Chapter Summaries

After a senior official intervened, Yang Yongkang arranged a private settlement between Bai Xiaowen and Fu Yiping over the Awakened Association’s treatment of him. Bai Xiaowen rejected Fu Yiping’s first proposed compensation and inspected a second scroll, the Book of Revelation, before the chapter ended.

• Bai Xiaowen ended his livestream at Yang Yongkang’s request after reassuring viewers that he was fine.
• Yang Yongkang apologized on the Awakened Association’s behalf and asked Bai Xiaowen to speak calmly to the media; Bai Xiaowen claimed he had suffered psychological trauma and demanded compensation.
• Fu Yiping offered ten million, then learned Bai Xiaowen meant ten million Psionic Points, which he refused to pay.
• Yang Yongkang urged Fu Yiping to offer equipment instead, and Fu Yiping presented an Explosive Array scroll that Bai Xiaowen rejected after using Insight to discover its steep usage requirement.
• Fu Yiping produced a Book of Revelation, and Yang Yongkang praised the B-Tier Silver Tier item as a sincere offer.
• Bai Xiaowen used Insight to learn that the Book of Revelation could raise one random combat skill by one level and had one use remaining.

Bai Xiaowen accepted compensation from Fu Yiping and Wu Chonglian after confronting them at the Awakened Association. On the way back with Li Beihai, he learned about the old grudges between their guilds and promised to help the Super God Guild reach the Class-A League.

• Bai Xiaowen accepted Fu Yiping's one-use Book of Revelation instead of thirty thousand Psionic Points and decided to save it for when his combat skills were stronger.
• Bai Xiaowen demanded twenty thousand Psionic Points from Wu Chonglian for calling him a liar, and Fu Yiping paid on Wu's behalf.
• Bai Xiaowen left the Awakened Association with Li Beihai after they agreed to coordinate their stories about the incident.
• Li Beihai explained that Wu Chonglian resented the Super God Guild after losing to him in a real-life fight.
• Li Beihai told Bai Xiaowen that Ling Feng had left the Super God Guild for the Titan Guild, deepening the guilds' feud, and asked which university Bai Xiaowen planned to attend.

Bai Xiaowen discussed university choices with Li Beihai before returning home, where representatives from more than a dozen top universities competed to recruit him. He asked them to submit their universities’ advantages in writing so he could consider their offers.

• Bai Xiaowen told Li Beihai he had not chosen a university, while Li Beihai recommended Yanda University or Tsinghua for their strong students and CUAA teams.
• Bai Xiaowen asked Li Beihai to find a Spirit Realm Ticket so Shu Yi could level up, and Li Beihai offered to buy one through the Awakened Platform.
• Bai Xiaowen greeted his fans outside the Awakened Guild and spent several hours with them before returning home.
• Bai Xiaowen arrived home to find admissions representatives from top universities waiting to recruit him.
• Qiao Wei, Zhou Guozheng, Arslan, and Yan Xiaoxin each promoted their universities, and Bai Xiaowen asked the representatives to write down their offers for him to review.

Bai Xiaowen reviewed competing university offers and chose Jinghai University after learning it would provide a Spirit Realm Ticket each semester. Yan Xiaoxin explained how he could claim his first ticket through the university’s Trial Space.

• Admissions officers from several universities offered Bai Xiaowen scholarships, accommodations, and other benefits, while Li Shuyi said she would attend wherever he went.
• Bai Xiaowen selected Jinghai University after Yan Xiaoxin confirmed its offer included a Spirit Realm Ticket each semester.
• Qiao Wei and other admissions officers tried to persuade Bai Xiaowen with their universities’ CUAA records, but he reaffirmed his choice of Jinghai University.
• Bai Xiaowen asked Yan Xiaoxin whether he could receive a Spirit Realm Ticket early, and she promised to seek approval from the president.
• Yan Xiaoxin explained that Bai Xiaowen would need to clear the Trial Space to claim a ticket from its final treasure chest, and Bai Xiaowen said he would do it himself.

