Chapter Summaries

Su Yao’s Man in Black overwhelmed the Life Foundation guards, while Eddie and Venom escaped and began arguing about their bond. The Man in Black left the scene, and Eddie headed toward Drake’s rocket as a colleague called to ask where he was.

• The Man in Black destroyed the sonic equipment, and Venom emerged from Su Yao’s hand to taunt Eddie’s Venom.
• Drake ordered the guards to fire, but the Man in Black reflected their bullets without moving, injuring or killing them.
• As police sirens sounded, the Man in Black left after Eddie asked who he was, and his golden eyes left Eddie feeling as if he had seen a god.
• Eddie’s Venom Suit formed around him, and Eddie killed the remaining guards before leaving the scene.
• Eddie and Venom argued as they headed to find Drake’s rocket, and Eddie’s colleague called to ask why he had not arrived at the Life Foundation.

After leaving Drake to Eddie, Su Yao trained Black Particle until it reached Level 3, greatly increasing its power and his energy capacity. He tested the stronger attack, then practiced Sunshine Pervades as the sun set.

• Su Yao told Venom he trusted Eddie to stop Drake and left the area to focus on developing his abilities.
• Su Yao trained Black Particle through the day and night, raising it to Level 3 the following evening.
• Su Yao tested his Level 3 Black Particle, blasting a twenty-four-meter-deep hole in the ground and noting that he could use the ability about thirty times before running out of Light Energy.
• Su Yao practiced Sunshine Pervades as the sun set, gaining experience while Venom remained confused by the change in Black Particle's power.

Su Yao raised Reflection Shield to level three and resumed practicing Sunshine Pervades despite the cloudy weather slowing his Light Energy recovery. Meanwhile, Experiment Base Number 23 released Number Five from his cell and took him to another detention cell.

• Su Yao decided to improve Reflection Shield, then practiced it until he reached level three and gained a much wider defensive range.
• Su Yao ignored Venom’s requests to cause havoc and turned his attention to leveling Sunshine Pervades.
• Clouds slowed Su Yao’s sunlight absorption, but he continued practicing Sunshine Pervades as Venom commented on his glowing body.
• Three Prison Guards at Experiment Base Number 23 removed Number Five’s chains and led him to the last detention cell.

Marco took Number One and Number Five from the prison to capture another mutant and prepare them to face Number Thirty-Seven. They arrived at Fabien’s house, where Marco began confronting him about using supernatural abilities.

• Marco freed Number One and led him and Number Five out of the prison, while the other prisoners feared for Number Thirty-Seven.
• Marco explained that they would wait for Hound to help locate Number Thirty-Seven and first capture another mutant so the two could practice cooperating.
• Number One and Number Five dismissed the danger posed by Number Thirty-Seven, and Marco promised to show them his file footage.
• After a half-hour drive, Marco removed their Mutant Controllers outside Fabien’s house.
• Fabien opened the door, became alarmed by the group, and tried to shut it, but Marco stopped him and confronted him over a report that he had used supernatural abilities.

Number One and Number Five helped Marco capture Fabien, and Marco showed them footage of Number Thirty-Seven’s powers before planning their next move. Meanwhile, Yi Li Na reassured the public that authorities had deployed a secret weapon to capture the boy.

• Fabien attacked Marco and the Prison Guards with telekinesis, but Number One resisted the force and used Pulse Interference to disable Fabien’s ability.
• Number One handed Fabien over to Marco, who restrained him with handcuffs and a Mutant Controller.
• Marco showed Number One and Number Five footage of Number Thirty-Seven’s abilities, and the two mutants reacted with surprise before boasting that they could defeat him.
• Marco warned Number One and Number Five to stay cautious and said they would set out to capture Number Thirty-Seven once the mutant Hound arrived at the base.
• Yi Li Na told hundreds of thousands of viewers in a live broadcast that authorities had deployed a secret weapon and that Number Thirty-Seven would soon be captured.

As Yi Li Na announced a secret weapon to capture Su Yao, the X-Men, Magneto’s Brotherhood, and Su’s acquaintances reacted to the threat. Su continued practicing Sunshine Pervades under gloomy skies, frustrated by his slow progress.

