Recaps

Feng Pan confronted the Heavenly Demon Guild members in their secret realm, demanding they leave and killing those who resisted. He decapitated their captain, leaving the remaining members stunned.

• Feng Pan ordered the Heavenly Demon Guild members to leave their secret realm within ten minutes, but they challenged his authority.
• Feng Pan killed one member with ghostly flames after the man charged at him.
• A Heavenly Demon Guild member sent a message to the guild, and the group prepared to attack Feng Pan.
• Duan You and the others discussed the confrontation, and Lin Buji decided to help Feng Pan if needed.
• Feng Pan counted down, vanished as the group charged, and cut off the captain’s head.

Jian Bai resolved to follow The One, who had saved him and his family from the Heavenly Demon Guild. After Duan You urged him to stop kneeling and pursue The One, Jian Bai entered the secret realm, leaving the group unsure whether he would succeed.

• Zhu Zixing wondered whether The One had helped out of kindness or because he bullied others with his strength, and Duan You said the group needed to establish themselves in the secret realm.
• Yin Keke noticed that Jian Bai was still kneeling at the secret realm entrance, hoping to earn The One's acknowledgment and follow him.
• Lin Buji asked Duan You to advise Jian Bai, who Duan You warned would not attract anyone's attention by kneeling there.
• Jian Bai thanked Duan You, stood up, and walked into the secret realm to pursue The One.
• Duan You returned to the group, and they speculated about Jian Bai's chances while Yin Keke questioned their teasing.

Jian Bai fought off three demon wolves and collected their drops, including a mysterious golden item. He learned the item was the core of the secret realm and could give its holder control over everything inside it.

• Jian Bai leaped down from a tree and killed one demon wolf, then used its body to fight the remaining two.
• Jian Bai endured a shoulder bite, killed the wounded wolf, and finally slew the last demon wolf despite his injuries.
• Jian Bai ate a medicinal herb to recover, rested, and gathered the wolves' drops, including a valuable green accessory.
• Jian Bai found a glittering golden item and received information that it was the secret realm's core, granting its holder control of the realm and its resources.

Jian Bai offered Feng Pan the secret treasure and asked to follow him, but Feng Pan instead accepted the treasure and offered to recommend Jian Bai to the Anomaly Containment Association. After teleporting Jian Bai away, Shen Yu remembered his first encounter with Feng Pan beneath a parasol tree.

• Jian Bai found Feng Pan beneath the dying parasol tree at the center of the secret realm and offered him the secret treasure in exchange for following him.
• Feng Pan accepted the treasure and offered to recommend Jian Bai for admission into the Anomaly Containment Association rather than taking him as a subordinate.
• Feng Pan placed the treasure in the tree, restoring its leaves to a golden glow, then tossed Jian Bai a device and told him to press the blue button.
• Jian Bai pressed the button and was teleported away, while Shen Yu remained in Feng Pan’s body beneath the parasol tree.
• Shen Yu remembered finding a filthy child beneath an ordinary parasol tree and being drawn to the child’s golden eyes.

Shen Yu remembered finding the feverish Feng Pan beneath a parasol tree and saving him, unlocking the Undying ability tied to the Undying Flame. Meanwhile, Jian Bai was transported to Feng Pan’s guild, where the staff questioned him about the teleportation device he carried.

• Shen Yu recalled Feng Pan begging a supposed god to take him away and promising his unusual eyes in exchange for revenge.
• Shen Yu found Feng Pan feverish beneath a parasol tree, named him Feng Pan, and saved him as the child clutched his robe.
• Shen Yu’s character completion increased, unlocking the Undying (Perfect) ability, which let him resurrect in flames if he had enough energy.
• Jian Bai was pulled through a burst of white light and dropped into a guild facility, where staff recognized Feng Pan’s pattern on his device.
• The guild staff scanned Jian Bai and asked who he was to Feng Pan, while Jian Bai struggled to understand how he had used a precious teleportation device.

Jian Bai learned that the Anomaly Containment Association contained dangerous Weirds and discovered that the man who recommended him was Feng Pan. He explained that Feng Pan had warmed to him after seeing a tree in the secret realm, and the staff suspected it was a parasol tree.

