Recaps

An Zijin confronted Su Ming about how much he had changed and confessed that she feared other girls would take him away. Su Ming calmed her down and remembered how he had once cared for her after seeing her bullied, though he also recalled exploiting her childhood affection for pocket money.

• An Zijin had Lei Hao, Ye Bai, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei hold Su Ming in the living room so she could speak with him.
• An Zijin listed Su Ming’s childhood misdeeds and explained that she had expected to be the only girl he would ever like.
• An Zijin demanded that Su Ming choose between marrying her, marrying into her family, or killing every other woman, and she took a kitchen knife when he resisted.
• Su Ming wrested the knife from An Zijin and asked why she was acting this way, and she tearfully admitted she feared someone else would steal him away.
• Su Ming remembered how he had stopped bullying An Zijin after seeing her bullied and had begun looking after her, then recalled tricking her into handing over her pocket money.

Su Ming rejected An Zijin’s marriage-registration-form “guarantee” and learned that the students would return to the academy the next morning. Elsewhere, members of “Sin” discovered the ruins beneath Longyao City and prepared to break the seal holding the “King” by obtaining a Gravekeeper descendant’s blood and the “Sword.”

• Su Ming reassured An Zijin that he had no plans to pursue a relationship with Xu Qianqian, but tore up the marriage registration form she had disguised as a guarantee.
• Lei Hao and Ye Bai charged at Su Ming after An Zijin’s form was destroyed, while Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei comforted An Zijin and planned to search her room for more copies.
• The academy notified the students that they would gather at the station at eight the next morning to return to the academy.
• A fierce-looking senior figure of “Sin” and the Underground Professional who had attacked Xiao Hai'er found the ruins beneath Longyao City and learned that the “King” was sealed there.
• The fierce-looking man said they needed the Gravekeeper Clan’s blood and the object symbolizing the “King,” the “Sword,” to undo the seal, and the Underground Professional went to find the blood’s owner in central Longyao City.

After returning to the Demon Hunter Academy, Su Ming spent his Contribution Points on items he could convert into Crystals and used his free time to study advanced Spiritual Arts and Hunter combat techniques. Four days after returning, he received Xu Yongfeng’s invitation to a Xu Family banquet, where he planned to pick up Xiao Hai'er.

• The academy reopened after the Huaming Campaign, distributed rewards, and gave students a week off to rest and exchange their Contribution Points.
• Su Ming spent more than five hundred thousand Contribution Points on items for the Marketplace, raising his Crystal total to 741185.
• Su Ming studied Fallen Flowers of Fu Tian and Hunter blade techniques while his friends trained, and he stopped opening packages after a string of poor results.
• Xu Yongfeng’s butler invited Su Ming and Yun to a family banquet at the Xu Family two days later.
• Su Ming accepted the invitation, intending to pick up Xiao Hai'er from Xu Qianqian on the same day.

Su Ming left the Demon Hunter Academy for the Xu Family banquet, but Yun Langyue and Uncle Wu intercepted him and insisted on taking him along. On the way, Yun Langyue revealed she wanted to meet Xu Qianqian and praised Su Ming for driving Gao Xu back.

• Su Ming noted that Phantom Demon stragglers had made Longyao City’s nights dangerous and wondered whether the academy would join the cleanup efforts.
• As Su Ming prepared to travel to the Xu Family banquet, Yun Langyue’s limousine arrived, and Uncle Wu blocked his attempt to flee.
• Uncle Wu said Yun Langyue’s mother had ordered him to accompany her, and Yun Langyue insisted Su Ming sit beside her in the limousine.
• Su Ming asked why Yun Langyue had accepted Xu Yongfeng’s invitation, and she said she was going because he was going and she wanted to meet Xu Qianqian.
• Yun Langyue told Su Ming that driving back Gao Xu had surprised her.

