Chapter Summaries

Luo Yan pursued Number One of the Black Wing Tribe through the shopping mall and fought her with Blazing Flame and his Dragon Scales. Fire Yang True Lord joined the battle and cut Number One in half, but she remained alive.

• Number One fled down to the first floor, and Luo Yan chased after her, cutting apart her tentacles with Blazing Flame.
• Number One bit Luo Yan's waist, but his Dragon Scales protected him, allowing him to seize her tentacle and impale her with Blazing Flame.
• Number One endured the flames, struck Luo Yan with black lightning, and escaped from the sword before running toward the exit.
• Fire Yang True Lord appeared and severed one of Number One's arms, then cut her body in half as she tried to flee.
• Number One survived the wound and began cursing as black feathers emerged from her back.

Luo Yan pursued Number One as she escaped the mall and formed a Giant Body, but the body collapsed before Michael burned her remains with golden holy flames. Michael then confronted the humans over his plan to sacrifice much of humanity, and Zhurong arrived to oppose him.

• Number One used her howl to confuse Luo Yan, escaped the mall, and built a Giant Body outside.
• Number One's Giant Body collapsed as her power drained away, leaving her weakened and covered in slime.
• Michael pinned Number One with a golden blade and burned her until her life-gray light vanished.
• Luo Yan left to summon Zhurong while Yang Kui and Puller kept Michael from advancing on the mall.
• Michael argued that humanity should accept his plan, but Puller declared that humans would defend their world themselves.
• Zhurong arrived and confronted Michael.

Luo Yan and the others fought Michael, whose Judgment authority branded them heretics and whose Dominion authority let him wield another angel’s power. Zhu Rong broke Michael’s divine sword, but Kule’s time power reversed Black Nether Heaven’s attack, leaving Michael in control of the battle.

• Michael confronted Luo Yan and declared the group enemies of the Lord after their exchange convinced him they were heretics.
• Michael used Judgment to empower his attack against Zhu Rong, while Luo Yan warned the others that the City of Justice could not neutralize divine authorities.
• Zhu Rong met Michael’s descending golden sword with Samadhi True Fire and shattered it, triggering explosions that devastated the Steel Capital.
• Black Nether Heaven swallowed Michael, but Kule appeared behind him and reversed time, restoring the Golden Giant.
• Luo Yan identified Michael’s Dominion authority as the power that let him command other angels and use part of their abilities.

Luo Yan and the Heavenly Fire Squad fought Michael while the Justice Apostle used Zeus Armor to summon the Thunder Heavenly Army. Michael escaped Zhurong’s attack through Sariel’s Moon Gate, leaving Luo Yan unable to track him.

• Luo Yan explained that the City of Justice weakened Michael enough for the Heavenly Fire Squad to join the fight.
• Hephaestus’s projection forged Zeus Armor onto the Justice Apostle, which summoned the Thunder Heavenly Army to charge Michael.
• Michael destroyed much of the projected army with his Golden Flame Sword and called down a Golden Cross against the Justice Apostle.
• Luo Yan used Zhurong’s Samadhi True Fire to stop the Golden Cross from reaching the Justice Apostle.
• Michael summoned Death Angel Sariel, opened a Moon Gate, and escaped before Zhurong’s fire dragon could reach him.

Michael left the wasteland after resolving to seek the Lord’s Holy Relics at Guixu and to find the Holy Grail. Back at Saint Bourne Fortress, Luo Yan and the others discussed how to counter Michael before opening the way to peace talks with Freedom Wings.

• Michael left the area around Freedom Wings and decided to search for the Lord’s Holy Relics, identifying Guixu as the likeliest place to find them.
• Michael recalled that the Holy Grail had passed from the first human and Maria to their child, and reasoned that the Holy Crusaders might hold clues to it.
• At the ruined shopping mall, Puller gave chocolate to two children and found some relief after helping save the survivors.
• Luo Yan and Puller returned to Saint Bourne Fortress, where Luo Yan reported Michael’s escape and the danger posed by Longinus.
• Wood and the others agreed to search for Michael while researching a way to counter the angels’ containment of the God-slaying Spear.
• Zhao Chu asked whether Freedom Wings wanted peace, and Wood confirmed that they did, giving the sides a basis for peace talks.

The war between the Giant Beast Strategy Department and Freedom Wings ended with agreements and Freedom Wings exposing Morton's role in starting the conflict. As Luo Yan and the others returned home, Cang Lei investigated the Li You Gate’s flaws and planned another attempt to reach the Mortal World.

