Arc 7The Inheritance and Iron Wall

Wang Jixuan survived attacks from S-Class Psionicists, built a training force, and uncovered the secrets of the Spiritual Practitioners and the Inheritance Stone Slab. After leading a raid on Iron Wall Fortress and recruiting Shen Qionglin, he broke through into the Dao Realm as new threats converged on Fortress No. 76.

  • Wang Jixuan and the defenders defeated Xing Tian and Huo Rong at Fortress No. 76, though Wang Jixuan was badly wounded and the victory came at heavy cost.
  • Wang Jixuan established training groups and taught coordinated combat, while he and Dragonfly Aunt investigated the Six Elders, hidden ruins, and the Psionic Management Committee.
  • Wang Jixuan’s teams attacked the investigation squads, capturing Shaman and Treant Beta, and he discovered that the Ninth Pillar had reached its awakening warning threshold.
  • Wang Jixuan investigated the Stone Slab Wall, confronted its Incomplete Guardian, and learned it guarded a Spiritual Cultivation Fire and was one of six inheritance slabs on the planet.
  • Wang Jixuan and Fu Jian accused the Six Elders of manipulating Psionicists and prepared to retaliate against Psionic Capital as the Twelve Pillars threatened to awaken.
  • Wang Jixuan and Fu Jian raided Iron Wall Fortress, where Wang Jixuan recruited Shen Qionglin and the teams killed the S-Class Psionicist Philly and evacuated Shen’s students.
  • Wang Jixuan searched Shen Qionglin’s memories and learned of her childhood experiments, while Fu Jian left to confront the Beast God Faction at the border.
  • Wang Jixuan broke through into the Dao Realm as Beast God Faction agents targeted Red Snake’s convoy and Uncle Tai’s researchers traveled toward Fortress No. 76.
Chapters 153–177 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 153The Moderately Steady Dark Walker Venerable

Wang Jixuan and Ling Tong prepared for a date, while Xing Tian infiltrated Fortress No. 76 after acquiring an S-Class Psionicist as material for his advance toward SS-Class. Their awkward conversation was interrupted when Wang Jixuan sensed a powerful presence and recognized the approaching figure as Xing Tian.

  • Peony advised Wang Jixuan on dating, and he asked her to invite Ling Tong to dinner.
  • Sister Wan encouraged Ling Tong to ask Wang Zheng on a date and helped her prepare for the evening.
  • Xing Tian obtained confirmation of an S-Class Psionicist and set out to infiltrate Fortress No. 76, using his earth-burrowing ability to avoid detection.
  • Wang Jixuan and Ling Tong met for their date, but Wang Jixuan awkwardly began discussing her potential to become stronger.
  • Wang Jixuan sensed danger, moved in front of Ling Tong, and used Search Heaven! Reveal Trace! to identify the approaching figure as Xing Tian.

Ch. 154First Battle with Xing Tian!

Wang Jixuan and Ling Tong discovered that Xing Tian had infiltrated the area and tried to mislead him while the workshop prepared a trap. After Xing Tian survived an explosive ambush and confronted Wang Jixuan, the two began their first direct battle.

  • Wang Jixuan warned Ling Tong that Xing Tian was nearby, and they pretended to quarrel while he secretly directed Sister Wan, Wan Xiaoqi, and Peony to prepare defenses.
  • Xing Tian photographed the nursery, then infiltrated Uncle Tai's workshop and discovered the Demon-Breaking Dagger production lines and a collection of daggers.
  • Xing Tian triggered an explosive trap beneath a lightning-strike box, but his S-Class body survived, and Wang Jixuan revealed himself in X Battle Armor.
  • Wang Jixuan tried to distract Xing Tian with a real Demon-Breaking Dagger, but Xing Tian dodged it and rushed toward the first floor.
  • Wang Jixuan pursued Xing Tian, summoned his hidden artifact spear, and attacked with a sword strike formed from his spiritual sense.

