Arc 1Playing Card Trial

Xing Yao formed the Playing Card Organization with his clones, sold powerful cards with troublesome side effects, and prepared for the college entrance trial while pursuing clues to his missing family. During the livestreamed trial, he concealed his role in defeating both hidden bosses and finished as the leading damage dealer.

  • Xing Yao and Clone No. 1 started harmless pranks to gather Resentment Points and named their masked group the Playing Card Organization.
  • Xing Yao awakened Clones No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4, copied their abilities, and raised himself and the clones through the stages.
  • Xing Yao and his clones made special cards with powerful effects and humiliating side effects, then sold them to buyers in the trading district and black market.
  • Xing Yao raised the four original clones to the first tier, where they merged with his mental world and gained the ability to resurrect there.
  • Xing Yao moved with his clones to a suburban villa, developed his own skills, and resolved to survive the trial and find his missing family.
  • At school, Xing Yao revealed his first-tier strength before the students entered the secret realm for the livestreamed entrance trial.
  • Xing Yao killed fierce beasts and avoided fighting Lin Chen and Lin Yue, while Captain learned that demonic beasts were approaching Qingning City.
  • Xing Yao secretly attacked the hidden bosses, earned the largest damage share against both, and finished ahead of Lin Chen and Lin Yue as viewers praised his abilities.
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Ch. 1Omnipotent Talent

Seven days before the college entrance trial, Xing Yao discussed his hidden abilities and urgent need for Resentment Points with Clone No. 1. They agreed to pursue harmless but aggravating tricks to earn points, though Xing Yao had not yet thought of a plan.

  • Xing Yao returned home and found Clone No. 1 complaining that researchers had searched for him because he resembled Xing Yao.
  • Xing Yao told Clone No. 1 that his mental world could now store things and that Resentment Points could create small objects, but he needed many more points.
  • Xing Yao explained that he would conceal his cloning ability and publicly rely on an omnipotent talent to avoid attracting dangerous attention.
  • Xing Yao and Clone No. 1 decided to seek Resentment Points through harmless tricks that would frustrate people without risking their lives or breaking the law.
  • Xing Yao admitted he had not come up with a specific trick, leaving Clone No. 1 disappointed.

Ch. 2Founding the Playing Card Organization

Xing Yao and Clone No. 1 devised pranks to earn resentment points so Xing Yao could reach peak eighth stage and prepare for the secret realm trial. After recalling his missing brother and the Abyss Suppression Academy, Xing Yao made masks for his clones and founded the Playing Card Organization.

  • Xing Yao and Clone No. 1 planned disruptive pranks around parks, shared bikes, public toilets, and busy streets to gather resentment points.
  • Xing Yao remembered that his brother had left to take the entrance exam for Abyss Suppression Academy and decided to get into Azure Dragon Academy.
  • Xing Yao resolved to reach peak eighth stage and create five more clones before the secret realm trial, while Clone No. 1 warned him about the academy's requirements and the risks of being identified.
  • Xing Yao produced numbered playing-card masks for the clone sets and showed Clone No. 1 his distinctive black mask.
  • Xing Yao officially named their new organization the Playing Card Organization.

Ch. 3The First Operation

Xing Yao and Clone No. 1 disguised themselves and set out to cause harmless mischief around town. After secretly adjusting bicycle seats, they split up to tamper with park exercise equipment and take toilet paper from public restrooms.

  • Xing Yao and Clone No. 1 chose playing-card masks and walkie-talkies to conceal their identities and coordinate their operation.
  • Xing Yao and Clone No. 1 left home separately through a camera-free alley and took positions at different, deserted locations.
  • Clone No. 1 lowered bicycle seats while Xing Yao raised bicycle seats near a residential complex.
  • Clone No. 1 headed for the park to loosen its exercise equipment, while Xing Yao went toward the public restrooms to take toilet paper.

Ch. 4A Bumper Harvest

Xing Yao and Clone No. 1 staged a series of pranks to provoke public anger and gather resentment for Xing Yao’s mental world. After watching the chaos spread from the streets to a park and shopping mall, they withdrew, leaving the operation’s next step unresolved.

