Chapter Summaries

Su Ming and Wang Yihan found Bai Ruxiang and the defeated Hunters, where four surviving High-level Professionals from Sin prepared to pursue Wang Yihan and continue their plan to awaken their King. Gao Xu and the other wounded Hunters struggled to block them, and Gao Xu demanded to know why Sin wanted to awaken humanity’s greatest enemy.

• Su Ming confirmed he could fly out of the ruined underground area and slowly led Wang Yihan toward the battlefield.
• Su Ming found Bai Ruxiang, Gao Xu, and the other Hunters badly injured after their battle with Sin’s forces.
• Scarred Man and Bald Man discussed their losses with the gloomy man and the alluring woman, then decided to leave and find Wang Yihan before Lord Crow returned.
• Gao Xu, Bai Xuefei, and Duan Xiaofei forced themselves to stand and refused to let Sin pursue Wang Yihan.
• Gao Xu asked why Sin wanted to awaken humanity’s greatest enemy and whether they intended to destroy humanity.

The four members of “Sin” explained that they had awakened the Phantasmal Demon King to overthrow the Base Cities and punish humanity for their exile. As both sides prepared for a final fight, Su Ming arrived, and two members of “Sin” fled while the other two stood their ground against him.

• The members of “Sin” said they believed Professionals deserved greater privileges and wanted to overturn the Base Cities, even if humanity suffered in the process.
• Bai Xuefei called for the group to kill the criminals, and the others prepared to fight or help the wounded Bai Family Hunters.
• The alluring woman threatened Bai Xuefei, and the High-level Professionals on both sides prepared for battle.
• Su Ming appeared, startling the gathered Hunters and alarming the four members of “Sin.”
• Scarred Man and Bald Man fled when Su Ming raised his glowing, power-filled hand, while the gloomy man and the alluring woman chose to fight him.

Su Ming defeated two Demonized Four-star Underground Professionals with his right hand, then returned after failing to catch the two who escaped. The group rescued the wounded and began evacuating the ruins with Wang Yihan, their mission complete.

• The gloomy man and the alluring woman entered Demonization and attacked Su Ming, but he killed the man and gravely wounded the woman with a single punch.
• Su Ming killed the wounded harpy with another punch, then pursued Scarred Man and Bald Man while the onlookers reacted in shock.
• Su Ming returned five minutes later and reported that Scarred Man and Bald Man had escaped.
• The group used Alchemy Potions to treat the injured, including Li Jing and Lu Yang, and helped the survivors recover enough to move.
• Su Ming urged everyone to leave the ruins and escort Wang Yihan out before Sin could return; Duan Xiaofei, Bai Xuefei, and Gao Xu agreed to withdraw.

The major families of Longyao City repelled Sin’s attack on the Xu Family, and Su Ming left after ensuring Wang Yihan was safe. Duan Xiaofei followed Su Ming and began asking about Tianfeng City, a name Su Ming recognized.

• Sin’s Vice-Leader attacked the Xu Family to target Wang Yihan, but the major families’ traps and ambushes inflicted heavy losses on Sin’s forces.
• Five Six-Star Professionals fought Sin’s Vice-Leader, and he eventually withdrew with the few forces he had left.
• Su Ming brought Wang Yihan to the Xu Family, where the major families took her under their protection.
• The Bai Family’s female Hunters and Wang Yihan tried to keep Su Ming from leaving, but he lifted Wang Yihan aside and escaped; Duan Xiaofei followed him.
• Su Ming confronted Duan Xiaofei with his glowing right hand, then lowered it after Duan Xiaofei made clear he meant no harm.
• Duan Xiaofei asked Su Ming whether he knew Tianfeng City, and Su Ming recognized the name.

Duan Xiaofei explained why Tianfeng City was humanity’s most important stronghold and how its envoys recruited promising Professionals. He recommended that Su Ming go there so a major faction could support him, and the chapter ended with Su Ming being asked whether he would accept.

• Duan Xiaofei told Su Ming that Tianfeng City guarded the Chaos Demon Den and gathered the world’s strongest Professionals and richest resources.
• Duan Xiaofei explained that Tianfeng City needed powerful combatants and supported promising talents from other Base Cities.
• Duan Xiaofei revealed that a Tianfeng City envoy had recognized his talent, helped him become a High-level Professional, and assigned him to find outstanding candidates in Longyao City.
• Duan Xiaofei said that candidates recommended by an envoy could travel to Tianfeng City with an escort and receive support from a major faction.
• Duan Xiaofei recommended Su Ming because of the power of his right hand and asked whether he wanted to go to Tianfeng City.

