Chapter Summaries

Li Deyang’s family said goodbye to Lin Qiye, who had taken Li Deyang’s appearance, before he revealed the truth of Li Deyang’s death to Chen Han. Chen Han burned his transfer application and remembered his uncle, while Emperor Fengdu acknowledged that he owed Lin Qiye a favor.

• Li Deyang told his father and Tingting that he had been transferred to Wulumuqi, then arranged for them to leave without seeing him off.
• After Baili Pangpang escorted the old man and Tingting away, Chen Han confronted Li Deyang with a blade and accused him of killing Uncle Li.
• Lin Qiye revealed his true appearance and told Chen Han that Captain Li Deyang had died fighting the Red-Armored Queen Ant.
• Lin Qiye gave Chen Han Li Deyang’s message that Team 332 was his now and told him to use the cigarettes in the cabinet for Li Deyang.
• Chen Han found his transfer application, burned it, and lit one of Li Deyang’s cigarettes while recalling his uncle.
• Emperor Fengdu watched from above, agreed that Lin Qiye had been a good choice, and said he owed the boy a favor.

On the train, Lin Qiye and his teammates discussed their recent mission and Baili Pangpang’s upcoming birthday banquet, where he was expected to inherit the Baili Group. Ye Fan then ordered the team to respond immediately to an emergency in Gusu City, telling them to jump off the moving train for an arriving helicopter.

• Lin Qiye said he had submitted the mission report but left out the events in Fengdu, and Cao Yuan asked when their next mission would be.
• Baili Pangpang told the team his father was retiring after his fiftieth birthday banquet and that he would inherit the Baili Group while continuing to serve with the team.
• Lin Qiye said he would let Baili Pangpang attend the banquet, and Baili Pangpang invited the others to come with him to Guangshen.
• Ye Fan called Lin Qiye and ordered the team to go immediately to Gusu City, telling them a helicopter would reach their train in two minutes and they needed to jump off.

Lin Qiye and his companions left the train and flew south after learning of an emergency in Gusu City. He discovered that Jialan possessed the Third Royal Ruin, Immortality, and decided to keep her with the Fifth Special Squad as they headed toward a suspected mental pollution zone caused by Belial Klande.

• Lin Qiye and his companions jumped off the train, boarded a helicopter, and flew to Tianhe Military Airport.
• An officer gave Lin Qiye reports on the Anta County mission and the emergency in Gusu City.
• Lin Qiye read that Jialan possessed the Third Royal Ruin, Immortality, and that Ye Fan recommended evaluating her for the Fifth Special Squad.
• Lin Qiye asked Jialan to stay with his team, and she misunderstood his offer before learning he wanted her because she was good at fighting.
• Lin Qiye read that a large mental pollution zone had appeared in Gusu City, with Belial Klande suspected as its source.

Lin Qiye learned that Belial Klande had unleashed a mental-contaminating purple mist over Gusu City, trapping Team 017 inside, including Molly. He prepared his squad to rescue the Night Watchmen and eliminate Belial Klande, then surprised the officer by asking the aircraft to land.

• Lin Qiye read that the purple mist had engulfed 6,300 people and that Team 017 had been inside for nearly nineteen hours, beyond the safe exposure time for most of its members.
• Lin Qiye and Baili Pangpang discovered that Molly was part of Team 017, and Lin Qiye suggested she might have stayed outside the mist.
• Lin Qiye told the group that no other Special Squad could respond, then gave An Qingyu and Cao Yuan their approved team applications and equipment.
• Lin Qiye found his Azure Guard necklace among the returned belongings and outlined the mission to rescue Team 017 and eliminate Belial Klande.
• As the aircraft neared Gusu City, Lin Qiye told the officer to find an airport and land, surprising him because Special Squads usually jumped from the plane.

Lin Qiye and his team parachuted into the purple mist spreading across Gusu City to eliminate Belial Cland, while Jialan made a crash landing without a parachute. An Qingyu revealed that his Fish Seed had infiltrated nearby cities and summoned a vast army of rats to help search for their tiny target.

