Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan confirmed that a calamity had appeared at Liangjiang Academy and explained the danger to his father, Lin Hai. After the crisis was contained, he told Lin Hai he wanted to seek a place in an upcoming exchange program in Old Soil, leaving Lin Hai worried about how to persuade his wife.

• Lin Xuan told Vice President Qian that the creature was a calamity and revealed that the Toad King had sensed it.
• The Toad King emerged, confirmed the calamity, and Vice President Qian ordered the aftermath handled before contacting the Grand Historian Institute.
• Duo Duo went home to recover, while Zheng Nan and Wang Lei were taken to the hospital; Lin Xuan declined the academy's offer and left with Lin Hai.
• Lin Xuan argued that calamities could not be avoided by staying home, reminding Lin Hai that Earth Origin Star might face dangers like those on Old Soil.
• Lin Xuan told Lin Hai that Xing Yan had mentioned an upcoming exchange program in Old Soil and asked him to help secure a place.
• Lin Hai realized Lin Xuan wanted him to persuade his mother, then protested that Lin Xuan was trying to make him the scapegoat.

Lin Xuan explained that the disaster had created the illusion of Wang Bingyao, a person absent from Great Xia’s records, while Lin Hai realized how dangerously it could manipulate memories. Duo Duo awoke safely and confirmed that she had also sensed Wang Bingyao was not real.

• Lin Xuan reflected on the Old Soil’s settlements and declined to visit Ba Wu Giant City while Earth Origin Star remained in danger.
• Lin Xuan told Lin Hai that Wang Bingyao had never existed, and Lin Hai’s colleagues found no matching student in Great Xia’s official records.
• Lin Hai realized that the disaster’s ability to alter memories could have endangered even powerful adults.
• Duo Duo awoke with Li Xue watching over her and asked whether Zheng Nan and the others had been saved.
• Duo Duo told Li Xue that she had noticed something was wrong with Wang Bingyao when she awakened her divine ability.

Duo Duo awakened a divine ability and asked to pursue her own path, persuading Li Xue and Zhang Ruoyu to support her despite their fears. After calamities disrupted life across the world, Lin Xuan and Lin Long left for the Imperial Capital, where Lin Xuan planned to meet Vice Dean Pei.

• Duo Duo told Li Xue she no longer wanted to be helpless, and Zhang Ruoyu encouraged her to pursue her ambitions.
• Zhang Ruoyu admitted he was still investigating the attack that had left Duo Duo frail, while Li Xue accepted that they should support their daughter.
• Calamities spread across the world, disrupting travel and trade until society gradually stabilized over the following half-year.
• Ye Hongyu agreed to let Lin Xuan, Lin Wu, and Lin Long choose their own paths, and Lin Xuan and Lin Long prepared to leave home.
• Lin Hai drove Lin Xuan and Lin Long to Dragon River Station so they could take a train to the Imperial Capital.

Lin Xuan and Lin Long met Yang Jian and Li Yilin on the train to the Imperial Capital and learned that Yang Jian was taking the girl to seek treatment for her hereditary illness. The train suddenly began shaking and darkened as the conductor announced an emergency, leaving the passengers ordered to stay put.

• Lin Xuan noticed that train tickets had become far more expensive, and he and Lin Long boarded in second class rather than applying for guard positions.
• Lin Long shared snacks with Yang Jian and Li Yilin, and Yang Jian explained that he was caring for his late comrade’s daughter.
• Yang Jian told Lin Xuan and Lin Long that he hoped an old comrade in the Imperial Capital would help pay for Li Yilin’s treatment.
• Lin Xuan and Lin Long doubted that Yang Jian’s old comrade would help, but the train jolted violently before Yang Jian could answer Lin Xuan’s question about what he would do otherwise.
• The carriage darkened, and the conductor ordered passengers to remain in place while staff investigated the emergency.

