Chapter Summaries

Mo Wang helped Cui Ji and No. 11 take revenge on the Defense Force officers who had betrayed the Silver Army, then restored Cui Ji’s lost eye and healed her wounds. The Defense Force faced public disgrace as Mo Wang continued treating the Silver Army replicas at his remote base.

• Mo Wang restrained the Defense Force officers and let Cui Ji and her replicas storm the conference room to take revenge.
• Cui Ji killed the major and the other officers, confronting the major over the Silver Army sisters who had died and the suffering they endured in the Hollow.
• Mo Wang reassured Cui Ji after the revenge and called her his little sister-in-law, while she worried that the killings would bring trouble.
• A news report exposed the Defense Force’s abuses, and its leaders found the faction’s base abandoned after an unknown attacker had defeated its soldiers.
• Mo Wang used his power to heal Cui Ji and restore her lost eye, then offered to repair her arms and legs.
• Cui Ji declined further repairs for the time being, and Mo Wang moved on to treat her replicas while reflecting on his growing Abundance abilities.

Mo Wang struggled to fund the Silver Army, then met No. 11, who thanked him for exposing the military’s treatment of the Silver Army. Confused about her faith in the military, No. 11 asked to become Mo Wang’s tool, and three white-haired girls later faced one another in the repaired video store.

• Nina offered the Silver Army’s savings to Mo Wang, but he refused to use the sisters-in-law’s money and left the Blue-Eyes White Dragon to entertain the children.
• Mo Wang considered joining HIA for steady work and thought about clearing up his villainous identities.
• No. 11 told Mo Wang that news reports had led to her long-term suspension, and he admitted responsibility for exposing the Silver Army’s story.
• No. 11 thanked Mo Wang for making the Silver Army’s sacrifice known, then said she could no longer believe in herself after learning about the military and Anby.
• No. 11 asked Mo Wang to let her become his tool.
• At the repaired video store, three white-haired girls stared at one another.

Mo Wang struggled to manage the jealousy and bickering between Cui Ji, No. 11, and Anby, then asked his group chat for advice. After Belle suggested a way to cheer him up, Anby and No. 11 arrived in maid outfits to compete for his attention, leaving him receiving an awkward massage from both.

• Cui Ji teased No. 11 about her feelings for Mo Wang, while Anby tried to calm them and Belle watched in disapproval.
• Mo Wang complained in the group chat that the three girls’ arguments were disrupting his video store, but the group gave him crude advice instead of practical help.
• Mo Wang went upstairs, and the three girls worried that their argument had upset him.
• Belle told Anby, No. 11, and Cui Ji how to make Mo Wang feel better, prompting Anby and No. 11 to approach him in maid outfits.
• Anby began massaging Mo Wang’s shoulders, and No. 11 joined in awkwardly, insisting she could do it too.

After Anby and No. 11’s awkward massage of Mo Wang turned into a sexual encounter, Cui Ji and Belle listened downstairs and concluded their plan had worked. Later, Anby, No. 11, Cui Ji, and Nina entered Void No. 0 in Mo Wang’s Overquantum Warrior armor for a military commission, where skeptical investigators questioned their team.

• Anby asked Mo Wang if he was angry about their argument, and No. 11 pinched him when he called the girls childish.
• Anby accidentally touched Mo Wang intimately while trying to massage him, and Mo Wang pulled Anby and No. 11 onto the bed.
• Cui Ji and Belle heard the commotion upstairs, exchanged a glance, and headed for the bathroom, believing their plan had worked.
• Anby, No. 11, Cui Ji, and Nina entered Void No. 0 wearing Mo Wang’s Overquantum Warrior suits to handle a military commission.
• Cui Ji and No. 11 argued over their armor, roles, and Anby’s captaincy as Nina watched them bicker.
• Nearby Void Investigators distrusted the team, and a middle-aged investigator criticized HIA for recruiting them.

Anby, Cui Ji, No. 11, and Nina overwhelmed the Ethereals in Void No. 0, leaving the veteran investigators stunned while Mo Wang struggled to manage the team’s bickering over comms. The battle seemed nearly finished until Fairy detected two large Aether Energy readings approaching.

• Sank, a sinister investigator, and a fox Thiren discussed the Overquantum Warrior squad and learned that it worked with the legendary Proxy Phaethon.
• The investigators entered the rift tunnel and found it packed with powerful Ethereals, including elite-class enemies.
• Anby, Cui Ji, No. 11, and Nina deployed their Light Layer Armors and tore through the Ethereals, astonishing the watching investigators.
• No. 11 and Cui Ji argued over comms while Anby tried to stop them and Nina cited data about their time with Mo Wang.
• Mo Wang rebuked the team for arguing during the mission, and Fairy detected two large Aether Energy readings approaching.

