Chapter Summaries

Tao Yu used the fog and his enhanced zombies to overwhelm the Harkonnen warriors, discovering that their portable Hollzman Shields could be valuable despite their weaknesses. He captured Lord Raban and Mas, forced the Harkonnen troops to surrender, and learned that Arrakis spice grants unusual mental strength.

• Tao Yu moved unseen through the fog while his enhanced zombies attacked the Harkonnen warriors and he studied their personal shields.
• Tao Yu found that the shields were damaged when penetrated and considered how valuable they could be to Pioneers if he captured them intact.
• Tao Yu approached Lord Raban, but Mas sensed danger and used Sand Clone Technique before Tao Yu trapped both men with a sealing technique.
• Tao Yu threatened Raban and used an illusion to make him order the Harkonnen warriors to drop their weapons and surrender.
• Tao Yu examined Raban's unusually strong mental strength, and Mas explained that spice from Arrakis caused it.

Tao Yu captured the Harkonnen warriors and questioned Raban and Mas about spice, Sunagakure, and their worlds’ recent upheaval. The chapter ended with Tao Yu learning that the moon had appeared recently and seemed unusually close, while space travel brought whispers and madness.

• Tao Yu seized more than four hundred Hollzman Shields and interrogated Raban about the Harkonnen forces and spice.
• Raban explained spice’s effects, its limits, and how it was harvested from sandworm larvae.
• Tao Yu used genjutsu to make Mas reveal details about Sunagakure, including that Rasa led the village and Shukaku was sealed away.
• Mas told Tao Yu that Sunagakure’s moon had changed and might have arrived with their world.
• Raban revealed that spacecraft crews heard whispers beyond the atmosphere, saw stars that looked painted, and found the moon unusually close.

Tao Yu returned to the RDA base with captured Harkonnen soldiers, and Sun Shiyu arrived to assess the loot and discuss growing dangers. After she bought Tao Yu’s teleportation device and arranged his communications, she offered to take him to the provincial capital, where he might avoid trouble in Starfall City.

• Tao Yu brought several hundred Harkonnen soldiers back to the RDA base, sealed Mars, and reunited with Sun Shiyu, who arrived with Little Black.
• Tao Yu showed Sun Shiyu a Hollzman Shield and spice, and she promised him one million Wish Power plus a half-percent share of the mining profits.
• Tao Yu gave Sun Shiyu the personal teleportation device, and she paid him three million Wish Power while warning him to save money and stay alert.
• Sun Shiyu took Pavas’s communicator to configure it and told Tao Yu to contact her monthly, offering to cover the cost.
• Sun Shiyu explained that the provincial capital was more dangerous but harder for Starfall City’s enemies to reach, and Tao Yu agreed to consider going with her.

Tao Yu negotiated a ransom with the Sand Ninja, delegated base security, and deified his second-tier skills into the Heart Sword, which could project invisible slashes that followed weaknesses. He then went with Sully to find a flying mount, where he spotted a Toruk and raced after it.

• A bloodied Chunin told Tao Yu that Kaguya Yao had subdued the Sand Ninja, who wanted to ransom Maas and Raban.
• Tao Yu demanded a Hollzman Shield and spice as the ransom and told the Sand Ninja not to attack the mining area again.
• Tao Yu left Kisame and the others in charge of the base until the Explorers arrived, then deified the Spirit Nurturing Method and Yi Jian Shu into the Heart Sword.
• Tao Yu tested the Heart Sword, discovering that its invisible projected slashes traveled at thought-speed and cut along vulnerable points.
• Tao Yu asked Sully to take him to the Ikalan, but when a Toruk appeared at the Sacred Mountain, he raced after it.

Tao Yu killed a Phantom Dragon, bred an Alien Dragon from its corpse, and gained a Deified wind skill that let him fly under his own power. He then began refining the Alien Dragon's corpse into a powerful zombie, leaving it ready to serve as a mount and weapon.

• Tao Yu crippled the Phantom Dragon, knocked it unconscious, and had Little Black place her egg beside it so the egg could be impregnated.
• After the Alien Dragon hatched and grew to the Phantom Dragon's size in one day, Tao Yu detonated a mental seed to kill it and gained the Wind Riding skill.
• Tao Yu Deified Wind Riding twice and discovered he could ride air currents and fly with wings formed in his demonized state.
• Tao Yu tested his flight, judged it useful for short travel, and planned to ride the Alien Dragon when it was ready.
• Tao Yu buried the Alien Dragon's corpse with five of his zombies so Corpse Refining could turn it into a powerful zombie he could summon with Spirit Channeling.

