Chapter Summaries

Old Dog Wu fought three believers after Second Seat arrived, while Lin Qiye escaped Abstinence Hall under cover of darkness. At the office, Xie Yu confronted Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan before Dr. Li revealed that he had discovered Xie Yu was a mole.

• Old Dog Wu seized control of Fourth Seat’s metal and shaped it into a throne, but Second Seat arrived through a spatial rift and shifted the battle’s balance.
• Old Dog Wu urged Lin Qiye to leave, concealed his escape, and prepared to face the three believers alone.
• Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan realized that another group had come to rescue prisoners and might be targeting Sunshine Psychiatric Hospital.
• Xie Yu found Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan still in the office and questioned who was drawing fire outside Abstinence Hall.
• Dr. Li approached Xie Yu and said he had not expected Xie Yu to be the mole.

Dr. Li revealed that he had planted dormant subconscious thoughts during counseling and incapacitated Xie Yu, then told Cao Yuan and Baili Pangpang that Lin Qiye had already left. Lin Qiye reached the main gate and found the prisoners’ assault locked in a chaotic battle against the defending forces, where An Qingyu said the outcome remained uncertain.

• Dr. Li triggered a subconscious thought that made Xie Yu collapse, then encountered Cao Yuan and learned he had come to rescue Lin Qiye.
• Dr. Li told Cao Yuan that Lin Qiye had left the Psychiatric Hospital and was nearing the main gate, so Cao Yuan and Baili Pangpang hurried there.
• Cao Yuan asked whether Dr. Li had planted subconscious thoughts in his mind, but Dr. Li denied it and Cao Yuan left unconvinced.
• Lin Qiye reached the main gate and saw prisoners attacking the military defense with Forbidden Ruins while soldiers and Night Watchmen fought to hold them back.
• Lin Qiye met An Qingyu, who reported that both sides had suffered losses and said it was unclear whether the prisoners could breach the gate.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu assessed the Abstinence Hall’s electrified wall while the prisoners overwhelmed its defenses. Wang Lu and Fang Yanghui then stood against the advancing criminals, declaring that their scars were the cloaks and medals that still made them Night Watchmen.

• An Qingyu explained that an electric defense system destroyed anything crossing the Abstinence Hall’s walls, leaving the main gate as the only way out.
• Lin Qiye watched the battle and told An Qingyu to wait before making their move.
• The prisoners’ hidden powerhouses broke through the Night Watchmen’s line and devastated the artillery and vehicle defenses.
• Wang Lu and Fang Yanghui emerged to defend the last line, and the prisoners mocked them as fellow criminals.
• Wang Lu and Fang Yanghui tore off their prison uniforms, revealed their scars, and challenged the prisoners as Night Watchmen.

Wang Lu and Fang Yanghui held back the prisoners while the military regrouped, but the prisoners broke through the final defensive line and charged for the gate. Just before they reached it, Lin Qiye landed in their path.

• Wang Lu and Fang Yanghui charged into the prisoners and bought the military time to reform its defenses.
• The commander-in-chief learned that Wang Lu and Fang Yanghui had both been imprisoned for killings and lamented their situation.
• Lin Qiye told An Qingyu he had a better plan than escaping alongside the prisoners.
• The prisoners bypassed Wang Lu and Fang Yanghui, tore through the military's final defensive line, and rushed toward the gate.
• Lin Qiye dropped in front of the gate, stopping the prisoners in their tracks.

Lin Qiye confronted the prisoners charging the gates, summoned his twin blades, and stood his ground with An Qingyu. Cao Yuan and Baili Pangpang arrived to help him, and the four friends faced the prisoners together.

• The prisoners rushed toward Lin Qiye, but his divine pressure forced them to stop in fear.
• Lin Qiye summoned the blades bearing his and Zhao Kongcheng’s names and challenged the prisoners to fight.
• An Qingyu joined Lin Qiye and threatened to kill anyone who hurt him.
• Cao Yuan and Baili Pangpang arrived on a flying sword, and Lin Qiye thanked them and An Qingyu for coming to his aid.
• Baili Pangpang called on the prisoners to come at him.

Lin Qiye and his companions fought the prisoners charging the black gate, with Cao Yuan, Baili Pangpang, and An Qingyu joining the battle. As Lin Qiye cut through the attackers, a hidden control-type Forbidden Ruin began separating his body and weakening his control over it.

