Recaps

Mom protected Lu Xin while using her insight to help him understand the Sole Consciousness, revealing that she had made his fate her own. As the battle raged in the Abyss, Old Director Wang Jingyun’s attack damaged the Genesis Hard Drive’s energy system, leaving the first-generation researchers’ plan in jeopardy.

• Dean Xue fled from the Abyssal Worm, and Dr. An called him Dad before he escaped on a motorcycle and begged Crowned Clown for protection.
• Mom kept Lu Xin trapped inside her protection and used her remaining power to help him understand the Sole Consciousness.
• Mom told Lu Xin that his fate had become her fate and asked him to forgive her for acting without his consent.
• The chief researcher tried to use the Genesis Hard Drive to repair the Abyss, but Old Director Wang Jingyun’s attack caused a mountain collapse that damaged the Underground Palace Energy Matrix.
• Old Director Wang Jingyun left as the first-generation researchers’ energy circulation was disrupted.

The Eclipse Research Institute’s bombardment caused the abyss to collapse, allowing the imprisoned Beginning to reach its first layer. Mom’s plan forced the first-generation researchers back into reality, but the Black Bishop then tore apart the card containing an eye as he confronted the Fate Seer.

• The Eclipse Research Institute’s bombardment collided with the first-generation researcher’s attempt to repair the abyss, accelerating its collapse.
• A gigantic tentacle of The Beginning emerged from beneath the abyss, and Lu Xin recognized the imprisoned being and understood Mom’s plan.
• The first-generation researcher used the red-moon ace to return everyone to reality, then realized The Beginning’s power had made the card useless and made future trips into the abyss dangerous.
• The Black Bishop accused the second-generation researchers of destroying what the first generation had built, while the Crowned Clown laughed at him.
• The Black Bishop blamed the Fate Seer for betraying them and tore in half the playing card that sealed an eye.

Mom disappeared after tearing herself free from the Spirit Hall, leaving Lu Xin to face what came next alone. Her loss awakened a destructive force within him, and he advanced on the Black Bishop as the Aberrations attacked.

• Mom told Lu Xin to believe in himself and hold on to hope, then faded away after warning him that she needed to rest.
• Gecko heard the Night King mourn the Fate Seer, while the old man in the Abyss and Kid also reacted to her disappearance.
• Lu Xin’s grief and fury awakened a second consciousness, and the black particles surged through his body.
• The Black Bishop ordered the Aberrations to kill Lu Xin and the vessel containing the remnants of The Beginning’s consciousness.
• Lu Xin refused to let the Black Bishop leave, then erased the charging Aberrations into fragments as he walked forward.

Lu Xin tore through the Tyrant Legion and overpowered the abyssal worm as the black particles around him grew stronger, transforming the old building into a shattered black palace. He reached the Black Bishop, but the Bishop’s power of nothingness blocked his attacks while he provoked Lu Xin’s rage.

• Lu Xin destroyed members of the Tyrant Legion and subdued the black particles left behind, while the First Researcher and the Black Bishop discussed his impending loss of control.
• Lu Xin stopped the abyssal worm with an invisible force and crushed the controlled members of the Negative Zero Unit as he advanced.
• The old building transformed into a shattered black palace, and Lu Xin’s black robe of particles spread around him as he approached the Black Bishop.
• The First Researcher urged the Black Bishop to escape, but the Black Bishop stayed behind and used the power of nothingness to protect himself from Lu Xin’s punch.
• Lu Xin repeatedly struck the barrier around the Black Bishop, while the Bishop taunted him to intensify his anger.

As Lu Xin’s rage and power surged toward destroying Black Bishop, the Old Director explained that the Trial of Heart tested whether Lu Xin could keep his humanity while resisting The Beginning. A circus performance reminded Lu Xin of the person who had protected him and cut the dangerous string binding him, leaving him in tears as he recognized the farewell.

• The Old Director told Seven that the Trial of Heart tested whether Lu Xin could preserve his humanity instead of becoming a vessel for The Beginning’s anger.
• Lu Xin’s power rose as he attacked the First-Generation Researchers, and The Beginning urged him to accept its power and identity.
• The Crowned Clown used Lu Xin’s circus ticket to force him to watch a performance about a puppet, the people around him, and a woman who protected him.
• The woman cut the puppet’s most dangerous string, and the performers bowed to honor her sacrifice.
• Lu Xin recognized the performance as a farewell to an ultimate being who had sacrificed himself for hope, and tears filled his eyes.

