Chapter Summaries

Fang Cheng learned that Fujiwara Hirotetsu was alive and that SOT served him, then used Nakajima Tomoya’s blood as leverage while letting him go. As Fang Cheng tried to contact the government, he discovered that Kanzaki Rin, Takeda Masumi, and Nangong Saya were unreachable and that the Agency had been attacked, leaving him racing home amid signs of a wider conspiracy.

• Nakajima Tomoya told Fang Cheng that Fujiwara Hirotetsu had faked his death, led SOT from the Nest of Life, and directed the Evolution experiment; he also explained the Poison King Bee virus and the Bishamonten’s Vector Field.
• Fang Cheng injected Nakajima Tomoya with his blood as a threat, knocked him unconscious, and left with Ye Yuqing while Gongyuan Hang stayed behind.
• Fang Cheng called Kamikawa Takumi but learned from Minamoto Kaori that Takumi had gone to Machine City to handle a biological weapons leak.
• Fang Cheng found Kanzaki Rin’s, Takeda Masumi’s, and Nangong Saya’s phones switched off, then learned from Sato Mai that attackers had tried to take her and Ugou Mirai from the Agency.
• Sato Mai told Fang Cheng that Yuguang Qingxue had driven the attackers away, and Asaka Akie urged him to return home before searching for Rin and the others.

Sato Hayato and Kujo Go were captured while investigating Nozawa Hana, and Hayato’s cross-dressing disguise was exposed. After the kidnappers demanded that Fang Cheng travel to Iwate Prefecture, Akie and Qingxue traced the captives to an abandoned museum in Chiba, and Fang Cheng set out with the others to rescue them.

• Sato Hayato and Kujo Go infiltrated an abandoned museum but were caught by Nozawa Hana’s armed men.
• A search revealed that Sato Hayato was a man, leaving Kujo Go devastated after he confessed he had planned to propose.
• Fang Cheng returned to the damaged Agency and received a video call showing Hayato and Kujo Go bound and blindfolded.
• The kidnappers ordered Fang Cheng to reach Kawai City in Iwate Prefecture within fifteen hours, while Asaka Akie secretly photographed the video.
• Asaka Akie and Yuguang Qingxue identified the captives’ location as an abandoned museum near Matsukidai Park in Chiba Prefecture.
• Fang Cheng suspected the Iwate destination was a ploy to draw him away from Tokyo and decided to bring everyone to rescue Hayato.

After Fang Cheng left him injured on the outskirts, Nakajima Tomoya endured a series of humiliating encounters before his subordinates rescued him. Facing punishment for the loss of six Bishamonten, he was brought to Fujiwara Hirotetsu, where he witnessed a deadly experiment and learned Fujiwara wanted to hear about Fang Cheng.

• Nakajima Tomoya struggled toward Tokyo, but two young men robbed him and two Abandoned People stole his clothes before another Abandoned Person assaulted him.
• Nakajima Tomoya collapsed on the highway and was rescued by his subordinates, then woke in a facility where an officer warned him he might face a firing squad for losing six Bishamonten.
• Soldiers hooded Nakajima Tomoya and took him to the Nest of Life, where he heard disturbing screams before meeting Fujiwara Hirotetsu.
• Nakajima Tomoya watched Fujiwara Hirotetsu's researchers inject fifteen young test subjects with an unknown liquid, causing them all to explode.
• Fujiwara Hirotetsu asked Nakajima Tomoya to recall his dealings with Fang Cheng using a device that turned memories into images, and offered him a chance to stay and work at the Nest of Life.

Fang Cheng rescued Sato Hayato and Kujo Go from the Abandoned Museum, then learned that Nozawa Hana had ordered the kidnapping to draw him away from Tokyo. Recognizing Nozawa Hana from a sketch, Fang Cheng took the captive girl to lead him to her hideout near Noda City, hoping to uncover who had been manipulating him.

• Fang Cheng found Sato Hayato and Kujo Go chained inside the Abandoned Museum and freed them after knocking out their captor.
• Sato Mai reunited with Sato Hayato, and Yuguang Qingxue offered a hidden safe house for the group while Kujo Go returned on his own.
• Fang Cheng questioned the captive girl and learned that Nozawa Hana had ordered her to lure him away from Tokyo.
• Asaka Akie drew Nozawa Hana from Sato Hayato's description, and Fang Cheng recognized the woman as someone he might have seen before.
• The captive girl revealed that Nozawa Hana was near Noda City, so Fang Cheng took her toward the Resistance Organization's hideout after promising Asaka Akie he would return safely.

