Recaps

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian identified Mo Leng, head of the Mo Family, as the Longyao City official likely collaborating with 'Sin' to capture Xiao Hai'er and aid its secret rituals. Su Ming concluded that 'Sin' was the true mastermind, but its ritual’s purpose and its use of Wang Family members as sacrifices remained unknown.

• Xu Qianqian confirmed that only one city official had requested a detection department report within an hour of Hindrance Smoke Wave being used, and Su Ming inferred that the official was investigating with a specific purpose.
• Su Ming reassured Xu Qianqian that the 'Sin' forces in Longyao City were unlikely to have enough strength to overwhelm the city, and Xu Qianqian agreed to proceed with their planned ambush.
• Xu Qianqian revealed that the official was Mo Leng, the current head of the Mo Family and a Longyao City councilor.
• Su Ming connected the Mo Family’s Nightmare Breed ancestry and desire to restore its bloodline to Mo Leng’s likely interest in capturing Xiao Hai'er.
• Su Ming reasoned that 'Sin' had manipulated the Mo Family and was the true mastermind behind the Wang Family attacks and cruel rituals, while the ritual’s purpose and its use of Wang Family members as sacrifices remained unclear.

Xu Qianqian told Xu Yongfeng that she had disrupted Evil’s ritual and become its target, prompting him to prepare Longyao City’s forces for a battle on Xu Family territory. Su Ming joined the operation in disguise as the mysterious expert King Ming.

• Xu Qianqian told Xu Yongfeng about Hindrance Smoke Wave, the Mo Family’s collusion with Evil, and the plan to use her as bait, angering her father.
• Xu Yongfeng ordered Xu Qianqian to stay in the Xu Family territory, but she warned that Evil might attack the family there.
• Xu Yongfeng revealed that he had secured his father’s approval and coordinated with Longyao City’s powers to ambush Evil and confront it on Xu Family territory.
• Xu Yongfeng recognized the masked figure as the expert who had saved Xu Qianqian during the Huaming Campaign and asked his identity.
• Su Ming introduced himself as King Ming, and Xu Yongfeng welcomed him into the operation, believing the Yun Family had sent him.

Su Ming, disguised as King Ming, met with Xu Yongfeng and Xu Qianqian to discuss the coming operation and how the Xu Family would handle the Mo Family. After Xu Yongfeng’s spy failed to see through Su Ming’s enchanted equipment, Su Ming sensed the spy watching him and prepared to make ready for the operation as danger drew near.

• Xu Yongfeng welcomed Su Ming as King Ming, whose strength and apparent ties to the Yun Family made him a valuable ally, and Su Ming kept his identity hidden with a rehearsed persona.
• Xu Qianqian asked how the Xu Family would deal with the Mo Family, and Xu Yongfeng said the forces in Longyao City would isolate them before investigating their alleged ties to 'Evil.'
• After Su Ming and Xu Qianqian left, Xu Yongfeng asked Shadow to identify King Ming, but Shadow said King Ming’s equipment blocked his special eyesight.
• Xu Yongfeng decided against having Shadow follow King Ming, fearing that discovery would damage the Xu Family’s trust with him.
• In the corridor, Su Ming sensed someone had been watching him and then told Xu Qianqian they should prepare for the coming operation.

Mo Leng and Sin’s ruthless leader each planned to betray the other as Sin prepared to hunt Xu Qianqian. Meanwhile, a young Wang Family survivor escaped through the ruins with the mysterious Sword, and the ruthless man led his forces toward the Xu Family manor.

• Mo Leng told the ruthless man that Xu Qianqian had disrupted the ritual, while the ruthless man promised to help him recapture the Phantasmal Demon Cub.
• After ending the call, Mo Leng revealed he planned to exploit Sin’s clash with Longyao City’s families to seize the Phantasmal Demon Cub and flee.
• A young Wang Family survivor hid from Sin’s searchers, remembered her father’s warning, and escaped carrying the Sword.
• A black-clad expert found the girl’s hiding place and pursued her trail.
• The ruthless man gathered his subordinates and arrived at the Xu Family manor to target Xu Qianqian.

Su Ming accompanied Xu Qianqian to a gathering of Longyao City's major families and factions, where High-level Professionals sized up the mysterious protector known as King Ming. Gao Xu recognized Su Ming as the expert who had forced him back, and his account left another attendee eager to test Su Ming.

