Chapter Summaries

Shisui went to Zi City to find a way to weaken the Human Race before making his move against the Planetary Will. He located Citroën's hidden underground factory and considered how to cripple the company without stripping the Human Race of its ability to wage war.

• The Demon Race and Human Race launched attacks on Sea Race cities while the Beastfolk concealed an attack on their laboratory and guarded against internal threats.
• Shisui observed that Zi City remained peaceful despite the wider war and worried that the Human Race still had enough strength to dominate the aftermath.
• Shisui identified Citroën, a secretive military-industrial company with advanced shipbuilding technology, as a way to weaken the Human Race.
• Shisui entered a residential district near Zi City’s outskirts and used his Radiant Feathers to locate Citroën’s underground base.
• Shisui surveyed the factory’s production lines for Psychic Energy Cannons, shells, and Psychic Energy Suppressors, then resolved to cripple the company.

The Citroën Company recovered after fleeing Mao City and resumed supplying weapons from its new base near Zi City. Chief Engineer Xu Xing was discussing research funding when violent tremors struck the underground factory, and fog enveloped the crowd gathered at the shelter.

• The Citroën Company abandoned its unfinished headquarters and production equipment to escape the Sea Race's assault on Mao City, then rebuilt near Zi City.
• Xu Xing reviewed the Carrierization Technology report and recommended keeping its funding unchanged, saving extra funds, and delaying production expansion until more workers were trained.
• A violent tremor shook the underground factory, and security guards escorted Xu Xing and his assistant toward the shelter.
• Xu Xing led the gathering employees to the shelter as the shaking worsened and cracks appeared in the factory walls.
• Xu Xing opened the shelter, but fog suddenly enveloped everyone before he could direct them inside.

Shisui sealed off and attacked the Citroën Company's underground factory, intending to destroy its workers and researchers. Jin Yuze and other Heaven Realm Awakened intervened, allowing some people to escape, and Shisui escalated his attack as Xu Xing fled aboveground.

• Shisui used Feather Powder to simulate an earthquake and trap everyone inside the underground factory in a sealed fog field.
• Xu Xing urged the factory workers to concentrate their attacks on one point in the fog, but Shisui began slaughtering them before they could act.
• Jin Yuze arrived and fought Shisui, but Radiant Feathers badly injured him within seconds.
• Reinforcements secretly opened a hole in the fog field and began evacuating the factory's hostages.
• Shisui sensed the escape, unleashed the Feather Powder beneath the soil, and pursued the fleeing people as Xu Xing looked back in horror.

Shisui attacked the Citroën factory, captured Xu Xing, and demanded Carrierization Technology while using the hostage to delay the Bound Captives. He escaped after the reinforcements arrived, and the Human Race’s upper echelons blamed Beastfolk forces seeking warship technology.

• Xu Xing was captured by Shisui as he fled the factory, and Shisui used [Spirit Dream Recall] on him.
• Shisui demanded the Human Race’s Carrierization Technology from Jin Yuze, who realized the enemy knew details of a top-secret project.
• A nearby Bound Captive squad arrived and attacked Shisui while Jin Yuze and the others tried to protect Xu Xing.
• Shisui engulfed the factory and the human awakeners in blood mist, then vanished and left a deep crater behind.
• The Human Race’s upper echelons investigated the attack and concluded that Beastfolk forces likely wanted the warship technology.

Shisui framed the Beastfolk for an attack on the Human Race and planted Xu Xing’s mutilated body at Zi City’s council building to deepen mistrust. Meanwhile, the Banshee Sea Demon fed on the resentment of the dead and planned to kill the war’s powerful beneficiaries before creating a world ruled by ordinary people.

• Shisui removed Xu Xing’s brain, reasoning that his staged attack would make the Human Race hesitate to cooperate with the Beastfolk and prolong the coming war.
• Shisui transported Xu Xing’s brainless body to the square before Zi City’s council building, where its discovery caused panic and strengthened anti-Beastfolk sentiment.
• At a mass grave, a newly awakened boy vowed to avenge his soldier parents and kill every outsider.
• The Banshee Sea Demon absorbed the resentment and deathly aura surrounding the graves, including the boy’s hatred.
• The Banshee Sea Demon resolved to kill the war’s vested interests and everyone in the Heaven-Controlling Realm, then rule a world for ordinary people.

The Human Race and Demon Race destroyed Sea Race cities while the Sea Race was distracted by unrest and the Dragon King's attempted assassination. The Dragon King put Crown Prince Yuanli in charge during his recovery and accepted the destruction of cities where traitors were concentrated as a way to weaken the rebellion.

