Chapter Summaries

At the airport, Le Erya restrained her anger over Gu Sheng’s long absence and his apparent closeness with Chen Wenying. Gu Sheng followed Le Erya to her car and apologized, then kissed her before she could reply.

• Le Erya nearly handcuffed Chen Wenying, but Gu Sheng and Lin Qinghe persuaded her to let the matter go.
• Gu Sheng offered Chen Wenying her bag and a tissue, then caught her when her numb leg gave way; she bit him and began crying.
• Le Erya returned and accused Gu Sheng of getting cozy with Chen Wenying, then walked away despite his explanation.
• Gu Sheng set Chen Wenying down and returned her belongings before chasing Le Erya to her car.
• Gu Sheng stopped Le Erya from driving off, asked her to forgive him, and kissed her before she could answer.

Gu Sheng and Le Erya reconciled after he apologized, then she warned him that Hangcheng was under a discreet search for a dangerous international wanted criminal. Gu Sheng agreed to take precautions and call her nightly, while Lin Qinghe watched their relationship grow closer despite his existing girlfriend.

• Gu Sheng apologized to Le Erya for leaving without a word, and she forgave him.
• Lin Qinghe worried that Gu Sheng would bring trouble into Le Erya's life but recognized their bond was difficult to break.
• Le Erya told Gu Sheng that authorities were searching Hangcheng for an extremely dangerous international wanted criminal.
• Le Erya urged Gu Sheng to stay at the hotel and call her every evening, and he agreed.
• Lin Qinghe watched Le Erya grow closer to Gu Sheng despite knowing he already had a girlfriend.

Gu Sheng waited anxiously for Ryoko’s flight, then greeted her at the airport with Le Erya beside him. Ryoko’s affectionate greeting made Le Erya jealous, and Gu Sheng introduced the two women while bracing for trouble.

• Gu Sheng worried that Ryoko might be unable to survive a plane crash, then relaxed when her flight arrived safely.
• Gu Sheng and Le Erya searched the arriving passengers for Ryoko while Gu Sheng urged Le Erya to be welcoming.
• Chen Wenying excitedly called out to someone, and Gu Sheng spotted Ryoko approaching.
• Ryoko bowed to Gu Sheng and called him “darling,” startling him and making Le Erya smile ominously.
• Ryoko wrapped herself around Gu Sheng’s arm, and Le Erya seized his other arm before Gu Sheng introduced them to each other.

At the airport, Gu Sheng learned that the man harassing Ryoko was Chen Wenying, a powerful Reincarnator backed by the Chosen One Helles. Chen Wenying confronted the Criminal Inspectors over his sister, but Team Leader Wu stood by Le Erya as the dispute escalated.

• Gu Sheng noticed the man interrupting Ryoko had a Reincarnator's aura, but did not recognize him among the Chosen Ones he knew.
• Chen Wenying rushed to comfort Chen Wenying, whom he called Sakura, after she claimed someone had bullied her.
• Ryoko told Gu Sheng that Chen Wenying was a Zhejiang Chen Family young master and a Third Batch Reincarnator, with Helles as his guide.
• Chen Wenying accused Le Erya of mistreating his sister and tried to pressure Team Leader Wu into disciplining her.
• Team Leader Wu said Le Erya had followed regulations and warned Chen Wenying that a complaint would not change the outcome.

Gu Sheng confronted Chen Wenying after Chen Wenying tried to intimidate him, but Helles intervened and apologized before the airport security inspection was completed. Helles left with the Chen siblings, warning Chen Wenying not to act recklessly, while Gu Sheng departed with Ryoko.

• Lin Qinghe told Chen Wenying that everyone entering the country had to undergo a security check, and Chen Wenying grew angry.
• Chen Wenying accused Gu Sheng of causing his little sister’s ankle injury and moved to threaten him, but she tried to stop her brother.
• A tall man intervened, apologized for Chen Wenying, and identified himself as Chen Hans from Ao Island.
• Le Erya and the agents checked Chen Wenying, Chen Hans, and Ryoko, then cleared them after finding no problems.
• Chen Hans introduced himself to Gu Sheng as Helles, but Gu Sheng refused his handshake and warned him to control Chen Wenying.
• Helles took the Chen siblings away and told Chen Wenying not to act recklessly, while Gu Sheng left with Ryoko’s luggage.