Lu Xin resisted Lu Tianming’s consciousness and refused to become a secondary Pollution Source of The Beginning. He accepted the Sole Consciousness, then began restoring the ruined building and the eerie creatures inside it.

• Lu Xin recalled Mom’s words and recognized that he was being contaminated by Lu Tianming’s consciousness.
• Lu Xin rejected the urge to destroy his enemies, insisting that he was human and that his family’s affairs were no concern of outsiders.
• Lu Xin realized Black Bishop had been provoking him to turn him into a secondary Pollution Source of The Beginning, and he stopped himself before fully merging with it.
• Dr. An and Dean Xue realized Lu Xin had withstood the transformation, while Crowned Clown celebrated and a red balloon drifted away.
• Lu Xin told the eerie creatures he would accept the Sole Consciousness, then used his power to rebuild the ruined palace into the old building and restore what had been inside it.

Lu Xin used the black particles and newly restored powers to destroy the First-Generation Researcher’s defenses, revive Sisi, and restore the card sealing the Fate Seer’s Mental Palace. He then vowed to destroy the Black Bishop and the old researcher’s plans, while Old Director realized Lu Xin’s actions had exceeded their predictions.

• Lu Xin devoured the grotesque creatures and stripped the monsters of the Tyrant Legion of their black particles.
• Lu Xin attacked the Abyss Worm, pulled out and annihilated the grafted head inside it, and caused the worm to collapse.
• Lu Xin used a gentle mental power to recreate Sisi from the Abyss Worm’s body.
• Lu Xin restored the card sealing Mom’s Mental Palace and kept it close to himself, shocking the Black Bishop and the others.
• Old Director saw three red balloons and concluded that the Trial of Heart and the Fate Seer’s plan had succeeded, though Lu Xin had exceeded their predictions.
• Lu Xin told the Black Bishop and the old researcher that he would destroy them and their plans without compromise.

After the confrontation, Lu Xin learned that Madam Peep of Fate might return and considered how to oppose the first-generation researchers without relying on destruction. The chapter ended with him recognizing that he needed to decide what he wanted and find allies.

• Dr. An found the undamaged glass container and checked on Sisi while the Void Maiden departed with the Black Bishop and the first-generation chief researcher.
• The circus performers and Crowned Clown bade Lu Xin farewell, and Dean Xue warned him that the first-generation researchers might launch a dangerous offensive.
• Dean Xue told Lu Xin that Sister was at the Research Institute and that Madam Peep of Fate had left things for him.
• Lu Xin asked whether Madam Peep of Fate could return, and Dean Xue argued that she would not evade fate and would come back if her Mental Palace remained intact.
• Dean Xue reassured Lu Xin about his strength and urged him to consider what he wanted, and Lu Xin decided he needed to deal with the researchers without simply destroying them.

Lu Xin left the old Research Institute site for Qinggang after Dean Xue warned him that The Beginning would resent him and might try to pollute him further. As he flew home, the Infiltrators celebrated their profits, while Lu Xin longed to return sooner.

• Dean Xue arranged for Lu Xin to return to Qinggang by helicopter and reminded him to beware of The Beginning, which resented hosts it could not control.
• Dr. An corrected Dean Xue that the promised compensation totaled three hundred million, and they argued over her extra hundred-million promise.
• The Infiltrators escorted the things Lady Peeping Fate had left for Lu Xin and asked him for payment, which he gave them before boarding the helicopter.
• After Lu Xin departed, the Infiltrators celebrated finding the Tyrant's Tears and recovering their devoured companions.
• Lu Xin watched the sunrise from the helicopter and asked the pilot to fly faster so he could get home sooner.

After returning to Qinggang, Lu Xin came home to an empty apartment and struggled with the loneliness of eating dinner alone. His strange companions emerged to keep him company, and Kid arrived at the window with a meal.

• Lu Xin returned to Qinggang and walked home while the Special Purity Department watched from a distance.
• On the stairs, the old building’s entities attached themselves to Lu Xin, but he told them to go back and they withdrew.
• Lu Xin entered Room 401 and found his family absent, then sat alone until he became hungry.
• Lu Xin cooked noodles and began eating alone, but a skinless dog and other strange beings appeared and eased his loneliness.
• Kid knocked at the window and brought Lu Xin a packed dinner.

Professor Bai told Qinggang that the Eclipse Research Institute had fought a First-Generation Researcher and warned that the Third-Generation Researchers and High Wall City forces should prepare for upheaval. Qinggang decided to follow its plans and sent Kid’s Nanny Squad to check on Lu Xin, who was quietly spending time with Kid at home.