• The Demon Race bombarded a Sea Race city until its shield failed, then destroyed it and withdrew before damaging the seabed further.
• The Human Race destroyed two cities in the western Tianpiao Ocean, killing Sea Race residents to secure its future supply lines.
• The Sea Race Dragon Palace announced that the Dragon King was recovering and that Crown Prince Yuanli would manage Sea Race affairs.
• Shisui monitored Yuanli through dormant Rc cells and prepared to keep him alive until the planetary will fell silent.
• The Dragon King told Yuan Shun that suppressing the rebellion would only make it worse later, and he let enemy forces destroy cities where traitors were concentrated.

Shisui used the Sea Race Crown Prince’s authority to uncover how Sea Race agents were quietly steering human opinion toward attacks on selected cities, then spread [Bone-Deep Rot] through Radiant Feathers in Chou City. A Yinling Sect member noticed the suspiciously frequent references to Sea Race cities and sent a Radiant Feather away.

• Shisui explained how the Sea Race used layers of intermediaries and unwitting informants to influence human military decisions.
• Shisui and the Banshee Sea Demon discussed the propaganda, and Shisui let the scheme continue while the Banshee Sea Demon wrestled with his feelings about civilian casualties.
• Shisui traveled to Chou City and spread [Bone-Deep Rot] with Radiant Feathers so the Human Race would discover the Sea Race’s manipulation.
• A Yinling Sect member noticed that conversations and pro-war leaflets repeatedly mentioned Sea Race cities, then sent a Radiant Feather away.

Suo Qiaoyun traced unusual publicity for selected Sea Race cities to a hidden influence and ordered the intermediaries investigated, while Yuanli prepared a Dragon King scale as a secret communication link with her. The scale was sent toward a Sea Race city targeted for attack, where Demon Race soldiers discovered a similar box after conquering another city.

• Bound Captives in Chou City noticed that publicity repeatedly highlighted certain Sea Race cities and reported the anomaly to their superiors.
• The former Yinling Sect head stopped the elders from acting rashly and told them to seek instructions from their superiors.
• Suo Qiaoyun recognized the cities as the military’s planned targets, ordered an investigation into the intermediaries, and kept the attack plans unchanged.
• Bound Captives across Human Race settlements tracked down Sea Race intermediaries, while Yuanli ordered surviving agents to withdraw and gave his adjutant a box containing an old Dragon King scale for delivery to a target city.
• Demon Race soldiers searching a merchant’s warehouse in a conquered Sea Race city opened an engraved box and found a scale about two palms in size.

A Demon Race patrol found and transferred one of Yuanli’s shed scales, while Shisui arranged a secret alliance against the Heaven-Controlling Realm experts. Shisui began searching the Tree Spirit forest for Long-Life Elder and drew the attention of a local tree spirit.

• Demon Race soldiers found a Dragon King's Shed Scale in a Sea Race merchant’s warehouse and passed it up their chain of command.
• A guard questioned the Crown Prince’s decision to send out two scales, and Yuan Shun told him to leave the matter alone and stop judging the Crown Prince.
• Shisui returned to central Lantiao Continent and planned to coordinate with the other Heaven-Controlling Realm experts, intending to awaken the Beast King when the time came.
• Shisui went to the Tree Spirit forest to find Long-Life Elder and used Radiant Feathers to search for tree spirits.
• A tree spirit confronted Shisui for sweeping his perception across its home.

Shisui defeated a Tree Spirit and discovered that its Tree Spirit Heart was linked to the Planetary Consciousness. When the Long-Life Elder demanded the heart back, Shisui refused and left him unable to move.

• A Tree Spirit attacked Shisui with metallic roots, but Shisui cut them apart and trapped the tree in compressed Feather Powder.
• Shisui pulled the tree from the ground and crushed its body into a wooden ball, revealing the Tree Spirit Heart inside.
• Shisui traced the heart’s energy links to the Planetary Consciousness, which repelled his probing, and then encountered the Long-Life Elder’s barrier.
• The Long-Life Elder told Shisui to leave the Tree Spirit’s soul behind and go, but Shisui ignored him and kept the Tree Spirit Heart.
• The Long-Life Elder tried to stop Shisui, but Shisui’s rapidly circulating energy immobilized his body and soul.

Arakawa Jiushu poisoned Long-Life Elder’s forest with mercury, then stole a Tree Spirit Heart while Long-Life Elder was occupied protecting the trees. Long-Life Elder’s fury erupted across Lantiao Continent, leaving Arakawa Jiushu impaled and Shisui sensing the disturbance.

