Recaps

Wang Jixuan learned that Ling Tong had been sent to assess him, then helped Zhou Zhengde and Wei Na discuss their health while arranging a new identity to hide from the Psionic Capital. Outside Fortress 76, a strange Blade Beast spotted Ling Tong and appeared to have found its target.

• Ling Tong scanned Wang Jixuan, explained her optional mission to assess his danger, and filed her report without testing him in combat.
• Zhou Zhengde showed Wang Jixuan a photograph of the abandoned cargo truck and explained that Drifters had likely abducted Ye Zi, Kong Nu's daughters, and Kong Nu's wife.
• Zhou Zhengde arranged to erase Mu Liang's identity and give Wang Jixuan the new identity Wang Zheng, while explaining that the Psionic Capital had issued a global warrant for Black Storm Mu Liang.
• Wang Jixuan offered to treat Zhou Zhengde, Wei Na, and Ling Tong, and Ling Tong agreed to answer two questions about Blade Beasts if he helped her.
• A large, caterpillar-like Blade Beast outside Fortress 76 saw Ling Tong reflected in its vertical pupil and seemed to recognize her.

Wang Jixuan evaded an Upper City search for Mu Liang while planning to reach the front lines by becoming a mechanic. As Ling Tong’s massage visits grew into a daily routine, she offered him a place in her logistics team, and he agreed to join her despite the danger of Blade Beast attacks.

• Wang Jixuan denied knowing Mu Liang when Upper City Enforcement Team officers questioned him at his door.
• Wang Jixuan reviewed the military and 13th Institute’s escalating preparations, then continued studying for the Junior Mechanic exam while cultivating.
• Ling Tong warned Wang Jixuan that powerful Psionicists had arrived and asked him to resume her therapeutic massages.
• Over the following days, Ling Tong visited Wang Jixuan increasingly often and compensated him with equipment and Blade Beast exoskeleton.
• Ling Tong brought Wang Jixuan an exam ticket and answers, then offered to recruit him into her logistics team at the Outer Expansion Zone.
• Wang Jixuan accepted Ling Tong’s offer, and she accidentally tore off his door handle while leaving.

Wang Jixuan packed for his move to Expansion Zone C and joined Ling Tong on the journey there, learning more about the fortress and its military. At the tunnel exit, Ling Tong confronted a group that included Psionicists and the new Biological Affairs Minister by ordering them to leave.

• Wang Jixuan exchanged messages with Zhou Zhengde, who said Qin Qin had begun watching Ling Tong and promised to look into her intentions.
• Ling Tong arrived in a Combat Suit and took Wang Jixuan, posing as mechanic Wang Zheng, toward Expansion Zone C.
• Wang Jixuan saw the sunlight, military camp, and mechs, and reflected on the fortress's defenses and the unexpectedly thin spiritual energy aboveground.
• Ling Tong warned Wang Jixuan that unwelcome guests were waiting at the tunnel exit, including the new minister and several Psionicists.
• At the tunnel exit, Ling Tong told the assembled group to get lost, and several people visibly shuddered.

Qin Qin tried to negotiate with Ling Tong and learn about Mu Liang, but Ling Tong drove her group off after firing her Mechanical Arm. Ling Tong brought Wang Jixuan to her camp and welcomed him to her team.

• Qin Qin introduced herself to Ling Tong and explained that she wanted to restore the 13th Institute's reputation and investigate Mu Liang.
• Ling Tong refused to discuss Mu Liang, then fired her Annihilation Cannon at an armored vehicle and forced Qin Qin's group to retreat.
• Qin Qin concluded that Ling Tong and Mu Liang were close and ordered the burly Psionicist to keep Wang Zheng under constant surveillance.
• Ling Tong and Wang Jixuan reached her supply station, where she introduced him to her workshop and welcomed him to her team.