• Chen Jing delivered the Eclipse Research Institute’s fax to Professor Bai, who learned that a First-Generation Researcher had appeared and suffered severe injuries in a clash with the Institute.
• Professor Bai concluded that the Institute was warning Qinggang to prepare for a major upheaval rather than asking for help.
• Professor Bai urged Qinggang to act according to its original plans and openly follow its intentions as it entered the highest stage.
• Professor Bai suggested checking on Lu Xin and Kid, who had been inside the Old Building for a day, so Qinggang’s Special Purity Department authorized the Nanny Squad to go upstairs.
• Captain Wu led the Nanny Squad through the building’s strange mental forces to Room 401, where they found Lu Xin relaxing and Kid dusting while soup simmered in the kitchen.

Lu Xin went with Kid to Qinggang for a physical examination after noticing that his ability had changed during an investigation. The city mobilized to prepare for his tests, and he invited Kid to come along as Chen Jing led them to the examination.

• Lu Xin used his ability to prevent Kid's soup from burning, and the Nanny Squad praised Kid and shared the meal with them.
• The Nanny Squad escorted Lu Xin and Kid to the Special Purity Department after Lu Xin said he wanted another physical examination.
• News of Lu Xin's examination stirred Qinggang, and the department recalled researchers and prepared extensive tests for the Level 7 Special Talent.
• Lu Xin ate lunch at headquarters, where staff even covered a no-smoking sign so he could smoke.
• Chen Jing arrived with Mizang and asked why Lu Xin had requested an examination; Lu Xin explained that his ability had changed, then invited Kid to join him.

Lu Xin demonstrated new abilities to Qinggang’s researchers, restoring a broken hair clip, appearing to switch places without moving, and changing Mizang’s appearance. The researchers were left stunned, while Mizang wept with joy at becoming more human.

• Lu Xin declined the prepared tests and began a demonstration in the meeting room as Professor Bai and the others watched.
• Lu Xin broke Kid’s hair clip, then restored it with a simple hand-covered trick, leaving the clip subtly changed.
• Lu Xin appeared on Kid’s opposite side without moving, startling the researchers when Kid was fooled as well.
• Lu Xin called Mizang over and altered its features, giving it a more human face while its eyes remained on its tentacles.
• Mizang realized it could eat like a normal person, cried with excitement, and hugged Lu Xin’s leg.

Lu Xin demonstrated his abilities to restore objects, move through space, and ease mental pollution, then explained that his power came from resonance with the Sole Consciousness. He left the researchers stunned by describing himself as roughly equal to the Ultimate but said he had not entered the Sixth Step because he feared destroying the world.

• Lu Xin demonstrated his abilities by restoring the Kid's hair clip, moving through space, easing Mizang's mental pollution, and adjusting its appearance.
• Lu Xin explained how his imagination, black particles, and ability to remove contamination worked, including why he could not save people who had truly died.
• Professor Bai asked whether Lu Xin had entered the Sixth Step, and Lu Xin said his level was about the same as the Ultimate, perhaps slightly higher.
• Lu Xin clarified that he had passed the Fifth Step but had only half a foot in the Sixth, despite being able to affect reality through the Sole Consciousness.
• When a researcher asked why he had not advanced, Lu Xin said he was worried the world would be destroyed.

Lu Xin told Qinggang’s researchers that he feared digesting more of the Sole Consciousness would draw The Beginning near and destroy the world, and asked for help understanding it and defeating an Ultimate’s Nothingness. He offered to obtain Eclipse Research Institute materials as its biggest debtor, then asked for a dormitory because he did not want to go home, and Kid pointed toward her villa.

• Lu Xin explained that he had stopped digesting the Sole Consciousness because doing so seemed to bring The Beginning closer, and he feared the consequences could destroy the world.
• Lu Xin told Professor Bai he wanted to understand the Sole Consciousness and learn how to defeat an Ultimate, because his enemies were protected by Nothingness.
• Professor Bai made analyzing Ultimate-level powers and the Sole Consciousness Qinggang’s future work, though he admitted he had never heard of the Sole Consciousness.
• Lu Xin offered to request relevant materials from the Eclipse Research Institute, saying it owed him several hundred million.
• Lu Xin asked for a dormitory because he did not want to go home, and Kid pointed toward her villa before another researcher objected.

