Chapter Summaries

Lin Fei led his captives to an energy crystal vein in Blood-Colored Bug Ridge and learned more about the Night Beasts and their lairs. When Spirit-Eating Insects attacked underground, two captives used heavy Gauss cannons to kill them, and the group began collecting and eating the energy-rich remains.

• Lin Fei learned that Night Beasts sheltered in lairs by day and that the City of Sin avoided fighting them despite their threat.
• After hearing about a mutated house centipede's lair, Lin Fei decided to visit it the next day and led the captives to a crystal vein to gather energy crystals.
• Lin Fei entered the mine, where his Arcane Core fell dormant, while the Lower Spirits suffered coughing, itching, and stinging skin.
• Spirit-Eating Insects swarmed Lin Fei, but a God Race captive and a Many-Eyed Race captive opened fire with heavy Gauss cannons and wiped them out.
• The captives gathered the energy-rich insect remains, and some ate them on the spot.

Lin Fei led his group deep into the mineral vein, mined energy crystals despite worsening radiation and stronger Spirit-Eating Insects, then returned to camp. Ao Zongping and the other first-rank officials followed signs of Lin Fei’s earlier battle, and a sentry warned him that they were approaching camp.

• Lin Fei led everyone deeper into the vein, where the group mined crystals and ores while Spirit-Eating Insects grew larger and more dangerous.
• As radiation worsened, Lin Fei sent the Lower Spirits out and continued mining alone until his nose began to bleed, then returned to camp with the harvested insects.
• Ao Zongping, Ao Sanniang, and the other first-rank officials continued searching Blood-Colored Bug Ridge rather than retreating before nightfall.
• The four officials found the destroyed mushroom forest and examined evidence that Lin Fei had fought a fierce battle there.
• At camp, Lin Fei gave A Xing the ungraded crystals and distributed the low-grade crystals according to each person’s contribution.
• An Arcane Race sentry warned Lin Fei that Ao Zongping and the others were heading toward camp.

Lin Fei used a repaired psionic shield generator and fled after Ao Zongping and three other first-rank officials led an attack against him. As he tried to shake off their pursuers, he discovered that his Arcane Core could absorb a mutant liger’s life factors and let his hands transform into its claws.

• A Xing gave Lin Fei a repaired Many-Eyed Race shield generator, which he attached to his chest and configured to activate automatically if his condition became critical.
• Ao Zongping recognized Lin Fei and ordered nearly a hundred arcanists and four Upper Spirits to attack him.
• Lin Fei escaped the concentrated assault with his Wind-Riding Technique, Lightness Technique, Arcana Shield, and Telekinetic Barrier, then fled with the officials and their followers in pursuit.
• Lin Fei assessed the officials as too dangerous to fight together and focused on outrunning their subordinates through the jungle.
• Lin Fei killed and ate a mutant liger, and his Arcane Core absorbed some of its life factors.
• Lin Fei discovered that his hands could transform into the mutant liger’s sharp claws.

Lin Fei fled from four Upper Spirit officials through Blood-Colored Bug Ridge, enduring their attacks while racing toward the sleeping Diana Luwei in the central region. He protected himself with a Psionic Shield and prepared to turn the chase into a trap by exploiting the Night Beasts and his hidden Dual Pupils of Life and Death.

• Lin Fei survived a destructive strike to his back, healed the damage enough to stop the bleeding, and continued running despite the pain.
• Ao Zongping and the other three officials pursued Lin Fei while their subordinates fell behind, and Lin Fei headed toward the radiation source at Blood-Colored Bug Ridge's center.
• The officials attacked with Mind Storm and an electromagnetic consciousness-disruption storm, but Lin Fei blocked them with his Psionic Shield and quickly deactivated it to conserve energy.
• The four officials recognized the Psionic Shield as God Race technology and argued over who would claim it, while Lin Fei kept his Dual Pupils of Life and Death hidden.
• Lin Fei planned to devour Night Beast genes to withstand the radiation and use the central region, where Diana Luwei slept, to turn the pursuit against his enemies.

Lin Fei lured Ao Zongping and the other three Upper Spirits toward the radiation-heavy center of Blood-Colored Bug Ridge, then stopped at the edge of a vast insect swarm. As the four closed in, Lin Fei summoned the swarm, forcing them to flee.

• Lin Fei taunted Ao Zongping during the pursuit, then deflected his lightning spear with a precisely controlled insulating barrier.
• The five traveled deeper into Blood-Colored Bug Ridge as the radiation intensified and began causing discomfort and blood spots beneath their skin.
• Lin Fei stopped before mountains filled with countless mutated insects, judging that his body could not safely withstand the radiation farther ahead.
• Ao Zongping and Ao Sanniang mocked Lin Fei and surrounded him from three directions.
• Lin Fei raised his staff and called the insects, unleashing a swarm that blotted out the sky and ground.
• Ao Zongping and the other three attacked Lin Fei and fled without checking the result.

