Recaps

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian discussed the danger surrounding the suspected Greater Phantasmal Demon offspring, and she guessed that he planned to become a Hunter. After Xu Qianqian left, Su Ming revealed that his true goal was the blood of a Nightmare Breed Greater Phantasmal Demon.

• Su Ming gave Xu Qianqian a damaged scale and asked her to use her family's connections to identify the Phantom Demon it came from.
• Xu Qianqian warned Su Ming that investigating the Greater Phantasmal Demon bloodline could put him in danger, then suggested he was training to become a Hunter.
• Su Ming admitted Xu Qianqian's guess was close but said he had no interest in an ordinary Greater Phantasmal Demon bloodline because he already had a goal.
• After Xu Qianqian left, Su Ming examined a bottle of Nightmare Breed Greater Phantasmal Demon blood and declared it his real goal.

After returning to Demon Hunter Academy, Su Ming endured his classmates’ jealousy over An Zijin’s attention and tried to remain an obscure Side Character. A Spirit Fiend Abyss entrance was then announced in Huaming District, and the academy prepared to send students to help defend Longyao City.

• An Zijin explained that she and Su Ming were childhood neighbors, easing the students’ murderous hostility but making them jealous of him.
• An Zijin visited Su Ming almost daily to bring him food, clothes, and care, while Lei Hao and Ye Bai grew increasingly envious.
• Su Ming faced hostile stares and threats on the Academy Network, but comforted himself that he remained a mediocre Warlock student and could still be a Side Character.
• The academy announced that a Spirit Fiend Abyss entrance would appear in Huaming District in about six days, and students would form teams before departing in three days to help build a defensive line.
• Su Ming, Lei Hao, and Ye Bai expected to receive rear-area or logistical duties, but Su Ming suspected another factor might have caused the entrance to appear.

With the Spirit Fiend Abyss threatening Huaming District, Su Ming declined Xu Qianqian’s offer to join her team and prepared to sell supernatural items so he could strengthen himself. He planned to form a low-profile team with his roommates, but An Zijin called to ask if she and her roommates could join him.

• The Demon Hunter Academy suspended classes and ordered students to form teams before heading to Huaming District to help establish a defensive line.
• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that she would join a team of top students rather than accompany her family, and she invited him to join her.
• Su Ming refused, saying he would form a team with his roommates and handle logistics, while warning Xu Qianqian to watch out for assassins and dangerous missions.
• Xu Qianqian said their investigation into the suspicious group had been postponed, though Su Ming could still investigate if he encountered them, and she agreed to sell his supernatural items.
• An Zijin called Su Ming and asked to bring her roommates and join his team, leaving him stunned.

Su Ming, Lei Hao, and Ye Bai went to the crowded Mission Hall to prepare for the Huaming District battle, where An Zijin arrived with her roommates and openly clung to Su Ming. Jiang Wanyu confronted Su Ming for stealing Zijin away, leaving him wondering if he had been rejected.

• Su Ming, Lei Hao, and Ye Bai discussed how Su Ming's reputation had kept other students from approaching them to form a team.
• An Zijin entered the Mission Hall with Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu, then sat beside Su Ming and held his arm.
• An Zijin introduced her roommates, and Su Ming greeted Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu.
• Jiang Wanyu accused Su Ming of stealing An Zijin away and asked why Zijin was so infatuated with him.

An Zijin insisted on joining Su Ming's team, and her roommates Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu insisted on joining with her. Despite warning them that the team might earn few Contribution Points during the Huaming District battle, Su Ming and his teammates accepted their decision.

• Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei hugged An Zijin in the Mission Hall, drawing the attention of everyone there.
• Su Ming asked An Zijin to confirm that she wanted to join his team, and she eagerly agreed.
• Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu announced that they would join the team too because they wanted to stay with An Zijin.
• Su Ming realized both roommates belonged to An Zijin's fan club, embarrassing An Zijin.
• Lei Hao and Ye Bai warned the three juniors that the team might only take insignificant missions and earn few Contribution Points, but all three remained determined to join.

Su Ming and his friends formed a team with An Zijin, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei, then Xu Qianqian invited him to trade supernatural items at her family’s luxurious villa. Su Ming arrived bewildered by the lavish welcome and told Xu Qianqian he no longer wanted to work hard.

