Chapter Summaries

After Xia Hongyao announced that her team had purified Busan Trip, Xia Hongmian arranged to retrieve them from Korea and promised generous rewards. As Lin Baici browsed the Origin Forum, Jin Yingzhen grew worried because she could not reach her mother and decided to return to Seoul alone.

• Xia Hongyao told the Dragon Soul group chat that her team had purified Busan Trip, prompting the captains to praise Lin Baici and ask for details.
• Xia Hongyao called Xia Hongmian, who ordered a plane and the First Dragon Cavalry Regiment to prepare for the team's evacuation from Korea.
• Xia Hongmian promised each team member a hundred thousand Meteor Coins, a Divine Grace, a God's Taboo Object, and a chance to name their own bonus and job arrangements.
• Lin Baici browsed the Origin Forum, identified three mysterious symbols for Praise the Sun, and read conflicting rumors about who had purified Busan Trip.
• Jin Yingzhen told Lin Baici that she could not reach her mother, Jin Eunhee, and said she was returning to Seoul alone.

Lin Baici prepared to return to Seoul with Jin Yingzhen after she feared something had happened to her mother, and he sorted through the spoils from Busan before leaving. The chapter ended as a bandaged woman and Little Cutie approached a military outpost, where terrified soldiers opened fire.

• Jin Yingzhen told Lin Baici that her mother had dismissed all her bodyguards, and Lin Baici, Gu Qingqiu, and the others prepared to travel to Seoul with her.
• Lin Baici searched Shakira’s supplies, found several God's Taboo Objects, and captured a mysterious severed hand that tried to escape.
• Lin Baici opened the Black Altar Bowl, counted his spoils from the Busan trip, and reviewed his Divine Graces before the group left for Daegu Station.
• At a military outpost near Busan, soldiers spotted a bandaged woman and Little Cutie emerging from the forest.
• Little Cutie crawled toward the soldiers to start a game, and the soldiers panicked and opened fire.

Head-Wrapped Woman and Little Cutie slaughtered the soldiers who attacked them, then set out to search for Lin Baici in the outside world. Back in Seoul, Lin Baici met Shakira, who asked whether he had killed the god and why he had spared her, and he answered by activating Life Mastery.

• Head-Wrapped Woman and Little Cutie fought through the soldiers’ position, where the perfume mist drove the soldiers to shoot one another and the two women killed the survivors.
• Head-Wrapped Woman caught Major Quan Zhongcheng in his command vehicle, sprayed him with pepper spray, and left as he transformed into a monster.
• Head-Wrapped Woman and Little Cutie realized they were in the outside world and began their journey to find Lin Baici.
• Jin Yingzhen, Lin Baici, and their companions returned to her villa, where they found Shakira waiting to speak with Lin Baici.
• Shakira asked Lin Baici whether he had killed the god and why he had spared her, and Lin Baici confirmed the kill before activating Life Mastery on her.

Lin Baici bound Shakira to his life with the Busan God’s Divine Grace, then secured her agreement to become his ally. As the group searched for Jin Eunhee and waited for news, Lin Baici revealed the loot from Han Suying’s death, including God’s Remains with Divine Grace.

• Lin Baici admitted he wanted Shakira as a partner, and Shakira agreed to become his loyal ally after asking how he killed the Busan God.
• Shakira kept the Antler Bone Flute and used tarot cards to divine a future involving a child with Lin Baici who might become the Father God.
• Xia Hongyao questioned Jin Eunhee’s maid, but the group found no clue to Jin Eunhee’s whereabouts; Jin Mo’s guards also refused to let Jin Yingzhen see her grandfather.
• Jin Yingzhen called Jin Xian for help finding her mother, while Jin Xian learned she had already left Busan and wondered whether Lin Baici could have killed a god.
• Lin Baici showed the group the five pieces of loot from Han Suying’s death, and he identified the skull among them as God’s Remains with Divine Grace.

Lin Baici and his companions distributed their spoils from Busan Trip, then Shakira used her connections to locate Jin Yingzhen’s missing mother. Following Jin Eunhee’s scent to a private club in Meitian Building, the group reached a receptionist who refused to reveal information until Jin Yingzhen called Li Taiwu for help.

