Chapter Summaries

After winning a promotion match and ending his livestream, Bai Xiaowen was summoned to the president's office. Xiao Jun teased him about his attention from women and urged him to stay faithful to Li Shuyi, while Bai Xiaowen left her with instructions to train.

• Bai Xiaowen won a match, qualified for promotion matches, and ended his livestream after thanking his viewers.
• Sister Yan invited Bai Xiaowen to dinner, but Xiao Jun told him that Sister Shu Yi wanted him at the president's office.
• Bai Xiaowen overheard Xiao Jun promising Li Shuyi she would keep an eye on him, then startled Xiao Jun and teased her for spying.
• Xiao Jun called Sister Yan an old woman and urged Bai Xiaowen not to let Li Shuyi down, and Bai Xiaowen resolved to restrain himself.
• Bai Xiaowen told Xiao Jun to take the Enhancement Recipe Sister He would deliver and practice Basic Combat movements before leaving for the president's office.

Bai Xiaowen prepared to accompany Li Shuyi on her class-change trial, and the Super God Guild secured a Temporary Team-Building Item for them. After training until the eve of her deadline, the two entered the Spirit Realm together, intending to undertake the trial in the Three Kingdoms Plane World.

• Li Beihai told Bai Xiaowen that the guild was negotiating to buy a Temporary Team-Building Item for Li Shuyi’s trial.
• Bai Xiaowen learned that Li Beihai and Old Demon had reservations about his risky Yellow Turban camp raid, though the old president had praised him.
• Bai Xiaowen confirmed that he planned to take Li Shuyi’s class-change trial in the Three Kingdoms Plane World, and Li Beihai warned him to keep her safe.
• Over the following days, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi trained until her Basic Shooting reached Level 5 and his Basic Meditation advanced to Advanced Level 1.
• On the final day before Li Shuyi’s deadline, she used the Temporary Team-Building Item, invited Bai Xiaowen, and the two entered the Spirit Realm.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi entered the Three Kingdoms Plane, where Li Shuyi chose an A+ Class Change quest to meet Guan Yu or Zhao Yun and receive their guidance. They began their ten-day quest together, while Bai Xiaowen also received a side quest to have his Scribbled Notes deciphered.

• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi arrived in the Three Kingdoms Plane, and Bai Xiaowen received an A-Tier quest to find someone who could decipher his Scribbled Notes.
• Li Shuyi received three Class Change quest options, including raising her reputation, secretly killing a famous figure, or earning guidance from Guan Yu or Zhao Yun.
• Bai Xiaowen advised Li Shuyi to pursue Guan Yu or Zhao Yun, reasoning that their guidance could lead to a class suited to her Combat Zeal talent.
• Li Shuyi selected the A+ quest to meet Guan Yu or Zhao Yun and receive their guidance within ten days.
• Li Shuyi told Bai Xiaowen she would work hard, and he reassured her that she would become strong.

After leveling up and awakening Mental Scan, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi entered the Three Kingdoms Plane World and discovered that Xuzhou faced a Yellow Turban siege. They left the city to seek Liu Bei’s army, while Bai Xiaowen hoped to find someone who could help him decipher talismanic writing.

• Bai Xiaowen reached Level 2, awakened Mental Scan, equipped the Warlock's Robe, and gained stronger attributes for himself and his summons.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi paid to adjust their appearance and language, then left the thatched hut and learned they had arrived in Xuzhou City.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi discovered that a massive Yellow Turban force had surrounded the city, while the governor Tao Qian awaited Liu Bei’s relief army.
• Bai Xiaowen learned that Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhao Yun were approaching Xuzhou, and proposed leaving the city to seek Liu Bei and build reputation by fighting Yellow Turban Soldiers.
• Li Shuyi questioned whether Bai Xiaowen needed to join the Yellow Turban Army for his mission, but Bai Xiaowen argued he could find another expert in talismanic writing and hoped to join Liu Bei’s forces.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi fabricated identities and met Mi Zhu at the Provincial Governor’s Office, where Bai offered to break through the Yellow Turban encirclement and contact Liu Bei. Mi Zhu gave them transit tokens and a new mission, but refused Bai’s requests for a letter and money.

• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi agreed to pose as sworn siblings from Guan Yu’s and Zhao Yun’s hometowns, respectively.
• Bai Xiaowen persuaded the gate clerk to admit them to the Provincial Governor’s Office, where Mi Zhu received them.
• Bai Xiaowen declined Mi Zhu’s offer to recommend him to Zang Ba and proposed breaking out to contact Liu Bei.
• Mi Zhu gave Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi transit tokens, activating a 24-hour mission to break through the Yellow Turban Army and find Liu Bei.
• Mi Zhu refused Bai Xiaowen’s requests for a handwritten letter and military funds, leaving him looking like a swindler.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi left Xuzhou with money from Mi Zhu, but Yellow Turban soldiers pursued them into the woods. Bai Xiaowen summoned his allies to fight the pursuers, and the battle began with Angerclaw attacking the soldiers.

• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi accepted 100 silver ingots from Mi Zhu and left his residence.
• Mi Zhu had his men track the pair and learned that they bought supplies before leaving Xuzhou.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi escaped the city by hanging basket and slipped into the woods as Yellow Turban soldiers came to investigate.
• Bai Xiaowen used Insight on commandant Chen Heng and learned that he was protected by Talisman Water Power and Fire Demon Benediction.
• Bai Xiaowen summoned his Skeleton Soldiers, Shadow Assassins, and Angerclaw, who killed a Yellow Turban soldier and engaged Chen Heng's squad.
• Li Shuyi fought an archer while Bai Xiaowen shot the Yellow Turban soldiers, and Angerclaw's howl cast a blood-colored glow over their group.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi annihilated Chen Heng’s Yellow Turban Army force, earning Tao Qian’s Army’s respect and a map of the Xuzhou outskirts. Afterward, Li Shuyi found Blue Gear in an ordinary soldier’s treasure chest.

• Bai Xiaowen used Rapid-Fire Mode and Fear to help Rageclaw and the others kill the Yellow Turban soldiers and archers, then defeat Chen Heng.
• Bai Xiaowen’s team received increased reputation with Tao Qian’s Army, hostile reputation with the Yellow Turban Army, and six points of Black Soul Stone growth.
• Bai Xiaowen reassured Li Shuyi about her Class Change mission and urged her to search the battlefield before the main Yellow Turban force arrived.
• Li Shuyi drew a Yellow Turban Commandant Token from Chen Heng’s Silver Treasure Chest, while Bai Xiaowen obtained a guaranteed Xuzhou Outskirts Map.
• Li Shuyi opened a Bronze Treasure Chest from an ordinary soldier and found Blue Gear.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi chose to break through the Yellow Turban Army’s Southeast Auxiliary Camp, using fire to create chaos and cover their advance. They set the camp ablaze and pushed into its shack district, where smoke and panic obscured their attackers.

• Bai Xiaowen assigned the Oxhorn Bow to Li Shuyi and explained how the Yellow Turban Army’s blessings strengthened its defenses.
• Bai Xiaowen decided to avoid the northern camps and lead Li Shuyi through a southern auxiliary camp to reach Liu Bei’s Army.
• Bai Xiaowen sent the Shadow Assassin into the Southeast Auxiliary Camp and planned a route through its shack districts.
• Bai Xiaowen equipped his summons with tung oil and explained that they would use fire to create confusion.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi attacked the camp at night, while their summons set fires and the Wolf King fought the guards.
• Bai Xiaowen’s group charged into the burning shack district as smoke and panic scattered its inhabitants.

Bai Xiaowen led his group through the Yellow Turban Auxiliary Camp, using the Shadow Assassin to distract Zhang Yin and draw him away from their route. After breaking through the final encirclement with Rageclaw’s Howl, they escaped the blockade and disappeared into the darkness.

