Chapter Summaries

Su Shijie turned Flody, the High Priest of the Church of “Lust,” into his fanatic follower and recovered Cougar City’s Contamination Source before it could activate. He discovered that the city’s two Smith Family Evolutionary Tiers were severely contaminated and that their family’s ancestor had pledged the family to the Prometheans, so he arranged for them to attack Flody and her church while concealing what they knew.

• Su Shijie and Ling Qin discussed the Church of “Lust” and the deadly price its members paid for their taming abilities.
• Su Shijie made Flody a fanatic follower and left to recover the Contamination Source, estimating that at least thirty percent of Cougar City’s residents had been irreversibly contaminated.
• Su Shijie recovered the Contamination Source and reported the situation to Dawn, then checked on the two tamed Evolutionary Tiers guarding Cougar City.
• The two Evolutionary Tiers told Su Shijie that their Smith Family ancestor had agreed to join the Prometheans, and Su Shijie realized their severe contamination might expose the family’s arrangements.
• Su Shijie ordered the two Evolutionary Tiers to attack Flody and her followers so they could die fighting the Church of “Lust” without revealing their knowledge of the Prometheans.

After purifying a high-level contamination source in Cougar City, Su Shijie raised his bloodline to Level 24 and arranged for Flody to help advance his plans. After learning that a Promethean Transcendent had arrived, he decided to lure the visitor into a trap while traveling to Southeast Asia.

• Two guardian powerhouses died fighting Evil God Cultists in Cougar City, buying time for the cultists to retreat before reinforcements arrived and the city was locked down.
• Su Shijie purified the high-level contamination source, raised his bloodline to Level 24, and gained the Strong Organs trait.
• Su Shijie gave Flody instructions for working discreetly and motivated her to serve as a tool for controlling local developments.
• After seeing news of a Promethean Transcendent in Cougar City, Su Shijie discussed the Prometheans' strength with Lan Mei and Ling Qin and decided to lure the visitor into a trap if the opportunity arose.
• Su Shijie ordered Lan Mei and Ling Qin to arrange clues and prioritize their safety, then set out for Southeast Asia.

Su Shijie took control of the King of Jellyfish and its swarm, then brought Daidai to the Atlantic to lure in a Promethean Transcendence being. Tamur entered the sea and was trapped by the jellyfish, leaving him waiting for reinforcements.

• Su Shijie warned the King of Jellyfish that he would forcefully intervene, then replaced the swarm with his own believers and named the King Daidai.
• Su Shijie made Daidai promise to protect his family in Binhai and help him with his plans, while offering to help the jellyfish race flourish.
• Su Shijie brought Daidai to the Atlantic Ocean to create misleading clues and draw the attention of Transcendence beings.
• Tamur arrived over the Atlantic, confident that no threat on Earth could stop him, and opened a passage through the sea with his Domain Field.
• A jellyfish phantom trapped Tamur underwater and struck his armor, so he launched drones to request help from nearby Transcendence beings and Dawn.

Su Shijie used illusion and Sanctification to help a jellyfish kill Tamur, then retreated with Lan Mei, Ling Qin, and Daidai before the Promethean patriarch could arrive. From Africa, they sensed the patriarch’s furious response, while Su Shijie considered keeping the King of Jellyfish hidden in Binhai.

• Tamur struggled against the jellyfish’s spatial attacks and sent a distress call for reinforcements.
• Su Shijie activated Sanctification and used concealed Soul Tendrils to strike Tamur while the jellyfish disrupted his Domain Field, killing him.
• Su Shijie retrieved his Soul Tendrils and fled with Lan Mei, Ling Qin, and Daidai before the Promethean patriarch could reach them.
• After landing in Africa, Su Shijie and Lan Mei sensed the patriarch’s immense fury and discussed the danger it posed.
• Su Shijie decided the King of Jellyfish could stay hidden in curvature space near Binhai and reveal itself only if necessary.

After killing a Promethean Transcendence, Su Shijie returned to Binhai and kept a low profile while preparing to improve his professions. He reunited with his family and Wang Lang, who told him the Promethean clan leader had recently erupted in anger.

• Su Shijie instructed the King of Jellyfish to remember auras and protect Binhai, then returned to the city to avoid suspicion after killing a Promethean Transcendence.
• Su Shijie discovered that Bai Xinxin had reached the Transformation Tier, and Bai Congcong offered to cook sakura shrimp for the family.
• Bai Xinxin told Su Shijie that the Number One Style in the World tournament would be hosted in Binhai, but Su Shijie declined to compete despite online doubts and challenges.
• Wang Lang invited Su Shijie out to celebrate reaching level five, and Su Shijie congratulated him while concealing his own rapid progress.
• Wang Lang told Su Shijie that the Promethean clan leader had raged in the Atlantic after a Promethean Transcendence was reportedly attacked by a Transcendence Contaminated Beast.

