Chapter Summaries

Tao Yu accompanied Tao Lan to the garbage-processing plant, where Supervisor Cao tried to force her to take on more work and threatened her job. After Third Uncle revealed Tao Yu’s A-rank talent, Tao Yu confronted Supervisor Cao and left him bleeding on the ground.

• Tao Yu accepted Wang Goudan’s offer to find someone who could help Tao Lan, while Tao Lan urged Tao Yu to leave and pursue his own opportunities.
• Supervisor Cao accused Tao Lan of slacking off and ordered her younger brother to help with her work, threatening to dismiss her if they refused.
• Tao Yu challenged Supervisor Cao over his treatment of Tao Lan, and Supervisor Cao threatened to have her fired while Third Uncle tried to intervene.
• Third Uncle revealed that Tao Yu had A-rank talent, causing Supervisor Cao to abruptly change his tone.
• Supervisor Cao dared Tao Yu to hit him, and Tao Yu released a crushing aura and sent force through the ground, causing Supervisor Cao to spit blood and collapse.

Tao Yu’s confrontation at the processing plant ended with the Security Team ruling Supervisor Cao’s death an accident, while Tao Lan gained a better position through the plant owner’s help. The next morning, Tao Yu finished his missions and learned that Miss Margot could grant him Intermediate Partner status without an assessment.

• Tao Yu’s actions left Supervisor Cao dead, and Captain Dave’s Security Team blamed a preexisting illness and told Tao Yu to avoid such incidents in the future.
• Wang Goudan’s friend, the processing plant owner, apologized to Tao Yu, promised to handle the matter, and gave Tao Lan an easier job with higher pay and more authority.
• Tao Yu stayed overnight in the Inner City and reflected that strength could resolve problems that seemed overwhelming to Outer City residents.
• The next morning, Tao Yu told the mission hall regulars that he had completed all three missions and planned to apply for the Intermediate Partner assessment.
• Miss Margot confirmed Tao Yu’s mission results, said his actions had made him known as a hothead in a small circle, and offered to grant him Intermediate Partner status without an assessment.

Tao Yu became an Intermediate Partner, chose the cautious codename Eight-Armed Vajra, and used his new status to visit Outer City Security Team captain Zechuan. He left with Zechuan promising to remove the acting title from Tao Hu’s deputy captain position.

• Tao Yu decided he was not yet strong enough to move his family into the Inner City and chose Eight-Armed Vajra as his codename.
• Miss Margot issued Tao Yu his Partner nameplate and sold him two black cloaks and hoods.
• Tao Yu wore his Intermediate Partner uniform to the Outer City and passed through the Security Team without the usual checks.
• Zechuan welcomed Tao Yu and offered to help with his personal matter.
• Tao Yu asked Zechuan about Tao Hu’s troubles, and Zechuan promised to recognize Tao Hu’s work and remove the acting designation from his deputy captain title.

Tao Yu confirmed he had helped Tao Hu secure his appointment and accepted an invitation to meet an S-rank talent at the Gourmet Stronghold. The chapter left Tao Yu considering how reliable partners and control of productive resources could help him grow in the New Frontier.

• Tao Hu visited Tao Yu to ask whether he had helped secure the deputy captain appointment, and Tao Yu said he had looked into it through a senior brother.
• Tao Hu thanked Tao Yu and shared advice about forming partnerships and developing productive resources in the New Frontier.
• Tao Shi told Tao Yu that Lin Chao had invited him to a dinner hosted by an S-rank talent from a New Frontier Outer City.
• Tao Yu agreed to attend the six o'clock dinner at Restaurant One in the Gourmet Stronghold.
• Tao Hu encouraged Tao Yu to find reliable partners and build influence through resources, while Tao Yu considered ventures such as raising aliens and producing bullets.

Tao Yu attended a gathering of Outer City talents at Niu Changchun’s invitation, meeting Lin Chao and several potential allies. The group discussed an S-rank genius and mutual support in the New Frontier as Niu arrived to address them.

• Tao Yu entered Gourmet Stronghold and followed the hostess to the private room reserved by Niu Changchun.
• Tao Yu reunited with Lin Chao, who introduced him to Wang Xiaoli and the other talented guests.
• Zhang Lei joked about the guests pairing off, but Tao Yu and Lin Chao declined to pursue the idea.
• The guests discussed rumors that an S-rank genius had Battle Intent talent and that his father’s status had risen.
• Niu Changchun arrived and said he had invited them to build connections and help one another in the New Frontier.

