Chapter Summaries

Wang Yu used his divine sense to win a large sum at the Yellow Dragon Casino, then killed one of two men who tried to rob him and forced the survivor to lead him to someone who could provide genuine identity documents. The surviving man recognized Wang Yu as a Superpowered Individual and led him away while Wang Yu burned the dead robber’s body to ashes.

• Wang Yu searched for information about the Yellow Dragon Casino, hoping its owner might help him contact important departments back home, but learned little about the businessman surnamed Wei.
• Wang Yu used his divine sense to see through the casino’s card box and doubled his money repeatedly until he left with a bag full of cash.
• Two armed men followed Wang Yu into a secluded alley and tried to rob him; he incapacitated the brown-haired man and killed the bald man with a dagger.
• Wang Yu demanded to know where he could obtain genuine identity documents, and the surviving robber said he could lead him there.
• Wang Yu retrieved the dagger with a gesture, revealing his supernatural ability, then burned the bald man’s corpse to ash as the brown-haired man led him away.

Wang Yu followed a scar-faced man to a hidden bar in Xitie to obtain genuine identity documents. After a fierce young guard let them inside, an explosion sounded deeper in the passage, and the guard rushed toward it.

• Mr. Wei learned that Bald Nick and Scarface Xin had followed a casino guest who won more than three hundred thousand pounds, and ordered them dismissed when they returned.
• Wang Yu threatened the scar-faced man into leading him through rundown neighborhoods to someone who could arrange genuine documents.
• The scar-faced man brought Wang Yu to a bar and introduced him at a guarded iron door as a customer seeking a full set of documents.
• A fierce young Asian man let Wang Yu and the scar-faced man into a small waiting room while the boss met another guest.
• A deafening boom came from farther inside, and the fierce young man dropped to all fours and shot down the passage.

Wang Yu discovered a burly young man using the Wolf-Running Form while investigating a safe blown open in a foreign country. He helped the young man capture an invisible assassin, then examined the strange safe as the assassin paid for his release and questioned Wang Yu about his abilities.

• Wang Yu recognized the burly young man's movement as the Wolf-Running Form and followed the sounds of fighting deeper into the building.
• The burly young man warned Wang Yu and the brown-haired man that an invisible attacker had killed the boss and was trying to open the safe.
• Wang Yu detected the invisible man with his divine sense and kicked him into view, allowing the burly young man to pin him down.
• The potbellied man claimed the boss had stolen something valuable and offered the burly young man a million pounds to spare his life.
• The burly young man confirmed the payment and released the potbellied man while Wang Yu examined the safe, whose contents resisted his divine sense.
• The potbellied man asked Wang Yu how he had seen through the invisibility and whether he was an Ability User.

Wang Yu broke into the safe, took a mysterious bone box and a set of identification documents, and let the other men divide the cash. After burning the remaining documents, he asked his accomplices what they planned to do next.

• Wang Yu burned through the safe with the Firefly Spell and discovered cash, gold bars, identification documents, and a pale bone box inside.
• Wang Yu took the bone box after sensing strange energy within it, while the potbellied man warned that forcing it open would kill whoever tried.
• Wang Yu offered the burly young man the cash in exchange for answering a private question, and the men divided the money.
• The burly young man confirmed that Wang Yu's chosen identification documents were likely genuine, and Wang Yu burned the remaining documents.
• Wang Yu put the gold bars in his bag, announced that he was leaving, and asked the three men what they planned to do as his accomplices.

Wang Yu dealt with the men at the bar after the boss died and arranged to leave Xitie City that night. At a restaurant with the burly young man, he was finally ready to ask him questions, leaving their conversation about to begin.

• Wang Yu let the brown-haired man leave with the stolen money but warned the potbellied man not to approach him until he decided whether to trade for the box.
• The potbellied man introduced himself as White Wolf and vanished after giving Wang Yu a way to contact him.
• The brown-haired man, Cindy, asked to work for Wang Yu, and Wang Yu told him to find a reliable car and pick him up outside the Yellow Dragon Casino that night.
• Wang Yu secretly placed a tracking object in Cindy's bundle, burned the dead boss's body to ashes, and stored the silver safe in his talisman.
• The burly young man returned after deleting the bar's surveillance footage and clearing out the staff, then Wang Yu took him to eat at a restaurant across from the Yellow Dragon Casino.
• After finishing his meal, the burly young man told Wang Yu to ask his questions quickly because they still had to leave Xitie City that night.

