Recaps

After being stripped of his Beyonder abilities and sent to ancient Earth as a child, Ammon chafed at life in a good orphanage and suspected his father had placed him there to teach him humanity. He reframed his situation as a game, began fitting in with the other children, and disappeared on the eve of the New Year.

• Ammon attended the orphanage’s lunch and resented the staff treating him like a small child.
• Ammon recalled his defeat at Origin Castle and realized he had been left powerless in ancient Earth, where ordinary people lived.
• Ammon tried to plan an escape but reconsidered his circumstances as a challenge set by his father.
• Ammon began joining the other children’s activities and classes, appearing to settle into the orphanage.
• Ammon disappeared while the orphanage prepared for the New Year.

Ammon escaped the orphanage and tried to steal food money, but gang members mistook him for a young pickpocket and recruited him after he handed over the phones he had stolen. The chapter explained that his child’s body was causing him to experience emotions, though this humanity did not belong to his soul.

• Ammon escaped the orphanage and wandered the streets, hungry and without money.
• He searched passersby for cash but found only phones he could not unlock.
• Gang members seized Ammon, mistaking him for a pickpocket working for a rival gang.
• Ammon pretended to be an abandoned thief and offered the phones in exchange for food.
• The gang members accepted Ammon and took him along to sell the phones and get a meal.
• The narration explained that Ammon’s human body was influencing his emotions, while the True Creator had placed him in it and sent him to old Earth.

Police investigated the brutal deaths of two thieves whom Ammon had killed after they offended him, while Ammon struggled to get by without identification or access to electronic payments. He entered a supermarket hoping to buy concealer to hide his birthmark, but became lost among the unfamiliar products and languages.

• Police found two thieves tortured and killed, and learned they had recently brought home a child who was now missing.
• The detective ordered officers to search for the child through surveillance, witness sketches, and missing-child reports.
• Ammon bought meat buns with cash and realized that having no ID Card made everyday transactions difficult.
• Ammon decided to hide his conspicuous birthmark with concealer and went to a supermarket he had visited with the thieves.
• Ammon wandered through the cosmetics section, unable to identify the concealer or ask a clerk for help.

Ammon tried to leave the city but was kidnapped by human traffickers and woke bound and blindfolded. After hearing their plans to sell or mutilate him, he claimed he had escaped from an orphanage and begged them not to send him to Delia.

• Ammon noticed that his concealer had failed to hide his dark circles and began following his plan to escape the city.
• A captor covered Ammon’s mouth with a wet wipe, and Ammon woke bound, blindfolded, and gagged.
• Ammon assessed his restraints and listened carefully, realizing that a guard was nearby.
• A woman joined the man guarding Ammon, and Ammon overheard that they had picked up three children to sell.
• The woman worried about Ammon’s birthmark, and the man suggested selling him to a remote village or sending him to Delia to be mutilated for begging.
• Ammon forced the gag from his mouth and shouted that nobody would look for him because he had escaped an orphanage, begging them not to send him to Delia.

After being kidnapped, Ammon freed his hands and feet enough to prepare an escape, but found himself trapped in an isolated room with other unconscious children and few useful tools. As he considered his predicament, he began reflecting on what he could learn from the Lord of Mysteries and was forced to confront fear and helplessness without his former power.

• The traffickers gagged Ammon, threatened him, and left him bound in a room with three unconscious children.
• Ammon watched the traffickers leave, then used the Marauder's techniques to free his hands and adjust his bindings so he could undo them later.
• Ammon discovered his knife, candy, and money were gone, but recovered a bent wire hidden in his clothes.
• Ammon examined the bare room and suspected it was an isolated storeroom or small barn, making escape and reaching safety difficult.
• Ammon reflected on how the Lord of Mysteries had survived through cleverness rather than overwhelming power and began considering what he could learn from him.
• The True Creator's plan forced Ammon to experience human fear, sorrow, anger, and worry by stripping away his power and security.

Ammon, trapped in a child’s body and bound in a warehouse with other kidnapped children, gambled on a plan to escape detection and then pretended to remain helpless. After waking from a brief sleep, he realized one of the other captives was awake and unusually quiet.

• Ammon calmed himself by thinking about how mortals might act and decided to use his experience with pranks and frightening people to improvise.
• Ammon used the shabby warehouse’s contents to complete his setup, then returned to his bound position before anyone noticed.
• When the kidnapped girl woke and began whimpering, Ammon let her make noise rather than risk silencing her, then fell asleep through meditation.
• Ammon woke and identified an unusually steady breathing pattern, concluding that another captive was already awake.

