Chapter Summaries

Fang Cheng fought Uehara Takashi, using Purifying Demon Fire to deprive him of oxygen but failing to finish him off. After Izanae told him to use Mother's Finger at the cost of his life, Fang Cheng drove the attack through Uehara Takashi's Reflection and pierced his chest.

• Fang Cheng used Tide of Blood to injure Uehara Takashi, but Uehara Takashi suppressed the blood and continued attacking.
• Fang Cheng surrounded Uehara Takashi with Purifying Demon Fire, burning away the oxygen and forcing him to flee the flames.
• Uehara Takashi reflected the fire and air to escape the vacuum, then blasted Fang Cheng into a building with Almighty Push.
• Izanae told Fang Cheng to use Mother's Finger and warned that its price was his life.
• Fang Cheng's middle finger shattered Uehara Takashi's Plasma Sphere and pierced through his chest.

Fang Cheng killed Uehara Takashi after Mother's Middle Finger absorbed his power and life, then gained Vector Control. Kanzaki Rin attacked Fujiwara Hirotetsu, but the government’s drones forced her to retreat, and Fujiwara emerged unharmed from her blast.

• Fang Cheng’s arm became stuck in Uehara Takashi’s chest as Mother’s Middle Finger drained him, so Fang Cheng cut off his own arm to stop it.
• Fang Cheng pulled his severed arm free, watched Uehara Takashi die, and absorbed the remaining energy to gain Vector Control.
• Fang Cheng collected Uehara Takashi’s corpse and flew toward Kanzaki Rin.
• Fujiwara Hirotetsu greeted government helicopters sent to retrieve him, but an attacker destroyed all three aircraft.
• Kanzaki Rin fired a bomb at Fujiwara Hirotetsu, then dodged the government’s drone attack; Fujiwara emerged from the blast unharmed.

Kanzaki Rin failed to reach Fujiwara Hirotetsu as government forces overwhelmed her, but Fang Cheng arrived with Uehara Takashi’s corpse and stunned the battlefield. Fujiwara Hirotetsu revealed his youthful complete form, only for Fang Cheng to seize control of his blood and impale him from within.

• Fukuda Tadashi ordered forces to protect Fujiwara Hirotetsu while Kanzaki Rin fought through drones, soldiers, and tanks to reach him.
• Fang Cheng destroyed the tanks and appeared holding Uehara Takashi’s corpse, shocking the government and stopping the soldiers from attacking.
• Fujiwara Hirotetsu praised Fang Cheng as his creation and transformed from an old man into a powerful young man.
• Fang Cheng beckoned Kanzaki Rin to his side and confronted Fujiwara Hirotetsu as the government weighed whether to attack.
• Fujiwara Hirotetsu declared that his complete form could fight Fang Cheng, but Fang Cheng made his blood erupt into sharp spikes through his body.

Fang Cheng fought Fujiwara Hirotetsu after the scientist transformed into a series of powerful monsters, while the military and Bishamonten attacked. Fujiwara Hirotetsu survived Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin’s attacks and offered to arrange a pardon as Fang Cheng stood over him.

• Fujiwara Hirotetsu transformed into a giant Licker-like monster, and Natsukawa Keishin ordered the military to open fire while protecting him.
• Fang Cheng used Great Might Heavenly Dragon to disrupt the barrage, then unleashed Blood River and swept the ground forces away.
• Fang Cheng fought Fujiwara Hirotetsu in giant forms as the military commander ordered Bishamonten to launch Poison King Bees at Fang Cheng.
• Fujiwara Hirotetsu escaped as a pterosaur, but Kanzaki Rin attacked him with flames before Fang Cheng stomped him into the ground.
• Fujiwara Hirotetsu claimed his regenerative abilities made him impossible to kill and offered to ask the government’s higher-ups to pardon Fang Cheng and his allies.

Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin killed Fujiwara Hirotetsu, then escaped Tokyo while Area 11 fighters pursued them and prepared a tactical nuclear strike. The Iron-Cast Palace intervened to protect Fang Cheng, forcing the government to call off the attack as the cabinet argued over whether to retaliate.

