Chapter Summaries

Zhang Xuezhou fought through the underground melee, using a sniper rifle to wound Sequence Holders and draw Montes Clark’s attention. After Clark offered to pay Ren Yisheng double for help, Zhang moved to attack Montes Ganghao, who charged him despite his defensive transformation.

• Zhang Xuezhou fired at close range in the chaotic battle, wounding five Sequence Holders while the rebels and Montes Lineage fought through the smoke.
• Montes Clark recognized Zhang Xuezhou and offered to pay Ren Yisheng double, but Zhang denied knowing either name and continued firing toward her voice.
• Zhang Xuezhou left the fighters pursuing Clark and made his way toward Montes Ganghao’s position in a passage.
• Montes Ganghao threw steel nails at Zhang Xuezhou, took two gunshots, and then lunged at him.

Ren Anran followed Zhang Xuezhou into the underground fighting and realized he was battling the Aomeijia Alliance’s Seventh Sequence Holders, including Montes Ganghao and Montes Clark. She helped turn the battle by suppressing fighters in the smoke, then joined Zhang’s fight against Clark.

• Ren Anran followed Zhang Xuezhou’s blood trail and found the rebels fighting the Montes Lineage’s main force.
• Ren Anran used Realm Suppression to incapacitate Speaker Bahetuomu and an older local Sequence Holder, then disguised herself in the old man’s clothes.
• Ren Anran repeatedly attacked fighters who entered the smoky area, leaving seven people unconscious and moving one fallen fighter out of danger.
• Ren Anran heard Zhang Xuezhou arguing with Montes Ganghao and realized Zhang was fighting the Aomeijia Alliance’s Seventh Sequence Holders.
• Montes Clark offered Zhang Xuezhou twice the requested blood serum and Ferocious Beast extracts, but Zhang continued fighting him and Ganghao.
• Ren Anran spotted Clark’s red saber and immediately used Realm Suppression against him.

Zhang Xuezhou and the rebel Sequence Holders fought Montes Ganghao in the underground complex, with Zhang using his endurance and combat skills to hold him off. Montes Badun’s mental attacks left Ganghao vulnerable to the group’s blows, and Ganghao died under their combined assault.

• Zhang Xuezhou used his toughness and the smoke to keep Montes Ganghao occupied while helping the rebel Sequence Holders fight back.
• Montes Ganghao called on Bahetuomu for reinforcements and cursed Nagesi for sending people to Bulanpeida.
• Montes Badun entered the fight and used mental attacks to disorient Montes Ganghao.
• Zhang Xuezhou urged the others to attack while Ganghao staggered between hallucinations and moments of clarity.
• Montes Ganghao tried to guard his neck and suspected Ren Yisheng was nearby, but the group’s attacks killed him.

Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran fought through the underground complex, disabling the rebels and trying to capture the Montes Lineage’s Sequence Holders. As Zhang pursued the wounded Montes Clark, Ren stayed behind to secure the area and was shot at by a group whose allegiance was unclear.

• Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran used their suppression abilities and coordinated attacks to knock out Montes Ganghao’s allies.
• The pair took down another Sequence Holder, but Montes Clark escaped into the smoke after Zhang’s voice imitation drew her into an ambush.
• Zhang pursued Montes Clark while Ren stayed behind to restrain the fallen, extinguish fires, and search for a way to release water.
• Ren Anran was grazed by gunfire and pretended to collapse as armed men discussed using rockets and explosives against the underground complex.
• Ren saw a distant sniper and heard the armed men, but could not tell whether they belonged to the Montes Lineage or the rebels.

Boqi Gaier requisitioned Zhang Manqian and a group of students to help treat wounded researchers after a rocket strike. Zhang Manqian recognized the site as a likely Montes Lineage facility and joined the overwhelmed medical effort.

