Recaps

Three killers came to abduct Zhou Yuan, but Gu Qing confronted them at the rental and swiftly knocked down their muscular leader. The other two killers remained inside, and the fight was still unfolding.

• Three members of the killer group were ordered to bring Zhou Yuan back and kill Gu Qing.
• Gu Qing heard a pistol being cocked, spotted three killers approaching, and told Zhou Yuan to hide.
• Zhou Yuan hid and called the public security department while Gu Qing waited with the door open.
• The three killers entered and demanded to know where Zhou Yuan was, but Gu Qing said they posed no threat to him.
• The tank-top killer mutated and attacked Gu Qing, who kicked him into a wall and left him silent.

Gu Qing survived the assassins’ gunfire unharmed, killed the two attackers as they tried to escape, and found their accomplice already dead. As police arrived, he learned through a rat in the air-conditioning pipe that the mission had failed and everyone was dead.

• The bespectacled man and the middle-aged man shot Gu Qing repeatedly, but the bullets bounced off his face, and they mistook him for an Awakened sent by the Night Court.
• Gu Qing asked what the Night Court and Awakened were, then stopped the two fleeing assassins by piercing their thighs with chopsticks.
• The two assassins shot themselves dead, and Gu Qing discovered that the tank-top man had also died from his kick.
• Police sirens approached, and Gu Qing told Zhou Yuan to leave the bedroom after dealing with the assassins.
• A rat squeaked from an air-conditioning pipe, and Gu Qing saw the message that the mission had failed and all were dead before killing the rat with a chopstick.

After Gu Qing killed three rat-worshipping attackers, Lin Tianyang explained the hidden supernatural world and why they had targeted Zhou Yuan. Gu Qing learned what an Awakened was, but the source and nature of his own powers remained unclear.

• Gu Qing told the public security officers that he had killed one attacker, while the other two had shot themselves, and then spoke privately with Lin Tianyang.
• Lin Tianyang asked whether Gu Qing was an Awakened, and Gu Qing added him on WeChat after saying he did not know what that meant.
• Lin Tianyang explained that monsters granted powers to human followers and identified the dead attackers as worshippers of the rat-related monster called the Source of Plague.
• Lin Tianyang said the attackers had targeted Zhou Yuan because his Universal Antitoxin Vaccine research might reduce the bodily harm caused by their powers.
• Lin Tianyang explained that Awakened people generated supernatural powers themselves, unlike people who gained powers through contact with supernatural things.

Lin Tianyang explained the supernatural world and invited Gu Qing to join the Night Court, while warning him that the monster’s followers had infiltrated his university. After Zhou Yuan was taken away for protection, Gu Qing returned to campus and wondered whether his Label Ability made him an Awakened rather than a Paranormal Contact.

• Lin Tianyang explained the difference between living and nonliving Supernatural Items and compared Awakened with Paranormal Contacts.
• Lin Tianyang invited Gu Qing to join the Night Court, and Gu Qing asked for a few days to consider the offer.
• Lin Tianyang warned Gu Qing that the monster’s followers might be at his university and that abnormal rats could act as their eyes and ears.
• Lin Tianyang and his partner took Zhou Yuan away for protection and possible recruitment, leaving Gu Qing unable to farm attributes from him for now.
• Gu Qing returned to Haicheng University and suspected that his strength meant he was an Awakened, perhaps an exceptionally powerful one.

Gu Qing learned that his growth far outpaced other supernatural beings and began killing abnormal rats suspected of aiding a monster. A mysterious woman watched him from the shadows, decided his supernatural power would help her evolve, and continued stalking him after he returned to his dorm.

• Gu Qing wondered whether Bai Ningyu had become an Awakened and hoped she would have a better life.
• Gu Qing spotted a fat rat whose thoughts revealed that it wanted to eat humans, then killed it with a thrown rock.
• A woman watched Gu Qing from a university rooftop and resolved to devour the supernatural power inside him.
• Gu Qing sensed he was being watched on his way back to the dorm, but saw nothing on the rooftop he checked.
• Gu Qing joined Gao Fei, Qian Duole, and Chen Zijie for barbecue, then felt watched again and searched outside from the balcony.
• The woman clung to a nearby dormitory building and confirmed that Gu Qing could sense her, deciding he would become nourishment for her evolution.

