Chapter Summaries

Chen Feng prepared to collect new weapons research and Taiyi's data, while NASA readied two thousand tons of nuclear material for the Painting Civilization. Back at the Xingfeng Sect, he found Yue Yao and summoned her after overhearing a worker speculate that he favored her.

• Paul and John agreed to prepare two thousand tons of nuclear material and report the risks of contacting the Painting Civilization to the authorities.
• Chen Feng collected Lin Wei's three-phase bomb blueprints and told Andrew Ng he would provide Taiyi's data under the cover of a virtual reality game project.
• Chen Feng visited Tuosen and took blueprints for Gauss rifles and powered-armor modifications, then asked about the laser weapon under development.
• Chen Feng returned to the Painting Scroll World and found Yue Yao working at the nuclear factory while serving her punishment for the last battle.
• Chen Feng overheard a worker teasing Yue Yao about his favor toward her, then ordered Yue Yao to come with him.

Chen Feng punished Yue Yao for her misuse of nuclear weapons, gave her new three-phase bomb blueprints, and arranged upgrades to the Xingfeng Sect’s arsenal. He brought Taiyi’s selected battle data to the modern world for Andrew Ng and his researchers, who began examining the footage.

• Chen Feng learned that Yue Yao’s desire to kill cultivators with nuclear bombs stemmed from her past trauma, stripped her of her Contribution Points and launch authority, and gave her three-phase bomb blueprints.
• Chen Feng delivered mech modification and Gauss rifle blueprints to the arms factory as the Xingfeng Sect’s weapons grew in demand across the Outer Sea.
• Chen Feng collected a storage drive containing Taiyi’s selected data and heard that Manager Qu wanted to trade for satellite phones and Xiao Ling had invited him to a birthday celebration.
• Chen Feng told Liu Qian that large nuclear strikes would require his approval or a Cabinet vote, then returned to the modern world with Taiyi’s data.
• Chen Feng gave the data to Andrew Ng and had the researchers sign confidentiality agreements; after Chen Feng left, Andrew Ng opened Taiyi’s battlefield footage for the team to watch.

Andrew Ng and the AI research team watched footage of powered-armored soldiers battling two powerful ability users and began planning how Taiyi could learn to command such wars. Chen Feng headed home to order equipment and considered clarifying the Golden Triangle’s borders, while Li Xiaorou heard rival European companies argue over Xingfeng Group’s medicine agency rights.

• Andrew Ng, Maya, and the AI research team watched a battle between aerospace carriers, powered armor, Demon Beasts, and two ability users, then discussed training Taiyi for this kind of warfare.
• Chen Feng left the Golden Triangle to visit home and planned to have Li Xiaorou order satellite phones and equipment for producing three-phase bombs.
• Chen Feng surveyed the Golden Triangle and decided Jack should negotiate its borders with Myanmar and Siam to prevent future territorial disputes.
• At Xingfeng Group, Lucas of Sairuofei and Finnie of Novo Nordisk argued over which company should receive the European agency rights for Li Xiaorou’s medicines.

Li Xiaorou offered Sanofi and Novo Nordisk European agency rights under a politically based pricing condition, then reunited with Chen Feng and received ten tons of medicine and new business requests. Meanwhile, John and the Eagle Sauce Country fleet waited in the Pacific with nuclear material for the Painting Civilization, but by the sixth day they had received no contact.

• Li Xiaorou told Lucas and Finnie that the Xingfeng Group would divide Europe between them only if they accepted tenfold prices in countries hostile to Dragon Country.
• Chen Feng stored ten tons of medicine at the Xingfeng Group and asked Li Xiaorou to arrange custom phones and equipment.
• John and the Eagle Sauce Country fleet prepared to deliver two thousand tons of nuclear material to the Painting Civilization in the Pacific.
• Qiefusi stopped the carrier fleet in the Pacific and waited for the Painting Civilization to appear.
• John reminded Qiefusi that only six of the seven days allowed for delivery had passed.

Chen Feng met Eagle Sauce Country’s leaders aboard their carrier, collected the promised nuclear fuel, and experimented with using Yao Qi to create a superhuman. The experiment transformed Qiefusi into a monster and left him with only a few years to live.