Su Ming rejected Duan Xiaofei’s recommendation to Tianfeng City because he feared others would covet the Demon Emperor Sword, but he began planning to travel there on his own. He returned to the Xu Family estate after considering how to obtain a safe route, leave the Academy, and arrange for his parents.

• Su Ming explained that Tianfeng City offered valuable opportunities to obtain Crystals, but feared its powerful forces might try to seize the Demon Emperor Sword.
• Su Ming rejected Duan Xiaofei’s recommendation and said he would go to Tianfeng City by himself if he went at all.
• After leaving the Xu Family estate, Su Ming decided he needed a detailed map showing safe routes and considered asking Yun Langyue for one.
• Su Ming considered applying for early graduation from the Demon Hunter Academy and worried about leaving An Zijin and his other schoolmates behind.
• Su Ming decided to plan for his parents’ relocation before leaving Longyao City, then returned to the Xu Family estate in his original appearance.

After Longyao City defeated Evil’s attack, Su Ming learned that the city’s leaders planned to seek reinforcements because a Terror Breed was sealed beneath the city. He concluded that Longyao might become the safest Base City, then told Xu Qianqian he intended to travel to Tianfeng City on his own rather than accept Duan Xiaofei’s recommendation.

• Su Ming visited the damaged Xu Family grounds, confirmed Xu Qianqian was safe, and discussed the battle’s losses with her.
• Xu Qianqian said Longyao City’s leaders planned to coordinate with the other Base Cities and request aid from cities in the continent’s heart.
• Xu Qianqian revealed that Gao Xu and Xu Yanyan had reported the Terror Breed sealed beneath Longyao City to her grandfather.
• Su Ming reasoned that reinforcements could make Longyao City a safe place for his family and free him to travel to Tianfeng City.
• Xu Qianqian asked whether Su Ming had received Duan Xiaofei’s recommendation, and Su Ming said he had declined it because he wanted to visit Tianfeng City himself.

Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that Tianfeng City’s Wang Family was sending people to Longyao City and that Wang Yihan wanted him to return the Demon Emperor Sword. After Su Ming called Yun Langyue, she explained that the Yun Family was facing scrutiny over King Ming and offered to find experts to check whether the sword could harm him.

• Xu Qianqian reflected on the Xu Family’s interest in Su Ming and explained that Wang Yihan had contacted her relatives in Tianfeng City, who planned to bring her under their protection.
• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that Wang Yihan was demanding to see him and that the family and other powers had contacted the Yun Family, prompting Su Ming to leave and make a call.
• Yun Langyue confronted Su Ming about the trouble his actions had caused, and he apologized for involving the Yun Family in the fallout over the Demon Emperor Sword.
• Yun Langyue warned Su Ming that others might suspect the Yun Family of hiding the sword and said she could ask experts whether its will had affected him.
• Su Ming told Yun Langyue that the Demon Emperor Sword was in an unusual state and that he could not currently use it, though he was unsure whether it could still affect him.

Su Ming told Yun Langyue about the battle with Lord Crow and the events that followed, and she planned to protect the Yun Family while having experts examine the Demon Emperor Sword’s influence. After their call ended, Xu Qianqian approached Su Ming with grave news.

• Su Ming agreed to let Yun Langyue arrange for experts to investigate his right hand and explained everything that had happened at the Xu Family’s ancestral grounds and the ruins.
• Yun Langyue was shocked that Su Ming had defeated Lord Crow, while Su Ming explained how potions, Lord Crow’s mistakes, and his hidden Warlock abilities had contributed to the victory.
• Yun Langyue proposed claiming that Su Ming had worked for the Yun Family through a guild transaction and arranging for the twelve families to confirm that the family had no Professional named King Ming.
• Yun Langyue said she would have experts assess the Demon Emperor Sword’s danger and urged Su Ming to keep his King Ming identity hidden before ending the call.
• Xu Qianqian approached Su Ming with a grave expression and told him that something had happened.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian returned to the villa and discovered that the Mo Family had attacked and taken Xiao Hai'er. As Su Ming sought the Mo Family’s whereabouts, Lie revealed that someone had betrayed them.

• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian found the villa devastated, its guards and servants dead, and Xiao Hai'er missing.
• Lie told Su Ming and Xu Qianqian that the Mo Family had taken Xiao Hai'er and left without revealing where they had gone.
• Xu Qianqian questioned Lie and learned that someone among them had betrayed them.
• Su Ming called Yun Langyue and asked her to use the Yunliu Merchant Guild’s network to locate the Mo Family.
• Su Ming recalled the Mo Family patriarch, Mo Leng, and resolved to recover Xiao Hai'er.