Wang Jixuan settled into Ling Tong’s workshop, learned about the dangers facing Combat Machines, and helped the mechanics handle four suspicious intruders. He realized a C-Class Psionicist was watching the supply station and began planning how to use a powerful ally to deal with the threat.

• Ling Tong introduced Wang Jixuan to Wan Xiaoqi and her parents as the mechanic responsible for maintaining her organic body, prompting the family to mistake them for a couple.
• Wang Jixuan warned Ling Tong about the Biological Affairs Minister and the C-Class Psionicists, then learned that Combat Machines faced severe physical strain and high mortality on the front lines.
• Wang Jixuan sensed four people approaching the supply station, and Uncle Tai and Wan Xiaoqi captured them with an electric net before contacting the military.
• Wang Jixuan suspected the captured intruders were controlled by Mimic Blade Beasts and advised the mechanics to request help and strengthen their defenses.
• A C-Class telekinetic Psionicist watched the military arrive, while Wang Jixuan sensed him and began devising a plan to eliminate him without drawing the 13th Institute’s attention.

Wang Jixuan learned about Ling Tong’s past and her goal of becoming a Terror Mech pilot while preparing to deal with the Psionicist Lu Dongjie. The chapter ended with Wang Jixuan leaving the Supply Station to lure out the enemy as Ling Tong prepared to support him.

• Wang Jixuan warned Zhou Zhengde about the new Biological Affairs Minister and said he intended to eliminate the Psionicist hiding in Expansion Zone C.
• Wang Jixuan tested his cultivation under the stars and found that the available Power of Starlight was scarce.
• At breakfast, Ling Tong identified the Psionicist as Lu Dongjie, and Uncle Tai offered Wang Jixuan Triggered Plasma Shields.
• Sister Wan explained the history of Half-Human Mechs, and Ling Tong told Wang Jixuan that she hoped to pilot a Terror Mech and defeat the Blade Beasts.
• Uncle Tai secretly told Wang Jixuan that Ling Tong might have only three to five years before her organs failed and she had to become a fully Mechanical Lifeform.
• Wang Jixuan left the Supply Station armed and protected, while Ling Tong prepared the Flight Pack and Individual Kill Equipment to support him.

Wang Jixuan staged an attack at the camp to draw out Lu Dongjie and clear suspicion from the 13th Institute, while Ling Tong killed the Psionicist after he exposed himself. As Ling Tong prepared to deal with the aftermath, a powerful disturbance from the Mine Shaft revealed a surge of Demonic Energy.

• Wang Jixuan led Lu Dongjie to the miners' dormitory area and staged a security incident with people controlled by the Psionicist.
• Lu Dongjie took control of a patrol soldier, who opened fire and shot two of the puppets.
• Ling Tong flew from the Supply Station, tricked Lu Dongjie into becoming vulnerable in midair, and beheaded him.
• Wang Jixuan pretended to be terrified while Ling Tong carried him away and told the soldiers she would handle the aftermath.
• A tremor shook the camp, and Wang Jixuan sensed a powerful fluctuation of Demonic Energy coming from the Mine Shaft.

Ling Tong deployed in Blade Slayer Form to fight a group of Blade Beasts in Mine Shaft Six, while Wang Jixuan armed himself and headed into the mine to support her. He found two Blade Beasts ahead and aimed a laser cannon at them despite Wan Xiaoqi's warning.

• Ling Tong activated her Combat Machine and rushed toward the Blade Beast attack zone after the war zone authorized engagement and called for reinforcements.
• Sister Wan and Uncle Tai equipped Wang Jixuan with Power Armor and supplies, but he also secretly prepared his talismans and weapons.
• Wang Jixuan persuaded Uncle Tai and Sister Wan that he should go down to support Ling Tong, then took an Individual Micro Laser Cannon into the Mine Shaft.
• Wang Jixuan sensed two Basic Blade Beasts chasing a cart, advanced toward them, and aimed the cannon at their Demonic Soul power as Wan Xiaoqi warned him to stop.

