Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi studied a Kami Church message delaying the Purification Protocol while Chu Ran’s shadow ability neared a breakthrough. A dream brought a warning from Ling Yi’s past-life self, who said the coming disasters would repeat and hinted at a deeper force behind Bai Ye before vanishing mid-sentence.

• Ling Yi examined Bai Ye’s message saying the Heavenly Descent had failed and the Purification Protocol’s start time remained undecided, then recalled Bai Ye waiting for a signal from a crystal ball.
• Chu Ran demonstrated her rapidly strengthening shadow ability, and Bai Suzhen judged that she was close to advancing from the second tier to the third.
• Ling Yi dreamed that his past-life self warned him the world had been reset, major disasters would happen again, and Bai Ye was not alone.
• Ling Yi’s past-life self mentioned that Ling Yi had a system and began to say, “Don’t trust,” before disappearing.
• Ling Yi woke and wrote down his fragmented memories and his past self’s warning.

Ling Yi concluded that he needed at least Sixth Tier power to find Bai Ye and seize the crystal ball during the Heavenly Descent Plan, but he could not sleep as he weighed how to break through. Meanwhile, Chu Ran successfully reached Third Tier and gained stronger shadow abilities, though Ling Yi told her to master suppressing her energy before joining future operations.

• Ling Yi wrote that the Purification program could only be delayed and that he needed to find Bai Ye, seize the crystal ball, and reach at least Sixth Tier.
• Chu Ran struggled through a dangerous breakthrough as Bai Suzhen stabilized her power and Ling Yi and White Bone watched.
• Chu Ran broke through to Third Tier, forming shadow armor and learning she could maintain six stronger shadow clones.
• Bai Suzhen explained that Chu Ran's citywide sensing and reconnaissance had surpassed White Bone's.
• Ling Yi warned Chu Ran to suppress her stronger energy fluctuations and refused to let her join the next operation until she mastered the technique.

Ling Yi learned that seven seals restricted his power and memories, then had Bai Suzhen remove the first energy seal. His power surged to the threshold of Sixth Tier, and he asked when they could remove the second seal.

• Bai Suzhen explained that Ling Yi had seven seals: three energy seals, two memory seals, and two inner seals she could not identify.
• Bai Suzhen warned that removing the third energy seal could strain Ling Yi’s body beyond what it could withstand, and that strengthening his body enough would take at least three months.
• Ling Yi decided to remove the first seal despite the risks and asked Bai Suzhen to stop if the process went wrong.
• Bai Suzhen loosened the first seal, which shattered and unleashed Ling Yi’s sealed power, causing him intense pain as his body adapted.
• Ling Yi tested his increased power and found he had reached the threshold of Sixth Tier, then asked when the second seal could be removed.

Ling Yi reached the Half-Step Sixth Tier after Bai Suzhen warned him that he needed a week before releasing the next layer of his seal. On his way home, three Kami Church assassins confronted him in an alley, and he revealed his strength and copied their leader Qin Feng’s appearance.

• Bai Suzhen told Ling Yi that releasing the second layer of his seal before his body adapted would make it collapse, so he decided to wait a week.
• Ling Yi assessed his allies’ strength and prepared to face the Kami Church’s remaining forces before the college entrance exam and the coming disasters.
• On June 22, Ling Yi sensed three approaching attackers and inferred that the Kami Church had sent them to test him.
• Qin Feng identified himself as a Kami Church deacon acting on Bai Ye’s orders and attacked Ling Yi alongside two Third Tier fighters.
• Ling Yi blocked their combined assault with Bone Shield, then used the Technique of Changes to transform his face into Qin Feng’s.

Ling Yi defeated Qin Feng’s team in an alley and broke through to the Sixth Tier, then sent Bai Ye a warning that he was back. Bai Ye used a crystal ball to uncover Ling Yi’s seven-layer seal and suspected the previous Holy Envoy had placed it to protect him.

• Ling Yi used Qin Feng’s appearance and copied ability to defeat the fire-element and earth-element killers.
• Ling Yi broke through to the Sixth Tier during the fight and wounded Qin Feng, then let Qin Feng and the other survivors escape with a message for Bai Ye.
• Ling Yi returned to the street and went home without drawing attention to the battle.
• Bai Ye saw the fight through a crystal ball and recognized Ling Yi’s Technique of Changes, bone-element power, and Sixth Tier strength.
• Bai Ye examined the seal inside Ling Yi and suspected the previous Holy Envoy had placed it to protect him until he was strong enough.

Bai Ye moved the Purification Protocol forward to two in the morning on June 24, targeting No. 3 Middle School and its surrounding area because Ling Yi was becoming a threat. Ling Yi learned of the plan and prepared a covert operation to stop the drug release and evacuate the students.

