Chapter Summaries

After the team returned from the Naruto World, Shuofang Si advised Zheng Zha on choosing an enhancement and offered the others cultivation manuals and equipment for sale. He revealed that he could awaken martial souls, and Li Xiaoyi asked him to awaken his.

• Li Shuai Xi explained that following Konohamaru had led the team to a mission protecting the Scroll of Seals, earning two B-Rank side plots.
• Zheng Zha considered combining internal energy and a mutant vampire enhancement, but Shuofang Si warned him against it and offered to sell him a copy of the Nine Yin Manual.
• Shuofang Si told the team about inexpensive cultivation ingredients and offered spatial equipment he had collected from other story worlds.
• Shuofang Si revealed that he had visited the Douluo Continent and obtained its martial soul system and Storage Soul Tools.
• Li Xiaoyi asked Shuofang Si to awaken his martial soul, and Shuofang Si offered awakenings for five hundred reward points.

Shuofang Si awakened martial souls for Li Xiaoyi, Li Shuai Xi, and Zhan Lan, but their unusual results surprised everyone. Zhan Lan was left discouraged by her pebble martial soul until Li Xiaoyi suggested a Main God's redemption that could turn it into a strength.

• Shuofang Si offered to awaken the others' martial souls and give them small storage artifacts, and Li Xiaoyi agreed to go first.
• Li Xiaoyi awakened a White Mask martial soul with level-seven innate soul power, while Shuofang Si's crystal reading showed level ninety-nine.
• Li Shuai Xi awakened a Military Grenade martial soul with level-ten innate full soul power.
• Zhan Lan awakened an ordinary pebble martial soul and felt disappointed, though her innate soul power was level ten.
• Li Xiaoyi encouraged Zhan Lan and suggested she redeem Zhang Qing's Stone-Throwing Technique for four hundred points.

Zhan Lan awakened a pebble martial soul and learned Zhang Qing's Stone-Throwing Technique, while Shuofang Si offered the team martial soul awakenings, manuals, and help obtaining soul rings. Zheng Zha, Zhao Yingkong, and Zero awakened unusual martial souls, and Zero's second one appeared as a little boy.

• Zhan Lan exchanged for Zhang Qing's Stone-Throwing Technique and demonstrated precise pebble throws, though she lacked the strength to hit distant targets.
• Shuofang Si promised to bring back soul beasts for Zhan Lan and Li Xiaoyi, then offered Zheng Zha and Li Xiaoyi discounted Nine Yin Manuals alongside awakenings.
• Zheng Zha awakened a headless ape martial soul he named the Xingtian Ape and tested at innate full soul power, level ten.
• Zhao Yingkong awakened an unusual mirror martial soul with bright and dark sides.
• Zero awakened twin martial souls: a sniper rifle in his left hand and the phantom of a little boy in his right.

Shuofang Si tested Ming Yanwei and discovered that she had innate full Soul Power and chose to become a Gu Master. She crafted a rank-two Love Separation Gu using the heart of a created Zhang Heng, then took his body to her room and offered to join the others on future missions.

• Shuofang Si tested Ming Yanwei, whose body Martial Soul and innate Soul Power both proved powerful.
• Ming Yanwei exchanged points for the Gu Master System, learned that she had A-grade aptitude, and broke through to rank two.
• Ming Yanwei created Zhang Heng, killed him, and used his heart with an herb and insects to refine the rank-two poison Gu Love Separation.
• Ming Yanwei placed Zhang Heng's corpse in a wheeled crystal coffin, covered herself with a black robe, and said the others could invite her on future point-gathering missions.

Shuofang Si advised the group on using the Main God’s offerings and offered pill-refining services. Zheng Zha chose a Lancelot mecha instead of conventional weapons, and Shuofang Si then turned to Zhao Yingkong.

