Chapter Summaries

Yu Ningmeng asked Luo Ze to help Team 402 find minerals, but he demanded Rare Metal and refused to share its location with her. After returning to the assembly point, Luo Ze told Director Wang he had discovered a Rare Metal mine and wanted to negotiate with North City, prompting Colonel Zhang to come meet him.

• Yu Ningmeng apologized to Luo Ze and offered him a scouting-unit vice captaincy and Military Merit in exchange for help locating minerals.
• Luo Ze demanded Rare Metal, learned Yu Ningmeng could not promise it, and told her he had found the metal but would not reveal its location to her.
• Luo Ze returned to the assembly point and told Director Wang he wanted to negotiate with North City over his discovery of a Rare Metal mine.
• Director Wang reported Luo Ze's claim to Colonel Zhang, who agreed to meet him and consider introducing him to the Vice City Lord if he had solid evidence.

Luo Ze gave Colonel Zhang a sample of the Rare Metal he had found, prompting North City officials to prepare to investigate the deposit. Elder Long learned that Luo Ze had become a Soul King and One-word Battle Armor Master at fifteen, then heard that a patrol member had discovered Rare Metal and sought better resource support.

• Luo Ze showed Colonel Zhang an Emerald Green Rare Metal sample and explained that its energy could replenish the Small Laser Cannon.
• Colonel Zhang rushed to report the discovery to the Vice City Lord.
• Elder Long proudly learned that Luo Ze had become a Soul King and One-word Battle Armor Master at fifteen.
• A communications soldier reported that a patrol member had found Rare Metal and brought back a sample.
• Colonel Zhang presented Luo Ze's sample to Elder Long and explained that its finder wanted to negotiate for more favorable resource support.

Luo Ze demonstrated his newly assembled Energy Gathering Gun to the Vice City Lord and negotiated a reward for its blueprint. The Vice City Lord agreed to provide rare metals and merit, while Luo Ze realized he might be a born blacksmith.

• The Vice City Lord entered the lounge and watched Luo Ze engrave an array and assemble the Energy Gathering Gun.
• Luo Ze tested the gun at an isolated firing range, where it outperformed North City's existing models while using less energy.
• Luo Ze explained that Black Fog rare metals gave the gun its properties and offered its blueprint in exchange for rare metals and a higher position.
• The Vice City Lord agreed to Luo Ze's demands but required him to lead them to the mineral deposit.
• The Vice City Lord asked whether Luo Ze wanted the metals to craft Battle Armor, and Luo Ze reflected that he had built the gun simply because he felt like it.

Luo Ze declined a high-ranking appointment from the Vice City Lord and accepted command of a patrol squad instead, gaining direct ties to North City's Central District. Colonel Zhang then tried to protect Luo Ze from jealousy by arranging a promotion for Yu Ningmeng, who refused it after hearing Luo Ze had requested it.

• The Vice City Lord offered Luo Ze a major's rank and senior posts, but Luo Ze asked to become a patrol squad captain instead.
• The Vice City Lord granted Luo Ze the patrol captain position, gave him an identification token, and converted the rest of his rewards into contribution points.
• Colonel Zhang mistakenly believed Luo Ze had angered the Vice City Lord, then learned that Luo Ze had been appointed captain and was under Central District management.
• Luo Ze left to work on his patrol mecha, while Colonel Zhang planned to conceal his promotion by advancing Yu Ningmeng's squad.
• Yu Ningmeng rejected the promotion because her squad had not earned enough merit, and Colonel Zhang falsely claimed Luo Ze had requested it to secure her favor.

Yu Ningmeng learned that Luo Ze had secured her team’s promotion and resolved to repay his kindness, but he was absent when they came to thank him. Meanwhile, Luo Ze sought guidance on making his Two-word Battle Armor and began forging rare metals, revealing exceptional fundamentals.

• Colonel Zhang showed Yu Ningmeng the Vice City Lord’s appointment letter and told her that Luo Ze had secured the promotion for her team.
• Yu Ningmeng promised to help Luo Ze in future missions and told her teammates how he had helped them; they agreed to visit him and thank him.
• Yu Ningmeng and her teammates went to Luo Ze’s room the next day, but learned he had not returned the night before.
• Luo Ze visited the Vice City Lord to ask for help forging his Two-word Battle Armor, and the Vice City Lord brought a peak Rank Eight Blacksmith to advise him.
• Luo Ze chose Deep Silver and gold-silver metal, borrowed a forging hammer, and began striking the materials with a steady rhythm that impressed the blacksmith.

