Chapter Summaries

Shi Tiexin discovered that the idols in the shrine were living, humanlike beings transformed into monstrous forms. After his underlings arrived, he ordered them to withdraw and burn the shrine down, leaving its living objects screaming in the flames.

• Shi Tiexin sensed something wrong with the Multi-handed Idol and slashed its neck, triggering it and the other idols to attack.
• The idols used hypnotic whispers against Shi Tiexin, but his Deadly Chicken Soup had no effect on them because they had no human longings left.
• Shi Tiexin called for backup, and Youyou and armed underlings arrived in a heavy truck, blasting apart the idols.
• Shi Tiexin ordered everyone outside and told them to burn the shrine to ashes.
• Shi Tiexin shot oil drums to ignite the shrine, and the Stone Lanterns, Sealing Stones, Ancient Mirror Stands, and other living objects howled as the fire spread.

Shi Tiexin’s forces overran the shrine, killed or captured the pale monsters emerging from its well, and uncovered an underground passage and a larger unfinished Multi-handed Idol. The operation ended in victory, but Shi Tiexin was left wondering who had transformed people into these creatures and how.

• Shi Tiexin ordered his troops to gun down the monsters crawling from the courtyard well, then had them drain the well and search beneath it.
• Shi Tiexin’s Four Great Tribulation Powers advanced, bringing his Impenetrable Earth Tribulation Body to Perfect progress and strengthening his protective attributes.
• Youyou reunited with Shi Tiexin and said her people were surrounding suspicious figures fleeing the mountain.
• Shi Tiexin ordered his troops to smoke enemies out of the secret passage, capture them if possible, and shoot anyone who resisted fiercely.
• The troops pulled a large, unfinished Multi-handed Idol from the passage, and Shi Tiexin wondered how its makers had developed the means to transform people into such creatures.

Wang Dafa debated a Miko who claimed Science and Technology was a delusion and let her and Daiyue attempt to reveal the world's truth through a ritual. The ritual was interrupted before it reached its peak, and Wang Dafa left while concealing his anger and suspicions.

• Wang Dafa argued with the Miko about whether Science and Technology was a delusion, and she compared it to matches that could not save humanity from an approaching Harsh Winter.
• The Miko said she would show Wang Dafa the world's true face, then joined Daiyue in a ritual meant to let him communicate with God.
• As the women chanted and gave Wang Dafa pills, he became dazed and seemed to accept a profound truth.
• The Miko suddenly stopped in pain, and Wang Dafa regained his senses and concealed his fury beneath a calculating calm.
• Wang Dafa thanked the Miko for her preaching, covered her lower abdomen with tissues, and left.

Wang Dafa resisted the shrine’s attempt to convert him and investigated why news of Shi Tiexin’s attack arrived late. In Kyoto, Shi Tiexin found that the captured Hori-gui had withered and died, leaving him with a new lead in the mystery of The Void.

• After Wang Dafa left, Miko and Daiyue discussed the failed conversion attempt and decided that he remained valuable to their plans.
• Wang Dafa wrote notes to resist hypnosis, then resolved to use A'cheng to test the people who had approached him.
• Wang Dafa angrily reprimanded his subordinate for reporting Shi Tiexin’s shrine attack eight hours late, then suspected Shi’s team had tightly controlled information.
• Shi Tiexin found that the captured monsters had withered and shattered, while the already-dead bodies remained unchanged; Zhou Nan’s hair-raising sensation also weakened after the monsters died.
• Shi Tiexin learned that the creatures were called Hori-gui and that Youyou’s captured specimens had also died, then wondered whether Yamagata Fuji’s mention of the Void referred to a specific entity.

Wang Dafa’s forces subdued Kyoto and Osaka while he grew anxious about Black Zun’s rising influence. Shi Tiexin returned to Tokyo after securing food supplies, where he discussed helicopters with Wild Chicken as A'cheng faced a terrifying situation.

