Recaps

After the Weird Gods were captured and contained, Shen Yu learned that the Horror Game threat had been resolved and finally relaxed. Li warned him that the many anomalous abilities within his body could drive him into irreversible madness.

• Mother of Birth withdrew her flesh forest after Shen Yu asked what to do with the captured Weird Gods.
• Shen Yu thanked Li for taking care of Atases, and Li offered to handle the Weird Gods in return.
• Li and the other authorities captured the escaped, injured Weird Gods and placed them in the Anomaly Cage.
• Shen Yu received the system notification that all Weird Gods were contained and that the Horror Game threat had ended.
• Li warned Shen Yu that the overlapping causes and effects in his body could lead him into endless madness, and Shen Yu fell silent.

Li discussed gaining permission from Shen Yu to enter a world where spiritual energy could soothe the effects of Weird power. Shen Yu agreed in principle but warned that conflicts involving Awakened and Anomaly Tamers still broke out there.

• Li noticed that his emotions had grown faint rather than becoming mad.
• Li asked Shen Yu where the spiritual-energy tea came from, and Shen Yu explained that he ruled the world where it had been found.
• Li asked Shen Yu for the authority to enter and leave that world freely instead of claiming it for himself.
• Shen Yu warned Li that Anomaly Tamers and Awakened sometimes lost control or acted recklessly, causing fights.
• Li learned that people displaced by collapsing Dungeon worlds had been relocated to Earth Star, where the Weird problem remained unresolved.

Li learned that ability users had been barred from the Surface World and restricted to the Inner World, then agreed to help Shen Yu watch over the world. After Shen Yu gave him permission to travel there, Li arrived and found its laws interesting.

• Nations separated ability users from ordinary people by limiting ability users to the Inner World and requiring them to apply before entering the Surface World.
• Li reflected on the dangers of people gaining power and assured Shen Yu he would not interfere with the world's development.
• Shen Yu granted Li permission to enter and leave the world freely, expecting his presence to improve its safety.
• Li and Shen Yu traveled to the world together, where Li examined its laws and found them interesting.

Li recognized that Shen Yu had helped fuse a fragile derivative world with a main world, creating a stable world with unusually complete laws. As Li and Shen Yu explored its spiritual-rich Inner World, Li began recovering from strange energy, though its corruption could still threaten even gods.

• Li deduced that the world had fused with a derivative world, and Shen Yu confirmed it.
• Li observed that spiritual energy was concentrated in the Inner World while the Surface World retained enough for ordinary people to potentially awaken.
• Li and Shen Yu agreed that Shen Yu’s arrangement gave Li and Atases free access in exchange for their future care of the world.
• Li and Shen Yu walked through the Inner World as its spiritual energy gradually eased the effects of strange and negative energies within them.
• Li understood that strange energy could corrupt even gods, and Atases worried that Li might fall into madness again as he had in parallel worlds.

Shen Yu strengthened the world’s defenses with Atases and Li, then drew Character Cards after a high-energy warning sounded. He discovered that one SSS-rank card was the long-awaited final Execution Officer and began investing his mental power to summon a hundred Character Cards near the spatial rift.

• Li said He would leave coordinates, move things over, and protect the world alongside Atases.
• Shen Yu reviewed Headquarters’ defenses and heard an alarm report high-energy fluctuations.
• Shen Yu drew Character Cards and found ten S-rank cards, three SS-rank cards, and two SSS-rank cards.
• Shen Yu opened the SSS-rank cards and found the final missing Execution Officer.
• Shen Yu went near the spatial rift and poured his mental power into a Character Card, attempting to summon a hundred at once.

Chen Fan failed to awaken and lost his chance to compete for the miracle that could save his paralyzed sister. He left the Awakening Hall shunned by his former classmates, with his family’s hopes seemingly gone.

