Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi told Xia Qianran and Su Mu how they were due to die and warned them that Wangtian Mountain would collapse in three days. After his left-eye ability evolved, he asked the women to help him prevent the disaster without exposing himself.

• Xia Qianran and Su Mu arranged for Liu Ruyan to be caught before she reached Black River Bridge, while Xia Qianran's father kept Xia Hao from rescuing her.
• A tour bus passed Ling Yi, and his left eye burned before releasing a cool energy; he realized he could now see death predictions four days ahead.
• Ling Yi took Xia Qianran and Su Mu to his home and explained that Xia Hao and Qiao Xin planned to drug them that night, while Xia Hao would later sabotage their car and send it off Black River Bridge.
• Ling Yi told the women that Wangtian Mountain would collapse in three days and asked them to help him save its visitors without drawing trouble onto himself.

Ling Yi, Su Mu, and Xia Qianran discussed how to prevent Wangtian Mountain’s collapse, and Ling Yi learned that Xia Qianran’s Death Preview had changed. He saw a vision of Xia Qianran rushing to her father after Xia Hao claimed he was near death.

• Su Mu explained that Wangtian Mountain was mostly hollow but supported by seven natural pillars, while Ling Yi insisted its collapse would not be caused by an earthquake.
• Ling Yi described the limits of his Death Preview and Simulation Rescue abilities and said he would search for evidence to get Wangtian Mountain closed.
• Xia Qianran vowed to confront her good-for-nothing little brother, and the crimson number above her head changed from zero to four as the number above Su Mu’s head disappeared.
• Ling Yi used Death Preview on Xia Qianran and saw her driving anxiously while Xia Hao told her their father was near death and she would not make it back in time.

Ling Yi previewed Xia Qianran’s death in a sabotaged car and helped her avoid it by exposing Xia Hao’s actions. After her countdown disappeared, Ling Yi concluded that his eye abilities had grown stronger, and Xia Qianran planned to investigate Wangtian Mountain the next day.

• Ling Yi saw Xia Qianran die when Xia Hao remotely sabotaged her car and sent it crashing off the expressway.
• Ling Yi told Xia Qianran what he had seen, and she recognized Xia Hao as the culprit.
• Xia Qianran ordered Su Mu to send their evidence to Uncle Zhang, and Xia Qianran’s death countdown vanished.
• Ling Yi reflected that his left eye’s countdown range had increased and that his right eye was connected to rescue simulations.
• Xia Qianran predicted that Xia Hao might be arrested before Qiao Xin’s birthday banquet and said she would contact Ling Yi after investigating Wangtian Mountain.
• Su Mu teased Xia Qianran and Ling Yi about repaying him by offering themselves in marriage, reminding Ling Yi of his night with Xia Qianran.

Ling Yi cooked lunch for Xia Qianran and Su Mu while Su Mu discovered that he had spent the night with Xia Qianran and Xia Qianran explained why she disliked Lu Chen. After the women enjoyed the meal, Ling Yi saw new death countdowns above their heads, leaving them facing another imminent danger.

• Su Mu suspected that Xia Qianran and Ling Yi had become close, and Xia Qianran invited them to eat before Ling Yi offered to cook.
• Su Mu hacked into the Dihao Hotel's surveillance system and learned that Ling Yi had slept with Xia Qianran.
• Xia Qianran told Su Mu that Lu Chen was fake, possessive, and unworthy of her, while Su Mu listened in surprise.
• Ling Yi prepared two home-cooked dishes, and Xia Qianran and Su Mu enjoyed the meal and ate several bowls of rice.
• Xia Qianran and Su Mu noticed Ling Yi staring at the numbers above their heads, and Ling Yi confirmed that they were going to die again.

Ling Yi used his knowledge of the future to stop Xia Hao from placing a massive bounty on Xia Qianran and Su Mu, then was offered a job as their bodyguard and a chance to date Xia Qianran. The chapter ended with Xia Qianran asking whether Ling Yi wanted to take responsibility for what happened between them the previous night.

