Chapter Summaries

After Han Liu and the others cleared the summit guards and began collecting the Fifth Tier Source Beast spoils, Shi Qiang ambushed Han Liu, then joined forces with White Robe Wu Yong to claim half the loot and threaten the Yun Song Nation Gene Warriors. The chapter ended with Shi Qiang turning invisible and giving them three seconds to surrender or leave.

• Zhang Yun sent Han Liu and Tian Guang to gather the Fifth Tier Source Beast corpses and Source Stone Crystals while he and Guan Gu held off the Climbing Mountain Beasts.
• Shi Qiang ambushed Han Liu with a peak Fifth Tier alloy saber, gravely wounding him and disrupting his control of the Void Devouring Worm.
• Tian Guang and Guan Gu fought Shi Qiang together, forcing him to retreat as Zhang Yun continued defending the summit.
• Shi Qiang called for White Robe Wu Yong, who arrived on his flying pet beast and demanded half the spoils before agreeing to eliminate the Yun Song Nation Gene Warriors.
• Shi Qiang revealed his identity and threatened the others, then vanished and gave them three seconds to leave or face him.

Shi Qiang and White Robe Wu Yong forced Zhang Yun, Guan Gu, Tian Guang, and the wounded Han Liu to abandon the Fifth Tier Source Stone Crystal and descend the mountain, but Wu Yong then demanded Han Liu’s life. Lin Xuankong returned and confronted Wu Yong, who threatened to take the Sixth Tier Source Stone Crystal from Lin’s skull.

• Shi Qiang’s assassination threat and Wu Yong’s warning convinced Zhang Yun to lead Guan Gu, Tian Guang, and the wounded Han Liu away from the mountaintop.
• Wu Yong stopped the group and declared that he would kill Han Liu, prompting Zhang Yun, Guan Gu, and Tian Guang to stand with him.
• Wu Yong resolved to attack Han Liu with the Flying Source Beast, while Shi Qiang threatened to kill everyone who stayed.
• Lin Xuankong suddenly arrived alone and, seeing Han Liu’s injuries, confronted Wu Yong.
• Wu Yong recognized Lin Xuankong and vowed to take the Sixth Tier Source Stone Crystal from inside his skull.

Lin Xuankong fought White Robe Wu Yong and his flying mount to a standstill, then split his Ice Blade attack and began to gain the advantage. As Wu Yong considered using his trump card, he called on Shi Qiang to join the fight, warning that Lin Xuankong would eventually come after him.

• Han Liu and Zhang Yun warned Lin Xuankong that Shi Qiang was a nearly undetectable assassin who had killed many sixth-tier experts.
• Lin Xuankong sent a dragon of Ice Blades at Wu Yong from beyond his strongest attack range, and Wu Yong and his flying mount met it with Air Burst Bombs and Wind Blades.
• Lin Xuankong split his Ice Blade dragon into two attacks while Zhang Yun, Guan Gu, and Tian Guang guarded him, forcing Wu Yong and his mount to struggle against the assault.
• Wu Yong feared Lin Xuankong’s rapid growth and reached for a powerful treasure crafted by Yi Feifeng, but hesitated to use it.
• Wu Yong called out to Shi Qiang and threatened to withdraw unless the assassin stopped watching and helped kill Lin Xuankong.

White Robe Wu Yong forced his Flying Source Beast to unleash its life potential, breaking Zhang Yun and the others’ defensive formation so Death-Seeking Assassin Shi Qiang could ambush Lin Xuankong. Shi Qiang’s dagger reached Lin Xuankong’s head, but Lin suddenly began shining with golden light.

• Death-Seeking Assassin Shi Qiang urged White Robe Wu Yong to fight harder while he waited for an opening to attack.
• White Robe Wu Yong used a secret art to force his Flying Source Beast to unleash its full potential, strengthening its Wind Blades and driving back Lin Xuankong’s Ice Blades.
• The Flying Source Beast attacked Zhang Yun, Guan Gu, Tian Guang, and Han Liu, forcing them to abandon their defensive formation; Han Liu swallowed several Wind Blades with his Void Devouring Worm but coughed up blood.
• Death-Seeking Assassin Shi Qiang seized the opening and slipped behind Lin Xuankong, stabbing toward the back of his head with a fifth-tier alloy dagger.
• As Zhang Yun, Guan Gu, and Tian Guang watched in despair, golden light suddenly shone through Lin Xuankong’s armor.

