Chapter Summaries

Noah ordered Ma Lijin to investigate Chen Mo’s unknown ability and gather Siam’s supernatural beings for an ambush. They chose a remote farm near Manchester as the venue, where Noah planned to use explosives to eliminate Chen Mo and the gathered fighters.

• Noah told Ma Lijin to investigate Chen Mo’s concealed marking ability and recruit Siamese supernatural beings to help kill him.
• Noah ordered Ma Lijin to find a venue and arrange a large underground TNT trap, threatening him into complying.
• Noah and Ma Lijin rejected using a freighter and chose a remote private farm near Manchester for the ambush.
• Ma Lijin used his influence to secure the wealthy owner’s farm, and the owner offered to give it to him outright.

Ma Lijin recruited Siamese Ability Users to help Noah eliminate an enemy, while a military contact planted more than two thousand kilograms of TNT at a farm as an ambush. Master Mahali, Master Tulio, and Master Ashim agreed to join the gathering, as Noah arranged for Demp and Ira to rest and move upriver until he was ready.

• Ma Lijin used his connections and lavish promises to recruit Ability Users from across Siam, including Master Mahali, Master Tulio, and Master Ashim.
• Ma Lijin hired a military contact to bring nearly five hundred soldiers to the farm and plant more than two thousand kilograms of TNT at key points.
• Master Mahali, Master Tulio, and Master Ashim accepted Ma Lijin’s offer and decided to join the attack before resuming their pursuit of Chen Mo.
• Noah ordered Demp and Ira to rest, then abandon their car at dawn and travel upstream along the Chao Phraya River while setting up defenses and awaiting further orders.

Noah prepared to lure the enemy to the farm, while Ma Lijin arranged explosives, soldiers, and local transcendents for the coming battle. By morning, the forces were expected to be assembled, and Noah planned to let the enemy exhaust themselves before striking.

• Noah had Ira and Demp set up surveillance on their boat so they could detect pursuers and return safely to the farm.
• Ma Lijin added another ton of TNT, bringing the total buried around the farm to three tons, and received the remote detonator from the military officer.
• The military officer arranged for a battalion to replace the combat engineers, and Ma Lijin paid the battalion commander to deploy armed soldiers around the farm.
• Ma Lijin told Noah that nearly all the nearby transcendents had agreed to come, with the last arrivals expected by eight in the morning.
• Noah explained that the armed soldiers would drain the target's energy, then planned to use the transcendents and, if necessary, the TNT against whoever survived.

Noah questioned Juno, Minda, and his wife about Chen Mo and Bai Xiaotian, using his mental abilities to punish Juno when she resisted. He learned only that Chen Mo was a skilled marksman, physically strong, and able to fly a plane, leaving him without a clear account of Chen Mo’s abilities.

• Noah showed Juno a photo of Chen Mo and Bai Xiaotian, noticed her reaction, and concluded she recognized one of them.
• When Juno denied knowing either man, Noah struck her with a Spirit Stab, then questioned Minda and his wife about their journey to Manchester.
• Minda and his wife admitted they knew the pair and described how Chen Mo had escorted them from Trat, while Juno tried to stop them from talking.
• Noah used another Spirit Stab on Juno, and Minda told him that Chen Mo was an excellent shot, strong, and able to land a plane.
• Noah left without learning what abilities Chen Mo possessed, since the witnesses and surviving footage revealed little beyond his strength and gunfighting skills.

After Noah prepared an explosive ambush for the arriving Siamese Masters, he and Ma Lijin arranged to use them against Chen Mo and Bai Xiaotian. Ma Lijin also recruited Manchester Grey Skin personnel for an initial attack, leaving Monroe to report the plan and negotiate payments.

• Juno cursed Minda and his wife after they gave Noah information about her, while Minda explained that he had chosen to protect himself.
• Ma Lijin showed Noah the ambush layout, including several tons of TNT, and said two Siamese Masters had arrived.
• Noah urged Ma Lijin to gather the Masters and use them against the enemy so Ma Lijin could gain influence in Siam's supernatural world.
• Monroe asked Ma Lijin why he had summoned so many Masters, and Ma Lijin claimed they were needed to stop a powerful supernatural Master responsible for dangerous incidents.
• Ma Lijin paid Monroe and requested Manchester rapid response personnel to test the enemies, promising one hundred thousand US dollars for each operative who died.

