Chapter Summaries

Cheng Mo discovered that he could manipulate Origin Power by spinning a coin, while Shen Heng and Le Gu Nan waited in the Longzhou People's Bank vault for the gold escort. The first vehicle carrying gold arrived.

• After his attempts to move a coin failed, Cheng Mo balanced it upright and made it spin with Origin Power.
• Zhou Yang and the others celebrated Cheng Mo's ability and questioned him about sensing Origin Power, but he struggled to explain it.
• Zhou Feng briefly watched two passing figures, then lost focus on the group's conversation.
• Shen Heng and Le Gu Nan entered the bank and joined Wei Yongrui, the Longzhou Supervision Bureau's only First Tier, in the underground vault.
• Shen Heng listened for sounds while gently circulating Origin Power through his body, and the first gold-escort vehicle arrived.

Shen Heng and the inspectors waited in the underground vault as successive gold vehicles arrived, confirming that the Golden Rat had not followed the first two. When the third vehicle approached, Shen Heng detected the Golden Rat underground and warned the team to prepare.

• Wu Hongxuan brought gold from the first vehicle to the vault, and the team confirmed the Golden Rat had not followed it.
• Shen Heng used sound waves to verify that the Golden Rat had not followed the second vehicle, whose gold was delivered by Zhou Le'an and three other inspectors.
• While waiting, Zhou Le'an studied the vault and watched Shen Heng remain motionless and alert.
• Shen Heng detected an unidentified creature moving underground as the third vehicle approached and struck the wall with his saber to map its position.
• Shen Heng warned everyone that the Golden Rat had followed the third vehicle and told them to get ready.

Shen Heng and the Longzhou Supervision Bureau waited in the underground vault while the Golden Rat investigated a decoy delivery of gold. After the rat returned and searched the underground structure, it reached the vault, where a clang sounded from the ceiling.

• Fan Yuqiao and the accompanying officers unloaded the gold at the Longzhou People's Bank, then drove away as the Golden Rat watched from underground.
• Shen Heng sensed that the Golden Rat had followed the van, and he and Le Gu Nan reasoned that it might be checking for an ambush or seeking a larger haul.
• Wu Hongxuan instructed Fan Yuqiao to continue to a resting place and stay in the van while the group waited for the Golden Rat to return.
• Shen Heng sensed the Golden Rat coming back and told Fan Yuqiao that she no longer needed to hide in the van.
• The Golden Rat reached the underground structure, inspected the gold, then searched the passages until a clang rang out from the vault's ceiling.

Shen Heng and the Longzhou Supervision Bureau waited inside a steel-plated vault for the Golden Rat to emerge, but the cautious Calamity Beast eventually left without entering. The team abandoned the failed plan and prepared to report to their captain.

• Shen Heng tracked the Golden Rat as it searched around the vault and struck the steel plating, then watched it ram the floor from underground.
• Shen Heng told the team to follow the plan if the Golden Rat broke in, but the beast stopped its attack and remained underground.
• Shen Heng and the Longzhou Supervision Bureau waited for hours as the Golden Rat inspected the gold bars and circled the vault without emerging.
• Shen Heng sensed the Golden Rat leaving and told Wu Hongxuan and the others that their plan had failed.
• Wu Hongxuan calmed the irritated team and began reporting the failed operation to their captain.

Shen Heng and Le Gu Nan tracked the wary Golden Rat through Longzhou until it returned to its nest beneath Dream Wonderland. With the rat settled underground and the amusement park full of people, Shen Heng set aside the idea of using heavy weapons and asked Le Gu Nan if she wanted to go inside.

• Wang Zhi said the failed plan had made the Golden Rat too wary, and Shen Heng offered to watch it until headquarters sent help.
• Shen Heng drove after the Golden Rat through the night while Le Gu Nan rode with him, carrying a piece of concrete wrapped in silvery-gray threads.
• The Golden Rat revisited the vault, found the gold had been moved, and fled before growing even more cautious.
• Shen Heng used sound waves to locate the Golden Rat resting in its nest beneath Dream Wonderland.
• Seeing Le Gu Nan gaze at the amusement park, Shen Heng asked whether she wanted to go inside.

Shen Heng and Le Gu Nan spent the day exploring an amusement park while monitoring the sleeping Golden Rat. After riding several attractions, they encountered a haunted-house employee who tried to persuade them to enter an abandoned hospital.

