Chapter Summaries

Luo Yan used the Golden Eyes of Enlightenment to predict Ziwei’s attacks and evade Gao Jin’s strikes while fighting back with Black Scale. After Tai Sui Fiend made Gao Jin increasingly agitated, Luo Yan spotted an opening in Ziwei’s network and fired a Concussion Grenade at it.

• Luo Yan analyzed Ziwei and learned that Gao Jin’s Seven Killings Divine Treasure accumulated damage and detonated it with every seventh attack.
• Gao Jin and Luo Yan launched their mecha into combat, and Luo Yan used the Light Body Model to anticipate Ziwei’s movements.
• Gao Jin attacked with the Vibrating Sword Technique, but Black Scale repeatedly dodged before either mecha could land a blow.
• Luo Yan’s Tai Sui Fiend possessed Gao Jin and made him increasingly impulsive and angry.
• Luo Yan spotted a blank area in Ziwei’s network and fired a Concussion Grenade at the opening.

Luo Yan used the Great Sage's Mask to overwhelm Gao Jin and knock him unconscious inside Ziwei. After connecting with Ziwei through Resonance, Luo Yan found himself seeing a vision of an approaching apocalypse.

• Gao Jin unleashed the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Sword and a devastating Ultimate Skill, but Luo Yan evaded both with the Light Body Model.
• Luo Yan covered Black Scale with the Great Sage's Mask, temporarily raising its power to the Divine General Class and creating numerous combat-capable clones.
• Li Chenyu recognized the Performinging God Mask as Lin Yuanfang's secret technique and wondered whether Red Ghost had learned it.
• Luo Yan used Flash Bombs and Concussion Grenades to disorient Gao Jin, then struck Ziwei's head and knocked Gao Jin unconscious.
• Luo Yan removed his helmet and used Resonance to connect with Ziwei, then saw a cataclysmic vision.

Luo Yan took control of Ziwei after connecting with the memories of its former pilot and reassured him that the Human Race still fought on. Gao Jin escaped the captured Lengguang Base, while Chunshen Technology took control and detained Lin Fan and the Kun Alliance members.

• Luo Yan saw the ancient battlefield through Ziwei's perspective and told its former pilot that the Human Race was still fighting the giant beasts.
• Ziwei knelt before Black Scale, prompting Kun Alliance forces and other allies to surrender as Li Chenyu and Yu Qiushui discussed Luo Yan.
• Gao Jin woke inside Ziwei, escaped from the cockpit, and fled the base after encountering Red Ghost.
• Gao Jin saw Shi Tailai's mecha fighting as it escaped, then drove into the forest to evade pursuers.
• The next morning, Chunshen Technology controlled Lengguang Base and had Lin Fan and the Kun Alliance members detained.

Shi Tailai helped Chunshen Technology lure Gao Jin into a trap at Mount Tai Base, where Red Ghost attacked him in a terrifying transformed form. Gao Jin was badly wounded, while Shi Tailai watched the fight unfold.

• At Mount Tai Base, Chunshen Technology urged Tailai Group to surrender, but Shi Tailai kept resisting while Gao Jin secretly watched the base.
• Shi Tailai picked up Gao Jin and claimed he believed Gao Jin’s backers could restore Kunlun Group, then accepted a letter meant for Hu Ziqiang.
• Gao Jin realized Shi Tailai had deceived him when a masked figure entered the office and attacked.
• Red Ghost’s inhuman form smashed through the office and pursued Gao Jin, who tried to counter with an Ultimate Skill.
• Red Ghost’s blood claw overwhelmed Gao Jin, sending the badly wounded Third Layer Profound Comprehension Realm expert flying as Shi Tailai watched.

After Gao Jin’s death, Luo Yan took control of the Kun Alliance and its transportation network, then sent Lin Fan to deal with another Kunlun Group expert. Meanwhile, Guan Peng’s forces ambushed Shang Ze’s convoy and killed him for Zhengqi Dao’s attempt to assassinate Red Ghost.

• Luo Yan showed Lin Fan and the other captives Gao Jin’s head, then took control of the Yunlang Highway and made the Kun Alliance serve Chunshen Technology.
• Luo Yan put Lin Fan in charge of the Kunlun Group and ordered him to approach Liu Weiguo, the group’s other Profound Comprehension expert.
• Luo Yan considered whether Hu Ziqiang would seek revenge for Gao Jin or contact him, then messaged Guan Peng.
• Shang Ze fled toward Yanmen with his remaining people and a briefcase of gold, but Guan Peng’s forces attacked his convoy.
• Shang Ze tried to shoot Guan Peng, but his pistol clicked empty, and Guan Peng shot him.