Ch. 155Critically Wounded, Get In There!

Wang Jixuan and his allies fought Xing Tian in Fortress No. 76, using talismans, technology, and coordinated attacks to badly injure him. Xing Tian escaped after wounding Wang Jixuan, then reported that an Awakened Spiritual Practitioner in silver-white armor was barely at A-Class strength and heavily crippled.

  • Wang Jixuan fought Xing Tian with his spear, X Armor, and talismans while Xing Tian countered with his psionic powers and nearly overwhelmed him.
  • Ling Tong, Deep Sea, Ji Xiao, Ji Yale, Wan Xiaoqi, and hidden soldiers joined the assault, and Wang Jixuan used a drone array to strike Xing Tian with lightning.
  • Xing Tian escaped through the fortress floor and stabbed Wang Jixuan, but Wang Jixuan and Peony counterattacked and trapped him with the Earth Solidifying Technique.
  • Xing Tian lost a leg but escaped using Water Escape, while Wang Jixuan collapsed and decided to move to Fortress No. 82.
  • Xing Tian returned to his shuttlecraft, activated its automatic return, and reported that the Awakened Spiritual Practitioner was heavily crippled.

Ch. 156Strong Enemy: Huo Rong!

After Xing Tian escaped, Wang Jixuan and the fortress defenders learned that Huo Rong and a large Psionicist force were preparing to attack Fortress No. 76. As Ling Tong tried to evacuate Wang Jixuan, he invoked the Commander-in-Chief’s authority and headed out with Ji Xiao and Wu Man to face the coming assault.

  • Wang Jixuan recovered from his wound, and Ling Tong reported that Xing Tian had taken a Demon-Breaking Dagger and that reinforcements were on the way.
  • Wan Xiaoqi announced that Huo Rong, an S-Class Psionicist ranked nineteenth, was descending toward the fortress while over a hundred A- and B-Class Psionicists gathered around it.
  • The defenders watched Huo Rong’s threat video, in which she promised to destroy the fortress and release a virus unless the military surrendered its secrets and authority.
  • Ling Tong ordered Wang Jixuan evacuated during the fighting, but he overruled her with the Commander-in-Chief’s authorization and left with Ji Xiao and Wu Man.

Ch. 157Buddhist-Demon Grand Formation!

Wang Jixuan used a dangerous demonic formation tempered by Buddhist chanting to defeat Huo Rong and her Flame Giant, though the backlash left him at risk of losing control. He escaped with Wu Man as Deep Sea led the counterattack against the remaining Psionicists.

  • Huo Rong attacked Fortress No. 76 with the Flame Giant while Psionicists assaulted the underground levels, and Wang Jixuan analyzed her advanced control of psionic energy.
  • Fu Jian ordered nuclear strikes against Psionic Capital’s bases and demanded that Huo Rong be killed before reinforcements arrived.
  • Huo Rong broke through the Third Floor defenses, overwhelmed the soldiers, and injured Peony after Peony’s Mech Soul managed to hurt her.
  • Wang Jixuan activated the Soul Refining Heaven Slaying formation using blood talismans, Blade Beast crystal cores, and chanting from the five Outer Expansion Zones.
  • Wang Jixuan’s formation transformed into a combined Wrathful Buddha and Black Demonic Asura, which killed Huo Rong and allowed him to capture part of her soul.
  • Wang Jixuan nearly attacked Deep Sea as the formation’s backlash took hold, then fled with Wu Man while Deep Sea ordered the remaining Psionicists wiped out.

Ch. 158Traces

After killing Huo Rong, Wang Jixuan recovered from the battle’s aftermath and proposed training a force to fight S-Class Psionicists, while warning Zhou Zhengde that the Psionic Capital’s secrets might trigger a widespread awakening. He left the others with plans to strengthen Fortress No. 76 as Ling Tong confronted him for a private talk.

