Chapter Summaries

Qin Yang and Jason’s Phantom Umbrella Company team wiped out the Wasteland Bandits and found their leader, One-Eyed Dragon, transformed by Spirit Source radiation in an abandoned mine. Qin Yang killed him, then questioned whether the Evil God One-Eyed Dragon had sensed was real.

• Jason led Phantom Umbrella Company’s combat personnel in a surprise attack that killed the Wasteland Bandits at their camp.
• A captured Wasteland Bandit revealed that their boss was in the mine, and Jason killed him before leading the team there.
• Qin Yang and Jason found One-Eyed Dragon in an underground plaza filled with severed heads, and One-Eyed Dragon transformed and attacked them.
• Qin Yang fought One-Eyed Dragon, broke one of his clawed legs, and killed him with the Virtual Black Tortoise Seal.
• Jason explained that Spirit Source contamination caused hallucinations, but Qin Yang suspected One-Eyed Dragon might truly have sensed an Evil God.

Qin Yang joined Phantom Umbrella Company’s expedition to investigate a newly discovered Spirit Source Ore Vein, accompanying Cheng Yaotian and Jason to the site. When Bella Base’s armed squad confronted them, Qin Yang attacked and killed its members in an instant.

• Qin Yang spent two peaceful months cultivating as rumors about him spread through Ningshan Base.
• Phantom Umbrella Company mobilized hundreds of combatants after news broke of a new Spirit Source Ore Vein, and Cheng Yaotian hired Qin Yang to protect him.
• Qin Yang joined Jason’s team and traveled with the company’s forces to the ore vein, where Ningshan’s garrison troops had already set up camp.
• Jason led Qin Yang and four other combatants toward the valley, where they found corpses and learned that an adventure squad had uncovered the ore while digging.
• A squad from Bella Base confronted Jason’s team and ordered them to put down their weapons, so Qin Yang rushed forward and burst the combatants’ heads one by one.

Qin Yang and his group confirmed that the valley held a rich Lower-grade Spirit Source ore vein, while Phantom Umbrella Company prepared to claim it. That night, Bella Base’s forces launched a heavy attack on the Ningshan encampment, and the battle began with the camp under fire.

• Qin Yang led Jason and the others into the valley, where Jason’s team dug up a fist-sized Lower-grade Spirit Source.
• Jason brought the crystal back to Cheng Yaotian, who declared that Phantom Umbrella Company would claim the ore vein.
• After learning that Qin Yang had killed Bella Base’s squad, Bella Base’s bald representative arranged a retaliatory attack.
• An attacker used a rocket launcher to disable the Ningshan encampment’s aircraft, then Bella Base’s forces assaulted the camp with rifles and energy cannons.
• Yan Peng led Cheng Yaotian out of his tent as the garrison troops and Phantom Umbrella Company organized their counterattack.

Bella Base and Nanshi Base attacked Ningshan Base, but Qin Yang turned the ambush around by slaughtering the attackers and killing their commander, Occam. The enemy forces withdrew, and Cheng Yaotian rewarded Qin Yang while ordering his identity and abilities kept secret.

• Cheng Yaotian learned that Bella Base and Nanshi Base had joined forces to attack Ningshan Base and ordered Qin Yang to break into their ranks for a reward of ten jin of Mid-grade Spirit Source.
• Qin Yang charged into a Bella Base unit, killed its combatants within seconds, and continued hunting attackers as cries for help spread over their communications.
• Qin Yang confronted Occam, endured dozens of heavy punches without injury, and killed him at Occam's request.
• Bella Base and Nanshi Base detected Qin Yang's threat and withdrew after suffering heavy losses, while Ningshan's garrison troops cleaned up the battlefield.
• Cheng Yaotian ordered Yan Peng to give Qin Yang fifteen jin of Mid-grade Spirit Source and keep information about him confidential.

