Recaps

Hou Yi’s arrow wounded “Zhao Qian” and frightened it into retreating, stabilizing the Nine Suns Illusory Domain. Unable to defeat the Weird alone, Xiao Xuan called for reinforcements and hoped to stall until they arrived.

• Hou Yi fired a golden arrow that pierced “Zhao Qian’s” head and left it burning as it regenerated.
• “Zhao Qian” feared another arrow and stopped pressing its Ghost Domain against the Nine Suns Illusory Domain.
• The Nine Suns Illusory Domain stabilized, and Chu He and Qiu Han breathed a sigh of relief.
• Xiao Xuan told Chu He that he would call reinforcements using his Smart Brain.
• Xiao Xuan watched the sky and planned to stall for ten minutes before “Zhao Qian” realized he could not defeat it.

After Disaster left the newly discovered world, Xiao Xuan and the vanguard dealt with the aftermath of a Ghost Domain. Qiu Han’s monster-inflicted wound revealed a moving tumor and an eyeball that attacked Chu He’s mind, and Xiao Xuan began removing it.

• Logistics staff arrived and learned that a Ghost Domain had caused more than a thousand human-mutated monsters to appear.
• The logistics staff explained that contaminated corpses had to be transported to Headquarters for disposal.
• Qiu Han worried that her monster-inflicted wound had contaminated her, and she revealed moving tumors covering her arm.
• Xiao Xuan approached Qiu Han, and one tumor burst open to reveal an eyeball that released a wave of power.
• The eyeball’s power frightened Chu He into colliding with a logistics staff member, while Xiao Xuan shielded himself and gouged the eyeball out of Qiu Han’s arm.

After Xiao Xuan removed an eyeball from Qiu Han's mutated arm, he explained that her body had already changed too much for the mutations to be reversed. He suggested leaving some of the special eyes intact so Qiu Han could learn to control their power, and the group returned to the branch for treatment.

• Xiao Xuan dug an eyeball out of Qiu Han's arm and stored it in a jar for the research institute.
• Chu He recovered from the hallucination caused by the eyeball, and Xiao Xuan explained how Weird energy could protect against such abilities.
• Xiao Xuan and the others left the school with a logistics staff member and returned to the branch, where medics took Qiu Han for treatment.
• Xiao Xuan told Chu He that he had removed Qiu Han's residual Weird energy, but her established mutations could not be reversed.
• Xiao Xuan suggested that Qiu Han keep one or two of the special eyes and learn to control them, then joked about putting an eyeball on his forehead.

Chu He ate at Yi Gui Company’s cafeteria and discovered that Telai Juice restored his body, then learned about the pay and benefits for Contract Anomalists. He and Xiao Xuan visited Qiu Han in the infirmary, where she told them doctors could remove her tumors with surgery.

• Xiao Xuan took Chu He to the company cafeteria and ordered Telai Juice, which was specially supplied to Contract Anomalists.
• Chu He drank the juice, ate a large meal, and felt his strength and health return.
• Xiao Xuan explained Contract Anomalist salaries, allowances, and mission-related damage compensation.
• Chu He asked when he could become a Contract Anomalist, and Xiao Xuan said he could go to Headquarters at any time.
• Chu He and Xiao Xuan visited Qiu Han, who told them the doctors could surgically remove her tumors.

Qiu Han chose to keep fifteen of her mutated eyeballs and prepare for surgery, while Chu He planned to take her to Headquarters afterward. Elsewhere, the disappearance of Pulan University's students and staff became a public crisis, and officials sealed off the school amid fears that monsters and lingering energy could contaminate people.

• Qiu Han decided to keep fifteen flesh tumors despite the risk of losing abilities, and Xiao Xuan arranged for her surgery.
• Chu He chose to wait for Qiu Han's operation to finish before they went to Headquarters to become Contract Anomalists.
• After Pulan University's Ghost Domain vanished, students' desperate messages reached their parents, who could not contact them or the school's staff.
• Teachers discovered that students and staff at the school had disappeared, prompting them to call the police as parents and local authorities demanded answers.
• Officials traced the case to Yi Gui Company and its newly erected building, while concerned parents and locals gathered outside the sealed school.
• A logistics staff member warned an inspector that strange energy still lingered at the school and that the monsters' corpses might spread contamination.

Wang Qing learned that the missing students and staff had become monsters after a Weird trapped their school in a Ghost Domain, while Yi Gui Company handled the cleanup. Later, Xiao Xuan sensed that spiritual energy was gathering and invited the group to come see the world before it surged.

