Recaps

Su Ming, Lei Hao, and Ye Bai defeated a Screaming Devil that escaped onto a crowded city street, then left for the academy after recovering its wings. As Su Ming watched the unfamiliar stars, he reflected that the world he had awakened into was no longer Earth as he remembered it.

• A Screaming Devil broke through a wall and fled into a crowded street, with Su Ming, Lei Hao, and Ye Bai pursuing it.
• Ye Bai bound the monster with Ash Shackles, and Lei Hao cleaved it in two with his greatsword, but it began regenerating.
• Su Ming used Twenty-Eighth Style: Spiral Fire to burn the Screaming Devil to ashes.
• Lei Hao recovered the monster's wings, and Ye Bai scolded him for letting it escape into the street before the three left for the academy.
• Su Ming looked at the stars and reflected that the world had changed while he slept and was no longer Earth as he remembered it.

After completing a mission to hunt a Scream Devil, Su Ming and his friends discussed the dangers of life as Demon Hunter Academy students. Su Ming hoped to stay unnoticed until he became invincible, and he quietly checked a screen that had appeared in his mind.

• Su Ming, Lei Hao, and Ye Bai turned in their Rank C mission to eliminate a Scream Devil and recover its wings.
• Lei Hao and Ye Bai called themselves ordinary students, and Su Ming argued that being a Side Character was safer than being a protagonist or a disposable supporting character.
• Ye Bai and Lei Hao described how elite students were sent on dangerous missions and how some had recently died.
• Su Ming said he wanted to scrape by at the academy and stay hidden until he became invincible.
• As Lei Hao and Ye Bai laughed at his plan, Su Ming silently focused on a virtual screen inside his mind.

Su Ming secretly used his Marketplace cheat to spend 1,000 Crystals on a package, hoping to grow stronger while keeping a low profile. The package yielded a powerful high-grade Spiritual Art, leaving him thrilled.

• After returning to the dormitory, Su Ming checked his Marketplace interface and confirmed he had saved 1,000 Crystals.
• Su Ming spent all 1,000 Crystals on a package and opened it from his backpack.
• Su Ming swallowed the package's first item, pure ownerless Spiritual Power, to increase his reserves.
• Su Ming stored a bottle of Lesser Phantasmal Demon Blood, deciding to consider later whether to trade it or give it away.
• Su Ming pulled out Celestial Revolution (Eighty-Eight Forms), a high-grade Spiritual Art, and realized he had hit the jackpot.

Su Ming obtained the high-level Spiritual Art Celestial Revolution and secretly went into the wilderness to test whether he could learn it. He successfully began constructing its technique, but a group of twenty or thirty suspicious people interrupted him, leaving him wary of trouble.

• Su Ming worried that he might be unable to learn Celestial Revolution, despite obtaining the rare high-level Spiritual Art.
• Su Ming slipped out of the dormitory and headed into the wilderness to practice in a remote place.
• Su Ming studied the technique manual and became immersed in Celestial Revolution, which proved especially suited to him.
• Su Ming released his Spiritual Power and formed nine ring arrays, successfully beginning to construct Celestial Revolution.
• Su Ming hid in the grass when approaching footsteps interrupted him, then saw a suspicious group of at least twenty or thirty people.

Su Ming hid from a masked group searching the outskirts, then disguised himself and accidentally blended into their ranks after snapping a branch. The group suddenly announced that they had found what they were looking for.

• Su Ming used a Stealth Elixir to evade two Warlocks searching for living beings with Ascension Restraint Flow.
• Su Ming decided to leave rather than risk getting involved with the masked Hunters and Warlocks.
• Su Ming rejected fighting the group because he lacked the Spiritual Power to use Celestial Revolution and did not know their strength.
• Su Ming put on black combat clothes and a mask, but snapped a branch and drew the group's attention.
• Su Ming imitated the others and successfully passed as an awkward member of their search party.
• Someone in the group shouted, "Found it!"

Su Ming tried to escape the masked group but collided with Xu Qianqian, a Demon Hunter Academy student who attacked him. He defeated her with Flying Arrow and Ash Shackles, but when she tried to harm herself and then take medicine, he tackled her to stop her.

