Chapter Summaries

Lu Li killed an exile who attacked Yangyang, then sent the surviving exiles to the Midnight Rangers for punishment. He taught Jianxin that kindness needed to be directed toward those who deserved it, and received an Adaptive Outfit for choosing to hand the exiles over.

• An exile attacked Yangyang, and Lu Li used Blood Shadow Follows Form to kill him.
• Yangyang questioned the surviving exiles, who admitted they had stolen military parts and tried to justify their actions.
• Lu Li chose to hand the exiles over to the Midnight Rangers, and Yangyang and A Piao escorted them away with the stolen parts left behind.
• Lu Li taught Jianxin to distinguish good from evil before offering kindness, and Jianxin accepted his third lesson.
• Lu Li received an Adaptive Outfit for handing the exiles over to the Midnight Rangers.

Lu Li and his companions repaired the surveillance towers and continued toward the Fubo Formation, while Lu Li's claims about his abilities drew attention on the Jinya Forum. The chapter ended with Lu Li discovering Qiushui Wuhen had exposed that he was the user behind “Jinxi's Dog.”

• Lu Li earned the Adaptive Outfit and repaired a surveillance tower by connecting matching wires.
• Yangyang and A Piao returned after handing the Exiles to the Midnight Rangers, and the group cleared thorns with Explosive Buds to repair the remaining tower.
• Lu Li bragged about himself to A Piao and Jianxin, then offered to teach Jianxin his sword technique, Blood Shadow Follows Form.
• Yangyang told Lu Li that a popular Jinya Forum thread had revealed he was the user “Jinxi's Dog,” prompting him to blame Qiushui Wuhen for exposing him.
• Lu Li read the forum replies, recognized You Tan as likely Bai Zhi, and saw Qiushui Wuhen call him ordinary while another user described him as “ordinary, yet not ordinary.”

Lu Li and his companions reached the Fubo Front, where Yangyang explained the battlefield and warned them about the Fractsidus. They met Xiulan, who was too busy managing urgent supplies to hear why the Magistrate had sent them.

• Lu Li read a forum exchange revealing that Chenpi had an apprentice named Youhu, an antiques appraiser.
• Lu Li and his companions arrived at the Fubo Front, and Yangyang explained the battlefield's defenses and the danger posed by the Fractsidus.
• Lu Li recalled the Rocksteady Guardian to avoid being mistaken for a Fractsidus follower.
• The group approached Xiulan, who urgently directed soldiers to move supplies and medicine.
• Yangyang introduced herself, but Xiulan repeatedly interrupted, leaving Lu Li unable to explain that the Magistrate had sent them.

Xiulan asked Lu Li, A Piao, Yangyang, and Jianxin to help receive wounded soldiers while she dealt with an overclocking Resonator. After assisting the medical staff and hearing about the Midnight Rangers’ sacrifices, Jianxin set out to find Fubo Camp’s quartermaster, who had taken Zhiyuan.

• Xiulan left to help an overclocking Resonator and asked the group to receive the wounded.
• Yangyang explained how the army’s logistics supported the front lines as the group headed to the camp.
• The group helped the medical staff treat two injured soldiers, including one who resisted care because he believed his wounds would heal on their own.
• A medic described how General Jiyan’s reforms had improved care for the wounded and praised the Midnight Rangers’ strength.
• Jianxin told the medic she had come to find the quartermaster, who had taken Zhiyuan.

Lu Li and the others learned that Zhiyuan had been helping at Fubo Camp and was preparing to return to Jinzhou with a supply convoy. Jianxin explained how she persuaded him to leave the front, while A Piao learned that Mangosteen imports came through Gunshao Port.

• The quartermaster told Jianxin that Zhiyuan had repeatedly tried to join the front before being assigned to rear duties, and that he was due to return to the city with the supply shipment.
• The quartermaster described the urgent supply situation at Fubo Camp and explained that Mangosteen arrived by water through Gunshao Port.
• Jianxin found Zhiyuan and said she would take the supply convoy back to Jinzhou so his grandfather would know he was safe.
• Jianxin explained that Zhiyuan wanted to fight despite lacking the required training, and that she used Master Rong Fu's sparring lessons to persuade him.
• Lu Li praised Jianxin's approach, saying she had won by softening Zhiyuan's resolve rather than simply defeating him.

Jianxin admitted her affection for Lu Li and left after he promised they could try being lovers once matters settled, prompting A Piao to confront him. As Lu Li, A Piao, and Yangyang concluded that Magistrate Jinhsi wanted them to meet Jiyan, a voice calling for food drew Lu Li and A Piao into a sudden loss of consciousness.

