Arc 7The Vanished Lampwick

Ren Ye became the Human Emperor of Qingliang Prefecture, returned home to face his father's death, and began rebuilding the prefecture while pursuing the mystery of the Buddha Lamp. In the S-rank realm The Vanished Lampwick, repeated deaths and resets led him to Mumu, and he began testing how to escape the pursuers and reach Lamp Wick.

  • Ren Ye took control of Qingliang Prefecture, rejected the authority that would end his mission, and used the Human Emperor Sword to defeat the Chaos Faction and lead the survivors out.
  • Ren Ye received the Human Emperor's inheritance and returned to Vermilion Bird City, where he learned his father had died and found a letter pointing him toward the Moon-Gazing Pavilion.
  • Ren Ye learned more about Ren Daguo's search for a Star Gate, buried his father on Kunlun Mountain, and vowed to uncover the letter's meaning through the Buddha Lamp and Migration Land.
  • Ren Ye recruited Huang Wei to help manage Qingliang Prefecture, appointed him Prefect, and began arranging trade and rebuilding despite the immense Star Source costs.
  • Yin Susu sensed the Buddha Lamp's invitation to the S-rank realm The Vanished Lampwick, and Ren Ye entered it alone after Zhao Baicheng warned him to resist outside guidance.
  • Ren Ye repeatedly died and reset while trying to evade the enforcers at Binhai Station, eventually identifying Lamp Wick and arranging a meeting outside the station.
  • Ren Ye escaped the station with Lamp Wick, who was traveling as Mumu, but their pursuers repeatedly cornered them, and Mumu died rather than disclose information about Lamp Wick.
  • After more resets, Ren Ye tested his suspicions about the bead-carrying contact, killed the doting father, and told Mumu they needed to jump off the train.
Chapters 151–175 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 151I alone will enter the tomb

Li Yan’s fleshly body fought off Chaos Faction players on Qingliang Mountain while Ren Ye continued taking over the Princess Tomb and discovered Xu Qingzhao hidden beneath the mountain. As Wei Yan’s forces reached the tomb, Guo Caier revealed her power and silenced all arts across the peak.

  • Li Yan’s body slaughtered Chaos Faction players on a mountain trail, while Tang Feng and Liu Ji Shan helped him hold off the attackers and Li Yan failed to reclaim his body.
  • Wei Yan sent Xu Meng and others to stall Li Yan’s body as he led the main force toward the Princess Tomb.
  • Ren Ye used two streams of consciousness to perceive and take over the tomb, briefly saw Xu Qingzhao beneath the mountain, and confirmed she was alive but asleep.
  • Xu Peng brought the remaining New Year’s Watchers to the ninth layer and prepared them to defend Ren Ye.
  • Xing Tao persuaded Wei Yan and the others to let Guo Caier enter the tomb alone, and she flew toward the peak with a Buddha Amulet.
  • Guo Caier shouted, “Once I speak, all arts fall silent,” and the Buddha Amulet released light over Qingliang Mountain’s peak.

Ch. 152One by one, the Yellow Robes fell

Guo Caier sealed magic in the ninth-level burial chamber and attacked Ren Ye, while the New Year's Watchers risked their lives to hold her back. As Ren Ye’s perception accelerated, Xu Qingzhao awakened before fully refining the Yin and Yang Qi and moved to challenge Guo Caier’s Buddhist tablet.

  • Guo Caier used her Buddhist tablet to silence magic in the burial chamber, then charged in to kill Ren Ye.
  • Guo Caier struck down New Year's Watchers who tried to stop her, but the others rallied and attacked her with their bodies and mundane weapons.
  • Ren Ye’s grief at the New Year's Watchers’ sacrifice disrupted his focus until Old Taoist Xu urged him to perceive the inheritance, causing Destiny to surge from Ren Ye and speed his perception.
  • Scholar sent outside Players’ Mystical Abilities into the tomb, but the tablet’s golden light dissolved them; he then planned to wait until Guo Caier had killed most of the defenders before striking with the Sword Formation.
  • Guo Caier broke through the defenders and launched her demon-subduing pestle at Ren Ye, but New Year's Watchers intercepted it with their bodies.
  • Xu Qingzhao awakened inside the natural cavern before completing her refinement of the Yin and Yang Qi and prepared to oppose Guo Caier’s magic-sealing power.

