Chapter Summaries

Guan Tong proposed storing Ascendants’ Mind Power to destroy Earth Vein Pillars more efficiently, and the Countermeasure Research Institute voted to support the plan despite concerns about trusting Shadow. After the meeting, Dr. Sun approached Dr. Yu and persuaded him to help report their opposition to the higher-ups.

• Guan Tong told Gao Liangwei he could store Mind Power transferred by Ascendants and release it during future earthquakes to destroy Earth Vein Pillars faster.
• Dr. Yu warned the institute that Shadow might keep the transferred Mind Power and use it to seize power, while Zhang Minglu argued Shadow had shown a sense of justice.
• Gao Liangwei held a vote, and roughly seventy percent supported the plan before he prepared to report the institute’s approval to the higher-ups.
• Dr. Yu left the meeting angry and complained that Shadow could become dangerous if he gained enormous power.
• Dr. Sun visited Dr. Yu, agreed with his objections, and persuaded him to join her in writing a report to the higher-ups.

As the Level 7 Earthquake approached, nations prepared according to their circumstances, while North Star debated whether to transmit Mind Power to Shadow. North Star's leaders approved the plan without restrictions, and Gao Liangwei began mobilizing Ascenders and academy students to support Shadow.

• Nations prepared for the Level 7 Earthquake through emergency reinforcement, evacuation measures, or population dispersal, while Fahe continued searching for the Ascender controlling civilians and the Tulip Federation remained mired in civil war.
• In Yong'an, North Star's leaders reviewed Gao Liangwei's proposal and debated the risks of giving Shadow additional power, including his past attack in Andai State.
• North Star's leader backed Gao Liangwei's plan, rejected restrictions on Shadow, and postponed concerns about Gao Liangwei until after the Rule End.
• Gao Liangwei received approval to proceed, called a full meeting of the Countermeasure Research Institute, and set out to mobilize Ascenders and Mind Power Development Academy students to transmit Mind Power to Shadow.
• The next morning, news of the plan reached Guan Tong.

Guan Tong refused to reveal his identity as the authorities secretly transferred Mind Power to him, but a fabricated online post exposed the operation and stirred public outrage. Suspecting an internal leak, Gao Liangwei ordered Dr. Yu Minyue brought in for questioning.

• Zhang Minglu proposed that Guan Tong reveal his real identity to reassure people opposed to the Mind Power transfer, but Guan Tong refused.
• The authorities secretly began transferring Mobile Mind Power from personnel in multiple cities to Guan Tong, keeping the recipient and purpose hidden.
• After the first transfers, people on Ascendant's Home began discussing the unexplained gathering and Mind Power transfers.
• An anonymous post claimed the authorities were carrying out a God-Making Plan to make Shadow overwhelmingly powerful, sparking public suspicion and anger.
• Gao Liangwei recognized that the post mixed true information with fabricated claims and ordered security to bring Dr. Yu Minyue to the interview room.

Guan Tong resumed Mind Power transfers after resting, but a leak and public backlash exposed the authorities’ plan to support Shadow. Gao Liangwei traced the opposition to Sun Hong and suspected senior officials were involved, so he ordered Zhang Minglu to organize protection for Shadow during the coming earthquake.

• Guan Tong checked his panel and saw that his Reserve Mind Power had grown to nearly five hundred thousand, then rested before continuing transfers.
• After online rumors spread, the authorities admitted that Mind Power was being transferred to Shadow for disaster relief, and Guan Tong posted his own clarification.
• Gao Liangwei questioned Sun Hong, learned she had coordinated opposition to the operation under someone else’s orders, and confined her pending investigation.
• Gao Liangwei connected the sabotage to the unresolved Yongzhou Provider Base investigation and warned Zhang Minglu that Shadow might be attacked.
• Zhang Minglu agreed to form an elite security detail to protect Shadow during the Level 7 Earthquake.

Guan Tong destroyed the Earth Vein Pillar during the Level 7 Earthquake, though the seismic waves injured him and killed two members of the protection squads. After treating himself with Mind Power Circulation, he gained a deeper understanding of how to use it to repair and strengthen his body.

• Guan Tong joined Dragon Soul and three other squads, who had been assigned to assist him and protect him from possible enemies within the authorities.
• Guan Tong and the squads teleported into the Level 7 earthquake epicenter, where powerful seismic waves killed two squad members and battered Guan Tong despite his Shadow Armor.
• Guan Tong bound himself to the Earth Vein Pillar and poured more than a million points of Reserve Mind Power into it, destroying it and stopping the earthquake.
• Guan Tong left for his shelter instead of seeking immediate treatment, then used Mind Power Circulation to heal his injured organs.
• Guan Tong realized that circulating Mind Power could repair his body and that his experience releasing a million points had taught him how to use Mind Power more deeply.

