Chapter Summaries

Wenren Sheng and his allies subdued Zhang Conglin’s administrators and began evacuating the town’s prisoners through a portal. They discovered that only a fraction of the 63,514 residents could escape before the administrators’ next reporting deadline, and the girl’s fate remained tied to the coming confrontation between humans and the Demon.

• Li Yuanfeng offered Zhang Conglin and his administrators a chance to reform, but Wenren Sheng’s Puppet Man incapacitated all eleven of them in under a second.
• Li Yuanfeng ordered the administrators to release the townspeople, and Wenren Sheng’s group prepared to confront the False God they called a Demon afterward.
• The administrators opened the portal, and the townspeople queued to escape, with Eastern Continent People placed first.
• Wenren Sheng told Li Yuanfeng that the administrators could release at most 550 people a day, limiting the total evacuation before the next report to 11,550.
• A middle-aged Eastern Continent woman adopted a gravely ill girl, allowing the girl to move to the front of the line and pass through the portal.

Wenren Sheng prepared for the Disaster Anomaly Lord and questioned the Silver Marble about the Fragment World, learning that it could be claimed with a mystic seed but was likely a trap created by a powerful teacher. He refused to bind his own mystic seed to it, but promised the Silver Marble a new home if its information proved correct.

• Wenren Sheng and Li Yuanfeng prepared to confront the Disaster Anomaly Lord, while Li Yuanfeng logged off to retrieve hidden treasures.
• Wenren Sheng questioned the Silver Marble, which urged him to fuse his mystic seed with the Fragment World and make it his territory.
• The Little Girl asked Wenren Sheng to give her the Fragment World, but he refused because it might contain hidden traps.
• The Silver Marble said the world’s creator was at least a Super Grade Teacher and that Wenren Sheng could only seize the fragment through a surprise attack.
• Wenren Sheng concluded that the Fragment World might be bait and promised to find the Silver Marble a new home if its information was accurate.

Li Yuanfeng prepared a cautious operation against the enemy, while Wenren Sheng exchanged information about the land beneath their feet for Li Yuanfeng’s seal. The seal proved to be a valuable Mysterious Object, and Wenren Sheng gained Mystery Points from identifying it.

• Li Yuanfeng told the Patrol Division that the operation was meant to gather intelligence and that using the Nation-Protecting Sea Beast would cost a Grandmaster.
• Zhang Conglin briefly regained clarity while keeping the procession in order, and heard Zhao Han and Wu Shanshan express confidence in Wenren Sheng.
• Li Yuanfeng returned with an imperial seal, and Wenren Sheng offered information about the land beneath their feet in exchange for it.
• Wenren Sheng explained the Excellent Students’ hierarchy, and Li Yuanfeng gave him the seal after hearing the information.
• Wenren Sheng identified the Emperor's Seal as a rare artificial Mysterious Object and gained two Mystery Points.

Li Yuanfeng brought his fourth disciple, Qu Weijiang, to merge his Otherworldly Species with the Starry Fragment World while Wenren Sheng guarded him. The merging began smoothly, and Li Yuanfeng questioned whether Wenren Sheng regretted giving up the chance to become a god of the world.

• Wenren Sheng realized that Li Yuanfeng intended to use the imperial seal to destroy the Starry Fragment World and prevent it from serving as a forward base.
• Li Yuanfeng introduced his fourth disciple, Qu Weijiang, who had come in person to merge his Otherworldly Species with the world.
• Qu Weijiang released his pale blue Otherworldly Species and directed it into the ground before entering a meditative state to maintain their connection.
• Clouds gathered and the ground trembled as the merging progressed, while Wenren Sheng and Li Yuanfeng stood guard.
• Li Yuanfeng asked whether Wenren Sheng regretted giving up the opportunity, and Wenren Sheng said he saw the world as merely a small plot of farmland.

Qu Weijiang merged with the Fragment World, gaining immense power and control over its passage to the Main World. When a powerful entity offered the three men immortality and riches in exchange for living beings, they refused, and it withdrew for the time being.

