Chapter Summaries

Bai Cangshu, appearing as Mercenary Tao, confronted Mahakala and the Fifth Element remnants in Paradise. He overwhelmed Wei Yixiao and killed Great Demon, while the remaining fighters fled in terror.

• Bai Cangshu emerged from the ice that had frozen the hotel and told Mahakala to wait three minutes while he dealt with the others.
• Mahakala let Jin Yue'an withdraw as Bai Cangshu flew above Paradise and drew the attention of the pursuers.
• Wei Yixiao recognized Mercenary Tao, erupted into Azure Flames, and attacked him with a spear.
• Bai Cangshu dodged Wei Yixiao's attacks and hurled him into the ground, shattering the barrier and blasting Jiasu away.
• Great Demon began to transform and unleash his Explosive Demon Wave, but Bai Cangshu struck him down and left him headless.

Bai Cangshu, fighting as Mercenary Tao, killed several Reincarnators while Mahakala learned that his Scarlet Great Sin made him a dangerous target. Wei Yixiao then struck Mercenary Tao with the Eye of Judgment, but Mercenary Tao smiled as the flames consumed him.

• Bing Gou fled into the sky, but Bai Cangshu struck him from afar and killed him, producing a Scarlet Drop Card.
• Mahakala recognized Mercenary Tao as a likely fourth- or fifth-tier Scarlet Great Sin and warned the Great Sun of Finality that he could not guarantee victory.
• Mahakala began forming a spell with black flames, but a half-corpse hurled across the city tore through it before it could be completed.
• Wei Yixiao burst from the ground, healed by Hellfire, and confronted Bai Cangshu with the Ghost Rider's Eye of Judgment.
• Wei Yixiao engulfed Bai Cangshu in Azure Flames and saw him begin to relive his life, but then noticed Mercenary Tao smiling.

Bai Cangshu, as Mercenary Tao, overwhelmed the Reincarnators surrounding him and pushed Wei Yixiao toward despair by threatening Jiasu. The battle shifted when Mahakala, The Heaven Qingqiu, and Death Sword Single Thought of Silk arrived to confront him.

• Bai Cangshu used his Three Parts Return to Origin Force to repel Wei Yixiao and swiftly killed Azi and other powerful Reincarnators.
• Mahakala gathered the Finality Empire's fighters and reignited the Finality Dark Flame, while Bai Cangshu continued testing the survivors for a powerful Heart Light Pulse.
• Bai Cangshu appeared before Jiasu and pressed a finger to his brow, driving Wei Yixiao into fear and regret.
• The Heaven Qingqiu seized Bai Cangshu's arm as Death Sword Single Thought of Silk held a katana to his neck, and Mahakala declared that his slaughter would end.
• Jin Yue'an and Mai moved into position as the three powerful newcomers revealed themselves as leaders of factions within the Kill Bai Alliance.

Mahakala, Su Qingqiu, and A Single Thought of Silk confronted Mercenary Tao, but his ominous reaction turned their standoff into a battle. After resisting A Single Thought of Silk’s lethal sword and Su Qingqiu’s Pure White Heaven, Bai Cangshu faced Mahakala’s dark sun as it began scorching his defenses.

• Mahakala demanded that Mercenary Tao submit or die, while A Single Thought of Silk suggested they should demand more payment before helping capture him.
• Bai Cangshu noticed A Single Thought of Silk’s ability to reach him through his defenses, and Mercenary Tao’s smile made the three allies sense danger.
• Su Qingqiu activated Pure White Heaven as A Single Thought of Silk attacked Bai Cangshu with a devastating sword strike, but Mercenary Tao mirrored her movements and evaded the attack.
• A Single Thought of Silk’s Death Sword and Murasame effects failed to kill Bai Cangshu, while he continued fighting despite Pure White Heaven’s attribute and speed reductions.
• Su Qingqiu urged Mahakala to act, and Mahakala summoned a pitch-black sun that vaporized the clouds and began scorching Bai Cangshu’s Three Parts Return to Origin Force.