Yun Langyue explained that Xu Yongfeng’s family banquet was meant to strengthen his position and that he was likely interested in meeting Su Ming as well. She warned Su Ming that Xu Yongfeng might test or manipulate him, then continued teasing him as their car arrived at the Xu family manor.

• Yun Langyue told Su Ming that Xu Yongfeng’s forces had been weakened after a rival Xu Family faction attacked them during his absence.
• Su Ming realized Xu Yongfeng’s invitation could win Yun Langyue’s support or deter his rivals simply by making her visit public.
• Yun Langyue pointed out that Xu Yongfeng had likely summoned Su Ming because of his connections to her and Xu Qianqian.
• Su Ming complained that Yun Langyue’s declarations of affection had made him a target for her admirers, and she asked whether he was not touched by her devotion.
• Yun Langyue warned Su Ming that Xu Yongfeng might test him, then flirted with him as their car reached the luxurious manor.

Su Ming and Yun Langyue arrived at the Xu Family’s ancestral grounds for Xu Yongfeng’s invitation, where the family treated Yun as the honored guest and Su Ming as her companion. When they met Xu Yongfeng, he recognized something about Uncle Wu and rose in surprise, leaving Su Ming to suspect the attendant was far from ordinary.

• Su Ming and Yun Langyue toured the vast Xu Family estate, where they learned Gao Xu was recovering in seclusion and Xu Yanyan was training intensely.
• At the mansion entrance, the steward welcomed Yun Langyue before Su Ming, but she let Su Ming take the lead with the Xu Family.
• Su Ming, Yun Langyue, and Uncle Wu followed the steward to the reception hall, where they met Xu Yongfeng.
• Xu Yongfeng examined Uncle Wu, abruptly stood up, and asked who he was; Yun Langyue acted as though she knew why he had reacted that way.

Su Ming and Yun Langyue met Xu Yongfeng at the Xu residence, where he arranged a private family banquet to thank Su Ming for saving Xu Qianqian. After the guests left to rest, Xu Yongfeng discussed them with a hidden observer, who warned him against probing them too much because the Yun Family’s old man had noticed him.

• Xu Yongfeng apologized for his abrupt movement, then spoke courteously with Yun Langyue about her mother and her family’s business.
• Xu Yongfeng thanked Su Ming for helping his daughter and remarked that Xu Qianqian had finally made a close friend; Su Ming defended her warmth, and Yun Langyue agreed.
• Xu Yongfeng told the butler to prepare a small private banquet for himself, his wife, Xu Qianqian, Su Ming, and Yun Langyue, then had guest rooms prepared while Xu Qianqian was still on her way.
• After Su Ming and Yun Langyue left with the butler, Xu Yongfeng asked a hidden short man for his assessment of them.
• The short man called Su Ming and Yun Langyue outstanding juniors and warned Xu Yongfeng that the Yun Family’s old man had noticed him and that pushing them too far could provoke a backlash.

Xu Qianqian returned to the Xu Family estate and met Yun Langyue, who explained that Su Ming wanted to keep his strength and identity out of the spotlight. Yun Langyue proposed taking credit for the help Xu Qianqian had received so the Xu Family would pay less attention to Su Ming.

• Xu Qianqian arrived at the Xu Family estate and learned that Su Ming and Yun Langyue were staying there as guests.
• Yun Langyue intercepted Xu Qianqian and spoke with her about their shared dislike of upper-class social events.
• Yun Langyue told Xu Qianqian that Su Ming wanted to stay unnoticed until he was powerful enough to control everything.
• Yun Langyue explained that Su Ming had drawn the Xu Family's attention by acting for Xu Qianqian, and asked her to say Yun Langyue had sent the person who helped her drive off Gao Xu and Xu Yanyan.

Yun Langyue asked Xu Qianqian to help keep Su Ming’s identity and strength secret, and Xu Qianqian agreed while hinting that Su Ming mattered to her too. At the Xu Family banquet, Su Ming remained unaware of their conversation and grew uneasy as the two women exchanged suggestive looks.

