Chapter Summaries

Zijin discovered that sea monsters used heavy metals to suppress undead fluctuations and began developing a stronger Reverse Zombie Spell after the recorded version proved ineffective. Meanwhile, the Federation confirmed the sea monsters were improved zombies, and Su Ming connected to Miao Xin at the Dahlgren Test Center to seek the MK 71 Gun.

• Zijin explained that heavy metals masked the sea monsters’ undead fluctuations, but would not conceal the group because their tracking signature came from the Reverse Law of Life.
• Zijin cast the Reverse Zombie Spell on a tentacle fragment, but it only writhed and sprayed corrosive fluid instead of decomposing, so she decided to create an improved version and teach Su Ming.
• Xiwo reported that the sea monsters were an improved type of zombie, prompting the Federation’s officials and researchers to argue over the discovery.
• Archbishop Stanton’s request to observe the White Triangle was rejected again, while Charles urged him to avoid creating complications around the mission.
• Miao Xin reported that she had reached the Dahlgren Test Center, and Su Ming connected to her and sent her to scout the MK 71 Gun on display.

Su Ming sabotaged the test center’s power systems with Miao Xin, first cutting both incoming high-voltage lines and then destroying the emergency generators’ circuits. With the center’s surveillance and communications disabled and the generators ruined, Su Ming directed Miao Xin toward the first target.

• Su Ming surveyed the test center and decided to exploit its power infrastructure during a heavy downpour.
• Su Ming used Little Spiky Head to cut both incoming high-voltage cables and left an environmental protest banner to mislead investigators.
• After the backup generators restored power, Su Ming sent Miao Xin over the wall and into the generator room.
• Miao Xin disconnected the generators, routed 480V power into the low-voltage circuit, and destroyed most emergency lighting, surveillance, and communications equipment.
• Miao Xin shut down the generators and shorted their starter batteries, then escaped as staff rushed toward the noise.
• Su Ming ordered Miao Xin to go to the first target.

Su Ming sent Miao Xin into the powerless test center to steal the Mark 71’s records and equipment. After taking a commemorative medal, Miao Xin left the warehouse disguised in a military uniform and approached a soldier carrying a gun case.

• Miao Xin gathered the Mark 71’s paper blueprints, manuals, and other records from the archives and sent them to Su Ming.
• Miao Xin knocked out the warehouse guard, and Su Ming used a stun grenade as a distraction while she broke through the door.
• Su Ming summoned more than twenty sets of control and support equipment into the White Triangle’s hold and took a 1951 commemorative medal from a display case.
• Miao Xin changed to Human Form, put on a military uniform and rain gear, took the guard’s pistol and weapons pack, and walked toward the base’s perimeter.
• Miao Xin approached a soldier arguing with a jeep driver about reaching a watchtower to set up a sniper rifle, drawing a pistol in each hand.

Su Ming and Miao Xin seized a Mark 71 gun at a test range and stored it for transport to another world. The next morning, the Federation kept the White Triangle on its sea-monster mission, while Xiwo suspected the Cold Mountain Kingdom was behind the creatures.

• Miao Xin subdued two American soldiers and forced them to drive to the test range, where she knocked them unconscious.
• Su Ming took the sniper rifle and used a dark magic crystal to store the Mark 71 gun for later construction.
• Miao Xin raced back toward the shore in Hunting Dog Form after the gun was transported.
• The Federation ordered the White Triangle to keep hunting sea monsters and redirected the survey fleet to investigate who was creating them.
• Xiwo identified the Cold Mountain Kingdom as a likely suspect, and Su Ming questioned whether it had zombification technology.

The White Triangle replenished its crew with newly raised zombies as Su Ming worked through his doubts about necromancy and began constructing the MK71 artillery system. Xiwo’s research suggested three sea monsters remained active, with another batch possibly being raised, while heavier ship traffic complicated the search.

• Zijin transformed the corpses brought by the third decoy ship into zombies, and Su Ming admitted he was struggling to accept necromancy.
• The White Triangle resumed its search, and Su Ming began assembling the MK71 artillery system while awaiting news about ammunition production from Beianqi.
• Su Ming prepared a few sniper-rifle rounds with Zijin, who suggested coating the bullets in poison.
• Xiwo concluded that sea monster number 01 had likely died, leaving numbers 02, 04, and 05 among the surviving beasts; Zijin inferred that numbers 07, 08, and 09 might be maturing in a third batch.
• As ship traffic increased and sonar interference worsened, Su Ming steered the White Triangle away from suspicious ships.

