Chapter Summaries

Luoshui Sanxian confronted Shuten-doji, who declared himself a demon, and unleashed a devastating storm of blue-violet lightning. The citizens who witnessed the display recognized Luoshui Sanxian’s power and wondered what enemy had provoked it.

• After devouring a person's soul to learn about Luoshui Sanxian, Shuten-doji felt destined to kill or be killed by him.
• Luoshui Sanxian recognized Shuten-doji by name and asked whether he was human or a Mutant Creature.
• Shuten-doji called himself a demon, and Luoshui Sanxian decided he was humanity’s enemy.
• Luoshui Sanxian summoned dark clouds, violent winds, and a vast pillar of lightning that struck across the battlefield.
• Citizens watched the storm from the city, identified Luoshui Sanxian within it, and marveled at his strength.
• Some citizens worried about the power of his enemy, while others trusted that the Three Gods could defeat any threat.

Shuten-doji endured Luoshui Sanxian’s lightning and Ling’s Demonic-Breaking arrow while preparing to escape. When Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming approached with Murasame, he sensed death, fled, and left the Mutant Snake Person facing her.

• Shuten-doji bathed in Luoshui Sanxian’s lightning, called him his destined future opponent, and opened his gourd to devour the storm.
• Luoshui Sanxian pierced Shuten-doji with a Demonic-Breaking arrow, while Ling and Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming considered whether Shuten-doji was a human whose Superpower made him believe he was a demon.
• Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming drew Murasame and approached Shuten-doji, who sensed a threat of true death for the first time.
• Shuten-doji released the Mutant Snake Person, concealed himself with the gourd, and escaped before Luoshui Sanxian, Ling, or Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming could stop him.
• The Mutant Snake Person realized she was facing Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming and recognized Murasame as her greatest danger.

Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming killed the mutant Snake Person and absorbed its energy with the Cursed Blade Murasame. She, Ling, and Luoshui Sanxian reaffirmed their pact to kill Ming if she ever abandoned her duty as a Guardian, then set out to investigate the fleeing Esper who believed himself to be Shuten-doji.

• Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming used One-Sword Style: Blood Light to decapitate the mutant Snake Person and absorbed its energy with the Cursed Blade Murasame.
• Luoshui Sanxian warned Ming that he would kill her if the cursed blade ever corrupted her, and Ling promised to do the same.
• Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming accepted their pact and said she would rather die than have others risk lives trying to awaken her if she fell.
• The three left the scene after the Esper who believed himself to be Shuten-doji fled, planning to research his identity and the Shuten-doji records.

Japan’s leaders viewed the self-proclaimed demon king as an urgent threat and feared that mythology might be descending into reality. At the Imperial Capital Academy of Sciences, Professor Zhao reported that researchers could copy Uchiha Ten’s bloodline but could not access its core, while the chapter explored the Sharingan’s potential and the dangers of emotionally driven evolution.

• Japan’s leaders concluded they needed to kill the First Sequence demon king quickly because he could think, hide, and escape across the country.
• Liu Suifeng asked Professor Zhao how research into the Uchiha Bloodline was progressing at the Academy of Sciences.
• Professor Zhao said the researchers could copy Uchiha Ten’s bloodline but could not reach its core because of its special energy.
• The researchers studied the Sharingan’s abilities and possible evolution, including the Mangekyō Sharingan, Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and Rinnegan.
• The chapter contrasted the Uchiha Clan’s emotionally unstable members with Sasuke Uchiha, whose strength of mind helped him endure the truth about his clan and Brother.

Liu Suifeng and Professor Zhao discussed cultivating espers with the Uchiha bloodline to awaken the Sharingan and ultimately test whether the Rinnegan could resurrect the dead. The chapter ended with Professor Zhao reflecting on how entering the Dao had renewed the country’s spirit and brought hope to its people.

• Liu Suifeng proposed giving espers with weaker talents the Uchiha bloodline so they could cultivate the Sharingan, while leaving powerful espers to choose for themselves.
• Professor Zhao questioned whether people would accept a bloodline rooted in a foreign story, and Liu Suifeng argued that dangerous times made every source of power worth considering.
• Liu Suifeng explained that they needed to cultivate a native Rinnegan wielder to test whether the Samsara Heavenly Life Technique could resurrect the dead without risking Uchiha Ten’s life.
• Liu Suifeng decided to keep the Rinnegan experiment secret until it succeeded, so civilians would not be crushed by false hope if it failed.
• Professor Zhao said he believed people were now working for the public and reflected on how the country’s atmosphere had improved since the Reiki Revival.

Liu Suifeng discussed Huaxia’s cultural openness with Professor Zhao, who reassured him that Huaxia could accept foreign cultures while rejecting harmful ones. Professor Zhao then showed him the Genetic Enhancement Serum, a mass-producible potion that could strengthen some users, and explained its tested limits.