Wang Jixuan fought through two groups of Blade Beasts in the mine, collected five Crystal Cores, and hid his abilities from Ling Tong and the war zone. As he tried to retreat with his spiritual power nearly spent, one Blade Beast absorbed two others and mutated into a Low-Grade Mutated Blade Beast that chased him down.

• Wang Jixuan used the Miniature Laser Cannon, a grenade, talismans, and the Demon Breaking Incantation to kill two Blade Beasts, then recovered their Crystal Cores.
• Wang Jixuan contacted Wan Xiaoqi, learned that six more Blade Beasts were ahead, and asked her not to tell Ling Tong about his fight.
• Wang Jixuan ambushed and killed three more Blade Beasts, collecting their Crystal Cores while exhausting most of his spiritual power and supplies.
• Wang Jixuan decided not to confront three distant Blade Beasts and prepared to retreat as reinforcements approached.
• A Blade Beast absorbed the spiritual power of two others, mutated into a Low-Grade Mutated Blade Beast, and caught up with Wang Jixuan as he fled.

Wang Jixuan used a blood curse and the Great Evolution Heart Sword to kill a Mutated Blade Beast, then reached Ling Tong’s position and collapsed from exhaustion. Ling Tong continued securing the mine while soldiers discovered the Blade Beast corpses Wang Jixuan had left behind.

• The Mutated Blade Beast chased Wang Jixuan through the mine passage, shrugging off his talismans and Bone-Piercing Nails and leaving him badly injured.
• The Mutated Blade Beast questioned Wang Jixuan, who secretly completed a blood talisman and used the souls of the dead to empower his Heart Sword attacks.
• Wang Jixuan destroyed the Mutated Blade Beast and the vertical-eye apparition, then collected crystal cores from two other Blade Beasts and tried to erase traces of his fight.
• Ling Tong confirmed that the Blade Beast assault had stopped, ordered soldiers to secure the passage, and found Wang Jixuan waiting nearby.
• Wang Jixuan asked Ling Tong to have Captain Zhou handle the aftermath and take him back, then collapsed into her arms.
• Soldiers in an upper-level passage discovered eight Blade Beast corpses that appeared violently torn apart.

After the Blade Beast attack, Zhou Zhengde and Fortress 76’s leaders agreed to conceal the incident and keep the mysterious hunter’s actions quiet while seeking to build trust with him. Ling Tong protected the unconscious Wang Jixuan from scrutiny and began questioning her feelings for him; he awoke at the end, worried she had heard his strange dreams.

• Zhou Meiying reported that the Blade Beast attack had killed sixty-two miners, and the governor’s meeting agreed not to publicize it or allow the 13th Institute to investigate Expansion Zone C.
• Dongfang Zhenghong confronted Zhou Zhengde about deleting photographs of Blade Beasts whose crystal cores the hunter had taken, and Zhou Zhengde argued that the hunter should be protected and approached about weapon technology.
• Zhou Zhengde accidentally let Ling Tong read his messages on the Text Exchanger, and she revealed that Wang Zheng was unconscious and that she had taken care of him.
• Ling Tong told Sister Wan to conceal evidence of Wang Jixuan’s power and arrange a reconnaissance satellite, while Sister Wan urged her to consider whether her concern for him was more than a mission.
• Wang Jixuan woke from a disturbing dream and asked Ling Tong whether she had heard anything he had said.

Wang Jixuan decided to cooperate with the military by developing Crystal Core weapons, successfully tested a small Formation Disk, and discovered Ling Tong’s mental injury had worsened. When a group of Psionicists arrived at the Supply Station, he went out armed to confront them, leaving Ling Tong and the others monitoring the situation.

