Chapter Summaries

Wu Shanshan used Wenren Sheng’s hair to observe her mother, while Wu Liansong learned that his wife might recover lost Soul Fragments over time. Wenren Sheng then considered how the ancestors living in his Mutated Hair could support their descendants and watched their villages grow into towns.

• Wu Shanshan treated Wenren Sheng kindly after using his hair to observe her mother, and Wu Liansong took comfort in seeing his wife despite her vague memories.
• Wenren Sheng told Wu Liansong that another Summoning Ritual had to wait at least a year, but his wife might recover her Soul Fragments naturally.
• Wu Liansong left the study in high spirits, then slipped on the floor Wu Shanshan had just mopped.
• Wenren Sheng studied the villages within his Mutated Hair and concluded that the green dots were returning to their original forms and could become a foundation for humanity.
• Wenren Sheng added connections between the strands of Mutated Hair to support the ancestors’ settlements, then saw some villages develop into towns with modern-like institutions.

Wenren Sheng discovered that the mysterious world had created a river to support his developing village, then received word that a mysterious flood calamity had struck the upper reaches of the Dragon River. He hurried to a meeting at the Dongshui District Patrol Division, where experts discussed the disaster and the danger of further calamities.

• Wenren Sheng saw a river, dam, and irrigation channels appear near one of the villages in the mysterious world and concluded that the world had noticed his efforts.
• Inspector Liu told Wenren Sheng that a calamity had appeared in the upper reaches of the Dragon River, and Wenren Sheng drove to the Patrol Division.
• Wenren Sheng greeted President Zhao at the Conference Room and thanked him for looking after his family while he was away.
• Wenren Sheng exchanged greetings with Hu Jingzhen and Hu Yuanxiang as the experts gathered.
• Hu Jingzhen warned that the Dragon River flood signaled approaching disasters and said that the benefits from vortices and fog zones would bring corresponding calamities.

Director An organized Dongshui City’s Otherworldly Experts to respond to a calamity spreading downstream along the Dragon River, while Wenren Sheng connected its possible origins to Southern India. A mysterious event appeared to Wenren Sheng, warning that the calamity’s source and its wound lay in different places.

• Director An explained that a calamity had appeared upstream on the Dragon River and asked the gathered experts to help suppress it before Dongshui City faced relocation.
• Director An divided the work between patrolling the river and traveling upstream, then had Inspector Liu distribute consent forms for volunteers.
• Wenren Sheng read the form’s report about flooding in Baoman City and suspected the calamity was connected to resentments from Southern India.
• Wenren Sheng received the mysterious event prompt “Dragon River's Lament” and realized the danger was greater than the others understood.

Wenren Sheng volunteered to help suppress the Dragon River calamity and traveled with a reinforcement team to Baoman City. At the dam, he saw four chained whirlpools battering the riverbanks and recognized the catastrophic danger if the blockade failed.

• Wenren Sheng volunteered to assist with suppressing the calamity upstream, and Inspector Liu collected his form.
• Director An assigned the volunteers to their posts, and Wenren Sheng traveled west with Inspector Liu and the Dongshui City reinforcements.
• The team arrived in evacuated Baoman City, where a Master Level Otherworldly User explained that four whirlpools had caused more than four hundred casualties and threatened populated regions along the Dragon River.
• The team inspected the dam, and Wenren Sheng used Mystic Eagle Eye to see the four whirlpools churning against the blockade and battering the banks.

Wenren Sheng investigated the Flood Disaster’s Water Eye beneath the Dragon River and found it far more dangerous than the experts expected. After reporting its strength, he left the local team facing the need to reassess how to suppress it.

• Wenren Sheng saw the river’s resentful waters and listened as the master explained that a Water Eye beneath the whirlpool was causing the Flood Disaster.
• The master assigned Wenren Sheng to investigate underwater, and Wenren Sheng volunteered to lead the reconnaissance with his Puppet Man and underwater robots.
• The violent currents destroyed the submersible and underwater robots, but Wenren Sheng used his Alien Power to guide the Puppet Man toward the riverbed.
• Wenren Sheng found a blood-red Water Eye whose destructive power could kill tens of millions of people if left unchecked.
• Wenren Sheng returned to the embankment and warned the experts that the Water Eye was too powerful for a few masters to suppress, while one skeptic questioned his assessment.

Wenren Sheng witnessed the Water Eye destroy a reinforced submersible, a robot, and another Otherworldly Expert’s puppet, while his own Puppet Man survived. As the Water Eye began breaking the distant blockade chains, Master Pang ordered an evacuation and prepared materials for Wenren Sheng to attempt a sealing ritual.

