Recaps

Luo Yan learned from Brando that Chairman Folo was the master of the Double Pupils, leaving him disillusioned and focused only on saving Royia. Meanwhile, Musta and Folo discovered Feis had hidden hundreds of clones on Saint Qing Island, and Musta rushed back after hearing Feis had entered the main hall.

• Luo Yan met Brando on a bridge, learned that Royia was under house arrest, and heard Brando identify Chairman Folo as the master of the Double Pupils.
• Luo Yan abandoned his plan to warn Folo about the rebellion and slipped into the main hall's rear courtyard, hoping to secure Royia's release by pledging loyalty.
• Lorna and Huang Ji told Musta and Folo that a secret storeroom held weapons and nine hundred clones of Feis.
• Folo concluded that Feis planned to attack the Sword-Keepers and sent Musta and Huang Ji to destroy the clones discreetly.
• Huang Ji warned Musta that Feis had entered the main hall after they left, so Musta hurried back.

No. 18, disguised as Feis, mistook Kaido for Hua Ji and nearly killed him before Chairman Folo intervened. No. 18 then asked Folo to give him orders directly, leaving Folo, Luo Yan, and Musta stunned by the apparent connection between them.

• No. 18 arrived looking for Hua Ji, and Kaido mistook him for Feis and eagerly offered to bring Hua Ji back.
• No. 18 took Kaido's words as a threat, grabbed him by the throat, and steadily crushed his neck.
• Folo appeared in his bio-armor and stopped No. 18 from killing Kaido, so No. 18 threw Kaido aside and entered Folo's room.
• Folo tried to act as though Kaido's injuries were a minor matter and kept his bio-armor on while speaking with No. 18.
• No. 18 told Folo to stop guiding him through subordinates and asked how he should play his part next, leaving Folo, Luo Yan, and Musta stunned.

The author explained how his habit of collecting ideas led him to write this extra about Chinese characters and the origins of Huaxia culture. He proposed that “Han” came to mean the Milky Way after the Western Zhou people saw it emerge as the skies cleared, and left the cause of earlier atmospheric pollution as an unanswered mystery.

• The author described how he set aside unused ideas from earlier books and turned to writing extras to relieve creative pressure.
• The author argued that Chinese characters helped Huaxia civilization endure because their evolving pictographic and ideographic system remained readable across generations.
• The author speculated that “Han” originally referred to the Han River and later came to name the Milky Way because of its resemblance to a river filled with distinct grains of sand.
• The author suggested that ancient people could not see the Milky Way until the Western Zhou era because the atmosphere had been polluted, then wondered what had caused the pollution.
• The author speculated that aliens, an ancient civilization, or a nuclear war might have polluted Earth, but admitted he did not know the truth.
• The author said he was traveling to Nanjing for a reader meetup and might miss the next update if he could not write on the train.

No. 18, impersonating Feis, confronted Folo while Musta and others listened outside, and their confused exchange exposed that they were talking past each other. After No. 18 discovered the listeners and attacked, Huang Ji improvised a cover story that let Musta and Lorna escape and kept Kaido alive.

• No. 18 posed as Feis and told Folo he felt controlled, while Musta mistook their exchange for proof that Folo secretly directed Feis.
• Folo and No. 18 accused each other of being the Double Pupils Master until they realized they had mistaken each other for someone else.
• No. 18 heard movement outside and charged through the door, forcing Musta, Lorna, and Huang Ji to flee.
• Huang Ji sent Musta and Lorna over a wall, then blocked No. 18 and claimed to be Hua Ji, Folo's trusted aide.
• Huang Ji convinced No. 18 that he was the only listener and stopped him from killing Kaido before leading him away.

Folo tried to summon his supporters and keep Luo Yan as his loyal weapon, but Luo Yan overheard him and rejected the way he had been manipulated. Luo Yan promised to help Folo in the coming battle, then left claiming he might become the Illuminati’s strongest person for five minutes.

