Chapter Summaries

Zhang Xuezhou woke after twelve days and learned that Wang Li had sold their blood serums for more than the group’s total investment. Zhou Yueyan confirmed that Zhang’s vomiting-inducing drug had no antidote and arranged to trade culture medium for a batch while observing its preparation.

• Zhang Xuezhou woke up and read Zhang Manqian’s message about the serum sales, which had brought in 63 million despite an investment of 55 million.
• Zhang Xuezhou contacted Zhou Yueyan to order eighty portions of culture medium.
• Zhou Yueyan asked Zhang Xuezhou for an antidote to his drug, and he told her there was none.
• Zhou Rihui suggested using the drug against captured high-sequence holders, while Zhou Yueyan considered testing it on Ferocious Beasts instead of Zhou Xin.
• Zhou Yueyan asked Zhang Xuezhou for the drug’s formula, and he offered to let her observe its preparation so they would not be held responsible for misuse.
• Zhang Xuezhou agreed to prepare the drug, and Zhou Yueyan said she would bring the culture medium.

Zhang Xuezhou discussed the upcoming Sequence Contest and laboratory funding with Luo Burang, then asked whether a gene mutation could change his Sequence. Luo Burang revealed that he had tried to mutate his own genes years ago and told Zhang Xuezhou where to find his account of the failed experiment.

• Luo Burang said the Sequence Contest would begin in seven days and discussed Luo Gaogao's preparation with Zhang Xuezhou.
• Zhang Xuezhou noted that he was stuck at the second sequence and would watch the contest rather than compete.
• Zhang Xuezhou told Luo Burang that sales had brought in over eight million and offered the A9 Laboratory sixty million for further research.
• Luo Burang asked Zhang Xuezhou to procure as much blood plasma as possible within three days to make plasma stock solution.
• Zhang Xuezhou asked whether a mutation could lead to a different Gene Sequence and whether dedicated plasma could still be used to formulate compatible serum.
• Luo Burang said he had tried to induce a gene mutation twenty years earlier and directed Zhang Xuezhou to volumes twenty-two through twenty-four of his book catalog for the story of his failure.

Zhang Xuezhou discussed genetic mutation methods with Luo Burang, sharing how eating exotic creatures had gradually changed his own genes. As Zhang Manqian began adjusting fifty-two blood agents in the laboratory, she suddenly experienced a terrifying vision that vanished after she saw through it.

• Zhang Xuezhou studied Luo Burang's research and considered what blood agents could continue changing his genes after Black-Tipped Chickens became less effective.
• Zhang Xuezhou recommended inducing genetic mutation through eating, but Luo Burang doubted the method would work quickly or reliably for him.
• Luo Burang asked Zhang Manqian to adjust the fifty-two blood agents while Ren Wuyang delivered plasma, and Zhang Xuezhou encouraged her despite her anxiety over the costly experiment.
• Zhang Manqian saw Luo Burang transform into a winged, clawed figure, then pierced through the illusion and drank Origin-Nurturing Pill liquid as weakness overtook her.

Zhang Xuezhou and Zhang Manqian received a large plasma delivery from Ren Wuyang, while the Changkong siblings suspected Luo Burang was researching the Heavenly God General Medicine. The chapter left Luo Hui considering another experiment on Ren Yisheng as his research and treatment efforts stalled.

• Zhang Manqian took the Origin-Nurturing Pill Paste, which helped her remain calm while she worked, and Zhang Xuezhou gave Luo Burang some of the medicine.
• Zhang Xuezhou brought Luo Burang to meet Ren Wuyang, who delivered thirty million worth of plasma in a small truck.
• Changkong Yinghao and Changkong Yinglian discussed whether Luo Burang was the source of the Heavenly God General Medicine and decided to investigate the Luo Household after the Sequence Contest.
• Luo Hui struggled to verify his longevity research and treat Ren Yisheng, then considered using him as a test subject.

Ren Yisheng woke after Professor Luo Hui injected him with an enhanced Life No. 1 reagent, then beat the professor unconscious and entered his secret storage room. While examining Luo Zhong’s living head and the records of the Heavenly God General Medicine, Ren Yisheng uncovered an unexplained extra dose, only for Luo Zhong’s eyes to open behind him.