Mo Wang equipped Anby and the others with four Overquantum Mecha Beasts, which they combined to defeat Geppetto and Niniveh but devastate nearby Defense Force facilities. Afterward, Caesar visited Mo Wang and Belle in the city, having finally found time away from her Outer Ring duties.

• Geppetto and Niniveh appeared together, and Mo Wang revealed four Overquantum Mecha Beasts to help Anby and the others fight them.
• Anby, Cui Ji, Nina, and No. 11 piloted the mecha and combined them into True Mecha Divine King Blazing Great Magnetic Flame.
• The combined mecha destroyed Geppetto and Niniveh with its cannon, but the blast also wrecked nearby research facilities and left Mo Wang furious over the lost data.
• The surviving investigators praised Star Knight as a documentary, while Mo Wang worried about the operation’s energy costs and his own role as the team’s dependent partner.
• Caesar arrived at Mo Wang and Belle’s shop, and Mo Wang asked about her visit after recalling how Lucy had previously stopped her from taking time off.

Caesar told Mo Wang and Belle that Perlman had identified Bringer, a leading candidate for Chief Public Security Officer, as a member of the shadowy organization. The revelation stirred Mo Wang’s memories of the Hollow disaster that had taken his teacher, Carlos Arna, and left Belle worried that he would soon upend New Ailidou.

• Caesar reminded Mo Wang that they had agreed to question Perlman, whom her group had kept locked up for over a month.
• Caesar revealed that Perlman had named Bringer, a powerful Public Security Officer, as a member of the organization they were investigating.
• Belle panicked at the news, but Mo Wang told her to stay calm and considered what Bringer might know about the Old Capital.
• Mo Wang remembered how Carlos Arna had taken him in, taught him and Belle, and disappeared when a Hollow swallowed Ailidou.
• Belle and Caesar noticed Mo Wang’s frightening expression as he relived the disaster, and Belle worried that he would turn New Ailidou upside down.

Mo Wang reunited with Nicole and the Cunning Rabbit House in Wildfire Town, where they encountered Section Six and the Hollow Investigation Team. The meeting grew tense after Mo Wang’s identity as Phaethon came up, and the chapter ended with Yuzhen demanding to know why Mo Wang had openly revealed it.

• Mo Wang arrived in Wildfire Town with Caesar and argued with Nicole, who blamed him for taking Anby and demanded compensation.
• Mo Wang learned Nicole had lost money on another investment and teased her before Section Six arrived.
• Yuzhen greeted Mo Wang and the Cunning Rabbit House sarcastically, while Caesar explained that Lucy had contacted Section Six for help.
• Yuzhen hinted that Mo Wang was the legendary Proxy Phaethon, prompting Billy and Nicole to ready their weapons as both sides prepared for a fight.
• Miyabi confronted Mo Wang about his identity, and Mo Wang reminded Section Six that he had already told them he was Phaethon.
• Yuzhen and the others recalled Mo Wang’s earlier confession but admitted they had thought he was joking.

Mo Wang revealed that he had registered with the HIA and military, convincing Air Defense Section Six that they could not treat him as a wanted criminal. After Perlman exposed how deeply his organization had infiltrated New Ailidou, Mo Wang planned to escort him through the Outer Ring as criminal forces gathered outside Wildfire Town.

• Mo Wang explained that he had secured legitimate HIA and military credentials, and Yuzhen and the others lowered their weapons.
• Liu questioned Mo Wang about Perlman, but Mo Wang said Caesar had invited him because Perlman possessed a major secret, and Liu let the matter go.
• Perlman revealed that his organization had spread through New Ailidou's industries and into the Security Bureau and military.
• Mo Wang decided to transport Perlman in his modified van while the others followed, and Miyabi insisted on riding beside him to protect the witness.
• More than a thousand criminals gathered outside Wildfire Town, where rival groups began arguing and nearly started a fight.

Mo Wang and his companions fought off a huge ambush as they escorted Perlman toward the city, only to find fake military vehicles blocking the road. Mo Wang transformed their van into a heavily armed vehicle and blasted the pursuing rioters, while the organization sent mercenaries after them.

• A vicious man sent a large force of Outer Ring rioters after Mo Wang's group to stop them from bringing Perlman into the city.
• Billy, Nicole, Yuzhen, and Liu attacked the pursuing rioters, while Mo Wang used smoke grenades to help the group escape.
• Mo Wang's group found armored vehicles with fake military insignias blocking the road, and Mo Wang prepared to fight them.
• Mo Wang transformed the van and fired its cannon, destroying the rioters' lead vehicles and sending the survivors fleeing.
• The organization ordered its mercenaries to pursue Mo Wang's group, and Yuzhen recognized that they would be harder to handle than the rioters.