• Qu Weijiang successfully merged his mysterious species with the Fragment World and regained his vitality, gaining power far beyond the Master Level.
• Qu Weijiang found a passage to the Main World and said he could release everyone trapped in the Fragment World.
• A powerful entity addressed Wenren Sheng, Li Yuanfeng, and Qu Weijiang, offering rewards in exchange for their submission and many living beings.
• Li Yuanfeng, Wenren Sheng, and Qu Weijiang each refused the entity's offer, and Qu Weijiang steadied the Fragment World when its agitation shook the surroundings.
• The entity withdrew, while Wenren Sheng recognized that Qu Weijiang's fusion had forced it to retreat and that future corruption or a larger scheme remained possible.
• Qu Weijiang asked Li Yuanfeng why he had refused the offer, and Li Yuanfeng ordered him to copy the Classic of Filial Piety ten times.

Wenren Sheng investigated the Fragment World through Qu Weijiang and warned that the Evil One still watched it and could contaminate Qu Weijiang’s Seed of Illusion. The group then observed the chaos at the town’s Teleportation Portal, where Qu Weijiang chose to watch first as Li Yuanfeng tested his new disciple.

• Wenren Sheng used Qu Weijiang’s body to investigate the Fragment World and found that it was a dangerous nest of mystery, raising his Mystery Points limit by 100.
• Wenren Sheng warned that the Evil One still watched the land and that its lingering aura might contaminate Qu Weijiang’s Seed of Illusion.
• Qu Weijiang relayed news of a desperate crowd fighting over the limited slots at the Teleportation Portal after the Eastern Continent People had left.
• Wenren Sheng, Li Yuanfeng, and Qu Weijiang watched as Zhao Han’s Parrot tried to control the crowd while former administrators urged it to use force.
• Li Yuanfeng watched silently as Qu Weijiang chose to observe the unfolding crisis.

Qu Weijiang used a test to separate the people who could leave the Fragment World from those held back for further trials, then faced the Demon’s renewed attempts to tempt them. Wenren Sheng showed Qu Weijiang Ouyang Tian’s life among monsters to strengthen his resolve, while Li Yuanfeng asked for the footage and paid Wenren Sheng with a dragon-shaped jade pendant.

• Qu Weijiang silenced the chaotic crowd and let those who had hesitated leave, while the aggressive survivors were pinned to the ground for further trials.
• The Turbid Voice returned and mocked the men for remaining divided, then tried to tempt them to become Gate Entrants and escape the crisis.
• Wenren Sheng rejected the temptation and advised Li Yuanfeng that Qu Weijiang needed practical reasons, not willpower alone, to resist it.
• Wenren Sheng showed Qu Weijiang footage of Ouyang Tian living among monsters, and Qu Weijiang swore he would never surrender to the Demon.
• Li Yuanfeng asked Wenren Sheng for the footage and gave him a dragon-shaped jade pendant as an authorization fee.

After the Fragment World operation, the team reviewed their performance while Zhao Han struggled with her inability to act ruthlessly. Wenren Sheng reassured Wu Shanshan that he would create a safer world for the next stage of her mother’s soul-revival experiments.

• Ouyang Ling reported that the Han family's fifty-million commission had arrived, and Wenren Sheng received rewards for completing the Missing Heir mystery.
• Zhao Han confided in Wang Wenwen that she felt guilty for failing to maintain order among the people escaping the Fragment World, and Wang Wenwen explained that logistical support suited her better than ruthless tasks.
• Wenren Sheng praised Ouyang Tian for his work as an advance scout, then noticed that Wu Shanshan seemed distracted.
• Wenren Sheng asked Wu Shanshan if she was thinking about her mother, and she revealed that she wanted to use the Fragment World for the next soul-revival experiments.
• Wenren Sheng rejected the dangerous Fragment World and promised to create a world himself for new revival experiments, then reassured Wu Shanshan that even her Immortal could not do what he could.

