Chapter Summaries

Tao Yu confronted Master Wang after reporting an Evil God Cultist, then subdued him and his companion when they questioned him and threatened to investigate his Meditation Technique. After securing a larger bounty, Tao Yu revealed that Sun Shiyu had taught him and asked Master Wang where he lived so he could learn about his spiritual attack.

• Master Wang questioned Tao Yu about how he recognized the Evil God Cultist and who had taught him a Meditation Technique.
• Tao Yu accused Master Wang of risking retaliation against him, then seized and incapacitated Master Wang and the short man when the latter attacked.
• Tao Yu demanded compensation, and Master Wang offered to raise the bounty by thirty thousand.
• Tao Yu told Master Wang that Sun Shiyu had taught him the Meditation Technique, and Master Wang apologized for his suspicion.
• Tao Yu asked Master Wang where he lived so he could learn about his spiritual attack, leaving Master Wang regretting the encounter.

After receiving 75,000 Wish Power for capturing people, Tao Yu visited Master Wang’s dojo to discuss finding safe work for his family and learn more about mental-side techniques. He left the request for Master Wang to teach him an attack technique.

• Tao Yu received 75,000 Wish Power and considered selling his company shares and grassland soldiers to increase his wealth.
• Tao Yu decided to ask his parents about work and headed to Master Wang’s dojo in the Inner City.
• Wu Tu ushered Tao Yu past the guards and revealed that Master Wang had learned Tao Yu’s identity from Miss Sun.
• Tao Yu saw students meditating at the dojo and met Master Wang in a quiet room.
• Tao Yu asked Master Wang to teach him the attack technique he had used and explain other mental-side methods.

Tao Yu learned Master Wang’s Spirit Thorn and modified it through Deification, then stayed to hear about the Third Young Master of the Dragon Lizard Family’s inquiry. The visitor raised a tip linking the Morning Sun Society to Evil God Cultists, leaving Master Wang wary of what he might be implying.

• Master Wang demonstrated his powerful but complex Fireball Spell, and Tao Yu decided he preferred learning Spirit Thorn.
• Master Wang taught Tao Yu Spirit Thorn and explained its risks, including backlash when used against someone with stronger spiritual power.
• Tao Yu Deified Spirit Thorn into Spirit Thorn - Modified, which let him shape his thoughts into forms beyond needles.
• A guard announced the arrival of the Third Young Master of the Dragon Lizard Family, who came seeking a Meditation Technique Visualization Diagram.
• The Third Young Master asked whether Master Wang had identified an Evil God Cultist and said his family had received a tip that the Morning Sun Society might be linked to cultists.

Tao Yu learned that the Dragon Lizard Family was probing Master Wang about the Morning Sun Society, then left the Wang family’s club and met Sun Shiyu in the Inner City. Sun Shiyu warned him about his repeated involvement with Evil God Cultists and teased him about Cheng Lixue.

• The Dragon Lizard Family’s Third Young Master tested Master Wang for information about the Morning Sun Society, but Master Wang refused to help frame anyone and accepted the visit as a request for his younger brother’s meditation imprint.
• After the Lizardman left, Master Wang explained his stance to Tao Yu, and Tao Yu considered them on friendly terms.
• Tao Yu received Sun Shiyu’s call, went to an abandoned building in a lawless Level 4 security zone, and shared his location with her.
• Sun Shiyu arrived in disguise, shielded the rooftop, and warned Tao Yu to avoid Evil God Cultists despite the easy money.
• Sun Shiyu teased Tao Yu about Cheng Lixue, leaving him startled and wondering how she had learned about her.

Tao Yu reunited with Sun Shiyu, then spent five days with her before returning to consider how to use his accumulated Wish Power. He Deified the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill and All Forms Combined, triggering a new force-like ability and a powerful transformation that left him changed.

• Sun Shiyu told Tao Yu about her travels, including arranging for Shaolin monks to cross the sea and meeting the Chosen Ones in Xiangyang, Xiao Longnv, and Li Mochou.
• Sun Shiyu tested Tao Yu's companions, then took him to the Floating City and kept him with her for five days before he returned to his room.
• Tao Yu reviewed his plans for the coming month and spent two hundred thousand Wish Power to Deify the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, gaining a sense of the Force concept.
• Tao Yu spent the remaining six hundred thousand Wish Power to Deify All Forms Combined, which transformed him into his demon form and made bone spines grow along his spine and tail.

After improving All Forms Combined, Tao Yu sought high-bounty work to cover his household expenses and showed Miss Margot how much stronger he had become. Margot agreed to look for a suitable job and began warning him about the risks.

