Chapter Summaries

Wei He entered the Black Mother Sandstorm without a body frame to hunt polluted beasts and add their abilities to his gene bank. He killed a Green Fly and a Black Gauze Crab, then continued deeper into the storm.

• Wei He buried his Storm body frame and entered the Black Mother Sandstorm, planning to collect useful polluted-beast abilities.
• A Green Fly attacked Wei He, but he grew a Flesh-eating Flower from his shoulder and devoured it.
• Wei He simulated the Green Fly's compound-eye vision, improving his sight through the sandstorm.
• A Black Gauze Crab attacked Wei He with its tentacles and pincers, but Wei He crushed it with his Invisible Hand and devoured its remains.
• Wei He continued deeper into the Black Mother Sandstorm.

Wei He returned from the Black Mother Sandstorm with valuable materials after being wounded by an unseen, powerful attacker, then learned of Bilian’s family conflict and spoke with her. A sudden beast-tide alarm sent the hidden city’s combat personnel to assemble, while a mysterious dark-red figure appeared at the shrinking storm on Planet 228.

• Wei He withdrew from the Black Mother Sandstorm after an unseen attacker wounded him, then returned to Sea Shark Hidden City with a bag of valuable materials.
• Wei He learned that Bilian had argued with her family and hurried to find her after her brother Ludi Saluto left.
• Wei He asked Bilian whether her persistence was worth the cost, and she offered to help him with his psychic power growth.
• A highest-level alarm announced that a beast tide would erupt ahead of schedule, and Wei He told Bilian to lead the squad and stay behind him.
• A dark-red figure descended before the shrinking Black Mother Sandstorm on Planet 228 and began to solidify.

Baron sabotaged Planet 228’s spatial restrictions to unleash a catastrophic Star Abyss invasion while Knosus forces attacked the garrison sent to stop him. Wei He’s squad was overwhelmed by a massive beast tide, and dark patches began spreading across the planet.

• Baron ordered the Mole Gang to capture genetic specimens for a new experiment, then tossed a Star Abyss-marked box into the forming wormhole and fled.
• Daqi and Komola discovered that the spatial restriction device had failed, but Scarlet Cavalry body frames ambushed them.
• Wei He received conflicting warnings from headquarters and Resius, who urged him to escape toward the Silver Belt District.
• A vast beast tide struck Wei He’s squad before he could gather his people, swallowing their formation and destroying Hidden City’s purification force field.
• Beast tides engulfed body-frame formations across Planet 228 as dark patches spread over its surface.

Wei He’s Fourth Squad was nearly wiped out by a massive beast tide, forcing him to retreat toward Resius’s spaceship. When Bilian and Sri Lanka failed to arrive, Wei He risked returning to the tide to find them, while Bilian independently diverted to rescue her brother Ludi.

• A beast tide crushed most of Wei He’s Fourth Squad, and Wei He and the deputy captain fled when faster tainted beasts attacked them.
• Wei He ordered the six surviving squad members to retreat and tried unsuccessfully to contact the missing members and the underground hidden city.
• Wei He reached Resius’s spaceship, then persuaded Resius to wait eight minutes so he could search for Bilian and Sri Lanka.
• Wei He used the connection to his cells in Bilian and Sri Lanka to locate them, flew back into the beast tide, and disappeared from view.
• Bilian detected her brother Ludi’s location, left her captain, and flew into the tide, where a gray-tailed humanoid held an unconscious body frame.

Bilian rescued Ludi from a gray Colony body, but Wei He intervened and killed their pursuer before a purple Colony body and its giant bird attacked him. With his Colony body destroyed, Wei He transformed into his Three-Bloodline Blood Energy State and charged toward the leader while three gray Colony bodies burst into flames behind him.

• Bilian used a series of psychic techniques to free Ludi from the gray Colony body and flee, but the gray pursuer caught up with her.
• Wei He blocked the gray Colony body's attack on Bilian and Ludi, broke free of its Black Cage, and killed it with a single blow.
• A giant black bird carrying a purple Colony body struck Wei He down, and the purple leader sent three gray Colony bodies to capture him.
• Wei He shed his damaged Colony body, transformed into his Three-Bloodline Blood Energy State, and killed the three gray Colony bodies as he charged toward the purple leader.

Wei He fought the purple colony and an Illumination-level giant bird, escalating through his forms until he defeated the bird in a head-on battle. He left the battlefield wounded but rapidly healed, while the surrounding pollution beasts devoured the bird’s corpse.

