Chapter Summaries

Guo Wen and Liang Xiangjie rescued a pilot from a sinking War Hawk, but he died before reaching the War Fortress. At the Spirit Oak Demon Factory, Cheng Han used a Time-Space Beacon to investigate Madam Snake’s connection to the Flying Serpents and discovered she had mated with many creatures; Madam Snake then began tracing the source of his intrusion.

• Guo Wen rescued the unconscious pilot from the damaged War Hawk as two Flying Serpents attacked the Falcon Speedboat with Bone Needles.
• Liang Xiangjie and Guo Wen avoided the attack, and five arriving War Hawks destroyed the Flying Serpents with Mystic Weapons.
• Guo Wen and Liang Xiangjie tried to save the wounded pilot, but he died before they reached the War Fortress, and they mourned him.
• Cheng Han learned that Flying Serpents had killed a Cloud Eagle Legion pilot and suspected they were another of Madam Snake’s monsters.
• Cheng Han spent a Time-Space Beacon to trace the connection between Madam Snake and the serpent monsters, uncovering scenes of her mating with various creatures.
• Madam Snake disrupted Cheng Han’s deduction and formed an eye in the Halo as she tried to find him.

Cheng Han used a Time-Space Beacon to redirect Madam Snake’s counterattack into Qing Han Profound Palace’s Banyan Spirit Hammer, then gained major progress in his Profound Imprints. After discussing countermeasures against the Flying Serpents and suspecting the Mole’s involvement, he faced a new report that might be a trap.

• Cheng Han’s Time-Space Beacon redirected Madam Snake’s spying trace to Qing Han Profound Palace, where the Banyan Spirit Hammer destroyed her vertical pupil and Black Mist.
• Cheng Han analyzed the clash, formed a second Second-Order Spirit Vast Myriad Forest Profound Imprint, advanced his Secret Universe Profound Imprint, and increased his Proficiency and Spirit Value limit.
• Cheng Han told Lan Jiayao he would develop Early Warning Warhawks to detect hidden Flying Serpents and suggested the Mole had helped coordinate their attack.
• A maid reported that over ten thousand Poison-Spraying Giant Squids had been found northeast of the war zone, and Lan Jiayao suspected the report could be a trap.

Cheng Han devised a way to counter the Central Courtyard’s pressure without letting the Warhawk Legion follow the enemy’s chosen plan, and Xu Peng agreed to the Legion’s requests. At the Spirit Oak Demon Factory, Bu Ding noticed the Spirit Oak Demons watching Mai Kewen and decided to keep out of the Fuel Workshop’s affairs.

• Lan Jiayao suspected a Mole in the Central Courtyard, and Cheng Han reasoned that the apparent Mole was likely a puppet controlled by a hidden mastermind.
• Cheng Han proposed an alert zone around the Heaven Leaf Lotus and asked the Central Courtyard to send Mystic Boats regularly to disperse clouds that could hide Flying Serpents.
• Xu Peng recognized that the Warhawk Legion could not be manipulated easily and ordered hourly patrols to disperse the war zone’s dark clouds.
• Bu Ding learned from Mai Kewen that the factory planned to open a Fuel Workshop, then noticed Spirit Oak Demons paying close attention to Mai Kewen.
• Mai Kewen went to investigate the Fuel Workshop while Bu Ding chose to focus on his studies and avoid asking questions.

Cheng Han used the Spirit Oak Demons and his Second-Order Profound Seal to monitor the factory and investigate a hidden plot while expanding aircraft research. After Mai Kewen unknowingly discovered the Green Rice Shrimp fuel operation, Sword Wanli learned that the poisonous shrimp could produce high-efficiency fuel and hurried to the factory.

• Cheng Han used the Tree War Spirit marks to monitor the Spirit Oak Demon Factory and traced connections among six suspected pawns, including Mai Kewen.
• Cheng Han ordered the Cloud Sea Research Institute to accelerate the Cloud Roc project and study his Early Warning Warhawk plans.
• Mai Kewen watched trucks carrying Green Rice Shrimp enter the Fuel Workshop, mistook the operation for an effort to extract oil from the shrimp, and later forgot what he had seen.
• Sword Wanli read Cheng Han's report and learned that Green Rice Shrimp could yield high-efficiency fuel.
• Sword Wanli ordered a Mystic Boat prepared so he could visit the Spirit Oak Demon Factory.

