Chapter Summaries

Li Yuqing was engulfed by the Battlefield’s Gray Mist, which conjured the image of her dead first love, Bai Jing, and reopened her grief. A phoenix’s cry broke the illusion, leaving her cockpit clear and revealing a giant beast biting her mecha’s head.

• Li Yuqing sealed the vents and tried to contact Wang Meng and the base, but the Gray Mist kept filling her cockpit and communications failed.
• A voice in the fog called Li Yuqing by name, and she recognized it as Bai Jing, the boyfriend who had died while rescuing someone from drowning.
• Bai Jing appeared and recalled intimate details of their relationship, convincing a conflicted Li Yuqing that he had returned.
• Li Yuqing took Bai Jing’s hand and agreed to go with him, but a phoenix cry made his figure disappear and cleared the fog from her cockpit.
• Li Yuqing saw a giant beast gnawing on her mecha’s head, with damaged wiring and black spots across the panoramic window.

A Green Phoenix Bird dispelled Chaos’s Gray Mist, allowing the Mech Masters to recover and Hu Xuanyi to chase the fleeing beast into the forbidden zone. After recovering Qin Worm’s beast soul and mourning the Earthly Bear Squad’s losses, Luo Yan received orders to intercept Chaos.

• The Green Phoenix Bird cleared the Gray Mist, and Murong Xuan rescued Li Yuqing from a giant beast while she recovered from the illusion of reuniting with Bai Jing.
• Chaos fled toward the forbidden zone, so Hu Xuanyi pursued it with Wang Houtu while Pan Xing and Little Yu stayed to fight another giant beast.
• Dong Yuan used the Soul Absorbing Gun to capture Qin Worm’s beast soul as Luo Yan and Bai Jing watched the Earthly Bear Squad collect its fallen members.
• Hu Xuanyi contacted Luo Yan and ordered him to intercept Chaos, which was escaping through the forbidden zone by stitching spaces together.
• Luo Yan accepted the mission and prepared to head for the coordinates Hu Xuanyi sent.

Luo Yan and Yao Yuan intercepted Chaos as it emerged along the route, and Yan Bo attacked it with Crimson Essence Fire. Chaos weakened the attack with its space-splitting and chaos abilities, but the blast still scorched a vast swath of the forbidden land to ash.

• Dan Niang gave Luo Yan and Bai? Grass Return Pills to restore their Mystic Qi.
• Yao Yuan and Xi Niang left in their mechs while Zhang Shou Zhuang led the others out of the forbidden land.
• Luo Yan and Yao Yuan reached the Chaos route and sensed the Nightmare Giant Beast approaching through Space Stitching.
• Luo Yan used the Heavenly Fire Seal Tent to restrain Chaos while Yan Bo formed and launched Crimson Essence Fire.
• Chaos broke free, used Space Cutting and Chaos to weaken the attack, and tried to hold back the crimson-gold sun.
• Crimson Essence Fire exploded, leaving the forbidden land scorched across a huge fan-shaped area.

Luo Yan and his allies discovered that Chaos could manipulate its injuries and tried to flee, but Hu Xuanyi and Bai’s strange abilities sealed its escape and countered its mist. Hu Xuanyi then unleashed a seemingly endless barrage of Mystic Arts against Chaos, while Luo Yan identified the yellow phoenix enabling the attacks.

• Luo Yan warned Hu Xuanyi that Chaos could weaken attacks, transfer injuries, and recover by manipulating its chaos.
• Chaos tried to escape by cutting through space, but Hu Xuanyi summoned a black coffin that sealed its Space Cutting spell.
• Chaos released Mist of Bewilderment, but Bai’s glove-built figure absorbed the mist and transformed it into rabbits.
• Hu Xuanyi summoned a Thunder Dragon and unleashed a barrage of Mystic Arts against Chaos.
• Luo Yan used Golden Eyes of Enlightenment to identify Shao Hao’s yellow phoenix as the Divine Path Effect that let Hu Xuanyi cast Mystic Arts without hand seals or cost.

Luo Yan and Hu Xuanyi joined forces to overcome Chaos's memory-erasing Eyes and confusing curse, then killed the Nightmare Giant Beast in the desperate land. Wang Houtu recovered its Soul Jade from the charred remains and lamented that the battle had destroyed the rest of its valuable materials.

