Chapter Summaries

Wei He investigated Planet 184’s resistance to Star Abyss corruption and became convinced that the planet might hold a way to combine corrupted-beast flesh with his own power. As he left the research center to investigate, Red Demon and two accomplices began pursuing him to capture him.

• Wei He tested corrupted-beast flesh against his transformed finger, confirmed that it caused corruption without protection, and cut off the infected finger.
• Three white-colony operatives infiltrated the area near the research center and planned to seize Wei He during Katri’s absence.
• Wei He considered whether Planet 184 itself was suppressing corruption and left a message for Bilian before setting out to investigate beyond the base with five guards.
• Red Demon, Modia, and another woman left the research center in disguise and followed Wei He, intending to capture him and escape within three hours.

Wei He tested Star Abyss contamination in Whispering Forest before Knosus attackers abducted him to a cliff. He revealed overwhelming strength, mortally wounded Red Demon, and transformed into a giant monster as Modia watched.

• Wei He planted drops of refined Star Abyss cell fluid at twenty marked locations in Whispering Forest.
• An unseen attacker killed Badi, blocked communications, and abducted Wei He using a short-range teleportation device.
• Wei He escaped the shell device on a cliff, where Red Demon and Modia appeared and waited for a spacecraft.
• Red Demon attacked Wei He at full Illumination speed, but Wei He pierced his armor, psychic shield, and heart with one strike.
• Wei He recognized Red Demon as the man he had spared before, then transformed into a colossal monster and engulfed Modia.

Katri trusted Wei He and Ansaya to face the Knossoss Empire agents, and Wei He killed Red Demon and Modia on Planet 184. After reflecting on the value of life and his own killings, Wei He preserved their cells and sensed he had grasped the planet’s greatest secret.

• Katri confronted Beast Niz in orbit and declared that he trusted his subordinates to handle the fight below.
• The signal interference cleared, revealing that Wei He had killed Red Demon and Modia and placed their headless corpses side by side.
• Ansaya acknowledged Wei He’s speed and strength, then left with him after Wei He collected items from the bodies.
• Wei He reflected on the experimental deaths he had helped reduce and considered the value of life on Planet 184 and his homeworld, Yuan Yue.
• Wei He preserved tissue from Red Demon and Modia so he could clone them later, and sensed a powerful force governing nature as he looked up at the sky.

Wei He and Qino confirmed that Planet 184’s force field reduced contamination in transported beasts, and Wei He named it the Star Spirit River. He obtained Katri’s approval to test Fission-level contaminated beast tissue, and the chapter ended as Wei He sensed the planet’s strange force acting on the sample.

• Wei He and Qino observed that two contaminated beasts had lost about five percent of their contamination after a month on Planet 184, and Wei He named the planet’s circulating force field the Star Spirit River.
• Wei He contacted Katri and requested Fission-level contaminated beast tissue to test whether the planet could suppress its contamination.
• Katri approved the request, and several days later Wei He and the researchers prepared to open the secured case containing the sample.
• Wei He reflected on how the planet had absorbed the souls of Red Demon and another man, stripping away their memories and impurities.
• Wei He sensed that the Fission-level tissue felt different from the earlier contaminated beasts.

Wei He and the research team analyzed a Thousand-Eyed Demon eyeball, locating the Star Spirit River’s source and mapping the sample’s genes. By perceiving the hidden forces connecting the sample to the river, Wei He discovered a deeper structure in Star Abyss creatures and planned to use it to advance his flesh-and-blood martial arts.

• Wei He opened the containment case and directed Qino and the researchers to study the Thousand-Eyed Demon eyeball and use its force-field effects to locate the Star Spirit River’s source.
• After two months of experiments, the team found that the river’s source was an active volcano and obtained the eyeball’s genetic map, which appeared chaotically structured.
• Wei He left the volcano decision to Katri and later returned to the sample’s secure room, where he sensed blue threads flowing toward the eyeball and red light resisting them.
• Wei He identified the blue threads as the Star Spirit River and provisionally named the deeper force within Star Abyss creatures High Spirit Energy.
• Wei He realized that combining the genetic map with High Spirit Observation could let him simulate Star Abyss flesh, and he planned to develop the Thousand-Eyed Demon’s structures to strengthen his body and psychic energy.

Ansaya captured a Sand Crab King and was ordered to pursue smugglers and collect another specimen while Wei He continued researching the Star Spirit River. Wei He then encountered a group of Giant Wood People in the Whispering Forest, defeated them, and took their staff to investigate its High Spirit Energy.