• An Otherworldly Expert showed footage of the Water Eye destroying a submersible and robot, with only Wenren Sheng’s Puppet Man surviving.
• An Otherworldly Expert sent his wild boar puppet into the water, but it was destroyed, leaving him injured and humiliated.
• Master Pang ordered unmanned boats to dump mysterious artifacts near the Water Eye, causing bloody foam to boil up and the blockade chains to snap.
• Master Pang ordered a second blockade line built and the remaining nearby personnel evacuated.
• Wenren Sheng volunteered to weaken the Water Eye with a sealing ritual, and Master Pang supplied gold pillars and silver chains for the attempt.
• Wenren Sheng sent the Puppet Man underwater carrying the sealing materials and began replicating the ritual he had used on the Fire Eye.

An Eastern Continent Person issued Miken a final warning that continued exploitation would lead to all-out war. At Eagle Fort, Miken’s leaders argued over whether to accept the terms or risk war, and Lieutenant General Lola exposed the warmongers’ reluctance to fight themselves.

• An Eastern Continent Person warned a Miken negotiator that Miken’s actions had violated their agreement and that continued abuses would bring all-out war.
• The Miken negotiator hurried to relay the warning, while the livestreamed negotiation reached officials in an underground fortress on The Other Side of the Ocean.
• Colonel Steve watched Miken officers denounce the Eastern Continent People and argue that they should continue large-scale exchanges despite the threat.
• Lieutenant General Lola urged the hall to temporarily halt large-scale exchanges, but the officers mocked him and called for war.
• Lola warned the officers that Miken lacked the strength to defeat the Eastern Continent People, then threatened to send Aylak, a warmongering arms dealer, to the front line.
• Aylak protested that his donation and different duties exempted him from combat, and the hall laughed at his retreat.

Wenren Sheng sealed the Dragon River Water Eye, but Old Li was suddenly drained of moisture after the group left the embankment. The experts escaped several kilometers away and wondered why the Water Eye had targeted him.

• After fierce arguments, the Otherworldly Users in Eagle Fort agreed to temporarily halt large-scale free exchange activities, and Lieutenant General Lola relayed the decision to the negotiators.
• Wenren Sheng finished sealing the Water Eye with Coiled Dragon Jade Pillars while Master Pang's men dug a new river channel and prepared to monitor the disaster site.
• Wenren Sheng inspected the seal, confirmed his mission had succeeded, and heard Master Pang assign the experts to monitor the area and inspect for damage.
• As the experts left the embankment, Old Li began drying out, and Wenren Sheng restrained the effect with Alien Power before carrying him away.
• Several kilometers from the Dragon River, Old Li recovered after Wenren Sheng gave him water and described a force draining moisture from his body; Wenren Sheng recognized him as Li Chengliang and wondered why the Water Eye had chosen him.

After the Dragon River disaster, Wenren Sheng and the other Otherworldly Experts realized that a curse tied to recent travel to Southern India was still affecting them miles from the Water Eye. They gathered at a safe location to resist the Power of Rules, while Wenren Sheng continued saving those struck by the Dryness Curse.

• Expert Li suspected the Dragon River disaster was connected to his recent trip to Southern India, and Master Pang ordered headquarters to issue a travel ban.
• An Otherworldly Expert suffered the Dryness Curse despite being several kilometers from the Water Eye, and Wenren Sheng rescued him.
• Master Pang concluded that recent travel to Southern India triggered the Power of Rules and arranged for the affected Otherworldly Users to gather with Wenren Sheng.
• At the gathering, Wenren Sheng advised everyone to raise their Mystery Resistance as their best defense against the curse.
• Wenren Sheng rescued Chen, an Old Man over a hundred years old, by amplifying his Mystery Resistance and otherworldly seed.

Eight survivors aboard a cruise ship resisted the Withering Curse by drinking water, but Bob urged them toward an iceberg while the others sailed on. The ship’s remaining passengers died from water poisoning, leaving Bob alone on the ice.

• Lauris took charge of the survivors and had the Asian man steer the ship along its original route.
• The survivors learned that drinking water delayed the Withering Curse and moved their supplies to the bridge.
• Bob warned the group to head onto an iceberg, but they ignored him and steered around it.
• Bob jumped into the sea, swam to the iceberg, and called for the ship to return.
• Two days later, everyone aboard the cruise ship died after drinking too much water, while Bob survived on the iceberg.

