Chapter Summaries

Luo Yan witnessed Wu Hui’s final battle against Mei Ba and learned how the Heavenly God sacrificed himself to leave behind the Refining Divinity Art. Wu Hui recognized that beasts had returned to the Mortal World, then entrusted the struggle to Luo Yan and his generation.

• Luo Yan relived Wu Hui charging into the black clouds to fight Mei Ba and the Desolate Gods, declaring that he did not fear death if his sacrifice could secure a pure land for future generations.
• Wu Hui unleashed a life-burning strike that killed one Desolate God, then gave the survivors the Refining Divinity Art before dying.
• Wu Hui sensed Luo Yan within his divine soul and asked whether beasts still plagued the land in later generations.
• Luo Yan claimed the world was peaceful, but Wu Hui saw through his lie and understood that the beasts had returned.
• Luo Yan told Wu Hui that he had already done enough and promised that his generation would take up the fight, and Wu Hui accepted his pledge.

After resonating with Wu Hui’s Divine Remnant, Luo Yan discovered and destroyed the Ghost-faced King Worm that had parasitized the deity. The scholars celebrated their discoveries, while Luo Yan left with Wu Hui’s Samadhi Kaiyang Method and other gains.

• Luo Yan resonated with Wu Hui’s Divine Remnant and gained the deity’s powers, divine path, and immortal arts.
• Luo Yan detected the Ghost-faced King Worm clinging to Wu Hui’s spine and realized it had controlled the remnant and slaughtered the Ancient People.
• Luo Yan used Samadhi True Fire to force the Ghost-faced King Worm out of Wu Hui’s body.
• Luo Yan summoned Fire Yang True Lord and its crimson-gold Fire Dragon to trap and burn the King Worm until it died.
• The scholars celebrated recovering the Divine Remnant and learning more about the Ruins, while Luo Yan gained the Samadhi Kaiyang Method and other treasures.

Pruhler woke from a dream of his dead family and accepted responsibility for the failed mission to seize the Divine Remnant. Meanwhile, Zaren asked to join the Strategic Affairs Department and offered evidence against the Freedom Wings.

• Byrne woke Pruhler, who learned that the Strategic Affairs Department had recovered the Divine Remnant and eliminated the monster that emerged from it.
• Pruhler concluded that his team could no longer seize the Divine Remnant and ordered everyone to return home, taking responsibility for the mission's failure.
• At the Heavenly Palace, Luo Yan reassured Bai? that he was fine and said he had made another promise.
• Jia Miao introduced Zaren to Luo Yan as a former Freedom Wings major who wanted to join the Strategic Affairs Department.
• Zaren admitted that he had attacked Luo Yan's team and offered to testify that the Freedom Wings' leaders, including Colonel Pruhler and Captain Byrne, had planned the operation to seize the Divine Remnant.

Luo Yan recruited Zaren to the Strategic Affairs Department after learning about his powers and imposing strict conditions. He then used Zaren’s ability to locate the Ghost-faced Demon Moths’ nest and destroyed it with Yao Yuan’s Vermilion Heavenly Fire.

• Luo Yan recognized Byrne as the likely source of the temporal loop and rejected Zaren’s initial pitch, arguing that Pule’s power did not threaten him.
• Zaren revealed that he was a vessel of Artemis, could communicate with beasts and insects, and could endure prolonged exposure to Primal Energy in the Ruins.
• Luo Yan agreed to recruit Zaren on the conditions that he undergo treatment, cooperate unconditionally, and be killed if he showed any tendency to harm others.
• The next day, Luo Yan took Zaren to search for the Ghost-faced Demon Moths’ nest, and Zaren used his ability to question creatures in the Ruins until he found it.
• Luo Yan piloted Yao Yuan and unleashed Vermilion Heavenly Fire into the cave, killing the Ghost-faced Demon Moths as Zaren reflected on the Strategic Affairs Department’s strength.

General Morton ordered his forces to disown Pudong and the team behind the failed Operation Pudong, then revealed that they had found a clue about the Golden Apple. The prophecy surrounding the artifact suggested it could create more Vessels and that its discovery might bring another foretold catastrophe.

• Colonel Saratoga told General Morton that Operation Pudong had failed and that Pudong was willing to take the blame to protect Captain Byrne and the others.
• Morton ordered Saratoga to tell the Strategic Affairs Department that the team had acted without authorization, and planned to put them through a military trial before transferring them elsewhere.
• Morton rejected Saratoga’s offer to arrest Pudong himself and assigned Caesar to carry out the arrest so the Strategic Affairs Department would believe their show of cooperation.
• Morton told Saratoga that his forces had found a clue about the Golden Apple, which the Prophet had said could create more Vessels and increase their power.
• Saratoga recited the Prophet’s warning that black fruits would bring decay and death before a fire in the east destroyed and renewed the world.

