Chapter Summaries

With Heaven descended and a god war approaching, Zuo Qing learned that Nightfall Squad had returned with a Japanese Human Apex carrying a divine artifact. After Lin Qiye honored Wu Xiangnan at his tomb, Zuo Qing ordered him to prepare the Training Camp recruits to graduate within ten days.

• Zuo Qing and Jiang Ziya discussed Great Xia’s odds in the coming war, and Jiang Ziya said they had ten days and a thirty-percent chance if they took the initiative.
• A Night Watchman told Zuo Qing that Nightfall Squad had returned and abducted a Japanese Human Apex with a divine artifact, startling him into spraying tea over Jiang Ziya.
• Lin Qiye placed flowers at Wu Xiangnan’s empty grave and told Zuo Qing that Wu Xiangnan had killed the god with help from Lin Qiye and King Mask.
• Zuo Qing honored Wu Xiangnan, promised Sea of Stars Medals for Lin Qiye and King Mask, and described the Night Watchmen as Great Xia’s last line of defense.
• Zuo Qing ordered Lin Qiye to make the Training Camp recruits qualified Night Watchmen and graduate them within ten days, and Lin Qiye agreed.

Lin Qiye entrusted Yurina Takishiro to a Japanese-speaking caretaker named Guan Zai while he and his companions returned to the Training Camp. On the way, Lin Qiye revealed that war was approaching and they had only ten days to prepare the recruits for it.

• Zuo Qing agreed that Yurina Takishiro would not be forced into Night Watchmen duties and arranged for someone to care for him.
• Lin Qiye told Yurina Takishiro to stay safe, avoid using his abilities around ordinary people, and call if he needed help.
• Hong Yan returned with the sleeping Jialan, and Lin Qiye brought her back before he and his companions left for the Training Camp.
• Guan Zai arrived to look after Yurina Takishiro, introduced himself as a programmer, and noticed Yurina liked playing games.
• Baili Pangpang, Shen Qingzhu, and An Qingyu learned that war was approaching and the recruits had ten days to prepare.
• Cao Yuan asked how the recruits could gain the life-and-death experience Lin Qiye said they lacked.

Lin Qiye and the other invited instructors returned to the training camp after a mission, and the recruits gathered to welcome them. Baili Pangpang claimed they had destroyed a Japanese divine kingdom and Lin Qiye had killed Susanoo, but the recruits dismissed the story as a joke before a Night Watchman arrived carrying a box.

• Su Zhe, Ding Chongfeng, and Su Yuan complained about the exhausting marches and spending New Year's Eve at camp.
• Lu Baoyou began frog-jumping with a boulder strapped to his back, and Fang Mo picked up a larger rock and joined the contest.
• Instructor Hong and Yuan Gang praised Lu Baoyou and Fang Mo, then spotted Lin Qiye and five others returning in Crimson Cloaks.
• Lin Qiye greeted the recruits, told them to keep resting, and went to meet Yuan Gang and the other instructors.
• Baili Pangpang told the recruits that the group had wiped out a Japanese divine kingdom and Lin Qiye had killed Susanoo, but they did not believe him.
• A Night Watchman in a dark crimson cloak descended carrying a box and searched the camp for someone.

Lin Qiye received his first personal Sea of Stars Medal and planned an unconventional seven-day training experience for the recruits after a New Year's break. As war approached, Zuo Qing ordered Shao Pingge to resolve a crisis in Shangjing, and a new candidate, Chen Han, was introduced at a remote bureau in Anta County.

• A Night Watchman delivered Lin Qiye a personal Sea of Stars Medal on Commander Zuo's behalf, stunning the recruits.
• Lin Qiye told Yuan Gang that he planned an intense training experience for the recruits, but wanted them to rest through the New Year first.
• Yuan Gang warned Lin Qiye that Shangjing City was about to undergo a change.
• Zuo Qing told Shao Pingge that war was coming and ordered him to settle the matter in Shangjing within two days, then sent him the file of a new candidate.
• Shao Pingge read the file identifying Chen Han, a former captain stationed in Anta County.
• Chen Han sat smoking outside the Anta County Forest Protection Bureau as snow fell.

Chen Han received orders to leave Anta County and said goodbye to Lu Yu, while Lin Qiye gave the recruits a three-day holiday and prepared to visit the 006 Squad's base. The chapter left Shangjing’s safety uncertain as the recruits departed armed with temporary blades ahead of possible danger.