Lin Xuankong defeated and imprisoned Shi Qiang, then forced White Robe Wu Yong to retreat after Huang Liang and Sun Lin arrived. After securing four fifth-tier Source Stone Crystals, Lin left Han Liu in the others’ care and set off after Wu Yong.

• Lin Xuankong seized Shi Qiang’s wrist, froze him inside a thick prison of ice, and withstood his attempts to escape.
• Zhang Yun, Guan Gu, Tian Guang, and the injured Han Liu reacted with astonishment at Lin’s strength.
• White Robe Wu Yong weighed using his master’s trump card against retreating, but Huang Liang and Sun Lin arrived and prepared to attack him.
• White Robe Wu Yong warned the group not to kill Shi Qiang, then flew away into the clouds.
• Lin said he had obtained four fifth-tier Source Stone Crystals, asked the group to care for Han Liu, and left in pursuit of Wu Yong.

After Shi Qiang’s death, Lin Xuankong’s companions worried that Yunqin Nation would retaliate and wondered whether Lin could catch White Robe Wu Yong. Wu Yong reached the Dragon Gate River with his wounded mount, but Lin suddenly appeared on a Sixth Tier Cloud Beast.

• Zhang Yun urged the group to conceal Shi Qiang’s death and dispose of his corpse without leaving a trace.
• Tian Guang warned that White Robe Wu Yong might return with Yunqin Nation’s experts, while Han Liu insisted Lin could still catch him.
• Sun Lin and Huang Liang reconsidered Lin’s chances after recalling his earlier victory over the Climbing Mountain Beast, and the group grew anxious about his safety.
• White Robe Wu Yong stopped near the Dragon Gate River to let his badly injured flying mount recover before continuing their escape.
• As Wu Yong prepared to leave, Lin Xuankong arrived on a Sixth Tier Cloud Beast, shocking Wu Yong with his unexpected pursuit.

Lin Xuankong trapped White Robe Wu Yong and his wounded flying beast in a massive block of ice after rejecting Wu Yong’s offer of Source Stone Crystals. As Wu Yong injured himself to blast gaps in the ice, Lin Xuankong grew wary of what he was planning.

• Lin Xuankong revealed that Bai Dedong had given him the Cloud Beast, which had since advanced to the Sixth Tier.
• White Robe Wu Yong recognized Lin Xuankong as the person who had taken his disciple’s Cloud Beast and tried to bargain and threaten him into stopping the pursuit.
• Lin Xuankong condensed the forest’s moisture into a huge ice block, imprisoning White Robe Wu Yong and his wounded flying beast.
• The flying beast’s Wind Blades failed to break the ice or reach Lin Xuankong, while Wu Yong struggled to force open small gaps.
• White Robe Wu Yong detonated tiny air bombs in the gaps around his body, injuring himself as he blasted the ice open.
• Lin Xuankong watched Wu Yong’s self-injuring escape attempt and became suspicious of his intentions.

Lin Xuankong faced White Robe Wu Yong’s deadly Blood-Colored Ice Blade, but a mysterious Man like a Water Mass caught it before it could strike him. White Robe Wu Yong was left horrified as the stranger revealed strength far beyond a Sixth Tier lifeform.

• The Man like a Water Mass decided to intervene to protect Lin Xuankong, despite Xiao Yuan’s concern that Yi Feifeng might detect him.
• Lin Xuankong sensed danger and formed a wall of thick Ice Shields as White Robe Wu Yong gathered his blood into a Blood-Colored Ice Blade.
• White Robe Wu Yong launched the blade, which pierced through his ice prison and Lin Xuankong’s defenses at astonishing speed.
• Lin Xuankong activated his Primordial Vajra Body and twisted to avoid a fatal hit, but the Man like a Water Mass appeared and caught the blade with one hand.
• The Man like a Water Mass dissolved the blade into water, leaving Lin Xuankong astonished and White Robe Wu Yong terrified.

Lin Xuankong witnessed the Man like a Water Mass effortlessly destroy White Robe Wu Yong and learned that he and Sister Yuan were powerful experts from Tang Nation. The Man praised Lin Xuankong’s unprecedented talents and offered to help him as a fellow descendant of the Zhennan Royal Family.

