Chapter Summaries

The Fujiwara Family Head recruited Po Jun and Zewu Shen to join a plan to slay the True Dragon on Lake Heart Island, whose emergence had been unnaturally advanced. Xu Yue compelled Xu Fu to intervene after Zewu Shen’s dragon hunt triggered Xu Fu’s duty, and the expedition reached the island ready to slaughter its inhabitants.

• The Fujiwara Family Head told Po Jun that the True Dragon would soon emerge and recruited him to help slay it before they went to find Zewu Shen.
• Zewu Shen embraced the dragon-slaying plan, seeing it as a chance to gain prestige and challenge the Dog Emperor.
• Xu Fu initially refused Xu Yue’s demand to act against Zewu Shen, but changed his mind after realizing the dragon hunt was underway and aligned with his mission.
• Xu Fu discovered that the True Dragon’s emergence had been brought forward, though everyone else believed the timing was natural.
• Zewu Shen, the Fujiwara Family Head, Po Jun, Jue Xin, the other Reincarnators, and a thousand Ghost Rakshasa sailed toward Lake Heart Island.
• Zewu Shen ordered his forces to kill every member of the Aquatic Tribe when they landed.

Chen Zhen and his companions secretly followed Wushen Jue Palace to Lake Heart Island, where the force launched a brutal assault on the Aquatic Tribe. As they watched from their boat, Yamada Mitsuko recognized Inoue Ieyasu among the attackers.

• Chen Zhen, Huo Ting'en, Yamada Mitsuko, and two other agents followed Wushen Jue Palace's fleet toward Lake Heart Island despite their concerns about its unknown strength.
• The group discussed their backgrounds and concluded that the unusually rapid invasion and rumors of the Martial Immortal and Sword Immortal suggested powerful Reincarnators were involved.
• Wushen Jue Palace's ships landed, and the Aquatic Tribe surged out to defend Lake Heart Island.
• The Fujiwara Family Head, Zewu Shen, and their allies mocked the Aquatic Tribe as their experts cut through its defenders in a bloody assault.
• Yamada Mitsuko used enhanced eyesight to recognize Inoue Ieyasu, a retainer of the Fujiwara Family whom even her father had treated with deference.

Po Jun withdrew from the battle between the Water Ancestor, Zewu Shen, and the Fujiwara Family Head, hoping to let them weaken each other before the True Dragon appeared. He encountered Chen Zhen and his companions near Lake Heart Island, and their confrontation began with Chen Zhen catching Po Jun’s wrists despite his deadly opening attack.

• The Water Ancestor struck Po Jun with enough force to send him crashing through a ship and into the lake, then fought Zewu Shen and the Fujiwara Family Head.
• Po Jun emerged from the water with only minor injuries and planned to avoid the main battle and claim the benefits later.
• Po Jun spotted Chen Zhen and four companions approaching in a small boat, accused them of following him, and drew Greed and the Heavenly Blade.
• Chen Zhen warned Huo Ting'en and the others to stay back and look for openings while he faced Po Jun.
• Po Jun attacked Chen Zhen with Sha Po Lang, but Chen Zhen evaded the blades and locked both of Po Jun’s wrists.

Chen Zhen endured Po Jun’s assault until Po Jun withdrew, then decided to keep investigating the Japan Legion’s plans with Mitsuko while his companions gathered support. After Huo Ting'en and the others left Lake Heart Island, the Ice Emperor captured them, but the Sword Immortal ordered him to release them.

• Chen Zhen used his precognitive abilities to evade Po Jun’s attacks, and Po Jun eventually withdrew rather than continue fighting while injured.
• Chen Zhen resolved to uncover the truth behind the Fujiwara Family’s operation and told Huo Ting'en and the others to leave while he and Mitsuko continued alone.
• Huo Ting'en and the other two agreed to gather intelligence and seek martial arts experts who could help.
• After the three reached shore, the Ice Emperor descended and captured them, mistaking them for members of Wushen Jue Palace.
• The Sword Immortal ordered the Ice Emperor to release the three, and the Ice Emperor reacted warily to the mysterious expert.

