Chapter Summaries

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.

Gu Qing demonstrated extraordinary resistance by firing an AK into his mouth, inhaling tear gas, and drinking multiple poisons without harm. The chapter ended with Liu Yue asking to add him on WeChat while privately planning to seduce him once she gained standing in the Night Court.

• Gu Qing fired an AK rifle into his mouth, breathed tear gas, and drank every poisonous solution in the testing area without being injured.
• Gu Qing concluded that his poison resistance was strong but resolved to stay wary of supernatural toxins until he acquired Immune to All Poisons from Zhou Yuan's [Biochemical Maniac] tag.
• Lin Tianyang and the other Grassroots Black-Clad Members marvelled at Gu Qing's well-rounded physical abilities, while He Haikun grew resentful of Lin Tianyang's recruitment success.
• Liu Yue praised Gu Qing's performance and asked to add him on WeChat, while deciding to pursue him after establishing herself in the Night Court.

Gu Qing completed the physical test with an astonishing performance and headed with the other candidates toward the forest for the comprehensive test. Meanwhile, Lin Tianyang received a report of abnormal rats and a hairy humanoid near Haicheng University, then set out with his partner to investigate the abandoned factory.

• Liu Yue added Gu Qing on WeChat, and the other girls testing with her followed suit.
• Wu Jiahao resented Gu Qing for stealing the spotlight and planned to attack him with his electric-eel powers during the comprehensive test.
• Huang Xiaoyue, desperate to feed on the supernatural, anonymously reported a false emergency to lure two men in black out.
• The twelve supernatural candidates finished the physical test, and the staff led them toward the forest for the final test.
• Lin Tianyang learned of abnormal rats and a possible Ratman near Haicheng University, collected antidote pills with his partner, and drove toward the abandoned factory.

Lin Tianyang and the balding man fought Huang Xiaoyue after her rat poison weakened them, but she badly injured both before Night Court backup arrived. Huang Xiaoyue looked unwilling as motorcycle engines approached, interrupting her attempt to kill them.

• Lin Tianyang and the balding man tried to flee Huang Xiaoyue, but their attacks barely affected her and her poison slowed them down.
• The balding man’s legs gave out, and Huang Xiaoyue bit off his right leg as Lin Tianyang pulled him away from a fatal bite.
• Lin Tianyang charged Huang Xiaoyue in a rage, but his dagger broke and she wounded him severely.
• Motorcycle engines announced the arrival of backup, and Huang Xiaoyue realized she had little time left to finish off the two men.

Gu Qing reached the platform first, but Liu Yue attacked him with vines and stones before Wu Jiahao appeared. Liu Yue proposed teaming up with Gu Qing to defeat Wu Jiahao, leaving the contest for the platform unresolved.

• Gu Qing reached the platform in under ten minutes and waited there, wondering whether first place came with a reward.
• Vines crept toward Gu Qing’s ankles, and he discovered that no one was attached to the vines when he tried to pull their controller out of hiding.
• Liu Yue attacked Gu Qing with sharp stones, so he found her in the bushes and punched her twice, swelling her face.
• Wu Jiahao emerged from behind a tree and mocked Gu Qing and Liu Yue as weaklings.
• Liu Yue proposed that she and Gu Qing join forces against Wu Jiahao, offering to let Gu Qing take first place and herself take second.

Gu Qing shrugged off Wu Jiahao’s invisibility and electric attacks, but Liu Yue intervened with psychic control and gave Wu Jiahao a chance to launch a toxin-powered assault. The fight continued with Gu Qing restrained and Wu Jiahao charging at him.

• Gu Qing refused Liu Yue’s offer to team up, and Wu Jiahao used his invisibility to sneak up and attack him.
• Gu Qing sensed Wu Jiahao and grabbed him by the head, but Wu Jiahao unleashed electricity through Gu Qing’s body.
• Gu Qing withstood Wu Jiahao’s strongest electrical attack and taunted him, while Liu Yue watched in disbelief.
• Liu Yue used psychic control to disrupt Gu Qing’s blood and vital energy, allowing Wu Jiahao to escape and retreat.
• At Liu Yue’s urging, Wu Jiahao activated his venomous creature genes and charged at the restrained Gu Qing with a lethal attack.