• Logistics staff brought Jian Bai hot water and refreshments while explaining that the Anomaly Containment Association was a branch, not a guild.
• A staff member told Jian Bai that the Association contained Weirds, which could contaminate living creatures and objects.
• Jian Bai recognized Feng Pan from the staff's description and explained that he had offered Feng Pan an entire secret realm.
• Jian Bai said Feng Pan's mood improved when he saw a tree in the secret realm, and the staff guessed it was a parasol tree because Feng Pan loved parasol wood.

Jian Bai learned what Contract Anomalists did and chose to join them, intrigued by the respect they received from the logistics staff. The staff then brought him to a training room, where an A-rank Contract Anomalist was overseeing the session.

• The logistics staff asked Jian Bai his name, gave him a lounge, and offered to prepare clothes and other necessities.
• Jian Bai learned that Contract Anomalists belonged to the Anomaly Containment Association’s Execution Department and contained dangerous Weirds.
• Seeing the logistics staff’s genuine admiration for Contract Anomalists, Jian Bai decided he wanted to become one.
• The logistics staff cleaned Jian Bai up and led him to the training room, where Nanxi stood watching with his arms folded.

A-rank Contract Anomalist Nanxi tested newcomer Jian Bai, who had been recommended by Feng Pan, and discovered his unusual strength and speed. After Nanxi knocked him down and refused to pause the trial, Jian Bai rose and began attacking instead of defending.

• A logistics staff member introduced Jian Bai to Nanxi as a newcomer recommended by Feng Pan who had not contracted a Weird.
• Nanxi tested Jian Bai with a sudden attack and praised his strength and speed as they fought.
• Nanxi repeatedly struck Jian Bai, who focused on defending until a punch sent him rolling across the ground.
• Jian Bai got back up and insisted he was not weak, then charged Nanxi with punches and sweeping kicks aimed at vital points.
• Nanxi easily blocked Jian Bai's attacks and said the fight was getting interesting.

Nanxi pushed Jian Bai through an intense sparring session, leaving him exhausted while remaining completely refreshed. He praised Jian Bai’s talent but pointed out that he relied too much on external boosts and had not used his other power.

• Nanxi spent thirty minutes correcting Jian Bai’s fighting technique and striking him until Jian Bai collapsed from exhaustion.
• A logistics staff member questioned whether Nanxi’s trial was too harsh, but Nanxi apologized and said he had simply gotten excited.
• Nanxi praised Jian Bai’s talent and criticized his reliance on boosts instead of training his body.
• Nanxi asked why Jian Bai had not used his other power, and Jian Bai replied that he had known Nanxi was only guiding him and reserved those abilities for enemies and magical beasts.

Jian Bai realized that Nanxi had been teaching him during their fight, and agreed to return for daily training. He went to the medical room to treat his swollen face, where employees mistook him for a Contract Anomalist.

• Jian Bai recognized that Nanxi had been guiding him during their fight and felt grateful.
• Nanxi praised Jian Bai's temperament and invited him to come for pointers every day, and Jian Bai agreed.
• Jian Bai noticed his face had become swollen and followed the logistics staff to the medical room.
• Jian Bai saw injured Contract Anomalists and employees chatting in the medical room.
• Employees mistook Jian Bai for a Contract Anomalist, leaving him to wonder how they had recognized him when he had not become one yet.

Jian Bai received treatment for injuries from training when an emergency brought in Lord Zhuo Rong, who had been gravely wounded while saving a child. The incident left Jian Bai questioning why Lord Zhuo Rong had undertaken the mission alone.

• A medic examined Jian Bai, found no apparent broken bones, and covered his injuries in medicinal wine.
• An alarm sounded, and medics rushed to treat a bloodied person who had lost half his body.
• A logistics staff member explained that a child had entered an unsealed scene and Lord Zhuo Rong had been torn apart while saving the child.
• Jian Bai learned that Lord Zhuo Rong was a Contract Anomalist and realized he had lost both legs.
• Jian Bai asked why Lord Zhuo Rong had gone on the mission alone and wondered whether a larger group would have been safer.

