Chapter Summaries

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.