Chapter Summaries

After Chen Mo destroyed the Wooden Stockade, its displaced survivors weighed whether to flee while a few soldiers searched the ruins for supplies. Black Fire operatives arrived and captured the soldiers to learn about the attacker and his whereabouts.

• Chen Mo's attack and the fire drove more than a hundred Wooden Stockade residents into the nearby forest, where they watched the base burn.
• Several Wooden Stockade soldiers stayed behind, fearing Black Fire would punish them if they fled, and decided to search the ruins and report what happened to the Main base.
• The soldiers found weapons, rations, and valuables among the remains and continued searching.
• A group of Black Fire operatives arrived, noted that the Main base had been destroyed by its self-destruct measures, and ordered the soldiers captured for questioning.
• One operative swiftly captured several soldiers to find out how many enemies had attacked and where they had gone.

Chen Mo reached the last Black Fire base, but its people had evacuated before he arrived, so he burned the abandoned stockade. With the organization’s chief leader and six Xiantian Masters still away in Malaysia, Chen Mo decided to return home, but nine people approached as he was leaving.

• The Black Fire leader questioned five captured deserters, learned that one powerful enemy had attacked, and shot them dead before ordering his people to pursue the enemy.
• Chen Mo arrived at the final Black Fire base and found that everyone had fled after learning the other bases had been destroyed.
• Chen Mo searched the empty stockade, found only abandoned junk and broken weapons, and set the buildings on fire.
• Chen Mo recalled that he had killed six Xiantian Masters and Yalai but had not found the chief leader or the six remaining Xiantian Masters, who were in Malaysia.
• Chen Mo decided to leave No Man’s Land and return home, but nine people appeared within his Spiritual Sense as he turned to go.

Chen Mo faced Wallace, the Bao Dan realm founder of the Black Fire Organization, and his eight powerful companions after destroying Black Fire’s bases. Wallace vowed to kill him for the organization’s losses, and the two prepared to fight.

• Chen Mo sensed that the nine people surrounding him included Wallace, a possible Bao Dan Master, six Xiantian Masters, and two Ability Users whose Alien Energy stirred the Universe Bead.
• Chen Mo guessed that the group belonged to Black Fire and identified their leader as its founder, Wallace.
• Wallace confirmed his identity and said Chen Mo would not leave after destroying Black Fire; Chen Mo drew Onimaru and accepted the confrontation.
• Wallace recalled how the Black Fire Main base had been destroyed and how the loss of six Xiantian Masters had crippled the organization.
• Wallace explained that he had come to Long City in Malaysia on the Sultan’s mission to find and kill the person behind the recent attacks.

After learning that Black Fire’s main base had been destroyed and Yalai had died, Wallace delayed his return to No Man’s Land and recruited two powerful Western Ability Users to strengthen his team. He met Mark and David in a valley and prepared to continue toward the unknown enemy.

• Wallace learned that Black Fire’s forces had suffered heavy losses and that Yalai had died, prompting him to reconsider rushing back alone.
• Wallace analyzed Bashe’s report about six dead Xiantian Masters and decided to gather more manpower before confronting the enemy.
• Wallace summoned Mark and David, two A-class Ability Users he had previously subdued and recruited into Black Fire.
• Mark and David met Wallace in a small valley and complained that he had kept them waiting.
• The chapter explained how Mark and David had fled their country after killing an Ability User and how their Alien Energy made them immune to control by gu worms.

Wallace recruited Mark and David to help investigate the destruction of Black Fire’s bases, while privately suspecting they planned to leave. He led them and six Xiantian Masters toward No Man’s Land, intending to assess their strength and kill them if an opportunity arose.

• Wallace told Mark and David that Black Fire’s Main base and likely all its Branch bases had been destroyed, and that Yalai had died.
• Wallace explained that the attack’s timing and the lack of news from Bashe made him suspect another disaster or a betrayal.
• Mark and David agreed to accompany Wallace to No Man’s Land and said they wanted to talk with him afterward.
• Wallace led Mark, David, and six Xiantian Masters toward No Man’s Land, while hiding his suspicions about the pair.
• Wallace recalled that Mark and David had wanted to leave Black Fire and planned to observe their combat strength before killing them if he could.

