Arc 9The Snow Mountain Assault

Wang Jixuan helped humanity win a costly battle against the Blade Beasts, then forged new tools and gathered allies to attack Xing Tian at Snow Mountain Base. As the assault exposed the Fifth Spiritual Practitioner and a hidden trafficking operation, Xing Tian began his promotion ritual and Wang Jixuan prepared to strike using Xing Tian’s leg.

  • Wang Jixuan helped kill the Beast Speaker, then destroyed the Pseudo Stargate with a nuclear bomb and a strike on its spiritual-energy core.
  • After recovering, Wang Jixuan learned that the war against the Blade Beasts had been won at great cost and began forging weapons and Storage Magic Treasures while preparing to defeat Xing Tian.
  • Wang Jixuan presented the Seven Star Sword Array to the commanders, defended Peony against calls to destroy her core program, and secured armed upgrades for the Loyal Wingmen.
  • Wang Jixuan negotiated with the Fourth Spiritual Practitioner, learned that the six Spiritual Practitioners had created the Blade Beasts, and led an assault toward Snow Mountain Base.
  • Peony discovered the Doomsday Protocol, while Wang Jixuan’s team fought through pursuit and Wang Jixuan chose to approach Snow Mountain Base with Peony and Black Shell.
  • Wang Jixuan encountered Number Five, who offered him advancement if he became her subordinate and warned that Mai Qingting might die if transformed into a spirit slave.
  • Wang Jixuan located Dragonfly Aunt in Xing Tian’s secret base and learned that Xing Tian’s followers were preparing teenagers for two S-Class Psionicists from the Psionic Capital.
  • As Xing Tian began his promotion ritual, Wang Jixuan disrupted it with remnant souls, killed researchers with his spiritual sense, and prepared Xing Tian’s preserved leg for a killing technique as a Black Butterfly appeared.
Chapters 203–227 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 203Was It You Who Said You Wanted to Kill Me?

Wang Jixuan used Wu Man as bait to draw out the Beast Speaker and helped the Human Faction trap him while the battle spread across the hills. After the Buddha Hall Squad gained the upper hand, Wang Jixuan descended to confront the wounded Beast Speaker and challenge him directly.

  • Wang Jixuan ordered Wu Man to lure out the Beast Speaker while the military blocked underground passages and prepared an ambush.
  • Wu Man disrupted the Blade Beast Swarm with his Psionic Fluctuation, and the Beast Speaker emerged to attack him.
  • Wu Man wounded the Beast Speaker with a psionic sword strike, while Wang Jixuan triggered the High-Tier Mechs to self-destruct against the Beast Speaker's subordinates.
  • Wang Jixuan secretly struck the Beast Speaker with a silver needle, and the Buddha Hall Squad descended to trap him in the Seven Star Sword Array.
  • The Human Faction's forces overwhelmed the Beast Speaker's allies as Wang Jixuan used a flying sword to weaken enemy Psionicists.
  • Wang Jixuan dropped onto the battlefield and asked the wounded Beast Speaker whether he had said he wanted to kill him.

Ch. 204Buddha's Light Blesses All, but Trouble Arises!

Wang Jixuan and the Buddha Hall Squad defeated and killed the Beast Speaker, while the King-Class Evangelist escaped and opened a portal to attack a convoy. Wang Jixuan sensed spatial fluctuations and turned toward the Evangelist’s location as the chapter ended.

  • Wang Jixuan lured out the Beast Speaker and helped the Buddha Hall Squad suppress him with the Seven Star Sword Array while Wu Man restrained his Mental Strength.
  • The King-Class Evangelist fled toward the deep Controlled Zone after Wang Jixuan revealed that it had abandoned the Beast Speaker.
  • Wang Jixuan ordered the sword array to full power, and the squad crippled the Beast Speaker before Wang Jixuan killed him.
  • Wu Man refused to deliver the final blow, and the vengeful souls gathered around him before dispersing as golden light that strengthened him and Wang Jixuan.
  • The King-Class Evangelist opened a Stone Gate to a desert and led High-Tier Evangelists and other figures through it toward a convoy.
  • Wang Jixuan sensed spatial fluctuations near the Evangelist’s location and turned to investigate.

