapter Summaries

Lin Qiye decided to escape the research institute after Dr. Li insisted on keeping him under observation for a year, and learned that Cao Yuan had once been held there. Meanwhile, Baili Pangpang discovered that Lin Qiye was in the Abstinence Hall and set out to persuade Cao Yuan to help rescue him.

• Lin Qiye resolved to break out of the institute and memorized its corridors and staff as he was escorted through it.
• Lin Qiye learned that Cao Yuan had once been housed in an identical facility at the institute.
• Baili Pangpang spoke with Cao Yuan in Guangshen City and told him that Lin Qiye was being held in the Abstinence Hall.
• Baili Pangpang urged Cao Yuan to rescue Lin Qiye, claiming the prison threatened his chastity.
• Cao Yuan explained that the Abstinence Hall was too secure to storm, but Baili Pangpang insisted they would find a plan.

An Qingyu emerged from his completed research and used a rat tide to draw Hong Ying and Wen Qimo to him, hoping to learn where Lin Qiye was. After learning Lin Qiye was in Abstinence Hall, An Qingyu asked to be arrested so he could enter the prison and help him.

• An Qingyu emerged from a metal coffin in an underground cavern and declared his work complete.
• Hong Ying and Wen Qimo investigated a rat infestation at a factory in Cangnan's eastern district.
• An Qingyu revealed himself and asked Hong Ying and Wen Qimo where Lin Qiye was.
• Hong Ying and Wen Qimo told An Qingyu that Lin Qiye had been admitted to Abstinence Hall for treatment.
• An Qingyu confessed to being the Secret Thief and asked to be arrested so he could reach Lin Qiye in Abstinence Hall.
• Hong Ying agreed to take An Qingyu to Abstinence Hall and declared him under arrest.

Lin Qiye entered the Abstinence Hall’s recreation yard for observation and learned that it was shared with dangerous superpowered criminals. As prisoners took notice of him, Boss Han decided to wait and see whether Lin Qiye was an easy target.

• The orderly passed a bizarre passphrase check and let Lin Qiye enter the recreation yard alone, warning him to return before two o’clock.
• The orderly explained that the prisoners included vicious criminals, trained Believers, and imprisoned Night Watchmen, and advised Lin Qiye to keep his distance.
• Lin Qiye surveyed the heavily fortified yard and saw prisoners playing basketball and exercising.
• The prisoners stopped to stare at Lin Qiye in his patient uniform, while Boss Han and a scar-faced man discussed approaching him.
• Boss Han recalled how Cao had killed his Fourth Brother with a dining knife and decided to wait before making Lin Qiye his target.

Lin Qiye exercised to rebuild his strength, then fought Brother Ah Meng and his lackeys when they tried to recruit him into their gang. Boss Han revealed that he had sent them to test Lin Qiye and confronted him with a crowd of prisoners, leaving Lin Qiye surrounded and outnumbered.

• Lin Qiye trained at the pull-up bar, drawing contempt from the prisoners who watched him.
• Brother Ah Meng and two lackeys confronted Lin Qiye and demanded that he join the Black Dragon Gang.
• Lin Qiye defeated the three men, pinned Brother Ah Meng down, and demanded to know who had sent him.
• Boss Han admitted that he had sent Brother Ah Meng, while dozens of his men surrounded Lin Qiye.
• Boss Han claimed that strength and numbers ruled the prison and challenged Lin Qiye to fight more than forty people.

Lin Qiye defended himself against Boss Han’s men, then returned to Sunshine Psychiatric Hospital and learned about another patient, Old Dog Wu, a former member of the Spirit Medium squad. After Lin Qiye settled back into his room, Li Yifei warned him that something was wrong with Bragi.

• Two Night Watchmen backed Lin Qiye against Boss Han, but prison guards interrupted the confrontation and sent Lin Qiye back to the hospital.
• Boss Han ordered his men to deal with Liu Meng for betraying him.
• An orderly told Lin Qiye that Dr. Li was Great Xia’s foremost psychiatrist and introduced him to Old Dog Wu, a seriously ill former member of the Spirit Medium squad.
• Lin Qiye returned to his metal room and reflected on his interrupted attempt to gather information about the prison.
• Li Yifei hurried to Lin Qiye inside the Psychiatric Hospital in his mind and warned him that something was wrong with Bragi.