Niu Changchun hosted Tao Yu and other talented Outer City pioneers for dinner, showing off his newly acquired Meditation Technique and rebuking Tao Yu for mentioning his connections to influential figures. Tao Yu defused the confrontation by suggesting they eat, and the gathering settled into a meal.

• Niu Changchun arrived in a refined blue robe and boasted that a Meditation Master in the Inner City had taught him the Meditation Technique.
• Niu Changchun criticized people who used the names of influential figures after receiving rewards, then asked Tao Yu what he thought.
• Tao Yu replied that they should eat, leaving Niu Changchun unable to press the issue without alienating the guests.
• Niu Changchun called for the dishes and introduced the expensive, nourishing foods as the group began eating.
• Tao Yu enjoyed the meal and considered how its poor value compared with Qi Replenishing Soup and pills.

At a gathering, Niu Changchun discussed his ambitions and a plan to copy Tao Yu’s transport company, while Lin Chao warned him about retaliation from Inner City explorers. Tao Yu’s wristband then received a message congratulating him on becoming an Intermediate Partner, revealing his achievement to everyone present.

• Zhang Lei praised Niu Changchun, and the group discussed rumors that someone from the New Frontier had become an Intermediate Partner.
• Niu Changchun proposed starting a transport company and copying Dada Transport Company’s plan to obtain machine tools.
• Lin Chao warned that Inner City explorers could retaliate and cited the disappearance of Taff and other explorers.
• Niu Changchun accepted Lin Chao’s warning, then cautioned Tao Yu about pretending to have influential backing.
• Tao Yu answered his vibrating wristband, and the young lady’s message congratulated him on becoming an Intermediate Partner within the group’s hearing.

At dinner, Tao Yu’s companions learned that he had become an Intermediate Partner and was close to Sun Shiyu, a prominent figure in Floating City. Sun Shiyu summoned him for a mission, leaving the others wondering what kind of powerful person he really was.

• Tao Yu’s companions realized he had passed the Intermediate Partner assessment after Sun Shiyu contacted him through his wristband.
• Tao Yu explained that his success came partly from his connection with Panda and Dada Transport Company, while the others grew envious.
• Niu Changchun urged Tao Yu to reply to Sun Shiyu, and she quickly answered that she wanted to talk with him and would send for him.
• Tao Yu cautioned the group not to spread rumors about his connection to Sun Shiyu, and Zhao Yan moved to sit beside him.
• A hover-motorcycle arrived to collect Tao Yu, and he left for a mission as Zhang Lei asked Lin Chao what kind of big shot Tao Yu was.

Tao Yu visited Sun Shiyu and Sun Shiqing’s villa in Floating City, where Lalei warned him that his strong Spiritual Sense made his lingering glances obvious. Sun Shiyu invited him to test his improved Taming skill, and Tao Yu chose to Deify it a second time.

• Tao Yu rode up to Floating City with Sun Shiyu and admired its advanced buildings, gardens, and secluded villa.
• Lalei greeted Tao Yu and explained that his Spiritual Sense let people notice where he focused his gaze.
• Lalei warned Tao Yu to control his gaze around Sun Shiyu and Sun Shiqing, embarrassing him with memories of his earlier staring.
• Sun Shiqing teased Tao Yu about sneaking glances at Lalei, then went upstairs and left Tao Yu alone with Sun Shiyu.
• Sun Shiyu told Tao Yu to look openly and invited him to test his Taming skill; Tao Yu used his wish power to Deify it again.

After an exhausting sparring session with Sun Shiyu, Tao Yu recovered while she warned him against fighting Inner City Explorers and gave him a large gift of wish power. Sun Shiyu realized Tao Yu had obtained a World Heart and physical talent, and the chapter ended with her pinning Sun Shiqing to the ceiling for teasing them.

• Tao Yu and Sun Shiyu finished their intense sparring match, and Sun Shiyu told him to rest rather than risk damaging his foundation.
• Sun Shiyu ordered Tao Yu and Shiqing to watch over the settlement and warned Tao Yu not to kill Inner City Explorers, while Tao Yu insisted he had only fought back.
• Sun Shiyu kissed Tao Yu and gave him a magnetic card containing three hundred thousand units of wish power, then urged him to build his own strength.
• Sun Shiyu guessed that Tao Yu had obtained a World Heart and unlocked a physical talent, and Tao Yu admitted she was right.
• Sun Shiqing came downstairs, complained about the smell, and Sun Shiyu's mental power flung her against the ceiling while Tao Yu watched.