• Ansaya led a team through the Black Wind Desert, captured the Sand Crab King alive, and received Wei He's orders to intercept a landed spacecraft and retrieve Titan King Fermondo's brain tissue.
• Wei He told Ansaya that another smuggling ship had already been destroyed by the base's defenses and urged him to continue collecting research specimens.
• Wei He recorded his experiments with the Thousand-Eyed Demon's flesh before encountering masked Giant Wood People in the forest.
• A member of the group shot an arrow at Wei He, and he killed her with a burst of psionic energy.
• Lexi attacked Wei He with fire magic from her staff, but his shield stopped it; he incapacitated all fifteen women and took the staff.

Wei He captured the Giant Wood People's court mage Lexi and persuaded her to teach him High Spirit Energy, which she called magic. After months of study, she taught him how to use the Amethyst Reflection Method to uncover his hidden will, and Wei He prepared to begin.

• Wei He captured Lexi and froze her guards, then offered to let them go if she taught him her fire-breathing technique.
• Lexi agreed to teach Wei He, and he studied her language and culture while researching the Thousand-Eyed Demon's flesh and blood; his simulation progress reached 50% and his spirit energy reached 20 Spirit Ears.
• After more than three months, Lexi taught Wei He that the nine Ancestral Seals helped practitioners find their affinity and that contacting one could draw out their hidden will.
• Lexi explained that the Amethyst Reflection Method could release more than ninety percent of a practitioner's hidden will, and Wei He eagerly asked to begin learning it.

Duoshali refused Franci’s demand that Bilian divorce Wei He and marry Baron Menggela’s son, Benjamin. On Planet 184, Wei He continued studying the Amethyst Reflection Method and prepared to use it alongside his near-complete simulation of the Thousand-Eyed Demon.

• Franci asked Duoshali to persuade Bilian to marry Benjamin, arguing that the match would raise the Saluto family’s standing.
• Duoshali refused to pressure Bilian, warning that the Menggela family valued her connections and might make her unhappy; Franci left in anger.
• Wei He struggled to understand the abstract Amethyst Reflection Method but continued studying it because he wanted to reunite with Bilian.
• In May 1325, Wei He used a signal jammer in a canyon on Planet 184, removed his biological colony, and carved a secluded underground cave.
• Wei He meditated in the cave with his body covered in simulated Thousand-Eyed Demon eyes, having reached 99% of the flesh-and-blood structure and waiting for his method to advance further.

Wei He broke through the first layer of the Amethyst Reflection Method, releasing enough hidden will to reach the Illumination level’s Spirit Energy limit and form the Void Ancestral Seal. The seal drew him into a vision of the Star Spirit River, where he escaped with a trace of High Spirit Energy and glimpsed an ancient East Salun scroll.

• Wei He used the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to overcome his bottleneck and complete the first layer of the Amethyst Reflection Method.
• Wei He’s released hidden will surged into Spirit Energy, which reached 50 Spirit Ears, the Illumination level’s limit, and formed the Void Ancestral Seal.
• The Void Ancestral Seal transported Wei He into a deep-blue river where a vast consciousness urged him to stay and join the sleeping creatures below.
• Wei He resisted the river’s influence and returned to the cave holding what appeared to be a tattered scroll written in the ancient script of the East Salun Empire.
• Wei He discovered the scroll was not physically present and found a small trace of High Spirit Energy at the core of his Spirit Energy.

Wei He confirmed that High Spirit Energy let him see the Star Spirit River and prepared for a future breakthrough while waiting for Katri to lead an expedition into the volcano. As Katri and his reinforcements began exploring, Wei He monitored their progress and read an article equating mutants with polluted beasts.

• Wei He used High Spirit Energy to see the Star Spirit River, then left the cave and spoke with Bilian, who had recently advanced to Illumination level.
• Wei He read Katri's message that he would lead an expedition to the volcano with two reinforcements, Sophia and Modai, and arranged their welcome at the research center.
• Katri, Sophia, and Modai arrived, and Wei He provided them with the route map and details about the volcano's constant small eruptions.
• Katri and the other two Fission-level experts departed with Ansaya and a large support team to explore the volcano while Wei He monitored them from the research center.
• As the expedition progressed slowly under intense Star Spirit River pressure, Wei He read an article describing mutants as polluted beasts and potential threats to the empires.

