Chapter Summaries

Luo Yan arrived in Qingyang City and went to the Warm Jade Pavilion, where Yu Qiushui was relaxing in a hot spring with her trusted aides. After teasing him and drawing him close, Yu Qiushui asked whether he thought she looked good, leaving their meeting unresolved.

• Red Luan met Luo Yan at the station, and he congratulated her on breaking into Mystic Mastery before advising her about cultivation and combat.
• Red Luan took Luo Yan to the Warm Jade Pavilion, where Yu Qiushui was soaking in a secluded hot spring.
• Bai Lu, Black Butterfly, and Blue Bird greeted Luo Yan, then left the pool area so he could meet Yu Qiushui alone.
• Yu Qiushui asked Luo Yan to massage her shoulders, teased him by embracing him from behind, and laughed when he withdrew his force to avoid hurting her.
• Yu Qiushui sat beside the pool and asked Luo Yan whether she looked good.

Luo Yan and Yu Qiushui traveled toward Giant Deer City while discussing Cai Andao’s death and the shifting balance of power. When they encountered a Shanshui Group Headhunter company preying on refugees, Yu Qiushui intervened, and a girl in a cyan qipao killed the company’s leader.

• Luo Yan ignored Yu Qiushui after their exchange, leaving her angry, and the next day they rode together in silence as Red Luan and the others privately discussed Yu Qiushui’s mood.
• Yu Qiushui told Luo Yan that Cai Andao was dead, that Li Chenyu and Ying Zhengye had gained territory, and that rumors blamed a mutated former test subject for the killing.
• Luo Yan resolved to conceal his Dragon Transformation form during their trip to Giant Deer City and to avoid exposing himself while pursuing a place among the Black Witch.
• The convoy stopped when Red Luan reported that a Headhunter company was surrounding refugees, and Yu Qiushui initially urged Luo Yan to leave rather than get involved.
• After the Headhunter leader claimed his company belonged to the Shanshui Group, Yu Qiushui recognized that they were using her name and declared the matter her business.
• A girl in a cyan qipao approached the Headhunter leader, revealed a Guan Dao, and split him in half.

After the convoy reached Giant Deer City, Luo Yan joined Yu Qiushui and Li Chenyu at a meeting of Black Witch’s ministers and major figures. The chapter ended as Zhang Yugu identified two newly appointed branch chiefs in the meeting room.

• Red Luan gave food, water, and a camp map to refugees after White Egret and Blue Bird destroyed the Headhunter company impersonating Shanshui Group.
• Most of the refugees agreed to travel to the camp, and their tall leader armed himself with a gun taken from a Headhunter soldier.
• Luo Yan arrived at Giant Deer City with Yu Qiushui, who recalled visiting the city twice before and remembered her teacher, Du Yue.
• Li Chenyu met Luo Yan and Yu Qiushui outside Tongtian Pavilion, and she and Yu Qiushui traded barbs as they entered.
• Luo Yan saw Zhang Yugu and Ying Zhengye in the meeting room, while Zhang Yugu pointed out two recently appointed branch chiefs.

Luo Yan confronted Ying Zhengye and Jinna at a gathering of branch chiefs, cutting Jinna and daring them to fight him. The confrontation ended before a battle began, and Zhou Yucheng arrived with two fellow Shao Si Ming, Zhao Weihuang and Li Tinglan.

• Zhang Yugu told Luo Yan that Jiang Yuan had taken over the weakened Gong Gong Department and that Jinna had rapidly built up the Qiang Liang Department with Ying Zhengye's support.
• Ying Zhengye asked Luo Yan what he thought of Cai Andao's death, and Luo Yan said Cai deserved to die.
• Jinna insinuated that Luo Yan was involved in Cai Andao's death and made an ambiguous remark about Yu Qiushui, prompting Luo Yan to slash Jinna's cheek with purplish-red radiance.
• Luo Yan challenged Ying Zhengye and Jinna to defeat him together within ten moves, but Ying Zhengye stopped Jinna and declined the fight.
• Zhou Yucheng arrived with Zhao Weihuang and Li Tinglan and introduced them as fellow Shao Si Ming.

Luo Yan attended a meeting where Zhou Yucheng announced a planned moon landing and asked the branch chiefs to help track down the Nether Fish. The meeting ended with Luo Yan considering taking the mission while trying not to draw suspicion.

• Luo Yan recognized the cloaked woman accompanying Zhou Yucheng as likely a Demon Fetus, and sensed that his Dragon Dragon Blood Essence was drawn to her.
• Zhao Weihuang asked Yu Qiushui whether her teacher had returned, prompting Ying Zhengye to suspect that Zhao knew Du Yue and that Old Cai had concealed their connection.
• Li Tinglan openly flirted with Luo Yan and asked him to remove his mask, but Zhou Yucheng interrupted her to begin the meeting.
• Zhou Yucheng told the branch chiefs that a rocket would launch toward the moon the next day and that they suspected Ba Mei was there.
• Zhou Yucheng revealed the Nether Fish and asked which branch would take on the mission to track and control it; Luo Yan wanted to volunteer but held back to avoid suspicion.

