Chapter Summaries

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.

Su Hao and Ashan left the strange area of Anomalies, explored South City, and found Heaven Sand Gang’s fortified estate. Concerned that killing Heaven Monarch Stan without preparation would throw the city into chaos, Su Hao returned to North City and arranged for the Four Kings Gang to take over South City after his planned attack that night.

• Su Hao caught a young pickpocket in South City, questioned him about Heaven Sand Gang, and gave him several Zhu Yuan coins.
• Su Hao located Heaven Monarch Stan inside Heaven Sand Gang’s estate but decided against attacking before making a plan.
• Su Hao and Ashan returned to North City, where Su Hao met Gaili and proposed cooperation with the Four Kings Gang.
• Su Hao told Gaili he would kill Heaven Monarch Stan that night and asked the Four Kings Gang to take over South City and prevent chaos.
• Gaili agreed to the plan, and Su Hao and Gaili shook hands while each privately gained something from the meeting.

Su Hao arranged for the Four Kings Gang to take over South City after he killed Heaven Monarch Stan, explaining that he wanted to protect Temple Forest City from threats. After learning about Stan’s abilities and the other major gang leader, Origin Monarch Yuan, Su Hao asked how to lure Stan out of his castle.

• Su Hao told the Four Kings Gang that he would kill Heaven Monarch Stan while they prepared to take over South City, and said he wanted revenge for the Heaven Sand Gang’s protection fees.
• Su Hao revealed that he had killed Steel Armor King Abi, convincing the gang that he might be capable of killing Stan; Gaili agreed to prepare the takeover for after dusk the next day.
• Gaili explained why the Heaven Sand Gang had not investigated Abi’s disappearance and described Origin Monarch Yuan as a Level 6 Inhuman whose true body could not be found.
• Gaili described Heaven Monarch Stan’s ability to fly, travel underground, sense people’s locations, and grant touched objects similar traits.
• Su Hao asked whether there was a way to lure Heaven Monarch Stan out of his castle.

Su Hao planned to assassinate Heaven Monarch Stan with a long-range shot and chose a watchtower in South City as his sniper point. After the Four Kings Gang discussed Su Hao’s strength, he left the city with Ashan to recalibrate the Heavy Gun before the attack.

• Su Hao rejected bombing Stan’s castle and decided to snipe him from beyond his sensing range the next evening.
• After Su Hao and Ashan left, Gaili explained to Xiao Tong, Kas, and Ash that he had agreed to cooperate because he believed Su Hao was a Level 7 Inhuman who shared their goals.
• Su Hao and Ashan surveyed South City from a watchtower, and Su Hao selected a position more than sixteen hundred meters from Stan’s castle.
• Su Hao left the city with Ashan to recalibrate the Heavy Gun and ensure he could kill Stan with one shot.

Su Hao used the Heavy Gun to kill Heaven Monarch Stan with a long-range shot, triggering chaos in the Heaven Sand Gang. The Four Kings Gang learned Stan was dead and began their planned assault on South City and the fleeing gang leaders.

• Su Hao waited for Heaven Monarch Stan to pause, then fired a rune-enhanced shot that destroyed Stan's head.
• Stan's followers panicked after he collapsed, and they decided to seek Catapult King Captain Tang Di.
• Su Hao gave the Heavy Gun to Ashan and said they would collect a piece of Heaven Monarch Stan's flesh and blood.
• A subordinate told Gaili, Xiao Tong, and Kas that Stan had been killed by an unseen attacker.
• Gaili ordered Ash to intercept Catapult King Tang Di, while Xiao Tong and Kas led the Four Kings Gang into South City to seize it and eliminate their targets.

Su Hao and Ashan helped the Four Kings Gang defeat the Heaven Sand Gang, while Gaili connected Wei to an ancient prophecy about a world-changing Inhuman. Su Hao secured Temple Forest City's safety and requested flesh and blood from every Heaven Sand Gang Inhuman above Level 4.

• Ashan killed the Residual Poisoner Death Demon with a Five-Fold Burst shot, and Su Hao cut flesh from Heaven Monarch Stan's corpse before leaving with Ashan.
• Kas took Stan's corpse to Gaili, who agreed to guard it and privately believed Wei was the special Inhuman from the Prophet People's prophecy.
• The Four Kings Gang's cleanup operation ended with Catapult King dead, and Su Hao met Gaili after the fighting settled.
• Su Hao warned Gaili that Abyss City must leave Temple Forest City alone or he would slaughter its Inhumans; Gaili agreed to protect the city and said he would notify Extreme Monarch Kana.
• Su Hao asked Gaili for flesh and blood from every Heaven Sand Gang Inhuman above Level 4, then refused Gaili's offer to join the Four Kings Gang.