Wenren Sheng helped resolve the Dryness Curse, then played a central role in handling a Flood Disaster and returned home with new rewards. There, Wenren De learned that Taoist Yantian had pioneered prediction through data, pointing him toward Big Data Prediction.

• Wenren Sheng proposed that the Dryness Curse grew stronger with a person's connection to the mysterious world, and the Master promised to arrange further Big Data analysis.
• Wenren Sheng explained that the curse was tied to expanding mysterious forces and the revenge of victims, as two dark clouds and a bloody hand appeared in the sky.
• The Master urged Wenren Sheng to apply for an official Master Level Otherworldly User assessment, offering to vote for him.
• Half a month later, Wenren Sheng returned home after helping prevent casualties during the Flood Disaster and receiving money, mysterious materials, and access to skills.
• Wenren Sheng sent Wenren De information identifying Taoist Yantian as a Han Dynasty figure who developed octal algorithms and pioneered prediction through data.

Wenren Sheng realized the Dried Blood Hand could locate him if he watched the Black Clouds too long, and he began searching for Taoist Yantian to avert the danger he expected next year. Meanwhile, Big Cat asked Tiger-skin Parrot to investigate Taoist Yantian and advised Mu Chengen to slow his cultivation and strengthen his mind.

• Wenren Sheng watched the Black Clouds, realized the Dried Blood Hand could find him through his gaze, and concluded he needed to find Taoist Yantian to delay the coming danger.
• Wenren Sheng mobilized his connections, students, and contacts in the Sole Supremacy Society to search for Taoist Yantian.
• Big Cat asked Tiger-skin Parrot to inquire about Taoist Yantian, and Tiger-skin Parrot agreed to contact the Society's elders.
• Big Cat examined Mu Chengen's rapid cultivation progress, noticed signs of mental instability, and told him to focus on strengthening his body and mind.
• Mu Chengen thanked Big Cat and promised to remember his warning about holding firmly to his identity and position.

Wenren Sheng learned that Taoist Yantian had been a Grandmaster-level prophet whose legacy might delay the coming danger. On New Year’s Day, he was called to investigate a new Mysterious Disaster targeting people who had recently dyed their hair white, and proposed promoting a righteous, upright way of life as a defense.

• Parrot told Wenren Sheng that records from Taoist Yantian’s era had been erased by a special power, confirming Yantian’s existence and extraordinary nature.
• Wenren Sheng explained that Yantian’s legacy might delay the arrival of danger, and Parrot described how Super Warrior Number Ten had been struck by the Dryness Curse during a battle.
• Wenren Sheng continued his work and cultivation until 2021 arrived, when President Zhao called to report a new disaster involving the deaths of people with recently dyed white hair.
• Wenren Sheng warned his family not to dye their hair and hurried to a meeting, where President Zhao explained that the victims shared a taste for gatherings and mysterious objects.
• Wenren Sheng said the group had likely summoned a hidden force and proposed promoting an upright way of life to reduce such dangers.

Wenren Sheng agreed to investigate the white-haired deaths and traveled to the southern city where the incidents began. After seeing residents flee the affected complex, he resolved to confront the disaster himself.

• Wenren Sheng accepted President Zhao's request to investigate the deaths and asked for the locations and relevant information.
• Wenren Sheng asked Wei Yiqing to investigate with him, but she refused and advised him not to court death.
• Wenren Sheng sent his Puppet Man to the southern city where the first death occurred and went to the residential complex where Wang Guangcheng had lived.
• At the complex, Wenren Sheng learned that residents were moving away because of the deaths and saw young tenants fleeing.
• Wenren Sheng entered the complex, believing he had to take responsibility for confronting the spreading disaster.

Wenren Sheng investigated the deaths connected to an image of tangled white hair and discovered that a strand at the crime scene formed a passage to the mysterious world. He identified a likely target for the hidden experimenter and planned to monitor him for further evidence.

• Wenren Sheng searched Wang Guangcheng's room and compared the preserved white-hair image with information about the other deceased, finding that they had dyed their hair after seeing it.
• Wenren Sheng traced the image's spread to a mysterious forum, found that its poster could not be identified, and suspected an organization hidden in the mysterious world.
• Wenren Sheng used the Puppet Man to find a living strand of white hair concealed between reality and illusion.
• Wenren Sheng deduced that the strand was a passage to the mysterious world and that the deceased had died during an experiment by a hidden black hand seeking followers and power.
• Wenren Sheng identified Lu Damu, a Skilled Level Otherworldly User who had seen the image but remained unharmed, as someone to monitor.