• Ren Yisheng discovered that Professor Luo Hui had injected him with an enhanced Life No. 1 reagent, which rapidly restored his mobility while making him gain weight.
• Ren Yisheng attacked Professor Luo Hui for experimenting on him and knocked him unconscious.
• Ren Yisheng used Professor Luo Hui’s fingerprints to enter the secret storage room and found Luo Zhong’s head preserved in a tank.
• Ren Yisheng examined the research records and realized that the Luo Household had received one more dose of the Heavenly God General Medicine than the known tally allowed.
• As Ren Yisheng reached toward the tank, Luo Zhong’s eyes opened and watched him.

Ren Yisheng confronted Luo Zhong in Luo Hui's laboratory and learned that Luo Zhong might know how Ren Aiguo died and how to advance Mental Strengthening. After Ren Yisheng discovered his Soul Jade was damaged, Luo Zhong offered information about another piece, and the two moved closer to cooperation despite their uncertainty about one another.

• Ren Yisheng confronted Luo Zhong and accused him of knowing about Ren Aiguo's death, then proposed finding two people in exchange for information.
• Luo Zhong inferred that Ren Yisheng wanted knowledge of Mental Strengthening and suggested they cooperate because each needed something from the other.
• Ren Yisheng discussed Luo Zhong's use of sixteen doses of Heavenly God General Medicine but hesitated to rely on that method himself.
• Ren Yisheng discovered that his Soul Jade had faded and shed stone powder, and feared it had been damaged while protecting him.
• Luo Zhong identified the Soul Jade as Tur Tribe jade and offered the piece beneath a stone lion at the Gate of Ten Thousand Nations, but Ren Yisheng said the site had become Twilight Years Mansion and its lions were gone.

Ren Yisheng negotiated with Luo Zhong for Mental Strengthening material in exchange for finding two people, and Luo Zhong began sharing his original research after offering a quarter of it in advance. Left alone in the sealed tank, Luo Zhong grappled with how much the world had changed and regretted the failures that had cost him his empire and his chance to guide mental-strength development.

• Luo Zhong asked Ren Yisheng to bring him Luo Hui's son and the young person who had explained mental matters in Luo Hui's laboratory, offering his knowledge in return.
• Ren Yisheng demanded half the Heavenly God General Plan's Mental Strengthening material, then threatened to leave; Luo Zhong offered a quarter in advance and the rest depending on their cooperation.
• Luo Zhong began explaining his original, more open-ended Mental Strengthening research to Ren Yisheng, who listened by the secret chamber door.
• Ren Yisheng left without giving Luo Zhong an answer, closing the secret chamber door after pressing Professor Luo Hui's finger to the scanner.
• Alone in the tank, Luo Zhong struggled with his isolation and the news of the X864 Drug, recognizing that technology had advanced while he had been left behind.
• Luo Zhong recalled that his failed attempts to suppress the imperial rebellion and escape in Luo Burang's body had cost him the Luofu Empire and his chance to shape mental-strength development.

Ren Yisheng woke from Professor Luo Hui’s treatment with his body restored but dramatically overweight, then chased the professor through Shengteng Academy after learning he had been injected with a fattening shot. Professor Luo Hui fled and contacted An Ran about Ren Yisheng’s recovery and the follow-up contract, while the chase continued and onlookers eventually reported the disturbance.

• Ren Yisheng woke up, confronted Professor Luo Hui about his weight gain, and accused him of giving him a fattening shot.
• Professor Luo Hui fled through glass doors and a second-floor window as alarms sounded, while Ren Yisheng wrecked the laboratory to cover their earlier traces.
• Ren Yisheng left the laboratory and publicly cursed Professor Luo Hui, who protested from a distance.
• Professor Luo Hui borrowed a communicator, told An Ran that Ren Yisheng had recovered, and asked for Wuyang to take him home and arrange the Mental Strengthening Chapter.
• Ren Yisheng chased Professor Luo Hui across Shengteng Academy as they traded insults, drawing a crowd until someone reported the situation.

Ren Yisheng chased Professor Luo Hui around Shengteng Academy, accusing him of giving him a fattening shot, while the Sequence Committee discussed whether Ren had recovered enough to help them. The chase ended when Ren collapsed and appeared to be dying, leaving Luo Hui fearing his treatment had caused it.

