Chapter Summaries

Cheng Han monitored the battle against Guo Ke and helped Qing Han Profound Palace defeat the apparent ambush, then used the Secret Universe Spirit Chart to discover that Guo Ke had survived and infer the enemy’s real target. He sent his forces to the Anliang Small Spirit Realm, preparing to turn the trap against the attackers.

• Cheng Han tracked Guo Ke through the Secret Universe Spirit Chart as Ling Ye and three other Mystic Masters attacked him near the Spirit Branch.
• The four Mystic Masters unleashed a combined attack that appeared to kill Guo Ke, and Ling Ye credited Cheng Han’s plan for the victory.
• Cheng Han suspected Guo Ke had survived, used the Eye of Omniscience to follow his connection, and confirmed that he was still alive.
• Cheng Han deduced that the apparent ambush was a decoy and that the Heretical God Organization planned to strike the Anliang Small Spirit Realm.
• Cheng Han ordered his forces to gather in Anliang, ready to hunt the enemy.

Cheng Han used Netherworld’s knowledge of Small Spirit Realms to convince merchants that he was an experienced traveler while secretly ordering a hunt. In Anliang, Netherworld prepared to attack targets from afar with the Soul Extinguishing Divine Dark Spear, confident its range made it unbeatable among Profound Masters.

• Cheng Han described six Small Spirit Realms to skeptical merchants, persuading them that he had visited them.
• Cheng Han pointed out that the airship was nearing Nine Peaks Station and told Netherworld to begin the hunt.
• A Seed in a cabin burst open, and its Vines drew an Anliang cityscape as a Secret Universe Spirit Chart.
• In Anxi City, a Black-Clad Man and Netherworld discussed using the Spirit Chart to guide long-range attacks.
• The Black-Clad Man targeted a residence eight kilometers away and declared that Netherworld was invincible among Profound Masters.

The black-clad Netherworld used the Secret Universe Spirit Chart to locate Gerald and kill him from miles away with Soul Extinguishing Divine Dark Spears. Cheng Han watched Gerald’s death from an airship and told the Fat Merchant that he preferred to remain a designer rather than become a Warrior.

• The black-clad Netherworld used the Spirit Chart Thread to identify and locate Luo Ping and Gerald, then launched a spear at Gerald from afar.
• Gerald used the Praying Life Skull to recover his strength and shield himself from the first attack, but the blue flames consumed the blood mist.
• Cheng Han watched through the Eye of Omniscience as six more spears struck Gerald and ignited his body and soul, killing him and leaving the Bloody Skull behind.
• The Fat Merchant asked Cheng Han whether he wanted to become a Warrior, and Cheng Han said he preferred to remain a designer.

Cheng Han ordered the Netherworld to massacre the Praying Life Society members, spare most of the Destroyer Emissary, and steal the Praying Life Skull, while exposing Zuo Daqian’s role in the manager’s harassment of Miss Yin. Investigators later found the underground dead and concluded that a Mystic Supervisor-level killer had attacked without entering the site.

• Cheng Han ordered the Netherworld to kill the remaining Praying Life Society members, spare most of the Destroyer Emissary, and seize the Bloody Skull.
• The Netherworld killed five believers outside the Secret Chamber, took the Bloody Skull, and continued its remote massacre, allowing fewer than ten Destroyer Emissary members to escape.
• Cheng Han told the merchants that Zuo Daqian had allegedly offered Miss Yin to the manager in exchange for cheaper shipping, and Zuo Daqian left after the others turned against him.
• Garrison Profound Warriors detected extraordinary fluctuations underground and reported the suspected Heretical God stronghold to the Profound Pavilion and the Heavenly Pacification Hall.
• Ling Ye and Gao Ting investigated the cave, found ashes from nearly twenty Transcendents, and determined that one powerful attacker had killed them without entering the site.

Cheng Han used the Secret Universe Spirit Chart to spy on the fleeing Destroyer Emissary and sow suspicion around Council Speaker Arthur. He then analyzed the Praying Life Skull and discovered it was connected to a giant severed finger, apparently part of a Divine Corpse, that had been used in a mass blood sacrifice.