Su Shijie completed the compilation of Empowerer and agreed to pose as Theodora’s lover to fend off her family’s blind dates. After the Binhai Cup ended without incident, a broadcast announced that Promethean disciples were on their way to challenge the contestants in friendly matches.

• Su Shijie completed the Empowerer side profession and began compiling Fluctuation User while planning to locate the Promethean clan leader.
• Theodora asked Su Shijie to pose as her lover so her family would stop arranging blind dates, and he agreed.
• Su Shijie and Theodora took affectionate photos, and he struggled to control his desire for her.
• The third Binhai Cup and the Number One Style in the World concluded without trouble, and Wang Lang praised their good luck.
• A broadcast announced that Promethean disciples were coming to arrange friendly matches with the event’s contestants.

Su Shijie watched the Prometheans use a martial-arts exchange to promote their superiority, while he played along with Tara La and accepted an invitation to visit Alaska. The next day, news broke that Fallen Transcendence forces had wiped out the returning delegation, leaving only Tara La alive.

• Wang Lang warned Su Shijie that the Prometheans used exchanges to undermine humanity's confidence, and Su Shijie decided not to compete.
• Wang Dao welcomed Tara La and the Promethean delegation, whose fighters went on to defeat Earth's martial artists.
• Tara La praised Su Shijie for admiring the Prometheans, took a photo with him, and invited him to visit Alaska.
• Su Shijie declined to travel with Tara La immediately but added her as a friend and agreed to visit later.
• The next day, news reported that Fallen Transcendence forces had killed everyone in the returning delegation except Tara La, who escaped after her armor and the Sword Emperor's distant aura frightened off the attackers.

After learning the Prometheans might control a third of North America’s Floating Cities and their patriarch could reach Calamity within ten years, Su Shijie agreed to leave Earth within five years but trained furiously to grow stronger first. He prepared to confront two Fallen Transcendents, then learned the Lin Family had hired Lan Mei to impersonate the Assassin’s Guild and kill him.

• Dawn told Su Shijie that many Floating Cities might have defected to the Prometheans and urged him to study in the Feather Kingdom; he agreed to leave Earth within five years.
• Su Shijie intensified his cultivation, mastering Fluctuation User and several additional professions while improving his ability to imbue flying swords with Spacetime Affinity and Spacetime Fluctuation.
• Su Shijie contacted Lan Mei to arrange a meeting with the two Fallen Transcendents.
• Lan Mei told Su Shijie that the Lin Family had contacted her and wanted her to pose as the Assassin’s Guild to kill him.

Su Shijie decided to deal with the Lin Family after learning they had enlisted Evil God Cultists to target him and his family. He traveled to Guangnan City and confronted the Lin Family's acting patriarch, who mistook his troubles for Dawn's fault until Ye Tianwen appeared.

• Su Shijie learned the Lin Family had contacted Lan Mei to retaliate against him and refused her offer to wipe them out, choosing to handle the matter himself.
• Su Shijie used illusions and Electromagnetic Induction to leave the city unnoticed and travel toward Guangnan City.
• The Lin Family's acting patriarch raged over Dawn's investigation, the confiscated Spirit Crystal Ore mine, and the council's review of the family's privileges.
• The acting patriarch admitted the Lin Family had hired its former Evil God Cultist partners to kill Su Shijie and his family, then blamed Su Shijie for the family's troubles.
• Su Shijie appeared before the acting patriarch, who recognized his longtime enemy Ye Tianwen standing in front of him.

Su Shijie drove the Lin Family’s acting head mad with contamination, causing him to kill the family’s last Earth Evolutionary Tier and leaving the Lin Family under Dawn’s control. After dinner with his family, Su Shijie prepared to meet two Fallen Transcendents and disguised himself as Ling Yin.

• Su Shijie contaminated the Lin Family’s acting head, who then killed his brother, the family’s last Earth Evolutionary Tier.
• Dawn stripped the Lin Family of its privileges and detained its members while it investigated them and took control of their assets.
• At dinner, Su Shijie told his family he had a mission, and Li Meier teased him about his relationship with Nan Mingxi.
• Su Shijie prepared for a meeting with the two Fallen Transcendents, one of whom had mastered Sanctification.
• Su Shijie traveled to the meeting place and disguised himself as Ling Yin.

Su Shijie, disguised as Ling Yin, met with Lan Mei and Ling Qin to greet the Fallen Transcendences Yan Fei and Charlie, then traveled with them toward the Abyssal Trench. He confirmed that the Spirit Emperor’s remaining will was unlikely to attack them on arrival, but the Spirit Emperor’s condition remained the operation’s greatest danger.