  • Wang Jixuan woke after hours of meditation, learned the battle had ended in a costly victory, and told Wu Man he would need half a month to recover.
  • Wang Jixuan found notes from a father and daughter who had died in the abandoned Scavenger Camp, placed food and water beside their skeletons, and cremated them while reciting the Duren Sutra.
  • Zhou Zhengde and Black Shell met Wang Jixuan, who proposed forming Psionic, Half-Human Mech, and Loyal Wingman groups to train against S-Class Psionicists.
  • Wang Jixuan asked Black Shell to obtain Special Ore so he could build defensive formations around Fortress No. 76.
  • Wang Jixuan told Zhou Zhengde that Huo Rong’s memories suggested a Spiritual Practitioner might be connected to the Six Elders and that mass Psionic awakening was a possible danger.
  • Ling Tong approached Wang Jixuan and said they needed to talk.

Ch. 159Daoist Wang's Little Classroom

After surviving the attack on Fortress No. 76, Wang Jixuan recovered while human war zones grappled with the fallout from Huo Rong’s failed assault and the growing Blade Beast threat. He opened his Little Electric Sound Temple classroom, assembled its unusual students, and introduced Fu Jian as a special teacher.

  • Ling Tong hugged Wang Jixuan to confirm they were both alive, then returned with him to the fortress.
  • Wang Jixuan recuperated for three days as Wu Man recited the Rebirth Mantra, while war zones reacted to Huo Rong’s defeat, D5’s nuclear strikes, and unrest in Psionic Capital.
  • Wang Jixuan finalized his classroom groups, added Fu Jian to the Half-Human Mech Group, and prepared the Little Electric Sound Temple for its first class.
  • Zhou Zhengde arrived to find the classroom packed with Loyal Wingmen, Half-Human Mechs, Psionicists, and other D5 figures, then took a seat and began observing them.
  • Ling Tong led the class in standing and saluting when Wang Jixuan arrived, and Wang explained the course’s purpose before calling in special teacher Fu Jian.

Ch. 160Casually Pulling Out a Seven Star Sword Array!

Wang Jixuan taught D5’s Psionic Group about Psionicists, Blade Beast souls, and Crystal Cores, then began training them to use a seven-person sword array. The chapter ended with the trainees practicing the array while Fu Jian and the commanders watched, and Fu Jian prepared to spar with the Half-Human Mech Group.

  • Wang Jixuan appointed Zhou Zhengde discipline officer and explained the three types of Psionicists, demonstrating soul separation on Zheng Shiduo.
  • Wang Jixuan and Wu Man demonstrated how the Vajra Demon-Subduing Scripture could destroy a Blade Beast’s remnant soul, then Wang Jixuan lectured on Blade Beasts, Crystal Cores, and Psionicist techniques.
  • Wang Jixuan told Fu Jian that he would keep dangerous cultivation methods secret and that the afternoon lesson would teach coordinated attacks.
  • Peony and the Maid Group brought training weapons as Wan Xiaoqi set up drones for the seven-person formations.
  • Wang Jixuan put the Psionic Group through the first sword-array movements, punishing the group whenever anyone missed a position.
  • Fu Jian agreed to spar with the Half-Human Mech Group after the lesson, while the Fortress Governor asked him to go easy on them.

Ch. 161Preparing to Give the World a Little Shock

Wang Jixuan’s Seven Star Sword Array let the Half-Human Mechs challenge Fu Jian and convinced the commanders that coordinated Exclusive Mechas could threaten King-Class Blade Beasts. As preparations began for a coming border battle, the story shifted to Dragonfly Aunt aboard a transport plane as she asked Bristle Bear about their mission.

  • Wang Jixuan trained seven Half-Human Mechs in the Seven Star Sword Array, and they managed to disarm Fu Jian during their coordinated assault.
  • Wang Jixuan explained that the formation could let seven Exclusive Mechas fight King-Class Blade Beasts, and Fu Jian agreed to equip the team and prepare for a border battle in twelve days.
  • Wang Jixuan asked Fu Jian to collect branches from old plants across human territory, suspecting they might have developed spirituality.
  • Fu Jian ordered his staff to select weaker King-level targets and provide supplies for the coming battle.
  • On the fifth day of Wang Zheng’s Classroom, Dragonfly Aunt drank yogurt aboard a departing transport plane and asked Bristle Bear what their mission was.

