Chapter Summaries

Qin Siyang returned to Safe Zone Exit No. 38324 with hundreds of God remains, startling the crowd and earning 451 points from his haul. After passing the required tests, he checked his ranking and left frustrated that 2,502 points only placed him at 183,380.

• Qin Siyang arrived at the inspection queue, and the crowd let him go first because of his reputation and the Blind Blade at his waist.
• The Inspector counted 266 disc carapaces from Iron-Helm Rat Fleas, then examined an additional carapace worth 185 points, bringing Qin Siyang’s total to 451.
• Qin Siyang confirmed he had hunted alone and passed the lie detector and memory continuity tests.
• The Inspector entered Qin Siyang’s points and told him to collect his substantial rewards at the Administration Bureau.
• Qin Siyang checked [Godslayer Camp], saw that his 2,502 points ranked 183,380, and left dissatisfied.

After returning from a hunt, Qin Siyang found an inn and restaurant in the Safe Zone, where the owners treated him with care. While eating and browsing the forum, he discovered a citywide meeting for God-Hunting Rookie Kings and noticed a detail that caught his attention.

• Qin Siyang asked for a meal and a room, and two local business owners led him to their inn and restaurant.
• Qin Siyang bathed, received a bowl of tender-fish noodle soup, and learned the innkeeper would not charge to wash his torn cold-resistant suit.
• Qin Siyang paid a little over seven hundred copper coins, enjoyed his rest, and saved the inn's business card for future visits.
• Qin Siyang found a forum post announcing that the 141st City would hold an online commendation meeting for God-Hunting Rookie Kings from its Safe Zones.
• Qin Siyang was not interested in the meeting at first, but a sentence about it caught his attention.

Qin Siyang discovered that the city’s upcoming meeting for outstanding God-Hunting Rookie Kings could give him a way to help Qian Wendao. He decided he would not attend unless Qian Wendao could attend too, and Qian Wendao finally accepted his help.

• Qin Siyang realized he qualified as the Rookie King of Area No. 14121 but had not been notified about the meeting, and he resolved to secure Qian Wendao a place.
• Qin Siyang bought new clothes, arranged with the innkeeper to pick him up for future God-Hunting trips, and went to the Administration Bureau with Shen Shisong.
• Qin Siyang showed Qian Wendao the meeting notice and learned that the meeting was rare and that officials might be keeping them uninformed while targeting Qian Wendao.
• Qin Siyang told Qian Wendao that he would not attend unless Qian Wendao attended, offering to use his Rookie King status to press for his release.
• Qian Wendao initially refused to involve Qin Siyang, but changed his mind after Qin Siyang urged him to stop wasting their time and accepted his help.

Qin Siyang collected rewards for his latest God-Hunting points and returned to the warehouse to rest. An attacker broke through the roof with a poisonous plant-based ability, and Qin Siyang prepared to confront them before sensing a trap.

• Qian Wendao learned Qin Siyang had earned another 902 points and already had a special admission spot from Zhou Xing.
• Qin Siyang collected forty-five bottles of Sequence Potion and a cash reward from the Administration Bureau.
• Qin Siyang secured his potions in the warehouse and went to sleep after noticing Wang Defa had built a bathroom outside.
• A red-hot iron spike burned through the roof, and fluorescent green liquid sent poisonous smoke and thickening vines into the warehouse.
• Qin Siyang hid the potions, took his God-Hunting Dagger and Blind Blade, and headed for the door, but stopped when he sensed something was wrong.

Qin Siyang escaped the poisoned warehouse and killed all five members of Sun Juhong’s team. He staged the scene to conceal what happened, then reported the deaths to the Sequence Ability Management Bureau, where Feng Shouben and Olof arrived as he was questioned.

• Qin Siyang broke through the warehouse roof, knocked out Bob and Fu Yang, and learned from their conversation that three more enemies waited outside.
• Qin Siyang identified the attackers as Sun Juhong’s God-Hunting Team and recognized their plan to bind and attack him.
• Qin Siyang leaped from the roof, crushed Huang Qizheng’s head, punched Sun Juhong to death, and killed Johnson with Sun Juhong’s spear.
• After [Violence] wore off, Qin Siyang altered the evidence and let the poisonous mist mask the scene before calling the Sequence Ability Management Bureau.
• Feng Shouben and Olof arrived as Qin Siyang, appearing frightened and poisoned, was questioned by Bureau personnel.

After five Sequence Users died in a warehouse, Qin Siyang defended his account of the fight to the Administration Bureau and clashed with Director Feng Shouben over attending the Rookie King Conference. He refused to back down, leaving Feng Shouben facing the scale of Qin Siyang’s lead over the second-place rookie.

