Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan and Xilin complete a long bonding ritual in the Church of Light’s Sacred Pool, while the Light Pope watches and Bai Xuan repeatedly seeks her guidance.
• The holy water greatly improves their abilities: Bai Xuan’s physical attributes rise to C+, while Xilin’s reach S rank across all four attributes. Xilin also gains the Mana Overflowing status, increasing her combat power.
• Both learn Sacred Radiance Sword. Xilin conjures four golden swords; Bai Xuan produces a small sword, which Xilin nevertheless identifies as high-level magic.
• Before returning home, Bai Xuan realizes he can take the two Light Stones from the temple doors. The Pope confirms he may, though her ability to hear his thoughts unsettles him. Removing the stones briefly freezes the temple.
• Back home, Bai Xuan receives the reward for completing Xilin’s quest: Starfire, a blue flame that gradually restores nearby allies’ health and mana. He also receives Dawn Scabbard, an advancement material for Xilin, and chooses to give it to her.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan grows stronger and gains a new spell, though he remains unsure whether his unusually small sword reflects true talent.
• Xilin reaches her peak condition, learns the same spell, and continues to praise and reassure Bai Xuan as his master.
• The Light Pope remains mysterious: she observes the ritual and can sense at least some of Bai Xuan’s thoughts, prompting his suspicion.
• Bai Xuan and Xilin return to find Marée asleep at home, then prepare to use their new rewards.

Significant themes

• Power gained through bonds and trials: The ritual, holy water, and completed quest strengthen both characters.
• Trust and uncertainty: Xilin’s supportive loyalty contrasts with Bai Xuan’s growing unease about the Pope.
• Practical ambition: Bai Xuan quickly turns new opportunities into useful resources, taking the Light Stones and planning to equip guards.

Key plot points and events

• Xilin advances after Bai Xuan gives her the Dawn Scabbard. She gains Light Scabbard, which lets her heal rapidly and prevents aging as long as her magic remains. Her hidden Self-Discipline trait also unlocks, increasing her learning speed and making her unquestioningly obedient to Bai Xuan.
• Su Yue meets with Liu Mufei, Deputy Director of the White Sea City Investigation Bureau. Su Yue asks to have the restrictions on her collar removed, even though doing so will cost her the Bureau’s support and protection. Liu agrees in exchange for a favor, suspecting Su Yue has already made an arrangement with another side.
• The next morning, Bai Yu tells Bai Xuan she is transferring to the White Sea City Investigation Bureau. She takes him along to a meal marking the transfer, at an event Investigator Li Hongyou requested he attend.
• At the mountain estate, Bai Xuan unexpectedly encounters Su Yue, who says she is there to ask the Investigators for help. When Bai Yu asks whether they know each other, Bai Xuan initially downplays their connection, then calls them friends after noticing Su Yue’s reaction.

Character developments

• Xilin gains a powerful new ability and a hidden trait that strengthens her skills and deepens her obedience to Bai Xuan.
• Su Yue makes a deliberate choice to give up institutional protection and resources in pursuit of greater freedom or a different allegiance.
• Bai Yu prepares to leave Ninghang City for her new post, making the day with Bai Xuan especially meaningful.
• Bai Xuan is pleased by Xilin’s advancement but remains wary of Su Yue’s Superpower and the reasons behind the gathering.

Significant themes

• Power and its costs: Xilin’s advancement brings formidable benefits, while Su Yue’s desired freedom requires sacrificing security and support.
• Control and loyalty: Xilin’s trait raises questions about the consequences of absolute obedience; Su Yue, by contrast, seeks release from imposed control.
• Choice and allegiance: Su Yue’s decision suggests she is choosing her own path, though the details remain undisclosed.

Character interactions

• Bai Xuan rewards and observes Xilin, while her new trait appears to bind her more closely to him.
• Su Yue negotiates with Liu Mufei, asserting that a high power rating cannot compel her service.
• Bai Yu and Bai Xuan share a warm, casual sibling exchange as she prepares to transfer.
• Bai Xuan and Su Yue trade guarded explanations for being at the estate; Su Yue’s visible happiness at being called a friend hints that their relationship matters to her.

Plot points and events

• Bai Yu arrives at a private dinner with Bai Xuan and Su Yue, where White Sea City Deputy Director Liu Mufei formally offers Bai Yu a position as an Investigator. Bai Yu accepts and receives her white-rose badge.
• Liu asks Ninghang City Deputy Director Lu Shanhe to transfer Bai Yu’s and her immediate family’s records to White Sea City. Lu agrees, despite Ninghang losing a promising recruit.
• The dinner celebrates Bai Yu’s recruitment. Bai Xuan and Su Yue remain outsiders to the gathering; Bai Xuan focuses on the excellent food, while Su Yue chats with him.
• On his way to the restroom, Bai Xuan overhears two Ninghang Investigators praising White Sea City’s superior benefits and Liu Mufei’s reputation. Lu Shanhe catches them discussing his bureau’s shortcomings and glares at them.
• Bai Xuan agrees that Bai Yu has found a good boss—just as Liu Mufei appears behind him and asks whether he meant her.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Yu takes a major step in her career, joining White Sea City’s bureau as a full Investigator rather than the assistant-level role Ninghang had offered.
• Liu Mufei comes across as confident, respected, and personally attentive to recruitment. Her status and attractive benefits make her an appealing leader.
• Bai Xuan remains focused on food and practical matters, but quietly observes the power dynamics and listens in on the Investigators’ conversation. His comment about Liu sets up a direct encounter.
• Su Yue is also socially detached from the Investigator gathering, so she and Bai Xuan bond through small, courteous exchanges.
• Lu Shanhe is forced to accept the transfer and is privately confronted with his staff’s admiration for White Sea City, highlighting the gap between the two bureaus.

