Chapter Summaries

Cheng Han used his Eye of Omniscience to foresee a tremor and catch Qian Qingqing’s falling cup, then joined his classmates for a meditation session focused on forming Source Sense Imprints. He remained confident that his growing Spirit Value would eventually let him become a Warrior as the class began taking turns observing the Profound Spirit Wall.

• Cheng Han caught Qian Qingqing’s cup after his Eye of Omniscience passively warned him of a tremor.
• Teacher Zhou left the class to help students injured in Class 6 Grade 3, and Qian Qingqing offered to bring Cheng Han breakfast as thanks.
• Qiu Yuan replaced the remaining agricultural science and mathematics classes with a Meditation Class and explained how students could become Warriors by forming imprints.
• Qiu Yuan sent students into the partitioned room in groups to observe the Profound Spirit Wall, while Fang Han and Wan Tengjiao drew attention for their observation times.
• Cheng Han recalled that the Eye of Omniscience had increased his Spirit Value and felt certain he would eventually form an imprint and become a Warrior.

Cheng Han studied the Profound Spirit Wall and made a breakthrough in visualizing its Spirit Shadow Diagram. After analyzing a mysterious Fragmented Imprint of True Flame, he suffered a sudden pain in his head, but Qiu Yuan excused him from punishment and told him to rest after school.

• Cheng Han observed the Profound Spirit Wall for forty-two seconds, while his improved Eye of Omniscience helped him see it faster and reduced the Spirit Value cost.
• Cheng Han meditated and made a sharp improvement in visualizing the Spirit Shadow Diagram, completing three visualizations before his Spirit Value fell to 7.2.
• Cheng Han used the Eye of Omniscience to analyze the mysteries of day and night, but the attempt yielded nothing.
• Cheng Han unexpectedly analyzed a Fragmented Imprint of True Flame, gaining twelve Proficiency at the cost of 5.6 Spirit Value, before a burning pain struck his forehead.
• Cheng Han cried out during meditation, but Qiu Yuan accepted his explanation of sudden head pain and told him to rest after school.

Qiu Yuan marked Cheng Han as a promising Warrior candidate after noticing his Meditation Class result had sharply improved. Cheng Han explored the Fragmented Imprint of True Flame, predicted questions for Qian Qingqing’s upcoming math test, and used the imprint’s heat to frighten Wen Jie.

• Qiu Yuan read Cheng Han’s file, noted his three-second improvement in meditation, and marked him as a key observation target for a Black Armor Army battle group.
• Cheng Han studied the Fragmented Imprint of True Flame and discovered that it could draw in spiritual power and produce warmth throughout his body.
• After Meditation Class, Qian Qingqing offered Cheng Han three breakfasts with Azure Dew Fruit in exchange for advice on the upcoming math test, and he predicted its final three major questions.
• Wen Jie questioned Qian Qingqing about the paper and invited Cheng Han to South Lake, but Cheng Han used the Fragmented Imprint of True Flame to make Wen Jie’s eyes burn and leave him frightened.

Cheng Han used his Eye of Omniscience to find a buried Silver Coin near East Terrace Road. After spotting a black cat there, he felt uneasy and decided to recover his Spirit Value before investigating the possible omen.

• Qian Qingqing told Cheng Han that his thoughts about human desire and disasters had impressed her father, while Wen Jie watched their farewell jealously.
• Cheng Han held a Silver Coin and used his deduction technique to find a buried coin along East Terrace Road, spending more Spirit Value in the process.
• Cheng Han reached the factory district, dug beneath a shrub, and recovered a Silver Coin.
• A black cat watched Cheng Han from a wall before leaping away, leaving him concerned that it might be a bad omen.
• Cheng Han decided to return home and recover his Spirit Value before using the Eye of Omniscience to investigate.

Cheng Han used the Eye of Omniscience to learn that a Ghost Claw would kill the Black Cat during rain near a textile factory three mornings later. He decided to find the cat and gather more evidence so he could anonymously warn the authorities.

• Cheng Han passed the Spirit Mastiffs Tao Zi and Li Zi at the gate of Shanyi Neighborhood and went home to make dinner.
• Cheng Han used his self-created Cheng Clan Breathing Method to enter deep sleep and restore his Spirit Value.
• After repeated deductions, Cheng Han saw a vision of a Ghost Claw draining the Black Cat of its flesh and blood.
• Cheng Han deduced that light rain would fall three mornings later and suspected the disaster would occur at the Textile Factory.
• Cheng Han decided to take a day off, catch the Black Cat, and make further deductions before anonymously alerting the authorities.

