Chapter Summaries

Huo Yushen and Xia Chujian bought and prepared a Safe House in Chuyun Lane while posing as Ximanielli Federation People. They settled in but held off on attacking, as Huo Yushen planned a way to eliminate their targets quickly and shift the blame to someone else.

• Huo Yushen took Xia Chujian to a real estate agency and bought a large apartment to serve as a Safe House.
• Huo Yushen scanned the apartment for surveillance devices and checked the neighbors, while Xia Chujian chose furniture and household supplies.
• Huo Yushen and Xia Chujian returned to their hotel for the night, then checked out and moved into the cleaned apartment the next morning.
• Huo Yushen explained that the Special Security Bureau owned the Safe House and that their attack needed a plan to avoid being immediately tracked and surrounded.
• Huo Yushen configured a Housekeeping Robot, which received the deliveries and helped assemble the furniture.

Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen hunted Phoenix-Tailed Luan Birds, then visited a Temple and began a covert attack on it. As Huo Yushen prepared to set the Temple ablaze, Xia Chujian waited to shoot the God Statue if it moved.

• Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen used Face Masks and hunting gear to travel into the mountains, where they shot ten Phoenix-Tailed Luan Birds.
• Xia Chujian suggested finding Phoenix-Tailed Luan Birds on Guiyuan Star and breeding them, and Huo Yushen agreed to buy ingredients so they could cook their catch.
• Huo Yushen drove Xia Chujian to a Temple, where he used an instrument to send the resident birds into a panic.
• Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen activated their mechas' Stealth Mode, and Huo Yushen began cracking the Temple's surveillance system.
• The pair reached the main hall, where Huo Yushen deployed a Flame Thrower while Xia Chujian prepared to shoot the God Statue if it moved.

Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen destroyed the god statue beneath the temple, triggering an earthquake and the Divine Mountain’s eruption as they escaped. News reports spread across Chuyun Lane, while Wenren Zhao died and the Wenren Clan announced it would find a new pillar of support.

• Huo Yushen burned through the temple roof, and Xia Chujian shot apart the god statue as it attacked them with a piercing mental shriek.
• The statue’s destruction released energy beneath the temple, causing an earthquake that opened chasms and sent Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen fleeing under stealth.
• Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen drove away as tourists mistook their emergence from the temple fire for a divine miracle.
• Wenren Zhao collapsed in agony and died, while the earthquake damaged the Wenren Ancestral Residence and the medical team confirmed her death.
• The Divine Mountain erupted and sent lava toward Chuyun Lane, but the Wenren Clan’s walls and trenches diverted it into the ocean.
• Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen watched reports of the disaster at home, and Huo Yushen explained that electromagnetic interference had prevented anyone from photographing them.

Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen prepared dinner while discussing killing, their work, and Xia Chujian’s childhood. Huo Yushen learned that Xia Chujian’s aunt had once suffered from depression, and the chapter ended with him suggesting that talking about painful memories could help treat mental illness.

• Xia Chujian joked about challenging people to duels over the Star Net, and Huo Yushen explained that their Licenses to Kill were supervised by Duty Enforcers.
• Huo Yushen told Xia Chujian that she could be his gun, and she challenged him to work hard enough to deserve her.
• Xia Chujian took over cooking the Phoenix-Tailed Luan Bird after Huo Yushen revealed that an old injury had destroyed his sense of taste.
• Xia Chujian recalled being hungry as a child and defended her aunt when Huo Yushen called her an unqualified elder.
• Xia Chujian explained that her aunt had struggled with depression and eventually found work, ending their hunger; Huo Yushen suggested that discussing painful experiences could help treat mental illness.

Xia Chujian cooked Phoenix-Tailed Luan Bird for Huo Yushen, and he unexpectedly tasted real food for the first time, eating nearly all of it. After dinner, they settled in for the night and began discussing where to go tomorrow.

