Chapter Summaries

At the Commercial Achievement Conference, Pipi used his speech to praise Wei Kewei and announce the Dawn Merchant Group’s mission to find the Water Magic Pearl. His call inspired crowds of young Akeniksen to rush to register with the group.

• Pipi held the Commercial Achievement Conference in a large open-air venue, allowing far more Akeniksen to attend than in previous years.
• Pipi scanned the crowd for young Akeniksen who could not laugh and committed their faces to memory.
• Pipi praised Wei Kewei and the Business Opportunity Information Guide, describing how its story about Keke Yilu had moved him and driven him to visit the already-destroyed grave.
• Pipi announced the Dawn Merchant Group and invited Akeniksen of any background or experience to join.
• Pipi declared that the group’s first trading objective was to find the Water Magic Pearl, prompting many attendees to leave the conference early and head to the registration office.

Wei Kewei prepared the fourth issue of the Business Opportunity Information Guide, which featured Pipi’s oath and the Commercial Achievement Conference speeches. In a dream, Qin Xiaoxia urged Pipi not to betray the Akeniksen’s trust, and Pipi woke determined to continue reviewing applications to the Dawn Merchant Group.

• Wei Kewei and his employees finished unloading the fourth issue, whose opening pages showed Pipi’s oath and recorded the conference speeches.
• Akeniksen began lining up outside the periodical shop to buy copies as Wei Kewei wondered whether the stock would last.
• Qin Xiaoxia told Pipi that the Akeniksen’s hope had given his mission a concrete shape and urged him never to betray their trust.
• Pipi vowed never to let the Akeniksen down, and Qin Xiaoxia warned that he would personally punish him if he did.
• Pipi woke from the dream and returned to reviewing applications to join the Dawn Merchant Group.

Qin Xiaoxia watched Gou Dandan celebrate growing his first feathers, while Monkey King pushed himself through increasingly destructive training in Kyoto. Monkey resolved to keep training until he could prove himself worthy of his name and his Mentor’s expectations.

• Aiyou and Aixi flew to Qin Xiaoxia and clung to him as Gou Dandan showed off the first feather on his head.
• Gou Junbao and Xiao Lili returned from the mystic realm, and Gou Dandan rushed to tell them he had grown feathers before sharing the news with his friends.
• Monkey King trained in the mystic realm, smashing trees and rocks as Skywalking Disciples watched and admired his strength.
• Monkey reflected on his friends’ accomplishments and felt ashamed that he had not awakened magic power or become a Skywalker.
• Monkey vowed to prove himself worthy of his name, fight Old Master Mo again, and seek out Baru, then resumed training by shouting, “Again!”

The Monkey King challenged Baru on Dawn Silent Moon Island, where their brief clash showed how much stronger both had become. Baru sent Monkey flying into the sea, then leaped after him, insisting the blow had not been enough to defeat him.

• Old Master Mo traveled across famous mountains and lakes while planning the Mountain Gate site and hoping to avoid the Monkey King's relentless sparring challenges.
• The Monkey King arrived on Dawn Silent Moon Island and challenged Baru to a fight.
• Baru stopped Monkey's opening staff strike but tore his new suit, then entered the Soul-Burning State and hurled the staff back at him.
• Monkey caught the staff, but Baru struck him so hard that he flew into a distant cliff before falling into the sea.
• Baru told the onlookers Monkey would survive the blow and plunged into the sea after him.

Baru forced Monkey into a near-death underwater fight to trigger his self-awakening, and Monkey awakened golden magic power before Baru knocked him unconscious. The chapter ended with Baru ordering the knights to treat Monkey and recognizing him as another extraordinary student of the Mentor.

• Baru overwhelmed Monkey in a brutal underwater fight and drove him far out to sea.
• Baru held Monkey by the throat and forced him deeper, demanding that he break through or die.
• As Monkey neared death, memories of his life and identity returned, and golden magic power awakened within him.
• Baru knocked the newly awakened Monkey unconscious and carried him back to shore.
• The knights revived Monkey with seawater expulsion and prepared to give him a Flower of Life petal.
• Baru left for the castle, convinced Monkey had awakened without a ritual and was another extraordinary student of the Mentor.

Baru learned that Qin Xiaoxia had developed a rare G-Type Potion that might let him awaken magic power, while Qin Xiaoxia dealt with Doudou’s dangerous cooking. Near Qingming, cemetery worker Old Shan discovered two people stealing paper ash and decided to scare them with Xiao He.

