Chapter Summaries

After reaching Angel level, He Ao examined Hypermemory’s abnormal nature, its possible connection to Good Friend, and the contamination left by the Fate Spinning Wheel. He planned to investigate Hypermemory and learn about Pseudo-Gods in a Copy World, then restored the shattered landscape as Li Cheng recovered and Ye Ying woke.

• He Ao’s advancement raised his Physical Fitness, and he concluded that Hypermemory and Fate Rememberer were distinct abilities that let him carry two Talent Sequences.
• He Ao suspected Hypermemory came from a special power Good Friend had collected, and reasoned that Good Friend had fought the Tuner because the clash served its interests.
• He Ao recognized that the Fate Spinning Wheel’s lingering contamination weakened his control of Angel-level power, though the power might reveal a path to further advancement.
• He Ao decided to seek Hypermemory’s origins and information about Pseudo-Gods in a Copy World.
• He Ao stood and restored the shattered earth and sky, bringing back greenery and morning sunlight as Li Cheng healed and Ye Ying exclaimed in surprise.

After reaching Angel level, He Ao examined Supermemory’s new abilities and the risks of altering memories and fate. He also discovered that his existing powers had strengthened, leaving him aware that his Mythological Form came with mounting dangers and costs.

• He Ao found that he could sense people who knew of him, alter their memories and fates, and potentially influence powerful beings by changing the memories of those around them.
• He Ao recognized that memory and fate alterations could be interrupted, were limited by target strength and numbers, and threatened his sanity while entangling his own fate.
• He Ao named his second new ability Perceive Blur, which could make even a Pseudo-God overlook a subtle detail when paired with misdirection.
• He Ao found that Thought Alteration gained more marks and shorter cooldowns, while Orator became more persuasive through recorded speeches and gave Followers a mystical link for guidance.
• He Ao felt Supermemory moving toward divinity and saw his jade-like skin glowing with Purple Radiance as he gained a Mythological Form.

He Ao examined the dangers and mechanics of his angel-level Mythological Form, then realized martial arts power was buffering the rejection between his two Talent Sequences. After deciding to advance martial arts further, he and Ye Ying returned from the Fate Entrapment Disk to the Old Train as it traveled through the Verola.

• He Ao briefly revealed signs of his Mythological Form and considered how its full manifestation would unleash his power while threatening his sanity and those around him.
• He Ao discovered that Super Memory and Miracle Scholar now rejected each other because his angelic transformation had extended Super Memory's power into his body.
• He Ao concluded that martial arts power had become a buffer between the Talent Sequences because it had grown alongside both, and he recognized that this arrangement had helped him avoid losing control.
• He Ao resolved to advance martial arts to Rank A before attempting further promotion of his Talent Sequences.
• He Ao told Ye Ying they were going home, and the two returned to the Old Train inside the Verola.

After returning from the battle, He Ao learned that Jodel had exiled himself to keep the Fate Spinning Wheel from controlling him. He Ao found a way to bind Jodel through their connection and began pulling him back from the temporal gap.

• Ye Yun, Jie An, the White-Haired Girl, and others saw the mutations and sacrificial rituals end as the skies cleared.
• He Ao returned to the Research Institute, released the exhausted figure from the Special Item Shelter, and went with Goya and Lin Chichi to investigate Jodel’s disappearance.
• Goya explained that Jodel had used his Exile ability on himself to prevent the Fate Spinning Wheel from turning him into a threat.
• He Ao sensed that Jodel was still alive in a temporal gap and used their mystical connection and a link to K to locate him.
• He Ao sent glowing chains through the connection, pulled out Jodel’s half-transparent projection, and said the Fate Entrapment Disk would continue salvaging him.

He Ao finished addressing the aftermath of the battle, learned more about Dawn’s elusive leader from Goya, and received control of the organization from the leader. As he considered the Fate Entrapment Disk and the requirements for becoming a Martial Arts Angel, a new life simulation began.

• He Ao recovered the World Eye Fragments and learned that Liu Zhengyun had awakened but needed time to recuperate, while King Angel remained missing after fleeing the battlefield.
• Goya thanked Hao Yi for saving her fruit and described Dawn’s mysterious leader and the organization’s public figure, Hu Wen.
• He Ao received a message from Dawn’s leader placing the entire organization under his jurisdiction, though he could not contact or locate the leader.
• He Ao examined the Fate Entrapment Disk’s blank Stone Tablet and pondered the spirit that had touched the world’s boundary and the conditions for becoming a Martial Arts Angel.
• The simulation game started and assigned He Ao the role of Assassin Pa Xiu.