• Xia Chujian added two Kongsang Leaves to the stew while Huo Yushen prepared the tableware.
• Huo Yushen tried Xia Chujian's soup and discovered that he could taste its flavor.
• Huo Yushen ate most of the Phoenix-Tailed Luan Bird and praised Xia Chujian's cooking.
• Huo Yushen cleared the dishes while Xia Chujian went to her room to freshen up.
• Xia Chujian joined Huo Yushen in the living room and asked where they should go tomorrow.

Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen planned to visit the Cult Organization Judge members poisoned on the spaceship, but Huo Yushen's sudden genetic breakthrough led them to disguise themselves as Judge members and head for the Wenren Clan. At the summit of the erupted Divine Mountain, Xia Chujian recognized a strange, hole-riddled rock, and Huo Yushen said he had seen it before.

• Huo Yushen traced the coffee shop's records to find Foduo Wu and more than a hundred Cult Organization Judge members living in the same building.
• After eating Xia Chujian's Unicorn Cattle and Green Bean Stewed Noodles, Huo Yushen's Gene Evolution Level rose, and he sensed events across the city, including Foduo Wu's group collapsing from Genetic Disease.
• Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen learned that 127 people had collapsed, then decided to disguise themselves as Cult Organization Judge members and blame the Wenren Clan.
• The pair flew their Mecha to the burning Temple to film a trailer before heading to the erupted Divine Mountain by the sea.
• At the summit, Xia Chujian recognized a hole-riddled mountain rock, and Huo Yushen told her he had seen it before.

Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen discovered that the strange stone on the Divine Mountain connected to a powerful entity in the Unknown Land, and they destroyed its manifested form. The entity sent the Arrogant Man in Splendid Robe through a Wormhole, while Wenren Zhao awoke in her coffin at her funeral.

• Xia Chujian told Huo Yushen that the mountain resembled a primordial landscape she had visited in a game, where a green face appeared inside a strange stone.
• Huo Yushen sensed sinister energy targeting Xia Chujian, and he shot the stone as it turned translucent; Xia Chujian followed with three shots.
• The entity's roar struck across space, but Xia Chujian remained unharmed, and Huo Yushen identified the being as a Strange God from the Unknown Land.
• Xia Chujian fired again and blasted the solidified amoeba into fragments, while the Strange God collapsed into the ravines of the Unknown Land and sent the Arrogant Man in Splendid Robe through a Wormhole.
• Wenren Zhao opened her eyes, climbed out of her coffin, and smiled at the people holding her funeral.

Wenren Zhao was reborn on the day the Judge Organization was set to massacre the Wenren Clan Ancestral Home, so she fled while Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen prepared to attack the clan. Their infiltration revealed that the Wenren Clan’s elites had gathered at the Ancestral Home, where they overheard the Public Sentiment Office minister rebuking a Judge Organization leader.

• Wenren Zhao announced that she had been reborn from five hundred years in the future, recognized the date of the coming massacre, and left the Ancestral Home to seek God’s guidance elsewhere.
• Huo Yushen filmed Xia Chujian posing as the Judge Organization and posted a declaration of war that spread across the Beichen Galaxy, inflaming public anger in the East Tianyuan God Country.
• The Wenren Clan’s Public Sentiment Office minister ordered his subordinates to remove the viral topic, then demanded that the Judge Organization make its members delete it.
• Huo Yushen and Xia Chujian infiltrated the Wenren Clan Ancestral Home and found that all the clan’s elite members and important figures had gathered there.
• Huo Yushen and Xia Chujian stopped when they heard the Public Sentiment Office minister tell a Judge Organization leader that the Wenren Clan had funded the organization.

Huo Yushen and Xia Chujian attacked the Wenren Clan Ancestral Home after learning of the clan’s secret support for the Judge Organization, killing its leaders and elite fighters while sparing its wastrels. As the alarm sounded, they continued their assault and Xia Chujian posed as a crazed Judge Organization attacker.

