Chapter Summaries

Xu Huo attended the Werner family’s formal New Year’s Eve banquet, where nobles gathered to review District 011’s affairs and receive shares of business profits. After the patriarch departed, the Werner family announced a special gift for the remaining guests.

• Xu Huo asked Lady Lily about the banquet, and she advised him to follow noble protocol and wait for the Werner family’s butler to summon him.
• Xu Huo sent Lady Lily gemstones through Angel, then arrived alone at the Werner family manor and socialized with Roy Clemens while waiting.
• The butler escorted the guests to the main building, where the Werner patriarch, Asis Werner, and other family members joined the formal banquet.
• Xu Huo took a seat at the second-to-last table, raised his glass for the patriarch’s toast, and received a gift package containing a share of noble business profits.
• After the banquet, the Werner patriarch left with the leaders of the strongest families, and the remaining Werner family members announced a special gift.

At the Werner family banquet, Xu Huo joined a hunt for five keys hidden across the estate and found the black key, drawing attention from the gathered nobles. He took the black box and left the Villa, while Sia Werner concluded that he was not interested in her.

• A Werner family member began a key hunt, and Xu Huo reasoned that the banquet was meant to win over nobles and identify talented players.
• Sia Werner invited Xu Huo to tea, then led him through the estate while they searched for a key.
• Xu Huo sensed a hidden key moving through Time Power and pulled the black gemstone key into his hand.
• Asis Werner, Kage Herta, and other guests found the sapphire, purple, and red keys, but the white key remained unfound when the hunt ended.
• Xu Huo chose the black box and left the Villa, and Sia Werner told the butler that he did not like her.

Xu Huo received the Werner family's gifts, including a Time Box, and decided to settle in District 011 while focusing on his Mental Evolution Aftereffect. His efforts to reconcile with his shadow personality worsened his condition, and the painted woman offered him several pouches of fresh blood.

• Xu Huo opened the Werner family's gifts and discovered that the Time Box represented the four-state courtyard he had previously entered.
• Xu Huo decided to live long-term in District 011, put Mr. Dong in charge of the shareholding income, and asked him to support Dr. Deng's research.
• Nobles began inviting Xu Huo to gatherings, but he declined so he could work on his Mental Evolution Aftereffect and communicate with his shadow personality.
• Xu Huo struggled to accept the memories and influence tied to Dr. Zhang, and repeated use of his mental powers worsened his Aftereffect.
• The painted woman offered Xu Huo pouches of fresh blood after watching him burn a blood-soaked handkerchief.

Xu Huo rested from his repeated attempts in the sealed space, warned Dr. Deng about the Black Shoulder Badge, and asked Lady Lily about Huahan Werner and the Werner family’s Super Player. Lady Lily urged him to build a sense of belonging in District 011, suggesting that starting a family there could secure the nobles’ support.

• Xu Huo asked Mr. Dong to tell the young ladies not to encourage Lichun’s mischief, then returned to the sealed space for ten days until his body forced him to stop.
• Dr. Deng joked with Xu Huo about his exhaustion and the attention Rose Castle was receiving, and Xu Huo warned him to avoid the Black Shoulder Badge.
• Xu Huo visited Lady Lily, who explained District 011’s noble-family taboos and identified Huahan Werner as a senior Player in the Werner family.
• Lady Lily told Xu Huo that the Werner family’s Super Player was rarely seen and that District 011 had several time-type Super Evolvers.
• Lady Lily suggested that the Werner family’s interest in Xu Huo could be an opportunity, and that building a family and a life in District 011 would help him gain a sense of belonging and noble support.

Xu Huo investigated District 011’s history and considered the hidden limits surrounding its Super Player while dealing with the threat of his shadow personality. Yan Jiayu visited Rose Castle, gave him medals and Sub-class Stones, and agreed to alter her appearance as she settled in.

• Xu Huo searched Dimension Below for information about District 011’s rise and concluded that its Super Player’s influence and ambitions remained unclear.
• Xu Huo reflected on the Super Player’s Time Power and wondered whether they had appeared during the chaos in District 011.
• Xu Huo continued to worry that his shadow personality was hiding from his attempts to deal with it.
• Yan Jiayu arrived at Rose Castle, and Xu Huo welcomed her with a feast before they talked in the Tea Hall.
• Yan Jiayu gave Xu Huo two Gentleman of Light Medals and a pile of Sub-class Stones, and he accepted the gifts after she declined Gray Player status.
• Xu Huo warned Yan Jiayu that she might need to change her appearance, and she altered her features and skin.