• The Giant Beast Strategy Department and Freedom Wings announced the war’s end, agreed to convene a global mecha summit, and arranged the return of the Justice Apostle and repairs to Xuannü’s control system.
• Freedom Wings revealed documents and recordings showing that Morton had arranged the Dongfeng Island assassination, and promised compensation to mecha groups harmed by the war.
• Luo Yan and the Heavenly Fire Squad, Kui Dou Squad, and their allies boarded a transport plane and left for home.
• In Jambudvipa World, Cang Lei explained that members of the Black Wing Tribe had died after entering the Mortal World through the Li You Gate and returning to their original forms.
• Cang Lei gave Hong Zhuang the Li You Gate and ordered her to send members of their own kind through it, while he considered finding Xiang Liu’s avatar.
• Xing Ba and You Li volunteered to travel to the Mortal World, but Cang Lei said the final choice would be decided by drawing lots.

Luo Yan returned to White Wolf Street and saw that his policies had helped the neighborhood thrive, but he also discovered that homeless orphans lacked support. He established the Sunshine Welfare Institute and later told Commander Bai Shaotang he needed to leave for a while.

• Luo Yan and Xiao Bai visited White Wolf Street, where vendors filled the streets after Luo Yan had lowered barriers to doing business.
• At Sunshine Convenience Store, Zhou Lijuan and Xu Xiuying distributed food and clothing to homeless children, prompting Luo Yan to realize the neighborhood's orphans had been overlooked.
• Luo Yan decided to establish a welfare institute and promised Zhou Lijuan he would find the children a home before the New Year.
• Luo Yan used his own money to establish the Sunshine Welfare Institute, which provided orphans with housing, food, education, and medical care until adulthood.
• After merchants offered donations in exchange for promotion, news of the institute reached Bai Shaotang, and Luo Yan told him he needed to go out for a while.

Luo Yan traveled south to Flower City after Yu Qiushui sent word that she had found an important clue about Du Yue. On arriving, he killed a Chi Beast and realized that a Heavenly Ghost might be hiding in the city.

• Bai Shaotang approved Luo Yan's leave and told him the Heavenly Fire Squad would return to Dongfeng Island for the second Global Mecha Summit after the New Year.
• Luo Yan met Feiyu in Langya City, got a new identity, and traveled by merchant ship to the south before driving toward Flower City.
• While driving, Luo Yan wondered why Yu Qiushui had contacted him through Red Luan instead of messaging him directly.
• In the ruins of Flower City, a snake-like Chi Beast ambushed Luo Yan, but he killed it by striking its heart at the seventh vertebra.
• Luo Yan learned that the Chi Beast had been created by the Hate Curse Technique and suspected a Heavenly Ghost was hiding in Flower City.

Luo Yan followed Ren Liang and the Suo Po Association into an underground base in Flower City after discovering they were working with Ghost Beasts and claiming Yu Qiushui had sent for him. He remained wary of the supposed meeting with Yu and waited in a heavily fortified room.

• Luo Yan recognized a snake person as a Ghost Beast created by the Sky Ghost Youze and suspected Youze had lured him to Flower City.
• Ren Liang and the Suo Po Association’s team arrived with Ghost Beasts, claimed Yu Qiushui had asked them to collect Luo Yan, and called themselves members of the Black Buddha cult.
• Luo Yan spoke with someone claiming to be Yu Qiushui over the phone and tested her identity with a question about their last meeting in Giant Deer City.
• Ren Liang led Luo Yan through Flower City to an abandoned school that served as a guarded base, where the Ghost Beasts followed their handlers’ bone whistle.
• Ren Liang brought Luo Yan underground and left him in a room that Luo Yan discovered was built like a miniature fortress.

Rong Chuan revealed that the Suo Po Association had lured Luo Yan into a trap because the Divine Oracle had declared him and Yu Qiushui two of the Ten Evils. Luo Yan destroyed the room’s surveillance and unleashed a fiery attack through the alloy door, leaving Rong Chuan’s forces screaming in the smoke.

• Rong Chuan told Ren Liang to have Old Third Qiao kill Yu Qiushui and said he would deal with Luo Yan himself.
• Rong Chuan identified Luo Yan and Yu Qiushui as Black Witch branch chiefs and explained that the Suo Po Association considered them Ten Evils for investigating Du Yue.
• Rong Chuan revealed that poison gas had been released into Luo Yan’s room, but Luo Yan was unaffected and cut apart the screen and hidden cameras with Ming Ye.
• Rong Chuan ordered two teams to prepare to enter the room and warned Lin Yong to stand by.
• Luo Yan’s flames melted through the alloy door and blasted red-hot fragments into the corridor, filling the screens with fire and smoke as soldiers screamed.

Luo Yan fought his way through the Suo Po Association’s soldiers and killed four Profound Comprehension experts as he pursued Rong Chuan. He reached Rong Chuan on the third floor, where the two prepared to fight.