• Su Ming took leave from the Demon Hunter Academy and spent the day with Xu Qianqian, who told him she had prepared another shipment of Crimson Vein Stones.
• Xu Qianqian invited Su Ming to a gathering of influential families and factions, explaining that it would help him learn who might become his allies or enemies.
• Xu Qianqian and Su Ming entered the outdoor gathering together, drawing the attention of the assembled experts, including Gao Xu and Xu Yanyan.
• A casually dressed man asked Gao Xu about his previous loss to Su Ming, and Gao Xu described Su Ming's unusual perception and powerful right hand.
• The casually dressed man became curious about Su Ming and wanted to test him.

Duan Xiaofei heard Gao Xu’s account of King Ming and considered inviting him, while Xu Qianqian faced accusations and harassment from the Li Family at the gathering. Su Ming struck back at the Li Family’s hidden High-level Professional, and the chapter ended with him eager to fight Li Jing.

• Duan Xiaofei said he might invite King Ming if the mysterious Professional proved exceptional and had no record of misconduct.
• Li Mei and Li Su confronted Xu Qianqian, blaming her for Li Wei’s death and pressuring her to confess.
• Su Ming blasted apart the aura of the Li Family’s High-level Professional, forcing Li Jing to reveal himself.
• Li Jing threatened to teach Su Ming a lesson, and Su Ming challenged him to fight.

Su Ming fought Li Jing at the Xu Family gathering after Li Jing challenged him, and his overwhelming right-hand strength let him contend with the veteran Four-star Hunter. As the battle intensified, Su Ming unknowingly activated Pattern Sight, while Gao Xu recognized how much stronger he had become and saw him as a growing threat.

• Xu Qianqian warned Su Ming that Li Jing was a formidable veteran Four-star Hunter, while the gathered professionals watched the confrontation unfold.
• Su Ming and Li Jing clashed, and Su Ming's powerful right hand overpowered Li Jing's claw and sent him smashing through pillars.
• Li Jing used his speed to strike Su Ming and knock him into the ground, but the two soon resumed a rapid, close-range battle.
• Duan Xiaofei analyzed Su Ming's extraordinary strength and perception, while Gao Xu noticed Su Ming had grown considerably stronger since their previous fight.
• Su Ming lost himself in the exhilaration of fighting and unknowingly activated Pattern Sight, making eerie patterns appear across the face behind his mask.

Su Ming awakened his Pattern Sight and struck Li Jing down, realizing he was close to becoming a high-level Hunter. Before their fight could resume after Li Jing began Demonization, Xu Wen and other Six-Star figures arrived to stop them, and the Li Family’s Six-Star Hunter demanded that Su Ming remove his mask.

• Su Ming used his awakened Pattern Sight and a powerful punch to blast Li Jing through the venue wall, recognizing that he was one step away from becoming a high-level Hunter.
• Li Jing emerged from the rubble, and Su Ming mocked him for failing to teach him a lesson on behalf of the Yun Family.
• Li Jing began Demonization, while Su Ming brought out his Silver Arm and Fire Fang to prepare for another fight.
• Xu Wen arrived with several powerful figures and ordered Su Ming and Li Jing to stop, then reprimanded them for fighting before the operation against Evil.
• The Li Family’s Six-Star Hunter praised Su Ming’s strength and asked him to remove his mask.

Su Ming used Uncle Wu’s name to deter the Li Family elder, then agreed to follow Xu Wen after hearing the matter concerned the Yun Family. As Xu Wen gathered several young people, Su Ming and Xu Qianqian suspected their operation had taken an unexpected turn and followed the group to learn what had happened.

• Xu Ming invoked Uncle Wu when the Li Family elder pressed him, causing the elder to fall silent and Xu Wen to stop challenging him.
• Xu Wen summoned Su Ming and Li Jing, then persuaded Su Ming to come by saying his news would interest the Yun Family.
• Xu Qianqian, Xu Yanyan, Gao Xu, and Duan Xiaofei joined Xu Wen’s group, while the Li Family elder took Li Jing away.
• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian noticed other powerful figures gathering people and worried that their operation had changed unexpectedly.
• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian followed the group, unsure what new development awaited them.

Xu Wen revealed that a survivor from the Wang Family had escaped with news of a hidden ruin beneath the family cemetery, where Evil had been conducting a ritual. He announced a secret mission for the Six Great Families to investigate the ruin while Evil’s forces were occupied elsewhere.

• Xu Qianqian brought Su Ming to meet Xu Wen, where Gao Xu and Xu Yanyan were waiting.
• Xu Wen told them that a Wang Family survivor had escaped and provided important information.
• Xu Wen used a map to show that the Wang Family’s ancestral cemetery concealed a ruin that Evil had excavated.
• The survivor reported that Evil had taken Wang Family members into the ruin for a cruel ritual, which was disrupted as the ruin began to collapse.
• Xu Wen announced a joint Six Great Families mission to infiltrate and investigate the ruin while Evil launched a large-scale attack.