Wallace led Mark and David and his Black Fire team into No Man’s Land to assess the damage to the organization. After finding the Main base destroyed and the secret base burned and blown apart, Wallace suspected the devastation had involved something he did not know about.

• Wallace used a hidden Wooden Stockade to gather intelligence, learning that Black Fire’s Main base had been destroyed and that rumors and enemies were closing in on the organization.
• Mu Cuo proposed killing people spreading rumors, but Wallace refused and said they should observe to uncover who was stirring trouble.
• Wallace visited the ruins of the Main base, while Mark and David showed no sadness and quietly exchanged a look before following him onward.
• Wallace led the group toward the secret base, hoping its communications and surveillance equipment could help locate the enemy, but he worried after hearing nothing further from Bashe.
• Wallace found the secret base burned to ruins, its underground control center destroyed, and charred Black Fire members among the rubble; he suspected the damage was caused by small-scale C4 rather than the base’s destruction bombs.

After Black Fire’s base was destroyed, Wallace learned from the survivors that Bashe had died and hurried to intercept Chen Mo. Wallace and eight subordinates finally confronted Chen Mo, and Wallace ordered all eight to test him while he watched.

• Mu Cuo brought Wallace the surviving lower-level members, who described the attack and confirmed that Bashe had gone underground and never returned.
• Wallace left the survivors at the ruins and rushed with his companions toward the outermost base, where he encountered Chen Mo after Chen Mo destroyed the last Wooden Stockade.
• Chen Mo judged Wallace to be a Bao Dan-level Martial Artist and recognized the other men as capable opponents.
• Wallace ordered six Xiantian Masters to attack Chen Mo, then insisted that Mark and David join them despite Mark’s protest.

Wallace forced Mark and David to join the attack on Chen Mo, who discovered that the Universe Bead eagerly consumed the Alien Energy in their elemental projectiles. He ended the fight eyeing the two Ability Users as a possible source of nourishment, leaving Mark and David uneasy.

• Wallace stayed back and pressured Mark and David to attack Chen Mo alongside his six Martial Artists.
• Mark fired fire projectiles and David launched ice projectiles from the rear, interrupting Chen Mo as he fought the Martial Artists.
• Chen Mo sensed the Universe Bead drawing in and devouring Alien Energy from the projectiles that grazed him.
• The Universe Bead released a tiny amount of spiritual power that Chen Mo's True Essence absorbed, prompting him to consider capturing Mark and David for a steady supply of elemental attacks.
• Mark and David noticed Chen Mo's reddened, intent gaze and felt unsettled.

Chen Mo fought off Wallace’s group while using the Alien Energy to strengthen his True Essence, but Wallace joined the battle and demanded to know whether Chen Mo had killed Yalai. Wallace’s history revealed his close ties to Yalai and Bian Xiu, leaving Chen Mo unaware that he was facing Bian Xiu’s disciple.

• Chen Mo blocked attacks from eight opponents and gained a small amount of spiritual power whenever the Universe Bead absorbed Alien Energy.
• Wallace entered the fight, parried Chen Mo’s Onimaru with his Tang saber, and ordered the six surrounding fighters to step back.
• Wallace asked Chen Mo whether he was Siamese and whether he had killed Yalai.
• Wallace recalled that Yalai was his martial nephew and that Bian Xiu, his former master, had accepted him as a disciple and taught him martial techniques.
• Wallace remembered leaving the Sacred Sect to earn money and support both himself and the sect.

Wallace’s history revealed how he built Black Fire into a powerful organization while obeying Bian Xiu’s prohibition on teaching martial arts. As Chen Mo fought Wallace, he adapted to Wallace’s attacks and gained the advantage, prompting Wallace to call for reinforcements.

• Wallace built Black Fire in No Man’s Land by seizing wealth, exploiting Yalai’s control-type mother insect to prevent betrayal, and stealing cultivation methods from captured Chinese Martial Artists.
• Wallace’s hatred of Chen Mo’s destruction of his property competed with his urgent need to learn what had happened to Yalai.
• Wallace attacked Chen Mo with his blade, and the two traded dozens of blows without either gaining the upper hand.
• Chen Mo used Talismans to defend, evade, move quickly, and heal, becoming calmer as he adapted to Wallace’s fighting rhythm.
• Wallace, surprised that Chen Mo could match him, ordered Mark and David to attack.

