Chapter Summaries

Wang Jixuan fought Black Fire Gang leader Wen Heisen, discovering that the silver-haired man was a powerful D-Class Psionicist whose body resisted blades and bullets. After escaping the gang’s territory, Wang Jixuan sought to learn how Psionicists cultivated and decided to find money and Blade Beast bones to prepare for future battles.

• Wang Jixuan ambushed Wen Heisen in an elevator, then learned from Gu Wending that the Black Fire Gang’s third-ranking figure was a Psionicist.
• Wang Jixuan dodged Wen Heisen’s attacks and used knives and a pistol, but Wen Heisen’s reinforced body shrugged off most of the damage.
• Wang Jixuan blinded Wen Heisen in one eye, attached talismans to his back, and escaped through a shattered window as the talismans exploded.
• Wang Jixuan fled across the rooftops, resolved to study Psionicists and make weapons from Blade Beast bones, and decided he needed money and supplies.
• Wang Jixuan contacted Gu Wending and offered to extend his life by three days in exchange for savings and information about Black Fire Gang supply caches.

Wang Jixuan prepared for his next move against the Black Fire Gang while cultivating in his hotel room. When five mercenaries sent by Zhou Zhengde broke in to escort Mu Liang, Wang Jixuan killed them and discovered Zhou’s recording on their device.

• Wang Jixuan reviewed his supplies and planned to return to the forty-ninth floor, eliminate Wen Heisen, and investigate Psionicists and Blade Beast demon cores.
• Wang Jixuan began meditating in his hotel room, but sensed five people with killing intent approaching.
• The five mercenaries tricked their way inside, used a high-frequency flash grenade, and searched the room for Wang Jixuan.
• Wang Jixuan attacked from above and killed all five with utility knife blades and gunfire.
• Wang Jixuan found a projection device on the mercenary leader and watched Zhou Zhengde explain that he had hired the five to escort Mu Liang back.

Wang Jixuan weighed whether to confront the Black Fire Gang or retreat, then arranged limited help from Zhou Zhengde to infiltrate the gang’s territory under a new identity. While waiting at their agreed meeting point, he recognized the arriving motorcyclist as Doctor Wei.

• Zhou Zhengde warned Wang Jixuan that the 13th Institute had sent Psionicists to capture him and offered him a safer place to return to.
• Wang Jixuan messaged Zhou Zhengde, learned the City of Joy had tracked him, and asked for an identity that would let him disguise himself and enter the forty-ninth floor.
• Wang Jixuan decided to investigate the Black Fire Gang while avoiding a direct fight until he found a suitable opportunity.
• The next day, a room attendant found the five mercenaries dead beneath quilts and called for help cleaning the blood.
• Wang Jixuan waited at the place where Night Hawk had been shot, watched Silver Party members keep lookout, and recognized the arriving motorcyclist as Doctor Wei.

Wei Na delivered supplies and a disguise to Wang Jixuan, who planned to infiltrate the Black Fire Gang’s enemies and kill an injured Psionicist. After Zhou Zhengde arranged his new identity as Zhou Tiantian, Wang Jixuan dressed like a thug and entered the City of Joy’s Pervert Zone to meet a broker.

• Wei Na brought Wang Jixuan a Simulation Mask and scanned his face so Zhou Zhengde could arrange a new identity.
• Wang Jixuan told Wei Na he planned to infiltrate the forty-ninth floor and join a gang opposing the Black Fire Gang.
• Wei Na described the devastation Blade Beasts had caused and recalled a massacre she survived during a frontline operation.
• Wang Jixuan rejected Wei Na’s advances and spent seven days hiding before preparing to enter the City of Joy’s underworld.
• Wang Jixuan adopted a spiky hairstyle and thug-like clothes, then received the identity of Zhou Tiantian and instructions to find the broker Goat’s Ass at the Black Captain Tavern.
• Wang Jixuan entered the Pervert Zone and followed the signs toward the tavern.

