Arc 9The Golden Mother Sect

Xu Long gained Xu Hu as an ally, crushed the Hong Family’s resistance, and took charge of the Haixian City Branch before entering a new mission. In White Fish Town, he uncovered Sangu’s ties to the Golden Mother Sect and set out to destroy it and the Ma Family.

  • Xu Long wiped out the Redeemer Team and claimed the World Core after Xu Hu burned the Goddess of the Night to ashes.
  • Xu Long revived Xu Hu, brought him into the Blazing Sun Team, and completed his first soul transformation in the Soul Refining Tower.
  • Xu Long killed the ten A-rank fighters sent against Wang Situ and used golden talismans to curse the Hong Family.
  • Wang Situ delivered the Hong Family’s assets to Xu Long, who accepted the position of head of the Haixian City Branch.
  • Xu Long entered the White Fish Town Monster Hunt mission, transformed a weasel into a little girl, and met Ma Yiheng while pursuing a sorcerer harming women.
  • Xu Long learned the Three Incense Sticks method, hired Zhang Buhui and his companions to seek legendary objects, and discovered a jade Guanyin that enabled him to summon a gentle power.
  • Xu Long learned that Sangu belonged to the Golden Mother Sect and forced her to reveal how to find its Gold and Silver Tower.
  • Xu Long killed Sangu, received 10,000 points for completing a hidden mission, and returned to the Lai Family planning to destroy the Golden Mother Sect and the Ma Family.
Chapters 201–225 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 201Six Killed with One Blast

Uwatoko Miya’s Rising Sun Team searched for the Stairway of the Sun flower in western Africa, but Xu Long attacked them from orbit and killed six members with a laser blast. Uwatoko escaped, while Xu Long detected the Goddess of the Night and prepared Wawa to flee if it appeared.

  • Uwatoko Miya led the Rising Sun Team toward a marked location in Africa and wondered how Yuehan was faring against the Blazing Sun Team.
  • A laser attack killed six members of Uwatoko Miya’s team, and he escaped by teleporting away in A+-rank armor.
  • Xu Long gained points for the kills, and Wawa celebrated her share of the reward.
  • The Red Queen told Xu Long that one enemy had escaped, and Xu Long let the survivor go.
  • Xu Long sensed a powerful aura consuming part of his telekinesis, recognized it as the Goddess of the Night, and gave Wawa a DynoCap with a flying car.

Ch. 202Finally Out

Xu Long decided he could not destroy the Goddess of the Night outright, so he targeted the reincarnators who had released it. He killed the Redeemer Team members aboard their escaping helicopter, leaving the battle in Raccoon City ongoing.

  • Wawa took Xu Long's warning seriously and flew away from Raccoon City.
  • A helicopter dropped the Goddess of the Night, and its pilot fired a missile at it before a tentacle killed him.
  • The Redeemer Team tried to flee after their underground base was threatened by the Tree of Might's roots.
  • Xu Long's Spirit Blast killed the Redeemer Team's telekinesis specialist and pilot, and his Buddha's Palm destroyed their helicopter.
  • The crash and Xu Long's attacks killed several more B-rank reincarnators.

Ch. 203Yuehan Flees

Xu Long fought Yuehan after defeating the Redeemer Team, overpowering his weapons and forcing him to retreat. As Yuehan tried to escape with a teleportation talisman, the newly grown Goddess of the Night attacked Xu Long with a tentacle.

  • Yuehan charged Xu Long after his teammates died and he lost forty-five thousand points, but Xu Long struck him back with a fist.
  • Yuehan released underground monsters to feed the Goddess of the Night, and Xu Long drew the Lulu Sword to fight him.
  • Xu Long broke Yuehan’s spear technique and damaged his spear and shield with repeated attacks.
  • Xu Long shattered Yuehan’s shield with a kick, leaving Yuehan badly injured and desperate to flee.
  • Yuehan tried to use a random teleportation talisman, but the Goddess of the Night, now over five hundred meters in diameter, shot a tentacle at Xu Long.

