Arc 9The Eternal Kingdom's Ritual

Skywing A defeated the Clown and rescued the transformed animals, while Shen Yu used Wu’s divination identity to investigate the Eternal Kingdom. Wu and Mike infiltrated the cult, where Mike learned that stopping its god might lead to an even worse future, and Wu offered him a costly way to seek answers.

  • Skywing A used Nameless Bird to destroy the Clown’s amusement park, contained the Clown, and sent the rescued animals outside its Ghost Domain.
  • After the livestream sparked public interest in Contract Anomalists, Shen Yu chose the Witch Character Card to infiltrate Eternal Kingdom and appeared overseas as Wu.
  • Lily sought Wu’s help after encountering a strange being, and the investigation team traced the incident to Drago James and his connection to Eternal Kingdom.
  • Drago’s holy relic caused women to become devoted to him, but a Vengeful Spirit insect emerged from him and killed an investigator before the team contained it.
  • Wu agreed to join Eternal Kingdom after his crystal ball showed Skywing A killing him, then helped the group evacuate its base before Skywing A attacked.
  • Mike consulted Wu about his mother’s sect, infiltrated Eternal Kingdom with the Special Investigation Team, and helped unlock Wu’s Scales of Fate ability.
  • Wu and Mike attended the cult’s gathering, where new members completed a blood ritual and Mike learned that a demon had claimed him and his family as prey.
  • Wu explained that stopping the evil god’s arrival could bring about a worse threat, then offered Mike a way to find answers in exchange for a price.
Chapters 201–225 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 201A Seasoned Master of Hide-and-Seek

Xiao Zhang was transformed into a German Shepherd and locked in a cage at the amusement park circus. Skywing A played hide-and-seek with the clown while Old Tan remained trapped on the carousel, and the chapter ended with Skywing A appearing on Old Tan’s livestream.

  • Xiao Zhang realized the animals in the circus might be transformed people and went outside to look for a way to free them.
  • A clown transformed Xiao Zhang into a German Shepherd and locked him in a cage.
  • The clown sensed another guest, and Skywing A led it on a hide-and-seek game around the amusement park.
  • Skywing A found Old Tan grinning on the carousel while Old Tan’s livestream attracted 240,000 viewers.
  • Skywing A picked up Old Tan’s phone, appeared on the livestream, and drew a flood of excited comments as the authorities watched helplessly.

Ch. 202He Had a Very Long Dream

Skywing A rescued Old Tan from the amusement park Ghost Domain after discovering that the music had left his mind trapped in a long dream. Old Tan woke in an ambulance with his memories of the incident blocked, while Skywing A remained inside the Ghost Domain to continue pursuing its strange entity.

  • The investigation team identified the Ghost Domain as connected to a former amusement park at Willow Lake Park, whose attractions had been far smaller than those inside the domain.
  • Skywing A stopped the carousel and pulled Old Tan away, causing Old Tan’s distorted face to become clearer as the music ended and his dream began to break.
  • Old Tan remembered his parents, wife, and newborn child, then woke in an ambulance surrounded by doctors and police officers.
  • Chen Guangji stopped Old Tan from forcing himself to remember the incident when he developed a sharp headache.
  • Skywing A had torn open the Ghost Domain for 0.1 seconds and sent Old Tan outside, where the investigation team found him unresponsive and contacted Yi Gui Company for help.

Ch. 203Livestreaming While Toying with the Clown

The Investigation Team contacted Yi Gui Company for help treating Old Tan after a Weird entity’s psychic attack, and Bai Zuo restored his consciousness by implanting a stronger psychological suggestion. Old Tan returned with lasting aftereffects, while the team kept watching the livestream because Xiao Zhang was still inside.

