Chapter Summaries

Zhao Han realized that following Narration Mister’s instinctive demands could lead her to cause the deaths she predicted. At Tianxing Club, three trainees accepted a training contract while Wu Shanshan refused, and President Zhao led Wenren Sheng and Wei Yiqing on a trip, leaving Wu Liansong behind.

• Zhao Han reread the Otherworldly Practice Guide and understood that acting to fulfill a prophecy could make her harm others, as Liu Bo had done.
• Wu Liansong offered Hu Qingyang, Liu Jian, Xu Yunshuang, and Wu Shanshan advanced training in exchange for a thirty-year service contract; Wu Shanshan refused while Liu Jian and Xu Yunshuang signed.
• Xu Yunshuang asked Wu Shanshan why she had refused, and Wu Shanshan said she would not stay with the woman who made her feel she had lost herself.
• President Zhao arranged to take Wenren Sheng and Wei Yiqing on a trip while Wu Liansong stayed behind at the Club.
• After they left, Wu Liansong admired the warm wooden chairs in President Zhao’s office and decided to take one home for his daughter.

Liu Jian grieved for his father and was approached by a mysterious voice that gave him a black token in exchange for the promise of power. After Liu Jian returned to camp, Wenren Sheng taught the group about absorbing Mysterious Power and warned them about the risks posed by their Otherworldly Species.

• Hu Qingyang offered to help Wenren Sheng put up a tent, and Liu Jian warned him to stay away from Manager Wei.
• Alone beneath a Maple, Liu Jian mourned his father as wrath and an unseen force grew within him.
• A mysterious voice offered Liu Jian a chance to see his father again and gave him a black token after he agreed to become an expert.
• Hu Qingyang found Liu Jian and brought him back to camp for Wenren Sheng's evening lesson.
• Wenren Sheng explained the risks of competing during absorption and warned the group to keep their Otherworldly Species under control.
• Hu Qingyang said he would let his Otherworldly brother leave if it wished, prompting President Zhao to remind him of their contract.

Wenren Sheng and President Zhao reached the source of Eastwater River to wait for a new mutant species, while discovering that unknown forces had drawn many others to the spring. Two former candidates plotted to attack the newcomers, but an accidental crossbow shot left the Tall Man severely wounded and waiting for death.

• Wenren Sheng and President Zhao found faint footprints near the spring and learned that someone had reached it before them.
• President Zhao confirmed that none of the known groups had sent anyone, and he and Wenren Sheng decided to camp openly beside the pool.
• The Tall Man and the Short Fat Man watched the spring from a Great Elm Tree and prepared to ambush the arriving groups with Military Crossbows.
• The Tall Man spotted more people approaching and decided to attack, despite the Short Fat Man's fear.
• The Short Fat Man's crossbow accidentally fired a Bolt through the Tall Man's buttocks, leaving him unable to move while the two argued.

Wenren Sheng and Zhao Wei met a group of Overaged people seeking a Newborn Otherworldly Species, and Zhao Wei negotiated a fair arrangement with them. The confrontation shifted when Yan Ze of the Sole Supremacy Society appeared and attacked Lu Miao, with Fan Xing among those who emerged from the woods.

• Wenren Sheng spotted a group approaching and went with Zhao Wei to meet them.
• Lu Miao identified himself as the group’s leader and challenged Zhao Wei and Wenren Sheng over their intentions.
• Zhao Wei proposed that the group share the opportunity fairly, offering employment to whoever activated the species or to buy it if no one succeeded.
• Several Overaged people favored Zhao Wei’s proposal, while Lu Miao remained displeased.
• Yan Ze called Zhao Wei a cowardly boss, then used black mist to knock Lu Miao down before emerging with Fan Xing and another man.

Yan Ze tried to take the Newborn Otherworldly Species from President Zhao and offered the Overaged a paltry payment, but Lu Miao rallied them to threaten the experts with strapped-on explosives. After Yan Ze and his companions withdrew, the Overaged demanded a higher price and left to seek other buyers, while Wenren Sheng suspected the confrontation had been staged by someone who knew he could see through it.

