Chapter Summaries

Luo Yan approached Lei Jin’s camp while its commanders prepared to fight the Nether Fish and capture or kill him. He transformed and gathered deathly aura into Silent Fire, summoning illusory figures that his killing Qi then suppressed.

• Luo Yan sent the Nether Fish toward deeper water, then drove his disguised military jeep toward Lei Jin’s camp.
• Meng Li joined Lei Jin and Ban Cha, and they discussed Xiao Lin’s death and the threat posed by the monster and Minister Red Ghost.
• An Lei detected the Giant Fish approaching, so Lei Jin sent An Lei and Master Ba to confront the Nether Fish while he, Meng Li, and Ban Cha prepared to intercept the monster.
• Zou Yue saw the mechs head into the sea and spotted a figure on a distant slope near the camp.
• Luo Yan entered Dragon Transformation, gathered gray-white deathly aura into Silent Fire, and unleashed killing Qi to intimidate the figures emerging from the flames.

Luo Yan destroyed the camp with his Ten Directions Annihilation Spear, while Lei Jin, Meng Li, and Ban Cha escaped and confronted him. At sea, An Lei and Master Ba fought the Nether Fish, which transformed as they forced it out of the water.

• Luo Yan formed the Ten Directions Annihilation Spear and unleashed black flames that consumed the camp and killed Zou Yue and the convoy personnel.
• Lei Jin escaped with Meng Li and Ban Cha, but black flames devoured Ban Cha's arm before Meng Li cut it off.
• Meng Li pointed out Luo Yan approaching from the grassy slope, and Lei Jin and Ban Cha saw his Dragon Scales and exoskeleton armor.
• An Lei and Master Ba decided they could not return to the camp and attacked the Nether Fish with a machine cannon and Master Ba's technique.
• Master Ba forced the Nether Fish from the sea, revealing its scarlet scales, blood-red radiance, and sharp Bone Spurs.

The Nether Fish’s Heavenly Ghost Transformation overwhelmed An Lei and Master Ba, destroying their mechs while sparing their cockpits. Luo Yan then ambushed Meng Li and charged at Ban Cha, intending to eliminate the force pursuing the Nether Fish.

• An Lei fired on the transformed Nether Fish, but its Crimson Blood Killing Sword sliced through the shells as it dove underwater.
• Master Ba struck the sea with a secret technique, exposing the seabed, but the Nether Fish sent his mech flying and cracked its armor with a tail strike.
• The Nether Fish’s Tide Sound suppressed An Lei and Master Ba before its Crimson Blood Killing Sword pierced and split apart both mechs.
• Lei Jin, Meng Li, and the others saw the explosions at sea, and Lei Jin warned Meng Li just in time to evade Luo Yan’s claw.
• Luo Yan decided to wipe out the pursuers and charged at Ban Cha, the weakest of the three.

Luo Yan used the Heavenly Ghost’s curse techniques to overpower Ban Cha, Meng Li, and Lei Jin. Ban Cha and Meng Li died, while Lei Jin escaped Luo Yan’s Crimson Blood Killing Claw with his Divine Treasure.

• Ban Cha unleashed his King Kong Phantom, but Luo Yan’s Crimson Blood Killing Claw tore through it and sent Ban Cha flying with fatal wounds.
• Lei Jin and Meng Li attacked Luo Yan with lightning and sword techniques, but the Wrathful Eye of Yi Ren clouded their minds with anger.
• Luo Yan used Severed Heartstring to detonate Meng Li’s wrath poison, destroying his internal organs before killing him with the Crimson Blood Killing Claw.
• Lei Jin used his Divine Treasure to open a gap in space and escape the claw, surprising Luo Yan.

Luo Yan defeated Lei Jin by using Soul Extraction to steal his Divine Treasure, then confronted the survivors and demanded to know who had ordered them to capture the Giant Fish. Master Ba agreed to cooperate and named Cai Andao as their employer.

• Luo Yan used Soul Extraction repeatedly until he extracted Lei Jin's Distort Space Divine Treasure.
• Luo Yan used the stolen ability to make the Crimson Blood Killing Claw strike Lei Jin, killing him.
• Master Ba and An Lei escaped the mech and reached the beach, where they saw Luo Yan arrive after the fight.
• Luo Yan demanded to know who had sent them, and Master Ba agreed to tell him in exchange for being allowed to leave.
• Master Ba told Luo Yan that Cai Andao had instructed them to capture the Giant Fish.

Luo Yan left Master Ba and An Lei behind and traveled across the sea on the Nether Fish, testing the limits of his abilities and considering how to control the Dragon Dragon Blood Essence. He entered his spiritual world to suppress the Dragon Will, released its chains, and summoned Fire Yang True Lord to face it.