Wang Jixuan visited the Pervert Zone of the City of Joy to meet the broker Goat's Ass, where he was harassed by Brother Cauliflower and witnessed the establishment's bizarre clientele. After Thomas dealt with the gang members, the Bunny Girl brought Wang Jixuan to meet him, then drew a pistol on him.

• Wang Jixuan arrived at the establishment and asked a Bunny Girl to find Goat's Ass.
• Brother Cauliflower harassed Wang Jixuan and reached for him, so Wang Jixuan twisted her wrist and knocked her and her gang lackeys down.
• Thomas intervened, calmed Brother Cauliflower, and had her gang leave; Wang Jixuan secretly attached strands of his aura to the five lackeys.
• A Bunny Girl led Wang Jixuan past the establishment's former top sellers, including a military medical robot and a lizard.
• Thomas called Brother Ghost, then shot Brother Cauliflower while the five lackeys lay incapacitated in a private room.
• Thomas turned toward Wang Jixuan, and the baby-faced Bunny Girl raised a pistol and aimed it at the back of his head.

Wang Jixuan learned how the fortress exploited the Lower City as Thomas showed him its slums and explained the gangs’ roles. Wang chose to join Wanlijin, then asked Thomas how he had risen to success, leaving Thomas reluctant to answer.

• Thomas took Wang Jixuan from the City of Joy and offered to arrange a junior leadership position in one of the major gangs.
• As they drove, Thomas explained that the Lower City existed to provide the fortress with people and resources to exploit.
• Thomas described the slums’ living conditions and outlined the businesses controlled by the gangs on Floors Forty-Six through Forty-Nine.
• Thomas explained that the fortress could turn Lower City residents into Protocol Soldiers during wartime, while those born there had little chance to change their fate.
• Wang Jixuan chose brewing in Wanlijin territory, then asked Thomas how he had become successful in the Lower City; Thomas sighed and avoided answering.

Wang Jixuan accompanied Thomas to Emerald Manor, where he discovered that the greenhouses contained unusually pure spiritual energy. When Thomas introduced him to his adoptive mother, Wang Jixuan sensed the same mottled, chaotic energy he had detected in the D-Class Psionicist Wen Heisen.

• Thomas brought Wang Jixuan into Wanlijin territory and explained that Emerald Manor housed greenhouse farms and families of gang members.
• Thomas told Wang Jixuan that he had planned to introduce him to his adoptive mother and asked him to hide the real reason he had come to the Lower City.
• Thomas changed his appearance, greeted local gang members, and led Wang Jixuan toward the greenhouse district.
• Wang Jixuan sensed increasingly pure spiritual energy near the greenhouses and learned how Wanlijin assigned formula soil and crop quotas to families.
• Thomas reunited with the children adopted by his elderly mother, who rebuked him for bringing his business to her doorstep.
• Wang Jixuan sensed mottled, chaotic energy around Thomas's adoptive mother, like the energy surrounding Wen Heisen.

Wang Jixuan traced a fading thread of Wen Heisen’s Qi to the elderly Kong Lianmei and discovered an underground passage beneath her home. After Thomas persuaded her to let him stay, Wang Jixuan settled in among the orphans while wondering what connected Kong Lianmei, the passage, and the Black Fire Gang’s hidden Psionicist.

• Wang Jixuan sensed Wen Heisen’s Qi on Kong Lianmei and detected an underground passage beneath the house.
• Ye Zi welcomed Wang Jixuan and told him how Kong Lianmei had rescued and raised her and many other children.
• Thomas convinced Kong Lianmei to let Wang Jixuan stay and work, with two-thirds of his earnings going toward food for the children.
• Wang Jixuan ate with the family, then Thomas left after trouble arose at his shop.
• Ye Zi gave Wang Jixuan clothes and shoes, and he noticed the fading Qi again after she left.

Wang Jixuan settled into Kong Lianmei’s home, where faster cultivation and a hidden tunnel made the place an unexpectedly valuable base. After two weeks, he prepared to attack the Black Fire Gang again, while Zhou Zhengde misunderstood his plans and expected the gang to be dealt with later.

