Chapter Summaries

Xu Ye and the Crimson trainees were sent to rescue regular soldiers, only to discover the Shenchuan Family had ambushed them with mutated wolves and fighter jets. The trainees reached the besieged survivors, where Xu Ye killed a giant wolf with one strike and told a veteran soldier to rest.

• The Crimson trainees left camp after regular soldiers reported an attack by mutated wolves.
• The soldiers’ distress calls revealed that the Shenchuan Family had joined the assault and was using the wolves and airstrikes to attack them.
• Lin Tao explained that the Shenchuan Family was trying to seize territory from Sky City and that the soldiers were bait to draw Crimson into battle.
• Xu Ye and the trainees arrived at a mountain gorge where survivors were holding off thousands of wolves under fighter-jet fire.
• A veteran soldier mistook the trainees for recruits and urged them to flee, but Xu Ye cut a giant wolf in half and told him the reinforcements had arrived.

Xu Ye used Heart Simulation to foresee a missile attack and warned the Crimson team, who fled for cover as it struck the valley. At Sky City's Base No. 1, the soldier who launched the missile for the Shenchuan Family called his family, then killed himself as armed personnel approached.

• Xu Ye killed a giant wolf while Shen Xinghai and the others fought off the Shenchuan Family's fighter jets and the wolf pack.
• Zhou Ye protected Zhu Dalong as Li Yunyao, Chu You'an, and Dusha helped fight the wolves and evacuate the wounded.
• Xu Ye's Heart Simulation revealed that a missile was about to strike, and he shouted a warning to the others.
• Shen Xinghai, Zhu Dalong, Chen Qiansui, Chu You'an, Xu Ye, and the others fled or took cover as the missile hit the valley.
• A middle-aged soldier at Base No. 1 admitted launching the missile for the Shenchuan Family, called his family, and shot himself as armed personnel approached.

Yang Chang questioned Senior Red Dragon’s interest in the missile attack and suspected someone important was involved, while a Shenchuan Family operative prepared to target Xu Ye. After surviving the explosion, Xu Ye shielded Mo Bei and Li Yunyao from a sudden blade attack with the Big Black Umbrella.

• Yang Chang discussed Sky City's failing lower-class districts with Senior Red Dragon and wondered why the nobles and Senior Red Dragon cared about the operation.
• Yang Chang learned that no one in his group had been injured by Base No. 1's missile and suspected the nobles were protecting someone at the scene.
• A woman in the Disaster Refugee District spoke with a client about the failed attack, demanded extra payment, and destroyed homeless men who approached her.
• Xu Ye, Mo Bei, and Li Yunyao recovered from the explosion in the valley as Alice warned them of an attack.
• Xu Ye opened the Big Black Umbrella to shield Mo Bei and Li Yunyao from several incoming blades.

Xu Ye used his heart’s simulations and Alice’s scouting to find and kill an underground Shenchuan Family assassin while trying to protect the wounded Li Yunyao. More Shenchuan Family attackers then struck from range and closed in, leaving Xu Ye, Li Yunyao, and Mo Bei surrounded.

• Xu Ye’s heart showed him futures in which Li Yunyao was severely injured and captured, so he asked Alice to search underground.
• Alice found a Shenchuan Family assassin beneath Xu Ye, and Xu Ye killed him with a blade attached to his tentacle.
• Xu Ye closed his umbrella to draw out the distant attackers, and one sent a poisoned blade toward Li Yunyao, who deflected it with her Sword Domain.
• Xu Ye fired three shots at the attacker’s position, but growing branches blocked the bullets and an eye appeared in a tree trunk.
• Xu Ye realized that three more Shenchuan Family assassins were attacking, including a tall shadow approaching from behind.

Xu Ye drew the Gray Giant away from Li Yunyao and Mo Bei while fighting to survive, leaving the others to face the Human-Faced Tree. Li Yunyao discovered that Mo Bei was a spy for the Shenchuan Family and attacked him.