Luo Yan reorganized Kunlun Group under Fei Yu and gave Fei Yu and Hong Gu a Mystic Mastery technique to help his subordinates advance. After signing the Yunlang Highway profit agreement, he planned to trade the Ziwei mecha for Phantom and heard that Monk Zhixin’s mission in the Southern Border was being obstructed.

• Luo Yan kept Kunlun Group’s executives in place but demoted its former president to assistant and appointed Fei Yu as president.
• Luo Yan gave Fei Yu and Hong Gu the first level of Sea Overturning Art, asking Hong Gu to pass it to Zhuo Hu so he could pursue Mystic Mastery.
• Luo Yan, Yu Qiushui, and Li Chenyu signed an agreement to divide Yunlang Highway’s profits, with Luo Yan covering Liu Wansheng’s share from his own portion.
• Luo Yan said he would exchange the Ziwei mecha for Phantom, whose shadow ability could complement his predictive Divine Treasure.
• Li Chenyu told Luo Yan that the Suo Po Association had resisted Monk Zhixin’s attempt to spread his faith in the Southern Border.

Luo Yan learned that the organization was recruiting aerospace experts and collecting space-related materials, while the Gou Mang Department’s growing power alarmed Ying Zhengye and Cai Andao. Cai urged Ying to use Zhang Yugu to frame Red Ghost for a minister’s death and rally several branches against him.

• Yu Qiushui told Luo Yan and Li Chenyu that the organization had issued missions to recruit physics and aeronautics experts and collect aerospace materials and equipment.
• Li Chenyu reasoned that the missions suggested the organization was preparing for space exploration, and Yu Qiushui and Li Chenyu left after discussing them.
• Luo Yan messaged Bai ? that his mission was complete and wondered about the Suo Po Association, the Western Cult, and the aerospace missions.
• Ying Zhengye told Cai Andao that Red Ghost and the two ministers had taken control of a major surface transportation network, setting the Gou Mang Department up for rapid expansion.
• Ying Zhengye proposed using Zhang Yugu and the Zhu Rong Department to restrain Red Ghost, but Cai Andao urged him to provoke Red Ghost into appearing responsible for Zhang Yugu’s death.
• Cai Andao advised Ying Zhengye that the details of Zhang Yugu’s death would not matter if the organization believed Red Ghost had killed him.

A flesh creature crossed from Yanfu Realm Space into reality, devoured animals and bats in a karst cave, and became a humanoid monster that headed toward a surface camp. In Jinge City, Luo Yan reported to Bai Shaotang, learned the Strategic Affairs Department had no way to increase divinity, and was told to prepare for a mission in the Valley of Grief and focus on cultivation.

• A lump of flesh fell through a breach from Yanfu Realm Space, entered a karst cave, and devoured a lizard and the cave's bats.
• The flesh creature grew into a deformed humanoid monster and headed toward a nearby surface camp.
• Luo Yan met Bai Shaotang at the Strategic Affairs Department headquarters and reported on the trade route and Black Witch's recruitment of physics and aerospace talent.
• Bai Shaotang asked Luo Yan to investigate Black Witch's plans and said he would share any findings about the Jinyang Group's financiers.
• Luo Yan asked how to increase divinity, but Bai Shaotang said the Strategic Affairs Department had no method and advised him to focus on cultivation before the new technique was released.
• Bai Shaotang told Luo Yan to rest for a few days before joining his team's mission in the Valley of Grief, where Bai Qixue was acting as Vice Captain.

Luo Yan had dinner with his mother, bought clothes for Xiao Bai, and learned that Nether Fish had awakened after absorbing the Gui Sha Fruit. He released Nether Fish into a river and allowed it to travel toward the sea, where it hoped to grow by hunting giant beasts.

• Luo Yan took Zhou Lijuan to dinner and reassured her about his relationship with Xiao Bai and his finances.
• Luo Yan bought clothes for Zhou Lijuan and Xiao Bai, returned to the barracks, and messaged Xiao Bai about the gifts.
• Luo Yan sensed that Nether Fish had awakened and, the next day, released it into a secluded river.
• Nether Fish grew to nearly twenty meters long, gained new abilities, and asked Luo Yan to let it travel downriver to the sea.
• Luo Yan warned Nether Fish to avoid attacking people and being discovered, then allowed it to go in search of giant beasts so it could grow.

After several quiet months of cultivation and growing strength within the Strategic Affairs Department, Luo Yan was summoned with the other Dragon Rider squads to hear about a joint mission. Bai Shaotang revealed that the City of Bewilderment was expanding rapidly and its Nightmare-level master, Chaos, showed signs of awakening.

• Luo Yan opened another profound meridian, while the Nether Fish reported that it had killed a lower-tier aquatic beast in the sea.
• The Earthly Hero Squad members and other Dragon Riders advanced in cultivation, and the Strategic Affairs Department's strength increased.
• Luo Yan and Bai Qixue joined the other Earthly Department squads in the conference room after receiving an assembly notice.
• Bai Shaotang announced a joint mission and explained that the City of Bewilderment had expanded by 5% in a few months.
• Bai Shaotang revealed that Chaos, the City's Nightmare-level master, was showing signs of awakening and displayed its known characteristics.

