Chapter Summaries

Chen Chuan killed Gao Xinwen and received records of his past actions from Gao Xinjian, who offered to explain the bloodline and the events from years ago. In an old Great Alliance laboratory, Gao Xinjian began revealing the history of a mysterious artifact known as the Celestial Human Diagram.

• Chen Chuan questioned Gao Xinwen about the bloodline and the people involved in the past, then killed him with the pebble that had once struck Chen Chuan.
• Gao Xinjian arrived with Puppet Gao Yueying and gave Chen Chuan a Storage Sheath containing records of Gao Xinwen's actions and operations from over a decade earlier.
• Gao Xinjian invited Chen Chuan to Lab One, where they examined materials documenting the Great Alliance era.
• Gao Xinjian explained that the Great Alliance studied mysterious tablets said to contain knowledge about higher life-forms, and that the Eastern Continent's Xuan Sect called one the Celestial Human Diagram.

Gao Xinjian explained the origins and dangers of inherited bloodlines, then revealed that his sister Gao Yuling had been this generation’s bloodline manifestor. Chen Chuan pieced together how her attempt to remove the bloodline led to the birth of a child on the same day as his own birth.

• Gao Xinjian told Chen Chuan that the Heavenly Human Secret Map fueled technological advances and conflicts after the Great Alliance collapsed.
• Gao Xinjian explained that his family carried an unstable bloodline intended to produce powerful descendants who could resist the beings of the Other Side World.
• Gao Xinjian revealed that Gao Yuling was the bloodline manifestor and had left home with Gao Xinwen’s help because she rejected her inheritance.
• Gao Xinjian gave Chen Chuan Gao Yuling’s photographs and travel records, which Chen Chuan reviewed to reconstruct the events surrounding his parents.
• Chen Chuan learned that Gao Xinwen’s research institute, which included Chen Qiyang, used a Level Two Lost Object to remove Gao Yuling’s bloodline.
• Gao Yuling conceived despite the removal and gave birth eight months later on the same day Chen Chuan was born.

Chen Chuan learned how Gao Yuling’s child became gravely ill, why Chen Qiyang and Yu Zhen took their family to North Lailus, and how Gao Xinwen came to suspect Chen Chuan and order his death. Gao Xinjian acknowledged his brother’s wrongdoing, and Chen Chuan asked what he intended to do about Gao Xinwen’s murder.

• Gao Yuling regretted removing her bloodline after her child became dangerously ill and asked Chen Qiyang to restore it.
• Chen Qiyang discovered the bloodline was a transferable living substance, but found the child could not survive its return and that a missing component might lie beyond a rift.
• Chen Qiyang and Yu Zhen left Chen Chuan in the care of Yu Wan and Nian Fuli before accompanying Gao Yuling and her child to North Lailus.
• Gao Xinwen learned that Gao Yuling had brought a child and ordered the group seized, but the records later showed that they had entered a rift and disappeared.
• Gao Xinwen misread Gao Yuling’s diary and ordered Chen Chuan killed as a precaution, though Chen Chuan knew Chen Qiyang and Yu Zhen were his parents.
• Gao Xinjian expressed disappointment in Gao Xinwen, and Chen Chuan asked what he would do after Chen Chuan killed him.

Chen Chuan accepted Xiang Boqing’s remaining flesh and blood from Gao Xinjian, learned how bloodline inheritors shaped the distribution of power and resources, and left without resolving whether he was related to the Gao family. On an uninhabited island, he tested Profound Sky Fire and saw it burn Xiang Boqing’s spirit along its connection toward the Heavenly Layer, then destroyed all traces and flew toward Ying Land.