• Bai Ye agreed to activate the undercharged Purification Protocol the next night, limiting its range to No. 3 Middle School and a two-kilometer radius.
• Ling Yi discovered that the Kami Church had brought drug-release equipment into the underground base and realized the attack would happen at two in the morning on June 24.
• Ling Yi met White Bone and ordered Bai Suzhen to stand by near the school as they planned to infiltrate the base, seal its ventilation ducts, and eliminate the church members.
• Ling Yi decided to evacuate the students quietly and chose Miller, whose abilities were cloning and hypnosis, for a minimum-guarantee summon.

Ling Yi and his allies planned an assault on the Kami Church’s underground base beneath Dafeng City No. 3 Middle School after discovering its concentrated potions and timed release system. They prepared a coordinated strike to stop the release, block the escape route, and eliminate the attackers.

• Ling Yi briefed Bai Suzhen, the White Bone Demon, and Chu Ran on the plan to remove the students and wipe out the Kami Church members at the school.
• Chu Ran sent Dark Shadow Clones through the underground shelter’s ventilation ducts and discovered over a hundred concentrated potions, a timed release device, eight enemies, and a backup exit.
• Ling Yi assigned Bai Suzhen to flood the ventilation ducts, the White Bone Demon to destroy the release device, and Chu Ran to block the backup exit.
• Ling Yi planned to lead the assault at twelve thirty and ordered the team to finish the operation within three minutes.

Ling Yi and his allies stopped the Kami Church from releasing the potion in Dafeng City, but a captured member revealed that the city was only a test site and that the Purification Protocol required an anchor device. The chapter ended with the threat of Bai Ye sending stronger reinforcements and Ling Yi learning a key detail about the protocol’s activation.

• Ling Yi, Bai Suzhen, White Bone Demon, and Chu Ran trapped eight Kami Church members in the shelter and destroyed the potion’s release system.
• A young First Tier revealed that Dafeng City was a testing ground for the Purification Protocol’s conversion efficiency, and that the head church planned to repeat the plan elsewhere.
• The short-haired man injected himself with concentrated Kami Potion, mutated into a Fourth Tier monster, and was killed by Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi absorbed the monster’s energy and warned the remaining members that Bai Ye would send at least a Fifth Tier to investigate and would leave them no use alive.
• A communications-team member revealed that activation required a fully charged crystal ball, Bai Ye’s authorization, and an anchor device placed at a specific location in the underground shelter at Dafeng City No. 3 Middle School.

Ling Yi found the Kami Church’s anchor device but could not destroy it without triggering its self-destruct mechanism, so he sealed it away and interrogated seven captured members. He learned that the Purification Protocol was nearly ready and that Bai Ye could be far stronger than a Seventh Tier esper.

• Ling Yi found the anchor device in a hidden room and learned that destroying it would obliterate everything within five hundred meters.
• Ling Yi ordered the seven captured espers to seal the hidden room and reinforced the wall with his energy before taking them to his apartment.
• Ling Yi interrogated Zhang Wei, who explained that the Purification Protocol would turn people into obedient “New Humans” under the Lord’s control.
• Zhang Wei said Bai Ye was a Seventh Tier esper empowered by the Lord, with combat strength possibly between the Eighth and Ninth Tiers.
• Zhang Wei revealed that Bai Ye was hiding somewhere in Dafeng City and that the crystal ball was ninety-seven percent charged.

Ling Yi sought a way to stop the Purification Protocol without confronting Bai Ye directly, and Bai Suzhen discovered that the school’s anchor device was a spatial formation that precisely guided the crystal ball’s energy. She proposed deceiving its positioning signal, but needed three days to study the gemstone while it would finish charging in two.

• Ling Yi remembered that Bai Ye had killed him in his previous life and decided to focus on stopping the Purification Plan by targeting the crystal ball and its connection to the anchor device.
• Ling Yi brought Bai Suzhen to the school basement, where they reopened the sealed room and examined the anchor device.
• Bai Suzhen identified the anchor device as an incomplete spatial formation disc that directed the crystal ball’s energy precisely at the school.
• Bai Suzhen suggested changing the gemstone’s positioning signal so the Purification Protocol would target the wrong area.
• Bai Suzhen estimated she needed three days to study the gemstone, so Ling Yi considered releasing the second layer of Sealing to help her work faster before the crystal ball finished charging.

Ling Yi released his second seal near the anchor gem, letting Bai Suzhen use its energy to analyze and shift the gem’s positioning coordinates away from Dafeng City No. 3 Middle School. He reached Mid-Sixth Tier, but warned Chu Ran that Bai Ye could recalibrate the device or use another method, leaving the real battle ahead.

