Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan met with Gao Jin to discuss Chunshen Technology’s threat and the masked Red Ghost behind it. Gao Jin rejected any possibility of compromise and prepared to face the coming meeting with Lin Fan at his side.

• Lin Fan arrived at Kunlun Group’s conference room and met Gao Jin, who said Liu Weiguo could not attend.
• Gao Jin asked Lin Fan about the powerful presence he had sensed at Water Tiger Camp, and Lin Fan said he had not seen the person.
• Gao Jin showed Lin Fan a photograph of Red Ghost and explained his ties to Chunshen Technology, the Black Dragon Group, and Liu Wansheng.
• Lin Fan warned that Red Ghost might be seeking control of the Merchant Alliance’s entire ground transportation network and could have hidden strength.
• Gao Jin refused to consider compromise with Chunshen Technology, and Lin Fan promised to stand by him.
• Gao Jin’s secretary announced that it was time, and Gao Jin began the meeting.

Luo Yan welcomed Yu Qiushui and Li Chenyu to Jinxi Elegant Garden as they traded insults and discussed the forces gathered for the campaign. After the banquet, Feiyu told Luo Yan that Shi Tailai wanted to meet him that night, and Luo Yan agreed to arrange it.

• Luo Yan welcomed Yu Qiushui and Li Chenyu, who immediately resumed their hostile banter.
• At dinner, Luo Yan described his preparations: about a thousand soldiers, a mercenary group, four mechs, seven Advanced-level combatants, and a medical team.
• Li Chenyu said she had brought two hundred elite soldiers, two mechs, three Advanced-level combatants, and herself; Yu Qiushui said her force was about the same.
• Luo Yan said they would set out the next day, and the three ended the welcome banquet after drinking together.
• After arranging rooms for Yu Qiushui and Li Chenyu, Luo Yan returned to his study, where Feiyu reported that Shi Tailai had requested a meeting that night.
• Luo Yan told Feiyu to make the arrangements.

Liu Wansheng refused Gao Jin’s attempt to win approval for attacks on Chunshen Technology and promised to protect its businesses in Qingmu City. The next day, he watched Luo Yan depart with a massive force bound for the Yunlang Highway, leaving Liu convinced that a storm was approaching.

• Gao Jin asked Liu Wansheng to tacitly approve Kun Alliance attacks on Chunshen Technology, but Liu refused and warned that he would use the Undercity’s forces to prevent large-scale violence.
• Liu Wansheng told Ji Xing that Gao Jin was dangerous and ordered Lian Rui to guard Chunshen Technology’s businesses while Luo Yan was away.
• Liu Wansheng and Ji Xing met Luo Yan on a hillside the next day, where Liu reported Gao Jin’s call and promised protection for the company’s businesses.
• Liu Wansheng watched Chunshen Technology’s convoy pass, including nearly two hundred soldiers, nearly nine hundred more in troop carriers, eight mechs, and a White Deer Cult medical team.
• Luo Yan departed for the Yunlang Highway with the large convoy, and Liu Wansheng watched it disappear into the distance, sensing that a storm was brewing.

Luo Yan, Li Chenyu, and Yu Qiushui planned their assault on Iron Gate, the heavily fortified Chaoyuan Group checkpoint on Yunlang Highway. Li Chenyu agreed to lead the first battle, while Chen Chaoyuan arrived at the base to inspect his mecha and ask about preparations.

• Armed thugs drove toward Luo Yan's camp, but concealed sentries killed them and burned their bodies.
• Luo Yan explained that Iron Gate had Fortress Cannons and stationed mecha, and that Chen Chaoyuan was expected to arrive with his mecha, Asura.
• Luo Yan asked Li Chenyu and Yu Qiushui to handle the battles along Yunlang Highway while his forces managed reception and administration.
• Li Chenyu agreed to lead the attack on Iron Gate the next day.
• Chen Chaoyuan arrived at the Chaoyuan Group base, inspected his mecha, and asked the base supervisor how the work was progressing.

Chen Chaoyuan prepared the Iron Gate for Chunshen Technology’s arrival and learned that its convoy had eight mecha. As Li Chenyu advanced alone in her Divine General-class mount Snow See, the defenders locked on and fired the first shell.

• Chen Chaoyuan reinforced the Iron Gate and ordered his Mech Masters to stand by after seeing Chunshen Technology’s eight-mecha convoy.
• Chen Chaoyuan called Shi Tailai, who said he could not see through Red Ghost and described him as young but unfathomably deep.
• Chen Chaoyuan piloted Asura toward the Iron Gate and recognized the approaching Snow See as a possible Divine General Mecha.
• Li Chenyu deployed alone in Snow See while Luo Yan and Yu Qiushui spoke with her over the communications channel.
• Li Chenyu activated Snow See’s Mystic Pattern, bringing snow and frost across the area as an Iron Gate Fortress Cannon fired a shell at her.

