Recaps

Li Fu confessed that Scarface King had recruited him to damage the Spirit-Pattern Pillar, leading Captain Wang to send Hua Yin and his teammates to the West District black market. There, Hua Yin spotted his old classmate Qing Wuyan, whose presence in the dangerous market left him uneasy.

• Li Xiulin and Chen Xingfeng argued over Hua Yin's refusal to help them, then decided to seek favors to get Li Fu released.
• Li Fu told Captain Wang and Hua Yin that Scarface King had promised him a way to become an Awakened in exchange for damaging the Spirit-Pattern Pillar.
• Captain Wang ordered Hua Yin, Sun Haoran, and Zhao Tiezhu to find and arrest Scarface King at the underground black market.
• The team entered the black market beneath the old industrial park and headed toward Old Smokestack's stall for information.
• Hua Yin recognized Qing Wuyan at a stall and wondered why his old high school friend was in the black market.

Hua Yin and his teammates chased Old Smokestack through the black market after the vendor exposed their operation, while Qing Wuyan helped point out the fugitive’s route and was injured by a black-market dealer. After Hua Yin healed him and the Special Affairs Bureau captured Old Smokestack, Qing Wuyan was released and arranged to meet Hua Yin for dinner, leaving Hua Yin hoping his friend had visited the black market only out of curiosity.

• Old Smokestack spotted Hua Yin and his teammates approaching, shouted that the police were there, and fled through the black market.
• Hua Yin pursued Old Smokestack while Sun Haoran and Zhao Tiezhu followed, and Qing Wuyan directed Hua Yin toward a hidden passage.
• A black-market vendor threw a sharpened iron pellet at Qing Wuyan, cutting his cheek and knocking him from a pile of wreckage.
• Zhao Tiezhu tackled and captured Old Smokestack as Captain Wang and Special Affairs Bureau reinforcements arrived to control the black market.
• Hua Yin used the Pale Bewitching Butterfly to heal Qing Wuyan’s face, and Qing Wuyan later gave a statement before being allowed to leave.
• Qing Wuyan invited Hua Yin to their usual beef noodle shop that evening, and Hua Yin agreed while privately hoping Qing Wuyan had gone to the black market only out of curiosity.

Hua Yin watched Old Smokestack evade questioning while Chen Xingfeng and Li Xiulin considered asking Hua Yin to soften his report about Xiaoxu. Over noodles with Qing Wuyan, Hua Yin learned Lin Qingqiu was seeking a Genetic Potion, and Qing Wuyan secretly arranged for the Lin family to receive one.

• Hua Yin and Captain Wang concluded that Old Smokestack would not reveal crucial information without harder evidence or another approach.
• Chen Xingfeng told Li Xiulin that Xiaoxu would likely face consequences and proposed privately asking Hua Yin to show leniency in exchange for compensation.
• Hua Yin met Qing Wuyan at their old noodle shop, where Qing Wuyan said Lin Qingqiu's family was seeking a Genetic Potion so she could become stronger.
• After Hua Yin left, Qing Wuyan received an encrypted message and replied, "Give the Lin family a Genetic Potion."

At school, Qing Wuyan told his classmates about Hua Yin’s powers and offered Lin Qingqiu a lead to a hidden black market where she might obtain a Genetic Potion. In Youcheng’s North District, Scarface King faced a shadowy young figure who condemned him for a failed mission.

• Qing Wuyan recounted Hua Yin’s healing butterflies and the Special Affairs Bureau’s raid, gaining attention from his classmates.
• Lin Qingqiu told Qing Wuyan she was still considering a Genetic Potion because she wanted the strength to face the dangerous world.
• Qing Wuyan gave Lin Qingqiu a black Introduction Card and directions to a hidden North District black market, warning her to prepare carefully.
• Lin Qingqiu took the card and said she would consider visiting the market.
• Scarface King met a concealed young figure in a soundproof chamber, who said the mission had failed, the operatives had been captured, and Scarface had disappointed him.

Old Smokestack broke under interrogation and gave the Special Affairs Bureau locations for Scarface King, prompting an assault operation in the North District. Lin Qingqiu's parents destroyed her black-market introduction card, but she remained determined to seek strength as the Bureau convoy prepared to strike.

