Chapter Summaries

As the dragon’s arrival became clear, the remaining Australian defenders ordered civilians and Warriors to evacuate while nations measured its overwhelming Spirit Energy. The upper echelons confirmed the threat was a dragon and faced the possibility that humanity could do nothing but wait for destruction.

• A leader ordered the Warriors to prepare and the civilians to evacuate, deciding that the remaining force could no longer stay in the city.
• A dragon’s roar released crushing pressure that left people gasping on the ground and convinced them to flee.
• Surviving nations detected a Spirit Energy reading that exceeded three times the power of a First Sequence and continued to rise.
• Australian leaders learned that the source of the reading was a dragon and debated how to respond to the unmatched Mutant Creature.
• A leader warned that if the dragon was hostile, Australia had no way to stop it and could only wait to die.

The Imperial Capital Spirit Energy Bureau discussed Australia's request for help against a powerful Western dragon with three times the Spirit Energy reserves of an ordinary First Sequence. Although Australia offered any price, the Bureau concluded its resources were too limited to justify the risks, and Liu Suifeng said he had never planned to send anyone.

• Australia's leaders requested foreign aid after a Beast Tide and a powerful dragon threatened their country.
• Ye Feng and the others assessed the dragon's strength and compared it with First Sequence experts and creatures.
• Lin Kai asked what price Australia would offer for Huaxia's help.
• Liu Suifeng said Australia was willing to pay any price, but explained that its occupied territory left it with little to offer.
• Liu Suifeng said Huaxia no longer lacked resources and he would not risk losing a First Sequence-level genius, so he had not planned to send aid.

Liu Suifeng explained that Australia faced both a powerful First Sequence Mutant Dragon and a continent-spanning Beast Tide, and asked Qin Tian and the others whether they would provide support. The chapter left the choice to them as Australia’s remaining cities continued to fall.

• Liu Suifeng weighed the risks of sending Qin Tian and the others to Australia, including dangers they might encounter on the journey.
• Huo Yu questioned whether the Mutant Dragon alone could explain Australia’s urgent request for aid.
• Liu Suifeng revealed that Beast Tides had overrun nearly thirty Australian cities, leaving fewer than forty likely still holding out.
• Huo Yu asked whether the Mutant Dragon had caused the Beast Tide, and Liu Suifeng said it was one factor but that other causes might be involved.

Liu Suifeng told Qin Tian’s group that their safety mattered more than supporting Australia, and explained that only two people could go. Lin Kai and Kun Hu volunteered, while the others were ruled out or declined.

• Liu Suifeng said the group could choose whether to support Australia but urged them to put their safety first.
• Liu Suifeng revealed that only two people could go because Huaxia needed the First Sequence to defend against a possible Beast Tide.
• Huo Yu ruled out Ye Feng and Chen Changsheng because their healing and life-extension abilities were too valuable to risk.
• Wang Ming declined to go, saying his research was unfinished.
• Lin Kai volunteered because he wanted to fight the Mutant Creatures and test his growing strength.
• Kun Hu volunteered and explained that he and Lin Kai could fly on their Light Shadow Colts, travel safely, and retreat quickly if needed.

Liu Suifeng assigned Lin Kai and Kun Hu to represent Huaxia in supporting Australia, where a Mutant Dragon threatened the remaining cities. Australia offered a mysterious Divine Weapon Beast egg to whoever killed it, while the worsening Beast Tide continued to claim lives.

• Liu Suifeng chose Lin Kai and Kun Hu to join the Australian mission, citing their strength and suitability.
• Liu Suifeng revealed that Australia had offered a God-Given Item as a reward for killing the Mutant Dragon.
• Huo Yu and the others identified the object as a Divine Weapon Beast egg, whose possible value made the mission tempting.
• Liu Suifeng warned the team that rival nations, self-proclaimed kings, and lone Espers might pursue the reward, and told them to prioritize their safety.
• Australia’s Beast Tide grew more violent as Mutant Creatures attacked cities and killed people each day.

