Recaps

Su Hao learned that An, a suspected mastermind behind the turmoil four years earlier, had returned to Temple Forest City and sent Ashan and Meng Chuan to investigate him. An entered the transformed city with his three subordinates and resolved to uncover what had changed before taking action.

• Su Hao warned Ashan about An and his companions, then ordered him to have Hidden Earth Beast Meng Chuan secretly listen to them without approaching too closely.
• Su Hao drew portraits of the four visitors and told Ashan to report back if they showed hostile intent toward Temple Forest City.
• Ashan recruited Meng Chuan for the mission and offered him an Earth Spike Bone Tablet as a reward.
• An and his three subordinates were surprised by Temple Forest City's cleaner streets, improved condition, and unfamiliar slogans.
• An grew wary of the city's transformation and decided to investigate what had happened before acting.

An investigated Temple Forest City and concluded that the Temple Forest Society held the Bone Demon’s flesh and blood, while Su Hao learned that An’s group was targeting it and ordered Ashan to drive them out. Ashan began by ambushing Yi and then attacked Fude, who resisted and started transforming.

• An gave up searching for Xiali after three days and gathered information about Temple Forest City from brokers and his subordinates.
• An concluded that the Temple Forest Society controlled the city and that either Boss Wei or Boss Ashan was the Bone Demon, then planned to identify and attack the right target.
• An told his companions that he would obtain the Bone Demon’s flesh and blood and avenge Xiali.
• Ashan told Su Hao that An’s group was after the Bone Demon’s flesh and blood, and Su Hao ordered him to seize some of them and lure the rest out of the city.
• Ashan knocked Yi unconscious with a stone and carried her away, then struck at Fude, who stayed conscious and began transforming into Counter-Spike Beast.

Ashan captured Fude and Yi, but An pursued him and found Ashan’s Bone Armor difficult to damage. Su Hao transformed and flew after An, whose escape was doomed once he entered Su Hao’s Radar range.

• Ashan knocked out Counter-Spike Beast Fude, seized Hidden Earth Beast Yi, and fled the city to lure An into pursuit.
• An decided to attempt a rescue, sent Corrosion Beast Alai away, and went invisible to chase Ashan.
• Temple Forest Society members confronted Alai outside the city, and she spread corrosive gas as they tried to keep their distance.
• An caught up to Ashan and struck his neck and arm with his blades, but Ashan’s Bone Armor resisted the attacks and quickly repaired itself.
• Su Hao transformed into a winged Bone Demon, flew after An, and used his six-thousand-meter Radar range to prevent An from escaping.

Su Hao pursued the invisible An from the air, but An dodged his blade and Bone Spike barrage with his speed and Dynamic Vision. Su Hao built and fired a bone cannon shell at An, whose fate remained uncertain as the shell narrowly missed its direct impact.

• An abandoned his attempt to save Fude and Yi and fled from Ashan.
• Su Hao silently pursued An from above, but An sensed him and dodged his blade strike.
• Su Hao sprayed An with Bone Spikes, but An evaded or deflected them using Dynamic Vision.
• Su Hao constructed a Fifty-Blast shell and a bone cannon, then aimed it at An.
• Su Hao fired the shell, and An barely dodged its direct impact.

Su Hao repeatedly bombarded An from the air while An tried to escape and identify how Su Hao tracked him. An finally skinned himself and vanished, but Su Hao fired another cannon shot at him.

• Su Hao blasted An with a Fifty-Blast shell, and An survived the explosion before fleeing invisibly.
• Su Hao pursued An and fired more shells, leaving him badly injured and unable to escape.
• An reasoned that Su Hao was tracking something on his body, then washed himself in a pool and shaved his head, but neither stopped the bombardment.
• An cut and skinned himself, then turned invisible and fled at tremendous speed.
• Su Hao watched An's desperate escape and fired another cannon shot at him.

Su Hao returned to Temple Forest City after killing An and focused on developing a way to micro-manipulate Blood Qi. Two years later, he had finished pairing brainwaves with Visualizations and symbols, and he prepared to begin experimenting on Round Mouse genes.

