Chapter Summaries

Fang Mo infiltrated the Mechanical Empire fortress as Kerry, filed a reconnaissance report, and copied military technology before someone recognized him. Meanwhile, Han Li learned that the Celestial Venerables were preparing for an impending evil invasion, then realized Fang Mo might be in danger on Fenyu Continent.

• Fang Mo used Kerry’s identity to pass the fortress inspection and observed the Mechanical Empire’s powerful defenses and large military forces.
• Fang Mo submitted a mission report warning that a beast tide was forming, then accessed the terminal with Kerry’s Level 3 privileges and began copying technology.
• A startled voice called out to Fang Mo while he was gathering information.
• Yunhe told Han Li that the Celestial Venerables would not act against Fenyu Continent because they were preparing to confront the evil aberrations and strengthen the Ancient Realm’s defenses.
• Yunhe said the Celestial Venerables had made progress toward breaking through to the Void Comprehension Realm and assigned Han Li to the first group entering the Yin Ruins to study the Nine Heavens Divine Pillars.
• Han Li found Fang Mo missing and suspected he had gone to Fenyu Continent, while Zhao Qing asked the Peak Master for support.

Fang Mo, disguised as Kerry, concealed his identity while gathering intelligence inside the Mechanical Empire's base. After Legion Commander Farrow summoned him, Fang Mo decided to meet him despite the risk.

• Fang Mo told Kent and Grant that Rock had died saving him from a Crimson Sky Ape, then carefully deflected Kent's criticism of the Empire's missions.
• Kent noticed that Kerry seemed different, but Fang Mo explained that his near-death experience had changed him, and Grant led Kent away.
• Fang Mo downloaded military data and reviewed it in Kerry's private room, learning why the Empire sought vibranium and noting signs of rising mutant-beast activity and organized resistance.
• Fang Mo received a summons from Legion Commander Farrow, recognized him as an old enemy, and chose to go to the command building.

Fang Mo, disguised as Kerry, reported on the Black Flame Mountain Range to Farrow and learned that the Mechanical Empire was preparing a full-scale offensive. Farrow approved Kerry’s request to join the first wave, while both he and Thorne sensed something familiar about him but let him leave; Fang Mo planned to use the coming conflict to pursue his own aims.

• Farrow ordered Level One combat readiness and began planning a joint offensive with the First and Second Legions.
• Fang Mo met Farrow and, posing as Kerry, gave a detailed account of the Black Flame Mountain Range and estimated that a beast tide could threaten the fortress within a month.
• Fang Mo requested to join the first wave of the offensive, and Farrow approved his request.
• After Fang Mo left, Farrow and Thorne remarked that Kerry seemed familiar but decided not to investigate him.
• Fang Mo reviewed the meeting, then looked toward the Black Flame Mountain Range and welcomed the coming offensive as an opportunity to weaken his enemies.

Fang Mo impersonated Deputy Legion Commander Rost and used wartime authority to gain Level Six access to the Third Legion’s restricted technology archives. Farrow confronted him at the terminal, and Fang Mo challenged Farrow’s authority to question a deputy legion commander.

• Fang Mo investigated the legion’s officers and chose Rost, a sidelined deputy commander with Level Five access and the wartime ability to obtain Level Six access.
• Fang Mo used the Nightmare Beast’s power to subdue Rost, the guards, and two dancers at Bluebird Bar, then stole Rost’s memories and authority token.
• Fang Mo used the Thousand Illusions Scripture to take Rost’s appearance and stored the real Rost in his spatial storage.
• Fang Mo returned to Third Legion headquarters and activated Rost’s temporary Level Six access at the command terminal.
• Fang Mo began downloading restricted technological data, but Farrow entered with guards and questioned his use of high-level authority.
• Fang Mo turned to Farrow and demanded to know whether he was still the Third Legion’s deputy commander.

Rost confronted Farrow over his efforts to inspect the fortress’s weapons and records during combat readiness, then used his deputy commander authority to continue copying classified data. With the fortress’s systems mapped and his plan refined, Fang Mo prepared to move against its energy center.

• Rost invoked the approaching beast tide and emergency regulations to defend his Level Six access, forcing Farrow to back down.
• Thorne attacked Rost, but Rost struck him down and warned that he could have killed him for assaulting a commander.
• Farrow left after reluctantly allowing Rost to continue his verification, and Rost resumed copying valuable weapons technology.
• Fang Mo finished collecting data on the fortress’s defenses and reflected on the Mechanical Empire’s brutal treatment of slaves.
• Fang Mo decided to begin his plan ahead of schedule and turned his attention to the fortress’s energy center.