• Qin Siyang told the Administration Bureau that Johnson and the others had fought among themselves, leaving him with his Sequence Potions, and Feng Shouben dismissed the other officers to speak with him privately.
• Feng Shouben offered to overlook irregularities in the deaths if Qin Siyang cooperated with the bureau’s original conference plans, but Qin Siyang insisted on attending the Rookie King Conference.
• Feng Shouben threatened that the deaths could be investigated and Qin Siyang questioned, but Qin Siyang cited the legal limits on Lie Detector and Memory Continuity Tests without sufficient evidence.
• Qin Siyang inferred that Feng Shouben was involved in efforts to frame Qian Wendao and laughed at the suggestion that the bureau could replace him with the second-place rookie.
• Qin Siyang asked whether second place had even a tenth of his points as he watched the gods drift across the night sky.

Qin Siyang rejected Feng Shouben’s attempt to pressure him into attending the Rookie King meeting, then admitted he had killed Johnson after Johnson was exposed as the murderer of two other people. The evidence let Qin Siyang claim the bounty while avoiding responsibility for the other deaths, and Feng Shouben had to report the capture.

• Qin Siyang refused to attend the Rookie King meeting unless Old Qian was there, leaving Feng Shouben behind.
• Olof told Qin Siyang he had deduced that Qin Siyang killed Johnson, but promised to keep the evidence secret as a gesture of goodwill.
• An Administration Bureau staff member discovered Sequence Potions in Johnson’s backpack carrying the auras of Charles and Hu Changdu, identifying Johnson as their murderer.
• Qin Siyang told Feng Shouben that he had killed Johnson and used Sun Juhong’s left-handedness and Johnson’s reinforced bones to support his account.
• Qin Siyang admitted he had stayed silent because he could claim the bounty, while Feng Shouben angrily ordered the staff to report Johnson’s capture.

Qin Siyang secured credit for solving the murders after Feng Shouben failed to find evidence against anyone else, and learned that Zhou Xing may have referred Roylena to have her sequence falsified. He left the damaged warehouse with the recovered Sequence Potions and prepared to tell Li Tianming about Zhou Xing.

• Feng Shouben reported Johnson as the killer of two Sequence Ability Users and credited Qin Siyang with bringing him to justice, making Qin Siyang's attendance at the mayor's meeting unavoidable.
• Qian Wendao confirmed that Roylena had been referred to him for sequence falsification but avoided naming the person who referred her.
• Qin Siyang inferred that Zhou Xing may be a [Deceiver] and decided to tell Li Tianming immediately.
• Wang Defa arrived at the warehouse, where Qin Siyang explained that robbers had attacked him and asked him to have the damaged, toxic-filled warehouse professionally repaired.
• Qin Siyang gave Wang Defa a silver coin and left with the case of Sequence Potions and a backpack.

Qin Siyang told Li Tianming that Zhou Xing was likely a [Deceiver], and Li Tianming planned to hunt him down with Qin’s help. The next morning, Qin learned his injuries had healed and was stunned when Qian Wendao arrived to take him to City Hall.

• Qin Siyang told Li Tianming that Zhou Xing was probably a [Deceiver], and Li Tianming said he would plan a hunt and use an [Undying] friend to examine Zhou Xing’s memories.
• Li Tianming asked Qin Siyang to help hunt Zhou Xing and go outside the Safe Zone with him the day after tomorrow; Qin agreed on the condition that he review the plan first.
• Qin Siyang spent the day reading [Godslayer Camp] posts, slept soundly, and woke at six to Qian Wendao’s call about the City Hall meeting.
• Qin Siyang noticed his throat had almost completely healed and went to the school gates, where he stared in shock at Qian Wendao’s car.

Qin Siyang attended the 141st City's Rookie King Conference with Qian Wendao and endured a long series of speeches. Just as he hoped to leave and get some sleep, Chen Gongrang unexpectedly brought him up in his speech.

• Qian Wendao thanked Qin Siyang for helping him, and the two rode to the district government offices in the district chief's car.
• Pan Youguang greeted Qin Siyang and apologized for failing to notify him about the conference, while Feng Shouben reacted angrily to Qin Siyang's reply.
• Qin Siyang rested through the wait before joining the remote conference, where the mayor, Administration Bureau Director Zong, and a district chief delivered speeches.
• Chen Gongrang of the 14100th District spoke on behalf of the Rookie Kings, and Qin Siyang suspected the meeting was arranged to showcase him.
• Chen Gongrang brought Qin Siyang up in his speech.

At a City Hall meeting, Chen Gongrang insulted Qin Siyang’s achievements, prompting Qin to challenge him before Mayor Chen Zhongming intervened and apologized. Qin accepted the mayor’s attempt to restore goodwill and began addressing the attendees, leaving them impressed by his composed opening.

