Chapter Summaries

Xu Wuyi used his refined gravity manipulation and a new Water Drop technique to wound Jialou, a Level 49 Sub-King. Jialou burned his life energy to unleash Nine Shadow Slash, attacking Xu Wuyi from nine directions.

• Xu Wuyi split the gravity field into shifting zones, disrupting Jialou as they fought with spear and curved blade.
• Xu Wuyi exploited changes in the force behind his spear strikes to unsettle Jialou and press his attack.
• Xu Wuyi formed and fired a dark-golden Water Drop that pierced Jialou’s blade aura and wounded his shoulder, inflicting a spreading heaviness.
• Jialou used Blood Sacrifice; Burning Wings to raise his power and attacked Xu Wuyi with Nine Shadow Slash.

Xu Wuyi killed Jialou with a spear attack empowered by the Water Drop, and Iron War and Lu Wenyuan defeated the other Feathered Human Sub-Kings. With their location exposed, the three changed the mission plan and split up to clear the remaining brood nests quickly.

• Xu Wuyi used the Water Drop to give his spearhead immense penetrating power, piercing Jialou’s shield and killing the level 49 Sub-King.
• Iron War and Lu Wenyuan killed the two fleeing Feathered Human Sub-Kings, completing the fight against the squad.
• Lu Wenyuan identified Jialou as the captain of the Blood Sacrifice Temple’s Seventh Bloodwing Guard, while Xu Wuyi warned that more Feathered Humans might arrive.
• Xu Wuyi divided the six remaining brood nests among himself, Iron War, and Lu Wenyuan, shortening the deadline to a day and a half.
• The three recovered the fallen Sub-Kings’ equipment, exchanged coordinates, and set off separately to clear their assigned targets.

Xu Wuyi, Iron War, and Lu Wenyuan each attacked a different alien insect mother nest using their distinct combat methods. Xu Wuyi and Iron War destroyed their targets, while Lu Wenyuan’s earth-vein seal was draining his target’s energy as the chapter ended.

• Xu Wuyi sent a warning about the Feathered Humans to the rear, then used his Heart Image and Returning Ruins Seal to destroy the fourth mother nest and its guardians.
• Iron War smashed through an underground nest with his warhammer, killed its mother nest core, and reported it as the fifth.
• Lu Wenyuan placed rune stones around a karst cave system to disrupt the mother nest’s earth-vein energy supply and stop insects emerging with a Thunder barrier.
• Lu Wenyuan’s readings showed the core’s energy had fallen below the warning line, with complete depletion expected in three minutes.

Xu Wuyi, Iron War, and Lu Wenyuan finished clearing the brood nests assigned to them and waited for He Yayin’s squad to arrive before planning an assault on the final two nests. As the team traveled toward the targets, He Yayin spoke with Xu Wuyi about their Heart Images.

• Lu Wenyuan destroyed the sixth brood nest, while Xu Wuyi cleared his seventh and final assigned nest.
• Xu Wuyi, Iron War, and Lu Wenyuan met at Resource Point Seven after destroying the remaining six nests in their operation, leaving two brood nests near the Feathered Humans’ activity zone.
• He Yayin and her eight squad members arrived, and she offered to clear the perimeter and provide sentry duty for the final assault.
• Xu Wuyi assigned He Yayin, four squad members, Iron War, and Lu Wenyuan to the sentry group, while he led the other four squad members against the brood nests.
• As the team traveled toward the targets, He Yayin asked Xu Wuyi about his breakthrough and discussed her own water-element Heart Image.

Xu Wuyi fought through the Feathered Humans’ modified insect weapons to reach the western mother nest’s core. He pierced its armor and struck the control rune, but the chapter ended before the result was revealed.

• He Yayin located two mother nests underground and recommended clearing the stronger western nest first.
• Xu Wuyi entered the western nest and discovered tunnels altered by the Feathered Humans.
• He fought through coordinated modified insects, destroying their control cores as he descended.
• At the nest’s core, Xu Wuyi faced twelve intelligent humanoid biological weapons protecting the armored mother nest core.
• Xu Wuyi launched three Water Drops, piercing the armor and striking the control rune inside the core.

Xu Wuyi stopped the eastern broodmother nest from self-destructing with a newly comprehended Gravity Singularity, then evacuated his squad from X-24 after the Feathered Humans deployed three Bloodwing Guards. As the convoy reached the Star Realm jump point, three gray-white figures arrived too late at Resource Point Seven.

