Chapter Summaries

Luo Fan agreed to help Ximen Chuixue complete his advancement mission by hunting Frostflame Giant Lizards, and Ai Si and An Xiaoran joined them. The group reached Great Snow Mountain, where Luo Fan began scouting the beasts before planning their attack.

• Ximen Chuixue told Luo Fan that he could sense the Frostflame Giant Lizards’ location, and Luo Fan agreed to go with him to hunt them.
• Ai Si offered to join and hunt fifth-tier beasts, explaining that his Fire God Descends skill made him immune to fire and let him control flames.
• An Xiaoran silently asked to come along, and Luo Fan agreed; he then informed Niu Dagang that the four of them were leaving.
• Luo Fan, Ximen Chuixue, Ai Si, and An Xiaoran flew by helicopter to Great Snow Mountain, killing flying Weirds that approached them along the way.
• After landing at the mountain’s foot, Luo Fan put away the helicopter and discussed having Greenedge Base make larger Mustard Seed Bags for the convoy.
• Luo Fan used his Far-Sensing Wave Hat to scout the Frostflame Giant Lizards’ numbers and strengths before deciding on a battle plan.

Luo Fan and his allies lured the iceflame monitor lizards into a trap, using Ai Si’s Path of Flames and Fire God Descends to draw them away while Luo Fan and Ximen Chuixue prepared to attack. The battle began with Ximen Chuixue’s sword qi and Luo Fan loading a third tier weird crystal into his Weird Gun.

• Luo Fan scanned the territory and reported the iceflame monitor lizards’ numbers and tiers to Ai Si and the others.
• Luo Fan proposed assassinating weaker lizards, then splitting up the rest with Ai Si drawing them off using Petrification Bait and Path of Flames.
• Luo Fan used his Invisibility Cloak and Vampiric Short Sword to kill around forty First Tier and Second Tier lizards before the survivors raised the alarm.
• Ai Si dragged the Petrification Bait toward the rampaging lizards, using Path of Flames and Fire God Descends to evade their iceflame attacks and lead them away.
• Ximen Chuixue attacked with Sword Qi Blizzard while Luo Fan loaded a third tier weird crystal into his Weird Gun.

Luo Fan, Ai Si, and Ximen Chuixue used Petrification Bait, fire, and weapons to thin the Frostflame Giant Lizard pack. When the Fifth-Tier leader attacked Luo Fan with a wide wave of frostflame, he evaded it with Mimicry and Shadow Walk, stunned the beast, and An Xiaoran followed with Healing Cross.

• Ai Si drew the Frostflame Giant Lizards after Petrification Bait while Luo Fan and Ximen Chuixue killed them, but the steel wire burned through and one lizard swallowed the bait and turned to stone.
• Luo Fan gave Ai Si another bait, and the group continued attacking as Ai Si’s flames scorched the snowy mountain and their numbers fell to seven survivors.
• Luo Fan focused on the Fourth-Tier beasts while Ximen Chuixue dealt with the Third-Tier ones, until frostflame severed the second bait’s cable.
• The Fifth-Tier Frostflame Giant Lizard unleashed a vast wave of frostflame toward Luo Fan, who used Mimicry and Shadow Walk to reach its shadow and stun it with Sap.
• An Xiaoran summoned Healing Cross and sent it crashing down toward the stunned Fifth-Tier Frostflame Giant Lizard.

Luo Fan and his allies nearly wiped out the Frostflame Giant Lizards, but the fifth-tier beast escaped the Healing Cross by tearing off its tail and charged at Luo Fan. Although Luo Fan trapped and severely wounded it, the beast survived a headshot and caught him in its jaws.

• Luo Fan and An Xiaoran pinned the fifth-tier Frostflame Giant Lizard's tail with the Healing Cross while Ai Si, Luo Fan, and Ximen Chuixue killed the remaining beasts.
• The Frostflame Giant Lizard tore off its tail to escape the cross and charged at Luo Fan.
• Luo Fan retreated and placed a Sealing Trap in the beast's path, stopping its charge and rendering it powerless.
• Luo Fan struck the trapped beast with Pear Blossom Needle Storm, then used Triple Shot to blast a hole through its forehead.
• The Frostflame Giant Lizard survived the gunshots and bit down on Luo Fan.