After returning to the North Sea Base with the Divine Remnant and other discoveries, Luo Yan began cultivating the Samadhi Sun Manifestation Method while his team rested and vacationed. When they returned to the Guixu United Base, they learned that Wings of Nature had sent Colonel Caesar to help arrest Colonel Pruhler and his associates.

• Dr. Jia Miao dismissed the team to rest and thanked them for recovering the Divine Remnant and uncovering Guixu's history.
• Luo Yan asked Lin Wei about forging Spirit Suits and explained that he wanted to make swords from two ancient sword fragments tempered by Samadhi True Fire.
• Luo Yan began cultivating the Samadhi Sun Manifestation Method in Dragon Bone Town, learning to calm his mind and gaining energy from the practice.
• Bai? persuaded Luo Yan to set cultivation aside and join the group for three days of sledding and other activities.
• At the Guixu United Base, Lin Wei told Luo Yan and the others that Colonel Caesar had arrived to help arrest Colonel Pruhler and his associates for their attempt to seize the Divine Remnant.

Captain Luo Yan trained in the Ruins and agreed to spar with Li Meng, who wanted to measure himself against Captain Bai through Luo Yan. They met at a crowded training ground, where their match was about to begin.

• Zaren dismissed Colonel Caesar’s accusation of treachery, and Caesar warned Captain Luo Yan’s group before leaving to capture Puton.
• Captain Luo Yan cultivated for two days in the Ruins, found the Primal Energy especially effective, and decided to stay with several others while Dr. Jia Miao and the rest returned to Jinge City.
• Lin Wei arrived at the United Base with Li Meng, who challenged Captain Luo Yan to a skill-only spar and offered an Ultimate Skill if he lost.
• Li Meng explained that defeating Captain Luo Yan would show he was superior to Captain Bai, and Captain Luo Yan accepted the challenge.
• Captain Luo Yan and Li Meng went to the crowded training ground, where Captain Luo Yan stepped forward to spar.

Luo Yan and Li Meng drew a crowd to their spar at United Base, where their killing auras and swordsmanship proved evenly matched. Under Li Meng’s overwhelming assault, Luo Yan entered the spiritual realm of Heart’s Stillness.

• Luo Yan and Li Meng arrived at the training ground as spectators gathered to watch their spar.
• The two unleashed their killing auras, matching each other while the pressure caused some ordinary spectators to faint.
• Luo Yan and Li Meng exchanged fierce sword attacks, each assessing the other’s style and skill.
• Li Meng intensified his assault, and Luo Yan remained calm as he reached the Heart’s Stillness realm of the Samadhi Sun Manifestation Method.

Luo Yan defeated Li Meng in a spar after entering Heart's Stillness, then agreed to have a technical department supervisor make a Spirit Suit long sword from his ancient sword fragments. A month later, the Nether Fish was still struggling to feed as hunters pursued it through the sea.

• Luo Yan used Heart's Stillness to anticipate Li Meng's attacks, gain the upper hand, and force him to admit defeat.
• Li Meng promised to send Luo Yan the Ultimate Skill he had offered, while Luo Yan credited the victory partly to the spar's restrictions.
• Lin Wei told Luo Yan that a technical department supervisor would attempt to make him a Spirit Suit long sword, and Luo Yan handed over his two ancient sword fragments.
• Luo Yan, Bai Qixue, and the others remained in Guixu to cultivate for a month.
• The Nether Fish hunted in the deep sea but found little to eat because hunters continually tracked its movements.

Zou Yue’s team planned to drive the Nether Fish toward Silver Bay Base and blame it for the attack. The Nether Fish fled its pursuers into the base’s inner bay, where guards and mechs opened fire.

• Zou Yue told his team they would capture the Nether Fish by steering it into Silver Bay Base’s inner bay, using the base’s forces and framing the fish for the attack.
• The Nether Fish sensed the pursuers closing in and fled in the opposite direction, unknowingly heading toward Silver Bay Base.
• A watchtower guard spotted the Nether Fish’s fin and raised the alarm as it entered the inner bay.
• Silver Bay Base’s two mechs waded forward and fired their rifles at the Nether Fish after one pilot’s Giant Beast Radar detected no Spectrum Signal.

Nether Fish fought off the mecha attacking it in Silver Bay, then used Tidal Voice to disrupt Zou Yue’s group and escape the bay. Zou Yue saw its dorsal fin vanish beneath the water, but Nether Fish’s whereabouts were unknown.

