Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao strengthened his forces, advanced his cultivation, and tested new sword formations while ordering a search for the Divine Lord. The chapter ended with Preston sensing a powerful intruder near his church and vanishing in red flames.

• Lin Hao showed Li Yanbing the intelligent corpses he had made from Ru Yu'er, Duogungun, Shōri, and Liu Yu, then cultivated with her as she prepared for her tribulation.
• Lin Hao reached the peak of the Second Tribulation on both cultivation paths and tested formations with his twelve Flying Swords.
• Zong Tianqing told Lin Hao that Xiang Long had found signs of another Cardinal searching for the Divine Lord, and Lin Hao ordered every available force to help find him.
• Zong Tianqing reported that the Swarm had gained popular acceptance in Great Qi, and Lin Hao agreed to distribute Sicklebugs to help protect cities from the Weird.
• Preston used a ritual to send a Sicklebug's corpse to the Lord and warned his followers not to provoke the insects.
• Preston sensed an approaching Second-Tribulation Martial Saint and escaped from the church basement in red flames.

Lin Hao arrived in Ping'an Village and defeated Archbishop Preston, then confronted the Divine Lord and the power possessing him. After receiving the Ji Earth Divine Thunder, Lin Hao attacked the emerging entity with the completed Five Elements Divine Thunder, but the battle continued as its scorching will transformed the cave into lava.

• Xiang Long and his Golden Body experts entered Ping'an Village, where Preston ambushed them with flames and Prophecy, killing one expert and wounding the others.
• Lin Hao seized control of Preston's flames, healed the survivors, and sealed Preston into his Saintly Spear.
• Lin Hao sensed the Divine Lord's scorching presence in a mountain cave and learned that the Divine Lord had been suppressing a dangerous power within himself.
• The Divine Lord gave Lin Hao the Ji Earth Divine Thunder Jade Slip and began to sacrifice himself, but Lin Hao struck as the power inside him emerged.
• Lin Hao completed his understanding of the Five Elements Divine Thunder and attacked the entity with two Five Elements Sword Formations as its will melted the cave and set his clothes on fire.

Lin Hao defeated and sealed the golden figure wielding Sun True Fire, then recovered and traced its aura through the Primordial Swarm Will. He claimed the small world as his territory and triggered a Swarm operation to capture or hunt the evil god, though his reward share was capped at one-thousandth.

• Xiang Long and the others fled as Lin Hao battled the golden figure, who drew power from the sun and countered Lin Hao’s attacks with a flaming spear.
• Lin Hao used the Twelve Earthly Branches Sword Formation and [A Promise Worth a Thousand Gold] to overpower the figure, then sealed it into the Obsidian Heavy Armor as [Sun Domain].
• Lin Hao warned Xiang Long that the problem was resolved and told him to continue the original plan, then recovered for seven days and fused [Sun Domain] to one hundred percent.
• Lin Hao contacted the Primordial Swarm Will, reported the evil god and claimed the small world as his territory; the Swarm granted him ownership and access to God-Eater Insect data.
• The Primordial Swarm Will initiated the [God Capture Project] and its backup [God Hunt Project], but Lin Hao was told that his one-thousandth reward share was the blue-tier cap.

After defeating the Sun God's projection, Lin Hao demanded that the Western Ocean nations repay their debts with an enormous amount of interest and killed an envoy who protested. The Church declared a Holy War against him, and Lin Hao arrived above England's Imperial Palace, where Queen Vido recognized his overwhelming divine authority.

• Lin Hao completed the Third Tribulation, absorbed [Sun Domain] into the Obsidian Heavy Armor, and decided to collect debts from Japan and the Western Ocean nations.
• Lin Hao summoned the Western Ocean envoys and demanded 5,000 trillion taels in repayment, then killed the Gaul envoy with solar essence fire when he objected.
• The Church received news of the killing and declared a Holy War, planning attacks from multiple directions and sending its elite Ghost Tamers into action.
• Lin Hao traveled to England, saw the harsh conditions endured by its workers, and flew toward the Imperial Palace in a blaze of golden light.
• Queen Vido and three S-Rank Ghost Tamers confronted Lin Hao, but Queen Vido sensed his superior divine authority and heard him identify himself as Great Qi's sovereign.