Li Yuanfeng explained that the Anomalies had retreated because they viewed humanity as livestock to be cultivated, and the Grandmasters accepted his assessment as the basis for their strategy. The meeting ended with Wang Yanhú proposing to use his panda form to win the Anomalies’ sympathy, leaving Li Yuanfeng exasperated by his fellow immortals.

• Li Yuanfeng told the Grandmasters that humanity’s victory had also served the Anomalies’ interests by giving them a chance to study and corrupt Otherworldly Users.
• Li Yuanfeng described humanity’s relationship with thinking Anomalies as that of livestock to humans, and the Grandmasters considered his judgment a basis for future plans.
• Wang Yanhú transformed into a young panda and argued that its cuteness might make the Anomalies hesitate to attack.
• The white-haired Old Man endorsed Wang Yanhú’s idea, while Li Yuanfeng rebuked them and prepared to leave the meeting.

Li Yuanfeng shared the meeting’s conclusions with the waiting officials, then sought out Wenren Sheng and invited him to visit his master. They reached a remote glacier where the master lay in an Ice Cave, and Wenren Sheng questioned the lack of defenses.

• Li Yuanfeng gave Director An a summary of the meeting’s conclusions for the officials to read and act on.
• Li Yuanfeng decided to consult his master, whose life was being sustained by Mystic Turtle Breathing, and sought out Wenren Sheng first.
• Wenren Sheng practiced Mystic Stealth, Superspeed Running, and Flying in the Air in a forest south of Eastwater.
• Li Yuanfeng found Wenren Sheng bathing in a spring and invited him to meet his master, which Wenren Sheng accepted.
• Li Yuanfeng led Wenren Sheng to a remote glacier and identified his master’s location as the seventh Ice Cave in the sixth row from the lower left.
• Wenren Sheng asked why the Ice Cave had no defenses, and Li Yuanfeng said there was no need to worry.

Wenren Sheng accompanied Li Yuanfeng to awaken his master, Chen Jinyang, in a hidden Ice Chamber and learned that the old grandmaster offered only a cryptic hint. Wenren Sheng persuaded Li Yuanfeng to let him examine the sleeping grandmasters, and Li Yuanfeng agreed, unaware of Wenren Sheng’s real purpose.

• Li Yuanfeng led Wenren Sheng through an illusion-protected Ice Cave to Chen Jinyang’s Ice Coffin.
• Li Yuanfeng spent an hour channeling Mysterious Power into Chen Jinyang before a threat to erect a tombstone finally woke him.
• Chen Jinyang exchanged banter with Li Yuanfeng, received information through golden mist, then gave him the cryptic advice, “When the cart reaches the mountain, there will be a road,” and went back to sleep.
• Wenren Sheng claimed Chen Jinyang needed an examination because Anomalies might have targeted him, and proposed examining the grandmasters.
• Li Yuanfeng hesitated over Wenren Sheng’s request but ultimately agreed to let him proceed.

With Li Yuanfeng’s endorsement, Wenren Sheng examined 231 hibernating Grandmasters and greatly increased his Mystery Points limit. After demonstrating his newfound strength, he left Li Yuanfeng eager to become his disciple.

• Wenren Sheng examined the sleeping Grandmasters in their Ice Caves while Li Yuanfeng escorted him, gaining fewer Mystery Points from each successive examination.
• Over the next week, Wenren Sheng analyzed all 231 Grandmasters, raising his Mystery Points limit to 2,307.
• Wenren Sheng demonstrated his enhanced strength by punching a massive crater into a distant cliff, shocking Li Yuanfeng.
• Li Yuanfeng established an Otherworldly Resonance with Wenren Sheng, recognized the path he represented, and asked to become his disciple.
• Wenren Sheng refused to accept Li Yuanfeng immediately, and Li Yuanfeng offered to prepare an apprenticeship gift as they boarded the plane.