Ying Zhengye declined to pursue Nether Fish and considered recruiting Jiang Yuan as an ally, while Zhou Yucheng assigned the mission to the Gou Mang Department through a rigged lottery. The chapter ended with Zhou Yucheng explaining that the setup was intended to keep Red Ghost away for a while.

• Jin Na asked Ying Zhengye to accept the mission to capture Nether Fish, but he refused and planned to build an alliance with Jiang Yuan instead.
• The branch chiefs declined to volunteer for the mission, and Zhou Yucheng proposed drawing lots to assign it.
• Zhao Weihuang drew a card naming the Gou Mang Department, and Zhou Yucheng tasked Red Ghost with capturing Nether Fish.
• After the meeting, Zhao Weihuang worried that Red Ghost would discover he had rigged the draw.
• Zhou Yucheng revealed that every card in a separate compartment named the Gou Mang Department and said the arrangement was meant to keep Red Ghost away for a while.

Wan Qing suspected Minister Red Ghost was the wild Xiao Ghost and Zhou Yucheng arranged for her to test him, while Luo Yan avoided romantic teasing at the base. At Gui Gong Base, Luo Yan and the others gathered to watch a rocket launch.

• Wan Qing told Zhou Yucheng that Minister Red Ghost seemed like one of her kind and might be the wild Xiao Ghost, so Zhou Yucheng proposed that she and another Demon Fetus test him.
• Wan Qing left angrily after Zhou Yucheng said he still cared about her, and he told Li Suisui that her hatred might keep her alive.
• The next morning, Li Chenyu and Yu Qiushui teased Luo Yan about his growing strength and romantic attention, while Jinna tried to provoke him on Ying Zhengye's orders.
• Luo Yan arrived at Gui Gong Base with the others and saw staff making final preparations for a rocket launch.
• Zhou Yucheng welcomed the group to the Command Center and invited them to watch the rocket ignite.

Luo Yan watched the Silver Toad rocket launch from Gui Gong Base, where it exploded after an engine failure. Back in Giant Deer City, he followed a cloaked woman who said Zhou Yucheng wanted to see him and found himself trapped between her and another cloaked figure.

• Zhou Yucheng explained that Li Tinglan was overseeing the launch while Luo Yan and the others watched from the Command Center.
• The Silver Toad rocket launched successfully at first, but its engine overheated, its emergency procedures failed, and it exploded in midair.
• Li Tinglan ordered the staff to retrieve the failure data, while Zhou Yucheng insisted the team had to keep pursuing a moon landing.
• On the return trip, Luo Yan agreed to head back the next day and told Yu Qiushui not to smoke in the car.
• After returning to Giant Deer City, Luo Yan followed a cloaked woman who said Zhou Yucheng requested his presence, then spotted a second cloaked figure behind him.

Luo Yan was ambushed in a sealed passageway by Wan Qing and another Demon Fetus, and fought back with his sword techniques. As he charged Wan Qing, Huan’s illusion suddenly transported him into the middle of a busy city street.

• Wan Qing immobilized Luo Yan as the other Demon Fetus lunged, but Luo Yan unleashed the 'Sha Blood Soul Devouring Art' and found the passageway sealed by black threads.
• Luo Yan used the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Sword to break free, then attacked Wan Qing with Ten Steps, One Kill, but her demonic hair blocked the strike.
• Wan Qing revealed her Danghu-related mutation, while the man revealed his furred body, twin tails, and connection to Huan; he blasted Luo Yan with wind, but Luo Yan countered with Stunning Rainbow.
• Wan Qing ordered her companion to stop playing and kill Luo Yan, and she summoned a beast soul that sent demonic hair toward him.
• Luo Yan resisted the hair and charged Wan Qing, but Huan’s illusion made the Demon Fetuses disappear and placed him on a crowded city street.

Luo Yan fought Wan Qing and the burly Demon Fetuses in a passageway after breaking Wan Qing’s illusion, but their activator-enhanced powers overwhelmed him. As Luo Yan prepared a desperate counterattack, Zhou Yucheng’s voice interrupted the fight.

• Wan Qing’s beast soul attacked Luo Yan, but Luo Yan used Burning Through Delusion to break the illusion and revealed the Great Sage’s Mask.
• Wan Qing and the burly man injected the activator, enhancing their powers as Luo Yan created clones and attacked with the Great Sage’s abilities.
• Wan Qing’s black strands and corrosive fog countered Luo Yan’s attacks, while the burly man shaped the fog into beasts that assaulted him.
• Danghu’s Soul Snatch weakened Luo Yan, and after the Great Sage’s Mask expired, the fog beasts and demonic hairs left him bleeding and near death.
• Luo Yan prepared a desperate counterattack, but Zhou Yucheng called out and told them to stop.