Sister Qiong and A Liang discussed whether a murder investigation would make it dangerous to leave the city with their kidnapped children, and decided to wait several days before departing. A Liang went to feed the children in the warehouse, where Ammon secretly endured the food and watched as A Liang became uneasy.

• Sister Qiong warned A Liang that the murder case and the police deployment might make the roads out of the city dangerous, so they agreed to follow their original plan and wait for the post-holiday crowds.
• Sister Qiong told A Liang to feed the children carefully and reapply their tape, and A Liang headed to the warehouse with water and compressed biscuits.
• A Liang checked the warehouse and the four children, then removed one child's tape and threatened them into staying quiet.
• A Liang gave the children biscuits, and Ammon forced himself to eat despite finding the food revolting.
• A Liang sat by the warehouse door and suddenly frowned.

Ammon hid among the kidnapped children in a warehouse and relied on A Liang’s vague sense that something was wrong to draw him away. A Liang returned with Sister Qiong to investigate, leaving Ammon’s next move uncertain as they entered the warehouse.

• A Liang sensed something unfamiliar in the warehouse, checked the children and the room, then taped the children’s mouths shut and left with a kettle.
• Ammon stayed hidden among the children, relieved that his first step had worked and carefully pretending to whimper like them.
• A Liang told Sister Qiong that the warehouse felt as if someone had been there, despite finding no evidence of intrusion.
• Sister Qiong armed herself with a club and went with A Liang to the warehouse, where they listened to the children before entering.

Ammon's subtle rearrangements wore down Sister Qiong and A Liang, but he was caught off guard when they prepared to transport the children. He was drugged and packed into a suitcase, leaving him to endure the setback and resolve to keep going.

• Ammon used tiny changes to objects to intensify Sister Qiong and A Liang's unease until they locked the children in separate places.
• Ammon mapped the surroundings and planned to escape during the night, but Sister Qiong entered before he could leave.
• Sister Qiong drugged Ammon with a damp handkerchief and carried him to the back courtyard.
• Sister Qiong and A Liang packed Ammon and two other children into suitcases and drove away.
• Ammon regretted not escaping sooner, then reminded himself that he could endure the setback.

Ammon was transported in a car trunk by Sister Qiong and A Liang, who used a child sleeping among the luggage to avoid police suspicion. The car reached a residential house, and Ammon prepared to use hidden wire to escape.

• Ammon suppressed his urge to call for help as Sister Qiong and A Liang drove through heavy traffic and passed police officers.
• Ammon reflected on his fear and indecision while the car slowly left the traffic jam.
• After the drug wore off, Ammon heard children whimpering, while Sister Qiong and A Liang checked on their captives and continued driving.
• Sister Qiong directed A Liang off the highway and through several turns to a residential house.
• Ammon felt the car jolt to a stop and resolved to escape using the wire hidden in his bound hands.

Ammon and three other children were taken to a prepared hideout, where A Liang threatened them with collective punishment. After one girl untied their ropes, she tried to reassure the others that the traffickers would not cripple them, leaving Ammon suspicious of her explanation.

• A Liang brought Ammon and three other children to a room prepared as a hideout and threatened to cripple all of them if anyone caused trouble.
• Ammon studied the room and the traffickers, deciding not to attempt his previous escape trick in case the hideout had surveillance cameras.
• A girl with unbound hands and feet untied the other children's ropes, and Ammon let her free him despite worrying that the traffickers might punish them.
• Ammon's question made the children fear collective punishment, and two of them blamed the girl for untying their ropes.
• The girl claimed the traffickers would not cripple them because damaged goods were worth less, and Ammon privately doubted her story.

Ammon and three other children remained captive in a traffickers’ room, where hunger and fear wore down their resolve. After enduring the humiliation of using an uncovered chamber pot under the other children’s gaze, Ammon shed the first tear of his thousands of years of divine life.

• A Liang brought compressed biscuits and water to the children, while Ammon watched the food and calculated how to build up strength for an escape.
• Sister Qiong questioned A Liang about the children, and after he spoke carelessly about selling them the next day, she slapped him for tempting fate.
• Ammon used the foul-smelling chamber pot in front of the other children, then returned to his corner and cried.

Ammon stayed under the traffickers’ watch until a buyer rejected him, leaving him alone in the room. He seized the chance to escape, but chose to hunt down the people outside rather than risk fleeing while hungry and unfamiliar with the area.