• Qiefusi and John discussed why Eagle Sauce Country was risking a deal with Hua, hoping to gain superhuman abilities and escape Jack’s leverage.
• Chen Feng arrived above the carrier as a mass of starlight, introduced himself through a voice heard in everyone’s minds, and made the cargo ship carrying two thousand tons of nuclear fuel disappear.
• Qiefusi asked Chen Feng for help against the superhumans in the Golden Triangle, and Chen Feng agreed to test whether his civilization’s body-evolution method would work on humans.
• Chen Feng restrained Qiefusi and infused him with Yao Qi from a Qi Refining Demon Core while examining his body’s changes.
• Qiefusi transformed into a three-meter-tall, hair-covered monster, and Chen Feng concluded that the process could alter humans but would leave them with only a few years to live.

Chen Feng transformed Qiefusi into a werewolf-like fighter in exchange for nuclear materials, then left for the moon to cultivate. Qiefusi returned with the carrier fleet, eager to secure more materials and serve Chen Feng, while John grew wary of his changed loyalties.

• Chen Feng explained that Qiefusi’s mutation had boosted his strength but drained his potential, then told him he was roughly at the Innate Realm.
• Qiefusi asked for another evolutionary form, but Chen Feng said he lacked energy and instead gave Qiefusi the ability to switch between human and werewolf forms with his emotions.
• Qiefusi pledged loyalty to Chen Feng and promised to request more nuclear materials; Chen Feng then flew toward the moon to cultivate.
• Qiefusi transformed in front of the soldiers and experts, survived a rifle bullet, and told them Chen Feng had made him a werewolf who could help their soldiers evolve later.
• Qiefusi dismissed Jack as weaker than himself and agreed to provide blood for analysis, while John resolved to report Qiefusi’s changed attitude and keep him under surveillance.
• Qiefusi ordered the carrier fleet to return to Eagle Sauce Country.

Jack rejected Myanmar’s demand for taxes on northern Shan State and had Min Aung Hlaing and the other officials injured and expelled. Myanmar declared war on the Jack Security Company and sought military support from the Eagle Sauce Country and the Cherry Blossom Country.

• Wu Dengsheng told Jack that Myanmar wanted to take control of northern Shan State and collect taxes from its booming economy.
• Min Aung Hlaing demanded annual taxes from Jack, but Jack refused and ordered Black Bear to break the visiting officials’ legs and throw them out.
• Wu Dengsheng warned Jack that Myanmar might send its military, but Jack told him to keep managing the region while he prepared for a fight.
• President Songpasi agreed to declare war after officials urged him to reclaim Myanmar’s dignity and use the conflict to pursue information about the extraterrestrial civilization.
• Myanmar issued an international declaration of war against the Jack Security Company and sought military assistance from the Eagle Sauce Country and the Cherry Blossom Country.

Eagle Sauce Country decided to secretly arm Myanmar through Cherry Blossom Country, while Jack mobilized his forces to invade southern Shan State after Myanmar declared war. The chapter ended with Myanmar's 14th Division preparing an attack as Jack's troops advanced toward the region.

• Eagle Sauce Country's officials agreed to supply Myanmar with military equipment through Cherry Blossom Country, while John was told to monitor Qiefusi and act discreetly.
• Jack rallied his soldiers and ordered thirty thousand to guard the base while Wild Wolf led the rest toward southern Shan State.
• Jack sent Black Bear and three thousand Xiantian martial artists to attack the Myanmar troops' headquarters and capture it with minimal casualties.
• Lin Wei warned Jack that another country might be backing Myanmar, then told him Chen Feng was cultivating on the moon.
• Mao Jueming told Myanmar's 14th Division headquarters that the Ministry of Defense had ordered an attack on the Golden Triangle within three days.

Black Bear led 3,000 Xiantian martial artists in a lightning strike on the 14th Division’s air base, while Wild Wolf drew Myanmar fighter jets into battle. After capturing the base and obtaining a map to the division’s underground headquarters, Black Bear set out to attack it, and Mao Jueming received news that contact with his air defense battalion had been lost.