Guan Tong discovered that massive bursts of Mind Power widened its circulation channels and sharply increased his Mind Power Cap, while UHC representatives debated international aid after the Level 7 earthquake. Three days later, the Level 8 earthquake struck and devastated the world again.

• Guan Tong realized that flooding his body with Mind Power widened its channels, and his Mind Power Cap rose by nearly thirty points.
• Guan Tong expected future earthquake operations to let him raise his Mind Power Cap beyond five hundred.
• At the UHC meeting, representatives asked Gao Liangwei to send Shadow to destroy Earth Vein Pillars abroad, but Gao refused because North Star's Ascenders had to provide the Mind Power.
• Mary offered Solloma's disaster-relief and security technology for Ascension Coins, but representatives from Fahe and Yingqi Nation declined to buy it.
• Three days after the meeting, the Level 8 earthquake arrived and caused massive destruction worldwide.

Guan Tong weakened the Level 8 Earthquake by ninety percent but exhausted his defensive items and Mind Power, so the authorities sent him to receive another transfer and prepared rescue efforts. Meanwhile, the Commander’s Action Team planned to kill Shadow after the Level 10 Earthquake, while Jiang Ming questioned the plan’s aftermath.

• Guan Tong used more than ten million points of Reserve Mind Power on the Earth Vein Pillar, sharply reducing the Level 8 Earthquake without destroying it.
• The Earthquake Bureau reported that the earthquake had stopped, and Dragon Soul confirmed that Guan Tong was unharmed but had used all his defensive items.
• Gao Liangwei ordered another Mind Power transfer for Guan Tong and arranged rescue teams for badly damaged Lufengxiang City.
• Gao Liangwei asked Zhang Minglu to recruit Ascendants with protective abilities to shield Guan Tong during future earthquakes, and Zhang Minglu agreed to seek volunteers.
• Liu Wen told the Action Team to attack Shadow after the Level 10 Earthquake if he survived, and explained that the Commander had prepared for the political aftermath.
• Jiang Ming questioned Liu Wen about the consequences of killing Shadow, then accepted that the Action Team would proceed with the plan.

After the Level 8 earthquake devastated Magala Nation, Shi Jingyi volunteered to protect Shadow during future earthquakes, despite the operation's 99% fatality risk. Guan Tong tried to oppose her participation, but Shi Jingyi's message made clear that she would not accept his objection.

• Forum users discussed Magala Nation's dissolution and compared the earthquake damage with North Star's, where Shadow had greatly reduced casualties.
• An Ascendant with Damage Transfer described refusing an official request to help protect Shadow, prompting debate about whether volunteering was reasonable.
• Shi Jingyi announced that she would join the operation, and Dean Zhou Qinfeng tried unsuccessfully to dissuade her after students protested.
• Shi Jingyi thanked her students online and promised to do everything she could to survive and return to the academy.
• After Silver Fox told Guan Tong about Shi Jingyi's plans, he asked Gao Liangwei to oppose her participation, but Shi Jingyi texted him, "You are not allowed to disagree."

Guan Tong and a team of volunteers entered downtown Yunhua City to weaken the Level 9 Earthquake, but the epicenter proved devastating and Guan Tong had to escape before his Mind Power ran out. He returned after the earthquake ended and found that his hometown, Yunhua, had been leveled.

• Guan Tong spent seventy hours gathering and converting Mind Power, raising his Reserve Mind Power above one hundred million as the research institute prepared volunteers for the Level 9 Earthquake.
• Zhang Minglu showed the volunteers footage from the Level 8 Earthquake, and thirteen or fourteen people withdrew after seeing the danger.
• The earthquake bureau located the Level 9 Earthquake’s epicenter in downtown Yunhua City, and Guan Tong’s team teleported there with fifty volunteers assigned to protect him.
• The seismic waves killed many volunteers within seconds, but Guan Tong reached the Earth Vein Pillar and spent nearly all his Reserve Mind Power damaging it.
• When another seismic wave threatened him, Guan Tong used Phase Shift to escape the epicenter, then returned after the five-minute earthquake ended.
• Guan Tong saw that the Level 9 Earthquake had reduced Yunhua to level ground.

After the Level 9 Earthquake devastated Yunhua City, Guan Tong survived and helped rescue several people while Dragon Soul mourned his fallen teammates. With the Level 10 Earthquake only seventy-two hours away, Guan Tong received orders to prepare for the final disaster as humanity also readied rockets to preserve survivors if Tianshui Star was destroyed.