Chen Mo fought Wallace and Black Fire’s remaining fighters while concealing his ability to absorb elemental attacks. Brother Zhao’s rescued group found the battle but hesitated because they were too weak to help.

• Wallace recognized Chen Mo as a Bao Dan realm master and ordered David, Mark, and his other men to attack him together.
• Chen Mo struggled to hold off Wallace and the surrounding fighters while pretending to be overwhelmed and waiting for a chance to escape the encirclement.
• Brother Zhao and the other rescued captives recovered after taking Chen Mo’s antidote, then gathered supplies and attacked Black Fire members they encountered in the forest.
• After hearing that Black Fire had been destroyed, Brother Zhao’s group reached the burning base and recognized Chen Mo as the man being besieged.
• Brother Zhao’s group wanted to help Chen Mo, but they realized their strongest fighter was only at Houtian Layer Five and fell silent.

Brother Zhao led the rescued prisoners in a suicidal plan to support Chen Mo, while Mark and David secretly stopped attacking and looked for a chance to escape. Chen Mo wounded one of Wallace’s fighters, and Brother Zhao’s group launched a barrage at the battlefield.

• Brother Zhao convinced the prisoners to attack from range with guns and grenades, while sending several Youngsters home to check on their families.
• The prisoners left their last messages with the Youngsters and moved into position as Chen Mo struggled against Wallace and the others.
• Brother Zhao watched the fight and chose Mark and David, who were providing support from the edge, as his group’s targets.
• Mark and David stopped their elemental attacks and looked at each other, planning to use the fight as an opportunity to leave Black Fire.
• Chen Mo wounded a Xiantian First Order Martial Artist with Onimaru, and Wallace demanded that Mark and David resume their attacks.
• Brother Zhao shouted for everyone to attack, and his group fired rockets and bullets toward the battlefield.

Mark and David tried to flee Wallace’s forces but were intercepted by Brother Zhao and his armed companions. As Chen Mo remained locked in battle with Wallace, the attackers sacrificed themselves to grab the two Ability Users, while Wallace dismissed them as no threat.

• Brother Zhao led more than a dozen people in an attack on Mark and David as the two prepared to abandon the battle and escape.
• Mark and David detonated the incoming projectiles, then ran into Brother Zhao’s group and found their path blocked.
• Bullets and grenades failed to penetrate the Ability Users’ defenses, and Mark and David killed two Martial Artists with fire and ice attacks.
• Two more Martial Artists charged through the attacks and grabbed Mark and David after the pair’s weakened elemental strikes failed to stop them.
• Chen Mo noticed the group through his Spiritual Sense but could not help while Wallace and the other Xiantian Masters kept attacking him.
• Wallace continued pressing Chen Mo and disregarded the low-level Martial Artists, believing their weapons could not threaten the fighters in the battle.

Chen Mo fought Wallace and his six Xiantian Masters while David and Mark fled, only to be driven back by Brother Zhao and the other injured Martial Artists, who attacked them with grenades. Seeing their courage, Chen Mo decided to stop holding back and risk everything to end the fight quickly.

• Wallace realized Chen Mo’s Talismans and suppression of his domain let Chen Mo withstand the attacks of Wallace and his six subordinates.
• David and Mark ran from the fight, but injured Martial Artists grabbed them and detonated grenades beside their ability barriers.
• David and Mark fled as Brother Zhao and the other Martial Artists pursued them with more grenades, forcing the Ability Users to focus on defense.
• Chen Mo saw that the Martial Artists were risking their lives to help him and decided to unleash his full strength against Wallace.

Chen Mo ended his drawn-out fight with Wallace by using the Soul Chasing Nail against the Xiantian Masters attacking him. The nail killed four of them and pursued the two survivors as Wallace watched in shock.

• Chen Mo decided to stop holding back when the Xiantian Masters rushed to sacrifice themselves, and he sent the Soul Chasing Nail into the fight.
• Chen Mo endured Wallace's blade and the six Masters' attacks with his Vajra Talismans, while the Soul Chasing Nail killed three Xiantian First Order Masters.
• The nail struck a Xiantian Second Order Master through the chest and killed him as the remaining two retreated.
• One survivor deflected the nail with his round shield, but it curved back toward him for another attack.

