Chapter Summaries

With the battle around Qin Siyang growing more complicated, Li Tianming called in an anonymous helper to offer him a way out. The helper proposed killing the wrong Yan Family commanders, leaving Qin Siyang furious and the plan unresolved.

• Wei Rulai refused to divide his forces to face the approaching families and told the Zhao Family Brothers to handle them.
• Zhao Longfei learned that Zhao Longteng was taking troops to investigate a threat near the rear camp, leaving him to deal with the approaching forces.
• Li Tianming called Qin Siyang, told him to activate Conversation Shielding, and said someone would contact him with instructions.
• An anonymous helper warned Qin Siyang that the Wang, Xie, Yu, and Huan family forces were arriving and advised him to kill Yan Ran and Yan Xiaojie.
• Qin Siyang corrected the helper, saying he wanted to help Yan Ran and Yan Xiaojie and take control of Yan Xiaoying's troops, then angrily challenged the helper's mistaken plan.

Qin Siyang agreed to assassinate Yan Xiaoying after a mysterious man offered to breach her defenses and teleport him to her war vehicle. The man opened a gap in the Yan Character Legion’s barriers, leaving Qin Siyang ready to enter.

• The mysterious man told Qin Siyang that he had also helped Lu Daoxing and proposed teleporting Qin Siyang to Yan Xiaoying so he could kill her.
• Qin Siyang agreed to the plan and told Zhao Longfei to take his forces to stop the Four Major Mining Companies.
• When Zhao Longfei objected to Qin Siyang going alone, Qin Siyang vanished and used Feast Kingdom to reach the mysterious man.
• The shabby man used a deep-blue ring based on Lu Daoxing’s technology and explained that it would teleport Qin Siyang beside Yan Xiaoying’s war vehicle.
• The shabby man sent white threads into the Yan Character Legion’s defenses and opened a gap in its light barrier and shields.

Qin Siyang entered a gap in Yan Xiaoying’s defenses through a teleportation passage opened by a scruffy man, then narrowly avoided a trap at the destination. Huang Changgong and Yan Xiaoying recognized him as a dangerous assassin, but they did not know who he was.

• A scruffy man opened a gap in Yan Xiaoying’s 9th Brigade’s aerial defenses, drawing Wei Rulai’s and Han Huizhi’s attention.
• The scruffy man warned Qin Siyang that the passage would last only one minute, and Qin Siyang entered wearing Tier Four Armor.
• Qin Siyang reflected on recognizing the scruffy man as the attacker who had nearly killed him and Hu Chan, then resolved to stay wary.
• Qin Siyang sensed an unusual fluctuation at the passage’s exit and used [Feast Kingdom] to teleport fifty meters into the air, avoiding an attack that smashed a nearby boulder.
• Huang Changgong identified Qin Siyang’s teleportation abilities as a serious threat, while Yan Xiaoying feared he was Lu Daoxing.

Qin Siyang ambushed Huang Changgong inside the Spatial Artifact, but Huang Changgong countered with a blade of light and cut off Qin Siyang’s head. Qin Siyang survived, then killed Huang Changgong before his forty-second window ran out.

• Qin Siyang teleported Huang Changgong into the ant’s abdomen and struck him, cracking his Tier Four Armor.
• Huang Changgong softened his body and swept a blade of light across Qin Siyang’s neck, cutting off his head.
• Qin Siyang reattached his head and healed, revealing that he had survived the attack.
• Qin Siyang noted that forty seconds had passed, then punched through Huang Changgong’s shattered armor and killed him.

Qin Siyang killed Huang Changgong, but Yan Xiaoying’s guards ambushed him as he emerged from the Spatial Artifact, leaving him too little time to assassinate her before the teleportation passage closed. After hearing Huang Changgong’s soldiers blame Yan Xiaoying for his apparent death, Qin Siyang decided to use their loyalty to his advantage.

