Chapter Summaries

Chen Chuan arrived at the confrontation over the Lost Object and challenged the gathered forces, quickly defeating Qi Qianyang and Ant Soldier. As the Snow Monarch Blade left its sheath, Chen Chuan vanished from the crater, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Chen Chuan charged into the field and identified the Lost Object in Heros's hand while Xu Chan and Captain Hai's group watched from higher ground.
• Xu Chan recognized Chen Chuan and told Captain Lu to wait before attempting to support him.
• Qi Qianyang challenged Chen Chuan, charged him, and was struck into the river by Chen Chuan's merged Second Self.
• The Dream Master launched a mental attack as Wild Wolf threw knives and Ant Soldier charged, but the attack failed and Chen Chuan split Ant Soldier in two.
• Chen Chuan drew the Snow Monarch Blade, vanished from the crater, and prepared to face the gathered forces.

Chen Chuan swept through the Linax Federation’s forces, killing their fighters and then defeating Gray Whale and Heros. As the other combatants reeled from his assault, Qi Qianyang emerged from the river and challenged Chen Chuan to continue their fight.

• Chen Chuan rushed through the Linax Federation’s formation and cut down its gunmen and fighters, including the Dream Master and Wild Wolf.
• Chen Chuan recognized the wounded Blood Diamond Shaofu'er · Sate and killed him with a single slash.
• Gray Whale charged Chen Chuan while Heros tried to strike from the side, but Chen Chuan pierced and bisected Gray Whale before turning to face Heros.
• General Serbil’s machine-gun fire slowed Chen Chuan, but Chen Chuan struck Heros with a fist and left him gravely injured.
• Qi Qianyang emerged from the river, assessed the battlefield, and told Chen Chuan their fight was not over.

Chen Chuan forced Qi Qianyang onto the defensive until Heros intervened, but the duel was interrupted when a vast Insect Quicksand approached. As Qi Qianyang raced for the Lost Object, Chen Chuan attacked him again, and the ground began to split beneath them.

• Qi Qianyang unleashed his enhanced power and fought Chen Chuan with a telescopic whip, but Chen Chuan broke through his defenses and drove him toward defeat.
• Heros threw a short spear to interrupt Chen Chuan’s attack, giving Qi Qianyang a chance to retreat.
• Flocks of birds and insects fled the forest as a massive Insect Quicksand advanced toward the gathered fighters.
• Qi Qianyang called off the duel and ran for the Lost Object, but Chen Chuan struck him with a pebble and attacked again.
• Chen Chuan and Qi Qianyang clashed as the ground rose and split, and the Lost Object rolled into a fissure.

Chen Chuan faced a coalition of fighters after Heros chose to enter Hero's Fate and the group turned against him. Chen Chuan defeated Qi Qianyang, Heros, and the Thunder Twins, leaving Heros dead as the enormous creature beneath the rising ground continued to awaken.

• Sigvard snatched the Lost Object, but Qi Qianyang struck him aside, and Svia seized the object and threw it to Heros.
• Heros stomped the Lost Object into the earth and entered Hero's Fate, while the Thunder Twins and General Serbil's forces prepared to attack Chen Chuan.
• Chen Chuan released his Mutated Tissue, twisted Mortimer the Skinner's body, and overwhelmed Qi Qianyang by changing the force behind his blade strikes.
• Heros fought Chen Chuan with a relentless barrage of punches but lost his strength and dropped to his knees.
• Chen Chuan knocked the Thunder Twins away and ran his spear through Heros's head, killing him.

Chen Chuan defeated Heros and turned his blade on Qi Qianyang, forcing Qi to call on the Thunder Twins for help while he prepared his Limit Reversal technique. The Thunder Twins took an experimental drug and attacked at extreme speed, but Chen Chuan killed Svia and Sigvard in moments.

• Chen Chuan picked up his blade after defeating Heros, while the Thunder Twins and the remaining fighters hesitated to confront him.
• Qi Qianyang fought Chen Chuan with his whip and sent his great bird at him, but Chen Chuan killed the bird with a single slash.
• Qi Qianyang urged the Thunder Twins to stall Chen Chuan, and Svia and Sigvard took the company's experimental pills to boost their speed and Spirit Sense.
• The Thunder Twins attacked Chen Chuan at high speed as Qi Qianyang retreated to activate Limit Reversal.
• Chen Chuan tracked the Thunder Twins' movements, split Svia in two, and pierced Sigvard's head.