Australia faced a devastating Beast Tide and offered a God-Given Item to secure aid from other nations and powerful Espers. In Lighthouse, the God of Thunder examined the offered item, a specially patterned egg, and considered its hidden potential.

• Australians feared the escalating disaster as their country sought help from other nations and powerful Espers.
• People learned that Australia was offering a God-Given Item as payment, and they questioned why the country would not use it itself.
• Australians hoped aid would arrive and some began worshipping the God of Nature.
• In Lighthouse, the God of Thunder studied an image of the specially patterned egg Australia had offered and noted that Deities did not create meaningless objects.

God of Thunder concluded that Australia’s God-Given Item was likely a Divine Weapon Beast and considered how it might strengthen his faction. Meanwhile, the Knight King prepared to aid Australia with Huaxia, Lighthouse, and Japan, while Russia’s Mad King was prevented from joining.

• God of Thunder reasoned that the egg Australia presented was probably a Divine Weapon Beast and hoped it might be a healing-type Shennong Beast.
• The Knight King boarded a warship with three Round Table Knights as the Sun Never Sets Empire’s strongest Espers prepared to support Australia.
• A Round Table Knight reported that Huaxia would send Lin Kai and another First Sequence member, and the Knight King judged Lin Kai’s strength against her own.
• The Knight King learned that Lighthouse’s God of Thunder and Japan’s Sword God would provide aid, while Russia’s Mad King had been stopped from going.

Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming decided to travel to Australia to aid its defense, despite Ling’s worries about the dangers posed by the Beast Tide and potentially hostile allies. Japan’s land had recently seen fewer Mutant Creatures, but the reason remained unknown and the hunt for Shuten-doji continued.

• Knight King considered how Russia’s battle-enhancing force made its people and Mutant Creatures fight with reckless frenzy, and wondered why Russia’s government had not sent aid to Australia.
• Ling asked Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming whether he truly planned to go to Australia and warned that the mission could expose him to powerful creatures and treacherous humans.
• Ling and Luoshui Sanxian recognized that Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming could conceal his aura and use the Cursed Blade Murasame, but they feared he would struggle against First Sequence enemies and hidden threats.
• Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming noted that Mutant Creatures on Japan’s land had become less common, though no one knew why.
• Luoshui Sanxian and Ling continued searching for the cause while the group maintained its hunt for Shuten-doji.

Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming chose to go to Australia so he could hunt the Beast Tide and grow stronger, despite the danger and the peace he had helped restore in Japan. Ling gave him a Demon-Slaying Arrow for protection, while Ming recalled a dream in which Murasame drove him into a murderous frenzy and resolved not to dwell on his doubts.

• Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming decided to go to Australia because Japan's declining number of land-based Mutant Creatures had slowed his growth.
• Ling understood Ming's choice and gave him a Demon-Slaying Arrow that could purify threats below the First Sequence.
• Ming remembered a Dream Realm in which he had lost himself to Murasame, killed many people, and been stopped by Luoshui Sanxian and Ling.
• Ming questioned whether using Murasame to grow stronger was right, then reminded himself that the cursed blade could never truly be conquered.

Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming accepted responsibility for her corrupted self in the Dream Realm and resolved to confront Murasame’s power more directly. As Espers gathered to aid Australia, Lighthouse announced that [Neptune] would lead its forces, while Lin Kai and Kun Hu surveyed the ruined city of Xibenlisi.

• Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming recalled her agreement with Ling to be killed if she fell to demonic corruption and regretted the innocent people her corrupted self had killed.
• Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming decided to face Murasame and herself more directly, then departed after wishing Ling great fortune in battle.
• Lighthouse and Russia announced that [Neptune] and [Elf] would lead forces to aid Australia, prompting speculation about Neptune’s ocean-related powers and possible meeting with [God of Thunder].
• Lin Kai and Kun Hu moved through the ruins of Xibenlisi and remarked that Australia’s devastation was worse than they had expected.

Lin Kai and Kun Hu entered Xibenlisi’s ruined center and killed every Mutant Creature they encountered. They discovered seven Survivors sheltering underground, who emerged after learning that help from Huaxia had arrived.

