Chapter Summaries

After reflecting on the Disaster Anomaly Lord’s alliance with local powers, Wenren Sheng learned that the Flame Group controlled much of the region and was promoting agriculture to expand the population. He searched Patrol Division research for more insight into the Anomalies and found a theory that their world’s struggle between order and chaos drove their invasion of humanity’s world.

• Wenren Sheng concluded that rational Anomalies and local powers would cooperate, enslaving ordinary people as competition among Anomalies intensified.
• The guest room manager warned Wenren Sheng to stay in the hotel, while an explosion struck the slums during a city security cleanup.
• Wenren Sheng questioned the manager and learned that the Flame Group had divine powers, controlled the local government, and had installed the hotel’s cameras.
• The manager explained that the Flame Group ruled a vast southern territory and was promoting farming and new agricultural methods to multiply the population.
• Wenren Sheng searched the Patrol Division’s internal network and found research describing Anomalies as forces of order and chaos that invaded to obtain the Tinder of Power.

Wenren Sheng connected the Anomalies’ rivalries to the wider conflict between Disaster Anomaly Lords and grotesque Anomalies, then planned to exploit that rivalry to locate the Xibi River Anomaly. He began investigating the Flame Group’s communication rituals and found their gathering in a chaotic city park plaza.

• Wenren Sheng concluded that grotesque Anomalies were the Disaster Anomaly Lords’ true enemies and that the Lords would preserve humanity to avoid triggering destructive phenomena.
• Wenren Sheng realized the Xibi River Anomaly and the maze Anomaly near Volcano City could communicate through water, and planned to use one to reveal the other’s location.
• Wenren Sheng planned to learn the Flame Group’s communication methods, teach Milia the Spirit Communication Art, and have Big Cat pursue the River Disaster Anomaly once it was located.
• Wenren Sheng used the Ruyi Puppet to clear the room’s surveillance, transformed into an Eagle, and flew to find the Flame Group’s gathering place.
• Wenren Sheng learned that the Flame Group met openly at a city park plaza and arrived there in the evening.
• Wenren Sheng saw the Flame Group’s chaotic gathering and compared it to an unsupervised middle-school self-study class.

Wenren Sheng watched the Flame Group summon their god and hold a boxing match between Lion and Tiger, whose tattoos carried traces of Mysterious Power. After Lion defeated Tiger, Tiger shot him dead, and the enraged crowd called for Tiger to be burned; Wenren Sheng left the Ruyi Puppet watching while he prepared to contact Big Cat.

• The Flame Group danced around a fire made from corn and beer until their god appeared and instructed them to continue the boxing match.
• Lion and Tiger fought while the crowd divided into rival cheering groups, and Lion gained the upper hand as Tiger tired.
• Lion unleashed a fiery attack that knocked Tiger out and revealed his first use of Extraordinary Power.
• Tiger pulled out a pistol and shot Lion in the chest as he celebrated, killing him.
• The crowd seized Tiger and demanded that he be burned, while the Flame Group tried to consult their god.
• Wenren Sheng left the Ruyi Puppet to watch the scene and prepared to contact Big Cat about the next step of his plan.

At the source of the Xibi River, Big Cat taught Milia, Ronnie, Ives, and Professor Mailey a Spirit Communication Art ritual that might reveal the River Disaster Anomaly’s whereabouts. Ives agreed to try it first, while Professor Mailey showed interest in obtaining mysterious power.

• Ronnie said their fishing attempts had caught only traces of the River Disaster Anomaly, and Milia agreed they needed a better approach.
• Ives stayed with the group because Milia’s Otherworldly Species could repel Anomalies and he hoped to gain useful knowledge from Big Cat.
• Big Cat offered to teach them a Spirit Communication Art ritual to contact an entity that might know where the River Disaster Anomaly was.
• Ives explained the ritual’s risks, and Big Cat told him to try it first under its watch.
• Big Cat demonstrated the ritual with Illusion Art, then Milia and the others prepared materials and searched for information about Spirit Communication Art.
• Ives noticed Professor Mailey’s interest in Mysterious Power and privately doubted that anyone who gained it by other means would fare well.

Wenren Sheng investigated the aftermath of the boxing match and rescued Jerry from being burned by the Flame Group, becoming more certain that someone was controlling the Disaster Anomaly Lord. He concluded that the hidden controller was the true fugitive, then went to meet Wenren De at Ji King Garden.

