Chapter Summaries

Su Shijie finished modifying several firearms, then tested them outside the city with Dawn’s help and learned how powerful they were. As he prepared to leave, he caught a punk stealing his tires and confronted him at terrifying speed.

• Su Shijie secretly etched and enhanced gun barrels in the laboratory, finishing the work before returning to his regular job.
• Ma Yiyi approached Su Shijie at the training ground to apologize and offer dinner, but he refused and left.
• Su Shijie ordered takeout, drove beyond the city, and asked Dawn to assess his modified firearms.
• Su Shijie test-fired three oversized rifles and learned that one could threaten Evolutionary Tiers below Level Four, though Dawn warned he still could not fight an Evolutionary Tier.
• Su Shijie spotted a yellow-haired punk removing his tires, rushed over at high speed, and left the thief trembling on his knees.

Su Shijie forced two traveling merchants, Zhang Ming and Wu Jun, to distribute mushrooms to every shelter in Jiangnan City, then learned that Theodora had been investigating him. Dawn Goddess identified her as Ma Yiyi’s mother and a powerful director of the Interstellar Human Resources Management Group.

• Su Shijie intimidated Zhang Ming and Wu Jun after they stole his tire, then ordered them to sell mushrooms at every shelter in Jiangnan City in exchange for settling the matter.
• Zhang Ming and Wu Jun suspected Su Shijie was connected to the Evil God Cult but submitted to him and agreed to carry out the task.
• Su Shijie added the merchants as contacts through the Multi-functional Autonomous Sphere and planned to contact them later as Rising Sun.
• After finishing his weapon tests, Su Shijie prepared to return home and break through his evolution level.
• Dawn Goddess told Su Shijie that someone had investigated him and identified the woman as Theodora, Ma Yiyi’s mother and the Jiangnan City director of the Interstellar Human Resources Management Group.

After reaching Awakened Rank Nine, Su Shijie continued his undercover work and learned that Ya Zi planned to come to Jiangnan City in half a month. Dawn arranged a meeting with Ya Zi’s hidden contact, whom Su Shijie discovered was the Transcendent Sword Emperor Nangong Ye.

• Su Shijie broke through to the early stage of Awakened Rank Nine, while Ma Yiyi continued trying to tempt him with food and a secretly drugged abalone.
• Su Shijie received an encrypted message from Head Rat’s contact code and contacted Ya Zi while disguised in his gel mask.
• Su Shijie told Ya Zi that he had delivered Red Umbrella Mushrooms into Jiangnan’s shelters and sent him delivery lists.
• Ya Zi praised Su Shijie, promised to raise his church status, and ordered him to remain in Jiangnan until Ya Zi arrived in half a month.
• Su Shijie asked Dawn to arrange an early meeting, and Dawn revealed that the middle-aged hotel guest next door was the Sword Emperor, Nangong Ye.

Su Shijie met Nangong Ye, the Sword Emperor, who agreed to follow Dawn’s arrangements and helped conceal the unusual strength of Su Shijie’s telekinesis. Nangong Ye left Su Shijie with powerful gifts and a gene formula, easing Su Shijie’s worries about having a trustworthy protector on Earth.

• Nangong Ye visited Su Shijie and said he trusted Dawn completely and would follow her instructions.
• Nangong Ye warned Su Shijie that Transcendents could sense the abnormal strength of his telekinesis, then gave him a Spirit Crystal necklace that disguised its aura.
• Nangong Ye gave Su Shijie a Storage Bag, other practice trinkets, and information for the Gene Formula, Sword Immortal.
• After Nangong Ye left, Su Shijie told Dawn he was relieved she had chosen a trustworthy Transcendent to protect him.
• Su Shijie asked whether Dawn paid Nangong Ye to father descendants, and Dawn said she only let him expense his prostitution fees.

Su Shijie tested the Storage Bag and telekinetic flying knives gifted by Nangong Ye, then prepared to train at Jiangnan Academy. He refused a suspicious invitation from an unseen employer after overpowering two bodyguards and accepting compensation for their attempt to stop him.

• Su Shijie examined the Storage Bag and discovered the flying knives amplified his telekinetic attacks, then stored them as armor beneath his protective suit.
• Su Shijie saw Nangong Ye return with a flamboyantly dressed woman and removed his network and positioning chips before leaving for Jiangnan Academy.
• Two Late Awakened Rank 9 bodyguards stopped Su Shijie in the hotel lobby and said their employer wanted to speak with him.
• Su Shijie pinned the bodyguards down, warned them about blocking his way, and accepted one hundred thousand Credit Points in compensation.
• Su Shijie rejected the offer of another million Credit Points for a meeting and told the bodyguards that their employer should approach him directly.

