Chapter Summaries

Nero confronted Snake in a blood-soaked, unfinished building after Snake arranged Arcueid and Ciel’s encounter. Snake revealed his plan to claim Arcueid and turned his attention to Nanaya Fang Li and Tohno Shiki.

• Nero found Snake among dismembered corpses and told him that his plan had failed.
• Snake said he had engineered Ciel’s discovery of Arcueid’s vampiric impulse, though he did not care whether the two fought to the death.
• Snake explained that his connection to Arcueid let him sense her condition and that he had taken power from both Arcueid and Nero, including control of Nero’s Inherent Skill.
• Nero warned Snake that the Church might come to execute him, but Snake said he wanted Arcueid and was more concerned about Nanaya Fang Li and Tohno Shiki.
• Snake used his knife to make the blood show Fang Li’s and Shiki’s faces, then challenged them to prove they could use their eyes better than he could.

Fang Li followed an Azure Crow to the industrial district, where Nero and the Snake Dead Apostle awaited him. After clashing blades with the Snake, Fang Li identified him as Michael Roa Valdamjong and challenged him.

• Fang Li woke in the night, saw an Azure Crow at his window, and followed it after it flew from the Tohno family estate.
• The crow led Fang Li to the industrial district, where it merged into Nero, who said someone else had invited Fang Li.
• A figure lunged at Fang Li with a vicious blade, and Fang Li blocked the attack with his crescent-shaped dagger.
• Fang Li recognized the attacker as the Snake Dead Apostle and named him Michael Roa Valdamjong.
• Fang Li called Roa a lowly deceiver and declared that they had only one thing left to do.

Fang Li and Roa fought a fierce duel at the construction site, with Fang Li narrowly cutting Roa’s neck and avoiding a fatal wound himself. Roa praised Fang Li’s skill and revealed his interest in killing him, but Fang Li dismissed him as second-rate.

• Fang Li and Roa traded insults before charging at each other and clashing in a storm of blades.
• Roa blocked Fang Li’s strike at his neck and counterattacked, slicing Fang Li’s clothes as Fang Li dodged.
• Fang Li unleashed a faster slash that grazed Roa’s neck, forcing Roa to retreat.
• Roa praised Fang Li as more complete than Tohno Shiki and said killing him would thrill him.
• Fang Li accused Roa of stealing power and told him he was too lazy to compare himself to someone second-rate.

Roa revealed that he possessed the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception and offered Fang Li a choice between surrendering Bai Ji and continuing their fight. Fang Li rejected his claim that they were equals, swiftly attacked him, and was engulfed by lightning when Roa unleashed his power.

• Roa told Fang Li that they both possessed the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception and could see death.
• Roa offered to help Fang Li develop his eyes if he handed Bai Ji over, or fight until one of them died.
• Fang Li mocked Roa’s claim that they were the same and suddenly appeared in front of him.
• Fang Li cut through Roa’s parrying knife, seized him by the throat, and smashed him into the ground.
• Fang Li raised his dagger to kill Roa, who unleashed a burst of lightning that swallowed Fang Li.

Fang Li mocked Roa’s limited understanding of the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception and cut apart Roa’s lightning with his dagger. He explained that Roa’s eyes only perceived the flow of life, leaving Roa stunned as Fang Li challenged his claim to possess the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.

• Fang Li and Roa were blasted to opposite sides of the construction site after their clash, and Fang Li taunted Roa for relying on his original magecraft.
• Fang Li pointed out that Roa could not see Death Lines on nonliving things and mocked his supposed mastery of magic and Mystic Eyes.
• Roa attacked Fang Li with lightning, but Fang Li cut the magecraft apart with his dagger.
• Roa accused Fang Li of using an anti-magecraft weapon, and Fang Li insisted that he had simply killed the magecraft.
• Fang Li told Roa that his eyes only saw the flow of life and were not the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.

Fang Li exposed Roa’s Mystic Eyes as the power to erase life rather than perceive death, shattering Roa’s confidence and provoking him to attack. As Fang Li fought through Roa’s lightning, Nero unleashed a horde of beasts, and Fang Li charged toward them alone.

• Fang Li explained that Roa’s Mystic Eyes were Mystic Eyes of Life, fundamentally different from the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
• Fang Li mocked Roa for mistaking his powers for those of a demonic god, and Roa’s pride and confidence broke.
• Roa unleashed barrages of lightning, but Fang Li dodged and cut through the bolts as he advanced.
• Frightened by Fang Li’s approach, Roa called for help, and Nero sent countless beasts charging from his coat.
• Fang Li faced the lightning and stampeding beasts alone and charged straight ahead.

Fang Li cut through Roa’s beasts and lightning with his Crescent Moon Blade and Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, forcing Roa to abandon his confidence. As Fang Li advanced toward him, Roa decided to execute his plan ahead of schedule.

• Fang Li darted through the beast horde and lightning, killing beasts and cutting apart bolts with his dagger.
• Roa unleashed more lightning, but Fang Li dodged it or sliced it away without being struck.
• Roa realized Fang Li’s Mystic Eyes could bring death to both living creatures and lightning.
• Roa’s confidence gave way to fear as Fang Li drew closer.
• Roa decided to execute his plan ahead of schedule.

