Chapter Summaries

Hao Shuai displayed the He Shi Bi Jade on Tianjin Bridge, drawing the north's major factions and top martial artists into a tense standoff. After Ning Daoqi appeared, Hao Shuai summoned Zhang Sanfeng, Xiao Feng, and Tong Piaoyun, signaling that the battle was about to begin.

• You Chuhong offered to trade for the He Shi Bi Jade, and Dugu Feng agreed to exchange herself for it.
• Hao Shuai revealed the He Shi Bi Jade, and more than a hundred experts from across the north gathered on Tianjin Bridge.
• Wanwan identified the faction leaders present, including Wang Shichong, Li Mi, Tuli, and several peak Grandmasters.
• Hao Shuai denounced Cihang Jingzhai and challenged Shi Feixuan, then called out Ning Daoqi, who emerged from a covered boat.
• Hao Shuai announced that his turn had come and summoned Zhang Sanfeng, Xiao Feng, and Tong Piaoyun to the bridge.

After absorbing the captured Grandmasters’ energy, Hao Shuai’s Golden Core grew only from soybean-sized to broad-bean-sized, and he turned to securing Luoyang. He made the Dugu Clan his subordinate and tasked it with taking control of the city within three days.

• Hao Shuai finished absorbing energy from the captured experts and found that his Golden Core had grown only slightly.
• Hao Shuai reunited with Zhang Sanfeng, Xiao Feng, Wanwan, and Tong Piaoyun, then rested with Tong Piaoyun before she returned to Yangzhou the next morning.
• Shangguan Long brought You Chuhong and Dugu Feng to meet Hao Shuai, and Hao Shuai teased them about destroying the Dugu Clan.
• Hao Shuai offered Luoyang to the Dugu Clan, and Dugu Feng and You Chuhong pledged allegiance to him.
• Hao Shuai ordered the Dugu Clan to take Wang Shichong and bring Luoyang under its control within three days, with help from the Yin Gui Sect.

After You Chuhong and Dugu Feng left Wang Shichong with Hao Shuai, Dugu Feng stayed behind to learn martial arts. Hao Shuai healed the captive Shi Feixuan with a Senzu Bean, then assaulted her and left her in his custody, contemplating whether she might eventually join his harem.

• You Chuhong and Dugu Feng departed with Wang Shichong, while Dugu Feng stayed behind at Hao Shuai's and rejected his teasing offer to learn bedchamber arts.
• Hao Shuai visited the injured Shi Feixuan and fed her a Senzu Bean, healing her injuries.
• Hao Shuai asked Shi Feixuan for the Ci Hang Sword Canon, but she refused to betray Cihang Jingzhai and said she had never learned the complete text.
• Shi Feixuan warned Hao Shuai that forcing her would not win her heart, but he tore off her clothes and assaulted her.
• Afterward, Hao Shuai considered whether he could change Shi Feixuan's beliefs and make her part of his harem.

Hao Shuai forced Shi Feixuan to guide him to Cihang Jingzhai, where he demanded compensation from Fan Qinghui for the temple’s role in attacking him. Fan Qinghui ordered the disciples to form the Cihang Sword Formation, and Hao Shuai used his Psychic Power to disarm the weaker nuns.

• Hao Shuai left Luoyang with Shi Feixuan and flew to Yumeng Mountain, where she led him through the Seven Gates to Cihang Jingzhai.
• Hao Shuai and Shi Feixuan met Fan Qinghui and the temple’s gathered disciples in the plaza outside Cihang Hall.
• Hao Shuai told Fan Qinghui that Ning Daoqi and the Four Great Holy Monks were dead and demanded martial arts manuals, divine arts, and young women as compensation.
• Fan Qinghui ordered the disciples to form the Cihang Sword Formation and attack Hao Shuai.
• Hao Shuai activated his Psychic Power and made the disciples below the Grandmaster realm drop their swords.

Hao Shuai defeated Cihang Jingzhai, spared its younger disciples, and plundered its manuals and wealth before taking Shi Feixuan to Shaolin Temple. He left Shaolin with the Marrow Cleansing Scripture in his storage space.

• Hao Shuai shattered the Cihang Sword Formation, defeated the fighters, crippled the lower-level disciples, and absorbed the Grandmasters' inner energy.
• Hao Shuai spared the disciples at Shi Feixuan's request, then followed her to the Scripture Tower and photographed the Sword Canon while taking the other manuals and valuables.
• Hao Shuai sent Fan Qinghui and the older women to Luoyang for Shangguan Long to train, while Shi Feixuan settled the younger disciples.
• Hao Shuai studied the Sword Canon on the ugly condor and judged its dangerous final chapter inferior to the other three extraordinary texts.
• Hao Shuai and Shi Feixuan visited Shaolin Temple, and Hao Shuai returned with the Marrow Cleansing Scripture.

