Chapter Summaries

Wang Jixuan investigated the Spirit Slaves who attacked the City in the Clouds, learned they served a mysterious Divine Seal in Antarctica, and weighed the threat from Black Obsidian’s faction. As the city remained quiet and Wang Jixuan focused on studying Ina technology, He Ruli arrived with a solution to his demand.

• The City in the Clouds’ golden cannons destroyed most of the attacking Spirit Slaves, and He Ruli activated the Planetary Barrier after recognizing the hostile civilization’s black energy.
• Amina told Wang Jixuan that the enemy civilization was called Hasamia Nu Ru Ye and that its followers had taken Ina technology; Wang Jixuan sent Ji Xiao and Wu Man to collect remnants and question them.
• Wang Jixuan tortured four captured souls until they revealed that they were Earth humans raised in Antarctica who followed Divine Oracles issued through a Core Circuit called the Divine Seal.
• Wang Jixuan sent Wu Man to ask He Ruli for information about the stolen technology and had Gao Huating place a jade talisman as a contingency.
• Fu Jian reported that Antarctica’s abandoned fortress had left no visible traces, while Wang Jixuan continued studying Ina technology during the City in the Clouds’ uneasy calm.
• He Ruli visited Wang Jixuan in her true remnant-spirit body, having found a solution to the condition he had proposed.

Wang Jixuan examined the Stone of the Past while He Ruli explained Ina Civilization’s history and pressed him to help revive it, but he refused to trust her with his Germ Cells. As the stone began revealing fragments of his past, Ye Zi prepared to advance her New Era Plan and lamented that Wang Jixuan still intended to pursue immortality.

• He Ruli told Wang Jixuan that the Opposition Faction had opposed abuses of psionic power and that she had become the City in the Clouds’ final guardian after Ina Civilization collapsed.
• He Ruli showed Wang Jixuan the Stone of the Past, which might help restore his Dao Heart, and asked him to provide Germ Cells for Ina Civilization’s reproduction.
• Wang Jixuan challenged He Ruli’s arrogance and refused to trust her with his Germ Cells, then began meditating before the stone.
• At the South Pole, Ye Zi ordered her subordinate to report the failed expedition and explained that she planned to seize the City in the Clouds and launch the New Era Plan.
• Ye Zi revealed her golden-core method and wondered why Wang Jixuan still pursued immortality after failing twice.
• The Stone of the Past showed Wang Jixuan blurry fragments of his past as spiritual power entered him and his energy began to rise.

Wang Jixuan relived the despair of his Second Life’s failed ascension through the Stone of the Past, absorbed its lingering cultivation, and decided to merge his Mahayana Remnant Soul with his Nascent Soul. After reuniting with Ling Tong and bringing his allies to the City in the Clouds, he returned to the Stone to uncover more of his past.

• Wang Jixuan witnessed his Second Life’s remnant soul despair over a failed tribulation and the fall of the City in the Clouds, then absorbed the soul imprint and mana left in the Stone of the Past.
• Wang Jixuan realized he had advanced to the fifth step of the Heaven and Earth Bridge and decided to retrieve his Mahayana Remnant Soul and merge it with his Nascent Soul.
• A figure outside the Azure Planet used a black box and Ina Psionic Technology to cross the stars by a route other than the Blade Beast’s Stargate.
• Amina brought Peony, Ling Tong, Red Snake, Deep Sea, Shen Qionglin, and the Half-Human Mech squad to Wang Jixuan, who embraced Ling Tong and promised to wait until she had lived out her life before attempting the Heavenly Tribulation.
• Wang Jixuan swallowed the two Light Spots containing his Mahayana Remnant Soul, introduced He Ruli and the Ina Civilization to his allies, and urged them to learn from her technology.
• Wang Jixuan returned to the central hall, considered why he had erased his Second Life’s memories, and used the Stone of the Past to begin viewing another image.

Wang Jixuan witnessed more of San Jie Lang Lang Zi’s memories and absorbed the spiritual power stored in the Stone of the Past, then broke through into the Nascent Soul Realm. Afterward, he continued reading the stone to find the final memory of his Second Life.

• Wang Jixuan watched San Jie Lang Lang Zi prepare for his second Heavenly Tribulation and realized that even his formidable cultivation had failed.
• Wang Jixuan experienced San Jie Lang Lang Zi’s memories with two women and nearly became overwhelmed by the spiritual power pouring from the Stone of the Past.
• Wang Jixuan refined the incoming spiritual power, advanced toward the Nascent Soul Realm, and decided to break through without waiting for perfect preparation.
• Wang Jixuan formed his Nascent Soul with the Black Dragon’s help, and its rosy light granted insights to those outside the hall except Nierda Tamon and Amina.
• Wang Jixuan picked up the Stone of the Past and resumed searching for the final memory of his Second Life as a strand of white hair appeared at his temple.

