Chapter Summaries

Cheng Han demonstrated the Flame Eagle’s combat power to Qing Han Profound Palace’s leaders, showing it could destroy a peak Mystic Adept. Palace Master Yun ordered every Mystic Adept to learn to pilot one, bringing them into the military changes Cheng Han had advanced.

• Leng Tianya explained that the Flame Eagle exercise would target a Water Giant with the strength of a peak Mystic Adept.
• The Flame Eagle formation unleashed maneuverable New Type Profound Weapons and Serpent Strike weapons, overwhelming the Water Giant’s defenses and destroying its core.
• After six combat exercises, Palace Master Yun ordered every Mystic Adept under the Qing Han Profound Palace to master piloting the Flame Eagle within three months or lose a grade of salary and benefits.
• Guan Jiuzhou and Shang Changqing supported the order, and Palace Master Yun announced that the Profound Palace would establish detailed Flame Eagle regulations.
• Cheng Han privately reflected that the demonstration had drawn Mystic Adepts into the changes brought by the Flame Eagle.

Lin Wanshu and Lin Wanxian discussed Cheng Han’s Palace Merit Decree, while Affairs Profound Warriors complained about its rewards for soldiers. Cheng Han then led Flame Eagles and soldiers in an attack on six Terra Titans, leaving the historic battle underway.

• Lin Wanshu and Lin Wanxian discussed how the Palace Merit Decree raised soldiers’ status and defended Cheng Han’s reforms.
• The sisters studied documents about the Profound Palace’s institutions before Lin Wanxian teased Lin Wanshu about Cheng Han.
• Several Affairs Profound Warriors criticized allocating Source Profound Crystals to soldiers who earned medals.
• Cheng Han’s Flame Eagle patrol found six Terra Titans about eleven hundred kilometers from the Profound Palace, and he ordered the forces to encircle them.
• Cheng Han encouraged the soldiers with the promise of opportunities to cleanse their marrow and temper their souls for earning medals.
• The first squadron launched over a hundred Eagle Strike Profound Weapons at the six Terra Titans, beginning what Cheng Han called the rise of ordinary people.

Cheng Han led the Flame Eagle and War Peng formations in a saturation attack that killed six Terra Titans, then had their corpses paraded around the Profound Palace. Seeing the victory forced the Affairs Profound Warriors to recognize the War Hawks’ power and accept that the future belonged to them.

• Cheng Han ordered the Flame Eagle formation to evade the Terra Titans’ wind dragons and launch a full attack with its profound weapons.
• Cheng Han sent the concealed War Peng Bomber formation to release a second, larger wave of profound weapons against the Terra Titans.
• The bombers’ attack struck the exhausted Terra Titans, killing all six and leaving their corpses suspended in the air.
• Cheng Han ordered the War Peng Bombers to tow the giant beasts’ corpses back to the Profound Palace, and Oil Pengs refueled the returning formation.
• The War Hawks escorted the corpses past Heavenly Ring B, where the Affairs Profound Warriors recognized the Terra Titans and reconsidered their contempt for the War Hawks.

Cheng Han persuaded the Azure Cloud God General to let the Qing Han Profound Palace test his Palace Merit Decree, which rewarded soldiers with a chance to advance. After one soldier became a Mystic Master, Cheng Han used his private conversation with Lin Wanshu and Lin Wanxian to discuss the scheme and received their advice on further elevating soldiers.

• The Azure Cloud God General questioned Cheng Han about the Palace Merit Decree, and he argued that advancement opportunities could keep soldiers from turning to evil methods; she approved a trial in the Qing Han Profound Palace and praised his courage.
• The Profound Palace awarded medals to soldiers who had hunted the Terra Titan, and several hundred Silver Spirit Leaf Medal recipients underwent the Spirit Awakening Blessing.
• Xiong Zhuang successfully condensed a Soul Tempering Imprint, and Cheng Han exceptionally promoted him to Affairs Profound Warrior to encourage the Red Armor Soldiers.
• Cheng Han sensed that Xiong Zhuang's soul was withering and understood that forced advancement offered little chance of further progress, though it still gave soldiers hope of becoming Mystic Masters.
• Cheng Han told Lin Wanshu and Lin Wanxian about his motives for encouraging soldiers to take dangerous missions, and they suggested making a soldier's promotion an even clearer precedent.
• Lin Wanshu warned Lin Wanxian that Cheng Han might have been testing their discretion, and the sisters then joked and roughhoused in the hot spring.