Ch. 162Dragonfly in Peril

Dragonfly Aunt warned Bristle Bear against defecting, while Wang Jixuan inspected spiritual plants and discussed the Psionic Management Committee’s investigation with her. He agreed to help her team and learned of hidden ruins and possible Spiritual Practitioner involvement, but then sensed two concealed auras aboard her team’s aircraft.

  • Dragonfly Aunt told Bristle Bear to deliver Beta’s collected samples and rejected his suggestion that their faction abandon the Psionic Capital, explaining the political risks.
  • Wang Jixuan examined plant samples, selected specimens with weak spiritual power, and sent Dongfang Zhenghong pictures and drawings of plants he wanted to obtain.
  • Peony alerted Wang Jixuan to Dragonfly Aunt’s urgent call, and he met her in disguise to discuss the investigation teams sent near Fortress No. 76.
  • Dragonfly Aunt described the Psionic Management Committee’s fear of Black Storm and revealed that the Psionic Capital and Xing Tian’s Snow Mountain Base might conceal ruins tied to Psionic technology.
  • Wang Jixuan shared evidence linking the Six Elders, Blade Beasts, and Spiritual Practitioners, and agreed to help Dragonfly Aunt deal with the investigation while asking her to leave the Tree of Kindness behind.
  • As Wang Jixuan prepared to leave, his spiritual sense detected two hidden auras inside Dragonfly Aunt’s team’s Stealth Aircraft.

Ch. 163The Commander-in-Chief's Lesson

Wang Jixuan arranged a live-combat exercise for three squads to attack Psionic Management Committee investigators while Dragonfly Aunt’s squad faced an infiltration threat. After the coordinated operation, Fu Jian advised Wang Jixuan on command and revealed that the Ninth Pillar had reached its awakening warning threshold.

  • Dragonfly Aunt used her ability to exchange intelligence with Wang Jixuan, who discovered two A-Class Psionicists hiding aboard her Stealth Aircraft and warned her.
  • Peony located the four investigation squads, and Wang Jixuan assigned the Buddha Hall Squad, Maid Group, and Half-Human Mech Group to attack three teams using the Seven Star Sword Array.
  • Fu Jian advised Wang Jixuan and Zhou Zhengde not to overstep the Frontline Commander’s authority, and said he intended to train Ling Tong as a leader who could influence Wang Jixuan.
  • The Buddha Hall Squad and Maid Group destroyed their targets, while the Half-Human Mech Group killed the two A-Class Psionicists, let Bristle Bear and Dragonfly Aunt escape, and captured Shaman and Treant Beta.
  • Wang Jixuan gave the Half-Human Mech Group the lowest score for disrupting its formation, and Fu Jian offered to show him stone slabs bearing possible Spiritual Practitioner patterns.
  • Fu Jian revealed that the Ninth Pillar had reached the 24% awakening warning threshold three hours earlier.

Ch. 164The Spirit Cultivator’s Stone Slab

Wang Jixuan examined the stone slabs recovered from the Six Elders and discovered that they formed a sophisticated spiritual-energy device, possibly a Teleportation Gate. As he left to train the returning teams, the device trembled and a faint voice called for help.

  • Fu Jian explained that Pillar-Class Blade Beasts had never been defeated and that the sleeping monsters were protected by enormous forces of High-Tier Blade Beasts.
  • Wang Jixuan visited the locked research warehouse with Zhou Zhengde and met the researchers studying 120 indestructible stone slabs.
  • Director Chen showed Wang Jixuan that arranging the slabs together produced a three-dimensional image, which he had mistaken for a new projection technology.
  • Wang Jixuan sensed intricate spiritual-energy pathways on the slabs’ smooth side and concluded that the assembled wall was an advanced artifact with an unknown function.
  • Wang Jixuan told the researchers how to test the wall using thirty Pure Crystal Cores, warned them to keep away, and suggested it might be a Teleportation Gate.
  • As Wang Jixuan prepared to leave for training, the stone wall trembled and a faint voice said, “Save... save me...”