• Jianxin explained that Zhiyuan had realized his limitations, then embraced Lu Li and confessed her feelings.
• Lu Li accepted Jianxin's affection and kissed her forehead, promising they could try being lovers after everything settled; Jianxin then left.
• A Piao confronted Lu Li about Jianxin, and Lu Li claimed he needed to guide his disciple in love; the system awarded him Red Skies • Shadowless and Sharpshooter.
• Lu Li and A Piao agreed that Magistrate Jinhsi wanted them to meet Jiyan, commander of Huanglong's Midnight Rangers.
• A young voice called for food through A Piao's Tacet Mark, and an unseen force pulled Lu Li and A Piao's consciousness into darkness.

Lu Li and A Piao shared a vision of Jiyan fighting the Tacet Discord tide, then learned that a strange voice and the Leaf token were connected to their experience. A Piao traced the Leaf’s direction to Qichi Village.

• Lu Li saw through a Remnant’s eyes as Jiyan and an Azure Dragon drove back the Remnants alongside the Midnight Rangers.
• Lu Li woke beside Yangyang, and he and A Piao described seeing the same battlefield and a woman in red controlling the Remnants.
• Yangyang identified the general as Jiyan, who was leading the Midnight Rangers against the Tacet Discord tide near the front lines.
• Lu Li and A Piao recalled hearing a childlike voice say “food,” and A Piao suspected that something was inside her body.
• A Piao sensed the Leaf’s Remnant frequency and pointed southwest toward Qichi Village.

Lu Li, Yangyang, and A Piao rode Violet-Feather Herons to the abandoned Qichi Village, where they investigated a Tacet Field and fought the Remnants that appeared. After discovering Lu Li had awakened as a Resonator, Yangyang urged him to have his body examined in Jinzhou City.

• Lu Li captured three Violet-Feather Herons, named them Handsome Li, Haki Piao, and Haki Yang, and flew with Yangyang and A Piao to Qichi Village, unlocking the Jinzhou's Legend of Speed achievement.
• The trio entered the ruined village and found a Tacet Field resembling the one where they had fought Crownless.
• Remnants appeared near the Tacet Field, and Lu Li used his Aero Resonance Ability and Cleansing Profundity before Yangyang and A Piao joined the fight.
• A Piao used her Spectro ability to envelop and eliminate the Remnants, impressing Lu Li.
• Yangyang told Lu Li to get examined at the Huaxu Research Institute because Resonators could suffer physical changes or overclocking, leaving Lu Li worried about being studied by Bai Zhi.

Lu Li, Yangyang, and A Piao investigated a ruined village, where they found a distressed Remnant and clues suggesting the Fractsidus had harmed someone there. Yangyang sensed the village’s victims were still calling for rescue, and the group continued investigating as she explained the Fractsidus’ ranks and methods.

• Lu Li found a broken ritual plaque, and Yangyang said villagers had once used similar objects in religious ceremonies.
• The group encountered Wukaka, a Remnant that repeated pleas for help; Yangyang sensed sorrow and hope connected to the ruined village.
• Yangyang said the village held lingering cries for rescue and that someone connected to the tragedy might still be nearby, so Lu Li and A Piao agreed to help investigate.
• The group split up, and Yangyang found signs suggesting the Fractsidus were responsible for what happened in the village.
• Yangyang explained that the Fractsidus were extremists who fused humans with Remnants, described their Artificers and Overseers, and Lu Li asked what their goal was.

Lu Li and A Piao investigated the Fractsidus’s connection to the village when Scar abducted Yangyang and confronted them. Scar revealed that he had been watching A Piao, whose lost memories and identity had drawn the attention of multiple factions.

• Yangyang told Lu Li that the red cards were linked to Scar, a Fractsidus Overseer known for his chaotic cruelty.
• Yangyang found an orange cat, but a dark red gate appeared and vanished with her before A Piao could reach her.
• Scar introduced himself to Lu Li and A Piao, claiming Yangyang was safe and that he wanted to speak with A Piao alone.
• Lu Li inferred that the Fractsidus had targeted him because he was close to A Piao, and he and A Piao agreed to hear Scar out.
• Scar said he had been tailing A Piao, knew she had lost her memories, and was the only one among several onlookers to approach her openly.

Scar told Lu Li and A Piao that Qichi Village’s story was more complicated than the clues suggested and urged them to uncover the truth themselves. As A Piao confided that Lu Li was the only person she could trust, he promised to stand by her and gained a new skill.