• Yan Ze arrived with Fan Xing and another companion, mocked President Zhao and Wenren Sheng, and demanded the Newborn Otherworldly Species for the Sole Supremacy Society.
• President Zhao offered to let everyone who had seen the species share in the deal, but Yan Ze dismissed the Overaged and had Fan Xing offer them only one hundred thousand each.
• Lu Miao revealed explosives strapped to his body, and the other Overaged exposed matching explosives and threatened to die rather than give up their chance at the species.
• The Overaged invoked the Patrol Division's authority and advanced until Yan Ze, Fan Xing, and their companion retreated and left.
• The Overaged demanded that President Zhao pay above market price, but Wenren Sheng told them they could sell it elsewhere; Lu Miao led them away.
• Wenren Sheng suspected the confrontation had been staged by someone aware that he could see through it, while President Zhao lamented the deal's collapse.

Liu Jian and Hu Qingyang watched the Overaged approach Springwater Pool, while the Tall Man and Short Fat Man plotted to exploit the gathering experts. Short Fat Man killed the Tall Man for the chance to profit by turning over evidence, then left him behind.

• Liu Jian recognized the Overaged were risking their lives to fight the experts, while Hu Qingyang ran toward Wei Yiqing for help and fell into the pool.
• The Tall Man refused to abandon his plan to reach the aberrant species and prepared to use an explosive device against the people gathering by the stream.
• The Short Fat Man noticed the approaching men were repeatedly falling into the water, and the Tall Man concluded that Mystery Experts had used a curse in self-defense.
• The Tall Man gave the Short Fat Man the device and told him to leave it near the stream with an explanation, hoping someone would use it against the experts.
• The Short Fat Man stabbed the injured Tall Man, claimed he had acted to protect the experts, and watched him die.
• Short Fat Man revealed a pinhole camera and decided to use its recording to win favor with the experts before leaving the Tall Man's corpse behind.

Wenren Sheng and President Zhao stopped the Overaged from crossing the mountain and condemned their greed, prompting some to reconsider their actions. Wenren Sheng gained a breakthrough in his Mysterious Teaching Art, while the Overaged turned on Lu Miao, and Liu Jian sensed that a new Seed was about to appear.

• Wenren Sheng and President Zhao watched as the Overaged failed to cross an invisible barrier, and Wenren Sheng explained that their threats and demands had made them responsible for the consequences.
• Some Overaged accepted Wenren Sheng's rebuke, regretted their greed, and removed their black bands, but their attempts to cross still failed.
• Wenren Sheng received a prompt that his Mysterious Teaching Art had reached Intermediate Level, increasing his Extraordinary Power limit and Mystery Points limit.
• The Overaged blamed Lu Miao for their predicament, but he threatened to die with them and fled downhill as they chased him.
• Wenren Sheng gave Wei Yiqing mineral water and confirmed that she had likely possessed Master Level strength for some time.
• Liu Jian sensed a mysterious aura and realized that a new Seed was about to appear.

Wenren Sheng and the others witnessed a new Otherworldly Species emerge from Springwater Pool, and President Zhao claimed it. After Du Fei exposed a plot involving explosives, Yan Ze and Fan Xing revealed they had staged the danger to record a show and challenge the Patrol Division’s restrictions.

• The mist receded from Springwater Pool, and its freezing water released a blue First Generation Seed of an ordinary Otherworldly Species, which President Zhao captured in a jade box.
• Xu Yunshuang, Liu Jian, and Hu Qingyang finished absorbing Mysterious Power, and Wenren Sheng told Wei Yiqing that the trip was over.
• Du Fei arrived with recordings and an antenna device, explaining that the group had been sitting above explosives; President Zhao rewarded him and invited him to travel with them.
• Du Fei dug up the explosives and found they had turned into bean-curd dregs, while Wenren Sheng realized the Immortal had secretly made them harmless.
• From several thousand meters away, Yan Ze and Fan Xing discussed how they had staged the danger and recorded it to undermine the Patrol Division’s restrictions; Yan Ze vowed to teach the group hierarchy and propriety.