• Rong Chuan learned that Luo Yan had escaped the sealed room and ordered Lin Yong to stop him.
• Luo Yan cut through the soldiers and vehicles outside the building, then charged into the teaching building.
• Lin Yong and three other Profound Comprehension experts surrounded Luo Yan, but he killed Lin Yong with Ten Steps, One Kill and defeated the other three.
• Luo Yan reached the third floor, where Rong Chuan sent the terrified soldiers away and confronted him.
• Rong Chuan promised to kill Luo Yan using the most brutal method.

Luo Yan fought Rong Chuan in the school building and discovered that the Divine Descendant carried a Heavenly Ghost bloodline. After revealing his own powerful Dragon Transformation Stance, Luo Yan blasted away Rong Chuan’s lower body and left him alive for interrogation.

• Luo Yan attacked Rong Chuan to incapacitate him and learn whether a Heavenly Ghost was hidden in the Suo Po Association.
• Rong Chuan transformed through his Heavenly Ghost bloodline, regenerated his severed arm, and attacked Luo Yan with a venomous snake formed from his arm.
• Luo Yan revealed his Dragon Transformation Stance, resisted Rong Chuan’s venom, and destroyed the attacking snake.
• Luo Yan knocked Rong Chuan down and fired his Iron Fire Cannon, blasting away everything below Rong Chuan’s waist.
• Rong Chuan began regenerating from his severe injuries, giving Luo Yan time to interrogate him.

Luo Yan defeated Rong Chuan and questioned him about the Suo Po Association, its president, and the Heavenly God. Rong Chuan's curse activated before he could reveal the god's name, and Luo Yan heard a vehicle approaching the school gates.

• Rong Chuan unleashed swarms of venomous snakes, but Luo Yan broke free and pursued him through the floors of the building.
• Luo Yan used Qin Worm's Heartbreak Melody to incapacitate Rong Chuan, then demanded to know who led the association.
• Rong Chuan identified the president as Zheng Ronghao and described his past, the Kan Ren Association, and the Heavenly God's blessings.
• When Rong Chuan began to name the Heavenly God, the curse called Snake Body Burial transformed him into a giant python, which Luo Yan cut down.
• Luo Yan recognized the curse's mechanism and heard a vehicle approaching from the school gates.

Luo Yan rescued Yu Qiushui from the Suo Po Association, and she told him what she had learned while searching for her missing teacher, Du Yue. They agreed to work together against the Underworld and the Suo Po Association to uncover the truth about Du Yue.

• Yu Qiushui arrived at the school after fighting off the Suo Po Association, and Luo Yan left with her after they dealt with the attackers.
• Yu Qiushui explained that she had found secret messages from Du Yue suggesting that her teacher had deliberately left Black Witch rather than suffering from mental illness.
• Yu Qiushui said the Suo Po Association had been watching and attacking her while she searched for Du Yue, and Luo Yan told her about his conversation with Rong Chuan and his suspicions.
• Yu Qiushui wanted to confront the Suo Po Association, but Luo Yan stopped her and warned her that she would be killed if she went alone.
• Luo Yan proposed returning to Qingyang City, securing official authorization for the Gou Mang Department to enter the south, and joining forces with Yu Qiushui's Xuanming Department and Zhu Jiuyin to cripple the Underworld.
• Yu Qiushui accepted Luo Yan's plan and said Li Chenyu might join them as well.

After learning about a hidden Heavenly Ghost within the Suo Po Association, Luo Yan returned to Jinge City and arranged an investigation. He reunited with Bai Qixue for a sparring match that drew a crowd of Dragon Riders, while Bai Qixue demonstrated her new bone wings.

• Yu Qiushui regained her spirits, teased Luo Yan, and shared a room with him for the night, but Luo Yan chose to sleep on the floor.
• Luo Yan left Flower City without encountering the Suo Po Association and returned to Jinge City several days later.
• Luo Yan told Bai Shaotang he suspected a Heavenly Ghost was hiding within the Suo Po Association, and they agreed to investigate it while the Tianjian Squad guarded Dongfeng Island.
• Luo Yan met Bai Qixue at the Dragon Rider dormitory, and she invited him to spar with her.
• Dragon Riders gathered at an abandoned town to watch Luo Yan and Bai Qixue clash with powerful Qi Flows, while Bai Qixue flew to a rooftop on wings formed from white bone hands.

Luo Yan and Bai Qixue fought a destructive duel, after which Bai Qixue recognized that Luo Yan had found his own path and warned him not to become like Ye Wusheng. Luo Yan told Xiao Xiao he would miss Spring Festival because of an important mission, then prepared with Zhuo Hu for a journey south; Feiyu reported that Zhou Yucheng was online.