• After the Wenren Clan minister accused the Judge Organization of declaring war, Xia Chujian shot him while Huo Yushen disabled surveillance and copied the clan’s intelligence files.
• Huo Yushen divided the clan’s targets with Xia Chujian, marking capable elites for death and leaving the clan’s wastrels alive to undermine it from within.
• The pair used stealth to attack their assigned targets, and the Wenren Clan’s alarms sounded after its security system failed.
• Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen shot at elites fleeing in Combat Aircraft and Regular Mecha, bringing them down and finishing off their occupants.
• Xia Chujian shouted that she was avenging their people, then fought under a false identity as a devout, brutal Judge Organization member.

Huo Yushen and Xia Chujian discovered Wenren Zhao’s coffin was empty and turned the surviving Wenren Clan wastrels against her by claiming she had hired the Judge Organization to kill her family. As Wenren Taixiang became clan head and issued a wanted order for Wenren Zhao, Huo Yushen and Xia Chujian escaped Da Zang Star shortly before their spaceship departed.

• Huo Yushen and Xia Chujian found Wenren Zhao’s coffin empty and suspected she was still alive or was not at the ancestral home.
• Xia Chujian used the amplification system to accuse Wenren Zhao of hiring the Judge Organization and refusing to pay the assassins.
• Wenren Taixiang blamed Wenren Zhao for the massacre, claimed the Wenren Clan headship, and signed a wanted order for her.
• Huo Yushen bought ship tickets, and he and Xia Chujian packed and flew toward the Aviation Station.
• Huo Yushen and Xia Chujian passed ticket inspection and entered the Skyport ten minutes before their spaceship’s departure.

Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen discussed Wenren Zhao’s sudden return to life and her takeover of the Wenren Clan, considering whether she had foreknowledge or had been changed by a supernatural influence. After returning to Kanli Star, Xia Chujian accepted Huo Yushen’s offer to fly her home to Guiyuan Star.

• Wenren Zhao seized control of the Wenren Clan and Da Zang Star, issued bans against the Judge Organization, and imposed a no-fly order across the East Tianyuan God Country.
• Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen reviewed reports that Wenren Zhao had been declared dead after an earthquake, then returned to life shortly before they attacked the Wenren Clan Ancestral Home.
• Xia Chujian joked that Wenren Zhao might have been reborn, while Huo Yushen said she might instead have a power that let her foresee danger.
• Huo Yushen said he would use a chance at rebirth to find his younger sister, and Xia Chujian offered to give him that chance over pursuing revenge against the Ji Clan and Rong Clan.
• Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen considered whether Wenren Zhao was still herself and agreed to judge her by the threat she posed to their national interests.
• After they arrived at Kanli Star, Huo Yushen offered Xia Chujian a lift to Guiyuan Star in his Bat-style Fighter Jet, and she happily accepted.

Xia Chujian returned home after Huo Yushen brought her back to Mulan City, and she learned she would stay home for the rest of the semester while she recovered. Reunited with her household, she visited Xia Yuanfang and asked about Zhu Yingying’s changed appearance.

• Huo Yushen took Xia Chujian home by space warp and told her Quan Yuxun would arrange her school leave while her scholarship remained available.
• Xia Chujian arrived at her estate, reunited with A Wu and A Yuan, and warned A Wu not to speak in front of outsiders.
• San Zong, Sixi, Aunt Chen, Zhu Yingying, and the Big Black Dog welcomed Xia Chujian home, and Aunt Chen explained that Xia Yuanfang was absorbed in researching a new patient.
• Xia Chujian went upstairs and found Xia Yuanfang working in her study-laboratory; she told her aunt the mission was complete and asked why Zhu Yingying looked different.

Xia Chujian told Huo Yushen that her Aunt’s natural medicine was changing San Zong’s Humanoid genes, and he warned her to keep the discovery secret. Huo Yushen destroyed San Zong’s special permit, clearing a major obstacle to the family’s move to Beichen Star, while asking Xia Chujian to help find his younger sister in exchange for canceling four favors.