Roa fled toward Bai Ji while Nero stayed behind to hold off Fang Li. After Roa seized control of Nero’s Inherent Skill and left him powerless, Nero transformed into a beast and begged Fang Li to kill him; Fang Li met his charge with a silent blade strike.

• Roa warned Nero that the Church and Association would hunt him, then left to pursue Bai Ji and ordered Nero to delay Fang Li.
• Fang Li cut through Nero’s black mudslide, but Roa had already escaped from the construction site.
• Fang Li explained that Nero had lost power and could not recover, while Nero revealed that Roa had taken control of Beast King's Den and his body.
• Nero roared that he would not be manipulated by Roa and transformed his remaining beast factors into a bipedal beast.
• Nero charged at Fang Li and begged him to grant him death, and Fang Li met him in the air with a blade strike.

Roa activated an enormous magic circle that sealed Misaki City and transformed it into a Demon Den. As Ciel and Fang Li reacted to the change, Arcueid confronted Roa on the skyscraper rooftop.

• Roa stood atop Misaki City's tallest building and activated magic circles around the city's outskirts and center.
• A vast magic circle spread across the sky, sealing Misaki City inside a Demon Den.
• Tohno Akiha saw the pillars of light and realized something major was happening.
• Ciel recognized the magic circle's purpose, condemned Roa, and hurried toward him.
• Fang Li finished destroying Nero's avatar, noticed the magic circle, and vanished into the darkness.
• Arcueid arrived on the rooftop, and Roa laughed as he addressed her by name.

Fang Li saw Roa’s magical formulas turn Misaki City into a hell of spreading corpses, fire, and panic, and realized Roa planned to use the city as a fortress against Arcueid. After locating the formulas with his Mystic Eyes, Fang Li flew toward the Tohno family, hoping they were still alive.

• Fang Li watched corpses attack Misaki City’s residents and spread the transformation as fires and destruction engulfed the streets.
• Fang Li deduced that Roa had planted magical formulas throughout the city to create an otherworld, strengthen the corpses, and speed their transformation.
• Fang Li concluded that Roa planned to gather the city’s blood, defeat Arcueid, and use Misaki City as a base to expand his power.
• Fang Li used his Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to locate the formulas but decided there were too many to destroy one by one.
• Fang Li headed toward the Tohno family’s home, hoping its residents had survived.

The Tohno family faced a siege by the dead as Tohno Shiki prepared to confront them, but Tohno Akiha chose to escape. Fang Li arrived in time to save them and warned them that the city had become a hunting ground, then left them to decide whether to flee or resist.

• The dead broke through the Tohno family's gate and climbed over its walls, filling the courtyard.
• Tohno Shiki prepared to fight, but Tohno Akiha ordered Kohaku and Hisui to gather essentials so they could escape through the back door.
• A dead man crashed through the living-room window, and Fang Li's throwing blades struck it before it could attack everyone.
• Fang Li asked how many Tohno branch-house members were in the city, then warned that the dead were hunting people throughout the city.
• Fang Li told the Tohno family to flee or gather others to resist and urged them not to die before leaving through the window.
• Tohno Akiha reassured Tohno Shiki that Fang Li would be fine, and Tohno Shiki agreed to leave the mansion.

Fang Li told Ciel that Arcueid had gone after Roa, but he doubted Roa’s plan to capture her would succeed. On a skyscraper rooftop, Arcueid confronted Roa and attacked him with an explosive blast.

• Ciel revealed that she had learned Fang Li’s surname was Nanaya and asked where Arcueid had gone.
• Fang Li said Arcueid had likely gone to Roa and argued that Roa had miscalculated.
• Arcueid approached Roa under the force of her Charm Mystic Eyes, but Roa broke free with his magical energy.
• Roa taunted Arcueid about her weakened state, and she told him to die before unleashing a powerful explosion.

Fang Li explained that Arcueid could now unleash her remaining power without suppressing her bloodlust, making her stronger than she had seemed before, though Roa’s full-moon-enhanced immortality and her injuries could keep her from defeating him. At the ruined mall, Arcueid held the badly wounded Roa by the throat and moved to kill him, but he suddenly slashed at her with a knife.

• Ciel asked Fang Li whether Arcueid was stronger than before, and he explained that she could now use her remaining power without restraining her bloodlust.
• Fang Li judged that Arcueid had enough strength to overpower Roa, but the full moon, the demon city, and her injuries meant she might still fail to kill him.
• Fang Li and Ciel raced through burning Misaki City, with Fang Li noting that Arcueid did not know how much Roa’s power had grown.
• In the ruined mall, Arcueid held the half-destroyed Roa by the throat and raised her hand to kill him.
• Roa suddenly lifted his head and slashed at Arcueid with a knife.

Arcueid tore Roa apart but could not finish him after he wounded and disabled one of her hands. She realized Roa had the Mystic Eyes of Life rather than Death Perception and planned to weaken him until Fang Li arrived, but Roa unleashed a bloody aura that engulfed her.

