Recaps

Liu Zunfu mysteriously disappeared after a toilet malfunction trapped and killed him, leaving Hu Zihao and his classmates searching for him. Shi Yu warned Hu Zihao that he might be next, and Han He revealed that he believed Shi Yu was special as the hidden side of the world began to emerge.

• Liu Zunfu was trapped inside a toilet and drowned, and his body vanished when it flushed.
• Hu Zihao and his roommates found Liu Zunfu missing and reported it to Mr. Liu, who said he would check the school surveillance.
• Shi Yu told Hu Zihao that he sensed Liu Zunfu was dead and warned that Hu Zihao might also be targeted; Hu Zihao believed him and left the classroom with other students.
• Han He told Shi Yu that he was not crazy but special, then accompanied him to the cafeteria.
• A note described how apprentices with exceptional powers of observation could faintly sense hidden power.

After Liu Zunfu vanished inside the school restroom, Liu Zhipeng tried to report the disappearance, but Zhang Ya and the administrators stopped him and claimed Liu Zunfu had run away. As the class learned that Liu Zhipeng was absent, Shi Yu reflected on his strange ability to sense things, while Han He began to suspect he had noticed something.

• Liu Zhipeng and the school administrators reviewed footage showing Liu Zunfu enter the restroom but never leave, and Zhang Ya refused to call the police.
• Yang Desheng smashed Liu Zhipeng's phone when he tried to call the police, and Zhang Ya warned him not to interfere with the school's reforms.
• A substitute teacher told the class that Liu Zhipeng had an emergency at home, leaving Hu Zihao worried about Liu Zunfu's disappearance and Shi Yu's warning.
• Shi Yu recalled how his ability to fulfill small wishes and sense emotions had revealed a woman's terror before her family was found dead, and he remembered sensing danger around Liu Zunfu and Hu Zihao.
• Shi Yu tried to sense what had happened to Liu Zhipeng but received no response; Han He watched him and asked what he had sensed.
• After Shi Yu denied sensing anything, Han He returned to his book and penciled a question mark beside the words "Witch Sacrifice"-tenth art, "Daze".

Han He confirmed that Liu Zunfu was dead and warned Hu Zihao that an Evil Sin had targeted him, while Shi Yu learned that Han He had abilities and knowledge of his own. After Director Yang announced that Liu Zunfu had run away, Shi Yu realized the man who had entered the classroom was not Yang Desheng but something terrifying wearing his skin.

• Hu Zihao confided in Shi Yu about his fear, and Han He took him aside to confirm that an Evil Sin had targeted him.
• Han He told Hu Zihao that Liu Zunfu was dead, gave him a handmade charm, and warned him not to be alone.
• Shi Yu and Han He exchanged notes about the Evil Sin, and Han He asked whether Shi Yu had received a legacy.
• Director Yang announced that Liu Zunfu had secretly left school and that the police and his parents had been contacted.
• Hu Zihao turned to Shi Yu and Han He for reassurance, but Shi Yu recognized that the figure who had entered the classroom was not Yang Desheng.

Shi Yu, Han He, and Hu Zihao discussed the Evil Sin presence around Yang Desheng and Han He explained the inheritance powers used to fight Evil Sin. They returned to Shi Yu’s dorm, where caretaker Huang Daye behaved strangely, leaving Shi Yu with vague suspicions as lights-out approached.

• Han He led Shi Yu and Hu Zihao away from the classroom after sensing that Yang Desheng had become an extension of Evil Sin.
• Han He explained that he had inherited the Hunter art Wolf Fang and suspected Shi Yu might have the Witch Sacrifice art Daze, but Shi Yu denied having an inheritance.
• Shi Yu, Han He, and Hu Zihao considered whether Evil Sin could alter memories or become exposed while evolving, and Han He warned them that Evil Sin could gather information in places where it appeared.
• The three returned to the dormitory, where caretaker Huang Daye said he had not seen their homeroom teacher, Liu Zhipeng, and then quietly left after they went inside.
• Huang Daye seized a neighboring-class student's phone, called the wrong number before reaching the student's teacher, and sent the watching students away.
• Shi Yu grew suspicious of Huang Daye's behavior as his ability and thoughts stirred and lights-out neared.