Fang Cheng confronted Nozawa Hana at the Resistance Organization’s base and forced her to admit Kanzaki Rin founded and funded the organization. Nozawa handed him a phone to speak with Kanzaki, while Kanzaki lay in a machine in a hidden Tokyo training ground and Nangong Saya asked Takeda Masumi whether she liked Ah Cheng.

• Fang Cheng followed Terashima Reiko into the Resistance Organization’s underground base and revealed himself to Nozawa Hana.
• Fang Cheng accused Nozawa Hana of hiding Kanzaki Rin’s role and demanded that she call Kanzaki.
• Fang Cheng grabbed Nozawa Hana, while a transformed bear pinned Terashima Reiko down; Nozawa admitted Kanzaki founded the Resistance Organization.
• Nozawa gave Fang Cheng her phone and explained that Kanzaki had spent all the money she recently made.
• At a hidden Tokyo training ground, Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya watched Kanzaki Rin lie inside a sealed machine.
• Nangong Saya asked Takeda Masumi whether she liked Ah Cheng.

Takeda Masumi told Nangong Saya she planned to go abroad after the operation, then Kanzaki Rin awakened from a successful Level 4 Enhancement that left her with only two months to live. Fang Cheng confronted Rin over her secret plans, and she revealed that she had been reincarnated.

• Takeda Masumi admitted she liked Fang Cheng but planned to travel abroad after the operation, while Nangong Saya urged her to go.
• Kanzaki Rin awakened from the Level 4 Enhancement and proved its success by crushing a steel pipe, though the procedure left her with two months to live.
• Kanzaki Rin received a call from Fang Cheng, who had discovered her plans and demanded to know where she was.
• Fang Cheng spoke with Kanzaki Rin after Nozawa Hana and Terashima Reiko left, and Rin told him she had been reincarnated.
• Fang Cheng said he believed Kanzaki Rin because he had transmigrated into the world himself.

Kanzaki Rin told Fang Cheng how her parents were framed after Tamamo-no-Mae escaped and were later killed in an experiment at the Nest of Life. She explained that her revenge was aimed at Fujiwara Hirotetsu, and began recounting how the Nest of Life abducted her years later.

• Fang Cheng accepted Kanzaki Rin's claim that she had reincarnated, and she said her previous life had never included meeting him.
• Kanzaki Rin explained that Tamamo-no-Mae escaped the Underground Prison after the warden tried to use her for political bribery, leaving Kanzaki Rin's parents to take the blame.
• Fang Cheng guessed that Fujiwara Hirotetsu was Kanzaki Rin's enemy and that Kamikawa Takumi had been involved in her previous life's events.
• Kanzaki Rin said the Nest of Life deceived her imprisoned parents into entering a dangerous experiment, and they died there while she was seven.
• Kamikawa Takumi cared for Kanzaki Rin after her parents' deaths, but eleven years later her body developed dangerous effects that killed anyone who touched her bodily fluids.
• The Nest of Life kidnapped Kanzaki Rin while Kamikawa Takumi was away, and Fujiwara Hirotetsu revealed that he had captured her and knew the truth about her parents' deaths.

Kanzaki Rin revealed how she had been reborn and built the Resistance Organization to destroy the Nest of Life and avenge her former life. She tried to keep Fang Cheng out of her fight, but he declared that her enemies were his enemies.

• Kanzaki Rin told Fang Cheng that the Sessho-seki had fused with her, that she had died alongside Kamikawa Takumi, and that she had been reborn and founded the Resistance Organization to take revenge on the Nest of Life.
• Kanzaki Rin admitted she had used Fang Cheng to disrupt the Nest of Life’s plans, including leading him to Kitaryu Shingen and arranging events that drew the SOT Unit away from the organization.
• Kanzaki Rin explained that she had kept Kamikawa Takumi and Fang Cheng out of the fight because she wanted her brother to live peacefully and believed she would soon die from the Sessho-seki.
• Fang Cheng demanded to help Kanzaki Rin, and she confessed that she had never treated him like an outsider before warning him that she was dying.
• Fang Cheng told Kanzaki Rin that he had a grudge against the Nest of Life and declared, “Your enemy is my enemy!”