• The purple colony recognized Wei He as a mutant and attacked him with an Illumination-powered sword, but Wei He shattered the blade and pierced him with strands of hair.
• The wounded purple colony summoned the three-winged giant bird, which rammed Wei He into a sand dune and drenched him in venom.
• Wei He entered Dragon Turn State and used his many arms to smash the bird’s wing, fend off its claws, and endure its beak piercing his chest.
• Wei He severed the giant bird’s head during their final exchange, then healed his wound as its corpse fell among the pollution beasts.

Wei He rescued Sri Lanka, Cruz, and Zi Li from the contaminated beast tide and escaped Planet 228 with the other survivors aboard Resius’s spaceship. As the group speculated about the disaster’s cause, Zi Li began to suspect Wei He had engineered it and resolved to investigate.

• Wei He fought through the contaminated beast tide, freed Sri Lanka, Cruz, and Zi Li, and led them toward Resius’s waiting spaceship.
• The Baron boarded his triangular spaceship and left Planet 228 after sensing an unexpected variable.
• Resius’s spaceship took off with all the survivors as the contaminated beasts overwhelmed the planet; Resius suggested that a previous planet’s supposed mutant crisis had concealed a deeper cause.
• Cruz and Zi Li exchanged contact information with Wei He, while Bilian reunited with him and held his injured hand.
• Zi Li privately told Cruz that Wei He’s survival and rescue seemed suspicious, and she decided the risk of falsely accusing him was worth investigating a possible threat to the nation.

After reaching the Silver Belt District, Wei He was taken into custody for investigation after someone accused him of helping destroy Planet 228’s space limiter. He remained confident that the investigation would clear him while Bilian, Resius, and Sri Lanka sought help on his behalf.

• Zi Li persuaded Cruz to report Wei He and request an investigation into his colony’s records, and Cruz agreed to co-sign the report.
• Wei He and Bilian arrived at the spaceport, where a white colony from the Inspection Department ordered Wei He to come in for questioning.
• Bilian learned that Wei was suspected of harming colleagues and conspiring to destroy the space limiter, while Aili explained that investigators considered him an accomplice.
• Resius contacted his connections and Sri Lanka went to headquarters to seek help for Wei He.
• Hill escorted Wei He to a residential unit for temporary isolation and explained that investigators were also examining the special garrison squad captains, including Komola and the missing Daqi.
• Wei He settled in to train his psychic power while awaiting the investigation’s result.

Jose Lucis met Decha aboard a Knossoss Empire warship and revealed that the Empire had planted a seed inside Komola as part of a wider plan. On Planet 228, investigators found Wei He’s Ancient Formula Potion and summoned him for interrogation, leaving him weighing the possibility of escape.

• Jose Lucis met Decha aboard the Knossoss Empire’s church warship and said a seed had been planted inside Komola.
• Jose Lucis explained that the seed was part of a broader plan involving seeds distributed across the Penza Empire’s star systems.
• Security Department investigators searched Wei He’s residence and found an Ancient Formula Potion made by Wei He and Di Bang.
• Wei He considered escaping isolation, judging that he could break out physically but might be stopped by Illumination or Fission level officers.
• Combat personnel summoned Wei He for interrogation about the potion, his survival during the contaminated beast tide, and his body frame’s shutdown.

Wei He underwent questioning about the rescue, an illegal potion, and his origins, then was provisionally cleared and released. Meanwhile, Felin reviewed evidence implicating Komola in destroying Planet 228’s spatial restrictor and sought to end the investigation before his own planted agents were exposed.

• A woman questioned Wei He about his body frame’s shutdowns, and he claimed magnetic track beasts had interfered with it while he rescued three people.
• Wei He denied taking many self-mixed potions, and a spiritual energy test supported his account as officials traced the formula to Di Bang.
• Wei He said his family had died after fleeing to Planet 228 during a contaminated beast tide more than two hundred years earlier, and the interrogators provisionally ruled him out as a suspect.
• Felin reviewed the evidence that Komola had concealed a special object used to damage the spatial restrictor and concluded that others must have assisted him.
• Felin resolved to close the case quickly to satisfy the organization and prevent the investigation from exposing his planted agents.

