Recaps

Le Yu faced Lin Xue, Gao Jin, and Xia Lingo in a public revenge severance, which they requested to avenge Lin Jinyao. As the duel was about to begin, Le Yu realized that one of the three was the White Night mole.

• The chapter explained how the Revenge Severance Law turned revenge into a public, limited duel and shifted conflict away from the Court.
• Lin Xue announced that she, Gao Jin, and Xia Lingo would take turns fighting Qian Yuliu, asking the Patrol Guards to witness their revenge severance.
• Le Yu agreed to finish the matter before he had to report to the Statistics Department and asked whether they would fight together or take turns.
• Le Yu recognized the three challengers and concluded that one of them was the White Night mole.

Le Yu fought Gao Jin in a blood feud arranged to test Lin Xue and the others and expose any Statistics Department mole. After Le Yu gained the upper hand, Gao Jin revealed a scabbard attack that homed in on Le Yu’s kidney.

• Yin Yinyin’s plan made Lin Xue and the others challenge Qian Yuliu to earn the right to inherit Lin Jinyao’s legacy and join White Night.
• The Patrol Guards cleared space for the blood feud, and Gao Jin stepped forward to fight Le Yu.
• Le Yu attacked fiercely, suspecting Gao Jin might be a mole trying to use the Statistics Department’s resources.
• Gao Jin used Sword-Wielding Combat Arts, but Le Yu scattered his sword light, injured him, and restrained him from behind.
• Gao Jin thrust his scabbard backward, releasing curving azure light that pursued Le Yu and threatened his kidney.

Le Yu defeated Gao Jin, whose Seven Emotions Combat Arts failed to seriously injure him, then began a duel with the quiet and suspicious Xia Lingo. Xia Lingo revealed his Eight Rice Flow Pouncing Combat Arts after a fierce exchange, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Le Yu endured Gao Jin's Sheath Sword Light, dislocated his wrist, and won the duel after Lin Xue stopped it.
• Gao Jin explained that his attack came from the Seven Emotions Combat Arts, and Le Yu's taunt made him spit blood and faint.
• Xia Lingo volunteered to fight Le Yu, seeming more suspicious to Le Yu than Gao Jin had.
• Le Yu opened with Wild Bite, but Xia Lingo countered with chained kicks and punches that forced Le Yu to retreat.
• Le Yu identified Xia Lingo's style as Eight Rice Flow, and Xia Lingo confirmed it was the Pouncing Combat Arts.

Le Yu fought Xia Lingo, whose Pouncing Combat Arts and Cold-Blooded Physique revealed that he saw himself as Qian Yuliu’s kindred spirit. Le Yu used Xia Lingo’s momentum against him, defeated him, and challenged the next opponent.

• Le Yu struggled to keep up with Xia Lingo’s aerial barrage of Pouncing Combat Arts.
• Xia Lingo told Le Yu that he had changed and revealed that he had been watching him since he joined the Statistics Department.
• Le Yu realized Xia Lingo had the Cold-Blooded Physique and understood that Xia Lingo believed his new emotional nature had made him weaker.
• Le Yu lured Xia Lingo toward a wall, then used Cosmic Stomp to smash him into it and leave him unable to fight.
• Le Yu turned to the watching crowd and called for the next opponent.

Xia Lingo reflected on his fascination with Qian Yuliu and challenged him, only to be defeated and become even more convinced that Qian Yuliu had changed. Lin Xue then offered the Lin Family ancestral residence as the stake in the final revenge challenge, leading Le Yu to suspect she might be White Night’s mole.

• Xia Lingo recalled first noticing Qian Yuliu at Star Engraving Military Academy and secretly watching him through his career in the Statistics Department.
• After seeing Qian Yuliu shoot Lin Jinyao with visible reluctance, Xia Lingo volunteered for a revenge challenge to understand his transformation.
• Qian Yuliu defeated Xia Lingo, who concluded that Qian Yuliu had become even more unfathomable and vowed to keep watching him.
• Lin Xue challenged Qian Yuliu and offered the Lin Family ancestral residence if she lost, while Lin Xue'en swore to uphold her promise.
• Le Yu considered the unusual stakes and suspected that Lin Xue might be the mole among the Lin Family disciples.

