Chapter Summaries

Zoe tried to treat Crowley, but discovered that the Mother Worm was fused with his soul and could not be safely removed. Meanwhile, the FBI identified Tang Qi aboard the Fruit Bat, and Zoe recognized him from their previous meeting as the investigation continued.

• Crowley sat before Zoe and exposed his parasitized brain, even offering her a handful of Mother Worm maggots to eat.
• Zoe used Soul Soothing Witchcraft to calm Crowley, but learned that the Mother Worm and his soul had fused and that separating them could endanger everyone aboard.
• Tang Qi and Selma secretly listened to Zoe’s communication with the FBI, while Tang Qi’s companions stayed quiet.
• The FBI confirmed Tang Qi’s identity and background, and Zoe’s probing spell exposed his concealment aboard the Fruit Bat.
• Zoe recognized Tang Qi from their earlier meeting at the Messer Police Department, and he introduced Selma and the three children he had come to rescue.
• Berenson sent Zoe an update as Tang Qi expected the authorities to verify his innocence.

Tang Qi and Selma used the Poison Vine Bracelet’s Slumber Toxin to incapacitate the parasites aboard the Fruit Bat, while Zoe maintained her spell on Crowley. Crowley resisted the toxin, broke free of the tranquility magic, and confronted Tang Qi.

• Berenson told Zoe that Tang Qi could help resolve the hijacking and that success might lead to cooperation between Witch School and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
• Tang Qi volunteered himself and Selma, then identified Selma’s Poison Vine Bracelet and its ability to release toxins.
• Tang Qi captured a newly hatched parasite and advised Selma to use the least stimulating Slumber Toxin.
• Selma tested the toxin on the parasite, which collapsed, and then spread pollen through the Fruit Bat, putting the passengers and their parasites to sleep.
• Crowley resisted Selma’s pollen cloud as Zoe’s Light of Tranquility failed, then opened his eyes and accused Tang Qi of deceiving him.

Tang Qi stopped Crowley’s parasite-fueled attempt to destroy the Fruit Bat and captured the Mother Worm for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. After returning to Mihuang City, Tang Qi learned that Melada Special Education School had become an official partner of the Bureau.

• Tang Qi exposed and destroyed a cockroach-like host, then identified the maggot apparition as a puppet carrying the Worm Master’s magical will.
• The Worm Master withdrew after warning that his chosen hosts would offer their lives, and Crowley began swelling with insect eggs to carry out a final attack.
• Tang Qi detonated Crowley inside a precise cage of flame, contained the blast, and extracted the sleeping Mother Worm.
• Tang Qi handed the Mother Worm to Zoe and left the investigation’s aftermath to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
• Selma told Tang Qi that Melada Special Education School had joined the Bureau’s partner list, with Berenson’s Fifth Squad as its contact.

After returning to Lake Island Secret Realm with Colin, Tate, and Drew, Tang Qi resumed his training and considered how to advance Ralph Witchcraft. He then visited Black Beech’s territory, where a group of Psychedelic Mushroom People cast their illusion spell on him.

• Tang Qi gave Selma his Magic Business Card, then brought Colin, Tate, and Drew through a Void Portal to Dragonheart Castle for enrollment.
• Tang Qi returned to his residence, found the Night Beast and the little fairy behaving, and watched them fight Gluttony.
• Tang Qi meditated, raising his Meditation Method progress from three percent to seven percent, and reflected on the difficulty of advancing Ralph Witchcraft.
• Tang Qi went to Black Beech’s territory and encountered a marching group of Psychedelic Mushroom People.
• The Psychedelic Mushroom People used their Psychedelic Technique on Tang Qi, who wondered whether he should experience the illusion before being drawn into it.

Tang Qi investigated Selma and decided to consider inviting her to teach at the Witch School. In the Quarantine Zone, he helped Luca and Peggy leave, though Peggy had less than a year to live, then gave Professor Eva the selected candidates for the Transcendental Combat Class and named her his first teaching assistant.

• Tang Qi experienced the Psychedelic Mushroom People’s flawed witchcraft, then obtained information from the Black Beech using a witch token and promised it fresh Green Dragon Fish eyeballs.
• Tang Qi examined the Black Beech’s intelligence on Selma, judged her talented and not dangerous, and decided to wait for a suitable chance to invite her to teach at the Witch School.
• Tang Qi entered the Quarantine Zone and dealt with the remaining Level Five Danger Sources he had investigated.
• Tang Qi returned with Luca and Peggy; he explained that his magic could reduce Luca’s danger, while Peggy chose to leave despite having less than a year to live.
• Tang Qi gave Professor Eva the candidate list for the Transcendental Combat Class and named her his first teaching assistant.