• Cheng Han monitored Arthur and six other Heretical God Believers through the Secret Universe Spirit Chart and sent Transcendental Marks along their Spirit Chart Threads.
• Arthur ordered his subordinates to split up and leave the Anliang Small Spirit Realm, but one man was possessed by a mark and spoke of a pleased Master who wanted Arthur to join their ranks.
• The possessed man burned to ash, leaving Arthur to fear his subordinates would suspect him of betrayal and report the incident.
• Cheng Han packed away the spirit chart and directed a Netherworld to prepare the Praying Life Skull for analysis.
• Cheng Han's deduction revealed a five-hundred-meter severed finger on a Giant Altar marked with the Life Evil Emblem, surrounded by at least a hundred thousand drugged people prepared for a blood sacrifice.

Cheng Han used the Eye of Omniscience to uncover a blood sacrifice that awakened an unknown Ancient Main God's Severed Finger, whose curse triggered a powerful response from his True Flame Profound Imprint. The Divine Patterns left behind greatly strengthened the imprint, and Cheng Han decided to investigate ancient history to discover the Main God's identity.

• Cheng Han discovered that the Eye of Omniscience could not identify the Severed Finger, which he suspected belonged to an ancient Main God.
• Cheng Han watched the God of Dark Blood sacrifice more than one hundred thousand civilians to awaken the Severed Finger, while blood threads drained their lives into it.
• The awakened Severed Finger cursed its desecrators with the Eternal Calamity Prison, and Cheng Han's True Flame Profound Imprint reacted to the voice and shielded him from its effects.
• The Severed Finger vanished, leaving a finger bone etched with Divine Patterns and more than ten thousand Praying Life Skulls among the remains of the sacrificial victims.
• Cheng Han completed the True Flame Profound Imprint to 68.66% and gained a major increase in proficiency, Spirit Value limit, and True Flame Power.
• Cheng Han decided to resume archaeology and search for the identity of the Ancient Main God.

Cheng Han tracked Arthur and manipulated a confrontation between the Destroyer Emissary’s Council Speaker and a controlled subordinate, deepening Arthur’s distrust of his organization. Arthur began to believe that staying with the Destroyer Emissary would be dangerous.

• Cheng Han heard that Zuo Daqian had gone blind after Cheng Han planted a mental suggestion that tormented him with visions.
• Cheng Han monitored Arthur and learned that Qing Han Profound Palace’s War Hawks had arrived in the Tai'an Minor Spirit Realm to search for an impersonator.
• Cheng Han used the Secret Universe Spirit Chart to observe Arthur expose a Tall Subordinate controlled by a Netherworld.
• Arthur summoned McCarran God Envoy, but the Tall Subordinate’s words made it seem as though Arthur had helped lure the God Envoy into the open.
• Arthur feared McCarran God Envoy would suspect him of collusion and began to doubt whether he should remain with the Destroyer Emissary.

Cheng Han used Netherworld to test his new abilities against McCarran God Envoy, who was forced to retreat after Netherworld escaped his attacks. Back aboard the airship, Cheng Han demonstrated his fine control while drawing and left the passengers impressed.

• Cheng Han ordered Netherworld to fight McCarran God Envoy and test his recently acquired abilities.
• Netherworld struck McCarran God Envoy with a Soul Extinguishing Divine Dark Spear, disrupting his Source Energy before evading his counterattack with Netherlight Leap.
• McCarran God Envoy used a supernatural item to predict Netherworld's return point, but Phantom Nether Flash fooled him and Netherworld escaped.
• Cheng Han explained to Ying Ying that ordinary martial training did not suit him, then controlled a Pencil without touching it to demonstrate his training method.
• The male passenger left after Cheng Han's demonstration, and the other passengers praised his skill as the Twin sisters went with him.

Cheng Han ordered Red Armor Hall to replace its Spirit Branch patrols with War Hawks and finished blueprints for a powerful new engine. He discovered that Arthur had fled the Destroyer Emissary after being framed, and decided to rescue him and use him to investigate clues about an Ancient Main God.

