Chapter Summaries

The Aristocratic Faction and Academic Faction continued their bloody battle on Academy Island until a tsunami launched by the Sea Race struck. As the island was devastated, Citroën Machinery converted its headquarters into a vessel and fled inland.

• The Bo Xi Family’s Fourth Elder kept the family’s forces fighting while planning how to replace the missing family head.
• A tsunami over two hundred meters high hit Academy Island, sweeping away the fleet, harbors, docks, and buildings along the southern shore.
• The First and Third Elders and an Academic Faction Heaven Realm expert stopped fighting and turned to protect their people from the Sea Race attack.
• The tsunami disrupted the Heaven Realm experts’ Psychic Energy, and the Third Elder rushed toward the wave while the First Elder flew to protect the family.
• Li Hao ordered Citroën Machinery to transform its headquarters into an aircraft carrier after Xu Xing explained that the company could escape with its core personnel and technology.
• Citroën Machinery’s headquarters collapsed around a buried metal hull, and the Citroën sped inland along the Wunu River.

Xu Xing launched the Citroën carrier to escape the Sea Race’s tsunami, then learned its transport ship had gone missing. The Sea Race’s waves devastated Academy Island and Mao City as Shisui harvested Flesh Crystals beneath the floodwaters.

• Xu Xing launched the Citroën carrier into the sea and ordered its Psychic Energy Reactor activated as the tsunami drove it toward Moonfall Continent.
• Xu Xing learned that the transport ship sent to Huaihuang Continent had failed to arrive and told the receiving unit to search for its missing cargo.
• The tsunami overwhelmed Academy Island, killing people and destroying the Human Race’s forces and property there.
• The Sea Race’s tsunami struck Mao City, wrecking buildings and bringing Sea Race soldiers into the city.
• Shisui used his Feather Powder Ukaku to find people with high Psychic Energy and gather Flesh Crystals in his Alternate Space.

Lu Taoyu deployed her battalion to search for a missing cargo ship while refusing to divert her troops to rescue Mao City, and Shisui continued harvesting Flesh Crystals amid the Sea Race’s devastation there. Lu Taoyu’s soldiers searched downstream as Shisui plunged into the Wunu River before daybreak.

• Lu Taoyu learned that Citroën could not spare troops to help find the cargo ship and requested its crew list and personal information.
• Lu Taoyu ordered the first two companies to search opposite banks of Turbid Water and sent the third company downstream toward Mao City, warning them to avoid the Sea Race.
• Lu Taoyu told her aide that one battalion could not save Mao City and that its defense was the responsibility of the Moonfall Continent Southern Military Region.
• Lu Taoyu led soldiers to Springmist Lake’s port, where two warships departed downstream while the other companies searched the riverbanks.
• Shisui evaded rampaging sea beasts in flooded Mao City and gathered about a thousand Flesh Crystals, finding that little remained to harvest.
• Shisui flew into the Wunu River before sunrise to wash the salt from his feathers.

Shisui tested whether a Koukaku suit could let him move and fight underwater more efficiently than a psychic energy shield. After killing a Sea Race member in flooded Mao City, he concealed himself and headed toward the open sea.

• Shisui swam from the seawater around Mao City into the Wunu River and found that his psychic energy shield consumed nearly eighty percent of his energy.
• Shisui covered himself in Koukaku and tested its weight, air supply, and energy use while swimming underwater.
• Shisui returned to flooded Mao City, where Sea Race soldiers and sea beasts were demolishing buildings and preparing runes to keep the area submerged.
• Shisui ambushed and killed a Sea Race member, finding that Koukaku armor let him fight underwater without losing speed and with relatively low energy consumption.
• Shisui used Koukaku to conceal himself from the approaching sea beasts and swam toward the open sea.

Shisui traveled through Mao City, killing sea beasts and collecting their remains as he hurried toward the Tianpiao Ocean. Meanwhile, Zhou Zhou and three companions escaped a Sea Race patrol by boat and headed northeast toward the eastern district.

• Shisui killed a sea beast, extracted its flesh and Psychic Energy, and stored the resulting Flesh Crystal in the Alternate Space.
• Zhou Zhou and his companions found bread while hiding in a half-ruined building, and his [Survival in Desperate Situations] talent helped them survive the Sea Race hunt.
• Zhou Zhou felt his Yellow Realm Ninth-Realm Peak bottleneck begin to crack but suppressed his breakthrough to avoid attracting the Sea Race.
• After the building shook and He Rui spotted approaching sea beasts, Zhou Zhou chose to flee toward the eastern district.
• The four survivors left in an ice boat made by their ice-talented companion and sped northeast as the sea beasts destroyed the building.

