Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan arrives early at school and finds Investigator Li Hongyou waiting for Su Yue. He suspects Su Yue’s abilities are why both Li and the masked organization are interested in her.
• Li warns Bai Xuan to keep his distance from Su Yue, explaining that her ability could make people hopelessly infatuated. Bai Xuan confirms he belongs to the Fallen Angel Goddess Club, but Li still says she is stronger than Su Yue.
• At home, Bai Yu suffers a painful reaction after eating the Wolf Mother’s Heart. Xilin and Marée Alaira examine her, and Xilin uses the Church of Light’s healing magic to stabilize her.
• When Bai Xuan returns, he discovers Bai Yu asleep in an unusual curled position. Her status panel reveals that the Wolf Mother’s Heart boosted her attributes and awakened the blue ability Wolf Mother’s Sense, which sharpens her awareness of danger. Bai Yu then wakes.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan grows more suspicious of Su Yue’s significance and probes Li for information, while remaining curious about the relative strength of their abilities.
• Li Hongyou shows concern for Bai Xuan by warning him away from Su Yue, though she offers little explanation.
• Bai Yu undergoes a major change: the Wolf Mother’s Heart affects her unusually, giving her stronger attributes and a new ability.
• Xilin takes responsibility for treating Bai Yu, using magic learned from the Pope; Marée Alaira offers an eccentric theory about Bai Yu’s special constitution and looks forward to destroying the world with her.

Significant themes

• Powerful abilities can bring unpredictable side effects and attract competing factions.
• Hidden traits and unusual constitutions may set characters apart.
• Protection and care appear alongside danger: Li warns Bai Xuan, while Xilin intervenes to save Bai Yu.

Key events

• Bai Yu recovers from her recent illness and notices that her strength and senses seem unusually enhanced. She wonders whether the meat Bai Xuan bought caused it, but cannot tell amid her earlier, unexplained changes and Superpower awakening.
• Bai Yu tells Bai Xuan that an Investigator has invited her to join the Investigation Bureau. The higher pay appeals to her, but she hesitates because Investigators are scarce and often spend long periods at the bureau. After dinner, she leaves for work.
• Bai Xuan learns that Marée Alaira and Xilin helped Bai Yu recover, with Xilin’s magic playing a part. Later, while clearing Skeleton Soldiers, Xilin uses a powerful Divine Light spell that wipes them out quickly, at the cost of substantial Life Magic.
• Su Yue learns that her father has arranged protection from the Investigation Bureau and Public Security Bureau after the Evil Organization threatened her. Though she agrees to the plan, she distrusts the Investigation Bureau and secretly activates a mysterious white Collar bearing five symbols.
• As Bai Xuan prepares to return home, he senses an unfamiliar presence in his mind. Su Yue contacts him telepathically, asks whether he opened her gift, then proposes a deal.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Yu shows concern for Bai Xuan, teasing him about the meat that upset his stomach, while privately dealing with her own uncertain physical changes. Her possible career move introduces a conflict between advancement and time at home.
• Bai Xuan remains protective of Bai Yu and grateful to Marée and Xilin. He is also caught off guard by Su Yue’s mental contact and admits he forgot her gift.
• Su Yue is independent and skeptical of official protection, preferring to rely on herself. Her direct, telepathic approach marks a new connection with Bai Xuan.
• Marée Alaira is restless and eager for adventure, jokingly urging Bai Xuan to destroy the world. Xilin is quiet but capable, using her magic decisively when asked.

Significant themes

• Uncertain transformation: Bai Yu’s enhanced abilities suggest that unusual changes may be developing, though their cause remains unclear.
• Trust and self-reliance: Su Yue’s distrust of authorities contrasts with her father’s protective intentions.
• Duty versus personal life: Bai Yu weighs a more prestigious, better-paid role against the time it may take away from home.
• Growing supernatural connections: Xilin’s magic and Su Yue’s telepathic contact deepen the story’s supernatural and interpersonal stakes.

Plot points and events

• Su Yue contacts Bai Xuan mind-to-mind and proposes a deal, offering money, personnel, or other support in exchange for his help. They arrange to meet on the academy rooftop.
• Bai Xuan turns in his completed Skeleton Plague quest and receives the green Character Setting Skeleton, which he considers of little use.
• Before leaving, he examines Su Yue’s gift: a valuable sapphire Magic Stone. Xilin identifies it and explains that Magic Stones store energy for casting spells.
• At their rooftop meeting, Su Yue reveals that the Evil Organization is targeting her because of her superpower. A more powerful group has arrived, and she wants Bai Xuan’s protection. She refuses to seek help from the Investigation Bureau, accusing some of its members of pursuing power at the cost of their humanity.
• Su Yue explains that her high-tech Collar, made in Ideal City, helps control her power and ease its mental strain. It is called the Star-Love Demon Eye Suppression Device.
• Bai Xuan accepts the deal, triggering the quest Mind Guardian: help Su Yue escape the Evil Organization’s threat. The quest offers the purple Character Setting Mental Immunity as a reward.
• Just as Su Yue asks what Bai Xuan wants in return, a Spatial Rift opens. A six-armed man wearing a Four of Spades mask emerges and confronts her.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan grows more curious about Su Yue’s abilities and motives, but remains cautious. He accepts her offer after learning the danger she faces, and the new quest gives him a concrete reason to help.
• Su Yue presents herself as wealthy and confident, but hints at past pain and distrust of the Investigation Bureau. She hopes to become friends with Bai Xuan, whom she calls “Mr. Slime Mask.”
• Xilin helps Bai Xuan identify the Magic Stone, while he leaves Xilin and Marée Alaira at home before going to the academy.
• Su Yue’s playful teasing about the Collar briefly flusters Bai Xuan, contrasting with the serious threat they are discussing.