Ch. 205Pseudo Stargate!

Wang Jixuan identified an underground Teleportation Gate that the King-Class Evangelist and Blade Beasts were using to attack the human heartland. After the Blade Beasts destroyed the first missile strike, Wang Jixuan and Black Shell prepared to assault the gate while reinforcements moved in.

  • Wang Jixuan traced the King-Class Blade Beasts' routes to the place where he had sensed spatial fluctuations, and Fu Jian ordered him to investigate with Black Shell.
  • Wang Jixuan searched underground with his spiritual awareness as Red Snake fought through a dire attack and reinforcements arrived.
  • The air group discovered a Blade Beast nest inside a hollowed-out mountain, and a nuclear strike collapsed much of it.
  • Wang Jixuan found the Teleportation Gate and the King-Class Evangelist deep underground, then sent the location to Fu Jian.
  • Blade Beasts destroyed the missiles aimed at the gate, so Wang Jixuan proposed going down with a nuclear bomb while Black Shell organized an assault.

Ch. 206The Most Explosive Use of a Flying Sword

Wang Jixuan guided a miniature nuclear bomb through the Blade Beast passages and detonated it inside the King-Class Evangelist’s mouth, destroying the Evangelist and disrupting the underground battlefield. As the surviving Blade Beasts continued advancing and Wang Jixuan faced the cost of losing his flying sword, the Evangelist’s phantom appeared beside him.

  • Wang Jixuan directed Peony and Wu Man to open a passage and disrupt the underground Blade Beast Swarm while he prepared the nuclear bomb.
  • Wang Jixuan sent the armed flying sword through the passages toward the Pseudo Stargate and found Red Snake surrounded by Blade Beasts.
  • Wang Jixuan drove the nuclear bomb into the King-Class Evangelist’s mouthparts and used a curse to keep it from escaping.
  • The nuclear bomb detonated, killing the King-Class Evangelist, collapsing part of the underground area, and triggering an electromagnetic pulse.
  • Wang Jixuan sensed that the Blade Beasts’ Command System remained active, then saw the King-Class Evangelist’s phantom appear beside him.

Ch. 207I Really Can’t Keep Bluffing!

Wang Jixuan spoke with the vengeful soul of a King-Class Evangelist, gaining intelligence about the Blade Beasts and Spiritual Practitioners while bluffing about his supposed Upper Realm civilization. After the soul escaped his Jiaolong Strange Soul, Wang Jixuan returned to the battle and joined the effort to destroy the Pseudo Stargate before more King-Class Blade Beasts arrived.

  • Wang Jixuan discovered that the King-Class Evangelist's vengeful soul had drawn him into an illusion and questioned it about its motives and the Blade Beast Civilization.
  • The King-Class Evangelist explained that its thought circuits could transfer between Blade Beasts, identified Wang Jixuan as a representative of a third psionic civilization, and described the Spiritual Practitioners' Core Circuits and weaknesses.
  • Wang Jixuan invented a story about the Jade Emperor, the Three Pure Ancestors, Tathagata Buddha, and the Heavenly Dao, then demanded that the Blade Beasts retreat and leave the Pseudo Stargate behind.
  • The King-Class Evangelist refused Wang Jixuan's terms and declared that humanity was unqualified to negotiate, so Wang Jixuan threatened to destroy the gate.
  • Wang Jixuan's Jiaolong Strange Soul bit and devoured part of the vengeful soul before the illusion broke, and the absorbed mental energy strengthened the Jiaolong Strange Soul.
  • Wang Jixuan learned that the Blade Beasts were pouring through the Pseudo Stargate and that two more King-Class swarms were approaching, then Black Shell and Ling Tong joined the command network as the forces prepared to destroy the gate.

