Chapter Summaries

Luo Yan watched Carter and Hu Ziqiang at Bale Hotel, then fought off a dwarf’s Yin Spirit attack on a nearby rooftop. After the attack, Ye Wusheng met with Carter, who tried to recruit him to Freedom Wings and asked him to kill Bai Shaotang.

• Luo Yan returned to watch Carter and Hu Ziqiang, and learned from Hu Ziqiang’s thoughts that they planned to meet an important figure in the Strategic Affairs Department.
• A dwarf attacked Luo Yan with an Insect Fiend, but Luo Yan’s fiendish energy devoured the insects and he fought off the dwarf’s transformed black-cloud beast.
• Luo Yan vanished after drawing the beast away from Carter and Hu Ziqiang’s room, while Ye Wusheng later appeared there and said he had driven off their watcher.
• Carter offered Ye Wusheng double the Strategic Affairs Department’s terms and promised to find him a Divine Remnant to turn into a divine machine.
• Ye Wusheng questioned Carter’s motives, and Carter asked him to kill Bai Shaotang.

Ye Wusheng agreed to cooperate with Carter by targeting Bai Shaotang, demanding that Freedom Wings also help him kill Luo Yan. Meanwhile, Luo Yan negotiated with Zhou Yucheng over the southern expedition and learned that Minister Jinna had gone missing.

• Carter offered Ye Wusheng wealth and power if he killed Bai Shaotang, and Ye Wusheng demanded help killing Luo Yan as well.
• Carter agreed to target Luo Yan if an opportunity arose, and Ye Wusheng left the hotel.
• Luo Yan told Zhou Yucheng that the Gou Mang Department would send Yang Hao and a team south to support Zhu Jiuyin, while arguing that Gou Mang should take over the expedition.
• Zhou Yucheng agreed to set Zhu Jiuyin a deadline and let Gou Mang take over if it failed to meet its targets.
• Luo Yan told Zhou Yucheng that Minister Ying had tried to drive a wedge between him and his partners, and Zhou promised a stern warning and authorized Luo Yan to execute Ying if it happened again.
• Zhou Yucheng told Luo Yan that Minister Jinna had been missing for some time.

Luo Yan admitted to Zhou Yucheng that he had killed Jinna, and Zhou Yucheng decided to leave judgment to Da Si Ming while relying on the Gou Mang Department’s strength in the south. Back in Jinge City, Luo Yan warned Bai Shaotang about Ye Wusheng and received a major merit reward: ownership of White Wolf Street.

• Luo Yan told Zhou Yucheng that he had killed Jinna, and Zhou Yucheng accepted his explanation and arranged to find a new Qiang Liang Department minister.
• Wan Qing urged Zhou Yucheng to use Jinna’s death as an excuse to eliminate Luo Yan, but Zhou Yucheng chose to wait for Da Si Ming’s decision and rely on the Gou Mang Department in the south.
• Luo Yan returned to Jinge City, told Bai Shaotang that Ye Wusheng planned to use Freedom Wings to kill them, and gave him the list of assassination targets.
• Bai Shaotang presented Luo Yan with a major merit commendation and a transfer agreement granting him White Wolf Street, which Luo Yan eventually signed.
• That evening, Bai? saw the reward on Luo Yan’s phone and celebrated his new ownership of the street.

After discovering that White Wolf Street residents were being denied emergency supplies while others collected and resold them, Luo Yan confronted the street office. He summoned the city defense forces, whose captain reported to him, leaving him poised to investigate the embezzlement.

• Luo Yan and Bai Shaotang visited White Wolf Street and noticed that many people collecting supplies appeared well-fed and wealthy.
• At Sunshine Convenience Store, Zhao Guoan caught two hungry boys stealing eggs, and Luo Yan took their sick little sister to the hospital.
• The boys told Luo Yan and Bai Shaotang that the street office had turned them away while shop owners and officials took supplies for themselves.
• Luo Yan went to the street office, challenged a staff member who claimed supplies were gone, and revealed that he was a Tiangang Dragon Rider.
• Luo Yan called for help, and fifty armed soldiers arrived as Pan Sihao saluted him and awaited his orders.