Significant themes

• Trust and cooperation: Su Yue and Bai Xuan must decide whether to rely on one another despite knowing little about each other.
• Institutional corruption and power: Su Yue’s rejection of the Investigation Bureau suggests that danger comes from supposedly legitimate authorities as well as criminal organizations.
• Power and its costs: Su Yue’s Collar indicates that using her superpower causes mental strain and requires restraint.
• Uncertainty and escalating danger: The quest system offers rewards and guidance, but the sudden arrival of the Four of Spades shows the threat is already immediate.

Plot points and events

• Spade Four confronts Bai Xuan, accusing him of repeatedly interfering with the Evil Organization and revealing that a bounty has been placed on Bai Xuan.
• As Spade Four attacks, Xilin teleports in and cuts off two of his arms. He regenerates them, but Marée Alaira then smashes him through the school building, badly damaging it.
• Bai Xuan prepares to question the defeated enemy, but Spade Four ignites and explodes. Su Yue explains that he was a “Spade Puppet,” not the organization member’s true body.
• Since the mission indicated that two Evil Organization members were in Ninghang City, Bai Xuan suspects the second attacker is still at large. He assigns Marée Alaira to protect Su Yue, judging her strength and resistance to psychic abilities especially useful.
• After returning home with Xilin, Bai Xuan checks on Su Yue and Marée Alaira remotely, then reviews the World Book. He needs two more E-rank missions to upgrade the Mission Map.
• The chapter ends with Xilin emerging from her bath and reminding Bai Xuan of their earlier agreement, setting up an awkwardly suggestive moment.

Character developments

• Bai Xuan remains composed in battle and thinks strategically, prioritizing Su Yue’s safety and the threat of the still-missing enemy. He also learns that the organization uses “chips” and bounties, though he does not yet know their value.
• Xilin demonstrates her teleportation and combat ability by intercepting Spade Four. Her concern for Bai Xuan and her later reference to their agreement suggest growing personal closeness.
• Marée Alaira proves powerful enough to overwhelm Spade Four and eagerly accepts the assignment to protect Su Yue, despite being reluctant to separate from Bai Xuan.
• Su Yue continues to rely on Bai Xuan’s protection and trusts him enough to accept Marée Alaira as her guard.

Significant themes

• Protection and loyalty: Bai Xuan assigns his strongest available ally to safeguard Su Yue, while Marée Alaira’s loyalty to him motivates her to accept.
• Escalating danger and uncertainty: Spade Four’s puppet body, his regeneration, and the unseen second enemy show that the threat is not over.
• Power and its limits: Spade Four can recover from severe injuries, but his regeneration slows; Marée Alaira’s strength can overpower him, while Xilin’s abilities provide crucial defense.
• Comedy amid destruction: The fight demolishes part of the school, but Bai Xuan is more concerned with the ongoing mission than the property damage.

Character interactions

• Spade Four taunts Bai Xuan and identifies him as a bounty target; Xilin and Marée Alaira intervene to protect him.
• Bai Xuan praises Marée Alaira after the battle and persuades her to protect Su Yue, reassuring her that their separation is temporary.
• Su Yue thanks Bai Xuan and tries to speak with Marée Alaira, who ignores her.
• At home, Bai Xuan sends Xilin to wash off the puppet’s residue; her return prompts the chapter’s teasing cliffhanger.