Xu Yue rescued Huo Ting'en and the others, then sent the Ice Emperor crashing across the lake with a casual strike. On Lake Heart Island, the Fujiwara Family Head discovered Chen Zhen and Mitsuko and decided Chen Zhen had to die after learning he was a veteran-level Great Xia man.

• The Ice Emperor questioned Xu Yue's right to protect the three captives, so Xu Yue struck him across the lake and sent him crashing into a mountain on Lake Heart Island.
• Xu Yue healed Huo Ting'en and the others, recognized their connection to Chen Zhen, and led them toward Xu Fu as Heaven's Gate's experts made way.
• Storm Riders and the Sword Emperor were stunned by Xu Yue's strength but remained wary of Heaven's Gate and the Martial Immortal.
• Chen Zhen and Mitsuko emerged from hiding after the battle paused, and the Fujiwara Family Head recognized Mitsuko as Yamada Masamune's daughter.
• The Fujiwara Family Head learned Chen Zhen was a veteran-level Great Xia man and declared that he should be killed.

Chen Zhen fought Inoue Ieyasu and briefly gained the upper hand before the Fujiwara Family Head intervened and left him badly injured. As Inoue prepared to finish him, Xu Fu arrived aboard enormous ice ships, and the Fujiwara Family Head readied himself to face the newcomer.

• Inoue Ieyasu volunteered to fight Chen Zhen, while Yamada Mitsuko retreated toward the lakeshore after Chen warned her to escape.
• Chen Zhen struck Inoue with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, shattering a straw doll that restored Inoue to full health and let him escape the attack.
• Chen Zhen gained the upper hand in their ensuing fight, forcing Inoue to use special items to keep up.
• The Fujiwara Family Head pierced Chen's shoulder with a powerful attack, allowing Inoue to knock Chen down and leave him too injured to continue fighting.
• Enormous ships made entirely of ice arrived from the lake with Xu Fu aboard, and the Fujiwara Family Head prepared to confront him.

Heaven's Gate arrived at Lake Heart Island, forcing the Aquatic Tribe and Wushen Jue Palace to consider joining forces against it. Xu Yue rescued and healed Chen Zhen, then anticipated the True Dragon's emergence and the coming battle.

• Mitsuko and Huo Ting'en saw that Chen Zhen was alive and hoped Heaven's Gate's arrival would give them a chance to save him.
• Di Shitian seized Po Jun from the water, and Xu Fu accepted him into Heaven's Gate.
• The Aquatic Tribe and Wushen Jue Palace faced Heaven's Gate's army, and Zewu Shen proposed that he and the Water Ancestor join forces against it.
• Heaven's Gate soldiers pulled the injured Ice Emperor from a wall, while the Fujiwara Family Head observed the army and ordered his subordinates to record information about it.
• Mitsuko and the others rescued Chen Zhen, and Xu Yue healed him while warning that the True Dragon would soon emerge.

The Fujiwara Family Head summoned a True Dragon and unleashed a military formation to seize control of the battle, but Xu Fu revealed enough power to contend with it. The Fujiwara Family Head realized he had underestimated the Mission Space.

• Xu Yue’s words alarmed Wushen Jue Palace’s experts, while the Fujiwara Family Head praised his apparent calculations.
• The True Dragon rose from Lake Heart Island and its overwhelming pressure scattered the Ghost Rakshasa army and weakened the forces below.
• The Fujiwara Family Head activated a military formation that manifested as a giant black turtle, leaving Huo Ting'en and the others convinced they could not win.
• Xu Yue pointed out that the Fujiwara Family Head was looking down on Xu Fu, who began drawing on upper-realm power.
• Xu Fu’s aura rose to rival the military formation, and the Fujiwara Family Head realized he had misjudged the Mission Space.