Su Hao and Ashan left Abyss City after killing Heaven Monarch Stan and disrupting the Heaven Sand Gang, then returned to Temple Forest City with Rose the Shadow Demon. After reuniting with Taini, Su Hao began experimenting with transmitting sound remotely through Conversion Steel.

• Su Hao explained that the fate of the Four Kings Gang and Paradise Gang would determine whether the conflict was truly over.
• Su Hao and Ashan found Rose the Shadow Demon waiting outside Abyss City, and Ashan told her that Heaven Monarch Stan and the Heaven Sand Gang were gone.
• Ashan reflected on how following Su Hao had changed the way he understood the world.
• Su Hao, Ashan, and Rose returned to Temple Forest City, where Taini ran out and tearfully embraced Ashan.
• Su Hao went to the Laboratory and discovered he could produce controlled sounds by vibrating Conversion Steel, making sound transmission within his Domain feasible.

Ashan received Su Hao’s plans for the Temple Forest Society through a sound transmitter, while Su Hao continued his genetic experiments and finally produced a round mouse that survived gene modification. The chapter ended with Su Hao promising Taini a bone tablet if she cared for the unusual, scaled mouse.

• Su Hao tested a sound transmitter made from conversion steel and instructed Ashan to hold an annual meeting, reward devoted members, and interview Society members before building its organizational framework.
• Ashan took notes on Su Hao’s instructions and considered asking Taini to help him understand them.
• Su Hao returned to genetic experiments, using Taini’s round mice to gather data for his gene simulation transcription system.
• After two months of experiments, one round mouse survived gene modification, revealing a key factor that Su Hao used to refine his system.
• Su Hao brought the scaled, nearly fur-less mouse to Taini and offered her a bone tablet if she cared for it.

The Four Kings Gang debated expanding its control over Abyss City and how to treat Wei, while news of Wei’s victory over the Heaven Sand Gang spread across the region. Su Hao remained unaware of his growing fame in Temple Forest City as the story eventually became a legend.

• The Paradise Gang and Yuan Gang stayed within their territories, leaving the Four Kings Gang as Abyss City’s dominant power.
• Gaili proposed advancing eight members to King Tier so the Four Kings Gang could hold more territory, and Xiao Tong considered the risks.
• Xiao Tong asked how the gang should treat Wei, and Gaili said they should regard him as a friend and revealed that Wei could destroy Abyss City instantly.
• Gaili admitted he had spread the story of Wei killing Stan, and people across Abyss City discussed Wei and Temple Forest City.
• Travelers headed to Temple Forest City to find Wei, but Su Hao stayed in his laboratory, unaware of his fame as it faded into legend.

At sixteen, Su Hao had spent three years advancing his gene research and developing reliable methods to modify Round Mice and induce Transcendental evolution. He left his laboratory determined to find volunteers for human experiments.

• Su Hao spent three years researching genes in his Experiment Base after destroying the Heaven Sand Gang in Abyss City.
• His gene modifications transformed Round Mice into many unusual forms, and their post-modification survival rate rose above 90%.
• Su Hao deciphered foundational genes and learned to implant Transcendental Gene Fragments alongside Blood Qi Enhancement Gene Fragments to enable evolution.
• Su Hao concluded he could potentially evolve Zhu Huo people as far as Level 4 Inhuman, though he lacked enough data to safely attempt Level 5.
• Su Hao left the laboratory to seek volunteers for human experimentation.

Su Hao prepared to leave Temple Forest City for up to two years and began teaching Ashan to fly so he could protect himself. His first lesson ended with Ashan panicking and plummeting from the sky.

• Su Hao told Ashan that he planned to leave Temple Forest City for a while and promised to engrave more Level 2 Runes before departing.
• Ashan admitted that Su Hao’s departure made him feel anxious, so Su Hao checked his Steel Armor Control and decided to teach him flight.
• Su Hao designed flying armor for Ashan and coached him as he built a pair of wings.
• Su Hao took Ashan high above the ground, explained how to control his flight, then let go.
• Ashan lost control in a panic and fell while Su Hao watched, expecting the scare to help him stay calm next time.