Luo Ze forged, designed, and crafted a Two-word Battle Armor with exceptional skill, astonishing the Vice City Lord and an old master blacksmith. After half a month in seclusion, he completed its fusion with his body and named it Silver Dragon, though the name stirred a mysterious sense of relief in him.

• The old gentleman praised fifteen-year-old Luo Ze’s forging talent, and the Vice City Lord watched as Luo Ze forged metal and drafted a Battle Armor blueprint with remarkable precision.
• Luo Ze refused the Vice City Lord’s offer to summon a seventh-rank craftsman and began engraving the Formation Core and crafting the armor himself.
• In two hours, Luo Ze crafted the chestplate and helmet, prompting the old gentleman to wonder if he was a Three Gods capable of elevating Battle Armor to a new pinnacle.
• Luo Ze spent half a month in seclusion stabilizing his Two-word Battle Armor’s complete fusion with his body.
• Luo Ze named his Two-word Battle Armor Silver Dragon and felt an inexplicable sense of relief, wondering why the name seemed destined.

After emerging from seclusion stronger, Luo Ze was summoned to North City’s leaders and learned that Dragon Abyss Douluo had vanished in a mist while investigating a deadly monster and Rare Metal deposits. Furious at the leaders’ inaction, Luo Ze killed one who challenged him, leaving the hall stunned.

• Luo Ze emerged from sixteen days of seclusion at Soul Power level seventy-two and discovered that his Pocket Watch of Time was missing.
• Colonel Zhang brought Luo Ze to a conference hall, where the Vice City Lord explained that a monster in the black mist had killed several scouting teams and Dragon Abyss Douluo had gone missing.
• Luo Ze rebuked North City’s leaders for waiting more than ten days to seek help and demanded to hear their plan.
• A higher-up insulted Luo Ze, and Luo Ze killed him with a single attack, shocking the gathered Super Douluo.

Luo Ze agreed to search for Dragon Abyss Douluo in the mist-covered area, though he planned to leave ahead of Yu Ningmeng's team. After the Vice City Lord ordered the mission to proceed without waiting for Shrek Academy, rival higher-ups argued over the decision and North City's leadership.

• The Vice City Lord explained that Divine Power was needed to navigate the dense mist and asked Luo Ze to rescue Dragon Abyss Douluo; Luo Ze accepted and requested the location.
• The Vice City Lord assigned Yu Ningmeng's team to accompany Luo Ze, but Luo Ze said he preferred to leave ahead of them.
• After Luo Ze left, a higher-up urged the Vice City Lord to wait for Shrek Academy, but the Vice City Lord ordered Colonel Zhang to give Luo Ze whatever supplies he needed and declared the decision final.
• Elder Zhang defended Luo Ze and warned a higher-up surnamed Zhao against pursuing power while the City Lord's fate remained unknown; Zhao left with his followers.
• The Vice City Lord invited Elder Zhang and Elder Meng into the next room to discuss something important.

The Vice City Lord planned to back Luo Ze as North City's next City Lord, but Luo Ze departed alone to rescue Dragon Abyss Douluo before Shrek's reinforcements arrived. Two days later, Tang Wulin and Gu Yue reached North City, where Zhao Mu welcomed them unaware of their wariness.

• The Vice City Lord told Elder Zhang and Elder Meng that he intended to support Luo Ze as North City's successor after he and Dragon Abyss Douluo left their posts.
• Yu Ningmeng urged Luo Ze to wait for Shrek's reinforcements, but he left alone, and she admitted to herself that she hoped her feelings for him were only guilt.
• Two days later, Tang Wulin and Gu Yue arrived in North City as reinforcements from Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda.
• Zhao Mu warmly welcomed Tang Wulin and Gu Yue, while Tang Wulin remained wary because the meeting place had been changed.

Zhao Mu threatened Gu Yue and Tang Wulin, then abused a guard captain to intimidate them. After North City officials caught him breaking the rules, a Zhao Family elder killed him to protect the family’s reputation, and the Vice City Lord invited the guests inside.

• Zhao Mu threatened Gu Yue and Tang Wulin while leading them to North City, but Gu Yue’s aura unsettled him.
• Zhao Mu arrived at the north gate early and beat the guard captain, intending to demonstrate the consequences of opposing the Zhao Family.
• Gu Yue contacted North City’s leadership, and the Vice City Lord and officials arrived to witness Zhao Mu’s abuse of the guard captain.
• The Vice City Lord cited North City’s rule against mistreating others, while Zhao Mu tried to claim protection through the Zhao Family’s immunity medallion.
• A Zhao Family elder killed Zhao Mu to contain the scandal, then invited the guests inside as the Vice City Lord warned him not to frighten them.

