Recaps

Ding Yiyu led a convoy into Star Engraving Prefecture and tried to force his way through the city gate, where Statistics Department agent Qian Yuliu challenged him. As the two prepared to clash, a separate transport convoy slipped into the prefecture, and a young man abandoned his planned diversion and rode away.

• Ding Yiyu admitted that he had killed a village watchman and bragged about his combat skills as his convoy approached Star Engraving Prefecture.
• Ding Yiyu ordered the convoy to charge through the crowded city gate, scattering people and knocking down barricades.
• Chen Fu rescued a little boy from the horses, while a Statistics Department agent struck the convoy with Biting Combat Arts—Flood Exhalation.
• Ding Yiyu presented a pass signed by Prefect Ding, but Qian Yuliu tore it up and declared that he would take down Prefect Ding's relative.
• A young man with a plan to blow up a manure cart saw the confrontation and the transport convoy enter the prefecture, then turned around and left.

Qian Yuliu used Ding Yiyu’s claim of being Prefect Ding’s nephew to justify arresting him, then brutally beat him in front of the gathered crowd. Ding Yiyu was left humiliated and pinned beneath Qian Yuliu’s boot.

• Qian Yuliu ordered the lights turned on and called for the arrest of the group as swindlers who had forced their way through the checkpoint.
• Ding Yiyu identified himself as Prefect Ding’s nephew, but Qian Yuliu accused him of impersonating a relative and ordered the officers to target his guards if they moved suspiciously.
• Ding Yiyu charged Qian Yuliu with the Biting Combat Arts, but Qian Yuliu endured his attack and seized his wrist.
• Qian Yuliu launched a counterattack, battered Ding Yiyu with repeated blows, and dragged him across the center chamber.
• Qian Yuliu stomped on Ding Yiyu’s head as the gathered commoners watched, and Ding Yiyu howled in humiliation.

Le Yu’s inspection of the Ding family’s carriage exposed an ice coffin containing a strange golden weapon, prompting Ding Yiyu and Steward Ding Bo to turn against him. Lan Yan intervened before Ding Bo could kill Le Yu and identified the weapon as one of Radiance’s ultimate divine weapons, the Saint’s Relic.

• Le Yu continued the staged inspection, but he and Chen Fu uncovered an ice coffin containing a strange golden object beneath the carriage’s black covering.
• Uncle Bo arrived with prefectural guards, freed Ding Yiyu, and attacked Le Yu after Ding Yiyu demanded revenge.
• Lan Yan arrived and stopped Uncle Bo with a blue-light sword strike, then stood beside Le Yu as the two sides confronted each other.
• Lan Yan examined the ice coffin and identified the golden object as Radiance’s Saint’s Relic.

Le Yu and Lan Yan confronted Ding Bo and Ding Yiyu over the violence at the city gate, where Lan Yan protected Le Yu and secured witnesses to the Ding family's crimes. After Le Yu provoked Ding Yiyu as he left, Lan Yan promised to shield him and Le Yu asked what the Divine Weapon and Saint's Relic were.

• Le Yu received emergency treatment while Lan Yan and Ding Bo argued over the Saint's Relic and the accusations against Qian Yuliu.
• Lan Yan put Ding Yiyu under the Statistics Department's authority, but Ding Bo demanded witnesses and evidence before accepting the charges.
• Lan Yan called on the crowd to speak, and Ai Lili, Chen Fu, and other civilians testified that the Ding family's carriage had crashed into the checkpoint and hurt people.
• Ding Bo took Ding Yiyu away with the Saint's Relic after Lan Yan warned him not to threaten a Statistics Department agent.
• Le Yu taunted Ding Yiyu by asking him to let Le Yu experience what it felt like to be a beast, and Lan Yan stopped Ding Bo from retaliating.
• Lan Yan promised to protect Le Yu from Prefect Ding, and Le Yu asked him to explain the Divine Weapon and the Saint's Relic.

Le Yu learned about divine weapons and the Holy Sword Huiyao, then discovered that the Saint's Relic could be claimed by exposing it to deaths on a large scale. Yin Yinyin assigned Le Yu to investigate the relic, but their conversation was interrupted by a knock at the hideout door.

