Chapter Summaries

Tao Yu Deified Demonization, Lightning Strike Fist, and the Corpse Refining Technique in a rented training room, gaining greater control over Shadow Power and thunder. He discovered he could summon Cao Shaolin from the Abyss through his shadow and believed the Corpse Refining Technique could help him achieve long-distance flight.

• Tao Yu rented a Flowing Rock training room and Deified Demonization, gaining the ability to alter his Demonized form and use Shadow Power to transfer physical damage.
• Tao Yu found that his Yin-attribute true essence could replenish Shadow Power, strengthening his defenses and letting him unleash shadow tentacles.
• Tao Yu Deified Lightning Strike Fist and gained a trace of thunder's true meaning, allowing him to control and channel lightning with ease.
• Tao Yu used shadow tentacles to fire Yin-attribute lightning balls, damaging the Flowing Rock floor but leaving the training room standing.
• Tao Yu Deified the Corpse Refining Technique and summoned Cao Shaolin from the Abyss through his shadow, then realized he might be able to refine nonhuman creatures to solve his long-distance flight problem.

Tao Yu sold zombie remains at the Stars Auction House and learned that someone had auctioned off superior Titan spinal fluid capable of controlling Mindless Titans. Realizing Aaron had likely been killed and his spinal fluid sold, Tao concealed his anger while considering who had obtained it.

• Tao Yu left the Strongest Battle Skill dojo and decided that cross-world messages through the mission hall were more affordable than communication equipment.
• Tao Yu booked a private room at Shi Zhi Xuan, where the manager apologized for the restaurant's earlier mistake and offered him a complimentary meal.
• Tao Yu brought zombie heads and claws to the Stars Auction House, and the chief appraiser assessed them as contaminated skill-bearing goods to be auctioned in batches.
• The appraiser told Tao Yu that a rival auction house had sold Titan spinal fluid together with a bloodline for over six hundred thousand Wish Power, and that the combination could control Mindless Titans.
• Tao Yu suspected the spinal fluid came from Aaron and hid his anger as the appraiser explained that a mechanical-modification faction family had likely bought it.

Tao Yu enjoyed a family meal before secretly visiting the Thieves Guild to learn who had sold and bought Titan spinal fluid. After discovering that Holt Liu Yi had sold it, Tao Yu left that night to go after the Liu Yi Family.

• Tao Feng and Tao Ling praised and teased Tao Yu during a lively family gathering, while Tao Yu hid his worries behind a smile.
• Tao Yu escorted his family to an inn, returned home, disguised himself through demonic transformation, and slipped out to visit the Thieves Guild.
• Tao Yu paid the masked bartender fifty thousand Divine Will for information about the Titan spinal fluid auction at Star Auction House.
• The bartender revealed that Gant of the Gan Family bought the item and that Holt Liu Yi of the Liu Yi Family sold it.
• Tao Yu chose not to silence the bartender and headed for the Liu Yi Family that night.

Tao Yu killed three senior members of the Liu Yi Family after discovering that Holt Liu Yi and his teammates had ambushed people in the wilderness. A Message Crystal he took from the estate revealed orders for a major night raid on a headquarters, possibly the Morning Sun Society.

• Holt Liu Yi and his teammates celebrated their expedition’s profits and discussed how they had ambushed a group in the wilderness.
• Explosions tore through the Liu Yi Family’s estate, and Tao Yu landed among the young members after killing three senior family members.
• Tao Yu killed Holt Liu Yi and the other young mechanical augmenters, then escaped into the shadows without the Inspector intervening.
• Tao Yu found a Message Crystal in an abandoned factory and used Mental Immunity to read its garbled messages.
• Tao Yu learned that attackers planned to bombard a headquarters three days later, possibly the Morning Sun Society.

Tao Yu warned Lin Chao of an impending attack on the Morning Sun Society, but the attackers began their assault early with snipers and rockets. Tao Yu rescued Lin Chao from sniper fire and began hunting the attackers as the district erupted in flames.

• Tao Yu learned that the Liu Yi Family was providing long-range support for an attack and slipped a warning note to Lin Chao.
• Lin Chao sounded the alarm and dodged several sniper shots before one pierced him.
• Tao Yu used his shadow abilities to pull Lin Chao to safety and then went after the snipers.
• The attackers launched a barrage of rockets, setting fire to the Morning Sun Society’s district as people rushed to raise the alarm.
• Tao Yu killed a mechanically enhanced Explorer who had been targeting Lin Chao and moved toward another attacker.

Tao Yu secretly dismantled the forces attacking the Morning Sun Society, killing their firepower teams and the coordinator’s strongest defender. As the assault teams advanced on the Society’s burning headquarters, Tao Yu headed into the main battlefield to stop them.

