Hell’s Handbook

Once Su Jin had determined Xu Ran’s location, he appeared there immediately to see Bo Ya and Ye Yun in a fierce battle against the two men. The two women seemed to have lost their minds, and Xu Ran could only use his psychokinesis to protect himself and Situ Jin from further attacks and was unable to fight back. Situ Jin had already lost a large part of his abdomen from the blast earlier.

Su Jin dashed into Xu Ran’s psychokinesis bubble and grabbed hold of Situ Jin so that his maniacal power could restore the man’s physical body.

When Situ Jin realized Su Jin was here, he quickly said, “Something’s happened to Bo Ya and Ye Yun! You have to watch out!”

Su Jin nodded slightly and said, “I know what’s going on, don’t worry.”

Xu Ran added, “You’d better be careful. Not only have they lost their minds, but they’ve become a lot more powerful. I can’t believe they’ve managed to corner me like this.”

Su Jin nodded, then approached Ye Yun and Bo Ya. Bo Ya only stared murderously at Su Jin, but Ye Yun started charging at him like a bull seeing red.

His colorful maniacal power turned into a cloud that wrapped itself around Ye Yun first, then flew straight for Bo Ya. Bo Ya realized that something wasn’t right and tried to escape, but his power was faster than her and pulled her into the cloud as well.

Xu Ran and Situ Jin were both shocked. They didn’t expect Su Jin to subdue the two women so easily. Su Jin brought the two women back to where Xu Ran and Situ Jin were and noticed their expressions, so he explained, “Their consciousness has been altered. What they loved has become what they hate. However much they loved that thing or person, they hate it to the same extent now.”

“So, Bo Ya loves me this much!” Situ Jin beamed from ear to ear. He wasn’t sure what had happened to Bo Ya, but she had definitely been revived and that made him really happy.

“In that case… Ye Yun loves me?” said Xu Ran as he rubbed his nose awkwardly.

Su Jin glared at him and said, “I think she just sensed the presence of psychokinesis and became agitated.”

Situ Jin asked worriedly, “Can Bo Ya’s consciousness be corrected?”

Su Jin nodded and said, “Don’t worry about that. I just came over from Chu Yi’s world. Wu Chen has been revived too and he also tried to attack us, but he’s back to normal now.”

Those words put Situ Jin at ease and he hurried Su Jin to fix Ye Yun and Bo Ya’s consciousness. Su Jin had experience restoring Wu Chen’s consciousness, so he was better at it now and was able to fix the problem quite quickly.

The two women looked just as confused as Wu Chen was after their consciousness was back to normal. They too, only remembered what happened when they died, and were stunned to see their friends standing before them.

Su Jin told them what happened earlier on, and they were shocked to realize that they had been dead for so long already.

“It’s alright, I’m glad that we’re all together again.” Situ Jin held Bo Ya’s hand tenderly and didn’t look the slightest bit like the aloof and emotionless leader he usually was.

Su Jin was also holding Ye Yun’s hand, and Xu Ran sneered at the two pairs of lovebirds before asking, “The problem right now is, who in the world revived them? Do you guys know?”

Su Jin shook his head, and so did Situ Jin. Su Jin frowned and said, “There’s definitely a problem here. You have to be at least a top tier god in order to revive people, and while I do know a top tier god, I know that the Demon Lord doesn’t have the power to revive people.”

“I agree. The Demon Lord is a deity on the dark side. She’s great at killing people, but she definitely can’t resurrect anyone.” Xu Ran had spent a long time with the Demon Lord too. He didn’t know her as well as Su Jin did, but he was very sure about this.

Ye Yun and Bo Ya didn’t seem to know anything about how they had been revived either. They only remembered coming to this world with nothing but hatred in their hearts, but what happened was a blur to them, as though the two women fighting earlier merely looked like them but weren’t them. They were only truly revived after Su Jin restored their consciousness.

“Since everyone’s been revived, does that mean… we’re reinstating the team?” asked Situ Jin.

“Did the team disband?” Ye Yun and Bo Ya were both very surprised.

Su Jin nodded, then shook his head at Situ Jin. “I’m afraid we can’t do that anymore. Or at least, I can’t be part of it. I just fought with an incarnation of the will of the universe, so I will only bring trouble to the team if I become a member.”