Key plot points

• Bai Xuan and Xilin complete the final feeding required to unlock Xilin’s character quest.
• Su Yue brings Marée Alaira to Lakeside Villa. Marée refuses to engage with her and is unaffected by Su Yue’s Star-Love Demon Eye.
• Xilin’s quest, “Light’s Sacred Grace,” takes them to the Church of Light in Aeria World, where a Sacred Pool awaits—but two Phantom Angels guard it.
• Bai Xuan realizes the World Book can transport them between worlds. He and Xilin travel to Aeria, despite it being two in the morning and Bai Xuan’s exhaustion.
• They find Aeria frozen in a crystal-like stasis and surrounded by darkness. Xilin explains that the Witch of the Evernight’s Eternal Night Ritual nearly destroyed the world; several Demigods sacrificed their Divine Power to freeze it until a destined moment.
• Xilin reveals that the Pope gave her the last of her Divine Power, allowing her to enter the chapter of destiny, answer its summons, and meet Bai Xuan.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan tries to make Xilin’s feeding feel less transactional, while Xilin’s upbringing by the Light Pope has given her more human-like values than a typical Succubus.
• Su Yue tries repeatedly to befriend Marée, but Marée remains loyal only to Bai Xuan and threatens to swallow Su Yue if she keeps bothering her. Su Yue’s failed attempt to influence Marée also deepens her confusion about the limits of her power.
• Xilin is initially guarded about returning to her world, warning Bai Xuan not to touch anything. Her explanation reveals the emotional weight of the Pope’s sacrifice and her own departure.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and survival: Aeria’s Demigods and the Pope pay dearly to preserve the world and send Xilin onward.
• Connection and loyalty: Xilin’s bond with Bai Xuan contrasts with Marée’s fierce devotion to him and Su Yue’s unsuccessful attempts to gain trust.
• Fate and world-crossing: The World Book’s ability to move between worlds links Xilin’s past to Bai Xuan’s present, while Aeria’s frozen state awaits a prophesied moment.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan reassures Xilin that they will find a way to save everyone and restore the world.
• They reach the sealed temple containing the Sacred Pool of Light, where Church Saintesses once underwent purification and supposedly communed with the Goddess of Light. Xilin explains that only women can become Light Pope, and that access to the pool requires the Pope’s permission.
• When Xilin touches the temple doors, an alarm identifies them as intruders. Two D+ Phantom Angels attack, overwhelming Xilin and nearly killing Bai Xuan. One destroys his Venom Scorpion.
• Bai Xuan realizes the angels only pursue people within the golden-lit area near the doors. He and Xilin retreat, postponing their attempt until they are stronger.
• Before leaving, Xilin leads Bai Xuan to the Church’s main hall. They see its members frozen by the world-stopping magic and the golden sphere that keeps the Church from falling into darkness.
• Xilin approaches the Light Pope, who sits motionless on the Sun Throne. Bai Xuan notices her eyelid twitch and wonders if she has moved.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan comforts Xilin, protects her during the encounter, and observes the Phantom Angels closely enough to identify the limits of their patrol. He accepts that they must retreat rather than risk defeat.
• Xilin remains trusting of Bai Xuan and joins him in challenging the temple’s defenses. She later brings him to see the Light Pope who raised her, suggesting a deeply personal connection.
• Bai Xuan and Xilin cooperate throughout: he calls for a retreat, and she promptly follows his lead. Their shared mission and mutual trust remain central.
• The Light Pope is introduced as an apparently young but immensely powerful figure. Her possible movement hints that she may not be fully frozen.

Significant themes

• Faith and duty: The Church’s frozen members remain composed, and the Phantom Angels act like unwavering guardians.
• Limits and perseverance: The pair must abandon their immediate goal after confronting a stronger threat, but plan to return.
• Trust and hope: Xilin’s confidence in Bai Xuan sustains their efforts to save the world.
• Mystery and awakening: The Light Pope’s possible eyelid movement raises the possibility that she can act despite the world’s stasis.

Key plot points and events

• In Aeria World, Bai Xuan thinks he sees the Light Pope blink her left eye—possibly wink—despite a supreme spell that should freeze everyone and everything. Xilin doubts what he saw, and they leave without being able to investigate.
• Back home, Bai Xuan reviews their mission: defeat two coordinated D+ Phantom Angels with Holy attributes. He plans to hold one off so Xilin can face the other, but decides they can grow stronger before attempting it. He remains convinced the Pope’s movement may be a clue tied to Xilin’s character mission.
• Later, Li Hongyou arrives at the damaged school after an apparent attack has ended. She and Liu Mufei conclude the target is unharmed and suspect the Slime-Masked young man—likely Bai Xuan—arrived first, possibly after arranging a meeting with the target. Liu proposes a plan, hinting she has a way to handle her White Sea City duties while also becoming involved in Ninghang City.
• The next morning, Bai Xuan learns that a hole has been punched through six floors of the classroom building. Classes continue in the auditorium, while Su Yue stays at her villa under protection from Marée and security personnel.
• Li Hongyou unexpectedly sits beside Bai Xuan in the auditorium and questions what he is watching. He claims it is fishing videos; she teases that boys his age supposedly watch dancing girls.

Character developments

• Bai Xuan shows careful judgment: he recognizes the Phantom Angels’ danger, avoids rushing the mission, and conceals his unusual activities when Li Hongyou approaches.
• Xilin remains cautious and skeptical about the Pope’s apparent movement.
• Li Hongyou is frustrated at arriving too late again, but her attention turns to the Slime-Masked figure and his possible connection to the target.
• Liu Mufei is playful and self-assured, and appears to have a method—possibly involving another version of herself—to manage simultaneous responsibilities.

Character interactions

• Bai Xuan and Xilin discuss the impossible movement of the Light Pope and the risks of their mission.
• Li Hongyou and Liu Mufei trade barbs: Li blames Liu for distracting her, while Liu praises her and pitches an idea.
• At school, Li Hongyou casually questions Bai Xuan, who acts like an ordinary student to avoid drawing suspicion.

Significant themes

• Uncertainty and hidden clues: The Pope’s blink may signal that the frozen world is not entirely as it seems.
• Preparation and teamwork: Bai Xuan plans around the Phantom Angels’ coordination rather than charging into danger.
• Secrecy and divided identities: Bai Xuan masks his abilities, while Liu hints at keeping her unusual arrangement secret.