• Gao Xinjian gave Chen Chuan a sealed jar containing Xiang Boqing’s remaining flesh and blood and explained that bloodline inheritors received concentrated support from nations and major organizations.
• Gao Xinjian told Gao Yueying not to approach Chen Chuan unless he contacted them, and said they could treat him as the young lady’s son regardless of whether he was related to her.
• Chen Chuan retrieved his External Implant Body, left Origin Company’s islands, and flew to an uninhabited island to test the jar’s contents.
• Chen Chuan used Profound Sky Fire on Xiang Boqing’s Mutated Tissue and saw the fire infect its trace of spirit and travel toward the Heavenly Layer.
• Chen Chuan erased the island and its traces, then flew north toward Ying Land with Zhao Ming.

Chen Chuan returned to Kavatua, prepared to focus on cultivation, and spent a month training in the Sacred Tree Void. He reached the peak of the Longevity Observation Realm but still needed an opportunity and a better grasp of the seed’s balance point to break through.

• Chen Chuan returned to Hatikan, where Akhtava reported that Kavatua had located the seven Sacred Gates and deployed combat Puppets inside them.
• Chen Chuan told Akhtava to keep half of the first resources from the Sacred Gates, then confirmed with Deputy Head Lu that nothing had changed beneath the Life Plateau.
• Chen Chuan reviewed his battle with Xiang Boqing, rested, and entered the Sacred Tree Void to cultivate with medicines and the Xuan scroll.
• The Federation abandoned its plan to undermine Kavatua from within, while its eastern and western coasts agreed that force was necessary and began threatening an attack.
• After a month of cultivation, Chen Chuan reached the peak of the Longevity Observation Realm but found that breaking through would require external pressure and progress with the seed’s balance point.

Puppet led the Blood Staff Mercenary Group in raids on facilities connected to the Confidential Operations Division, prompting the division to hire two Fighters to hunt them. After killing a New Light Sect missionary who threatened him, Puppet learned the Fighters had arrived in Cabes Town and went to meet them.

• Puppet agreed to pause the Blood Staff Mercenary Group's raids, while the Confidential Operations Division organized a response and hired two Fighters from East Yono.
• Alec, a New Light Sect missionary, offered to protect Puppet and his group if they joined the sect, but Puppet refused and killed him after Alec threatened him.
• The Blood Staff Mercenary Group killed Alec's armed security personnel, and the bald woman received a warning that two Fighters were waiting in Cabes Town.
• Puppet rejected Xuan Ge's suggestion to avoid the Fighters and drove with the group toward Cabes Town.
• Puppet put on a black top hat and walked alone into Cabes Town to find the two Fighters.

The Puppet drew the Akerman Brothers into a fight in Cabes Town, hoping a powerful opponent would help him stabilize his inner balance and trigger a transformation. He was sent crashing through nearby buildings after a sudden disturbance disrupted his movement.

• The Akerman Brothers prepared for their assignment after learning that the Puppet had appeared in Cabes Town.
• The Puppet walked past Taming Tower, where the Mutated Creatures cowered and people with Implant Eyes suffered pain at his presence.
• The Puppet spotted Josh and Gaius, and the three approached one another with Spiritual Fire rising around them.
• Josh charged and struck the Puppet's staff, but the Puppet's counterforce stopped him and drove him backward.
• Gaius attacked from behind Josh and hit the Puppet with both hammers after the Puppet's balance wavered, sending him through the walls of nearby buildings.

Puppet fought the Akerman Brothers, whose coordinated attacks and explosive techniques pushed him close to defeat. After Purple Qi helped him reach a new state of balance, he survived Josh’s axe and smashed Gaius into the ground, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Gaius struck Puppet with a hammer, but Puppet blocked the blow with Spiritual Fire, and the Akerman Brothers prepared to attack together.
• Josh and Gaius coordinated a relentless assault that forced Puppet to evade as the balance point disrupted his strength and rhythm.
• Gaius forced Puppet into a collision, and Josh’s axe drove him back, but Puppet used Drawing-Down Force to knock Josh away and seize Gaius.
• Josh hurled his axe at Puppet, and Purple Qi generated Spiritual Fire inside Puppet’s body, stopping the axe from piercing through him.
• Puppet reached a balanced state, lifted Gaius with Wrestling Embrace Force, and smashed him into a crater, shattering his bones and tendons.

