Chapter Summaries

After dying in Star Engraving City, Le Yu replaced Qian Yuliu’s soul and learned that his Rebirth Through Death ability transferred him into whoever killed him. He upgraded his pain-resisting physique and arrived at the Statistics Department, where a sudden attack showed him how dangerous the world was.

• Le Yu arranged his own corpse while Chen Fu searched it, then realized that he had inherited Qian Yuliu’s body and memories after Qian Yuliu killed him.
• Le Yu inspected his system panel, discovered his death-based ability and survival challenge, and upgraded Cold-Blooded Physique to Low Health Constitution.
• Le Yu tested his new resistance to pain by cutting his finger and found the wound barely affected him.
• Le Yu and Chen Fu reached the Statistics Department, where a shot pierced the passenger seat’s headrest after Le Yu instinctively dodged.
• Chen Fu drove into the garden as soldiers pursued the attacker, and Le Yu recognized that the world was dangerous.

Le Yu learned how the Radiant Court maintained its two-thousand-year rule through Radiant Charters and Mental Power, while the empire began to fracture after the Against the Light rebellion. At the Statistics Department, he settled in among Qian Yuliu’s colleagues, hoping for a quiet fifteen days, until someone confronted the team about their chatter.

• Le Yu learned that Radiant Charters activated Mental Power and let the Court track citizens, giving it overwhelming intelligence against rebellions.
• He learned that governors were granted independent military authority to suppress the Against the Light rebels after the 145th Radiant Emperor was assassinated.
• Le Yu realized his Awakened instincts had automatically helped him dodge the gunshot aimed at him.
• Le Yu and Chen Fu returned to the Statistics Department, where the First Action Team joked about their quiet workload and the Anti-Light Rebels.
• A sinister voice at the doorway told the team that the whole building could hear them chatting.

Le Yu joined an emergency Statistics Department operation after Director Lan Yan announced that a traitor had colluded with the Anti-Light Rebels. The team arrived at their suspected stronghold, where Le Yu recognized instructor Lin Jinyao and remembered that Qian Yuliu was the rebels’ mole.

• Kui Zhao interrupted the agents and ordered them to assemble for an emergency mission.
• Lan Yan led the Statistics Department teams toward a suspected Anti-Light Faction hideout and promised Qian Yuliu support for his cultivation.
• Lan Yan revealed that a traitor inside the Statistics Department had colluded with the enemy, then asked Qian Yuliu to guess who it was.
• The team arrived at No. 24 Cloud Dragon Street, where Lan Yan identified instructor Lin Jinyao as a suspect in the Anti-Light Rebels’ activities.
• Le Yu recognized Lin Jinyao as the rebels’ leader and recalled that Qian Yuliu was their mole inside the Statistics Department.

Le Yu, acting as Qian Yuliu, joined the Statistics Department raid on Lin Jinyao’s residence and discovered that Qian Yuliu was an undercover Anti-Light agent codenamed Meteor. The raid brought Le Yu face-to-face with Lin Jinyao and Qian Yuliu’s former allies.

• Lan Yan authorized the operatives to use firearms and ordered them to surround and enter Lin Jinyao’s residence.
• Le Yu used the Light and Shadow Detector to locate people inside, then shot the gate lock and led the operatives into the house.
• Lin Xue recognized Le Yu and Chen Fu, while Gao Jin accused them of betraying Lin Jinyao and sided against the Statistics Department.
• Lan Yan offered Le Yu and Chen Fu the chance to withdraw because they knew Lin Jinyao, but Lin Jinyao emerged and denounced the Statistics Department.
• Le Yu recalled that Lin Jinyao had recruited Qian Yuliu as a White Night undercover agent with the codename Meteor.

Le Yu found himself trapped between Statistics Department agents after Kui Zhao and Lan Yan exposed him as the mole in their operation against Lin Jinyao. Ambushers surrounded the residence, but a powerful voice challenged Kui Zhao’s boast that he could win in five moves.

• Lan Yan ordered Lin Jinyao and his students taken in for questioning, while defending the Statistics Department’s record and insisting it would follow the law.
• Lin Jinyao warned Lan Yan that he had walked into a trap, and Kui Zhao revealed that the Statistics Department already knew Lin had planted a mole.
• Lan Yan identified Le Yu as the mole, leaving him surrounded by agents as he panicked over his precarious new life.
• Ai Lili reported approaching Charter signals, and armed figures in gray raincoats surrounded the Statistics Department agents from the outer wall.
• Kui Zhao and Lan Yan dismissed the ambushers and discussed how quickly they could defeat Lin Jinyao, but a voice above Lin challenged Kui Zhao’s claim that he could win in five moves.

