Chapter Summaries

Yang Lixie told Luo Yan about his romance, business plans, and the coming changes to the Undercities. At the Academy, Luo Yan took charge of a team for a Forbidden Land expedition and learned that Bi'an's upgrade had raised it to Divine Guard Elite Class.

• Yang Lixie said Liu Ruohan had been moved by his sincerity, then recounted how his homemade cake and years of effort won her over.
• Yang Lixie told Luo Yan that the Qingyang Nursery Garden had opened and that he was stockpiling Calming Agent ahead of expected price increases.
• Yang Lixie discussed the new Undercity Loulan and the upcoming Hanzhong and Yinma Undercities as opportunities for business and human expansion.
• At a Student Union meeting, Liu Ruohan assigned Luo Yan to lead the second-year team on next month's Forbidden Land expedition.
• Luo Yan visited the Mecha Upgrade Warehouse, where Xie Guangyao told him Bi'an's upgrade was complete and its evaluation had reached Divine Guard Elite Class.

Luo Yan mastered the new abilities of his Dragon Transformation state, though it conflicted with Primal Energy and exhausted him. After the Bi'an finished its upgrade, he joined his team for a mission to investigate two missing mechas.

• Luo Yan calmed the violent impulse in his Dragon Transformation state and examined the Calamity Claws, Mourning Horn, and Blood Pupil.
• Luo Yan learned that Dragon Transformation abilities consumed blood energy instead of Primal Energy and that he could not use Primal Energy while transformed.
• Luo Yan dispelled Dragon Transformation, rested, and left Jude Tower with the form now serving as another trump card.
• Luo Yan reported to the legion headquarters and joined Xiao Bai, Yan Wenbo, Dugu Changxin, and Kang Shun after the Bi'an completed its upgrade.
• Yan Wenbo told the squad that the Black Thunder and the Greedy Wolf had gone missing during Class Two, Team Six's surface patrol.

Luo Yan entered the Spider Ghoul’s cave while Kang Shun fought its offspring, then attacked the creature and freed He Hao and Su Jiu from the webs. The wounded Spider Ghoul fled outside, and Luo Yan cleared the webs from the Black Thunder and Greedy Wolf mecha.

• Kang Shun shot two Giant Spiders emerging from the cave as the others scattered into the forest.
• Luo Yan, concealed by Bi'an’s Invisibility, entered the cave and contacted He Hao and Su Jiu, who warned him about the sticky, energy-draining webs.
• Luo Yan shot the Spider Ghoul with Storm, and after it fell from the wall, it unleashed its counter-barrier and sprayed webs throughout the cave.
• Luo Yan blocked the web attack with Black Tortoise and struck the Spider Ghoul with A Strip of Rainbow, badly injuring it and forcing it to flee outside.
• Luo Yan notified Yan Wenbo, revealed Bi'an, and used Dragon Elephant and Solar Ray to cut and burn the webs trapping Black Thunder and Greedy Wolf.

Yan Wenbo’s team fought the Spider Ghoul outside its cave, combining fire, eerie abilities, and mech attacks to injure it and prevent its escape. Luo Yan joined the battle with Bi'an and the Headless General, but the Spider Ghoul summoned Soul Spiders as the fight continued.

• Kang Shun detected the Spider Ghoul inside the cave, and Yan Wenbo assigned Dugu Changxin and himself to attack while Bai Tong and Kang Shun provided support.
• Bai Tong restrained the Spider Ghoul with skeletal hands, allowing Yan Wenbo and Dugu Changxin to attack before Kang Shun struck it with Fire Python, Blazing River.
• The Spider Ghoul wounded Eight Gates with a thrown spear, but Bai Tong’s curse returned part of the damage to the beast, and Dugu Changxin struck it with Dragon Returns to Sea.
• The Spider Ghoul tried to retreat into its cave, but Luo Yan fired from inside with Bi'an and drove it back out.
• The Headless General used a Bull Demon’s head to strengthen itself and slashed open the Spider Ghoul’s back.
• The Spider Ghoul summoned Soul Spiders, and Luo Yan used Storm to destroy the ones approaching Bi'an.

