Chapter Summaries

Cheng Han secretly sent True Flame Power along the Ghost Eye’s extraction of Soul Origin, unknowingly disrupting a ritual to awaken an Evil Body. The creature awakened prematurely, devoured the ritual’s believers, and left only the Hunched Figure alive.

• Cheng Han brought lunch and fruit to the conference room, where his classmates feared him after hearing that he had killed someone, and Wan Tengjiao and Qian Qingqing defended him.
• Cheng Han gave Dang Wen fruit infused with True Flame Power, which he secretly sent along with Soul Origin drawn by the Ghost Eye.
• At a secluded cave, black-robed believers performed a blood ritual to awaken an Evil Body, and Cheng Han’s hitchhiking True Flame Power reached the ritual site.
• The Ghost Eye chain reacted, and the incomplete Evil Body awakened with writhing Flesh Lumps instead of eyes and turned on the believers.
• The Evil Body devoured the tall figure and more than ten other believers before exploding into a gigantic Flesh Lump, while the Hunched Figure survived using a secret technique.

Cheng Han used Deduction to assess his classmates and learned their Soul Origin was dissipating more slowly. He outmaneuvered Xiang Tiannan, then discovered Sheriff had followed him and retaliated against the soldier by dropping a flowerpot near him.

• Cheng Han deduced that his classmates’ Soul Origin was dissipating at a much slower rate and speculated that the change came from his sabotage or the Black Armor Army’s actions.
• Xiang Tiannan confronted Cheng Han outside Lan Lou, but Cheng Han redirected him toward challenging Yan Dongting and escaped with the Magpie Climbing Style.
• Cheng Han warned Xiang Tiannan that attacking a student in public would bring punishment, and Xiang Tiannan left without fighting him.
• Sheriff watched Cheng Han leave for the Canteen, then pushed a flowerpot off a building as Xiang Tiannan passed below.
• Cheng Han deduced what Sheriff had done and remarked that the cat had learned to strike from behind.

After the Ghost Eye incident, Cheng Han overheard students exaggerating his role in the battle and the reward he received. On the way to school, he used his powers to prevent a teenager from falling into a snow pit, but startled the group into slipping as they fled.

• Students of Fifteen Middle School traded rumors about the Ghost Eye incident and stories of Cheng Han killing Heretical God Believers.
• Cheng Han overheard the students claiming he had received thirty Gold Coins and corrected the details in his thoughts.
• The Eye of Omniscience showed Cheng Han that a teenager would fall into a snow pit and injure his nose.
• Cheng Han used Light Energy Leap to melt the snow around the pit and stone, preventing the injury.
• The students mistook the melting snow for an Anomaly and ran, slipping and falling as Cheng Han watched.

Cheng Han learned that the Curfew Period would begin early and agreed to patrol during it, negotiating a reward for helping his school place first. He left with a chance to earn money toward a larger house and a Feathered Beast.

• Qian Qingqing told Cheng Han that the Curfew Period might start a month early, and he privately reasoned that Alien Gods were becoming more active.
• Gu Jinglong announced that the Curfew Period would begin in half a month and that students would be selected to assist the Patrol Department.
• Gu Jinglong told Cheng Han he had to join the patrols, and Cheng Han inferred that the Patrol Department wanted the schools to compete for recognition.
• Cheng Han explained that he wanted money to buy a house and a Feathered Beast, then agreed to earn an additional reward if his school placed first.

Cheng Han used fair-sounding criteria to choose five students for the Patrol Department mission, leaving Jun Changkong and his allies out. The students received secret medicine, while Cheng Han was awarded the enhanced Luan Mountain Secret Medicine for his role in the Ghost Eye incident.

