Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen arrived at the Autumn Forest Group and tried to buy the company from Chen Lin while taunting him about Song Qiuya’s arrest. After Chen Lin warned him to get lost, Xiao Chen threatened Song Qiuya, provoking Chen Lin’s overwhelming killing intent and leaving Xiao Chen’s bodyguards urging him to run.

• Xiao Chen offered Chen Lin one billion for the Autumn Forest Group and gloated about Song Qiuya being locked up.
• Qin Chuxia insulted Xiao Chen over being an illegitimate son, and he restrained himself from retaliating because of her family’s power.
• Xiao Chen threatened Chen Lin and demanded that he sell the company, but Chen Lin told him to get lost.
• Xiao Chen quietly threatened Song Qiuya with what might happen to her in the holding cells, and Chen Lin’s killing intent terrified the employees and bodyguards.
• A bodyguard shouted for Young Master Xiao to run.

Chen Lin crushed Xiao Chen and his bodyguards after they threatened him and Song Qiuya, then learned that Song Qiuya had been taken by Wucheng police. Qi Tongwei promised to locate her and ordered Cheng Du to bring her back unharmed.

• Chen Lin seized Xiao Chen by the throat and sent the four attacking bodyguards flying with an invisible force.
• Chen Lin dropped the terrified, unconscious Xiao Chen and ordered the Xiao family to take him away.
• Chen Lin called Governor Qi Tongwei and said Wucheng police had taken Song Qiuya from Yicheng.
• Qi Tongwei promised Chen Lin an answer within ten minutes, then ordered Cheng Du to return Song Qiuya safely and respectfully.

A black Range Rover forced Song Qiuya’s police car off a cliff, but Chen Lin’s Flowing Light jade bracelet protected her from injury. After Qi Tongwei told Chen Lin about the crash, Chen Lin rushed to the scene and descended the cliff toward the wreck.

• A black Range Rover rammed Song Qiuya’s police car twice, sending it over a cliff.
• The Flowing Light bracelet shielded Song Qiuya from the impact as the car tumbled, leaving her unharmed.
• Qi Tongwei learned of the crash and called Chen Lin with the location.
• Chen Lin drove to the accident scene with Qin Chuxia and saw the wrecked police car below.
• Chen Lin vaulted over the guardrail and ran down the steep cliff toward the car as Qin Chuxia watched anxiously.

Chen Lin rescued Song Qiuya from the wreckage at the bottom of the cliff and carried her back up to the highway. Song Qiuya told Chief Xia that a black Range Rover had deliberately rammed their car, killing the three officers inside.

• Chen Lin heard Song Qiuya's heartbeat, found her alive in the wrecked police car, and tore off the door to free her.
• Song Qiuya clung to Chen Lin and sobbed before he carried her up the near-vertical cliff.
• The traffic officers and Qin Chuxia watched Chen Lin climb the cliff as emergency vehicles arrived and Xia Xuejun rushed to the guardrail.
• Xia Xuejun and the medical personnel saw that Chen Lin and Song Qiuya were unharmed, and Chen Lin set her down.
• Song Qiuya told Xia Xuejun that a black Range Rover had rammed their car twice and sent it off the cliff, killing the three officers inside.

Chen Lin took Song Qiuya away from the crash site and realized the attack was part of a larger conspiracy targeting her and him. After Qin Churan reported that an assassin carrying explosives had been caught at Chen Lin’s home, he became certain foreign spies were behind the attacks.

• Chen Lin overruled Xia Xuejun and took Song Qiuya home, while Xia ordered his officers to clear a path for them.
• In the car, Chen Lin concluded that the crash and the attempt to seize Autumn Forest Group were connected, and that Xiao Chen had been used as a pawn.
• Qin Churan called and told Chen Lin that a man carrying high explosives had sneaked into his Farmhouse Courtyard.
• Qin Churan said Friday had subdued the intruder before he planted the explosives, which came from the same batch as those that had injured her.
• Chen Lin ignored Qin Churan’s warning not to act rashly and concluded that spies from America and Little Japan were behind the attacks.