• Chaos's Eyes of Forgetting made Luo Yan, Bai?, Hu Xuanyi, and Wang Houtu forget some of their abilities, while its Confusion curse redirected Hu Xuanyi's Mystic Arts toward their allies.
• Wang Houtu used Thousand Rocks, Ten Thousand Valleys to shield the mechas from the redirected attacks, and Luo Yan activated Blood Executioner to strengthen Yao Yuan.
• Luo Yan spotted a break in Chaos's silver patterns and used Yao Yuan's afterimages to draw its gray mist away from the real mecha.
• Luo Yan struck Chaos's shoulder with the Heavenly Fire saber as Blood Executioner, Bone Devour amplified the blow, and Hu Xuanyi's Shao Hao hurled a flaming spear that blew apart Chaos's head.
• Chaos collapsed and burned to charcoal, and Wang Houtu recovered its Soul Jade while lamenting that Luo Yan and Hu Xuanyi had burned away the beast's other valuable materials.

After Hun Dun’s defeat, Hu Xuanyi explained how Nightmare Giant Beasts’ Soul Jades could create Fictional Divine Souls for divine machines, and shared classified theories about heavenly gods and Kunlun. With the City of Bewilderment cleared, Luo Yan prepared to return to Jinge City with Bai?, promising to use Qin Worm’s beast soul to upgrade her mecha.

• Hu Xuanyi explained that Nightmare Giant Beasts’ Soul Jades were physical, sublimated beast souls and the primary material for Fictional Divine Souls.
• Hu Xuanyi revealed that Fictional Divine Souls simulated heavenly gods’ souls inside divine machines to enable Holy Descent, though they were only a fraction as powerful as true gods.
• Hu Xuanyi said Ancient People’s records described Kunlun as a possible kingdom of heavenly gods within Guixu, then warned Luo Yan to keep the information secret.
• Several days after Hun Dun’s execution, the Pan siblings slew Danghu, while Zhu Nü escaped and Jingfeng Base began clearing the City of Bewilderment.
• Luo Yan and Bai? prepared to return to Jinge City, and Luo Yan promised to use Qin Worm’s beast soul to upgrade Xiniang’s Mystic Patterns.

A group of newcomers accepted food and shelter at a camp in exchange for cleaning its sewers, where they encountered a monstrous creature. As screams echoed from underground, the camp residents and their driver prayed to the Diaoke God.

• The driver brought a group of newcomers, including a child, into the camp and promised them lodging, food, and work.
• The next day, the driver fed the newcomers and assigned them to clean the sewers.
• The square-faced man led the group underground, where they cleared dead rats and garbage while following signs.
• The group spotted a large shadow, and a woman found a horrifying creature hanging above her.
• The creature twisted the woman's head around, and screams filled the sewers.
• The driver and camp residents knelt by the manhole and prayed to the Diaoke God for the camp's safety and prosperity.

Luo Yan tested his newly advanced power against the Headless General on a snowy field outside Jinge City. He left Captain Bai watching as he overwhelmed the General with increasingly powerful techniques.

• Luo Yan asked Captain Bai to release the Headless General at full combat power so he could verify a few things.
• Luo Yan’s aura clashed with the Headless General’s, and Captain Bai realized Luo Yan had reached the fourth layer of the Profound Comprehension Realm.
• Luo Yan used Bloody Wind and Rain to attack the Headless General, which weakened the tornado with repeated Severing Slashes before repairing its damaged body with flames.
• Luo Yan unleashed Heavenly Momentum, sending fiery meteors down from the sky as the Headless General countered with Violent Flame Rising Dragon.
• Luo Yan struck the Headless General with Bloody Battle of Ten Thousand Miles, driving it back a thousand meters while Captain Bai watched.

Luo Yan and Deputy Captain Bai returned to the Strategic Affairs Department to watch the Raven Project’s first test. The project successfully opened a small artificial rift to Yanfu, marking the start of its unmanned scouting mission.

• Luo Yan reviewed ways to improve his sword techniques after his battle with the Headless General.
• Dong Yuan called Luo Yan and Deputy Captain Bai back to watch the Raven Project’s first test.
• Deputy Commander Bai Shaotang explained that the Drill Machine and Nether Membrane generator would send the unmanned Raven into Yanfu, with Qing Lian’s help having aided their development.
• The research team activated the Drill Machine, which opened a small artificial rift to Yanfu and astonished the Dragonriders watching the livestream.

A drone entered the Jambu Realm and surveyed a vast, ruined capital built for giants, revealing signs of an ancient war between giant warriors and monstrous beings. As the drone explored the city, a huge eye appeared on its camera feed and the signal was lost.

• The experiment team sent the drone Raven through the Nether Membrane into Jambu, where interference damaged its wing spar and disabled two propellers.
• The drone descended through the fog and flew over a seemingly endless black forest before discovering a gigantic walled city.
• The drone explored a stone house containing primitive furnishings and a moss-covered corpse, then continued through the city's planned streets and ruins.
• Near the central Heaven Worship Platform, the drone recorded ornate noble districts and battle-scarred corpses of giant warriors and humanlike monsters.
• The Dragonriders speculated that the monsters might be heavenly ghosts, but a howl shook the camera feed and the signal vanished on the image of a gigantic eye filled with Killing Intent.

