Chapter Summaries

After absorbing the Shen Armor Person’s flesh and blood, Su Hao gained the ability to transform into one and analyzed how the evolution worked. He began investigating the Gene Modification Fluid and Cas9, leaving himself poised to study the genetic changes in detail.

• Su Hao watched the Transformation Chamber process the Shen Armor Person’s flesh and blood into Gene Modification Fluid, which it injected throughout his body before he fell asleep.
• After waking, Su Hao found that his Blood Qi capacity had increased and transformed into a Shen Armor Person, testing the scales’ defenses and identifying weak points on his face and below his waist.
• Su Hao reviewed the transformation in Marble Space and learned that a brain signal and Blood Qi activated dormant cells to form the Shen Armor Person’s scale structure.
• Su Hao discovered that the transformation was only the first stage of evolution, while the ongoing genetic modification of his cells would take about a month.
• Su Hao examined transformed cells, then ordered Little Light to magnify the Gene Modification Fluid’s DNA sequences and replay what happened to them during evolution.

After a month of studying gene evolution, Su Hao understood the genetic modification process and celebrated before sleeping for two days. He returned to Temple Forest City in high spirits and prepared to evolve into a Level 2 Inhuman Rampager, determined to make Cas9 himself.

• Su Hao spent a month studying gene sequences and CRISPR/Cas9 until he understood the steps needed to modify genes.
• Su Hao laughed with delight, reassured Ashan and Taini, then ordered a feast before going to sleep in his Laboratory.
• Su Hao slept for two days while Ashan and Taini ate the meals prepared for him, then woke up and enjoyed a fresh spread of food.
• Su Hao walked through Temple Forest City, where residents greeted him as Boss Wei, and returned to the base satisfied.
• Su Hao planned to evolve into a Level 2 Inhuman Rampager and began considering how to synthesize Cas9 without modern tools.

Su Hao developed a plan to use Little Light and Blood Qi to synthesize Gene Fragments, then evolved into a Bone Demon to test its abilities. After successfully reattaching his severed arm, he tried to regenerate a Bone Blade but produced a Bone Spike instead.

• Su Hao outlined a method for using Little Light to control Blood Qi, screen Gene Fragments, and cultivate Cas9 inside his body.
• Su Hao evolved into a Rampager and began studying its healing ability and the gene modification process.
• Su Hao evolved into a Counter-Spike Beast, tested its Flying Spike attack and enhanced healing, and continued his gene research.
• After another half year, Su Hao evolved into a Bone Demon and admired how its armor and spikes moved with him.
• Su Hao cut off his left arm, reattached it with the Bone Demon's healing ability, then tried to form a Bone Blade and produced a Bone Spike instead.

Su Hao completed the Bone Demon’s second evolution stage and used Bone Manipulation to create ornate armor, a blade, and wings that let him fly. After testing his new flight, he told Ashan and Taini what they would need to learn before he could teach them, then heard that Temple Forest City had improved under the Inhuman Code of Conduct and asked Ashan to keep watch while he focused on other matters.

• Su Hao mastered the Bone Demon’s abilities and concluded that understanding and intention could affect which genetic abilities were expressed.
• Su Hao fashioned Bone Armor, a long blade, and adjustable wings, then inscribed Runes across them.
• Su Hao flew above the clouds, studied the planet from the air, and returned to the base.
• Ashan and Taini asked Su Hao to teach them how to become Bone Men and fly, but he set conditions for each of them.
• Ashan reported that the Temple Forest Society had three squads enforcing the Inhuman Code of Conduct and that Temple Forest City had become safer for ordinary people.
• Su Hao warned Ashan not to relax his supervision and said he wanted several months to think unless a major problem arose.

Su Hao catalogued special Gene Fragments and decided that Taini needed a proper education before pursuing evolution. As he surveyed Temple Forest City, he detected An and three returning Inhumans approaching, with plans to find the Bone Demon, bring Xiali back, and investigate the city.

• Su Hao catalogued nearly a hundred functional Gene Fragments and lamented that he had not found anyone with the Prophet Sequence.
• Su Hao ordered Ashan to hire a learned teacher to teach Taini reading and writing, and Ashan agreed.
• Su Hao reflected that education and knowledge could help Inhumans control their thoughts and power as they evolved.
• Su Hao detected four familiar Inhumans approaching Temple Forest City, including someone he had specifically marked.
• An told Fude, Alai, and Yi to enter the city quietly and investigate before pursuing the Bone Demon, finding Xiali, and seeking other Level 3 Inhumans.

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.