Luo Fan survived the fifth-tier Frostflame Giant Lizard’s attack by becoming a Ghost Weird, then killed it and advanced to Sequence Level Lv34. After the group defeated the remaining lizards, Ximen Chuixue used the giant lizard’s heart to complete his advancement to a third-tier Sequence, and Luo Fan asked about his newly awakened skill.

• Luo Fan used Mimicry to become a Ghost Weird, passed through the Frostflame Giant Lizard’s bite, then stunned it with Sap and killed it with a Crystal-Energy Bullet.
• Luo Fan’s Sequence Level rose to Lv34 after he killed the fifth-tier Frostflame Giant Lizard.
• Luo Fan, Ai Si, Ximen Chuixue, and An Xiaoran finished off the remaining Frostflame Giant Lizards and rested among the corpses.
• Ximen Chuixue cut open the fifth-tier Frostflame Giant Lizard and took its heart for his advancement mission.
• Ximen Chuixue completed his advancement to a third-tier Sequence, and Luo Fan asked whether his newly awakened skill was powerful.

Ximen Chuixue explained how his new passive skill, Frost Strike, could stack Condensed Frost to slow and weaken higher-tier enemies. Luo Fan cautioned him about resistance and dispels, then suggested using Pear Blossom Needle Storm to build stacks quickly.

• Ximen Chuixue revealed that Frost Strike applied a stack of Condensed Frost with each hit, up to 99 stacks.
• Ai Si realized that 99 stacks could nearly immobilize an enemy and greatly increase Ximen Chuixue's damage, making the skill useful against higher-tier targets.
• Luo Fan warned Ximen Chuixue that higher-tier enemies might resist the control effect or dispel it, and advised him to prioritize attack speed.
• Luo Fan gave Ximen Chuixue a tube of Pear Blossom Needle Storm and explained that three tubes could quickly build Frost Strike to its maximum stacks.

Luo Fan’s group returned to Lin City after Ximen Chuixue demonstrated how his Sword Qi Blizzard could rapidly apply 99 frost marks, making the Pear Blossom Needle Storm unnecessary. Back in the Weird Domain, An Xiaoran resolved to reach Lv30 before accompanying Luo Fan to negotiations in Jiangkou Town.

• Ximen Chuixue refused Luo Fan’s Pear Blossom Needle Storm because he considered hidden weapons unbecoming of an upright swordsman, while Ai Si agreed with him.
• Ximen Chuixue showed that Sword Qi Blizzard could apply 99 frost marks to targets almost instantly, and Ai Si praised its power with the Spirit Dragon Sword and Frost Strike.
• Ximen Chuixue and Ai Si discussed the fourth-tier and third-tier weird crystals they owed Luo Fan.
• Luo Fan’s group collected valuable fierce-beast remains, left behind the first-tier bodies, and flew back to Lin City before dawn.
• After the group returned to the Weird Domain, Luo Fan told An Xiaoran that she could become the convoy’s fourth third-tier sequence user.
• An Xiaoran, now at Lv29, resolved to reach Lv30 before joining Luo Fan and Ximen Chuixue for negotiations in Jiangkou Town.

As Weird converged on Yi City, the Qipao Weird sensed an unformed Innate Yin Jade there and hurried toward it. Inside the Weird Domain, An Xiaoran reached Lv30, and Luo Fan asked what she needed to advance to a Third-Tier Sequence User and whether he could help.

