Chapter Summaries

Ling Tong and Zheng Shiduo launched a dangerous assault on the Young King Insect, destroyed it with a tactical nuclear missile, and escaped as the passages collapsed. After sensing the insect's final command, Wang Jixuan realized that a Blade Beast nest might be hidden beneath Fortress No. 76, which was only minutes from falling.

• Wang Jixuan gave Ling Tong a crystal-core True Bagua Plate to protect her from the Young King Insect's Mental Interference, then watched her mission through a holographic helmet.
• Ling Tong and Zheng Shiduo fought through a narrow passage packed with Blade Beasts, but Zheng Shiduo had to retreat when the interference overwhelmed him.
• Ling Tong broke through the swarm, launched two homing missiles at the Young King Insect, and escaped with Deep Sea and Red Snake as the passages collapsed around them.
• Wang Jixuan and Wu Man sensed the Young King Insect's final command to cease breeding and eliminate humans, and Wang connected it to a possible Blade Beast nest beneath Fortress No. 76.
• Wang Jixuan rushed to warn Dongfang Zhenghong as a countdown showed that the fortress would fall in three minutes.

Wang Jixuan raided a Wanlijin Gang gathering, fought through the corrupted followers, and killed a powerful Preacher Blade Beast in the casino below. After the fortress issued a Level Three Blade Beast attack warning, the Young King Insect struck from afar and Wan Xiaoqi reported that the officer had fallen unconscious.

• Wang Jixuan entered the tavern under the guise of an Upper City inspection, survived Guang Siyao's gunfire, and killed the corrupted attackers who charged him.
• Wang Jixuan descended into the casino, disrupted the followers' mental attack, and fought the old woman and her minions before defeating the Preacher Blade Beast.
• Zheng Shiduo, Wan Xiaoqi, and Lin Bo arrived and found Wang Jixuan examining the dead Preacher, which Zheng Shiduo recognized and photographed.
• Zheng Shiduo received a Level Three Blade Beast attack warning as the fortress activated lockdown systems and allowed Psionicists to move freely.
• The Young King Insect's distant shriek struck Wang Jixuan's spiritual sense, and Wan Xiaoqi reported that the officer had suddenly fallen unconscious.

Zhou Zhengde detained Fortress No. 76’s Psionicists and threatened Wei Linzheng with evidence tying him to the Young King Insect incident. Meanwhile, Wang Jixuan returned gravely wounded and fell asleep under Ling Tong’s watch as they both began recovering from the battle.

• Zhou Zhengde decided to use his impending trial to turn Fortress No. 76 into a Psionic Weapon research institute and give Wang Zheng time to develop the weapons.
• Zhou Zhengde found Wang Jixuan alive beneath medical cloth, promised to save General-grade crystal cores for him, and received orders to investigate the psionic incident.
• Zhou Zhengde led Deep Sea and Red Snake to the Psionicist’s Home and ordered the detention and transfer of all Fortress No. 76 Psionicists.
• Zhou Zhengde warned Wei Linzheng that he had linked him and Kong Nu to the underground Young King Insect experiment, and Wei Linzheng was taken away in restraints.
• Uncle Tai cleaned and settled Wang Jixuan in bed, while Ling Tong stayed beside him until they both fell asleep.

Wang Jixuan destroyed the Psionicists at Psionic Home No. 82, rescued Minister Nagi Haminaka, and put Fortress Cleanup Unit soldiers to work arresting those involved. Black Instructor revealed that the war-zone leaders planned to use the scandal as leverage against the 13th Institute and escalate the conflict into a war against the Psionic Capital.

• A bomb collapsed Psionic Home’s conference room, and Wang Jixuan killed the Psionicists who attacked him with the X Armor’s weapons and his spiritual attacks.
• Black Instructor watched Wang Jixuan’s fight, judged his combat power exceptional, and restarted the X Battle Armor development team.
• Fortress Cleanup Unit officers saw Psionicists flee the ruined building, then watched Wang Jixuan emerge with Minister Nagi Haminaka and order the remaining Psionicists shot or detained.
• Wang Jixuan assigned the officers to arrest targets throughout the fortress, then rested while considering a magical weapon for the X Armor.
• Black Instructor told Wang Jixuan that the war-zone leadership had let the scandal unfold to gain leverage against the 13th Institute and intended to escalate the conflict into war against the Psionic Capital.

