Chapter Summaries

Luo Nanxing discovered that Nanxing Communications had nearly exhausted its available funds after transferring more than fifty million to Wanzhitang. He promised to resolve the crisis within three days and persuaded Chen Nian to delay reporting it to Luo Tianyi until then.

• Luo Nanxing confronted Nanxing Communications' Finance Department after learning the company had only 150,000 left and Wanzhitang had returned none of its recent transfers.
• Luo Nanxing ordered his staff to bring Gao Mingshou from Wanzhitang and Chen Nian to his office.
• Luo Nanxing told Chen Nian that Wanzhitang owed over a hundred million and asked what they should do if it could not repay soon.
• Luo Nanxing refused to report the crisis to Luo Tianyi, fearing his father would consider him unfit for responsibility, and promised to fix it within three days.
• Chen Nian agreed to keep the matter from Luo Tianyi for three days, but warned he would report it if Luo Nanxing failed to resolve the crisis.

Luo Nanxing discovered that Wanzhitang’s funds were trapped in medicinal stock after its distributors stopped buying, and he blamed Red Gate for setting a trap. He ordered Gao Mingshou to sell the goods at steep discounts and secretly arranged to pull one hundred million from the Luo Family’s anonymous accounts within three days.

• Gao Mingshou told Luo Nanxing that Wanzhitang had spent heavily buying medicinal materials dumped by Red Gate under Old Master Luo’s orders.
• Luo Nanxing demanded that Gao return forty or fifty million within two days, but Gao explained that Wanzhitang’s distributors had stopped buying its goods.
• Luo Nanxing concluded that Red Gate had lured Wanzhitang into tying up its cash and persuaded the distributors to refuse its stock.
• Luo Nanxing ordered Gao to sell the medicinal materials to other Undercities at thirty percent below market price and collect deposits for Nanxing Communications.
• Luo Nanxing ordered the finance manager to transfer one hundred million from the Luo Family’s anonymous accounts within three days, allowing procedures to be skipped.

Luo Yan and the Student Union joined Di Zheng’s plan to arrest Luo Tianyi and his father using evidence of the Luo Family’s illicit dealings. As the operation began, Xiao Bai showed Luo Yan her divine weapon, Carefree Journey, which could teleport her to safety eighteen times.

• Luo Yan returned to the Academy and agreed to attend Liu Ruohan’s birthday gathering.
• Di Zheng told the Student Union that the Luo Family’s rushed use of illicit funds had exposed evidence and asked them to help arrest Luo Tianyi and his father that night.
• Di Zheng explained that the plan had disrupted Wanzhitang’s cash flow and that anonymous reports from Ouyang Hua had added evidence against the Luo Family.
• Wei Fenghua assigned Luo Yan and Xiao Bai to join him in the operation at the Luo residence, while other students and teachers took separate groups.
• That night, Luo Yan met Xiao Bai before the operation, and she explained that her Carefree Journey bracelet could teleport her to safety eighteen times.

Wei Fenghua and the Hundred Battles Academy team raided the Luo residence to capture Luo Tianyi and his son, while Fang Yao kept Gao Lin occupied at the gate. Bai? discovered the Luo father and son escaping through the underground maze, leaving the capture operation still in progress.

• Wei Fenghua led Luo Yan and Bai? to the Luo residence after confirming that the Luo father and son were inside.
• Bai? used Black Miasma to vanish, and Wei Fenghua charged through the gate to draw out the defenders.
• Gao Lin confronted Wei Fenghua, but Fang Yao challenged him and kept him from stopping the others.
• Wei Fenghua and Luo Yan entered the main hall as the teachers and Student Union members spread through the residence to search for the Luo father and son.
• Fang Yao wounded Gao Lin in their fight, while Bai? reported that the Luo father and son were being escorted toward an underground passage.
• Gao Lin declined to pursue Fang Yao and offered to sit and chat while the Luo father and son fled into the underground maze.

Luo Tianyi and Luo Nanxing fled through the underground passage after the Undercity uncovered their illegal dealings, while Luo Yan stayed behind to hold off a Luo Mansion Death Warrior. The chapter ended with Luo Yan and Zhang Bei facing each other as both unleashed their power.

• Luo Nanxing admitted that he had transferred a hundred million from anonymous accounts into the company account, and Luo Tianyi realized the Undercity had evidence against them.
• Luo Tianyi ordered Tang Jun to block Passage 4 after learning that people from Hundred Battles Academy were pursuing them.
• Luo Yan identified Zhang Bei as a Luo Mansion Death Warrior and stayed behind so Wei Fenghua and the others could continue onward.
• Luo Yan fought Zhang Bei with Dragon Elephant, deflecting his trident and blocking his attacks while letting Wei Fenghua pass.
• Zhang Bei summoned a blood-colored octopus form with faces on its tentacles, and Luo Yan answered by manifesting a golden Solar Halo.