Significant themes

• Institutional inequality: White Sea City’s superior status, resources, and working conditions make it far more attractive than Ninghang.
• Recognition and opportunity: Bai Yu’s ability earns her a better position and a chance to advance.
• Status and workplace culture: The Investigators’ praise of Liu and her bureau contrasts with their dissatisfaction at home.
• Lighthearted outsider perspective: Bai Xuan’s appetite and candid observations provide comic relief amid the professional politics.

Key plot points

• Liu Mufei emerges from the restroom after overhearing Bai Xuan’s conversation with two Investigators. She gives him a “Magic Pen” that makes anything written with it stay in the reader’s memory.
• Back in the private dining room, Liu Mufei reveals the gathering’s real purpose: the captured Evil Organization members, Three of Diamonds and Three of Clubs, disclosed that their operation in Ninghang City is called “Ice Curse Dragon.”
• The organization apparently learned that an Anomalous Calamity above D-Rank may soon strike the city. The Investigators lack details about when or where it will happen, what the calamity is, or what the organization hopes to gain.
• The news alarms Ninghang’s officials, who recognize that a C-Rank-or-higher calamity could threaten the entire city. Liu Mufei promises full support from the White Sea City Investigation Bureau, easing their concerns.
• Bai Xuan suspects the Evil Organization’s research with blood brought from White Sea City may be connected to the calamity. He asks Xilin and Marée Alaira whether an Ice Curse Dragon exists in their world; neither can identify it with certainty.
• Bai Xuan notices Liu Mufei watching him with an enigmatic, predatory smile.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Mufei shifts from playful familiarity with Bai Xuan to a serious briefing for the room. She encourages him to call her “Sister Liu,” gives him the unusual pen, and appears especially interested in him.
• Bai Xuan remains outwardly polite but thinks critically about the Evil Organization’s motives and the possible link between its experiments and the coming calamity.
• Ninghang’s Investigators, including Deputy Director Lu Shanhe, react with alarm and debate possible explanations. They welcome Liu Mufei’s offer of help.
• Bai Xuan, Xilin, and Marée Alaira consult through Legendary Perspective, but their uncertainty suggests the Ice Curse Dragon may not belong to Aeria World.

Significant themes

• Uncertainty and looming danger: The city knows a major calamity may be coming but lacks the information needed to prepare precisely.
• Cooperation in crisis: White Sea City’s support gives Ninghang hope of facing a threat beyond its usual capacity.
• Suspicion and hidden motives: The Evil Organization’s purpose remains unclear, while Bai Xuan’s deductions and Liu Mufei’s watchful interest hint that important secrets remain concealed.

Plot points and events

• At dinner, Bai Xuan notices Liu Mufei watching and winking at him, leaving him worried she may suspect something or try to bring him back to the Investigation Bureau.
• As the gathering ends, Li Hongyou asks Bai Yu to go to White Sea City for paperwork. Liu Mufei offers to drive Bai Xuan and Su Yue home instead, which makes Bai Xuan feel as if the arrangement was planned.
• In the car, Liu Mufei chats and flirts with Bai Xuan. Su Yue watches their exchange with suspicion and silently wonders whether Liu Mufei is attracted to younger men.
• Liu Mufei drops Su Yue at her luxurious villa, then drives Bai Xuan home. He admits to himself that he finds Liu Mufei attractive but senses danger in her and decides to keep his distance.
• At home, Marée Alaira remembers that the Ice Curse Dragon may be “Little Blue,” an Ice Dragon who followed her centuries ago. Marée once threw the young dragon into the Land of Extreme Cold and never saw her again.
• Bai Xuan suspects the dragon may be coming for Marée. A system notification confirms a new quest:

Defeat the Ice Curse Dragon—Seliphina.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan remains wary of Liu Mufei’s attention, responds playfully to her teasing, and recognizes that Marée’s past may make the coming encounter personal.
• Liu Mufei takes control of the ride home and openly flirts with Bai Xuan, enjoying his flustered reactions.
• Su Yue stays reserved but becomes curious and conflicted about Liu Mufei’s interest in Bai Xuan.
• Marée Alaira reveals a careless, possibly cruel episode from her past: she abandoned a weak dragon in a harsh frozen region and may now face its return.
• Bai Yu and Li Hongyou leave together for White Sea City, with Li Hongyou flying them there.

Significant themes

• Power and responsibility: Bai Xuan echoes the idea that great power brings obligations, while Liu Mufei says Espers cannot simply avoid involvement.
• The consequences of the past: Marée’s treatment of “Little Blue” may have created the danger now approaching Ninghang City.
• Attraction and wariness: Liu Mufei’s flirtation draws Bai Xuan in even as he senses something threatening beneath her charm.

