Chapter Summaries

Shi Shan’s exposure triggered a battle between the Empire, Federation, and the many hidden Vortex lineages gathered in Tower City. As the city erupted into chaos, a blond Dragon Tongue Hunter found Xie Heli and fired a Sun-Reflecting arrow at him.

• Shi Shan revealed himself as a White Hall calamity and summoned a Giant Elephant corpse-beast, but Pasarela’s Blazing Light bombardment battered them both.
• Shi Shan cursed Xie Heli, provoking the Empire to intensify its attack against him.
• Dharma King Shan Ji, Mad Slaughter of the Blood Eye, and a Nether Frost incarnation appeared, while the gathered Vortex lineages forced open a breach in the Heavenly Origin Law.
• The Empire and Federation launched a full assault on the hidden Vortex forces, sending Tower City into widespread battle and panic.
• Ji Jue wondered where Xie Heli was as a blond Dragon Tongue Hunter atop Tower City drew his bow and fired Sun-Reflecting at the figure emerging from a sewer.

Xie Heli tried to flee Tower City amid a battle between the Empires and Federations, but hunters cornered and captured him. His apparent death triggered a poisonous explosion that distracted his captors, allowing his shadow to escape in many directions.

• Xie Heli hid among the checkpoints in a police officer's guise, then slipped into the sewers when the fighting began.
• A Dragon Tongue Hunter struck Xie Heli with a Sun-Reflecting Arrow as he tried to escape, but he shed a shell and fled through the streets.
• The Empires and Federations trapped Xie Heli with overwhelming force, while Shi Shan, Shan Ji, and the others abandoned him and fled.
• Doletonville demanded that Xie Heli return what he had stolen and used the Ebony Staff to seal Tower City around him.
• Ji Jue suspected Xie Heli was not truly surrendering, and Xie Heli's bound body appeared to die before erupting in poisonous force.
• While the Empire contained the blast, Xie Heli's shadows escaped in many directions under everyone's noses.

Ji Jue and the hunters relentlessly attacked Xie Heli, whose many escapes left him badly wounded but still alive. After the chase, An Ning joined Ji Jue, who planned to use Xie Heli to uncover the Sower’s traces.

• The Dragon Tongue Hunter tracked Xie Heli through his decoys, while the An Family brothers and their father’s falling household appliances joined the pursuit.
• Ji Jue fired a thunder-charged shot to block Xie Heli’s path, and a hidden hunter’s Flying Light hairpin pierced Xie Heli’s skull and damaged his Calamity Seed.
• Xie Heli survived and fled, while the Dragon Tongue Hunter pursued him by giant eagle and fighter jets arrived over Tower City.
• Ji Jue repaired his mangled hand and revealed that he wanted Xie Heli alive to lead him to the Sower.
• An Ning told Ji Jue she had rushed to Tower City for him, then stayed close and teased him as they left together.

Xie Heli’s escape triggered a brutal Empire and Federation purge that pushed the White Banner Restoration Front toward war. As Ji Jue finished questioning, escalating military demand turned his weapons and equipment into a sudden boom for Tide Sound Military Industry, and he began receiving orders from every side.

• Xie Heli escaped pursuit, while the Empire and Federations launched sweeping strikes across Central Earth and the White Banner Restoration Front rejected peace by killing the Empire’s envoy.
• The White Banner Restoration Front’s old ministers confronted the young ruler, who insisted the Empires’ Fusion Bomb accusation left them no choice but to resist; Abdullah then sent medicine to the injured Xie Heli.
• The Great Wolf Hunt began as Ji Jue completed questioning at the Security Bureau and received a Federation Military Department contract for Riot Cats, vehicles, exoskeletons, and drone-control systems.
• A Central Earth Garrison Base officer asked Ji Jue to supply fifty thousand Alchemy Bullets, and Ji Jue demonstrated their power before agreeing to fulfill the order.
• Tong Shan arranged a discounted Alchemy Bullet contract for the Central Earth Action Office, while Fan Yun and Shaban contacted Ji Jue with further orders for his remaining stock.

