Chapter Summaries

The Human Race’s military prepared to attack the Yinling Sect after its disciples were involved in the death of a military officer. The Yinling leadership concluded that the military would strike before fighting intensified on the front lines and ordered the sect to prepare for war.

• A commander ordered the Psychic Energy Shield around the secret research base raised to maximum power before leading fifty thousand troops toward Shen City.
• Elder Yin learned that Yinling Sect disciples had killed a military officer and brought them before the assembled sect leadership.
• The sect master and elders discussed the military threat and recognized that the officer’s death had given the Human Race a reason to move against them.
• Elder Yin warned that the military would attack the Yinling Sect to prevent unrest in its rear during the coming front-line conflict.
• The sect master called for the Yinling Sect to enter a state of war, and the leadership unanimously agreed to mobilize its disciples.

Shisui located a secret underground base beneath the Jade Swallow Continent’s forest and focused on its Psychic Energy-blocking metal defenses. Meanwhile, the Fifth Army reached Shen City on its march against the Yinling Sect, forcing the city’s leaders and merchants to fall in line.

• Shisui used his Psychic Energy to search the forest, found the base’s shield and refined metal plates beneath a mountain, and recognized them as his target.
• The Fifth Army’s fifty-thousand-strong cavalry emerged near Shen City and sent a reconnaissance squad to announce its mission to suppress the Yinling Sect and request supplies.
• Shen City’s defense force opened the gates and prepared to provide provisions as news of the army’s arrival spread through the city.
• The president of the Shen City Commercial Association canceled his planned newspaper campaign and ordered his staff to move the supplies stockpiled at the harbor to the city gates.

Xie Bin agreed to supply the army’s campaign against the Yinling Sect, despite his surname linking him to one of its elders. At a hidden research base, Shisui learned that the Human Race planned to seize the sect’s research and exploit its researchers, while the sect’s ancestor had once provided the shield template used throughout the base.

• Xie Bin learned that the Jade Swallow Continent Fifth Army expected Shen City to provision its campaign against the Yinling Sect, and he agreed to help the Human Race.
• Shisui passed through the Wormhole into a concealed base and followed researchers to a meeting of the Psychic Energy Shield Research Department.
• The department head proposed petitioning to spare Yinling Sect researchers so they could be kept as Bound Captives.
• Shisui recalled that the Human Race’s Psychic Energy Shields came from a template created by a Yinling Sect genius who had sold it cheaply to the Human Race’s upper echelons.

Shisui realized the Human Race’s upper echelons planned to seize the Yinling Sect’s people and assets, and welcomed the opportunity to profit from the upheaval. Suo Qiaoyun approved the operation, while the grand speaker secretly authorized the military to capture Yinling Sect personnel and send battlefield corpses for processing.

• Shisui concluded that the Human Race would soon dismantle the Yinling Sect and other major powers, giving him chances to exploit the resulting transfers of wealth.
• Researchers at the Jade Swallow Continent research base completed a proposal to capture Yinling Sect researchers as Bound Captives and process front-line corpses into Psychic Energy Crystals.
• The grand speaker reported the proposal to Suo Qiaoyun, who approved it and called for capturing the sect’s mid- and high-end combatants as well.
• After returning to his office, the grand speaker secretly approved the proposal and instructed the Jade Swallow Continent military to cooperate with the Bound Captives in capturing Yinling Sect personnel and collecting corpses.

Shisui infiltrated a Human Race research base, learned how to make Chain Bombs, and stole ammunition before escaping to Yinling Valley. There, the military bombarded the Yinling Sect’s defenses while Shen City’s mayor won favor by donating supplies, angering a trading company president whose grain had been confiscated.

• Shisui used Feather Powder to locate a sealed research room containing Chain Explosion materials and left behind Feather Powder and Radiant Feathers to gather information.
• Shisui memorized the Chain Bomb research and decided not to take the documents or remove all the ammunition, then used Wormholes to steal selected munitions from the storeroom.
• The theft triggered an alarm, but the military arrived to find the research room empty and Shisui already teleported to Yinling Valley.
• The military’s Psychic Energy Cannons bombarded the Yinling Sect’s defensive lines, and soldiers charged into the gaps.
• A second lieutenant thanked Mayor Xie for his support, while a trading company president silently resented the mayor for donating grain confiscated from the harbor.

Shisui waited for the Jade Swallow Continent Fifth Army to enter Yinling Valley before trapping the battlefield in thick fog with Feather Powder and Spatial Energy. As the humans continued fighting blindly, he began hunting the Heaven Realm Bound Captives, who realized an unseen Predator had joined the battle.

