Chapter Summaries

Shelter No. 1 launched a surprise night raid on the armored convoy, devastating four shelters while Lin Xuankong’s prepared Shelter No. 36 repelled its attackers. The raid ended with Shelter No. 1 withdrawing and the convoy facing a weakened position ahead of tomorrow’s siege.

• Huang Wentao’s Gene Warriors emerged from underground passages and ambushed the camps of Shelter No. 12, Shelter No. 14, and two other shelters.
• Lin Xuankong used True Sight to prepare Shelter No. 36’s warriors, whose armored vehicles killed more than two hundred of the roughly three hundred raiders attacking their camp.
• Lin Xuankong sent Han Bao to reinforce the other shelters, beginning with Shelter No. 14, while Shelter No. 36’s forces secured the battlefield.
• You Rui warned that the raid had badly damaged convoy morale and said the Wang Family’s Three Brothers might need to lead tomorrow’s siege themselves.
• Shelter No. 1 retreated after leaving hundreds of corpses, and the casualty report showed that Shelter No. 36 alone had suffered no deaths.

After Shelter No. 1’s nighttime raid left the armored convoy with nearly two hundred casualties, Wang Sanbao reviewed the battle and credited Shelter No. 36 with preventing far worse losses. He ordered equipment rewards for the convoy and promised extra rewards for Shelter No. 36, leaving Zhao Liang to carry out the distribution.

• Zhao Liang delivered the battle report to Wang Sanbao, who criticized the weak sentries and the convoy’s failure to stay armored and ready.
• Wang Sanbao accepted that Huang Wentao’s raid had been unexpectedly bold and suspected Yunqin Nation’s black-robed fighters had planned it.
• Zhao Liang praised the Seventh Tier Alloy equipment, and Wang Sanbao also credited Shelter No. 36’s armored vehicles and early preparations with inflicting heavy losses on the attackers.
• Wang Sanbao ordered Zhao Liang to distribute four hundred sets of Eighth Tier Alloy Armor and Long Sabers for temporary use, with permanent ownership promised to warriors who killed more than three enemies.
• Wang Sanbao declared that Shelter No. 36 would receive additional rewards for its exceptional performance, and Zhao Liang reacted with a complicated expression.

Zhao Liang tried to persuade Wang Sanbao not to reward Shelter No. 36, accusing its Gene Warriors of lacking loyalty, but Wang Sanbao defended their achievements and reprimanded Zhao Liang. Wang Sanbao then offered Zhao Liang a chance to earn a reward equal to Han Bao’s by killing more than four eighth-tier Dragon Elephant Gene Warriors in the siege at dawn, and Zhao Liang eagerly accepted.

• Zhao Liang resented Han Bao’s royal-family status and argued that Shelter No. 36 had already received too many rewards and might not be loyal to the Zhennan Royal Family.
• Wang Sanbao rejected Zhao Liang’s accusations, citing Han Bao’s and Shelter No. 36’s contributions, and scolded Zhao Liang for his shortsightedness.
• Zhao Liang apologized, and Wang Sanbao forgave him while reminding him that his slow progress had held back his advancement.
• Wang Sanbao ordered an attack on Shelter No. 1 at dawn and promised Zhao Liang a reward equal to Han Bao’s if he killed more than four eighth-tier Dragon Elephant Gene Warriors.
• Zhao Liang eagerly vowed to lead his team and be the first of the five shelters to charge the walls of Shelter No. 1.

The armored convoy received powerful alloy equipment and Source Stone Crystals from Wang Sanbao, leaving its Gene Warriors confident before the siege of Shelter No. 1. Han Liu declared that they would storm the shelter, while Zhao Ming was stunned by his confidence and the convoy’s advantages.

• The armored convoy’s Gene Warriors received Eighth Tier Alloy Armor and Weapons, and Shelter No. 36 also received ten Ninth Tier Source Stone Crystals per warrior.
• Zhao Ming and Shelter No. 14’s vice-captain envied Shelter No. 36’s rewards and praised Han Bao’s strength and new standing with the Zhennan Royal Family.
• Zhao Ming congratulated Han Bao and asked what plans Shelter No. 36 had made for the siege the next morning.
• Han Liu arrived and said the convoy would slaughter its way through Shelter No. 1 because it had superior equipment and top-tier fighters.
• Zhao Ming froze at Han Liu’s claim, despite recognizing the convoy’s strength, because Shelter No. 1 was heavily defended and sieges were costly.