• Plot and events: Li Hongyou borrows a book from Bai Xuan at school. Meanwhile, Su Yue remains inside her family’s villa while police and investigators secure the estate against a possible attack by the Evil Organization. She asks Marée Alaira whether the masked gentleman is nearby, but gets little warmth in response. Bai Yu arrives to join the security detail, learns the house belongs to wealthy Su Jinghai, and meets Investigator Shen Mei, who invites her to try working for the Investigation Bureau. Bai Yu senses a familiar presence in the sky and wonders if the qipao-clad woman is involved. After school, Li Hongyou takes Bai Xuan to an upscale restaurant, where the unusually sweet dishes reveal her strong fondness for sweets. Over dinner, she asks about his future and suggests he consider becoming an Investigator.
• Character developments: Bai Xuan is easygoing but has no clear career plans; he says he would only consider investigation work if he had a superpower. Li Hongyou appears unusually interested in his future, though her reasons remain unstated. Bai Yu is open to considering a Bureau role but makes no commitment. Su Yue’s confidence in social situations falters around Marée Alaira, whose coldness unsettles her.
• Character interactions: Li Hongyou and Bai Xuan share a teasing, slightly awkward dinner, with her probing his ambitions and him questioning her unusual behavior. At the villa, Su Yue tries to speak with Marée Alaira but receives curt replies. Bai Yu meets Shen Mei, who praises her abilities and offers her a chance to join the Investigation Bureau.
• Themes: The chapter contrasts public duty and personal choice, as Bai Yu weighs a possible career and Bai Xuan resists choosing one prematurely. It also emphasizes distrust and guardedness: Su Yue’s family does not fully trust the Investigation Bureau, and several characters keep their motives or connections uncertain.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan lists several extraordinarily powerful abilities he would want for joining the Investigation Bureau. Li Hongyou teases him and asks what he thinks of teleportation; he quickly praises her Telekinesis as the stronger ability.
• Bai Xuan notices a concealed, red-glowing insect in the restaurant, suggesting someone is monitoring them. He suspects the Evil Organization, which may be tracking Li Hongyou.
• The scene shifts to the Evil Organization: Three of Clubs confirms that Li Hongyou is not with Su Yue, and Spade Four heads out to capture her. A live feed shows Li Hongyou dining with Bai Xuan.
• At Su Yue’s villa, several attacks begin. Spade Four, a six-armed enemy with rapid regeneration, shrugs off gunfire and survives Huang Xin’s explosive cards. He knocks Huang Xin unconscious, but then cards covering his body detonate and engulf him in flames.
• Li Hongyou watches the fight from above, identifies four “Spade Puppets,” and dives toward the villa to deal with the one that got inside.
• At the villa perimeter, Bai Yu hears attacks from multiple directions. Just as she prepares to patrol, she spots a shadow and fires at it.

Character developments

• Bai Xuan is observant and cautious: he recognizes the possibility of surveillance and questions whether the woman beside him is truly Li Hongyou.
• Li Hongyou remains composed and tactical, monitoring the battle and prioritizing the enemy who has infiltrated the villa.
• Spade Four is confident and brutal, relying on his strength and regeneration, though he is vulnerable to coordinated explosive attacks.
• Huang Xin acts quickly to save a police officer but is overwhelmed by Spade Four.
• Bai Yu stays alert while guarding the villa and reacts immediately to a suspected intruder.

Significant themes

• Deception and uncertainty: Surveillance, impersonation, and mistaken identity make it unclear who can be trusted.
• Power and vulnerability: Even powerful abilities such as regeneration can be countered, while capable fighters can still be caught off guard.
• Teamwork and divided responsibility: Defenders hold different positions as the attackers strike on several fronts.

Character interactions

• Bai Xuan humorously flatters Li Hongyou after she tests his opinion of her ability.
• Three of Clubs directs Spade Four and warns him not to fail, underscoring the organization’s focus on capturing Li Hongyou for a bounty.
• Huang Xin tries to protect the police officers and orders them to retreat, but Spade Four attacks before he can finish.
• A police officer reminds Bai Yu to focus on protecting the villa grounds while others handle the surrounding fight.

Plot points and events

• Bai Yu and the police confront Spade Four, whose wounds rapidly regenerate. Bai Yu switches to a grenade launcher and badly damages him, but he survives until Li Hongyou arrives.
• Li Hongyou tears Spade Four apart with her telekinetic power and crushes him completely. Bai Yu is stunned by how much stronger Li has become. Li then leaves to help at other battle sites, telling Bai Yu to guard the villa.
• Bai Xuan watches the battle through Marée Alaira’s Legendary Perspective. He declines her offer to intervene and reflects on Li Hongyou’s remarkable growth.
• In the villa, Bai Xuan asks the woman posing as Li Hongyou about her romantic history. He insists she is not his type, then describes his ideal woman: mature, successful, older, curvy, with long, wavy wine-red hair who enjoys cosplay.
• The description sounds unmistakably like the fake Li Hongyou. She suspects Bai Xuan may have discovered her identity, while Bai Xuan only realizes that his “ideal type” might resemble her. She laughs and offers to take him home.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Yu shows quick thinking and combat skill, using heavy weapons against Spade Four when ordinary bullets fail.
• Li Hongyou demonstrates dramatically increased telekinetic strength and takes charge of the remaining threats.
• Bai Xuan playfully tests the fake Li Hongyou with personal questions, though his detailed description unintentionally raises her suspicions.
• The fake Li Hongyou shifts from teasing curiosity to cautious puzzlement, wondering whether Bai Xuan knows who she really is. Their exchange remains flirtatious and ambiguous.