Lin Qiye and Li Yifei discovered Bragi secretly dressing and applying makeup before a mirror at night, but Bragi had no memory of doing it. Lin Qiye took Li Yifei aside after he blurted out the secret at breakfast, leaving the cause of Bragi’s strange behavior unresolved.

• Li Yifei led Lin Qiye to watch Bragi’s room from the courtyard at night.
• Lin Qiye saw Bragi dress in white satin, apply red makeup, and admire himself before a bronze mirror.
• Bragi wiped off the makeup, changed clothes, and went back to bed, while Lin Qiye and Li Yifei planned to ask him about it indirectly.
• Li Yifei directly asked Bragi at breakfast whether he remembered dressing as a woman, and Bragi denied knowing what he meant.
• Lin Qiye covered Li Yifei’s mouth and pulled him out of the activity room.

Lin Qiye decided to speak with Bragi’s nighttime personality before revealing his suspicions. Meanwhile, An Qingyu arrived at Abstinence Hall, where a one-eyed prisoner threatened him and showed him how a body could be disposed of through the prison’s sewer.

• Lin Qiye told Li Yifei not to mention Bragi’s nighttime behavior again and planned to talk to the female personality that night.
• An Qingyu was assigned to cell 07293 in Abstinence Hall after being imprisoned for stealing.
• An Qingyu rebuffed the one-eyed prisoner’s advances and ignored his threats.
• During outdoor activity, the one-eyed prisoner dragged An Qingyu into a restroom and covered the camera lens.
• The one-eyed prisoner demonstrated how the restroom sewer could flush away a body, and An Qingyu studied the opening.

An Qingyu learned how the prison’s sewer system worked, then killed the one-eyed man using Eerie Silk. In the cafeteria, Lin Qiye received a warning from Boss Han and learned how to stay safe from Wang Lu and Fang Yanghui.

• An Qingyu questioned the one-eyed man about the prison’s oversized sewers and learned they had been converted from a military base’s drainage system.
• The one-eyed man revealed hidden tools for breaking up bodies, and An Qingyu killed him with Eerie Silk, which had escaped the prison’s body search.
• Lin Qiye found half a heart and a scrap marked 04389 in a bag Boss Han left on his table, recognizing it as a threat connected to Brother Ah Meng.
• Wang Lu and Fang Yanghui introduced themselves to Lin Qiye as former Night Watchmen and warned him to flee to the exercise yard if Boss Han attacked.

Lin Qiye learned that the Town Ruin Stele suppressed the prisoners’ abilities and that Master Chen guarded the Abstinence Hall, making escape even harder. While Lin Qiye trained, Boss Han’s men searched for the missing One-Eye, whose disappearance appeared to be a murder.

• Wang Lu and Fang Yanghui explained that the Town Ruin Stele suppressed Forbidden Ruins and that no one knew where it was hidden.
• Fang Yanghui revealed that Master Chen, one of the five human apexes, was the prison’s warden, and Lin Qiye worried that escaping would be nearly impossible.
• Lin Qiye completed his pull-ups and ran laps carrying a weighted pack under the blazing sun while Wang Lu and Fang Yanghui watched.
• Fang Yanghui told Wang Lu that One-Eye had gone missing and suspected someone had killed him inside the prison.
• Scarface reported bloodstained tools from the first-floor restroom to Boss Han, who learned that One-Eye had recently taken an interest in a newly arrived boy.

An Qingyu investigated the prison cafeteria while Lin Qiye trained and returned to the hospital, where he encountered Old Dog Wu and later entered the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods. The chapter ended with Hong Yan kicking Bragi off the rooftop as he sang.

• Boss Han dismissed Scarface’s suspicion that Lin Qiye had killed One-Eye and concluded that the killer was a longtime patient who might be among them.
• An Qingyu studied the cafeteria layout and searched the exercise yard for Lin Qiye, but did not find him.
• Lin Qiye completed his training and found Old Dog Wu examining an empty patch of ground while talking about Little Flower and Little Potato.
• An orderly dragged Old Dog Wu away, and Lin Qiye returned to his metal cabin before entering the Mental World.
• Bragi sang on the hospital rooftop while the pug fled from his voice, and Hong Yan appeared and kicked him off the roof.

Lin Qiye discovered that Idunn, the Goddess of Youth, shared Bragi’s body and learned how she had saved him from the mist. Idunn revealed that she gave Bragi her heart, leaving Lin Qiye to confront the truth behind their condition.