• Wenren Sheng watched the crowd burn the tiger who had shot the lion and recognized Jerry and Tom reporting from the scene.
• The Flame Group crowd seized Jerry for criticizing their ceremony, but a woman claimed God had pardoned him and the crowd released him.
• Wenren Sheng judged that someone was controlling the Disaster Anomaly Lord and continued searching for where it had entered the real world.
• Wenren Sheng realized the person hiding behind the Disaster Anomaly Lord was the true fugitive and that the Flame Group was being used to monitor outsiders.
• Wenren Sheng returned the Ruyi Puppet to the hotel, called Wenren De, and went to meet him and his old friends at East City Ji King Garden.

Wenren Sheng met Wenren De’s old friends and asked them to help predict the existence behind the Southern Continent Escape Maze incident. After the friends revealed their prank and offered prediction materials, Wenren Sheng prepared to begin a thorough prediction with his father.

• Wenren De introduced Wenren Sheng to Ye, Xiao, Lin, and Shangguan, who suggested that they should treat Wenren Sheng as their teacher because of his standing as an Otherworldly Master.
• Wenren Sheng and Wenren De realized the group’s careful deference reflected how dangerous and transactional relationships could become as strength gained importance.
• Wenren Sheng described the Escape Maze incident and asked Wenren De to predict the existence involved, while Ye, Xiao, and Lin praised him and claimed they could not help.
• Shangguan laughed and revealed that the men had been pretending, and Ye, Xiao, and Lin admitted they had set up Wenren De.
• Wenren De demanded prediction materials from the three men, and Xiao handed over an old roll of paper as a meeting gift.
• Wenren Sheng recognized the friends’ real identities and considered how they might react if he displayed mannerisms associated with the Sole Supremacy Society before beginning preparations with Wenren De.

Liu Jian accepted a request from Miken People to locate the River Disaster Anomaly’s true body and gained several months’ worth of cultivation in return. Wenren Sheng and the others discovered Liu Jian controlled a Disaster Anomaly Lord and decided to approach him carefully through a student reunion.

• Liu Jian used the Red Orb to locate the River Disaster Anomaly’s true body, a battered Ultraman model on an island in the Miken Xibi River.
• Liu Jian sent the Anomaly’s location to the Miken People, received their Alien Power, and advanced his cultivation by the equivalent of four months.
• Wenren Sheng, Li Kuang, Li Yu, Zhang Qian, Wenren De, and Wang Yu saw an illusion of Liu Jian and discussed how to contact him without frightening him.
• Wenren Sheng proposed arranging a student reunion through Old Zhao, while Wang Yu agreed to attend Wenren Sheng’s puppet course and joked about Wenren De’s unpaid prophecy fees.

Wenren Sheng sent the trainees a message about returning to classes, then controlled Big Cat to capture the Man-Eating River Anomaly on Lake Heart Island. Imprisoned in the Abyss Prison, the Silver Marble tried to bargain with him, but Wenren Sheng rejected its reasoning.

• Wenren Sheng asked President Zhao to invite the trainees back for another class, and most of them, including Liu Jian, agreed.
• Big Cat told Wenren Sheng that the Man-Eating River Anomaly had been located, and Wenren Sheng traveled through Big Cat to Lake Heart Island.
• Big Cat overcame the Anomaly's spatial deception, caught the Silver Marble, and Wenren Sheng imprisoned it in the Abyss Prison.
• The Silver Marble offered Wenren Sheng power and territory in exchange for cooperation, but he questioned its motives and dismissed its explanation.

Wenren Sheng questioned Silver Marble until it explained that its man-eating river act had been an imitation game, completing the Quiet River event and earning Mystery Points. Meanwhile, Ronnie, Milia, and Ives waited by the Xibi River’s source, where Ives privately favored cooperation with Disaster Anomaly Lords and believed people like Big Cat and Milia would eventually be discarded.

• Silver Marble urged Wenren Sheng to merge with the Origin Realm, but Wenren Sheng refused because he distrusted its promises.
• Wenren Sheng used Large Scissors to stop Silver Marble from hibernating and demanded to know why it had become a man-eating river.
• Silver Marble said it had played an imitation game out of boredom, and Wenren Sheng completed Quiet River and gained Mystery Points.
• Ronnie worried that Big Cat could not defeat the vast river, while Milia insisted that Cat Teacher was powerful.
• Ives privately dismissed Milia and Big Cat’s concern for Ordinary People and hoped that Otherworldly Users would eventually cooperate with Disaster Anomaly Lords.

After Big Cat resolved the River Disaster Anomaly, Milia and Ronnie decided to form their own organization, while Professor Mailey pursued a way to obtain Mysterious Power. At Tianxing Club, trainees worried that Otherworldly Expert evaluations would change, and Wenren Sheng suggested future candidates might need to prove their merit through missions.