After the Raven Project’s first test, Bai Shaotang told Luo Yan he would defer his transfer to the Heavenly Department and assign him to investigate the Jinyang Group. Meanwhile, the Nether Fish grew to giant-beast size and attacked a mid-tier Xuan Gui, leaving it vulnerable to a strike beneath its shell.

• Bai Shaotang announced the end of the Raven Project’s experimental livestream after the drone was discovered by giant beasts in Yanfu.
• Bai Shaotang told Luo Yan he would postpone transferring him and Bai— to the Heavenly Department until they were ready to lead a squad, and said Luo Yan would take over the investigation of the Jinyang Group.
• Luo Yan realized the Nether Fish had grown to more than eighty meters long, with fully developed Wing Fins and a wingspan close to a hundred meters.
• The Nether Fish used its sound waves to locate a mid-tier Xuan Gui and struck it with a pillar of Thunderlight, shattering its Thick Armor.
• As the Xuan Gui plunged into the sea, the Nether Fish sent an undercurrent toward the fleshy opening at the base of its tail.

Luo Yan reviewed the growth of his organization and considered a proposed partnership with the ambitious Zhu Rong Department. After returning to headquarters, he was ordered to rescue an operative captured by the Jinyang Group and warned that the mission could bring him into conflict with God's Emissary.

• Luo Yan assessed the Nether Fish as a Mid-tier Giant Beast and planned how to distribute cultivation methods among his people.
• Feiyu reported that Zhang Yugu of the Zhu Rong Department wanted to discuss cooperation, and Luo Yan agreed to meet him in Langya City after the New Year.
• Luo Yan reviewed other reports, found no urgent problems, and returned to headquarters three days later.
• Bai Shaotang told Luo Yan that their operative had been captured by the Jinyang Group and might know the identity of its backer.
• Luo Yan agreed to retrieve the operative, and Bai Shaotang warned him that foreign involvement could draw God's Emissary into the conflict.

Luo Yan arrived at Zhuque Base under the identity of Xu Chuan to meet a contact from the Locksmith information network about investigator Qu Zheng. He left the chapter facing Yang Xueli, who revealed she was with the Locksmith and tried to seduce him.

• Luo Yan drove to Zhuque Base in disguise as Xu Chuan, an Advanced level four executive of Youlan Base.
• Luo Yan entered Zhuque Base and checked into Tongfu Inn after noticing how much the base had expanded.
• A man in black sent a photograph of Xu Chuan to Yang Xueli and instructed her to take him to the Obsidian Bar.
• Yang Xueli visited Luo Yan's room pretending to deliver dinner and tried to seduce him.
• Luo Yan recognized that Yang Xueli was with the Locksmith, and she introduced herself while continuing to flirt with him.

Luo Yan entered Snow Rock Camp to find Qu Zheng, only to discover that the man bound in Obsidian Bar was Jiang Guo, the camp’s owner, posing as Qu Zheng. After killing Jiang Guo and the ambushers, Luo Yan realized the locksmith owed him an explanation.

• Luo Yan drove to Snow Rock Camp with Yang Xueli, who warned him that the camp and Obsidian Bar were backed by Black Tower Base.
• Luo Yan entered the camp by bribing the guards with Anti-inflammatory Tablets, and one guard secretly alerted Mister Jiang.
• Luo Yan followed the bartender’s signal into a dark room, then shoved the bartender into an ambush and killed the gunmen inside.
• Luo Yan found a bound, battered man who claimed to be Qu Zheng, but recognized him as Jiang Guo, the camp’s owner, and killed him.
• Luo Yan concluded that the locksmith owed him an explanation.

Luo Yan learned that Tao Ye and Jiang Guo had conspired to lure him to Obsidian Bar, then forced Tao Ye to reveal that Qu Zheng was hiding in Ba City. As Luo Yan set out to find him, Qu Zheng fled through the city’s sewers while Black Tower Base’s men searched nearby.

• Luo Yan confronted Yang Xueli, who revealed that Tao Ye had sent her to Obsidian Bar on Jiang Guo’s orders.
• Yang Xueli took Tao Ye at gunpoint to Luo Yan, and Luo Yan cut off Tao Ye’s arm when he claimed not to know where Qu Zheng was.
• Tao Ye revealed that Qu Zheng had escaped Black Tower Base’s pursuit and was hiding in Ba City, where Jiang Guo’s forces planned to capture him.
• Luo Yan cauterized Tao Ye’s wound with Dragon Elephant and ordered him to take him to Ba City.
• In Ba City, Qu Zheng found his supplies nearly exhausted, sensed approaching pursuers, and escaped into a manhole as three motorcycles passed.