• The Gray Giant attacked Xu Ye, while Li Yunyao's sword failed to pierce his rock-hard skin and Mo Bei tackled her out of danger.
• Xu Ye dodged the Gray Giant, the Human-Faced Tree, and flying blades, then told Mo Bei to take the injured Li Yunyao back to the valley.
• Xu Ye fled into the night to draw the Gray Giant after him, and Shenchuan Qian followed.
• A Shenchuan Family assassin emerged from the Human-Faced Tree and told Mo Bei that his help had advanced their plan to kill Xu Ye.
• Li Yunyao realized Mo Bei was a Shenchuan Family spy and thrust her sword at him.

Mo Bei revealed that he had been working against the Shenchuan Family and killed Shenchuan Mu, while Li Yunyao learned that Xu Ye had known the truth. Back in the valley, Shen Xinghai exposed Simon as a spy, and Simon took Dusha hostage and begged to be allowed to escape.

• Mo Bei broke Li Yunyao’s sword, then told Shenchuan Mu she could be kept as leverage against Xu Ye.
• Mo Bei used Sequence Talent 9-009 [Five-Sense Distortion] to disorient Shenchuan Mu and stab him to death.
• Li Yunyao asked Mo Bei why he had acted, and he confirmed that Xu Ye had known all along.
• Shen Xinghai received a message identifying Simon as a spy and warned the group, but Simon grabbed Dusha and held a blade to her neck.
• Simon explained that he had betrayed Sky City to protect his family’s noble status and asked Anderson and Owen to let him escape.

Zhao Haili used Mind Transfer to stop Simon, who died by poison before he could be captured. Mo Bei confessed to being a spy and revealed the Shenchuan Family’s plot against Xu Ye and Crimson, but Shen Xinghai exposed a contradiction in his story, and Mo Bei admitted he actually worked for the Eternal Church.

• Zhao Haili transferred her mind into Dusha and struck Simon, but Simon swallowed poison and died before she could stop him.
• Mo Bei returned with the injured Li Yunyao and confessed that he was the Shenchuan Family’s other spy.
• Mo Bei said a Silver Noble from Sky City had hired the Shenchuan Family to kill Xu Ye, and that the family also planned to destroy Crimson.
• Mo Bei explained that the Shenchuan Family had killed his relatives to control his inheritance of the Divine Sequence, but that someone had helped him escape their control.
• Mo Bei told his classmates he had grown attached to dorm life and had not wanted to harm them, but still felt compelled to reveal himself.
• Shen Xinghai questioned Mo Bei’s account, pointing out that the Shenchuan Family would have cursed him and would not have taught him to read; Mo Bei then admitted he worked for the Eternal Church.

Mo Bei revealed his allegiance to the Eternal Church and escaped, while Xu Ye and Alice realized the church had manipulated events around them. At Lakeheart Court, Senior Red Dragon warned Yang Chang that his actions and thoughts might be part of a clumsy script.

• Lu Mingwang confronted Mo Bei over joining the Eternal Church, but Mo Bei escaped in black mist and declared that the church claimed responsibility.
• Xu Ye told Alice how he had deduced Mo Bei's hidden abilities and suspected that Mo Bei had tried to warn him.
• Alice questioned why Xu Ye had focused on the Cliff Forbidden Zone, and they realized the Eternal Church might have manipulated their choices and recent events.
• Yang Chang waited outside Lakeheart Court as a woman's voice asked whether he was truly acting of his own free will.
• Senior Red Dragon warned Yang Chang to stay out of Sky City's affairs and remarked that someone had written a clumsy script that had fooled several people.

At Heroic Spirit Mountain, Meng Chengfei and the Dawn Squad executed Zhou Kun, an Eternal Church member who had helped cause the tragedy that killed their loved ones ten years earlier. In the wilderness, Xu Ye discovered that his heart could speak and was stealing energy from his Psionic Block, while his pursuers planned to capture him alive for the Shenchuan Family.