Su Shijie learned that Huang Yixuan had offered money to lure him into a scheme targeting Theodora and her position in the interstellar recruitment business. He uncovered signs that Huang Yixuan was helping human traffickers, and realized Ma Yiyi’s popularity may have been engineered to exploit Theodora’s concern for her daughter.

• Huang Yixuan ordered his bodyguard to bring Su Shijie in by force if necessary, despite the bodyguard’s warning about Su Shijie’s potential.
• Dawn gave Su Shijie Huang Yixuan’s profile and confirmed that Su Shijie’s father was safe and unrelated to Huang Yixuan’s plans.
• Dawn’s review of Huang Yixuan’s communications suggested he wanted to use Su Shijie to gain Theodora’s favor and pursue personal goals.
• Su Shijie suspected that Huang Yixuan was working with traffickers who wanted to undermine Theodora’s restrictions on recruitment.
• Su Shijie concluded that Huang Yixuan may have arranged Ma Yiyi’s admirers to exploit Theodora’s concern for her daughter.

Su Shijie faced Ji Lan, who tried to force him into teaching his faction martial art, until Jiangnan Academy’s Captain Wang intervened. Ji Lan left under the influence of a drug Ma Yiyi had apparently slipped into her food, and Su Shijie asked her for more.

• Su Shijie returned to training after anonymously sending Theodora evidence accusing Huang Yixuan of targeting Ma Yiyi and possibly serving the Evil God Cult.
• Ji Lan and two bodyguards confronted Su Shijie at the training grounds, and Ji Lan stole Ma Yiyi’s lunchbox and ate from it while demanding Su Shijie teach him his faction martial art.
• Captain Wang arrived and ordered Ji Lan not to act against Su Shijie on Jiangnan Academy grounds, so Ji Lan left with his bodyguards.
• After leaving the academy, Ji Lan became unusually agitated and dragged his bodyguards away, while Su Shijie realized Ma Yiyi had drugged him.
• Su Shijie asked Ma Yiyi what drug she had used and whether she had any more.

Su Shijie left Jiangnan Academy to meet Ya Zi at Shelter P-403, with Nangong Ye and Dawn backing him. As Ji Lan pursued him and showed signs of corruption, Su Shijie sensed another inducement inside Jiangnan City and realized the shelter was the farthest one from it.

• Su Shijie reached mid-level nine, accepted Ya Zi's order to go to Shelter P-403, and contacted Nangong Ye for support.
• Ma Yiyi watched Su Shijie leave the training grounds, then reacted to the other trainees staring at her.
• Ji Lan confronted Su Shijie at the academy gates, but fled when Su Shijie threatened to expose his secret and recordings.
• Nangong Ye told Su Shijie to handle Ji Lan himself, and Su Shijie deployed his weapons as he headed into the forest.
• Ji Lan followed Su Shijie through the rain, became increasingly vengeful, and developed a black light in his eyes.
• Su Shijie sensed Ji Lan's aura change and realized an inducement connected to corruption was inside Jiangnan City.

A coordinated outbreak of Contamination Sources plunged Jiangnan City into chaos as Yang Tianyou revealed himself as an Evil God cultist and defeated Leng Wufeng. After learning the city was under attack, Nangong Ye sent Su Shijie back while staying behind, and Su Shijie raced toward Jiangnan City after killing Ji Lan.

• A woman at Jiangnan Academy attacked a male student, while similar violent incidents spread across Jiangnan City and rune-covered stone fragments resonated throughout the city.
• Lei Ming, Leng Wufeng, and Yang Tianyou mobilized to contain the outbreak, but Yang Tianyou killed Lei Ming and accused Leng Wufeng of serving the Evil God.
• Yang Tianyou revealed that he had secretly orchestrated the chaos, overwhelmed Leng Wufeng, and left him alive beside a shattered Contamination Source.
• Su Shijie told Nangong Ye that the outbreak might be a diversion, and Nangong Ye ordered him to return to Jiangnan City while remaining behind.
• Su Shijie killed Ji Lan with a barrage of weapons and flew toward Jiangnan City.

Su Shijie and Nangong Ye responded to Jiangnan City’s mass contamination crisis, while Yang Tianyou killed Leng Wufeng and tried to conceal his own role. Su Shijie helped defend the city and began absorbing Soul Power from a Contamination Source as the crisis continued.

• Dawn told Su Shijie that Jiangnan City had cut off its network and warned him that he would lose contact once inside.
• Su Shijie reached Jiangnan City and saw Contamination Sources spreading chaos, while Nangong Ye blanketed the city with his pressure, stopped the storm, and knocked ordinary people unconscious.
• Su Shijie shot contaminated attackers from the air and headed toward the Contamination Sources to stop the crisis at its root.
• Yang Tianyou killed Leng Wufeng as Nangong Ye arrived, then claimed Leng Wufeng had attempted a citywide Blood Sacrifice and that he had stopped him.
• At Jiangnan Academy, Su Shijie shot down contaminated Transformation Tier attackers threatening Theodora and Ma Yiyi.
• Su Shijie absorbed the Soul Power from a Contamination Source and prepared to keep watch as the fragments resonated and gathered power.