Bai Shaotang briefed the Earthly Department on Hundun’s threat and the planned operation to subjugate it. He assigned the department to support the Tianying Squad by restraining Overlords in the City of Bewilderment, including Zhu Nü, while the Tianying Squad dealt with Hundun.

• Bai Shaotang explained that Hundun’s influence had driven millions of people in the City of Bewilderment mad or made them forget how to survive.
• Bai Shaotang warned that Hundun might soon awaken and said only Profound Comprehension Realm cultivators in Divine General Class mechas could safely engage it.
• Bai Shaotang announced that Captain Hu Xuanyi’s Tianying Squad would lead the operation to subjugate Hundun.
• Bai Shaotang described Zhu Nü’s fear, darkness, and Nightmare Crystal traits, warning the dragon riders about its dangers.
• Bai Shaotang assigned the Earthly Department to restrain the City of Bewilderment’s Overlords so the Tianying Squad could focus on Hundun.

Luo Yan and Bai? prepared to travel to the City of Bewilderment, where the squads might face Chaos and the Nightmare Giant Beast. As the team set out, Fu Yan stopped Luo Yan and asked him to warn Yang Ziqi to be careful.

• Bai Shaotang explained the Infinite Corridor phenomenon and said Luo Yan and Wang Meng might need to support the Tianying Squad against Chaos.
• Luo Yan and Bai? saw Bai?'s new Divine General Class mecha, Bride, and Luo Yan promised her an Overlord Giant Beast's beast soul if they found one.
• Lian Hengshan considered injecting Abyssal Ghost blood but decided to wait, then packed the syringe to bring on the mission.
• Luo Yan and Bai? visited Zhou Lijuan and told her Luo Yan was leaving on a mission without naming the destination.
• As Luo Yan led the team toward their meeting place, Fu Yan asked him to pass a warning to Yang Ziqi, who was in the City of Bewilderment.

Nether Fish hunted and devoured a Xi fish, growing rapidly from the nutrients. Luo Yan sensed its progress and estimated it would reach giant-beast size by the beginning of next spring.

• Nether Fish swallowed a tuna, an Orca, and numerous smaller fish as it traveled through the sea.
• Nether Fish found a Xi fish and wounded its tail and fin with Water Slaying Sword.
• Nether Fish stunned Xi fish with Thunderous Might, then gutted it and restrained it with Water Control.
• Nether Fish devoured Xi fish’s organs and fattier flesh, growing larger as it fed.
• Luo Yan sensed Nether Fish’s full meal and expected it to reach giant-beast size by the beginning of next spring.

Luo Yan and the Dragon Riders traveled toward City of Bewilderment as news broke that a demon had appeared overseas and been killed by Freedom Wings at great cost. Before the convoy reached Jingfeng Base, the Giant Beast Radar detected the Overlord Danghu approaching, and Luo Yan deployed Yao Yuan to help intercept it.

• Luo Yan read a Strategic Affairs Department report that a demon had appeared in Big Apple City, destroyed the Undercity of Babylon City, and been killed by Freedom Wings, who lost several Mech Masters and a fourth-order God's Emissary.
• Luo Yan warned Dong Yuan and the others not to lower their guard around Qing Lian, their Sky Ghost adviser.
• As the convoy neared City of Bewilderment, the Giant Beast Radar detected the Overlord Giant Beast Danghu approaching from the city.
• Wang Meng ordered Luo Yan to help protect the convoy, and Luo Yan agreed to leave Bai? behind to guard it.
• Luo Yan deployed Yao Yuan from the transport vehicle and saw a huge black shadow rising from City of Bewilderment.

Danghu flew over the convoy and dropped swarms of Proud Worms onto the vehicles and mechas. The Dragonriders fought back, burning, impaling, and cursing the parasites as the attack continued.

• Li Musen and Wang Meng prepared to meet Danghu while the other Dragonriders protected the convoy and halted or accelerated traffic through the tunnel.
• Dong Yuan spotted Danghu approaching with Proud Worms dangling beneath its body as the wind swept toward the highway.
• Danghu passed over the convoy and its gale dropped Proud Worms onto the ground, transport vehicles, and mechas.
• A Proud Worm tried to bite through Dong Yuan's mecha, but he flicked it away, and Deputy Captain Bai ordered the Dragonriders to clear out the parasites.
• Deputy Captain Bai's Lan Xiao burned the swarm, Xia Yan's Blood Curse Spirit withered Proud Worms, Li Musen impaled them with wooden spears, and Dong Yuan swept them with a blue-flame whip.