• Mao Jueming ordered the 14th Division to prepare for combat after learning that Wild Wolf was leading 50,000 Golden Triangle soldiers toward southern Shan State.
• Black Bear led 3,000 Xiantian martial artists through the mountains toward the fighter jets’ origin while Wild Wolf’s troops scattered into the forest and engaged the aircraft.
• Wild Wolf’s forces used antiaircraft fire to bring down two fighter jets, then held back their strongest defenses to lure more aircraft toward the front.
• Black Bear’s group stormed the 14th Division’s air base and captured it in eight minutes, killing the defenders and taking a map to the division’s underground headquarters.
• Black Bear ordered his martial artists to advance on the headquarters, while Mao Jueming prepared to send his infantry and armored regiments against the Golden Triangle.
• A soldier reported to Mao Jueming that the 14th Division had suddenly lost contact with its air defense battalion.

Black Bear’s Xiantian martial artists captured the 14th Division’s command post, allowing Wild Wolf to defeat its forces and seize all of Shan State for the Jack Security Company. Jack ordered his commanders to hold the territory rather than invade Rakhine State, while international media reported the rapid takeover.

• John warned Mao Jueming that Jack’s forces were using the fighter-jet battle as a diversion and urged him to evacuate, but Mao Jueming refused to believe him.
• Black Bear and his Xiantian martial artists entered the 14th Division’s command post, killed the chief of staff, and forced Mao Jueming to surrender.
• Wild Wolf’s forces destroyed the 14th Division’s fighter jets and used Mao Jueming’s false orders to trap and defeat two infantry regiments.
• Wild Wolf and Black Bear led separate forces to take the cities of Shan State, completing the occupation by eight in the morning.
• Jack ordered Wild Wolf and Black Bear to station their troops in Taunggyi City and hold Shan State, declining to invade Rakhine State for now.
• International media reported that the Jack Security Company had taken all of Shan State after routing the 14th Division in a rapid campaign.

Myanmar’s leaders debated how to respond after Jack’s forces took Shan State, while John warned them that Jack and his people were superhumans and urged them to wait for Cherry Blossom Country’s troops. Jack then visited Lin Wei to ask her to contact Chen Feng about the coming threat, leaving Lin Wei to notify him.

• Netizens reacted to Jack’s swift capture of Shan State, and Myanmar blamed its defeat on inferior equipment and manpower while Cherry Blossom Country announced humanitarian aid.
• President Songpasi ordered Songqi to mobilize troops, but John called and warned Myanmar not to attack Shan State before Cherry Blossom Country arrived.
• John told Myanmar’s leaders that Jack’s forces were superhumans and that Cherry Blossom Country had plans to help defeat them.
• Songpasi considered abandoning Shan State, but officials argued against it, so he agreed to wait for Cherry Blossom Country’s troops.
• Jack visited Lin Wei’s laboratory and asked her to contact Chen Feng for advice about Myanmar’s expected attack.
• Lin Wei agreed to notify Chen Feng, and Jack returned to prepare his forces.

Chen Feng ordered Jack to fight Myanmar without harming civilians while he continued cultivating on the moon. Jack launched a surprise attack on Myanmar’s naval fleet off Rakhine State to seize the coastline and block foreign reinforcements.

• Lin Wei told Chen Feng that Jack and Myanmar had gone to war, and Chen Feng told Jack to fight back while protecting civilians.
• Jack’s forces took control of Taunggyi City, while Wild Wolf warned that Myanmar had reinforced Rakhine State with two armored divisions.
• Jack accepted Wild Wolf’s proposal to seize Rakhine State’s coastline and led the martial artists toward the naval base.
• Tuliqi kept Myanmar’s Ninth Division’s fleet offshore and dismissed the risk of a surprise attack, while Jack, Black Bear, and Wild Wolf approached underwater.
• A Myanmar sailor detected figures beneath the fleet on sonar, but another soldier mistook them for dolphins.

Jack planned to infiltrate Cherry Blossom Country’s powerful fleet by disguising himself and his men as Myanmar soldiers, hoping to capture Lieutenant General Matsumoto Tsubasa and seize control of the fleet. The chapter ended with Jack boarding a frigate and meeting Colonel Tano Kojiro, while a martial artist impersonated Division Commander Tuliqi.