Shisui destroyed an ice boat carrying Zhou Zhou and three other survivors, then discovered Zhou Zhou’s living talent, [Survival in Desperate Situations]. After extracting and subduing it, Shisui put it in a separate Alternate Space and headed toward Tianpiao Ocean.

• Shisui pierced the ice boat with a Steel Feather, sending Zhou Zhou and the other three survivors into the water.
• Shisui captured the four survivors in his Koukaku and turned the other three into Flesh Crystals.
• Shisui extracted [Survival in Desperate Situations] from Zhou Zhou, whose body became a dried corpse.
• Shisui learned that the talent was alive and had used equivalent exchange to grant Zhou Zhou good luck in return for his accumulated misfortunes.
• Shisui threatened [Survival in Desperate Situations] into accepting his Rc Cells and offered it a Flesh Crystal to eat.
• Shisui placed the talent in a separate Alternate Space, then transformed into a flying fish and headed toward Tianpiao Ocean.

Shisui used a brief gap during a Sea Race guard rotation to smash through the Psychic Energy blockade surrounding Mao City and escape into the Tianpiao Ocean. Yuanqing then investigated the escape, while Arakawa Jiushu’s remark led him to suspect the Demon Race might be involved.

• Shisui used his Radiant Feathers to scout the Sea Race blockade and waited for the guards to change shifts.
• When the transfer of Psychic Energy created a brief opening, Shisui struck the blockade with his Ukaku and broke through it.
• Yuanqing berated the officer responsible for the eastern defensive line and learned witnesses had described the escapee as having two pairs of dark purple fins.
• Arakawa Jiushu suggested that freshwater species might belong to the Demon Race, prompting Yuanqing to order spies to watch the Demon Race’s movements.

Miao Xingyu fled through the Ten-Thousand-Blade Tropical Rainforest toward the Kaiyang Continent, unaware that war had already reached its southern region. In the Tianpiao Ocean, Shisui used [Survival in Desperate Situations] to find Old Softshell Turtle, obtained a map to the Dragon Palace, and left the cavern collapsed behind him.

• Miao Xingyu fled toward the Kaiyang Continent after surviving the monster’s attack and witnessing the tsunami swallow the harbor near Mao City.
• The Human Race’s army invaded Beastfolk territory in the Spirit Resonance Rainforest, though Miao Xingyu did not know fighting had reached Kaiyang.
• Shisui followed [Survival in Desperate Situations] into an underwater cavern, where he found Old Softshell Turtle sleeping.
• Shisui forced Old Softshell Turtle to hand over a map to the Dragon Palace, and [Survival in Desperate Situations] confirmed its approximate location.
• After Shisui left, a Radiant Feather pierced Old Softshell Turtle’s brain and Spatial Energy collapsed the cavern.

Shisui fled south through the Tianpiao Ocean as the cavern collapsed, while dawn brought Human Race forces to Mao City and sparked a battle against the Sea Race. On Huaihuang Continent, the Human Race and Demon Race continued fighting as officers dealt with the missing shipment and an approaching Undying Legion battalion.

• Shisui swam south through the Tianpiao Ocean after the cavern collapsed, intending to use the map once he reached the Pacific Ocean.
• The Human Race army arrived at Mao City after a deliberate delay, and its heavy cavalry charged the Sea Race's defenses.
• The Human Race's follow-up troops surrounded and destroyed the sea beasts, opening a gap in the defenses around Mao City as the battle escalated.
• Lu Taoyu reported that the Citroën Company shipment was missing and might have been seized by the Sea Race, so the commander told her to return and promised to seek help.
• A Human Race officer approved the use of high-lethality concussion bombs against the Second Battalion of the Demon Race's Undying Legion, and the fighting on Huaihuang Continent continued.

Human military leaders discussed the Sea Race’s occupation of Mao City and planned to strengthen intelligence and monitor other land-dwelling races. Meanwhile, Yan Fei revealed that he intended to act without waiting for approval, with a gilded banquet invitation before him.

• Duan Pengtian reviewed the delayed report from Yan Fei and had the Ringwater commander-in-chief arrested for failing to relay it promptly.
• Duan Pengtian warned the commanders that the Human Race’s survival came before their personal interests and asked for plans to counter the Sea Race.
• Hou Jin proposed sending a new intelligence agent to Chongming and using the Dragon Spirit Species’ upcoming heir selection as an opportunity.
• Duan Pengtian assigned Central to dispatch the agent and ordered Hou Jin to keep other races in check and monitor their movements.
• Yan Fei told another intelligence agent that they should act without waiting for approval, as he sat beside a gilded banquet invitation.

Lu Qianyu learned that the coast would remain sealed for two days, while Hu Lingling assigned Li Nai'an an intelligence mission in Chongming City as an assessment for joining the Undying Legion. Shisui reached the Pacific Ocean, traced the route to the Sea Race's capital, and began searching for a nearby staging point to raid.