Le Yu defeated Lin Xue in their grudge match after realizing she had intended to die alongside him, then faced an attack from Lin Xue'en. As Le Yu moved to knock Lin Xue'en back, he sensed that someone in the distance was aiming a sniper gun at him.

• Le Yu fought Lin Xue and tried to bait out her dangerous Sheath Sword Light, but she held back as he drove her into a desperate position.
• Le Yu realized Lin Xue had come prepared to die with him, so he dispersed his killing grip and struck her abdomen, ending the match without killing her or letting her release the sheath light.
• Lin Xue'en attacked Le Yu, accusing him of trying to wipe out the Lin Family after winning the match.
• Le Yu knocked away Lin Xue'en's sword and prepared to blast him back, but his Spiritual Induction warned him that a sniper was aiming at him from a distance.

Lin Xue'en revealed his plan to betray the Lin Family and use a sniper to wound Qian Yuliu, but Qian Yuliu exposed and killed him. Seriously injured by the gunshot, Qian Yuliu collapsed after the fight, leaving the spectators stunned.

• Lin Xue'en planned to join the White Night branch by arranging for a sniper to shoot Qian Yuliu while Lin Xue's sabotaged scabbard left her vulnerable.
• The Statistics Department sniper shot Qian Yuliu, but Qian Yuliu struck Lin Xue'en's sword aside and attacked him.
• Qian Yuliu used a kick and a throw to slam Lin Xue'en's head into the ground, killing him.
• Gao Jin, Xia Lingo, Lin Xue, and the spectators reacted in shock as the Patrol Guards checked Lin Xue'en's body.
• Qian Yuliu taunted Gao Jin, then lost consciousness from his injuries.

After undergoing Reconstruction Surgery, Le Yu encountered Lin Xue'en's widow and son, whose grief and desire for revenge provoked a bitter confrontation with Gao Jin. Lin Xue then pursued him and asked why he had killed her uncle and spared her, but Le Yu's answer to her last question was left unsaid.

• Le Yu endured Reconstruction Surgery while conscious and was sent to the inpatient department after Medical Officer Yu treated his injuries.
• Le Yu met Aunt Lu and Xiao Hui, who identified him as the man who had killed Xiao Hui's father and uncle and urged the boy to remember him and seek revenge.
• Le Yu told the family not to raise Xiao Hui to hate him, then taunted Gao Jin, who grew furious and left after spitting blood.
• Lin Xue followed Le Yu and asked whether the gunshot wound had prompted him to kill her second uncle; Le Yu confirmed it and joked that he had hit him harder because he was angry.
• Lin Xue asked why Le Yu had spared her when she had tried to kill him, and Le Yu's internal response was that he was attracted to her body.

Le Yu considered the risks of Rebirth Through Death and recovered in the Medical Officer Department while discussing the shooting with Chen Fu. Their investigation pointed to an official shooter, and Lan Yan arrived as they identified the Statistics Department as one possible source.

• Le Yu explained that he had refused to attack Lin Xue because he could not risk dying without transferring into the killer's body, and Lin Xue let him leave.
• Ai Lili, Chen Fu, Zhou Guangshi, and Zhu Junjie visited Le Yu, and Chen Fu stayed to play battle cards with him.
• Chen Fu told Le Yu that the shot had come from a 5.66-caliber firearm fired from more than 150 meters away, likely with a sound disruptor.
• Le Yu and Chen Fu deduced that the weapon was an official firearm requiring identity verification and narrowed the possible shooters to Riverside Army snipers, Judicial Department mobile officers, or Statistics Department special officers.
• Lan Yan entered and greeted Le Yu and Chen Fu after they named a Statistics Department special officer as the third possibility.