• Wolverine Luo Gen, Chris, Otto, and Valentine decided to search for Su Yao and try to rescue him before the government found him.
• Professor X told Cyclops Scott that an Omega Mutant’s power was effectively infinite, then sent Scott to help save another child.
• Scott gathered Jean, Storm, and other X-Men and flew toward the target’s city.
• Magneto Erik ordered Mystique Raven to watch government departments for signs they were pursuing Su and asked her again to find the Omega Mutant.
• Eddie saw the news while fleeing with Venom, while Heidi and two others debated whether to help Su.
• Su practiced Sunshine Pervades at noon and complained that the cloudy weather had slowed his progress.

Su Yao noticed a group from Number Twenty-Three Base had tracked him down and confronted them rather than keep hiding. Number Five attacked with a wave of red energy that engulfed Su Yao, leaving his fate uncertain.

• After the rain passed, Su Yao resumed practicing Sunshine Pervades in the sunlight.
• Hound used the mutant teenager's pillow to track Number Thirty-Seven, leading Number One, Number Five, and the soldiers toward Su Yao's hiding place.
• Venom sensed danger, and Su Yao used Space Teleportation to evade the searchers, but they continued to locate him.
• Su Yao emerged to face the group as Captain Kenny and Captain George taunted him, and Number Five stepped forward to fight.
• Number Five unleashed a wave of red energy that engulfed Su Yao.

Su Yao survived Number Five’s attack and turned the red energy back on him, then beat him again after he regenerated. Number One tried to suppress Su Yao’s abilities, but Number Five’s next attack instead reversed course and struck Number One.

• Su Yao emerged unharmed from Number Five’s red energy and sent a surge of it back at him, leaving him severely burned.
• Number Five regenerated with Super Speed Self-Healing, then hurled another red energy ball at Su Yao, who swatted it back and smashed him into a wall.
• Number One stepped forward and used Pulse Interference, claiming Su Yao could no longer use his Mutant Ability.
• Number Five attacked Su Yao from outside the interference’s range, but the red energy ball changed direction and slammed into Number One.
• Su Yao asked what pulse Number One meant as Number One crashed into a wall.

Su Yao resisted Number One’s Pulse Interference and revealed a devastating ability that disintegrated the pursuing soldiers and machines. Number One and Number Five were the only ones left when the chapter ended, and Su Yao turned his cold gaze toward them.

• Number One’s Pulse Interference stopped Su Yao’s Energy Absorption but failed to suppress Mimicry, allowing Su Yao to keep fighting.
• Captain Kenny and Captain George taunted Su Yao and insisted that he would be taken back to the laboratory as Number One, Number Five, and the Sentry Spiders prepared to attack.
• Su Yao activated “Let everything return to nothing,” and the resulting light began disintegrating everyone around him.
• Captain Kenny, Captain George, Hound, and the other soldiers vanished into particles despite trying to resist or plead for mercy.
• The five Sentry Spiders also disintegrated, leaving Number One and Number Five as the only survivors as Su Yao faced them.

Su Yao used Sunshine Pervades to disintegrate Number One and Number Five, then searched for whoever had been monitoring the fight. As Su Yao left to strengthen his abilities and pursue the Experimental Base, prison guard Marco and two soldiers fled in terror.

• Su Yao's Sunshine Pervades overwhelmed Number Five's red energy and healing, while Number One's metal body also disintegrated; both vanished in the light.
• After the light faded, Su Yao noted the attack's enormous energy cost and the resistance Number One and Number Five had managed to offer.
• Venom emerged and marveled at Su Yao's power, but Su Yao dismissed Venom's memory of the earlier twisted sunlight as an illusion.
• Su Yao found equipment on the rooftop of an unfinished building and concluded that the people monitoring him had escaped.
• Su Yao decided to improve Sunshine Pervades and his Unlock Progress before confronting the Experimental Base, while Marco and two soldiers ran away in fear.

After escaping Number Thirty-Seven’s devastating light, Marco and two soldiers reported the deaths of George, Number One, and Number Five to Base Chief Alessandro, who began planning another capture attempt. Mystique Raven infiltrated Number Twenty-Three Base and identified one of the survivors as her target for learning what happened.