• Lin Qiye reprimanded Hong Yan for kicking Bragi from the third floor, then apologized to Bragi and joined the others for dinner.
• That night, Lin Qiye watched Bragi’s ward and found him dressing up and applying red to his lips before a mirror.
• Lin Qiye confronted Bragi and learned that the woman inside him was Idunn, Bragi’s wife and the Goddess of Youth.
• Idunn explained that a hundred years earlier, mist invaded Asgard, weakening the gods, and she gave away nearly all her Golden Apples to help them resist it.
• Idunn said Bragi had fallen unconscious as his power declined, so she gave him her heart to save him.

Lin Qiye learned that Idunn secretly shared Bragi’s body and agreed to keep her existence from him. His acknowledgment advanced their treatment and won him a new ability, which he tested by reciting a Great Xia poem and summoning a torrent from the sky.

• Lin Qiye realized Idunn’s soul lived inside Bragi’s heart and emerged only while Bragi slept, and Idunn explained that Bragi did not know she existed.
• Idunn begged Lin Qiye to keep her secret, and he agreed while warning her to avoid Li Yifei.
• Lin Qiye’s agreement advanced Bragi (Idunn)’s Treatment Progress by 1% and triggered a divine ability draw.
• Lin Qiye drew The Sky’s Poet, an ability that gave poetry effects on the surroundings according to how deeply it resonated with his heart.
• Lin Qiye recited a line of poetry about a waterfall, and an enormous torrent crashed down from the sky.

Lin Qiye tested The Sky's Poet by reciting poetry, first unleashing a flood in the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods and then experimenting under the Town Ruin Stele's suppression. He discovered that the ability could manipulate existing sources, as his next experiments drew water from a faucet and produced a small flame.

• Lin Qiye recited part of a waterfall poem inside the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods, flooding its first floor and sweeping Li Yifei, A Zhu, and debris through the courtyard.
• Merlin gathered the flood into a sphere and sent it through a spatial rift, while Lin Qiye explained that the incident was an accident.
• Lin Qiye returned to his body and went into the restroom to test The Sky's Poet under the Town Ruin Stele's suppression.
• Lin Qiye recited the waterfall poem and caused water to flow from an unopened faucet, then recited another poem and created a small flame.
• Lin Qiye extinguished the flame and realized how The Sky's Poet worked.

Lin Qiye discovered that The Sky's Poet could use its surroundings to produce effects even under the Town Ruin Stele's suppression, then dreamed of Old Dog Wu asking him about food and saying “Daybreak.” Meanwhile, Boss Han planned to investigate the silent believers after Scarred Man found alibis for the other suspects, and Scarred Man volunteered to look into the newly arrived boy.

• Lin Qiye realized The Sky's Poet could trigger effects by manipulating the surrounding environment, using little power despite the Town Ruin Stele's suppression.
• Lin Qiye dreamed of Old Dog Wu, who asked what he liked to eat and mentioned a strange beef noodle before saying “Daybreak.”
• Lin Qiye woke at seven in the morning, puzzled by the dream and unable to recall where he had heard the noodle's name.
• Scarred Man told Boss Han that the suspects had alibis for One-Eye's death, and Boss Han decided to investigate the silent believers himself.
• Scarred Man offered to investigate the newly arrived boy, and Boss Han agreed.

Boss Han led a group of prisoners in beating three high-ranking believers, who resolved to wait until their mission was complete before taking revenge. Meanwhile, Scarface tried to bring An Qingyu to Boss Han, and An Qingyu asked to go to the restroom with him.

• Boss Han led more than forty prisoners to confront the Fourth, Sixth, and Twelfth Seats and ordered the group to beat them.
• After the prisoners left, the Fourth Seat stopped the Sixth Seat from seeking immediate revenge and reminded him that their mission was nearly complete.
• Scarface questioned An Qingyu about One-Eye's death, and An Qingyu denied killing him.
• Scarface decided An Qingyu should be handed over to Boss Han and told him he belonged to Boss Han.
• An Qingyu asked to use the restroom before cooperating, then invited Scarface to go with him.

Lin Qiye recognized the Abstinence Hall’s exit passphrase from his dream and learned that the passphrases were generated by artificial intelligence. In the cafeteria, Boss Han blamed An Qingyu for the disappearances of One-Eye and Scarface and surrounded him, just as a familiar figure in blue-and-white stripes entered.