• Old Smokestack confessed Scarface King's hideouts, contacts, and enforcers after investigators presented evidence and pressured him.
• Captain Wang assigned White Butterfly, Sun Haoran, and Zhao Tiezhu to lead the assault on Scarface King's underground hideout, with Hua Yin supporting the operation.
• Lin Qingqiu told her parents that Qing Wuyan had given her an introduction card to the high-end black market so she could seek a Genetic Potion.
• Lin Qingqiu's parents refused to let her use the card, and her father shredded it while promising to pursue legal channels for a potion.
• Lin Qingqiu lay awake still longing for strength as the Special Affairs Bureau convoy arrived at the abandoned factories.

At the abandoned Third Textile Factory, Hua Yin used his newly revealed wings to carry Sun Haoran and Zhao Tiezhu into the building through a damaged skylight. The team regrouped and prepared to infiltrate the underground warehouse and apprehend their targets.

• Captain Wang directed Team One to enter through a damaged ventilation duct while Teams Two and Three secured the perimeter.
• Hua Yin revealed his butterfly wings and offered a faster, safer route than the sewage pipe.
• Hua Yin flew Sun Haoran and Zhao Tiezhu through a damaged skylight into the factory's upper level.
• Sun Haoran and Zhao Tiezhu praised Hua Yin's flight ability, then joined him in preparing to locate and apprehend the targets.

Hua Yin, Sun Haoran, and Zhao Tiezhu infiltrated Scarface King's factory hideout and killed three sentries, but Scarface King discovered them before they could breach the underground entrance. Scarface King and his followers surrounded the team, and the confrontation erupted into battle.

• Hua Yin sent his Pale Bewitching Butterflies down the stairs, and they silently killed three armed sentries.
• Sun Haoran tracked Scarface King's scent to a concealed underground passage, and the team approached its partly open iron doors.
• Scarface King emerged from the shadows and recognized Hua Yin as the likely killer of Li Fu and Old Smokestack.
• Scarface King attacked Hua Yin as seven or eight armed followers burst through the iron doors, trapping the infiltrators between enemies.

Hua Yin and his teammates fought Scarface King, whose overwhelming strength and combat experience left Hua Yin badly injured and near defeat. As Scarface King prepared a final blow, Hua Yin considered using his butterfly’s dangerous devouring power, but a sudden change interrupted the attack.

• Scarface King shattered Hua Yin’s butterfly barrier and hurled him into a metal tank with a powerful punch.
• Sun Haoran and Zhao Tiezhu attacked Scarface King, but he easily repelled their efforts and injured Zhao Tiezhu.
• Hua Yin tried to evade Scarface King and strike his vulnerable points, but Scarface King countered and battered him with a relentless assault.
• Scarface King broke Hua Yin’s left forearm and advanced on him, declaring that he wanted to eat the flesh and blood of a genius Awakened to break through the genetic lock.
• Hua Yin considered forcibly devouring Scarface King despite the risk, but a sudden change occurred as Scarface King raised his fist for a final blow.

Bai Ye arrived at the factory just as Scarface King was about to kill Hua Yin and incapacitated him with a flaming spear. As Bai Ye mocked and threatened Scarface King, Hua Yin recovered enough to reflect on the vast gap between their strength.

• Bai Ye burst through the factory wall with a flaming spear and pinned Scarface King to a pillar before he could kill Hua Yin.
• Sun Haoran and Zhao Tiezhu subdued the remaining desperadoes while Hua Yin sat up, badly injured.
• Bai Ye pulled the spear from Scarface King and taunted him for attacking an agent of the Special Affairs Bureau.
• Hua Yin began healing with spiritual power and Spirit Stones as he considered the difference between Bai Ye's Domain Transformation Realm strength and Scarface King's crude power.

After the Special Affairs Bureau arrested Scarface King, Hua Yin healed himself and his teammates, and their warmth helped him feel he belonged in the Operations Department. Meanwhile, Qing Wuyan received news of the arrest, deleted the message, and hinted that his plan had begun.

• Captain Wang’s forces secured the factory, arrested Scarface King, and detained the gang members.
• Hua Yin used the Pale Bewitching Butterfly and Spirit Stones to heal his injuries, then treated Sun Haoran and Zhao Tiezhu.
• Sun Haoran and Zhao Tiezhu showed Hua Yin sincere gratitude, and he began to see himself as their companion, White Butterfly.
• Captain Wang praised the team’s work and ordered them to prepare their reports before withdrawing.
• Qing Wuyan received an encrypted message reporting Scarface King’s arrest, deleted it, and silently declared that his plan had begun.

After the Scarface King operation, Hua Yin asked Li Siyuan for harder training, but learned that headquarters had ordered Li Siyuan back. Li Siyuan arranged for Bai Ye to protect and train Hua Yin, leaving Hua Yin ready to begin brutal combat training the next morning.

