Vol. 3Spores and Shadow

Guan Tong survived the final earthquakes, left the academy, and pursued threats tied to the Divine Child as the Fourteenth Apocalypse Rule spread addictive Alien Spores across Tianshui Star. He remained a target of authorities while spore practitioners grew increasingly violent and Shi Jingyi began researching Mind Martial Arts.

  • Guan Tong weakened the Level 10 Earthquake with transferred Mind Power, then killed Liu Wen’s Action Team after they attacked him and injured Shi Jingyi.
  • After the Rule Time ended, Guan Tong settled in Pinglu as an academy lecturer, taught Mind Power Circulation, and helped Yelyena Novomir Stasia master it.
  • Guan Tong trained Yelena, killed the Xisiya assassins sent after him, and gave her a Passerby Transformation Device when she left for Xisiya with Sigaoxin.
  • After Fire Thief announced Lie-Eating Punishment, Guan Tong uncovered its contract rewards and offered to sell the hidden rule’s secret for 100,000 Ascension Coins.
  • Guan Tong captured Jiang Lanying and defeated Lucifer, then refused to surrender her and left the academy to pursue the gang behind the attack on Prince Lado’s convoy.
  • When the Fourteenth Apocalypse Rule spread addictive Alien Spores across Tianshui Star, Guan Tong chose to reveal the hidden rule and stayed inside his sealed Page Shelter.
  • Guan Tong and Shangyuan Zi ambushed the Divine Child’s forces, captured Suzuki and Moon Fate for questioning, and destroyed one of the Divine Child’s eight heads before escaping.
  • As spore parasites attacked staff in Pinglu City’s Quarantine Zone No. 3, Zhang Minglu identified them as fourth-stage parasites and Shi Jingyi began researching Mind Martial Arts.
Chapters 203–302 Read from Ch. 203

Arc 9The Final Earthquakes

Guan Tong gathered immense Mind Power and weakened the Level 10 Earthquake, then survived an assassination attempt and killed the attackers. After the Rule Time ended, he settled in Pinglu, became an academy lecturer, and began teaching Mind Power Circulation while pursuing the people who had targeted him.

  • Gao Liangwei secured approval for Ascendants to transfer Mind Power to Guan Tong, despite Dr. Yu and Dr. Sun opposing the plan.
  • Guan Tong used transferred Mind Power to damage Earth Vein Pillars during the Level 7, Level 8, and Level 9 Earthquakes, while Shi Jingyi and other volunteers helped protect him.
  • After more than a billion Mind Power weakened the Level 10 Earthquake, Liu Wen’s Action Team attacked Guan Tong, and he killed the attackers after they badly injured Shi Jingyi.
  • Guan Tong treated Shi Jingyi, learned that the Rule Time had ended, and bought recovery items after Coal Ball consumed Demonic Flesh without turning hostile.
  • Guan Tong moved to Pinglu, accepted an Acting Lecturer position at the Mind Power Development Academy, and learned that the kidnapping-case mastermind and Big Sister remained at large.
  • Guan Tong began teaching Mind Power Circulation, and Yelyena Novomir Stasia agreed to become class monitor in exchange for his help mastering the technique.
Chapters 203–22725 summaries Read

Arc 10Mind Networks and Farewells

Guan Tong navigated the Mind Network, threats from Yelena’s brother, and the fallout from students’ clash with ordinary people while training Yelena before her departure. After Fire Thief introduced Lie-Eating Punishment, Guan Tong discovered its hidden contract rule and offered to sell the secret.

