Chapter Summaries

At a reward banquet, Anhua City's Patrol Officers discussed Cheng Han's rise and gossiped about his private life while he dined with Xie You. Cheng Han demonstrated a secret art that turned snake meat to stone, then saw the Abyssal Mist Realm appear and realized the Two-Realm War had begun.

• Xie You told the banquet guests that Cheng Han could not attend, and Bai Xinshan and Duan Zhuohui praised him while speculating about Xie You's closeness to him.
• The Patrol Officers celebrated Cheng Han's likely appointment as Grand Governor and joked about his supposed relationships with beautiful women.
• Cheng Han shared snake soup with Xie You, who told him that the people of Anhua City remembered what he had done for them.
• Cheng Han used a Stone Spirit Bloodline secret art to turn a piece of snake meat into stone, astonishing Xie You.
• A Halo appeared in the sky showing the Abyssal Mist Realm, and Cheng Han realized the Two-Realm War had begun.

Cheng Han watched Zhang Han God Monarch defeat an enormous seawater beast while the Eternal Hunger Lord shielded his deduction from the God-level Experts’ pressure. He then discovered the Wan Hao Clan’s hidden attack on Madam Snake at the Vortex of Tranquility, leaving the true confrontation underway and apparently unnoticed by the Abyssal Mist Realm.

• Cheng Han predicted that the hail would stop and the rain would grow heavier, then began eating dry-fried snake as the weather changed as he foretold.
• A spiritual assault from the Abyssal Mist Realm’s God-level Experts nearly shattered Cheng Han’s halo, but the Eternal Hunger Lord intervened and protected his deduction.
• Cheng Han watched Zhang Han God Monarch use the Sea Suppressing Cauldron to destroy a colossal beast formed from seawater.
• Cheng Han ordered a second deduction after the Time-Space Beacon’s star changed, revealing the Vortex of Tranquility surging around a piercing point of light.
• Cheng Han realized the Wan Hao Clan had secretly launched its true attack against Madam Snake while the God-level Experts’ battle served as a distraction.

Cheng Han’s Deduction revealed that a God Monarch had stripped Madam Snake’s skin with the Seven Wonders Divine Edict, then the Divine War ended with Zhang Han God Monarch forcing the enemy back. As the Myriad Heavens forces prepared to withdraw, Cheng Han looked forward to gaining knowledge from the battle he had witnessed.

• A divine voice invoked the Seven Wonders Divine Edict, interrupting Cheng Han’s Deduction and revealing the power of the mysterious white light.
• Xie You fed Cheng Han snake meat, and he accepted it before resuming his Deduction of the Vortex of Tranquility.
• Cheng Han saw Madam Snake coiled in agony and learned from the Gluttonous Big Shot that her skin had been taken by a powerful attacker.
• Zhang Han God Monarch suppressed the furious enemy with the Golden Cauldron and threatened retaliation on behalf of the Myriad Heavens Race.
• Cheng Han realized the Divine War had ended as Zhang Han God Monarch and the Divine Generals prepared to withdraw.

After the Deduction ended, Cheng Han considered how the Myriad Heavens Race’s threat could turn the Abyssal Mist Realm against Madam Snake, then began a comprehensive analysis of his Mystic Imprints. His imprints advanced significantly, bringing him close to becoming a Mystic Adept, but he chose to delay the breakthrough and strengthen his foundation.

• Cheng Han speculated that Zhang Han God Monarch’s threat could divide the Abyssal Mist Realm over whether to shelter Madam Snake.
• Cheng Han sent Xie You away, scolded her for her suggestive remark, and appointed her as his secretary when he became Grand Governor.
• Cheng Han called on the Netherworlds guarding Divine Objects and used his accumulated God-level connections to Deduce his Mystic Imprints.
• Cheng Han advanced the True Flame and Spirit Control imprints, greatly improved his other imprints, and gained 33.4 Spirit Value.
• Cheng Han realized he could condense the Soul Tempering Imprint and become a Mystic Adept, but decided to wait and build a stronger foundation.

