Chapter Summaries

Qin Siyang learned more about how Sequence Ability Users earned God-Hunting Points, then rested at the inn and discovered its owner, Wang Defa, was his former benefactor. As Wang Defa treated Qin Siyang's wound, Wang Deyou accused him of making indecent deals with poor students, leaving the brothers in a furious confrontation.

• Li Tianming explained how other Sequence Ability Users accumulated God-Hunting Points and warned Qin Siyang to hide his strength when he advanced.
• Qin Siyang went to the inn to rest and have his leg wound treated, while Wang Deyou arranged for medicine and food.
• Wang Defa arrived with the medicine, and Qin Siyang recognized him as his former benefactor and met his younger brothers, Wang Deyou and Wang Dezhong.
• Wang Deyou asked Qin Siyang to warn Wang Defa about alleged indecent deals with poor students in his internet cafe's storeroom.
• Wang Defa angrily denied the accusation, but Wang Deyou insisted Zhang Hu had witnessed it and warned that Wang Defa's wife might divorce him.

After recovering from his injuries overnight, Qin Siyang collected his god-hunting reward from newly promoted Director Qian Wendao. Qian then told him that Olof had asked to report the missing God Remains directly to a higher-level United Government department and had first asked about Qian’s relationship with Qin.

• Qin Siyang ate with Wang Defa and his brothers, then endured treatment for his injured leg before falling asleep.
• Qin Siyang woke with his ankle almost healed, called Li Tianming to request leave from school, and concluded that awakening the [God Eater] sequence had enhanced his healing.
• Wang Dezhong delivered food, a new Cold-Proof Suit, and a backpack sent by the Administration Bureau Inspector, and Qin Siyang later left the brothers a silver coin.
• Qin Siyang visited the Sequence Ability Management Bureau and met Director Qian Wendao, who gave him his god-hunting reward and Sequence Potions.
• Qian Wendao told Qin Siyang that Olof had proposed bypassing City Hall to report the missing God Remains directly to a higher-level United Government department, after asking about Qian’s relationship with Qin.

Qin Siyang agreed to help Li Tianming kill Zhou Xing, and the two ambushed him on his way to the Education Bureau. They killed Zhou Xing and divided his remains according to their plan.

• Qian Wendao warned Qin Siyang that Olof likely had bad intentions, and Qin decided not to confront Olof for now.
• Li Tianming told Qin Siyang they would kill Zhou Xing and explained how they would ambush him and dispose of the evidence.
• Qin Siyang and Li Tianming left in cold-protection suits, sprayed themselves with a scent-masking solution, and hid beside the road.
• Li Tianming immobilized Zhou Xing as he passed, and Qin Siyang killed him with a God-Hunting Dagger.
• Li Tianming took Zhou Xing's head while Qin Siyang prepared to dispose of his body.

Qin Siyang disposed of Zhou Xing’s body after helping Li Tianming obtain Zhou Xing’s head, then learned why Li Tianming and his enemies feared killing one another. The pair headed out to hunt gods at Safe Zone Exit No. 38324, hoping Qin Siyang’s performance would deflect suspicion.

• Li Tianming gave Qin Siyang Trace-Erasing Potion and ordered him to dispose of Zhou Xing’s body without drawing attention.
• Qin Siyang hid Zhou Xing’s body in an unmarked Abandoned Mine, then met Li Tianming at the Abandoned Shop two hours later.
• Li Tianming explained that his distant friend had arranged to transport Zhou Xing’s head and assured Qin Siyang that the friend would not betray him.
• Li Tianming told Qin Siyang that he and his enemies shared a secret that made them afraid to kill one another.
• Li Tianming and Qin Siyang put on Cold-Proof Suits and masks, then left through Safe Zone Exit No. 38324 to hunt gods and avoid suspicion.

Li Tianming and Qin Siyang followed signs of a medium god into an underground cavern, where they discovered a Doom Octopus. Li Tianming explained that surviving the encounter depended on luck, leaving them facing a gamble for their lives.

• Li Tianming persuaded Qin Siyang to search farther from the Safe Zone, then identified a freshly dug pit as a likely entrance to a medium god's lair.
• Li Tianming kicked Qin Siyang into the pit and followed him down into a cavern, where Qin Siyang tore his suit while sliding and Li Tianming protected himself with summoned vines.
• After seeing the cavern's fluorescent blue traces, Li Tianming asked Qin Siyang how many lives he had and tried to climb back out.
• Qin Siyang spotted a twenty-two-tentacled octopus-shaped god approaching, and Li Tianming identified it as a Doom Octopus.
• Li Tianming told Qin Siyang that killing the Doom Octopus meant gambling their lives and that the outcome depended on luck.