• Kong Lianmei tested Wang Jixuan’s intentions, accepted twelve Joy Coins for three months’ rent, and warned him to behave.
• Wang Jixuan discovered that the area’s spiritual energy let him cultivate much faster, and he spent two weeks studying and helping around the home.
• Wang Jixuan told Zhou Zhengde that he had found and surveilled a tunnel connecting Kong Lianmei’s home to key locations in Black Fire Gang territory.
• Wang Jixuan asked Zhou Zhengde for Blade Beast materials and explained that he could use their power while removing its impurities.
• Wang Jixuan armed himself with tactical gear, firearms, talismans, and explosives before leaving to attack the Black Fire Gang.
• Zhou Zhengde translated Wang Jixuan’s message and praised his style, unaware that the attack would create extra work for him.

Wang Jixuan attacked Black Fire Gang hideouts and destroyed its largest Underground Facility, prompting Zhou Zhengde to tell the Minister he supported the strike. After meditating at the wooden house, Wang Jixuan realized the porridge at dinner had been drugged again.

• Wang Jixuan ambushed Black Fire Gang locations, killing armed gang members and leaving a warning that the territory should remain illuminated.
• Wang Jixuan questioned Gu Wending about his tea, and Gu Wending realized that Wang Jixuan intended to attack the gang's largest cold storage facility.
• Ban Wenying told Zhou Zhengde that Wang Jixuan had destroyed the Underground Facility, killing at least one hundred and twenty people and ruining stored blood products and black-market materials.
• Zhou Zhengde told Ban Wenying that he supported the attack and opposed the black-market organ-transplant practices.
• Wang Jixuan meditated on the horrors he had witnessed, then joined the children for dinner and sensed that his porridge had been drugged again.

Wang Jixuan secretly watched Old Madam Kong’s meeting and learned that the Black Fire Gang was preparing to escape through an underground passage while the 13th Institute’s Psionicists hunted him. He decided to eliminate one Psionicist before the gang could Shed Skin, as Old Madam Kong checked his room again.

• Old Madam Kong inspected the sleeping children, then entered a secret room and joined a meeting with the Black Fire Gang’s leaders and two Psionicists.
• The leaders discussed Wang Jixuan’s latest raid, their losses, and the difficulty of tracking him, while Old Madam Kong warned that the gang faced exposure for organ trafficking and other crimes.
• Old Madam Kong ordered the gang to prepare to Shed Skin through an emergency passage and told the Psionicists to eliminate Wang Jixuan.
• Old Madam Kong called her son, who confirmed that he had sent the Psionicists and explained his ties to the 13th Institute.
• Wang Jixuan concluded that he needed to kill one of the Psionicists before the gang escaped, as Old Madam Kong returned to inspect his room.

Wang Jixuan launched his attack on the Black Fire Gang, drawing D-Class Psionicist An Qian into a carefully prepared escape route. He ended the chapter aiming an anti-materiel rifle at An Qian after her shield stopped his Bone-Piercing Nails.

• Wang Jixuan collected Zhou Zhengde's weapons and confirmed that An Qian was his target in the raid on the Black Fire Gang.
• Wang Jixuan crossed the gang's defenses, detonated explosives, and lured An Qian into pursuing him.
• An Qian attacked Wang Jixuan with alloy nails and flying rubble, but he escaped the illuminated zone while faking injuries.
• Wang Jixuan ambushed Wen Heisen with Bone-Piercing Nails and fled through a tunnel beyond the Black Fire Gang border.
• An Qian blocked Wang Jixuan's Bone-Piercing Nails with her Psionic Shield, and Wang Jixuan fired an anti-materiel sniper rifle at her.

Wang Jixuan abandoned his attack on the Black Fire Gang to rescue Ye Zi, only to find Old Madam Kong trapped in Thomas’s scheme. He killed Thomas and Old Madam Kong in the secret room, then entered the car where Ban Wenying was waiting.