Luo Yan and Wang Meng held off the Proud Worm and the Danghu long enough for the convoy to escape, and Luo Yan discovered that his heavenly fire weakened the Danghu’s sinister power. After the Danghu fled to the City of Bewilderment, Luo Yan resolved to kill at least one overlord during the coming operation and improve Xiao Bai’s mech.

• The Earth Elite and Earth Fierce Mecha Squads escorted the convoy away while Luo Yan and Wang Meng stayed behind to distract the Proud Worm and Danghu.
• Luo Yan and Wang Meng attacked the Danghu, and Luo Yan realized that his heavenly fire burned away the evil power in its whiskers.
• Luo Yan flew Yao Yuan into the sky and used Human Killing Momentum to disorient the Danghu, sending it crashing into the ground.
• Wang Meng used Feijiang’s transformed Divine Treasure to switch positions with his dagger and strike the grounded Danghu, then dodged its counterattack with a second swap.
• The Danghu escaped toward the City of Bewilderment, and Luo Yan chose not to pursue it as he planned to kill an overlord during the coming operation.

Luo Yan and the Dragon Rider captains arrived at Jingfeng Base, where Professor Lu Hongyun’s research team briefed them on Chaos and a planned helmet modification to resist its memory-erasing effects. After Luo Yan passed Fu Yan’s message to Yang Ziqi, Lu Xinyue suddenly accused someone of hitting a child.

• The base commander welcomed Luo Yan and the other Dragon Rider captains and introduced them to Lu Hongyun’s research team.
• Lu Hongyun explained that Chaos’s forgetting effect damaged memory-related brain regions, while Lu Xinyue described a proposed helmet modification to improve resistance.
• Wang Meng discussed strength training with Lu Hongyun, and Lu Xinyue apologized after questioning Luo Yan’s ability.
• Luo Yan and the captains left the Command Hall and returned toward their dormitories.
• Luo Yan relayed Fu Yan’s message to Yang Ziqi, who smiled and thanked him.
• Lu Xinyue shouted at someone for hitting a child, drawing Luo Yan’s attention.

Luo Yan confronted Lu Xinyue for shielding a boy who stole food, then led the Earthly Hero Squad as it escorted Lu Hongyun’s research team into the City of Bewilderment. The convoy entered the Desperate Land and detected two Spectrum Signals.

• Luo Yan stopped the boy who had stolen food from the Mech Masters and warned Lu Xinyue not to shield him from consequences.
• Lu Hongyun’s research team prepared to study Forgetting Trees and their memory-erasing sap in the City of Bewilderment.
• Luo Yan led the Earthly Hero Squad’s mech escort while the Earthly Dark Squad followed behind to watch for Infinite Corridors.
• The convoy passed a highway toll station and entered the City of Bewilderment, where the Desperate Land’s oppressive atmosphere unsettled some Mech Masters.
• Dong Yuan reassured the group about the danger, but the Giant Beast Radar sounded an alarm for two Spectrum Signals.

The Earthly Hero Squad defeated Xing Xing and drove off Mengji before escorting Lu Hongyun’s team to a commercial district to collect Forgetfulness Water. As the collection began, Liu Lijun repaired an old radio receiver and picked up a faint distress call.

• Captain Luo Yan sent Dong Yuan and Li Musen after Mengji and ordered Xia Yan to deal with Xing Xing; Mengji fled, and Xia Yan killed Xing Xing with the Blood Curse Spirit.
• Lu Hongyun praised the Earthly Hero Squad to Lu Xinyue, then told Liu Lijun that his daughter resented Captain Luo Yan after their earlier clash.
• The team traveled without further incident and reached the commercial district at two in the afternoon.
• Luo Yan established a perimeter using drones and Heiwu while Lu Hongyun’s team sent collection robots to gather Forgetting Trees and their fruits.
• Liu Lijun worked on an old radio receiver, which crackled to life with someone asking, “Can anyone hear me?”

Liu Lijun vanished after a voice over the radio lured her into nearby ruins, and Luo Yan found that his tracking abilities could not follow her. With night approaching and no leads to her location, the team decided to return to base and request a search and rescue.

• Liu Lijun heard a strange voice over the radio, agreed to find it, and walked into the ruins as if sleepwalking.
• Lu Hongyun discovered Liu Lijun was missing and alerted Luo Yan after the team could not locate her.
• Luo Yan reviewed the drone footage and used Golden Eyes of Enlightenment, but Liu Lijun vanished from view inside the ruins.
• Lu Xinyue could not find Liu Lijun's position, and Luo Yan decided the team had to leave before nightfall.
• Lu Xinyue accused Luo Yan of abandoning Liu Lijun, but he explained he would secure the team before attempting a rescue.
• Lu Hongyun agreed to return to base and asked Luo Yan to arrange a search and rescue for Liu Lijun.