  • Fire Thief announced Digital Abstinence, and Guan Tong revealed Hidden Rule Twelve while officials sought ways to manage the ban on connected devices.
  • Ascendants established Mind Connections that spread into a vast, anonymous network, and academy staff tried to monitor students through it.
  • Guan Tong trained Yelena, uncovered her brother’s threat, and used his Shadow Domain to kill the Xisiya assassins sent after him.
  • Students clashed with residents at Cangying Ridge, and after a video stirred public outrage, Shen Yun received a life sentence while Guan Tong challenged students who blamed Fang Qian alone.
  • Fire Thief ended Rule Twelve, and Guan Tong agreed to help baqizi search for her parents after she asked for help.
  • Guan Tong intensified Yelena’s defensive training, then gave her a Passerby Transformation Device when she left for Xisiya with Sigaoxin.
  • Fire Thief announced Lie-Eating Punishment, and Dr. Li accidentally revealed that he had agreed while privately disagreeing.
  • Guan Tong discovered Hidden Rule Thirteen’s contract rewards and offered to sell its secret intelligence for 100,000 Ascension Coins.
Chapters 228–25225 summaries Read

Arc 11The Spore Rule Begins

Guan Tong captured Jiang Lanying but refused to hand her over, then left the academy and pursued the gang behind the attack on Prince Lado’s convoy. After the Fourteenth Apocalypse Rule spread addictive alien spores across Tianshui Star, Guan Tong chose to share the hidden rule and stay inside his shelter.

  • Guan Tong sold hidden information during Rule Thirteen, then followed End of the Road’s lead to Jiang Lanying and tracked her to Xun'an Town.
  • Dragon Soul’s team fought Jiang Lanying’s forces, but Lucifer arrived and turned the battle against them, and Guan Tong restrained Jiang Lanying and defeated Lucifer with his Shadow Domain.
  • Guan Tong refused to surrender Jiang Lanying to Dragon Soul and left with her, while authorities ended the search and Rule Thirteen deepened public suspicion of True Word Contracts.
  • Guan Tong announced his departure from the academy, shared his ideas about Mind Power with his students, and declined an official position offered by Dean Zhou Qinfeng.
  • Guan Tong created a spatial cube with the [Wordless Book] and set out to confront the people who had attacked Prince Lado’s convoy and bombed him.
  • Guan Tong killed Wu Wang’s gang members after learning they had framed Shadow, then confronted Wu Wang, who detonated himself and destroyed part of Antu City.
  • The Fire Thief announced the Fourteenth Apocalypse Rule, spreading addictive alien spores across Tianshui Star and requiring humans to resist them for thirty days.
  • Guan Tong found that controlled doses of Alien Spores could strengthen bodies and improve psychological conditions, decided to reveal the hidden rule, and stayed in his sealed Page Shelter instead of searching for Orochi Murasaki.
Chapters 253–27725 summaries Read

Arc 12Spore Parasitism and Shadow

As Alien Spores drew people into addictive cultivation, Guan Tong rescued Shangyuan Zi and launched an assault on the Divine Child, while authorities began suspecting he was Shadow. The arc ended with spore parasites turning violent and Shi Jingyi beginning research into Mind Martial Arts.

  • Lu Cheng and other cultivators felt the spores’ benefits as authorities warned of addiction, but reports showed that practitioners were increasingly accepting the spores and repeating an alien message to join their “big family.”
  • Guan Tong rescued Shangyuan Zi from Yingqi’s administrative center, learned that the Divine Child had approved an attack on him, and helped her investigate the identities of her parents.
  • Authorities established secret quarantine zones for spore practitioners, while Zhang Minglu and Gao Liangwei monitored signs of worsening parasitism.
  • Guan Tong and Shangyuan Zi lured the Divine Child’s forces into an ambush, where Guan Tong killed members of the Action Team and captured Suzuki, Moon Fate, and others for questioning.
  • Guan Tong attacked the Falling Cherry Official Residence and destroyed one of the Divine Child’s eight heads, but the Divine Child revived as Guan Tong escaped.
  • Yingqi called for a global warrant against Shadow, while North Star officials suspected Guan Tong’s identity and asked his acquaintances to help establish contact with him.
  • Yelena became Xisiya’s new Consul, and Guan Tong considered returning to Sakura Residence to find evidence that the Divine Child was dead and uncover his crimes.
  • Practitioners in Pinglu City’s Quarantine Zone No. 3 attacked staff after others refused to join their “big family,” and Zhang Minglu identified them as fourth-stage parasites before Shi Jingyi began researching Mind Martial Arts.
Chapters 278–30225 summaries Read
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