Chapter Summaries

After returning to Binhai, Su Shijie reunited with his family and Theodora while advertisements for a new Special Grade Nutrient Solution spread across the Federation. The chapter left Theodora testing whether Su Shijie might become interested in her, and he agreed to visit her home when her daughter was away.

• Su Shijie reunited with Nan Mingxi and his family, and the Personal Terminals of those present flashed with a Transcendent notification.
• A package of Special Grade Nutrient Solution arrived for Theodora, with similar parcels sent to Nan Mingxi and the Hunter Dojo in Prosperous City.
• The Federation launched widespread advertisements for the nutrient solution, and Su Shijie realized it might be useful but found the idea troublesome.
• Theodora found Su Shijie on the street, greeted him warmly, and took him out to eat.
• While they ate, Su Shijie began seeing Theodora as a woman, and she noticed the desire in his gaze for the first time.
• Theodora invited Su Shijie to try her cooking at home, and he agreed to visit when Ma Yiyi was away.

Su Shijie reunited with Hu Zhi and directed the Dawn Church to investigate the Super Contamination Source while keeping its charity work as cover. After learning the Chaos Church's activities threatened to expose them, he revealed that he had reached Evolutionary Tier and prepared to confront its High Priest, hoping to reach two Fallen Transcendences.

• Su Shijie met Hu Zhi at a Dock District warehouse, told him about Taotie, and assigned the Dawn Church to investigate the Super Contamination Source and, if needed, the two Fallen Transcendences.
• Hu Zhi reported that the church's Evil God Cultist Persecution Charity Fund had aided Prosperity City and Jiangnan City and helped conceal its identity.
• Su Shijie ordered the church to prioritize the investigation, continue charity work as camouflage, and avoid suspicious actions without his orders.
• Hu Zhi warned that the Chaos Church was active near their diocese and could draw suspicion toward the Dawn Church.
• Su Shijie dismissed the Chaos Church's status, revealed he had reached Evolutionary Tier, and told Hu Zhi to contact him about negotiations with its High Priest.

After Wang Lang invited Su Shijie to a dinner, Dawn explained that Binhai’s three remaining great families planned to hold a school martial arts tournament to settle the reshuffling caused by the Sun Family’s collapse. The tournament would determine which family joined the Binhai Alliance, and Su Shijie wondered why Wang Lang thought he might be involved.

• Wang Lang contacted Su Shijie, asked whether Nan Mingxi was pursuing him, and bragged that he had reached early Level 3 of the Transformation Tier.
• Wang Lang invited Su Shijie to a gathering and offered to introduce him to friends, but Su Shijie said he would only attend if Huang Jiangyong was there.
• After Wang Lang mentioned secret news, Su Shijie asked Dawn what was happening and whether it would affect him.
• Dawn explained that the Sun Family’s removal from the Binhai Alliance had triggered a commercial reshuffle and that the remaining three families planned a school martial arts tournament to choose a new alliance member.
• Su Shijie realized Wang Lang might want his help, but questioned how he could contribute without a Floating City or capable followers.

Su Shijie learned that the Church of Chaos wanted his help supporting a partner in the Binhai Cup, deepening his frustration with the threats Dawn faced. He set aside his anger and returned to cultivation to focus on becoming stronger.

• Su Shijie considered how Binhai City planned to use the Binhai Cup to select allies and restore its image after the Sun Family scandal.
• Hu Zhi told Su Shijie that the Church of Chaos wanted to maintain its friendship with him after he reached the Evolutionary Tier.
• Hu Zhi revealed that the Church of Chaos wanted to help a partner qualify to join the Binhai Alliance through the Binhai Cup.
• Su Shijie reflected on the many families and groups undermining the Federation and sympathized with Dawn's struggle to preserve order.
• Su Shijie returned to his room and resumed cultivating despite how difficult the work was.

Su Shijie discussed the Binhai Cup and the smuggling company with Wang Lang while continuing his distracted cultivation. As Su Shijie avoided Nan Mingxi, his Illusionist reached late Level One and the newly announced Binhai Cup became a major public sensation.

• Wang Lang noticed that Su Shijie's Spiritual Energy vibration seemed unstable, and Su Shijie explained that he was still adapting to cultivating while distracted.
• Wang Lang offered to introduce Su Shijie to people seeking fighters for the Binhai Cup, but Su Shijie declined to get involved with other people's business.
• Su Shijie asked Wang Lang about Binhai Interstellar Trade and Transportation Company, and Wang Lang described the Sea Tribe-backed company's tangled interests and political complications.
• Wang Lang warned Su Shijie that joining a representative team could cause trouble, then teased him about Nan Mingxi before leaving.
• Su Shijie and Nan Mingxi began avoiding each other, Su Shijie's Illusionist advanced to late Level One, and news of the Binhai Cup spread widely online.