• Ling Yi warned Xia Qianran and Su Mu that Xia Hao would be arrested and arrange a one-hundred-million bounty on them, then explained they had until the next night to stop him.
• Xia Qianran ordered the finance department to freeze Xia Hao’s regular accounts while Ling Yi emptied his six secret private-bank accounts into Qiao Xin’s legitimate account and anonymously reported the transfer.
• Su Mu blocked the transfer notifications on Xia Hao’s phone and erased Ling Yi’s traces, after which the death countdowns above Xia Qianran and Su Mu disappeared.
• Su Mu suggested Ling Yi become their bodyguard and date Xia Qianran, and Xia Qianran asked whether he wanted to take responsibility for what had happened the previous night.

Ling Yi tested the energy in his eyes and discovered that his left eye could strengthen his body, see through objects, and magnify distant details, while his right eye could slow or stop time. He ended the chapter listing his golden finger’s five functions and believing they would help him protect himself from future danger.

• Ling Yi circulated the energy in his left eye through his body and confirmed it increased his strength, though the effect had an upper limit.
• Ling Yi rotated the energy in his right eye and slowed time around him, then stopped the effect when the slowed air left him short of breath.
• Ling Yi circulated the energy in his left eye and discovered it could see through walls, though the vision improved only slightly when he sped up the rotation.
• Ling Yi tested the directions of rotation and found that his left eye granted X-Ray Vision or Hawkeye, while his right eye granted Time Slowdown or Time Stop.
• Ling Yi summarized his abilities, including Death Preview, Simulation Rescue, Secondary Death Preview, body strengthening, X-Ray Vision, Hawkeye, Time Stop, and Time Slowdown.

Xia Qianran and Su Mu pieced together how Ling Yi’s death predictions could reveal the future and discussed his past with Liu Ruyan. After Xia Qianran received a call summoning her to a family dinner, death countdowns reappeared above her and Su Mu, showing one day remaining.

• Xia Qianran and Su Mu concluded that Ling Yi could predict deaths and deduce the futures of people caught in a death countdown.
• Xia Qianran explained that she wanted to date and possibly marry Ling Yi partly because she needed someone strong to rely on amid threats to her succession.
• Su Mu described Ling Yi’s relationship with Liu Ruyan, who cheated on him with Xia Hao, and said Ling Yi had left university to cut ties with her.
• Xia Qianran and Su Mu speculated that Ling Yi’s ability had appeared after he slept with Xia Qianran, and Su Mu suggested testing that possibility.
• Xia Wanhao called Xia Qianran and asked her to attend a family dinner the next evening; after the call ended, countdowns reading “1” appeared above Xia Qianran and Su Mu.

Ling Yi agreed to protect Xia Qianran and Su Mu for a year, then accepted Xia Qianran’s proposal for a one-year contract marriage to help her secure her family inheritance rights. The chapter ended with Xia Qianran planning to get their marriage certificates the next morning.

• Ling Yi saw that Xia Qianran and Su Mu both had a death preview marked with the number 1, but said their futures were too unclear to preview for about ten hours.
• Xia Qianran offered Ling Yi ten million to keep her and Su Mu safe for a year, plus a million for each rescue, and Ling Yi agreed.
• Su Mu suggested Xia Qianran marry Ling Yi, and Xia Qianran explained that marriage was required for her preliminary inheritance rights and that she had to have a son bearing the Xia surname within three years.
• Ling Yi agreed to a one-year contract marriage, despite Xia Qianran warning that it could make him a target and put his life at risk.
• Xia Qianran told Su Mu to prepare the agreement, and Su Mu left after Ling Yi warned her that danger would come tomorrow.
• Xia Qianran told Ling Yi they would go to the Civil Affairs Bureau at nine the next morning to get their marriage certificates.