Bai Xiaowen accepted Jinghai University's offer and arranged to save his free Trial Space entry for later. After researching Spatial Rifts, he concluded that the Mysterious Eyeball's evolution had exposed it to a high-level demon, renamed it the Eye of Evolution, and then received a call from Taishan.

• Bai Xiaowen accepted Jinghai University's invitation, submitted his application to its Combat Department, and asked Yan Xiaoxin to save his Trial Space entry for his first semester.
• After Yan Xiaoxin left, Bai Xiaowen searched the Super God Guild's database for records about Spatial Rifts and high-level monsters crossing realms.
• Bai Xiaowen analyzed the records and concluded that Spatial Rifts were tied to Psionic Particle synchronization, making high-level demons unlikely to hunt him across realms while he remained in the base city and below level 10.
• Bai Xiaowen theorized that the Mysterious Eyeball had temporarily lost its concealment during its evolution, allowing a high-level demon to detect it.
• Bai Xiaowen named the Mysterious Eyeball the Eye of Evolution and reminded himself that its future evolutions could carry risks.
• Bai Xiaowen saw that Taishan was calling him.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi prepared to use an expiring E-Tier Spirit Realm Ticket shaped like an old public telephone, learning it would take them to a likely modern urban world where other Awakened Ones might appear. After Zhou Yi died in a traffic accident, Bai Xiaowen speculated that someone had arranged it, then he and Li Shuyi entered the Spirit Realm together.

• Li Beihai obtained an expiring E-Tier Spirit Realm Ticket in the form of an Old Public Telephone and summoned Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi to inspect it.
• Bai Xiaowen explained that the ticket's form suggested a modern urban setting, and Li Beihai warned them that other Awakened Ones could be present.
• Bai Xiaowen reviewed urban-world materials with Li Shuyi after announcing a break from his livestream.
• Xiao Jun called Bai Xiaowen to watch the news report that Zhou Yi had died after being hit by a truck.
• Bai Xiaowen suspected Zhou Yi's death was not an accident but declined to investigate, and Li Shuyi agreed to leave the matter alone.
• Bai Xiaowen formed a temporary team with Li Shuyi, paid the required Psionic Points, and used the Old Public Telephone to enter the Spirit Realm.

Bai Xiaowen entered the King of Fighters Plane as a detained international student and learned that his mandatory quest was to raise his reputation with a faction to Revered within ten days. He escaped the detention center, freed its prisoners, and reunited with Li Shuyi as they fled the burning building.

• Bai Xiaowen recognized the Plane as the King of Fighters World and reviewed what he knew about Orochi, its servants, and the human faction.
• Bai Xiaowen woke cuffed to an iron bed in a Japanese detention center, where his assigned identity was Shirai Masaru, an international student arrested after confronting a Matsuzaki-gumi member.
• The Spirit Realm Rules gave Bai Xiaowen a mandatory quest to reach Revered reputation with any faction within ten days and tied his teammates’ stay to his own.
• Bai Xiaowen broke his handcuffs, destroyed the surveillance cameras, summoned his creatures, and confused police officer Yagyu Tsugiaki to find out where Li Shuyi was held.
• Bai Xiaowen ordered the prisoners released and the archives burned, then found Li Shuyi and escaped the detention center with her.

After escaping the police station, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi discussed their next moves and tried to control Section Chief Honda, but his status blocked the attempt. They headed for Shibei Town to pursue Plan B and join a gang.

• Li Shuyi told Bai Xiaowen that she had reached Level 2, learned Savage Charge, and strengthened her combat abilities.
• Bai Xiaowen explained that escaping the police station quickly was more important than avoiding attention, and that force suited the King of Fighters World.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi went with Yagyu Tsugiaki to Section Chief Honda's home, where Bai Xiaowen tried and failed to use Heart-Confounding Talisman on Honda.
• Bai Xiaowen switched to Plan B and directed them to Shibei Town to join a gang, even if that meant fighting another gang.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi entered Morioka Group territory, where Bai posed as a Huaxia Exorcist to gain an audience with the group’s wakagashira, Morioka Masao. He began testing Morioka’s ambitions, asking whether the group wanted to become Fukuoka’s largest organization.

• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi arrived at a bar in Shibei Town and were stopped by guards demanding an entrance fee.
• Bai Xiaowen slapped and kicked a guard, demanded to see an executive, and claimed to be the Exorcist Shirai Masaru from Huaxia Country.
• Bai Xiaowen summoned four Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers, convincing Yokoyama Yoshihisa to escort him upstairs and alert the wakagashira.
• Morioka Masao met Bai Xiaowen and identified him as a suspect in the detention center arson, but Bai claimed he had entered the police station to avoid an ill omen.
• Bai Xiaowen asked Morioka Masao whether the Morioka Group wanted to become Fukuoka’s largest organization.

Bai Xiaowen negotiated with Morioka Masao to help the Morioka Group eliminate the Matsuzaki-gumi and accepted a mission to kill three of its important members. After discovering that Sōmachi Ryūichi’s subordinate Yamazaki Ryūji was tied to Orochi, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi chose him as their next target.

• Bai Xiaowen offered to help Morioka Masao destroy the Matsuzaki-gumi if the Morioka Group supplied files, new identities, and a deposit.
• Bai Xiaowen activated a mission to kill three important Matsuzaki-gumi members within 24 hours, including at least one of three named targets.
• Morioka Masao delivered the requested documents, files, and 200,000-yen deposit to Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi caught a Morioka Group lackey tailing them and sent him back with a warning for Morioka Masao.
• Bai Xiaowen identified Sōmachi Ryūichi’s subordinate Yamazaki Ryūji as an Orochi servant and decided that targeting him could strengthen their standing with the Three Sacred Treasures Families.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi lured Sōmachi Ryūichi into a poisoned tea meeting at Tōchō Temple, then fought his guards. Yamazaki Ryūji arrived to protect Sōmachi, and Bai Xiaowen summoned skeletons before targeting the incapacitated general.

• Sōmachi Ryūichi met Master Jichuan in a temple hut and confessed that he had killed two people for the organization.
• Bai Xiaowen revealed himself, explained that Master Jichuan had been his servant, and poisoned Sōmachi through the tea.
• Li Shuyi killed two yakuza guards as Bai Xiaowen let her build up her passive bonuses.
• Yamazaki Ryūji burst into the hut and struck Bai Xiaowen while attempting to attack Li Shuyi.
• Bai Xiaowen inspected Yamazaki Ryūji, summoned four Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers, and fired his Desert Eagle at Sōmachi behind him.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi’s party surrounded Yamazaki Ryūji and steadily wore down his Life Value, despite his powerful counterattacks. When Yamazaki Ryūji activated Rage Burst, Bai Xiaowen turned his gun on the helpless Sōmachi Ryūichi and fired in Rapid-Fire Mode.

• Yamazaki Ryūji smashed the cabin apart, carried Sōmachi Ryūichi to a cherry tree, and challenged Bai Xiaowen’s party to fight him in the open.
• Rageclaw and the Shadow Assassin attacked Yamazaki Ryūji, but he struck them back with Snake Fist and his Self-Style Riot Killing Method—Sanction Dagger.
• Li Shuyi, the Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers, Rageclaw, the Shadow Assassin, and Bai Xiaowen encircled Yamazaki Ryūji and drove his Life Value below half.
• Yamazaki Ryūji unleashed Rage Burst, blasting his attackers away, and Bai Xiaowen aimed at the poisoned, immobile Sōmachi Ryūichi and activated Rapid-Fire Mode.

Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, and their summons killed Sōmachi Ryūichi, triggering the awakening of Yamazaki Ryūji’s Orochi power. They survived his frenzied attack and defeated him beneath the falling cherry blossoms, where a golden treasure chest appeared.

• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi attacked Sōmachi Ryūichi while Yamazaki Ryūji fought through the summoned Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers.
• Yamazaki Ryūji reached Sōmachi Ryūichi after Bai Xiaowen shot him dead, and his grief began awakening Orochi's Power.
• A shrine maiden at the Kagura Foundation sensed a brief disturbance from one of Orochi’s servants.
• Yamazaki Ryūji attacked Bai Xiaowen with Satsujin—Fourth Form, but the summoned creatures shielded Bai Xiaowen until Rageclaw knocked Yamazaki Ryūji down with Suppression.
• Li Shuyi dealt heavy damage during the control window, and Bai Xiaowen stunned Yamazaki Ryūji with the Heart-Confounding Talisman.
• Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, and Rageclaw finished off Yamazaki Ryūji, and a golden treasure chest appeared.

After defeating Yamazaki Ryūji, Bai Xiaowen leveled up and opened the rewards from the battle, gaining new equipment and a special Crystal of Death. He revealed that he had deliberately killed Sorimachi in front of Yamazaki to trigger Orochi’s Power and secure the crystal, then asked Li Shuyi whether she wanted to learn a skill from the other chest.

• Bai Xiaowen reached level 3 and opened Sōmachi Ryūichi’s Elite Chest, obtaining a Skill Book for the Pseudo-Variant Self-Style Riotous Killing Art Fragment.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi opened Yamazaki Ryūji’s Golden Treasure Chest and obtained the Snake Handler’s Belt, Black Leather Shoes, and Ryuji Yamazaki’s Fighting Gloves.
• Li Shuyi equipped the Black Leather Shoes, while Bai Xiaowen equipped the Fighting Gloves and stored the belt because neither could meet its proficiency requirement.
• Bai Xiaowen collected the Crystal of Death from Yamazaki Ryūji’s corpse and explained that he had killed Sorimachi in front of Yamazaki to trigger Orochi’s Power and test whether it would make the crystal drop.
• Li Shuyi asked Bai Xiaowen not to lie to her again, and he invited her to consider learning the skill from the Skill Book.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi returned to the Morioka Group after defeating Yamazaki Ryūji, while Bai Xiaowen chose a Skeleton Mage for the Black Soul Stone’s third-tier enhancement. Morioka Masao thanked Bai Xiaowen for killing Sōmachi Ryūichi and asked him to help the Morioka Group destroy Matsuzaki-gumi and dominate Fukuoka.

• Li Shuyi learned the one-star Sanction Dagger skill, and Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi left Tōchō Temple as two hidden Awakened discussed their fight with Yamazaki Ryūji.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi talked about the dangers of encountering other Awakened in the King of Fighters World, and Bai Xiaowen raised the Black Soul Stone to Level 3.
• Bai Xiaowen spent 100 Soul Essence to add an Elite Skeleton Mage to his summoned creatures.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi returned to Morioka Masao, who gave Bai Xiaowen 300,000 yen and asked him to help the Morioka Group eliminate Matsuzaki-gumi.

Bai Xiaowen accepted a mission to destroy the Matsuzaki-gumi, then abandoned it to make the gang attack the Morioka Group and improve his leverage. He and Li Shuyi left to pursue their main objective of earning Revered-level human-faction reputation and contacting the Three Sacred Treasures Families.

• Bai Xiaowen accepted Morioka Masao’s request to wipe out the Matsuzaki-gumi headquarters and kill its senior cadres, but asked instead for information on famous King of Fighters Tournament participants.
• After receiving the information, Bai Xiaowen abandoned the mission and accused Morioka Masao of trying to deceive him with worthless yen, then left with Li Shuyi.
• Bai Xiaowen explained that he wanted the Matsuzaki-gumi to attack the Morioka Group so Morioka Masao would later seek his help and offer greater benefits.
• Li Shuyi realized Bai Xiaowen had allowed Matsuzaki-gumi lackeys to follow them so the gang would learn the Morioka Group hired them to kill Sōmachi Ryūichi.
• Bai Xiaowen reflected that the Eye of Evolution’s Super Brain had greatly enhanced his ability to observe, calculate, and remember, then reassured Li Shuyi that she would always be beautiful and intelligent.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi went to the Kusanagi Family estate to seek Kusanagi Saisyu’s judgment on the Crystal of Death. After fighting their way past the guards, they met Kusanagi Sōji, who brought them to Saisyu, and learned that the Kagura Family had detected Orochi’s Power on Bai Xiaowen.

• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi arrived at the Kusanagi Family estate to find Kusanagi Saisyu, but the guards refused to let them in.
• Bai Xiaowen struck one guard and challenged the family, while Li Shuyi disabled the guards who attacked them without killing anyone.
• Kusanagi Sōji arrived, recognized the Crystal of Death when Bai Xiaowen showed it, and escorted him and Li Shuyi inside.
• Bai Xiaowen learned that Kusanagi Sōji was Kyo Kusanagi’s cousin and had no interest in entering the King of Fighters Tournament.
• Kusanagi Saisyu told Bai Xiaowen that the Kagura Family had detected Orochi’s Power on Southern Island and that its source appeared to be Bai Xiaowen.

Bai Xiaowen negotiated with Kusanagi Saisyu over the Crystal of Death, securing enough Kusanagi Clan reputation to complete the main quest. At the quartermaster’s exchange list, he weighed buying a defensive accessory against taking a risk and had not yet chosen what to purchase.

• Bai Xiaowen showed Kusanagi Saisyu the Crystal of Death and joined the Kusanagi Clan faction, earning Respected reputation and 1,000 Merit Points.
• When Kusanagi Saisyu tried to take the crystal without payment, Bai Xiaowen threatened to give it to Kagura Chizuru instead and negotiated a reward for handing it over.
• Bai Xiaowen accepted the deal, gave Kusanagi Saisyu the Crystal of Death, and completed the main quest, allowing him and Li Shuyi to leave the King of Fighters Universe at any time.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi visited quartermaster Sakamoto Jiho and examined the Kusanagi Clan’s reward list.
• Li Shuyi offered her Merit Points toward the Eclipse Family Crest, but Bai Xiaowen hesitated over the purchase before deciding it was time to take a gamble.

Bai Xiaowen left the Kusanagi estate for Fukuoka after Li Shuyi reported that Matsuzaki-gumi was close to defeating the Morioka Group. He interrupted negotiations at the Morioka Group headquarters and revealed himself, leaving the room surrounded by his summoned creatures.

• Bai Xiaowen waited at the Kusanagi estate until Kusanagi Sōji told him Li Shuyi had called from Fukuoka.
• Kusanagi Saisyu and Kusanagi Sōji continued purifying the crystal containing Orochi's Power after Bai Xiaowen left.
• Li Shuyi told Bai Xiaowen that Matsuzaki-gumi had seized more than half of Shibei Town and that two Awakened were helping its remaining generals.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi disguised themselves and went to the Morioka Group headquarters, where Yokoyama Yoshihisa tried to stop them from seeing the leaders.
• Bai Xiaowen overheard two Awakened offering to help Morioka Yoshihito and Morioka Masao defeat Matsuzaki-gumi in exchange for all of Fukuoka's territory.
• Bai Xiaowen kicked open the reception room door and summoned four Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers, a Shadow Assassin, and a Skeleton Mage before greeting Morioka Masao.

Bai Xiaowen confronted Big and Wes at Morioka Group headquarters and negotiated their departure from the Spirit Realm without demanding Psionic Points. With the two gone, he invited Morioka Yoshihito and Morioka Masao back in to discuss his plan.

• Bai Xiaowen arrived as Big and Wes were pressuring the Morioka Group and asked Morioka Yoshihito and Morioka Masao to leave the room.
• Bai Xiaowen rejected Wes's offers to abandon the Morioka Group mission and instead required the two Americans to leave the Spirit Realm and keep the Awakened identities secret.
• Bai Xiaowen paid for a Spirit Realm Rules Notarization, and Big and Wes left the Morioka Group headquarters.
• Big and Wes returned to Earth before their agreed five-minute deadline, while Bai Xiaowen waited in the conference room.
• Bai Xiaowen called Morioka Yoshihito and Morioka Masao back inside to discuss matters privately.