Gu Qing persuaded Yang Yuntong to study with him for three days so he could build his learning ability. After studying intensely together, he gained the exceptional comprehension attribute.

• Gu Qing asked Yang Yuntong to study with him for three days and offered her a deluxe Yiyang Junyuan album set and meals in return.
• Gu Qing and Yang Yuntong studied together for eight hours on Thursday, raising his progress toward exceptional comprehension to 78/100.
• Gu Qing studied with Yang Yuntong for fifteen hours on Friday, bringing his progress to 93/100.
• Gu Qing brought Yang Yuntong to the library before dawn on Saturday and studied with her until his accumulated learning ability reached 100.
• Gu Qing obtained the exceptional comprehension attribute, which greatly enhanced his learning ability.

Gu Qing tested his exceptional comprehension by scoring 138 on a Gaokao mathematics paper and decided to visit his family and former teacher. After Huang Xiaoyue sent him provocative photos and invited herself on a date and home with him, he resisted the temptation and declined.

• Gu Qing and Yang Yuntong left the library for lunch, and Gu Qing thanked her for studying with him before saying he was done.
• Gu Qing reviewed high school mathematics and scored 138 on a past Gaokao paper, impressing himself with his exceptional comprehension.
• Gu Qing decided to visit his parents and younger sister and catch up with Liu Zhiyi to gain abilities from her [Beast Taming King] tag.
• Huang Xiaoyue sent Gu Qing photos of herself in stockings and invited him to touch them and meet up.
• Gu Qing suppressed his desire, exchanged flirtatious messages with Huang Xiaoyue, declined her invitation to go home with him, and continued toward the university gates.

Gu Qing returned home with cookies from Xia Shuran and sat down to eat the meal his parents had saved for him. The chapter ended with him home for the evening, while his younger sister remained in her room.

• Xia Shuran gave Gu Qing a bag of cookies and said her father had asked her to come home, so they walked to the campus gate together.
• Xia Shuran stayed with Gu Qing until his bus arrived, then booked a Didi after he left.
• Gu Qing reached home and glimpsed Liu Zhiyi training pets at the Pokémon Pet Store across the street.
• Wen Wanyi reheated food she had saved for Gu Qing, and Gu Mingbo urged him to eat the chicken drumstick.
• Gu Qing sat down to eat and asked, “What’s this?”

Gu Qing went with Gu Yao to the pet store, where a woman and her relatives attacked Liu Zhiyi and began destroying the shop. Gu Qing discovered that a shadowy monster in a tree was controlling the women through threads and draining their energy.

• Wen Wanyi and Gu Mingbo tried the cookies Gu Qing brought home, while Gu Yao teased him about having a girlfriend.
• Gu Qing and Gu Yao left for the pet store, where they saw Auntie Zhang arguing with the residential complex's security guard.
• Auntie Zhang barged into the pet store and accused Liu Zhiyi of seducing her husband, then called her daughter-in-law and daughter to join her.
• The two younger women arrived, abused Liu Zhiyi, and began smashing items in the store while Gu Qing contacted the public security department.
• Gu Qing spotted threads linking the three women to a shifting black humanoid in a tree, which drew energy from them.

Gu Qing spotted a supernatural shadow controlling threads and contacted Lin Tianyang of the Night Court for help. While guarding Liu Zhiyi and Gu Yao, he failed to stop a thread from attaching itself to Gu Yao, leaving her in danger.

• Gu Qing confirmed that Gu Yao could not see the shadow on the banyan tree and called Lin Tianyang to report the suspected supernatural incident.
• Gu Qing tried to record the shadow and the threads above three crazed women, but neither appeared on his phone; he sent Lin Tianyang a video of the women and waited for the Night Court.
• Gu Qing noticed a new thread moving toward the pet shop and used Lightning-Fast Reflexes to pull Gu Yao out of its path.
• The thread vanished, then reappeared attached above Gu Yao's head, and Gu Qing could see but could not touch it.
• Gu Yao demanded to know why Gu Qing was waving his hand over her head.

Gu Qing fought a dark shape that had connected strange threads to Gu Yao and several other women, then pursued it after discovering it could infect people and escape through their bodies. The chase continued beyond the residential community as Gu Qing realized supernatural enemies could be more troublesome than he had expected.

