Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chengxuan realized Han Xu’s return and the Black Witch’s advance meant King Chu Jiang Branch might turn against him, so he fled Guan City. Han Xu convinced the branch’s remaining elites that he had been framed, then brought most of them under Luo Yan’s control, leaving the branch dissolved but Guan City Base intact.

• Jiang Chengxuan suspected Shi Wu and Wu Zheng had defected and fled when he learned the Black Witch’s army was approaching.
• Luo Yan learned that King Zhuan Lun Branch had withdrawn from Guan City, then went to Guan City Base with Yu Qiushui’s approval.
• Han Xu arrived at the conference hall and showed the elites a complete recording that portrayed him as loyal to the Yellow Springs and exposed Jiang Chengxuan’s edited footage.
• Han Xu blamed Jiang Chengxuan and Huang Yuanlong for framing him, announced he had no choice but to join Mister Red Ghost, and invited the elites to stay with him.
• Shi Wu, Wu Zheng, and most of the elites pledged to stay, while Han Xu let the few who wished to leave depart with supplies.
• Luo Yan promised that Han Xu would continue managing Guan City Base under him and that he would not assign his own people there.

Luo Yan announced that Yellow Springs had lost its place in Guangfu and made Han Xu his subordinate and representative in Yang City. He secured support for a mech-processing plant and agreed to attend the second Moon Landing Project, while Zhou Yucheng worried that the Gou Mang Department’s growth might spiral out of control.

• Luo Yan declared the King Chu Jiang Branch a thing of the past and introduced Han Xu as his subordinate and representative in Yang City.
• Zheng Liangcai offered to legalize and protect Luo Yan’s planned mech-processing plant at Flower City Base, while Lin Yucheng offered funding, workers, logistics, and access to mech-parts suppliers.
• Luo Yan assigned Han Xu to handle the plant’s details, leaving construction to await Zheng Liangcai’s approval document.
• Zhou Yucheng told Luo Yan that Han Xu’s identity would be updated and offered him the vacant chief position of the Qiang Liang Department.
• Luo Yan agreed to attend the second Moon Landing Project in Giant Deer City after the New Year.
• After Luo Yan went offline, Zhou Yucheng told Wan Qing he feared that the Gou Mang Department’s strength would swell as it absorbed the King Chu Jiang Branch.

Zhou Yucheng and Wan Qing discussed how to manage Red Ghost, deciding to wait until he occupied the south before trying to strip him of authority, possibly by making him a Shao Si Ming. Back in Jinge City, Luo Yan reunited with Bai? on New Year’s Eve and set out with her to visit his aunt.

• Wan Qing asked whether they should kill Red Ghost, but Zhou Yucheng explained that his strength and political influence made that too dangerous.
• Zhou Yucheng said he would wait for Red Ghost to occupy the south, then try to divide his forces and give him a powerful title without real authority.
• Wan Qing learned that Da Si Ming’s envoy would visit Giant Deer City after the New Year to attend the lunar landing project and meet Red Ghost about establishing a fourth Shao Si Ming.
• Luo Yan reported to Bai Shaotang that the Suo Po Association had left Five Rams Underground City and that the Black Witch controlled the Guangfu area; Bai Shaotang planned to transfer the Heavenly Fire Squad south next year.
• Luo Yan returned to Dragon Rider Base on New Year’s Eve, reunited with Bai?, and left with her to visit his aunt.
• Bai? told Luo Yan that Dongfeng Island was preparing for the second Global Summit and that the Tianjian Squad had been transferred there.

Luo Yan and Bai? discussed the upcoming fight against Yanfu and visited Zhou Lijuan at Sunshine Welfare Institute, where they helped prepare a New Year's Eve dinner for the children. In Guangling Underground City, Yang Tao gave Little Blade and the others Luo Yan’s former home and arranged support and work for them.

• Luo Yan and Bai? discussed the summit, Ruins exploration, and plans to clear the Desperate Battlefield, while Bai? warned that a Throne might deploy Heavenly Ghosts or other powerful beings through a cursed artifact.
• Luo Yan and Bai? arrived at Sunshine Welfare Institute and waited while Zhou Lijuan played with the children.
• Zhou Lijuan told Luo Yan that caring for the children helped make up for the time she regretted not spending with him when he was young.
• Bai? and Luo Yan joined Zhou Lijuan in planning a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner for the children.
• Yang Tao gave Little Blade the key to Luo Yan’s former teacher’s home, promised identification documents and work points, and arranged a job for Du Wei while telling Little Blade to focus on studying.

Yang Tao left the children from Blizzard Base after encouraging them to study and work hard, then headed out as fireworks lit the old city. At a gathering in Temple Street Plaza, Liu Peng challenged Red Gate’s share of the profits and mocked its absent leader, until a cloaked newcomer stepped forward and was addressed as the Young Miss.