• Big Cat announced that the River Disaster Anomaly was resolved, and Milia and Ronnie pledged to build their own organization.
• Ives wondered whether Eagle Fort had fighters as powerful as Big Cat, while Professor Mailey left to experiment with a transaction he believed could grant Mysterious Power.
• At Tianxing Club, trainees mourned Xin Cheng and debated whether the Otherworldly Expert evaluation standards would change.
• Liu Jian believed he would qualify under any standards and imagined that his future achievements could help secure his father's pardon.
• Wenren Sheng told the trainees that future evaluations might include merit requirements, such as completing missions for the Patrol Division.

Wenren Sheng taught his students Puppet Art and agreed to let them apply to resume classes, while he and President Zhao discussed expanding the club into a puppet factory. At home, Liu Jian considered how to fund a modern agricultural system and offered his Flame Group three protection slots to attract wealthy investors.

• Wenren Sheng reassured his students that merit and Puppet Art would help them advance as Otherworldly Experts, then taught them remote-controlled combat techniques.
• Wenren Sheng allowed students to apply to President Zhao to attend his lessons with the Otherworldly Experts, and he later confirmed Liu Jian's application with Zhao.
• President Zhao proposed turning the club into a factory for expert puppets, and Wenren Sheng agreed to handle core production work.
• Liu Jian returned home, reflected on his city-maze game and the lack of funding for his Flame Group's agricultural plans, then offered three protection slots to attract investors.

Liu Jian learned that an outsider was investigating the Flame Group and began strengthening his puppets and securing his ownership of the Red Orb. Wenren Sheng discussed merit-based promotion standards with Inspector Liu, then began studying a Grandmaster’s Puppet Art research.

• The Flame Group told Liu Jian that an outsider had entered the city and was investigating them, prompting him to plan counter-reconnaissance and strengthen his puppet members.
• Liu Jian rewarded the Flame Group and intensified his Puppet Art cultivation to bind the Red Orb more securely to himself.
• Wenren Sheng asked Inspector Liu about raising the Otherworldly Expert evaluation standards and suggested factoring in merit.
• Inspector Liu agreed that Otherworldly Users should face obligations to match their abilities, and that those unwilling to act should give up their powers.
• Wenren Sheng searched the Patrol Division's internal network and began reviewing research by a living Otherworldly User who had Grandmaster Level Puppet Art.

After studying Puppet Art, Wenren Sheng taught trainees and Otherworldly Experts about puppet relays, then used an expert’s request for help to recruit him into the Club. Expert Fan agreed to join, and Wenren Sheng called President Zhao to arrange it.

• Wenren Sheng read articles about puppet relays and self-destruction, improving his theoretical knowledge of Puppet Art.
• Wenren Sheng taught trainees and Otherworldly Experts about Puppet Art, explaining that a puppet could control a drone as a relay.
• Expert Fan asked Wenren Sheng for help with a district plagued by unexplained power outages, but Wenren Sheng proposed discussing the problem through the class instead.
• Wenren Sheng encouraged Expert Fan to join the Club, explaining that its members could receive support with Anomaly incidents.
• Expert Fan agreed to join Wenren Sheng’s company, and Wenren Sheng began calling President Zhao.

President Zhao welcomed Expert Fan into the Club and agreed to help him investigate a strange power outage. As Wenren Sheng taught puppet-making, Liu Jian worried about scrutiny over his secret opportunity, while Wenren Sheng considered how to earn his trust.

• President Zhao invited Expert Fan to join the Club and offered to help him resolve the power outage incident.
• Expert Fan stayed behind with President Zhao to explain the incident while Wenren Sheng returned to class.
• Wenren Sheng taught the trainees about puppet materials, control cores, and the high cost of making puppets.
• Liu Jian reflected on the chaos across the Southern Continent and worried that others would discover his lucky opportunity.
• Wenren Sheng recognized Liu Jian's suspicion and decided that showing him a greater opportunity could make him trust him.

Liu Jian encountered four apparent Disaster Anomaly Lord avatar holders, who challenged his Escape Maze and warned that his methods served the Anomalies. Meanwhile, Wenren Sheng's scheme completed the Fugitive event and brought him to 497 Mystery Points, leaving Liu Jian questioning the path he had chosen.

• Liu Jian considered how to use Flame Group's wealth for puppet-making while keeping his personal finances inconspicuous, then returned to refining the Red Orb.
• Four large colored spheres appeared around Liu Jian's Red Orb and claimed they were Otherworldly Users with Disaster Anomaly Lord puppet avatars.
• Liu Jian admitted he had created the Escape Maze to relive what his father had experienced as a Fugitive, completing Wenren Sheng's Fugitive event and raising his Mystery Points to 497.
• Wenren Sheng revealed that he had scripted the four prisoners to pose as fellow avatar holders and weaken Liu Jian's secrecy and confidence in his power's uniqueness.
• Silver Marble warned Liu Jian that his farming, population growth, and power-gathering methods were exactly what the Anomalies wanted, and Liu Jian struggled to refute the warning.

