Recaps

Qin Siyang helped Wen Shu and her grandmother settle in Area No. 7 while dealing with political threats, secret deals, and plans to study rare star ore. The arc ended with Qin Siyang sheltering Hu Chan and demanding the truth about the disguised woman who came with him.

• Han Lingye’s soldiers killed the arrested examiners, and he escaped with Pan Youguang after Chen Zhongming warned He Kui that the military would shield him.
• Qin Siyang told Wen Shu that the Gaokao crisis had been handled, and Wen Shu later moved to Area No. 7 with her grandmother under Edward’s escort.
• Qin Siyang and the professors secured a core-like piece of bluewater glass star ore for secret study, while Li Tianming and Chen Fenghe prepared for changes in their work and family lives.
• Qin Siyang exchanged Corrosive Black Centipede remains with Chris for Blood Moon Blind Spider eyes and a Pure-Brightness Bracelet, then warned Hu Chan that Chris knew about their earlier deal.
• Wen Shu arrived at the Guesthouse with her grandmother, where she reunited with Qin Siyang and met Gu Yunpeng and Gu Yunxuan, who revealed that she had identified Wen Shu as the author Sheyu.
• Xu Lanzhi warned Wen Shu about the dangers of Nine Dragons College, but Wen Shu chose to face them, and Qin Siyang promised to protect her and her grandmother.
• Qin Siyang rallied Zhao Longfei and the professors to help the wounded Hu Chan, while Chris and Jin Shengyu plotted to force Hu Chan out of his position.
• Qin Siyang identified Hu Chan beneath his disguise and discovered that his companion was a woman and a powerful Sequence Ability User, then demanded that Hu Chan explain who she was.

Qin Siyang sheltered Yu Ziying and Hu Chan while facing challenges over his standing at Nanrong University and the publication of his research. He negotiated with Chu Xiaoang for military authority on behalf of the Zhao Family, then returned to the university with a duel approaching and learned more about Hu Chan’s past.

• Hu Chan revealed Yu Ziying’s identity as the black-robed Guardian, and Qin Siyang arranged shelter for them on the condition that Yu Ziying remain officially dead.
• Hu Chan warned Qin Siyang that Chris and Jin Shengyu were targeting him, then offered his Tier Four bracelet as collateral for Zhang Yingrui’s body.
• Qin Siyang demanded level-five Library access and refused to abandon his research papers, but Zhao Longfei granted him only level-three access and professors prepared a government hearing.
• Qin Siyang challenged Rong Xin to a duel and reviewed the Zhao Merchants’ Association’s plan to issue Crystal Coins using his Crimson Crystals.
• Zhao Longfei asked Qin Siyang to negotiate with the Military over a drug deal, and Qin Siyang accepted the opportunity to secure terms for the Zhao Family.
• Chu Xiaoang offered Qin Siyang authorization for a Sequence Brigade, but later reduced the offer to a Sequence Regiment commanded by Huo Dangkou.
• Qin Siyang agreed to the revised deal on conditions that Huo Dangkou become regimental commander and the unit receive independent status, while Chu Baxing bargained for a Guesthouse room.
• Qin Siyang saw the announcement of his duel with Rong Xin and learned that Hu Chan had escaped Yamamoto Taro by disguising himself as a golden retriever.

Qin Siyang helped Hu Chan establish the World Salvation Church at Nine Dragons College, then accompanied him Outside the Safe Zone. When a disheveled man captured Hu Chan, Qin Siyang returned to rescue him and escaped underground, leaving their attacker alive and heading toward the Safe Zone.

• Qin Siyang arranged for Hu Chan to hold a Blessing Ceremony at Nine Dragons College and agreed to appear as the Church’s Good Fortune Ambassador in exchange for Hu Chan accompanying him Outside the Safe Zone.
• Qin Siyang settled his dispute with Chu Baxing, then defeated Rong Xin in a Combat Arena spar and gave him a healing tablet.
• At Nine Dragons College, Qin Siyang delivered a blessing speech as Hu Chan announced a World Salvation Church branch and urged students to leave the Three Harmonies Church.
• Chris and Jin Shengyu agreed to arrange Hu Chan’s death, and Jin Shengyu sent his driver Dong-jun to seek help with the killing.
• Qin Siyang raised Hu Chan and Yu Ziying’s rent, then took Hu Chan Outside the Safe Zone to search for creatures and offered to introduce him to the Miracle Building professors as a research assistant.
• Hu Chan explained that he could not leave his role as Holy Son, while Qin Siyang and Hu Chan found little during their search.
• A disheveled man captured Hu Chan with a net of transparent threads, and Hu Chan refused to reveal Qin Siyang’s identity even as he was held as bait.
• Qin Siyang returned in the Drill Pod, struck the captor with lightning, rescued Hu Chan, and burrowed underground as the surviving man put on silver Armor and headed for the Safe Zone.

Qin Siyang built an independent regiment, hunted gods with Hu Chan, and survived the Nightmare Lantern Tree’s attempt to trap them in ideal lives. After returning with offerings and Multi-Headed Weasels, he learned their blood could undermine the United Government’s control over sequence abilities.

• Qin Siyang brought Huo Dangkou to the Guesthouse, while Zhao Longfei sent Chu Xiaoang footage of Qin Siyang guiding Chu Baxing and Chu Xiaoang recognized the maneuver.
• Li Tianming confronted Qin Siyang about the risks of commanding an independent Sequence Regiment, but Qin Siyang chose to keep moving forward and learned the World-Destroying Church had raised the bounty on his life.
• Qin Siyang prepared to leave the Safe Zone with Hu Chan, and Wen Shu revealed that she had placed eighth and would enter Nine Dragons College.
• Hu Chan and Qin Siyang hunted gods beyond the Safe Zone, collecting carapaces and Multi-Headed Weasels before encountering the Nightmare Lantern Tree.
• The Nightmare Lantern Tree trapped Qin Siyang and Hu Chan in visions of alternate lives, but both chose to return to reality and later found lantern-shaped seeds emerging from their foreheads.
• Qin Siyang and Hu Chan gathered small-god offerings, learned about the danger surrounding Zhong Dingming’s yellow-silver star ore, and eventually completed the offerings before returning to Nanrong University.
• Qin Siyang gave Hu Chan a titan reed inner leaf fragment and showed the professors more than a hundred Multi-Headed Weasel corpses.
• Hao Liang explained that Multi-Headed Weasel blood could erase or dissolve disc carapaces, threatening the United Government’s points system, and Qin Siyang began to suspect Hao Liang’s motives.