Su Shijie and Nangong Ye helped clear the Contamination Sources and stabilize Jiangnan City, while the city prepared for a lengthy screening. Su Shijie exposed Yang Tianyou as an Evil God Cultist, and Nangong Ye killed him; reinforcements from Binhai City then arrived.

• Su Shijie rushed between Contamination Sources as his ammunition dwindled, while Nangong Ye searched for and eliminated the remaining sources.
• Nangong Ye gave Su Shijie a Rubik's Cube to solve, and Su Shijie asked whether fighting the Contamination Sources had affected him.
• Yang Tianyou reported that he had organized the city guard, Task Force, and medical personnel, and that reinforcements from Binhai City were on their way.
• Su Shijie sensed an Evil God Cultist's residue on Yang Tianyou and warned Nangong Ye that something was wrong with him.
• Nangong Ye killed Yang Tianyou, whose remains revealed him to be a deep-level Evil God Cultist who transformed into an evil spirit before Nangong Ye extinguished it.
• Nangong Ye helped stabilize Jiangnan City, and two enormous warships carrying reinforcements from Binhai City appeared on the horizon.

After the Sword Emperor and Dawn stabilized Jiangnan City, Su Shijie reflected on the devastation and his rapid bloodline growth before leaving with other screened evacuees. The city remained under lockdown, and the mood aboard the departing warship was grim after another contaminated person was found.

• Jiangnan City issued a brief statement blaming Yang Tianyou for the damage, while Su Shijie realized the disaster had cost over a million lives and gained two new traits through his transformations.
• Nangong Ye warned Su Shijie about the difficulty of reaching the Calamity Tier and joked that he should have children before advancing, prompting Dawn to play along before asking Nangong Ye to seize him.
• Nangong Ye told Su Shijie that Jiangnan City would be sealed for screening, and Su Shijie chose to leave for Binhai to check on Hu Zhi and the others.
• Su Shijie boarded an Alligator-class Floating Warship with other specially designated personnel after preliminary screening, relying on Jiangnan Academy rather than special intervention from the Sword Emperor.
• The warship’s passengers grew more anxious after another contaminated person was discovered during screening.

Su Shijie arrived in Binhai City with the refugees and reunited with his family after half a year apart. After registering under the city’s relocation rules, he left with his family to go home and celebrate their reunion.

• Su Shijie surveyed Binhai City and reflected on its overseas hunting and Spirit Crystal mining industries.
• The Teddy docked at Binhai City, where arriving refugees broke down as they stepped onto solid ground.
• Su Shijie reunited with Su Ren, Li Meier, Bai Xinxin, and Bai Congcong, then registered with the city guards under Su Ren’s guarantee.
• Su Shijie learned how his siblings had advanced in cultivation and saw that Su Ren had regained healthy limbs and a changed appearance.
• Su Ren led the family to their vehicle and said they would go home for a seafood feast prepared by Bai Congcong.

Su Shijie reunited with his family in Coastal City and spent the day exploring the huge metropolis with Li Meier, Bai Xinxin, and Bai Congcong. When an announcement revealed that Nan Mingxi would hold a concert in the city, Su Shijie suspected his terminal had arranged it, but it denied responsibility.

• Su Shijie shared a meal with his family and told them about the upheavals in Prosperous City and Jiangnan City.
• Su Ren gave Su Shijie his room keys, then left for work at Huang Family Security.
• Li Meier, Bai Xinxin, and Bai Congcong took Su Shijie sightseeing around Coastal City.
• Su Shijie sampled street food and nearly followed Bai Xinxin into Ecstasy Street before she redirected him.
• A citywide projection announced Nan Mingxi's upcoming concert, and Su Shijie asked his Personal Terminal if it had arranged the event; it denied doing so.

Su Shijie was questioned by Binhai City guards about Ji Lan’s disappearance, then decided to retaliate against Huang Yixuan by accusing him of serious crimes. He contacted Hu Zhi and learned that the Coastal Diocese was leaderless, leaving him to consider taking charge.

• Two city guard officers took Su Shijie to a station and questioned him about his conflict with Huang Yixuan and his last meeting with Ji Lan.
• Su Shijie explained that Ji Lan had blocked him at the school gates on the day of the unrest and challenged the reliability of the guards’ source.
• After the guards completed their routine test, Su Shijie left and decided to report Huang Yixuan for collaborating with Evil God Cultists and trafficking people.
• Su Shijie removed his Personal Terminal’s network positioning chip and sent Hu Zhi a coded message using the 'Multi-functional Autonomous Sphere'.
• Hu Zhi told Su Shijie that Lord Ya Zi had fallen and the Coastal Diocese was leaderless, suggesting that Su Shijie take charge.
• Su Shijie considered that he might be able to lead the Coastal Diocese despite being only at the middle stage of Awakened Rank Nine.