Ji Jue profited from the booming demand for Coast Industry’s Alchemy Bullets while Tower City struggled with terrorist threats and the cleanup of past disorder. As Tong Shan visited the Workshop to have Wielding Brush repaired, Ji Jue asked whether he wanted some merit.

• Ji Jue expanded Coast Industry’s production with workers recruited through Chongguang Church and traded Alchemy Bullets for Blessings and materials.
• A bomb hidden in Wild Dog exploded during Liang Mo’s escort mission, and Riot Cat shielded the squad before its damaged body was replaced.
• Tower City’s Federation and Empire forces faced mounting work as they pursued the White Banner Restoration Front and other dangerous elements.
• An Ning repeatedly interrupted Ji Jue’s work before Tong Shan arrived to deliver money, collect goods, and ask him to inspect Wielding Brush.
• Ji Jue found that Wielding Brush had suffered severe wear after facing a Natural Disaster and began repairing it.
• While waiting for the furnace to preheat, Ji Jue asked Tong Shan whether he wanted some merit.

Ji Jue used surveillance and a lead from Kelbasu to identify a suspicious shop in Mercy Market that might be connected to the remaining wolves, then joined Tong Shan’s team to investigate. As they traveled through White State, Ji Jue considered King Ciji’s legacy and asked Tong Shan how White State’s Sacrificial King had died.

• Ji Jue showed Tong Shan and An Ning surveillance footage of a suspicious shop in Mercy Market, where the Spirit of the King of Flies detected Spiritual Substance dye and a newly active Wi-Fi connection.
• Ji Jue persuaded Tong Shan to investigate, and Tong Shan called in support while Liang Mo quietly took over nearby checkpoint teams.
• Ji Xue, Liu in disguise, Tong Zhiwu, and An Ning joined Ji Jue and Tong Shan’s team before they drove toward Mercy Market.
• As the group passed the worn remains of White State’s towers, Ji Jue reflected on King Ciji’s teachings and the legend of Shangri-La.
• Ji Jue asked Tong Shan how White State’s Sacrificial King had died.

Ji Jue and An Ning discussed how the Sacrificial King’s failed gamble bound his soul to White State and left him able to return through the land’s corruption. As their group reached Mercy Market, an explosion collapsed the Hookah Shop, and An Ning identified a fleeing shepherd as the man who had been inside.

• An Ning explained that the Sacrificial King’s pact linked his soul to White State’s people and corruption, leaving a chance for his resurrection.
• Ji Jue’s group passed a checkpoint and entered the traffic near Mercy Market.
• An Ning sensed an uncertain trace of wolves in the market but could not determine whether any were present.
• An explosion collapsed the Hookah Shop, scattering the crowd and raising smoke and dust.
• An Ning spotted a shepherd carrying a lamb fleeing the scene and told Ji Jue that he was the man from inside the shop.

Ji Jue and his allies pursued a suspicious Fiendified One, only to be caught in a confrontation between Tower City’s Security Bureau and the Empire’s Confidentiality Bureau. When the captive fused with a lamb and transformed into a wolf, the newborn creature charged into the battle, leaving Ji Jue eager to exploit the discovery.

• Ji Jue stopped An Ning from attacking the fleeing Fiendified One in a crowded market, and Tong Shan used the Aether Eye to discover that an explosion had destroyed a secret laboratory.
• Tong Shan’s group pursued the Fiendified One, and An Ning severed its limbs before Olivia and the Confidentiality Bureau intervened to seize it.
• Olivia threatened Tong Shan’s group, but Ji Jue revealed himself in the vehicle and challenged her attempt to exclude him from the operation.
• The wounded Fiendified One and the lamb devoured each other, fused into a wolf, and escaped their restraints as An Ning recognized the transformation.
• The Security Bureau, Confidentiality Bureau, and other hunters attacked the newborn wolf while Ji Jue watched, seeing the discovery as a chance to inflame tensions between the Federation and the Empire.

A battle between the Security Bureau and the Confidentiality Bureau erupted over a newly transformed wolf, with both sides trying to capture it alive. Ji Jue secured the specimen and helped bring the clash to a halt, while Tong Shan earned a recommendation for Heavenly Overseer’s Blessing and Lin Shouyi began bargaining with Ji Jue.