• Jack learned that Cherry Blossom Country had sent more than fifty ships and decided to use their request to meet Tuliqi as an opportunity to infiltrate the fleet.
• Jack’s men disposed of the Ninth Division’s bodies, while Jack arranged to communicate with Matsumoto Tsubasa under Tuliqi’s identity.
• John warned Matsumoto Tsubasa to keep Jack at a distance, and Matsumoto discussed Eagle Sauce Country’s withheld intelligence with his division commanders.
• Matsumoto ordered Kojiro to bring Tuliqi to the fleet, so Jack disguised himself and his martial artists in Myanmar military uniforms and went to meet them.
• Jack and thirty martial artists boarded one of Cherry Blossom Country’s frigates, where Tano Kojiro greeted the man impersonating Tuliqi.

Jack captured Matsumoto Tsubasa and took control of Cherry Blossom Country’s fleet, then landed its heavy equipment in Rakhine State and attacked two Myanmar divisions from the coast. The battle drew international media as the attackers’ identity remained uncertain to reporters.

• The martial artist disguised as Tuliqi met Tano Kojiro and accompanied him, Jack, Black Bear, and Wild Wolf to Cherry Blossom Country’s fleet.
• Jack revealed himself to Matsumoto Tsubasa in the destroyer’s command room, and Black Bear and Wild Wolf swiftly defeated the guards.
• Jack’s forces restrained Matsumoto Tsubasa and the senior officers, and Matsumoto agreed to cooperate after Black Bear tortured Tano Kojiro.
• With the senior officers’ help, Jack took control of the fleet, and its soldiers surrendered.
• Jack ordered the fleet to land on Rakhine State’s coast and used its artillery to attack two Myanmar divisions from the rear.
• Reporters from The New York Times and other outlets rushed toward the coast while speculating about who had launched the attack.

Jack’s forces bombarded Myanmar’s Eleventh and Twelfth Divisions in Rakhine State while reporters revealed that Jack had captured Cherry Blossom Country’s troops and their equipment. After seeing the damage and the captured arsenal, Songpasi ordered Myanmar to abandon Rakhine State.

• Myanmar’s Eleventh Division commander ordered a counterattack as artillery struck the Eleventh and Twelfth Divisions, then evacuated when missiles hit their base.
• Jack ordered Wild Wolf to continue missile strikes and directed the troops in Taunggyi City to attack from the other side.
• Jack allowed Susie and her cameraman into the base, where Susie reported on the captured Cherry Blossom Country soldiers and interviewed one about their defeat.
• Viewers learned that Cherry Blossom Country’s troops and equipment had fallen into Jack’s hands, prompting Dragon Country’s netizens to mock them and Cherry Blossom Country’s netizens to protest.
• Songqi told Songpasi that the Eleventh and Twelfth Divisions were under attack and requested support, but Songpasi ordered them to withdraw and give up Rakhine State.
• Songpasi showed the prime minister the equipment list and blamed Myanmar’s leaders for rejecting peace with Jack as Myanmar faced the loss of Rakhine State.

Songpasi rejected John’s offer of more military aid and decided Myanmar would cede Rakhine State and seek a ceasefire with Jack. Meanwhile, Yamamoto Kazuo prepared Cherry Blossom Country to fight Jack and requested tactical nuclear weapons, while Jack used a live interview to accuse Cherry Blossom Country of violating postwar restrictions.

• Songpasi told John that Myanmar would give up Rakhine State and pursue peace talks with Jack, then ordered the prime minister to contact him.
• John learned that Cherry Blossom Country was preparing to send troops, and Yamamoto Kazuo asked Eagle Sauce Country for tactical nuclear weapons to use against Jack.
• John refused Yamamoto Kazuo’s nuclear request but promised other military support and information on Jack.
• Susie gained access to Jack’s headquarters and interviewed him as her livestream audience grew.
• Jack said his forces had attacked Myanmar’s Ninth Division after identifying its coastline as strategically important, then accused Cherry Blossom Country of violating its postwar treaty by intervening in the conflict.