• Professor Zhao argued that Huaxia’s cultural tradition of tolerance allowed it to embrace excellent foreign cultures, just as it accommodated its fifty-six ethnic groups.
• Liu Suifeng noted that Professor Zhao had raised the topic that first made him worry, and Professor Zhao joked that his habit of teaching others had not changed.
• Professor Zhao showed Liu Suifeng two Genetic Enhancement Serums and explained that their ingredients could strengthen users’ abilities and sometimes improve their talent.
• Professor Zhao said tests using a Third Sequence Mutant Creature’s corpse showed that the serum could double the strength of compatible users below the Third Sequence, while its effects weakened or vanished for stronger or incompatible users.
• Professor Zhao explained that the serum was less effective than Elixirs but could be mass-produced with less intense stimulation, unlike Elixirs that only a small number of Espers could make.

Zhao Feng explained that the Academy of Sciences had made ten First Sequence Genetic Potions and given them to Huaxia’s trusted Espers. Qin Tian drank the fire-attribute Golden Crow potion, whose power surged through him as his Flame Dragon phantom devoured the crow’s residual soul imprint.

• Zhao Feng told Liu Suifeng that the Academy of Sciences had produced only ten First Sequence Genetic Potions and gifted them to Qin Tian and the other selected Espers.
• Over the following days, Liu Suifeng visited the Academy of Sciences to check on its research, while the First Sequence Espers received and used their potions.
• Qin Tian opened the Golden Crow potion, which released immense fire-attribute Spirit Energy and summoned a Golden Crow phantom.
• Qin Tian drank the potion and absorbed its surging energy, enduring scorching heat as his body reached its limit.
• A three-legged crow phantom emerged from Qin Tian, but his Flame Dragon phantom devoured its harmless soul imprint, boosting his mental strength and energy absorption.

Qin Tian absorbed the Golden Crow Genetic Enhancement Serum and grew stronger, while Liu Suifeng entrusted him with a battle to test his new strength. The chapter ended with Huaxia still lacking enough First Sequence Espers to protect its vast territory from Beast Tides.

• Qin Tian's Superpower devoured the imprint, and its energy nourished his spirit as his aura grew.
• First Sequence Espers began cultivating more intensely after seeing the strength of peak fighters such as Zhang Daolong and Xuan Zhen.
• People discussed the known Kamen Riders and an unverified rumor that a Kuuga who protected the public had been betrayed and killed.
• Qin Tian finished absorbing the Golden Crow Genetic Enhancement Serum, greatly increasing his Spirit Energy, physical strength, and Superpower.
• Qin Tian resolved to become stronger than everyone in Huaxia except Bai Xuan so he could serve as the nation's guardian.
• Liu Suifeng assigned Qin Tian a battle to test his strength, noting that Huaxia had too few First Sequence powerhouses to protect its many cities.

Liu Suifeng sent Qin Tian to The Grasslands after a First Sequence-level Mutant Creature was detected there, giving him a chance to master his newly enhanced strength. Qin Tian arrived to find the grasslands’ mutated animals and a disciplined wolf pack, whose howls and synchronized advance suggested a new overlord was emerging.

• Liu Suifeng explained that Spirit Energy readings in The Grasslands indicated a possible First Sequence-level Mutant Creature and assigned Qin Tian to investigate instead of Uchiha Ten.
• Qin Tian agreed to go, recognizing that The Grasslands’ vast animal populations and wolf packs could pose a serious threat after the Reiki Revival.
• Qin Tian considered how the grasslands’ wolves might have changed, given their intelligence and disciplined hunting behavior even before the Reiki Revival.
• Mutated animals roamed The Grasslands, including enormous yaks, dark-golden-winged eagles, black argali, and blood-eyed wolves.
• At night, a vast wolf pack howled and ran in synchronized formations across the trembling earth.

Qin Tian received a report about a silver-haired human youth living with a Mutant Wolf Pack and wielding blood-red flames that strengthened and healed wolves. The report left him suspecting the youth’s ability resembled Zhao Feng’s Mutant Tiger’s flames.

• The reporter explained that The Grasslands held many powerful wolf kings and other mutated creatures, and that a plant-controlling Mutant Wolf King had recently been killed by a thunder-wielding rival.
• The reporter told Qin Tian that the thunder-wielding Mutant Wolf King’s offspring was considered noteworthy and handed him a photograph.
• Qin Tian saw a silver-haired human youth beside the wolf king and wondered whether the youth was a legendary Wolf Child raised by wolves.
• The reporter described how the youth’s Scarlet Flames had enveloped an opposing pack, strengthened the wolves in his own pack, and healed their injuries.
• Qin Tian recognized similarities between the flames and abilities analyzed from Zhao Feng’s Mutant Tiger during its fight with Decade.

