Chapter Summaries

Zhao Longfei told Qin Siyang how Lin Jiancheng had taken in and supported the Zhao siblings, and revealed that Qin had killed Lin Cheng, the man who murdered Lin Jiancheng. Lin Yaman was overwhelmed by the news, while Qin later showed Li Tianming Zou Yuan's corpse and prompted him to alert Zhang Kuang.

• Zhao Longfei explained that Lin Jiancheng had supported the Zhao siblings and that Lin Cheng had murdered him before taking over the Lin Group.
• Zhao Longfei confirmed that Qin Siyang had killed Lin Cheng, fulfilling the Zhao family's long-held wish for revenge.
• Lin Yaman overheard that Lin Cheng was dead, dropped her documents, and Zhao Longfei helped her back into the office.
• Qin Siyang left Zhao Longfei to comfort Lin Yaman and called Li Tianming to arrange a meeting.
• Li Tianming saw Zou Yuan's corpse, realized Zou Yuan had been alive, and rushed to summon Zhang Kuang.

Zhang Kuang, Li Tianming, and Qin Siyang realized the Reincarnation Church might have planted a trap in Zou Yuan and Lin Cheng’s memories, then discussed the surviving Beirong figures and the mystery of the Tiger Cards Jokers. Qin Siyang left for the Library after hearing Wen Shu was there with Xiaofei.

• Zhang Kuang suspected Zou Yuan’s survival was connected to the Reincarnation Church’s rapid growth and asked whether his memories could be read.
• Zhang Kuang warned that the Reincarnation Church might have safeguards in its senior members’ brains, so Qin Siyang called Zhao Longfei to stop the memory readings until they were confirmed safe.
• Li Tianming and Zhang Kuang wondered whether Lei Xiaoting had survived, and Li Tianming explained that Yu Jianyun had killed Lei Xiaoting and two other Beirong leaders in a single battle.
• Qin Siyang asked about Ander, the Tiger Cards Lead Joker, and learned that he was also the Lion Cards Deputy Joker and that little was known about him.
• Li Tianming said Zone 1 was accessible only to a select few, and Qin Siyang left the office after learning Wen Shu was discussing history with Xiaofei in the Library.

Qin Siyang spent a peaceful day at the Library, admiring Wen Shu and helping Li Pengfei answer a book’s claims about Huaguo’s supposed national flaws. He returned to the Guesthouse with Wen Shu and went to sleep grateful for his happy, tranquil life.

• Qin Siyang arrived at the Library’s study room and found Li Pengfei discussing history with Wen Shu while Chen Fenghe searched for books in the medical section.
• Qin Siyang watched Wen Shu and reflected on how foolishly he had pursued Li Jingwen in his previous life, appreciating Wen Shu’s returned affection instead.
• Li Pengfei asked Qin Siyang how to refute a book that blamed Huaguo for human flaws while praising foreign cultures.
• Qin Siyang argued that human motives and virtues crossed national borders, and Li Pengfei praised his explanation.
• Qin Siyang and Wen Shu returned to the Guesthouse for dinner, and Qin Siyang fell asleep hoping their peaceful life would continue.

Qin Siyang learned that Chu Xiaoang would help build a military camp for the Sequence Regiment and asked Zhao Longfei where it should go. Zhao Longfei recommended Area No. 4444, a place where the Zhao Family had been unable to establish a foothold.

• Chu Xiaoang called Qin Siyang and offered to have combat engineers build a camp for ten thousand people, asking him to choose a location.
• Qin Siyang visited Zhao Longfei and learned that Lin Yaman had taken time off to visit her father Lin Jiancheng's grave.
• Qin Siyang argued that building the camp in Area No. 7 would waste resources because the Zhao Family already controlled the area.
• Qin Siyang proposed placing the camp somewhere the Zhao Family wanted to enter but had never managed to influence.
• Zhao Longfei recommended Area No. 4444 as the site for the military camp.