Wang Jixuan sank into despair after learning that his Second Life had reached the limits of cultivation and still failed to overcome the heavenly tribulation. As Zheng Shiduo tried to comfort him, an unexpected visitor called for the guardian of the Ancient Civilization, and Wang Jixuan abruptly sprang into action.

• While Wang Jixuan remained despondent in secluded cultivation, the others advanced their plans: Fu Jian built autonomous mech fortresses, the Psionic Capital struggled with famine and riots, and the Scavenger Camps came under attack.
• Red Snake, Deep Sea, Amina, and Gao Huating worried over Wang Jixuan, but he asked them to leave him in peace for a few days.
• Zheng Shiduo brought food and wine to speak with Wang Jixuan, who revealed that his Second Life, San Jie Lang Lang Zi, had reached the limit of his strength and still failed to overcome the heavenly tribulation.
• Wang Jixuan admitted that he feared he had no chance of becoming immortal, and Zheng Shiduo tried to reassure him.
• The ground shook, and an unknown caller addressed the guardian of the Ancient Civilization; Wang Jixuan immediately rose with renewed alertness.

Wang Jixuan confronted Perez and two other complete Spiritual Practitioners outside the City in the Clouds, then launched a fierce attack with Nierda Tamon and Amina’s support. The enemies escaped through a spatial technique, and the chapter ended with the wounded trio returning to the Antarctic Secret Base, where Ye Zi saw them.

• Wang Jixuan recognized the three cloaked arrivals as Spiritual Practitioners and learned that their leader wanted him to join a new civilization in exchange for protecting the surface civilization.
• Perez taunted Nierda Tamon and proposed taking Wang Jixuan to the new City in the Clouds, while He Ruli ordered the visitors to leave.
• Wang Jixuan and Nierda Tamon attacked the three Spiritual Practitioners as they began to retreat, and Amina strengthened their fighting with her flute.
• Wang Jixuan unleashed his Asura form and demonic energy, helping suppress all three opponents until Perez used a space-cutting technique to escape with them.
• Wang Jixuan returned to the City in the Clouds and demanded to know why He Ruli had not fired the cannons.
• Perez and the other two emerged wounded from the Antarctic Secret Base, where Ye Zi and the waiting Advanced Spirit Slaves saw them.

Wang Jixuan learned that Ye Zi and three ancient Spiritual Practitioners were plotting together, then discussed his failed tribulation and arranged to cultivate with Amina to strengthen them. The chapter ended with Peony reporting renewed activity from the Blade Beast Swarm, possibly signaling an attack by the three newcomers.

• Ye Zi healed Perez and the other two elderly Spiritual Practitioners, confirmed their plan was nearly complete, and said Wang Jixuan would not leave because of his ties to the surface civilization.
• Wang Jixuan returned to the main hall, explained his newly awakened primordial spirit, and ordered Peony to strengthen the defenses and protect Ling Tong.
• Nierda Tamon recalled an old rumor about dying Spiritual Practitioners conspiring together, and Amina showed Wang Jixuan the extensive technologies He Ruli had given them.
• Wang Jixuan told Amina he needed Ye Zi to explain the blank period surrounding his second failed Heavenly Tribulation, then proposed a form of dual cultivation to help them recover and grow stronger.
• Peony returned with a warning that the Blade Beast Swarm had become unusually active and that the three newly arrived Spiritual Practitioners might be preparing to act.

Wang Jixuan negotiated He Ruli’s limited protection for Surface Humans and began guiding Gao Huating and Amina through cultivation and recovery. As the deadline for the Spiritual Practitioners’ next attack approached, the Human Faction elites still did not know whether disaster or Wang Jixuan’s return from seclusion would come first.

• Wang Jixuan confronted He Ruli over the three Spiritual Practitioners and bargained for her to send four technical puppet advisers to protect Surface Humans.
• Wang Jixuan began teaching Gao Huating cultivation with the Eternal Evergreen method while he and Amina studied how to help her progress.
• Wang Jixuan promised to heal Amina’s injuries and refused her offer to surrender most of her power, saying he would help her break through instead.
• After three days, Amina’s strength had recovered to eighty percent of its peak, and Nierda Tamon considered but dismissed seeking help for other injured Spiritual Practitioners.
• As Wang Jixuan’s half-month deadline approached, the Human Faction elites remained uncertain whether disaster or his emergence from seclusion would come first.