• Ammon suppressed the urge to call on the Lord of Mysteries and his father, then pretended to sleep through the night.
• Sister Qiong and A Liang checked the surveillance footage, found the children still asleep, and contacted the buyer.
• The buyer’s men examined all four children, and the buyer refused to take Ammon because of his dark circles.
• After Sister Qiong and A Liang took the other children downstairs, Ammon picked the lock with a piece of wire and slipped into the corridor.
• Ammon decided not to head for the exit and instead planned to kill the traffickers and their associates first.

Ammon escaped from the traffickers’ villa, leaving Sister Qiong and A Liang dead or dying behind him. Days later, police found the gruesome scene but no sign of the child.

• Sister Qiong ordered A Liang to feed Ammon and prepare to leave that night before the holiday travel rush ended.
• A Liang found Ammon missing from his locked room, and Sister Qiong discovered on the surveillance footage that he had opened the lock.
• Sister Qiong sent A Liang to search the house while she watched outside, but Ammon attacked him when he returned downstairs.
• Three days later, police officers arrived at the villa after cracking a human trafficking case and forced their way inside.
• An officer reported finding two bodies, believed to be the traffickers, but no trace of Ammon.

Police investigators identified seven-year-old Ammon as the likely killer of two traffickers, while Ammon settled into an empty home and planned how to make money and leave the country. The chapter leaves him searching for an unoccupied house with a computer.

• A forensic examiner described how the two traffickers had been paralyzed and left to die, but the officers concluded that Ammon was responsible.
• The older officer linked Ammon to an earlier killing of two thieves and said the child needed to be found and guided.
• Ammon moved into an unoccupied home after killing the traffickers and used skills learned from thieves to sell stolen goods.
• Ammon bought clothes, food, and a secondhand smartphone, then considered using online scams to earn travel money.
• Ammon left to look for an empty house with a computer so he could create social media accounts without showing his face.

Ammon studied the modern world online while surviving by secretly using computers in empty houses, and he considered how to reach regions where a child like him might survive. As he headed toward a school to buy dinner, a pursuer tracked him, and the chapter left their group preparing to catch him before school let out.

• Ammon read online jokes and realized how risky it would have been to register for Mobile Payment using a stolen ID number.
• Ammon charged his phone and used a computer in an empty house, then checked his map and weighed the obstacles to traveling to the Middle East, Southeast Asia, or South America.
• Ammon considered using an adult as a spokesperson or bluffing people with a false identity, but recognized the risks of either plan.
• Ammon noticed someone following him and vanished from the street before the pursuer could keep sight of him.
• The follower reported Ammon's counter-reconnaissance skills to a partner, who warned that they needed to act before school let out.

Ammon suspected that the people following him were connected to the traffickers and headed for the Police Station to deter them. The police caught him there, and his escape attempt left them wondering whether he had been trained as a child assassin.

• Ammon reasoned that the traffickers' associates might be pursuing him and decided to seek safety near the Police Station.
• Ammon bought a utility knife and made his way toward the Police Station while officers secretly followed him.
• The old policeman concluded that Ammon might mistake them for traffickers and ordered the officers to close in.
• A uniformed policeman approached Ammon outside the Police Station, but Ammon tried to flee and attacked after being grabbed.
• The officers restrained Ammon with padded handcuffs, and the old policeman said they needed to investigate his history before the orphanage.

After the police captured the serial passion-murder culprit, they struggled to decide what to do with seven-year-old Ammon and veteran detective Li Anbang offered to adopt him. Li Anbang brought Ammon home for dinner, suspecting his father and older brother might reveal more about his past.

• The police debated how to handle Ammon, whose dangerous skills made returning him to the orphanage seem unsafe, and Li Anbang volunteered to adopt him.
• Li Anbang asked Ammon about his name and family, and Ammon said he did not know his surname but remembered a father and an older brother.
• Li Anbang took Ammon home, confiscated his stolen phone, and made him dinner while quietly observing him.
• Li Anbang uploaded Ammon's information about his father and older brother to the Police Station's shared cloud drive.
• Li Anbang called Ammon to dinner, and Ammon decided to find out what the policeman was planning.

While eating with Li Anbang, Ammon learned that Adam, Ammon, Abraham, and Jacob were names associated with religious figures in this world, leaving him shaken by the possibility that he was in the future. When Li Anbang confirmed that Christianity used the cross as its symbol, Ammon reacted with alarm.

• Li Anbang asked Ammon for his family members' names, and Ammon said his brother was named Adam.
• Li Anbang searched online and told Ammon that Adam and Ammon were names of mythological or religious figures.
• Ammon asked about Abraham and Jacob, and Li Anbang identified them as biblical ancestors.
• Ammon mentioned Medici, whom he called an idiot who had taught him to deceive people, making Li Anbang suspect Medici was part of a criminal organization.
• Ammon asked Li Anbang about the Bible and Christianity, then learned that the cross was Christianity's symbol and reacted with alarm.