• Xiao Xiao shielded herself from the shock waves as Luo Yan and Bai Qixue battled through the plaza, a library, and the surrounding streets.
• Bai Qixue praised Luo Yan for finding his own path, acknowledged his different method of killing Ye Wusheng, and warned she would kill him if he became like Ye Wusheng.
• Luo Yan told Xiao Xiao he had another important mission and would not return for Spring Festival, and she promised to visit his aunt.
• Luo Yan met Zhuo Hu in Langya City and ordered preparations for a long trip south, telling him to watch Azure Dragon Shipping and its people in Feiyun Port.
• Feiyu told Luo Yan that they had contacted Zhou Yucheng and that he was online.

Luo Yan secured command of the southern campaign and planned a two-pronged assault to capture Tiger City Port and break Yellow Springs’ defenses. He reviewed intelligence on the King Chu Jiang Branch, then prepared potions to help Yang Tao advance to Mystic Mastery before meeting her.

• Luo Yan asked Zhou Yucheng for command of the southern region and outlined a plan to draw Yellow Springs’ attention by land while seizing Tiger City Port by water.
• Zhou Yucheng agreed to arrange the transfer of command and sent Luo Yan intelligence about Yellow Springs’ ranks and branches, including the King Chu Jiang Branch near Flower City.
• Luo Yan considered capturing the port a way to force the King Chu Jiang Branch Chief to appear and learn more about Performing God Masks.
• Mister Fei Yu told Luo Yan that Yang Tao had arrived and brought him the potions he had arranged to help her reach Mystic Mastery.
• Yang Tao waited in a Kunlun Group room, reflected on how her teacher had changed her life, and heard Luo Yan arrive.

Luo Yan gave Yang Tao the Water Moon Secret Scroll and helped her break through to Mystic Mastery, then assigned her tasks in Guangling. He later convened three ministers to plan the southern campaign, but Monk Zhixin objected to Luo Yan's proposed division of its profits.

• Luo Yan gave Yang Tao the Water Moon Secret Scroll, helped her cultivate for a day, and guided her breakthrough into the Mystic Mastery realm.
• Yang Tao asked whether she could help Luo Yan's southern campaign, and he instead asked her to visit Xiaodao in Guangling and bring Ye Xiang and the other children there from Blizzard Base.
• Luo Yan told Yang Tao to arrange for the children to stay at his Guangling house and find work through the Red Chamber, then invited her to share a meal.
• The next day, Luo Yan met with Ministers Zhixin, Yu Qiushui, and Li Chenyu to discuss uniting four branches for a southern campaign against Huangquan and proposed a 4:2:2:2 profit split.
• Yu Qiushui and Li Chenyu accepted the two-share allocation for their branches, while Monk Zhixin challenged Luo Yan's four-share proposal on behalf of Zhu Jiuyin.

Luo Yan negotiated Zhu Jiuyin’s role in a campaign against Huangquan, then taught Yang Tao a powerful secret technique and gave her two Ultimate Skills. He left her with a completed set of techniques to strengthen her for battle.

• Luo Yan promised Zhixin that Gou Mang Department would take none of Zhu Jiuyin’s southern gains from before that day, and Zhixin accepted the campaign plan.
• Luo Yan assigned Yu Qiushui and Li Chenyu to draw Huangquan’s attention by land while Zhu Jiuyin waited to attack Flower City after Gou Mang seized Tiger City Port.
• Li Chenyu flirted with Luo Yan, prompting Yu Qiushui to snap her pencil and invite Li Chenyu to a private chat before they both logged off.
• Luo Yan showed Yang Tao the Great Sage’s Mask and taught her how to use it, warning her to keep its use within thirty seconds for now.
• Yang Tao learned to manifest the Great Sage’s Mask, and Luo Yan gave her a data card containing Ten Steps, One Kill and Three Talents Killing Momentum before leaving.

Luo Yan prepared Zhuohu and his subordinates for a voyage to seize Tiger City Port, giving them gene-modifying drugs and outlining their mission. As the ship departed, Yao Ling tried to approach Luo Yan, while You Da warned her that he viewed them as disposable cannon fodder.

• Zhuohu explained that he had adopted Tong Xin after finding her sick and abandoned in Feiyun Port, and Luo Yan told him the decision was his to make.
• Luo Yan gave Zhuohu Night Roaming God gene drugs that could let ordinary people fight at Advanced level, and Zhuohu planned to select loyal subordinates with limited cultivation prospects to receive them.
• Luo Yan gathered Zhuohu, Water Tiger Camp, and Azure Dragon Shipping’s elites and ordered them to take control of Tiger City Port after traveling south by water.
• Zhuohu blocked Yao Ling when she offered to serve Luo Yan, and You Da later warned her that Luo Yan did not consider them his own people and would use them as cannon fodder.