Chapter Summaries

Fu Qian pressured the Huang Family to search for the killer, then returned to the Night Watchers’ base and discovered that someone was spying on him. The next morning, Captain Qiao reported that the Huang Family’s head wanted to visit and share information.

• Huang Leji ordered his people to search the estate for the killer and had Fu Qian watched as he left.
• Fu Qian returned to the Night Watchers’ base with Captain Qiao and Su Gao, then settled into a secure guest room.
• A smoke-like insect slipped into Fu Qian’s room to spy on him, but Su Gao sliced it apart through the wall.
• Su Gao offered to deal with the spy, but Fu Qian refused because the person was still useful.
• Captain Qiao told Fu Qian that the Huang Family’s head wanted to visit and share information.

Huang Leji came to the base to apologize for the Huang Family’s lack of progress and offered Huang Lezhan and the family’s elite to help investigate. Fu Qian revealed he had caught a suspicious woman, Xiao Ying, and Huang Leji claimed the Huang Family had found someone connected to the case.

• Huang Leji told Su Gao that the Huang Family had found no useful leads, apologized, and appointed Huang Lezhan to lead their elite in assisting the investigation.
• Fu Qian said the help was no longer needed because he had already found someone suspicious.
• Fu Qian chased down a fleeing figure, exposed her from black mist, and brought the injured woman back to the base.
• Fu Qian identified the woman as someone who had followed him and broken into the base, but she denied wrongdoing.
• Huang Leji said the woman, Xiao Ying, was a Huang Family guard and claimed they had found someone connected to the previous day’s case.

Fu Qian questioned Huang Jinyong about Geng Yue’s death and concluded that the Ill Omen might be hiding within the Huang Family. The investigation took a sudden turn when Huang Leji reported another murder in the family, possibly committed by the Ill Omen.

• Huang Leji admitted the Huang Family had found Huang Jinyong and brought him in for questioning.
• Fu Qian questioned Huang Jinyong, who confessed to an affair with Geng Yue but denied meeting or killing her.
• Huang Jinyong said he had been avoiding Geng Yue after she pressured him to leave her husband, and claimed he had lied about being a transcendent.
• Fu Qian decided the Huang Family’s failure to uncover the Ill Omen suggested it might be hiding within the family.
• Someone told Huang Leji that a Huang Family member had just been murdered, possibly by the Ill Omen.

Fu Qian investigated a brutal killing at the Huang Family estate and learned that the first person to find the bodies was Huang Yuanchang. A disaster appeared above the mountaintop, drawing the Huang Family members into its spell as Fu Qian's sanity rapidly fell.

• Fu Qian and Su Gao went with Huang Leji to inspect the secluded courtyard where two bodies had been gruesomely fused together.
• Su Gao identified the killing as Ill Omen's work, while Captain Qiao gave Fu Qian a report linking Lu Xing's recent movements to the culprit's timeline.
• Fu Qian learned that Huang Yuanchang had discovered the bodies and then joined Huang Jianyuan in pursuing the culprit.
• A colossal rust-colored tree appeared above the mountaintop, and its vision began consuming the sanity of everyone who looked at it.
• Fu Qian warned the others not to look up and questioned Huang Lezhan about the witness, but the disaster's containment failed as Fu Qian's sanity dropped to 42.

Fu Qian returned to the containment scene and realized that learning Evil Omen’s name may have changed what happened to Geng Yue. He discovered a hidden spell around her neck, apparently drawn by her husband Lu Xing to kill her.

• Fu Qian recalled the flesh-and-blood tree and suspected Evil Omen’s sacrifices had made it visible, then identified Huang Yuanchang as his next target.
• Fu Qian entered the restaurant scene again and found Geng Yue alive, unlike during his previous attempt.
• Fu Qian reasoned that learning names connected to Evil Omen may have altered events, perhaps because of its instinct for danger.
• Fu Qian approached Geng Yue, examined her, and noticed a faint pattern around her neck beneath her necklace.
• Fu Qian concluded that Lu Xing had likely drawn a spell on Geng Yue’s neck that would eventually sever her head.

