Chapter Summaries

Chen Chuan destroyed the split sub-entity, halting the Rift’s expansion, and discovered that the Snow Monarch Blade had changed after absorbing something from it. As Chen Chuan and his team were ordered to guard the Rift, Chen Bitong prepared to leave Weiguang District despite being told to remain there, leaving Yu Lie uncertain about his plans.

• Specialist Liang Guanghai authorized Chen Chuan to destroy the contaminated split sub-entity, and Chen Chuan entered the Rift with the required equipment.
• Chen Chuan found the split sub-entity and cut it in half, but luminous mist rose from the Snow Monarch Blade and enveloped the remains before withdrawing into the blade.
• Chen Chuan poured destruction solution over the remains, and the split sub-entity vanished as the Rift stopped expanding and began to contract.
• The Defense Department confirmed the split sub-entity had been destroyed, and Specialist Liang ordered Chen Chuan’s team to guard the Rift until reinforcements arrived.
• Chen Chuan realized his second self had crossed the third-limit threshold and agreed to remain at the Rift to absorb essence.
• Chen Bitong learned that the Government Affairs Hall and Defense Department had rejected his request to deploy, confirmed everything was ready, and left with Fang Zhixin while Yu Lie followed, unsure of his plan.

Yu Lie accompanied Chen Bitong as a large convoy bypassed Central City roadblocks, while Mister Chu began tracking their movement. Meanwhile, the Ferris Wheel Company’s plan to break the sea blockade came into focus as its fleet approached a joint Canglong and Far Ocean Development Group force, with a naval battle and Central City’s fourth wave of splitting imminent.

• Yu Lie rode with Chen Bitong and Fang Zhixin in a convoy that used World Token technology and inside assistance to pass Central City’s roadblocks.
• Mister Chu learned that Yu Lie was moving, ordered the fourth team to follow him, and summoned Lao Hu for work.
• Guan Shang Jing reviewed the Ferris Wheel Company’s preparations and awaited news of the company’s fleet attacking Shenhong Port to break the blockade.
• Feng Dingshan received the Ferris Wheel Company’s fleet numbers and ordered his larger joint escort fleet to destroy its naval forces in a decisive battle.
• The two fleets drew closer as Fu Mu’s fourth wave of splitting neared inside Central City.

Chen Bitong’s convoy prepared an array of Iron-Clad Jade Piles in Hongsheng District, where a rift opened and a split sub-entity entered it. Specialist Liang ordered a Response Force unit and Team Two to the site and arranged stamina-restoring medicine for Chen Chuan.

• Chen Bitong’s convoy reached abandoned commercial buildings in Hongsheng District, where Fang Zhixin’s team set up defenses and arranged Iron-Clad Jade Piles into an array.
• Specialist Liang denied a request for airship support and learned that the Temporary Special Action Committee had delayed reports about Chen Bitong’s movements.
• Chen Bitong told Fang Zhixin that they would wait, and Fang Zhixin positioned Yu Lie beside him as rifts gathered and merged into a larger one.
• A split sub-entity emerged from the ground and entered the rift, stabilizing it.
• Watchtower reported the stable rift, and Specialist Liang dispatched an additional Response Force unit and Team Two while ordering medicine sent to Chen Chuan.

Fang Zhixin and Yu Lie waited as the Rift stabilized, while the General Affairs Bureau and a Response Force moved to contain the area. When Old Imperial Household cavalry emerged from the Rift, Fang Zhixin suddenly attacked them, and the fight left the cavalrymen’s retreat blocked.

• Fang Zhixin told Yu Lie to handle the approaching Response Force, and Yu Lie agreed to act in Teacher Chen’s service.
• A Response Force arrived but followed Specialist Liang’s orders to hold the perimeter and monitor the area.
• Mister Chu ordered Lao Hu, A Han, and four other men to kill Chen Bitong and invent an explanation for his death.
• A flock of enormous birds flew out of the Rift, followed by a cavalryman whom Yu Lie recognized as belonging to the Old Imperial Household.
• Fang Zhixin handed the cavalry captain a metal plaque, then killed him and shouted for everyone to attack.
• Yu Lie charged a cavalryman as Fang Zhixin used a long, flexible sword to cut down the riders trying to reach the Rift.