Plot points and events

• The Investigation Bureau warns that the Ice Curse Dragon is approaching Ninghang City and may be targeting Marée Alaira. Marée says she can sense other dragons and offers to help locate it.
• Bai Xuan begins a higher-ranked mission, since he now needs D-rank-or-higher missions to earn Epic Charge.
• Liu Mufei calls a woman connected to Su Yue’s past. The woman admits Su Yue was subjected to experiments intended to unlock her rare Superpower, but says the effort failed. Liu insists Su Yue deserves an apology and asks about an assistive Collar meant to help her control her powers.
• During the mission, Xilin kills a giant female White-Faced Spider. Bai Xuan uses the venom bead from its body to eliminate the swarm of male spiders that have trapped Marée.
• Bai Xuan discovers the spiders’ nest, containing millions of eggs that could threaten the surrounding area. Marée eagerly uses her Destruction Dragon Breath to burn them, but Bai Xuan spots a faint white light within the flames.

Character developments and interactions

• Marée confidently volunteers to help track the Ice Curse Dragon, then struggles against the spider swarm before enthusiastically taking charge of destroying the eggs. Her powerful breath reveals the scale of her abilities.
• Bai Xuan relies on Marée’s dragon-sensing, coordinates the mission with Xilin, and uses knowledge from the briefing to defeat the spiders efficiently. He is impressed by Marée’s strength but becomes wary when he notices the light in the flames.
• Xilin remains composed and effective, defeating the female spider with a swift Holy Radiance Slash.
• Liu Mufei shows fierce loyalty to Su Yue, honoring her promise and condemning those who experimented on her. The woman she speaks with is dismissive of Su Yue as a failed experiment and claims the Collar is only an aid.

Significant themes

• Protection and loyalty: Liu stands by Su Yue, while Bai Xuan and his companions work together against the spider threat.
• The ethics of experimentation: The conversation exposes how Su Yue was treated as a means to a larger goal, despite the researchers’ justification that it was for the greater good.
• Power and responsibility: Marée’s destructive magic is useful against the nest, but the unexplained light hints that power may bring unexpected consequences.

Key plot points and events

• After the White-Faced Spider quest, Bai Xuan finds a Purple-quality White Rose Spider Egg, protected by white petals. It needs Rose Nectar to hatch. Although he dislikes arthropods, he stores it in the World Book rather than discarding something valuable.
• Bai Xuan completes the quest and receives White-Faced Spider Claws. He equips them immediately; the four controllable claws can replace the function of the Venom Scorpion Kagune that was destroyed, though that weapon may still be repairable with the right materials.
• At home, Marée Alaira demands a bath and jokingly proposes a “sacred ritual.” Bai Xuan dismisses her teasing and washes her scales.
• Bai Xuan visits Su Yue, who gives him the Magic Stones he requested and the address and entry code for a secluded lakeside villa. She asks whether he still intends to let her join him if she escapes her current predicament. He confirms that he does.
• After he leaves, Su Yue privately hopes he will remember her and takes out the Star-Love Demon Eye Suppression Device, now marked with a six-pointed star.
• The next morning at school, Zhao Fan invites Bai Xuan to play soccer. He denies knowing the Fallen Angel Goddess Club Bai Xuan mentions, leaving Bai Xuan confused.

Character developments

• Bai Xuan continues to treat rare items pragmatically despite his personal dislike of spiders. He is also tired from the demanding quest and begins arranging a safe place to stay.
• Marée remains playful and impulsive, alternating between curiosity about the egg and teasing Bai Xuan.
• Su Yue shows growing hope and determination to join Bai Xuan, though the device and her wish to be remembered suggest her situation remains serious.
• Zhao Fan appears unaware of the club Bai Xuan remembers, hinting that something about their shared reality or memories may have changed.

Significant themes

• Practicality versus personal aversion: Bai Xuan keeps the spider egg because of its value, even though he hates arthropods.
• Trust and uncertain alliances: Su Yue relies on Bai Xuan’s promise and provides him with resources and a hidden refuge.
• Memory and reality: Zhao Fan’s denial of the club raises questions about what Bai Xuan remembers and whether events or memories have shifted.
• Escalating demands: The chapter contrasts the fatigue and longer duration of D-Rank quests with the complications of Bai Xuan’s everyday relationships.

Character interactions

• Bai Xuan rejects Marée’s suggestion to eat the egg and later humorously fends off her advances before bathing her.
• Su Yue and Bai Xuan exchange practical support and discuss her possible future place with him; her gratitude is matched by private uncertainty.
• Zhao Fan’s casual invitation turns into a baffling exchange when he fails to recognize the club Bai Xuan refers to.

Plot points and events

• Bai Xuan discovers that Zhao Fan and Lu Meng have completely forgotten Su Yue and the Fallen Angel Goddess Club. They dismiss both as things that never existed.
• Bai Xuan goes to Class Four and finds Su Yue disguised with glasses and books. She acts as though they barely know each other, but is startled when he seems to remember her.
• Su Yue believes her ability, Existence Erasure, should have removed everyone’s memories of her. She assumes Bai Xuan’s reaction is a mistake and focuses on joining the organization led by the man in the Slime Mask.
• After school, Bai Xuan visits the lakeside villa Su Yue prepared as a secret base. He strengthens its entrance with the Light Stone, then summons Marée Alaira and Xilin using a Teleportation Array.
• Bai Xuan explains that the two will live at the villa and promises to create teleportation points between it and home. They explore the spacious, resort-like villa, which includes nine bedrooms and a hot spring room.
• Marée Alaira wants to share Bai Xuan’s room. He refuses, saying he needs privacy, and claims the master bedroom. Its enormous bed leaves him stunned.