Han Bao and Han Liu agreed to help Shelter No. 14 during the coming siege after Zhao Ming offered them a USB drive containing research on controlling Plant Type Source Beasts. Meanwhile, Huang Wentao tortured a captured Gene Warrior from Shelter No. 14 until the prisoner agreed to reveal what he knew.

• Zhao Ming asked Han Bao and Han Liu to help Shelter No. 14 in the siege, and Han Bao promised to assist if he had strength to spare.
• Han Liu demanded a sincere repayment, so Zhao Ming offered a USB drive with research on taming Plant Type Source Beasts.
• Han Liu accepted the USB drive and promised Shelter No. 36 would help Shelter No. 14 within its capabilities.
• At Shelter No. 1, Huang Wentao had Cao Meng use his venomous Tiger-body Bee to torture a captured Gene Warrior from Shelter No. 14.
• The prisoner broke under the threat of another sting and agreed to tell Huang Wentao everything he knew.

Huang Wentao learned that the Wang Family's Three Brothers would lead the assault on Shelter No. 1, while Bai Dedong dismissed them as insignificant and promised his junior brothers would hold them off. Huang Wentao prepared to defend the shelter and target Shelter No. 36, unaware that its fighters were far stronger than he expected.

• Huang Wentao questioned a captured Gene Warrior, who identified Wang Yilong, Wang Wu, and Wang Sanbao as the leaders of the armored convoy's attack.
• Cao Meng and the other captives confirmed the three brothers' identities, and Huang Wentao warned Bai Dedong about their formidable strength.
• Bai Dedong called the three brothers mere rabble and said his three junior brothers would stop them during the assault the next day.
• Huang Wentao ordered Cao Meng to lead forces against You Rui's Shelter No. 36 and warned that the convoy had more than twenty eighth-tier Gene Warriors with seventh-tier alloy equipment.
• Bai Dedong reassured Huang Wentao that Shelter No. 1's defenses would hold and promised him a seventh-tier pet beast and promotion to Black Robe in about ten days.

Lin Xuankong and You Rui examined research that could enable the control of powerful Plant Type Source Beasts and ordered the findings kept secret. As the siege of Shelter No. 1 began, Lin Xuankong suspected its defenders were luring the attacking convoys closer and told Shelter No. 36 to proceed cautiously.

• Huang Wentao took heart after Bai Dedong reminded him that Wu Yong's arrival would bring him status, a battle pet, and protection for his defection to Yunqin Nation.
• Lin Xuankong, You Rui, Han Bao, Han Liu, and Zhu Ling studied Zhao Ming's USB drive and learned that Stone City's researchers had made progress toward controlling Plant Type lifeforms and Source Beasts.
• You Rui ordered the USB drive's research kept secret and sent Han Liu to warn Zhao Ming, while Lin Xuankong rebuked Han Liu for joking about silencing him.
• At dawn, the siege forces from five shelters advanced toward Shelter No. 1, and Shelter No. 36's convoy stopped southeast of the city wall.
• Lin Xuankong noticed Shelter No. 1's Heavy Cannons had not fired and ordered Shelter No. 36 to slow down and observe the other attackers before committing.

Wang Sanbao tried to make Shelter No. 1's Gene Warriors surrender before charging its walls, while the Tang Nation's forces launched a full assault. As Lin Xuankong watched, the Yunqin Nation's black-robed powerhouses sent out their Seventh Tier Dog Tribe Source Beasts, and Shelter No. 1's defenses appeared strangely unprepared.

• Wang Sanbao offered Huang Wentao and Shelter No. 1's Gene Warriors pardons, resources, and Zhennan Royal Family membership if they surrendered or defected.
• Wang Sanbao leaped from his RV in Sixth Tier Alloy Armor and revealed that Wang Yilong and Wang Wu had joined the attack, spreading panic among Shelter No. 1's defenders.
• At Shelter No. 36, Lin Xuankong discussed the Zhennan Royal Family's wealth with Han Bao and Han Liu, then suggested Han Bao could join the family while remaining loyal to Shelter No. 36.
• Huang Wentao rejected Wang Sanbao's offer and claimed that Lord Bai and the black-robed powerhouses would defend Shelter No. 1, so Wang Sanbao charged the wall.
• Zhao Liang ordered the armored units to attack as both sides opened fire, while Lin Xuankong's convoy advanced through the ruins.
• More than ten Seventh Tier Dog Tribe Source Beasts emerged to confront Wang Sanbao, and Lin Xuankong questioned why Shelter No. 1 had not shown stronger defenses.

