Chapter Summaries

Monkey King deliberately let Gilgamesh win before his cracked Kasaya tore, breaking a restraint and advancing his treatment progress to 51%. Meanwhile, Lin Qiye injured the Pencil Fairy with Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, but the Fairy escaped.

• Monkey King paused during his duel with Gilgamesh, allowing Gilgamesh to put his sword to his throat and win.
• Gilgamesh grew furious, but Monkey King said something was wrong with his body and asked everyone to stay away.
• Monkey King focused his divine power until part of his cracked Kasaya tore away, making his aura stronger and advancing his treatment progress to 51%.
• In the wilderness near Shangjing City, Lin Qiye struck the Pencil Fairy with Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, cutting its pencil body and drawing blood.
• The Pencil Fairy flashed hundreds of meters away, while Lin Qiye's hand was numb and bleeding from the clash.

Lin Qiye sent his recruits away while confronting a Pencil Spirit and began drawing Monkey King's ability after Monkey King's recovery passed 50%. Elsewhere, Chen Han rode through Shangjing City to establish his strength, where two Klein-level Mysteries appeared to challenge him.

• Lin Qiye ordered Hong Yan to carry Li Zhenzhen, Fang Mo, and Lu Baoyou to the 006 Squad barracks, and kicked Lu Baoyou onto her back when he refused to leave.
• After Hong Yan departed, Lin Qiye sensed Monkey King's recovery had passed 50% and entered the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods to draw one of his abilities.
• The roulette wheel stopped on an ability, and Lin Qiye froze at the result.
• Chen Han rode through Shangjing City, aware that his actions would determine whether the Mysteries dared to attack.
• A Klein-level shadowy figure blocked Chen Han's path and released its aura, while a Daruma Doll appeared behind him.

Chen Han faced three Klein-level Mysteries while Shao Pingge prepared to intervene, and Lin Qiye received the Heavenly Mandate Dharma Form ability. Seeing Chen Han falter as more Mysteries watched from the shadows, Lin Qiye began a risky plan involving demonification and ordered Black Pupil to control his body.

• Chen Han charged the shadow and Daruma Doll, but a third Klein-level Mystery appeared and joined the fight.
• Shao Pingge watched Chen Han battle the three Mysteries and prepared to step in if necessary.
• Lin Qiye accepted the Heavenly Mandate Dharma Form ability and wondered whether the Victorious Fighting Buddha was truly the Great Sage Equal to Heaven beneath his Buddhist appearance.
• Lin Qiye sensed Chen Han struggling against the three Mysteries while the others waited nearby, and realized the battle could not continue much longer.
• Lin Qiye considered demonification and told Black Pupil to take control of his body.

Lin Qiye activated the Heavenly Mandate Dharma Form as a soul and drew in surging Spiritual Energy. His power transformed into a colossal Demon Ape that appeared in Shangjing City, while Jiang Ziya sensed an old acquaintance and lent him aid.

• Lin Qiye left his body as a phantom and began activating the Heavenly Mandate Dharma Form.
• Li Zhenzhen brought Fang Mo and Lu Baoyou to the courtyard house, as a demonic wind darkened the sky over Shangjing City.
• Shao Pingge and Zuo Qing sensed the strange aura, while Jiang Ziya recognized an old acquaintance and decided to lend a hand.
• Spiritual Energy surged toward Lin Qiye, rapidly strengthening his soul beyond the realm of his body.
• Lin Qiye's Heavenly Mandate Dharma Form emerged as a hundreds-of-meters-tall Klein-realm Demon Ape in the heart of Shangjing City.

Lin Qiye manifested a Demonic Dharma Form resembling a giant Demon Ape and used it to overwhelm the Pen Spirit. After breaking the Pen Spirit and its pen, he headed toward Chen Han’s battle against three Mysteries.

• Zhang Zhengting, Yuan Gang, and the others watched Lin Qiye’s Demon Ape Dharma Form and sensed its dangerous aura.
• Lin Qiye used the Demon Ape’s appearance and Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi to frighten the Pen Spirit into fleeing.
• The Pen Spirit summoned a woman in a bloodstained white dress, who attacked the Demon Ape with the pen shaft.
• Lin Qiye’s Demon Ape crushed the Pen Spirit with a barrage of punches, snapping the pen and shattering the woman’s figure.
• Lin Qiye picked up the broken pen and walked toward Chen Han, who was fighting three Mysteries.