  • Chen Guangji asked Yi Gui Company whether it could treat Old Tan’s mental damage from a Weird entity’s psychic attack.
  • Dong Heng referred Chen Guangji to The One, leaving it to The One to decide whether to help.
  • Bai Zuo used a video call to implant a stronger psychological suggestion in Old Tan and erase his memories of the attack.
  • Old Tan regained consciousness but suffered headaches, memory loss, and a decline in his mental and physical condition.
  • The Investigation Team reprimanded Old Tan and made him promise not to investigate Weird entities recklessly again.
  • The Investigation Team watched the livestream as Skywing A toyed with the clown while Xiao Zhang remained inside.

Ch. 204Welcome the Great Magician's Assistant—Skywing A

Skywing A hunted down Clown’s living mascot minions and confronted Clown, who transformed the amusement park and attacked him with monsters and rings of fire. Skywing A remained airborne and announced his own magic performance as Clown’s fiery assault began.

  • Clown discovered the wrecked carousel and sent the amusement park mascots to hunt for Skywing A.
  • Skywing A used the wind to kill the mascots and discovered they were transformed humans fused with their costumes.
  • Skywing A found Clown and provoked it with a bow, prompting Clown to grow enormous and attack.
  • Clown transformed the amusement rides into tentacled monsters, but Skywing A dodged their attacks.
  • Clown conjured rings of fire to trap Skywing A, who welcomed the spectacle and announced himself as the great magician’s assistant.

Ch. 205Skywing A Captured? Human Target Wheel

Skywing A turned the Clown’s fire magic against its amusement park, but the Clown trapped him in a human-target wheel game and sent knives toward him. Nameless Bird deflected the knives back at the Clown, leaving the two Weirds facing off.

  • Skywing A used the wind to combine the Clown’s fire rings into a tornado that set the amusement park and its monsters ablaze.
  • The Clown put out the fire, then bound Skywing A to a wheel and aimed throwing knives at his limbs.
  • Skywing A summoned Nameless Bird to protect him from the knives.
  • Nameless Bird’s wind sent the knives flying back at the Clown, who slapped them away and glared at the bird.

Ch. 206If They Lost, They Would Have Nothing Left

Skywing A and Nameless Bird destroyed Clown’s Amusement Park and rescued the people transformed into animals, including Xiao Zhang. Skywing A remained behind to contain Clown, which prepared to fight at full strength because it believed defeat meant being devoured.

  • Clown sensed Nameless Bird’s concealed wind ability and resumed its performance, but the sharp gusts wounded it and helped Skywing A escape its ropes.
  • Skywing A ordered Nameless Bird to destroy the amusement park, and Nameless Bird unleashed its S-rank domain, overwhelming Clown and wrecking the park.
  • Skywing A gathered the animal cages and teased Xiao Zhang, who had become a German Shepherd, while wondering whether the transformed people could turn back.
  • Skywing A opened a rift and sent the rescued animals out of Clown’s Ghost Domain for the Xia Kingdom to take in.
  • Skywing A stayed behind to contain Clown, which assumed Nameless Bird meant to devour it and resolved to fight with all its strength.

Ch. 207The Chairman's Whereabouts Are My Harbor

Skywing A defeated and contained the Clown, whose final question led him to say that the Chairman's whereabouts were his harbor. After gaining new abilities, Skywing A ended the livestream, while viewers reacted to the broadcast and discussed becoming Contract Anomalists.

  • The Clown fought the Nameless Bird with everything it had but was overwhelmed, and its music box was shattered.
  • Skywing A asked the Clown what it sought, and said that the Chairman's whereabouts were his harbor.
  • The Clown accepted its fate and was contained, earning the Chairman Construction Points and promoting the Anomaly Containment Association.
  • Skywing A gained new abilities and the Wind-Subduing Pearl, then greeted the viewers and ended the livestream.
  • Viewers reacted to the broadcast and discussed Contract Anomalists, their dangerous work, and how to sign up through Yi Gui Company.

Ch. 208The World Belongs to These Young People?

People seeking to become Contract Anomalists questioned employees at a Yi Gui Company branch, prompting new employee Ai Zhihao to realize the Execution Department might be involved. He rushed to Manager Zheng for confirmation, then left determined to act on what he had learned.

