Chapter Summaries

Zhang Xuezhou and Zhou Rihui accompanied the task force to Willow Garden, where they inspected the west gate’s main building while trying to determine what was wrong. Ren Yisheng questioned Pei Ying about when Pei Jing began showing signs of old age.

• Zhang Xuezhou entertained Sun Anyang and the other Qing'an order keepers by pretending his sunglasses had advanced talking and aiming functions.
• Zhou Rihui worried about his chances against Pei Jing and tried to prepare himself for a possible fight.
• Pei Ying led the group through Willow Garden’s west gate and explained that Pei Jing was inside, responding to messages but not returning.
• Zhang Xuezhou and Zhou Rihui inspected the west gate’s main building, and Zhang called Song Fengying to bring her there.
• Ren Yisheng asked Pei Ying when he had discovered Pei Jing’s symptoms of old age.

Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Yisheng suspected that Pei Jing was pretending to be in his twilight years and tried to verify whether the West Gate Complex had been rigged. Rockets struck the complex, and Pei Ying survived only to be seized and questioned, still unsure whether Pei Jing or the Pei Household had set him up.

• Ren Yisheng and Song Fengying found nothing abnormal in the West Gate Complex, so Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Yisheng left to investigate a building they suspected had been tampered with.
• Li Yingbo received Ren Yisheng's message and ordered everyone out of the monitoring room after hearing an unusual rumble.
• Zhou Rihui shoved the committee members out of the building, while Pei Ying escaped after seeing rockets falling toward the West Gate Complex.
• More than a dozen rockets destroyed the West Gate Complex, and Pei Ying was injured by the blast as he fled.
• A stern man in sunglasses seized Pei Ying and demanded to know who had targeted the complex, but Pei Ying insisted he knew nothing.

After surviving the rocket strike on the West Gate Complex, Ren Yisheng and the others questioned Pei Ying and weighed the Pei Household’s role in the attack. Ren Yisheng then suspected their communications were being monitored and proposed using a distress message to draw out whoever was tracking them.

• Song Fengying ended the livestream after the rocket barrage devastated the area, and she regrouped with Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Yisheng.
• Zhou Rihui brought Pei Ying to the group, and Ren Yisheng confirmed that Pei Ying knew nothing about who had orchestrated the attack.
• Under pressure from Ren Yisheng, Zhang Xuezhou, Li Yingbo, and Zhu Liangping, Pei Ying revealed that Pei Min controlled Qing'an’s military defenses while Pei Li had supposedly gone traveling.
• Li Yingbo received a message from Wang Haoran asking about an underground tremor, but Ren Yisheng warned that Qing'an’s electronic equipment might let someone monitor their communications.
• Ren Yisheng told Li Yingbo to send Wang Haoran a brief distress message in two minutes to lure whoever was tracking them into revealing themselves.

After an explosion at the West Gate Complex, Zhou Bo and the others hid nearby and prepared to confront the Pei Household’s response. They identified Pei Min among the arriving commanders and launched an ambush, but gunfire forced Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Yisheng back into cover.

• Zhou Bo and the others concealed themselves near the West Gate Complex while waiting for the Pei Household to investigate the explosion.
• Ren Yisheng treated Xiao Yang, restoring him enough to operate his camera and help identify the arriving targets.
• Zhang Xuezhou used his Yang Corporeal Soul to spot approaching vehicles and an aircraft, then urged Xiao Yang to film the people entering Willow Garden.
• Pei Ying identified Pei Min among the four Qing'an Order Maintenance Team commanders, and the group signaled that they would attack.
• Zhou Rihui charged first, followed by Zhou Bo and Zhu Liangping, who hurled a spiked metal ball toward Pei Min.
• Bullets flew toward them, forcing Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Yisheng to retreat before they could join the attack.

Zhou Rihui led the Western Capital City Sequence Committee in a devastating assault on Pei Min’s forces at Willow Garden’s west gate. Pei Ying learned Pei Jing’s location from Pei Min, then killed him, leaving the committee with a lead on their remaining target.

• Zhou Rihui attacked Pei Min and shattered his shoulder, then fought through the Qing'an Order Maintenance Team commanders at Willow Garden’s west gate.
• Zhou Rihui killed Zheng Kedi and helped turn the battle against Pei Min’s forces, while Zhang Xuezhou warned Pei Ying to cooperate.
• Pei Ying accepted that the Pei Household had lost and urged Pei Min to reveal where their father, Pei Jing, was hiding.
• Pei Min said Pei Jing was at Willow Garden, and Pei Ying kicked him in the heart and killed him.

After Pei Ying killed Pei Min, Zhang Xuezhou and the others accepted Pei Ying as a potential hostage and learned where Pei Jing was hiding beneath Willow Garden. They hurried toward the underground palace, where Ren Yisheng asked Zhang Xuezhou how to answer a message from Wang Haoran without revealing their plans.