Su Shijie learned that the Northern Plains Su Family wanted to join the Binhai Alliance and might approach him because of his fighting-style talent. He decided not to help them and was warned to watch the Ye Family as the Binhai Cup approached.

• Su Rou asked Su Shijie to arrange lodging in Binhai for her group, and he agreed to find enough rooms.
• Su Rou warned Su Shijie that the Northern Plains Su Family had asked her to join their team, and she had refused them.
• Su Shijie asked Su Ren whether the Northern Plains Su Family was seeking entry into the Binhai Alliance, and Su Ren explained they hoped to join as a fifth family.
• Su Shijie decided not to get involved with the Northern Plains Su Family because they had never helped his family and Su Rou had warned him about their attitude.
• Su Ren advised Su Shijie to watch the Ye Family, who had mastered Mindless Style and claimed to be its orthodox inheritors.

Su Shijie planned to spend the day with Bai Xinxin and Bai Congcong, but the Northern Plains Su Family arrived hoping to recruit him for the Binhai Cup. He invoked Wang Lang’s name to refuse them and left, while the visitors decided to investigate his connections further.

• Su Shijie replied to Hu Zhi that he would consider meeting the Chaos High Priest once the time and place were set.
• Su Shijie planned to pick up Bai Xinxin and Bai Congcong and take them out during their break.
• Su Jingtao introduced himself and the Northern Plains Su Family, saying they had come to see Su Shijie.
• Su Shijie refused their invitation and said he had already agreed to compete for Young Master Huanyue.
• The Northern Plains Su Family visitors let Su Shijie leave, then grumbled and decided to learn more about his relationship with Wang Lang.

Su Shijie considered representing the Spirit Wind Knights in the Binhai Cup to help improve their standing, with Dawn explaining the political obstacles and offering to assist. He decided to contact them as Abyss and asked Yu Yi to arrange a meeting with their commander.

• Wang Lang told Su Shijie that the Northern Plains Su Family had approached their families and urged him to compete in the Binhai Cup as a faction representative.
• Su Shijie weighed representing Director Su Rou's Hunter Dojo against helping the Spirit Wind Knights, whose mistreatment had angered him.
• Dawn said the Spirit Wind Knights could legally enter the competition but would need to agree and win over the Binhai Alliance; she offered to help with the council and public opinion.
• Su Shijie decided to contact the Spirit Wind Knights under the identity of Abyss while keeping his secrets from them.
• Su Shijie sent Yu Yi an encrypted voice message and asked her to arrange a meeting with her commander.

Su Shijie registered for the Binhai Cup and passed the preliminary screening with a lightning-fast display of Mindless Style, earning seed contestant treatment. He then welcomed Su Rou and the Prosperous City dojo students to Binhai, reuniting with old acquaintances.

• Yan Ni asked Yu Yi why the assassin who had saved her wanted to meet Captain Sis, and Yu Yi explained that his trait might suppress some of her contamination.
• Captain Sis agreed to meet the assassin, while Su Shijie decided to register for the Binhai Cup.
• Su Shijie listed Mindless Style and Spirit Wind City on his application and entered the screening as a Transformation Tier Level 1 contestant.
• Su Shijie defeated the examiner in an instant with a wooden sword, passed the screening, and received an offer of seed contestant treatment.
• Su Shijie went to Binhai's western entrance district and welcomed Su Rou and the other Mindless Style students arriving from Prosperous City.

Su Shijie reunited with Su Rou and the Mindless Style students in Binhai ahead of the competition. When five people from the Ye Family targeted Su Rou at their hotel, Su Shijie defeated them, leaving the group to face the consequences under Binhai’s rules.

• Su Rou welcomed Su Shijie in Binhai, and Yang Xiu and the other students congratulated him on reaching the Transformation Tier.
• Su Shijie treated the group to seafood and arranged rooms near Wang's Martial Arts School before Su Rou urged everyone to rest for registration.
• Five men in white martial arts uniforms approached the group at Wang's Hotel, and Su Shijie recognized their hostility toward Su Rou.
• When one man tried to shove him, Su Shijie broke his fingers, kicked him away, and beat the other four attackers.
• Hotel security arrived, and Su Shijie told them to check the surveillance footage and said he would pay compensation for his counterattack.
• Su Rou identified the attackers as members of the Ye Family, and Su Shijie said Binhai City would not let them act above the law.

