Chapter Summaries

Wild Boar’s reconnaissance revealed that the Fierce Tiger Colossus and its Blue-Robed Priest wielded power he could not resist. Gray Wolf’s team decided to weaken the statue by capturing its Miken followers, leaving them poised to attack within ten days.

• Miken People butchered and grilled Wild Boar as a sacrifice until the Blue-Robed Priest used white light to restrain him and pull out his heart.
• The Fierce Tiger Colossus devoured Wild Boar’s heart, and the gathered Miken People celebrated the god’s response.
• Tiger-skin Parrot reported Wild Boar’s apparent defeat to Gray Wolf, while Wild Boar explained that the statue had overpowered him despite his reconnaissance efforts.
• Gray Wolf ordered a forced assault, but Parrot proposed capturing the statue’s followers to weaken it by undermining their worship.
• Gray Wolf approved Parrot’s plan and ordered the team to use its standard measures against the Miken People and produce results within ten days.

Wenren Sheng sent Big Cat to stop the Sole Supremacy Society from abducting people near the Fierce Tiger Colossus, while he urged Little Girl to study how to accelerate thought. Big Cat captured the Society’s puppets with ease, leaving its members trapped and unable to understand the power opposing them.

• Little Girl warned Wenren Sheng that the Sole Supremacy Society was targeting the Miken People, and he agreed to send Big Cat against them.
• Wenren Sheng pressured Little Girl to learn thought acceleration and promised she could play with the Society’s puppets after they were captured.
• The priests blamed mysterious disappearances on insufficient devotion, and believers brought valuables to the colossi to secure places to live nearby.
• Wenren Sheng disguised Big Cat as an Eagle and had it seize Tiger-skin Parrot while Parrot directed kidnappings.
• Tiger-skin Parrot and other Society members reported that the Eagle had captured their puppets, and Gray Wolf ordered the survivors to return.

Wenren Sheng used the Eagle to capture the Sole Supremacy Society's puppets and negotiated their cooperation in opening a Fragment World in exchange for Fierce Tiger's Tooth. After leaving the Little Girl to handle the contract and secure the tooth, he returned to Ji Zhengyan's illusion realm to cultivate.

• Wenren Sheng pinned down the Tiger-skin Parrot and identified the captured puppets as members of the Sole Supremacy Society who had tried to damage the God Statue and steal the God Tooth.
• The Tiger-skin Parrot offered cooperation to open a Fragment World, and Wenren Sheng agreed to let the society have the tooth under a contract requiring the gods to use the forged tool first.
• Wenren Sheng planned to imprint rituals on Fierce Tiger's Tooth so the society could not use it without his permission.
• Priests silenced two believers who objected to the agreement, and Wenren Sheng recognized that the Little Girl's group had divided into devoted believers and self-interested priests.
• Wenren Sheng left the contract and restrictions to the Little Girl, returned as Big Cat to Bauer's old house, then logged off and resumed cultivating in Ji Zhengyan's illusion realm.

Tiger-skin Parrot and the other puppet beasts returned after their defeat, while Bauer prepared to move his family to Colossus State in search of safety and work. As robbers attacked travelers on the road, Keda carried Big Cat, unknowingly relying on a powerful protector.

• Tiger-skin Parrot returned to the plane with Wild Boar's head, and Gray Wolf ordered the defeated puppet beasts to go into seclusion and train.
• Bauer told his family that his company had been sold and decided to move them to Colossus State, bringing Big Fat along as their lucky cat.
• Bauer's family set out for Waorda State with other travelers, carrying gold and jewelry to pay the Colossus Priests for permission to settle there.
• At a rest stop, John the Old Man and a young man discussed the sacrifices required for safety in Colossus State, while Bauer planned to find work there.
• When John the Old Man spotted robbers, he warned the travelers to get into their cars, and Keda prepared to defend Bauer's family with his rifle and Big Cat.

Keda and Bauer escaped bandits on the road and reached Colossus State, where they learned the cost and conditions for entering under the priests’ protection. As they waited at the border, they saw a famous football star beg a priest to heal his injured leg.

• Keda shot a pursuing bandit from the family RV, and Bauer drove their family away from the ambush.
• Keda and Bauer reached Colossus State’s guarded border gate, where priests demanded tribute for official entry and protection.
• Bauer learned that talented people could enter for free, while others had to pay the Five-One Tax or work for the priests.
• The young man worried that Colossus State’s focus on agriculture and entertainment would cripple Miken, but Old John said survival mattered more.
• A famous American football star begged a priest to heal his injured leg.