Luo Yan and the others defeated the Spider Ghoul after Taotie returned its Soul Fire spear and Luo Yan split the beast in two with Dragon Elephant. Back in the Undercity, He Hao invited Luo Yan and the others to eat hotpot, and the group set off together.

• The Soul Spiders’ Soul Fire wounded Bai? through the Headless General, so Bai? withdrew the anomaly while Luo Yan cleared the spiders with the Storm Rifle.
• Yan Wenbo’s Embroidered Tiger attacked the Spider Ghoul, and Luo Yan’s barrage sent it tumbling down the mountain, where bone hands restrained it and Flying Lightning dealt it a deep wound.
• The Spider Ghoul hurled a Soul Fire spear at Flying Lightning, but Taotie swallowed it and fired it back, pinning the beast to the cliff.
• Luo Yan used Dragon Elephant and Opening the Essence Gate to split the Spider Ghoul in two with a golden strike that cut through the mountain.
• Luo Yan returned to the Undercity, where Su Jiu thanked him and He Hao invited everyone to eat hotpot; Bai? and the others joined while Dugu Changxin declined.

Luo Yan and Yang Lixie inspected the recruits Yang had gathered after the Student Union learned that its members would escort first-years on an expedition to Magic Mushroom City. Luo Yan offered to test the recruits by seeing who could withstand one of his punches.

• Wei Fenghua told the Student Union that its members would escort first-years into a Forbidden Land as an assessment.
• Wei Fenghua described Magic Mushroom City, its Overlord Giant Beast Qin Worm, and the dangers of Spore Mist and Insect Tides.
• Luo Yan read the expedition information while traveling with Yang Lixie to meet the recruits.
• Yang Lixie introduced the recruits, and Luo Yan proposed that anyone who stayed standing after one of his punches would pass.

Luo Yan selected eight cultivators to travel to Qingyang City, then returned to Coyote Camp and discovered that Hydra had taken control of it. He learned that Yu Bai had rebelled and gone to capture Yang Hao and a girl said to be the Red Ghost’s student.

• Luo Yan tested the hall’s cultivators with a punch and chose the eight who could withstand it, while Yang Lixie compensated those who failed.
• Luo Yan drove toward Coyote Camp with a small mecha he intended to leave there for others to use.
• Seeing the camp unusually quiet, Luo Yan disguised himself and infiltrated it through the remaining sewers.
• Luo Yan spotted a mecha beside the main building and identified He Peng as a Hydra cadre.
• Luo Yan overheard Hydra guards say Yu Bai had rebelled, while their boss and Yu Bai pursued the escaped Yang Hao and a girl believed to be the Red Ghost’s student.

Luo Yan infiltrated the Hydra Gang-controlled Coyote Camp and fought his way toward the water prison after discovering that He Peng used a degraded Qiongqi Blood potion. He reached the prisoners, including Li Yu, who still refused to surrender, but the chapter ended before Luo Yan spoke to them.

• Luo Yan killed two Hydra Gang members, entered the building, and established resonance with the unattended mecha outside.
• Luo Yan located the water prison beneath the building and encountered He Peng, Old Xiao, and Little Hou as they returned from interrogating the prisoners.
• Luo Yan killed Old Xiao and Little Hou, while He Peng used a degraded Qiongqi Blood potion and charged him.
• Luo Yan defeated He Peng and continued toward the water prison.
• Li Yu and the other captives remained chained in the water, and Li Yu declared that he would never surrender to the Hydra Gang.

Luo Yan returned to Coyote Camp, rescued Li Yu and the others, and learned that Yu Bai and the Hydra Gang had taken over the camp and killed Wei Junyi. After sending Li Yu to reclaim the camp, Luo Yan captured Xiong Guang and demanded to know where Yu Bai was, while Yu Bai confronted Captain Qiao Jin about joining the Gou Mang Department.