Su Ming, Zijin, and Xiwo developed a sea-monster-hypnotizing spell and steered the White Triangle toward Clear Spring Reef in search of conches. As they prepared to lure a nearby sea monster, sonar detected a second, similarly sized creature deeper in the bay.

• Zijin showed Xiwo her Cradle of the Sea spell, which used ocean acoustics to hypnotize sea monsters, and explained that most casters could not meet its technical requirements.
• Su Ming changed the White Triangle’s course toward Clear Spring Reef after Xiwo suggested searching there for phoenix conches.
• The group detected a slowly moving, eighty-meter sea monster near the reef and plotted a cautious route through shallow waters toward the bay.
• Zijin and Xiwo discussed how to attack the monster, and Su Ming steered the White Triangle through a narrow channel so they could get closer and potentially use live pigs as bait.
• Just as the group prepared to act, the sonar detected a second sea monster of similar size farther inside the bay.

Su Ming and his companions discovered that a large pirate fleet had encircled the White Triangle, apparently as part of a planned attack. After the ship entered Clear Spring Reef, Su Ming realized the apparent pirate assault might be concealing a stronger force nearby.

• Zijin spotted ships gathering into a semicircle behind the White Triangle, and Su Ming concluded they had been set up.
• Su Ming refused to call the Federation for help, while Zijin and Xiwo calmly discussed fighting the pirates and sea monsters.
• Su Ming reasoned that a third, more powerful combat unit was likely directing the attack, and Xiwo praised his tactical thinking.
• Su Ming steered the White Triangle deeper into Clear Spring Reef as the pirate fleet sealed the bay entrance.
• Zijin noticed that the leading pirate ships had used dummy crews as bait, while four raiding ships entered the bay and larger Wasp-class artillery warships waited outside.
• Su Ming marked the fleet's positions and identified an area behind the pirates where he suspected their real main force was stationed.

Su Ming and the White Triangle escaped Clear Spring Reef, but a zombie whale rammed the ship and disabled its propulsion while pirate gunboats closed in. As Su Ming tried to repair the vessel, Zijin was trapped between two giant octopuses and Xiwo rushed to help her.

• Su Ming refused to waste Magic Power on the approaching pirate ships and led the White Triangle out through the shallows around Clear Spring Reef.
• A zombie whale struck the White Triangle, damaging its propeller and sonar, while Zijin shielded Su Ming from the impact.
• Zijin and Xiwo went to fight the sea monsters as Su Ming began repairing the ship and saw two Wasp-class gunboats enter the reef channel.
• Zijin cast Reverse Zombification on a giant octopus, but it went berserk and trapped her between itself and another octopus.
• Xiwo hurried to assist Zijin by freezing seawater and preparing a wide-area water spell.

Su Ming's plan lured the zombie whale into the shallows, where Zijin destroyed it, while explosives sank two Wasp-class warships and trapped the enemy fleet in Clear Spring Bay. As the remaining sea monsters and pirate boats converged, Su Ming ordered Zijin and Xiwo to pursue only the nearer octopus.

• Zijin and Xiwo followed Su Ming's plan, using a flashbang and a staged spell attack to lure the zombie whale into the shallows.
• Zijin cast Zombie Reverse Disintegration on the beached whale, and Xiwo escaped from its belly behind a shield.
• Su Ming detonated explosives beneath the two Wasp-class warships, wrecking them and sealing the Clear Spring Reef waterway.
• The enemy ordered the two remaining octopuses to retreat as pirate boats and sea monsters moved to meet them.
• Su Ming decided Zijin and Xiwo should pursue only the nearer octopus, and they went after it.

Zijin and Xiwo defeated a giant octopus and returned to the damaged White Triangle, while Zijin told Xiwo she planned to leave this world with Su Ming. The ship escaped the combat zone, and the group learned that three powerful necromancers controlled the giant zombies as the Federation and Star Empire prepared reinforcements.

• Zijin killed the giant octopus with Zombie Reversal, then told Xiwo she planned to follow Su Ming to another world and never return.
• Zijin summoned a skeleton whale from the zombie whale's bones and rode it back to the White Triangle.
• Su Ming repaired the White Triangle enough to sail away at eight knots, while pursuing pirate ships struggled against the wind.
• Xiwo informed the Federation of the battle, and Zijin warned that Federation warships should keep their distance from the White Triangle.
• Zijin explained that three powerful necromancers had likely controlled the giant zombies, and Xiwo said the Star Empire was sending a Saint Rank professional while the Federation sought Yexiya's help.