• Boqi Gaier identified himself as Bulanpeida City's chief of guards and recruited students to assist him.
• Boqi Gaier requisitioned Zhang Manqian, who agreed after learning that many wounded people needed help.
• Zhang Manqian drove the students after Boqi Gaier's car to Gangbo Academy's advanced studies center.
• Boqi Gaier explained that about three hundred bombing victims needed preliminary treatment and directed Zhang Manqian toward the injured.
• Zhang Manqian entered the treatment area, suspected it was the Montes Lineage's lair, and worried that many researchers would die without better care.

Zhang Xuezhou chased the wounded Montes Clark through the rebel-held facility and used his tricks and persistence to wear her down. He captured her with an electric-wire noose, leaving her hopes resting on Montes Arthur’s deal with the Scarlet Alliance State.

• Zhang Xuezhou pursued Montes Clark through the smoke-filled passages, avoiding two fighting Sequence Holders along the way.
• Montes Clark tried to evade him and considered the forces still behind her, while Zhang Xuezhou used realm intimidation and taunts to keep her off balance.
• Montes Clark attempted to buy Zhang Xuezhou’s support, but he refused and explained that the Scarlet Alliance State was working with the rebels under its agreement with Arthur.
• Zhang Xuezhou kicked Montes Clark’s wounded thigh, slipped an electric-wire noose around her neck, and threatened to worsen her injury if she resisted.
• Montes Clark gave up struggling and placed her remaining hope in Montes Arthur’s agreement with the Scarlet Alliance State.

After learning that rocket artillery was about to strike their location, Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran helped Montes Clark persuade the rival forces to stop fighting and evacuate the wounded professors. They left together through an underground route, carrying survivors while the bombardment threatened to arrive within minutes.

• Ren Anran told Zhang Xuezhou that a locator was guiding rocket artillery toward their area, and Montes Clark realized that more than three hundred injured professors remained underground.
• Zhang Xuezhou urged Montes Clark to cooperate with the rebels, halt the fighting, and evacuate as many wounded people as possible.
• Montes Clark called for the others to help, while Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran revived the unconscious and warned everyone that the rockets would arrive soon.
• The Sequence Holders set aside their grievances, left the dead behind, and carried everyone still alive toward the exit.
• Montes Ganghao questioned Zhang Xuezhou about how he had defeated so many opponents, but Zhang did not answer.

As the bombing shook the underground research institute, Zhang Xuezhou searched for Zhang Manqian and found her looting a hidden chamber filled with experimental materials. They escaped with a heavy bag of genetic resources while the chamber and its contents remained at risk from further bombardment.

• Montes Clark led the escapees deeper underground, where they found injured professors and worried that the Aomeijia Alliance's gene research could be set back for years.
• Zhang Xuezhou learned that Zhang Manqian was elsewhere and hurried through the damaged institute to find her.
• Zhang Xuezhou found Zhang Manqian and Linna's group searching a secret laboratory exposed by the shaking, filled with beast parts, documents, and experimental products.
• Zhang Xuezhou warned that the area might be precisely bombed and urged Zhang Manqian to leave with him.
• Zhang Manqian revealed that her bag held hundreds of pages of documents and about a thousand materials and semi-finished products, including high-grade genetic materials.
• Zhang Xuezhou left with Zhang Manqian and reflected that the hidden resources suggested the Aomeijia Alliance had accumulated vast genetic wealth while its Sequence Holders lacked access to it.

After the underground complex was bombed, Zhang Xuezhou and the others helped evacuate the wounded professors and survivors. Montes Clark accepted defeat and offered to let the Scarlet Alliance State restrain her side, while the rebels acknowledged that outsiders had helped decide the conflict.

• As explosions shook the underground complex, Zhang Xuezhou urged the injured to evacuate and promised that those who reached safety could receive medicine.
• The professors moved in orderly groups through the dark passage and emerged at ground level as the bombing and collapse faded.
• Montes Clark told Montes Ganghao that they had lost and said the Scarlet Alliance State could restrain and bind them.
• Bahetuomu learned that one of his team had died and regretted the cost of helping in the battle.
• Montes Clark questioned Silva and Ouruo about the Scarlet Alliance State's involvement, and Zhang Xuezhou explained that they had come to help Grian pursue the grand council presidency.
• Ouruo recognized that Grian's invitation had saved their lives and abandoned any hope of overthrowing the Montes Lineage.