• Su Hao confirmed An's death, took a piece of his flesh, buried him, and flew back to Temple Forest City, forgetting to tell Ashan he could stop running.
• Alai was stoned to death by Level 3 Inhumans, and Xialuo found An's corpse, confessed that An had killed her mother, then left the city.
• Ashan returned to Temple Forest City three days later with two barely living captives and promised to find Taini a teacher.
• Su Hao devised a plan to use Little Light to control Blood Qi and synthesize Cas9, since he could not control microscopic processes with his own consciousness.
• Two years later, Su Hao had completed the brainwave encoding for Blood Qi micro-manipulation and prepared to begin Round Mouse gene experiments.

Su Hao recorded a Round Mouse’s Gene Sequence and concluded that its genes might allow it to evolve, then prepared to implant Scale Armor genes into it. He began extracting the needed gene fragment with Little Light’s help.

• Taini begged Su Hao to let her quit studying, but he sent her back to study books about raising Round Mice before Teacher Mann resumed her lesson.
• Su Hao bound a Round Mouse to the Test Bench and used Blood Qi to record its information in Marble Space.
• Su Hao examined the Round Mouse’s Gene Sequence and considered how evolution and Inhuman slaughter might have shaped the world’s history.
• Su Hao chose sites in the Round Mouse’s genes for Scale Armor genes and began extracting the corresponding fragment from his left arm with Little Light’s help.

Su Hao spent months developing Gene Modification Fluid and a gene-screening system after repeated experiments killed his Round Mice. When Ashan told him Abyss City’s Inhumans had demanded six years of protection money, Su Hao went to meet them and planned to use them for Level 4 experiments.

• Su Hao injected Gene Modification Fluid into Round Mice, but they died as their modified genes failed to express properly.
• After a month of experiments, Su Hao realized he needed to simulate gene screening and had Little Light learn to record and simulate the process.
• Su Hao fed Shen Armor Person flesh to dozens of Round Mice and recorded their gene-screening mechanisms, though every mouse died.
• Ashan told Su Hao that one Level 4 and three Level 3 Inhumans from Abyss City demanded six million in overdue protection money from Temple Forest City.
• Su Hao decided to meet the collectors, intending to use them for Level 4 experimental data.

Su Hao refused Night Demon Lin En’s demand for six million Zhu in protection money and let him leave Temple Forest City, intending to deal with him outside the city. Lin En sensed danger and fled with his lackeys, but a flying figure in Bone Armor caught up to them.

• Night Demon Lin En demanded six million Zhu from Temple Forest City, threatening the city on behalf of the Heaven Sand Gang and Steel Armor King Abi.
• Su Hao mocked Lin En and refused to pay, while Ashan and the Temple Forest Society’s captains called Su Hao their boss.
• Lin En left the city with his three lackeys, explaining that he had sensed danger from Su Hao and Ashan and did not want to fight them.
• A figure pursued Lin En’s group from the sky, and Lin En ordered his lackeys to run, mistaking the pursuer for a Devour Demon.
• Lin En saw the pursuer’s Bone Armor and realized it was not a Devour Demon.

Su Hao tried to kill Night Demon Lin En with a Two-Hundred-Blast bomb, but Lin En survived underground and fled away from Temple Forest City. Su Hao then considered modifying the Earth Spike Rune to reach enemies buried deep underground.

• Su Hao failed to kill Lin En with his blade, then told Ashan to capture Lin En’s three Level 3 subordinates while he pursued the Night Demon.
• Su Hao dropped a Two-Hundred-Blast bomb, severely injuring Lin En underground and deafening him, but Lin En burrowed deeper and escaped away from Temple Forest City.
• Ashan, Meng Chuan, and Clone Beast Nana captured Lin En’s three subordinates and went to investigate the explosion.
• Su Hao sensed Lin En escaping underground and began thinking about how to extend the Earth Spike Rune’s reach.

Su Hao tested and improved his Ground-Drilling Mouse, using it to kill the Night Demon underground. After Ashan and the others subdued their opponents, Su Hao sent Meng Chuan to retrieve the Night Demon's body and ordered Ashan to interrogate Big Nose.

