Chapter Summaries

Anna became attracted to Luo Yan after seeing his contrasting sides, while Simon grew jealous after witnessing her fall into Luo Yan’s arms. At the buffet, Simon approached Luo Yan with a hidden attack as he offered a toast.

• Anna questioned Luo Yan about his family and romantic interests, then deliberately stumbled so he would catch her.
• Simon saw Anna in Luo Yan’s arms, crushed his wineglass, and resolved that no one would take her from him.
• After the dance, Luo Yan was surrounded by guests eager to meet him before the buffet dinner.
• Anna introduced her friend and assistant Simon to Luo Yan, and Simon raised a toast as a nearly invisible black thread shot from his sleeve.

Luo Yan survived Simon’s poisoned-needle assassination attempt, and Anna worked to repair the damage between the White Swan and the Strategic Affairs Department. Zhao Chu then tasked Luo Yan with going to Fog City to force the Ninth Organ out of the Iron Gull Strategic Chain.

• Luo Yan caught Simon’s poisoned needle, and Anna froze Simon’s legs before he explained that he had acted out of jealousy over her relationship with Luo Yan.
• Simon confessed his love for Anna, and Luo Yan killed him with a sword strike and the poisoned needle.
• Luo Yan said he would not hold the White Swan responsible, then left with the Heavenly Fire Squad; Anna arranged Simon’s funeral and later handed over the people who had supplied him with the needle.
• Anna promised additional material aid to the Strategic Affairs Department, and Luo Yan accepted it.
• Zhao Chu told Luo Yan that the White Swan had withdrawn from the Iron Gull Strategic Chain and ordered him to travel to Fog City to target the Ninth Organ.
• Zhao Chu said Zhurong and the Tianyong Squad would join Luo Yan in Fog City, while forces from Cherno Fortress, the White Elephant Group, and the Spartan Iron Blood Group would help defend their homeland.

Luo Yan and the Heavenly Fire Squad flew toward Fog City, where the rebuilt Ninth Organ faced threats from Western giant beasts. Bahamut appeared near their transport plane, and Luo Yan deployed Yao Yuan to intercept it.

• Luo Yan reviewed information about the Ninth Organ and learned that Bahamut had destroyed two of its Round Table Knights before disappearing.
• Bai? told Luo Yan about the five Nightmare Dragons and warned that Tiamat continually produced offspring.
• An alarm detected Bahamut near the transport plane, alarming Demi and the other passengers.
• Luo Yan deployed in Yao Yuan and flew toward the approaching Bahamut.

Luo Yan and Yao Yuan battled Bahamut in the dragon’s Hunting Ground, but their fire-based attacks and sword techniques struggled against its resistance and destructive power. Bahamut broke their assault and fled west at tremendous speed, leaving Luo Yan behind in the sky.

• Luo Yan drew Bahamut’s attention while the transport aircraft left the coming battlefield, and Bahamut spread its Hunting Ground over the sea of clouds.
• Bahamut attacked Yao Yuan with destructive black-gold dragonflame, which Luo Yan split with the mecha’s greatsword before striking the dragon’s neck without wounding it.
• Bahamut’s roar and diving charge pressured Yao Yuan, so Luo Yan summoned Fire Yang True Lord and its crimson-flamed Heavenly Dragon to attack the dragon.
• Fire Yang True Lord’s flames and flying swords failed to seriously injure Bahamut, while Luo Yan’s Skeleton General shattered its saber against Bahamut’s compressed dragonflame beam.
• Bahamut drove Yao Yuan and Fire Yang True Lord back with a Scorching Wind, then blasted west toward the land at immense speed.

The Strategic Affairs Department's forces gathered at an abandoned Edinburgh airport before advancing toward Fog City, where they planned to establish a temporary Command Center. Luo Yan reunited with his fully repaired Zhurong, while Beidou considered how to conceal the force's plans from the Ninth Organ.

• Beidou learned that the Heavenly Fire Squad had been delayed after Luo Yan intercepted Bahamut in Yao Yuan and drove the Nightmare Giant Beast away.
• The Heavenly Fire Squad arrived, and Luo Yan saw that Zhurong had been fully repaired and upgraded with additional firewall programs.
• He Hao warned Luo Yan that Zhurong still had no fundamental defense against the control system crashes caused by Xuannü.
• The squads left the airport and discussed where to establish a temporary Command Center on their route to Fog City.
• Luo Yan suggested using Edinburgh as the Command Center location, and Beidou proposed creating a decoy elsewhere to mislead the Ninth Organ.

