Chapter Summaries

Zhao Han read a trending post accusing Otherworldly Users of unfairly competing with Ordinary People, and the debate unsettled her despite her classmates dismissing it. At dinner, Wenren De called the controversy a familiar cycle, while Wenren Sheng noticed the wind rising.

• At school, Zhao Han read a trending post about the Gold Silver Island Paradise incident that warned of Otherworldly Users gaining wealth and passing their advantages to their children.
• Zhao Han's classmates joked that the issue did not concern them, while Wang Wenwen understood Zhao Han's concern as a new Otherworldly User.
• Zhao Han solved a difficult biology problem fluently, then glared at classmates who whispered about her strength and academic ability.
• At dinner, Zhao Han began to explain her unease but saw a passage in her mind predicting a bloody storm; Wang Wenwen explained the trending news in her place.
• Wenren De dismissed the controversy as a recurring debate, while Wenren Sheng looked outside and said the wind was rising.

Zhao Han learned that a newly awakened Otherworldly User had died, prompting the Patrol Division to assign Wang Cuiyan’s company to investigate. Wang Cuiyan also revealed she had become Dongshui No. 1 High School’s dean of students and that the school had sixty-five newly awakened Otherworldly Users.

• The chapter opened with Ma Hao losing Dong Chunfang to Chen Kechong after Chen revealed he was an Otherworldly User and boasted about his advantages.
• Zhao Han wondered why Wang Wenwen had returned to school, and Wang Wenwen explained she was avoiding her mother, Wang Cuiyan.
• Wenren Sheng told Zhao Han that a newly awakened Otherworldly User had died and that the Patrol Division had assigned the case to their company.
• Wang Cuiyan demanded that Zhao Han bring Wang Wenwen to her, but Wang Wenwen refused to come out because she feared being made to repay the ingredients she had eaten.
• Wang Cuiyan let Wang Wenwen hide for another day and told Zhao Han she had become the school’s dean of students.
• Wang Cuiyan told Zhao Han that sixty-five newly awakened Otherworldly Users attended Dongshui No. 1 High School.

Zhao Han accompanied Wang Cuiyan to the dean’s office, where Wenren Sheng used Mystic Illusion Art to show her the moments before Dong Chunfang was killed. Zhao Han suspected an accidental murder, but Wenren Sheng said her analysis still needed improvement.

• Wang Cuiyan told Zhao Han that her identity would stay hidden and that they would say she was taking the recommendation exam.
• Zhao Han met Dong Chunfang’s grieving mother and learned that Dong Chunfang had been involved with two boys at school.
• Wenren Sheng recreated a memory scene showing Dong Chunfang and a boy discussing their abilities and plans for marriage.
• A shadow crept toward the pair in the park, the boy fled after a scream, and Dong Chunfang collapsed on a bench.
• Zhao Han guessed the killing was accidental, and Wenren Sheng told her she had more to learn.

Zhao Han watched a reconstruction of Dong Chunfang’s murder, then became Wang Cuiyan’s informant on Otherworldly Users at school. Interrogations revealed that Ma Hao had stabbed Dong Chunfang, while Chen Kechong had deliberately engineered her death to strengthen his ability, though he believed he could evade punishment.

• Wenren Sheng corrected Zhao Han’s mistaken interpretation of the murder reconstruction and told her to stay alert.
• Wang Cuiyan gave Zhao Han a list of the school’s Otherworldly Users and assigned her to report suspicious activity.
• Zhao Han overheard students discussing Dong Chunfang’s death and the absence of Ma Hao and Chen Kechong.
• Ma Hao confessed that he had brought a Fruit Knife to confront Chen Kechong and accidentally killed Dong Chunfang when Chen used her to block the stab.
• Chen Kechong admitted using Dong Chunfang as a shield but claimed he had not known she was an Otherworldly User.
• Teacher Qin accused Chen Kechong of arranging Dong Chunfang’s death to enhance his Seed of Sorrow ability, while Chen denied knowing anything.

