Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan sent a fragment of his true spirit into a post-apocalyptic world while his true body remained to guard the Boundary Sea. He awakened in the dying body of an orphan and began using his Martial Dao mastery to survive with his younger sister, Chen Xi.

• Chen Fan planted his Broken Saber at the Boundary Sea embankment, releasing pressure that drove back spies and warships from the surrounding realms.
• Chen Fan stripped away a fragment of his true spirit and sent it through the Boundary Sea vortex into the mortal world.
• Chen Fan awakened in a ruined temple with a poisoned dagger wound while his younger sister, Chen Xi, pleaded for him to wake.
• Chen Fan recovered the body's memories and learned that the Iron Wolf Gang had pursued them after Chen Xi showed signs of a water-element purification ability.
• Chen Fan assessed his weakened mortal body and expelled the dagger from his wound by controlling his muscles and bones.

Chen Fan recovered enough to defend Chen Xi when two Iron Wolf Gang enforcers cornered them in the ruined temple. He shattered Skinny Monkey’s Wind Blade and killed Scarface with a single close-range strike, while Skinny Monkey remained standing.

• Chen Fan sealed his wound and restrained the spread of blood, while Chen Xi watched in shock.
• Scarface and Skinny Monkey arrived at the temple and threatened Chen Xi, ordering her to come with them and telling Skinny Monkey to cripple Chen Fan.
• Chen Xi tried to protect her brother, but Chen Fan moved her behind him and picked up his Broken Saber.
• Chen Fan struck the core of Skinny Monkey’s Wind Blade with the saber and shattered it.
• Chen Fan dodged Scarface’s attack, then used Baji Mountain-Crushing to smash through Scarface’s chest and kill him.

Chen Fan killed Scar and Skinny Monkey in the ruined temple, but his reopened wound and snake venom left him near death. Chen Xi’s awakened water ability purified the venom and other contaminants in his body, and Chen Fan recognized it as a rare Origin Source before she collapsed from exhaustion.

• Chen Fan deflected Skinny Monkey’s throwing knives and killed him with a saber strike to the throat.
• Chen Fan assessed his worsening wound and venom, then went to reassure Chen Xi that no one would take her away.
• Chen Xi saw the black venomous blood from Chen Fan’s reopened wound and begged him not to die.
• Chen Xi’s water ability erupted, purifying the venom and radioactive contaminants in Chen Fan’s body.
• Chen Fan realized Chen Xi’s ability was the Pure World Origin Source, and Chen Xi fainted from exhaustion.

Chen Fan absorbed the contaminated energy in the ruined temple, refined it into pure power, and broke through to the first extraordinary order with the unprecedented Life-and-Death Guixu ability. As the Iron Wolf Gang surrounded the temple to seize Chen Xi, Chen Fan confronted their vice leader Bao Gu.

• Chen Fan sheltered unconscious Chen Xi, then analyzed the world's mutant radiation and began cultivating with the Myriad Realms Red Dust Scripture.
• The Black-and-White Millstone purified the contaminated energy Chen Fan absorbed, restoring his body and raising his strength to four thousand jin.
• Chen Fan reached the first extraordinary order and formed the Life-and-Death Guixu ability sequence.
• Bao Gu arrived with six armed vehicles and dozens of Iron Wolf Gang men, demanding that Chen Fan hand over Chen Xi.
• Chen Fan picked up the Broken Saber and asked Bao Gu whether he had brought enough coffins, prompting Bao Gu to laugh.

Chen Fan fought through a hail of gunfire to stop Bao Gu from taking Chen Xi, then killed the second-tier ability user with his Broken Saber. Bao Gu’s gunmen froze in shock as his headless body collapsed in the ruined temple.

• Bao Gu mocked Chen Fan and ordered his gunmen to cripple him while keeping him alive, then went to seize Chen Xi.
• Chen Fan evaded the machine-gun fire and pursued Bao Gu into the collapsed altar.
• Bao Gu activated his White Bone Battle Armor and swung his serrated greatsword at Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan shattered Bao Gu’s greatsword and armor with the Broken Saber, then cut his throat.
• Bao Gu’s head fell, leaving his gunmen stunned by his death.

Chen Fan killed Bao Gu and the Iron Wolf Gang pursuers, then set out on foot with Chen Xi for home. By morning, they approached Third Base City as Iron Wolf Gang patrols searched Black Street for them and waited anxiously for Bao Gu to return.