Sword Wanli recognized the strategic value of Commander Cheng’s discovery of High-Efficiency Kinetic Essence and ordered the Eastern Li War Zone to support him. Meanwhile, the Abyssal Mist Realm spy Qu Yuan misread the Spirit Oak Demon Factory’s purpose and killed himself in a staged accident, leaving the war zone without his report.

• Sword Wanli concluded that Green Rice Shrimp fuel could transform the Science Magic Industry and make occupying the Abyssal Mist Realm worthwhile.
• Sword Wanli praised Commander Cheng’s alert-zone plan and directed the Eastern Li War Zone to give him full support.
• Qu Yuan secretly investigated Green Rice Shrimp cultivation and mistakenly decided the Fuel Workshop was intended to address the meat shortage.
• Qu Yuan recalled urging his superiors to kill Commander Cheng, then watched Warhawks patrol and hoped the Flying Serpents would shoot them down.
• Qu Yuan deliberately let a salvage net catch him, and it crushed him to death in front of the boat’s workers.

Cheng Han secretly briefed General Commander Sword Wanli on High-Efficiency Fuel and demonstrated how Spirit Oak Demons produced it from Green Rice Shrimp. The chapter left Sword Wanli impressed by the discovery as the Central Court prepared to investigate the suspected Mole’s attack on the aquaculture workers.

• Sword Wanli arrived at Ningping War Fortress, where Cheng Han welcomed him and took him to the Fuel Workshop to discuss the supposed Mole investigation privately.
• Lan Jiayao told the gathered officers that a worker had been killed by a fishing net and that traces of Puppet Technique suggested the enemy was targeting the Spirit Oak Demon Factory.
• Lan Jiayao explained that Cheng Han had used Spirit Mind Void Mystery to inspect the corpse, and Wu Lin said the Central Court would send investigators to the harbor.
• Cheng Han told Sword Wanli that Marimo Algae produced Origin Condensing Essence, which Green Rice Shrimp transformed into a substance that greatly improved fuel combustion.
• Cheng Han demonstrated how Spirit Oak Demons used Variant Tree Imprints to grow Fuel Sacs that collected Green Rice Shrimp and converted them into High-Efficiency Fuel.
• Sword Wanli praised Cheng Han’s research and understood that his unusual curiosity and abilities had made the discovery possible.

Cheng Han demonstrated that High-Efficiency Fuel greatly increased engine power but caused an engine designed for ordinary fuel to explode, so he sought permission to test it in the Void Wind Realm. God General Zhu Rong received him, tried to recruit him by offering to rename him Warhawk and help him become a Mystic Supervisor, and awaited Cheng Han’s response.

• Cheng Han demonstrated the difference between ordinary fuel and High-Efficiency Fuel to Sword Wanli, whose engine ran nearly forty percent faster before exploding.
• Cheng Han explained that he feared testing in the Abyssal Mist Realm because enemy spies might expose the experiment, and Sword Wanli agreed to take him to a God General.
• At the Central Court, Zhu Rong introduced himself as the Name-Changing God General and proposed that Cheng Han change his name to Warhawk, but Cheng Han hesitated because he belonged to Azure Cloud’s faction.
• Zhu Rong ordered the three Heaven Leaf Lotuses in the Eastern Li War Zone renamed Warhawk Lotus Island, Sea Hawk Lotus Island, and Cloud Hawk Lotus Island.
• Sword Wanli reported Cheng Han’s plans for High-Efficiency Fuel testing, and Zhu Rong offered to make Cheng Han his envoy and help him become a Mystic Supervisor if he accepted the name Warhawk.

Cheng Han secured an extraordinary return to Qing Han Profound Palace while suspecting the God Generals were preparing for a larger war. After he left, his Netherworld Cat used a Deduction Imprint to identify the connections leading to the hidden mastermind, and Cheng Han realized the culprit had exposed himself through needless acts.

