Chapter Summaries

Gu Qing exchanged his reward for the Mist Flag to protect his family and was invited by Song Anni to meet his Monster Assault Team teammates over hot pot. He learned that Jiang Wanqiao had temporarily joined the team for mentoring, and the chapter ended as he entered the private room and saw five conspicuous labels.

• Gu Qing rejected Chu Yuqin's request to add him on WeChat, then invited Wu Jiahao to browse the Storehouse with him.
• Gu Qing redeemed a Mist Flag with his B-rank reward, planning to install it at home for his family's protection.
• Gu Qing agreed to Song Anni's invitation to meet his Monster Assault Team teammates at Cafeteria Two and brought Xia Shuran along.
• Gu Qing met Jiang Wanqiao, who explained that she had temporarily joined the Monster Assault Team to receive mentoring while her instructor was away.
• Gu Qing entered the private room with Xia Shuran and Jiang Wanqiao and saw five conspicuous labels.

At a Monster Assault Team dinner, Jiang Yijia collapsed after secretly probing Gu Qing’s mind, and the team took her to the Medical Building. Guan Qi found severe mental contamination from a force that seemed not to come from Earth and asked whether she had visited an unusual place.

• Song Anni welcomed Gu Qing and Xia Shuran to dinner and introduced them to the Monster Assault Team members Zhou Yang, Gu Yifeng, Tan Wenxing, and Jiang Yijia.
• Jiang Yijia secretly used her mental power to probe Gu Qing’s mind, then screamed, collapsed, and wet herself in terror.
• Tan Wenxing suspected Jiang Yijia’s mind had been contaminated, so Song Anni carried her to the Medical Building while the others followed.
• Gu Qing flew there with Xia Shuran in his arms, surprising Zhou Yang, Gu Yifeng, and Tan Wenxing with his speed.
• Guan Qi examined Jiang Yijia and said her severe mental contamination seemed to come from a force not native to Earth, then asked whether she had visited the Origin Land or mysterious ruins.

After the mysterious forces contaminating Jiang Yijia’s mind resisted Guan Qi’s Purification Art and infected him, Qin Lei and Elder Liang also collapsed when Qin Lei tried to cleanse them. Elder Liang stabilized their injuries with pills, but Jiang Yijia’s condition continued to worsen as the group suspected the forces came from the Origin Land or an ancient ruin.

• Song Anni suggested that a Ratman’s poison might have caused Jiang Yijia’s contamination, but Guan Qi explained that the poison only affected the body.
• Guan Qi used the Purification Art on Jiang Yijia, but the mysterious forces resisted and surged into his mind, leaving him injured and contaminated.
• Qin Lei arrived with Elder Liang and attempted to purify Jiang Yijia and Guan Qi, but the forces injured her and Elder Liang as well.
• Elder Liang took a medicinal pill and gave more to Qin Lei, Guan Qi, and Jiang Yijia, stabilizing the adults’ injuries while Jiang Yijia’s condition worsened.
• Guan Qi told Qin Lei that the contaminating forces likely came from the Origin Land or ancient ruins linked to other alternate spaces.

Gu Qing learned from the Magic Mirror that Jiang Yijia had been injured after using her mind-reading ability to see the Divine Maiden in his memories. Elder Liang saved Jiang Yijia with a rare flower, and Song Anni and her veteran teammates promised to help him expand Night Court’s territory in the Origin Land after eliminating the Rat God Cult and the Fox Woman Clan; Elder Liang left Gu Qing urging him to join the expedition in a week.

• Gu Qing questioned how Jiang Yijia had been contaminated, and the Magic Mirror explained that she had incurred the Divine Maiden’s punishment by peering into his memories.
• Qin Lei said she could not treat Jiang Yijia, while the Magic Mirror warned that Jiang Yijia’s mind would collapse unless someone intervened.
• Elder Liang offered to save Jiang Yijia with a Genshin Impact Flower petal, which would restore her mind to its state three months earlier but erase those memories.
• Song Anni, Zhou Yang, Gu Yifeng, and Tan Wenxing agreed to help Elder Liang expand territory in the Origin Land after their team eradicated the Rat God Cult and the Fox Woman Clan.
• Elder Liang gave Jiang Yijia the petal, saving her life, and explained that she would wake after a day or two without memories of the past three months.
• Elder Liang urged Gu Qing to join him in the Origin Land in a week, then left the infirmary.