Cheng Han captured the Black Cat with his True Flame imprint and brought it home to use in a divination about the disaster at the Textile Factory. The vision revealed a horrifying glimpse of the Alien God, leaving him shaken and disgusted.

• Cheng Han disguised his tired appearance, got a day off from Yan Dongshan, and went to find the Black Cat near the Textile Factory.
• Cheng Han lured the Black Cat with a moving spot of light from his True Flame imprint and caught it in his schoolbag.
• Tao Zi and Li Zi let Cheng Han bring the Black Cat into Shanyi Neighborhood, while the Spirit Mastiffs warned an old man not to pet them.
• Cheng Han brought the Black Cat home, drugged it with food mixed with Black Cauldron Mushroom, and used it as a clue to divine the factory disaster.
• Cheng Han saw a terrifying vision of the Alien God, gained six proficiency points, and watched his Spirit Value drop to 6.4.

Cheng Han secretly sent drawings of a suspected Heretical God threat to a Patrol Department outpost using a black Kongming Lantern. Sentry Chief Liu recognized the monster in the drawings as a Blood Head Spider.

• Cheng Han rejected contacting the authorities directly and prepared drawings and a lantern to deliver his warning anonymously.
• Cheng Han successfully analyzed the Fragmented Imprint of True Flame, increased his Spirit Value, and gained the ability to create light and ignite objects.
• After dark, Cheng Han released a black Kongming Lantern that his Eye of Omniscience guided toward a Patrol Department training ground.
• Sentry Chief Liu found the lantern, unfolded its drawings, and recognized the depicted monster as a Blood Head Spider.

The Black-Robed Mystic Adept investigated Cheng Han’s drawings and used a Spirit Detection Profound Disc, but the residual seal’s aura concealed their source. Cheng Han realized the Mystic Adept had been baffled by his countermeasure and began planning to use the Black Cat to carry out tasks for him.

• Sentry Chief Liu reported that Ma Tie had changed after an Alien God incident and that the drawings likely depicted him, leading the Black-Robed Mystic Adept to investigate.
• The Black-Robed Mystic Adept used a Spirit Detection Profound Disc on Cheng Han’s drawing, but detected Anti-Spirit Detection methods and saw a blazing red mark he could not identify.
• The Black-Robed Mystic Adept concluded that the Mysterious Person and Ma Tie were believers of rival Alien Gods.
• Cheng Han used the Eye of Omniscience to observe the Mystic Adept’s confusion and explained that the Fragmented Imprint of True Flame had erased his aura from the drawings.
• Cheng Han decided to use the Black Cat to handle tasks such as delivering information, and planned to deduce a way to tame it.

Cheng Han deduced the Fragmented Imprint of Spirit Control and used it to tame the Black Cat, naming it Sheriff. He let Sheriff roam during the day and then went to school, where Qian Qingqing brought him breakfast and an Azure Dew Fruit.

• Cheng Han checked the Blood Head Spider incident and saw that the Textile Factory remained unsealed, then worried that the disaster would happen the next day.
• Cheng Han deduced the Fragmented Imprint of Spirit Control, forming a connection with the sleeping Black Cat and gaining another Residual Seal.
• Cheng Han used the imprint to wake and tame the Black Cat, tested its obedience, and named it Sheriff.
• After his third sleep, Cheng Han let Sheriff go outside during the day on the condition that it return home before nightfall.
• Cheng Han arrived at the Class Three-Two classroom, where Qian Qingqing gave him honey cakes and an Azure Dew Fruit.

Cheng Han reassured his classmates after Black Armor Army Warriors sealed off Fifteen Middle School, then used the Fragmented Imprint of True Flame to ease Qian Qingqing’s menstrual cramps. The school remained under guard as Cheng Han’s mysterious healing ability impressed Qian Qingqing.

• Ye Qin announced that Black Armor Army Warriors had arrived and forbidden anyone from leaving Fifteen Middle School.
• Fang Han speculated that a monster might be hiding in the school, but Cheng Han reassured Qian Qingqing that the soldiers were there to protect the students.
• Ye Qin taught a lesson about the weaker Alien Gods of the early medieval era.
• Cheng Han noticed that Qian Qingqing had menstrual cramps and offered to rub her lower abdomen using a supposed family secret technique.
• Cheng Han activated the Fragmented Imprint of True Flame while massaging Qian Qingqing, and her pain soon disappeared.
• Qian Qingqing thanked Cheng Han and admired his unexplained ability.

Cheng Han used the Eye of Omniscience to confirm that the Black Armor Army had destroyed the Blood Head Spider and predicted the school lockdown would end. After finding a gold coin in the Eastern Suburb, he discovered that it contained Alien God power and was connected to a Heretical God Believer who died in the Textile Factory incident.