Qin Siyang and Zhao Longfei discussed establishing Chu Xiaoang’s military camp in Area No. 4444, whose unlucky name had kept other factions away. Zhao Longfei revealed that securing it would connect the Zhao Family’s holdings into a major defensive territory, and Qin Siyang agreed to consider the site.

• Qin Siyang objected to Area No. 4444 because it was inland, but Zhao Longfei explained that neighboring perimeter areas could provide routes outside the Safe Zone for training.
• Zhao Longfei said the area’s reputation for bad luck had deterred investment, while Qin Siyang initially worried that the superstition might affect him too.
• Zhao Longfei showed Qin Siyang how Area No. 4444 would complete a defensive line spanning roughly a thousand areas and link the Zhao Family’s holdings.
• Zhao Longfei explained that the United Government barred merchants’ associations from State No. 4 but generally welcomed disciplined legions because they brought jobs and investment.
• Qin Siyang accepted that the camp could be built in Area No. 4444, and Zhao Longfei predicted the district chief would welcome it.

Qin Siyang learned that the Three Major Merchants' Associations were splitting up and preparing a major trade fair, while Zhao Longfei asked him to attend and help launch Crystal Coins. After Qin left, Zhao Longfei and Zhao Longteng discussed Hu Yu's defection and suspected the Reincarnation Church had used mind control, possibly at Guo Jiuxiao's direction.

• Zhao Longfei told Qin Siyang that the Three Major Merchants' Associations were breaking apart and would hold a major Vine Heart Trade Fair before the year's end.
• Zhao Longfei persuaded Qin Siyang to attend the trade fair and asked him to prepare for the Crystal Coin issuance planned for that month.
• Zhao Longfei told Zhao Longteng that he had not informed Qin Siyang about the mole, Hu Yu, whose defection had caused the Zhao Family's debt crisis.
• Zhao Longteng said the Reincarnation Church's Deceivers had likely lured Hu Yu somewhere and taken control of his mind as retaliation for the Zhao Family destroying their branch.
• Zhao Longfei wondered whether Guo Jiuxiao had been behind what happened to Hu Yu.

Zhao Longfei suspected Guo Jiuxiao of helping Jiang Hao sabotage the Zhao Family, while Qin Siyang charged his companions for transporting them to hunt gods beyond the Safe Zone. The outing ended with Qin swiftly killing a Phantom Mantis after charging Chu Baxing an extra fee to save his life.

• Zhao Longfei argued that Guo Jiuxiao, rather than the Reincarnation Church, may have arranged Hu Yu's theft to weaken the Zhao Family, and Zhao Longteng decided to have Long Ju sound Guo out.
• Qin Siyang agreed to drive Chu Baxing, Hu Chan, and the others beyond the Safe Zone for three hundred bottles of Sequence Potion per person, while they separately paid Hu Chan to locate gods.
• Qin Siyang refused to let Chu Baxing into the Drill Pod while a Phantom Mantis pursued him and demanded another three hundred bottles to kill it.
• Chu Baxing agreed to pay Qin Siyang for saving his life, and Qin recorded the agreement before killing the Phantom Mantis with a single kick.
• Hu Chan and the others marveled at Qin Siyang's strength, while Chu Baxing complained about the price.

Qin Siyang rescued Hu Chan from a Blood Moon Blind Spider nest and charged him five hundred bottles of Sequence Potion, adding to the fortune he earned on the trip. The group reflected on their fights and learned Professor Wu Yu’s class was scheduled for the following Monday.

• Hu Chan mocked Chu Baxing for failing to kill a Phantom Mantis, while Qin Siyang listened and charged Chu three hundred bottles of Sequence Potion for rescuing him.
• Hu Chan entered a Blood Moon Blind Spider nest, killed several of the powerful gods, and escaped with them in pursuit.
• Qin Siyang rescued Hu Chan for five hundred bottles of Sequence Potion, then killed over a dozen Blood Moon Blind Spiders.
• Qin Siyang tallied his earnings as the group discussed their costly but useful combat experience.
• Chu Baxing learned that Professor Zhang’s class ran on odd weeks and Professor Wu Yu’s anatomy class ran on even weeks, prompting Qin Siyang to plan to bring Wu Yu fresh spider eyeballs.