• Marco, Hai Luo, and the other surviving soldier fled the scene and returned to Number Twenty-Three Base.
• Marco told Base Chief Alessandro that George and the others had died beneath Number Thirty-Seven’s light, and that Number One’s Pulse Interference had failed.
• Alessandro reacted with disbelief, then decided he would need a large force and careful planning to capture Number Thirty-Seven.
• Mystique Raven knocked out a soldier outside Number Twenty-Three Base, disguised herself as him, and slipped inside.
• Raven learned that only three people had survived the battle and recognized one survivor as a witness, so she set out to question him.

Mystique Raven interrogated Hai Luo and learned that Number Thirty-Seven had killed Number One and Number Five with a powerful light. After escaping Number Twenty-Three Base, she encountered Jean, Scott, and Ao Luo Luo, who had come to rescue the boy, and told them he was alive and might exceed their expectations.

• Mystique Raven interrogated Hai Luo and recorded his account of Number Thirty-Seven defeating Number Five and resisting Number One's Pulse Interference.
• Hai Luo told Mystique Raven that Number Thirty-Seven released light that killed Number One, Number Five, and the other soldiers, then became crazed with fear.
• When an alarm sounded, Mystique Raven killed Hai Luo, disguised herself, and escaped Number Twenty-Three Base.
• The prisoners discussed the news that Number Thirty-Seven had killed Number One and Number Five, while Mystique Raven prepared to return to the Brotherhood of Mutants.
• Mystique Raven encountered Jean, Scott, and Ao Luo Luo, who had come to rescue Number Thirty-Seven.
• Mystique Raven told them that Number Thirty-Seven was fine and might exceed their expectations.

Mystique Raven told the X-Men that a mutant boy had killed everyone pursuing him with a mysterious light, and Professor X ordered Scott to keep searching for him. Yi Li Na then announced online that the government’s capture operation had failed and that the boy had destroyed the secret weapon with the same power.

• Mystique Raven said the boy had killed two powerful mutants and all the others chasing him with light, then left to report to Erik.
• Jean confirmed Raven was telling the truth, and Scott called Professor X, who told the team to continue searching for the boy.
• Netizens pressed Yi Li Na for news about the capture attempt, while she learned it had failed and her superior told her to reveal the truth briefly.
• Yi Li Na began a live broadcast and announced that the capture operation had failed.
• Yi Li Na explained that the boy had used light to eliminate everyone pursuing him, including the government’s secret weapon, leaving viewers stunned.

After Yi Li Na’s broadcast revealed that Su Yao had wiped out his pursuers with a mysterious light, several mutant groups resolved to find him. Su Yao kept training Sunshine Pervades until it reached Level Three, triggering a transformation.

• Yi Li Na defended the broadcast’s report of the light and promised viewers another capture operation.
• Luo Gen, Otto, Chris, and Valentine worried that the next operation would put Su Yao in greater danger.
• Mystique Raven played Erik a recording describing the light’s destruction, and Erik ordered her to find Su Yao with more people.
• Su Yao practiced Sunshine Pervades while his Light Energy increased his remaining lifespan to 90 days.
• After six days of training and evading followers with Venom’s senses, Su Yao reached Level Three in Sunshine Pervades and felt his body begin to transform.

Su Yao increased his Unlock Progress to 82% after gathering Energy Points, while Venom noticed changes in Su Yao’s body and abilities. As Su Yao left, Venom sensed two men searching for him, and Su Yao recognized that they worked for the Underground Organization.

• Venom sensed a change in Su Yao’s body, then felt his own weakened body recover when Su Yao’s energy changed.
• Su Yao tested Sunshine Pervades, found its range had increased, and estimated how often he could use his abilities with his available Light Energy.
• Su Yao gathered Light Energy in the sunlight throughout the afternoon, then spent 5,079 Energy Points to raise Unlock Progress from 80% to 82%.
• Su Yao considered the abilities and Mimicry targets he might unlock, including Scarlet Witch’s Chaos Magic, before leaving as the sun set.
• Venom warned Su Yao that two men were following him, and Su Yao overheard them mention a mission from the Underground Organization.