Cheng Han tested the Sister Flowers by having them investigate corruption and disorder in Heavenly Fortune Hall, while demonstrating the extraordinary abilities of his Life Crown creations. Their evidence exposed widespread sabotage and mismanagement, and the hall’s Deputy Hall Master knelt to admit fault.

• Cheng Han examined a Terra Titan's Horn and made it float without forming a mark as Lin Wanshu reported that Heavenly Fortune Hall’s artisans resisted the switch from Crystal Energy Power to Internal Combustion Engines.
• Lin Wanxian summoned the Flying Bird Necklace’s sparrow, Little Flower, which used a Spirit Plant to create a Light Screen showing factory workers neglecting their duties and discarding parts.
• Lin Wanxian presented further footage of defective production and deliberate damage, then reported that the factory problems were widespread.
• Cheng Han praised Lin Wanshu and Lin Wanxian for their investigation, confirming that they had passed his test.
• Gong Changping knelt before Cheng Han and admitted Heavenly Fortune Hall’s failures, and the three Affairs Profound Warriors knelt with him.

Cheng Han used the forging of Titan's Horn and an investigation into Heavenly Fortune Hall to expose Mystic Adepts obstructing reforms and demand fairer treatment for Warriors. With Sima Nanshan's cooperation, he began a broader reform that tied part of Mystic Adepts' stipends to their performance, leaving Deputy Hall Master Gong and his allies exposed.

• Cheng Han forged Titan's Horn into the Titan Slaughtering Spear and gave it to the Sister Flowers.
• Cheng Han confronted Deputy Hall Master Gong over Heavenly Fortune Hall's failures and argued that Mystic Adepts were unfairly privileged compared with Warriors.
• Cheng Han revealed evidence that an Affairs Profound Warrior had urged Master Artisans to sabotage the factory's Science Magic Industry transformation.
• Sima Nanshan appeared at Cheng Han's summons, and Cheng Han ordered him to deal with Heavenly Fortune Hall's offenders before joining the campaign in the Abyssal Mist Realm.
• Sima Nanshan proposed splitting stipends into fixed and performance-based portions, beginning a reform that could reduce Mystic Adepts' earnings.

Cheng Han’s gradual rollout of performance appraisal and disciplinary reforms spread from Heavenly Fortune Hall to Celestial Craft Hall, while the affected Profound Warriors accepted that the changes would reach the whole Profound Palace. At Wen Shan Palace, Lin Wanshu and Lin Wanxian praised Cheng Han’s influence and discussed Azure Cloud God General’s support.

• Heavenly Fortune Hall’s Affairs Profound Warriors complained that performance pay would dock most workers’ Source Profound Crystals and blamed former Hall Master Sima Nanshan for the crackdown.
• A second purge at Heavenly Fortune Hall removed Sima Nanshan, sent deputy hall masters toward the Otherworld Battlefield, and detained many Affairs Profound Warriors and artisans.
• Vice Palace Master Shang Changqing inspected Celestial Craft Hall, and Brocade Mountain Palace ordered the hall to adopt performance appraisal after dismissing several officials.
• The Heavenly Fortune Hall workers concluded that the reforms would expand throughout the Profound Palace and stopped resisting the Palace Masters’ authority.
• At Wen Shan Palace, Lin Wanshu and Lin Wanxian credited Azure Cloud God General’s support for the coordinated reforms and praised Cheng Han’s long-term influence.

Cheng Han told Sima Nanshan about the Profound Palace’s expansion plans and promised him leadership of the new Dragon Eagle Hall. After one thousand Bird Hunter Eagles were sent through the Heaven Banyan Gate for a distant battlefield test, Cheng Han studied the teleportation and gained the ability to summon his Titan Slaughtering Spear across space, leaving ready to pursue greater power.