Character developments

• Bai Xuan grows suspicious of Su Yue’s memory-erasing ability when he alone appears to recognize her, and takes practical steps to secure and furnish the secret base.
• Su Yue is anxious and hopeful: she believes she has erased herself from others’ memories and sees joining the Evil Organization as a chance to start over.
• Marée Alaira remains openly affectionate and dependent on Bai Xuan, though she accepts his explanation about having separate rooms.
• Zhao Fan and Lu Meng provide comic relief, confidently dismissing Bai Xuan’s claims and veering into joking banter.

Significant themes

• Memory, identity, and isolation: Su Yue’s power makes her seem forgotten, but Bai Xuan’s apparent exception raises questions about how completely it works.
• Belonging and reinvention: Su Yue hopes a new organization will let her begin a different life.
• Privacy and attachment: Bai Xuan balances his companions’ closeness with his need for personal space.
• Safety and preparation: The secret base and Light Stone reflect the group’s growing need for protection.

Character interactions

• Bai Xuan tests Zhao Fan and Lu Meng about Su Yue, but their denials only deepen his suspicion.
• Su Yue encounters Bai Xuan and is privately shaken that he seems to remember her, though she dismisses the possibility.
• At the villa, Bai Xuan reassures Marée Alaira that they can stay connected through teleportation, then gently sets a boundary when she asks to room with him.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan settles Xilin and Marée Alaira into a secluded villa, sets up a teleportation point, and leaves Starfire there to help the Legends recover.
• He selects a D-rank quest in Taifeng Ancient County to seal a strange ancient book. Sealing it is straightforward but requires three hours, with occasional ghosts interrupting.
• Su Yue waits for her butler, only to discover that he no longer recognizes her or believes she is part of the family. Her Collar also appears to have stopped working.
• Two classmates bump into Su Yue but cannot see her. She realizes that everyone’s awareness of her has vanished, leaving her effectively unseen and unknown.
• During the book-sealing quest, Marée Alaira senses a powerful presence approaching and announces that the Ice Curse Dragon, Seliphina, is about to descend into the world.

Character developments

• Bai Xuan continues preparing to summon his third Legend by taking another D-rank quest.
• Su Yue is thrown into panic when her attempt to erase and then rebuild her place in the world appears to have gone wrong. She is no longer merely forgotten: people cannot perceive her at all.
• Marée Alaira reveals an ability to sense the Ice Curse Dragon’s imminent arrival, recognizing the threat before Bai Xuan does.

Character interactions

• Bai Xuan firmly refuses Marée Alaira’s request to sleep in her true Dragon form on the villa bed, then takes her and Xilin on the quest.
• Su Yue’s conversation with the butler exposes the extent of her erasure: he denies knowing her, and their classmates likewise fail to perceive her.
• Marée alerts Bai Xuan to Seliphina’s approach, prompting him to identify the incoming presence as the Ice Curse Dragon.

Significant themes

• Identity and isolation: Su Yue’s attempt to escape her past leaves her severed from recognition and human connection.
• Control and unintended consequences: The Collar offers increasingly powerful ways to alter perception and memory, but Su Yue’s apparent loss of control turns that power against her.
• Approaching danger: The tedious quest is overshadowed by the Ice Curse Dragon’s imminent arrival, signaling a major threat.

Plot and key events

• Marée Alaira explains that the approaching Ice Dragon has not fully arrived. It has sent a Frost Crystal into Ninghang City to create a cold domain, and is expected to arrive in about two days. Destroying the crystal would be difficult, so defeating the dragon itself is the better plan.
• Marée Alaira confidently offers to help fight it, boasting that she has defeated the Black Dragon King. Bai Xuan praises her, and she beams at his approval.
• Xilin finishes sealing the Strange Book. Bai Xuan and his companions return to the Lakeside Villa.
• Ninghang’s Investigation Bureau detects the crystal’s powerful energy signature in Yincheng District. Deputy Director Lu Shanhe orders civilians evacuated, investigators deployed, and reinforcements from White Sea City sent to the scene.
• The floating crystal chills the district, alarming residents and investigators. A masked man from Extreme Evil welcomes the Ice Curse Dragon and says its power will complete the Life Vessel and advance humanity’s evolution.
• Back at the villa, Bai Xuan claims his completed quest reward: Legendary Ascension, which converts a full Epic Charge into a Legendary Charge.
• He uses the Fairy Character Setting to improve the Legendary Pool, raising the odds to 50% Epic and 50% Mythic. He begins a summon and must choose three compatible Character Settings from a list of ten.

Character developments and interactions

• Marée Alaira shows growing strategic understanding, accurately explaining the Frost Crystal and the dragon’s likely arrival. Her confidence and desire to help earn Bai Xuan’s praise, which visibly delights her.
• Bai Xuan shifts from responding to the threat to preparing proactively, while his successful quest and new summoning opportunity excite him.
• Xilin quietly completes the Strange Book’s seal.
• Lu Shanhe takes charge of the city’s response, coordinating evacuation and reinforcements.
• The masked Extreme Evil supporter reveals that the group intends to exploit the Ice Dragon for its evolutionary project.