The Fujiwara Family Head deployed the Black Tortoise Military Formation against Xu Fu, and their battle devastated Lake Heart Island and the surrounding region. Xu Yue encouraged Chen Zhen by explaining how military formations were made, then struck a formation node to help Xu Fu break through as the clash continued.

• The Fujiwara Family Head used the Black Tortoise Military Formation to confront Xu Fu, leaving Zewu Shen, Huo Ting'en, Storm Riders, and the other onlookers stunned by its power.
• The Fujiwara Family Head attacked Storm Riders and the True Dragon to keep Xu Fu defending them, while the battle destroyed Lake Heart Island, the lake, and the surrounding terrain.
• Xu Yue explained to Chen Zhen that military formations required substantial resources and skilled operators, and told him that the Japan Penguin branch could provide them for defense.
• Chen Zhen regained his resolve, and Xu Yue reassured him that their prospects were brighter than he thought.
• Xu Yue sent a streak of sword light through a weak point in the battle and killed a Veteran Intruder at a formation node, shaking the Black Tortoise Military Formation.

Xu Fu battled the Fujiwara Family Head, who strengthened his military formation after the Black Tortoise formation nearly collapsed. As Xu Yue prepared a magic formation aboard the Ice Wheel, Xu Fu secretly urged the Fujiwara Family Head to join forces against him, leaving the Family Head confident that victory was his.

• A formation member died during the Black Tortoise Military Formation's clash with Xu Fu, and Xu Fu exploited the disruption to destroy much of the formation and kill more than half its members.
• The Fujiwara Family Head activated a higher-grade military formation and merged its power with the surviving Reincarnators, raising his strength above Xu Fu's.
• After the Fujiwara Family Head recognized Xu Fu as an Upper Realm being, he apologized and flattered him, and Xu Fu briefly relaxed his hostility.
• Xu Fu noticed Xu Yue engraving a magic formation around a Terracotta Warrior head on the Ice Wheel and changed his mind about letting the Fujiwara Family Head die peacefully.
• As Xu Fu and the Fujiwara Family Head clashed, Xu Fu secretly told him to join forces to kill Xu Yue, and the Family Head eagerly accepted the prospect of taking Xu Yue's summoned aid for himself.

The Fujiwara Family Head and Xu Fu joined forces to unleash a devastating attack on Xu Yue and his allies. Xu Yue survived unharmed and restored the ruined space with his own power, leaving both attackers stunned.

• The Fujiwara Family Head dismissed Xu Fu's warning about Xu Yue, then changed his mind and agreed to fight at full strength.
• Xu Fu and the Fujiwara Family Head suddenly combined their attacks against Xu Yue, Chen Zhen, Heaven's Gate, and the others.
• Xu Fu grew suspicious when he received no sign that the Storm Riders had been killed by the attack.
• Xu Yue raised one hand, neutralized the combined strike, and restored the damaged space without being injured.
• The Fujiwara Family Head accused Xu Yue of secretly using or preparing a high-level military formation.

Xu Yue confronted the Baharuth Empire’s leaders, claimed he wanted peace, and demanded most of their resource shares. When the Fujiwara Family Head refused and threatened to resist, Xu Yue revealed he could observe parallel spaces and asked Xu Fu to explain his power.

• The Fujiwara Family Head accused the Penguin Merchant Guild of provoking war, but Xu Fu revealed that Xu Yue had endured the military formation without using one.
• Xu Yue floated before the leaders and said he had come with peaceful intentions, prompting the Fujiwara Family Head to agree to consider his proposal.
• Xu Yue offered to take seventy percent of the Baharuth Empire’s resource shares, and the Fujiwara Family Head rejected the demand and vowed resistance.
• Xu Yue produced scenes from parallel versions of the Storm Riders world, and Xu Fu identified the ability as parallel-space observation.
• Xu Yue asked Xu Fu to explain what he had shown, suggesting he might spare him depending on his mood.