After marrying Xia Qianran, Ling Yi saw a Death Preview of a reckless gambler and the woman provoking him, then refused to save them. He took Xia Qianran and Su Mu to investigate the Wangtian Mountain disaster and uncover evidence against Xia Boundless, while hinting at a connection between Xia Boundless and Xia Hao.

• Ling Yi and Xia Qianran collected their marriage certificates outside the Civil Affairs Bureau.
• Ling Yi instantly activated a Death Preview and saw Zhao Mo crash his car after an argument with the woman riding with him.
• Ling Yi decided not to use Simulation Rescue on the pair because he considered them rotten people.
• Ling Yi and Xia Qianran headed to the Dihao Hotel to investigate the Wangtian Mountain collapse and prepare for the Xia family dinner.
• Ling Yi instructed Xia Qianran to call Xia Boundless at set times and told Su Mu to copy a folder from Xia Boundless's office computer during one of the calls.
• Ling Yi revealed that Xia Hao and Xia Boundless were connected, confirming Su Mu's suspicion.

Ling Yi revealed that Xia Boundless had secretly fathered Xia Hao with Xia Qianran’s youngest stepmother and was now targeting Xia Qianran. After rescuing Xia Qianran and Su Mu from a staged ambush, Ling Yi called the person behind it and warned him to stay hidden.

• Ling Yi explained that Xia Hao was Xia Boundless’s biological son and that Xia Boundless had arranged for Xia Hao to be adopted by Xia Yunuo.
• Ling Yi said Xia Boundless had gone mad after Xia Hao’s death and had become a greater threat than his son.
• Ling Yi parked by the park’s east gate and told Xia Qianran and Su Mu to remain in the car as two vans trapped them.
• Ling Yi knocked out the attackers, dodged gunfire from a masked man, and knocked him unconscious.
• Ling Yi took the masked man’s phone, called its most recent contact, and warned the person to stay hidden.

Ling Yi, Xia Qianran, and Su Mu dealt with Xia Boundless while preparing to prevent a mass death at Wangtian Mountain. Ling Yi entered Simulation Rescue at the Dihao Hotel and took the others toward the mountain, telling them they were now in the future.

• Ling Yi left the scene, trusting Xia Boundless to handle the people they had left behind.
• Xia Qianran called Xia Boundless and kept him talking while Su Mu hacked his computer and copied files.
• Xia Qianran confronted Xia Boundless about Xia Lan's chip order, and he agreed to have Xia Lan sign a dividend agreement and leave company affairs.
• Su Mu reported that she had copied Xia Boundless's text files, though his computer's security made the task difficult.
• Ling Yi noticed that many Dihao Hotel tourists had Death Countdowns of two days and entered Simulation Rescue using a tourist with five days remaining.
• Ling Yi drove toward Wangtian Mountain and told Xia Qianran and Su Mu they were in the future, then asked whether they were ready to go wild.

Ling Yi searched for the cause of Wangtian Mountain's imminent collapse and, unable to find one, proposed demolishing the mountain before it could cause mass casualties. He also warned Xia Qianran and Su Mu about a coming bombing plot in Dafeng City and brought them to room 302 to stop it.

• Ling Yi asked Xia Qianran to obtain Wangtian Mountain's plans and told Su Mu to publicize a livestreamed demolition to keep tourists away.
• Ling Yi said he intended to blow up Wangtian Mountain's seven load-bearing pillars, and Xia Qianran supported the plan.
• Ling Yi used Time Slowdown to prove to Xia Qianran and Su Mu that they were in his future world.
• Ling Yi told the women that Death God Mercenaries planned to plant bombs around Dafeng City to force Saer's release from prison.
• Ling Yi brought Xia Qianran and Su Mu to room 302 to find the mercenaries' bombs before they were planted.

Ling Yi and Xia Qianran and Su Mu raided an apartment holding mercenaries and explosives, then killed the surviving men and destroyed their surveillance equipment. With the explosives secured, Ling Yi directed Su Mu to post an ultimatum demanding Saer’s release by the next afternoon, and the group headed back to Dihao Hotel to make a big commotion.

