Chapter Summaries

Wenren Sheng disagreed with the Hu Family Siblings’ failing assessments of two candidates, Hu Qingyang and Xu Huijuan, insisting that their potential merited more time. The judges and monitor brought the two candidates in to hear their views, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Candidates waiting for their assessments complained that people with Ancestral Seeds had an unfair advantage, while Wenren Sheng continued judging the day’s candidates.
• After the judges completed assessments for ninety candidates, Wang Yun found that Wenren Sheng’s ratings for Hu Qingyang and Xu Huijuan sharply differed from those of the Hu Family Siblings.
• Hu Yuanxiang and Hu Jingzhen defended their failing ratings, saying both candidates had poor progress and should be eliminated for their own good.
• Wenren Sheng stood by his passing ratings and argued that the two candidates had unusual potential and deserved another three years.
• Hu Jingzhen proposed asking the candidates what they wanted, and Wang Yun returned with Hu Qingyang and Xu Huijuan.

Wenren Sheng argued that Hu Qingyang and Xu Huijuan deserved another chance despite the judges’ concerns about their weak competitiveness. After revealing his near-Master-level Teaching Skill, he persuaded the Hu Family Siblings to support his judgment and arrange for the examinees to study where he taught.

• Wang Yun told Hu Qingyang and Xu Huijuan they could accept another assessment or be marked unqualified, and both initially declined.
• Hu Yuanxiang and Hu Jingzhen explained that they had rejected the examinees because they doubted their temperaments could develop their rare potential.
• Wenren Sheng praised the examinees’ selflessness and insisted that their character made them worth cultivating.
• Wenren Sheng privately revealed his near-Master-level Teaching Skill, changing the siblings’ view and earning their agreement to keep it confidential.
• Hu Yuanxiang returned with Wenren Sheng and announced that the examinees would receive another chance and be assigned to Wenren Sheng’s teaching location.
• Hu Qingyang and Xu Huijuan recognized Wenren Sheng’s support and struggled to hide their tears.

Wang Yun announced the first assessment results, while Wenren Sheng learned that the Hu Family Siblings planned an additional overnight assessment targeting Xie Linghui. He prepared to join them, leaving Hu Jingzhen smitten with his appearance and Hu Yuanxiang exasperated.

• Wang Yun announced the first assessment results, and a failed candidate demanded an appeal that Wang Yun agreed to register.
• The Hu Family Siblings concluded that Wenren Sheng likely carried an Ancient Lost Seed and decided he needed a lesson.
• Wenren Sheng reflected on his plan to gain two more helpers and called it a three-win situation.
• Hu Yuanxiang told Wenren Sheng that an extra assessment targeting Xie Linghui would run from two in the afternoon until two the next morning.
• Wenren Sheng groomed himself carefully before meeting the Hu Family Siblings, and Hu Jingzhen praised his looks with a misapplied poem.

Wenren Sheng examined Xie Linghui, whose cultivation readings were being concealed, and uncovered the truth behind the deception. Xie Linghui passed with early Skilled Level progress and left, while Wenren Sheng and the Hu Family Siblings understood that the case involved troubling secrets.

• Wenren Sheng examined Xie Linghui and found that his Mystery Points fluctuated as he concealed his cultivation progress.
• Wenren Sheng drew and examined Xie Linghui's blood, then privately told the Hu Family Siblings that Xie Linghui was at early Skilled Level.
• Wenren Sheng explained the deduction that revealed the truth, astonishing the Hu Family Siblings.
• Hu Yuanxiang announced that Xie Linghui had early Skilled Level progress and had passed the assessment.
• Xie Linghui thanked the judges and left, calmly thinking that everything had followed the rules.

Wenren Sheng discovered that Xie Linghui was bound to a hidden High-rank Otherworldly and suspected the Xie clan was controlling him. While Wenren Sheng was away, Xie Linghui and Xie Yanjie investigated his villa, where Xie Yanjie ate a dangerous tomato and collapsed.

• Wenren Sheng learned that Xie Linghui's Ancestral Seed concealed a second High-rank Otherworldly and left to find people after sensing danger.
• A braided girl at Tianxing Club declared that Wenren Sheng was hers and left his office.
• Wu Liansong tended the villa's tomatoes, then went drinking with Wenren De and Li Shuangyue.
• Xie Linghui and Xie Yanjie entered Wenren Sheng's villa to investigate his habits, and Xie Yanjie ate a tomato despite the warning sign.
• Xie Linghui found Xie Yanjie convulsing, tried to help her, and carried her away to seek treatment, saying saving a companion came before orders.

Wenren Sheng and Inspector Liu watched Wei Yiqing confront a man in a white suit, whose failed hopes of reincarnation and fear of death were exposed. The man rolled down the mountain to dispel a dangerous black aura, and Inspector Liu left with a recording that could help close Li Shi'an’s case; afterward, Wei Yiqing’s other personality appeared to return.