Lan Yan visited the injured Le Yu and Chen Fu, offered them military ranks and training opportunities, and built a personal alliance with Team One. He then discussed the sniper who shot Le Yu and revealed that the Statistics Department was targeting White Night while warning that an internal traitor might be involved.

• Lan Yan used his spiritual cultivation to stop Chen Fu from standing, then relaxed the formalities and called him Little Fu and Le Yu Yuliu.
• Lan Yan promised to secure military ranks for Team One, including Senior Seaman for Chen Fu and Coastal Lieutenant for Le Yu, along with possible military-camp sparring.
• Le Yu agreed that the sniper was likely an official agent but advised Lan Yan against arresting the Lin Family again, and Lan Yan accepted his judgment.
• Lan Yan told Le Yu that the Statistics Department would focus on rooting out White Night, an Anti-Light Organization infiltrating Star Engraving Prefecture.
• Lan Yan warned that the mission would be difficult because someone was shielding the rebels and the Statistics Department was not united, then asked Le Yu what he thought of a traitor within the department.

Le Yu suspected Lan Yan’s apple-peeling skill hinted at something sinister, while Lan Yan revealed he had used Lin Xue'en as bait to draw out a larger target. As Le Yu prepared to leave his room for dinner, Qian Yuya appeared and was surprised he was still alive.

• Lan Yan warned Le Yu and Chen Fu that a Statistics Department colleague might be a White Night mole, then promised to help Qian Yuliu claim the Lin Family property.
• Lan Yan left, and Le Yu and Chen Fu realized he had peeled his apple with a finger despite claiming not to like apples.
• An agent reported Lin Xue'en’s death to Lan Yan, who revealed that he had used Lin Xue'en as bait and planned to catch a larger group of rebels.
• Chen Fu left after a card game, and Le Yu called for a medical officer to push his wheelchair to the cafeteria.
• Qian Yuya entered Le Yu’s room and asked if he still was not dead.

Le Yu recovered in the Medical Officer Department while teasing Qian Yuya, who brought him food and urged him to leave the Statistics Department. After asking about her graduation examination, he learned that she had decided to stay in Star Engraving Prefecture rather than pursue the Royal Academy in Flame Capital.

• Le Yu welcomed Qian Yuya, who brought him food and claimed it was leftover from dinner.
• Le Yu teased Qian Yuya into eating with him, and his “Qian Yuliu's Tribulation” increased by a point.
• Qian Yuya warned Le Yu that his position in the Statistics Department put him at risk and hoped he would resign.
• Le Yu asked Qian Yuya about her graduation examination and the possibility of attending the Royal Academy in Flame Capital.
• Qian Yuya firmly said she would not leave Star Engraving Prefecture, surprising Le Yu.

Le Yu tried to persuade Qian Yuya to leave Star Engraving Prefecture and study in Yan Jing, but she refused because she believed Qian Yuliu had sacrificed his future for her and would not abandon him. The chapter ended with Qian Yuya declaring that she would share his fate, while Le Yu reacted in shock to her calling him her tribulation.

• Le Yu considered leaving Star Engraving Prefecture to explore the world after its troubles were over, but decided he first had to settle Qian Yuya's future.
• Le Yu urged Qian Yuya to study at Yan Jing's Royal Academy, and she confronted him about having once rejected his own chance to attend.
• Le Yu recalled that Qian Yuliu had chosen Star Engraving Military Academy despite Teacher Gu urging him to apply to the Royal Academy.
• Qian Yuya blamed herself for Qian Yuliu's choices and refused to leave Star Engraving, saying she would stay with him through fortune or misfortune.
• Qian Yuya called Qian Yuliu her tribulation, and Le Yu jolted in shock and pulled open the blanket.

Le Yu learned that he was Qian Yuya’s Calamity Master and failed to persuade her to leave Star Engraving Prefecture. The city was then sealed as the Coastal Army split between Lu Zhong and Prefect Ding, leaving Le Yu to face the prospect of war and wonder whether his plans would survive.