• Chen Fan failed to awaken at the ceremony while his former classmates mocked him and refused to comfort him.
• Chen Fan left the Awakening Hall as other unsuccessful students mourned their failures.
• Chen Fan recalled that his poor parents had taken exhausting jobs to pay for his schooling and help him awaken.
• Chen Fan had hoped to win a miracle in the Awakeners' Rookie Tournament, since his family could not afford a Level 3 priest.
• Chen Fan remembered that a Level 1 priest had failed to help his sister stand, despite returning part of the fee.

After failing to awaken, Chen Fan hid the truth from his sister, Chen Yue, and searched for another way to help her walk again. He found a deadly trial in the Mist Forest and set out to seek the power of the God-Blessed.

• Chen Fan left the Awakening Hall and returned to the slums, where he reassured Chen Yue that the ceremony had gone well.
• Chen Yue said she believed Chen Fan would become an Awakener and win a miracle that could help her stand.
• After remembering that ordinary people could earn the title of God-Blessed through special trials, Chen Fan searched the city library for information.
• Chen Fan found a scroll describing an ancient temple in the Mist Forest, where most people who attempted the trial never returned.
• Chen Fan left Chen Yue a note promising to find a cure and reached the entrance to the Mist Forest at dawn.

Chen Ke and the other Contract Anomalists struggled to operate in a world dominated by dangerous [Gods] and their devoted worshippers. With Lord Ao Qu gone and their lone Executor confined to protecting their settlement, they had made no progress conquering the world and did not know when they could return to Headquarters.

• Alarms warned the base that [Sun], [Berserk], and [Sky] had appeared in different regions, forcing logistics staff to coordinate personnel and keep their operations away from danger.
• Chen Ke replenished his strength while other Contract Anomalists discussed how the world’s threats had stalled their mission for two or three years.
• The Contract Anomalists said Lord Ao Qu’s return to Headquarters had left their progress at a standstill and their sole Executor unable to leave the settlement.
• The group lamented that locals treated them as unbelievers and followers of Evil Deities whenever they used Weird energy or summoned Weirds.
• The Contract Anomalists asked Chen Ke when they might return to Headquarters, though the chapter left that question unanswered.

Shen Yu established an Anomaly Containment Association branch in a world where people depended on gods’ blessings, leaving its faithless employees struggling to survive. Chen Ke received a mission and headed toward the outskirts with an assigned logistics worker.

• Chen Ke said Lord Ao Qu had been summoned to Headquarters, which would learn about the situation and respond.
• Shen Yu used Character Cards and a branch base to place the Association’s people in the world, where they had memories of living there for years.
• The chapter explained that most people gained abilities through faith in gods, while the Association’s people were faithless and faced fear, rejection, and denial of basic goods and shelter.
• Chen Ke noticed a mission on the Smart Brain, finished his food, and left the base with a logistics staff member.
• The logistics staff member drove Chen Ke from the bustling city toward the outskirts.

Chen Fan cautiously ventured into Mist Forest to reach a temple, hoping to awaken without encountering a god that would eat him. He hid when he heard someone approaching, but Chen Ke walked straight toward him, unaware that Chen Fan was there.

• Chen Fan moved deeper into Mist Forest, where the mist hid possible dangers.
• Chen Fan heard nearby footsteps and hid, suspecting the approaching person was human.
• Chen Fan reminded himself that caution could help him return to his parents and younger sister alive.
• Chen Ke entered Chen Fan's view with a map, a backpack, two guns, and a blade, while his keen senses detected Chen Fan hiding.
• Chen Ke continued through the forest without avoiding Chen Fan because he sensed no divine aura on him.

In the Mist Forest, Chen Fan met Chen Ke, who claimed he had equipment and weapons to handle the wild gods and offered to lead the way. When a piercing cry sounded, Chen Ke rushed toward it with Chen Fan following, and they encountered a shadow overhead.

