Recaps

Chen Chuan uncovered a citywide Esoteric Sect Ritual and led a team to stop the Resistance Organization from using the Changshun Train to complete it. After breaking the ritual and freeing the passengers, he left the hidden artist’s whereabouts unresolved as the artist escaped toward Central City.

• Chen Chuan killed Luo Qi at the docks, while the government’s bombardment devastated Mo Lan Company’s forces and one airship escaped.
• Chen Chuan rescued Min Lan from a Life Sect ritual site, then later killed Han Chang and discovered ritual diagrams linking the Life Sect to earlier incidents.
• Chen Chuan traced red traces through Yangzhi’s waterways and warned Director Lei that they might form a citywide ritual reaching Xie Mountain.
• Chen Chuan joined an operation against the Resistance Organization and trained with Director Lei to recognize and counter ritual effects.
• Chen Chuan led his team toward Xie Mountain as Bao Yuan prepared to bomb the railway and seize the Changshun Train’s passengers.
• Chen Chuan fought through the train, killed Bao Yuan, escaped the Maze Road loop, and found the ritual leader in the final carriage.
• Chen Chuan killed the ritual leader and freed Lindenberg as his teammates defeated the Resistance Organization on the mountainsides.
• Director Lei ordered a search for the missing ritualist, while the long-haired artist escaped the station in a luxury sedan bound for Central City.

Chen Chuan left Yangzhi City for the Wuyi Academy Head Institute, where he learned to navigate Central City and began investigating anomalous commissions with Lao Qi and Wu Bei. After confronting the Golden Shrimp Team and containing a strange tale, he faced pressure from Teacher Wu Ruo and chose to meet him despite suspecting an ambush.

• Chen Chuan left his family and Yangzhi City for Central City, entered through the checkpoint with Lao Qi’s help, and received student and long-term resident status at the Wuyi Academy Head Institute.
• Chen Chuan passed Red Dust’s entrance assessment with a score of 72, then investigated suspicious commissions with Lao Qi and discovered that an anomalous tale had returned Xiao Man’s dead brother as a mannequin.
• Chen Chuan contained the strange tale temporarily, learned that Golden Shrimp Team members had killed Xiao Man and Brother Chong, and attacked their headquarters, killing Lang Teng and Jing Li.
• Chen Chuan welcomed Wu Bei into the team, divided the Golden Shrimp Team’s recovered cash with Lao Qi, and completed a restraint ritual using the Mountain Ghost’s upper jawbone to suppress the mannequin’s oddity.
• Chen Chuan rejected Teacher Wu Ruo’s combat-training offer and investigated his poor student evaluations, while He Xiaoxing explained that the Furnace Breathing Method required the Third Limit and could not be cultivated after Implant Body implantation.
• Chen Chuan explored the Secret Serpent Sect’s offerings as backup options, then agreed to meet Teacher Wu Ruo at an isolated building after suspecting the teacher intended to attack him.

Chen Chuan killed Xiong Jianyi, joined the Handling Bureau’s support program, and trained toward the third limit while taking on bureau operations. A cruise aboard the Rhino Horn ended in Wei Wusheng’s attack, which Chen Chuan stopped without killing him, leaving the Handling Bureau and Senior Sun to investigate the chaos and its connection to Many Eyes.

• Chen Chuan killed Teacher Wu after learning about his dangerous Empty Practice experiments, then burned the body and recovered his research records.
• Chen Chuan joined the Handling Bureau’s support program and killed the wanted Fighter Xiong Jianyi during an operation at Jiyang Port, noticing strange white threads emerge from the Snow Monarch Blade afterward.
• Chen Chuan received Radiant Light exposure and training from Cao Guiqi, then killed attackers at Tao Nest Market and continued studying saber techniques under Teacher Zheng.
• Chen Chuan joined Tan Zhi aboard the Rhino Horn, where he met Pan Xiaode and Qi Huixin and saw the Crimson Sea Worm prepared for a third-limit match.
• Wei Wusheng smashed the aquarium wall during Gao Qiu and Lu Shiqi’s fight, spreading Many Eyes’ biological field and trapping the spectators aboard the ship.
• Wei Wusheng revealed his intent to kill everyone present, while a toxin drove Fighters into a brawl and Chen Chuan knocked out Pan Xiaode, Qi Huixin, and Tan Zhi to protect them.
• Chen Chuan fought Wei Wusheng, wounded him with the Snow Monarch Blade, and tried to stop his escape with a Thunderclap shot, but Wei Wusheng survived and vowed to kill more Fighters.
• Senior Sun offered Chen Chuan extra Radiant Light hours as compensation, and Chen Chuan reported Wei Wusheng’s Heart’s Desire to him and submitted a report to Ni Qianqian.

Chen Chuan defeated You Xing, uncovered Zhao Qian’s role in commissioning the attack, and sought ways to restrain the urban legend. The arc ended with Chen Chuan binding the leopard-cat phantom and Gao Ming preparing to pressure Zhao Qian through the Handling Bureau.

• Gao Qiu and Lu Shiqi thanked Chen Chuan for saving their lives, and Chen Chuan continued blade training before scheduling Radiant Light irradiation.
• Chen Chuan passed Teacher Zheng’s combat training and accepted Cheng Shang’s invitation to an exchange tournament, where he defeated Han Kuang, Dou Bing, Ren Qiao, and Liu Yin.
• After Chen Chuan raised his Third Limit assessment to 84 points and an 81% success probability, Zhao Qian hired the Cleaner Phantom Shape to eliminate him.
• Chen Chuan traced a spectral attack to You Xing, killed him, and discovered his hideout, a Resonance Nest, and evidence linking the attack to the Secret Serpent Sect.
• Chen Chuan learned that Zhao Qian had commissioned You Xing’s attack, while Zhao Qian canceled further cleanup plans and ordered an associate to investigate Chen Chuan.
• Chen Chuan released the Leopard Cat Stone Sculpture’s anomaly through a ritual, restrained it, and had its stone carved into a plaque.
• Lu Fang told Chen Chuan that he was searching for Senior Apprentice Shen’s sister, whom Zhao Qian had taken, and Chen Chuan warned him of the danger.
• Chen Chuan formed a covenant with the leopard-cat phantom, which could attack a chosen target monthly after a sacrifice, while Gao Ming prepared a Handling Bureau case against Zhao Qian.