Recaps

Fang Yi unleashed a vast sea of Purifying World Fire that burned through the bat swarm and opened a path toward the Clock Tower. Lin Yiyi and the Spirit Association recognized his blade art, while Li Zhongyue watched in stunned silence as Fang Yi advanced through Tai City.

• Bats swarmed Fang Yi on the route to Central Plaza, but he slashed through them with the Purifying World Fire and cleared the road.
• Lin Yiyi and Zhao Meng saw Fang Yi’s scarlet flames illuminate Tai City and recognized his blade art.
• Fang Yi’s flames tore through the dark encirclement near the Clock Tower and killed powerful Divine Axe Fifth Star bat aberrants.
• Spirit Association members and Special Operations Division personnel recognized Fang Yi as the Pioneer from the circulating video and called him the King of Flames.
• Li Zhongyue watched the sea of fire on the satellite screen and wondered whether a Pioneer could truly accomplish such a feat.

As bloodied bats terrorized Tai City and the Information Cocoon Web cut residents off from the outside, the authorities calmed them with an image of someone fighting through a sea of fire. Encouraged residents began helping themselves, while hundreds of Pioneers organized across the city to kill anomalies and protect people.

• Tai City residents posted about bats attacking homes, but their messages were deleted and their ability to communicate beyond the city was blocked.
• A fire dragon incinerated the bats, and the Tai City Meteorological Bureau urged residents to stay calm and trust the figure advancing into the darkness.
• Residents rallied around the official message, encouraged one another, and began following guidance to light fires and save themselves.
• Lin Yiyi gathered everyone at Fang Yi's home and led them out as a post declared, "It's our turn to act."
• Special Operations Division satellite footage showed Pioneers organizing across Tai City to kill anomalies and protect residents, with hundreds taking part.

Fang Yi used Little Flower and his Yang Attribute to cut through the Dark Aberrants in Tai City and reveal the King’s cocoon. As powerful Aberrants converged on him, the Operations Department watched in horror.

• Fang Yi unleashed Little Flower’s Vines, which trapped the bats and drained their life force.
• Fang Yi sensed the King’s heartbeat, and C02 located the cocoon ahead of him in Central Plaza.
• Fang Yi fully released his Yang Attribute, forming a Golden Sun that melted the city’s darkness and destroyed waves of bats.
• The Golden Sun exposed the King’s swaying cocoon, and the Operations Department recognized the threat of the King’s birth.
• Dark Aberrants, including Ghost Axe Sixth Star, Seven Stars, and Eight Star creatures, rushed toward Fang Yi as C02 warned him of the danger.

Fang Yi fought through the Dark Aberrants and used Seal Burial to bind the King’s Giant Cocoon to the Clock Tower, halting its hatching. Drained of spiritual energy, he walked away from the burning Central Plaza as the Pioneers arrived.

• Fang Yi’s golden sun burned through the Aberrants as they converged on Central Plaza.
• Fang Yi used the Crimson Fire Blade Technique and lightning-charged attacks to kill the surrounding Aberrants and advance toward the Giant Cocoon.
• The King sensed Fang Yi as a threat and sent Black Qi bat fangs roaring toward him.
• Fang Yi declared that the King should die and struck the Giant Cocoon with his saber.
• Fang Yi used Seal Burial and Nine Dragon Heavenly Fire to shrink and seal the Giant Cocoon onto the Clock Tower’s dial.
• Fang Yi, weakened after exhausting his spiritual energy, walked away from the burning plaza as the Pioneers arrived.

Tai City celebrated after Fang Yi sealed the A+-grade Giant Cocoon and ended the crisis, while Pioneers across the region searched for the mysterious hero’s identity. The city’s officials and residents came to know their savior as the Undertaker.

• Tai City's survivors, Special Operations Department agents, and Pioneers celebrated as the fog cleared and the bat threat ended.
• Pioneers across the Forum praised the unknown fighter who had sealed the King Cocoon and saved Tai City.
• Zhao Meng received messages asking about the hero, while Lin Yiyi and the other Pioneers agreed to keep Fang Yi’s identity secret.
• Su Qingying rejoiced that Fang Yi had fulfilled his promise and realized he had saved her three times.
• A legend spread that the Undertaker had sealed the Giant Cocoon and saved Tai City.