• Cheng Han watched War Hawks patrol the Sky Connecting Path and calculated that five thousand aircraft could greatly improve security across the Spirit Branches.
• Cheng Han ordered Red Armor Hall to convert its patrols to War Hawks within half a month, and the organization agreed to carry out his plan.
• Cheng Han completed the New War Hawk Engine blueprints, gaining over 30,000 Proficiency points and bringing the Eye of Omniscience's upgrade progress to 241122/500000.
• Cheng Han used the Halo to see Arthur fleeing through a forest and realized he had defected from the Destroyer Emissary after being framed.
• Cheng Han decided to rescue Arthur and have him investigate clues connected to the Divine Body Severed Finger and the unnamed Ancient Main God.

Cheng Han watched Arthur being hunted by a Praying Life Society Grand Bishop and waited until Arthur agreed to serve him before intervening. Arthur was captured by an unknown force, and Cheng Han told him to remember that he owned the Praying Life Skull.

• Cheng Han identified the attackers’ Black Mist skulls as a technique from the Praying Life Society’s Chant of Life Holy Chapter and watched Arthur fend them off with blood-mist decoys made from severed fingers.
• Cheng Han deduced that the pursuing Grand Bishop intended to enslave Arthur and chose to wait until Arthur ran out of options.
• Cheng Han contacted Arthur through the Star Transmission Method, warned him about Life Enslavement, and demanded that he serve him.
• Arthur agreed to serve Cheng Han and begged for help as another wave of skulls approached, sacrificing part of his palm to hold them back.
• Arthur suddenly became unable to move as his Holy Chapter was suppressed, and Cheng Han told him that he was the owner of the Praying Life Skull.

Cheng Han used the Praying Life Skull’s power to free Arthur from Pelosi’s enslavement and make her believe Arthur had stolen the artifact. Arthur defeated Pelosi and began feeding on her, while he continued to believe Cheng Han was a terrifying insider of the Praying Life Society.

• Arthur mistook Cheng Han for the Mysterious Person behind his defection and Pelosi’s enslavement, while Pelosi approached him in the forest.
• Cheng Han sent Transcendental power into Arthur’s soul and prepared the Praying Life Skull, taking advantage of the moment when Pelosi’s enslavement left Arthur vulnerable.
• When Pelosi touched Arthur’s forehead, she sensed Praying Life Secret Power and concluded that he had stolen the Praying Life Skull.
• The power broke Pelosi’s control over Arthur, who attacked her as she fled and claimed the skull had marked her.
• Arthur caught Pelosi and defeated her with the Praying Life Power, then bit into her face as his hunger took hold.

Cheng Han used the Praying Life Skull’s power to separate the Soul-Devouring Snake from Pei Luo Xi’s heart, then recruited Arthur to help him target the Praying Life Society. He improved his Secret Universe Profound Imprint and began planning how to dismantle the Society while concealing his identity.

• Arthur reported that consuming Pei Luo Xi had raised his strength to the level of a High Rank Profound Master and explained that the Soul-Devouring Snake suppressed his Holy Chapter.
• Cheng Han drew on the Praying Life Skull’s transcendent power from afar and extracted the Soul-Devouring Snake from Pei Luo Xi’s heart.
• Arthur agreed to leave when Cheng Han warned him not to provoke the arriving Black Armor Army, and the Soul-Devouring Snake flew into the forest.
• Cheng Han welcomed Arthur as his first Mystic Master-level underling and planned to uproot the Praying Life Society’s forces in the Profound Palace’s territory.
• Cheng Han used Pei Luo Xi’s enslavement method and the Soul-Devouring Snake to improve his Secret Universe Profound Imprint, raising its Completeness to 12.88%.

Cheng Han spotted the God Descent Society’s plan to kill Grand Governor Yu Wei and leapt from the airship to stop the attack. Using the Spirit Vast Myriad Forest Profound Imprint, he summoned the Divine Banyan’s power and transformed the passage into a grassland as he made his grand entrance.

