Chapter Summaries

Kang De continued fighting to rescue Goth despite Hilmeria’s warning that his exhaustion and increasingly brutal methods were endangering him. After returning to Earth with the rescued Chinese people, he headed toward Comora’s royal palace, while another convoy prepared to attack it.

• Hilmeria urged Kang De to rest and seek guidance, but he insisted the war was his and left with A Xing and the Sword Saint Cascading Snow.
• Kang De and Horus returned to Earth, collected the sleeping Chinese people from their hiding place, and continued toward Comora.
• Kang De planned to deliver the rescued people to an embassy in Moyani before going to the Comora royal palace to find someone who could reveal his father’s whereabouts.
• Horus cautiously agreed with Hilmeria’s concern about Kang De, but Kang De told him to be quiet and ordered him to speed up.
• A separate convoy approached Comora, and its members said they had intelligence on their target and would soon attack the royal palace.

Kang De and Horus returned the kidnapped Chinese workers to the embassy, then headed for the Comoran royal palace to find Kang Jinzhu. As Kang De tunneled toward the palace, Kang Jinzhu woke inside and mistook his rescue dream for a fantasy.

• Ambassador He learned that the kidnapped Chinese hostages had arrived safely at the embassy, where armed police checked them and staff brought them inside.
• Kang De explained to Horus why he would not erase the hostages’ memories and said he planned to avoid contact with Chinese authorities while returning to China secretly.
• Kang De resolved to buy land and weapons in Comora so he could better protect his family, then planned a cautious search for Kang Jinzhu in the palace.
• A Northern Myanmar mercenary team prepared to rescue Kang Jinzhu, while its commander scolded Mao Deng and ordered Mao Gang to scout the palace.
• Kang De reached the palace and used Extraction to tunnel beneath its defenses, while Kang Jinzhu woke and dismissed his dream of Kang De coming to save him.

Little Bob Buruo learned from Big Bob that the mysterious force which destroyed the tomb camp could be more than human, so he prepared to flee Comora. As Little Bob’s men organized the escape, two intruders emerged from the palace’s secret passage and came face to face with the mercenaries.

• Big Bob explained that the tomb guards, workers, armed men, and captured Chinese had vanished after the camp was destroyed, and warned Little Bob that their enemy might not be mortal.
• Little Bob agreed to leave Comora at once and ordered a decoy convoy, the retrieval of Kang Jinzhu, and an escape through the palace’s underground passage to the police station.
• Little Bob told his guards that he still needed Kang Jinzhu and dismissed the risk of bringing him along.
• Two intruders crept through the secret passage, opened a hatch into a dusty room, and encountered Little Bob’s mercenaries.

Kang De rescued his father, Kang Jinzhu, from the mercenaries and attacked Adrian after finding him beating Kang Jinzhu. With gunfire erupting around the palace, Kang De and Horus helped them escape, leaving Kang Jinzhu with many questions.

• Adrian dragged Kang Jinzhu away from his letters and beat him when he tried to call for Bob.
• Kang De burst into the room, broke Adrian’s arm, and nearly killed him before Kang Jinzhu called out his name.
• Kang De embraced his father and insisted they leave while alarms and gunfire spread through the palace.
• Kang Jinzhu took Adrian’s sidearm, while Kang De armed himself with a GM6 Lynx rifle and shot five guards outside.
• Horus crashed a Humvee through the palace gates, and Kang De carried Kang Jinzhu out of the fourth-floor room and over a wall.
• Kang Jinzhu asked where the driver was, and Kang De told him to get in the car.

Kang De rescued Kang Jinzhu from Comora’s palace in an armed Humvee, while father and son bickered as they escaped. Little Bob Buruo realized the same mysterious enemy was behind the palace attack and ordered a pursuit while secretly fleeing toward the airport.

• Kang De blasted a path out of the palace, and Kang Jinzhu fired an RPG into the room where he had been held.
• Kang De realized Kang Jinzhu had destroyed farewell letters, while his earlier sabotage helped cause the palace to collapse under the bombardment.
• Mao Gang’s mercenary convoy spotted the palace collapse and hurried to support their leader.
• Bernard told Little Bob Buruo that an armed Humvee had rescued Kang Jinzhu, linking the attack to the earlier assault on the king’s tomb.
• Little Bob ordered drones and city patrols to pursue the Humvee, then told Bernard to secretly drive him toward the airport.

Reporter Alina White filmed Kang De and Kang Jinzhu escaping Comora in a Humvee as mercenaries attacked them. After the chase, Kang Jinzhu asked his son whether he had a system.

