Recaps

Qin Siyang strengthened his ties with Zhao Sifang and the Zhao and Gu families while acquiring new gear and hunting dangerous gods. After surviving the Ghost-Faced Herons and gaining a major points boost, he opposed giving Xiao Zhigang control over the Crimson Crystal allocation and offered part of the crystal to Zhao Sifang and Gu Yunxuan as a wedding gift.

• Qin Siyang reconciled with Zhao Sifang, offered him a free room, and entrusted him with the Crimson Crystals while planning to release them slowly.
• At the Black Market, Qin Siyang used his identity and Zhao Sifang’s help to obtain tier-two Red Silk Armor and a Short Hornet Dagger as a gift from the Zhao family.
• Qin Siyang met with researchers, shared portions of the Vine Heart and Crimson Crystal, then arranged to hunt gods with Zhao Sifang and Gu Yunpeng.
• Three Ghost-Faced Herons swallowed the trio, and Qin Siyang killed two of the birds before helping Zhao Sifang and Gu Yunpeng escape the last one.
• Qin Siyang returned badly injured, secretly recovered at Chen Fenghe’s home, and earned 4,676 God-Hunting Points after his kills were verified.
• Qin Siyang rejected a plan to let Xiao Zhigang retain influence over Crimson Crystal distribution and proposed negotiating directly with the research institute deans.
• At a family dinner, Qin Siyang tactfully praised the Zhao brothers and explained Zhao Sifang’s false rumor about Gu Yunxuan, then offered the couple Crimson Crystal as a wedding gift.

Qin Siyang confronted the World Salvation Church over plots against him, then left the Safe Zone to hunt gods and gather points. After defeating four powerful gods and becoming lost, he discovered they had been drawn together by titan reed and headed toward the plant.

• Qin Siyang confronted the World Salvation Church leaders, excluded Hu Chan and Zhang Yingrui from the Crimson Crystal agreement, and learned Zhang Yingrui had been hired by Xiao Zhigang to capture him.
• Qin Siyang learned he needed to earn first place in Southern Glory's Special Admission standings, collected Red-Board Tasks, and left Safe Zone No. 213 to hunt gods.
• Qin Siyang killed a Thunder Snow Wolf, advanced to Sequence Level five, and discovered his navigation app had been scrambled by its electric shock.
• Qin Siyang became trapped between a Corrosive Black Centipede, an Ice Crystal Giant Moth, and a Lava Crocodile, but killed the Lava Crocodile by exploiting a weak spot and using the Thunder Snow Wolf's lightning.
• Qin Siyang used the Lava Crocodile's lava skill to defeat the Ice Crystal Giant Moth, then used its freezing ability to expose and attack the Corrosive Black Centipede's weak spot before killing it.
• Qin Siyang stored the four gods' remains and found red leaves in the moth's stomach, which he identified as titan reed.
• Qin Siyang realized the three gods had cooperated around the titan reed and followed the traces of his battle with the Thunder Snow Wolf toward the plant.

Qin Siyang and his rescuers uncover Guo Jiuxiao’s infiltration, then return to the Safe Zone with rare materials that could advance Li Tianming’s research. Qin Siyang begins trading his finds, but Chu Baxing’s call reveals that someone knows what he possesses.

• Qin Siyang survived the Wasteland, found Qi Jiangnan’s remains, and was attacked by an impostor posing as Li Tianming before the real Li Tianming found him.
• Qin Siyang and Li Tianming regrouped with Zhang Kuang and the professors, and Zhao Longfei’s investigation narrowed suspicion to Wu Yu and Hao Liang.
• Lu Daoxing’s lie detector exposed Guo Jiuxiao, who had possessed Hao Liang, and Hao Liang used his soul-expelling potion to force Guo to struggle for control.
• Qin Siyang revealed his titan reed and divided its fragments among the group, while Zhao Longfei’s leaked Special Admission agreement became a point of confrontation.
• Li Tianming named the rare materials needed for his research, and Qin Siyang promised to find them as the group headed back to Safe Zone No. 213.
• Qin Siyang arranged trades for the Thunder Snow Wolf and titan reed, while Chang Tianxiang promised to improve his navigation program.
• Chu Baxing offered Qin Siyang eighty thousand points for the Thunder Snow Wolf and a titan inner-leaf fragment, and Qin Siyang questioned how he knew about them.

Qin Siyang negotiated the sale of Thunder Snow Wolf remains and Titan Reed fragments, survived an assassination attempt, and secured a leadership role in the Zhao Merchants' Association. The arc ended with Hua Weicai challenging Qin Siyang’s appointment at the association’s founding ceremony as Qin prepared to answer with Lu Daoxing’s Lie Detector.

• Qin Siyang met Chu Xiaoang and Tang Wangong to trade Thunder Snow Wolf remains and Titan Reed fragments, resisted Chu Xiaoang’s attempt to trap him, and accepted fifty thousand points for the fragments.
• After the meeting, Sun Yaru attacked Qin Siyang, but he killed her before she could reveal who had sent her, and Zhao Longfei concluded that a powerful enemy was behind the attempt.
• Zhao Longfei explained that the Three Major Merchants’ Associations wanted Qin Siyang dead over the Zhao Family’s plans for a rival association, and Qin Siyang offered four Crimson Crystals in exchange for becoming vice president and a board member.
• Zhao Longteng accepted Qin Siyang’s terms, and Qin Siyang later received enough points from Chu Xiaoang and Tang Wangong to rank first among Nanrong University’s incoming students.
• At the Zhao Merchants’ Association founding ceremony, Zhao Sifang introduced Qin Siyang as a vice president and board member, while Hua Weicai challenged the association’s holdings and questioned Qin’s appointment.
• Zhao Sifang defended Qin Siyang’s position, but Hua Chengliang publicly backed Hua Weicai’s criticism despite privately resolving to punish his grandson.
• With Georgia Warren and Jiang Changqing urging him to respond, Qin Siyang took the microphone and asked Lu Daoxing to lend him the bird-shaped Lie Detector, which flew onto his shoulder.