Chen Chuan defeated Qi Qianyang, recovered the Lost Object, and watched General Serbil flee while the Insect Quicksand surged beneath them. As Captain Xu and others approached, Chen Chuan recognized the enormous creature beneath the ground and decided he might not need to escape yet.

• Chen Chuan overpowered Qi Qianyang, waited out the two-minute secret technique, then strangled and decapitated him before crushing his severed head.
• Chen Chuan attacked General Serbil with the Racoon Cat Rumor, forcing him to struggle onward as it tore through his body.
• Chen Chuan retrieved the Lost Object and collected his travel bag from Zhao Ming, rewarding the bird with food.
• Chen Chuan saw that the Insect Quicksand came from a gigantic, armored, worm-like creature stretching for several kilometers.
• Chen Chuan sensed figures approaching and looked toward them, wondering where Captain Xu and the others had been.

Xu Chan’s Search Squad rendezvoused with Chen Chuan after he defeated the enemy force, and the group prepared to shelter from the approaching Insect Quicksand on the Dark Earthworm. Captain Hai’s interrogation revealed that Supervisor Wen’s remains were stored at the enemy camp and that the operation’s general had planned an ominous ritual, leaving Chen Chuan intent on investigating further.

• Xu Chan led the Search Squad through the fleeing creatures and up the Dark Earthworm, where Chen Chuan stood after defeating the enemy force.
• Xu Chan reported that all personnel were present, and Chen Chuan told the squad about Supervisor Wen’s murder and Supervisor Han’s capture.
• Chen Chuan explained that the Dark Earthworm would consume the Insect Quicksand and that the group could shelter on its back, so Xu Chan organized defenses for the night.
• Captain Hai interrogated the surviving Skinner, who revealed that Supervisor Wen’s remains were stored in the enemy camp and that the operation’s general had been preparing a ritual.
• Chen Chuan ordered Captain Hai to keep the Skinner alive and suspected the enemy camp would not disperse easily.

Major Zefero tried to hold the Linax Federation camp as the Insect Quicksand overwhelmed its defenses, while Chen Chuan’s group relied on Ming Earthworm to repel the swarm. That night, Chen Chuan discovered that the Lost Object’s radiance suppressed the Convergence Zone’s usual anomalies, giving him a rare chance to cultivate.

• Major Zefero shot two people attempting to flee, ordered the camp to keep working, and demanded that the ritual device be activated early as the insects breached the defenses.
• Xu Chan and the others surrounded their area with bonfires, but the advancing Insect Tide climbed onto Ming Earthworm and was repelled by its secretions, parasites, and feeding.
• Chen Chuan told Xu Chan to prepare underground shelter and warned that the Old Imperial Household might pursue the Lost Object.
• Chen Chuan sensed that no anomalies were emerging through the crack during his nighttime cultivation, then confirmed that the Lost Object’s radiance had suppressed them nearby.
• Chen Chuan returned to his tent and continued cultivating while the anomalous disturbances remained absent.

The Linax delegation began a desperate ritual to summon power and repel the Insect Tide, but the trial of its Divine Water killed a captured scout and the ritual was declared a failure. Major Zefero left the camp protected from the insects for now, unaware that Seraphina wore the statue’s strange smile.

• Major Zefero detonated the buried explosives and sent Titan Guardians with Flame Throwers beyond the trenches to burn back the insects.
• The ritual overseer placed the statue at the ritual site, and Seraphina knelt as the braziers were lit and the ritual began.
• As the Titan Guardians fell under the advancing insects, the statue transformed and spewed fluorescent liquid into a vessel, causing the insects to avoid the camp.
• Major Zefero had soldiers force a captured Old Imperial Household scout to drink the liquid, and the scout convulsed until his body dissolved into a shapeless mass.
• The overseer called the ritual a failure, while Major Zefero accepted that the camp was temporarily safe and left to await the Insect Quicksand's passage.
• After Major Zefero departed, Seraphina showed a strange smile like the one that had appeared on the statue.

Chen Chuan ate the Little Green Fruit Xue Shou had left for him, strengthening his mental power and learning that the Rosy Light Lost Object was bait meant to draw out Wei Guochang. Xue Shou revealed a secret plan to surround and kill Wei Guochang, while warning that Chen Chuan might now have to escape with the Lost Object in place of the Union or Linax Federation.