• Meng Chengfei commemorated the fallen members of the Dawn Blade Ninth Squad and executed Zhou Kun for spreading rumors that had caused chaos in Night Spirit City.
• Old Zheng said Li Kang was hiding in the Cliff Forbidden Zone and warned that the Eternal Church might target Night Spirit City again.
• Xu Ye rested at an abandoned Gas Station and reasoned that he needed to lure his two Sequence 8 pursuers into the Forbidden Zone.
• Xu Ye absorbed a Psionic Block and discovered that his heart had seized nearly half its energy before speaking to him and demanding more.
• Shenchuan Qian and Jiang Qiang watched Xu Ye from a distance and discussed capturing him alive for Lord Linyue and the Shenchuan Family.

Xu Ye learned that his sentient heart was the Bandit Lord and that his sequence was the unique Blasphemer Sequence. When the heart warned him that two enemies were approaching, Xu Ye fled and headed toward a nearby Scavenger team.

• Xu Ye and Alice questioned the heart, which claimed to be a supreme being and offered to predict the future in exchange for energy.
• The heart bargained with Xu Ye, listing its abilities and identifying his Sequence 9-666 as [Mayfly] and Sequence 8-666 as [Shadow Play].
• The heart revealed that Xu Ye had awakened the one-of-a-kind Blasphemer Sequence, while Alice lamented that her [Soul-Seizing] ability was becoming less effective against him.
• The heart warned Xu Ye that two people with several Sequence Talents were closing in and suggested ambushing and robbing them.
• Xu Ye avoided a direct fight and ran toward a nearby Scavenger team after the heart told him they were ordinary people with a few hunting rifles.

Chen Qiansui and the others used a taboo tombstone to send their blessings to Xu Ye, while Xu Ye traveled with a family of wilderness scavengers who debated hunting wolves, exploring Ghost City, or robbing him. The chapter left Xu Ye at their camp as the Bandit Lord urged him to steal their truck, weapons, and the bold girl.

• Chu You'an showed the others the Grade D Deceased's Tombstone, which she had inscribed with Xu Ye's name, and explained how it could carry their blessings to him.
• Lu Mingwang and the others gathered to pray for Xu Ye, who was away in the wilderness.
• Ye Meng discussed hunting mutant giant wolves with his family and considered exploring Ghost City if their search failed.
• Ye Shan suggested robbing Xu Ye, while his sister said she wanted to make the boy her husband.
• Xu Ye recognized the scavengers' interest in him, and the Bandit Lord encouraged him to steal their truck and weapons and take the girl.

Xu Ye learned about the dangers of the wilderness from Ye Meng and heard how Xiao Yu's family repeatedly sold her body parts to support her brother. The group was traveling west toward a large camp, while Xiao Yu remained with the family that had exploited her.

• Ye Meng warned Xu Ye to avoid high-radiation zones, flee from strange events, and trust no one in the wilderness.
• Ye Meng demonstrated the mechanical exoskeleton on his arm and explained its combat advantages and high cost.
• Xu Ye noticed Xiao Yu's crude mechanical limbs as her mother scolded her for eating meat and ordered her to wash her brother's clothes.
• Ye Meng told Xu Ye how Xiao Yu's family had made her sell organs, eyes, ears, arms, and a leg to fund their brother's needs and debts.
• Ye Meng said he had taken Xiao Yu's family along for a small fee as they traveled toward a western camp, and declared he would never let anyone hurt his little sister.

Xu Ye traveled with Ye Meng’s convoy while learning about the Sanctuary and using the danger around him to pursue a breakthrough. At night, Xiao Yu was shot by approaching nobles from Sky City and died before she could warn the camp.