• Wang Qing questioned Yi Gui Company’s Chen about the missing students and staff, and Chen identified the monster corpses as the missing people.
• Chen explained that a Weird had hidden the school inside a Ghost Domain and disrupted people’s perceptions, making the incident an S-rank anomaly.
• Wang Qing asked how similar incidents could be prevented, and Chen warned that Weird beings and monsters would keep spreading while Yi Gui Company’s operatives handled them.
• Wang Qing reported what he had learned to his superiors and worried about the consequences of explaining the incident to the public.
• Xiao Xuan skateboarded through the city, sensed spiritual energy gathering, and invited the group chat to come look at the world.

After Xiao Xuan announced that spiritual energy would begin stirring in Earth Star within three days, Contract Anomalists hurried to join the opportunity. Several arrived through the passage to Headquarters and entered a newly established Yi Gui Company branch office.

• Xiao Xuan told everyone that spiritual energy in Earth Star might begin stirring within three days and urged anyone interested to arrive that day.
• Zhang Lin, Du Jiashi, Zhao Hun, Daoist, Deng Tao, Xia Yun, Xu Rou, Yin Nu, Jiang Li, Sister Lei, and others said they planned to go.
• Norden asked about cultivation and flying on swords, and Zhang Yueling compared it with Norden's ability to control seawater.
• Contract Anomalists at Headquarters teleported through the passage into Earth Star and arrived at the branch office.
• A logistics staff member explained that the branch office had an elevator and that Contract Anomalists could enter and leave by facial recognition.

Qiu Han and Chu He arrived at a gathering of the Anomaly Containment Association and mistook Luo Ping’s Undead Hound for a rogue Weird. After the misunderstanding was cleared up, they joined the gathering and met the other Contract Anomalists as more people arrived.

• Luo Ping sent his Undead Hound to scare off Qiu Han and Chu He, mistaking them for ordinary people who had wandered into the gathering.
• Chu He grappled the Undead Hound while Qiu Han ran ahead to seek help from the Contract Anomalists.
• Luo Ping recalled the Undead Hound after Qiu Han warned him, then learned that she was a newcomer recommended by Brother Xuan.
• Luo Ping brought Qiu Han and Chu He to the gathering, where Uncle Ge questioned Chu He and welcomed him to the Anomaly Containment Association.
• Huang Bei teased Luo Ping over a past mission mistake, and more Contract Anomalists arrived as the gathering grew.

Newcomers gathered with veteran Contract Anomalists, and Ling Hanyu coaxed the wealthy Bei Mu out of his car to join them. The Daoist arrived at the gathering site, thrilled by the spiritual energy and convinced his long-awaited pursuit of immortality was beginning.

• Chu He and Qiu Han marveled at the many Contract Anomalists gathered together, and Dark Moon explained that their schedules rarely allowed them to meet.
• Ling Hanyu persuaded Bei Mu to leave his luxury car, while Heavenly Dragon prepared his table, carpet, and drinks.
• Luo Ping told Chu He that Bei Mu had earned more than half of the Anomaly Containment Association's assets and helped fund its benefits.
• The Daoist arrived with talismans and a ringing bell, felt the spiritual energy, and celebrated that he might finally achieve immortality.

Chu He and Qiu Han learned how spiritual energy affected them and how the Anomaly Containment Association operated beyond individual worlds. Luo Ping and Uncle Ge explained why Contract Anomalists avoided the deadly path of Anomaly Tamers as more members gathered nearby.

• Chu He asked Luo Ping about spiritual energy, and Luo Ping explained how it differed from the corrupting effects of weird energy.
• Chu He and Qiu Han sensed that the spiritual energy had made them feel clearer and more energetic.
• Luo Ping told Chu He and Qiu Han that the Anomaly Containment Association's Headquarters existed in the Source World beyond the worlds it observed.
• Luo Ping explained that Anomaly Tamers imprisoned weird entities inside themselves, risking erosion and an early death whenever they used their powers.
• Uncle Ge revealed that he had once been an Anomaly Tamer and had joined the Anomaly Containment Association after an encounter with an Evil Deity's follower.
• Luo Ping stopped Uncle Ge's stories as more Contract Anomalists arrived and took their seats nearby.

At an Association gathering, Dark Moon felt isolated and weak while comparing herself to others, especially Fu Zeyu. Qiu Han encouraged her to see value in her own nature and recounted how she had survived a deadly Ghost Domain.

