Chapter Summaries

Luo Yan advised Murong Xuan and Li Yuqing on developing their newly improved abilities, then learned that a decrypted map placed the Golden Apple near an abandoned silver mine in Greece. He planned a scientific research expedition with Bai Shaotang, though the Spartan Iron Blood Army’s response remained uncertain because of the Freedom Wings’ influence.

• Luo Yan watched Murong Xuan summon Martial Saint Guan Di and Li Yuqing demonstrate new combinations of Five Elements aura after both reached the First Layer of Profound Comprehension.
• Luo Yan told Murong Xuan to increase his Visualization Technique training so he could sustain Martial Saint Guan Di longer, and advised Li Yuqing to develop specific variations of her fused Five Elements forms.
• Li Yuqing and Murong Xuan lamented their strict training schedules, and Murong Xuan teased Li Yuqing about calling her drinking a romance.
• Bai Shaotang told Luo Yan that the decryption team had located the Golden Apple near an abandoned silver mine in Greece’s Attica Region, on the shore of the Aegean Sea.
• Luo Yan and Bai Shaotang decided to notify the Greek mech group that they were conducting a scientific research expedition, while Bai Shaotang explained that the Freedom Wings had weakened the Spartan Iron Blood Army by recruiting many of its Transcendents.

Luo Yan and his team prepared for a mission to Greece to retrieve the Golden Apple, with Bai Shaotang warning that Freedom Wings was their likeliest obstacle. The team departed the next morning with orders to prioritize obtaining the artifact and leave Greece immediately afterward.

• Bai Shaotang explained that the Spartans were unlikely to interfere because the Utmost Darkness Realm blocked their route and Freedom Wings would keep its plans secret.
• Bai Shaotang briefed Luo Yan on the mission, gave him documents about Spartan leaders and Greek giant beasts, and scheduled their departure for the next day.
• Zhou Lijuan fed Luo Yan and Bai? dinner, encouraged them to be careful, and told Luo Yan to look after Bai? while they were away.
• Luo Yan and Bai? left for the airfield the next morning, where Yang Kui and Zhang Tianyi were ready to depart.
• Luo Yan reminded the team to prioritize the Golden Apple and leave Greece as soon as they obtained it, then boarded the transport plane with them.

The Six-winged King traded the Li You Gate to the King of Titans for Netherflame, giving him a way to unleash his fury on the Mortal World. Meanwhile, Luo Yan and the Dragonrider Squad arrived at a Greek Surface Base, then entered Greece once their mechs arrived and passed inspection.

• The Six-winged King visited the imprisoned King of Titans and offered him the Li You Gate, which could open a passage to the Mortal World.
• The King of Titans gave the Six-winged King Netherflame in exchange for the Li You Gate.
• Luo Yan, Bai Shaotang, Yang Kui, and Zhang Tianyi landed in Greece and were welcomed at a Surface Base operated by the Strategic Affairs Department.
• Two days later, the mechs arrived and passed inspection, so Luo Yan and the Dragonrider Squad left the base and entered Greece.

Captain Luo and Professor Xin planned how to reach the Golden Apple hidden in an abandoned eighteenth-century silver mine beneath a modern diabase mine. As the transport approached its destination, the Giant Beast Radar detected a signal ahead.

• Professor Xin showed Captain Luo a terrain model and explained that the Golden Apple was likely buried in an old silver mine near the diabase mine.
• Professor Xin proposed that his team connect the two mines and reinforce the abandoned silver mine, and Captain Luo agreed.
• Professor Xin left to prepare his team while Captain Luo returned to the cab and checked their estimated arrival time.
• Bai? described legendary giant beasts in Greece, and Zhang Tianyi and Yang Kui discussed how beasts might differ around the world.
• The Giant Beast Radar detected a giant beast spectrum signal ahead and sounded an alarm.

Yang Kui drove off a Minotaur as Luo Yan’s convoy crossed Greece, while McCleary’s team rushed to recover the Golden Apple ahead of the Strategic Affairs Department. McCleary’s newly reinforced group, including Byrne, headed for Greece with orders to obtain it by any means necessary.

• Luo Yan identified the Minotaur and sent Yang Kui to confront it, but the beast used an earthquake to escape into a city.
• Yang Kui returned to the convoy, which continued its journey without further attacks.
• McCleary boarded a transport plane for Greece with Jack, Loki, Thor, and Tyr, and welcomed Captain Byrne to the operation.
• Loki questioned Byrne about the failed Divine Remnant operation, prompting McCleary to warn her to watch her identity.
• McCleary told the team the Strategic Affairs Department had reached Greece first and ordered them to obtain the Golden Apple by any means necessary.

