Chapter Summaries

Xia Hongyao told Nangong Shu about the Seventh Star team's triumph in Busan, while Nangong Shu later invited Lin Baici over and flirted with him by phone. Lin Baici returned to campus, found Hu Wenwu already studying in the dorm, and met Ji Xinyan for lunch, where they exchanged gifts and teased each other.

• Xia Hongyao recounted the Busan Trip to Nangong Shu and asked her not to spread the story because Lin Baici and Gu Qingqiu disliked showing off.
• Nangong Shu called Lin Baici, teased him for not telling her he had become an examiner, and invited him over for honey peaches.
• Lin Baici returned to his dorm and found Hu Wenwu studying in worn clothes, but Hu Wenwu avoided explaining his situation at home.
• Ji Xinyan invited Lin Baici to a meal, and Lin Baici agreed to meet her at a café after deciding not to bring Hu Wenwu.
• Ji Xinyan arrived dressed provocatively, flirted with Lin Baici, and gave him a Montblanc belt; Lin Baici gave her a Chanel handbag.
• Ji Xinyan admired Lin Baici's skin and pressed him to reveal what skincare products he used, while he kept the effects of eating a god to himself.

Lin Baici and Ji Xinyan flirted at a café, where their teasing ended in a kiss, then went to a movie at Wanda Plaza. Ji Xinyan made another move in the dark theater, while Lin Baici watched the other couples and let her kiss him.

• Ji Xinyan teased Lin Baici at the café, but he blocked her first attempt to kiss him and said he only thought of her as a friend.
• Ji Xinyan joked about dating and having a child with Lin Baici, and he kissed her; she then pounced on him.
• Lin Baici left the café with Ji Xinyan and agreed to drive them to Wanda Plaza to see a movie.
• Ji Xinyan chose seats in the back row so they could fool around, but Lin Baici spent much of the movie watching the theater.
• Ji Xinyan pulled Lin Baici close and kissed him in the dark theater.

Lin Baici returned to campus after the holiday, where Zhu Qiunan pursued him and he turned her down. Fang Mingyuan left without warning, while Lin Baici took leave and flew to Luoyang with Xia Hongyao.

• Lin Baici let Ji Xinyan drive his sports car, and she returned to campus enjoying the attention it drew.
• Lin Baici returned to class and rejected Zhu Qiunan’s invitations to eat with him.
• Ji Xinyan and her classmates discussed Lin Baici’s rejection of Zhu Qiunan and wondered what kind of woman he liked.
• Fang Mingyuan asked Lin Baici whether he would risk his life for a chance to change it, then toasted his friends and disappeared from the dorm the next morning.
• Lin Baici asked Gu Qingxiang for twenty days off and flew to Luoyang with Xia Hongyao on the third day.

Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao traveled to Luoyang for the God Hunter license exam, where they encountered Deng Hao, an arrogant examinee using a cigarette’s supernatural smoke to make people drunk and erase their memories. Lin Baici resisted the smoke and subdued Deng Hao, who then tried to use his uncle’s position as chief examiner to escape consequences.

• Xia Hongyao explained Luoyang’s history and the polluted Seven Towns to Lin Baici as they flew to Luoyang.
• At the hotel, Deng Hao tried to hit on Xia Hongyao, and she rejected him after spotting his foolish approach.
• After midnight, Lin Baici detected supernatural cigarette smoke, put on the Bodhi Messenger Kasaya, and discovered Deng Hao smoking in the hallway.
• Lin Baici confronted Deng Hao, slammed him into the wall, and defeated the minotaur summoned through Deng Hao’s Divine Grace with Muscle Buddha.
• Xia Hongyao came out to investigate, and Deng Hao claimed his uncle was the chief examiner and promised to help them pass the exam.

Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao punished Deng Hao after discovering he was using Rule Pollution to prey on women, then traveled to the Seven Towns for the God Hunter license exam. There, they met chief examiner Pan Yunxiang, who announced a new written test that threatened to complicate the Haijing examiners’ plans.

• Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao confronted Deng Hao, forced him to perform a divination with the God-Asking Tortoise Shell, and heard its deadly predictions; Deng Hao was later killed when a driver crashed into the hotel.
• Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao met the Haijing examiners outside the museum and traveled with them to the Seven Towns, while Yuan Jifeng ignored Lin Baici and planned to use the exam to discipline him.
• An Yixian explained the military base and the exam site to Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao, who then met chief examiner Pan Yunxiang.
• Pan Yunxiang announced that he would hold a written test once the examiners arrived and send back anyone who failed, prompting Yuan Jifeng to worry about Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao.
• Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao settled into the dormitory, and Lin Baici met his new roommate, Du Ke from Xijing.

Lin Baici and Du Ke woke to a suffocating Rule Pollution attack during the examiners’ real test, and Lin Baici rushed to rescue Xia Hongyao. Pan Yunxiang, Zhang Hao, and Xie Yangchun monitored the test as other examiners began waking.

• Lin Baici met his roommate Du Ke, then joined Xia Hongyao and the other women for dinner and spent the evening chatting with them.
• Lin Baici dreamed he was a pirate fighting Gu Qingqiu’s navy before an octopus saved him from drowning.
• Lin Baici woke unable to breathe, realized Rule Pollution had struck, and roused Du Ke, who followed him through the dormitory.
• Lin Baici broke into another room and found two people trapped in the same suffocating nightmare, then headed upstairs to find Xia Hongyao.
• Pan Yunxiang, Zhang Hao, and Xie Yangchun watched Lin Baici’s response on the monitors and revealed that the attack was the examiners’ real test.
• Lin Baici woke Xia Hongyao and Liu Langqing in Room 412 as the Rule Pollution continued.

Lin Baici discovered that burning the female water ghost’s hair stopped the suffocation Rule Pollution, saving Du Ke and several examiners during the test. As most of the examiners recovered, a burly man carrying a water vat appeared on the third floor and began inviting people to drink, triggering another bout of Rule Pollution.

• Lin Baici noticed that staying still eased the suffocation, searched beneath the beds, and found tufts of the female water ghost’s hair.
• Lin Baici used Du Ke’s lighter to burn the hair, ending the Rule Pollution and showing Liu Langqing, Xia Hongyao, and the others how to purify it themselves.
• Lin Baici declined to reveal the answer outright to the other examiners, then met Deng Mingyu and Wang Lei, who learned he had purified the Rule Pollution faster than Shen Nan.
• Lin Baici and the others saw that most examiners had solved the test, while six remained in trouble.
• A burly man carrying a water vat arrived, grabbed a short-haired examiner, and invited him and two companions to drink.

Lin Baici faced Wu Sanlang’s wine-drinking Rule Pollution after Shen Nan passed by drinking eighteen bowls, and the God of Gluttony revealed the rules and a Divine Grace called Feast of Wine. Lin Baici drank beyond the required eighteen bowls, and Xia Hongyao realized he had found a way to break the rule.

• Wu Sanlang forced Zhou Ziyang, Li Bo, and Yang Zhi to drink; Zhou vomited, Li Bo got drunk and was stripped and hung up, and Yang Zhi was beaten for throwing up.
• Shen Nan drank eighteen bowls without spilling or getting drunk, earning Wu Sanlang’s approval and passing the test.
• The God of Gluttony explained that drinking thirty-six bowls would earn one small request and that killing Wu Sanlang could grant the Feast of Wine Divine Grace.
• Wu Sanlang challenged Lin Baici after Du Ke tried to fight him, got drunk on his tenth strike, and was stripped and hung up.
• Lin Baici activated the Meat Forest and drank eighteen bowls, then continued drinking as Xia Hongyao realized he had found a way to break the rule.

Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao killed Wu Sanlang during the second Rule Pollution trial and gained Divine Graces, costing Pan Yunxiang a valuable power. Pan Yunxiang arrived at the restroom and, rather than blaming Lin Baici, asked him to join his team.

