Chapter Summaries

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu discovered that Cao Yuan had been visiting Lu Menglei at the Kendo Club, where he challenged her to a spar with a slender branch. Cao Yuan evaded Lu Menglei’s relentless attacks, leaving their match unresolved.

• Gilgamesh complained about Yelander’s strength, and Lin Qiye eventually soothed him before returning to campus.
• Cao Yuan hurried from class to the Kendo Club, while Lin Qiye and An Qingyu secretly watched him meet Lu Menglei.
• Jiang Er identified Lu Menglei as the club president and learned that she had recently divorced her unfaithful husband.
• Lu Menglei challenged Cao Yuan to spar, but he refused a Bamboo Sword and chose a slender branch instead.
• Lu Menglei attacked fiercely, but Cao Yuan dodged every strike without letting her sword touch him or his branch.

After Cao Yuan defeated Lu Menglei in a kendo spar, he walked her back across campus while Lin Qiye and the others schemed to help her feel safe with him. A black cat stole Lu Menglei’s bag and led her to a dark teaching building, where she recognized something alarming.

• Cao Yuan disarmed Lu Menglei with a branch, impressing her with his skill, and she insisted they spar again.
• Lin Qiye, Jiang Er, and An Qingyu watched the pair and discussed how Cao Yuan might turn Lu Menglei’s admiration into a sense of security.
• After sparring until nearly midnight, Cao Yuan offered to walk Lu Menglei toward her dormitory, and she told him she had been divorced.
• A black cat snatched Lu Menglei’s bag and ran into a dark teaching building, climbing to the sixth floor.
• Lu Menglei chased the cat to the building, then stopped in panic as she recognized it.

Cao Yuan and Lu Menglei entered the dark Building 5 to retrieve her bag, while Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er secretly arranged a spooky atmosphere to help Cao Yuan grow closer to her. As Cao Yuan and Lu Menglei climbed toward Classroom 609, he kept teasing her, and she clung to his arm.

• Lu Menglei told Cao Yuan the legend of Classroom 609, but he dismissed her fears and led her into Building 5.
• Cao Yuan found the lights and elevator out of service, so he used his phone flashlight and asked Lu Menglei to stay close as they headed upstairs.
• Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er revealed they had staged the situation, with Jiang Er hiding Lu Menglei's bag in Classroom 609.
• Lin Qiye decided against having Jiang Er frighten Lu Menglei directly, leaving the rest to Cao Yuan.
• Lu Menglei clung to Cao Yuan as they climbed, and he joked that they were on the third floor before correcting himself that they were on the fifth.

Cao Yuan and Lu Menglei searched the sixth floor for a missing handbag and found ghostly figures in Classroom 609. Lin Qiye intervened, but an administrator’s shout halted his power and let the souls escape.

• Cao Yuan and Lu Menglei searched the north-side classrooms on the sixth floor without finding the handbag.
• Cao Yuan and Lu Menglei saw strange lights and shadowy figures inside Classroom 609, and Cao Yuan recognized them as Remnant Souls.
• Lin Qiye sensed something was wrong and headed toward Classroom 609 while an administrator entered the building and began climbing the stairs.
• Cao Yuan opened Classroom 609, and the figures rushed at him as Lin Qiye appeared and unleashed his Mortal Divine Domain.
• A woman shouted for Lin Qiye to stop, halting his power long enough for the soul shadows to escape through a window.

Lin Qiye captured Shangjing University administrator Jiang Zhihua after she fled the teaching building and learned she could control Remnant Souls. Jiang Zhihua revealed that Lin Qiye had broken her classroom barrier, letting the souls escape across campus, and he promised to help retrieve them.

• Jiang Zhihua ran from Lin Qiye, who caught her by swallowing her in darkness and bringing her behind the teaching building.
• Cao Yuan reassured Lu Menglei that the strange sights and sounds had been tricks of light and shadow, then walked her back with her bag.
• Lin Qiye questioned Jiang Zhihua and learned she had once been pursued by believers who tried to recruit her.
• Jiang Er identified Jiang Zhihua as a former Shangjing University student and current comprehensive building administrator.
• Jiang Zhihua explained that she could communicate with and control Remnant Souls, and said Lin Qiye's glare had broken her barrier and freed the souls across campus.
• Lin Qiye promised Jiang Zhihua that he and An Qingyu would help bring the escaped Remnant Souls back.