Wenren Sheng set out with Teacher Qin for a dangerous Haunted Land near the Antarctic Circle, hoping to break Mystic Stealth through to Master Level. They reached the island and secretly entered a penguin-filled valley, unaware that a Little Penguin could see and follow them.

• Wenren Sheng began testing methods for reaching Master Level in Ji Zhengyan's illusion realm, but Ji Zhengyan stopped him and explained that the breakthrough had to be attempted in the real world.
• Ji Zhengyan told Wenren Sheng about a secret Haunted Land in the Extreme South where he had trained Mystic Stealth, and instructed Teacher Qin to guide him there.
• Teacher Qin warned that the place was dangerous and compared entering it to Little Horse Crossing the River, but Wenren Sheng persuaded him to leave immediately.
• Wenren Sheng and Teacher Qin flew to a small island near the Antarctic Circle, parachuted down, and headed for a valley where penguins gathered.
• Teacher Qin and Wenren Sheng concealed themselves and slipped into the penguin group, while a curious Little Penguin followed them and appeared able to see them.

Wenren Sheng entered a dangerous hot spring to advance his Mystic Stealth and discovered that its threats were real rather than mere illusions. He grasped that Mystic Stealth’s essence was evasion and handled the spring’s lightning trial with ease while Teacher Qin watched.

• Teacher Qin led Wenren Sheng to the hot springs and told him to soak for seven days and seven nights to seek a breakthrough in Mystic Stealth.
• Wenren Sheng entered a pool, hid from its monstrous apparitions, and struck a male seal away when it pursued a Little Penguin.
• Wenren Sheng evaded a giant palm by activating Mystic Stealth and realized the technique’s deeper purpose was to avoid danger by blending into the environment.
• Lightning filled the hot spring, and Wenren Sheng tossed the Little Penguin out before dodging the bolts for more than three hours.
• Teacher Qin watched Wenren Sheng endure the trial with ease and reflected that the hot spring’s dangers varied according to each person.

Ji Zhengyan kept his disciple out of Cheng Xingzhang’s dangerous hunt for a Mysterious Object tied to the Longevity Drug. Near Colossus State, Bauer’s family settled into a quiet town while Colossus Priests monitored newcomers for spies.

• Cheng Xingzhang asked Ji Zhengyan to provide an anchor for a planned hunt for a Mysterious Object, but Ji refused to involve his disciple.
• Cheng Xingzhang revealed that the Mysterious Object could enhance the Longevity Drug, but Ji remained unmoved by the prospect.
• Bauer’s family settled near the Colossus, and Bauer discussed music for his daughters and the state guard for Keda.
• Bauer’s family prayed before dinner while the Big Cat noticed two Colossus Priests watching their home.
• The priests judged Bauer’s family peaceful and continued checking households for spies sent by Eagle Fort.

Lieutenant General Lola announced that Eagle Fort would negotiate with the Disaster Anomaly Lords, arguing that humanity could not resist their power or prevent them from stalling technological progress. Dr. Stein rejected becoming their servant and learned that Eagle Fort had already begun building spacecraft for those willing to flee the Solar System.

• Lieutenant General Lola told Eagle Fort's leaders that the Anomalies did not intend to wipe out humanity and proposed trading with them.
• Dr. Stein denounced the plan to cooperate, but Lieutenant General Lola showed footage of the Fragment World and explained that the Anomalies could create worlds and disrupt scientific observation.
• Lieutenant General Lola argued that humanity could not defeat the Anomalies and would become their sheepdogs rather than their livestock.
• Dr. Stein proposed sending Otherworldly Users into space with reproductive supplies to preserve humanity and develop technology beyond the Solar System.
• Lieutenant General Lola revealed that Eagle Fort had already begun building long-distance spacecraft and invited anyone who wanted to leave to register.

Lieutenant General Lola persuaded the elites to cooperate with the Disaster Anomaly Lords while Wenren Sheng continued training in the hot spring, waiting for a breakthrough. The chapter ended when the Colossus Fierce Tiger asked Wenren Sheng for help negotiating with Miken’s high-ranking people.

• Lieutenant General Lola assured the gathered elites that compromising with the Disaster Anomaly Lords was necessary and claimed the Eastern Continent would make similar deals.
• Lieutenant General Lola’s group chose the Colossus Fierce Tiger as their target for negotiations because they considered it relatively gentle.
• Wenren Sheng continued enduring the hot spring’s increasingly complex dangers, improving his skills but failing to find a breakthrough opportunity.
• Teacher Qin waited outside with Little Penguin and agreed that Wenren Sheng’s solid foundations explained why advancement was taking so long.
• The Colossus Fierce Tiger told Wenren Sheng that Miken’s high-ranking people wanted to negotiate and asked him for help.