• Lin Baici persuaded Wu Sanlang to leave his friends alone, then later lured him into the third-floor restroom and ambushed him with Xia Hongyao and Muscle Buddha.
• Wu Sanlang fought back fiercely, but Lin Baici smashed his wine vat, dodged his attacks, and helped Xia Hongyao kill him.
• Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao received Wu Sanlang's two Divine Graces, while Pan Yunxiang realized the God's Taboo Object had shattered and rushed to the restroom.
• An Yixian told Yuan Jifeng and the chief examiners that Lin Baici had purified the trial by killing Wu Sanlang.
• Pan Yunxiang found Lin Baici at the restroom and asked him to join his team.

Lin Baici refused Pan Yunxiang’s offer to join his team, then drew attention for his Busan Trip achievements and topped a written assessment by overcoming its mental Rule Pollution. The examiners followed Pan Yunxiang into an underground air-raid shelter for the Second Game, where Shen Nan resolved to beat him.

• Lin Baici turned down Pan Yunxiang’s recruitment offer and stayed with Xia Hongyao’s team, while Zhang Hao introduced herself and invited him to socialize.
• Lin Baici explained that Wu Sanlang’s wine jar was the key to defeating the monster, and he helped the unconscious Du Ke back to his room.
• The next day, Xia Hongyao confirmed that a god had been present in the Busan God's Ruins but said details were confidential, while Du Ke learned how much Lin Baici had accomplished.
• During the written assessment, Lin Baici used Sanskrit Chants and Buddhist Sounds to clear the paper’s mental Rule Pollution and finished first, five minutes ahead of Shen Nan.
• Pan Yunxiang led the examiners into an underground air-raid shelter for the Second Game, and Shen Nan resolved to take first place.

Lin Baici impressed Pan Yunxiang by identifying seven God's Taboo Objects in the first storeroom, earned an offer to become deputy commander, and was exempted from the remaining tests. As the license candidates arrived at the base, Fang Mingyuan recognized Lin Baici and wondered why he was taking the assessment too.

• Lin Baici identified seven God's Taboo Objects in five minutes, prompting Pan Yunxiang to offer him the deputy commander position and exempt him from the remaining tests.
• Pan Yunxiang also exempted Shen Nan, and the other examiners crowded around Lin Baici after the assessment ended.
• Pan Yunxiang explained that the ten-day license test would begin with a written test, continue with identifying God's Taboo Objects, and then send candidates to cleanse one of the Luoyang Seven Towns each day.
• Fang Mingyuan and Long Miaomiao arrived at the base, where Du Ke and Li Bo directed them inside and Zhou Ziyang explained the dormitory rules.
• After dinner, Fang Mingyuan spotted Lin Baici carrying a large cardboard box and stared in disbelief that he was taking the license assessment.

Lin Baici tried to escape the attention of other examinees, then ran into his roommate Fang Mingyuan and warned him about the dangers of the license exam. When the written exam began, Xu Wei realized Lin Baici was an examiner and feared his scheme to sell the answers would be exposed.

• Lin Baici met Fang Mingyuan, who had come to take the license exam, and urged him to leave because he lacked the strength to withstand Rule Pollution.
• Fang Mingyuan noticed Lin Baici could move freely with an examiner and began suspecting that his roommate was an examiner.
• The 623 examinees were assigned to rooms for the written exam, and Fang Mingyuan hoped Lin Baici would not enter his room as an examiner.
• Lin Baici entered Room 2 with Liu Langqing and An Yixian, startling Xu Wei, who had sold exam answers after meeting Lin Baici at Nangong Shu's bar.
• Lin Baici announced the start of the exam, and He Zi'ang recognized the first two questions from the answers he had bought.

During the God Hunter written exam, Lin Baici uncovered multiple candidates cheating with contaminated accessories that shielded them from Rule Pollution, then confronted officials who questioned his actions. He caught two more cheaters in front of the chief examiners, leaving the exam hall tense and the internal conspiracy unresolved.

