Recaps

Ultron failed to stop the Throne of the King with his weapons and redirected his computational power toward another tactic. Elsewhere, Chen Lie turned his saber on Chu Yan, Chiba reacted to a realization, and He Jingxuan welcomed Constable Zhao with tea.

• Ultron halted all his weapons and robots to devote his computational power to changing tactics after his bombardment failed to stop the Throne of the King.
• Chen Lie turned away from an incoming streak of sword light and swung his saber at Chu Yan as Chu Yan charged toward Yan Tong.
• Wei Jie told Mengmeng to return to the residence with Mu Zhi and leave Feifei's matter to him.
• Xiang Yu realized that Yunxi might die for love if he perished in the Prison of the Love Tribulation.
• Chiba suddenly sat up on the couch after considering a possibility, startling Shao Hua.
• He Jingxuan invited Constable Zhao to sit and personally poured him a cup of the Wu Family's flower tea.

Latveria's militia and regular troops had different capabilities and duties, while Kumu treated Yue Nishang as a substitute for the woman he loved. Separate confrontations unfolded as Shui Wuhen blocked the Dark Dragon's army and self-destructing Gundams protected A-Long's advance.

• Latveria assigned its militia to maintaining order in Europe and equipped its more capable regular troops to operate modern weapons.
• Kumu took Yue Nishang as his disciple because she resembled the Butterfly Demon, the woman he loved.
• Chen Yuan identified Saintess Biyue as the Biyue Yin Liu had mentioned after hearing Xu Feng's introduction.
• Chen Yuan found that two of his eight traps had caught wild rabbits, providing several days of food.
• Shui Wuhen used Water Wall, Heavenly Water Curtain to block the Dark Dragon's million-strong army from interfering in a duel.
• A-Long and his army continued advancing while their Gundams self-destructed to protect their passage.

Latveria retained interdimensional communications despite battlefield interference, while a general nearly died when a stockade wall was destroyed. Dongfang Xiao later gained additional combat strength and questioned whether Lei Jing could keep pace with a flying magical beast.

• High-energy and charged particles disrupted electromagnetic communications, but Latveria could still coordinate combat through interdimensional signals.
• A general nearly died when the stockade wall before him was blasted apart.
• He Miao reported that the glassworks was ready to begin production.
• Zhao Youting opposed Jiang Qingrong's decision because it threatened his years of effort in the Rising Dragon Hall.
• Dongfang Xiao gained another thirty percent in combat strength under the Shadow of the Ghost God.
• Dongfang Xiao questioned whether Lei Jing had mastered the Thunder Wings sufficiently to match a flying magical beast's speed.

The Africa Union had united almost all of Africa under a cooperative parliament established by T'Chaka, but its members remained divided. Separate confrontations followed, ending when Xie Kun's subordinate called for an attack after Yang Long and the others scattered.

• T'Chaka established the Africa Union to stop Africans from slaughtering one another, but removing national barriers did not bring true unity.
• A maintained his Lightning Release Chakra Mode and asked the people from Konohagakure about Yotsuki and Bee.
• Bai Yunshan signaled two thugs to advance toward Han Shui'er.
• Liuhuo spread his arms and howled toward the sky as deep-blue radiance enveloped the surrounding land.
• Chen Fei threatened to send anyone seeking trouble to hell as Ouyang Huowu and Ouyang Bingning approached.
• Xie Kun's subordinate shouted for an attack after seeing Yang Long and the others scatter.

Satnam promised to inform the Potato Mercenaries' captains about Fide's situation, while Zhang Wu mobilized after a surprise attack breached the city gate. Elsewhere, Ye'er summoned ten hooded figures, Zhang Yi Wind was pulled back from a spatial vortex, and Ye Xin judged the Land of Clouds and Sea temporarily safe.