Puppet mastered balance and defeated Josh and Gaius, then rejoined the Blood Staff Mercenary Group as they left Cabes Town. Chen Chuan sensed Puppet’s breakthrough while Deputy Head Lu briefed him on the Federation’s blockade of Kavatua and Akhtava’s plan to strike Arcana Central City.

• Josh attacked Puppet with metal sand and a rope, but Puppet used Spiritual Fire to evade him and crushed him with the Hand Cane.
• Puppet recovered from his injuries, killed Gaius, and left Cabes Town while Action Department personnel recorded the fight and reported it to headquarters.
• Puppet returned to the Blood Staff Mercenary Group, and the bald woman proposed taking everyone to Great Shun; Puppet said he would decide after finishing his current business.
• Chen Chuan sensed that Puppet had made balance instinctive and concluded that he needed to visit Puppet personally to receive the breakthrough.
• Deputy Head Lu told Chen Chuan that the Federation would cut off supplies to Kavatua and that Akhtava proposed destroying Arcana Central City before the Active Consciousness Entities were deployed.

Akhtava chose to attack Arcana State with Great Shun’s support, while Chen Chuan remained behind to await news. Elsewhere, Puppet accepted a Shell Laboratory commission and departed for Seranocha Continent, unaware that the Primitive Sect had marked him as a vessel for Pride.

• Chen Chuan argued that Kavatua should strike first, and Deputy Head Lu agreed to support its operation without directly intervening.
• After receiving word of Great Shun’s support, Akhtava led three Sacred Land Warriors out to attack Arcana State that night.
• At Shell Laboratory, Abner offered Puppet a commission to drive away a Convergence Zone Evil Spirit and retrieve one of the trees worshipped by First People tribes.
• Puppet chose a site on Seranocha Continent and left the next day with his team aboard a private airship.
• A Primitive Sect leader selected Puppet as a potential vessel for Pride and sent his followers to find out where he had gone.

The Primitive Sect pursued the Blood Staff Mercenary Group into the Convergence Zone, while Chen Chuan learned of Akhtava’s attack on Arcana Central City and set out to retrieve the approaching seed. Chen Chuan entered the Convergence Zone and flew toward it.

• A Resonator extracted information from Abner’s brain and learned that the Blood Staff Mercenary Group was heading to the Convergence Zone in Seranocha Continent.
• The Blood Staff Mercenary Group crossed into the Convergence Zone through an unstable rift, and the Handsome Young Man followed by sacrificing cult guards and several of his followers to stabilize it.
• Chen Chuan received Deputy Head Lu’s report that Akhtava had devastated Arcana Central City, then informed Head Xie and learned the Visiting Delegation might return home within one or two months.
• Chen Chuan sensed the seed approaching near Arcana Continent and set out from Life Plateau to retrieve it.
• Chen Chuan entered the Convergence Zone through a rift he opened with the Snow Monarch Blade and flew toward the seed.

Puppet’s mercenary group traveled through the Seranocha Continent Convergence Zone to find the Sacrificial Tree, while the Primitive Sect followed behind. After Puppet reached the hill and cleared its blood-red creatures, the Handsome Young Man’s group arrived, and an attack injured Puppet’s hand.

• The Blood Staff Mercenary Group rested at a stronghold, where the old man explained the history of the expedition and the Sacrificial Tree as they ate Mutated Creature meat.
• The Primitive Sect pursued the group, performed its night ritual, and resumed moving at dawn.
• After two days of travel, Puppet and the mercenaries reached the hill covered in bone structures and hanging blood-red creatures.
• Puppet went up the hill alone, killed the creatures, and sent the old man and most of the mercenaries to locate the Sacrificial Tree.
• Puppet spotted the approaching Primitive Sect and warned his sentries, but a stone fragment pierced his Spiritual Fire and cracked the bones in his palm.