• Bai Xiaowen’s group followed the Wolf King through a weakly defended route, while the Shadow Assassin and Rageclaw overwhelmed a Heavy Armored Sword-and-Shield Soldier blocking their way.
• Bai Xiaowen sent the Shadow Assassin ahead to spread tung oil and start fires, but Zhang Yin saw through her stealth and badly wounded her with lightning.
• The Shadow Assassin ran toward the Southeast Auxiliary Camp’s central command camp, drawing Zhang Yin away so he would not risk disturbing the Great Physician.
• Bai Xiaowen’s group reached the final semicircular encirclement, and Rageclaw used Howl to boost their attacks as they killed a Level 4 Yellow Turban Army brute and broke through.
• Bai Xiaowen and his group outran the pursuing Yellow Turban Army and vanished into the darkness.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi escaped the Yellow Turban Army’s camp, but Zhang Yin intercepted them and attacked. As Zhang Yin began using an unknown skill, Rageclaw seized the opening with Suppression.

• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi rested while their injured summoned creatures recovered, and Bai Xiaowen considered how to help Li Shuyi complete her Class Change mission.
• Bai Xiaowen sensed an attack and leapt with Li Shuyi from Rageclaw just before Zhang Yin’s lightning struck the Wolf King.
• Bai Xiaowen identified Zhang Yin as a Boss Tier Thunder-Summoning Warlock and ordered Rageclaw and the Skeleton Soldiers to attack.
• Bai Xiaowen interrupted Zhang Yin’s Chain Lightning with Intimidating Shout, allowing the group to damage him and trigger his Lightning Shield.
• Three Skeleton Soldiers absorbed Zhang Yin’s thunderballs, and Rageclaw avoided paralysis as Zhang Yin activated an unknown skill.
• Rageclaw used Suppression against Zhang Yin through Bai Xiaowen’s Mind Link.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi killed Zhang Yin, collected his loot and head, and escaped the Yellow Turban pursuers. Bai Xiaowen then enhanced his Skeleton Warriors, and Delifa asked whether they should devour the souls of elite Yellow Turban soldiers.

• Rageclaw used Suppression to knock Zhang Yin down, and Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, and the Skeleton Soldiers attacked him until he fled with a crippling leg wound.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi continued attacking Zhang Yin from range, killing him and causing his summoned Wooden Man to vanish.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi each drew loot from Zhang Yin's Golden Treasure Chest, obtaining a Wooden Man Token and a Thunderstorm Scroll.
• Bai Xiaowen claimed Zhang Yin's Head as a special item that could earn a reward from a faction hostile to the Yellow Turban Army.
• Bai Xiaowen spent 10 Soul Essence to enhance the Skeleton Warriors, increasing all their attributes by 2.
• Delifa told Bai Xiaowen that the enhanced Skeleton Warriors could devour the soul consciousnesses of Yellow Turban Army Elite Heavy-armored Sword-and-Shield Soldiers and asked whether they should do so.

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• Salted Fish said that after several books flopped, he spent a year writing formulaic stories for guaranteed pay to support his family.
• Salted Fish’s wife found stable work and encouraged him to write what he wanted, so he prepared and revised Eye of Evolution for three months.
• Salted Fish reported that the book had gained over 25,000 bookmarks and was expected to go premium on October 1st.
• Salted Fish promised concise data sections, no missed updates or abandonment, and more chapters while maintaining quality.
• The system activated subscription and ranking quests that offered extra updates based on subscriptions, votes, rankings, and donations.
• Salted Fish asked readers to support the book and said the chapter’s public installment was free.

Bai Xiaowen fused a Skeleton Warrior with a Heavy-armored Sword-and-Shield Soldier’s soul, giving it Shield Bash, then reached Liu Bei’s camp with Li Shuyi. They met Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, joined Liu Bei’s command, and presented Zhang Yin’s head, leaving Liu Bei to consider their reward.