• Su Ming, Lei Hao, Ye Bai, An Zijin, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei introduced their specialties and officially registered as a team.
• An Zijin, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei rejected other students’ invitations and joined Su Ming’s team.
• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming he did not know much about his fiancée, then offered to trade for his supernatural items.
• Su Ming followed Xu Qianqian’s address to the Xu family villa and was greeted by a butler and a corps of maids.
• Xu Qianqian welcomed Su Ming in the villa’s reception room, and he declared that he did not want to work hard anymore.

Su Ming asked Xu Qianqian to sell a large batch of supernatural goods and buy him cheaper items in bulk, hoping to complete the exchange before their trip to Huaming District. He left Xu Qianqian stunned by producing the goods immediately.

• Su Ming gave Xu Qianqian lists of goods to sell and inexpensive items to buy in large quantities, refusing to explain his plans.
• Xu Qianqian agreed to arrange the transaction through the Xu Family's shops and try to finish before they set out for Huaming District the day after tomorrow.
• Xu Qianqian explained that Butler Grandpa distrusted Su Ming because of his earlier request to take her to a hotel.
• Su Ming said he would hand over the goods immediately, then produced a massive pile of Phantom Demon materials, Alchemy Tools, and other supernatural items, startling Xu Qianqian.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian discussed evidence that a suspicious group was hunting a likely juvenile Greater Phantom Demon, while the Base City authorities prepared to handle the threat. On the eve of the academy’s expedition to Huaming District, Su Ming went to Xu Qianqian’s villa and received a truckload of supernatural items.

• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that experts identified his scale as resembling one from a Rotwater Demon, suggesting its owner might be a mutant or a juvenile Greater Phantom Demon.
• Xu Qianqian said she had reported the matter to the Base City higher-ups, and Su Ming left the investigation and response to them.
• Su Ming, Lei Hao, Ye Bai, An Zijin, Yao Beibei, and Jiang Wanyu prepared supplies and equipment for their expedition to Huaming District.
• On the night before departure, Su Ming received Xu Qianqian’s message and left the academy for her villa.
• Xu Qianqian’s butler handed Su Ming a shipment of supernatural items from a cargo truck.

Su Ming spent nearly all his Crystals opening 147 packages and gained a wealth of supernatural items, including Spiritual Power treasures and powerful Spiritual Arts. He finally obtained a Viridian Elixir that could improve his chances of adapting to Phantasmal Demon Blood, so he planned to refine his Nightmare Breed blood into an elixir.

• Su Ming returned to the dormitory, found Lei Hao and Ye Bai asleep, and spent 147,000 Crystals on 147 packages.
• Su Ming opened packages containing Greater Phantasmal Demon Blood, the Myriad Karma Brahma Vista Spiritual Art, and items that increased his Spiritual Power several times over.
• Su Ming obtained a Hunter-specific weapon and various Spiritual Arts, though he could not use the weapon yet.
• Su Ming found a Viridian Elixir in the one hundred eighteenth package and realized it could greatly improve his chances of adapting to a Phantasmal Demon Elixir.
• Su Ming decided to put refining his Nightmare Breed blood into a Phantasmal Demon Elixir on the agenda, waking Lei Hao and Ye Bai with his excitement.

Su Ming traveled with his classmates toward the battle in Huaming District, but his sleepy behavior and An Zijin’s affectionate remarks drew everyone’s hostility. The arrival of Xu Qianqian, who chose to sit beside him, left Su Ming surrounded by even more jealousy.

• Su Ming boarded the special train with An Zijin, Lei Hao, Ye Bai, Yao Beibei, and Jiang Wanyu, then struggled to stay awake after testing a new Spiritual Art during the night.
• Lei Hao and Ye Bai teased Su Ming about supposedly sleepwalking, but An Zijin defended him by revealing that they used to sleep together and that he hugged her.
• An Zijin chased Lei Hao and Ye Bai away and sat beside Su Ming, prompting more jealous looks from the others.
• Xu Qianqian entered the carriage, asked to sit beside Su Ming, and said she felt more comfortable with him than in the top students’ carriage.
• An Zijin tightened her grip on Su Ming’s arm as the carriage turned hostile, and Su Ming gave up resisting.

On the train to Huaming District, Xu Qianqian’s bloodlust toward Su Ming intensified, and her impulsive blood-sucking provoked An Zijin into a confrontation. As the two prepared to fight, Su Ming angrily demanded that they stop dragging him into their conflict.

• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that he seemed different and that her attraction to his blood had grown stronger.
• Xu Qianqian pulled Su Ming’s hand to her mouth and sucked his blood, shocking the watching students.
• An Zijin confronted Xu Qianqian, who apologized but admitted Su Ming smelled too good to resist.
• An Zijin declared that Xu Qianqian had challenged her for the second time, and Xu Qianqian accepted the challenge.
• As An Zijin and Xu Qianqian prepared to settle their conflict, Su Ming stood up and angrily demanded that they find a place on the train so he could deal with both of them at once.

Su Ming angrily rebuked Xu Qianqian and An Zijin for treating him as the cause of their conflict, then slept until the group arrived in Huaming District. As the students entered the militarized disaster zone, Hunter Department chief Li Wei approached and greeted Xu Qianqian.

• Su Ming told Xu Qianqian and An Zijin to settle their disputes without involving him, then put on an eye mask and went to sleep.
• Students spread news online about Su Ming yelling at the two School Belles while the train traveled to Huaming District.
• An Zijin woke Su Ming upon arrival, and he learned Xu Qianqian had stayed beside him; he said he was no longer angry and left the train with the group.
• Su Ming and the other students entered evacuated Huaming District, where soldiers and military vehicles were preparing defensive lines against the coming Spirit Fiend Abyss entrance.
• Li Wei, the Hunter Department chief, approached the group, greeted Xu Qianqian warmly, and said he had been searching for her.

Su Ming met Li Wei, the Hunter Department’s powerful chief, while Li Wei came to bring Xu Qianqian back to their team. Li Wei tested Su Ming after learning Xu Qianqian considered him a friend, and Su Ming ended their handshake with a joke that left the group stunned.

• Li Wei approached Xu Qianqian and reminded her that the academy’s top students had formed a team, while she insisted she had only gone to talk with her friend.
• Xu Qianqian called Su Ming her friend, surprising Li Wei and the assembled top students.
• Li Wei greeted Su Ming and said he wanted to get to know the person Xu Qianqian valued, prompting the others to watch with concern.
• Su Ming politely shook Li Wei’s hand and downplayed his abilities as Li Wei probed him about what made him special.
• Su Ming joked that Li Wei might think Xu Qianqian had terrible taste for befriending an ordinary student, and Li Wei laughed while tightening his grip on Su Ming’s hand.

Su Ming withdrew from his tense exchange with Li Wei, then joined his teammates as the Demon Hunter Academy arrived in Huaming District to support the battle against the Phantom Demons. After the principal required every student to earn 10,000 Contribution Points or face expulsion, the team settled into a luxurious suite, where Su Ming claimed the largest room.

• Su Ming apologized to Li Wei and left with An Zijin, while Xu Qianqian laughed and then departed with Li Wei.
• The academy students arrived at their camp in Huaming District, where the principal explained the facilities and required everyone to earn 10,000 Contribution Points before the battle ended or be expelled.
• Su Ming and his teammates entered their luxurious six-room suite and admired its amenities and sea view.
• Su Ming worried aloud that Room 404 might make them disappear, then rushed into the largest room and locked the door ahead of Lei Hao and Ye Bai.

Su Ming welcomed An Zijin into his dorm room and eased the tension between them after his earlier outburst. An Zijin admitted she disliked Xu Qianqian because she believed Xu was trying to steal Su Ming, then left after he dismissed her concern.

• An Zijin nervously visited Su Ming and suggested they make hot pot together, using the idea as an excuse to speak with him.
• Su Ming recalled An Zijin's childhood habit of watching him cautiously when he was angry, softened toward her, and assured her that he was no longer upset.
• An Zijin clung to Su Ming's arm, then said she had started competing with Xu Qianqian because she thought Xu had ulterior motives toward him.
• Su Ming told An Zijin she had misunderstood Xu Qianqian, but An Zijin called him an idiot and ran out of his room.

After the group shared hot pot and games, Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei worried about the next day’s Phantom Demon mission and discussed their secret duty to protect An Zijin. Yao Beibei asked Jiang Wanyu what she thought of Su Ming, leaving Jiang Wanyu hesitant.

• An Zijin fussed over Su Ming during hot pot, prompting jealousy from the others and making Su Ming the target of everyone’s attacks during games.
• The six agreed to begin their mission the next day, and Jiang Wanyu wrote in her diary about their trip and her devotion to An Zijin.
• Yao Beibei visited Jiang Wanyu, and the two discussed their anxiety about the mission and An Zijin’s lack of combat training.
• Jiang Wanyu hinted at something hidden inside An Zijin, but Yao Beibei warned her not to reveal it because Madam had ordered them to keep it secret.
• Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei reaffirmed their intention to protect An Zijin, then Yao Beibei asked Jiang Wanyu what she thought of Su Ming.

Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei reconsidered their assumptions about Su Ming after noticing that he had changed and that Xu Qianqian cared about his reactions. Worried about his influence on An Zijin, they decided to watch him discreetly, while Su Ming sensed that someone was watching him.

• Jiang Wanyu recalled how she had once considered Su Ming ordinary and doubted he was worthy of An Zijin’s devotion.
• Jiang Wanyu noted that Xu Qianqian had reacted to Su Ming’s outburst on the train much like An Zijin had, making her question their relationship with him.
• Yao Beibei said Su Ming seemed different from before, and Jiang Wanyu trusted her unusual instincts as a mutated Hunter.
• Yao Beibei suggested investigating Su Ming because of his influence on An Zijin, but she and Jiang Wanyu rejected the options they considered.
• Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei decided to keep an eye on Su Ming discreetly, and Su Ming suddenly felt as though someone was watching him.

Su Ming and his friends woke up amid a chaotic, teasing morning before heading to the Administration Building’s Mission Hall to find work and earn Contribution Points. They examined the available missions, which ranged from Rank B to Rank E, and began deciding what difficulty to choose.

• Su Ming and Jiang Wanyu woke first and waited for the others, while Su Ming teased Jiang Wanyu about his childhood closeness with An Zijin.
• An Zijin sleepily came out of her room, clung to Su Ming, and nearly kissed him, prompting Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei to pull her away.
• Lei Hao and Ye Bai joined the commotion, and the group left for the Administration Building while teasing Su Ming.
• The group reached the Mission Hall and saw students registering for missions posted on bulletin boards.
• Su Ming asked what difficulty the group should choose after learning that only Rank B, C, D, and E missions were available.

With two days remaining before the Spirit Fiend Abyss opened, Su Ming’s team selected a Phantom Demon subjugation mission despite concerns about the first-years’ experience. The chapter ended with Su Ming fleeing after accidentally telling An Zijin he had been thinking about her, while the others chased him and Lei Hao lamented their lack of professional ethics.

• Su Ming’s team found that most of the easiest, highest-reward missions had already been claimed and agreed to send one person early to choose missions next time.
• An Zijin, Yao Beibei, and Jiang Wanyu said they could accept some risk, and Lei Hao proposed choosing a Phantom Demon subjugation mission.
• Ye Bai worried that the first-years lacked experience, but Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei explained that their Hunter Families had trained them, while An Zijin promised to stay behind Su Ming.
• Su Ming agreed to the subjugation mission, reasoning that the team’s balanced roles could handle most Lesser Phantasmal Demons and that An Zijin needed experience before the coming battle.
• When An Zijin asked what he was thinking about, Su Ming answered that he was thinking about her, then ran as Ye Bai, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei chased him.
• Lei Hao stayed behind and complained that they had come to carry out a mission, not to date.

Su Ming and his companions began their first Huaming District mission to exterminate a dangerous Blade Fiend in an abandoned factory. As they entered the factory, Xu Qianqian arranged to protect Su Ming from interference by her family and trusted aides while continuing to investigate the ambush against her.

• Su Ming, Lei Hao, Ye Bai, An Zijin, Yao Beibei, and Jiang Wanyu accepted a C-rank quest to exterminate the Blade Fiend in an abandoned factory.
• The group reached the factory, learned the Blade Fiend had killed its workers, and prepared to raid the site with Lei Hao leading and Su Ming and Ye Bai guarding the others.
• Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu pulled An Zijin between them for protection as the six entered the factory.
• Xu Qianqian learned that Su Ming had started his mission and ordered her aide to monitor Huaming District, investigate her attackers, and prevent her people from disturbing him.
• Xu Qianqian warned her aide to report any threat to Su Ming from her family and called him an unfathomable man.

Su Ming and his team fought the Blade Fiend in an abandoned factory, with Lei Hao, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei engaging it before the Warlocks finished it with Spiritual Arts. After the battle, Su Ming told the three junior schoolmates they needed to review what had happened.