• Yun Langyue explained that exposing Su Ming’s Dual-class Professional status and Nightmare Breed bloodline could draw dangerous attention, and asked Xu Qianqian to protect him.
• Xu Qianqian agreed not to reveal Su Ming’s secret, then told Yun Langyue not to think she was the only one who regarded him as important.
• Yun Langyue wondered whether Xu Qianqian had declared herself a love rival, then later teased Su Ming about his apparent effect on Xu Qianqian and another girl.
• Su Ming and Yun Langyue joined Xu Yongfeng’s family, including Xu Qianqian’s mother, for the banquet.
• Su Ming noticed Xu Qianqian and Yun Langyue exchanging intriguing looks throughout the meal and ate uneasily under Xu Yongfeng’s watchful gaze.

After the banquet, Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that Xiao Hai'er had passed inspection and was staying at a villa, but was now very weak. As Su Ming and Xu Qianqian prepared to visit her, Xu Qianqian drank Su Ming’s blood again, revealing how difficult she was finding it to stay apart from him.

• Xu Yongfeng took Yun Langyue to his study to discuss important matters, leaving Su Ming and Xu Qianqian alone.
• Su Ming teased Xu Qianqian by pretending to cut his finger, but she sucked his blood and improved her mood.
• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that Xiao Hai'er had passed inspection and was staying at the villa where he could visit her.
• Su Ming decided to take Xiao Hai'er and assured Xu Qianqian that he had a way to keep her hidden, though he did not explain further.
• Xu Qianqian warned Su Ming that Xiao Hai'er was very weak and said they needed to find a way to help her recover.
• As Su Ming and Xu Qianqian prepared to leave for the villa, Xu Qianqian bit him again and drank his blood, while realizing she might be growing unable to leave him.

Yun Langyue told Uncle Wu that Xu Yongfeng had failed to secure her cooperation but had requested an introduction to the Yunliu Merchant Guild’s powerful connections instead. After explaining the guild’s history and her own role in reclaiming it, she learned that Su Ming had left with Xu Qianqian and chose to let him go, curious about what he planned to do.

• Yun Langyue told Uncle Wu that Xu Yongfeng had offered benefits for an introduction letter to major powers after she rejected his proposal to help him deal with the Xu Family's eldest son.
• Yun Langyue left the decision about Xu Yongfeng's request to her mother, the Yunliu Merchant Guild's president.
• Uncle Wu recalled how Yun Langyue had rescued her mother and him, eliminated the families that had attacked the Yun Family, and restored the family’s authority in the guild.
• Yun Langyue asked where Su Ming was and learned that he had gone out with Xu Qianqian.
• Yun Langyue declined Uncle Wu’s offer to bring Su Ming back and decided to wait to see what he would do.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian found Xiao Hai'er growing weaker because her blood essence and bloodline had been damaged. Since restoring her with human blood would require draining dozens of people, they discussed other remedies, and Su Ming finally brought out a red-veined stone that stirred Xiao Hai'er's interest.

• Su Ming arrived at Xu Qianqian's villa with her and found Xiao Hai'er lying weakly on an ice platform in the pool.
• Xu Qianqian explained that Xiao Hai'er's injuries had depleted her blood essence and damaged her bloodline.
• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that full recovery through blood would require draining dozens of people, while animal blood and partial transfusions would not suffice.
• Su Ming rejected seeking Yun Langyue's help because he feared owing her another favor, and he could not recall having a suitable restorative item.
• Su Ming took a red-veined stone from his inventory and showed it to Xiao Hai'er, whose eyes brightened with delight and longing.

After Xiao Hai'er consumed a Crimson Vein Stone, she recovered, awakened her bloodline, and grew powerful enough to threaten Xu Qianqian. Su Ming decided to raise her with more stones, and Xu Qianqian asked him to provide some for her.