Yan Jiayu demonstrated her new appearance-changing Ability before Xu Huo learned that Qi Congming had followed her to the Ancient Castle. After Yan Jiayu beat him, she asked Xu Huo to tolerate the persistent admirer, though Xu Huo warned her to check for a tracking item.

• Yan Jiayu showed Xu Huo that she could alter her facial features, but said the changes were temporary and could not affect her bones.
• Mr. Dong told Xu Huo that the Ancient Castle had caught a C-class player sneaking in, and Xu Huo questioned Qi Congming at blade-point.
• Qi Congming admitted that Yan Jiayu had defeated him in a Dungeon and that his Ability, 'Till Death Do Us Part,' let him locate her Sub-district.
• Yan Jiayu returned, beat Qi Congming, and rebuked him for following her after she had freed him from his murderous companions.
• Yan Jiayu asked Xu Huo to be tolerant because Qi Congming had done good deeds, and Xu Huo agreed but warned her to check for a tracking item.

Yan Jiayu returned to the Ancient Castle with Qi Cong, who had secretly tracked her, while Xu Huo prepared to undergo Mental Evolution. That night, Qi Cong tried to leave his room but became trapped on the castle’s endless stairs and saw a shadow pass by.

• Yan Jiayu discovered and destroyed a tracking device Qi Cong had hidden in her shoe, then explained that he had followed her across sub-districts and a Wormhole Point.
• Xu Huo offered Qi Cong an interrogation Potion, but Qi Cong pleaded with Yan Jiayu, who decided to take him along; Xu Huo let him stay as a guest and told Mr. Dong to watch him.
• Dr. Deng delivered Potions for Xu Huo and warned him about the dangers of Mental Evolution, and Xu Huo injected two vials before entering an Enclosed Space.
• After Yan Jiayu and the painted woman returned for dinner, Mr. Dong kept them out of Xu Huo’s Enclosed Space and dimmed the Ancient Castle for the night.
• Qi Cong sneaked out of his room but found the stairs endlessly looping in both directions, collapsed from exhaustion, and saw a shadow flash past.

Yan Jiayu challenged the shadow personality to games inside the Ancient Castle while Xu Huo secretly interfered. Xu Huo lured the shadow into a white space and caught it.

• Yan Jiayu followed the shadow through the Ancient Castle and tried repeatedly to catch it, eventually pinning it down with an invisibility prop.
• Yan Jiayu challenged the shadow to a chess match, lost several games, and declared they would settle things with another round of hide-and-seek.
• Yan Jiayu ran through the castle as the shadow pursued her, dodging its attempts to catch her.
• Xu Huo secretly interfered when the shadow tried to trap Yan Jiayu in the Spiritual World.
• Xu Huo opened a doorway beneath Yan Jiayu, then caught the shadow as it jumped into the white space after her.

Xu Huo recovered the memory of his childhood in Dr. Zhang’s hospital and reconciled with the shadow personality. The Book Tower then transformed into a Mirror World of his mind, where Yan Jiayu fell into the newly formed mental space.

• Xu Huo recalled how Dr. Zhang isolated him, how he tried to poison Dr. Zhang, and how he accidentally killed an innocent patient mistaken for him.
• Xu Huo thanked the shadow personality and promised to honor the innocent patient; the shadow personality embraced him and changed from a hospital gown into black pajamas.
• The Book Tower’s personalities gathered around the table with their Manifestations in front of them, and the tower crumbled into fragments that rebuilt into a larger mental space.
• A mirror-built door in the Book Tower opened back to Rose Castle, and Xu Huo watched as Yan Jiayu fell out of the Mental Portal into the corridor.
• Yan Jiayu discovered that she could pass through the walls and furnishings of the mental space, then grabbed the second-floor landing as she fell toward the first floor.

Xu Huo tested his new Mirror Spiritual World on Yan Jiayu and Qi Cong, then discovered that his Manifestation had gained a mirror element and expanded in range. After considering how mental power, Abilities, and items might connect, he decided to rest and explore his new power later.