Li Tianming explained to Qin Siyang that the Doom Octopus was an intelligent God that duplicated itself if attacked and challenged Sequence Ability Users to gamble their lives. The octopus chose Qin Siyang for a wager over the location of its hidden heart, leaving him asking Li Tianming to go first.

• Qin Siyang prepared to attack the Doom Octopus, but Li Tianming stopped him and told him not to provoke it.
• The Doom Octopus pointed at Li Tianming and Qin Siyang, and Li Tianming interpreted its gestures as a request to explain Doom Octopuses to Qin Siyang.
• Li Tianming explained that attacking a Doom Octopus made it split into copies, while winning its heart-location wager let a Sequence Ability User kill it with one stab.
• Li Tianming told Qin Siyang that the octopus had come to gamble for their lives and that they could not escape its challenge.
• Qin Siyang asked Li Tianming to play the wager first so he could watch.

Qin Siyang and Li Tianming were forced into a life-or-death gamble with a doom octopus that had won twenty times in a row. The octopus led them to three slime-sealed rock piles, and Qin Siyang began searching for a way to choose the right one.

• Li Tianming explained that the doom octopus chose Qin Siyang for the gamble and that everyone with him would die if he lost.
• The doom octopus led Qin Siyang and Li Tianming deeper into the cave to three piles of rocks, then silenced Li Tianming so Qin Siyang would have to choose alone.
• Qin Siyang examined each rock pile but could neither see nor hear what was inside.
• Qin Siyang questioned how the doom octopus had won twenty consecutive gambles and wondered whether only an exceptionally lucky survivor remained.
• Li Tianming looked at Qin Siyang with a warning in his eyes.

Qin Siyang realized Li Tianming had sensed the doom octopus’s heartbeat, exposing its trick of hiding its heart in one of three stone piles. After the octopus moved its heart into one of two coiled tentacles, Qin Siyang chose one, and it came loose to reveal the heart inside.

• Qin Siyang studied Li Tianming’s hint and inferred that the doom octopus still had its heart inside its body because Li Tianming had felt its pulse.
• The doom octopus tore open its head, revealed its heart, then hid it inside one of two coiled tentacles and offered Qin Siyang a new choice.
• Qin Siyang checked inside the octopus’s head and confirmed its heart was gone, then chose one of the two tentacle balls.
• The doom octopus hesitated and refused to open Qin Siyang’s chosen tentacle, then went motionless as the tentacle loosened and revealed the heart.

Qin Siyang killed the doom octopus after using Feast Domain to identify which tentacle ball held its heart, while Li Tianming recovered from the encounter. They took the creature’s disc carapace and climbed out of the cave, relieved to reach the starry sky alive.

• Qin Siyang killed the doom octopus by cutting its heart after secretly using Feast Domain to locate it during the wager.
• Li Tianming vomited from the slime covering him and urged Qin Siyang to cut off the disc carapace so they could leave.
• Qin Siyang found the disc carapace on the doom octopus’s heart, cut it off, and sampled the flesh before deciding it offered little benefit.
• Qin Siyang helped Li Tianming climb out of the cave, and Li Tianming gradually recovered as they made their way upward.
• Qin Siyang and Li Tianming reached the surface after nearly two hours, and Qin Siyang celebrated being alive beneath the starry sky.

Qin Siyang and Li Tianming returned to the Safe Zone after hunting gods, where Folett Irwin confronted Qin Siyang over his rapidly earned points and challenged him to a duel. Qin Siyang refused to waste time, and Yang Tianba pulled Folett aside to explain what he had missed.

• Qin Siyang and Li Tianming returned to the Safe Zone after killing several displaced Iron-Helm Rat Fleas, drawing a crowd with their foul-smelling appearance.
• Folett Irwin confronted Qin Siyang at the inspection counter and introduced himself as the fourth-ranked god hunter at Safe Zone Exit No. 38324.
• An Inspector explained that Folett had challenged Qin Siyang because he believed Qin had earned 1,600 points in half a month.
• Qin Siyang corrected Folett about his points and urged him to move so they could finish the inspection and rest.
• Folett accused Qin Siyang of cheating and challenged him to the Dueling Arena for three bottles of Sequence Potion.
• Qin Siyang showed Folett the Blind Blade and suggested he catch up on recent events, so Yang Tianba volunteered to explain them.