Le Yu discovered that Li Shijie was an Against the Light spy who had turned the Statistics Department’s Fifth Team against its allies. Kui Zhao challenged Li Shijie to a duel, and their battle with light-based combat arts was still raging when the chapter ended.

• Li Shijie revealed himself as the traitor and ordered the Fifth Team to aim their guns at the other agents.
• Kui Zhao challenged Li Shijie to fight him barehanded, and Li Shijie accepted with his blade.
• Kui Zhao and Li Shijie clashed using light-powered attacks, and Le Yu realized their abilities made ordinary firearms ineffective.
• Kui Zhao used Wolf Devour while Li Shijie countered with Spitting Moon, sending light and rain scattering across the courtyard.
• Kui Zhao formed Light Armor, but Li Shijie shattered it with a flurry of blade strikes before Kui Zhao closed the distance again.

Li Shijie used the rain to empower his Water Moon Combat Arts and nearly defeated Kui Zhao, but Lan Yan intervened and drowned Li Shijie inside a Water Prison. The rebels and Statistics Department agents lowered their weapons, realizing Lan Yan could kill them all.

• Li Shijie drew the rain into his blade and unleashed a powerful Severing Wave that overwhelmed Kui Zhao.
• Lan Yan suddenly appeared behind Li Shijie, dislocated his wrist, and used water walls to stop the agents’ gunfire.
• Lan Yan trapped Li Shijie in a Water Prison while keeping the courtyard dry, and Li Shijie gradually lost consciousness.
• Lan Yan released Li Shijie, who fell dead when the Water Prison burst apart.
• The rebels and Statistics Department agents lowered their weapons, convinced Lan Yan could defeat them all.

After Lin Jinyao took Ai Lili hostage during the Statistics Department raid, Le Yu remembered Lin Jinyao’s request and shot him to protect Qian Yuliu’s identity. Lan Yan praised Le Yu’s marksmanship but hinted that he had noticed something unusual, leaving Le Yu wary of surviving the next fifteen days under him.

• Lan Yan ordered the Statistics Department teams to secure the surrendered Anti-Light Rebels and search their residences.
• Lin Jinyao seized Ai Lili, fired at Chen Fu, and demanded that Lan Yan let him go.
• As Lin Jinyao struggled with Ai Lili, Le Yu recalled Lin Jinyao’s request to make the right choice if capture became unavoidable.
• Le Yu shot Lin Jinyao in the head, killing him and keeping him from revealing Qian Yuliu’s identity.
• Lan Yan remarked that Le Yu had not been paying attention in class, and Le Yu noticed water behaving unnaturally where Lin Jinyao had fallen.

Le Yu returned to Qian Yuliu’s home and met Qian Yuliu’s younger sister, Qian Yuya, while struggling with guilt over having taken her brother’s place. He discovered that his Tribulation required him to have dinner with her, but she had already eaten.

• Le Yu walked through Star Engraving Prefecture’s dim side streets and returned to the Qian family home.
• Le Yu greeted Qian Yuya, who was studying for her entrance exam, and kept his distance because he felt guilty about replacing Qian Yuliu.
• Le Yu learned that Tribulations could strengthen Mental Power and saw that Qian Yuliu’s Tribulation was to have dinner with Qian Yuya within 120 hours.
• Le Yu decided to have dinner with Qian Yuya to gain Mental Power, but she refused because she had already eaten.

Le Yu settled into Qian Yuliu’s home, reflected on his changing identity, and discovered Qian Yuliu’s hidden illustrated album before learning the next morning that the Statistics Department had ordered arrests of suspected Anti-Light Organization members. He joined the team as they prepared to capture nineteen suspects, including former classmates and teachers.

• Le Yu ate dinner while Qian Yuya watched, then washed the dishes and considered how digesting Qian Yuliu’s memories was changing him.
• Le Yu explored Qian Yuliu’s room, found his combat-arts book and hidden illustrated album, and checked his status panel, which showed one completed dinner toward a permanent Mental Power increase.
• Le Yu greeted Qian Yuya the next morning, ate the breakfast she had made, and went to work at the Statistics Department.
• Kui Zhao assigned the First Team to arrest nineteen suspected Anti-Light Organization members, many of whom were Le Yu and Qian Yuliu’s former classmates or teachers.
• Chen Fu explained that letters found at Lin Jinyao’s home implicated the suspects, and Le Yu agreed to join the arrests despite orders to kill anyone who resisted.