  • People approached Yi Gui Company employees to ask how they could become Contract Anomalists.
  • Ai Zhihao remembered his training had emphasized prioritizing the Execution Department, though he had previously dismissed its members as pampered crown princes.
  • After a visitor suggested Yi Gui Company was connected to Contract Anomalists, Ai Zhihao rushed to Manager Zheng's office.
  • Manager Zheng learned Ai Zhihao had ignored the morning meetings and hinted that the Execution Department's operatives carried out missions.
  • Ai Zhihao bowed to Manager Zheng and staggered out, convinced he understood the connection.

Ch. 209Witness the Fall of These Heretics Together

Shen Yu examined new wind abilities and an SS-grade Wind-Subduing Pearl, then planned to use it to explain Skywing A’s public appearances. In Australia, Evil Mouth and Love Resentment were approached by a mysterious group proposing a joint attack on the Anomaly Containment Association.

  • Ai Zhihao hurried to the Execution Department hoping to meet Contract Anomalists, but learned they had already left and resolved to wait for them next time.
  • Shen Yu inspected Wind Escape, Wind Miasma Technique, and the Wind-Subduing Pearl he had obtained from the Chairman.
  • Shen Yu tested the Wind-Subduing Pearl and confirmed that it suppressed all wind-related abilities while active.
  • Shen Yu decided the pearl could provide an excuse for Skywing A’s frequent public appearances and began planning his next appearance.
  • In Australia, a mysterious group contacted Evil Mouth about his intelligence on Contract Anomalists and invited him to witness their fall.
  • Evil Mouth told Love Resentment about the proposed alliance, and Love Resentment doubted anyone in this world could oppose the Anomaly Containment Association.

Ch. 210Perfect for Infiltrating the Eternal Kingdom

Evil Mouth cautiously entertained a recruitment approach from Eternal Kingdom, while Bai Zuo uncovered the organization’s plans against the Contract Anomalists. Shen Yu decided to infiltrate Eternal Kingdom using the S-rank Character Card Witch, who appeared overseas unnoticed.

  • Evil Mouth told Amanduo he needed to see Eternal Kingdom’s sincerity, then logged out and erased his online traces.
  • Gulda dismissed the intelligence brokers as mortals, while Amanduo analyzed their possible motives and agreed to attend a tribunal gathering.
  • Bai Zuo informed Shen Yu that Eternal Kingdom was recruiting people with special abilities and had contacted Evil Mouth and his companions.
  • Shen Yu reviewed the information about Eternal Kingdom and chose the Witch Character Card as a way to infiltrate the organization.
  • Witch appeared on a street overseas, where passersby naturally overlooked him.

Ch. 211An Ordinary Diviner

Wu opened a Fate Divination Shop after a wealthy merchant gave him a storefront in gratitude for saving his life. A curious girl named Lily entered with her friends to try a reading, and Wu asked what she wanted to divine.

  • Wu accepted a corner storefront from the wealthy merchant he had saved and renovated it into a dim, mysterious divination shop.
  • The merchant offered to be Wu's first customer, but Wu said he would only divine for someone fated to arrive that day.
  • Wu used the crystal ball linked to his anomaly, Knowable Fate, to glimpse fragmented hints about the future.
  • Lily and her friends noticed the newly opened Fate Divination Shop and went inside, where glowing, moving writing surprised them.
  • Wu emerged from behind the shelves, sat across from Lily, and asked what she wanted to divine.

Ch. 212A Master Diviner with Real Skill

Lily asked Wu to divine whether the strange being she had seen at school was real, and the crystal ball guided her through a vivid vision that convinced her she had not hallucinated. She saw that the being had meant only to frighten her, though why it had appeared remained unclear.