• Baru told Qin Xiaoxia that Monkey had awakened golden magic power and was nearing the level of intent after their fight.
• Qin Xiaoxia revealed that the G-Type Potion contained power refined from a Remnant Ancient Demon and might give Baru a chance to awaken magic power.
• Qin Xiaoxia pretended to have eaten Doudou’s fried rice, then learned Doudou had accidentally added dangerous ingredients; Gou Junbao was suffering after eating some of it.
• Old Shan tried to resign from Little Gray Mountain Cemetery but accepted a raise from his supervisor instead.
• During their night shift, Xiao He showed Old Shan two people stealing paper ash from the cemetery, and Old Shan offered to scare them.

Old Shan and Xiao He went to catch thieves stealing Tinfoil Ash from Little Gray Mountain cemetery, but they witnessed a ghost terrify the thieves. The thieves fled, and Old Shan and Xiao He remained hidden in terror.

• Old Shan told Xiao He that people sold Tinfoil Ash and took him to confront two thieves at the cemetery.
• Xiao Liu and Huzi swept Tinfoil Ash into their sacks and found an unusually large pile at one grave.
• Old Shan stopped Xiao He from approaching when they noticed something strange near the thieves.
• A ghost asked Xiao Liu and Huzi how to spend the ashes and how to reach the Underworld.
• Xiao Liu and Huzi screamed, abandoned their tools and stolen ashes, and ran as the ghost pursued them.
• Old Shan and Xiao He hid behind a distant slope, covering each other's mouths and staying still.

After Sun Xiaoran’s ghost killed Xiao Liu and injured Chen Hu at Little Gray Mountain Cemetery, the Special Security Team investigated whether her case signaled a broader change. Huang Jiutian went to capture her and persuaded her to come quietly by telling her that ghosts were still subject to Huaguo’s laws.

• Old Shan and Xiao He called the police after witnessing Sun Xiaoran’s ghost attack Xiao Liu and Chen Hu at the cemetery.
• The police took the witnesses to give statements and sent the victims to the hospital, where Xiao Liu died and Chen Hu remained unconscious.
• Tao Xingzhi ordered Huang Jiutian to investigate Sun Xiaoran’s death and capture her, while the Special Security Team began a nationwide search for similar cases.
• Huang Jiutian arrived at Little Gray Mountain Cemetery with two teammates and approached Sun Xiaoran’s grave after the military cleared the site.
• Huang Jiutian told Sun Xiaoran that ghosts who broke the law could be arrested, and she agreed to go with him.

Huang Jiutian and Miao Miao questioned Sun Xiaoran’s ghost and learned about her condition after her capture, while arranging for her family to visit. Elsewhere, the Holy Spirit surveyed Little Gray Mountain and watched a shooting star pass beneath the Dark-Opening Star.

• Sun Xiaoran entered the lead box willingly, and Huang Jiutian’s team left Little Gray Mountain Cemetery as the authorities lifted the alert.
• Miao Miao questioned Sun Xiaoran and helped her straighten her crooked neck while the team assessed her memories and abilities.
• Huang Jiutian discovered Sun Xiaoran became invisible to ordinary people in one form but appeared in a mirror in another.
• Huang Jiutian told Sun Xiaoran that her family would visit the next day and instructed Miao Miao to set her bones so she would look less frightening.
• The Holy Spirit surveyed the cemetery, recognized the Dark-Opening Star, and watched a shooting star streak westward.

Sun Xiaoran reunited with her family after Miao Miao helped her appear more human, while Huang Jiutian learned from the Holy Spirit that Earth might have other spiritual beings like her. In Porto, Spain, repeated offshore earthquakes contradicted officials’ reassurance that no further tremors would occur.

• Miao Miao helped Sun Xiaoran arrange her bones using a human skeleton model so she could meet her family without frightening them as much.
• Sun Xiaoran reunited with her parents and older sister, admitted she had killed someone while chasing people who took Tinfoil Ash, and asked whether the ashes could pay compensation.
• Huang Jiutian heard the Holy Spirit explain that Sun Xiaoran was a rare spiritual entity native to Earth and that the government should study and manage such beings.
• Sun Xiaoran sensed a blurry outline of light nodding to her as the Holy Spirit departed, but she was unsure whether she had really seen it.
• In Porto, Spain, authorities evacuated a beach after offshore earthquakes, then issued a notice assuring the public there would be no more aftershocks.
• A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck the same offshore location less than half a day after the notice.