Elder Liang arranged for a powerful Steward to investigate Gu Qing, while the Divine Maiden allowed the Nation-Destroying Witch to serve her in Gu Qing’s mind. At a team dinner, Gu Qing learned about the Monster Assault Team and its dangerous organized enemies, and Song Anni began praising Jiang Wanqiao.

• Elder Liang decided a Chief Captain was not powerful enough to investigate Gu Qing and persuaded a Steward to take the assignment.
• The Divine Maiden summoned the Nation-Destroying Witch, who feared punishment but instead massaged the Divine Maiden’s shoulders.
• Song Anni toasted Gu Qing’s admission to the Monster Assault Team, and Gu Qing privately mocked her claim that her leadership had raised the team’s strength.
• Xia Shuran tasted the beer left in Gu Qing’s glass, while Jiang Wanqiao tried some of Song Anni’s milk and suspected it was unusual.
• Song Anni described strange monsters and warned that the organized Rat God Cult and Fox Woman Clan were far more troublesome.
• Song Anni turned the conversation to Jiang Wanqiao and began praising the novice Transcendent in front of Gu Qing.

Gu Qing learned more about Jiang Wanqiao’s powerful support magic and watched Xia Shuran join Song Anni’s Monster Assault Team as logistical support. He left the cafeteria with Xia Shuran to return home, but their motorcycle ride began at a dangerous speed.

• Gu Qing learned that Jiang Wanqiao had 10% supernatural origin content, seventh-order mental strength, and short-lived spells that boosted speed, defense, and healing by about five percent.
• Xia Shuran asked Song Anni to join the Monster Assault Team as a logistics worker, and Song Anni agreed because of her close relationship with Gu Qing.
• Gu Qing left the gathering early to celebrate his deputy captain position with his family, then bought ghost-shadow squid meat from the cafeteria proprietress and paid her twenty thousand.
• Gu Qing and Xia Shuran went to the rooftop, where she asked to ride his motorcycle home instead of flying, and he agreed.
• Gu Qing set the motorcycle on the road and let Xia Shuran drive, but she immediately accelerated to two hundred kilometers an hour despite this being only her second ride.

Gu Qing and Xia Shuran encountered He Haikun, who used his Shadow Superpower to demonstrate his strength and secretly test Gu Qing’s intentions. Gu Qing pretended to be eager to serve as a Double Agent for the Fox Woman Clan, while He Haikun continued plotting to deceive and discredit him.

• Xia Shuran braked when the sky darkened, and Gu Qing used Psychic Control to keep them and the motorcycle from crashing.
• A shadow enveloped Gu Qing and Xia Shuran, stripping away their senses before shrinking into He Haikun.
• Gu Qing recognized He Haikun’s display as an attempt to establish his authority and played along with his explanation that it was a joke.
• He Haikun mentioned Gu Qing’s victory over the Origin Land War God, and Gu Qing sent him a recording of the final.
• He Haikun privately asked whether Gu Qing still intended to become a Double Agent for the Fox Woman Clan, and Gu Qing enthusiastically agreed.
• He Haikun praised Gu Qing and pretended to welcome his future success, while privately planning to ruin his reputation and make him a Night Court traitor.

Gu Qing and Xia Shuran headed home after discussing He Haikun, but the Magic Mirror warned that a Rat God Cult Follower had targeted Gu Qing’s family. The attacker fled before reaching them, and Gu Qing arrived home with Xia Shuran, where Gu Yao saw him fly for the first time.

• He Haikun privately worried that Gu Qing’s awakening would ruin his plans, then fled when Deacon He questioned him about their conversation.
• Xia Shuran told Gu Qing she distrusted He Haikun, while Gu Qing admitted he was unsure he could defeat the veteran deputy captain.
• The Magic Mirror warned Gu Qing that a Rat God Cult Follower had gone to kill his family, then reported that the follower had fled and his family was safe.
• Gu Qing took Xia Shuran home at high speed, while Deacon He followed and wondered about the Magic Mirror and Gu Qing’s sudden rise.
• Gu Qing landed on his balcony with Xia Shuran, and Gu Yao was shocked to see that her older brother could fly.