• After sensing a warning, Chen Chuan ate the green fruit Xue Shou had given him and encountered an image of his teacher in his mind.
• Xue Shou explained that the fruit would strengthen Chen Chuan’s mental power and that the Rosy Light Lost Object had been planted as bait.
• Xue Shou revealed that the plan was to lure Wei Guochang into the Convergence Zone, where Principal Yao Zhiyi, a secretly returned Fighter, and Xue Shou would try to surround and kill him.
• Xue Shou told Chen Chuan that Jibei Province’s departments did not know the plan and that people sent to contest the Lost Object had been prepared for sacrifice.
• Chen Chuan described his plan to carry the Lost Object back to the nearest garrison, and Xue Shou warned that the Old Imperial Household would deploy forces to intercept him.

Chen Chuan prepared to break out after the Insect Tide dispersed, while an Old Imperial Household force moved to seize the Lost Object. He left camp to search a nearby Linax Federation site for Supervisor Wen’s remains.

• Teacher Xue explained the plan to contend with Wei Guochang and left a mark on Chen Chuan so he could contact him.
• Chen Chuan decided to rely on his own cultivation and used the Snow Monarch Blade to open a fissure for training.
• Old Imperial Household scouts rescued the badly injured General Serbil, but the young general killed him after Serbil offered information and cooperation.
• The young general described how the Old Imperial Household army was closing in on three sides of the Great Shun camp and planned to seize the Lost Object after the Insect Quicksand lifted.
• After a night of cultivation, Chen Chuan told Xu Chan that he planned to search the nearby Linax Federation camp for Supervisor Wen’s remains.

Chen Chuan investigated the abandoned camp and discovered a damaged First People ritual that had apparently let a creature through. The ritual’s breach transported him and Xue Shou into a wilderness, where they faced a powerful, mutated woman.

• Chen Chuan left the Lost Object with Xu Chan, prepared his equipment, and crossed the Insect Tide to reach the camp.
• Chen Chuan and Xue Shou found an abandoned ritual site and identified it as an altered First People ritual for drawing power from an entity.
• Xue Shou explained that the hurried, incomplete ritual could leave loopholes, and concluded that something had come through one.
• The scene shifted to a wilderness, where Chen Chuan saw human remains and a mutated woman emerge from a hide tent.
• Xue Shou warned Chen Chuan that the woman’s Spirit Sense power exceeded ordinary Fighter limits.

Chen Chuan fought a monstrous woman possessed by a being from the other side after Xue Shou explained her unstable domain field and her desire to use Chen Chuan as a vessel. Though Chen Chuan wounded her badly, she regenerated and adapted, and he prepared to meet her next strike with a new tactic.

• Chen Chuan shattered the woman's unstable domain field, and Xue Shou explained that the being possessing her wanted Chen Chuan as its next vessel.
• Xue Shou left Chen Chuan to fight the woman, who attacked him with a long staff.
• Chen Chuan used his Spirit Sense and swordsmanship to break through the woman's defenses, sever one arm, and stab her in the eye.
• The woman regenerated her arm and eye, then improved her staff technique as she attacked again.
• Chen Chuan realized he had to defeat her before she could adapt further, then raised his blade across the path of her incoming staff.

Chen Chuan defeated the monstrous woman by exposing and destroying the independent brain that controlled her body, then collected a remnant as proof for the Purity Faction. After disabling several ritual nodes, he searched the camp and found the box containing Supervisor Wen’s remains.

• The monstrous woman struck Chen Chuan with her staff, but he redirected her force and cut into her head, exposing the brain protected by its own layer of Spirit Sense.
• Chen Chuan severed the front of her staff and weakened the brain’s protection with repeated strikes, prompting her to flee.
• Chen Chuan pursued the woman, disabled her leg, and cut off the upper half of her head before pinning and killing the brain with the Snow Monarch Blade.
• The Snow Monarch Blade absorbed something from the brain, which dried and shattered along with the woman’s body; Chen Chuan took a jawbone as proof for the Purity Faction.
• Chen Chuan destroyed several key ritual nodes, searched the camp, and found the box containing Supervisor Wen’s remains.

After recovering Supervisor Wen’s remains, Chen Chuan warned the others that the Old Imperial Household was preparing to seize their Lost Object and planned a retreat with an ambush against pursuing elites. The group set out the next morning as an airship deployed Scout Birds to track them.

• Chen Chuan retrieved Supervisor Wen’s remains from Skinner’s tent and burned the tent before returning to the group.
• Chen Chuan told Xu Chan and the captains that Old Imperial Household forces were searching for them and outlined the threats they might face.
• Chen Chuan proposed retreating toward a forested region and ambushing elite pursuers, and the group agreed on an operational plan.
• Chen Chuan prepared for a possible confrontation with a powerful Fighter and cultivated overnight.
• The group prepared to depart for Valley Creek after seeing an airship send Scout Birds to watch them.