• The Jade Swallow Continent Fifth Army used Psychic Energy-devouring flames to shatter the Yinling Sect's shield and burn a third of its grounds.
• The army's Earth Realm troops charged into Yinling Valley and overwhelmed the weaker outer sect disciples.
• Shisui sealed the valley in thick fog with Feather Powder and Spatial Energy after the human army entered.
• The Heaven Realm Bound Captives recognized that the fog was not a Human Race attack and tried to report it.
• Shisui's Steel Feathers Ukaku struck the Bound Captives in the fog, revealing to them that an unseen Predator was hunting them.

The Yinling Sect’s sect master ordered a strategic withdrawal after learning that Bound Captives were joining the forces sent against them, but the escaping airship crashed into Shisui’s Feather Powder. Shisui devoured the battlefield’s awakened fighters, reached the Earth Realm Ninth Realm Peak, and sensed a chance to break through to the Heaven Realm.

• The Yinling Sect’s sect master learned from Elder Xie that Bound Captives were coming alongside the Jade Swallow Continent Fifth Army and ordered the sect’s leaders, promising disciples, and researchers to retreat by airship.
• The airship crashed into the Feather Powder barrier, while Shisui devoured three Heaven Realm awakened and counted thirteen Heaven Realm experts nearby.
• Shisui spread a black blizzard of Feather Powder and Radiant Feathers through the valley, isolating and slaughtering the awakened fighters to gather energy for [Metamorphosis].
• Shisui consumed the valley’s awakened fighters and Flesh Crystals, broke through the Earth Realm bottleneck, and advanced to the Ninth Realm Peak.
• Shisui struck the barrier between the Earth Realm and Heaven Realm and sensed that cracks had formed in the bloodstained dam.

Shisui hunted a Heaven Realm Yinling Sect elder, and the [Predator] awakened in response to the blood, revealing that killing Heaven Realm cultivators could help him break through. As Shisui continued his hunt inside the fog-shrouded valley, the Jade Swallow Continent forces outside sensed the mountain forests stirring.

• Shisui stopped trying to break through for the moment and used his Kagune to ambush and kill a Heaven Realm elder of the Yinling Sect.
• Shisui removed the elder’s brain, then felt the [Predator] awaken and hunger for more flesh and blood.
• Shisui realized that killing Heaven Realm cultivators could help corrode his bottleneck and began absorbing Psychic Energy before hunting again.
• Outside Yinling Valley, the Jade Swallow Continent commander and Xie Bin watched the fog block the Yinling Sect’s chance to escape.
• The nearby mountain forests began shaking, seemingly awakened by the many deaths.

Shisui hunted the Heaven Realm awakeners trapped in the fog while bloodshed awakened Dragon Whisker, whose vines began consuming the surrounding forest and the humans stationed near Yinling Valley. The Fifth Army commander warned Shen City that the sealed calamity might attack, but Dragon Whisker’s vines killed everyone at the perimeter and surged toward the valley and city.

• Shisui’s Feather Powder penetrated the awakeners’ Psychic Energy Shields, and he killed a Fourth Realm elder after the elder attacked the fog with Biting Through.
• Elder Yin heard the thunder and searched for its source, but Shisui avoided him and continued targeting awakeners below the Fifth Realm.
• Blood from the slaughter awakened Dragon Whisker, whose vines spread through the forest as Shisui’s Radiant Feathers cut down the plants entering the valley.
• The Fifth Army commander ordered support forces to return and told Shen City to activate its Psychic Energy Shield after part of Dragon Whisker awakened near Yinling Valley.
• Dragon Whisker’s vines devoured the commander and everyone else at the perimeter, then advanced toward the valley and Shen City.

Shisui slaughtered the Heaven Realm cultivators inside his fog and used their flesh and blood to push toward a breakthrough. His pressure briefly roused Dragon Whisker’s true form underground, which ordered the vines to attack before Planetary Will forced it back to sleep.

• Shisui’s Feather Powder concealed his forces and poisoned the Heaven Realm awakened ones, allowing his Steel Feathers to kill or injure them.
• The vines formed a massive hammer and struck Shisui’s reinforced wall of fog, but it held.
• Shisui gathered the slaughtered Humans’ flesh and blood as nourishment and unleashed [Predator] while trying to break through his bottleneck.
• Shisui’s pressure reached Dragon Whisker’s true form underground and briefly awakened it.
• Dragon Whisker commanded the vines to kill, then fell back into slumber under Planetary Will.