• Satnam left after promising Fide that he would inform all the Potato Mercenaries' captains of his situation.
• Zhang Wu gathered his guards and troops after the city gate fell and reached the fighting as Liu Xie entered the city.
• Ayana shot a hare beside Fide before he could react.
• Ye'er put on the five-colored mask, and ten hooded figures emerged from blue light and knelt before her.
• A red light pulled Zhang Yi Wind back as he was about to vanish into a spatial vortex.
• Ye Xin noticed that the cultivators and the Dao-Proving Flying Boat had disappeared and judged the Land of Clouds and Sea temporarily safe.

Kaisa celebrated his championship and thanked his benefactors, while Ji Ya traveled before dawn and a beam pierced the God of Light's body. Other scenes followed an approaching swarm of alien insects, ten years since Cai Xu's awakening, and Lu Zhongji's forces preparing for combat.

• Kaisa toasted Zhao Jingyi and Eric Tsang after winning the championship.
• Ji Ya traveled through the darkness before dawn as You Xiao returned to the Freedom Society.
• A beam shattered the God of Light's armor and pierced his body.
• Black alien insects flew toward the watching group and blotted out the sky.
• Ten years passed since Cai Xu had awakened.
• A soldier reported that all units were ready for combat and requested Lieutenant General Lu Zhongji's orders.

Lier blasted into the final data node during an assault on Ultron's data centers. The text then shifted to disconnected scenes involving other characters and left Lier's assault unresolved.

• Lier blasted open the last data center and smashed through its steel doors to reach the final data node.
• Nie Feng told Yina that he understood her pain and had endured similar suffering for over ten years.
• Long Yunfeng entered the Celestial Venerable's Residence while his first duplicate rode the Celestial Venerable Sword toward the southern seas.
• Xuanyuan absorbed innate energy of utmost yin, causing the innate laws of yin and yang to manifest and resonate with the stars.
• Guazai carried the male Street Brawler's body to Masya under Brother Miao's direction.
• Lu Mingfu pursued Lin Feng and taunted him for refusing to stop and fight.

Lier discovered that Ultron's mechanical hive city had grown far beyond his expectations. Despite defeating nearly ten million Ultron soldiers and drawing on Europe's industrial resources and an unprecedented nuclear bomb, the attackers still faced an unfavorable battlefield.

• Lier realized that Ultron had grown far larger than he had expected.
• The attackers defeated close to ten million Ultron soldiers while advancing into the mechanical hive city.
• The attackers drew on all of Europe's industrial resources to sustain their ammunition and supplies.
• The attackers still faced an unfavorable battlefield despite their industrial support and an unprecedented nuclear bomb.

Lier held Ultron's core database, which contained surprising information about a fuel discovered by the Roxxon Group, while Ultron warned that human greed would still cause humanity's extinction. The text then shifted through disconnected confrontations, battles, and domestic exchanges without resolving Lier's discovery.

• Lier examined a cylindrical vibranium database containing Ultron's core data and information about high-energy concentrated petroleum.
• Goutou swung his Zanpakutō at a person's head and then heard a Buddhist invocation behind him.
• Yang Sen stopped Wen Zhong from leaving by grabbing him.
• Xing Rong declared that he was an Evil Spirit and named those he addressed as his enemies.
• Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers exploited a lull in the Dahua Army's gunfire to cross the moat and begin close-quarters combat.
• The Black Blood Snake suffered numerous wounds without harming Ji Fengyan.

The chapter presented a series of disconnected scenes involving battles, supernatural encounters, and characters from different storylines. It ended with a notice suggesting readers search by the author if they could not find the book by title.

• The victory celebrations and funerals followed a battle, while Ji Yaohua lay awake in a man's arms and nervously avoided moving.
• Gravely wounded experts sought a lifesaving treasure, and Hua Ze asked Hua Jing whether Feng City was still holding out against the earth-burrowing-class demon.
• Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Seng treated Zhen Yuanzi with respect, while Lei Tingting recognized Wang Fen's unusual thick skin.
• A Bao smashed through walls, and the armies of the Red Lion Cave and Yunlong Mountain advanced on the Mingshen Cave's abode.
• The foreign Taoist priest leaped over an iron gate, Qin Shou struggled against Fayin's defenses, and Ling Tianyun met an opponent's palm with his fist.
• Talisman attacks scattered burly men, Xu Jiangnan enjoyed a feast, and Gu Qing unleashed a powerful killing intent.