Ch. 204The Redeemer Team Wiped Out

Xu Long killed Yuehan after stopping the Goddess of the Night, wiping out the Redeemer Team. Two days later, the Tree of Might’s fruit ripened and engineering robots recovered intact data drives from an underground base, while the Rising Sun Team’s captain remained in hiding.

  • Xu Long hurled the Great Qin Bronze Men into the Goddess of the Night, temporarily stopping its attack, then used Instant Transmission to pursue Yuehan.
  • Xu Long appeared beside Yuehan and killed him, triggering a notification that the Rebirth Temple’s reincarnator team had been wiped out.
  • Xu Long decided to search for information about the Stairway of the Sun’s altar in the data of the Umbrella Corporation or Tricell and sent engineering robots to excavate underground.
  • Two days later, the Tree of Might’s fruit ripened, and the robots found the damaged underground base with its data-storage hard drives intact.
  • Wawa rode to Xu Long’s location in a flying car after learning he had wiped out the Redeemer Team, while Uwatoko Miya remained in hiding.

Ch. 205The Mad Beast Temple Descends

Xu Long abandoned his attempt to kill the Goddess of the Night and headed for the Stairway of the Sun, where he sensed a dangerous presence. Just before reaching the site, he learned that a powerful Mad Beast Temple reincarnator had descended.

  • Xu Long gave Wawa a Tree of Might fruit and decided to travel to Africa instead of attacking the Goddess of the Night.
  • The Red Queen located the Stairway of the Sun, and Xu Long released Rice Bucket after they left the radiation zone.
  • Xu Long considered how to handle the powerful corpse buried beneath the Stairway of the Sun and avoided recklessly opening the Heavenly Eye.
  • Xu Long traveled by spaceship to within ten kilometers of the Stairway of the Sun and sensed danger nearby.
  • A notification announced the arrival of a Mad Beast Temple reincarnator, whom Xu Long suspected was exceptionally powerful.

Ch. 206Underestimated by the Main God

Xu Long discovered that the Mad Beast Temple’s White Ape had entered the world and far outclassed him, while the Main God changed the mission after White Ape’s arrival. Xu Long prepared to fire the combat satellites before retreating, and White Ape set out to find him.

  • The Red Queen located White Ape, a transformed Mad Beast Temple reincarnator whose physical strength surpassed Xu Long, Uwatoko Miya, and Yuehan.
  • Xu Long recalled the stages of soul transformation and recognized the gap between his abilities and White Ape’s.
  • The Main God changed Xu Long’s mission, replacing erasure with a 100,000-point penalty for failure, and White Ape accepted a mission to kill Xu Long for rewards.
  • Xu Long ordered both combat satellites to charge their weapons, planning to shoot White Ape before withdrawing.
  • White Ape used a device to determine his location and tried to work out how to reach Raccoon City, but struggled with the map.

Ch. 207Fire a Shot First

White Ape survived Xu Long’s satellite weapons and continued toward the World Core, while Xu Long and his companions reached the Stairway of the Sun. Xu Long sensed an even greater danger beneath its altar, where he believed the flesh and blood of an S-rank creature was hidden.

  • White Ape was struck by a laser cannon and then a particle cannon, but his injuries healed rapidly.
  • The Red Queen warned Xu Long that the weapons had long cooldowns and that White Ape had not been fatally wounded, so Xu Long ordered the group to avoid confronting him directly.
  • Xu Long ordered the Red Queen to track White Ape and fire the particle cannon when it was ready, then continued toward the Stairway of the Sun with Wawa and Rice Bucket.
  • White Ape waited for another attack, then traveled by boat toward his destination, prioritizing the World Core over killing Xu Long.
  • Xu Long followed the coordinates to the Stairway of the Sun and sensed that the altar concealed the flesh and blood of a powerful S-rank creature.

Ch. 208Born from Death

Xu Long uncovered a dead S-rank powerhouse whose body held the source of the T-virus and Alexia’s fire ability. He used wood qi to heal the man’s wound, and by the next morning the corpse’s blood had begun to flow.