Hu Zihao became trapped in a bathroom by an evil abomination that distorted his memories and surroundings, while the talisman Han He gave him briefly helped him resist. Han He and Shi Yu eventually pulled him out, but Shi Yu collapsed and the incident ended at three in the morning.

• Hu Zihao went to the bathroom with Shi Yu and Han He, then realized they had vanished and that it was past eleven at night.
• Hu Zihao saw an evil abomination outside the window, and Han He's talisman shattered as it helped Hu Zihao break free of the creature's control.
• The abomination chased Hu Zihao into the washroom, trapped him behind a locked door, and filled the room with foul water and human remains.
• Hu Zihao climbed onto the door handle to escape the rising corpse water, and Han He tore the handle off from outside, flinging Hu Zihao into the hallway.
• Hu Zihao found the washroom empty and his clothes dry, while Shi Yu lay pale and soaked nearby; it was three in the morning.

Shi Yu and Han He discovered that the Evil Sin was erasing memories and distorting perception as it trapped Hu Zihao in the washroom. Shi Yu’s luck opened the door, and after seeing a stairway of ten steps, he woke with new abilities that let him influence coincidences and move objects.

• Shi Yu found that students forgot classmates who had disappeared, while Han He checked the ritual items he planned to use.
• Han He sensed danger, used a broken twig to reveal a hidden wall, and found the washroom door sealed by the Evil Sin.
• Shi Yu followed Han He and used his luck to make the washroom latch break, freeing Hu Zihao.
• Shi Yu saw a mysterious stairway with ten steps, touched its first step, and collapsed unconscious.
• Shi Yu woke with a clear mind and tested his new ability by predicting Wang Liang’s actions and sliding a water bottle across the desk.

Shi Yu described his newly awakened Thought ability while Han He explained his Hunter inheritance and demonstrated a ritual. As the three planned to weaken the abomination by thwarting its killings, police arrived at the school to conduct an inspection without the principal accompanying them.

• Shi Yu told Hu Zihao and Han He that he had awakened Thought, with Coincidence as its first tier, and explained the ability's limits.
• Han He explained his Hunter inheritance and performed the minor ritual Veins of Green Blood using ritual materials and a dagger.
• Shi Yu said Hu Zihao's mark had vanished and proposed watching for the abomination's next target so they could thwart it again that night.
• Shi Yu warned that he would avoid using his ability on Yang Desheng openly, while Han He noticed two school administrators waiting with Yang Desheng at the gate.
• Yang Desheng called for help, and four police officers arrived at Yishi No. 12 Middle School to conduct an urgent safety inspection.
• The lead officer refused Zhang Ya's offer to guide them or provide tea and sent the principal away before the inspection began.

Zhang Ya reveled in his growing supernatural power while police officers investigated a suspicious call at No. 12 Middle School. Wu Xiaofeng found a hidden warning telling him to get out and realized that ghosts had begun appearing in the world.

• Zhang Ya used his power to agitate a sleeping person's light and entered the principal's office, thanking the being that had given him his abilities.
• Li Yanguo and Wu Xiaofeng analyzed the suspicious emergency call and decided the school might be hiding a serious incident.
• Li Yanguo prevented Yang Desheng from accompanying the officers, and Wu Xiaofeng slipped away to inspect the dormitories.
• Huang Daye followed Wu Xiaofeng and secretly passed him a cigarette pack with the message, "There's a ghost. Get out!"
• Wu Xiaofeng read the warning and recalled his mentor's words and strange recent cases, concluding that ghosts had started appearing in the world.