• Folo contacted his subordinates and planned to use Luo Yan and the others against Feis.
• Luo Yan confronted Folo after overhearing him describe how he had groomed Luo Yan to become his Puppet Sword-Keeper.
• Luo Yan said he believed Folo was the Double Pupils Master and accused him of using Royia to control him, while Folo denied it and blamed Feis.
• Luo Yan promised to fight for Folo in tomorrow’s battle, reach S5 or perhaps S6, and eventually give the Morgan Family’s Eldest Son his place as Puppet Sword-Keeper.
• Luo Yan offered to kill every Sword-Keeper and make Folo the Eternal Chairman, then left after hinting that he might briefly become the Illuminati’s strongest person.
• Folo wondered whether Feis had manipulated Luo Yan and considered accepting Luo Yan’s offer of power.

Huang Ji and No. 18 secured Sword-Keeper Onassis’s support by giving him the Longevity Elixir and convincing him to join their plan to seize the Illuminati. They planned to exploit a blind spot in the Laser Pyramid during the coming fight.

• Huang Ji and Feis rehearsed their plan before visiting Onassis with the Longevity Elixir.
• No. 18 gave Onassis the elixir, which made him feel roughly ten years younger, and won his support.
• No. 18 warned Onassis that the aliens might deceive or enslave humanity, persuading him to help bring the Illuminati under their control before Dis arrived in April.
• Onassis revealed that the Ark of the Covenant was inside the Central Pyramid and agreed to rally his followers when the attack began.
• No. 18 said Brando Audi would start the fighting while his people entered the pyramid and tipped the Benben Stone over to create a laser blind spot for their battlefield.

As Saint Qing Island prepared for a public confrontation, Adams learned that Nuoqila was an Illuminati sleeper agent summoned by Luo Yan, but Lin Li and Alan urged him to stick to the plan. Brando prepared to expose Luo Yan and summon Dis, coercing Marco into making accusations onstage.

• Adams told Lin Li and Alan that Brando had gathered a large force with fake orders and intended to reveal the truth publicly.
• Adams revealed that Nuoqila was a level-24 Illuminati sleeper agent who had been summoned by Luo Yan, and the group debated whether to postpone their operation.
• Lin Li and Alan told Adams to follow the boss's plan, and Adams returned to organizing the gathering.
• Brando threatened Marco and forced him to claim that Luo Yan had allied with aliens and planned to kill Dis.

At the Pilgrimage Assembly, Musta tried to corner Luo Yan with accusations of rebellion, but Brando interrupted with supposed evidence and played Musa’s final recording. The recording named Marco as Musa’s killer, leaving Brando and Marco’s staged accusation in disarray.

• The Sword-Keepers discovered that only some of them had worn Biological Armor, and Musta accused Folo and Feis of backing the Double Pupils Faction.
• Musta summoned Luo Yan to the platform, granted him the new title of Sacred Object Guardian, and invited the crowd to question his loyalty.
• Brando interrupted an accuser and declared that Luo Yan was a chief commander of the Double Pupils Faction, while Marco named Luo Yan’s supposed accomplices.
• Brando presented Musa’s glasses as evidence and had Luo Yan play the recording of Musa’s last words.
• Musa’s recording named Marco as his killer, and Marco blurted out his prepared accusation before realizing the recording had implicated him.

Brando revealed the Ark of the Covenant as a vast crowd mistakenly rallied under Feis’s name, triggering chaos at the assembly. The Sword-Keepers’ lasers slaughtered tens of thousands of Brando’s King-Protecting Army before the Benben Stones were toppled and the pyramids stopped firing.