Captain Luo Yan led Xin Zeyang's geological team into an abandoned mine to investigate its structure and safety. After finding evidence of a bloody disaster, Luo Yan discovered eight hibernating parasites in a lower mining area, and they began to wake as the team approached.

• Luo Yan ordered Captain Bai?, Xia Yan, and Yang Kui to guard the surface while he escorted Xin Zeyang and his team into the mine.
• Xin Zeyang's team used drones and sonar to map the mine as Luo Yan led everyone through its dark, winding passages.
• Luo Yan found abandoned machinery and scratches on a crusher, then warned the team that the mine might be dangerous.
• Luo Yan discovered dried blood in a rest area and spotted eight wolfhound-sized insect-shaped parasites through his Divine Treasure Vision.
• Luo Yan left Zhang Tianyi to guard the rest area and approached the lower mining area, where the parasites began stirring inside their cocoons.

Luo Yan’s team cleared parasites from the mine and began tunneling toward the silver deposit with a Small Shield Machine. Meanwhile, McCleary learned that Dragonrider had reached the mine and raced there with a plan to infiltrate it and seize the Golden Apple.

• Luo Yan burned the hibernating parasites and led the group through the mine, where his soldiers dealt with more cocoon chambers.
• Xin Zeyang’s team assembled and tested a Small Shield Machine while Luo Yan and Zhang Tianyi guarded the engineers.
• Xin Zeyang estimated that the tunnel would break through the next morning and that the team could reach the silver mine around noon.
• McCleary arrived at a Freedom Wings Surface Base, learned that Dragonrider had sent mecha to the diabase mine, and concluded the Golden Apple was likely there.
• McCleary ordered his team to infiltrate the mine and take the Golden Apple when Dragonrider emerged, then urged Byrne to drive faster toward the mine.

Luo Yan and the team explored the old silver mine to reach the chamber where the Golden Apple was believed to be stored. Luo Yan opened the hidden entrance by pressing three stone apples, and the team prepared to enter.

• Xin Zeyang showed Luo Yan a model of the silver mine and identified a sealed room at its lowest level as the likely location of the Golden Apple.
• After drones confirmed the tunnel was stable, Luo Yan, Zhang Tianyi, and the team entered the mine wearing respirators.
• The team passed scattered human skeletons and reached a mining area with a stone pillar carved with apples.
• Luo Yan used the Divine Treasure to discover that the apples were linked to the pillar’s mechanisms, while Hu Tianyi suggested pressing three at once.
• Luo Yan pressed three stone apples, causing the ground ahead to break open, then checked the area for danger and called the others inside.

Luo Yan and his team found the Golden Apple in a hidden chamber beneath a Greek mine and used the Ma family's replica to bypass the balance mechanism. After securing the artifact, they learned that Freedom Wings personnel might already be in Greece and prepared to leave immediately.

• Luo Yan and Zhang Tianyi descended into the shaft, found Greek inscriptions and murals, and spotted the Golden Apple inside a silver box on a golden balance.
• Hu Tianyi translated the inscription as “everything comes at a price,” and he and Xin Zeyang reasoned that the balance required an equal weight in exchange for the Golden Apple.
• Luo Yan used his Divine Treasure to determine the Golden Apple's weight and discovered that Ma Tao's replica weighed exactly the same.
• Luo Yan and Zhang Tianyi exchanged the replica for the genuine Golden Apple without triggering the mechanism, and Luo Yan declared the mission complete.
• Commander Bai told Luo Yan that a transport aircraft had landed at a Freedom Wings Surface Base, and Luo Yan ordered the team to leave as soon as they returned to the surface.

McCleary sent Jack and Loki to detect the Golden Apple’s energy near the greenstone mine, where they discovered its signal just as the Strategic Affairs Department’s dragon riders emerged. Freedom Wings launched an aerial Mecha Squad and a surprise attack, but Luo Yan spotted Jack’s position and moved to engage him.

• McCleary ordered Jack and Loki to watch the mine with a Papal Hall measuring instrument and report when it detected divine energy.
• Loki used her Shapeshifting Technique to disguise Jack, then teased him while they waited; the instrument eventually began reacting.
• Luo Yan and Zhang Tianyi exited the mine as Bai? reported Freedom Wings mechas approaching by helicopter, and Luo Yan ordered the squad to shoot them down.
• A sniper fired at Luo Yan while Loki sent a swarm of rabbit forms charging down the mountain; Zhang Tianyi slashed through them, revealing that they were soap-bubble decoys.
• Luo Yan used his Divine Treasure to locate Jack and rushed up the mountain, forcing Jack to abandon his sniper position and dodge a Vermilion Sword Light attack.

