Chapter Summaries

Shisui infiltrated the Beastfolk laboratory, killed its researchers, and absorbed their memories about the Undying Cells and the Eye of Madness. He learned that the senior researchers were discussing Chi An in the conference room and headed toward the remaining people of interest.

• Shisui entered the laboratory and killed the Beastfolk researchers in the first room before probing their memories.
• He entered the data-processing room, killed its five Beastfolk researchers, and learned that the Eye of Madness caused severe rejection and that Chi An had survived both cell transplants.
• Shisui learned that the Beastfolk had replicated the Demon Race's Undying Legion but could not reproduce Chi An, and that the test subjects were kept in a small prison.
• He considered using Undying Cells as a buffer for fusing cells in his own body, a method he believed only he could use because of his Rc Cells.
• Shisui left the room and identified the operating room, prison, and conference room as the laboratory's remaining spaces, with senior researchers discussing Chi An in the conference room.

Shisui raided the Beastfolk laboratory, uncovered secrets about the Eye of Madness and the Beast King, and destroyed its researchers and surviving test subjects. After escaping the Beast King’s counterattack, he watched from the Azure Nether Ocean as the Beastfolk settlement came under attack, while Cheng Wenjie set out to claim the Sea Race’s Soul Modification Technology.

• Shisui searched the researchers’ memories and learned that there were three types of Eye of Madness, where the Undying Cells were stored, and how the Eye affected its host’s soul.
• The Beast King’s phantom attacked Shisui through the researchers’ memories, killing them, but Shisui severed the connection and escaped further harm.
• Shisui destroyed the surviving test subjects and taunted the Beast King before tearing open space and leaving the laboratory.
• The Beast King’s Psychic Energy crushed the laboratory, but a blue-gold power suppressed him again as his roar shook Lantiao Continent.
• Shisui reached the central Azure Nether Ocean and watched a building complex, waiting to see how the Beastfolk would respond.
• Cheng Wenjie traveled to secure Soul Modification Technology and sent a Heaven Realm awakened one to investigate the Second Research Institute and protect his missing younger relative.

Shisui began fusing with the Eye of Madness inside a sealed Alternate Space while Hu Lingling was intercepted by Cheng Wenjie near the hidden reefs. Elsewhere, Jin Yuze fought a sea beast and ordered his team to escort the intelligence agents toward Zi City as the battle threatened their retreat.

• Shisui prepared a sealed Alternate Space in the seagrass forest, arranged for its Koukaku walls to draw Psychic Energy from the environment, and scattered Flesh Crystals as a precaution.
• Shisui placed the two Eyes of Madness into his eye sockets, and his Rc Cells began assimilating them as his Psychic Energy drained and his aura grew more terrifying.
• Hu Lingling chose a hidden-reef landing point east of Mao City, but Cheng Wenjie blocked her path and attacked after demanding the stolen information.
• Hu Lingling struck Cheng Wenjie with a crimson fox apparition, and the two Heaven Realm Awakeners began fighting in the sea.
• Jin Yuze split a sea beast's approaching wave and ordered his team to take Yan Fei and Lu Qianyu away while he covered their retreat.
• The sea beast roared again as the team withdrew, prompting a warning for everyone to fall back.

Jin Yuze held off a colossal sea beast while the others fled toward Kaiyang Continent, and Hu Lingling drove Cheng Wenjie away from a reef-strewn stretch of the southern Tianpiao Ocean. Both defenders continued toward their missions as their opponents withdrew.

• Jin Yuze shielded the group from the sea beast’s Psychic Energy cannon and told everyone to escape while he covered the rear.
• Jin Yuze disrupted the sea beast’s next attack, then faced the serpent-like monster as it disappeared beneath the sea.
• Hu Lingling attacked Cheng Wenjie’s seaweed forest with her crimson fox phantom, whose Undying Cells devoured the seaweed.
• Cheng Wenjie realized he had been sent to wear Hu Lingling down and fled toward the Azure Nether Ocean.
• Hu Lingling chose not to pursue Cheng Wenjie and headed toward the reef-strewn area to escort information to the Ten-Thousand-Blade Mountain Range.

Hu Lingling headed toward a Sea Race ambush while Jin Yuze defeated and captured a berserk sea beast. At the Third Research Institute, Shisui completed his fusion with the Eye of Madness and began examining his new Kakugan.