• Shisui took a Tree Spirit Heart, and Long-Life Elder froze as Arakawa Jiushu’s mercury poisoning disrupted his connection to the forest.
• Arakawa Jiushu spread mercury-laced cinnabar through the forest, poisoning Long-Life Elder and killing or weakening nearby trees.
• Arakawa Jiushu flew to a weakened Tree Spirit and cut out its Tree Spirit Heart before fleeing the forest.
• Long-Life Elder unleashed a violent Psychic Energy wave and roots that struck Arakawa Jiushu down and pierced his abdomen.
• Shisui sensed a gaze and blocked an incoming wave, while the Beast King protected the Beastfolk territory and asked someone whether they would intervene.

The Planetary Will suppressed the Long-Life Elder after his sudden rampage, but Shisui realized its divided attention had left it vulnerable. Hours later, Jiqu received a Dragon King scale that carried a message from the Dragon King.

• The Beast King secretly shielded the Beastfolk territory, taunted the Planetary Will, and was put back to sleep as an Eye of Madness slipped into the territory’s barrier core.
• The Planetary Will halted the Long-Life Elder’s rampage, leaving Arakawa Jiushu in ruins as he absorbed the Tree Spirit Heart and advanced to Heaven Realm Awakened.
• Shisui concluded that the Planetary Will’s delayed response showed how vulnerable it was and decided to accelerate his plan.
• After the fighting paused across Ruolan Star, Jiqu opened a delivered dragon scale and heard the Dragon King greet him.

Jiqu refused the Dragon King's request to cooperate in breaking free of the Planetary Will's restraints, so Yuanli volunteered to seek the Demon Race's support. Unaware that the Yuanli speaking through the scale was a puppet being used as a spark, the Dragon King approved the journey, and Yuanli secretly received a dark green sphere before setting out.

• The Dragon King invited Jiqu to join a temporary effort to break free of the Planetary Will, but Jiqu refused.
• Yuanli argued that the Demon Race's Heaven-Controlling Realm expert was needed and volunteered to persuade him in Demon Race territory.
• The Dragon King allowed Yuanli to go and arranged for Yuan Shun to return to his side the next day.
• As the Human Race and Sea Race fighting paused, the Demon Race's offensive stalled against the Sea Race's counterattack.
• The Banshee Sea Demon delivered Shisui's dark green sphere to Yuanli's tent, and Yuanli concealed it for the journey ahead.

The Banshee Sea Demon followed Shisui’s plan to exploit the Planetary Will’s limits, while Shisui waited on Lantiao’s western coast for Arakawa Jiushu. Shisui captured the newly ascended Arakawa Jiushu and planned to use him to awaken the Long-Life Elder.

• The Banshee Sea Demon recalled Shisui’s instructions, concealed the sphere’s aura with black mist, and agreed to throw it into the Sea Race garrison’s main tent.
• After recovering and ascending to the Heaven Realm, Arakawa Jiushu left the ruined forest and flew west toward the coast.
• Shisui hid in dense fog on the western coast as Arakawa Jiushu entered the area and triggered the Feather Powder trap.
• Arakawa Jiushu transformed into a giant White Owl, but inhaled the Feather Powder and lost consciousness.
• Shisui sealed Arakawa Jiushu inside Koukaku, intending to bring him to the Long-Life Elder, and recognized the scent of ice wine in his blood.

Shisui uncovered an Insect Hive in Arakawa Jiushu’s Spatial Ring and prepared to involve the Beast King in his plan. Meanwhile, Yuanli reached Moonfall Continent to visit a Demon Race figure, the Banshee Sea Demon gathered resentment to strengthen their coming fight, and a familiar presence stirred the forest around Long-Life Elder.

• Shisui secretly entered Arakawa Jiushu’s Spatial Ring, found an Insect Hive, and considered using it to draw in the Beast King.
• Yuanli and his Heaven Realm guards landed on Moonfall Continent, where a Demon Race patrol member received orders to let them pass safely.
• Yuanli’s party followed the Demon Race member deeper into the continent toward the location Shisui had chosen for their plan.
• At Shen City’s ruins, the Banshee Sea Demon absorbed resentment to prepare for the coming clash, unaware that Shisui’s Rc Cells were absorbing energy within his soul body.
• In Lantiao Continent, a familiar presence spread through the forest around the sleeping Long-Life Elder, and the wind strengthened as if a storm were approaching.

Suo Qiaoyun questioned the Dragon King about their plan to negotiate with the Planetary Will, while Long-Life Elder was provoked into attacking the Beastfolk settlement. The Beast King intercepted his strike, and their clash began as Shisui left to set the next part of his plan in motion.