  • Xu Long ordered the altar excavated and sent a bioroid to inspect the human corpse buried there.
  • Xu Long sensed that the man’s soul was absent but his body remained powerful, and found that fire energy in the corpse had burned the bioroid.
  • Xu Long suspected that the man could return to life and decided to try recruiting him, believing he might have lost his memories.
  • Xu Long removed the Stairway of the Sun roots, collected blood and flesh samples for the Red Queen, and poured the Wood Qi Bottle’s contents onto the wound.
  • By the next morning, the wound had healed and the corpse’s blood began flowing despite the absence of a heartbeat or breathing.

Ch. 209I'm Your Own Little Brother!

White Ape fought the Goddess of the Night in Raccoon City while a particle cannon repeatedly struck him, and he discovered a bronze figure suppressing her. Meanwhile, the man under Xu Long’s care awoke with no memories, and Xu Long claimed to be his little brother.

  • White Ape battled the Goddess of the Night, whose tentacles could not devour his transforming body, while he replenished his energy from outside sources.
  • White Ape found a towering bronze figure that weakened the Goddess of the Night, then left it inside her to keep her suppressed.
  • A particle cannon blast shattered White Ape’s head, but he recovered and continued fighting the Goddess of the Night.
  • Xu Long learned from the Red Queen that the man’s heart had started beating, and the man soon woke up.
  • Xu Long embraced the confused man and told him, “I’m your own little brother.”

Ch. 210Obtaining the World Core

Xu Long awakened Xu Hu, an S-rank powerhouse, and led him to eliminate the remaining threats on the planet. After Xu Hu destroyed the Goddess of the Night, Xu Long obtained the World Core and began holding it for the required half hour.

  • Xu Long told Xu Hu a fabricated account of their past, and Xu Hu agreed to kill the monsters.
  • White Ape sensed Xu Hu's overwhelming power and fled before confronting him.
  • Uwatoko Miya emerged from hiding to warn Xu Hu, but Xu Long killed him with the Explosive Dragon sniper rifle.
  • Xu Long brought Xu Hu to the Goddess of the Night, and Xu Hu burned the monster to ashes.
  • Xu Long claimed the World Core and began waiting out the half-hour requirement before leaving the planet.

Ch. 211Soul Refining Tower

After Xu Long told Xu Hu the truth about his past and the destroyed world, Xu Hu chose to join the Reincarnation Temple and Xu Long’s team. Back at the temple, Xu Long collected his mission rewards and entered the Soul Refining Tower to strengthen his soul.

  • Xu Long confessed the truth to Xu Hu, including the history of the Resident Evil world and his knowledge of the Main Gods.
  • Xu Long freed Wawa from the freezer, and Xu Hu revealed that he had been invited by the four temple Main Gods.
  • Xu Hu chose the Reincarnation Temple and joined Xu Long’s Blazing Sun Team, though they could not yet take missions together.
  • Xu Long returned to the Reincarnation Temple and received 385,000 points, an A-rank Permission Card, and 150 permission points.
  • Xu Long entered the first floor of the Soul Refining Tower to cultivate his soul.

Ch. 212Thirty Million Points

Xu Long sold Senzu Beans, Tree of Might Fruits, and seeds to Fang Huihong for thirty million points, then used the Soul Refining Tower to complete his first soul transformation. He reached the minute subtlety realm and discovered that he could control his power more precisely.

  • Xu Long was expelled from the Soul Refining Tower after spending nearly 400,000 points on more than a hundred hours of training.
  • Xu Long sold eight Senzu Beans and 370 Tree of Might Fruits to a reincarnator, then sold six Tree of Might Seeds to him for a total of thirty million points.
  • Xu Long learned that the buyer was Fang Huihong, chief person in charge of the Reincarnation Group.
  • Xu Long returned to the Soul Refining Tower and completed his first soul transformation, reaching the minute subtlety realm.
  • Xu Long tested his improved control by swinging the Lulu Sword and saw its sword light reach a hundred meters.

Ch. 213The Agents Were Stolen

Xu Long refined his martial arts while settling into life with Haitang and Xu Hu, but his first Gene Strengthening Agent delivery was stolen in an ambush. Wang Situ was betrayed by his disciple and confronted by Hong Chao as Xu Long rushed to help him.

