Chapter Summaries

Jin Yuze and Moluoke clashed over Embracing Moon Peak until a human army appeared at Qiongfang City's gate, triggering the Qiongfang Battle. As fighting spread through the city, Shisui raided a noble's manor and slaughtered its guards, nearing advancement to the Profound Realm.

• Jin Yuze arrived to confront Moluoke and challenged the Demon Race's claim to keep Embracing Moon Peak for itself.
• Jin Yuze invited Moluoke to welcome the Human Race's Central Military District, but Qiongfang City's gate was suddenly destroyed and a human army appeared outside.
• Moluoke declared that the Human Race had attacked Qiongfang City and ordered the Demon Race to defend its territory, officially beginning the Qiongfang Battle.
• Shisui avoided the summit and the chaotic commoners' district, then entered a noble's manor where most defenders had left to fight.
• Shisui killed the remaining guards, consumed their transformed bodies, and realized that he was close to reaching the Profound Realm.

Shisui continued raiding nobles’ residences until a Profound Realm Fourth-Realm Peak soldier ambushed him. After killing the soldier and consuming a crystal, Shisui felt his bottleneck to the Profound Realm loosen and rushed toward another powerful opponent.

• Shisui plundered food and treasures from lightly guarded courtyards, then blocked a soldier’s surprise halberd attack.
• Shisui fought the soldier, using his healing Rc Cells to survive severe injuries and counter with his Rinkaku Scorpion Tail.
• The wounded soldier tried to kill Shisui with a dagger and a blade hidden in his boot, but Shisui killed him and collected the spilled blood.
• Shisui ate a bright red crystal, felt his bottleneck to the Profound Realm loosen, and changed course toward another residence with a powerful enemy.

Human spies in Qiongfang City discovered that the Demon Race was escalating the unrest to keep rival armies occupied while pursuing a move toward the pass through the Ten-Thousand-Blade Mountain Range. As Moluoke fought Jin Yuze, the Moluogelo Duke’s Residence began collapsing, and Jin Yuze blocked Moluoke from rushing to his father’s side.

• Grand Duke Moluogelo ordered his forces to begin moving at the mountain pass while the Demon Race’s regular army entered the conflict in Qiongfang City.
• Wei Hongyuan learned that Demon Race regulars were deliberately intensifying the fighting and ordered his spies to watch them and the Beastfolk.
• Wei Hongyuan realized the Demon Race was targeting the pass through the Ten-Thousand-Blade Mountain Range and ordered the news sent to military headquarters.
• Jin Yuze accused Moluoke of sacrificing a city to tie down the other races, but Moluoke insisted he was only focused on killing invaders as they fought.
• Moluoke saw smoke rising from the collapsing Moluogelo Duke’s Residence and tried to break away from Jin Yuze.
• Jin Yuze surrounded Moluoke with golden threads and taunted him to get past if he could.

Shisui used the destruction of the Duke's Residence to reach Embracing Moon Peak and take the Snow Spirits into his Alternate Space. Three Earth Realm powerhouses rushed to stop him, and he confronted them in his fully deployed Kakuja armor.

• Moluoke ordered the Whistling Wind Camp to guard the mountain and sent the remaining troops to the Duke's Residence as he fought Jin Yuze and retreated.
• After confirming [Spirit Dream Recall] remained under control, Shisui flew toward Embracing Moon Peak while the Heaven Realm fighters drew away from the summit.
• Shisui found the Snow Spirits' eggs covering the peak and used his Koukaku to enclose them and move them into his Alternate Space.
• When the Psychic Energy mist thinned, three Earth Realm powerhouses noticed the change and raced toward Embracing Moon Peak.
• Shisui halted their charge with Kakugan Radiant Feathers and revealed himself in fully deployed Kakuja armor.

Shisui ambushed three Earth Realm Demon Race members and baited Tumen Feiying into fighting him alone. He trapped them in a spatial battlefield, but Tumen Feiying crushed Shisui with his talent, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Shisui confronted the three Earth Realm Demon Race members and taunted Tumen Feiying after his first attack was dodged.
• Tumen Feiying attacked Shisui, but Radiant Feathers nearly struck him and provoked him into pursuing Shisui alone.
• Shisui unleashed the spatial energy in the Radiant Feathers, isolating the mountaintop and cutting off his own escape and access to the Snow Spirit.
• Shisui attacked Tumen Feiying with his kagune and scorpion-tail stinger, managing to pierce his skin before Tumen Feiying knocked him back and pulled out the stinger.
• Tumen Feiying used his talent to slam Shisui into the ground and crush his body to pieces.