• An explosion drew the masked group away, and Su Ming slipped into the grass to escape.
• Su Ming collided with Xu Qianqian, who mistook him for an enemy and lunged at him with a dagger.
• Su Ming countered Xu Qianqian's attacks with Flying Arrow, using dust and a feint to strike her and send her crashing into a tree.
• Su Ming trapped Xu Qianqian with Ash Shackles, and she accepted that she had lost.
• Xu Qianqian tried to stab herself, then reached for a bottle of medicine; Su Ming knocked away her dagger and tackled her to stop her.

Su Ming subdued the injured Xu Qianqian, then left her behind when she attacked him; after tasting his blood, she regained her composure and abandoned her pursuit. Su Ming returned to the academy exhausted, got dragged to morning training, and noticed a commotion on the training field.

• Su Ming overpowered Xu Qianqian and discovered a severe wound in her abdomen, but she bit his wrist and forced him to release her.
• Su Ming left Xu Qianqian behind; after swallowing the blood from her lips, she recovered her calm and her wound began to heal.
• Xu Qianqian decided not to confront the suspicious group alone and left to investigate who had set her up.
• Su Ming took a long detour back to the academy, then slept for less than two hours before Lei Hao woke him for morning training.
• Su Ming, Ye Bai, and Lei Hao jogged to the training field, where Ye Bai pointed out a commotion that caught Su Ming's attention.

Su Ming watched the academy’s students fawn over freshman An Zijin, then dismissed romance as a distraction from his growth. An Zijin finished a call with her worried mother and looked forward to finding her childhood friend, Su Ming.

• An Zijin’s arrival at the training field drew excited attention from the cadets, while Su Ming refused to join Ye Bai in approaching her.
• Lei Hao revealed that An Zijin was a seventeen-year-old freshman in the Sorcerer Department and the top-ranked student among this year’s freshmen.
• Ye Bai and Lei Hao argued over whether An Zijin could surpass Xu Qianqian, while Su Ming decided that women only hindered his growth.
• An Zijin received a call from her mother, reassured her that she was safe, and promised to contact Uncle Su and Aunt Su if she needed help.
• After ending the call, An Zijin thought about her childhood friend and looked forward to seeing Brother Su Ming.

An Zijin’s popularity swept Demon Hunter Academy, while Ye Bai tried to recruit Su Ming to deliver her a love letter. At the boys’ dormitory, Xu Qianqian asked for Su Ming and accidentally gave Lei Hao the third thing she had ever said to him.

• An Zijin became the academy’s beloved freshman, and her mostly female fan club blocked men from approaching her.
• Ye Bai showed Lei Hao and Su Ming his love letter to An Zijin, but both mocked his writing, and Lei Hao ran out of the dormitory in tears.
• Su Ming refused Ye Bai’s request to deliver the letter, fearing the social fallout from An Zijin’s fan club.
• Xu Qianqian arrived at the boys’ dormitory looking for Su Ming and asked Lei Hao whether Su Ming was there.
• Lei Hao realized Xu Qianqian had spoken a third thing to him and cried with joy, leaving Xu Qianqian bewildered.

Xu Qianqian came to Su Ming’s dormitory and asked to speak with him about what happened that night, while Su Ming tried to deny knowing what she meant. Her note and Ye Bai’s mistaken claim that it was a love letter provoked the Hunter students, who tackled Su Ming as he fled.

• Lei Hao brought Xu Qianqian to Su Ming, and she said she had finally met him properly.
• Xu Qianqian asked Su Ming to talk, but he tried to refuse while the watching students grew hostile.
• Lei Hao told Xu Qianqian that Su Ming had plenty of free time, and Su Ming retaliated by mocking Lei Hao.
• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming she wanted to discuss what happened that night, insisted she had been paying attention to him, and gave him a note.
• Ye Bai mistook the note for a love letter, and the enraged male students chased down and pinned Su Ming beneath a pile of Hunters.