Tang Qi searched Mihuang City for suitable supernatural opponents for his students and found the Main City District full of hidden monsters and crime. He encountered a young man being beaten by Blood Servants and learned that Angel Potion was the ultimate version of Potion of the Evil Flower before attacking them.

• Tang Qi reviewed the Beechwood Token and Manor Bureau dossier but found no suitable Chaotic Evil creatures near Green Dragon Ridge Lake, so he decided to inspect the Main City District.
• Tang Qi entered the Main City District with his three gluttonous fellows and discovered supernatural creatures and evil spreading through its dark corners.
• Tang Qi reflected on the looming Spirit Tide and the need for Melada Special Education School to develop more powerful people beyond its principal.
• Tang Qi found Blood Servants beating a young man who demanded the return of his sister, whom they said their master had eaten.
• Tang Qi asked the Blood Servants to take him to their master and identified Angel Potion as the ultimate version of Potion of the Evil Flower before casting a Crimson spell.

Tang Qi investigated the return of the Shepherd's Cult and learned that the young man's sister had been held captive by the Bloody Giant Gang. He arrived at Wallsman's bar just as the gang boss was about to force his etiquette teacher to join a cannibalistic meal.

• Tang Qi used Crimson to control the six Blood Servants, gave them Light Secret Medicine to save the wounded young man, and ordered them to kill themselves when he awoke.
• Tang Qi recalled the Shepherd's Cult's survival and suspected that Mr. Lecter had developed the Angel Potion from the Progenitor Flower.
• Tang Qi learned that Wallsman, leader of the Bloody Giant Gang, held the young man's sister and other captives as food ingredients.
• Wallsman selected a captive girl as his main course and threatened etiquette teacher Mr. Fels with joining the meal.
• Tang Qi entered the bar, and Wallsman showed a grave expression when he saw him.

Tang Qi confronted Wallsman at the bar and uncovered that a powerful banker controlled him through a forbidden soul spell. He cut the spell out of Wallsman’s soul, exposing the gang leader to the memories of the girls he had consumed.

• Tang Qi took control of Wallsman’s Blood Servants and had them escort the captives and Mr. Fels away, leaving him alone with Wallsman.
• Wallsman recognized Tang Qi’s power and offered him anything he wanted in exchange for his life.
• Tang Qi learned that Wallsman had become a Filthy Angel through low-grade Angel Potion and was controlled by a banker whose name could trigger a spell that erased him.
• Tang Qi used an illusion to make Wallsman believe he was being forced to reveal his superior, prompting Wallsman to transform and attempt to flee.
• Tang Qi cast the Soul Splitting Curse, found the forbidden spell in Wallsman’s soul, and brutally cut it away with part of the surrounding soul.
• Wallsman feared the damage would leave him an idiot as memories of the girls he had eaten overwhelmed him with their despair and terror.

Tang Qi uncovered that Angel Potion was helping a secret organization led by the escaped Lecter gain control over Mihuang City’s wealthy and influential citizens, and decided the authorities and Church would have to stop him. While reviewing FBI intelligence delivered by Professor Eva, he found a report about a dangerous fugitive called the Hourglass Freak and began watching its attached video.

• Tang Qi forced Wallsman to reveal that Joseph Dodge supplied Angel Potion and that the organization’s Mihuang State agent was Mrs. Anderson.
• Tang Qi connected Mrs. Anderson and the potion’s cannibalistic effects to Bourne Anderson, the escaped cult leader Lecter, and resolved to stop his scheme.
• Tang Qi reassigned the Bloody Giant Gang’s loyalty, erased the victims’ memories, and returned Wallsman to the school.
• Professor Eva delivered a package from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including a Magic Telephone and internal wanted intelligence.
• Tang Qi found the Hourglass Freak’s report, read about its rule-bound body transfers and supernatural victims, then activated the attached video.

Tang Qi showed Berenson and William Marshall evidence about the Angel Potion and his suspicions concerning the Shepherd's Cult and Lecter. The authorities began verifying his account by examining Wallsman’s memories.

