Recaps

Lu Xin underwent Qinggang’s examination and learned more about his nature while Mom taught him how to hold fast to his mental core. When Teacher Lu was marked for execution by the Midnight Court, Lu Xin chose to stay with her and witness the judgment firsthand.

• Xu Jing killed General Koyaman, explained the Midnight Court’s mission to Lu Xin, and left to pursue other cases.
• Lu Xin admitted to Teacher Lu that he struggled to feel happiness, understand sadness, and fit into other people’s lives, then sought guidance from Qinggang’s Special Purity Department.
• Professor Bai’s examination revealed Lu Xin’s immense power and linked him to the experimental child called Tyrant, while Professor Bai urged him to understand his own essence.
• Wang Jingyun took Professor Bai’s place during a lecture on ability users and the Mortal Limit, then an immense pair of eyes appeared over Qinggang.
• Mom showed Lu Xin the choices that formed people’s lives and taught him that his mental core was what could be destroyed but not polluted.
• Lu Xin unleashed and then controlled the black particles, causing the eyes above Qinggang to close and vanish.
• Professor Bai revealed that the Midnight Court’s executions were spreading and that Teacher Lu had been marked with a countdown.
• Mom explained that Teacher Lu had become part of the Pollution Source and agreed to Judgment, while Lu Xin vowed to protect her from Number Eight.
• After reviewing the Midnight Court’s cases, Lu Xin told Professor Bai he would take leave, stay at Crimson Moon Elementary School, and witness its judgment firsthand.

Lu Xin defended Teacher Lu against the Midnight Court after her confession exposed her role in the orphanage escape, while the Old Director used the crisis to test his humanity. Lu Xin overcame self-judgment and destroyed the real Sword Bearer, then faced a crowned shadow as Qinggang struck back at the Eyes in the Sky.

• Lu Xin stopped Teacher Lu’s suicide attempt and learned from Number Eight that she had confessed to the Midnight Court.
• Teacher Lu admitted that she had insisted on bringing all the children on the orphanage escape, while the Old Director revealed that he had used the plan to activate Number Nine’s power.
• Lu Xin refused to let the Midnight Court judge Teacher Lu as Qinggang mobilized against the Crimson Moons and the invading enforcers.
• Lu Xin endured the enforcers’ self-judgment, embraced his former selves, and unleashed the monstrous versions of himself inside his Mental Palace.
• Mom gave the Doll new power that helped Qinggang counterattack, while Lu Xin used Fantasy Nation to dissolve Teacher Lu’s guilt and free Satellite City No. 2 from judgment.
• Lu Xin confronted the Sword Bearer with his family and discovered that he was fighting the real Sword Bearer rather than a projection.
• Mom and Father shielded Qinggang from the Sword Bearer’s expanding power, while Kid helped Lu Xin bind it before his lifelong pressure forced it to kneel and destroyed it.
• Qinggang blasted one of the Eyes in the Sky dark as Lu Xin resisted the gaze of a crowned shadow, while the Old Director waited to see whether Lu Xin’s surgeon would inspect the results.

After the Sword Bearer’s death, Lu Xin returned to Qinggang, faced the memories of his past, and learned from Mom about the Abyss and the entity called the Beginning. Dr. An then revealed clues about the Crimson Moon Research Institute, and the family prepared to help Father reclaim his Mental Palace and true name.

• Lu Xin found the Sword Bearer’s Mental Palace and, with his family, discovered that the judges were dead and the Sword Bearer had been only a shell.
• The Old Director accepted an invitation from a first-generation researcher, who claimed that the Secret of the Beginning and the Final Plan were real.
• Lu Xin spoke with Number Eight and Sun Zhong about the orphanage, his past, and the first-generation researchers’ experiments, then left with Kid beside him.
• Lu Xin consulted for Qinggang, helped secure the Midnight Court research site, and introduced Father as a guard to protect the base from threats.
• Mom guided Lu Xin through the Abyss, explaining mental abilities and Mental Lords before showing him the vast entity at its bottom.
• Mom identified the entity as the Beginning, one of the Thirteen Ultimates and their source, and warned Lu Xin that others would seek its power.
• Dr. An told Lu Xin that Spades Agency and the Genesis Hard Drive were linked to the Abyss Team and the first-generation researchers, then invited him to investigate their former institute.
• Mom demanded Father’s authority and true name from the Research Institute, and Dr. An agreed to give the family three days to retrieve his belongings.
• Lu Xin secured leave for himself, Mom, and Father so they could find Father’s Mental Palace, while Sister made Gecko search Qinggang for Mental Monsters.

Lu Xin's family confronted the Fire Thief and recovered Father's authority of fear. After finding a clue to his own origins, Lu Xin joined Dr. An's expedition through a forbidden forest and reached the Crimson Moon Research Institute ruins, where she revealed her interest in its classified archives.

• Lu Xin's family traveled through the Abyss to a seaside town and found the Fire Thief guarding Father's black box in a church.
• Lu Xin and his family fought the Fire Thief, and Lu Xin's refusal to sacrifice the town's residents persuaded him to return Father's authority.
• Father reclaimed his black mask and left to recover his strength after Lu Xin ordered him to obey Qinggang's rules and avoid harming ordinary people.
• Chen Jing showed Lu Xin a recovered memory of his adult likeness registering the old building with his younger self and signing the name Lu Tianming.
• Lu Xin and Sister joined Dr. An's investigation team, watched a strange circus near the forbidden boundary, and received an untimed ticket to its Last Performance.
• Dr. An deployed Sisi against the forbidden forest's Mental Monsters, but the Painting Girl trapped Sisi in a fantasy and began painting her into a picture.
• Lu Xin shattered the fantasy, captured a plastic bride holding the King of Diamonds, and forced the forest's hidden creature to flee.
• Lu Xin reached the Crimson Moon Research Institute ruins, heard a voice welcome him back, and learned that Dr. An sought both the Genesis Hard Drive and classified archives beneath Area A.