• Lu Qianyu questioned a market stallholder and learned that the coast was sealed and sea travel would likely be blocked for another two days.
• Hu Lingling told Li Nai'an to lead a team into Chongming City to gather intelligence and prove she was fit to join the Undying Legion.
• A Beastfolk officer ordered the latest intelligence from the land sent discreetly and hoped Hua Yixuan would infiltrate safely.
• Shisui crossed the Tianpiao Ocean and reached the Pacific Ocean in less than six hours.
• Shisui used Old Softshell Turtle's shell plate to identify the route to the Sea Race capital, Chongming City, and concluded that the army must have a staging point near the Tianpiao Ocean.
• Shisui rested on the seabed and sent out his Radiant Feathers to search for a Sea Race base.

Shisui discovered a hidden Sea Race facility where nearly a million sea beasts were being raised, then slaughtered them and refined their remains into Flesh Crystals. He left the emptied seagrass forest with enough supplies to continue toward Chongming City.

• Shisui followed a Radiant Feather to a secluded seagrass forest in the Pacific Ocean and sensed Psychic Energy within it.
• Shisui found that the Sea Race was raising nearly a million dormant sea beasts there, including laboratory-bred varieties documented in a book from the Shengtian Library.
• Shisui sealed the forest with Radiant Feathers and unleashed a volley that killed the sea beasts and destroyed the seagrass.
• Shisui compressed the remains into Flesh Crystals, gathering supplies for his journey across the Pacific and into the Profound Grand Canyon.
• Shisui checked his shell-plate map, adjusted his route, and flew away toward Chongming City.

Shisui infiltrated Chongming City by disguising himself as a stone and descending into the Profound Grand Canyon. Lu Qianyu met Yan Fei at the Reed Pavilion, joined the Chongming City Intelligence Group, and prepared to build a secure communications link before attending a banquet the next evening.

• Shisui concealed his Psychic Energy and drifted past the Sea Race guards into the Profound Grand Canyon.
• Shisui discovered the illuminated undersea capital of Chongming City as he sank into its depths.
• Lu Qianyu made his way through Chongming City to a secret meeting at the Reed Pavilion.
• Yan Fei told Lu Qianyu he would take him to the chancellor's residence banquet at seven the next evening.
• Lu Qianyu said he needed Psychic Energy-bearing metal and exact coordinates to complete the secure communications link, then formally joined the Sea Race Chongming City Intelligence Group.

Yan Fei briefed Lu Qianyu on the Sea Race succession struggle and warned him to gather intelligence at the upcoming birthday banquet while prioritizing his safety. After Lu Qianyu left with a Leaf Sheep, Yan Fei spotted the dangerous Shisui outside, while Shisui settled into the Reed Pavilion and began spreading his eyes and ears.

• Yan Fei named Guan Xiangming, Yuan Rong, Yuan Yuan, and Yuanli as key figures at the birthday banquet and outlined their roles in the Sea Race's succession struggle.
• Yan Fei told Lu Qianyu that the Crown Prince decision was approaching, warned that the banquet might bring an emergency, and instructed him to prioritize his safety while gathering intelligence.
• Yan Fei gave Lu Qianyu a Leaf Sheep that glowed during sudden, large Psychic Energy fluctuations, and Lu Qianyu left the tea room.
• After noticing a dangerous man with dark red eyes on the walkway, Yan Fei sent a shadowy figure to investigate him.
• Shisui entered the Reed Pavilion, chose a lively table, and began spreading his eyes and ears after realizing Yan Fei had noticed him.

Shisui captured a bodiless creature that had been stalking him and then concealed his identity in Chongming City. Meanwhile, Yan Fei and Lu Qianyu arrived early at the Chancellor’s Residence for the birthday banquet, as Shisui observed the gathering and noted the Qi Family’s recent loss.

• Shisui lured his shadow-like stalker into an alley, revealed it was a modified soul, and sealed it in an Alternate Space.
• Shisui changed his appearance and blended into Chongming City while searching for a new identity.
• Yan Fei and Lu Qianyu traveled toward the Chancellor’s Residence and discussed the Sea Race’s technology and ambitions.
• Yan Fei reminded Lu Qianyu of the proper etiquette before they joined the officials and prominent families arriving early for the banquet.
• Shisui watched the guests gathering near the Chancellor’s Residence and remarked that the Qi Family had lost its patriarch and his wife.

Shisui replaced Qi Mingyou with a human-skin puppet and used his identity to enter the chancellor's residence banquet. There, he spotted Yan Fei and watched as Lu Qianyu noticed Li Nai'an and Bai Ye, while Shisui stayed concealed and surveyed the gathering.