• Ling Tong told Wang Jixuan she would not include his sleep talk in her report, and he considered his options before deciding to help the military improve its weapons.
• Wang Jixuan asked Zhou Zhengde to secretly obtain samples of ores, Blade Beast exoskeletons, and flesh, then built a Formation Disk that produced pure spiritual energy.
• While massaging Ling Tong, Wang Jixuan noticed her Stagnant Qi had grown denser and warned that her mental injury appeared to be worsening.
• Wan Xiaoqi reported that the Blade Beasts had no tracking agents, and Wang Jixuan said they had seemed organized and that he had seen a vertical pupil.
• When more than ten Psionicists arrived, Wang Jixuan armed himself with grenades and a rifle and went outside with Uncle Tai, while Ling Tong activated the Supply Station’s defenses.
• Wang Jixuan warned the Psionicists to stop, and Ling Tong asked Wan Xiaoqi to show her the surveillance footage.

Wang Jixuan and Ling Tong identified the vertical-pupiled Blade Beast as a Young King Insect, suggesting a nearby lair was under construction, while tensions between the military and the 13th Institute escalated. As Wang Jixuan prepared to break through into the Gathering Spirit Realm, Qin Qin secretly enlisted a boy in a Transparent Pod to search for Blade Beasts and contact a Mimic Blade Beast.

• Uncle Tai and Wang Jixuan drove the 13th Institute’s Psionicists away after Qin Qin accused the Combat Machine team of withholding crystal cores, and Wang Jixuan warned her that Psionicist thoughts could be contaminated by Blade Beasts.
• Ling Tong identified the vertical-pupiled creature as a Young King Insect and reported Wang Jixuan’s discovery to the war zone commander, explaining that it indicated a nearby Blade Beast Lair might be forming.
• Wang Jixuan told Ling Tong he would experiment with forging a blade and warned her not to let ordinary soldiers wear crystal-core pendants; the military then delivered stones and frozen Blade Beast parts.
• Ling Tong agreed to give Wang Jixuan three hours after dinner, and he activated his Formation Disk to begin breaking through into the Gathering Spirit Realm with her protection.
• Qin Qin dismissed the Psionicists who urged retaliation and secretly woke a boy in a Transparent Pod, asking him to locate nearby Blade Beasts and contact a Mimic Blade Beast.

After breaking through to the Spirit Gathering Realm, Wang Jixuan sensed a strange, faint cry beneath the Fortress and warned Ling Tong, who mobilized the Cleansing Force to investigate. He then began forging a blade designed to harness spiritual energy, while Uncle Tai doubted it could penetrate a Blade Beast’s exoskeleton.

• Wang Jixuan successfully reached the Spirit Gathering Realm and used his spiritual consciousness to survey the Supply Station and surrounding camp.
• Wang Jixuan heard weak gurgling cries coming from beneath the Fortress and suspected something unusual was happening in the Upper City.
• Wang Jixuan warned Ling Tong about the cries, and she mobilized the Cleansing Force while Wan Xiaoqi contacted the Fortress garrison.
• Wang Jixuan examined ores and decided to make weapons capable of cutting through Blade Beast exoskeletons.
• Uncle Tai explained that past efforts to develop Psionic Weapons had failed, then helped Wang Jixuan gather equipment and materials.
• Wang Jixuan began hammering out a blade in the workshop as Uncle Tai watched in disbelief.

Wang Jixuan forged a prototype Demon-Breaking Dagger while Ling Tong reported that Qin Qin had used Meng Caiyuan to send signals to nearby Blade Beasts. The fortress prepared for a possible attack as Qin Qin sought help from the Psionic Capital and the Young King Insect watched Ling Tong, Meng Caiyuan, and Wang Jixuan.