Hao Shuai obtained the Marrow Cleansing Scripture and learned that the War God Hall would open on Zhongnan Mountain in two months. After bringing Bian Bufu to Yangzhou for Shan Wanjing, he celebrated her revenge by carrying her off for a bath.

• Hao Shuai studied the Marrow Cleansing Scripture and realized it was a profound body-tempering art that could complement his cultivation.
• Lu Miazi told Hao Shuai that the War God Hall would appear on Zhongnan Mountain in two months, and Hao Shuai decided to set out early.
• Hao Shuai learned Shang Xiuxun and Song Yuzhi had gone to Yangzhou, so he retrieved Bian Bufu from a pigsty and teleported there with him.
• Hao Shuai handed Bian Bufu over to Shan Wanjing, who ordered her guards to kill him and feed his corpse to the dogs.
• Hao Shuai tried to embrace Shan Wanjing, then carried her off over his shoulder for a mandarin-duck bath.

Hao Shuai secured Yangzhou and Luoyang by eliminating the Demon Gate and Martial Venerable Bi Xuan, then traveled to Zhongnan Mountain with five martial arts experts to enter the War God Hall. They waited for the hall to open.

• Hao Shuai met his Yangzhou officials, approved the plan to unify the south, and left them to carry out the campaigns.
• Hao Shuai returned to Luoyang, where Shi Zhixuan and Zhu Yuyan reported that they had captured the Demon Gate experts; Hao Shuai executed them.
• Hao Shuai traveled to the grasslands and killed Martial Venerable Bi Xuan, taking his head and Blazing Sun Marvelous Skill.
• Zhao Min and the others began campaigns against Du Fuwei and Shen Faxing while Hao Shuai spent time between Yangzhou and Luoyang.
• Hao Shuai arrived at Zhongnan Mountain with Song Que, Shi Zhixuan, Lu Miazi, Zhang Sanfeng, and Xiao Feng, and they waited for the War God Hall to open.

Hao Shuai and his companions entered the War God Hall’s underground world, where they encountered and killed its Demon Dragon guardian. After collecting the dragon’s blood and corpse, they prepared to explore the hall.

• Hao Shuai shattered the formation’s Space Node and led Lu Miazi, Song Que, and the others through the opening into the cavern.
• Hao Shuai and his companions discovered the Yanxiang Hall on an island in an underground lake and examined the stone tortoise at the steps.
• A Demon Dragon burst from the lake and attacked Xiao Feng, but Hao Shuai struck it and Song Que began fighting it.
• Hao Shuai ordered Zhang Sanfeng, Song Que, the other fighters, and the Heng Ha Two Generals to attack the Demon Dragon, but they could not defeat it.
• Hao Shuai immobilized the Demon Dragon with telekinetic power and killed it with a crystal dagger aimed at its reverse scale.
• Hao Shuai collected the dragon’s blood, found no Dragon Core or dragon pearl, and put away the corpse for a later meal.

Hao Shuai and his companions entered the War God Hall, where they discovered Guang Chengzi’s body and the forty-nine images of the War God Catalog. After studying the catalog for three days, Hao Shuai gained a deeper understanding of martial arts and ways to refine his cultivation.

• Hao Shuai fed the Heng Ha Two Generals dragon blood and stored them away to help them evolve later.
• Hao Shuai led Song Que and the others into the War God Hall and identified its forty-nine bas-reliefs as the War God Catalog.
• Lu Miazi found Guang Chengzi’s body beneath an inscription, and Hao Shuai examined it and concluded that Guang Chengzi had cultivated his body with the Longevity Art.
• Hao Shuai studied the catalog’s images, connecting their principles to his battle intent, yin-yang cultivation, dual cultivation, and the Five Elements.
• Hao Shuai finished comprehending all forty-nine images after three days, gaining a clearer understanding of cultivation methods.

Hao Shuai interrupted Song Que and the others’ study of the War God Catalog, then returned with them to the Great Tang World and prepared to leave after strengthening his allies. The chapter ends by introducing Anteverse, the Precursors, and the Kaiju invasion that led humanity to create the PPDC and its Jaegers.