Tang Wulin and Gu Yue prepared to lead North City's reconnaissance teams into the mist to rescue the City Lord, while Luo Ze tried to carry the already rescued City Lord back to safety. Luo Ze encountered a black-haired, purple-eyed girl who broke through his Time Stop and attacked him.

• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue agreed to leave immediately to rescue the City Lord, and the Vice City Lord arranged five reconnaissance teams to accompany them.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue joined the teams as they bowed farewell to North City's higher-ups and began searching the mist under Yu Ningmeng's lead.
• Luo Ze found the City Lord, whose body and consciousness had been damaged by the mist, and carried him back while protecting them both with Divine Power.
• Luo Ze lost his trail markers in the disorienting mist and used Future Prediction and his memory to guide them, but the effort rapidly depleted his strength.
• Luo Ze confronted a mud-like monster, activated Time Stop, and attacked, only to find that his opponent was a black-haired, purple-eyed young girl who broke free and charged at him again.

Luo Ze escaped the mist zone with the city lord after fighting Gu Yue and Tang Wulin, then used his Divine Power to drive the mist from the city lord's body. He carried the city lord back to North City, where the guards were stunned to see them return after seven days.

• Luo Ze used Time Stop against Gu Yue, but she remained unaffected and attacked with a seven-element Epiphyllum that his Kunpeng Phantom blocked.
• Tang Wulin joined the fight, and Gu Yue and Tang Wulin attacked Luo Ze, but he restrained them with Space Bind before an unexplained force stopped him from striking them.
• Luo Ze left with the city lord on his back, and the monster in the mist did not reappear as he retraced the route.
• Luo Ze used his Holy Radiance Kirin's Divine Power to expel most of the mist from the city lord, then rested before continuing.
• Luo Ze carried the city lord back to the gates of North City, and the guards reacted with disbelief after his seven-day absence.

Luo Ze returned to North City with the City Lord, learned that seven days had passed despite his belief that the journey took less than three, and was summoned by Elder Long after a day of sleep. Elder Long thanked him for saving his life and asked him to take responsibility for two important young companions.

• Luo Ze brought the City Lord back to North City, where the upper ranks rushed the City Lord to the emergency room and the Vice City Lord thanked Luo Ze for his service.
• After an examination, Luo Ze questioned the Vice City Lord's claim that he had been gone for seven days, but hid his doubts and went to sleep.
• Colonel Zhang woke Luo Ze and brought him to meet Elder Long, who had summoned him to the City Lord's residence.
• Elder Long thanked Luo Ze for saving his life and asked him to look after two important children who could help North City's future and Luo Ze's advancement.
• Luo Ze hesitated because he preferred working alone, while Elder Long explained that the two companions were powerful and could help him earn military merit and build prestige.

Luo Ze reluctantly accepted Tang Wulin and Gu Yue as teammates after Elder Long assigned them to his team, then showed them around North City. The chapter left the three eating together in the cafeteria, where Luo Ze offered Tang Wulin and Gu Yue expensive tuna sashimi as a welcome gift.

• Luo Ze refused to take teammates, but Elder Long introduced Tang Wulin and Gu Yue as talented Shrek Academy students and assigned them to Luo Ze's team.
• Luo Ze took Tang Wulin and Gu Yue to register, where they chose the codenames Forty-Seven and Seventeen; Luo Ze gave his codename as Fifty-Four.
• Luo Ze explained North City's cafeteria rules, including free meals for new recruits during their first three days and restrictions on the rarest food windows.
• Tang Wulin piled up food from several cafeteria windows and ate while Luo Ze marveled at his appetite and Gu Yue described how much he used to eat.
• Luo Ze brought tuna sashimi for Tang Wulin and Gu Yue as a welcome gift, then sat beside Tang Wulin.

Luo Ze welcomed Tang Wulin and Gu Yue as teammates over lunch, then showed them to their rooms, where he learned Gu Yue would live next door. The next morning, seeing a black-haired girl at the training grounds stirred painful, fragmented memories in Luo Ze, though he could not clearly remember who she was.

• Luo Ze persuaded Tang Wulin and Gu Yue to accept his tuna, and Gu Yue showed grief when Luo Ze mentioned that mushrooms were scarce.
• Luo Ze led Tang Wulin and Gu Yue to their dormitories and learned that Gu Yue had been assigned the room next to his.
• Luo Ze privately questioned his unexpected happiness about Gu Yue living nearby, then returned to his room.
• Luo Ze went running the next morning and saw a black-haired, purple-eyed girl at the training grounds.
• Luo Ze felt his heart race as fragments of a prosperous place and a familiar, possessive girl flashed through his mind.