Luo Yan investigated the Ninth Organ's diminished forces and questioned how a single Nightmare Dragon had supposedly destroyed them. Near Fog City, he witnessed the Rose Knight's squad attack Sir Gall before enemies appeared and the squad formed a defense.

• Luo Yan reviewed the Ninth Organ's mecha forces and wondered whether hidden circumstances had led to their defeat by the Nightmare Dragon.
• Luo Yan's convoy spotted a Ninth Organ squad led by the Rose Knight, which included three Cavalry Mechas and five Infantry Mechas.
• Sir Gall tried to leave the camp in his Cavalry Mecha, fought off his comrades, and was stopped when the Rose Knight cut off his mecha's arm and removed its Energy Core.
• Luo Yan ordered Yang Kui to engage the Rose Knight and Tianyi to handle the other mechas.
• The Rose Knight detected approaching enemies, ordered a defensive formation, and Yang Kui's Panrock landed beside Luo Yan.

Yang Kui and Zhang Tianyi defeated the Ninth Organ’s mecha squad and captured Baron Gall. In Edinburgh, Gall told Luo Yan that Freedom Wings had helped provoke the Ninth Organ’s destruction by fomenting internal conflict, which culminated in a civil war between its factions.

• Zhang Tianyi tore through the Ninth Organ’s mecha formation while Yang Kui charged at the Rose Knight.
• Yang Kui and Zhang Tianyi combined their attacks to defeat the Rose Knight, and Baron Gall fell from his mecha and was captured.
• Luo Yan told Beidou that Baron Gall claimed Freedom Wings had secretly stirred up conflict within the Ninth Organ and attempted to control it.
• Luo Yan explained that Richard’s purge of Freedom Wings’ supporters deepened the divide between the Military-Political and Aristocratic Factions.
• Luo Yan said the factions openly fought on the eve of the Ninth Organ’s destruction, setting off a civil war.

Luo Yan planned to win Count Glan’s cooperation and take control of the Ninth Organ with Baron Gall’s help. After entering Fog City in disguise, they were stopped by soldiers who demanded to inspect their carriage.

• Luo Yan explained to Beidou how the Freedom Wings and Bahamut had contributed to the Ninth Organ’s fall, then proposed persuading Count Glan to cooperate.
• Beidou approved Luo Yan’s plan to travel to Fog City, and Baron Gall agreed to arrange a meeting after Luo Yan used the captured Rose Knight pilot to pressure him.
• The next morning, Luo Yan disguised himself with Qiao Mai Xun’s head covering and traveled with Baron Gall toward Fog City.
• After entering the city, Luo Yan and Gall transferred from a mech transport vehicle to a horse-drawn carriage to avoid drawing attention.
• Several SUVs blocked their carriage, and uniformed soldiers ordered them to open it for inspection.

Luo Yan arrived in Fog City with Baron Gall and learned about the conflict between the Aristocratic and Military-Political Factions. After spending the day at Baron Gall’s home, he and the baron disguised themselves to evade surveillance on their way to meet Count Glan.

• Military police stopped Baron Gall’s carriage, but Mach struck an insolent soldier and let it pass.
• Baron Gall told Luo Yan that Mach belonged to the Military-Political Faction and was rumored to murder women and keep their corpses.
• Baron Gall brought Luo Yan to his home, where he said Count Glan had agreed to meet them that night.
• Luo Yan and Baron Gall noticed they were being watched and went to a hotel owned by Count Glan to shake off their pursuers.
• They changed into civilian clothes, left through the hotel’s back door with garbage bins, and blended into the crowd.

Luo Yan met Count Glan in a hidden basement beneath Dragon's Heart Bar and proposed that the Strategic Affairs Department help the Aristocratic Faction take control of the Ninth Organ. Count Glan remained wary but asked what Luo Yan wanted him to do in exchange for the assistance.

• Baron Gall led Luo Yan through Dragon's Heart Bar and its hidden passage to Count Glan's luxurious basement room.
• Count Glan questioned Luo Yan about why he wanted to meet, and Luo Yan proposed cooperation between the Aristocratic Faction and the Strategic Affairs Department.
• Count Glan rejected the proposal at first, arguing that the Aristocratic Faction could take control of the Ninth Organ on its own.
• Luo Yan warned that Freedom Wings would threaten the Ninth Organ after the war and argued that the Strategic Affairs Department supported allies rather than controlling them.
• Luo Yan offered assistance in taking control of the Ninth Organ in exchange for its withdrawal from the Iron Gull Strategic Chain and practical support for operations in Freedom Wings' territory.
• Count Glan considered the proposal, then asked what Luo Yan wanted him to do to help the Strategic Affairs Department.