• Nether Fish endured gunfire from two Silver Bay Base mecha and summoned lightning that overloaded their systems.
• Silver Bay Base mecha struck Nether Fish with missiles, and Nether Fish retaliated with Water Slaying Sword, destroying fishing boats and two disabled mecha.
• Zou Yue and his group joined the attack, trapping Nether Fish between six mecha.
• Nether Fish unleashed Tidal Voice, agitating the pilots, then destroyed Zhang Tianbao’s mecha with a powerful Water Slaying Sword.
• Nether Fish escaped the bay underwater, and Zou Yue saw its dorsal fin briefly appear before it disappeared.

After the Nether Fish attacked Silver Bay Base, news of it spread along the northern coast. At Mangshan Base, Cai Andao recognized the creature from Guixu records and mobilized his people to capture it, hoping to raise it into Kun and gain influence.

• Captain Ye Yu learned that the Nether Fish had entered Silver Bay Base’s inner bay and destroyed two mechs, while the base director reported the threat to the Undercity.
• Cai Andao reviewed recent news at Mangshan Base and worried that his influence within Black Witch was declining.
• Cai Andao saw a photograph of the Nether Fish and matched it to a carved image on a Stone Tablet from Guixu.
• Cai Andao recalled that the Nether Fish could grow into Kun and believed raising it might help him understand Meiba and win favor with the organization’s higher-ups.
• Cai Andao ordered his assistant to mobilize their people and summon Ying Zhengye, then decided to contact Zou Yue’s group for information about the Nether Fish.

On the flight to Jinge City, Luo Yan learned the Nether Fish had been hunted and fought human mechs, then returned from the Ruins with Bai? and Xia Yan after a month of rapid cultivation. He accepted Di Zheng’s wedding invitation and learned Black Witch planned an October rocket test flight to the moon.

• Luo Yan soothed the aggrieved Nether Fish through their Life Talisman connection and told it to stay in the rivers.
• Bai? showed Luo Yan the alumni group gossip that Di Zheng planned to marry Jiang Yun Rong, and Di Zheng privately invited them to the wedding on May 21.
• Luo Yan and Bai? returned to Jinge City, reported to Bai Shaotang, and began a month of leave after their expedition to the Ruins.
• Luo Yan checked Black Witch’s messages and learned that a Type Three Night Roaming God drug was nearing live-subject testing and that ministers were expected at an October rocket test flight.
• Yu Qiushui called Luo Yan and explained that Black Witch was planning to build a rocket to go to the moon.

Luo Yan learned that Black Witch planned a moon mission after finding Guixu information about something built there by the Ancient People. The next day, he tested Li Meng’s Ultimate Skill and unleashed the Que Tian Sword, carving a vast hollow through the clouds.

• Yu Qiushui told Luo Yan that Cai Andao had found Guixu information suggesting the Ancient People had built something on the moon, prompting Black Witch to plan a rocket test flight.
• Luo Yan went to Headquarters and informed Bai Shaotang about Black Witch’s moon mission and the Guixu discovery.
• Bai Shaotang said he would discuss the matter with Commander Zheng and notify Luo Yan if his assistance was needed.
• Outside Jinge City, Luo Yan tested the Ultimate Skill Li Meng had sent him and summoned a colossal sword from the clouds.
• Luo Yan’s Que Tian Sword struck the wilderness, shook the land, and cleared a massive hollow in the cloud cover.

Luo Yan and Xiao Bai traveled to Guangling City for Di Zheng’s wedding, but a Jambudvipa Cult attack drew them away before they arrived. At the Academy, Di Zheng delayed the ceremony while waiting for someone important, as guests speculated that Luo Yan had ignored the invitation.

• On the train, Xiao Bai discussed the wedding and her team’s progress with Luo Yan, who said several Mystic Masters were emerging.
• Yang Lixie picked up Luo Yan and Xiao Bai in Guangling City and told them they might serve as groomsmen and bridesmaids at Di Zheng’s wedding.
• A building exploded as the car passed, and Jambudvipa Cult members demanded that Guangling City recognize their legitimacy.
• Luo Yan headed toward the occupied building, and Xiao Bai followed him, while Yang Lixie stayed behind.
• At Hundred Battles Academy, Di Zheng delayed the wedding because someone important had not arrived, and guests speculated that Luo Yan had failed to attend.

Luo Yan arrived at Di Zheng and Jiang Yun Rong’s wedding after stopping the Jambudvipa Cult, earning Di Zheng’s gratitude and silencing guests who had doubted him. Three days later, Luo Yan and Di Zheng visited Wei Fenghua’s grave, where Di Zheng reflected on his marriage, his injuries, and Luo Yan’s hopes of advancing further.