• Yin Yinyin warned Le Yu that his rapid photonic treatment had cost him future lifespan and explained the three levels of divine weapons.
• Yin Yinyin told Le Yu that the Holy Sword Huiyao could overwhelm enemies across a vast area, but it was locked down after the previous emperor died without an heir or named successor.
• Yin Yinyin explained how divine weapons were forged from Meteorite Luster Stone and said the Saint's Relic would unlock after absorbing Mental Power released by many deaths.
• Le Yu and Yin Yinyin realized the Saint's Relic might be brought into their possession, and Yin Yinyin ordered Le Yu to investigate its location and security.
• Yin Yinyin refused to tell Le Yu the uprising's plan, then claimed he could escape through the basement door before someone knocked on it.

Le Yu met An Qian and the eleven powerful White Night Walkers gathered to plan the coup in Star Engraving Prefecture. As they prepared to seize the Saint's Relic alongside the city offensive, An Qian reassured Le Yu that he no longer had to face his dangerous spy life alone.

• An Qian burst into the basement, embraced Le Yu, and reunited warmly with Yin Yinyin.
• Yin Yinyin introduced An Qian and the eleven White Night Walkers, all of whom had Enemy of a Thousand combat strength.
• An Qian and the others praised Le Yu for enduring years undercover, prompting him to reconsider why people around him seemed unusually driven by powerful emotions.
• Yin Yinyin assigned Le Yu to investigate security around the Saint's Relic and arranged for Wang Zongdao to seize it and use its power to create an army of illusions.
• An Qian told Le Yu not to die and promised that White Night would stand with him, so he no longer needed to fear knocks at the door.

Le Yu tried to persuade Qian Yuya to leave Star Engraving Prefecture for Flame Capital, and she mistook his train tickets for an invitation to start a new life together. He then found himself demoted to work at the Star Engraving Prefecture Designated Slaughterhouse.

• Yin Yinyin gave Le Yu a train ticket, and he realized Lan Yan had also given him one as payment.
• The Enemies of a Thousand urged Le Yu to send Qian Yuya to the Royal Academy in Flame Capital, citing the value of education and the dangers of staying in Star Engraving Prefecture.
• Frustrated by Qian Yuya’s refusal to leave and his own wish to go to Flame Capital, Le Yu stormed to her room and handed her the envelopes.
• Qian Yuya found both tickets and hugged Le Yu, believing they would leave Star Engraving Prefecture together, and Le Yu chose not to correct her.
• Le Yu drank iced Honey Five-Flower Tea at his new post outside the Star Engraving Prefecture Designated Slaughterhouse while Chen Fu tried to comfort him about the demotion.

Qian Yuya told Fang Wenhua she planned to study at the Royal Academy in Flame Capital, while Le Yu uncovered more of Ding Yi’s preparations around the Saint’s Relic and learned White Night planned to seize the city four nights later. Le Yu’s train to Flame Capital was due to leave that same afternoon, but Qian Yuliu’s Tribulation was finally set to end that night.

• Qian Yuya told Fang Wenhua she would apply to the Medical Officer Department in Flame Capital, and Li Ying revealed she hoped to enter the Royal Academy too.
• Fang Wenhua asked Instructor Xie whether he could take the Royal Academy examination, and Instructor Xie encouraged him to try.
• Le Yu deduced that Ding Yi had arranged defenses around the slaughterhouse and suspected its owner was the intended bearer of the Saint’s Relic.
• Le Yu learned White Night planned to seize the city and the divine weapon four nights later, coordinating with an assassination and disruption of the Coastal Army.
• Le Yu checked his train ticket and realized his departure for Flame Capital conflicted with White Night’s plan, while Qian Yuliu’s Tribulation was due to end that night.

Le Yu sent Qian Yuya away from Star Engraving Prefecture before the looming conflict, and she departed for Yan Jing after they promised to meet again. On the train, Qian Yuya met two girls who were also headed to the Yan Jing Royal Academy entrance exam.