Wenren Sheng and Wu Liansong visited Wang Cuiyan to recruit her as an expert for Old Zhao’s team. Wenren Sheng confirmed she was an Expert Level, while her rebellious daughter remained upstairs.

• Xu Yunshuang reassured Xu Yuchen that she hoped to help him activate his otherworldly seed and reunite their family.
• Xu Yunshuang wrote in her journal about the spring pool incident and her fear of losing Wenren Sheng.
• Wenren Sheng learned that Old Zhao wanted to recruit Wang Cuiyan and agreed to meet her with Wu Liansong.
• Wu Liansong and Wenren Sheng visited Wang Cuiyan at her home near Dongshui No. 1 High School.
• Wang Cuiyan’s daughter, Wenwen, stopped making noise upstairs but did not come down to greet the visitors.
• Wenren Sheng examined Wang Cuiyan and identified her as an Expert Level with a Seed of Wrath.

Wu Liansong and Wenren Sheng interviewed Wang Cuiyan for Tianxing Club, and she asked them to rescue her daughter from the Happy Village illusion. After meeting Wang Wenwen, Wenren Sheng declared that Wang Cuiyan—not her daughter—needed to face reality, and Wang Cuiyan erupted in anger.

• Wu Liansong offered Wang Cuiyan five Patrol Division investigations as an interview, and she agreed to join Tianxing Club if it resolved her mysterious incident.
• Wang Cuiyan explained that her daughter, Wang Wenwen, had become addicted to the Happy Village illusion despite her mother's efforts to train and protect her.
• Wenren Sheng received a prompt identifying Happy Village as a mysterious illusion and eagerly agreed to help Wang Wenwen.
• Wang Cuiyan led Wenren Sheng and Wu Liansong to her daughter, who lay on a sofa mumbling about food and farming a boss beside a ritual pattern.
• Wenren Sheng concluded that Wang Cuiyan was clinging to her fantasy of a perfect daughter and insisted that Wang Wenwen had the right to choose her own life.
• Wang Cuiyan shouted that raising Wang Wenwen had cost her eighteen years of effort and delayed her cultivation, while Wu Liansong recoiled in surprise.

Wang Wenwen left her mother’s house after refusing to join the family’s plans, and Wenren Sheng followed her to ask about her ritual. She agreed to teach him for two hundred thousand and began drawing its geometric figures in his Backyard.

• Wang Wenwen woke, gathered her bottle of lime, and walked out after Wang Cuiyan threatened that she could never return.
• Wenren Sheng left with Wang Wenwen while Wang Cuiyan and Wu Liansong argued over whose daughter was more stubborn.
• Wang Wenwen accused Wenren Sheng of pretending to befriend her, but he told her he genuinely respected her right to choose her own life.
• Wang Wenwen agreed to teach Wenren Sheng the ritual for two hundred thousand, and they took a taxi to his villa.
• In Wenren Sheng’s Backyard, Wang Wenwen used a brush and lime to draw geometric figures while he studied her data panel.

Wenren Sheng studied Wang Wenwen’s geometric ritual and used his Alien Power to activate all 777 figures, connecting his Otherworldly User to the Happy Village illusion. He entered the new world and arrived amid villagers celebrating a baby’s birth.

• Wang Wenwen drew 777 geometric figures and explained that filling them with Alien Power let someone enter Happy Village.
• Wenren Sheng paid Wang Wenwen, then learned that she had played Happy Village for a month and that entry required sincerely wanting to play.
• Wenren Sheng examined the mysterious world and suspected Happy Village used technology to connect Otherworldly Users.
• Wenren Sheng filled all 777 figures with Alien Power and entered the illusion as Kun of the Northern Sea.
• Wenren Sheng heard villagers announce that a boy had been born and celebrate how the child might help them win a future fight over water.