Jack explained how six men seized the Cherry Blossom Country fleet's command center before Myanmar's prime minister, Dan Tuo, arrived to negotiate a ceasefire. Myanmar ceded Shan State and Rakhine State to the Jack Security Company and became its ally, while Jack learned that Eagle Sauce Country had encouraged the conflict.

• Jack told Susie that he and five companions had captured the Cherry Blossom Country fleet's command center and lieutenant general Matsumoto Tsubasa.
• Dan Tuo arrived at Jack's base and asked to discuss a ceasefire on behalf of Myanmar.
• Dan Tuo apologized, offered Rakhine State, and presented a treaty ceding Shan State and Rakhine State while making Myanmar an ally of the Jack Security Company.
• Jack accepted the treaty and agreed to a ceasefire, and Dan Tuo denied that Jack was an invader during Susie's livestream.
• After Susie left, Dan Tuo warned Jack that Eagle Sauce Country had been stirring up the conflict and might not let the matter rest.

After Myanmar and the Jack Security Company agreed to a ceasefire, Jack consolidated control of Shan State and Rakhine State and prepared for a possible attack by Cherry Blossom Country. Chen Feng emerged from a month of cultivation, advised caution, and left to handle his own affairs.

• Dan Tuo told reporters that Myanmar and the Jack Security Company had resolved their misunderstanding and praised the changes in the Golden Triangle.
• The international community reacted to the ceasefire and Cherry Blossom Country's captured troops, while Jack's company took over Shan State and Rakhine State and recruited new soldiers.
• Wild Wolf warned Jack that Eagle Sauce Country had sent transport ships to Cherry Blossom Country, and Jack ordered defenses along the Rakhine State coastline.
• Black Bear suggested attacking Cherry Blossom Country's emperor, but Jack warned him that modern weapons could still kill them.
• Chen Feng appeared after a month of cultivating on the moon, cautioned Jack and his men against overconfidence, and told Jack to handle the looming conflict himself before departing.

Chen Feng collected satellite phones and bomb-making equipment from Xingfeng Group and brought them to the Painting Scroll World for Xingfeng Sect. As winter arrived in the Northern Border, Liu Qian learned that more mortals had migrated from northern Yingzhou and arranged supplies to help them survive the cold.

• Chen Feng told Lin Wei about cultivating the Star Body and gave her Star Energy to study.
• Li Xiaorou supervised the delivery of twenty thousand custom satellite phones and confirmed that the bomb-production equipment had arrived earlier.
• Chen Feng collected the phones and equipment from Xingfeng Group and stored them in his storage ring.
• Chen Feng returned to Xingfeng Sect after ten months had passed in the Painting Scroll World, where winter snow covered the Northern Border.
• Mo Chen told Liu Qian that another group of mortals from northern Yingzhou had camped outside the Northern Border, and Liu Qian ordered supplies sent to them.

Chen Feng emerged from nearly a year of seclusion, prompting excitement across Xingfeng Sect and the Northern Border as Outer Sea forces learned of his return. After reviewing Liu Qian’s report on the sect’s growth, he heard that Luo Yinxue had become the Luo Clan’s first cultivator to reach Golden Core before age one hundred.

• Liu Qian and Mo Chen discussed winter migration, air conditioner sales, and the sect’s affairs while Wang Hu reported that Xingfeng Sect’s branches were in order.
• The sect bell rang to announce Chen Feng’s emergence, and Yinyin, Zhengjiao, Yue Yao, Mo Yang, and others hurried toward headquarters or prepared to go there.
• News of Chen Feng’s return spread through the Northern Border and Outer Sea, where powerful forces prepared to visit; Mo Wuxie dismissed the news and resolved to reach Nascent Soul before Chen Feng.
• Chen Feng met Liu Qian, Wang Hu, and Mo Chen outside his secluded chamber, then examined Liu Qian’s Jade Slip detailing the sect’s progress and finances.
• Chen Feng learned that Luo Yinxue had broken through to early Golden Core three months earlier, and Liu Qian said she had contacted him while Chen Feng was still in seclusion.