• Xu Huo trapped Yan Jiayu in the Mirror Spiritual World, where she struggled to use her items but managed to climb back up through the floor.
• Xu Huo used mental control to make Qi Cong wound himself, but Qi Cong regained control before he could stab his throat.
• Yan Jiayu asked Xu Huo to find Qi Cong a safe job, and Xu Huo offered to ask Mr. Dong for help if Qi Cong would stay in District 011.
• Xu Huo returned to the Book Tower and found that his Manifestation had gained a mirror-like surface and a small mirror door.
• Xu Huo reflected on his doubled mental power, expanded two-hundred-meter Manifestation range, and the possible links between space-time powers, Abilities, and items before deciding to sleep.

Xu Huo tested the expanded Mirror Spiritual World after resolving the shadow personality’s lingering troubles, then decided to pay a formal visit to Huahan Werner. The chapter ended with Xu Huo asking Mr. Dong to prepare and send a calling card to Werner’s home.

• Yan Jiayu told Xu Huo that Qi Cong might stay in District 011, and Xu Huo offered to help him suspend his Player status.
• Yan Jiayu and the painted woman went sightseeing, while Xu Huo pulled Qi Cong into the Spiritual World to test his abilities.
• Xu Huo examined the Mirror Spiritual World, whose range had grown to a radius of two hundred meters, and confirmed that he could not yet seal its perimeter with a Confusion Barrier.
• Xu Huo summoned Mr. Dong to the Study Room and told him to prepare a gift and calling card for a visit to Huahan Werner.

Xu Huo visited Hua Han Werner at his family’s old castle in Xiu City and learned that the elderly Player had aged because of an encounter with Time Rays. The chapter ended with Hua Han Werner explaining that he was a hundred years older than District 011.

• The Werner family sent a butler to teach Xu Huo the etiquette for visiting Hua Han Werner.
• Yan Jiayu enjoyed her time at Xu Huo’s home, then left, and Xu Huo told Mr. Dong not to stop Qi Cong if he wanted to leave.
• Xu Huo traveled to Xiu City and arrived at Hua Han Werner’s old castle, where he found the old man tending his garden.
• Hua Han Werner welcomed Xu Huo and sent his butler to prepare local dishes, then spoke with Xu Huo about his age.
• Hua Han Werner said that Time Rays had carried his body onto another world’s timeline, making him a hundred years older than District 011.

Xu Huo discussed the risks and limits of Time Evolution with Huahan Werner while helping him plant saplings. Huahan Werner challenged Xu Huo’s understanding of Time Rays, leaving him to question the foundations of his Spacetime Evolution.

• Huahan Werner warned Xu Huo that Temporal Evolution was poorly understood and that mistakes could cost a person their life.
• Huahan Werner invited Xu Huo to help trim and plant saplings in his garden.
• While they worked, Xu Huo observed the plants shedding growth when resources ran short and remarked that it seemed as if time had gone backward.
• Huahan Werner insisted that time could only move forward and explained that Time Rays were a way to understand and control time, which was one whole.
• Xu Huo realized Huahan Werner’s explanation challenged the ray-based foundation of his Spacetime Evolution, then followed the butler toward the dining room.

Xu Huo learned from Huahan Werner that Temporal Evolution differed from Spatial Evolution and that pursuing both could hinder his progress, but he refused to give up either power. As he left District 011, noble youths tried to obstruct him, and he escaped after trapping one in a Spiritual World.

• The butler dressed Xu Huo in Huahan Werner's old formal clothes and served him dinner with Huahan Werner.
• Huahan Werner explained that Time Power could not be controlled like Space Power and suggested Xu Huo choose between his two Evolutions.
• Xu Huo declined to abandon either power and left Werner's home in an automated flying vehicle.
• A group of noble youths blocked Xu Huo's route with a spatial barrier, but he dispelled it and continued driving.
• One noble youth attacked Xu Huo, became stuck to the car, and was immobilized by Xu Huo's gaze as the others watched.
• Xu Huo drove away after telling the noble youths to visit him at Rose Castle, leaving them stunned.

Xu Huo returned to Rose Castle and reflected on Huahan Werner’s advice about Temporal Evolution. He concluded that Huahan Werner was District 011’s Super Player, that the Werner family was considering him as a potential successor, and that he should learn from Huahan Werner without abandoning his Spatial Evolution.

• Xu Huo returned to Rose Castle, told Mr. Dong to store Huahan Werner’s cleaned coat separately, and learned that Qi Cong had left his room.
• Xu Huo told Yan Jiayu that Qi Cong was likely waiting to track her when she entered the game’s Sub-district.
• Xu Huo considered Huahan Werner’s explanation of Time Power and questioned whether his own Temporal Evolution was developing in the right direction.
• Xu Huo reasoned that Huahan Werner was District 011’s Super Player, was nearing the end of his life, and had prompted the Werner family to seek a potential successor.
• Xu Huo concluded that District 011 was watching him as a possible candidate but decided not to abandon his established Spatial Evolution.