After Su Shijie defeated Ye Family men who had attacked him, he paid a fine and completed the City Guard Office’s procedures. He reassured Su Rou about his connections in Binhai, but a Ye Family delegation confronted them as they left.

• Su Shijie cooperated with the City Guard Office, paid a fine, and provided medical compensation after the Ye Family men attacked first.
• Su Rou apologized for the trouble, and Su Shijie said the Ye Family had been overbearing and that he had connections in Binhai.
• Su Rou explained that the Ye Family and Lin Family were escalating a dispute involving Evolutionary Tier fighters.
• A young Ye Family man blocked Su Shijie and Su Rou with six or seven Transformation Tier fighters and an Evolutionary Tier elder behind him.

Su Shijie mocked the Ye Family’s attempt to intimidate him, and Ye Bufan’s group left after warning him about trouble outside Binhai. The Northern Plains Su Family abandoned its plan to recruit Su Shijie, and Wang Lang later called to report that the Ye Family had complained to the Binhai Cup organizers.

• A Ye Family young master demanded that Su Rou and the other women submit, while an Evolutionary Tier elder backed him up.
• Su Shijie ridiculed the Ye Family’s weakness and warned that causing trouble during the Binhai Cup could make them targets of the organizers.
• The elder acknowledged that the Ye Family could not act against Su Shijie in the city, then left after issuing a threat about outside the city.
• Su Shijie reassured the group and escorted them back to the hotel, while Northern Plains Su Family members watching nearby decided not to recruit him.
• Wang Lang called Su Shijie and told him that Ye Bufan had complained to the Binhai Cup organizers.

Su Shijie learned that the Ye Family was being mocked online and agreed to meet the 'Chaos' High Priest, hoping to turn her into a believer. At their open meeting in Binhai City, he discovered that the High Priest was a woman whose corruption and power were almost impossible to detect.

• Su Shijie and Wang Lang discussed the online video humiliating the Ye Family, and Su Shijie suspected someone was stirring up trouble for their own purposes.
• Hu Zhi sent Su Shijie the time and place for his meeting with the 'Chaos' High Priest, who had chosen a location inside Binhai City.
• Su Shijie decided to test whether his divine grace could convert the High Priest, and asked Wang Lang to watch over the Ye Family and Su Family while he was away.
• Su Shijie told Hu Zhi he intended to merge the Church of 'Chaos' into the Church of Dawn, and Hu Zhi pledged the church's support.
• Su Shijie waited at a high-altitude restaurant under his Rising Sun identity, where the 'Chaos' High Priest arrived disguised as an alluring woman whose corruption he could barely sense.

Su Shijie met with Lan Mei, the Chaos High Priest, to discuss their churches’ plans and the Guangnan Lin Family. When Yan Ni and Yu Yi appeared, Lan Mei used her aura to draw their attention, but Su Shijie seized the opportunity to ambush and incapacitate her, then turned to deal with the two women.

• Su Shijie met Lan Mei for dinner and learned that the Chaos church intended to support the Guangnan Lin Family.
• Su Shijie agreed to ask Hu Zhi about recommending school experts who passed the church’s test.
• Su Shijie saw Yu Yi bring Yan Ni into the restaurant and exchanged thoughts with Lan Mei about drawing them over.
• Lan Mei leaked some of her contaminated aura while pretending to become affected by desire, attracting Yan Ni and Yu Yi’s attention.
• Su Shijie took Lan Mei for a walk along the riverbank and suddenly attacked her, breaking her bones and knocking her unconscious.
• Su Shijie collected Lan Mei’s blood and told Yan Ni and Yu Yi to move, intending to resolve Yan Ni’s troubles.

Su Shijie captured Lan Mei and transformed her and Yan Ni into his retainers by replacing their pollution with his own. Lan Mei began breaking through to Transcendence, and the chapter ended with both women bound to obey his command not to reveal his name.

• Su Shijie ambushed Lan Mei, disabled her, and brought her with Yan Ni and Yu Yi to a hotel room.
• Su Shijie revealed his identity to Yan Ni and explained that he could lower pollution, while Lan Mei pretended to be unconscious and tried to conceal a recovery agent.
• Su Shijie used Sanctification to replace Lan Mei’s polluted Virtual Organs, transforming her into his retainer and triggering her breakthrough to Transcendence.
• Su Shijie transformed Yan Ni into his retainer while Lan Mei recovered and completed her breakthrough.
• Su Shijie ordered Yan Ni and Lan Mei not to reveal his name, and both women knelt and agreed.