• Lin Qiye discovered the plane had only four parachutes and arranged for Jialan to descend without one.
• Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, Cao Yuan, and Baili Pangpang jumped from the transport plane, and Jialan leaped after them.
• Jialan crashed through a five-story building and emerged from the rubble before joining the others on the street.
• An Qingyu explained that Belial Cland was too small and cunning for the team to find quickly by themselves.
• An Qingyu summoned a flood of rats from the sewers and revealed that his Fish Seed had infiltrated cities around Cangnan City.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu planned how to find and defeat Belial Klande in the fog while avoiding being stalled by the controlled Team 017. They split into two groups, with Lin Qiye ready to reverse-summon himself to the others, and disguised themselves with Journey to the West masks before setting out.

• An Qingyu spread his Rat Tide through the streets while Lin Qiye summoned bats and owls to search the fog for Belial Klande.
• An Qingyu warned that Belial Klande could control Team 017 and use civilians to delay them.
• An Qingyu proposed splitting up with Lin Qiye to draw Belial Klande's attention while the others followed the Rat Tide to its location.
• Lin Qiye agreed to reverse-summon himself to the others if they found Belial Klande, and An Qingyu said he had a backup plan.
• After Baili Pangpang worried Team 017 might recognize them, Lin Qiye gave his companions plastic masks from a toy store.

Snake Woman and her companion waited in Gusu City for Phoenix Squad, but the arriving Night Watchmen were not the targets they expected. Lin Qiye and An Qingyu were surrounded by mentally contaminated civilians and split up to reach a high-rise rooftop.

• Snake Woman and her companion realized that Phoenix Squad had not arrived and decided to let their expendable forces test the newcomers.
• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu walked through fog-covered Gusu City and spoke about their past and the people they had lost.
• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu spotted a wall of mentally contaminated civilians blocking the street and discovered that more had surrounded them from every side.
• Lin Qiye sent his flying blade toward a southeastern high-rise and teleported away, telling An Qingyu to meet him on its rooftop.
• An Qingyu climbed a building and swung over the crowd on an invisible thread to escape.

Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, and Jialan encountered a Team 017 woman attacking them with sound blades at Silver Rooster Lake. As Baili Pangpang fell into the lake, a gaunt young man on a rooftop used a thread to control Cao Yuan, who told Jialan to escape with Baili Pangpang.

• Baili Pangpang asked Cao Yuan what gift he should get his father and decided to pray for a safety talisman after the mission.
• A woman in a dark red cloak attacked the group from a pleasure boat with sound blades, and Jialan blocked her first strike.
• Baili Pangpang flew toward the boat to rescue the woman, but her bronze gong blast knocked him off his flying sword and into the lake.
• Cao Yuan took cover from the sound blades while Jialan noticed a nearly invisible thread on her shoulder.
• A gaunt young man on a nearby rooftop manipulated Cao Yuan with threads, and Cao Yuan ordered Jialan to take Baili Pangpang and flee.

At Silver Rooster Lake, Jialan fought Mad Demon Cao Yuan after the rooftop attacker’s control over him broke, while Baili Pangpang escaped the lake and subdued the beautiful woman on the pleasure boat. Jialan and Cao Yuan were still clashing when the chapter ended.

• An Qingyu told Lin Qiye that Team 017 faced two powerful opponents and had poor odds without Jialan, so Lin Qiye chose not to teleport away from their plan.
• The rooftop figure intensified his control over Cao Yuan, but Cao Yuan unleashed his Forbidden Ruin, snapped the controlling threads, and caused the figure to suffer backlash.
• Jialan stood against Cao Yuan’s rampage, withstood his blade, and threw and kicked him through walls before the two charged at each other again.
• Baili Pangpang surfaced near the shore and saw Jialan and Cao Yuan fighting, while the beautiful woman on the pleasure boat blamed him for Captain Han’s departure.
• Baili Pangpang detonated an underwater charge, knocked the woman’s suona away with Yaoguang, and used the Scroll of Sealing to gag and bind her.

Baili Pangpang and Jialan subdued Cao Yuan and captured two Team 017 members. Meanwhile, Snake Woman and the tower-like man discussed hunting the masked group, unaware that a gray rat was spying on them.

• Jialan defeated Cao Yuan and used the Cao Yuan Chastity Lock to calm his Malevolent Qi, though she initially wrapped it too tightly.
• Jialan chose not to shoot an injured Team 017 member, so Baili Pangpang flew over and captured him.
• Cao Yuan and Baili Pangpang realized how powerful Jialan was and wondered how the other four were faring.
• At Southern Gate, the tower-like man told Snake Woman that Belial Krande had encountered the masked group and that they were strong but not a Special Squad.
• Snake Woman considered targeting Baili Pangpang for the bounty on his head, while the tower-like man urged caution until they learned more about the group's strength.
• A gray rat crept onto the rooftop and watched Snake Woman and the tower-like man without being noticed.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu discovered that Snake Woman and another Ancient God Church member were waiting atop the Southern Gate with three mysterious cases, likely intending to ambush the Phoenix Squad. They decided to avoid confronting the pair directly while completing their rescue and elimination missions, and An Qingyu came up with a plan.