• Lin Kai summoned the Water Qilin and slaughtered the Mutant Creatures gathered in the city center.
• Kun Hu noticed a concealed underground entrance and cracked open the ground above it.
• Lin Kai and Kun Hu told the people below that the Mutant Creatures were dead and that they were from Huaxia.
• The Survivors cheered and wept with relief after hearing that help had arrived.
• After five minutes, four men and three women climbed out of the pit and looked up at the sky.

Lin Kai and Kun Hu rescued seven Survivors in Xibenlisi and brought them along as they continued toward the next city. After Kun Hu effortlessly crushed the Mutant Creatures that gathered around them, the Survivors reflected on Xibenlisi's fall and the limits of outside aid.

• Lin Kai asked why the seven Survivors spoke Huaxia, and one explained that he thought it was the international common language.
• The Survivors said they did not know whether anyone else remained in Xibenlisi and explained that one man's concealment Superpower had kept them alive underground.
• Kun Hu promised to protect the seven Survivors, and Lin Kai and Kun Hu led them toward the next city.
• Mutant Creatures gathered around the group, and Kun Hu used enormous rock hands to crush them with little resistance.
• The seven Survivors wondered whether Xibenlisi could have been saved with stronger defenders, then accepted that they could not place the responsibility on others.
• Lin Kai and Kun Hu continued taking the Survivors to other cities as they pursued their mission to kill the First Sequence Mutant Dragon and help Australia resist the Beast Tide.

The First Sequence accepted that they could only ease Australia’s crisis, not save the continent, and left its future to its own people. Aboard the warship, Neptune surveyed the ocean and the chapter revealed Lighthouse Nation’s strength and advanced Esper technologies.

• The First Sequence concluded that Australia’s survivors would have to reclaim their cities themselves, since the team could not remain to protect them or locate the intelligent Mutant Creatures directing the Beast Tide.
• Neptune sailed across the ocean aboard a warship and declared that the sea had found its king.
• Neptune dismissed the title of Sea God because he believed only a true Deity such as Bai Xuan deserved to be called a god.
• The chapter described how Lighthouse Nation had consolidated its forces, defeated its Beast Tide, and built a nationwide defensive system.
• Lighthouse Nation had developed Memory Copy, Memory Fusion, Life Cultivation, Clone, and Beast Gene Fusion technologies despite their serious risks and low success rates.

Neptune reflected on the Lighthouse’s strength and encountered a Mutant Squid that had detected a flaw in his simulated oceanic aura. He killed it with his control over seawater and ordered his Warriors to prepare part of it as food.

• Neptune considered how the Lighthouse protected its elite and maintained internal security, then noticed a creature had detected his simulated oceanic aura.
• A Third Sequence Mutant Squid emerged and attacked the warship, while the Lighthouse Warriors remained unconcerned.
• Neptune calmed the waves and crushed the Mutant Squid with a giant hand formed from seawater.
• Neptune cast the bloodied water and most of the squid’s body away to avoid attracting more Mutant Sea Beasts.
• Neptune ordered his Warriors to take part of the squid away to be served for dinner.

Kun Hu used his First Sequence Earth Violent Bear power to devastate a ruined city and crush hundreds of Mutated Beasts. The Survivors of Xibenlisi were awed by his strength and gained hope for Australia, though they knew few countries had First Sequence Espers.

• Kun Hu reflected on the energy in Third Sequence Mutant Squid meat and how it could strengthen the Warriors he had brought to Australia.
• Kun Hu considered that the Lighthouse's warship would likely be the last reinforcement to reach Australia because other countries had to use different routes.
• Kun Hu unleashed a massive earthquake that shattered the ruined city and destroyed hundreds of Mutated Beasts.
• The seven Survivors of Xibenlisi watched Kun Hu's display and felt renewed hope for Australia's survival.
• The Survivors recognized that such powerful reinforcements were rare, noting that Australia and Kimchi Country each had only one First Sequence Esper.