• Cheng Han invoked Azure Cloud God General's authority to refuse a name change, then received a personal Heaven Banyan Light Shuttle transfer and a Banyan Realm Communication Token from God General Zhu Rong.
• Two hours later, the Heaven Banyan Light Shuttle rapidly transported Cheng Han, personnel, and supplies from Eastern Mausoleum War Fortress.
• The Skinny Black-Clad Man caused an epidemic in Ningping War Fortress by releasing Black Mist, but Mystic Adepts and Warriors contained the outbreak.
• Cheng Han's Netherworld Cat inspected the epidemic site and used a Deduction Imprint to trace connections from eight suspicious individuals to a cluster of Nodes around the hidden mastermind.
• From Qing Han Profound Palace, Cheng Han sensed the imprint's use and concluded that the mastermind had exposed himself by killing workers and creating the epidemic.

Cheng Han returned to the Qing Han Profound Palace with a team of Artificers and was welcomed by Wuma, while Zhao Qihuan escorted the Artificers through a palace transformed by Cheng Han’s inventions. In Tai'an, the Black Cat spotted Cheng Han’s return and leaped toward him.

• Cheng Han arrived at the Qing Han Profound Palace after a transit that had taken more than two hours outside, and Wuma welcomed him on the Palace Master’s behalf.
• Wuma escorted Cheng Han to Brocade Mountain Palace, while Zhao Qihuan took the Guided Missile project Artificers to the Red Armor Hall.
• Zhao Qihuan showed the Artificers a Bus built from Cheng Han’s blueprints, whose Welcome Vine doors opened automatically as it drove through the Palace.
• In Qinglin City, the Black Cat watched Qian Changyun ride his limited-edition Children's Flying Car and heard Qian Qingqing wonder how the world had changed.
• The Black Cat recognized Cheng Han’s return and leaped into the air to greet him.

The Black Cat told Cheng Han about its Cat Imprint, plans to cybernetically modify cats, and scheme to use Qian Changyun as bait. At Qing Han Profound Palace, Cheng Han received rewards for his battlefield achievements, including a rare secret medicine that he suspected came from the Azure Cloud God General.

• The Black Cat reported that it had reached Profound Warrior rank by creating a First Order Life Spirit Cat Imprint, and Cheng Han offered to help refine it.
• The Black Cat told Cheng Han that it had fitted disabled cats with metal limbs and soul modifications, and proposed founding the Cyber Cult.
• The Black Cat said that Qian Changyun was being watched and that it and Qian Qingqing planned to use him as bait to uncover the mastermind; Cheng Han left the matter in its hands.
• At Qing Han Profound Palace, Palace Master Yun and Hall Master Wu learned that Cheng Han was nearing the Double Ring stage and praised his rapid progress.
• Palace Master Yun awarded Cheng Han nine hundred Source Profound Crystals and a dose of Azure Jade Spirit Secret Medicine for his military achievements.
• Cheng Han suspected the Azure Cloud God General had arranged the secret medicine to compete with God General Zhu Rong's efforts to recruit him.

Cheng Han returned to the Profound Palace and arranged to conduct his next experiments in the Tai'an Minor Spirit Realm, prompting Palace Master Yun Changtian to build up support and defenses there. Meanwhile, Lan Jiayao contacted Cheng Han from the Eastern Li War Zone to report a massive Sea Monster attack, confirming that his earlier decision to avoid a suspected trap had been correct.

• Cheng Han told Palace Master Yun Changtian that he planned to develop a New Model War Hawk and a New Type Profound Weapon, then asked to conduct the experiments in the Tai'an Minor Spirit Realm.
• Palace Master Yun Changtian agreed and ordered several Profound Palace halls to establish branch operations and strengthen defenses in Tai'an.
• A Mystic Adept reported unusual activity in the Eastern Li War Zone, and Palace Master Yun Changtian let Cheng Han take Lan Jiayao's urgent communication.
• Lan Jiayao told Cheng Han that more than two hundred thousand Poison-Spraying Giant Squids, over three hundred thousand other Sea Monsters, and at least fifty thousand Flying Serpents had gathered around the Warhawk Legion.
• Lan Jiayao and the others recognized that Cheng Han had correctly refused to send the legion into the Sea Monsters' trap.

Cheng Han warned that the Sea Monsters might use Poison-Spraying Giant Squids to blind the Warhawks with fog, threatening the Eastern Li War Zone with disaster. He devised a feigned carrier maneuver to test his theory, then left Lan Jiayao in command as he prepared to advance to Intermediate Profound Warrior.

