Chapter Summaries

Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, and Jialan dressed for Baili Pangpang’s father’s birthday banquet and arrived at the Baili Group’s towering headquarters. After presenting their invitations, they were told that their host had prepared a token of appreciation for them.

• Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, and An Qingyu dressed in suits, and Jialan joined them in a dark blue gown.
• Cao Yuan asked whether they should bring their knives, and Lin Qiye briefly returned to the room before the group departed.
• Chang Kangsheng escorted the four to the birthday banquet at the top of the Baili Group’s main A1 building.
• The guests in the lobby turned to watch Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, and Jialan enter.
• Lin Qiye presented their four invitations, and a staff member offered to escort them to receive a token of appreciation.

Lin Qiye and his teammates visited the Baili Family’s Forbidden Item Collection Hall, where they were invited to choose gifts for their Fifth Special Squad. The master had prepared White Severance, an ultra-high-risk sword, specifically for Lin Qiye.

• A Baili Family representative led Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, and the others to the 101st floor and revealed a hall containing 383 forbidden items.
• The representative explained that the Baili Family had invited the Fifth Special Squad to each choose one forbidden item as a gift.
• Lin Qiye agreed to accept the gifts, and Cao Yuan and the others dispersed to look through the collection.
• The representative told Lin Qiye that the master had prepared a forbidden item for him and led him to a separate room.
• Lin Qiye opened a Black Box and found White Severance, the original ultra-high-risk sword he remembered from Baili Pangpang’s imitation.

Lin Qiye accepted White Severance from the Baili Family in exchange for a future reasonable favor, then went with his team to the 166th floor. Meanwhile, Ye Fan discovered that Baili Tumming’s Night Watchmen records were wrong and sent Zuo Qing to Guangshen, fearing a major crisis at the Baili Group.

• Lin Qiye accepted White Severance after agreeing to help the Baili Family with a reasonable request in the future.
• Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, and Jialan chose Forbidden Relics, and the group headed to the 166th floor.
• Ye Fan and Zuo Qing searched the Night Watchmen archives to investigate why Baili Tumming’s enlistment documents had been withheld.
• Ye Fan found Baili Tumming’s file unusually new and discovered that the records were wrong.
• Ye Fan learned that the Fifth Reserve Team was at the Baili Family’s birthday banquet and sent Zuo Qing to Guangshen to investigate an impending crisis.

The Ninth Seat and Shen Qingzhu planned to infiltrate the Li Group’s birthday banquet and kill Baili Tumming, while Lin Qiye and his companions waited at the venue for Baili Pangpang. After Baili Xin left the chairman’s office, Baili Pangpang and Baili Jing prepared to settle their score.

• The Ninth Seat revealed that he and Shen Qingzhu would use forged invitations to enter the banquet and target Baili Tumming.
• Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, and Jialan arrived at the banquet, where An Qingyu identified Team 010 among the guests.
• Lin Qiye declined to approach Team 010 and told his companions to wait for Baili Pangpang’s entrance.
• Li Xiang tried to approach Lin Qiye, but he rebuffed her, and Jialan angrily dismissed another guest who approached her.
• Baili Xin left the chairman’s office, and Baili Pangpang and Baili Jing faced each other and agreed to settle their score.

Baili Pangpang confronted Baili Jing over the attempts on his life, but Baili Jing revealed that their father had ordered the attacks and that Baili Pangpang’s identity as Baili Tumming had been used to draw danger away from the Baili Group. Baili Pangpang was left badly injured and reeling as Baili Jing claimed he would take the Baili Tumming name for himself.

• Baili Pangpang accused Baili Jing of trying to kill him and attacked, but Baili Jing caught his punch with the Green Jade Armor.
• Baili Pangpang discovered his Mental Power had been sealed and realized the breakfast he ate had likely been tampered with.
• Baili Jing explained that his own limited authority made it impossible for him to arrange the attacks without their father’s knowledge.
• Baili Jing crushed Baili Pangpang’s hand and struck his chest, leaving him injured on the office floor.
• Baili Jing told Baili Pangpang that their father wanted him dead and said he had been raised as bait to draw attacks away from the Baili Group.
• Baili Jing declared that Baili Pangpang would have to give up the name Baili Tumming.

Baili Jing explained how the Baili Family planned to erase Baili Pangpang and take his identity as Baili Tumming, turning him into a Night Watchmen executive. He revealed that the Fifth Special Squad was the only unforeseen obstacle, leaving Baili Pangpang’s fate uncertain.