McCleary sent Thor, Tyr, and Bane to deploy their mecha and help Jack seize the Golden Apple, but Freedom Wings attacked before the mecha could launch. The Strategic Affairs Department and Freedom Wings began a fierce battle, while Jack confronted Captain Luo Yan and tried to persuade him to give up the relic.

• McCleary ordered Thor, Tyr, and Bane to deploy their mecha, but missiles struck the suspended machines and destroyed several transport helicopters.
• Thor, Tyr, and Bane entered their mecha and charged toward the mine, where Yang Kui piloted his mecha out to meet them.
• Xia Yan used a Blood Pearl to summon blood-colored figures that attacked Thor's Thunder God, while Bane's Time Angel was confronted by the Headless General.
• The Strategic Affairs Department and Freedom Wings mecha engaged in a fierce battle, with each side facing an opponent.
• Jack, disguised as a Greek woman, asked Captain Luo Yan if he had the Golden Apple, while McCleary warned that keeping it could split the World Mecha Alliance.

Luo Yan confronted Jack over the Golden Apple and summoned the Fire Yang True Lord against Jack’s Holy Projection. Elsewhere, Tyr and Yang Kui fought a destructive mech battle that escalated into a clash of ultimate techniques, leaving the surrounding area in ruins.

• Luo Yan refused to surrender the Golden Apple and gave Jack’s side the choice to withdraw or die.
• Jack summoned Gabriel’s Holy Projection, and Luo Yan called forth the Fire Yang True Lord.
• Tyr’s God of War and Yang Kui’s mech traded heavy blows, with each pilot feeling the damage through their systems.
• Yang Kui drove God of War into a mountainside, but Tyr used Divine Grace to unleash Infinite Power.
• Yang Kui and Tyr powered up their mechs and collided fists, destroying everything within several kilometers.

Xia Yan and Thor fought in their mechs until Xia Yu took control of Xia Yan’s body and used the opening to plant Curse Spirits inside Thor. The curse Grass Descent activated, killing Thor as plants grew from his body, and Xia Yan regained control of herself.

• Thor used Divine Grace to unleash a storm of lightning against Xia Yan’s mech, Red Sleeve.
• Xia Yu took over Xia Yan’s body and drove Red Sleeve through Thor’s attacks to grapple with his mech.
• Red Sleeve pierced Thor’s faceplate, allowing Curse Spirits to reach him before Xia Yu withdrew.
• Thor’s body began sprouting roots, leaves, and flowers as the curse Grass Descent took effect.
• Xia Yan regained control and recognized that the Curse Seed she had planted in Thor at Flower City’s stadium had been activated.

Luo Yan defeated Jack at the greenstone quarry after withstanding his enhanced Divine Grace and Doomsday Judgment. Jack fell before Gabriel’s next blessing arrived, while Gabriel’s projection escaped unharmed, leaving Luo Yan to consider how Fire Yang True Lord could attack such projections.

• Jack used Hymn of Heaven to heal himself and strengthen his attributes, then unleashed Doomsday Judgment against Luo Yan.
• Jack’s judgment filled the mine with an abyss and sent waves of angels, including archangels and Authorities, to attack Luo Yan.
• Fire Yang True Lord formed nine arrays and trapped the angels in Crimson Essence Fire, burning them and sending them into the abyss.
• Jack offered his hands as a sacrifice to Gabriel, but Luo Yan struck him from afar with One Strike, One Kill enhanced by Blazing Flame, killing him before the Divine Grace arrived.
• Gabriel’s projection escaped after a vermilion ray failed to harm it, and Luo Yan decided Fire Yang True Lord should attack the projections directly next time.

Luo Yan’s team began withdrawing from the mine after securing the Golden Apple, but a giant named Typhon emerged from the Jambudvipa Rift and attacked the mecha. The Storm Giant overwhelmed Tyr’s God of War and then turned its attention toward the Time Angel.

• Luo Yan ordered his team to evacuate the mine and coordinated protection for the ground personnel.
• A gate-shaped Jambudvipa Rift opened above the area, and Typhon, a Storm Giant, fell behind the mountain.
• Luo Yan identified Typhon as a being on the same level as the Sky Ghost and warned everyone to avoid fighting it directly.
• Typhon attacked the God of War, and Tyr’s counterpunch destroyed one of the mecha’s arms and injured him.
• Typhon then fixed its attention on the phantom behind the Time Angel and pounced again.
• Hu Tianyi explained that Titans hated gods outside their own kind because Zeus and his siblings had overthrown and imprisoned them.

Luo Yan helped the Strategic Affairs Department escape with the Golden Apple, then returned to Jinge City and learned how Freedom Wings had been weakened and its local agents exposed. Bai Shaotang planned to recruit the abandoned Droplets for intelligence work.