Ouyang Tian was detained after beating Qian Zhengkun, who had provoked him in front of Saya, and Wenren Sheng’s family reviewed the evidence. Inspector Liu revealed that Qian Zhengkun had acted out of jealousy and hoped Ouyang Tian would lose his Otherworldly Species, leaving Wenren Sheng to consider the consequences of his cousin’s actions.

• Ouyang Tian had lunch with Saya when Qian Zhengkun sat down and mocked his past at the villa.
• Ouyang Tian lost his temper and seriously injured Qian Zhengkun, leading to his detention in the Discipline Room.
• Ouyang Hong asked Wenren Sheng for help, while Ouyang Ling reassured her that Ouyang Tian would likely face discipline rather than lose his Otherworldly Species.
• Wenren Sheng and the others watched footage showing Qian Zhengkun had deliberately provoked Ouyang Tian, though the beating remained a serious offense.
• Inspector Liu sent Wenren Sheng a video in which Qian Zhengkun admitted he was jealous and wanted Ouyang Tian punished and stripped of his Otherworldly Species.

Ouyang Tian awaited sentencing after seriously injuring Qian Zhengkun, while Wenren Sheng discussed the coming separation between Otherworldly Users and Ordinary Persons. Wenren Sheng clashed with deputy chief inspector Ming Yuerong over whether Ouyang Tian should be allowed to replace hard labor with high-risk missions.

• Ouyang Tian met Wenren Sheng in prison, and Wenren Sheng told him that Otherworldly Users would eventually have to conceal themselves from Ordinary Persons.
• Ming Yuerong and Inspector Liu watched the visit, and Ming Yuerong warned that separating gods and humans could strip Otherworldly Users of their humanity and ties to ordinary people.
• Ming Yuerong met Wenren Sheng and said an illusion test showed Qian Zhengkun had provoked Ouyang Tian by his own choice, without mysterious influence.
• Wenren Sheng accepted the sentence for Ouyang Tian's brawl but planned to have him apply for high-risk missions in place of hard labor.
• Ming Yuerong accused Wenren Sheng of treating Ouyang Tian unfairly, and Wenren Sheng left after rejecting her criticism and the prospect of working for the Supervisory Department.
• Ming Yuerong flew into a rage after Wenren Sheng left, while Inspector Liu considered Wenren Sheng's limited effort to help his cousin reasonable.

Wenren Sheng returned home to find the Qian Family apologizing to the Wenren Family over Qian Zhengkun’s attack on Ouyang Tian, then heard Yan Ze’s pitch for help expanding the Sole Supremacy Society’s Fragment World. He agreed to review the research challenges and realized two old Grandmasters he had examined could forge the society’s planned Secret Weapon.

• Inspector Liu told Wenren Sheng that Ming Yuerong had suffered backlash from her Seed of Justice after failing to act fairly.
• Wenren Sheng found the Qian Family offering compensation to the Wenren Family and chose not to enter his home.
• Yan Ze offered the Sole Supremacy Society’s help with Ouyang Tian’s situation, then tried to turn Wenren Sheng against the Patrol Division and Ordinary Persons.
• Wenren Sheng agreed to review the Society’s technical challenges for expanding a Fragment World.
• Wenren Sheng read that the Society planned to forge an Axe of Pangu and identified two old Grandmasters, a husband and wife, who could handle the required forging.

Wenren Sheng visited Master Ji to have his greatly improved skills appraised after arranging reconnaissance missions for Ouyang Tian. Ji accepted Wenren Sheng’s flying skill but saw through his Mystic Stealth, warning that it could not fool a true master of illusion.

• Wenren Sheng told his family he would arrange three high-difficulty reconnaissance missions for Ouyang Tian, then set up the missions over the next two days.
• Wenren Sheng visited Ji Zhengyan and said a fortuitous opportunity had greatly improved his skills.
• Wenren Sheng demonstrated Flying in the Air, and Ji praised his progress without confirming whether it had reached Grandmaster Level.
• Wenren Sheng demonstrated Mystic Stealth, but Ji detected that it lacked a grandmaster’s true mastery and could be seen through by an expert in illusion.

