Chapter Summaries

Director Takada Mokasai asked Zhang Guangmu to give his all in King Yama's Perspective, while secretly hoping Long Xiaofan would outshine him. Zhang Guangmu entered the film world as a student at God Seat University and unlocked the eerily silent boys' dormitory, where many people had died.

• Takada Mokasai explained that she would pressure Zhang Guangmu and Long Xiaofan, and urged Zhang Guangmu to recreate his success in Martial Way Diary.
• Zhang Guangmu realized Takada's interest in Martial Way Diary stemmed from his character having killed Shiina Hayate, an Yingzhou member of the Seven Stars.
• Zhang Guangmu promised not to hold back, and Takada Mokasai left reassured that he would keep his word.
• Zhang Guangmu entered the Infiltration Pod with Mooncake and successfully infiltrated King Yama's Perspective.
• Zhang Guangmu awoke outside a locked dormitory at God Seat University at 1:30 a.m., sensed blood and learned through his False Memory that many people had died inside.
• Zhang Guangmu unlocked the dormitory door and walked in.

Zhang Guangmu discovered that his subordinates had killed the assassins who infiltrated his dormitory, then fully absorbed the memories of his three identities in Yingzhou. The chapter ended as he stepped back into the dark corridor and faced figures watching him with glowing green eyes.

• Zhang Guangmu reached Room 414 and found his three roommates dead in blood-soaked beds.
• Zhang Guangmu used a hidden phone to speak with Luo Zhuan, who reported that the assassins and armed enemies had been eliminated and the Tian Gong Group leader captured.
• Zhang Guangmu ordered Luo Zhuan to bring out their people and restore the dormitory building's utilities and network.
• Zhang Guangmu realized that his public identity was a transfer student, while his secret identities were Xuanxian Group leader Xuanxian and a director and honorary vice principal of God Seat University.
• Zhang Guangmu finished absorbing the memories tied to his identities and returned to the corridor, where green-eyed figures watched him.

Zhang Guangmu asserted his villainous authority over the captured Tian Gong Group leader, Sanzaki Tenkyu, while learning that the region was merging with the underworld. Sanzaki warned that by dawn it would become the Underworld Domain, where Zhang Guangmu’s power might not save him.

• Zhang Guangmu observed the Xuanxian Group’s members and the terrified students in the dormitory corridor, reflecting on his genuine villain role.
• Xuanxian Group members brought the captured Sanzaki Tenkyu before Zhang Guangmu after the Tian Gong Group’s failed attempt to seize territory.
• Zhang Guangmu restrained Sanzaki and ordered him to kneel and kowtow, while the twin escorts slammed his head against the floor.
• Zhang Guangmu discussed the Xuanxian Group’s internal affairs with Luo Zhuan and learned that the group had already arranged compensation for its dead and injured members.
• Sanzaki Tenkyu warned Zhang Guangmu that the region was merging with the underworld and would become the Underworld Domain by dawn.

Zhang Guangmu ordered Sanzaki Tenkyu taken to the basement for interrogation and carefully guarded the escort against a rescue attempt. After Sanzaki Tenkyu's supporters surrendered and he broke under torture, he revealed what he knew about the Underworld Domain and the Netherworld.

• Zhang Guangmu praised Sanzaki Tenkyu before ordering him taken to the basement and put on the rack.
• Zhang Guangmu assigned Luo Zhuan and the twin brothers to escort Sanzaki Tenkyu, with twenty armed elites providing protection.
• Sanzaki Tenkyu cursed Zhang Guangmu as Luo Zhuan struck him and dragged him away.
• Luo Zhuan reported that Sanzaki Tenkyu's supporters surrendered when they saw the armed escort, leaving no additional casualties.
• The interrogators broke Sanzaki Tenkyu in under two minutes, and he revealed everything he knew about the Underworld Domain and the Netherworld.

After Sanzaki Tenkyu revealed that Hino Yujie and the Yama Cult were behind claims about the Underworld and the Netherworld, Zhang Guangmu learned that the New Hino Group planned to ambush him. Director Takada Mokasai abruptly moved Zhang Guangmu to a showdown, where Hino Yujie declared he would avenge his father.

• Zhang Guangmu's subordinates killed Sanzaki Tenkyu in the corpse-burning furnace after torturing him for intelligence.
• Sanzaki Tenkyu identified his sworn elder brother Hino Yujie as a New Hino Group ally of the Tian Gong Group and a source of information about the Underworld and Netherworld, with a mysterious evil cult behind him.
• Zhang Guangmu told Luo Zhuan to handle follow-up tasks, find Jiang Ling, and meet him in the cafeteria around four.
• Director Takada Mokasai suddenly shifted Zhang Guangmu and his followers outside the cafeteria, where over three hundred New Hino Group members faced them with machetes.
• Hino Yujie announced that he would avenge his father and defeat Zhang Guangmu, believing his rested forces and righteous cause guaranteed victory.