• Ling Yi used Time Slowdown to help Xia Qianran and Su Mu disarm the mercenaries in the apartment and seize six handguns and three daggers.
• Ling Yi forced three mercenaries to load nine crates of ultra-concentrated explosives into Su Mu’s car.
• Ling Yi killed the three mercenaries and returned to the apartment to shoot the other three and destroy their surveillance computers.
• Ling Yi told Su Mu to post a message in the name of the Death God Mercenaries demanding that Saer be released by the next afternoon.
• Ling Yi drove Xia Qianran and Su Mu toward Dihao Hotel, saying they were going to make a big commotion.

Ling Yi and Xia Qianran discussed their plan to damage Wangtian Mountain, then Ling Yi used a Simulation Rescue to test it. The explosions failed to bring down the mountain, so Ling Yi suspected the cause lay underground and began another simulation to refine his plan.

• Ling Yi and Xia Qianran discussed using explosives on Wangtian Mountain and talked about Xia Boundless’s possible role in the real world.
• Su Mu posted an announcement threatening Wangtian Mountain, prompting authorities to evacuate the scenic area and seal it off.
• Ling Yi warned that attempts to defuse the bombs would trigger other explosives hidden in Dafeng City.
• Seven explosions damaged the area around Wangtian Mountain but did not make it collapse.
• Ling Yi concluded that the seven load-bearing pillars were probably not the cause of the mountain’s collapse, ended the simulation, and began another one to refine his plan.

After the seventh Simulation Rescue, Ling Yi identified the falling groundwater level beneath Wangtian Mountain as the cause of its coming collapse and had Xia Qianran alert Zhang Jinman. Saving many people at once upgraded Ling Yi’s left eye, leaving him in pain and overwhelmed by fragmented information, while Xia Qianran wondered whether changing someone’s fate bound them to him.

• Ling Yi told Xia Qianran to ask Zhang Jinman to investigate the groundwater beneath Wangtian Mountain, explaining that falling water levels had destabilized the mountain’s rock strata.
• Xia Qianran called Zhang Jinman, and the Death Countdowns above the tourists vanished as Ling Yi’s intervention averted the disaster.
• A surge of energy entered Ling Yi’s left eye, causing intense burning pain and a crimson glow before the pain faded.
• Ling Yi said saving many people had upgraded his ability, then closed his eyes to sort through the mass of fragmented information in his mind.
• Su Mu noticed Xia Qianran holding Ling Yi’s hand and suspected she had fallen for him, while Xia Qianran recalled how his repeated changes to her fate had deepened his presence in her mind.
• Xia Qianran asked Su Mu how she felt about Ling Yi and whether she would marry him, then privately wondered if changing someone’s fate caused them to become bound to Ling Yi.

Xia Qianran kept Xia Boundless occupied while Su Mu hacked his computer and uncovered evidence of his crimes and plans to sell company secrets. Ling Yi woke with upgraded eyes and shared his Death Preview ability with Xia Qianran, who experienced the power for the first time.

• Xia Qianran called Xia Boundless while Su Mu copied files from his computer, and Xia Qianran provoked him by revealing that she knew Xia Hao was his son.
• Su Mu found evidence that Xia Boundless had embezzled company assets, been involved in several deaths, and planned to sell confidential technology to foreign forces.
• Ling Yi woke after his eyes leveled up, gaining Sharing and Object Control in his left eye and one use of Secondary Simulation Rescue in his right eye.
• Ling Yi told Xia Qianran about his abilities and used Sharing to let her see Death Previews through her left eye.

Ling Yi, Xia Qianran, and Su Mu traveled toward the Xia family villa while discussing the flickering Death Countdowns above Ling Yi and Xia Qianran. After Ling Yi defeated assassins targeting them, they continued toward the villa, and Su Mu asked him to share his ability with her.