• Wang Jixuan forged a small dagger with restrictions that let it pierce armor, and Uncle Tai and Ling Tong tested its power.
• Ling Tong reported that Meng Caiyuan, a dying Pseudo B-Class Psionicist, could imitate High-Rank Blade Beast signals and had likely sent the sound detected the previous night.
• Ling Tong said reinforcements would arrive and planned to lure the Blade Beasts into favorable terrain, while Wang Jixuan agreed to keep Wang Zheng separate from Black Storm.
• Wang Jixuan named the prototype the Demon-Breaking Dagger and offered to donate its forging technique to Zhou Zhengde's faction once he improved the design.
• After Ling Tong went to sleep, Qin Qin realized her attempt to lure Blade Beasts toward Ling Tong and Expansion Zone C had been exposed and considered seeking intervention from the Psionic Capital.
• The Young King Insect watched Fortress 76 at dawn, seeing Meng Caiyuan, Ling Tong, and Wang Jixuan as it confirmed multiple threats.

Wang Jixuan finished forging a bronze spear while the Fortress leadership learned of his Demon-Breaking Dagger and recognized its military importance. As the Fortress prepared for an imminent Blade Beast attack, Ling Tong asked Wang Jixuan to spend time with her, and he agreed.

• Wang Jixuan completed the main body of a three-section spear and considered adding technological functions to help fight Blade Beasts.
• Zhou Zhengde, Zhou Meiying, and Dongfang Zhenghong arrived and watched Uncle Tai demonstrate that Wang Jixuan's Demon-Breaking Dagger could pierce alloy and recharge from the air.
• Zhou Zhengde praised Wang Jixuan, arranged to take the dagger to his Maternal Grandfather, and gave him a safe-house Room Card.
• Dongfang Zhenghong announced that noncombat personnel in Expansion Zone C would be evacuated as Blade Beast Swarms showed unusual activity and a small-scale war was expected within three days.
• Ling Tong told Wang Jixuan that she would pilot a mech into battle and asked him to spend three hours with her; he agreed.

While Wang Jixuan and Ling Tong surveyed the desert, they shared a quiet, tentative moment as Ling Tong spoke about her past and her longing for ordinary romance. Their conversation ended when Zheng Shiduo arrived, and Wang Jixuan warned Ling Tong that extensive Mechanical Modification could prevent him from improving her physical condition.

• Ling Tong made Wang Jixuan carry the terrain detectors until he offered to drive, then asked about his talismans and his experience near death.
• Ling Tong told Wang Jixuan that her parents had died in a Blade Beast attack when she was eight, and described her determination to kill King-Class and General-Class Blade Beasts.
• Ling Tong explained that she read romance novels because their depictions of everyday life seemed beautiful, then asked Wang Jixuan to pretend they were a couple and embraced him on the bike.
• Wang Jixuan learned that Blade Beast forces had begun attacking the Ancient Basin defense line and that Ling Tong would serve as bait in a planned battlefield.
• Ling Tong began hinting at trying a romantic relationship with Wang Jixuan, but Zheng Shiduo interrupted them; Wang Jixuan then warned Ling Tong against undergoing too much Mechanical Modification.

Wang Jixuan prepared to support Ling Tong as a massive Blade Beast assault threatened Fortress 76 and Expansion Zone C. A Mimic Blade Beast attack triggered alarms and fighting in the camp, and Wang Jixuan took up his gear as the siege began.

• Ling Tong gave Wang Jixuan the remote for Zheng Shiduo’s Self-destruct Collar and explained that Zheng Shiduo had been sent to protect him.
• A Blade Beast Swarm broke through the defensive line, and the military identified Ling Tong as its target while preparing Expansion Zone C as a front line and decoy position.
• Wang Jixuan modified his spear, made preparations, and advanced his cultivation while Uncle Tai and Sister Wan described the coming battle.
• A second Blade Beast Swarm appeared with multiple General-Class Blade Beasts, and Wang Jixuan refused Ling Tong and Zhou Zhengde’s recommendation to relocate.
• Wang Jixuan sensed a Mimic Blade Beast kill three soldiers and was pinned by arriving Psionicists as alarms sounded and Blade Beasts emerged from mine shafts.
• Wang Jixuan disguised himself as Zhou Tiantian, left the Text Exchanger behind, and prepared to fight as the siege began.