• Chen Fan launched six steel fragments into the fleeing combat vehicles, causing explosions that killed the gunmen and destroyed their vehicles.
• Chen Xi woke to the devastation, and Chen Fan reassured her before asking if she wanted to go home; she said yes.
• Chen Fan took an anti-radiation cloak from a vehicle, wrapped Chen Xi in it, and led her on foot across the wasteland.
• Chen Fan absorbed and purified radiation energy as they traveled toward Third Base City.
• At the city gates, Iron Wolf Gang patrols searched scavengers for a blue motorcycle and a little girl while the pustule-faced boss worried that Bao Gu had not returned.

Chen Fan and Chen Xi returned to Black Street after Bao Gu’s failed hunt, drawing the attention of the Iron Wolf Gang as they stopped for breakfast. Iron Wolf learned Bao Gu was missing and the siblings had walked back on their own, leaving him to confront an unexpected threat.

• Chen Fan and Chen Xi entered Black Street alive, and Chen Fan calmly passed the armed gate guard after an unseen force diverted his gun.
• Chen Fan bought breakfast for himself and Chen Xi with coins taken from Bao Gu’s vest, while hostile onlookers gathered around the stall.
• Iron Wolf waited for news from Bao Gu and revealed that he wanted Chen Xi’s power to help him break through to the Third Tier.
• A sentry reported that Chen Fan and Chen Xi had returned without Bao Gu, and Iron Wolf’s leaders reacted with disbelief.

Iron Wolf led more than a hundred armed gang members and four Second-Tier Bosses to confront Chen Fan and Chen Xi at a breakfast stall. When One-Eye charged Chen Fan, Chen Fan calmly thrust his sheathed Broken Saber toward him.

• Iron Wolf armed himself with his Chainsaw Greatblade and gathered everyone who could still move to hunt down Chen Fan and Chen Xi.
• Chen Fan and Chen Xi ate breakfast together, and Chen Fan felt the Mortal World Karma nourish his Divine Soul Dao Seed.
• Iron Wolf arrived with more than a hundred gunmen and accused Chen Fan and Chen Xi of being pawns sent by the City Defense Force Seventh Patrol Team.
• Iron Wolf ordered his men to cripple Chen Fan, and the Four Second-Tier Bosses revealed their powers as Chen Xi cowered in fear.
• Chen Xi's fear stirred Chen Fan's Red Dust Dao Seed, and Chen Fan's remaining gentleness vanished.
• One-Eye charged Chen Fan, who stayed seated and thrust his sheathed Broken Saber at the rock-armored boss.

Chen Fan killed four Second Tier Iron Wolf Gang bosses in moments while protecting Chen Xi, then faced Iron Wolf’s chainsaw attack. The chapter ended as Chen Fan’s Broken Saber struck the chainsaw’s bearing.

• Chen Fan killed the armored brute by striking a hidden energy node and unleashing force inside his body.
• Chen Fan cut down the two Agility Type bosses and killed the Blazing Fire boss, leaving all four Second Tier attackers dead.
• The Iron Wolf Gang gunmen recoiled as Iron Wolf recognized Chen Fan as a close-combat monster and unleashed his Half-Step Third Tier power.
• Iron Wolf charged Chen Fan with his spinning Chainsaw Greatblade while Chen Fan covered Chen Xi’s eyes and told her to close them.
• Chen Fan angled his Broken Saber upward and struck the chainsaw’s Alloy Bearing.

Chen Fan shielded Chen Xi from Iron Wolf’s chainsaw attack, and her tears awakened his Red Dust Dao Seed and drove him into the Early Second Tier. He killed Iron Wolf and left the gang leader’s headless body on the street.

• Chen Fan blocked Iron Wolf’s High-Pressure Chainsaw while protecting Chen Xi, suffering severe wounds.
• Chen Xi realized Chen Fan was bleeding for her, embraced him, and wept as a tear awakened the Red Dust Dao Seed.
• Chen Fan absorbed the energies around him, broke through to Early Second Tier, and formed a force field that stopped debris and rain.
• Chen Fan cut Iron Wolf’s chainsaw blade in two and tore off his High-Pressure Mechanical Arm.
• Iron Wolf begged for mercy, but Chen Fan sliced through his neck and killed him.

Chen Fan defeated Iron Wolf and took control of the gang’s fortified building, giving himself and Chen Xi a safe home. As Chen Xi’s joy strengthened Chen Fan’s cultivation, the story shifted to the Prometheus Genes Research Institute beneath Third Base City.

