Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuankong and the other Gene Experts assigned roles for an operation against the Climbing Mountain Beast, with Lin Xuankong, Huang Liang, and Sun Lin set to draw it away while Han Liu and the others searched its nest. The team gathered outside Yun City before noon, where Guan Gu revealed that buying Source Stone Crystals had become difficult, and Lin Xuankong’s earlier purchases had depleted much of the city’s stock.

• Sun Lin volunteered to join the team drawing the Climbing Mountain Beast’s fire, and Lin Xuankong stopped Han Liu from volunteering for that dangerous role because his ability was better suited to clearing the beast’s nest.
• The Gene Experts divided into two teams: Lin Xuankong, Huang Liang, and Sun Lin would lure the beast away, while Han Liu, Zhang Yun, Guan Gu, and Tian Guang would clear its nest and collect resources.
• Zhang Yun ordered the operation kept secret and set the team’s meeting time and place before noon at the Jiuli Renjia Resort outside Yun City’s Fifth Ring.
• Lin Xuankong and Han Liu waited at the resort, and Han Liu realized Lin Xuankong had previously arranged for Zhao Guang to buy much of Yun City’s Source Stone Crystal supply.
• Zhang Yun and the others arrived, and Guan Gu complained that Yun City’s exchanges had little stock of Source Stone Crystals, forcing him to bring supplies from his hometown.

Lin Xuankong and the Yun City experts set out for the depths of the Qiu Shan Mountain Range, hoping to obtain a Fifth Tier Source Stone Crystal. At the Dragon Gate River, they learned that Water Ghost Grass had taken over the river, leaving the team to confront the dangerous question of how to cross.

• Sun Lin and the Sixth Tier Gene Experts discussed Yun City's depleted Source Stone Crystal reserves, while Zhang Yun explained that expedition teams often bought crystals before entering Qiu Shan.
• Zhang Yun led Lin Xuankong, Han Liu, and the other experts into the Qiu Shan Mountain Range, and eleven hours later they reached a peak overlooking the Dragon Gate River.
• Lin Xuankong used True Sight to confirm that no fish or other animals could be seen in the river and suspected a powerful Plant-type Source Beast was responsible.
• Zhang Yun revealed that Water Ghost Grass had devoured the river's Animal-type Source Beasts and that several Fifth Tier specimens inhabited the river, with vast bodies, potent poison, and formidable regeneration.
• Sun Lin urged the group not to be frightened and reminded them that their target was the Climbing Mountain Beast's nest, but Guan Gu warned that crossing the five-to-six-kilometer-wide river could be perilous.

Sun Lin revealed that her plant-controlling ability could create stable, floating duckweed leaves to carry the Sixth Tier Gene Experts across Dragon Gate River without spending Huang Liang’s source energy or fighting the Water Ghost Grass. She began laying a path across the river, urging everyone to cross before the Water Ghost Grass noticed them.

• Zhang Yun presented two risky routes across Dragon Gate River, while Lin Xuankong privately considered freezing the river but chose not to reveal his strength.
• Huang Liang proposed building earth mounds across the river, but Tian Guang warned that doing so would consume too much source energy before the group faced the Climbing Mountain Beast.
• Sun Lin assured the group that crossing the river would be easy and led the Sixth Tier Gene Experts to a spot near its bank.
• Sun Lin used information from ordinary aquatic plants to confirm that no Water Ghost Grass lurked near their stretch of river.
• Sun Lin scattered specially nourished seeds that rapidly grew into enormous, current-resistant duckweed leaves, then leapt onto one and urged the others to follow.
• Sun Lin scattered more seeds ahead to extend the floating path across Dragon Gate River.

Lin Xuankong and a team of Sixth Tier Gene Experts crossed the Dragon Gate River on duckweed created by Sun Lin, while Wu Yong secretly summoned reinforcements and hidden experts watched the group. The chapter revealed that a mysterious water-like Gene Expert had killed the Water Ghost Grass and obtained its Fifth Tier Source Stone Crystal, then left the group’s fate uncertain as Sun Lin wondered why the beast had not attacked.