• Su Ming fed Xiao Hai'er a Crimson Vein Stone, restoring her health and awakening her bloodline.
• Xiao Hai'er's newfound strength surpassed that of an ordinary Three-Star Professional and approached a Four-Star Professional.
• Xiao Hai'er hid behind Xu Qianqian when Su Ming called her over, so Su Ming restrained her and pulled her into his arms.
• Su Ming offered Xiao Hai'er Crimson Vein Stones as food in exchange for her obedience, explaining that he would raise her without making her drink human blood.
• Xu Qianqian asked Su Ming to provide her with some Crimson Vein Stones.

Xu Qianqian agreed to help Su Ming acquire high-quality, inexpensive supernatural items in exchange for Crimson Vein Stone, while Xiao Hai'er accepted his offer of the stone in return for obeying him. Su Ming gave Xiao Hai'er a Mirage Pearl to hide her identity and took the now-invisible Mermaid Maiden with him.

• Xu Qianqian sought Crimson Vein Stone to strengthen herself, and Su Ming offered her some in exchange for helping him collect supernatural items.
• Xu Qianqian agreed to try arranging the trade through her family, though she warned Su Ming she could not guarantee success.
• Su Ming offered Xiao Hai'er Crimson Vein Stone if she obeyed him, and she reluctantly accepted.
• Su Ming gave Xiao Hai'er a Mirage Pearl that concealed her from others and made her invisible.
• Su Ming led Xiao Hai'er away from the villa, realizing the Mirage Pearl could help her infiltrate and ambush enemies.

Longyao City struggled with the aftermath of the Huaming Campaign as Su Ming learned that a Hazard Breed was hiding among the stragglers and the mayor’s family had been attacked. Xu Qianqian suspected Sin might be behind the attack, putting Su Ming at risk because Xiao Hai'er was their target.

• Longyao City assigned semi-compulsory missions to Demon Hunter Academy students as Phantom Demon stragglers continued to threaten the city and casualties from the Huaming Campaign left it short on manpower.
• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that a Hazard Breed had escaped into the city and the mayor’s family had been massacred, with the mayor presumed captured and his daughter missing.
• Xu Qianqian explained that Longyao City had made hunting the Hazard Breed and finding the mayor’s family its highest-priority Rank SS missions, further straining its remaining forces.
• Xu Qianqian said the Wang Family had been weakened by the Huaming Campaign and that the city’s leaders suspected an outside force had attacked it.
• Su Ming suspected Sin, and Xu Qianqian warned that Su Ming could be targeted because Xiao Hai'er was Sin’s target.

Su Ming began training in the Demon Blade Technique with Fire Fang, using his exceptional spirituality to correct his form and improve rapidly. He pushed through the physical strain with an Alchemy Potion and resolved to strengthen both his Hunter and Warlock abilities as Longyao City grew more dangerous.

• Su Ming let Xiao Hai'er play in the training room's pool while he prepared to practice.
• Su Ming chose the powerful, defense-poor Demon Blade Technique because his physical attributes and Pattern Sight suited it.
• Su Ming practiced with Fire Fang and rapidly corrected his technique through his extraordinary spirituality.
• Su Ming stopped when his body began to ache, then drank an Alchemy Potion to recover and continue training.
• Su Ming planned to practice the Demon Blade, study two advanced Spiritual Arts, develop his Silver Arm and combined-class tactics, and increase his power in both classes.

An Zijin, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei discussed their absent seniors and the strange incidents reported around Longyao City. Jiang Wanyu remained in the academy with her Alchemy Weapon despite pressure from others to give it up, and she changed the subject by suggesting they visit Su Ming.