After Fang Yi helped save Tai City from the A+ anomaly, he recovered at home while Lin Yiyi reflected on the danger and his growing fame. The chapter left Fang Yi sensing that he was close to breaking through to Seven Stars.

• Lin Yiyi told Fang Yi that the broken window would take two days to repair and wondered whether Tai City would have fallen without him.
• Fang Yi explained that the Military Region had been delayed and that the Spirit Association had classified the invasion as A+ because the Bat Cocoon could have grown dangerously powerful.
• Lin Yiyi told Fang Yi that Pioneer circles had given him the title Undertaker and that his popularity ranked first on the Forum.
• Fang Yi said he felt he was about to break through to Seven Stars, leaving Lin Yiyi stunned.

Fang Yi broke through to Seven Stars, and Su Qingying visited to thank him for resolving Tai City's A+ Anomaly and ask permission to publicize his title of Undertaker. The Spirit Association began preparing to present him as a local Pioneer leader while keeping his identity private.

• Su Qingying witnessed Fang Yi's Seven-Star Divine Axe breakthrough and marveled at how quickly his strength had grown.
• Su Qingying visited Fang Yi on behalf of the Spirit Association, thanked him for saving Tai City, and offered to arrange repairs for his broken window.
• Su Qingying asked Fang Yi to approve the promotion of his Undertaker title as a symbol of hope and a leader for Tai City's Pioneers, and Fang Yi agreed.
• The Tai City Spirit Association began preparing to promote Undertaker, while the national headquarters requested lists of local Pioneers from cities across Xia Kingdom.
• Pioneers and officials across the country discussed Undertaker's role in resolving the A+ Anomaly as cities submitted their strongest local candidates.

Tai City's Pioneers overwhelmingly supported Undertaker as a captain candidate, while outsiders on the Forum disputed his strength. Three Pioneers from Hai City arrived in Tai City to find and test him.

• Tai City's Pioneers praised Undertaker for sealing the A+ anomaly and saving the city, while the Spirit Association began registering Pioneers and consolidating the Forum.
• Pioneers from neighboring cities challenged Undertaker's qualifications online, prompting Central District Pioneers to join the argument in his defense.
• Three men from Hai City arrived at Tai City Airport to test Undertaker's strength.
• Scarface used hacked Spirit Association movement records to obtain an address where they could find Undertaker.

Zhao Yue, Wu Xin, and their companion went to Fang Yi’s apartment to challenge Undertaker, but mistook Lin Yiyi for him. After Lin Yiyi called for her brother, Fang Yi’s terrifying pressure filled the room, while Su Qingying recognized the intruders as powerful Pioneers from a neighboring city and rushed back, fearing Brother Fang would one-shot them.

• Zhao Yue, Wu Xin, and their companion arrived at Fang Yi’s apartment to confront Undertaker and passed Su Qingying at the building entrance.
• The trio reached Room 3301 and surrounded Lin Yiyi, assuming she was Undertaker, then mocked her strength and challenged her.
• Lin Yiyi removed her earbud, told them she was not Undertaker, and asked whether they had come to cause trouble for him.
• Lin Yiyi called into the apartment for her brother, and a terrifying pressure erupted from inside.
• Su Qingying recognized the three men as powerful Pioneers from a neighboring city and hurried back, afraid Brother Fang would one-shot them.

Fang Yi confronted three Pioneers from Hai City who came to challenge the Undertaker and overwhelmed them with his Yang Attribute flames. Su Qingying arrived just as the three begged for mercy, finding them badly burned but still alive.

• Zhao Yue, Wu Xin, and their companion sensed Fang Yi's aura outside his home and debated whether he was the Undertaker.
• Fang Yi caught Little White trying to escape and sent the dog back inside to bathe.
• The three Hai City Pioneers decided they could not retreat without testing Fang Yi and raised their weapons.
• Fang Yi unleashed his Yang Attribute, then sent a sea of flames at the three men, burning them until they collapsed and begged for mercy.
• Su Qingying arrived and saw that the three Pioneers had survived.