• Tao Yu used the chaos caused by the Inner City’s pressure to attack the enemy’s outer firepower teams, killing snipers before they could react.
• The coordinator ordered the firepower teams to withdraw and warned the assault teams that an assassination expert was hunting them.
• After a first-rate family expert went silent, the coordinator called the family ancestor for help and ordered the assault to continue.
• Tao Yu ambushed the coordinator, shattered his defenses, and killed him with a second strike.
• Tao Yu realized the enemy assault teams were moving toward the Morning Sun Society’s headquarters, so he headed for the main battlefield.

Lin Chao’s wounded Morning Sun Society faced an assault by the Dragon Lizard and War Lion families, but Tao Yu intervened when Old Lizard attacked. Tao Yu and the injured elder exchanged a powerful blow, leaving their strength uncertain.

• Lin Chao continued directing the Morning Sun Society’s retreat while injured, and Lin Xue urged him to hide.
• Old Lizard and Old Lion arrived, and Old Lizard threatened to kill the society members over Xi Qi’s death.
• Old Lizard began unleashing an attack, but a sudden threat forced him to turn his flames into a fiery tornado around himself.
• Tao Yu landed nearby and struck Old Lizard’s fiery dragon with his blood-red, shadow-assisted power.
• Old Lizard was forced backward and spat blood, while Tao Yu’s hand went numb and his blood and qi surged.

Tao Yu used the Yin-Yang Five Elements Divine Thunder to kill the Old Lizard, then fled before the inspector could catch him. He escaped the inspector’s notice and reflected on the power of his new technique.

• The Old Lizard confronted Tao Yu over Qi'er’s death, and Tao Yu recognized that the Old Lizard’s immense strength outstripped his incomplete intent.
• Tao Yu unleashed the Yin-Yang Five Elements Divine Thunder and erased the Old Lizard in a flash of multicolored lightning.
• The inspector arrived, extinguished the fire, and seized the Old War Lion, ordering him to deal with the Terror Grade evil spirits in the Ghost World.
• Tao Yu fled through the shadows until the danger passed, then considered the inspector’s strength and the destructive power of his technique.
• Tao Yu renamed his Lightning Strike Fist the Yin-Yang Five Elements Divine Thunder.

After killing the Luck Stealer Shi Jian and reporting the threat of other teams and collaborators, Tao Yu reunited with Sun Shiyu and shared what he had learned. Sun Shiyu helped him investigate trouble in Martial World 01, while she advanced rapidly through the Cihang Sword Canon and prepared to look into the giant-controlling Chosen One’s death.

• Tao Yu returned home after killing the Luck Stealer who used thunder techniques, then told Sun Shiyu he had killed him and absorbed a thunder-technique item.
• Tao Yu warned Sun Shiyu that the Luck Stealers had collaborators in the Pioneer Zone and might have other, stronger teams; Sun Shiyu explained that their Reincarnators often ignored threats outside their missions.
• Tao Yu gave Sun Shiyu the Cihang Sword Canon and helped her convert her true qi, allowing her to reach the River of Sword Qi stage and gain the skill to unify mental power.
• Tao Yu reported that the Chosen One who controlled giants had been killed in Martial World 01, and Sun Shiyu decided to investigate and deal with the people involved.
• Tao Yu worried that someone might take the item he had found to the giants’ native world, so Sun Shiyu arranged to pick him up and look into what was happening.

Tao Yu learned that the Security Team was investigating the previous night’s violence at the Morning Sun Society and went to check on Uncle Hu at the Outer City station. He was stopped at the gate by Inner City Security Team members, while Zechuan appeared to be taking the blame for the crackdown.

• Tao Yu offered to help Wang Goudan with a delayed job for the Snake Flower Xu Family, and the family paid Wang Goudan as soon as they heard Tao Yu was coming.
• Tao Yu and Wang Goudan saw a Security Team bus heading out of the city, and Wang Goudan suspected the Council Hall had ordered a major reshuffle in the Outer City.
• Tao Long told Tao Yu that Tiger had reported a serious fight at the Morning Sun Society involving an Inspector, and Tao Yu promised to check on Uncle Hu.
• Tao Yu and Wang Goudan went to the Outer City Security Team station, where Inner City Security Team members barred them from the crime scene.

Tao Yu entered the Inner City Security Team headquarters to help Tao Hu and Zechuan, only to learn that Serkai intended to punish them over the deadly clash between the Inner City families and the Morning Sun Society. When Serkai threatened Tao Hu, Tao Yu swiftly knocked him down and pinned his face beneath his boot.