• Chen Han received a document from Commander Zuo ordering him to leave as soon as possible, and Lu Yu promised to watch over Team 332.
• Chen Han left the Forest Ranger Station and walked alone into the snow while Lu Yu watched him go.
• Lin Qiye announced a three-day holiday for the recruits, followed by unprecedented Devil Training.
• Lin Qiye instructed the recruits to collect temporary straight blades and avoid using their abilities in front of ordinary people before leaving camp.
• Lin Qiye told An Qingyu and the others that Shangjing might be at its most dangerous—or safest—and headed with them to the 006 Squad's base for a meal.

Chen Han returned to Shangjing and prepared to begin a new assignment, while the recruits arrived in the city for vacation. Li Zhenzhen returned to the 006 Squad’s courtyard, where Nightfall Squad and the squad members were celebrating together.

• Shao Pingge met Chen Han at the airport, explained their respective roles, and said they would begin immediately because time was short.
• The recruits arrived in Shangjing and split up for the night; Fang Mo invited Lu Baoyou along, but Lu Baoyou refused and left alone.
• Li Zhenzhen returned to the 006 Squad’s base after declining Fang Mo’s invitation to spend the New Year with him.
• Li Zhenzhen found the squad members cooking, repairing things, and preparing for the New Year, and Shen Qingzhu told her to put away her things and get ready to eat.

Lin Qiye left the sleeping Jialan in Yuan Gang’s care and learned with An Qingyu that Shao Pingge’s deterrence kept Shangjing City’s Mysteries in check. As Shao prepared Chen Han to succeed him, he explained that Chen would need to establish his own authority and rules over the city.

• Lin Qiye asked Yuan Gang to keep Jialan safe while she slept, and Yuan agreed to let the squad stay at the 006 Squad base.
• The squad shared dinner, and Yuan Gang told Li Zhenzhen that Shao Pingge was away on business.
• An Qingyu deduced that Shao Pingge was the King whose deterrence kept Shangjing City’s Mysteries silent, and Lin Qiye confirmed it.
• An Qingyu realized the coming change would transfer authority from Shao to a New King, but asked who would take his place.
• At midnight, Chen Han asked Shao Pingge how to succeed him, and Shao said Chen needed to use both punishment and reward to establish order among the Mysteries.

Shao Pingge began concealing his aura so Chen Han could establish himself as Shangjing City's New King by confronting the Mysteries that emerged. As the city's Mysteries stirred, Lin Qiye's recruits prepared to face weaker threats while he promised to protect them by his own means.

• Shao Pingge explained that Chen Han must defeat the Mysteries that tested him without help from powerful outsiders, or lose his chance to become Shangjing City's captain.
• Chen Han accepted the challenge, and Shao Pingge concealed the aura that had blanketed Shangjing City for more than a decade.
• A shadowy figure vanished from an alley, a mannequin crawled out of a closed store, and a pencil began moving by itself in a school classroom as Mysteries stirred across the city.
• Yuan Gang and the members of 006 Squad sensed the change but continued their work, while An Qingyu and Lin Qiye discussed the rising Mystery aura.
• Lin Qiye explained that the recruits could fight weaker Mysteries without undermining Chen Han's authority, and said he had his own way to protect them from stronger threats.

At the Hot Spring Bathing Club, Fang Mo and his companions encountered a rotting Mystery and pursued it after it attacked a staff member. The story then shifted to Lu Baoyou beneath a bridge, where a little beggar cautiously told him she slept there.

• Su Zhe lost at mahjong and asked Su Yuan for more money while Fang Mo casually killed mosquitoes in the game room.
• The lights flickered, and a staff member entered a cold guest room to give a leg massage to a mysterious figure.
• The figure revealed a rotting leg and attacked the staff member, but Fang Mo transformed from a white cat and cut off its hand before kicking it through a window.
• Su Yuan and Ding Chongfeng followed Fang Mo as he chased the Mystery from the twelfth floor, while Ding Chongfeng decided to take the elevator.
• Lu Baoyou sat beneath a bridge as a little beggar approached and told him that the space was where she slept.

Lu Baoyou spent the night beneath a bridge with a little beggar and prepared to fight a seven-eyed Blood Wolfdog. Meanwhile, Lin Qiye reunited with Chen Han, who revealed that he had become Emperor Fengdu’s proxy after meeting Uncle Li.

• Lu Baoyou paid the little beggar to stay beneath her bridge for three nights, and the two settled in by a fire.
• A strange wind extinguished the fire, and a seven-eyed Blood Wolfdog appeared from the darkness.
• Lu Baoyou drew his sword, told the frightened little beggar to close her eyes, and approached the wolfdog as a training opponent.
• Shao Pingge told Chen Han to wait because the stronger enemies were still hiding, and Lin Qiye arrived to join them.
• Lin Qiye recognized Chen Han and asked about his transformed aura, and Chen Han explained that Uncle Li had repaired his body and left him with Emperor Fengdu’s Divine Domain.