Shisui fought through the Heaven Realm bottleneck while Dragon Whisker's vines battered the mist barrier and closed in on him. After breaking through, Shisui began absorbing the vines to stabilize his cultivation and took control of the Feather Powder for the hunt.

• Dragon Whisker's vines repeatedly struck the mist wall, gradually forcing it back while Shisui focused on his advancement.
• Shisui used waves of Psychic Energy to crack and shatter his bottleneck, breaking through into the Heaven Realm.
• As the vines approached, Shisui's Bikaku severed and devoured them to provide energy for his newly advanced cultivation.
• After the flesh and blood ran out, Shisui freed his Kagune to hunt the vines and began controlling the Feather Powder himself.

After ascending to the Heaven Realm, Shisui devoured Dragon Whisker’s branch with an overwhelming blizzard and then turned his attention toward Shen City. Meanwhile, acting mayor Ke Yu learned that the Jade Swallow Continent Fifth Army had been wiped out and that Shen City would have to hold out without military aid.

• Shisui focused on replenishing his energy by consuming the body left by Dragon Whisker after his ascension.
• He unleashed upgraded Feather Powder across the mountain forest, destroying creatures and Dragon Whisker’s parasitic vines while forming Flesh Crystals from the remains.
• Shisui used his predator’s pressure to immobilize the vines and devoured them in a five-minute blizzard.
• Shisui looked toward Shen City after finishing the meal, still feeling hungry.
• Ke Yu learned that the mayor and the Jade Swallow Continent Fifth Army had died in Yinling Valley, then heard that a branch of Dragon Whisker had awakened.
• The military told Ke Yu to activate Shen City’s Psychic Energy Shield and buy time, while refusing to send troops because it had to protect the research base.

Shisui flew toward Shen City as Dragon Whisker vines attacked the city and overwhelmed its defenses. By the time he arrived, half the city’s population had been slaughtered, while survivors were making a desperate stand at city hall.

• At the research base on Jade Swallow Continent, soldiers prepared to defend it as a military representative relayed orders to abandon Shen City and protect the base.
• After devouring the flesh and blood in Yinling Valley and its Dragon Whisker branches, Shisui sensed more vines heading for Shen City and flew after them.
• Shen City’s authorities declared a state of war, leaving residents confused about the sudden emergency.
• A giant serpent formed from Dragon Whisker vines shattered Shen City’s Psychic Energy Shield, broke through the city wall, and tore into the city.
• The vines spread through Shen City, devouring civilians and covering the city wall; when Shisui arrived, half the city had fallen and survivors were resisting at city hall.

Shisui’s Feather Powder annihilated Shen City, killing its inhabitants and turning the vines into Flesh Crystals. As he prepared to leave, golden threads appeared overhead and an unknown power pressed down on him.

• Ke Yu directed Shen City’s hastily assembled defenders as Dragon Whisker’s vines overran the city.
• Shisui’s Feather Powder became a violent blizzard, shredding the defenders, civilians, buildings, vines, and ammunition.
• After three minutes, the storm had erased Shen City and converted the vines into Flesh Crystals.
• Shisui descended, gathered the crystals through space rifts, and prepared to teleport toward the mainland.
• Golden threads appeared in the sky, and immense Psychic Energy pressure forced Shisui’s bones to break and heal as he taunted the unseen force.

Shisui evaded Suo Qiaoyun’s trap and stole the compressed soul energy of a million humans, provoking the Planetary Will to restrain her. Suo Qiaoyun ordered a Bound Captive to hunt Shisui down and bring him back to the Laboratory.

• Shisui sensed a hidden Heaven-Controlling Realm expert enclosing Shen City in a vast formation and secretly prepared a Space Wormhole.
• Shisui realized the formation was weak because the Planetary Will restricted the power Heaven-Controlling Realm experts could use.
• Suo Qiaoyun gathered the lingering souls of the dead, intending to collect them and obtain material from another Heaven-Controlling Realm expert.
• Shisui feigned helplessness, then used his Ukaku and a Wormhole to steal the compressed soul energy of a million humans.
• Suo Qiaoyun tore open the sky in fury, but the Planetary Will forced the gash shut and bound her with its power.
• Suo Qiaoyun ordered a Ninth Realm Heaven Realm Bound Captive to capture Shisui dead or alive and bring him and his soul to the Laboratory.

After escaping a Heaven-Controlling Realm expert, Shisui found a secluded mine near Moonwhite Shoal where he could stabilize his cultivation and slowly absorb the energy he had seized. Meanwhile, Yan Fei, Lu Qianyu, and their companions reached shore after drifting at sea, only to discover they may have landed on Lantiao Continent.