• Alina White and her cameraman Cole prepared a report in Moyani, and she insisted on reporting the missing Chinese workers impartially despite Cole’s objections.
• A blast struck near the royal palace, and Alina and Cole filmed Kang De and Kang Jinzhu’s Humvee racing through the city under attack.
• Horus destroyed pursuing vehicles, while Kang De jumped between cars and shot the mercenaries trying to plant explosives.
• Four mercenaries fired RPGs at the Humvee, but Kang De and Horus dodged or shot down the rockets and eliminated the attackers.
• Alina and Cole recorded the escape, and Cole excitedly praised the Chinese driver as the Humvee left the mercenaries behind.
• After the Humvee escaped Comora, Kang Jinzhu asked Kang De whether he had some kind of system.

Cole and Alina were captured after posting footage of Kang De’s spectacular escape, then rescued by Wang Yongzhi’s mercenaries. When the leader identified Kang Jinzhu in the footage and sent it to Wang Yongzhi, Wang recognized the young fighter and sprayed water in shock.

• Cole posted three clips of Kang De’s action in Comora and copied the camera footage to his laptop.
• Cole and Alina were caught by French mercenaries, who seized the memory card and threatened them over Cole’s backpack.
• Wang Yongzhi’s Northern Myanmar mercenaries rescued Cole and Alina, then learned from their footage that Kang Jinzhu had been taken away by Kang De.
• The mercenary leader sent Wang Yongzhi a video and photographs of Kang De and Kang Jinzhu.
• Wang Yongzhi recognized the young fighter as someone he had known since childhood and sprayed water in shock.

Kang De drove his father toward safety after rescuing him and his colleagues, but revealed that he planned to kill the mercenary leader Little Bob Buruo. Kang Jinzhu demanded they talk about Kang De’s changed outlook, and a message from Wang Xiaoman interrupted them.

• Kang Jinzhu asked Kang De whether he had a system, and Kang De joked about having superpowers before teasing his father about his own strength and virility.
• Kang De told Kang Jinzhu that he had rescued all seven colleagues and taken them to the embassy, then said he planned to bring his father to the Chinese support base in Djibouti.
• Kang Jinzhu asked what Kang De intended to do afterward, and Kang De explained that he planned to kill Little Bob Buruo to protect his family and avenge his father.
• Kang Jinzhu warned that the French government was involved and urged Kang De to let their country handle the matter, but Kang De insisted the chief culprit had to die.
• Kang Jinzhu recognized how much Kang De’s outlook had changed and demanded they talk immediately, but a WeChat message from Wang Xiaoman appeared on Kang De’s phone.

After rescuing Kang Jinzhu, Kang De learned that Xiaoman and Uncle Wang had discovered his actions in Africa and arranged to bring his father to safety. He promised to return for Uncle Wang’s mercenaries and watched a video of his exploits, while Uncle Wang warned Xiaoman not to let Kang De drive.

• Kang De read Xiaoman’s messages and called her, learning that Uncle Wang had seen footage of him in Africa and gone to her home looking for him.
• Kang De spoke with Uncle Wang and explained that he planned to take Kang Jinzhu to the overseas support base in Djibouti.
• Uncle Wang said he would pay the mercenaries who had tried to rescue Kang Jinzhu, but Kang De asked for their contact information and promised to return for them.
• Uncle Wang sent Kang De footage of his actions in Moyani, and Kang De excitedly praised how cool he looked.
• Uncle Wang warned Xiaoman not to let Kang De drive, while Xiaoman noted that Kang De had not been the one driving.

After rescuing Kang Jinzhu, Kang De discussed the reporters’ footage and the risks of attracting government attention while his father urged him to act cautiously. Kang De asked whether his father could help him establish a life and expand his influence in Comora, but their conversation stopped when he heard gunfire.

• Xiaoman went to sleep after learning Kang Jinzhu had been rescued, and Kang De added the mercenary leader on WeChat.
• Kang Jinzhu warned Kang De that the reporters’ footage and the larger French conspiracy could draw dangerous scrutiny.
• Kang De planned to get his father somewhere safe, but Kang Jinzhu proposed using the mercenaries and their official connections to muddy the waters and conceal Kang De’s strength.
• Kang Jinzhu insisted Kang De should consult him, and Kang De asked whether his father could help if he stayed in Comora to build a business and expand his influence.
• The Humvee braked abruptly, and Kang De recognized the sound of gunfire.

Kang De and Kang Jinzhu spotted the Comoran king fleeing an attack helicopter, and Kang De chose to intervene despite his father's warnings. Using a spatial mark on a bullet, Kang De reached the helicopter, tore open its canopy, and pulled out the pilot, asking whether he had feared classroom ceiling fans as a child.