• Luo Yan left the beach on the Nether Fish, and Master Ba strangled An Lei, believing that only one of them could survive.
• At dawn, Luo Yan entered Heart's Stillness and confirmed that Space Distortion worked only in the Dragon Transformation Stance.
• Luo Yan worked out how blood-essence-devoured inheritances differed from skills mastered through the Golden Eyes of Enlightenment and considered using his primordial spirit to control the Dragon Dragon Blood Essence.
• Luo Yan entered his spiritual world, released the chains binding the lizardman formed from the Dragon Will, and challenged it to submit.
• Luo Yan summoned Fire Yang True Lord and ordered him to suppress the charging lizardman.

Cai Andao learned that Lei Jin, Meng Li, Ban Cha, and their team had been wiped out by a mysterious Xiao Ghost. After reviewing the footage, he concluded that the Xiao Ghost had absorbed repeatedly transformed Giant Beast Blood Essence and suppressed the savage consciousness inside him.

• Cai Andao learned that Lei Jin, Meng Li, and Ban Cha had died, and ordered investigators to find out what happened.
• Cai Andao received a report stating that Lei Jin's team had been annihilated, An Lei had been strangled, and Zhou Ba remained missing.
• Cai Andao watched cockpit footage showing a red-haired, Dragon Scales-covered figure killing the pilot and surviving a powerful strike.
• Cai Andao watched further footage of the Xiao Ghost killing Lei Jin and the others.
• Cai Andao concluded that the Xiao Ghost had undergone repeated transformations of Giant Beast Blood Essence but had suppressed the beastlike consciousness within him.

Cai Andao resolved to capture the wild Xiao Ghost, while Luo Yan finished suppressing the Dragon Consciousness and set out to destroy Cai Andao’s forces. Luo Yan and the Nether Fish attacked Ruoshui Camp, and one of its mechs suddenly turned on the other.

• Cai Andao ordered preparations for a helicopter trip to persuade Zhou Yucheng to help capture the wild Xiao Ghost.
• Luo Yan confirmed that the Dragon Consciousness had submitted after he and Fire Yang True Lord burned it forty-nine times.
• Luo Yan recognized Ruoshui Camp as one of Cai Andao’s surface forces and decided to tear down Cai Andao’s foundation.
• The Nether Fish launched explosive Water Spheres at Ruoshui Camp, destroying its defenses and killing soldiers.
• The camp supervisor ordered the mechs deployed, but one dark-red mech broke free and decapitated the other mech.

A remotely hijacked mech destroyed Ruoshui Camp, and Cai Andao’s other camps and base were soon attacked as well. At Giant Deer City, Zhou Yucheng told Cai Andao that Black Witch would not invest resources in capturing the wild “Wind Manipulation.”

• An engineer reported that an external signal had appeared in the mech’s Empathy System, and the mech blasted its way out of Ruoshui Camp.
• The mech destroyed key facilities in Ruoshui Camp, then exploded its own Energy Core; several camps and a base under Cai Andao’s command were subsequently destroyed.
• Cai Andao went to Black Witch’s headquarters in Giant Deer City and waited for Zhou Yucheng to discuss his request for help capturing the wild “Wind Manipulation.”
• Zhou Yucheng told Cai Andao that the other two Shao Si Ming had rejected the request because the project had limited potential and could not be mass-produced.

Cai Andao tried to persuade Zhou Yucheng to protect his bases and capture the wild Shao Gui and Nether Fish, but the organization would not act without evidence and approval. He then revealed that his Artificial Giant Beast project had produced a controllable super-beast, hoping its military potential would change Zhou Yucheng’s decision.

• Cai Andao acknowledged that scarce Giant Beast Blood Essence and the costly process of metamorphic iteration made mass-producing Shao Gui difficult, but he still wanted to study the wild Shao Gui.
• Cai Andao asked Zhou Yucheng to protect his surface bases, and Zhou Yucheng said the organization would ensure Cai Andao’s safety in Julu but had no obligation to defend his private properties.
• Cai Andao revealed that the wild Shao Gui was allied with Nether Fish, which was traveling north along the Bai Lan River, and urged Zhou Yucheng to help capture it before it reached the sea.
• Zhou Yucheng said he needed evidence of Nether Fish’s presence and agreement from the other two Shao Si Ming before committing the organization against the wild Shao Gui.
• Cai Andao offered his Artificial Giant Beast research report and claimed that his base had produced a controllable super-beast with strength approaching an Overlord’s, which ordinary people could operate.

Zhou Yucheng learned about Cai Andao’s Artificial Giant Beast research and planned to use Demon Fetuses to strengthen the organization’s control over him. Meanwhile, Luo Yan gathered Giant Beasts under the Nether Fish’s command and sent them toward Cai Andao’s headquarters in an abandoned city.