Iron Gate’s weapons failed to harm Li Chenyu’s Divine General Mecha, Snow See, and Chen Chaoyuan’s Asura was defeated in battle. Chen surrendered, allowing Chunshen Technology’s convoy to pass through Iron Gate.

• Iron Gate’s Fortress Cannons and Fire God Missiles froze before they could damage Snow See, and Chen Chaoyuan ordered the base to stop attacking.
• Chen piloted Asura against Li Chenyu, but Snow See froze and severed its arms during their exchanges.
• Li Chenyu’s ice river froze half of Asura, so Chen declared Chaoyuan Group’s surrender.
• Iron Gate opened its gates for Chunshen Technology’s convoy, and Chen saw Li Chenyu emerge from Snow See.
• Chen decided his surrender had been wise and chose to leave the conflict to Kunlun Group.

After Chen Chaoyuan surrendered to Chunshen Technology, Gao Jin kept Kunlun's Alliance from punishing Chaoyuan Group and sought Zhengqi Dao's help against Chunshen. He sent Shang Ze to arrange an assassination of Scarlet Ghost and pressed Hu Ziqiang to secure a Divine General Class mecha, leaving Kunlun's counterattack dependent on both plans.

• Chen Chaoyuan surrendered after his Asura froze most of Chunshen Technology's silver-white mecha, prompting Kunlun's executives to argue over expelling Chaoyuan Group.
• Gao Jin told the executives not to punish Chaoyuan Group, arguing that the Alliance needed to preserve morale and build its own strength.
• Gao Jin met Shang Ze and showed him evidence that the White Deer Cult supported Chunshen Technology, warning that Zhengqi Dao would lose favor if Kunlun fell.
• Gao Jin asked Shang Ze to send Zhengqi Dao's assassin after Scarlet Ghost, and Shang Ze agreed to make preparations while cautioning that he could not guarantee success against a Profound Comprehension expert.
• Gao Jin called Hu Ziqiang and urged him to deliver the promised Divine General Class mecha as soon as possible, invoking Hu's connection to Freedom Wings.

Yu Qiushui’s Divine General Mecha forced Qingle Fortress to surrender to Chunshen Technology, and Luo Yan took its two Mecha Heavy Cannons as compensation. As Luo Yan left the fortress, a sniper shot him in the temple, leaving his condition unknown.

• Yu Qiushui used her Divine General Mecha to defeat Qingle Fortress’s defenses, prompting Qingle Group to surrender.
• Luo Yan arrived at Qingle Fortress and made Qingle Group hand over two Mecha Heavy Cannons, specialized ammunition, and vehicles to transport them.
• After a banquet, Luo Yan left for the lodging Qingle Group had prepared and considered the campaign’s progress toward Lengguang Base.
• A sniper fired through Luo Yan’s car window and struck him in the left temple.
• The driver announced that Mister Red Ghost had been shot, frightening Qingle Group’s leader.

After Zhao Qi failed to kill Luo Yan with a long-range shot, he bargained with Shang Ze for more money to continue the assassination. Recovering from the attack, Luo Yan decided to hunt the sniper and used his Divine Treasure to track Zhao Qi the next morning.

• Zhao Qi told Shang Ze that his shot had hit Luo Yan but might not have killed him because Luo Yan was in the Profound Comprehension Realm.
• Zhao Qi demanded two hundred million to continue the job, and Shang Ze transferred fifty million upfront with the rest due upon delivery of Luo Yan’s head.
• Yu Qiushui and Li Chenyu visited Luo Yan in the medical room, where he concluded that a professional assassin had attacked him from long range.
• Luo Yan said he would leave the next day to hunt the sniper, while Yu Qiushui worried about his condition.
• At dawn, Luo Yan used his Divine Treasure to observe Zhao Qi leaving his hiding place, then followed the image in his car.

Luo Yan followed the assassin, Mister Zhao, from his hidden home to a remote encampment and investigated his habits at a bar. He learned that Zhao regularly came there for one drink and never entertained the women.

• Luo Yan followed Mister Zhao to an abandoned town and entered his concealed, well-equipped home.
• Luo Yan watched Zhao coat his daggers and wrist darts with poison before leaving home.
• Luo Yan disguised himself as someone infected with Red Poison and entered the encampment where Zhao went to a bar.
• Luo Yan paid a waitress with a bullet to ask about Zhao, and she told him Zhao came for one drink each week and never touched women.