Ch. 153Cold ashes rekindled, flesh grew on withered bones

Xu Qingzhao destroyed the Buddha Amulet, restoring the New Year's Watchers’ powers, and Xu Peng sacrificed himself to heal his wounded comrades as Ren Ye neared the completion of his inheritance. With Chaos Faction Players attacking the burial chamber, Xu Qingzhao sent the Watchers away and took their karma upon herself to protect Ren Ye.

  • Wei Yan prepared the Chaos Faction Players to enter the burial chamber and attack the New Year's Watchers.
  • Xu Qingzhao joined her Yin and Yang Qi and shattered the Buddha Amulet, ending its suppression of Mystical Abilities and Star Source Power.
  • Guo Caier was driven back by the New Year's Watchers as Chaos Faction Players charged into the burial chamber.
  • Xu Peng used his Mystical Ability to heal his wounded comrades, exhausted his Star Source Power, and died.
  • Ren Ye's grief pushed his consciousness to the boundary of the Firmament, and Rosy Clouds appeared in the sky.
  • Xu Qingzhao sent the revived Watchers toward the eighth floor and accepted their karma as Chaos Faction Players attacked Ren Ye.

Ch. 154Red Beauty Appears, risking her life to protect him

Ren Ye faced a renewed assault in Princess Anping's Tomb while Xu Qingzhao used her Red Beauty and Retribution abilities to bear his karma and strike back at the Chaos Faction, risking her life. As Ren Ye neared the end of sensing Qingliang Prefecture, he revealed he might refuse the final authority and enthronement to keep the mission unfinished, while Emperor Jing sought a view of the battle.

  • Xu Qingzhao tied a red thread to Ren Ye and used her phantom Dao Body to absorb the Chaos Faction's attacks, then returned their force and killed more than thirty players.
  • Scholar led over a thousand Chaos Faction Players in another concentrated attack, leaving Xu Qingzhao gravely injured after her Dao Body absorbed the assault.
  • The Human Emperor Sword emerged after its Divine Kingdom drew all of Qingliang Prefecture inside, and Old Taoist Xu told Ren Ye that he was about to receive authority and complete the enthronement ritual.
  • Ren Ye questioned whether he could finish sensing Qingliang Prefecture but refuse the authority, thereby keeping the mission unfinished; Old Taoist Xu warned that the Heavenly Dao would punish him.
  • Emperor Jing asked the Celestial Surveillance Bureau to show him the situation in Qingliang Prefecture, and the Imperial Preceptor said they could at least view Canyon Pass.

Ch. 155Rising, refusing authority

Emperor Jing and Landlord waited anxiously as Ren Ye’s battle for Qingliang Prefecture reached its climax. After gaining the inheritance and rising as Human Emperor, Ren Ye refused the authority offered to him and kept the mission from ending.

  • Emperor Jing viewed Canyon Pass through the Water Reflection formation and wondered why its soldiers had matching kneecap injuries and why so many ambushers were there.
  • Crow told Landlord that the Star Gate contest would end in less than an hour, and Landlord sent him away after he demanded food.
  • Ren Ye grieved for the many allies who had died helping him, then unleashed his power as Chaos Faction Players began fleeing toward Canyon Pass.
  • Ren Ye rose as the Human Emperor, silenced Old Taoist Xu, and deflected the authority sent from the heavens so the mission would not end.
  • Ren Ye summoned the Human Emperor Sword, whose Divine Kingdom had become as vast as Qingliang Prefecture.

Ch. 156One sword swept Canyon Pass clean

Ren Ye killed Coachman and Scholar, then used Imperial Brush Replication to strip the Chaos Faction players of their abilities and slaughtered them in Canyon Pass. He emerged from Qingliang Prefecture with the survivors and corpses, warning Emperor Jing that he would bring the fight to the Great Qian Dynasty’s Capital.