• Cheng Han explained that he would select patrol candidates based on focus, mental power, and the mission’s lack of combat duties, then named five students including Xiong Yuan and Kang Ziyan.
• Jun Changkong and the other former faction leaders were passed over, while Gu Jinglong approved Cheng Han’s selections for submission to the Patrol Department.
• Gu Jinglong announced that the students could collect their secret medicine, and Ren Yong regretted having antagonized Cheng Han after losing one chance to receive it.
• The students received first-grade Strong Soul Potion, while Cheng Han received a pale-green bottle of Luan Mountain Secret Medicine as a Black Armor Army reward for finding an important item in the Ghost Eye incident.
• Gu Jinglong began to explain the medicine’s precautions, but Cheng Han revealed that he already knew to use the Embracing Furnace Stance, prompting the principal to glare at him.

Cheng Han absorbed the Luan Mountain Secret Medicine far more efficiently than his classmates, demonstrating an advanced Embracing Furnace Stance and being assigned to guide the class. His sudden increase in strength left him struggling to control his movements at home.

• Cheng Han used the secret medicine and Embracing Furnace Stance with his Fragmented Imprint of True Flame, absorbing more of the medicine than the other students and reaching the Smoke-Shrouded Furnace realm.
• Gu Jinglong praised Cheng Han as a genius and appointed him to guide the Imprint Formation Class in the Embracing Furnace Stance, while Cheng Han complained about not receiving extra pay.
• Cheng Han gave Cai Cheng pointers as the other students, including Jun Changkong, gathered to listen.
• Jun Changkong and Wen Hui lamented that they would have to live in Cheng Han's shadow and wished they could graduate sooner.
• At home, Cheng Han broke a doorknob and punched a hole in an iron wok because the secret medicine had increased his strength faster than he could control it.

Cheng Han tested a new Scarlet Flame Ray attack and used his bird-control abilities to monitor Qinglin City, where a bird's death led him to suspect a God Descent Society presence at Tongshen freight company. He decided to investigate the next day and try to obtain the supernatural item that might be shielding its bearer from Deduction.

• Cheng Han completed another Deduction of the Fragmented Imprint of True Flame and used the Scarlet Flame Ray to roast a chestnut for the Black Cat.
• Cheng Han controlled more than three hundred birds across Qinglin City and used a frightening bird call to make a couple close their window.
• Cheng Han sensed that the White-faced Swan Goose had died and suspected that a God Descent Society member had killed it.
• Cheng Han failed to Deduce the bird's killer, then Deducted that the attic was located at Tongshen, a freight company.
• Cheng Han decided to seek the supernatural item himself before contacting the authorities if he failed, and went to sleep beside the Black Cat.

Cheng Han began his first day as Fifteen Middle School’s school inspector while adapting his Magpie Climbing Style to glide across the snow. Meanwhile, Chief Black Cat gathered cats to catch Gray Toe Rats, which Cheng Han linked to his Spirit Control ability to search for a Heretical God Believer hiding in a warehouse.

• Cheng Han prepared breakfast for Chief Black Cat and used the snow to improve his Magpie Climbing Style, gliding long distances before continuing to school on foot.
• Cheng Han started his first day as school inspector at Fifteen Middle School and left class to inspect the fourth-year classes.
• Chief Black Cat assembled a group of cats in an abandoned basement and sent them out to catch Gray Toe Rats.
• Cheng Han received Chief Black Cat’s message and used Spirit Control and Light Energy Leap to connect the rats to himself.
• Chief Black Cat ordered the connected Gray Toe Rats gathered under the cats’ protection while the other cats dispersed.

Cheng Han conducted his first inspections as a school inspector, disciplining students gently while earning their respect. During his final classroom visit, he secretly marked Liu Yi so he could use Downy Ants to spy on a nearby Ant Room and investigate Heretical God Believers.