Luo Yan killed Zhang Bei in the underground maze and rushed onward, where he found Bai? and Lan Xiao fighting a woman with a strange entity. He joined the fight, ready to kill the woman if she stood in his way.

• Luo Yan used Blood Executioner and Dragon Elephant to overwhelm Zhang Bei, then killed him with Crescent Moon Breaking Clouds: Full Moon.
• Luo Yan followed the Academy's red arrows through the maze and passed two more corpses of Luo Mansion death warriors.
• Luo Yan heard a woman shouting and stealthily approached, finding Lan Xiao fighting a bewitching woman while Bai? remained hidden nearby.
• Bai? told Luo Yan that the woman's strange entity could attack through distance and defenses, but could not target someone she could not see.
• Luo Yan warned that he would not hold back, then charged at the woman with Dragon Elephant.

Luo Yan, Lan Xiao, and Bai? killed the alluring woman in Passage No. 4 and pursued their targets. At the exit, Luo Tianyi and Luo Nanxing encountered Ouyang Hua, who accused Luo Tianyi of conspiring with Luo Yan and prepared to attack them.

• The alluring woman tried to kill Luo Yan with a phantom attack, but a dragon-lizard beast spirit bit off the phantom arm and wounded her.
• Luo Yan pierced the woman with Dragon Elephant, and Bai? separated her from the old woman's phantom so Lan Xiao could kill her.
• Bai? felt pleased when Luo Yan called her prettier than the dead woman, then followed him as he charged farther down the passage.
• Luo Tianyi and Luo Nanxing exited Passage No. 4 and found the garage empty of their expected allies.
• Ouyang Hua emerged from a waiting car, accused Luo Tianyi of arranging his subordinates' deaths and conspiring with Luo Yan, and summoned a towering black tree covered in eyeballs.

After Luo Yan and Wei Fenghua found Luo Tianyi and Luo Nanxing dead, the teachers secured the scene and returned to the Academy. A giant-beast warning then sent the students and Undercity residents into a shelter, while Di Zheng ordered the Guangling Legion to intercept the approaching beasts.

• Luo Yan and Wei Fenghua joined the teachers in the garage and discovered that Luo Tianyi and Luo Nanxing had been killed.
• Wei Fenghua secured the scene and notified the City Lord, and the Mecha Legion and Security Department took over the investigation.
• Wei Fenghua led the students back toward the Academy and explained the tactics of elite dead warriors during the ride.
• A giant-beast alarm sounded, and the school bus carried Luo Yan, the teachers, and the students to a shelter.
• Zheng Fan reported that giant beasts might pass over Guangling, and Di Zheng ordered two surface teams and mecha units to intercept them.

He Hao and Su Jiu joined the defense against a beast herd approaching the Undercity, with Su Jiu’s Greedy Wolf and He Hao’s upgraded Black Thunder attacking the beasts. After Bi Bi’s fire threatened Greedy Wolf, Black Thunder blocked the flames and helped bring the flying beast down, then struck it with Heavy Tower.

• The captain ordered the mecha team to intercept a small beast herd entering the Third Alert Zone and warned the recruits to follow orders.
• He Hao identified his upgraded Black Thunder’s Heavy Tower dual shields, while Su Jiu identified Bi Bi, a Mid-tier beast whose fire could threaten the Undercity’s water supply.
• Su Jiu’s Greedy Wolf opened fire on the herd, and Bi Bi counterattacked by spraying molten fire toward the mecha.
• He Hao charged Black Thunder forward and used Heavy Tower to shield Greedy Wolf from Bi Bi’s flames.
• Su Jiu’s Greedy Wolf blasted Bi Bi’s wings, sending it crashing to the ground.
• He Hao charged at the fallen Bi Bi and struck it with Black Thunder’s Heavy Tower shield.

He Hao and Su Jiu helped turn a small beast horde away from Guangling, though a newly discovered Upper-tier Giant Beast appeared and the horde’s path later shifted toward Pingyao Underground City. The next day, Di Zheng discussed Huangquan and Black Witch with Luo Yan before announcing Credit Point rewards for the students who took part in the operation.

• Su Jiu warned He Hao of an attack, and he retreated behind Chonglou’s shields as fire dragons blocked the flying fox beast.
• A newly discovered Upper-tier Giant Beast appeared, and the fox beast fled toward it while the horde veered away from Guangling.
• Di Zheng and Zheng Fan recalled the mechas after the horde’s projected route seemed to threaten no Undercity, but a later calculation showed it heading toward Pingyao Underground City.
• Di Zheng told Luo Yan that Huangquan had operated for decades and was moving into Black Witch’s northern territory, while Black Witch’s internal rivalries could undermine its response.
• Di Zheng announced that operation participants would receive 100 Credit Points and that each enemy killed would earn 500 Credit Points.