• Yang Tao encouraged Xiao Dao, Du Wei, and Ye Xiang before leaving the apartment with Dragon Sparrow.
• Yang Tao saw fireworks above the old city as she walked toward Temple Street Plaza.
• Liu Peng argued that Red Gate took too much of the profits, while Yu Fang, Zhang Xing, and Ding Ding'ao reacted to his challenge.
• Uncle Ya warned Liu Peng and the other newcomers not to underestimate Mister Red Ghost.
• Li Hu confronted Liu Peng over the deaths of Red Gate members, but Liu Peng mocked him and demanded that Red Gate's boss appear.
• The cloaked figure stepped forward and Li Hu apologized to the Young Miss for allowing her teacher to be insulted.

Yang Tao asserted Red Gate’s authority by killing Liu Peng and winning the other leaders’ support. Several days later, Luo Yan pushed the Tai Xiao Gate open farther during cultivation, but the effort left him severely injured.

• Yang Tao attended Red Gate’s banquet to establish her authority and confronted Liu Peng after he insulted her.
• Yang Tao used Great Sage’s Mask and Dragon Sparrow to behead Liu Peng, then secured Yu Fang and Zhang Xing’s support for Red Gate.
• On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Luo Yan resumed cultivating Nine Kowtows to the Heavenly Gate and pushed the Tai Xiao Gate past halfway open.
• Luo Yan focused his mind and forced the Heavenly Gate farther open as its invisible power grew stronger.
• Luo Yan’s bones and organs were damaged during cultivation, leaving him severely injured and covered in blood.

Luo Yan combined his strength with Fire Yang True Lord and the black-scaled lizardman to open the Tai Xiao Gate, transforming his body into the Invulnerable to Blades and Spears realm. After lunch, Bai? told him Freedom Wings had found a clue to the Holy Grail.

• Luo Yan, Fire Yang True Lord, and the black-scaled lizardman joined their strength and pushed open the Tai Xiao Gate.
• The force released by the gate healed Luo Yan and transformed his body, allowing him to drag his palm across Liao Yuan's blade without injury.
• Luo Yan considered the secret technique's unknown origins, then washed and changed after dismissing the Luo Curtain.
• Bai? invited Luo Yan to lunch, then told him the Golden Apple had nearly doubled the number of transcendent beings among several factions.
• Bai? told Luo Yan that Freedom Wings had discovered another clue about a relic of the gods: the Holy Grail.

Bai? told Luo Yan that Freedom Wings and the Holy Crusaders were searching for the Holy Grail, which might help Michael resurrect the Almighty Lord, and planned to send it to the Strategic Affairs Department. At the Transcendent Research Laboratory, Luo Yan and Bai? learned that Loki had become the world's first Five-Tier Transcendent, and Luo Yan discovered her divine blessing enhanced her illusions with deception.

• Bai? explained that the Holy Grail held a drop of the Almighty Lord's blood and that Freedom Wings was working with the Holy Crusaders to locate it for the Strategic Affairs Department.
• Luo Yan and Bai? heard that someone had completed a fifth Enlightenment and went to the Transcendent Research Laboratory.
• A researcher told Luo Yan and Bai? that Loki had used the Golden Apple to become the first Five-Tier Transcendent.
• Luo Yan used Divine Treasure to learn that Loki's divine blessing gave her illusion abilities a harder-to-detect deception effect.
• The laboratory supervisor asked Loki to demonstrate her new state, and Luo Yan and Bai? left as the researchers began their work.

After leaving Jinge City for Giant Deer City, Luo Yan stopped at a lively town and realized it was a black market. He entered the Black Cat Tavern to seek information.

• Luo Yan learned Zhou Yucheng planned to limit his power, then told Wan Qing to watch for Da Si Ming's envoy and sent Yang Tao to report to Yang Hao.
• Luo Yan traveled alone through the increasingly active wasteland and found a bustling town where he planned to spend the night.
• At the parking lot, Luo Yan knocked out several men, made Flying Squirrel promise to guard his car, and asked where to gather information.
• Luo Yan recognized the town's crowds as signs of a black market and headed for the Black Cat Tavern.
• Luo Yan frightened the tavern's two bouncers with a trace of his aura and entered the Black Cat Tavern.

Luo Yan visited the Black Cat Tavern to ask about local businesses, then killed Boss Qiu and his men after they tried to rob him. As Luo Yan left, mecha merchant Gu Hanxue warned him that Xie Hong would retaliate and offered to help.