• Hu Lingling crossed the jagged reefs toward the southern shore of the Moonfall Continent, where Sea Race soldiers prepared to exhaust her Psychic Energy and Undying Cells.
• Jin Yuze attacked the sea beast in the northern Azure Nether Ocean, restrained it with golden threads, and struck it into a near-death coma.
• Jin Yuze bound the sea beast and carried it toward the Kaiyang Continent as a trophy for the research institute.
• Shisui absorbed Psychic Energy inside his Alternate Space as the fusion process produced cracking sounds and finished forming his new eyes.
• Shisui revealed his red-pupiled Kakugan, withdrew its energy and his Koukaku connection from the outside world, then examined the changes caused by fusing with the Eye of Madness.

After devouring the Eye of Madness, Shisui's Kakugan gained the ability to attack souls from a distance. He tested the new power on the Third Research Institute's Sea Race members and began attacking the base.

• Shisui examined the evolved Kakugan and found that it could affect the energy and souls within its field of vision.
• Shisui killed Cheng Yimu from over a hundred meters away, testing the Kakugan's reach and Psychic Energy cost.
• Shisui spread Feather Powder around the base, triggering its Psychic Energy Shield and setting off alarms.
• Shisui appeared above the base and killed ten fleeing Sea Race members at once, including Earth Realm awakened beings.
• Shisui considered experimenting further with controlling multiple souls as he advanced on the Third Research Institute's researchers.

Shisui tested using the Kakugan and [Spirit Dream Recall] to communicate directly with a researcher’s soul while destroying the Third Research Institute’s base. When Cheng Wenjie returned, Shisui caught him and prepared to use him for further experiments.

• Cheng Wenjie fled Hu Lingling and returned to the Third Research Institute’s base, unaware that Shisui had already destroyed his lair.
• Shisui used the Kakugan with [Spirit Dream Recall] to connect with a researcher’s soul and discovered he could communicate directly with it.
• The terrified researcher fainted, so Shisui killed him and summoned another test subject as the seagrass forest reacted to a returning Heaven Realm awakener.
• Cheng Wenjie entered the ruined base, sensed Shisui’s threatening gaze, and tried to flee again.
• Shisui pierced Cheng Wenjie with his tail stinger, used [Bone-Deep Rot] to immobilize him, and severed his limbs before announcing that he would be used for experiments.

Hu Lingling fought a Sea Race force waiting to intercept her after she came ashore, but her depleted strength and the enemy’s rising battle formation left the fight in a stalemate. Li Nai'an received orders to rendezvous with Hu Lingling, while Shisui discovered that Cheng Wenjie had died.

• Hu Lingling reached the cliff, checked her compass, and realized that overusing her Undying Cells had left her severely weakened.
• Sea Race warriors and sea beasts emerged from the forest and trapped Hu Lingling beneath a prepared Psychic Energy Shield.
• Hu Lingling attacked the Sea Race formation, but its power grew as the beasts absorbed energy, so she dove in to end the fight quickly.
• Hu Lingling shattered the formation’s shield with her red fox phantom, but the sea beasts repelled its follow-up strike and the battle became a stalemate.
• A Demon Race messenger ordered Li Nai'an to rendezvous with Major Hu Lingling, and Li Nai'an memorized the interception forces’ weaknesses before departing.
• At the Sea Race's Third Research Institute base, Shisui confirmed that Cheng Wenjie had died.

Shisui killed Cheng Wenjie while testing the Kakugan, then entered a hidden passage beneath the Third Research Institute after the clock tower chimed and opened the way. The passage led to a volcanic chamber where prisoners were chained above magma, while the Dragon King sent a soul fragment toward the Institute.

• Shisui tested the Kakugan on Cheng Wenjie until the damage destroyed Cheng Wenjie's soul and killed him.
• Shisui removed Cheng Wenjie's brain, stored it, and turned his corpse into Flesh Crystals before the clock tower rang unexpectedly.
• The Dragon King sensed that the seal connected to the Third Research Institute had been disrupted and sent a soul fragment through the magma to investigate.
• Shisui followed a newly opened staircase beneath the clock tower and used a space wormhole to pass through a sealed door.
• Shisui recognized the rough, red-brown passage as an old volcanic flow and reached a metal-barred door overlooking magma and chained prisoners.

Li Nai'an accepted an assignment to rendezvous with Hu Lingling, while Shisui entered an underground prison beneath the Sea Race's Third Research Institute and uncovered its connection to the Dragon Spirit Species Royal Family. As Shisui moved to capture the prisoners, a fragment of the Dragon King's soul awakened in the magma below.

• Li Nai'an advanced to the Earth Realm Eighth Realm and accepted an assignment to rendezvous with Hu Lingling, hoping the major could hold out.
• Shisui used the base director's brain to learn that the prison's gifted Sea Race prisoners were descendants of defeated races held for research and kept from escaping by the Dragon Spirit Species Royal Family.
• Shisui opened a Wormhole through the prison's resistant walls and entered, protected from the magma's heat by a spatial barrier.
• The last member of the Sea Demon Species sensed Shisui and asked who he was, but Shisui ignored him and prepared to capture the prisoners.
• The magma boiled as a fragment of the Dragon King's soul merged into a prepared body, and Shisui sensed the Dragon King's energy descending.