Cheng Han skipped his inauguration ceremony and sent his secretary to deliver his address, showcasing the authority he held over Anhua City’s officials. Ning Qing began reading his message, but the chapter ended before she revealed the two matters he wanted conveyed.

• The Profound Pavilion appointed Director Cheng of the Patrol Department as Anhua City’s concurrent Grand Governor, and news of the unprecedented appointment spread through the city.
• Xie You rehearsed a seductive performance in the Grand Governor’s office before a female official summoned her to the ceremony.
• More than five hundred officials gathered in the Parliament Building’s Great Hall as Ning Qing took the podium to speak for Cheng Han.
• Ning Qing repeated Cheng Han’s blunt dismissal of the ceremony, and the officials remained silent despite the insult.
• Ning Qing opened the document and prepared to announce the two matters Cheng Han had asked her to convey.

At Cheng Han’s inauguration, Xie You used a Dream Realm Pearl to silence the officials and demonstrate the Grand Governor’s power. She punished the master of ceremonies by repeatedly sending him plunging into an abyss, then prepared to read the reshuffle list as the officials watched in fear.

• Xie You announced Cheng Han’s immediate plan to remove some Hall of Councillors officials and promote others, provoking an uproar.
• When the officials failed to quiet down, Xie You activated a Dream Realm Pearl and transported everyone into a realm of darkness, an abyss, and watching eyes.
• Xie You explained that Cheng Han had given her the pearl and reprimanded the master of ceremonies for failing to maintain order.
• Xie You sent the master of ceremonies falling into the abyss, then repeatedly brought him back and dropped him again until he was frightened unconscious.
• Xie You picked up the document to read the personnel list while the officials waited in terror.

Xie You carried out Cheng Han’s purge of Anhua City’s officials and announced a public Wishing Monument, while Cheng Han honored civilians killed by the Heretical God’s disaster. At Winter Garden, Cheng Han learned that the Myriad Heavens Race was preparing a massive war against the Abyssal Mist Realm.

• Xie You dismissed thirty-eight officials and punished one hundred and seventy-four others during the Falling Stars spectacle.
• Xie You announced that Cheng Han had created a Wishing Monument where civilians could submit New Year wishes.
• Cheng Han visited the grave of a family of four killed by a Serpent Monster and vowed that even a Heretical God would pay blood for blood.
• Ying Beibei questioned why Cheng Han had prioritized visiting ordinary civilians over attending his inauguration, and Cheng Han told her they should never be ignored.
• A squad commander informed Cheng Han that the Black Armor Army would send one hundred warriors to the Red Armor Army for a dangerous year-long mission.
• Cheng Han realized the Myriad Heavens Race was mobilizing millions of warriors and hundreds of thousands of Mystic Adepts for a full-scale war against the Abyssal Mist Realm.

Xing Peng’s wife Fan Xiaoqian visited the Wishing Monument and recognized that its paid queues supported Cheng Han’s fundraising strategy. Cheng Han approved a proposal to adjust the monument’s prices, while his secretaries Ying Beibei and Xie You silently competed over their appearances.

• Xing Peng and Fan Xiaoqian discussed Cheng Han’s use of the Wishing Monument and his efforts to counter the Dream Arising Society and survey public opinion.
• Fan Xiaoqian visited the Wishing Monument with Jiang Xiaoxiao and Zhou Fangqiong, learned about its three paid queue options, and chose the Premium Passage to support Cheng Han.
• Xie You reported that the monument had raised 120 Gold Coins in three hours and that the total could reach 1,830 to 1,960 Gold Coins before the New Year.
• Cheng Han approved Xie You’s suggestion to raise the price and extend wishing time after the lines grew shorter.
• Ying Beibei arrived at the Garden Office, and she and Xie You privately judged each other as they crossed paths.

Cheng Han ordered a harsh crackdown on Anhua City's corrupt officials and sent Ying Beibei to relay his instructions to the Arbitration Department. At East Mountain Park, Fan Xiaoqian and her friends used the Wishing Monument to fulfill erotic fantasies, and Cheng Han discovered what visitors were dreaming through the Secret Universe Profound Imprint.