Fu Qian confronted Lu Xing, who attacked him with a cursed bolt and revealed his connection to the patterns killing Geng Yue. Fu Qian realized the talisman had activated early during his previous entry into the Containment Scene to mislead him, and understood the murder was Ill Omen’s response to his investigation.

• Fu Qian visited Lu Xing’s home and claimed Geng Yue had arranged to meet him there.
• Lu Xing let Fu Qian inside, then secretly shot him with a crossbow bolt covered in cursed patterns.
• Lu Xing explained that he had discovered the patterns in his childhood dreams and used them to curse Fu Qian, while insisting he wanted an ordinary life.
• Lu Xing said Geng Yue would be dead in about half an hour, leading Fu Qian to deduce that her talisman had originally been set to activate about an hour after he entered the restaurant.
• Fu Qian realized his earlier entry into the Containment Scene had triggered the talisman prematurely, and that the resulting murder was meant to mislead him as Ill Omen’s response.

Fu Qian escaped Lu Xing’s ambush and went to the Huang Family estate to pursue Ill Omen. He found two victims being mutilated and realized Huang Yuanchang had likely fled as the estate’s alarm sounded.

• Lu Xing removed the strip concealing his aura and attacked Fu Qian, who revealed he had avoided the curse’s effects and defeated him.
• Fu Qian left Lu Xing behind and decided to target the retired transcendent, suspecting Huang Yuanchang was Ill Omen.
• Fu Qian disguised himself as Huang Jianyuan and entered the Huang Family estate without raising suspicion.
• Fu Qian reached the courtyard and found two people being torn apart by dark strips of flesh.
• An alarm rang across the estate as people rushed toward the courtyard, and Fu Qian suspected Huang Yuanchang had already escaped.

Fu Qian was framed for a murder in the Huang Family estate, but he claimed to be a Night Watchers consultant and used the investigation to identify Huang Yuanchang as Ill Omen. Su Gao arrived and confirmed Fu Qian’s claimed position, leaving Huang Leji’s suspicions unanswered.

• Fu Qian told the surrounding Huang Family members that Ill Omen had killed their relative and claimed he was a Special Operations Consultant for the Night Watchers.
• Fu Qian asked the Huang Family to preserve the crime scene and provide records of every transcendent family member’s movements over the past month.
• Fu Qian recognized Huang Yuanchang’s face in the records and recalled passing him while disguised as Huang Jianyuan, then memorized his aura.
• Su Gao examined the murder scene and identified Ill Omen’s style before greeting Fu Qian as a longtime colleague.
• When Huang Leji challenged Fu Qian’s identity, Su Gao confirmed that he was a Special Operations Consultant for the Night Watchers.

Fu Qian warned the Huang Family that Ill Omen would strike again and identified Huang Yuanchang as the killer’s likely true identity. He and Su Gao split up to hunt Ill Omen across Xiyuan City as the ritual killings neared completion.

• Fu Qian told the Huang Family that Ill Omen’s next target would be one of their own, then left with Su Gao while Huang Leji ordered the estate placed on high alert.
• Fu Qian showed Su Gao a document identifying Huang Yuanchang as Ill Omen’s likely true identity.
• Fu Qian explained that Ill Omen was hiding in Xiyuan City and needed only a few more sacrifices to complete a ritual that could cause a large-scale disaster.
• Fu Qian drew routes for himself and Su Gao to search, estimating that Ill Omen needed at least five more sacrifices of people below the Intermediate Tier.
• Su Gao accepted her route and left to search, while Fu Qian set out on his own, expecting Ill Omen’s protector to focus more attention on her.

Fu Qian pursued Ill Omen across Xiyuan City, dealing with a Transcendent who mistook him for the killer while following the trail of slaughter. He reached the Night Watchers’ base and found a wounded figure beside a tree hung with mangled limbs.

• Fu Qian found an Eighth Order Transcendent who sealed the mansion with steel plates and attacked him with a giant hammer.
• Fu Qian subdued the man, made him open the doors, and continued tracking Ill Omen.
• Fu Qian found another Transcendent dead in bed and suspected Ill Omen’s blessing helped him kill people while they were unaware.
• Fu Qian recognized the Night Watchers’ base and entered to find a wounded figure sitting amid blood beside a flesh-and-blood tree bearing mangled limbs.
• The wounded figure asked Fu Qian if he had arrived, and Fu Qian confirmed that he had.

