Kyle's awakening is not a peaceful transition but a sudden, violent fight for survival inside his messy apartment. After the agonizing activation of God's Eye, which leaves his eyelids feeling like they are sealed shut with hot glue, Kyle is confronted by a red, button-eyed Nightmare sitting on his knee. Relying on raw survival instinct, he traps the thrashing monster between his knees, scrambles to the edge of his bed, and grabs a cracked baseball bat to smash the creature into the wall. As the monster crumbles into ash, more grotesque entities begin crawling out from under his bed, his cupboard, and even his fridge. Terrified and surrounded, Kyle accepts the system prompt to make them disappear, which disables his God's Eye and earns him his first five Soul Points. This immediate escalation forces him to realize that the monsters are real, and that turning on his special sight acts as a beacon for these beasts. The tension rises further when a Civil Protection Bureau officer named Torzen Mark knocks on his door, pretending to investigate a noise complaint while secretly scanning the room for residual Genesis. Kyle manages to play dumb, but the system alerts him that this officer is a Nightwalker who is highly suspicious of him, setting up the constant threat of government capture. He learns from the system that Genesis is positive energy, while Absence is negative energy from the Knull dimension. The officer was able to sense the lingering Genesis from his room. Kyle is left with a profound sense of unease, realizing that his ordinary life has been shattered and he must navigate a world where anyone from a delivery boy to a police officer could be a secret magician. He is left contemplating his future, wondering how he will survive without exposing himself.

The domestic drama takes a dark turn when Kyle's mother calls him in tears to reveal that his perfect older brother, Blake, is in the hospital. Hurrying to the clinic, Kyle is blocked by heavy security guards and meets his cold father, Mathew, who reveals that Blake has suffered severe internal injuries, fractured ribs, and a head injury. When Kyle sits alone by his brother's comatose body, the system urges him to activate God's Eye, revealing a shocking truth: Blake is actually a powerful Nightwalker whose gold-glowing Aether veins and Arcane Circuits have been critically damaged by a targeted attack. Even more staggering is the realization that his mother and father also possess Aether veins, meaning Kyle was the only supposedly normal human in a family of secret warriors. Because damaged Arcane Circuits lead to volatile Genesis dispersal, constant agony, and eventual organ failure, Kyle realizes his brother is dying. To save him, Kyle must obtain a Red Elixir from his livestream shop, which requires him to earn two hundred Soul Points within a strict six-hour time limit. This desperate quest forces him to leave the safety of the hospital and venture back into the dark streets to hunt dangerous entities. The system explains that Genesis acts like blood in a Nightwalker's body, nourishing every organ. Without functioning Arcane Circuits to stabilize the flow, Blake's body will slowly fail, leading to organ collapse and death. Kyle's resentment toward his brother vanishes, replaced by a desperate determination to save his only sibling. He leaves the hospital under the cover of night, knowing that he is running out of time and that the six-hour clock is ticking down to his brother's demise.

With a steel rod and a cracked bat in his bag, Kyle heads to the railway station to hunt the required forty Nightmares. He activates God's Eye to scan for cameras, but the massive surge of Genesis alerts Layena, an elite Grade One Nightwalker, who rushes to investigate the sensor disruption. After slaughtering enough monsters to reach one hundred and sixty-one Soul Points, Kyle is forced to turn off his eyes to avoid collapsing from fatigue. When Layena corners him in the dark alley, Kyle uses his extensive knowledge of the city's shortcuts to escape, vaulting over walls and sliding through a mansion's narrow opening. In a hilarious and desperate move, he dumps a bin of wet, rancid garbage over Layena's head and leaves her to be bitten by a guard dog. However, his escape is cut short when a massive seven-foot Ghoul and a stealthy Majin ambush them. To save the injured Layena, Kyle unleashes a violent wave of Genesis through his ordinary steel rod, impaling the Majin into a concrete wall and triggering an unstable energy explosion. He escapes back to his room with the necessary two hundred Soul Points, secures the Red Elixir, and leaves Layena utterly stunned by his mysterious power. The system explains that his weapon absorbed a large amount of Genesis, which detonated upon contact with the Majin's negative Absence. Kyle returns to his cold apartment, his body aching and his mind exhausted, but he has the precious red vial in his hand. He knows he has crossed a line, and that the girl with the lavender eyes will not rest until she finds the mysterious masked youth who saved her life and humiliated her with a trash can.

During a compulsory college research trip, the tension explodes when high-ranking rifts open around the resort, trapping the students. Kyle, who has rebuilt his physical endurance through daily system quests, has also earned the SSS-rank divine bow, Aquilla of Archilles, from his livestream viewer Ethara. When the rifts release a horde of Ghouls and Majins, Amanda and Layena fight desperately but are quickly overwhelmed by the coordinated attacks of the monsters. Kyle realizes he cannot watch them die, so he dons his mask, activates God's Eye, and starts his livestream to show his viewers the battle. Because Kyle possesses a golden limb that acts as highly attractive bait for the monsters, he uses his own energy signature to draw the entire horde away from the girls. Standing on the resort roof, Kyle unleashes the divine bow, pouring massive amounts of Genesis into a final, glorious strike that obliterates the rifts and their guardians in a blinding magical blast. Though he manages to slip back to his room before the government erases the normal students' memories, his breathtaking display of power leaves both Amanda and Layena deeply shook, forever changing how they view the boy they once thought was ordinary. The system records a massive spike in viewership, rising to nine active watchers, and rewards Kyle with more Soul Points. However, the physical toll of channeling such immense power leaves Kyle pale and trembling in his room. He hears the sirens of the arriving backup forces and knows that the secret of his strength cannot be kept hidden much longer, especially with Layena and Amanda both having witnessed his unique archery style.