Significant themes

• Escalating danger and preparation: The crystal is only a fragment, but its appearance signals a major impending calamity.
• Power, ambition, and evolution: Extreme Evil seeks to use the dragon’s strength to transform humanity.
• Growth through recognition: Marée Alaira’s competence and confidence develop alongside her affectionate bond with Bai Xuan.
• Chance and choice: Bai Xuan’s Legendary summon offers powerful possibilities, but its outcome depends on selecting compatible settings.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan refreshes a set of character profiles, eventually combining Jade Maiden Veil, Perfect Virtue and Beauty, and Red Dust Tribulation to summon a legendary fairy.
• Luo Miaoyin appears and addresses Bai Xuan as her “Red Dust Tribulation,” claiming they met when he was very young.
• Her profile reveals powerful abilities: she is immune to mental attacks, control, and sneak attacks; learns immortal arts quickly; and can teach Bai Xuan cultivation. Her veil suppresses others’ romantic feelings toward her and keeps her free of desire.
• A character quest unlocks immediately. At the Jadeite Cave Mansion, Luo Miaoyin must overcome her tribulation and defeat her inner demon, Luo Yuyin. Bai Xuan is identified as the key.
• Luo Miaoyin greets Bai Xuan with striking familiarity, but he cannot remember their childhood connection. She tells him not to force his memory and to value the present.
• She meets Bai Xuan’s companions, Xilin and Marée Alaira, and gives each a gift: spirit liquid for Xilin and a pouch of Phoenix Spirit Wing for Marée. Marée’s hostility quickly vanishes once she tastes the food. Luo Miaoyin then offers Bai Xuan an exquisite box.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan is intrigued by Luo Miaoyin’s abilities and puzzled by her familiarity, sensing a lost childhood memory he cannot retrieve.
• Luo Miaoyin is gentle and affectionate toward Bai Xuan, treating him as someone she has long known. Her serene manner contrasts with the dramatic importance of her tribulation.
• Marée Alaira acts possessive and suspicious when Luo Miaoyin appears, but is easily won over by food.
• Xilin responds courteously and accepts Luo Miaoyin’s practical gift.
• Luo Miaoyin’s warmth and gifts help her establish friendly ties with Bai Xuan’s companions, despite Marée’s initial resistance.

Significant themes

• Memory and connection: Bai Xuan’s forgotten childhood relationship with Luo Miaoyin hints at a shared past that may shape the present.
• Cultivation and personal trials: Luo Miaoyin’s path to immortality depends on confronting her inner demon, with Bai Xuan central to that challenge.
• Mystery and foreshadowing: Her near-maximal affection, hidden profiles, and unexplained familiarity suggest secrets yet to be uncovered.
• Jealousy and reconciliation: Marée’s possessiveness gives way to acceptance through Luo Miaoyin’s considerate gesture.

Chapter Summary

• Luo Miaoyin gives Bai Xuan a Spirit Pill and asks him to arrange a bedroom for her. After settling in, she watches him leave and privately calls him her “destined trial.”
• Bai Xuan rides Marée Alaira to investigate the Ice Curse Dragon’s arrival site. She enjoys the Phoenix Spirit Wing Luo Miaoyin gave her and asks for more. Bai Xuan promises to provide them someday if she behaves, and she eagerly carries him in her Dragon form.
• At the site, a floating Frost Crystal is generating an icy domain and appears to be part of the Ice Curse Dragon’s energy. Investigator Wang Xiaomei estimates the Dragon will arrive in two days. A missile fails to damage the crystal, confirming that ordinary weapons are ineffective. Bai Xuan decides not to interfere, since destroying it would be futile.
• A masked figure wearing a Five of Hearts Mask photographs Bai Xuan as he leaves, declares that others are useless, and sets out to claim the bounty.
• Back home, Bai Xuan worries that he and his allies are not strong enough to face a C-Rank threat. His advancement mission remains locked because he has not met the requirements for D-Rank. Hoping to improve quickly, he takes Luo Miaoyin’s Spirit Pill, but notices no immediate effect and falls asleep.
• Luo Miaoyin secretly enters his room and says he has used the pill incorrectly, offering to help him.

Character Developments and Interactions

Bai Xuan is increasingly anxious about the coming battle and actively searches for ways to grow stronger. His relationship with Marée is warm and playful: her enthusiasm for food makes her especially responsive to his promise. Luo Miaoyin remains mysterious—generous with her gift, yet cryptic about her connection to Bai Xuan and the pill. Wang Xiaomei comes across as capable and composed, while the masked photographer emerges as a new, hostile pursuer.

Significant Themes

The chapter emphasizes preparation under a looming threat, the gap between current strength and the danger ahead, and the uncertainty of hidden powers and knowledge. It also introduces themes of destiny, secrecy, and pursuit through Luo Miaoyin’s cryptic remarks and the masked figure’s interest in Bai Xuan.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan wakes after taking the Spirit Pill and discovers his physical attributes have risen significantly, including B-ranked strength and agility, C+ constitution, and S-ranked spirit.
• Luo Miaoyin has stayed by him and prepared an unfamiliar, delicious breakfast. She agrees to teach him a cultivation method after he returns from school.
• Bai Xuan leaves home with two Pearl Fruits and spots Su Yue sitting alone at school, visibly distressed.
• Su Yue is startled that Bai Xuan can see her. She explains that her Psychic Esper ability and memory-altering collar caused everyone—including her family and friends—to forget she exists. Bai Xuan appears unaffected because of his Mental Immunity.
• After acknowledging that her reckless use of her power caused the crisis, Bai Xuan gives the hungry Su Yue the two fruits.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan is excited by his transformation and eager to begin cultivation. He shows concern and kindness toward Su Yue, listening to her explanation and offering food.
• Luo Miaoyin acts warmly and attentively toward Bai Xuan, cooking for him and agreeing to train him. Her comment that he has always longed for cultivation despite lacking a Spiritual Root hints at their shared history.
• Su Yue shifts from a popular, confident figure to someone isolated and frightened. She clings to Bai Xuan as the only person who can still perceive her and relies on his help.