• Qin Siyang killed Huang Changgong with a punch and carried his corpse out of the Spatial Artifact as the teleportation passage neared its end.
• Yan Xiaoying ordered her guards to attack Qin Siyang immediately, but he evaded their follow-up attacks while protecting Huang Changgong’s body.
• Qin Siyiyang saw that Yan Xiaoying’s reinforcements were approaching and realized he had only seconds left to complete his assassination mission.
• A scruffy man judged that Qin Siyang would not reach Yan Xiaoying in time and considered his own assistance to be enough.
• Qin Siyang overheard soldiers resent Yan Xiaoying for apparently killing Huang Changgong, whose troops were loyal to him.
• Qin Siyang concluded that Huang Changgong had devoted himself to Yan Xiaoying out of love and decided to borrow his head.

Qin Siyang was trapped inside the 9th Sequence Brigade’s defenses after the teleportation passage collapsed, while Zhao Longfei and Yan Ran’s forces struggled to respond to the shifting battle. Rather than risk escaping, Qin Siyang announced Huang Changgong’s death to the brigade and began explaining how Yan Xiaoying had ordered the bombardment that killed him.

• Qin Siyang’s teleportation passage shattered before he could escape, leaving him trapped inside the defenses as Wei Rulai and Han Huizhi reacted to the failed assassination.
• Zhao Longfei discovered Qin Siyang was trapped and threatened to kill anyone who tried to pass him, while Yan Ran urged Yan Xiaojie to keep fighting and said their hope lay with the assassin.
• Qin Siyang considered the dangers of breaking through the layered defenses and chose to use the remaining time on his [Feast Kingdom] skill for another plan.
• Qin Siyang announced that Yan Xiaoying had ordered the killing of Deputy Brigade Commander Huang Changgong, shocking the soldiers and officers of the 9th Brigade.
• Qin Siyang claimed Huang Changgong had risked his life to protect Yan Xiaoying and said she had ordered a bombardment against them after their fight.

Qin Siyang used the Lie Detector to turn the 9th Brigade against Yan Xiaoying after Huang Changgong’s death. As the soldiers demanded revenge, Qin Siyang urged them to kill Yan Xiaoying and surrender, then revealed his face and challenged them to accept his guarantee.

• Qin Siyang told the 9th Brigade that Yan Xiaoying had caused Huang Changgong’s death, and the Lie Detector confirmed his claims as true.
• Yan Xiaoying ordered her guards to attack Qin Siyang, but the other soldiers and officers refused to follow her.
• Lin Mofei identified himself as commander of the 26th Regiment and led the troops in demanding Yan Xiaoying’s death.
• Yan Xiaoying urged the 9th Brigade to unite against the forces attacking from outside, but Qin Siyang called on them to kill her and surrender.
• Qin Siyang removed his helmet in front of the enemy troops and asked whether his identity would guarantee their safety.

Qin Siyang secured Yan Ran’s and Yan Xiaojie’s authority to negotiate the 9th Sequence Brigade’s surrender, then watched as its soldiers turned against Yan Xiaoying. After Yan Xiaoying was killed, the 9th Sequence Brigade dismantled its defenses and surrendered to Qin Siyang.

• Qin Siyang confirmed his identity to Lin Mofei, who recognized him from the funeral he had attended half a year earlier.
• Yan Ran and Yan Xiaojie publicly appointed Qin Siyang as their representative to negotiate the 9th Sequence Brigade’s surrender.
• Yan Xiaoying ordered her guards to attack Qin Siyang, but he evaded them as Lin Mofei called on the soldiers to avenge Brigade Commander Huang.
• The 9th Sequence Brigade’s soldiers attacked Yan Xiaoying and her guards until they were killed.
• Lin Mofei ordered his regiments to withdraw their defenses, put away their weapons, and surrender to Qin Siyang.

After Qin Siyang helped the 9th Sequence Brigade avenge Huang Changgong, the soldiers surrendered to him, turning the battle and forcing Han Huizhi to retreat. Qin Siyang declined to take command of the brigade, wary that they might turn against him if they learned he had killed Huang Changgong.

