Recaps

Su Ming revealed that Gao Xu was already injured and countered his Demonized attack with a ten-percent Silver Arm punch, shattering the barrier around their battlefield. The shock wave drew approaching Professionals and swept away Xu Qianqian, who was carried off by a cloaked person as the battle continued.

• Su Ming questioned Gao Xu’s claim that a Low-level Hunter could not defeat a High-level Professional and awakened strange patterns that heightened his Spirituality.
• Su Ming sensed that Gao Xu was injured from Silver Arm’s earlier attack and accused him of using Demonization and taunts to hide his weakness.
• Su Ming struck Gao Xu’s descending Lin Dao with a ten-percent Silver Arm punch, unleashing a shock wave that shattered the transparent barrier and destroyed the alchemical device pillars.
• The earthquake-like impact alerted Professionals approaching on off-road vehicles, while its aftershock hurled Xu Qianqian into a rock and reopened her abdominal wound.
• A cloaked person lifted Xu Qianqian and carried her away through the storm, and the same thing happened on Xu Yanyan’s side.

Gao Xu and Xu Yanyan retreated after the mysterious power protecting Xu Qianqian badly wounded him. Su Ming carried the injured Xu Qianqian to safety, where he offered her a healing potion and they faced each other in silence.

• Gao Xu collapsed after the shock wave and canceled his Demonization while Xu Yanyan helped him up.
• Gao Xu told Xu Yanyan that a mysterious powerhouse was supporting Xu Qianqian and ordered her to retreat with him.
• Xu Yanyan accepted that they could not risk fighting the mysterious powerhouse, and Gao Xu promised to explain the mission’s failure to her father.
• Gao Xu and Xu Yanyan left as the area collapsed, and Gao Xu resolved to report Su Ming’s power to someone.
• Su Ming carried the badly injured Xu Qianqian to a forest in B-2 Area and offered her an Alchemy Potion, but she only looked at him in silence.

Su Ming revealed his identity as a Dual-class Professional to Xu Qianqian, who recognized him through the scent of his blood. After they discussed the time she had risked her life to protect him, Su Ming admitted he was injured from fighting Gao Xu, and they left the area to hide and recover.

• Xu Qianqian recognized Su Ming despite his disguise, and he revealed his face and admitted he had recently become a Dual-class Professional.
• Xu Qianqian drank an Alchemy Potion to heal while Su Ming explained that he had come to repay her for risking her life to protect him on Warehouse Street.
• Xu Qianqian said the Phantasmal Demon Cub had been the one to save Su Ming, but Su Ming insisted that her choice to shield him still mattered.
• Su Ming revealed that Gao Xu had injured him during their fight and explained that he had concealed his Warlock abilities to keep his Dual-class identity secret.
• Xu Qianqian offered to return to camp with Su Ming, but he warned that Gao Xu and Xu Yanyan might still be searching for them.
• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian left for the mountain forest to hide and recover before Gao Xu could attack again.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian recovered in a forest hut while contacting their allies after the battle with Gao Xu. Su Ming learned that his team was safe and Jiang Wanyu’s Alchemy Weapon was protecting them, but his joking call left An Zijin furious, while Xu Qianqian reported that some of her subordinates had survived and the fate of Li Wei and the others remained uncertain.

• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian used Alchemy Potions to recover and spent the night in a forest ranger hut while they contacted their allies.
• Ye Bai told Su Ming that the team was safe and that Jiang Wanyu’s Alchemy Weapon let her kill Phantom Demons with ease.
• Su Ming warned Jiang Wanyu to conceal her Alchemy Weapon around other teams, and An Zijin asked when he would return.
• Xu Qianqian spoke beside Su Ming during his call, and An Zijin overheard him say he would only do happy things before he hurriedly hung up.
• An Zijin grew furious, and Lei Hao, Ye Bai, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei feared her reaction while Lei Hao cursed Su Ming.
• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that some of her subordinates had survived, but Li Wei and the others might have died after the Xu Family ambush and their vehicle’s explosion.

Xu Qianqian thanked Su Ming for saving her, but warned him that Phantom Demons were still active nearby. Su Ming summoned the Phantom Demons he had subdued to guard their refuge, leaving Xu Qianqian stunned and determined to learn more about him.

• Su Ming reassured Xu Qianqian that their losses were better than the worst-case outcome, and she thanked him for his help.
• Xu Qianqian warned Su Ming that Phantom Demons had been spotted nearby and could disrupt their recovery.
• Su Ming whistled for the Phantom Demons he had subdued, and they arrived and submitted to him despite Xu Qianqian preparing to fight.
• Su Ming ordered the Phantom Demons to guard the area and received materials from the Mutated Scalehorn Demon.
• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming she did not understand him well enough and said they would talk after the danger had passed.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian rested in a cottage while Longyao City’s campaign against the Phantom Demons neared victory. During the night, Xu Qianqian suddenly lost control and bit Su Ming, then pounced on him again, pleading for him to give her what she wanted.