• A sinister prisoner and two other powerful prisoners led the assault on the black gate, with the remaining prisoners following behind them.
• Cao Yuan unleashed his malevolent qi and charged into the prisoners, while Lin Qiye realized Cao Yuan had reached the River realm.
• Baili Pangpang equipped several Forbidden Objects and attacked from the air with a rain of swords.
• An Qingyu created a razor-sharp net of invisible threads and joined the fight with his Frost Greatsword.
• Lin Qiye used darkness, his straight swords, and Reverse Summoning to kill several prisoners.
• An unknown Forbidden Ruin began separating Lin Qiye's body into pieces and weakening his control over it, prompting him to search the battlefield for its source.

Lin Qiye fought off a coordinated attack by prisoners wielding Forbidden Ruins, using transformation and summoning magic to escape their traps and kill them. As he continued through the blood-soaked battlefield, Baili Pangpang watched with alarm alongside Cao Yuan and An Qingyu.

• A dwarf prisoner weakened Lin Qiye by slicing his body apart, while a one-armed man trapped his blades and a werewolf prepared to finish him off.
• Lin Qiye transformed into Hong Yan, resisted the werewolf's attack, and killed him with dragon breath.
• Lin Qiye summoned the Chaos Cube to break the cage and killed the dwarf with his freed blades.
• Lin Qiye used the Chaos Cube to force the one-armed man in front of him, then killed him with a blade.
• Lin Qiye spotted and killed an invisible prisoner, explaining that his Forbidden Ruins made the man's invisibility ineffective.
• Baili Pangpang watched Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, and An Qingyu fight and wondered why they were all born killers.

The Whisperer attacked Abstinence Hall with a meteor storm, but his power went awry and Old Dog Wu destroyed the meteors before the Second Seat and Fourth Seat overwhelmed and trapped him. Seven silver pillars surrounded Wu Tongxuan and shielded him with lightning, leaving his fate unresolved.

• The Whisperer opened a rift above Abstinence Hall and summoned a meteor storm, but pain made the meteors scatter and only a few struck the facility.
• Old Dog Wu spread darkness across the sky and shattered the falling meteors, exhausting himself in the process.
• The Second Seat struck Old Dog Wu with six spatial cones, and the Fourth Seat trapped him in a reinforced steel cage.
• The Second Seat pulled the Fourth Seat away from a lightning strike aimed at Old Dog Wu.
• Seven silver pillars descended around Old Dog Wu and formed a lightning barrier around him.

The Spirit Medium Squad rescued Old Dog Wu after Second Seat and Fourth Seat escaped, and Bu Li reminded him to remain in the Abstinence Hall. Outside, Shen Qingzhu learned that the assassination mission had failed and secretly reacted as the Whisperer fled from the pursuing squad.

• Second Seat escaped with Fourth Seat when the Spirit Medium Squad arrived, and Bu Li reported that the hunt had failed.
• Bu Li freed Old Dog Wu, who grieved over the six silent squad members and begged to return with the others.
• Bu Li refused Old Dog Wu's request, reminding him of their agreement that they could not both be in danger, then ordered him to remain in the Abstinence Hall.
• The Spirit Medium Squad departed to hunt the Whisperer, while Bu Li promised Old Dog Wu would one day lead a new squad.
• The Whisperer told Shen Qingzhu to order Second Seat, Fourth Seat, and Fifth Seat to retreat after the assassination mission failed; Shen Qingzhu secretly smiled as the squad pursued the Whisperer.

After the assassination of Wu Tongxuan failed, Shen Qingzhu told the Second Seat, Fourth Seat, and Fifth Seat that Lord The Whisperer had ordered them to ambush the supposedly mortally wounded Master Chen. The three believed Shen Qingzhu’s oath and set out to prepare, while he stayed behind.

• The Second Seat and Fourth Seat returned from the failed mission, and the Fifth Seat learned that Wu Tongxuan had survived and the Sixth Seat had fallen.
• Shen Qingzhu announced that Lord The Whisperer had ordered them to ambush and kill Master Chen, who was allegedly gravely wounded after a god attacked him.
• The Second Seat made Shen Qingzhu swear on his Soul Contract, and the three followers accepted that his report was true.
• The Second Seat, Fourth Seat, and Fifth Seat entered a spatial rift to prepare for the ambush, while Shen Qingzhu remained behind.