Fang Yi burned and intimidated three Pioneers who had come to provoke him, and Su Qingying warned them that the Spirit Association would discipline them. After the three left humbled, Hai City forum users revealed that they had traveled to confront the Undertaker and ended up in the hospital.

• Fang Yi warned the three Pioneers not to disturb him again and shut the door after burning them.
• Su Qingying lectured the injured men and said the Spirit Association would discipline them for provoking a city captain.
• The three Pioneers admitted they had underestimated Fang Yi and left in fear and shame.
• Hai City users posted on the Forum that the Undertaker lived up to his name, drawing angry comments from locals.
• Forum users uncovered travel and hospital clues indicating that the Hai City Pioneers had visited Fang Yi and been hospitalized.

After recovering from the Tai City disaster, Fang Yi received his payment and decided to buy a car with Lin Yiyi. Their outing caught the attention of Fang Yi’s ex-girlfriend Chu Qingli, while Lin Yiyi’s questionable driving left Fang Yi bracing for the ride home.

• Jialan called Fang Yi to confirm he was Tai City’s Undertaker, thank him for averting disaster, and tell him his payment had been transferred.
• Fang Yi suggested buying a car, and he and Lin Yiyi agreed to purchase an ordinary vehicle together.
• At the Volvo 4S Store, Wang Lu spotted Fang Yi shopping with Lin Yiyi and sent Chu Qingli a photo and message.
• Chu Qingli received Wang Lu’s message before entering her certification exam, briefly reflecting on Fang Yi and their breakup.
• Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi drove away in a Volvo XC90, with Lin Yiyi struggling to remember how to operate the car and Fang Yi repeatedly urging her to slow down.

Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi subtly maneuvered to get the Spirit Association to reward them with a larger home after saving Tai City. Su Qingying realized what they were hinting at and promised to request a villa for them.

• Fang Yi told Lin Yiyi her driving was good but urged her not to drive again, then suggested they could get someone else to give them a house.
• Su Qingying received leave from the Spirit Association to spend time with Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi, then met them outside the association.
• During their drive, Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi repeatedly complained about their small home until Su Qingying realized they wanted a villa.
• Su Qingying offered to have the Spirit Association give them a villa, and Lin Yiyi eagerly accepted while Fang Yi politely pretended they did not need one.
• Su Qingying insisted the villa was a fitting reward for Fang Yi sealing an A+ anomaly and said she would submit the report.

Fang Yi accepted a Military Region mission to investigate the Anomaly-invaded Tianbao Tower in Cang City for five million. After he arrived and joined a temporary team, Jialan learned the tower had fallen and at least thirty people had died, but she trusted Undertaker to handle the crisis.

• Fang Yi received a furnished villa from the Spirit Association, and Lin Yiyi celebrated that they could live there.
• Jialan invited Fang Yi to investigate Tianbao Tower in Cang City, and he agreed after hearing the Military Region would cover expenses and pay him five million.
• Fang Yi traveled to Cang City and met two Military Region Pioneers and two Spirit Association members before the team prepared to enter Tianbao Tower.
• Jialan received word that Tianbao Tower had fallen to the Anomaly Divine Axe Seven Stars and that at least thirty people had died.
• Jialan reassured the Cang City Spirit Association’s person in charge that Undertaker was on the mission and would prevent anything from going wrong.

Fang Yi arrived with a team of Military Region and Spirit Association agents at Tianbao Tower, where black mist and blood covered the windows and more than two thousand people were trapped inside. Song Yue deferred command to Fang Yi, who chose to enter and assess the situation before making a plan, leaving the team uncertain about his approach.

• Two Military Region agents wondered why Jialan’s great expert, Fang Yi, looked like an ordinary student despite arriving in a Military Region vehicle.
• The group reached Tianbao Tower and saw black mist and bloodstains covering its windows.
• Song Yue explained that the tower held over two thousand employees and that the reported thirty casualties were only an initial estimate.
• Song Yue told Fang Yi that Jialan had put him in command and asked for his strategy.
• Fang Yi said the group knew too little to make a plan and should enter the tower to assess the situation.