• Xia Chujian explained that her Aunt’s natural medicine was making San Zong’s genes change toward a human appearance, and Huo Yushen warned her not to reveal the discovery.
• Huo Yushen advised Xia Chujian against telling Su Buyan or Quan Yuxun, then explained that San Zong’s Royal Plantation identity had already been recorded as dead and his current permit was unrelated to it.
• Xia Chujian asked Huo Yushen to erase San Zong’s special permit, and he offered to cancel her four favors if she helped find his younger sister.
• Huo Yushen destroyed San Zong’s special permit and messaged Xia Chujian that it could no longer be found.
• Xia Chujian realized the family’s remaining obstacles to moving to Beichen Star had been cleared, though Aunt Chen and Zhu Yingying still had separate situations to address.

Xia Chujian visited the site of her old home and met Qi Yue, who said he had been imprisoned by the Judge Organization and knew Yu Wangyou. After hearing his account of Yu Wangyou’s captivity and worsening condition, Xia Chujian continued questioning him, while Meng Guanghui, Huo Yushen, and Kang Shanxing listened to her emergency audio transmission.

• Ning Sa arranged legitimate student status for Chen Yingying, allowing her to register at Mulan City Second High School.
• Xia Chujian visited the cleared site of her former apartment and found a temple-like building with a Female Bodhisattva statue resembling Yu Wangyou.
• Xia Chujian defended herself and the other survivors when elderly worshippers claimed everyone from the old building had died in the fire.
• Qi Yue told Xia Chujian that he had been kidnapped by the Judge Organization and had met Yu Wangyou while imprisoned.
• Xia Chujian secretly sent audio to Meng Guanghui as Qi Yue described how the Judge Organization tortured Yu Wangyou and how her condition deteriorated before she was taken away again.

Qi Yue told Xia Chujian that the Yu Wangyou he knew had been imprisoned and mentally broken by the Judge Organization, while another woman used Yu Wangyou’s identity in Mulan City. Xia Chujian concluded that the real Yu Wangyou and her parents had been killed as part of the impostor’s escape, and Huo Yushen ordered his pilot to take them to Mulan City.

• Qi Yue recounted how he escaped a Judge Organization stronghold after its members fled and killed the remaining prisoners, then searched the Star Net for Yu Wangyou.
• Qi Yue explained that the imprisoned Yu Wangyou could not have attended Mulan City No. 1 High School or written the suicide note attributed to her, though she looked identical to the Yu Wangyou Xia Chujian knew.
• Xia Chujian proposed that a fake Yu Wangyou had taken the real woman’s identity and staged her death, but Qi Yue hoped the real Yu Wangyou had survived instead.
• Xia Chujian said genetic testing confirmed the dead woman was the real Yu Wangyou and realized that the impostor had also killed her parents and hundreds of people in the building.
• Meng Guanghui recognized that Qi Yue’s account explained unresolved doubts in the case and concluded that the Special Security Bureau had been deceived by the fake Yu Wangyou.
• Huo Yushen ordered his pilot to use Space Warp to reach the Upper Space above Mulan City on Guiyuan Star.

Huo Yushen and Xia Chujian uncovered evidence that the Judge Organization used a real-person face mask of Yu Wangyou, and they began planning an operation to track down its remaining members. Xia Chujian recruited Qi Yue to provide intelligence and prepared to join the operation, leaving the story with her heading out after reassuring her family.

• Huo Yushen sent Meng Guanghui to assist Xia Chujian and tasked Kang Shanxing with investigating who commissioned face masks of Yu Wangyou and Rong Shenzhi.
• Huo Yushen explained to Xia Chujian that the Royal Factory's records could identify the commissioner of Yu Wangyou's face mask, and proposed using Qi Yue's information to launch an operation against the Judge Organization.
• Xia Chujian persuaded Qi Yue to cooperate by offering him a chance to avenge Yu Wangyou, and Qi Yue supplied several addresses in Wind Sea City where he had been imprisoned.
• Kang Shanxing ordered his subordinates to investigate the addresses and the people connected to them, while Meng Guanghui arrived with equipment and took Qi Yue to prepare for the operation.
• Xia Chujian collected Aunt Chen from school, returned to the Xia Family Manor, and told Xia Yuanfang she was leaving to observe a military operation; Xia Yuanfang gave her a medical kit and urged her to stay safe.