Kanzaki Rin ended her call with Fang Cheng and set out with Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya to destroy the Nest of Life, while Fang Cheng learned the details of the planned uprising and raced toward Tokyo. The operation was less than three hours away, and Fang Cheng tried to alert Kamikawa Takumi before Kanzaki Rin could act alone.

• Kanzaki Rin told Fang Cheng she was saying goodbye, switched off her phone, and left with Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya to begin their plan against the Nest of Life.
• Fang Cheng smashed Nozawa Hana's phone, learned the Resistance Organization's operation plan, and left the hideout to fly toward Tokyo.
• Fang Cheng called Tsukikage Hatsuka and ordered her to contact the Landlady and pass a message to Oni Yunjie.
• Fang Cheng asked Minamoto Kaori about the Nest of Life and told her to make Kamikawa Takumi return before eight that night.
• Minamoto Kaori realized Kanzaki Rin had deliberately kept Kamikawa Takumi away, then rushed out to try to stop anything happening to her.

The Area 11 government struggled to contact Fang Cheng after he defeated the SOT Unit, while a wave of coordinated explosions plunged Tokyo into chaos. Kanzaki Rin revealed herself as the attacker and killed Ishii Ryo, her first target in a campaign of justice.

• Fukuda Tadashi and Arai Yamataka reviewed Fang Cheng’s strength and tried unsuccessfully to reach him and Kanzaki Rin.
• A series of explosions struck Tokyo, including the Countermeasure Department headquarters, while EMP attacks disrupted communications.
• Kanzaki Rin called Ishii Ryo and identified herself as the daughter of the Kanzaki Couple.
• Kanzaki Rin told Ishii Ryo he was her first target, and his vehicle exploded with him inside.

Kanzaki Rin’s coordinated attacks plunged Tokyo into chaos and triggered a prison break beneath Hinata Plaza. Nozawa Ritsu freed the prisoners but became trapped between monsters and armed guards until the girl who had given him the key arrived in flames.

• Kanzaki Rin’s attacks killed fifteen officials and forced Area 11’s forces to defend First Layer while the Resistance Organization ambushed the Garrison Army and Cyborgs intercepted the SOT Unit.
• Nozawa Ritsu used the key Kanzaki Rin had hidden to escape his cell when an explosion cut power to the Underground Prison.
• Nozawa Ritsu unlocked nearby cells, and the freed prisoners scattered as Prison Guard Robots opened fire.
• Nozawa Ritsu released more prisoners and monsters deeper in the prison, where the monsters fought the guards amid the blackout and failed refrigeration system.
• Armed personnel blocked the detention-area exit and fired on the fleeing prisoners, trapping Nozawa Ritsu between them and the approaching monsters.
• A flame-covered girl entered after destroying the armed personnel, and Nozawa Ritsu recognized her as the one who had given him the key.

Kanzaki Rin freed Nozawa Ritsu and other prisoners, then entered the Nest of Life through the Underground Prison to pursue her goal. After blasting through its defenses, she confronted Fujiwara Hirotetsu and his staff, who called Uehara Takashi for help as she reached the central area.

• Kanzaki Rin gave Nozawa Ritsu the key, warned him to keep her presence secret, and sent him and the other prisoners out of the detention area.
• Kanzaki Rin released more monsters, unlocked the route to the Nest of Life with the Key of Ten Thousand Treasures, and shot the soldiers guarding its entrance.
• Kanzaki Rin moved through the Nest of Life, overcoming its depleted defenses and planting explosives to breach a sealed passage.
• Fujiwara Hirotetsu refused to evacuate after Kanzaki Rin warned she would destroy the Nest of Life’s research, then ordered someone to summon Uehara Takashi.
• Kanzaki Rin blasted open the sealed door and entered the Nest of Life’s central area.

Fang Cheng searched Tokyo for Kanzaki Rin and the Nest of Life, but the fireworks display’s explosions began before he could find her. Meanwhile, Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya assassinated a senior government official and fled the scene, only to hear something rush toward them as they neared their escape point.