• Scar claimed that Lu Li and A Piao were caught up in a larger struggle and invited A Piao to choose whether to join the Fractsidus.
• A Piao described clues of a ritual, injured villagers, and strange Remnants, and Scar challenged her to reconsider who the village’s story was about.
• Lu Li and A Piao suspected that the Fractsidus wanted them to experience the village’s events and see the organization as a victim.
• A Piao told Lu Li she trusted him because he was not from this world and would not treat her like a pawn.
• Lu Li took A Piao’s hand and promised to stand by her, reaching 80 intimacy with Rover and acquiring Echoing Sonata.

Lu Li acquired Echoing Sonata and learned that the Rover could gain new resonance attributes and skills as a progression-type character. While investigating Qichi Village with A Piao, he found evidence that its village chief granted wishes in exchange for a price, and Scar connected the tale of the sheep and shepherd to the unequal world he wanted to change.

• Lu Li acquired Echoing Sonata and learned that the Rover could develop new resonance attributes and corresponding skills.
• Lu Li and A Piao examined a torn diary page and picture book showing a black-cloaked figure among white sheep, while Scar explained that stories reflected the perspectives of those telling them.
• Lu Li and A Piao read the diary of an adopted girl whose family had been displaced by Remnants and found wishes describing how the Village Chief’s treatment first healed her and later seemed to weaken her.
• Lu Li concluded that the Village Chief granted wishes in exchange for a price, and Scar told a fable about a shepherd who made the sheep dependent on him.
• A Piao declared that all people were equal, and Scar agreed that the shepherds still existed and that they had to bring their ideal world into reality.

Lu Li and A Piao uncovered Scar’s allegory about the Village and realized he was casting himself as the black sheep to win A Piao’s approval. Scar transported them into a battle domain, where they fought through his followers and confronted him again.

• Lu Li and A Piao followed Wukaka to a buried picture-book page showing a black sheep watched by the Shepherd.
• Lu Li deduced that Scar identified with the black sheep and that the Village’s flock knowingly sacrificed others to preserve its rules.
• Scar praised Lu Li’s insight, then trapped Lu Li and A Piao in a dark red domain and transported them to a ruined battlefield.
• Lu Li summoned the Rocksteady Guardian and two Violet-Feather Herons, and he and A Piao defeated the illusory Fractsidus followers before passing through a glowing gate.
• Lu Li and A Piao found Scar in a new area, where he challenged them to choose between becoming the Shepherd or the black sheep and attacked with two cards.
• Lu Li prepared to fight with his Walking with Rover talent and newly unlocked Blood Blade Flurry, but realized Mingyu was no longer adequate.

Lu Li and A Piao fought Scar until Yangyang broke his illusion, and a mysterious woman in red arrived to take Scar away. The group resolved to investigate Qichi Village’s ritual, while Lu Li sensed someone watching from a thicket.

• Lu Li and A Piao pressed Scar with help from three Remnants, but Yangyang’s voice broke the illusion before Lu Li could finish him.
• Back in Qichi Village, the woman in red appeared and warned Scar not to cause trouble; Scar and the woman then left through a red portal after warning A Piao that they would meet again.
• Yangyang explained that Scar had trapped her in a sealed space, and Lu Li confirmed that Scar’s Resonance ability seemed connected to space.
• Wukaka approached Lu Li, and the group told Yangyang about their clues and Scar’s fable about Qichi Village.
• Yangyang and A Piao decided to find the ritual site, but Lu Li noticed a snowflake drifting beside a distant thicket and sensed someone watching him.

Lu Li discovered that Sanhua had secretly been protecting him and A Piao on the Magistrate’s orders, then proposed that Jinzhou work with him against the Fractsidus. After his system granted Sanhua access to his frequency, she found that he appeared as he truly was in this world.

• Lu Li separated from A Piao and Yangyang, caught Sanhua following them, and learned she had been sent by the Magistrate to protect them.
• Lu Li proposed that Jinzhou join him in taking over the Fractsidus and the Black Shores, and Sanhua agreed to report his plan to the Magistrate.
• Sanhua explained that her frequency sight could not clearly discern Lu Li, whose frequency fell within the 0.36% she could not accurately observe.
• Lu Li used his system to grant frequency-detection access to Sanhua, A Piao, Yangyang, and Chixia, but not Bai Zhi.
• Sanhua examined Lu Li again and said his frequency showed him as he truly was in this world, like the Magistrate and Rover.