Pa Xiu grew up among a wilderness tribe, becoming a skilled hunter and trap maker before traveling to Vitran City and gaining extraordinary power as Talent Sequence 4: Citizen. At age 20, he helped the tribe prepare for winter by leading a supply mission to De Nuo City, where an old senator made the trade go smoothly.

• Pa Xiu learned wilderness survival, hunting, and marksmanship, and his inventive traps earned him the title of Trap Master.
• At age 16, Pa Xiu traveled with a trade caravan to sell camel down in Vitran City, where the vast city exposed him to a world beyond the wilderness.
• After returning to his tribe, Pa Xiu chose the blue secret medicine and advanced to Talent Sequence 4: Citizen alongside the chief's daughter and a young scout.
• As mutated beast riots disrupted trade and threatened the tribe's supplies, Pa Xiu and the chief's daughter led a team to De Nuo City to sell goods and buy necessities.
• An old senator arranged for the goods to be purchased and showed Pa Xiu where to buy supplies cheaply, allowing the team to return before winter.

The Wilderness Wanderer built a prosperous camel-wool trade network, advanced as a Transcendent, and saw the Old Councilor become President. After surviving an assassination attempt and expanding into Vetland, he returned to find his wife hospitalized and the wilderness’s tribes and Trade Caravans seemingly massacred.

• You established a trade route from your tribe to De Nuo City, married the leader's daughter, and grew your tribe's wealth and influence.
• You partnered with the Kwott Group, became a Talent Sequence 20: Agent, and built a permanent camp that survived a mutant beast riot.
• You and your wife traveled to Dawn City, where Christos introduced you to a lawyer who helped you secure a profitable camel-wool partnership.
• You visited Aines to see the Old Councilor, were arrested at the airport, and later returned home by way of Konovi City.
• You expanded camel-wool sales into Dawn City and Vetland, advanced to Talent Sequence 47: Organizer, and saw the Old Councilor elected President.
• You survived an assassination attempt in Vetland and returned to De Nuo City to find your wife in intensive care and the wilderness's tribes and Trade Caravans wiped out.

After losing his wife, the former wilderness leader returned east to investigate the Dark Lizard and settled in Dawn City, where he helped immigrants and local residents and earned citizenship. Hai Xi’s parting gift pointed him toward Twilight City and the secret path to the Lone Wolf sequence, where his search continued.

• After his wife died, he watched K’s speech, left Vetland, and returned east to investigate the Dark Lizard.
• He followed the beast’s route to the Federation’s central mountains, then went to Dawn City and obtained a temporary social security number.
• In Dawn City, he organized jobs and cooperation between Wilderness Wanderers and bottom layer citizens, earning the Blue Heart Medal and later an official identity.
• He called Old Councilor’s campaign office to request support for Christos, received no meaningful response, and marched in support of Christos until the Grain Act passed after the Kajet Group scandal.
• Before leaving Dawn City, he received a call from Hai Xi, who gave him the Lone Wolf formula and revealed that its Master materials might be found in Twilight City.
• He traveled to Twilight City to continue his investigation.

After uncovering that the President’s administration had sacrificed Wilderness Wanderers to protect De Nuo City and the Kwott Group, Pa Xiu was caught in the chaos of an assassination attempt and killed. He Ao then took control of Pa Xiu’s body, escaped through the sewers, defeated a cyborg pursuer, and found himself surrounded by armed men.

• Pa Xiu learned that the Municipal Government and the Kwott Group had knowingly redirected the Dark Lizard away from De Nuo City by using Wilderness Wanderers as bait.
• Pa Xiu’s new acquaintance gave him a rifle fused with a contaminated Transcendent Item, and Pa Xiu later watched the President arrive in De Nuo City.
• A gunman shot the President before Pa Xiu pulled the trigger, and security forces captured Pa Xiu as he tried to flee.
• Pa Xiu regained consciousness in a sewer as He Ao, who destroyed an inspection drone and confronted a Black Suit Man waiting by another manhole.
• He Ao used an explosion to launch the Black Suit Man out of the sewer, tore apart his Mechanical Prosthetic Body, and took his Mantis Blades.
• He Ao emerged into a deserted plaza and saw armed men in black closing off every road around him.

He Ao escaped the park after killing the thin assassin, while the Secret Intelligence Bureau began searching for him and he struggled to keep his Angel-level power from destroying Pa Xiu’s body. He reached Mo Li’s home and found Mo Li already dead.

• He Ao killed the thin assassin with his Wooden Stock Rifle, then escaped the park as the suited Secret Intelligence Bureau agent arrived.
• A glasses-wearing man identified the assassin as Pa Xiu and ordered the suited agent to return to protect the President while he launched a citywide search.
• Riding on a truck, He Ao realized his Angel-level soul was tearing apart his injured C-class body and concluded that he needed to advance to B-class quickly.
• He Ao arrived at Mo Li’s home, forced open the Iron Gate, and found Mo Li dead in an armchair.