Photos of Xu Qianqian handing Su Ming a note made him the center of academy gossip, and Li Wei decided to wait before acting against him. An Zijin wondered whether Su Ming was her childhood friend and resolved to confirm his identity.

• Photos of Xu Qianqian giving Su Ming a note spread across the academy forum, prompting students to investigate his unremarkable record and speculate about their connection.
• Li Wei heard students discussing Xu Qianqian and Su Ming, then told his underlings not to cause trouble until he knew what was happening.
• An Zijin saw Su Ming's photo and worried that he might be the childhood friend she had not seen for more than ten years.
• An Zijin decided to find a chance to confirm whether Su Ming was her Brother Su Ming.

Su Ming hid in the boys’ dormitory while furious students tried to break in over rumors linking him to Xu Qianqian. Worried that Xu Qianqian had noticed his concealed strength and could expose him, he decided to accept her invitation and learn what she wanted.

• Students surrounded Su Ming’s dormitory, while Lei Hao and Ye Bai helped keep the door shut as Su Ming hid under his blanket.
• Lei Hao offered to take Xu Qianqian’s note in Su Ming’s place, but he returned it after realizing he did not dare face her.
• Su Ming considered Xu Qianqian’s claim that she had been watching him and worried she might have discovered his strength.
• Su Ming recalled that Xu Qianqian came from a powerful Hunter Family with influence among Longyao City’s leaders.
• Su Ming decided to accept Xu Qianqian’s invitation, opened her note, and tried to find out what she was planning.

Su Ming met Xu Qianqian at their usual place after a night of dormitory chaos, where she explained why she had noticed him. Xu Qianqian revealed that she was a Hunter with a blood-feeding urge and that Su Ming’s blood seemed special to her.

• Su Ming contacted Xu Qianqian, who told him to meet her at their usual place after he was free.
• Ye Bai and Lei Hao tried to pry into Su Ming’s connection with Xu Qianqian, but retreated to bed when he offered to explain only if they drew the ghosts’ attention.
• After the dormitory’s relentless knocking stopped at midnight, Su Ming went to the outskirts and found Xu Qianqian waiting after two hours.
• Xu Qianqian said she had noticed Su Ming because of his blood and explained that her Phantasmal Demon Blood made her crave fresh blood at regular intervals.
• Xu Qianqian explained that her severe injuries had intensified her blood-seeking instincts that night, and that consuming Su Ming’s blood had helped her recover.

Xu Qianqian explained that Su Ming’s blood attracted her because it was highly compatible with her Phantasmal Demon Bloodline, and she confronted him about his hidden strength. When he tried to avoid her mission, she caught and bound him with her dress sash, threatening to drain him dry.

• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that his blood had restored her after she bit him and was the reason she had recognized and watched him.
• Xu Qianqian questioned why Su Ming hid his strength, but he claimed he was weak and failed to convince her.
• Xu Qianqian said she would keep watching Su Ming, then explained that she had been tracking a suspicious group as part of her mission.
• Su Ming refused to hear about Xu Qianqian’s mission and tried to run away after tricking her into releasing his arm.
• Xu Qianqian caught Su Ming and bound him with her dress sash, then threatened to drain him dry when he accused her of using a honey trap.

Xu Qianqian explained that she was investigating a suspicious armed group that had repeatedly evaded Longyao Base City’s authorities, and asked Su Ming to help her. She revealed that the group’s investigation had led to her being ambushed.

• Xu Qianqian apologized for losing control and drinking Su Ming’s blood, then promised she would not force him to help.
• Xu Qianqian asked Su Ming to investigate a suspicious group that had been searching for something in Longyao Base City for nearly a month.
• Su Ming deduced that someone among the Base City’s upper ranks was secretly backing the group, and Xu Qianqian confirmed that she had received a Rank A investigation mission from some officials.
• Xu Qianqian explained that she had been chosen because the suspected backer could discover an investigation by professional Hunters or Warlocks through their authority.
• Su Ming asked why Xu Qianqian needed his help and why she had been badly injured; Xu Qianqian said someone had ambushed her.