Zhang Guangmu provoked Hino Yujie into firing at the Xuanxian Group, then evaded a barrage of bullets as he walked toward him. Hino emptied his magazine without hitting Zhang, leaving him exposed to Zhang's approach.

• Zhang Guangmu mocked Hino Yujie as a coward and ridiculed the men of Kanagawa, prompting the Xuanxian Group members to join in.
• Hino Yujie lost his temper, drew a pistol, and ordered his men to kill the Xuanxian Group.
• Hino fired at Zhang Guangmu, but Zhang dodged the shot; a second shot missed Zhang and killed an Xuanxian Group member behind him.
• Zhang told the Xuanxian Group to move aside and face Hino's men while he dealt with their leader.
• Zhang removed his glasses and taunted Hino into firing repeatedly, then walked toward him while evading every bullet until Hino emptied his magazine.

Zhang Guangmu dodged Hino Yujie's gunfire, defeated and captured him, and forced the New Hino Group to surrender. Hino Yujie urged Luo Zhuan to help him kill Zhang Guangmu, but Luo Zhuan stayed motionless at Zhang Guangmu's side.

• Zhang Guangmu advanced through Hino Yujie's bullets without being hit, causing the New Hino Group to lose formation and retreat.
• Zhang Guangmu punched Hino Yujie to his knees and captured him, then demanded that the New Hino Group surrender and join the Xuanxian Group.
• The New Hino Group surrendered, while Zhang Guangmu kept Hino Yujie alive because he wanted to learn about the Underworld Domain and Netherworld.
• Hino Yujie insisted that he would resurrect through the Yama Cult and urged Luo Zhuan to kill Zhang Guangmu with him.
• Luo Zhuan remained still beside Zhang Guangmu and did not respond to Hino Yujie's plea.

Hino Yujie’s attempt to turn Luo Zhuan against Zhang Guangmu failed when Luo Zhuan declared his loyalty to the Xuanxian Group Leader. Zhang Guangmu recognized Luo Zhuan’s betrayal as a personal trial shaped by his painful past and chose to let him face it, confident he could still save him if necessary.

• Hino Yujie confronted Luo Zhuan for betraying the Anti-Xuanxian Alliance, but Luo Zhuan denounced him and praised Zhang Guangmu as the one who could improve the world.
• Hino Yujie reminded Luo Zhuan that Zhang Guangmu had killed his own leader, Hino Nagasaki, and condemned the Xuanxian Group as a corrupt offshoot of the Hino Group.
• Zhang Guangmu reflected on how Luo Zhuan’s real childhood resembled the history Director Takada Mokasai had built into this trial, including his father’s betrayal, decline, and suicide.
• Zhang Guangmu recognized the confrontation as Luo Zhuan’s personal trial and decided he could not resolve it for him.
• Zhang Guangmu stopped the Xuanxian Group members from restraining Luo Zhuan and remained confident he could rescue him if he turned against the group.

Luo Zhuan rejected Hino Yujie's accusations and declared his loyalty to Zhang Guangmu. To prove himself, he began performing seppuku, but Zhang Guangmu stopped him after telling him he believed him.

• Luo Zhuan dismissed Hino Yujie's claims about Zhang Guangmu and said he admired fearless heroes more than he hated traitors.
• Hino Yujie tried to stab himself, but Zhang Guangmu dislocated his wrist and stopped him.
• Luo Zhuan knelt before Zhang Guangmu, insisted he had never betrayed him, and announced he would perform seppuku to prove his loyalty.
• Luo Zhuan stabbed himself in the abdomen and began dragging the blade across it.
• Zhang Guangmu gripped the blade's hilt to stop Luo Zhuan and told him, "I believe you."

Zhang Guangmu spared the wounded Luo Zhuan and ordered him to interrogate Hino Yujie before dawn. As dawn approached, Luo Zhuan gave Hino a Jiang Jiang Truth-Telling Pill.

• Luo Zhuan declared that he wanted to atone, but Zhang Guangmu urged him to stay alive and work for him.
• Jiang Ling treated Luo Zhuan's wound, then Zhang Guangmu exposed Otake Chisaki and Cui Jincan as informants and ordered them taken away to be killed.
• Zhang Guangmu assigned Luo Zhuan to pry open Hino Yujie's mouth before dawn, and Luo Zhuan vowed to complete the mission.
• In the basement interrogation room, Hino Yujie endured torture while insisting that he be killed.
• At five thirty-five in the morning, Luo Zhuan gave Hino Yujie a red Jiang Jiang Truth-Telling Pill.

Zhang Guangmu and the Xuanxian Group forced Hino Yujie to reveal the Yama Cult’s plans and its leader, Long Xiaofan. As the sun rose, black streams of air filled the sky, signaling the start of the Netherworld’s merger with the Real World.