Lin Hao confronted Queen Vido, then arrived in Italy as the Church prepared a Holy War and exposed the Sun God’s capture by the Swarm. The chapter ended with Lin Hao taking control of an injured Brain Bug that greatly expanded his Swarm’s communication range.

• Lin Hao appeared before Queen Vido, who accepted Great Qi’s demands and promised England’s resources and loyalty in exchange for survival.
• Queen Vido told Catwoman that England must adapt and make supplying Great Qi its national policy.
• The Pope and Church leaders prepared to attack Great Qi, but an eclipse weakened their divine powers before Lin Hao arrived in a blaze of golden light.
• Lin Hao rejected the Church’s belief that he was the Sun God’s messenger and revealed that Swarm insects had captured the deity; the Sun God sent a Brain Bug into Lin Hao’s territory before the vision shattered.
• Lin Hao claimed the injured Brain Bug, stopped it from crashing, and learned that it could relay information across more than ten thousand kilometers and use psychokinesis.

Lin Hao captured the Sun God, crushed the Theocracy, and forced the Western Nations to submit, then returned to the Settlement with the Brain Bug. With new resources and allies secured, he planned to strengthen Great Qi and prepare for an expedition into the technologically advanced Fourth World.

• Lin Hao accepted the Brain Bug, suppressed the panicking believers with his Sun Domain, spared Pirmond, and used the Brain Bug to destroy the Theocracy.
• Lin Hao recovered the Sun God Statue from the cathedral ruins and gained the Power of Faith, Outer God's Tendrils, and an Outer God Fate Lattice.
• Lin Hao sensed that the Outer Gods and World Will had withdrawn or gone into hiding, then reassured the World Will and secured its cooperation.
• Lin Hao used the Brain Bug to intimidate the Western Nations into submission and brought it back to the Settlement as a pet and communications hub.
• Zong Tianqing reported the Western Nations’ offer of tribute, while Lin Hao approved plans to send Insect Cattle and Tree-Planting Bugs overseas.
• Lin Hao discussed using the Third World’s resources to advance his cultivation and considered entering the Fourth World to recover technology and test his strength.

Lin Hao condensed his [Swarm Will] to purple, completed a breakthrough that combined the paths of Human Immortals and Ghost Immortals, and began developing new Zerg strains. As powerful [Plasma Bugs] and [Spirit Blade Bugs] hatched, his experimental [God-Eater Insect] egg remained stalled after half a month of feeding.

• Lin Hao gained purple [Swarm Will], explored his new Swarm permissions and insect templates, and decided to investigate the shadow fiends in Great Qian after consolidating his strength.
• Lin Hao fused his vital essence, energy, and spirit in a breakthrough, becoming both a Human Immortal and a Ghost Immortal while concealing his aura.
• Lin Hao chose to consolidate his cultivation and upgrade the Midwife Bug before traveling, while Li Yanbing survived her Second Heavenly Tribulation and the Great General and Gong Zichun survived their first.
• Lin Hao examined the Midwife Bug’s smaller, information-rich egg and began loading it with a stripped-down first-generation [God-Eating Bug-Number EB7138] template.
• Lin Hao hatched a towering [Plasma Bug] and two [Spirit Blade Bugs], which showed strong combat, energy, and growth potential.
• Lin Hao watched the [God-Devouring Bug-Serial Number EB7138] egg continue consuming nutrient solution without hatching, even after half a month.

Lin Hao traveled to Great Qian with Qian Feng and discovered that Shadow Fiends were close to replacing the weakened World Will. He captured one, learned where survivors remained, and set off for the Eastern Sea Seven Islands while summoning a [Shuttle Bug] and a Shadow Griffin.

• Lin Hao examined the tiny [God-Eating Bug-Number EB7138], assigned a Midwife Bug to hatch one each day, and prepared to visit Great Qian.
• Lin Hao arrived at Yonghui Industrial Park, where Qian Feng joined him and described how Shadow Fiends had taken over Great Qian.
• Lin Hao and Qian Feng entered Great Qian near Yangzhou City, where Lin Hao sensed that Shadow Fiends were trying to copy and replace the weakened World Will.
• Lin Hao caught a Shadow Fiend hiding in the woods and ordered it to summon its King, then questioned it about surviving people.
• The Shadow Fiend revealed that Martial Arts Masters remained on the Eastern Sea Seven Islands and in remote inland areas, and Lin Hao set out for the islands with Qian Feng.