• Cheng Han told Sima Nanshan that the Red Armor Army would expand, the Red Armor Hall would split into four institutions, and he planned to recommend Sima as the first Hall Master Profound Master of the Dragon Eagle Hall.
• A Transcendental Fluctuation revealed that the Heaven Gate Hall had sent one thousand Bird Hunter Eagles through the Heaven Banyan Gate for a battlefield test.
• Cheng Han traced the eagles’ route through the World Suppressing Banyan Domain, the Myriad Heavens Domain, and the Celestial God Star Sea, then analyzed the Anchor of Myriad Realms’ long-distance teleportation.
• Cheng Han used his Life Crown Profound Imprint to summon the Titan Slaughtering Spear from his palace, astonishing Lin Wanshu and Lin Wanxian.
• Cheng Han resolved to develop his strength in Qing Han Profound Palace, make his mark in Guangyuan God City, and eventually conquer the World Suppressing Banyan Domain.

Cheng Han showed Azure Cloud God General how the Flame Eagle factories demonstrated the potential of the Science Magic Industry system, prompting her to investigate and personally open the God Gate. The Flame Eagle Legion prepared to depart for the Abyssal Mist Realm as Ying Chuchu hinted at recruiting Cheng Han for Seven Luminaries God City.

• Cheng Han told Azure Cloud God General that the factories could produce over five hundred and fifty Flame Eagles a day and argued that the Science Magic Industry system could unleash the Wan Hao Clan’s potential.
• Azure Cloud God General praised Cheng Han’s insight and said she would stay at Qing Han Profound Palace to investigate the industrial system.
• Azure Cloud God General decided to open the God Gate herself, and Ying Chuchu teased her about Cheng Han before inviting him to visit Seven Luminaries God City.
• Azure Cloud God General ordered the Flame Eagle Legion to set out, and the God Gate opened toward the Abyssal Mist Realm.

Cheng Han arrived at the Abyssal Mist Realm with the Crimson Eagle Legion and was welcomed by Sword Wanli and Lan Jiayao. He immediately accused Deputy General Commander Xu Peng of being connected to the Divine Power interference behind the earlier Sea Monster ambush, using the supposed reaction of two Precious Treasures as his pretext.

• Cheng Han observed that the Abyssal Mist Realm’s waves and cloud cover had diminished as its seasons changed, while the Myriad Heavens Race prepared to conquer it.
• Lan Jiayao directed Cheng Han’s forces to Spirit Flame Lotus Island, where the Silver Pattern Profound Ark landed and Cheng Han reestablished contact with Netherworld.
• Sword Wanli personally welcomed Cheng Han, and Cheng Han greeted Xu Peng before bringing up the ambush that had nearly annihilated the Warhawk Legion.
• Cheng Han claimed that Precious Treasures had reacted to traces of Divine Power interference and openly directed suspicion at Xu Peng, shocking those present.

Cheng Han used the Myriad Mysteries Spirit Banyan Pistil to present evidence linking Xu Peng’s aura to a dead worker and to a flower in Xu’s residence, while Sword Wanli confirmed the treasure’s ability to detect old traces. Cheng Han then clarified that he had not accused Xu of being the war zone’s Mole, leaving everyone confused about what he suspected.

• Cheng Han revealed his Reality Illusion and explained that the Myriad Mysteries Spirit Banyan Pistil could sense extraordinary auras, prompting Sword Wanli to recognize the treasure.
• Cheng Han recreated the scene of a worker’s fatal accident on a harvesting boat and said Xu Peng’s aura resembled a trace he had sensed on the corpse.
• Cheng Han noted that Xu’s residence held a pot of Seven Stars Drunken Butterfly Flower, and Lan Jiayao confirmed she had seen it there.
• Sword Wanli said the Myriad Mysteries Spirit Banyan Pistil could detect traces left years earlier, supporting Cheng Han’s claim and alarming Xu.
• Xu swore that he had never met or murdered the worker, but Cheng Han said he had only suggested that the mastermind might be connected to Xu and had not called him the Mole.

Cheng Han and Sword Wanli investigated Deputy General Commander Xu’s residence after evidence pointed to it as the source of the Eastern Li War Zone’s troubles. Inside, they found Xu’s family and servants fused into a monstrous Human Centipede, which revealed itself as the Moma Sea King and admitted it had once ruled the region.