• Huang Bei wondered when spiritual energy recovery would begin, and Luo Ping suggested asking the Daoist about the chosen site.
• Luo Ping brought newcomer Chu He along to speak with the Daoist, while Dark Moon envied how easily they connected with others.
• Qiu Han noticed Dark Moon comparing herself to a shadow and asked whether she felt she had a sun to chase.
• Dark Moon admitted she felt far too weak compared with everyone else.
• Qiu Han told Dark Moon that shadows belonged wherever there was light and described surviving a Ghost Domain by resisting rather than giving up.

Qiu Han recounted how she survived inside a vast Ghost Domain, and Dark Moon realized how fortunate she had been. Luo Ping asked the Daoist about the spiritual energy revival and learned that it was near, before the Daoist stopped Chu He as he tried to leave.

• Dark Moon inferred that a powerful Weird had kept Qiu Han alive in the Ghost Domain, and Qiu Han described how few people at her school had survived.
• Dark Moon chose not to tell Qiu Han that another person in the Ghost Domain might have been exploiting a Weird for her sake, while Uncle Ge felt relieved to see the two women getting along.
• Luo Ping and Chu He joined the Daoist for tea, and Luo Ping asked when the spiritual energy revival would begin.
• The Daoist told Luo Ping to observe the world, and Luo Ping noticed fresh grass sprouting through the cleared ground as a sign that the revival was near.
• Luo Ping teased the Daoist about lacking official credentials, angering him, then fled and left Chu He behind.
• The Daoist stopped Chu He as he tried to follow Luo Ping and asked whether he was new.

Daoist noticed that Chu He carried unusually strong traces of spiritual energy and believed he could become an early awakened superhuman or cultivator. As Contract Anomalists began sparring, Xu Rou and Zhang Lin fought until Zhang Lin said companions should stop before anyone got hurt.

• Daoist saw that Chu He’s spiritual energy was brighter than that of other ordinary people and offered him tea, calling him a fellow seeker.
• A loud explosion from a distant sparring match drew the Contract Anomalists’ attention, and several decided to spar themselves.
• Xu Rou challenged Zhang Lin, and the two exchanged teasing nicknames before she charged at him with her Bone Umbrella.
• Zhang Lin dodged Xu Rou’s powerful strike and fired a shot that she blocked and knocked into the ground with her umbrella.
• Xu Rou asked why Zhang Lin was not using his Causality Sure-Hit Gun, and Zhang Lin replied that companions should stop sparring before anyone got hurt.

Xu Rou’s powerful strike impressed Zhang Lin, while Du Jiashi explained why he had moved to Logistics and challenged Zhao Hun and Yang Yu to a fight using anomalous abilities. Yang Yu’s foresight revealed something startling just before the battle began, and he ended the chapter unleashing his Weird Eye Illusion Domain.

• Xu Rou suggested that she and Zhang Lin compare how many anomalies they had contained, and Zhang Lin realized how much stronger her Bone Umbrella strike had become.
• Zhao Hun and Yang Yu reunited with Du Jiashi, who explained that his portable-space ability had led him to work in Logistics rather than risk holding teammates back on missions.
• Zhao Hun suggested Du Jiashi ask about changing his contracted anomaly, but Du Jiashi declined and invited the pair to test his anomalous abilities.
• Yang Yu and Zhao Hun agreed to a chaotic three-way battle, and Yang Yu’s Weird Eye showed him a future fragment that left him shocked.
• Zhao Hun released his Ghost Domain, summoning Yellow Spring water, Yan Luo, and human-head lanterns, while Yang Yu countered with his Weird Eye Illusion Domain.

Yang Yu watched as Du Jiashi revealed he could imprison Weird entities in his space, but Zhao Hun’s illusions soon ensnared them. The chapter ended with Du Jiashi walking toward the white mist, apparently trapped.

• Yang Yu stepped on an eyeball in his Ghost Domain, which opened and sucked in the approaching head lanterns.
• Du Jiashi opened a crack in space and pulled the head lanterns inside, explaining that he could imprison Weird entities even though his space could not hold living things.
• Zhao Hun released white mist filled with familiar faces and voices to confuse Yang Yu and Du Jiashi.
• Yang Yu resisted the illusion with his mental strength and another eyeball in his Ghost Domain, while the Weird Eye showed him visions of possible defeat.
• Du Jiashi succumbed to the illusion and walked toward the white mist, and Zhao Hun said he would not escape once inside.