Shelter No. 1 unleashed thousands of controlled Source Beasts and rebel Gene Warriors against the attacking shelters, triggering a chaotic battle. Wang Sanbao was forced back by the black-robed experts’ combined beasts, while Huang Wentao believed Shelter No. 1’s forces would overwhelm their enemies.

• Shelter No. 1’s Gene Warriors sent Source Beasts and rebel fighters against the attacking convoys, surrounding them from the front and rear.
• Lin Xuankong and Shelter No. 36’s Gene Warriors prepared to fight, while Zhao Ming rallied Shelter No. 14’s troops to resist the overwhelming attack.
• The battle erupted across every approach to Shelter No. 1, with Source Beasts, gunfire, and fighters clashing.
• Bai Deming, Bai Deyi, and Bai Deyu sent Dog, Cat, and Rat Tribe Source Beasts against Wang Sanbao, forcing him back under their combined assault.
• Huang Wentao watched the surrounding battle and praised Yunqin Nation’s ability to command vast numbers of Source Beasts.

At Shelter No. 36, Lin Xuankong secretly protected his young Gene Warriors while they fought off a massive Source Beast siege. At Shelter No. 1, Wang Sanbao slew twenty-nine seventh-tier beasts but was badly wounded, and his brothers Wang Yilong and Wang Wu emerged from their RV as the remaining defenders faced disaster.

• Huang Wentao and a Gene Warrior captain planned to destroy Shelter No. 36 and capture You Rui for the black-robed Lords.
• Han Bao asked Lin Xuankong to relieve the besieged Gene Warriors, but Lin Xuankong insisted they needed the battle to build their strength while secretly saving them from fatal attacks with his Water Drawing Technique.
• Wang Sanbao killed twenty-nine peak seventh-tier Source Beasts, but one claw burst his right eye and his dwindling Source Energy forced him to retreat toward the RV.
• As Wang Sanbao withdrew, Shelter No. 12 suffered heavy casualties, and Zhao Liang was gravely injured by a Dog Tribe Source Beast.
• Wang Yilong and Wang Wu came out of the RV, teased each other about a card game, and Wang Wu ordered the Gene Warriors to retreat so he could fight.

Wang Wu slaughtered the attacking Source Beasts with his Dragon Tendon Arms, forcing Huang Wentao to realize his numbers-based plan had failed. Bai Dedong unleashed two peak Seventh Tier Cloud Beasts, which split their attack between Wang Wu and Wang Yilong and left the battle unresolved.

• Wang Wu used his long, resilient arms and Sixth Tier Alloy sabers to kill hundreds of Source Beasts, including Seventh Tier beasts, as Wang Sanbao praised his strength and Zhao Liang began recovering.
• Huang Wentao recognized that Wang Wu had ruined his plan to overwhelm the Zhennan Envoys with a horde, and Bai Dedong said Wang Wu was powerful but faced a formidable opponent.
• Bai Dedong looked skyward, and Huang Wentao saw a peak Seventh Tier Cloud Beast streaking toward Wang Wu at overwhelming speed.
• Wang Yilong sensed the danger and warned Wang Wu, who swung his sabers upward as the Cloud Beast split into two shadows and attacked both brothers.
• Wang Yilong and Wang Wu dodged the Cloud Beasts at tremendous speed, while Wang Sanbao watched and judged that the beasts could have overwhelmed Stone City without the three Zhennan Envoys.

Wang Sanbao led Shelter No. 12’s warriors onto Shelter No. 1’s wall and confronted three Yunqin experts who transformed into wolfmen. As Han Bao and Han Liu fought to defend Shelter No. 36, Lin Xuankong prepared to head elsewhere because the Wang Family’s Three Brothers were gaining the upper hand.

• Wang Sanbao rallied Shelter No. 12’s Gene Warriors with promises of rewards and led them through the weakened Source Beast horde toward Shelter No. 1.
• Wang Sanbao and the warriors stormed Shelter No. 1’s wall, where he smashed aside defenders and advanced toward Huang Wentao and the black-robed experts.
• Bai Dedong urged the three other Yunqin experts to fight Wang Sanbao, and they transformed into giant wolfmen with a close-combat genetic ability.
• Wang Sanbao laughed at the wolfmen and charged them, confident that his Giant God Transformation could overcome their power.
• Lin Xuankong praised Han Bao’s trainees, then sent Han Liu and Han Bao to attack the Source Beast horde while You Rui supported Shelter No. 36 with precise autocannon fire.
• Lin Xuankong told You Rui to watch the battlefield as he prepared to go elsewhere, explaining that the Wang Family’s Three Brothers’ advantage made preparation necessary.

