Chapter Summaries

After the Mutated Golden Condor flew off, the surviving technicians accepted that they could not pursue it and decided to return at daybreak. Ling Wuyuan followed the condor toward the meteorite crater and saw that Ji Lang was nearing death, resolving to save him only if the chance arose.

• Teacher Huang asked the injured captain what to do, and the captain decided they would wait until daybreak before returning.
• The surviving technicians accepted their helplessness and planned to pool money to support the families of those who had died.
• Ling Wuyuan watched Ji Lang in the Mutated Golden Condor's grasp and confirmed through their causal connection that he was still alive.
• Ling Wuyuan assessed the condor's strength and grew curious about the meteorites that had transformed Earth's environment.
• As the condor approached the meteorite crater, Ling Wuyuan saw Ji Lang's death omen intensify and decided he would save him if he could do so easily.

Ling Wuyuan watched a swarm of powerful mutated creatures fight over the meteorite crater as humanity joined the conflict with a strategic bomber. The chapter ended with a nuclear blast striking the crater, which Ling Wuyuan admired from afar.

• The Mutated Golden Condor dropped Ji Lang and three other captives into its nest, where its chicks prepared to eat them.
• A distant tiger's roar frightened the chicks and drew the adult Mutated Golden Condor's attention toward the meteorite crater.
• The Mutated Golden Condor heard its mate calling and flew toward the distant battle, leaving its chicks and the captives behind.
• Ling Wuyuan watched dozens of powerful mutated creatures battle around the glowing crater.
• A strategic bomber dropped a warhead onto the crater, raising a crimson mushroom cloud as Ling Wuyuan watched.

Ji Lang briefly woke in the Mutated Golden Condor’s nest after a nuclear blast, while the badly injured condor returned with a strange object Ling Wuyuan suspected was a meteorite fragment. Three enormous creatures emerged from the blast zone and rushed toward the nest, intent on the object.

• Ji Lang woke amid his dead teammates and the rising mushroom cloud, then passed out again without realizing he was alive.
• The Mutated Golden Condor returned to its nest badly burned and wounded, clutching a scarlet object, and its crash nearly crushed Ji Lang.
• Ji Lang woke again, saw the condor and the hatchlings, and struggled to understand what had happened.
• Ling Wuyuan wondered whether the object was a meteorite fragment and used [Torrent of Destiny] to strengthen his distant observation.
• Three enormous creatures emerged from the nuclear blast zone and sped toward the nest with greed and fury in their eyes.

The Human faction sent an elite team by strategic bomber to retrieve the activated meteorite fragment and, if possible, kill wounded War Class Mutated Creatures. At the nest, three powerful creatures raced for the fragment, but a snow leopard intercepted the Himalayan Vulture, while a badly injured giant snake watched for a chance to attack.

• A military officer briefed ten people aboard a strategic bomber on their mission to recover the meteorite fragment and eliminate wounded War Class Mutated Creatures if they could.
• Three relatively uninjured War Class Mutated Creatures reached the Mutated Golden Condor nest and charged for the meteorite fragment after lower-level creatures began gathering.
• The Himalayan Vulture, nearly fifty meters across its wings, dove toward the fragment as Ji Lang feared the wind from its passage would kill him.
• A snow-white feline Mutated Creature leaped into the Himalayan Vulture's path, forcing it to abandon its dive and attack the feline instead.
• The badly injured, 130-meter crimson giant snake watched the two creatures prepare to fight, ready to risk its life and join in.

Trapped in the Mutated Golden Condor’s nest amid a battle between War Class Mutated Creatures, Ji Lang consumed a strange substance from the object in its talons and underwent a painful transformation. He gained immense strength, and a nearby voice identified what he had eaten as “Demon Essence.”

• Ji Lang crawled toward the nest’s edge but saw mutated creatures waiting outside and realized he had no safe escape.
• He noticed a strange fragrance and radiance coming from the object in the Mutated Golden Condor’s talons, then crawled over to inspect it.
• Unable to bite through the object, Ji Lang licked its surface until he tasted and swallowed a strange, blood-like substance.
• Ji Lang endured scorching pain as blood-colored steam poured from his body, then felt himself fill with power and crushed the metal nest beneath his hands.
• A surprised voice beside Ji Lang called the substance “Demon Essence.”

Ling Wuyuan realized the meteorite fragment was sealed demonic beast flesh whose Demon Essence was killing Ji Lang, and used their karmic connection to reach him. Ji Lang accepted Ling Wuyuan’s offer to borrow his body, strengthening their connection.