Fang Mo, disguised as Rost, learned the Mechanical Empire’s defenses while Farrow and Thorne debated his strength and suspected ties to Fang Mo. Their plans were interrupted when the beast tide appeared to erupt ahead of schedule.

• Fang Mo used his position as deputy commander to study and mark the defenses of the Third Legion’s three fortresses.
• Farrow asked Thorne what Rost was planning, and Thorne warned that Rost was hiding formidable strength.
• Thorne said Kerry and Rost carried an aura like Fang Mo’s, but Farrow dismissed the connection and ordered Kerry captured while Rost was left alone.
• An alarm reported that energy fluctuations in the Fire Domain suggested the beast tide had begun early, and Farrow hurried to the command center.

Fang Mo triggered a massive beast tide while disguised as Rochist, throwing the Third Legion into a desperate defense. As Farrow coordinated the response, Silard learned Rochist had accessed Liquid Metal Battle Armor data and ordered him brought in for questioning.

• Fang Mo activated an array in the lava sea, unleashing countless powerful exotic beasts and prompting the recovering White Phoenix to curse whoever had triggered the tide.
• Silard refused to send reinforcements to Farrow, then learned that Rochist had used wartime authorization to retrieve technological data and ordered him brought to headquarters.
• Farrow deployed the Third Legion across the eastern and western fronts, placed nearby cities on combat alert, and prepared Destruction-class Weapons to stop the beast tide from gathering into a single force.
• Disguised as Rochist, Fang Mo watched Farrow's response and hoped the battle would leave both sides battered and close to collapse.

Fang Mo watched the Mechanical Empire battle an escalating beast tide, then learned that Farrow and Supreme Commander Silard had uncovered his identity and ordered his arrest. Surrounded by Military Intelligence Bureau warriors, he asked Farrow how he had guessed who he was.

• Farrow authorized Heavenfire Fortress to fire a Dark Energy Cannon, annihilating a lava titan, thousands of fire beasts, and the surrounding mountains.
• Fang Mo used the Ancient Savage Beast Battle Mark to draw more Exotic Beasts into the conflict, increasing pressure on the Mechanical Empire's fortresses.
• Farrow noticed Fang Mo and placed him under the watch of a Level 6 Liquid Metal Warrior and two Level 5 warriors.
• Military Intelligence Bureau personnel arrived with Silard's order suspending Rost and demanding that he return to headquarters for questioning over accessing secret technological files.
• Farrow revealed that he knew Rost was Fang Mo, while Thorne and the other warriors prepared to detain him.
• Fang Mo remained calm as he was surrounded and asked Farrow, "How did you guess?"

Fang Mo was exposed at Black Flame Fortress and Farrow believed the sealed space would prevent his escape. Fang Mo triggered the Array Formation marks he had planted, plunging the city into darkness, then unleashed the Dragon Blood Saber against Farrow’s forces.

• Farrow revealed that the Entropy-Dimensional Prophet had identified Fang Mo despite his disguise, while Thorne vowed to kill him.
• Farrow said Black Flame Fortress’s space had been sealed and ordered Fang Mo to surrender as the Liquid Metal Warriors closed in.
• Fang Mo activated the Array Formation mark he had planted at Heavenfire Fortress, destroying its upper half and triggering an explosion at Earthflame City’s energy center.
• Earthflame City lost power and its defensive shield collapsed as strange beasts attacked, while Farrow ordered his warriors to kill Fang Mo.
• Fang Mo used the Star Array and a true dragon’s blood energy to repel the attackers, then summoned the Dragon Blood Saber and struck down Thorne, the Level 5 warriors, and the Level 6 warrior.

Fang Mo fought the Level 6 Liquid Metal Warrior War King Barn amid the destruction of the command center, while Farrow tried to rally the defenders. Barn escaped after Fang Mo defeated him, and three powerful auras approached as Fang Mo prepared to pursue Farrow.

• Fang Mo killed four Level 5 Liquid Metal Warriors and wounded the Level 6 warrior, while Thorne died after shielding Farrow from a fatal strike.
• Fang Mo declared that no one could hold him, then clashed with the Level 6 warrior as the warrior told Farrow to flee.
• Farrow refused to leave and ordered War King Barn to kill Fang Mo as chaos engulfed the fortress.
• Fang Mo defeated Barn and drove him into the ground, but Barn escaped before Fang Mo could kill him.
• Fang Mo turned his attention to Farrow, then stopped when three equally powerful auras approached.

Fang Mo escaped three Level 6 Liquid Metal Warriors using the Ancestral Dragon Blade, then teleported away again when he sensed someone had tracked him. An orange-gold armored warrior arrived at his abandoned hiding place but could not locate him.