Ch. 165Revealing a Flaw

Wang Jixuan investigated a mysterious stone wall that projected a beach and called for help, discovering that it rejected Psionicists and might contain a powerful remnant soul. He sealed off the area, continued teaching the trainees about Psionic abilities, and visited Treant Beta and Shaman in prison, bringing them into his custody while maintaining the ruse around their captain.

  • Wang Jixuan used Demon Suppressing Talismans and a spell on the stone wall, which projected a beach scene and called for someone to save it.
  • Fu Jian summoned Zheng Shiduo, whose approach caused the projection and wall’s radiance to disappear; Wang Jixuan concluded the wall rejected Psionicists and might contain a dangerous remnant soul.
  • Wang Jixuan ordered Fu Jian to seal off the wall and keep people away while he planned to develop a demon-suppressing formation.
  • Wang Jixuan taught the Buddha Hall Squad and other trainees how Psionicists used their abilities, including demonstrations by Ji Xiao and Ji Yale and footage of Huo Rong transforming into a Flame Giant.
  • Wang Jixuan visited Treant Beta and Shaman in prison, told them their captain was safe and fleeing to War Zone D3 with Bristle Bear, then arranged to take them out and lodge them with him.

Ch. 166News from Afar

Wang Jixuan learned that Ye Zi had betrayed Kong Nu's family and fled D5 with a group of armed followers, then began suspecting that her escape had been planned long in advance. As he ordered an investigation into Kong Nu's mother, Ye Zi's new group approached an Agricultural Fortress in D3, reciting their mission to rebuild civilization.

  • Wang Jixuan read Dongfang Zhenghong's messages, learned that Xing Tian was receiving resources that might help him reach SS-Class, and made him a priority target.
  • A video revealed that Kong Nu's daughter had sold her ill mother to organ traffickers and described how Ye Zi had rescued them after an escort vehicle overturned, then later betrayed them and escaped with supplies and armed followers.
  • Wang Jixuan asked Dongfang Zhenghong to give Ye Zi a missile if she was found, but then questioned how she had obtained the maps and plans needed to escape D5.
  • Wang Jixuan asked Zhou Zhengde to reinvestigate Kong Nu's mother, Kong Meilian, in the Lower City.
  • In D3, a truck carrying a group of teenagers approached an Agricultural Fortress as they recited their mission and prepared to eat, with Sister Ye Zi awaiting their news.

Ch. 167Furnace Explosion for the First Time

Wang Jixuan hosted Shaman and Beta at Fortress No. 76, arranged for them to help War Zone D5 learn about the Psionic Management Committee, and accidentally blew up his first Alchemy Furnace while refining pills. Two days later, he began an experiment on the reassembled Stone Slab Wall with Fu Jian, Chen Wuchou, and Zheng Shiduo watching.

  • Wang Jixuan invited Peony to skip class and show Shaman and Beta the nursery, where they ate with children and learned about life inside the fortress.
  • Peony revealed that she was the commander's Loyal Wingman, and she led Shaman and Beta to Uncle Tai's workshop to meet Wang Jixuan and Ling Tong.
  • Wang Jixuan offered to remove Shaman and Beta's Self-Destruct Chips and asked them to explain the Psionic Management Committee to War Zone D5; both agreed to help.
  • Wang Jixuan tried refining Qi-Increasing Pills with Beta's hair, but the alloy Alchemy Furnace exploded before the pills could form.
  • Two days later, Wang Jixuan arranged eighteen array foundations around the reassembled Stone Slab Wall and prepared to probe its center as Fu Jian, Chen Wuchou, and Zheng Shiduo watched.