• Sun Lin used her Plant-type Gene Ability to rapidly grow giant duckweed, allowing Lin Xuankong and the Sixth Tier Gene Experts to cross the Dragon Gate River.
• Wu Yong watched the group from the riverbank, suspected they were seeking a Fifth Tier Source Stone Crystal, and sent a message to summon allies.
• A concealed expert disguised as a tree branch observed Wu Yong and the group before slipping away.
• A water-like Gene Expert emerged from the river carrying a Fifth Tier Source Stone Crystal, apparently taken from the Water Ghost Grass, and discussed humanity’s dangers with an air-like woman.
• The air-like woman warned the water-like expert not to expose their abilities or confront the Fifth Tier experts serving Zhongji Star.
• After reaching the opposite shore, Sun Lin wondered why the Water Ghost Grass had not attacked and regretted spending so much Source Energy on the duckweed.

After crossing the Dragon Gate River with Sun Lin’s help, the Sixth Tier Gene Experts advanced into the Qiu Shan Mountain Range toward the Climbing Mountain Beast’s nest. They reached a canyon full of Sixth Tier Poplar Beasts, and Zhang Yun’s offer of a large reward failed to draw a volunteer scout.

• Sun Lin’s companions praised her plant-growing ability after she helped the group cross the Dragon Gate River, while Han Liu privately believed Lin Xuankong was more impressive.
• Zhang Yun led the group deeper into Qiu Shan, where they changed routes to avoid mountains and valleys occupied by powerful Fifth Tier Plant-type Source Beasts.
• Zhang Yun identified a canyon inhabited by Sixth Tier Poplar Beasts and explained that Zhao Jiulin had once killed more than sixty of them while passing through.
• Guan Gu and the others agreed that the vanguard should receive support, and the group offered the volunteer a total of eighteen hundred Ninth Tier Source Stone Crystals.
• Zhang Yun asked for someone to scout the canyon, but Sun Lin, Huang Liang, Zhang Yun, and the other Gene Experts all remained silent.

Lin Xuankong volunteered to scout the canyon ahead of the expedition to the Climbing Mountain Beast's nest, accepting generous Source Stone Crystal rewards from the sixth-tier Gene Experts. Using True Sight, he spotted twelve sixth-tier Plant-type Source Beasts and headed toward them to hunt for crystals before the coming battle.

• Lin Xuankong stepped forward and volunteered for the dangerous scouting task after the other sixth-tier Gene Experts hesitated.
• Guan Gu, Huang Liang, and Tian Guang gave Lin Xuankong large quantities of Source Stone Crystals as payment and encouragement.
• Lin Xuankong entered the canyon jungle while Zhang Yun and the others stayed behind to await his signal.
• Han Liu suspected Lin Xuankong had accepted the task partly to hunt sixth-tier Plant-type Source Beasts and gather crystals for the battle against the Climbing Mountain Beast.
• Lin Xuankong used True Sight to locate twelve sixth-tier Plant-type Source Beasts two or three li away, then silently raced toward them.

Lin Xuankong entered the canyon and swiftly defeated twelve peak Rank Six Poplar Beasts, collecting more Rank Six Source Stone Crystals than he had expected. While Zhang Yun and the others waited outside and Huang Liang created earthen houses for their camp, Lin Xuankong continued along his route, hoping to find more prey.

• Lin Xuankong found twelve peak Rank Six Poplar Beasts and killed them within minutes.
• Zhang Yun worried about Lin Xuankong’s silence, while Guan Gu and Han Liu reassured him that no sounds of battle meant the route was clear.
• Sun Lin asked Huang Liang to arrange lodgings, and Huang Liang shaped six furnished earthen houses from the ground.
• Zhang Yun praised Sun Lin and Huang Liang’s abilities and urged Tian Guang and himself to work harder.
• Lin Xuankong counted more than seventy Rank Six Source Stone Crystals and hoped to encounter more Plant-type Source Beasts along the remaining route.

Lin Xuankong swept through sixth-tier Plant Type Source Beasts in the gorge forest while his team worried that he had disappeared or met with disaster. Han Liu trusted his mentor and predicted good news by morning, leaving the others unconvinced as they waited for Lin's report.

• Lin Xuankong used his abilities to devour eight Poplar Beasts and continued deeper into the gorge forest in search of more sixth-tier Plant Type Source Beasts.
• Guan Gu and Tian Guang worried that Lin Xuankong had failed to contact the team after more than ten hours in the forest and might have encountered a deadly Plant Type Source Beast.
• Sun Lin and Zhang Yun discussed sending another scout or taking a lengthy detour, fearing the Climbing Mountain Beast might recover more strength while they lost time.
• Han Liu said he trusted Lin Xuankong and believed he was simply busy or still scouting, then predicted that Lin would send happy news by morning.