Xu Huo watched an injured Outer District Player flee the White Shoulder Badges into Rose Castle and heard his account of his sister’s murder and brother’s disappearance. After confirming Blan admitted the player’s claims were true, Xu Huo let him escape with his Ticket, leaving Blan to threaten him as the team withdrew.

• Xu Huo tested Umbrella Guarantees Rain through the night, opening and closing it to avoid poisonous showers.
• An injured player fled Blan and the White Shoulder Badges into Rose Castle and begged Xu Huo for help, claiming his sister had been killed as a cult sacrifice and his brother had disappeared.
• Xu Huo asked Blan whether the player’s story was true, and Blan admitted that it was before trying to retract his answer.
• Xu Huo allowed Mr. Dong to open the castle door and told the player to leave with his Ticket.
• Blan threatened Xu Huo and led the White Shoulder Badges away, while Xu Huo dismissed the matter as none of his concern.

Xu Huo left Sun Su in Dr. Deng’s care while District 011 punished the cultists and White Shoulder Badge members involved in the case. He bought mountains near Base City for training and examined the enlarged Time Box, whose courtyards contained Time Rays of varying density.

• Xu Huo rescued Sun Su’s injured younger brother and learned how the cult had trapped Sun Yong after Sun Su uncovered evidence of its crimes.
• District 011 announced punishments for the cult members and the White Shoulder Badge members led by Blan, and promised compensation to victims’ families.
• Sun Yong returned to take Sun Su away, and the brothers left District 011 without accepting compensation.
• Xu Huo bought three mountains and rented seven nearby peaks to use as a training ground.
• Xu Huo placed the Time Box in a cleared mountain area and found that it had grown and changed, with Time Rays distributed unevenly among its courtyards.

Xu Huo used a special prop to investigate differences in Time Power and tested how its courtyards affected a short-lived bird. He realized that Temporal Evolution required distinguishing Time Power from different spaces, not refining his perception of Time Rays within one space.

• Xu Huo observed courtyards repeatedly appearing and disappearing inside the special prop, with plants cycling through growth and decay.
• Xu Huo rested, watched birds enter the courtyards, and confined a mutated bird with a short lifespan to a courtyard with few Time Rays.
• Xu Huo found the bird still alive after more than sixteen hours in the courtyard, but it died shortly after leaving.
• Xu Huo concluded that the courtyards separated subtly different kinds of time and that Huahan Werner had been right about Time Power encroaching from other spaces.
• Xu Huo recognized that his earlier approach to Temporal Evolution was a wrong path and identified perceiving differences between Time Power from different spaces as the necessary next step.

Xu Huo rested at the courtyard while studying theories about Time Power, then watched the animals and plants around him as he considered how Time Rays might affect artifacts and interact with space. He ended by wondering whether Spatial Evolution and Temporal Evolution could complement each other.

• Xu Huo failed to make progress with the space artifact and read materials about Temporal Evolution and Time Power.
• Xu Huo avoided using Angel's Eyes because its Time Origin was too valuable and he might be watched.
• Xu Huo slept in the courtyard, where small animals and Mutated Plants gathered overnight.
• Xu Huo lured nearby animals into the courtyard with snacks and watched one squirrel-like Mutant hide food and cover its tracks with mushroom spores.
• Xu Huo connected the animals' drifting spores to his thoughts about Time Rays, artifact instability, and the possible relationship between Spatial Evolution and Temporal Evolution.

Xu Huo experimented with manipulating Time Rays and Space Rays but failed to advance his Evolutions, then returned to Rose Castle and prepared to leave with the painted woman. They departed District 011 and boarded a train, where the painted woman ordered food.

• Xu Huo tested a dozen Space Teleport Artifacts but couldn't make his Spatial Evolution or Temporal Evolution advance.
• Xu Huo spent three days trying to fuse Time Power between courtyards, then decided his Evolution level might be too low.
• Xu Huo returned to Rose Castle and told the painted woman they would leave for his next Dungeon after lunch the following day.
• The painted woman packed her belongings and insisted on accompanying Xu Huo, while Mr. Dong prepared supplies and outfits for him.
• Xu Huo and the painted woman left District 011 and boarded a train; she ordered food after he returned from the Transfer Carriage.