  • Lily told Wu about seeing a strange being at school and asked him to determine what it was.
  • Wu instructed Lily to place her hand on the crystal ball and focus on her question.
  • The crystal ball glowed, and Lily relived the encounter from an outsider's perspective.
  • Lily saw that the being had not tried to hurt her and had seemingly only wanted to scare her.
  • Lily emerged from the vision convinced the encounter was real, and her companions comforted her as they worried about her safety.

Ch. 213Our Arrival Was Not Welcome

After a divination, Lily suspected that Drago James was connected to the Weird at her school and sought help from the special department. The investigators confirmed the diviner had abilities but could not reach his shop, then uncovered something suspicious about Drago.

  • Lily paid the diviner and left with her companions, still wondering what it meant to follow the guidance in her heart.
  • Lily told her companions that her vision had shown Drago James, and they worried he might be connected to the Weird.
  • Lily and her companions contacted the special department after deciding they needed adult help.
  • The special department sent investigators to the commercial street, but they could not approach the diviner’s shop, so Mo Ge led them away.
  • The investigators looked into Drago James and discovered that something was indeed wrong with him.

Ch. 214God Will Fulfill Your Every Wish

The Special Investigation Unit abducted Drago James and interrogated him about the women who were obsessed with him and gave him money. Under their questioning, Drago recalled joining the Eternal Kingdom and receiving a holy relic that made his wish come true; the chapter left the investigators with the source of his strange influence revealed.

  • The Special Investigation Team suspected Drago of having a connection to a Weird after finding that more than a dozen former girlfriends had given him money and remained devoted to him despite his abusive behavior.
  • Investigators seized Drago outside his school, cuffed him, hooded him, and took him to a dark interrogation room.
  • The Special Investigation Unit questioned Drago under harsh lights and psychological pressure, confronting him with the names of his ex-girlfriends.
  • Drago recalled hiding his cruel and possessive nature while searching online for people like him.
  • Drago joined the Eternal Kingdom after an administrator promised its god could grant his wish for beautiful women to fall in love with him and never leave.
  • After completing tasks and receiving a holy relic, Drago found that the women became devoted to him and forgave his mistreatment.

Ch. 215I'm Not a Sacrifice, Gnawed to Death Alive

Drago’s interrogation ended when a black insect gnawed his body down to a skeleton and attacked the investigators. The captain’s team contained the Vengeful Spirit insect, but one investigator died and the lead went cold.

  • Drago refused to answer questions about how he controlled the girls, so investigators kept him locked up.
  • Drago awoke screaming that he had to offer a sacrifice, then collapsed as something gnawed away his flesh.
  • A black insect crawled out from beneath Drago’s clothes and chewed through the iron door despite the anesthetic gas.
  • The investigators opened fire and subdued the Vengeful Spirit insect, but one investigator died.
  • The captain contained the insect in a Anomaly Cage, and an investigator lamented that the lead had gone cold.

Ch. 216The Tracks of Fate Began to Turn

The captain’s team connected Drago’s crimes to the organization involved in File 057 and began investigating its links to human sacrifices and Weirds. Seeking answers from Wu, the captain visited the fortune-telling shop but left in a daze after Wu said the wheels of fate had begun to turn.

  • The captain ordered the anomalous incident combined with File 057 and told his investigators to monitor incidents, search the internet group, and investigate Drago’s connections.
  • The team learned that Drago’s ex-girlfriends had become suicidal after their breakups, while the Police Department reported that several women had accused him of mentally controlling them.
  • The captain told the Police Department to conceal the Weird’s involvement and keep the cases open until they found the organization behind them.
  • The captain went alone to Wu’s fortune-telling shop to seek clues and determine whether Wu was an ally or an enemy.
  • Wu told the captain that the wheels of fate had begun to turn, and the captain came to at the shop’s entrance.

Ch. 217You Made a Very Correct Choice

Wu used his divination shop to warn an Eternal Kingdom agent that Skywing A would hunt him down, then agreed to join the organization. The agent left to warn the others that Skywing A was returning, while Eternal Kingdom continued preparing for its god’s descent.