• The 9th Sequence Brigade surrendered to Qin Siyang, and Yan Xiaojie sent a regiment to escort them to the rear base camp.
• Yan Ran and Yan Xiaojie's forces remained strong as morale rose, while Han Huizhi ordered his troops to withdraw from the fight with Wei Rulai.
• Wei Rulai credited Qin Siyang with turning the battle, and Zhao Longfei confronted the stunned leaders of the Four Major Mining Companies.
• The scruffy man asked whether Qin Siyang would take command of the 9th Sequence Brigade, but Qin Siyang refused because the soldiers believed Yan Xiaoying had killed Huang Changgong.
• The scruffy man praised Qin Siyang as a young hero, while Qin Siyang privately reflected on the blame he had shifted for Huang Changgong's death.

After Qin Siyang’s victory, Yan Ran and Yan Xiaojie agreed to cooperate over the Yan Character Legion, while Wei Rulai launched an attack on the Four Major Mining Companies. Fighting spread across the battlefield, and Zhao Longfei proposed killing Yu Bianwei to create chaos and expand their share.

• Yan Xiaojie teased Yan Ran about her feelings for Qin Siyang and warned her that Wen Shu might be far beyond her reach.
• Yan Xiaojie admitted poisoning Yan Xiaowen and offered to work with Yan Ran to divide the Yan Character Legion.
• Wei Rulai confronted Wang Jixin, Huan Kai, and the other mining company leaders, then ordered his Sequence Brigade to attack their Security Teams.
• Yan Ran ordered the 3rd Sequence Brigade to attack Yan Xiaoyi’s 7th Brigade, and Yan Xiaojie assaulted Yan Xiaoru’s 5th Brigade.
• Zhao Longfei proposed that he kill Yu Bianwei while Wei Rulai held off Wang, Xie, and Huan, saying the resulting chaos could enlarge their share of the spoils.

The scruffy man brought Qin Siyang to Zhao Longfei’s battlefield, then discovered 009 hiding in a disguised rock nearby. He learned 009 was on a mission assigned by 000, but left before finding out its details.

• The four mining families’ Security Teams faltered under the Wei Character Legion’s coordinated attacks.
• Qin Siyang asked the scruffy man to take him to Zhao Longfei, and the man transported him to the front line.
• The scruffy man spotted 009 concealed as a weathered rock and questioned it about its presence.
• 009 said it was carrying out a mission unrelated to Qin Siyang and warned that 000 had assigned it.
• The scruffy man abandoned his questions and left when 009 hinted that revealing the mission could get him into trouble.

Zhao Longfei and Wei Rulai agreed to keep Wang, Xie, Yu, and Huan from leaving while Zhao Longteng, Qin Yingguang, and Chu Xiaoang came to attack them. The three commanders argued over their shifting alliances as they headed toward the battlefield.

• Wei Rulai questioned Zhao Longfei’s plan to kill the four mining-company leaders, and Zhao Longfei said he wanted to stop their growing power.
• Zhao Longfei called Zhao Longteng, who ordered him and Wei Rulai to hold the four leaders until he arrived with Qin Yingguang and Chu Xiaoang.
• Wei Rulai took the phone and learned that Zhao Longteng, Qin Yingguang, and Chu Xiaoang planned to kill at least one or two of the mining-company leaders and throw the West into chaos.
• Wei Rulai agreed to help keep Wang, Xie, Yu, and Huan at the battlefield.
• On a combat vehicle, Zhao Longteng accused Qin Yingguang and Chu Xiaoang of plotting against the Zhao Family, while they defended their actions as serving their own interests.

Wei Rulai and Zhao Longfei trapped Wang Jixin, Xie Nanyun, Yu Bianwei, and Huan Kai to stop them escaping, but the four mining leaders revealed that their Warren Merchants' Association rankings understated their strength. Xie Nanyun engulfed the six fighters in a sphere of lightning, and as Qin Siyang watched anxiously, reinforcements charged into it to learn what was happening.