Wang Yu proved to Li Xiaodao that he knew the Four Beast Diagram by changing his appearance and forming a Wolf-Running Essence Diagram from black mist. Li Xiaodao accepted him and explained how he had learned the diagram in Huaguo’s special forces, though the reason he left the country remained unstated.

• Wang Yu questioned Li Xiaodao about his Wolf-Running Movement Technique and knowledge of the Four Beast Diagram, making Li Xiaodao wary.
• Wang Yu altered his face to resemble Li Xiaodao, then offered to reproduce an Essence Diagram to prove his knowledge.
• Wang Yu formed a black Wolf-Running Essence Diagram from black mist, and Li Xiaodao studied it until he entered a state of sudden enlightenment.
• Wang Yu dismissed the diagram, and Li Xiaodao praised its greater essence and began addressing Wang Yu respectfully as Mr. Sai.
• Li Xiaodao revealed that he had served in Huaguo’s special forces, learned the Wolf-Running Diagram after it was passed down by his superiors, and failed to master the Tiger Pounce Diagram.

Wang Yu asked Li Xiaodao to contact General Xu and Dr. Chen at the secret base, then arranged to leave Xitie City that night. While Li Xiaodao went to send a message, Wang Yu used a skeleton to rescue Cindy from Mad Dog’s ambush, and Li Xiaodao arrived at the Star River building.

• Wang Yu learned why Li Xiaodao had left the military and asked him to contact General Xu or Dr. Chen at the first base linked to the Four Beast Diagram.
• Li Xiaodao agreed to send a message through a special channel and protect Wang Yu until they received a reply; Wang Yu planned to leave Xitie City that night with Cindy.
• Wang Yu secretly attached a small object to Li Xiaodao’s clothes as he left.
• Mad Dog and two men ambushed Cindy at a secluded parking lot, but Wang Yu summoned an armored skeleton that killed them.
• Li Xiaodao rode to the Star River building and entered.

Wang Yu realized Li Xiaodao was using Star River to communicate safely, then examined the dangerous Bone Box and chose to seek an isolated place to open it with the Water Refining Art. After half a month traveling through Xierde, Wang Yu and his companions reached Pengjie City.

• Wang Yu used a White Bone Fiend to watch Li Xiaodao enter a Star River Café and understood that Star River was their secure channel for exchanging information.
• Wang Yu examined the Bone Box, sensed its powerful and unstable energy, and found that his divine sense could not penetrate it.
• Wang Yu decided to use the Water Refining Art to gradually wear down the Bone Box and stored it in the Mysterious Talisman until he could find an uninhabited place.
• Wang Yu traveled with Cindy and Li Xiaodao through Xierde for half a month, and their convoy finally arrived near Pengjie City.

Wang Yu and his companions reached Pengjie City, where he began training his weakened body and arranged to contact his former base through the Star River game. The chapter ends with Wang Yu and Li Xiaodao at a Star River Café, preparing to meet the person in charge while learning that the café offers free Game Pod time based on Mech Pilot rank.

• Cindy described Pengjie City’s gang violence and opportunities as he drove Wang Yu and Li Xiaodao toward the city.
• Several days after arriving, Wang Yu practiced the Wolf-Running Form from the Four Beast Diagram and noticed only slight physical improvement.
• Li Xiaodao reported that the base’s person in charge wanted to speak with Wang Yu personally to confirm his identity.
• Wang Yu agreed to meet the contact through a Star River Café’s Virtual Room that evening.
• Li Xiaodao explained that Star River Café offered free Game Pod time according to each player’s Mech Pilot rank.

Wang Yu learned about Star River’s popular Mech Pilot rankings and watched the Elite Mech Pilot Red Bee defeat Iron Spider. The chapter left Wang Yu heading upstairs with Li Xiaodao for their reserved session, newly curious about the game’s skilled pilots.

• Wang Yu wondered whether completing level-three Star Thought Power made him a three-star Mech Pilot.
• Li Xiaodao explained the Mech Pilot rankings and led Wang Yu into the Star River cafe to watch a ranked match.
• Wang Yu watched Red Bee’s four-armed red Mecha pursue and destroy Iron Spider’s heavily armed, spider-like Mecha.
• The match results ranked Red Bee 983rd globally and Iron Spider 980th, prompting the crowd to cheer.
• Li Xiaodao reminded Wang Yu about their reserved session, and Wang Yu followed him to the cafe’s second floor.

Wang Yu entered Star River to meet Dr. Chen, who told him that Ding Yu had died during Helena’s attack on the base and that Ding Yu’s remains were still there. The chapter ended with Dr. Chen questioning who Wang Yu really was and asking about his unusually effective Four-Beast Spirit Portraits.