• Cheng Han saw the Black Armor Army burn the Blood Head Spider’s corpse and gained proficiency from his deduction.
• Cheng Han told Qian Qingqing that the lockdown would soon end, and Yan Dongshan later announced that the Black Armor Army had withdrawn.
• Cheng Han gained proficiency while deducing a gold coin and rode to the Eastern Suburb to find it buried beside a ditch.
• Cheng Han saw black mist enter the ditch’s soil and heard an eerie murmur, then deduced that the coin was safe as long as he did not touch it directly.
• Cheng Han deduced that a Heretical God Believer had hidden the coin as a backup and that a Black Mist Ball had entered it after the believer died in the Textile Factory incident.

Cheng Han used his Fragmented Imprint of True Flame to destroy the strange power in the Secret Soul Gold Coin and took it, while the Heretical God Believers suspected a Mole had betrayed them. Back home, he discovered that the Black Cat had brought him birds for dinner.

• Cheng Han dug up the Secret Soul Gold Coin and used the Fragmented Imprint of True Flame to destroy the Black Mist Ball within it, nearly exhausting his Spirit Value.
• Cheng Han took the gold coin, cleaned up the scene, and rode away on his Bicycle.
• The Hunched Figure accused a Mole of exposing the believers' operation, and the flaming face vowed to investigate everyone connected to Hachi.
• Cheng Han returned to Shanyi Neighborhood and found that the Black Cat had brought three birds onto the table.
• Cheng Han cooked and ate one of the birds, then told the Black Cat to stay quietly in the living room while he rested.

Cheng Han’s Fragmented Imprint of True Flame surpassed one percent, allowing him to produce extraordinary flame, while his Residual Seals greatly improved his meditation. Qiu Yuan recommended Cheng Han to observe the Town Mountain Profound Wall, surprising the class.

• Cheng Han discovered that his Spirit Value limit had risen after his clash with the Heretical God Believer and made a warm light with a Residual Seal.
• Cheng Han analyzed the sun and raised the Fragmented Imprint of True Flame’s Completeness to 1.18%, producing a wisp of extraordinary flame.
• Qian Qingqing gave Cheng Han an Azure Dew Fruit, then praised his prediction when the mathematics test’s final problems matched his predicted solving methods.
• Cheng Han used his Residual Seals to see the Spirit Shadow Diagram clearly and increased his observation time to forty-four seconds, impressing Qiu Yuan.
• Qiu Yuan announced that two students from each class would visit the Town Mountain Profound Wall and named Cheng Han as his first recommendation.

Qiu Yuan exposed Fang Han’s use of Purple Jian Blue to inflate his meditation results and selected Cheng Han and Wan Tengjiao to observe the Town Mountain Profound Wall. Cheng Han became the class’s new focal point, and Wan Tengjiao invited him to discuss meditation techniques, but he declined.

• Qiu Yuan announced Wan Tengjiao as the second student selected, prompting Fang Han to protest that his meditation results were better.
• Qiu Yuan explained that Purple Jian Blue juice temporarily extended observation time but suppressed spiritual power growth and reduced the chance of forming a seal.
• Cheng Han described the juice’s side effects, and Qiu Yuan revealed that Fang Han’s pale-blue eye spots exposed his long-term use of it.
• After class, Fang Han disappeared from school, while the class began treating Cheng Han as its standout student.
• Wan Tengjiao invited Cheng Han to a meal and a discussion of meditation techniques, but he declined, and Qian Qingqing said she disliked her.

During a Plant Practice lesson, Cheng Han detected and killed a Grass Hound that had formed from a Soft Silk Vine, using his Fragmented Imprint of True Flame. Back in class, his classmates admired his abilities, and Wan Tengjiao suggested he might soon condense a Source Sense Imprint.

• During the lesson, the Eye of Omniscience activated and Cheng Han hurriedly took Liu Wenyou’s knife.
• Cheng Han struck a Soft Silk Vine with his knife and awakened a Grass Hound, then severed its stem and destroyed its head with help from the Fragmented Imprint of True Flame.
• Bald Teacher Zhang identified the creature as a Grass Hound, praised Cheng Han, and suspended the lesson so he could report it and inspect the Botanical Garden.
• Cheng Han picked up a leaf left by the Grass Hound, and Teacher Zhang let him keep it.
• Back in class, Cheng Han told Wan Tengjiao his senses were sharp, and she said he might soon condense a Source Sense Imprint.
• Qian Qingqing told Cheng Han that he had been hiding his abilities better than anyone in the class.