• The man in the white suit lamented that Li Shi'an had mistaken an Ancestral Seed bearer’s multiple personalities for proof of reincarnation, then challenged Wei Yiqing’s lack of ambition.
• Wei Yiqing’s power forced the man to stumble, and he chose to leave with his two companions.
• The man rolled down the mountain, where Xie Yanjie and Xie Linghui saw him, before Wei Yiqing walked away in another direction.
• Wenren Sheng explained that the man’s black aura had dispersed as he rolled, while Inspector Liu said his recording could finally make Li Shi'an talk.
• Wenren Sheng and Inspector Liu left to close Li Shi'an’s case and chatted about Wenren Sheng’s possible Ancestral Seed status.
• Alone in the forest, Wei Yiqing recited a poem as her hair braided itself into two long braids, then looked confused and hurried away.

Wenren Sheng watched Li Shi'an's interrogation, where officials challenged his belief in reincarnation and questioned him about his crimes. Li Shi'an agreed to cooperate and revealed that He Shiqiang had killed himself while hoping his body could be preserved until his soul reincarnated.

• Wenren Sheng watched Inspector Liu's livestream of Li Shi'an being interrogated by the masked officials.
• Li Shi'an insisted Wei Yiqing was an ancient person reincarnated, while the Gold Masked Man explained that Otherworldly Users retained fragments of their previous hosts' memories.
• After the Silver Masked Man accused Li Shi'an of fearing death, Li Shi'an agreed to answer questions and asked how memories could be passed down through an Otherworldly User.
• The Gold Masked Man offered Li Shi'an a chance to join their research team, and Li Shi'an accepted in exchange for the opportunity to atone for his crimes.
• Li Shi'an revealed that He Shiqiang had ended his own life four years earlier and had asked Li Shi'an to use Puppet Art to preserve his body, hoping his reincarnated soul would return.

Li Shi'an revealed how his search for reincarnation led him to the Ancestral Seed and the fatal experiments he conducted. After the interrogation, Wenren Sheng realized Wenren De had disrupted a chain of events that could have resolved his problem, but Wenren De refused to regret his choice.

• Li Shi'an provided evidence that He Shiqiang had committed suicide and explained why he had recorded the death.
• Li Shi'an recounted how Xu Yunshuang's survival led him to discover Wei Yiqing and pursue the Ancestral Seed's secrets.
• Li Shi'an admitted that he had used Xu Qingshu to conduct Ancestral Seed experiments that killed their subjects through soul transfer.
• Wenren Sheng received Mystery Points and recognized that the interrogation had revealed the truth behind Zhao Han's prophecy.
• Wenren Sheng confronted Wenren De about avoiding Xie Linghui and losing a chance to resolve his problem, but Wenren De said he had already gained enough.

After the examination ended, Wenren Sheng left Dongshui District and was picked up by Ouyang Ling, who planned to bring him home after visiting Wenren De in the hospital. Elsewhere, Cang Yue and the short man suffered mysterious injuries after offending a powerful woman, and Cang Yue left to deal with his own problem.

• In Jinling City, Cang Yue told the short man that the woman they had encountered could reincarnate and that he had lied about her having multiple personalities.
• The pavilion railing split, sending the short man into the stream, and Cang Yue warned him to stay with Ling Hui and avoid further accidents.
• Cang Yue refused to restore the short man and Yan Jie’s power, then left; the short man realized they were sharing Cang Yue’s damage and went to seek treatment.
• After the week-long examination ended, Wenren Sheng reflected on the Mystery Points, connections, reputation, and merit he had gained as a judge.
• Ouyang Ling picked Wenren Sheng up, and she and Li Shuangyue drove toward the hospital to collect Wenren De, who had been admitted after eating Teacher Wu’s tomatoes.
• At Dongshui First Hospital South Branch, Wenren Sheng noticed wealthy patients and a plainly dressed couple hurrying toward the inpatient building.

Wenren Sheng and his family visited President Zhao’s pregnant wife after Wenren De was discharged from the hospital. Wenren Sheng recognized Inoue Shizuko as a woman whose mystery points had changed, and Wu Shanshan and Xu Yunshuang arrived as the visit continued.

• Wenren Sheng recognized President Zhao’s relatives at the hospital and learned that Zhao Han’s younger aunt was pregnant.
• Ouyang Ling stopped Wenren De from drinking the liquor Zhao Han had mistakenly brought, and the group prepared to visit President Zhao.
• Wenren Sheng and his family visited President Zhao and met his wife, Inoue Shizuko, whose mystery points showed as 12/12.
• President Zhao praised Wenren Sheng for his performance and proposed a celebration party for Sunday.
• Wu Shanshan and Xu Yunshuang arrived, and Wu Shanshan defended Wenren De over the trouble caused by someone planting things around Wenren Sheng’s house.