After the experts doubted Lin Xuankong had survived the Great Gorge Forest, he sent Zhang Yun a message confirming he had crossed safely and attached a route map. The group set out to follow his route, while Sun Lin remained unconvinced that Lin’s success was due to anything beyond luck.

• Zhang Yun hurried to his villa after receiving a message, then excitedly announced that Lin Xuankong had contacted them.
• Sun Lin read Lin Xuankong’s message, which confirmed he had crossed the Gorge Forest, shared a safe route map, and gave his location across the forest.
• Guan Gu, Tian Guang, and Huang Liang celebrated Lin’s success, while Han Liu reminded Sun Lin and the others that they had doubted his teacher.
• Sun Lin argued that Lin had simply been lucky, but Zhang Yun stopped the dispute and urged the group to leave quickly.
• Huang Liang restored the small houses, and the sixth-tier Gene Experts entered the forest to follow Lin’s route.

Zhang Yun’s team followed Lin Xuankong’s route through the valley forest, believing it had helped them avoid Plant-type Source Beasts. When Zhang Yun sensed something unusual and led the team off the route, they found eighteen dead sixth-tier Poplar Beasts whose Source Stone Crystals had been removed, and the team debated whether Lin Xuankong could have killed them.

• Zhang Yun guided the sixth-tier Gene Experts along Lin Xuankong’s route, and they traveled for hours without encountering any Plant-type Source Beasts.
• Guan Gu, Huang Liang, and Sun Lin praised Lin Xuankong’s route and abilities, while Han Liu privately recalled his teacher’s impressive strength.
• Zhang Yun sensed something unusual several hundred meters from the route and led the team to investigate with the others.
• The team found eighteen dead sixth-tier Poplar Beasts with their Source Stone Crystals removed.
• Sun Lin wondered whether Lin Xuankong had killed the beasts, but Guan Gu and Huang Liang argued that a fifth-tier powerhouse must have done it.

Han Liu recognized that Lin Xuankong had silently killed the Poplar Beasts, while the other Sixth Tier Gene Experts blamed an unknown Fifth Tier powerhouse. As the squad hurried toward the Climbing Mountain Beast’s lair, Zhang Yun found another slaughtered gathering and the group pressed on despite growing fears.

• Han Liu found a tiny piece of ice and concluded that Lin Xuankong had killed the eighteen Poplar Beasts, but kept his discovery to himself.
• Zhang Yun warned the squad that an unknown Fifth Tier powerhouse might be nearby and urged everyone to move quickly along Lin Xuankong’s route map.
• After the squad traveled for about thirty minutes, Zhang Yun sensed another site and went to investigate.
• Zhang Yun reported that twenty-four Sixth Tier Poplar Beasts had been killed silently, with their Source Stone Crystals removed, while weaker Poplar Beasts remained.
• Tian Guang worried that the unknown powerhouse might attack the squad, but Huang Liang urged everyone to continue toward the Climbing Mountain Beast’s lair.

Lin Xuankong harvested Sixth Tier Plant-type Source Beasts throughout the canyon jungle, while the Gene Warrior squad mistakenly feared a mysterious Peak Fifth Tier expert had killed them. The squad left the jungle and met Lin Xuankong at the hill where he had been waiting.

• Lin Xuankong used his Water Drawing Technique and Ice Technique to freeze and kill Plant-type Source Beasts, spending vast quantities of Ninth Tier Source Stone Crystals to gain many Sixth Tier crystals.
• Zhang Yun and the other Sixth Tier Gene Experts found more dead Plant-type Source Beasts and grew increasingly worried that the mysterious killer was heading toward the Climbing Mountain Beast's nest.
• Sun Lin, Zhang Yun, Guan Gu, and Tian Guang credited Lin Xuankong's easy scouting trip to luck and praised his courage, while Han Liu privately knew Lin Xuankong had killed the beasts himself.
• The Gene Experts emerged from the canyon jungle into a desolate region, and Zhang Yun told them to rest while he looked for Lin Xuankong.
• Lin Xuankong came down from a small hill, and Han Liu greeted him as Master; Han Liu kept his suspicions to himself when Lin Xuankong asked about his strange expression.

