Chapter Summaries

Qin Siyang announced that he had persuaded more than twenty instructors to let him take overlapping electives, hoping to earn all his elective credits in one semester. Zhao Longfei tried to stop him by revoking his privilege, but after making Jansen withdraw his consent, he learned Qin Siyang had persuaded enough instructors to replace him.

• Qin Siyang stunned the freshmen by revealing he had secured the consent of more than twenty instructors for his plan to take many overlapping courses.
• Zhao Longfei privately challenged Qin Siyang, then set a condition: all twenty instructors had to agree to the schedule conflicts or Qin Siyang would lose his course-selection privilege.
• Zhao Longfei called Jansen and persuaded him to withdraw his consent by promising to provide twice as many research materials as Qin Siyang had offered.
• Qin Siyang removed Jansen's course and immediately selected another instructor's elective, revealing that he had persuaded more instructors than he needed.

Qin Siyang outmaneuvered Zhao Longfei to secure his course selections, then visited Lu Daoxing to learn about Hong Liang’s spatial God-Hunting Artifact. Lu agreed to study how to activate it and gave Qin another piece of Tier Four Armor.

• Qin Siyang revealed he had arranged with extra instructors so he could choose more than twenty electives, and explained that he wanted to finish his credits in one semester in case he could not return to school later.
• Zhao Longfei conceded defeat and left after telling Qin Siyang to approach him directly next time, while Gu Yunpeng joked that Qin might join the Board of Trustees in his second year.
• Sally finished choosing her limited electives and left disappointed that Qin Siyang had chosen courses at random and did not plan to attend class.
• Qin Siyang showed Lu Daoxing Hong Liang’s ant artifact, and Lu identified it as a spatial God-Hunting Artifact whose user would enter the isolated space alongside an enemy.
• Lu Daoxing agreed to study how to activate the artifact and gave Qin another piece of Tier Four Armor after Qin said his previous piece had broken.
• Lu Daoxing told Qin that his wife was improving and that he planned to sell artifact technology after repaying his debts, while Qin offered to provide more Crimson Crystals.

After learning to use the spatial artifact, Qin Siyang examined the World-Destroying Church’s bounty messages and found new missions targeting himself, Ban Dingyuan, and Han Lingye. He decided to warn Ban Dingyuan anonymously and was left wary of whoever had placed the bounty on him.

• Qin Siyang thanked Lu Daoxing for teaching him to use the spatial artifact and returned to the Guesthouse.
• Qin Siyang read forum posts about Ban Dingyuan defeating Eastern Glory University's top ten second-year students and considered getting to know him.
• Qin Siyang powered on Chang Tianxiong’s black phone and discovered the World-Destroying Church’s bounty missions, including an old mission to kidnap Chu Baxing.
• Qin Siyang found a new bounty on himself and suspected its poster was using his supposed treasures as bait to provoke an attack.
• Qin Siyang found new kill missions targeting Ban Dingyuan and Han Lingye, and resolved to warn Ban Dingyuan anonymously.

Qin Siyang read Chang Tianxiong’s instructions for working with the World-Destroying Church and learned how Snake Card missions and rewards operated. He discovered that publicizing missions could raise a Snake Card rank and earn divine gifts, leaving him wary of the Church’s power and uncertain whether to follow Chang Tianxiong’s advice.

• Qin Siyang recognized Han Lingye’s name and considered killing him while framing [Yu Gu] to remove a potential threat.
• Qin Siyang read Chang Tianxiong’s instructions on finding the Underground City, submitting missions through two-tiered stone platforms, and collecting rewards anonymously.
• Qin Siyang learned that announcing completed missions could help a Snake Card assassin gain recognition and advance in rank.
• Chang Tianxiong’s notes revealed that reaching the Jack of Clubs rank brought him a divine gift that helped him break through to sequence level seven in three months.