Chen Mo used the Soul Chasing Nail and talismans against Wallace’s remaining fighters while trying to protect Mark, David, and Brother Zhao’s group. The last Xiantian Second Order Master was immobilized, leaving him vulnerable as Wallace continued attacking Chen Mo.

• Chen Mo controlled the Soul Chasing Nail to pierce a shield and kill the Xiantian Second Order Master holding it.
• The Soul Chasing Nail struck another fighter, and Wallace charged Chen Mo in fury over his men’s deaths.
• The remaining Xiantian Second Order Master retreated and used Xiantian power to slow the Nail while explosions weakened Mark and David further.
• Chen Mo used a brief opening to throw an Immobilization Talisman and a Hallucination Talisman at the retreating fighter.
• Wallace warned the fighter too late, and the two Talismans struck and immobilized him.

Chen Mo killed Wallace’s remaining Xiantian fighter and disabled David and Mark while protecting Brother Zhao’s group. As Chen Mo continued battling Wallace, Brother Zhao’s people restrained the unconscious Ability Users, and Anna objected to Brother Zhao’s plan to cut off their limbs.

• Wallace’s shout distracted his remaining Xiantian Second Order fighter, allowing Chen Mo’s Soul Chasing Nail to kill him.
• Chen Mo destroyed the grenades threatening Brother Zhao’s men, then pierced David and Mark’s limbs after they tried to escape.
• Chen Mo told Brother Zhao to keep David and Mark alive for questioning, and Brother Zhao stopped his Team Members from killing them.
• Wallace intensified his attacks against Chen Mo as David and Mark’s screams unsettled him, while Brother Zhao moved the wounded men away from the dangerous battle.
• Brother Zhao ordered his people to restrain David and Mark and said he would cut off their limbs, but Anna challenged him, calling the plan cruel.

Chen Mo used Wallace’s growing impatience and a fake injury at his left waist to lure him into an opening. Wallace realized too late that Chen Mo had guided him into a trap, leaving the fight poised for Chen Mo’s counterattack.

• Brother Zhao stopped himself from punishing the captured enemies after Anna urged him to treat them better, and he pointed out that the Siamese fighter had asked him to spare them.
• Chen Mo defended against Wallace’s attacks with his layered protections and Soul Chasing Nail while preventing Wallace from escaping.
• Chen Mo deliberately played up the charred patch on his left waist, and Wallace noticed it and began targeting that spot.
• Wallace focused on Chen Mo’s apparent injury and launched a forceful attack at his waist and exposed chest.
• Chen Mo sidestepped Wallace’s committed strike, and Wallace realized he had fallen for Chen Mo’s feint with his center left open.

Chen Mo used talismans and the Soul Chasing Nail to create an opening, then drove the nail into Wallace’s forehead and killed him. As Brother Zhao and the others stared in shock, they wondered whether Chen Mo was a Bao Dan Master.

• Brother Zhao pulled Anna aside and ordered the others to pin Mark and David down while the battle continued.
• Chen Mo attached two talismans to Wallace, briefly disrupting him, and sent the Soul Chasing Nail toward his brow.
• Wallace caught the nail but could not escape as Chen Mo thrust Onimaru into its tail, driving it deep into Wallace’s forehead.
• Wallace died, and Chen Mo retrieved the Soul Chasing Nail and sheathed Onimaru.
• Brother Zhao, his companions, Mark, and David stared at Wallace’s body and wondered whether Chen Mo had reached the Bao Dan realm.

After defeating Wallace, Chen Mo collected the fallen Masters’ belongings and kept his identity and abilities concealed. He stopped Brother Zhao’s group from harming David and Mark until he could question them, and thanked the group for risking their lives to help him.

• Chen Mo reflected on the dangers of revealing his hidden techniques, then searched Wallace and took his pills and Tang saber.
• Chen Mo gathered the weapons and belongings of the other defeated Xiantian Masters.
• Brother Zhao and the others stared at Chen Mo in awe after witnessing his strength and the Soul Chasing Nail.
• Chen Mo told Brother Zhao’s group to keep David and Mark alive, then stopped the two men when they escaped and suppressed their Alien Energy.
• Chen Mo asked to question David and Mark first, and Brother Zhao agreed.
• Chen Mo thanked Brother Zhao and the others for their willing sacrifice and asked to take the prisoners somewhere to question them.