Shisui survived Tumen Feiying’s crushing attack and killed him with a concealed poison and a beheading strike. After recovering, Shisui escaped Qiongfang City by plunging into the Wunu River, while two Demon Race members returned from Embracing Moon Peak and found the ruined mountaintop.

• Tumen Feiying stopped crushing Shisui after concluding that he was dead and turned toward Embracing Moon Peak.
• Shisui used [Bone-Deep Rot] to immobilize Tumen Feiying, then severed his head and absorbed his Psychic Energy.
• Shisui recovered his body, left the spatial turbulence, and plunged into the Wunu River to escape Qiongfang City.
• The two Demon Race members returned from Embracing Moon Peak, found Tumen Feiying missing, and discovered the devastation on the mountaintop.

After the Spirit Treasure vanished, the Wunu River’s spiritual energy began to fade, and the Human Race intelligence team suspected the thief would escape by river. A landslide buried Ten-Thousand-Blade Pass during the battle between Moluoke and Jin Yuze, while Shisui surfaced far from Qiongfang City.

• The South City No. 2 outpost reported that the Wunu River’s spiritual mist had mostly dissipated and its Psychic Energy had stopped rising, leading the intelligence team leader to suspect the Spirit Treasure had been taken.
• The intelligence team leader sent scouts to Chen City with orders to seal off Wunu Embankment and told other outposts to watch for anyone leaving by another route.
• The North District outpost reported a landslide that buried Ten-Thousand-Blade Pass, cutting off the passage between Moonfall Continent and Huaihuang Continent.
• Moluoke and Jin Yuze continued fighting despite the collapse, then agreed to stop for the day as neither side wanted a wider conflict.
• Shisui emerged from the Wunu River and reached the riverbank before Wunu Embankment.

Shisui used his newly reached Profound Realm abilities to travel through Chen City and seek passage south on a merchant ship. He met Bo Xiwan, owner of the Wealth-Bringing Caravan, and their first impressions left both wary of the other.

• Shisui dried himself with Psychic Energy and walked through the crimson fir forest, demonstrating his control over energy outside his body.
• Shisui reached Chen City's south gate and searched the recruitment square for a caravan traveling downstream on the Wunu River.
• Shisui interviewed with the first caravan, whose receptionist recognized him as a Profound Realm expert and reported his arrival to another caravan.
• Shisui examined the Wealth-Bringing Caravan's Psychic Energy-infused plaque and entered its tent.
• Bo Xiwan introduced himself as the caravan's owner and shook hands with Shisui, sensing that Shisui was sizing him up like prey.

Shisui recalled that Tsukimi had been his surname in his past life while negotiating a job with Bo Xiwan under the name Yue Jian. Later, he encountered the injured Song Haomiao and Jiang Hongyan near Chen City and drew their attack.

• Shisui greeted Bo Xiwan and introduced himself as Yue Jian, privately remembering his past-life surname, Tsukimi.
• Shisui negotiated with Bo Xiwan and accepted a daily wage of one hundred top-grade spiritual pills plus five kilograms of psychic-energy-containing rare metals each month.
• Shisui noticed a red-haired Profound Realm cultivator whom Bo Xiwan identified as his colleague, and they agreed that the caravan would depart the next day.
• Song Haomiao and Jiang Hongyan, the two survivors of Lin Shunan's massacre at the competitors' waiting area, escaped through the Wunu River while injured.
• Shisui encountered Song Haomiao and Jiang Hongyan near Chen City and startled them into unleashing a fire-based attack.

Shisui defeated Jiang Hongyan and Song Haomiao in the Cedar Forest, then used [Spirit Dream Recall] to inspect Song Haomiao’s memories and discovered that [Fire Thief] could become a powerful plundering skill. He took both talents and disappeared before dawn, leaving a rumor of beasts hunting humans outside Chen City.

• Shisui deflected Jiang Hongyan and Song Haomiao’s flames, then pinned them to trees with Steel Feathers.
• Shisui recognized Song Haomiao by his blood and crushed Jiang Hongyan with spatial force.
• Shisui used [Spirit Dream Recall] to view Song Haomiao’s memories and learned he had joined the Reformist Faction.
• Shisui injected [Bone-Deep Rot] into Song Haomiao and noticed [Fire Thief] could develop into a concept-level plundering skill.
• Shisui took the vessels for [Fire Thief] and [Spirit Dream Recall], stored them with divided Snow Spirit, and vanished into the night.