• Farrow called on three Level 6 Liquid Metal Warriors to kill Fang Mo, while Sword King Barn watched.
• The warriors used a space-time lock and supergravity to trap Fang Mo, but the Ancestral Dragon Blade let him vanish beyond their blockade.
• Farrow ordered the Mechanical Empire to search the Black Flame Mountain Range as Fang Mo reappeared a hundred thousand miles away and recovered.
• Fang Mo reflected that the Mechanical Empire had suffered heavy losses and planned to wait for it and the strange beasts to weaken each other before targeting White Phoenix.
• After the Bronze Mirror and Ancestral Dragon Blade warned him that he had been located, Fang Mo teleported away again.
• An orange-gold armored warrior emerged at Fang Mo's former hiding place, failed to find him, and disappeared into the void.

Fang Mo watched Black Flame Fortress struggle against the alien beasts after his sabotage, then saw a peak Heaven-Treading Fire Ape and a flaming eagle arrive as a second beast tide descended. The fortress faced an overwhelming assault, while Fang Mo hoped to exploit the chaos.

• Fang Mo escaped the Level 7 Liquid Metal Warrior and used his scouts to observe the damaged Black Flame Fortress.
• Fang Mo watched three Level 6 Liquid Metal Warriors battle the alien beasts, including Barn, whom he had hoped to kill for his armor.
• A Heaven-Treading Fire Ape attacked Black Flame Fortress, shattering the defenders’ weapons and destroying half the fortress with its blazing stomp.
• Flame Light Blade King and the other two Level 6 warriors formed a defensive formation but admitted they could not stop the peak-level beast.
• A giant flaming eagle emerged from the void, and tens of thousands of flaming alien beasts surged toward the fortress as Fang Mo watched for an opportunity.

Blade King Lieguang ordered the retreat from Black Flame Fortress, but Farrow refused and forced the Third Legion to keep fighting as the beast tide overwhelmed the defenders. As Fang Mo prepared to attack the wounded Barn, a mysterious beam destroyed the Heaven-Treading Fire Ape.

• Blade King Lieguang ordered the army to abandon Black Flame Fortress, but Farrow struck down a staff officer and insisted that the Legion hold its ground.
• Farrow rejected Lieguang's and Barn's pleas to retreat, while the Crimson Sky Eagle and Heaven-Treading Fire Ape battered the Imperial forces.
• Barn teleported into battle to fight the Crimson Sky Eagle, but it shattered his sword strike and wounded him again.
• Tens of thousands of alien beasts surged toward Black Flame Fortress, overwhelming its defenders as Fang Mo watched for a chance to attack Barn.
• A silver-white beam emerged from the void and annihilated the Heaven-Treading Fire Ape's sword and head, bringing the giant beast crashing into the magma.

Fang Mo watched the Mechanical Empire unleash a Level 7 Liquid Metal Warrior and a destruction-class warship, revealing enough power to crush the beast tide and make him reconsider how dangerous the Empire was. Meanwhile, Han Li, Tianluo, and Qianshan arrived in the Fenyu Continent to search for Fang Mo and headed toward a nearby Mechanical Empire resource station for information.

• Fang Mo recognized the annihilating attack and the Level 7 Liquid Metal Warrior's strength as Void Comprehension-level power.
• The Level 7 Liquid Metal Warrior killed the Heaven-Treading Fire Ape and crushed a giant flaming eagle with a single grasp.
• A destruction-class warship arrived with Mech Warriors, fighters, and Level 6 Liquid Metal Warriors, overwhelming the ferocious beasts with its forces and main cannon.
• Fang Mo shut off the image, concluded the beast tide would be defeated, and decided to recover his strength before acting again.
• Han Li, Tianluo, and Qianshan arrived on the Fenyu Continent and learned that Fang Mo was likely southeast and not currently in danger.
• Han Li sensed a Mechanical Empire resource station nearby, and the three set off to search it for information about Fang Mo.

Silard stripped Farrow of his command and ordered the fleet to continue its advance into the Black Flame Mountain Range. As White Phoenix awakened from her evolution, she roused the countless beasts beneath the lava, unleashing a true beast tide.

• Silard blamed Farrow for the loss of three fortresses and the Third Legion’s heavy casualties, then removed him from command and ordered his temporary detention.
• The Red-Eyed Sword Emperor suspected Fang Mo’s actions involved a Void Glimpse Great Power, but urged Silard to seize the Black Flame Mountain Range quickly.
• Silard broadcast orders for the fleet to continue advancing and clear the Black Flame Mountain Range.
• White Phoenix, now transformed by her evolution, sensed that her territory was under attack and called for the beasts to awaken.
• Countless creatures surged out of the lava and roared, beginning a vast beast tide.