Jiang Zhihua explained how the Remnant Souls of students who died by suicide at Shangjing University had stayed in Classroom 609, and how she had become their teacher and caretaker. After Lin Qiye accidentally broke her barrier and frightened the spirits into scattering, he planned to recruit students to search the campus and bring the missing ones back.

• Jiang Zhihua told Lin Qiye and An Qingyu that she had encountered the spirits in Classroom 609 after a failed suicide attempt, when they saved her from falling to her death.
• Jiang Zhihua explained that she had awakened the ability to see and communicate with Remnant Souls, then returned to teach the spirits and show them how the modern world had changed.
• Jiang Zhihua said that Lin Qiye's aura had frightened the fourteen Remnant Souls into fleeing after his gaze broke her barrier, and that some might not return easily.
• Lin Qiye exchanged phone numbers with Jiang Zhihua and left with An Qingyu and Jiang Er to find the scattered spirits.
• Lin Qiye decided to enlist students to search the campus and bring the Remnant Souls back to Classroom 609.

Su Yuan and Su Zhe joined the reserve squad, and Lin Qiye assigned the team a three-day mission to find Remnant Souls at Shangjing University. As the squad set out, An Qingyu suddenly suffered a violent attack, and Lin Qiye sensed Mi Go nearby.

• Su Yuan and Su Zhe arrived at 006 Squad headquarters and met Li Zhenzhen, Fang Mo, and Lu Baoyou.
• Chen Han told the squad that Captain Lin had a mission for them, and they went to Shangjing University to meet Lin Qiye.
• Lin Qiye explained that the squad had three days to locate Remnant Souls with Silver Thread Glasses and return them to a classroom without harming them.
• The reserve squad dispersed to search while An Qingyu and Lin Qiye stayed together.
• An Qingyu began coughing and trembling as a gray hue spread through his eyes, and Lin Qiye sensed Mi Go nearby.

An Qingyu’s debilitating headache returned as Lin Qiye sensed four Mi Go entering Shangjing, prompting him to coordinate a response. Cao Yuan left the Kendo Club to handle one of the creatures, while Lin Qiye confronted another and discovered that his End King’s Law could prevent it from escaping through a spatial rift.

• An Qingyu suffered a sudden headache, and Lin Qiye sensed multiple Mi Go before leaving to respond.
• Lu Menglei waited for Cao Yuan at the Kendo Club, but he received an urgent call and rushed away before they could train.
• Lin Qiye told Chen Han that four Mi Go had appeared and divided the targets among himself, Chen Han, Cao Yuan, and Laifu.
• Lin Qiye sent Laifu southeast to fight one Mi Go and pursued another Mi Go perched on a skyscraper.
• Lin Qiye used End King’s Law to block the Mi Go’s escape through a spatial rift, then drew Zhanbai to attack.

At Shangjing University, An Qingyu’s logical abilities showed clear signs of recovery, though he still suffered dizziness when pushed too far. Lin Qiye returned after killing the Mi Go and planned to investigate a growing threat in Shangjing while keeping An Qingyu out of it.

• An Qingyu told Jiang Er that his headaches had worsened, then learned the Mi Go was a servant of the Key of Doors.
• An Qingyu played chess with Jiang Er and showed a major improvement in his logical computing ability after taking his medicine.
• An Qingyu became dizzy during a harder chess game, and Jiang Er let him rest in the sun as he voiced hope that he would recover.
• Lin Qiye returned after he and his companions killed all four Mi Go and found no new ones over two hours of surveillance.
• Lin Qiye asked Jiang Er to help search electronic records in the coming days and told her to keep his plans from An Qingyu.

Lin Qiye concluded that the Mi Go were searching Shangjing City for a target and prepared the Night Watchmen for another invasion. Meanwhile, Li Zhenzhen and Su Zhe found and captured a White Shadow at a convenience store, but it escaped by crashing into the owner.

• Lin Qiye analyzed the Mi Go's encircling pattern and predicted another invasion, then planned a citywide search for Lovecraftian objects and more guards.
• Chen Han agreed to mobilize the logistics department to search Shangjing City.
• Su Zhe and Li Zhenzhen searched Shangjing University for Remnant Souls and spotted a White Shadow in a convenience store.
• Li Zhenzhen grabbed the White Shadow with her special gloves and escorted it outside while Su Zhe watched.
• The convenience store owner demanded payment for the potato chips, and the White Shadow jerked free by slamming into him.