Master Chen returned to the Abstinence Hall and confronted three believers who had mistaken his tea-cup attack for a bluff. At the main gate, Lin Qiye, Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, and An Qingyu routed the remaining prisoners, leaving them too terrified to fight.

• Master Chen sensed that his mindscape in the Abstinence Hall had shattered and hurried back from Huaihai City.
• Master Chen struck the Second Seat with a tea cup, but the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Seats mistook the attack for an Empty Fort Strategy and challenged him.
• Master Chen spread his mindscape over the area, trapped the three believers in an ancient courtyard, and confronted them with the pressure of a Human Apex.
• Lin Qiye, Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, and An Qingyu fought together at the Abstinence Hall gate and killed or routed most of the prisoners.
• Lin Qiye challenged the remaining prisoners to keep trying to escape, but Cao Yuan's menacing approach sent them fleeing and pleading for their lives.

Lin Qiye subdued Cao Yuan after his murderous power ran out of control, then led Cao Yuan, Baili Pangpang, and An Qingyu out through the electrified wall before Master could arrive. The four leaped from the wall toward the sea and cliffs.

• Lin Qiye stopped fighting the frightened prisoners and confronted Cao Yuan, who was still advancing in his mad demon state.
• Lin Qiye used Spider Silk and the Scroll of Sealing’s tape to bind Cao Yuan and contain his murderous aura.
• Cao Yuan apologized for losing control, and Lin Qiye sensed that Master was about to arrive.
• Lin Qiye led An Qingyu, Baili Pangpang, and Cao Yuan up the black steel wall, redirecting its lightning with his poem.
• The four crossed the electric defenses, reached the cliff beyond the wall, and jumped toward the sea.

Lin Qiye and his companions escaped the island and traveled across the sea, while Ye Fan learned that Lin Qiye had gotten away and set out to catch up. On the ice boat, the four youths encountered a cloaked swordsman walking across the water.

• Lin Qiye used a powerful wind to carry the four youths away from the island, and Baili Pangpang taunted Shen Qingzhu as he watched from a cliff.
• Master Chen learned that Lin Qiye had escaped and accepted that he had left, but later realized he had forgotten something.
• Ye Fan scolded Master Chen and Dr. Li for letting Lin Qiye escape, then asked which direction the group had gone so he could pursue them.
• Lin Qiye and the others crossed the sea by alternating between An Qingyu's ice boat and Baili Pangpang's Yaoguang, and they grilled fish to recover their strength.
• Lin Qiye sensed someone ahead, and the group spotted a middle-aged man in a dark crimson cloak walking across the water toward their boat.

After confirming Ye Fan was the Commander of the Night Watchmen, Lin Qiye learned that Ye Fan had come to recruit him as captain of the newly established Fifth Special Squad. Ye Fan declared Lin Qiye to be Great Xia’s most promising young Night Watchman and said the captaincy belonged to him.

• Lin Qiye remained wary until Cao Yuan confirmed Ye Fan’s identity as the Commander of the Night Watchmen.
• Ye Fan told Lin Qiye he was not there to punish him for escaping the Abstinence Hall and thanked him for guarding it.
• Ye Fan shared grilled fish with Lin Qiye, Baili Pangpang, An Qingyu, and Cao Yuan before discussing business.
• Ye Fan explained that Great Xia urgently needed a Fifth Special Squad and asked Lin Qiye to become its captain.
• Ye Fan said a captain’s potential mattered most and named Lin Qiye as the young Night Watchman with the greatest potential in Great Xia.

Ye Fan offered Lin Qiye command of an unrecognized reserve squad that could become the Fifth Special Squad if it met strict strength and merit requirements. After learning the squad’s duties were connected to Beyond the Mist, Lin Qiye agreed to become its captain.

• Ye Fan explained that Lin Qiye’s potential made him a possible captain, but his abilities and standing remained insufficient for an official Special Squad.
• Ye Fan proposed that Lin Qiye lead a ghost-like reserve squad that would handle crises independently without official records or local squad support.
• Ye Fan listed five requirements for the reserve squad to become the Fifth Special Squad, including reaching specific realms and earning a collective Stellar medal.
• Ye Fan told Lin Qiye he could choose and recruit squad members, while warning that refusing the role would send him back to Sunshine Psychiatric Hospital.
• Ye Fan revealed that the Fifth Special Squad’s duties involved Beyond the Mist, prompting Lin Qiye to think of Loki and Gaia and accept the captaincy.