Luo Yan exposed corruption at a Jinge City supply office and ensured supplies reached those in need. Meanwhile, the Nether Fish became a Kun and claimed its place as king of the Vortex Demonic Domain, but a passing fleet drew its attention as Luo Yan linked their senses.

• Luo Yan ordered the city defense forces to arrest the White Wolf Street office staff and investigate supply embezzlement and illicit sales.
• Jinge City's municipal authorities took over the office and distributed new supplies, including to the orphans.
• Bai? told Luo Yan that the office staff had been suspended and praised his actions as news spread online.
• Luo Yan learned through the Life Talisman that the Nether Fish had become an Overlord Giant Beast called a Kun, and he congratulated it.
• The Kun subdued several Upper-tier Giant Beasts with its Beast Soul, rose from the sea, and flew through the sky.
• The Kun noticed a fleet sailing near the Vortex Demonic Domain, so Luo Yan used dragon blood energy to share senses with it through the Life Talisman.

Luo Yan sent newly transformed Kun to attack a Gull Alliance fleet led by Freedom Wings, testing its Overlord Level power. Kun destroyed the fleet’s warships and mechas, then returned to the Forbidden Land to grow accustomed to its new body while Luo Yan prepared to cultivate.

• Luo Yan sensed the Gull Alliance fleet entering East Asian waters and ordered Kun to attack.
• Kun resisted the fleet’s missiles and naval guns with its Super Anti-membrane, then used Water Tendrils to sink several warships.
• The fleet deployed mechas, including two piloted by fourth-order Transcendents, but Kun summoned thunder and lightning to disable many of them.
• Kun trapped the two surviving mechas with water spells and gravity-field Ephemeral Fish, destroying both and leaving the sea strewn with wreckage.
• Kun returned to the Forbidden Land to familiarize itself with its new body, and Luo Yan severed their connection before beginning his nightly cultivation.

Luo Yan attended a military meeting where Zhao Ruifeng proposed striking west against Freedom Wings and the Iron Gull Strategic Chain. The gathered allies agreed to war, and Zhao Ruifeng announced they would formally declare it unless their demands for an explanation and compensation were met.

• Luo Yan met Bai Shaotang and Bai Qixue at the Strategic Affairs Department and learned that the Tianjian Squad’s mecha repairs were nearing completion and Freedom Wings might target their logistics network.
• Zhao Chu and Anatoly greeted Luo Yan as allies gathered for the military operations meeting.
• Zhao Ruifeng described Freedom Wings’ invasion and the destruction of its fleet, then asked whether the allies would march west or remain under threat.
• Representatives from the Strategic Affairs Department, Cherno Fortress, and the White Elephant Group supported going to war, and most attendees joined them.
• Zhao Ruifeng announced that the allies would declare war on Freedom Wings and the Iron Gull Strategic Chain unless they received an explanation and compensation for the previous war.

Luo Yan learned that Ye Wusheng had secretly returned to Jinge City, and Bai Shaotang planned to draw him out before the attack on Freedom Wings. Meanwhile, Ye Wusheng disguised himself, obtained a high-end sniper rifle, and prepared to kill Bai Shaotang.

• Luo Yan reviewed intelligence about Saint John Port, Freedom Wings' heavily defended naval base targeted by the Allied Forces.
• Bai Shaotang told Luo Yan that Ye Wusheng had secretly returned to Jinge City and planned to lure him out, despite the danger.
• Ye Wusheng used his Yin Spirit to check for surveillance, disguised himself as an old man, and visited a hidden weapons shop.
• Ye Wusheng returned to the inn with a case of premium firearm components and assembled a sniper rifle with twelve rounds.
• Ye Wusheng resolved to use the rifle to kill Bai Shaotang for Freedom Wings' promised reward.