Yu Lie and Chen Bitong defeated the Rift’s vanguard, then faced Lao Hu and the Special Action Committee’s arrest attempt. After Chen Bitong killed A Han, a giant beetle burst from the Rift, and Lao Hu sliced it in half with a crimson strike.

• Yu Lie killed the mounted soldiers who emerged from the Rift, and Fang Zhixin explained that the crossing joined three passages and needed to be guarded.
• Chen Bitong caught a sniper round as Lao Hu arrived with mercenaries and a Special Action Committee arrest order.
• Chen Bitong incapacitated four attackers with mental influence, then killed A Han with String Void Force despite Lao Hu revealing that A Han was Old Chai’s son.
• Fang Zhixin explained that A Han, whose name was Chai Zihan, had abused and murdered subordinates and their families, while Chen Bitong said he would kill him again if he had to.
• A giant metallic beetle charged out of the Rift and knocked Yu Lie aside, but passed through Chen Bitong as though he were a phantom.
• Lao Hu cut the beetle in half with a red strike, leaving its insides charred.

Lao Hu confronted Chen Bitong while waves of cavalry emerged from the rift, and the Government Affairs Hall and Defense Department representatives sought another fighter to help deal with Chen Bitong. At another rift, Chen Chuan sensed something enormous approaching as his World Token began to flash.

• Lao Hu split a giant insect with one strike and challenged Chen Bitong over the fate of their former teammates and Chen Bitong’s reputation.
• Yu Lie and Fang Zhixin dodged the Old Imperial Household’s cavalry formation as successive ranks charged out of the rift.
• Lao Hu smashed through the charging cavalry and attacked Chen Bitong, while Yang Shen and Nie Guanshan watched and decided to request another helper before deploying.
• Specialist Liang considered the request and told his female assistant to connect him to Captain Chen.
• Chen Chuan guarded the rift while cultivating, then felt the World Token shake as something enormous approached from the other side.

Chen Chuan killed a Ringed Neck Armor Rhino with one punch before receiving a mission to stop Chen Bitong in Hongsheng District. He met Nie Guanshan and Yang Shen, challenged their plan to use him as bait, and revealed that his rank matched theirs.

• Chen Chuan killed the Ringed Neck Armor Rhino with a single punch while Yuan Qiuyuan, Qin Qingque, and Su Wei watched.
• Liang Guanghai assigned Chen Chuan to work with an emergency team to stop Chen Bitong near Hongsheng District, where a rift, a Split Sub-entity, and Old Imperial Household cavalry had been reported.
• Chen Chuan left Yuan Qiuyuan, Qin Qingque, and Su Wei to guard the rift and traveled to Hongsheng District with the Snow Monarch Blade.
• Chen Chuan met Nie Guanshan and Yang Shen in an abandoned commercial building, where Yang Shen explained their plan to use Chen Chuan to draw Chen Bitong's attention and withstand his attack.
• Chen Chuan questioned the plan and identified himself as an Executive Captain of the Handling Bureau, prompting Nie Guanshan and Yang Shen to reconsider how they would deal with him.

Chen Chuan watched Chen Bitong battle Lao Hu while the Action Committee’s forces tried to seize the Rift and its Split Sub-entity. The attack triggered a fierce clash around the Rift, forcing Chen Bitong’s allies and Mister Chu’s reinforcements into the fighting.

• Nie Guanshan and Yang Shen told Chen Chuan they would adapt their plan as the situation demanded, and Chen Chuan accepted their proposal.
• Chen Chuan watched Chen Bitong and Lao Hu cautiously probe each other, with both men holding back their strongest attacks.
• Lao Hu ordered Yu Lie to act, and Yu Lie attacked Fang Zhixin, who had already suspected his betrayal.
• Lao Hu’s mercenaries advanced toward the Rift with a Split Sub-entity capture case, while Chen Bitong’s people opened fire from nearby buildings.
• Mister Chu sent troops to assault the buildings and dispatched newly arrived mercenaries, intensifying the battle around the Rift.