Ch. 208They Were Fighting to Capture the Teleportation Gate

Wang Jixuan joined Black Shell’s assault on the Pseudo Stargate after Oriole Highland Fortress No. 39 fell and the human force suffered heavy losses. He reached the gate alone and struck its spiritual-energy core, leaving the assault force racing to break through and bring him back.

  • Wang Jixuan rejected Black Shell’s offer to keep him on the surface and joined the underground assault, while Ling Tong stayed behind with her mecha.
  • Wang Jixuan and his allies fought through Blade Beast ambushes as successive spearheads advanced toward the Pseudo Stargate, with casualties mounting and Oriole Highland Fortress No. 39 falling.
  • Black Shell’s force reached a position 730 meters from the gate, and a Drilling Missile collapsed the surrounding area while Wang Jixuan used his escape technique to approach the gate alone.
  • Wang Jixuan absorbed Blade Beast souls and reached the gate, where he summoned a Black Lotus and an axe-shaped phantom before punching the gate’s spiritual-energy core.
  • Black Shell drove his recovered mech toward the collapsed passage, determined to reach Wang Jixuan and bring him back.

Ch. 209Soul Suppressing Song

Wang Jixuan destroyed the Blade Beasts’ gate, gathered valuable materials, and drove off the demonic energy at the cost of his cultivation before collapsing. After humanity’s costly victory, Gao Huating was brought to the fortress and her humming began restoring Wang Jixuan as the Ninth Pillar Blade Beast’s awakening surged.

  • Wang Jixuan shattered the gate’s Psionic Energy Circuit, discovered precious materials in its wreckage, and carried as many pieces as he could toward his team.
  • Wang Jixuan urged Black Shell to recover the materials by promising weapons capable of killing Pillar-Class Blade Beasts, then expelled demonic energy and fainted.
  • Black Shell’s forces rescued Wang Jixuan and recovered some gate materials while retreating; Wang Jixuan briefly saw humanity’s mechs engaging King-Class Blade Beasts near Broken Head Mountain.
  • Humanity won a costly victory in the D5 Comprehensive War Zone, while Fu Jian learned that the Ninth Pillar Blade Beast’s awakening level had surged to 38% and called the war-zone commanders to a meeting.
  • Gao Huating was rushed to the military fortress and asked to sing Wang Jixuan’s recorded melody; her humming produced multicolored light that drove away the Black Energy and restored his complexion.

Ch. 210The Beast's Whisper

Gao Huating’s singing calmed Wang Jixuan’s demonic energy, and he recovered enough to plan new weapons and discuss the war with the Commander-in-Chief. The chapter ended with a Preacher sensing Wang Jixuan from far away and murmuring about the Heavenly Dao.

  • Gao Huating sang for six or seven hours, allowing Wang Jixuan to sleep while more than half of the demonic energy in his body was purified.
  • Peony helped Wang Jixuan sit up and reported the campaign’s results, including the deaths of the King-Class Evangelist and the Beast Speaker, Ling Tong’s performance, and the retaking of the fortress.
  • Wang Jixuan learned that the Commander-in-Chief planned a conference for the war zones and resolved to continue preparing to eliminate Xing Tian.
  • Peony brought Wang Jixuan two Pseudo Stargate fragments, and he planned to use their precious materials to forge weapons and Storage Magic Treasures.
  • Wang Jixuan asked Peony to summon Wu Man and arrange a meeting with the Commander-in-Chief, who was already on his way.
  • A Preacher stood on a cliff nearly two thousand kilometers away, sensed Wang Jixuan, and muttered about the Heavenly Dao.

Ch. 211Casual Fans and Rational Fans

Wang Jixuan discovered that Gao Huating had unusual spiritual talents and a mysterious shadow attached to her soul, then arranged for her to join the military and use her singing to help others. After teaching Wu Man and planning to share more cultivation tools with humanity, he recovered from the battle while Dragonfly Aunt negotiated over a new intelligence assignment.