• Ye Meng questioned Xu Ye and warned Ye Weiyang that he might be a dangerous outsider, while Ye Shan disparaged him.
• The Bandit Lord told Xu Ye that the Sanctuary was a major Wastelander power connected to Doctor Chen and said Ye Weiyang was destined to awaken a high-tier sequence.
• Xu Ye sensed that someone was still watching him and continued cultivating, hoping to break through amid the danger.
• At the convoy’s evening camp, Xiao Yu offered to wash Xu Ye’s clothes, then went to the edge of camp to scrub them after her family sent her away.
• A bullet struck Xiao Yu in the chest, and she recognized the attackers’ white-dove emblem as belonging to Sky City’s nobles before dying without warning the camp.

Nobles from Sky City arrived at the rest stop after one of them accidentally killed Xiao Yu, then bullied the wilderness survivors and destroyed their belongings. As Xu Ye prepared to leave, Bandit Lord warned him that corruption was coming from Xiao Yu’s mangled corpse, and Xu Ye pretended not to notice.

• Ye Meng’s group found Xiao Yu dead after a noble’s gunfire struck her, while her mother fretted over bloodstained clothes.
• Lin Ge tossed the woman money and insulted her, while another noble burned Ye Meng’s tent and forced the group to pack up.
• Ye Weiyang covered Xiao Yu with a towel, but Xiao Yu’s mother and brother stripped the corpse for parts.
• Bandit Lord sensed corruption in Xiao Yu’s corpse, and Xu Ye saw her lifeless eyes open before claiming he had seen nothing.

Xu Ye practiced the Bandit Lord’s heart technique and grew closer to Ye Weiyang while they caught fish, then prepared to target the nobles at the service area. Lin Ge revealed that he recognized Xu Ye as Andre’s killer and planned to strike later, but a foul smell interrupted the nobles’ gathering.

• Xu Ye learned that one heart vortex could briefly double his speed and strength, and the Bandit Lord offered another simulation in exchange for his stored energy.
• Ye Weiyang gave Xu Ye a blanket, joined him to catch mutated carp, and Ye Shan warned Xu Ye not to hurt his sister.
• The Bandit Lord urged Xu Ye to take the nobles’ belongings after an Aberrant killed them, and Xu Ye set out toward the service area.
• Lin Ge told the nobles that Xu Ye had killed Andre and said he planned to kill him in one strike when the chance arose.
• Lin Ge noticed a foul smell and wondered whether the corpse near the entrance had begun to rot.

After a bodyguard encountered Xiao Yu’s reanimated corpse, Xu Ye ambushed Lin Ge’s group and killed Zhao Ge, an Awakened whose Sequence Talent let him glimpse the near future. As the others waited outside, Xiao Yu’s face emerged from Lin Ge’s Thunder Serpent.

• A bodyguard found Xiao Yu’s corpse moving and saw silvery liquid pour from her eyes before he screamed.
• Wade saw the bodyguard as a split-headed monster, but Lin Ge and the others dismissed his warning as drunken hallucination.
• Lin Ge spotted Xu Ye hiding nearby and called him out, then Zhao Ge attacked Xu Ye with a prayer bead that exploded.
• Xu Ye lured Zhao Ge into the abandoned service area, used Alice’s possession to overpower him, and killed him with the Black Blade.
• Xu Ye recognized Zhao Ge’s talent as 8-566 [Intuition Warning] and dispersed the energy instead of absorbing it.
• Lin Ge prepared the Thunder Serpent outside, but Xiao Yu’s mercury-covered face appeared on the weapon.

Lin Ge and the others were attacked by the aberrant mechanical girl, while Xu Ye faced Shenchuan Qian and Jiang Qiang inside the service area. As the three prepared to fight, a Tier 3 Aberrant burst through the wall with a gigantic mechanical arm.