The Fujiwara Family Head summoned his ancestor, Fujiwara Sai, to defeat Xu Yue, but Sai recognized the danger and pretended he could not see Xu Yue. The chapter left the family head panicking as Sai’s pats began cracking his protective formation and Sai prepared to withdraw.

• Xu Fu warned the Fujiwara Family Head that Xu Yue was an overwhelming powerhouse, but the family head refused to surrender.
• The Fujiwara Family Head activated a summoning formation and brought down Fujiwara Sai, the family’s ancestor from the Upper Realm.
• Fujiwara Sai recognized Xu Fu and said he would help his descendant, while the family head identified Xu Yue as the enemy.
• Fujiwara Sai pretended he could not see Xu Yue and treated Xu Fu as the enemy, confusing the Fujiwara Family Head.
• Fujiwara Sai’s pats cracked the family head’s military formation, and Sai sensed Inoue Ieyasu’s presence before deciding he could not afford to provoke Xu Yue.

Xu Yue returned from the Dragon Slaying Campaign with valuable spoils and completed his promotion mission. Back in the World of the Living, he entered a Fujiwara Family meeting to begin integrating the clan.

• Fujiwara Sai warned the Fujiwara Family Head to ascend or die, then vanished with his incarnation, prompting the Family Head to ask Xu Yue if the clan could still surrender.
• Xu Yue collected the True Dragon's Dragon Yuan, Xu Fu's Phoenix Blood, the Fire Qilin, Xiao Sanxiao's Essence of Xuanwu, Nine Empty Worlds, and the Four Divine Stones, while completing his promotion mission.
• Xu Yue returned to the Reincarnation Space, fused the Four Divine Stones into a sealing stone, and spent most of his money on training and other expenses.
• Inoue Ieyasu told Xu Yue that the Fujiwara Family was ready to integrate, and Xu Yue headed to the shrine for its clan meeting.
• Xu Yue entered the crowded Fujiwara shrine disguised as a clan member, accompanied by Inoue Ieyasu.

The Fujiwara Family Head announced that the Fujiwara Family would merge into the Penguin Merchant Guild as the main force of its Japan branch, then clashed with Fujiwara Taku when he questioned the decision. An elderly ancestor emerged from the shrine and rebuked both of them, leaving the succession dispute unresolved.

• The Fujiwara Family Head addressed the gathered family members and introduced the Penguin Merchant Guild as the meeting’s second topic.
• The Fujiwara Family Head declared that the Fujiwara Family would merge into the Penguin Merchant Guild and lead its Japan branch.
• Fujiwara Taku challenged his father, asking whether he had meant to say that the family would absorb the guild’s Japan branch.
• The Fujiwara Family Head rebuked Fujiwara Taku and insisted that he would remain only the heir while his father lived.
• An elderly ancestor emerged from the shrine, told Fujiwara Taku to respect his father, and urged the Fujiwara Family Head not to be petty.

The Fujiwara Ancestor condemned the Fujiwara Family Head for planning to merge the family into the Penguin Merchant Guild and moved to give Fujiwara Taku control. When the ancestor attacked Xu Yue and discovered his identity, he summoned the Fujiwara Family’s Territory Pattern to try to kill him.

• The Fujiwara Ancestor reprimanded the Fujiwara Family Head and showed support for Fujiwara Taku, prompting family leaders to split into opposing camps.
• The Fujiwara Family Head’s supporters defended joining the Penguin Merchant Guild, while Fujiwara Taku’s supporters argued against it.
• The furious Fujiwara Ancestor suppressed the hall, accused the family head of ambition, and declared that he would take him along when he ascended.
• The Fujiwara Family Head hinted that a powerful ally was present, and the Fujiwara Ancestor activated the shrine’s formation and struck Xu Yue with lightning.
• Xu Yue revealed himself after nullifying the attack, and the Fujiwara Ancestor recognized him as the Penguin Merchant Guild’s Xu Yue.
• The Fujiwara Ancestor invoked an even stronger formation, summoning a Territory Pattern to attack Xu Yue.