• Tao Yu saw that All Forms Combined let him convert Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and realized it could help him sustain his full strength.
• Tao Yu decided to take jobs in the Real World because his wish power had run dry and he needed money for household expenses.
• Tao Yu visited the task hall and asked Miss Margot for high-bounty jobs, ideally paying at least ten thousand.
• Miss Margot cautioned Tao Yu about the danger of hunting powerful targets, but Tao Yu showed her a wisp of astral energy to prove his strength.
• Miss Margot said Tao Yu was near Senior Partner strength and noted he was the only one among the Inner City's confirmed near-Senior Partners from the Outer City.
• Miss Margot took Tao Yu into her room, plugged a data cable into her neck, and began looking for a job while preparing to explain the risks.

Tao Yu moved his family into the Inner City and began settling them into a company-rented home. After learning that the serial killer Number Eleven had struck nearby, Tao Yu asked his brother about the case and considered investigating the bounty.

• Tao Yu reviewed five bounty missions and focused on the 120,000 bounty for George, the serial killer known as Number Eleven, whose latest victim had been found two days earlier.
• Tao Yu told his family he had rented them a place in the Inner City, and they agreed to move, with Tao Tong agreeing to help protect the family while Tao Yu was away.
• Tao Yu brought his family to the new home, where Panda and Zhang Lei arranged free furniture and offered the family support through Dada Company.
• Tao Yu asked Tao Tong about Number Eleven, and Tao Tong reported that a body in the South City District appeared to be the killer's latest victim.
• Tao Tong offered to take Tao Yu to the mission hall and warned him that even Intermediate Partners had failed to catch Number Eleven; Tao Yu said he knew what he was doing.

Tao Yu investigated Number Eleven’s latest victim and inferred that the killer may be targeting bone marrow rather than blood. After demonstrating that he could form gang qi, Tao Yu set out to search alone, leaving Zechuan and Tao Hu stunned by his progress.

• Zechuan and Tao Hu examined a dried corpse in the South City District and discussed Number Eleven’s pattern of killings.
• Tao Yu and Tao Tong arrived to ask about the case, and Zechuan offered to help them search for the killer.
• Tao Yu used gang qi to open the corpse and found that its bones were brittle and drained of marrow.
• Tao Yu concluded Number Eleven might be seeking bone marrow, declined extra help, and asked Zechuan and Tao Hu to keep his search quiet.
• After Tao Yu and Tao Tong left, Zechuan reflected on Tao Yu’s strength and recalled the unresolved Li family massacre.

Tao Yu teamed up with Lin Chao to search for Number Eleven, using Lin Chao’s tracking talent and Tao Yu’s strength to draw the killer out. After escorting Lin Chao back to the Morning Sun Society, Tao Yu left at night to continue his plan, while Lin Xue recovered from the injuries Number Eleven had inflicted.

• Tao Yu met Lin Chao at the scene of Number Eleven’s latest attack and learned that Lin Chao’s talent helped him find the killer.
• Tao Yu agreed to work with Lin Chao, and Lin Chao sent his team away so the two could search for Number Eleven alone.
• Tao Yu and Lin Chao spent the afternoon searching secluded Outer City alleys, while Tao Yu sensed someone watching them from the shadows.
• Tao Yu accompanied Lin Chao back to the Morning Sun Society and learned that Number Eleven had severely injured Lin Xue.
• Tao Yu told Lin Chao that Panda might still have the abomination vaccine Tao Yu had lent him, then left the society’s territory after nightfall.

Tao Yu captured Number Eleven after surviving his ambush and learned that Inner City operatives were covertly cooperating with Evil God Cultists against the Morning Sun Society. He left with Number Eleven unconscious, planning to take Lin Chao out again the next day.

• Tao Yu walked beyond the Morning Sun Society’s territory, where Number Eleven ambushed him with armor-piercing gunfire that failed to penetrate his protective aura.
• Number Eleven fled using his mutated legs and cicada-like wings, but Tao Yu caught up and destroyed one of his legs with Flower Flicking Finger.
• Tao Yu restrained Number Eleven and learned that a corruptive skill compelled him to kill Pioneers for their bone marrow, though Tao Yu suspected he was not telling the whole truth.
• Number Eleven revealed that Inner City people were covertly guiding Evil God Cultists toward attacking the Morning Sun Society and disclosed a hideout on Wild Dog Street in the Eastern District.
• Number Eleven spat a dangerous acid mist at Tao Yu, but Tao Yu used Shadow Meld to appear behind him and knocked him unconscious with a Spirit Thorn.
• Tao Yu carried Number Eleven away to report his capture and decided to take Lin Chao out again the following day.