Su Shijie attended a gathering of Binhai City's Evil God Cultists, where Hu Zhi nominated him as the diocese's temporary leader and High Priest. As Hu Zhi argued for his appointment, Su Shijie sensed growing hostility from the Floating City District leader.

• Hu Zhi welcomed Su Shijie to the warehouse gathering and explained that his new Sacred Source had elevated his standing among Binhai City's cultists.
• Hu Zhi told Su Shijie that Ya Zi and Pixiu had died, Taotie was away at sea, and the city's remaining leaders were managing affairs together.
• Hu Zhi brought Su Shijie onto the platform and nominated him as temporary leader and High Priest of the diocese.
• Zhang Qiang objected that Su Shijie was unfamiliar with Binhai, but Hu Zhi argued that the cultists needed a spiritual leader and a backbone.
• Su Shijie sensed no hostility from Zhang Qiang, but noticed the Floating City District leader growing increasingly hostile toward him.

Su Shijie claimed that Lord Ya Zi had chosen him as successor and challenged Qian Tao to a duel over the spiritual leader position. When Qian Tao tried to kill him, Su Shijie evaded the strike and left Qian Tao dead amid the other cultists’ attacks.

• Su Shijie said he was Lord Ya Zi’s personally chosen successor, provoking Qian Tao’s suspicions and killing intent.
• Su Shijie declared that only blood could settle the challenge and challenged Qian Tao to a fight to the death.
• Qian Tao accepted the duel, while Zhang Qiang gathered several powerful cultists to keep the fight under control.
• Su Shijie shocked the onlookers by charging at Qian Tao with strength far beyond Hu Zhi’s description.
• Qian Tao launched a killing strike, but Su Shijie evaded it and attacked from behind as the other cultists struck Qian Tao.
• Qian Tao staggered, praised the attack, and collapsed dead while Zhang Qiang and the others realized how their strikes had appeared to the crowd.

Su Shijie used the believers’ fervor to take control of the Binhai church after Qian Tao’s death, then led a ritual that proclaimed the new god’s name as Dawn. He strengthened his connection to the passageway linked to Dark Light and planned to draw more cultists to Binhai while seeking a way to capture it.

• Zhang Qiang and the other believers hailed Su Shijie as Divine Envoy Rising Sun after Qian Tao died, and Su Shijie took charge of the Binhai church.
• Su Shijie appointed Hu Zhi to manage daily affairs and suggested contacting the person in charge of the Huang Family.
• Su Shijie called for a ritual, and Zhang Qiang’s believers brought out the Contamination Source guarded by Fat Corpse.
• Su Shijie raised the Contamination Source and proclaimed Dawn as the Lord’s true divine name, triggering a powerful resonance among himself, the imprint, and the cultists.
• Su Shijie resolved to spread the revelation from Binhai, attract more Evil God Cultists, and eventually seize Dark Light through the passageway.

After reactivating his imprint and binding it to Dark Light, Su Shijie considered how to gather more Contamination Sources and accelerate his growth. He arranged to share an advanced training ground at Wang's Martial Arts School, hoping to reach the Transformation Tier.

• Su Shijie returned home late, ate the meal Bai Congcong had prepared, and reflected on his new source of power and his need for more evil spirits.
• Su Shijie called Dawn and asked about Spirit Sifter work in Binhai, but she recommended renting a training ground with his unused reward credits.
• Su Shijie searched Binhai City's network and learned about its two major training grounds and Wang's Martial Arts School, which taught three martial styles.
• Su Shijie replied to a post to share an advanced training ground for ten hours a day over the next week and planned to look into Wang's styles.
• Su Shijie began his nightly spiritual energy guidance while waiting for his training session the next day.

Su Shijie went to Wang's Martial Arts School to train and learned that studying Faction Combat Techniques through regular tuition cost ten million. He discovered that his shared training-room partner was Theodora and suspected Dawn had arranged the meeting.

• Su Shijie left home early to train at Wang's Martial Arts School after seeing Bai Congcong and Bai Xinxin studying hard.
• Su Shijie asked a greeter about learning Faction Combat Techniques, then turned down the ten-million entry fee for regular tuition.
• Su Shijie passed course-selling coaches and headed to the training area after his roommate arrived.
• Su Shijie met Theodora, Ma Yiyi's mother, and learned she was his shared training-room partner.
• Su Shijie realized Dawn had likely arranged for him and Theodora to share the room.