• Su Hao's first Ground-Drilling Mouse nearly struck the Night Demon but missed, prompting Su Hao to add a Control Rune and a control tablet.
• Su Hao steered the improved Ground-Drilling Mouse toward the Night Demon and killed him with earth spikes.
• Su Hao confirmed the weapon worked and told Meng Chuan to retrieve the Night Demon's body so he could evolve.
• Ashan told Su Hao they had subdued three Inhumans, and Su Hao said he had dealt with his own enemy.
• Ashan slapped Big Nose awake and threatened him until he agreed to tell them everything.

Su Hao learned that Night Demon Lin En’s group were con men, but discovered that gangs in Abyss City were preparing to claim Temple Forest City. He decided to strengthen his Runes while waiting cautiously, as Ashan rewarded three members of the Temple Forest Society.

• Meng Chuan retrieved Night Demon's corpse, and Su Hao learned that Lin En's group had impersonated the Heaven Sand Gang to swindle people.
• Su Hao learned that Abyss City's gangs were competing to control Temple Forest City and decided to keep his Perception active while developing a Fifth Generation Rune Array Disk.
• Ashan awarded Clone Beast Nana the 'Flash' and 'Barrier' Rune Bone Tablets and Burst Beast Suobang the 'Hardness' and 'Fire Ring' Rune Bone Tablets.
• Ashan awarded Hidden Earth Beast Meng Chuan an evolution into Night Demon, and Meng Chuan pledged his loyalty while promising to uphold the Temple Forest Society's ideals.

Su Hao upgraded his Runes into Level 2 versions, greatly increasing their offensive and defensive power and developing new Rune-powered weapons. He promised to upgrade Ashan’s Bone Armor and proposed making him a Sniper Cannon to counter enemies who could fly or burrow.

• Su Hao designed a Fifth Generation Rune Array Disk by improving Blood Qi conversion efficiency rather than simply enlarging the disk.
• After a month of work, Su Hao tested Level 2 defensive and offensive Runes, including Barrier, Hardness, Deflection, Lightning, and Corrosion.
• Su Hao created tracking Bombs and Level 2-Thunder Beads that could fill the sky with a high-current electric net.
• At dinner, Su Hao told Ashan he would upgrade his Bone Armor, and Ashan described how his Rune abilities let him defeat Meng Chuan in sparring.
• Ashan asked how Bone Demons could counter enemies that flew or hid underground, so Su Hao offered to make him a dedicated Sniper Cannon.

Su Hao prepared to confront three powerful Inhumans arriving in Temple Forest City and faced Steel Armor King Abi, captain of the Heaven Sand Gang. After Abi attacked, Su Hao challenged him to explain why he had come, leaving their confrontation poised to escalate.

• Su Hao sensed a King Tier Inhuman and two Demon Rank Inhumans approaching, then sent Ashan to summon Meng Chuan and prepared to meet them outside the city.
• Su Hao gave Meng Chuan Level 2 Barrier and Lightning Runes as the three waited for the visitors.
• Steel Armor King Abi transformed into a metal giant and charged Su Hao, who blocked his punch and assessed his strength and armor.
• Abi launched a Gold Spear at Su Hao, but Su Hao cut it apart with his Bone Blade.
• Abi introduced himself as captain of the Heaven Sand Gang and declared that he had come to take Su Hao's life, and Su Hao answered that he preferred killing his enemies outright.

Su Hao fought Steel Armor King Abi to test his runic Bone Blade and learn about the Steel Armor King's abilities. After nearly cutting Abi's neck, Su Hao restored his blade and considered using Bone Spikes from inside an enemy's body.

• Steel Armor King Abi sent Tai to fight Meng Chuan and Rose to fight Ashan, while he claimed Su Hao as his opponent.
• Ashan told Meng Chuan to kill Night Demon Tai, and Meng Chuan approached him carrying Bone Tablets.
• Su Hao and Abi clashed, and Su Hao cut through Abi's mace with his runic Bone Blade.
• Su Hao feinted with Sliding Shadow Step and nearly severed Abi's neck, but Abi's rapidly grown Steel Armor stopped the blade and broke it.
• Abi formed a shield and long blade as Su Hao restored his Bone Blade and considered producing Bone Spikes inside an enemy.

Su Hao fought Steel Armor King Abi, learned the Heaven Sand Gang demanded twelve million Zhu in protection fees, and escaped Abi’s World of Steel by flying away. Ashan defeated Shadow Demon Rose and then spotted Su Hao circling overhead, so he decided to wait.