After Wan Qing and the burly man attacked Luo Yan, Zhou Yucheng intervened and claimed their actions were caused by Giant Beast Blood Essence. The next day, Zhou Yucheng compensated Luo Yan with a Divine Weapon saber named Ming Ye and cultivation potions, while continuing to investigate whether Luo Yan was the wild Xiao Ghost.

• Zhou Yucheng stopped Wan Qing and the burly man from attacking Luo Yan, then apologized and promised compensation.
• Wan Qing and the burly man told Zhou Yucheng that Luo Yan did not seem like the wild Xiao Ghost, though they could not rule out that he was hiding his strength.
• Zhou Yucheng told Li Suisui to investigate Luo Yan indirectly by gathering his movements around the time of Cai Andao's incident.
• The next day, Zhou Yucheng showed Luo Yan a video of Wan Qing and the burly man being punished for attacking him without authorization.
• Zhou Yucheng gave Luo Yan the Divine Weapon saber Ming Ye and cultivation potions as compensation.
• Luo Yan took the gifts and left, while Zhou Yucheng was left sweating with fear.

You Li infiltrated Li Hu’s capital and recorded the brutal treatment of a Black Wing woman to provoke trouble for the Eighth Throne. He attacked the Heavenly Ghosts on the plaza, rescued her, and drew the attention of powerful figures in the royal capital.

• You Li watched Li Hu’s capital and spotted Heavenly Ghosts preparing to harvest blood, feathers, and meat from a captive Black Wing woman.
• You Li recorded the woman’s torture with an eyeball artifact, intending to send the footage to Starfall Abyss and distract Li Hu.
• You Li revealed his Ghost Person Form, charged into the plaza, and killed the Heavenly Ghosts before they could fully manifest their Demon Realms.
• You Li carried the wounded Black Wing woman away as furious roars and powerful auras rose from within the capital.
• Three figures arrived at the blood-soaked plaza.

You Li lured Lu Gong away from the Royal City and helped Cang Lei send him through the Li You Gate to the Mortal World. Cang Lei revealed that Lu Gong would arrive weakened in his Ghost Person Form, where the Human Race would quickly notice him.

• Lu Gong pursued You Li after You Li rescued a black-winged alien woman, then killed her and ate her heart.
• You Li deliberately left clues and led Lu Gong out of Li Hu's territory toward Cang Lei's designated location.
• Lu Gong caught up with You Li and tried to capture him, but a great gate opened and dragged Lu Gong into the Mortal World.
• You Li returned to Dragon City and reported to Cang Lei, who explained that Lu Gong's strength had fallen to three parts and that he would appear in Ghost Person Form.

After returning to headquarters, Luo Yan told Bai Shaotang about Black Witch and his concerns that Zhou Yucheng suspected him of killing Cai Andao. Bai Shaotang arranged cover records, confirmed Luo Yan’s promotion to captain of a Heavenly Department Squad, and sent him to the hangar to see his new Divine Machine.

• Luo Yan returned to the Strategic Affairs Department base and told Bai Shaotang what had happened within Black Witch, including that he had killed Cai Andao.
• Bai Shaotang promised to cover Luo Yan’s tracks by adding mission records for the period when Cai Andao was killed.
• Bai Shaotang told Luo Yan that his squad would be promoted to the Heavenly Department, with Bai? as vice captain and Xia Yan taking over as captain of the Earthly Hero Squad.
• Bai Shaotang gave Luo Yan a boarding card and sent him to the hangar to see his new unit.
• Luo Yan called his mother, Zhou Xiujuan, then met Bai? at the hangar and followed a Mecha Engineer to the unit being calibrated.
• The engineer revealed Luo Yan’s new Divine Machine, Zhurong, a red-and-gold mecha wreathed in flames.

Luo Yan reunited with his friends over drinks and discussed their plans as the Dragon Riders prepared for the next stage of the war against the giant beasts. The gathering ended with news that his old principal wanted photos of his divine mech and hoped to invite him back to school for another anniversary celebration.

• Luo Yan celebrated with friends and reflected on how different his life had become since his lonely days in Flower City.
• Hanna congratulated Luo Yan on becoming the first of their group to serve as a Dragon Rider Captain in the Heavenly Division.
• Dong Huang described the progress of the Great Wall Plan and the plans to rebuild production and eventually drive the giant beasts from the land.
• Luo Yan said his team's Divine General Class mechs would arrive soon and that the team would head to the Desperate Battlefield to prepare for a planned sweep and protect students during a trial.
• Commander Bai told Luo Yan that the old principal wanted photos of his divine mech and planned to invite him to a school anniversary celebration.