  • After leaving Wu’s shop, the captain remained baffled by Wu’s cryptic remark, while a watcher secretly followed his departure.
  • Eternal Kingdom members discussed Wu’s divination shop and ordered an agent to recruit Wu or dispose of him if he refused.
  • A masked Eternal Kingdom agent asked Wu whether he would face a life-threatening crisis, and Wu’s crystal ball showed him being hunted and killed by Skywing A.
  • Wu agreed to join Eternal Kingdom, and the agent gave him a membership ring before leaving to warn the others about Skywing A’s return.

Ch. 218Keeping Them Under Watchful Guard

Wu’s warning helped the Eternal Kingdom evacuate before Skywing A destroyed its secret base in Australia. The organization’s leaders decided to invite Wu to their next meeting and keep him under watch.

  • Wu watched a member leave and smiled, pleased that his alt account had pressured Skywing A and helped the organization avoid disaster.
  • After Yves reported that Skywing A was coming, the Eternal Kingdom evacuated its secret location overnight and covered its divine sigils rather than destroy them.
  • Skywing A attacked the believers left behind and demolished the base while Ritt and the investigation team handled the police cordons and logistics.
  • Skywing A handed the battered believers to Ritt, wondered how the Eternal Kingdom had learned of his arrival, and went to rest at a guesthouse prepared for him.
  • The Eternal Kingdom’s leaders settled into a new base, praised the diviner for helping them escape, and approved inviting him to their next meeting while keeping him under watch.

Ch. 219This Is Misfortune: The Devil Has Latched Onto Me

Wu prepared his fortune-telling shop for a planned trip, but Mike arrived seeking help with his mother’s strange behavior after joining the Eternal Kingdom. Wu showed Mike that black mist and distorted faces surrounded him, leaving Mike to fear that a devil had latched onto him.

  • Wu packed the shop’s strange objects into the crow’s spatial storage while waiting for someone to take him somewhere.
  • Mike came to Wu’s shop to ask about his mother, who had joined a sect, grown thinner, and claimed the gods answered her prayers.
  • Mike described seeing the celestial deity statue move, and Wu recognized that his mother had likely joined the Eternal Kingdom.
  • Wu told Mike that misfortune shrouded him and showed him the black mist and distorted faces in the crystal ball.
  • Mike trembled and asked Wu whether a devil had latched onto him.

Ch. 220Fate Will Favor You

Mike used Wu’s crystal ball to test possible ways to escape the demon and uncover his mother’s cult, then infiltrated the Eternal Kingdom through Australia’s Special Investigation Team. His actions improved Wu’s character perfection and unlocked Shen Yu’s new fate-shifting ability, which appeared as a white scale.

  • Mike realized the idol in his mother’s home was a Weird and used Wu’s crystal ball to find a way to deal with the demons without smashing it.
  • Mike paid Wu a divination fee, traced the Eternal Kingdom, and recognized that its heavenly god was a Weird used to deceive followers.
  • Mike joined Australia’s Special Investigation Team, contacted the Eternal Kingdom through his brainwashed mother, and infiltrated the cult.
  • Mike’s deeds raised Wu’s Character Perfection by 5%, unlocking the special ability Scales of Fate (Perfect).
  • Shen Yu activated the ability, summoned an empty white scale, and received information after nudging one of its weights.

Ch. 221Our Clubroom Is About to Be Smashed to Pieces

Shen Yu created three associates for Wu, including the A-rank Contract Anomalist Bo, and Wu received calls from Headquarters about trouble at the Occult Society clubroom. Wu summoned Bo to Australia and went with Crow to infiltrate the Eternal Kingdom’s new base, where the organization was preparing to summon its god.