• Su Hao withstood Abi’s steel attacks and learned Abi had come to collect six years of protection fees for the Heaven Sand Gang.
• Abi raised the price to twelve million Zhu and unleashed World of Steel, but Su Hao cut through the binding and flew out of reach.
• Ashan used Lightning twice to disable Shadow Demon Rose, then knocked her unconscious with a rock.
• Ashan saw Su Hao circling in the sky and chose to wait rather than approach him.

Meng Chuan killed Night Demon Tai with an Earth Spike Rune while Su Hao used Thunder Beads and a Level 2—Two-Hundred-Blast to defeat Steel Armor King Abi. Su Hao descended to find Abi dead, though he doubted the Steel Armor King could have fallen so easily.

• Meng Chuan adapted to Night Demon Tai's techniques, then stunned him with Level 2—Lightning.
• Meng Chuan pursued Night Demon Tai underground and killed him with Earth Spike Rune spikes.
• After learning that Ashan and Meng Chuan had defeated their opponents, Su Hao prepared Thunder Beads and a Level 2—Two-Hundred-Blast for Steel Armor King Abi.
• Steel Armor King Abi's Gold Spears knocked aside some Thunder Beads, but the remaining beads linked into an electric net and paralyzed him.
• Su Hao's bomb exploded with a huge blast, and he later used Radar Perception to locate Abi and found him dead.

Su Hao killed Steel Armor King Abi and planned to use the corpse to evolve Ashan into a Steel Armor King while preparing for the Heaven Sand Gang’s next move. He began the evolution experiment, leaving Ashan nervous as Su Hao readied his blade.

• Su Hao confirmed Abi was still capable of regenerating, then severed his head and destroyed it to ensure he was dead.
• Ashan and Meng Chuan returned with captured Miss Rose and a Night Demon corpse, and Su Hao praised them and promised a feast.
• Su Hao reviewed the power and limitations of his Level 2 Runes, then planned to study Abi’s genes and test whether Ashan could evolve into a Steel Armor King.
• Ashan swallowed Abi’s flesh and blood, and Su Hao prepared to begin the evolution experiment with his Bone Blade.

After Ashan evolved into the Level 5 Inhuman Steel Armor King, Su Hao tested his new Flesh Assimilation ability and guided him through the next stage of evolution. Half a month later, Ashan mastered Steel Armor Control, while Su Hao began planning his own evolution into the Steel Armor King.

• Ashan demonstrated Flesh Assimilation, which let him turn nearby matter into controllable, shapeable Assimilation Steel that could harden like steel.
• Su Hao confirmed that Ashan could inscribe Runes onto Steel Armor and gave him a booklet of instructions for the second stage of evolution.
• When Ashan admitted he could not understand the booklet, Su Hao told him to make sure his daughter Taini studied so she would not end up like him.
• Half a month later, Ashan showed Su Hao that he had mastered Steel Armor Control by forming a crude Steel Armor kitchen knife.
• Ashan asked whether he could fly, but Su Hao told him to make the kitchen knife more refined first and privately began planning his own evolution.

Su Hao evolved into the Steel Armor King, tested his new abilities, and successfully created a Rune Domain using Strong Light. He planned to spend the next month activating more abilities, but first called Ashan to make him food.

• Su Hao considered how Flesh Assimilation could let him create a Rune Domain and planned tests for Puppet Control, Air Manipulation, and Body Elementalization.
• Su Hao swallowed the Steel Armor King's flesh and blood, fell asleep during his evolution, and woke up taller and more muscular.
• Su Hao transformed into the Steel Armor King, inscribed Runes on his armor, and tested his abilities.
• Su Hao used Flesh Assimilation to spread Assimilation Steel across the Laboratory floor and inscribed a Strong Light Rune to complete his Rune Domain.
• Su Hao called Ashan to cook a large meal, and Ashan refused Taini's offer to help and sent her back to study.

Su Hao completed the second stage of evolution and successfully developed Air-to-Steel Conversion, which let him create Gold Sand. With the Heaven Sand Gang still absent, he planned to prepare a Sniper Cannon for Ashan before taking the fight to Abyss City.