Mo Wang sped away in his rocket-powered car but was sent into a Hollow by a mercenary ambush, leaving Cunning Rabbit House and Air Defense Section Six surrounded. Anby arrived in the Blazing Great Magnetic Flame and ended the standoff, while Billy discovered she had kept the armor secret from him.

• Mo Wang activated his car’s rocket thrusters and raced past the mercenaries, leaving them unable to pursue him.
• A waiting squad fired at Mo Wang and opened a Hollow passage, sending him, Perlman, and Miyabi inside.
• Mercenaries and thugs surrounded Billy, Nicole, Yanagi, and the others, but Anby descended in the Blazing Great Magnetic Flame and made them surrender.
• The Children of Calydonian arrived to find the mercenaries and thugs already defeated and became fascinated with Anby’s giant robot.
• Billy cried and clung to Anby’s leg after learning she had kept the new armor secret, and Anby explained that Mo Wang had instructed her to conceal it.

Billy begged for armor while Mo Wang and Miyabi were trapped in a Hollow with Perlman. When armed mercenaries ambushed them, Miyabi fought them but was exposed to a purple chemical agent, and their leader revealed that she was their target.

• Billy pleaded with No. 11 to let him wear her armor, but she refused.
• Yuzhen and Cang Jiao admired the armor, Liu wondered about Mo Wang’s connections, and Nicole fantasized about selling it.
• Mo Wang and Miyabi found themselves inside a Hollow with the unconscious Perlman and suspected the organization had another objective.
• Mercenaries in Defense Force equipment surrounded Mo Wang and Miyabi, and Miyabi moved to protect Mo Wang and Perlman.
• Miyabi charged the mercenaries, but their chemical rounds and purple mist weakened her.
• The scarred mercenary leader taunted Miyabi and confirmed that she was their target.

Mo Wang rescued Miyabi after she was drugged and captured, then interrogated the surviving soldier. Miyabi awakened in a berserk state and struck at Mo Wang, who remained unharmed as the soldier watched in disbelief.

• Miyabi collapsed after the soldier used a drug against her, but Mo Wang appeared and revealed he had taken down the other attackers.
• The soldier tried to disarm Mo Wang, but Mo Wang threw him to the ground and broke several of his bones.
• Mo Wang tortured the soldier for information, then decided he would read the soldier’s memories instead.
• Miyabi rose with black mist surrounding her and attacked Mo Wang with a powerful slash.
• Mo Wang stood unharmed, lamenting that Miyabi’s sword energy had cut his favorite outfit, while the soldier stared in shock.

Mo Wang subdued Hoshimi Miyabi when her hidden power drove her into a rampage, using Jizo Mitama to suppress it and restore her consciousness. After she woke, Miyabi pressed him to explain how he had stopped her and how his swordsmanship had overwhelmed hers, but Mo Wang gave evasive answers.

• Hoshimi Miyabi attacked Mo Wang in a rampage, but he blocked her strikes and knocked her off balance with Jizo Mitama.
• Mo Wang stabbed Miyabi with Jizo Mitama, which absorbed her black aura and freed her from its control; she collapsed and he caught her.
• Mo Wang put the unconscious Miyabi in the car, then frightened the watching soldier into fainting.
• About half an hour later, Miyabi awoke and demanded to know how Mo Wang had stopped her from losing herself.
• Mo Wang blamed Jizo Mitama for suppressing Miyabi’s power and offered awkward excuses for his superior swordsmanship.

After escaping the Hollow, Mo Wang was stopped by Zhu Yuan and Qing Yi for street racing, but he volunteered to return to the Security Bureau after seeing an arrest warrant signed by Chief Bringer. As Zhu Yuan drove him away, Mo Wang chatted with Qing Yi about his car’s advanced technology and offered to upgrade her car and modify her body.

• Hoshimi Miyabi challenged Mo Wang to a rematch after he defeated her, and he reluctantly left the Hollow with her.
• Mo Wang tried to disguise himself when Zhu Yuan and Qing Yi pursued his car, but Zhu Yuan recognized him and ordered him to pull over.
• Zhu Yuan confronted Mo Wang for hiding that he was the Phantom, while Miyabi tried to shield him by claiming they were on a special mission.
• Qing Yi showed Miyabi an arrest warrant signed by Chief Bringer, and Mo Wang laughed before agreeing to go with Zhu Yuan and Qing Yi.
• Miyabi was left with Mo Wang’s car and realized she did not know how to drive.
• In the police car, Mo Wang discussed its space-compression and nanomechanical technology with Qing Yi and offered to upgrade her car and modify her body.