• An Ning and the other witnesses called for backup after a beast suddenly transformed into a wolf, and the Security Bureau and Confidentiality Bureau fought to capture it alive.
• Ji Xue, Ji Liu, Tong Shan, and Olivia struggled over the wolf as it repeatedly escaped, while Ji Xue and Ji Liu were badly injured.
• Ji Liu hurled the wolf toward An Ning, who caught it with Flying Light and passed it to Ji Jue, who sealed it alive with mercury.
• Ji Jue blasted through Olivia’s Realm of Encirclement and forced the fighting to stop as reinforcements arrived; Xu Shuang healed Ji Liu and Ji Xue, and Lin Shouyi confronted the Empire’s representatives.
• Tong Shan showed Lin Shouyi a page from a record book, and Lin Shouyi awarded him first merit and promised to recommend him for Heavenly Overseer’s Blessing.
• Lin Shouyi approached Ji Jue, praised his appearance, and asked him to name his price.

Ji Jue negotiated with Lin Shouyi to involve the Hunter and Artisan Association in studying the captured specimen, then rewarded Yan Fei and Yan Chang with suitable Matrices. He left with a new role as Aignu’s assistant for the specimen’s dissection, securing a place in the investigation.

• Ji Jue persuaded Lin Shouyi to include Hunter Finger and the Artisan Association in the specimen’s follow-up, while asking him to reward Shan, Ji Liu, and Ji Xue.
• Lin Shouyi accepted Ji Jue’s request, declared him family, and sent Xu Shuang to accompany him back to the Workshop.
• Xu Shuang examined Yan Chang, identified and removed parasitic Worms from his body, and said he would recover with food and rest.
• Ji Jue gave Yan Fei the Red Anvil Matrix and offered Yan Chang the difficult Wuming Matrix, which Yan Chang chose after Ji Jue encouraged him.
• Aignu arrived as the Artisan Association’s representative and appointed Ji Jue his assistant for the specimen’s dissection.

Ji Jue joined a Federation and Empire investigation of a Fiendified wolf and helped dissect it, uncovering a Wolf Blood Oath embedded in its shattered soul. After Chun Jun absorbed a trace of the oath, Ji Jue glimpsed a colossal, corpse-like wolf spread across Central Earth.

• Aignu brought Ji Jue into a high-level meeting where Federation and Empire experts discussed the danger of ordinary beings transforming into wolves.
• Ji Jue opened the sealed specimen, and he and Aignu examined its body and identified signs of artificial Fiendification connected to Deepdark and White Hall.
• The investigators uncovered a Wolf Blood Oath threaded through the wolf's shattered soul, and it burst free before the group restrained it.
• Ji Jue pinched the oath's escaping wisp with the Non-Attack Hand, while Chun Jun secretly absorbed a tiny trace of it.
• Ji Jue sensed a vast, rotting wolf covering White State and Central Earth, its hollow eyes reflecting hatred and venom.

Ji Jue absorbed the Wolf Blood Oath and gained wolf-like abilities as investigators discovered that anyone in the White State could be transformed into a wolf, forcing Fan Yun and Doletonville to declare war on the Restoration Front. As Ji Jue left the Federation Garrison Base, Ye Xian called and asked whether he was in the White State.

• Ji Jue's matrix, Zhanlu, and Chun Jun destroyed and absorbed the Wolf Blood Oath, giving his sin demon form a new wolf-like trait and sharpening his senses.
• Ji Jue sensed Fan Yun's concealed aversion toward him while the conference attendees discussed the autopsy findings.
• Aignu explained that the sacrificial king's Wolf Blood Oath had spread throughout the White State, allowing anyone there to be turned into a wolf through sacrifice and feeding.
• Fan Yun and Doletonville abandoned the peace plan and left the conference room, declaring that they would fight until the Restoration Front was eliminated.
• Aignu invited Ji Jue to return to the Association, but Ji Jue declined and left the conference room after the others had departed.
• Ye Xian called Ji Jue as he stepped out of the Federation Garrison Base and asked whether he was in the White State.