After the Student Union awarded Credit Points for the operation, Luo Yan shared his reward with Xiao Bai and discovered that his Lake Surface Sword Shadow could now emerge from any nearby shadow. Several days later, with matters in Guangling settled, he set out alone for Silver Bay Base to reclaim Liu Xiao’s foundation, visit Yunrong for Di Zheng, and investigate his family’s fate.

• Di Zheng announced that students would receive Credit Points for participating in the operation and killing enemies, and Luo Yan gave most of his shared reward to Xiao Bai.
• Liu Ruohan invited everyone to her birthday gathering, while Senior Student Yang privately worried about choosing a gift for her.
• Luo Yan discovered that he could produce a Lake Surface Sword Shadow from any shadow within ten zhang.
• Xiao Bai arrived while Luo Yan was fresh from a shower, blushed at the sight of him, and tried to hide her feelings from Li Zi.
• Luo Yan left Guangling alone for Silver Bay Base to reclaim Liu Xiao’s foundation, visit Yunrong on Di Zheng’s behalf, and learn what had happened to his family.

Luo Yan arrived at Silver Bay Base and learned that Chang Hai, acting for Big Mouth Li and other Pingyao figures, was trying to seize Yu Bai’s remaining businesses. Luo Yan ordered Yu Bai to kill Chang Hai’s group, and the Enforcement Team decided not to interfere.

• Luo Yan arrived at Silver Bay Base and went to the building where Liu Xiao had lived.
• Yu Bai explained that Chang Hai had come from Pingyao to take over the shops and profits controlled by Yu Bai’s group.
• Luo Yan concluded that Chang Hai was testing their strength and ordered Yu Bai to leave no one alive.
• Yu Bai and several skilled men went out and killed everyone in Chang Hai’s group.
• Wang Jingyao reported the massacre to Ye Yu, who ordered the Enforcement Team not to intervene.

Li Ao, Qi Fei, Lin Xianglan, and Mo agreed to attend Liu Xiao’s memorial and rely on Zhou Tong to deal with Yu Bai. In Pingyao, Luo Yan sensed a powerful danger in the Old City, then visited Taowan and met Miss Yunrong, who recognized that Di Zheng had sent him.

• Li Ao told Qi Fei, Lin Xianglan, and Mo that he had lost contact with his scouts at Silver Bay Base, and they agreed to attend Liu Xiao’s memorial with Zhou Tong’s support.
• Luo Yan sensed a natural-enemy-like presence in the Old City and ordered Yu Bai to move the memorial to an urban funeral home.
• Luo Yan disguised himself as a Hundred Battles Academy student and went to Taowan to find Miss Yunrong.
• Miss Yunrong told Luo Yan that Wei Fenghua had not sent him and guessed that Di Zheng had directed him to her.

Luo Yan delivered Di Zheng’s letter to Jiang Yun Rong after she confronted him and demanded it. Two days later, he attended a staged memorial service for Liu Xiao, where Yu Bai prepared to eliminate the four families that had seized the Third Team’s assets.

• Jiang Yun Rong recognized similarities between Luo Yan and Di Zheng, tested Luo Yan in combat, and let him enter her courtyard.
• Luo Yan told Jiang Yun Rong that Di Zheng had sent a letter to give her when she brought him up, and she eventually asked him to leave it behind.
• After Luo Yan left, Jiang Yun Rong hesitated over the letter, crushed an apple in frustration, and then opened the envelope.
• On Qingming Festival, Luo Yan arrived at Sixian Funeral Home for the memorial service Yu Bai had arranged as a trap for the four families.
• Yu Bai told Luo Yan that the four families had arrived, and Li Ao entered, criticizing the shabby memorial service and offering to pay for a proper burial.

Li Ao, Qi Fei, and Mo Xiao arrived at Liu Xiao’s Mourning Hall to probe Yu Bai, while their entourages tested his resolve. The gathering grew increasingly tense when Mo Lei confronted Yu Bai, and Lin Xianglan arrived with Zhou Tong as her protector.

• Li Ao insulted Yu Bai in the Mourning Hall, but Yu Bai told him he could leave, leaving Li Ao unsure how to respond.
• Qi Fei arrived and gave Li Ao a way to stay; he and Li Ao offered incense at an altar with no memorial portrait.
• Qi Fei noticed Luo Yan sitting silently under a hood and resolved to watch him.
• Mo Xiao arrived with his adopted son Mo Lei, whose Aura clashed with Yu Bai’s as Mo Xiao mourned Liu Xiao and Yu Bai accused him of coveting Liu Xiao’s assets.
• Mo Lei demanded that Yu Bai apologize to Mo Xiao, and Yu Bai challenged him to spar.
• Lin Xianglan entered with Zhou Tong, and Yu Bai scornfully called them a shameless pair.