• Lan Mei and Ling Qin greeted Su Shijie before Yan Fei and Charlie emerged from the sea to meet them.
• Charlie welcomed the women as allies and said part of the Spirit Emperor’s will had revived and was transforming.
• Lan Mei asked whether Yan Fei and Charlie had killed a recent Promethean Transcendence, and Charlie denied it, suspecting another hidden force.
• Su Shijie asked about the Spirit Emperor’s whereabouts, and Charlie explained that the Super Contamination Source had fused with the void and could not be reached by ordinary means.
• Charlie said the Spirit Emperor retained only a lingering obsession after most of his will had been erased, and Su Shijie used emotion sensing to confirm their group would not be attacked when they approached.

Su Shijie and the others were intercepted by Tucker, a powerful Promethean Transcendent, while heading toward the Abyssal Trench. Yan Fei stayed behind to hold Tucker off, and Su Shijie turned back to join the fight as Charlie, Lan Mei, and Ling Qin continued onward.

• The five Spirit Wind Transcendents sensed danger as they neared the Abyssal Trench and identified Tucker as the likely threat.
• Tucker confronted them and pursued as they tried to split up and escape.
• Yan Fei activated Sanctification and stayed behind to delay Tucker while Charlie led the others onward.
• Su Shijie chose to return and help Yan Fei, while Lan Mei and Ling Qin followed Charlie.
• Su Shijie entered the Thoughtless State, summoned his Psionic Energy Longsword, and launched toward the distant battle with his twelvefold boost.

Yan Fei and Su Shijie’s hidden attack helped Yan Fei kill Tucker, though Yan Fei died with him. Su Shijie rejoined Charlie and the others, who then reached the Abyssal Trench and observed the three Abyssal Cities and the formation restraining it.

• Tucker mocked Yan Fei while overwhelming him, but a concealed attack shattered Tucker’s armor and badly wounded him.
• Yan Fei seized Tucker’s moment of distraction, engulfed him, and detonated himself, killing them both.
• Su Shijie retrieved his metal and returned to Charlie, who urged the group to flee before Mr. Blue Moon arrived.
• The Prometheans were left with only their clan leader on Earth, forcing him to call other Transcendents back from the stars.
• Su Shijie and the others secretly circled near the Abyssal Trench, where he saw three Abyssal Cities and sensed a formation restraining the Super Contamination Source.

Su Shijie and Charlie waited for Dawn’s next cleansing barrage, then followed its aftermath into the Abyssal Trench to find the Super Contamination Source. As a Transcendence Contaminated Beast approached, they faced a new threat in the depths.

• Charlie explained that three intelligent Transcendence Contaminated Beasts in the Abyssal Trench sought to sacrifice all life on Earth for the evil god’s blessing.
• Su Shijie spent a month and a half cultivating, completing his ninth profession, Mechanist, and advancing Ninja to level six.
• Dawn launched a barrage of strategic nuclear torpedoes into the Abyssal Trench, and Charlie led Su Shijie and the other two forward during the aftermath.
• The four Transcendents descended through the turbulent trench and Su Shijie sensed the Super Contamination Source in deep curvature.
• Su Shijie felt a huge Transcendence Contaminated Beast approaching with overwhelming malice and chaos.

Su Shijie and Charlie joined Lan Mei and Ling Qin in attacking the Sea Dragon King and the two other Transcendence Contaminated Beasts in the Abyssal Trench. Su Shijie killed Charlie and the Sea Dragon King with hidden flying swords, then turned toward the remaining beasts.

• The Sea Dragon King demanded that Charlie and his companions join its attempt to escape the Abyssal Trench, but Charlie refused.
• Su Shijie decided to attack, and he, Charlie, Lan Mei, and Ling Qin launched a surprise assault on the Sea Dragon King and the two hidden Contaminated Beasts.
• Mr. Blue Moon reassured Abyssal City that the creatures were fighting among themselves and stayed on guard while requesting reinforcements from Dawn.
• Su Shijie struck Charlie and the Sea Dragon King with flying swords, killing Charlie and cutting the Sea Dragon King into pieces.
• Su Shijie rushed toward the two remaining Contaminated Beasts as Lan Mei and Ling Qin faced less pressure.

Su Shijie brought Ling Qin and Lan Mei to the Spirit Emperor’s remains and found the Super Contamination Source, which he began absorbing. The Spirit Emperor’s corpse then rose with overwhelming power and mistook Su Shijie for an enemy.