Felin rushed to close the Planet 228 case by naming the suspects, including Wei He, as Komola’s accomplices, but Deputy Minister Xia En rejected the determination and ordered a new investigation. Wei He prepared for a possible escape while Bilian learned that he faced a death sentence.

• Felin closed six investigations and recommended that Wei He and the other suspects be judged as Komola’s accomplices.
• Aili received the determination, and Bilian learned that Wei He had been named an accomplice.
• Hill warned Wei He that the higher-ups planned to sentence him to death, so Wei He began preparing escape plans.
• Xia En rejected Felin’s recommendation and requested a new investigation by the Stellar Defense Department.

Wei He was cleared of Komola’s case and released from prison, then learned that his rescue of the two squad captains had led them to report him. He accepted a position as support staff at the University Alliance’s Pharmacy Research Institute, while considering what to do about the captains.

• The investigation team confirmed Komola had caused the beast tide and destroyed the spatial restrictor, sentenced him to three hundred years in the Great Blockade Fortress, and cleared Wei He of any involvement.
• Hill released Wei He, who reunited with Sri Lanka and Bilian before Resius explained that he would receive compensation and a likely military promotion.
• Resius told Wei He that Bilian had given up her inheritance rights and fallen out with her mother to support him.
• Professor Floyd revealed that Zi Li and Cruz had reported Wei He after he saved them, and warned him not to retaliate while people were watching him.
• Professor Floyd offered Wei He a Level Two reward package and a support-staff position at the University Alliance’s Pharmacy Research Institute, which Wei He accepted.

Wei He accepted Bilian’s feelings after completing his transfer from the Pharmacy Research Institute, while Zi Li and Cruz later died during a pollution-beast attack on Planet 228. Sri Lanka told Wei He about their deaths, and he reflected on the poison he had developed to lure the beasts.

• Wei He accepted Zi Li and Cruz’s apology but told them he hoped never to see them again, then completed his resignation procedures at the research center.
• Wei He agreed to live with Bilian after she affirmed she would stay with him despite his uncertain future.
• Two years later, Zi Li and Cruz’s squad was overwhelmed by pollution beasts on Planet 228, while a nearby squad delayed its rescue until the team was dead.
• Wei He expanded his ramen business to four shops, earning two hundred thousand a month after taxes.
• Sri Lanka told Wei He that Zi Li and Cruz had died, and Wei He connected their deaths to the poison he had used to attract pollution beasts.

Wei He weighed the costs of advancing his spiritual energy while continuing his search for Bai Ling and Hua Yue, and learned his Red Ridge Potion had nearly lost its effect. At work, he recognized two old acquaintances among new arrivals and received an invitation to his former training class group.

• Wei He asked Sri Lanka about the Eastern Extreme Alliance ship and whether he had found Bai Ling, Hua Yue, or their hidden cities, but Sri Lanka had found no trace of them.
• Wei He reviewed his spiritual-energy progress and saw that Red Ridge Potion had become ineffective, while considering the cost of Mind Potion and how to use his new silver badge.
• Wei He called Bilian, who said she was finishing a work project and reminded him to sign for the spiritual-energy cuisine books she had ordered.
• Wei He returned to the Security Department, where Xia Li showed him new arrivals Ende and Lolsa, whom Wei He recognized as old acquaintances.
• Wei He trained his spiritual energy during a break, then received Sri Lanka's invitation to join the 75th Special Training Camp class group.

Wei He welcomed former trainees into a chat group, married Bilian, and visited her family before returning to his spirit energy training. He left with Bilian after her aunt insulted them, and his Mind Potion raised his Star Sea Spirit Art progress to 90%.

• Wei He joined a chat group of former trainees, saw that Yuna and Stanley had been selected for further study, then continued his Star Sea Spirit Art training.
• Wei He and Bilian registered their marriage and spent the day together celebrating.
• Wei He and Bilian visited Doshali, where Bilian's aunt insulted them; they left together, and Doshali transferred Bilian's resources and privileges to Ludi.
• Wei He drank a Mind Potion at the Pharmacology Center, raising his Star Sea Spirit Art progress from 88% to 90%.

Three years later, Wei He reached the psionic-energy limit after years of intensive training and spending his income on medicine. As Bilian’s career advanced, their peaceful life continued, though she had to miss their plans for an important work meeting.