Qin Siyang read Chang Tianxiong’s final note about the World-Destroying Church and learned that its leaders knew of the path to godhood and the origin sequence. He grew more curious about the Church and believed it might hold knowledge that could help him.

• Qin Siyang considered whether the World-Destroying Church’s [Divine Gift] could help him advance along his own path to godhood, then realized he was not a believer.
• Qin Siyang discovered Chang Tianxiong’s final passage, which said [Remnant Thought] had heard that becoming Snake Cards Joker offered a chance to receive a Divine Gift and embark on a new path.
• Qin Siyang recognized that the new path [Remnant Thought] had mentioned was the path to godhood and the origin sequence, and concluded that the World-Destroying Church knew about them.
• Qin Siyang reflected on the Church’s immense power, secret knowledge, and indifference to status, and became increasingly curious about it.
• Qin Siyang decided the World-Destroying Church might provide answers about the origin sequence and instinctively believed its leaders would disdain plotting against him.

Qin Siyang weighed the World-Destroying Church’s missions, missed Wen Shu, and learned that Kav Richar had become Area No. 7’s District Chief. The chapter ended with officials ordering everyone to evacuate Qin Siyang’s guesthouse before it was demolished.

• Qin Siyang reviewed the World-Destroying Church’s missions and wondered why none targeted Zhang Kuang.
• Qin Siyang could not meet Wen Shu or Hu Chan, who was busy fighting the Three Harmonies Church, and refused to lend Hu Chan more titan reed inner leaf fragments without results.
• Qian Wendao told Qin Siyang that he had become Bureau Chief and that Kav Richar was the new District Chief of Area No. 7, with Chen Zhongming set to become deputy.
• Qian Wendao warned Qin Siyang that Kav’s plans to crack down on black-market transactions and investigate school safety could target him.
• Officials announced that the guesthouse was an illegal structure and ordered everyone to evacuate within ten minutes before its immediate demolition.

Qin Siyang and Zhao Sifang confronted a district government demolition team that ordered Nanrong University's two Guesthouse buildings evacuated and demolished. Qin Siyang, Hu Chan, and Zhao Sifang prepared to fight the officials, and Qin Siyang announced he would attack first.

• A Civil Engineering Department team delivered notice that the two Guesthouse buildings would be demolished in fifteen minutes, citing approved government documents.
• Zhao Sifang accused District Chief Kav of exploiting the absence of his Second Uncle and the professors to cut off Southern Glory's income.
• Qin Siyang sent Chu Baxing, Gu Yunpeng, and Edward downstairs, leaving himself, Hu Chan, and Zhao Sifang to face the six officials.
• Qin Siyang convinced Hu Chan and Zhao Sifang to put on their Armor, arguing that losing the Guesthouse would leave them without income or shelter.
• The team leader said the officials could use force after the evacuation deadline, and Qin Siyang declared he would attack immediately.

Qin Siyang trapped Dadowa and his United Government team inside the Ant Artifact and attacked them while Zhao Sifang and Hu Chan fought the others. He killed Usbek and struck Dadowa hard enough to send him flying, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Qin Siyang pulled out the Ant Artifact and transported himself, Hu Chan, Zhao Sifang, and six United Government personnel into its interior.
• Dadowa identified himself as a sequence level six deputy chief and ordered his team to capture Zhao Sifang and Hu Chan while he fought Qin Siyang.
• Qin Siyang vanished, appeared behind Usbek, and killed him with a kick that shattered his tier-three Armor.
• Qin Siyang told Zhao Sifang and Hu Chan to hold off the remaining attackers, then vanished again.
• Zhao Sifang and Hu Chan attacked the four remaining men, while the Ant Artifact's shifting terrain trapped them in its inner wall.
• Qin Siyang confronted Dadowa and punched him into the Ant Artifact's folds.

Qin Siyang discovered that Dadowa was a Blood Chameleon with dangerous abilities and rejected his offer to meet District Chief Kav. The two prepared to continue their fight, while Hu Chan and Zhao Sifang battled the other enemies.