Luo Yan traced Mister Zhao’s route and discovered the assassin was following Chunshen Technology’s convoy to check the result of his snipe. He joined the convoy in disguise to protect Li Yu and, while watching from a mech transport vehicle, spotted Zhao Qi hiding on a hillside.

• Luo Yan followed Mister Zhao’s recording through an abandoned city, dismantled his traps, and mapped his underground escape route.
• Luo Yan learned that Mister Zhao had followed Chunshen Technology’s convoy and warned Yu Qiushui that the assassin might try a close-range attack on Li Yu.
• Luo Yan asked Yu Qiushui to disguise Li Yu as him, protect him, and coordinate with the Iron Horse Mercenaries to prepare along Mister Zhao’s escape route.
• Luo Yan caught up with the convoy, disguised himself as an ordinary soldier, and searched for Mister Zhao near the mobile medical vehicle where Li Yu was staying.
• Luo Yan climbed onto a mech transport vehicle to watch the convoy and spotted Zhao Qi, a Zhengqi Dao assassin, hidden in the grass on a nearby hillside.

Luo Yan ambushed Zhao Qi with his Divine Sha, Gou Chen, but Zhao Qi escaped the camp and reached an abandoned shopping mall. Luo Yan tracked him underground and told Guan Peng to detonate the traps.

• Luo Yan spotted Zhao Qi preparing to snipe the convoy and sent a blade-covered phantom to attack him.
• Zhao Qi escaped the hillside in a prepared car, fighting off the camp's soldiers with gunfire and bombs.
• When Zhao Qi circulated his cultivation technique, Gou Chen emerged and disrupted his Qi Flow, but Zhao Qi seized an SUV and continued fleeing.
• Zhao Qi reached an abandoned shopping mall and entered a trapped subway passage as his pursuers followed.
• Flyyu ordered the soldiers to withdraw, and Luo Yan tracked Zhao Qi underground before telling Guan Peng to detonate the traps.

Zhao Qi escaped his pursuers but became trapped when his underground route collapsed, and Luo Yan used a mecha rifle to kill him. Luo Yan then marked Zhengqi Dao as an enemy after learning it had interfered in his war with the Kun Alliance.

• Zhao Qi discovered that someone had removed a grenade from his escape route, then was caught in an explosion and a massive underground collapse.
• Luo Yan saw that Zhao Qi had survived beneath the rubble and asked Feiyu to send him a mecha and a gun.
• Zhao Qi called Shang Ze for support, treated his injuries, and secured a shelter while awaiting rescue.
• Zhao Qi sensed a mecha approaching and realized it was firing a rifle into the ground, killing him beneath the rubble.
• Luo Yan saw Zhao Qi's biological gray light disappear and added Zhengqi Dao to his kill list.

Gao Jin received a Divine General mecha from Freedom Wings and prepared to gather the commercial alliance’s forces for a confrontation with Chunshen Technology. The chapter ended with him inspecting Ziwei, whose Mystic Pattern could predict an opponent’s movements.

• Gao Jin recalled how Hu Ziqiang had recruited him as a Freedom Wings partner and funded the Kunlun Group in exchange for completing missions.
• Gao Jin ordered Lengguang Base’s maintenance supervisor to cooperate with the incoming Divine General mecha team and learn from them.
• Shang Ze told Gao Jin that Zhao Qi had been killed by Chunshen Technology, and Gao Jin demanded Zhengqi Dao temporarily hand over its combat personnel.
• Gao Jin ordered the alliance’s troops and mechas to gather near Yanmen City before moving to Lengguang Base, hoping to identify potential defectors.
• Freedom Wings delivered Gao Jin the Divine General mecha Ziwei, whose Mystic Pattern could predict an opponent’s movement trajectory one to two minutes in advance.

After recovering from a bullet wound, Luo Yan shared a beer with Yu Qiushui, who warned him that Black Witch was dangerous and urged him to leave. Li Chenyu interrupted their conversation, and Luo Yan left while Yu Qiushui departed in anger.

• Luo Yan received a clean report from the doctor, read Bai?'s messages, and replied that he was safe.
• Yu Qiushui joined Luo Yan on the transport vehicle roof, asked about his injury, and talked about his growing influence and the dangers within the organization.
• Yu Qiushui admitted she was worried about Luo Yan and explained that she remained in Black Witch to find her teacher.
• Li Chenyu approached and flirted with Luo Yan, prompting Yu Qiushui to leave after warning him not to be tricked.
• Luo Yan went to rest, and Li Chenyu wondered why everyone treated her like a threat.