• Wei He defeated Sound of Blades in a simulated body-frame duel and discussed their sparring and a possible introduction to a fighting-school expert.
• Wei He reflected on how sparring had helped him create the Cloud Sea Codex and improve his combat ability.
• After seeing a report about the genetic-defect drug Sha Deng, Wei He confirmed that he had reached the psionic-energy limit and that his Star Sea Spirit Art was at 99% of its second layer.
• Wei He drove to the Inspection Department to pick up Bilian and considered her nomination for Deputy Minister and prospects for advanced training.
• Bilian called to say she had to accompany the Minister to an important meeting in the Pearl District, and Wei He told her to focus on work and take care of herself.

Wei He went to the Pharmacology Center to undergo genetic adjustment, aiming to break through to Illumination and advance his plans for greater freedom. He completed the adjustment in seconds, astonishing the witnesses, and met William Houdalier, whose immense psionic power suggested he was no ordinary Illumination figure.

• Wei He arrived at the Pharmacology Center after confirming Bilian could not leave work and that he had reached his psionic limit for the day.
• Wei He prepared to undergo genetic adjustment while watching a young woman fail and a young man make painfully slow progress.
• Wei He entered the adjustment pool, endured intense pain, and used the Boundary-Breaking Pearl and his controlled cancerous cells as his progress stalled at 11%.
• Wei He’s genetic adjustment progress surged from 11% to 100% in three seconds, leaving the two families watching in astonishment.
• William Houdalier asked Wei He how he had made the adjustment seem easy, and Wei He said his desire to advance was strong.
• William Houdalier introduced himself and exchanged a psionic greeting with Wei He, revealing power far beyond Wei He’s own.

After meeting William, Wei He studied how Star Abyss creatures resist Psionic control and tested whether their contamination could rapidly increase his Psionic energy. His attempt failed when the Star Abyss flesh contaminated his Psionic energy, and he sensed a vast force of chaos behind it.

• William offered to discuss cooperation with Wei He, and they exchanged contact information before parting.
• Wei He finished his Pharmacology Center work quickly and researched the relationship between Star Abyss contamination and Psionic energy.
• Wei He took tissue samples from Star Abyss creatures into his laboratory to test whether contamination could accelerate his Psionic growth.
• He allowed Three-tailed Giant Crab Beast flesh to contaminate his finger until it reached Illumination-level strength.
• When Wei He tried to tame the contaminated cells with Psionic energy, they corrupted it, so he destroyed the flesh and withdrew.
• Wei He sensed a vast, chaotic force behind the Star Abyss tissue and abandoned his plan to use it to strengthen his Psionic energy.

Wei He studied the Three-tailed Giant Crab Beast’s chaotic biology and then accepted William Houdalier’s invitation to discuss a possible business partnership. William offered him a favorable route to sell potions and advice on reaching Illumination level, leaving Wei He with new ways to fund and advance his cultivation.

• Wei He found that copying the Three-tailed Giant Crab Beast’s full genetic structure would risk turning him into a mutant, so he focused on studying its speed.
• Wei He met William Houdalier again and learned that he was an Illumination-level-limit expert and director of the Blackstone Interstellar Trade Group.
• William offered Wei He a white-label arrangement under which he could sell potions through a certified pharmacist and receive half the profits.
• William explained that Illumination-level strength depended heavily on accumulated psionic power and described how genetic adjustment raised the body’s limits.
• William gave Wei He a subordinate’s contact information for anonymously buying medicinal materials and trading potions, giving Wei He a way to profit from his pharmaceutical skills.

A Church spacecraft lured a giant pollutant entity into the Orga Star System, prompting Planet 228 to assemble a military expedition. Wei He continued building his psionic energy over twenty years and reached his body’s limit, leaving him ready to prepare the Harmonizing Potion.

• A Church spacecraft deployed an electrical sphere that opened a spatial gate, and a giant pollutant entity emerged near Planet 228.
• A news report announced the pollutant entity’s appearance and the Silver Belt District fleet’s deployment to destroy it and investigate its arrival.
• Wei He exchanged a card for rare medicinal ingredients from a contact, then checked the materials for tampering before taking them to the Pharmacology Center.
• Over twenty years, Wei He worked with the Black Stone Group to formulate and sell potions, using the profits to buy ingredients and increase his psionic energy.
• Wei He drank the Blue Book Potion and tested his psionic energy, which measured 11,324 Fal and had reached his physiological limit.
• Wei He concluded that he met the minimum requirement for the Harmonizing Potion and began preparing to make it.