Liang Yi accepted an order despite his resentment, while Zijin resolved to fight openly rather than be hunted down or implicate the Yao and Ye Families. The account then shifted among separate confrontations and preparations, ending with outnumbered humans fighting corpses after running out of ammunition.

• Liang Yi agreed to make arrangements after the old man spoke.
• Zijin decided to fight openly in the streets to preserve her innocence and protect the Yao and Ye Families.
• Moon Wing changed his hand seals, intensifying his flames and drawing surrounding origin energy toward himself.
• Yao Huang ordered the elders of the Four Divine Beast Family to begin, and they assumed their true forms and took flight.
• Zhu Kesifu proposed placing all troops in every border military district on level-one combat readiness.
• Outnumbered humans fought corpses hand to hand after exhausting their ammunition.

Night City's Sky-Rending Plan specified the fuel requirements for an intercontinental nuclear fusion missile. Separate incidents followed, including Qin Yang's return to Mei Luo Yi, Jun Yan's request for help from the Spirit Embryo, and Yuan Army troops gathering outside Guangping.

• The Sky-Rending Plan specified one kilogram of plutonium-239 and 11.5 kilograms of a deuterium-tritium mixture for each missile warhead.
• Qin Yang showered, changed clothes, and went to see Mei Luo Yi after she led Yianna away.
• Jun Yan activated his Heavenly Eye and asked the Spirit Embryo for help after observing spiritual energy spinning in fierce winds.
• Hua Jiu discovered a spellcasting method that concealed spells in ordinary-looking spirit beans.
• Yuan Army troops gathered outside Guangping because the city could not accommodate their numbers.
• Zhang Zhao used the Tang Dao to cut away the curtains around a bed frame and improve his visibility.

Lier assessed New America's inability to intervene in Night City, while disconnected scenes followed other characters facing punishments, hostage threats, and battles. The excerpt ended with Liu Feiyu shifting his training to other Battle Qi techniques.

• Lier concluded that Myers lacked the military strength to secure New America's rear while intervening in Night City.
• Lei Xie sentenced Fan Yun to three days of confinement for entering the Chief's office without permission.
• He Xinbo ordered prisoners placed in view and threatened to kill them if Wanyan Wushu advanced.
• Liu Feiyu attacked the seventh-level Earth Demon Bear with his Blue Tassel Spear reinforced by Battle Qi.
• City Lord Xuanyuan sent a slow Blood Saber slash toward the Ten-Thousand-Year Ghost King.
• Liu Feiyu stopped trying to strengthen one Battle Qi technique and focused on training others.

Night City's economic decline coincided with unusually stable public order, puzzling Peralez and Ryan. Elsewhere, Liang Shan sought news of his master, three spirit boats endured Demon Race attacks, and an unnamed figure planned to influence the Imperial Guard indirectly.

• Peralez and Ryan struggled to understand why Night City's economic depression had coincided with record-low violent crime.
• Dongzi identified a possible old grave robbers' tunnel, but Bi He's whereabouts remained the priority.
• Liang Shan asked the Sect Master and elders about Hao Jian after his master had protected him from Xiaoyao Jun.
• Three spirit boats endured repeated harassment and attacks from Demon Race cultivators during their journey.
• Song Yanqing grew cold toward Song Yanchen as he watched him cry in Auntie Qiao's arms and steal glances at him.
• An unnamed figure planned to influence the Imperial Guard indirectly because he could not control it directly.

Jackie recovered after Lier repaired his body, while the muscular dragon drank at Dynamic Bar after having his arm installed. The chapter ended with Yingchun returning from paying her respects to Old Madam Sun and finding Sun Chengpu waiting resentfully in the courtyard.