Su Ming learned that the Mo Family had abducted Xiao Hai'er and planned to pursue them, while Xu Qianqian offered to join him to confront the traitor in her ranks. Yun Langyue reported that the Mo Family had abandoned Longyao City and fled north into the wilderness, but Su Ming believed he had found a way to track them.

• Xu Qianqian admitted that a traitor in her organization had leaked Xiao Hai'er's whereabouts, and Su Ming said he would pursue the Mo Family to rescue her.
• Xu Qianqian offered to accompany Su Ming so she could deal with the traitor and atone for her mistake.
• Yun Langyue reported that the Mo Family had left Longyao City in a large group, taking money and treasures but abandoning their businesses and influence.
• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian realized the Mo Family had entered the wilderness danger zones, where its route would be difficult to track.
• After Yun Langyue said there was no way to follow the Mo Family, Su Ming declared that he had thought of a way.

Su Ming used the Falling Leaves Return to Roots Whip on a corpse from the Mo Family, causing it to rise and seek out its family. He and Xu Qianqian followed the corpse, hoping it would lead them to the Mo Family.

• Su Ming took out a leather whip, making Xu Qianqian wary, and ended his call with Yun Langyue.
• Su Ming confirmed that the corpses in Xu Qianqian's courtyard belonged to the Mo Family and struck one with the whip.
• The dead man rose and began wandering, while Xu Qianqian bit Su Ming and noticed his blood had become more appealing.
• Su Ming explained that the Falling Leaves Return to Roots Whip would make the dead return home or find their family.
• The corpse headed away from the courtyard, and Su Ming and Xu Qianqian followed it.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian pursued the Mo Family corpse across Longyao City and into the wilderness danger zone. They crossed the city wall after the corpse, leaving the city behind as Su Ming faced an unknown road ahead.

• The Mo Family corpse raced through Longyao City, causing a public commotion, while Su Ming and Xu Qianqian kept pace behind it.
• Su Ming noticed that Xu Qianqian had become much faster, then set aside thoughts of his plans to leave for Tianfeng City and focused on the chase.
• When Xu Qianqian grew tired, Su Ming brought out his Dragon Gall Motorcycle and carried her as they continued pursuing the corpse.
• The chase lasted until after noon, when the corpse reached Longyao City's border and charged over the city wall into the wilderness danger zone.
• Su Ming rode the Dragon Gall Motorcycle over the wall with Xu Qianqian and followed the corpse into the wilderness.

Evil’s Vice-Leader shattered the meteorite with Rage Fury and rescued the badly wounded Crow, who had survived inside it using a life-saving Alchemy Tool. Crow identified King Ming as a powerful enemy and vowed to defeat him, while Evil’s survivors prepared to regroup after their failed plan.

• Evil’s Vice-Leader arrived at the meteorite with Scarred Man, Bald Man, and the surviving Underground Professionals, then questioned them about Crow’s defeat by King Ming.
• Evil’s Vice-Leader struck the meteorite with Rage Fury, shattering it and revealing Crow protected by the Foolish Light Gauze Robe.
• Evil’s Vice-Leader gave Crow an Alchemy Potion, and Crow revived enough to sit up and speak.
• Crow said he would treat King Ming as a powerful enemy and vowed to fight and defeat him in their next encounter.
• Evil’s Vice-Leader ordered the group to return and consult Big Brother about what to do after their plan failed.

Outside Longyao City, Mo Leng's family tried to force Xiao Hai'er to evolve into a Nightmare Breed, but she refused their food and blood. A sudden surge of Demonic Power and blood energy suggested that her evolution had begun, leaving Mo Leng elated.

• Mo Leng learned that Xiao Hai'er still refused to drink blood or consume the materials prepared to help her evolve.
• A servant suggested Xiao Hai'er's mutant mother might have left her more humanlike and spiritual than ordinary Phantom Demons.
• Mo Leng ordered the servant to force Xiao Hai'er to consume blood and the prepared materials, then asked whether she hated him for what he had sacrificed her for.
• The servant left without answering, and Mo Leng accepted that she wished to kill him while vowing to restore the Mo Family's glory.
• A surge of Demonic Power and blood energy erupted in the mountain wilderness, and Mo Leng reacted with joy at the possibility that Xiao Hai'er was evolving.