After surviving an ambush, Chen Lin learned that Donald John had ordered the attacks and that a mole in the Guoan Bureau’s Wucheng Branch had leaked information about him. Chen Lin killed the assassin and decided to pursue Donald John and the conspirators himself.

• Chen Lin returned to the Farmhouse Courtyard with Song Qiuya and Qin Chuxia, who were shocked to find Qin Churan unharmed and an unconscious assassin bound in the yard.
• Chen Lin sent the three women inside and learned from Bright Moon that she had discovered dangerous items in the assassin’s bag.
• Bright Moon used her Illusion Technique to make the assassin answer Chen Lin’s questions, revealing his name as Yamamoto Kazuki and his affiliation with the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office’s Assassination Team.
• Yamamoto Kazuki revealed that Donald John had ordered the attack and that a mole in the Guoan Bureau’s Wucheng Branch had leaked details of Chen Lin’s interrogation of Yamamoto Kazuo.
• Chen Lin killed Yamamoto Kazuki, placed his body in a Storage Bag, and vowed to pursue Donald John and the conspirators himself.

After ordering Friday to protect his home, Chen Lin drove to Aoi Middle School to confront Donald John and the people involved in the failed attack. He entered Donald’s villa and advanced on the men as they drew their guns, leaving the confrontation at the moment they opened fire.

• Chen Lin ordered Friday to dispose of any unauthorized strangers approaching within a hundred meters of the courtyard, then left for Wucheng in his Bentley.
• At Aoi Middle School, Donald John berated two intelligence agents because Yamamoto Kazuki had failed his mission and disappeared.
• Donald slapped Principal Gou Ri Taro and demanded access to Assemblywoman Takaichi’s daughters, dismissing Takaichi as a dog kept by his brother.
• Chen Lin entered the villa, praised Donald’s insult, and announced that it was time to send the men on their way.
• Donald ordered the agents to shoot Chen Lin, and they pulled their triggers.

Chen Lin defeated Donald, Gou Ri Taro, and two agents by stopping and redirecting their bullets, then tortured Donald until he revealed the conspiracy against Chen Lin. After learning about the mole and the Pangu virus plot, Chen Lin called on Clear Wind, whose eyes glowed purple as Donald's went blank.

• Chen Lin stopped the agents' bullets in midair and sent them back to pin the two agents to the wall.
• Donald threatened Chen Lin with the power of his brother, the American president, while Gou Ri Taro begged for his life.
• Chen Lin wounded Donald with the bullets and demanded to know how he wanted to die.
• Donald confessed that a Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office mole codenamed Deep Sea had infiltrated state security, Xiao Chen had been used as a pawn, and the victims had received an incomplete Pangu virus to frame Chen Lin.
• Chen Lin summoned Clear Wind, and Donald's eyes went blank when purple light appeared in the cat's eyes.

Chen Lin killed Donald and the three other men, then learned from a satellite call that Donald was the president’s brother and that American officials planned to help him escape. Chen Lin declared war on those behind the attack and left the villa disguised as a cat with Clear Wind, slipping past the security forces.

• Chen Lin killed Donald, Gou Ri Taro, and the two agents, then used his Storage Bag to remove the bodies and evidence.
• Chen Lin answered Donald’s satellite phone and learned that a contact planned to help Donald escape by freighter to Kangaroo Country.
• After the caller revealed Donald was the president’s younger brother and threatened Chen Lin’s family and country, Chen Lin vowed to kill those responsible.
• Chen Lin transformed into a cat with the Shape-Shifting Vajra Bracelet and left the villa with Clear Wind.
• School security guards rushed to the villa, but Chen Lin and Clear Wind passed through their cordon and escaped over the campus wall.

Chen Lin killed Liu Jin, the Guoan Bureau mole, and decided to take the fight to America. He disguised himself as Jack Smith at Tianhai International Airport and boarded a flight to Los Angeles.

• Chen Lin and Clear Wind traveled to Liu Jin’s mansion in Wucheng, where Liu Jin prepared to flee after losing contact with Donald.
• Chen Lin confronted Liu Jin, shot through his wrist with an invisible force, and rejected his plea for mercy before killing him.
• Chen Lin stored Liu Jin’s corpse, money, gold, and computer, then scheduled messages to Song Qiuya and Li Xiaoyue saying he would be away.
• Chen Lin reached Tianhai International Airport and had Clear Wind lure Jack Smith into a restroom.
• Chen Lin assumed Jack Smith’s identity, sent Clear Wind back to guard the house, and boarded his flight to Los Angeles.