• Cheng Han entered Class 2, Grade 4, caught Shang Linzhi reading inappropriate papers, destroyed them, and gave him a chance to correct his behavior.
• Cheng Han inspected several more classes, assigning students caught misbehaving to stand at the back and arranging for Mo Qilin to use his drawing talent to make school prints.
• Cheng Han secretly placed a Honeycomb Heart mark in Liu Yi's schoolbag during his inspection of Class 9, Grade 4.
• Cheng Han recalled that Liu Yi worked at his family's Ant Room near Tong Shen Freight and planned to use him to control Downy Ants as spies against the Heretical God Believers.

Cheng Han learned that Sheriff had led a group of cats to ambush and kill a Sable Marten, then used his supernatural skills to investigate a suspected Heretical God Believer at Tongshen Freight Company. A Gray Toe Rat was killed by something in the warehouse, confirming Cheng Han’s suspicion, and he prepared to use Heretical God Blood as a stronger link for his next Deduction.

• Sheriff brought home a Sable Marten, and Cheng Han used Deduction to discover that the black cat had coordinated a group of cats and used Mental Shock to help bring down its prey.
• At Tongshen Freight Company, Lord Black ordered a Flower Cat to release a Gray Toe Rat near a dangerous patch of darkness so the rat could scout it instead.
• Cheng Han used Honeycomb Heart to establish links with Downy Ants in Liu Yi’s family Ant Room, forming an Ant Squad remotely.
• A Gray Toe Rat vanished in the freight company’s darkness, and Cheng Han’s failed Deduction confirmed that a Heretical God Believer was hiding there.
• Cheng Han realized that his drop of Heretical God Blood could provide a Strong Correlation for investigating the believer’s powerful Supernatural Item.

Cheng Han used the Heretical God Blood to uncover a vision linking Zagu, the Dark Spirit Eye, and a dangerous fusion, then planned a trap for the next night. Meanwhile, he accelerated his secret medicine training and sent Sheriff to find the warehouse’s hidden threat at Tongshen Freight Company.

• Cheng Han deduced that a black-robed figure had captured and devoured the Gray Toe Rat while trying to fuse with escaping shadows.
• A second vision revealed Heretical God Believers blaming Zagu for the Qinglin City branch’s troubles and saying they could find him with the Dark Spirit Eye.
• Cheng Han concluded that Zagu was being treated as a mole and had sought power through fusion with the Supernatural Item, then planned to begin his scheme the following night.
• Cheng Han instructed Sheriff to gather cats for a task, and the Black Cat led them in transporting Gray Toe Rats into a warehouse at Tongshen Freight Company.
• Cheng Han’s Embracing Furnace Stance accelerated his digestion of the Luan Mountain Secret Medicine and raised his Spirit Value limit to 25.7.
• Sheriff used the disappearing Gray Toe Rats to identify a specific area of the warehouse as dangerous, then sent the cats away.

Cheng Han learned that Zhang Tie had been bullied and arranged for Li Zi to comfort the child before using a bird to injure the man responsible. As he prepared for a major event that night, he also managed bird flocks under the authorities’ surveillance and insisted on waiting in the school canteen line.

• Cheng Han deduced that a middle-aged man had knocked Zhang Tie down and stolen the branches he had gathered, then sent Li Zi to comfort the child.
• Cheng Han used his Fragmented Imprint of Spirit Control to arrange for a White-tailed Hawk to scratch the middle-aged man’s face.
• Cheng Han began preparing for a major event that night and considered how he might quietly improve Zhang Tie’s family’s circumstances.
• Sheriff scolded the White Cat after around thirty percent of the Downy Ants froze, then instructed the cats to protect the survivors.
• Bird conservation officers filed a routine report while Cheng Han coordinated changes to the city’s bird flocks under their surveillance.
• At Fifteen Middle School’s canteen, Cheng Han ordered students who had made room for him to return to the line and wait their turn.

Cheng Han set a plan in motion to drive Zagu out of Qinglin City and toward North City, where a fated confrontation awaited. Zagu took the bait and headed for North City with an accomplice.