Wu Xiaofeng and Li Yanguo left the school after Huang Daye covertly urged Wu Xiaofeng to remember their encounter, while Shi Yu tried to use his Thought ability to reach the police. Shi Yu’s numb legs delayed him until he stumbled into Yuan Qiu, whom he told, “I'm fine, but I have a problem.”

• Huang Daye gave Wu Xiaofeng cigarettes and gripped his arm, insisting he find a way to remember the encounter.
• Wu Xiaofeng marked his arm to preserve the message and left with Li Yanguo and the other officers.
• Shi Yu practiced moving objects with his mind as Han He and Hu Zihao watched.
• After learning that police officers would give a safety talk, Shi Yu used Thought to try to ensure he would meet one.
• Shi Yu’s legs went numb, delaying him while Han He and Hu Zihao went ahead to contact the police.
• Yuan Qiu rushed out of the restroom, nearly collided with Shi Yu, and heard him say he had a problem.

Shi Yu exhausted himself using “Thought” to persuade a police officer to remember his warning about the monster at No. 12 Middle School. After the officers discovered their school footage had been corrupted, Wu Xiaofeng found a hidden warning and hurried to the mysterious Snow Cedar office.

• Shi Yu returned to his classmates after warning an officer, but two consecutive uses of “Thought” left him drained and confused.
• Han He and Hu Zihao explained that Shi Yu had overused his Origin and hoped help would arrive that afternoon.
• Yang Desheng and Zhang Ya watched the police leave and said nothing could stop their tide.
• Li Yanguo found that the officers’ body-camera footage from the school had become unclear and reported the anomaly despite Yuan Qiu’s objections.
• Wu Xiaofeng discovered an arrow-shaped scratch pointing to a cigarette pack containing a warning that a memory-affecting monster was killing students at No. 12 Middle School.
• Wu Xiaofeng left to seek help and stopped outside an office marked “Snow Cedar.”

Wu Xiaofeng reported the strange callout to Snow Cedar deputy captain Shen Bai, who identified it as the work of an Evil Sin that had erased the officers’ memories. Shen Bai began restoring their memories and discovered that Yuan Qiu’s memories resisted the erasure, while Liu Yiyi rushed off to prepare the team to hunt the creature and recruit him.

• Wu Xiaofeng told Shen Bai that the police officers’ body cameras had failed and that he had found scratches, a cigarette pack, and a note after investigating a suspicious call.
• Shen Bai examined the four officers and concluded that an Evil Sin had altered their memories.
• Liu Yiyi learned that another gifted individual was involved and hurried off with He Siying to organize the hunt and recruit the prospect.
• Shen Bai found that Yuan Qiu’s memories retained a weak counterforce and explained that he could cut and mend memory threads.
• Shen Bai raised his scissors toward Yuan Qiu, who fainted from fright before the procedure began.

Shi Yu was tricked into the Inner World and trapped in a wardrobe by Zhang Ya, while Hu Zihao returned to dorm room 225 and was drawn into the bathroom by Liu Zunfu’s ghost. The chapter left Hu Zihao facing Liu Zunfu as the ghost demanded company.

• Han He sensed something watching the group and dragged Shi Yu away, but Shi Yu realized the figure holding him was not Han He and cut his own hand trying to escape.
• Shi Yu used coins and his Thought ability to find a hidden door, but ran into a metal barrier and was shoved into a wardrobe by Zhang Ya.
• Zhang Ya said the evil abomination would use Shi Yu as nourishment, then withdrew as darkness stirred around the wardrobe.
• Hu Zihao returned to dorm room 225 and worried about Liu Zunfu, while his sleeping roommates seemed to have forgotten their teacher.
• A strange breeze and synchronized snores unsettled Hu Zihao until he tore the bathroom door handle from the door and heard Liu Zunfu behind him.
• Hu Zihao saw Liu Zunfu’s ruined face in the mirror and realized he was in the washroom as Liu Zunfu told everyone to keep him company.