• Cheng Han said goodbye to Yin Ying and her twin daughters as the airship approached Tai'an Minor Spirit Realm.
• Cheng Han used the Eye of Omniscience to foresee Yu Wei’s death in an attack by the God Descent Society half an hour later.
• Cheng Han reasoned that the Society might be retaliating for the authorities’ killing of one of its Divine Officials, then decided to stop the attack.
• Cheng Han opened the airship’s emergency hatch and jumped from the vessel, astonishing the passengers and crew.
• Cheng Han expanded his Spirit Vast Myriad Forest Profound Imprint, and the Divine Banyan’s power filled the passage with green lights and rapidly growing grass.

Cheng Han used the Night Murmur grass to detect supernatural presences at the Tai'an airship station, then arrived in a dramatic display of enormous Spiral Pillars. He captured a powerful Heretical God Believer with Vines, leaving Yu Wei and the others awed by his strength and cruelty.

• The sudden growth of Night Murmur grass shocked the crowds and prompted Yu Wei and the Red Armor Army to call for support and protect civilians.
• Cheng Han sensed demons and monsters through the Dog Nose Grass and raised a sequence of giant Spiral Pillars as he approached the station.
• A Red Armor Army Colonel told Yu Wei that Hall Master Cheng Han was in Tai'an and that the Deputy Hall Master had ordered everyone to obey him.
• Cheng Han's Vines seized suspicious figures and attacked a Heretical God Believer, whose supernatural howl left Yu Wei, the Colonel, and many civilians disoriented.
• Cheng Han's Vines pulled the defeated believer from an underground hole and suspended him in the air, pierced through by hundreds of vines.

Cheng Han designed a vast new Flame Eagle Airship Station in Tai'an, exposed a threat against Governor Yu Wei, and took her to the Red Armor Branch Hall for safety. On the journey, he learned that the Praying Life Society and the Destroyer Emissary had begun retaliating against each other, and he ordered Arthur to track their growing conflict.

• Cheng Han presented Yu Wei and Qiu Yuanxi with his enormous Flame Eagle station design and implanted its detailed blueprint in Qiu Yuanxi’s mind.
• Cheng Han told Yu Wei that the God Descent Society’s attackers had targeted her, then had Leng Tianya’s forces arrest the Heretical God Believers and escort her to the Red Armor Branch Hall.
• The airship passengers learned that Cheng Han was the Hall Master of Red Armor Hall, while the Twins sisters and Yin Ying watched Tai'an recede in shock.
• Arthur reported to Cheng Han that the Blood Skull Grand Bishop had killed another Destroyer Emissary council speaker.
• Cheng Han ordered Arthur to gather information on the expected confrontation between the Blood Skull Grand Bishop and McCarran God Envoy.

In Qinglin City, Sheriff received Cheng Han’s request to investigate Grand Governor Yu Wei after he detected blood, pain, and resentment in her aura. Sheriff deployed the Cyber Cat Cult to monitor Yu Wei and accepted a Soul-Devouring Snake to use if killing and framing the Praying Life Society became necessary.

• Sheriff watched Red Armor Soldiers investigate signs of a Flame Weird, which it had already killed, and reflected on the changes Master had brought to Qinglin City.
• Cheng Han contacted Sheriff and asked it to investigate Yu Wei after sensing an abnormal trace in her aura near the Taian Airship Station.
• Cheng Han gave Sheriff the Soul-Devouring Snake and instructed it to frame the Praying Life Society if the investigation required a killing.
• Sheriff summoned the Cyber Cat Cult and ordered Flower Cat Honeycomb Eye to monitor Yu Wei’s secret residence in East City.
• Cyber Cat Clan members including Flower Cat Honeycomb Eye, Iron Claw, and a ceiling-running miniature cat began moving through Qinglin City.

Yu Wei arrived at the Red Armor Hall branch with Cheng Han and witnessed the scale of his power, while the black cats uncovered signs of secret activity at her residence. Cheng Han learned that Yu Wei’s father was connected to the Vice Palace Master’s faction, but remained resolved to investigate the matter.