• The Sequence Committee discussed bringing Ren Yisheng back from the Twilight Years Mansion and questioned the state of his health.
• Professor Luo Hui ran from Ren Yisheng around Shengteng Academy, keeping his distance and arguing that his treatment had helped Ren recover.
• Ren Yisheng accused Luo Hui of giving him a fattening shot and demanded to give Luo Hui eighty jin of flesh in return.
• Ren Yisheng suddenly fell to the ground and failed to get up.
• Two junior lecturers checked Ren Yisheng and reported that his breathing and heartbeat were faint, his pulse was dropping, and his pupils were dilating.
• Professor Luo Hui feared that his treatment had exhausted Ren Yisheng's life potential and left him dying.

Ren Yisheng briefly returned to normal after Professor Luo Hui treated him, but his condition soon worsened and he was rushed to the emergency room. He explained that his body could only function normally for a short time, leaving the cause and treatment unresolved.

• Ren Wuyang confronted Professor Luo Hui over his father's failed treatment, and Professor Luo Hui defended himself by pointing to Ren Yisheng's normal test results and the injuries he had suffered.
• Doctors warned that Ren Yisheng might need to be frozen again, while Professor Luo Hui immobilized Ren Wuyang with steel needles after they fought.
• Song Bu'er reflected on the group's dwindling prospects as Ren Yisheng's survival remained uncertain and the others faced mounting political pressure.
• Ren Yisheng told Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran that his body could exert normal strength only briefly, as though it needed charging.
• Zhang Xuezhou said Professor Luo Hui had likely used a longevity drug, and Ren Yisheng confirmed the Soul Jade had been drained and destroyed.

Changkong Yinghao and Changkong Yinglian suspected Professor Luo Hui had tested the Heavenly God General Secret Medicine on Ren Yisheng, so they rallied the Sequence Committee to investigate Luo Hui's laboratory at Shengteng Academy. Wang Yi'an joined the investigation after realizing Luo Hui might be pursuing the secret medicine to reach the Seventh Sequence, but he still considered warning his close partner.

• Changkong Yinghao and Changkong Yinglian suspected Luo Hui had injected Ren Yisheng with the Heavenly God General Secret Medicine and decided to investigate his laboratory.
• The two contacted the Sequence Committee members, who gathered their people and traveled to Shengteng Academy.
• The professors and committee members cordoned off the research building housing Luo Hui's laboratory before Changkong Yinghao arrived.
• Wang Yi'an questioned the reliability of the investigation, but Changkong Yinglian prompted him to reconsider what he knew about Luo Hui's ambitions.
• Wang Yi'an agreed to support the investigation and thought that he should warn Luo Hui before his laboratory was searched.

Professor Luo Hui tried to protect the secrets in his laboratory after Changkong Yinghao and the committee members arrived to inspect it. He agreed to cooperate on the condition that he could oversee the search, while the Zuo Household brothers argued as everyone waited for him.

• After seeing Wang Yi'an's photos of the inspection, Professor Luo Hui called Luo Tianming, who told him to cooperate but keep the Zuo Household brothers out of the laboratory.
• Luo Tianming advised Professor Luo Hui to let only committee members conduct the inspection and ensure Luo Zhong's secret remained hidden.
• Professor Luo Hui threatened Changkong Yinghao until he agreed to wait for him before searching the laboratory.
• Changkong Yinghao heard Professor Luo Hui plead with Ren Wuyang about Ren Yisheng, then strike out viciously, and became more cautious about provoking him.
• Wang Yi'an supported waiting, while Zuo Jin and Zuo Quan argued over their sons and nearly fought again as the committee members waited.

Ren Yisheng’s Mental Power transformed after Professor Luo Hui’s injection and the Law Power took effect, producing a Mental Seed and improving his control over his body. Zhang Xuezhou suspected the transformation revealed a new path for Mental Power, but the group remained wary of the dangerous method that triggered it.