• Cai Andao told Zhou Yucheng that his Artificial Giant Beast project was advanced but could be lost if his headquarters were destroyed, and Zhou promised to raise the matter with the Shao Si Mings.
• Zhou Yucheng told Li Suisui that the organization wanted Cai Andao’s Wild Xiao Ghosts, Nether Fish, and research results, and that the project would help tighten its control over him.
• Zhou Yucheng and Li Suisui went to the Holy Temple to activate three Demon Fetuses, subjects fused with Giant Beast blood essence whose unstable genes required hibernation.
• A Giant Snake emerged from a black spatial rift and submitted to a Heavenly Ghost’s aura before responding to a summons from the Nether Fish.
• Luo Yan directed the Nether Fish, the Ming Snake, the Xuan Gui, and the Jue Ru toward the abandoned city that housed Cai Andao’s headquarters.

An Lan Base came under attack from the Giant Beasts Ming Snake, Jue Ru, and Xuan Gui, and Zhao Li ordered the Mech Masters to defend it while protecting the underground research base. As the battle intensified, a Nether Fish surfaced on Bai Lan River, suggesting the attackers had further reinforcements.

• Zhao Li learned that the Ming Snake, Jue Ru, and Xuan Gui were approaching An Lan Base and ordered the Mech Masters to sortie.
• Zhao Li warned Liu Chunshui to remain in the research base while he handled the attack.
• A deep-blue mech shot the Ming Snake down, but vines pulled it off balance and Jue Ru attacked before another mech intervened.
• Xuan Gui emerged from underground and the Ming Snake unfolded its Counter Membrane, suppressing the Mech Masters as they fought the Giant Beasts.
• A Nether Fish surfaced on Bai Lan River as the Mech Masters waited for reinforcements.

Luo Yan rode Nether Fish into An Lan Base, carving a river channel through its defenses and devastating the base with a crimson beam. As Zhao Li tried to resist, a mecha charged Nether Fish, and Luo Yan asked whether Cai Andao was there.

• Luo Yan ordered Nether Fish to cut a channel from the Bai Lan River to An Lan Base, flooding the base with river water.
• Zhao Li ordered the base's weapons activated and sent for Old Chen and Xiao Hou before heading out to confront Luo Yan.
• Luo Yan called Nether Fish's attack a grand gift, and Nether Fish fired a crimson beam that destroyed weapons and flattened much of the base.
• Zhao Li survived by taking cover, then saw Nether Fish emerge through the smoke and water as a mecha rammed the creature.
• Luo Yan asked whether Cai Andao was at the base.

Luo Yan attacked An Lan Base, searching for Cai Andao and discovering the base had a hidden underground structure. After Luo Yan’s Que Tian Sword devastated the base, Zhao Li survived with a mutation that Luo Yan recognized as likely caused by Blazing Rock Dragon Blood Essence.

• Luo Yan called for Cai Andao, but Zhao Li said Cai Andao was not at the base.
• Luo Yan discovered an underground structure and rushed toward its elevator shaft, but Zhao Li blocked him and attacked.
• Luo Yan used Space Distortion to evade Zhao Li’s purple flame attack and struck him into a ruin.
• Luo Yan unleashed Que Tian Sword, devastating An Lan Base and blasting open the armored partition above its underground base.
• Zhao Li survived with black, heat-cracked armor and smoke-emitting pillars, and Luo Yan suspected he had absorbed Blazing Rock Dragon Blood Essence.
• Luo Yan sensed that the Dragon Consciousness within him had developed an intense interest in Zhao Li.

Luo Yan fought Zhao Li, who wielded the Blazing Rock Dragon’s blood essence and a series of powerful attacks. The chapter left Luo Yan restrained as Zhao Li fired an Iron Fire Cannon at him.

• Luo Yan released the Dragon Consciousness, and Zhao Li reacted with shock to their coexistence.
• Zhao Li charged Luo Yan with cannon-like punches, but Luo Yan evaded them and struck his back without piercing the Blazing Rock Dragon’s tough defense.
• Zhao Li adjusted his form and hurled a Molten Mountain Bomb, which Luo Yan cut apart with a streak of crimson radiance.
• Luo Yan concluded that Zhao Li could use only abilities tied to the Giant Beast Blood Essence, unlike Luo Yan, who could channel blood energy into his skills.
• Zhao Li restrained Luo Yan with rising soil and stones, formed a cannon from the black substance covering his body, and fired an Iron Fire Cannon at him.

Zhao Li unleashed his Iron Fire Cannon against Luo Yan, but Luo Yan emerged unharmed and countered Zhao Li’s attacks with overwhelming force. Zhao Li continued fighting with modified Molten Mountain Bombs and burning stone bands, which closed around Luo Yan and exploded in a storm of cutting flames.