• Folo condemned Marco, who was dragged away and burned alive after accusing Folo of colluding with the Dragonkin.
• Brando broke free, revealed the Ark of the Covenant, and prepared to summon Dis, while Musta signaled his death-sworn men to attack.
• Musta’s men and Onassis’s forces shouted orders that sparked a mass uprising, and Brando’s King-Protecting Army joined them believing Feis had commanded it.
• Onassis and the other Sword-Keepers fired the Laser Pyramid at the crowds, mistaking Brando’s loyalists for Feis’s rebels, while Saxon and Folo joined the attack.
• Nearly forty thousand people, mostly members of Brando’s King-Protecting Army, died before the surviving crowd fled and the Benben Stones were toppled.

Brando hid beneath the Supreme Platform with Brandy and explained why he opposed the Double Pupils Faction’s rise, arguing that the Illuminati’s weakness helped keep humanity alive under alien rule. As the rebels disabled the Benben Stone and the battle shifted to close combat, Brando prepared to rescue the Sword-Keepers and revealed that he had sabotaged the island’s surrounding waters to stop Feis’s fleet.

• Brando hid inside a prepared underground tunnel with Brandy while A Fu questioned why they did not surrender to the Double Pupils Faction.
• Brando told A Fu that the Illuminati had to remain weak and corrupt to avoid provoking the aliens, and insisted they save at least four Sword-Keepers.
• After the explosions stopped, Brando concluded that the rebels had destroyed the pyramids and disabled the Benben Stone, leaving the battle to close combat.
• Brando warned Brandy that Feis might attack Saint Qing Island with a fleet and heavy weapons after the rebels and Sword-Keepers exhausted their firearms.
• Brando revealed that he had released iron-eating bacteria into oil around the island to sink any approaching ships, then began drilling toward the Sword-Keepers.

Carmen advanced toward the Supreme Platform, killing loyalists with his magnetic ability, while Huang Ji revealed his electrical powers by defeating Kuchi and several S-class fighters. Saiyid killed Kuchi after he survived Huang Ji’s attack, and Huang Ji said he disliked killing people.

• Onassis told Saxon that Wally had toppled all three Benben Stones, while Saxon challenged Carmen to face him on the Supreme Platform.
• Carmen walked toward the Supreme Platform and used his magnetic field to kill attackers and gather more than a thousand swords around himself.
• Huang Ji saw Kuchi slaughtering rebels and charged him, striking him with a powerful blow and then incapacitating him with electricity.
• Huang Ji defeated two S3 attackers with palm strikes that left them weakened, and Evil Dragon and Coyote helped the loyalists retreat.
• Kuchi’s heart restarted, so Saiyid hacked through his armored neck and killed him; Huang Ji said he did not like killing people.

Huang Ji and Saiyid rode enhanced golden warhorses into the Temple District to find Biological Armor and set the area ablaze. Huang Ji rescued Lorna from Bobo and continued fleeing on horseback as Bobo pursued him.

• Huang Ji revealed himself to Luo Yan as Hua Xu, explained that the Clone Army would support them, and agreed to take Saiyid to the Temple District for four suits of Biological Armor.
• Huang Ji enhanced his and Saiyid's warhorses with serum, turning them golden and giving them the ability to consume iron and grow armor.
• Huang Ji and Saiyid rode through the Temple District, looted iron and water for their horses, and began setting fires to drive out the Sword-Keepers and Feis.
• Bobo battered Lorna and demanded that she remove her Biological Armor, but Huang Ji rode into the hall and carried her away.
• Bobo pursued Huang Ji by leaping between buildings while Huang Ji continued setting fires and told Lorna he had planned to burn the temples down.

Huang Ji and Lorna fought Bobo together, with Huang Ji guiding Lorna’s bio-armored body to turn her fists and limbs into a weapon. Their coordinated attacks sent Bobo crashing through buildings, while Lorna grew excited and felt closer to Huang Ji.