• Pei Ying killed Pei Min, and Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Yisheng decided they could use the cooperative Pei Ying as a hostage instead.
• Zhang Xuezhou gave Zhou Rihui and Pei Ying Supreme Purity True Techniques, and the group set off for Pei Jing's underground palace beneath Willow Garden.
• Song Fengying chose to accompany Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Yisheng, leaving the unconscious cameraman Xiao Yang behind to recover.
• Pei Ying explained that Pei Jing was hiding in a secret underground palace beneath the lake and warned that its low ceiling would leave little room to dodge in a sword fight.
• Li Yingbo received another message from Wang Haoran and asked how to respond in a way that would mislead him, so Ren Yisheng turned to Zhang Xuezhou for advice.

Ren Yisheng’s group lured Pei Jing out of the underground palace by sending a false request for help, but Ren Anran warned Zhang Xuezhou that Pei Jing had disguised himself as a technician and was waiting to ambush them. Zhang Xuezhou located Pei Jing and his four helpers ahead, leaving the group prepared to turn the ambush against him.

• Zhang Xuezhou declined to impersonate Pei Jing, and Song Fengying suggested sending a request for help instead.
• Li Yingbo sent a message claiming Zhou Rihui was heading to the Water Cloud Pavilion, and the group hurried there to wait for Pei Jing.
• Ren Anran messaged Zhang Xuezhou that Pei Jing had left with four people disguised as workers and warned them not to walk into a trap.
• Zhang Xuezhou used his Yang Corporeal Soul to scout the area and found Pei Jing wearing a red hard hat with four helpers in yellow hard hats, setting up a ladder to install surveillance equipment.
• Ren Yisheng realized they could use Pei Jing’s ambush plan to draw him within striking range of himself and Zhang Xuezhou.

Zhang Xuezhou and the others prepared a sneak attack on Pei Jing and his four powerful guards, using Zhou Rihui and Pei Ying as the first waves and Zhang Xuezhou’s imitated voice to confuse the enemy. The chapter ended as Zhou Rihui charged into an ambush of five armed men at the Water Cloud Pavilion.

• Zhang Xuezhou observed Pei Jing’s four guards while Pei Ying explained their abilities, and the group discussed how to coordinate against them.
• The group agreed they needed a sneak attack, then Zhou Rihui rushed ahead with Pei Ying pursuing him and Li Yingbo’s team following.
• Zhang Xuezhou imitated Pei Min’s voice to urge Pei Jing’s side onward, while Song Fengying followed behind and reflected on the importance of Gene Sequences.
• Song Fengying ran along the corridor eaves with a noose rope ready to pull Zhang Xuezhou to safety as Zhou Rihui approached Pei Jing’s group.
• Zhang Xuezhou shouted that Zhou Rihui had arrived, prompting five men in yellow work vests to reveal themselves and block his path.
• Zhou Rihui roared and charged the ambushers as their Gene Weapons activated, including a great shield and a sword attack.

Zhou Rihui was ambushed by Pei Jing and several Sixth Sequence Holders, but Ren Yisheng’s deterrence and the smoke let Zhou Rihui and his allies turn the fight around. After several attackers fell, Zhou Rihui called for Pei Jing, who remained hidden in the smoke.

• Pei Jing and his companions ambushed the bloodied Zhou Rihui, and Pei Jing wounded him with his needle-like sword.
• Xu Wana poisoned Zhou Rihui with a dart, while other attackers struck; Ren Yisheng’s deterrence then helped Zhou Rihui fight back through Huo Deqian’s smoke.
• Zhou Rihui killed Wang Handian and another attacker, while a golden projectile nearly sliced off his ear.
• Zhu Liangping and Zhang Xuezhou helped bring down Xu Wana, and Song Bu’er joined the fight from the shadows.
• Zhou Rihui called Pei Jing out, but Pei Jing remained hidden in the black smoke.

Ren Yisheng and Zhang Xuezhou’s group fought Pei Jing and his allies amid smoke, killing three opponents but failing to pin down Pei Jing. When Song Fengying revealed Pei Jing’s location, he pursued her across the Water Cloud Pavilion, leaving the others struggling to keep up.

• Zhang Xuezhou and Song Bu'er killed Xu Wana with a coordinated gun attack while Du Qi escaped their shots.
• The smoke cleared to reveal Chen Zhenguo, Wang Handian, and Xu Wana dead, while Zhou Rihui and others were injured or incapacitated.
• Ren Yisheng and Zhang Xuezhou searched for Pei Jing but could not find him in the smoke.
• Song Fengying spotted Pei Jing on the Water Cloud Pavilion, and he immediately chased her across its walls and roof.
• Zhang Xuezhou and Zhou Rihui pursued them upward as the others watched from below, but the fighters soon disappeared from view.