• Luo Yan drained the water prison, rescued Li Yu, Liu Si, and Wen Zou, and heard how Yu Bai had used Luo Yan’s writ to enter Coyote Camp before joining forces with the Hydra Gang to seize it.
• Wen Zou told Luo Yan that Wei Junyi had died fighting Yu Bai, giving Yang Hao and Yang Tao time to escape; Luo Yan then sent Li Yu to retake the camp while he went after Yang Hao.
• Xiong Guang left his room to inspect the malfunctioning Mech Master, which shot two Hydra Gang members before Luo Yan confronted him and asked where Yu Bai was.
• Yu Bai, the bald man, and Captain Qiao Jin searched abandoned factories for Yang Hao, and Qiao Jin accused Yu Bai of betraying Luo Yan only after believing him dead.
• Yu Bai told Qiao Jin that Luo Yan was terrifying and that he would never have dared betray him if Luo Yan were still alive.

Yang Hao and his remaining followers waited inside an abandoned factory while Yu Bai and Qiao Jin prepared to attack them. A mech Yu Bai had left at camp unexpectedly destroyed Qiao Jin’s convoy, and a mysterious cloaked figure with scarlet eyes emerged from it.

• Yang Hao urged Yang Tao to sleep and reassured her that Mister Red Ghost was still alive despite the mask Yu Bai had obtained.
• Yu Bai and Qiao Jin discussed waiting for Yang Hao’s exhausted group to weaken rather than spending money on explosives.
• A mech arrived and opened fire on Qiao Jin’s convoy, killing many Hydra Gang members and forcing Qiao Jin and Yu Bai to take cover.
• Yu Bai recognized the mech as the one operated by Xiong Guang and ordered him over the communicator to stop firing.
• A cloaked figure with scarlet eyes stepped out of the mech, making the bald Yu Bai’s heart leap.

Luo Yan returned to Coyote Camp, killed Yu Bai after learning how he had betrayed him, and reunited with Yang Tao. He helped restore the camp and began preparing its people for the coming war, while considering upgrades to the Butcher mecha.

• Luo Yan defeated Qiao Jin, then learned from Yu Bai that Lin Yuanfang had recruited him and helped remove his Nano Bomb; Luo Yan killed Yu Bai when he tried to fight back.
• Yang Tao arrived with the others and tearfully reunited with Luo Yan, calling him her teacher.
• Luo Yan and Yang Hao returned to Coyote Camp, where Li Yu and the others resumed normal operations and the camp's enemies' corpses were displayed outside as a warning.
• Luo Yan had Chen Afei teach mecha classes to Li Yu, Yang Hao, and the camp's other core members so they could learn to pilot mechas before Black Witch and Yellow Springs went to war.
• Luo Yan test-drove the repaired Butcher and decided to replace its original axe with a longsword.

After returning to the Undercity, Luo Yan focused on cultivation and learned from Di Zheng that he could receive a Profound Comprehension Realm technique to help expel the Red Poison. In the Academy cafeteria, he watched a press conference announcing that satellites would support surface teams and monitor dangerous regions.

• Before leaving Coyote Camp, Luo Yan gave Li Yu the small mecha and decided to cultivate him, then brought Wen Zou back to the Undercity.
• Luo Yan told Wen Zou to keep sending money to Jun Yi's family in Changping for as long as Luo Yan lived and Team 7 remained.
• Luo Yan cultivated the Blazing Sun Scripture by day and the Blood Transformation Scripture by night, which was advancing quickly toward its third layer.
• Di Zheng told Luo Yan that satellite monitoring and river interception efforts were underway to find the Nether Fish, and asked him to join an operation near Guifa City if he returned in time.
• Di Zheng offered to teach Luo Yan his Profound Comprehension Realm technique so Luo Yan could expel the Red Poison after completing the Advanced level.
• Luo Yan joined Bai? in watching a press conference where the Strategic Affairs Department announced satellite communication support and monitoring of Forbidden Lands and battlefields.