• Tang Qi watched a recording in which Paint Man killed Dr. Rod, carved a new body from him, and left as the reborn treeman.
• Tang Qi contacted Berenson and Raphael, reporting the Angel Potion, Mrs. Anderson, and his suspicions.
• Berenson arrived at Dragonheart Castle and met Tang Qi alongside Raphael, Jensen, and William Marshall of the Manor Bureau.
• Tang Qi brought the Investigation Bureau and Manor Bureau together to investigate the Angel Potion conspiracy.
• Berenson’s researchers installed devices around Wallsman’s head to verify Tang Qi’s information.

Tang Qi learned from Wallsman’s memories that the Angel Potion and Angel Network posed a threat far beyond Mihuang City, then planned to strengthen Melada Special Education School before joining the local purge. While reviewing the FBI’s wanted report, he discovered the deadly Sorrowful Ghost and watched recordings of supernatural beings dying after encountering it.

• Berenson used the Brain Projector to screen Wallsman’s memories, revealing his rise and how he obtained the Angel Potion.
• Tang Qi, Berenson, and William Marshall concluded that the Angel Network was spreading widely and required a response from Federation headquarters and possibly the Church.
• Berenson and the Manor Bureau’s representatives left to investigate Mrs. Anderson and the Angel Network, while Tang Qi planned for his school to assist with the purge in Mihuang City.
• Back at the Library Tower, Tang Qi studied the FBI wanted report and examined a photograph of the Sorrowful Ghost at a church where believers and priests had killed themselves.
• Tang Qi watched recordings showing professional supernatural beings, including the medium Sophia, fall into extreme sorrow and die after the Sorrowful Ghost perceived them.

Tang Qi began his first Transcendental Combat Class by presenting his students with the Malfoys' Mansion case and revealing that Melada Special Education School had taken over its investigation. A portal opened beneath the students as they prepared to enter the mission.

• Tang Qi recovered his mental energy and joined Professor Eva, Jensen, and Raphael to watch the students gather for his first combat class.
• Shirley, Nydia, and sixteen other students entered the empty classroom and received old newspapers describing the Malfoy family murders and the haunted mansion.
• The students pieced together how Jenny Malfoy vanished during the massacre and how later residents died after reporting sightings of her ghost.
• The students read a Manor Bureau file explaining that Church priests had encountered a Ghost Labyrinth rather than Jenny's ghost, and that recent resentment fluctuations had prompted a new investigation.
• The file revealed that Melada Special Education School had taken over the mission, and a circular portal opened beneath the students.

Tang Qi sent his students to investigate Malfoys' Mansion for their first Transcendental Combat Class while he watched from Gray Lighthouse. The students entered the Servants' Quarters to search for clues, where Tate reacted to a sudden chill with a monstrous roar.

• Tang Qi briefly made the students experience free fall before transporting them to an abandoned town near Malfoys' Mansion.
• The students recognized the location from their research and realized Tang Qi had assigned them a practical investigation instead of a personalized lesson.
• Raphael reassured Professor Eva and Jensen that the case posed no serious threat, while Tang Qi watched to assess his students.
• The students entered the Servants' Quarters and began searching for clues in the dark, silent rooms.
• Tate felt cold air slipping into his clothes, lost control, and let out a terrifying beastlike roar.

Tate transformed into an Orange Cat and the students encountered a ghost family in the Servants' Quarters before entering the Malfoys' Main House. Inside, corpse monsters attacked them, and Luca unleashed demonic fire as Noah warned of danger.

• Tate transformed into an Orange Cat and pinned Nicole, prompting Shirley to freeze the four ghosts who came to her aid.
• The Gardener explained that Nicole had tried to scare the students away from the mansion, and Noah used his Sleeper ability to gain the ghost family's trust and receive a key.
• Orange Cat Tate opened the Main House, where a force of suction swallowed the students and pulled them inside.
• The students found the Main House filled with corpses, which rose and attacked them as foul-smelling phantoms.
• Luca stepped forward and burned the corpse monsters with sulfurous flames, then Noah shouted a warning.

Noah led the children away from Big Fat Pig and the revived corpse monsters, then found the Old Butler’s diary in a hidden room. As they read entries about the master, mistress, and young lady, the children sensed a disturbing truth and Noah ordered them into the next room.