• The Man like a Water Mass caught and neutralized Yi Feifeng’s blood-colored Ice Blade, then killed White Robe Wu Yong with a casual gesture.
• Lin Xuankong realized the Man’s strength vastly surpassed even the Peak Fifth Tier experts he had encountered and feared he could not resist him.
• A woman formed from an air mass appeared beside Lin Xuankong and teased the Man, whom she called Brother Wang, about enjoying Lin Xuankong’s praise.
• Lin Xuankong thanked the two experts for saving his life and offered to repay them, while the woman joked about his sweet words.
• The Man told Lin Xuankong that he and Sister Yuan came from Tang Nation’s Zhennan Royal Family and praised Lin Xuankong’s unprecedented combination of Dragon Elephant and elemental Gene abilities.

Lin Xuankong learned that the Kindling Organization, founded by the water-mass man and air-mass woman, was preparing for an imminent invasion from Zhongji Star. The chapter left him considering joining the organization and strengthening himself before a Fourth Tier Peak Life Tier enemy arrived within a year.

• The Man like a Water Mass told Lin Xuankong that Yi Feifeng would likely seek him out rather than Lin Xuankong after White Robe Wu Yong’s death.
• The air-mass woman revealed that the water-mass man planned to recruit Lin Xuankong into the Kindling Organization, and he explained that its members’ main mission was to unite and survive.
• The Man like a Water Mass warned that a powerful enemy would soon threaten humanity, possibly overwhelming even the Kindling Organization.
• The air-mass woman identified the coming enemy as a Gene Warrior from Zhongji Star, likely at least a Fourth Tier Peak Life Tier expert.
• Lin Xuankong realized he might need to join the secretive organization and quickly raise his Life Tier using Fifth Tier Source Stone Crystals.

Lin Xuankong learned that Zhongji Star planned to harvest Mars again, possibly sending Third Order demons, and discovered the planet’s previous civilization had been destroyed by the same invaders. After hearing the history recorded on Great Emperor Yinhe’s bone stele, Lin Xuankong joined Wang Ze’s Kindling Organization to help preserve humanity, though only a little over half a year remained to prepare.

• Huang Yuan warned Lin Xuankong that Zhongji Star could send numerous Fourth Tier experts and even Third Order demons to harvest Mars.
• Wang Ze explained that Zhongji Star had harvested Mars before, and that he and Huang Yuan uncovered the truth in an ancient ruin beneath the Dragon Gate River.
• Wang Ze revealed Great Emperor Yinhe’s bone stele, which recorded how the Twenty-One Heavens and the previous era’s human civilization were destroyed by Zhongji Star’s demons.
• Lin Xuankong recognized the threat to humanity and considered how to save survivors despite his inability to confront the invaders directly.
• Wang Ze hid the stele beneath the riverbed, and Lin Xuankong agreed to join the Kindling Organization and fight to preserve humanity’s future.

Lin Xuankong learned that Zhongji Star’s Fourth Tier super demons could arrive within half a year, so he accepted Wang Ze’s offer of a safe place to cultivate and became Wang Ze’s disciple to inherit Great Emperor Yinhe’s ability. As Lin Xuankong flew back toward Tang Nation with Han Liu, he remained worried about the coming threat and urged Han Liu to grow stronger quickly.

• Wang Ze and Huang Yuan told Lin Xuankong that Kindling Organization members were preparing to break through to the Fourth Tier and offered the Zhennan Royal Family’s secret grounds for his cultivation.
• Huang Yuan revealed that the Zhennan Royal Family’s head, Wang, had secretly reached the initial Fourth Tier, and Wang Ze promised to arrange Lin Xuankong’s guarded retreat there.
• Wang Ze offered to teach Lin Xuankong Great Emperor Yinhe’s inheritance, and Lin Xuankong accepted him as his master and gained a new genetic ability.
• Lin Xuankong reunited with Zhang Yun, Guan Gu, Sun Lin, Huang Liang, and the others, then told Han Liu to recover and focus on advancing his strength.
• More than ten hours later, Han Liu noticed they were flying toward Stone City and eagerly anticipated showing his progress to his senior brother.

Lin Xuankong and Han Liu returned from the Qiu Shan Mountain Range with a huge haul, while You Rui and Han Bao prepared Shelter No. 36 for a massive Source Beast attack. The chapter left the shelter facing a Giant Elephant horde whose Seventh Tier beasts towered over its walls.