• Chen Gongrang criticized Qin Siyang’s God-Hunting Points and achievements during his speech, while Pan Youguang tried to stop Qin from reacting.
• Qin Siyang smashed the table, demanded that his camera feed be enlarged, and confronted Chen Gongrang over the insults.
• Mayor Chen Zhongming apologized on Chen Gongrang’s behalf, but Chen Gongrang continued accusing Qin of succeeding through luck and accepted Qin’s Combat Arena challenge.
• Chen Zhongming asked Old Xu to silence Chen Gongrang, and Old Xu used his clock-like palm to make him faint before carrying him out.
• Qin Siyang apologized for his own outburst, then accepted Chen Zhongming’s invitation to speak and began by thanking the United Government for its free school cafeterias.

At a government meeting, Qin Siyang praised Qian Wendao as the mentor who helped him rise to 2,600 God-Hunting Points, using his speech to secure City Hall’s support for Qian. Qian gained official recognition and resolved to settle accounts with Feng Shouben and Pan Youguang.

• Qin Siyang revealed that he had 2,600 points, shocking the other Rookie Kings.
• Qin Siyang credited Qian Wendao with teaching him about God hunting and publicly thanked him, despite knowing his account was fabricated.
• Qin Siyang hinted that supporting him could pay off in the future, and Chen Zhongming recognized the proposal as an investment.
• Chen Zhongming praised Qian Wendao, and the deputy mayor arranged for Qian to speak at next month’s City Hall meeting.
• Feng Shouben and Pan Youguang realized Qian had escaped their control, while Qian resolved to settle the score with them.

After the meeting, Qin Siyang and Qian Wendao discussed Zhou Xing’s powerful backing and returned to school, where Qin repaid Qian for the Sandworm Scale with ten bottles of Sequence Potion. Qin then confronted Li Tianming about his fears of involving Chen Fenghe in the danger surrounding Zhou Xing, leaving their argument unresolved.

• Qin Siyang and Qian Wendao left the district government building and discussed Qin’s plan to go after Zhou Xing and the possibility that Zhou had ties to the Sigma District and the [Deceiver] sequence.
• Qian Wendao warned Qin Siyang to avoid confronting Zhou Xing on a weekend, then treated him to a meal at the Good Fortune Restaurant.
• Qin Siyang took Qian Wendao to school and gave him ten bottles of Sequence Potion as payment for the Sandworm Scale.
• Qin Siyang returned to Li Tianming with leftover pig trotter and teased him about keeping his office unusually tidy and not inviting anyone over.
• Li Tianming admitted he feared his troubles would put Chen Fenghe in danger, while Qin Siyang accused him of involving Qin in the plan to kill Zhou Xing; the two continued arguing.

Qin Siyang learned that Wen Shu had killed Zhou Yang and Roylena to protect him, and discovered she had a sequence ability that let her foresee when others would awaken theirs. Wen Shu kept her ability secret and asked Qin Siyang to keep her confession private.

• After Qin Siyang finished tidying the library, Wen Shu told him she had killed Zhou Yang and Roylena after following him to the hospital.
• Wen Shu explained that she killed Roylena because the policewoman was watching too closely and described a complicated method for killing Sequence Users.
• Wen Shu said she killed Zhou Yang because he was Qin Siyang's enemy and was about to awaken a sequence ability that night.
• Qin Siyang suspected Wen Shu's own sequence let her predict awakenings, and she confirmed that she had never seen his awakening time either.
• Wen Shu asked Qin Siyang not to reveal her secret and warned that she could expose his secrets in return.

Qin Siyang and Wen Shu discussed her university options before Qin learned that City Hall had assigned Qian Wendao a case involving missing God Remains. Li Tianming explained that the open-ended investigation was mainly a chance for Qian Wendao to build his résumé and advance his career.

• Wen Shu told Qin Siyang that Teacher Zhu was recovering and that her family wanted to thank him, so Qin called the hospital and asked them to tell Teacher Zhu to focus on getting better.
• Qin Siyang and Wen Shu discussed college choices, private dorm rooms, and the difficulty Wen Shu faced in leaving her grandmother behind to study.
• Qian Wendao told Qin Siyang that City Hall had assigned him to investigate God Remains missing from dumpsters at Safe Zone Exits No. 114514 and No. 89757, after Inspector Olof pressured the city leaders.
• Qin Siyang asked Li Tianming whether Qian Wendao could handle the case, and Li explained that its lack of a deadline let Qian report progress and use the assignment to improve his promotion prospects.

Qin Siyang persuaded Li Tianming to hunt Gods deep beyond the Safe Zone, where a Ghost-Faced Heron suddenly swallowed Qin and carried him skyward. Li Tianming summoned beasts to attack the bird, then prepared to use a blood-stained [Shaman] mask as a trump card.