Su Ming and Zijin discovered that the pursuing sea monsters were luring the White Triangle toward a hidden semisubmersible armed with heavy artillery. As Zijin attacked the vessel, a mysterious necromancer escaped into the air, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Zijin gave Su Ming a simplified Zombie Reverse Disintegration Spell and explained that modern zombification could not be reversed.
• Xiwo spotted three giant octopuses approaching, and Su Ming realized they were driving the White Triangle toward a concealed ambush.
• Su Ming used a flare to reveal a semisubmersible with heavy artillery hidden just beneath the sea's surface.
• Su Ming and Xiwo charged toward the vessel while Zijin gathered magic through the White Bone Fortress's link.
• A mysterious necromancer appeared above the semisubmersible, taunted Su Ming and Xiwo, and fled beyond Zijin's spell range.
• Zijin cast Six-Pointed Star · Divine Edict at the semisubmersible's turret as the woman escaped.

Su Ming, Xiwo, and Zijin fought Yexiya, the Saintess of Pale New Words, after she absorbed Zijin’s spell and revealed her identity. As their magic attacks failed to break her defenses, Su Ming struck her with an M110 sniper rifle, leaving Yexiya shocked by the unfamiliar weapon.

• Zijin’s redirected spell struck the cloaked woman, whose cloak shattered to reveal Yexiya, the Saintess of Pale New Words.
• Yexiya attacked Xiwo on the semi-submersible, but he and Zijin fought back with spells while Su Ming retreated.
• Zijin’s magic repeatedly changed direction to pursue Yexiya, and Xiwo joined her barrage with ice spells.
• Yexiya withstood the combined attacks, while Zijin and Xiwo realized their magic might run out before hers.
• Su Ming fired his M110 sniper rifle at Yexiya, making her recoil and wonder what kind of alchemical weapon he had used.

Su Ming, Zijin, and Xiwo fought Yexiya as she revealed her Saint Rank ice magic and unleashed her Frost Zero domain. Su Ming’s modified final bullet struck Yexiya’s shoulder, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Su Ming repeatedly shot Yexiya until his seventh bullet shattered her shield, while Xiwo attacked her with Water God's Wrath.
• Yexiya revealed her ice magic, and Xiwo warned that her chest wound was slowing her reactions as she spread her Frost Zero domain.
• Su Ming summoned Miao Xin’s help to prepare a modified bullet while Zijin attacked Yexiya with the Divine Favor Scepter.
• Yexiya broke Zijin’s light blade and charged at Su Ming, who evaded her slashes inside the semi-submersible.
• Zijin and Xiwo distracted Yexiya long enough for Su Ming to shoot her shoulder with the modified bullet.

Su Ming’s poisoned bullet sent Yexiya into a drug-fueled frenzy, leaving her and Zijin locked in a stalemate over the sea. Inside the damaged Five Fangs, Su Ming discovered that Yexiya had enslaved the ship’s dead crew as zombies and found himself surrounded by them.

• Yexiya dug the bullet from her shoulder and failed to dispel its drug, then charged Zijin with increasingly wild attacks.
• Su Ming told Zijin that he had packed the bullet with lethal doses of painkillers, while Zijin and Xiwo adapted to Yexiya’s erratic movements and kept fighting her.
• Su Ming recovered from Yexiya’s strike and searched the damaged ship, finding dead dwarves and a badge marked “Five Fangs.”
• Su Ming realized Yexiya was using zombies to operate the ship and saw that some had eaten their crewmates’ corpses.
• Su Ming activated Netherworld Vision and found himself trapped in a corridor by seven or eight dwarf zombies.

Su Ming freed the souls of the Five Fangs’ zombified crew and learned how Yexiya had taken the ship and pursued the White Triangle. He found and freed Beianqi, who insisted they kill Yexiya, but discovered the Five Fangs’ upper-deck cannons had been destroyed.

• Su Ming cast a weakened Zombie Reversal spell, freeing the souls of the zombified crewmen and reading their memories.
• Su Ming learned that Yexiya had defeated the Five Fangs, forced Beianqi to operate the ship, and pursued the White Triangle after the failed ambush at Clear Spring Reef.
• The crewmen’s souls led Su Ming to Beianqi, whom he freed from her chains in the engine room.
• Beianqi told Su Ming they had to kill Yexiya and asked him to take her to the control console.
• Beianqi checked the weapon systems and realized the upper-deck cannons had all been destroyed.

Su Ming revived the Five Fangs’ dead crew so Beianqi could ready the battleship’s cannons against Yexiya. As Zijin and Xiwo worked to restrain Yexiya, the crew aimed the guns at the White Triangle and prepared to fire.