Ye Wusheng prepared an underground escape route and chose a shopping mall rooftop as his sniping position for Bai Shaotang’s speech at Jinlin Square. Luo Yan secretly returned to the city to help protect Bai, while Ye Wusheng remained unaware that the apparent absence of the ace squads was part of the trap.

• Ye Wusheng explored an abandoned underground passage beside a train tunnel, creating an escape route for after his planned assassination of Bai Shaotang.
• Ye Wusheng learned that Bai Shaotang would speak at Jinlin Square and that Tianjian Squad and Heavenly Fire Squad had left Jinge City, so he planned to scout the square.
• Luo Yan returned secretly to Jinge City and surveyed Jinlin Square, reasoning that Ye Wusheng’s Yin Spirit would likely need to remain near the speech platform.
• Ye Wusheng disguised himself as an old man and examined possible sniping positions around Jinlin Square, including a rooftop garden in a nearby shopping mall.
• Ye Wusheng chose the shopping mall because its rooftop overlooked the platform and its nearby train station connected to his escape route, and he anticipated escaping by ship the next evening.

As Bai Shaotang prepared to address a packed Jinlin Square, Ye Wusheng infiltrated a nearby mall and set up a sniper rifle. Luo Yan took position outside the square, ready to restrain Ye Wusheng after he acted, while Bai Shaotang planned to give his speech without guards beside him to lure the assassin out.

• The City Defense Department secured Jinlin Square and its surrounding buildings as residents entered through security checks for Bai Shaotang’s rally.
• Luo Yan, wearing a City Defense Department Second Lieutenant’s uniform, surveyed the crowd with Divine Treasure from a nearby building.
• Ye Wusheng disguised himself as a cleaner, evaded a request for identification when two soldiers were called away, and carried his sniper rifle to the mall’s top floor.
• Ye Wusheng assembled the rifle in a restroom and aimed it at the stage where Bai Shaotang was expected to speak.
• Luo Yan moved to the mall’s rooftop garden, where he could see the square and wait to hold Ye Wusheng in place after the assassination attempt began.
• Bai Shaotang planned to speak without guards beside him to draw Ye Wusheng into acting.

During Bai Shaotang’s speech, Luo Yan detected Ye Wusheng’s sniper attack and pursued him through the mall, streets, and subway tunnels. Ye Wusheng used his Yin Spirit to escape, but Luo Yan kept closing in and attacked him beside an oncoming train.

• Bai Shaotang declared that his people would join their allies in a war against Freedom Wings and other aggressors.
• Luo Yan sensed a sniper shot from inside the mall, identified Ye Wusheng with Golden Eyes of Enlightenment, and struck at him with A Strip of Rainbow.
• Ye Wusheng used his Yin Spirit to deflect Luo Yan’s attack, escaped through a window, and teleported away through an alley.
• Luo Yan followed Ye Wusheng across the street and into the underground railway station, warning bystanders to get down.
• Ye Wusheng used the Yin Spirit to avoid an approaching train, but Luo Yan reached the tunnel wall and slashed at him with Blazing Flame.

Luo Yan pursued Ye Wusheng through a train and underground passages, overcoming his Yin Spirit’s evasions and trapping him with the Heavenly Fire Seal Tent. Ye Wusheng unleashed an Evil Scripture and a corrosive ghost attack, and Luo Yan answered by activating his Dragon Dragon Blood Essence, leaving Ye Wusheng shaken by the ferocity he sensed.

• Ye Wusheng escaped onto the train in black smoke and sent black insects after its passengers, but Luo Yan burned them away and chased him into the tunnel.
• Luo Yan pursued Ye Wusheng through the underground passages and used the Heavenly Fire Seal Tent to block his teleportation.
• Ye Wusheng survived Luo Yan’s flames with the Yin Spirit’s protection, then summoned black wings and began reciting the sinister Evil Scripture.
• Ye Wusheng’s Yin Spirit formed a ghostly Buddha and unleashed corrosive ghosts while the Evil Scripture weakened Luo Yan.
• Luo Yan activated the Dragon Dragon Blood Essence to suppress Ye Wusheng’s evil technique, and Ye Wusheng trembled at the ferocity he sensed.

