Chapter Summaries

After helping clear the battlefield at Haicheng, Zhao Qiu led the Hunting Squad downstream along the Tiansha River to stop another beast tide. They defeated an ambush by mutant beasts, but then Yue Country espers attacked them.

• Jiang Yao took over the watch at Haicheng and directed people to clear the battlefield and collect crystal cores from the sea beasts.
• Zhao Qiu woke the operatives at the Tiansha River and received orders from Xi Yan to investigate a beast tide forming downstream.
• Zhao Qiu led the team to the lower reaches of the river, where mutant beasts ambushed them from the slopes and water.
• Zhao Qiu opened his second shackle and led the team to defeat the beast tide, with two Hunting Squad members killed and about a dozen lightly injured.
• A sensory-type esper detected danger, and Yue Country espers launched a fireball attack before declaring they had come to kill Zhao Qiu's group.

Yue Country Espers crossed into Xia Country and attacked Zhao Qiu’s group, claiming they had come to avenge Wu Tinglang. After Zhao Qiu defeated their bald captain, Yue Country’s second-ranked fighter Wu Hai arrived and prepared to fight him.

• Tiger Mask warned the Yue Country Espers to leave Xia Country, but their bald captain ordered his forces to attack and kill everyone.
• Zhao Qiu’s group fought back but was outnumbered and pushed onto the defensive.
• Zhao Qiu opened his third Life Shackle and defeated the bald captain with Twin Cannons.
• Wu Hai struck Zhao Qiu hard enough to send him crashing through trees, and Tiger Mask identified him as Yue Country’s second-ranked elite fighter.
• Wu Hai said Yue Country had come to avenge Wu Tinglang, and Zhao Qiu opened his fifth Life Shackle to face him.

Lin Qianqian and Yuhua prepared Yucheng’s defenses when Lin’s shikigami paper detected a massive Sea Beast tide. The cannons and Espers fought back, but the growing horde overwhelmed their firepower and continued reaching shore.

• Lin Qianqian’s elite hunting squad arrived in Yucheng, where she earned Yuhua’s respect by killing over a hundred Sea Beasts during an attack.
• Lin Qianqian sensed an approaching Sea Beast tide before the sentries detected it, and Yuhua ordered the Espers to prepare for battle.
• Yuhua ordered fifteen Superpower Cannons loaded with fourth-tier Crystal Cores to fire on the approaching Sea Beasts.
• The cannon barrage killed dozens of Sea Beasts, but the tide surged forward and began climbing the cliffs.
• Yuhua’s cannons and the Espers fought to hold the shore, but the cannons neared burnout as more Sea Beasts made landfall.

As the Sea Beast tide overwhelmed Yucheng’s defenses, Lin Qianqian devastated the horde with her Mutually Multiplying Paper Bomb Technique. When three Fifth Tier, 3-Star Beast Kings appeared, she flew out alone to confront them while Yuhua stayed to defend the main line.

• Yuhua ordered the defenders to hold the line as Sea Beasts swarmed ashore and the Superpower Cannons ran out of ammunition.
• Lin Qianqian’s Paper Shards protected her as she walked through attacking Sea Beasts to reach the shore.
• Lin Qianqian multiplied Explosive Tags across the sea and detonated them, killing half the tide and disrupting its advance.
• A Deep Sea Demon Turtle, an Abyssal Two-Headed Snake, and a Troll Crab appeared, each a Fifth Tier, 3-Star Beast King, followed by more Sea Beasts.
• Lin Qianqian told Yuhua to defend the main battlefield, formed Paper Wings, and flew out to face the three Beast Kings alone.

Lin Qianqian fought three Beast Kings alone and killed the Troll Crab, Deep Sea Demon Turtle, and Abyssal Two-Headed Snake. Afterward, she judged herself by whether she could match Zhou Fan and vowed to keep improving until she caught up with him.

• Lin Qianqian dodged the Abyssal Two-Headed Snake’s bite with Paper Transformation and wounded it with Paper Blizzard: Thousand Flowers.
• Lin Qianqian passed through the Troll Crab’s pincers, planted paper on its body, and killed it with Paper Explosion Technique and Space Shikigami Paper: Moon Wheel.
• Lin Qianqian blocked the Deep Sea Demon Turtle and Abyssal Two-Headed Snake’s attacks with Angel Judgment, then shattered the turtle’s shell with a barrage of Explosive Tags and killed it.
• Lin Qianqian finished off the wounded Abyssal Two-Headed Snake, leaving the observers amazed that she had defeated all three Beast Kings alone.
• Lin Qianqian compared her strength with Zhou Fan’s and resolved to keep training until she caught up to him.

Lin Qianqian and Yuhua faced an attack by a Philippine fleet led by Mary Lu while sea beasts still threatened Yucheng’s coast. At the Southern District command center, Xi Yan and Jiang Canghai learned that Yue Country espers had also attacked Zhao Qiu’s squad, revealing simultaneous foreign incursions into Xia Country.

• A Philippine fleet destroyed Yucheng’s coastal sentry posts and Superpower Cannons, then advanced toward shore despite Yuhua’s warning to leave Xia Country’s waters.
• Yuhua identified the fleet’s leader as Mary Lu, the Philippines’ second-ranked expert, and realized she needed to report the invasion to higher authorities.
• Mary Lu ordered the Philippine warships to fire on Lin Qianqian and Yuhua.
• A communications officer told Xi Yan and Jiang Canghai that Zhao Qiu’s squad was fighting Yue Country espers led by Wu Hai near the Tiansha River.
• The communications officer reported that Lin Qianqian’s squad was under attack from Mary Lu’s Philippine fleet at Yucheng.