Luo Yan obtained intelligence from Count Glan and tried to escape Fog City, but Mach and the Central Military Police pursued him. After fighting his way through an ambush at the docks, Luo Yan heard a strange whistle as he prepared to flee by boat.

• Luo Yan asked Count Glan for Ninth Organ deployments and intelligence on Louis Ed, and Count Glan handed over a prepared file while agreeing to help the Aristocratic Faction coordinate an attack on Fog City.
• Count Glan revealed that he had reported his own meeting to test whether Luo Yan could evade the Central Military Police, then Baron Gall and the count escaped through a hidden passage.
• Luo Yan slipped away through the streets, but Mach recognized him and chased him into a clothing store; Luo Yan escaped through a window and continued toward the docks.
• Smith directed Squads Six and Seven to drive Luo Yan toward the docks, while Elizabeth questioned whether Count Glan had betrayed the Ninth Organ.
• The Central Military Police surrounded Luo Yan at the docks, but he used the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Sword to knock them down and destroy the searchlights.
• Luo Yan looked toward the river boats to find a way out of Fog City, but a strange whistle sounded from the dock entrance.

Luo Yan fought Mach, Elizabeth, and Smith after Mach tried to capture him, and he recognized the confrontation as a chance to seize several opponents for his next operation. As Mach’s controlled police corpses and Smith attacked, Luo Yan cut through the advancing dead.

• Mach recognized Luo Yan from Baron Gall’s carriage and lunged to capture him, but Elizabeth pulled Mach away from Luo Yan’s fiery sword.
• Luo Yan used Divine Treasure Vision to identify Elizabeth, then blocked Smith’s punch and learned the identities of all three attackers.
• Mach repaired his severed arm with maggots and agreed to work with Smith to capture Luo Yan, while Luo Yan decided to take some of them with him.
• Mach controlled seven or eight dead Central Military Police officers and sent them at Luo Yan as Smith charged and Elizabeth vanished to flank him.
• Elizabeth wondered whether Luo Yan could see her, while Luo Yan dashed into the approaching corpses and slashed at them with his sword.

Luo Yan fought through the military police at the dock, escaped Smith and Elizabeth, and fled along the River Thames by speedboat. After losing him, Smith reported the failure to Commander Louis Eide, who arrived at Count Glan’s residence and ordered the Central Military Police to knock on its gate.

• Luo Yan used Three Talents Killing Momentum to disable Elizabeth, then ignored Mach’s Corpse Qi and seized him by the throat.
• Luo Yan beheaded Mach with his sword and blasted Smith more than a hundred meters away with a strike of vermilion radiance.
• Luo Yan escaped downriver on a police speedboat as Smith and Elizabeth pursued him by car and two helicopters followed overhead.
• Luo Yan used two streaks of sword light to bring down both helicopters, then disappeared beneath a bridge and left Smith unable to find him.
• Smith called Commander Louis Eide to report that Luo Yan had escaped.
• Louis Eide arrived at Count Glan’s residence and sent the Central Military Police to pound on its gate.

Commander Louis led the Central Military Police to Count Glan’s residence to question him about meeting a spy, but Glan denied wrongdoing and forced them to leave. Louis then ordered surveillance on Glan and his family and planned to arrest Baron Gall, whom he suspected of helping the Strategic Affairs Department.

• Louis and the Central Military Police forced their way into Count Glan’s residence, where Glan confronted Louis from the second-floor landing.
• Louis questioned Glan about meeting a spy and Baron Gall’s missing guest, but Glan denied knowing anything and ordered Mr. Wells to escort them out.
• After leaving, Louis ordered his men to monitor Glan’s residence and family and arrest Gall as soon as he returned home.
• Louis told his chief secretary that he suspected Gall had joined the Strategic Affairs Department and that the department had made a secret agreement with Glan.
• Louis ordered the chief secretary to notify Smith to bring the spy back to him at any cost.

Count Glan pressured Baron Gall to abandon his family and remain involved in the plot to take control of the Ninth Organ. In the ruined district, Luo Yan destroyed Glan’s files and escaped the Central Military Police by disguising himself as an officer, while Smith and Elizabeth continued the pursuit.

• Count Glan told Gall that Louis suspected his guest and warned that Gall’s family would be arrested if he returned home.
• Glan convinced Gall that he could only avenge his family, then promised to make him a viscount once they took control of the Ninth Organ.
• Luo Yan reviewed Glan’s files on King Arthur, the outposts, and Freedom Wings’ four Royal Knight pilots, then burned the files.
• Central Military Police officers tracked Luo Yan to the ruined store, but he killed them and escaped in a stolen uniform and vehicle.
• Smith and Elizabeth found the officers’ bodies, realized Luo Yan had disguised himself as one of them, and ordered the vehicle tracked without attacking.