• Gu Qing knocked out Gu Yao and the three affected women, then left Sister Zhiyi to watch over Gu Yao as he rushed after the dark shape.
• Gu Qing struck the shape beneath an old banyan tree, but it enveloped him in black threads and flooded his mind with negative emotions.
• Gu Qing used his Knotted Muscles attribute and Qi and Blood Power to force the threads out and burn them, causing the shape to reform and flee.
• The shape hid inside passing people and stirred their hostility, so Gu Qing knocked them unconscious and contacted Lin Tianyang to request help from the Night Court.
• The shape escaped again at greatly increased speed, and Gu Qing chased it out of the residential community.

Gu Qing watched Liu Zhiyi destroy the elusive shadow with her Fire Crow and learned more about how such entities could be defeated. Liu Zhiyi revealed that she was Captain Liu, Lin Tianyang’s superior, and flew away on her enlarged crow, leaving Gu Qing eager to gain the Beast Taming King ability.

• The shadow climbed an unfinished building, while Gu Qing remained below, unable to catch it.
• Liu Zhiyi arrived on a flame-wreathed Fire Crow and burned the shadow away.
• Liu Zhiyi explained that the shadow was a mental-power entity and asked whether Gu Qing was a Paranormal Contact or a supernatural Awakened; Gu Qing said he did not know.
• Gu Qing learned that Liu Zhiyi was Lin Tianyang’s superior when two Night Court members arrived and addressed her as Captain Liu.
• Liu Zhiyi sent the two Night Court members back to the residential community, then enlarged her Fire Crow and flew away on its back.
• Gu Qing felt excited about Liu Zhiyi’s Beast Taming King tag and looked forward to obtaining Blood Essence Enslavement.

After the black shadow’s attack, Gu Qing learned that Liu Zhiyi was a Night Court leader and that his Residential Community was safe. Knowing she was in the organization, he decided to join the Night Court and planned to contact Lin Tianyang on Monday.

• Gu Qing returned to Liu Zhiyi’s pet shop, where Night Court agents took over the scene and removed the three women whose emotions had been contaminated.
• Liu Zhiyi reassured Gu Qing that Gu Yao was unharmed, and Gu Qing woke his sister before taking her home.
• Gu Qing returned to the shop and learned that Liu Zhiyi had awakened her beast taming ability through years of training pets after her family went bankrupt.
• Liu Zhiyi explained that the black shadow’s true body had left the Residential Community after leaving the shadow there to absorb negative emotions, and she confirmed the neighborhood was safe.
• Gu Qing told Liu Zhiyi how he had met Lin Tianyang and decided to join the Night Court, planning to see Lin at school on Monday.
• Gu Qing and Liu Zhiyi trained animals together for two hours, increasing his beast language ability and beast taming skill twice.

Gu Qing decided to join Night Court and planned to seek out new supernatural attributes while waiting for the recruitment test. At home, he checked on Gu Yao, then saw Liu Zhiyi’s notice that her shop would close Sunday and received swimsuit photos from Huang Xiaoyue.

• Gu Qing agreed with Lin Tianyang to attend Night Court’s recruitment test on Monday at two in the afternoon.
• Gu Qing reflected on his inability to fly and planned to find attributes that could help him fight supernatural enemies.
• Gu Qing visited Gu Yao’s room, joked with her, and left after forgetting the food he claimed to bring.
• Gu Qing saw Liu Zhiyi’s post saying Pokémon Pet Store would be closed Sunday and worried he would have fewer chances to gain attributes from her.
• Huang Xiaoyue sent Gu Qing a dozen swimsuit photos and asked whether she looked cute.

Gu Qing returned to Haicheng University after arranging to bring Xia Shuran and Huang Xiaoyue mung bean cakes. The chapter ended as he heard a sweet voice calling to him after he got out of the car.

• Gu Qing told Wen Wanyi he had removed his mosquito net, and she agreed to make mung bean cakes for him to take to school.
• Gu Qing arranged with Xia Shuran to bring her mung bean cakes when they returned to school that evening.
• Gu Qing told Huang Xiaoyue he would bring her mung bean cakes, and she offered to meet him wearing stockings.
• Gu Qing left home with his sister and arrived at Haicheng University around seven thirty.
• A sweet voice called to Gu Qing as he got out of the car.

Gu Qing prepared to join the Night Court while Huang Xiaoyue revealed herself as a monster after luring a fitness trainer into an alley. The next morning, Gu Qing examined his attributes, wondered how to upgrade or fuse them, and watched Xia Shuran’s martial arts video go viral.