Tao Yu completed the RDA base handover while learning that Aliens had appeared on Pandora, and he warned Talia that the outbreak could become dangerous. He planned to return to the Real World to prepare his family and later explore the moon more freely.

• Tao Yu killed a black panther, absorbed its Wish Power, and considered combining skills through a second Deification.
• Kisame told Tao Yu that the New Frontier receiving team had arrived, and Tao Yu returned to the base.
• Talia discussed Hidden Mist Village’s strength and hiring terms with Kisame while New Frontier personnel took over the RDA command station.
• Talia warned Tao Yu that Aliens had recently been spotted in Rainforest 02, and Tao Yu cautioned her that someone might be breeding them for materials and skills.
• Tao Yu left Little Black in Kisame’s care and planned to return home, leave Wish Power for his family, and arrange greater protection before exploring the moon.

Tao Yu returned home and learned that his younger brother Stone had been seriously injured amid a renewed crackdown on the Morning Sun Society. He killed the half-mechanical man who had come to apologize, then turned his attention to the people behind the attack.

• Tao Yu returned to his room and found a half-mechanical visitor offering his family gifts as an apology.
• Tao Long told Tao Yu that Stone had been hurt and hospitalized after stepping in when contractors harassed people at a warehouse.
• Tao Long explained that accusations of collusion with Evil God Cultists had revived the conflict against the Morning Sun Society, and that Gu Qiu had been detained after attacking the Beast Taming Noble Family's head.
• Tao Yu suspected the Inner City families had provoked Gu Qiu to get him punished and potentially killed on dangerous missions.
• Tao Yu killed the half-mechanical visitor with his shadow markings after learning the man’s associates had beaten Stone.

After killing a mechanically modified fighter who attacked him, Tao Yu learned that the Jin Family had ties to the Fox Family and planned to visit them in person. He left the Security Team to handle the corpse and told the squad leader to summon the Captain-Commander afterward.

• A mechanically modified fighter's corpse landed in the street, and Tao Yu told the arriving Security Team squad that he had disabled its bomb.
• The squad leader warned Tao Yu that the Jin Family had powerful connections and was hosting a banquet at Sky City Apartments.
• Tao Yu decided to visit the Jin Family alone rather than call in allies.
• The squad leader revealed that the Jin Family had received a farm lease from the Fox Family, one of the Five Great Families.
• Tao Yu thanked the squad leader and asked him to tell the Captain-Commander to come clean up the scene later.

Tao Yu confronted the Jin Family during its banquet over the injury to his younger brother, disrupting the celebration and provoking the family’s powerful allies. The chapter ended with Qian Hao and Hu Xing dismissing Tao Yu and Jin Cheng growing confident that their support would protect them.

• Guests at the Tiancheng Three Families’ banquet discussed the Jin Family’s new forty-year lease and the trouble caused by injuring Eight-Armed Vajra’s younger brother.
• Three Hands recognized Tao Yu as he approached the banquet, and the guests wondered whether he had come to demand an explanation.
• Tao Yu called for the Jin Family, using his voice technique to shatter glass and disrupt the celebration.
• Jin Cheng and Jin Ken recognized Tao Yu, while Jin Cheng apologized to Hu Xing and blamed Tao Yu for being unreasonable.
• Qian Hao and Hu Xing mocked Tao Yu and asserted that he had to know his place, leaving the Jin brothers reassured by their allies’ support.

Tao Yu confronted the Jin brothers and their allies at the banquet, then used his overwhelming power to defeat them and force Hu Xing to submit. He left with Panda and the others, while Hu Xing agreed to punish those involved and even barked on Tao Yu’s command.

• Tao Yu declared himself an ally of the Morning Sun Society and insulted the influential guests who tried to mediate.
• Tao Yu unleashed his domain and struck Jin Cheng and Jin Ken, smashing them into the elevator shaft and wrecking the banquet hall.
• Qian Hao yielded to Tao Yu, but Hu Xing tried to ask him to let the Jin brothers go, so Tao Yu subdued Qian Hao and pressed Hu Xing into submission.
• Tao Yu ordered Hu Xing to hang everyone involved in the attack and warned that he would soon leave for the prefectural capital.
• Panda arrived with a group of reinforcements, but Tao Yu told them the matter was settled and invited them to eat at Shi Zhi Xuan.
• Tao Yu made Hu Xing bark like a dog, then left with Panda and the others.

