Recaps

Su Ming rejected Duan Xiaofei’s recommendation to Tianfeng City because he feared others would covet the Demon Emperor Sword, but he began planning to travel there on his own. He returned to the Xu Family estate after considering how to obtain a safe route, leave the Academy, and arrange for his parents.

• Su Ming explained that Tianfeng City offered valuable opportunities to obtain Crystals, but feared its powerful forces might try to seize the Demon Emperor Sword.
• Su Ming rejected Duan Xiaofei’s recommendation and said he would go to Tianfeng City by himself if he went at all.
• After leaving the Xu Family estate, Su Ming decided he needed a detailed map showing safe routes and considered asking Yun Langyue for one.
• Su Ming considered applying for early graduation from the Demon Hunter Academy and worried about leaving An Zijin and his other schoolmates behind.
• Su Ming decided to plan for his parents’ relocation before leaving Longyao City, then returned to the Xu Family estate in his original appearance.

After Longyao City defeated Evil’s attack, Su Ming learned that the city’s leaders planned to seek reinforcements because a Terror Breed was sealed beneath the city. He concluded that Longyao might become the safest Base City, then told Xu Qianqian he intended to travel to Tianfeng City on his own rather than accept Duan Xiaofei’s recommendation.

• Su Ming visited the damaged Xu Family grounds, confirmed Xu Qianqian was safe, and discussed the battle’s losses with her.
• Xu Qianqian said Longyao City’s leaders planned to coordinate with the other Base Cities and request aid from cities in the continent’s heart.
• Xu Qianqian revealed that Gao Xu and Xu Yanyan had reported the Terror Breed sealed beneath Longyao City to her grandfather.
• Su Ming reasoned that reinforcements could make Longyao City a safe place for his family and free him to travel to Tianfeng City.
• Xu Qianqian asked whether Su Ming had received Duan Xiaofei’s recommendation, and Su Ming said he had declined it because he wanted to visit Tianfeng City himself.

Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that Tianfeng City’s Wang Family was sending people to Longyao City and that Wang Yihan wanted him to return the Demon Emperor Sword. After Su Ming called Yun Langyue, she explained that the Yun Family was facing scrutiny over King Ming and offered to find experts to check whether the sword could harm him.

• Xu Qianqian reflected on the Xu Family’s interest in Su Ming and explained that Wang Yihan had contacted her relatives in Tianfeng City, who planned to bring her under their protection.
• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that Wang Yihan was demanding to see him and that the family and other powers had contacted the Yun Family, prompting Su Ming to leave and make a call.
• Yun Langyue confronted Su Ming about the trouble his actions had caused, and he apologized for involving the Yun Family in the fallout over the Demon Emperor Sword.
• Yun Langyue warned Su Ming that others might suspect the Yun Family of hiding the sword and said she could ask experts whether its will had affected him.
• Su Ming told Yun Langyue that the Demon Emperor Sword was in an unusual state and that he could not currently use it, though he was unsure whether it could still affect him.

Su Ming told Yun Langyue about the battle with Lord Crow and the events that followed, and she planned to protect the Yun Family while having experts examine the Demon Emperor Sword’s influence. After their call ended, Xu Qianqian approached Su Ming with grave news.

• Su Ming agreed to let Yun Langyue arrange for experts to investigate his right hand and explained everything that had happened at the Xu Family’s ancestral grounds and the ruins.
• Yun Langyue was shocked that Su Ming had defeated Lord Crow, while Su Ming explained how potions, Lord Crow’s mistakes, and his hidden Warlock abilities had contributed to the victory.
• Yun Langyue proposed claiming that Su Ming had worked for the Yun Family through a guild transaction and arranging for the twelve families to confirm that the family had no Professional named King Ming.
• Yun Langyue said she would have experts assess the Demon Emperor Sword’s danger and urged Su Ming to keep his King Ming identity hidden before ending the call.
• Xu Qianqian approached Su Ming with a grave expression and told him that something had happened.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian returned to the villa and discovered that the Mo Family had attacked and taken Xiao Hai'er. As Su Ming sought the Mo Family’s whereabouts, Lie revealed that someone had betrayed them.

• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian found the villa devastated, its guards and servants dead, and Xiao Hai'er missing.
• Lie told Su Ming and Xu Qianqian that the Mo Family had taken Xiao Hai'er and left without revealing where they had gone.
• Xu Qianqian questioned Lie and learned that someone among them had betrayed them.
• Su Ming called Yun Langyue and asked her to use the Yunliu Merchant Guild’s network to locate the Mo Family.
• Su Ming recalled the Mo Family patriarch, Mo Leng, and resolved to recover Xiao Hai'er.