Lin Hao and Qian Feng reached Mandala Island, where Kang Dingfeng and Wang Ruixue were resisting the Shadow Fiends. Lin Hao stopped the island’s infighting, exposed the disguised Shadow Fiend, and cured Kang Dingfeng, leaving the islanders ready to hear what he wanted to discuss.

• Lin Hao asked Qian Feng about the Eastern Sea Seven Islands as they flew toward Mandala Island.
• Kang Dingyu poisoned Kang Dingfeng, revealed his betrayal to the Shadow Fiends, and led conspirators in setting the island’s granary ablaze.
• Kang Dingfeng and Wang Ruixue confronted the rebels, but Lin Hao arrived and used his power to suppress the fighting and extinguish the fire.
• Qian Feng introduced Lin Hao to Kang Dingfeng and Wang Ruixue, while Kang Dingyu mistook Lin Hao for a Shadow Fiend and begged for his favor.
• Lin Hao pulled a disguised Shadow Fiend from the shadows, killed Kang Dingyu, and kept the creature as a coordinate.
• Lin Hao used the Detoxification Technique to remove Kang Dingfeng’s poison and asked him to summon his master and father-in-law.

Lin Hao confronted the Shadow King’s projection at the Martial Arts Assembly and forced it to abandon a piece of its power before it escaped. The Shadow King’s corruption vanished from the world, leaving the island survivors to rebuild while Lin Hao planned to send people to collect its silver and gold.

• Representatives from the Eastern Sea islands gathered on Mandala Island, where Wang Yaoxian and Elder Hong Xian learned that Kang Dingyu had betrayed Kang Dingfeng and burned the granary.
• Kang Dingfeng introduced Lin Hao to Wang Yaoxian and Elder Hong Xian, and Lin Hao explained that he had come to negotiate with the Shadow King before leaving the world.
• Lin Hao recognized Nangong Xianweng as the Shadow King’s projection and seized its hand, prompting the Shadow King to flee after Lin Hao’s tentacles pierced it.
• Lin Hao received a lump of black matter from the fleeing Shadow King, but the Primordial Swarm Will judged it false information and granted only ordinary rewards.
• Elder Hong Xian’s tortoise shell revealed that heaven and earth had cleared and the world had been renewed, while Lin Hao told the survivors to rebuild and said he would arrange to collect their silver and gold.

Lin Hao learned that Cattiss had become the Settlement’s fourth Martial Saint and prepared to enter the technologically advanced Fourth World with her. After hearing new reports about the world’s surveillance, combatants, and Gene Enhancement Potions, he made arrangements to explore it and expand the Swarm’s presence.

• Lin Hao discovered that his purple [Swarm Will] and Cattiss’s Zerg adaptations had helped her survive tribulation lightning and become a First-Tribulation Martial Saint, so he chose to bring her to the Fourth World.
• Professor Wang and Professor Peng told Lin Hao that the latest Material Insects could refine isotopes, and Lin Hao authorized them to adjust the insects and breed better isotope extractors.
• Wang Zhen reported that the Fourth World monitored evacuation points and arrivals, warned that wireless communications could expose explorers, and described its Gene Enhancement Potion-based combat paths and powerful Sentinel.
• Professor Wang explained that even low-grade Gene Enhancement Potions improved muscle retention and neural capacity, while higher-grade potions could awaken superpowers.
• Lin Hao prepared to visit the Fourth World, brought seven [God-Eater Insects], and collected a bug egg and Concentrated Nutrient Solution so he could hatch a Midwife Bug there if conditions allowed.

Lin Hao and his companions arrived in the Fourth World, learned about the dangers around Night Harbor, and rescued Yuan Shi and Yuan Ling from a Meat Grinder Insect. After learning that the nearby Mudstone Town had been taken over by the Wild Dog Gang, Lin Hao headed there and launched an attack on its guards.