After securing his family’s apartment with the Mist Flag, Gu Qing learned that a powerful Rat God Cult Follower had targeted his family to retaliate against the Night Court. He found the injured follower hiding beneath a hollow tree on Haicheng’s outskirts, while Deacon He secretly followed him to investigate his origins.

• Gu Qing entered the apartment with Xia Shuran, checked that his parents were safe, and planted the Mist Flag to protect the home.
• Gu Qing asked the Magic Mirror about the Rat God Cult Follower and learned that the advanced eighth-stage enemy was more than ten kilometers away to the south.
• The Magic Mirror revealed that the Rat God Cult leader had sent the follower to kill Night Court’s young geniuses, starting with Gu Qing and his family.
• Deacon He followed Gu Qing through the clouds, suspecting that Gu Qing’s unusual abilities concealed a major secret.
• Gu Qing searched a mountain forest outside Haicheng, found the injured follower hidden beneath a hollow tree, and burned the tree away with Qi and Blood Heat Rays.

Gu Qing confronted the badly injured Blue-Suited Man, a Rat God Cult Follower, and learned that a strange Giant Eyeball had appeared above his residential community. After Gu Qing overwhelmed him, the Blue-Suited Man summoned the Rat God, leaving Gu Qing rushing to attack before the Purple-Black Phantom struck.

• Gu Qing forced qi and blood power into the tunnel, driving the Blue-Suited Man out of hiding with severe wounds and strange eyes growing across his body.
• The Blue-Suited Man asked Gu Qing about the enormous eyeball above his residential community, then attacked after deciding Gu Qing was stalling.
• Gu Qing used Void Flash to cut the Blue-Suited Man in half and blasted through his rat head with Qi and Blood Heat Rays.
• As he neared death, the Blue-Suited Man sacrificed his body and called on the Rat God, summoning a Purple-Black Phantom above the mountain forest.
• Gu Qing combined his qi and blood power, supernatural origin, and evil god origin to charge toward the Blue-Suited Man with Void Flash.

Gu Qing killed the Blue-Suited Man, but the Source of Plague’s phantom revived him with greater power. Their fight resumed, and Gu Qing’s Void Flash failed when the Blue-Suited Man’s energy pulse knocked him out of his intangible state.

• Gu Qing used Void Flash powered by three forces to dismember the Blue-Suited Man, making the Source of Plague’s phantom disappear.
• The Source of Plague’s phantom appeared behind Gu Qing, then poured purple-black energy into the forest and resurrected the Blue-Suited Man in a stronger form.
• Deacon He considered rescuing Gu Qing but chose to watch and see what other abilities he would reveal.
• The resurrected Blue-Suited Man tried to recruit Gu Qing into the Rat God Cult and challenged him, while Gu Qing attacked with Void Flash three times and the Blue-Suited Man evaded the first two strikes.
• The Blue-Suited Man unleashed an energy pulse that knocked Gu Qing out of his intangible state and hurled him into a towering tree.

Gu Qing fought the Blue-Suited Man, whose Rat Poison and purple-black power devastated the forest and even injured Deacon He. Gu Qing’s poison immunity let him resist the first attack, but the Blue-Suited Man pierced his Martial Soul Dharma Form and left one of his arms rapidly rotting as he descended to confront him.

• The Blue-Suited Man’s Rat Poison split a giant tree and spread across the forest, while Deacon He was poisoned and feared that Gu Qing had been killed.
• Gu Qing rose unharmed because his Immune to All Poisons attribute protected him, then used his Martial Soul Dharma Form to burn away another wave of Rat Poison.
• Gu Qing’s flaming palm drove the Blue-Suited Man underground, but the man pierced the Dharma Form and destroyed it with a purple-black energy beam.
• The Blue-Suited Man fired at Gu Qing, who dodged with Void Flash but was splashed by the corrosive light, leaving his arm rapidly rotting despite his attempts to heal it.
• The Blue-Suited Man mocked Gu Qing’s resistance and descended before him while the corruption threatened to spread through his body.