Ma Lijin gathered soldiers, Grey Skin rapid-response troops, and more than thirty extraordinary individuals at the farm to prepare an ambush for Chen Mo. He kept the buried TNT and his plan to sacrifice the assembled fighters secret as the promised treasures remained on their way.

• Ma Lijin paid Romen to bring five hundred Grey Skin troops with heavy weapons, then convinced Noah to prepare his Ability Users for the fight.
• Noah, Ma Lijin, and Little Hu chose buildings with hidden escape routes while five hundred soldiers dug trenches near the farm’s open area, unaware that nearly three tons of TNT lay buried nearby.
• Five hundred Grey Skin troops formed another defensive ring, and the combined force finished preparing its positions after nearly two hours.
• More than thirty extraordinary individuals from Siam and neighboring countries gathered in the farm’s dining room to claim the treasures Ma Lijin had promised.
• When one Sorcerer demanded to see the items, Ma Lijin said they were being delivered and would arrive in about a day, claiming Western Ability Users were escorting them.

Ma Lijin placated the masters with scheduled payments while Ira and Demp traveled upriver as bait for Chen Mo. Chen Mo continued tracking them but remained unsure whether the Ability Users were preparing a trap or had abandoned them, leaving the pursuit unresolved.

• Ma Lijin arranged equal nine-figure dollar transfers for each master, scheduling them to arrive over four hours while secretly intending to cancel them.
• Ira and Demp drove north, rested at a motel, then boarded a boat to travel upstream along the Chao Phraya River and buy Noah time to prepare.
• Chen Mo and Bai Xiaotian resumed following Ira and Demp using the Tracking Talisman, and Chen Mo realized the pair knew they were being tracked.
• Chen Mo spotted Demp's surveillance cameras and stopped beyond their range, then took Bai Xiaotian to a hotel and explained that he had let Ira and Demp go to lead him to the others.
• Chen Mo asked Bai Xiaotian whether Ira and Demp were bait for a trap or had been abandoned to help the Ability Users escape, but they had no answer yet.

Chen Mo and Bai Xiaotian agreed that Demp and Ira were bait leading to a trap, but that following them was the best way to find Juno. While Chen Mo monitored the pair and recovered his strength, he checked messages from home and resolved to return to his loved ones after the rescue.

• Bai Xiaotian explained why he believed Demp and Ira would lead Chen Mo into a trap set by Noah and the Western Ability Users.
• Chen Mo agreed that Juno would likely be used as bait and decided to follow Demp and Ira to find her.
• Chen Mo told Bai Xiaotian to rest while he cultivated and kept his Spiritual Sense trained on the two Ability Users.
• Chen Mo checked his phone, read messages from Shen Tingting and his family, and put the phone away without replying.
• Chen Mo continued watching Demp and Ira as they rested at the inn.

Chen Mo and Bai Xiaotian followed Demp and Ira along the Chao Phraya River as they traveled by boat. Chen Mo bought a fishing boat and continued tailing them while keeping Kajin captive.

• Bai Xiaotian stayed awake emailing his team, while Chen Mo told him to wash up before they left.
• Chen Mo ordered Bai Xiaotian to follow Demp and Ira’s car and keep Kajin captive in the trunk.
• Demp carried Ira aboard a pleasure boat arranged through Ma Lijin, and the boat headed upstream.
• Chen Mo gave Bai Xiaotian money and told him to find a boat so they could continue following by river.
• Bai Xiaotian bought a small fishing boat, and Chen Mo transferred Kajin aboard before setting off.
• Chen Mo caught up with Demp and Ira’s pleasure boat and followed it from about six hundred meters behind.

Chen Mo followed Demp and Ira’s tour boat away from Manchester while Bai Xiaotian kept pace by car, uncertain whether the pair were bait or expendable pawns. Meanwhile, Noah and Ma Lijin prepared their plan with nearly forty superhumans gathered above three tons of TNT, and Demp began searching for the unseen tracker as he headed back toward Manchester.

• Chen Mo decided to keep following Demp and Ira’s tour boat, while Bai Xiaotian followed along the riverbank by car.
• Chen Mo threw the unconscious Kajin into the Chao Phraya River wearing a life jacket, leaving him paralyzed and at the mercy of whoever might find him.
• Ma Lijin told Noah that all the invited superhumans had arrived, and Noah agreed to begin the plan while keeping the remote detonator and staying behind.
• Noah messaged Demp, who reported that he and Ira had seen no suspicious pursuer despite reviewing their surveillance footage.
• Noah ordered Demp to pretend he had noticed nothing, return to Karin Pier in Manchester, and contact him after disembarking.
• Demp told the captain to turn back and used binoculars to search nearby boats and roads for the person tracking them.