Qin Siyang tried to have his loot inspected, but Steve and Guo Yunqiang challenged him over his points and were quickly talked into apologizing. He finally retrieved the disc carapace from his backpack and prepared to continue the inspection.

• Qin Siyang cleaned slime off his backpack while Steve confronted him and demanded a Combat Arena match with five Sequence Potions at stake.
• Flat apologized to Qin Siyang and offered to explain things to Steve, then pulled him aside.
• Guo Yunqiang kicked Qin Siyang's backpack away and challenged him to a Combat Arena match, prompting Steve to intervene and explain things to him.
• Guo Yunqiang returned Qin Siyang's backpack with an apology, and Qin Siyang took out the disc carapace for inspection.

Qin Siyang returned to Safe Zone Exit No. 38324 after killing a Doom Octopus alone, earning widespread admiration and 2,464 God-Hunting Points. He arranged transportation, rooms, food, and money for those who helped him before leaving with Li Tianming.

• Qin Siyang gave the Doom Octopus's disc carapace to the Inspector and said he had killed the medium god as a one-man team.
• Guo Yunqiang, Steve, and Folett praised Qin Siyang after learning he had hunted the medium god alone, while Qin Siyang teased Li Tianming.
• The Inspector tested Qin Siyang and scanned the disc carapaces, recording 1,232 points before doubling them to 2,464 for his one-man team.
• Qin Siyang gave Yang Tianba his phone to call A You, who agreed to bring clothes and arrange rooms and a meal for Qin Siyang and Li Tianming.
• Qin Siyang transferred two thousand copper coins to the Inspector and a thousand to Yang Tianba, then left with Li Tianming.

Qin Siyang learned that influential people had reported him to the State 14 government over the Doom Octopus disc carapace, prompting an overnight investigation. He met Li Tianming at school to discuss how to handle the situation, but they had not yet decided what to do.

• Qin Siyang checked his God-Hunting Points ranking, then thanked Wang Deyou for buying Li Tianming a well-fitting suit and transferred him a silver coin.
• After browsing posts and falling asleep, Qin Siyang received a call from Qian Wendao, who warned that several influential people had reported his Doom Octopus disc carapace and that State 14 had ordered a thorough investigation.
• Qin Siyang called Li Tianming, who agreed to meet him at school despite being busy, and they arranged to catch early buses.
• Qin Siyang and Li Tianming met at school and discussed the investigation as Li Tianming put a kettle on and asked Qin Siyang to share his thoughts.

Qin Siyang and Li Tianming were summoned to the State Government after someone reported Qin Siyang over the Doom Octopus he hunted. They arrived at a formal hearing attended by senior officials, including Governor Jonathan, but the proceedings had not yet begun.

• Qin Siyang and Li Tianming reasoned that the Doom Octopus’s unusual disc carapace may have led a high-ranking hunter to report Qin Siyang.
• Olof called Qin Siyang and offered to help, but Qin Siyang rejected the offer because Olof would not state the price.
• The State Education Department summoned Qin Siyang and Li Tianming to the State Government, and a government car took them there.
• Qin Siyang and Li Tianming waited for hours before officials led them into a conference room filled with senior attendees.
• An official reprimanded Qin Siyang and Li Tianming for whispering and announced that the hearing included Governor Jonathan, university faculty, and senior department officials.

Qin Siyang challenged the officials at the investigative meeting, using United Government regulations to resist being treated as guilty before an investigation. After he exposed conflicts of interest and threatened to file complaints, Governor Jonathan withdrew from the Three-Hall Tribunal, leaving the meeting’s outcome unresolved.

• Qin Siyang stopped an official from calling the investigation a trial and demanded a document proving he had been found guilty.
• Qin Siyang accused the official of trying to trap him, while Chen Zhongming recorded the meeting and said he would report it to the United Government.
• Qin Siyang threatened to complain to higher authorities, and the official became nervous when Jonathan refused to help him.
• Qin Siyang challenged Furensa, a reporter seated as a judge, by citing regulations requiring the reporter and the reported person to undergo the same investigation.
• Jonathan distanced himself from presiding over the meeting and sat back, leaving Furensa and the others to face Qin Siyang.