• Baili Jing told Baili Pangpang that after his death, the Baili Family would alter records to make Baili Jing appear to be Baili Tumming.
• Baili Jing described the planned reveal that he and Baili Tumming were the same person, allowing him to inherit the Baili Group and potentially become a Night Watchmen executive.
• Baili Pangpang protested that he had chosen to join the Night Watchmen and that people would recognize him, but Baili Jing said the family had kept him alive and prepared to replace him.
• Baili Jing explained that the Baili Family had swapped photos in Baili Tumming’s files and expected Team 010 to accept the new identity in exchange for support.
• Baili Jing admitted that Baili Pangpang’s connection to the Fifth Special Squad was the only part of the family’s plan they had not anticipated.

Baili Pangpang confronted Baili Jing, insisting Lin Qiye and his comrades would not abandon him, but Baili Xin showed no concern for his son and ordered Baili Jing to finish the job. Baili Jing killed Baili Pangpang, while a glowing Jade Ruyi appeared within his corpse.

• Baili Pangpang told Baili Jing that Lin Qiye would never abandon him, and Baili Jing responded by slashing his face with a jade sword.
• Baili Xin entered the office, ignored Baili Pangpang, and ordered Baili Jing to deal with him quickly.
• Baili Pangpang watched Baili Xin leave and realized that the family affection he had believed in was an illusion.
• Baili Jing stabbed Baili Pangpang through the heart, confirmed he was dead, and left the locked office.
• A broken sandalwood Peace Talisman engraved with Baili Xin's name fell into Baili Pangpang's blood, and a faint light later shone from a Jade Ruyi inside his corpse.

At Baili Group chairman Baili Xin’s birthday banquet, he announced his son Baili Tumming as his successor. His adopted son Baili Jing then claimed that identity, leaving Lin Qiye and the other guests stunned.

• Shen Qingzhu entered Baili Group’s headquarters with the Ninth Seat and kept his distance from Lin Qiye to avoid being recognized.
• Lin Qiye and his companions waited for Baili Pangpang, while Baili Xin appeared and began his birthday speech.
• Baili Xin announced that his son Baili Tumming would take over Baili Group, prompting Lin Qiye and his companions to question the description of the heir.
• Baili Jing walked onto the platform and revealed that he was also Baili Tumming, the only son of Baili Xin and the group’s sole heir.
• Lin Qiye’s gaze turned cold as the venue fell silent.

Baili Xin presented Baili Jing as his true son, Baili Tumming, and heir to the Baili Group, while Wei Xiuming’s team abandoned Miao Su’s insistence that the man onstage was not their comrade. As Miao Su was subdued and the team decided to silence her, a black-haired young man confronted Baili Xin and declared that the man onstage was not Baili Tumming.

• Baili Xin revealed Baili Jing as his son Baili Tumming and announced that he would inherit the Baili Group.
• Miao Su challenged Wei Xiuming and the team for accepting the Baili Family’s support and abandoning the real Little Tumming.
• A Team 010 member used his ability to knock Miao Su unconscious, and Wei Xiuming ordered the others not to let her wake up.
• The Ninth Seat remarked to Shen Qingzhu that Baili Tumming looked different from the fat man described by the believers who had hunted him.
• A black-haired young man walked up to Baili Xin and declared that the man onstage was not Baili Tumming.

Chang Kangsheng revealed that Baili Pangpang had been erased from the records and replaced by the real Baili Tumming, then demanded that Lin Qiye honor his deal and stay out of the Baili Family’s affairs. Lin Qiye rejected the offer, returned Zhanbai, and ordered the Fifth Reserve Team to draw their blades.

• Chang Kangsheng froze the banquet inside the Time Rift and told Lin Qiye that Baili Pangpang was an adopted impostor, while the real Baili Tumming stood with Baili Xin.
• Chang Kangsheng claimed the Night Watchmen’s records had been altered so Baili Pangpang had no recognized identity or official connection to the organization.
• Chang Kangsheng invoked his earlier deal with Lin Qiye and offered him compensation to stand aside while the Baili Family resolved the matter.
• The Time Rift ended, and Lin Qiye faced Baili Xin and Baili Tumming as the banquet resumed.
• Lin Qiye threw Zhanbai’s case across the venue, summoned Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, and Jialan, and ordered the Fifth Reserve Team to draw their blades.

Lin Qiye and his allies confronted the Baili Group at Baili Pangpang’s birthday banquet, while Baili Pangpang revived alone in the chairman’s office and chose to leave his old identity behind. The chapter ended with Lin Qiye facing Team 010 and Baili Pangpang putting on his Pigsy Mask.

• Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, and Jialan armed themselves when Lin Qiye ordered them to draw their blades.
• Baili Xin ordered Chang Kangsheng to teleport most guests away and erase their memories, but the Ninth Seat, Shen Qingzhu, and Team 010 remained.
• Baili Xin called on Team 010 to stop Lin Qiye, and Wei Xiuming refused to move aside despite Lin Qiye identifying himself as the Fifth Special Squad’s reserve captain.
• Lin Qiye accused Wei Xiuming and Team 010 of siding with the Baili Family and abandoning their teammates, but they claimed they did not know the person he meant.
• Baili Pangpang revived in the chairman’s office, burned the bloodied Sandalwood Peace Talisman, and put on a Pigsy Mask as he said farewell to Baili Tumming.

Lin Qiye and his companions attacked Team 010 at the venue, fighting to reach the father and son on the raised platform. Jialan took on Wei Xiuming while Lin Qiye broke through toward his target.

• Lin Qiye ordered his companions to attack, and Cao Yuan, Jialan, and An Qingyu quickly gained the upper hand against Team 010.
• An Qingyu trapped three members of Team 010 in a thread cage after seeing through their optical camouflage.
• Lin Qiye fought Wei Xiuming, whose Sparrow's Cry blade could slice through nearly anything, and used his speed to wound him.
• Jialan stopped Wei Xiuming's sweeping slash with her bare hand and insisted on fighting him herself.
• Cao Yuan and An Qingyu held off Team 010's other members as Jialan forced Wei Xiuming to retreat.
• Lin Qiye charged past the battle and appeared above the raised platform where the father and son stood.

Lin Qiye confronted Baili Xin on Floor 166, but Baili Xin’s powerful Forbidden Items and the Zodiac Twelve overwhelmed the floor with their presence. Refusing Baili Xin’s offer to withdraw, Lin Qiye vowed to avenge his brother and summoned the God of Night through Soul Embodiment.

• Baili Xin stopped Lin Qiye’s attack with the Wall of Sighs, which blasted him through the windows before the reverse summoning spell brought him back.
• Baili Xin summoned the Zodiac Twelve, whose twelve Forbidden Item Wielders included eight Sea realm experts, three Limitless realm experts, and one Klein realm expert.
• Baili Xin offered Lin Qiye Zhanbai and the promises made by Chang Kangsheng if he left, but Lin Qiye continued toward the platform.
• Lin Qiye declared that he would make the Baili Family pay if they harmed his brother, then activated Soul Embodiment.
• The God of Night’s power descended as Lin Qiye transformed, and darkness swallowed the sky outside the building.

Lin Qiye unleashed Nyx’s power and the Wrath of the Evil God’s Serpent Skin during his assault on the Baili Family, filling the main building with giant pythons. As he tried to breach the Wall of Sighs to avenge his brother, Baili Xin targeted him with a powerful Forbidden Item and sent three fighters to kill him.

• Lin Qiye’s realm rose to half-step "Klein" as he approached Baili Xin and the twelve Forbidden Item Wielders.
• Lin Qiye summoned Wrath of the Evil God, and its Serpent Skin unleashed a swarm of giant pythons that spread through the Baili main building.
• Lin Qiye used Night Flicker to reach the raised platform and drove his blade into the Wall of Sighs, declaring that he was avenging his brother.
• Baili Xin summoned a golden spear and blasted through the floors, forcing Lin Qiye to evade its attack.
• Baili Xin ordered Leo, Aries, and Virgin to kill Lin Qiye; Aries struck an afterimage, and Lin Qiye answered with a wave of darkness.

Lin Qiye fought Lion, Virgin, and Aries on the 166th floor while the Ninth Seat killed Aries and Jialan dealt with Wei Xiuming. As Lin Qiye struggled against Lion’s kinetic-energy sword, an elevator arrived carrying a blood-covered figure in a Pigsy Mask.

• Jialan kicked Wei Xiuming into a wall, then endured his sword strike while watching Lin Qiye fight outside.
• Lin Qiye pinned Virgin’s gauze with black pillars and discovered that Lion’s longsword could control the kinetic energy of objects it touched.
• The Ninth Seat appeared behind Aries and killed him, leaving Lin Qiye puzzled about the stranger’s identity.
• Lion used his longsword to halt Lin Qiye’s falling stars and continued advancing toward him.
• An elevator reached the 166th floor, and a blood-covered figure wearing a Pigsy Mask appeared inside as Baili Xin and the fighters watched.