Shisui boarded the Wealth-Bringing Caravan’s merchant ship with Bo Xiwan and Xue Jiuyao as the vessel departed south along the Wunu River. He overheard Chen City officials arguing over a possible blockade, but judged they would not act quickly and turned his attention to exploring the ship.

• Shisui waited by the Wunu River for the Wealth-Bringing Caravan’s ship after spending the night hunting weak creatures.
• Bo Xiwan arrived with his partner, Xue Jiuyao, and introduced him to Shisui; both partners claimed to be at the First Realm of the Profound Realm.
• Bo Xiwan led Shisui and Xue Jiuyao aboard the well-maintained merchant ship and ordered the crew to weigh anchor.
• As the ship headed south, Shisui used the Radiant Feathers to hear Chen City officials arguing over whether to blockade the Wunu Embankment.
• Shisui concluded the officials would take too long to agree on a plan, cut off his connection to the Radiant Feathers, and went to inspect the ship.

Xue Jiuyao dismissed Bo Xiwan’s warning about Yue Jian while agreeing to keep an eye on him, then encountered Shisui aboard the ship. Shisui’s attempt to attach Radiant Feathers to Xue Jiuyao failed, leaving both men intrigued by the other as they returned to their separate rooms.

• Bo Xiwan warned Xue Jiuyao not to underestimate Yue Jian, and Xue Jiuyao assured him he remembered their agreement.
• Xue Jiuyao met Shisui in the ship’s corridor and warned him away from the storerooms.
• As they passed, Xue Jiuyao shook the Radiant Feathers loose from his clothes without noticing them, and Shisui wondered whether his instincts had detected them.
• Xue Jiuyao returned to his room and trusted his intuition despite finding nothing suspicious about Yue Jian.
• Shisui returned to his room after learning that Bo Xiwan and Xue Jiuyao stayed in separate areas, and his interest in the two men grew.

Shisui used Feather Powder to conceal his cultivation while evolving in his room aboard the Wealth-Bringing merchant ship. When Beastfolk troops stopped the ship in the Myriad-Blade Rainforest, he hid his power and watched as Bo Xiwan went to speak with their commander.

• Shisui filled his room with Feather Powder, concealed his Psychic Energy, and began evolving with his stock of Flesh Crystals.
• The Wealth-Bringing merchant ship sailed into the rainforest, where a huge net stopped it and Beastfolk troops boarded.
• Shisui ended his evolution, restored his disguise, and adjusted his Psychic Energy to appear newly advanced in the First Realm of the Profound Realm.
• A Beastfolk bird-of-prey announced that the Wunu River was under lockdown and demanded trading credentials or travel permits.
• Shisui questioned a worker about the interception, then watched Bo Xiwan approach the Beastfolk leader and introduce himself as the caravan's owner.

Bo Xiwan used a permanent merchant license to stop Beastfolk troops from searching the Wealth-Bringing Caravan, while Shisui and Xue Jiuyao held them back. After the troops left, Xue Jiuyao told Bo Xiwan that Yue Jian was stronger than he appeared.

• Bo Xiwan ordered the cabin doors closed and had Xue Jiuyao and Shisui hold off the Beastfolk troops as they tried to board the ship.
• Bo Xiwan showed the Beastfolk leader his permanent traveling merchant license, prompting the leader to call off the search and remove the barrier net.
• Shisui returned to his room after scattering Radiant Feathers over the troops, pleased that he could save his Flesh Crystals and resume grinding levels.
• Xue Jiuyao suspected Yue Jian was hiding his strength, then followed Bo Xiwan into the cabin after the ship continued south.
• Xue Jiuyao told Bo Xiwan that Yue Jian was not at the Profound Realm First Realm, and Bo Xiwan's expression turned serious.

Bo Xiwan and Xue Jiuyao discussed Yue Jian’s suspected strength as the merchant ship reached Moonwhite Shoal. Shisui recognized their suspicious behavior and secretly contained the metallic dust Xue Jiuyao had spread over his clothes.

• Xue Jiuyao told Bo Xiwan that Yue Jian’s Psychic Energy suggested he had reached the middle or late stage of the Profound Realm’s second realm, and Bo Xiwan said the machine could handle that level.
• Bo Xiwan revealed that he had broken through to the second realm, angering Xue Jiuyao, then left before their exchange turned violent.
• The Fortune-Bringing Merchant Ship docked at Moonwhite Shoal, where Shisui noticed the settlement’s widespread use of Psychic Energy-rich moonwhite rock and suspected a nearby ore vein.
• Bo Xiwan welcomed Yue Jian to Moonwhite Shoal while Shisui watched Xue Jiuyao quietly fade into the surroundings.
• Xue Jiuyao scattered metallic particles onto Shisui, but Shisui’s Rc Cells detected and confined them as he continued to watch the pair.