After building his wealth by capturing fugitives, Tao Yu continued hunting a high-bounty target with Lin Chao and finally located An Nan on a rooftop. He left his family better prepared to train and ended the chapter pursuing the last fugitive.

• Tao Yu returned home after claiming a bounty and gave Tao Tong 20,000 aspiration points for emergencies and training.
• Tao Yu told Tao Tong he would teach the family the Muscle and Bone Strengthening Chapter the next day.
• Over the following weeks, Tao Yu and Lin Chao captured three more bounty targets, while their search for An Nan dragged on for ten days.
• Tao Yu and Lin Chao searched a dangerous Inner City neighborhood for An Nan, who had stayed hidden despite the blocked Abyss exit.
• Tao Yu sensed An Nan nearby, called her out, spotted her on a rooftop, and leaped up after her.

Tao Yu captured the wanted assassin An Nan and learned that someone was recruiting fugitives to attack the Morning Sun Society. As Tao Yu and Lin Chao prepared to turn her in, a masked Partner approached and revealed that he had been searching for her.

• Tao Yu intercepted An Nan as she fled, sealed her true essence, and captured her with Lin Chao’s help.
• Tao Yu questioned An Nan, who offered twenty thousand Willpower for her father and warned them about a planned operation against the Morning Sun Society.
• Tao Yu agreed to send An Nan’s money to the society and refused her offer to become his lover.
• As Tao Yu and Lin Chao carried An Nan away, a masked Partner arrived, recognized her, and commented on Tao Yu’s reputation.

Tao Yu confronted and defeated the Senior Partner who tried to interfere with his capture of An Nan, then discovered the man was the notorious lone hunter “Lethal Bullet.” With Lethal Bullet restrained and stripped of his gear, Tao Yu and Lin Chao were left with a valuable captive and An Nan warned them about the black market.

• A masked Senior Partner offered to help Tao Yu sell An Nan for a cut, but Tao Yu demanded a deposit and refused to trust him.
• When the man turned hostile, Tao Yu charged through his explosive bullets, resisted a mental attack, and incapacitated him with Spirit Thorn and Flower Flicking Finger.
• Tao Yu unmasked and searched the captive, took his modified pistol and Wish Power items, and learned he had mastered Fortress and Vajra.
• An Nan identified the captive as “Lethal Bullet,” a lone Senior Partner who hunted weaker Partners, and warned Tao Yu that the black market where he meant to sell her was dangerous.
• Tao Yu revealed that Lethal Bullet’s Intuition had exposed his hostility, leaving the captive shocked that he had been defeated so quickly.

Tao Yu spared Haus after taking most of his Vow Power and implanting a spiritual seed to deter betrayal. After learning that Inner City families were recruiting desperadoes, Tao Yu took Haus's Partner badge and let him go under a warning to keep quiet.

• Lethal Bullet begged Tao Yu not to sell him and offered his Vow Power and equipment in exchange for his life.
• Tao Yu accepted 229,000 Vow Power, implanted a spiritual seed in Lethal Bullet, and required him to send monthly messages through the mission hall.
• Tao Yu and Lethal Bullet exchanged private contact information, and Lethal Bullet was shocked to learn Tao Yu was a New Frontier pioneer.
• Tao Yu asked whether Haus had planned to sell An Nan, and Haus admitted he had sold two desperadoes to Inner City families for extra points.
• Tao Yu took Haus's Partner badge for future use and ordered him to keep his head down before letting him leave.

An Nan was handed over to the Nightwatchers, while Tao Yu and Lin Chao witnessed Gu Qiu attack the Dragon Lizard Family’s Grand Elder. After warning his family and returning to the Ming Cult, Tao Yu sought an update from Left Emissary Shi before setting out to catch up with the others.

• Lin Chao delivered An Nan’s money to her father, and Tao Yu accompanied him.
• A giant dragon identified as the Dragon Lizard Family’s Grand Elder accused Gu Qiu of attacking the family in the Inner City.
• Gu Qiu declared the Dragon Lizard Family guilty of colluding with cultists, then struck the Grand Elder down before a Floating City inspector sealed the area.
• Tao Yu warned his family and Tao Shi to stay safe, then returned to his room and used his ability to go back to the Ming Cult.
• Tao Yu emerged from seclusion, greeted the maids, and asked them to summon Left Emissary Shi for news from Bright Summit.

Tao Yu left Bright Summit for the Central Plains while Xiangyang prepared for the Titans’ assault and welcomed Zhao Min and the Six Great Sects as reinforcements. As Fast Titans appeared near the city, a group of New Frontier pioneers considered exploiting the locals after missing out on earlier rewards.