Jian Bai learned that the Anomaly Containment Association was an interworld organization rather than a guild from his world. After registering as a member and receiving a Smart Brain, he began learning about Contract Anomalists.

• The logistics staff member took Jian Bai to the medical ward, where he found Zhuo Rong awake with both legs reattached.
• A medic explained that the Association used biotechnology to grow replacement limbs from a person's cells, and Zhuo Rong said a Weird had crushed his rewind device.
• Jian Bai learned that the Association's technology surpassed that of ordinary worlds and that he had arrived at its Earth Star branch, not Flame Star.
• The logistics staff member registered Jian Bai's information, and Jian Bai officially joined the Anomaly Containment Association.
• Jian Bai received a Smart Brain, joined the Contract Anomalist newcomer group, and learned the basics of their work.

Jian Bai read a comic about Wu Xiaoyu, an ordinary boy living in a world much like his own, and found the character’s hardships familiar. The chapter ended as Chen Lisha arrived at Wu Xiaoyu’s mother’s grave.

• A Contract Anomalist sent Jian Bai a link to the comic I Can Level Up Infinitely, and Jian Bai began reading it.
• Jian Bai read how adventurers bullied Wu Xiaoyu, an ordinary student, and threatened him over Chen Lisha.
• Wu Xiaoyu returned home to his bedridden mother, who urged him to become an adventurer before she died.
• Wu Xiaoyu buried his mother and despaired that he had only days left to awaken as an adventurer before turning eighteen.
• Chen Lisha visited Wu Xiaoyu at his mother’s grave and apologized for not being there during his loss.

Jian Bai read a manga whose events echoed his own past, including the Heavenly Demon Guild’s murder of a low-level adventurer and his family. The chapter ended with Wu Xiaoyu claiming the C-rank secret realm and Jian Bai questioning whether the manga revealed real events from their world.

• Jian Bai read about Chen Lisha confessing her feelings to Wu Xiaoyu before being called home.
• Chen Hao told Chen Lisha that the Heavenly Demon Guild had forced her into a marriage with Tyrant Tiger and described how the guild had killed a low-level adventurer and his family.
• Jian Bai recognized the story’s C-rank secret realm incident as resembling what had happened to him, and wondered whether Lord Feng Pan had saved him from the same fate.
• Jian Bai read that Wu Xiaoyu awakened as an adventurer, gained unlimited leveling, and killed the Heavenly Demon Guild guards at the secret realm.
• Wu Xiaoyu entered the secret realm, obtained its treasure, and claimed it beneath the enormous parasol tree.
• Jian Bai wondered whether the manga’s events were real and how its author knew what had happened in their worlds.

Jian Bai asked Nanxi whether Flame Star existed and learned that it was the site of a high-level mission involving travel between worlds. Nanxi explained that parallel universes branched from a main world and that derivative worlds came from works based on those worlds, leaving Jian Bai to consider how his life related to the comic.

• Jian Bai questioned manga author Sui Wuyou about the comic's similarities to his past, but Sui Wuyou accused him of slander and blocked him.
• Jian Bai watched Nanxi train Contract Anomalists, then Nanxi pulled him into a punishing sparring session.
• Jian Bai asked Nanxi whether he knew Flame Star, and Nanxi recalled a high-level mission involving Special Management Department members trapped there after passing through a gap between worlds.
• Nanxi said Lord Feng Pan had accepted the mission because something inside interested him.
• Nanxi explained to Jian Bai that worlds contained parallel universes and that derivative worlds were born from works based on main worlds and their parallel worlds.

Jian Bai reflected on Lord Nanxi’s words about the present before mistaking Jiang Tianzong’s sour expression for a threat and attacking him. Xu Zhou intervened, and Jiang Tianzong took Jian Bai to the contract ceremony after they cleared up the misunderstanding.

• Jian Bai thought about how the war had erased everyone’s past and how his own fate had begun to change since meeting Lord Feng Pan.
• Jiang Tianzong approached Jian Bai, who mistook his appearance and expression for hostile intent and attacked him.
• Jiang Tianzong overpowered Jian Bai and pinned him down before Jian Bai could use his ability.
• Xu Zhou arrived, assumed Jiang Tianzong was bullying a newcomer, and learned that he had come to take Jian Bai to the contract ceremony.
• Jian Bai apologized for attacking Jiang Tianzong, and Xu Zhou left for a mission after assuring Jian Bai that Jiang Tianzong was reliable.