Zhou Zhengde learned that Wang Jixuan remained in secluded cultivation as the Blade Beasts stirred, while Dragonfly Aunt struggled to address Psionic Capital’s worsening famine and political pressure. The chapter ended with Mai Qingting learning of technology that could make Blade Beast meat edible and Wang Jixuan and Amina cultivating together as a major attack approached.

• Zhou Zhengde visited the villa where Wang Jixuan was undergoing the Core Circuit fusion, and Shen Qionglin told him Wang was cultivating with Gao Huating and Amina while the Blade Beasts stirred.
• Shen Qionglin asked Zhou Zhengde to ensure she received advance warning if the Blade Beasts launched another large-scale assault.
• Dragonfly Aunt faced protests and a growing famine in Psionic Capital as Meng Jin warned her of an impending Blade Beast attack on the D8 Comprehensive War Zone and assigned Wan Linqian as her deputy.
• Meng Jin pressed Dragonfly Aunt to approve protein machines, but she refused, accusing the Dominion Faction of worsening the crisis through its conflict with the War Alliance.
• Peony told Dragonfly Aunt that the Human Military had obtained technology to remove violent psionic energy from Blade Beast meat, and Mai Qingting decided Psionic Capital should buy it.
• Peony returned to the Palace Complex and saw Wang Jixuan and Amina cultivating together inside pillars of light, while Gao Huating watched in confusion.

As the Blade Beasts massed against the D8 Comprehensive War Zone, Fu Jian struggled to prepare humanity’s defenses while negotiating for support from the Psionic Capital. With D8 close to collapse, Amina and Wang Jixuan emerged from seclusion and prepared to join the battle.

• Fu Jian assessed the threat of six Pillar-Class Blade Beasts and 120 King-Class swarms, then sent Dongfang Zhenghong to oversee the battlefield while he pursued negotiations.
• Fu Jian received Mai Qingting’s request for Ancient Civilization technology to remove resentment from Blade Beast meat and sent the research data, but decided not to contact other commanders about sending food to the Psionic Capital.
• Peony persuaded Nierda Tamon to return to the Psionic Capital, after which Sabrina dispatched dozens of S-Class and hundreds of A-Class Psionicists to D8 and the military sent the Psionic Capital emergency food supplies.
• Humanity detected far more Blade Beasts than expected, including two newly awakened Pillar-Class beasts, roughly 1.5 million Pseudo Spirit Slaves, and Advanced Spirit Slaves, as D8 began evacuating personnel and equipment.
• With nine hours remaining before D8’s fall, Amina emerged from seclusion with overwhelming pressure, and Wang Jixuan followed, revealing that he had reached the middle Nascent Soul stage.
• He Ruli called out as the group prepared to return to the surface and support the coming battle.

Wang Jixuan and Amina left the City in the Clouds after persuading He Ruli to let them support the surface civilization, while Gao Huating stayed behind to cultivate. Once they reached the surface, they planned their response to the looming battle as the countdown to the D8 Comprehensive War Zone’s destruction continued.

• Amina confronted He Ruli over her schemes and hesitation, and Wang Jixuan persuaded He Ruli to let them leave while Gao Huating remained behind as Wang Jixuan’s disciple.
• Wang Jixuan and Amina escaped the City in the Clouds and discussed Amina’s connection to Black Obsidian, who had never given her a mission or sense of belonging.
• Wang Jixuan told Amina to join Nierda Tamon against three old Spiritual Practitioners while he searched for Ye Zi and tried to learn what had happened to his Second Life.
• Amina tried to kiss Wang Jixuan, but he reflexively struck her with lightning; she escaped unharmed, and he set out to scout the Blade Beasts.
• Wang Jixuan messaged Ling Tong, then spotted a King-Class Blade Beast and said he would plant a gu in it as the countdown to the D8 Comprehensive War Zone’s destruction reached six hours.

Wang Jixuan discovered that the Blade Beasts had awakened two Beast Gods and received new assistance from Spiritual Practitioners, while Ye Zi’s diary suggested she had once helped his Second Life escape a cage. As the Blade Beasts launched a full-scale assault on the D8 Comprehensive War Zone, Fu Jian prepared to fight, leaving humanity’s fate uncertain.