• Cheng Han speculated that the Three Heretical Gods might be manifestations of the Night Law before Qian Qingqing interrupted his thoughts at school.
• After school, Cheng Han activated his link with the Black Cat and sent cat-group scouts to Tong Shen Freight.
• The cats led Downy Ants into a drainage ditch near Zagu’s warehouse, where the ants used a Fire Source Energy burst to leave the warning “Run Away!”
• Zagu spotted the warning through a Black Mist tentacle and decided to flee, while Cheng Han predicted he would head to North City.
• Two figures chose to sneak into North City because its Night Owl flocks were sparser than those around the other outskirts.

Cheng Han used the Eye of Omniscience and a carefully arranged maze to steer Zagu into an encounter with two pursuers, then forced them into battle with a supernatural display. As the fight weakened, Cheng Han prepared to wrap up the events.

• Cheng Han deduced Zagu’s location and explained how he had used Night Owl to design a difficult escape route that Zagu would trust.
• Zagu chose the factory district as the safer route out of Qinglin City, where two members of the God Descent Society confronted him.
• Cheng Han activated the Fragmented Imprint of Spirit Control, sending flocks of birds into the sky and creating enormous Hands of Light that alerted the authorities.
• Zagu realized he had to fight, and both sides unleashed their full power as Cheng Han watched from Shanyi Neighborhood.
• When the battle’s fluctuations weakened, Cheng Han closed the window and prepared to wrap things up.

Cheng Han used Deduction to anticipate the officials’ devastating strike against Zagu and his pursuers, then arranged for a Great Bird to retrieve the spoils before the officials could. The bird was killed, but Leap of Radiance sent the item to Cheng Han, who decided to lie low while the officials investigated the Mysterious Person.

• Cheng Han watched a Deduction predict that Zagu would kill his two pursuers before succumbing to his wounds.
• The Eye of Omniscience revealed that the officials would strike the battlefield in three seconds, prompting Cheng Han to call Wang Youming and prepare his escape plan.
• A Great Bird seized an object from the battlefield just before the officials’ Hand of Azure Mystery arrived, but the Hand of Azure Mystery killed the bird and failed to recover the item.
• The Black-Robed Mystic Adepts realized the Mysterious Person had anticipated their actions and planned to report the encounter to the Profound Pavilion.
• Cheng Han resolved to lie low after realizing how powerful the Mystic Adepts were, while the Black Cat noticed the retrieved black stone on the table.

Cheng Han secured the Stone of Divine Soul after it nearly lured Sheriff into touching it, then analyzed it to strengthen his Fragmented Imprint of True Flame. The analysis revealed a dead Heretical God's curse against three others and gave Cheng Han the ability to create black light.

• The Stone of Divine Soul whispered to Sheriff and drew the Black Cat toward it, but Cheng Han stopped Sheriff and warned it to stay away.
• Cheng Han sealed the stone in a Stone Box, hid it beneath the bed, and erased Sheriff's memories of it while implanting a suggestion to avoid the bedroom.
• After recovering his Spirit Value, Cheng Han opened the box and used True Flame Power to resist the stone's whispers before analyzing it.
• The stone's memories revealed a curse against Bu Lie Si Dian, A Mei Li Ya, and Ao Si Te Li, whom Cheng Han suspected had killed the Heretical God of Nether Soil.
• The analysis greatly increased Cheng Han's Fragmented Imprint of True Flame and Spirit Value limit, and he demonstrated a new ability to produce black light.

Cheng Han discovered that Nether Light let him use his Fragmented Imprint of True Flame at full strength at night, then brought the Night Owls’ departure forward to reassure the authorities. At Fifteen Middle School’s cordoned entrance, he confronted a Patrol Officer who had frightened a student and identified himself as the school supervisor.