Qin Tian reviewed Huaxia’s plans to approach the wolf pack led by the Silver-Haired Youth, weighing recruitment against the danger that the youth might regard humans as prey. He also reflected on Balang’s submission to Mutant Creatures, leaving the chapter with the grim prospect that people might come to view surrender as honorable.

• Huaxia hoped to cooperate with Flame Wolf’s pack and make it a subordinate force to expand its influence over The Grasslands.
• Qin Tian considered the Silver-Haired Youth’s possible First Sequence aptitude and large-scale enhancement Superpower, and concluded that he had to be eliminated if he viewed humans as prey.
• Qin Tian recognized that Liu Suifeng had sent him because he could make a decisive choice, as Uchiha Ten could.
• Qin Tian recalled that Mutant Creatures had conquered Balang and turned its survivors into food, while some people had refused aid from other nations.
• Qin Tian wondered whether Balang’s survivors would eventually treat submission to Mutant Creatures as honorable, a course he considered likely to recur throughout history.

Qin Tian reflected on how Mutant Creatures had taken control of the sea and sky and continued to claim human territory, then focused on protecting Huaxia. After three peaceful days hunting threats around the Hubei Grasslands, his arrival became a subject of excitement among the city’s residents, who believed nothing serious had happened there.

• Qin Tian considered the growing danger beyond Huaxia and resolved to become strong enough to protect the country.
• Over three days in the Hubei Grasslands, Qin Tian hunted Mutant Creatures and guarded the city against small Beast Tides.
• Qin Tian’s attacks left the Grasslands near human cities unusually quiet and gave the city a brief respite.
• Residents discussed the Dragon Emperor’s arrival and wondered why he had come to the Hubei Grasslands.
• The residents said the city had faced only occasional attacks by Mutated Beasts before Qin Tian arrived, with no major Beast Tide.

After Qin Tian slaughtered mutated beasts across The Grasslands for three days, the creatures feared him and avoided the area around the human city. A silver-haired wolf youth proposed uniting the beast herds to attack the city, force Qin Tian to protect its inhabitants, and kill him.

• The city’s residents speculated that Qin Tian had come to The Grasslands because a First Sequence Mutant Creature had appeared.
• Qin Tian’s blazing flames wiped out beast herds that approached the city, making the surrounding area a forbidden zone for mutated creatures.
• The mutated beasts realized Qin Tian’s slaughter would continue unless they found a way to oppose him.
• A silver-haired wolf youth urged the surrounding beast kings to unite and attack the human city.
• The wolf youth recalled how Qin Tian’s flames had paralyzed his pack and frightened his Superpower, and he argued that sacrificing beasts to kill Qin Tian was worthwhile.

A Mutant Moose questioned the Wolf Clan member's plan to attack a human city, and the silver-haired youth explained that the human they feared would stay to protect others because he was a hero. The youth recalled his difficult childhood and the awakening of Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, which made him capable of claiming Mutant Creatures' abilities and suppressing beasts.

• A Mutant Moose challenged the Wolf Clan member's confidence that humans would not retaliate and asked whether the human would abandon the city.
• The silver-haired youth said the human would protect the city because he was a hero who valued others' lives above his own.
• The youth recalled losing his parents, living with his uncle's family, and later taking care of himself alone.
• He remembered that he had awakened Myriad Beast Spirit Fire during the Second Reiki Tide.
• He explained that Myriad Beast Spirit Fire let him Plunder Mutant Creatures' spirituality, gain some of their abilities, control them, and suppress all beasts.

The silver-haired youth reflected on how fusing with the Mutant Wild Wolf’s soul had led him to accept the Wolf Clan as his family and humanity as a rival. After the Mutant Moose and several other clans withdrew from the planned operation against humans, he remained with a smaller group of beast clans.

• The silver-haired youth questioned whether the Mutant Wild Wolf’s soul had changed him or whether he had chosen the warmth of belonging to the Wolf Clan over his human identity.
• He recalled that the Dragon Emperor Qin Tian was a trusted hero who would stay and face danger rather than abandon the people in the city.
• The Mutant Moose refused to join the operation and led its herd away, and the silver-haired youth watched it leave with a cold gaze.
• The silver-haired youth told the remaining beast-clan kings that they would join the operation but would not commit all their strength.
• Several more clans withdrew, leaving the Mutant Red Fox, Mutant Lynx, Mutant Yak, and a small number of others to remain.

The Mutant Creature tribes agreed to unite against humanity but argued over how many forces to commit, and the Silver-Haired Youth proposed recruiting more tribes by force. In Hubei City, Huo Yu joined Qin Tian and reflected on the grasslands’ appeal and the far greater danger of the unexplored, Spirit Energy-filled ocean.