• Chen Fan killed Iron Wolf, disarmed his gang, and comforted Chen Xi after the fight.
• Chen Fan took Iron Wolf’s supplies and land deed, then followed Zhang the Lame to the gang’s fortified building.
• Chen Fan drove off the remaining defenders, opened the underground vault, and gave Zhang the Lame coins to guard the entrance.
• Chen Fan settled Chen Xi in the building and promised they would no longer have to run; her renewed sense of safety nourished his cultivation.
• The scene shifted to the Prometheus Genes Research Institute, where a middle-aged researcher examined a specimen under a microscope.

After learning that Chen Fan had effortlessly killed Iron Wolf and his gang, Doctor Chu became determined to capture and study him. Doctor Chu brought an armed convoy to Black Street, where Chen Fan protected Chen Xi and faced the approaching force on the balcony.

• Doctor Chu learned that Chen Fan had killed Iron Wolf, Bao Gu, and the gang’s four Second-Tier leaders in under ten seconds, and ordered an armed operation to seize him.
• Chen Fan sensed that someone was coming, fortified the building’s blastproof door with chaotic Taiji energy, and told Chen Xi to stay inside.
• Doctor Chu’s convoy entered Black Street with two Yaksha heavy Mechas and drove off the scavengers; its sonic device injured Zhang the Lame and the convoy surrounded Chen Fan’s building.
• Chen Fan confronted the convoy from the balcony, and Doctor Chu stepped out of his command vehicle with Black Python and applauded him.

Doctor Chu offered Chen Fan amnesty and an upper-city life in exchange for surrendering himself and his sister Chen Xi to the institute, but Chen Fan refused and fought the institute’s forces. He crushed Black Python’s wrist, but Black Python counterattacked with poisonous bone spikes that pierced Chen Fan’s skin.

• Doctor Chu offered Chen Fan citizenship, a position, and a home in the upper city in exchange for a neural inhibition bolt and custody of Chen Xi for experiments.
• Chen Fan rejected Doctor Chu’s offer, so Doctor Chu ordered Black Python to capture him alive.
• Black Python and two operatives fired twelve energy-suppression bolts at Chen Fan, but Chen Fan’s Guixu Field destroyed them.
• Chen Fan leapt from the balcony, caught Black Python’s powerful punch, and crushed his wrist while declaring that Third Tier was nothing special.
• Black Python unleashed Venomous Bone Spikes and wrapped himself around Chen Fan, whose skin was pierced and whose poisoned blood began to scorch.

Chen Fan killed Black Python by devouring his venom and using his Guixu Hidden Force, then absorbed his energy and reached Peak Second Tier. Doctor Chu ordered the Yaksha Mechas to capture him, but Chen Fan evaded their gunfire and landed on one Mecha’s knee joint.

• Black Python's venom was purified by Chen Fan's Tai Chi Millstone, and Chen Fan killed him with a Baji Leaning Mountain Strike and the Broken Saber.
• Chen Fan absorbed Black Python's energy, shattered his remains, and advanced to Peak Second Tier.
• Doctor Chu declared Chen Fan a Perfect Genes Carrier and ordered the agents and Yaksha Mechas to incapacitate him.
• The Yaksha Mechas fired armor-piercing rounds at Chen Fan, but he dodged through the barrage and landed on one Mecha's knee joint.

Chen Fan destroyed the two Yaksha Mecha and killed Doctor Chu’s mechanical double, only to learn that the real Doctor Chu was hiding in the Prometheus core Mother Nest and still wanted Chen Xi. After driving the Special Operations Squad away, Chen Fan returned to comfort his frightened sister as she blamed herself and offered to leave.

• Chen Fan crippled and destroyed both Yaksha Mecha in seconds.
• Chen Fan crushed Doctor Chu’s disguised mechanical body, and the real Doctor Chu threatened to seize Chen Fan and Chen Xi for the research institute.
• Chen Fan stamped Doctor Chu’s projected double into scrap and sent the Special Operations Squad fleeing.
• Chen Fan went back to Chen Xi, who blamed her blood for bringing danger to him and offered to flee into the wasteland.
• Chen Fan gently wiped the tears from Chen Xi’s cheeks.