Chen Han fought the newly arrived Demon Ape, but its strange missteps caused it to destroy the Daruma Doll while Chen Han struggled to understand what was happening. The chapter ended with Chen Han's saber stabbing into the Demon Ape's heart after it shifted into the blade's path.

• Chen Han charged the Demon Ape, and their clash sent its fist into the Daruma Doll, crushing it into the ground.
• The Demon Ape's next attack missed Chen Han, but it fell headfirst into the Daruma Doll and drove it into a pit.
• The Daruma Doll attacked the Demon Ape, which caught it in its jaws and chewed it into fragments.
• Chen Han hesitated to attack again as the Demon Ape charged, then its slight shift guided his saber into its heart.

Lin Qiye’s Demon Ape form rescued Chen Han and helped him defeat the remaining Mysteries, then vanished after establishing Chen Han’s authority. Shangjing recovered from the attack, and Shao Pingge left the city’s future in Chen Han’s hands as Lunar New Year’s Eve began.

• The Demon Ape dissolved after Chen Han struck it, leaving the watching Mysteries afraid of Chen Han and the two remaining Kleins shaken.
• Lin Qiye returned to his body on Wild Mountain, having used the Demon Ape to rescue Chen Han and build his reputation, then departed.
• Shao Pingge questioned the Demon Ape’s strange appearance and death before Chen Han returned carrying the heads of the two remaining Kleins.
• Shao Pingge told Chen Han that his display of strength had succeeded and said he felt at ease leaving Shangjing City to him.
• The logistics department restored Shangjing, its residents woke and returned to their routines, and the city prepared to welcome the Lunar New Year.

Lin Qiye returned to the courtyard after dealing with the Mysteries, where the team gathered for New Year's Eve dinner and welcomed Chen Han. Shao Pingge left to guard the northwestern passes against a possible invasion, and Lin Qiye wished him safe travels at the gate.

• Lin Qiye returned and told Shen Qingzhu that the Mysteries had been dealt with and Ding Chongfeng and the others had gone to dinner.
• Li Zhenzhen greeted Lin Qiye with the injured white cat Fang Mo, who was staying with the team for the New Year.
• Chen Han arrived at Captain Shao's invitation, met the 006 Squad, and spoke with Lin Qiye about the Mysteries and his possible future at the courtyard.
• Chen Han told Li Zhenzhen that Shao Pingge expected to return for dinner, while Lin Qiye sensed someone approaching.
• Zuo Qing informed Shao Pingge that foreign-creature activity had been detected near two northwestern passes, and Shao Pingge set out to guard them and establish the Dream Net.
• Lin Qiye opened the courtyard gates and wished Shao Pingge a happy New Year and safe travels.

Shao Pingge left to join the front lines while Lin Qiye and the others celebrated New Year together. After sharing the holiday with the little beggar, Lu Baoyou returned to the courtyard and asked Li Zhenzhen and Fang Mo to lend him money.

• Shao Pingge said goodbye to Lin Qiye and left for the front lines so Great Xia could celebrate New Year safely.
• Lin Qiye returned to the courtyard, where Baili Pangpang and the others gathered for a New Year’s Eve dinner and watched An Qingyu’s fireworks fill Shangjing’s sky.
• Lu Baoyou returned to the underpass and shared instant noodles and sausage with the little beggar, who wished her hero a happy New Year.
• After the holiday, Fang Mo and Li Zhenzhen prepared to return to the Training Camp, and Lu Baoyou stopped them at the gate to ask for money.

Lu Baoyou gave the little beggar two thousand yuan as thanks for a ham sausage and left before she could learn his name. Lin Qiye took the recruits to the Pamir Plateau and announced a seven-day survival training in which the bottom eighty recruits each night would lose their eligibility to become Night Watchmen.

• Lu Baoyou gave the little beggar two thousand yuan and told her to repay him if they met again, then left without giving his name.
• Lin Qiye led the recruits onto a military transport plane instead of returning to Training Camp.
• Lin Qiye revealed that the recruits would undergo Devil Training on the Pamir Plateau, where they would hike toward Mount Kongur without using Forbidden Realm abilities or forbidden artifacts.
• Lin Qiye announced that the bottom eighty recruits each night would be eliminated and lose their eligibility to become Night Watchmen.
• Lin Qiye warned the recruits not to steal from local residents or attack or sabotage one another.