After the Scarlet Alliance State intervened in the Aomeijia Alliance conflict, Zhang Xuezhou revealed that Grian’s only price for their help was a blood sample and offered to treat the injured in exchange for genetic resources. The defeated factions accepted his influence, while Zhang Xuezhou sought to keep the peace until Mengtesi Badun returned.

• Ouruo asked Grian what he had paid for the Scarlet Alliance State’s help, and Zhang Xuezhou said he wanted about five hundred milliliters of Grian’s blood.
• Ouruo realized Texibolai had not reached the Seventh Sequence and had been overwhelmed by Zhang Xuezhou and the others.
• Silva advised Zhang Xuezhou to identify the young military and political figures who might continue the unrest, and Zhang Xuezhou agreed to deal with them amicably.
• Zhang Xuezhou offered to restore the injured to health in return for genetic resources and said he could treat even Seventh Sequence Holders.
• Zhang Xuezhou told Montes Ganghao to ask Arthur to verify the treatment claim and said he preferred voluntary payment to Genas’s method of seizure.

Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran secured the Aomeijia Alliance and installed Grian as the head of a new government, then staged his televised declaration. As the council applauded, Zhang Xuezhou saw Karmic Fortune gather around Grian, who began to take on the bearing of a ruler.

• Ren Yisheng and the others arrived with Sequence Holders to help Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran stabilize the Aomeijia Alliance.
• Ren Anran caught several young moles, while Zhang Xuezhou dealt with lingering threats and pushed Grian into power.
• Zhang Xuezhou had Grian and the council members sign and fingerprint a flag establishing the New Aomeijia Alliance.
• Grian delivered a televised declaration promising sweeping wealth redistribution, housing, education, and access to Gene Sequences, while the council members doubted his proposals.
• Zhang Xuezhou prompted the council to applaud Grian, and he saw Karmic Fortune gather around Grian as the new chairman's bearing changed.

Ren Yisheng and his companions discussed the Scarlet Alliance State’s stability and the possibility of advancing the Gene Sequence while the Aomeijia Alliance struggled under unrealistic promises. The chapter ended when Cai Guoli reported a vast spider disaster, which Ren Yisheng suspected was connected to Qinmeng and Zhang Xuezhou’s experiments.

• Ren Yisheng, Li Yingbo, and Wang Haoran discussed the council declaration and predicted that the Aomeijia Alliance’s promises would eventually fail.
• Li Yingbo praised the Scarlet Alliance State’s prospects, while Ren Yisheng explained how difficult it was to reach the Eighth Sequence and anticipated Zhang Xuezhou’s help with future advancements.
• Cai Guoli contacted Ren Yisheng to report that a huge tide of spiders had buried a flag and spread across a potentially large area.
• Ren Yisheng suspected the spider disaster was linked to Qinmeng and the Void Furnace, and considered that they might have to help the Aomeijia Alliance.

After Bulanpeida’s communications hub failed, Zhang Xuezhou urged the provisional parliament to restore order through the security forces and discussed medical treatment for injured leaders. His news that Mengtesi Badun had paid a vast price for treatment pushed Aomeijia’s wounded and rebel figures to consider moving their wealth and allegiance to the Scarlet Alliance State, leaving Montes Clark unable to stop the alliance’s decline.