Luo Yan and Tao Ye entered Ba City to find Qu Zheng, cutting through Black Tower Base's guards at the toll station. After a rooftop sentry reported their arrival, Luo Yan appeared behind him and warned Black Tower Base to withdraw.

• Tao Ye urged Luo Yan to abandon the search for Qu Zheng, but Luo Yan took him to Ba City and told Yang Xueli to leave Locksmith.
• Tao Ye considered shooting Luo Yan but abandoned the idea after realizing Luo Yan was watching him.
• Luo Yan split an armed SUV and killed the guards at the toll station while Tao Ye shot several others.
• Luo Yan and Tao Ye took weapons and grenades from the guards before proceeding into Ba City.
• A rooftop sentry reported Luo Yan and Tao Ye to Mr. Ma, but Luo Yan appeared behind him and took his Walkie-talkie.
• Luo Yan told the sentry to advise Black Tower Base to withdraw.

Luo Yan waited for Black Tower Base’s leader, Ma Yu, to arrive, then killed him with the Ultimate Skill “Bloody Wind and Rain.” The Black Tower force was left without its leader, clearing the way for Qu Zheng to escape the immediate threat.

• Ma Yu left his armored command vehicle and headed for the toll station after Xu Chuan threatened him.
• Luo Yan told Tao Ye to wait, expecting Black Tower Base’s leader to come deal with them.
• Ma Yu’s convoy opened fire on Luo Yan and Tao Ye, but Luo Yan’s Azure Luan Armor stopped the bullets while Tao Ye returned fire and threw grenades.
• Ma Yu detonated Tao Ye’s grenades with his sword energy and prepared to attack him.
• Luo Yan unleashed Vermilion Heavenly Fire, burned away Ma Yu’s sword energy, and killed him with “Bloody Wind and Rain.”

Luo Yan rescued Qu Zheng after defeating Ma Yu and Black Tower’s fighters in Ba City, then learned Qu Zheng had copied a file called the Water Drop Plan. When they found Qu Zheng’s safe house destroyed, Luo Yan decided to capture Jinyang Group director Lei Zunyi and obtain the file from him.

• Luo Yan killed Ma Yu and the Black Tower fighters, then let Tao Ye leave Ba City.
• Luo Yan found the wounded Qu Zheng, introduced himself, and learned that Qu Zheng had copied a file named the Water Drop Plan from Lei Zunyi’s computer.
• Luo Yan treated Qu Zheng’s wound and drove him toward the safe house where Qu Zheng had hidden the file.
• Luo Yan and Qu Zheng found the safe house reduced to rubble and suspected Jinyang Group had discovered it.
• Luo Yan decided to capture Lei Zunyi directly, and Qu Zheng agreed that the blunt plan could solve their problem.

Luo Yan tracked Jinyang Group controller Leo from the group headquarters to a surface camp and confronted him about the Water Drop Plan. After Leo denied knowing about it, Luo Yan killed him before he could be taken in for questioning.

• Ding Boyang told Leo that Black Tower Base's capture team, led by Ma Yu, had lost contact, and Leo suspected the Giant Beast Strategy Department was interfering.
• Leo left Jinyang Group to meet Mr. McCleary, while Luo Yan went to the group's headquarters to find him.
• Luo Yan used Divine Treasure to see Leo leave town in a convoy, then followed its phantom trail to a surface camp.
• Luo Yan slipped into Leo's room and identified himself as the Strategic Affairs Department's Dragon Rider Captain.
• Leo denied knowing about the Water Drop Plan, and Luo Yan killed him by crushing his head with an invisible force.

Luo Yan witnessed Leo’s assassination by the Shadow of Sariel and drove back with Qu Zheng after fighting off the attacker with Yan Bo. The Jinyang Group’s hidden backers ordered their operatives to cut ties and eliminate everyone involved, while Qiao Mai Xun learned that Leo was dead.

• Luo Yan used Divine Treasure to spot the Shadow of Sariel killing Leo, then summoned Yan Bo, whose flames drove the attacker away and destroyed much of the camp.
• Luo Yan escaped with Qu Zheng and explained that a Tier 4 Transcendent had silenced Leo using a Holy Projection; they suspected the Jinyang Group’s backer was a powerful organization like Freedom Wings.
• Belle told McCleary and Jack that Luo Yan had detected her Shadow of Sariel and that Yan Bo’s flames had injured her.
• McCleary agreed with Jack that they should abandon the Jinyang Group and ordered him to eliminate everyone involved.
• McCleary messaged Qiao Mai Xun, who read that Leo had died and wondered whether he would be the next Droplet to fall.