Sanhua insisted that Lu Li undergo a physical examination at the Huaxu Research Institute, and he agreed on the condition that was not revealed. Lu Li’s boastful forum post made him famous, and Sanhua offered him a job as one of the Magistrate’s personal guards.

• Sanhua grabbed Lu Li and said she wanted to take him to the Huaxu Research Institute for an examination and a Resonator report; Lu Li agreed after proposing a condition.
• Lu Li posted on the Jinya Forum that he was the real Lu Li and demanded that Qiushui Wuhen apologize, claiming Sanhua could vouch for him.
• Forum users reacted to Lu Li’s post, and the system announced that he had earned ten thousand renown and received a Knowledge-Seeking Magic Mirror.
• Lu Li told Sanhua that he hoped to use his fame for product endorsements, but she rejected that plan and warned him against deceiving customers or borrowing money from Aalto.
• Sanhua recommended that Lu Li join her as one of the Magistrate’s personal guards.

After uncovering Qichi Village’s secrets, Lu Li and A Piao met Jinhsi, who revealed the Fractsidus’s plans, the Sentinel Jué’s capture, and A Piao’s possible connection to an ancient hero. The chapter ended with Sanhua bringing Lu Li to the Huaxu Research Institute for an examination while A Piao waited at the Frontier.

• Sanhua reunited with Lu Li, A Piao, and Yangyang, and A Piao shared Little Girl’s diary, prompting them to suspect Scar had written its final line.
• Lu Li and A Piao used the Sundial’s clues to find Jinhsi waiting on the Frontier’s rooftop, where Jinhsi revealed that the Fractsidus had trapped Jué and was trying to awaken a Threnodian.
• Jinhsi explained that A Piao could absorb Threnodian Remnants and might be the ancient hero connected to Jinzhou’s history, then offered to help her uncover her past without demanding her aid.
• A Piao agreed to help capture Scar, and Lu Li and A Piao returned to their lodgings after speaking with Jinhsi.
• Sanhua took Lu Li to the Huaxu Research Institute for his medical examination, where Bai Zhi watched him climb onto the examination table.

Lu Li learned that he had two unusually stable Resonance attributes and agreed to monthly examinations at the Huaxu Research Institute. He gave Sanhua glasses that let her see the world as ordinary people did, and the chapter ended with Changli finding Sanhua crying in the Frontier.

• Bai Zhi and Mortefi examined Lu Li's reports and discovered that he had two Resonance attributes, with an extremely low risk of Overclocking.
• Sanhua required Lu Li to undergo a monthly examination, and Lu Li received the Unusual Glasses as a system reward.
• Lu Li gave the Unusual Glasses to Sanhua, who used them to see the world as ordinary people did and thanked him.
• Sanhua hurried back to the Frontier, leaving Lu Li to ask his magic mirror who was the most handsome man on Solaris.
• Changli found Sanhua wearing the glasses with tears on her face and asked why she was crying.

Lu Li got lost in Jinzhou and met Verina, a young Resonator from the New Federation, who gave him a Starflower and taught him about plants. Chixia found them and, after Verina mistook Lu Li for her boyfriend, played along with the misunderstanding.

• Lu Li helped Verina recover her green notebook and learned that she recognized him from a post featuring him with Sanhua.
• Verina gave Lu Li a Starflower and explained how to care for it, then taught him to notice the similarities and differences between its leaves.
• Chixia arrived after Lu Li contacted her for directions and greeted Verina, who explained that she had come to check on plants at the Antique Bonsai Shop.
• Lu Li greeted Chixia affectionately, and Verina assumed they were dating; Chixia blushed and let the misunderstanding stand.
• Verina described Chixia as cheerful, energetic, and as warm as a blazing fire.

Lu Li and Chixia kissed, raising her intimacy and earning him new abilities, an achievement, and the Yamato. At the Frontier, A Piao confronted them over holding hands, but Chixia and Lu Li passed it off as a prank before A Piao brought out the Sundial.

• Lu Li kissed Chixia, and the system rewarded him with Blazing Fire, the Molten Rift attribute, the Lip Friendship achievement, and the Yamato.
• Lu Li and Chixia walked hand in hand to the Frontier, where A Piao and Yangyang were waiting.
• A Piao shoved Chixia aside and lifted Lu Li by the neck, demanding an explanation for his closeness with Chixia.
• Lu Li and Chixia claimed they had held hands to fluster A Piao, and A Piao reluctantly accepted their excuse.
• A Piao pulled Lu Li to her side and produced the final token, the Sundial.