After moving to the Seventh Floor, Wang Jixuan considered how to mass-produce Demon-Breaking Daggers and settled on using lightning and Blade Beast Remnant Souls in their forging. His recovery was interrupted by a new neighbor, Gao Huating, who fainted at the sight of his blood.

• T.E.R.'s broadcast praised the hero who saved her during the Blade Beast attack, and Wu Man explained that Wang Jixuan's group was moving to the Seventh Floor.
• Wang Jixuan set up his communicator and messaged Ling Tong and Zhou Zhengde about the pressure surrounding the 13th Institute and the need to produce Demon-Breaking Daggers.
• While helping move equipment, Wang Jixuan realized he could use lightning and Blade Beast Remnant Souls to activate and mass-produce the weapons.
• Wang Jixuan settled into a room overlooking the Nursery Center's wheat fields and saw that Zhou Zhengde was continuing his work from prison.
• Wang Jixuan suffered a painful backlash from his demonic art and spat blood just as Gao Huating came to introduce herself; she saw the blood and fainted.

Wang Jixuan sealed the breach, charged into the Blade Beast Swarm, and killed the General-Class Blade Beast after resisting its Mental Shock. Deep Sea brought him back unconscious, while the fortress celebrated his victory and the rescue of more than a hundred thousand people.

• Dongfang Zhenghong ordered the Suicide Squad to support the forty-ninth floor after Wang Jixuan temporarily sealed the breach, then watched Wang charge toward the General-Class Blade Beast alone.
• Wang Jixuan fought through the Blade Beast Swarm, let the Slaughter Desire strengthen him, and advanced toward the larval nest despite Sister Wan's warnings.
• A juvenile General-Class Blade Beast attacked Wang with a powerful shockwave, but Wang absorbed a Preacher Blade Beast's remnant soul and charged into the nest to kill the General-Class target.
• Deep Sea found Wang unconscious after the battle, and Dongfang Zhenghong told Zhou Zhengde that the Blade Beast Swarm had retreated and Wang had saved more than a hundred thousand people.
• Dongfang Zhenghong warned Zhou Zhengde that he could face a military trial, then asked him to put in a good word with his mother after punching him.

The Gray Feather Investigation Group debated its mission in Fortress No. 76 and sent Bristle Bear out as a reluctant investigator. Later, Wang Jixuan discovered unfamiliar energy in crystals from the Blade Beast Lair and noticed his neighbor riding her bicycle somewhere unexpected.

• Dragonfly Aunt briefed Shaman, Bristle Bear, and Treant Beta on Black Storm, the Beast Speaker clone, and their investigation orders.
• Dragonfly Aunt manipulated a vote to make Bristle Bear investigate with two transferred Psionicists, then sent them out of the aircraft alone.
• Wang Jixuan examined fragments from the Blade Beast Lair and found that their energy came from the earth but was neither spiritual energy nor anything he recognized.
• Deep Sea asked Wang Jixuan to make him a sword, and Wang Jixuan agreed if Uncle Tai prepared the materials.
• Wang Jixuan sensed his neighbor riding a bicycle far from her usual destinations and left Deep Sea to investigate.

After the destruction of Fortress Zone C, Wang Jixuan decided to go undercover at Fortress No. 82 and target the lesser demons there. Black Instructor revealed Psionic Capital’s sinister experiments and began preparing Wang Jixuan for a task force assignment, leaving him at a Supply Vehicle for forty-eight hours of special training.

• Wang Jixuan said he would head to Fortress No. 82 to slay lesser demons, while Black Instructor explained that Psionic Capital was protesting the deaths of its Psionicists and identified the escaped S-Class Psionicist Mo Feng.
• Wang Jixuan finished scoring the mission team as Ling Tong and Red Snake organized relief efforts in Zone C, and the convoy continued toward Fortress No. 82.
• Black Instructor detected that Wang Jixuan was absorbing psionic particles and explained Psionic Capital’s cloning experiments, its attempts to advance Psionicists, and the six SS-Class Psionicists’ plan to reach the realm of gods.
• Black Instructor told Wang Jixuan that he was nearing the collapse of his self-awareness and that the Commander-in-Chief needed a young successor to restrain Psionic Capital.
• Black Instructor dropped Wang Jixuan beside a camouflaged Supply Vehicle and announced that he would give him forty-eight hours of special training for a task force investigating corruption at Fortress No. 82.

Wang Jixuan learned that the war zones were preparing to confront the Psionic Capital and advised Zhou Zhengde on how to make his case. As a Psionicist team approached Fortress No. 82, Wang Jixuan and Black Instructor recognized that it might be Dragonfly Aunt’s investigation group and waited to confirm its identity.