• Lin Baici gave everyone Master of Barbecue Divine Graces, then handed Blood Hand to Hua Yueyu for self-defense.
• Lin Baici warned Xia Hongyao against rushing into dangerous God Ruins, and the group discussed getting their God Hunter licenses.
• Shakira noticed the unsealed Primordial Divine Remains and warned everyone of its contamination, so Lin Baici sealed it away.
• Shakira called the consulate and learned that Jin Eunhee had last been seen at Meitian Building two days earlier.
• Lin Baici used Jin Eunhee’s clothes and Hundred Flavors in a Breath to track her scent to the building’s ninety-eighth floor.
• Jin Yingzhen called Li Taiwu, who ordered the receptionist to tell her everything and then said he was coming to meet Lin Baici.

Lin Baici confronted Batishan at a private club after finding Jin Eunhee under the influence of the monk’s Divine Grace and incense. Batishan unleashed the Buddha Talisman Ghost Infant, but the chapter ended with the ghost baby fleeing from Lin Baici.

• Lin Baici and his companions tracked Jin Yingzhen’s mother to a club where Batishan’s followers held Buddhist gatherings, and Lin Baici beat Akunza until Jin Eunhee appeared.
• Jin Eunhee refused to leave the club and told Lin Baici to release Akunza, while Jin Yingzhen and the others realized Batishan had affected her and the other women.
• Batishan met Lin Baici in a tea room, where Lin demanded that he remove the effects of his Divine Grace and incense from Jin Eunhee.
• After Akunza provoked him, Lin Baici used God’s Hand to tear out Akunza’s heart and placed it beside Batishan’s teacup.
• Batishan activated the Buddha Talisman Ghost Infant, filling the room with black mist and ghostly hands that trapped Hua Yueyu and threatened the others.
• A bloodied ghost baby crawled onto Lin Baici’s leg, then stared at him, stopped crying, and fled back into the mist.

Lin Baici used a God Coin to make Batishan remove the Gu worms controlling Jin Eunhee and the other women, then used Enthusiastic Idol to turn them against Batishan. Batishan recognized Shakira as the Great Shaman and realized how badly he had misjudged the people confronting him.

• The Ghost Infant fled from Lin Baici, ending the Rule Pollution in the tea room, and Batishan agreed to take the group to his Buddhist shrine.
• Batishan activated a Gu worm in Sun Yizhi, forcing her to kill herself, then threatened the others to bargain for his escape to Siam.
• Lin Baici gave Batishan a God Coin, which forced Batishan to remove the Gu worms from Jin Eunhee and the other women, but Batishan kept the coin.
• Batishan tried to turn the women against Lin Baici, but Lin Baici used Enthusiastic Idol and the Affair Pipe Wrench to make them adore him instead.
• Batishan discovered that Shakira was Alexandra Shakira, the Great Shaman, and became fearful after realizing who he had challenged.

Lin Baici killed Batishan with Shakira’s help, then spent the day in Hanseong while Sejongjeong began learning the truth about the Busan God’s Ruins. Jin Xian discovered that Lin Baici had killed Che Zhengshuo and heard Yingzhen recount the journey, leaving him astonished by Lin Baici’s achievements.

• Shakira identified Lin Baici as the one who had killed the Busan god, and Batishan tried to flee before Lin Baici’s tentacles tore off his limbs and killed him.
• Lin Baici spared Wongsawan and asked Yingzhen to notify Sejongjeong, then set off sightseeing with Shakira, Xia Hongyao, Hua Yueyu, and Yi Jisheng.
• Eunhee tried to sneak away to see Lin Baici, but Yingzhen stopped her and brought her downstairs when Jin Xian arrived.
• Yingzhen told Jin Xian that Lin Baici had killed Che Zhengshuo and saved Shakira, then recounted his progress through the three Busan stations.
• Jin Xian listened to Yingzhen’s account and realized Lin Baici had purified the Busan God’s Ruins, while Yingzhen handed him a small suede handbag containing items Lin Baici had shared.

Jin Yingzhen’s family discussed Lin Baici’s gifts and his value, while Jin Xian resolved to meet him. At dinner, Lin Baici rejected Jin Yunshan’s offer to join her team, and Fish Ball Guy’s violence forced her to apologize and leave after Lin warned her not to harm Jin Yingzhen.