• Professor Luo Hui subdued Ren Wuyang and escaped, while Ren Anran stayed focused on monitoring her father.
• Ren Yisheng stopped reciting the Vast Righteous Qi Chapter and revealed that his Mental Power had transformed into a seed he could remove from his body.
• Ren Yisheng explained that his Mental Power was purer and that, once he recovered, he could defeat Luo Hui and might restrain a Seventh Sequence Holder.
• Zhang Xuezhou warned that the transformation was likely dangerous and said they needed to find what had caused it before attempting to cultivate Mental Power the same way.
• The author’s note said Zuo Quan’s name had been changed and that applications to unban the latest two chapters were being processed.

After Ren Yisheng’s condition stabilized, his family investigated Professor Luo Hui’s disappearance and learned that Luo Hui’s lab was under scrutiny for a possible Heavenly God General Plan project. Their discussion led Zhang Xuezhou to suspect Luo Zhong was seeking him because he had once explained Mental Strengthening in Luo Hui’s lab, and the group considered sending him to meet Luo Zhong.

• Ren Wuyang explained that Luo Hui had fled Jishi Medical Center after claiming his place had been raided, and Zhang Xuezhou learned from Zhou Yueyan that Luo Hui had beaten Zuo Jin.
• Ren Anran relayed Song Bu’er’s account that the committee was investigating Luo Hui’s lab for a possible Heavenly God General Plan project, while Luo Hui had also injured Zuo Quan.
• Ren Yisheng reasoned that Luo Hui had deliberately kept Zuo Quan and Zuo Jin away from something in his lab, and Zhang Xuezhou suggested they might be barred from seeing Luo Zhong.
• Zhang Xuezhou recalled Luo Burang’s account of Luo Zhong and proposed that Luo Zhong could control people with weak mental power.
• Ren Yisheng identified Zhang Xuezhou as a likely target because he had once explained Mental Strengthening in Luo Hui’s lab, and Ren Wuyang suggested sending him to Luo Zhong to seek more of the Mental Strengthening Chapter.

Zhang Xuezhou and the others arranged for Zhou Yueyan to take custody of Luo Zhong’s head, hoping to keep it out of Professor Luo Hui’s hands. Ren Yisheng also learned of a possible Soul Jade source and agreed to help Tuer Kalanduo deal with a dangerous worm after Luo Zhong’s matter was settled.

• Zhang Xuezhou suggested asking Zhou Yueyan to take Luo Zhong’s head because the group lacked the strength and connections to confront Professor Luo Hui or the committee.
• Zhang Xuezhou offered Zhou Yueyan ten liters of emetic in exchange for secretly collecting the conductive head specimen, and she agreed without knowing it was alive or belonged to Luo Zhong.
• Ren Yisheng told Zhang Xuezhou that Luo Zhong had said a Soul Jade offering was buried beneath a white jade lion at the Gate of Ten Thousand Nations, prompting Ren Wuyang to consider investigating who took it.
• Zhang Xuezhou revealed that Tuer Kalanduo had recently obtained three pieces of Soul Jade but needed help because her authority as clan leader was limited.
• Ren Yisheng urged the group to help Tuer Kalanduo, and Ren Anran proposed investigating the dangerous worm with Yang Corporeal Soul Leaving the Body after Luo Zhong’s situation was settled.

After Professor Luo Hui lost Luo Zhong’s head to Zhou Yueyan, Luo Tianming ordered him to get it back and arranged to have Zhou Xin brought into the Twilight Years Mansion. Luo Tianming persuaded the Mansion’s residents to support the plan, leaving Zhou Xin’s forced admission increasingly likely.

• Professor Luo Hui recovered from his injuries and complained to Luo Tianming about losing Luo Zhong’s head and having his laboratory dismantled.
• Luo Tianming ordered Professor Luo Hui to retrieve Luo Zhong and said they would bring Zhou Xin into the Twilight Years Mansion first.
• Luo Tianming used his control of the Mental Strengthening Chapter to rally the Mansion’s residents behind bringing Zhou Xin in early.
• Luo Tianming argued that Zhou Xin could become dangerous in his twilight years, and more than sixty percent of the residents voted in favor of bringing him into the Mansion.

The Zhou Household debated why the Sequence Committee was pushing Zhou Xin to enter the Twilight Years Mansion and suspected someone was targeting their Lineage. After their meeting ended without a plan, Luo Zhong, the human-head specimen Zhou Yueyan had left behind, awakened in the hall and realized his survival depended on Luo Hui.