Wang Jixuan hunted Mimic Blade Beasts during the camp’s defense, harvesting their crystal cores and discovering that his psionic reaction had reached D-Class. As a massive new assault began, a Special Winged Dragon destroyed an Electromagnetic Cannon, and the Fortress Siege Battle countdown reached zero.

• Wang Jixuan used Bone-Piercing Nails to kill three Mimic Blade Beasts, extracted their crystal cores, and burned their corpses with True Fire Talismans.
• Wang Jixuan warned Zheng Shiduo about Mimic Blade Beasts near Number Three Electromagnetic Cannon and asked to patrol an area; Zheng Shiduo’s device detected Wang Jixuan’s D-Class psionic reaction.
• Wang Jixuan continued hunting Mimic Blade Beasts during the next wave, collecting more than twenty crystal cores as over a thousand Blade Beasts charged the defenses.
• More than a dozen drill Blade Beasts broke through the mine-shaft walls, followed by countless Black Tires, and the commander ordered full firepower coverage.
• A Special Winged Dragon streaked over Wang Jixuan and destroyed an Electromagnetic Cannon, triggering an air-defense alarm as the Fortress Siege Battle began.

Wang Jixuan fought to keep the camp from falling as a General-Class Blade Beast and several Special Winged Dragons threatened the defensive line. Zheng Shiduo lured a Special Winged Dragon toward himself and seemed moments from death before three emerald talismans on his Steel Wings activated.

• Wang Jixuan used his spiritual awareness and magical artifacts to kill Mimic Blade Beasts while the camp came under heavy attack.
• Uncle Tai reported that a General-Class Blade Beast was advancing toward the secondary battlefield, and missiles struck it as it pushed toward the camp.
• Wang Jixuan assembled his spear, powered it with crystal cores, and fought to protect the camp as a Special Winged Dragon targeted an Electromagnetic Cannon turret.
• Ling Tong's mecha intercepted and killed one Special Winged Dragon, while Zheng Shiduo used his Special Psionic Skill to draw another toward himself.
• Zheng Shiduo prepared to sacrifice himself as the Special Winged Dragon bore down on him, but three emerald talismans on his Steel Wings suddenly lit up.

Wang Jixuan helped the camp repel the Blade Beasts’ air threat, then joined the assault on a General-Class Siege Hammer and helped disable it. As dawn broke, he sensed a strange disturbance at the fortress and asked Zheng Shiduo to take him there.

• Wang Jixuan killed a Special Winged Dragon with a spear after Zheng Shiduo’s protective ripple slowed its attack, and the camp celebrated the victory.
• The air force arrived, while Wang Jixuan joined Zheng Shiduo and the Psionicists in an assault mission against the Siege Hammer General-Class Blade Beast.
• Wang Jixuan rode on Zheng Shiduo’s back during the charge and placed explosives on two of the Siege Hammer’s leg joints, bringing it down.
• The Siege Hammer unleashed an electromagnetic shockwave, forcing Zheng Shiduo to carry Wang Jixuan back toward the retreating mecha force.
• Wang Jixuan saw Ling Tong’s silver-white Exclusive Mecha tear apart another General-Class Blade Beast, then sensed a strange commotion at the fortress and asked Zheng Shiduo to take him there.

After the Blade Beasts retreated, Wang Jixuan gathered crystal cores and cultivated before joining Ling Tong to confront Qin Qin at the fortress Psionic Home. There, Qin Qin introduced Uncle Feng, whose immense Qi marked him as a B-Class Psionicist.

• Wang Jixuan warned Ling Tong that the Young King Insect had commanded the Blade Beasts to retreat, then left the cleanup to Zheng Shiduo and returned to camp.
• Wang Jixuan collected forty-two crystal cores and cultivated while the camp recovered from the battle.
• Ling Tong visited Wang Jixuan, shared the military’s plans to locate the Young King Insect, and invited him to join her arrest of Qin Qin as Black Storm.
• Wang Jixuan healed Ling Tong’s neck wound with spiritual energy, then traveled with her and Zheng Shiduo to the fortress Psionic Home.
• Ling Tong subdued the Psionicists guarding the laboratory, where Qin Qin appeared and introduced Uncle Feng, a powerful B-Class Psionicist.