• Zhao Li fired his Iron Fire Cannon, but Luo Yan emerged from the smoke unharmed and criticized the attack’s control.
• Zhao Li charged and launched repeated fire-powered punches, but Luo Yan dodged them before agreeing to meet one head-on.
• Luo Yan struck Zhao Li with his Ultimate Skill, Tyrant Fist: Shattered Mountains and Rivers, sending him flying and crumbling his rock armor.
• Zhao Li threw modified Molten Mountain Bombs that split into sharp threads of flame, but Luo Yan twisted space and escaped them.
• Zhao Li formed burning bands of earth and stone around Luo Yan, then made them contract and explode in a storm of cutting flames.

Luo Yan defeated Zhao Li and stormed the underground research base, where Liu Chunshui surrendered and explained Cai Andao’s research projects. The chapter left Luo Yan focused on the more important Artificial Giant Beast Project.

• Zhao Li’s Molten Fire Rending Kill failed against Luo Yan’s cooling, corrosive mist, and Luo Yan killed him with the Crimson Blood Killing Claw.
• Liu Chunshui decided to surrender after seeing Zhao Li defeated, while the Dragon Consciousness devoured the Blazing Rock Dragon Blood Essence from Zhao Li’s corpse.
• Luo Yan sensed that the Nether Fish had nearly defeated both mechs, then entered the underground base through the elevator shaft.
• The base guards opened fire on Luo Yan, but his crimson sword lights killed the guards at the barricade.
• Liu Chunshui asked whether surrendering would let them leave, and Luo Yan demanded to know what Cai Andao had researched.
• Liu Chunshui described the Xiao Ghost Project and the Artificial Giant Beast Project, prompting Luo Yan’s interest in the fused lifeforms.

Cai Andao arrived at An Lan Base with three Demon Fetuses to unlock the encrypted Artificial Giant Beast data, only to find the base under attack. Luo Yan ordered Nether Fish to cut down their helicopter, and Yan Lang rescued Cai Andao from the falling wreckage.

• Cai Andao traveled toward An Lan Base with Duke Ding, Yan Lang, and Wan Qing after agreeing to hand Devils the Fusion Giant Beast results.
• Wan Qing briefly controlled Cai Andao and made him reach for his own eyes before Yan Lang stopped her.
• Yan Lang spotted the ruined base, where Ming Snake and two other giant beasts fought four mechs while Nether Fish battled inside.
• Liu Chunshui explained the biometric lock protecting the Artificial Giant Beast data as Luo Yan noticed the helicopter and ordered Nether Fish to attack.
• Nether Fish sliced the helicopter apart with Crimson Sword Light, and Yan Lang caught Cai Andao before the wreckage hit the ground.

Luo Yan triggered the destruction of Cai Andao’s giant beast data and underground base, ordering the staff to evacuate while he stayed behind. As Cai Andao returned with three cloaked men, Duke Ding attacked Liu Chunshui, who was tormented by the apparition of a woman he had killed.

• Luo Yan had Liu Chunshui open Cai Andao’s giant beast project data and entered three wrong passwords, activating its deletion.
• Luo Yan ordered the base evacuated and pressed the control to begin its 300-second self-destruct countdown.
• Liu Chunshui escaped to the surface, where Cai Andao confronted him and learned he had activated the sequence.
• Cai Andao sent Duke Ding to kill Liu Chunshui while he and the other cloaked men headed for the elevator to stop the self-destruction.
• Liu Chunshui saw the ghost of the woman he had pushed off a cliff, while Duke Ding stabbed him in the ears.

Cai Andao stopped the base’s self-destruct program and sent Wan Qing to retrieve his backup Giant Beast data while Yan Lang confronted Luo Yan in the main control room. Yan Lang revealed his beast-mutated form and argued that humanity should merge with Giant Beast consciousness, while Luo Yan insisted he could control that power without surrendering his human form and heart.

• Cai Andao halted the self-destruct program and told Wan Qing to collect the Giant Beast data from his office and take it to Julu.
• Yan Lang went to the main control room while Wan Qing and Cai Andao left to retrieve the backup.
• Luo Yan attacked Yan Lang with Solar Term Sword, but Yan Lang’s roar turned some of the sword lights against Luo Yan before the two exchanged blows.
• Luo Yan’s attack tore away Yan Lang’s cloak and revealed his winged, bristled, and deformed beastlike body.
• Yan Lang explained that he had devoured the Fierce Beast’s consciousness and called that fusion humanity’s future, while Luo Yan said he controlled the power with a human form and heart.
• Luo Yan unleashed the Ultimate Skill Startling Rainbow at Yan Lang.