  • Xing Yao and Clone No. 1 sabotaged bike seats, removed public toilet paper, and loosened park exercise equipment, causing people across the neighborhood to curse in anger.
  • Xing Yao watched the resulting resentment gather as a dense fog in his mental world, while Clone No. 1 celebrated their success.
  • Xing Yao told Clone No. 1 to mop the nearby shopping mall floor while he bought laxatives, then fed laxative-laced grain to pigeons at Cloud Lake Central Park.
  • The birds scattered and covered park visitors with droppings, sending the panicked crowd running into the mall, where they slipped on the polished floor and piled up.
  • Xing Yao ordered Clone No. 1 to withdraw, and they left the scene under umbrellas while watching the chaos.

Ch. 5Trading Peashooters for Cannons

After earning a huge amount of Resentment Points, Xing Yao awakened powerful talents for Clone No. 1 and three new clones, then copied their skills across the team. He left himself at mid-Tier One and the other clones at the peak of Stage Eight, with everyone equipped for their next outing.

  • Xing Yao and Clone No. 1 returned home exhausted and discovered their Resentment Points were still soaring.
  • Xing Yao awakened Clone No. 1's space-element talent, granting Teleportation and Space Slash, then copied the talent for himself.
  • Xing Yao created Clone No. 2, Clone No. 3, and Clone No. 4, awakening their shadow, ground, and blazing flame talents.
  • Clone No. 2 gained Invisibility and Shadow Kill, Clone No. 3 gained healing and armor skills, and Clone No. 4 gained flame transformation and an explosive attack.
  • Xing Yao copied Invisibility and the clones' core skills across the team, then advanced himself to mid-Tier One and the other clones to the peak of Stage Eight.

Ch. 6Rules

Xing Yao explained his supposed Omnipotent Talent to the National Talent Research Institute, then summoned his four clones and laid down rules for their training and survival. With six days remaining before the secret realm opened, he told them to prepare spare masks and pointed to Clone No. 1 as the one who knew why.

  • Xing Yao told a caller from the National Talent Research Institute that his talent unlocked abilities unpredictably and had the drawback of granting him only one skill per tier.
  • Xing Yao ignored his four clones' mockery and realized they could communicate remotely through one of their skills.
  • Xing Yao summoned the four masked clones and ordered them to train and learn their abilities before the secret realm opened in six days.
  • Xing Yao instructed the clones to stay invisible, keep their masks on, earn resentment points, and avoid showing off or taking unnecessary risks.
  • Xing Yao told the clones to prepare spare masks and said Clone No. 1 knew why they needed them.

Ch. 7Make money, make money, make money!

Xing Yao and his clones discussed why they needed spare masks, then lamented that they had no money for better housing. After rejecting several ways to earn cash, Clone No. 3 proposed making special items.

  • Clone No. 1 explained that spare masks would protect the clones' identities, help them escape, and preserve their status while doing odd jobs.
  • Xing Yao created ordinary background-extra masks for the clones to use for errands and earning luck points.
  • Clone No. 3 complained about their dilapidated room and suggested moving into a grand villa, but Xing Yao reminded everyone that they had no money.
  • The clones brainstormed ways to get rich, but they rejected selling secret-realm drops and taking bounties or missions.
  • Clone No. 3 proposed making special items as a way to earn money.

Ch. 8Special items (Part one)

Xing Yao proposed making ability-powered items with Resentment Points, and he and his clones learned to condense resentment into cards. After Clone No. 2 made an invisibility card with a cruel side effect, Xing Yao decided it was too dangerous to sell to anyone but the state.

  • Xing Yao suggested using Resentment Points to make practical special items, and the group entered his mental world to use its vast store of resentment.
  • Xing Yao and the clones tried to form resentment cards, failing repeatedly until Clone No. 2 successfully made an invisibility card that lasted an hour.
  • Clone No. 1 and Clone No. 2 added a side effect that left the user's shoes, equipment, backpack, and hair invisible after the user became visible again.
  • Xing Yao warned that the card was too dangerous for ordinary buyers and said they could sell it only to the state; the clones agreed.