Wenren Sheng investigated Chen Kechong’s case and predicted that someone behind him would expose evidence to stir up the Otherworldly Peril Avoidance Regulations. The leak proved his theory and left Chen Kechong facing interrogation after his accomplice discarded him.

• Wenren Sheng questioned students around Dongshui No. 1 High School and asked Inspector Liu to investigate who might exploit the Otherworldly Peril Avoidance Regulations.
• Wenren Sheng predicted that Chen Kechong’s accomplice would expose the case, creating a conflict with Chen’s efforts to stay hidden.
• Two days later, an article released a recording and chat logs showing that Chen Kechong had planned to use Dong Chunfang to block a blade and conceal her Otherworldly Power.
• Wenren Sheng watched Chen Kechong’s interrogation with Wang Cuiyan, Zhao Han, and Wang Wenwen.
• When confronted with the leaked evidence, Chen Kechong admitted that he had wanted to keep his Otherworldly Power so he could surpass Ma Hao.

Zhao Han, Wang Wenwen, Wang Cuiyan, and Wenren Sheng discussed the controversy over the Otherworldly Users' Emergency Defense Statute and the danger of being caught in the conflict between Otherworldly Users and Ordinary People. Wenren Sheng learned that the Patrol Division planned to repeal the provision, while he and Inspector Liu recognized that doing so could advance the hidden Backstage Black Hand's aims.

• Wang Cuiyan offered to train Zhao Han, who eagerly accepted, while Wang Wenwen looked on with sympathy.
• Zhao Han asked how Chen Kechong's case might affect the statute, and Wang Cuiyan and Wenren Sheng explained the political risks of keeping or repealing it.
• Wang Cuiyan warned Zhao Han and Wang Wenwen that ordinary people would suffer most when conflict erupted, then lectured them at length.
• Wenren Sheng called Inspector Liu, who said the Patrol Division planned to announce the repeal of the statute's provision allowing harm to others during emergency defense.
• Wenren Sheng and Inspector Liu recognized that the Backstage Black Hand was exploiting public ambitions and unrest to build toward seizing power.

Yuan Shouyi and Elder Su argued over whether powerful clans should sacrifice themselves to protect ordinary people in a future great calamity, and Yuan Shouyi agreed to uphold his limits while supporting technology that could reduce casualties. At home, Wenren Sheng offered to help Wenren De study the Soul Chapter and revealed that his Spirit Calling Art was near master level.

• Elder Su challenged Yuan Shouyi’s refusal to risk his people for ordinary citizens, reminding him of the shepherd who once saved him.
• Yuan Shouyi recalled his debt to the shepherd and agreed to protect those who should be protected, though he said he could not force his clan to make the sacrifice Elder Su demanded.
• Elder Su explained that Puppet Art, drones, and unmanned warships could reduce the need for living sacrifices, and Yuan Shouyi agreed to restrict unproductive entertainment among his clan.
• Wenren Sheng asked Wenren De about his progress on Master Ding’s book, and Wenren De said he had reached the difficult Soul Chapter.
• Wenren Sheng invited Wenren De to observe his Summoning Art during future cases, then admitted that his Spirit Calling Art was near a master’s level.
• Wu Shanshan knocked Zhao Han for praising Wenren Sheng’s skill, and the two began splashing around in the water.

Wenren Sheng received an invitation to seek seclusion at Soul-Cleansing Mountain, but refused to let Wenren De risk going to an unfamiliar place. Instead, he took Wenren De and their companions to investigate a family massacre in East Tomb County, where they arrived and headed to the crime scene.

• Meng Lin delivered Ding Chengshan's invitation to Wenren Sheng, calling him to Soul-Separation Ravine to comprehend the Soul Chapter.
• Wenren Sheng burned the invitation after memorizing it and rejected the idea of going into seclusion, choosing to help Wenren De pursue the legacy through crime-scene investigations instead.
• Wenren Sheng contacted Inspector Liu and selected the unresolved family massacre in East Tomb County as their first case.
• Wenren De feared investigating a massacre, while Zhao Han, Wu Shanshan, and Wang Wenwen volunteered to accompany the group.
• Wenren Sheng's group arrived at the East Tomb County Public Security Bureau, heard Director Li's briefing, and requested to visit the crime scene.
• Wenren Sheng and the others reached the cordoned-off residential complex by evening.