Wei He discovered that traces of Star Abyss contamination remained within him while watching Katri’s team retrieve Dragon Heart from a volcano. After Sophia offered to take him as her son and then killed three soldiers who had laughed, Wei He asked Katri to proceed with his Fission Material application.

• Wei He sensed faint Star Abyss contamination resurfacing in his body and recalled the translated sacrificial rite he had set aside.
• Sophia cleared the team’s path through the volcano, and Katri, Modai, and Sophia retrieved a stone sample containing Dragon Heart.
• Modai observed that Wei He’s Spirit Energy was nearing its critical point, and Katri said he would recommend Wei He to their school if he survived his next breakthrough.
• Sophia offered to make Wei He her son, but he declined; she then killed three soldiers who had laughed at them and gave Wei a communicator.
• Katri explained Sophia’s status and asked whether Wei He truly wanted Fission Material, and Wei He said he wanted to act before fear gave him time to regret it.

As the Star Abyss Riot put the Penza Empire on alert, Wei He used Fission Material and the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to break through to the Fission level while simulating a Thousand-Eyed Demon body. His transformation revealed that Star Abyss will had contaminated his mutant flesh, and the will disrupted his ongoing psionic breakthrough.

• A damaged fighter reached Isabelle Star, and the Empire issued an emergency notice that the Star Abyss Riot had begun.
• Wei He received the alarm on Planet 184, checked on Bilian, Resius, and his friends, notified his employees, and shut off communications to focus on breaking through.
• Wei He touched the Fission Material, causing his psionic energy to turn violent, then used the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to guide its transformation while his body completed its Thousand-Eyed Demon simulation.
• Wei He completed the Fission breakthrough, but his new flesh released Star Abyss aura and revealed a tentacle of Star Abyss will within him.
• Wei He failed to suppress the Star Abyss will with his newly sublimated psionic energy, and its eruption interfered with the Pearl-assisted transformation.

Wei He survived the Star Abyss contamination and completed his breakthrough to Fission level, gaining immense physical strength and transformed psionic energy. After certification, Katri congratulated him and explained the paths and opportunities opening up across the vast Empire.

• The Boundary-Breaking Pearl and an Ascendant reserve force helped Wei He suppress the Star Abyss will as his psionic energy transformed.
• Wei He realized he had reached Fission level and suspected his psionic energy contained a trace of Star Abyss will captured by the Boundary-Breaking Pearl.
• Wei He told Katri that he had succeeded, then met him and Orga Galaxy certification staff aboard a warship above Planet 184.
• The certification officers recorded Wei He's abilities and confirmed his Fission breakthrough.
• Katri described Wei He's career choices and the scale of the Empire, encouraging him to travel and visit the Lyra Star System.
• Wei He and Katri toasted his breakthrough as a meteor crossed the view beyond the spacecraft window.

Freud, Li Hanyue, and Li Qingman learned that Wei He had advanced to Fission level and would receive major honors, stirring regret in Li Hanyue over her past choices. Yuna also saw the news and decided to attend Wei He's ceremony reception.

• Freud picked up Li Hanyue and Li Qingman for the Heming Festival and suggested that Li Hanyue meet a shy young man from his unit.
• Li Hanyue agreed to meet the young man, while Freud reflected on how her hopes and prospects had changed.
• Freud received an announcement that Wei He had reached Fission level and would become a Permanent Honorary Citizen with the highest permissions in the Silver Belt District.
• Li Qingman accepted Freud's invitation to Wei He's ceremony reception, while Li Hanyue silently regretted her past and Freud stopped them from dwelling on it.
• Yuna read her classmates' excited discussion of Wei He's achievement and decided to attend the ceremony reception.

Duoshali learned that Wei He had reached Fission level and realized Bilian had chosen well, even as Franci demanded that she repair their relationship for the Lineage’s benefit. She refused to beg Bilian and smashed her terminal, rejecting her branch-family position.

• Duoshali argued with her son Ludi, who asked her to seek Bilian’s help getting his son Xiaoyun accepted as Wei He’s student.
• Franci asked Duoshali to invite Bilian and Wei He over, then ordered her to reconcile with them for the Lineage’s plans.
• Franci revealed that Wei He had reached Fission level, and Duoshali confirmed the news in a city bulletin.
• Duoshali realized Bilian had surpassed her expectations and decided not to plead with her or bring her back to the Lineage.
• Duoshali declared she no longer wanted her branch-family position and smashed her personal terminal.