After binding Lan Mei's soul core and helping her break through to Transcendence, Su Shijie tasked her with bringing the Church of 'Chaos' under Dawn's control. Lan Mei revealed her ties to the Spiritwind Knights and shared what she knew about two Fallen Transcendents, leaving Su Shijie concerned that they were gathering the dead in search of a way to awaken them.

• Lan Mei angrily confronted Su Shijie for deceiving her, then accepted that she belonged to him and agreed to help Dawn absorb the Church of 'Chaos.'
• Yu Yi explained that Lan Mei had once served as the Spiritwind Knights' 'Scythe of Death,' using a concealed identity as a Spirit Caller.
• Lan Mei said she was a member of the Lan Family delegation and one of the three Evolutionary Tier members guarding Shabak.
• Lan Mei told Su Shijie that two Fallen Transcendents had taken the Spirit Emperor's remains and collected the corpses of deceased Spirit Wind Knights in the Abyssal Trench.
• Su Shijie suspected the Fallen Transcendents were trying to awaken the dead with Evil God power, and Lan Mei said she likely could not arrange a meeting with them soon.

Su Shijie recruited the newly Transcendent Lan Mei to pretend to date him so she could help fend off trouble tied to the Ye Family and Nan Mingxi. While taking Bai Xinxin and Bai Congcong out around Binhai City, he sensed danger and pulled them away just before an empty roller-coaster carriage crashed where they had been.

• Su Shijie asked Lan Mei to pretend to date him and explained his conflict with the Ye Family and the risks posed by the Prometheans and the Sand Tribe.
• Lan Mei agreed to act as Su Shijie's shield, embraced him, and offered to kill the Ye Family, but he told her not to draw attention.
• At dinner, Bai Xinxin showed Su Shijie a popular video of his confrontation with the Ye Family and asked about the woman beside him.
• Su Shijie took Bai Xinxin and Bai Congcong to enjoy Binhai City's attractions and warned Bai Xinxin not to arrange a meeting with Nan Mingxi.
• Su Shijie sensed danger and pulled Bai Xinxin and Bai Congcong away just before an empty roller-coaster carriage crashed where they had been.

Su Shijie investigated the roller coaster attack, suspected a hidden mastermind was framing him through the Ye Family, and cooperated with the City Guard. As the Binhai Cup approached, the City Guard suddenly arrested him, claiming his case had come to light.

• Su Shijie identified several suspicious observers after the roller coaster attack and marked some with nano-trackers.
• City Guard officers questioned Su Shijie about the dead attacker, and he pointed them toward the Ye Family as a possible suspect.
• Su Shijie advanced to the early stage of Level Two as an Illusionist while Binhai filled with visitors for the Binhai Cup.
• City Guard officers returned with two Transformation Tier members, put magnetic handcuffs on Su Shijie, and took him away.

Su Shijie was questioned over the murder of Ye Hai, but he proved he was home during the crime with drone footage. After leaving the City Guard Office, he returned to cultivate and prepared to act against the person who had framed him.

• Su Shijie told the interrogator he had been cultivating at home when Ye Hai was murdered, and challenged them to present evidence linking him to the crime.
• The interrogator showed Su Shijie a Brown Ironwood wooden sword matching the wounds on Ye Hai, and accused him based on their past conflict.
• Su Shijie displayed drone footage proving he had been in his residential complex during the murder and asked the officers to investigate the real culprit.
• The City Guard Office apologized, and Su Shijie told the Ye Family representative to find whoever was manipulating events behind the scenes.
• Su Shijie returned home, told the two little ones not to disturb his cultivation, and slipped into curvature, thinking it was time to make his move.

After Ye Hai’s death, Ye Bufan blamed Su Shijie and ordered attacks on Su Rou and her associates, but Su Shijie struck first and killed Ye Bufan and his companion. The Binhai Alliance launched a full investigation as the Binhai Cup approached, while the real culprit remained concealed.

• Ye Bufan learned that the City Guard Office had cleared the suspect and ordered his people to keep watching Su Shijie, Su Rou, and their relatives, with instructions to kill them if possible.
• Ye Bufan told his aide he would use the Binhai Alliance’s investigation to find the hidden mastermind and turn the factions against one another.
• Su Shijie appeared in the Ye Family room, used illusions and a concealed poison to kill Ye Bufan and his Transformation Tier companion, and staged the scene to suggest they had been framed.
• Lan Mei’s believers anonymously paid media outlets to publicize Ye Bufan’s death, and rumors linked it to the earlier conflict.
• The Binhai Alliance launched a full investigation and ordered the culprit found before the Binhai Cup opening ceremony.