Xu Qianqian asked Su Ming to help investigate the group behind her ambush, trusting him because she believed his blood proved he was not evil and because she needed someone strong. Su Ming agreed on conditions that kept his involvement secret and gave him a discreet way to trade supernatural goods.

• Xu Qianqian said the ambush was a personal matter, but explained that it had left her unable to act freely and that she needed Su Ming to handle her investigation mission.
• Su Ming questioned why Xu Qianqian trusted him, and she said his blood was rich and pure, convincing her he was not the sort of person who would betray her.
• After confirming the mission was limited to investigation, Su Ming agreed to help Xu Qianqian on the condition that she keep his involvement and hidden strength secret.
• Su Ming also asked Xu Qianqian to handle his supernatural items over the long term, trading them for goods of equal value without drawing attention.

Su Ming agreed to investigate the suspicious organization targeting Xu Qianqian in exchange for her help handling his extraordinary items, and they signed a Contract Scroll to bind their deal. After returning to the dormitory, Su Ming pranked his sleeping roommates, then woke to find Ye Bai accusing him of making a move on his goddess.

• Su Ming agreed to investigate the suspicious organization after deciding he could use Xu Qianqian’s family channels to sell his extraordinary items.
• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian signed a Contract Scroll requiring him to report his findings and her to fulfill his three conditions once the commission was complete.
• Xu Qianqian said she would send Su Ming encrypted investigation files, and Su Ming awkwardly denied visiting strange websites before they returned to the academy.
• Su Ming found Lei Hao and Ye Bai asleep in the dormitory, then put lit mosquito coils in their blankets to stop their muttering and fall asleep.
• Ye Bai woke Su Ming the next morning and tearfully accused him of making a move on his goddess.

An Zijin arrived at the boys' dormitory looking for Su Ming, while he assumed she had come for someone else and joked about that unlucky man. When Ye Bai revealed that An Zijin had specifically asked for Su Ming, he tried to flee, but Ye Bai announced his presence and drew the attention of the gathered students.

• An Zijin waited nervously outside the boys' dormitory as the students wondered whom she had come to see.
• Su Ming watched from his doorway and joked that he respected the man brave enough to court An Zijin.
• Ye Bai and Lei Hao told Su Ming that An Zijin had asked the dormitory supervisor to find him.
• Su Ming realized An Zijin was looking for him and tried to escape through the window.
• Ye Bai stopped Su Ming and called out to An Zijin that he was there, prompting the crowd to realize she had come for him.
• The students' killing intent gathered around Su Ming, who feared he was finished.

Su Ming learned that the new School Belle, An Zijin, was his childhood neighbor, and she joyfully embraced him after they reunited. Her hug provoked the male students, so Su Ming fled with her as they pursued him.

• Ye Bai and Lei Hao brought Su Ming to An Zijin, who confirmed he was the person she had been looking for.
• An Zijin asked Su Ming if he recognized her, and he recalled his childhood neighbor, Little Zijin.
• An Zijin revealed that she had returned from Yinze City to attend the Demon Hunter Academy after discovering her Spiritual Constitution.
• Su Ming recognized An Zijin as Uncle An's daughter, and she threw herself into his arms in delight.
• The male students erupted with killing intent, and Su Ming fled with An Zijin as they chased him.

Su Ming hid with An Zijin after her public reunion with him made the academy furious, and he learned she had returned to Longyao City as an exchange student. The chapter ended with An Zijin asking when they would get married.

• Su Ming and An Zijin hid from academy students who were searching for him after seeing photos of them embracing.
• An Zijin offered to explain their relationship, but Su Ming panicked when she said she belonged to him and had told other boys the same thing since childhood.
• An Zijin told Su Ming that her parents were still in Yinze City and that she had returned to Longyao City through an exchange-student program.
• An Zijin privately admired Su Ming and happily accepted his praise that she had become cuter.
• An Zijin asked Su Ming when they were getting married.

Su Ming persuaded An Zijin to return to her dormitory, then fled the academy to avoid the commotion surrounding him. An Zijin secretly rejoiced over getting his contact information before running into Xu Qianqian, whom she suspected had come to see Su Ming.