Wenren Sheng attended a hospital visit with his family and friends, where they met President Zhao’s pregnant wife, Inoue Shizuko, and Doctor Chen Jiayu. On the drive home, Ouyang Ling produced a childhood contract requiring Wenren Sheng to marry and have a child by specific ages, leaving him protesting that he never remembered signing it.

• President Zhao welcomed Wenren Sheng’s group, and Inoue Shizuko joked about hoping to give him a son before President Zhao reassured her that he would love any child.
• Zhao Han greeted Wu Shanshan and Xu Yunshuang and proudly told them she ranked sixth in her assessment session.
• Doctor Chen Jiayu examined Inoue Shizuko and said she was in excellent condition but should avoid strenuous activity and heavy lifting.
• After Doctor Chen left, Ouyang Ling and the others departed the hospital and drove back toward Wenren Sheng Villa.
• Ouyang Ling showed Wenren Sheng a contract he had signed at age four, promising to marry before twenty-two and have a child before twenty-three, with his future income at stake if he failed.
• Wenren Sheng disputed the contract, while Ouyang Ling silently shared its photo to her Moments feed.

Wenren Sheng confronted the extraordinary being inhabiting Wu Shanshan after deducing that she was a container for another soul. She revealed her loneliness and her pursuit of a perfect ending, leaving Wenren Sheng to face the truth that Wu Shanshan and Xu Yunshuang were pieces in her long-running game.

• Brother De asked Wenren Sheng to keep watch over Feng Youlin without letting him be wrongly accused, then denied having devised the strange contract.
• Wenren Sheng noticed the mysterious aura around Li Shuangyue’s thriving tomatoes and teased that Brother De had secretly eaten some, prompting Ouyang Ling to confront him.
• Zhao Han mistook Wu Liansong’s insult about a flower among cow dung as a jab at her, but Wu Liansong clarified that he was warning Wenren Sheng to stay away from Wu Shanshan.
• Wenren Sheng confronted Wu Shanshan about her other identity, resisted the mysterious power surrounding her, and raised his Mystery Resistance to Master Level.
• The being using Wu Shanshan admitted that she was immortal, lonely, and waiting for a perfect ending, while Wenren Sheng recognized that she treated Wu Shanshan and Xu Yunshuang as pieces in her game.

Wenren Sheng learned more about Wu Shanshan’s reasons for helping the woman who could grant her wish, then reunited with her and Xu Yunshuang. During a family meal, he learned that Dean Chen had gone missing, and the Seed of Mystery announced a new event centered on her disappearance.

• Wu Shanshan explained that she had distanced herself from Old Wu to keep him from getting involved in her attempt to save her mother, and Wenren Sheng understood her motives.
• Xu Yunshuang joined Wenren Sheng and Wu Shanshan on the balcony, and Zhao Han briefly interrupted them before leaving.
• Wu Liansong and Wenren De prepared a feast, and Wu Shanshan praised her father’s tomato soup.
• President Zhao told Wenren Sheng that Dean Chen had gone missing and that two young talents could activate her Otherworldly Species.
• The Seed of Mystery announced the event “The Missing Otherworldly User,” hinting that something deep lay behind Dean Chen’s disappearance.

Wenren Sheng accepted a commission to find Dongshui First Hospital vice dean Chen Jiayu, whose disappearance the Seed of Mystery had flagged as dangerously uncertain. At Tianxing Club, the experts began reviewing the case, but the chapter ended before they chose how to investigate.

• Wenren Sheng questioned President Zhao about Chen Jiayu’s disappearance, then told him to accept the commission and postpone the celebration and vacation.
• Wenren De recited a poem about returning home, then revealed that he was actually complaining about the neglected swimming pool.
• Wenren Sheng and Wu Liansong brought Zhao Han to Tianxing Club for a Saturday discussion of Chen Jiayu’s disappearance.
• Team Leader Hu reported that Chen Jiayu had left a note saying she was returning to her hometown, and that her phone and location could not be traced.
• Ouyang Tian joked that Chen Jiayu might have been abducted, while Wu Liansong stopped Zhao Han from joining in.

Wenren Sheng’s team discussed Dean Chen’s disappearance and concluded that she had likely gone into hiding voluntarily, while President Zhao promised the team all the payment for the case. Wenren Sheng sensed that the situation was more dangerous than his colleagues realized and considered how to warn them, turning his attention to Zhao Han.

• Wu Liansong reminded Zhao Han to listen and defer to the hierarchy as Team Leader Hu shared the investigation materials.
• Ouyang Tian argued that Dean Chen had probably disappeared voluntarily and was hiding in Dongshui City, citing missing travel records and the revised backup-candidate list.
• Team Leader Hu and Manager Chen discussed how finding Dean Chen might not resolve the mission if she resented the investigators or the institute.
• President Zhao appeared by video, explained that he had taken the job to repay a favor, and promised that the team would receive the full payment.
• Wenren Sheng realized his colleagues did not understand the danger surrounding the case and looked toward Zhao Han as he considered how to warn them.