• Lorna told Huang Ji that the Sword-Keepers’ followers had taken the Biological Armor and that Bobo was pursuing them to retrieve it.
• After the fires spread through the Temple District, Huang Ji stopped the warhorse and confronted Bobo instead of fleeing.
• Huang Ji used Lorna’s indestructible fist to knock Bobo into a building, then guided her through a hook, elbow, and knee combination that sent him crashing through a burning temple.
• As Bobo continued attacking, Huang Ji and Lorna fought together, and Lorna felt exhilarated by their seamless teamwork and Huang Ji’s thoughtfulness.

Huang Ji and Lorna defeated Bobo, then entered the Sphinx’s underground chamber to retrieve the Philosopher’s Stone and a Lightsaber. Huang Ji removed the Stone from its energy collector, causing the hall’s power to fail, and inferred that the other Stone had already been taken.

• Huang Ji used Lorna’s movements to strike Bobo with overwhelming force, leaving him gravely injured but still clinging to her calf and demanding the Biological Armor.
• Huang Ji treated Bobo’s injuries and sped up his recovery before he and Lorna rode out of the burning area toward the Sphinx.
• Lorna told Huang Ji that a Philosopher’s Stone beneath the Sphinx powered Saint Qing Island, and she led him through the underground facility to it.
• Lorna charged a Lightsaber from the Stone and explained that the weapon could damage Biological Armor and drain its energy.
• Huang Ji removed the Philosopher’s Stone from its pedestal and attached it to his Buddha Bone Armguard, shutting off the hall’s power.
• Lorna noted that another Stone stood at the other end of the plaza, and Huang Ji concluded that someone had already taken it.

The battle on the Supreme Platform intensified as One-Eyed Eagle fought Luo Yan and Musta’s Golden Warriors joined the assault on Amu and Wally. After Wally’s partner sacrificed himself to save him, Wally killed one Golden Warrior but was cut in two by the others.

• One-Eyed Eagle killed Folo’s Sword-Bearer and another S4 fighter, leaving Luo Yan, Carmen, Amu, and Wally as the rebels’ remaining S4 fighters.
• Luo Yan accepted One-Eyed Eagle’s challenge and fought him while Amu and Wally faced five Sword-Bearers.
• Musta’s three Golden Warriors arrived in stolen bio-armor and Lightsabers, then joined the fight against Amu and Wally.
• Wally’s Ascender partner took a Lightsaber strike meant for him and died in his arms.
• Wally seized a Golden Warrior’s Lightsaber and killed him, but the other two stabbed him and severed him at the waist.

Luo Yan unlocked the Human Forbidden Zone, reached S6 strength, and overwhelmed the Sword-Keepers, while Huang Ji arrived to save Wally’s partner. The partner survived Huang Ji’s treatment, but Wally died after hearing him speak.

• Luo Yan shattered his glasses, grew horns, and used his forbidden technique to knock away the Golden Warriors with S6 strength.
• Luo Yan told Amu to take Wally to a doctor, then seized a Golden Warrior’s Lightsaber and killed the armored fighters and Sword-Bearers.
• Wally crawled toward Musta while Amu tried to stop him and called desperately for a doctor.
• Huang Ji arrived with Lorna and used his tentacles and newly grown organs to repair Wally’s partner, who woke and spoke to Wally.
• Wally heard his partner speak and died after letting go of his last reserve of strength.

Huang Ji revealed his ties to the Double Pupils Faction as Luo Yan overwhelmed the Sword-Keepers on the Supreme Platform. Musta gathered five sets of bio-armor and threatened to launch nuclear missiles at Saint Qing Island, leaving the rebels and Sword-Keepers facing a new crisis.

• Lorna realized Huang Ji belonged to the Double Pupils Faction, thanked him, and chose to join her grandfather on the platform.
• Musta revealed that he could stack bio-armor, but refused to give a set to Saxon as Luo Yan continued defeating the Sword-Keepers.
• Brando arrived in bio-armor to fight Luo Yan, believing he was defending the Illuminati's future, while Luo Yan asked him to protect Royia if he won.
• Brandy and Ah Fu brought out the Ark of the Covenant, and the Sword-Keepers tried to contact Dis while Saxon held off Carmen.
• Musta took the bio-armor Luo Yan had removed, then persuaded Lorna to give him hers, reaching five sets and warning that nuclear missiles had locked onto Saint Qing Island.