Lu Xin settled into a quiet life with Kid while Qinggang’s researchers worked to study the Sole Consciousness and help him resist the First-Generation Researcher. The calm ended when Infiltrators arrived with a safe Mom had left for him, though they left furious after learning he had already paid another group for the delivery.

• Lu Xin asked Qinggang to study the Sole Consciousness, and the researchers quickly agreed to prepare materials and analyze its power.
• Kid invited Lu Xin to live in her villa, overcoming the objections of Professor Chen Liqing and the Nanny Squad.
• Lu Xin spent several relaxed days living with Kid while the Nanny Squad discussed his suitability as her partner.
• A vortex appeared in the villa courtyard, and Infiltrators emerged with a safe Mom had left at the Research Institute.
• Lu Xin thanked the Infiltrators and explained that he had already paid a red-hatted Infiltrator, angering the delivery group before they departed.

Lu Xin opened the safe and reunited with Sister and Little Nineteen, who had been separated from him. As the reunion was interrupted by a menacing voice from inside the safe, a familiar figure crawled out and begged Lu Xin not to attack.

• A Nanny Squad member carried the heavy safe to Lu Xin’s room, and Kid stayed to watch as he opened it.
• Sister appeared, reunited with Lu Xin, and asked whether their mother would return; Lu Xin promised she would.
• Sister introduced Little Nineteen, whom Lu Xin welcomed into his arms after she called him “Big Monster.”
• A strange voice mocked Lu Xin from inside the safe, prompting Kid to ready her umbrella and Lu Xin to prepare to attack.
• A chubby figure crawled out of the safe, called Lu Xin “Ninth Brother,” and begged him not to lose his temper.

Lu Xin reunited with Number Fourteen, who had been serving a life sentence after accidentally frightening an old man to death. Number Fourteen revealed that Mom had arranged to have him brought from prison, and Lu Xin asked why she had sought him out.

• Number Fourteen crawled out of the safe, and Lu Xin recognized his former orphanage companion despite his greatly changed appearance.
• Number Fourteen mistook the Kid for Lu Xin’s wife and joked about Lu Xin’s romantic prospects before asking for expensive food.
• Number Fourteen explained that the Eclipse Research Institute had brought him to meet the Fate Seer, whom he had initially mistaken for a terrifying Ultimate before realizing she was Lu Xin’s auntie, Mom.
• Number Fourteen revealed that he had been serving a life sentence in Central City after a ghost scare he staged caused an old man to die of a heart attack.
• Number Fourteen said he had worked for the Black Table alongside Little Nineteen before being fired, and Lu Xin realized Mom had arranged his release during Lu Xin’s earlier trip to High Wall City.
• Lu Xin reflected on Mom’s early preparations for him and asked Number Fourteen why she had found him.

Lu Xin received Mom’s warning through Number Fourteen: he had to stop Wang Jingyun and uncover his secret before the Trial of God. Little Nineteen helped Lu Xin understand Mom’s reminder to honor his original promise, leading him to conclude that the Old Director still controlled the orphanage children through the surviving laboratory.

• Number Fourteen told Lu Xin that Mom had visited him and Little Nineteen at the Research Institute and asked him to pass on a message.
• Number Fourteen conveyed Mom’s warning to stop Wang Jingyun, whose fanatical plan involved sacrificing fate, before the Trial of God arrived.
• Lu Xin questioned Number Fourteen about the message, but Number Fourteen insisted Mom had told him nothing more and that he was only meant to help when necessary.
• Little Nineteen reminded Lu Xin that the big monster had promised to take the little monsters away from that place.
• Lu Xin realized his original promise concerned freeing the orphanage children and concluded that the Old Director still controlled them through the laboratory.

Lu Xin learned that the Old Director had turned settlements into fanatical cults and may still be watching the orphanage children. He decided to find their former companions, while Han Bing received a mysterious coded phone call and urgently sought Professor Bai.

• Lu Xin asked Number Fourteen whether the Old Director had done anything to him, and Number Fourteen said the Old Director had rescued and later abandoned the children.
• Number Fourteen recalled the Old Director turning a large settlement into a fanatical cult and said he believed the Old Director was still watching the children.
• Lu Xin resolved to find their former companions, and Number Fourteen, Sister, Little Nineteen, and Kid agreed to help.
• A mysterious rhythmic call reached Qinggang's Special Purity Department, and Han Bing recorded its message before urgently asking to speak with Professor Bai.

Lu Xin prepared to reunite with his former orphanage classmates, but the Spades Office issued a billion-Alliance-currency bounty for his assassination. Despite warnings from Chen Jing and Minister Shen, he decided to leave Qinggang and face the threat.