• Arcueid slashed Roa to pieces and buried his nearly destroyed body in the ruins.
• Roa regenerated completely and revealed that he had wounded Arcueid’s hand by seeing her lines.
• Arcueid concluded Roa did not possess the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, recalling her encounters with Fang Li and another wielder of those eyes.
• Arcueid said she would weaken Roa and wait for Fang Li to kill him permanently.
• Roa released a dense bloody aura that engulfed Arcueid as she cried out in anguish.

Fang Li entered Roa’s transformed skyscraper and found Arcueid trapped inside a heart made of blood mist. Roa forced the True Ancestor’s bloodlust to erupt, setting her against Fang Li as the world changed around them.

• Fang Li and Ciel reached the skyscraper that gathered Misaki City’s blood, and Fang Li entered while Ciel waited outside for an opening.
• Fang Li rode the elevator through the fleshy, blood-veined building and reached a ruined shopping mall.
• Roa welcomed Fang Li and revealed Arcueid imprisoned inside a heart of blood mist.
• Roa explained that he had flooded Arcueid with blood to awaken her instincts and make her fight Fang Li.
• Arcueid roared as the heart stopped beating, and the world changed.

Arcueid Brunestud went berserk and used Conceptual Materialization to turn the world into a blood-red landscape. Fang Li received a mission to restore her sanity and prevent her rampage, but her first attacks overwhelmed him.

• Fang Li recognized that Arcueid had replaced the world with her Conceptual Materialization.
• The system assigned Fang Li an A-Class Side Mission to restore Arcueid's sanity without endangering her life and prevent her rampage.
• Arcueid leaped from the castle and unleashed a devastating strike that shattered the earth around Fang Li.
• Fang Li escaped the impact with his Ice-Blue Demon Eyes, but Arcueid appeared behind him and immobilized him with her Charm Mystic Eyes.
• Arcueid struck Fang Li out of the sky and sent him crashing into the crater.

Fang Li fought Arcueid after her bloodlust drove her into a berserk state, realizing that her Conceptual Materialization let her attack the world itself. His words briefly stirred her, but she soon lost control again, leaving Fang Li to unleash his Holy Mark against her.

• Fang Li recognized that Arcueid's Conceptual Materialization made the entire world his opponent and used his Ice-Blue Demon Eyes to see cracks throughout it.
• Fang Li drew Moon Blade and Bō Xié and urged Arcueid to remember her wish to live freely rather than become a weapon again.
• Arcueid briefly struggled against her bloodlust, destabilizing the blood-red world, but Roa's blood had made her berserk state worse than before.
• Arcueid screamed again and sent an Explosive Wind crashing toward the earth.
• Fang Li activated the Holy Mark and prepared to face the berserk True Ancestor with his trump card.

Fang Li and Arcueid fought a fierce battle across the sky and the ruined sea of flowers, with neither gaining a clear advantage. After Arcueid turned airborne stones into cannonballs and Fang Li cut them apart, he retreated from the firestorm and realized the fight would be difficult.

• Fang Li activated the Holy Mark and Star Pulse Energy, then cut Arcueid’s Explosive Wind in two with Flash Sheath—Ten Lives.
• Fang Li and Arcueid collided repeatedly in the sky, unleashing powerful shockwaves.
• Fang Li dodged Arcueid’s claw strikes and counterattacked with Flash Sheath—Seven Nights, but the two were knocked apart without either gaining the upper hand.
• Arcueid unleashed a storm of claw strikes, which Fang Li evaded as they devastated the sea of flowers.
• Arcueid gathered airborne stones into cannonballs, and Fang Li destroyed them with Flash Sheath—Moon Flower before retreating from the firestorm.

Fang Li realized Arcueid’s Conceptual Materialization made her world too dangerous to fight in, so he decided to destroy the world itself. He cut through the rock storm, the earth, the sky, and the space around them, changing the world once more.

• Fang Li recognized that Arcueid could alter physical laws in her materialized world and that his Holy Mark would only let him defend himself temporarily.
• Fang Li channeled the Holy Mark’s phosphorescence and starlight into Bō Xié, expanding it into a colossal greatsword.
• Arcueid sensed danger and summoned a destructive tornado of rocks that charged toward Fang Li.
• Fang Li saw the Lines of Death in the storm and the world, then swung Bō Xié to sever them.
• Fang Li’s strike split the rock storm, earth, sky, and space, changing the world.

Fang Li and Arcueid exhausted themselves in their clash, but Arcueid summoned the Crimson Moon and sent it crashing toward Misaki City. Fang Li rose to meet the falling moon, declaring that he would kill despair.

• Fang Li shattered Arcueid’s conceptual world, leaving both of them badly drained.
• Arcueid’s anger turned into killing intent as she recovered enough power to use Conceptual Materialization again.
• Arcueid materialized the Crimson Moon and unleashed her trump card, “Moon Fall,” sending it toward Misaki City.
• Fang Li renewed his power, took off toward the Crimson Moon, and vowed to kill despair.