Shisui investigated the Psychic Energy flowing toward a hill outside Moonwhite Shoal and discovered a guarded mine where workers extracted pale red blood crystals from corpses. After Xue Jiuyao sensed his presence, Shisui escaped through a rift in space and returned to his hotel room, intent on maintaining his cover.

• Shisui followed the Psychic Energy to a hill, where Human Race and Beastfolk fighters battled while the hillside absorbed the fallen.
• Shisui entered the mine and confirmed that a large ore vein lay beneath it, while the Yellow Realm miners appeared to be treated as offerings.
• Bo Xiwan and Xue Jiuyao arrived, and workers demonstrated a Third-Generation Extractor that turned a corpse into a pale red coagulated blood crystal.
• Xue Jiuyao sensed Shisui, who used an explosion of Radiant Feathers as cover to escape through a spatial rift.
• Bo Xiwan ordered the workers to hide the extraction machines and contraband, while Shisui changed clothes at the Moonwhite Shoal Hotel and prepared to go out to support his alibi.

Shisui investigated the Coagulated Blood Crystals and tracked their production to a concealed mine. He ambushed the supervisor as the man prepared to transfer the equipment and demanded to hear about the project.

• Shisui deduced that Coagulated Blood Crystals were refined Psychic Energy products made for human users and suspected they were a limited-edition offering.
• Shisui strolled through Moonwhite Shoal and decided to make no further moves before nightfall.
• The middle-aged supervisor left his home to transfer the Coagulated Blood Crystal equipment and core data from the mine.
• The supervisor entered the hidden mine passage and used his registered Psychic Energy to deactivate the equipment's protective mechanisms, revealing ten blood-patterned units.
• Shisui emerged from the Alternate Space, seized the supervisor with his Bikaku, and asked him about the project.

Shisui tortured a project leader to learn where the Coagulated Blood Crystals files were, then stole his talent and forced him to reveal the safe's code. After taking the files, Shisui killed the man and his family and set their home ablaze.

• Shisui demanded to know where the Coagulated Blood Crystals files were and broke the project leader's bones when he refused to answer.
• Shisui stripped the man's talent and used his family to pressure him into revealing the files were in the safe in his study.
• Shisui brought the injured man to his villa and knocked his wife unconscious before searching the study.
• Shisui opened the safe with the code, confirmed the files were genuine, and stabbed the man through the heart.
• Shisui revealed that the man's distress signal had failed, killed him, crushed his family, and set the home on fire.

Bo Xiwan and Xue Jiuyao decided to target Yue Jian after finding no evidence at the scene of Bo Xiping’s death, while Shisui prepared a deliberate alibi to lower their guard. Xue Jiuyao reached Shisui’s room and knocked, claiming he needed help.

• Xue Jiuyao told Bo Xiwan that Bo Xiping was dead and the stolen documents and equipment were still missing.
• Bo Xiwan and Xue Jiuyao found no energy traces at the mine and suspected Yue Jian because of his space-type ability.
• Bo Xiwan hinted that Bo Xiping’s unused Shengtian Public School enrollment slot could help Xue Jiuyao reach Yue Jian, and Xue Jiuyao agreed to kill him.
• Xue Jiuyao followed Shisui’s route through Central Avenue and questioned whether his carefully established alibi was too deliberate.
• Shisui waited for Xue Jiuyao to come to his room, and Xue Jiuyao knocked and asked for his help.

Shisui took Xue Jiuyao’s night-shift guard duty after Xue claimed a family emergency, then waited alone at Moonwhite Shoal’s dock for an attack. He defeated the masked assailant and revealed Xue Jiuyao as the attacker, telling him he had reached phase two.

• Xue Jiuyao persuaded Shisui to switch night shifts by offering him both days’ wages and claiming he had to leave for a family emergency.
• After the dock workers finished inventory and left, Shisui waited alone among the sealed crates as night fell.
• An arrow struck at Shisui during a sudden blackout, and its explosion filled the dock with smoke as a dark figure attacked.
• Shisui fought back without revealing his Ghoul traits, pierced the attacker’s shoulder, and tore off his left arm.
• Shisui sealed the dock with Fine Feather Powder and struck the attacker with his Bikaku and Ukaku, exposing Xue Jiuyao and congratulating him on reaching phase two.