Demp and Ira searched for anyone tailing their cruise boat but failed to notice Chen Mo watching them from a distance. After they went ashore, Chen Mo followed Demp by car, while Ma Lijin identified Chen Mo’s vehicle and ordered Grey Skin not to interfere, leaving Chen Mo suspicious when no further pursuers appeared.

• Demp and Ira watched the river for suspicious boats but dismissed Chen Mo’s fishing boat and found nothing.
• Demp turned the cruise boat around and took Ira ashore after more than two hours, while Chen Mo kept his fishing boat behind them.
• Chen Mo met Bai Xiaotian at the dock and told him to follow Demp’s car.
• Bai Xiaotian sped after Demp, and Chen Mo burst a pursuing Grey Skin patrol car’s tire with a small stone.
• Ma Lijin saw Chen Mo’s car following Demp and ordered Grey Skin’s Manchester leader not to interfere.
• Chen Mo found no Grey Skin vehicles nearby and wondered why they had stopped pursuing him.

Chen Mo followed Demp and Ira toward a farm, then disabled their car before they could reach the ambush site. Noah learned that Chen Mo had stopped them but chose to wait rather than risk disrupting the trap.

• Demp drove Ira toward the farm while repeatedly trying to contact Noah, unaware at first that Chen Mo's car was following them.
• Chen Mo told Bai Xiaotian to close the distance, reasoning that the ambush site was nearby, and Demp and Ira realized they were being followed.
• Chen Mo punctured the lead car's rear tire with a Little Pebble, then pierced its fuel line when Demp tried to drive away.
• Ma Lijin reported the stopped cars to Noah, and observers sent images showing Chen Mo outside the rear car.
• Noah admitted to himself that he had ignored Demp's calls to use him as bait, then ordered Ma Lijin's people to watch the scene and make no move yet.

Chen Mo caught up with Demp and Ira after disabling their car and quickly defeated them in a roadside fight. After checking for anyone watching, he still suspected that someone was observing him.

• Demp found his car unusable and got out to face Chen Mo while Ira remained inside.
• Chen Mo knocked Demp unconscious with a few punches, then stopped Ira from reversing into him by flipping her car over.
• Ira burst through the car door and hurled an ice ball at Chen Mo, who used Demp to block the attack and left Demp’s face bloodied and frozen.
• Ira unleashed an ice storm, but Chen Mo charged through it and beat her until she could no longer fight.
• Chen Mo tossed Ira beside Demp, kicked the overturned car into the embankment, and searched the area, finding no watcher despite his suspicion that someone was observing him.

Chen Mo interrogated Ira and Demp, confirming that Noah had prepared an ambush at a nearby farm, then called Noah to negotiate a hostage exchange. Noah agreed in principle to trade Juno, Minda, and his wife for Ira and Demp, and Chen Mo accepted the proposed terms.

• Chen Mo interrogated Ira and learned that she and Demp had been sent as bait, though she withheld some information.
• Chen Mo forced Demp to cooperate, and Demp revealed that a farm ahead had been prepared to welcome Chen Mo with an ambush.
• Chen Mo used Demp’s satellite phone to call Captain Noah and identified himself as Mr. X.
• Chen Mo proposed exchanging Ira and Demp for Juno, but Noah said he also held Minda and his wife.
• Chen Mo agreed to trade all three hostages for Ira and Demp.

Chen Mo and Bai Xiaotian drove Demp and Ira toward Noah’s farm to exchange them for Juno, knowing Noah had prepared an ambush. The SUV stopped at the entrance to the plaza, leaving Noah and his men waiting as Chen Mo refused to drive farther in.

• Chen Mo agreed with Noah to meet at the farm and exchange hostages, while Noah prepared his forces to kill him after the exchange.
• Chen Mo told Bai Xiaotian that Noah’s trap was certain and that Noah had made him the main target, then knocked Demp and Ira unconscious so they could not overhear their plans.
• Chen Mo and Bai Xiaotian discussed how to proceed after Juno’s release as they drove toward the farm, and Chen Mo used his Spiritual Sense to check for roadside traps.
• Noah chose not to ambush the SUV on the road and instead ordered his men to stay hidden until it entered the farm’s trap range.
• Noah led several Ability Users to the center of the grounds and watched the SUV approach, but Chen Mo ordered Bai Xiaotian to stop at the plaza entrance.