Shisui fought the Dragon King Clone in the underground prison while a Death Herald appeared beside the Sea Demon, who was fated to die in the battle’s aftermath. Meanwhile, Hu Lingling remained trapped in a stalemate with Sea Race troops on the southern coast, and the Death Herald stayed to witness the Sea Demon’s soul after death.

• The prison shook as Shisui sensed the Dragon King Clone rising from the magma and struck it with his eight Bikaku.
• Hu Lingling continued fighting the Sea Race troops and attacked the barrier blocking her escape, but her assault was neutralized.
• The Dragon King Clone’s fireballs killed the prisoners, while Shisui countered with Radiant Feathers and found the Sea Demon still alive.
• The Death Herald told the Sea Demon he would die within a minute, and Shisui continued battling the Dragon King Clone while a seal was prepared around the prison.
• The Sea Demon died as foretold, and the Death Herald remained beside his body to watch his soul break free of its restraints.

The last Sea Demon died in the dungeon and became a powerful wraith, drawing the Death Herald toward him. Shisui manipulated the Dragon King Clone to provoke the wraith, and the Death Herald entered the wraith’s soul to join his revenge.

• The last Sea Demon died consumed by hatred for Cheng Wenjie and the Dragon Spirit Species, giving rise to a wraith.
• Shisui sensed the wraith’s birth and judged that his unstable reason and limited strength would hinder his revenge.
• Shisui attacked the Dragon King Clone and subtly guided him toward the wraith while hiding the wraith’s growing Psychic Energy.
• The Death Herald sensed the wraith’s hatred, approached him, and plunged into his soul to become part of his reason.

Shisui used his Rc Cells to locate and disrupt the Dragon King Clone’s soul while guiding it toward the Death Herald and Sea Demon vengeful spirits. After the spirits fused and attacked the clone, Shisui proposed working together, and the chapter ended with him meeting the Sea Demon’s consciousness.

• Shisui let the Dragon King Clone swallow his Bikaku, allowing the Rc Cells to locate its soul fragment and spread through its body.
• Shisui guided the retreating Dragon King Clone toward the Death Herald and Sea Demon vengeful spirits, accelerating their fusion through the threat of a common enemy.
• The fused vengeful spirit attacked the Dragon King Clone’s soul, but its strike alone could not kill him.
• Shisui used the Rc Cells to disrupt the energy around the Dragon King Clone’s soul fragment, injuring it and provoking a wild counterattack.
• Shisui asked the fused vengeful spirit to work with him against their common enemy, and he met the Sea Demon Species consciousness within it.

Shisui negotiated a soul-contract alliance with the Sea Demon Species’ wraith, offering support for its plan to assassinate the Dragon King in exchange for a wager. The wraith began absorbing the resources Shisui provided, unaware that Shisui had secretly added dormant Rc Cells.

• Shisui used Psychic Energy to speak with the wraith and confirmed that the Sea Demon Species controlled it.
• Shisui offered to help the wraith absorb the Dragon King's clone faster and teleport directly into the Dragon King Hall.
• Shisui claimed the Dragon King had destroyed Mao City near his family and urged the wraith to follow his plan, but the wraith refused.
• Shisui proposed a wager: he would support the wraith's assassination attempt, and if it failed, the wraith would follow his plan; the wraith agreed with restrictions.
• Shisui signed a soul contract with the wraith, extracted soul fragments from the Dragon King's clone, refined its lava body into Flesh Crystals, and handed over both along with dormant Rc Cells.

Shisui sent the newly advanced Banshee Sea Demon into the Dragon King Hall to assassinate the Dragon King, then left the prison. At the southern coast, Li Nai'an broke through the barrier and Hu Lingling escaped while secretly shielding him with her Psychic Energy.

• The Banshee Sea Demon absorbed the magma’s resentment and advanced to the Heaven Realm’s Eighth Realm.
• Shisui concealed the Banshee Sea Demon’s energy and opened a Space Rift into the Dragon King Hall, where the wraith went to attack the Dragon King.
• Shisui opened a separate Space Wormhole and left the underground prison rather than wait for the assassination’s outcome.
• Li Nai'an struck a weakened point in the barrier surrounding Hu Lingling and the Sea Race forces, breaking it open.
• Hu Lingling passed Li Nai'an, reinforced him with a hidden Psychic Energy shield, and flew away from the battlefield.