• Jin Yingzhen showed Jin Xian her spatial handbag and teleportation high heels, explaining that Lin Baici had given them to her after equipping Xia Hongyao and Gu Qingqiu.
• Jin Xian asked Jin Yingzhen to arrange a meeting with Lin Baici, while Lin Baici later agreed to dine with Li Yintong and Nine Dragon Pavilion’s Fish Ball Guy and Zhong Shuman.
• Fish Ball Guy and Zhong Shuman invited Lin Baici to join Nine Dragon Pavilion, but Lin Baici declined and said he still had to attend college.
• Jin Yunshan arrived with Nakamura Eita and bodyguards, offered Lin Baici a position as her adviser, and threatened him through Nakamura Eita after he refused.
• Fish Ball Guy broke Nakamura Eita’s leg and injured him further, then stopped Jin Yunshan from leaving until she apologized to Lin Baici.
• Lin Baici let Jin Yunshan leave after warning her not to hurt Jin Yingzhen, and Jin Yunshan kicked her car in anger outside the restaurant.

Lin Baici rejected Jin Xian’s offer to join Sejongjeong and spent the night with Jin Yingzhen, but Sejongjeong soon took him away to meet its Regents. His friends realized they were being held as leverage while Xia Hongyao trusted that her sister, Xia Hongmian, could handle the situation.

• Kurita Isao warned Nakamura Eita and Jin Yunshan not to challenge Fish Ball Guy, who was one of Nine Dragon Pavilion’s top experts, and Jin Yunshan left without taking revenge.
• Lin Baici warned Fish Ball Guy that his talisman caused his infertility, then Fish Ball Guy decided to recommend him to Uncle Jiu for recruitment.
• Jin Xian invited Lin Baici to join Sejongjeong and help save humanity, but Lin Baici declined and later spent the night with Jin Yingzhen.
• Sejongjeong’s Moon Jung-kyung arrived with a team and took Lin Baici to meet the five Regents, threatening to go after his friends if he refused.
• Jin Yingzhen told Xia Hongyao that Sejongjeong had taken Lin Baici, and Gu Qingqiu explained that the group was being kept as leverage while Xia Hongyao relied on her sister, Xia Hongmian.

Lin Baici confronted Sejongjeong's Regents at Gyeongbok Palace, defeated Park Sang-won's invisible Guardian Gargoyle, and killed Park Sang-won after the Regents demanded the spoils from Busan God's Ruins. As Sejongjeong's forces closed in, Xia Hongmian arrived and killed the palace's God Hunters, leaving the surviving Regents at her mercy.

• Lin Baici entered Gyeongbok Palace and faced the Royal Council, whose Regents accused him of stealing the Busan god's spoils and demanded he hand them over.
• Lin Baici detected Park Sang-won's invisible Guardian Gargoyle, struck it, and used Great Impression Hand to flatten it into the floor, breaking Park Sang-won's jade bracelet.
• When Park Sang-won ordered the guards to seize him, Lin Baici used God's Hand to rip out Park Sang-won's heart and revealed that the Divine Grace had come from the Busan god.
• Lee Jeong-hyuk recognized the stockings as Crazy Maid's, and Xia Hongmian arrived and warned the Regents not to provoke Lin Baici.
• Xia Hongmian snapped her fingers and killed all thirty-two God Hunters in the hall, while the surviving Regents and maids remained inside.

Xia Hongmian confronted the Sejongjeong officials, while Shakira revealed that Lin Baici had killed the Busan god and claimed its Divine Grace as spoils. After a supernatural attack dragged the officials into their phones, Lin Baici left with Xia Hongmian and reunited with his friends, preparing to return home the next day.

• Xia Hongmian killed several people in the hall and demanded an explanation from the Sejongjeong officials, prompting Han Mingji to invoke Shakira.
• Shakira arrived, called Lin Baici her nephew, and told the officials that Lin Baici had killed the Busan god and claimed its Divine Grace as spoils.
• Xia Hongmian left with Lin Baici, praised his performance, and offered him a reward.
• Grotesque arms reached out of the officials' ringing phones and dragged Han Mingji, Lee Jeong-hyuk, and the others inside.
• Jin Xian found the hall full of bodies and missing leaders, suspected Xia Hongmian had targeted the God's Remains beneath Gyeongbok Palace, and ordered his subordinates into action.
• Lin Baici reached Jin Yingzhen's villa, reunited with Hua Yueyu, Jin Yingzhen, and Li Yintong, and said they would head home the next day.