  • Ren Ye appeared before Coachman and Scholar, killed them with the Human Emperor Sword, and dispersed the Heavenly Dao’s clouds by releasing his Dynastic Destiny.
  • Ren Ye declared the exit of Canyon Pass without laws, suppressing the Chaos Faction players’ Mystical Abilities as they tried to escape.
  • Ren Ye entered the crowd and killed the trapped players, while Yang Nan, Tang Feng, Liu Ji Shan, and the Qingzhou Guard arrived.
  • Ren Ye led the surviving New Year's Watchers and soldiers through the closing mist, then sent the corpses of the enemy and the court’s forces into Great Qian’s territory.
  • Ren Ye threatened Emperor Jing with a future attack on the Capital, and Emperor Jing destroyed the projected image in fury.

Ch. 157The Human Emperor took his rightful place

Ren Ye claimed the Human Emperor’s inheritance after the battle for Qingliang Prefecture, while the surviving New Year's Watchers killed Guo Caier and Xing Tao. As Ren Ye took authority over the prefecture and heard a mysterious voice invite him to the rooftop, the awakened Star Gate spirit revealed that a child had gained enlightenment and become an Enlightened Spirit Child.

  • Ren Ye spared Guo Caier and Xing Tao, then walked away as the New Year's Watchers forced them to repeatedly kowtow to their fallen companions until both died.
  • Old Taoist Xu welcomed Ren Ye as the Human Emperor on Dangshan, and the celestial phenomenon prompted people across Qingliang Prefecture to bow before Ren Ye lifted them back up.
  • Ren Ye merged with the Qingliang Prefecture Star Gate and received the Human Emperor's inheritance, new powers, and the Heavenly Dao's charge to rebuild and govern benevolently.
  • A mysterious ancient voice told Ren Ye to meet it at the rooftop, leaving him wondering who had spoken and where the rooftop was.
  • A boy in Qingliang Prefecture witnessed the celestial phenomenon, made a vow to become an immortal, and gained enlightenment; the awakened Star Gate spirit told Ren Ye about him before asking to sleep again.

Ch. 158Settling matters one by one, leaving the gate

Ren Ye secured the Human Emperor Inheritance, helped arrange the recovery of Qingliang Prefecture, and left the Star Gate for Vermilion Bird City's Academy. There, Zhao Baicheng congratulated him and told him that his father was dead.

  • Ren Ye learned that Yin Susu needed two or three days of Destiny to recover, then found Xu Qingzhao in the Natural Grotto and left the Human Emperor Seal to help her refine the Yin and Yang Qi.
  • Ren Ye returned to Qingliang Prefecture, appointed Old Taoist Xu to oversee the city for three days, and asked him to restore order and care for the wounded soldiers.
  • Ren Ye left the Star Gate through the Human Emperor Sword and emerged at Vermilion Bird City's Academy, where Zhao Baicheng and other leading figures witnessed the unusual Star Gate.
  • Ren Ye credited the New Year's Watchers with obtaining the Human Emperor Inheritance, and Zhao Baicheng told him that his father had died.

Ch. 159Something's wrong. I don't believe it

After Ren Ye learned that his father had secretly been a Player and died after helping him, he began to doubt the circumstances of the death and rushed to seek answers at Moon-Gazing Pavilion. Meanwhile, the Landlord discovered that Black Cage Fortress’s three thousand fighters had vanished in Qingliang Prefecture and ordered Wang Tudou to investigate.

  • The Landlord learned that the New Year's Watchers had returned safely while none of Black Cage Fortress’s three thousand fighters had come back, and ordered Wang Tudou to capture a returning Watcher and learn what happened in Qingliang Prefecture.
  • The Landlord suspected that the Moon-Gazing Pavilion had deliberately leaked the news to taunt Black Cage Fortress, then imposed an extra monthly fee on his tenants and told the Rent Collectors to remain at their posts.
  • Ren Ye read his dead father Ren Daguo’s letter and realized that his father had been a Player who had secretly prepared the way for him in Qingliang Prefecture.
  • Ren Qingning arrived, read the letter, and carried Ren Daguo’s body toward his bedroom while Ren Ye lay stunned on the floor.
  • Ren Ye noticed that the letter’s final words and repeated references to the roof ridge seemed wrong, then ran out to find the truth at Moon-Gazing Pavilion in Vermilion Bird City.

Ch. 160An Opportunity for You

Li Yan returned from Qingliang Prefecture, recovered at the Fraud Merchants' Association, and learned the Chairman wanted him to take someone along as an “Opportunity.” Meanwhile, Ren Ye searched for answers about his father's death and confronted Lin Xiang, ending by threatening to cremate his father that night if Lin Xiang would not reveal the truth.