• Wang Dafa’s legion captured the Kyoto hall master and advanced toward Osaka, while Wang stalled headquarters and worried about Black Zun’s disciplined, powerful troops.
• Wang Dafa decided to summon A'cheng and find a way to check Black Zun’s growing influence.
• Shi Tiexin expanded his organization’s food-producing bases around Kyoto and declared that one of their three shackles had been unlocked.
• More than half a month later, the Osaka hall master was captured, the anti-Wang Dafa alliance broke apart, and Shi Tiexin agreed to return to Tokyo.
• Wild Chicken delivered another shipment, and Shi Tiexin negotiated with him for civilian helicopters after tanks proved unavailable.
• A'cheng sat among familiar gang brothers in a neon-lit bar, pale and trembling as he watched something terrifying unfold.

A'cheng repeatedly experienced the people around him freezing and pouring out their private memories and feelings, then returning to normal with no memory of it. He discovered that three hours had passed in the bar, and he began experiencing the same forced outpouring himself.

• At the bar, A'cheng heard the crowd suddenly confess their hidden thoughts before they fell silent and resumed partying as if nothing had happened.
• The strange episode happened again, terrifying A'cheng as the revelers spoke to the void while frozen in place.
• When A'cheng tried to leave, a woman in a nurse uniform became rigid and poured out memories and regrets from her life.
• A'cheng checked his watch and realized the time had jumped from around seven to ten, despite only minutes seeming to pass.
• As the crowd began speaking again, A'cheng joined their endless outpouring one minute after they did.

Shi Tiexin perfected the third level of the Impenetrable Earth Tribulation Body and transformed his Bone Structure into Extraordinary Bone Structure, making psychic-energy cultivation easier. After opening the facial nerve that controlled his expressions, he remained unaware that an informant in one of his groups had received a packet and a mission involving him.

• Shi Tiexin advanced the Impenetrable Earth Tribulation Body to perfect mastery after mastering pairwise Tribulation Power fusion.
• Shi Tiexin tested Thick Earth Body and concluded it had surpassed Qiu Huang's Blood Sea True Body in defense.
• Shi Tiexin used Heavenly Gifted Golden Light to perfect Basic Biology and qualitatively changed Bone Structure into Extraordinary Bone Structure.
• Shi Tiexin guided psychic energy into the facial nerve and opened the portion controlling his expression muscles.
• An informant in one of Shi Tiexin's groups received a paper packet and worried that the Boss might give a speech before he could complete his mission.

Shi Tiexin strengthened his influence over his managers, expanded his armed force, and learned that his engineers had reverse-engineered a shotgun. With his troops growing, he decided to break the Second Lock by seizing Tokyo Port and, if possible, the airport.

• Shi Tiexin perfected the fourth level of Deadly Chicken Soup, making his motivational influence spread naturally through his words and actions.
• A spy among Shi Tiexin’s management grew increasingly conflicted and continued delaying his mission because he feared his colleagues and felt ashamed to betray his boss.
• The fourth batch of trainees completed training, bringing Shi Tiexin’s formal armed personnel to more than three thousand, while the engineering team reverse-engineered a shotgun.
• Shi Tiexin planned to expand his force to six thousand with the next batch of trainees and then toward ten thousand with the sixth batch.
• Shi Tiexin decided to break the Second Lock by taking control of Tokyo Port and possibly the airport to secure weapons and fuel and gain leverage over Tokyo’s factions.

Shi Tiexin visited Odaiba Wild Port to explore its potential and learn about the forces controlling it. After being admitted as Mr. Yokoo’s guest, he offered Yokoo a chance to work with him and asked about Night Owl.

• Shi Tiexin arrived in Odaiba and surveyed the ruined attractions and lawless streets around the wild port.
• Shi Tiexin and his action team entered the harbor, where guards warned them not to cause trouble for Night Owl.
• A guide brought Shi Tiexin to meet Mr. Yokoo, who described his fleet and shipping connections.
• Shi Tiexin offered Mr. Yokoo an opportunity to work with him and asked about Night Owl’s background.

Shi Tiexin convinced Mr. Yokoo to pledge Odaiba Wild Port to him, then oversaw the capture of Night Owl and the port. The next morning, Wang Dafa learned that Shi Tiexin had seized the harbor and ordered his spies to act against him.

• Shi Tiexin showed Mr. Yokoo documents and urged him to join his side, promising him a role in managing Odaiba Wild Port.
• Mr. Yokoo pledged allegiance to Shi Tiexin and revealed that Night Owl would be with his mistress that night.
• Shi Tiexin sent his officers to help Mr. Yokoo capture Night Owl, who was executed as Shi Tiexin took control of Odaiba Wild Port.
• Shi Tiexin addressed more than six thousand people at Odaiba Grand Plaza, winning over the port’s captains, sailors, and merchants.
• Wang Dafa learned that Shi Tiexin had taken the port and its 244 fishing boats, and ordered every spy to carry out their mission immediately.