Mercenary Tao survived Mahakala and Ling Lun’s combined assault, then unleashed a devastating power that overwhelmed the Reincarnators in Paradise. Mahakala and the others faced the newly risen Mercenary Tao as his thunderous attack tore through their ranks.

• Mahakala, Su Qingqiu, and A Single Thought of Silk coordinated their attacks to suppress Mercenary Tao, while Mahakala’s Flame of Finality and Life-Reaping Buddhist Chant began to overwhelm him.
• Ling Lun unleashed his stored Explosion Magic, destroying Mahakala’s nine clones and blasting Mercenary Tao and Paradise with a massive explosion.
• Mahakala realized Mercenary Tao had survived and ordered the others to teleport away as the ruins began to shake and pull toward a rising golden light.
• Mercenary Tao emerged bare-chested in a pillar of golden qi, repelled Mahakala, and answered the Life-Reaping Buddhist Chant with his World-Shaking Thunder Roar.
• The thunderous attack killed Ai Tai and burst Ling Lun’s eyes as the remaining fighters cried out in pain.

Bai Cangshu unleashed the Limiter, Four Times Kaio-ken, and other powers, overwhelming the Reincarnators around him. As A Single Thought of Silk and Su Qingqiu attacked, Mercenary Tao struck back with devastating force and seized Mahakala by the throat.

• Bai Cangshu activated his Limiter and Four Times Kaio-ken, causing his power and presence to overwhelm the ruined city.
• Wei Yixiao broke down under Mercenary Tao's aura, and Jiasu tried to steady him and prepare their escape.
• A Single Thought of Silk and Su Qingqiu attacked Mercenary Tao, but his force field stopped their strikes and he broke her sword while wounding Su Qingqiu.
• Bai Cangshu called down the Thunder Arrow of Destiny, leaving A Single Thought of Silk badly injured.
• Mercenary Tao severed Su Qingqiu's right arm and blasted apart his shoulder before appearing before Mahakala and grabbing his throat.

Bai Cangshu fought Mahakala, whose Finality ability threatened to destroy everyone nearby, and seized Finality for himself. As he prepared to kill Mahakala, Supreme Expert · Great Sun of Finality appeared.

• Mahakala recognized that Bai Cangshu had surpassed him, while Bai Cangshu killed Firelight · Aoki Yui with a flick of his finger.
• Mahakala awakened the incomplete Heartlight · Heart Like Prison and unleashed Finality, weakening Bai Cangshu’s resistances as a black sun descended over the battlefield.
• Li Qingzi arrived as the black sun burned survivors, and Mahakala transformed into a giant Buddha to seize Bai Cangshu and die with him.
• Bai Cangshu used his mysterious power to stop the black sun, take control of Finality, and make it vanish.
• Bai Cangshu obtained Finality and approached Mahakala, but stopped when Supreme Expert · Great Sun of Finality appeared.

Bai Cangshu broke free of the Mental Shackles and confronted the Great Sun of Finality, whose attack was interrupted by a mysterious ability that displaced them. The leader of Azure Sky and another powerful figure arrived, and the chapter ended as Bai Cangshu’s condition began to decline and a Man with Chestnut Hair appeared.

• Bai Cangshu broke Mercenary Tao’s Binding Vow with an eruption of Conqueror’s Haki, while the Great Sun of Finality confronted him over the failed operation.
• Bai Cangshu challenged the Great Sun of Finality and struck his cloak with lightning, prompting the Great Sun of Finality to attack.
• A mysterious ability displaced Bai Cangshu and the Great Sun of Finality, causing Bai Cangshu to suspect a Causality System or Concept System power.
• The leader of Azure Sky accused Tan Zhishan of breaking a promise, while another man warned Mercenary Tao that his strength had become dangerous.
• Bai Cangshu realized his condition was declining, and a Man with Chestnut Hair appeared before the group.

Bai Cangshu witnessed The Three Supreme Kings intervene in the dispute over Mercenary Tao, and Cao Qi imposed a triple ransom on Great Sun of Finality for violating their agreement. Mercenary Tao was granted control of Myanmar, while news of his victory over the Kill Bai Alliance spread through the East District.