• After destroying the western broodmother core, Xu Wuyi learned that the eastern nest was preparing to self-destruct and raced toward it.
• Xu Wuyi used his newly comprehended Gravity Singularity to crush the eastern broodmother core and halt the self-destruct sequence.
• Xu Wuyi and the squad returned to Resource Point Seven, where Feng Zhuohua ordered them to evacuate because three Bloodwing Guards were gathering in the X-24 star sector.
• He Yayin led the squad aboard three transport aircraft, which passed through the jump point toward Xingjing before the arriving figures could reach them.
• He Yayin reported that seven modified bodies were relatively intact and that Academician Zhou Mingyuan was leading the research team awaiting them in Xingjing.
• Three gray-white figures hovered northwest of Resource Point Seven above the karst cave region after the evacuation.

Salu investigated the destruction Xu Wuyi had caused at the brood nests and ordered the Bloodwing Guard to hunt him as its highest-priority target. Back at Xingjing Third Military Airfield, Xu Wuyi handed over the recovered remains and samples, and researchers assessed the Feathered Humans’ modified bodies.

• Salu’s soldiers found that Xu Wuyi had annihilated the brood nest core with King-rank gravitational force and precisely destroyed the modified bodies’ control cores.
• Salu identified a destroyed Heart-Eroding Rune among the remains and concluded that Xu Wuyi posed a growing threat to the Federation’s enemies.
• Salu ordered his forces to withdraw and report to Helos, then made hunting Xu Wuyi the Bloodwing Guard’s highest-priority mission, allowing Blood Sacrifice if necessary.
• Xu Wuyi returned to Xingjing Third Military Airfield with seven modified-body remains, three compressed crystal samples, and battlefield data.
• Academician Zhou Mingyuan examined the modified bodies and explained that their biology, runes, and implanted combat awareness exceeded the Federation’s current capabilities.
• Xu Wuyi described the modified bodies’ strengths and weaknesses, warning that larger numbers and advanced command units could make them much more dangerous.

Xu Wuyi returned from the X-24 starfield with evidence that the Feathered Humans were far ahead in biological weapons and had specifically targeted him. The Federation tightened his security, accelerated the Starfire Plan, and ordered troops to capture modified bodies for study, leaving Xu Wuyi confined to Xingjing as autumn arrived.

• Feng Zhuohua warned Xu Wuyi that the Feathered Humans might target him, while Lu Wenyuan cautioned him that Gravity Singularity could damage his Heart Image if he used it too often.
• Xu Wuyi told Feng Zhuohua that Jialou Squad had likely come to hunt him, and Feng Zhuohua raised his security classification and named him a core seed in the Starfire Plan.
• Zhou Mingyuan reported that the Feathered Humans used consciousness fragments and brood nest cores to power their modified bodies, and the military ordered frontline units to prioritize capturing them.
• Feng Zhuohua ordered Xu Wuyi to avoid missions and public appearances because the Blood Sacrifice Temple had issued a Blood Sacrifice Decree against him.

Xu Wuyi met with military leaders, who placed him under strict protection and explained how his reputation had helped the Federation manipulate Feathered Human deployments. He received a Flame Marrow Crystal and was briefed on an operation in the N-33 Starfield scheduled for three days later.

• Xu Wuyi attended a meeting where Zhao Zhenyue announced his strategic deterrence authorization and S-rank security restrictions.
• He Yayin explained how the military had used the threat of Xu Wuyi's presence to force Feathered Human redeployments and gain battlefield advantages.
• Feng Zhuohua gave Xu Wuyi a Flame Marrow Crystal, which stirred the Golden Crow phantom in his sea of consciousness.
• Zhao Zhenyue briefed Xu Wuyi on a planned operation against three Feathered Human experimental facilities in the N-33 Starfield.

Xu Wuyi agreed to draw Feathered Human forces away from an experimental base while He Yayin’s team attempted to seize research samples. Before the mission, he absorbed the Flame Marrow Crystal, advancing his understanding of how his Golden Crow and Heavy Water Heart Image could resonate.

• Zhao Zhenyue assigned Xu Wuyi to feint near the N-33 starfield while He Yayin led a team to break into the experimental base and seize a brood-nest core and modified organism samples.
• Xu Wuyi agreed to draw as many sub-kings as possible but to retreat immediately if a Grandmaster-level fluctuation appeared.
• He Yayin said her team would destroy the experimental base if they could not complete the breakthrough or seize the core intact.
• Xu Wuyi prepared in his quarters, then used the Flame Marrow Crystal to study the vitality and rules of flame.
• Xu Wuyi synchronized the Golden Crow’s flames with the Heavy Water Great Marsh, loosening the bottleneck to their fusion before the crystal was depleted.