Wenren Sheng used the victims’ memories to uncover that Wang Yaoqiang had tried to persuade his cousin to mortgage the family’s home, then left angrily after being refused. Director Li ordered Wang Yaoqiang’s arrest, while the investigators watched the memory scene reveal a likely motive for the family’s murder.

• Wenren Sheng and Director Li arrived at the apartment building and reviewed the evidence that the Wang family had been murdered through a gas leak.
• Zhao Han could not get the Seed of Narration to respond and admitted she had no leads.
• Wenren Sheng entered Room 1801 and used Reenactment of the Dead’s Memories with evidence from the five victims.
• The victims’ memories showed Wang Yaoqiang asking his cousin to mortgage the family home to help fund his child’s house purchase.
• After the cousin refused, Wang Yaoqiang left angrily, and Director Li ordered Security Guards to arrest him.

Wenren Sheng used Mystic Illusion Art on dead cockroaches to reveal Wang Yaoqiang murdering his cousin’s family, giving Director Li enough evidence to pursue an arrest. Meanwhile, Meng Lin trapped seven of his master’s disciples on a fog-covered mountain and forced them to comprehend the final chapter, while the most talented competitor remained absent.

• Wang Yaoqiang denied murdering his cousin’s family, and Director Li ordered the guards to take him away while they sought stronger evidence.
• Wenren De suggested that animals might retain souls, so Wenren Sheng used crushed cockroaches to learn and enhance Mystic Illusion Art.
• The cockroaches’ memories showed Wang Yaoqiang closing a window and opening the gas valve and stove, after which he broke down and confessed that he thought he had left no evidence.
• Director Li ordered Wang Yaoqiang’s statement recorded and the gloves recovered to complete the chain of evidence, then thanked Wenren Sheng at a celebratory meal.
• Meng Lin revealed that he had trapped seven competitors in the Far North and would let only whoever comprehended the final chapter descend alive.
• The trapped disciples regretted coming, and one wondered whether the absent, most talented competitor had knowingly avoided the danger.

Wenren Sheng considered his next studies, spoke with Teacher Qin about horsemanship and Meng Lin, then woke Wenren De from a nap so they could investigate poisoned animals at a zoo in Xihe County. The two prepared to leave after breakfast.

• Wu Shanshan examined Wenren Sheng's abilities, while Zhao Han asked why her mystic seed had failed to activate and Wenren Sheng blamed interference from Wenren De.
• Wenren Sheng called Teacher Qin, who described his comfortable stay in the Southern Archipelago District and invited Wenren Sheng to come learn Master Level horsemanship.
• Teacher Qin warned Wenren Sheng that Meng Lin was blindly loyal and could create trouble for his master.
• Wenren Sheng found Wenren De asleep in the Seclusion Room and told him they were going to investigate rare animals poisoned at a zoo in Xihe County.
• Wenren De agreed to go, and Wenren Sheng said they would leave after breakfast.

Wenren Sheng investigated the zoo poisonings and discovered that Red Ants had carried poison to the animals, pointing suspicion toward former keeper Wu Bai. The investigation left the authorities searching for Wu Bai while Wenren Sheng considered the motive behind his apparent revenge.

• Wenren Sheng questioned the zoo directors and learned that rare animals had died from potassium cyanide poisoning, with Red Ants found in their nests.
• Wenren Sheng reviewed the poisoned animals and prompted Director Lu to reveal that budget cuts had once led to the deaths of local wild wolves cared for by keeper Wu Bai.
• Director Huo ordered security guards to investigate Wu Bai.
• Wenren Sheng used a Landscape Painting ritual to reveal Red Ants carrying granular crystals to a young elephant.
• Wenren Sheng concluded that someone controlled the Red Ants and identified Wu Bai as a major suspect, while Wenren De described taking anger out on others as a trait of the incompetent.