Significant themes

• Power and consequences: Su Yue’s attempt to control her circumstances through her ability results in her erasure from others’ memories.
• Belonging and isolation: Su Yue’s loss of recognition leaves her with no one but Bai Xuan.
• Growth and mentorship: Bai Xuan’s enhanced abilities and Luo Miaoyin’s promised instruction begin a new stage of his development.
• Unexpected connection: Bai Xuan’s immunity makes him uniquely able to support Su Yue when she has lost everyone else.

Key plot points and events

• Su Yue eats the two Pearl Fruits Bai Xuan gives her. Bai Xuan’s information display reveals that she is a Level C character with two Gold abilities—Mind Control and Astral Spirit Sight—but insufficient mental energy to use either effectively.
• Su Yue explains that Existence Erasure prevents the Investigation Bureau and others from sensing or remembering her, leaving Bai Xuan as the only person who can still recall her.
• Bai Xuan encourages her to remove her Collar and learn to control her own power. The advice restores her confidence, and her affection for him rises.
• Bai Xuan returns to class and uses the World Book to send Marée Alaira and Luo Miaoyin on a mission to defeat a Deep-Sea Demon Whale. He asks them to bring back its diamond-like bones for a Diamond Barrier.
• Elsewhere, members of the evil organization prepare an assassination attempt against Bai Xuan, known to them as “Codename One: Ice Curse Dragon.” Five of Hearts has obtained photos of him and plans to copy his soul through Witchcraft before cursing him. She intends to boost her spirit with a Psychic Potion to ensure the spell works.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Yue moves from confusion and helplessness toward determination after Bai Xuan urges her to take charge of her own abilities. Her gratitude strengthens her affection for him.
• Bai Xuan learns more about Su Yue’s unusual powers and supports her while continuing to direct missions remotely.
• Marée Alaira and Luo Miaoyin accept Bai Xuan’s mission, with Marée joking about whether the whale can be eaten.
• Five of Hearts displays confidence in her assassination plan, while Five of Diamonds questions its risks and Four of Clubs presses for quick action.

Significant themes

• Agency and self-mastery: Su Yue is encouraged to control her power rather than depend on the Collar.
• Isolation and connection: Existence Erasure cuts Su Yue off from everyone except Bai Xuan.
• Power and limitations: Su Yue’s potent abilities are constrained by her limited mental energy, while Five of Hearts seeks to overcome her own limits with a potion.
• Parallel threats and responsibilities: Bai Xuan manages a monster-hunting mission as an enemy organization prepares to kill him.

Key plot points and events

• Through Legendary Perspective, Bai Xuan watches Luo Miaoyin defeat a Deep-Sea Demon Whale. Her white lotus suspends the huge, diamond-skinned beast in midair, a silver needle kills it through the eye, and a cloth pouch shrinks and stores its body.
• Luo Miaoyin explains that these are magical treasures she made. Xilin suspects her strength may rival the Pope’s, though she still believes the Pope is stronger.
• Su Yue, whose presence has vanished, cautiously seeks out Bai Xuan after school. He brings her to his home, lets her stay in his sister’s room, and sets boundaries. He asks her to make dinner while he goes out; she reluctantly agrees and spots an unfamiliar cooked meat in the fridge.
• Bai Xuan submits the completed whale quest at the lakeside villa and receives the purple trait Diamond Body, which permanently transforms the user’s body into diamond.
• Elsewhere, Five of Hearts tries to curse Bai Xuan through a voodoo doll but is overwhelmed despite taking a mental-power potion. Five of Diamonds concludes that Bai Xuan’s power operates on a different level and orders Four of Hearts to monitor the attempt.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Miaoyin demonstrates calm, overwhelming skill and reveals that her seemingly miraculous powers come from treasures she crafted herself. Her display amazes Bai Xuan and impresses Xilin and Marée Alaira.
• Bai Xuan gains a powerful permanent reward and takes responsibility for Su Yue, while maintaining firm rules about his home.
• Su Yue is anxious and dependent on Bai Xuan as the only person who can perceive her. Though accustomed to being pampered, she accepts the guest-and-cook arrangement and reflects that her ability went out of control because of her past choices.
• Five of Hearts grows frustrated and reckless as her curse fails; Five of Diamonds recognizes the danger of confronting Bai Xuan directly.

Significant themes

• Power and ingenuity: Luo Miaoyin’s crafted treasures overcome the whale’s size and defenses; Bai Xuan’s mental strength likewise exceeds the attackers’ expectations.
• Dependence and belonging: Su Yue’s invisibility isolates her, making Bai Xuan’s acceptance especially important.
• Consequences and second chances: Su Yue acknowledges that her current predicament stems from her own extreme choices but believes she can still make things right.