• An Zhiyuan, Cao Qi, and Aizen appeared as Bai Cangshu recognized Aizen as the rumored king of the Throne of Illusion and Reality.
• Cao Qi and Aizen clashed over Mercenary Tao, and Aizen accused Great Sun of Finality of crossing the line by placing a Binding Vow on him.
• Cao Qi demanded that Great Sun of Finality pay triple the price of redeeming Mahakala's life as compensation to Bai Cangshu.
• Aizen withdrew, and Cao Qi and An Zhiyuan allowed Mercenary Tao to rule Myanmar and hunt Reincarnators there, restricting his destructive abilities elsewhere.
• News spread that Mercenary Tao had overwhelmingly defeated the Kill Bai Alliance in Myanmar, leaving over two thousand casualties and killing more than ten high-tier Reincarnators.

Bai Cangshu negotiated with Paradise of the Dead over Su Qingqiu’s ransom while considering the cost of his Root-eroded Mystic Eyes and his stalled martial technique. Mu Yu offered a Bodhi Leaf and information about an agile Scarlet Great Sin in exchange for ending the feud, leaving Bai Cangshu set to hunt the Sin before releasing Su Qingqiu’s slave contract.

• Mu Yu and Su Enfei met Bai Cangshu to negotiate Su Qingqiu’s ransom, while Su Qingqiu remained bound by a slave contract.
• Black Butler helped Bai Cangshu bargain down the value of Paradise of the Dead’s Bodhi Leaves.
• Bai Cangshu considered how using his Mystic Eyes eroded him and recognized that his Level 9+ Martial Arts Mastery had reached the Peak of Technique.
• Mu Yu offered one Bodhi Leaf and information about an especially agile Scarlet Great Sin to end the grudge between Bai Cangshu and Su Qingqiu.
• Bai Cangshu handed Su Qingqiu to Su Enfei and promised to release the slave contract after killing the Scarlet Great Sin.

Bai Cangshu strengthened himself with a rare Bodhi and loot from Scarlet Drop Cards, then went to the Rank Management Office to learn about the newly unlocked Stairway of Spirit and Flesh. Meanwhile, One Thought Silk returned to Blackwater after selling the gathering to Mercenary Tao and threatened its members into obedience.

• One Thought Silk returned to Blackwater unharmed and revealed that she had sold the gathering to Mercenary Tao to save her life.
• One Thought Silk threatened to issue kill orders against members who refused to obey Mercenary Tao’s rule.
• Bai Cangshu examined the Bodhi, chose to keep it for training and a possible battle-time breakthrough, and extracted attributes and abilities from Scarlet Drop Cards.
• Bai Cangshu considered the limits on his destructive power and planned to rebuild Paradise as a place where he could select prey.
• Bai Cangshu entered the Rank Management Office after receiving notice that he had met the conditions for the Stairway of Spirit and Flesh.
• Knight Sister recognized Bai Cangshu and asked how he had found another stairway, and he asked her what the stairways meant.

Bai Cangshu asked Knight Sister about the stages of power and the meaning of God's Staircase. He learned that it was an endless ascent built upon fallen powerhouses, while rare endpoints represented the ultimate limits of particular paths.

• Knight Sister asked Bai Cangshu how many steps lay between a human and a god, and he interpreted the question through the Space's power tiers.
• Bai Cangshu considered the progression from Paper through Mad and guessed that Saitama might represent godhood.
• Knight Sister revealed the many rings on her arm and displayed power that briefly overwhelmed Bai Cangshu before explaining, "That is the stairway."
• Knight Sister told Bai Cangshu that seekers climbed God's Staircase without knowing whether power had an end, using fallen powerhouses as steps and eventually becoming steps themselves.
• Knight Sister explained that rare seekers found definite endpoints marking the ultimate limits of particular paths, and Bai Cangshu wondered whether the Stairway of Spirit and Flesh ended at the limits of soul and body.

Bai Cangshu unlocked the Stairway of Spirit and Flesh and rapidly climbed to its Fifth Tier, gaining powerful soul and physical abilities before failing to obtain a Holy Soul or an undying body. Knight Sister explained that the Reincarnators’ Power Tier system ended at the Fourth Tier, while Bai Cangshu planned to pursue several paths of advancement in parallel.