Butcher identified Qin Yang as Ningshan Base’s King of Combat and planned to use a mysterious weapon against him. Qin Yang obtained forty-five jin of Mid-grade Spirit Source but fell short of breaking through, so he set out to take Spirit Sources from nearby Wasteland Bandits.

• Butcher watched Qin Yang defeat Occam, learned he was likely the King of Combat, and called his boss to discuss using a secret weapon.
• Qin Yang asked Cheng Yaotian for thirty jin of Mid-grade Spirit Source in exchange for helping secure the Spirit Source Ore Vein, and Cheng agreed.
• Cheng Yaotian and Luo Hai discussed joining forces with Heiwawa Base against Bella Base and Nanshi Base.
• Qin Yang absorbed forty-five jin of Mid-grade Spirit Source, reached great completion of the True Gang Realm, but failed to break through to Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown.
• Qin Yang left camp unnoticed and headed toward the Wasteland Bandits to obtain more Spirit Source.

Qin Yang attacked several Wasteland Bandit camps, killed their leader, and took their Spirit Sources before returning to Ningshan Garrison. As the four bases prepared to negotiate ownership of the Spirit Source Ore Vein, Yan Peng asked Qin Yang to kill Bella Base’s mech operator, Butcher, and warned that mechs might be deployed.

• Qin Yang killed the Wasteland Bandits’ gaunt leader with a single attack and took the Spirit Sources from their tent.
• Qin Yang raided several more nearby Wasteland Bandit camps, then returned to Ningshan Garrison after dawn to cultivate.
• News spread that the four major bases would negotiate over the Spirit Source Ore Vein, and Ningshan Garrison increased its patrols.
• Jason told Qin Yang that Bella Base and Nanshi Base had allied, while Ningshan Garrison had brought Heiwawa Base in to oppose them.
• Yan Peng asked Qin Yang to kill Butcher, Bella Base’s mech operator, and gave him information about Butcher while warning that mechs might enter the battle.

Qin Yang killed Butcher and Fan Jun during the standoff over the Spirit Source Ore Vein, then tore through their forces as both sides opened fire. The battle escalated when a pale-blue Combat Mech landed among Ningshan Base’s troops and began firing.

• Butcher and Fan Jun brought Bella Base and Nanshi Base’s forces to the valley, prepared to attack if Ningshan Base and Heiwawa Base refused to withdraw.
• Luo Hai and the effeminate man led their allied forces to face Butcher’s troops, while Qin Yang warned Cheng Yaotian to watch.
• Qin Yang crossed the distance in an instant and killed Butcher and Fan Jun with his palms, despite Butcher pressing his mech-summoner button.
• Both sides opened fire as Qin Yang charged into the Bella Base and Nanshi Base formation, killing combat personnel faster than they could track him.
• A pale-blue Combat Mech landed near Ningshan Base’s position, crushed dozens of soldiers, raised an energy barrier, and fired on the battlefield.

The mechas from the survival bases clashed over the Spirit Source Ore Vein, and Cheng Yaotian destroyed Bloodshed with Gray Sword. A living-looking Weird Mecha then attacked Gray Sword, forcing Cheng Yaotian to eject and self-destruct his mecha; he watched the blast and wondered whether the Weird Mecha had survived.

• Bella Base and Nanshi Base deployed six mechas, while backup pilots took control of Bloodshed and Fan Jun's mecha.
• Cheng Yaotian fought Bloodshed with Gray Sword and pierced its energy core, triggering its self-destruct system.
• A Weird Mecha emerged from beneath the ground, grabbed Gray Sword, and attacked Cheng Yaotian with a curved saber.
• Cheng Yaotian ejected from Gray Sword and activated its burst self-destruct sequence, engulfing the Weird Mecha in the explosion.
• Cheng Yaotian watched the blast site and wondered whether the Weird Mecha was dead.