• Big Fat Pig attacked the children, but Tate met its charge and fought it off while Noah used murmurs to freeze the corpse monsters.
• Noah led everyone to the second floor, where a gap-toothed girl concealed their presence inside a transparent bubble.
• Big Fat Pig and the corpse monsters searched the house after losing the children’s scent.
• Noah found the Old Butler’s diary under a bed and read entries describing trouble between the master and mistress and the young lady’s unhappiness.
• An icy wind swept through the room as the children read, and Noah gripped the diary and ordered everyone into the next room.

Noah’s group uncovered the truth behind Malfoys’ Mansion and awakened Jenny Malfoy, while Nydia made contact with her Guardian Spirit. Jenny held back Big Fat Pig and the corpse monsters for one minute, then demanded that the children make a choice.

• Noah led the group into the master bedroom, where they found a second diary hidden behind a mirror and a statue that screamed when he tried to take it.
• Nydia approached the noblewoman despite the psychic attack, and a blue Guardian Spirit killed the noblewoman before embracing Nydia.
• Noah retrieved the diary, whose entries revealed the Malfoy family’s disturbing secrets and enraged the children.
• Big Fat Pig broke into the bedroom with the corpse monsters, but Jenny Malfoy appeared and hurled them away.
• Jenny said she could hold the monsters back for one minute and asked the children what they would choose.

The students chose to enter the basement and discovered the truth about Jenny Malfoy’s abuse, her death, and the spell that engulfed the house in Gray Light. As a floating Torn Page awakened, Noah urged everyone to escape.

• Tang Qi told the students their combat class was over and said he would wait outside town.
• Noah, Shirley, and the other students chose to continue into the basement, while Tate followed them.
• The students found Jenny Malfoy’s skeleton and read her diary, which revealed that her father abused her and her mother failed to protect her.
• A vision showed Jenny reciting a spell from the Torn Page and drinking poison as robbers broke into the basement, after which Gray Light swallowed the house.
• The Torn Page floated eerily in the air, and Noah shouted for everyone to get out.

Tang Qi seized the Torn Page and used Furnace Power to suppress its deathly magic, ending the danger to Noah and the other children. He uncovered how Jenny Malfoy had become a Bound Spirit, then called for someone hidden in the basement as Skeleton Jenny attacked him.

• Jenny Malfoy immobilized the children and unleashed the Gray Light, causing them to begin mutating.
• Tang Qi arrived through a Void Portal and grabbed the Torn Page, drawing Skeleton Jenny's Death God's Shriek toward him.
• Tang Qi resisted the page's death power with Furnace Power and restored Noah and the other children to normal.
• Tang Qi identified the Torn Page as Whispers of the Death God and pieced together how Jenny's ritual had created the Bound Spirit and the haunted mansion.
• Tang Qi called out to someone in the basement, then repeatedly repelled Skeleton Jenny until her bones fell apart.

Tang Qi defeated the monsters in Malfoys' Mansion and discovered Jenny Malfoy had become a Familiar of the Death God. He offered her the Torn Page and a choice between serving the Death God or finding release, and Jenny chose release as Tang Qi burned her away.

• Tang Qi recognized Jenny Malfoy as the hidden ghost who had lured Noah and the others into the basement to free the mansion and the Torn Page.
• Old Malfoy and the other monsters stormed into the basement, and Tang Qi burned them all to death with Furnace Power.
• Skeleton Loli attacked Jenny, but Tang Qi destroyed her and learned that Jenny had become a Familiar of the Death God.
• Tang Qi explained Jenny's new status and offered her the Torn Page, then presented his flames as a path to complete release.
• Jenny took Tang Qi's hand, and he burned her as she smiled and thanked Noah and the others.

After the students completed their first Transcendental Combat Class, Tang Qi prepared to evaluate them and explored a magazine article about the Dark Era. He received Selma’s invitation and decided to ask her to become Melada Special Education School’s first visiting professor, then turned to reveal the students awaiting their evaluations.

• Tang Qi purified Jenny Malfoy’s soul, and the students left Malfoys' Mansion after witnessing her farewell.
• Tang Qi dismissed Noah and the other students after their first Transcendental Combat Class and promised them evaluations the next day.
• Tang Qi read the inaugural issue of Divine Eagle National Geographic, including Madam Rowling’s article on the Dark Era and the rise of humanity on the Old Continent.
• Tang Qi received Selma’s invitation to visit her in Mihuang City and decided to recruit her as Melada Special Education School’s first externally hired visiting professor.
• Tang Qi summoned the classroom through the Rotating Corridor, where Professor Eva held evaluation papers before the excited students.