Luo Yan watched the Strategic Affairs Department announce new technologies and Dr. Jia Miao reveal that a tier above Nightmare Level Giant Beasts was called Celestial Demons. On departure day for Magic Mushroom City, he received news of the Gou Mang Department’s interference and joined the second-year students at the sports field, where the freshmen fell silent at his and Bai?’s arrival.

• Luo Yan and Bai? watched a press conference announcing new medical, civilian, and military technologies, including a City Defense Magnetic Railgun set for testing in Jinling City.
• Jia Miao revealed that a Stone Tablet from the Ruins of Return named a tier above Nightmare Level Giant Beasts: Celestial Demons, and Luo Yan recognized Zhe Kui as one.
• Luo Yan continued cultivating until his Blazing Sun Scripture’s Solar Halo reached about two zhang in range.
• Luo Yan received Yu Qiushui’s message that the Black Witch higher-ups had warned the Gou Mang Department and promised compensation to Team Seven, though Yu Qiushui cautioned him about possible retaliation.
• Luo Yan met Bai? and the other students at the main sports field to depart for Magic Mushroom City, while Lin Wei remained away assisting Jia Miao and the freshmen fell silent when Luo Yan and Bai? arrived.

Luo Yan escorted Academy students across the overgrown surface and stopped freshmen from giving their rations to Cai Hongzhuo’s refugee convoy. When parasites attacked the refugees the next day, Luo Yan rode out toward them as a Wolf Tick leaped onto their car.

• Pan Renfeng and Wei Fenghua saw the Academy convoy off toward Magic Mushroom City, where the freshmen witnessed the overgrown ruins of the surface for the first time.
• Wei Fenghua allowed Cai Hongzhuo’s refugee convoy to camp beside the Academy, but Luo Yan stopped freshmen from giving the refugees their rations.
• Cai Hongzhuo’s group left the next day, and the freshmen secretly nicknamed Luo Yan the “Living Yama.”
• Less than two hours later, Cai Hongzhuo’s reduced convoy returned under attack by parasites, and his wife waved for help.
• Luo Yan rode his motorcycle toward the refugees as a Wolf Tick jumped onto their car and fixed its gaze on Cai Hongzhuo’s wife.

Luo Yan and Bai? encountered Lu Mao, a weapons seller who tried to force them to buy defective firearms, and turned the tables on him by taking all his stock. After donating the weapons to Hong Yue Base, they left with the Academy convoy and reached Magic Mushroom City in Forbidden Zone No. 13.

• Bai? admired a sniper rifle at Lu Mao's stall, but Luo Yan saw through its defective construction with his Unbounded Blazing Eyes.
• Lu Mao surrounded Luo Yan and Bai? with his men and demanded that they buy the sniper rifle.
• Luo Yan offered Anti-inflammatory Tablets, then declared that he would buy every firearm and all ammunition at the stall.
• Bone hands tripped and attacked Lu Mao's thugs, and Luo Yan and Bai? took all the weapons, including Lu Mao's warehouse stock.
• Luo Yan gave the weapons to Wei Fenghua to pass on to Hong Yue Base, and the next day the Academy convoy reached Magic Mushroom City.

The Academy convoy reached Magic Mushroom City, where Luo Yan's team detected three giant beasts and let the second-years handle them as practice. Li Zi set two Wood Worms on fire, while the Dui Worm attacked the convoy and forced Lin Cheng back with flames from its armor.

• Wei Fenghua explained Magic Mushroom City's history and warned that its mutated ecosystem made exploration dangerous.
• Luo Yan's team detected two Lower Tier Wood Worms and one Mid Tier Dui Worm, and Li Bohang organized the second-years to fight them.
• Li Zi fired incendiary rounds at both Wood Worms, setting them ablaze.
• The Dui Worm charged the convoy and spewed flames, which Zeng Shan blocked with King Kong's shield.
• Lin Cheng attacked the Dui Worm with his longsword, but flames erupted from its armor and drove him back.