• Le Yu and Qian Yuya walked through the settlement outside Star Engraving Prefecture, where he explained his views on poverty and the ways it could be addressed.
• At the station, Qian Yuya questioned whether she should change her major because medical officers could not solve poverty, but Le Yu encouraged her to keep her ideals and board the train.
• Le Yu promised Qian Yuya he would follow her to Yan Jing after his urgent business, and they exchanged a tearful farewell before she boarded.
• Le Yu received rewards for completing Qian Yuliu's Tribulation and the Survive 15 Days task, leaving only the final task in Qian Yuliu's personal story line.
• On the train, Qian Yuya reunited with Li Ying, and they met fellow Yan Jing Royal Academy applicants Kui Nianruo and Lin Xue.

Le Yu watched signs of White Night’s preparations across Star Engraving Prefecture while keeping his cover at the slaughterhouse, where the Saint's Relic might be unsealed that night. He helped Yin Yinyin and Wang Zongdao enter the slaughterhouse, then spotted Chen Fu watching nearby.

• Le Yu mistook Mo Ming and his squad for Lan Yan lookalikes and suspected that the Statistics Department’s newly formed combat squads were being prepared for a rebellion.
• Le Yu returned to the slaughterhouse, learned that nothing had changed inside, and practiced Biting Combat Arts while waiting for nightfall.
• Le Yu pretended to have stomach trouble and sent the covert agent watching the rear of the slaughterhouse away.
• Yin Yinyin and Wang Zongdao met Le Yu and used a grappling claw to enter the slaughterhouse over its wall.
• Le Yu turned to leave and found Chen Fu standing by the corner.

Le Yu waited for White Night’s assault to begin as the rebels attacked Star Engraving Prefecture and confronted Ding Yi at the Prefectural Governor’s Mansion. Lan Yan killed Ding Yi after revealing himself, while the chapter ended with Li Ying, Lin Xue, Kui Nianruo, and Qian Yuya talking about their fathers on a train.

• Le Yu counted down until explosions erupted across Star Engraving Prefecture, beginning White Night’s operation.
• An Qian, Qi Shihao, Ling Yun, and the other White Night fighters stormed the Prefectural Governor’s Mansion and battled Ding Bo and the Mountain Ridge Guards.
• White Night confronted Ding Yi in the main hall, where he warned that killing him would leave the prefecture vulnerable to chaos.
• Ding Yi tried to escape after Li Mingsheng’s severed head was thrown into the hall, but Lan Yan appeared in the doorway.
• Lan Yan killed Ding Yi with a sword strike, leaving White Night stunned by his betrayal.
• On a train, Li Ying, Lin Xue, Kui Nianruo, and Qian Yuya discussed their fathers and whether Li Ying would return to Star Engraving Prefecture.

Lan Yan revealed that he had manipulated White Night into killing Ding Yi so Lu Zhong could take control of Star Engraving Prefecture, then used his authority and multiple doubles to rally the city’s defenses. He challenged White Night’s ten remaining members in the mansion and offered to spare them if they survived fifteen minutes or escaped through the door behind him.

• Lan Yan explained that White Night’s operation had unfolded smoothly because he had allowed it, and that Ding Yi had to die at their hands for Lu Zhong to claim the prefecture openly.
• Lan Yan said he would use his reputation to command the city’s threatened facilities, while White Night argued that the attacks there would succeed without their leaders or communications.
• At the Weapons Factory and Twilight Gate Tower, Lan Yan’s orders rallied defenders and organized their retreats.
• A messenger told Le Yu that Lan Yan was directing the battle at the southern garrison, and Le Yu left Chen Fu in charge at the Slaughterhouse.
• Lan Yan revealed that one of his subordinates had colluded with him, then lit a Burning Jade and challenged White Night’s ten members to survive fifteen minutes or escape through the door behind him.

As rebellion erupted in Star Engraving Prefecture, Chen Fu realized the slaughterhouse held a secret and that Deputy Director Kui Zhao intended to enter it. Though he believed his resistance was useless, Chen Fu chose to obey Captain Qian’s order and stood against Kui Zhao.