Ji Jue learned that Ye Xian knew he had caused trouble in White State, then accepted her rush order and found that the clients were Fan Gan and White Owl. White Owl requested a custom Empire Type B87 Rifle with absolute accuracy, and Ji Jue was left wondering how accurate he could make it.

• Ji Jue admitted to Ye Xian that he had caused the trouble in White State and assured her that he had not disgraced their school or left evidence behind.
• Ye Xian transferred an unpaid A-class rush order from a client in Tower City to Ji Jue.
• Fan Gan arrived at Ji Jue's Workshop with White Owl, and Ji Jue recognized them as two of the world's most wanted terrorists.
• White Owl requested a custom Empire Type B87 Rifle with a standard bolt assembly and other specific features, explaining that she needed absolute accuracy.
• Ji Jue challenged the idea of absolute accuracy, but fell silent when White Owl asked how accurate he could make the rifle.

Ji Jue pushed past his limits to craft three precision rifles for White Owl, who identified the true masterpiece by feel and accepted it. After naming it Chekhov, Ji Jue watched signs of war erupt in the distance.

• Ji Jue struggled through an all-night attempt to machine rifle components to White Owl’s exacting standards, destroying many parts before completing three rifles.
• White Owl maintained her pistol while Ji Jue sensed the love and trust she had invested in it, recognizing the pinnacle of Ascension in her devotion.
• Ji Jue presented the three rifles, and White Owl dismantled and reassembled them to identify the single flawless finished rifle by feel.
• White Owl praised the rifle but compared Ji Jue’s work to A Xian’s, and Ji Jue accepted the comparison as an honor.
• White Owl asked Ji Jue to name his work, and he called it Chekhov after the designer of the Type B87.
• White Owl left with the rifle as fighter jets crossed the sky and a distant explosion sent smoke and flames rising from the sandstorm.

Ji Jue arrived at the Federation frontline base, opened a bustling workshop, and spent a week strengthening himself and Zhanlu. After completing a dangerous Blessing sequence, he invited Tong Shan to help him catch a natural disaster.

• Liang Mo led his soldiers through the storm as the Federation and Empire deployed forces to hunt the scattered White Banner Restoration Front.
• Ji Jue arrived at the frontline base aboard an Airship with Tong Zhiwu and received an enthusiastic welcome as a major supplier and recycler.
• Ji Jue established his Workshop and Repair Workshop, selling alchemical goods and services to Chosen Ones and soldiers.
• Ji Jue spent a week upgrading his mechanical body and adding the Terrifying Thunder Blessing Chain to Zhanlu, nearly destroying himself in the process.
• Ji Jue appeared before Tong Shan covered in smoke, electricity, and sparks, then invited him to catch a natural disaster.

Ji Jue demonstrated his armor-piercing Zhanlu technique to Tong Shan, then used his drones and software to clear a backlog of Security Bureau investigations and set out with Tong Shan and An Ning. They reached a village that had been overrun by disaster beasts, and Tong Shan prepared to burn the infestation after learning that the alert had come too late to save anyone.

• Ji Jue used concentrated lightning to pierce Tong Shan’s telekinetic defenses, and Tong Shan quickly adapted by deflecting the attack with layered telekinetic barriers.
• Tong Shan advised Ji Jue on improving the technique and warned him about the Waste Ruins, while Ji Jue asked for help training against natural disasters.
• Tong Shan gave Ji Jue stacks of Security Bureau reports, and Ji Jue used his drones and automated software to investigate most of them and identify wanted criminals.
• Ji Jue took Tong Shan and An Ning out to handle the remaining cases, and An Ning said her relatives and the Wild Bazaar’s elite were hunting the wolves.
• Ji Jue’s group reached a village where disaster beasts had killed everyone, and Tong Shan unfolded the Realm of Encirclement to burn the insect infestation.

Ji Jue, Tong Shan, and An Ning reached a nomad market where Blood Thirst Syndrome had infected the population and could awaken the White King’s Wolf Blood Oath. As Tong Shan eradicated the ghouls and wolves, a hidden wolf attacked Ji Jue from behind.