After Sun Shiyu’s visit left Tao Yu suspecting she had unusual powers, he spent his accumulated Wish Power to Deify Stealth: Aberration and Meditation Technique. Meditation Technique revealed a strange ability to make localized outcomes favor him, and Tao Yu resolved to return to the Abyss and grow stronger.

• Tao Yu suspected Sun Shiyu had undergone a dangerous transformation, possibly related to the Abyss, after recalling her extraordinary influence over him.
• Tao Yu chose to Deify Stealth: Aberration and Meditation Technique rather than Myriad Flow Breathing Technique, using his Wish Power on both skills.
• Tao Yu’s second Deification of Stealth: Aberration increased his shadow-jumping range and Shadow Power absorption, letting him stop intercepting the zombies’ Shadow Power and allow Cao Shaolin’s eyes to heal.
• Tao Yu’s Deification of Meditation Technique clarified his Visualization Diagram and raised his mental limit, while revealing an ability to make localized events favor him by spending mental power.
• Tao Yu decided to return to the Abyss and become strong enough to rely on himself, then connected with the World Will and began disappearing from his room.

Tao Yu organized the growing base and prepared to travel north to a newly discovered martial-arts world, where he intended to obtain an Internal Energy System and valuable techniques. He left the company in trusted hands and set his sights on Peach Blossom Island and Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill.

• Tao Yu returned to Jack's dorm, learned that survivors were joining Dada Company, and told Jack to manage the base while he was away.
• Tao Yu explained that his second Deification of Taming let him plant mental seeds that could suppress targets and trigger remote rewards or punishments.
• Park Ji-hyun described the groups among the Demonized World survivors, including Dr. Ren's researchers, the bespectacled medical student's survivors, and the Crow Squad.
• Tao Yu met Panda and Ahn Ji-jeol beside the Osprey, praised Ahn Ji-jeol's successful flight, and arranged for Young Master Sun to assist the company if needed.
• Tao Yu told Panda he was heading north to a newly discovered world from the Jin Dynasty novels to seek internal energy and martial arts such as the Nine Yin Manual and Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill.

Tao Yu left Las Vegas in an RV with Little Black and Cao Shaolin, heading north toward the coast. When armed men pursued their vehicle, Tao Yu slipped away to investigate and found a pickup with a machine gun and RPG alongside several armed motorcyclists.

• Tao Yu calmed Big Black at the Alien farm and discussed using Alien Queens to help Pioneers tame ordinary Aliens.
• Tao Yu left the Las Vegas base in his RV after Jack loaded it with supplies and warned him about crossing the ocean by kayak.
• Little Black drove north while Tao Yu rested in the RV and taught him how to operate the vehicle.
• Tao Yu sensed hostile pursuers, transformed into a shadow, and hid beside the highway.
• Tao Yu spotted a pickup truck carrying a machine gun and an RPG, followed by several armed motorcyclists.

Tao Yu ambushed a convoy that threatened his car and learned its attack was tied to Panda’s interests and an alien domestication technique. After the surviving pioneers tried to kill him, he killed them and prepared to burn the wreckage before catching up with Little Black’s RV.

• Tao Yu opened fire on the convoy from beside an abandoned car, detonating its RPG and killing most of the attackers.
• Tao Yu confronted two surviving Inner City pioneers and learned they had attacked because Panda thought Tao Yu was taking too large a share.
• Tao Yu’s questions revealed the attack was connected to Frank’s family and an alien domestication technique involving a Boarman from the farm.
• The two survivors feigned surrender, then attacked Tao Yu, who killed them both with his shadow movement and overwhelming strength.
• Tao Yu gathered gasoline from the convoy’s motorcycles to burn the bodies and planned to ride after Little Black’s RV.

While traveling north through Canada, Tao Yu met Cheng Lixue and Zhang Hao, martial artists transported from another world who were searching for a way home. After explaining the Abyss and offering to guide them toward the Peach Blossom Island world fragment, Tao Yu gained their agreement to travel with him.

• Tao Yu advised a family traveling in a pickup to follow his route toward Las Vegas, then continued north as the weather grew colder.
• After hearing reports of two strange horsemen, Tao Yu found Cheng Lixue and Zhang Hao camped beside the road and approached them.
• Cheng Lixue explained that she and Zhang Hao had been transported by a mysterious fog while traveling to confront the Skull Gang.
• Tao Yu told them they were in the Abyss and asked whether they knew Peach Blossom Island, but they did not recognize the name.
• Tao Yu invited Cheng Lixue and Zhang Hao to accompany him toward the Peach Blossom Island world fragment, and Cheng Lixue accepted.