Chen Lin traveled to Los Angeles disguised as Jack Smith, where he defended Liu Ruyan from a disruptive child and his abusive family aboard the plane. He left the airport without speaking further to Liu Ruyan, intent on hunting his enemy.

• Chen Lin boarded a flight to Los Angeles under the identity Jack Smith, planning to bring his fight to the enemy who had threatened his woman.
• A flight attendant flirted with Chen Lin, but he rejected her and discarded her phone number.
• A boy kicked Liu Ruyan’s seat and pulled her hair, then his mother and grandmother berated Liu Ruyan when she objected.
• Chen Lin confronted the boy’s family and threatened to throw the child out, making them quiet down and apologize.
• Liu Ruyan thanked Chen Lin, who acknowledged her without removing his eye mask.
• After landing in Los Angeles, Chen Lin left the airport without looking back at Liu Ruyan and continued his hunt.

Chen Lin traveled to San Francisco to acquire weapons for his revenge and encountered the city’s violent streets. After learning that the Bloodhand Gang controlled Hell’s Kitchen, he entered their bar and demanded to meet whoever was in charge.

• Chen Lin left Los Angeles for San Francisco, where he kicked an armed robber into a trash can.
• Chen Lin recognized the destitute Wang Weiheng, gave him a hundred-dollar bill, and asked about the local gangs.
• Wang Weiheng warned Chen Lin about Hell’s Kitchen and pointed him toward the Mexican gangs there.
• Chen Lin entered a Bloodhand Gang bar seeking weapons, and a gang member attacked him with a beer bottle.
• Chen Lin used spiritual power to turn the bottle back on the attacker, then demanded that the bar manager take him to the person in charge.

Chen Lin confronted Ricardo at the Bloodhand Gang’s warehouse after dismissing its weapons as junk, then disarmed Ricardo’s henchmen in seconds when they pointed guns at him. Carlos emerged to face the bloodied scene, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• A wounded Mexican woke in agony while the bar manager called Ricardo, and Chen Lin waited calmly.
• Ricardo arrived, heard the manager’s account, and led Chen Lin to a warehouse full of weapons.
• Chen Lin criticized the weapons and insulted Ricardo’s brother, Carlos, prompting Ricardo and his henchmen to aim their guns at him.
• Chen Lin swiftly severed the right hands of Ricardo’s dozen henchmen and returned to his original position with a bloodied blade.
• Carlos emerged from a hidden room and saw the injured men and Chen Lin.

Chen Lin frightened Carlos into believing he was a divine emissary and made him lead the way to his largest weapons warehouse. There, Chen Lin discovered a vast private arsenal, including three attack helicopters, and began considering how to use the firepower.

• Carlos saw Chen Lin’s emotionless gaze and collapsed, begging him for mercy and calling him God’s emissary.
• Chen Lin told Carlos to take him to his biggest weapons warehouse, and Carlos eagerly agreed.
• Carlos drove Chen Lin to his fortified estate and opened the warehouse.
• Chen Lin explored the arsenal and found explosives, heavy weapons, and three Little Bird attack helicopters.
• Chen Lin looked at the weapons and then at Carlos with a cold smile.

Chen Lin spared Carlos and Ricardo, seized most of their weapons with his Storage Ring, and forced Carlos into his service before heading to Washington. As the U.S. government prepared a deadly response, Chen Lin flew toward the capital to judge his targets.

• Carlos begged Chen Lin for mercy and offered him his businesses and loyalty, so Chen Lin spared him and Ricardo.
• Chen Lin stored most of Carlos's arsenal in his Storage Ring, then made Carlos swallow a fake Heart-Eating Pill and threatened him into secrecy and obedience.
• Chen Lin ordered Carlos to take him to Washington, and Carlos arranged a helicopter ride to a private airfield and a flight on his Gulfstream G650.
• U.S. officials confirmed Donald's death and ordered Washington placed under martial law, with suspicious targets authorized to be shot on sight.
• Chen Lin watched dawn break from the jet as it flew toward Washington and welcomed America.