Su Yao tested Venom’s abilities, discovered that his altered cells could harm Venom, and accumulated enough Energy Points to unlock Levitation Flight. He began testing the new ability and found that its experience was rising rapidly.

• Su Yao let Venom cover him in a black battle suit and discussed its defenses and ability to cure cancer.
• Su Yao asked Venom to devour cells in his right hand, but energy from his damaged cells injured Venom and forced him to flee.
• Su Yao gave up on using Venom to remove his Cancer Cells and continued gathering Light Energy.
• Su Yao reached over ten thousand Energy Points and unlocked Levitation Flight at 86% Unlock Progress.
• Su Yao tested Levitation Flight, discovered that flying above ten meters sharply consumed Light Energy, and watched his ability experience increase rapidly.

Su Yao rapidly leveled up Levitation Flight by remaining airborne, gaining greater range, speed, and Light Energy. After spending his Energy Points, he brought his Unlock Progress to 89%, just short of the next threshold.

• Su Yao discovered that staying in the air steadily increased Levitation Flight experience while using little Light Energy, and he and Venom heard mysterious ethereal music as his aura grew.
• Su Yao reached Levitation Flight Level 2 during the night, increasing its range to fifty meters and its speed beyond his running pace.
• Su Yao tried to sleep while flying but found that losing focus made Levitation Flight unstable, so he landed and had Venom keep watch.
• By afternoon, Su Yao reached Levitation Flight Level 3, extending its range to two hundred meters, more than doubling its speed compared with a normal person running, and increasing his Light Energy and Sunshine Pervades range.
• Su Yao spent his Energy Points on Unlock Progress, raising it from 86% to 89% before it stalled.

Su Yao tracked the people hunting him to a hideout and attacked the members of the Mutant Underground Organization and their mercenary allies. He killed everyone there, including Avian and Arnie, while one dying enemy warned that their leader would pursue him.

• Su Yao followed four mercenaries to a house, where he overheard Avian and Arnie discussing their search for him.
• Su Yao killed Avian with a Black Particle attack and entered the house as the mercenaries drew their guns.
• The mercenaries fired at Su Yao, but his Reflection Shield sent the bullets back and struck the shooters.
• Su Yao teleported beside a young Black man and knocked him unconscious with God Finger.
• Bob attacked Su Yao with psychic power, but Venom protected him, and Su Yao killed Bob with a Spiritual Light Beam.
• Su Yao killed Arnie and the remaining enemies, ignoring their warning that their leader would come after him.

Henrik and Alessandro joined forces to hunt Su Yao, while Su Yao raised his Unlock Progress to 90% and noticed a change in his flight. A new broadcast promised his capture, alarming the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants.

• Henrik made Ta Ma Si and the mercenaries vanish with his Power of Emptiness after blaming them for the deaths.
• Henrik contacted a government department and arranged a joint operation with Alessandro, who prepared over a hundred armed people and three helicopters.
• Su Yao used his Energy Points to raise his Unlock Progress to 90%, then found that the ethereal sounds around him grew clearer when he flew.
• Yi Li Na announced a new operation to capture Su Yao, prompting Wolverine Luo Gen, the X-Men, and the Brotherhood of Mutants to react with alarm.

Mystique Raven, Magneto Erik, and the X-Men learned that Su Yao faced more than a hundred armed soldiers and Henrik, a mutant they considered comparable to Sebastian Shaw. As the forces surrounded Su Yao, he stepped off the rooftop and walked through the air, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Wolverine Luo Gen and Chris worried about Yi Li Na’s confidence and considered helping Su Yao.
• Mystique Raven discovered that Alessandro had sent more than a hundred soldiers and Henrik after Su Yao, then alerted Magneto Erik.
• Mystique Raven sent the information to the X-Men, and they and Charles concluded that Su Yao had little chance, though they sent people to try to save him.
• Su Yao noticed armed soldiers, helicopters, and Henrik closing in around him as soldiers and onlookers gathered below.
• As Colonel Cage prepared to act and Henrik approached, Su Yao stepped into the air and walked above the encirclement.