• Kang De and Kang Jinzhu heard distant gunfire but initially decided to leave the fighting alone.
• Kang Jinzhu recognized a fleeing armored SUV as the Comoran king's personal vehicle and explained why saving him could benefit China and help Kang De leave the country.
• Kang Jinzhu spotted an attack helicopter pursuing the SUV and urged Kang De to retreat, but Kang De decided to stop it.
• Kang De marked a specially reloaded bullet with his spatial ability and fired it, using it as an anchor to cross the distance to the helicopter.
• Kang De smashed the helicopter's canopy, pulled the pilot from his seat, and lifted him overhead.

Kang De killed the Cobra’s gunner, took the helicopter into the White Mist World, and crash-landed it after struggling to control it. He returned to Earth, killed the mercenaries attacking the Humvee, and found the wounded king unconscious in the overturned vehicle.

• Kang De held the Cobra’s gunner against its spinning rotor, then threw the terrified pilot from the helicopter.
• Kang De struggled to fly the Cobra, brought it into the White Mist World, and crash-landed it on a street.
• Kang De recognized the helicopter’s Vulcan cannon as its most valuable prize but noted that he could not yet use or maintain the aircraft effectively.
• Kang De returned to Earth and learned from Horus that the mercenaries had overturned the king’s vehicle and were attacking the Humvee.
• Kang De killed the mercenaries behind the overturned SUV, lifted the vehicle upright, and found its driver dead and the wounded king unconscious.
• Kang Jinzhu arrived, checked that Kang De was unharmed, and saw the bodies as Kang De asked whether the unconscious man was the king.

Kang De used magical medical supplies to save the wounded king of Comora while Kang Jinzhu watched in alarm. After Kang De joked about cutting the king to leave a convincing scar, Kang Jinzhu took the dagger and said he would handle it.

• Kang Jinzhu examined the unconscious king and warned that his shrapnel wound, fever, and lack of proper treatment made the journey to Djibouti unlikely to be survivable.
• Kang De removed the embedded fragments with spiritual power, then used potions and healing scrolls to close the king’s wound and erase the scar.
• Kang De reflected on how the other world’s magical medicine served wealthy elites while wounded soldiers died without adequate care.
• Kang Jinzhu worried that the king would question his healed wound, and Kang De suggested cutting him again to leave a scar.
• Kang Jinzhu took the dagger from Kang De and insisted that he would do it himself.

Kang De and Kang Jinzhu escaped with the wounded king of Comora, who asked China for help and revealed Little Bob Buruo’s plans. The king’s intelligence about a military airfield in western Comora made Kang De stop the Humvee abruptly.

• Kang De and Kang Jinzhu treated the king’s wound, loaded him into their vehicle, and fled after eliminating traces of the battle.
• The king woke, recognized Kang Jinzhu, and asked him to contact China for help against the Fr*nch.
• The king saw Kang De and revealed that he had witnessed him attacking the helicopter, then asked for Kang De’s help.
• The king told Kang De that Little Bob Buruo had taken a treasure from Comora’s royal tomb and planned to obtain another in Gambia.
• The king revealed that Little Bob Buruo’s forces were gathering supplies at a military airfield in western Comora to launch a surprise attack on Gambia, and Kang De abruptly stopped the Humvee.

Kang De argued with Kang Jinzhu over whether to seize French supplies in Comora, then ordered ammunition from Kirov and learned that videos of the rescue had spread online. As Kang De drove to help the mercenaries under attack, the signal generator flashed again.

• Kang De wanted to take the French-stockpiled weapons, but Kang Jinzhu forbade him from getting involved and urged him to leave Comora for Djibouti.
• Kang De and Kang Jinzhu argued over revenge against Little Bob, with Kang De admitting he wanted to punish him for nearly killing his father.
• Kang De ordered 20mm ammunition from Kirov, who revealed that a British photographer's videos of the rescue had appeared on Twitter.
• Kang De learned the mercenaries were under attack and drove toward them, while Kang Jinzhu reluctantly agreed to let him help if he used a gun and kept his distance.
• More than ten hours after the previous night, the signal generator flashed again.

Kang De left his father hidden in a reinforced mountain cave and returned to the other world to help A Xing and Sword Saint Cascading Snow fight through an elven ambush. As Kang De’s weapons devastated the attackers, an elven alchemist sent experimental mechanical weapons into battle, prepared to stake his life on whether his fears about Kang De’s technology were justified.