• Dragon Soul searched the ruins for his missing teammates and found Guan Tong alive after losing contact with the rest of the Dragon Soul Squad.
• A support team arrived, and Shi Jingyi transferred Mind Power directly to Guan Tong while they joined the search for survivors.
• Guan Tong used Shadow Lines to locate seven or eight people, including the injured Silver Fox and Black Shark, while Flying Eagle was found dead.
• Gao Liangwei's message urged Guan Tong to set grief aside and prepare for the Level 10 Earthquake seventy-two hours later.
• Zhang Minglu told Guan Tong that his intervention had weakened the Level 9 Earthquake and revealed that manned rockets would carry humanity's seeds into space if Tianshui Star was destroyed.

After the Level 9 Earthquake, nations faced the coming Level 10 disaster while outrage spread over plans to evacuate the powerful to Terra. As Fahuo underwent a sudden change of power, Guan Tong spent the three days absorbing Mind Power and surpassed one billion Reserve Mind Power.

• The Level 9 Earthquake devastated more than five countries, leaving the UHC meeting canceled and surviving nations focused on preparing for the final earthquake.
• Users on Ascendant's Home discussed what they would do before the apocalypse, then a post exposed plans by Suoloma, Fahuo, and North Star to launch manned rockets toward Terra.
• Fahuo's citizens and government enforcers rose against the rocket plans, breached the command department, and detained high-ranking officials as new representatives announced a new decision-making body.
• North Star explained that its rockets would carry survival resources and experts, while Suoloma chose not to address the public controversy directly.
• Guan Tong absorbed Mind Power for seventy-two hours as the authorities coordinated more than twenty transfer methods, raising his Reserve Mind Power above one billion.

Guan Tong and the support team teleported to the undersea epicenter of the final Level 10 Super Earthquake so he could use the [Wordless Book] to weaken the disaster. After the mission succeeded, Guan Tong and Shi Jingyi prepared to escape, but a Super Tsunami approached.

• Long Hun led the team as it teleported to the earthquake source off the coast of Lincang and established defenses around Guan Tong.
• Guan Tong used Shadow Lines to bind himself to the Earth Vein Pillar and began converting Mind Power into Cracking Power through the [Wordless Book].
• The [Wordless Book] overheated when Guan Tong infused it with more than one billion Mind Power, forcing him to complete the transfer in stages as team members fell into the vortex.
• Guan Tong noticed Shi Jingyi falling, but she had left her position to check on him, and he used Shadow Lines to catch her.
• Long Hun reported that the earthquake's energy release had weakened by around 40 percent and that the mission was complete.
• Guan Tong prepared a Teleportation Item, then spotted a Super Tsunami bearing down on them.

A Level 10 Earthquake devastated the Yingqi Nation, while Guan Tong returned from the epicenter injured and mentally unstable. An Action Team attacked him at the base, and he vowed to kill everyone involved after rescuing the unconscious Shi Jingyi.

• The Level 10 Earthquake struck the former capital, killing the people who had stayed to protect Yingqi Nation and destroying the island with a Super Tsunami.
• Guan Tong returned to the base with fewer than ten survivors, and Dragon Soul left to undertake other missions.
• Shi Jingyi sensed that Guan Tong's Mind Power was chaotic, but a long-range weapon struck the base before he could recover.
• Liu Wen led a fifteen-person Action Team to confirm Shadow's death, and Guan Tong emerged from the rubble carrying the badly injured Shi Jingyi.
• Guan Tong placed Shi Jingyi inside a house that appeared from his book and swore to kill everyone involved in the operation as Liu Wen ordered the team to attack.

Guan Tong used his overwhelming Shadow abilities to defeat the Action Team, killing Jiang Ming and forcing the survivors to flee. He unfolded a Shadow Domain that found and killed the remaining fugitives, while Liu Wen died by suicide just before his final attack.

• An Action Team member attacked Guan Tong with a poison dagger, but Guan Tong’s Shadow contained the gas and overwhelmed the team, killing six members.
• Jiang Ming charged Guan Tong and absorbed one Shadow attack, but Guan Tong used the [Civilization Observer] to learn Jiang Ming could absorb only a limited amount of Mind Power.
• Jiang Ming and Liu Wen attacked together, but Guan Tong evaded their strikes and crushed Jiang Ming with a massive Shadow hand.
• The eight surviving Action Team members fled, and Guan Tong opened the [Wordless Book] to unfold a Shadow Domain that tracked them with countless eyes.
• Liu Wen killed herself with poison, and Guan Tong’s Shadow Spears killed every remaining fugitive.

After the earthquake devastated Tianshui Star, Gao Liangwei organized rescue efforts and learned that Shadow had been attacked after his mission. As the Eleventh Apocalypse Rule ended, Gao vowed to trace the attack to its planners.