Li Zhenzhen and Su Zhe pursued a Remnant Soul that kept changing hosts through Shangjing University, until Li Yifei’s singing distracted it and drew it into the open. Cao Yuan found Lu Menglei by the lake, and she agreed to continue practicing swordsmanship with him.

• The Remnant Soul escaped Li Zhenzhen and Su Zhe by leaving the convenience store owner and possessing a male student in the campus crowd.
• Li Zhenzhen tracked the possessed student from a teaching building and prepared to shoot him with her heart-shaped bow, but Li Yifei’s singing distracted the student and stopped her from firing.
• The Remnant Soul approached Li Yifei, while Li Zhenzhen alerted Fang Mo and the reserve team closed in through the crowd.
• Lu Menglei heard Li Yifei’s song and thought about Cao Yuan before he appeared behind her carrying a Black Box.
• Cao Yuan told Lu Menglei he had followed her from the Kendo Club, and she agreed to practice swordsmanship.

Li Yifei’s performance drew a crowd before a possessed student mistook him for someone named Chang Hong, and Fang Mo’s team captured the spirit possessing him. Later, Cao Yuan told Lu Menglei he would be searching Shangjing City, and she asked whether it was connected to his true identity.

• Jiang Er teased An Qingyu about being jealous while they watched Li Yifei perform.
• Fang Mo and the reserve team waited for the crowd around Li Yifei to disperse, then seized a student who called him Chang Hong.
• Fang Mo separated a White Shadow from the student, and the team restrained the spirit while Li Yifei watched in confusion.
• Li Yifei told Zhang Yang he had added over thirty girls on WeChat to win their bet, and Zhang Yang invited him to perform at the freshman welcome gala.
• Cao Yuan told Lu Menglei he would be away to search for something in Shangjing City, and she asked whether his search concerned his true identity.

Cao Yuan agreed to spar with Lu Menglei late at night, while Lin Qiye returned from searching Shangjing City for the Mi Go and found An Qingyu's condition unchanged. After Li Yifei lost to An Qingyu at chess, An Qingyu asked him to teach him guitar.

• Lu Menglei deduced that Cao Yuan had a mysterious background and asked to join him, but Cao Yuan refused and agreed to spar with her around midnight.
• Lin Qiye and the Night Watchmen Headquarters searched Shangjing City for what the Mi Go were seeking but found nothing, and Lin Qiye returned to the courtyard.
• An Qingyu told Lin Qiye that his computing power had not improved, while Li Yifei recounted encountering a Remnant Soul who seemed fixated on him.
• Lin Qiye suggested Li Yifei help resolve the Remnant Soul's lingering anguish, and Li Yifei stayed in the courtyard to play chess with An Qingyu.
• An Qingyu defeated Li Yifei at chess and asked him to teach him guitar.

Lin Qiye used his Mortal Divine Domain to narrow the search for the Mi Go’s target to Shangjing University and joined the campus search. There, he helped Fang Mo and Lu Baoyou capture a White Shadow possessing a student, while the search for the real target remained unresolved.

• Lin Qiye’s pen refill landed on Shangjing University and nearby streets, so Chen Han sent agents to search the area.
• Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan split up to investigate the campus during the freshman welcome party rehearsal.
• Fang Mo and Lu Baoyou tried to return a White Shadow to its proper place after it possessed a student who wanted to compete in a track meet.
• The White Shadow escaped through a window, but Lin Qiye caught it and handed it back to Fang Mo.
• Lin Qiye comforted the White Shadow and asked Fang Mo how his mission was progressing.

Lin Qiye investigated a suspicious direction on campus while Li Yifei followed Fang Mo and Lu Baoyou to see a Remnant Soul connected to his past encounter. At the rehearsal, An Qingyu questioned Jiang Er about the others’ secrecy and learned that the Mi Go might return to Shangjing City a third time.

• Lin Qiye asked Fang Mo to report suspicious people or objects at school, then used a piece of chalk to check a direction outside the classroom.
• After finishing his rehearsal, Li Yifei saw Fang Mo and Lu Baoyou leading a white silhouette away and hurried after them, hoping to see the girl Remnant Soul he had met before.
• Fang Mo and Lu Baoyou explained that the silhouette was a different Remnant Soul, then agreed to take Li Yifei to the one he sought.
• An Qingyu and Jiang Er arrived after Li Yifei’s rehearsal, and Lin Qiye concealed his investigation by saying he had come to watch.
• An Qingyu confronted Jiang Er about Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan’s absences, so Jiang Er told him that the Mi Go were searching for something in Shangjing City and might return a third time.