Fu Qian arrived too late to stop Huang Yuanchang from completing his sacrifice, which triggered a disaster and caused containment to fail. In the Warehouse, Fu Qian considered how Huang Yuanchang’s ability to see deaths made the next attempt unpredictable and wondered if brute force could solve the problem.

• Fu Qian found Huang Yuanchang at the Night Watcher base after he had killed three Night Watchers and completed the final sacrifice.
• Huang Yuanchang explained that a mysterious being showed him other people’s deaths and his own, allowing him to carry out killings while avoiding danger.
• Huang Yuanchang’s head burst, releasing golden patterns as an extraordinary being made contact with Fu Qian and madness spread across Xiyuan City.
• Fu Qian received a containment failure alert and returned to the Warehouse with his sanity at 41.
• Fu Qian assessed how Huang Yuanchang’s ability made his tactics unpredictable, doubted that he knew the whole story, and considered trying brute force.

Fu Qian escaped the restaurant containment scene and provoked the Huang Family by posing as Huang Yuanchang, threatening to slaughter the clan within three days. He drew Su Gao to his side and asked for her full cooperation against Ill Omen, warning that the danger was even greater than before.

• Fu Qian re-entered the restaurant containment scene, ate a piece of food, and left as Lu Jun and another person arrived.
• Fu Qian broke into Sixth Master Huang’s courtyard, revealed Huang Yuanchang’s face, and claimed the Huang Family had wronged him before threatening to make the clan his sacrifice.
• Huang Lezhan chased Fu Qian, but Fu Qian countered his attack with a kick and Air Bullets, injuring his arm before escaping.
• Huang Leji ordered the Night Watchers to be notified and put the Huang estate on high alert, instructing the family to kill Huang Yuanchang if he appeared.
• Fu Qian went to a rogue Transcendent’s residence and drew Su Gao into a confrontation, then revealed himself and asked for her full cooperation against Ill Omen.

Fu Qian gathered Xiyuan’s unaffiliated supernatural beings at the Night Watcher base to force Ill Omen into a single choice. Huang Yuanchang arrived covered in silver symbols and declared that everyone would die.

• Fu Qian sent Su Gao to take an unconscious woman to the Night Watcher base and gather the other supernatural beings there.
• Fu Qian defeated the Eighth Order with a direct counterattack and brought him to the base.
• Fu Qian ordered the assembled supernatural beings to stay in the room, while Su Gao and the Night Watchers guarded them.
• Huang Yuanchang arrived less than an hour later, his body covered in mysterious silver symbols, and threatened to kill everyone.

Fu Qian confronted Huang Yuanchang, revealed as Ill Omen, and overcame the beheading law protecting him. After killing Huang Yuanchang, Fu Qian perfectly digested Thug Form and completed his mission.

• Huang Yuanchang declared himself divinely protected, and his beheading power killed Mask Lady and several other superhumans who approached him.
• Fu Qian charged Huang Yuanchang and let the beheading law cut off a decoy head while his real head remained hidden in his chest.
• Fu Qian grabbed Huang Yuanchang and crushed his head, ending the strange power surrounding him.
• Fu Qian perfectly digested Thug Form, gained a major physical strengthening, and received confirmation that the mission was complete.

After completing the containment mission, Fu Qian received Law Remnants and upgraded Warehouse access. He opened the box for “Ill Omen Must Die” and discovered that its stone slab recorded how events in Xiyuan City had unfolded and how the law had been shattered.

• Fu Qian received his mission summary, which credited him with saving an ancient town and awarded him Law Remnants, Sanity Value, and Inspiration.
• Fu Qian activated Law Remnants and found that they produced only a faint golden visual effect.
• Fu Qian’s access level was upgraded, allowing him to open synchronized item boxes in the Warehouse.
• Fu Qian opened the box labeled [2-103] and found a cracked stone slab covered in writing.
• Fu Qian read the slab’s account of the events involving Huang Yuanchang, Su Gao, and the failed formation of the Golden Law.