Significant themes

• Growing power and changing abilities: Li Hongyou’s rapid advancement changes the balance of the fight.
• Identity and suspicion: The fake Li Hongyou worries that Bai Xuan has seen through her disguise.
• Attraction and misunderstanding: Bai Xuan’s playful description seems to reveal a preference that closely matches the woman beside him, creating comic tension.

Key plot points and events

• After driving Bai Xuan home, the disguised Li Hongyou gives him her contact details and invites him and Xilin to consider joining the Investigation Bureau.
• Once alone, the woman reveals herself as Liu Mufei. She tells the real Li Hongyou that she has found the lead to Three of Clubs and is heading to investigate. She also teases Li Hongyou about Bai Xuan’s preference for mature women.
• Li Hongyou has already defeated Spade Four’s puppet forces. Spade Four blames Three of Clubs for the failure and prepares to flee, but Liu Mufei arrives, kills him, and offers Three of Clubs a choice: return to the Investigation Bureau or meet the same fate.
• Bai Xuan and Xilin teleport into Su Yue’s villa. Although Li Hongyou believes the threat is over, Bai Xuan’s mission remains incomplete, so he warns that another enemy must still be nearby.
• Li Hongyou detects and attacks a hidden Fifth of Clubs, who can suppress and reverse her telekinetic attacks. As the debris turns back on her, an unidentified figure crashes through the window and carries her out of danger.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan shows caution and trust in his mission’s evidence, recognizing that the danger remains despite Li Hongyou’s apparent success. He accepts her invitation to consider the Bureau after graduating.
• Li Hongyou is confident after defeating the first attackers, but quickly shifts into combat when Bai Xuan points out the mission is unfinished. Her rivalry with Liu Mufei surfaces through their sharp, playful phone exchange.
• Liu Mufei proves both effective and ruthless, tracking down the enemy cell, killing Spade Four, and attempting to bring Three of Clubs into Bureau custody.
• Spade Four and Three of Clubs are exposed as uneasy collaborators: Spade Four loses his forces, blames Three of Clubs, and tries to abandon her.
• Su Yue is unsettled when Bai Xuan and Xilin appear inside her spatially protected villa, though the immediate focus turns to the hidden attacker.

Significant themes

• Appearances and deception: Liu Mufei disguises herself as Li Hongyou, while the villains’ apparent numbers and locations conceal a further threat.
• Trusting evidence over confidence: Bai Xuan’s incomplete mission status contradicts Li Hongyou’s belief that the operation is finished.
• Rivalry and teasing: Liu Mufei’s provocation of Li Hongyou adds humor and personal tension amid the danger.
• The shifting balance of power: The Fifth of Clubs’s ability to counter Li Hongyou’s telekinesis suddenly puts the powerful Bureau agent on the defensive.

Plot points and events

• Bai Xuan escapes the third-floor attack with Li Hongyou, then shields them from a second barrage of rubble using his newly forged Gale Shield.
• The Five of Clubs demonstrates an ability that seems to control air: invisible barriers deflect Mare Alaila and Xilin’s attacks, while a transparent enclosure traps Mare.
• Bai Xuan realizes the Gale Shield can disrupt the enemy’s air-based defense. Its “Whisper of the Wind” effect creates an opening for Xilin to wound him with her Holy Radiance Slash.
• The Five of Clubs attempts to flee, but Mare breaks free and tears apart his armor. There is no body inside; Bai Xuan finds a white pearl among the fragments.
• The World Book identifies the pearl as a possible “Immortal Pearl.” Bai Xuan places it inside and is offered three new character profiles: Immortal Crane, Cultivator, and Fairy.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan quickly analyzes the enemy’s power and coordinates Xilin’s attacks, using the Gale Shield to counter the Five of Clubs’ defense.
• Li Hongyou admits her telekinesis is too depleted and weak to restrain the enemy. Bai teases her as a “little minnow,” prompting her to protest.
• Xilin follows Bai Xuan’s instructions and lands the first successful hit.
• Mare’s eagerness to fight turns to frustration when she is trapped, then fury when she gets free and attacks the enemy. She briefly believes she has only destroyed his armor until Bai explains the pearl’s significance.

Significant themes

• Power and ideology: The Five of Clubs argues that the strong should rule and the weak exist to serve them, setting his ruthless worldview against the heroes’ efforts to protect order.
• Teamwork and strategy: The enemy’s strength is overcome not by force alone, but through Bai Xuan’s observation, the shield’s special effect, and the others’ coordinated attacks.
• Mystery and progression: The pearl’s unusual nature and the new profile choices hint at further supernatural discoveries and character development.