Lin Fei fought his way out of the mutant insect swarm and led six insect leaders toward Ao Zongping and the others. After Ao Zongping was killed buying them time, Lin Fei turned his attention to Song Zhanbei, blood-colored patterns appearing in his right eye.

• Lin Fei smashed through the insects surrounding him, gathered their white light into his Arcane Core, and fought toward the swarm’s edge.
• Ao Sanniang and the others saw Lin Fei escape with six mutant insect leaders on his trail, while Ao Zongping fell behind after exhausting his energy.
• Lin Fei caught up with the group, and Ao Zongping unleashed ice, lightning, and wind Arcana in a desperate attack before Lin Fei struck him with his staff.
• The insect leaders tore apart and devoured Ao Zongping as Lin Fei, Ao Sanniang, and the others used the delay to flee.
• Lin Fei looked toward Song Zhanbei’s retreating back, and blood-colored patterns surfaced in his right pupil.

Lin Fei killed Song Zhanbei with a Many-Eyed Race eye technique and seized his Arcane Core, then fought Ao Ligei while Ao Sanniang betrayed him and fled. He escaped the pursuing mutant insect leaders badly wounded and reached a mushroom forest where humanoid beings were present.

• Lin Fei used karmic fire through his right eye to burn Song Zhanbei, then took the Arcane Core from his skull.
• Ao Sanniang and Ao Ligei put up Prism Shields, while Ao Sanniang accused Lin Fei of hiding his strength until they let down their guard.
• Ao Sanniang feinted at Lin Fei and fled, leaving Ao Ligei to fight him; Lin Fei healed his wounds with the technique in his left eye and shattered Ao Ligei's shield.
• Lin Fei abandoned Ao Ligei's Arcane Core and ran toward the camp as six mutant insect leaders attacked Ao Ligei and devoured him.
• Lin Fei raced through the Dark Jungle with monsters pursuing him, enduring attacks that left his back badly wounded.
• Lin Fei leapt over a hill and spotted a mushroom forest containing humanoid beings.

Gu Longhu returned to the human camp with a house centipede carcass, but his story was interrupted when Lin Fei raced past with a vast swarm of mutant insects pursuing him. Lin Fei continued fleeing toward his own sanctuary, where A Xing and the others watched him approach in shock.

• Gu Longhu returned to the camp carrying a house centipede carcass and asked for meat and Hundred-Insect Brew.
• Gu Longhu began recounting how mutant insects had chased him, but the ground shook and a huge swarm approached.
• The humans saw Lin Fei sprint past with the swarm behind him and refused to let him shelter in their camp.
• Lin Fei told the humans, “Well done. Stay alive,” and continued fleeing as the swarm swept past.
• Lin Fei neared his sanctuary, where A Xing and the others were stunned by the swarm pursuing him.

Lin Fei escaped the insect swarm by using his scepter to pull himself into camp, where his allies drove the swarm back. After receiving treatment, he learned the shield generator could still be recharged and began recovering from his injuries.

• A Xing ordered covering fire while Lin Fei’s allies attacked the insect swarm with arcana and technological weapons.
• When Lin Fei’s numb legs failed him near the camp, he threw his scepter and grabbed it, letting its flight drag him inside.
• The insect tide retreated, and Lin Fei sat down, reflecting on the Life Factors he had absorbed and Song Zhanbei’s Arcane Core he had seized.
• Lin Fei asked A Xing about the damaged shield generator, then handed it over before arcanists treated his wounds.
• Lin Fei asked Gu Xiaoyu to use acupuncture on him, and an Arcane Race member prepared a bath with shaping arcana.

Lin Fei recovered from his ordeal, then returned to gathering energy crystals and defeated a powerful Spirit-Eating Insect. Ao Sanniang escaped Blood-Colored Bug Ridge and told Xiao Xudong that Lin Fei was dead.

• Lin Fei fell asleep in his bath after A Xing arranged warm water for him, and Gu Xiaoyu entered his room but chose to care for him rather than kill him.
• Lin Fei woke in fresh clothes, realized Gu Xiaoyu had changed him, and organized another expedition to gather energy crystals.
• Lin Fei resisted the radiation, collected crystals, and defeated an Upper Spirit-realm Spirit-Eating Insect despite his injuries.
• Ao Sanniang and a dozen surviving arcanists escaped Blood-Colored Bug Ridge after most of their group was killed.
• Xiao Xudong questioned Ao Sanniang about the four first-rank officials and Lin Fei, and she insisted that Lin Fei was dead.