• Wei Rulai split the ground around Wang Jixin, Xie Nanyun, Yu Bianwei, and Huan Kai, trapping them on an island amid an abyss.
• Wei Rulai and Zhao Longfei confronted the four men, who revealed that they had paid to keep their Warren Merchants' Association rankings low.
• Xie Nanyun summoned a massive sphere of lightning that swallowed the six fighters, leaving Qin Siyang unable to see inside.
• Zhao Longteng, Chu Xiaoang, and Qin Yingguang arrived, then used lightning rings and a speed item to rush into the sphere.
• Zhao Sifang, Chu Baxing, and Zhao Fengjun arrived and asked Qin Siyang where their relatives were, and he told them they had all been struck by lightning.

The Zhao Family Alliance routed the Four Major Mining Companies' Security Teams, causing Yan Xiaoru's and Yan Xiaoyi's forces to lose heart and collapse. As victory rang across the battlefield, Qin Siyang and the others still waited anxiously to learn the commanders' fate when the lightning sphere exploded.

• Qin Yingguang, Chu Xiaoang, and Zhao Longteng joined Zhao Longfei and Wei Rulai against Wang Jixin, Xie Nanyun, Yu Bianwei, and Huan Kai, prompting the mining Security Teams to flee.
• The Wei Character Legion maintained its formation and swept through the retreating enemies while the Zhao Family's forces gained momentum.
• Yan Ran's and Yan Xiaojie's forces overwhelmed Yan Xiaoru's and Yan Xiaoyi's troops after the mining Security Teams were routed, breaking their army's morale.
• Qin Siyang, Chu Baxing, and Zhao Sifang watched the lightning sphere anxiously as it distorted and exploded.

Zhao Longteng’s group fought Wang Jixin’s team to a costly stalemate, until a hidden attacker killed Huan Kai and revealed him as a Guardian of the World-Destroying Church. Huan Kai’s Life-Substitution Lamp then appeared, leaving everyone unsure who would die in his place.

• Zhao Longteng, Zhao Longfei, Chu Xiaoang, Qin Yingguang, and Wei Rulai emerged injured after their battle with Wang Jixin, Xie Nanyun, Yu Bianwei, and Huan Kai.
• Zhao Longfei attacked Huan Kai, but a hidden force dragged Huan Kai down and trapped him in sand and gravel.
• An unseen attacker twisted Huan Kai’s neck until he died, while the others tried to identify the attacker.
• A dark cloud formed above the fighters, and the Life-Substitution Lamp appeared with a phantom of Huan Kai beneath it.
• Chu Xiaoang recognized the lamp, and Wang Jixin and Xie Nanyun realized Huan Kai was a Guardian of the World-Destroying Church.
• Zhao Longteng explained that the lamp required a contract with its substitute, and said Huan Kai could not have secretly contracted with his group.

After Huan Kai’s betrayal was exposed and Yu Bianwei died from the Life-Substitution Lamp, Zhao Longteng’s group spared the remaining mining bosses when Gu Weiyang ordered them to stop. Wang Jixin and Xie Nanyun left with Yu Bianwei’s body, while the survivors agreed to settle the upcoming Championship Tournament in the arena.

• Yu Bianwei fell from the sky and died after Huan Kai’s phantom vanished and the Life-Substitution Lamp went out.
• Zhao Longteng said he would spare Wang Jixin and Xie Nanyun, citing the trouble that killing them would cause.
• Gu Weiyang sent Zhao Longteng, Zhao Longfei, Qin Yingguang, Chu Xiaoang, and Wei Rulai the message, “Enough is enough.”
• Xie Nanyun agreed that the students should settle the Championship Tournament in the arena and asked to take Yu Bianwei’s body to Yu Jianyun.
• Wang Jixin and Xie Nanyun collected Yu Bianwei’s body and left, and Qin Siyang exclaimed, “Brilliant!”

After the battle, the commanders speculated about the mysterious stranger who killed Huan Kai while Yan Ran and Yan Xiaojie reported their victory. On the way back to headquarters, Zhao Longteng and Zhao Longfei revealed that they and the other commanders had deliberately faked serious injuries to avoid a costly fight, leaving Qin Siyang stunned and wary of Zhao Sifang copying their tactic.