Ch. 9Special Items (Part Two)

Xing Yao and his clones developed four practical cards with troublesome side effects, then prepared to sell their first batch. After spending nearly all his resentment points on cardmaking and upgrades, Xing Yao faced the need to find a faster way to mass-produce them.

  • Clone No. 3 created an earth armor card whose itching side effect spread by touch, and Xing Yao approved it for mass production.
  • Xing Yao upgraded Clone No. 3 and Clone No. 2 to stage 9, then urged everyone to make cards quickly because his resentment points were running low.
  • Clone No. 4 made flame incarnation cards that burned away the user's clothes and hair when they expired, while Clone No. 1 made teleportation cards that left three holes in the user's clothes.
  • The clones finished four kinds of cards and reported making 83 teleportation cards, 96 invisibility cards, 108 earth armor cards, and 76 flame incarnation cards.
  • Xing Yao planned to sell 64 cards the next day and upgraded Clone No. 1 and Clone No. 4 to stage 9.
  • Clone No. 1 said the clones needed a way to mass-produce cards rather than making them one at a time in the mental world.

Ch. 10Special reward

Xing Yao received a special item from the National Talent Research Institute that exempted him and his subordinates from Rune Secret Realm levies, and he began considering how to trade similar creations for state resources. The chapter revealed that his older brother had secretly arranged the reward to protect him from a mole within the institute.

  • Xing Yao decided to earn resentment points, then received a call confirming his new talent and announcing a special reward.
  • Clone Number Three brought in the package, and Xing Yao tested the aura-emitting handgun-shaped item on Clone Number One before lining up the clones to receive its effect.
  • Xing Yao considered why the state had provided such an unusually valuable reward, then resolved to treat it as an investment and potentially supply special items to the state through the Playing Card Organization.
  • Twenty minutes earlier, Xiao Hui warned Elder Li about a mole and instructed him not to investigate Xing Yao's talent deeply or issue the usual reward.
  • Xiao Hui secretly ordered Elder Li to give Xing Yao the levy-exempting item in the institute's name, and said he would visit his younger brother later.

Ch. 11Selling cards at a street stall

Xing Yao sent his clones to scout Qingning City's special-item trading district while he set up a relaxed street stall to sell powerful cards. A skeptical customer bought three cards to test in a nearby secret realm, leaving Xing Yao and the gathered crowd waiting to see whether they worked.

  • Xing Yao hid his aura pistol, masked his clones, and split them into groups to reach Qingning City's busiest special-item trading district.
  • Xing Yao ordered four clones to scout other stalls while he set up his own stall with cards, a sign, and a lounge chair.
  • Xing Yao described cards that granted teleportation, flame form, and earth armor, and promised tenfold compensation if any card was fake.
  • A middle-aged man bought one of each card for 3,000 Huayuan coins and headed toward a nearby secret realm to test them.
  • Xing Yao concealed four clones around the crowd to guard the stall as he waited for the man's results.

Ch. 12The Resentment-Powered Card Production Line

Xing Yao’s cards drew a frenzy of buyers after a man demonstrated their power, and the resulting sales brought him 64,000 Huayuan in net earnings. Back in his room, Xing Yao realized he could use Resentment Points to create a master card and copy it for mass production, and he prepared to test the idea.

  • A middle-aged man returned after testing Xing Yao’s cards, showed footage of himself defeating a tier-two monster, and urged the crowd to buy them.
  • The man shared his test recording online, drawing a rush of buyers; Xing Yao sold all 64 sets and turned away those who arrived too late.
  • Lin Chen and Lin Yue recognized Xing Yao at the stall and questioned him about the popular cards, but he left without explaining their functions.
  • Clone No. 2 reported a suspicious buyer who had purchased one of each card, so Xing Yao sent Clone No. 2 and Clone No. 3 to follow him and assigned Clone No. 1 to run future sales.
  • Back in his shabby room, Xing Yao counted 64,000 Huayuan in net earnings and considered Clone No. 4’s suggestion to automate card production.
  • Xing Yao realized he could spend Resentment Points to create an original card and then copy it using more Resentment Points, and he became eager to test the method.