• Su Ming recovered quickly from his injuries thanks to his Nightmare Breed bloodline, while Xu Qianqian continued healing slowly from her severe wound.
• Su Ming learned that Longyao City’s defensive lines were advancing to consolidate their forces and expected to join his line the next day.
• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian planned to return to their respective groups once the lines joined, then went to sleep in the cottage.
• Xu Qianqian’s breathing grew ragged as her awareness faded, and she climbed onto the sleeping Su Ming to drink his blood.
• Su Ming pushed Xu Qianqian away and restrained her when she pounced again, but she shoved him down and pleaded, “Give it to me!”

Xu Qianqian lost control and drank Su Ming’s blood, which she found had become exceptionally delicious after his bloodline changed. She left the cabin to calm down after discovering she could no longer tolerate the blood she carried and feared she could only accept Su Ming’s blood now.

• Xu Qianqian pounced on Su Ming and drank his blood while he hugged her and touched her.
• Xu Qianqian stopped drinking, slapped Su Ming’s wandering hand away, and explained that his blood had become richer and more delicious.
• Xu Qianqian left the cabin when she felt herself growing heated again, while Su Ming stayed behind to recover.
• Xu Qianqian tried to drink from her blood bag but spat it out because it tasted awful.
• Xu Qianqian wondered whether she could now accept only Su Ming’s blood, then hurried away to calm down.

Su Ming spent nearly one hundred thousand Crystals on packages, enduring a string of disappointing pulls before obtaining several valuable items. After consuming a Crimson Vein Stone, he felt his bloodline awakening accelerate and decided to learn the advanced Spiritual Art Fallen Flowers of Fu Tian.

• Su Ming recovered his strength and spent nearly one hundred thousand Crystals buying almost a hundred packages.
• Su Ming received many disappointing items, including Straw Men, small amounts of Spiritual Power, an Ornamental Robe, a Youth Restoration Potion, and an armored motorcycle, and grew increasingly frustrated.
• Su Ming obtained a powerful healing Alchemy Potion and several Crimson Vein Stones, then consumed one and felt his bloodline transformation accelerate.
• Su Ming considered how awakening Demonization could help him face Gao Xu and stored the remaining Crimson Vein Stone.
• Su Ming obtained Phantasmal Demon Blood, a dagger, and the advanced Spiritual Art Fallen Flowers of Fu Tian, which he decided to learn.

Xu Qianqian followed a strange chill into the mountain forest and found a wounded, sleeping mermaid on an ice platform in an artificial lake. She called Su Ming to the lake, where he arrived and recognized the beautiful being as a mermaid.

• Su Ming waited anxiously for Xu Qianqian to return to the cabin while she walked deeper into the forest after sensing an unnatural cold.
• Xu Qianqian found an artificial lake where a wounded figure lay on a floating slab of ice, radiating cold and freezing the water.
• Xu Qianqian called Su Ming and asked him to come see the figure and help decide what to do.
• Su Ming hurried to the lake, found Xu Qianqian standing on the frozen surface, and saw the figure on the ice platform.
• Su Ming recognized the figure’s human upper body, blue hair, and fish tail as belonging to a mermaid.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian discovered that the injured mermaid was the Phantasmal Demon Cub who had saved them in Warehouse Street. Unable to ignore her or trust her freely, Su Ming decided to restrain her with a Demon-Binding Formula before deciding what to do next.

• Su Ming recognized the mermaid as the Phantasmal Demon Cub after recalling the mist, her scales, and the cry “Mi-ling” from Warehouse Street.
• Xu Qianqian determined that the cub had tried to flee to the Spirit Fiend Abyss but was wounded by an Alchemy Weapon before she could return.
• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian considered whether the cub had been attacked by the Base City's higher-ups, Evil, or an unrelated professional.
• Xu Qianqian explained that leaving the cub alone could lead to chaos if Longyao City professionals discovered her, while saving her risked an attack.
• Su Ming decided to restrain the cub with a Demon-Binding Formula.

Su Ming bound the wounded Mermaid Maiden with Demon Binding, and Xu Qianqian healed her by feeding her blood. After the Mermaid Maiden woke and fled, Su Ming’s binding caused her to fall into the lake, which surged into towering waves; Su Ming stayed behind to protect Xu Qianqian and shattered the waves with a powerful punch.