• Xia Qianran noticed that the Death Countdowns above her and Su Mu were flickering, and Ling Yi said their survival depended on whether he intervened.
• Su Mu realized Ling Yi and Xia Qianran had spent time together in repeated simulations, while Xia Qianran explained that they had married and wanted to get to know each other.
• Ling Yi stopped the car on the mountain road after sensing danger and told Su Mu and Xia Qianran to stay inside.
• A sniper fired at Ling Yi, who killed him with a pebble and then vanished into the woods to eliminate the other attackers.
• Ling Yi returned to the car and said they were heading to the Xia family villa, while he refused Su Mu's request to share his ability because she did not meet his conditions.

Ling Yi learned from the memory fragments that his Death Countdown ability came from the Eye of the Death God, whose two gemstones had been brought together by him and Xia Qianran. He arrived with Xia Qianran at the Xia family estate for a banquet, where several unfamiliar guests and a conspicuous young man watched them.

• Ling Yi discovered that a mysterious expert had brought the Death God's eyes to Blue Star and that his and Xia Qianran's necklaces had activated them after they spent the night together.
• Ling Yi learned that anyone he had saved after intimate contact with him would become absolutely loyal, and he suspected the memory fragments included memories from the Death God as well as the expert.
• Ling Yi recalled forcing his way into the Xia family estate during earlier Simulation Rescues and extracting evidence and secrets from Xia Hao and Xia Boundless.
• Ling Yi and Xia Qianran entered the estate without opposition because Xia Hao and Xia Boundless had been arrested.
• Xia Qianran questioned the outsiders at the family banquet, while Lin Ying glared at her and a young man in a white suit fixed his gaze on Ling Yi; Su Mu remarked that the evening would be interesting.

Xia Qianran killed Lu Chen with a single slap after he insulted her, then left the estate with Ling Yi and Su Mu. On the drive, they discussed why the Death Countdown did not appear over people they killed and whether the world’s rules might have a backup system, and Xia Qianran proposed testing the possibility.

• Lu Chen confronted Xia Qianran after hearing her call him a lunatic, and she told him she was married to Ling Yi.
• Lu Chen insulted Xia Qianran, and she slapped him so hard that he flew into a wine cabinet and died.
• Ling Yi told Xia Qianran to control her new strength, and the three of them left to get barbecue while the Xia family reacted to Lu Chen’s death and Lin Ying’s revealed secret about Xia Hao.
• Xia Qianran asked why Lu Chen had no Death Countdown, and Ling Yi explained that people he killed never had one appear unless they already had a countdown.
• Su Mu suggested the world might have backup rules that could retaliate against people they saved, but Ling Yi dismissed the concern and Xia Qianran proposed testing it.

Ling Yi, Xia Qianran, and Su Mu tested whether the Death Rules could undo changes to fate and confirmed that a little girl they had saved remained alive. After finding two people with seven-day countdowns and learning they were not worth saving, Ling Yi decided to end the Simulation Rescue, but police surrounded their Hummer and Zhang Jinman asked Xia Qianran whether she had killed Lu Chen.

• Ling Yi explained that he would not save people whose time had come or anyone when he was in a bad mood, alongside his rules against saving people who courted death or were rotten.
• Ling Yi and the others checked the little girl they had saved and saw no death countdown above her head.
• Su Mu took Ling Yi and Xia Qianran to a guesthouse where they found the tour group of thirty-three among a large gathering; only a handsome young man and an attractive woman had seven-day countdowns.
• Ling Yi and Xia Qianran saw the pair's death previews and decided they were not worth saving, while Ling Yi concluded that their test showed they had been overthinking the Seventh-Day Rule.
• Police surrounded Ling Yi and the others' Hummer, and Zhang Jinman asked Xia Qianran whether she had killed Lu Chen; Xia Qianran asked Ling Yi if she could experience an interrogation room.