Yang Chengyin witnessed Luo Xu kill a townsman and then attack a Red Robe Priest, whose divine protection burned Luo Xu’s hand. After hearing the Colossus hymn, Yang Chengyin was approached by an Old Man and brought before Wenren Sheng, who recruited him as a negotiation assistant.

• Luo Xu bumped into Jim and secretly killed him with a touch, while Yang Chengyin watched.
• Two Red Robe Priests confronted Yang Chengyin and Luo Xu; Yang Chengyin admitted what he had seen, and the male priest stopped Luo Xu’s attack with divine power.
• The priests took Luo Xu away, and Yang Chengyin listened to the girl sing a hymn to the Giant Tiger.
• An Old Man invited Yang Chengyin to come with him after learning he had accepted the Colossus as real.
• Wenren Sheng identified Yang Chengyin as a fugitive Otherworldly User and told him to serve the god as a negotiation assistant.

Wenren Sheng tested the range of Little Girl’s Illusion Arts and negotiated with Miken to extend the Colossus’s protection across part of the country. The talks continued through Yang Chengyin, while Miken’s officials considered how to pay for the protection.

• No. 13 asked Eagle to protect all of Miken in exchange for gold and jewelry, and Eagle paused the negotiations to consult with the god.
• Wenren Sheng tested Little Girl’s Illusion Arts by having Yang Chengyin flown outward under an illusion, and found that it reached about a thousand kilometers.
• Eagle offered protection within a circle centered on the Colossus with a six-hundred-kilometer radius, and No. 13 accepted the proposed range.
• Eagle directed No. 13 to negotiate the offering with Yang Chengyin, who suggested basing payment on the number of people the protection saved.
• No. 13 and his attendants asked for time to discuss Yang Chengyin’s proposal, while Lieutenant General Lola reported that the negotiations looked promising.

Zhao Han returned to her former school to give a speech, where Shen Hua questioned whether ordinary students could follow her advice. After lunch, Zheng Yili approached Zhao Han and urged her to help give her family, classmates, and friends the abilities she possessed.

• Wenren Sheng discussed the Patrol Division’s negotiations with Little Girl and insisted that she attend school.
• Teacher Qin left South Pole Island after learning that the parents of an Otherworldly User had been kidnapped.
• Zhao Han gave a speech at Dongshui No. 1 High School, where Shen Hua challenged the usefulness of her advice to ordinary students.
• Zhao Han ate lunch with Shen Hua at Hao Cai’s restaurant, despite Wang Wenwen warning her that she might be in danger.
• Zheng Yili met Zhao Han and asked whether she wanted the people close to her to gain the same abilities she had.

Zheng Yili’s group captured Zhao Han as part of a plan to use her influential background as an entry point to their operation, while Wu Shanshan arranged for Puppet Man to replace her. Wenren Sheng asked Little Illusion to take over Puppet Man, and Shen Hua followed the captors to their forest hideout, still longing to see someone again.

• Zheng Yili argued with Zhao Han about inequality between ordinary people and Otherworldly Users, then Shen Hua stunned Zhao Han and the group took her away.
• Wang Wenwen watched the capture, but Wu Shanshan stopped her from intervening and planned to replace Zhao Han with Puppet Man.
• Wenren Sheng received Wu Shanshan’s request and asked Little Illusion to control Puppet Man while he remained occupied in the hot spring.
• On the drive to the outskirts, Shen Hua listened to people discuss a deadly Final Destination-like chain of accidents and reflected on her resentment and desire to see someone.
• Zheng Yili brought Zhao Han to a forest clearing, where a middle-aged woman identified her as the target and prepared to install intubation equipment.

Heaven's Mandate Society tried to turn Zhao Han into a loyal informant through memory editing, but her rebellious nature foiled their plan. After Zhao Han returned home, she learned how Wenren Sheng had rescued her, while she and her friends discussed the Society's growing reach and the spread of Mysterious Power.

• Shen Hua tested Zhao Han with a fill-in-the-blank question, and Zhao Han produced answers that showed she would betray the organization rather than sacrifice herself.
• Zheng Yili and the White Coat Middle-Aged Woman realized memory editing had not changed Zhao Han's personality and decided to abandon her as an informant.
• Zheng Yili drove Shen Hua and Zhao Han back to Dongshui No. 1 High School, where Shen Hua mistook Zhao Han's farewell friendliness for a green tea act.
• Zhao Han woke at Wenren Sheng's home and learned that Wenren Sheng had used a puppet in her place to fool Heaven's Mandate Society.
• Zhao Han watched the recording of Wenren Sheng's antics, then discussed with Wu Shanshan and Wang Wenwen the Society's infiltration and whether Ordinary Persons should gain Mysterious Power.