Musta used the threat of a nuclear strike to force the rebels to surrender, then seized power by executing rival Sword-Keepers. As Musta prepared to kill Huang Ji, Huang Ji challenged his claim that he had a fleet and nuclear bomb.

• Musta revealed that his heartbeat was linked to a nuclear launch order and claimed his fleet could fire a hydrogen bomb at Saint Qing Island.
• Musta offered pardons to the rebels in exchange for surrender, while the Medici Family Head accepted his offer to become a Sword-Keeper.
• Saxon killed Onassis, and Luo Yan ordered the rebels to surrender rather than risk tens of thousands of lives.
• Musta accused three unarmored Sword-Keepers of conspiring with Folo and had the Medici Family Head's men execute them.
• Huang Ji intercepted Saxon's attempt to kill Folo, but refused to surrender even after Musta ordered him killed.
• Huang Ji told Musta that he bet Musta had neither a fleet nor a nuclear bomb.

Huang Ji fought off the Medici Family’s attack and urged the rebels to resist Musta, but Folo disowned him and surrendered, crushing their morale. Huang Ji then exposed Musta’s doubts about his fleet, prompting Musta to decide that Huang Ji had to die.

• Musta threatened a missile strike and ordered the Medici Family to attack Huang Ji, who defeated the S2 fighters with powerful palm strikes.
• Huang Ji urged Luo Yan and Folo to fight, insisting Musta had no fleet, but Luo Yan held him back and Folo denied knowing him.
• Folo offered to step down and surrender, prompting Carmen and the other rebels to lay down their weapons.
• Huang Ji refused to surrender and argued that Musta’s hesitation showed he was unsure whether his fleet was still under his command.
• Musta recognized that Huang Ji had uncovered his unease and resolved to kill him.

Huang Ji defeated Carmen and stopped Musta from activating the Command Device, while Lorna helped him turn the fight around. Musta revealed that destroying the device had launched a nuclear missile, but the chapter ended with no missile visible in the eastern sky.

• Musta ordered Carmen to kill Huang Ji, but Lorna pleaded for Huang Ji's life and tried to protect him.
• Carmen attacked Huang Ji, who used his magnetic field and a precise Lightsaber strike to defeat him.
• Huang Ji charged Musta as Lorna blocked the Command Device, and Huang Ji destroyed it with an electric arc before Musta could activate it.
• Huang Ji slammed Musta into the platform while Luo Yan defeated Saxon, One-Eyed Eagle, and Suleyman, then collapsed from his genes beginning to fail.
• Musta claimed the Command Device had launched a nuclear missile when it was destroyed, but everyone saw only a clear sky and no missile.

Brando escaped the Supreme Platform with Brandy, the Ark of the Covenant, and two Sword-Keepers as Musta’s failed nuclear bluff triggered fighting among the rebels. When Feis’s clone legion appeared, Saxon and Arona fled separately, while Brando carried Brandy toward the shore and revealed his plan to escape through the sky.

• Musta’s nuclear missile failed to launch, and Huang Ji urged him to surrender while the rebels dismissed his accusations against Hua Ji.
• The Medici Family turned on Musta, and Amu and Wally joined the fight as Brando escaped with Arona and Saxon while Brandy followed carrying the Ark of the Covenant.
• Huang Ji ordered the rebels not to pursue Brando, and Brando headed west through the burning Temple District with Medici Family members following him.
• Feis’s clone legion emerged from the pyramid, prompting Saxon to kick Brando and flee with Arona while Brando continued with Brandy and the Ark.
• Brando used his Iron Umbrella to fly over the flames and told Brandy that he planned to reach the stratosphere to escape Saint Qing Island.