• Fang Cheng searched Tokyo for Kanzaki Rin, tracked Nakajima Tomoya through the Second and Third Layers, and flew through restricted airspace as time ran out.
• Dozens of explosions plunged Tokyo into chaos, and Fang Cheng flew toward one of them.
• Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya waited near the Government Building for a senior official to emerge while SAT Mobile Team soldiers patrolled the sealed area.
• Takeda Masumi shot the official dead, and she and Nangong Saya escaped through the underground parking lot after luring SAT soldiers away with an autonomous car carrying kidnapped gangsters.
• Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya ran toward their escape point, but a sudden whoosh interrupted their apparent getaway.

Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya were cornered by SAT soldiers, but Fang Cheng rescued them and learned that Kanzaki Rin might be near the Underground Prison or the Nest of Life. After Arai Yamataka refused to reveal the Nest of Life’s location, Fang Cheng prepared to investigate Hinata Plaza while the two women escaped through the sewers.

• Saki Ryosuke recognized Takeda Masumi, confronted her about the attacks, and was struck by Nangong Saya as the two women fled.
• Saki Ryosuke called in a swarm of drones and reinforcements, but Takeda Masumi disabled the drones before SAT soldiers surrounded the women.
• Fang Cheng arrived, used the Great Might Heavenly Dragon to disable the SAT soldiers, and asked Takeda Masumi where Kanzaki Rin had gone.
• Takeda Masumi suggested checking the Underground Prison near Hinata Plaza, while Fang Cheng failed to get directions to the Nest of Life from Arai Yamataka.
• Fang Cheng demanded the Nest of Life’s location as payment for staying out of the government’s way, then hung up when Arai Yamataka would not provide it.
• Nangong Saya revealed that she and Takeda Masumi could escape through a sewer vehicle, and Fang Cheng threatened to beat them after they got out.

Fang Cheng broke into the Underground Prison to find Nakajima Tomoya, then followed him into the Nest of Life, where Izanae led him to a mysterious finger she identified as Mother's Body. The chapter ended with Fang Cheng confronting the finger and wondering whether it connected the Vampire Queen, Izanae, and Kitaryu Shingen.

• Fang Cheng sent Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya into the sewer, then flew to Hinata Plaza and drilled down through the ground.
• Fang Cheng entered the chaotic Underground Prison, rescued Nozawa Ritsu from a monster, and sent him toward the exit with two Blood Eagles.
• Fang Cheng searched the prison for Nakajima Tomoya, then blasted through the floor and found the Nest of Life below.
• Fang Cheng found Nakajima Tomoya dismembered and alive in a Nutrient Pod, but left to search for Fujiwara Hirotetsu.
• Izanae guided Fang Cheng through the Nest of Life to a glass enclosure containing a finger, which she called Mother's Body.

Fang Cheng retrieved 'Mother's' middle finger from the Black Hole, absorbed its life essence, and watched it fuse with his hand and activate a part of the system's body diagram. Meanwhile, Kamikawa Takumi tried to return to Tokyo to help Kanzaki Rin, but Kitajima Maki blocked him, and the two Aces began fighting.

• Fang Cheng broke through the Black Hole's glass cases with the Thunder-Strike Hammer and carefully removed 'Mother's' middle finger.
• Fang Cheng absorbed 114 life from the finger, which fused with his left middle finger and lit the corresponding part of the system's body diagram.
• Fang Cheng asked Izanae about 'Mother' and Kanzaki Rin; Izanae stayed silent about 'Mother' but pointed him toward Kanzaki Rin with an arrow made of glass.
• Kamikawa Takumi learned Kanzaki Rin was attacking Nest of Life and rushed back toward Tokyo, where Kitajima Maki intercepted him on the leadership's orders.
• Kamikawa Takumi rejected Kitajima Maki's offer to spare Kanzaki Rin from execution in exchange for lifelong imprisonment, insisting he wanted justice for his family.
• Kitajima Maki attacked Kamikawa Takumi to stop him from returning, and the two Three Aces began battling at the military airfield.