Ch. 168Clever Uses of Demonic Qi

Wang Jixuan forced the Incomplete Guardian inside the Stone Slab Wall to communicate by binding it and flooding it with demonic qi, then learned it guarded the Spiritual Cultivation Fire and the key to a treasure trove. As Wang Jixuan began questioning it, the church-like building in the Psionic Capital’s core area started trembling.

  • Wang Jixuan attacked the Stone Slab Wall with qi swords, talismans, his spear, Peony’s electromagnetic punch, and Fu Jian’s cannon, but its shield held firm.
  • Wang Jixuan proposed sending an ordinary person inside, while Fu Jian rejected creating another Psionic Capital and affirmed humanity’s alternative path with Peony.
  • Wang Jixuan restrained the floating Stone Slab Wall with the Grand Formation and used blood, demonic qi, and the Dragon Python Strange Soul to make the Incomplete Soul emerge and apologize.
  • The Incomplete Guardian said it had invited Wang Jixuan to undergo a trial and identified itself as the guardian of the Spiritual Cultivation Fire and an Inheritance Stone Slab, one of six on the planet.
  • Wang Jixuan gave his name as Mu Liang and ordered the Incomplete Guardian to answer his questions directly.
  • The church-like building where the Six Elders were gathered in the Psionic Capital’s core area began to tremble.

Ch. 169Sinister vs. Cunning

Wang Jixuan exposed the inheritance guardian’s attempt to lure him into a Stone Slab spire, then learned what lay inside and concluded that the Spiritual Practitioners were behind the Psionicists. He and Fu Jian prepared to confront the Six Elders and launch attacks against both the Psionicists and Blade Beasts.

  • Wang Jixuan rejected the elderly phantom’s inheritance offer and identified contradictions in its claims, suspecting it wanted to trap him inside the spire.
  • The phantom tried to put the Inheritance Stone Slab into a Quiescent Cycle, but Black Energy disrupted the spire and broke apart the Stone Slab Wall.
  • Wang Jixuan told Fu Jian that the spire held a Spiritual Practitioner’s remnant soul, countless crystal cores, and awakening dried corpses that might become powerful Psionicists.
  • Wang Jixuan and Fu Jian concluded that Spiritual Practitioners had created the spirit slaves known as Psionicists and discussed using the conflict between them and the Blade Beasts.
  • Wang Jixuan proposed ambushing S-Class Psionicists and attacking the Six Elders’ forces while Fu Jian and others handled the King-Class Blade Beast horde.
  • Fu Jian told Wang Jixuan to wear a helmet and observe the Six Elders as they arrived for a meeting.

Ch. 170Face the Six Elders! Shift from Defense to Offense!

Fu Jian confronted Steel Venerable Taisheng Steel over Psionic Capital’s control of Spiritual Practitioners and threatened retaliation, while Wang Jixuan exposed what he inferred about the Elders’ schemes. Three days later, forces prepared for battles in D5 and D3, with Wang Jixuan leading a surprise attack and Ling Tong’s team set to lure a King-Class Blade Beast.

  • Fu Jian and Wang Jixuan negotiated with Taisheng Steel, who warned that Spiritual Practitioners had created the Blade Beasts and that the Twelve Pillars’ awakening threatened humanity.
  • Wang Jixuan accused the Six Elders of controlling three Spiritual Practitioners and using their Stone Coffins to guide Psionicists, while Fu Jian threatened war and ordered D5 to shoot down aircraft from Psionic Capital.
  • Fu Jian appointed Wang Jixuan Special Adviser with authority equal to a three-star general and assigned him future retaliation against Psionic Capital.
  • Three days later, Ling Tong prepared to lead a mech operation to lure a King-Class Blade Beast, while Wang Jixuan gathered eight Psionicists aboard a stealth transport plane for a surprise attack in D3.
  • Wang Jixuan told the Psionicists he would distribute weapons and equipment to help ensure victory.