• Luo Zhuan gave Hino Yujie Jiang Ling’s Truth-Telling Pill, and its torment quickly broke Hino Yujie’s resistance.
• Jiang Ling offered Hino Yujie the antidote in exchange for information, and he revealed that the Netherworld would merge with the Real World at sunrise in an event he called Underworld Revival.
• Hino Yujie identified Long Xiaofan as the Yama Cult’s leader and the current King Yama, saying he had caused the Netherworld’s manifestation and possessed power comparable to Zhang Guangmu’s.
• Hino Yujie begged to join the Xuanxian Group and disclosed that Long Xiaofan intended to deal with Zhang Guangmu.
• Zhang Guangmu deduced that Long Xiaofan’s King Yama’s Contact Lenses could reveal information about people, including their lifespan, fate, talents, and weaknesses.
• Zhang Guangmu left the dormitory building with Luo Zhuan and Jiang Ling as the sun rose, and they saw black streams of air filling the sky.

Zhang Guangmu and his companions discovered that the Underworld Domain’s black energy could boost physical abilities but carried dangerous side effects. He limited their exposure and ordered the Xuanxian Group to collect and monopolize the energy.

• Luo Zhuan touched the black energy and found that it made him stronger and accelerated his healing, though it filled him with cold and negative emotions.
• Jiang Ling touched the energy and considered using it as a medicinal ingredient to create a new pill.
• Zhang Guangmu tested the energy and judged that more than five strands would make his body collapse, while even lesser amounts brought serious risks.
• Zhang Guangmu warned everyone not to absorb more than three strands each.
• Zhang Guangmu ordered his companions to seize gas tanks and exhaust fans across Xuanxian Group territory to collect the Underworld energy.

Zhang Guangmu recognized Nether Energy as a scarce, valuable resource and ordered the Xuanxian Group to stockpile it, expand its weapons, and focus its resources on research. As he considered Long Xiaofan’s growing influence, Zhang realized that the Underworld Domain and Netherworld Court Long had invented to attract research funding had become real.

• Zhang Guangmu concluded that Nether Energy could become valuable despite its toxicity and ordered Luo Zhuan and Jiang Ling to collect it, stockpile guns and ammunition, and redirect the Xuanxian Group’s resources toward research.
• Luo Zhuan and Jiang Ling left to carry out Zhang Guangmu’s orders, while Zhang watched Nether Energy drift near the dormitory and considered how the story might unfold under Takada Mokasai’s direction.
• Zhang Guangmu learned that Long Xiaofan had used King Yama’s Contact Lenses to predict deaths and horse-racing results, build a cult, and recruit Yakuza leaders.
• Zhang Guangmu realized that the Underworld Domain and Netherworld Court Long Xiaofan had invented to deceive people into funding research had become real through the Nether Energy Derivation phenomenon.

Three years after Nether energy sealed Yingzhou off from the world, Zhang Guangmu had built the Xuanxian Group into a major power and developed Underworld Ox as a safer food source. As ancestor spirits began awakening among the Darlings of Fate, Zhang Guangmu wondered who the term referred to.

• Zhang Guangmu realized that Director Takada Mokasai was turning King Yama's Perspective into more than a modern supernatural battle of wits.
• A narrator described how Nether energy appeared, a black curtain isolated Yingzhou, and three years of war and calamity reshaped the island.
• The narrator explained that the Darlings of Fate had awakened the ability to summon powerful ancestor spirits.
• In Fengdu City, Zhang Guangmu saw how Nether-energy mutations and food shortages had transformed daily life.
• Luo Zhuan gave Zhang Guangmu roast beef from the Xuanxian Group's Underworld Ox and explained that eating it gently strengthened the body.
• Zhang Guangmu considered the phrase Darlings of Fate and decided it was worth investigating.

Three years later, Zhang Guangmu’s Xuanxian Group advanced its research into Nether Energy and ancestral spirits, while a powerful ancestral spirit, Miyamoto Musashi, challenged Zhang Guangmu. The chapter ended with Zhang Guangmu ordering his men to shoot Musashi.

• Luo Zhuan explained how physical training and dietary supplementation could raise a person’s Nether Energy capacity, while Jiang Ling focused on refining Nether Energy pills and Zhang Guangmu remained at Five Qi.
• A flying eagle delivered a report stating that ancestral spirits could be summoned through faith, Wish Power, and Nether Energy, and that even the weakest had Eight Qi-level combat power.
• Luo Zhuan explained that ancestral spirits could not stray far from their summoners and would weaken after their summoners died.
• Zhang Guangmu read that ancestral spirits required great fame, a living blood descendant, and many believers, and realized he already met the fame requirement.
• Miyamoto Musashi appeared with two blades and challenged Zhang Guangmu to establish the name of his Niten Ichi-ryū.
• Zhang Guangmu snapped his fingers and ordered his bodyguards to shoot Miyamoto Musashi.