Ye Fan appointed Lin Qiye captain of Great Xia’s Fifth Special Squad’s reserve team and left him and his companions stranded at sea as their assessment began. Lin Qiye recruited Cao Yuan, Baili Pangpang, and An Qingyu, then set the team’s course toward the shore and its future missions.

• Ye Fan gave Lin Qiye mission documents and a phone, explained how the team could mark completed missions, and departed without giving them a ride to shore.
• Baili Pangpang urged Lin Qiye to celebrate becoming captain of the Fifth Special Squad, but Lin Qiye called it a thankless job.
• Lin Qiye invited Cao Yuan and Baili Pangpang to join the reserve team, and both accepted by leaving their fingerprints on applications.
• An Qingyu joined after Lin Qiye agreed he could conduct experiments that did not endanger public safety.
• Lin Qiye decided to wait for suitable candidates to complete the team, and Baili Pangpang used Thunder Roll Wind to propel their ice boat toward land.

After the failed assassination of Wu Tongxuan, Shen Qingzhu reported that Master Fuzi had killed the other believers and was appointed the new Tenth Seat. Meanwhile, Lin Qiye and his companions washed ashore at a beach in Honglian City and fled from startled tourists; Lin Qiye turned on Ye Fan’s phone and saw a message appear.

• Shen Qingzhu told The Whisperer that Master Fuzi had killed the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Seats, while the Second Seat had saved him by sending him through a spatial rift.
• The Whisperer realized that twelve of the twenty Seats had died and appointed Shen Qingzhu temporary Tenth Seat, urging him to take on greater responsibility.
• Lin Qiye, Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, and another companion emerged from the sea at a crowded beach, where tourists mistook them for suspicious intruders and called the police.
• Lin Qiye led the group away from the beach, and they realized they had landed at Golden Coast Beach in Honglian City.
• Lin Qiye removed Ye Fan’s phone from its sealed bag, turned it on, and received a message.

Lin Qiye and the Fifth Special Squad traveled by train toward Anta County to investigate a suspected powerful Ant-type Mystery in the primeval forest. The team prepared for a difficult search in a vast, freezing wilderness where they might have to survive for an extended period.

• Lin Qiye explained that the reserve squad had to take an old train because their remote destination had no high-speed rail access.
• An old man mistook Lin Qiye and the others for thieves, but Lin Qiye stopped Baili Pangpang from confronting him.
• After the old man and his granddaughter left, Lin Qiye showed the team that their destination was Anta County, near the Xing'an Mountains.
• An Qingyu explained that the local Night Watchmen had requested support after finding traces of a suspected River- or Sea-realm Ant-type Mystery.
• Lin Qiye told the squad to prepare for a prolonged search and survival in the immense, harsh, freezing primeval forest.

Lin Qiye and his team traveled to Anta County to investigate a Mystery near the border, where they saw the immense Misty Wall for the first time. They found the local Night Watchmen outpost in a rundown Forest Protection Bureau building and prepared to approach its staff for clues.

• Lin Qiye split the team so Baili Pangpang and An Qingyu bought supplies while he and Cao Yuan arranged a ride to Anta County.
• Baili Pangpang and An Qingyu returned with the supplies, and Lin Qiye packed them into hiking backpacks to disguise the team as travelers.
• After a five-hour drive, Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, Cao Yuan, and Baili Pangpang saw the Misty Wall stretching along Great Xia's border.
• Lin Qiye decided to seek clues at the local Night Watchmen outpost rather than search the vast primeval forest blindly.
• The team found the outpost in a dilapidated building marked Anta County Forest Protection Bureau, and Lin Qiye led them inside.

Lin Qiye and his companions visited the Anta County Forest Protection Bureau to ask about entering the nearby primeval forest, where Li Deyang and Chen Han were tracking Mysteries. They left without getting permission, then encountered a familiar elderly man and a little girl outside the station.

• Li Deyang and Chen Han discussed their failing heating and their efforts to map the Mysteries’ movements for a Special Squad.
• Lin Qiye and his three companions arrived and asked for a map to the forest, claiming they wanted to film bears.
• Li Deyang invited them inside and warned them not to enter the forest until a month later.
• Baili Pangpang offered Li Deyang a Rolex to learn why the forest was off-limits, but Li refused to be swayed.
• An Qingyu examined the map, and Lin Qiye thanked Li Deyang before the group left.
• Cao Yuan opened the door and saw a familiar elderly man with a plaid sack and a little girl with braided pigtails.