• Hao Shuai filmed and photographed all forty-nine War God Catalog reliefs, then watched Song Que, Shi Zhixuan, Xiao Feng, and Zhang Sanfeng focus on reliefs that suited them.
• After seven days without food or water, Hao Shuai woke Song Que and the others before their study could lead them to Shatter the Void.
• Hao Shuai had Song Que and the others carve up the Demon Dragon, and they ate a feast of its meat before he stored the remaining parts.
• Hao Shuai failed to take the War God Hall into the Chaos Bead and returned with the others to the Great Tang World.
• Hao Shuai strengthened the women’s cultivation through his dual cultivation technique, then left the Great Tang World after ensuring Zhao Min and the others were safe.
• The chapter described how the Precursors on Anteverse opened a wormhole to Earth, sent Kaiju to attack humanity, and prompted the creation of the PPDC and the Jaeger Program.

Hao Shuai arrived in Sydney during an attack by Obsidian Fury and narrowly escaped being crushed by a Jaeger. As Gipsy Avenger fought back, Hao Shuai identified the setting and tried to gather information with Red Queen, leaving the battle underway.

• Hao Shuai appeared in Sydney and was nearly stomped by a Jaeger before escaping to a rooftop with his Invincible Golden Body.
• Hao Shuai recognized Gipsy Avenger and Obsidian Fury, identified the year as 2035, and asked Red Queen to hack into the network.
• Obsidian Fury fired missiles at Gipsy Avenger, and the blue Jaeger caught a falling helipad above a woman in gray and the crowd below.
• Obsidian Fury destroyed two coastal defense guns and used its sonic jammer, disrupting Mako Mori's communications and Red Queen's network access.
• Obsidian Fury targeted Mako Mori's helicopter, but Gipsy Avenger knocked it off balance with a piece of helipad and charged into close combat.

Hao Shuai entered the Pacific Rim world, saved Mako Mori from a crashing helicopter, and learned about the world and Shao Liwen. After leaving Sydney, he planned to travel to Shanghu City to meet the CEO.

• Hao Shuai chose the Pacific Rim world because its giant mechs offered a suitable place to fight and were less dangerous than those in other worlds.
• Hao Shuai used telekinesis to stop Mako Mori's helicopter from crashing, while Obsidian Fury escaped into the sea.
• Two days later, Hao Shuai asked Red Queen about the world's history and Shao Industries' CEO, Shao Liwen.
• Hao Shuai learned that Shao Liwen was in Shanghu City and told Red Queen to book him a plane ticket.

Hao Shuai visited Shao Liwen, CEO of the Shao Group, hoping to secure the resources needed to obtain a Jaeger by proposing a partnership. After reading the materials he provided, Shao Liwen was shocked by what they contained.

• Hao Shuai arrived at Shao Industries and used Red Queen to arrange access to Shao Liwen's office.
• Hao Shuai entered Shao Liwen's office and used his alluring aura to influence her.
• Hao Shuai explained that he wanted to join forces with the Shao Group so he could use its resources to obtain a Jaeger.
• Hao Shuai gave Shao Liwen a USB drive containing his partnership materials, and her skepticism turned to shock as she read them.

Hao Shuai offered Shao Liwen advanced technology in exchange for a Jaeger, and she agreed to have one built while he flirted with her. At Shao Industries’ assembly workshop, he discovered the hidden control core in the drone Jaegers and realized the Pacific Rim 2 crisis might end before his own Jaeger was ready.

• Hao Shuai told Shao Liwen that his USB drive contained genuine advanced technologies and asked to trade them for a Jaeger built by Shao Industries.
• Hao Shuai flirted with Shao Liwen, who blushed and agreed to have a Jaeger built for him.
• Shao Liwen invited Hao Shuai to tour the Jaeger workshop, where her bodyguards confronted him before she identified him as her guest.
• Hao Shuai inspected a drone Jaeger with his Divine Sense and detected the brain-like control core Dr. Newton had planted.
• Hao Shuai realized that building his Jaeger could take longer than the Pacific Rim 2 crisis, leaving him unsure when he would get to test it.

Hao Shuai recognized Dr. Newton’s abnormal Mental Power and warned Shao Liwen that Newton was conspiring with the Precursors. When Shao Liwen confronted him at home, Hao Shuai tricked Newton into revealing that his plan had been discovered, and Newton declared that the world would end regardless.

• Hao Shuai met Dr. Newton at the Shaw Group and sensed that his Mental Power was inhuman.
• Hao Shuai and Shao Liwen toured the company, while employees spread rumors about their relationship.
• At dinner, Hao Shuai told Shao Liwen that Newton carried an evil presence, and she believed him and went to Newton’s home.
• Shao Liwen found Newton with a neural interface and a Kaiju secondary brain, then confronted him.
• Hao Shuai used Psychic Power to make Newton believe the drone Jaegers had been ordered disassembled, causing Newton to reveal his allegiance to the Precursors.
• Newton claimed the end of the world was coming, and Hao Shuai asked him to explain his plan.