Puppet faced the Handsome Young Man, a powerful Fighter who intended to make him a vessel, and endured a series of devastating attacks while using his healing and Purple Qi to fight back. The Handsome Young Man praised Puppet’s combat instincts and let his strike build to full force before stopping the Hand Cane with his palm.

• Puppet refused the Handsome Young Man’s invitation, and the man declared that Puppet had no choice but to become his vessel.
• The lookout alerted the Mercenary Group, whose members prepared weapons and mortars while Xuan Ge had a team member hide the old man.
• The Handsome Young Man pressured Puppet, then erupted in anger when Puppet insulted his smell and struck him with a blazing fist.
• Puppet recovered from severe injuries, used Purple Qi to evade attacks, and was eventually hurled into a hill by the Handsome Young Man’s increased strength.
• Puppet emerged from the crater and attacked with his Hand Cane, changing his strike to build power until the Handsome Young Man stopped it with his palm.

The Puppet fought the Handsome Young Man, repeatedly recovering from devastating injuries while trying to stall until nightfall. When the Handsome Young Man threatened the Blood Staff Mercenary Group, Chen Chuan arrived and blasted him into a crater, demanding that the consciousness controlling him appear.

• The Puppet sacrificed an arm to strike the Handsome Young Man, but his attack failed to penetrate the man's inner Spiritual Fire and a counterattack left the Puppet grievously wounded.
• The Puppet regenerated with the Mutated Tissue and continued fighting, while the Handsome Young Man grew impressed by his recovery and improving combat ability.
• The Puppet used repeated attacks to stall for nightfall, but the Handsome Young Man became impatient and severed the Puppet's lower body.
• The Handsome Young Man threatened to take the Puppet as his vessel unless he agreed to spare the Blood Staff Mercenary Group, whose members tried to turn their guns on themselves.
• A force stopped the mercenaries and lifted them into the air as Chen Chuan approached with a long blade and red sash.
• Chen Chuan struck the Handsome Young Man into a massive crater and ordered the consciousness controlling him to come out.

Chen Chuan defeated the Aspect of the Gods Fighter who emerged as a Frog Lizard, then freed Puppet from their spiritual connection and gave him the chance to live independently as Blood Staff. He left after telling Blood Staff to walk his own path.

• The hidden consciousness transformed its vessel into a Frog Lizard, but Chen Chuan restrained and hurled the creature down the mountain.
• The hidden consciousness took over the body and unleashed power at the Profound Cave Observation level, but Chen Chuan blocked its attacks and melted it with Purity Spirit Light.
• Chen Chuan waited until the opponent became black powder, then returned to Puppet.
• Chen Chuan touched fists with Puppet, shared his cultivation insight, and severed their spiritual connection.
• Puppet learned his origins and thanked Chen Chuan, who told him to walk his own path before leaving.

Chen Chuan left the Convergence Zone after defeating a powerful enemy and considered how to break through his barrier, deciding to investigate the Primitive Sect. Meanwhile, the First Visiting Delegation’s negotiations with the Federation neared completion as Head Jiang and Chu Zhixian disagreed over how much Great Shun should concede.

• The Puppet repaired his Hand Cane, and the Mercenary Group rescued the old man from beneath the battle debris.
• The Puppet realized his Mutated Tissue had grown anew and that further advancement depended on his own spirit.
• Chen Chuan returned from the Convergence Zone, weighed his options for breaking through, and decided to seek intelligence on the Primitive Sect through the Covert Department.
• Head Jiang rejected Chu Zhixian’s proposal to make further concessions to the Federation, and Chu Zhixian said he would appeal to Great Shun.
• After receiving news from Kavatua, Head Jiang predicted one final Federation probing attack and ordered his attendant to arrange for Head Xie’s group to return with the delegation.