• Ling Yi agreed to release his second seal beside the gem so Bai Suzhen could use its energy to analyze the device, while Chu Ran and White Bone guarded the room.
• Bai Suzhen guided the energy from Ling Yi’s breaking seal into the gem and discovered a positioning net centered on Dafeng City No. 3 Middle School.
• As the second seal shattered, Bai Suzhen shifted the gem’s central coordinates to an uninhabited area in Dafeng City’s eastern suburbs.
• Ling Yi stabilized at Mid-Sixth Tier, and Bai Suzhen said Bai Ye was unlikely to notice the altered coordinates unless he examined the gem himself.
• Ling Yi told Chu Ran that the change would keep the Purification Protocol from targeting the school, but Bai Ye could recalibrate it or choose another method.

Ling Yi returned to school after the battle and spent the day keeping up appearances while the anchor device remained under watch. Bai Ye discovered that Ling Yi had shifted the device’s positioning signal and agreed to confront him, with the Purification Protocol for Dafeng City at stake.

• Ling Yi ate breakfast, told Chu Ran to rest and handle the seven captives, then went to school to check on the device in the basement.
• Ling Yi passed the school’s detection device, completed an English practice paper, and had an uneventful day.
• Bai Ye found that the anchor device’s signal was normal but its coordinates pointed to an uninhabited area instead of Dafeng City No. 3 Middle School.
• The entity in the crystal ball said recalibration would take twelve hours and urged Bai Ye to meet Ling Yi when he came to stop it.
• Bai Ye agreed to probe Ling Yi and made the entity promise to terminate the Purification Protocol in Dafeng City if Bai Ye lost.

Ling Yi learned that Bai Ye was recalibrating the anchor device, leaving less than twelve hours before the Purification Protocol could target Dafeng City No. 3 Middle School. White Bone and Chu Ran investigated Bai Ye’s location, and he challenged Ling Yi to meet him at midnight.

• Ling Yi sensed a calibration signal from the eastern suburbs, and Bai Suzhen told him Bai Ye would finish recalibrating the anchor device in twelve to fifteen hours while the crystal ball was nearly charged.
• Bai Suzhen traced the signal’s source to an abandoned building in the old city district, about eight kilometers northwest of the relay point.
• White Bone and Chu Ran went to the building, where Chu Ran sensed Bai Ye on the top floor and revealed she wanted to ask him about her parents.
• Bai Ye saw through White Bone’s disguise, identified her as Ling Yi’s summoned entity, and revealed he had been waiting for Ling Yi.
• Bai Ye told White Bone and Chu Ran to tell Ling Yi to meet him there at midnight or the Purification Protocol would be forcibly activated.
• After White Bone and Chu Ran left, Bai Ye saw that the crystal ball was ninety-nine point eight percent charged and expected it to finish charging within two hours.

Ling Yi prepared to confront Bai Ye at the abandoned apartment building before the Purification Protocol activated, while Bai Suzhen stayed behind to interfere with the anchor device. At the meeting, Ling Yi and White Bone used the Technique of Changes to take Bai Ye’s appearance and began analyzing his ability.

• Ling Yi decided to go to the old district to prevent the Purification Protocol from endangering thousands of students and nearby residents, and White Bone and Chu Ran insisted on accompanying him.
• Bai Suzhen gave Ling Yi a recovery potion and stayed behind to try to shift the anchor device’s positioning signal during its second calibration.
• Ling Yi, White Bone, and Chu Ran reached the abandoned apartment building shortly before midnight, where Ling Yi detected Bai Ye alone on the top floor.
• Bai Ye attacked Ling Yi with Seventh Tier Pressure as soon as he arrived, but Ling Yi resisted and used the Technique of Changes to copy Bai Ye’s appearance.
• White Bone entered the room disguised as Bai Ye, creating three identical Bai Yes, and she and Ling Yi began using the Technique of Changes to analyze Bai Ye’s ability.

Ling Yi and his allies fought Bai Ye in the dark while trying to stall the crystal ball’s charge and give Bai Suzhen time to interfere with the anchor. The crystal ball reached full charge, and Ling Yi revealed that he came from another world where Bai Ye had killed him before, then began loosening his third seal.

• Bai Ye unleashed borrowed dark purple energy, but it could not devour Ling Yi or White Bone because they possessed the same energy.
• Chu Ran sent six Dark Shadow Clones into the room, plunging it into an Absolute Dark Domain that weakened Bai Ye’s perception.
• White Bone attacked Bai Ye but was badly injured by his counterstrike, while Ling Yi pierced Bai Ye’s shoulder and disrupted his superpower circulation for a second.
• Ling Yi sensed the crystal ball’s charge reach one hundred percent, and Bai Ye dispersed the shadows and announced that the Purification Protocol could be activated at any time.
• Ling Yi told Bai Ye that he came from another world where he had seen Bai Ye kill him, then began loosening the third seal within his body.