Qin Yang destroyed the Weird Mecha with a single punch, turning the battle for the valley in Ningshan Base and Heiwawa Base’s favor. Afterward, the leaders discussed Qin Yang’s mysterious strength and how to divide the Spirit Source Mine.

• The Weird Mecha survived Gray Sword’s self-destruction and rapidly healed its injuries, prompting Cheng Yaotian and the others to order a retreat.
• Qin Yang stepped forward and stopped the Weird Mecha’s attack with his immense aura, then destroyed it with Dragon Subduing: Void Shattering.
• Cheng Yaotian ordered Phantom Umbrella Company’s forces to counterattack, and the mechas from Bella Base and Nanshi Base fled.
• Qin Yang picked up a strange fragment from the Weird Mecha and planned to have it studied at Ningshan Base; Ningshan Base and Heiwawa Base secured the valley.
• Cheng Yaotian, Luo Hai, and Chen Zhuang discussed Qin Yang’s strength and the Spirit Source Mine, agreeing that Qin Yang should receive a share.

Qin Yang secured a forty-percent share of the Spirit Source Ore Vein, while Bella Base’s leader, Jera, ordered more aggressive Flesh Mecha development after seeing Qin Yang destroy one. Two months later, Qin Yang had reached the Five Energies Returning to the Origin realm, and Yan Peng brought him the results of the Weird Mecha wreckage study.

• Qin Yang demanded forty percent of the ore vein and agreed to remain stationed there, and Cheng Yaotian, Luo Hai, and Chen Zhuang accepted his terms.
• Jera and Bella Base’s researchers watched footage of Qin Yang destroying the Flesh Mecha, then ordered an investigation into him and more Flesh Mecha cultivation using captured Wasteland Bandits.
• Qin Yang protected the mining site from Wasteland Bandits as it began producing more than a hundred jin of Lower-grade Spirit Source each day.
• After two months of absorbing his share, Qin Yang reached the Five Energies Returning to the Origin realm and wished for Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• Yan Peng brought Qin Yang the study results on the Weird Mecha wreckage, and Qin Yang took the documents to read.

Qin Yang investigated the Weird Mecha fragments and learned they had become an unknown, devouring kind of cellular tissue, while evidence pointed to Bella Base secretly experimenting on Wasteland Bandits. He disguised himself and infiltrated Bella Base to reach its restricted third underground level, where he followed a researcher into an elevator and was spotted.

• Qin Yang read the research report and learned that the Weird Mecha fragments had transformed into previously unknown cellular tissue with powerful devouring properties.
• Yan Peng told Qin Yang that Bella Base had been secretly capturing Wasteland Bandits for experiments, and Qin Yang decided to investigate the base.
• Qin Yang instructed Zhao He to handle the Spirit Source Mine while he went into seclusion, then secretly traveled to Bella Base.
• Qin Yang disguised himself, entered Bella Base, and reached its second underground level while searching for a way down to the third.
• Qin Yang hid near the elevator and followed a bearded researcher into it, startling the man.

Qin Yang forced his way into the laboratory beneath the research facility, freezing its guards and mutant experiments as he went. He confronted Dr. Jera, who agreed to show him the focus of his life’s research.

• Qin Yang used his Divine Soul to control senior researcher He Jing and learned that the laboratory’s substance could mutate people and mechas, and that Wasteland Bandits were used to cultivate it.
• He Jing led Qin Yang to the laboratory entrance, where Qin Yang smashed through the metal gate and triggered an invasion alarm.
• Qin Yang froze the soldiers, a Biochemical Robot, and a mutant tentacle while advancing through the laboratory and witnessing its experiments.
• Dr. Jera watched Qin Yang approach and refused to abandon the laboratory, which he regarded as the meaning of his life.
• Qin Yang appeared beside Dr. Jera, and Jera pressed a red button to raise a black cabinet containing the subject of his research.