Han He discovered that Huang Daye had been murdered by an intelligent Evil Sin and realized there were two Evil Sins at the school. He killed Principal Zhang Ya after resisting his emotion-based ability, while Liu Yiyi and He Siying raced toward the school.

• Han He inferred that Huang Daye had secretly called the police, then found Huang Daye dead in the surveillance room as a strange shadow vanished.
• Han He concluded that at least two Evil Sins were present and recognized that one was still nearby after the shadow left.
• Shen Bai told Liu Yiyi that an intelligent Evil Sin and a Netherworld were at Yi City No. 12 Middle School, and Liu Yiyi sped toward the school with He Siying.
• Han He entered Room 225, resisted Principal Zhang Ya's perception attack, and broke Zhang Ya's arm when he attacked from behind.
• Zhang Ya used his ability to overwhelm Han He with despair and urge him to kill himself, but Han He feigned submission and cut Zhang Ya's throat.
• Han He left Room 225 as Zhang Ya died, while the room's four sleeping occupants remained unaware.

Shi Yu escaped the abomination’s wardrobe and rushed to save Hu Zihao, only to find a powerful woman rescuing him from the bathroom. As Shi Yu and Han He treated Hu Zihao, Shi Yu discovered that Hu Zihao had awakened an ability of his own.

• Shi Yu used his power to force open the wardrobe and escaped into his dorm room.
• Shi Yu saw Han He emerge from Room 225, bloodied, and the two hurried toward the bathroom to reach Hu Zihao.
• A fiery woman burst through the bathroom wall carrying Hu Zihao, sealed his chest wound with heat, and charged inside.
• Shi Yu and Han He reached Hu Zihao and began tending to his severe injuries.
• Shi Yu sensed Origin in Hu Zihao and realized that he had awakened an ability.

Hu Zihao endured the Evil Sin’s brutal attack until his refusal to surrender awakened the first step of Resilience, Unyielding. As the Evil Sin moved to kill him, blazing power tore through the washroom and a fire-wielding figure rescued him, though Hu Zihao passed out from his wounds.

• The Evil Sin trapped Hu Zihao in a centipede illusion, making him suffer horrific injuries as the insects crawled over and into his body.
• Hu Zihao fought back by biting the centipedes, then realized they had vanished and that he had been biting the sink.
• The Evil Sin severed Hu Zihao’s leg tendons and crushed his body, but after his apparent death he saw his family’s old house and climbed its steps.
• Hu Zihao awakened the first step of Resilience, Unyielding, and drew on newfound power, though his broken body still could not move.
• Blazing power and a gale burst into the washroom, shredding the Evil Sin as it tried to stab Hu Zihao.
• A fire-wielding figure shielded Hu Zihao and carried him away, and Hu Zihao passed out from the pain in his chest.

He Siying killed Yang Desheng, an Evil Sin disguised as a man, and another Evil Sin that tried to flee, while Liu Yiyi destroyed the Netherworld and its creatures. The group reunited at the boys’ dormitory after saving Hu Zihao, and Liu Yiyi offered to show Shi Yu, Han He, and Hu Zihao three treasures.

• He Siying recognized that the destroyed level 3 Netherworld was not the main threat, then pulverized Yang Desheng when he attacked her.
• He Siying overcame the Evil Sin’s memory interference, lifted it with wind, and crushed it before collecting its black crystal.
• Huo Qiuliang found He Siying, confirmed she had lost about a day of memories, and reviewed the operation with her as they headed to the dormitory.
• Liu Yiyi burned away the Netherworld fissure and the Evil Sins pouring from it, while Shi Yu and Han He kept Hu Zihao alive.
• He Siying and Huo Qiuliang joined Liu Yiyi, Shi Yu, Han He, and Hu Zihao at the dormitory, where Liu Yiyi offered to show the three survivors some treasures.

Shen Bai stopped the school administrators from harming anyone while they died from the backlash of their severed connection to the lord. Meanwhile, Liu Yiyi and He Siying left Huo Qiuliang to explain the hidden world to Shi Yu and Han He as they went to find Shen Bai.