• Wang Yu entered Star River through a Game Pod and searched for temporary virtual room 745781.
• Wang Yu found Dr. Chen in a virtual recreation of White Swan Lake and sat with him.
• Dr. Chen said Wang Yu might be Ding Yu, or that Ding Yu’s consciousness might inhabit his body.
• Dr. Chen revealed that Ding Yu had died when Helena’s electromagnetic field went out of control and that his body had been burned to charcoal.
• Dr. Chen questioned Wang Yu’s identity and asked about his Four-Beast Spirit Portraits.

Wang Yu demonstrated several spells to Dr. Chen, who became largely convinced that Wang Yu was Ding Yu but still wanted stronger proof. Wang Yu offered to draw a Four Beasts Essence Diagram imbued with dharma power as evidence.

• Wang Yu learned that the base had adapted the Four Beast Diagram into training methods and was preparing to introduce them more widely.
• Dr. Chen said he hoped Wang Yu was Ding Yu but needed concrete evidence because classified information could be leaked.
• Dr. Chen demonstrated that he had cultivated star thought power, and Wang Yu responded by casting a Fireball Technique.
• Wang Yu used Levitation Technique, Raging Wind, and a rain-summoning spell over the lake, convincing Dr. Chen that he was using spells rather than supernatural powers.
• Wang Yu offered to draw a Four Beasts Essence Diagram imbued with dharma power as stronger proof of his identity.

Wang Yu proved his identity to Dr. Chen with a modified Four Beast Diagram and learned that no one else had returned from Saitan’s Cultivation World. After hearing Wang Yu’s account, Dr. Chen concluded that his current body was a clone and suspected someone in base security had supplied cells from his original body.

• Wang Yu drew the Four Beast Diagram, and Dr. Chen recognized him as Ding Yu after analyzing its distinctive differences.
• Dr. Chen told Wang Yu that no other consciousness had returned and apologized for the base’s failure to protect him from the British Commonwealth’s Countess.
• Wang Yu confirmed that he had returned to Saitan’s Cultivation World and become a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, then described waking in a tank and traveling to Pengjie City.
• Dr. Chen concluded that Wang Yu’s current body was a clone and suspected a mid-level member of the base security unit had obtained cells from his original body.
• Wang Yu asked whether human cloning had advanced enough to create a body indistinguishable from his original one.

Dr. Chen told Wang Yu that Blue Star’s powers were racing to develop real Mecha with guidance from a secret organization because of a future disaster. He revealed that “Star River” was a gift from the future, then ended their meeting before answering whether he belonged to that organization.

• Dr. Chen explained that the British Commonwealth had perfected physical cloning but its copied consciousnesses suffered from missing memories, mental disorders, and short lifespans.
• Wang Yu wondered whether Helena’s clone was the blonde woman he had sensed while escaping the castle.
• Dr. Chen said Blue Star’s powers shared research at mandatory conferences to gain approval and advanced technology from a secret place.
• Dr. Chen revealed that countries were developing real Mecha to help save Blue Star from a future disaster, but refused to disclose further details without authorization.
• Dr. Chen told Wang Yu that “Star River” was a gift from the future and invited him to return the next day.
• Wang Yu asked whether Dr. Chen came from the secret place, but the chapter ended before Dr. Chen answered.

After meeting Dr. Chen in Star River, Wang Yu logged out and considered how his consciousness had entered a British Commonwealth clone and what Dr. Chen’s revelations implied about Blue Star’s future. He left the Star River Café with Li Xiaodao, planning to return to the game and speak with Dr. Chen again the next day.

• Wang Yu logged out of Star River as his free session ended, and Li Xiaodao introduced him to Ouyang Jia, who took the Game Pod he had just vacated.
• Li Xiaodao said he had driven off two thugs who were pestering Ouyang Jia, then arranged a Game Pod reservation for Wang Yu’s return the next day.
• Wang Yu reasoned that his original body had been destroyed and that his consciousness had entered a healthy clone, speculating about whether he had merged with a copied consciousness.
• Wang Yu connected Dr. Chen’s revelations, the military service countdown, cloning, and Mecha research to a possible future Nebula Beast attack on Blue Star.
• Wang Yu wondered whether Dr. Chen’s mysterious group came from the future and what the Kree Empire was, then decided he needed more information from Dr. Chen.
• Li Xiaodao returned, called to Wang Yu, and the two left the Star River Café together.

Dr. Chen told General Xu that No. 1 had returned from Saitan with dharma power, making him crucial to research and Huaguo’s future. General Xu agreed to deploy the War God Group to protect him as the chapter ended with Dr. Chen describing Huaguo’s devastating losses in the future Blue Star Alliance.