Baili Pangpang returned alive and revealed his Sea-realm power, reversing the laws governing Forbidden Items and turning the Baili Family’s weapons against them. Lin Qiye reunited with him and promised to fight at his side, as the two prepared to turn the battlefield upside down.

• Baili Pangpang emerged in his Pigsy Mask, shocking Baili Jing, who had believed he was dead, and confronted Baili Xin, who ordered Baili Jing to kill him.
• Baili Pangpang raised a Taiji Bagua formation across the venue and used Universe Reversal to strip Baili Jing of the Green Jade Thumb Ring and seize Forbidden Items from other wielders.
• The stolen Forbidden Items struck back at their former wielders, and giant pythons devoured many of the stunned Baili Family fighters; Baili Pangpang gathered eight Forbidden Items around himself.
• Lin Qiye rushed to Baili Pangpang, checked his injuries, and told him that his friends would never abandon him.
• Baili Pangpang admitted that he was sad and angry, and Lin Qiye invited him to turn the shattered venue upside down together.

Lin Qiye separated Leo from the fight while Baili Pangpang confronted Baili Jing, who received two powerful Forbidden Items from Baili Xin. Their battle shook the 166th floor, and Baili Xin used black sand to keep it from collapsing.

• Lin Qiye used the Chaos Cube to send Sagittarius to the Ninth Seat and transported Leo away, leaving Baili Pangpang alone to face Baili Jing and Baili Xin.
• Baili Jing backed away from Baili Pangpang, but Baili Xin gave him a golden spear and a wooden sword sheath, warning that he had no value if he failed to win.
• Baili Jing charged and fired golden pillars of light from his spear while Baili Pangpang equipped Jade Armor and attacked with a beam of mental energy.
• The wooden sheath dispersed Baili Pangpang's mental attack, and Baili Jing's repeated spear strikes began to crack the top floor.
• Baili Xin spread black sand into the load-bearing pillars and barely stabilized the shaking floor.

Baili Pangpang defeated Baili Jing and forced Baili Xin to reconsider which son should inherit the Baili family. Baili Xin offered Pangpang his former identity, the family fortune, and support in exchange for returning to the family and serving its interests.

• Baili Pangpang used the Tai Chi Diagram’s abilities, but Baili Jing’s Primordial Devouring Sword Sheath absorbed his attacks and sent lightning back at him.
• Baili Pangpang reversed the Qian and Kun trigrams, disarmed Baili Jing, and beat him until he lost his weapon and collapsed.
• Baili Jing begged Baili Xin for another forbidden item, but Baili Xin kicked him away and called him a fool.
• Baili Xin praised Baili Pangpang’s potential and offered to restore his identity as Baili Tumming and make him heir to the Baili Group.
• Baili Xin promised Baili Pangpang five hundred million, a collectible, and a return to his Fifth Reserve Team if he accepted the deal.

Baili Pangpang rejected Baili Xin’s offer to inherit the Baili Group and declared that he would live only for his teammates and destroy the Baili Family. After killing Baili Jing, he turned toward Baili Xin, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Baili Xin offered Baili Pangpang the Baili Group and power in exchange for forgiving the family, but Baili Pangpang refused and vowed to kill him and Baili Jing.
• Baili Xin attacked Baili Pangpang while trying to pull Baili Jing to safety, and the Ninth Seat intervened to attack Baili Jing.
• Baili Xin revealed that he had arranged the bounty on Baili Tumming, and the Ninth Seat defended his actions as those of a professional assassin.
• Baili Pangpang stabbed Baili Jing through the heart and used Li Huo to burn his body to ash.
• Baili Pangpang turned toward Baili Xin and began walking toward him with the Wooden Ruler.

Lin Qiye switched to Merlin’s soul and used metal-element magic with Baili Pangpang’s help to take Lion’s Kinetic Energy Longsword and defeat him. He then arrived at the venue, where Baili Xin remained the final opponent after Ninth Seat completed his mission and disappeared.

• Lin Qiye switched from the God of Night’s soul to Merlin’s, weakening himself as he prepared to counter Lion’s Kinetic Energy Longsword.
• Lin Qiye used Chaos Magnetic Yuan to draw Lion and the metal objects in the Baili main building toward a powerful magnetic force.
• Baili Pangpang used Universe Reversal to disarm Lion, allowing Lin Qiye to seize the Kinetic Energy Longsword.
• Lin Qiye struck Lion with a massive magical hand, sending him crashing through the main building, then teleported away.
• Ninth Seat told Baili Pangpang that the mission was complete and disappeared after seeing Baili Jing reduced to ashes.
• Lin Qiye appeared beside Baili Pangpang and faced Baili Xin as the last opponent.