Qin Siyang attended his Analysis of God Anatomy class and listened as the new lecturer, Quan Taibin, challenged the accepted meaning of Disc Carapace point values. Quan Taibin left the class questioning why those values matched the danger Gods posed to humans.

• Qin Siyang dreamed that he and Wen Shu would stay together forever, then woke up pleased with the dream.
• Qin Siyang arrived at class and learned from Zhao Sifang that Quan Taibin, a young lecturer from Bang Country, had taken over Professor Wu's course.
• Quan Taibin questioned whether Disc Carapace point values truly measured Gods' strength, citing how weaker Gods could counter or defeat stronger ones.
• Quan Taibin argued that humans had no right to define the strength of higher-order Gods, prompting Qin Siyang and the class to reconsider their assumptions.
• Gu Yunpeng observed that Gods with higher point values were harder to kill, and Quan Taibin asked why those values corresponded to the danger Gods posed to humans.

Quan Taibin explained his research that disc carapace values fell as Sequence Ability Users killed more gods of the same kind, and argued that gods shared information about being killed. Zhao Longfei learned that Quan had openly taught the theory and feared the consequences.

• Quan Taibin told the class that a god's disc carapace value declined as more of its kind were hunted, and said his research could earn him an academic promotion.
• Liu Changsheng challenged Quan Taibin about why Blood Moon Spiders and Abyss Hounds still had high values, but Quan explained they were difficult to kill and that their high values made them desirable as secondary offerings.
• Quan Taibin cited Abyss Hound carapaces from a den he had killed two years earlier to show their values had begun to decline, and Hu Chan deduced that gods of the same kind shared information about being killed.
• Zhao Longfei angrily reacted to Quan Taibin teaching the research openly and worried that he had put himself in danger.

Quan Taibin questioned what humans knew about Gods and their origins, prompting Zhao Longfei to summon him from class. After Qin Siyang reflected on the lecture and began watching course videos, he discovered a bounty ordering Quan Taibin’s death.

• Quan Taibin argued that humans had never directly witnessed how Gods were born, and Qin Siyang recalled that Ji Ping might have known the truth before the Waterlogged Begonia dissolved his corpse.
• Zhao Longfei summoned Quan Taibin to the Principal’s Office after the lecturer discussed God research and the declining rewards for Disc Carapace.
• Qin Siyang reconsidered Nanrong University’s researchers, enjoyed lunch with his friends, and borrowed Chu Baxing’s tablet to watch lectures.
• Qin Siyang received a bounty mission on Yu Gu’s phone offering ten Tier-Four God-Hunting Artifacts and 5,000 bottles of Sequence Potion for killing Quan Taibin.

After Quan Taibin became the target of a World-Destroying Church bounty, Qin Siyang and Zhao Longfei tried to find a way to keep him alive. Just as Qin Siyang arranged to hide Quan outside the Safe Zone, Zhao Longfei learned that the Zhao Family’s helpers had been captured and that he was being summoned to negotiate their ransom.

• Qin Siyang connected the bounty on Quan Taibin to his lecture about gods and disc carapace and went to warn Zhao Longfei.
• Qin Siyang found Quan Taibin at the Principal's Office, where Zhao Longfei refused to leave the campus or abandon his teacher to the assassins.
• Quan Taibin explained that, as a refugee without a supervisor, he had not known his research was forbidden and agreed to live outside the Safe Zone.
• Qin Siyang proposed hiding Quan in an underground shelter beyond the Safe Zone and offered to arrange supplies.
• Zhao Longfei received a call saying the Zhao Family members sent to help against the Night Tranquility Merchants' Association had been captured, and he prepared to negotiate their ransom.