Chen Fan reassured Chen Xi, then consumed experimental serum and Mecha energy cores to break the Third Genes Lock and reach the Third Tier. Doctor Chu reviewed the combat data from Divine Child Number Four and identified Chen Fan’s immense physical strength.

• Chen Fan comforted Chen Xi and ordered Zhang the Lame to secure the alley and kill anyone who approached the building.
• Chen Fan crushed a tube of Third-Tier Strength Enhancement Serum and swallowed it along with three Mecha energy crystal cores.
• Chen Fan used the power of Guixu to purge the toxins and impurities, then shattered the Third Genes Lock and surpassed forty thousand jin of strength.
• Doctor Chu activated his new bionic body and examined Divine Child Number Four’s combat data, confirming Chen Fan’s strength exceeded forty thousand jin without mechanical aid.

Doctor Chu suspended an armed assault on Black Street and ordered surveillance of Chen Fan and Chen Xi while awaiting the awakening of God's Chosen Phase Four. After Chen Fan and Chen Xi shared breakfast at A-1 Building, Chixin arrived with Viper Gang forces and offered Chen Fan wealth and status in exchange for joining them.

• Doctor Chu raised Chen Fan and Chen Xi's threat ratings to SSS, suspended the armed cleansing, and ordered stealth buoys to monitor Black Street.
• Chen Xi cooked soup infused with her unusual power, and Chen Fan's Red Dust Dao Seed and Third Tier Qi and Blood grew stronger as he ate.
• Chixin and the Viper Gang smashed through the alley barricades and attacked Zhang the Lame when he tried to stop their trucks.
• Chixin praised the person who killed Iron Wolf and offered Chen Fan supplies, medicine, a vice-leader position, and the chance to obtain a Third-Class Upper Citizen entry quota.

Chen Fan rejected the Viper Gang’s offer and crippled Chixin with a flick of Hidden Force after Chixin threatened Chen Xi. Huo Qing then arrived with Elder Song, the Far East Chamber of Commerce’s chief steward, to confront him.

• Chen Fan finished eating with Chen Xi, then faced Chixin’s offer of supplies, a drug, and the Viper Gang’s second-in-command position.
• Chen Fan called the offered drug and coins worthless, and Chixin threatened to kill Chen Xi unless Chen Fan submitted.
• Chen Fan shattered Chixin’s badge and badly injured his arm with a flick, then demanded that the gang leader come speak to him on his knees.
• Huo Qing arrived and acknowledged Chen Fan’s strength before introducing Elder Song, an upper Third Tier water-control Esper.

Song Zhe approached Chen Fan after he defeated Chu's Divine Son No. 4 double and offered him a place in the Far East Chamber of Commerce. Chen Fan rejected both the recruitment and Song Zhe’s offer of a free, independent alliance, leaving Song Zhe’s response unresolved as the window began to close.

• Song Zhe arrived at Black Street, assessed Chen Fan’s strength, and stopped Huo Qing and the guards from attacking.
• Song Zhe identified himself as a deacon of the Far East Chamber of Commerce and offered Chen Fan generous rewards to join it.
• Chen Fan refused, accusing Song Zhe of wanting to keep him as a guard dog, and warned the group to leave.
• Song Zhe silenced Huo Qing and offered Chen Fan the role of a special-grade guest elder with no obligations and high-value payment for commissions.
• Chen Fan rejected the offer, saying he could obtain resources on his own, and began closing the window as Song Zhe’s gaze darkened.

Elder Song tried to secure Chen Fan’s cooperation by offering protection for Chen Xi and a Far East Black Gold Token, but Chen Fan insisted on guarding her himself and accepted the token. After he threatened the Far East Chamber of Commerce, Elder Song ordered heavy security around the building and had Doctor Chu’s surveillance buoys destroyed.

• Elder Song threatened Chen Fan with Doctor Chu’s God’s Chosen Phase Four and used Chen Xi’s safety to offer him a Far East Black Gold Token and protection.
• Chen Fan damaged the token with a slash, then accepted it while warning Elder Song that he would destroy the Far East Chamber of Commerce if Chen Xi was harmed.
• Elder Song ordered Chixin’s hands crippled and sent him to the mines for nearly causing trouble.
• Elder Song ordered two heavy-armor guard groups to secure the area and commanded an engineering squad to find Doctor Chu’s surveillance devices.
• Far East Chamber of Commerce vehicles and guards sealed off the alley, and electromagnetic interference destroyed three miniature buoys on the roof.