  • Li Yan soaked in a medicinal pool and ate hot pot while insisting he would pay for the heavenly treasures used to treat him.
  • The Chairman dismissed Li Yan's offer to pay and proposed that he take a person with him through the High-Rank Star Gates, prompting Li Yan to suspect the person was the Chairman's child.
  • Ren Ye asked Huang Wei to send Gu Nian to check whether the figurines in his father's study were still there.
  • After Gu Nian reported that the figurines were gone, Ren Ye rushed to Vermilion Bird City and confronted Lin Xiang at the Moon-Gazing Pavilion.
  • Ren Ye demanded to know why his father's last letter referenced the pavilion and whether his father could still live, but Lin Xiang insisted he was dead.
  • Ren Ye threatened to arrange his father's cremation that night, and Lin Xiang was briefly stunned by the threat.

Ch. 161One in Ten Million

Ren Ye learned that his father had sought a Buddha Lamp and its base to locate a Star Gate in the Migration Land, but Lin Xiang knew little about the Scholar System or the meaning of Ren Daguo’s final letter. Ren Ye resolved to pursue the one-in-ten-million chance of understanding the letter, and Ren Daguo was buried on Kunlun Mountain.

  • Lin Xiang explained the mystery surrounding the Scholar System, Ridge, and the missing Scholar Player, admitting that he could not interpret Ren Daguo’s final letter.
  • Lin Xiang gave Ren Ye the Buddha Lamp base and revealed that Ren Daguo had sought a Star Gate in the Migration Land, while a member of the Fraud Merchants’ Association had found the lamp.
  • Lin Xiang told Ren Ye he could use the library and study to grow stronger, then arranged for Ren Daguo’s body to be taken to Kunlun Mountain for burial.
  • Ren Ye and Ren Qingning traveled with their father’s body, and Ren Ye vowed to uncover the meaning of the final passage by investigating the Buddha Lamp and Migration Land.
  • Ren Daguo was buried on Kunlun Mountain in a funeral attended by only four or five people.

Ch. 162A friend from afar

Ren Ye prepared a meal for friends and met Liu Ji Shan, who had traveled to Shanghai to find him. As everyone gathered at Ren Ye’s home, familiar things in the kitchen overwhelmed him with grief for his father, and Liu Ji Shan learned that Tang Feng had played Songstress in Qingliang Prefecture.

  • Ren Ye accepted that Qingning would leave to explore High-Rank Star Gates, despite his unsuccessful efforts to stop her.
  • Liu Ji Shan bought a new phone, found Ren Ye at his apartment complex, and introduced himself by his real name, Li Biao.
  • Ren Ye invited Liu Ji Shan home to eat with Qingning and his friends, reassuring him that he was welcome despite his criminal past.
  • While preparing food, Ren Ye was overcome by memories of his father and struggled to hide his tears when guests arrived.
  • Liu Ji Shan reunited with Li Yan and met Tang Feng, who revealed that he had played Songstress in Qingliang Prefecture.

Ch. 163To the future, may every wish come true

Ren Ye and his companions shared a farewell dinner and discussed their plans after the Qingliang Prefecture Star Gate, while Ren Qingning grieved their father and left with Li Yan for a High-Rank Star Gate. Huang Wei later learned Ren Ye had requested his transfer to the Capital, and the chapter ended with a black-robed man meeting a Taoist priestess on Kunlun Mountain.

  • Ren Ye toasted the brothers who had died at the Qingliang Prefecture Star Gate, then asked everyone about their plans and heard that Tang Feng was stuck in a solo inheritance Star Gate and Gu Nian was preparing to advance.
  • Li Yan told Ren Ye he would take Ren Qingning to a High-Rank Star Gate, and Ren Ye agreed after asking him to protect her.
  • Ren Qingning broke down over their father's death, hugged Ren Ye, and left after promising to tell him if she faced danger.
  • Huang Wei walked home alone while Ren Ye read his father's letter, and two days later Yan Duoduo told Huang Wei that Ren Ye had requested his transfer to the Capital.
  • A black-robed man carrying a wooden case met a Taoist priestess on Kunlun Mountain, where she said she was waiting for the pointer to turn again.