• Cheng Han realized that light transformed into Nether Light at night, eliminating the nighttime weakness of his Fragmented Imprint of True Flame, and decided to study ancient texts at the school library.
• Cheng Han tested Nether Light, scared the Black Cat, and placated it by offering a massage; at dawn, he noticed that his imprint changed with the light and resolved to hide Nether Light from others.
• Cheng Han ordered the Night Owls to leave Qinglin City ahead of schedule, and exhausted Patrol Officers watched the flocks fly away, relieved that the Mysterious Person had left.
• At Fifteen Middle School’s inspection cordon, a middle-aged Patrol Officer shouted at a frightened student, and Cheng Han rushed over using the Magpie Climbing Style.
• Cheng Han told the Patrol Officer that he was the school supervisor and reassured the girl that no one at Fifteen Middle School could bully her.

Cheng Han protected a girl from Xu Jiang at the school gate, then escaped Principal Gu Jinglong’s attempt to test his Magpie Climbing Style by leaping into the campus. His display caught Sentry Chief Liu’s attention, while Qian Qingqing offered to help him find books on ancient history.

• Cheng Han challenged Xu Jiang for bullying a student and called for Principal Gu Jinglong, but Sentry Chief Liu arrived and restored order.
• Gu Jinglong noticed Cheng Han’s mark in the snow and tried to test his Magpie Climbing Style, so Cheng Han leapt thirty meters into the campus and left him stunned.
• Sentry Chief Liu decided to recruit Cheng Han for the outposts during the coming Winter Curfew Period and hurried to Headquarters.
• Qian Qingqing praised Cheng Han’s actions and gave him a lunchbox of dishes she had made for him to try.
• Cheng Han failed to find ancient-history books in the school library, but Qian Qingqing said one of her elders was an expert who could help him.

Gu Jinglong abandoned his attempt to make Cheng Han spar and instead offered snacks to win his favor, while Cheng Han’s analysis of the Heretical God’s relics revealed a powerful divine skill and greatly advanced his Spirit Universe Imprint. He ended the chapter with the incomplete Soul Extinguishing Divine Dark Spear added to his imprint and his Spirit Value limit raised to 33.8.

• Gu Jinglong challenged Cheng Han to spar, but backed down after Cheng Han alluded to visiting Twelve Middle School and warned that he would go there if given a reason.
• Gu Jinglong arranged free snacks for the Imprint Formation Class, winning over the students, including Jun Changkong and Wen Hui, who accepted that they could not oppose Cheng Han.
• Cheng Han shared dinner with Black Cat, then practiced the Embracing Furnace Stance and fully digested the Luan Mountain Secret Medicine, raising his Spirit Value limit to 27.4.
• Cheng Han used Linked Analysis on the Stone of Divine Soul and Heretical God Blood, witnessing a vision of a phantom spear destroying a giant beast and identifying the technique as the Soul Extinguishing Divine Dark Spear.
• Cheng Han’s Spirit Universe Imprint gained 14.28% completeness, reaching 28.12%, and his Spirit Value limit increased to 33.8.
• Cheng Han discovered that the Soul Extinguishing Divine Dark Spear had appeared as an incomplete attachment to his Spirit Universe Imprint.

Cheng Han analyzed the Heretical God’s Soul Extinguishing Divine Dark Spear and tested it on a Gray Toe Rat, then used Sheriff to help Zhang Tie’s disabled neighbors learn to make Jianbing Guozi. The chapter left Zhang Da Shan and Wang Xiaocui wondering whether the Flame Giant in his dream was an Anomaly.

• Cheng Han learned that the Soul Extinguishing Divine Dark Spear could track a target and destroy its body and soul, then tested it on a Gray Toe Rat.
• The spear struck the rat outside the yard and reduced it to ash before a White Cat could catch it.
• After a Deduction, Cheng Han sent Sheriff to Zhang Da Shan and Wang Xiaocui’s home to help them acquire a skill for earning a living.
• Zhang Da Shan dreamed that a Flame Giant threatened him and taught him to make Jianbing Guozi.
• Zhang Da Shan woke and told Wang Xiaocui about the dream, and she questioned whether Jianbing Guozi contained fruit.