• Black Instructor told Wang Jixuan that the war zones were preparing to break their restraint against the Psionic Capital, and that Zhou Zhengde would present evidence before the commanders and military court.
• After the Psionicists at Fortress No. 82 surrendered and an emergency team arrived, Wang Jixuan returned to Black Instructor’s hidden Supply Station, where he learned reinforcements and new equipment were on the way.
• Wang Jixuan exchanged messages with Zhou Zhengde and advised him to focus his speech on current violations, avoid broadening the conflict to all humanity, and keep Bristle Bear out of the dispute.
• Wang Jixuan and Black Instructor detected three Psionicists approaching in a stealth aircraft; Wang Jixuan refused to attack, and they considered whether the team belonged to Dragonfly Aunt’s investigation group.
• Aboard the approaching aircraft, Dragonfly Aunt paced irritably.

Wang Jixuan used soul searching on Bristle Bear and uncovered the Psionic Management Committee’s structure, its nuclear bombs, and its secret departments. He then altered Bristle Bear’s soul with a Buddhist technique, and Bristle Bear woke as Dragonfly Aunt submitted an A+ loss-of-control rating for Fortress 76.

• Bristle Bear resisted interrogation until Deep Sea threatened him with the Annihilation Cannon, then offered to cooperate and warned that an S-Class Psionicist could attack Fortress No. 76 if he died.
• Wang Jixuan decided to extract Bristle Bear’s memories after Wu Man’s Mental Shocks left him unconscious.
• Wang Jixuan performed the Soul Searching Technique and learned about the Psionic Management Committee, the Six Elders, their nuclear bombs, and the groups and secret departments under their control.
• Wang Jixuan used the Demonic Rakshasa Buddha Heart on Bristle Bear, intending to make him abandon evil and embrace good.
• Dragonfly Aunt submitted a report rating Fortress 76’s loss of control A+, describing Bristle Bear’s capture and the youth’s strength as B+.

Wang Jixuan passed Black Instructor’s physical test and received a powerful experimental Silver-White Armor, which he trained with while learning about the tensions surrounding the 13th Institute. After thirty-nine hours, he and Black Instructor reached the outskirts of Fortress No. 82, ready to begin an infiltration, investigation, and hunt mission.

• Wang Jixuan carried a metal box across the dunes, then pushed himself through Black Instructor’s intensified endurance test and discovered that the burst of strength had nearly healed his soul injury.
• Black Instructor arranged a new experimental armor set for Wang Jixuan and told him to study its operation while they waited for it to arrive.
• Ling Tong told Wang Jixuan that Area C’s reconstruction had begun, tensions with the 13th Institute were rising, and an S-Class Psionicist might head toward Fortress No. 82.
• After hearing about the possible S-Class Psionicist, Wang Jixuan trained seriously with his armor and learned its basic functions.
• Black Instructor delivered the Silver-White Armor, and Wang Jixuan equipped it after connecting its Neural Auxiliary Chip.
• Thirty-nine hours later, Wang Jixuan and Black Instructor reached Fortress No. 82, where Wang Jixuan prepared to deploy on an infiltration, investigation, and hunt mission.

After surviving his battle with the Preacher Blade Beast, Wang Jixuan recovered while learning that powerful Blade Beast leaders were asleep across the war zones. Ling Tong kissed him before leaving for treatment, and Wang Jixuan awoke to learn he was being moved to the fortress’s safest level as threats from the 13th Institute loomed.

• Wang Jixuan inspected the Preacher’s memories and saw twelve enormous golden pillars marking powerful Blade Beast individuals asleep across the Central Area of Blade Beast territory.
• Ling Tong rested beside Wang Jixuan, and he regulated her qi while she pretended to sleep.
• Zhou Zhengde described plans to protect Fortress No. 76, clear the underground nest, and rebuild the Lower City as visitors brought Wang Jixuan supplies and commendations.
• Ling Tong privately kissed Wang Jixuan before leaving with Sister Wan for treatment of her Mechanical Arm.
• Wu Man told Wang Jixuan that the group was relocating to the fortress’s Seventh Floor because the 13th Institute might retaliate, then played him a broadcast from someone thanking him.

Wang Jixuan discovered that Wu Man had begun cultivating by misusing a purification spell and planned to advance his own cultivation with Blade Beast corpses. As Fortress No. 76 prepared for battle, Wang Jixuan entered the corpse pile to practice the Dragon Python Swallowing Heaven Technique.