Ch. 164Number Six Institute, a super empire

Ren Ye persuaded Huang Wei to join Number Six Institute as a resident Player by promising him a role in developing Qingliang Prefecture into a super empire. After arriving in Vermilion Bird City, Huang learned that the institute had only two authorized positions and that Ren Ye, not headquarters, would pay his salary and Star Source.

  • Ren Ye urged Yan Duoduo to finalize Huang Wei's transfer before the plane landed, then explained Number Six Institute and Qingliang Prefecture's potential to Huang aboard the plane.
  • Huang Wei agreed to become a resident Player and help Ren Ye manage Qingliang Prefecture, believing headquarters had established the institute to support them.
  • After landing, Ren Ye and Huang entered Vermilion Bird City and split up to collect supplies and complete Huang's personnel onboarding.
  • Huang registered as Number Six Institute's deputy director and learned the institute had only two authorized positions: his and Ren Ye's.
  • A Ministry of Personnel watcher told Huang that he would receive no salary or Star Source from the ministries because Ren Ye was responsible for paying him.

Ch. 165A shareholders' meeting for two

Ren Ye and Huang Wei established Number Six Institute in a dilapidated courtyard and discussed financing Qingliang Prefecture’s recovery. After learning that governing the prefecture and completing his Stage Mission would require about eight hundred thousand Star Source, Ren Ye asked whether New Year's Watchers from Qingfu District might invest in his empire project.

  • Ren Ye and Huang Wei moved into the Utility Courtyard, where they set up Number Six Institute despite its broken gate and poor condition.
  • Ren Ye showed Huang Wei his Star Source rewards and offered him either a salary or a two-percent stake that required a substantial investment; Huang Wei declined to commit to buying shares.
  • Ren Ye and Huang Wei entered Qingliang Prefecture, where Old Taoist Xu estimated that rebuilding and supporting its people and soldiers would cost more than three hundred and fifty thousand Star Source.
  • Old Taoist Xu told Ren Ye he could heal the injured Imperial Court soldiers within three months, and Ren Ye decided to keep them if they could recover.
  • Yin Susu revealed that Ren Ye's Stage Mission required reorganizing the military, building Dangshan Pass City, and reforming Qingliang Prefecture's administration and trade.
  • Yin Susu estimated the mission and prefecture's expenses at around eight hundred thousand Star Source, prompting Ren Ye to ask Huang Wei whether Qingfu District's New Year's Watchers might invest.

Ch. 166No loan

Ren Ye tried to secure Star Source to rebuild Qingliang Prefecture, but Lin Xiang refused to approve a loan and forbade him from borrowing from other New Year's Watchers. The chapter ended with Ren Ye considering tearing down Prince Huai's Residence to raise money.

  • Ren Ye saw Old Taoist Xu off as he left Qingliang Prefecture to travel the world, and Xu urged Ren Ye to govern benevolently and head south to reopen trade.
  • Yin Susu explained that Ren Ye could set fixed trading dates so the prefecture's residents could travel through the mist to trade.
  • Ren Ye returned to Vermilion Bird City and asked Zhao Baicheng to help with his loan application, but Zhao refused to intervene.
  • The Ministry of Revenue told Ren Ye that Lin Xiang's approval was required, and Lin Xiang rejected the loan and warned Ren Ye not to borrow from other New Year's Watchers.
  • Ren Ye returned to Qingliang Prefecture and suggested tearing down Prince Huai's Residence to sell it for Star Source, stunning Huang Wei.

Ch. 167A place every army would beat up

Ren Ye planned to dismantle parts of Prince Huai’s Residence and trade the materials in the Southern Border to fund Qingliang Prefecture. After appointing Huang Wei as Prefect and acting commander-in-chief, Ren Ye prepared to explore another Star Gate.