Key events

• Bai Xuan considers the newly acquired Diamond Body setting but rejects using it because it would permanently prevent him from returning to human form.
• He asks Luo Miaoyin how long cultivation takes. She says an ordinary Spiritual Root may need about 300 years, while someone with an Immortal Spiritual Root could become immortal in a few years. Bai Xuan’s own Spiritual Root is unprecedented and exceptionally difficult to cultivate, though Miaoyin promises to help him enter the Immortal Path regardless.
• Miaoyin gives Bai Xuan the Deep-Sea Demon Whale’s corpse. He stores it in the World Book and begins crafting it into a Diamond Barrier, a process expected to take 72 hours.
• Back home, Bai Xuan joins Su Yue for dinner but avoids the spicy meat she made from the Wolf Mother’s Heart.
• Su Yue notices a dark trace between Bai Xuan’s eyebrows. Though it cannot be seen in a mirror, she senses an abnormal energy wrapped around him and suspects it may be a curse connected to his sister’s past actions against the Evil Organization.
• Su Yue attempts to remove the energy. At the same time, Five of Hearts, an Evil Organization member, finishes a voodoo doll aimed at Bai Xuan. The doll rebounds a psychic attack, revealing that its target’s protector has far greater psychic power than Five of Hearts. Five of Hearts dies when her head explodes.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan is eager to learn cultivation but remains practical about the long odds; he chooses not to use a transformation that would cost him his human form.
• Luo Miaoyin gently encourages and reassures him, offering personal guidance despite his unusual Spiritual Root.
• Su Yue shows concern for Bai Xuan and acts to protect him, while remaining puzzled by his circumstances and the strange energy affecting him.
• Five of Hearts moves from triumphant confidence to panic when her voodoo attack rebounds. Her death shocks the other Evil Organization members, who had rushed to her aid.

Significant themes

• The cost of power: Bai Xuan refuses a powerful upgrade because of its permanent bodily consequences.
• Perseverance despite difficult prospects: His cultivation path may be unusually arduous, but support and alternative routes remain possible.
• Hidden threats and protection: A covert attack targets Bai Xuan, but an unseen psychic defender turns the assault back on its maker.

Plot points and events

• After the Five of Hearts dies, the Five of Diamonds notes that the psychic attack she created still remains. He gives its Voodoo Doll to the Four of Hearts, who promises to use it for assassination.
• Su Yue uses a psychic counterattack to protect Bai Xuan from the lingering threat. She says she is confident in her mental strength, and Bai Xuan acknowledges her power.
• Bai Xuan offers Su Yue some of his sister Bai Yu’s clothes. While Su Yue searches the closet, she feels insecure comparing her figure with Bai Yu’s.
• At the Lakeside Villa, Marée Alaira senses Seliphina approaching and insists on fighting her alone. A notification offers Marée a guaranteed purple-quality-or-higher hidden Character Setting if she and Bai Xuan defeat Seliphina without help.
• Bai Xuan decides to strengthen himself first by starting his E+ Advancement Mission. The mission pits him alone against the Five of Clubs in a World Illusion.
• The Five of Clubs attacks immediately, but Bai Xuan blocks the invisible strike with his Gale Shield. The armored figure then realizes he is dead and mourns that he can no longer serve “that lady.”

Character developments

• Su Yue demonstrates confidence in her psychic abilities, despite admitting that her power is difficult to control. Her embarrassment over Bai Xuan’s gaze and her comparison with Bai Yu reveal some insecurity.
• Bai Xuan remains protective and teasing with Su Yue, but quickly prioritizes becoming stronger when Marée’s challenge presents a tempting reward.
• Marée Alaira shows her pride and determination by demanding a solo fight against Seliphina, despite her current E-grade rank and Seliphina’s much higher C-rank.
• The Five of Clubs appears less like a simple enemy when he grieves over being unable to serve his mistress, hinting at loyalty and a personal past.

Significant themes

• Threats persist after defeat: The Five of Hearts’s death does not eliminate the danger her ability created.
• Power and risk: Marée’s confidence clashes with the danger posed by Seliphina’s superior rank, while Bai Xuan enters a difficult solo mission to prepare.
• Loyalty and loss: The Five of Clubs’s sorrow suggests that devotion can endure beyond death.
• Self-image and comparison: Su Yue’s reaction to Bai Yu’s clothes highlights her insecurity about her appearance.

Character interactions

• The Five of Diamonds assigns the lingering psychic weapon to the Four of Hearts, setting up a continuing assassination threat.
• Su Yue reassures Bai Xuan that the psychic attack can no longer harm him; their joking exchange shows familiarity and trust.
• Bai Xuan encourages Marée to accept help, but the system’s reward leads him to support her plan indirectly by pursuing advancement.
• Bai Xuan and the Five of Clubs begin their confrontation, which is interrupted by the Five of Clubs’s revelation about his mistress.

Plot

• Bai Xuan questions the defeated Five of Clubs about his master and learns the Evil Organization is divided into factions. The Five of Clubs says his lady considers the organization a mere stepping stone and wants to “put this world right,” though he refuses to explain further.
• The Five of Clubs attacks with wind blades and compressed-air blasts. Bai Xuan uses his Gale Shield, Invisibility, the Sacred Radiance Sword, and his White-Faced Spider Claws to outmaneuver and defeat him.
• Completing his Advancement Mission raises Bai Xuan to D-Rank and grants the gold Combat Setting Super Evolution, which can strengthen one unit’s Character Settings for thirty minutes, once per battle.
• Back in reality, Bai Xuan finds Marée Alaira challenging Seliphina, an ice dragon in a Frost Crystal. Seliphina reveals she has mastered the Ice Supreme Principle and demands a rematch for the following evening. Marée boasts that Bai Xuan will help her win, inadvertently revealing their advantage before the crystal shatters.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan demonstrates tactical ingenuity, exploiting the turbulent wind to conceal himself and land a surprise attack. He remains curious about the mysterious lady’s aims and suspects a possible connection to Isia.
• The Five of Clubs respects Bai Xuan’s strength but remains devoted to his absent master and her vision.
• Marée is confident and provocative, mocking Seliphina and openly relying on Bai Xuan. Seliphina, once a bullied Young Dragon, now believes her mastery of ice makes her strong enough to seek revenge.
• Bai Xuan is impressed by Marée’s enthusiasm but exasperated that she has revealed their “trump card.”