Fang Yi led the team through the Mansion, killing every Anomaly they encountered with a single slash, but they found no people or bodies on any floor. On the seventh floor, Fang Yi realized they had entered the Dark Inner Realm, where everyone else was on the other side of the darkness.

• Fang Yi killed a Divine Axe Fifth Star Anomaly with one slash in the dark passage, shocking the team.
• Fang Yi led the team into the Mansion and killed several more Anomalies as they searched the empty first and second floors.
• Fang Yi and the others climbed through identical floors, finding neither people nor corpses.
• On the seventh floor, Fang Yi told the team they were not in the Mansion they had come to find.
• Fang Yi identified their location as the Dark Inner Realm and said everyone else was on the other side.

Fang Yi discovered the entrance to the Dark Inner Realm and led Song Yue and the others through it. They arrived at another version of Tianbao Tower, where corpses and abnormal entities filled the scene.

• Fang Yi's Dark Attribute totem erupted, overwhelming the group with dark thoughts and near-suicidal impulses.
• Fang Yi found the door to the Dark Inner Realm and explained that the survivors and abnormal entities were hidden beyond the Black Mist.
• Fang Yi assured the group they would be safe crossing and opened a black door in the hall.
• Fang Yi led Song Yue and the others through the door into the Dark Inner Realm.
• The group emerged in a blood-soaked Tianbao Tower, where Fang Yi swiftly killed an abnormal entity as they saw how many bodies and creatures surrounded them.

Fang Yi led the team into the Dark Inner Realm and destroyed the anomalies and corpses crowding a corridor with a single fiery slash. The Military Region members recognized him as the legendary Undertaker, and he sent them to rescue survivors while he continued into the darkness to handle the remaining anomalies.

• The team entered the Dark Inner Realm and found a corridor filled with anomalies and the corpses of Tianbao Tower employees.
• Fang Yi unleashed One Blade Fire Burial, incinerating the anomalies and clearing the corridor.
• Song Yue and the other team members recognized Fang Yi as Undertaker, the Pioneer who had handled Tai City's A+ anomaly.
• Fang Yi ordered the team to carry out the rescue while he dealt with the remaining anomalies.
• Fang Yi turned and stepped into the darkness alone.

Fang Yi cleared the fifteenth floor of Tianbao Tower, killing a Divine Axe Sixth Star Red-Feathered Bird Anomaly with one slash. The rescue team found five survivors, who were left terrified by the power of Undertaker.

• Fang Yi reached the fifteenth floor and encountered a Red-Feathered Bird Anomaly whose corrosive feathers had killed people in the tower.
• Fang Yi used Sea of Fire Slash to burn through the bird’s feather shield and kill it instantly.
• Fang Yi cleared the remaining Anomalies and headed downstairs as the other squads followed behind him.
• Song Yue and the logistics team found five Tianbao Tower employees hiding in a locked archive room.
• The survivors and Pioneers realized Fang Yi had killed a Divine Axe Sixth Star Anomaly with one slash and praised Undertaker’s strength.

Fang Yi led the Pioneers through Tianbao Tower, killing every Anomaly they encountered before reaching the fortieth floor. There, he drew out Bone Bird and shattered its bone wing with a single overwhelming strike.

• Fang Yi cleared the tower so quickly that the four Pioneers following him had no chance to fight and instead acted as rescuers.
• On the fortieth floor, Song Yue stopped the others from interrupting Fang Yi as he searched for the Anomaly behind the disaster.
• Fang Yi drew his Tang Saber and called for the hidden Anomaly to come out.
• Bone Bird emerged from the black mist, and Fang Yi shattered its bone wing with one lightning- and flame-filled slash.
• The Pioneers watched in shock as Bone Bird's severed wing and dark green blood filled the room, realizing the fight was no contest.

Fang Yi effortlessly slaughtered the Bone Bird, revealed as Divine Axe Seven Stars, leaving the Pioneers stunned by the Tai City Captain’s overwhelming strength. Afterward, he told Song Yue to notify Jialan and prepared to return to Tai City.