• Qin Siyang knocked Dadowa away with a punch, and Hu Chan realized Qin had relied on his own strength rather than a God-Hunting Artifact.
• Zhao Sifang nearly took Dadowa's needles through his faceplate, but Qin's ability shifted his footing and made them miss.
• Qin Siyang used Wu Yu's Ring to identify Dadowa as a Blood Chameleon and learned that Dadowa could teleport through lingering blood mist and parasitize living beings.
• Dadowa rose unharmed behind his Blood Mist Barrier and tried to recruit Qin Siyang to meet District Chief Kav, offering to overlook Usbek's death.
• Qin Siyang rejected Dadowa's offer and challenged him to knock him down, and Dadowa transformed and vanished.

Qin Siyang outmaneuvered Dadowa and helped Hu Chan and Zhao Sifang defeat Kav’s men, but the enemies killed themselves to keep their memories from being read. Qin Siyang collected their bodies and said he would bury them when he had time.

• Dadowa used [Dynamic Disguise] to approach Qin Siyang from behind and planned to restrain him, break his armor, and control him with [Parasitism].
• Qin Siyang anticipated Dadowa’s plan and impaled him with the Heaven-Splitting Halberd, then struck him again when [Dynamic Disguise] concealed him.
• Hu Chan and Zhao Sifang used their enemies’ distraction to attack together and badly injure one of them.
• Dadowa realized Qin Siyang had deduced his skills and intentions, but before Qin Siyang could finish him, Dadowa killed himself; the four men fighting Hu Chan and Zhao Sifang did the same.
• Qin Siyang put the bodies in his Storage Box and told Hu Chan and Zhao Sifang he would bury them when he had time.

After killing Dadowa and the five Construction Bureau employees, Qin Siyang reassured Zhao Sifang and arranged protection from the Administration Bureau and Tang Wangong. The three prepared to leave the Guesthouse while claiming the officials had mysteriously disappeared.

• Qin Siyang returned Hu Chan and Zhao Sifang to the Guesthouse corridor and explained that he had concealed his breakthrough to sequence level six to lure Dadowa into a trap.
• Qin Siyang encouraged Zhao Sifang to stay optimistic, and the three bantered until Hu Chan asked how they would explain the six officials' deaths.
• Qin Siyang said the Administration Bureau could prevent Kav from taking them for interrogation and revealed that Qian Wendao, his benefactor, had become Area No. 7's Bureau Chief.
• Qin Siyang called Qian Wendao, who agreed to bring the three to the Administration Bureau and said Minister Tang Wangong could help protect them further.
• Tang Wangong told Qin Siyang to have Qian Wendao write a good report, and Qin Siyang prepared to announce that Dadowa and the others had mysteriously disappeared.

Qin Siyang completed his interrogation at the Area No. 7 Administration Bureau and learned the authorities intended to seal the East Guesthouse. Zhao Longfei returned to Southern Glory and confronted the official overseeing the sealing, ending by questioning why Kav had sent a less-trusted official.

• Qian Wendao questioned Qin Siyang, whose answers about Dadowa’s disappearance registered as truthful on the Lie Detector.
• Qian Wendao told Qin Siyang to stay at the Administration Bureau while he reviewed Hu Chan’s and Zhao Sifang’s statements and reported to the higher-ups.
• Qin Siyang replied to Wen Shu and Zhao Longfei, then relaxed at the bureau after learning Zhao Longfei had returned.
• Area No. 7 officials began sealing the East Guesthouse again, and Zhao Longfei offered to treat them to hot pot if they stopped.
• Zhao Longfei confronted Guan Ming with information about his family and the Hongfu Residential Community, then asked why Kav had not sent a trusted man to oversee the sealing.

Guan Ming realized Kav had made him a disposable pawn in the attempt to seal Nanrong University's Guesthouse, so he withdrew and reported that he could not complete the assignment. Zhao Longfei dealt with the aftermath, confirmed Dadowa was missing, and Qin Siyang learned that Wang Defa, A You, and Old Snake had awakened sequence abilities.