Hanna arrived at the Great Wall 02 base, learned about its defenses, and spoke with her brother Han Bai about their family and Luo Yan’s rise. A Beast Tide then triggered the base alarms, and Hanna led her team out to Sector C5 as the Great Wall Defense System and minefield engaged the beasts.

• Hanna took over defense duties at the Great Wall 02 base and met with its senior officers.
• Hanna called Han Bai, who told her about his demanding missions and discussed Luo Yan becoming captain of the Heavenly Division’s new Seventh Team.
• Hanna reflected on her battle scars and worried that she and Han Bai might leave their parents without descendants if either died in battle.
• The Command Center detected a Beast Tide and ordered Hanna to sortie with her team toward Sector C5.
• Hanna led her team through the base gate as the Great Wall Defense System rose and the minefield began exploding beneath the incoming beasts.

The Great Wall 02 base detected the Nightmare Level Giant Beast Long Zhi among the approaching herd, and Hanna’s squad was ordered to hold it back. Long Zhi unleashed its Hunting Ground and struck a mecha from behind Flying Firefly, leaving Hanna facing the attack.

• The base supervisor realized two Gu Diao were clearing mines for the herd and ordered the radar’s detection range expanded.
• The base detected a Nightmare Level Giant Beast, and the supervisor alerted the Strategic Affairs Department and Captain Hanna.
• Hanna received Long Zhi’s intelligence and calmed her frightened team by reminding them their mission was to hold it back.
• The herd resumed its advance as the base’s turrets and armored forces attacked, and Long Zhi appeared on the battlefield.
• Long Zhi spread its Fox Play Hunting Ground, which disrupted perception and let it exchange positions with its fox-shaped flames.
• Long Zhi appeared behind Flying Firefly and crushed another mecha’s head with its claw.

After Lu Hao and Qian Yan’s mechas were destroyed, Hanna and the Tiangang Dragon Riders fought Long Zhi as it transformed into Beastman Form. Hanna protected the last surviving teammate, but Long Zhi’s relentless finger-bone attacks battered Flying Firefly and left it close to defeat.

• Hanna mourned Lu Hao’s death and charged Long Zhi in Flying Firefly while ordering the team to scatter.
• The remaining Tiangang Dragon Riders attacked Long Zhi to cover Hanna, but their strikes failed to stop its transformation.
• Hanna wounded Long Zhi’s arm, then dodged its gray-white fox-shaped flame as it completed its three-headed, six-armed Beastman Form.
• Long Zhi blasted Qian Yan’s black mecha apart with exploding finger bones and destroyed the other mechas, leaving only a crippled pink frame besides Hanna’s.
• Hanna blocked a finger-bone attack aimed at the pink mecha, but Long Zhi’s repeated volleys broke Blazing Flame down to a dagger and struck Flying Firefly several times.

Hanna and Flying Firefly were nearly defeated by Long Zhi until Luo Yan and reinforcements arrived. With the battlefield under his command, Luo Yan declared the eradication of the giant beasts and opened the fight by severing Long Zhi’s arm.

• Flying Firefly’s pilot overloaded her mech’s Energy Core and charged Long Zhi, but Long Zhi destroyed the mech, spared her, and seized Flying Firefly.
• Long Zhi began tearing Flying Firefly apart, but a river of Blazing Flame descended from the sky and badly burned the giant beast.
• Luo Yan arrived in the crimson Divine Mecha Zhurong and told Hanna to leave the rest to him.
• Reinforcement squads entered the battlefield, and Luo Yan ordered them to engage the other giant beasts while he faced Long Zhi.
• Long Zhi aimed a finger-bone attack at a mech, but Luo Yan’s Pine Pattern Greatsword severed its arm.

Luo Yan used Zhurong’s overwhelming power to burn through Long Zhi’s Hunting Ground and defeat the beast’s attacks while reaching a resonance depth of 150%. Long Zhi spawned offspring to distract him, but Luo Yan trapped them in a net of Samadhi True Fire and set them ablaze.

• Long Zhi attacked Zhurong with bone fingers and foxfire, but Luo Yan blocked the assault with a wall of flames and drove the beast back.
• Luo Yan used Samadhi True Fire to burn away Long Zhi’s black tide and break through its Hunting Ground, while the Command Center discovered his resonance depth had reached 150%.
• Luo Yan felt merged with Zhurong through Wu Hui’s entrusted remains and power, then burned Long Zhi’s old man’s head and severed several of its limbs.
• Long Zhi regenerated and produced fox-beast offspring to distract Luo Yan, sending them toward the other mechas.
• Luo Yan formed a net of crimson fire filaments around the offspring and used Flame Kill Heavenly Net to ignite them all.