• Master Wen Hao tracked the growing settlements around Yi City but lacked enough information to judge whether they were safe.
• The Qipao Weird sensed the unformed Innate Yin Jade in Yi City and moved toward it, hoping to use the treasure to reach rule mastery.
• An Xiaoran spent two days absorbing a Fourth-Tier Weird Crystal while pushing toward Lv30.
• Luo Fan noticed a Sequence Level fluctuation and realized An Xiaoran had advanced to Lv30.
• An Xiaoran confirmed her level increase and said she knew her requirements for becoming a Third-Tier Sequence User.
• Luo Fan asked An Xiaoran what those requirements were and whether he could help her meet them.

An Xiaoran explained that she needed a symbiotic Contract to advance to the Third Tier, and Luo Fan agreed to share damage with her despite worrying about the risks. After they signed the Contract, An Xiaoran advanced to Holy Light Angel Sequence, Lv31.

• An Xiaoran told Luo Fan that a symbiotic Contract would let her advance, but would make them share each other's injuries.
• An Xiaoran explained that shared damage let Healing Hand heal them faster, while exceeding her advancement requirements meant signing Contracts with more people.
• Luo Fan told An Xiaoran not to exceed the requirements because additional Contracts would put her at greater risk.
• An Xiaoran and Luo Fan each left a fingerprint on the Contract, which then vanished in starlight.
• An Xiaoran's aura spread as she advanced to Holy Light Angel Sequence, Lv31.

An Xiaoran advanced to Third-Tier Sequence User and awakened Regeneration, a skill that could regrow missing body parts in living targets. The next morning, Luo Fan announced her advancement to the convoy and prepared to have her restore Han Shanzhong’s missing arm.

• Luo Fan congratulated An Xiaoran on reaching Lv31 and becoming the convoy’s fourth Third-Tier Sequence User.
• An Xiaoran explained that Regeneration could restore missing body parts, as long as the target was still alive.
• Luo Fan realized the skill could restore Han Shanzhong’s lost arm and might let them harvest valuable materials from living Fierce Beasts.
• An Xiaoran stayed the night in Luo Fan’s room, and they slept until ten the next morning.
• Luo Fan gathered Niu Dagang and the others to announce An Xiaoran’s advancement and prepare to regrow Han Shanzhong’s arm.

Luo Fan announced that An Xiaoran had advanced to the third tier and revealed her Regeneration skill, which restored Han Shanzhong’s missing arm. After receiving a message that Master Wen Hao’s group had set out, Luo Fan prepared to leave for Jiangkou Town to negotiate with Flame Sun Base.

• Luo Fan told the convoy that An Xiaoran had become a Third-Tier Sequence User and introduced her Regeneration skill.
• An Xiaoran used Regeneration to grow Han Shanzhong’s missing arm back, including its birthmark but not an old scar.
• Han Shanzhong examined his restored arm and thanked An Xiaoran as the convoy congratulated him.
• Luo Fan received a message that Master Wen Hao, Jiang Shengnan, Li Yan, and Zhao Yong had set out for Jiangkou Town.
• Luo Fan told An Xiaoran and Ximen Chuixue to head to Jiangkou Town for the scheduled negotiations with Flame Sun Base.

Luo Fan brought An Xiaoran, Ai Si, and Ximen Chuixue to Jiangkou Town for negotiations with Flame Sun Base, where he learned about Mo Mo’s experimental detection glasses. Ai Si’s appearance confused several Aerospace Base members, who had not expected the beautiful third-tier sequence user to be a man.

• Luo Fan flew to Jiangkou Town with An Xiaoran, Ai Si, and Ximen Chuixue, who used Frost Sword Qi to kill Fierce Beasts attracted by the helicopter.
• Luo Fan landed outside Jiangkou Town and met the Aerospace Base group in the town center.
• Jiang Shengnan congratulated An Xiaoran on reaching the third tier and showed Luo Fan Mo Mo’s prototype glasses, which detected Weird Qi levels up to the fourth tier.
• Jiang Shengnan asked whether Ai Si was a new member of the Hope Convoy, and Luo Fan laughed at the misunderstanding.
• Zhao Yong greeted Ai Si, then reacted with confusion when Ai Si introduced himself as Fire God Ace in a man’s voice.
• Master Wen Hao recognized Ai Si, and Ai Si told Zhao Yong that he was a man.