• Zhao Longfei's remarks made Guan Ming realize he was being used to seal Nanrong University's Guesthouse, and Guan Ming stopped his subordinates from putting up the seals.
• Guan Ming declined Zhao Longfei's hot pot invitation, claimed he was ill, and asked Kav to send another colleague.
• Zhao Longfei apologized to the displaced Guesthouse guests and offered them a free week or a cash refund.
• Zhao Longfei told Lin Yaman that Dadowa was confirmed missing, then informed Zhao Longteng that Xiao Qin, Sifang, and Hu Chan were safe at the Administration Bureau and agreed to target the Richar Family first.
• Wang Defa told Qin Siyang that he, A You, and Old Snake had awakened the [Crossbow Hunter], [Stacking], and [Shadow] sequence abilities, and Qin Siyang offered to help register them.

After Wang Defa, Wang Deyou, and She Haqiang awakened their sequences, Qin Siyang arranged cover identities for them through Chu Xiaoang. Chu Xiaoang suspected Qin Siyang had killed three missing Sequence Level Six people and discussed a possible marriage alliance between Baxing and Qin Yingguang’s daughter.

• Qin Siyang learned that Wang Defa, Wang Deyou, and She Haqiang had all awakened sequences and asked Qian Wendao to falsify their records.
• Qian Wendao warned that registering them in Area No. 7 was risky and offered to arrange their registration in Region 4397, where they would need cover identities.
• Qin Siyang asked Chu Xiaoang to send a sequence company on a mission to Region 4397 so his four officer candidates could travel there without raising suspicion.
• Chu Xiaoang agreed and asked whether Qin Siyang had been involved in the disappearances of Hong Liang, Jiao Zhijie, and Dadowa; Qin Siyang admitted that all three had met him before disappearing.
• Chu Xiaoang and Zheng Mubian concluded that Qin Siyang was likely responsible for the three deaths and speculated that Qin Yingguang wanted to marry his daughter to Baxing.

Qin Siyang helped Wang Defa and his companions enter a Sequence Company, then advised Zhao Longfei against negotiating with Kav over the missing men. Qin Siyang concluded the Richar Family was also under pressure, leaving Zhao Longfei newly hopeful about their position.

• Tang Wangong ruled Qin Siyang, Hu Chan, and Zhao Sifang innocent and ordered a search for Dadowa and the other five men.
• Qin Siyang arranged for Wang Defa, Three Brothers, and She Haqiang to join a Sequence Company and gain combat experience.
• Zhao Longfei invited Qin Siyang to dinner with Kav, who wanted to trade for the missing men and threatened the Guesthouse.
• Qin Siyang refused to hand over the bodies and argued that Southern Glory could withstand Kav's threats.
• Qin Siyang reasoned that Kav's haste suggested the Richar Family was struggling too, and Zhao Longfei agreed.

Zhao Longfei acted on Qin Siyang’s suspicion that Kav was under pressure and might be vulnerable. Later, Qin Siyang asked Wen Shu why she had distanced herself since Sally arrived, but Wen Shu refused to explain, leaving him determined to achieve whatever she was waiting for.

• Zhao Longfei called his brother and agreed to investigate what trouble the Richer Family had faced, hoping to find a way to challenge Kav.
• Qin Siyang returned to the Guesthouse and learned Wen Shu had paid two months of lodging fees with writing royalties and income from a job at Nine Dragons College.
• Qin Siyang asked Wen Shu if Sally’s arrival had made her distance herself, and Wen Shu confirmed it but said no one had done anything wrong.
• Wen Shu refused to explain her reasons and said Qin Siyang would probably never learn the answer.
• Qin Siyang told Wen Shu he was destined for an extraordinary life and would accomplish what she was waiting for, while Wen Shu said she would wait for him.