Tao Yu took Cheng Lixue and Zhang Hao into his RV, fed them, and explained the dangers and vastness of the Abyss. As they traveled toward a more familiar world, he asked them to teach him about acupoints and meridians, and Cheng Lixue agreed.

• Cheng Lixue and Zhang Hao were startled by Little Black, then accepted Tao Yu's invitation to ride in the RV and left their horses behind.
• Tao Yu gave the hungry pair canned beef and explained that they might never find their way home from the Abyss.
• Tao Yu demonstrated a pistol, warning Cheng Lixue and Zhang Hao about the unfamiliar weapons and dangers of the world ahead.
• Tao Yu said the next world might resemble their own and that its people could understand their language, giving Cheng Lixue a glimmer of hope.
• Tao Yu asked Cheng Lixue and Zhang Hao to teach him about acupoints and meridians, and Cheng Lixue agreed.

Cheng Lixue taught Tao Yu how to identify acupoints and feel the flow of internal energy, only to discover his meridians were extraordinarily broad and strong. The lesson continued with Tao Yu intrigued by the potential of this new power system.

• Tao Yu watched Tom and Jerry while Cheng Lixue prepared to teach him.
• Cheng Lixue explained the risks of guiding internal energy and began identifying Tao Yu's key acupoints.
• Cheng Lixue found Tao Yu's Dantian unusually spacious and his meridians stronger and broader than her own.
• Cheng Lixue guided her internal energy through Tao Yu's meridians as he focused on learning its route and power.
• Tao Yu's blood energy caused an involuntary twitch near the Huiyin Acupoint, but Cheng Lixue calmly continued the lesson.

Tao Yu took Cheng Lixue and Zhang Hao to the World Barrier near Alaska and set out by kayak toward a distant island that might be Peach Blossom Island. He noticed seawater pouring through the barrier and continued onward, leaving the long-term danger unresolved.

• Cheng Lixue thanked Tao Yu for helping her and teaching him martial arts, while Tao Yu declined to learn the Snow Mountain Sect's cultivation method for now.
• Tao Yu brought Cheng Lixue and Zhang Hao to the World Barrier, where they saw a cliff more than a hundred meters high and an island far across the water.
• Tao Yu covered the RV and left Cao Shaolin and Little Black to guard it, then climbed down the cliff with the others and prepared two inflatable kayaks.
• Tao Yu helped Cheng Lixue into his kayak, while Little Black dragged Zhang Hao to the other kayak and pushed it out to sea.
• Tao Yu paddled rapidly toward the island with Cheng Lixue, while Little Black struggled to keep up with Zhang Hao's kayak.
• Tao Yu spotted seawater pouring through the World Barrier beneath the Bering Strait and continued toward the island despite the risk of rising sea levels.

After a storm washed Tao Yu, Cheng Lixue, and Zhang Hao ashore on Peach Blossom Island, they met its masked owner, Huang Yaoshi. He recognized them as visitors from beyond the world and told them to come with the servants, while his Lightness Skill astonished Cheng Lixue and Zhang Hao.

• Tao Yu reached the shore, where Cheng Lixue and Tao Yu had built a fire and prepared food.
• Tao Yu identified the island as a possible Peach Blossom Island, and two deaf-mute servants approached the group.
• Tao Yu sensed a stranger beneath a peach tree and warned Cheng Lixue and Zhang Hao not to threaten him.
• The masked Huang Yaoshi called them Outer Realm Demons, questioned Tao Yu, and told them to follow the servants.
• Huang Yaoshi drifted away with his Lightness Skill, leaving Cheng Lixue and Zhang Hao amazed.

Tao Yu met Huang Yaoshi at Peach Blossom Island and impressed him with a pistol and a demonstration of his supernatural abilities. Huang Yaoshi agreed to teach him a skill in exchange, and the chapter ended as they prepared to spar.

• Tao Yu and his companions changed clothes and followed Huang Yaoshi’s deaf-mute servants through the peach grove to a pavilion.
• Huang Yaoshi asked Tao Yu about the Heavenly Abyss and the visitor from the other side, and Tao Yu explained that the visitor was his superior.
• Huang Yaoshi showed Tao Yu a Wish Power item resembling ODM Gear, then examined and fired Tao Yu’s pistol.
• Tao Yu offered to demonstrate his strength, and Huang Yaoshi promised to teach him a skill in return for the pistol and the demonstration.
• Tao Yu revealed his monster transformation and challenged Huang Yaoshi, who invited him to try to knock him off the pavilion railing.