Le Yu led the Statistics Department to arrest people at the Star Engraving Military Academy, where students accused him of killing Lin Jinyao and blocked the agents. Though he considered withdrawing, he chose to continue Qian Yuliu’s mission, and the confrontation escalated as Mu Feihong answered his challenge.

• Students at the Academy’s south gate threw rotten eggs at Le Yu and blocked the Statistics Department’s vehicles.
• Le Yu’s team argued over whether to withdraw or arrest their targets as students accused him of killing Lin Jinyao.
• Le Yu considered abandoning the Statistics Department but decided to honor Lin Jinyao’s trust and continue Qian Yuliu’s mission.
• Le Yu accused Mu Feihong of inciting the students, ordered his squad to remove firearm restrictions, and authorized them to fire on attackers.
• Le Yu’s agents readied their hand cannons as the students surged forward, and Le Yu fired a warning shot before Mu Feihong spoke up.

Le Yu, impersonating Qian Yuliu, went to arrest Mu Feihong at Star Engraving Military Academy but accepted his challenge to test the combat arts Qian Yuliu had left him. Mu Feihong outclassed him and turned the spar into a restraint, leaving Le Yu captured by the man he had come to arrest.

• Le Yu presented the Statistics Department's warrant, and Mu Feihong dismissed the students and agreed to go with him after giving them a final lesson.
• Le Yu accepted Mu Feihong's challenge to fight, hoping the spar would help him absorb Qian Yuliu's combat skills.
• Le Yu and Mu Feihong fought using Biting Combat Arts, and Mu Feihong repeatedly countered Le Yu's techniques with greater skill.
• Mu Feihong used Cosmic Chant and Yellow Sigh to shift Le Yu's position, then tied his hands behind his back and captured him.

Le Yu escaped Mu Feihong’s attempt to force him to kneel, subdued him, and continued the Statistics Department’s arrests. After a former junior accused Le Yu and Chen Fu of betraying their old ideals, the next target turned out to be an instructor at Qian Yuya’s school.

• Mu Feihong kicked Le Yu and demanded that he kneel before Old Lin and the academy.
• Le Yu dislocated his thumb to slip out of the rope and knocked Mu Feihong unconscious with a Biting Combat Arts counterattack.
• Le Yu’s agents restrained Mu Feihong and left the academy as students threatened to riot.
• Le Yu and the agents arrested former students at their homes and workplaces, while Su Song confronted Le Yu and Chen Fu over their role in Teacher Lin’s death.
• Chen Fu named Feng Chuanliu, an instructor at Star Engraving National Middle School, as their next target.

Qian Yuya watched the Statistics Department arrest her Combat Arts teacher, Feng Chuanliu, and learned that the agent leading the arrest was her brother, Qian Yuliu. She asked Li Ying what she knew about him.

• Qian Yuya listened distractedly in history class as the teacher discussed the Huiyao dynasties and heroes.
• Students rushed into the corridor after hearing that the Statistics Department had arrived to arrest someone.
• Feng Chuanliu attacked Qian Yuliu, but Qian Yuliu disarmed and restrained him before taking him away.
• Qian Yuliu looked toward the watching students, and Qian Yuya held his gaze as he left the school.
• Fang Wenhua offered to walk Qian Yuya home, and she angrily told him to get lost.
• Qian Yuya told Li Ying that Qian Yuliu was her brother and asked what Li Ying knew about him.

After Le Yu’s squad completed its arrests, he navigated factional tensions and a difficult conversation with Chen Fu about their work and the past. A message from Star-Picker reached him, giving him a new meeting place as his undercover contact.

• Le Yu declined Kui Zhao’s dinner invitation, and Chen Fu explained that Kui Zhao’s growing influence threatened Lan Yan’s position and that Qian Yuliu’s squad could affect the factional struggle.
• Le Yu went drinking with Chen Fu, who questioned his decision to shoot Lin and confessed his doubts about the Statistics Department’s actions; Le Yu reassured him that his choices were right.
• Chen Fu left to pay, and Le Yu ordered more tea and snails, then watched his drunken friend stumble away.
• Le Yu caught a pebble wrapped in silk and read Star-Picker’s note instructing Meteor to meet at Long Three Hundred and Corner Sixty.