• Suo Qiaoyun asked the Dragon King about the plan’s preparations, and he said they could begin in earnest once they brought Jiqu on board.
• Arakawa Jiushu awoke and ran toward Beastfolk territory, carrying the aura of a Tree Spirit Heart he had devoured.
• Long-Life Elder sensed the Tree Spirit Heart’s aura on Arakawa Jiushu, mistook the Beastfolk for those behind the deed, and sent a Psychic Energy storm toward their settlement.
• Shisui removed the Eye of Madness from the Beastfolk barrier, allowing Long-Life Elder’s attack to shatter it.
• The Beast King stopped Long-Life Elder’s strike, and the two began a battle over the Beastfolk territory.
• Shisui left to set the next act in motion.

Shisui orchestrated Yuanli’s death to provoke the Dragon King into breaking free, drawing three Heaven-Controlling Realm experts to the Ten-Thousand-Blade Mountain Range. As the Dragon King and Jiqu faced off, Shisui activated the Tree Spirit Heart and Insect Hive, sending signals to Long-Life Elder and the Insect Mother.

• Shisui brought the controlled Arakawa Jiushu to the Ten-Thousand-Blade Mountain Range and used White Owl’s ambush and [Survival in Desperate Situations] to kill Yuanli, the Sea Race Crown Prince.
• The Dragon King broke free of his restraints, appeared above the mountain range, and killed a Sea Race witness with lightning.
• Suo Qiaoyun and Jiqu also appeared, and the Dragon King ended the cooperation and directed attacks at Demon Race territories.
• Shisui activated the Tree Spirit Heart inside Yuanli and the Insect Hive inside Arakawa Jiushu, sending their energy fluctuations to Long-Life Elder and the Insect Mother.

Long-Life Elder’s attack awakened Dragon Whisker, who raced to the Moonfall Continent but arrived just after the Tree Spirit Heart was destroyed. As Dragon Whisker attacked the Heaven-Controlling Realm experts, the Planetary Will intervened, leaving the battle on the Lantiao Continent temporarily unchecked.

• Jiqu recognized the energy from the Tree Spirit Heart and Insect Hive as matching the Insect Mother and Long-Life Elder, but the energy signals spread before he and the others could stop them.
• Long-Life Elder’s concern for the Tree Spirit Heart distracted him, and he sent a Psychic Energy shockwave that awakened Dragon Whisker.
• Dragon Whisker flew to the Moonfall Continent while the Banshee Sea Demon hid on his body, and his departure devastated the Jade Swallow Continent.
• Dragon Whisker arrived after Suo Qiaoyun, the Dragon King, and Jiqu had shattered the Tree Spirit Heart, and he attacked them in a rage.
• The Planetary Will immobilized the Heaven-Controlling Realm experts and enclosed the area in chains, shifting its attention away from the battle on the Lantiao Continent.

The Planetary Will crushed the Insect Hives and unleashed catastrophic energy across Ruolan Star, forcing the Beast King and Long-Life Elder to prepare to fight together. As disasters spread worldwide, Shisui absorbed energy from the deaths they caused and broke through the bottleneck of the Seventh Realm of the Heaven Realm.

• The Beastfolk carried Insect Hives toward the azure-gold chains, and Insect Mother used the hives to breed an expanding Insect Race that began devouring the chains.
• The Planetary Will drew on energy sustaining the planet, crushed the Insect Hives, and stabbed the Heaven-Controlling Realm experts with its chains to drain them.
• Ruolan Star stalled, triggering volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and massive waves that submerged one-sixth of Jade Swallow Continent.
• The Planetary Will targeted the Beast King and Long-Life Elder, who set aside their grudge and prepared to fight together on Lantiao Continent.
• Shisui activated his scattered Radiant Feathers and absorbed energy from disaster deaths, breaking through the bottleneck of the Seventh Realm of the Heaven Realm.

Ruolan Star’s mad Planetary Will unleashed disasters and fought the Beast King and Long-Life Elder while Shisui advanced amid the deaths. As the Planetary Will tried to draw more energy, Shisui brought the Banshee Sea Demon to its true body and interrupted the ritual, triggering a backlash.

• Ruolan Star’s volcanic eruptions killed millions, and the released Psychic Energy helped Shisui break through the Eighth and Ninth Realms of the Heaven Realm.
• The Banshee Sea Demon drew in energy but suppressed his cultivation because the Planetary Will’s pressure made advancing dangerous.
• The Beast King and Long-Life Elder fought the Planetary Will on Lantiao Continent, and its chains severed many of the Long-Life Elder’s roots.
• The Planetary Will formed a consciousness body to draw more energy, so the Beast King and Long-Life Elder prepared to stop it.
• Shisui appeared before the Planetary Will and used himself as an anchor to bring the Banshee Sea Demon beside it.
• The Banshee Sea Demon’s soul-shrieking interrupted the energy-drawing ritual, causing the Planetary Will’s chains to shatter and its energy to flow back.