Plot points and events

• After Marée Alaira tears apart the Five of Clubs, Bai Xuan confirms the enemy is dead. Li Hongyou thanks him, and he teases her in return.
• Liu Mufei calls Li Hongyou, who discovers that Liu has changed her ringtone to “Dazzling Girl Red Pomelo.” Liu warns that the Evil Organization will target Su Yue again and urges her to accept the Investigation Bureau’s protection.
• Su Yue firmly refuses to return to her former life or accept the Bureau’s help. Liu gives her three days to reconsider, leaving Li in Ninghang City meanwhile.
• Bai Xuan tells Su Yue their deal is over, then asks her to arrange a private place for him to stay and provide Magic Stones of different attributes. She agrees.
• Su Yue asks to join Bai Xuan’s group, promising to respect his conditions and emphasizing the usefulness of her power. He refuses for now, since she remains entangled between the Bureau and the Evil Organization, but says he may reconsider once her situation is resolved.
• Back home, Bai Xuan completes the “Mind Guardian” quest and gains the purple Mental Immunity setting. He then chooses Fairy from the Immortal Pearl’s three possible Character Settings, receiving a gold setting.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan remains pragmatic, securing resources and avoiding Su Yue’s dangerous situation. His refusal is not a permanent rejection, giving her a possible future place in his group. He also gains protection against psychic abilities and magic.
• Su Yue shows strong independence by rejecting both her past and the Bureau’s protection, yet seeks security and purpose by asking to join Bai Xuan.
• Li Hongyou is blunt and easily irritated, but continues helping protect Su Yue and passes along Liu Mufei’s warning. Her exchange with Bai Xuan mixes gratitude with teasing.
• Marée Alaira is proud of defeating the Five of Clubs and enjoys Bai Xuan’s praise.
• Liu Mufei takes a more diplomatic approach, offering Su Yue protection while warning that the danger will return.

Significant themes

• Freedom versus protection: Su Yue resists being controlled or treated as a valuable asset, even when protection may be necessary.
• Trust and cautious alliances: Bai Xuan’s willingness to help Su Yue is balanced by his refusal to take on her unresolved risks.
• Power and vulnerability: Su Yue’s unusual ability makes her valuable to multiple factions, while also putting her in danger.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan obtains a gold-quality Fairy Character Setting but decides not to use it on himself or his companions. Instead, he plans to save it for the Legendary Book and a future summon.
• Back home late at night, Marée Alaira eagerly claims Bai Xuan’s bed before heading to the bath. When Bai Yu hears a girl’s voice from his room, she barges in and finds Bai Xuan wet and hiding under the covers. He says it is simply late, while Xilin and Marée have secretly teleported to Su Yue’s place to hide.
• The next morning, Bai Yu leaves for a meeting arranged by Li Hongyou, who has not told her who wants to see her.
• Bai Xuan directs Xilin and Marée remotely through two easy E-grade missions. Xilin earns crocodile-hide armor; Marée earns a basic energy core and accidentally brings back a mechanical arm, which Bai Xuan stores in the World Book.
• Completing the missions raises the Mission Map to level 3. It can now hold ten teleportation points and allow unlimited travel between them. Bai Xuan considers using the feature to travel home and visit Su Yue once her secret base is ready.
• The chapter ends with Marée asking to go out for food because she is hungry.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan shows growing confidence in managing missions and resources. He considers selling unwanted rewards through a middleman, but recognizes that Su Yue’s ties to the Investigation Bureau and the Evil Organization make her a risky choice.
• Bai Yu is protective of her brother and reacts impulsively when she thinks he has secretly brought a girl home. After finding him alone, she settles for telling him to sleep soon.
• Marée Alaira remains openly affectionate toward Bai Xuan, and her eagerness to see him makes her forget to dispose of a mission item.
• Xilin and Marée cooperate in hiding from Bai Yu by teleporting to Su Yue’s home.
• Li Hongyou creates a new point of uncertainty for Bai Yu by arranging an unexplained meeting.

Significant themes

• Secrecy and concealment: Bai Xuan keeps his companions hidden from Bai Yu, while Su Yue’s precarious status limits how openly he can help her.
• Growing capability and freedom: Mission rewards and the upgraded map expand Bai Xuan’s practical options and independence.
• Domestic comedy and affection: Bai Yu’s mistaken suspicions and Marée’s enthusiasm bring a light, playful tone to the chapter.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan takes Marée Alaira and Xilin out for barbecue. Before leaving, he reminds Marée to conceal her Red Dragon traits.
• At the Public Security Bureau, Bai Yu meets someone posing as Liu Qian. The visitor reveals that the real Liu Qian is working in White Sea City and that she is actually Liu Mufei, deputy director of White Sea City’s Investigation Bureau.
• Liu Mufei invites Bai Yu to join her bureau, offering attractive pay and working conditions, low risk, and a secure job for Bai Yu’s younger brother after graduation.
• Bai Yu finds the offer tempting but decides to discuss it with Bai Xuan before answering. Liu Mufei says she will remain in the city for several days.
• After Bai Yu leaves, Liu Mufei demonstrates that she can imitate Li Hongyou’s appearance and use Telekinesis, teasing Li about the usefulness of her power.
• At the barbecue restaurant, Marée complains about her unfamiliar clothes, then enthusiastically orders ten portions each of several dishes.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Yu faces a consequential career choice: the White Sea City post offers far better conditions than she expects locally, but moving would affect her and Bai Xuan. She shows prudence by consulting her brother before deciding.
• Liu Mufei proves to be persuasive, confident, and playful. Her disguise allowed her to meet Bai Yu as “Liu Qian,” and she uses her family connection to Bai Yu’s friend to strengthen the appeal of her offer.
• Li Hongyou is wary of Liu Mufei’s recruiting tactics, recognizing that she herself was recruited in much the same way. Liu Mufei’s imitation and teasing leave her irritated.
• Bai Xuan, Xilin, and Marée share a lighthearted outing. Bai Xuan looks after Marée and tries to manage the expense; Marée’s excitement and huge appetite quickly threaten his budget.