Su Ming learned that the Mo Family had abducted Xiao Hai'er and planned to pursue them, while Xu Qianqian offered to join him to confront the traitor in her ranks. Yun Langyue reported that the Mo Family had abandoned Longyao City and fled north into the wilderness, but Su Ming believed he had found a way to track them.

• Xu Qianqian admitted that a traitor in her organization had leaked Xiao Hai'er's whereabouts, and Su Ming said he would pursue the Mo Family to rescue her.
• Xu Qianqian offered to accompany Su Ming so she could deal with the traitor and atone for her mistake.
• Yun Langyue reported that the Mo Family had left Longyao City in a large group, taking money and treasures but abandoning their businesses and influence.
• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian realized the Mo Family had entered the wilderness danger zones, where its route would be difficult to track.
• After Yun Langyue said there was no way to follow the Mo Family, Su Ming declared that he had thought of a way.

Su Ming used the Falling Leaves Return to Roots Whip on a corpse from the Mo Family, causing it to rise and seek out its family. He and Xu Qianqian followed the corpse, hoping it would lead them to the Mo Family.

• Su Ming took out a leather whip, making Xu Qianqian wary, and ended his call with Yun Langyue.
• Su Ming confirmed that the corpses in Xu Qianqian's courtyard belonged to the Mo Family and struck one with the whip.
• The dead man rose and began wandering, while Xu Qianqian bit Su Ming and noticed his blood had become more appealing.
• Su Ming explained that the Falling Leaves Return to Roots Whip would make the dead return home or find their family.
• The corpse headed away from the courtyard, and Su Ming and Xu Qianqian followed it.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian pursued the Mo Family corpse across Longyao City and into the wilderness danger zone. They crossed the city wall after the corpse, leaving the city behind as Su Ming faced an unknown road ahead.

• The Mo Family corpse raced through Longyao City, causing a public commotion, while Su Ming and Xu Qianqian kept pace behind it.
• Su Ming noticed that Xu Qianqian had become much faster, then set aside thoughts of his plans to leave for Tianfeng City and focused on the chase.
• When Xu Qianqian grew tired, Su Ming brought out his Dragon Gall Motorcycle and carried her as they continued pursuing the corpse.
• The chase lasted until after noon, when the corpse reached Longyao City's border and charged over the city wall into the wilderness danger zone.
• Su Ming rode the Dragon Gall Motorcycle over the wall with Xu Qianqian and followed the corpse into the wilderness.

Evil’s Vice-Leader shattered the meteorite with Rage Fury and rescued the badly wounded Crow, who had survived inside it using a life-saving Alchemy Tool. Crow identified King Ming as a powerful enemy and vowed to defeat him, while Evil’s survivors prepared to regroup after their failed plan.

• Evil’s Vice-Leader arrived at the meteorite with Scarred Man, Bald Man, and the surviving Underground Professionals, then questioned them about Crow’s defeat by King Ming.
• Evil’s Vice-Leader struck the meteorite with Rage Fury, shattering it and revealing Crow protected by the Foolish Light Gauze Robe.
• Evil’s Vice-Leader gave Crow an Alchemy Potion, and Crow revived enough to sit up and speak.
• Crow said he would treat King Ming as a powerful enemy and vowed to fight and defeat him in their next encounter.
• Evil’s Vice-Leader ordered the group to return and consult Big Brother about what to do after their plan failed.

Outside Longyao City, Mo Leng's family tried to force Xiao Hai'er to evolve into a Nightmare Breed, but she refused their food and blood. A sudden surge of Demonic Power and blood energy suggested that her evolution had begun, leaving Mo Leng elated.

• Mo Leng learned that Xiao Hai'er still refused to drink blood or consume the materials prepared to help her evolve.
• A servant suggested Xiao Hai'er's mutant mother might have left her more humanlike and spiritual than ordinary Phantom Demons.
• Mo Leng ordered the servant to force Xiao Hai'er to consume blood and the prepared materials, then asked whether she hated him for what he had sacrificed her for.
• The servant left without answering, and Mo Leng accepted that she wished to kill him while vowing to restore the Mo Family's glory.
• A surge of Demonic Power and blood energy erupted in the mountain wilderness, and Mo Leng reacted with joy at the possibility that Xiao Hai'er was evolving.

Xiao Hai'er began evolving toward a Nightmare Breed after the Mo Family forcibly fed her blood and cultivation materials, unaware that the premature transformation could kill her or ruin her chances of evolving. Mo Leng ordered the family to surround her and prepare to capture her once the evolution finished.