Lin Xuan and Lin Long realized the train had been caught in an Earthbound Calamity, an unusually powerful maze-like danger that should not have appeared given the number of passengers. Lin Long suspected an Old Earth Oddity might be attracting it, but Lin Xuan mistakenly guessed that one of Great Xia’s famous top-ranked oddities was aboard.

• The train stopped at a dim, rundown station, and Lin Xuan and Lin Long identified the situation as a calamity while Yang Jian comforted the frightened Li Yilin.
• Lin Long explained that the station was part of an Earthbound Calamity and warned Lin Xuan that escaping could be difficult even for powerful Transcendents.
• Lin Long questioned why the train had attracted such a severe calamity, since its passenger count and the known Mystic Scholars did not seem to explain it.
• Lin Long considered that an Old Earth Oddity might be drawing the calamity beyond its usual strength.
• Lin Xuan guessed that the Unfixed High Tower or the Tree Canopy was aboard, and Lin Long corrected him that thousands of Old Earth Oddities existed beyond the famous top hundred.

Lin Xuan realized an Earthbound Spirit had already corrupted a passenger on the train, and exposed the burly man as dead after he returned from Carriage 7. The man attacked Lin Xuan and Lin Long, but Lin Xuan struck him down, leaving the passengers terrified as the calamity continued.

• Lin Long warned Lin Xuan that an Old Soil Oddity might be aboard the train, while the conductor's broadcast turned threatening and urged passengers to stay in their seats.
• A burly passenger entered Carriage 7 and returned claiming people in the front carriages had stopped him, but Lin Xuan saw that the Earthbound Spirit had already corrupted him.
• The burly man threatened Lin Xuan, and Lin Xuan revealed that a pen had pierced through the man's head without him noticing.
• Lin Xuan told the burly man he had died after leaving the carriage, and the man angrily attacked Lin Xuan and Lin Long.
• Lin Xuan struck the burly man with Cloud Dispelling Palm, sending him into the carriage wall before he dissolved into black blood.

After the burly passenger vanished into the Earthbound Calamity, Lin Xuan and Lin Long stayed in Carriage No. 8 and secretly used the Toad King to scout ahead. In Carriage No. 5, conductor Gao Lie and guard Sun Yu identified the danger as an Earthbound Calamity and began gathering passengers to move toward the front of the train.

• Lin Xuan concluded that the burly man had become part of the Calamity rather than being destroyed, while Lin Long dismissed the passengers’ questions.
• Lin Xuan told the passengers to wait for the train’s Warlord-class guards, and Yang Jian privately doubted that such guards could protect them from a Calamity.
• Lin Long taught Lin Xuan Heart Chain, and he used it to observe through the Toad King as two afterimages moved toward Carriage No. 7.
• In Carriage No. 5, Sun Yu told Gao Lie that there was an 83.7% chance the train had encountered an Earthbound Calamity and that someone troublesome aboard might have attracted it.
• Gao Lie and Sun Yu gathered everyone in Carriage No. 5 and began moving toward Carriage No. 1 while trying not to alert a possible enemy.

Roche Don Quixote’s brothers sent a masked attacker with the Old Earth Oddity Puppet Soldier to disqualify him from the family succession, forcing Currie Butler De to fight it. As the battle drew attention from the train’s passengers, Gao Lie and Sun Yu identified Currie Butler De and connected the attack to the Don Quixote Family, while a little golden frog and snake secretly listened.

• Roche Don Quixote and Currie Butler De realized an Earthbound Calamity had struck the train, and Currie Butler De suspected an Old Earth Oddity had been brought to target Roche.
• The Sunglasses Man confronted them and offered to spare Roche’s life if Currie Butler De allowed him to be crippled; Roche refused to accept the offer, and Currie Butler De prepared to fight.
• The Sunglasses Man unleashed the Puppet Soldier, which locked onto Currie Butler De and clashed with him as Currie Butler De urged Roche to run.
• Gao Lie and Sun Yu saw the fight from the other carriages and recognized the toy as an Old Earth Oddity and Currie Butler De as a powerful vampire connected to the Don Quixote Family.
• A little golden frog and a little golden snake secretly listened as Gao Lie and Sun Yu discussed the battle.