Luo Fan and the Aerospace Base group prepared for negotiations with Flame Sun Base, learning that Zhang Dakai was a powerful Sequence User. The Flame Sun Base delegation arrived through a spatial passage, revealing that they also had spatial abilities.

• Zhao Yong mistook Ai Si for a woman until Master Wen Hao confirmed Ai Si was a man transformed by an Uncanny Artifact.
• Luo Fan explained that Ai Si would scout outside Jiangkou Town and gave him the Far-Sensing Wave Hat to watch for approaching forces.
• Luo Fan revealed that Zhang Dakai had the Dark Druid Sequence and was likely Lv43, alarming the Aerospace Base group.
• Three people from Flame Sun Base emerged from a spatial passage, and Luo Fan and the others realized the base had spatial abilities.

Jiang Shengnan discovered that Zhang Dakai was a Lv43 Sequence User as representatives from Flame Sun Base met with Luo Fan and Master Wen Hao to negotiate. Zhang Dakai offered to end the feud if Luo Fan handed over a Weird Domain, but Luo Fan flatly refused.

• Jiang Shengnan used her monitoring glasses to identify Zhang Dakai as Lv43 and his companions as Lv34 and Lv35.
• Jiang Shengnan prevented Master Wen Hao from shaking Zhang Dakai’s hand, explaining that Zhang Dakai had a combat-type Sequence and that Wen Hao could not defend himself.
• Zhang Dakai acknowledged his Sequence Level and explained that he had rarely needed to act while overseeing Flame Sun Base’s development.
• Master Wen Hao proposed settling the conflict between Flame Sun Base and Luo Fan on behalf of five bases.
• Zhang Dakai said he would accept an end to the feud if Luo Fan handed over a Weird Domain, surprising Master Wen Hao, Jiang Shengnan, and the others.
• Luo Fan firmly refused Zhang Dakai’s demand.

Luo Fan rejected Zhang Dakai’s demands for the Swordsman Weird’s Weird Domain, refusing to give Flame Sun Base either the domain or half its authority. The negotiations ended with Zhang Dakai accusing Luo Fan of lacking sincerity and appealing to Master Wen Hao.

• Luo Fan argued that he had won the Weird Domain through his own abilities and refused to return it to Flame Sun Base.
• Zhang Dakai offered to settle for half the Weird Domain’s authority, but Luo Fan recognized the demand as a bargaining ploy.
• Luo Fan compared sharing authority over the Weird Domain to giving an enemy the keys to his home, and Master Wen Hao agreed the analogy made sense.
• Zhang Dakai and Luo Fan refused to yield, and both agreed there was no point continuing the negotiations.
• Zhang Dakai accused Luo Fan of making an enemy of Flame Sun Base, then turned to Master Wen Hao and asked what he thought of the failed talks.

Zhang Dakai ended negotiations with Luo Fan and left through a spatial passage after they failed to settle their dispute over a Weird Domain. Master Wen Hao and Luo Fan agreed that Flame Sun Base could no longer be dealt with peacefully and would need a plan to kill Zhang Dakai.

• Master Wen Hao said he hoped Zhang Dakai and Luo Fan could resolve their grievances, but left the decision to them.
• Zhang Dakai rejected further negotiations, declared that he and Flame Sun Base would settle matters with Luo Fan through strength, and opened a spatial passage to leave with his companions.
• Luo Fan and his allies relaxed after Zhang Dakai's group departed without fighting, while Jiang Shengnan, Li Yan, and Zhao Yong praised Luo Fan for obtaining a Weird Domain.
• Master Wen Hao reminded Luo Fan of their agreement to work together to eliminate Zhang Dakai if negotiations failed.
• Luo Fan said they could have attacked Zhang Dakai during the meeting, but Master Wen Hao argued that betraying negotiations would destroy trust in future talks.
• Luo Fan agreed they needed a new battle plan, and Master Wen Hao asked whether he had any ideas.