Lin Qiye began the recruits’ final seven-day trial, planning to change their mentality with help from the authorities. Meanwhile, agents from Olympus and the Heavenly God Temple infiltrated Great Xia, and Singh revealed that Asgard had sent two agents as well.

• Lin Qiye left the recruits with a seven-day lesson ending in elimination, and instructors distributed supplies and a map showing a perilous route.
• Lin Qiye told Yuan Gang he planned to use the trial to shape the recruits’ mentality and asked the authorities to cooperate.
• An agent of the God of Earth crossed the Misty Wall at the western border, where Singh, the Asura God's Agent, approached him and proposed working together.
• The God of Earth’s Agent refused Singh’s offer, and Singh said he would seek out Asgard’s agents instead.
• Singh explained that Asgard had sent a woman and a man into Great Xia to investigate its strength.

Si Xiaonan and Leng Xuan returned to Cangnan while secretly using gestures to evade Loki’s surveillance and search for Kunlun Mountain. Meanwhile, Lin Qiye assigned his team to supervise the recruits’ six-day training route across the Pamir Plateau and began descending to his post.

• Si Xiaonan and Leng Xuan warned each other that Loki’s Ear could overhear them and established a nose-touching gesture to indicate lies.
• Si Xiaonan and Leng Xuan set out across the Pamir Plateau to find Kunlun Mountain and investigate the Great Xia Gods for Loki.
• Lin Qiye explained the training route and tracking devices, then divided its six regions among himself, Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, Jiang Er, and Cool Bro.
• An Qingyu jumped from the transport plane with Jiang Er and the Black Box, while the recruits parachuted down along the route.
• Lin Qiye jumped without a parachute and used a fierce wind to descend onto a snowy cliff.

Su Zhe separated from Su Yuan, Fang Mo, and Ding Chongfeng during the trek across the snowfield, then set off alone after they left. At his post on Mount Kongur, Lin Qiye checked the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods, where Monkey King and Gilgamesh searched for the missing Bragi.

• Su Yuan, Su Zhe, Ding Chongfeng, and Fang Mo met on the snowfield and planned to cross it and the frozen lake within a day.
• Su Zhe refused to travel with the others, believing his weak physique would slow them down, and sat in the snow to make them leave.
• Su Yuan led Fang Mo and Ding Chongfeng away, and Su Zhe eventually got up and walked forward alone.
• Lin Qiye found the snowfield around his assigned route quiet and sank his consciousness into the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods.
• Monkey King questioned Laifu about Bragi's whereabouts, but Laifu had not seen him.
• Monkey King and Gilgamesh searched the hospital for Bragi, lamenting that his absence made the fighting less exciting.

Lin Qiye recruited the Pen Spirit's Grudge Soul as a caregiver and tried to recruit the Daruma Doll. When the Daruma Doll refused, Lin Qiye left Wangcai in its cell, setting up an ominous encounter.

• Bragi hid in Lin Qiye's office to escape the monkey and the king, and Lin Qiye suggested they were trying to include him in their daily activities.
• Lin Qiye visited the cells holding the Pen Spirit's Grudge Soul and the Daruma Doll, considering their value as potential Klein-level caregivers.
• Lin Qiye offered the Pen Spirit's Grudge Soul a choice between becoming his caregiver and being erased, and it agreed.
• The Daruma Doll refused Lin Qiye's offer, so Lin Qiye returned with Wangcai and tossed the pug into its cell.
• Wangcai peed at the Daruma Doll's feet, then stood upright and revealed a wicked smile.

On the first night of the Pamir Plateau training, Lin Qiye watched as Lu Baoyou reached the frozen lake’s far side ahead of the other recruits. The first elimination list was announced, and the survivors continued toward the cliffs while eliminated recruits were collected.

• Lin Qiye spotted Lu Baoyou advancing alone through the freezing night, impressed by how far he had traveled without using his Forbidden Ruins or eating.
• Ding Chongfeng, Su Yuan, and Fang Mo reached the far side of the frozen lake, where Fang Mo learned that Lu Baoyou was already ahead.
• Ding Chongfeng urged Fang Mo to chase Lu Baoyou, and Fang Mo set off toward Mount Kongur while Ding Chongfeng and Su Yuan rested.
• Drones announced the first day’s elimination list, and Su Yuan reassured Ding Chongfeng that her brother was in five hundred and sixteenth place.
• Off-road vehicles collected the eliminated recruits as the remaining candidates rested briefly or continued along the route.