Luo Ze tried to grow closer to Gu Yue, whom he knew as Team Member Seventeen, and Colonel Zhang mistook his efforts for romantic interest. When Gu Yue needed help with a Battle Armor breastplate’s Formation inscriptions, Luo Ze completed the work, leaving her struck by how much he reminded her of someone from her past.

• Luo Ze decided to befriend Team Member Seventeen after realizing his condition was connected to her, but his greetings during their morning runs received only cold responses.
• Colonel Zhang asked Luo Ze if he was in love and offered him advice on pursuing Gu Yue, while Luo Ze admitted that her intimidating presence frightened him.
• Luo Ze and Team Member Seventeen began discussing Second Professions and Battle Armor, and she asked him to help with the Formation inscriptions on her breastplate.
• Luo Ze carefully studied Gu Yue's blueprint and completed the breastplate's core Formation in half an hour.
• Gu Yue asked who had taught Luo Ze Formation inscriptions, and he claimed he was self-taught; she noticed his clumsy concealment and thought he resembled someone she missed.

Luo Ze’s team received its first mission to investigate the densest Black Fog in eastern North City, and Luo Ze impressed the officers during their preparations. At the entrance to a cave leading deeper into the mist, he used Divine Power to protect his teammates and prepared them to enter.

• Luo Ze and Gu Yue’s relationship subtly improved as she began greeting him first.
• Luo Ze’s team received orders to explore the eastern Black Fog and search for clues and Rare Metal.
• Luo Ze quickly mastered the officers’ lessons about the mist, earning their praise for his exceptional memory and insight.
• Yu Ningmeng gave Luo Ze detection glasses, and his team headed into the thickening Black Fog under his Divine Power protection.
• Luo Ze’s team reached a cave leading into the deeper mist, where Luo Ze distributed miniature mechas to Tang Wulin and Gu Yue and said he would rely on his two-word Battle Armor.

Luo Ze led Tang Wulin and Gu Yue into the mist world to locate the mist’s birthplace, using his powerful Divine Power to clear away its creatures. When a Tidal Current vortex struck, Luo Ze shielded the others and told them to continue toward the target while he held it back.

• Tang Wulin recognized that Luo Ze had a Two-word Battle Armor of extraordinary quality, and Luo Ze revealed that he had mastered design, forging, and fabrication.
• Luo Ze, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin passed through North City’s defenses and entered the mist world.
• Luo Ze used Divine Power to destroy the creatures waiting for them, and the group followed their detector through the mist.
• After the officer warned them not to proceed deeper, the group encountered a powerful Tidal Current that began pulling them into its vortex.
• Luo Ze deployed his Battle Armor and Time Domain to slow the suction, then urged Gu Yue and Tang Wulin to continue toward the target without him.

Luo Ze protected North City's reconnaissance teams by using his time abilities to eliminate Black Empresses, then confronted the Third Sequence, who claimed Luo Ze and the Fourth Sequence were destined to lose a wager. The chapter ended with Luo Ze confused about the wager and the Third Sequence's claim that the Fourth Sequence had passed on his inheritance.

• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue withdrew from the tunnel while Luo Ze used Time Stop to escape the tornado and emerge safely.
• The Black Empress trapped Luo Ze, but he suppressed her with Time, Slow and Kirin Pressure, removing her from the detector's warning range.
• Dragon Abyss Douluo ordered Luo Ze to intercept Black Empresses threatening other reconnaissance teams, and Luo Ze eliminated seven or eight of them.
• The Third Sequence appeared and told Luo Ze that he and the Fourth Sequence were doomed to lose a wager.
• Luo Ze questioned the Third Sequence's claim that the Fourth Sequence had passed on his inheritance, since he knew nothing about any wager or transfer.

Luo Ze fought the Third Sequence in the Black Fog, but his exhausted body was overwhelmed by the enemy’s Destruction Power. He forced the Third Sequence to retreat and then met Xue Yi, commander of the Blood God Legion.

• Luo Ze attacked the Third Sequence with Creation Power, but the enemy used the mist to summon creatures and wear him down.
• The Third Sequence injected Destruction Power into Luo Ze’s body, and Luo Ze struggled to resist as his body reached its limit.
• Luo Ze struck the Third Sequence with Creation Power, then used his Battle Armor, Holy Radiance Kirin martial soul, and Time Stop to pursue him.
• The Third Sequence vanished into the Black Fog and warned Luo Ze that they would meet again.
• Xue Yi arrived with two soldiers, asked whether Luo Ze was Fifty-Four from North City, and identified himself as the Blood God Legion commander.
• Luo Ze greeted Xue Yi according to protocol as a member of the North City Reconnaissance Squad.