Li Nai'an overwhelmed the Sea Race troops with Blood Thorns before receiving orders to return to the Mao City front after the Dragon King was suspected of being assassinated. The Banshee Sea Demon’s attempt to kill the Dragon King failed when the Planetary Will intervened, while Shisui realized the Planetary Will acted to protect Ruolan Star’s interests.

• Li Nai'an used Blood Thorns to break the Sea Race troops’ formation, kill their soldiers, and absorb their energy.
• Li Nai'an received an order for all active-duty Undying Legion soldiers to return to the Mao City front after reports that the Dragon King had been assassinated.
• The Banshee Sea Demon entered the Dragon King Hall through a Space Rift and attacked the bound Dragon King’s soul and eye.
• The Planetary Will struck the Banshee Sea Demon away before he could kill the Dragon King, causing the assassination to fail.
• The Banshee Sea Demon escaped through a rift as Sea Race members approached, and Shisui concluded that the Planetary Will had acted to protect Ruolan Star’s interests.

Shisui manipulated the Banshee Sea Demon’s resentment, persuading him to consider challenging the Planetary Will and turning him into a weapon for war. Meanwhile, Li Nai’an arrived at an Undying Legion meeting near Mao City and asked how officers had learned of the Dragon King’s assassination.

• The Banshee Sea Demon asked Shisui whether he had known the Planetary Will would intervene, then asked if Shisui had a way to deal with Him.
• Shisui proposed that escalating conflict could lead Heaven-Controlling Realm experts to strike the Planetary Will together, and the Banshee Sea Demon wrestled with the innocent deaths that would cause.
• Dormant Rc Cells released a trace of [Bone-Deep Rot], which intensified the Banshee Sea Demon’s suppressed resentment.
• Shisui suggested the Banshee Sea Demon could consume enough energy to replace the Planetary Will, and the wraith’s desire for revenge overwhelmed the Death Herald’s compassion.
• Li Nai’an arrived at the Undying Legion’s meeting near the ruins of Mao City and asked a neighboring officer how they had learned that the Dragon King was assassinated.

Li Nai'an learned that the report about the Dragon King’s assassination came from intelligence agent Bai Ye, who briefed a military meeting on the Sea Race’s Ringwater base. In Zi City, Yan Fei and Lu Qianyu shared their intelligence on the Sea Race’s factions and asked when the Human Race would retaliate.

• Li Nai'an asked an officer about the report that the Dragon King had been attacked, and learned that its truth would be discussed at the meeting.
• Bai Ye arrived at the meeting and began reporting intelligence gathered from the Sea Race’s Ringwater Military Base.
• Yan Fei and Lu Qianyu returned safely to Zi City, where Yan Fei admired the Human Race capital he had never seen before.
• A Bound Captive escorted the two agents to the parliament building, where personal guards took them to a reception room for questioning.
• Yan Fei and Lu Qianyu spent an hour telling an affable man what they knew about factions within the Sea Race.
• Yan Fei asked when the Human Race planned to begin its operation, and the man’s expression turned cold.

Yan Fei passed a loyalty test after learning that the Sea Race Dragon King had been seriously injured, while the Human and Demon Races prepared to strike the Sea Race. Shisui shifted the Banshee Sea Demon’s contract onto Yuanli, leaving the Crown Prince unaware that he was being controlled.

• A Human Race official told Yan Fei that the Dragon King was believed to be badly injured and watched his reaction; Yan Fei recognized the information as a loyalty test and left with Lu Qianyu.
• Suo Qiaoyun ordered practical benefits for Yan Fei and told the military to keep its new army hidden as the Human Race prepared to act against the Demon Race.
• Undying Legion officers debated attacking the Sea Race, but the chief of staff said they could choose only one target; Li Nai'an was asked to stay behind as a likely campaign candidate.
• Shisui entered the Sea Race Crown Prince Yuanli’s study and gave the body controlled by [Survival in Desperate Situations] a ball of rc Cells, changing the Banshee Sea Demon’s contract target to Yuanli.
• After Shisui left, [Survival in Desperate Situations] cleaned the study and returned control to Yuanli, whose perception it continued to influence.

Tsukimi Shisui, a Ghoul posing as an ordinary Tokyo University student, received an invitation to the Ghoul Restaurant in his territory and decided to retaliate. After killing one of its waiters, he waited for the restaurant to begin its feast and planned to kill more of its people.

• Tsukimi Shisui attended his animal anatomy lecture and returned to his apartment near Tokyo University.
• Shisui found an anonymous invitation to a Ghoul Restaurant feast in his mailbox and destroyed it.
• Shisui killed a Ghoul Restaurant waiter, whose body was later discovered by Ghoul investigators.
• Shisui watched the investigators from a high-rise and planned to kill more Ghoul Restaurant members before the feast.