• Shisui captured Qi Mingyou in his carriage, extracted his talent and soul, and created a near-perfect puppet in his likeness.
• The puppet arrived at the chancellor's residence ahead of the mid-ranking officials, dismissed the driver, and entered the banquet with Shisui concealed inside it.
• Shisui mingled as Qi Mingyou and sensed powerful beings watching over the residence, so he avoided revealing himself.
• Shisui recognized Yan Fei, who secretly alerted Lu Qianyu to two suspicious women in the southeast corner.
• Lu Qianyu observed Li Nai'an and Bai Ye as they sampled desserts, while Shisui watched the venue from the alternate space.

At Chancellor Guan’s birthday banquet, the Guan Family publicly aligned itself with Second Prince Yuan Yuan, sharpening the rivalry between him and First Prince Yuan Rong. From the Alternate Space, Shisui recognized a familiar Psychic Energy fluctuation linked to the imperial Dragon Spirit Species, while Yan Fei watched the guests and waited for one more arrival.

• Guan Xiangming summoned Guan Sheng and told him not to fear the Second Prince’s arrival, while Guan Yu left for his own room instead of greeting the guests.
• First Prince Yuan Rong arrived with his consort, and Shisui sensed a Psychic Energy fluctuation resembling the one left on the damaged [Spirit Dream Recall].
• Second Prince Yuan Yuan arrived without his ill consort, greeted Guan Xiangming as his father-in-law, and exchanged formal greetings with Yuan Rong.
• Guan Xiangming’s welcome made the Guan Family’s support for Yuan Yuan clear, prompting prominent-clan representatives to contact their families.
• Yan Fei moved away from the scions, having sent Lu Qianyu away earlier, and kept watch for the one guest who had not yet arrived.

At Guan Xiangming’s birthday banquet, a mistaken set of imperial offerings and the sudden arrival of Dragon Palace Imperial Guards exposed the danger of his choice to support the Second Prince. The guards ordered everyone to stop, while Li Nai'an and Bai Ye disappeared and Lu Qianyu warned Yan Fei that the situation had changed.

• Lu Qianyu watched Li Nai'an and Bai Ye from concealment as they gathered intelligence at the banquet.
• Guan Xiangming introduced his grandson Guan Sheng, while the Third Prince Yuanli remained absent.
• Shisui noticed concealed spatial energy near the ceremony as the offerings were carried out.
• Guan Xiangming revealed nine groups of offerings, an imperial rite rather than the eight groups prescribed for a chancellor.
• Dragon Palace Imperial Guards entered the residence and ordered everyone to move, as Li Nai'an and Bai Ye vanished.
• Lu Qianyu alerted Yan Fei, and Guan Xiangming realized the Dragon King was warning him for openly taking a side in the succession contest.

Arakawa Jiushu and Jiang Ning plotted to use Chancellor Guan Xiangming’s downfall to provoke war with the Demon Race and strengthen Yuanli’s position. Li Nai'an and Bai Ye discovered that imperial guards had surrounded them, while Shisui headed toward the spies after overhearing their plans.

• Arakawa Jiushu persuaded Jiang Ning to let him frame the Demon Race for driving a wedge between Guan Xiangming and the Dragon King.
• Li Nai'an reported that Guan Xiangming and Guan Sheng had been taken away by imperial guards, while Hu Lingling assessed the political situation remotely.
• Bai Ye noticed imperial guards enclosing her and Li Nai'an, and Li Nai'an sent a coded warning before Hu Lingling helped them bluff their way out.
• Li Nai'an realized their communicator had been tapped and suspected White Owl had sided with the Sea Race, but she chose to test the Dragon King's attitude toward the princes.
• Shisui left the Chancellor's Residence, then sensed two spies carrying spatial fluctuations and rushed toward them.

Shisui listened in on Li Nai'an and Bai Ye as they prepared to strike the Sea Race's hidden bases, while Bai Ye received orders to begin the operation. When explosions threw Chongming City into chaos, Hua Yixuan used the distraction to escape the Dragon Palace.

• Shisui followed Li Nai'an and Bai Ye with a Radiant Feather as they evaded the Sea Race soldiers tailing them.
• Li Nai'an told Bai Ye to check the royal heirs' hidden bases, and Bai Ye gave her explosive flight feathers before slipping away in disguise.
• Bai Ye received orders to begin the operation in five minutes and headed toward the princes' bases to help Li Nai'an destroy them.
• Hua Yixuan received word that chaos would soon erupt in Chongming City and hid near the Dragon Palace's outer wall.
• Three blasts rocked the city, and Hua Yixuan escaped by burrowing underground while a Heaven Realm expert rushed toward the explosions.