• An Zijin explained that upper-year students had more missions, while she and her friends had relatively light workloads.
• An Zijin described how Lei Hao and Ye Bai were training, and said Su Ming had been studying in seclusion and she had not seen him for four hours.
• Jiang Wanyu raised concerns about a rise in strange, unresolved incidents around Longyao City, and Yao Beibei agreed that something felt wrong.
• An Zijin and Yao Beibei worried that Jiang Wanyu might be targeted because people wanted her Alchemy Weapon, but Jiang Wanyu refused to send it home.
• Jiang Wanyu suggested that the three girls go see Su Ming, successfully changing the subject.

Su Ming mastered the Demon Blade Technique and realized his Nightmare Breed bloodline and body were nearing the limit needed to awaken Demonization. When An Zijin, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei arrived at the training room, they were flustered by his sweaty appearance, while Xiao Hai'er hid in the pool.

• Su Ming used Fire Fang to defeat every opponent in the training simulator and declared that he had mastered the Demon Blade Technique.
• Su Ming fed Xiao Hai'er a Crimson Vein Stone, then considered how his bloodline and body were approaching the limits required for Demonization.
• Su Ming concluded that his Nightmare Breed bloodline gave him the potential to reach the peak of a Lesser Hunter and awaken Demonization soon.
• Xiao Hai'er hid in the swimming pool when the visitor chime rang, and Su Ming went to open the door.
• An Zijin, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei arrived to see Su Ming and blushed at his sweat-soaked appearance.

Su Ming warned An Zijin, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei that Longyao City remained dangerous, then discussed his recent training and discovered that An Zijin had mastered an intermediate Spiritual Art. Impressed by her exceptional talent, Su Ming decided to nurture her.

• Jiang Wanyu pointed out that strange incidents and rising mission frequency suggested Longyao City’s situation was worsening, and Su Ming warned the three girls to stay together and avoid leaving the Academy District unnecessarily.
• Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei asked about Su Ming’s training, and he said he had been studying high-sequence Spiritual Arts without revealing that he had mastered an advanced technique.
• Jiang Wanyu revealed that two members of their original team could use intermediate Spiritual Art, prompting Su Ming to realize that An Zijin had learned Octagonal Crystal Barrier.
• An Zijin told Su Ming she had mastered the technique he had given her, and he praised her talent and resolved to help her develop it further.

Su Ming gave An Zijin a spellbook for Stasis Lock and promised to find her an advanced Spiritual Art, prompting her to pursue him until Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei intervened. Later, Su Ming found the academy convenience store closed, followed Xiao Hai’er’s warning about blood, and entered to confront a fast-moving attacker.

• Su Ming gave An Zijin the Stasis Lock spellbook and told her to keep his ability to obtain valuable spellbooks secret.
• Su Ming promised to find An Zijin an advanced Spiritual Art, and she became so emotional that she chased him until Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei dragged her away.
• Su Ming went looking for food late at night, found the academy convenience store closed, and heard Xiao Hai’er warn him of a smell of blood.
• Su Ming spotted a damaged store window, entered the dark convenience store, and found a shadow stuffing snacks into its mouth.
• The shadow lunged at Su Ming, and their collision shook the store and blasted its entrance and windows apart.

Su Ming defeated a frenzied attacker at the Academy Welfare Store, who turned to sand and left behind a badge marked “King.” Xu Qianqian told him the attackers were members of the Wang family and invited him to her villa to discuss the strange incidents.

• Su Ming fought a frenzied man outside the Academy Welfare Store and defeated him with his glowing right fist, collapsing part of the store wall.
• The attacker muttered about a young lady, warned someone to run, then turned to sand; Su Ming found a badge marked “King” among his clothes.
• Su Ming returned to the dormitory and called Xu Qianqian, who said similar sand-vanishing attackers had appeared throughout Longyao City.
• Xu Qianqian revealed that the attackers were members of the Wang family, whose head and heiress had gone missing after the family was attacked.
• Xu Qianqian invited Su Ming to her villa to discuss the situation, and he agreed to come despite the late hour.

Su Ming visited Xu Qianqian’s villa at her invitation and provoked her private soldiers, especially Lie, before Xu Qianqian sent them away. Xu Qianqian brought Su Ming inside to talk after revealing she had been training because she disliked feeling weak.