Qin Yang learned from Dr. Jera that a blood-hungry black tail fossil had caused mutations in humans and mechas, creating monsters and Weird Mechas. After Dr. Jera merged with the tail and transformed, Qin Yang destroyed him and the giant serpent-like creature before returning toward the Spirit Source Mine area.

• Dr. Jera told Qin Yang that the tail had been excavated near Bella Base and that blood had awakened its infectious, mutating properties.
• Dr. Jera explained that the tail mutated humans into monsters and caused cells to multiply inside mechas, creating Weird Mechas.
• Qin Yang offered Dr. Jera the chance to merge with the tail, and Dr. Jera eagerly grabbed it and began transforming.
• Dr. Jera became a tentacled monster and attacked Qin Yang, who destroyed him with a punch.
• The black tail grew into a giant serpent that lunged at Qin Yang, and Qin Yang sliced it in two with a pale blue longsword and shattered both frozen remains.
• Qin Yang left Bella Base and returned toward the Spirit Source Mine area.

After destroying Bella Base, Qin Yang returned to Ningshan Base to absorb the Spirit Sources he had taken, while Bella Base eventually collapsed and disappeared. Meanwhile, Divine Umbrella Company sent Captain Qiao to question Ningshan Base’s leaders about the Spirit Sources they had handed over, and he challenged their claim that Qin Yang controlled a large share.

• Cheng Yaotian and Yan Peng discussed Bella Base’s destruction, the unknown man responsible, and the Spirit Sources he had stolen; Cheng Yaotian ordered Yan Peng to recruit Bella Base’s survivors.
• Qin Yang returned to his villa with several hundred pounds of Spirit Sources and began cultivating in hopes of reaching the Mysterious Attainment realm.
• Over the next month, Wasteland Bandits repeatedly attacked Bella Base, its remaining leaders failed to unite, and its people left until the base vanished.
• Cheng Qu and Sun Xunming waited for Divine Umbrella Company’s representative, suspecting the company wanted to claim a share of the Spirit Source Ore Vein’s profits.
• Qiao Sen arrived with a group of Cyborgs and questioned Cheng Qu and Sun Xunming about the low amount of Spirit Sources they had handed over.
• Sun Xunming and Cheng Qu said Qin Yang received forty percent of the mining district’s income, and Qiao Sen challenged them for being afraid of him.

Qiao Sen demanded control of most of the Spirit Source Ore Vein and threatened Qin Yang with a Level 1 Mecha, but Qin Yang rejected the terms and challenged him. Qiao Sen fired the mecha’s Spirit Source Particle Cannon at Qin Yang, leaving the outcome unknown.

• Qiao Sen told Cheng Qu and Sun Xunming that Qin Yang could have only ten percent of the ore vein and threatened to attack him if he refused.
• Cheng Qu sent Cheng Yaotian and Yan Peng to explain the decision to Qin Yang, who immediately asked Qiao Sen to meet him.
• Qin Yang insisted on receiving forty percent of the ore vein when he met Qiao Sen five kilometers from the base.
• Qiao Sen attacked from his Level 1 Mecha, firing its Spirit Source Particle Cannon: Crimson Flame at Qin Yang.
• A huge blaze erupted where the cannon struck Qin Yang.

Qin Yang survived Qiao Sen's Spirit Source Particle Cannon and destroyed Qiao Sen's mecha with his freezing power. He went to Ningshan Base to speak with Divine Umbrella Company, forcing its spacecraft to crash and its deputy captain to come out.

• Qiao Sen's Spirit Source Particle Cannon engulfed Qin Yang, but Qin Yang emerged unharmed from the flames.
• Qin Yang froze and crushed Qiao Sen's pale-red mecha, killing him as Cheng Yaotian and Yan Peng watched.
• Qin Yang asked Cheng Yaotian to take him to Ningshan Base so he could speak with Divine Umbrella Company.
• At Ningshan Base, Cheng Yaotian announced that Qin Yang had killed Qiao Sen, and Qin Yang ordered the people aboard the spacecraft to come down.
• Deputy Captain Yao ordered the spacecraft to escape, but Qin Yang's phantom hand forced it to crash.
• Deputy Captain Yao emerged from the spacecraft, and Qin Yang told him he wanted to speak with the company's boss.