Ling Yi forcibly shattered his third Sealing layer and reached the Seventh Tier, despite the power rapidly destroying his body. He continued fighting Bai Ye, who revealed his own hidden strength, and rose again after a brutal exchange, declaring that he was not alone.

• Ling Yi broke the third Sealing layer himself and endured severe injuries as he temporarily reached the Seventh Tier.
• Bai Ye recognized Ling Yi’s unstable power, warned that his body would collapse, and unleashed his full strength.
• Ling Yi and Bai Ye clashed as Seventh-Tier fighters, damaging the room and wounding each other.
• Bai Ye struck Ling Yi repeatedly, leaving him with broken ribs, a punctured lung, a ruptured spleen, and worsening fractures.
• Ling Yi struggled back to his feet, gripped his longsword, and said he was not alone.

Chu Ran joined Ling Yi’s fight against Bai Ye by spotting a tell in Bai Ye’s attacks, giving Ling Yi a chance to wound him. With Ling Yi’s body near collapse and his right arm almost broken, the chapter ended as he prepared to make one final strike.

• Chu Ran chose to enter the room despite the danger and warned Ling Yi that Bai Ye’s left shoulder dipped before he punched.
• Ling Yi used the warning to evade Bai Ye and slash him across the ribs, damaging an energy node.
• Bai Ye threatened Chu Ran, but Ling Yi held a sword to Bai Ye’s neck and forced him to back off because he needed Chu Ran’s parents.
• Bai Ye knocked Ling Yi back and revealed that Ling Yi’s fractured arm could withstand only three more sword swings.
• Ling Yi studied Bai Ye’s dodges, pierced his right ribs with his second strike, and prepared one final attack as his arm worsened.

Ling Yi wounded Bai Ye but could not stop him from activating the Purification Protocol. Bai Suzhen sacrificed her superpower core to destroy the anchor device, preventing purification and leaving Bai Ye's next move uncertain.

• Ling Yi exploited a brief gap in Bai Ye's defense to stab him near the heart, sacrificing his right arm and severely injuring himself in the process.
• Bai Ye began activating the Purification Protocol through the crystal ball after declaring that he would end the fight another way.
• Bai Suzhen exposed her superpower core and shifted the anchor device's positioning core to a distant barren mountain, destroying the gem and permanently dropping from Fifth Tier to Third Tier.
• The crystal ball reported that the anchor device had been ruined and the Purification Protocol could not locate its target, so Bai Ye learned that purification could not proceed for seven days.
• Ling Yi realized the entity in the crystal ball had restrictions and could not act independently, while Bai Ye and Ling Yi faced each other after the protocol failed.

Bai Ye ended the Purification Protocol in Dafeng City and spared Ling Yi, hoping to fight him again after he grew stronger. After waking from his injuries, Ling Yi used the system to begin a 72-hour repair that would restore his body and Superpower reserves to Early Sixth Tier.

• Bai Ye shut off the crystal ball, terminated the Purification Protocol in Dafeng City, and chose to spare Ling Yi so they could fight again in the future.
• Bai Ye warned Ling Yi that the Kami Church would deploy a new anchor in another city in seven days, then left.
• Ling Yi woke six hours later as Bai Suzhen treated his injuries, and Chu Ran cried with relief.
• Ling Yi learned that his Superpower reserves were nearly empty and that he needed to recover before the next anchor was deployed.
• Ling Yi spent 20,000 Energy Points to activate the system's Energy Repair mode, which began healing his injuries and restoring his reserves over 72 hours.

After waking from energy repair, Ling Yi learned that Bai Suzhen’s superpower core had been permanently damaged, leaving her at the Third Tier. He organized the team’s recovery and preparations for the Kami Church’s next anchor, which Bai Suzhen predicted would be deployed in Linhai City, before questioning why the Church targeted high schools.

• Ling Yi woke healed but at the Early Sixth Tier, and found Bai Suzhen’s superpower reduced to the Third Tier after the anchor device shattered; she said the damage was permanent.
• Bai Suzhen gave Ling Yi her analysis of the Kami Church’s structure, and he promised to find a way to restore her.
• Ling Yi reviewed the team’s condition and assigned recovery, surveillance, and preparations for the next anchor deployment in seven days.
• Bai Suzhen used interrogation records and known strongholds to predict that the Kami Church would target Linhai City.
• After Bai Suzhen cited Linhai No. 1 Middle School’s large student population, Ling Yi asked why the Church’s target had to be a high school.