• Lei Hao confronted the Blade Fiend while Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei joined the fight.
• The Blade Fiend nearly struck Jiang Wanyu, but Lei Hao knocked it away and protected her.
• Yao Beibei smashed the Blade Fiend through the factory with her heavy hammer, injuring it, but its wounds quickly healed.
• Su Ming directed Ye Bai to restrain the Blade Fiend while An Zijin and Su Ming prepared their attacks.
• Ye Bai trapped the Blade Fiend, An Zijin blasted it with Roaring Cannon, and Su Ming skewered it with Earth Net Punishment, killing it.
• Su Ming told Jiang Wanyu, Yao Beibei, and An Zijin that they needed to review their performance, and the three lowered their heads in shame.

After the battle at the abandoned factory, Su Ming, Lei Hao, and Ye Bai evaluated the juniors’ mistakes and taught them how Hunters and Warlocks should fight Phantom Demons. The group finished the debriefing with An Zijin reflecting on Su Ming’s advice, while Su Ming anticipated that he would soon be able to cultivate both paths.

• Lei Hao reprimanded Jiang Wanyu for freezing against the Blade Fiend, and Ye Bai criticized Yao Beibei for losing her composure after striking it.
• Lei Hao and Ye Bai explained that Hunters must keep attacking without exposing openings, since Phantom Demons regenerate and can kill them even when badly wounded.
• Su Ming praised Yao Beibei’s strength and senses and Jiang Wanyu’s speed and weapon skill, advising both to build their composure and experience.
• An Zijin asked Su Ming to assess her performance, and he praised her talent while warning that her uncontrolled Thirteen Art had scattered Ye Bai’s Ash Bind and nearly let the Blade Fiend escape.
• Su Ming explained that Warlocks must think tactically, coordinate with Hunters, and choose the right Spiritual Art for each situation; An Zijin considered his advice.

After the Blade Fiend mission, Su Ming’s skill with advanced low-level Spiritual Arts drew attention, and Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu grew curious about what he was hiding. The six-person team completed two more missions and earned enough Contribution Points to move closer to their 10,000-point goal.

• Jiang Wanyu, Yao Beibei, and An Zijin praised Su Ming’s Form Twenty-One Spiritual Art, while Ye Bai and Lei Hao questioned why his academy ranking did not reflect his ability.
• Su Ming dodged their questions and hurried to collect proof from the Blade Fiend, prompting Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu to suspect he was concealing something and plan to investigate him further.
• The six-person team divided the Blade Fiend mission’s 3,000 Contribution Points, giving Su Ming, Ye Bai, and Lei Hao 2,000 and the three junior girls 1,000.
• Su Ming exchanged the Blade Fiend’s remaining materials for Crystals, while Lei Hao kept its blades and Jiang Wanyu took some other materials.
• The team completed two more Phantom Demon missions and earned another 5,000 Contribution Points, splitting 3,000 among Su Ming, Ye Bai, and Lei Hao and 2,000 among the three junior girls.

Su Ming visited An Zijin late at night to ask about her Spiritual Arts, while Jiang Wanyu, Yao Beibei, and Ye Bai secretly watched from outside. He learned that An Zijin had mastered Scorching Sparrow's Cry, the strongest low-level Spiritual Art.

• Su Ming and his companions ate dinner, where An Zijin doted on him and the others teased him about their team.
• Su Ming went to An Zijin's room at night, drawing suspicious stares from Jiang Wanyu, Yao Beibei, and Ye Bai.
• Jiang Wanyu, Yao Beibei, and Ye Bai pressed their ears against An Zijin's door, and Su Ming slammed it to knock them away.
• Su Ming asked An Zijin which Spiritual Arts she had learned, and she listed Flying Arrow, Cannon Blast, and Scorching Sparrow's Cry.
• Su Ming realized An Zijin had learned Scorching Sparrow's Cry, ranked thirtieth among the Hundred Spiritual Arts and strongest among low-level techniques.

Su Ming gave An Zijin a manual for the powerful defensive Style 55: Octagonal Crystal Barrier after learning she could already use Scorching Sparrow's Cry. An Zijin then gave Su Ming a manual for an Extracurricular Sequence technique, leaving him surprised by her gift.

• Su Ming confirmed that An Zijin could successfully use Scorching Sparrow's Cry and recognized her exceptional talent.
• Su Ming decided not to teach An Zijin intermediate Spiritual Arts himself, since doing so could reveal his concealed strength.
• Su Ming gave An Zijin the Style 55: Octagonal Crystal Barrier manual and encouraged her to try learning it without forcing herself.
• An Zijin searched her suitcase and gave Su Ming a technique manual for an Extracurricular Sequence Spiritual Art.