Gu Qing activated his evil god body and defeated the Blue-Suited Man, whose Rat God power could not withstand Gu Qing’s strength. After the man died, the Source of Plague appeared and recognized the Divine Maiden, leaving Gu Qing to learn who she was.

• Gu Qing unleashed his evil god body, startling Deacon He and prompting the Blue-Suited Man to mistake his power for a blessing from a being in the Origin Land.
• The Blue-Suited Man fired a purple-black energy beam at Gu Qing, who shattered it with his palm and overwhelmed him in a direct clash.
• Gu Qing cut the Blue-Suited Man in half with Void Flash and pinned him down to demand a description of the giant eyeball above his residential community.
• The Blue-Suited Man died as evil god power eroded his body, and a rat-shaped phantom emerged from his remains.
• The Source of Plague asked why Gu Qing possessed the Divine Maiden’s power, and the Divine Maiden appeared and reached toward the phantom.

After the Divine Maiden empowered Gu Qing, his Evil God Body and Martial Soul Dharma Form fused to create the Evil God Dharma Form, while both original abilities remained usable. As Gu Qing prepared to fly home, the Book of Curses began convulsing violently for an unknown reason.

• The Divine Maiden placed her hand on Gu Qing's head and poured a tremendous power into him, causing his Qi and Blood Power to form a gigantic phantom.
• Gu Qing's Source Devouring absorbed the contamination from the Evil God Origin, raised his Biological Level to Advanced Eighth Order, and fused his Evil God Body and Martial Soul Dharma Form into the Evil God Dharma Form.
• Gu Qing examined the nearly hundred-meter-tall Evil God Dharma Form, then absorbed it back into his body to prevent its radiation from mutating the surrounding forest.
• The Divine Maiden began disappearing, and Gu Qing thanked her and mused about the embroidered shoes he had exchanged for at the Storehouse.
• Gu Qing confirmed that his Evil God Body and Martial Soul Dharma Form still worked separately after their fusion, then wondered whether other divine abilities could fuse as well.
• As Gu Qing prepared to fly home, the Book of Curses in the Mirror World convulsed violently, leaving him wondering what had caused it.

Gu Qing investigated the misfortune clinging to the Blue-Suited Man’s remains, but the Book of Curses remained dormant and the Magic Mirror could not explain the strange eyeball or who caused it. After Gu Qing left, a mysterious hand erased Deacon He’s memories, leaving him confused on a video call with Elder Liang.

• The Magic Mirror urged Gu Qing to feed the Book of Curses the misfortune it detected, and the book absorbed black mist from the Blue-Suited Man’s remains without awakening.
• Gu Qing learned from the Magic Mirror that Misfortune Flowers would not appear on Earth for at least ten years, then asked whether Yang Yuntong had cursed the advanced Rat God Cult Follower; the mirror denied knowing what caused the eyes.
• Gu Qing cleansed the scene with his qi and blood power and flew away, while Deacon He emerged from hiding and wondered about Gu Qing’s abilities and the mysterious Divine Maiden.
• As Deacon He tried to call Elder Liang, a gray-mist-wreathed hand reached from the void and took something from inside his head.
• Elder Liang answered the call, and Deacon He realized he had lost part of his memories and could not remember why he was in the forest.

Deacon He reported the mutated forest to Elder Liang, while the Fox Clan Saintess became determined to bring Gu Qing to her as a cultivation furnace cauldron. After losing another senior member, the White-Suited Man arranged to move the Rat God Cult to Guancheng and ordered a final attack on the Night Court before they left.

• Elder Liang examined the mutated plants around Deacon He, asked for his location, and told him to keep following Gu Qing while recording audio.
• Mei Niang told the Fox Clan Saintess that Gu Qing was a Supernatural Awakened with the Martial Soul and Psychic Control abilities, and the Saintess decided to draw him in as her furnace cauldron.
• The White-Suited Man found that Eighth Brother’s Life Token had cracked, then contacted the Divine Plant Cult’s leader and agreed to an alliance in Guancheng.
• The White-Suited Man told the Rat God Cult’s senior members they would relocate to Guancheng on the first of next month and revealed that he intended to absorb the Divine Plant Cult.
• The White-Suited Man ordered the cult to destroy research they could not take, attack the Night Court before leaving, and target Gu Qing, Song Anni, and the Monster Assault Team.