Lin Xuankong and the Yun Song Nation experts reached the Climbing Mountain Beast territory and prepared to lure its injured Peak Fifth Tier leader away from its nest. Their secret operation had already attracted two hidden Peak Sixth Tier experts, including White Robe Wu Yong.

• Guan Gu and the others praised Lin Xuankong's supposed good luck, unaware he had personally wiped out the canyon jungle's sixth-tier Plant Type Source Beasts.
• Zhang Yun explained the plan: Lin Xuankong, Sun Lin, and Huang Liang would create a disturbance to lure the Climbing Mountain Beast leader away while the others raided its nest.
• The group set out toward the Climbing Mountain Beast territory, eager to seize fifth-tier Source Stone Crystals and materials.
• A disguised Lean Man watched the team leave and decided to take a share of the spoils.
• The Lean Man spotted White Robe Wu Yong approaching on a Cloud Flying Beast, and both hidden experts prepared to pursue the operation.

White Robe Wu Yong secretly monitored Zhang Yun’s group as Lin Xuankong, Sun Lin, and Huang Liang began drawing the giant Climbing Mountain Beast away from its nest. The beast revealed its immense form atop the mountain, leaving Zhang Yun’s team waiting for a chance to seize its Fifth Tier Source Stone Crystals while fearing for the three decoys.

• White Robe Wu Yong watched Zhang Yun’s group from the clouds and used a strange eyeball to follow their movements and learn their plan.
• Zhang Yun and his companions killed hundreds of Climbing Mountain Beasts before Huang Liang said it was time to lure the nest’s leader away.
• Zhang Yun warned Lin Xuankong, Sun Lin, and Huang Liang to avoid fighting the Fifth Tier beast directly and to signal if they had to retreat.
• Huang Liang, Sun Lin, and Lin Xuankong entered the forest and fought their way toward the summit to provoke the Climbing Mountain Beast.
• The enormous Climbing Mountain Beast rose at the summit, startling Zhang Yun, Guan Gu, Tian Guang, and Han Liu with its size and power.

Lin Xuankong, Huang Liang, and Sun Lin fought their way toward the summit through waves of Climbing Mountain Beasts, using powerful area attacks to clear their path. After Huang Liang and Sun Lin spent much of their energy, Sun Lin mocked Lin Xuankong for standing by and told him to hide behind her.

• Huang Liang, Lin Xuankong, and Sun Lin pressed toward the enormous Climbing Mountain Beast leader as Sixth Tier Climbing Mountain Beasts began surrounding them.
• Huang Liang used Burial Beneath Thick Earth to bury hundreds of Climbing Mountain Beasts, including several Sixth Tier beasts, allowing the group to advance.
• Sun Lin scattered special plant seeds that grew into explosive sweet potatoes, blasting apart hundreds of Climbing Mountain Beasts and clearing a path through their territory.
• Huang Liang and Sun Lin praised each other’s attacks and continued forward, but both were left with little Source Energy.
• Sun Lin noticed Lin Xuankong had not joined the fighting and sarcastically told him to hide behind her and keep watching.

Lin Xuankong, Huang Liang, and Sun Lin drew the injured Climbing Mountain Beast leader away from its nest, and Lin realized its wounds might make it vulnerable. As the beast pursued them with overwhelming speed and strength, Zhang Yun’s group prepared to raid the nest for Source Stone Crystals.

• Sun Lin criticized Lin Xuankong for withholding his abilities, while Huang Liang urged her to focus on their assigned tasks.
• When the Climbing Mountain Beast leader attacked, Huang Liang hurled rocks at it and Sun Lin launched explosive melons, briefly slowing it before they fled downhill with Lin Xuankong.
• Lin Xuankong recognized that the beast’s severe injuries had left it vulnerable and began considering a bold opportunity.
• The beast twisted down the mountain, shook its immense bulk, and chased the three with its enormous vines as they ran for their lives.
• Zhang Yun told Guan Gu, Tian Guang, and Han Liu to wait until the beast was drawn farther from its nest, then seize the Source Stone Crystals while Lin Xuankong, Huang Liang, and Sun Lin held its attention.