  • Xu Long merged his weapon, fist, foot, and palm techniques into the sword strike Mountains and Rivers Shatter and the palm strike Overbearing Dragon Repents.
  • Xu Hu learned to live in society, moved into an apartment upstairs, and helped Xu Long improve his martial arts.
  • The Red Queen told Xu Long that the Gene Strengthening Agents had been stolen, and Wang Situ called to confess that ten A-rank experts had ambushed him.
  • Xu Long sensed Wang Situ's aura and set out to reach him, while Wang Situ's disciple revealed that he had betrayed his master for the promise of advancement.
  • Hong Chao confronted Wang Situ, blaming him for his prolonged suffering, as the Hong Family's plot to steal the agents came to light.

Ch. 214One Sword Strike, Instant Kill

Xu Long used Hong Chao to draw the Hong Family into a conflict, then arrived to protect Wang Situ and killed the ten A-rank attackers sent by the family. Wang Situ faced his treacherous disciple, who begged for forgiveness, and struck him down.

  • Hong Chao threatened Xu Long's family, and Xu Long kept him alive as a way to draw out the Hong Family and enter the cultivation world's upper ranks.
  • Xu Long explained that Hong Cheng'en had sent ten A-rank fighters to target Wang Situ, seize the Gene Strengthening Agent, and pursue revenge.
  • Xu Long arrived beside Wang Situ and killed the first three A-rank fighters with one sword strike.
  • Xu Long killed the fourth fighter, then charged in and killed the six remaining A-ranks in less than ten seconds.
  • Wang Situ's disciple begged for forgiveness and promised to sever ties with the Hong Family, but Wang Situ brought his palm down on him.

Ch. 215The Curse Talisman

Xu Long used a Curse Talisman on Hong Chao’s severed hand to target the Hong Family, while the family gathered to decide how to survive his retaliation. The chapter ended with Hong Cheng'en sending Hong Chenghui to seek the Fire King’s help.

  • Xu Long maimed Hong Chao and told Wang Situ to handle the loose ends, while making clear that the Hong Family would be destroyed without leaving evidence.
  • Xu Long set up a ritual altar at sea with Xu Hu, Haitang, and Rice Bucket present, then used a golden Curse Talisman and Hong Chao’s severed hand to curse him to bleed from all seven orifices.
  • At the Hong Family’s ancestral residence, Hong Cheng'en blamed Hong Chao for the loss of ten A-rank experts and the trouble with Xu Long.
  • The Hong Family’s leaders considered how to appease Xu Long and feared they could not stop him if he came after them.
  • Hong Cheng'en ordered Hong Chenghui to take a hundred Spirit Stones to the Fire King and ask for help.

Ch. 216The Four S-Rank Powerhouses

Xu Long cursed the Hong Family for targeting Haitang, killing its weaker members and preparing to finish off the survivors despite suffering backlash. Meanwhile, Wang Situ confronted the Fire King and the other gathered S-rank powerhouses over the Hong Family’s actions and their responsibility for Hong Chao.

  • Hong Cheng'en began coughing blood during a family meeting, then suffered broken limbs and a ruptured belly as the Hong Family members around him were struck by the curse.
  • Xu Long used a reinforced golden talisman to curse the entire Hong Family, and the backlash summoned lightning that injured him.
  • Xu Hu stopped Haitang from rushing to Xu Long, who noticed a survivor and lit another golden talisman to curse again.
  • The Fire King, Celestial Master Yuanling, Master Miaofa, the Corpse King, and Wang Situ gathered at the Fire King's villa to discuss Xu Long.
  • Wang Situ accused the Fire King of backing Hong Cheng'en and saving Hong Chao, and demanded that he not evade responsibility.

Ch. 217The Main God's Unequal Treatment

Celestial Master Yuanling, Master Miaofa, the Mount Mang Corpse King, and the Fire King debated how to approach Xu Long and the Gene Strengthening Agent, then Master Miaofa broke Xu Long’s curse on Hong Chenghui and counterattacked. Xu Long learned that Xu Hu was barred from attacking non-reincarnators in the Main World, but he remained free to do so and prepared to finish off the last Hong Family target.