• Lan Jiayao told Cheng Han that the Central Court expected the Sea Monsters to use Flying Serpents and poisonous mist against the Warhawks.
• Cheng Han suggested that the Poison-Spraying Giant Squids might create fog to blind the Warhawks, exposing a plan that could leave the war zone vulnerable to a major attack.
• Cheng Han said the carrier fleet should feign a maneuver so they could see whether the squids shifted position to target them.
• Cheng Han announced that he was about to advance to Intermediate Profound Warrior and handed command of the coming battle to Lan Jiayao before ending the communication.

Cheng Han used the Banyan Realm Communication Token to advance his Secret Universe Profound Imprint, then consumed the Banyan Spirit Soul Secret Medicine and successfully became an Intermediate Profound Warrior. His Spirit Value rose sharply, while his ability to sense his incarnations in other worlds improved.

• Cheng Han praised the Artificers’ new Flying Cart and asked them to investigate using sheep’s wool as composite skin plating for the New War Hawk.
• The Banyan Realm Communication Token raised Cheng Han’s Spirit Vast Myriad Forest Profound Imprint’s Completeness and advanced his Secret Universe Profound Imprint to second-order.
• Cheng Han used the token to sense Spider Nether observing the Flower Nacre race and Cat Nether investigating the Eastern Li War Zone Mastermind.
• Cheng Han drank the Banyan Spirit Soul Secret Medicine, which transformed his Soul Tempering Imprint into a Double Ring and advanced him to Intermediate Profound Warrior.
• Cheng Han checked his Spirit Value and found that it had risen from 265.8 to 278.2.

After Cheng Han advanced to Intermediate Profound Warrior, he rewarded staff and Mystic Warriors across his institutions, while news of his planned Warhawk flight to Tai'an reached Palace Master Yun Changtian. When the palace learned Cheng Han had rendered another service for the Eastern Li War Zone, Ling Ye arranged to join his flight.

• Cheng Han advanced to Intermediate Profound Warrior and granted an extra month's salary to ordinary staff and a Source Profound Crystal to each Mystic Warrior in his four institutions.
• Zhao Qihuan ordered Red Armor Hall staff to load Cheng Han's belongings onto airships bound for the Tai'an Minor Spirit Realm.
• Gong ZhengHuan and Zeng Zhidan discussed Cheng Han's rapid rise, rewards, and generosity, agreeing that his gifts could earn loyalty and goodwill.
• Palace Master Yun Changtian learned Cheng Han planned to pilot a Warhawk to Tai'an and ordered Heavenly Pacification Hall to protect him rather than stop him.
• A messenger reported that Commander Cheng had rendered another great service for the Eastern Li War Zone, and Ling Ye told his subordinate to ask Cheng Han if he could join the Warhawk flight.

Cheng Han received the greatest credit for helping Deputy Commander Lan win a major battle against the Sea Monsters, and Qing Han Profound Palace celebrated the Warhawk Legion’s victory. After taking part in a long-distance War Hawk flight ceremony, Cheng Han appeared in disguise at Qing Han Station, carrying a leather case.

• Palace Master Yun Changtian heard how Cheng Han exposed the Sea Monsters’ strategy and how Deputy Commander Lan’s plan led to a decisive victory in the Eastern Li War Zone.
• The battle report credited Cheng Han with the greatest contribution and ranked Deputy Commander Lan second, and Palace Master Yun ordered the report relayed to Cheng Han.
• Cheng Han learned of the victory through the Eye of Omniscience and enjoyed the fame and credit he earned across the Profound Palace.
• Three days later, Cheng Han and Ling Ye led five hundred War Hawks on a ceremonial long-distance flight toward Tai’an Minor Spirit Realm.
• Cheng Han arrived at Qing Han Station disguised in a wide-brimmed hat and carrying a leather case, then revealed his face while preparing to board an airship.

Cheng Han learned that the Destroyer Emissary and the Praying Life Society planned to ambush him, so he set a trap by traveling in secret to the Tai'an Minor Spirit Realm while a decoy drew attention. He boarded a Cloud Dome Merchant Guild airship as rumors about the Science Magic Research Institute’s Flying Car plans stirred business interest.