• Mr. Blue Moon sensed the battle below had ended and continued guarding the rift above Abyssal City.
• Su Shijie led Ling Qin and Lan Mei into the distorted central region of the Abyssal Trench, where they found the Spirit Emperor’s skeleton and lingering will.
• The Spirit Emperor’s will recognized Ling Qin, and Su Shijie warned the women to stay safe while he dealt with the Super Contamination Source.
• Su Shijie found the tiny Super Contamination Source and began drawing on it, gaining awareness of several evil-god abilities.
• The Spirit Emperor’s skeleton stood up, released an immense aura, and declared that the evil god must die, leaving Su Shijie to realize it had mistaken his intentions.

Su Shijie devoured the Super Contamination Source’s power while fighting the Spirit Emperor’s remains, becoming a True God and gaining enough strength to defeat them. After burying the Spirit Emperor and the fallen knights, Su Shijie left the Abyssal Trench with Lan Mei and Ling Qin as reinforcements arrived.

• Lan Mei and Ling Qin were sent out of the Abyssal Trench as the Spirit Emperor’s remains stirred, while Mr. Blue Moon requested urgent reinforcements from Dawn.
• Su Shijie repeatedly died and regenerated inside the Super Contamination Source, absorbing its Soul Power and strengthening his bloodline and traits as he fought the Spirit Emperor’s remains.
• Su Shijie reached True God Bloodline, gained four new traits, and eventually punched the Spirit Emperor’s remains back with brute force.
• Su Shijie used his Spacetime abilities to cleave apart the Spirit Emperor’s remains, while Nangong Ye, the Dawn City guardian, and the Queen arrived and sensed the clash’s devastating power.
• Su Shijie buried the Spirit Emperor and the knight order members at the bottom of the Abyssal Trench, then left with Lan Mei and Ling Qin as the Queen began descending.

Spirit Wind's Three Beauties and several Transcendents investigated the weakening contamination in the Abyssal Trench and found the Spirit Emperor's aura among newly appeared gravestones. They accepted Tatali's explanation that the Contamination Source had awakened the Spirit Emperor's residual will, and decided to wait for the Feather Kingdom's envoy to make the final judgment.

• Nangong Ye and Mr. Blue Moon welcomed Spirit Wind's Three Beauties, while Lan Mei described her lingering injuries to support their plan to conceal their true condition.
• Ling Qin proposed investigating the Contamination Source with witnesses, and the group chose Tatali, Blade's avatar, and Mr. Blue Moon to accompany the three women.
• The six Transcendents searched the Abyssal Trench and found that the residual contamination was weakening in a way consistent with purification.
• Su Shijie led the group to newly appeared gravestones, where Tatali, Blade, and Mr. Blue Moon recognized the Spirit Emperor's aura.
• Tatali concluded that the Contamination Source had awakened the Spirit Emperor's residual will, and Chubby agreed that they should await the Feather Kingdom's envoy.

Four Skyfeather envoys arrived on Earth to investigate the Super Contamination Source, displaying the overwhelming strength and standing of their civilization. After confirming the source might be gone, they spoke with Tatali and the Spirit Wind Knights, leaving Su Shijie wary of their power and noticing Tatali’s sudden jealousy.

• Four Calamity Tier Skyfeather envoys arrived on Earth the day after the incident, and Su Shijie realized how dangerous they were.
• Tian Norse questioned Mr. Blue Moon about the Super Contamination Source, and Mr. Blue Moon reported that Tatali believed it had been removed.
• Tian Norse recognized Tatali and urged him to break through to Calamity Tier, while Tatali explained that his grief was affecting him.
• A Sky Feather Race Spirit Caller asked Su Shijie and the others about their recovery, and Su Shijie described their progress and demonstrated his lingering contamination aura.
• The Spirit Caller praised the Spirit Wind Knights’ resilience, and Su Shijie noticed that Tatali had become hostile toward them.

Skyfeather envoys confirmed that the Super Contamination Source had been purified and promised rewards to the Earth Federation and the Spirit Wind Knights. Tian Martha stayed behind to visit Spirit Wind City, where she invited Ling Yin to join the Feather Kingdom.

• Masha and Loka inspected the Abyssal Trench and concluded that the Spirit Emperor and another figure had helped purify the Super Contamination Source while restraining its effects.
• The Skyfeather envoys promised Paradise Mountain rewards for resolving the threat and a separate reward for the Spirit Wind Knights.
• Tian Norse and the other envoys departed, while Tian Martha stayed behind to spend time with the Spirit Wind Knights.
• Masha accepted Lan Mei's invitation to visit Spirit Wind City and changed into an Earth-style outfit.
• As the group toured the city, Masha explained that Calamity Tier powerhouses were rare in the Feather Kingdom and invited Ling Yin to immigrate there.