• Qian Yuya revealed that Le Yu was her Calamity Master, and Le Yu realized he could not convince her to distance herself from him or leave Star Engraving Prefecture.
• Le Yu left the Medical Officer Department in a wheelchair with Qian Yuya and returned home, where he planned to ask Yin Yinyin for advice.
• The next morning, Qian Yuya left for school, and Le Yu realized their conversation had improved her opinion of Qian Yuliu.
• Le Yu saw that Star Engraving Prefecture had been placed under emergency war preparations, with all six gates closed and travel prohibited.
• Chen Fu told Le Yu that the Coastal Army had split between supporters of Lu Zhong and Prefect Ding, and that war could break out at any moment.

Le Yu led the Statistics Department in raiding the Zhou family mansion and arresting the family for allegedly leaking classified intelligence. Old Master Zhou urged Le Yu and the agents to abandon Ding Yi and serve Administrator Lu instead.

• Prefect Ding awarded Le Yu the rank of Coastal Lieutenant and a dark-blue officer's coat, inspiring the Statistics Department agents with hopes of military advancement.
• A scarred attacker ambushed Le Yu outside the Zhou mansion, but Le Yu defeated him and ordered him taken back for interrogation.
• Le Yu and the agents broke into the Zhou family mansion and announced that they were arresting the family on charges of leaking classified intelligence.
• Old Master Zhou argued that Administrator Lu outranked Ding Yi and offered to arrange better rewards for the agents if they betrayed Ding Yi.

Le Yu used a pistol to silence Old Master Zhou’s attempt to turn the Statistics Department agents against Prefect Ding, and the agents arrested Zhou and his associates. As the team set off to raid another wealthy merchant’s home, Le Yu received a message from Yin Yinyin warning him to come later for hemorrhoid treatment.

• Old Master Zhou warned the Statistics Department agents that Administrator Lu might defeat Prefect Ding and tried to persuade them to spare him.
• Ai Lili fired at the ground and moved to arrest Old Master Zhou, but he continued pleading with the agents to switch sides.
• Le Yu shot near Old Master Zhou’s ear, silencing him and allowing Ai Lili to handcuff him.
• Chen Fu ordered Ai Lili and Zhou Guangshi to escort the prisoners back while the remaining agents prepared to raid another wealthy merchant.
• A pebble struck Chen Fu, and Le Yu found Yin Yinyin’s message telling him to come later to treat his hemorrhoids.

Le Yu met Yin Yinyin at his clinic and learned that White Night recorded its members’ wrongdoing for possible judgment if it ever established a new order. Yin Yinyin then asked Le Yu to help assassinate the apparently honorable Judicial Department Director Dong Heng, leaving Le Yu to follow him toward a mission he knew would add to his future reckoning.

• Le Yu waited outside Yin Yinyin’s clinic, where passersby mistook him for a patient seeking hemorrhoid treatment.
• Yin Yinyin warned Le Yu to protect confidential information and explained that his clinic gave powerful patients a discreet alternative to the Medical Officer Department.
• Le Yu asked whether Lin Xue'en was a traitor, and Yin Yinyin said there was no evidence and explained White Night’s system of recording mistakes for future accountability.
• Yin Yinyin told Le Yu that White Night planned to assassinate Judicial Department Director Dong Heng and said the act would be blamed on Lu Zhong’s assassin.
• Le Yu learned that Dong Heng seemed upright and had no known misdeeds, but Yin Yinyin urged him to join the assassination, calling it work for people who would die before White Night’s reckoning.

Yin Yinyin explained White Night’s plan to use Dong Heng’s assassination to gain control of Star Engraving Prefecture’s city defenses and prepare a coup against Ding Yi and Lu Zhong. He told Le Yu the operation would begin immediately, then handed him a disguise that left him questioning why it was women’s clothing.