After the Second Lock was unlocked, Shi Tiexin considered expanding his control over Japan’s wild ports, but a secretary interrupted him to confess he had been ordered to drug him with Unique Product. The secretary revealed that he had stopped because he valued the hope and community Shi Tiexin had created, and begged him to save his kidnapped family.

• Shi Tiexin appointed Yokoo manager of Odaiba Wild Port, and Yokoo provided a map of wild ports that Shi Tiexin considered bringing under his command.
• A secretary from the General Affairs Office brought Shi Tiexin a cup of water, then warned him not to drink it and turned himself in.
• The secretary admitted that the cup contained Unique Product and said kidnappers had forced him to spy and follow their orders.
• The secretary explained that he had refused to drug Shi Tiexin because he valued the community and hope at the port, then begged Shi Tiexin to rescue his family.

Shi Tiexin punished a spy who had confessed, then enlisted Youyou to rescue the spy’s family and uncover the people behind the operation. After tracing the plot to a familiar mansion, Shi Tiexin recognized the person receiving the intelligence, while Youyou revealed that she had been investigating his case.

• Shi Tiexin reduced the confessed spy’s punishment in exchange for cooperation and promised to help rescue his family.
• Shi Tiexin ordered an internal investigation and planned a residential community for group employees and their families.
• Youyou arrived and teamed up with Shi Tiexin to capture the spy’s handler, interrogate him, and rescue more than thirty hostages.
• Shi Tiexin and Youyou captured the handler’s superior, whom Shi Tiexin recognized as an old acquaintance from Daxing.
• Shi Tiexin followed the acquaintance to a familiar mansion, and Youyou said she had been investigating his case and had uncovered an unpleasant secret.

Shi Tiexin confirmed that Wang Dafa was behind the spy network and had been trafficking vast quantities of Unique Product and other illegal goods. Though a dangerous confrontation loomed, Shi Tiexin chose to meet Wang Dafa alone while Youyou led an important operation.

• A Fei gave Shi Tiexin the screening results, which showed that spies had corrupted members across the association, group, and corps.
• Youyou brought Shi Tiexin evidence proving Wang Dafa was trafficking more than a ton of Unique Product in one month, along with people and other dangerous goods.
• Shi Tiexin reaffirmed his resolve to destroy the Unique Product and asked Youyou what she intended to do.
• Shi Tiexin picked up the Ink Dragon Heavy Brush, said he had to face Wang Dafa because Wang had recognized his worth and given him an opportunity, and left to meet him alone.
• Shi Tiexin told Youyou to lead the important operation because no one else could handle it.

Shi Tiexin went alone to meet Wang Dafa and urged him to stop sending Unique Product into the country. Wang Dafa mocked him as naïve and brought him to an unknown location, promising to cure him of that “illness.”

• Shi Tiexin arrived alone at Wang Dafa's mansion and insisted on speaking with him.
• Wang Dafa agreed to talk elsewhere, and Shi Tiexin joined him in the Rolls-Royce taken from the Ouyang Brothers.
• As they rode through Tokyo, Shi Tiexin asked whether Wang Dafa had sent large quantities of Unique Product into the country.
• Shi Tiexin urged Wang Dafa to give up the trade because Unique Product harmed the nation and its people.
• Wang Dafa laughed at Shi Tiexin's appeal, called him naïve, and announced that they had arrived and he would cure him.

Wang Dafa defended his criminal empire as a means of surviving and gaining power, then forced Shi Tiexin to choose whom to shoot among a captured official and his family. The chapter left Shi Tiexin holding the gun, facing a choice between the official, his wife and daughter, and Wang Dafa.

• Wang Dafa showed Shi Tiexin the lawless shantytown and argued that weakness, not wrongdoing, had condemned its victims.
• Shi Tiexin challenged Wang Dafa over selling Unique Product into their homeland, and Wang Dafa revealed that he relied on a powerful protector as an umbrella.
• Wang Dafa said he committed crimes to stay alive and become strong enough to escape dependence on that protector.
• Wang Dafa had the captured Da Xing official, his wife, and daughter brought before Shi Tiexin, then put a pistol in Shi Tiexin's hand and told him to kill them.
• Shi Tiexin looked between the official, his family, and Wang Dafa without yet choosing whom to shoot.