• The Silver-Haired Youth accepted that the tribes needed to cooperate against humanity but warned that their available forces were insufficient to destroy the human city.
• The Mutant Wolf King declared that every force on the grassland had to join the battle, threatening death to any tribe that refused.
• Huo Yu told Qin Tian that she had come from Hang City after hearing about Hubei City from Liu Suifeng, and said it was her first visit to the grasslands.
• Huo Yu recalled that her first experience of the seaside after the Reiki Revival had been a battle between humans and Mutant Sea Beasts.
• Huo Yu considered how the ocean remained largely unexplored and warned that its Spirit Energy-empowered creatures could become humanity’s greatest future threat.

Huo Yu and Qin Tian discussed how the First Sequence enhancement potions had improved their strength and talents, while Qin Tian explained that weaker Espers could not safely absorb them. Huo Yu contrasted the potions with the Academy of Sciences’ Esper-made Elixirs, whose benefits came with a near-unbearable physical aversion.

• Huo Yu asked Qin Tian whether he had grown stronger after taking the First Sequence enhancement potion, and they discussed its effects on their strength and talents.
• Qin Tian explained that the potions’ Spirit Energy and Mutant Creature imprints made them unsafe for most lower Sequences, though later batches would be made for them and ordinary people.
• Huo Yu said Elixirs could provide stronger boosts than potions but complained that Esper-made Elixirs were almost impossible to swallow.
• Huo Yu recalled how she, Qin Tian, Chen Bing, Ye Feng, Ning Guang, and Wang Ming had all reacted badly to Esper-made Elixirs, even when experiments altered a volunteer’s perceptions.
• Huo Yu contrasted the bitter but edible Elixirs made by the Taoist School with the lightly sweet potions.

A massive Beast Tide charged Hubei City as the Mutant Wild Wolves united the Grasslands’ creatures under the silver-haired Flame Wolf. The defenders opened fire, but the wolf alliance began deploying stronger beasts against the walls.

• Qin Tian and Huo Yu saw enormous numbers of Mutated Beasts charging toward Hubei City and questioned why the Beast Tide was so large.
• Hubei City sounded the alarm, sent citizens into Shelters, and mobilized its warriors on the walls.
• Mutant Rats, Mutant Yaks, Mutant Argali, and other creatures charged ahead of a vast wolf pack led by Flame Wolf riding the Thunder-wielding Mutant Wolf King.
• The warriors fired machine guns and artillery, killing many of the creatures at the front of the charge.
• Mutant Sand Foxes raised a sandstorm to obstruct the defenders, but Hubei City’s sustained firepower continued unabated.
• A giant Mutant Golden Eagle attacked the wall and carried off a warrior, who tore himself free as a streak of sword light slashed at the eagle’s talons.

As the Beast Tide threatened the city from the ground and sky, Huo Yu and Qin Tian arrived, bringing the battle to a halt. Huo Yu used the Phoenix-like might of her First Sequence Mutant Fire Phoenix Imprint to suppress the Mutated Beasts, then explained that its main ingredient came from a First Sequence Mutant Sunbird.

• Mutant Birds joined the Beast Tide, forcing Espers to defend the skies while Third Sequence Espers fought the ground forces.
• Second Sequence Espers conserved their strength for equally powerful opponents and decided not to disturb the resting Dragon Emperor over a Beast Tide without a First Sequence Mutated Beast.
• Huo Yu arrived beside Qin Tian, and the battlefield fell silent as humans and Mutated Beasts sensed their presence.
• Huo Yu unleashed her First Sequence Mutant Fire Phoenix Imprint, directing its bloodline pressure at the Mutated Beasts and freezing them in place.
• Qin Tian inferred that Huo Yu's serum came from a Phoenix-blooded creature, and Huo Yu said its primary ingredient was a First Sequence Mutant Sunbird she had hunted.

Huo Yu displayed the power that made her one of Huaxia’s Four Emperors as she prepared to fight the Mutated Beasts. In the chat group, Tony Stark explained why Marquis Voban had easily defeated him and declined another battle.

• Huo Yu summoned an enormous army of creatures and told everyone else to retreat as she faced the Mutated Beasts.
• A massive shadow far underground opened its golden eyes and looked toward Hubei City.
• Tony Stark refused Marquis Voban’s invitation to the Virtual Battle Arena and suggested Whitebeard or Shendu as alternatives.
• Tony Stark retracted his insulting remarks and admitted that he had challenged Marquis Voban to show off his upgraded abilities.
• Tony Stark explained that Marquis Voban’s Divine Body, Magic Resistance, Combat Instinct, and Danger Sense had countered his armor and Infinity Stone powers.
• Marquis Voban said Tony’s mission rewards could not close the gap between them after his two Status enhancements.