Lin Qiye, Chen Han, and Shao Pingge watched over Shangjing as snow began to fall, while Fang Mo fought Mysteries in the city. After Fang Mo killed one Mystery, a second wounded him and drew out a strange fragrance.

• Lin Qiye learned that Chen Han had reached the Klein realm after two years of training and testing under Li Deyang.
• Lin Qiye used his Mental Power to monitor Shangjing’s recruits as they encountered Mysteries, and Shao Pingge invited Chen Han to join them for a reunion dinner.
• Snow began falling over Shangjing, and Lin Qiye, Chen Han, and Shao Pingge stood watch until they were covered in snow.
• Fang Mo dodged a Pool-realm Mystery’s corrosive liquid and killed it with a dagger strike to the neck.
• A second Mystery attacked Fang Mo from an alley, cut his arm, and caused a strange fragrance to spread.

Fang Mo’s blood drew Mysteries into a frenzy across Shangjing City, prompting Chen Han to act as Lin Qiye and Shao Pingge assessed the danger. Meanwhile, Lu Baoyou defeated a Blood Wolfdog and left the little beggar under the protection of awakened Rock Demons as he headed into the city.

• Fang Mo’s injury and blood stirred Mysteries across the area, drawing them toward him and prompting Shao Pingge to warn Lin Qiye that even high-realm Mysteries were moving.
• Lin Qiye realized Fang Mo’s blood had triggered the frenzy, while Shao Pingge told Chen Han it was time to act; Chen Han vanished from the high-rise.
• Lu Baoyou killed the Blood Wolfdog beneath the bridge and hid its corpse and the blood before telling the little beggar she had seen nothing.
• Lu Baoyou awakened the rocks beside the bridge into watchful Rock Demons, gave the little beggar ten yuan for instant noodles, and left for Shangjing City.

Fang Mo and his companions were surrounded by powerful Mysteries in a darkened Shangjing City street. Chen Han arrived and revealed his overwhelming divine power, leaving the group’s fate in his hands.

• Fang Mo warned Ding Chongfeng, Su Yuan, and Su Zhe that numerous Mysteries were approaching him because he was bleeding.
• A crossbow-wielding Mystery attacked Fang Mo, and a black stone shark burst from the ground, but Ding Chongfeng stopped it with his force field.
• More Mysteries appeared and encircled the four new recruits, while Su Zhe lamented that they were about to die.
• Chen Han approached through the snow, restored the streetlights, and relieved Fang Mo and Ding Chongfeng of the supernatural pressure.
• Fang Mo recognized Chen Han as the complete God's Agent of Emperor Fengdu, and Chen Han caused flames to appear above every Mystery and the four recruits.

Chen Han killed the Mysteries on the street, raised the fiery horse as a Nether Black Horse, and sent Fang Mo and the others away when a Klein-realm Mystery appeared. He then faced the mannequin-like monster alone as they charged at each other.

• Fang Mo, Su Zhe, Su Yuan, and Ding Chongfeng discovered Flames of Life above their heads, with Fang Mo possessing two.
• Chen Han extinguished the Flames of Life of eight Mysteries and killed a concealed Infinite-realm fiery horse with a saber strike.
• Chen Han destroyed the fiery horse's soul, claimed its corpse, and reanimated it as a Nether Black Horse.
• A Klein-realm mannequin Mystery approached, and Chen Han told Fang Mo and the others to leave.
• Chen Han and the mannequin Mystery charged at each other in the snow.

After watching the battle, Lin Qiye secretly followed Fang Mo and the others, suspecting that one of his students had caused the Mysteries to gather. Fang Mo explained that his blood attracted Mysteries, and his companions decided to take him to the suburbs to treat his wound.

• Lin Qiye told Shao Pingge that he would follow Fang Mo in secret and avoid intervening unless necessary.
• Ding Chongfeng asked Fang Mo why the Mysteries had gathered, and Fang Mo explained that his blood attracted them from several kilometers away.
• Ding Chongfeng warned that Fang Mo's untreated wound could cost him his arm, while Fang Mo feared unwrapping it would attract more Mysteries.
• Su Yuan proposed going to the outer suburbs, and Ding Chongfeng and the others agreed to help Fang Mo treat his wound there.
• Lin Qiye watched the four Night Watchmen leave and silently followed them.