  • Wang Situ broke with the Administration Bureau, and the Fire King said he had repaid his debt to the Hong Family.
  • Celestial Master Yuanling, Master Miaofa, the Mount Mang Corpse King, and the Fire King agreed to have Wang Situ contact Xu Long cautiously and warned their followers against causing trouble.
  • Hong Chenghui arrived at the Fire King’s villa, where Master Miaofa dispelled his curse and used him as a medium to attack Xu Long.
  • Xu Long realized that Master Miaofa had interrupted his curse, while Xu Hu explained that the Main God prohibited him from attacking non-reincarnators or revealing the Divine Hall.
  • Xu Long picked up two golden talismans and resolved to kill the last member of the Hong Family.

Ch. 218The Hong Family's Destruction

Xu Long’s lightning curse and Xu Hu’s overwhelming strength forced the Administration Bureau and Federation to reconsider their stance after the Hong Family’s destruction. Wang Situ brought Xu Long the Hong Family’s assets as compensation and persuaded him to become head of the Haixian City Branch.

  • Celestial Master Yuanling and Master Miaofa joined forces against Xu Long’s curse, but Xu Hu broke their remote spying and sent them staggering back.
  • Wang Situ proposed handing over the Hong Family’s assets and offering Xu Long a Bureau position, then killed Hong Chenghui when he objected.
  • Xu Long absorbed the lightning’s power, strengthened his resistance to it, and learned that Hong Chenghui had died.
  • The next morning, Wang Situ delivered three hundred Spirit Stones and transfer contracts for the Hong Family’s Haixian City properties and businesses.
  • Wang Situ apologized on behalf of the Administration Bureau and Federation, and Xu Long accepted the position of head of the Haixian City Branch.

Ch. 219Entering Monster Hunt in White Fish Town

Xu Long entered the fantasy mission world of Monster Hunt in White Fish Town as Lai Xiaohua, the wealthy man's son and story protagonist. In a dark forest, he answered a weasel's Seeking Bestowal with an unusual description, and the weasel transformed into a young woman.

  • Xu Long split the Spirit Stones he had received, keeping one hundred and giving Xu Hu two hundred, while gifts from factions across China made him wealthy.
  • Before his ninth mission, Xu Long questioned the Main God about his special lack of restrictions, but it refused to answer because of insufficient authority.
  • Xu Long chose Lai Xiaohua's identity for the three-month Monster Hunt in White Fish Town mission, spending five authority points.
  • In the forest, Xu Long encountered a C-rank weasel asking whether it looked human or divine.
  • Xu Long described the weasel as a white-stockinged, twin-tailed young woman, and it transformed into that form.

Ch. 220Turning Humans into Sheep

Xu Long turned the weasel into a little girl and left it with Rice Bucket while he went to investigate the sinister auras at the mass grave. At a ruined temple, Xiu Sihai changed a woman from a lamb back into human form, but Ma Yiheng burst in before Xiu could attack her.

  • Xu Long used the Curse Speech Technique to turn the weasel into a little girl and took it with him.
  • Xu Long released Rice Bucket, told him to watch the weasel and beat anyone dressed as a ghost, then headed north toward two dense sinister auras.
  • Xu Long sensed wandering spirits at the mass grave and left them alone, judging them to be harmless victims of an old massacre.
  • Xiu Sihai changed a woman who had been turned into a lamb back into human form and reached for her.
  • Ma Yiheng smashed open the ruined temple door and confronted Xiu Sihai.

Ch. 221Three Incense Sticks

Xu Long rescued an unconscious woman and met Ma Yiheng, who revealed he had been sent to protect him from a run of bad luck and evil spirits. Xu Long obtained the Ma family's Three Incense Sticks cultivation method through a forbidden technique, then left with Rice Bucket and the woman.