• Lan Jiayao concluded that someone in Xu Peng’s household might be the Mole, and Sword Wanli ordered the residence sealed.
• Cheng Han, Sword Wanli, and Xu Peng went to the residence, where they found signs of blood and entered despite Cheng Han’s warning that the scene would be gruesome.
• The three discovered a Human Centipede made from Xu Peng’s women and servants in the bathhouse.
• The Human Centipede recognized Cheng Han and regretted not having the Sea Gods kill him after he discovered High-Efficiency Fuel.
• The monster identified itself as the Moma Sea King, a former ruler of the Eastern Li War Zone.

Cheng Han stalled Moma Sea King with a sham intelligence trade while Xu Peng followed Cheng Han’s secret instructions to seek help from God General Zhu Rong’s Command. Cheng Han learned that the Sea Race had a major conspiracy involving the Eastern Li War Zone, then threatened Moma Sea King by saying its flesh looked delicious.

• Xu Peng stopped himself from killing Moma Sea King’s Human Centipede fragment, though he struck it with his whip before leaving the bathroom.
• Cheng Han secretly contacted Xu Peng and instructed him to pretend to be furious, leave, and seek an audience with God General Zhu Rong’s Command.
• Cheng Han and Sword Wanli questioned Moma Sea King, which proposed an intelligence trade; Cheng Han stalled while explaining the Science Magic Industry system.
• Xu Peng reached the flaming gate and persuaded its guards to let him enter by invoking Cheng Han’s name and claiming there was a rare chance to kill a Sea King.
• Moma Sea King admitted that the Sea Race was planning a major conspiracy that would involve the Eastern Li War Zone, but refused to reveal details.
• Cheng Han refused to honor the intelligence trade and told Moma Sea King that its flesh sounded delicious.

Cheng Han used the Myriad Mysteries Spirit Banyan Sprout and the Eye of Omniscience to locate Moma Sea King's true body, then summoned God General Zhu Rong to attack it. Moma Sea King realized a Deity was coming, while Sword Wanli finally understood Cheng Han's plan.

• Cheng Han drew on the Banyan Sprout's Law Power, shocking Sword Wanli and Moma Sea King.
• Cheng Han used the Banyan Spirit Thousand Machine Silk and the Eye of Omniscience to lock onto Moma Sea King's true body.
• Cheng Han stalled Moma Sea King as it sensed its true body had been located and prepared to leave.
• Cheng Han revealed that God General Zhu Rong was racing toward Moma Sea King's true body after Xu Peng summoned him.
• Moma Sea King recognized the approaching Divine Power as a Deity's, and Sword Wanli understood Cheng Han's plan.

Sword Wanli destroyed the Sea King’s poisonous attack, while Cheng Han watched God General Zhu Rong kill Moma Sea King with a devastating strike from afar. The Sea King was left roasted in the deep sea, and Cheng Han looked forward to studying the strike and possibly sharing the Sea Monster’s meat.

• Moma Sea King’s split soul released poisonous Water Scorpions and transformed the bathroom into toxic liquid, but Sword Wanli froze the attack into crystal and swept away the remains.
• Cheng Han recognized Sword Wanli’s Myriad Aspects Stillness Profound Imprint, and Sword Wanli praised Cheng Han for locating the Sea King and arranging God General Zhu Rong’s intervention.
• Cheng Han and Sword Wanli sensed Zhu Rong’s subordinate acting in the northeast, and Cheng Han watched the Divine General race toward Moma Sea King through the Eye of Omniscience.
• God General Zhu Rong struck Moma Sea King from the sky, vaporizing the seawater above him and boiling the surrounding sea.
• Cheng Han saw that Moma Sea King had been roasted, imagined eating the Sea Monster, and resolved to learn from Zhu Rong’s use of Law Power.

Cheng Han studied the gains from God General Zhu Rong’s strike, advanced his Profound Imprints, and ordered the battlefield’s Sea Monster corpses processed into fertilizer. Zhu Rong returned with the Moma Sea King’s corpse and tried to recruit Cheng Han away from Azure Cloud, but Cheng Han remained unmoved.

• Cheng Han witnessed the Cloud Pillar created by Zhu Rong’s strike and realized how Law Power let a God General move vastly greater power than his own.
• Cheng Han used Deduction to advance his Lofty Stone Profound Imprint to the Second Order and greatly improve his True Flame Profound Imprint.
• Cheng Han ordered the carrier fleet to process the Sea Monster corpses into nutrient fertilizer for the War Zone’s Green Rice Shrimp farming.
• God General Zhu Rong returned to Lotus Island with the Moma Sea King’s corpse and praised Cheng Han for exposing the Mystic Supervisor-level Sea Monster.
• Zhu Rong urged Cheng Han to work under him, criticized Azure Cloud, and boasted about responding quickly to Cheng Han’s request for aid, while Cheng Han stayed loyal to Azure Cloud.