• Chen Fu told his anxious operatives to hold their post while the prefecture fell into chaos, and recalled seeing Qian Yuliu let two night travelers sneak into the slaughterhouse.
• Kui Zhao arrived, announced that he was taking command, and ordered most of the squad to follow him into the slaughterhouse.
• Chen Fu tried to keep Kui Zhao from entering, but an explosion inside the slaughterhouse cut the lights and drove Kui Zhao forward.
• Kui Zhao dodged Chen Fu’s close-range gunfire and confronted him, while Chen Fu ordered Squad One to stop the intruders.
• Chen Fu admitted his resistance was useless but declared that he still had to shine.

Chen Fu fought Kui Zhao and his men, but Team One was wiped out and Chen Fu was mortally wounded. Le Yu arrived too late to save him, affirmed that his orders had been right, and then vowed to kill Kui Zhao as he prepared to use the system to grow stronger.

• Chen Fu tried to exhaust Kui Zhao’s ammunition while helping Team One, but Kui Zhao deflected his eleventh shot and tore off his leg after killing the other agents.
• Kui Zhao’s subordinates prepared to kill the wounded Chen Fu, but Le Yu returned and incapacitated them before they could strike.
• Le Yu examined Chen Fu’s injuries, and Chen Fu asked whether Le Yu had been right; Le Yu affirmed that he and his orders had never been wrong.
• Chen Fu died smiling, and Le Yu told Kui Zhao that he had returned with the goal of killing him himself.
• Le Yu took the stance of Biting Combat Arts and silently asked the system to add points.

Le Yu used his reward points to strengthen his Ice-Blood Physique and Biting Combat Arts, then fought Kui Zhao at close range. Despite falling behind, Le Yu discovered that Kui Zhao's long braid was his Calamity Master and attacked it to unsettle him.

• Le Yu raised Low Health Constitution to Ice-Blood Physique and upgraded Beginner Eight-Grain Flow Bite Combat Arts to the intermediate level.
• Kui Zhao noticed Qian Yuliu's Illusionary Cloak and realized that his opponent's combat-art realm matched his own.
• Le Yu and Kui Zhao exchanged close-range attacks, but Kui Zhao steadily wore Le Yu down despite Le Yu's enhanced abilities.
• Le Yu noticed Kui Zhao's long braid and tested whether Kui Zhao would abandon an attack to protect it.
• Le Yu concluded that the braid was Kui Zhao's Calamity Master and struck toward it, declaring that Kui Zhao could no longer escape his Calamity.

As the girls shared dinner on the train, Kui Nianruo revealed that her father, Kui Zhao, was the Statistics Department’s Deputy Director, and her friends accepted her without hostility. Meanwhile, Kui Zhao fought Le Yu, revealed his braid was a deliberate decoy, and began breaking the arm of the captured assassin.

• Li Ying, Lin Xue, and Qian Yuya shared their meals with Kui Nianruo and learned that her father was Kui Zhao, the Deputy Director of the Statistics Department.
• Kui Nianruo feared her new friends would shun her because of her father, but Li Ying asked about his braid instead, and the others treated her warmly.
• Kui Nianruo explained that she believed Kui Zhao’s conspicuous braid was not his Tribulation, and Qian Yuya said it was a trap meant to mislead enemies.
• Kui Zhao let Le Yu’s attack cut off his braid, then seized him and slammed him repeatedly into the ground and a wall.
• Kui Zhao recognized Le Yu as the assassin who had attacked Dong Heng and injured Kui Nianruo, then demanded to know where Le Yu’s companion was.
• Kui Zhao decided Le Yu would receive the punishment intended for the knife-wielding attacker and began crushing the arm Le Yu had used.

Le Yu fought Kui Zhao at the slaughterhouse, where Kui Zhao recognized him as the assassin through the Wolf-Eagle Will he had formed during their earlier battle. As Le Yu neared death from his injuries, he forcefully activated his Ice-Blood Physique and counterattacked Kui Zhao with the Biting Combat Arts.