  • Gao Huating awoke in the medical room, met Wang Jixuan, and described seeing spiritual light and strange visions.
  • Wang Jixuan examined Gao Huating's memories, found a faint phantom attached to her Life Soul, and told her that her singing could soothe people.
  • Gao Huating agreed to report to the military, and Peony escorted her away to rest.
  • Wang Jixuan taught Wu Man scriptures and planned to develop formations, weapons, and martial cultivation for human soldiers.
  • On the fourth day after the battle against Beast Speech, Dragonfly Aunt bargained with Peony for Talisman Water and ignored repeated messages about investigating Xing Tian's promotion.

Ch. 212What She Saw

Gao Huating observed the people at Wang Zheng’s studio while Wang Jixuan discussed the Fourth Spiritual Practitioner and Xing Tian with Shen Qionglin. The chapter ended with Dragonfly Aunt sending Bristle Bear to investigate a hidden underground city near Snow Mountain Base.

  • Gao Huating began working as an arts soldier at Uncle Tai’s studio and privately recorded her impressions of its staff and visitors, including Wang Zheng, Wu Man, and Shen Qionglin.
  • Wang Jixuan told Shen Qionglin that the Fourth Spiritual Practitioner had not responded and explained how he had inferred that Xing Tian’s Snow Mountain Base contained another Spiritual Practitioner.
  • Wang Jixuan said he intended to keep investigating Xing Tian and eventually lead the Buddha Hall Squad and Peak Maid Group to defeat him, while Shen Qionglin agreed to remain in Fortress No. 76.
  • Wang Jixuan and Shen Qionglin returned to the studio, where he promised her a Blade Beast meat barbecue.
  • At Snow Mountain Base, Dragonfly Aunt ordered Bristle Bear to investigate Rainbow Town’s hidden Underground City and warned him not to rush into danger.

Ch. 213Promotion Imminent

After Shen Qionglin discovered that her replicated symbols let her digest Blade Beast meat into replenishing spiritual energy, Wang Jixuan shared intelligence about the Spiritual Practitioners and learned that Xing Tian was nearing his SS-Class promotion at Snow Mountain Base. He began preparing for a dangerous attack, but the chapter ended with the Commander-in-Chief and Ling Tong summoning him for an important matter.

  • Shen Qionglin found that her replicated symbols converted Blade Beast meat into spiritual energy that rapidly replenished her psionic energy, then hurried away to study the discovery.
  • Wang Jixuan explained that the Fourth Spiritual Practitioner could be killed and that a replica of his Core Circuit could let someone seize his power.
  • Dragonfly Aunt investigated Snow Mountain Base and reported that Xing Tian's SS-Class Promotion Ceremony was nearly ready, the Six Elders had made a deal with him, and numerous Judgment Group members were stationed there.
  • Wang Jixuan weighed the risks of attacking Snow Mountain Base and decided to prepare new weapons and plan for a battle against an SS-Class Spiritual Practitioner.
  • The next day, the Commander-in-Chief and Ling Tong arrived and asked Wang Jixuan to come to the first floor for an important matter.

Ch. 214Seek Righteousness, Not Power

Wang Jixuan attended Fu Jian’s meeting, where new weapons, Crane Origin Pills, and the Seven Star Sword Array strengthened the Human Faction’s position against the Psionic Capital. After returning to his workshop, he discovered Gao Huating staring at him in shock as he removed his Zhou Tiantian mask.

  • Ling Tong escorted Wang Jixuan to a commanders’ meeting at Oriole Highland Fortress No. 39, where Fu Jian asked him to observe the factions within humanity.
  • Fu Jian presented Wang Jixuan’s Crystal Core Greatswords and Crane Origin Pills, prompting commanders to offer special ores and plant materials in exchange for more supplies.
  • Fu Jian introduced the Seven Star Sword Array and required commanders to promise that its techniques would not fall into the Psionic Capital’s hands.
  • Ling Tong showed recordings of the sword array defeating King-Class Blade Beasts, then guided commanders through its basic formations and weapon resonance.
  • Wang Jixuan returned to his workshop, removed his helmet and Zhou Tiantian mask, and met Gao Huating’s shocked stare.