• Luo Yan ordered the Dragonriders to retreat while McCleary sent Loki to distract the Storm Giant and Bane and Tyr to pursue them.
• Luo Yan trapped Bane and Tyr in a blood sea and struck their mecha with a bloody storm, giving the Strategic Affairs Department time to escape.
• McCleary ordered Freedom Wings to retreat as Loki reported that she could no longer hold off the Storm Giant.
• Luo Yan brought the Golden Apple to headquarters in Jinge City, where Bai Shaotang said Freedom Wings had suffered heavy losses after its reinforcements eliminated the giant.
• Bai Shaotang told Luo Yan that Freedom Wings had denied responsibility for the Droplet incident and that Qiao Mai Xun had revealed its arrangements within their territory.
• Bai Shaotang planned to absorb Qiao Mai Xun and the other abandoned Droplets and use them to gather intelligence on Freedom Wings and Western nations.

Luo Yan learned that the Iron Blood Army had sided with his organization over the Golden Apple, while Cang Lei revised his plans for the Li You Gate and agreed to help Hong Zhuang become his general. The chapter ended with Hong Zhuang enduring Cang Lei’s dangerous technique to force her potential to grow.

• Luo Yan and Bai Shaotang discussed their agreement with the Iron Blood Army, which secured its support against Freedom Wings in exchange for access to the Golden Apple and help clearing a dark region near Athens.
• You Li and Xing Ba told Cang Lei that Morningstar had given the Li You Gate to the King of Titans for Netherflame, disrupting Cang Lei’s plan to send the Black Wing Tribe to the Mortal World.
• Cang Lei ordered You Li to provoke Lihu’s territory and lure Lihu’s general to Gulan City, where he would use a Li You Gate to send the general to the Mortal World.
• Hong Zhuang asked Cang Lei for power and a chance to improve her Dao tradition, and he agreed to make her one of his generals.
• Cang Lei kept Hong Zhuang in the great hall and used his Seedling Pulling Technique to force her potential to grow, prompting a piercing scream.

McCleary brought Belle to the Papal Hall’s Sanctuary of Rest to help her reconnect with Sariel and the divine dimension. Cardinal Gibron guided Belle to the Sanctuary’s array and prepared to activate it.

• McCleary explained to Belle that the Sanctuary connected to the gods’ dimension and that the Golden Apple could greatly strengthen that connection.
• McCleary said Thor and Jack’s belongings could help prophets connect new agents to the gods who had chosen them.
• McCleary and Belle met Cardinal Gibron, who led them inside the Sanctuary of Rest.
• Gibron guided Belle to the array at the Sanctuary’s center, where he was to activate the connection to the divine dimension.

McCleary and Gibron tried to reconnect Belle with Sariel, but the deity silently withdrew, and Belle sensed she would never serve as Sariel’s representative. Back at the office, McCleary realized the Strategic Affairs Department was using the Golden Apple agreement to expand its network of allies, though he could only watch as a logistics supervisor.

• Gibron performed a ritual to contact Sariel through Belle, but the deity left without giving a revelation.
• Belle told McCleary she sensed Sariel would never return or choose another representative, then went home alone.
• McCleary returned to his office and saw Bai Shaotang announce that the Strategic Affairs Department would safeguard the Golden Apple and let members of the Spartan Iron Blood Army use it freely.
• McCleary discovered the Spartan Iron Blood Army was recruiting extraordinary individuals and concluded that the Golden Apple deal was part of a strategic effort to build alliances.
• McCleary recognized that the Strategic Affairs Department’s growing allies could erase his side’s advantage, but reminded himself that such matters were no longer his responsibility.

Luo Yan broke through to the Profound Comprehension Fifth Layer and arranged his promotion to the Heavenly Division’s Dragon Rider unit, inheriting Fang Yao’s Heavenly Killing Star title. He left by train for Qingyang City to meet Yu Qiushui and travel with her to Black Witch’s headquarters near Giant Deer City.

• Luo Yan reached the Profound Comprehension Fifth Layer and continued developing his martial techniques.
• Luo Yan told Bai Shaotang about his breakthrough and his upcoming trip for Black Witch’s rocket test flight.
• Bai Shaotang offered to promote Luo Yan’s whole team to the Dragon Rider unit and have Luo Yan inherit Fang Yao’s Heavenly Killing Star title, and Luo Yan agreed.
• Luo Yan told Bai? he was leaving on a mission, and she promised to visit Zhou Xiujuan while he was away.
• Luo Yan boarded a train to Qingyang City and arranged for Red Luan to pick him up before traveling with Yu Qiushui to Giant Deer City.