  • Ren Ye decided to demolish Tranquil Heart Hall and Conscientious Hall, and Susu warned him that damaging the residence could weaken the people’s faith and the land’s destiny.
  • Susu identified the Southern Border as Qingliang Prefecture’s only viable trade partner, and Ren Ye chose to send merchants there to sell the salvaged materials.
  • Huang Wei agreed to organize the trade mission and search the Southern Border for Zhu Zigui, who had gone missing on the way to his hometown.
  • Ren Ye appointed Huang Wei as Prefect and acting commander-in-chief, and Huang Wei accepted the resident Player mission and donned his official robe.
  • Ren Ye and Huang Wei held Huang Wei’s appointment ceremony, then gathered craftsmen and laborers to prepare to demolish the residence.
  • At dusk, Ren Ye summoned Susu to use her seal-bearing Gate Spirit ability to find another Star Gate for him to explore.

Ch. 168A new Star Gate

Ren Ye learned that the completed Buddha Lamp had summoned him to an extremely difficult First-Order Star Gate in Migration Land, a place tied to his late father's goal. He told Zhao Baicheng about the mission, and Zhao Baicheng reacted with sudden alarm.

  • Ren Ye supervised the overnight dismantling of Tranquil Heart Hall while Yin Susu and Lian'er competed to care for him.
  • Ren Ye asked Yin Susu to find a safe, manageable Star Gate, but she sensed the Buddha Lamp’s invitation to the S-rank Small Secret Realm 'The Vanished Lampwick' in Binhai City, Migration Land.
  • Yin Susu sensed that the realm had no death penalty but was extremely difficult and carried an aura that drove people mad; Ren Ye decided to enter it because it connected to his father's ambition.
  • Ren Ye visited Zhao Baicheng, acknowledged the lesson he and Lin Xiang had taught him about relying on himself, and showed him the completed Buddha Lamp.
  • Ren Ye told Zhao Baicheng that the lamp had summoned him to Binhai City in year 235, and Zhao Baicheng froze in alarm.

Ch. 169The Migration Land That Had Long Been Dead

Ren Ye learned that his father had pursued a mysterious Migration Land Star Gate connected to a demonic monk, while Zhao Baicheng warned him to guard his will in the S-rank trial. Ren Ye entered the Binhai City Star Gate alone and awoke aboard a high-speed train.

  • Zhao Baicheng told Ren Ye how he found the lamp base and explained that Migration Land was a dead world whose inhabitants had all vanished, leaving only remnant souls.
  • Ren Ye decided to accept the S-rank mission, and Zhao Baicheng warned him to resist outside guidance and keep his purpose clear.
  • After Ren Ye left, Lin Xiang learned that Ren Ye was headed to Binhai City and remarked that the name seemed familiar.
  • Ren Ye returned to the Academy, asked Susu to open the gate to Binhai City, and entered the Star Gate alone.
  • Ren Ye awoke in a high-speed train carriage with moonlit mountains passing outside.

Ch. 170Making contact, codename "Sandbag"

Ren Ye entered the Binhai City Star Gate as Sandbag and tried to identify his contact, Lamp Wick, at Binhai Station. A group of hostile ability users ambushed him, and a passing train killed him before he could complete the mission.

  • Ren Ye received the mission to find Lamp Wick, earn his trust, and obtain the vanished lampwick before nine the next morning.
  • Ren Ye reached Binhai Station, carried the prayer beads as his identification token, and waited near the exit for the contact to approach.
  • A bald man in a suit confronted Ren Ye and attacked him with a golden-lit fist.
  • The bald man called in dozens of black-clad ability users, who surrounded Ren Ye and struck him with waves of golden fists.
  • The attackers sent Ren Ye flying onto the tracks, where an approaching train ran him over and killed him.

Ch. 171Give Yourself a Round of Applause for Being So Clever!

Ren Ye reset on the train after the law enforcers caught him, then tried to avoid exposing his Buddhist Prayer Beads while finding his contact at Binhai Station. His contact left before he could reach them, and Scar-Neck and the other enforcers cornered him in the restroom, triggering another reset.

  • Ren Ye woke at the beginning of the train journey and deduced that the Buddhist Prayer Beads had revealed his identity during the previous attempt.
  • Ren Ye hid the beads in his pocket and hurried off the train, passing Scar-Neck without being recognized.
  • Ren Ye found the passage to the station exit blocked by law enforcers inspecting passengers and became trapped between the checkpoint and the platform.
  • Ren Ye received notice that his contact had already left the station, then Scar-Neck confronted him in the restroom.
  • Ren Ye summoned the Human Emperor Sword and resisted the enforcers, who charged into the restroom and caused another reset.
  • Ren Ye remembered Xu Peng's explanation that some Gate Spirits were mindless remnant souls that could not be reasoned with.