• Wu Man showed Wang Jixuan how repeated use of the purification spell had helped him control and increase the energy in his body, and Wang Jixuan warned him that he was following a dangerous path.
• Wang Jixuan decided to keep cultivation methods secret until he was strong enough to protect them, then asked Peony to request fresh Blade Beast corpses from Commander Dongfang.
• Gao Huating hurried to work after encountering Zheng Shiduo, Wu Man, Dongfang Zhenghong, and Ling Tong in the dormitory building, and Ling Tong went to help tidy Wang Jixuan's room.
• Wang Jixuan and Dongfang Zhenghong discussed the approaching Blade Beast threat, and Dongfang asked for help transferring to the front lines; Wang advised him to remain at Fortress No. 76 and revealed that Old Fu had selected him as a future military candidate.
• Wang Jixuan reached Uncle Tai's workshop, jumped into the Blade Beast corpses, and began cultivating the Dragon Python Swallowing Heaven Technique.

Wang Jixuan discovered that Mo Feng’s group had unleashed a gu plague across Fortress No. 82 and began purifying infected soldiers while Wu Man learned an incantation to help save the population. After Mo Feng issued her demands and the military retaliated against Psionicists, Wang Jixuan gathered Zheng Shiduo, Peony, and Ling Tong to track down Mo Feng.

• Wang Jixuan identified the berserk soldiers’ condition as a reproducing Spirit Gu and purified the pink mist as the outbreak spread through Fortress No. 82.
• Wang Jixuan arranged a container and treated nearly three hundred soldiers, while Mo Feng released a video threatening daily killings and listing five demands.
• Ling Tong reported the casualties and the military’s execution of fifty-three Psionicists in retaliation, as Wang Jixuan continued treating the infected.
• Wang Jixuan taught Wu Man a Demon Purifying Incantation, and Wu Man demonstrated that it could release a powerful Azure Light while using little of his energy.
• Wang Jixuan left Wu Man to help purify the fortress and called Zheng Shiduo, Peony, and Ling Tong to join him in hunting Mo Feng.

Mo Feng arranged a desert meeting to retrieve Feng Bangjie and capture a Task Force member, while Wang Jixuan’s side prepared a trap. At the dune, Zheng Shiduo provoked Mo Feng into charging him, and Wang Jixuan signaled the ambush to begin.

• Mo Feng rejected peaceful negotiations and ordered her team to capture the Task Force member, rescue Feng Bangjie, and show the Psionic Capital’s strength.
• Wang Jixuan instructed Peony to bargain over the meeting terms, and both sides settled on a dawn meeting in the Sari Desert.
• The military convoy set out with Zheng Shiduo wearing an X Battle Armor, Ling Tong escorting Feng Bangjie, and Wang Jixuan concealed in another vehicle.
• Mo Feng ordered the convoy to change its destination at the last minute, then descended to meet Zheng Shiduo at the dune.
• Zheng Shiduo unveiled his face, unleashed his Mental Strength, and insulted Mo Feng, prompting her to charge as Wang Jixuan, Peony, and Ling Tong launched their ambush.

Wang Jixuan and his allies killed Mo Feng and cleared the poisonous gas from Fortress No. 82, while Fu Jian crippled the hidden S-Class Psionicist behind her. As the military prepared to use Mo Feng’s death against the 13th Institute, Fu Jian contacted Zhou Zhengde to ask his opinion on an undisclosed matter.

• Wang Jixuan destroyed Mo Feng’s soul and confirmed that she was dead, while Ling Tong directed the team to continue the plan.
• Mo Feng’s team tried to attack Fortress No. 82, but the Blood Worm Psionicist lost his connection to the worms, missiles locked onto their aircraft, and a technician sabotaged the craft before it exploded.
• Wu Man completed the purification of the infected people in Fortress No. 82 and passed out after reporting the mission’s success to Wang Jixuan.
• Wang Jixuan told Zhou Zhengde that Fu Jian had impersonated Black Shell Instructor and warned that the military should build support against the 13th Institute rather than act hastily.
• Fu Jian told Zhou Zhengde that he had taken the arm of a hidden S-Class Psionicist and damaged the man’s chance of advancing to SS-Class.
• Fu Jian contacted Zhou Zhengde and said he wanted his opinion on something.

