Chapter Summaries

Long Tian traveled to Spirit City with Yu Jin to intercept the patrol team's list of aliases connected to Shrek before it entered the Elder Hall archives. Tang San told them the list would be reviewed the next morning before being filed in the Wu section.

• Shen Mo told Long Tian that the patrol team was returning to Spirit City with a list of aliases connected to Shrek, prompting Long Tian to plan an interception.
• Long Tian, Yu Jin, and Shen Mo arranged a carriage and horses so Long Tian and Yu Jin could reach Spirit City ahead of the patrol team.
• Long Tian and Yu Jin traveled by carriage through the night and arrived in Spirit City on the second evening.
• Long Tian and Yu Jin met Tang San near the Elder Hall, where Tang San reported that the list would be reviewed the next morning before being filed in the Wu section of the archives.

Long Tian infiltrated the Elder Hall and stole the inspection team’s north route list, confirming Zhao Xiaopang’s alias was on it. Tang San took the list and said he would alter the Wu District archives, leaving the inspection team with no reason to pursue Zhao Xiaopang’s alias.

• Tang San sketched the Elder Hall’s layout and explained the guards, locks, and Soul Power detection array to Long Tian and Yu Jin.
• Long Tian waited for the guards to change shifts, used Tang San’s access token to enter through the side door, and evaded the corridor patrol.
• Long Tian picked the filing cabinet’s lock, took the north route list, confirmed Zhao Xiaopang’s alias, and returned the list to Tang San.
• Tang San said he would replace the relevant Wu District registration materials and confirmed Zhao Xiaopang’s alias had been crossed off the list.
• Long Tian and Yu Jin returned to the old residence, where Long Tian sat by the well beneath the pomegranate tree before going inside.