• Zhou Rihui and Zhou Yueyan told Zhou Xin they had not caused trouble, while Zhou Xin warned that the Zhou Household was vulnerable because its younger members could not yet shoulder the Lineage.
• Zhou Xin explained that he still had to enter the Twilight Years Mansion, despite believing the timing was too soon and fearing the Zhou Household would be weakened.
• Zhou Yueyan and Zhou Rihui speculated that Luo Hui might be retaliating over the inspection of his laboratory or trying to protect his research into the Heavenly God General Plan.
• The Zhou Household ended its meeting without finding a way to respond to the pressure surrounding Zhou Xin's entry into the Twilight Years Mansion.
• Luo Zhong awakened as a human-head specimen in the meeting hall, dismissed the Zhou Household's leaders, and realized his life depended on Luo Hui retrieving him and replenishing his nutrients.

As the Sequence Contest began, Ren Anran and Ren Wuyang prepared to head to Qinmeng while Zhang Xuezhou's team finished producing plasma stock solution for Luo Burang's departure abroad. Luo Burang swallowed the stock solution to carry it with him, and Zhou Yueyan reported that Zhang Xuezhou's vomiting medicine had failed against the Seventh Sequence Holder Pasteur.

• Ren Anran learned that the Sequence Contest was closed to the public, and Ren Yisheng warned her and Ren Wuyang to stay cautious in Qinmeng.
• Ren Anran said she and Ren Wuyang were unlikely to meet the top Third Sequence Holders because they usually hunted with Zhang Xuezhou's unconventional team.
• Ren Anran told Ren Yisheng that Zhang Xuezhou and Zhang Manqian were helping Luo Burang prepare his laboratory resources before they set out for the Thousand Islands Alliance the following week.
• After a week of work, Luo Burang finished the plasma stock solution, entrusted Zhang Manqian with its preparation proportions, and swallowed the packaged solution so he could take it abroad.
• Zhang Xuezhou gave Luo Burang vomiting medicine as a possible defense and explained that it might work up to the Sixth Sequence.
• Zhou Yueyan called Zhang Xuezhou and said the medicine had failed to make Pasteur, a Seventh Sequence Holder, vomit.

Zhou Yueyan watched the Sequence Contest while reflecting on her failed attempt to poison Pasteur with Spirit-Forging Pill paste. She resolved to ask Zhang Xuezhou for a stronger vomiting drug and continue pursuing a plan to help the Zhou Household obtain Ferocious Beasts.

• Zhou Yueyan noticed Pasteur briefly felt nauseous after eating food she had secretly smeared with Spirit-Forging Pill paste, but she was disappointed that the effect quickly passed.
• Zhou Yueyan considered increasing the dosage and asking Zhang Xuezhou to develop a stronger vomiting drug, hoping to disrupt the events that could send Zhou Xin to Twilight Years Mansion.
• Zhou Yueyan reviewed how Ferocious Beast compatibility could help Zhou Rihui reach the Seventh Sequence and decided the Zhou Household should pursue a plan to hunt beasts using human intelligence.
• Zhou Yueyan planned to bring Zhang Xuezhou the electrically conductive head specimen after the Sequence Contest and ask him for more vomiting drug.
• Zhou Yueyan watched the contest and kept glancing at Pasteur, disappointed when he showed no further signs of nausea.

Zhang Xuezhou rushed to contain the danger after Zhou Yueyan delivered Luo Zhong’s head specimen to the A9 Laboratory. His scan showed no vital signs, leaving him unsure whether Luo Zhong was dead or had escaped.

• News reported that Luo Burang was assigned to a four-year scholar exchange in the British Alliance State and that the Anmin Biscuit Factory would supply it with a thousand tons of compressed biscuits.
• Zhou Yueyan called Zhang Xuezhou to say she had brought Luo Zhong’s head specimen to him, forcing him to find a secure place for it.
• Zhang Xuezhou ruled out the A9 Laboratory as a safe option at first, then directed Zhou Yueyan to drive there while avoiding other people and vehicles.
• Zhou Yueyan revealed that she had carried the specimen in a biscuit gift box to the Sequence Contest and brought it to the laboratory afterward.
• Zhang Xuezhou scanned Luo Zhong’s head and found no vital signs, though the detector worked when he tested it on himself.