• Ji Jue and Tong Shan burned a ruined village, then searched White State and found no terrorists or wolves before visiting the ruined Sacrificial Temple on the highest mountain.
• Ji Jue saw the Tower’s shadow and a hungry wolf’s gaze beyond the fissure left by the Heavenly Pillar Tower, then redirected the group toward Spring Gathering with information from the Chongguang Church.
• The group reached a lively market around a newly erupted spring, where Ji Jue sensed scarlet malice in every person and ordered An Ning to kill everyone.
• An Ning struck down a child and slaughtered the crowd, triggering infected bodies to turn into ghouls and awakening the White King’s Wolf Blood Oath in people across the market.
• Ji Jue bombarded the market with the Dragon Mountain Armor, and Tong Shan used Wielding Brush to manifest a Natural Disaster that destroyed the remaining ghouls and newborn wolves.
• An Ning spotted a wolf formed from ashes attack Ji Jue from behind, and the wolf saw him glance back with contempt.

Ji Jue defeated Blood Slaughter and exposed Kuatli, who escaped into Tong Shan’s sealed marketplace and fought An Ning. Kuatli launched a counterattack against An Ning with his Sickle Swords.

• Ji Jue caught Blood Slaughter, crushed his body and soul with Disintegration Art · Scene Tremor, and demanded to know where his accomplices were.
• Kuatli revealed himself after Ji Jue bluffed about Blood Slaughter’s accomplices, then escaped as Ji Jue snapped Blood Slaughter’s neck.
• Tong Shan sealed the marketplace with a telekinetic blockade, and An Ning attacked Kuatli with Flying Light.
• Kuatli used Remnant Shells to shield himself from An Ning’s attacks, then charged at her and threw his Sickle Swords toward her.

An Ning and Ji Jue defeated Kuatli, though An Ning suffered a severed hand and a serious neck wound before Ji Jue healed her. Ji Jue tortured another wolf until it revealed that Xie Heli was hiding in the old capital and planned to revive the White King, then offered the wolf a choice between the tower and the White Hall.

• Kuatli revealed his concealed speed and nearly killed An Ning, but she used Bitter Day and risked mutual destruction to create an opening for Ji Jue.
• Ji Jue fired Zhanlu through Kuatli's heart, and An Ning finished him with Jade Horn Shadow as he tried to escape.
• Ji Jue treated An Ning's wounds, then had Dragon Mountain Armor repeatedly crush and revive the wolf whose body had been taken by the Bone Blade.
• The wolf revealed that Xie Heli and other Fiendified Ones were hiding in the old capital in the northern Heavenly Condemnation Mountains to gather blood sacrifices for a ritual to revive the White King.
• Ji Jue continued tormenting the wolf and asked whether it preferred the tower or the White Hall.

Ji Jue and Tong Shan left the ruined marketplace after Ji Jue sealed the wolf into a sphere and cast it into the Lake of Gushing Springs. An Ning identified the wolf as belonging to the Mountain Wolf line, while Xie Heli united three wolf bloodlines in the Old Capital, summoned Natural Disasters, and awakened the Kingdom of the Forest Shangri-La.

• Ji Jue forged the mangled wolf into a Creation Spirit sphere and threw it into the Lake of Gushing Springs before leaving the ashes behind with Tong Shan.
• An Ning showed Ji Jue that the dead wolf’s blood differed from the Heart Wolf’s and identified it as a Mountain Wolf, suggesting other wolf packs had joined the plot.
• Ji Jue declared that they would kill every wolf involved, and An Ning agreed to keep moving forward with him.
• At the Old Capital altar, Ensu'er, the Mountain Wolf Lord, and the Wolf of the Heart combined their blood in a covenant as Xie Heli prepared to enact their plan.
• Xie Heli sacrificed the Empty shells across White State, awakening Natural Disasters that spread blood and devastation throughout the land.
• Xie Heli poured the blood offering into the altar’s fissure, causing the Kingdom of the Forest Shangri-La to emerge around the Sacrificial King’s remains.