• Lin Xuankong looked forward to showing You Rui the Sixth and Fifth Tier Source Stone Crystals and other resources he had brought back from the Qiu Shan Mountain Range.
• Han Bao warned You Rui that a horde from Qizi Mountain was approaching, led by a peak Seventh Tier Source Beast and containing nearly sixty Late Seventh Tier beasts.
• You Rui ordered Zhu Ling to mobilize the shelter’s Gene Warriors and Heavy Cannons and evacuate the refugees into underground passages.
• Han Bao brought five elite Seventh Tier captains from Shelter No. 1 and agreed to defend Shelter No. 36 alongside You Rui and Zhu Ling.
• The refugees evacuated as hundreds of armed Gene Warriors took positions on the shelter walls and prepared for the approaching horde.
• The defenders saw that the horde consisted of around two thousand Giant Elephant Source Beasts, including Seventh Tier beasts taller than the shelter’s walls.

As a herd of nearly two thousand seventh Life Tier Giant Elephant Source Beasts approached Shelter No. 36, You Rui assured the defenders they would soon retreat because Lin Xuankong had returned. Lin Xuankong arrived on a sixth Life Tier Cloud Beast, leaving the gathered Dragon Elephant Gene Warriors stunned by his power.

• The Giant Elephant Source Beast herd advanced toward Shelter No. 36, shaking its walls and alarming the Gene Warriors.
• Han Bao and the Dragon Elephant Gene Warriors urged You Rui to order the Heavy Cannons to fire before the herd came closer.
• You Rui set aside her command flag and said the herd would retreat because Lin Xuankong had returned.
• You Rui and Han Bao looked toward the clouds, and Han Bao realized his teacher had come back from the Qiu Shan Mountain Range.
• A sixth Life Tier Cloud Beast arrived above the rooftop with Lin Xuankong standing on it, astonishing the Dragon Elephant Gene Warriors.

Lin Xuankong returned to Shelter No. 36 with Han Liu, and his Sixth Tier Cloud Beast sent a Giant Elephant horde fleeing while slaughtering its Seventh Tier members. After reuniting with You Rui, he revealed his group’s extraordinary gains and gave Han Bao a Sixth Tier Source Stone Crystal, leaving Han Bao astonished.

• Lin Xuankong arrived at Shelter No. 36 with Han Liu, and his Cloud Beast drove the Giant Elephant horde into a panicked retreat while killing Seventh Tier elephants.
• You Rui embraced Lin Xuankong after their half-year separation and told him she wanted to accompany him on future journeys.
• Han Bao recognized that Lin Xuankong and Han Liu had reached the Sixth Tier, and Han Liu privately told him they had gained four Fifth Tier Source Stone Crystals.
• Lin Xuankong told Han Liu to give Sixth Tier Source Stone Crystals to Han Bao and Zhu Ling.
• Han Liu gave Han Bao a crystal made by a peak Sixth Tier Climbing Mountain Beast, and Han Bao was stunned by its power.

Lin Xuankong returned to Shelter No. 36, gave Han Bao a rare Sixth Tier Source Stone Crystal, and arranged resources and responsibilities for his disciples before planning a secluded breakthrough. He left Zhu Ling and Han Bao in charge of the shelter while preparing to take You Rui and Han Liu to a secret location.

• Lin Xuankong gave Han Bao a crystalline Plant Type Sixth Tier Source Stone Crystal and told him to focus on advancing his Life Tier.
• You Rui told Zhu Ling that Lin Xuankong had reached peak Sixth Tier Life Tier and obtained a Fifth Tier Source Stone Crystal, surprising her.
• Lin Xuankong offered Han Bao and Zhu Ling Sixth Tier Source Stone Crystals and promised to find each of them a Fifth Tier crystal later.
• Lin Xuankong assigned Zhu Ling and Han Bao temporary responsibility for Shelter No. 36 while he took You Rui and Han Liu to a secluded location for Closed-door Cultivation.
• Lin Xuankong looked over Shelter No. 36, which had grown into a prosperous, self-sufficient city during his absence.

Lin Xuankong left Shelter No. 36 with You Rui and Han Liu to travel to Crane City, where he planned to break through to the Fifth Tier Life Tier. As they journeyed, he reflected on the powerful genetic abilities inherited from Wang Ze and Huang Yuan and the approaching world-ending disaster.