Bing Ke prepared to leave Linghai Star after warning Carus and Bilian about the coming Star Abyss unrest. News of Wei He's breakthrough and Carus's grandfather's death transformed their fortunes as Wei He traveled to Orga Prime to join the Lezman School.

• Carus defeated Bilian at Spirit Chess, and Bing Ke announced her departure while advising both students to remain cautious and true to themselves.
• Bilian received Wei He's message announcing his Fission-level breakthrough, while Carus learned that her grandfather had died during an operation against the Star Abyss Beast Tide.
• Bing Ke comforted the devastated Carus as Bilian struggled to process her husband's new power and influence.
• Wei He traveled from Planet 184 to Orga Prime to accept Katri's invitation to join the Lezman School, and Katri remarked on his bad luck in arriving during the Star Abyss unrest.

Wei He joined Katri and a squad of Colossi on patrol, where they destroyed a Star Abyss wormhole and its defending behemoth soldier. Katri warned Wei He that human psionic power had strict limits and that the Empire relied on weapons and coordinated forces to fight the Star Abyss.

• Wei He learned that he and Katri had been ordered to patrol space, and Katri gave him a psionic detector and a spare Fission Colossus.
• Katri identified a nearby Star Abyss wormhole and led Wei He and thirty Colossi to intercept it before it reached a planet.
• Katri used Spirit Arts to destroy a giant gray spider that emerged from the wormhole while the squad supported his attack.
• The squad planted bombs inside the wormhole and destroyed it in a massive crimson explosion.
• Katri told Wei He to avoid close combat with the Star Abyss and explained that humanity depended on weapons, fleets, and Dragon Machines to oppose it.

Wei He tested his new Fission-level body frame against a Star Abyss beast soldier while Katri taught him how to fight it. After Katri destroyed the beast, two Fission-level fighters ambushed him, leaving the battle suddenly turned against the group.

• Wei He volunteered to fight a giant rhinoceros beetle, but its pollution tendrils struck his shield and his attacks failed to harm it.
• Wei He lured the beetle away from its wormhole while Katri dropped a bomb into the opening and destroyed it.
• Niz considered attacking Wei He and Katri, but Xinli refused to help, so Niz ordered his ships to withdraw and continue searching for the Dragon Machine module.
• Katri demonstrated the power of offensive spirit arts by destroying the rhinoceros beetle with thousands of flying discs.
• Two Fission-level fighters ambushed Katri while his psychic power was depleted, and one blade cut deeply across his back.

Katri and his forces were ambushed by elite Knosus Ghost Body Frames, and Wei He was pursued because the attackers believed he had the Dragon Machine Key Module. After Xinli struck Wei He down, Wei He revealed his true form as a Thousand-Eyed Demon at the highest stage, trapping Niz inside its sphere as Niz tried to flee.

• Katri activated Annihilation Mode and fought back while Wei He escaped, but the Ghost Body Frames pursued Wei instead of Katri.
• Niz and Xinli demanded that Wei He surrender the Key Module, which they said had been inside the small black box he opened.
• Xinli and Niz surrounded Wei He, and Xinli's Ghost Body Frame cut through his frame and struck him down.
• Wei He's shattered frame released a black beam that pierced Xinli, and Wei He emerged in his monstrous true form.
• Niz recognized Wei He as a Thousand-Eyed Demon at the highest stage and fled to avoid making eye contact.

Wei He ambushed and killed the Fission-level Niz and Xinli, then returned to Olga Star while concealing his strength and worrying that the Dragon Machine Key Module had contaminated him. After Katri recommended him for a school, Wei He began advancing his Star Sea Spirit Art to match his newly liberated Psychic Energy.

• Wei He used his Thousand-Eyed Demon form to kill Niz and Xinli, then destroyed their bodies and Ghost Body Frames to erase evidence.
• Wei He requested a spacecraft pickup and arranged passage through a nearby planet to Planet 184 while searching for the Dragon Machine Key Module he suspected was on him.
• Wei He returned to Katri posing as badly injured and claimed a mysterious person had driven off the two Fission body frames.
• Several days later, Katri and Wei He arrived on Olga Star, where Katri said Lord Herudan's guard and Heart of the Banyan Tree would pursue the Knosus forces.
• Katri dismissed doubts about Wei He's account and agreed to recommend him for the school as Knosus raids spread across Pengsha border systems.
• Wei He began cultivating the Star Sea Spirit Art and reached one percent progress in its fourth level within half an hour.