After negotiations with Zhang Dakai failed, Luo Fan and Master Wen Hao discussed how to isolate him and learn the powers of his skills and Uncanny Artifact. Zhang Dakai then ambushed Luo Fan’s group aboard their aircraft, destroyed it, and attacked Luo Fan again as they fell.

• Luo Fan told Master Wen Hao that they should isolate Zhang Dakai and learn the effects of his skills and Uncanny Artifact before striking.
• Luo Fan, Ai Si, Ximen Chuixue, and An Xiaoran left Jiangkou Town aboard Luo Fan’s aircraft and discussed how to kill Zhang Dakai.
• Zhang Dakai opened a spatial passage inside the aircraft, transformed into a Golden Armored Giant Bear, and tore the aircraft apart.
• An Xiaoran used Angel Descending to save Ximen Chuixue, while Luo Fan mimicked Zhang Da’s appearance and flew to catch Ai Si.
• Zhang Dakai transformed into a golden eagle, stopped his fall, and swooped at Luo Fan, who attacked with lasers and Gatling guns.

Luo Fan and his companions survived their fall, but Zhang Dakai ambushed Luo Fan in black panther form and inflicted a rule-based bleeding effect that their healing could only slow. As the bleeding continued, Luo Fan realized he had to kill Zhang Dakai before the effect ran its course and considered summoning the Weird Bride.

• Zhang Dakai attacked Luo Fan in golden roc form, knocking him away and sending Ai Si into a free fall.
• Ai Si used Earth Fire and Fire Release to cancel his fall and land safely, while Luo Fan and the others came down nearby.
• Zhang Dakai vanished from the impact site, then reappeared as an invisible black panther and slashed Luo Fan, causing wounds that would not heal.
• An Xiaoran used Healing, Regeneration, Dispel, and Healing Cross, but the rule-type healing only greatly slowed the bleeding caused by Zhang Dakai's Tearing skill.
• Zhang Dakai realized Luo Fan might survive the twenty-minute bleeding effect and prepared to act, while Luo Fan considered summoning the Weird Bride to stop him.

Luo Fan and his team fought Zhang Dakai while his invisible black cheetah form and bleeding attack pushed them toward their limits. As Zhang Dakai lunged at Luo Fan, Petrification Bait suddenly drew his attention.

• Luo Fan decided to defeat Zhang Dakai within ten minutes or summon the Weird Bride, while An Xiaoran estimated that she and Luo Fan could last about fifteen minutes.
• Zhang Dakai dodged Ai Si's Earth Fire and Ximen Chuixue's Frost Sword Qi, then turned invisible and wounded Ai Si with a claw strike.
• Ai Si used the Far-Sensing Wave Hat to track Zhang Dakai, while Luo Fan set Sealing Traps and placed Petrification Bait on one of them.
• The team attacked Zhang Dakai's estimated position with flames, Sword Qi, and Holy Light Descent as he dodged and waited for their bleeding injuries to weaken them.
• As Luo Fan neared his limit, Zhang Dakai appeared beside him and raised his claws, but Petrification Bait suddenly drew Zhang Dakai's attention.

Luo Fan killed Zhang Dakai with a trap and Triple Shot, but an unnameable being took Zhang Dakai’s corpse and erased the group’s memory of its appearance. Unable to learn what the being wanted, Luo Fan opened his chat with Master Wen Hao.

• Luo Fan trapped Zhang Dakai with the Sealing Trap and killed him with Triple Shot, stopping his curse-like bleeding.
• An Xiaoran used Healing Cross to help heal Luo Fan and herself.
• A crimson eye and enormous hand appeared, took Zhang Dakai’s corpse, and vanished.
• Luo Fan and the others found they could no longer remember or record what the being looked like, and Luo Fan concluded they had encountered an unnameable being.
• Luo Fan dismissed further speculation and opened his chat with Master Wen Hao.