• Ying Beibei told Cheng Han that the Black Armor Army had ordered long-term prisoners sent to Black Mountain Camp, and Cheng Han ordered dismissed officials to be punished severely.
• Ying Beibei informed Deputy Director Jing Xianlin that the dismissed officials would face harsh sentences and that veteran auditors from Qinglin City would handle account-related interrogations.
• Jing Xianlin and the officials feared that Cheng Han's investigation would expose widespread corruption and condemned him as a butcher.
• At East Mountain Park, Fan Xiaoqian and her friends entered dreams through the Wishing Monument, and Fan Xiaoqian wished to be with Cheng Han.
• Cheng Han inspected the Wishing Monument and used the Secret Universe Profound Imprint to see the visitors' dream experiences, leaving him shocked by their fantasies.

Fan Xiaoqian concluded that the Wishing Monument was a secret tool for exposing enemies, while Cheng Han used it to identify Avengers and Dream Masters. The Garrison Profound Warrior then praised the monument and explained the Profound Palace and Profound Pavilion’s suppression of Sartre bloodlines by citing their history of rebellions.

• After an Avenger was arrested at the Wishing Monument, Fan Xiaoqian reasoned that the monument was part of a large-scale purge, and the other women agreed.
• Cheng Han learned that the arrested young man had Sartre blood and ordered the Patrol Department to treat anyone who refused to make a wish as suspicious, offering rewards for reports that exposed Avengers or Dream Masters.
• Cheng Han showed the young man memories of his lonely childhood and how a Dream Master had drawn him into hatred of society and the Myriad Radiance People.
• The Garrison Profound Warrior, Zhao Qihuan, appeared through Mirror Transmission and praised Cheng Han’s Wishing Monument.
• When Zhao Qihuan asked about suppressing Sartre bloodlines, Cheng Han supported the policy, and Zhao Qihuan revealed that Sartre rebellions had caused immense death and even destroyed a Little Spirit Realm.

Cheng Han demonstrated his dream arts and new Stone Spirit technique to Zhao Qihuan while discussing his imminent advancement to Mystic Adept. Zhao promised to seek him a more suitable reward, then urged him to consider heirs, leaving Cheng Han awkwardly aware that he was still only sixteen.

• Zhao Qihuan relayed the Pavilion Master's praise for Cheng Han and urged him to focus on cultivation rather than meddle in Anhua City's affairs.
• Cheng Han displayed a lotus containing more than twenty dreams, impressing Zhao Qihuan with his mastery of dream arts.
• Zhao Qihuan explained the risks of condensing multiple Profound Imprints, while Cheng Han privately trusted the Eye of Omniscience to prevent conflicts between them.
• Zhao Qihuan offered Cheng Han a Dream Affinity item as a reward for helping defeat the disguised Dream Master, but Cheng Han demonstrated that he could turn a glass into stone and said he preferred Stone Spirit Profound Arts.
• Zhao Qihuan agreed to ask the Pavilion Master for a more suitable reward and advised Cheng Han to consider having heirs, leaving Cheng Han embarrassed because he was still a child by his own reckoning.

Cheng Han learned that Mystic Adept Zong Chang was backing the arrested officials, then secretly used an Anomaly to kill the prisoners before they could be transferred into Zong Chang’s reach. He watched Qian Qingqing train and realized she was close to condensing a Source Sense Imprint.

• Cheng Han told Ying Beibei that Zong Chang and the Profound Pavilion were pressuring him, but he refused to abandon the arrests and headed to the Hall of Councillors.
• Cheng Han deduced information about Zong Chang, while imprisoned official Wei Shenghao invoked his connection to the Mystic Adept to intimidate the Arbitrators.
• Cheng Han transformed Wei Shenghao into a Faceless Strange Monster, which broke through the prison and killed the other detained officials.
• Cheng Han watched Qian Qingqing practice with a spear and realized she was close to condensing a Source Sense Imprint.