• Lier fixed Jackie's bodily problems, ending his bedridden days.
• The muscular dragon drank bottled beer at Dynamic Bar in Dragon City Square after his arm was installed.
• Scorpion Lady unleashed white bone flying swords and attached them to her bone wings, enlarging them.
• A Mu formed a hand seal that caused A Chou to shriek in extreme pain.
• Situ Fei kicked Han Yi aside and continued unsuccessfully searching for the manuscript.
• Yingchun returned from visiting Old Madam Sun and approached the resentful Sun Chengpu in the courtyard.

V walked through Nevada's nightlife and recalled Atlanta and New America's surveillance systems, while Zhang Liao came under pressure from Ju Yi in combat. Elsewhere, 2B and 9S received an intelligence-gathering assignment after detecting the Alien Signal, and Tang Yue attacked Mu Jing's Xayah after reviving.

• V blended into the crowd in Nevada and remembered scraping by in Atlanta.
• Ju Yi pressed Zhang Liao after Zhang Liao lost his momentum and his moves fell into disarray.
• Ning Que saw an unimaginably vast river stretching across the void.
• The King of the Underworld maintained an overwhelming advantage while fighting five opponents.
• 2B and 9S detected the Alien Signal and were assigned to gather intelligence.
• Tang Yue revived, attacked Mu Jing's Xayah, and followed his slowing strike with Shadow Dance.

A series of disconnected scenes followed various characters through confrontations, cultivation advances, and investigations. The chapter ended with Wang Hao questioning Dawa about the divine envoy's intentions and three Water Source Stones.

• Li Yi returned to the encampment disappointed after failing to find the ghost general's corpse.
• Li Xuanyu realized that Li Xuangang might be giving him his first family assignment since entering the Foundation Establishment realm.
• Fang Cheng entered the kindergarten and searched outside the building with Observation Haki.
• Sun Zhuzhao fought while fleeing, using fiery whips that resisted the opposing streams of water.
• City Lord Jiang told Steward Lin that expelling a branch required the main Lin Family's involvement.
• Wang Hao asked Dawa about the divine envoy's original intention and the purpose of the three Water Source Stones.

Myers received reports of Night City troops outside Los Angeles before losing contact with the city as fires and terrorist attacks struck elsewhere. In less than five minutes, New America had fallen into crisis despite having allies in its attack on Night City.

• Myers received word that Night City troops had been spotted outside Los Angeles.
• Myers lost contact with Los Angeles.
• A great fire broke out in Texas, and terrorist attacks threw Iowa City and Las Vegas into chaos.
• Myers reeled at New America's sudden deterioration in less than five minutes.

Arasaka and Militech's military capabilities were described before the narrative shifted among disconnected encounters, conflicts, and revelations. The chapter ended with Song Anna reporting to Song Ying while the Song Family elders dealt with Ye Yi's affairs.

• He Chu Li insisted that Shou Yang complete the mission and attract K's attention, then stopped before explaining why.
• Jiang Tianhong and Yan Xinghai recognized that loosened restrictions on Qinglong's Seal had triggered an earthquake.
• Chu Ruan and a companion entered a house filled with mournful sobbing and encountered a foul stench.
• Guo Pu unleashed repeated magical attacks on Su Qianqian.
• Berserk Wolf declared his success, coughed up bloody froth, and sprang out of a medical pod.
• Song Anna reported to Song Ying while the Song Family elders were overwhelmed by Ye Yi's affairs.

Lier outpaced fighter jets and their missiles, while scattered encounters followed Shangguan Yun Yao, Qingfeng Zhuyue, Zhang Yi, and others. Zhang Yi discovered a passage descending into a tomb, and Han Fen renewed her attack on the Chief.

• Lier outpaced the fighter jets, and Pilot #0076 reported losing sight of him.
• Shangguan Yun Yao lay back on his bed as a fatty sat beside him.
• Qingfeng Zhuyue shattered the last knight's greatsword and destroyed him into black smoke.
• Zhang Yi encountered branching passages and could not determine which route the strange bug had taken.
• Zhang Yi followed two others and discovered a deep stairway descending into the tomb.
• Han Fen sprang to her feet and charged at the Chief again.