A world fragment fell into the sea near Spain, and Su Su’s divination revealed an unusual vision that Qin Xiaoxia briefly sensed as well. After asking the Red Banshee to monitor the area, Qin Xiaoxia was caught off guard when she insisted he give her a promised massage.

• The Red Banshee’s aquatic pets detected strange earthquakes and relayed reports to her through their songs.
• A crack opened in the sky above the sea, and a huge ocher-colored world fragment appeared before breaking apart and vanishing.
• Qin Xiaoxia learned of the fragment and asked Su Su to divine its effects.
• The Crystal Ball turned yellow, then faded; Qin Xiaoxia sensed a strange rhythmic fluctuation, while Su Su saw a blue sea filled with sharks and dolphins.
• Qin Xiaoxia asked the Red Banshee to keep watch over the area, then she reminded him of his promised massage and told him to begin.

The alliance nations screened suspicious recent deaths and confirmed that genuine ghosts had begun appearing, prompting them to establish management and training measures. They privately warned selected countries, leaving those nations to decide whether to take the threat seriously.

• LOVE360° posted that she had seen her dead neighbor Cantabore return home, and American agents investigated the report.
• Ben identified Cantabore as a ghost and persuaded him to leave with the agents for assessment and training, while they promised to pursue the construction company’s unpaid compensation for Martha.
• The alliance identified ten ghosts across Huaguo, the United States, Russia, and Ukraine, with none found in France or the United Kingdom.
• After debating whether to reveal the discoveries publicly, the alliance privately informed selected countries’ special departments and warned them to monitor for anomalies.
• The alliance nations introduced targeted ghost-management measures and dedicated research and operational training plans.

After the ghost crisis ended, You Ye saw evidence of strange growth and giant wildlife in a restricted part of the Taihang Mountains. An elderly man then visited, seeking You Ye and his father to learn their family’s ancestral Mad Demon Staff Technique.

• Russia’s Watchers Unit executed a ghost addicted to killing, and the alliance’s ghost crisis came to a close.
• You Ye browsed his university classmates’ group and saw Big-Headed Doll’s photos of unusually dense vegetation in the restricted Taihang Mountains.
• Little Peach spotted an enormous chameleon in one photo, alarming the group and prompting speculation about an apocalypse.
• An elderly visitor introduced himself as a friend of You Ye’s grandfather and said he wanted the Mad Demon Staff Technique for a young friend nearing a breakthrough.
• You Ye decided he should call his father, unsure how his father would react.

Mo Ziming visited You Yifeng and You Ye, hoping to learn whether You Xianquan’s Mad Demon Staff Technique had survived. You Yifeng revealed that a television station had recorded his father performing the technique, and the three planned to search for the footage the next day.

• Mo Ziming told You Ye about his grandfather You Xianquan’s Leaf-Sweeping Mad Flower staff technique and recalled their wartime friendship.
• You Yifeng returned home, reminisced about You Xianquan, and explained that his injuries and martial arts career had left the family struggling.
• You Yifeng told Mo Ziming that he and You Ye had been separated from Xinlan for over ten years.
• You Yifeng found photographs showing that Western Province Television Station had recorded You Xianquan demonstrating his staff technique, and he agreed to search for the recording with Mo Ziming and You Ye.
• Mo Ziming declined to stay overnight and left with extraordinary speed after dinner.

You Ye discovered that Old Master Mo had thrown a chopstick hard enough to pin a gecko to the wall, and he shared the evidence with his classmates. Excited by the display, he wondered whether his grandfather’s martial arts legacy connected to a hidden world of martial artists.

• You Yifeng went upstairs to rest after drinking, and You Ye cleaned up dinner and prepared to lock the house.
• You Ye found a gecko pinned to the wall by the missing chopstick and recorded photos and videos before pulling it free with pliers.
• You Ye posted the evidence in his class group and explained that Old Master Mo had thrown the chopstick by hand.
• You Ye told his classmates that Old Master Mo had visited to ask about You Ye’s family martial arts techniques for a friend nearing a breakthrough.
• You Ye recalled Old Master Mo’s movements and wondered whether he had deliberately revealed his skill, and whether martial artists lived in a hidden world.

You Ye, You Yifeng, and Old Master Mo set out for Yuan City to find a recording, but their trip stalled after a serious road accident. Authorities investigating the wreck found signs of a huge feline, while Old Master Mo sensed that something was wrong nearby.