• Yin Yinyin explained that the Coastal Army’s divisions made war between Ding Yi and Lu Zhong unlikely, and that Ding Yi’s two-day lockdown was meant to pressure wealthy interests and purge Lu Zhong’s supporters.
• Yin Yinyin said Dong Heng’s death would force Ding Yi to reorganize the city defenses, giving White Night a chance to control them without being suspected.
• Yin Yinyin revealed White Night planned to assassinate Ding Yi and Lu Zhong, use Star Engraving Prefecture as a base, and launch its coup within ten days.
• Yin Yinyin described White Night’s vision of a just nation and said Star Engraving Prefecture would be its first ship; Le Yu agreed to join the coming action.
• Yin Yinyin said only minutes remained before the assassination and gave Le Yu a formal suit and a blouse with a pink skirt for his disguise.

Le Yu and Yin Yinyin entered Star Engraving Dance Hall in disguise to find Dong Heng, where Le Yu befriended a braided girl named Nian Ruo. He discovered that Nian Ruo was Dong Heng’s daughter and that the dangerous Kui Zhao was with them, leaving the mission in a perilous position.

• Le Yu and Yin Yinyin disguised themselves and entered Star Engraving Dance Hall to search for Dong Heng.
• Le Yu searched the dance hall, then shared Honey Five-Flower Tea and peanuts with a braided girl while advising her about her studies and Combat Arts.
• The girl introduced herself as Nian Ruo and said she was at the dance hall with her father to meet an uncle.
• Nian Ruo’s father called her over, and Le Yu recognized the eyepatched Dong Heng among the two men accompanying her.
• Kui Zhao’s presence overwhelmed Le Yu with a painful display of power, and Le Yu identified him as the Deputy Director of the Statistics Department.

Le Yu and Yin Yinyin abandoned their plan to kill Dong Heng in the dance hall and prepared to ambush him on a quiet road instead. Yin Yinyin warned Le Yu to flee if Kui Zhao accompanied Dong Heng, then handed him a knife as they waited for the target.

• Le Yu met Yin Yinyin outside the dance hall, and they followed Dong Heng, Kui Zhao, and another person before turning away to get ahead of them.
• Yin Yinyin explained that they would ambush Dong Heng on a deserted stretch of road, where Le Yu would break the streetlights to distract him while Yin Yinyin attacked from behind.
• Le Yu considered the danger of facing Kui Zhao alongside Dong Heng and admitted that he was afraid of dying.
• Yin Yinyin told Le Yu to run north and circle home if Kui Zhao appeared, then drew a small knife from beneath his skirt and offered it to Le Yu.

Le Yu and Yin Yinyin's attempt to assassinate Dong Heng was disrupted when Kui Zhao ignited a Light Burst Bomb, turning the ambush into a fight. Yin Yinyin took Kui Nianruo hostage and forced Kui Zhao to choose between releasing Le Yu and risking his daughter's life, but Kui Zhao kicked Le Yu away as she counted to three.

• Yin Yinyin warned Le Yu not to rely on Biting Combat Arts in danger and gave him a short blade before they hid beside the road.
• Le Yu smashed four streetlights as Kui Zhao, Dong Heng, and Kui Nianruo passed, and Yin Yinyin struck Dong Heng with her blade in the darkness.
• Kui Zhao's Light Burst Bomb illuminated the road, letting Dong Heng defend himself with Light Armor while Kui Zhao attacked Yin Yinyin.
• Le Yu drew Kui Zhao away, and Dong Heng charged into the bushes after Yin Yinyin; Kui Zhao caught Le Yu and dragged him toward the main road.
• Yin Yinyin appeared with Kui Nianruo at knifepoint and stabbed her as she counted, while Kui Zhao held Le Yu by the throat.
• Kui Zhao kicked Le Yu into the air as Yin Yinyin reached three.