Gu Qing learned that his sister Gu Yao had become a Transcendent and planned to visit Xia Shuran’s family with them the next day. While asking Elder Liang about training in the Origin Land, he discovered that Bai Ningyu was there and learned more about her unusual power.

• A White-Suited Man persuaded his brothers to delay retaliating against Night Court until its powerful elder left Earth, while the red-suited woman claimed Gu Qing as her intended rat slave.
• At dinner, Gu Qing’s family and Xia Shuran ate Ghost-Shadow Squid as Gu Yao revealed she had become a Transcendent.
• Gu Qing promised to give Gu Yao evolution resources and arranged to fly her to Xia Shuran’s home the next day, where Gu Yao was invited to lunch.
• Gu Qing asked Elder Liang about Origin Land training and learned that rookies trained at a base before joining land-reclamation teams.
• Gu Qing asked about Bai Ningyu and learned that she was a powerful rookie whose complicated ability included controlling creatures that had died because of her.

Gu Qing arranged to meet Liu Zhiyi at her shop and planned to gain more Beast Taming Skill attributes before she left for the Origin Land. The next morning, he took Gu Yao and Xia Shuran flying toward Qianshui County, leaving Wen Wanyi astonished by his power.

• After learning Elder Liang knew little about Bai Ningyu, Gu Qing arranged to meet Liu Zhiyi at her shop and bring her soy sauce chicken.
• Gu Qing reflected that Gu Yao's [Novelist] tag might change if she awakened a superpower related to writing or imagination.
• The next morning, Gu Qing prepared to visit the Old Ancestor of the Xia Family and have a meal at Xia Shuran's home, while Gu Yao explained to Wen Wanyi that he could fly.
• Wen Wanyi warned Gu Qing to fly carefully, and Gu Yao and Xia Shuran held tightly around his waist.
• Gu Qing used Psychic Control to lift himself, Gu Yao, and Xia Shuran into the air, leaving Wen Wanyi stunned.

Gu Qing flew Gu Yao and Xia Shuran to the Extreme Summer Martial Arts School, where Gu Yao learned that he had protected her from the strain of his extreme speed. The three went to find Xia Wuyuan, but he was absent, and Gu Qing stopped Gu Yao from going shopping while they waited.

• Gu Yao clung to Gu Qing as he flew slowly at first, then accelerated to over a thousand meters per second while Xia Shuran remained composed.
• Gu Qing brought Gu Yao and Xia Shuran safely to the Extreme Summer Martial Arts School, where Gu Yao struggled to stand after the flight.
• Gu Qing told Gu Yao that his mental power had protected her from the acceleration, which would otherwise have overwhelmed her ordinary second-order body.
• Xia Shuran led Gu Qing and Gu Yao to the Inner Hall, but Xia Wuyuan did not answer and was likely out fishing.
• Gu Yao suggested going shopping while they waited, but Gu Qing told her to stay, and she complained about wasting time on their phones.

Gu Qing watched Xia Shuran test Gu Yao’s martial arts while he followed news of the accelerating spiritual energy revival. Xia Wuyuan returned from fishing, discovered Deacon He spying above the Inner Hall, and knocked him unconscious with a single strike, leaving Gu Qing stunned by the elder’s power.

• Gu Yao attacked Xia Shuran at the pool, and Xia Shuran assessed her speed and strength while noting her weak coordination and limited combat experience.
• Gu Qing read news about the rising number of Transcendents, mutated fish, and a meeting between supernatural organizations.
• After training for less than an hour, Gu Yao collapsed from exhaustion while Xia Shuran remained calm and energetic.
• Xia Wuyuan returned with two market-bought carp and noticed someone hiding above the Inner Hall.
• Xia Wuyuan hooked Deacon He out of the sky and knocked him unconscious with a palm strike, astonishing Gu Qing.