Significant themes

• Career, family, and change: Bai Yu’s opportunity promises security and advancement but may require leaving her current life and disrupting Bai Xuan’s plans.
• Persuasion and recruitment: Liu Mufei’s generous offer—and her history of “poaching” colleagues—shows how institutions compete for capable people.
• Identity and power: Liu Mufei’s disguise and ability to imitate Li Hongyou blur the line between appearance and identity, while revealing the strategic value of supernatural abilities.
• Everyday comedy: The serious recruitment decision contrasts with the playful barbecue outing and Marée’s extravagant ordering.

Key events

• After a meat-heavy meal, Marée Alaira is satisfied, while Xilin becomes hungry from the scent of Bai Xuan’s sweat and follows him into the bathroom as he showers.
• Marée bursts in to announce that Bai Yu has returned, catches Xilin feeding on Bai Xuan, then shuts the bathroom door before Bai Yu enters his room.
• Bai Yu tells Bai Xuan that Liu Qian’s aunt, Liu Mufei—a deputy director of the White Sea City Investigation Bureau—has offered her a position there.
• Bai Yu worries about leaving Bai Xuan behind. He encourages her to accept the opportunity, but declines to move with her because he will graduate in three months. They agree he may visit after graduation, and she notes she will return home on her days off.
• Once Bai Yu leaves, Xilin finishes feeding. Marée immediately asks for a turn, but Bai Xuan refuses her.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Yu considers a major career step and shows her continued concern for Bai Xuan’s welfare. Her conversation with him is affectionate but practical.
• Bai Xuan supports his sister’s ambition while asserting his independence. He believes her new role could give them greater influence and security.
• Xilin openly indulges her appetite for Bai Xuan’s “holy light,” which seems to intensify while Bai Yu is present.
• Marée shifts from contented food-coma to eager curiosity and jealousy as she watches Xilin feed, then tries to claim some herself.
• Bai Xuan awkwardly manages his sister’s serious career discussion while trying to hide the bathroom activity from her.

Significant themes

• Family support and independence: Bai Yu and Bai Xuan care for each other while negotiating separate paths.
• Opportunity and risk: The Investigation Bureau post offers Bai Yu advancement and resources, but requires her to relocate.
• Appetite and rivalry: Xilin and Marée’s supernatural hunger creates comic competition for Bai Xuan’s attention and energy.

Key plot points and events

• After discussing Bai Yu’s career choice, Bai Xuan recognizes that she wants to pursue her own ambitions and considers joining the White Sea City Investigation Bureau a reasonable path, despite his distrust of Deputy Director Liu Mufei.
• Bai Xuan hears the voice of Isia, the Light Pope, who explains that a remnant of her divine power lives in Xilin’s soul and was awakened when Bai Xuan encountered her true body.
• Isia reveals how to bypass the two Phantom Angels guarding the Sacred Pool: extinguish the two Light Stones on the Temple Gate. Doing so exposes Bai Xuan to the Eye of Light’s mental force, but he believes his Mental Immunity setting will protect him.
• Isia asks Bai Xuan to find a way to defeat the Witch of the Evernight and save Aeria World. This triggers the A-rank Legendary World Quest “Aeria’s Freeze,” with a World Setting as its reward and a teleport option for Bai Xuan and Xilin alone.
• Excited by the reward but aware of the danger, Bai Xuan accepts Isia’s request and tells Xilin they will challenge the Phantom Angels again.
• Meanwhile, Su Yue considers joining the organization led by the slime-masked man, hoping to find trustworthy companions. To escape the Investigation Bureau and the Evil Organization’s pursuit, she decides to cooperate with Investigator Li Hongyou—on the condition that everyone forgets her.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan balances concern for Bai Yu with respect for her independence. He remains wary of Liu Mufei, but eagerly takes on Isia’s world-saving quest.
• Isia shifts from a distant, frozen figure to an active ally, offering guidance and placing her hope in Bai Xuan.
• Xilin remains at Bai Xuan’s side and is prepared to join him in the next attempt at the Sacred Pool.
• Su Yue moves from uncertainty toward a deliberate plan, seeking both protection and the possibility of belonging to a group she can trust.

Significant themes

• Independence and protection: Bai Xuan must accept that Bai Yu wants her own path rather than simply shielding her.
• Trust and belonging: Su Yue longs for reliable companions but must navigate dangerous organizations and authorities.
• Responsibility and sacrifice: Saving Aeria means confronting a powerful enemy and carrying a burden that may extend beyond the immediate quest.
• Power and risk: New abilities and rewards offer hope, but pursuing them involves serious danger.