• Shisui recovered from his injuries and decided to absorb the enormous sphere of energy gradually rather than waste it by devouring it all at once.
• Shisui surveyed Moonwhite Shoal and found that the military was using the settlement as a supply station and mining Bo Xiwan's hidden vein.
• Shisui entered a sealed, abandoned mine tunnel and concealed it with spatial distortions before beginning secluded cultivation.
• Yan Fei, Lu Qianyu, and the others surfaced their submarine near shore after drifting without navigation and struggling to conserve power.
• Yan Fei determined that they had missed Jade Swallow Continent and might have drifted as far as Lantiao Continent.

Lu Qianyu’s group located themselves on Lantiao Continent and set out for Shahai City. At Demon Race headquarters, Hu Lingling recalled being forced to give up command and then received Li Nai'an’s report, which began with a tracker detector meant to lead them to the Sea Race First Research Institute.

• Lu Qianyu used communications equipment to locate the group eighteen kilometers from Shahai City, and Yan Fei urged them to reach it before dark.
• Hu Lingling recalled that a Heaven-Controlling Realm lord had ordered her to obtain the Sea Race’s Soul Modification Technology, stripping her of command of the Undying Legion.
• A soldier reported that the dispatched team had returned safely and that Li Nai'an was waiting at headquarters.
• Hu Lingling had Li Nai'an brought to the top-secret conference room, where Li Nai'an presented a continuously operating tracker signal detector.

Li Nai'an gave Hu Lingling tracking data for the Sea Race First Research Institute, while Yan Fei and his companions sought a way to leave Lantiao Continent. Near Moonwhite Shoal, the Moonfall Rainforest Beastfolk army and garrison troops began surrounding the area as Shisui stabilized his cultivation.

• Li Nai'an handed Hu Lingling a receiver containing tracking data for the Sea Race First Research Institute, and Hu Lingling prepared to leave for the institute after handing over command.
• Li Nai'an received her second lieutenant credentials and authorization to summon a platoon of Undying Legion soldiers.
• Yan Fei refused to sneak into Shahai City after soldiers killed a demon without a pass, and Lu Qianyu suggested contacting their agents inside the city instead.
• Shisui absorbed Flesh Crystals and energy from nearby metal veins to stabilize his cultivation in a mine near Moonwhite Shoal.
• The Moonfall Rainforest Beastfolk's formal army and river garrison troops began surrounding Moonwhite Shoal.

The Beastfolk army secretly surrounded Moonwhite Shoal as Shisui expanded his toxin-laden Feather Powder to turn the coming battle into chaos and feed his growth. When the attack began, the city’s residents fled toward the port, but the Beastfolk intended to leave no survivors.

• The Beastfolk army used hive-nest threads to coordinate its positions around Moonwhite Shoal while a thin mist caused a fleeting irritation in the soldiers.
• Shisui absorbed Flesh Crystals as his Rc Cells evolved, detected the approaching Beastfolk, and expanded his Feather Powder carrying [Bone-Deep Rot].
• The toxin was intended to make creatures restless and bloodthirsty, turning the battle into a slaughter whose dead would become Flesh Crystals for Shisui.
• An old man in Moonwhite Shoal woke, checked his rental accounts, and returned to bed before explosions and flames erupted across the city.
• The old man packed his valuables and fled with other residents toward the port, but the Beastfolk planned to leave no survivors.

A Beastfolk attack on Moonwhite Shoal spiraled into a frenzy, allowing a dying Bound Captive to send a warning before the chain claimed his body and soul. Meanwhile, Yan Fei and Lu Qianyu received a new mission in Shahai City to investigate the Beastfolk’s suspected plans against the local Demon Race, and began coordinating with Sand Mole.

• The Beastfolk army attacked Moonwhite Shoal, where Shisui’s Feather Powder and Radiant Feathers helped drive the soldiers into a murderous frenzy against everyone nearby.
• The chaos allowed a wounded Bound Captive to escape Moonwhite Shoal and send a warning requesting reinforcements before his golden chain consumed him and sealed his soul.
• Yan Fei and his companions met Sand Mole, the leader of Shahai City’s intelligence team and a Bound Captive, while seeking passage back to Kaiyang Continent.
• A higher-up instructed Yan Fei and Lu Qianyu to lie low in Shahai City and investigate why the Beastfolk’s main branch might be preparing to act against the local Demon Race.
• Sand Mole gave Yan Fei city entry permits and agreed to cooperate with the group.