Lin Baici attended Jin Yingzhen’s family dinner, where Jin Mo publicly made her vice-chairwoman and left her sixty percent of the Daesun Conglomerate’s shares. After saying goodbye to Jin Yingzhen and the others at Seoul Airport, Lin Baici met Xia Hongmian’s group to return to Nine Provinces.

• Lin Baici agreed to attend Jin Mo’s family dinner to support Jin Yingzhen, and Xia Hongmian arranged to meet him in Seoul before his return.
• At Jin Mo’s estate, Jin Dongcheng insulted Lin Baici and slapped Jin Yingzhen, so Lin Baici struck him back before Jin Mo intervened.
• Jin Mo announced that Jin Yingzhen would become vice-chairwoman and inherit sixty percent of the Daesun Conglomerate, then gave Lin Baici a custom Patek Philippe watch as thanks for saving him.
• Jin Mo explained to Kim Young-hyun that the family’s behavior while he pretended to be ill had disappointed him, and he wanted Lin Baici as a powerful ally for the conglomerate.
• Jin Eunhee arrived and learned that her daughter had gained a major role and inheritance, while her stepmother received a call ordering her to postpone a plan against the Jin family.
• At Seoul Airport, Lin Baici said goodbye to Jin Yingzhen, Jin Eunhee, and Li Yintong before joining Xia Hongmian’s group.

Lin Baici and his companions waited at the Busan airport, where he bought expensive cosmetics and handbags before learning their chartered plane meant he could bring them home without worrying about customs. As he went to buy drinks, someone called his name.

• Xia Hongyao arranged for the group to use the fast-track lane and shop before boarding their chartered plane.
• Ji Xinyan video-called Lin Baici, joked about a present, and said she would see him when school started.
• Lin Baici bought ten sets of cosmetics and ten luxury handbags as gifts.
• Zhao Qian warned Lin Baici that he had exceeded the customs allowance, but Xia Hongyao assured him they were taking a chartered plane.
• Lin Baici returned to wait with Yi Jisheng, then went to buy drinks and heard someone call his name.

Lin Baici reunited with Mi Qin in Korea, ignored the God of Gluttony’s urging to pursue her, and flew home with Xia Hongmian’s group on a private plane. After parting ways with his companions, he headed to the Hilton Hotel and felt his hunger-related symptoms returning.

• Lin Baici ran into Mi Qin at the airport, and she was puzzled and disappointed when he left without trying to get closer to her.
• The God of Gluttony urged Lin Baici to pursue Mi Qin, but he ignored it and rejoined Xia Hongyao and the others with coffee for Yi Jisheng.
• Lin Baici and his companions boarded Xia Hongmian’s private plane, which received a military escort and temporarily delayed other flights at the airport.
• Mi Qin boarded her commercial flight without seeing Lin Baici again, while her father teased her about being interested in him.
• After the private plane landed in Haijing, Lin Baici declined Xia Hongyao’s invitation, took a car to the Hilton Hotel, and felt his symptoms returning.

Lin Baici returned from Korea, visited Gu Qingxiang, and reunited with her affectionately at her apartment. Gu Qingxiang served the meal she had spent winter break learning to cook, and Lin Baici eagerly accepted more rice to make her happy.

• Zhang Ye checked Lin Baici into the Hilton Hotel, and he gave her an expensive WHOO cosmetics set before driving to Gu Qingxiang's apartment.
• Lin Baici waited outside Gu Qingxiang's apartment, grew restless, and embraced and kissed her when she arrived home.
• Gu Qingxiang welcomed Lin Baici inside, served him tea and fruit, and told him she had spent winter break reading and cooking.
• Gu Qingxiang prepared six dishes, and Lin Baici piled his bowl with rice after realizing she wanted him to enjoy her cooking.