  • Shen Yu used Wu’s Character Card to create Bo, Niaoniao, and Ba Shen, then placed them at Headquarters.
  • Niaoniao told Wu that a blond Bo was threatening to smash the Occult Society clubroom, while Ba Shen complained about the chaos and his hair loss.
  • Wu told Niaoniao and Ba Shen that he was in Australia and explained that he was investigating the Eternal Kingdom.
  • Wu asked Bo to come to Australia, then left the fortune-telling shop with Crow as an Eternal Kingdom representative arrived to collect him.
  • Wu rode with the representative to a renovated countryside resort that served as the Eternal Kingdom’s new base.

Ch. 222Divine Patterns on the Wall, Divine Power

Wu joined the Eternal Kingdom and examined the divine patterns carved into the stronghold’s walls, while Mike secretly recorded the organization’s secrets. The chapter left Mike continuing his investigation as the Eternal Kingdom prepared a ritual-like meeting for its members.

  • Fuldo welcomed Wu to the stronghold and showed him the divine patterns said to contain the power of the gods.
  • Wu studied the patterns for twenty minutes, surprising Fuldo before withdrawing with a pale face.
  • Fuldo sent Wu to rest before the Eternal Kingdom’s meeting, which served as a ritual to bind new members into believers.
  • Mike explored the stronghold with his mother and used a miniature camera to record its surroundings, especially the divine patterns.

Ch. 223Heretical Initiation Ritual, Unknown Water

Mike infiltrated an Eternal Kingdom gathering to help Australia’s stalled investigation expose the organization. The initiation ritual began, and he watched as new believers drank mysterious water and offered their blood to the altar.

  • Australia’s investigation team struggled to uncover the Eternal Kingdom, whose members hid evidence and silenced informed people.
  • Mike volunteered to infiltrate the organization through his believing mother, and Captain Ritt approved the plan.
  • Mike persuaded his mother to bring him to a gathering, while a miniature camera relayed footage to the investigation team.
  • At a cave meeting, the bishop demonstrated bizarre powers and urged the attendees to join the Eternal Kingdom.
  • The bishop instructed the new recruits to drink water of unknown composition, prick their fingers, and drip blood onto the altar, and they began the ritual.

Ch. 224This Is Fate's Arrangement; Fate Is Ever-Changing

Mike completed the Eternal Kingdom's initiation ritual and realized the organization’s power could overwhelm his own thoughts. After the ceremony, Wu told him that the future he had seen was only one possibility, while the demon had already marked him and his family as sacrifices.

  • Mike drank the strange ritual water and worried about the shared dagger and the effects of the ceremony.
  • Fuerdu inducted Wu by having him place a drop of blood on the statue, which absorbed it as a phantom entered Wu’s body.
  • The believers recited poetry at the altar as blood seeped into it, and Mike struggled against the influence clouding his thoughts.
  • Mike stayed behind after the ceremony and followed Wu to his room to speak privately.
  • Wu explained that Mike had seen only one part of a vast, changing destiny and that the demon had already claimed Mike and his family as prey.

Ch. 225Will It Cost Me My Life?

Mike struggled with whether preventing the evil god’s arrival would avert a greater disaster, while Wu explained that the deaths might be tied to Eternal Kingdom’s believers. After a Weird began consuming Mike’s mind, Wu offered a way to find an answer in exchange for a sacrifice, then reassured him that it would not cost his life, family, friends, or lover.

  • Mike questioned why Wu had not stopped the coming disaster, and Wu explained that their understanding of its consequences differed.
  • Mike realized that stopping the evil god’s arrival now might lead to a stronger threat and even more deaths in the future.
  • Wu suggested the tens of thousands of victims might have died because they were connected to Eternal Kingdom, and Mike suspected they had been believers or people drawn into its worship.
  • A Weird attacked Mike’s mind as he agonized over whether doing nothing was best, while Wu used the Scales of Fate to keep the Weird from affecting him.
  • Wu offered Mike a way to find the answer he wanted in exchange for giving something up, then confirmed the price would not be his life, family, friends, or lover.
Arc 9 of 64
Arc 9 of 64