Xu Wen recruited Su Ming and Gao Xu to investigate the ruins while 'Sin' attacked the Xu Family. Su Ming agreed to go after Xu Wen promised to protect Xu Qianqian, leaving the group preparing to divide their efforts between the ruins and the coming battle.

• Xu Wen explained that the Six Great Families had secretly ordered elite teams to investigate the ruins while 'Sin' attacked the Xu Family.
• Gao Xu accepted the mission on behalf of his faction, and Xu Yanyan hoped the discovery would help them regain influence within the Xu Family.
• Xu Wen invited Su Ming to join the investigation, despite Xu Yanyan objecting that an outsider should not be involved.
• Su Ming considered investigating the ruins to disrupt 'Sin's' plans, but hesitated because he had promised to protect Xu Qianqian.
• Xu Wen promised to protect Xu Qianqian himself, and Su Ming agreed to go to the ruins.

Su Ming joined the elites chosen by the Six Great Families for a secret mission to explore some ruins, despite Li Jing’s objections. Gao Xu and Xu Yanyan arrived last, completing the group as they prepared to set out.

• Su Ming slipped out of the Xu Family’s main residence and went to the guesthouse where the mission team would gather.
• Li Jing challenged Su Ming’s right to join the mission, but Duan Xiaofei defended the elders’ decision and introduced himself.
• Lu Yang, Li Jing, Bai Xuefei, Duan Xiaofei, and Su Ming introduced themselves to the group.
• Gao Xu entered the room with Xu Yanyan, completing the gathering.

Gao Xu joined the secret mission in place of Xu Wen, and the group debated how to coordinate and approach the ruins without alerting 'Evil'. Su Ming offered a way to reach the ruins undetected, but said someone would have to make a sacrifice, then pointed at Li Jing.

• Gao Xu explained that Xu Wen had sent him because the Xu Family was preparing to defend its ancestral grounds, and Xu Yanyan would accompany the group.
• Li Jing proposed choosing a captain, but Lu Yang, Bai Xuefei, Su Ming, and Gao Xu opposed the idea, so the group agreed each family would manage its own team.
• The group discussed when and how to approach the ruins, rejecting surveillance, remote tracking, and a direct assault as too dangerous.
• Su Ming decided Longyao City needed help and offered to use the Yun Family's items to conceal the group's approach to the ruins.
• Su Ming said someone would have to make a sacrifice and pointed at Li Jing, who was surrounded by the group's malice.

Su Ming used the Mossy Elixir to turn the reluctant Li Jing into a Mossy Rat Demon so he could scout the guarded ruins underground. The group set out with Li Jing transformed and the elixir’s limited duration pressing them to hurry.

• Su Ming explained that the Mossy Elixir would let someone become a hard-to-detect Mossy Rat Demon and burrow beneath the enemy’s defenses.
• Li Jing refused to drink the potion, but Duan Xiaofei and Gao Xu held him down while the others agreed a High-level Professional should take the risk.
• Su Ming admitted he had chosen Li Jing because of their conflict and rejected Li Jing’s suggestion to use a lower-level scout instead.
• When Li Jing used Demonization to struggle, Su Ming forced the potion down his throat and punched his abdomen to stop him spitting it out.
• Li Jing transformed into a strangely furred Groundhog, and Su Ming picked him up and urged everyone to move before the Mossy Elixir wore off.

Su Ming, Gao Xu, and the family Hunters entered the ruins after the groundhog revealed that Sin’s forces had left and Xu Yanyan sealed the area with an Alchemy Barrier. Inside, Sin’s remaining forces discovered the invasion, but Crow ordered them to handle it while he continued pursuing the Wang Family’s young lady.

• The groundhog reported that Sin’s main force had left the ruins and pointed out a weak spot in the security to Su Ming and the gathered Hunters.
• Gao Xu told the Li Family Hunters that Li Jing had entered the ruins, while Xu Yanyan raised an Alchemy Barrier that cut off communication between the inside and outside.
• Gao Xu, Lu Yang, Bai Xuefei, Duan Xiaofei, and Su Ming led their groups into the ruins, leaving the Li-surnamed groundhog behind.
• Sin’s stationed Underground Professionals noticed the invasion and panicked because the ruins were collapsing, the ritual had been interrupted, and they could not contact their Vice-Leader.
• Crow ordered his subordinates to concentrate their forces against the invaders while he continued pursuing the Wang Family’s young lady.