• Bai Cangshu asked Knight Sister whether unlocking the Stairway of Spirit and Flesh would prevent him from exploring God's Staircase, and she told him it would not.
• Bai Cangshu unlocked the eleven-tier Stairway of Spirit and Flesh, and its blue-white power coursed through his body until the Left Arm of the King stopped its spread.
• Bai Cangshu successfully climbed the first four tiers, gaining soul and physical defenses, Mental Flame, Steel Transformation, and Instant Regeneration, but failed to obtain the Fifth Tier's Holy Soul and undying body.
• Bai Cangshu asked Knight Sister about the Reincarnators’ Power Tiers, and she explained that their false Stairway ended at Heart Light Pulse, the Fourth Tier.
• Bai Cangshu planned to advance multiple Stairways, forge materials, pursue a Holy Soul, cultivate Magnetic Field Rotation, hunt Scarlet Great Sin, and increase his power.

At Yanjing headquarters, Song Xian warned East Xia officials that Bai Cangshu’s clone might be a deliberate trap sent by Mercenary Tao. Elder Li postponed the decision to hypnotize the clone, then ordered Song Xian to bring Phantom Sword Chu Qi to meet him.

• Song Xian reassured Luoshui and led her out of the observation room, where researchers were studying Bai Cangshu’s clone.
• Yan Qiu criticized Song Xian for letting Mercenary Tao escape, but Elder Li defended him and promised to request commendation.
• Song Xian argued that Mercenary Tao had deliberately sent the clone to become an Ability User and warned that the original might later hunt his clones for enjoyment.
• Elder Li postponed the hypnosis plan after hearing Song Xian’s concerns, while the clone began openly displaying his extraordinary body to the observers.
• Elder Li ordered Song Xian to retrieve Phantom Sword Chu Qi so the clone could meet Bai Cangshu’s childhood friend.

Chu Qi returned from the northern frontier and revealed that he had recently confirmed Mercenary Tao was Bai Cangshu, while supporting Elder Li’s plan to send a replica of Cang Shu into the Space. Meanwhile, Bai Cangshu developed Magnetic Field Rotation by connecting his electricity and qi to the planet’s immense force field.

• Song Xian and Tianjie met Chu Qi at Yanjing Airport after he completed a mission in the northern frontier, where he killed a Strong-tier Reincarnator who had been controlling herders.
• Chu Qi guessed that Elder Li had recalled him because East Xia had discovered Mercenary Tao’s identity as Bai Cangshu.
• Chu Qi told Song Xian that he had only recently confirmed Cang Shu’s identity and insisted that getting someone like Cang Shu into the Space mattered more than their ideals.
• Chu Qi said he would support Elder Li’s plan to send a replica of Bai Cangshu into the Space, prompting Song Xian to cover himself with Armament Haki.
• Bai Cangshu used his currents and qi to connect with the planet’s immense force field and make it rotate.
• Bai Cangshu acquired Magnetic Field Rotation as his Current Propulsion energy system increased.

Bai Cangshu awakened Magnetic Field Rotation, tested its power, and discovered that assuming Ororchi Yashiro's identity let him sense and control the world's lightning more fully. Silver then brought Mahakala's ransom to Mercenary Tao and asked him to lift the slave contract, while hinting that Great Sun of Finality considered them potential allies.

• Bai Cangshu upgraded the Imperial Ultimate Thunder Prison Scripture, gained Magnetic Field Rotation and electromagnetic abilities, and demonstrated the increase in his strength with a punch and a thunderous roar.
• Bai Cangshu changed the Cultivation Institute into a volcanic crater and took the title Ororchi Yashiro, awakening the Planet's Will and drawing lightning from the thunderclouds.
• Silver waited at Mercenary Tao's stall while Jin Yue'an explained that Tao had not returned, and he recalled Mahakala's slave contract and the turmoil in the Finality Empire.
• Bai Cangshu appeared at the stall at extraordinary speed, and Silver presented two S-rank Singularities, Tyrant Sky Blood, and 120,000 Dimensional Points as Mahakala's ransom.
• Silver asked Bai Cangshu to lift Mahakala's slave contract and said Great Sun of Finality believed they shared an aspiration and need not be enemies.