• Phantom Demons across the area reacted to Xiao Hai'er's rising blood energy with fear and submission, and Mo Leng and the Mo Family's six other Four-star Hunters rushed to investigate.
• The group found Xiao Hai'er floating above the shattered cage, surrounded by Demonic Power, blood energy, and freezing mist as her evolution began.
• A female attendant told Mo Leng that forcibly feeding Xiao Hai'er had triggered her evolution, which had already been brought close by Su Ming's Crimson Vein Stones.
• The chapter explained that Xiao Hai'er's juvenile body might not withstand the Nightmare Breed power, risking her death or a failed evolution, while the Mo Family cared only about obtaining her bloodline.
• Mo Leng ordered everyone available to surround the area and prepare a battlefield so Xiao Hai'er could not escape after her evolution.

As Xiao Hai'er endured a painful evolution, memories of the two humans who had shown her kindness strengthened her resolve to survive. A tiny spear of light in her heart calmed her surging power, while Mo Leng and the Mo Family were confronted by a bloodied corpse and an armored motorcycle racing toward her.

• Xiao Hai'er remembered her lonely life and the kindness the man and woman had shown her, and she resolved not to give up during her evolution.
• The tiny spear of light in Xiao Hai'er's heart released Spiritual Power that suppressed her rampaging Demonic Power and eased her pain.
• Mo Leng and the Mo Family heard an engine and discovered the corpse of a Mo Family member among their ranks.
• An armored motorcycle charged toward Xiao Hai'er, leaped over the Mo Family members, and headed for her.
• Mo Leng intercepted the motorcycle, but its rider punched him away and sent him crashing to the ground.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian arrived as Xiao Hai'er underwent a dangerous evolution, and Su Ming realized his Demon-Binding Technique was drawing on his Spiritual Power to suppress her rampaging bloodline. After Mo Leng confronted Su Ming and ordered his six High-level Professionals to attack, Su Ming unleashed Silver Arm: One Percent Strike.

• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian arrived on the Dragon Gall Motorcycle, and Su Ming sent Mo Leng crashing to the ground.
• Su Ming recognized that Xiao Hai'er was evolving and realized the Demon-Binding Technique in her heart was consuming his Spiritual Power to help control her bloodline.
• Mo Leng emerged from the rubble, identified Su Ming, and demanded to know who he really was.
• Su Ming confronted Mo Leng over scheming against him and warned him to prepare to pay the price.
• Mo Leng ordered the six High-level Professionals to attack Su Ming, and Su Ming struck with Silver Arm: One Percent Strike.

Su Ming unleashed overwhelming power against the Yun Family, while Xu Qianqian confronted the former attendant who had served as a traitor in her private army. The attendant revealed that she was Mo Yin, a Yun Family operative planted in the Xu Family since childhood.

• Su Ming’s punch annihilated six Yun Family High-level Professionals and blasted Mo Leng and the others away.
• Su Ming attacked Mo Leng with the Alchemical Long Saber, beginning their battle beneath the cliff.
• Xu Qianqian approached the hooded attendant, identified her as Yin, and confronted her over the betrayal.
• Yin removed her hood and revealed her full name was Mo Yin.
• Mo Yin explained that the Yun Family had planted her among Xu Qianqian’s private soldiers to infiltrate the Xu Family.

Xu Qianqian learned that Mo Yin had been a Mo Family spy whose sealed memories had been restored, leading her to betray the Xu Family and expose Xiao Hai'er. Although Mo Yin believed she had the advantage as a Three-Star Hunter, Xu Qianqian revealed she had also broken through to Three-Star and knocked Mo Yin down, leaving her in danger.

• Mo Yin revealed that the Mo Family had sealed her memories and later restored them, and admitted to betraying Xu Qianqian, helping Xu Yanyan's faction and exposing Xiao Hai'er to the Mo Family.
• Xu Qianqian drew her dagger and confronted Mo Yin, who said she had expected Xu Qianqian to pursue her but believed herself stronger.
• Xu Qianqian attacked Mo Yin with a rapid series of dagger strikes, forcing Mo Yin to struggle to parry.
• Xu Qianqian revealed that her recent deal with Su Ming and her training had helped her break through to Three-Star Hunter.
• Xu Qianqian changed her attack, kicked Mo Yin in the chest, and rushed in again as Mo Yin realized she was in danger.

Su Ming continued to overpower Mo Leng while avoiding the Silver Arm’s power after sensing the Demon Emperor Sword influencing him. He used a Spiritual Art to trap Mo Leng in an exploding poisonous swamp.