• Ling Wuyuan identified Ji Lang’s power as Demon Essence and realized the meteorite fragment was flesh from a high-level demonic beast, though its true level was unclear.
• Ling Wuyuan determined that Demon Essence was tearing Ji Lang’s body apart and would likely kill him within hours.
• Ling Wuyuan recognized that Ji Lang and the fragment together had created an opportunity for him to project his influence and uncover the truth of his past.
• Ling Wuyuan asked Ji Lang if he wanted to live, and Ji Lang immediately answered yes.
• Ling Wuyuan asked to borrow Ji Lang’s body and told him not to resist, and Ji Lang agreed, strengthening their karmic connection.

Ling Wuyuan took control of Ji Lang's failing body and used the [Demon Essence] to begin repairing it. After reaching the edge of the Mutated Golden Condor nest, he spotted bombs falling toward the mutated creatures and waved at the satellites monitoring him, startling the military personnel watching the feeds.

• Ling Wuyuan projected his will into Ji Lang's body through their karmic connection and took control.
• Ling Wuyuan subdued the [Demon Essence] and used it to make emergency repairs to Ji Lang's body.
• Ling Wuyuan struggled to control Ji Lang's weak body, then gradually regained a normal gait.
• At the edge of the Mutated Golden Condor nest, Ling Wuyuan saw bombs falling toward the mutated creatures and realized the Human faction was monitoring the area.
• Ling Wuyuan waved toward the night sky, leaving the military personnel watching the satellite feeds bewildered.

Ling Wuyuan used Ji Lang’s body to observe the authorities’ bombardment and the ensuing fight over the Yao Beast meat chunks. As the Mutated Himalayan Vulture rushed toward the Mutated Golden Condor’s nest, the condor woke behind Ling Wuyuan.

• An Earth observation satellite captured Ling Wuyuan in Ji Lang’s body, and the authorities identified Ji Lang despite his squad having reported him dead.
• The bomber crew decided to continue the mission and rescue Ji Lang only if he survived.
• Bombs drove the low- and mid-level mutated creatures into panic and infighting, and human experts parachuted in to attack the War Class Mutated Creatures.
• The Mutated Himalayan Vulture broke away from its opponent and raced toward the Mutated Golden Condor’s nest to seize the treasure.
• The Mutated Golden Condor opened its eyes behind Ling Wuyuan as its chicks celebrated.

Ji Lang stopped the Mutated Golden Condor from swallowing the Yao Beast Flesh and Blood, then killed it with a single finger. He followed by cutting down the approaching Mutated Himalayan Vulture with a Vacuum Airflow Blade.

• The wounded Mutated Golden Condor tried to swallow the Yao Beast Flesh and Blood as the Mutated Himalayan Vulture and human forces rushed toward the nest.
• Ji Lang appeared beside the Mutated Golden Condor and shattered its head with a tap of his index finger.
• Ji Lang formed a palm blade and sent a Vacuum Airflow Blade toward the Mutated Himalayan Vulture.
• The Vacuum Airflow Blade sliced the Mutated Himalayan Vulture in half and carved a bloody ravine through the distant mutated creature horde.

Ling Wuyuan, controlling Ji Lang’s body, killed four War Class Mutated Creatures with effortless palm blades, then turned away to examine the meteorite fragment. A base analysis concluded that his power surpassed any human or mutated creature’s ability to oppose him.

• Ling Wuyuan killed the remaining two War Class Mutated Creatures with two more palm blades, leaving the human powerhouses too frightened to advance.
• The human powerhouses watched as Ling Wuyuan examined the meteorite fragment and decided he appeared to have no interest in attacking them.
• A scholar reported that satellite data showed Ling Wuyuan’s attacks had destructive power far beyond nuclear weapons, including a strike that had carved a canyon 5,322 meters long.
• The commander asked whether humans could defeat Ling Wuyuan, and the scholar said neither humans nor mutated creatures, even deep-sea monsters stronger than Strategic Class, could stand against him.

Ling Wuyuan used his karmic connection to the Yao Beast Flesh and Blood to witness its history and discover why he had transmigrated. He learned that the meteorite’s collision with spacetime had cast him into the chaotic flow, leaving him to continue investigating the connection from Ji Lang’s body.