Chen Chuan returned to Kavatua, reviewed its improving fortunes and the Federation’s campaign against it, then attended a Pinball Game tournament between Kavatua and the Da Shun Delegation. The match ended in Kavatua’s victory, and Chen Chuan received a telegram from Head Xie.

• Chen Chuan returned to Kavatua, greeted Ikuss and Zhao Ming, and considered how to help Zhao Ming grow stronger.
• Chen Chuan learned that the West Bank Council had accused Kavatua of attacking Arcana Central City, while Great Shun countered the claims with evidence and documentaries about the First People.
• Xin Hongtu invited Chen Chuan to a Pinball Game tournament celebrating Kavatua’s rebirth, and Chen Chuan agreed to attend.
• Chen Chuan watched the Da Shun Delegation and Kavatua’s traditional team compete, as the Da Shun players adapted and tied the score before the final match.
• Kavatua used its greater experience to win the deciding match, and Chen Chuan applauded as the crowd celebrated.
• An attendant delivered Chen Chuan a translated telegram from Head Xie.

Chen Chuan and Head Xie surveyed Kavatua as Head Xie revealed that the Federation planned to seize Bynder-Weishaupt State and destroy the Celestial Mystery Sect. The Federation had obtained inside information from a True Person who was willing to cooperate, and the chapter ended before Head Xie named that person.

• Chen Chuan arranged for the Wansong Entrusted Company to investigate the Primitive Sect and was told the intelligence would take about ten days.
• Head Xie and the Second Visiting Delegation arrived in Kavatua, where its people welcomed Great Shun's support.
• Head Xie and Chen Chuan boarded Kavatua's newly built airship, the Far Sight, and toured the Life Plateau.
• Head Xie told Chen Chuan that the Federation intended to reclaim Bynder-Weishaupt State and wipe out the Celestial Mystery Sect.
• Head Xie explained that the Celestial Mystery Sect was reorganizing its esoteric ritual and that a cooperating True Person had supplied the Federation with internal information.

Chen Chuan learned that the Federation planned to destroy the Celestial Mystery Sect soon, while Great Shun would stay neutral in exchange for benefits. Head Xie then told him that Deputy Head Chu wanted him to sign restrictive agreements.

• Chen Chuan questioned how the Federation would prevent Celestial Master Lu from retaliating and how it would protect the World Ring during the operation.
• Head Xie explained that the Federation planned to enlist allies and private forces, negotiate with international organizations, and keep Great Shun neutral through promised benefits.
• Chen Chuan concluded that Great Shun’s leaders would not intervene, partly because the Federation might share valuable secrets after the Celestial Mystery Sect was destroyed.
• Head Xie said the Federation might launch its operation within the next month or two, giving Chen Chuan an opportunity to act against the Primitive Sect while its attention was elsewhere.
• Head Xie told Chen Chuan that Deputy Head Chu had proposed requiring him to sign restrictive agreements for safety reasons.

Chen Chuan toured the Life Plateau, told Gao Ming about the proposed restrictions on his military power, and continued training in the Sacred Tree Void. There, he sparred with Akhtava, whose concealed Spiritual Impact technique nearly broke through Chen Chuan’s defense and gave him new insights.

• Head Xie told Chen Chuan that domestic and international forces might soon ask him to sign an agreement restricting his military power.
• Chen Chuan and Head Xie toured the Life Plateau, caught Gemstone Bugs and a Messenger Bird, and returned to Kavatua.
• Chen Chuan called Gao Ming to report the restrictions, then entered the Sacred Tree Void with Zhao Ming and the Racoon Cat Rumor.
• Chen Chuan sensed that breaking through Longevity Observation would require grinding away a heavy barrier over many years, so he focused on improving his techniques.
• Akhtava asked Chen Chuan to assess the gap between them, then sparred with him and used a close-range Spiritual Impact followed by a dagger thrust.