• The seven administrators discovered that their connection to the lord had been severed and that their bodies were rotting.
• The vice principal tried to reach the girls' dormitory to absorb fear, but Shen Bai killed him with a thread.
• Shen Bai warned the remaining administrators to stay put and wait for the backlash to kill them, but Ge Gen attacked him and died from a needle strike.
• Shen Bai told the five surviving administrators they had twenty-three minutes left and promised to look after their remains.
• Liu Yiyi told Huo Qiuliang to explain gifted individuals and the hidden world to Shi Yu and Han He, then left with He Siying to search for Shen Bai.

Shi Yu learned that Huang Daye had been killed after calling the police and found a note explaining the monsters at school and Huang Daye’s plan to save the children. Huo Qiuliang took the note to keep it safe, leaving Shi Yu and Han He grieving in the surveillance room.

• Han He told Shi Yu that the Evil Sin had killed Huang Daye after discovering he had called the police.
• Shi Yu found a folded paper beneath Huang Daye’s desk and read its insults on the outside.
• Shi Yu, Han He, and Huo Qiuliang read Huang Daye’s warning that the school administrators were accomplices to man-eating monsters and that Huang Daye had become one of them.
• Huang Daye’s note described his attempt to save the children and asked that his two rings be buried inside his pillow.
• Huo Qiuliang folded the note, took it to keep safe for the captain, and left the room while Shi Yu and Han He remained behind.

Huo Qiuliang explained Gifted people and Netherworlds to Shi Yu and Han He while Shen Bai treated Hu Zihao. Liu Yiyi recruited Han He and Shi Yu after both revealed they had no family left, leaving the room tense and awkward.

• Huo Qiuliang introduced himself as a Gifted and explained that Gifted people awakened abilities without studying, unlike Heirs.
• Huo Qiuliang explained that Netherworlds were nests containing Evil Sins, and that killing every Evil Sin caused a Netherworld to collapse.
• Liu Yiyi carried Shen Bai into the guardroom, where he introduced himself and began stitching up Hu Zihao.
• Liu Yiyi warned Shi Yu and Han He about the dangers of joining her team, and Han He said he would join because he was the only one left in his family.
• Shi Yu also agreed to join after saying that he had no family left, and Liu Yiyi struggled to respond.

After the school’s Evil Sin was defeated, Shen Bai sent Shi Yu and Han He to pack their belongings while the students and teachers recovered. Shi Yu wrestled with whether to join the authorities, then left the dorm with Han He after saying goodbye to it.

• He Siying told Shen Bai that the mutants were dead and that the police would soon arrive.
• Shen Bai said he could handle the authorities and told Shi Yu and Han He to pack their necessities before leaving.
• Liu Yiyi slammed her head into the desk by the surveillance monitors.
• Shi Yu and Han He packed their luggage while their sleeping classmates began recovering from the Evil Sin’s corruption, though their lost memories would not return.
• Shi Yu agonized over his fear and his choice to join the authorities, then said goodbye to his dorm room.
• Han He interrupted Shi Yu, and they left together as Shi Yu denied saying goodbye.

After the Evil Sin incident, Shi Yu and Huo Qiuliang left the school together, and Shi Yu reasoned that the authorities were divided over whether to reveal supernatural threats to the public. Shi Yu decided to join Huo Qiuliang’s team and try to persuade Hu Zihao to join as well, then asked how much their allowance would be.

• Huo Qiuliang arranged to take Hu Zihao to the hospital and offered to cover Shi Yu and Han He's fare home; Han He asked to stay at Shi Yu’s home instead.
• Shi Yu and Huo Qiuliang left the school, and Huo Qiuliang told their taxi driver a sensationalized story about a cult to spread awareness of the danger.
• Shi Yu deduced that conservative officials were concealing the truth about Evil Sins and that Heirs and gifted people might be at risk.
• Shi Yu told Huo Qiuliang he would join the team and try to convince Hu Zihao to join too.
• As they entered Shi Yu’s apartment building, Shi Yu asked how much the team paid, and Huo Qiuliang corrected him that it was an allowance.