• You Ye showed You Yifeng a video of Old Master Mo throwing chopsticks into a brick wall, and Old Master Mo said You Xianquan could have reached the same level if wartime injuries had not damaged his health.
• You Ye arranged a rideshare for himself, You Yifeng, and Old Master Mo to travel to the Western Province Television Station in Yuan City.
• Traffic stopped on a mountain road after a cargo truck and an oil tanker overturned, spilling plums and oil and leaving the cargo truck driver missing.
• Uncle Zhou returned to the minivan with news that the road would remain closed, and his usually energetic dog refused to get out as Old Master Mo sensed something unusual.
• Military and police investigators found claw marks and a large, plum-blossom-shaped feline footprint near the wreck, and they began searching the surrounding mountains for the culprit.

Cui Jian’s team searched the mountain forest for a dangerous evolved feline while soldiers installed warning devices along the barrier fence. After hearing nearby flashbangs, Old Master Mo left his vehicle and headed into the forest alone.

• Six members of Inspection Squad 7 arrived by helicopter to reinforce Cui Jian’s team.
• Soldiers cleared the road and began installing contact-triggered warning devices along the forest fence.
• A veteran squad leader smelled a nearby wild beast and ordered three squads to take cover and retreat while preparing flashbangs.
• Cui Jian received a distress signal from the barrier fence and realized the beast had not left.
• Old Master Mo heard the flashbangs, ordered the vehicle to continue to Yuan City, and leaped into the forest alone.

Cui Jian’s reinforcements encountered an enormous leopard in the forest while a second beast attacked the soldiers behind them. Old Master Mo intervened to save the rear squad, and the fighting left Cui Jian’s group facing a dangerous battle on both sides.

• Cui Jian’s team reached the perimeter and learned that a huge leopard had wounded four soldiers, while the squad leader said another leopard had attacked them earlier.
• A second enormous leopard appeared, and Cui Jian ordered everyone to hold fire until more reinforcements arrived.
• Gunfire erupted behind the team as another beast attacked the rear squad, and the leopard in front charged Cui Jian’s group.
• The rear beast killed at least ten soldiers before Old Master Mo struck it aside and dislocated its limbs and jaw.
• Old Master Mo gave the second lieutenant three healing petals for the seriously wounded and rushed deeper into the forest toward another beast.

Cui Jian and the Special Security Team fought a giant leopard until Old Master Mo arrived and subdued it. After the soldiers captured another leopard, Cui Jian used his ability on the unconscious giant, while Old Master Mo watched from afar.

• Cui Jian and eight other Evolvers injected adrenaline boosters and charged the giant leopard, but it wounded one fighter and broke through their attempt to surround it.
• Cui Jian threw steel spikes at the leopard’s eyes and then opened fire with the others, striking it with more than twenty bullets.
• Old Master Mo arrived, severed the leopard’s claws and tendons, knocked it unconscious, and dislocated its limbs and jaw to keep it contained.
• Old Master Mo gave Cui Jian two Flower of Life petals and said he had come from Dawn after hearing the explosions.
• Five Evolvers subdued the second leopard, which a veteran recognized as the one that had attacked them first.
• Cui Jian stared into the unconscious giant leopard’s eye until its pupil changed, and Old Master Mo realized Cui Jian was an ability user.

You Ye and You Yifeng recovered and watched a decades-old recording of You Xianquan teaching the Mad Demon Staff Technique, prompting Old Master Mo to urge them to resume martial arts. At a military base, officials confirmed Cui Jian could control evolved leopards and prepared to implement the Release Plan in response to changes in the wild.

• You Ye and You Yifeng met Old Master Mo in Yuan City and went with him to the Western Province Radio and Television Station to search its archives.
• You Ye, You Yifeng, and Old Master Mo watched a recording of You Xianquan demonstrating the Mad Demon Staff Technique and saved copies of the footage.
• Old Master Mo told You Yifeng and You Ye to take up martial arts again and showed them a large animal claw.
• Cui Jian and Tao Xingzhi inspected three giant leopards at a military base, where Huang Jiutian helped assess the animals' condition.
• Huang Jiutian confirmed Cui Jian's ability had taken root in the leopards without causing instability, and Tao Xingzhi declared that humanity would soon have to redefine its relationship with nature.
• The Special Security Team prepared to implement the Release Plan using Cui Jian's ability and the controlled leopards as proof of concept.