• Bai Xiaowen used Devour on Skeleton No. 1, which mutated into a Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier and gained Shield Bash.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi reached Liu Bei’s tent, where Bai Xiaowen inspected Guan Yu and Zhao Yun.
• Bai Xiaowen told Liu Bei that he was from Hedong Jieyang, while Li Shuyi said she came from Zhending County, making her a fellow townsman of Zhao Yun.
• Bai Xiaowen asked to join Liu Bei’s command and presented Zhang Yin’s head as proof of their service.
• Liu Bei praised Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi’s achievement and asked how he should reward them.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi joined Liu Bei's Army and sought martial arts instruction from Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, but both refused. After Jian Yong deciphered their notebook into a Talisman Scripture, Bai Xiaowen devised a plan to earn the generals' personal regard and help Li Shuyi with her Class Change mission.

• Liu Bei offered Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi a reward, but Guan Yu and Zhao Yun refused to teach them martial arts.
• Bai Xiaowen showed Jian Yong the Scribbled Notes, and Jian Yong deciphered them into an A-Tier Talisman Scripture that could absorb demonic power from recently slain Yellow Turban sorcerers.
• A side mission activated, requiring Bai Xiaowen to kill Yellow Turban Army spellcasters and infuse the Talisman Scripture with their demonic power.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi concluded that they needed to raise their personal Affection Levels with Guan Yu and Zhao Yun rather than rely on army reputation.
• Bai Xiaowen assigned himself to approach Guan Yu and Li Shuyi to approach Zhao Yun, then told her to play the role of a female Zhuge Liang as they headed to the main camp.

Bai Xiaowen persuaded Liu Bei to send Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to raid the Yellow Turban auxiliary camps, then approached Zhao Yun with a plan to attack the southern main camp. Zhao Yun had yet to decide whether to accept the opportunity.

• Bai Xiaowen proposed killing the Great Healers in the Southeast and Southwest Auxiliary Camps to break the Yellow Turbans’ demonic arts.
• Liu Bei adopted the plan, devised a way to conceal the camp’s reduced strength, and assigned Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to lead the raids.
• That night, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi visited Zhao Yun, who had declined to volunteer for the raids.
• Bai Xiaowen warned Zhao Yun that the Yellow Turbans would reinforce the auxiliary camps and urged him to attack their vulnerable southern main camp.

Bai Xiaowen persuaded Zhao Yun that Li Shuyi’s plan would help him earn merit, then agreed to split up to rescue Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Zhao Yun took Li Shuyi with him, and the pair planned to earn his trust by defeating the Yellow Turbans.

• Zhao Yun rejected Li Shuyi’s southern-front plan as disloyal and unrighteous, lowering his Affection Level toward her and Bai Xiaowen.
• Bai Xiaowen argued that Li Shuyi wanted Zhao Yun to gain recognition and explained how his past achievements had gone unrewarded.
• Zhao Yun refused to abandon Guan Yu and Zhang Fei for personal merit, so Li Shuyi proposed that he aid Zhang Fei while she and Bai Xiaowen helped Guan Yu.
• Zhao Yun insisted Li Shuyi accompany him to the Southwest Auxiliary Camp, promising to protect her, and his Affection Level toward her rose to Acquaintance, 100%.
• Bai Xiaowen told Li Shuyi that rescuing Guan Yu and Zhang Fei could remove Zhao Yun’s remaining suspicions, while he continued to pursue Guan Yu’s route.

Bai Xiaowen accompanied Zhang Chun’s army on a night march to rescue Guan Yu, while the Blood-Red Eyeball drained 1,000 Psionic Points and temporarily disabled his Insight talent. At dawn, Bai Xiaowen helped Zhang Chun break through the Yellow Turban Army’s defenses, and they reached Guan Yu’s position near the central camp’s altar.