• Shen Heng reassured Le Gu Nan that visiting the amusement park would not affect their mission, and they went inside together.
• Le Gu Nan told Shen Heng that her mother had read her Tales from Moominvalley when she was young.
• Shen Heng and Le Gu Nan rode the pirate ship, and Le Gu Nan gradually began to enjoy the ride.
• The two tried several more attractions and ate grilled sausages as Le Gu Nan became more relaxed.
• A haunted-house employee invited them to investigate an abandoned hospital, but Shen Heng noticed Le Gu Nan was frightened and started to leave.
• The employee claimed the haunted house had learned from one that made it into Guinness World Records, prompting Shen Heng to pause.

Shen Heng accompanied Le Gu Nan through the Baihe Psychiatric Hospital haunted house after she chose to face her fear of ghosts. When chainsaw-wielding doctors charged at them in the final operating room, Le Gu Nan flung herself into Shen Heng’s arms.

• Le Gu Nan asked to enter the haunted house to try to overcome her fear, and Shen Heng agreed to accompany her.
• After the staff member’s introduction, Shen Heng and Le Gu Nan took a flashlight and entered the dark hospital attraction.
• They encountered a crawling nurse, staged corpses, and other scares as they made their way through the corridors and laboratory, with Le Gu Nan gripping Shen Heng’s arm in fear.
• In the final operating room, chainsaw-wielding doctors charged at Shen Heng and Le Gu Nan, and Le Gu Nan flung herself into his arms.

After Le Gu Nan recovered from the haunted house, she and Shen Heng discussed ghosts and how they had awakened their abilities. Their conversation left Shen Heng wondering what purpose or meaning guided his actions.

• Shen Heng comforted Le Gu Nan in the haunted house, and she stayed close to him until they left.
• Shen Heng and Le Gu Nan returned to the car, shared dinner, and discussed whether ghosts existed and how God Invocation worked.
• Le Gu Nan told Shen Heng that she awakened her ability after touching a forming Origin Crystal from a Calamity Beast that attacked her home.
• Le Gu Nan said she hoped fewer people would die because of Calamity Beasts, then asked Shen Heng why he had joined the Supervision Bureau.
• Shen Heng recalled joining to help his sick mother but found that neither resisting the Ruins Realm nor becoming stronger felt like his purpose.

Shen Heng lured the Golden Rat into an ambush and battled it beneath the moon. After a passing Porsche threw him his saber, he struck the airborne Calamity Beast with Vibrating Blade · Triple.

• Shen Heng decided he needed to better protect the people around him and waited with Le Gu Nan for the Golden Rat to emerge.
• The Golden Rat left its cavern, avoided searching for treasure, and spotted a young man walking alone near the amusement park.
• The Golden Rat attacked the young man, but Shen Heng revealed himself and repeatedly knocked it into the air to keep it from reaching the ground.
• A Porsche sped past and threw Shen Heng his saber, which he caught as the Golden Rat fell toward him.
• Shen Heng wrapped Origin Power and sound waves around his blade and slashed the Golden Rat with Vibrating Blade · Triple.

After Shen Heng killed the Golden Rat, Le Gu Nan treated his injured hands and drove him toward the Longzhou Supervision Bureau. Shen Heng heard signs of a nearby mission and redirected them so Le Gu Nan could see another bureau in action, where a team had lost track of a Third Tier Black Concealment Wolf.

• Shen Heng killed the Golden Rat, and Le Gu Nan cleaned and bandaged the wounds on his hands.
• Shen Heng and Le Gu Nan decided to take the Golden Rat's corpse to the Longzhou Supervision Bureau and leave for Linhai the next day.
• While Le Gu Nan drove, Shen Heng heard a sound and told her to turn left so they could observe a Supervision Bureau mission.
• Chen Rui, Zhou Le'an, and their teammates tracked a Third Tier Black Concealment Wolf after their group split up to pursue four wolves.
• The team lost the wolf's footprints, and Chen Rui asked Zhou Le'an whether his ability had taken effect.

Zhou Le'an, Chen Rui, Wu Lan, and their teammates fought the Third Tier Black Concealment Wolf, but the beast overpowered them and forced them to flee. As the wolf pursued them toward the distant gate, a faint glimmer appeared in a crack in it.