Du Jiashi used his evolved Weird Courier to seal Zhao Hun’s abilities, then defeated him with a special combat technique that drained Weird energy through contact. The fight ended with the two companions facing each other after spending less time together.

• Du Jiashi revealed that he had evolved his Weird Courier into a Green Face after devouring spatial Weirds, and his power sealed Zhao Hun’s abilities and Yang Yu’s future sight.
• Zhao Hun attacked Du Jiashi with hand-to-hand combat, and the two exchanged punches until Zhao Hun began to overpower him.
• Du Jiashi explained that he had received special training and used a unique technique to drain the Weird energy from Zhao Hun’s fist.
• Du Jiashi struck Zhao Hun and sent him flying more than ten meters, winning the fight as Yang Yu realized their group had gained another powerful companion.
• Zhao Hun recovered from his minor injuries and walked toward Du Jiashi, remembering how the two had grown apart after they stopped going on missions together.

Du Jiashi revealed that his evolved ability could suppress other abilities, then decided to transfer from Logistics to the Execution Department. When Skywing A and Bai Zuo’s battle threatened the spirit vein, Daoist sent Du Jiashi to stop them, leaving him shocked at the task.

• Zhao Hun and Yang Yu learned that Du Jiashi had gained a powerful ability by devouring Weird entities of the same type, and Du Jiashi explained that Mr. G and Mr. Tan had researched the process.
• Zhao Hun asked whether Du Jiashi would leave Logistics, and Du Jiashi said he would apply to transfer to the Execution Department; Yang Yu invited him to join their squad.
• Skywing A and Bai Zuo fought, their battle overturning furniture and unleashing a destructive tornado.
• Daoist worried that the fight would destroy the spirit vein and ordered Du Jiashi to intervene, promising to approve his transfer if he did well.
• Du Jiashi learned he was expected to face a Contract Anomalist at least S-rank and was left bewildered and alarmed.

The Daoist brought Du Jiashi close to the battle between Heart Gu and Nameless Bird so he could use his sealing ability. Du Jiashi briefly sealed the fighters’ powers, but the effort rapidly drained his anomalous energy.

• The Daoist used a talisman and his Ghost Domain to shield Du Jiashi as they approached the battle, while Yang Yu and Zhao Hun stayed behind.
• Zhao Hun asked Yang Yu about his family, and Yang Yu explained that he had cut off contact after joining the Anomaly Containment Association.
• Du Jiashi watched Heart Gu and Nameless Bird exchange attacks and insults as their fight devastated the spirit vein.
• Once they were close enough, the Daoist told Du Jiashi to act, and Du Jiashi used Ghost Domain—Sealed Space to stop the winds and dissolve the nearby webs.
• Skywing A and Bai Zuo noticed the sudden pause, while Du Jiashi realized his anomalous energy was rapidly running out.

Du Jiashi ran out of energy after trying to seal Skywing A and Bai Zuo, and Daoist ordered them to take their sparring elsewhere. The confrontation remained tense as Bai Zuo and Skywing A traded barbs over the damaged ground.

• Daoist and Skywing A stopped Bai Zuo and Du Jiashi before the wind blades could finish draining Du Jiashi's energy.
• Skywing A called their clash sparring and praised Du Jiashi's sealing ability, while Du Jiashi admitted he had not expected it to work so poorly against them.
• Daoist explained that sealing stronger opponents consumed more energy and that Du Jiashi's Sealed Space still relied on his Ghost Domain.
• Daoist told Bai Zuo and Skywing A to move away from the spirit vein, but Bai Zuo denied damaging anything important and blamed the ground on Skywing A.

The Daoist and Du Jiashi were trapped near the battle between Skywing A and Lord Bai Zuo, while the Anomaly Containment Association gathered to watch from a safer distance. Mi Lan wanted to join the fight, but Ao Qu and Fu Zhang held him back because the Chairman was expected to arrive.

• The Daoist maintained a small Ghost Domain around himself and Du Jiashi as the battle’s forces wore it down, and he told Du Jiashi they had no way to escape.
• Du Jiashi feared the Daoist might let them die, while Yang Yu and Zhao Hun worried that the pair had not reached the battle’s center.
• The gathering’s guests moved away from the aftershocks and watched the fight, which they heard was between Skywing A and Lord Bai Zuo.
• Mi Lan sensed Bai Zuo and tried to join the battle, but Ao Qu and Fu Zhang restrained him and told him to stay because the Chairman would arrive soon.
• Mi Lan settled down, reflecting that he dared provoke Bai Zuo but would never disobey the Chairman.