Xiao Shiyu watched Ao Sanniang’s memories and became convinced that Lin Fei had faked his death in Blood-Colored Bug Ridge. Xiao Xudong appointed her Feiyun Hou, and she planned to send Human Race captives to learn whether Lin Fei had survived.

• Xiao Xudong showed Xiao Shiyu Ao Sanniang’s memories, including Lin Fei’s eye technique and the insect swarm pursuing him.
• Xiao Xudong demoted Ao Sanniang and appointed Xiao Shiyu the new Feiyun Hou, granting her Lin Fei’s former territory.
• Xiao Shiyu argued that Lin Fei might still be alive and secured Xiao Xudong’s permission to capture him if he had survived.
• Xiao Shiyu deduced that Lin Fei had used the arcane airship to lure the officials into Blood-Colored Bug Ridge and faked his death to escape.
• Xiao Shiyu said she would send Human Race captives into Blood-Colored Bug Ridge to investigate Lin Fei’s fate.

Xiao Xudong concluded that Lin Fei had survived and permitted Xiao Shiyu to visit Blood-Colored Bug Ridge, with Xiao Nanfeng to accompany her. Over the next five days, Lin Fei’s camp expanded its resources and defenses while Lin Fei reached the peak of the Upper Spirit Realm.

• Xiao Xudong recognized that Lin Fei had likely killed Ao Lantian after enduring persecution and agreed that he was worth nurturing.
• Xiao Xudong allowed Xiao Shiyu to go to Blood-Colored Bug Ridge but told her to wait for Xiao Nanfeng to return and accompany her.
• Lin Fei’s camp mined energy crystals, destroyed several mutant insect nests, and lured insects into traps to gather food and materials.
• Lin Fei spared insect larvae, eggs, pupae, and a wounded queen bee, while the camp developed enchanted venomous-stinger bullets and insect-shell armor.
• Lin Fei advanced to the Upper Spirit Ninth Layer and perfected the Upper Spirit Realm by devouring Arcane Cores and using other cultivation resources.

Lin Fei continued cultivating while the shield generator’s slow charging prompted him to propose powering it with his Arcana energy after reaching the Earth Spirit realm. Meanwhile, Captain Mengdeluofu led a God Race ship out of the City of Sin to investigate a map marking an energy crystal vein and a sheltered settlement.

• Lin Fei considered how his Arcane Core and absorbed Life Factors accelerated his cultivation, though he still wanted Alkes’s Life Factor to strengthen his body.
• Lin Fei learned that the shield generator had charged to only 7.61 percent and said he would fill it with Arcana energy after breaking through to the Earth Spirit realm.
• Lin Fei and the others headed to the energy crystal vein after breakfast, while their captive informant had been rewarded with crystals for his information.
• Captain Mengdeluofu took a God Race Void Radiance Ship out of the City of Sin to investigate a map showing an energy crystal vein and a resource-rich sheltered settlement.
• Mengdeluofu dismissed the possibility of a trap and vowed to crush anyone plotting against the God Race.

Mengdeluofu led God Race warriors from the City of Sin to seize the energy crystal vein, where Lin Fei and his group were already present. Lin Fei attacked first and stunned Mengdeluofu by blocking his close-range assault with an unexpected melee technique.

• Mengdeluofu chose to approach the energy crystal vein aboard a Void Radiance Ship rather than risk damaging it with heavy weapons.
• Lin Fei sensed approaching footsteps and readied his group for battle as Mengdeluofu and the God Race warriors entered the vein.
• Lin Fei confronted Mengdeluofu and accused Alkes of providing the God Race with information.
• Mengdeluofu demanded that Lin Fei's group leave, but Lin Fei attacked with a shadow beam when he realized the God Race feared damaging the vein.
• Mengdeluofu blocked the beam, closed in with his light blade, and was shocked when Lin Fei blocked the strike and countered with a melee technique.

Lin Fei fought Mengdeluofu and his two lieutenants in the underground passage, using the Many-Eyed Race’s eye techniques and a hidden Psionic Shield to turn the battle. After regenerating his severed arm, he struck with the scepter as the passage collapsed.

• Lin Fei killed two Middle Spirits with his blood-red eye technique, and Mengdeluofu ordered the other God Race members to withdraw while he and A Gan and A Lan attacked.
• Lin Fei used the Adhere formula to disarm A Gan, shatter his psionic shield, and wound him, but the lieutenants’ blades cut through Lin Fei’s defenses.
• Lin Fei’s Psionic Shield absorbed the next attack, giving him time to smash A Lan’s skull with his scepter, though she severed his left arm.
• Lin Fei used his left eye technique to heal his injuries and regenerate his arm, alarming Mengdeluofu.
• Lin Fei charged his scepter with holy light and lightning, struck, and caused the underground passage to collapse.