Ch. 172It was actually... him?

Ren Ye repeatedly reset while trying to pass the station checkpoint and locate his organization’s contact, eventually identifying Lamp Wick through a cryptic clue on the train. He escaped with Lamp Wick by planting the Buddhist Prayer Beads on the bead man, then introduced himself as Sandbag outside the station and felt an unexpected familiarity with his new contact.

  • Ren Ye used his Hidden World in the Gutter technique to pass inspection, but Scar Neck noticed his clenched posture and killed him.
  • On his fourth reset, Ren Ye searched the dark train for the contact, accidentally exposed himself to the bead man, and drew the enforcers’ attention.
  • Ren Ye recognized Xu Zinan’s earlier warning and deduced that the young man was Lamp Wick from the clue of a heart beneath a lamp.
  • On his fifth reset, Ren Ye secretly contacted Lamp Wick, confirmed enforcers were aboard, and arranged to meet him outside the station.
  • Ren Ye planted the Buddhist Prayer Beads in the bead man’s bag, allowing him and Lamp Wick to slip through the checkpoint during the ensuing fight.
  • Outside the station, Ren Ye introduced himself as Sandbag, shook hands with Lamp Wick, and sensed an inexplicable familiarity with him.

Ch. 173The young monk Mumu

Ren Ye met Mumu, the wick seeker, outside Binhai City Station, but they were quickly surrounded by Scar-Neck’s men. Mumu revealed his Buddhist powers to subdue the attackers, and Ren Ye used the opening to fight toward the station outskirts.

  • Ren Ye met Mumu and followed him away from the station while suspecting that he was a monk and a remnant soul.
  • Mumu said he had an important errand unrelated to the wick, and Ren Ye agreed to leave by car.
  • Scar-Neck and a force of bald men in black surrounded them, identified Mumu as Wick, and ordered their men to take the pair alive.
  • Mumu transformed into a monk, chanted, and released golden light that made the attackers abandon their aggression.
  • Ren Ye summoned the Human Emperor Sword, proclaimed himself Great Qian Prince Huai, then cut through the subdued lackeys and led the escape toward the station outskirts.

Ch. 174Death before surrender?

Ren Ye repeatedly fought through the Star Gate with Mumu, but each attempt ended in capture or death, so he finally surrendered to learn what happened after capture. He and Mumu were taken away together, while Zhao Baicheng told Lin Xiang that one day had passed.

  • Ren Ye and Mumu battled their way through growing waves of pursuers, but Mumu died rather than risk revealing information about Lamp Wick, and Ren Ye soon died fighting.
  • In later resets, Ren Ye and Mumu tried different routes and hiding places, but they were repeatedly found and killed.
  • After earning the titles “Resilient Sandbag” and “Ten-Life Reincarnation Practitioner,” Ren Ye surrendered at the station checkpoint to investigate what lay beyond capture.
  • The pursuers captured Mumu with an array and took him away alongside Ren Ye.
  • Lin Xiang appeared in the Vermilion Bird City Star Gate library, and Zhao Baicheng said one day had passed.

Ch. 175The Two Contacts Who Vanished from the Train

Ren Ye used repeated resets to uncover the enforcer mole on the train and stop the contact from being captured. After Mumu died by poison in an earlier attempt, Ren Ye killed the disguised father on the twelfth reset and escaped with Mumu by jumping from the train.

  • Scar-Neck interrogated Mumu about Lamp Wick, but Mumu refused to reveal anything and killed himself with poison.
  • Scar-Neck ordered Ren Ye tortured, and Ren Ye died before resetting again.
  • On the eleventh reset, Ren Ye tested his suspicions by abandoning contact with Mumu, exposing himself at the station, and being killed by the enforcers.
  • On the twelfth reset, Ren Ye overheard the doting father coordinate with Scar-Neck to identify the contact carrying Buddhist prayer beads.
  • Ren Ye killed the doting father with the Human Emperor Sword, then sat beside Mumu and told him they needed to jump off the train.
  • Scar-Neck found the dead father and discovered the shattered restroom window after the train reached Binhai Station.
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