• Xu Qianqian learned that Su Ming had used Demon Binding, an Extracurricular Sequence Spiritual Art, to control Phantom Demons.
• Su Ming pierced the Mermaid Maiden with a Spiritual Power spear, successfully binding her, then explained that human Alchemy Potions could not heal Phantom Demons.
• Xu Qianqian fed the Mermaid Maiden drops of her blood, and the girl’s wounds rapidly healed as the surrounding cold and moisture gathered around her.
• The Mermaid Maiden woke, fled across the lake, and fell into the water when Su Ming activated the binding in her heart.
• As the lake thawed and sent enormous waves toward them, Su Ming charged forward and destroyed the waves with Silver Arm: One Percent Strike.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian decided to keep the Mermaid Maiden with them rather than let her become a prize in Longyao City's power struggles. Su Ming tracked her beneath the artificial lake and captured her, leaving the frightened youngling at their feet.

• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian reached the lakeshore soaked, and they realized the Mermaid Maiden had hidden at the bottom of the lake.
• Xu Qianqian worried that leaving the Mermaid Maiden alone would bring chaos to Longyao City, and she decided they should keep her with them for now.
• Su Ming used Forty-Five Forms: Ascension Restraint Flow to detect the Mermaid Maiden beneath the lake.
• Su Ming used Stagnation Lock and Abyssal Steaming Stew to trap the Mermaid Maiden and pull her out of the water.
• The captured Mermaid Maiden trembled before Su Ming and Xu Qianqian.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian tried to convince the frightened Mermaid Maiden to come with them, explaining that they had saved her before and feared others would capture her. Despite Su Ming repeatedly alarming her, they brought her back to the cabin, though she never explicitly agreed.

• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian felt guilty about restraining the Mermaid Maiden, and Xu Qianqian left Su Ming to speak with her.
• Xu Qianqian stopped Su Ming from frightening the Mermaid Maiden and confirmed that the child understood human speech.
• Xu Qianqian reminded the Mermaid Maiden that they had saved each other before, and the Mermaid Maiden recognized them.
• Xu Qianqian said they could not let the Mermaid Maiden go because others might capture her, and invited her to come with them.
• Su Ming's teasing frightened the Mermaid Maiden into trying to run, so Xu Qianqian calmed her down and took her back to the cabin with Su Ming.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian brought the injured Mermaid Maiden to their mountain cabin, where the Phantasmal Demons’ fear of her revealed her superior bloodline. They considered how to protect her and get her out of Huaming District, and Xu Qianqian realized she could be moved alongside captured Phantasmal Demons.

• The Phantasmal Demons reacted fearfully to the Mermaid Maiden’s arrival, and Xu Qianqian explained that her inherited Greater Phantasmal Demon bloodline caused Bloodline Suppression.
• Su Ming sent the other demons away and used Binding Demons to make the Mutated Scalehorn Demon return to guarding the gate.
• Inside the cabin, the Mermaid Maiden fell asleep from depleted blood vitality, and Xu Qianqian planned to ask her who had injured her when she woke.
• Su Ming urged Xu Qianqian to decide how to protect the Mermaid Maiden and get her through the Huaming District battle.
• Xu Qianqian said the Mermaid Maiden could leave Huaming District by traveling with people transporting captured Phantasmal Demons.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian discussed how to hide the Mermaid Maiden and get her out of Huaming District, while Xu Qianqian named her Xiao Hai'er. After Xu Qianqian recovered, Su Ming decided to return to Area B-5 with her and Xiao Hai'er, wary that Gao Xu might attack again.

• Xu Qianqian said authorities had channels for transporting living Phantom Demons and mentioned her connections, though she could not contact them while in danger.
• Xu Qianqian recovered from her wound after drinking Su Ming's blood, and she named the Mermaid Maiden Xiao Hai'er.
• Su Ming caught Xiao Hai'er trying to escape and warned her that the Phantom Demons outside might eat her.
• Su Ming said he needed to regroup with his teammates in Area B-5 and urged Xu Qianqian to come with him to avoid Gao Xu.
• Xu Qianqian questioned why Su Ming was so strong despite being a year younger, then left with Xiao Hai'er as Su Ming and the Phantom Demons followed.

Su Ming returned to his team with Xu Qianqian and Xiao Hai'er after the students defeated a troll, while An Zijin collapsed from overusing her Spiritual Arts. He asked everyone to let Xiao Hai'er stay with them, leaving the team stunned by the claim that he and Xu Qianqian had raised her.