• Lin Hao entered the Fourth World with Ru Yu'er, Cattiss, Wang Zhen, seven God-Eater Insects, and an insect egg, and they arrived at a rubbish dump crawling with rats and zombies.
• Lin Hao spotted and shot down a drone, while Wang Zhen explained that Night Harbor was controlled by the Dark Night Group and guarded by powerful heroes.
• Lin Hao's group encountered Yuan Shi and Yuan Ling as a Meat Grinder Insect attacked them, and Wang Zhen killed the monster before it could devour them.
• Yuan Shi told Lin Hao's group that the nearby Mudstone Town had become Wild Dog Town after the Wild Dog Gang took control, and Lin Hao decided the town would suit his plans.
• As Lin Hao's group approached Wild Dog Town, Coster leered at Ru Yu'er and Cattiss, but Lin Hao's group opened fire and wiped out the guards at the entrance.

Lin Hao took control of Wild Wolf Town and learned that Night Harbor was preparing to recruit wilderness workers to clear Rotclaw Canyon. After hearing about the city’s gene enhancements and Leviathan prosthetics, he decided he wanted the goods without paying.

• Lin Hao’s team killed the Wild Wolf Gang members around town and captured Baol after he attacked with an electromagnetic gun and monster-enhanced strength.
• Lin Hao turned Baol into a Shadow Soldier and ordered him to choose useful errand runners while the remaining gang members were killed.
• Baol explained his ties to Night Harbor’s Iron Skull Gang and revealed that the Purge Squad would soon recruit workers to hunt the Rotclaw Beast mother in Rotclaw Canyon.
• Lin Hao ordered Wang Zhen to gather nearby students so they could enter Night Harbor through the recruitment, and he took one of Baol’s personal terminals.
• Baol described the Dark Night Group’s Gene Enhancement Serum and Leviathan brain-computer systems, while Lin Hao considered how to obtain them without paying.

Lin Hao prepared the Midwife Bug in Wild Dog Town and joined the Dark Night Corporation’s expedition into Rotclaw Canyon with Wang Zhen and the other students. After selecting a dangerous route, he was recruited alongside Fu Yuan for Vika’s scouting party and began planning to seize and study Vika’s Leviathan system.

• Lin Hao ordered Ru Yu'er to protect the Midwife Bug while Wang Zhen warned him that the extermination squad was approaching.
• Lin Hao and the other students boarded a dump truck carrying wilderness recruits, then traveled with the extermination squad to Rotclaw Canyon.
• Vika met Wag at the canyon base, announced that ten residence permits would go to the highest-rated recruits, and distributed exploration assignments.
• Lin Hao’s group chose the hardest routes, and Lin Hao examined the canyon map and learned that Fu Yuan’s Rotclaw Beast modification let him sense the creatures and the mother organism.
• Vika recruited Fu Yuan and Lin Hao’s group for a scouting mission, while Lin Hao planned to take apart and study Vika’s Leviathan system.

Lin Hao ambushed Vika and his squad, took Vika’s equipment and brain-computer interface, and used a shadow double to impersonate him as they searched for the Rotclaw Beast Mother. After the mother was killed, Lin Hao collected its samples, planning to use them to develop more insects.

• Lin Hao caught Vika’s electromagnetic cannon shot, captured Vika and his men, and had a shadow double strip and copy Vika’s equipment.
• Lin Hao equipped Vika’s brain-computer interface, tested its information-processing and overclocking functions, and decided to target the stronger S-Rank hero Black Sledgehammer.
• Lin Hao sent the disguised shadow double to lead Wang Zhen, Fu Yuan, and the students deeper into the cave toward the Rotclaw Beast Mother.
• Lin Hao’s group reached the mother’s chamber, where the disguised Vika led the fight and the squad’s elites were killed before the mother was slain.
• Lin Hao collected samples from the Rotclaw Beast Mother and considered using them to create insects capable of laying eggs.

Lin Hao dealt with Wag and the wastelanders who sought residency permits, then stayed in the canyon to establish a Swarm outpost. He bred a new self-replicating Rotclaw Bug and left Ru Yu'er to guard the growing colony as it prepared to expand toward Night Harbor.

• Vika refused Wag's demand for residency permits, and Lin Hao decided to eliminate Wag after Vika warned that the refusal might cause trouble.
• Lin Hao's shadow tentacles killed Wag and his men, then replaced Wag with a obedient copy that handed over his equipment and R Coins.
• Lin Hao spent five days in the canyon transferring Midwife Bugs and refining Bug Eggs with biological information from the Rotclaw Beast mother and Insect Cattle.
• Lin Hao hatched and tested a Rotclaw Bug with powerful toxin-coated claws and the ability to reproduce itself.
• Lin Hao left Ru Yu'er to guard the canyon base and ordered the Swarm to multiply discreetly, dig toward Night Harbor, and prepare Spirit Blade Bugs and God-Eater Insects.