Wenren Sheng restrained Liu Jian from pursuing the Escapees' Game and then overheard the imprisoned Anomalies discussing their plans. Their conversation revealed that Otherworldly Species were mutations born from the fusion of Earth Spacetime and the mysterious world, not gifts meant to help humanity.

• The Silver Marble persuaded Liu Jian to abandon the Escapees' Game and pursue strength through proper means, but Liu Jian later lost his temper and collapsed his bed, injuring his head.
• Wenren Sheng let the four Anomalies glimpse the Origin Realm and rejected the Silver Marble's claim that the strongest should have the right to punish the weak.
• The Silver Marble told White Rat that Liu Jian represented the true path for human powerhouses: cooperating and integrating with the Anomalies.
• White Rat warned that Otherworldly Species and human technology had potential, and the Silver Marble said their real enemies were beings that shared their origin.
• Wenren Sheng overheard the exchange and realized that Otherworldly Species were products of the fusion of Earth Spacetime and the mysterious world.

A Biochemical Virus outbreak trapped Lei Qiwei'er's family in Southern Miken, where infected attacked the town and their underground shelter became their only refuge. The family remained alive and supplied, but every route out was blocked and their pleas for help went unanswered.

• A fat couple watched infected overrun the town and regretted ignoring Madam Lei Qiwei'er's preparations.
• Lei Qiwei'er's family drove through the infected to search for an exit but found none, then returned to their shelter with the infected following them.
• The fat couple endured repeated scares as infected came and went before two broke in and ate them.
• Lei Qiwei'er's family sealed themselves in their stocked underground shelter while infected pounded and dug at the steel-reinforced entrance.
• Male Owner found that the town's internet and utilities still worked, but his pleas for help disappeared without response.

Old Zhao and Fan Ling investigated the power outage and found signs that a Disaster Anomaly Lord had interfered with the district’s cables. Wenren Sheng tasked the Anomalies in Abyss Prison with locating the Lord’s true body, but they needed a real-world marker, so Old Zhao returned to find the Yellow Light.

• Old Zhao and Fan Ling found a recurring Yellow Light on a cable in the powerless district, and Old Zhao concluded that removing it would not solve the root cause.
• Old Zhao told Fan Ling that the company could handle the problem, then called Wenren Sheng for help after they left the district.
• Wenren Sheng agreed to find the Disaster Anomaly Lord’s true body and asked the Anomalies in Abyss Prison to take on the task.
• Silver Marble requested a marker from the real world, so Old Zhao returned with the turtle puppet to search for the Yellow Light.

Wenren Sheng learned that Ochre Peak was moving randomly across the continents and using the threat of cutting off power to demand a reserve covering only the Eastern Continent’s remaining quarter. The authorities rejected the terms and began considering measures to capture it.

• Wenren Sheng received a glowing piece of taffy and learned from the Silver Marble that Ochre Peak was performing Brownian Motion across the North and Southern Continents.
• The Silver Marble showed Wenren Sheng Ochre Peak’s demand that humans retain only one-quarter of the Eastern Continent as a reserve while Anomalies controlled the rest.
• Wenren Sheng rejected the proposed terms, gave the Silver Marble half a day of recreation time, and reported the findings to Old Zhao.
• Turtle praised the successful investigation, while Fan Ling learned his mission was complete and was told by President Zhao to write an incident handling report.
• Director An denounced Ochre Peak’s demand as extortion and said the authorities would take measures to capture it.

Wenren Sheng sent Milia, Ronnie, and Professor Mailey to investigate a zombie crisis in a town in Miken, which he suspected was caused by cultural concepts made real. As the group traveled toward Doomsday Town, they saw the surrounding panic and identified a falling meteor as an illusion.

• Wenren Sheng learned that a zombie crisis had erupted in a Miken town and mobilized his people to investigate.
• Milia received a call from her teacher and set out with Ronnie to the town, bringing Professor Mailey along.
• Milia told the others that people had turned into zombies and that rumors claimed Eagle Fort might launch a Mushroom at the town; Professor Mailey doubted it would happen or solve the crisis.
• The group flew to a nearby city, found it in chaos, and drove toward Doomsday Town in an abandoned car.
• Ronnie spotted what looked like a falling meteor, and Professor Mailey reasoned that it was an illusion; Milia confirmed it.