• Kanzaki Rin used Dojigiri Yasutsuna to kill Fujiwara Hirotetsu, and Fang Cheng absorbed his heart to gain 25 Life and one Evolution.
• Fang Cheng flew away with Kanzaki Rin as four stealth fighters pursued them and launched missiles, which his Blood Eagles intercepted.
• Area 11 authorized the fighters to use the tactical nuclear weapon Kagutsuchi once Fang Cheng left Tokyo, and Kanzaki Rin told Fang Cheng she was grateful to have met him before kissing him.
• The fighters turned back after the Iron-Cast Palace warned the Area 11 government that attacking Fang Cheng would end their peace treaty and provoke war.
• Natsukawa Keishin watched the cabinet argue over retaliation while Fang Cheng, unaware that the Iron-Cast Palace had stopped the strike, left Tokyo with Kanzaki Rin.

After Kitajima Maki defeated Kamikawa Takumi, she told him that Fang Cheng had killed Uehara Takashi and rescued his sister, and she let him leave to protect his girlfriend. On the way to the Yuguang Family safehouse, Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin confessed their feelings, but she revealed that Level 4 Enhancement had left her only two months to live.

• Kitajima Maki defeated Kamikawa Takumi at the ruined airport and told him Uehara Takashi was dead and his sister had been rescued.
• Kitajima Maki had already told Minamoto Kaori to leave Tokyo, and Kamikawa Takumi quit the government and departed.
• Fang Cheng confronted Kanzaki Rin aboard the Blood Eagle about her plan and learned that Level 4 Enhancement had left her only two months to live.
• Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin admitted they liked each other and embraced, while Kanzaki Rin apologized for deceiving him.
• Fang Cheng asked Kanzaki Rin to accept his group relationship arrangement, but she refused and said he could choose only one woman.

Fang Cheng traded three lives for Kanzaki Rin’s less important abilities, giving her a way to survive the Sessho-seki crisis, then punished her for hiding her plans. When they returned to the safe house, Kanzaki Rin openly asserted her closeness to Fang Cheng, leaving Asaka Akie worried that she had become a rival.

• Fang Cheng explained his life-extending trade to Kanzaki Rin, who offered several abilities in exchange for three lives and agreed to let him protect her from the Sessho-seki.
• After Kanzaki Rin worried that the awakened Sessho-seki would poison those around her, Fang Cheng promised they would seek a solution and then spanked her for trying to take revenge alone and lying to him.
• Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin flew back to the Yuguang Family’s safe house, where Kanzaki Rin stopped Sato Mai and Ugou Mirai from hugging him.
• Asaka Akie realized Kanzaki Rin might be joining the romantic rivalry, while Ye Yuqing urged her to confront Kanzaki Rin and Asaka Akie refused.
• Kanzaki Rin and Asaka Akie exchanged pointed remarks about Fang Cheng as Sato Hayato, Sato Mai, and Ugou Mirai sensed the tension, and Yuguang Qingxue spoke to break the silence.

After surviving the battle in Tokyo, Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin reunited with their friends and learned that Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya had escaped with the Resistance Organization. The group decided to leave Tokyo for Machine City, where Fang Cheng hoped to live without the Area 11 government’s restrictions.

• Kanzaki Rin called Takeda Masumi, who rejoiced that Rin had survived and learned Fang Cheng had cured Rin’s Level 4 Enhancement and killed Uehara Takashi.
• Takeda Masumi told Kanzaki Rin that the Resistance Organization planned to abandon its headquarters and retreat to Machine City, and Rin arranged a place to meet her.
• Kanzaki Rin apologized to the group for keeping her personal troubles secret and causing them to lose the chance to return to Tokyo; Asaka Akie and the others welcomed her back into the group.
• Fang Cheng chose Machine City as their next destination, and everyone agreed to rest at the safe house for two days before setting out.
• Fang Cheng soaked in the mountain spring and considered how leaving Tokyo would free him from growing conflict with the Area 11 government.

Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin discussed their plans for Machine City, where Rin intended to take over its government with Fang Cheng’s support. Asaka Akie joined them in the bath, and Fang Cheng openly admitted that he loved both women and wanted to date them alongside Ye Yuqing.

• Kanzaki Rin told Fang Cheng that Xiangling was safe and explained that she planned to take control of Machine City’s government.
• Kanzaki Rin argued that Machine City’s leaders would resist Fang Cheng and proposed seizing power to reform the city; Fang Cheng agreed to support her.
• Asaka Akie arrived while Kanzaki Rin hid behind Fang Cheng, and she asked whether they would reopen the Agency in Machine City.
• Fang Cheng told Asaka Akie that he liked Kanzaki Rin, then reassured Akie that he liked her too.
• Asaka Akie called Fang Cheng a womanizer, and he admitted he wanted to date her, Kanzaki Rin, and Ye Yuqing at the same time.

After telling Asaka Akie and Kanzaki Rin that he wanted to be with them both, Fang Cheng faced their resistance but remained confident he could win them over. He fused many of his abilities into five new powers, then watched the Area 11 government conceal the Tokyo incident as his group discussed their future in Machine City.

• Fang Cheng admitted his greed to Asaka Akie and Kanzaki Rin, and Asaka kissed him but vowed to drive the other girls away while Kanzaki rejected his proposal.
• After bathing, Fang Cheng reviewed the abilities he had gained in Tokyo and fused many powers and skills into Dragon's Wrath, War God Lineage, Ghost Shadow Tracking, King Ksitigarbha, and Tactical Master.
• Asaka Akie called Fang Cheng to lunch, where the group watched Prime Minister Natsukawa Keishin blame terrorists for the Tokyo attack and promise a crackdown.
• Sato Mai asked what the group would do in Machine City, and Fang Cheng promised freedom while assigning everyone activities; Sato Hayato grimaced as his sister stomped on his foot.

Kitajima Maki returned to Tokyo and confronted the government over Uehara Takashi’s crimes, while news of his death spread among insiders and Isis learned that Fang Cheng had grown into a threat worth pursuing. Fang Cheng reached Aomori Prefecture with his companions, where Nangong Saya embraced him as they reunited.

• Kitajima Maki told Natsukawa Keishin that Kamikawa Takumi was unlikely to return and agreed not to target Uehara Takashi’s family, but demanded that his lawbreaking subordinates face justice.
• The Area 11 government muddied reports of Tokyo’s events, though foreign governments and diplomats learned the general truth.
• Isis heard about Fang Cheng’s actions in Tokyo and ordered Eve to locate him and arrange her schedule.
• Death attacked Isis at her Hawaii estate, and reports later said their battle sank ten square kilometers of land before both vanished.
• Fang Cheng and his companions traveled under false identities to Aomori Prefecture, where Nangong Saya rushed to embrace him.

Nangong Saya publicly embraced Fang Cheng and confessed her feelings, prompting a confrontation with Ye Yuqing and startling the others. Fang Cheng openly declared that he liked all the women, while Yuguang Qingxue reminded them that she and Fang Cheng were already married in name; afterward, Nangong Saya went to face Ye Yuqing.

• Nangong Saya hugged Fang Cheng in the hotel lobby and said she was happy to see him, while Kanzaki Rin and Asaka Akie realized they had another rival.
• Ye Yuqing interrupted them and argued with Nangong Saya, but Kanzaki Rin stepped in to stop the quarrel.
• Takeda Masumi recounted how she and Nangong Saya had traveled with the Resistance Organization and arranged to meet the others in Aomori Prefecture.
• When Ye Yuqing asked about Nangong Saya's confession, Fang Cheng said he liked her and then declared that he wanted to be with all of them.
• Yuguang Qingxue pointed out that she and Fang Cheng were married in name, leaving Ugou Mirai and Sato Mai despondent.
• Nangong Saya thanked Fang Cheng for defending her, then accepted Ye Yuqing's challenge to fight.