• Su Hao completed the second stage of evolution and found that only Air-to-Steel Conversion worked among the three abilities he had envisioned.
• Su Hao wondered why the Heaven Sand Gang had not investigated Steel Armor King Abi’s disappearance and decided to go to Abyss City if they continued to stay away.
• Ashan reported that captives were learning the Inhuman Code of Conduct and improving Temple Forest City through labor reform.
• Su Hao encouraged Ashan to build support for the Temple Forest Society’s ideals, and Ashan vowed to grow stronger and eliminate those who opposed them.
• Su Hao asked Ashan to take him to the city’s best blacksmith so they could forge the Sniper Cannon.

Su Hao finished a Heavy Gun and tested its accuracy with Ashan, preparing to teach him before they attacked the Heaven Sand Gang in Abyss City. Meanwhile, the captured enemies endured forced reform, and Su Hao prepared to demonstrate the weapon by shooting a distant Great Serpent.

• Fude, Yi, Big-Nose Man, Rose, and the other captives were forced to recite slogans, perform labor, and endure electric shocks and the Dark Room.
• Rose gave up trying to escape after Boss Wei repeatedly shocked her, while Yi continued to hope that An would come rescue them.
• Su Hao and the smiths finished forging a Heavy Gun after several days of work.
• Su Hao tested the Heavy Gun with Ashan, adjusting its scope and bullet weight until it could hit a stone two thousand meters away.
• Su Hao told Ashan he would shoot a Great Serpent in a distant tree and make snake stew, though Ashan could not see the snake.

Su Hao gave Ashan a Heavy Gun and trained him to use it before ordering Shadow Demon Rose to guide them to Abyss City. After five days of travel, they arrived outside the city, where Su Hao's Radar Perception covered the entire area.

• Su Hao let Ashan keep the Heavy Gun and taught him how to use it, and Ashan practiced until he could accurately hit targets within a thousand meters.
• Su Hao and Ashan made Shadow Demon Rose recite the Inhuman Code of Conduct, then ordered her to lead them to Abyss City and identify the Heaven Sand Gang.
• Rose warned that gang leader Stan could detect and capture her if she entered the city, but Su Hao insisted she guide them from outside while Ashan backed his order.
• Rose explained Abyss City's districts, its powerful Inhumans, and the dangers faced by ordinary people as the three traveled toward it.
• After five days, Su Hao, Ashan, and Rose arrived outside Abyss City, and Su Hao scanned the city with his Radar Perception before saying, “Steady!”

Su Hao and Ashan entered Abyss City to investigate its powerful Inhumans and found a prosperous city that made Ashan question what ordinary people needed. After Su Hao fed a group of hungry children, a Level 5 Inhuman named Gaili invited him to join the Four Kings Gang.

• Su Hao learned from Rose that Abyss City had three Level 6 Inhumans: Stan, Kana, and the mysterious Yuan, then left Rose behind and entered the city with Ashan.
• Su Hao recorded the Inhumans he encountered while Ashan compared Abyss City's wealth and cheerful crowds with life in Temple Forest City.
• Su Hao told Ashan that the city's happiness had a cost borne by others, then bought food for a group of impoverished children.
• Gaili approached Su Hao, introduced himself, and invited him to join the Four Kings Gang.

Su Hao refused Gaili’s invitation to join the Four Kings Gang and reminded Ashan to stay focused on solving Temple Forest City’s problem. On their way to find Heaven Monarch Stan, Su Hao and Ashan entered a gloomy district where the residents abruptly stopped and stared at them.

• Gaili invited Su Hao to join the Four Kings Gang after seeing him buy food for children, but Su Hao declined and walked away.
• Su Hao told Ashan that their goal was to solve Temple Forest City’s problem, not to improve Abyss City, and ordered him to copy his goal a thousand times when they returned.
• Xiao Tong, Kas, and Ash joined Gaili; Xiao Tong scolded Gaili and Kas for inviting Su Hao without knowing him, while Gaili remained convinced Su Hao would have made a good companion.
• Su Hao used Radar Perception to identify three Level 5 Inhumans with Gaili, then took Ashan to an inn before heading toward the two strongest Blood Qi reactions to find Heaven Monarch Stan.
• Su Hao and Ashan entered a gloomy district where the residents appeared to be Level 2 to Level 3 Inhumans, and the people all stopped and stared when Ashan spoke.