• Chen Ke introduced himself to Chen Fan and said he was searching for something with the help of a tracking device.
• Chen Ke claimed he could deal with the wild gods and offered Chen Fan a chance to stay close to him.
• A shrill cry rang out from deeper in the forest, and Chen Ke checked his device before taking up his gun.
• Chen Ke ran toward the sound, and Chen Fan followed with his dagger as strange noises surrounded them.
• A black shadow swept over Chen Ke and Chen Fan, and Chen Ke raised his gun and fired.

Chen Ke destroyed the Death Bird with a power that could erase a god's servant, while Chen Fan reacted strongly to the term “strange things.” Chen Ke hinted that he might be blessed by a god but concealed his true nature, wary that contact with the gods could corrupt even Chen Fan's good intentions.

• Chen Fan felt dizzy and nauseous after hearing Chen Ke call the Death Bird a strange thing.
• Chen Ke crushed the Death Bird, then used a power to erase it as it tried to reassemble.
• Chen Fan asked whether Chen Ke was blessed by a god, since only the blessed could kill a god's servants.
• Chen Ke said “Perhaps” without confirming or denying it, keeping his identity hidden because he feared Chen Fan might be corrupted by the gods.
• Chen Fan was left puzzled by Chen Ke's guarded response.

Chen Ke revealed that he had come to kill or contain the wild god in Mist Forest, while Chen Fan struggled between protecting his sister’s hope and seeking the power he needed to pay for her treatment. The chapter ended with Chen Fan refusing to give up despite Chen Ke warning that the Blood Robe’s power would turn him into a puppet.

• Chen Fan realized that Chen Ke’s group was investigating the wild god in Mist Forest and suspected a divine war was imminent.
• Chen Ke said he had come to kill or contain the Weird, which their investigations suggested was a Blood Robe.
• Chen Fan was shocked that Chen Ke intended to confront a god and admitted he wanted its power so he could afford his sister’s treatment.
• Chen Ke warned that the Blood Robe’s power would make Chen Fan its puppet and urged him to abandon the idea.
• Chen Fan said he could not afford to gamble and stubbornly held on to his hope.

Chen Fan encountered a grotesque contaminated monster in the Mist Forest and was lured toward it by its whispers. Chen Ke rescued him and fought the rapidly healing creature, leaving Chen Fan worried about Chen Ke.

• Chen Fan's vision changed, revealing a black tree covered in fungus and distorted faces.
• The tree's whispers drew Chen Fan toward it and promised to make him part of the Mist Forest.
• Chen Ke cut through the branches reaching for Chen Fan and ordered him to step back.
• The monster attacked Chen Ke, who severed its branches but could not stop its wounds from quickly healing.
• Chen Fan watched in shock and worried about Chen Ke facing the monster.

Chen Ke destroyed a seemingly immortal, tree-like monster with his freezing ability, leaving Chen Fan shaken by how close he had come to death. Chen Ke recorded the coordinates for cleanup and asked whether Chen Fan could see the monster.

• Chen Ke explained that Weird entities and contaminated monsters could regenerate unless Weird energy erased them.
• After his sword strikes failed to finish the tree, Chen Ke exhaled white mist that froze its branches, trunk, and leaves.
• Chen Ke shattered the frozen tree into ice fragments, and the frost stopped spreading after reaching twenty meters.
• Chen Ke recorded the coordinates on his Smart Brain for logistics staff to inspect and clean up.
• Chen Ke asked Chen Fan whether he could see the monster, and Chen Fan wondered why he had never noticed it before.

Chen Ke explained that the man-eating tree was a monster mutated by anomalous energy and told Chen Fan that thousands of people disappeared each day. Chen Fan doubted the scale of the disappearances but recognized rumors that people had vanished while seeking power.

• Chen Fan wondered whether the man-eating tree was one of the strange things, while distinguishing it from the divine retainer Death Bird.
• Chen Ke explained that the tree was a monster contaminated and mutated by anomalous energy.
• Chen Fan questioned whether anomalous energy existed and why he had never encountered its contamination.
• Chen Ke said about a thousand people went missing daily in a world of just over a hundred million people.
• Chen Fan disbelieved the figures, then recalled rumors of people vanishing while pursuing power.