Luo Yan stopped Zhou Tong from attacking Yu Bai and took control of the Mourning Hall, revealing the power of his physical strength and terrifying presence. When Li Ao tried to challenge him, Yu Bai struck him, and Chou An was killed before he could retaliate, leaving Luo Yan to insist that no one interrupt him.

• Lin Xianglan ordered Zhou Tong to kill Yu Bai, and Zhou Tong moved to attack him.
• Luo Yan appeared and restrained Zhou Tong by the wrist, stopping his attack.
• Zhou Tong used his Iron Flower Technique, but Luo Yan held him back and frightened him with his masked presence.
• Luo Yan told everyone that he had invited them there and that they already knew why.
• Li Ao challenged Luo Yan, and Yu Bai slapped him across the face.
• Chou An rushed to avenge Li Ao, but a shadow cut his neck, and Luo Yan told everyone not to interrupt him.

Luo Yan confronted the families that had taken Boss Liu’s assets and demanded fifty million work points from each as condolence money. After forcing them to pay, he left Pingyao’s business untouched and planned to move Team 7 onward.

• Luo Yan killed Chou An, then had Yu Bai identify him as Mister Red Ghost and declare that he had taken over Boss Liu’s assets.
• Luo Yan demanded fifty million work points from each of the Li, Liu, Mo, and Lin families, and Lin Xianglan tried to leave after asking for time to gather the money.
• Luo Yan stopped the group from leaving, and Zhou Tong withdrew rather than fight him for Lin Xianglan.
• Qi Fei sent his secretary toward the exit, but Luo Yan’s blood-energy blade severed her leg; Luo Yan then cut off Qi Fei’s arm when he threatened him.
• Mo Xiao paid the fifty million work points, and Li Ao, Lin Xianglan, and Qi Fei transferred their money before being allowed to leave.
• Yu Bai celebrated the two hundred million work points they had collected, while Luo Yan explained that he wanted money rather than control of Pingyao and intended to leave the Undercity soon.

Luo Yan learned that his mother had been evacuated from Baoding by the Giant Beast Strategy Department and brought Tie Jun and Little Flower to Guangling. As a giant beast alert sounded in the Undercity, a red-haired, red-bearded man revealed that the beasts had been drawn there to distract the city’s mechs.

• Little Flower welcomed Luo Yan and shared breakfast with him and Tie Jun.
• Tie Jun told Luo Yan that his mother had boarded a Giant Beast Strategy Department vehicle after the calamity, though he did not know where it had taken her.
• Luo Yan invited Tie Jun and Little Flower to move to Guangling Underground City, and they left with him that afternoon.
• Tie Jun told Luo Yan that people in the old city had been dying horribly, apparently mauled by beasts, while the Local Security Bureau failed to catch the culprit.
• A giant beast alert sent residents toward shelters, and Luo Yan drove Tie Jun and Little Flower to the nearest one.
• A red-haired, red-bearded man in Azure Cloud Lane said the beasts had been drawn by the weakened Primordial Tent so they would distract the city’s mechs.

Jiang Yun Rong mobilized Pingyao’s Mecha Legion after several giant-beast groups converged on the city, preparing to deploy her Divine General Mecha, Star Picker. The beasts reached the Third Alert Zone, where the mechas began sniping them, opening the battle.

• Jiang Yun Rong learned that several beast groups, including four Upper-tier Giant Beasts, were approaching Pingyao from three directions and ordered the Mecha Legion to take defensive positions.
• Jiang Yun Rong ordered Star Picker prepared for deployment, while Pingyao concentrated power on launching mechas to the surface.
• Mechas equipped with Eagle Strike rifles spread across the Third Alert Zone as the beast groups approached under Counter Membranes.
• The Mech Masters began sniping, and an Eagle Strike shot killed the Lower-tier Giant Beast Lili.
• The mecha groups opened fire from all three directions, striking the invading beasts and beginning the battle.

Zhe Kui weakened the Primordial Tent and unleashed Beast Transformation Smoke to turn the people of Pingyao Underground City into beasts and recover his strength. In the Old City Shelter, Luo Yan spotted the dark-red smoke entering residents as unrest spread.

• Zhe Kui used the Blood Plate of Breaking Account to weaken the Primordial Tent’s suppression.
• Zhe Kui activated Beast Transformation Smoke, intending to transform the city’s people and feed on their blood and fury.
• As the Old City Shelter lost power and its crowded residents grew agitated, arguments broke out and fighting began.
• Luo Yan used Unbounded Blazing Eyes and saw dark-red smoke entering the bodies of restless and fighting residents.