• Shuofang Si gave Ming Yanwei and the others Storage Soul Tools and suggested they explore enhancements, ingredients, and point farming.
• Zheng Zha described his plan to cultivate the Nine Yin Manual, and Shuofang Si advised him to prioritize science-fiction weapons and offered to refine pills for a fee.
• Zheng Zha exchanged for a Wuji Immortal Pill formula and medicinal ingredients, then summoned a Lancelot mecha with his side plots and reward points.
• Zheng Zha explained that he intended to combine the mecha’s close-combat abilities with martial arts, and Shuofang Si reminded him to pay for the Nine Yin Manual.
• Shuofang Si gave Zheng Zha the manual, told him to copy it with Li Xiaoyi, and turned to Zhao Yingkong.

Shuofang Si advised Zhao Yingkong on her enhancements, and she chose a thread-based Teigu, Bullet Time, and a basic Uchiha bloodline. The team members pursued their own preparations, leaving Shuofang Si ready to make his next redemption.

• Zhao Yingkong told Shuofang Si she planned to redeem the Shining Bloodline and Hellfire Fang, but he recommended Cross Tail, Bullet Time, and a basic Uchiha bloodline instead.
• Li Shuai Xi examined Shuofang Si's ninjutsu manual and Snow Ninja Chakra Armor while Zhao Yingkong reconsidered her enhancement path.
• Zhao Yingkong redeemed Cross Tail, Bullet Time, and the basic Uchiha bloodline from the Main God.
• Shuofang Si offered Li Shuai Xi the manual and Chakra Armor for a D-Rank side story reward and 1,000 points, and encouraged him to study reference materials.
• After Li Shuai Xi learned about the Ōtsutsuki Clan, Zhao Yingkong gave him a blood sample so he could research her bloodline and repair the Chakra Armor.
• Zhao Yingkong returned to her room, the others continued their preparations, and Shuofang Si turned to the Light Sphere to make his own redemption.

Shuofang Si searched the Main God's exchange list for a way to advance his cultivation and found that Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap could let him travel between parallel worlds. He decided its ability might help him plant other-self marks and glimpse the Legendary Realm, then asked the Main God to exchange it.

• Shuofang Si rejected the Silver Qi Combat Method because it would duplicate and complicate his existing cultivation system.
• He passed over Buddha's Three Kashyapas because his plan to obtain captain certification already offered a path to the fourth stage, and he added the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to his shortlist.
• Shuofang Si found Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap and realized its parallel-world travel could help him plant other-self marks across worlds.
• He concluded that the marks might let him glimpse the Legendary Realm after perfecting his Dharmakaya, and chose the Stand over further bloodline exchanges.
• Shuofang Si called on the Main God to exchange Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.

Shuofang Si used his newly redeemed Stand, D4C, to bring a Zheng Zha from a parallel world into the Main God Space. The two Zheng Zhas met, and the handsome counterpart warned Mech Zheng Zha about the Demon Team and told him to protect Lori.

• Shuofang Si redeemed D4C and tested whether Zheng Zha could see the Stand, then slammed a summoned sofa down on him.
• D4C brought a handsome Zheng Zha from a parallel world, and the two versions stared at each other in confusion.
• Shuofang Si explained D4C, and the handsome Zheng Zha learned that Mech Zheng Zha had only cleared his first scenario world.
• The handsome Zheng Zha warned Mech Zheng Zha to protect Lori and earn points before he was copied into the Demon Team.
• Shuofang Si took both Zheng Zhas to his room, where the handsome one mistook Lori for his counterpart’s Lori before Shuofang Si explained their connection.
• The handsome Zheng Zha asked what enhancements Mech Zheng Zha had redeemed, and Mech Zheng Zha pointed to his mech.

Shuofang Si helped Zheng Zha’s alternate self prepare for future dangers, then advanced his own cultivation and strengthened himself in the Douluo Continent. He returned to the China Team with Soul Beasts and Soul Rings for its members.