The chapter presented a disjointed series of scenes involving unrelated characters, from news of Burger King’s return to Night City to military orders and supernatural threats. It ended with the hope that a giant squid could help defeat the demon Han Yu.

• News spread through Night City that Burger King had returned and was accused of terrorism in Europe.
• Elric accompanied Lei’er to her parents’ graves, where she wept after fifteen years away.
• Chen Chen arrived at the site of the Solar Flare Cannon and saw the superweapon in person.
• Li Yu ordered officials south of the Yalu River to recruit displaced people to reclaim wasteland and register them as commoners.
• A woman was overcome by dizziness and fell, while others looked to the giant squid as their only hope of defeating Han Yu.

Hansen faced the aftermath of a Blackwall bomb attack that crippled enemy command but left many armed soldiers capable of fighting. Elsewhere, Yu Feiyi disrupted a formation, Ou Feifei detected a Ghost Infant, and information from Ling Wuchen revealed the Moon Palace Nine-Dragon Barge's route.

• Hansen's Cyberware vented heat after the Blackwall bomb disabled enemy command and incapacitated more than half the soldiers.
• Yu Feiyi threw his executioner's saber into the Heaven-Earth-Human Three Talents Formation's core, making its light screen tremble and grow hazier.
• Ou Feifei sensed something amiss before Xu Xiao and Ling Yu noticed the Ghost Infant hiding in a corner.
• Bing Xin directed attacks against long vines by marking targets with her ice attacks.
• Ling Wuchen revealed the existence of the Myriad Phenomena Divine Palace, where the Nine Provinces Dragon Vein Map disclosed the Moon Palace Nine-Dragon Barge's route.
• Letian heard Old Zhu's formula and recognized the power of Great Song Firearms despite not knowing their actual capabilities.

Night City residents waiting to board vehicles witnessed an intercontinental missile launch and mistook it for a rocket taking off from Pacific State. The sight astonished them in a world where only a few organizations could launch objects into orbit.

• Night City residents queued by the roadside to board vehicles.
• The residents looked up and watched an intercontinental missile rise into the sky.
• A resident exclaimed and asked whether the apparent rocket had taken off from Pacific State.

The war began, and Rong Yuan and Li Yang fought a huge cocoon and blood-lit monstrosities. Elsewhere, Gu Lingzhi stopped Lin En from killing a general, Li Cunxiao entered a battlefield, and Mo Nan attacked a young man.

• Rong Yuan continued attacking the huge cocoon despite its mental assault.
• Li Yang used the Dao Yan Sword to kill every blood-lit monstrosity within the wood spirit mystic domain.
• Gu Lingzhi stopped Lin En as he prepared to kill a general and destroy his body.
• Li Cunxiao rode into battle on a Thunderbolt Leopard with an iron lance.
• Mo Nan sent a silvery-white streak of sword light toward a young man's throat.

A broadcast declared that Night City had started a war by expelling corporate and foreign powers and had routed New America. Elsewhere, Zuo Lun traced a safe-deposit-box key, Mosanke ordered a massacre, and the Crown Prince of the Yellow Sea helped destroy the Beast Demons on Demon Mountain.

• A broadcast told Night City's citizens that they had expelled the corporations, New America, and the European Community and had defeated New America's retaliation.
• Bian Siqi concluded that leaving his group without receiving an elimination notice meant he was temporarily safe.
• Zuo Lun identified a key as belonging to a bank safe-deposit box and found its owner after visiting at least five banks.
• Cassius caught a flying rock-shaped crystal and sensed the weight and steadiness of the earth.
• Mosanke ordered the Tyrannosaurus Overlord to lead fifty thousand Dragon-Beast Demons in slaughtering civilians from Dayuan City.
• The Crown Prince of the Yellow Sea led an assault after Master Huaizhi subdued the four Lion-Beast Kings, and the Tang Dynasty Imperial Army wiped out the Beast Demons on Demon Mountain.