After completing his Warehouse mission, Fu Qian learned that a mysterious tree had manipulated Geng Yue and Huang Yuanchang to cultivate the Golden Law, then returned home having advanced to the fourth tier. He went out for a meal, but when he asked for the bill, everyone in the restaurant stared at him with the same radiant smile.

• Fu Qian concluded that the tree had orchestrated Geng Yue’s repeated deaths and Huang Yuanchang’s role to mature the Seed of Law into the Golden Law.
• Fu Qian finished his Warehouse work, returned home, and officially advanced to the fourth tier after digesting the Outlaw.
• Fu Qian went to a restaurant near Lin City’s universities and ate alone, ordering enough food for two.
• When Fu Qian asked the waitress for the bill, she smiled without answering, and everyone in the restaurant turned toward him with identical smiles.
• Fu Qian checked his latest mission rewards and wondered whether he had left Law Remnants open.

Fu Qian discovered that Law Remnants had profoundly affected the restaurant staff and customers, especially server Pei Yanqing, making her believe he deserved free service and then triggering an increasingly bizarre reaction. He used the Clear Dream ring to calm the restaurant, carried the unconscious Pei Yanqing home, and told suspicious neighbors she was his fan.

• Fu Qian learned that Pei Yanqing had been affected by Law Remnants and that she believed he did not have to pay for his meal.
• Pei Yanqing became increasingly infatuated with Fu Qian, so he used the Clear Dream ring to put everyone in the restaurant to sleep.
• Fu Qian entered the dream and found Pei Yanqing still entranced, with her emotions causing her clothes to turn transparent.
• Fu Qian knocked Pei Yanqing unconscious in the dream, then left it and carried her out of the restaurant.
• Fu Qian took Pei Yanqing home to let her rest, and when a neighbor asked about her, he claimed she was his fan.

Fu Qian tried to restore Pei Yanqing’s awareness after realizing his mistake might have damaged her mind. He arranged for Tan Ying to take the unconscious Pei Yanqing back to her dorm, then reflected that staying home was easier.

• Fu Qian watched Pei Yanqing wake and used Clear Dream to check that she remembered her name, age, and dorm address.
• When Fu Qian jokingly called himself Mr. Free, Pei Yanqing began to lose focus again, so he distracted her and knocked her unconscious.
• Fu Qian took Pei Yanqing toward Lin University and called Qin Mingze for Tan Ying’s contact information.
• Fu Qian asked Tan Ying to help return Pei Yanqing to her dorm, and Tan Ying arrived and drove her away.
• Fu Qian expected Pei Yanqing to remember only that she had fainted at work and been helped back to campus.

Fu Qian entered the Containment Scene for 2-088, a beachside world where he had to eliminate the King of the White Tower. After learning that the title belonged to a competitor in a fight taking place that night, he faced an enraged contestant who attacked him.

• Fu Qian arrived at the Ring Archipelago dressed for a beach vacation and saw a distant island crowned by a towering white tower.
• A succubus waitress told Fu Qian that he was expected to compete that night for the title of King of the White Tower and identified Bai Jinting as the White Tower Company's CEO.
• Fu Qian noticed the waitress's real bat wings and surveyed the other competitors gathered on the beach.
• A towering, muscular man confronted Fu Qian, then charged at him after Fu Qian ignored him.

Fu Qian learned how the Ring Archipelago operated and prepared to enter the King of the White Tower competition, which offered a route to permanent entry but forced contestants to fight to the death. After settling on a cautious plan to reach Bai Jinting, he followed the other competitors to the White Tower as its gates opened.

• Fu Qian dodged a burly man's attack, grabbed him by the throat, then released him when security warned that making a mess on the beach carried a fine.
• Fu Qian read about the Ring Archipelago, its agreement with the Night Watchers, and its forbidden limb-grafting industry.
• Fu Qian learned that contestants in the King of the White Tower competition earned entry to the islands but could not forfeit and leave, and that the prizes included limb-grafting procedures.
• Fu Qian identified Bai Jinting as his likely target and decided to proceed carefully because powerful Transcendents and a demigod lived on the islands.
• Fu Qian read the White Tower Codex, then followed the other contestants to the White Tower when the competition was about to begin.