Lin Baici shared dinner and an awkward, affectionate evening with Gu Qingxiang, then witnessed the danger posed by a neighbor’s unleashed Tosa. The dog later went rabid and killed its owner, while Lin Baici ended the night wondering whether to sneak into Gu Qingxiang’s room.

• Lin Baici praised Gu Qingxiang’s cooking, gave her cosmetics and handbags, and awkwardly asked her to be his girlfriend without getting an answer.
• Lin Baici and Gu Qingxiang walked hand in hand, bought snacks, and encountered Xu Shihua arguing with neighbors after his unleashed Tosa frightened a child.
• Xu Shihua’s Tosa charged at Lin Baici, but Xu called it back and showed off its obedience; Gu Qingxiang later tossed her candied hawthorn into the bushes.
• After Xu Shihua whistled for the dog, the rabid Tosa attacked and killed him before police shot it dead.
• Back at Gu Qingxiang’s apartment, Lin Baici wondered whether to sneak into her room for the night.

Lin Baici wrestled with his feelings for Gu Qingxiang while Hua Yueyu returned to streaming in a spectacular 2B cosplay. The chapter left Lin Baici and Gu Qingxiang shopping together, trying on matching red down jackets.

• Lin Baici longed to visit Gu Qingxiang but worried that making a move would hurt her because they came from different worlds.
• Hua Yueyu streamed again, transformed herself into 2B with Lin Baici's Role-Playing Gun, and rose to the top of Shark Platform's rankings.
• Lin Baici spent the morning with Gu Qingxiang, who cooked him a generous breakfast, and decided to take her shopping for new clothes.
• Lin Baici brought Gu Qingxiang to Zhengda Plaza and tried to buy her clothes, but she rejected the expensive options.
• Lin Baici persuaded Gu Qingxiang to try on a matching Coral Red down jacket, and they began trying on the pair.

Lin Baici learned that he and Xia Hongyao would serve as examiners for the upcoming God Hunter License exam, despite concerns from Haijing Branch head examiner Yuan Jifeng. He also discovered that his Safety Bureau position made him eligible to buy a house in Haijing, and left to visit Nangong Shu while Feng Ting began searching for villas for him.

• Lin Baici and Gu Qingxiang shopped for clothes and passed an esports event, where a pajama-clad young man noticed Lin Baici's intense life force.
• Xia Hongyao returned to the Safety Bureau, learned the license exam would be held in two weeks, and was assigned with Lin Baici to serve as an examiner.
• Yuan Jifeng objected to Lin Baici's appointment and planned to relegate him to assistant duties, but Xia Hongmian refused to change the roster.
• Lin Baici received an invitation from Nangong Shu to visit her bar, then told Xia Hongyao he was concerned other examiners would not accept him.
• Lin Baici tried to buy a villa near Haijing Institute of Technology but learned he lacked the usual qualifications, so he called Xia Hongmian and found out his Safety Bureau employment made him eligible.
• Feng Ting saw Lin Baici's Mercedes and hurried to offer help finding a suitable villa, while Zhang Meng criticized her for being friendly with him.

Lin Baici visited Nangong Shu at Dragon and Beauty Bar, where they discussed the Qin Palace, his Busan trip, and the coming God Hunter license exam. After Lin Baici left, Xia Hongyao told Nangong Shu that he had killed a god and was serving as an examiner, leaving Nangong Shu mortified about discussing exam questions and bribery in front of him.

• Lin Baici found Dragon and Beauty Bar and passed He Zi'ang, Gu Tiantian, and Tan Yang as they searched for its entrance.
• Nangong Shu told Lin Baici that the Qin Palace was spreading and warned him not to volunteer for the dangerous response, while Lin Baici said his Busan trip had gone well and he had made a fortune.
• A young man tried to buy past license exam questions from Nangong Shu, who also told Lin Baici that examiners could be bribed and offered to help him if he took the exam.
• Lin Baici declined the young man's offer to take the exam together, asked Nangong Shu to help him find a home near Haijing Institute of Technology, and then left the bar.
• Xia Hongyao told the bar patrons that she had seen the Busan god and claimed responsibility for striking the Statue of Liberty from the list.
• Xia Hongyao told Nangong Shu that Lin Baici had killed a god and would be an examiner, shocking Nangong Shu because she had discussed buying questions and bribing examiners in front of him.