• An Qingyu spotted two people and three large cases on the Southern Gate and sketched their appearances for Lin Qiye.
• Lin Qiye recognized Snake Woman and concluded that the Ancient God Church had likely released Belial Klande to lure the Phoenix Squad into a trap.
• Lin Qiye reasoned that the three cases were probably the Church members’ key weapon against the Phoenix Squad and that their team might exploit the pair’s ignorance of them.
• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu agreed to avoid a direct fight while rescuing Team 017 and eliminating Belial Klande.
• An Qingyu said he had an idea for their plan.

Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, and Jialan followed a gray rat while Qin Kai and Molly faced the blood-controlled Sun Luan in an empty office building. As Sun Luan attacked Molly, a masked man arrived through the window and stood between them.

• Baili Pangpang tried to find Jialan a worthy Rolex, throwing one into the lake, while Cao Yuan wondered how quickly he would bankrupt the Baili Group.
• A gray rat suddenly ran in a new direction, and Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, and Jialan hurried after it.
• Qin Kai urged Molly to escape and warn the higher-ups, explaining that Sun Luan and two cursed forbidden items posed a threat to the Phoenix Squad.
• Molly refused to abandon Qin Kai and left the office, but Sun Luan emerged from the elevator and attacked her.
• Sun Luan wounded Molly, and a man wearing a Pigsy Mask arrived through the shattered window and moved to face him.

Baili Pangpang, disguised as Marshal Tian Peng, rescued Molly from Sun Luan and reunited with her after revealing his identity. Cao Yuan and Jialan helped capture Sun Luan while watching Baili Pangpang’s awkward performance.

• Baili Pangpang intercepted Sun Luan’s attack on Molly with flames, then knocked Sun Luan through several walls with a broom.
• Baili Pangpang gave Cao Yuan and Jialan the Scroll of Sealing and told them to bind Sun Luan.
• Jialan knocked Sun Luan unconscious when he tried to rise, then accidentally injured his arm while tying him up.
• Baili Pangpang approached Molly in his Pigsy Mask and asked whether she wanted him to be Marshal Tian Peng or Baili Tumming.
• Molly recognized Baili Pangpang, and he removed his mask and greeted her after their long separation.

Snake Woman and the Limitless man set out to attack the gathered Ghost Squad, while Tripitaka and Monkey King lured the man away according to plan. At the office building, Molly reunited with Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, and Jialan, who stabilized the gravely wounded Qin Kai but could not heal him.

• Snake Woman took a Black Box and headed toward Baili Pangpang's group, while the Limitless man pursued Tripitaka and Monkey King.
• Tripitaka and Monkey King fled toward the outskirts, drawing the man after them as he mistook their retreat for weakness.
• Baili Pangpang told Molly that he and Cao Yuan belonged to the unrecorded Ghost Squad reserve team and explained why they wore masks.
• Molly found Qin Kai unconscious, and Cao Yuan warned that his severe blood loss required immediate treatment outside the mist.
• Jialan used her immortality ability to keep Qin Kai's condition from worsening, but she could not heal his injuries.

Molly told Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan that the Ancient God Church had trapped her squad and targeted the Phoenix Squad, but they chose to trust Lin Qiye and continue their plan. They encountered the snake-eyed woman in the corridor, and Sha Wujing and Pigsy Mask stepped forward to face her.

• Molly explained that a Limitless-realm Ancient God Church member and a petrifying woman had ambushed her squad, while the Heart-Cleansing Talisman protected her from mental contamination.
• Molly warned Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan to leave and report the trap, but they decided to trust Lin Qiye and proceed with their original plan.
• Cao Yuan noticed snake eyes covering the corridor, and Molly identified them as a sign that the petrifying woman was nearby.
• Baili Pangpang gave Lin Qiye's sword to Jialan and Cao Yuan handed her the wounded Qin Kai, telling her to stay out of the fight.
• The snake-eyed woman appeared on the elevator platform as Sha Wujing and Pigsy Mask approached to confront her.