Wenren Sheng learned that Happy Village was an illusion filled with real people acting as guides and players in enhanced versions of popular game genres. After investigating its rules and the guides’ restrictions, he headed toward the village center to disrupt the game Wang Wenwen was playing.

• Wenren Sheng woke in a thatched cottage and learned from a black duck and a white goose that Happy Village offered many kinds of games.
• The guides explained that Otherworldly Users were VIPs, ordinary people filled game roles, and entry screening checked whether users genuinely wanted to play.
• Wenren Sheng tried to learn the guides’ real identities, but they said the organizers forbade revealing them or contacting players offline.
• Wenren Sheng guessed the guides were employees of a large corporation from the Jiangnan region based on their accents, then asked them to show him the village.
• The guides led Wenren Sheng toward the village center, where he spotted Miracle Restaurant and decided to ruin the game Wang Wenwen was playing.

Wenren Sheng explored the restaurant game, learned how its businesses and VIP system worked, and recognized that the illusion was designed to gather Mysterious Power. He went to the Town Chief and requested V10 and every available package, leaving the guides pleased by the purchase.

• Wenren Sheng entered the Miracle Restaurant and questioned its attendants about their work before arriving in the bustling town illusion.
• White Goose and Black Duck explained the restaurant game, and Wenren Sheng visited Wang Wenwen's restaurant, where he learned she was offline.
• White Goose and Black Duck privately discussed their suspicions that Wenren Sheng was an investigator and assessed him as a possible customer.
• Wenren Sheng realized the game could mine Mysterious Power and that players could use Alien Power to buy VIP status.
• Wenren Sheng met the Town Chief and asked to open a restaurant, reach V10, and activate every available package.

Wenren Sheng uncovered the darker truth behind Happy Village and warned Wang Wenwen that the illusion was draining ordinary people’s spiritual flesh and blood. Wang Wenwen was shocked and began reconsidering her mother’s attempt to keep her away from it.

• Wenren Sheng woke when Zhao Han came to call him for dinner and found Wang Wenwen staying at the house and tutoring Zhao Han.
• After dinner, Wenren Sheng called Ouyang Tian, who confirmed that Dragon Technology, controlled by the Jiangnan Xie Family, had launched a large-scale test of a game illusion involving three hundred thousand hires.
• Wenren Sheng told Wang Wenwen that she had recognized the illusion’s third layer but missed its fifth: the game was sustained by the spiritual flesh and blood of ordinary people.
• Wang Wenwen demanded evidence, and Wenren Sheng pointed out that real players grew noticeably tired after several hours in the illusion.
• Wang Wenwen recalled her own experiences and began to accept that Wenren Sheng’s observation might be true.

Wang Wenwen rejected the illusion’s offer of power and reported its exploitation of Ordinary People to the Patrol Division. Wenren Sheng later learned the illusion had issued an update, then discovered Wei Yiqing had quit playing it because it was too taxing on the brain.

• Wang Wenwen decided the illusion’s use of Ordinary People was evil and sent the Patrol Division a report about it.
• Wenren Sheng erased the chalk diagrams in the backyard and returned to his Patrol Division work, while Wang Wenwen left to handle her own affairs.
• Wu Liansong told Wenren Sheng that Wang Cuiyan had agreed to an interview assignment after Wang Wenwen changed course.
• Wang Wenwen told Wenren Sheng that the illusion had issued an update thanking someone for identifying problems in its internal test, and he advised her to wait for the Patrol Division’s investigation.
• Wenren Sheng asked Wei Yiqing whether she had played Happy Village, and she said she had stopped because it was too taxing on the brain.