• Wang Jixuan investigated the Blade Beasts’ old nest, contacted the Galinnos through his Second War Puppet, and learned they expected to win with six Beast Gods and help from their partners.
• Wang Jixuan searched Ye Zi’s abandoned residence and found a diary saying she had helped Big Brother leave a cage, but he found no further proof of what had happened.
• Peony told Fu Jian that Spiritual Practitioners had likely arrived on Earth to obtain Wang Jixuan and the Source of Psionic Energy, and she asked him to unlock the Autonomous Mechs’ final permissions.
• Fu Jian questioned whether Peony would let humanity lose to protect her commander, and she said she would not do so anymore.
• The Blade Beasts launched attacks at sixteen points, caused terrain collapses, and sent flying Blade Beasts toward the Space Fortress as Fu Jian went to fight.

Ling Tong prepared to pilot the Human Faction’s newest Super Large Mecha as the Blade Beasts launched an all-out offensive, while Wang Jixuan secretly attacked a Pillar-Class Blade Beast. His other soul reached the Blissful Sky Curtain and clashed with Galinno, but an ambush began freezing Wang Jixuan’s main body inside the beast.

• Ling Tong received an account of the Blade Beasts’ coordinated attacks on the defense lines and Space Fortress while she waited for her deployment order.
• Wang Jixuan told Ling Tong to keep his movements from Fu Jian and said he planned to seize control of a Pillar-Class Blade Beast for use against another one.
• Ling Tong watched battlefield reports as the Blade Beasts used General-Class and Sub-King Class Blade Beasts to break through the Fire Defense Line.
• Wang Jixuan ambushed a Pillar-Class Blade Beast from below, shattered its armor, and sent his other soul into its sea of resentful souls.
• The black dragon attacked Galinno in the Blissful Sky Curtain, but a faint figure countered it with a shield.
• Wang Jixuan sensed an ambush as icy crystals spread through the Pillar-Class Blade Beast’s flesh and began freezing his main body.

Wang Jixuan defeated the Third Pillar-Class Blade Beast and fought off Spiritual Practitioners Yal and Gui Ke, but learned that many more opponents might be active on Earth. After conferring with Amina, Sabrina, and Nierda Tamon, he headed toward the front line, where Pseudo Spirit Slaves were slaughtering armored forces.

• Wang Jixuan broke free of Gui Ke's ice attack and pursued her while his alien soul fought Yal inside the Blissful Sky Curtain.
• Wang Jixuan trapped Gui Ke in solid ice and prepared a killing strike, but Yal rescued her at the cost of his left forearm.
• Wang Jixuan destroyed the Third Pillar-Class Blade Beast, then escaped underground as Yal and Gui Ke summoned reinforcements.
• Wang Jixuan learned from Amina and Sabrina that the ice-wielding Spiritual Practitioner was Gui Ke, a former leader of the Temple of Extreme Cold, and the group suspected Black Obsidian had arrived on Earth.
• Wang Jixuan ended the call and moved toward the front line after finding Pseudo Spirit Slaves massacring armored forces.

After Wang Zheng brought down the Third Pillar, humanity exploited the Blade Beasts’ retreat, but a mysterious black fog swallowed a section of the western front. Its master, Black Obsidian, demanded humanity surrender one hundred million people; as Nierda Tamon went to confront him, Wang Jixuan headed for the fog to investigate.

• Dongfang Zhenghong confirmed that Wang Zheng had stopped the Third Pillar and redirected human forces to hunt King-Class Blade Beasts as the battle lines came under pressure.
• A vast black fog appeared over the western battlefield, cutting off communications and swallowing human troops, so Dongfang Zhenghong ordered a retreat and reinforced the remaining defenses.
• Black Obsidian contacted Dongfang Zhenghong, demonstrated that the fog petrified Blade Beasts and devoured souls, and demanded that humanity surrender one hundred million people in exchange for a hundred years without invasion.
• Wang Jixuan contacted Amina and learned that she and her companions knew nothing about Black Obsidian’s fog; Nierda Tamon then set off to meet Black Obsidian and collect a sample.
• Wang Jixuan used Earth Escape to travel toward the fog and investigate it before Black Obsidian released another mass.

Wang Jixuan investigated Black Obsidian and his companions while preparing a formation, then overheard Black Obsidian explain his plan to use the Blade Beasts to destroy the Spiritual Cultivation Civilization. The chapter ended as an unknown phantom appeared and Ye Zi greeted him as her big brother.

• Wang Jixuan studied the black mist, discovered it could think and corrupt spiritual consciousness, and set up a formation near Black Obsidian, Ye Zi, and the old man.
• Black Obsidian and the old man discussed delaying the destruction of innocent people and their plan to control the Blade Beasts as an expeditionary force.
• Nierda Tamon arrived and accused Black Obsidian of planning the crisis, while Wang Jixuan wondered about the administrators of the interstellar realm and the High-Tier Civilization.
• Black Obsidian recounted his political exile and explained that he intended to use the Blade Beasts to destroy the Spiritual Cultivation Civilization and end its rule.
• As Nierda Tamon prepared to attack Black Obsidian, a phantom appeared from the night, and Ye Zi excitedly called him her big brother.