• Pan Renfeng, Xiao Shi, and Di Zheng defended Luo Yan when guests criticized his lateness.
• Luo Yan arrived at the wedding, and Yang Lixie explained that Luo Yan and Xiao Bai had captured the Jambudvipa Cult’s leader and members on the way.
• Di Zheng thanked Luo Yan for the wedding gift and asked him to serve as best man; Di Zheng and Jiang Yun Rong married.
• Three days later, Luo Yan and Di Zheng visited Wei Fenghua’s grave, where Di Zheng shared wedding wine and said Jiang Yun Rong had returned to Pingyao.
• Luo Yan told Di Zheng that the Mystic Womb Realm cultivation method might let him advance, but Di Zheng said his old injuries made further progress impossible and urged Luo Yan to pursue his own future.

Zou Yue led Lei Jin’s heavily armed convoy toward the location of a mysterious Giant Fish, whose abilities resembled those of an Upper-tier Giant Beast. After hearing Zou Yue’s briefing, Lei Jin’s team prepared to take the creature seriously because Mr. Cai wanted it.

• Zou Yue told his companion that the strangers had paid well and were too dangerous to provoke, so they would guide them without asking questions.
• The convoy stopped at an abandoned gas station, where a soldier summoned Zou Yue to meet Commander Lei Jin.
• Zou Yue encountered the team’s intimidating members, including Ban Cha, Master Ba, Xiao Lin, and An Lei, before Lei Jin asked him about the Giant Fish.
• Zou Yue explained that their Giant Beast Radar could not detect the fish and described its lightning strikes, high-pressure water blades, strong defenses, and mind-affecting ability.
• An Lei compared the fish to an Upper-tier Giant Beast, while Lei Jin warned the team not to jeopardize Mr. Cai’s business.

Luo Yan reunited with Nether Fish and confirmed that it had grown into a Giant Beast, but a mech ambushed it while it was vulnerable. As Xiao Lin attacked, a strange, horned figure appeared on the sea and charged toward him.

• Luo Yan met Nether Fish near the Yan River and used the Life Talisman to check its growth, abilities, and memories of fighting humans at Silver Bay Base.
• Luo Yan soothed Nether Fish and approved of its actions, and Nether Fish offered him fish and shrimp before exposing its belly.
• A mech attacked Nether Fish with weapons, and Nether Fish retaliated with a high-pressure water jet that its energy barrier withstood.
• Xiao Lin and An Lei discussed the attack, with An Lei warning Xiao Lin to keep his distance until she arrived.
• Xiao Lin spotted a scaled figure with deep-red horns on the island, and it raced across the sea on patches of frost toward his mech.
• Xiao Lin fired an anti-Giant Beast rifle at the approaching figure.

Luo Yan and the Nether Fish worked together to ambush Xiao Lin’s mecha underwater, and Luo Yan killed Xiao Lin inside the cockpit. An Lei returned with Xiao Lin’s mecha, and surveillance footage revealed Luo Yan’s transformed appearance to Lei Jin and the others.

• Luo Yan used Dragon Transformation Stance and rode the Nether Fish underwater toward Xiao Lin’s mecha while it blocked the mecha’s gunfire.
• Xiao Lin attacked the Nether Fish with torpedoes and Essence Energy Bullets, but it intercepted them with Water Slaying Sword and carried Luo Yan toward the mecha.
• Luo Yan tore open the mecha’s head armor with Crimson Blood Killing Claw, entered the flooded cockpit, and twisted Xiao Lin’s neck despite being struck by his sword.
• The Nether Fish drove An Lei back and carried Luo Yan away, while An Lei found that Xiao Lin’s life signs had vanished.
• Lei Jin learned that Xiao Lin was dead, and surveillance footage showed Luo Yan’s transformed appearance as he killed Xiao Lin.

Lei Jin’s group planned to wait for Meng Li before confronting Luo Yan and capturing the Nether Fish. At sea, Luo Yan discovered that he could use the Life Talisman to connect with the Nether Fish, then empower it with Zhuo Kui’s inheritance and bring about a powerful new transformation.

• Lei Jin’s group judged Luo Yan to be a threat on the level of the Profound Comprehension Realm and planned to have Lei Jin, Ban Cha, and Meng Li deal with him while Master Ba and An Lei captured the Nether Fish.
• Luo Yan checked the Nether Fish’s condition and found that his Earth Dragon blood aura and Zhuo Kui’s inheritance were drawn toward its Life Talisman.
• Luo Yan injected Earth Dragon blood aura into the Life Talisman and established a mental connection that let him control the Nether Fish, though he fell into the sea when he tried to direct its movements.
• Luo Yan injected Zhuo Kui’s inheritance into the Life Talisman, transforming the Nether Fish’s appearance and abilities and raising its combat strength close to that of an Overlord Level Giant Beast.
• Luo Yan named the Nether Fish’s new state Heavenly Ghost Transformation and began forming a plan.