Shao Pingge used his half-step Human Apex White Wuchang power to guide Shangjing City’s ordinary residents into a swift evacuation while they slept. Outside the city, Ding Chongfeng began treating Fang Mo’s wound, whose blood gave off a strange fragrance.

• Shao Pingge reflected that the return of the Great Xia Gods would transform Forbidden Ruins and force the Intelligence Department to revise its rankings.
• Shao Pingge spread his Forbidden Ruin and put Shangjing City’s ordinary residents into dreams, guiding them to safety in less than twenty seconds.
• Su Zhe spotted a villager rushing into a pigsty, but Fang Mo sensed no Mysteries nearby and Ding Chongfeng chose the village as a place to treat him.
• Fang Mo loosened the clothing around his injured arm, and his blood released a strange fragrance that drew Su Zhe and Su Yuan’s attention.
• Ding Chongfeng applied medicine to Fang Mo’s exposed wound as the fragrance drifted into the distance.

After Fang Mo’s exposed blood drew powerful Mysteries to the wild mountain, Su Yuan called Li Zhenzhen for help. Li Zhenzhen set out alone after Jiang Er delivered Lin Qiye’s message, while Fang Mo and the Su siblings tried to break through before the Mysteries surrounded them.

• Lin Qiye sensed the fragrance from Fang Mo’s bloodline and suspected her luck was poor.
• Li Zhenzhen woke on New Year’s Eve, received Su Yuan’s urgent call about nearby Mysteries, and prepared to go help.
• Jiang Er delivered Lin Qiye’s message telling Li Zhenzhen to hurry over, so Li Zhenzhen left alone without the Shangjing City squad members.
• Su Yuan reported that five Pond-realm and three River-realm Mysteries were closing in on their group, while Ding Chongfeng treated Fang Mo’s wounds.
• Ding Chongfeng led Fang Mo, Su Yuan, and Su Zhe toward the southeast, where two Pond-realm Mysteries emerged from the forest and attacked.

Fang Mo lured the pursuing “Mystery” creatures away from Su Yuan, Su Zhe, and Ding Chongfeng, then revealed his White Tiger form and fought two River-realm creatures. As Lin Qiye prepared to intervene, a one-eyed youth with six dark-red wings arrived.

• Su Yuan fought one Pond-realm “Mystery” creature while Ding Chongfeng hurled another into the forest, allowing the team to break through.
• Su Yuan warned that two River-realm creatures were closing in, and Fang Mo opened his bandage and fled to draw the creatures away from his companions.
• Lin Qiye watched from the forest, then followed Fang Mo after confirming the others were safe.
• Fang Mo transformed from a white cat into a massive One-Eyed White Tiger and attacked the steel-spined porcupine and the Headless Man.
• Lin Qiye recognized the White Tiger as the source of Fang Mo’s divine power and prepared to end the fight, but paused when a one-eyed youth with six dark-red wings approached.

Fang Mo, Lu Baoyou, and Li Zhenzhen were surrounded by powerful Mysteries after a fierce fight. Lin Qiye arrived with summoned soldiers and ordered them to kill every Mystery.

• Fang Mo fought the porcupine Mystery as Lu Baoyou arrived and attacked the Headless Man.
• Fang Mo collapsed back into his white cat form while Li Zhenzhen arrived, rescued him, and bandaged his wounds.
• Lu Baoyou defeated the Headless Man but was badly wounded, and dozens of Mysteries surrounded him, Fang Mo, and Li Zhenzhen.
• Li Zhenzhen wondered where Instructor Lin was and revealed that he had told her to come alone.
• Lin Qiye appeared, struck down a River-realm Mystery, summoned dozens of powerful soldiers, and ordered them to kill all the Mysteries.

Lin Qiye disguised himself as Chen Han and entered the battle against the Pen Spirit without revealing his aura, while Monkey King and Gilgamesh dragged Bragi out to provide music for their fight. The chapter left Lin Qiye facing the Klein-level Mystery as the two gods began battling in the hospital courtyard.

• Lin Qiye rescued Fang Mo from a supersonic pencil attack and identified the Pen Spirit as the source of the Klein-level pressure.
• Lin Qiye transformed into Chen Han, drew Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, and prepared to fight the Pen Spirit while hiding his own aura.
• Monkey King and Gilgamesh broke a wine jar and prepared to fight, then realized Bragi was missing.
• Monkey King dragged Bragi from his ward to the courtyard to provide background music for the fight.
• Monkey King and Gilgamesh charged at each other, beginning a fierce battle.