Wang Jixuan negotiated with Black Obsidian over a truce, but rejected terms that would put humanity under surveillance and halt its mechanical development. Black Obsidian prepared another black-mist assault while Wang Jixuan hurried to find a way to counter it.

• Wang Jixuan met Black Obsidian at the camp and proposed that the Blade Beasts withdraw and observe a twenty-year truce.
• Black Obsidian demanded that Wang Jixuan teach cultivation, that humanity abandon its mechanical development path, and that his people establish a polar observation post; Wang Jixuan refused to surrender humanity's right to develop.
• Black Obsidian insisted on an immediate answer, and Wang Jixuan left to rely on their own abilities after Nierda Tamon rejected negotiations and departed.
• Black Obsidian ordered four black mists released to destroy human elite forces, while the old man reminded Galinno to keep the Blade Beasts away from them.
• Wang Jixuan warned Fu Jian and focused on analyzing the black mist, while two more Spiritual Practitioners appeared beside Black Obsidian.

Wang Jixuan learned that the black fog was a living, law-infused weapon and raced to stop the old man spreading it. He arrived too late to save a military camp, but attacked the old man and fought on as enemy Spiritual Practitioners gathered nearby.

• After receiving Fu Jian's message that humanity refused to surrender, Wang Jixuan tested the black fog with his strange soul and realized it was a nonhuman lifeform that could petrify it.
• Wang Jixuan ordered Amina, Sabrina, Nierda Tamon, and Peony to locate the old man, track the black fog, and have Old Fu launch nuclear bombs at Black Obsidian.
• A nuclear blast struck near Black Obsidian, but the old man expanded a second mass of black fog and destroyed a military camp before Wang Jixuan could reach it.
• Three heavily modified Half-Human Mechs emerged from the fog and sacrificed themselves to damage its edge and interrupt the old man's teleportation.
• Wang Jixuan arrived, cut through the black fog, and attacked the old man with his sword, flying-sword formation, and black dragon, but the old man's treasures let him withstand the assault.
• As Blade Beasts converged and the battle intensified, Wang Jixuan boosted his power with the Demon Star Annihilation Art, then launched an even fiercer attack when sixteen enemy Core Circuit auras approached.

Wang Jixuan drew more than a dozen Spiritual Practitioners into battle while Amina and Nierda Tamon joined humanity’s fight against the Blade Beasts. As Black Obsidian watched the battle and grew suspicious that the Great Pioneer was observing him, Wang Jixuan’s laughter signaled a sudden change in the fight.

• Wang Jixuan sent the gray-robed old man flying, then challenged the arriving Spiritual Practitioners to attack him together and claimed they would have to defeat him to learn the secret of immortality.
• Wang Jixuan told Amina to leave him behind and attack the Pillar-Class Blade Beasts; Amina called down moonlight on him, then joined Nierda Tamon in charging toward a target.
• Fu Jian’s Super Large Mecha and the other Human Faction Mechas attacked the Pillar-Class Blade Beasts as human Mechs struck Blade Beast Lairs, beginning an all-out battle across the sky, ground, and underground.
• Black Obsidian watched Ling Tong’s Mecha fight and discussed humanity’s progress with Ye Zi, then reasoned that the Great Pioneer and Black Storm might be separate beings and sensed that someone was watching them.
• Black Obsidian noticed something wrong in Wang Jixuan’s battle as Wang Jixuan laughed and declared that his opponents could not touch him.

Wang Jixuan lured the Spiritual Practitioners to a Pillar-Class Blade Beast and used its activated psionic energy and the Sea of Wraiths to unleash his first trump card. Empowered by Mara, he overwhelmed his pursuers and began hunting them, leaving the battle raging around the beast.

• Wang Jixuan fled underground toward the battlefield and warned Amina to avoid the pursuing Spiritual Practitioners.
• Wang Jixuan led the pursuers to the Third Pillar, where the Spiritual Practitioners attacked the seemingly inactive Pillar-Class Blade Beast.
• Wang Jixuan rose within the beast as its psionic energy fed the Sea of Wraiths, then blocked Black Obsidian's spear with Mara's power.
• Wang Jixuan used the Myriad Tribulation Soul Destruction Finger to cripple the leading elder and attacked the Spiritual Practitioners with a Greatsword and a black dragon.
• Wang Jixuan killed an old woman with the Great Evolution Heart Sword, then dissolved into smoke to attack the remaining Spiritual Practitioners.