• Kang De hid Kang Jinzhu and Chakat II in a reinforced cave, left them weapons, and asked Xiaoman to contact the embassy in Comora if he did not call within fifteen minutes.
• Kang De returned to the White Mist World, armed Horus with an array of weapons, and crossed into the other world, where A Xing and Sword Saint Cascading Snow were surrounded by elves.
• Kang De used Horus’s Vulcan cannon and white phosphorus shells to devastate the elven troops, allowing A Xing and Sword Saint Cascading Snow to join him in the Humvee.
• The elven alchemist warned the legion commander that Kang De’s weapons might mark a new military age, then led his assistants to deploy experimental alchemical weapons against him.
• The alchemist ordered the Mechanical Transmission School’s prototypes into battle and declared that, if their path was wrong, their wreckage and bones should warn those who followed.

Master Alchemist Majes fought Kang De’s alchemical war chariot with his mechanical weapons, then died after Kang De absorbed his skills and memories. Exhausted by the slaughter, Kang De returned to Earth, reunited with his father, and prepared to rescue his mercenary friends.

• Majes led the Mechanical Transmission School’s alchemical weapons against Horus, whose transformation and firepower overwhelmed the elves’ machines.
• Kang De appeared during the duel and transported Majes’s Centurion away, breaking their mental connection and leaving Majes incapacitated.
• Kang De’s forces killed the remaining elven soldiers, and Kang De absorbed Majes’s soul, skills, and memories after Majes attempted to detonate himself.
• Kang De returned to the White Mist World with A Xing and Sword Saint Cascading Snow, taking captured alchemical golems with him.
• Kang De traveled to Earth, admitted to Horus that he regretted what the war had made him do, and embraced his father in the cave.
• Kang De told his father they should leave and go save their mercenary friends.

Kang De deduced that Little Bob’s forces had captured the Burmese mercenaries while pursuing information about him, and he planned an interception near Comora National Airport. He tested a magical mechanical eagle for aerial scouting, then spotted a helicopter and prepared to investigate.

• Kang De learned that the Northern Myanmar mercenaries had surrendered and decided to rescue them, while Kang Jinzhu warned that Little Bob might still be targeting them.
• Kang Jinzhu and Kang De suspected that the French had tracked the mercenaries through the two British men’s Twitter activity, and Chakat II explained how the royal guard had been found.
• Kang De used the mercenaries’ last known location and estimated convoy speeds to identify an interception area, while Chakat II pointed out Comora National Airport as Little Bob’s likely refuge.
• Kang De entered the White Mist World, found Himo’s Eagle, and sent the magical mechanical bird into the sky to scout ahead.
• Kang De reassured Kang Jinzhu that he would explain everything after the battle, then used Himo’s Eagle’s vision to spot a helicopter and leaped through a spatial portal toward it.

Little Bob mistook Cole’s confused account for proof that China had sent special forces, then chose to use Moyani’s civilians as bait to expose Kang De. As Kang De prepared to attack the convoy, Horus relayed that Kang Jinzhu wanted to speak to him.

• Cole told Little Bob that Chinese special forces had rescued a Chinese man and that their superpowered warrior was the man’s son.
• Little Bob concluded that Kang De was a threat tied to China, but decided not to seek French government support because he feared losing access to the ruins.
• Little Bob ordered the convoy toward Moyani and planned to use Cole’s Twitter account to publicize the coming attack and expose Kang De.
• Little Bob told Thomas to bombard the whole city with napalm and white phosphorus, while speaking obsessively about the object sealed in his suitcase.
• Kang De spotted the convoy, prepared javelins and sent Himo’s Eagle into the clouds, then paused when Horus said Kang Jinzhu wanted to tell him something important.

Kang De argued with Kang Jinzhu about rescuing captives from a mercenary convoy, then attacked after their quarrel left him furious. He destroyed a helicopter and began assaulting the convoy, ending amid gunfire as he tried to free three bound Asian captives.

• Horus persuaded Kang De to take Kang Jinzhu's call, and Kang Jinzhu urged him to return instead of attacking the convoy.
• Kang De insisted that rescuing the captives was the quickest option and promised to see a psychiatrist after the crisis.
• Kang Jinzhu accused Kang De of being eager for war, and their argument escalated into both men shouting about Kang De's actions and his father's concerns.
• Kang De crushed his earpiece, teleported above the convoy, and brought down a helicopter with his javelin.
• Kang De boarded an infantry fighting vehicle and killed its ten occupants with an atmospheric shield, while the rest of the convoy fled toward Moyani.
• Kang De attacked a pickup under machine-gun fire, killed two mercenaries, and found three bound Asian people in the back before more guns opened fire on him.