Xia Chujian left home equipped by her aunt and traveled with Meng Guanghui and Qi Yue to Wind Sea City to lead a Special Security Bureau operation against the Judge Organization. After Qi Yue identified the building where he had been imprisoned, Xia Chujian’s team began its nighttime descent to investigate.

• Xia Yuanfang gave Xia Chujian medical supplies and watched her leave with Meng Guanghui.
• Xia Chujian inspected the team’s equipment, took command of the mission, and traveled eight hours to Wind Sea City with Meng Guanghui and Qi Yue.
• At the safe house, Xia Chujian organized twelve operatives into four teams and received target addresses from Kang Shanxing.
• Qi Yue recognized one target building as the place where he had escaped from an underground prison, and Xia Chujian ordered teams to gather evidence after nightfall.
• Xia Chujian, Meng Guanghui, and Qi Yue descended toward the dark district to join the operation.

Xia Chujian’s team confirmed Qi Yue’s account at an underground prison, then raided a Judge Organization gathering at a wealthy villa. The Punishment Envoy was killed, and Meng Guanghui narrowly faced a High-Grade Gene Evolver’s blade as the assault continued.

• Xia Chujian and her team searched Qi Yue’s former prison, where they found cages, confirmed his escape tunnel, and collected evidence.
• Xia Chujian sent the prison’s location and findings to headquarters, then led the team to a villa identified by Big Data Analysis.
• Xia Chujian assigned her teams to disable surveillance and surround the villa, ordered that no one be taken prisoner, and had Meng Guanghui knock Qi Yue unconscious.
• The Punishment Envoy told gathered Judge Organization members that the Wenren Clan was unlikely to have poisoned their people and claimed the avengers were spies.
• Xia Chujian and Meng Guanghui opened fire on the gathering, and a sniper bullet killed the Punishment Envoy as the raid began.
• A High-Grade Gene Evolver lunged at Meng Guanghui with a Curved Blade, but a shot rang out just before the blade reached him.

Xia Chujian and Meng Guanghui raided the Judge Organization’s locations, killed its members, and rescued abducted youths. After Qi Yue learned that his captors were dead, he visited Wang You’s statue and killed himself, leaving Xia Chujian unable to understand his choice.

• Xia Chujian and Meng Guanghui defeated 150 Judge Organization members at their first target and found more than 300 murdered Saint Son and Saintess candidates in the basement.
• Xia Chujian led raids on the remaining locations, killing the organization’s members and rescuing more than a dozen surviving abductees.
• After a night of operations, Xia Chujian slept on the flight back while Qi Yue reflected on his years of imprisonment and his gratitude toward his rescuers.
• Qi Yue asked Xia Chujian and Meng Guanghui to take him to the temple where Wang You’s statue stood, and they agreed.
• Qi Yue told Wang You that his persecutors were dead, then stabbed himself in the chest; Xia Chujian rushed to help, but he died.

After the purge, Xia Chujian struggled to understand Qi Yue’s suicide and returned home, where she joked with Chen Yingying about romance. Meanwhile, Meng Guanghui reported that the operation had nearly wiped out the Judge Organization’s mid-to-high ranks in the Beichen Empire.

• Xia Chujian waited for the Special Security Bureau to take custody of Qi Yue’s body, then left the temple-like building and returned home with Aunt Chen.
• Xia Chujian went to pick up Chen Yingying, and they joked about crushes, romance, and the Snow Mantle Flowers Chen Yingying had received.
• Xia Chujian brought Chen Yingying home and decided to relax by reading web novels after the exhausting operation.
• Meng Guanghui reported to Huo Yushen that the purge had killed the Judge Organization’s Punishment Envoy, its Guardians, Prayer Masters, guides, and many mid-level members, while the manhunt for low-level members continued.