Newton revealed that he had planned to use corrupted drone Jaegers to open Breaches and bring the Precursors' Kaiju to Earth, but he warned that the Precursors could open a Breach themselves in six months. Hao Shuai and Shao Liwen exposed the threat, notified the governments and PPDC, and began preparing for the invasion.

• Newton explained that the Precursors had corrupted his mind and that he had secretly built Obsidian Fury and planted Kaiju brains in the Shaw Group's drone Jaegers.
• Hao Shuai reassured Shao Liwen that they could stop Newton's plan, and a bodyguard knocked Newton down when he lunged at Hao Shuai.
• Newton warned that the Precursors could open a Breach in six months even without his plan, and Hao Shuai ordered the bodyguards to imprison him.
• Hao Shuai and Shao Liwen returned to Shaw Group headquarters, where Shao ordered her staff to inspect the drone Jaegers and remove their Kaiju brains.
• Shao Liwen told the governments and PPDC about Newton's plan, then said she would order full-scale drone Jaeger production as Hao Shuai comforted her.

At the Shaw Group research base, Hao Shuai showed Shao Liwen a Jaeger designed by Red Queen and arranged for the Shaw Group to build it. Shao Liwen agreed to share the fusion reactor technology with the Flower Family, while Hao Shuai insisted the Jaeger would have a single pilot.

• Hao Shuai introduced Red Queen and showed Shao Liwen the Jaeger design, explaining that his AI had created it.
• Hao Shuai said he would power the Jaeger with a nuclear fusion reactor, and Shao Liwen asked for the technology.
• Hao Shuai agreed to provide the fusion data through Red Queen on the condition that Shao Liwen send a copy to the Flower Family.
• Shao Liwen estimated that building the Jaeger would take four or five months because its technologies and single-pilot cockpit were unfamiliar.
• Shao Liwen worried that a single pilot would be overwhelmed, but Hao Shuai said his strong Mental Power and AI assistance would let him pilot alone.

Hao Shuai asked Shao Liwen to arrange Jaeger training for him at Moyulan Base, and she brought him there the next day. He met Quan, the base’s director, who offered to show them around and said the Lambert Warriors would look after Hao Shuai.

• Shao Liwen suggested changing the humanoid Jaeger design to a beast-shaped one, but Hao Shuai rejected the idea because he wanted to pilot a humanoid Jaeger.
• Hao Shuai asked Shao Liwen to arrange training for him at Moyulan Base, and she agreed to take him there the next day.
• Hao Shuai and Shao Liwen flew to the secluded Moyulan Hunter Training Base, which Shao Liwen said housed advanced seventh-generation Jaegers and trainees from around the world.
• Quan greeted Shao Liwen and Hao Shuai at the base, and Hao Shuai introduced himself as the person who had come to train.
• Quan said the Lambert Warriors would take care of Hao Shuai and offered to show the pair around the base.

Hao Shuai toured Moyulan Base with Shao Liwen, then stayed behind to begin training after she returned to the Shaw Group. He met Jake Pentecost, who looked down on him as a recruit admitted through connections, and completed his initial physical assessment with ease.

• Hao Shuai and Shao Liwen toured Moyulan Base, where General Quan showed them the Jaegers and trainee simulator.
• Shao Liwen returned to the Shaw Group after Hao Shuai promised to spend the evening with her, and General Quan assigned Lambert Warrior to show Hao Shuai to his private room.
• After his afternoon nap, Hao Shuai met Jake Pentecost, who took him to the testing area with an impatient and disdainful attitude.
• Hao Shuai completed the strength, speed, stamina, and balance assessments while deliberately limiting his abilities.

Hao Shuai took a Mental Strength test and deliberately stopped at a score of 188, stunning the researchers and confirming he could pilot a Jaeger alone. On the way back, Jack admitted he and Lambert had set the tests as a challenge because they assumed Hao Shuai had entered through connections.

• Jack brought Hao Shuai to the Mental Strength testing room and explained the tester and the previous record of 124.
• Hao Shuai guided his Mental Power into the tester, watched the score pass the record, and stopped it at 188 to avoid attracting too much attention.
• The researchers discussed whether Hao Shuai could pilot a Jaeger alone, and Hao Shuai revealed that the Shaw Group had built him a single-seat Jaeger.
• Jack said he had hoped to recruit Hao Shuai for the PPDC on Mako's behalf, but Hao Shuai declined because of his relationship with Shao Liwen.
• On the way to the dorm, Jack confessed that he and Lambert had used pilot-training standards to make Hao Shuai back out because they thought he had gotten in through connections.
• Hao Shuai let go of his resentment because Jack and Lambert had helped save the Earth.