Cheng Han enjoyed a lavish dinner made from the birds and eggs Sheriff caught, then used the Eye of Omniscience to investigate how the Grass Hound was created. His blurry vision suggested someone had deliberately changed the vine, and he began narrowing down the culprit among students who visited the Botanical Garden.

• Sheriff brought home several birds and nearly twenty eggs, and Cheng Han praised the cat before telling it to hunt Cave Rabbits instead of birds.
• Cheng Han cooked a hearty dinner for himself and Sheriff using his supernatural abilities, and they ate together.
• Cheng Han analyzed a leaf from the Grass Hound and saw a blurry figure touch the vine before it mutated, gaining Proficiency while spending Spirit Value.
• Cheng Han concluded that someone had tampered with the vine and wrote down six characteristics of the figure to help identify the culprit.
• Cheng Han used repeated deductions to find that seven classes had visited the Botanical Garden over the past five days, giving him a pool of about 350 students to investigate.

After killing the Grass Hound, Cheng Han gained his classmates’ respect and was appointed Class Inspector. During the Grand Assembly Drill, he used his abilities to identify Yan Hong’s illness and led Class 2 confidently onto the field.

• Cheng Han arrived early and noticed his classmates treated him with new deference after his fight with the Grass Hound.
• Yan Dongshan announced that Fang Han had taken a long leave and appointed Cheng Han as Class Inspector, prompting the class to applaud.
• Cheng Han prepared to lead Class 2 to the Grand Assembly Drill and used his abilities to determine that Yan Hong would faint if he participated.
• Cheng Han asked Wan Tengjiao to take Yan Hong to the Infirmary and led the remaining students to the field.
• Cheng Han reported Class 2’s attendance clearly and confidently to the teachers on the Rostrum.

During the Grand Assembly Drill, Cheng Han analyzed the school drums and condensed a third Fragmented Imprint, the Spirit Universe Imprint, which increased his Spirit Value limit and improved its recovery and his concentration. After studying Yan Dongting’s demonstration of the Nine Elements Strengthening Body Technique, Cheng Han decided to practice it diligently and began with the other students.

• Cheng Han used imprint to memorize the students and planned to use the Eye of Omniscience for Deduction to identify the mastermind.
• The drums stirred Cheng Han’s Fragmented Imprints, and his analysis of their sound produced the Spirit Universe Imprint, raising his Spirit Value limit by 0.7 points.
• Cheng Han learned that his Sea of Spirit could hold only three Fragmented Imprints at his current level and discovered the new imprint’s effects.
• Yan Dongting demonstrated the Nine Elements Strengthening Body Technique, and Cheng Han recognized that it could draw upon Source Energy to temper the body.
• Cheng Han decided to study the technique and began practicing the Hidden Horse Stance while other students followed along.

Cheng Han cared for Yan Hong in the infirmary, earning his classmates’ respect while unknowingly eating both Wan Tengjiao’s lunch and Qian Qingqing’s snacks. He used his Eye of Omniscience to narrow down the Grass Hound incident suspects and identified Qin Zi Cheng through his desk, despite being unable to deduce him directly.

• Cheng Han visited the infirmary, confirmed Yan Hong had acute gastritis, and stayed to look after him while Wan Tengjiao went to eat.
• Wan Tengjiao returned with lunch for Cheng Han, and he ate it before heading back to class.
• Qian Qingqing mistakenly believed Cheng Han had not eaten, so she gave him snacks that he forced himself to eat.
• During self-study, Cheng Han used Deduction to eliminate suspects and concluded that Target Number Five was likely the mastermind because the skill repeatedly failed on him.
• After school, Cheng Han imprinted the scene outside Class Two of Fourth Grade and identified Qin Zi Cheng by examining his desk.

Cheng Han gave candy to his poor young neighbors and used the Spirit Universe Imprint to make Zhang Tie accept it. At home, Sheriff brought him a large Cave Rabbit, and Cheng Han used his improved Fragmented Imprint of True Flame to light the stove without Brown Oil.

• Cheng Han gave Zhang Tie and Zhang Wen Mandarin Orange Candy, then used the Spirit Universe Imprint to make Zhang Tie accept it.
• Zhang Tie planned to cut the candy into small pieces so he and Zhang Wen could make it last.
• Sheriff brought Cheng Han a large Cave Rabbit, and Cheng Han praised the Black Cat for catching it.
• Cheng Han spent half an hour skinning the rabbit, but damaged its pelt with his knife.
• Cheng Han ignited Honeycomb Fuel with the Fragmented Imprint of True Flame and realized he could save money on Brown Oil.