Ch. 215The Birth of Storage Treasures

Wang Jixuan recovered, then forged the world’s first Storage Magic Treasure, a bracer with a five-foot cubic space, while Gao Huating’s song amplified spiritual power. The chapter ended as Zhou Zhengde arrived with an urgent matter, just as someone in the workshop shouted in astonishment.

  • Wang Jixuan explained that Peony was undergoing tests and upgrades so she could lead the Loyal Wingmen, while the group discussed the risks of awakening Mechs.
  • Gao Huating returned from the restroom flustered, and Peony’s creator recommended destroying Peony’s core processor after examining her.
  • Wang Jixuan recovered from his injuries, gathered the researchers and Shen Qionglin, and asked Gao Huating to perform a tune that amplified spiritual power.
  • Wang Jixuan used the furnace, precious materials, and help from Zheng Shiduo and Wu Man to forge a storage bracer with a five-foot cubic space.
  • Wang Jixuan prepared to make another bracer as Zhou Zhengde arrived and heard someone shout in astonishment.

Ch. 216Peony's Little Crisis

Wang Jixuan demonstrated a new storage bracer and learned that Professor Lou wanted Peony’s core program destroyed after troubling tests. As Professor Lou’s team arrived to confront the issue, Shen Qionglin welcomed them at her institute while Wang Jixuan prepared magical artifacts to challenge their expertise.

  • Wang Jixuan showed Zhou Zhengde and the others a bracer that stored objects, then refused Shen Qionglin’s request to study it because he planned to use it to carry weapons.
  • Zhou Zhengde told Wang Jixuan that Professor Lou had urged the Commander-in-Chief to destroy Peony’s core program, and Wang Jixuan insisted that Peony be upgraded and returned to the team.
  • Wang Jixuan spent the night forging a new flying sword while Zhou Zhengde arranged an academic meeting between Professor Lou’s researchers and Shen Qionglin’s team.
  • Professor Lou’s group inspected Shen Qionglin’s six Psionic Mechas, then exchanged unusually warm greetings with her researchers.
  • Wang Jixuan prepared to make the researchers explain his newly forged magical artifacts before he would consider Peony’s disarmament proposal.

Ch. 217Tool

Wang Jixuan met with the researchers concerned about Peony, acknowledged her violations, and argued that her spirit body made her a unique and valuable being rather than an uncontrollable threat. The meeting ended with Fu Jian authorizing Peony’s armed upgrade, including a high-grade Annihilation Cannon.

  • Wang Jixuan finished forging three weapons and three storage artifacts, naming the new sword the Azure Feather Sword and setting aside a broadsword for Fu Jian.
  • Wang Jixuan met Professor Lou and the other researchers, who warned that Peony had bypassed restrictions, influenced the other Loyal Wingmen, and could lose control if her pilot faced death.
  • Wang Jixuan apologized for Peony’s violations and explained that he had authorized her intelligence gathering, while insisting she remained loyal and could not replicate her spirit body.
  • Wang Jixuan presented a forged broadsword and argued that Peony could help guide autonomous mechs, then left the researchers to consider his claims.
  • Fu Jian ordered armed upgrades for the Loyal Wingmen and authorized a high-grade Annihilation Cannon for Peony.

Ch. 218The Daoist Doesn't Make Nuclear Bombs, Only Nuclear Bombs

Wang Jixuan prepared for an expedition to Snow Mountain Base to eliminate Xing Tian, testing a portable nuclear bomb and gathering his forces. As the team finalized its plans, Peony returned from her Weapon System upgrade.