Luo Yan led Chunshen Technology’s convoy toward Lengguang Base, suspecting Kunlun Group’s intelligence about Yanmen City was a trap. As the two sides prepared for battle, Gao Jin publicly vowed to fight openly but secretly ordered Lin Fan to attack the camp before dawn; Luo Yan learned of Gao Jin’s declared plan and asked Li Chenyu and Yu Qiushui for their assessment.

• Luo Yan, Li Chenyu, and Yu Qiushui agreed to ignore reports of forces gathering near Yanmen City and continue toward Langya City to target Kunlun Group.
• Gao Jin moved his allies from Yanmen City to Lengguang Base as Chunshen Technology’s convoy continued along its planned route.
• Luo Yan’s convoy reached Lengguang Base and established a camp nearby without launching an attack.
• Gao Jin rejected his allies’ calls for a surprise attack and declared that the Kun Alliance would defeat Chunshen Technology openly.
• Gao Jin secretly ordered Lin Fan to lead a pre-dawn raid on the enemy camp and claim the plan as his own.
• Feiyu told Luo Yan that Gao Jin planned an open battle, and Luo Yan asked Li Chenyu and Yu Qiushui what they thought.

Chunshen Technology used hours of rotating insults to keep Lengguang Base awake and force Gao Jin to cancel his planned sneak attack. When the base grew exhausted before dawn, Chunshen Technology launched a frontal assault, leaving Gao Jin rushing toward the docking bay as the attack damaged a mecha and the Command Hall.

• Luo Yan and the others suspected Gao Jin’s call for a fair fight was a ploy, and Luo Yan asked whether anyone knew how to trade insults.
• Old Hei drove a mecha outside Lengguang Base and taunted Gao Jin, but Gao Jin told his allies not to fall for the provocation.
• Hong Gu and other Chunshen Technology pilots took turns insulting the base, keeping its personnel awake and forcing Gao Jin to call off his sneak attack.
• At 4:30 a.m., a dark-red projectile struck a night-watch mecha and sent it crashing down in flames.
• A second shell hit the Command Hall, and Gao Jin hurried toward the docking bay, realizing Chunshen Technology had begun a frontal assault.

Gao Jin led the Kun Alliance mechas into Lengguang Base’s battle against Chunshen Technology, where powerful enemy mechas and captured heavy cannons inflicted losses. As Li Chenyu and the other pilots entered the fight, Shi Tailai called Mister Red Ghost to ask for orders.

• Gao Jin linked with Ziwei, joined Lin Fan and the other mechas, and deployed from Lengguang Base as the battle with Chunshen Technology raged.
• Chunshen Technology’s ancient-warrior commander mecha cut an allied mecha in half, while captured Qinglei Group heavy cannons destroyed two more; Yu Qiushui’s Weak Water stopped Gao Jin’s missiles with its ability.
• Luo Yan told Yu Qiushui to guard the cannons and ordered Li Chenyu to attack the enemy missile launch bays.
• Li Chenyu arrived in Snow See, froze Lengguang Base’s missile launch ship and cannons, and Gao Jin engaged her while Lin Fan charged Yu Qiushui’s Weak Water.
• Shi Tailai attacked with his mecha while calling Mister Red Ghost to ask what he should do.

Guan Peng led the Iron Horse mercenaries through the battle at Lengguang Base to attack its communications room for Chunshen Technology. Two small tactical mecha charged the room’s defenses, but one was struck by the armored vehicles and sent flying.

• Guan Peng led the Iron Horse mercenaries into Lengguang Base while Li Chenyu drew Gao Jin’s Divine General Mecha battle away from them.
• Guan Peng surveyed the defenses around the communications room and ordered Xiao Feng and Old Li to prepare their attack.
• Xiao Feng and Old Li launched flash bombs and charged the guards with small tactical mecha, firing heavy weapons as they advanced.
• The communications room guards returned fire, and armored combat vehicles struck one of the small mecha, engulfing it in flames and sending it flying.

Iron Horse and Chunshen Technology launched a coordinated assault on the base, destroying its machine room and cutting off communications. As Luo Yan faced Gao Jin in Black Scale, he activated the Golden Eyes of Enlightenment to challenge Ziwei’s predictive ability.

• Iron Horse mercenaries flanked the base while Wang Tian fired a rocket at the machine room, cutting communications and leaving the base’s units to fight independently.
• Gao Jin used Ziwei’s predictive ability to evade Li Chenyu’s attacks until Luo Yan intervened and sent Li Chenyu to support the other battles.
• Luo Yan, piloting Black Scale, offered to let Gao Jin keep control of Kunlun Group if he surrendered, but Gao Jin refused.
• Luo Yan and Gao Jin fought as Black Scale struggled to match Ziwei’s speed and prediction, and Luo Yan activated the Golden Eyes of Enlightenment.