Lin Xuankong left You Rui to pursue the black-robed experts while the battle at Shelter No. 1 turned against the rebels. After the experts fled and Wang Wu demanded surrender, the battle split between rebels who knelt and those who ran, whom Wang Wu pursued.

• Lin Xuankong told You Rui he intended to stop the black-robed experts if they fled, then disguised himself in alloy armor and entered the melee.
• Wang Sanbao grew larger, gained the upper hand against three wolf-transformed black-robed experts, and shattered one expert’s arm with his Great Hammer.
• Bai Dedong ordered Huang Wentao to assist, but Wang Sanbao knocked Huang unconscious and continued pressuring the injured black-robed expert.
• Bai Dedong recalled his Cloud Beasts and led his three junior brothers in retreat toward the north, while Wang Sanbao revealed that he had used his final trump card and was injured.
• Wang Wu announced that Huang Wentao had been defeated and gave the rebels three seconds to surrender; nearly half knelt, while the rest fled with their pet Source Beasts.
• Wang Wu transformed into a black streak and pursued the fleeing rebels, ordering his warriors not to let anyone escape.

The Tang Nation forces routed Shelter No. 1’s rebels, while Lin Xuankong tracked the fleeing black-robed experts into the forest. He confronted Bai Dedong and the others, who mistook him for a powerful scout and prepared to hear his questions before killing him.

• Wang Wu’s forces and the Gene Warriors from several shelters pursued and slaughtered the fleeing rebels and Source Beasts.
• Wang Yilong and Zhao Liang discussed the black-robed experts’ escape and the destruction of their pet beasts as the Wang Family’s Three Brothers reclaimed Shelter No. 1.
• Lin Xuankong entered the forest at the edge of Stone City’s ruins and found Bai Dedong and the other three black-robed experts beside a lake.
• Bai Dedong told his junior brothers that losing their pet beasts had taught them to prioritize powerful beasts over large numbers, then urged them to pursue the summoning-type path under their master’s guidance.
• Bai Dedong’s Cloud Beasts detected Lin Xuankong, who revealed himself and walked toward the four experts.
• Bai Dedong stopped Bai Deyi from attacking immediately and offered to hear Lin Xuankong’s questions before his presumed death.

Lin Xuankong confronted Bai Dedong and three black-robed experts, using his ice abilities to overpower Bai Deming and withstand the Cloud Beasts' charge. Bai Dedong fled with two of his companions and called for supposed reinforcements, while Lin Xuankong remained aware of his surroundings through True Sight.

• Bai Dedong summoned two peak seventh-tier Cloud Beasts to surround Lin Xuankong with the four black-robed experts.
• Bai Deming attacked Lin Xuankong, but Lin Xuankong froze his feet and then encased him in ice that resisted the werewolf's blows.
• Bai Dedong and the other black-robed experts jumped onto a boulder as Lin Xuankong's ice spread across the ground.
• Bai Dedong ordered the Cloud Beasts to attack, but Lin Xuankong raised thick ice walls that stopped their charge.
• Bai Dedong grabbed two junior brothers and fled on a Cloud Beast, abandoning Bai Deming and calling out about reinforcements behind Lin Xuankong.
• Lin Xuankong was not fooled by Bai Dedong's call because his True Sight let him observe the area around them.

Lin Xuankong used his Water Drawing Technique and Ice Technique to trap Bai Dedong, his three junior brothers, and their Cloud Beasts. Bai Dedong tried to save himself by invoking his master Wu Yong’s influence, leaving Lin Xuankong to decide whether the threat would stay his hand.

• Bai Dedong and two junior brothers tried to escape on their Cloud Beasts, but Lin Xuankong’s ice froze the beasts’ feet to the ground.
• The three black-robed experts leaped toward Lin Xuankong, who froze their bodies in midair and trapped them in ice.
• When the Cloud Beasts began cracking their restraints, Lin Xuankong encased each in several meters of ice, leaving all four black-robed experts and both beasts unable to escape.
• Bai Dedong recognized Lin Xuankong’s Water Drawing Technique and Ice Technique, then asked who he was and warned him against killing the group.
• Bai Dedong identified himself and his companions as disciples of White Robe Wu Yong, the Yunqin Nation’s renowned Soul Insect Walker.