Ch. 13Discovering the black market

Xing Yao learned that a suspicious man had entered a masked black market, though Clones Two and Three lost him in the crowd. He ordered them to sell modified cards that would cause severe backlash, but Clone Four raised the danger of accidentally harming innocent buyers.

  • Clones Two and Three followed a suspicious man through a hidden door into a crowded, masked black market, then lost sight of him.
  • After hearing Clone Two's report, Xing Yao concluded that the stolen cards had reached criminals and ordered the clones to open a card stall.
  • Xing Yao explained that the cards would provide powerful effects for only one minute before inflicting intensified side effects for an hour.
  • Clones One, Two, Three, and Four praised Xing Yao's trap, then fell silent when Clone Four asked whether innocent awakened people might buy the cards.

Ch. 14Invincible?

Xing Yao used Resentment Points to duplicate cards and upgrade his clones, discovering that each clone who reached tier one merged with his mental world and could resurrect there after a twenty-four-hour cooldown. The chapter left him realizing he was building an undying clone army while his mental world grew stronger.

  • Xing Yao assigned Clone No. 2 and Clone No. 3 to sell cards discreetly in the black market and Clone No. 1 to sell openly during holidays.
  • Resentment Points surged as the first buyers encountered the cards, and Xing Yao discovered he could duplicate completed cards quickly and cheaply.
  • Xing Yao used Resentment Points to raise Clone No. 1 to tier one, causing the clone to merge with the mental world and strengthen its spatial laws.
  • Clone No. 1 said he could resurrect in the mental world after a twenty-four-hour cooldown, astonishing Xing Yao and Clone No. 4.
  • Xing Yao upgraded Clone No. 4, who also merged with the mental world and gained the same resurrection ability, confirming that every upgraded clone could do so.

Ch. 15Laws!

Xing Yao advanced Clone No. 2 and Clone No. 3, strengthening his mental world and binding all four first-tier clones to it with the ability to resurrect. After learning that the clones had awakened powerful law-related abilities but could not advance to the second tier without understanding their laws, he created two more clones and returned to bed.

  • Xing Yao used resentment points to advance Clone No. 2 and Clone No. 3 to the first tier, strengthening the mental world and completing the four clones’ resurrection links.
  • Xing Yao put on his mask, but the mental world shook as the clones’ laws fused, spoiling his imposing pose.
  • Clone No. 2 and the other clones explained that they had awakened new abilities, while Clone No. 1 said they were blocked from the second tier until they mastered their laws.
  • Xing Yao raised the clones to the peak of the first tier but could not break their law barriers, so he ordered them to stay in the mental world and study their abilities.
  • Xing Yao created Clone No. 5 and Clone No. 6, then assigned them to take over the stalls while the older clones focused on comprehending their laws.
  • Xing Yao returned to the real world and fell asleep after hearing Clone No. 1 tease him about his failed attempt to look cool.

Ch. 16Countdown to the College Entrance Trial

With the college entrance trial one day away, Xing Yao learned it would be livestreamed nationwide and decided he could not risk exposing his clones. He spent the night creating his own skills and finished just before the trial.

  • Xing Yao reflected on the trial and his goal of reaching Abyss Suppression Academy to find his missing family, then assigned clones No. 5 and No. 6 to sell and buy cards while keeping their identities secret.
  • Xing Yao and his clones moved into a suburban villa as official awakened squads increased patrols throughout the city.
  • The authorities announced that the college entrance trial would be livestreamed nationwide, so Xing Yao decided he had to rely on himself rather than use his clones.
  • Xing Yao studied the origins he had copied from his clones and the laws they were comprehending, then began creating his own skills.
  • After spending the night refining his skills, Xing Yao finished creating them as the college entrance trial approached the next day.

Ch. 17Memories

Xing Yao sent Clone No. 5 and Clone No. 6 to investigate the lockdown and exam trial, but they found no reliable information and returned to regroup at his suburban home. As he waited for his other clones to finish comprehending laws, Xing Yao remembered his missing family and resolved to uncover the truth and find them.