• Su Ming arrived at Xu Qianqian’s villa and was stopped by Lie, Yin, and the private soldiers guarding it.
• Yin went to fetch Xu Qianqian after Su Ming explained that she had invited him.
• Su Ming teased Lie about failing to protect Xu Qianqian and tricked the private soldiers into thinking she had arrived.
• Lie attacked Su Ming, who easily dodged his attacks without striking back.
• Xu Qianqian appeared and ordered the private soldiers to leave, while Su Ming continued teasing Lie.
• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming she had been practicing because insufficient strength was unpleasant, then invited him inside to talk.

Su Ming visited Xu Qianqian and learned that Wang Family members had been drained of their blood and used as sacrifices in a suspected ritual, possibly connected to 'Evil' and an accomplice among Longyao City's upper echelon. Concerned that the threat could reach them, Su Ming decided to interfere and revealed an Alchemy Tool that could disrupt rituals and other alchemical effects.

• Su Ming met Xu Qianqian in her room and returned the identity badge taken from a bizarre attacker, which she confirmed belonged to the Wang Family.
• Xu Qianqian explained that the Wang Family’s direct line had only two members because bloodline standards determined who counted as a direct descendant.
• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that Wang Family members had been drained of blood and might have been sacrificed in a ritual, with the culprit still unknown and 'Evil' among the suspects.
• Xu Qianqian warned that an accomplice of 'Evil' might be among Longyao City's upper echelon and could target people connected to her and Su Ming.
• Su Ming decided to trip up the people behind the crimes and showed Xu Qianqian a Hindrance Smoke Wave that could interfere with alchemy and rituals.

A ruthless-looking man’s blood sacrifice ritual to free the sealed “King” was disrupted when Su Ming released the Hindrance Smoke Wave across Longyao City. The Wang Family’s young lady escaped with the “sword,” and the black-clothed expert set out to track her down.

• The ruthless-looking man learned that sacrificing more than four hundred Wang Family branch-line members had barely affected the seal, so he ordered his subordinates to prepare Wang Xiao and his daughter as direct-line sacrifices.
• Su Ming warned Xu Qianqian that the Hindrance Smoke Wave would disrupt rituals and alchemy across Longyao City, and she approved its release.
• Su Ming launched the Hindrance Smoke Wave, whose magnetic ash spread across the city and caused the ritual to malfunction, the sacrifices to awaken, and parts of the ruins to collapse.
• A subordinate reported that the Wang Family’s young lady had escaped with the “sword,” and the ruthless-looking man killed him and ordered a search.
• The black-clothed expert identified a special magnetic fluctuation as the likely cause of the ritual’s failure, then agreed to track down the Wang Family’s young lady and the “sword.”

Su Ming warned Xu Qianqian that the people behind the ritual might target her after tracing the Hindrance Smoke Wave, and proposed using her as bait in a coordinated ambush. Xu Qianqian agreed to involve her father and Longyao City's factions, while Su Ming planned to join undercover as a mysterious expert and keep Xiao Hai'er hidden.

• Su Ming explained that an 'Evil' collaborator among Longyao City's higher-ups could use detection department records to identify Xu Qianqian as the source of the Hindrance Smoke Wave.
• Su Ming proposed tracking who accessed the detection intelligence, then ambushing the attackers and using them to uncover those behind the Wang Family attack and ritual.
• Xu Qianqian agreed to tell her father and organize an ambush with the Xu Family's allies and Longyao City's other major factions.
• Su Ming said he would pose as the mysterious expert previously sent by the Yun Family to protect Xu Qianqian, and Xu Qianqian accepted his decision to join.
• Su Ming decided Xiao Hai'er should stay hidden and persuaded her by reminding her that she wanted the Crimson Vein Stone and to evolve into a Greater Phantasmal Demon.