Xiao Hai'er began evolving toward a Nightmare Breed after the Mo Family forcibly fed her blood and cultivation materials, unaware that the premature transformation could kill her or ruin her chances of evolving. Mo Leng ordered the family to surround her and prepare to capture her once the evolution finished.

• Phantom Demons across the area reacted to Xiao Hai'er's rising blood energy with fear and submission, and Mo Leng and the Mo Family's six other Four-star Hunters rushed to investigate.
• The group found Xiao Hai'er floating above the shattered cage, surrounded by Demonic Power, blood energy, and freezing mist as her evolution began.
• A female attendant told Mo Leng that forcibly feeding Xiao Hai'er had triggered her evolution, which had already been brought close by Su Ming's Crimson Vein Stones.
• The chapter explained that Xiao Hai'er's juvenile body might not withstand the Nightmare Breed power, risking her death or a failed evolution, while the Mo Family cared only about obtaining her bloodline.
• Mo Leng ordered everyone available to surround the area and prepare a battlefield so Xiao Hai'er could not escape after her evolution.

As Xiao Hai'er endured a painful evolution, memories of the two humans who had shown her kindness strengthened her resolve to survive. A tiny spear of light in her heart calmed her surging power, while Mo Leng and the Mo Family were confronted by a bloodied corpse and an armored motorcycle racing toward her.

• Xiao Hai'er remembered her lonely life and the kindness the man and woman had shown her, and she resolved not to give up during her evolution.
• The tiny spear of light in Xiao Hai'er's heart released Spiritual Power that suppressed her rampaging Demonic Power and eased her pain.
• Mo Leng and the Mo Family heard an engine and discovered the corpse of a Mo Family member among their ranks.
• An armored motorcycle charged toward Xiao Hai'er, leaped over the Mo Family members, and headed for her.
• Mo Leng intercepted the motorcycle, but its rider punched him away and sent him crashing to the ground.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian arrived as Xiao Hai'er underwent a dangerous evolution, and Su Ming realized his Demon-Binding Technique was drawing on his Spiritual Power to suppress her rampaging bloodline. After Mo Leng confronted Su Ming and ordered his six High-level Professionals to attack, Su Ming unleashed Silver Arm: One Percent Strike.

• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian arrived on the Dragon Gall Motorcycle, and Su Ming sent Mo Leng crashing to the ground.
• Su Ming recognized that Xiao Hai'er was evolving and realized the Demon-Binding Technique in her heart was consuming his Spiritual Power to help control her bloodline.
• Mo Leng emerged from the rubble, identified Su Ming, and demanded to know who he really was.
• Su Ming confronted Mo Leng over scheming against him and warned him to prepare to pay the price.
• Mo Leng ordered the six High-level Professionals to attack Su Ming, and Su Ming struck with Silver Arm: One Percent Strike.

Su Ming unleashed overwhelming power against the Yun Family, while Xu Qianqian confronted the former attendant who had served as a traitor in her private army. The attendant revealed that she was Mo Yin, a Yun Family operative planted in the Xu Family since childhood.

• Su Ming’s punch annihilated six Yun Family High-level Professionals and blasted Mo Leng and the others away.
• Su Ming attacked Mo Leng with the Alchemical Long Saber, beginning their battle beneath the cliff.
• Xu Qianqian approached the hooded attendant, identified her as Yin, and confronted her over the betrayal.
• Yin removed her hood and revealed her full name was Mo Yin.
• Mo Yin explained that the Yun Family had planted her among Xu Qianqian’s private soldiers to infiltrate the Xu Family.

Xu Qianqian learned that Mo Yin had been a Mo Family spy whose sealed memories had been restored, leading her to betray the Xu Family and expose Xiao Hai'er. Although Mo Yin believed she had the advantage as a Three-Star Hunter, Xu Qianqian revealed she had also broken through to Three-Star and knocked Mo Yin down, leaving her in danger.

• Mo Yin revealed that the Mo Family had sealed her memories and later restored them, and admitted to betraying Xu Qianqian, helping Xu Yanyan's faction and exposing Xiao Hai'er to the Mo Family.
• Xu Qianqian drew her dagger and confronted Mo Yin, who said she had expected Xu Qianqian to pursue her but believed herself stronger.
• Xu Qianqian attacked Mo Yin with a rapid series of dagger strikes, forcing Mo Yin to struggle to parry.
• Xu Qianqian revealed that her recent deal with Su Ming and her training had helped her break through to Three-Star Hunter.
• Xu Qianqian changed her attack, kicked Mo Yin in the chest, and rushed in again as Mo Yin realized she was in danger.