Lin Long explained the Don Quixote Family’s standing and identified the Puppet Soldier as one of its Old Soil Oddities, then planned to take it from the family. Meanwhile, Roche revealed that he was secretly a Mid-Ranking War General and confronted the Sunglasses Man, whose schemes involved the family’s succession struggle and the power of fate.

• Lin Long told Lin Xuan about the Don Quixote Family’s history and explained that the Puppet Soldier belonged to the family and was likely controlled by Roche.
• Lin Long decided to seize the Puppet Soldier, saying she could sever its connection to its controller, and she and Lin Xuan escorted the passengers toward Carriage No. 9 while stopping another Earthbound Calamity attack.
• The Sunglasses Man threatened Roche and demanded that he cripple himself, while Roche guessed that the man served his eldest brother rather than Second Young Master Fat.
• Roche attacked the Sunglasses Man and revealed that he had reached the Mid-Ranking War General level after the calamities appeared.
• The Sunglasses Man recognized Roche’s strength, and the narration connected the Don Quixote brothers’ rivalry over the patriarch position to the family’s unequal share of fate.

Roche faced an attempt on his life by Sunglasses Man and the Puppet Soldier, while two Theater Troupe members refused to take responsibility for the train’s crisis. As Gao Lie weighed whether to intervene, Lin Long arrived and leapt into the fight to seize the Puppet Soldier for Lin Xuan.

• Roche recognized that a B-rank supernatural being had blocked his attack and realized Sunglasses Man had brought accomplices arranged by his elder brother.
• Hong Hu and the White Face Peking Opera Mask member identified themselves as Theater Troupe contractors and denied causing the train accident, while Gao Lie demanded that they stop their illegal activities.
• The White Face Peking Opera Mask member warned Gao Lie not to interfere, and the passengers urged the conductor to avoid escalating the conflict.
• Lin Long and Lin Xuan arrived, and Lin Long told Gao Lie that the Great Xia authorities outranked the Don Quixote Family and the Theater Troupe.
• Lin Long jumped through the shattered window and announced that she would take the Puppet Soldier for Lin Xuan.

Lin Long’s attempt to seize the Puppet Soldier brought her into conflict with the Sunglasses Man, while the Theater Troupe withdrew after recognizing the danger posed by Lin Xuan’s golden frog. The standoff was interrupted when Dracula spotted a threat outside the train.

• Lin Long said she would take the Puppet Soldier, and the Sunglasses Man warned her not to oppose the Don Quixote Family.
• Roche blocked the Sunglasses Man, while Bai Xiao and Hong Hu refused to stop Lin Long and canceled their mission.
• Hong Hu saw the golden little frog on the luggage rack and realized the Theater Troupe could not afford to provoke Lin Xuan’s family.
• Lin Xuan said he and Lin Long were ordinary people, but Dracula shouted from the platform for everyone to watch out.

Currie Butler De struggled against the Puppet Soldier until Lin Long arrived and effortlessly took it away. Roche offered to explain the incident to his father and warned Lin Long and Lin Xuan that the Puppet Soldier would return to his second brother if destroyed.

• Currie Butler De realized the Puppet Soldier was far stronger than the Don Quixote Family's rumors suggested and searched for a chance to escape.
• Lin Long approached the Puppet Soldier, whose movements slowed until she picked it up without resistance.
• Lin Long carried the Puppet Soldier back to the train and dismissed the Sunglasses Man's protests that it belonged to the Don Quixote Family.
• The Sunglasses Man threatened that the Don Quixote Family would not let the theft go, while Lin Long considered how to handle the witnesses.
• Roche promised to explain the incident to his father and warned that the Puppet Soldier would return to his second brother if destroyed.

Lin Xuan and Lin Long seized the Puppet Soldier after Toad King swallowed Sunglasses Man, while the group began searching for the hub of the Earthbound Calamity trapping their train. Fat discovered that he had lost his connection to the Puppet Soldier, and Hong Hu and Currie Butler De demolished both sides of the station to expose the hub.