Wenren Sheng got Wu Bai to reveal how he had controlled the zoo animals after learning that a missed chance to become a beast-controlling Otherworldly User had driven him to poison them. Wu Bai disclosed that a cave encounter had made some local animals unusually close to him, while Wenren Sheng reflected on how rare his own opportunity was.

• Wu Bai admitted poisoning the zoo animals and explained that a mysterious forum contact had told him he might have become a beast-controlling Otherworldly User if he had continued raising Big Gray and the wolf pack.
• Wu Bai accepted responsibility for poisoning the animals, and Wenren Sheng asked to question him alone about controlling the local Red Ants and native wolves.
• When Wu Bai refused to share his methods, Wenren Sheng used the Mysterious Teaching Art to make a video feel like an immersive experience, persuading Wu Bai to cooperate in exchange for easier treatment.
• Wu Bai explained that he had passed out in a cave when he was young and afterward found that some local animals felt unusually close to him.
• Wenren Sheng reflected that such a chance encounter was extremely rare and that he needed to cherish his own.

After Wenren Sheng extracted Wu Bai’s secret, he took Wenren De to Xihe Mountain to search for the cave Wu Bai had described. Their search failed, and Wenren Sheng learned the cave had likely been destroyed, leaving them to continue looking for several days.

• Wenren Sheng declined the directors’ thanks and secured a promise that Wu Bai’s contribution would be recorded in the report.
• Zhao Han asked Wenren Sheng to teach her another skill rapidly, and Wang Wenwen warned her that direct skill instillation could damage her brain.
• Wenren Sheng told Wenren De that Wu Bai’s cave might contain an intersection with the mysterious world and insisted they visit it the next day.
• Wenren Sheng and Wenren De searched Xihe Mountain all day but found no cave matching Wu Bai’s description.
• Wenren Sheng learned from Director Huo that Xihe Mountain had been blasted during a development project, then told Wenren De the cave was probably destroyed and they would have to stay longer.

Wu Shanshan confronted “Wei Yiqing” over a broken promise, then agreed to let her raise her profession level. On Xihe Mountain, Wenren Sheng recreated the destroyed cave as an illusion and discovered that it had become an intersection point where Soul Fragments were visible.

• Wu Shanshan accused “Wei Yiqing” of lying because someone else had entered the Soul Domain faster, and “Wei Yiqing” offered to raise her profession level by one rank.
• Wu Shanshan followed “Wei Yiqing” out of the teahouse, feeling disappointed in the Immortal and paying the bill because “Wei Yiqing” could not use the original body’s money.
• Wenren Sheng and Wenren De found that the cave on Xihe Mountain had been destroyed, and Wenren Sheng decided to compensate for the ruined terrain with his own strength.
• Wenren Sheng drew a ritual across the rubble field, used rotten soil and Alien Power to manifest an illusion of the cave, and pulled Wenren De inside before entering himself.
• Wenren Sheng saw eerie green Soul Fragments drifting openly through the Illusion Cave and realized it had formed the final element of an intersection point.

Wenren Sheng entered the Illusion Cave, discovered that Soul Fragments could help him develop the Spirit Control Otherworldly Species, and began studying them. Meanwhile, Han Yiyang and Cui Qian killed Shang Qingjia at Husband-Burying Ridge as the others remained absorbed in comprehending the Soul Chapter.

• Wenren Sheng received a Mystic Cognition increase and higher Mystery Points cap upon entering the Illusion Cave, then found Wenren De lost in the Soul Fragments and reciting poetry.
• Wenren Sheng reasoned that Wu Bai’s animal affinity came from Soul Fragments and decided to study them to develop Spirit Control Otherworldly Species.
• At Husband-Burying Ridge, Han Yiyang claimed to have comprehended the Soul Chapter and prepared to leave, but Shang Qingjia attacked him with an iron rod.
• Han Yiyang distracted Shang Qingjia with an electric baton while Cui Qian struck Shang Qingjia from behind, killing him.
• Han Yiyang and Cui Qian disposed of Shang Qingjia’s body in the black mist, then returned to their bluestone slabs to continue comprehending the Soul Chapter.