Chen Ke explained how aberrant energy contaminated people as he fought off monsters with Chen Fan. After a vision revealed Chen Fan’s sister trapped in a crystal, Chen Ke suppressed the contamination in Chen Fan’s wound and pointed to the Sacred Mountain as its likely source.

• Chen Fan recalled the disappearance of the town’s genius boy as Chen Ke explained how aberrant energy eroded people’s wills.
• Chen Ke killed a tentacled rabbit, then froze vines that burst from the ground and attacked them.
• A vine caught Chen Fan, and he saw his sister among the figures inside a crystal before Chen Ke cut him free.
• Chen Ke told Chen Fan the crystal and its figures had been an illusion, then discovered that the vine had contaminated him.
• Chen Ke temporarily suppressed Chen Fan’s contamination and said the Sacred Mountain was likely the greatest source of it.

Chen Fan followed Chen Ke through the contaminated Mist Forest toward the temple, questioning the gods and the reality he had always believed in. After Chen Ke assured him that his sister’s paralysis was not caused by contamination, the pair reached the temple, where monsters gathered and Chen Ke suppressed the contamination in Chen Fan’s body.

• Chen Ke led Chen Fan through the Mist Forest, freezing and killing mutated creatures as they approached the temple.
• Chen Fan wondered whether the gods who protected humanity were exploiting people, and feared that following Chen Ke would make him a heretic and endanger his family.
• Chen Fan asked whether his younger sister’s paralysis was caused by contamination, but Chen Ke said she could not have remained contaminated for years without mutating.
• Chen Ke and Chen Fan reached the temple and saw human beings transformed into monsters among the creatures gathered there.
• Death Bird alerted the temple’s monsters, and Chen Ke used weird energy to suppress the stubborn contamination spreading through Chen Fan’s body.

Chen Ke helped Chen Fan contain several Weird ones, exposing Chen Fan to contamination before bringing him into a temple where its statue sent them into a Ghost Domain. Chen Ke began fighting a powerful winged Weird there, leaving Chen Fan stranded on a block of ice as the battle continued.

• Chen Ke froze the attacking Weird ones and gave Chen Fan Anomaly Cages to contain them.
• Chen Fan contained the Weird ones and discovered that their pollution was causing strange symptoms in his body.
• Chen Ke brought Chen Fan before the temple statue, which opened a Ghost Domain and made them fall into a strange sky filled with floating rocks.
• Chen Ke created ice platforms and released his Extreme Cold Storm while keeping Chen Fan inside a protective ring of ice.
• Chen Ke and his contracted Ice Demon attacked the Blood Robe-level winged Weird, and Chen Ke slashed its wing and kicked it downward.

Chen Ke and Ice Demon defeated and captured the Weird in the Temple, then brought Chen Fan to the Branch Headquarters. There, Chen Fan learned about the Anomaly Containment Association and was given a confidentiality agreement, reserve contract, and Human Reason Guardianship Code.

• Chen Ke and Ice Demon coordinated their attacks until the Weird weakened, its Ghost Domain collapsed, and Chen Ke captured it in a Anomaly Cage.
• Chen Fan watched Chen Ke fight and realized he wanted to learn to use abilities through training and tactics rather than depend on gods.
• Chen Ke told Chen Fan to come with him, and they returned to the Branch Headquarters.
• The Logistics Department staff welcomed Chen Ke and prepared a confidentiality agreement and reserve contract for Chen Fan.
• Xiao Zhang explained the Human Reason Guardianship Code, confidentiality agreement, and the terms of joining the Execution Department as a Contract Anomalist reserve.