• Xu Wei used a Bodhi Seed Bracelet to clear his mind and keep answering the exam, while Lin Baici forced He Zi'ang to surrender a similar cheating bracelet and warned him about its lifelong migraine cost.
• Lin Baici told the other examiners that he had caught cheaters and began checking the remaining exam rooms as Xu Wei suspected he might be connected to the seller of the leaked questions.
• Fang Mingyuan recovered from Rule Pollution and realized his roommate Lin Baici was a Safety Bureau examiner, while Long Miaomiao continued eating chips and taking the exam.
• Deng Mingyu challenged Lin Baici's accusations, but Lin Baici searched the room and found Tan Yang wearing a cheating bracelet and another candidate using a Sleep-Annihilating Ring.
• Lin Baici ordered the ring-wearing candidate to remain seated until the exam ended, then handed the bracelet and ring to Deng Mingyu and said that two cases were enough to avoid disrupting the candidates.

Lin Baici confronted the examiners over organized cheating, then warned Fang Mingyuan and other candidates to withdraw before the dangerous second round. The candidates entered the underground shelter to identify God's Taboo Objects, and Lin Baici's warning went unheeded as the test began.

• Lin Baici pointed out that candidates shared a cheating method, but Pan Yunxiang ordered the examiners to keep the exam going and forbade anyone from dropping out.
• Deng Mingyu dismissed concerns about cheating, and Pan Yunxiang sent him to patrol while the written test continued.
• After the written test, Lin Baici brought Fang Mingyuan barbecue and urged him to drop out, but Fang Mingyuan refused.
• The next morning, Pan Yunxiang gathered 623 candidates to sign personal death liability waivers and explained the God's Taboo Object identification test.
• Lin Baici entered the air-raid shelter with the first group, where Yuan Jifeng assigned the examiners to watch three warehouses and began the one-hour test.
• Lin Baici urged Fang Mingyuan and several other candidates to withdraw, while Xu Wei winked at him and He Zi'ang ingratiated himself.

Lin Baici recognized that Rule Pollution had spread through the air-raid shelter and searched for its source while the examinees’ movements slowed. He found a Doll Model, but the pollution’s influence drove An Yixian and the others to attack him as he remained too stiff to defend himself.

• Lin Baici noticed his thoughts and movements slowing, recited the Diamond Sutra, and realized Rule Pollution had erupted in the warehouse.
• His chants helped the examinees regain awareness, while Xia Hongyao and An Yixian recognized the danger and the proctors outside debated whether to intervene.
• Lin Baici located the strongest pollution near a pile of junk and warned An Yixian to stay back as examinees began trying to escape.
• Lin Baici found a plastic doll in a backpack, and the God of Gluttony identified it as the Doll Model that turned nearby people into dolls.
• The examinees suddenly rushed toward Lin Baici, and An Yixian attacked him with a flame-wreathed fist while his limbs remained rigid.

Lin Baici destroyed the Doll Model and stopped its puppets, but a second outbreak of Rule Pollution began spreading scales among the candidates. As he searched for the source and treated the symptoms, Lin Baici suspected that someone had deliberately caused both outbreaks.

• Lin Baici used the Clay Figure and Xia Hongyao's Divine Grace to destroy the Doll Model, then subdued An Yixian and her black panther as the puppets attacked.
• The examiners and candidates regrouped, but Gu Tiantian and other candidates began growing scales, prompting Yuan Jifeng and Deng Mingyu to disagree over whether to call Commander Pan.
• The God of Gluttony revealed that distress and rising body temperature accelerated the scales, so Lin Baici used frost qi to relieve Gu Tiantian's itching.
• Lin Baici searched the storeroom for the source of the contamination and asked Xia Hongyao to watch the candidates for anyone acting suspiciously, warning that someone might have caused both outbreaks.

Lin Baici found and froze the lizard mummy causing the Rule Pollution during the license exam, impressing the examiners and earning the examinees a reprieve. The Luoyang Seven Towns was set to begin the next day as some candidates debated whether to continue.