Smith and Elizabeth failed to catch Luo Yan, while Louis discovered the Strategic Affairs Department’s Command Center and moved against the Aristocratic Faction. Luo Yan and Beidou prepared strikes on two forward bases as Count Glan’s family escaped Fog City, leaving Gall behind.

• Smith found the spy’s burned-out vehicle and reported the failed pursuit to Louis.
• Louis ordered Gall’s family arrested and learned that the Ninth Organ had located the Strategic Affairs Department’s Command Center.
• Luo Yan gave Beidou Count Glan’s intelligence, and they chose London Tower and Crow Base as targets.
• Beidou learned that a Ninth Organ mecha unit led by Count Glan had left Fog City, while Louis placed Aristocratic Faction families under house arrest.
• Gall stayed at Count Glan’s residence as the countess and her children escaped through underground passageways with the butler and guards.

Luo Yan led his squad to attack the underground London Tower Base, ordering Deputy Captain Bai to use Black Nether Heaven while the others dealt with the base’s defenders. After the squad was discovered, Li Yuqing’s modified Bronze Wall Iron Wall launched a barrage of burning cubes toward the enemy positions and the town.

• Luo Yan briefed the squad on the underground base and assigned Deputy Captain Bai to make its personnel disappear while the others protected him.
• The London Tower Base spotted the squad and launched its mecha from underground pods.
• Luo Yan ordered Great Swordsman, Ink Dot, Five Elements, and Rock to attack while he and Deputy Captain Bai guarded the rear.
• Murong Xuan empowered Guandi Wusheng with two Divine Talismans, and the Martial Sage destroyed two Cavalry Mecha with his Yanyue Saber.
• Li Yuqing’s Bronze Wall Iron Wall blocked the base’s attacks, then transformed into hundreds of burning cubes that flew toward the enemy mecha and riverside town.

He Hao used Raging Thunder to destroy Crow Base’s command center and force the surviving personnel to surrender. In Fog City, Louis learned that London Tower Base had fallen too and suspected that Glan had exposed its location to the Strategic Affairs Department.

• Two sentries at Crow Base discussed the unrest in Fog City before He Hao’s plasma beam struck and destroyed the Command Hall.
• He Hao attacked the remaining mecha with Raging Thunder’s lightning, disabling them and forcing Crow Base’s personnel to surrender.
• Louis’s secretary reported that London Tower Base had fallen to the Heavenly Fire Squad and that Crow Base had stopped responding.
• Louis realized the spy Gal had brought back worked for the Strategic Affairs Department and accused Glan of revealing London Tower Base’s location.

Louis confronted Count Glan over the loss of two outposts and demanded his surrender, but Glan accused Louis of betraying the Ninth Organ to Freedom Wings and vowed to purge him. After Louis ordered Glan’s family arrested, they were found gone, and Baron Gall’s public accusations against Louis spread panic through Fog City.

• Louis accused Count Glan of selling intelligence to the Strategic Affairs Department, while Glan blamed Louis for making a deal with Freedom Wings and urged him to surrender.
• Louis threatened Glan’s family and his subordinates’ families, but Glan rejected the threat and arranged to meet Louis in Fog City the next morning.
• Louis ordered Smith to arrest Glan’s family, and Smith sent Central Military Police to storm the duke’s residence while Elizabeth questioned their actions.
• The police found Glan’s family gone, though they captured Baron Gall; Smith ordered a search for a secret passage and told Elizabeth to go home.
• Baron Gall declared that Louis had sold out the Ninth Organ to Freedom Wings, and his statement spread through Fog City, causing panic.

Count Glan joined forces with Luo Yan and Beidou to take on Louis and regain control of the Ninth Organ. He proposed forcing Louis into a traditional duel, confident he could win by exploiting King Arthur’s weaknesses.

• Count Glan captured Bennett, the Freedom Wings mole piloting the Golden Plum Knight, and shot him dead in front of Luo Yan and Beidou.
• Glan proposed dueling Louis to avoid heavy casualties and asked the Strategic Affairs Department representatives to support his plan.
• Glan revealed that he knew King Arthur’s weaknesses and believed Louis would have little chance of beating him; Luo Yan and Beidou agreed to trust him.
• After Glan and the others discussed how to force Louis into the duel, Luo Yan and Beidou departed.
• Beidou praised Glan’s efforts to protect the Ninth Organ, and Luo Yan suggested Glan acted because it was his homeland.