He Ao investigated Mo Li’s sudden death and discovered that Mo Li had hidden the formula for Talent Sequence 163: Honorary Noble inside a booby-trapped television. As a swarm of drones closed in, He Ao took Mo Li’s corpse and escaped into a dark alley.

• He Ao examined Mo Li’s body and concluded that an unseen attacker had killed him instantly after his call with Pa Xiu.
• He Ao evaded the surveillance drones by using his sewer-scented clothes as a decoy and found that Mo Li had rigged his television with explosives.
• He Ao followed Mo Li’s finger to the television and removed its back cover using Mo Li’s dagger.
• He Ao found a mithril cylinder containing the Honorary Noble formula and a small black instrument hidden behind the television.
• He Ao read the formula, recognized Honorary Noble as the next Talent Sequence after Lone Wolf, and watched the parchment destroy itself.
• He Ao destroyed an approaching drone, then grabbed Mo Li’s corpse and jumped from the window as more drones approached.

He Ao returned to Pa Xiu’s apartment after hiding Mo Li’s body, where FBI Director Wei Jinna and her agents were confronted by an emergency investigation team’s armed drones. He escaped the ensuing attack and manhunt by faking a fall, then hid in Pa Xiu’s rooftop Safehouse and contacted Eve.

• Wei Jinna and FBI agents searched Pa Xiu’s apartment for evidence while an emergency investigation team’s drones ordered them to cooperate.
• He Ao returned bloodied, and the drones filled the living room with anesthetic before attacking him with an explosion.
• Wei Jinna regained consciousness as He Ao removed thirteen bullets, changed clothes, and asked whether she believed the “truth” others told her.
• He Ao jumped from the window as an armed squad arrived, but he climbed to the rooftop Safehouse and evaded the search.
• He Ao opened one of Pa Xiu’s unused Smart Bracelets, logged into a website, and greeted Eve.

After Pa Xiu escaped the search, He Ao woke in hiding and learned that the President remained critical while the Vice President had assumed the presidency. With two days before his body collapsed, He Ao used Hai Xi’s intelligence to investigate the assassination plot and prepared to pursue Rank B advancement.

• Glasses Man reprimanded his subordinate for letting Pa Xiu escape, then ordered an expanded search with help from the Kwott Group, checkpoints, hospitals, and pharmacies.
• News reports said the President was receiving treatment in Aines and the Vice President had become Acting President.
• He Ao woke with his injuries repaired but coughed blood as his soul continued damaging his body.
• Hai Xi told He Ao that someone had bought materials for Honorary Noble near De Nuo City, and He Ao connected the purchases to Pa Xiu and the assassination preparations.
• He Ao concluded he needed a laboratory to examine a device and had at most two days to advance to Rank B, then leaped from the rooftop into the city.

Wei Jinna’s team abandoned her under pressure from Aines, but He Ao appeared in her office and persuaded her to help uncover the truth behind her brother’s death and the attempted assassination. She brought him to the FBI repair room, where he began examining a Black Instrument left by the person who had lured him to the street.

• Wei Jinna’s subordinates explained why they were leaving, and she approved their transfers and paid their bonuses.
• After the last subordinate warned her that Aines may have engineered the anesthetic fumes, Wei Jinna was left alone and found He Ao in her office.
• He Ao and Wei Jinna discussed his alleged attack on the President, her brother Viken, and their shared desire to investigate the Dark Lizard incident, Viken’s death, and the assassination.
• Wei Jinna agreed to help He Ao and took him to the FBI’s repair room on the sixteenth floor.
• He Ao secretly entered the repair room, connected his wristband to its computer, and used the mechanical arms to dismantle the Black Instrument.

He Ao and Wei Jinna dismantled the Black Instrument, uncovered its bomb and dead disposable battery, and restored it with Eve’s help. He Ao used it to contact the person behind Mo Li, arranged a meeting for 3 p.m., and then decided to visit the President’s assassination site first.

• He Ao and Eve removed a Micro Bomb from the Black Instrument before dismantling it, and Wei Jinna identified it as a high-grade military device.
• He Ao determined that the instrument’s disposable battery had likely run out around the time Mo Li died, suggesting its sender had not expected Mo Li to return alive.
• Wei Jinna told He Ao that the drone operators belonged to Aines and seemed to be a highly authorized secret armed force.
• He Ao and Eve accessed the instrument’s point-to-point messaging system, and He Ao posed as Pa Xiu to contact Mo Li’s associate.
• The associate proposed a meeting at Vika Cafe at 3 p.m., and He Ao accepted after testing the contact’s response.
• He Ao declined Wei Jinna’s offer to mobilize investigators and said they would visit the President’s assassination site before the meeting.