An Qingyu wondered whether his headaches were connected to the Mi Go invasions, but Jiang Er dismissed the idea. At the university, Li Yifei met a Remnant Soul who mistook him for her lost acquaintance Chang Hong, leading him to realize Chang Hong had likely been the human whose body the Nanda Snake Demon copied.

• An Qingyu connected the timing of his headaches to both Mi Go invasions, but Jiang Er argued the events were unrelated and urged him not to worry.
• Fang Mo sent the White Shadow into a classroom with Li Yifei, then left with Lu Baoyou to search for lost Remnant Souls.
• The White Shadow recognized Li Yifei as Chang Hong and wrote that she remembered him, including a distinctive mole.
• Li Yifei realized the human body he had taken on may once have belonged to Chang Hong, whom the Nanda Snake Demon had killed.
• The White Shadow saw Li Yifei staring at her and wrote that he had remembered.

Li Yifei heard White Shadow recount her love for Chang Hong and the night she died, but he denied being Chang Hong and offered to help the ghosts attend the freshman welcome gala. Meanwhile, Cao Yuan found Lu Menglei practicing alone at the Kendo Club, where she admitted she had waited to go to the gala with him.

• White Shadow wrote that she and Chang Hong fell in love at Shangjing University, then he vanished the night before graduation and she later jumped from the teaching building.
• Li Yifei told White Shadow he was not Chang Hong and urged her to let go, leaving her disappointed.
• White Shadow and the other ghosts asked Li Yifei to help them watch the freshman welcome gala, but they could not leave because of Teacher Jiang's barrier.
• Li Yifei rushed out to find Teacher Jiang and ask her to let the ghosts attend the gala.
• Cao Yuan searched for someone, then went to the Kendo Club training grounds and found Lu Menglei practicing alone.
• Lu Menglei told Cao Yuan she had stayed behind because she wanted to wait and go to the gala with him.

Cao Yuan and Lu Menglei went to the freshman welcome party together, while Lin Qiye attended with Chen Han and Xu Liao, who delivered Night Watchmen commendations for Nightfall and An Qingyu. Lin Qiye watched his teammates enjoy the party and reflected on the losses his team had suffered, ending with the thought that their world offered no “ifs.”

• Cao Yuan admired Lu Menglei in her dress, carried her bag, and took her hand as they left the training ground for the party.
• Lin Qiye met Chen Han and Xu Liao outside Shangjing University's freshman welcome party and watched the performances with them from the back of the crowd.
• Chen Han gave Lin Qiye Nightfall's collective Sea of Stars Medal and a personal medal for An Qingyu.
• Cao Yuan arrived at the party holding Lu Menglei's hand, and Lin Qiye remarked on his unexpected romantic confidence.
• Lin Qiye told Chen Han he wanted his teammates to rest after their losses, then reflected that their life would have been different without wars and Mysteries.

Li Yifei could not find Jiang Zhihua to free the remnant souls in Classroom 609, so he gave up his spot at the freshman welcome gala to put on a special performance for them. The chapter ended with him singing “Blue Lotus” in the dark classroom while the souls watched.

• Li Yifei learned that Jiang Zhihua had gone home sick and could not help the remnant souls leave Classroom 609.
• With ten minutes before his scheduled performance, Li Yifei decided to go to the gala venue and withdraw rather than leave the souls waiting.
• Li Yifei told a staff member to rearrange the program, then took balloons and streamers and ran back to Classroom 609.
• Li Yifei decorated the classroom, opened its north-facing windows, and promised to sing and dance along with the gala for the remnant souls.
• Li Yifei began his special show for the souls by singing “Blue Lotus.”

At the gala, Cao Yuan discussed his growing relationship with Lu Menglei and urged An Qingyu to reconsider how little he had done for Jiang Er. An Qingyu recognized that he had taken Jiang Er’s care for granted and asked her for a favor.

• Cao Yuan learned that the expected solo performance had been replaced by jazz dancing and agreed to show Lu Menglei his swordsmanship in exchange for one request.
• Cao Yuan told An Qingyu he was willing to pursue Lu Menglei despite the possibility that their time together would be limited, then challenged An Qingyu to show Jiang Er more love and attention.
• Jiang Er secretly brought An Qingyu ice cream, and Cao Yuan’s words made An Qingyu realize how consistently she had cared for him while he had done little for her.
• An Qingyu looked toward the stage and asked Jiang Er to do him a favor.