• Yang Xiao reported that the sects had reached agreements, and Tao Yu told him and Left Emissary Shi to gather information about the Turkic experts.
• Tao Yu warned Zhang Wuji to stay at Bright Summit and avoid fighting Turkic experts, then departed in a flying machine.
• Guo Jing welcomed Zhao Min, Kong Zhi, and the Six Great Sects at Xiangyang and explained how guns could be used against Titans.
• Several New Frontier pioneers complained that others had already claimed the available missions and rewards, then discussed using tricks to obtain benefits.
• Signal flares warned Xiangyang that multiple Fast Titans were approaching, and the pioneers recognized the threat.

Outside Xiangyang, the Titans launched a coordinated assault on the cavalry, revealing that an intelligent Titan could control them. Tao Yu arrived by flying craft and pursued Zeke and Pieck, determined to capture Zeke alive.

• Yang Guo, Aaron, and Mikasa rode through the Titan traps, but Aaron said he still could not control Titans.
• Abnormal Titans attacked the cavalry, and Zeke hurled boulders into their formation, killing and injuring soldiers and throwing the troops into disarray.
• Zhao Min and Armin realized the Titans were being controlled, while Huang Yaoshi and Guo Jing led fighters toward the attackers.
• A drone revealed that Zeke was throwing rocks from behind a hill while Pieck's Cart Titan brought him ammunition; Zeke retreated as the fighters approached.
• Tao Yu recognized Zeke and brought his flying craft down to capture him, dodging Zeke's accurate boulder attacks and rushing toward him on foot.
• Pieck moved to protect Zeke as Tao Yu's speed stunned them.

Tao Yu defeated the Cart Titan and Beast Titan, captured Zeke, and learned that Zeke’s royal blood let him control only Titans made from his spinal fluid. He brought Zeke back to Xiangyang, where the group regrouped after the battle, but an unfamiliar voice interrupted them.

• Inner City pioneers watched their drone get shot down and discussed how to exploit the Titans’ weakness at the nape.
• Tao Yu killed Pieck’s Cart Titan by bursting through its mouth and nape, then severed Zeke’s leg and dragged him from the Beast Titan.
• Tao Yu questioned Zeke, who explained that his Eldian Royal blood let him command Titans made from his spinal fluid, while only the Founding Titan combined with royal blood could control all Titans.
• Tao Yu carried Zeke back toward the battlefield, where Guo Jing and the others joined him; the prairie soldiers had contained the remaining Titans.
• Tao Yu returned to Xiangyang with Zeke, received praise from the crowd, and approved of Zhao Min’s leadership as Huang Yaoshi showed off his Barrett.
• An unfamiliar person addressed Tao Yu and asked which family he belonged to, wondering why the others seemed to have the wrong idea about them.

Tao Yu confronted eight Inner City pioneers in Xiangyang, then hunted them down after they threatened to retaliate against the martial artists. He killed all eight with Lethal Bullet’s guns and his own defenses, leaving him to worry about explaining the massacre when he returned.

• Tao Yu accused the eight pioneers of exploiting natives, and the Six Great Sects’ elites surrounded them until their leader withdrew.
• Tao Yu handed Zeke to Guo Jing to be imprisoned, then left Zhao Min’s room to deal with the pioneers.
• The clean-shaven leader decided the squad would head south to Lin’an and target the martial artists and officials there.
• Tao Yu ambushed the eight pioneers on the road with Lethal Bullet’s guns, killing six with a storm of explosive bullets.
• The two survivors attacked Tao Yu at close range, but his defenses stopped them and he killed them by redirecting their weapons with Heaven and Earth Great Shift.
• Tao Yu searched the bodies and worried that he would be criticized for killing all eight pioneers.

Tao Yu used Aaron’s Founding Power to drive Pure Titans across the Yellow River, then arranged a snake-breeding operation while the forces prepared to continue clearing the Central Plains. The little rich lady arrived in her hovercraft and offered to pick Tao Yu up.

• After Aaron and Zeke touched, Aaron gained limited control over the Titans, though both men heard strange voices and felt uneasy about returning to Paradis Island.
• Tao Yu ordered Aaron to drive the Titans no farther than the Yellow River, and Mikasa promised to protect him while Tao Yu was away.
• Aaron gathered Pure Titans and sent them into the Yellow River, where the current carried them toward the opposite bank.
• Tao Yu arranged for Zhao Min to select a thousand elite steppe warriors to establish a Bodhi Serpent breeding ground.
• Tao Yu received a message from the little rich lady, who had arrived at the breeding grounds and offered to pick him up.