Lu Damu tried to advance his Seed of Sorrow by accepting a miserable marriage, while Wenren Sheng watched him through surveillance. After two weeks of his wife’s relentless criticism, Lu Damu felt his Otherworldly Seed beat and understood the price of advancement.

• Lu Damu reflected on his stalled progress and decided to marry a wealthy family’s 200-jin daughter to cultivate sorrow, while keeping his parents’ safety as his bottom line.
• A couple next door died after being affected by the mysterious, and Lu Damu watched their bodies fall without feeling sorrow.
• Wenren Sheng reviewed surveillance footage and recognized that the couple had become sacrifices whose deaths had jolted one another.
• Two weeks after marrying, Lu Damu endured his wife comparing him unfavorably to a handsome Otherworldly Expert who had advanced at twenty.
• Lu Damu recognized the pain of enduring relentless criticism from someone close to him, and his Otherworldly Seed beat once.

Wenren Sheng and the Patrol Division monitored Lu Damu until his strange behavior revealed the Backstage Black Hand’s next move. As Lu Damu prepared a ritual, Wenren Sheng and the authorities waited to strike when the Black Hand crossed through the passage.

• The Disaster Anomaly Administration discussed the White Hair Anomaly, recruiting Wenren Sheng, and making the search for Taoist Yantian a top priority.
• After observing Lu Damu for a month, Wenren Sheng noticed him studying photographs associated with the earlier incident while enduring his wife’s abuse.
• Lu Damu set up a hexagonal ritual in his study using six bolts of fine silk.
• Wenren Sheng watched as Patrol Division members surrounded the villa and waited for the Backstage Black Hand to enter the passage before attacking.

Lu Damu sacrificed his wife in a ritual to draw a mysterious presence into the world, and Wenren Sheng watched until the Disaster Anomaly Administration ordered a full-force attack. The assault destroyed Wenren Sheng’s Puppet Men and killed three Otherworldly Experts, but a huge white cocoon remained, leaving Wenren Sheng to order the area sealed.

• Lu Damu’s wife entered the ritual, and the silk threads drained her until she became a giant cocoon.
• Wenren Sheng used the Soul Manipulation Art and saw the threads reaching into the void, with Lu Damu’s white hair acting as a fishing rod.
• After receiving an order to act, Wenren Sheng sent Alien Power and multicolored mist into the study to destroy the passage.
• The attack destroyed Wenren Sheng’s Puppet Men and left the study as a white expanse with a huge cocoon at its center.
• Inspector Liu told Wenren Sheng that three Otherworldly Experts had died, and Wenren Sheng ordered the surrounding area sealed while the cocoon incubated.

After the White Hair calamity remained unresolved, Wenren Sheng asked Wei Yiqing to find information about Taoist Yantian and learned that the prophet Zhuo Zhengfan was buried in a cave in the Western Gobi Desert. Wenren Sheng led Big Cat, Parrot, Mu Chengen, and puppets supplied by the Sole Supremacy Society to the site, where they found the cave entrance buried beneath rubble and sand.

• Wenren Sheng told Wei Yiqing that the White Hair calamity had not been resolved and asked her to inquire about Taoist Yantian.
• Wei Yiqing obtained information identifying Taoist Yantian as Zhuo Zhengfan and locating his grave in a stone cave in the Western Gobi Desert.
• Wenren Sheng assembled a grave-robbing team with Big Cat, Parrot, Mu Chengen, and seven puppets provided by the Sole Supremacy Society.
• The team flew to the Gobi Desert and found the six stone pillars marking the cave, whose entrance had collapsed beneath rubble and sand.
• Big Cat led the team toward the buried entrance while Parrot warned Mu Chengen to stay close and remain alert.

Wenren Sheng’s group reached an ancient tomb, where Big Cat discovered Patrol Division scouts watching them. The scouts cautiously monitored the operation, unaware that another team was following them as the crisis worsened.

• Big Cat ordered Brother Pig to dig open the cave while it stood guard.
• Big Cat spotted binoculars and sent Cobra to identify the watchers, who turned out to be two Patrol Division scouts.
• Wenren Sheng stopped Cobra from killing the scouts, saying their priority was the mysterious calamities.
• Jiang Songfeng and Zou Jie debated whether to approach the cave and earn merit, then moved fifty meters closer.
• Jiang Songfeng and Zou Jie remained unaware that another team was following them.