• Luo Yan asked the old bartender about local trade and learned that Xie Hong smuggled Giant Beast goods while Gu Hanxue dealt in mecha parts.
• A woman and Boss Qiu tried to rob Luo Yan, but the bartender refused to intervene.
• Luo Yan smashed a glass into Boss Qiu's face, killed his armed men with sword light, and then killed Boss Qiu.
• Gu Hanxue followed Luo Yan outside, warned him that Xie Hong had influence and would cause trouble, and offered him help.

Luo Yan joined Gu Xuehan’s convoy as an escort after learning it was transporting a damaged Divine Guard-class mecha. When bandits attacked the camp, Luo Yan killed their powerful swordsman, leaving the convoy’s fate in the aftermath of the battle.

• Outside Black Cat Tavern, Luo Yan followed Gu Xuehan to his building after Xie Hong’s men began searching for him.
• Gu Xuehan hired Luo Yan to escort Thunder Heavy Industry’s convoy to Tianshui Base, revealing that it carried a damaged Divine Guard-class mecha.
• The next day, Luo Yan joined Gu Xuehan and the convoy on the road to Tianshui Base.
• At dusk, a hostile convoy attacked Thunder Heavy Industry’s camp, and its escorts formed a defensive line around the mecha transport vehicle.
• A fast swordsman broke through the defenses and sent the escort leader flying with one strike.
• Luo Yan met the swordsman atop the transport vehicle and killed him with a saber strike that split his Light Sphere and body.

Luo Yan returned to Giant Deer City for the Strategic Affairs Department’s second lunar landing mission. The rocket successfully reached space and prepared to send its spacecraft toward the moon.

• Gu Xuehan offered Luo Yan payment for escorting Thunder Heavy Industry, but Luo Yan declined and exchanged contact information with him.
• Luo Yan arrived at Tongtian Pavilion and joined several Branch Chiefs, where he quietly intimidated Ying Zhengye after Ying insulted Li Chenyu.
• Zhou Yucheng announced that the Branch Chiefs would watch the second lunar mission’s launch live from Giant Deer City.
• The rocket launched and completed its first- and second-stage boosts, sending the lunar spacecraft into space.
• Li Tinglan announced that the launch had succeeded and said the rocket would soon ignite again to put the spacecraft into the Earth-moon transfer orbit.

Zhou Yucheng explained the Moon Landing Project’s plans and the search for the Mei Ba to the branch chiefs, who remained largely indifferent. After the meeting, Liu Huiying, emissary of the Da Si Ming, asked Zhou to arrange a private conversation with Minister Red Ghost.

• Zhou Yucheng argued that the Mei Ba might be hidden inside the moon and outlined plans for an underground lunar base and later exploration.
• Zhou Yucheng said finding the Nether Fish could provide a faster way to reach the moon because it could evolve into a Peng capable of traveling through space.
• Zhou Yucheng thanked the branch chiefs for their support, but their applause was sparse and the meeting ended.
• Zhou Yucheng returned to his office and met Liu Huiying, emissary of the Da Si Ming.
• Liu Huiying asked Zhou Yucheng to arrange a meeting with Minister Red Ghost.

Luo Yan learned that a mysterious sea phenomenon could help the Kun grow and decided to join it in investigating. In Giant Deer City, Black Witch emissary Liu Huiying offered him the rank of fourth Shao Si Ming if he destroyed the Yellow Springs in the south.

• After cultivating the Yellow Court Canon, Luo Yan contacted the Kun and learned that another overlord's beasts had intercepted its forces investigating strange sea fluctuations tied to something that could aid its growth.
• Luo Yan told the Kun to wait for him and decided to leave Giant Deer City early so they could investigate together.
• At breakfast, Luo Yan received Wan Qing's message that the Emissary had arrived in Giant Deer City, then followed Zhou Yucheng to his office.
• Liu Huiying introduced herself as Da Si Ming's emissary and promised Luo Yan the position of fourth Shao Si Ming if he erased the Yellow Springs from the south while retaining his existing forces.
• Luo Yan accepted the offer and said he would give it his all, while discovering he could not read Liu Huiying's information or thoughts.

In a blood-red storm, Hong Zhuang hunted Ji Lan and Shatuo through a ruined city, overpowering Ji Lan with her poisoned cloud hand. Shatuo ate through the attack to reach Ji Lan, but began vomiting blood as Hong Zhuang offered to save them.

• A giant serpent struck Shatuo through the ruined city, and Ji Lan appeared to confront Hong Zhuang.
• Hong Zhuang used a red cloud hand laced with poison to pin Ji Lan to the ground.
• Shatuo ignored Ji Lan’s warning and devoured the poisoned cloud hand to reach him.
• Shatuo vomited blood as Hong Zhuang emerged from the serpent and offered to save the two remaining members of the Three Filth Assembly.