• Fang Yi methodically severed the Bone Bird’s wings and talons, then trapped it inside a ring of fire when it tried to escape.
• Fang Yi rapidly hacked the Bone Bird into pieces and finished it by smashing its skull with thunder, while the Pioneers realized it was Divine Axe Seven Stars.
• The Pioneers discussed Fang Yi’s role in resolving Tai City’s A+ King Offering Hell incident and reflected on the gulf between their strength and his.
• Fang Yi told Song Yue to notify Jialan, and Song Yue promised his payment and a private flight back to Tai City.
• Fang Yi cleaned his saber and left, while the Pioneers wondered what they had contributed and talked about transferring to Tai City.

Song Yue reported that the Undertaker had eliminated every anomaly in Tianbao Tower, while the Cang City Spirit Association selected a powerful new captain known as God Blade. The chapter ended with God Blade rushing to find the Undertaker, prompting Song Yue to warn the Spirit Association against provoking a conflict.

• Song Yue reported the Tianbao Tower incident to the Military Region and received praise after confirming all the anomalies were dead.
• The Cang City Spirit Association learned that the Undertaker, rather than the Star God Military Region, had defeated the anomalies.
• The Spirit Association members revealed that Cang City had selected a new Pioneer captain called God Blade, whose strength was near Divine Axe Seven Stars.
• A Spirit Association member received word that God Blade was already heading to find the Undertaker.
• Song Yue warned the Spirit Association that the Military Region would protect the Undertaker and objected to the Cang City Captain's unexplained approach.

After resolving the crisis at Tianbao Tower, Fang Yi waited in a hotel for a plane to take him home. Yue Fengjiang, the Cang City Captain, tracked him down and confronted him over coming to Cang City, leaving the two captains facing off.

• Fang Yi learned from Song Yue that the Cang City Captain was looking for him, but stayed at the hotel to wait for Jialan’s plane.
• Yue Fengjiang raced through Cang City toward Tianbao Tower and found that its Black Mist had vanished and its crisis had been resolved.
• Song Yue and the other Pioneers tried to stop Yue Fengjiang from clashing with Fang Yi, but he disappeared before them.
• Yue Fengjiang reappeared outside Fang Yi’s hotel and introduced himself as the Cang City Captain.
• Yue Fengjiang questioned Fang Yi’s decision to come to Cang City, and Fang Yi reacted with growing irritation.

Fang Yi confronted Yue Fengjiang, the Cang City Captain, after Yue demanded the Tang Saber and threatened to keep him in Cang City. Their clash erupted into a terrifying display of power, and Tianbao Tower’s Pioneers received Fang Yi’s warning to return within ten minutes or lose a captain.

• Fang Yi realized Yue Fengjiang was settling scores despite Fang Yi having come to help Cang City, and sent a message before asking what Yue wanted.
• Yue Fengjiang demanded Fang Yi’s blade and threatened that he would not leave Cang City without lending it to him.
• Fang Yi’s blade released a blazing Yang Attribute attack that scorched the ground, split the earth, and cut Yue Fengjiang’s face.
• Yue Fengjiang became fixated on the Tang Saber’s power, drew his pitch-black longsword, and unleashed his own aura.
• At Tianbao Tower, Song Yue and the other Pioneers witnessed the sky turn crimson with flames and recognized Fang Yi’s power.
• Song Yue read Fang Yi’s message warning them to return within ten minutes if they did not want to lose a captain.

Li Zhongyue and the Tai City Spirit Association learned that the Cang City Captain had detained the Undertaker and faced his ten-minute ultimatum. They decided to let the Undertaker kill the Cang City Captain if necessary, hoping the consequences would warn other cities not to provoke him.

• Tai City commissioners demanded an explanation after learning the Cang City Captain had detained the Undertaker.
• Li Zhongyue learned the Undertaker had given the Cang City Spirit Association ten minutes before he would kill a Captain, with eight minutes remaining.
• The Cang City Spirit Association claimed its Captain might not lose, and Li Zhongyue revealed the Undertaker had already reached Divine Axe Seven Stars.
• Li Zhongyue concluded that other cities also needed to understand the Undertaker's strength and that the Tai City Spirit Association would accept the consequences.
• The Tai City commissioners agreed that the Undertaker should not hold back and declared, "Let him die!"