Luo Yan defeated Ye Wusheng in an underground passage in Jinge City, and Bai Qixue found the aftermath. Afterward, Bai Shaotang ordered the squads to continue preparations for the westward advance, while Luo Yan wondered what Bai Qixue had noticed about his transformation.

• Ye Wusheng felt overwhelming fear as Luo Yan emerged from the Black Storm in his Dragon Transformation Stance and wounded him with a claw strike.
• Luo Yan used Qiongqi’s Slander to turn Ye Wusheng’s Yin Spirit against him, while the Qin Worm’s Heartbreak Melody and Luo Yan’s Three Talents United crippled Ye Wusheng.
• The force of Luo Yan’s attack warped and shattered the underground passage, causing a street in Jinge City to collapse above it.
• Bai Qixue arrived, and Luo Yan showed her Ye Wusheng’s corpse beneath the rubble.
• Bai Shaotang thanked Luo Yan and Bai Qixue, then ordered them to proceed to Longtai Base as preparations for the westward advance continued.
• Luo Yan wondered whether Bai Qixue had noticed his Dragon Transformation Stance, but she left without questioning him.

Hong Zhuang joined Xing Ba on Cang Lei’s mission to test the improved Li You Gate at the Starfall Abyss. In Longtai Base, Luo Yan told Bai Qixue that Ye Wusheng had tried to assassinate Commander Bai with a sniper rifle and had died by Luo Yan’s hand; Bai Qixue then revealed that they would take turns instructing at the upcoming training camp.

• Cang Lei summoned the Throne Generals and announced that, with Xiang Liu’s help, the Li You Gate could now send several people to the Mortal World at once, though they would arrive weakened by the Primordial Tent.
• Cang Lei gave the Li You Gate to Xing Ba and ordered him and Hong Zhuang to test it at the Starfall Abyss with the Black Wing Tribe’s help.
• Luo Yan and Bai Qixue arrived at Longtai Base and left the airport with their respective squads.
• Luo Yan told Bai Qixue that Ye Wusheng had tried to assassinate Commander Bai with a sniper rifle and that Luo Yan had killed him.
• Bai Qixue said that they would take turns serving as instructors at the upcoming training camp.

Luo Yan learned that he would help train mech forces at Longtai Base for the coming war, while Anatoly began putting the Dragon Riders and allied Mech Masters through harsh physical drills. After the Strategic Affairs Department announced that Ye Wusheng had assassinated Bai Shaotang and been killed, Luo Yan comforted Qin Feng, who was grieving for his former senior despite condemning his actions.

• Bai Qixue told Luo Yan that he and several other Dragon Riders and allied fighters, including Anatoly and Pulle, would serve as instructors at Longtai Base.
• Luo Yan saluted the soldiers at the base, and Bai Qixue told him he looked handsome.
• Anatoly ordered the assembled Dragon Riders and allied Mech Masters to abandon their pride and train humbly for the coming war.
• Anatoly made the team members run long distances under load without using extraordinary abilities or cultivation methods, leaving even Jing Yu trembling with exhaustion.
• The Strategic Affairs Department announced that Ye Wusheng had assassinated Bai Shaotang and been killed.
• Luo Yan found Qin Feng drinking at a camp bar and reminded him that Ye Wusheng's actions did not deserve sympathy, while Qin Feng admitted he still mourned his former senior.

Luo Yan and the other instructors trained the students before the Western Expedition, giving them harsh lessons in combat. The training camp ended when departure day arrived.

• Qin Feng told Luo Yan he regretted not discovering Ye Wusheng’s collusion with Freedom Wings sooner, and Luo Yan comforted him before they returned to base.
• Luo Yan faced the trainees in combat, defeating an Alpha Squad member with one punch and then knocking down Jing Yu and many others.
• Xiao Bai told her Baizhan Academy class group that Luo Yan was training the students and confirmed she would join the Western Expedition.
• Xiao Bai trained the students by using Black Nether Heaven to make them experience fighting in darkness and an unfamiliar environment.
• Bai Qixue, Li Meng, Hu Xuanyi, and other instructors trained the students before the camp ended on the day of departure.