Ch. 171Paradise Iron Wall

Peony briefed the Buddha Hall Squad and Maid Group on their raid against Iron Wall Fortress, where they planned to kill the S-Class Psionicist Ferli and destroy a 13th Institute Branch. Wang Jixuan and Fu Jian infiltrated the fortress and witnessed its drug-ravaged population before heading toward the branch as the assault began.

  • Peony outlined the target, Iron Wall Fortress’s defenses, and the teams’ plan to attack Ferli and the 13th Institute Branch.
  • The sixteen operatives split into four groups and infiltrated the fortress under stealth, while Wang Jixuan learned that Fu Jian intended to accompany him.
  • Wang Jixuan and Fu Jian entered through a ventilation shaft and observed Inner City residents, including children, inhaling the addictive New Anti-Darkness Medicine.
  • Wang Jixuan’s spiritual perception revealed widespread social collapse in the Inner City and industrial zone, while the Outer City military remained isolated from it.
  • As the four groups approached their positions, Wang Jixuan urged Fu Jian toward the 13th Institute Branch after detecting what appeared to be an Infusion Wall and Psionic Mechas.

Ch. 172An Unexpected Formidable Enemy

Wang Jixuan and Fu Jian infiltrated the Biological 13th Institute branch while Peony’s teams prepared coordinated attacks on Iron Wall Fortress. Wang subdued the guards, but Professor Shen revealed herself as an awakened A+ Class Psionicist as the assault began.

  • Peony ordered the Buddha Hall Squad and Peak Maid Group to attack the checkpoints and cliffside airport in coordination.
  • Wang Jixuan and Fu Jian entered the Institute branch, where Wang incapacitated the guards and mapped the facility.
  • Wang discovered Professor Shen operating on a Preacher Blade Beast and collected data while the experiment continued.
  • Professor Shen detected Wang and identified his X Armor, then revealed a powerful Psionic Fluctuation that marked her as an awakened A+ Class Psionicist.
  • An S-Class Psionicist Phyllis shrieked as she encountered the Maid Group above.

Ch. 173A Professor on the Hook

Wang Jixuan stalled Professor Shen until Fu Jian arrived, then demonstrated his ability to destroy a Preacher and control its remnant soul. Professor Shen agreed to work with D5 in exchange for an interesting research subject, and she set off to fight Philly as Wang Jixuan and Fu Jian followed.

  • Wang Jixuan bluffed Professor Shen and questioned her about her research, her hatred of Fu Jian, and her reasons for hiding in the backwater.
  • Professor Shen offered to work for D5 if Wang Jixuan killed Fu Jian, but he refused and proposed searching her soul before giving her a research subject.
  • Wang Jixuan killed the Preacher, extracted its remnant soul, and let a black flood dragon consume it, convincing Professor Shen of his abilities.
  • Professor Shen accepted Wang Jixuan's offer, asked him to teach her to control Blade Beast souls, and left to change before fighting Philly.
  • Fu Jian recognized Professor Shen as Shen Qionglin, a genius researcher missing for five years, and ordered his team to bring her back.
  • Wang Jixuan knocked out the remaining people in the laboratory and hurried after Shen Qionglin and Fu Jian as the Buddha Hall Squad confronted Philly.

Ch. 174Pledge of Allegiance

Wang Jixuan and Fu Jian joined Shen Qionglin to reach Philly’s palace, where the Buddha Hall Squad was fighting her forces. Shen revealed her powerful psionic abilities, helped subdue Philly, and ended the chapter by shooting her.

  • Shen Qionglin led Wang Jixuan and Fu Jian through a hidden passage toward Philly’s palace and explained that the route had been used to monitor her.
  • Wang Jixuan and Shen Qionglin incapacitated soldiers and Psionicists outside the palace, while Shen revealed her ability to control metal.
  • Peony and the Loyal Wingmen arrived, and Wang Jixuan told them that Shen had joined their side.
  • The Buddha Hall Squad formed its Seven Star Sword Array and gained the upper hand against Philly as Shen entered the palace battle.
  • Shen blocked Philly’s Mental Shock, struck her down with a giant metal hand, and shot her in the eye.