• Le Yu tore flesh from Kui Zhao’s chest with Wild Bite Light Burst, but Kui Zhao retreated and explained how his Wolf-Eagle Will identified Le Yu as the assassin.
• Kui Zhao pretended to spare Le Yu, then used their conversation to let him bleed before attacking again.
• Kui Zhao overwhelmed Le Yu with Eagle’s Grip, Wolf’s Devour, while Le Yu realized he had one final chance.
• Le Yu forcefully activated his Ice-Blood Physique and drove his left hand through Kui Zhao’s chest with Wild Bite.

Le Yu survived his duel with Kui Zhao, who fled the slaughterhouse before Yin Guyue revealed his betrayal and killed him. Le Yu met Yin Yinyin inside, but after learning that he had the Saint's Relic, Le Yu was stabbed from behind by someone called Meteor.

• Kui Zhao escaped the slaughterhouse after his fight with Le Yu, but Yin Guyue confronted him and explained that he had been Lan Yan's agent all along.
• Yin Guyue said Lan Yan had traded away the Saint's Relic and arranged for Kui Zhao to die, then shot Kui Zhao as he lay helpless.
• Le Yu struggled out of the slaughterhouse, badly wounded, and found Yin Yinyin waiting inside with the Saint's Relic.
• Le Yu urged Yin Yinyin to join the others, but a blade pierced Le Yu from behind as someone called him Meteor.

During the train ride to Yan Jing, Qian Yuya reconsidered her relationship with her brother and resolved to apologize to him when they met again. The chapter ended with Yin Yinyin stabbing Le Yu with a purplish-red sword and preparing to apologize before he died.

• Li Ying, Kui Nianruo, Lin Xue, and Qian Yuya shared their ideals while traveling to Yan Jing Royal Academy.
• Kui Nianruo revealed that she wanted to travel, taste food from different regions, and learn to cook like her father.
• Qian Yuya explained that her brother’s arguments had changed her mind about becoming a Medical Officer and recalled how she had stopped eating with him after their parents died.
• Lin Xue suggested that Qian Yuliu might have eaten separately to respect Qian Yuya’s wishes, and Qian Yuya realized she had misunderstood him.
• Qian Yuya sensed that she needed one more meal with Qian Yuliu to complete her Tribulation and planned to apologize when they met in Yan Jing.
• Yin Yinyin pinned Le Yu with a glowing sword, drained his strength, and offered him an apology before his death.

Yin Yinyin revealed how he had orchestrated the rebellion and used the Saint's Relic to free himself from Black Robe Tower, then explained why he had killed Le Yu despite considering him a friend. Le Yu died, but opened his eyes afterward holding the Soul-Cleansing Demonic Sword amid the slaughterhouse’s corpses, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Yin Yinyin explained that he had joined White Night under orders to kill Ding Yi and create chaos, working with Lan Yan to secure the Saint's Relic.
• Yin Yinyin revealed that Black Robe Tower used the Soul-Cleansing Demonic Sword to extend its assassins’ lives, and that he had made a weakened imitation with the Saint's Relic.
• Yin Yinyin admitted he had killed Le Yu to conceal the truth and remain with White Night, though he had hoped Le Yu would leave Star Engraving Prefecture safely.
• Yin Yinyin confessed that his ruthless assassin persona and his idealistic persona were both masks, and asked Le Yu to forgive him.
• Le Yu told Yin Yinyin he did not want to forgive him, then lost consciousness and died.
• Le Yu opened his eyes in the slaughterhouse beside Qian Yuliu’s wounded body, holding the Soul-Cleansing Demonic Sword as the only living person there.

Ting Ri reflected on the ideas and shortcomings behind Volume One and thanked readers for their support. Ting Ri planned to rest, refine the next volume, and clear Absolute Ultimatum's cooldown before continuing.

• Ting Ri said the book's poor performance came from their writing rather than the Rebirth Through Death concept, and hoped more stories would explore similar ideas.
• Ting Ri described Volume One's influences, including The Ravages of Time, The Invisible Guardian, and Demon Exorcist Expert.
• Ting Ri explained the central plot idea: girls sang and ate on a train without knowing their families had been killed.
• Ting Ri described a protagonist who was manipulated by a partner, died, and later took the partner's godlike power, but admitted the execution was unsatisfying.
• Ting Ri thanked readers, including Typar, for their support and said they would rest and polish the new volume's plot.