Mo Wang teased Zhu Yuan in the police car before explaining that he had secretly captured Perlman and learned that Bringer was behind Vision’s crimes. After Qing Yi revealed how deeply the organization might have infiltrated the Security Bureau, Mo Wang said he intended to go there and confront Bringer.

• Mo Wang’s teasing made Zhu Yuan swerve toward a guardrail, and she stopped the car to berate him before he apologized for hiding things from her.
• Zhu Yuan asked how Mo Wang knew Hoshimi Miyabi, and he admitted they had been preparing to bring Perlman back to the city.
• Mo Wang revealed that Perlman had implicated Bringer, prompting Zhu Yuan to doubt the respected commander and Qing Yi to suspect a broader Security Bureau conspiracy.
• Mo Wang explained that Outer Ring thugs and armed mercenaries had pursued them, and Qing Yi deduced that he had entered their car to evade the city’s inspections.
• Mo Wang announced that he planned to go directly to the Security Bureau and meet Bringer, alarming Zhu Yuan and Qing Yi.

Mo Wang entered New Ailidou with Zhu Yuan and Qing Yi, then let Bringer’s men take him to the Security Bureau’s Special Interrogation Room. As Bringer isolated him from the two officers, Mo Wang began probing the interrogators about their loyalty and their lives.

• Zhu Yuan and Qing Yi objected to Mo Wang’s risky plan, but he reassured them before they drove toward New Ailidou.
• At the checkpoint, Qing Yi presented Bringer’s mission document and claimed they had caught a swindler, allowing Zhu Yuan to drive into the city.
• Bringer and his armed confidants met them outside the Security Bureau, ordered Mo Wang sent straight to the Special Interrogation Room, and refused to let Zhu Yuan and Qing Yi join the interrogation.
• Mo Wang sat calmly through the officers’ questioning and asked them about their time serving Bringer, their pay, and whether they could afford homes in New Ailidou.

Mo Wang confronted Bringer at the Security Bureau, shrugging off the officers’ attacks and restoring the damaged interrogation room as he demanded a conversation. After news of his detention spread, his friends and allies began organizing a rescue that threatened to turn into an assault on the Security Bureau.

• Mo Wang taunted Bringer’s subordinates, endured their batons and stun gun, and faced Bringer and armed agents as they entered the interrogation room.
• Mo Wang restored the room’s furniture and invited Bringer to talk.
• Zhu Yuan and Qing Yi told Belle and the others that Bringer had cleared the Security Bureau of officers who were not his allies.
• Miyabi proposed storming the Security Bureau, and the group began discussing how to make the rescue possible.
• Cui Ji alerted the New Silver Army, whose members prepared to attack the Security Bureau.
• Belle contacted allies, prompting White Bear Heavy Industry and Lyra to begin mobilizing to help Mo Wang.

Jia Yin and Evelyn, along with Victoria Housekeeping and New Ailidou’s other major forces, prepared to rescue Mo Wang from Bringer’s takeover of the Security Bureau. In the interrogation room, Mo Wang revealed that he knew the organization’s deepest secrets and terrified Bringer.

• Jia Yin tried to rush to the Security Bureau, but Evelyn warned her that Bringer’s people controlled it and agreed to bring her along.
• Ailian prepared to go help Mo Wang, and Rina, Kelin, and Lycan agreed that Victoria Housekeeping would intervene after receiving a commission.
• Belle’s messages put Cunning Rabbit House, the military, HAND, Victoria Housekeeping, HIA, White Bear Heavy Industry, Children of Calydonian, the Criminal Investigation Special Service Team, and the Silver Army on alert.
• Bringer confronted Mo Wang in the Security Bureau’s interrogation room, where Mo Wang remained calm despite the armed guards surrounding him.
• Mo Wang named the progenitor, the Black Wall, and the Void Hunters as targets of Bringer’s organization, making Bringer fall from his chair in fear.

Mo Wang revealed that he could read memories, then used Paradise Lost to transform the Security Bureau into a demon-filled world and confront Bringer and his officers. Outside, Belle and the others arrived to rescue Mo Wang, only to see terrified officers fleeing the building.

• Mo Wang told Bringer that he had learned information by reading the minds of people sent before him, and Bringer ordered his officers to shoot.
• Mo Wang stopped the bullets in midair, freed himself from his handcuffs, and turned the bullets back toward their owners.
• Mo Wang transformed the Security Bureau into Paradise Lost and summoned demons to attack Bringer and the officers.
• Belle, Jane, Nors, Kaminos, Zhu Yuan, and Jia Yin gathered outside the Security Bureau, unaware of what was happening inside.
• Jane unlocked the entrance, and terrified officers rushed out of the Security Bureau screaming for help.