Bai Zuo used his calculations to lure Skywing A into Heart Gu’s web, but Skywing A unleashed spatial turbulence that threatened the Daoist and Du Jiashi. The Chairman appeared to shield them as the storm closed in.

• Headquarters staff gathered around the spirit vein as Mr. G sensed the spiritual energy growing denser and Mr. Tan led the researchers inside.
• Bai Zuo predicted Skywing A’s evasive route and guided Heart Gu into leaping at the right moment.
• Skywing A teleported into Heart Gu’s corrosive web, where its strands drained his energy and Wind’s Instant went on cooldown.
• Nameless Bird tore open the surrounding space, and Skywing A used the resulting spatial turbulence to threaten the Daoist and Du Jiashi.
• The Chairman appeared in front of the Daoist and Du Jiashi and shielded them from the violent winds.

Shen Yu arrived as the Chairman, drawing the reverence of the Contract Anomalists and contained Weirds. After he showed displeasure at the storm and Ghost Domain, Bai Zuo and Skywing A stopped their attacks, and he finally picked up Heart Gu.

• Du Jiashi recognized Shen Yu as the Chairman and recalled the Anomaly Containment Association's origins and the mysteries of forming contracts.
• The Daoist walked toward Shen Yu while the Resentful Woman clung to him, and Shen Yu watched the sky with a faintly displeased expression.
• Bai Zuo withdrew the Ghost Domain, Heart Gu shrank and approached Shen Yu, and Skywing A stopped the storm.
• Shen Yu silently watched the group as the Daoist and Du Jiashi stayed quiet and Bai Zuo and Skywing A grew uneasy.
• Shen Yu picked up Heart Gu and pressed down on its head, easing Bai Zuo and Skywing A's fears.

Shen Yu punished Bai Zuo and Skywing A for their destructive sparring and told the Daoist that spiritual energy would revive at five in the morning. He left rather than remain near his subordinates, whose feelings were affected by his presence, while Du Jiashi returned unable to remember the Chairman's face.

• Shen Yu ordered Bai Zuo and Skywing A to pay for the damage and serve three days in solitary confinement.
• Shen Yu told the Daoist to announce that spiritual energy would revive at five in the morning, and the Daoist dragged away Du Jiashi, who was overwhelmed by feelings of worship toward the Chairman.
• Shen Yu explained to Skywing A that his presence influenced Contract Anomalists, then set Heart Gu down and vanished.
• Bai Zuo claimed victory over Skywing A, who accepted the loss as a lesson and teleported away.
• Du Jiashi returned to Zhao Hun and Yang Yu, struggled to explain what had happened, and realized he could not remember the Chairman's face.

Du Jiashi hid the fact that he had met the Chairman, fearing that revealing it could endanger himself and his companions. The Association announced that the spiritual energy revival would begin at five in the morning, while Supervisors discussed the trouble caused by their unruly subordinates.

• Du Jiashi decided not to tell Zhao Hun and Yang Yu that he had met the Chairman, then pretended that he was shaken by the fight he had witnessed.
• Zhao Hun sympathized with Du Jiashi, while Yang Yu sensed something was wrong but could not determine what he was hiding.
• The Association messaged everyone that the spiritual energy revival would begin at five in the morning, prompting Contract Anomalists to discuss their plans and whether their families could join them.
• Ji Wu and Yu Ba lamented the trouble caused by Bai Zuo and Mi Lan, respectively, and commiserated over their difficult lives as Supervisors.
• A Supervisor of the Object Counter Alliance angrily berated its captain for leading his rebellious team, while Ji Wu and Yu Ba recognized the source of the outburst.

As the Anomaly Containment Association waited for spiritual energy to revive, people across the country began noticing animals acting strangely and plants growing or blooming out of season. Their posts spread online and quickly pushed the phenomenon onto the trending list.

• Ji Wu learned Bai Zuo had been confined after his fight with Skywing A and worried that Mi Lan might have joined in.
• Ji Wu and Yu Ba concluded that the One had likely arrived because Mi Lan had stayed out of the incident.
• Anomaly Containment Association members continued their work and missions while waiting for spiritual energy to revive.
• People shared reports of unusually lush plants, out-of-season flowers, and restless animals.
• Online users compared strange sightings from different regions and began to suspect something was wrong.
• The reports spread rapidly and climbed into the top ten trending topics.