Lin Xuankong considered Black Robe Expert Bai Dedong’s offer to join Yunqin Nation but demanded valuable payment in exchange for sparing the four black-robed experts. Bai Dedong offered a Cloud Beast as a pet, while Bai Deyi offered three seventh-rank Source Stone Crystals, but Lin Xuankong pointed out that the crystals would be his if he killed Bai Deyi.

• Bai Dedong invoked his master, Wu Yong, and tried to persuade Lin Xuankong to release the four experts and join Yunqin Nation.
• Lin Xuankong said he feared Yi Feifeng would react to his Water Drawing Technique, so the four black-robed experts swore not to reveal his ability.
• Lin Xuankong demanded that each expert offer something valuable as payment for their lives.
• Bai Dedong offered to transfer one of his Cloud Beasts to Lin Xuankong as a pet.
• Lin Xuankong asked Bai Deyi to make an offer comparable to the Cloud Beast, and Bai Deyi offered three seventh-rank Source Stone Crystals.
• Lin Xuankong said the crystals were not enough because he could simply take them by killing Bai Deyi.

Lin Xuankong forced Bai Deyi and the other black-robed experts to reveal the location of a perilous treasure trove containing Sixth Tier Source Stone Crystals, then let them go after verifying their account. He decided to prepare quickly and head for the treasure, hoping to advance to the Sixth Tier Life Tier.

• Bai Deyi offered information about a treasure trove in exchange for his life, and Bai Dedong warned that it concerned their master.
• Bai Deyi and Bai Dedong described a dangerous site near the borders of Yun Song Nation, Yunqin Nation, and Tang Nation, where Sixth Tier treasures and corpses could be found.
• Lin Xuankong separated the four black-robed experts and questioned them individually, then released them after their accounts matched.
• Bai Dedong transformed a peak Seventh Tier Cloud Beast into Lin Xuankong’s pet, and the four black-robed experts fled.
• Lin Xuankong resolved to gather weapons, armor, Source Stone Crystals, and powerful beasts before heading to the treasure trove.
• Lin Xuankong told Little Fat Snake to hunt and devour powerful Source Beasts so it could catch up with his strength.

Lin Xuankong’s enormous Little Fat Snake Princess sulked after Little Gray showed off its closeness to him, then went to hunt in the forest. Meanwhile, the shelters captured thousands of Shelter No. 1’s traitors, and Han Bao challenged Wang Sanbao’s demand to torture and execute them all.

• Little Fat Snake Princess watched Lin Xuankong leave with Little Gray, grew jealous when the Cloud Beast moved closer to him, and crawled off to eat the Source Beasts in the forest.
• Over two days, Wang Yilong, Wang Wu, Wang Sanbao, and the other shelters’ forces hunted down Shelter No. 1’s rebels, capturing 3,261 and killing those who resisted.
• Zhao Liang reported the captured traitors to the Wang Family’s Three Brothers, and Wang Sanbao ordered their extermination and torture.
• Han Bao argued that the traitors who had surrendered should be spared, and Zhao Liang immediately told him to stop opposing the Zhennan Envoy.

Han Bao risked Zhennan Envoy Wang Sanbao’s anger by pleading for the more than three thousand Gene Warriors and captains who had surrendered after Huang Wentao’s betrayal. Wang Sanbao and Wang Yilong praised Han Bao instead of punishing him, leaving the prisoners’ fate unresolved.

• Han Bao argued that many of the prisoners had been forced to follow Huang Wentao and that the Tang Nation needed every capable Gene Warrior amid the Source Beast disasters.
• Zhao Liang urged Wang Sanbao to decide what to do about Han Bao, and Wang Sanbao threatened to kill him if he continued pleading for the prisoners.
• Lin Xuankong restrained Han Liu and told him to wait rather than rush to protect Han Bao.
• Han Bao saluted Wang Sanbao and appealed for the prisoners’ release, citing their surrender and their value to the Tang Nation and Zhennan Royal Family.
• Han Bao told Wang Sanbao he would accept death for speaking his mind, and Wang Yilong praised his courage.
• Wang Yilong embraced Han Bao and joked about his future marriage into the Zhennan Royal Family as Wang Sanbao laughed with him.