• Liu Bei ordered Zhao Yun and Zhang Chun to lead separate rescue missions for Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, with Li Yi and Bai Wen accompanying them.
• Bai Xiaowen used Insight on Zhang Chun, but unknown interference from his Blood-Red Eyeball demanded 1,000 Psionic Points and left Insight temporarily unavailable.
• After an overnight march, Zhang Chun’s army reached the besieged Southeast Auxiliary Camp and charged into the Yellow Turban Army’s ranks.
• Bai Xiaowen and Wolf King Raging Claw killed an Elite Heavy-armored Sword-and-Shield Soldier, and Skeleton No. 2 devoured its soul to become another Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier.
• As Zhang Chun’s advance faltered, Bai Xiaowen used Mental Scan to locate Guan Yu and had Wolf King Raging Claw’s howl strengthen nearby allies.
• Zhang Chun’s army broke through the Yellow Turban defenses and found Guan Yu trapped near an altar in the central camp.

Bai Xiaowen rescued Guan Yu from the Yellow Turban Army’s spells and witnessed him kill the Great Physician with a devastating charge. Guan Yu’s demonstration unlocked a new skill for Bai Xiaowen, leaving him to consider whether to keep Intimidation or his original skill.

• Bai Xiaowen spotted the Yellow Turban Taoists weakening Guan Yu with repeated negative-status spells and led his summons toward the altar.
• Zhang Chun charged into the Yellow Turban soldiers and drew their attention, allowing Bai Xiaowen to approach Guan Yu.
• Bai Xiaowen used the Thunderstorm Scroll to paralyze the Taoists and nearby Yellow Turban soldiers, but the scroll drained his spiritual power and began consuming his Life Value.
• Guan Yu charged the Great Physician, cut through the Elite Sword-and-Shield Soldiers, and beheaded him with a powerful strike.
• The Great Physician’s death ended the Yellow Turban Army’s Frenzy State and Fire Demon Benediction, and Guan Yu asked Bai Xiaowen if he had watched carefully.
• Bai Xiaowen received Guan Yu’s guidance and unlocked Intimidation, a mutated version of Intimidating Shout.

Bai Xiaowen helped rout the Yellow Turban Army at the Southeast Auxiliary Camp, and the collapse spread across the southern line, allowing Liu Bei's Army to reach Xuzhou City. He assessed his battle rewards and reunited with Li Shuyi.

• Bai Xiaowen chose the upgraded group-control skill [Intimidation] and learned from Guan Yu that his fighting style differed too much for Guan Yu's guidance to help him.
• Bai Xiaowen discovered that the Talisman Scripture and Black Soul Stone could absorb power or souls only from enemies whose kills he had contributed to, then hunted Yellow Turban Army elites with his summoned creatures.
• Guan Yu's charge and Liu Bei's Army's arrival broke the Yellow Turban Army at the Southeast Auxiliary Camp, while Zhang Fei killed the Great Healer at the Southwest Auxiliary Camp.
• The Great Healer of the Southern Main Camp fled, and Liu Bei's Army advanced into Xuzhou City after the Yellow Turban blockade collapsed along the southern line.
• Bai Xiaowen gained four Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers, raised the Talisman Scripture's charge to 80% and the Black Soul Stone's growth to 33/100, and obtained a chicken drumstick and a bind-on-equip shield from his treasure chests.
• Bai Xiaowen finally saw Li Shuyi again in Xuzhou City.

Li Shuyi completed her Class Change mission with a perfect evaluation after Bai Xiaowen gave her Guan Yu’s guidance manuscript. She considered three Elite class options, including a rare class with powerful stacking bonuses, but had not yet chosen one.

• Li Shuyi told Bai Xiaowen that watching Zhao Yun’s battle had completed her Class Change mission, and Guan Yu gave Bai Xiaowen a manuscript that contained one use of his guidance.
• Bai Xiaowen passed the manuscript to Li Shuyi, who read it and completed her mission with a perfect rating.
• Li Shuyi thanked and kissed Bai Xiaowen, then pushed him away when she remembered they were in the wrong place as sworn siblings.
• Li Shuyi revealed that her perfect evaluation unlocked the Thunderwind Swordsman, an exclusive class with 9 attribute growth per level and a stacking attack-speed and Critical Hit skill.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi ruled out Phantom Assassin and compared the fixed attack-speed bonus of Gale Swordsman with Thunderwind Swordsman’s stacking bonuses, weighing the latter’s uncertain duration.