Si Xiaonan and Leng Xuan traveled across the Pamir Plateau, secretly concealing their identities from Loki and agreeing to work with Singh while planning to sabotage the other divine kingdoms’ agents. Meanwhile, Lin Qiye watched Lu Baoyou prepare to climb a sheer cliff, but Lu Baoyou refused his advice to rest.

• Si Xiaonan and Leng Xuan took food from a herdsman’s tent, knocked everyone unconscious, and staged the scene to hide their actions from Loki.
• Si Xiaonan and Leng Xuan continued pretending to travel at full speed while Loki listened through Loki's Ear.
• Singh revealed himself and proposed an alliance, claiming he served Asura God and was searching for Kunlun Mountain.
• Si Xiaonan accepted Singh’s offer, intending to secretly sabotage the other agents, and introduced Leng Xuan as her mute servant.
• At dawn, Lin Qiye advised Lu Baoyou to rest before climbing the cliff, but Lu Baoyou refused.

Lu Baoyou pushed himself up a towering cliff but fell when his strength gave out, and Fang Mo caught him. Lu Baoyou rejected the rescue and chose to fall, vowing to climb again and surpass everyone, including Fang Mo.

• Lu Baoyou began climbing the cliff, and Fang Mo rested before starting his own ascent.
• Su Yuan advised Ding Chongfeng and the other recruits to rest before attempting the dangerous free solo climb.
• Lu Baoyou climbed nearly four-fifths of the cliff despite exhaustion, but a foothold gave way and he fell.
• Fang Mo caught Lu Baoyou by the wrist, injuring his hand as he held on.
• Lu Baoyou rejected Fang Mo's help, broke free, and fell into the clouds, promising to climb again and surpass him.

As the recruits climbed a deadly cliff, Lin Qiye challenged them to consider whether they were ready to risk their lives as Night Watchmen. Su Zhe realized he had joined only to stay by Su Yuan’s side, not because he was prepared to protect others, and fell from the cliff.

• Lu Baoyou exhausted himself and fell from the cliff, but Lin Qiye used the wind to lower him safely to the ground.
• Su Yuan told Ding Chongfeng to leave Lu Baoyou alone so he could recover, and Ding Chongfeng began climbing.
• As recruits struggled or gave up and jumped, Lin Qiye warned them about the Night Watchmen’s death rate and offered them a final chance to withdraw.
• Su Zhe recalled that he had joined recruit training because Su Yuan planned to go to Shangjing alone, and questioned whether he was ready to become a Night Watchman.
• Su Zhe concluded he was not ready and released his grip, falling from the cliff.

Fang Mo was the first recruit to cross the sheer cliff, while Su Yuan challenged Lin Qiye’s elimination method and then chose to retrace her path. As the drones announced the rankings, Lu Baoyou climbed back into the race, but Su Yuan was eliminated after jumping from the summit.

• Fang Mo reached the summit first, and Lin Qiye praised his effort as he continued toward the next stretch.
• Su Yuan told Lin Qiye that judging recruits by physical endurance alone was unfair, and he replied that the journey was a lesson rather than an assessment.
• Su Yuan parted ways with Ding Chongfeng and turned back toward the sheer cliff, choosing her own path.
• Lu Baoyou recovered his strength and climbed the cliff, overtaking recruits as the drones announced eliminations, including Su Zhe.
• Su Yuan leaped from the summit against the flow of recruits, and the drones announced that she had been eliminated.

Su Yuan returned to help Su Zhe after getting lost, and both siblings were eliminated from the trek but sent to continue training at the Kayush 019 Border Defense Company. Lin Qiye warned Lu Baoyou about his arrogance as the recruits arrived at the western border to serve as volunteers.

• Su Yuan descended from the cliff, found Su Zhe in the snow, and helped him up, explaining that she had gotten lost and still sensed a possible turning point.
• An instructor told Su Yuan and Su Zhe they had been eliminated from the trek but would continue the remaining four days of training at the Kayush 019 Border Defense Company.
• Lin Qiye warned Lu Baoyou that his pride had nearly cost him his life and could endanger his companions, and Lu Baoyou left in silence.
• The eliminated recruits arrived at the Kayush 019 Border Defense Company, where a rugged man welcomed them as volunteers tasked with experiencing life defending Great Xia's western border.