• Qu XiaoYing reported that the Destroyer Emissary had begun its operation and that it and the Praying Life Society planned to ambush a key figure from the Qing Han Profound Palace.
• Cheng Han recognized that he was the target and recalled arranging a fishing operation in which a decoy would fly a Warhawk while he traveled by airship in disguise.
• Ling Ye supported Cheng Han’s plan and volunteered to act as bait, hoping the Heavenly Pacification Hall could defeat Profound Master-level enemies.
• Travelers discussed rumors that the Science Magic Research Institute planned to spread Flying Cars across the Profound Palace, and Cheng Han listened as merchants speculated about factories and assembly plants.
• Cheng Han presented his Rank A ticket, crossed the boarding bridge, and boarded the airship for the Tai'an Minor Spirit Realm.

During an airship journey, Cheng Han refined a war hawk design, met twin girls, and used his knowledge of Life Control to begin creating a new dragon species. Spider Nether became the first egg of the Divine Fire Dragon, leaving Cheng Han with a rough but usable evolutionary path.

• Cheng Han worked on the New War Hawk's core design in the airship's Observation Hall and gained Proficiency from his deductions.
• Cheng Han painted a landscape for twin girls, and their mother thanked him with homemade pastries.
• Cheng Han wondered whether the Flower Nacre Clan might like Golden Dragons and began deducing a new evolutionary path.
• Spider Nether activated the Life Evolution Seal and True Flame Imprint, transforming into an egg that held a snake-like creature.
• Cheng Han completed the difficult deduction, named the new species the Divine Fire Dragon, and observed the giant egg.

Cheng Han explained how Spirit Branch nodes reduced vibration damage, then escaped merchants trying to hire him. Back in his room, he prepared to support Ling Ye’s operation against the Heretical God Believers, but the beautiful woman came knocking.

• Cheng Han demonstrated with a thread how Spirit Branch nodes dissipated vibrations that could otherwise break Spirit Branches.
• Several merchants offered Cheng Han increasingly high salaries to work at their factories, so he declined and left the Observation Hall.
• The beautiful woman and twin sisters greeted Cheng Han at the first-class restaurant, and the woman offered to bring him more pastries.
• Cheng Han watched Ling Ye lead a War Hawk group with three Mystic Boats through the Void Wind Realm and wondered where the Heretical God Believers would attack.
• Cheng Han summoned eighteen Netherworld beings to support the operation, then heard the beautiful woman knock on his cabin door.

Cheng Han used the Second Order Secret Universe Profound Imprint to create a Secret Universe Spirit Chart and secretly guided a Wind Evil Wraith to kill a harassing manager. Xiao Shan then destroyed the Anomaly at the cost of breaking his leg, and Cheng Han stored the chart for the journey ahead.

• A Wind Evil Wraith attacked the airship squadron, and Cheng Han opened his Secret Universe Spirit Chart to control events from his cabin.
• Cheng Han directed the Wind Evil Wraith to kill a manager who had been harassing the widow with a child.
• After the manager died, Cheng Han gained progress in the Secret Universe Profound Imprint and chose Xiao Shan to confront the Anomaly.
• Xiao Shan struck the Wind Evil Wraith's core, resisted its spiritual attack by breaking his own leg, and killed it.
• Cheng Han silenced and folded away the Secret Universe Spirit Chart so he could use it again if danger arose.

After the airship attack, Cheng Han entertained Yin Ying’s twin daughters with stories about the Sky Connecting Path and helped calm the passengers’ nerves. Later, his Secret Universe Spirit Chart detected the Heretical God Organization attacking the War Hawks, suggesting his bait had attracted a powerful enemy.

• The Airship Squadron landed for repairs and recovery, while Yin Ying felt pleased that the manager who had tried to grope her had died in the attack.
• Yin Ying found Ying Ying and Lu Lu listening to Cheng Han explain how Radiant Moss spread its seeds, and the twins asked him to continue telling them stories aboard the airship.
• The old captain raised the meal standard to compensate passengers for the delay, easing their nerves after the attack.
• Cheng Han studied the Secret Universe Spirit Chart, which showed Ling Ye and the War Hawks, and suspected it could warn him of approaching danger.
• Black Mist appeared on the chart and covered dozens of War Hawks, leading Cheng Han to conclude that he had hooked a powerful enemy.