Le Yu tried to help Qian Yuya prepare dinner, but broke the family’s kitchen knife while attempting to enhance it with Mental Power. He used Eight-Grain Flow Bite Combat Arts to mince the meat by hand, and Qian Yuya compared him to a butcher.

• Le Yu returned home and found Qian Yuya washing vegetables in the backyard.
• Le Yu offered to help and asked Qian Yuya about school, spending money, clothes, and dating, irritating her.
• Le Yu tried to enhance the kitchen knife with Mental Power, but split the chopping board and broke the blade.
• Qian Yuya explained that Mental Power could only extend through Radiant Stone machinery and said she would take the knife for repairs.
• Le Yu used Eight-Grain Flow Bite Combat Arts to mince the meat with his bare hands, and Qian Yuya said he was just like a butcher.

Le Yu practiced the Biting Combat Arts and reflected on how much of Qian Yuliu’s skill he had yet to absorb. He chatted with Qian Yuya’s classmate Li Ying, whose curiosity turned to fear when he revealed he was Qian Yuliu, and the chapter ended with Qian Yuya returning from the kitchen.

• Le Yu practiced the Biting Combat Arts, recalled his fight with Mu Feihong, and realized he would rely on leveling up rather than studying to improve.
• Li Ying arrived to return Qian Yuya’s notebook, and Le Yu asked her about Qian Yuya’s school life and romantic interests.
• Li Ying told Le Yu that Fang Wenhua had upset Qian Yuya by speaking badly about her older brother.
• Le Yu revealed that he was Qian Yuliu, prompting Li Ying to flee the house in fear.
• Qian Yuya came back from the kitchen as Le Yu asked whether dinner was ready.

Qian Yuya confronted Le Yu about the rumors surrounding Qian Yuliu, asking whether his violent deeds were true. Le Yu chose not to explain the reason for his past actions and admitted that every accusation was true.

• Le Yu apologized to Qian Yuya after Li Ying fled, then suggested inviting her over again so she could become more comfortable around him.
• Qian Yuya told Le Yu that Li Ying feared him because of what he had done, not because of his manner or appearance.
• Qian Yuya questioned Le Yu about killing Anti-Light Faction members, killing Lin Jinyao, capturing former classmates, and carrying out the Statistics Department's orders.
• Le Yu remembered that Qian Yuliu had kept his spy mission secret to protect Qian Yuya, and that Lin Jinyao had warned the secret could put her in danger.
• After Qian Yuya demanded an answer, Le Yu admitted that all the rumors were true and called himself the butcher of the Statistics Department.

Le Yu argued with Qian Yuya about the masks Qian Yuliu had worn, and she suspected his friendly behavior toward Li Ying was a scheme to approach the Registrar Department. After dinner, Le Yu left the Qian Family at night to meet Star-Picker.

• Le Yu told Qian Yuya that Qian Yuliu's quiet kindness had been a mask he wore to earn others' trust.
• Qian Yuya became angry, but Le Yu persuaded her to return to dinner rather than waste the food.
• Qian Yuya concluded that Le Yu's new, cheerful persona was meant to get close to Li Ying and her father, the head of the Registrar Department.
• Le Yu checked that his Transcending Calamity progress had increased, then returned upstairs while Qian Yuya cleared the table and washed the dishes.
• At 9:30 p.m., Le Yu left the Qian Family carrying a pocket watch and a map of Star Engraving Prefecture to meet Star-Picker.

Le Yu deciphered Star-Picker’s coded message and headed to the nighttime meeting, where he beat up a gang member who attacked him and briefly encountered a young thief. As Le Yu neared the meeting place, someone ambushed him and dragged him into a dark house.

• Le Yu used Qian Yuliu’s memories and a map to decode Star-Picker’s meeting time and location.
• Le Yu entered Eighteen Streets and kicked bald Lei down after Lei threatened him.
• Le Yu beat Lei until his gang arrived, then drove them off by invoking the Statistics Department.
• The hemp-clad teenager gave Le Yu half the stolen money and asked to work for him, but Le Yu hurried on.
• Two people grabbed Le Yu by the throat and wrist and dragged him into a dark house, where a voice said, “Finally got you.”