Gu Sheng agreed to leave with Le Erya, Lin Qinghe, and Ryoko, then met them at the parking area when Wu Mengchen arrived to pick them up. Wu Mengchen flirted with him, and Gu Sheng secretly turned the tables on her before the others came to help.

• Le Erya called Gu Sheng back and invited him to leave with her and Lin Qinghe, while Ryoko joined them.
• The women walked ahead with Gu Sheng carrying their luggage, and Le Erya waited for a ride rather than driving her police car.
• Wu Mengchen arrived in a sports car and flirted with Gu Sheng, touching his face and teasing him.
• Gu Sheng embraced Wu Mengchen and discreetly brushed her earlobe, causing her to blush and stagger against him.
• Lin Qinghe and Le Erya supported Wu Mengchen, who blamed a little dog for biting her.

After Gu Sheng avoided Wu Mengchen’s attempt to seat him between Ryoko and Le Erya, Helles warned Chen Wenying not to provoke him. Helles suspected Gu Sheng might be a powerful Reincarnator, while Chen Wenying realized others knew Gu Sheng by the fearsome nickname Butcher.

• Gu Sheng declined to ride with Wu Mengchen and took a rideshare instead, leaving her angry behind the wheel.
• Chen Wenying tried to go after Gu Sheng, but Helles restrained him and cautioned that Gu Sheng was no ordinary person.
• Helles said Gu Sheng was not a Chosen One but might be a Reincarnator, and he explained that Ryoko was exceptionally strong.
• Helles reminded Chen Wenying that Ling Wei and Wang Lin had suffered after offending a powerful figure, and Chen Wenying recalled that Hangcheng belonged to Butcher.
• Chen Wenying mentioned that Gu Sheng had earned the nickname Butcher after destroying the White Horse Gang and slaughtering more than ten thousand people in Yicheng.

Gu Sheng woke to Wen Yunting lifting his quilt and panicking at the Jade Azure Serpent, then joined Wen Yunting, Liu Daimei, and Ryoko on a shopping trip. He ended the trip burdened with bags while the three women continued shopping.

• Wen Yunting lifted Gu Sheng's quilt, saw the Jade Azure Serpent and Matatabi beside him, and hid beneath the quilt in fright.
• Liu Daimei arrived, helped Wen Yunting up, and teased her for being afraid of the serpent.
• Wen Yunting tried to pet Matatabi, but Gu Sheng stopped her, and Wen Yunting and Liu Daimei bickered.
• Gu Sheng, Wen Yunting, Liu Daimei, and Ryoko went to the shopping street after leaving Matatabi in the room.
• Gu Sheng carried the women's purchases back to the car when he ran out of room for more bags.

Gu Sheng and the women ran into Chen Wenying while shopping, then stumbled upon Le Erya in the middle of an undercover arrest operation. As a crowd trapped Le Erya and accused her of assault, Gu Sheng stepped in and pulled her into his arms.

• Chen Wenying approached Ryoko, who linked arms with Gu Sheng and called him her boyfriend to stop Chen Wenying from pestering her.
• Gu Sheng spotted Le Erya disguised as a stall vendor, with Lin Qinghe, Wu Mengchen, and other agents nearby preparing to arrest a target.
• The target noticed the operation and fled, so Lin Qinghe alerted the agents while Le Erya tried to leave her stall.
• A woman blocked Le Erya, then pretended to be injured and accused her of assault, drawing a crowd that surrounded and berated Le Erya.
• Gu Sheng shouted at the crowd, filmed them with his phone, and pulled Le Erya into his arms.

Gu Sheng confronted a crowd that had accused Le Erya of pushing an old woman, challenged them to prove what they had seen, and warned them that he had recorded the scene. He revealed Le Erya's Criminal Inspector identification and stopped the onlookers from slipping away, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Gu Sheng arrived and scolded the crowd for surrounding Le Erya and accusing her without witnessing the incident.
• Gu Sheng challenged the accusers to identify anyone who had seen the old woman get pushed, and several college students stepped forward to help the woman and child.
• Gu Sheng warned the students about being falsely accused and pointed out cameras, prompting them and some bystanders to back away.
• Gu Sheng said he had recorded the incident and threatened to report the crowd, while several older onlookers continued to accuse Le Erya.
• Gu Sheng demanded an apology from an insulting old woman, then took out Le Erya's Criminal Inspector identification and told the crowd he had recorded their faces.