• Tao Yu revealed that he was 'Eight-Armed Vajra,' and the guards let him and Wang Goudan enter after confirming his identity with Serkai.
• Wang Goudan warned Tao Yu that Serkai was greedy and might exaggerate the situation to extract a favor.
• Tao Yu entered Zechuan's former office and found Serkai, Zechuan, Tao Hu, and Brute Force discussing the fallout from the clash.
• Serkai said many powerful fighters had died, including, apparently, a Boundary Breaker, and proposed prison labor for Zechuan while warning Tao Hu that his punishment would be difficult to avoid.
• When Serkai threatened Tao Hu, Tao Yu attacked him and pinned him helplessly beneath his boot.

Tao Yu forced Serkai to release Zechuan from blame and let Tao Hu step away from the captaincy, then warned Serkai to protect his family. Back home, Tao Yu was surprised when Xichuang, head of the Dragon Lizard Family, asked him to marry his eighteen-year-old daughter, and he immediately refused because he preferred humans.

• Tao Yu subdued Serkai and pressured him to clear Tao Hu and Zechuan, while Zechuan agreed to resign and take responsibility.
• Tao Hu declined to keep the captaincy, and Tao Yu released Serkai after warning him to protect Tao Yu's family.
• Tao Yu returned home with Wang Goudan and found visitors from the Dragon Lizard Family waiting.
• Xichuang introduced himself as the Dragon Lizard Family's head and asked Tao Yu to marry his eighteen-year-old daughter.
• Tao Yu rejected Xichuang's proposal, saying he liked humans.

Tao Yu rejected the Dragon Lizard Family’s marriage proposal as its leaders scrambled after the death of their old ancestor, then returned to the Great Tang World to organize his forces and approve a plan for governing the newly controlled territories. The chapter left the New Frontier preparing to extend its influence over the three Martial Worlds through local governments and willpower communications equipment.

• Tao Yu refused Xichuang’s offers of marriage and resources, and Xichuang left gifts while asking him to look out for the Dragon Lizard Family.
• Tao Yu reassured Tao Long, and news spread that the Inner City families’ surprise attack had failed, the Dragon Lizard Family’s Grand Elder was dead, and the War Lion Family’s patriarch had been arrested.
• Tao Yu found the Thieves Guild bar closed, returned home, and decided to use his demonized form as his usual appearance while changing back to his former appearance when needed.
• Tao Yu reorganized his zombies, removed Cao Shaolin and Winuo from the summon roster, and named the strongest zombie Ada.
• Bai Qing'er presented a draft government plan in which Kou Zhong would become emperor and marry Song Yuzhi, while the Yin Gui Sect received veto power over major proposals.
• Tao Yu approved the plan and arranged for willpower communications equipment to be sent to Luoyang and Bright Summit, bringing the three Martial Worlds into the New Frontier’s sphere of influence.

Tao Yu sent the Great Tang Grandmasters toward the New Frontier, then learned that Aaron and his protectors had been ambushed in Xiangyang and that Mikasa and several others were missing. As Tao Yu prepared to investigate the Titan world, Peter and a team of Titan-power holders reached the walls, where an unseen influence urged Peter onward.

• Tao Yu led Zhang Sanfeng, Song Que, Bi Xuan, and the others to Bright Summit, established a wish-power communication device, and planned to continue to Xiangyang.
• Guo Jing blamed himself for failing to protect Aaron, but Tao Yu reassured him and learned that the family behind the attack had been devastated and its remaining expert had disappeared.
• Guo Jing and Huang Rong decided to travel to the New Frontier base, while Tao Yu asked about Mikasa and learned that she, Guo'er, Armin, Zhang Hao, and Ymir were missing.
• Tao Yu and Sun Shiyu decided to investigate the Titan world, where the Titans' power might be stronger.
• Peter and other holders of Titan abilities reached a massive wall, and Peter felt an unseen voice and a long-haired man urging him to enter the world.

After Aaron’s death, his return to the Coordinate triggered the Rumbling, while Mikasa fought the pioneers and Sun Shiyu destroyed his colossal Founding Titan form. Sun Shiyu and Tao Yu subdued a corrupted World Heart, and Tao Yu absorbed its power as the Colossal Titans continued marching toward the outside world.

• Mikasa, Yang Guo, Armin, Ymir, and Zhang Hao encountered the pioneers, and Mikasa sensed that Aaron might still be alive.
• Aaron transformed into a mountain-sized Founding Titan, and Mikasa killed the Armored Titan, the Female Titan’s holder, and the Cart Titan.
• Aaron’s influence awakened tens of thousands of Colossal Titans inside the walls, and Ymir heard him order them to destroy the world beyond P Paradis Island.
• Sun Shiyu arrived with Tao Yu and used her weapons to dismember the Founding Titan before a corrupted World Heart emerged from its remains.
• Sun Shiyu pinned down and destroyed the Grotesque Worm, and Tao Yu absorbed its remaining world power, strengthening his meridians and increasing his energy absorption rate.

