Recaps

Su Ming tried to stay unnoticed while his rare Spiritual Art, Xu Qianqian’s investigation, and An Zijin’s return pulled him into academy turmoil and a dangerous search. The arc left Su Ming and Xu Qianqian suspecting that powerful figures in Longyao Base City had sent a group to capture a Greater Phantasmal Demon cub.

• Su Ming burned a regenerating Screaming Devil to ashes, then returned to the academy with Lei Hao and Ye Bai and resolved to hide until he became invincible.
• Su Ming spent his saved Crystals on a package, gained Spiritual Power and a high-grade Spiritual Art, and began learning Celestial Revolution before stumbling upon a masked group searching the wilderness.
• Su Ming escaped the search party, fought the wounded Xu Qianqian, and later learned that his blood had helped her recover and was why she had watched him.
• Xu Qianqian recruited Su Ming to investigate the suspicious group, and he agreed under a contract that protected his identity and required her to handle his supernatural items.
• An Zijin reunited with Su Ming as his childhood friend Little Zijin, alarming the academy’s male students and prompting her to ask when they would marry.
• Xu Qianqian and An Zijin confronted each other over Su Ming, but a search for him interrupted them before they could fight.
• Su Ming used an Alchemy Tool to trace Spiritual Power to a battlefield, found a scale bearing Phantom Demon aura, and summoned Xu Qianqian to discuss his findings.
• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian concluded that the group might be pursuing a Greater Phantasmal Demon cub, possibly on behalf of someone among Longyao Base City’s higher-ups.

Su Ming formed a team with An Zijin and her roommates, then led them to Huaming District as a Spirit Fiend Abyss threatened to appear. After the group began completing Phantom Demon missions, Su Ming helped An Zijin develop her skills while keeping his own abilities concealed.

• Su Ming asked Xu Qianqian to identify a damaged scale and admitted that his true goal was refining Nightmare Breed blood into a Phantasmal Demon Elixir.
• Su Ming registered a team with Lei Hao, Ye Bai, An Zijin, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei, then gave Xu Qianqian supernatural goods to sell and supplies to buy.
• Su Ming opened 147 packages before departure and found a Viridian Elixir that could improve his chances of adapting to a Phantasmal Demon Elixir.
• On the train to Huaming District, Xu Qianqian tasted Su Ming’s blood, and An Zijin challenged her before Su Ming told them both to stop involving him.
• The team arrived in Huaming District, where Li Wei questioned Su Ming about his friendship with Xu Qianqian, and the academy required students to earn 10,000 Contribution Points.
• Su Ming’s team accepted a C-rank Blade Fiend mission, killed the Phantom Demon, and received his advice on fighting and coordinating against regenerating enemies.
• The team completed two more Phantom Demon missions and divided their Contribution Points, while Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei continued to suspect Su Ming was hiding something.
• Su Ming recognized An Zijin’s talent for Scorching Sparrow’s Cry, gave her the Style 55: Octagonal Crystal Barrier manual, and received an Extracurricular Sequence Spiritual Art manual from her.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian uncovered Sin’s attempt to capture a Phantasmal Demon Cub, fought Yi Junchuan, and let the cub escape. As the Spirit Fiend Abyss opening approached, Su Ming prepared for the coming battle while hidden forces continued pursuing the cub and their wider plans.

• Su Ming traced the suspicious group to Warehouse Street, where he and Xu Qianqian infiltrated the mercenaries’ base and learned they were hunting a Greater Phantasmal Demon cub.
• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian saw Yi Junchuan’s men capture the cub, then intervened, and Su Ming freed it and fought the mercenaries while Xu Qianqian attacked Yi Junchuan.
• Yi Junchuan used a Demonization Elixir and fought Su Ming and Xu Qianqian until an unknown figure killed him with an Ice Spear.
• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian escaped before the authorities arrived, and Xu Qianqian agreed to report the plot without revealing Su Ming’s role.
• Su Ming decided to seek a Nightmare Breed bloodline and asked a girl to find an alchemist, agreeing to accompany her shopping in return.
• Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei sneaked into Su Ming’s room to search his belongings, and he woke to find them on his bed, creating an embarrassing misunderstanding at breakfast.
• Ye Bai secured urgent missions, and Su Ming’s squad completed seven missions to earn nearly 80,000 Contribution Points before the Spirit Fiend Abyss opened.
• The girl found a skilled alchemist for Su Ming, while a mysterious figure and his collaborator planned to stop the cub from returning to the Spirit Fiend Abyss and pursue targets beyond the four Base Cities.

Su Ming’s squad took a defensive position as the Spirit Fiend Abyss opened, while the Xu Family’s conflict and the Phantom Demon assault threatened the camp. After learning more about his Nightmare Breed bloodline, Su Ming secured an elixir and helped save Jiang Wanyu, leaving An Zijin suspicious of his relationship with Yun Langyue.

• Su Ming’s squad chose a relatively safe defensive line, then reached Huaming District and learned that Xu Qianqian’s team and Li Wei’s elite team had also been assigned there.
• Xu Yanyan confronted Xu Qianqian at the assembly, but Gao Xu stopped their fight before Commander Duan outlined the defenses and the Spirit Fiend Abyss opened.
• Su Ming met Xu Yanyan and Gao Xu in an abandoned park, then used Yun Langyue’s warning to make them abandon their plans to use or harm him.
• Su Ming rejoined his squad as Hazard Breeds appeared across the front, and he and An Zijin joined the Warlocks in attacking the Phantom Demon horde.
• Shadow Lurker Demons struck from the defenders’ shadows, but Su Ming’s Spiral Fire incinerated one as strange markings appeared on his forehead and then vanished.
• After Jiang Wanyu was poisoned by a Poisonous Gel Demon, Su Ming met Yun Langyue and Shi Lin, who agreed to refine a Phantasmal Demon Elixir and treat her wound.
• Shi Lin completed the elixir and treated Jiang Wanyu, while Yun Langyue teased An Zijin about taking Su Ming home and An Zijin demanded to know who she was.