Bai Cangshu received powerful treasures from the Finality Empire and considered how cooperation and a real-world Paradise could benefit Reincarnators. He assigned A Single Thought of Silk a mission to capture Su Enfei alive, then prepared to enhance his abilities and learn the Ten Phoenix Nirvana Art.

• Bai Cangshu examined two S-rank Singularities and a portion of Tyrant Sky Blood, which could strengthen bloodlines at the Goddess's Abode.
• Silver offered the Finality Empire's help maintaining Paradise in exchange for cooperation, and Bai Cangshu proposed that the Empire's Reincarnators visit Paradise for entertainment.
• After Silver teleported away, Bai Cangshu considered expanding Paradise into a real-world trading hub and connecting it to Little Garden and Gift Games.
• A Single Thought of Silk submitted to Bai Cangshu, who ordered her to find Su Enfei, obtain information about the Scarlet Great Sin, and bring Su Enfei to Myanmar alive.
• Bai Cangshu prepared to use the S-rank Singularities for major enhancements and learned that his improved immortality now qualified him to study the Ten Phoenix Nirvana Art.

Bai Cangshu fused Tyrant Sky Blood into his physique, gaining the Kirin Armor trait and a major boost to his physical power. After testing its limits and surviving a destructive Kaio-ken burst, he began advancing his Limit Break Spiral talent.

• Bai Cangshu spent an A-rank Anomaly Point and 24,000 Dimensional Points to fuse Tyrant Sky Blood into his Myriad Tribulations Yin Spirit Yellow Springs Physique.
• The fusion nearly destroyed Bai Cangshu's body, but his immortality and the Goddess's life force revived him as Tyrant Blood strengthened and Kirin Armor emerged.
• Bai Cangshu tested Kirin Armor with Four Times Kaio-ken, but the combined power caused his body to explode before he regenerated.
• Bai Cangshu chose to advance his Limit Break Spiral talent, and the Goddess offered the advancement for two A-rank Anomaly Points.
• Bai Cangshu agreed to pay and begin the talent advancement.

Bai Cangshu reached the Third Stage of Limit Break Spiral, discovered the concept of Void, and increased his Reincarnator Authority to Title-level. The chapter then shifted to the West District, where Cao Qi met Tumi Flower Blooms and learned she was deliberately strengthening Mercenary Tao while anticipating Aizen’s moves.

• The Goddess sent Bai Cangshu into the void, where his Third Stage Spiral reorganized higher-order symbols and exposed him to the concept of Void.
• Bai Cangshu spent an A-rank Anomaly Point to raise his Reincarnator Authority to Title-level and learned how concepts, Authorities, and abilities formed the Space’s power system.
• Cao Qi visited Tumi Flower Blooms at her West District stall and said Aizen had likely revealed himself because he expected her to act.
• Tumi Flower Blooms said she trusted Mercenary Tao more than the Prideful Soul King and intended to strengthen and control Mercenary Tao rather than kill him.
• Cao Qi praised Tumi Flower Blooms’s growth and left, while she lowered her head in sorrow.

Bai Cangshu enhanced Death Intent Senluo and fused a True Phoenix Feather to learn the Ten Phoenix Nirvana Art. Meanwhile, Mercenary Tao’s reputation spread across East District, where he returned to find Chu Qi waiting with Hound Xian’s group.

• Bai Cangshu spent Anomaly Points to strengthen Death Intent Senluo and raise his Mental attribute through Spirit Awakening.
• Bai Cangshu used an S-rank Anomaly Point and Dimensional Points to fuse the True Phoenix Feather and learn the Ten Phoenix Nirvana Art.
• Information Brokers flocked to Mercenary Tao’s stall as news of his victories and influence in the real world spread across East District.
• Black Butler told Aminos’s representative that Mercenary Tao would consider a trade for Dragon Bone Remains.
• Hound Xian arrived to wait for Mercenary Tao, who appeared and addressed Chu Qi, questioning why East Xia had sent him now.