• Su Ming drove Mo Leng back in a fierce melee, despite Mo Leng being a Five-star Hunter and Su Ming only a Four-Star Professional.
• Mo Leng began hurling boulders at Su Ming to keep him at a distance while staying wary of the Silver Arm.
• Su Ming recalled that using the Silver Arm made the Demon Emperor Sword resonate and amplify his strength, but feared its violent influence and stopped using its power.
• Su Ming raised circular arrays and cast Style 36: Fierce Poison Burst, turning the ground beneath Mo Leng into a poisonous swamp.
• The swamp exploded and engulfed Mo Leng in deadly poison.

Su Ming fought Mo Leng after revealing that he was a Dual-class Professional, and Mo Leng transformed into a one-horned Demon God to gain the upper hand in their battle. Su Ming countered with Spiritual Arts and fire attacks, and the chapter ended as the two clashed again.

• Su Ming struck Mo Leng with Vicious Poison Burst, and Mo Leng realized Su Ming was a Dual-class Professional.
• Mo Leng activated Demonization and transformed into a one-horned Demon God.
• Mo Leng overwhelmed Su Ming in their first clash and smashed him into the ground, but Su Ming trapped him with Stasis Lock and attacked with Blazing Lotus Crimson Flame.
• Mo Leng tore free, hurled his broad-bladed sword at Su Ming, and charged after breaking out of the flames.
• Su Ming struck Mo Leng with Spiral Fire, and the two fighters rushed together and clashed again.

Su Ming defeated Mo Leng after interrupting his attempt to use an Alchemy Potion and unleashing his final Spiritual Art and Demonization. As Mo Leng died reaching toward Xiao Hai'er's ongoing evolution, Su Ming left to investigate the strange reaction in his right hand.

• Su Ming and Mo Leng faced each other exhausted after nearly ten minutes of fighting, with Su Ming's Spiritual Power depleted from supporting Xiao Hai'er and using Spiritual Arts.
• Mo Leng drew an Alchemy Potion to regain strength, but Su Ming knocked it from his hand with Flying Arrow and followed with Fire Fang and Scorching Sparrow's Cry.
• Su Ming used Demonization and pierced Mo Leng through the chest with his Alchemical Long Saber, fatally wounding him.
• After their Demonization faded, Su Ming's right hand burned as the Demon Emperor Sword resonated, and he resolved to investigate the effect after returning.
• Mo Leng died reaching toward Xiao Hai'er's ongoing evolution, while Su Ming told him he had been unfortunate because the thing he sought belonged to Su Ming.

Su Ming flew toward the surge of blood energy while recovering from his battle with Mo Leng and reassessing his strength after nearly losing. He discovered Mo Leng had carried a Blood Burning Potion, then put it away and hoped he would never be forced to use one himself.

• Su Ming reflected that he had underestimated Mo Leng and revised his estimate of how well he could fare against professionals of higher ranks.
• Su Ming retrieved Mo Leng’s weapon and potion, then used his identification ability to discover the potion was a Blood Burning Potion that could permanently destroy its user’s bloodline.
• Su Ming realized Mo Leng had likely been willing to burn away his old bloodline because he planned to replace it with Xiao Hai’er’s Nightmare Breed bloodline.
• Su Ming put the Blood Burning Potion into his backpack, resolved not to use it, and tried not to dwell on the ominous thought that he might someday need it.

Su Ming examined Mo Leng’s Weapon Ranking Alchemy Weapon, then returned to the ruins to watch Xiao Hai’er’s dangerous evolution. As she hovered between life and death, Xiao Hai’er grasped the spear of Spiritual Power within her heart and was enveloped in light.

• Su Ming stored Fierce Boar and judged that his own Fire Fang might rank higher, while resolving to deal with the Demon Emperor Sword after returning and hoping Yun Langyue would have news.
• Su Ming reached the ruined site of Xiao Hai’er’s evolution and found her surrounded by a vast blizzard and surging blood energy.
• Su Ming sensed that Xiao Hai’er’s evolution might awaken her dormant Greater Phantasmal Demon power, and he supplied her with Spiritual Power while leaving the outcome to her.
• Xiao Hai’er, trapped in cold and despair as her consciousness faded, felt the steady warmth of her heartbeat and saw a spear of Spiritual Power inside her heart.
• Xiao Hai’er reached for the spear and grasped it, causing it to sink into her palm and envelop her in light.