• Hua Yin asked Li Siyuan to train him harder so he could fight effectively without relying on others to save him.
• Li Siyuan told Hua Yin that headquarters had urgently recalled all Demigod Realm experts stationed away from headquarters.
• Li Siyuan introduced Bai Ye as Hua Yin's temporary protector and combat instructor, explaining that Bai Ye's sharp fighting style would address Hua Yin's weaknesses.
• Bai Ye warned Hua Yin that his training would be dangerous and ordered him to report to the training ground at five the next morning.
• Li Siyuan left Youcheng Branch for headquarters, while Hua Yin prepared himself for training with Bai Ye.

Bai Ye put Hua Yin, Sun Haoran, and Zhao Tiezhu through brutal gravity-ring conditioning and combat training, leaving Hua Yin close to breaking through to the Spirit-Nurturing Realm. After receiving an urgent call that Li Xiulin was causing a scene at his old home, Hua Yin left the Special Affairs Bureau dormitory to confront her.

• Sun Haoran and Zhao Tiezhu joined Hua Yin for Bai Ye's special training, and Bai Ye equipped them with gravity rings.
• Bai Ye put the three through punishing physical conditioning, then tested Hua Yin's blade techniques and Pale Bewitching Butterflies under pressure.
• Hua Yin adapted to the gravity rings during combat practice and later cultivated until his spiritual power grew stronger, bringing him to the peak of the Meridian-Opening Realm.
• Uncle Zhang called Hua Yin to report that Li Xiulin was outside his home, crying and insisting on seeing him.
• Hua Yin left the dormitory and headed to his old house to settle matters with Li Xiulin.

Bai Ye stopped Hua Yin from confronting Li Xiulin and challenged him to reconsider the guilt that led him to abandon his birth name, Hua Xi. Hua Yin left the old neighborhood without seeing his mother, uncertain but beginning to question whether living in the shadows honored his father.

• Hua Yin hurried toward his former home, intending to settle matters with Li Xiulin, but Bai Ye blocked his way and told him he had called the police about her disturbance.
• Bai Ye revealed that he knew Hua Yin had once been named Hua Xi and asked why he had changed it to Hua Yin.
• Hua Yin explained that after his father died in a construction accident, others blamed him, and he came to believe that he had brought his family misfortune.
• Bai Ye told Hua Yin that his father's death was an accident, rejected the idea that Hua Yin's power came from guilt, and urged him to accept the hope behind his father's name for him.
• Hua Yin reconsidered whether adopting the name Yin was repentance or an escape, then turned away from the old building without confronting Li Xiulin.

Lin Qingqiu agreed to let Qing Wuyan investigate a black-market route to the Genetic Potion after her parents refused to help her. Qing Wuyan left to scout the place, but his cheerful smile faded once he was alone.

• At school, Lin Qingqiu told Qing Wuyan that her parents opposed the Genetic Potion and had torn up the card that could have helped her find it.
• Lin Qingqiu admitted she wanted the strength to stop feeling helpless, and Qing Wuyan suggested scouting the alley behind Old Records Bar after one in the morning.
• Qing Wuyan offered to investigate the black market for her, and Lin Qingqiu reluctantly agreed while warning him not to make deals or reveal her information.
• Qing Wuyan left the rooftop promising to report back, while Lin Qingqiu stayed behind feeling uneasy and guilty.
• Once he reached an empty corner, Qing Wuyan quietly let his radiant smile fade.

After Li Xiulin was released from the police station, Chen Xingfeng blamed her for worsening the family conflict with Hua Yin and left her behind. He then used Hua Yin’s Special Affairs Bureau connections to win favorable contract terms from Dawnlight Technology, unaware that word of his claims was already spreading and could draw the Bureau’s attention.

• Chen Xingfeng and Li Xiulin argued outside the police station, where he accused her of neglecting Hua Yin and making peace with him impossible.
• Chen Xingfeng left Li Xiulin alone and returned to Starwind Trading Company to handle its business problems.
• Chen Xingfeng implied to President Wang of Dawnlight Technology that Hua Yin was an influential Special Affairs Bureau member.
• President Wang softened his negotiating position, and Chen Xingfeng secured a preliminary agreement on favorable terms.
• Chen Xingfeng ordered his legal department to draft the contract and privately justified using Hua Yin’s name.
• News of Hua Yin’s supposed contributions began circulating among business contacts as the Special Affairs Bureau’s monitoring network tracked activity in the ordinary world.