The Six Great Families fought their way through the Underground Professionals of "Evil," while Su Ming and the others tried to uncover the ruins’ secrets. After finding their captives unwilling to talk, they set out to locate the Wang Family’s direct-line survivors, but then discovered that the ruins were suppressing their bloodlines and Demonic Power.

• Gao Xu, Duan Xiaofei, Lu Yang, Bai Xuefei, and the Six Great Families’ Hunters attacked and slaughtered the Underground Professionals blocking their path.
• The unnamed Li Family Groundhog joined the battle and killed enemies with startling ferocity, terrifying the Li Family Hunter who had previously looked down on it.
• Su Ming and the others tried to interrogate captured Underground Professionals, but the captives fought to the death and revealed nothing.
• Gao Xu ordered the team to prioritize finding Wang Xiao and his daughter before continuing to explore the ruins.
• Duan Xiaofei noticed that their bloodlines had grown less active inside the ruins, and Su Ming realized that even his Nightmare Breed bloodline and Demonic Power were being suppressed.

Su Ming survived the collapse and bombardment that trapped the Six Great Families, then searched the dark underground ruins for survivors. He rescued the injured Xu Yanyan, who was left facing him alone as he asked where Gao Xu was.

• Su Ming and Bai Xuefei sensed danger as ring-shaped arrays appeared, but the terrain collapsed and Underground Professionals from "Sin" bombarded the trapped Six Great Families with Spiritual Arts.
• Su Ming used his right hand to deflect some of the firepower and fell away from the center of the attack, then emerged from the rubble deep underground.
• Su Ming reflected on the danger posed by Warlocks and used Ascension Restraint Flow to locate survivors, but several people died before he could reach them.
• Su Ming rescued injured survivors with Alchemy Potions and moved them into a temporary shelter.
• Su Ming dug Xu Yanyan out of the rubble and gave her an Alchemy Potion, then asked where Gao Xu was.

After surviving the bombardment, Su Ming and Xu Yanyan were ambushed by Underground Professionals while searching the dangerous area. Xu Yanyan revealed that a Life Paper made with Gao Xu’s fingernail could lead them to him, giving them a direction to follow.

• Xu Yanyan told Su Ming that Gao Xu had shielded her from the bombardment, then followed Su Ming because traveling alone was more dangerous.
• Several attackers ambushed Su Ming and Xu Yanyan; Su Ming killed three while Xu Yanyan fought two others.
• The two remaining attackers fled when Su Ming watched the fight, and Su Ming pursued and returned with their corpses.
• Su Ming and Xu Yanyan concluded that Underground Professionals were hunting survivors and discussed finding the other High-level Professionals, including Gao Xu.
• Xu Yanyan explained that Life Paper could point toward the person whose fingernail it contained, and identified Gao Xu as the person linked to hers.

Su Ming and Xu Yanyan followed the Life Paper through the underground ruins while fighting repeated attacks from Sin. They found Bai Family female hunters under siege, and Su Ming rescued one hunter and turned the fight around, leaving the attackers unable to escape.

• Su Ming and Xu Yanyan navigated the rubble, rescued some survivors, and warned them that Sin was hunting people in the ruins.
• Su Ming and Xu Yanyan fought off a twelfth wave of Sin attackers as they searched for Gao Xu.
• Su Ming sensed a nearby battle and led Xu Yanyan to a group of Bai Family female hunters fighting Sin's Underground Professionals.
• Su Ming kicked away an attacker about to kill a fallen hunter and rapidly knocked down the surrounding enemies.
• Xu Yanyan urged the Bai Family hunters to counterattack, and Su Ming used his spiritual perception to prevent the retreating attackers from escaping.

Su Ming rescued Bai Ruxiang and the Bai Family Hunters from an attack by 'Sin,' then learned that Bai Xuefei had saved them from the earlier bombardment but was now missing. Bai Ruxiang joined Su Ming and Xu Yanyan to search for her, leaving Su Ming surrounded by the Bai Family women.

• Su Ming defeated the attackers who had cornered the Bai Family Hunters, and Bai Ruxiang thanked him for saving them.
• Xu Yanyan introduced Bai Ruxiang as Bai Xuefei's elder sister, and Su Ming praised her for supporting her younger sister's achievements.
• Bai Ruxiang explained that Bai Xuefei had shielded the family from 'Sin's' bombardment, but the sisters had since become separated and could not contact each other.
• Bai Ruxiang said she and the Bai Family Hunters would search for Bai Xuefei rather than wait, and Xu Yanyan invited them to travel with her and Su Ming.
• Su Ming agreed to let the Bai Family join them and realized he was the only man among the group.