Gu Sheng confronted the crowd that had harassed Le Erya and demanded that the three people who had most mistreated her apologize. As the crowd turned against them, the three troublemakers still resisted.

• Gu Sheng threatened the gathered old men and women with prison, silencing them and making the auntie get up from the ground.
• He demanded an apology to Le Erya, but the crowd refused and muttered about his being too harsh.
• Gu Sheng reassured Le Erya that he would handle the matter and ordered three ringleaders to apologize.
• The surrounding people turned hostile toward the three troublemakers, and one child began to cry.
• Gu Sheng demanded an immediate apology while the three selected troublemakers protested under the crowd’s pressure.

Gu Sheng and Le Erya resolved the confrontation with the auntie, but a fleeing criminal named Mou Lianying suddenly took a child hostage after Lin Qinghe pursued him. The chapter ended with Mou Lianying demanding that Lin Qinghe destroy her gun while the child struggled to breathe.

• Gu Sheng accepted Wu Jing's apology after the auntie apologized to Le Erya, and Wu Jing thanked him for preventing a possible extortion scheme.
• Mou Lianying jumped from a fourth-floor building to evade Lin Qinghe and the other Criminal Inspectors, and Lin Qinghe leaped after him and fired two shots.
• Mou Lianying fled toward Gu Sheng and Le Erya, kicked the auntie aside, and seized her grandson as a human shield.
• Gu Sheng pulled Le Erya and Wu Jing into a crouch while Lin Qinghe tried to persuade Mou Lianying to release the child.
• Mou Lianying admitted to killing more than a hundred people and demanded that Lin Qinghe destroy her pistol as the child began to suffocate.

Mou Lianying used a child as a hostage to force Lin Qinghe to disable her pistol, then tried to escape. Le Erya and Lin Qinghe stopped him from getting away, but his sudden attack left Le Erya firing wildly as he lunged toward her.

• Mou Lianying threatened to kill the child unless Lin Qinghe destroyed her pistol, and Lin disabled it by breaking off its trigger.
• Mou Lianying ordered Lin to retreat, then threw the child and ran when they had gained distance.
• Lin rescued the child while Le Erya shot at Mou Lianying and injured his ankle, allowing the Criminal Inspectors to surround him.
• Mou Lianying threw a knife at Lin and charged toward Le Erya, whose panicked shots all missed.

Gu Sheng concealed his strength as Wu Jing fought Mou Lianying in the middle of the commercial street. After Wu Jing was injured and Lin Qinghe's officers surrounded Mou Lianying, armed soldiers arrived and a cloaked military officer confronted him.

• Mou Lianying attacked Gu Sheng and Wu Jing, but Wu Jing blocked him while Le Erya and Lin Qinghe organized the response.
• Wu Jing revealed he was a Fierce Tiger Sect disciple and challenged Mou Lianying with Tiger's Roar Fist.
• Wu Jing landed several attacks, but Mou Lianying used blood to disrupt his breathing and struck him down.
• Lin Qinghe's officers surrounded Mou Lianying and ordered him to surrender, but he dismissed their guns.
• Armed soldiers arrived in military vehicles, surrounded the officers, and a cloaked military officer greeted Mou Lianying.

Zhang Yaozong arrived with soldiers and demanded that Mou Lianying and Wu Jing join the Slaughter Squad, offering Mou Lianying a chance to avoid execution despite his crimes. Wu Jing refused and condemned the arrangement, while Zhang Yaozong threatened him and his loved ones.

• Zhang Yaozong arrived with submachine-gun-armed soldiers and took control of the operation from Wu Mengchen and Lin Qinghe.
• Zhang Yaozong told Mou Lianying to surrender and join the Slaughter Squad or die, and Mou Lianying agreed after asking about his sentence and freedom.
• Zhang Yaozong explained that Mou Lianying would face a military trial, serve a potentially centuries-long sentence, and earn reductions through missions while living under restrictions.
• Mou Lianying asked whether Wu Jing would also have to join, and Zhang Yaozong said Wu Jing had no right to refuse.
• Wu Jing denounced Zhang Yaozong for protecting a murderer and refused to join the Slaughter Squad.
• Zhang Yaozong threatened Wu Jing with sniper rifles and warned that his family and friends could be targeted.