• Lu Xin told Number Fourteen he would compensate any resentful classmates with money, and Number Fourteen jokingly offered to hate him for a share.
• A convoy of armed soldiers arrived at Kid’s villa, bringing Chen Jing and Minister Shen to speak with Lu Xin.
• Chen Jing and Minister Shen warned Lu Xin that the Spades Office had placed a one-billion-Alliance-currency bounty on his death and advised him to stay in Qinggang.
• Lu Xin reasoned that leaving Qinggang would protect the people around him and said he planned to go anyway.
• Lu Xin calmly challenged the assassins to come, saying he was curious how anyone could kill him.

Lu Xin set out from Qinggang with Sister, Number Fourteen, and Little Nineteen to find his former orphanage companion Number Three in Soda City. As he learned how many children from the orphanage might still be alive, a covert security team and bounty hunters began moving around him.

• Lu Xin prepared a motorcycle and jeep for the journey, bringing Sister, Number Fourteen, and Little Nineteen while leaving Kid behind in Qinggang.
• Chen Jing and Qinggang’s leaders decided not to stop Lu Xin and arranged covert protection and support along his route.
• After the convoy left Qinggang, Number Fourteen revealed that they were going to Soda City to find Number Three.
• Number Fourteen told Lu Xin that Number Three, Number Seven, Number Eight, Number Two, Number Five, Number Twelve, and Number Fourteen were believed to have survived, while Number One had died again after being revived.
• Number Fourteen told Lu Xin he had helped the children who were not saved find release, but Lu Xin continued toward the wilderness in a grim mood.
• Qinggang’s secret security team prepared to follow Lu Xin as bounty hunters and other groups gathered across the wilderness.

Lu Xin traveled through the wilderness with Number Fourteen and Little Nineteen while assassins tracked his route but hesitated to attack. After a sniper finally fired a special bullet at him, Lu Xin caught it and appeared beside the shooter, asking if it belonged to him.

• Lu Xin and his companions traveled safely through Qinggang’s territory, though several groups watched them along the road.
• Lu Xin noticed that more people were tracking him and guessed that his route had spread among the assassins.
• That night, Lu Xin sensed a sniper hiding in an abandoned village and walked toward him so Little Nineteen could wash her feet in peace.
• The sniper panicked when Lu Xin looked directly at him and accidentally fired a special bullet.
• Lu Xin caught the electrified bullet and used his black particles to appear beside the sniper, then placed the charred warhead beside him and asked if it was his.

Lu Xin repelled a wave of assassins with overwhelming power, then recognized that The Beginning’s influence had pushed him toward needless destruction. After calming himself, he returned to the stunned group, while Number Fourteen secretly called Fifth Sister to say they might be able to trust Number Nine.

• A veteran assassin’s bullet was returned by Lu Xin, and the gunshot triggered attacks from a motorcycle gang, a rocket team, and a helicopter squad.
• Lu Xin reversed the rocket’s explosion and sent it back to destroy the abandoned building, then crushed the motorcycle gang with a distorted force field.
• Lu Xin destroyed the attacking helicopters with mental power, creating a spectacle witnessed by observers across the area.
• Lu Xin noticed that The Beginning’s influence had strengthened his destructive impulses, so he restrained his power and dismissed the resulting hallucinations.
• Little Nineteen dropped her knife and washed her feet, while Number Fourteen decided Lu Xin might be trustworthy.
• Number Fourteen secretly contacted Fifth Sister and said Lu Xin was powerful, wealthy, and seemed to want to make amends with them.

Lu Xin warned a surviving killer to spread a message to the other assassins and negotiated a business deal before continuing toward Soda City with Number Fourteen and Little Nineteen. After preparing his group to meet Number Three, Lu Xin waited outside the city’s Administrative Hall, where Number Three was said to work, as its staff began leaving for the day.

• Lu Xin spared the trembling senior killer, warned him against anyone targeting him, and proposed a business deal.
• Lu Xin and his companions traveled peacefully toward Soda City while Cheng Hui’s security team investigated the attack and ordered a crackdown on those behind it.
• Lu Xin entered Soda City with Number Fourteen and Little Nineteen, then spent money on new clothes and haircuts before going to meet Number Three.
• Number Fourteen led Lu Xin to the Administrative Hall, but guards turned them away because they had no appointment or way to contact Number Three.
• Lu Xin paid an old man ten yuan to let them wait outside, and the group watched expectantly as the Administrative Hall staff got off work.