• The central communications hub failed, and Zhang Xuezhou said Boqi Gaier needed to use security forces to requisition public servants and restore order.
• Montes Clark asked Zhang Xuezhou when the wounded could receive treatment, and he advised them to stabilize their injuries locally before traveling to Western Capital City.
• Zhang Xuezhou revealed that Mengtesi Badun had paid thirty thousand vials of blood agent and other valuable extracts for treatment, prompting Montes Clark to consider paying for care and Silva’s group to move their assets.
• Grian grew worried that his political backing was insecure, while Montes Ganghao asked how much treatment would cost and Zhang Xuezhou said the price would depend on what he could offer.
• Ouruo and other rebel members asked about Twilight Years Mansion and showed willingness to pledge allegiance to the Scarlet Alliance State and move there for treatment.
• Montes Clark realized that Aomeijia’s leaders were preparing to leave with their wealth, and she felt powerless as the alliance continued to deteriorate.

After Zhang Xuezhou helped stabilize the new Aomeijia Alliance, he and Zhang Manqian discovered Song Fengying’s wartime videos, including footage of deadly spider swarms. The chapter left Zhang Xuezhou planning to bring his mother to Bulanpeida City while worrying about the spiders’ cause and the fates of Cai Guoli and Void Furnace.

• Zhang Manqian and the others traced communications congestion to Song Fengying’s widely accessed videos, which had overloaded the network.
• Zhang Xuezhou watched Song Fengying’s footage of spider-covered corpses near Qimeng City and worried that the swarms had spread farther than expected.
• Zhang Manqian told Zhang Xuezhou that Song Fengying could now run at twelve meters per second, and they criticized her for taking risks to film.
• Zhang Xuezhou proposed using special access and Zhuoma Xilin’s help to bring Song Fengying to Bulanpeida City to film.
• Zhang Xuezhou wondered whether Fire Meteor creatures had unleashed the spiders and worried about Cai Guoli in Fala Region and Void Furnace, who had left on an off-road motorcycle.

Zhang Xuezhou monitored Grian’s rapid growth in Karmic Fortune while arranging support to keep the New Aomeijia Alliance stable until Ren Yisheng’s delegation arrived. He planned to let Grian’s Fortune reach its limit before claiming its benefits, hoping the gains would help him advance toward the Sole Self Realm and prepare for the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon.

• Zhang Xuezhou observed that Grian had condensed a Fortune Form in three days, and his Karmic Fortune continued to grow as the New Aomeijia Alliance recovered.
• Grian worried about Mengtesi Badun’s eventual return, and Zhang Xuezhou reassured him that Ren Yisheng would bring a delegation to Bulanpeida City to support him.
• Ren Anran criticized Grian’s weakness, while Zhang Xuezhou explained that Grian’s position and the planned arrival of Ren Yisheng would help keep the alliance under control.
• Zhang Xuezhou told Ren Anran that he wanted Grian to grow until his Fortune reached its limit, believing Grian could meet Xuanming’s conditions.
• Zhang Xuezhou reflected that another advance through his Fortune Technique could bring him closer to the Sole Self Realm and give him the strength he needed to challenge the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon.

After the Aomeijia Alliance’s civil war, Zhang Xuezhou struggled to locate Mengtesi Badun’s hidden resources while discussing temporary Ferocious Beast gene drugs with Nagesi. Nagesi left to seek a trade, and Zhang Xuezhou told Ren Anran that Nagesi had reached the Eighth Sequence.

• Nagesi arrived in Bulanpeida City after Zhang Xuezhou’s forces had installed Grian as grand speaker and expressed regret at missing out on the Montes Lineage’s resources.
• Zhang Xuezhou explained that the search had not uncovered Mengtesi Badun’s hidden genetic reserves or the Quelling Chief.
• Zhang Xuezhou told Nagesi that Ferocious Beast extracts could produce drugs that temporarily granted beast-like abilities, along with risks such as hallucinations and mutations.
• Nagesi agreed to trade three portions of Ferocious Beast extract for one portion of the drug and hurried to find Zhou Rihui to test the flying ability.
• Zhang Xuezhou told Ren Anran that Nagesi had entered the Eighth Sequence after sensing his Control, and their discussion turned to the Western Sect’s Prajna Heart Sutra.