Tao Yu told his allies he would soon leave Starfall City for the provincial capital, then learned about the dangers of crossing the Gray Fog and arranged to trade goods. He left Panda to help sell his Hollzman Shields and protect the transaction.

• Tao Yu asked his allies to look after his family while he was away in the provincial capital, and they congratulated him on his appointment.
• Panda's father described the Gray Fog's ghouls, Gray Mist Giants, Shadow Lurkers, pollution, and the dangers of traveling through it.
• Tao Yu asked about selling local skills in the provincial capital and decided to stock up on a variety of skills with a budget under a million.
• Tao Yu sold Panda the Vampire Ash for a friendly price and asked him to collect skills for him.
• Tao Yu showed the gathering hundreds of Hollzman Shields, sold some to the attendees, and tasked Panda with selling the rest and giving Jack and the others one each.

Tao Yu visited Tao Shi in the hospital, strengthened his body by combining minor skills, and then went to confront Zhang Wei over his role in the case against the Morning Sun Society. He killed Zhang Wei and left, considering their debt even.

• Tao Yu learned from Dr. Huang that Tao Shi was recovering and would leave the pod in a week.
• Tao Yu absorbed more minor skills, merged them into Body Strengthening, and tested his new durability by holding a grenade blast in his bare hand.
• Tao Yu decided to settle the score with the person who had implicated Lin Chao and helped trigger an investigation into the Morning Sun Society.
• Tao Yu found Zhang Wei in a crowded dormitory and heard him plead that Winuo and Yosef had forced him to cooperate.
• Tao Yu strangled Zhang Wei with a shadow, stored the body in the Corpse Hiding Mirror, and left.

Zong Lie ordered his family to appease Tao Yu and prepare for the threat he posed, but Tao Yu struck first and killed him in his manor. Tao Yu set the room ablaze, unconcerned that the family might discover who had done it.

• Zong Lie learned that Tao Yu had crippled Qian Hao, displayed a domain, and prompted the Fox Family to withdraw from its plans against the Morning Sun Society.
• Zong Lie ordered gifts and condolences sent to Tao Yu, told his men to keep matters calm publicly, and instructed them to investigate Internal Energy and consult other families.
• Tao Yu used the Heart Sword to ambush the wounded Zong Lie, then killed him with the Nine Yin Divine Claws and struck down another Boarman.
• Tao Yu poured gasoline around the blood-soaked room and prepared to set it on fire.

Tao Yu stayed away from home after killing Zong Lie, gathered intelligence at the Thieves Guild, and prepared to leave for the provincial capital with the Sun Family convoy. Sun Guangyao warned him that the journey might be dangerous, leaving Tao Yu wary of a threat beyond the Gray Fog.

• Tao Yu disguised himself and bought recent reports from the Thieves Guild bartender, learning that a new dangerous world had appeared and the Beast Taming Noble Family's old residence had burned.
• The little rich girl contacted Tao Yu and told him to meet her at the West City District gate so they could leave immediately.
• Tao Yu joined the Sun Family's five-vehicle convoy, where Sun Shiyu and Sun Shiqing were preparing to transport goods alongside the travelers.
• The little rich girl introduced Tao Yu to Sun Guangyao, who praised his Spiritual Sense and assigned him to ride in his vehicle.
• Sun Guangyao cautioned Tao Yu that the road might be rough, making Tao suspect the danger lay beyond the ordinary threats of the Gray Fog.

Tao Yu traveled with the New Frontier convoy through the Gray Fog toward the provincial capital, where Talia was to stay and learn the Cihang Sword Canon from him. After the convoy fought off ghouls and entered the ruins of a fallen Floating City, a collapsed building blocked the road, leaving Sun Guangyao’s group on alert.

• Tao Yu rode with Sun Shiqing, Talia, and the New Frontier personnel, and the rich girl arranged for him to teach Talia the Cihang Sword Canon in the provincial capital.
• The armored vehicle entered the Gray Fog, where its machine gun killed attacking ghouls and its Will-o'-the-Wisps repelled contamination.
• Sun Shiqing explained that the convoy was crossing the ruins of a fallen Floating City and that foul blood could corrode the vehicles' armor.
• A collapsed building blocked the convoy's route, and Sun Guangyao ordered the group to clear the obstacle while everyone stayed in the armored vehicles.