• Beianqi asked Su Ming to use the corpses aboard the Five Fangs, and he chose the difficult Revival of the Dead spell to restore their memories and intelligence temporarily.
• Beianqi directed the revived crew to repair the ship and prepare its cannons while Su Ming bandaged her badly injured wrist.
• The Five Fangs rose to the surface, and the undead crew loaded four second-level cannons and aimed them at the White Triangle’s bridge.
• Su Ming asked Zijin to draw Yexiya toward the battleship and Xiwo to restrain her, while Beianqi took position at the firing lanyard.
• Zijin briefly held Yexiya in place with a force field before Yexiya struck her and pierced her with her tail hairs.
• Xiwo trapped Yexiya’s leg in a frozen wave, then summoned lightning that struck Yexiya and coursed through the ice.

Su Ming used Heroic Spirit Prayer to summon an expert marksman and shoot the fleeing Yexiya with a 20 mm anti-materiel rifle. After the shot struck her, Su Ming flew toward her as she fell toward the sea.

• Yexiya was pinned on the iceberg, but Zuyi's Blessing healed her enough to escape after the cannons shattered her shields.
• Su Ming used materials aboard the Five Fangs to summon a 2.5-meter anti-materiel rifle and high-energy ammunition.
• Su Ming sacrificed a bronze medal to use Heroic Spirit Prayer and summon a skilled marksman to guide him.
• The heroic spirit fired three times, adjusting for the unfamiliar gravity and hitting Yexiya with the third shot.
• Su Ming thanked the departing heroic spirit and flew after Yexiya as she fell toward the sea.

After the battle, Su Ming rescued the unconscious Zijin from the sea and treated her injuries aboard the White Triangle. Zijin recovered enough to learn that her magic was sealed, while Su Ming ended the chapter by pranking her with a painful wound treatment.

• Su Ming searched the sea for Yexiya and rescued Zijin from floating ice after using dark magic to remove the lingering ice elements and needles from her body.
• Su Ming carried the unconscious Zijin to the White Triangle and began cleaning the contaminated wound on her chest.
• Zijin told Su Ming that Yexiya had sealed her magic, so Su Ming asked whether he could remove the seal.
• Su Ming disinfected Zijin's wounds while she recovered with glucose solution and explained that he had learned wound care recently.
• Su Ming restrained Zijin with bone rings and poured hydrogen peroxide onto her wound, making her scream.

Su Ming treated Zijin’s wound, then helped her transfer Yexiya’s Saint Rank seal onto him with a substitution spell. After Zijin checked on Xiwo and Beianqi, Su Ming fell asleep and woke the next morning with his wound nearly healed.

• Beianqi finished treating Xiwo aboard the White Triangle, and they heard Zijin scream from the cabin.
• Su Ming cleaned and closed Zijin’s wound, then asked her how to remove the spell seal.
• Zijin guided Su Ming through the Double Ring Transposition spell, which transferred the seal to him and left him paralyzed with his magic blocked.
• Zijin healed herself, told Su Ming the effects would wear off, and went to check on Xiwo and Beianqi.
• Su Ming fell asleep from exhaustion and woke the next morning with a blanket over him and his wound reduced to a faint mark.

Su Ming and Zijin recovered aboard the White Triangle, repaired its systems, and began rebuilding the MK 71 Gun while investigating threats and gathering bodies for a spell. Their discussion about Zijin’s past ended with Su Ming realizing she had chosen to become the White Bone Fortress through Undead Scourge, rather than being transformed by Russell.

• Su Ming read Zijin’s account of the battle, found her exhausted, and let her sleep before she woke and joined him for a meal.
• Zijin explained that Stanton had warned them about dragons cooperating with the Church of Light’s Council of Cardinals, and she reported that Beianqi had arranged shells and promised the dwarven chamber of commerce’s favor.
• Smith inspected the destruction at the Dahlgren Test Center and ordered increased security at major factories as he suspected Hyena had a logistics team supporting it.
• Su Ming regained his magic, sent Miao Xin toward Portsmouth to search for recently deceased bodies, and repaired the White Triangle’s starboard propulsion system while Zijin worked on its port side.
• Su Ming and Zijin began assembling the MK 71 Gun, then Miao Xin found bodies in the sea near a shipwreck, giving Su Ming the material he needed for Comprehend Languages.
• Zijin caught Su Ming thinking about her body and asked him about her identity; Su Ming recalled that she had chosen to unleash Undead Scourge and become the White Bone Fortress.