• A scholar advised the commander not to provoke Ling Wuyuan and suggested trying to communicate with him, while the commander suspected Ling Wuyuan might be connected to the meteorites that struck Earth.
• Ling Wuyuan adjusted Ji Lang’s body and used it to connect with the karma in the Yao Beast Flesh and Blood.
• Ling Wuyuan witnessed how humans and mutated creatures tried for years to excavate the buried flesh, unaware that it had connected to the surrounding earth veins.
• Ling Wuyuan watched his past self get struck by the meteorite and saw its Demon Essence clash with the spacetime rules.
• Ling Wuyuan realized that the spacetime rift had thrown him into the chaotic flow when it treated him as a foreign object.

Ling Wuyuan learned how the Yao Beast Flesh and Blood had crossed space and time to reach Earth, after seeing the beast’s death and the giant warship that had destroyed it. Once the karma attached to the flesh burned away, his perspective returned to the Mutated Golden Condor nest on Earth.

• Ling Wuyuan saw that a spacetime void had sent chunks of Yao Beast Flesh and Blood toward Earth, where they caused severe losses.
• He watched the True Form Realm Yao Beast destroy several mechas before a golden cannon blast from a giant warship shattered it.
• The beast’s corpse fragments were sucked into the Space Tunnel it had opened, and Ling Wuyuan realized this was how the flesh had reached Earth and struck him.
• Ling Wuyuan glimpsed a fleet of giant warships battling enemies across the stars before the spacetime void closed.
• The karma on the Yao Beast Flesh and Blood burned away, and Ling Wuyuan returned to the Mutated Golden Condor nest.

Ling Wuyuan reflected on a vast war involving Earth’s spacetime and the main spacetime, realizing how little he understood about either. Though the conflict left him feeling insignificant and unsure where he belonged, he decided to investigate further by observing the yao beast flesh and blood on Earth.

• Ling Wuyuan recalled seeing a colossal warship kill a True Form Realm centipede yao beast and judged the factions involved far stronger than anything he had encountered.
• Ling Wuyuan reasoned that the main spacetime and Earth’s spacetime were invading one another over resources, territory, or opportunities.
• Ling Wuyuan considered which side he belonged to, then concluded that he stood only on his own side and might enter the war for its benefits.
• Ling Wuyuan recognized that powerful factions remained unknown to him and that people on Earth were unaware of the war affecting them.
• Ling Wuyuan felt his insignificance and lack of control, then turned his attention to Earth to seek more information through the other yao beast flesh and blood.

Ling Wuyuan used a fragment of Yao Beast Flesh and Blood to heal Ji Lang, then sent him hurtling into the enormous crater. The commander feared that Ling Wuyuan intended to activate the meteorites buried deep below.

• Ling Wuyuan fed Ji Lang a piece of Yao Beast Flesh and Blood and controlled its [Demon Essence] to restore his injuries.
• Ling Wuyuan refrained from strengthening Ji Lang further because his weak foundation could not safely withstand the alien energy.
• Ji Lang launched himself toward the crater, destroying the Mutated Golden Condor's nest and killing its fledglings with the blast.
• The captain watched Ji Lang plunge into the crater and wondered whether his team could recover a meteorite fragment left behind.
• The commander worried that Ling Wuyuan might activate the buried meteorites and unleash devastating mutated creatures across Earth.

Ling Wuyuan reached the Yao Beast Flesh and Blood buried deep beneath the meteor crater and saw that its remaining [Demon Essence] was steadily weakening. Through the [Torrent of Destiny], he glimpsed a possible future in which humanity reclaimed Earth and reached space, then began reading the meteorite’s karma to find traces of the Snail Demon Beast.

• Ling Wuyuan controlled Ji Lang as he descended into the crater and encountered increasingly intense secondary energy produced by the degraded [Demon Essence].
• Ling Wuyuan reached nearly one hundred thousand meters underground and saw the weakened Yao Beast Flesh and Blood radiating immense heat like a solid sun.
• Ling Wuyuan estimated that the remaining [Demon Essence] would be exhausted in about fifty years, after which mutated lifeforms would lose their energy source and humanity might regain dominance.
• Ling Wuyuan glimpsed a possible future of skyscrapers, space vessels, and lunar colonies through the [Torrent of Destiny].
• Ling Wuyuan reached toward the meteorite and began reading its karma to uncover scenes connected to the Snail Demon Beast.