Qin Siyang arranged to hide Quan Taibin after learning that assassins were targeting him, disguising him as Chang Tianxiong and taking him far from the Safe Zone. He left Quan in an underground shelter and promised to bring supplies, while admitting that he too faced many people trying to kill him.

• Zhao Longfei told Qin Siyang that the Night Tranquility Merchants' Association had captured his people and demanded a ransom, so Qin Siyang arranged to move Quan Taibin to safety.
• Qin Siyang took Quan Taibin to Zhao Longfei's office building, where Hu Chan reluctantly disguised him as Chang Tianxiong.
• Chang Tianxiang briefly mistook Quan Taibin for Chang Tianxiong, then realized the truth and left the Miracle Building desolate.
• Qin Siyang drove Quan Taibin about a hundred and fifty kilometers from the Safe Zone and dug him an underground shelter with a bedroom, laboratory, and living room.
• Qin Siyang promised to check on Quan Taibin every ten days or so, and the two wished each other well as they parted.

Qin Siyang trained in his God Arena to overcome his ingrained combat habits, but made little progress against the Sacrificial Giant Vine. Afterward, he met Wen Shu for dinner, where she sensed that he had weakened and he said he was about to grow stronger.

• Qin Siyang returned to Southern Glory, reflected on the gathering crisis, and went to the God-Hunting Building to train against the Sacrificial Giant Vine.
• Qin Siyang repeatedly died in the simulation and realized he needed to use more of his strength and awareness instead of relying on his established combat instincts.
• Qin Siyang tried weaker opponents but found they could not help him improve, then spent more than two hours training before leaving exhausted.
• Qin Siyang showered and used deodorizer before meeting Wen Shu for dinner.
• Wen Shu sensed that Qin Siyang had gotten weaker, and he explained that he was about to get stronger.

Wen Shu gave Qin Siyang a reading list for Li Pengfei, and Principal Zhao told him the Night Tranquility Merchants' Association had been wiped out while the Reincarnation Church's memory-reading safeguards thwarted the investigation. Lin Yaman thanked Qin Siyang for dealing with her father's killer and presented him with an IOU, which Zhao Longfei tried to keep from her.

• Wen Shu asked Qin Siyang to pass her reading list to Professor Li for Li Pengfei.
• Zhao Longfei told Qin Siyang that the Night Tranquility Merchants' Association had been caught and destroyed, but Lin Cheng's memories could not be read because of the Reincarnation Church's safeguards.
• Lin Yaman thanked Qin Siyang for helping deal with her father's killer and joked that she might have offered herself if she were younger.
• Qin Siyang rejected Lin Yaman's offer and argued with Zhao Longfei, telling him to marry her if he thought she was so wonderful.
• Lin Yaman gave Qin Siyang a box containing an IOU for three Gold Coins owed by the Qi Legion, and Zhao Longfei snatched it away as her safeguard.

Qin Siyang took Lin Yaman’s IOU for a favor from Qi Tian and went to Lu Daoxing’s class on God-Hunting Artifact Analysis. The lesson ended with Sally proposing that the artifact tier spectrum might extend beyond tier seven, earning her a perfect score and exemption from the final.

• Qin Siyang took Lin Yaman’s IOU, which represented a favor owed by Qi Tian, and left for class.
• Lu Daoxing explained how God-Hunting Artifacts developed, how their tiers differed, and how tier-five artifacts could grow.
• Lu Daoxing described using Appraisal Solution to identify artifact tiers by color and explained the proposed orange and red colors for tiers six and seven.
• Sally suggested that ordinary artifacts might emit invisible ultraviolet light and asked whether infrared implied an even higher tier.
• Lu Daoxing awarded Sally full marks for the course and excused her from the final exam.

Sally impressed the class by answering a question about light and grades of God-Hunting Artifacts, while Qin Siyang visited Li Tianming and then celebrated Lu Daoxing's improved fortunes over a meal. The chapter ended with Lu Daoxing planning a month-long trip with Yang Dan after paying off his debt and asking Qin Siyang to help secure leave.