Wenren Sheng comprehended the Elementary Mystic Soul Manipulation Art, then returned home and struggled to handle Wu Shanshan’s powerful Black Phoenix. The next day, he learned that a severe cold front approaching the city was a Mystic Snow Disaster.

• Wenren De realized that the Soul Fragments revered Wenren Sheng, and guarded him until he emerged from Illusion Cave with the Elementary Mystic Soul Manipulation Art.
• Wenren Sheng tried to control the Black Phoenix with his new skill, but it chased him until he distracted it with a mist dragon.
• Zhao Han told Wenren De that Wu Shanshan had left the Black Phoenix in her care and that Zhao Han and Wang Wenwen had angered it by teasing it.
• Wenren Sheng explained that the Black Phoenix was exceptionally powerful, and it swallowed his mist dragon before settling in the greenhouse.
• The next day, Wenren Sheng, Zhao Han, and Li Shuangyue drove to the company and discussed the approaching Mystic Snow Disaster.

Wenren Sheng taught his trainees the Summoning Art and explained how its skills could serve both public security and productivity. After class, Old Zhao told him about the Eastwater District Patrol Division’s winter patrols and invited him to Zhizi’s family tea gathering.

• Wenren Sheng introduced the Summoning Art as a practical skill that trainees could use even if they later lost their Alien Power.
• Wenren Sheng explained the skill’s applications after Wang Xia questioned its value, and Xu Yunshuang helped Wang Xia understand its use in research.
• Wenren Sheng demonstrated and taught the Summoning Art, improving his own understanding as trainees questioned and challenged him.
• Old Zhao praised Wenren Sheng’s lesson and told him that he would take his master’s share of the Eastwater District Patrol Division’s routine winter patrols.
• Old Zhao invited Wenren Sheng to Zhizi’s family winter tea gathering, and Wenren Sheng agreed to attend with someone.

Wenren Sheng learned that Wu Shanshan could no longer recall the Black Phoenix, and he decided to make use of it while it stayed with the household. On the way to work, he sensed a soul’s death at a stopped snowplow and suspected its driver had been murdered as Jerry and Tom arrived to film.

• Wenren Sheng advised Wang Wenwen to stop coaxing the Black Phoenix, and it secretly ate the millet she had made.
• At breakfast, Wenren Sheng inferred that Wu Shanshan could not recall the Black Phoenix because its growth had outpaced her power, and he decided to put the bird to use.
• Wenren Sheng tossed a dragon into the greenhouse for the Black Phoenix before leaving for work.
• On the road, Wenren Sheng saw Jerry and Tom filming a snowy-day report and sensed that someone had died near a stopped snowplow.
• Wenren Sheng stopped Zhao Han from touching the driver, said the death might be a murder, and called for help as Jerry and Tom began filming the scene.

Wenren Sheng confirmed that a snowplow driver had died resisting a Mysterious Object that tried to control him, then used the driver’s Soul Fragments to locate the culprit. He found it far to the north within Divine Land, and Inspector Liu began preparing an operation to pursue it.

• Inspector Liu arrived and let Wenren Sheng examine the dead snowplow driver, while Jerry livestreamed the investigation.
• Wenren Sheng sensed that the driver’s heart had frozen and confirmed that a Mysterious Disaster had killed him.
• Wenren Sheng used a Summoning Ritual to witness the driver resisting a Mysterious Object and preventing his snowplow from causing a traffic accident.
• Wenren Sheng used the Soul Manipulation Art to follow the driver’s Soul Fragments and locate the culprit far to the north within Divine Land.
• Inspector Liu began submitting an application to pursue the culprit as Wenren Sheng vowed it would not escape.