Lin Kai explained to the Survivors how White Emperor’s power surpassed even that of other First Sequence Espers, while they recalled the famous Four Emperors of Huaxia. Lin Kai and Kun Hu then focused on the many Beast Tides around fallen Xibenlisi, realizing Australia’s other cities likely faced an even greater threat.

• Lin Kai said that Kun Hu’s display against the Mutant Creatures had used little of his strength and that even First Sequence Espers could not compare with deities.
• Lin Kai reflected on White Emperor’s [Nature Authority], which let him turn imagined creations into reality and encompassed the power of humans, Mutant Creatures, and the Earth.
• The Survivors recognized White Emperor as the legendary Esper who had entered the Realm of deities and recalled the Four Emperors of Huaxia.
• Lin Kai and Kun Hu reacted to the Survivors reciting the Four Emperors’ titles, then turned their attention to the Beast Tides around Xibenlisi.
• Lin Kai and Kun Hu realized that other Australian cities, including those still standing, likely contained even more Mutant Creatures.

Lin Kai took seven Survivors toward Australia Main City while reinforcements from other nations arrived in Australia and found its fallen cities swarming with Mutant Creatures. The support forces began assessing the threat as Australia’s remaining human cities faced imminent defeat.

• Lin Kai asked the seven Survivors how well they handled flying, then used water shields and bindings to carry them on the Light Shadow Colt toward Australia Main City.
• Thunder Dragon, Knight King and her army, and Russian forces arrived along Australia’s coastlines.
• The foreign reinforcements chose nearby cities to investigate instead of heading straight to Australia Main City.
• The reinforcements found that most cities had fallen and become nests filled with enormous numbers of Mutant Creatures.
• Mutant Creatures gathered greedily around the arriving Espers, and the sheer size of the hordes unsettled even the First Sequence reinforcements.

God of Thunder led Jingang, Mantis, and Hound against a horde of Mutated Beasts in Australia, warning his subordinates not to underestimate their enemies. Jingang, Mantis, and Hound fought the beasts until God of Thunder intervened to stop the growing horde.

• Jingang and another Esper dismissed the approaching Mutated Beasts, but God of Thunder warned Jingang and Mantis not to underestimate any enemy.
• God of Thunder ordered Jingang, Mantis, and Hound to fight the beasts as the horde attacked.
• Jingang smashed the beasts with his Mace and recovered from their bites, while Mantis and Hound slaughtered them with their wind blades and claws.
• More Mutated Beasts arrived in response to the battle, and God of Thunder stepped in to deal with them.

The Knight King used the Sword of the King to destroy Mutated Beasts and restore the Round Table Knights as they fought in the city. The chapter then shifted to Elsie the Elf, who battled for Russia in Australia and reflected on why Russia had agreed to provide support.

• The Knight King and three Round Table Knights fought a massive tide of Mutated Beasts, but their stamina began to fail.
• The Knight King planted the Sword of the King in the ground, creating a barrier that killed Mutated Beasts and replenished the Round Table Knights’ strength.
• Elsie the Elf fought Mutated Beasts in the ruined battlefield with her wind-charged arrows.
• Elsie recalled that Russia had concealed her First Sequence status and had initially seen little reason to support Australia.
• Elsie considered Russia’s interest in God-Given Items, including Mad King Andrei’s Teigu, Incursio, and the items created by the White Emperor.

Russia sent Elsie and a powerful team to Australia, chiefly to hunt a First Sequence Mutant Dragon whose blood and organs could help a Russian Esper evolve. They had little interest in sacrificing themselves to support Australia or competing with Huaxia for the Divine Weapon Beast egg.

• Australia chose to reveal that its God-Given Item was an unhatched egg in hopes of attracting support.
• Huaxia told Russia that the egg was likely a Divine Weapon Egg and explained what Divine Weapon Beasts were.
• Russia lost hope of claiming the egg after learning Huaxia had sent two First Sequences, including the Black Rhino Armor Summoner.
• Russia made the Mutant Dragon its main objective because its body could help an Esper with the Pseudo-Dragon Superpower evolve or grow stronger.
• Elsie led one First Sequence, three Second Sequences, five Third Sequences, and twenty near-Third-Sequence Espers to Australia.