After recovering, Fang Mo discovered that the Mechanical Empire was preparing an all-out assault on the Black Flame Mountain Range and looked for an opportunity to exploit the battle. In Black Flame City, Farrow persuaded Sword King Barn to help him reach a starship’s Communication System, setting their escape attempt in motion.

• Fang Mo recovered from his injuries, analyzed surveillance footage, and concluded that the Mechanical Empire planned to attack the Black Flame Mountain Range before the beast tide erupted.
• Fang Mo used the Crimson Sky Ape to observe the brutal battle between the Mechanical Empire and the seemingly endless beasts in the lava domain.
• Fang Mo suspected Black Flame City was undermanned and watched its image with a chilling expression.
• Farrow demanded to see Sword King Barn and asked him to help contact his father through an interstellar Communication System.
• Sword King Barn agreed, knocked out the guards, broke Farrow out of detention, and said he would take him to the Sunrise Starship.

Fang Mo tracked Barn and Farrow to the Dawn, then ambushed them before Farrow could contact his father. He killed Barn, seized his Level 6 Liquid Metal Battle Armor, and escaped as Sangge discovered the corpse.

• Fang Mo sensed a Level 7 warrior inside Black Flame Fortress and stopped his probe, but marked Farrow as Barn and Farrow left the city.
• Fang Mo followed the pair to the Dawn, where Barn used his clearance to bring Farrow aboard.
• Farrow began sending an encrypted call to his father while Barn guarded the communications cabin.
• Fang Mo appeared inside the cabin and killed Barn with a single slash, then captured Farrow.
• Fang Mo extracted Barn's Level 6 Liquid Metal Battle Armor and vanished from the Dawn.
• Sangge appeared on the communications screen, saw Barn's corpse, and reacted with shock and fury.

After escaping the Dawn, Fang Mo refined Level 6 liquid metal and upgraded his battle armor. He then used the Crimson Sky Ape to ambush a squad of Mechanical Empire mechs in the Black Flame Mountain Range, while Sangge prepared to enter the Ancient Realm.

• Red-Eyed told Sangge that Barn was dead, Farrow had disappeared, and Fang Mo was responsible, so Sangge ordered a void transmission to the Ancient Realm.
• Fang Mo escaped into the Black Flame Mountain Range, concealed himself, and refined the Level 6 liquid metal into his battle armor.
• Fang Mo’s armor evolved into violet-gold Level 6 battle armor, which he could manifest as weapons and gauntlets.
• Fang Mo possessed the Crimson Sky Ape and ambushed a squad of twelve Level 3 mechs, destroying them and storing their wreckage.
• Fang Mo continued searching the battlefield for more targets to harvest.

Fang Mo secretly attacked Mechanical Empire forces as a Crimson Sky Ape, prompting Silard to realize an intelligent attacker was targeting Level 3 Mechs and Level 5 Liquid Metal Warriors. After the frontlines grew more vigilant, Fang Mo shifted to the rear and attacked a supply ship.

• Fang Mo used the Crimson Sky Ape to kill a Level 5 Liquid Metal Warrior and continued striking Level 3 Mech squads across the battlefront.
• Silard learned that more than two hundred Level 3 Mechs had been lost in three days and reviewed recordings of Crimson Sky Ape attacks.
• The staff officer argued that one intelligent Crimson Sky Ape was conducting a planned campaign, and Silard ordered Level 6 Liquid Metal Warriors to capture it.
• Silard prepared to welcome Lord Sangge while Fang Mo withdrew from the frontlines and headed behind the Mechanical Empire's battle lines.
• Fang Mo burst from the magma and slammed into the underside of a supply ship, triggering its enemy-attack alarm.

Fang Mo looted a Mechanical Empire supply ship through Crimson Sky Ape before a Level 6 Liquid Metal Warrior attacked. After Fang Mo unleashed the Scorchfire Lava Beast battle soul and turned the fight around, two more Level 6 warriors arrived, and all three attacked Crimson Sky Ape together.

• Crimson Sky Ape broke into the supply ship and Fang Mo took its condensation blocks, mech components, supplies, and nuclear bombs through the spatial mark.
• A Level 6 Liquid Metal Warrior arrived and attacked Crimson Sky Ape, wounding it and forcing it onto the defensive.
• Fang Mo invoked the Scorchfire Lava Beast battle soul, greatly increasing Crimson Sky Ape's power and letting it knock the Level 6 warrior into the magma.
• Two more Level 6 Liquid Metal Warriors arrived, and the three fighters attacked Crimson Sky Ape together.