Zhang Yaozong prepared to take Mou Lianying away after Director Han reprimanded him, while Mou Lianying taunted Wu Jing and threatened revenge. Wu Jing struck Mou Lianying, but after Mou Lianying kicked him while he was restrained, Zhang Yaozong stopped the confrontation and ordered Mou Lianying taken away.

• Zhang Yaozong ordered his troops to leave and promised Mou Lianying he would arrange a favor for him.
• Mou Lianying mocked Wu Jing and threatened to retaliate, prompting Wu Jing to knock him down with a punch.
• Zhang Yaozong held a pistol to Wu Jing’s head and ordered his men to cuff him as well.
• Mou Lianying taunted the restrained Wu Jing and tried to kick him in the head, but a sudden heartbeat weakened the attack.
• Zhang Yaozong lashed at Mou Lianying, warned him not to cause more trouble, and ordered the soldiers to take him away.

Gu Sheng appeared in a Jester Mask and demanded that Zhang Yaozong release Mou Lianying, disabling the soldiers’ guns when they resisted. He beat through Zhang Yaozong’s guards and grabbed him, leaving the handcuff order unresolved.

• As Mou Lianying was about to be taken away, a masked jester appeared and said he had come to borrow something from him: his life.
• Mou Lianying mocked the jester, while Zhang Yaozong ordered him to leave and had soldiers fire warning shots.
• The jester ruined the firearms carried by more than a hundred soldiers with steel pellets.
• The jester, who was Gu Sheng in disguise, demanded that Zhang Yaozong unlock Mou Lianying’s handcuffs.
• After Zhang Yaozong ordered his guards to stop him, Gu Sheng fought through them and grabbed Zhang Yaozong, repeating his demand.

Gu Sheng confronted Mou Lianying and challenged him to a fight to the death, testing his skill with his strength suppressed. After two exchanges, Gu Sheng badly injured Mou Lianying, who survived a strike that should have killed him.

• Zhang Yaozong begged for help while Gu Sheng pinned him down, and Mou Lianying questioned why Gu Sheng had come after him.
• Gu Sheng and Mou Lianying introduced themselves and agreed that their fight would decide who lived and died.
• Gu Sheng met Mou Lianying's descending kick with a punch and sent him flying.
• Mou Lianying attacked with a pair of strikes, but Gu Sheng deflected them and slammed him in the chest with a powerful punch.
• Mou Lianying survived the blow and told Gu Sheng he had never imagined such a martial arts expert existed.

Gu Sheng faced Mou Lianying, whose blood-qi-fueled power revealed that he had killed people to absorb their essence blood. Gu Sheng killed him with Fierce Tiger's Roar and took his White Jade Bodhisattva, but someone attacked as he turned to leave.

• Mou Lianying unleashed stored blood qi, and Gu Sheng realized he had been killing people to absorb their essence blood and that Xiao Yu wanted the pendant he wore.
• Mou Lianying charged Gu Sheng and unleashed a barrage of attacks, but Gu Sheng dodged every strike without moving from his spot.
• Mou Lianying summoned a Blood Wolf, and Gu Sheng destroyed it with Fierce Tiger's Roar, causing Mou Lianying to collapse and die.
• Gu Sheng removed Mou Lianying's White Jade Bodhisattva and turned to leave when someone called out and attacked him from behind.
• Gu Sheng turned and punched at the incoming attacker.

Gu Sheng stopped Lin Qinghe’s challenge, exposed his identity, and left behind a livestream video that revealed the operation involving Zhang Yaozong and Mou Lianying. After meeting Le Erya outside the cordon, he faced teasing from Wu Mengchen and learned Lin Qinghe would not let him take Le Erya away alone.

• Gu Sheng stopped his punch just short of Lin Qinghe, warned her not to provoke him, and vanished after throwing Wu Mengchen a livestreaming phone.
• Wu Mengchen, Lin Qinghe, and the other captains saw that the video exposed the operation and Zhang Yaozong’s dealings with Mou Lianying.
• Gu Sheng met Le Erya beside his sports car and checked that she was unharmed.
• Wu Mengchen and Lin Qinghe arrived with Wu Jing, and Gu Sheng shook Wu Jing’s hand.
• Lin Qinghe refused to let Gu Sheng take Le Erya away, while Wu Mengchen suggested he take all three women along for comfort.