Recaps

Qin Siyang secured the Zhao Family’s protection, prepared for the Path of Godhood, and joined a covert mission to help Li Tianming confront Ye Hongqing and Guo Jiuxiao. After the group disabled Guo Jiuxiao’s traps, Li Tianming’s side faced his team at Starfield Ranch, with Qin Siyang assigned to fight Guo Jiuxiao.

• Qin Siyang used Hua Weicai’s execution and Jiang Changqing’s refusal to demonstrate his authority as vice president of the Zhao Merchants' Association.
• Qin Siyang learned from Li Tianming how the Path of the Believer and God-Worship Ritual worked, then decided to prepare for godhood and seek high-grade offerings.
• Sally Warren proposed marriage to Qin Siyang, but he refused to date her and later shared Crimson Crystal with Chu Xiaoang and Lu Daoxing.
• Qin Siyang helped Lu Daoxing settle his wife’s debt, then secretly joined Zhang Kuang, Hao Liang, and Lu Daoxing to rescue Li Tianming from Guo Jiuxiao’s trap.
• The group reached Starfield Ranch, found five houses shielded from surveillance, and removed hidden God-Hunting Artifact traps from the ranch and its anti-air glass.
• Guo Jiuxiao’s team exposed Li Tianming near House No. 3, but Li Tianming cleared the ranch’s traps as he fought his way toward Ye Hongqing.
• Lu Daoxing shot Hu Yunsheng out of the air, and Qin Siyang joined Li Tianming’s group as they prepared to fight Guo Jiuxiao’s team, with Qin Siyang assigned to face Guo Jiuxiao.

After Qin Siyang survives his near-fatal fight, he builds alliances, gathers Crimson Crystal, and secretly hunts gods while others watch him. He reaches Nanrong University, where Li Tianming introduces him to the Miracle Building and Lu Daoxing offers a way to travel outside the Safe Zone without using official exits.

• Qin Siyang’s group escaped underground after Qin Siyang killed Guo Jiuxiao, but Hu Yunsheng shot Qin Siyang and Lu Daoxing sealed him in a Crystal Ball.
• Qin Siyang nearly died from blood loss, but Zhao Fengjun and Chen Fenghe saved him with her ability and a titan reed inner leaf fragment.
• While recovering, Qin Siyang made deals with Zhang Yingrui, Hu Chan, and Tang Wangong, then returned to Area No. 9 and secretly prepared to hunt outside the Safe Zone.
• Qin Siyang and Zhao Sifang fooled onlookers with an impersonation, and Qin Siyang later claimed mission points for killing a Corrosive Black Centipede without its Corrosive Fluid Sac.
• Qin Siyang left for Nanrong University with Li Tianming, confronted Zhao Longfei over surveillance, and agreed to provide rare materials for Li Tianming’s research group.
• Li Tianming brought Qin Siyang to the Miracle Building, where professors requested rare materials and explained that Wu Yu had named the building for their hope of overcoming research bottlenecks.
• Qin Siyang asked how to travel safely beyond the Safe Zone, and Lu Daoxing offered an obsolete Capsule Pod in a mutually beneficial trade before inviting him to dinner.

Qin Siyang took Hu Chan beyond the Safe Zone to hunt gods, escaped a Sandworm, and recovered rare ores for the professors. Back in the Safe Zone, he dealt with a hired assassin and a dispute over Crimson Crystal while the search for materials continued.

• Lu Daoxing told Qin Siyang how Yang Dan had been injured saving him from a Mutated Scythe Beetle, then gave Qin Siyang the Drill Pod and asked him to downplay her debt repayment.
• Qin Siyang set out with Hu Chan to hunt gods, but a Sandworm pursued them and he cut off his finger to escape with the Drill Pod.
• Qin Siyang persuaded Hu Chan to help kill Abyss Hounds and use him as bait to record the Sandworm, promising him research credit and a share of the rewards.
• Qin Siyang found a deposit of yellow-silver ore and a bluewater glass ore deposit underground, then sent Hu Chan back to the surface with two titan reed inner leaf fragments.
• Qin Siyang gave the professors bluewater glass star ore to study, but learned it could not replace the yellow-silver star ore Li Tianming needed.
• Qin Siyang negotiated with Chris to trade Corrosive Black Centipede remains for Blood Moon Blind Spider eyes, then confronted Zhang Yingrui over the Crimson Crystal he had taken.
• Qin Yingguang brought Qin Siyang the head of a wanted assassin and asked for a share of the Crimson Crystal, while Qin Siyang refused to accept unverified claims based on heads.
• Qin Siyang promised Zhao Longfei an extra Crimson Crystal, then agreed to supply Han Shuo with fifteen grams after Han reported recovering only ten grams from Zhang Yingrui.

Qin Siyang dealt with old enemies and helped Li Tianming reconnect with Chen Fenghe while preparing for Wen Shu’s Gaokao. The stretch ended with officials uncovering an attempt to swap Wen Shu’s exam paper and taking the suspected examiners into custody.

• Qin Siyang killed Yamamoto Taro after surviving his ambush, then confronted Qin Yingguang for hiding the assassin’s surviving twin and negotiated over his reward.
• Qin Siyang learned that Xiao Zhigang had arranged the attack, while Zhao Longfei warned Xiao to leave Qin alone and Tang Wangong strengthened his position at the university.
• Han Shuo returned Zhang Yingrui’s corpse and exchanged the weathered poison meteorite for Crimson Crystal, which Qin Siyang distributed to researchers at the Miracle Building.
• Qin Siyang and the professors discovered that Guo Jiuxiao had altered Li Pengfei’s memories to make him mistake Zhang Kuang for his father, and Qin urged Li Tianming to build a life with Chen Fenghe.
• Li Tianming left Li Pengfei with Qin Siyang while he spoke with Chen Fenghe, and the three later left together after Chen agreed to help care for the boy.
• When Wen Shu noticed irregularities with the Gaokao papers and suspected someone planned to replace hers, Qin Siyang alerted Chen Zhongming and He Kui locked down the exam site.
• He Kui and Cui Zhonghua resisted Pan Youguang’s efforts to halt the investigation, and Chen Zhongming ordered the suspected examiners taken to the municipal Police General Bureau after He Kui confirmed they had prepared a replacement paper.