Lin Qingqiu struggled to decide whether to buy a black-market Genetic Potion set that cost three thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones. Meanwhile, Qing Wuyan secretly managed an illegal potion network and waited to see how she would respond.

• Qing Wuyan sent Lin Qingqiu a picture of a Swift Warrior Type I Genetic Potion set and quoted its price of three thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lin Qingqiu longed for the potion's power but feared the cost, the risks, and the consequences of asking her parents for help.
• Qing Wuyan reported to an encrypted contact that Lin Qingqiu wanted the potion but had limited ability to pay, and was told to maintain contact without offering a solution.
• Qing Wuyan checked sales and customer feedback for counterfeit Rock Biotech potions through his black-market contacts.
• Qing Wuyan wondered whether Lin Qingqiu would seek her parents' support or find another way to pay.

After brutal training, Hua Yin met Qing Wuyan for a relaxed meal, unaware that his friend secretly planted a tiny tracking object in his jacket. Qing Wuyan sent a message ordering someone to prepare to act, leaving his friendship with Hua Yin exposed as a deception.

• Bai Ye ended Hua Yin's training and criticized his slow response to side attacks and wasteful use of Lost Butterfly.
• Qing Wuyan invited Hua Yin to dinner, where they talked about school, Lin Qingqiu, and Chen Xu.
• When Hua Yin went to the restroom, Qing Wuyan touched a ring in Hua Yin's jacket and planted a faintly glowing speck in its inner pocket.
• Qing Wuyan paid for dinner and parted from Hua Yin, who put on the jacket and returned toward the Special Affairs Bureau.
• After turning a street corner, Qing Wuyan sent the message, "Prepare to act," deleted the record, and disappeared into the night.

Lin Qingqiu asked Hua Yin for Spirit Stones to buy a black-market Genetic Potion, but Bai Ye intervened and removed a Heartworm that had been manipulating her. Bai Ye revealed that the Psychologist had come to Youcheng and warned that Qing Wuyan might be one of the Psychologist’s patients—or the Psychologist himself.

• Lin Qingqiu met Hua Yin outside the Special Affairs Bureau and asked to borrow three thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones for a Rapid Warrior Type I Genetic Potion set.
• Hua Yin realized Lin Qingqiu planned to use the black-market potion to gain power and was about to warn her when he sensed someone behind her.
• Bai Ye appeared, paralyzed Lin Qingqiu, and extracted a Heartworm that had been amplifying her anxiety and desire.
• Bai Ye destroyed the Heartworm and explained that it had been planted in Lin Qingqiu long ago to manipulate her into a specific choice.
• Bai Ye said the Psychologist had come to Youcheng and suggested that Qing Wuyan might be the Psychologist’s patient or the Psychologist himself.

Bai Ye and Hua Yin raided Qing Wuyan’s home, where they found his parents deeply hypnotized and the apartment stripped of evidence. A taunting message from Qing Wuyan revealed the Doctor’s involvement, while synchronized gestures across several cities showed the threat had spread far beyond Youcheng.

• Bai Ye led Special Affairs Bureau operatives into Qing Wuyan’s apartment, where they found his parents sitting unresponsive and no sign of Qing Wuyan.
• Bai Ye determined that Qing Wuyan’s parents had been deeply hypnotized and ordered the Medical Department to care for them.
• A one-time Bluetooth message mocked Bai Ye and Hua Yin, asked them to look after Qing Wuyan’s parents, and conveyed the Doctor’s greetings.
• A hooded figure in Youcheng raised his middle finger toward the Special Affairs Bureau as people across several cities made the same gesture simultaneously.
• The figure said the Bureau’s discovery meant he should speed things up and wondered which patient the Doctor would see next before disappearing into the shadows.

After Bai Ye received a warning about synchronized behavioral anomalies across several cities, the Ghost City Branch heightened its defenses against infiltration. Meanwhile, a tiny spider carrying Psychologist’s instructions entered the detention area and secretly injected Scarface King, leaving the Bureau unaware that a threat had reached its inner core.

• Bai Ye received an encrypted alert about synchronized behavioral anomalies and suspected that Psychologist’s influence extended beyond Youcheng.
• Director Liu reported the intelligence, and the Ghost City Branch raised its alert level and began investigations into possible infiltration routes.
• A tiny white spider slipped into Scarface King’s cell and injected a coded spiritual-energy message into his hand.
• The spider moved through the detention corridor toward the ordinary holding cells where Scarface King’s subordinates, Li Fu, and Chen Xu were detained.
• Scarface King’s expression changed as he slept, suggesting that he had received the spider’s command without triggering the monitors’ alarms.