• Lin Xuankong entrusted Han Bao and Zhu Ling with Source Beast materials and Source Stone Crystals so they could strengthen Shelter No. 36 and its Gene Warriors.
• Lin Xuankong and You Rui departed Shelter No. 36 aboard a Sixth Tier Cloud Beast, while Lin Xuankong privately worried about the super Demonic Beings expected to descend on Yunqin Nation.
• Lin Xuankong told You Rui that they were heading to Crane City and intended to enter its Inner City for his breakthrough.
• Han Liu tried to persuade Lin Xuankong to explain how he would enter Crane City, but Lin Xuankong told him to be patient.
• Lin Xuankong considered the six Special Genetic Abilities he had gained from Wang Ze and Huang Yuan and recognized the power of Water Escape—Source of Marsh.

Lin Xuankong reflected on how his new inheritance had strengthened him and the urgency of reaching Fifth Tier before the coming crisis. As he and You Rui approached Crane City, the Zhennan Royal Family prepared a grand reception for an unidentified guest, and the guards sensed someone arriving.

• Lin Xuankong considered the widening gaps between Life Tiers and how his Water Source ability had greatly extended his attack range.
• Lin Xuankong and You Rui approached Crane City, a vast fortress city and headquarters of the Zhennan Royal Family.
• Tens of thousands of Gene Warriors gathered outside Crane City's eastern gate to watch Wang Zuo's famous Sixth Tier Alloy motorhome and the royal guards assembled around it.
• Onlookers and guards speculated about the unknown guest Wang Zuo had come to receive, noting that Wang Youlin and the Wang Family's Three Brothers from Dingcheng were among the guards.
• Wang Sanbao and other guards sensed something in the sky, gripped their weapons, and looked toward the depths of the sky.

Lin Xuankong, You Rui, and Han Liu arrived at Crane City aboard a Peak Sixth Tier Cloud Beast, prompting Wang Zuo to personally welcome them and escort them toward the Inner City. The Wang Family’s Three Brothers and Wang Youlin were left baffled by the grand reception and the trio’s rapid rise in power.

• A Peak Sixth Tier Cloud Beast carrying Lin Xuankong, You Rui, and Han Liu appeared above Crane City, alarming the Gene Warriors gathered at the eastern gate.
• Wang Sanbao, Wang Wu, and Wang Yilong recognized the newcomers from Stone City and wondered how they had advanced so quickly and acquired such a powerful Cloud Beast.
• Wang Youlin ordered the guard unit to welcome the three guests as Wang Zuo emerged from his motorhome and greeted them with great respect.
• Lin Xuankong, You Rui, and Han Liu dismounted, and Wang Zuo invited them into his motorhome, mentioning Lin Xuankong’s master as he led them toward the Inner City.
• After the motorhome departed, Wang Sanbao, Wang Wu, and Wang Yilong questioned why Wang Zuo had personally welcomed the trio, while Wang Youlin admitted he did not know the reason.

Lin Xuankong arrived in Crane City and learned that Han Liu’s sister Han Yu had deliberately infiltrated Yunqin Nation as a spy and was now safe and rapidly advancing in strength. Wang Zuo also warned that Yunqin Nation’s secret breakthroughs to the Fourth Tier suggested an imminent threat from the Demonic Beings of Zhongji Star.

• Wang Zuo welcomed Lin Xuankong and his companions, explaining that Lin’s ties to Wang Ze and the Kindling Organization made him worthy of a personal reception.
• Lin Xuankong declined Wang Zuo’s banquet so he could begin closed-door cultivation and fuse with a Fifth Tier Source Stone Crystal as soon as possible.
• Wang Zuo revealed that seven or eight of Yunqin Nation’s Peak Fifth Tier experts had secretly advanced to the Fourth Tier, possibly preparing a surprise attack alongside the Demonic Beings of Zhongji Star.
• Wang Zuo told Han Liu that his sister Han Yu had willingly infiltrated Yunqin Nation to gather intelligence, and that the Stone City events had helped conceal her mission.
• Wang Zuo assured Han Liu that Han Yu had earned Yi Feifeng’s near-absolute trust, was safe, and had already reached the early Sixth Tier Life Tier.