After arriving in Night Harbor, Lin Hao learned about its hero rankings and ruthless social rules, then secured a luxury suite near the Dark Night Tower and bought a dose of the corporation’s genetic enhancer. The chapter ended with the Dark Night Empress confirming the purchase and Lin Hao examining the golden potion.

• Vika explained that the Dark Night Group researched Transmigrators and outlined the Leviathan models and the city’s hero scoring system.
• At the city’s disinfection bathhouse, Cattiss knocked an unconscious woman through a wall after the woman harassed her, and Vika explained that the strong could use plausible reasons to avoid penalties.
• Lin Hao activated unlimited data, explored Night Harbor’s network, and learned that the Dark Night Empress and Black Sledgehammer were based at the Dark Night Tower.
• Lin Hao rented a one-R-coin suite in the Nightwatch Building and arranged vehicles, while Scarlett served as his apartment butler.
• Lin Hao ordered a discounted dose of Dark Night X, received it by drone, and paid after the Dark Night Empress verified the potion.

Lin Hao used a gene enhancement serum to awaken the [Armory] ability, which let him project weapons from his Backup Slot and empower them with his own enchantments. After emerging from seclusion, he learned about the Heroes Association and arranged for Cattiss and the students to register for hero certification.

• Lin Hao injected himself with the [Gold] gene enhancement serum and guided it with [Swarm Adaptation] until he began awakening an ability.
• Lin Hao cocooned himself in the Training Room for seven days while Cattiss supplied nutrient solution, then emerged with an optimized body and the [Armory] ability.
• Lin Hao tested [Armory] by projecting [Futsunomitama] and enhancing it with his weapon attributes, then discussed how he could use the ability with different weapons.
• Lin Hao learned that hero certification in Night Harbor granted substantial privileges and that the Heroes Association assessment was scheduled for the day after tomorrow.
• Lin Hao told Cattiss and the students to register for hero certification, and Cattiss contacted Wang Zhen to arrange the registrations.

Lin Hao and his companions took the Heroes Association’s monthly assessment, where Cattiss earned a score high enough to attract the Dark Night Group’s attention. When Black Sledgehammer arrived and offered himself as a prize for recruiting Cattiss and Lin Hao, Lin Hao attacked him, and the chapter ended with Black Sledgehammer’s cannon shot deflected while Lin Hao remained standing.

• Lin Hao, Wang Zhen, Cattiss, and their companions arrived at the Heroes Association for the monthly hero assessment and split up to take their assigned tests.
• Lin Hao completed a difficult written assessment with an excellent rating and earned a 13% bonus multiplier.
• Cattiss smashed the testing machine and received an overall score of 19,200, prompting Blazing Fire to offer her the Dark Night Group’s best terms.
• Blazing Fire introduced Cattiss and Lin Hao to Black Sledgehammer, who offered his body as a recruitment reward and praised the pair’s appearance.
• Lin Hao asked whether Black Sledgehammer was a prize, then struck him and sent him flying through the Heroes Association.
• Black Sledgehammer fired an electromagnetic cannon at Lin Hao, but Lin Hao deflected the shot and remained unharmed.

Lin Hao defeated and killed Black Sledgehammer, took his Leviathan X Brain-Computer Interface, and discovered that its abilities could complement his own. The Dark Night Group offered him Black Sledgehammer’s position and honors, while its leaders privately decided to win him over at any cost.

• Lin Hao overcame Black Sledgehammer’s enhanced attacks, tore out his head and spine, and removed the Brain-Computer Interface without damaging it.
• Lin Hao equipped the Leviathan X system, learned it could triple his thinking speed and support background processing, and began looting Black Sledgehammer’s remaining equipment.
• The Heroes Association’s witnesses accepted Lin Hao’s claim that Black Sledgehammer had been his prize, and the Dark Night Empress offered him a medal, a hero seat, and the security director position.
• Lin Hao challenged the Dark Night Group’s chairman and E0 for staying silent, while they privately resolved to meet his demands and recruit him.