Ling Tong arrested Qin Qin after Uncle Feng and his Psionicists tried to interfere at the fortress laboratory. Wang Jixuan learned that Meng Caiyuan was being destroyed by Blade Beast resentment, and the chapter ended as he sensed a phantom watching him while Meng remained unconscious.

• Ling Tong subdued Qin Qin and forced Uncle Feng and his subordinates to leave, while Wang Jixuan recognized them as threats after overhearing their plan to pose as reinforcements.
• Wang Jixuan examined Meng Caiyuan and identified Blade Beast resentment as the force destroying his organs, then told Ling Tong that Meng had only months to live.
• Ling Tong ordered Qin Qin to awaken Meng, and Zheng Shiduo interrogated her without sexual humiliation before she agreed to cooperate.
• Ling Tong explained the 13th Institute’s ties to powerful capitalists and described the Blade Beasts’ dominance and rapid evolution.
• Wang Jixuan reviewed information about Meng Caiyuan, sensed eyes watching him despite Meng’s unconsciousness, and told Ling Tong to clear the room and turn off the cameras.

Wang Jixuan questioned Meng Caiyuan’s soul and learned how the boy could command Blade Beasts and how Qin Qin and Uncle Feng had tried to use him against Ling Tong. After hearing the boy ask whether he was human, Wang Jixuan left him with reassurance and a reason to keep living.

• Wang Jixuan spoke with Meng Caiyuan’s soul, who explained his limited ability to send commands to Blade Beasts and his origins as one of many experimental clones descended from Beast Speaker.
• Meng Caiyuan asked Wang Jixuan about parental love, romantic love, his past actions, and whether Wang could kill him, then asked whether someone like him could be called human.
• Meng Caiyuan revealed that Qin Qin and Uncle Feng had planned to direct the Blade Beast Swarm against the desert battlefield and eliminate Ling Tong, but he had instead ordered the swarm to retreat.
• Wang Jixuan told Meng Caiyuan that his latest command had helped humanity and promised to consider whether the boy’s actions had harmed anyone.
• Wang Jixuan warned Qin Qin that she would be interrogated, then told Ling Tong what Meng Caiyuan had revealed and asked to review the investigation’s findings before trying to save him.
• Wang Jixuan told Meng Caiyuan that he was human and that being alive felt good, and a tear fell from the unconscious boy’s eye.

After Ling Tong returned from an investigation with little progress, Wang Jixuan discovered he could roast Blade Beast meat by purifying its spiritual power and residual Resentful Energy, then shared it with her. Meanwhile, Psionic Capital specialist Wei Linzheng arrived to retrieve Meng Caiyuan, but found a taunting decoy while Wang Jixuan secretly extracted the boy’s Black Energy.

• Ling Tong told Wang Jixuan that Qin Qin had revealed how to operate the Nutrient Pod and amplifier and had sent signals through Meng Caiyuan, while Blade Beasts gathered near the Sari Desert and signs of three King-Class Blade Beasts emerged.
• Ling Tong apologized after learning Wang Jixuan had been trafficked, and he decided to help Meng Caiyuan rather than kill him.
• Wang Jixuan roasted Blade Beast meat by using Qi to purify its spiritual power and Resentful Energy, then gave some to Ling Tong and explained that it could replenish his magical power.
• Wei Linzheng led Uncle Feng and other Psionicists to the Seventh Floor, where they found a spring-loaded toy bearing a mocking drawing instead of Meng Caiyuan.
• Wang Jixuan used his Sword Finger to draw Black Energy from Meng Caiyuan and transfer it into frozen Blade Beast meat.