• Qin Siyang decided to ask Wen Shu for advice on closing the case while focusing on the next day's God-Hunting trip.
• Qin Siyang convinced Li Tianming to accompany him deep beyond the Safe Zone, using his secret about Zhou Xing to secure Li's agreement.
• Qin Siyang and Li Tianming traveled nearly twenty kilometers into the Gods' territory, where Qin killed two Small Gods before they turned back.
• A Ghost-Faced Heron swooped down and swallowed Qin Siyang, carrying him toward the stars.
• Li Tianming summoned four hound-like beasts to attack the Ghost-Faced Heron's wings, then smeared blood over his [Shaman] mask to unleash a trump card.

Li Tianming restrained the Ghost-Faced Heron while Qin Siyang fought for a way out of its stomach. Qin Siyang discovered that the heron’s flesh healed too quickly to escape from within, and Li Tianming realized that killing it might be the only way to save him.

• Li Tianming used vines and [Earth Bind] to bring down and restrain the Ghost-Faced Heron, then warned that he could hold it for only five minutes.
• Inside the heron, Qin Siyang killed the fish-shaped Small Gods attacking him and discovered that the stomach mucus was corroding his cold-protection suit.
• Qin Siyang tried to punch through the heron’s fleshy stomach wall, but its wounds healed within seconds wherever he struck.
• Li Tianming recalled that a research paper said people swallowed by a Ghost-Faced Heron could escape only if someone outside killed it, and feared Qin Siyang would die.

Qin Siyang killed the Ghost-Faced Heron by using fish-shaped Gods to weaken its regeneration and destroy its heart, then ate its flesh and advanced to Sequence Level 4. He gained a teleportation skill and continued eating, killing the fish-shaped Gods that emerged from the heron’s stomach.

• Qin Siyang realized the fish-shaped Gods could counter the Ghost-Faced Heron’s regeneration and used them to punch through its flesh.
• Qin Siyang crawled to the Ghost-Faced Heron’s heart and destroyed it, killing the God before escaping its body.
• Qin Siyang discovered a formation outside and suspected Li Tianming had other skills, then ate the heron’s heart and another organ unseen.
• Qin Siyang advanced to Sequence Level 4, gaining the [Feast Domain] teleportation skill along with stronger abilities.
• Qin Siyang resumed eating the heron’s flesh and killed the fish-shaped Gods that emerged, collecting the disc carapaces on their bellies.

Qin Siyang returned from hunting a Ghost-Faced Heron with Li Tianming, having secretly eaten much of it and gained sequence progress. The hunt yielded valuable rewards, but the Heron’s points could not count toward Qin Siyang’s special admission results, and his strange haul stunned the Safe Zone Inspector.

• Qin Siyang finished eating the Ghost-Faced Heron’s innards, then pretended to crawl out exhausted while Li Tianming confronted him for staying inside long after the god had died.
• Qin Siyang cut the disc carapace from the Ghost-Faced Heron, and Li Tianming explained that its triangles marked a high point value, but his sequence aura meant the points could not count toward Qin Siyang’s one-man team or special admission results.
• Li Tianming offered to split the Sequence Potions evenly and let Qin Siyang keep all the points, while taking half the money.
• Qin Siyang returned to Safe Zone Exit No. 38324 and presented several dozen disc carapaces to the Inspector, who questioned why the Lizardfish carapaces had circles.
• Li Tianming explained that the Lizardfish had mutated after being trapped inside the Ghost-Faced Heron, and Qin Siyang showed the Inspector the Heron’s disc carapace, leaving the surrounding Sequence Ability Users stunned.

Qin Siyang learned that his Ghost-Faced Heron kill counted toward special admission because Li Tianming had a qualifying support sequence, bringing all 3,650 of his points into consideration. The two left the Safe Zone, and Qin Siyang checked his ranking and wondered why so many hunters had more than 3,000 points.

• The Inspector assessed Qin Siyang’s lizardfish and Ghost-Faced Heron Disc Carapaces, credited him with the points, and recorded the rewards to be split equally with Li Tianming.
• Qin Siyang admitted he was disappointed he had not hunted the Ghost-Faced Heron alone, but the Inspector explained that a special-admission regulation let support-assisted kills of Medium Gods count.
• The Inspector told Qin Siyang that all 3,650 of his points were valid for special admission and that his Medium God kill would appear in his file for universities to see.
• Qin Siyang thanked the Inspector with a transfer of 1,000 copper coins, then left with Li Tianming.
• Qin Siyang checked his ranking on the forum and asked Li Tianming why so many people had over 3,000 God-Hunting Points.