Cheng Han used the Faceless Strange Monster to expose corruption in Fang Garden and learned that Zong Chang might pose a hidden threat. He then unveiled the Peeking Secret Mirror, using its power to intimidate officials and prepare a purge of the Finance Department.

• Cheng Han watched the Faceless Strange Monster slaughter prisoners before his controlled branches delayed its escape and Black Armor Army warriors killed it.
• Xie You warned Cheng Han that Zong Chang might suspect him of arranging the Winter Garden Anomaly, and Cheng Han predicted Zong Chang would avoid acting openly.
• Xie You introduced Cheng Han's Peeking Secret Mirror at the Hall of Councillors, where it exposed an affair between Miss Ao and Wang Danian.
• Cheng Han explained that the mirror would demonstrate his cultivation and expose corrupt officials, then ordered every Finance Department official to attend a meeting.

Cheng Han sent Xie You to expose Finance Department Deputy Director Dai Feng’s crimes using an Illusionary Flower and the Peeking Secret Mirror. Afterward, Zhao Qihuan conveyed a warning from the Tai An Profound Pavilion and delivered a Stone Demon Ring as a reward for Cheng Han’s talent in Stone Spirit Profound Arts.

• Xie You drafted and delivered Cheng Han’s Executive Order, then gathered Parliament Building employees to watch the Finance Department officials face the Peeking Secret Mirror.
• When Dai Feng and the other officials refused to use the Mirror, Xie You used the Illusionary Flower to create an illusory Dai Feng who triggered it.
• The Peeking Secret Mirror revealed Dai Feng’s sexual misconduct and bribery, and the real Dai Feng fainted as the crowd condemned him.
• Zhao Qihuan told Cheng Han that Zong Chang wanted to settle the dispute over Wei Shenghao’s death and warned him to watch out for people in the Profound Pavilion.
• Zhao Qihuan delivered the Stone Demon Ring, a Stone Spirit Dharma Artifact awarded by the Tai An Profound Pavilion’s Pavilion Master.

Cheng Han analyzed the Stone Demon Ring, condensed a Lofty Stone Fragmented Imprint, and used the ring to create twelve Stone Horses in the Parliament Building plaza. The spectacle baffled the Garrison Profound Warriors, who could not explain how Cheng Han had summoned more than one Stone Demon.

• Cheng Han discovered that the Stone Demon Ring could summon a Stone Demon that evolved into a Greater Stone Demon with a Stone Curse, and he learned the ring could grow into a Profound Artifact.
• Cheng Han condensed the Lofty Stone Fragmented Imprint and decided to use it as his public mark while keeping his other Profound Imprints hidden.
• Xie You reported that the Finance Department officials had been arrested, and Cheng Han ordered twelve large stones delivered to the plaza.
• Cheng Han used the Stone Demon Ring to produce twelve Stone Horses, astonishing the workers and employees who watched them run around the plaza.
• Xu Daoming and Zhao Qihuan watched the Stone Horses through a Mystic Array and admitted they did not know how Cheng Han had created them.

Chen Shu and Wang Fen sold pancakes at Parliament Square and discussed Cheng Han’s reforms as crowds gathered for the Stone Horses’ daily gallop. The horses raced with flaming hooves that left Blazing Fire Red Lotuses, while Cheng Han ended the chapter chatting remotely with Qian Qingqing.

• A patrol squad helped Chen Shu and Wang Fen push their Pancake Cart through the snow, and Chen Shu remarked that the Patrol Department had changed under Grand Governor Cheng Han.
• At Parliament Square, a manager checked Chen Shu’s Business License and reminded the couple to follow the rules for their stall.
• Chen Shu and Wang Fen sold pancakes to visitors and told Big Beard about the Wishing Monument, the Low-Income Security Act, and the Stone Horses’ performances.
• As crowds gathered for the morning Warhorse Gallop, the twelve Stone Horses raced around the track with flaming hooves and left Blazing Fire Red Lotuses behind.
• Xu Daoming and Zhao Qihuan watched the spectacle through a Mystic Array, while Xie You admired it from the Parliament Building.
• Cheng Han chatted remotely with Qian Qingqing and asked whether she wanted to see the Blazing Warhorses; she replied that she did.