Cheng Han watched Azure Cloud God General and God General Zhu Rong compete over him after his role in killing a Sea King. Azure Cloud secured him a second Myriad Mysteries Spirit Banyan Pistil, and Zhu Rong promised him one-tenth of the Sea King's body, leaving Cheng Han with rewards from both God Generals.

• God General Zhu Rong dismissed everyone but Cheng Han, then Azure Cloud God General appeared through Cheng Han's God Descent Profound Pearl.
• Azure Cloud praised Cheng Han's work in the Eastern Li War Zone and credited him with helping kill a Sea King.
• Azure Cloud announced she had secured Cheng Han a second Myriad Mysteries Spirit Banyan Pistil, using her authority as the Divine Executor.
• Azure Cloud pressured Zhu Rong to recognize Cheng Han's contribution and reward him, while Zhu Rong complained that she benefited from his resources.
• Zhu Rong offered Cheng Han one-tenth of the Sea King's body to help him advance to Mystic Master.

Fang Han helped salvage Sea Monster corpses for nutrient solution, narrowly escaped a venomous scorpion tail, and learned that he had been awarded the first Gold Spirit Leaf Medal. He accepted the honor but asked to wear his fallen comrades’ Identity Nameplates at the ceremony.

• Fang Han and Liu Kai watched Flame Eagles fly past as the aircraft carrier fleet reached the Sea of Corpses created by Zhu Rong’s attack.
• The warriors began hauling Sea Monster corpses into the fleet’s Nutrient Solution Factory, and a corpse’s scorpion tail nearly struck Fang Han in the face.
• Liu Kai reprimanded the salvage crew, and the warriors were ordered to whip each corpse before lifting it.
• A Colonel told Fang Han that he would receive the first Gold Spirit Leaf Medal and invited him to the award ceremony and banquet.
• Fang Han asked to wear his fallen comrades’ Identity Nameplates to the banquet, and the Colonel agreed.

Fang Han flew back to the War Zone aboard a Flame Eagle, learned how the Aerial Body Technique helped pilots perform extreme maneuvers, and prepared for his Gold Spirit Leaf Medal ceremony. Wearing formal attire with the nameplates of six fallen comrades and a Spirit Leaf-patterned hat, he waited for the ceremony to begin.

• Jin Ming flew Fang Han on a Flame Eagle, demonstrated its speed and daring maneuvers, and explained how mastering the Aerial Body Technique improved a pilot’s control.
• Fang Han returned to the War Zone in fifteen minutes and changed into formal attire prepared for the medal ceremony.
• Fang Han asked the maid to attach the Identity Nameplates of six fallen comrades to his chest so he could wear them at the ceremony.
• Fang Han told the maid that he did not regret coming to fight to protect their world, and she praised him as worthy of respect.
• The maid gave Fang Han a formal hat bearing a Spirit Leaf Pattern and escorted him to the lounge to wait for the ceremony.

Cheng Han and Sword Wanli held a grand medal ceremony for the Warhawk Legion, honoring Fang Han, Sun Yongchuan, and Zhang Kangnian. Fang Han accepted his medal on behalf of fallen comrades and vowed to finish the battles they had left unfinished.

• Cheng Han and Sword Wanli opened the ceremony in the Central Courtyard hall, where Cheng Han used a secret art to project the recipients’ names and create a shower of flower petals.
• Sword Wanli pinned the Gold Spirit Leaf Medal on Fang Han, who explained that he wore nameplates for comrades he hoped to honor.
• Fang Han recounted how he and Bai Qiang flew a Sea Hawk into battle without prior experience and helped disrupt a powerful Sea Monster’s secret art with their Mystic Weapons.
• Fang Han explained that Bai Qiang gave him his neck guard during the disaster and died from the force of the current.
• Fang Han declared that the medal belonged to the fallen and vowed to finish their battles, moving the gathered Mystic Adepts and earning the respect of the visiting Mystic Masters.