Qin Siyang challenged Crawford to give him the same fair treatment as his accusers, then took his place at the table and faced Furensa’s case against him. The meeting turned to research papers claiming a Doom Octopus disc carapace could not exceed 800 points, and Crawford questioned whether Qin Siyang could understand them.

• Qin Siyang rejected Crawford’s veiled threat and demanded equal treatment for himself and the accusers.
• Qin Siyang secured a seat at the table after an official left and the others shifted to make room.
• Crawford let Furensa explain that she had reported Qin Siyang because she believed a Doom Octopus disc carapace could not be worth more than 800 points.
• A researcher presented three papers supporting the claim, and Qin Siyang questioned whether those papers counted as evidence.
• Crawford asked whether Qin Siyang, a high school student, could understand the university-level research papers.

Qin Siyang asked Li Tianming to review the research papers used to accuse him of falsifying a Doom Octopus disc carapace. Li exposed the papers’ flawed model, then asked Qin Siyang to settle the matter without being too harsh, leaving compensation for the accusation unresolved.

• Qin Siyang recognized that Furensa and Crawford had reported him because his disc carapace score undermined their extensive research.
• Qin Siyang asked his [Insurance Provider], Li Tianming, to examine the papers while he faced the accusers.
• Furensa and the other officials recognized Li Tianming as Professor Li from Zhongrong University and became deferential.
• Li Tianming found that the papers had adapted his Horseshoe Crab model to Doom Octopuses, which he said were fundamentally different.
• Li Tianming asked Qin Siyang not to be too hard on Furensa and the others, and Furensa apologized and offered compensation from the laboratory.

Li Tianming helped Furensa and the other researchers resolve their dispute with Qin Siyang by proposing that the twenty-two-tentacled doom octopus be classified as a new variety and studied in another paper. The meeting ended on friendly terms, with Qin Siyang and Li Tianming leaving while the others discussed how to repay Qin Siyang and support Qian Wendao’s investigation.

• Li Tianming proposed that Furensa publish a paper on a new variety of doom octopus, after Qin Siyang explained how the creature had cheated during their life-or-death wager.
• Furensa agreed to include Qin Siyang as an eyewitness whose testimony would be verified with the Lie Detector, and Li Tianming urged him to withdraw his accusation on [Godslayer Camp].
• Qin Siyang asked Furensa to list everyone at the meeting as a contributor, and Furensa agreed to include their names in the paper.
• Jonathan offered to host a celebration, but Li Tianming declined and left with Qin Siyang.
• Chen Zhongming told Crawford that Qian Wendao had helped Qin Siyang, and Crawford agreed to keep an eye on Qian Wendao’s investigation.

After learning the identity of the [Deceiver] who framed him, Li Tianming explained why he had spared Furensa and discussed the value of research points with Qin Siyang. As Qin Siyang arranged to meet Furensa, Li Tianming called Ye Hongqing, his ex-wife, to confront the past.

• An official delivered meals from Jonathan to Qin Siyang and Li Tianming when they arrived at the school gates.
• Li Tianming told Qin Siyang that a friend had identified the [Deceiver] who framed him through Zhou Xing's memories, and said he had spared Furensa to gain Harrison's support.
• Li Tianming explained that Qin Siyang could seek third authorship on Furensa's paper and earn research points that could help with university admission.
• Qin Siyang agreed to visit Furensa's laboratory in Area No. 7 that day.
• Li Tianming called Ye Hongqing and asked how she had been since their divorce two years earlier.

Li Tianming confronted his ex-wife, Ye Hongqing, about helping Guo Jiuxiao frame him and demanded that she get his name cleared before the Gaokao so he could see his son, Xiaofei. Unable to bring himself to kill her, he asked Qin Siyang to do it after his case was dismissed.

• Li Tianming called Ye Hongqing and asked why she had helped Guo Jiuxiao frame him, but she did not give him a clear answer.
• Li Tianming told Ye Hongqing to pass a message to Guo Jiuxiao: he wanted his name cleared before the Gaokao so he could see Xiaofei.
• After ending the call, Li Tianming told Qin Siyang that Ye Hongqing was his ex-wife and Xiaofei's mother.
• Li Tianming said he could not bring himself to kill Ye Hongqing and asked Qin Siyang to help him.
• Qin Siyang questioned Li Tianming's plan, and Li Tianming told him to wait until the charges were dismissed before acting.