• Handsome Zheng Zha gave mech Zheng Zha a Nine Yang Manual and urged him to prepare to shoulder responsibility for the China Team before Shuofang Si sent him back.
• Shuofang Si refined Wuji Immortal Pills and used one to open his eighth aperture.
• The China Team members completed their cultivation, and Shuofang Si noticed Zheng Zha had begun practicing internal energy.
• Shuofang Si traveled to the Douluo Continent, collected Soul Rings and Soul Bones from powerful Soul Beasts, and completed his Evil God Martial Soul.
• Shuofang Si returned to the platform and took out Soul Beasts he had caught for the China Team members.

Shuofang Si used D4C to inspect his parallel-world selves and found one trapped in Night City with Maine’s crew. The Cyberpunk Shuofang Si rescued Lucy and Kiwi from Arasaka ninjas, but Adam Smasher blocked the crew’s escape.

• Shuofang Si let Li Xiaoyi, Ming Yanwei, and Zheng Zha choose their Soul Beasts, then returned to his room to study D4C and his parallel selves.
• Shuofang Si saw that his Cyberpunk counterpart was surrounded by Arasaka forces alongside Maine’s crew.
• Cyberpunk Shuofang Si recalled how he had joined Maine’s crew, helped David Martinez, and prepared for a job that went wrong when Arasaka sent ninjas to seize the crew.
• Cyberpunk Shuofang Si used D4C to ambush the ninjas and rescue Lucy and Kiwi, then the crew rescued Falco and tried to escape.
• Adam Smasher dropped in front of the crew and blocked their path.

Adam Smasher attacked Maine's crew, badly injuring Shuofang Si and threatening Rebecca, until the original Shuofang Si arrived and rescued her. As Adam Smasher rose from the ruins, the original Shuofang Si dismissed him as one of Arasaka's dogs.

• Adam Smasher tore the roof off Maine's crew's car, and Shuofang Si struck him with D4C but was wounded by a thermal blade.
• Adam Smasher spared Shuofang Si for Arasaka's interest, then seized Rebecca and threatened to kill her while the injured crew fought back.
• The original Shuofang Si appeared, smashed Adam Smasher into distant ruins, and rescued Rebecca.
• Shuofang Si recognized the original as D4C's true owner, and the two exchanged remarks as Maine's crew watched.
• Adam Smasher rose from the dust, and the original Shuofang Si told the crew not to worry because he was only one of Arasaka's dogs.

Arasaka executives tried to capture Shuofang Si after discovering he had appeared in Night City without cyberware, but a second, identical Shuofang Si intervened and threw Adam Smasher aside. The original Shuofang Si decided to help the cyber Shuofang Si clean up the world, starting with Arasaka Tower.

• An Arasaka executive revealed that Shuofang Si had appeared in Watson District without cyberware and ordered a squad to capture him.
• Arasaka forces attacked Maine's crew, and the executives escalated by sending Adam Smasher after Shuofang Si.
• The executives watched Shuofang Si attack Adam Smasher through an undetectable means and ordered him brought back alive.
• Adam Smasher grabbed Rebecca, but a muscular man with no cyberware appeared and hurled him away.
• The executives recognized the newcomer as Shuofang Si's identical double and ordered their factions to capture both men.
• The original Shuofang Si told the cyber Shuofang Si he would help clean up the world, starting with Arasaka Tower.

Shuofang Si defeated Adam Smasher by smashing his cybernetic body with a reinforced dildo, leaving only Smasher’s head impaled on it. Arasaka cut off its view through Smasher’s eyes and declared Shuofang Si a highest-level threat, ordering its forces deployed.

• Cyber Shuofang Si rescued Rebecca while Lucy treated David and Maine carried Dorio to safety.
• The original Shuofang Si asked his cyber counterpart about the Fujitsu Fake Weapon, then found a dildo nearby and reinforced it with true qi.
• Adam Smasher attacked Shuofang Si with missiles and his Sandevistan, but Shuofang Si moved faster and charged through the barrage.
• Shuofang Si shoved the dildo into Smasher’s mouth, beat apart his cybernetic body, and left his head impaled on it.
• Arasaka executives watched the humiliating attack through Smasher’s eyes, cut off the feed, and ordered a highest-level threat response.