Shi Tiexin refused Wang Dafa’s demand to choose between him and the people he had captured, then left with them and declared his independence from Daxing. As Tokyo braced for a night of upheaval, his Destiny Mission was completed and Dark Night Black Venerable grew stronger.

• Shi Tiexin returned the gun and Wang Dafa’s fountain pen, then escorted the three captives away while offering to save Wang Dafa’s life if he ever needed help.
• Wang Dafa aimed at Shi Tiexin but threw away his gun and swore he would rise to the pinnacle without him.
• Shi Tiexin reunited with A Fei, Zhou Nan, and Zhou Xiong in Five Peaks Supreme, handed them the spy ringleader’s family, and asked them to follow him after he left Daxing.
• Gunfire struck the vehicle’s windshield, and Shi Tiexin ordered the others to drive through as he warned that the night would bring upheaval.
• Destiny Mission 2: Eye of Freedom was completed, and the merging of two souls strengthened Dark Night Black Venerable beyond its complete form.

After taking control of Tokyo’s drug-manufacturing operations and part of its deepwater port, Shi Tiexin returned home and rested. In his dream training grounds, he completed firearms training and asked the instructor what the Third Frontline was.

• Shi Tiexin’s forces defeated twenty-three hostile gangs and seized pharmaceutical companies, chemical plants, and part of Tokyo’s deepwater port.
• Shi Tiexin ordered his subordinates to rest, strengthen defenses, and prepare for a counterattack.
• Shi Tiexin returned to his apartment, found Youyou asleep on his sofa, and covered her with a blanket before going to bed.
• Shi Tiexin entered the dream training grounds, where the instructor taught him about firearms.
• Shi Tiexin mastered the firearms training and asked the instructor what the Third Frontline was.

Shi Tiexin tried to learn about Black Venerable’s mission in a dream but received no answers, then gained new shooting skills and Gun Sense from the inherited training. After breakfast with Youyou, he learned she had quit making counterfeit money and wanted to become his maid.

• Shi Tiexin asked Black Venerable what the Third Frontline and his mission were, but Black Venerable disappeared without answering.
• Shi Tiexin woke after receiving the second and third levels of Basic Shooting Technique and raised his Gun Sense through activated and merged attributes.
• Shi Tiexin found Youyou cooking breakfast and shared a meal with her.
• Youyou told Shi Tiexin she was unemployed and wanted to stop making counterfeit U.S. dollars.
• Shi Tiexin offered Youyou a secretary job, but she refused and asked to become his maid instead.

After the spy leader revealed what he knew about mind-controlling Unique Products and the Barberry Crown, Shi Tiexin assembled a covert operation with Youyou to investigate the ship and its connection to Wang Dafa. They found the Barberry Crown, but remained unsure whether it was the true source or a decoy.

• A Fei showed the spy leader that his wife and daughter were safe in Shanghai and pressured him to reveal his intelligence.
• The spy leader described suspicious Unique Products, their unusual ingredients, and Wang Dafa’s weekly visits to the Barberry Crown.
• Shi Tiexin classified the testimony as top secret, mobilized the Sharp Blade Teams, and called Youyou to join an operation.
• Shi Tiexin and Youyou discussed the possibility that the Unique Products could control minds and planned to trace the Barberry Crown’s suppliers and customers.
• A crew member reported that they had found the Barberry Crown.

Shi Tiexin and Youyou infiltrated the Barberry Crown in broad daylight to search for clues. While gathering information, Shi Tiexin intervened when he recognized Teng Chaoguo abusing a woman and knocked him unconscious.

• Shi Tiexin climbed aboard the Barberry Crown with Youyou and disguised themselves as passengers.
• Youyou helped them evade the ship's facial-recognition cameras by turning their faces away from each one.
• The two split up on the main deck to gather clues before meeting again fifteen minutes later.
• Shi Tiexin saw a man drowning a woman in the pool and grabbed the man's wrist to stop him.
• Shi Tiexin recognized the man as Teng Chaoguo and struck him unconscious.