• Gu Qing gave Huang Xiaoyue mung bean cakes and declined her invitations to spend the night or go to the gym.
• Gu Qing exchanged pastries with Xia Shuran and told her he could not practice martial arts with her the next afternoon because he had plans with Lin Tianyang to apply to the Night Court.
• Huang Xiaoyue lured a muscular fitness trainer into an alley, revealed a monstrous maw, and swallowed him.
• Gu Qing checked his attribute panel and tried unsuccessfully to upgrade Devouring and fuse Exceptional Comprehension with Knotted Muscles.
• Gu Qing watched Xia Shuran defeat several opponents in a video posted by the Extreme Summer Martial Arts School and read the reactions it drew.

Gu Qing went with Lin Tianyang to the Night Court headquarters for an Aptitude Test and learned that most of its staff were ordinary professionals. Lin Tianyang said two supernaturally Awakened newcomers would take the test with Gu Qing, leaving him eager to see their abilities and farm their tags.

• Gu Qing stopped sitting with Yang Yuntong after deciding he no longer needed to farm her [Top Student] tag, and he told her he was reconsidering graduate school.
• Gu Qing met Lin Tianyang at Haicheng University and rode with him to the Night Court headquarters on the outskirts of Haicheng.
• Gu Qing saw only [Night Court Member] tags at the headquarters and asked Lin Tianyang why the staff seemed ordinary.
• Lin Tianyang explained that fewer than a thousand people in Haicheng had supernatural abilities, so the Night Court hired ordinary professionals to handle administrative work.
• Lin Tianyang told Gu Qing that two supernaturally Awakened newcomers would take the Aptitude Test with him, and Gu Qing hoped their powers would give him new tags to farm.

Lin Tianyang encountered his rival He Haikun at the Night Court and learned that He had recruited two paranormal Awakened, leaving Lin discouraged about his own luck. Meanwhile, Gu Qing completed his recruitment paperwork with Jiang Wanqiao and headed to the paranormal testing room.

• Lin Tianyang introduced Gu Qing to Jiang Wanqiao and asked her to take him through recruitment and paranormal testing.
• Lin Tianyang ran into He Haikun, his former rival, and recalled how He had taken his girlfriend and beaten him after awakening as a paranormal Awakened.
• He Haikun's subordinate told Lin Tianyang that He had recruited two paranormal Awakened for testing, dampening Lin's excitement about finding Gu Qing.
• Jiang Wanqiao chatted with Gu Qing on the way to the testing room, exchanged WeChat details with him, and told him her name.
• Gu Qing filled out his personal information with Jiang Wanqiao and then continued with her to the paranormal testing room.

Gu Qing entered the Night Court’s supernatural testing room, where he met the Psychic Liu Yue and the Gene fusionist Wu Jiahao. The candidates began lining up for the test, and Wu Jiahao was the first to enter the sealed testing chamber.

• Jiang Wanqiao left Gu Qing at the entrance, and he noticed that her label read [Magical girl].
• Gu Qing entered the testing room and saw labels identifying Liu Yue as a [Psychic] and Wu Jiahao as a [Gene fusionist].
• Liu Yue introduced herself to Gu Qing and told him she had returned from abroad to join the Night Court.
• Wu Jiahao argued with Liu Yue about junior college, then told Gu Qing he would prove his abilities in the test.
• The staff member announced that the machine was ready, and the twelve candidates lined up for testing.
• Wu Jiahao went first, stepped onto the testing platform, and waited as the chamber door closed.

Gu Qing discovered that he had no Supernatural Origin despite believing himself to be a supernatural Awakened, and he wondered whether his label cheat made him stronger than one. As the group moved on to Physical Constitution testing, he learned the two Awakened’s powers and anticipated claiming upgraded versions for himself.

• Wu Jiahao tested at 5% Supernatural Origin, while Zeng Yuan, Shangguan Wenxing, and Zhao Yan each tested at 0%.
• Liu Yue tested at 5%, and Wu Jiahao declared her his rival for the upcoming tests.
• Gu Qing tested at 0% and wondered why he was so powerful if he was not a supernatural Awakened.
• Wu Jiahao revealed that he could fuse organism genes, while Liu Yue said she could use psychic power to manipulate objects from a distance.
• The staff member led everyone toward the Physical Constitution test, while Gu Qing thought he would eventually take both Awakened’s abilities for himself.