Significant themes

• Power and strategy: Bai Xuan wins through deception and timing, not strength alone.
• Ideological conflict: The Five of Clubs’ faction pursues a vision of “setting the world right,” but its methods and true goals remain unclear.
• Revenge and rivalry: Seliphina’s challenge reflects her determination to overcome past humiliation.
• Confidence versus caution: Marée’s bravado boosts her confidence but risks giving her opponent useful information.

Key plot points and events

• Marée Alaira boasts that she can defeat the approaching Little Ice Dragon, but admits she needs Bai Xuan’s power because the dragon has mastered the Ice Supreme Principle. Bai Xuan agrees to help her, treating the fight as her trial.
• Luo Miaoyin offers to help Bai Xuan refine the remaining medicinal power of a Spirit Pill. They arrange to meet at her Cave Abode the following night.
• Su Yue suffers a severe reaction to the Wolf Mother’s Heart, worsened by her out-of-control Superpower. Bai Xuan uses Mental Immunity to calm her and help her fall asleep.
• The next morning, Bai Xuan teases Su Yue about a wet patch on her bedsheet. He reflects on memories she apparently transmitted to him: as a child, she was taken to Ideal City and subjected to experiments designed to stimulate Espers’ powers. After one experiment failed, she escaped.
• Bai Xuan and Su Yue go to school together. Meanwhile, Four of Hearts uses Five of Hearts’ Voodoo Doll to send a Soul Arrow at Bai Xuan from afar, intending to kill him despite the Psychic Esper nearby.

Character developments and interactions

• Marée Alaira is eager and confident about proving herself, but recognizes the Little Ice Dragon’s power and accepts that she needs Bai Xuan’s support.
• Bai Xuan supports Marée without taking over her trial, agrees to help Luo Miaoyin with his cultivation, and uses his ability to relieve Su Yue’s distress. Su Yue’s memories also make him question Ideal City’s reputation.
• Su Yue is shown as vulnerable during the Wolf Mother’s Heart’s side effects, then returns to her usual matter-of-fact manner. Her memories reveal a traumatic childhood as an experimental subject.
• Luo Miaoyin remains considerate and respectful, offering help while accommodating Bai Xuan’s schedule.
• Four of Hearts emerges as a direct threat, relying on a long-range soul-assassination technique and Five of Hearts’ Voodoo Doll.
• Bai Xuan and Su Yue share an easy, teasing familiarity; Bai Xuan also comforts her when she unconsciously cries out for her mother.

Significant themes

• Power and dependence: Marée’s confidence is balanced by her need for Bai Xuan’s strength, while Su Yue’s power can become dangerous when uncontrolled.
• Care and vulnerability: Bai Xuan’s quiet intervention contrasts with Su Yue’s distress and the intimacy of her childhood memories.
• The cost of progress: Ideal City’s promising image is undercut by its exploitation of children in Esper experiments.
• Escalating danger: The chapter shifts from personal care and revelations to an imminent assassination attempt.

Plot and events

• A hidden assailant, the Four of Hearts, attacks Bai Xuan with a soul arrow that slowly burns his soul. Though the damage is minor and gradual, Bai Xuan realizes his defenses cannot easily stop this kind of assassination.
• Su Yue detects the arrow by touching Bai Xuan and recognizes it as an Esper attack, likely from the Evil Organization. She takes control of the arrow—and, through it, its creator—then forces the Four of Hearts, dozens of kilometers away, to kill herself.
• The arrow vanishes when the Four of Hearts dies. Bai Xuan sends Xilin to the guesthouse where Su Yue located the attacker, hoping to investigate and eliminate any remaining threats.
• Su Yue mentions that she once considered joining an organization led by a man in a Slime Mask, known for fighting dangerous Anomalous Calamities in Ninghang City. Bai Xuan recognizes the group.

Character development and interactions

• Su Yue demonstrates the extraordinary reach and power of her Mind Control ability, using it decisively to protect Bai Xuan. Her anger reflects the Evil Organization’s long persecution of her. She also reveals an interest in joining a group that might help change the world, though she doubts she will get the chance.
• Bai Xuan is shaken by how vulnerable he is to covert soul attacks and becomes focused on investigating the attacker and strengthening his defenses. He openly thanks and praises Su Yue, teasing her about conquering the world; her confidence returns as she accepts his praise.
• Their exchange shows growing trust: Su Yue saves Bai Xuan, and he relies on her account to direct Xilin’s response.

Significant themes

• Protection and trust: Su Yue’s loyalty and power safeguard Bai Xuan, while he depends on her insight and ability.
• Power and vulnerability: Even a capable fighter can be threatened by an invisible, remote attack.
• Freedom and ambition: Su Yue’s past struggle to control her ability shapes her desire for independence and her tentative hope of joining an organization with broader aims.
• Escalating conflict: The Evil Organization’s continued attacks suggest a threat that may intensify if it discovers Bai Xuan’s identity.