  • Xing Yao ordered Clone No. 5 to investigate rumors about the candidates, trial, and Awakened patrols, while Clone No. 6 watched the city's underground forces.
  • After two days of investigation, Clone No. 5 and Clone No. 6 found no useful information about the lockdown or the trial.
  • Xing Yao ordered both clones to stop investigating and return to the new home in the suburbs by discreet routes.
  • Xing Yao watched Clones No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 continue comprehending laws, suppressing his anxiety so he would not disturb them.
  • Xing Yao looked at an old photograph of his family and recalled how his parents disappeared, followed by his older brother.
  • Xing Yao tucked the photograph away and resolved to survive the trial, uncover the truth, and find his family.

Ch. 18So satisfying!

On the morning of the entrance examination, Xing Yao assigned Clones 5 and 6 their duties and infused them with enough resentment energy to reach First Tier, while Clones 1–4 continued their undisturbed comprehension. At school, he revealed his own First Tier strength to Lin Yue, Lin Chen, and their classmates, leaving them stunned as he quietly enjoyed the reaction.

  • Xing Yao ordered Clone 5 to guard his home and Clone 6 to hide in the Clear Source World, then raised both clones to First Tier with resentment energy.
  • Xing Yao confirmed Clones 1–4 remained unaffected by the energy disturbance and continued comprehending the laws.
  • Xing Yao went to school for the entrance examination, where Lin Yue questioned him about his popular cards and his lack of visible training.
  • After Lin Chen apologized for Lin Yue's bluntness, Xing Yao casually asked why he should explain himself and revealed his First Tier aura.
  • Lin Yue and the surrounding students reacted in shock, while Lin Chen compared Xing Yao's progress to his own peak Eighth Stage cultivation.

Ch. 19Entering the Secret Realm

Xing Yao and his classmates began the college entrance exam trial, which was broadcast nationwide, and were teleported into a dangerous secret realm. Xing Yao entered an ancient forest with a black spear, while the livestream commentators revealed that he had awakened the unprecedented Omnipotent Talent.

  • The class reacted with shock when Xing Yao's tier-one strength was revealed, before the homeroom teacher explained the trial's dangers and nationwide broadcast.
  • The homeroom teacher gave each student a trial bracelet that recorded points and could teleport its wearer out in an emergency, then sent the class into the secret realm.
  • Xing Yao appeared alone in an ancient forest and summoned a black spear, adopting a battle-ready bearing.
  • The nationwide livestream focused on Xing Yao, and Gu Yan identified his talent as the unprecedented Omnipotent Talent rather than a spatial ability.
  • Troops in Qingning City began moving nearly everyone into underground air-raid shelters.

Ch. 20Debate

Xing Yao effortlessly killed a Rift-Toothed Leopard with a spatial wormhole spear strike, stunning the commentators and viewers. The broadcast then showed Lin Yue and Lin Chen defeating a Flame-Horned Beast in perfect coordination, leaving viewers arguing over which seeded contestant was strongest.

  • Gu Yan revealed that Xing Yao had an omnipotent talent, sending livestream traffic and discussion surging.
  • Xing Yao sensed an approaching Rift-Toothed Leopard and killed it instantly with a precise spear strike through a spatial wormhole.
  • Gu Yan praised Xing Yao's spatial control, then redirected the broadcast to the other Qingning City seeded contestants, Lin Yue and Lin Chen.
  • Lin Yue restrained a Flame-Horned Beast with powerful vines while Lin Chen killed it with a concentrated lightning strike.
  • Viewers argued over whether Xing Yao or the coordinated siblings were stronger, and one commenter urged them to call Xing Yao “Brother Yao.”

Ch. 21Unease

Xing Yao continued to dominate the trial leaderboard but felt an unexplained sense of danger as he moved deeper into the forest. He passed Lin Chen and Lin Yue without conflict, while a greater crisis waited outside the secret realm.