Zhang Yun, Guan Gu, Tian Guang, and Han Liu raced toward the Climbing Mountain Beast leader’s nest to seize its Fifth Tier Source Stone Crystal, with Han Liu’s Void Devouring Worm clearing their path. As they reached the summit, White Robe Wu Yong descended to steal the crystals, while He Yin prepared to take advantage of the coming conflict.

• Zhang Yun led Guan Gu, Tian Guang, and Han Liu up the mountain, racing against the brief opening Lin Xuankong and the others had created.
• Han Liu unleashed his Void Devouring Worm, devouring hordes of peak Seventh Tier beasts and killing three peak Sixth Tier beasts as the group pushed through.
• The four reached the edge of the summit nest faster than Zhang Yun had expected and saw the valuable spoils within.
• White Robe Wu Yong spotted the ten Fifth Tier Source Beast corpses from above and descended toward the summit, intending to claim their Source Stone Crystals.
• He Yin emerged behind Zhang Yun’s group, planned to let Wu Yong draw their attention, and vanished while leaving footprints toward them.

Lin Xuankong revealed his Primordial Vajra Body and carried Huang Liang and Sun Lin toward a large lake, intending to kill the wounded Climbing Mountain Beast leader rather than merely lure it away. At the lake, he froze the water and drew the beast onto the ice, leaving Huang Liang and Sun Lin stunned by his ability to use both Dragon Elephant and ice-type powers.

• Huang Liang and Sun Lin struggled to evade the wounded Climbing Mountain Beast leader while trying to buy Zhang Yun and the others time to retrieve the Fifth Tier Source Stone Crystals.
• Lin Xuankong transformed with the Primordial Vajra Body, grabbed Huang Liang and Sun Lin, and said he would take them southeast to the lake.
• Lin Xuankong told them he planned to attack the weakened beast and try to kill it, despite their protests that it was far too powerful.
• Lin Xuankong reached the enormous lake and froze its surface, using the abundant water to prepare for a fight with the pursuing beast.
• Sun Lin and Huang Liang were shocked that Lin Xuankong could use both the Dragon Elephant Gene Ability and ice-type abilities.

Lin Xuankong lured a badly weakened peak Fifth Tier Life Tier Climbing Mountain Beast leader onto a vast lake and trapped it beneath layers of ice. As the beast began breaking free, he asked Huang Liang and Sun Lin to choose between helping him kill it or retreating.

• Lin Xuankong froze the lake and dodged the Climbing Mountain Beast leader’s attack, then used the shattered ice to ensnare its vine.
• Lin Xuankong raced along the beast’s vines, encasing them in thick ice and imprisoning the enormous creature.
• Lin Xuankong warned Huang Liang and Sun Lin that the ice could hold the beast only briefly and asked whether they would fight or flee.
• As the beast cracked its icy prison, Lin Xuankong restored the ice and explained that he needed their help to kill it before his Source Energy ran out.
• Sun Lin recognized Lin Xuankong’s abilities as the likely cause of the deaths of the peak Sixth Tier Plant Type Source Beasts in the canyon forest, and Lin Xuankong pressed them for a decision.

Lin Xuankong joined Huang Liang and Sun Lin in attacking the frozen Peak Fifth Tier Climbing Mountain Beast leader, hoping to kill a lifeform one tier above them. Meanwhile, Zhang Yun, Guan Gu, Tian Guang, and Han Liu fought through the beast’s nest, where Han Liu’s Void Devouring Worm rapidly killed Sixth Tier beasts.

• Huang Liang and Sun Lin committed to helping Lin Xuankong fight the Climbing Mountain Beast leader, and Lin Xuankong exposed parts of its frozen body for their attacks.
• Huang Liang’s stone spikes and Sun Lin’s Explosive Melons struck the exposed areas as Lin Xuankong led the assault.
• Zhang Yun, Guan Gu, Tian Guang, and Han Liu charged into the Climbing Mountain Beast nest atop the mountain.
• Guan Gu, Tian Guang, and Zhang Yun fought the Sixth Tier beasts with their weapons while Han Liu directed his Void Devouring Worm to target them.
• In seven seconds, Han Liu’s Void Devouring Worm killed twelve Sixth Tier Climbing Mountain Beasts, far exceeding the other fighters’ kills.