Su Ming sensed that the Binding Demon Spell on Xiao Hai'er had vanished and feared she had died, but the blizzard’s retreat revealed that she had successfully evolved into a Nightmare Breed. Xiao Hai'er emerged older and far more powerful, reunited joyfully with Su Ming, and left him sensing an inexplicable bond between their bloodlines.

• Su Ming realized the Binding Demon Spell and Spiritual Power supply linking him to Xiao Hai'er had disappeared, while the blizzard showed she was still alive.
• The blizzard and blood aura receded as Phantom Demons across the world roared in submission to the newly born Nightmare Breed.
• The frozen wasteland shattered, and an older-looking Xiao Hai'er appeared before Su Ming as a beautiful Mermaid Maiden.
• Xiao Hai'er joyfully crashed into Su Ming's arms, and he struggled to believe that she was the same little girl he knew.
• Su Ming confirmed that Xiao Hai'er had evolved and sensed her awakened power and a mysterious connection between their bloodlines.

After Xiao Hai'er survived her evolution, Su Ming realized she had become powerful enough to threaten him, but trusted their mysterious bond and chose not to bind her again. The two hurried toward Xu Qianqian, and Su Ming spotted a figure after the battle there had apparently ended.

• Su Ming sensed that Xiao Hai'er had gained strength comparable to a Hazard Breed mutant and could contend with a Six-Star Professional.
• Su Ming stroked Xiao Hai'er and decided not to use the demon-binding spell again, trusting the bond he felt between them.
• Su Ming and Xiao Hai'er set off through the mountain forests toward Xu Qianqian, with Su Ming riding his Dragon Gall Motorcycle to keep up.
• Su Ming noticed that the battle near Xu Qianqian had ended and hurried on with Xiao Hai'er.
• Su Ming reached an open area, saw a figure ahead, and stopped.

After reuniting following their battles with Mo Leng and Mo Yin, Su Ming and Xu Qianqian discovered that Xiao Hai'er had evolved into a Nightmare Breed. Despite the danger of bringing her to Longyao City, they chose to trust her and set off together for the city.

• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian met after defeating Mo Leng and Mo Yin, and they recognized how difficult their respective fights had been.
• Xiao Hai'er appeared in her transformed, grown form and happily embraced Xu Qianqian, who was astonished by her change.
• Su Ming explained that Xiao Hai'er had evolved into a Nightmare Breed beyond the Demon-binding Formula's control, making her a potential danger to humanity.
• Xu Qianqian admitted she could not regard Xiao Hai'er as a bloodthirsty enemy, and Su Ming urged them to bring her back to Longyao City.
• Xu Qianqian told Xiao Hai'er to continue being herself, and Xiao Hai'er joined Su Ming and Xu Qianqian as they rode toward Longyao City.

Su Ming visited the Yun Family in his King Ming disguise to have experts examine the problem with the Demon Emperor Sword in his right hand. Yun Langyue assured him that the examination staff were bound to secrecy and led him underground to the Yun Family’s facilities.

• Su Ming reflected on how Yun Langyue and her father had restored the Yun Family’s standing after other families seized control of the Yunliu Merchant Guild.
• Su Ming arrived at the Yun Family disguised as King Ming because he needed experts to investigate his right hand and could not risk revealing his true identity.
• Yun Langyue met Su Ming at the back door and teased him, while he repeatedly checked that her mother and Uncle Wu were away.
• Yun Langyue assured Su Ming that the experts and technicians had signed Contract Scrolls preventing them from disclosing the examination.
• Yun Langyue led Su Ming through the Yun Family’s underground security doors toward its important facilities, which impressed him with their high-tech design.

Yun Langyue brought Su Ming to the Yun Family’s advanced underground research base for an examination of the Demon Emperor Sword fused with his right hand. Professor Ying’s report confirmed that the sword’s power resonated with Su Ming’s, strengthened him when he fought, and could alter his Phantom Demon bloodline, affect his body, and pollute his mind.

• Yun Langyue explained that the Yun Family’s underground base housed advanced instruments built with help from another Base City and used them to support the Yunliu Merchant Guild’s growth.
• Yun Langyue introduced Su Ming to Professor Ying, who recommended a detailed full-body examination because the Demon Emperor Sword had entered Su Ming’s body.
• Su Ming underwent a day of tests, and Professor Ying found that his measurements far exceeded existing records, especially the purity of his bloodline.
• Professor Ying reported that the Demon Emperor Sword was attached to Su Ming’s right hand and resonated with its power whenever Su Ming fought.
• Professor Ying warned Su Ming and Yun Langyue that the sword could strengthen Su Ming, cause unstable changes to his Phantom Demon bloodline, affect his body, and pollute his mind.