Cheng Han used Qian Qingqing and Qian Changyun’s visit to investigate a suspicious residence in Shaohua Neighborhood, where the level-seven Eye of Omniscience detected Hidden Power beneath the house. The discovery revealed that the plotline for advancing to a Profound Warrior had begun.

• Qian Qingqing answered Cheng Han’s message with a spear-written “Want,” and Cheng Han sent her a fiery horse that filled her attic with Flame Lotuses.
• Qian Qingqing nearly clipped Qian Changyun’s nose hairs with her spear after he returned from visiting his classmate Liu Wei.
• Cheng Han learned that the Dream Arising Society had warned Betrayer Cai Feng about a traitor, confirming that the Society had taken his bait.
• Black Cat connected Liu Wei’s family home in Shaohua Neighborhood to a suspicious presence after one of its cats had its soul erased there.
• Cheng Han used his connection to Qian Changyun to inspect Liu Wei’s residence and saw Black Ripples conceal the stairs to the basement, indicating Hidden Power.

Cheng Han used a Deduction to confirm that the hidden force behind the black ripples was connected to the missing civilians, then suspected it involved a door. After deciding to lure out the hidden enemy with a New Year gift, he reviewed Black Cat’s report linking the Dream Arising Society’s concealment to an antique in Liu Wei’s Father’s collection.

• Cheng Han used the missing people’s connections to reveal fragments in the halo, confirming that the hidden force was linked to them, though the bat-serpents showed no connection.
• Cheng Han studied the fragments and suspected they depicted a door.
• Cheng Han examined the Divine Banyan reliefs at the Parliament Building and wondered whether their carved fruit and sphere represented unknown things.
• Cheng Han decided to send the hidden enemy a New Year gift to draw it out.
• Cheng Han read Black Cat’s report, which suspected that the Dream Arising Society had planted a hidden object among the antiques in Liu Wei’s Father’s basement exhibition room.

Cheng Han canceled costly New Year decorations and planned a self-funding flying-horse parade that would also conceal his schemes and advancement. Meanwhile, Black Cat investigated antiques linked to Liu Lehui and found the Holy Crest of Life on a suspicious Luck Prayer Disc, revealing a far larger lead than Cheng Han expected.

• Cheng Han cut the colored-light and ribbon budgets, redirected the money to minimum living allowances, and announced a flying-horse parade funded by merchant sponsorships.
• Cheng Han planned to use the parade to distract Qinglin City while it moved against Mr. Big Fish and to make his future advancement seem less suspicious.
• Black Cat reasoned that the Dream Arising Society might have planted a tampered antique as bait for Liu Lehui, then investigated the items on the antique list.
• Black Cat cleared the oldest antique and found that Liu Lehui had bought a Luck Prayer Disc cheaply from a seller who later died, then reported the discovery to Cheng Han.
• Cheng Han recognized the Holy Crest of Life on the Luck Prayer Disc and concluded that the lead involved a much bigger target than he had expected.

Cheng Han perfected a concealed transformation technique for fighting Mr. Big Fish while Qian Qingqing arranged for the Liu Family to leave their home during the New Year Celebration. With the preparations complete, Cheng Han was ready to make his move.

• In Anhua City, Cheng Han issued new livelihood-focused Executive Orders and continued testing a fish’s transformations as he developed Xenomorph Tactics.
• In Qinglin City, Qian Qingqing visited Liu Lehui and secured his agreement to join her Charity Committee and attend the New Year Celebration at the Qian home.
• Qian Qingqing invited the Liu Family so they would be away from their residence, allowing Cheng Han to confront Mr. Big Fish without restraint.
• After twenty-three trials, Cheng Han successfully created a concealed monster form using the Profound Method of Life Control and learned that Qian Qingqing had completed her arrangements.