Song Fengying fled Pei Jing across the Water Cloud Pavilion while Zhang Xuezhou waited above, tracking their progress. When Pei Jing confronted Zhang, Zhang’s intimidation ability trapped him in a vision, and Pei Jing suspected he was a Heavenly God General.

• Zhang Xuezhou climbed to the top of the Water Cloud Pavilion and tracked Song Fengying and Pei Jing as they raced upward.
• Song Fengying used her wall-running skill to evade Pei Jing, who pursued her and planned to kill her as a scout.
• Pei Jing spotted Zhang Xuezhou above and called out that Zhang could not kill him.
• Zhang Xuezhou’s intimidation ability made Pei Jing feel as though he was falling into an abyss.
• Pei Jing recognized the attack as powerful mental manipulation and suspected Zhang was a Heavenly God General, then gathered his vital Qi and spirit into a sharp sword.

Zhang Xuezhou used Realm Suppression to clash mentally with Pei Jing, and both suffered backlash before falling from the Water Cloud Pavilion. Zhou Rihui arrived as Zhang Xuezhou caught a rope and was pulled up.

• Zhang Xuezhou suppressed Pei Jing with his Realm Technique while resisting Pei Jing's Sword Intent.
• Zhang Xuezhou and Pei Jing both suffered backlash, and Pei Jing lost his footing and fell down the pavilion's eaves.
• Zhang Xuezhou's legs gave way, and he tumbled after Pei Jing when his Cloud Soaring technique failed.
• Zhang Xuezhou landed on Pei Jing, then grabbed a rope loop as Zhou Rihui charged across the roof.

Zhou Rihui rescued the injured Zhang Xuezhou and Song Fengying from the Water Cloud Pavilion and carried them downstairs while Pei Jing was taken away by a yellow-hatted Sequence Holder. Ren Yisheng met them at the entrance, where Zhou Rihui claimed Pei Jing had fallen because he was afraid of heights.

• Zhou Rihui caught Zhang Xuezhou and pulled Song Fengying to safety, then abandoned pursuit of Pei Jing to carry them into the Water Cloud Pavilion.
• Zhang Xuezhou, suffering severe mental pain, told Zhou Rihui to frighten the workers into showing him the way downstairs and to find Professor Ren.
• Zhou Rihui scared the technicians into fleeing downstairs and carried Zhang Xuezhou and Song Fengying out of the pavilion.
• Ren Yisheng asked whether Zhang Xuezhou had knocked Pei Jing down, and Zhou Rihui said Pei Jing had fallen because he was afraid of heights.

After the battle at Willow Garden, Zhang Xuezhou and the surviving fighters assessed their injuries and learned that the rebellion in Western Capital City had been crushed. Pei Ying returned with Wang Haoran and Ren Anran, but both had suffered crippled hands.

• Ren Yisheng treated Zhang Xuezhou while Zhou Rihui kept watch, and Zhou Rihui reported the rebels' defeat in Western Capital City.
• Zhang Xuezhou refused to use Divine Grace treatment because of the pain in his mind and said he would seek X864 genetic medicine for his injuries.
• Zhang Xuezhou explained that Ren Yisheng's Supreme Purity True Technique was too weak to treat people with high Sequence resistance.
• Pei Ying arrived with Zhu Liangping and Huo Deqian carrying Wang Haoran and Ren Anran, whose hands had both been crippled.

Ren Anran and Ning Que told Zhang Xuezhou how they escaped Pei Jing’s underground prison, and Ren Anran tried to treat Zhou Rihui’s severe wounds. As the group prepared to pursue Pei Jing, Ning Que and Pei Ying raised the possibility that someone had pushed Pei Jing into his rebellion, leaving Pei Ying to consider which strangers might have influenced his father.

• Ren Anran explained that she and the others had escaped the underground palace with Ning Que’s help and sent Zhang Xuezhou a message.
• Zhang Xuezhou praised Ren Anran and Ning Que, while Zhou Rihui asked Ren Anran to treat his nearly severed ear and other wounds.
• Ren Anran used a healing Technique on Zhou Rihui but could only slow his bleeding, and Zhou Rihui prepared to pursue Pei Jing.
• Ning Que warned that someone else might have prompted Pei Jing’s plan, and Zhang Xuezhou asked when Pei Jing’s attitude had changed.
• Ning Que recalled Pei Jing’s earlier support for peaceful competition, and Pei Ying confirmed that his father had later reversed course and disrupted the tournament arrangements.
• Ren Yisheng asked Pei Ying which strangers Pei Jing had met, and Pei Ying began considering who might have influenced his father.

After the rebellions led by Zhang Qiao'en and Pei Jing were crushed, the Western Capital City Sequence Committee searched for Pei Jing and investigated who had manipulated him. Zhang Xuezhou and Song Fengying survived their fall, and Zhang Xuezhou began considering ways to heal his mental injuries.