Jian Bai learned that Flame Star was at risk of destruction and entered the Anomaly Containment Facility to choose a Weird and become a Contract Anomalist. The chapter ended with darkness swallowing him inside a mysterious door as Jiang Tianzong waited outside, wondering whether Jian Bai had failed.

• Jiang Tianzong learned that Lord Feng Pan had recommended Jian Bai and asked what world he came from.
• Jiang Tianzong told Jian Bai that Flame Star had collided with the main world and might be destroyed when the main world's spiritual energy revival was complete.
• Jian Bai worried about his family and friends on Flame Star, but Jiang Tianzong said the decision rested with the Anomaly Containment Association's higher-ups and Chairman.
• Jiang Tianzong brought Jian Bai to the Anomaly Containment Facility and shoved him inside before explaining the contract process.
• Jian Bai felt drawn to one Weird's door, entered it, and was swallowed by darkness.
• Jiang Tianzong waited outside for twenty minutes and wondered whether Jian Bai had failed or chosen a Weird that was too strong.

Jian Bai successfully contracted a white-bone humanoid anomaly, which manifested as a skeletal figure and revealed its endless desire to fight. Jiang Tianzong prepared to intervene when it seemed out of control, but Jian Bai remained conscious and recognized a shared refusal to accept weakness.

• Jian Bai emerged from the contracting room exhausted and told Jiang Tianzong that the contract had succeeded with a white-bone anomaly.
• Jiang Tianzong explained that humanoid anomalies could be easier to control but had a stronger influence on their contractors.
• White bones burst through Jian Bai's fingertip and body, then assembled into a towering skeletal figure without injuring him.
• Jiang Tianzong summoned Ghost Tongue, fearing Jian Bai had lost control, but Jian Bai told him he was conscious and had only wanted to see what happened.
• The skeleton's soul fire ignited, and it told Jian Bai through their mental connection that it wished to fight without end.
• Jian Bai understood that he had chosen the skeleton because he, too, refused to accept his fate or his own weakness.

Jian Bai formed a contract with a Weird, impressing Jiang Tianzong with his ability and resolve. Meanwhile, Lin Buji and the others continued investigating Flame Star, where they learned that Chen Lisha was being forced to marry Tyrant Tiger, and considered how to use the world’s secret realms and resources.

• Jian Bai’s contracted skeleton saluted before returning to his body, and Jiang Tianzong left after recognizing Jian Bai’s potential.
• Jiang Tianzong resolved to train harder, while Instructor Nanxi welcomed another opponent to demonstrate his skills against.
• Lin Buji and the others discussed Flame Star’s exploitative hierarchy and their inability to return to their own world.
• Niu A raised the possibility of using equipment and secret techniques, and the group decided to try obtaining gear from public secret realms.
• Yin Keke revealed that she had befriended Chen Lisha, the Chen Family’s daughter, whom the Heavenly Demon Guild was forcing to marry Tyrant Tiger.

Lin Buji's group considered whether they could help Chen Lisha resist the Heavenly Demon Guild, but Duan You concluded they lacked the strength and the Chen family would not risk cooperating with them. Yin Keke met Chen Lisha, who revealed she loved Wu Xiaoyu and could not bring herself to tell him about the arranged marriage, while Duan You was suddenly approached by a powerful stranger.

• Duan You explained that the Chen family would not side with Lin Buji's group unless they could seriously hurt the Heavenly Demon Guild, and Niu A complained that they were too weak to act.
• Yin Keke said Chen Lisha might refuse the arranged marriage because she loved her childhood sweetheart, Wu Xiaoyu, who had not awakened.
• Duan You asked Yin Keke to invite Chen Lisha to meet so he could confirm some things, and Yin Keke arranged the meeting.
• Chen Lisha told Yin Keke she loved Wu Xiaoyu but had not told him because he was grieving his aunt's death, and she hoped to delay the Heavenly Demon Guild's plans.
• As Duan You followed Yin Keke and Chen Lisha while they shopped, a powerful stranger suddenly put a hand on his shoulder, leaving him unable to move easily.