Bo Ya, Ye Yun, and Wu Chen had been revived, so it did look like all of Su Jin’s ex-teammates had returned. But Su Jin knew that his team wasn’t complete yet. Ning Meng and Yang Mo had been gone for a long time, and he had to revive them too.

“I need two sets of items for the Ceremony of the Gods. I still have two companions who haven’t been brought back to life,” said Su Jin.

Only Chu Yi had interacted with Ning Meng and Yang Mo before, since Situ Jin and the rest joined only after the two of them had died. But since Su Jin said he needed these items, the rest of them agreed to gather the items and did not question him.

In the end, Ye Yun used her authority as a team leader to reinstate Team Boning Knife. Su Jin could not become one of them, but Xu Ran left his own team to join them, thereby replacing Su Jin’s position as the strategist of the group.

Su Jin dared not stay for too long in this world. He immediately used maniacal power to bring them back to Chu Yi’s world, and they reappeared in Chu Yi’s house.

“Oh my! Sister Ye Yun! Sister Bo Ya! You’re all back with us!” Chu Yi was a more expressive character and immediately ran over to give them a huge bear hug, making the two women laugh.

Wu Chen walked over and nodded at them too. In front of his own daughter, Wu Chen was no longer a cheeky middle-aged man but a mature and reliable person. And everyone understood why.

Everyone was delighted to see each other again and Wu Chen also rejoined the team. Su Jin said to Xu Ran, “I used psychokinesis to alter the memories of Ye Yun’s family, but since she has been revived, please help me to undo what I did.”

Very few owners were able to undo what Su Jin’s psychokinesis had done, but Xu Ran was one of them.

Chu Yi’s house was huge, so everyone decided to stay at his place. Su Jin and Ye Yun, Situ Jin and Bo Ya, as well as Wu Chen and Wu Jingru, were three pairs who had not seen each other in a long time. Time had barely passed for the ones who had died, but it was a long period of suffering for those they left behind.

Two pairs were lovers and one pair was family. It had been such a long time since they felt happiness from the bottom of their hearts. Su Jin and Ye Yun took one of Chu Yi’s bedrooms, and they felt so happy even when they were just looking at each other without saying anything.

“It’s too bad we don’t know where Mai is, or we could really have a proper reunion,” Ye Yun sighed. Those who died had been revived, but Kano Mai was still somewhere out there.

Su Jin sighed too. “Mai kept her identity as a primordial deity secret for a long time. If she had told us about it earlier, we might have been able to help her.”

“Don’t make it sound like it’s her fault. She must have had her own reasons for hiding it from us. Think about it. She’s been going through so many cycles all by herself, and exposing her identity might get her killed. I don’t think you would tell others about your identity if you were in her shoes,” said Ye Yun as she poked at Su Jin’s nose.

Su Jin nodded in agreement. He already felt so tired from the heavy burden on his shoulders, so he could only imagine how tired Kano Mai had to be. He really wished she could be reunited with them so that the team could share some of the loneliness and fear she had.

After spending three days in Chu Yi’s house, Su Jin sent Situ Jin and the rest from his world back. Wu Chen and Wu Jingru didn’t mind staying in Chu Yi’s world. After Wu Chen saw how attached his precious daughter was to Chu Yi, he gave up trying to persuade her to leave and decided to stay behind with her.

“Contact me once you find any star shards!” Su Jin said to Xu Ran.

Xu Ran nodded and said, “Don’t worry, I will!”

“Be careful, okay? It’s best that I don’t return for a while, so go and get to know Daitengu and the Nine-tailed Fox. If you run into any trouble, they’ll be very helpful,” Su Jin said to Ye Yun.

“Yes, yes, yes… Hey, I’m your senior, you know? Before you became an owner, I was going through Challenges all by myself. You are the one who needs to take care of himself. We won’t be able to help you now, but we’ll work hard and we’ll be useful to you someday!” said Ye Yun quietly as she hugged Su Jin.

No matter how reluctant they were to leave, they still had to say goodbye. Su Jin was no longer someone who only cared about his own survival. He had to work hard to protect a lot more than that.