Wenren Sheng realized Ji Zhengyan had rejected him for relying on the Seed of Mystery rather than meeting his standards, so he left to train seriously. His family feared he would be gone for a long time, but he returned home that evening for dinner.

• Ji Zhengyan rebuked Wenren Sheng for taking shortcuts and told him to leave, and Wenren Sheng bowed before departing.
• Ji Zhengyan kicked over the pile of food and drinks after Wenren Sheng left, while Wenren Sheng decided to master his three skills before asking Teacher Qin to intervene.
• Wenren Sheng told his family he would train in seclusion, and they worried about what had driven him to leave.
• Ouyang Tian heard that Wenren Sheng had been provoked into training because of his troubles and resolved to become strong enough to help others.
• Wenren Sheng returned home that evening and ate a huge dinner, surprising his family, who then joked about his supposed departure.

Wenren Sheng trained flying, stealth, and running to Expert Level, then returned to Ji Zhengyan to ask for help advancing them further. Ji Zhengyan accepted and brought Wenren Sheng into his illusion with Teacher Qin and Shen Hua, where Shen Hua began studying for her upcoming entrance examination.

• Wenren Sheng trained his three skills for months until each reached Expert Level and his Mystery Points cap rose to 2,407.
• Ji Zhengyan and Cheng Xingzhang discussed Wenren Sheng's disappearance and Ji Zhengyan's falling-out with his disciple while Teacher Qin visited to ask for help teaching Shen Hua.
• Wenren Sheng arrived and asked Ji Zhengyan to help train his skills toward Grandmaster Level, and Ji Zhengyan agreed.
• Teacher Qin brought Shen Hua to Ji Zhengyan's courtyard, where Ji Zhengyan allowed her to enter his illusion with them.
• Inside the illusion, Teacher Qin set Shen Hua up with books and three months of study time while Wenren Sheng walked into the mountain forest.

Wenren Sheng continued training in the illusion realm while Li Yuanfeng, Wang Yanhú, and Xue Wuqin discussed the Patrol Division’s low morale and the Soul Reincarnation project. Teacher Qin told Wenren Sheng how his master’s former disciple, Luo Hao, had become a fugitive, leaving Wenren Sheng to consider the consequences of that history.

• Li Yuanfeng, Wang Yanhú, and Xue Wuqin observed dissatisfied patrol officers and debated how to address their low morale.
• Wang Yanhú argued against testing powerful Otherworldly Users, then transformed into a Little Panda and left after Xue Wuqin warned him.
• Li Yuanfeng said the Soul Reincarnation project needed help and suggested Wenren Sheng could participate because his test result was Grade A.
• Wenren Sheng trained in the illusion realm, nearing Master Level in his three skills while recognizing the dangers of advancing.
• Teacher Qin told Wenren Sheng that Luo Hao had exploited their master’s trust, used Ordinary People as test subjects, and fled to the Western Continent, where he researched Longevity Drugs.

The Sole Supremacy Society sent animal puppets to Miken to steal the teeth of the Crimson Tiger Colossus for an imitation Pangu Axe. The wild boar puppet was mistaken for an offering and brought to the statue, where it prepared to help destroy the source of the locals’ protection.

• Tiger-skin Parrot and the wild boar argued aboard the plane until Gray Wolf ordered them to jump out as scouts.
• A gale blew Tiger-skin Parrot away, while the wild boar landed in a pig farm and let the workers mistake it for a miraculous animal offering.
• Madam Kelly and the farm workers tied up the wild boar and brought it to the Crimson Tiger Colossus.
• The Sole Supremacy Society’s target was revealed to be the Colossus’s teeth, which they planned to use as the blade of an imitation Pangu Axe.
• A Red Robe Priest presented the wild boar to the gathered believers, while the puppet secretly despised them and anticipated the destruction of their protection.