• Jiang Wanyu, An Zijin, Lei Hao, and Yao Beibei worked together to kill a troll with Jiang Wanyu's Alchemical Dagger.
• An Zijin became dizzy and nearly fell after using low-level Spiritual Arts continuously, so Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei urged her to rest.
• When Ye Bai wondered where Su Ming was, An Zijin became cold and insisted that Su Ming must have had a good reason to be away.
• Su Ming arrived at the ruins with Xu Qianqian, and An Zijin ran to greet him before noticing Xu Qianqian.
• Su Ming asked the team to take in Xiao Hai'er, explaining that he and Xu Qianqian had raised her.

Su Ming returned to the group with Xu Qianqian and Xiao Hai'er, prompting questions about the rescue and his new Phantom Demon-binding technique. When Xu Qianqian blushed while denying anything happened with Su Ming, An Zijin’s jealousy erupted and she demanded a serious talk, just as a song interrupted the confrontation.

• Su Ming told Lei Hao, Ye Bai, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei that he had rescued Xu Qianqian and brought her back after finding Xiao Hai'er and binding her with an Extracurricular Sequence Spiritual Art.
• An Zijin revealed that she had given Su Ming the technique, while Su Ming dodged questions about how he had learned it.
• An Zijin questioned Xu Qianqian about spending the night with Su Ming, and Xu Qianqian blushed as she remembered biting him in his blankets.
• Lei Hao attacked Su Ming after seeing Xu Qianqian’s reaction, while An Zijin’s black energy surged and she told Xu Qianqian they needed a serious talk.
• A singing voice suddenly interrupted as An Zijin and Xu Qianqian faced off.

Xiao Hai'er's song ended the quarrel and convinced everyone to keep her with them, while An Zijin and Xu Qianqian openly became romantic rivals over Su Ming. Yun Langyue sensed that Su Ming's growing fame would bring more rivals, and the group prepared to leave the ruins before Su Ming revealed a vehicle to solve their transport problem.

• Xiao Hai'er sang to calm everyone, and Lei Hao, Ye Bai, Jiang Wanyu, Yao Beibei, An Zijin, Xu Qianqian, and Su Ming agreed that she should stay with them.
• Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei chased the frightened Xiao Hai'er, while An Zijin warned Xu Qianqian that Su Ming was hers and Xu Qianqian challenged her claim.
• Yun Langyue sensed that Su Ming's growing excellence would attract more people and rivals, then continued on with Shi Lin.
• The group left the ruined building but found that Lei Hao's off-road vehicle could not fit everyone, so Su Ming revealed another vehicle beside him.

Su Ming revealed Dragon Gall, an extraordinary armored motorcycle, and rode it as the group left the wilderness ruins. Xu Qianqian and An Zijin competed over riding with him, while Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei noticed Xu Qianqian’s special interest in Su Ming.

• Su Ming brought out Dragon Gall, impressing the group, and said it would be his mount.
• Jiang Wanyu asked to ride Dragon Gall, but Xu Qianqian and An Zijin both objected and competed for a place with Su Ming.
• Xu Qianqian rode in the off-road vehicle with Xiao Hai'er, while Su Ming rode Dragon Gall alone and sped ahead of the group.
• Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei introduced themselves to Xu Qianqian, who praised their potential and revealed she had noticed them because they were close to Su Ming.
• Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei wondered why Xu Qianqian and An Zijin were interested in Su Ming, while Xu Qianqian privately wondered whether the two juniors had set their sights on him too.

As the defensive lines advanced and the war neared its end, Commander Duan ended his cooperation with Gao Xu’s plot against Xu Qianqian, while Gao Xu and Xu Yanyan turned to investigating Su Ming. Xu Qianqian survived the ambush but faced new trouble over Li Wei’s disappearance, while Su Ming focused on getting Xiao Hai'er out of Huaming District.

• Commander Duan told Gao Xu that his defensive line was ready to advance and ended his involvement in any further plot against Xu Qianqian.
• Gao Xu told Xu Yanyan to investigate the identity and faction of the mysterious expert who had injured him, then withdrew from the battlefield with the Xu Family Hunters.
• An authority figure learned that the ambush against Xu Qianqian had failed and began planning with Underground Professionals to capture the Phantasmal Demon Cub.
• At about four in the afternoon, the Professionals and troops from three defensive lines joined forces and advanced toward the second defensive line.
• Xu Qianqian's private soldiers returned, and she reported the ambush, but her squad—including Li Wei—remained missing, bringing the Li Family's anger upon her.
• Su Ming secretly discussed using Xu Qianqian's connections to get Xiao Hai'er out of Huaming District as the forces advanced toward the front line.