  • Xing Yao cleared fierce beasts with his black spear, and the livestream commentators announced that he led the leaderboard by a wide margin over Lin Chen and Lin Yue.
  • Xing Yao sensed a growing unease as he detected the powerful auras of Lin Chen and Lin Yue approaching through the forest.
  • Lin Chen shielded Lin Yue as the three contestants stopped and cautiously sized one another up without speaking.
  • Lin Yue signaled Lin Chen not to fight, and Xing Yao turned away; the three went their separate ways without conflict.
  • Xing Yao continued deeper into the forest, unaware that the danger he sensed was waiting outside the secret realm.

Ch. 22Hidden Boss

After Xing Yao and the Lin siblings avoided a fight and continued hunting, Captain watched Xing Yao on the livestream as he learned that a massive demonic beast attack was headed for Qingning City. The commentators revealed that the secret realm would summon two successive hidden bosses once enough beasts were killed, and Xing Yao sensed two terrifying auras awakening in the forest.

  • Xing Yao left Lin Chen and Lin Yue, who chose to keep hunting beasts and accumulating points rather than fight him.
  • Captain watched Xing Yao's livestream and declined to visit him, then received confirmation that demonic beasts were charging toward Qingning City.
  • The communications officer told Captain that a prophet had foreseen the attack and that the defense forces had prepared a response.
  • Gu Yan and Su Wanqing revealed that the secret realm had a limited number of beasts and would summon two hidden bosses when their numbers fell below a threshold.
  • Xing Yao sensed two immense auras awakening in the deepest part of the secret realm and readied himself with his spear.

Ch. 23The First Boss Dies

Xing Yao used Invisibility to reach the secret realm’s center, recovered, and secretly attacked the lava boss while Lin Chen, Lin Yue, and the other examinees fought it openly. The boss suddenly entered an unexplained enraged state, leaving the examinees bewildered.

  • Xing Yao activated Invisibility and traveled toward the center while the other examinees rushed there openly.
  • Xing Yao hid near the battlefield and restored his depleted energy before approaching the hidden bosses.
  • Lin Chen and Lin Yue coordinated their attacks on the lava boss as the other examinees poured on damage.
  • Xing Yao remained invisible, using Teleportation and spatial wormholes to strike the lava boss’s weak points with his black spear.
  • The lava behemoth erupted in lava and entered an enraged state, blasting nearby examinees away and leaving Lin Chen and Lin Yue confused.

Ch. 24The second boss appears

Xing Yao secretly dealt the most damage to the first hidden boss, then the second boss ambushed the examinees from beneath the first boss’s corpse. As the survivors regrouped, Xing Yao stayed invisible and used spatial power to pierce the stronger boss’s defenses.

  • Xing Yao’s unseen attacks drove the Lava Monstrosity berserk and raised his damage share to 35%, surpassing Lin Chen and Lin Yue.
  • The first hidden boss fell, and the system announced Xing Yao as the top damage dealer, leaving the examinees stunned.
  • The second boss burst from beneath the Lava Monstrosity’s corpse and eliminated several examinees with a surprise attack.
  • Lin Chen pulled Lin Yue behind him and took the second boss’s blow, while the survivors regrouped to fight back.
  • Xing Yao used spatial power to strengthen his spear and continued attacking the second boss’s joints and vital points while remaining invisible.

Ch. 25All-rounder = Spatial + Dark + ...?

Xing Yao helped defeat the Gloomy Black Shadow Demon with a precise spatial strike and earned 40% of the damage rewards. After the battle, the livestream commentators revealed he combined spatial abilities with dark-element skills, suggesting he was an all-rounder.

  • The Gloomy Black Shadow Demon rampaged, overwhelming the examinees as Lin Chen and Lin Yue struggled to hold the front line.
  • Xing Yao stayed at the edge of the melee and struck the demon's vulnerable core with his black spear when it attacked Lin Chen and Lin Yue.
  • The Gloomy Black Shadow Demon died, and the system awarded Xing Yao 40% of the damage share, Lin Chen 25%, and Lin Yue 20%.
  • Lin Chen watched Xing Yao in silence, while Lin Yue remarked that he seemed not to belong in the battlefield.
  • Gu Yan and Su Wanqing praised Xing Yao's spatial mastery, and Gu Yan pointed out that his invisibility came from dark-element skills as the livestream viewers called him an all-rounder.
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