Musta revealed that he had won the Clone Army over and sent the clones to attack everyone without bio-armor, while Hua Ji and Luo Yan took control of the rebels. The clones killed Saxon, and Bobo attacked Arona to avenge him and claim his bio-armor.

• Musta explained how he had discovered the clones’ mission and persuaded their nineteen language-understanding leaders to follow him instead of Feis.
• Hua Ji admitted he hated Folo, and Luo Yan agreed to abandon Folo and place the rebels under Hua Ji’s command.
• Musta’s clones split up and attacked the Sword-Keepers, Brando’s group, and the rebels; the Medici Family fighters fleeing with Brando were slaughtered.
• Arona used the Benben Stone to kill pursuing clones, but its blasts also killed Saxon, who had been gravely wounded and could not escape.
• Bobo emerged from the inferno and attacked Arona, blaming him for Saxon’s death and demanding that he remove his bio-armor.

Huang Ji and the rebels fought the Clone Army, while his living External Dantians kept Amu and Wally in the battle. After Huang Ji used an Energy Shield to evade the clones, an explosion tore through the Temple District.

• The Clone Army overwhelmed the rebels on the Supreme Platform, forcing Luo Yan to lead most of them east while Huang Ji, Amu, and Wally stayed behind.
• Huang Ji restored Amu and Wally with External Dantians as they fought through wave after wave of clones.
• Musta ordered the clones to surround and kill the three remaining elite fighters, and Huang Ji leaped into the air with Amu and Wally.
• Huang Ji projected an Energy Shield beneath himself to block attacks and propel the trio through the air, astonishing Musta and Folo.
• The Temple District exploded behind Musta as the battle continued.

A bomb hidden in the Temple District exploded, blasting Feis into view and disrupting the battle for the Supreme Platform. Kidd joined the fight with an elite force, but Musta mistook his troops for Feis’s allies and sent clones to stop them, leaving the battlefield in confusion.

• An explosion destroyed Low Mountain and flattened much of the Temple District, while the shock wave threw Bobo, Arona, and Huang Ji across the battlefield.
• Adams gathered the King-Protecting Army in the Port District, but Kidd arrived with over a thousand S-class fighters and claimed Feis had ordered him to suppress the rebellion.
• The blast revealed Feis inside an Icosahedron Shield, contradicting Kidd’s claim that Feis was still in Hua Country.
• Kidd led his troops toward the rebels as Alexei’s Dragonkin attacked from the flank, and Huang Ji’s shout caused fighters to assume the forces were joining together.
• Musta ordered three clone squads to intercept Kidd, and the clones charged into his troops, starting a battle between them.

Kidd’s attack killed Folo and Carmen, but Musta’s Clone Army nearly killed Kidd before Feis arrived and destroyed the clones with their brain kill switches. Feis seized the Black Wand and, facing a battlefield that regarded him as a traitor, declared that he would restore order by killing the Double Pupils Faction.

• Kidd blasted the Supreme Platform with the Black Wand, killing Carmen and destroying most of Folo’s body while Musta survived in bio-armor.
• Musta sent the Clone Army after Kidd, and No. 4 and No. 5 wounded him before No. 9 took the Black Wand.
• Feis arrived, caught Kidd, and activated the clones’ kill switches, killing the Clone Army while No. 18 remained hidden after Hua Ji had removed his device.
• Musta accused Feis of using the clones to establish his authority, while A Fu revealed that Brando had released Iron-Eating Bacteria and sunk the fleet.
• Grania secretly informed Feis that Luo Yan and Hua Ji led the rebels, and Feis decided to spare only Adams’s loyal force and the surviving Sword-Keeper Arona.
• Feis took the Black Wand, denied belonging to the Double Pupils Faction, declared that he would spare none of its members, and fired its plasma attack.