Xu Wuyi prepared for a dangerous feint attack on the Feathered Humans’ N-33 experimental base while He Yayin’s team planned to infiltrate it from the opposite side. He reached the drop zone and began his operation by landing among the crystal clusters near the base.

• Xu Wuyi received He Yayin’s mission schedule and collected customized stealth armor, grenades, a jump beacon, and an encrypted communicator from the Third Logistics Office.
• Xu Wuyi reviewed the plan to draw away at least four sub-kings and hold their attention for thirty minutes while He Yayin’s team seized the Living Brood Core and samples.
• Xu Wuyi boarded a stealth transport at Xingjing’s Third Military Spaceport and departed for the N-33 Star Zone.
• During the flight, Xu Wuyi considered combining his Golden Crow aspect with Heavy Water and sensed that the feint attack might not go smoothly.
• Xu Wuyi arrived near the Feathered Human experimental base, confirmed his equipment was functioning, and jumped from the transport toward the crystal-cluster plain.

Xu Wuyi launched a feint attack on the Feathered Human base, drawing its defenders while He Yayin’s team approached a breach point. Surrounded by four Sub-Kings, he demonstrated the force of his Water Drop technique and left the confrontation unresolved.

• Xu Wuyi detonated a grenade near a detection node, triggered the base’s alarms, and charged toward the base to draw its defenses east.
• Four Sub-Kings confronted Xu Wuyi, led by a level 49 peak Sub-King who recognized him and attacked with a halberd.
• Xu Wuyi dodged the base turrets and used Dark Abyss; Mountain Suppression to slow three pursuing Sub-Kings, but the leader resisted the gravity field.
• He Yayin reported that her team was nearing the breach point and that the base’s western defenses had been drawn away.
• When the Sub-Kings surrounded him and demanded his surrender, Xu Wuyi pierced the left Sub-King’s shield and shoulder with Water Drop.

Xu Wuyi fought four Lesser Kings alone to buy time for his team to reach the mother nest’s core. He killed three attackers, including the level 49 peak Lesser King, and faced the last remaining enemy as six minutes remained.

• Xu Wuyi held off four Lesser Kings while He Yayin reported that her team expected to secure the mother nest’s core area within fifteen minutes.
• Xu Wuyi used Heart Image power to make a level 47 Lesser King’s heart ten times heavier, killing him, then killed a level 46 Lesser King with a spear thrust to the throat.
• The peak Lesser King burned his life energy and teleported behind Xu Wuyi with a deadly halberd attack.
• Xu Wuyi fused weight and flames in a new spear technique that dismantled the peak Lesser King’s attack and destroyed him from within.
• Xu Wuyi stated that six minutes remained before his mission was complete.

Xu Wuyi escaped three pursuing Lesser Kings after helping secure the Mother Nest Core, though his final attack severely depleted and destabilized his Heart Image. He returned to the Federation starfield with the mission accomplished and began recovering from his injuries and backlash.

• He Yayin told Xu Wuyi that the team had recovered the Mother Nest Core and urged him to reach the jump beacon within three minutes.
• Xu Wuyi used Gravity Shock Grenades to slow three pursuing Lesser Kings, then spent his remaining Heart Image power on Return to the Ruins; Flamefall to break their combined attacks.
• Xu Wuyi reached the beacon and escaped by short-range jump as the Lesser Kings acknowledged that his strength needed reassessment.
• He Yayin confirmed the mission's success aboard a transport ship and accelerated the withdrawal, while the Feathered Human base descended into chaos.
• Xu Wuyi returned to the Federation starfield in a medical pod and learned that his injuries were treatable, but his Heart Image needed time to recover and stabilize.

After returning to Xingjing, Xu Wuyi recovered from the mission’s injuries and learned that the Feathered Humans planned to mass-produce biological weapons. He Yayin delivered Heart Image Stabilizers to help repair his damaged Heart Image, whose breakthrough potential had been revealed by his final strike.

• Xu Wuyi arrived at the military medical center, where Feng Zhuohua and Lin Shuo told him He Yayin’s team and the Living Brood Core had already been taken to the research institute.
• Xu Wuyi rested and circulated his Heart Image power, slowly restoring the dim Great Marsh and weakened Golden Crow phantom.
• He Yayin reported that the Brood Core and three modified specimens had been preserved, and that the Feathered Humans planned to build twelve production bases for biological weapons.
• He Yayin explained that the Federation was planning to accelerate its research and strike known sites, while Xu Wuyi acknowledged the damage caused by fusing fire and gravity in his final attack.
• He Yayin gave Xu Wuyi three Heart Image Stabilizers from Professor Zhou to help repair his Heart Image and recover within a week.