Miyamoto Musashi attacked Zhang Guangmu, cutting through a barrage of gunfire and charging toward him with his Gun Counter technique. The chapter ended as Musashi saw targeting lights cover his body and recognized Zhang Guangmu’s mocking gaze.

• The Xuanxian Group bodyguards opened fire, but Miyamoto Musashi deflected their bullets with his twin blades.
• Miyamoto Musashi boasted that his ancestral spirit body could withstand modern firearms, while Zhang Guangmu noticed that he was retreating.
• Zhang Guangmu ordered the bodyguards to keep firing, and their coordinated barrage forced Musashi to focus on cutting down bullets.
• Miyamoto Musashi used his Gun Counter Secret Art and charged through the gunfire, sustaining a small wound as he closed the distance.
• Miyamoto Musashi reached close range and threatened to take Zhang Guangmu’s head, then saw red targeting lights cover his body.

Zhang Guangmu developed the Xuanxian Secret Record, a new Netherworld Energy circulation technique that let him temporarily reach the Ten-Qi level. He prepared to test it against Miyamoto Musashi.

• Miyamoto Musashi was shot apart by the Xuanxian Group’s sniper rifles, but Miyamoto Kojiro revived him by consuming Netherworld Energy from a balloon.
• Miyamoto Musashi used an illusory clone to attack Zhang Guangmu from behind, but Little White Balls warned Zhang Guangmu and he dodged.
• Miyamoto Musashi mistook Zhang Guangmu’s strength for a permanent Ten-Qi level and praised his power.
• Zhang Guangmu revealed that he had altered Netherworld Energy’s circulation, doubling his capacity from five strands to ten and creating the Xuanxian Secret Record.
• Zhang Guangmu drew his Straight Blade Tang Saber and challenged Miyamoto Musashi to test the new technique.

Zhang Guangmu used Miyamoto Kojiro’s death to cripple Miyamoto Musashi and capture him with modern firearms. As Musashi was restrained, Zhang Guangmu felt his Usable Ability Points being credited.

• Zhang Guangmu used a video of Miyamoto Kojiro being held by Xuanxian Group members to stop Miyamoto Musashi’s attack, then slashed Musashi’s face.
• Zhang Guangmu ordered the executioners to shoot Miyamoto Kojiro, leaving Musashi without a summoner.
• Miyamoto Musashi fused his twin blades into a long sword and prepared to use his Five Wheels technique against Zhang Guangmu.
• Snipers and bodyguards shot Miyamoto Musashi apart, shattered his weapon, and bound him for confinement.
• Zhang Guangmu ignored Musashi’s complaints and sensed his Usable Ability Points being credited.

Zhang Guangmu captured Miyamoto Musashi and ordered him secured for experiments, then planned to improve his Xuanxian Secret Record and attract a powerful ancestral spirit. Three days later, he was still refining the technique as reports said Long Xiaofan had found relics tied to Lu Bu and Xiang Yu and might soon challenge both Zhang Guangmu and Yang Chi.

• Zhang Guangmu gained an ability point from the Victory Through Wit scroll and decided to save it for a future crisis.
• Zhang Guangmu ordered Luo Zhuan to guard the captured Miyamoto Musashi in rotating shifts and send him to Jiang Ling for drug testing.
• Zhang Guangmu considered which ancestral spirits he might summon and decided to reread Three Kingdoms and early Qin and Han histories to signal his preferences to the Production Team.
• Three days later, Zhang Guangmu continued improving the Xuanxian Secret Record at the Xuanxian Group's God Seat District stronghold.
• The Little White Balls reported that Long Xiaofan had found relics of Lu Bu and Xiang Yu and might soon summon both to attack Zhang Guangmu's and Yang Chi's groups.

Jiang Ling told Zhang Guangmu that the Xuanxian Group had learned the ancestor-spirit summoning ritual and recovered the tools needed to perform it. Zhang Guangmu prepared to summon an ancestor spirit, while Jiang Ling suggested Zhang Sanfeng or Zhang Jiao as possible matches.

• Jiang Ling reported that Miyamoto Musashi’s revelations showed ancestor spirits grew stronger with their living strength and reputation.
• Jiang Ling revealed that Miyamoto Musashi had disclosed the summoning ritual and the location of Miyamoto Kojiro’s treasure, whose tools the Xuanxian Group had recovered.
• Zhang Guangmu realized he could begin summoning an ancestor spirit and announced he would summon Zhang Fei.
• Jiang Ling suggested Zhang Sanfeng as a suitable candidate, then said Zhang Jiao seemed especially compatible with Zhang Guangmu.