Lan Yan consolidated his control over Star Engraving Prefecture and told Yin Guyue they would soon take command of the Coastal Army together. Meanwhile, Le Yu searched Yin Yinyin’s hideout, found White Night’s rewards, and discovered documents describing ways to remove the Saint’s Relic’s binding effect without harming its holder.

• Yin Guyue learned that Lan Yan had defeated the rebels with no casualties among the agents, then reported to him in the Prefectural Governor’s Mansion study.
• Lan Yan explained how he balanced interests and righteousness, appointed Yin Guyue as his deputy, and revealed that he might become Administrator Lu’s son-in-law or adopted son to command the Coastal Army.
• Yin Guyue learned that Kui Zhao was dead and the Saint’s Relic had been taken, then peeked into the main hall and ordered the agents to burn it without opening the doors again.
• Le Yu searched Yin Yinyin’s ruined clinic for escape supplies and opened a chest containing White Night’s rewards, including Qian Yuliu’s appointment papers and medal.
• Le Yu opened Yin Yinyin’s reward envelope and found research documents describing thirteen methods to lift the Saint’s Relic’s binding effect without harming its holder, then laughed uncontrollably.

After escaping Star Engraving Prefecture, Le Yu reviewed Yin Yinyin’s abilities, his system, and the new Calamity requiring him to regain White Night’s recognition. He traveled toward Yin Yinyin’s safehouse but woke to find himself and three other passengers bound in a carriage, apparently captured by human traffickers.

• Le Yu escaped Star Engraving Prefecture by swimming upstream and used Yin Yinyin’s Swift Blade Boots to travel north.
• Le Yu examined his system, activated the Ice-Blood Physique, and discovered that Yin Yinyin’s Calamity was to regain White Night’s recognition.
• Le Yu reflected on his former life as Qian Yuliu, then considered the Saint’s Relic and the Soul-Cleansing Demonic Sword’s abilities.
• Le Yu reached Stream Town, paid for a carriage to Sea Root Town, drank tea, and fell asleep during the journey.
• Le Yu woke to find his hands and feet bound alongside three other passengers, and a young man told him they had been captured by human traffickers.

Le Yu was captured by traffickers who planned to sell him into forced labor in East Sun District, but he concealed his strength and claimed rescuers were coming. In Star Engraving Prefecture, Xia Lingo examined a dead White Night operative and concluded that a survivor of White Night had attacked him.

• Le Yu and the other passengers realized traffickers had drugged and captured them, intending to sell them as servants in East Sun District.
• The young man explained that escape would become nearly impossible once they reached East Sun, while Le Yu hid his ability to fight and claimed Black Robe Tower would rescue him.
• Xia Lingo claimed a dead man's body from the Judicial Department and carefully examined its wounds.
• Xia Lingo concluded the man had been betrayed by someone he knew, had other accomplices, and was attacked by a White Night survivor.

Le Yu endured the slave-catching convoy’s drugging and threats while pretending to be a dangerous agent, and learned the traders were taking him to East Sun because white-haired captives fetched an enormous price. The convoy grew wary of pursuit and hurried through the night, while Le Yu’s system registered progress on a challenge to waste other people’s time.

• The slave traders filled the sealed carriage with Cartilage Softening Powder, leaving Le Yu feverish but awake while the other captives fell asleep.
• Le Yu threatened the captors with Black Robe Tower and warned that his mission and missing equipment would bring an organization after them, but they dismissed his threats and planned to starve the captives.
• Le Yu realized the traders were an organized slave-catching syndicate and saw his challenge to waste 10,000 hours of other people’s time reach 2/10000.
• A burly man asked Scar-faced Boss why they were keeping Le Yu, and Scar-faced Boss explained that white-haired captives were rare and highly valuable in East Sun.
• Scar-faced Boss sent scouts to check for pursuers, ordered Big Foot to investigate Black Robe Tower and Starburst Stream Slash, and told the convoy to stay alert and travel through the night.