Wenren Sheng and Wu Shanshan visited Forest Home, a tourist attraction built around the remains of a mysterious Disaster Eye. Wenren Sheng judged that its small trace of mystery could last another century, leaving the pair to explore the foggy attraction together.

• Wu Liansong gave Wu Shanshan two hard-to-get tickets to Forest Home, and she invited Wenren Sheng to go with her.
• Wenren Sheng and Wu Shanshan drove to the western side of Dongshui City and joined the queue outside Forest Home.
• Two men in the queue mocked the attraction and boasted about testing whether visitors were real men, prompting Wu Shanshan to glare at them.
• Wenren Sheng and Wu Shanshan entered the fog-filled wooden corridor after their tickets were checked.
• Wu Shanshan explained Forest Home's history as a sealed Disaster Eye, and Wenren Sheng sensed a trace of mystery remained and discussed its use as a Mysterious Economy.

Wenren Sheng confronted Wu Shanshan about pursuing a faster way to strengthen herself, and she explained that she did not want to be treated as someone else's shadow. He offered to help her open a mysterious attraction, and they left Forest Home together after agreeing to move forward without acting behind each other's backs.

• Zhao Han told Wang Wenwen that Wu had given away his movie tickets to help someone, and Wang Wenwen called him an idiot for missing a chance to spend time with Shan Shan.
• Wenren Sheng pulled Wu Shanshan away from the staff she was teasing at Forest Home and asked why she had avoided the last Otherworldly Emergence.
• Wu Shanshan said she did not want Wenren Sheng to treat her as another person's shadow or puppet, and asked him to find her a legitimate way to grow stronger quickly.
• Wenren Sheng suggested the Patrol Division's training programs, but Wu Shanshan rejected them because of their contracts and service requirements.
• Wenren Sheng offered to have Inspector Liu assess Wu Shanshan's idea for a similar attraction, and the two returned home after Wu Liansong called.
• On the drive back, Wenren Sheng warned Wu Shanshan not to pursue dangerous plans behind his back, and she told him to become stronger faster.

Wu Shanshan borrowed money from Wenren Sheng to build an Adventure Park based on the company’s mysterious incidents. Wenren Sheng rejected advice to pursue a safer career and chose to train his fighting skills, while Wu Liansong reconsidered how he advised the younger generation.

• Wu Shanshan asked Wu Liansong to lend her money, but returned his card after learning it held only a few million; Wenren Sheng offered her one hundred million, and she borrowed twenty million.
• Wu Liansong explained that Otherworldly Experts often struggled financially because they had to cover damages, medical treatment, and the costs of maintaining their abilities and species.
• Wu Shanshan said she planned to turn the company’s incidents into Adventure Park events for Ordinary People, and Zhao Han agreed to help in exchange for shares.
• Wenren Sheng said he wanted to train his fighting skills to protect his growing business, despite Wu Liansong advising him to pursue education or logistics instead.
• After noticing Wang Wenwen’s reaction, Wu Liansong recognized that he had been imposing his own ideas and told Wenren Sheng to explore the path he wanted.

Wenren Sheng trained his Fighting Skill and persuaded Wu Liansong to teach him and introduce him to an Otherworlders Fighting Circle. He joined Wu Liansong’s group, where the other members immediately challenged his confident introduction.

• Wang Wenwen and Zhao Han watched Wenren Sheng train, then Wang Wenwen returned to tutoring Zhao Han.
• Wu Liansong agreed to teach Wenren Sheng Fighting Skill and recommend him to an Otherworlders Fighting Circle, asking him not to let Wu Shanshan go down an evil path.
• Wenren Sheng sparred seriously with Wu Liansong, who noticed his skill was already above the intermediate level.
• Wu Liansong added Wenren Sheng, using the nickname “North Sea Has Kun,” to the “Three Mountains Five Peaks Divine Skill Invincible” group and introduced him as his son-in-law.
• After Wenren Sheng shared a photo and made a modest boast, several group members said they wanted to fight him.