Qin Siyang rushed to Zhang Kuang’s first lecture after receiving breakfast from Wen Shu and was greeted by classmates who had saved him a front-row seat. Zhang Kuang began teaching the history of the apocalypse, but his brief account left Qin Siyang surprised when it jumped straight to the start of a new era.

• Qin Siyang woke at seven thirty, accepted breakfast Wen Shu had ordered, and hurried to class after washing up with Origin Violence.
• Hu Chan, Zhao Sifang, Fu Wanli, Gu Yunpeng, and Chu Baxing called Qin Siyang to their saved front-row seats, where he joined them despite his reluctance.
• Zhang Kuang introduced the course rules and told Qin Siyang he would have to take the final exam despite his special privileges.
• Zhang Kuang explained that the Giant Bird swallowed the sun on January 1 of the millennium, bringing the apocalypse and the appearance of gods, after which heroes formed the United Government and established Safe Zones.
• Zhang Kuang said humanity then lived in the Safe Zones and a new era began, leaving Qin Siyang stunned by how quickly the lecture had moved through history.

Qin Siyang questioned Zhang Kuang’s account that the United Government and Safe Zone had been established on the day the apocalypse began. When he asked Zhang Kuang how it could have happened, Zhang Kuang transformed and pulled him into an enormous blue book page.

• Qin Siyang realized that the story of the Safe Zone’s construction in a single day seemed impossible, and that even Zhang Kuang’s lecture had glossed over the gaps in the history.
• After class, Qin Siyang declined to join Zhao Sifang and the others at the cafeteria and followed Zhang Kuang to the Miracle Building.
• Qin Siyang asked Zhang Kuang to discuss the apocalypse privately, and Zhang Kuang brought him to his laboratory.
• Zhang Kuang noticed that Qin Siyang’s physique had likely reached Sequence Level Six and invited him to ask his question.
• Qin Siyang asked how the United Government and Safe Zone could have been established in a single day before anyone had awakened a Sequence Ability.
• Zhang Kuang transformed into a translucent blue image, and an enormous blue book page swept Qin Siyang inside.

Zhang Kuang attacked Qin Siyang to check whether Guo Jiuxiao had altered or taken over his memories, then explained that most people’s memories of the apocalypse’s first day had been warped. He began revealing his research into what really happened that day.

• Zhang Kuang used his sequence ability to immobilize Qin Siyang and search through his memories, then stopped when he confirmed Qin was himself.
• Qin Siyang questioned Zhang Kuang about the attack, and Zhang Kuang said he had suspected Guo Jiuxiao had altered Qin’s memories or possessed him.
• Zhang Kuang explained that everyone except Qin accepted the United Government and Safe Zone being established on the day the apocalypse began as unquestionable facts.
• Zhang Kuang told Qin that people’s memories of the apocalypse’s first day had been warped, and said his research sought to uncover what had really happened.

Qin Siyang learned from Zhang Kuang that people’s memories of the day the Apocalypse arrived had been altered, concealing a missing stretch of time. Zhang Kuang revealed that even celestial trajectories had been tampered with, leaving the length of that period unknown.

• Qin Siyang realized his memories of the day the Apocalypse arrived were strangely hazy and told Zhang Kuang he had not shared his doubts with anyone.
• Zhang Kuang explained that he had spent five years discovering contradictions and forgetting them until he used a skill to rewrite his own memories.
• Zhang Kuang told Qin Siyang that his older brother disappeared on the day the Apocalypse arrived and that his research had brought assassination attempts and worsening health.
• Zhang Kuang revealed that celestial trajectories showed a gap between December 31, 1999, and January 1, 2000, suggesting a stretch of time had vanished from people’s memories.
• Zhang Kuang said people whose memories were unaffected had built the Safe Zone, formed the United Government, and reorganized human civilization during the missing period.
• Zhang Kuang revealed that celestial trajectories had also been tampered with, so he could not calculate how long the missing stretch of time lasted.