• Zhou Le'an explained that his Induction ability had little effect on the Black Concealment Wolf, which had disappeared from sight during their pursuit.
• The Black Concealment Wolf ambushed the group, injured a teammate, and repeatedly attacked Chen Rui as Wu Lan tried to restrain it with her grappling hook.
• Zhou Le'an and Wu Lan helped entangle the wolf, allowing Chen Rui to strike it, but the beast recovered and knocked them all down.
• The Black Concealment Wolf approached the fallen Chen Rui, but Wu Lan used her grappling hook to pull him away, and the group fled toward the gate.
• The injured group ran as the wolf pursued them, and a faint glimmer appeared in a crack in the distant gate.

Shen Heng arrived in time to kill the Black Concealment Wolf with one slash, saving Wu Lan and her injured teammates. The next day, he and Le Gu Nan left Longzhou by private plane after receiving thanks from Wu Hongxuan.

• Wu Lan asked Shen Heng to hold off the Third Tier Black Concealment Wolf while her captain and teammates dealt with the other beasts.
• Shen Heng killed the Black Concealment Wolf with a single saber slash, leaving Wu Lan and the others stunned by his strength.
• The next day, Wu Hongxuan thanked Shen Heng and said the Golden Rat and Black Concealment Wolf incidents would be reported for points to be credited to him.
• Shen Heng accepted Wu Hongxuan's personal thanks for saving her teammates, then reflected on the dangers faced by local Supervision Bureau members.
• Shen Heng and Le Gu Nan exchanged messages aboard her family's private plane before it took off and Longzhou faded beneath the clouds.

Tao Man learned that Shen Heng and Le Gu Nan had already returned to Longzhou and helped the Supervision Bureau with two missions, while Shen Heng returned to Linhai and redeemed the second layer of Sevenfold Force. The chapter ended as Shen Heng watched holographic instruction demonstrate how to layer two waves of force into a punch.

• Hu Yang and Tao Man registered their departure from Longzhou and learned from Chen Zhixuan that Shen Heng and Le Gu Nan had returned two days earlier.
• Chen Zhixuan said Shen Heng and Le Gu Nan had helped with two missions, preventing someone from the Longzhou Supervision Bureau from dying.
• Shen Heng returned to the Linhai City Supervision Bureau after visiting Xu Yuqin and considering how to spend his points.
• Shen Heng redeemed Sevenfold Force · Second Layer for 300 points and entered a room with holographic instruction equipment.
• The holographic instructor demonstrated how to add a second wave of force within 0.1 seconds to produce Sevenfold Force · Second Layer.

Shen Heng trained to master the first two layers of Sevenfold Force, a human-body-based combat technique that did not use Origin Power during practice. Wang Hai explained the technique’s challenges and recommended a salve to help Shen Heng recover from training injuries.

• Shen Heng studied the virtual figure’s instructions and repeatedly practiced producing and linking two surges of force without using Origin Power.
• Shen Heng struggled to make the second surge fuse perfectly with the first as his training continued through the night.
• At breakfast, Wang Hai recognized that Shen Heng was practicing Sevenfold Force and said close-combat martial artists needed the technique.
• Shen Heng told Wang Hai he could barely link the two surges, and Wang Hai explained that precise timing and repeated practice were needed to master it.
• Wang Hai recommended that Shen Heng redeem Azure Marrow Jade Salve to heal training injuries and speed up his progress.

Le Gu Nan used the Firmament Breath Beast's Lung Crystal to cure Xu Yuqin, who woke and left the hospital with Shen Heng. At Dragon Spine Mountain Base, Shen Shuning received a Tier 2 Origin Crystal and prepared to attempt awakening her ability.

• Le Gu Nan treated Xu Yuqin with the Firmament Breath Beast's Lung Crystal and told Shen Heng the procedure was complete.
• Xu Yuqin woke, spoke with Shen Heng and Le Gu Nan, and was discharged from Linhai City People's Hospital.
• Shen Heng reassured Xu Yuqin that her Weak Breath Disease was cured, though she would need time to recover her strength.
• Xu Jingshan gave Shen Shuning a Tier 2 Origin Crystal and explained how to attempt awakening her ability.
• Shen Shuning waited for Xiao Bai'er, and the two returned to their dormitory discussing their chances of awakening.
• A figure stood on a balcony beneath the moonlight as silvery-white radiance swirled in her palm.

Shen Heng finished adapting to Twofold Force and planned to exchange for Threefold Force the next day. At the Linhai Supervision Bureau, Han Ling helped Wu Cheng improve his sniper aim in a game, while Wu Cheng claimed his cautious play would prepare him for future battles; when Shen Heng was late for dinner, Wu Cheng called out, relying on Shen Heng’s passive state to hear him.