• People on orbital stations watched reports of Tianshui Star's devastation and discussed when they could safely return.
• Gao Liangwei reviewed casualty figures showing that only eight large cities in Beixing could operate normally and ordered rescue plans and international cooperation through the UHC.
• Zhang Minglu told Gao that Shadow had been attacked after returning to the base, and Gao insisted the Countermeasure Research Institute was uninvolved.
• Gao learned that the attackers had used remote weapons and promised to trace the command records and confront whoever ordered the attack.
• Fire Thief announced that Rule Time had ended and that Gao and Zhang had passed the trial of the Eleventh Apocalypse Rule.

After the Eleventh Apocalypse Rule ended, Guan Tong planned revenge on those who had targeted him while caring for the unconscious Shi Jingyi. He discovered Coal Ball could consume a reward item and began buying recovery items to test whether they could help Shi Jingyi.

• Guan Tong used Shadow's account to post information about the Childhood Sweetheart Organization and offer a bounty for Big Sister's identity, then used the administrator account to seek a healer for Shi Jingyi.
• Guan Tong reviewed his increased Mind Power and reserves, considered building an organization, and planned to track down people who spread rumors about him.
• Guan Tong opened his Gold-grade Survival Chest and received Demonic Flesh, which Coal Ball ate and absorbed, growing larger and stronger without becoming hostile.
• Guan Tong realized Coal Ball's ability to consume the item might mean Shi Jingyi could use recovery items, so he searched the Terminal Market and bought them in bulk.

After the earthquakes, Adam continued rescue work while survivors across the world faced devastation and political upheaval. Shi Jingyi woke from a three-day unconsciousness in Guan Tong’s shelter, agreed to let him teach in her place during her recovery, and realized the shelter was on the sea.

• Adam used his gravitational power to rescue survivors from a collapsed high-rise, then told Amanda he had little Mind Power left.
• Fahuo lost more than ninety percent of its population, and a dark-smiling person claimed the country while sitting on the first king’s throne.
• Orochi Murasaki learned that Yingqi had lost its island homeland and most of its population, then received a summons from the Divine Child.
• Shi Jingyi woke after more than three days unconscious, and Guan Tong told her that he had treated her injuries in his shelter.
• Guan Tong explained that Yong’an had flooded and its government and academy had relocated to Pinglu; he offered to teach Shi Jingyi’s classes while she recovered.
• Shi Jingyi agreed to Guan Tong’s offer, then noticed the seawater outside and asked whether his shelter was built on the sea.

Guan Tong arrived in Pinglu City and arranged temporary lodging while preparing to teach at the relocated Academy. He crossed paths with his former classmate Fang Qian, who recognized him but was relieved that he did not recognize her.

• Guan Tong entered Pinglu City and asked a volunteer where out-of-town arrivals could stay.
• The volunteer learned Guan Tong had survived outside a shelter and directed him to the Yunhua Shelter residential district.
• Guan Tong explored Pinglu’s densely layered mountain streets instead of heading straight to his assigned lodging.
• Fang Qian recognized Guan Tong as he passed her and stopped her friend from calling out to him.
• Back at the temporary dormitory, Fang Qian recalled their past and hoped Guan Tong had not recognized her.

Guan Tong arrived in Pinglu hoping to uncover Big Sister’s identity and met with the Mind Power Development Academy about becoming an Acting Lecturer. After faculty members challenged his youth and ability, he agreed to a Mind Power spar using only twenty points against his opponent’s one hundred.

• Guan Tong recognized Fang Qian on the street but ignored her and continued looking for Big Sister’s true identity.
• Guan Tong settled into a temporary room in Pinglu and spent several days exploring the city.
• Dean Zhou Qinfeng called Guan Tong and invited him to discuss his appointment at the Mind Power Development Academy.
• At the Academy, faculty members questioned whether nineteen-year-old Guan Tong could teach older students.
• A lecturer proposed testing Guan Tong’s Mind Power control in a spar, and Guan Tong accepted while limiting himself to twenty points against the lecturer’s one hundred.

Guan Tong defeated Zhang Linliang in a Mind Power contest and secured an Acting Lecturer appointment at the academy. After the academy checked his background and issued his six-month contract, he moved into the lecturer dormitory.

• Guan Tong overwhelmed Zhang Linliang in their Mind Power contest after Zhang exceeded the agreed limit, and Zhang admitted defeat.
• Guan Tong asked Dean Zhou Qinfeng if he could become an Acting Lecturer, and Zhou approved the appointment pending registration.
• The academy investigated Guan Tong's background and found only that he had been an ordinary student and a victim in a kidnapping case.
• On the 12th, the academy appointed Guan Tong as an Acting Lecturer for six months with benefits matching those of a Lead Lecturer.
• On June 15, Guan Tong moved into the academy's lecturer dormitory.