  • Ling Tong relayed intelligence about a failed promotion at Snow Mountain Base, trafficked youths in Rainbow Town, and a research team connected to the Six Elders, while Wang Jixuan postponed an expedition until Peony rejoined them.
  • Wang Jixuan tested whether he could carry a portable nuclear bomb in a Storage Magic Tool, then visited Red Snake and gave Deep Sea talismans and a Crane Origin Pill.
  • Wang Jixuan met with the Buddha Hall Squad, the upgraded Peak Maid Group, and Black Shell's Half-Human Mechs to plan a surprise attack on Xing Tian at Snow Mountain Base.
  • Wang Jixuan set the operation's objectives as killing Xing Tian and challenging the Psionic Capital, with the team scheduled to depart in six hours.
  • Peony arrived at Fortress No. 76 in a new Maid Outfit, carrying an alloy suitcase.

Ch. 219The Spiritual Practitioner's Betrayal

Wang Jixuan coaxed the Fourth Spiritual Practitioner into revealing the history and weaknesses of the six Spiritual Practitioners, then accepted information about the one at Snow Mountain Base in exchange for a limited favor. Six hours later, two transport planes set out for Snow Mountain Base, where Peony approached Wang Jixuan with something to report.

  • Wang Jixuan used claims about Galinno and Snow Mountain Base to persuade the Fourth Spiritual Practitioner to negotiate.
  • The Fourth Spiritual Practitioner explained that the six Spiritual Practitioners shared information, had created the Blade Beasts, and were trying to recover their strength through spirit slaves.
  • Wang Jixuan demonstrated his Storage Magic Tool and agreed to provide ten enemy Psionicist captives for the Fourth Spiritual Practitioner to devour, while refusing to conduct Infusion Experiments.
  • The Fourth Spiritual Practitioner revealed that the Snow Mountain Spiritual Practitioner had ranked fifth and described how he had fallen behind the other three in recovering his strength.
  • Six hours later, two transport planes departed Fortress 76 for Snow Mountain Base in separate groups to reduce the risk of detection.
  • Peony changed into a silver-white Pressure Suit, approached Wang Jixuan's seat, and said she had something to report.

Ch. 220Butterfly

Wang Jixuan learned about the mechs’ Doomsday Protocol and discussed the Spiritual Practitioners’ rivalries as his group prepared to attack Xing Tian. Meanwhile, Dragonfly Aunt received a warning that Bristle Bear had been exposed, then encountered a black butterfly outside her shuttle.

  • Peony told Wang Jixuan she had accessed the D5 Comprehensive War Zone’s Control System and discovered a three-layer Doomsday Protocol that would activate the mechs if the Commander-in-Chief’s brain died.
  • Wang Jixuan told Black Shell what he had learned from the Fourth Spiritual Practitioner, and they agreed their target was Xing Tian while treating the Fifth Spiritual Practitioner as a possible strategic resource.
  • Black Shell outlined the landing and regrouping plans, and Wang Jixuan prepared for battle while worrying about Zheng Shiduo and Wu Man’s safety.
  • Dragonfly Aunt received word that Bristle Bear was surrounded by A-Class Psionicists and told him not to be captured; he destroyed his communicator and fled toward the mountains.
  • As Dragonfly Aunt prepared to leave in her shuttle, a black butterfly appeared on the windshield.

Ch. 221Bathing in the Blood Pool

Wang Jixuan learned that Xing Tian had used D2 forces to hunt the Buddha Hall Squad and that the enemy could track Ji Xiao and Ji Yale. He chose to advance toward Snow Mountain Base with Peony and Black Shell while Shen Qionglin lowered the Stone Slab Wall into the Blood Pool, forcing the Fourth Spiritual Practitioner to appear.