Shi Yu asked Huo Qiuliang to explain the Netherworld and learned about its common types and a rare dream-based case. Huo Qiuliang revealed that the Haishi Night Wandering Incident had been resolved by a talent user called “Night Beyond Sight,” whose recorded stairway and rank were “Silence.”

• Shi Yu let Huo Qiuliang into his home, and Huo Qiuliang explained that their official allowance was 4,000 yuan, with additional funds available for reasonable expenses.
• At Shi Yu’s request, Huo Qiuliang described inward-converging Netherworlds, which had visible entrances that only Evil Sins could pass through, and outward-expanding Netherworlds, which enveloped areas of reality.
• Huo Qiuliang explained that rare Netherworlds could exist in dreams or the subconscious, and said one had caused the Haishi Night Wandering Incident ten years earlier.
• Huo Qiuliang said a talent user had resolved the incident with others’ help and named the user’s stairway as “Night Beyond Sight.”
• Huo Qiuliang recalled the classified record identifying “Night Beyond Sight” as seventh rank, “Silence.”

Huo Qiuliang explained the Staircase and revealed why Shi Yu needed to hide his ten steps. He warned Shi Yu about the danger of attracting the conservatives’ attention, then disclosed that his own unusual Staircase was called the Staircase of Lies.

• Huo Qiuliang explained that Gifted climbed the Staircase while Heirs pursued Arts, and said talent determined a Gifted person's potential and number of steps.
• Shi Yu admitted he had ten steps, and Huo Qiuliang recognized that he was telling the truth.
• Huo Qiuliang warned Shi Yu to claim he had seven steps, explaining that powerful officials in major cities might seize and control someone with ten.
• Huo Qiuliang said he and others had been exiled to the remote county town, then urged Shi Yu to keep his steps hidden and expressed hope that someone would destroy every Evil Sin.
• Huo Qiuliang revealed that he had never seen his own Staircase's steps or door, and named it the Staircase of Lies.

Shi Yu tested his ability on Huo Qiuliang, then spent the evening with Han He, who gave him a protective Talisman and urged him to keep moving forward. Shi Yu found courage in Han He’s words, while Han He ended the night questioning whether he had made the right choice in the past.

• Huo Qiuliang demonstrated his ability to overwhelm Shi Yu with unease and curiosity, then Shi Yu retaliated by causing him to sneeze and suffer stomach trouble.
• Huo Qiuliang tried to discover Shi Yu’s ability, but Shi Yu refused to reveal it and caught him hiding in the house before he finally left.
• Han He arrived with food and ritual materials, gave Shi Yu a Talisman, and told him not to fear failure or death.
• Han He encouraged Shi Yu to keep moving forward, and Shi Yu cried before composing himself and preparing for bed.
• Han He remembered his grandfather’s words and, holding his dagger, wondered whether he had been right.

Shi Yu, Huo Qiuliang, and Han He visited Hu Zihao in the hospital, where they uncovered an attack by an impostor nurse. Shen Bai identified the captured attacker as a Curtain-Caller, and Hu Zihao’s mother demanded an explanation.

• Shi Yu, Huo Qiuliang, and Han He went to the hospital to visit Hu Zihao and met his mother, Feng Wanshu.
• Feng Wanshu told them Hu Zihao had briefly woken the previous night, then fallen back asleep after acting strangely.
• Shi Yu sensed something was wrong with the nurse, and Huo Qiuliang challenged her story.
• Li Yan injected Hu Zihao with a syringe, but Hu Zihao woke unharmed as Shi Yu, Huo Qiuliang, and Han He subdued her.
• Shen Bai entered the room and identified Li Yan as a Curtain-Caller, and Feng Wanshu demanded an explanation.