The convoy came under attack in the Gray Fog, where Sun Guangyao confronted hidden assailants and an Evil God Cultist broke through the defensive barrier. Tao Yu helped Sun Shiqing and Sun Shiyu fight the cultist, then Sun Guanghui revealed himself after crushing the enemy and surprised Tao Yu with his approval of him as a match for his daughter.

• Sun Guangyao faced a hidden enemy in the Gray Fog, and a beam of light destroyed the convoy’s rearmost armored car.
• Sun Guangyao raised a protective curtain around the survivors and left to fight outside, while an Evil God Cultist broke through the barrier and attacked.
• Sun Shiqing pinned the cultist with a radiant cross, and Sun Shiyu struck it with her fused black blade, but the attacker broke free and sent her flying.
• Tao Yu caught Sun Shiyu and struck the cultist with his Heart Sword and Yin-Yang Five Elements Divine Thunder, suffering severe injuries as the enemy resisted.
• Sun Guanghui emerged as the armored car’s driver and crushed the weakened cultist, then gave Tao Yu a powerful healing potion and privately teased him about his daughter.

After Sun Guangyao drove off the Sun Family’s enemy, Tao Yu and the others continued to White Star City, where they passed inspection and entered the city. Tao Yu and Talia settled into the Sun Family’s local office, and Chu Fa began briefing them on the city.

• Sun Guangyao returned after the battle and identified the fleeing enemy as Old Mu, an expelled member of the Guandi Family who had colluded with Evil God Cultists.
• Sun Shiqing praised Tao Yu’s focused destructive power, while Talia and the others reacted with surprise at his strength.
• Tao Yu’s group traveled through the Gray Fog and reached White Star City in the afternoon.
• White Star City’s inspectors checked the visitors and their vehicles for signs of Evil God Cultists before issuing temporary passes.
• Sun Shiyu left to collect supplies, while Tao Yu and Talia went with Chu Fa to their lodgings at the Sun Family office.
• Tao Yu asked Chu Fa about local customs and recent events, and Chu Fa began explaining.

Tao Yu learned about White Star City's districts and major powers, then went with Talia to the Myriad Goods Merchant Association to find skills. The clerk led them upstairs to browse its skill stock and catalog.

• Tao Yu learned from Chu Fa that White Star City was divided into seven rings and dominated by the White Star Group and other powerful forces.
• Tao Yu decided to search for skills while keeping a million Wish Power in reserve for emergencies.
• Talia asked Tao Yu to teach her inner force and offered to pay for ordinary skills as tuition.
• Tao Yu and Talia chose the Myriad Goods Merchant Association because it had the widest selection.
• A clerk at the association's neighborhood store offered to show Tao Yu its available skills and order catalog items within half an hour.

Tao Yu settled into the provincial capital while the Sun Family prepared to install a teleportation device, then returned to the RDA base and learned it had faced attacks from the Na’vi and deliberately bred Aliens. A powerful pioneer had nearly killed Little Black before Kisame and Lord Yao drove him off, and Tao Yu suspected the attacker was Cui Te.

• Tao Yu bought Strong Wrist, Steel Bones, Flexibility, and Reshaping, then began teaching Talia about acupoints and meridians.
• The Sun Family’s group transported the teleportation device parts to the factory, and Tao Yu realized the future link to Starfall could force both sides into a risky guessing game.
• The little rich girl and her group left for Starfall, while Tao Yu and Talia stayed in the provincial capital and received daily public intelligence briefings from Chu Faida.
• Tao Yu and Talia returned to the RDA base, where a Chunin reported repeated attacks by the Na’vi and Aliens and said a powerful pioneer had nearly killed Little Black.
• Tao Yu suspected the powerful pioneer was Cui Te and went to investigate.

Tao Yu subdued Cui Te after Cui Te confronted him over Pavas, then used Pavas’s contract document to verify Cui Te’s account. Cui Te was not behind the Alien outbreak, and Tao Yu concluded that someone had manipulated his temper as Pandora’s danger continued to grow.

• Cui Te mocked Tao Yu in the RDA command room, and Tao Yu struck him with a domain attack before pinning him to the landing pad.
• Tao Yu questioned Talia and learned Cui Te had come to vent his anger after learning he would be expelled over Pavas’s death.
• Little Black limped over to Tao Yu and pretended to have a hurt leg while Cui Te denied harming it or making the Aliens.
• Tao Yu made Cui Te sign Pavas’s human-skin contract document to confirm he was telling the truth, then let him leave.
• Tao Yu concluded that someone had exploited Cui Te’s hot temper and worried that the Alien outbreak could become a serious threat to Pandora.