Wenren Sheng realized that President Zhao Wei, not Chen Jiayu, was the missing person and told Zhao Han and the key people involved. The group accepted his conclusion after hearing his evidence, though Zhao Wei’s fate remained unknown.

• Zhao Han shared a prophecy with Wenren Sheng, who concluded that Zhao Wei had been hidden away instead of Chen Jiayu.
• Wenren Sheng stopped Zhao Han from calling anyone and explained a plan to alert the key people without revealing their suspicions.
• Wenren Sheng cleared most attendees from the Conference Room and told the remaining group that Zhao Wei was the real missing person.
• Ouyang Tian joked that an impostor had acted generously, while Wu Liansong and Team Leader Hu questioned Wenren Sheng’s evidence.
• Wenren Sheng played a recording of Zhao Wei’s unusual laughter, and Zhao Han said it sounded like Dean Chen’s before Team Leader Hu agreed that Zhao Wei was missing.

Chen Jiayu abducted President Zhao after discovering he had secretly tampered with her plan, then fled before Wenren Sheng and his companions reached the basement. They found evidence of the kidnapping and a recording that hinted Chen Jiayu feared people beyond the Patrol Division, but her motive remained unclear.

• Chen Jiayu accused President Zhao of imitating her laughter and secretly installing surveillance, then injected him with more drugs and carried him away.
• Wenren Sheng, Wu Liansong, and Ouyang Tian searched the basement after a masked investigator led them there.
• Ouyang Tian paid the investigator, who said his tracking stopped at the city boundary and declined to continue the search.
• Wenren Sheng examined the surveillance laptop while Wu Liansong and Ouyang Tian searched the room and found a recording pen.
• Wu Liansong played the recording, in which Chen Jiayu said she feared people who would stop at nothing, but the recording cut off before she explained further.

Wenren Sheng and his colleagues discovered that Dean Chen was connected to a sealed Calamity Eye, and Wu Liansong rushed out to try to intercept her. Song Ci, one of Dean Chen’s students, then revealed that Chen had recently studied a map of abandoned Tianshan Town, giving the team a new lead.

• Wenren Sheng received a message directing him to a misty mountaintop and identified it as Dongshui District’s sealed Calamity Eye No. 91.
• Wu Liansong refused to alert the Patrol Division and left to intercept Chen Jiayu, while Wenren Sheng told Ouyang Tian to hire someone to stop him.
• Song Ci arrived at the basement duty room and offered information about Dean Chen.
• Song Ci told Wenren Sheng that she had seen Dean Chen studying a map three days earlier, and she recognized the image of abandoned Tianshan Town.

Jerry and Tom began a livestream outside an abandoned town and followed footprints toward it, while Wu Liansong and Cheng Li arrived searching for Chen Jiayu and Old Zhao. Wu Liansong knocked Cheng Li unconscious and sent her back to Dongshui City before continuing toward the town with Boss Yang.

• Jerry posted a Q&A about the town’s cordon and persuaded Tom to follow footprints inside for their livestream.
• Wu Liansong and Chestnut arrived by plane, spotted the footprints, and followed them toward the town while discussing Chen Jiayu and Old Zhao.
• Cheng Li followed Wu Liansong despite his warning that the trip could jeopardize her chance to break through.
• Wu Liansong tricked Cheng Li into lowering her guard, then Boss Yang struck her unconscious.
• Wu Liansong placed Cheng Li on the plane and ordered the pilot to take her back to Dongshui City.

Wenren Sheng investigated Chen Jiayu’s hidden messages and questioned Chen Sixi, who let slip that his family had helped her in the past. After Ouyang Tian brought back a witness recording, Wenren Sheng considered the growing mystery around Chen Jiayu and the danger facing Old Wu and Old Zhao; a kettle then exploded where Ouyang Tian had been sitting.

• Wenren Sheng found fragmented messages in Chen Jiayu’s private online space warning that a man had appeared and that a nightmare from twenty-seven years ago must not happen again.
• Chen Sixi visited the office seeking a job for his child, complained that Chen Jiayu had forgotten her hometown, and hinted that his family had helped her before.
• Wenren Sheng sketched two portraits for Ouyang Tian to investigate and warned Song Ci not to be alone with Chen Sixi.
• Ouyang Tian returned with a recording in which a witness recalled hearing an argument about why something had not been given to Chen Sixi’s son.
• Wenren Sheng and Ouyang Tian discussed Boss Yang’s help protecting Old Wu and Old Zhao, then Wenren Sheng pulled Ouyang Tian away as a kettle exploded where he had been sitting.