Kanzaki Rin confronted Fujiwara Hirotetsu at the Nest of Life, trying to detonate the Metallic Hydrogen bombs strapped to her body before she could be captured. Fujiwara revealed that her parents had been turned into emotionless weapons, and just as Rin was about to kill herself, Fang Cheng broke into the facility and reached her.

• Kanzaki Rin entered the testing facility and tried to shoot herself, but Musashi used mental control to stop her.
• Kanzaki Rin fought Number One and flooded the facility with flames while trying to reach Fujiwara Hirotetsu.
• Fujiwara revealed that Number Two was Kanzaki Rin's mother, and Number One's face resembled her father; he identified the explosives on Rin as Metallic Hydrogen bombs.
• Musashi and Number One subdued Kanzaki Rin, and Fujiwara explained that her parents were his creations and had lost their sense of self.
• Uehara Takashi arrived as Kanzaki Rin tried to stab herself, but her father knocked the dagger away.
• Fang Cheng burst through the wall and greeted Kanzaki Rin.

Fang Cheng arrived at Nest of Life to rescue the badly injured Kanzaki Rin and confronted Uehara Takashi and Fujiwara Hirotetsu. After learning more about the experiments behind his origins, Fang Cheng refused Fujiwara Hirotetsu’s offer and declared he would take Kanzaki Rin with him, just as Uehara launched an attack.

• Fang Cheng restrained Kanzaki Rin’s father in hardened blood and caught Kanzaki Rin as she collapsed, then held her while she recovered.
• Uehara Takashi warned Fang Cheng that Kanzaki Rin was under arrest, while Fujiwara Hirotetsu claimed he had cultivated Fang Cheng and counted as his father.
• Fujiwara Hirotetsu deduced that Fang Cheng had visited Black Hole and taken Mother’s Finger, then explained that Fang Cheng and Kitaryu Shingen had been created using the mother’s genes and human genes.
• Fujiwara Hirotetsu invited Fang Cheng to join Nest of Life and offered to pardon his crimes, but Uehara Takashi insisted Kanzaki Rin could not leave.
• Fang Cheng declared he would take Kanzaki Rin and Fujiwara Hirotetsu with him, and Uehara Takashi attacked him with a punch from a distance.

Fang Cheng fought Uehara Takashi while rescuing Kanzaki Rin, then flooded the Nest of Life with blood and escaped with her and her parents. Above Hinata Plaza, he detonated the blood inside the facility.

• Uehara Takashi redirected Fang Cheng’s attacks, while Musashi tried to control Fang Cheng and was killed by a blood spear.
• Fujiwara Hirotetsu recognized Kitaryu Shingen’s ability in Fang Cheng’s technique as Uehara pressed the attack.
• Fang Cheng raised Tide of Blood to level 3 and flooded the laboratory, forcing Uehara to carry Fujiwara Hirotetsu toward the surface.
• Fang Cheng broke through the ceiling, rescued Kanzaki Rin and her parents, and flew with them to Hinata Plaza.
• Fang Cheng told Kanzaki Rin to enjoy the fireworks and detonated the blood inside the Nest of Life.

Fang Cheng destroyed the Nest of Life with a huge explosion that devastated Hinata Plaza and drew the attention of Tokyo’s residents and authorities. He then fought Uehara Takashi in the sky, but Uehara blasted away much of Fang Cheng’s body and closed in with a Vacuum Slash.

• Fang Cheng detonated the blood filling the Nest of Life, causing an explosion that collapsed Hinata Plaza and sent a mushroom cloud over Tokyo.
• Fukuda Tadashi and Arai Yamataka identified the underground blast as Fang Cheng’s work, while Uehara Takashi flew off to pursue him and Kanzaki Rin.
• The Resistance Organization and Cyborgs retreated after holding off the advancing forces, and Nozawa Hana reunited with Nozawa Ritsu.
• Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin watched the mushroom cloud before splitting up: Kanzaki Rin flew off to pursue Fujiwara Hirotetsu, while Fang Cheng faced Uehara Takashi.
• Fang Cheng attacked Uehara Takashi with a giant blood hammer and then a barrage of shells, but Uehara reflected the attacks and compressed their energy into a sphere.
• Uehara Takashi fired the compressed energy at Fang Cheng, blasting away his shoulder, arm, and half his chest, then pursued him with a Vacuum Slash.