Wang Jixuan secretly treated Fu Jian, easing his mental collapse, then met Dragonfly Aunt to trade information and arrange future cooperation. As Fu Jian headed to face a Psionicist delegation at the D5 Border, Sister Wan noticed Zheng Shiduo’s radar signal had disappeared.

• Fu Jian woke feeling much healthier after Wang Jixuan treated him, and Wang Jixuan left to meet Dragonfly Aunt while asking Fu Jian to pay him in crystal cores.
• Wang Jixuan reassured Dragonfly Aunt that Bristle Bear would soon be released, and she reported the Psionic Capital’s planned retaliation and Xing Tian’s likely revenge.
• Dragonfly Aunt asked who Wang Jixuan was and whether his healing water could help her friends; he concealed his identity but agreed to provide more water through their cooperation.
• Fu Jian arrived and said S-Class Psionicists were heading toward the D5 Border with D3’s support; after he left, Dragonfly Aunt introduced herself as Mai Qingting and negotiated a continuing exchange of intelligence and healing water.
• At Fortress No. 82, Ling Tong repaired her Mechanical Arm while Sister Wan teased her about Wang Jixuan, then noticed Zheng Shiduo’s radar signal had vanished.

After Zheng Shiduo was kidnapped and his X Armor stolen, Wang Jixuan and Ling Tong rescued him and locked down Fortress No. 82. During an inquiry, Wang exposed one suspected conspirator, while a woman in the room watched him with an eerie smile.

• Wang Jixuan used the Soul-Fixing Art to search for Zheng Shiduo while Ling Tong and Peony organized the lockdown and search.
• Zheng Shiduo woke in a wardrobe where two accomplices were shocking him, and Ling Tong and Wang Jixuan arrived to rescue him.
• Ling Tong received temporary control of Fortress No. 82 and summoned its former governor, ministers, and security captains to investigate the stolen armor.
• Wang Jixuan pressured the assembled officials and revealed that one man knew Zheng Shiduo had been rescued from a bedroom, information that had been sealed.
• The man admitted that the governor had ordered him to help steal the armor, and Wang Jixuan noticed a middle-aged woman smiling at him from across the room.

Wang Jixuan and Black Instructor prepared Fortress No. 82 for retaliation by the Psionic Management Committee while Wang Jixuan watched Zhou Zhengde’s televised military hearing. Zhou Zhengde exposed the accused psionicists and the Committee’s role, then seized an attempted network attack as an opportunity to identify and contact the attacker.

• Black Instructor warned that extremists in the Psionic Management Committee might retaliate against Fortress No. 82 and said he would transfer troops there while Wang Jixuan continued his research.
• Peony helped Wang Jixuan with his work and security as he cultivated for three days, while fortresses across War Zone D5 tightened defenses and prepared for conflict.
• Wang Jixuan encouraged Zhou Zhengde before the military hearing, and Peony sent a message threatening to arrange blind dates for Doctor Wei Na if Zhou failed to argue effectively.
• Zhou Zhengde presented evidence against Nagi Haminaka, Feng Bangjie, Bristle Bear, and Qin Qin, while Bristle Bear admitted his role in unjust investigations and implicated the Psionic Management Committee.
• Zhou Zhengde accused Nagi Haminaka of coercing Fortress No. 82 and using ordinary humans in the Infusion Experiment, then asked the judge to let them trace an attacker who tried to breach the hearing’s system.

Wang Jixuan, Red Snake, and Deep Sea fought to bring down Number Seven King Beast as the human forces struggled to contain the Blade Beast assault. Red Snake sacrificed herself to cripple the King Beast, allowing Wang Jixuan to destroy its soul with the Thunder Lord Demon Purging Array; he then collapsed into Ling Tong’s arms as the remaining Blade Beasts were left exposed.

• Number Seven King Beast overwhelmed Black Swan and Jiaolong, threw away its nuclear bomb, and targeted Wang Jixuan as he tried to reach the Dragon Binding Array.
• Deep Sea held the King Beast back with Jiaolong while the wounded Red Snake recovered and charged it in Black Swan.
• Red Snake and Wang Jixuan opened a gap in the King Beast’s mouth, and Red Snake entered its body and detonated Black Swan’s Nuclear Battery, badly wounding the beast.
• Wang Jixuan activated Array Number Two and used the Thunder Lord Demon Purging Array to destroy the King Beast’s soul, while Deep Sea tore the Special Winged Dragon’s head from its body.
• Wang Jixuan lost consciousness as Ling Tong caught him, and the surrounding Blade Beast Tide remained unable to retreat.