Ling Wuyuan controlled Ji Lang as he left one meteor crater and traveled to a deep-sea crater, worrying the military commander about the hidden dangers there. He fought through powerful mutant Sea Beasts and remained confident that humanity would eventually reclaim the planet.

• Ji Lang left after the special operations squad recovered a fragment of active Yao Beast Flesh and Blood, frustrating the captain but sparing him a dangerous close-contact mission.
• The military commander lost track of Ji Lang, then spotted him near another meteor crater and feared he would trigger the planet’s hidden dangers.
• The next day, Ling Wuyuan took Ji Lang to the fifth meteor crater, located in the Pacific’s deep-sea region, where human activity had long vanished.
• Mutant Sea Beasts fled from Ji Lang’s oppressive presence, while those that attacked him were killed as he descended toward the crater.
• Ling Wuyuan judged the deep-sea crater far more dangerous than the land regions and sliced a nearly five-hundred-meter mutant oarfish in half.

Ling Wuyuan entered a scorching meteor crater guarded by a colossal giant squid and saw a future in which it ruled the oceans before dying of old age. On the third day, he reached the transformed Sahara crater and found dozens of humans gathered there.

• Ling Wuyuan explored the boiling crater and spotted a giant squid whose strength suggested it could reach the Qi Nourishing Realm within decades.
• Ling Wuyuan saw that the squid would dominate the oceans for centuries before dying of old age, then slipped past it into the crater.
• The giant squid sensed a strange aura but found nothing and returned to its half-asleep state.
• After spending a vast amount of the Law of Karma, Ling Wuyuan controlled Ji Lang's body to reach the final crater in the former Sahara Desert.
• Ling Wuyuan arrived at the lush, transformed crater and saw several dozen humans of varied origins and skin colors.

Xiang Yuheng and his team approached Ling Wuyuan, who was controlling Ji Lang, and asked why he had returned to Earth. Ling Wuyuan shared information about Yao Beast Flesh and Blood, explained that the disaster came from a vast war, and told humanity to hold on for a few more decades.

• Xiang Yuheng overcame his fear and greeted Ling Wuyuan, while the others offered their respects in different languages.
• Ling Wuyuan asked what they wanted, and Xiang Yuheng asked why he had come to Earth and whether they could help him.
• Ling Wuyuan said he had returned to collect information on Yao Beast Flesh and Blood and would leave soon.
• Ling Wuyuan sent streams of information into the minds of everyone present as a gift.
• Xiang Yuheng asked about the disaster's origin and humanity's future, and Ling Wuyuan said Earth had been caught in the aftershocks of a vast war and humanity should hold on for a few more decades.

Ling Wuyuan told Xiang Yuheng that humanity would overcome the coming decades without his intervention, then gave the group a training method that could greatly improve human strength and lifespan. Xiang Yuheng realized the method could help Earth’s civilization survive its current hardships, and Ling Wuyuan entered the meteor crater.

• Ling Wuyuan explained that mutated creatures and environmental changes would make the next few decades difficult, but humanity would eventually reclaim its place on Earth and reach the stars.
• Ling Wuyuan said he would not interfere further and entered the meteor crater, leaving Xiang Yuheng to ponder his remarks.
• Xiang Yuheng and the others began reading the information Ling Wuyuan had given them and reacted with excitement to the training method.
• The group learned that the method could multiply ordinary humans’ physical fitness and roughly triple their lifespans using accessible resources, and that enhanced individuals could practice it too.
• Xiang Yuheng concluded that the method made it much more likely his country could endure the coming decades without facing extinction.

After Ling Wuyuan left Ji Lang’s body, Xiang Yuheng arranged to take Ji Lang home and questioned him about the powerful being. Ji Lang explained that the being had spoken to him only twice, but Xiang Yuheng’s final question about why he had been chosen went unanswered in the chapter.

• Ji Lang returned to himself after Ling Wuyuan left, and he hurriedly told Xiang Yuheng that he was not the powerful being.
• Xiang Yuheng asked whether Ling Wuyuan had left any instructions, then arranged for Ji Lang to return home with him.
• Representatives of other factions let Xiang Yuheng take Ji Lang away, and Ji Lang boarded his private jet under fighter-jet escort.
• On the flight, Ji Lang told Xiang Yuheng that Ling Wuyuan had spoken only to ask whether he wanted to live and then told him not to resist.
• Xiang Yuheng asked whether Ling Wuyuan had possessed Ji Lang purely by chance, surprising himself with the answer he received.