An Qingyu and Li Yifei were trapped inside a sand barrier by a Limitless enemy, but Li Yifei escaped and An Qingyu destroyed his body in a blast of frost. An Qingyu’s plan continued through a rat carrying an invisible thread, while he awakened in a clone inside an underground cavern in Cangnan City.

• An Qingyu and Li Yifei reached the mist’s boundary but were trapped inside a sealed sand barrier by the enemy.
• An Qingyu identified the pair as the Fifth Special Squad and confronted the enemy while Li Yifei used a spatial Forbidden Ruin to escape.
• An Qingyu revealed that they had found Belial Klande’s location, then self-destructed and froze the enemy and the barrier.
• A rat carried an invisible thread from the ice into the sewers.
• An Qingyu woke in a new body inside an experimental container in an underground cavern in Cangnan City.

Lin Qiye tracked Belial Kland, who was hiding inside Qian Haoran’s shadow, and cornered him on a deserted street. Belial Kland attacked with a concentrated tornado of mental pollution, and Lin Qiye launched both blades toward the insect’s position as Azure Guard’s barrier began to fail.

• Lin Qiye transformed from an eagle and used sunlight to force Qian Haoran, controlled by Belial Kland, out of the shadows.
• Lin Qiye explained how he had escaped surveillance by using a decoy wearing his mask and transforming to slip away.
• Belial Kland’s golden insect attacked Lin Qiye, who parried Qian Haoran’s blade and kicked him back.
• Belial Kland unleashed a dense violet mist tornado that rapidly eroded Azure Guard’s barrier.
• Lin Qiye sensed Belial Kland through the mist and sent both straight blades toward his position.

Lin Qiye summoned the Chaos Cube and Ancient Treant to trap and attack Belial Klande, then used his divine abilities to stop its escape despite the mental contamination overwhelming him. He landed a final slash on Belial Klande, though the chapter ended before revealing the result.

• Lin Qiye summoned the Chaos Cube and Ancient Treant to help him fight Belial Klande.
• The Chaos Cube distorted space around Belial Klande while Lin Qiye threw a blade that severed one of its wings.
• The Ancient Treant slammed Belial Klande into the road, but it broke free and released more purple mist.
• Lin Qiye used Absolute Darkness to twist Belial Klande's remaining wing and stop its escape, worsening his mental contamination.
• Lin Qiye charged through the darkness and slashed Belial Klande with his straight blade.

After killing Belial, Lin Qiye fled before the Ancient God Church’s Limitless-realm pursuer could reach him. Meanwhile, Cao Yuan, Baili Pangpang, and Molly fought Snake Woman in the office building, where Cao Yuan attacked her as she tried to hypnotize him.

• Lin Qiye absorbed the warmth from his sword, dismissed the Chaos Cube and Ancient Treant, and realized he had to escape before the tower-like man arrived.
• Lin Qiye used a reverse summoning array to vanish, and the tower-like man arrived moments later to find Belial’s purple mist dispersing.
• Cao Yuan and Baili Pangpang struggled to hit Snake Woman as she moved between the Snake Eyes scattered across the elevator hall.
• Molly struck the floor with her Tachi, breaking it and dropping the group to the level below, where there were no Snake Eyes.
• Snake Woman began creating new Snake Eyes, but Cao Yuan descended through the floor and struck before they could spread, prompting her to press close to his Sandy Mask and tell him to look into her eyes.

Baili Pangpang and Jialan fought Snake Woman while Molly and Cao Yuan were put in danger. As Jialan prepared to reclaim Qin Kai’s indestructible property, the contaminated Lin Qiye leaned against her and told her she was really pretty.

• Baili Pangpang sent Snake Woman away from Cao Yuan with a sweep of the Wind Thunder Scroll, but Cao Yuan crashed through a window and fell from the twenty-second floor.
• Baili Pangpang shut his eyes and swung blindly, keeping Snake Woman from approaching him while she targeted Molly instead.
• Snake Woman stabbed Molly and nearly forced her to meet her petrifying gaze, but Jialan shot an arrow that broke their line of sight and grazed Snake Woman’s eye.
• Snake Woman cut Jialan’s Hardwood Bow in half, leaving Jialan with bloody hands and the bow passed down from her mother destroyed.
• Jialan prepared to reclaim Qin Kai’s indestructible property, but the barely conscious Lin Qiye leaned against her and said she was really pretty.