After recovering in the military medical center, Xu Wuyi stabilized his Heart Image and developed a more powerful fusion of Heavy Water and Golden Crow flame. Headquarters moved him to strategic reserve status because the Feathered Humans might send a King-class after him, and he prepared to return to Honghe to refine his new technique and visit his family.

• Xu Wuyi used the Heart Image stabilizer and tested a fused droplet that combined Heavy Water's penetrating force with Golden Crow flame.
• Two days later, Xu Wuyi was discharged, and Feng Zhuohua told him headquarters had transferred him from the frontline roster to strategic reserve status.
• Feng Zhuohua explained the Federation's plan to seize control of insectoid regions and advised Xu Wuyi to use the time away from the front to refine his unstable new move.
• Xu Wuyi chose to return to Honghe, and Feng Zhuohua urged him to spend time with his parents.
• In early September, Zhou Zheng arranged Xu Wuyi's private flight to Linjiang and Honghe and said a security squad would remain with him there.

Xu Wuyi returned to Honghe to rest and cultivate after the threat and Blood Sacrifice Decree kept his situation dangerous. He reunited with his parents and proposed moving to a quieter home, reassuring them that his military merits could cover the cost.

• Xu Wuyi flew from Xingjing through Linjiang to Honghe, reflecting on his cultivation and deciding that returning home would help him settle his mind.
• Chen Mo met Xu Wuyi at the Honghe airfield and drove him to his parents’ home.
• Xu Wuyi surprised Mother Xu and Father Xu, then explained that he had come back to stay for a while because he had no current missions.
• Xu Wuyi suggested that his parents move to a quieter house with better soundproofing for his cultivation.
• Xu Wuyi showed his parents his account and said his front-line merits could buy ten villas.

Xu Wuyi arranged a move to a better home for his parents and spent a quiet day with them in Honghe. After reflecting on his cultivation and reconnecting with ordinary family life, he prepared to view three houses with his parents the next morning.

• Xu Wuyi asked Chen Mo to find a spacious, quiet home for his family within a fifty-million budget, and Chen Mo mentioned the Qiao Family’s offer to fund a nearby cultivation ground.
• Xu Wuyi accompanied Mother Xu to the market, greeted familiar neighbors, and shared a meal of his favorite dishes with his parents.
• Xu Wuyi reviewed his progress from Life Energy Level 40 to Level 46 and practiced observing the rhythms of the Great Marsh and Golden Crow in his sea of consciousness.
• Chen Mo sent details about three suitable properties, and Xu Wuyi arranged for his parents to view all of them the next morning.
• Xu Wuyi walked through the old district with Father Xu, who reminded him that home would always be there for him.

Xu Wuyi chose a new home for his parents in Honghe City and arranged for it to be renovated. While walking through his old neighborhood that evening, he unexpectedly reunited with his high school deskmate Zhou Heng and met Zhou’s girlfriend, Lu Weiwei.

• Xu Wuyi toured three properties with his parents and chose Landscape Manor, asking Chen Mo to arrange the purchase and convert its basement into a Cultivation Room.
• Xu Wuyi’s parents packed a few sentimental belongings as Chen Mo reported that the renovation would be completed in time for them to move in five days later.
• Xu Wuyi walked through the old district and reflected on how far he had come since his school days.
• Xu Wuyi recognized Zhou Heng at a barbecue stall and surprised him with an unexpected reunion.
• Zhou Heng introduced Xu Wuyi to his girlfriend, Lu Weiwei, who greeted him as Martial Master Xu.

Xu Wuyi reunited with Zhou Heng and Lu Weiwei over a late-night barbecue, catching up on their ordinary lives and celebrating their engagement plans. After parting from them, Xu Wuyi reflected on how his path differed from theirs and reaffirmed his commitment to the front lines, supported by the family, friends, and home he cherished.

• Xu Wuyi met Zhou Heng and Lu Weiwei at a barbecue stall and shared a beer with them.
• Zhou Heng told Xu Wuyi that he had left martial arts behind for a steady job, and Xu Wuyi listened without discussing the battles he had faced.
• Zhou Heng and Lu Weiwei revealed that they planned to marry next year, and Xu Wuyi promised to attend their wedding.
• Xu Wuyi said he had bought a home at Landscape Manor and planned to move his parents there before inviting Zhou Heng's family over.
• After saying goodbye to Zhou Heng and Lu Weiwei, Xu Wuyi reflected on his friends' ordinary lives and his own unreturnable path as a frontline fighter.