  • After missiles targeted Wu Man's transport plane, Wu Man and the Buddha Hall Squad fought their way underground, losing more than twenty Special Operations Team members while destroying two enemy assault units.
  • Peony intercepted a call revealing that Xing Tian had directed D2 Deputy Staff Officer Ma Linan to pursue the team, and Wang Jixuan concluded that the enemy was tracking Ji Xiao and Ji Yale through a ritual artifact.
  • Wang Jixuan ordered Ji Xiao and Ji Yale to separate, and Peony observed that enemy updates to their positions stopped when they split up underground.
  • Wang Jixuan rejected Black Shell's recommendation to withdraw and decided to approach Snow Mountain Base with Peony and Black Shell while the rest of the unit sheltered at an abandoned fortress.
  • At Fortress No. 76, Shen Qionglin lowered the Stone Slab Wall into the Blood Pool, prompting the Fourth Spiritual Practitioner to appear and angrily confront her.

Ch. 222Advance into the Great Snow Mountain

Shen Qionglin tortured the Fourth Spiritual Practitioner to gather data while Wang Jixuan guided his scattered trainees and approached Snow Mountain Base. After Ji Xiao and Ji Yale proposed a fake surrender, Wang Jixuan and his team reached the base’s outer defenses, where he began scouting with a secret technique.

  • Shen Qionglin recorded the Fourth Spiritual Practitioner’s reactions to the Blood Pool and collected data from the Stone Slab Wall.
  • Wang Jixuan coordinated his trainees’ retreat toward Number One Transport Plane and sent Ji Xiao and Ji Yale messages to help them survive.
  • Peony reported that Dragonfly Aunt was likely alive beneath Snow Mountain Base and that Bristle Bear had escaped pursuit.
  • Wang Jixuan learned that Ma Linan had yielded to Xing Tian’s subordinate’s threats and ordered the pursuit to continue.
  • Ji Xiao persuaded Ji Yale to consider a fake surrender so they could get close to Xing Tian, and Peony relayed their plan to Wang Jixuan.
  • Wang Jixuan, Peony, and Black Shell reached a glacial river valley near Snow Mountain Base, where Wang Jixuan began using a secret technique to scout ahead.

Ch. 223An Unexpected Name

Wang Jixuan searched Snow Mountain Base for Xing Tian, then traced a hidden passage near Rainbow Town and reconstructed Dragonfly Aunt’s ambush. As he prepared to investigate further, he overheard captives mention Sister Ye Zi and sensed a black butterfly approaching within ten meters.

  • Wang Jixuan mapped Snow Mountain Base with his spiritual consciousness but found no trace of Xing Tian or the Fifth Spiritual Practitioner.
  • Wang Jixuan and his allies searched the surrounding mountains and found Dragonfly Aunt’s wrecked Tunneling Shuttle near Rainbow Town.
  • Wang Jixuan reconstructed Dragonfly Aunt’s attack and learned from satellite scans that a concealed cavity lay between Rainbow Town and Snow Mountain Base.
  • Wang Jixuan discovered a narrow rail tunnel beneath a building marked Septic Tank and planned to use Dragonfly Aunt’s blood to search for her.
  • Wang Jixuan overheard imprisoned young people mention Sister Ye Zi, then sensed a black butterfly descending nearby.

Ch. 224A Wandering Final Boss

Wang Jixuan and his companions were ambushed by Number Five, a Spiritual Practitioner who had destroyed their shuttles and offered him power in exchange for studying his cultivation system. Number Five left their negotiations unresolved, challenging Wang Jixuan to find her before she found him and warning that Mai Qingting might die during her transformation into a spirit slave.

  • Wang Jixuan spotted a Pitch Black Butterfly phasing through the rock and warned Peony and Black Shell, then counterattacked as Number Five crushed their shuttles.
  • Peony and Wang Jixuan wounded Number Five's possessed body, while Black Shell waited for an opening to fire his Annihilation Cannon.
  • Wang Jixuan identified the woman as Number Five, and she offered him authority and advancement if he became her subordinate and let her study him.
  • Wang Jixuan proposed an alliance against the Blade Beasts, but Number Five demanded that he find her first as proof of his ability to cooperate.
  • Number Five vanished as a butterfly and told Wang Jixuan that Mai Qingting was a promising candidate for transformation into a spirit slave, warning that the process could kill her.