• Yu Wei traveled with Cheng Han to Tai'an and watched more than fifteen hundred Warhawks escort the Mystic Boats to the Red Armor Hall branch.
• Zhao Qihuan described Cheng Han’s vast influence, leaving Yu Wei awed by the power behind him.
• Honeycomb Eye detected a Communication Dharma Array and four Warrior-level people in Yu Wei’s residence, and Iron Claw traced a human blood scent to the house.
• The black cat concluded that Yu Wei was concealing something and ordered further surveillance around her residence.
• An Affairs Profound Warrior told Cheng Han that Yu Wei’s father, Yu Jingwen, served the Heavenly Fortune Hall under Ling Tianling.
• Cheng Han accepted the risk of conflict with the Vice Palace Master’s faction and remained determined not to ignore the suspicious matter.

At a God Generals' conference, Yue Shi highlighted the Warhawk's speed limit and persuaded the assembly to delay deciding how widely to deploy it. In Tai'an, Cheng Han learned that the Heavenly Fortune Hall had delayed supplies to his branch, but he remained confident in his completed New Engine design and the coming Flame Eagle prototype.

• The White Light God General proposed equipping every war zone with a Warhawk Legion, and several God Generals supported the plan.
• God General Yue Shi showed that the Warhawk's propeller faced a speed limit of roughly eight hundred kilometers per hour and argued against excessive production.
• The presiding God General decided the assembly would keep observing the Eastern Li War Zone before determining how many Warhawks to deploy.
• An Affairs Profound Warrior told Cheng Han that the Heavenly Fortune Hall had delayed important supplies to Tai'an by five days.
• Cheng Han recognized the delay as a consequence of placing Grand Governor Yu Wei under house arrest and suspected the Heavenly Fortune Hall had support beyond the Vice Palace Master.
• Cheng Han reassured Qian Qingqing that the supply delay was minor and trusted his New Engine design and future Flame Eagle prototype to overcome any trouble.

Cheng Han gave Qian Qingqing a transforming Spirit Spin Wood spear and arranged rare medicinal wine for the Qian family. An attendant then informed him that the Profound Palace had ordered an eighty-percent cut to the Warhawk Legions, and Cheng Han suspected the Vice Palace Master’s faction would regret obstructing the program after the Flame Eagle’s test flight.

• Qian Yiqing and his family admired Wan Garden, where Cheng Han explained the extraordinary properties of Gold Thread Silk Gauze.
• Cheng Han ordered the servants to brew the mature flowers into medicinal wine and send it to the Qian family.
• Cheng Han gave Qian Qingqing Spirit Spin Wood, demonstrating how it changed into a spear, an umbrella, and a pavilion before returning to its original form.
• An Affairs Profound Warrior told Cheng Han that the Vice Palace Master had ordered an eighty-percent reduction in the Warhawk Legions.
• Cheng Han concluded that Divine City politics had driven the order and privately expected the Flame Eagle’s test flight to discredit those who opposed the Warhawk program.

Qian Qingqing put Qian Changyun through grueling swimming practice to teach him the Aerial Body Technique, which Cheng Han had created so Seal Binders could become Warhawk pilots. As they discussed the technique’s importance, Qian Qingqing reassured her worried brother that Cheng Han was letting the Heavenly Fortune Hall’s retaliation unfold deliberately and would act when the time was right.

• Qian Qingqing supervised Qian Changyun’s exhausting swimming practice and explained that he was nearing the beginner stage of the Fish Swimming Style.
• Qian Qingqing told Qian Changyun how Cheng Han created the Aerial Body Technique to help Seal Binders train as Warhawk pilots, and Qian Changyun recognized its significance.
• Qian Changyun promised to master the technique, and Qian Qingqing warned him she would hold him to his word.
• Qian Changyun told Qian Qingqing that the Heavenly Fortune Hall had detained artisans from the Science Magic Research Institute and that people feared the conflict would harm Cheng Han.
• Qian Qingqing said Cheng Han was deliberately allowing his opponents to stir up trouble and would teach them a harsh lesson when the time was right.