Ch. 175A Small Victory!

Wang Jixuan and Fu Jian evacuated Shen Qionglin and her research materials from Iron Wall Fortress to D5 after killing Philly, while the Psionic Capital’s emergency troops arrived to reclaim the fortress. As Wang Jixuan searched Shen Qionglin’s memories aboard the plane, Meng Jin learned that D5 had taken her and began preparing a unified response from the Psionic Management Committee.

  • After Philly died, Wang Jixuan had Zheng Shiduo deal with the remaining Psionicists and arranged for Shen Qionglin and her willing students to evacuate to D5.
  • Three transport planes left Iron Wall Fortress under D5 escort, and Fu Jian ordered the cleared research facilities destroyed before the garrison took control.
  • Wang Jixuan scolded the Buddha Hall Squad, heard that the Half-Human Mech team had badly wounded a King-Class Blade Beast, and began searching Shen Qionglin’s memories with Gentle Breeze Entering Dream.
  • Meng Jin questioned Iron Wall Fortress’s officers, learned that D5 forces had ambushed Philly and abducted Shen Qionglin, and called for a unified council meeting to respond to D5.
  • Aboard the transport plane in D5 airspace, Wang Jixuan opened his eyes with a complicated expression and resumed searching Shen Qionglin’s memories.

Ch. 176Her Twenty-Seven Years

Wang Jixuan reviewed Shen Qionglin’s memories, uncovering how childhood experiments, poverty, and the loss of her family shaped her life and research. After she woke, he asked Wu Man to teach her talisman drawing and told her she was one of the purest-hearted humans he had known.

  • Wang Jixuan saw how Shen Qionglin was exiled to Iron Wall Fortress after her mother was murdered, her sister’s family was demoted, and her younger brother was ruined in an Infusion Experiment.
  • Shen Qionglin recalled awakening to her abilities at fourteen when she used weak telekinesis and a kitchen knife to drive off two attackers targeting her older sister.
  • Wang Jixuan discovered that Shen Qionglin’s father had made her a subject in the God Realm project when she was seven, leaving her the sole surviving child of the experiment.
  • Shen Qionglin returned from her memories to find Wang Jixuan examining her past, and she asked about the project.
  • Wang Jixuan called Wu Man over to teach Shen Qionglin how to draw talismans and told her he considered her pure-hearted.

Ch. 177Beast God Faction Attacks!

Wang Jixuan reflected on Shen Qionglin’s memories, then gained a breakthrough while the Psionic Capital’s monopoly on psionic technology threatened to spark war. As the Beast God Faction appeared near Fortress No. 76, agents tracked Red Snake’s transfer from Fortress No. 82 and prepared to use her to locate an awakened Spiritual Practitioner.

  • Wang Jixuan told Fu Jian that Shen Qionglin had developed her own awakening method and questioned whether she belonged to any Spiritual Practitioner; Fu Jian refused to let her study the Fourth Wall during her probation.
  • Fu Jian learned that the Beast God Faction had appeared at the border and left to take command, while Wang Jixuan agreed to help if needed.
  • Wang Jixuan observed Ling Tong’s forces preparing to kill the wounded King-Class Blade Beast, then used his reflections on human nature and cultivation to break through into the Dao Realm.
  • Shen Qionglin recognized Wang Jixuan’s promotion and ordered the transport aircraft to circle while Peony’s maids used Spirit Release Arrays to supply him with crystal core energy.
  • Beast God Faction agents near Fortress No. 82 identified Red Snake’s transfer convoy and planned to use her to find the Awakened Spiritual Practitioner.
  • Uncle Tai and the other researchers traveled with Red Snake toward Fortress No. 76 as armed figures moved through the desert below.
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