• Lin Ge mistook the growing wind and strange sights for nerves before a bodyguard transformed into an Aberrant and attacked him.
• Lin Ge shot the bodyguard, but his gun turned to liquid metal and engulfed him.
• Xu Ye sensed the girl’s aberration outside and asked the Bandit Lord to absorb energy from a dead Awakened.
• Shenchuan Qian and Jiang Qiang ambushed Xu Ye and offered him a place in the Shenchuan Family, but Xu Ye challenged them to prove their sincerity by killing Jiang Qiang.
• A powerful Tier 3 Aberrant’s energy surged outside, and its enormous mechanical arm smashed through the wall toward Xu Ye, Shenchuan Qian, and Jiang Qiang.

Xu Ye and his companions faced Xiao Yu’s powerful Aberration, escaping its contamination at severe cost before Xu Ye fought Shenchuan Qian. The battle took a shocking turn when Jiang Qiang betrayed Shenchuan Qian and began eating his intestines.

• Xiao Yu’s Aberration attacked Xu Ye, Shenchuan Qian, and Jiang Qiang with silvery metal and visions that nearly contaminated them.
• Xu Ye escaped using the Blasphemer's Diagram, while Shenchuan Qian sacrificed his left leg and Jiang Qiang tore free of the metal by breaking his left hand.
• Shenchuan Qian attacked Xu Ye with poisoned throwing knives, but Xu Ye struck back and broke both of his arms.
• Jiang Qiang arrived, punched Shenchuan Qian in the abdomen, and stabbed him while claiming he would blame Xu Ye for the death.
• Jiang Qiang cut open Shenchuan Qian’s belly and ate his intestines, horrifying Xu Ye, Bandit Lord, and Alice.

Xu Ye faced the transformed Jiang Qiang, who revealed his devotion to the Harvest Mother Goddess and tried to recruit him to prepare for her descent. Xu Ye resisted Jiang Qiang’s control and struck him with the God-Slaying Soulbeam, freeing Xiao Yu before collapsing from exhaustion.

• Jiang Qiang finished eating Shenchuan Qian and regrew his severed arm from golden rice stalks.
• Jiang Qiang revealed that he served the Harvest Mother Goddess and claimed the Shenchuan Family would host her descent into the New World.
• Jiang Qiang used his [Sense of Belonging] talent to make Xu Ye believe they were family, but Xu Ye broke free with Alice’s warning.
• Xu Ye bound Jiang Qiang with tentacles and hit him with the God-Slaying Soulbeam as Jiang Qiang transformed with his [Rock Giant] talent.
• The God-Slaying Soulbeam stopped Xiao Yu’s mechanical transformation, and she ran away screaming and weeping.
• Xu Ye collapsed from the attack, and the Bandit Lord told Alice to use [Soul-Seizing] on the remnants of Jiang Qiang’s soul.

Xu Ye explored Jiang Qiang’s soul fragments, learned of a skin-covered tower connected to the Harvest Mother Goddess, and used a simulation that predicted his death in the Cliff Forbidden Zone. He chose to continue toward the Forbidden Zone and returned to camp, where Ye Shan gave him a grilled fish before realizing Xu Ye had tricked him.

• Xu Ye used Soul-Seizing on Jiang Qiang’s fragments and saw a vision of a gigantic iron tower covered in pieces of human skin, but stopped before the vision could kill him.
• The Bandit Lord absorbed the energy from the corpses, and Xu Ye stored his belongings in a Storage Ring he found on Shenchuan Qian.
• Xu Ye simulated the future and learned that he would encounter the captain, Li Kang, and Lord Linyue in the Cliff Forbidden Zone before dying from unknown interference.
• Xu Ye decided to enter the Forbidden Zone despite the danger and worried that Xiao Yu might still seek revenge on her parents.
• Xu Ye returned to camp and told Ye Meng that the explosion at the Service Area had been caused by the nobles’ gunpowder.
• Ye Shan gave Xu Ye a grilled fish saved by his sister, and Xu Ye tricked Ye Shan into believing suggestive skills would help him attract girls, prompting Ye Shan’s scream when he asked his big brother about them.