After raising Mystic Stealth to Master Level, Wenren Sheng rushed from Southmost Island to the South Ridge Mountain Range to rescue the kidnapped parents of an Otherworldly User. He located the Heaven's Mandate Society kidnappers in the forest and prepared to deal with them himself.

• Wenren Sheng’s training raised Mystic Stealth to Master Level, increased his Mystery Points cap, and greatly strengthened him.
• Teacher Qin told Wenren Sheng that Heaven's Mandate Society operatives had kidnapped an Otherworldly User’s parents and were resisting rescue.
• Wenren Sheng connected the kidnappers to the Society’s efforts to spread Alien Power cultivation methods and agreed to help.
• Wenren Sheng flew from Southmost Island to the South Ridge Mountain Range, astonishing Teacher Qin with his arrival.
• Wenren Sheng used his enhanced senses to locate the kidnappers and hostages, then overheard one kidnapper fear they were going to die.

Wenren Sheng assessed the hostage crisis and used his amplified Teaching Skill to confront the kidnappers’ arguments. He revealed that three kidnappers were holding two elderly hostages, but the standoff remained unresolved as the surviving kidnapper continued to resist.

• Wenren Sheng discovered that three kidnappers, not two, were hiding with two elderly hostages in the forest.
• Wenren Sheng chose to use his Great Teaching Skill rather than rely on the Seed of Illusion.
• Wenren Sheng called on the kidnappers to surrender and release the hostages, surprising Teacher Qin and the Security Guards when one answered.
• A kidnapper accused the authorities of selfishly withholding power and technology while humanity faced danger.
• Wenren Sheng challenged the kidnapper’s hypocrisy and defended the Eastern Continent’s response to Anomalies, but the kidnapper refused to back down.

Wenren Sheng convinced two Heaven's Mandate Society members to abandon their plan to pressure Miken through the Eastern Continent and release their hostages. The hostages were rescued, the surviving captors were arrested, and Wenren Sheng and Teacher Qin discovered a dead Society member in the jungle.

• Wenren Sheng denounced the Heaven's Mandate Society's plan and urged its members to build territory themselves rather than rely on the Eastern Continent.
• Number Two turned against Green Sophora and killed him, then persuaded his companion to surrender and release the hostages.
• The elderly couple and the white twins emerged from the jungle, and Security Guards freed the couple and arrested the twins.
• The younger twin promised to put Wenren Sheng's advice into practice, while the older twin revealed that another member had opposed their release and was dead.
• Teacher Qin and Wenren Sheng entered the jungle and found a black man with a fatal wound in his chest.

Wenren Sheng returned home and heard about a suspicious hospital whose visitors tried on funeral garments, then agreed to investigate. The chapter left him planning to send his Puppet Man to the shop.

• Wenren Sheng thanked Teacher Qin for his help, then flew home using Master Level Mystic Stealth, which instinctively made him evade danger.
• At home, Zhao Han thanked Wenren Sheng for saving her, and he reminded her to be more careful as Wu Shanshan teased him about the Little Girl.
• Wang Wenwen asked Wenren Sheng for help investigating a hospital after a nearby funeral garment shop owner reported that hospital visitors kept trying on clothes.
• Wenren Sheng recognized the shop owner’s story as suspicious, and the group considered whether the owner had been influenced by something.
• Wenren Sheng agreed to send his Puppet Man to investigate the hospital and shop.

Teacher Qin confronted Shen Hua after she joined the Heaven's Mandate Society's operation against Zhao Han and discovered her despair was tied to unrequited feelings. He brought her to Ji Zhengyan the next morning, hoping the old master could examine her, while Shen Hua continued to feel invisible.

• Teacher Qin scolded Shen Hua for joining the operation against Zhao Han, but stopped himself from hitting her when he saw her death wish.
• Shen Hua said she could see no hope and hinted that she loved someone; Teacher Qin suspected she had been affected by something and decided to seek help.
• Teacher Qin discussed a potentially dangerous clothing store with Wenren Sheng, and they agreed to have it investigated and monitored.
• Teacher Qin arranged to visit Ji Zhengyan with Wenren Sheng the next day and bring Shen Hua for an examination.
• Teacher Qin brought Shen Hua to Ji Zhengyan's home, where Ji Zhengyan casually asked whether the tutoring had failed again, leaving Shen Hua feeling ignored.