• General Xu and Dr. Chen watched soldiers test lighter, stronger exoskeleton suits made from talisman inscription alloy.
• Dr. Chen confirmed that No. 1 had brought back the talisman manuals that enabled the alloy’s development, and General Xu explained its importance for mecha research.
• Dr. Chen urged General Xu to send the War God Group to protect No. 1, revealing that No. 1 had become a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and returned with dharma power.
• General Xu doubted No. 1’s identity, but Dr. Chen cited his spirit portrait, spell knowledge, and ability to summon wind and rain in Star River as proof.
• Dr. Chen argued that No. 1’s dharma power and possible future trips to Saitan could advance research and help Huaguo prepare for the Blue Star Catastrophe.
• General Xu approved deploying the War God Group, and Dr. Chen described how Western dominance and the catastrophe had left Huaguo devastated in the future.

Dr. Chen explained to General Xu why clones could not replace trained Star-Rank Mecha Pilots, while the British Commonwealth investigated the captured White Bone Skeleton and searched for the escaped No. 1. Wang Yu then entered the lakeside area and found Dr. Chen waiting for him.

• Dr. Chen told General Xu that clones had fixed mental power and that real Star-Rank Mecha Pilots were rare and difficult to train.
• General Xu and Dr. Chen watched two soldiers fight with electrically charged blades using the third-generation Berserk Potion.
• Researchers examined the restrained White Bone Skeleton as the blonde woman and Iron Man discussed No. 1's escape and ordered a wider search in Xierde.
• The blonde woman explained that the original material for perfectly cloning No. 1 had been used up and that another perfect copy could not be made.
• Wang Yu spoke a string of numbers, entered through the opened door, and found Dr. Chen waiting beside the lake.

Wang Yu agreed to Dr. Chen’s personal deal to help him during his dangerous future military service in exchange for Dr. Chen’s assistance. Dr. Chen explained that he and others had traveled from the future through an unstable Time Wormhole, and Wang Yu used his final question to ask about the AI, Taiyuan.

• Dr. Chen offered Wang Yu a personal deal: Wang Yu would help him during future military service, and Dr. Chen would try to help him survive.
• Wang Yu accepted after learning the service was extremely dangerous, with only about a one-in-four-or-five chance of emerging unscathed.
• Wang Yu asked whether Dr. Chen came from the future, and Dr. Chen said he had traveled with others through a Time Wormhole by transferring their consciousnesses.
• Dr. Chen said the journey was unstable and half of the travelers died, while the bodies they now inhabited had been willingly relinquished by people from Wang Yu’s era.
• Wang Yu used his final question to ask Dr. Chen how much he knew about the AI, Taiyuan.

Dr. Chen explained that Taiyuan was built around Photon Chips brought from the future Blue Star, and Wang Yu learned how the future’s Optical Brain systems worked. Dr. Chen then asked Wang Yu about the Saitan cultivation world, which he believed might help Blue Star survive its catastrophe.

• Wang Yu asked Dr. Chen about the origins and capabilities of the Taiyuan Superbrain and its Photon Chip.
• Dr. Chen explained that Photon Chips were personal assistants bound to people’s consciousnesses and that Taiyuan used chips left behind by people who died during the crossing.
• Dr. Chen described Optical Brains’ deduction abilities and assured Wang Yu that they could not develop true self-awareness.
• Wang Yu wondered why the Taiyuan Subsystem had bound itself to his consciousness and whether others who crossed had experienced the same thing.
• Dr. Chen asked Wang Yu about the Saitan cultivation world and said he believed its powers might help Blue Star survive the catastrophe.

Wang Yu and Li Xiaodao stayed in Xierde while they waited for a covert support team, and Wang Yu arranged a secluded villa in Pengjie City as their base. Several days later, Cindy reported that he had joined the Blood Hand gang and was working to bring it under Wang Yu’s control.

• Dr. Chen questioned Wang Yu about his Foundation Establishment abilities and explained that the major powers had once destroyed the Saitan passage with nuclear weapons.
• Wang Yu told Li Xiaodao that they would remain in Xierde until a support team arrived, and Li Xiaodao agreed to serve as his bodyguard.
• Wang Yu asked Li Xiaodao to use his restored military connections to help them obtain local identities in Pengjie City.
• Wang Yu and Cindy visited a secluded, dilapidated villa, and Wang Yu ordered Cindy to buy it in his name.
• Cindy told Wang Yu that he had joined the Blood Hand gang and intended to bring it under Wang Yu’s control.