• The orderly told Lin Qiye that he had dreamed Old Dog Wu slapped him, and Lin Qiye realized the day’s passphrase had also appeared in his dream.
• Lin Qiye asked where the passphrases came from, and the orderly explained that the Abstinence Hall’s artificial intelligence generated them the night before.
• An Qingyu went to the cafeteria and sat alone in the far corner to eat.
• A prisoner told Boss Han that Scarface had disappeared while Boss Han’s men were causing trouble for the believers.
• Boss Han connected Scarface’s disappearance to the new prisoner and ordered his men to cover the cameras and surround An Qingyu.
• An Qingyu asked Boss Han why he was looking for him, then spotted a familiar figure in blue-and-white stripes entering the cafeteria.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu reunited in the prison cafeteria after Boss Han tried to provoke them, and they faced a large group of prisoners together. The two began fighting back, with Lin Qiye drawing on his sword aura as the battle unfolded.

• Boss Han accused An Qingyu of killing One-Eye and Scarface, then ordered his men to bring Lin Qiye over so he could kill both young men.
• Lin Qiye recognized An Qingyu after seeing him in the crowd, and the two caught up while ignoring Boss Han.
• Boss Han smashed a table and threatened to kill them, so Lin Qiye and An Qingyu agreed to deal with the prisoners first.
• An Qingyu used Eerie Silk to wound several attackers, while Lin Qiye evaded blows and attacked with a chopstick as sword aura surged around him.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu fought off the prisoners in the cafeteria, revealing that they could still use their unusual abilities despite the Town Ruin Stele. Lin Qiye crippled Boss Han and warned him not to threaten them again before he and An Qingyu left.

• Lin Qiye used a chopstick and his combat skills to defeat the prisoners around him, while An Qingyu severed attackers’ hands and stitched them back in place with Eerie Silk.
• Lin Qiye confronted Boss Han after the prisoners backed away, and Boss Han charged him with enhanced strength.
• Lin Qiye recited a verse and overpowered Boss Han in a fistfight, leaving Boss Han shocked that Lin Qiye could still use his Forbidden Ruin.
• Lin Qiye explained that he was a psychiatric patient rather than a prisoner, then pierced Boss Han’s shoulder with a chopstick and warned him not to provoke either of them again.
• After Lin Qiye left the cafeteria, An Qingyu stabbed Boss Han’s shoulder again to ensure his arm was completely crippled, then followed Lin Qiye.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu compared their findings and considered how to escape the heavily fortified Abstinence Hall. At the Sunshine Psychiatric Hospital research center, Dr. Li reported that Lin Qiye had passed the third stage of observation, and Commander Ye began preparing to retrieve him.

• Lin Qiye told An Qingyu that the Abstinence Hall’s defenses made escape difficult, and An Qingyu proposed combining their maps and intelligence.
• An Qingyu questioned why the hospital had sent Lin Qiye to the prisoners’ recreation yard without protection, prompting Lin Qiye to suspect the hospital wanted him to get into trouble.
• Dr. Li reviewed hidden-camera footage of Lin Qiye defeating more than twenty prisoners and crippling Boss Han.
• Dr. Li told Commander Ye that Lin Qiye had completed the third stage of observation and showed stable judgment and behavior during the fight.
• Commander Ye ordered Dr. Li to send Lin Qiye’s diagnostic report and said he would prepare the documents to retrieve him from the Abstinence Hall.
• Commander Ye asked about Wu Tongxuan, and Dr. Li said his condition had not improved.

Master Chen returned to Abstinence Hall and dismissed the cafeteria fight after learning Lin Qiye had injured Han Jinlong. Lin Qiye woke in a dream of the Training Camp, where Old Dog Wu revealed he entered dreams when bored and called himself Puppy.

• Master Chen questioned Xie Yu about the cafeteria brawl and learned Lin Qiye and another teenager had beaten Han Jinlong and his associates.
• Master Chen ordered Xie Yu to treat the fight as a misunderstanding and let the matter end.
• Lin Qiye woke in a deserted Training Camp and found Old Dog Wu squatting outside the dormitory.
• Old Dog Wu told Lin Qiye he was only an observer in the dream and had entered to see what kind of person Lin Qiye was.
• Old Dog Wu recalled a strange phrase he had heard in someone else's dream, and Lin Qiye decided to verify it the next day.
• Old Dog Wu said he was Puppy after Lin Qiye asked who he really was.