Ren Yisheng’s delegation brought hundreds of prisoners into Bulanpeida City, while Nagesi admired the Scarlet Alliance State’s Gene Drugs and arranged to obtain Ferocious Beast extracts through Zhang Xuezhou. Nagesi also judged that Grian’s parliament had stabilized the Aomeijia Alliance faster than appearances suggested.

• Ren Yisheng led nearly three hundred people and more than eighty trucks of prisoners into Bulanpeida City.
• Nagesi watched Zhou Rihui demonstrate his flying leaps and concluded that Ferocious Beast extracts had strengthened and healed the Scarlet Alliance State’s Sequence Holders.
• Nagesi instructed Xie'ertong to travel to Western Capital City and arrange a single, substantial purchase of Ferocious Beast extracts through Zhang Xuezhou.
• Nagesi sent Pasteur and the second team to search for Badun’s hidden stockpile of genetic resources.
• Pasteur questioned whether Grian could govern the Aomeijia Alliance, but Nagesi argued that Grian’s parliament had rapidly restored order and weakened destabilizing Lineages.

After the Scarlet Alliance State captured most of the Aomeijia Alliance’s powerful rebels, Montes Clark and the Montes Lineage confronted how badly the balance of power had shifted. As Scarlet Alliance State forces left Bulanpeida City, the Montes Lineage pinned its hopes on Mengtesi Badun’s recovery and future access to advanced gene technology.

• Ren Yisheng left the assembly hall with Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran after the meeting, while the gathering showed that most named Sequence Holders and generals had been captured.
• Montes Clark and the others discussed the Scarlet Alliance State’s powerful fighters and concluded that its Gene Sequence technology had advanced dramatically.
• Montes Bingo urged the Montes Lineage to endure the setback and hope that Mengtesi Badun would recover, while Montes Ganghao warned them to avoid provoking their captors.
• Scarlet Alliance State Sequence Holders loaded more than two hundred people onto trucks and headed for the airport, prompting Grian to ask whether they were returning to Western Capital City.
• Montes Clark and the others discussed training young people and obtaining Scarlet Alliance State technology at a future Alliance Island conference, then fell silent over uncertainty about when Mengtesi Badun would return.

Zhang Xuezhou and the Scarlet Alliance State’s senior figures discussed the spider infestation in the Aomeijia Alliance and the risks of investigating its source. Before his approaching deep sleep, Zhang Xuezhou gave instructions about Badun’s secret chamber and asked that Badun’s return be delayed while his experiment was completed.

• Song Fengying filmed enormous numbers of man-eating spiders overrunning the Aomeijia Alliance, while Zhang Xuezhou and the others considered how the infestation might be stopped.
• Zhang Xuezhou and the senior figures agreed to investigate the danger cautiously and avoid intervening if the risks outweighed the benefits.
• The group discussed maintaining control of Bulanpeida City and preparing for Badun’s possible return and attempt to seize power.
• Zhang Xuezhou told the others to keep anyone from touching Badun’s secret chamber and to persuade Badun to delay returning to Bulanpeida while Zhang Xuezhou finished his experiment.

After returning to Liang Garden, Zhang Xuezhou discovered that an intruder had entered his room and found Liu Xuan imprisoned nearby. Liu Xuan offered a family inheritance that might fix Zhang Xuezhou’s unstable Aging Technique, leaving Zhang Xuezhou interested despite his suspicions.

• Zhang Xuezhou returned to his room in Liang Garden, restored his adult appearance, and learned that guards had caught a nighttime intruder.
• Zhang Xuezhou went to the stone-and-earth prison and recognized the captive, who introduced himself as Liu Xuan, a descendant of Liu Ji.
• Liu Xuan offered his archery, sword skills, and ancestral treasure in exchange for a chance to follow Zhang Xuezhou, but Zhang Xuezhou refused.
• Zhang Xuezhou suspected Liu Xuan was concealing his abilities and might be connected to the Immortal Court, then began to leave.
• Liu Xuan claimed that his family’s ancient texts might remedy the defect that caused Zhang Xuezhou’s body to shrink, making Zhang Xuezhou reconsider.