After Aaron died, Tao Yu and Sun Shiyu discovered that his final command had sent the Wall Titans marching away, though the Titan threat remained. Mikasa and her companions left to begin a new life, while Tao Yu and Sun Shiyu stayed to investigate another Abyssal disturbance.

• Tao Yu told Sun Shiyu that the gift had strengthened his internal-energy talent, then explained that Aaron had died after the Abyss corrupted him.
• Tao Yu found that the Wall Titans continued marching despite the Grotesque Worm's death, and told Mikasa Aaron's enemies were dead.
• Two surviving Chosen Ones reported that Pitt had acted strangely, and Tao Yu destroyed three Titans that changed after eating fallen Wisdom Titans, recovering three Wish Power items.
• Tao Yu concluded Aaron had used his final will to order the Titans to return in one direction, and Mikasa chose to leave with Armin and the others.
• Zhang Hao stayed at Shaolin, while Aaron's Titan head dissolved without leaving any bones.
• Tao Yu and Sun Shiyu set out to investigate another manifestation of chaotic Abyssal aura.

After the Abyssal Rift Change stranded the Land of Water in a strange world, the Mist Village conquered Marley and began studying its weapons. Mei Terumi investigated a sudden attack on the harbor, where Sun Shiyu and Tao Yu arrived, leaving a new confrontation about to begin.

• The Mist Village used the Hiding in Mist Technique and Silent Killing Technique to defeat Marley, and the Daiba Family surrendered.
• Mei Terumi reflected on the upheaval that had transported the Land of Water and Marley into the same world, where chakra weakened beyond the Land of Water.
• Mei Terumi examined a Marleyan pistol and recognized its value as a weapon for shinobi operating with weakened chakra.
• An explosion sent Mei Terumi rushing outside, where she found a Steel Battleship sliced in half and the dock gouged by a powerful attack.
• Sun Shiyu and Tao Yu arrived by flying contraption, and Mei Terumi sensed that Sun Shiyu was dangerous.

Mei Terumi and Sun Shiyu exchanged information after discovering that the Mist Ninja had arrived in a foreign world. Sun Shiyu examined chakra and offered to explain what had happened and the urgent dangers ahead, while Tao Yu received a kunoichi to study chakra himself.

• Ao warned Mei Terumi that Sun Shiyu possessed powerful unknown energy, and Sun Shiyu asked what world the Mist Ninja came from.
• Mei Terumi identified herself as a ninja from the Mist Village in the Land of Water, and Sun Shiyu recognized the Sand Village as part of the same world.
• Mei Terumi offered chakra cultivation scrolls in exchange for information, and Sun Shiyu summoned a kunoichi to inspect her chakra.
• Sun Shiyu determined that chakra combined Life Energy and Spiritual Energy, studied its extraction method, and noted the Mist Ninja's unusually high number of cells.
• Sun Shiyu promised to explain the world's events and urgent problems, then tossed the kunoichi to Tao Yu so he could examine chakra.

Tao Yu studied Mei Terumi’s chakra and learned how Hand Seals shaped energy into ninjutsu. After countering her Water Dragon Bullet, he copied the technique using his own true essence and gained a new Hand Seals skill, leaving him eager to explore more shinobi techniques.

• Tao Yu examined Mei Terumi’s chakra and sensed that a living, plantlike energy bound life force and spiritual energy together.
• Tao Yu studied Hand Seals and asked Mei Terumi to demonstrate a ninjutsu so he could learn its principles.
• Mei Terumi used a powerful Water Dragon Bullet, and Tao Yu destroyed it with four earth-aspected dragons from Shocking the Hundred Miles.
• Tao Yu reproduced the Hand Seals and formed two water dragons, then gained and Deified a Hand Seals skill.
• Tao Yu considered learning clone techniques, genjutsu, and sealing jutsu.

Tao Yu demonstrated his precise control over ninjutsu, then explained the Abyss to Mei Terumi and proposed a cordial relationship with Kirigakure. He warned her that tens of thousands of Colossal Titans were heading toward Marley, leaving the newly occupied territory in grave danger.

• Tao Yu held Mei Terumi’s Water Dragon Bullet attacks in place and absorbed them back into himself, astonishing the onlookers.
• Tao Yu asked Mei Terumi about her world’s moon, then traded information about the Abyss and suggested their worlds could maintain a working relationship.
• Mei Terumi explained that the Third Shinobi World War was underway and agreed to report Tao Yu’s proposal to Kirigakure.
• Tao Yu warned Mei Terumi that the Rumbling had begun on Paradis Island and that tens of thousands of Colossal Titans were heading toward Marley.
• Mei Terumi and the Marleyan soldiers realized that the enormous Titans could devastate the land they had just occupied.