• Roche explained that Sunglasses Man was likely sent by one of his brothers and that the man would have been purged if Roche had died, so Lin Xuan let Toad King swallow him.
• Lin Long severed the Puppet Soldier’s connection to its owner, and Lin Xuan bound the now-ownerless Old Earth Oddity.
• Fat realized he could no longer sense the Puppet Soldier and ordered his agents to find Kerry.
• Gao Lie gathered the passengers as the group agreed to search the station for the Earthbound Calamity’s hub.
• Hong Hu smashed the right side of the station with Tiger's Roar, and Currie Butler De blasted the left side into ruins with beams from his eyes.

Hong Hu, Currie Butler De, and Roche repeatedly attacked the station, but the Earthbound Calamity restored it instantly. Lin Long’s plan used the destruction and rising dust to lure the calamity into revealing itself, and Lin Xuan sensed something among the passengers as the chapter ended.

• Hong Hu and Currie Butler De destroyed the station, but it returned to normal, confirming their attacks had not harmed the Earthbound Calamity.
• Lin Long explained that the calamity could not be overcome by force alone, so Bai Xiao urged the attackers to keep fighting.
• Roche joined Hong Hu and Currie Butler De in a continuous barrage, while Bai Xiao deflected debris from the train.
• Roche and Currie Butler De realized the smoke and destruction were meant to give the calamity a chance to attack, drawing it out so its core could be found.
• Lin Xuan recognized Lin Long’s strategy and sensed a new threat among the passengers, fixing his gaze on Li Yilin beside Yang Jian.

Lin Xuan and Lin Long exposed the Earthbound Calamity possessing Yang Jian and prepared to seal it, despite the threat that the original Yang Jian would be trapped with it. After Yang Jian revealed the calamity had memorized everyone’s faces and could not be trusted, Lin Long sealed it with the Soul Securing Pearl and her blood technique.

• Lin Xuan recognized that Yang Jian’s old comrade-in-arms was Chief Chen and arranged for Li Yilin to travel with him and Lin Long to the Imperial Capital.
• Yang Jian’s face began to writhe, revealing the Earthbound Calamity possessing him, and Lin Xuan caught Li Yilin as Yang Jian shoved her toward him.
• Lin Long explained that calamities could be repelled or sealed but not completely erased, then revealed that she knew how to seal them.
• Lin Xuan lodged a Soul Securing Pearl in Yang Jian’s throat, and Lin Long explained that sealing the possessed man would seal the calamity as well.
• Lin Xuan urged Yang Jian to decide whether to proceed, and the original Yang Jian warned them that the calamity had memorized everyone’s faces and must not be released.
• Lin Long sent a blood-red seal into Yang Jian’s mouth, joining the pearl, while Lin Xuan covered Li Yilin’s eyes.

Lin Xuan and Lin Long dealt with the Earthbound Calamity, though Yang Jian’s fate remained uncertain. After the Theater Troupe brothers fled, Captain Shi Jin arrived and asked what had happened.

• The Earthbound Calamity escaped Lin Long’s attempted seal by burning its origin, then the Toad King swallowed it; Lin Long said it would revive elsewhere in the Old Soil.
• Lin Long said Yang Jian might have survived and become part of the Earthbound Calamity, but she could not predict his fate.
• Bai Xiao and Hong Hu fled, while Lin Xuan and Lin Long let them go because they had helped the plan and protected the passengers.
• After communications returned, Captain Shi Jin arrived by fighter jet and checked on Gao Lie and Sun Yu.
• Shi Jin recognized Lin Xuan, introduced himself as the captain of Crimson Flame’s Fifth Special Operations Team, and asked what had happened; Gao Lie began his report.