Plot points

• Bai Xuan and Xilin return to the Church of Light, aiming to destroy the two Light Stones that sustain the Phantom Angels.
• Xilin draws the angels’ attention while Bai Xuan tries to reach the stones. The angels repeatedly prioritize stopping him, even enduring Xilin’s Flame of Justice.
• Bai Xilin creates an illusion of herself with the Flame of Justice, confusing the angels long enough for Bai Xuan to approach the doors.
• When Bai Xuan touches one of the Light Stones, he is transported into the church’s main hall and meets a Soul Fragment of Isia guarding the Sacred Pool.
• The fragment recognizes him as the person who can change the world’s fate and grants him the Hero’s Token.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan uses what he learned about the Phantom Angels’ weakness, but discovers that knowing it does not make reaching the stones easy. He adapts by using the Gale Shield and Xilin’s illusion to create an opening.
• Xilin acts decisively as Bai Xuan’s protector and combat partner, coordinating with him and holding the angels off.
• Isia’s Soul Fragment initially appears cold and imposing, in contrast to the warmer Isia Bai Xuan knows privately. Through a mental exchange, she explains that her public, aloof manner is her usual papal demeanor; her affectionate side is reserved for private life.
• Isia’s fragment entrusts Bai Xuan with a larger mission, affirming that he is the one who can set the world right.

Significant themes

• Teamwork and sacrifice: Xilin risks herself to buy Bai Xuan time, while the Phantom Angels demonstrate their own relentless loyalty to their protective duty.
• Hidden selves: Isia’s distant public persona contrasts with the warmth Bai Xuan has seen in private.
• Fate and responsibility: The Hero’s Token marks Bai Xuan’s growing role in changing the world and confronting its darkness.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• After Bai Xuan speaks the decisive words, the two Phantom Angels stop fighting and the Temple Gate’s Light Stones dim. Xilin explains that Bai Xuan has apparently gained permission from Isia, the Goddess of Light—likely through the Hero’s Token.
• The Phantom Angels obey Bai Xuan’s commands, opening the gate and then teleporting to his side. He and Xilin enter the Holy Temple and find the Sacred Pool.
• Xilin explains that Saintesses have traditionally bathed in the pool to undergo baptism and commune spiritually with the Goddess. Its holy water is renewed after each baptism.
• Xilin enters the pool first, then Bai Xuan joins her. The holy water causes both of them intense, soul-deep heat and pain.
• Isia explains that baptism purifies the spirit by suppressing bodily desires, making the ordeal especially difficult for people with strong desires. Bai Xuan realizes that enduring the baptism—not controlling the Phantom Angels—is the real test of the quest.
• The holy water makes Bai Xuan’s Holy Light roughly thirty percent brighter. Xilin’s Succubus traits emerge, and she becomes increasingly overwhelmed by the light and her desire for Bai Xuan. The chapter ends with her offering herself to help purge his desires.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan learns that his Hero’s Token grants him authority over the Phantom Angels. Though initially unsure of the Sacred Pool, he chooses to undergo its painful baptism alongside Xilin and recognizes the quest’s true challenge.
• Xilin remains devoted to Bai Xuan, entering the pool without hesitation and agreeing to share it with him. The baptism intensifies the conflict between her role as a Holy Knight and her Succubus nature, leaving her vulnerable to temptation.
• Isia provides the spiritual explanation for the baptism and its dangers, framing the pain as a struggle against human nature.
• Bai Xuan and Xilin’s master-servant relationship becomes more intimate as he calls her to him during the trial, and she responds with an openly sensual offer.

Significant themes

• Purification versus desire: The Sacred Pool aims to cleanse bodily desire, but the process brings those desires forcefully to the surface.
• Faith and human nature: The baptism tests whether devotion and spiritual purity can withstand instinct and temptation.
• Power and intimacy: Bai Xuan’s new authority over the Phantom Angels contrasts with the personal, vulnerable trial he faces with Xilin.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan asks Holy Knight Xilin to help him with the Sacred Pact in the Sacred Pool.
• As Xilin begins, Light Pope Isia interrupts, insisting that she intended the pact to be used properly. She explains that Bai Xuan is inexperienced and tells Xilin to summon her Flame of Justice double.
• The double unexpectedly takes Isia’s form. Isia claims she is a lingering spirit within the pact and proceeds to teach Xilin what she calls the pact’s “true use.”
• Xilin trusts Isia’s instructions and attempts to follow them, but repeatedly encounters problems. Isia offers increasingly uncertain explanations, while Bai Xuan privately suspects that she only has secondhand knowledge.
• When their efforts still fail, Bai Xuan steps in. The chapter ends with Xilin impressed by his intervention and Isia unsure whether her own lesson was correct.

Character developments

• Bai Xuan is portrayed as outwardly deferential but quietly amused and more knowledgeable than Isia assumes. Though he calls himself inexperienced, he eventually takes charge.
• Xilin is earnest, obedient, and deeply respectful of Isia. Her confidence in the Pope’s supposed expertise persists even as the instructions fail.
• Isia tries to act as a wise teacher, but her uncertainty gradually shows. Her authority rests more on confidence than practical knowledge.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus competence: Isia presents herself as an expert, but her advice proves unreliable.
• Inexperience and overconfidence: Bai Xuan is treated as a novice, while Isia’s confident teaching masks her own lack of certainty.
• Trust and guidance: Xilin readily follows those she reveres, even when their instructions are questionable.
• Comedy through misunderstanding: The chapter’s humor comes from Isia’s improvised explanations, Xilin’s sincere obedience, and Bai Xuan’s private awareness of the absurdity.

Character interactions

• Isia interrupts Bai Xuan and Xilin, then assumes the role of instructor.
• Xilin treats Isia as an all-knowing mentor and seeks her help whenever the pact does not work as expected.
• Bai Xuan politely endorses Isia’s authority while privately doubting her, then intervenes when her guidance fails.