• Qin Yingguang destroyed the rock that had killed Huan Kai, and the commanders wondered whether the stranger was a hidden United Government master.
• Yan Ran and Yan Xiaojie reported that they had defeated Yan Xiaoyi’s troops, captured Yan Xiaoyi, and killed Yan Xiaoru.
• Zhao Fengjun treated Zhao Longteng and Zhao Longfei in the armored vehicle and scolded them for risking their lives.
• Zhao Longfei explained that he and Zhao Longteng had pretended to be wounded to avoid using their trump cards, and that the other commanders had faked injuries too.
• Zhao Sifang agreed with his father and uncle’s strategy, but Qin Siyang warned him not to abandon him by pretending to be wounded.

Qin Siyang learned how the World-Destroying Church's Life-Substitution Lamp worked and heard that Zhao Longteng and Zhao Longfei had once met people claiming to come from other Safe Zones. The commanders then argued over how to divide five Sequence Brigades, and Qin Siyang's Lie Detector exposed Qin Yingguang's claim that he had only just remembered the Zhao Family's ineligibility.

• Zhao Longteng explained that the Life-Substitution Lamp revived its user by killing a pact-bound death substitute and teleporting the user to safety, though he did not know how the pact worked or whether the lamp was an item or a Sequence Skill.
• Qin Siyang asked about people from other Safe Zones, and Zhao Longteng and Zhao Longfei recalled meeting some years earlier but could not remember who they were.
• Wei Rulai proposed dividing the five Sequence Brigades, and Qin Yingguang suggested an even split among himself, Chu Xiaoang, Wei Rulai, the Zhao Family, and Yan Xiaojie and Yan Ran.
• Wei Rulai and Zhao Longteng argued that their forces deserved additional troops, while Qin Yingguang challenged whether the Zhao Family could receive Sequence troops under Legion rules.
• Qin Yingguang claimed he had only just remembered the rule, and Qin Siyang's Lie Detector announced that he was lying.

Qin Siyang and the commanders negotiated how to divide the Yan Family’s Sequence unit authorizations, with Qin Siyang securing a regiment and the Zhao Family explaining why it wanted official authorizations. Yan Ran proposed that she and Yan Xiaojie each receive a brigade by helping Qin Yingguang and Chu Xiaoang attack the Yan Family members pledged to them.

• Qin Siyang won approval from four commanders for one Sequence Regiment, leaving Qin Yingguang to accept the request.
• Zhao Longteng and Zhao Longfei demanded a share of the Sequence authorizations and argued that official authorization would reassure the United Government that the Zhao Family would abide by its rules.
• Wei Rulai proposed taking one brigade and one regiment for himself, the same for the Zhao Family, and one regiment for Qin Siyang, leaving two brigades for the others to divide.
• Yan Ran argued that she and Yan Xiaojie deserved more than two regiments because they already held one brigade and one regiment and had fought two battles.
• Yan Ran offered to help Chu Xiaoang attack Yan Xiaozhong while Yan Xiaojie helped Qin Yingguang attack Yan Xiaoli, allowing the two Yan Family members to claim one brigade each.

Yan Ran and Yan Xiaojie joined forces with Qin Yingguang and Chu Xiaoang to consolidate most of the Yan Character Legion, while Qin Siyang secured enough unit allocations for a brigade. The Zhao brothers also reconciled with Zhao Fengjun, who reunited with the family in Area No. 7.

• Yan Ran proposed redirecting the conflict toward outside forces, and Qin Yingguang and Chu Xiaoang agreed to attack Yan Xiaozhong and Yan Xiaoli.
• Yan Ran explained that Yan Bunan controlled the elite 1st Brigade, which the others could not defeat, so they targeted the other two brigades instead.
• Wei Rulai returned his collateral to Zhao Longteng and left without waiting for his unit allocations.
• Yan Ran and Yan Xiaojie defeated Yan Xiaozhong and Yan Xiaoli's forces, consolidating the Yan Character Legion except for Yan Bunan's elite brigade.
• Yan Ran and Yan Xiaojie applied to transfer the legion's allocations, while Qin Siyang requested another battalion from Zhao Longteng to complete his brigade.
• Zhao Fengjun agreed to resign from the District 27 hospital and transfer to the hospital in Area No. 7, where she visited the recovering Li Pengfei.