Hong Zhuang forced Ji Lan and Shatuo to agree to kill Qing Lian, then sent them toward the Mortal World through the Li You Gate. Meanwhile, Luo Yan traveled across the sea with a giant turtle and encountered Kun.

• Hong Zhuang poisoned Ji Lan and Shatuo, then offered to spare them if they swore to kill Qing Lian in the Mortal World.
• Ji Lan and Shatuo accepted the deal, and Hong Zhuang healed them with red pills.
• Three days later, Hong Zhuang opened the Li You Gate and sent Ji Lan into the Mortal World, with Shatuo following.
• Luo Yan left Giant Deer City to meet Kun and boarded a giant turtle that carried him out to sea.
• Luo Yan saw Kun emerge from the ocean ahead of him.

Luo Yan and Kun approached Dongfeng Island to seek the source of the fluctuations that could help an Overlord grow, while Luo Yan planned to slip onto the island alone. As Kun engaged two rival Overlords outside the island’s Alert Zone, Luo Yan rode a whale toward Dongfeng Island.

• Luo Yan recognized the island model as Dongfeng Island and realized the fluctuations might have attracted the Nightmare Giant Beast there the previous year.
• Luo Yan agreed with Kun to drive away the giant beasts searching the sea, and Kun’s fluctuation sent them fleeing.
• Luo Yan kept Kun outside Dongfeng Island’s Alert Zone while planning to infiltrate the island and search its northern mountain.
• Luo Yan spotted the Overlord-Level Pearl Scorpion and Six-headed Jiaolong approaching Kun from different directions.
• Kun sent Luo Yan inside a whale toward Dongfeng Island, then rose from the sea to provoke the two Overlords.
• The Pearl Scorpion attacked with tidal light and the Six-headed Jiaolong fired Netherfire, trapping Kun between their attacks.

Kun fought Pearl Scorpion and Six-headed Jiaolong, then manifested its beast soul and unleashed a massive wave against them. On Dongfeng Island, Bai Qixue and the base staff detected the battle outside their Alert Zone but could not identify the beasts with certainty.

• Kun used the Water Slaying Sword to counter Pearl Scorpion’s and Six-headed Jiaolong’s attacks, then drove Six-headed Jiaolong beneath the sea.
• Pearl Scorpion joined the underwater fight, but Kun threw off Six-headed Jiaolong and shredded Pearl Scorpion’s mist-made Sea Beast before rising above the water.
• Kun manifested a young-girl beast soul, which controlled sharp Water Tendrils against the two Overlords’ attacks.
• Kun’s beast soul made the sea surge into enormous waves that towered over Pearl Scorpion and Six-headed Jiaolong.
• At Dongfeng Island, Bai Qixue and base director Ji Ying watched drone footage revealing three giant beasts fighting beyond the Alert Zone.

Ji Ying and Bai Qixue responded to three Overlords fighting near Dongfeng Island, while Bai Qixue sensed something unusual on the island’s northern coast. Luo Yan secretly entered a mountain cave and found a radiant fruit growing on a vine.

• Ji Ying ordered a Level Three alert after a drone captured three giant beasts fighting, and Bai Qixue identified one as a Kun.
• Bai Qixue sent the Tianjian Squad toward the battlefield, then diverted Xuannü to investigate the northern coastline and mountains.
• Bai Qixue spotted what seemed to be a whale offshore and headed toward the island’s tallest northern mountain, drawn by a strange feeling from her Sword Heart.
• Luo Yan reached the mountain without circulating his energy and used his Divine Treasure to locate a hidden cave entrance.
• Luo Yan followed the damp cave passage into a stone chamber, where he discovered a fruit surrounded by signs of concentrated energy.

Luo Yan found a Nether Earth Fruit in a stone chamber on Dongfeng Island, but Bai Qixue arrived before he could leave. Disguised as a Heavenly Ghost, he fought his way out and used Wrathful Eye against Bai Qixue, but her Sword Heart severed its effect.

• Luo Yan found the Nether Earth Fruit and sensed Bai Qixue approaching the chamber.
• Luo Yan transformed into Dragon Transformation form, disguised himself with black scales, and hid the fruit inside his back.
• Bai Qixue entered the chamber and mistook Luo Yan for a Heavenly Ghost, then called Lu Li to attack him.
• Luo Yan fired Iron Fire Cannon, blasting through the chamber wall and creating a path through the mountain to the beach.
• Bai Qixue pursued Luo Yan and struck at him with sword light, but he dodged and used Wrathful Eye against her.
• Bai Qixue's Sword Heart cut off the Wrathful Thought before it could take hold.