Fang Cheng tested Sato Hayato’s strength and asked him to scout Machine City, and Sato Hayato chose to leave the next day to grow through danger. Meanwhile, Nangong Saya and Asaka Akie separately sneaked toward Fang Cheng’s room to make their relationships physical, but Saya found a decoy on the bed as Akie entered.

• Ye Yuqing fought Nangong Saya to a draw, surprising the onlookers with combat skills she had gained from Tsukimi Mei.
• Fang Cheng took Sato Hayato to the coast, where Hayato demonstrated psychokinesis strong enough to hurl large rocks into the sea.
• Fang Cheng offered Sato Hayato a choice between safe training and a dangerous mission, and Hayato chose to scout Machine City starting the next day.
• At two in the morning, Nangong Saya sneaked into Fang Cheng’s room intending to advance their relationship, but found a Blood Man decoy on the bed.
• Asaka Akie decided with Ye Yuqing’s support to make her relationship with Fang Cheng official and entered his room using a hotel key.

Asaka Akie and Nangong Saya mistook each other for Fang Cheng in his bed, then fought after realizing who was there. Meanwhile, Fang Cheng watched from the rooftop with Takeda Masumi, who kissed him but denied wanting to compete for him, and he stayed outside to avoid the chaos downstairs.

• Asaka Akie slipped into bed beside Nangong Saya and touched her, then they realized they had mistaken each other for Fang Cheng.
• Ye Yuqing took control of the body and argued with Nangong Saya before they resumed their fight and discovered they had both brought boxes of little umbrellas.
• When someone knocked at the door, Ye Yuqing and Nangong Saya hid beneath the bed, puzzled that Fang Cheng was knocking if he had returned.
• On the rooftop, Fang Cheng told Takeda Masumi that he had left a Blood Man in his room as a prank because he expected several women to sneak in.
• Takeda Masumi asked whether Fang Cheng would choose her, bit his lips, and then said she was not interested in competing with the other girls.
• After Takeda Masumi left, Fang Cheng stayed on the rooftop, expecting the commotion downstairs to continue.

Kanzaki Rin caught Ye Yuqing and Nangong Saya hiding in Fang Cheng’s room and forced them to explain themselves. After overpowering Ye Yuqing and making Nangong Saya surrender, Rin used embarrassing photos to punish them, just as Fang Cheng returned.

• Kanzaki Rin and Yuguang Qingxue discussed Rin’s plan to take control of Machine City and why Fang Cheng’s companions stayed with him despite his infidelity.
• Kanzaki Rin entered Fang Cheng’s room, found Ye Yuqing and Nangong Saya hiding under the bed, and pretended to leave before catching them when they emerged.
• Rin claimed authority as the group’s vice-leader and demanded an explanation; Ye Yuqing attacked her, but Rin defeated her while Nangong Saya watched.
• Rin learned that Ye Yuqing and Nangong Saya had been trying to get close to Fang Cheng, and that Rin’s own assignment had helped Nangong Saya meet him.
• Rin made the two pose together for humiliating photos, and Fang Cheng returned to find her urging them to kiss.

Fang Cheng’s group elected Kanzaki Rin as vice-leader, while Sato Hayato prepared to leave for Machine City. Just before setting out, Sato Hayato met Kujo Yuri and agreed to travel with her.

• Fang Cheng interrupted Kanzaki Rin as she forced Ye Yuqing and Nangong Saya to kiss, then asked Kanzaki Rin whether she wanted to become vice-leader.
• Kanzaki Rin said the group would hold a vote, and Fang Cheng obtained copies of the compromising photos she had taken.
• The group held a secret ballot, and Kanzaki Rin became vice-leader; Ye Yuqing vowed to challenge her in five years.
• Sato Hayato left the hotel for Machine City, keeping his destination secret from the rest of the group.
• Sato Hayato met Kujo Yuri, who asked how to reach Machine City, and he invited her to travel with him.
• Sato Hayato and Kujo Yuri set off to find boat tickets, and he wondered whether her surname connected her to Kujo Go.

Kamikawa Takumi and Minamoto Kaori met Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin in Aomori, where Kamikawa Takumi reconciled with his sister after she called him brother. The group discussed the political turmoil in Area 11 and Fang Cheng’s killing of Uehara Takashi before Fang Cheng raised an urgent matter.