Chen Chuan cultivated through the rift until his spirit reached perfection, then set out to intercept the Old Imperial Household’s elite pursuit force while Xu Chan carried the Lost Object toward the Great Shun camp. In the woodland, Zhao Ming killed a pursuing scout bird, and Chen Chuan spotted an Old Era “Wei” ring on its leg but stopped when a powerful odor reached him.

• Chen Chuan finished cultivating in the rift and realized he could attempt the next breakthrough after merging his second self’s power with his own.
• Chen Chuan gave Xu Chan the Lost Object and sent him toward the Great Shun camp while the rest of the team departed by another route.
• Chen Chuan took a route across open terrain where the Old Imperial Household’s elite troops were likely to pursue him.
• Chen Chuan ran into dense woodland and had Zhao Ming attack the scout bird following him.
• Zhao Ming snapped the scout bird’s neck, and Chen Chuan noticed a copper ring engraved with the Old Era character “Wei” on its leg before a strong odor made him stop.

Chen Chuan burned the Old Imperial Household’s scout bird, then tracked an elite cavalry unit and hid beside its route. He ambushed and killed the young general leading the vanguard as the cavalry rode past.

• Chen Chuan burned the scout bird to conceal how Zhao Ming had brought it down, then sent Zhao Ming ahead to scout.
• Zhao Ming spotted an approaching cavalry unit, and Chen Chuan used his World Token to confirm its direction and numbers.
• Chen Chuan ran ahead of the cavalry and concealed himself in a hollow behind a rock beside their route.
• Chen Chuan waited for the young general to pass, then launched a surprise attack with the Snow Monarch Blade.
• Chen Chuan split the young general’s helmet and faceplate, and the general fell dead as the cavalry streamed past.

Chen Chuan annihilated an elite cavalry unit sent to intercept him and continued riding toward the Lost Object. The surviving forces learned that the unit had been wiped out and sent riders ahead to investigate while warning the troops behind them.

• Chen Chuan killed the Auxiliary General with a Spirit Sense strike, then used his mental power and blade to slaughter the surrounding cavalry.
• The Deputy General charged Chen Chuan with a saber, but Chen Chuan killed him and crushed his mutated brain with his force of will.
• Chen Chuan retrieved his bags, took rain gear from the horses, and rode onward as the Scout Birds scattered to carry news of the attack.
• More than an hour later, Scout Birds reached a trailing cavalry unit, whose officers realized the Main General and his force had likely been wiped out.
• The surviving officers sent fast riders to investigate and ordered an emergency telegram relaying the news to the troops behind them.

Chen Chuan rode toward Xu Chan and destroyed the Old Imperial Household’s White Reed Army squad that had been sent to intercept him. The airship’s crew reported his arrival and warned General Wei that he was too dangerous to confront.

• Chen Chuan rode into the Lost Object’s rosy light and saw an airship approaching Xu Chan as the light slowed, signaling that Xu Chan had met an enemy blocking force.
• The Great Shun camp argued over whether to send soldiers to help, but its commanding officer ordered them to wait for instructions from the rear.
• The Old Imperial Household’s airship deployed twelve White Reed Army fighters and Red-Fur Leopards, while another squad ahead prepared to intercept Xu Chan.
• Chen Chuan charged the White Reed Army squad, dodged its hand cannons, killed its soldiers and leopard, and destroyed the entire squad.
• The airship’s commander ordered a telegram to General Wei, identified Chen Chuan’s mount as possibly Moon-Chasing Yellow, and warned that Chen Chuan was beyond their ability to fight.

Xu Chan broke through the Old Imperial Household’s interception and hid the Lost Object in an Active Tree before leaving. Chen Chuan retrieved it and prepared to face the likely arrival of the Zheng Country General, asking Teacher Xue about breaking through level limits.

• Chen Chuan watched the airship depart, then gathered his horses and continued following the rosy light as the rain began.
• Xu Chan evaded traps, bullets, ambushers, and waves of explosive White Plague creatures, eventually breaking through the interception.
• Zhao Ming reached Xu Chan, confirming that Chen Chuan had dealt with the pursuing forces behind them.
• Xu Chan hid the Lost Object in an Active Tree and left for the base, telling Chen Chuan, “See you at the base.”
• Chen Chuan arrived, retrieved the Lost Object, and asked Teacher Xue about breaking through level limits.