• Ren Yisheng and Pei Ying discussed Pei Jing's unknown motives, while Ren Anran and Zhou Rihui insisted that he had to be dealt with.
• Zhou Rihui, Zhu Liangping, Huo Deqian, and Pei Ying split up to search for Pei Jing and assist Song Bu'er, who was pursuing Du Qi.
• Wang Haoran told Ren Yisheng that he and the others had killed everyone who participated in the rebellion in the underground palace.
• Zhang Xuezhou found that his mental trauma still limited his ability to use powerful mental-control techniques, while Song Fengying recovered after Zhou Rihui caught them during their fall.
• Zhang Xuezhou considered using Luofu Emperor Tea Jade water, medicines, the Jade Purity True Technique, and his master's Nine Treasures Wine to heal his mental injuries.

Zhang Xuezhou and the injured survivors left Water Cloud Pavilion as Ren Yisheng and Zhou Bo discussed persuading Zhao Tianhua to visit Western Capital City. They pursued Pei Jing and Du Qi, but the confrontation ended when Pei Jing, driven mad by old age, attacked Du Qi.

• Song Fengying drove the injured group away from Water Cloud Pavilion while Zhou Bo and Ren Yisheng discussed bringing Zhao Tianhua to Western Capital City.
• Ren Yisheng heard Song Bu'er's gunfire and directed Song Fengying to turn the cart toward the pursuit.
• Zhou Bo spotted Du Qi carrying Pei Jing near a stream as Song Bu'er confronted them in Willow Garden.
• Song Bu'er revealed his camouflage outfit and told Du Qi that it was over.
• Pei Jing suddenly tore at Du Qi's neck, and Du Qi fell without resisting as Pei Jing entered true old age.

Ren Yisheng’s group defeated Du Qi and Pei Jing, whose failing mind revealed that someone named Luo En was behind the rebellion. Pei Jing died before he could explain more, leaving the group with a recorded clue to investigate.

• Song Bu'er shot Du Qi in the throat after Ren Yisheng restrained him.
• Pei Jing stirred, sniffed Du Qi’s blood, and struggled under Ren Yisheng’s control as Zhang Xuezhou’s shot missed.
• Pei Jing raved about following heaven’s mandate to restore his emperor and named Luo En as the source of the Scarlet Alliance State’s power.
• Ren Yisheng asked Song Fengying to record Pei Jing’s words, while Zhang Xuezhou briefly questioned Ning Que about the name.
• Song Bu'er shot Pei Jing in the throat, and Pei Jing died after failing to rise.

Ren Yisheng and Zhang Xuezhou discussed the mysterious Luo En while returning to Western Capital City, reasoning that he might be a powerful figure whose abilities and position made him a threat to the Alliance States. Their suspicions about Huang Daoxian and the force behind the rebellions remained unresolved.

• Ren Yisheng classified the Qing'an rebellion as a late-life upheaval, and Pei Ying pledged loyalty and took a place on the Western Capital City Committee.
• Ren Yisheng and the others returned to Western Capital City, leaving Song Bu'er in Qing'an Province to oversee matters.
• Ren Yisheng asked Zhang Xuezhou whether Luo En was connected to Huang Daoxian, and Zhang Xuezhou said the rebellions might have had someone working behind the scenes.
• Zhang Xuezhou explained that Luo Zhong's mental remnant had influenced Ning Que, but had not possessed him or brought Luo Zhong back to life.
• Ren Yisheng and Zhang Xuezhou reasoned that Luo En might oppose the Alliance States' sequence rules and possess unusual abilities, then considered whether Huang Daoxian could move beyond Luo'an Province.
• Zhang Xuezhou wondered whether Pei Jing's talk of following heaven's mandate and his own misfortune reflected a conflict between their fortunes.

Zhang Xuezhou, Ren Yisheng, and Ren Anran recovered from the aftermath of Pei Jing’s attack while considering the threat posed by Luo En and the need to secure X864 Gene Medicine. The chapter ended with Ren Anran resolving to enter the Divine Ability Realm and seek a path beyond it.

• Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Yisheng suspected Luo En was connected to Huang Daoxian or another hidden fire-meteor creature, and they planned to use the story of Pei Jing’s twilight years to lower Luo En’s guard.
• Ren Yisheng checked on Ren Anran, who said she could accept her severed hand tendons and was confident she would recover once Zhang Xuezhou healed.
• Ren Yisheng promised to outmaneuver the Aomeijia Alliance to obtain X864 Gene Medicine, proposing international contests across all eligible sequence levels.
• Ren Yisheng encouraged Ren Anran to develop her Realm Technique, and Ren Anran resolved to reach the Divine Ability Realm and seek what lay beyond it.