Scarface King mutated and escaped from the Special Affairs Bureau detention area, while Heartworms in black-market Genetic Potions activated across multiple cities and unleashed a wave of Uncontrolled Ones. The Psychologist used the resulting terror to advance toward the Law Realm, and Director Liu, Bai Ye, and Hua Yin realized they had to stop him.

• Scarface King transformed into an Uncontrolled One, broke out of his cell, released prisoners, and smashed into the underground pipe network despite Bai Ye's attack.
• Potion users across Youcheng and other cities mutated simultaneously as their Heartworms activated, causing widespread violence and overwhelming local defenses.
• The Psychologist watched from an abandoned radio and television tower as he absorbed the cities' fear and used it to break through toward the Law Realm.
• Director Liu ordered the Bureau to find and interrupt the Psychologist, while Bai Ye recognized the danger of his planned advancement.
• After rescuing civilians and killing two Uncontrolled Ones, Hua Yin sensed the Psychologist's power and identified him as the source of the threat.

Bai Ye launched himself toward the broadcast tower to stop the Psychologist’s attempt to reach the Law Realm while Hua Yin’s team fought Uncontrolled Ones across Youcheng. After Hua Yin revealed a new way to control his butterflies, he led the team toward more threats as the battle above the city intensified.

• Bai Ye charged toward the tower to disrupt the Psychologist’s ascension ritual.
• Hua Yin, Sun Haoran, and Zhao Tiezhu killed a hammer-armed Uncontrolled One by locating and destroying its energy node.
• Hua Yin used Thought Sharing Transposition to send a Pale Bewitching Butterfly through a barrage and strike a telekinetic Uncontrolled One hiding behind a newsstand.
• Hua Yin urged his team to keep clearing threats as Bai Ye and the Psychologist clashed above the city.

Hua Yin encountered Chen Xu during the citywide crisis but chose to answer an urgent rescue call instead of pursuing him. Chen Xu returned home to Li Xiulin, unaware that a tiny crystalline spider had secretly entered her ear.

• Hua Yin, Sun Haoran, and Zhao Tiezhu fought through the chaos and rescued civilians as they headed toward another emergency.
• Hua Yin spotted Chen Xu fleeing through the crowd, but turned away to respond to Captain Wang’s call for help at Blue Bay Apartments.
• Chen Xu escaped to his townhouse and reunited with Li Xiulin, telling her an exaggerated account of his detention and escape.
• The tiny crystalline spider crawled from Chen Xu onto Li Xiulin and entered her ear without either of them noticing.

Bai Ye fell to the Psychologist’s attack, but Liu Zhenguo intervened and fought the Psychologist above Youcheng. As Demigod Realm powerhouses suppressed outbreaks across the Dragon Nation, dozens of them launched a coordinated strike against the Tongming Association, leaving the nation’s supernatural forces poised for a major confrontation.

• The Psychologist prepared to kill the falling Bai Ye, but Liu Zhenguo caught him and blocked the attack with his Immovable Mountain Domain.
• Liu Zhenguo confronted the Psychologist and pressed his domain toward the tower as their battle erupted above Youcheng.
• Demigod Realm powerhouses arrived in cities across the Dragon Nation, suppressed outbreaks, and intercepted negative emotions flowing toward Youcheng.
• Dozens of Demigod Realm powerhouses, including Li Siyuan, received orders to eliminate Tongming Association dens and headquarters, then departed across the border.
• The Dragon Nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs publicly warned the Tongming Association as supernatural agencies worldwide watched the counterattack unfold.

Psychologist’s attempt to advance to the Law Realm faltered as Dragon Nation’s demigods severed his emotional supply lines. When he tried to escape Youcheng, a hidden Law Realm expert stopped him, leaving his consciousness trapped in Qing Wuyan’s collapsing shell as Liu Zhenguo prepared to question him.

• Liu Zhenguo’s domain pinned Psychologist while forces in Harbor City, Rock Abyss City, Yunmeng Marsh City, and other locations disrupted his emotional supply lines.
• Psychologist abandoned his advancement plan and tried to escape by tearing open a spatial rift with Qing Wuyan’s shell.
• A hand reached through the rift and struck Qing Wuyan back, revealing that a powerful Law Realm expert was guarding Dragon Nation.
• The hidden expert closed the rift and warned Psychologist against provoking Dragon Nation.
• Hua Yin sensed the immense power in the sky, while Liu Zhenguo trapped Psychologist’s weakened consciousness and prepared to question him.