Qin Yang headed to Starlight City after threatening to visit Divine Umbrella Company, though his real goal was to obtain the Spirit Source he needed for his next breakthrough. He arrived in the bustling city and sought a way to contact Supervisor Wang Xiaochen.

• Qin Yang demanded two thousand jin of Mid-grade Spirit Source from Wang Xiaochen, who rejected his demand and dismissed him as an ant.
• Qin Yang left the spacecraft, and Cheng Qu and Sun Xunming returned to Ningshan Base while Deputy Captain Yao begged them for repair materials.
• Qin Yang traveled to Starlight City, intending to target Divine Umbrella Company for Spirit Source rather than rob struggling survival bases.
• Qin Yang entered Starlight City and asked a Divine Umbrella Company recruiter how to contact Wang Xiaochen.

Qin Yang went to Divine Umbrella Company headquarters to find Wang Xiaochen, but security turned him away, prompting him to challenge the company with overwhelming force. After destroying its guards and mechas and absorbing its energy-cannon barrage, he blasted a huge hole through the headquarters building.

• Qin Yang received directions to Divine Umbrella Company headquarters from the sweet-looking girl and went there to find Wang Xiaochen.
• When security and the captain refused him entry, Qin Yang called Wang Xiaochen out with a voice that knocked guards unconscious and shattered the building's windows.
• Wang Xiaochen recognized Qin Yang, ordered his subordinates to kill him, and headed out with them after Manager Zhang demanded he deal with the intruder.
• Qin Yang froze the attacking combat personnel, destroyed the mechas, and absorbed the company's energy-cannon blasts with a Yin-Yang pattern.
• Qin Yang reflected the stored energy as a black-and-white beam that pierced the building's shield and blasted a massive hole in the Divine Umbrella headquarters.

Qin Yang attacked Divine Umbrella Company and destroyed its Iron Mountain mechas before fighting Wang Xiaochen in the Mystic Umbrella. Wang Xiaochen’s ultimate attack engulfed Qin Yang in a spiritual source radiation storm, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Major companies dispatched people to investigate Qin Yang and Divine Umbrella Company as viewers watched the livestream in shock.
• Qin Yang blocked the ten Iron Mountain mechas’ barrage with an ice wall, then crushed all ten with a phantom handprint.
• Wang Xiaochen emerged in the Level 3 Mystic Umbrella and attacked Qin Yang with Umbrella Strike, but Qin Yang stopped its spear with one finger.
• Wang Xiaochen unleashed Myriad Umbrella Flowing Light at close range, blasting Qin Yang into a crater and leaving viewers unsure whether he survived.

Qin Yang destroyed the Mystic Umbrella and collapsed Divine Umbrella Company’s headquarters after defeating its defenses. He accepted Dragon Yuan Group’s offer to cooperate in taking over Divine Umbrella Company’s assets and prepared to meet its leaders.

• Divine Umbrella Company’s executives learned that Wang Xiaochen had provoked Qin Yang while trying to reclaim his share of the Spirit Source Ore Vein.
• Qin Yang summoned a beast phantom that shattered the Mystic Umbrella, and observers realized his strength far exceeded that of a Level 3 Mecha.
• Qin Yang struck Divine Umbrella Company’s building with a phantom god’s fist, breaking its energy shield and reducing the headquarters to rubble.
• Qin Yang asked who would cooperate with him to take over Divine Umbrella Company, and intelligence agent Chen Xi offered Dragon Yuan Group’s help.
• Qin Yang agreed to visit Dragon Yuan Group, where chief director Cheng Haode arrived and respectfully greeted him as Consultant Qin.