Su Ming helped the injured female Hunters of the Bai Family recover, then received a dagger from Xiaoyan as thanks for saving her. Bai Ruxiang explained that the daggers carried by Bai women had become tokens of deep gratitude, leaving Su Ming to wonder if Xiaoyan’s gift resembled a token of love.

• Su Ming gave the injured Bai Family Hunters Alchemy Potions and waited while they treated their wounds and changed clothes.
• Xiaoyan shyly approached Su Ming, thanked him for saving her, and gave him a finely crafted dagger.
• Su Ming overheard the other Bai women discussing Xiaoyan’s courage and inspected the dagger she had given him.
• Bai Ruxiang explained the dangers faced by Bai women and the dagger’s significance as a token of sincere gratitude.
• Su Ming wondered whether Xiaoyan’s dagger felt like a token of love.

Su Ming accepted Bai Xiaoyan’s gratitude dagger and led the Bai Family Hunters and Xu Yanyan through the ruins, sensing a strange power stirring in his hand. Elsewhere, a fleeing girl’s sword awakened and dragged her away, while Crow and the evil faction’s leaders realized the danger was growing and moved to confront the intruders.

• Su Ming accepted Bai Xiaoyan’s dagger, then set out with Bai Ruxiang, Xu Yanyan, and the recovered Bai Family Hunters.
• Su Ming sensed something unusual and concealed the deep-blue radiance flickering across his right hand as he followed the group.
• A hunted girl lost her way in the ruins, and her sword began glowing with an ancient force before pulling her into a passage.
• Crow found traces of the girl and the sword’s ancient power, feared that the Sword had awakened, and hurried off to recover it.
• The evil faction’s leaders confirmed that the intruders belonged to the Six Great Families and split up to attack them and restart the ritual.

Su Ming and the Bai Family Hunters followed the Life Paper through the darkness, apparently finding a route out of the trap-filled area. As Su Ming’s right hand resonated with an unknown power, a screaming figure rushed toward him and collided with him.

• The noisy Bai Family Hunters fought off several attacks while Su Ming followed Xu Yanyan and the Life Paper through the darkness.
• Bai Ruxiang marked their route as the group found clearer terrain, and Su Ming told her to remember the way so they could return for the survivors.
• Su Ming’s right hand repeatedly glowed with ghostly blue markings, and he wondered whether it was resonating with another power.
• Bai Ruxiang said Bai Xuefei had not answered her messages, then calmed the worried Hunters while Xu Yanyan observed her authority.
• Su Ming’s hand flared as an unfamiliar scream approached, and Bai Ruxiang warned the Hunters that the voice was not one of theirs.
• A blur of light rushed directly at Su Ming; he stopped his attack when he heard the figure wail, and it crashed into him in a cloud of dust.

Su Ming and the Bai Family Hunters discovered Wang Yihan, the Wang Family heiress, after a strange sword carried her into their midst. Wang Yihan reunited with Bai Ruxiang and Xu Yanyan, while Su Ming sensed an unusual power from her sword and she injured herself by clutching it.

• The female Hunters rushed into the dust cloud and found Wang Yihan lying on top of Su Ming.
• Bai Ruxiang and Xu Yanyan recognized Wang Yihan, and the group learned she was the Wang Family's direct-line heiress.
• Su Ming noticed an ancient power in Wang Yihan's sword, but she grabbed it protectively before he could reach for it.
• Wang Yihan explained that the sword had suddenly carried her out of the ruin and asked whether the Hunters had come to rescue her.
• Xu Yanyan told Su Ming that Wang Yihan was Wang Xiao's daughter and a key survivor the group had been searching for.
• Bai Xiaoyan pointed out that Wang Yihan was bleeding from hugging the exposed blade, and Wang Yihan cried out in pain.

Su Ming and the others met Wang Yihan after she was rescued, and she recounted how "Evil" attacked the Wang Family ancestral grounds. She revealed that the Vice-Leader defeated and killed her father, Wang Xiao, leaving the group to face the news of Longyao City's mayor's death.

• Su Ming observed Wang Yihan clutching her sword and later saw her return after her wounds were treated and her clothes changed.
• Bai Ruxiang and Xu Yanyan explained that "Evil's" main forces had gone to the Xu Family ancestral grounds while the other great families sent covert forces into the ruins.
• Wang Yihan described how "Evil" overwhelmed the Wang Family, burned its ancestral grounds, and how Lord Crow fought her father, Wang Xiao.
• Wang Yihan said the Vice-Leader intervened and defeated Wang Xiao, who had already been weakened by injuries from the Huaming Campaign.
• Wang Yihan told Bai Ruxiang and Xu Yanyan that her father had died.