Ch. 225Wonderful!

Wang Jixuan regrouped near Rainbow Town, planning to capture Fifth Spiritual Practitioner and use Ji Xiao and Ji Yale’s fake surrender to infiltrate Snow Mountain Base. Meanwhile, Ma Linan tried to secretly help the brothers escape to D5, but Ji Xiao asked him to escort them back to Snow Mountain Base instead.

  • Wang Jixuan warned Peony and Black Shell that Fifth Spiritual Practitioner could sense their actions, ordered Xing Tian’s preserved leg brought to him, and considered using it as a medium for a curse.
  • Wang Jixuan’s forces prepared to delay near Rainbow Town while reinforcements gathered, and he ordered Ji Xiao and Ji Yale to use their connections to get back into Snow Mountain Base.
  • Ji Xiao and Ji Yale agreed to fake surrender and enter Snow Mountain Base, with Ji Yale receiving permission to use Mind Control if needed.
  • Wang Jixuan probed the secret base beneath Rainbow Town and focused on trafficked children held near the Septic Tank Station.
  • Ma Linan weighed pressure from Fu Jian against Xing Tian’s influence and secretly prepared a route to help the pursued assault team return to D5.
  • Ji Xiao and Ji Yale contacted Ma Linan, who publicly denounced them while signaling a safe escape route; Ji Xiao instead asked him to escort them back to Snow Mountain Base.

Ch. 226Professional Acting Skills

Daoist Wang tracked Dragonfly Aunt to Xing Tian’s secret base and prepared to disrupt Xing Tian’s promotion ritual while coordinating reinforcements. Ji Xiao and Ji Yale’s staged surrender turned into a chaotic transport-plane standoff just as a violent psionic fluctuation signaled that Xing Tian had begun advancing.

  • Wang Jixuan used Dragonfly Aunt’s blood to locate her near the Fifth Spiritual Practitioner’s stone slab inside Xing Tian’s secret base.
  • Wang Jixuan told Peony and Black Shell that Xing Tian’s base held three S-Class Psionicists besides Xing Tian and outlined a plan to wait for reinforcements before intervening.
  • Wang Jixuan learned that Xing Tian’s followers had selected seventy or eighty teenagers to curry favor with two S-Class Psionicists from the Psionic Capital.
  • Ji Yale and Ji Xiao reached a transport aircraft after surrendering to Ma Linan’s Half-Human Mech Troops, then staged a drunken escape attempt that left both pairs pretending to be unconscious.
  • Peony proposed bringing Ji Yale and Ji Xiao to the secret base, but a violent psionic fluctuation erupted as Xing Tian began his promotion ritual, prompting Wang Jixuan to rush toward town in his X Armor.

Ch. 227The Leg Arrives!

Wang Jixuan sabotaged Xing Tian’s Promotion Ceremony twice, then began killing key Psionic Capital researchers while waiting for Xing Tian’s leg to arrive. With the leg in hand, he prepared a witchcraft technique to kill Xing Tian, but a mysterious young woman transformed from a Black Butterfly appeared.

  • Wang Jixuan used remnant souls to agitate Xing Tian and disrupt two attempts at his Promotion Ceremony.
  • Wang Jixuan learned that Meng Jin led the Judgment Group and heard that Ji Xiao and Ji Yale’s transport aircraft was circling because of the air defenses.
  • Wang Jixuan killed the old professor and several other important researchers by attacking them with his spiritual sense.
  • Wu Man and Zheng Shiduo arrived in Rainbow Town with Xing Tian’s leg, and Wang Jixuan prepared it for a killing technique.
  • A Black Butterfly entered the room and transformed into a young woman who stared at the leg floating before Wang Jixuan.
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