Li Anbang questioned Amon about his age and schooling, then agreed to buy him a phone and religious texts while keeping him under his care. At the Police Station, Li Anbang and his colleagues suspected Amon was connected to a group using Christianity as a cover and planned to investigate further.

• Li Anbang asked Amon how old he was and urged him to attend school, but Amon said he had already learned what he needed and asked whether Li Anbang would let him go.
• Li Anbang told Amon he needed to live with him for a while and offered to buy him a smartphone, a Bible, and other religious texts and myths.
• Li Anbang reported to his colleagues that Amon might have come from an organization built around Christianity, possibly using religion as a cover.
• The officers debated how Amon had ended up alone and decided to follow their usual procedures for investigating transnational criminal groups.
• Li Anbang returned home with a phone, books, and dinner ingredients while the officers arranged surveillance near his home and agreed to check religious groups in Korea and the Far East.

Ammon struggled against his growing attachment to Li Anbang and planned to escape before he was sent to school. When he used a homemade device to disable the surveillance cameras, the police were left stunned by his ingenuity.

• Ammon studied the world through books while the police analyzed his online activity and behavior.
• Ammon resolved to escape because he feared becoming attached to Li Anbang and assimilated into ordinary life.
• The Major Crimes Unit planned to let Ammon attempt an escape so they could follow him toward his father's organization, while Li Anbang stayed out of the operation.
• Li Anbang told Ammon that he would start school in September, strengthening Ammon's resolve to leave.
• Ammon used a homemade device to plug into a wall outlet and turn the surveillance feeds to static.

Ammon used his Signal Jamming Device to escape the police surveillance network and headed out of the city in a taxi. The police followed him by drone while trying to understand his unusual technical and psychological skills.

• Xiao Liu explained that Ammon's device had interfered with the surveillance cameras, and the unit chief ordered the police to keep watching him and preserve the device if possible.
• Ammon used his knowledge of the city to evade observers and decided to leave as quickly as possible after disabling the cameras.
• Ammon got into a DiDi Taxi by convincing the driver that he regularly traveled alone to a piano class outside the city.
• Two police officers tracked Ammon with a drone and discussed his counter-surveillance skills and the possibility that a criminal organization had trained him.

Ammon tried to escape the city by walking through the countryside, while police officers tracked him with a drone. The chapter left him continuing toward the river crossing despite exhaustion, as the police discussed the possibility that an organization had trained children like him.

• Ammon paid his driver, slipped away from the piano school, and headed toward the wilderness to reach a nearby town.
• Police officers tracked Ammon by drone and switched places in their surveillance car as they followed his slow progress.
• Ammon struggled with the heat and his heavy backpack, considered returning, then forced himself to continue after blaming the current Mystery for his escape.
• Ammon rinsed his shirt in the river, ate bread, rested briefly, and set off again toward the crossing.
• Old Li and the Head of the Major Crimes Unit discussed Ammon's abilities and worried that an unknown organization might have trained other children like him.

After escaping, Ammon trekked into town, sold stolen phones, and found a bridge underpass to sleep in. The police tracked him there with an undercover officer, but they saw no sign that anyone had come to meet him.

• Ammon reached town after a grueling trek, replenished his energy at a convenience store, and continued toward the busier part of town.
• Ammon sold the phones he had stolen, unaware that the shop was raided soon after he left and its owner was mistaken for an organization member.
• Ammon ate at a Shaxian snack shop, then followed online tutorials to find a bridge underpass where he could spend the night.
• A surveillance team sent an undercover officer posing as a homeless man to watch Ammon beneath the bridge.
• Ammon offered the officer candy in exchange for a small place to sleep, then rested warily with his knife hidden in his backpack.
• The police watched Ammon through a pinhole camera and wondered why nobody appeared to meet him.

Ammon left the bridge and boarded a long-distance bus while police monitored his movements. When he noticed a woman secretly watching him, he suspected she was a human trafficker and gripped the knife in his bag.

• Ammon woke sore after his weighted run, packed his bedsheet, and made his way to the bus station.
• Ammon obtained a ticket to a nearby county town and boarded a bus after deciding that changing vehicles would make him harder to track.
• Ammon fell asleep on the bus from exhaustion while the Major Crimes Unit continued watching him remotely.
• Ammon woke suddenly and noticed a middle-aged woman holding a child secretly observing him.
• The Head of the Major Crimes Unit suspected the woman was a human trafficker and ordered Xiao Zhang to follow her, while Ammon gripped his knife and declared that human traffickers must die.