Chen Mo discovered that Ma Lijin had rigged the farm plaza with explosives and ambushers, so he refused Noah’s attempts to lure him inside and insisted on seeing the hostages. Noah brought Juno, Minda, and Minda’s wife forward, leaving the hostage exchange poised to begin.

• Ma Lijin ordered the ambushers and summoned masters to stay hidden while Chen Mo stopped outside the plaza after sensing armed men and more than two tons of explosives beneath it.
• Chen Mo waited for Noah and approached only the edge of the plaza, planning to let Bai Xiaotian leave with the hostages before dealing with the ambush.
• Chen Mo and Noah met calmly, but Chen Mo refused Noah’s invitation to enter for coffee and demanded to see Juno, Minda, and Minda’s wife.
• Noah used Mental Power to confirm that Demp and Ira were tied up in Chen Mo’s car, then decided to exchange the hostages before taking further action.
• Noah had Minda, his wife, and Juno escorted forward, and Chen Mo recognized them before being struck by Juno’s exceptional appearance.

Chen Mo negotiated a hostage exchange with Noah while preparing to get Juno out safely. The exchange began with Ira, leaving Chen Mo at the plaza as Noah waited to draw him into an ambush.

• Chen Mo confirmed Juno’s identity and proposed exchanging Ira or Demp for her, then taking Minda and his wife afterward.
• Chen Mo told Bai Xiaotian to drive Juno away once she was in the car and to wait for his message.
• Chen Mo carried the unconscious Demp and Ira back to the plaza, alarming Noah and prompting Ma Lijin and Hu to consider retreating.
• Noah ordered Juno exchanged for Ira, and Chen Mo set Ira down before Noah, who restrained his anger and waited for Chen Mo to enter the ambush circle.

Chen Mo forced Mr. X to restore Ira in exchange for Juno, then stalled Noah while Bai Xiaotian drove Juno away. Noah secretly ordered his people to follow the SUV and prepared to attack Chen Mo.

• Noah threatened Juno to make Chen Mo remove Ira’s Restriction, and Chen Mo secretly left dormant True Essence inside Ira.
• Noah and Chen Mo agreed to release their captives, and Ira and Juno walked back to their respective sides.
• Juno recognized Bai Xiaotian in the SUV and left with him after Chen Mo signaled that they should go.
• Noah sent Team Members to follow the SUV while Chen Mo stayed behind and pretended to continue negotiations.
• Noah ordered his forces to prepare to surround Chen Mo and told another subordinate to pursue the SUV and capture Juno if possible.

Chen Mo delayed the hostage exchange until Bai Xiaotian escaped safely, using Demp to keep Noah’s people at bay. After Chen Mo exchanged Demp for Minda and his wife, Demp crossed paths with them and showed a flash of viciousness.

• Chen Mo threatened Noah with Demp and warned him not to intercept Bai Xiaotian’s car, then stopped a pursuing Ability User with a pebble.
• Noah ordered his people not to stop Bai Xiaotian and waited with his team while Chen Mo held Demp and endured the sun.
• After about an hour, Chen Mo received a message that Bai Xiaotian was safe, and Ma Lijin learned his trackers had lost him.
• Chen Mo released Demp’s body and secretly planted True Essence in him before Noah ordered Minda and his wife released.
• Minda and his wife ran toward Chen Mo as Demp crossed paths with them and looked at them viciously.

Demp killed Minda and his wife during the hostage exchange, and Chen Mo let it happen before retaliating against Demp. Noah’s forces attacked and withdrew to lure Chen Mo toward a C4 trap, leaving him under sustained fire as the battle continued.

• Demp struck Minda and his wife from behind, killing them instantly while they were walking toward Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo watched without intervening, having anticipated the exchange might fail and arranged for Bai Xiaotian to take Juno away first.
• Demp mocked Chen Mo, but Chen Mo caught up with him and punched him away from Noah, leaving him injured.
• Noah ordered his men to fire while retreating, trying to draw Chen Mo into the center of the grounds where the C4 trap could be detonated.
• Noah and the other Ability Users continued withdrawing while their gunmen attacked Chen Mo.