Chen Bitong defeated Lao Hu after outmaneuvering him with Rift movements and mental-power decoys, while the mercenaries abandoned their mission. With the battle over, Chen Chuan and his companions prepared to act against the Temporary Special Committee.

• Chen Bitong used the Rift to confuse Lao Hu, who activated a pill prepared by the Action Committee and unleashed Severing Force, breaking Chen Bitong’s arm.
• Chen Bitong revealed that the apparent attacks from his right and behind were decoys, then struck Lao Hu with String Void Force and crippled him.
• Lao Hu detonated a bomb implanted in his body, but Chen Bitong had already moved away; afterward, he repaired his injured arm.
• Yu Lie chose to stay and hold off the Old Imperial Household’s cavalry, while Fang Zhixin let him withdraw from the fight against Chen Bitong.
• The mercenaries fled after Lao Hu’s death, and Mister Chu called him useless.
• Yang Shen declared that the Temporary Special Committee had failed and that it was now their turn to act.

Chen Chuan, Yang Shen, and Nie Guanshan confronted Chen Bitong after reaching the rift, where Chen Bitong had fought the Old Imperial Household cavalry. The three took positions and prepared to fight, and Chen Bitong recognized Yang Shen's Entangling Dragon Force and Nie Guanshan's Immortal Worshiping Stance.

• Yang Shen, Nie Guanshan, and Chen Chuan advanced through the corrosive red rain as gunmen shot at them, and Yang Shen caught and flattened a bullet between his fingers.
• The three lost contact with the outside after entering the interference field and stopped thirty meters from Chen Bitong, the open rift, and the shattered cavalry.
• Nie Guanshan ordered Chen Bitong to stop and return for questioning, but Chen Bitong refused and warned them he would not hold back.
• Yang Shen and Nie Guanshan taunted Chen Bitong and positioned themselves on either side while Chen Chuan moved to the other side.
• Chen Chuan removed his outer garment, Yang Shen formed force ropes, and Nie Guanshan assumed a guarded stance with his golden Gauntlets.
• Chen Bitong identified Yang Shen's Entangling Dragon Force and Nie Guanshan's Immortal Worshiping Stance as secret teachings of the Old National Religion.

Chen Bitong tried to break through Yang Shen’s ritual while Nie Guanshan kept him contained, but Chen Chuan repeatedly interfered. The chapter ended with Chen Chuan blocking Chen Bitong’s Rift-traveling sword just before it reached Yang Shen.

• Chen Bitong feinted toward Chen Chuan, then used the Rift to attack Yang Shen, but Chen Chuan intercepted him and delayed him until Nie Guanshan forced him back.
• Yang Shen continued reciting as Chen Bitong sensed the ritual’s influence and prepared to disrupt it.
• Chen Bitong took two swords from a roadside case and attacked again, using String Void Force to slow Nie Guanshan and a sword-whip to target Yang Shen.
• Chen Bitong sent the sword-whip’s tip through the Rift to bypass Nie Guanshan and threaten Yang Shen.
• Chen Chuan appeared beside Yang Shen and deflected the sword tip with a precise saber strike.

Chen Bitong abandoned his swords and used the Rifts to launch an aerial assault with Flying Dragon Fist Force, overwhelming Chen Chuan, Nie Guanshan, and Yang Shen. As Yang Shen and Nie Guanshan prepared to trap him, Nie Guanshan’s ritual compelled Chen Chuan to meet Chen Bitong’s punch.

• Chen Bitong tossed aside his swords, traveled through a Rift into the sky, and began striking the three men from above.
• Chen Chuan dodged and occasionally blocked while Nie Guanshan endured the blows and Yang Shen abandoned his chanting to evade them.
• Yang Shen and Nie Guanshan recognized Chen Bitong’s Flying Dragon Fist Force and struggled to track his attacks as his technique grew more varied.
• Yang Shen cast the Entangling Dragon Rope into the air while Nie Guanshan completed his ritual and shouted for Chen Chuan to stop Chen Bitong.
• Chen Chuan’s Second Self showed signs of being affected by Nie Guanshan’s command, and Chen Chuan raised a fist to meet Chen Bitong’s descending punch.