Lin Fei defeated Mengdeluofu and the two vice-captains, then killed the God Race warriors who tried to flee. After absorbing their life factors and gaining greater physical strength, he turned his attention to the Void Radiance Ship and Alkes.

• Lin Fei shattered Mengdeluofu’s Psionic Shield, burned away his hands, and smashed his ribs and heart with the scepter.
• A Gan and A Lan charged to save Mengdeluofu, but Lin Fei’s ocular flames left them near death.
• Lin Fei ignored Mengdeluofu’s attempt to call in a bombardment, then killed him with a Psionic Energy light blade.
• The God Race warriors emerged expecting their captain to have won, but found Lin Fei alive and fled toward the Void Radiance Ship.
• Lin Fei used telekinetic power to drag the fleeing warriors back and devoured their life factors, strengthening his body.
• Lin Fei looked toward the Void Radiance Ship and remarked that Alkes had delivered him a grand gift.

Lin Fei returned to camp after killing the first group of God Race warriors and seizing their weapons and Void Radiance Ship, while Alkes briefly attacked the camp before withdrawing. The camp celebrated the spoils, but Lin Fei warned that the City of Sin would come looking for its missing warriors, leaving everyone awaiting his next decision.

• Lin Fei took the God Race warriors’ equipment and Void Radiance Ship, which he could not operate because of its password system, and hurried back to camp.
• Alkes killed an Arcane Race sentry with an arrow, then withdrew rather than risk fighting Lin Fei’s camp before the City of Sin arrived.
• Lin Fei returned and explained that Alkes had hoped to make his people and the City of Sin fight each other so he could claim the spoils.
• Lin Fei revealed that he had killed the first group of God Race members and displayed their weapons, armor, and ship, prompting the camp to celebrate.
• Lin Fei warned that the camp was no longer safe because the City of Sin would notice its missing warriors, and everyone waited for his decision.

Lin Fei relocated his followers to a Human Race camp, where the people feared him as the butcher of the Boulder Terrace Tribe. Instead of conquering or enslaving them, he subdued their resistance and began supplying and building up the camp, leaving both its residents and his followers bewildered.

• Lin Fei ordered his followers to relocate and warned them not to harm the humans at their destination without his permission.
• Lin Fei and his group reached the Human Race camp, where Gu Liqi and the frightened residents recognized him as the killer of the Boulder Terrace Tribe.
• Lin Fei threatened to raze the camp but used Mind Storm to demonstrate his power, prompting Gu Liqi to welcome him and beg him to spare the vulnerable residents.
• Lin Fei disabled the camp’s mines and restrictions, entered with his followers, and told Gu Liqi that no one needed to kneel before him.
• Lin Fei ordered his followers to build houses and distribute weapons and supplies to the camp, astonishing its residents and his own people.

Lin Fei healed the young Beiluo Yaoguang, gave her energy crystals, and entered seclusion to advance toward the Earth Spirit realm. Gu Longhu returned to find the camp transformed, while Xiao Shiyu appeared at the edge of Blood-Colored Bug Ridge.

• Lin Fei used healing spells and a hidden illusion to cure Beiluo Yaoguang’s radiation-corrupted body, then gave her a ring filled with energy crystals.
• Gu Liqi explained that mutated mushroom mycelia helped humans resist radiation, prompting A Xing to organize research into them.
• Lin Fei entered seclusion and absorbed the Psionic Energy of A Gan and A Lan, reaching the half-step Earth Spirit Realm.
• Gu Longhu returned with mutated beasts and was stunned by the new camp and its inhabitants.
• Xiao Shiyu arrived at the edge of Blood-Colored Bug Ridge on a heavenly horse.

Xiao Nanfeng and Xiao Shiyu entered Blood-Colored Bug Ridge and encountered Alexis, who attacked them after accusing them of killing Mengdeluofu. Meanwhile, Lin Fei continued to taunt Gu Longhu at camp over his inability to avenge the Boulder Terrace Tribe.

• Xiao Shiyu ignored Xiao Nanfeng's warnings, illuminated the forest with a Guangming Spell, and drove off a swarm of strange insects with a lightning attack.
• Xiao Shiyu and Xiao Nanfeng found a deserted photon forest where Lin Fei and his companions had once lived.
• Alexis emerged from a Stargate and accused Xiao Nanfeng and Xiao Shiyu of causing Mengdeluofu's death at the crystal vein.
• Alexis attacked, destroying the photon forest, while Xiao Shiyu furiously blamed Lin Fei for getting them into trouble.
• At camp, Lin Fei asked Gu Longhu whether he could defeat him or bear the cost of angering him, and Gu Longhu fell silent.