Shi Jin let Roche and Currie Butler De go after demanding that the Don Quixote Family answer for its attack, while Lin Xuan and his companions brought Li Yilin to meet Chen Taizhong. Chen vowed to care for her after learning that her father had died and Yang Jian had vanished into the Old Soil, but his wife Liu Mei strongly objected.

• Shi Jin spared Roche and Currie Butler De at Lin Xuan's request, demanded an explanation from the Don Quixote Family, and ordered compensation for the train's casualties.
• Lin Xuan comforted Li Yilin by explaining that Yang Jian was alive in the Old Soil, and she vowed to find him there someday.
• The train reached the Imperial Capital, and Lin Xuan's group went with Sun Yu to find Chen Taizhong, Yang Jian's old comrade-in-arms.
• Chen Taizhong learned that Li Yilin's father had died and Yang Jian had disappeared, then promised to take responsibility for caring for Li Yilin.
• Liu Mei objected to Chen Taizhong's promise and angrily argued that their family could not afford to help.

Chen Taizhong stood up to his wife, Liu Mei, over his decision to help Li Yilin, and the argument escalated when Liu Hai tried to stop Lin Xuan and the others from leaving. Sun Yu disabled the drones Liu Hai sent after them and confronted him, leaving the family conflict on the verge of a larger clash.

• Chen Taizhong refused to back down after Liu Mei objected to helping Li Yilin, and Liu Hai arrived and tried to mediate the argument.
• Li Yilin offered to give up treatment, so Lin Long, Lin Xuan, and Sun Yu prepared to leave; Liu Hai ordered his driver Leng Yan to stop them.
• Lin Xuan kicked Leng Yan into Liu Hai's car, injuring the D-rank Gene Warrior.
• Liu Hai sounded an alarm and ordered drones to capture Lin Xuan and the others, but Sun Yu used metal wires to bring the drones down.
• Sun Yu warned Liu Hai that he was only standing because Sun Yu respected Old Master Liu.

Lin Xuan’s defense of Li Yilin drew support from Pei Ge and Wang Chongzu, forcing the Liu Family to back down before the group gathered for a welcome banquet. The chapter ended with Roche confronting his father, Brad Don Quixote, after surviving an attack involving Puppet Soldiers.

• Liu Hai blamed Lin Xuan for injuring Leng Yan, but Deputy Director Liu arrived, reprimanded Liu Mei, and demanded that Lin Xuan apologize.
• Pei Ge arrived and refused Deputy Director Liu’s demand, then Wang Chongzu joined them and made the Liu Family abandon the dispute.
• Lin Xuan handed Li Yilin back to Chen Taizhong and attended a welcome banquet with Pei Ge, Wang Chongzu, Sun Yu, and Xie Yi.
• Lin Xuan asked Pei Ge about Ba Wu Giant City, prompting Wang Chongzu and Sun Yu to turn solemn.
• Roche refused to play along with his brothers’ show of harmony, and Currie Butler De told Brad that Roche had nearly died after the Sunglasses Man deployed Puppet Soldiers.
• Brad looked at Fat, who knelt and insisted that he had been framed.

Roche returned to the Don Quixote Family after surviving an assassination and revealed that his rescuers had taken Fat’s Puppet Soldier. Brad favored Roche, dismissed Fat’s loss, and rejected Crimson Flame’s demand for an explanation, then gave Mode ten years to reach Commander level before Roche could inherit the family head position.

• Brad questioned Fat about who had framed him, then tested Roche’s strength with a palm strike and recognized his breakthrough to Mid-Ranking War General.
• Brad ordered Fat to hand over the Puppet Soldier to Roche, but Roche explained that his rescuers had taken it after saving him, and Brad let the matter go.
• Roche told Brad that the assassination had caused a train disaster in Great Xia and drawn a warning from Shi Jin of Crimson Flame.
• Black Demon called Brad to ask how he would answer Crimson Flame, and Brad refused to give an explanation while Black Demon withdrew the Theater Troupe from the matter.
• Brad sent Roche and Fat away, then told Mode to reach Commander level within ten years or support Roche as the next family head.