Duan You told Wu Xiaoyu that Chen Lisha was being forced by her family to marry someone from the Heavenly Demon Guild. Wu Xiaoyu reconciled with Chen Lisha and promised to help her face the problem, leaving her comforted and no longer alone.

• Duan You revealed to Wu Xiaoyu that Chen Lisha's family was forcing her to marry someone from the Heavenly Demon Guild.
• Wu Xiaoyu realized Chen Lisha liked him and decided to talk with her instead of staying focused on his own grief and leveling.
• Wu Xiaoyu asked Chen Lisha why she had not told him about her troubles, and she explained that she had not wanted to burden him.
• Wu Xiaoyu apologized, listened as Chen Lisha shared her worries, and promised that he would help her and protect her.

Yin Keke and Duan You left Chen Lisha and Wu Xiaoyu after the couple reconciled, while Shen Yu discovered the illusory world was merging with the main world. Wu Xiaoyu offered Shen Yu the world’s origin and authority in exchange for its preservation, then asked if they would meet again.

• Yin Keke and Duan You said goodbye to Chen Lisha and Wu Xiaoyu, and Wu Xiaoyu promised to help them if they faced trouble.
• Shen Yu sensed that the illusory world’s protagonist could evolve without limit and understood why the worlds had collided.
• Shen Yu sent a sliver of consciousness into the illusory world, where Wu Xiaoyu appeared as its all-powerful monarch.
• Wu Xiaoyu revealed that he had surrendered his power and reset everything to create a chance to change the world’s fate.
• Wu Xiaoyu offered Shen Yu the world’s origin and authority so he would preserve the world, then asked whether they would meet again.

Shen Yu learned that Disaster had found the Weird God's location and received its coordinates before turning his attention to merging the main world and the illusory world. Lin Buji and the others returned to their world, where they reported their disappearance to Headquarters and brought back proof of what they had experienced.

• Shen Yu sensed Disaster arrive, questioned him about the Weird God, and inferred that he had come to share information.
• Disaster gave Shen Yu an item containing the Weird God's coordinates and intelligence, then warned him to control his subordinates.
• Shen Yu released his spiritual power to merge the main world and the illusory world, ejecting Lin Buji and the others back to their world.
• Lin Buji contacted Headquarters, and he and the others reported their return and presented goods from the other world as evidence.
• Duan You, Niu A, Zhu Zixing, and Yin Keke regretted leaving before they could carry out their plans against the Heavenly Demon Guild or see Chen Lisha challenge it.

After returning from the other world, Yin Keke and her teammates discovered that a comic closely matched their experiences and suspected its author had glimpsed their world. The authorities then took Sui Wuyou in for questioning, leaving his editor rushing to his city to find out what had happened.

• Medical tests found no detectable changes in the awakened ones after their trip, disappointing Duan You and Niu A.
• Yin Keke opened a comic notification and found familiar names and events that closely matched their experiences.
• The group speculated that Wu Xiaoyu was the comic’s overpowered protagonist and decided the author needed to be questioned.
• Sui Wuyou regretted insulting a reader and worried that he had gained a persistent hater.
• Uniformed inspectors identified Sui Wuyou as the author of I Can Upgrade Without Limit and took him away without explaining why.
• Sui Wuyou messaged Editor Big Fatty, who hurried to his city to help him.

Sui Wuyou was taken to the Special Management Department and questioned about the origins of his comic, I Can Upgrade Without Limit. After Duan You confirmed he was telling the truth, the officials revealed that humans had developed Awakeners with special abilities and demonstrated one on him.

• Sui Wuyou signed a confidentiality agreement and was brought before Yin Keke, Duan You, and other officials.
• Yin Keke questioned Sui Wuyou about whether his comic was original and where he had gotten its ideas, and Duan You confirmed that he was not lying.
• Duan You explained that animals and plants were not the only things changing and told Sui Wuyou that humans had developed Awakeners with special abilities.
• Duan You used his ability on Sui Wuyou, who lost control of his body and performed a difficult dance ending in a one-handed handstand.