• Shen Heng completed sixteen days of training and adapted his whole body to Twofold Force, then decided to exchange for Threefold Force the next day.
• Han Ling explained long-range shooting factors to Wu Cheng and guided him to hit a moving car in Battlefield Breakout, earning several kills.
• Han Ling urged Wu Cheng to fight more aggressively, but Wu Cheng said his cautious gameplay would help him survive a mental attack and defeat the Calamity Beast.
• As the Linhai Supervision Bureau members gathered for dinner, Old Li sent Dahuang to fetch Shen Heng, but Wu Cheng instead shouted for Shen Heng, saying his passive state would let him hear them.

Shen Heng discussed martial arts training and plans for school classes with Wang Hai and the others, then learned that Ye Chengyun had organized a squad to search Linhai City for Calamity Beasts. Shen Heng approved the plan but warned Yu Jingming to flee if they encountered a Third Tier Calamity Beast.

• Wu Cheng called for Shen Heng, who came to the dining room and joined the others for a meal.
• Wang Hai said he had reached the fifth level of Sevenfold Force and advised Shen Heng to redeem later levels one at a time.
• Shen Heng suggested schools teach Calamity Beast information, combat, and Origin Power sensing, and Wang Hai said headquarters had postponed such classes because of a lack of personnel.
• Yu Jingming told Shen Heng that Ye Chengyun had gathered eleven martial artists to search the city at night for Calamity Beasts after another squad reported finding and killing one.
• Shen Heng told Yu Jingming the squad's plan did not violate any rules, advised them to study the Calamity Beast guide and apply for permission to use guns, and warned them to run from any Third Tier Calamity Beast.

Ye Chengyun gathered martial artists to form a team for hunting Calamity Beasts, while Shen Heng’s unexpected appearance sparked speculation about his strength. The group began introductions by reporting their punching force, and Qiu Rui’s progress after sensing Origin Power only twenty-odd days earlier surprised everyone.

• Shen Heng entered the Martial Arts Association lobby with Yu Jingming, and Ye Chengyun and the other martial artists respectfully greeted him as Inspector Shen.
• After Shen Heng left, Ye Chengyun told the group that he could not sense Shen Heng’s Origin Power and guessed he was at least second tier, possibly third tier.
• Deng Ming encouraged the martial artists not to feel inferior to inspectors, and Ye Chengyun praised Deng Ming before explaining that rewards for second-tier Calamity Beasts would depend on contributions.
• Yu Jingming explained that Shen Heng had taught him how to cultivate, and Deng Ming accepted his answer.
• Ye Chengyun began introductions for the assembled team, and the group reacted with surprise when Qiu Rui reported a punching force of 378 kg after sensing Origin Power only twenty-odd days earlier.

Qiu Rui impressed the gathered officials with his rapid increase in strength, while Shen Heng later investigated a Calamity Beast that had been killing other Calamity Beasts near the same streets. The investigation shifted when Fan Hong asked Wang Hai to examine a seafood market linked to more than a dozen disappearances.

• Qiu Rui said his strength had reached 378 kg in just over twenty days, and Ye Chengyun praised Linhai for gaining another genius.
• Shen Heng examined another Calamity Beast corpse and considered how its killer could have stayed hidden and avoided attacking people.
• Fan Hong told Wang Hai that a witness had seen the dead Calamity Beast being dragged into bushes by an earthy-brown creature.
• Wei Leyang suggested that the creature might be friendly toward humans, but Shen Heng reasoned that it would still need food.
• Wang Hai decided to leave the non-hostile creature alone, and Fan Hong asked him to investigate a seafood market visited by more than a dozen people before they went missing.

Shen Heng, Wang Hai, and their teammates investigated a seafood market linked to several unexplained disappearances. Shen Heng’s initial search found no obvious Calamity Beasts, leaving the cause of the missing people unresolved.

• Fan Hong explained that several people who had visited the seafood market had disappeared without witnesses or clues, despite a lengthy police investigation.
• Wang Hai decided to investigate the market with Shen Heng, and Han Ling and Le Gu Nan joined them.
• The group arrived at the closed market, where its manager opened the doors and gave Fan Hong keys to the locked areas.
• Fan Hong said the market had already been thoroughly searched, while Shen Heng reported that he had detected no strange sounds or obvious Calamity Beasts.