Gu Qing noticed a man labeled [Traitor] among the Night Court members as the newcomers began their physical tests. Wu Jiahao activated his ant gene and struck the punching machine with tremendous force, leaving his final score unrevealed.

• Gu Qing entered the physical testing center with the other newcomers and spotted Lin Tianyang beside a slicked-back man labeled [Traitor].
• Gu Qing decided to ask Yang about the suspicious man after the tests, while privately wondering what abilities he could gain from the [Traitor] label.
• A staff member explained the five tests: strength, speed, jumping, reaction, and damage resistance.
• Wu Jiahao asked the group to guess his punching power, drew their exaggerated praise, and finally began the strength test.
• Wu Jiahao activated his ant gene and punched the machine hard enough to shake it as its displayed force climbed past 2,200 kilograms.

Wu Jiahao demonstrated extraordinary physical abilities during the Night Court’s tests, while Gu Qing remained unimpressed and Lin Tianyang hoped Gu Qing would perform well. Liu Yue then began her tests and recorded a powerful punch, though her greatest strength was said to lie in mental abilities.

• Wu Jiahao punched the testing machine with a force of 4,396 kilograms, drawing shocked reactions while Gu Qing remained calm.
• Wu Jiahao used his cheetah, flea, wildcat, turtle, and honey badger genes to excel in the speed, jumping, reaction, and damage resistance tests.
• He Haikun received praise for recruiting Wu Jiahao, while Lin Tianyang hoped Gu Qing would earn him recruitment rewards.
• Three Paranormal Contacts completed ordinary tests, with the strongest recording a punch of 998 kilograms.
• Liu Yue punched the testing machine with a force of 1,842 kilograms, and the onlookers recognized that her specialty was mental control.

Liu Yue demonstrated extraordinary Mental Power Control during the superhuman tests, stopping projectiles and avoiding damage from concentrated sulfuric acid, while Gu Qing resolved to befriend her and develop the same power. After Liu Yue retook the damage resistance test, Gu Qing stepped up to test his punching power as Wu Jiahao grew annoyed that the girls were watching him.

• Liu Yue stopped every soft ball in the reaction-speed chamber, impressing the participants and inspiring Gu Qing to want Mental Power Control for himself.
• Liu Yue halted a bullet beside her temple and used precise mental control to pass concentrated sulfuric acid through her body without contact.
• A staff member made Liu Yue retake the damage resistance test, and her physical results proved ordinary compared with Wu Jiahao's.
• He Haikun received praise from people in black for discovering Wu Jiahao and Liu Yue, while Lin Tianyang silently resented him.
• Gu Qing stepped up to the punching power machine, drawing Liu Yue's attention and irritating Wu Jiahao.

Gu Qing tested his strength and destroyed the punching power tester with a punch, stunning everyone watching. Lin Tianyang and He Haikun realized the college student was far stronger than his Paranormal Contact status suggested, leaving He Haikun curious and Lin Tianyang excited about his recruitment prospects.

• Gu Qing chose not to activate Knotted Muscles mode and punched the tester with half his normal strength, sending it flying into the wall.
• He Haikun mocked Lin Tianyang and said he would advise Gu Qing to use his looks to advance, prompting Lin Tianyang to nearly confront him.
• The crash drew He Haikun and Lin Tianyang's attention, and a man in black reported that Gu Qing had launched the several-ton tester with one punch.
• He Haikun ordered Chen Bo to retrieve the surveillance footage and wondered how Gu Qing had gained such strength.
• Lin Tianyang felt exhilarated by Gu Qing's physical ability, while the people in the testing area, including Wu Jiahao and Liu Yue, stared in shock.

Gu Qing stunned the testing center with extraordinary speed, jumping power, and reflexes. After smashing through the ceiling during a jump test, he freed himself and earned a perfect score in the reflex test.

• Gu Qing ran 400 meters in 3.99 seconds, leaving the observers astonished.
• Gu Qing jumped roughly twenty meters and punched a hole through the ceiling, ending up with his head stuck in it.
• Gu Qing twisted his neck free and dropped back to the floor without injury.
• Gu Qing activated Lightning-Fast Reflexes Mode and dodged every soft ball in the glass chamber, earning a perfect score.