Chen Bitong fought Yang Shen and Nie Guanshan, turning their coordinated ambush against them before overpowering both. As Yang Shen fled, Chen Chuan intercepted him and struck him down.

• Chen Chuan and Chen Bitong staged a convincing clash, drawing Yang Shen and Nie Guanshan into attacking.
• Chen Bitong evaded their attacks, badly injuring Yang Shen and battering Nie Guanshan with afterimages.
• Yang Shen used his mental lock and living Long Ropes to bind Chen Bitong, giving Nie Guanshan an opening to attack.
• Chen Bitong broke free, killed Nie Guanshan with a series of blows, and forced Yang Shen to flee.
• Gunfire struck Yang Shen as he escaped, but he pushed through until Chen Chuan appeared and knocked him down with String Void Force.

Chen Chuan defeated the Old Imperial Household soldiers with a mental assault, then challenged Chen Bitong and learned to infuse his physical force with mental power. The chapter ended as Chen Bitong took a stance and invited Chen Chuan to test his newly demonstrated technique.

• Chen Chuan refused to abandon the mission after Chen Bitong asked whether he would continue, while the Rift began to flicker.
• The Old Imperial Household sent flamethrower troops, armored infantry, and two hammer-wielding Formation Breaker Warriors through the Rift; Fang Zhixin and Yu Lie fought the warriors as Chen Chuan questioned Chen Bitong.
• Chen Chuan merged with his second self and used his mental power to knock unconscious every soldier who had emerged from the Rift.
• Chen Chuan challenged Chen Bitong, planted the Snow Monarch Blade aside, and forced Chen Bitong backward with a series of powerful punches.
• Chen Bitong explained how to combine mental power with physical force, and Chen Chuan demonstrated the technique with a thunderous burst.
• Chen Bitong raised his hands and took a stance, inviting Chen Chuan to test the technique against him.

Chen Chuan tested his newly mastered heart force against Chen Bitong, learning to track him with mental power and counter his Flying Dragon Fist Force. The chapter ended with Chen Chuan catching Chen Bitong in midair and twisting him toward the ground with Wrestling Embrace Force.

• Chen Chuan attacked Chen Bitong, who explained that heart force developed according to a fighter’s learned techniques and style.
• Chen Bitong slipped into the Rift and taught Chen Chuan to track disturbances with mental power instead of waiting for his senses to confirm them.
• Chen Chuan sharpened his tracking and began pursuing Chen Bitong whenever he appeared.
• Chen Bitong used Flying Dragon Fist Force to attack Chen Chuan from above, repeatedly shedding the force of Chen Chuan’s counterblows.
• Chen Chuan let Chen Bitong strike him in midair, then used fused Seizing Force to seize Chen Bitong and drag him toward the ground with Wrestling Embrace Force.

Chen Chuan fought Chen Bitong as the older man revealed the power of a Fighter and then unleashed his full strength. Their battle tore through buildings until the sixth wave of splitting expanded the fissure around them both.

• Chen Bitong explained how a Fighter used spiritual power to draw strength from another world, then demonstrated it by driving Chen Chuan more than twenty meters away.
• Chen Chuan used his speed to strike Chen Bitong before he could raise his glowing arm, forcing Chen Bitong to heal and unleash his full power by restoring his youthful form.
• Chen Chuan activated the medicine stored in his body, and he and Chen Bitong fought at extreme speed, smashing through buildings as an observer reported the battle to the command center.
• Chen Chuan prevented Chen Bitong from using the Flying Dragon Fist Force, knocked him off a rooftop, and landed beside him as the building collapsed.
• The fissure expanded again and engulfed Chen Chuan and Chen Bitong in the dust cloud.