• Kamikawa Takumi and Minamoto Kaori traveled to Aomori to meet Kanzaki Rin and Fang Cheng, hoping to avoid attention from the government.
• Kamikawa Takumi confronted Kanzaki Rin, but her apology and calling him brother softened him, and he admitted he had failed her as an older brother.
• Kamikawa Takumi thanked Fang Cheng for rescuing Kanzaki Rin and accepted him as family, though he privately asked him to give up his other women.
• Minamoto Kaori explained that political infighting in Area 11 had left the government distracted, giving the group a better chance to take control of Machine City.
• Kamikawa Takumi asked how Fang Cheng had killed Uehara Takashi, and Fang Cheng said he had used a special countermeasure he could not explain.
• Fang Cheng told Kamikawa Takumi that he had something serious to discuss.

Fang Cheng sought Izanae’s help to find a way to remove the Sessho-seki from Kanzaki Rin or let her control its power. After enduring a grueling ordeal, he returned with two possible solutions, and Rin realized how much he had suffered for her.

• Kamikawa Takumi learned Kanzaki Rin had undergone Level 4 Enhancement and that the Sessho-seki had merged with her, then promised to find a way to save her.
• Fang Cheng asked Izanae for help, and she offered to reveal an answer if he endured her test.
• Fang Cheng emerged after experiencing four months of continuous torment and told them the two possible solutions: find Tamamo-no-Mae or help Rin control the Sessho-seki’s power.
• Kamikawa Takumi left the room so Kanzaki Rin could speak with Fang Cheng alone.
• Kanzaki Rin realized Fang Cheng had paid a terrible price for her and held him tightly.

Fang Cheng and Kamikawa Takumi brought their group to Machine City, where the city’s leaders prepared to unite against the Cyborgs and the Resistance Organization. Meanwhile, Sato Hayato and Kujo Yuri fled the City Guard Department after its officers tried to detain her.

• Fang Cheng and Kamikawa Takumi agreed to wait two months before pursuing their plans, while Fang Cheng stayed with Kanzaki Rin and Kamikawa Takumi searched for Tamamo-no-Mae.
• Yuguang Qingxue brought the group across the strait, and they passed Machine City’s checkpoints using disguises and identities protected by the Yuguang Family.
• Kozaki Wataru and leaders of Machine City’s military, parliament, and monsters discussed the returning Cyborgs and Resistance Organization, then agreed to stand together against outsiders.
• Kozaki Wataru ordered the Security Division to watch the newcomers, while Siye Yuta reported that the military’s excavation of the sealed bioweapons was nearly complete.
• Sato Hayato used Psychokinesis to shield Kujo Yuri from pursuing police and escaped with her onto a rooftop, promising to protect her.

After settling into the Yuguang Family’s property in Machine City, Fang Cheng watched his future brother-in-law’s attempt to expose his womanizing backfire, then saw how the city’s slave-like hierarchy had strengthened Kanzaki Rin’s resolve to take power. He supported her plan to transform Machine City and free its exploited workers.

• Ye Yuqing and Nangong Saya argued over the room beside Fang Cheng’s, so Sato Mai proposed drawing lots and the women began choosing rooms.
• Kamikawa Takumi tried to learn Fang Cheng’s secret to managing his many admirers, then claimed he had ended his other relationships for Minamoto Kaori’s sake.
• Kamikawa Takumi secretly recorded Fang Cheng admitting he wanted all the girls and played it for them, but they reacted indifferently because they had heard him say it before.
• Minamoto Kaori twisted Kamikawa Takumi’s ear when he seemed tempted to imitate Fang Cheng, while Fang Cheng teased him and walked away.
• Fang Cheng observed Machine City’s hierarchy of enslaved workers, restricted free citizens, and privileged ruling families, and understood why Kanzaki Rin wanted control of it.
• Kanzaki Rin brought Fang Cheng tea, and he held her hand and supported her plan to turn Machine City into a better home for its people.