Bai Shaotang announced that the Strategic Affairs Department would attack Freedom Wings, then briefed commanders on the planned Western Expedition and the assault on Saint John Port. The meeting ended with the allied forces assigned diversionary attacks while the Strategic Affairs Department prepared to capture the port.

• Bai Shaotang announced a coming attack on Freedom Wings and urged it to enter peace talks.
• Luo Yan received an invitation and attended a combat meeting with Bai Qixue, Hu Xuanyi, Li Meng, Anatoly, and other commanders.
• Bai Shaotang outlined three possible responses by Saint John Port's defenders and plans for each.
• Bai Shaotang assigned Luo Yan, Bai Qixue, and other elite forces to the Saint John Port assault while allied forces took diversionary targets.
• The allied commanders accepted the assignments, and Freedom Wings held its own meeting in Freedom City.

Freedom Wings leaders argued over whether to negotiate with the Strategic Affairs Department, but Morton refused to back down and asserted his authority to continue the war. Wayne and Marvin withdrew, while Morton moved to silence other opponents and vowed to defend Freedom Wings at any cost.

• Wayne condemned Morton for rejecting negotiations, and Marvin and Kate warned that Freedom Wings could not withstand East Asia's forces while the threat of Yanfu remained.
• Kate noted that the Strategic Affairs Department had acquired the Holy Spear Longinus and the Golden Apple, further weakening Freedom Wings' position.
• Morton declared that anyone unwilling to fight could leave, but Wayne and Marvin withdrew, with Marvin relinquishing Glory Apostle.
• Morton threatened to delete Wayne and Marvin's brainwave records and ordered Kate to confine Gibron and McCleary at the Jincheng Convalescent Center.
• Morton told the remaining officials that he would become a complete Saint if necessary to prevent Freedom Wings' land from falling under another group's control.

Luo Yan learned that intelligence gathered by Freedom Wings’ former agents and Puller would aid the assault on Saint John Port, scheduled for three days later. Two days into preparations, Kate Jenny arrived at the port and was summoned after a reconnaissance aircraft lost contact over the Pacific.

• Bai Shaotang told Luo Yan that raindrops and Puller had provided intelligence about Freedom Wings’ forces and defenses.
• Bai Shaotang said the Holy Crusaders would remain neutral if the fighting stayed out of their territory.
• Bai Shaotang told Luo Yan that the Main Fleet would attack Saint John Port in three days and the Heavenly Fire Squad would target Great Knight Class mechas.
• Freedom Wings reinforced Saint John Port with supplies, personnel, mechas, and the Chastity Apostle, commanded by Kate Jenny.
• Kate Jenny met Byron Baker in the Command Hall after an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft lost contact over the Pacific, though it had taken a photograph beforehand.

Kate led an elite mecha squad and a fleet from Saint John Port to intercept Hu Xuanyi’s Strategic Affairs Department force, only to be lured into battle while its main fleet advanced. Meanwhile, Luo Yan rode with the Tianjian Squad and Heavenly Fire Squad as they flew toward the ocean.

• Byron ordered Kate to lead mecha and naval forces against the Strategic Affairs Department fleet, which was heading toward Saint Peter Port.
• Kate formed an assault squad and departed Saint John Port as a flaxen-haired man secretly reported that he had hooked a big fish.
• After learning Saint John Port had dispatched troops, Hu Xuanyi ordered his fleet to lure them away and readied his mecha team for battle.
• Hu Xuanyi’s Shao Hao attacked Kate’s squad with a flaming arrow, then trapped the Chastity Apostle in the Myriad Transformation Heavenly Palace as the fleets approached.
• Luo Yan traveled in the Yao Yuan with the Tianjian Squad and Heavenly Fire Squad as they raced across the sea of clouds toward the other side of the ocean.