Chen Chuan stopped Chen Bitong from being overtaken by the power connected to the glowing hollow in the Rift. After the hollow vanished and Chen Bitong recovered, Chen Chuan discovered a vast Old Imperial Household army below the Rift’s exit and returned to ask Chen Bitong what he was planning.

• Chen Chuan sensed a distant power connecting Chen Bitong to a glowing hollow, and Chen Bitong asked him to stop him or kill him if he lost control.
• Chen Chuan used Seizing Force and repeated blows to suppress Chen Bitong, break his arms, and drive the invading power away until the hollow disappeared.
• Chen Bitong recovered and asked whether Chen Chuan feared he would fight again, and Chen Chuan said he could defeat him twice.
• Chen Chuan knocked out the Old Imperial Household soldiers and warriors who approached through the Rift.
• Chen Chuan crossed the Rift’s exit, saw vast military camps below, then returned and asked Chen Bitong what he was trying to do.

Chen Bitong told Chen Chuan how the authorities concealed a cure for Rift contamination and monopolized Pure Essence, which could help Fighters break through higher limits. He planned to use the Rift and a Split Sub-entity to break the blockade, while a threatening figure approached from the other side.

• Chen Bitong recalled how his infected children, Chen Xiaohu and Chen Xiaoyan, returned to the battlefield and died, and how later investigations revealed that the powerful had secretly obtained treatment for infection.
• Chen Bitong told Chen Chuan that he sought systemic change rather than revenge, because killing those responsible would not alter the situation.
• Chen Bitong explained that major powers and corporations had sealed away Pure Essence, limiting access to those outside their networks.
• Chen Bitong said he planned to use the Rift and the Split Sub-entity to break the blockade and spread access to Pure Essence.
• Chen Chuan sensed a dangerous person approaching, retrieved his Snow Monarch Blade, and asked whether Chen Bitong had opened the World Ring gap; Chen Bitong admitted he had failed to stop it in time.
• Chen Bitong told Chen Chuan that the sealed substance was now called Pure Essence.

Chen Chuan killed the Old Imperial Household warriors who entered the rift, then learned from Chen Bitong how they had arranged the breach and lured the Split Sub-entity. Chen Bitong revealed that he had borrowed power from an Ink Color Monster and asked Chen Chuan to let him fulfill his final duty guarding the World Ring.

• Chen Chuan killed the Enshrined Warrior with a single saber strike, then killed the two Attendant Warriors who charged him.
• Chen Chuan questioned Chen Bitong, who explained that he had coordinated with the Old Imperial Household to open and stabilize the rift at a chosen location.
• Chen Bitong said he had connected with Fu Mu’s spirit during training to increase the chance that a Split Sub-entity would be drawn toward the rift.
• Chen Bitong revealed that he had voluntarily become infected by an Ink Color Monster to borrow its power, risking losing himself if the higher existence reclaimed it.
• Chen Bitong asked Chen Chuan to let him remain at the rift and carry out his final duty guarding the World Ring.

Chen Chuan destroyed the split sub-entity and returned to the rift to help Chen Bitong hold back the Old Imperial Household. Meanwhile, Specialist Liang redirected reinforcements to Hongsheng District as Che Gaoyi prepared to smuggle split sub-entities out through the Underground District.

• Chen Chuan asked Chen Bitong to hold the rift while he dealt with the split sub-entity, then left to carry out his assignment.
• Chen Chuan tracked down the glowing split sub-entity, destroyed it with the Snow Monarch Blade, and dissolved its remains.
• Watchtower confirmed the split sub-entity's destruction, and Specialist Liang ordered Response Force units to divert to Hongsheng District and sent Chen Chuan another recovery dose.
• Specialist Liang learned that four split sub-entities remained unaccounted for and suspected they might be moved through the Underground District.
• Che Gaoyi learned that two companies had commissioned the transport of split sub-entities, then personally escorted a convoy toward the western route.
• Chen Chuan returned to the rift and stood beside Chen Bitong, saying that guarding the place was also his duty.