• Wang Jixuan killed An Qian with the anti-materiel sniper rifle and realized how powerful the weapons of this world were.
• Wang Jixuan sensed that Ye Zi was in danger and rushed back toward the cabin instead of continuing his attack on the Black Fire Gang.
• Old Madam Kong shot a drunken gang member who threatened Ye Zi, but Thomas revealed that he had arranged the assault and planned to kill her and seize her accounts.
• Thomas explained that he had manipulated Mu Liang and Zhou Zhengde, then forced Old Madam Kong to open her secret room.
• The secret room revealed Wang Jixuan, who killed Thomas and Old Madam Kong with bone-piercing nails when Thomas raised his gun.
• Wang Jixuan took Thomas’s shotgun, leaped out the window, and climbed into the car where Ban Wenying was waiting.

Wang Jixuan interrogated and killed Ban Wenying, uncovering her scheme to use the campaign against the Black Fire Gang to build her own power. He returned to the passage to continue fighting as Zhou Zhengde received news of An Qian’s death and realized the 13th Institute would respond.

• Wang Jixuan used a Soul-Capturing Talisman to interrogate Ban Wenying and learned she had secretly orchestrated the campaign against the Black Fire Gang to build her own power base.
• Wang Jixuan rejected Ban Wenying’s pleas, returned her soul to her body, and shot her dead.
• Wang Jixuan called to Ye Zi, then retrieved his Sniper Rifle and headed back through the passage to attack more Black Fire Gang leaders before the Cleansing Force arrived.
• Ye Zi watched the bodies from the second floor and quietly called, “Mom.”
• Zhou Zhengde saw a photograph of An Qian’s corpse and celebrated, then realized the 13th Institute would retaliate when his communicator began filling with messages.

Zhou Zhengde learned that the Cleansing Force had been deployed to crush the Black Fire Gang, while Wang Jixuan tried to escape the crackdown and rescue a group of children. He returned to find Ye Zi alone amid the burning ruins, and fled after realizing she had killed her younger siblings.

• Zhou Zhengde received reports of the Psionicists mobilizing and learned his mother had gone to Level 49; he argued with her about the fortress’s treatment of Lower City residents.
• The Cleansing Force began descending into Lower City as Wei Na warned Wang Jixuan to retreat from the Black Fire Gang’s territory.
• Wang Jixuan asked Wei Na to contact Wanlijin’s people so more than a dozen children could be taken to safety, then continued rigging traps along the gang’s escape route.
• Wang Jixuan sensed fire and rushed back to the burning wooden house, where he found Ye Zi sitting beside a suitcase and no sign of her younger siblings.
• Wang Jixuan pointed his pistol at Ye Zi and demanded to know what she had done, then fired into the ground and ran into the darkness.
• Ye Zi cried that she had cleaned everything up for Wang Jixuan as the burning house collapsed and her sobs turned into laughter.

Wang Jixuan recovered in the treatment center after the Black Fire Gang purge and told Zhou Zhengde and Wei Na what had happened, including the danger posed by Little Ye Zi. As Zhou Zhengde prepared to handle the aftermath and search for the missing list of crimes, Wang Jixuan was left hoping to return to quiet cultivation.

• Zhou Zhengde and Wei Na visited Wang Jixuan, who asked them to find Little Ye Zi and kill her if she resisted.
• Wang Jixuan recounted the events involving Thomas, Ban Wenying, and the Black Fire Gang, prompting Zhou Zhengde to accuse his mother of allowing cameras to monitor him.
• Zhou Zhengde explained that Ban Wenying had colluded with Thomas, that the Black Fire Gang purge had left no senior survivors, and that the list of crimes was now being sought by 13th Institute and other factions.
• Zhou Zhengde told Wang Jixuan he had been made a Security Team Patrol Deputy Leader, received new equipment and a salary, and was invited to a celebration party.
• Wei Na asked Wang Jixuan what qualities he preferred in a date, and he replied that a pure soul mattered most.

Zhou Zhengde and Doctor Wei Na discussed Wang Jixuan’s unexplained physical changes, Ye Zi, and the 13th Institute’s human experiments, while Lan Yuzai organized a gang to protect the thirteenth floor. The chapter left Wang Jixuan sensing a group of Psionicists heading toward the 13th Floor Security Office.