• Xia Hongyao observed the examinees while Lin Baici handled the Rule Pollution, and Long Miaomiao discovered a lizard mummy taped beneath a desk lamp.
• Fang Mingyuan carried the desk lamp to Lin Baici, who recognized the danger, froze the mummy, and ended the examinees' itching.
• Deng Mingyu and Yuan Jifeng confirmed the pollution had eased, while Lin Baici credited Fang Mingyuan and Long Miaomiao with finding the object.
• Yuan Jifeng and Deng Mingyu reported the incident to Pan Yunxiang, who ordered the second group to begin the exam and asked Lin Baici about his purification method.
• At dinner, Gu Tiantian and Tan Yang considered quitting, while He Zi'ang and Xu Wei urged them to continue; Fang Mingyuan also doubted whether he should stay in the exam.

The candidates faced the risks of entering the Luoyang Seven Towns, and Pan Yunxiang led the examiners and those who chose to continue through the stone gate. As Lin Baici crossed the threshold, he felt an intense hunger that signaled a top-grade God's Taboo Object—or possibly God's Remains—was inside.

• Gu Qingqiu urged Hua Yueyu to withdraw, but Hua Yueyu chose to stay near Lin Baici, and Lin Baici later shook his head when she looked to him for reassurance.
• Pan Yunxiang ordered the candidates to board the buses, and Fang Mingyuan joined them while Gu Tiantian and about thirty others stayed behind.
• The buses took the candidates and examiners to a huge enclosed building, where Pan Yunxiang explained that crushing a lodestone would summon rescue but force the user to forfeit.
• Yuan Jifeng entered the Luoyang Seven Towns first, and Lin Baici followed after Deng Mingyu invited him to go ahead.
• Lin Baici felt an intense hunger at the gate and realized the God Ruins contained a top-grade God's Taboo Object, possibly God's Remains.

Lin Baici and the other candidates entered First Town, where they had to navigate its dangerous alleys while examiners watched over them. Lin Baici followed Fang Mingyuan and Long Miaomiao as they chose an alley marked “Turn right and die,” confident that following such death warnings was the way to clear the town.

• Lin Baici entered First Town with Xia Hongyao and Big Aunt, finding an ancient rainy town in place of the outskirts.
• The candidates set out in small groups as Pan Yunxiang assigned examiners to supervise them and limited how many could travel together.
• Lin Baici followed Fang Mingyuan and Long Miaomiao from the rooftops while struggling with intense hunger.
• Fang Mingyuan and Long Miaomiao reached a flag reading “Turn right and die,” and Long Miaomiao chose to enter the right-hand alley.
• Gu Qingqiu and Hua Yueyu also explored an alley despite its warning, while Xu Wei told He Zi'ang that following nine streets marked “Death” would let them pass.

Lin Baici investigated a sudden Dark Mist that swallowed Luoyang First Town during the God Hunter exam and discovered that the trial had become a deadly Rule Pollution. After freeing Fang Mingyuan and Long Miaomiao from ghostly hands, he followed an upside-down flag's directions, but the hands attacked them again from behind.

• Big Aunt explained to Lin Baici the informal rules of the God Hunter license exam and hinted that he could quietly help Fang Mingyuan.
• A fast-moving Dark Mist engulfed Lin Baici, Fang Mingyuan, and Long Miaomiao, plunging the town into darkness and silence.
• Lin Baici waited for the fog to thin, then found upside-down flags warning that certain directions would lead to death.
• Ghostly hands seized Lin Baici, Fang Mingyuan, and Long Miaomiao, but Lin Baici smashed the hands with his Affair Pipe Wrench and freed them.
• Lin Baici decided the danger was an unexpected Rule Pollution, returned to the flag, and led Fang Mingyuan and Long Miaomiao left as its warning instructed.
• Ghostly hands suddenly grabbed all three from behind and shoved Lin Baici forward.