Li Bohang coordinated Lin Cheng, Zeng Shan, and Li Zi as they fought a Dui Worm, while Luo Yan’s convoy was confronted by the Upper-tier Giant Beast Yin Du. Luo Yan used Bi'an’s shield, Solar Ray, and Energy Absorption to deflect Yin Du’s high-energy beam away from the convoy.

• Li Bohang directed Lin Cheng, Zeng Shan, and Li Zi as they worked together to injure the Dui Worm and block its escape.
• A distress broadcast reached the convoy as the radar detected an Upper-tier Giant Beast, and a Jeep fleeing the city was caught in a Stone Wave.
• Luo Yan identified the Giant Insect as Yin Du and fired Bi'an’s Storm, allowing the Jeep to escape the battlefield.
• Yin Du unfolded its Anti-Film and fired a high-energy beam toward the convoy, destroying Bi'an’s Energy Barriers and beginning to soften Xuanwu.
• Luo Yan amplified Bi'an’s Energy Absorption and used Solar Ray to weaken Yin Du’s beam before deflecting it over the convoy.

After the convoy survived Yin Du’s attack, Luo Yan and Bai Senior Student discovered that a rescued driver had been overtaken by fungi after mentioning East Wind Stadium. The monitoring post dismissed the warning, and the chapter ended with Luo Yan and Bai Senior Student sharing a quiet conversation about love and starting a family.

• Bi'an blocked Yin Du’s attack, and Luo Yan confirmed that the Upper-tier Giant Beast had retreated underground.
• Li Bohang and the other students finished killing the Dui Worm and reflected on how far they lagged behind Luo Yan.
• Luo Yan and Bai Senior Student rescued the jeep’s driver, but fungi erupted from his body, so they burned him and the vehicle.
• Wei Fenghua reported the incident and the driver’s mention of East Wind Stadium to the monitoring post, whose supervisor dismissed the danger.
• Luo Yan and Bai Senior Student watched the glowing fungi in Magic Mushroom City, and Luo Yan said he would protect someone he loved for the rest of his life.

Lu Mao refused Mr. Zhu’s offer to help abduct and traffic the students, then ordered his aide to keep the man under surveillance. The next day, Luo Yan guarded a gathering mission until strong winds drove a massive Spore Mist toward the Safe Zone.

• Lu Mao learned that the people who had taken his goods were Guangling students, but rejected Mr. Zhu’s proposal to abduct them and sell them as “meat ginseng.”
• Lu Mao explained that he feared the students’ strength and would not profit from human trafficking, then told his aide to watch Mr. Zhu.
• Wei Fenghua sent the freshmen to gather medicinal fungi while Luo Yan and the other guards protected the collection zones in their mechs.
• When strong winds rose, Wei Fenghua ordered everyone back and told Luo Yan to seal his mech’s vents and switch to internal air circulation.
• Luo Yan saw a vast cloud of fungal spores sweeping from the danger zone toward the Safe Zone.

Luo Yan discovered Bug Humans in Magic Mushroom City and returned to camp, where he reported the strange findings and Lin Wenguang’s death. After Zhao Jizhong blamed him for withdrawing without confirming the others’ fates, Lin Cheng and Wei Fenghua defended Luo Yan and warned the newcomers about the dangers of the Forbidden Land.

• Luo Yan used Unbounded Blazing Eyes to identify Fang Li as a mantis-species Bug Human created by the Brain Bug Ghost Lantern, then spotted more human-shaped biological lights across Magic Mushroom City.
• Luo Yan ended his exploration, returned to camp, and gave Wei Fenghua the recorder footage; Wei decided to report the Bug Humans to the Undercity and halt the search.
• Luo Yan told the waiting students that Lin Wenguang was dead and that Lin Wenguang had said the others, including Zhao Siya, were dead.
• Zhao Jizhong grabbed Luo Yan’s collar and accused him of abandoning the search, but Lin Cheng intervened and defended Luo Yan’s decision to withdraw.
• Wei Fenghua warned the newcomers that death was common in the Forbidden Land and told those unwilling to face its dangers to withdraw.