Chen Fan learned that believers were generally unable to become Contract Anomalists because gods twisted their minds, and he asked whether the Anomaly Containment Association could protect his family. He discovered that his parents and younger sister each worshipped a different god, leaving him alarmed about their safety.

• The logistics staff member explained that believers who encountered their gods could become warped puppets, while some might escape with a Contract Anomalist’s help.
• Chen Fan learned that newcomers from this world were rare because few people were nonbelievers.
• Chen Fan asked whether the Anomaly Containment Association could take his family to safety, and the logistics staff member said they would arrange a secure location with security teams.
• The logistics staff member asked which gods Chen Fan’s family worshipped, and Chen Fan said his parents worshipped the gods of commerce and agriculture while his younger sister worshipped the goddess of life.
• Chen Fan felt panic upon realizing that his family believed in gods.

Chen Fan learned that his sister Chen Yue’s paralysis was not caused by a physical illness, but by a continuous curse. Tang Jun identified the curse, leaving Chen Fan determined to find whoever had afflicted her.

• Medical staff examined Chen Yue but found no physical cause for her inability to stand, only muscle atrophy and skin issues from years in bed.
• A medic suspected the condition might involve the weird side and called in A-rank Contract Anomalist Tang Jun.
• Tang Jun sensed a weird aura, examined Chen Yue, and identified a continuous curse keeping her healthy body from moving freely.
• Chen Fan realized Chen Yue might have been cursed out of jealousy or malice and decided to find whoever was responsible.

Chen Fan attended an emergency meeting where Executor Candle Shade appeared and announced that the branch had made no progress conquering the world in three years. The meeting left the Contract Anomalists expecting the conquest to begin soon.

• The staff connected the conference hall to Contract Anomalists on missions, and their figures appeared across the screen.
• Candle Shade, one of the Execution Department’s three Executors, arrived and overwhelmed Chen Fan with his presence until Tang Jun shielded him.
• Chen Fan asked whether Candle Shade was the Chairman, and Tang Jun explained that he was an SSS-class Executor and the Contract Anomalists’ direct superior.
• Candle Shade announced that the branch had made no progress in conquering the world during its three years there.
• The Contract Anomalists and logistics staff reacted with excitement, believing the long-prepared conquest was about to begin.

Chen Fan joined a team of Contract Anomalists investigating the curse on his younger sister. After entering the city, they arrived at what had once been his home.

• Chen Fan decided to register under his own name until he thought of a code name.
• Chen Ke apologized to Chen Fan for previously judging that his sister's condition could not be contamination, and Chen Fan told him it was fine.
• Tang Jun, Chen Ke, One Kill, Ink Feather, Phantom Butterfly, Chen Fan, and another Contract Anomalist prepared to investigate the curse.
• The group traveled with logistics staff and passed through city questioning and inspection.
• Chen Fan led the Contract Anomalists to his former home.

Chen Fan and the others found a tracking curse in his family’s empty home and fought off vine monsters that were using Chen Yue’s curse to build a sacrificial formation. After learning the ritual would be completed in three days beneath the blood moon, Chen Fan vowed to save his sister while a hidden figure revealed that the attack had been bait.

• Phantom Butterfly detected a concealed aura, and Chen Ke identified the black slime as the backlash of a tracking curse tied to Chen Yue.
• More than a dozen vine monsters attacked, and Tang Jun sent Chen Fan to retrieve an object bearing Chen Yue’s aura.
• Chen Fan collected his sister’s belongings, was pierced by a vine, and threw a teddy bear to Chen Ke.
• The teddy bear’s white light weakened the monsters, and Tang Jun destroyed the curse’s incarnation, which revealed that the altar would be complete in three days beneath the blood moon.
• Chen Ke warned that the entire city could become a sacrifice, while Chen Fan vowed to save Chen Yue and Tang Jun noticed a connection between the monsters’ energy and the meeting’s code names.
• A black-robed figure watched from a high-rise shadow and said Chen Fan had taken the bait for the blood sacrifice.