  • Ma Yiheng chased Xiu Sihai but returned without catching him, finding Xu Long beside the unconscious woman.
  • Ma Yiheng told Xu Long that his father had sent him to protect him from six months of bad luck and explained that he was hunting a sorcerer harming women in town.
  • Xu Long asked Ma Yiheng to teach him spells, and Ma Yiheng gave him a booklet before leaving to pursue Xiu Sihai.
  • Xu Long used the Curse Speech Technique to obtain the Ma family's Three Incense Sticks method and suffered backlash, coughing up blood.
  • Xu Long wiped away the blood, carried the still-unconscious woman to Rice Bucket, and rode away with him, leaving Zhang Buhui and the other two men behind.

Ch. 222God-Summoning Technique

Xu Long studied the Three Incense Sticks skill, established a connection with a little loli wild immortal, and decided to seek objects linked to heavenly gods or yin soldiers. After recruiting Zhang Buhui and his companions to find old objects, he discovered a striking piece of jade at an antiques market.

  • Xu Long read the Three Incense Sticks booklet and learned how to contact, summon, and merge with wild immortals, heavenly gods, and yin soldiers.
  • Xu Long connected with the little loli and found that he could sense her dreams and control her to some extent.
  • After sending the unknown woman home, Xu Long visited Zhang Buhui and hired him and his two companions to find old objects with legendary connections, paying each a gold bar in advance.
  • Xu Long went to an antiques market and picked up a seemingly high-quality piece of natural jade that stood out on a humble stall.

Ch. 223Tathagata of True Dharma Brightness

Xu Long discovered a hidden spiritual quality in a jade Guanyin and realized its ninth-grade lotus pedestal reflected the figure’s identity as the former Buddha of True Dharma Brightness. When he used telekinesis on the statue, his consciousness entered an unknown place and found a silent figure beneath a tree.

  • Xu Long saw through the jade Guanyin’s shabby appearance, bought it from a stall, and left the antique market after finding little else of value.
  • An old fortune-teller warned Xu Long that disaster would strike within three days, but Xu Long dismissed him as a weak practitioner.
  • Back at the Lai Family, Xu Long connected Guanshiyin’s ninth-grade lotus pedestal to his past as Tathagata of True Dharma Brightness.
  • Xu Long used telekinesis on the jade Guanyin, and his consciousness was drawn into a tranquil space with a seated figure beneath a great tree.
  • Xu Long greeted the figure twice without receiving a response, then walked closer to inspect it.

Ch. 224Awaiting Her Beloved's Return

Xu Long explored a strange vision inside the Guanyin jade piece and unexpectedly summoned the power of the Tathagata of True Dharma Brightness. After absorbing the spirit Awaiting Her Beloved's Return, he visited Sangu at the Spring Fragrance House, where their complicated past and her ties to the Golden Mother Sect came to light.

  • Xu Long discovered that the scene inside the jade piece was intangible and suspected it was connected to the Divine Hall or the Tathagata of True Dharma Brightness.
  • Xu Long used the jade piece in a God-Summoning Technique and successfully summoned a gentle, pure power on his first attempt.
  • Xu Long learned that the Zhang Family had settled its debt with a painting, then discovered that the faceless spirit Awaiting Her Beloved's Return had emerged from it and absorbed her.
  • Xu Long visited the Spring Fragrance House and embraced Sangu, a top courtesan who belonged to the Golden Mother Sect.
  • The chapter revealed that Sangu had known Lai Xiaohua decades earlier, that he had died saving her, and that she later stayed beside his reincarnation despite having little control over her actions.

Ch. 225Killing Sangu

Xu Long forced Fu Sangu to reveal how to reach the Golden Mother Sect’s hidden headquarters, then killed her and took the lantern key. He returned to the Lai Family to prepare to attack the Gold and Silver Tower and the Ma Family.

  • Xu Long confronted Sangu about her ties to the Golden Mother Sect and named its headquarters, leader, and members.
  • Xu Long used his power to make Sangu reveal that the Gold and Silver Tower could be found by carrying a lantern out of town at 11:45 p.m.
  • Xu Long killed Fu Sangu, completed a hidden mission, and received 10,000 points.
  • Xu Long burned Sangu’s body, took the lantern, and teleported back to the Lai Family.
  • Xu Long planned to destroy the Golden Mother Sect and the Ma Family before seeking access to the Underworld or heavenly realm.
Arc 9 of 42
Arc 9 of 42