• An Zijin startled Su Ming by asking when they would marry, then muttered darkly about Xu Qianqian being a fox spirit before returning to normal.
• Su Ming convinced An Zijin not to tell people she was his person, exchanged contact information with her, and watched her leave.
• Su Ming requested leave from his instructor and hurried out of the academy to escape the turmoil.
• An Zijin hid nearby and giggled over having reunited with Su Ming and saved his contact information.
• Xu Qianqian encountered An Zijin, who asked whether she had come specifically to see Brother Su Ming.

Xu Qianqian learned that An Zijin believed she and Su Ming were pledged to each other for life, then discovered that An Zijin possessed a power that made her a serious threat. The two left after their confrontation was interrupted, agreeing they would meet again.

• Xu Qianqian asked An Zijin how she knew Su Ming, and An Zijin said they had pledged themselves to each other for life as children.
• Xu Qianqian asked whether Su Ming had told An Zijin about their dealings, provoking An Zijin to question what was between them.
• Xu Qianqian warned An Zijin not to interfere in her affairs with Su Ming, and An Zijin asked whether Xu Qianqian was declaring war.
• Strange patterns appeared on An Zijin, and Xu Qianqian recognized the power they represented as the two prepared to fight.
• Voices searching for Su Ming interrupted the confrontation, and Xu Qianqian and An Zijin parted after exchanging brief remarks.

Su Ming used an Alchemy Tool to search for the Warlocks who had investigated him, then studied Xu Qianqian’s records and decided to pursue the mysterious presence the suspicious group had hunted. At the sealed-off site of their battle, the device’s bees detected a trail and flew off in one direction, which Su Ming followed.

• Su Ming activated a honeycomb-shaped Alchemy Tool that detected residual Spiritual Power and released bees to trace its source.
• Su Ming read Xu Qianqian’s investigation records and learned that she had tracked the suspicious group to a mysterious presence before an attacker wounded her.
• Su Ming decided to investigate the mysterious presence rather than concern himself with Xu Qianqian’s family troubles.
• Su Ming went to the explosion site on the outskirts, where Base City law-enforcement personnel had sealed off the area.
• Su Ming scanned the scene with the honeycomb, and its bees flew in one direction, prompting him to chase after them.

After finding a Phantom Demon scale at one of the battle sites, Su Ming suspected the mysterious entity was a Greater Phantasmal Demon and decided to consult Xu Qianqian. He invited her to his hotel room, where she arrived to find him in a bathrobe, asked if she could still leave, and was pulled inside.

• Su Ming followed his scouting swarm to an eleventh battlefield but found no members of the suspicious group or the mysterious entity.
• Su Ming discovered a damaged scale bearing Phantom Demon aura and suspected the target might be a Greater Phantasmal Demon.
• Su Ming took the scale, continued searching the area, then booked a hotel room and messaged Xu Qianqian to come over.
• Xu Qianqian misread Su Ming’s invitation as an attempt to get her into a hotel room, and her butler condemned his excuse.
• After showering, Su Ming opened the door to Xu Qianqian in only a bathrobe; she asked if she could still leave, and he dragged her inside.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian questioned whether the mysterious group in Longyao City was pursuing a Greater Phantasmal Demon, since no massacre had occurred and the group seemed too weak to hunt one. Xu Qianqian proposed that their target might instead be a Greater Phantasmal Demon cub, and suspected a Longyao Base City insider wanted to claim it secretly.

• Su Ming explained his suspicion about a Greater Phantasmal Demon to Xu Qianqian, who agreed that the lack of mass deaths made its presence in Longyao City unlikely.
• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian reasoned that the suspicious group likely lacked the High-level Professionals needed to subdue a mature Greater Phantasmal Demon.
• Xu Qianqian suggested the group might be pursuing a Greater Phantasmal Demon cub and explained how such cubs could inherit a Greater Phantasmal Demon's power.
• Xu Qianqian concluded that someone among Longyao Base City's higher-ups might have sent private soldiers to capture the cub and monopolize its valuable bloodline.