Yin Yinyin and Le Yu confronted Kui Zhao after capturing Kui Nianruo, but Kui Zhao refused to negotiate and waited for the assassins to retreat. After the Patrol Guards arrived, Kui Zhao treated his daughter’s wounds and learned that Dong Heng had been killed.

• Le Yu recovered from Kui Zhao’s attack and stayed silent to avoid revealing his identity.
• Yin Yinyin told Kui Zhao that the assassins had targeted only Dong Heng and would leave Star Engraving Prefecture without harming Kui Nianruo further.
• Le Yu broke the streetlamps as Kui Zhao retreated into the light, and both sides waited until Patrol Guards arrived.
• Kui Zhao used blood-colored light to take the guards’ lanterns, then ordered them to fetch a tricycle and notify the Judicial Department that Dong Heng had been murdered.
• Kui Zhao examined and treated Kui Nianruo’s wounds, scolded her for failing to master Wolf-Eagle Fist, and called the assassins rats hiding their identities.

After the failed assassination, Yin Yinyin apologized for risking Le Yu’s life, then questioned why Le Yu had returned to save him. Le Yu admitted he feared losing a friend, and the chapter ended with Yin Yinyin preparing to treat Le Yu’s broken ribs.

• Yin Yinyin explained that he had risked Le Yu’s life to escape Kui Zhao and the approaching Patrol Guards, and apologized for the danger.
• Yin Yinyin asked Le Yu to explain why he had disobeyed the plan and turned back, and they argued over whether the decision had been justified.
• Le Yu said he had returned because he feared watching a friend die, while Yin Yinyin questioned whether they were truly friends after meeting only three times.
• Le Yu reflected on Yin Yinyin as his trusted adviser and the first friend he had made for himself in this world.
• Yin Yinyin examined Le Yu’s caved-in chest and began preparing light therapy surgery for his broken ribs.

Le Yu learned that a rare train to Yan Capital could take Qian Yuya to the Royal Academy, while Lan Yan assigned him to inspect the city’s only gate that would reopen after lockdown. He returned home planning to drive Qian Yuya away by making Chen Fu describe his misdeeds, but her sharp retort left the plan in doubt.

• Yin Yinyin told Le Yu that the dwindling train service was part of Lu Zhong and Ding Yi’s effort to isolate Morning Wind District, and offered to help him get Qian Yuya a ticket to Yan Capital.
• Le Yu saw the Yuan Family prisoners brought to the Statistics Department and wondered whether Kui Zhao believed Yin Yinyin’s cover story about the assassins.
• Lan Yan offered Le Yu a train ticket for Qian Yuya and ordered him to inspect every person and shipment passing through the Twilight Gate after lockdown.
• Kui Zhao told Le Yu to send Qian Yuya away and not leave himself too many weaknesses.
• Le Yu brought Chen Fu home and told him to exaggerate their crimes to make Qian Yuya lose faith in her brother, but she insulted Chen Fu and Le Yu immediately defended him.

Le Yu learned that the Lin Family was leaving Star Engraving Prefecture and tried to explain away his notorious reputation to Qian Yuya, who mistook his misdeeds for the burden of being scapegoated. Two days later, he prepared to help White Night smuggle firearms through Twilight Gate by drawing attention to a sacrificial convoy.

• Chen Fu told Le Yu that the Lin Family was selling its property and Lin Xue had left school, and Le Yu took their departure as a sign that Yin Yinyin’s group was protecting them.
• Le Yu denied Chen Fu’s accusations, but Qian Yuya concluded that the Statistics Department had made Le Yu its scapegoat and promised to support him in secret.
• Le Yu visited Yin Yinyin and reported Lan Yan’s demand to inspect all cargo and his own appointment as an inspection officer.
• Yin Yinyin planned to send a firearm convoy through Twilight Gate while a sacrificial convoy caused a commotion to distract the inspectors.
• Yin Yinyin told Le Yu to treat the sacrificial convoy viciously so its members could avoid arrest, and Le Yu realized the plan relied on his ruined reputation.