He Ao told Wei Jinna that evidence pointed to the Old President allowing the Dark Lizard incident and argued that other shooters had carried out the assassination. As Wei Jinna confronted the guards at the sealed building, He Ao slipped inside to investigate the suspected firing positions.

• He Ao explained the evidence about the Dark Lizard incident to Wei Jinna, who wondered whether it was connected to her brother’s death.
• He Ao and Wei Jinna reasoned that at least two other assassins had fired from positions arranged for a coordinated crossfire.
• He Ao asked Wei Jinna to cooperate while he investigated the sealed scene, and she confronted the guards at the red building’s rear entrance with her agents.
• While Wei Jinna drew the guards’ attention, He Ao entered the building through a stairwell window and used Eve to evade a Surveillance Drone.

He Ao reconstructed the assassination from Pa Xiu’s memories and evidence at the sniper’s firing position, discovering that the Old President had B-rank strength and that at least two other assassins had fired enhanced weapons. He Ao left the Red Building unseen as Wei Jinna failed to gain access to the investigation site and was forced to withdraw.

• He Ao searched the rooms and identified the fifth apartment as the sniper’s position from marks on the windowsill and wall.
• He Ao reconstructed the assassination, seeing the Old President dodge the first shot and a second assassin fire from behind a barrier.
• He Ao found the impact crater from the second assassin’s shot, recorded its trajectory, and documented evidence that Pa Xiu could not have fired it.
• Wei Jinna asked the Glasses Man to let the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigate alongside his team, but he blocked her entry and she ordered her agents to leave.
• The Glasses Man warned the middle-aged man to control his mouth, while He Ao watched from the building and vanished unseen.

He Ao entered Luo Linte Street, fought through its armed gangs, and reached Vika Cafe to meet his contact. After questioning the contact about the Aines investigators and identifying him as a Kwott Group executive, He Ao asked whether he had the secret potion for an Honorary Noble.

• He Ao sent Wei Jinna the clues he had gathered and considered the uncertain role of the Aines people in the President Assassination Case.
• He Ao walked into Luo Linte Street, where a Thin Man offered him Contraband Drug and armed figures surrounded him.
• He Ao crushed the drug device, killed the Thin Man and the attackers, and continued through the street to Vika Cafe.
• He Ao ordered a mocha from the frightened Boss, then sat across from a suited man who criticized his actions and warned him that the Aines investigators were coming.
• He Ao inferred that the man worked for the Kwott Group and challenged his claims about the meeting before asking for the secret potion for an Honorary Noble.

He Ao questioned the Kwott Group security director about Mo Li, the assassination plot, and the Honorary Noble advancement potion, learning that the potion was stored in the group's underground vault. The director tried to lure He Ao out of the café and kill him with a rune array, but He Ao killed him first, then dodged a gunshot from an unseen attacker.

• He Ao learned from the security director's thoughts that the Honorary Noble potion was in the Kwott Group building's underground vault and that the director knew little about Mo Li's death or the other assassins.
• The director offered to smuggle He Ao out of De Nuo City with a nightly ore transport team, while He Ao questioned him about the assassination of the President.
• He Ao followed the director through a small door, where the director activated a rune array and stabbed at him with a knife.
• He Ao resisted the array, seized the director's wrist, and turned the knife back through the man's neck, killing him.
• He Ao grabbed the knife and sprang aside as a gunshot rang out nearby.

He Ao survived an assassination attempt at a coffee shop, uncovered the attacker’s ties to Mo Li’s organization, and left with a starving girl after defeating the Mad Tiger Gang. The police arrived afterward and began investigating the massacre, while suspecting the assassin Pa Xiu might be involved.

• The coffee shop owner attacked He Ao with a Heavy Gauss Sniper Rifle, but He Ao killed him and learned he belonged to Mo Li’s organization rather than being the President’s assassin.
• He Ao examined the rifle and communicator, while Eve traced the remote connection to several possible locations in De Nuo City before the surveillance link was cut.
• A malnourished girl reached the coffee shop to thank He Ao for killing the gang members who had murdered her mother, and He Ao waited with her as police sirens approached.
• The bald leader of the Mad Tiger Gang confronted He Ao with a convoy, but He Ao destroyed the attackers and invited the girl to leave with him.
• Police officers and a young man in a black suit investigated the burning wreckage, discussed whether Pa Xiu had been responsible, and ordered tighter security.