• Doctor Wei Na reported that Wang Jixuan’s blood and body showed unexplained changes, and Zhou Zhengde decided to keep the findings secret and protect him from the 13th Institute.
• Zhou Zhengde showed Doctor Wei Na a photograph of Ye Zi being taken to the Upper City and discussed how her actions had affected Mu Liang.
• Doctor Wei Na said Mu Liang had gone to the Middle City library, and she agreed to help make Zhou Zhengde’s party lively.
• Wang Jixuan accepted Zhou Zhengde’s protection and decided to repay him with Longevity Pills and Bone Strengthening Pills.
• Lan Yuzai stopped thugs from stealing emergency rations, ordered them to volunteer at a nursing home, and announced that his group was the Good People Gang.
• Wang Jixuan sensed dense, mottled Qi and concealed his aura as Psionicists passed toward the 13th Floor Security Office.

Wang Jixuan received a recording of Zhou Zhengde confronting the Biological Affairs Minister over the Black Fire Gang and illegal human experiments. When the minister threatened Zhou and Wang, Zhou called his grandfather for help, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Wang Jixuan changed into a Security Team uniform and disarmed Lin Bo when he rushed into his room.
• Lin Bo showed Wang Jixuan surveillance footage of Zhou Zhengde meeting with the Biological Affairs Minister.
• The Biological Affairs Minister demanded that Zhou Zhengde stop investigating the Black Fire Gang and threatened to capture and dissect Wang Jixuan.
• Zhou Zhengde rejected the minister’s conditions and demanded evidence, an end to illegal experiments, and punishment for those involved.
• The Biological Affairs Minister threatened Zhou and Wang, so Zhou called his grandfather and pretended to be frightened.

Zhou Zhengde used his grandfather’s authority to threaten Kong Nu, while Wang Jixuan learned more about the conflict with the 13th Institute and asked Lin Bo to obtain soil and seeds. At the evening party, Zhou Zhengde and Wang Jixuan agreed to join an investigation in the Lower City and target Kong Nu, before Wei Na arrived with alcohol and women in qipaos.

• Zhou Zhengde revealed that his grandfather commanded the D5 War Zone United Defense Force and warned Kong Nu to find the incriminating list and accounts before him.
• Wang Jixuan asked Lin Bo to obtain formula soil and seeds from the Wanlijin Gang, and Lin Bo agreed to arrange it.
• Kong Nu ordered his people to contact neighboring Fortress No. 82 after leaving the meeting.
• Zhou Zhengde told Wang Jixuan that Ye Zi had entered Psionicist's Home and agreed to keep tracking her.
• Wang Jixuan invented a story about receiving his powers from a figure among the stars, and Zhou Zhengde believed it might be an extraterrestrial response.
• Zhou Zhengde planned to join an incoming investigation team in the Lower City to seek evidence against Kong Nu, and Wang Jixuan agreed to help before Wei Na arrived with alcohol and two women in qipaos.

After Zhou Zhengde recovered from a drunken night and learned that Wei Na had refused his marriage proposal, Wang Jixuan returned to his new dormitory and cultivated while listening to T.E.R.'s music. He later went to meet Wen Tongtong at Lin Bo's urging, while the war-zone investigation team was expected to arrive that night.

• Wang Jixuan reassured Zhou Zhengde that he and Lin Bo had done nothing while drunk, then told him that Zhou had proposed to Wei Na and been rejected.
• Zhou Zhengde offered to arrange a meeting between Wang Jixuan and conservative women, and Wang agreed to meet them without intending to start a family.
• Wang Jixuan considered the spiritual energy in Wanlijin's formulated soil, suspected it contained Blade Beast flesh and blood, and resolved to use Zhou Zhengde's protection while he cultivated and awaited the investigation team.
• Wang Jixuan played T.E.R.'s songs while reading and meditating, finding that the music relaxed him and helped his cultivation.
• Lin Bo told Wang Jixuan that Wen Tongtong was waiting to meet him and that the investigation team, including a powerful frontline Psionicist, would arrive that night.
• Wang Jixuan put on his security uniform and went to meet Wen Tongtong.