Fujiwara Sai helped Xu Yue secure the Fujiwara Family's submission and provided him with intelligence and authority items for an upcoming Punishment mission. As Xu Yue prepared to target other Japanese Intruders, members of the Muto Family and Genji Clan agreed to face their own mission together cautiously.

• Fujiwara Sai struck down the Fujiwara Ancestor and ordered the Fujiwara Family to follow its family head's proposal.
• The Fujiwara Family accepted harsh contracts, pledging obedience and a share of its gains in exchange for future administrative positions.
• The Fujiwara Family Head reported that twenty-eight Intruders had used designated authority, including seven Veteran Intruders from the Muto Family and Genji Clan.
• The Fujiwara Family Head gave Xu Yue Authority Items that could place him in the same Mission Space as those facing Punishment missions.
• Xu Yue praised the Fujiwara Family Head and promised to bring him to the upper realm after the family established a major initiative.
• Intruders from the Muto Family and Genji Clan discussed joining forces for their Punishment mission and warned one another against greed.

Xu Yue arrived in Raccoon City for a punishment mission to kill a high-ranking Umbrella Corporation executive, while the outbreak was beginning. He headed for The Hive to investigate a concern, as another Reincarnator woke aboard a moving train.

• Xu Yue learned that his mission required him to kill a true high-ranking Umbrella executive, while special abilities carried costs and Reincarnators could not initially recognize one another.
• Xu Yue discovered that he had arrived as the head of Umbrella Corporation's China division and a participant in the Purification Plan.
• Xu Yue chose to witness the plan's beginning in Raccoon City rather than complete the mission by killing an executive at his own headquarters.
• K, Xu Yue's head bodyguard, warned that they lacked authority and manpower in Raccoon City, but Xu Yue insisted they replenish their weapons.
• Xu Yue decided to enter The Hive to confirm his suspicions, while a young man woke aboard a moving train and heard that his qualities were the best among those who had arrived.

Xu Yue armed himself and his bodyguards before reaching The Hive, where he joined James Shade’s mercenaries and collected the virus and antidote. As the train entered The Hive, seven powerful presences arrived and the Main God Space began influencing the world, giving Xu Yue a chance to pursue the Gene Lock while remaining near the Zhongzhou Team.

• Xu Yue bought heavy weapons and outfitted himself and his four bodyguards for the trip to The Hive.
• James Shade’s mercenaries confronted Xu Yue’s group at the manor, then confirmed Xu Yue’s company identity and gathered Alice and Matt Addison.
• Chad Kaplan opened the station gates, and the group found Ryan unconscious on the train; Xu Yue took the case containing the virus and antidote.
• As the train accelerated, Xu Yue sensed seven powerful arrivals and realized the Infinite Terror Main God Space had begun covering the area.
• Xu Yue decided against attacking the Zhongzhou Team and recognized that staying near them could let the Main God Space’s influence help him unlock the Gene Lock.

Xu Yue assessed the danger posed by the Zhongzhou and Demon Teams before joining the mercenaries and Zhongzhou Team at The Hive. After Xu Yue’s warning led the group to descend the stairs slowly, he concluded the mission space was blocking outside interference.

• Xu Yue calculated that Black Zheng Zha’s Fourth Tier power made the mission dangerous and considered whether killing Zheng Zha could prevent his return.
• Zhang Jie threatened the newcomers, and the train brought the teams and mercenaries to The Hive, where the Zhongzhou Team noticed Xu Yue’s group was unexpected.
• James Shade identified the Zhongzhou Team as Hive security personnel and Xu Yue’s group as company special agents.
• Chad Kaplan warned that the Red Queen had detected them, and the group entered The Hive after learning the elevator was unusable.
• Xu Yue advised the group to conserve their strength on the stairs, and the Black Skin Captain agreed to slow the descent.
• Xu Yue observed that the mission appeared isolated from outside interference and decided he could act more freely.