Chen Lin arrived in Washington disguised as Jack Smith and discovered the city was under heavy security while authorities hunted for a man from Huaxia. After Chris accidentally drew police attention to him, Chen Lin abandoned his disguise and violently disabled the officers, leaving the street in chaos.

• Chen Lin entered Washington disguised as Jack Smith and observed that armed forces and snipers were searching the city, especially targeting people of color and Asian faces.
• Chen Lin witnessed a young white officer shoot a young Black man, then encountered Chris, who recognized him as Jack Smith.
• Chris dragged Chen Lin to meet his uncle Mike, and his mention of Huaxia prompted Mike and another officer to demand Chen Lin's passport and take him in for questioning.
• Chen Lin killed Chris, threw his body at Mike and the other officer, then broke their wrists and kneecaps in under three seconds.
• Pedestrians fled as screams erupted across the street.

Chen Lin fought his way through Washington, massacring police and evading snipers while the U.S. command watched helplessly. Donald Trump ordered a Hellfire strike, and a drone locked onto Chen Lin above the city.

• Chen Lin armed himself with a Vulcan Cannon and a Barrett M82A1 in an alley, then killed the officers surrounding him.
• Donald Trump learned that the rampaging man was Chen Lin and ordered the military to kill him at any cost.
• Chen Lin dodged a volley of sniper fire and picked off the FBI snipers with the Barrett.
• Chen Lin evaded National Guard gunfire and disabled armored vehicles with precise shots.
• Donald Trump ordered McAuff to deploy Rainbow and fire a Hellfire missile at Chen Lin.
• A drone locked its Hellfire missile onto Chen Lin from above Washington.

Chen Lin escaped a Hellfire missile by stepping through a black portal, then ambushed the forces searching the blast site. He wiped out the gathered operatives and ended by flipping off the drone watching overhead.

• Chen Lin sensed an incoming Hellfire missile and vanished through a black portal just before it struck.
• Donald Trump ordered the blast site cleared and the incident covered up as a terrorist attack.
• Searchers found no trace of Chen Lin, and a CIA technician suspected the missile had missed him.
• Chen Lin appeared at the crater carrying a Vulcan Cannon and grenades, then attacked the assembled police and operatives.
• Chen Lin stood unharmed among the ruins and raised his middle finger at the overhead drone.

Chen Lin overwhelmed American forces in Washington, prompting Donald Trump to order a retreat and seek contact with Huaxia. After Huaxia denied responsibility, Chen Lin transformed into a small green snake and infiltrated the White Palace, heading toward the underground war room.

• Donald Trump ordered American troops to withdraw and demanded a secure line to Huaxia after McAuff and Cliff warned that Chen Lin could not be stopped.
• Chen Lin sensed the forces retreating and walked toward the White Palace through the devastated, deserted streets of Washington.
• A Huaxian diplomat rejected the American secretary of state's accusations by pointing out that Chen Lin appeared to be a blond, blue-eyed American.
• Chen Lin reached the White Palace, transformed into a green snake with the Shape-Shifting Vajra Bracelet, and slipped past the troops and through a ventilation opening.
• Chen Lin slithered through the ducts toward the crowded underground area where the officials were gathered.

Chen Lin infiltrated the White Palace’s underground command center by transforming from a snake into a man, then confronted President Donald Trump. Trump bowed and offered any compensation Chen Lin demanded, leaving the president and his officials terrified by Chen Lin’s powers.

• A snake slipped through a ventilation opening into the command center, and General McAuff drew a sword to kill it.
• The snake rose into the air and transformed amid green light into Chen Lin, leaving Donald Trump, McAuff, and the others frozen in shock.
• Chen Lin addressed Donald Trump and asked to have a proper talk.
• CIA Director Cliff recognized Chen Lin’s transformation as a supernatural shapeshifting ability, while McAuff realized conventional military power was useless against him.
• Donald Trump bowed deeply to Chen Lin, apologized, and offered America’s wealth, technology, and power as compensation.