• Sally earned praise from Lu Daoxing for answering a question about ultraviolet and infrared light, impressing the class.
• After class, Sally teased Qin Siyang about being clever and a good match for him, while his friends joked about his popularity.
• Qin Siyang delivered Wen Shu's reading list for Xiaofei to Li Tianming, who praised it and recalled keeping Ju'an School's cafeteria free.
• Qin Siyang visited Lu Daoxing, learned he was ready to pay off his debt, and joined him and Yang Dan for a lavish meal.
• Lu Daoxing told Qin Siyang he planned to take Yang Dan on a month-long trip after settling his debt and asked him to request leave from Principal Zhao.

Qin Siyang trained to suppress his instincts and analyze attacks, then attended classes on apocalypse geography and god mechanics. His progress was interrupted when Lu Daoxing’s debt repayment failed, and the missing God-Hunting Artifacts raised suspicions of deception or tampering at the Economic Affairs Hall.

• Qin Siyang fought the Sacrificial Giant Vine repeatedly, suppressed his habitual reactions, and learned to observe and predict its attacks.
• Qin Siyang attended Harrison’s geography class and learned that Safe Zone exits with lower numbers had many Sequence Ability Users and many gods, while wondering why gods gathered there.
• Qin Siyang attended a God Mechanics elective and studied how physical mechanics could help predict gods’ attacks.
• Qin Siyang received urgent messages from Wen Shu and Zhao Longfei, then went to the Principal’s Office and learned that Lu Daoxing’s debt repayment had failed.
• Li Tianming explained that Yang Dan had supposedly repaid the debt, but surveillance showed she had only visited the restroom and the twenty Tier-Three God-Hunting Artifacts were missing.
• Lu Daoxing insisted Yang Dan had handed over the artifacts, and Zhao Longfei proposed bringing her in to investigate possible deception, altered memories, or tampered footage.

Jiang Yuanrui and Guo Jiuxiao discussed their conspiracy against Lu Daoxing and the Zhao Family, confident that their manipulation of Yang Dan had left no evidence. After discovering that the Ministry of Economic Affairs had deceived her again, Yang Dan prepared to end her life, leaving Lu Daoxing a final message.

• Jiang Yuanrui questioned whether Guo Jiuxiao’s tampering with Yang Dan’s mind could be detected, and Guo insisted that any blame could not be pinned on him.
• Jiang Yuanrui explained that the demand for twenty Tier-Three God-Hunting Artifacts was meant to keep Lu Daoxing occupied while the Jiang Family moved against the Zhao Family.
• Jiang Yuanrui said Lu Daoxing had been targeted because he had a foolish wife, as Guo Jiuxiao had already exploited Li Tianming’s wife.
• Yang Dan recalled handing the twenty artifacts to the Economic Affairs Hall, only to receive another debt-collection notice afterward.
• Yang Dan took an unlabeled medicine bottle and left a note that read, “Marry a smart woman.”

Lu Daoxing learned that Yang Dan had attempted suicide and collapsed from shock. Qin Siyang and the others brought her to the hospital, but Chen Fenghe could not save her, leaving Chang Tianxiang to stay with Lu Daoxing.

• Lu Daoxing learned from Nanny Xiao Xu that Yang Dan had taken sleeping pills and stopped breathing, then fainted from the shock.
• Li Tianming carried Lu Daoxing to the hospital while Qin Siyang, Hao Liang, and Wu Yu went to Lu Daoxing’s home to find Yang Dan.
• Qin Siyang found Yang Dan dead beside the study desk, carried her to the hospital, and took a note from beneath her body.
• Chen Fenghe told the others that Lu Daoxing had recovered consciousness, but she could not save Yang Dan because she had arrived too late.
• Chang Tianxiang offered to stay with Lu Daoxing, saying he understood the pain of losing someone dear.