After the eleven-day Huaming Campaign ended in Longyao City's victory, Su Ming and his teammates returned safely to the Demon Hunter Academy. Back in Suite 404, they reflected on the losses and their own growth, then celebrated their reunion over hot pot.

• Su Ming learned that his Phantasmal Demon Legion had been wiped out, including the Mutated Scalehorn Demon, while the gathered forces fought the final battles of the Huaming Campaign.
• Longyao City won the eleven-day war and announced heavy casualties among Professionals and soldiers, including the retirement of its only Six-star Sorcerer.
• The students returned to Academy District, where the principal welcomed them and announced rewards and compensation for their efforts and losses.
• Su Ming and his teammates reunited in Suite 404, comforted one another, and discussed how the war had changed their ambitions and deepened their gratitude.
• The six teammates agreed to have hot pot, celebrating their safe return and growing closer as comrades.

The academy announced students’ Huaming Campaign rewards and updated rankings, drawing Su Ming’s squad to the crowded Mission Hall. The squad discovered that its members had earned exceptionally high Contribution Points, with Su Ming and An Zijin far ahead of the others.

• Students gathered at the Mission Hall to see their Contribution Points, scholarships, credits, and new academy rankings.
• Su Ming, Lei Hao, Ye Bai, An Zijin, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei pushed through the crowd after An Zijin’s fan club cleared a path for them.
• Lei Hao and Ye Bai were shocked to find that they had earned 187,754 and 164,618 Contribution Points, respectively.
• Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei saw that they had earned 199,582 and 176,284 Contribution Points.
• Su Ming and An Zijin discovered that they had earned 514,469 and 508,423 Contribution Points, startling Lei Hao, Ye Bai, and the surrounding students.

Su Ming and his teammates saw their Contribution Points and academy rankings soar after their defense-line battle, with Su Ming and Lei Hao entering the top hundred as elite students. Ye Bai broke down over his low ranking and lack of offensive Spiritual Arts, while Su Ming ended by noticing Xu Qianqian still held first place.

• Students were astonished by Su Ming and An Zijin's enormous Contribution Point totals, which they had earned by hunting Phantom Demons during the defense-line campaign.
• The academy rewarded Su Ming's team with academic credits, scholarships, and access to its library, raising their rankings across their departments.
• An Zijin rose to rank 188, while Su Ming reached rank 99 and Lei Hao reached rank 100, making both men elite students.
• Lei Hao and the others explained that his frontline performance and the team's strong evaluation helped him enter the top hundred, while Ye Bai remained in the two-hundreds.
• An Zijin offered to teach Ye Bai the Thirteenth Form, prompting him to run out crying and vow to learn offensive Spiritual Arts.
• Su Ming checked the screen and saw that Xu Qianqian remained rank one with 920,378 Contribution Points.

Su Ming and his teammates discussed how to spend their Contribution Points after the rankings changed, while Xu Qianqian’s rise to first place drew widespread attention. Su Ming received an unexpected call from Xu Qianqian’s father, Xu Yongfeng, and learned that the powerful Xu Family member had contacted him directly.

• Xu Qianqian became the academy’s top student with nearly a million Contribution Points, surprising Su Ming and other students.
• Lei Hao, Yao Beibei, Jiang Wanyu, An Zijin, and Ye Bai discussed which items they wanted to exchange for with their Contribution Points.
• Su Ming said he might exchange for an Alchemy Weapon or an advanced Spiritual Art, prompting his teammates to complain that such treasures were difficult to obtain.
• An Zijin stopped Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei from eavesdropping on Su Ming’s call, then headed toward the balcony herself.
• Su Ming answered an unfamiliar call and discovered that the caller was Xu Yongfeng, Xu Qianqian’s father and a powerful member of Longyao City’s upper echelon.

Su Ming spoke with Xu Yongfeng, who thanked him for saving Xu Qianqian while mistakenly believing Yun Langyue had arranged the rescue. Xu Qianqian later reassured Su Ming that she had kept his secrets, then deduced that he was the mysterious man Yun Langyue claimed to love, while an unseen observer watched him.

• Xu Yongfeng called Su Ming to thank him for helping Xu Qianqian and invited him to visit with Yun Langyue, mistakenly crediting her with the rescue.
• Xu Qianqian called Su Ming to confirm she had not revealed his identity, and they discussed her new position, the Li Family’s grievance over Li Wei, and Xiao Hai’er’s safe transfer.
• Xu Qianqian asked Su Ming whether he knew Yun Langyue and told him that Yun had publicly spoken about a mysterious man she loved.
• Su Ming denied being Yun Langyue’s mysterious man, but Xu Qianqian recognized the truth and ended the call.
• A little figure behind Su Ming watched him with the light gone from its eyes.