Recaps

Guan Tong survived the Sleep Deprivation rule, used Shadow to set a record in the Extreme Marathon, and strengthened his Mind Power by writing in the Wordless Book. As the Fasting Therapy rule began, he bought a limited supply of Basic Food Boxes and kept their scarcity secret.

• Guan Tong endured the Sleep Deprivation rule with Fang Qian, but sent her away after realizing she had considered knocking him unconscious for a Sobering Mint Candy.
• After passing Rule One, Guan Tong received the title Order Keeper and bought the Wordless Book, while Liu Yuqiang became a Rule Breaker after using the hidden rule to obtain candy.
• Guan Tong spent days writing in the Wordless Book until his name summoned Shadow, which he learned could move but could not interact with matter.
• When Rule Two required a marathon in under three hours, Guan Tong used Shadow and moving shadows to complete it in twenty-one seconds, then improved his record to fourteen seconds.
• Fire Thief named Shadow the winner of the Extreme Marathon, and Guan Tong received Gene Optimization Fluid, which improved his senses and raised his Mind Power to 114.
• Guan Tong wrote “Ascension Coins” in the Wordless Book to earn Binding Coins and raise his Mind Power Cap to 116, while Fang Qian apologized for her earlier actions.
• Fire Thief began Rule Three, Fasting Therapy, requiring fifteen days without food and offering a First Ascendant Challenge Invitation as a reward.
• Guan Tong learned that Basic Food Boxes could help satisfy the fasting rule, bought four with eighty Ascension Coins, and kept their limited supply secret.

Guan Tong strengthened Shadow, survived a kidnapping gang, and chose to leave crowded Yunhua City before the month-long snowfall. He reached Mingdao Mountain, where Wang Yan and Chen Na joined him as the storm continued.

• Guan Tong solidified Shadow and learned it could fight physically, then helped the Public Security Bureau rescue Xu Xiaotian from Shen Zuohu’s kidnapping gang.
• Fire Thief announced the June snowfall rule, and Guan Tong learned that snow would be heavier in densely populated areas.
• Guan Tong left Limei Hotel, raided a guarded supply warehouse with Shadow, and drove toward sparsely populated Mingdao Mountain.
• After his car became trapped near the mountain, Guan Tong carried his supplies to shelter beneath a large rock and began clearing snow and gathering firewood.
• Xu Xiaotian stayed at the crowded Limei Hotel as residents faced deep snow, illness, and concerns about quarantining the sick.
• Wang Yan and Chen Na arrived by truck at Guan Tong’s mountain camp, and Chen Na explained that villagers had taken food from their home.
• Guan Tong and Wang Yan discussed the snowfall and wondered how Sun Family Village and Yunhua were faring.

Guan Tong survived the snow disaster, returned to Yunhua, and prepared for the next Apocalypse Rule while Wang Yan and Chen Na left for Yong'an. When the fifth rule unleashed Living Dead, he joined forces with Shi Jingyi to kill their source and left under military escort after the Third Squad arrived.

• Guan Tong killed a wild boar near his camp, created the Silver Hunter with the Wordless Book, and helped Wang Yan through her illness as the June Snowfall rule ended.
• After the snow melted, Guan Tong traveled toward Yunhua with Wang Yan and Chen Na, then stayed behind as officials took them to a hospital and they continued toward Yong'an.
• Guan Tong found his home destroyed, settled in a property storage room, and completed the Wordless Book page that stored Reserve Mind Power.
• At the Green Plum Association gathering, Big Sister revealed plans to kidnap high-Mind Power Ascenders and seize their Mind Power-related items, while armed drivers killed two members who objected.
• Fire Thief announced the Night of the Living Dead, requiring Ascenders to kill ten Living Dead in 24 hours as the Mother Transformer’s scream awakened corpses.
• Guan Tong fought Living Dead across Yunhua, reached a warehouse full of transformed survivors, and met Shi Jingyi, who defeated attackers with Kung Fu enhanced by Mind Power.
• Guan Tong and Shi Jingyi lured the Mother Transformer away from its supply of corpses, and Guan Tong sent Shadow inside it to destroy its body and expose its original form.
• After Guan Tong stomped the Mother Transformer to death, Third Squad arrived and its captain tried to arrest him and Shi Jingyi, but the commander ordered the soldiers to escort them away after learning Shi Jingyi’s identity.

Guan Tong won the First Ascendant Challenge by holding the Holy Grail, then used his shelter and training to prepare for the next rule. As the Blood Plague spread, he launched Ascendant's Home while the hunt for antibody carriers escalated.

• Shi Jingyi offered Guan Tong her recorded course before leaving, and Guan Tong prepared for future clashes with the authorities by hunting Living Dead.
• Guan Tong entered the First Ascendant Challenge alone, eliminated rival teams, and used the Holy Grail’s unlimited Mind Power to defend the church until he won.
• Guan Tong received the Victor title and Phase Shift, then materialized an All-Function Shelter and adopted a stray cat named Coal Ball.
• Fire Thief announced the Lethal Blood Plague, and Guan Tong learned that a few infected people could carry curative serum but kept the hidden rule secret.
• The authorities concealed information about Adaptables as Chen Na entered a selection to help her mother, while Guan Tong studied Shi Jingyi’s course and started building a secure trading website.
• A fight broke out when authorities tried to take the Hall Master into custody, and three days later Guan Tong launched Ascendant's Home.
• Sister Yu brought Xiao Ming to the hospital for serum treatment, but infected people learned she might carry antibodies and attacked the hospital guards.
• Mask failed to hack Ascendant's Home, offered to improve its interface, and secretly planned to hide Trojans in the optimization package.