Chapter Summaries

After settling his auction business, Su Ming was approached by Mo Li and Mo Zhu of Tianfeng City's Mo Family, who urgently asked where he had obtained the Fierce Boar. The chapter ended with the room waiting for Su Ming's answer.

• Steward Yu delivered Su Ming the Ancient Blade Technique inheritance and body-tempering Alchemy Potions, settled the auction proceeds, and offered him a reduced fee for future sales.
• Qin Qing stopped Su Ming from leaving and asked him to meet two guests who wanted to speak with him.
• Steward Yu identified the guests as Mo Li and Mo Zhu, prominent young members of Tianfeng City's Mo Family.
• Mo Li asked Su Ming whether he had brought the Fierce Boar to auction and where he had obtained it, saying the matter was important to her family.
• Su Ming realized the Fierce Boar had come from Mo Leng, and everyone waited tensely for his response.

Su Ming learned that the Longyao City Mo Family had been an exiled collateral branch that stole Fierce Boar and other treasures from the Tianfeng City Mo Family. He told Mo Li and Mo Zhu that the branch was dead, then agreed to sell them details about its fate for 100,000 Contribution Points.

• Mo Li explained that a Mo Family collateral branch had tried to steal the direct line’s bloodlines, and its surviving members were exiled from the family.
• Mo Li revealed that the exiles had stolen treasures, including Fierce Boar, before leaving; the Mo siblings wanted to use the weapon’s whereabouts to track them down.
• Su Ming told the Mo siblings that the traitors were all dead, but refused to explain how he knew or what had happened to them.
• Mo Li and Mo Zhu concluded that Su Ming was unlikely to have been the traitors’ accomplice because he had put the family heirloom up for auction.
• Su Ming demanded 100,000 Contribution Points for detailed information, and Mo Li agreed to pay.

After Su Ming gave the Mo siblings the truth about the Longyao City Mo Family, Mo Li and Qin Qing discussed his identity and concluded he was probably a mysterious newcomer to Tianfeng City. Qin Qing ordered her staff to monitor Wang Yue’s movements without investigating him, while his unusual presence lingered in her thoughts.

• Su Ming told Mo Li and Mo Zhu that the Longyao City Mo Family had been destroyed after its members joined forces with evil forces and tried to seize a Phantasmal Demon Cub’s bloodline.
• Mo Li asked Qin Qing about Wang Yue, and Qin Qing said his appearance and manner differed from the Wang Family’s young masters and suggested he was not a Tianfeng City local.
• Qin Qing ruled out Mo Li’s guess that Wang Yue was the surviving descendant of the Wang Family’s tomb-keeper branch, noting that the survivor was a sixteen-year-old girl named Wang Yihan.
• Mo Li dragged Mo Zhu away so they could report Su Ming’s information to their family.
• Steward Yu asked whether Qin Qing should investigate Wang Yue, and she ordered her staff only to monitor and report his movements.
• After Steward Yu left, Qin Qing remembered the masked man and said Wang Yue’s clear eyes had caught her interest.

After tallying his auction profits and expenses, Su Ming considered how to use his remaining Contribution Points to recruit a team of exceptional Professionals. Xu Xiayan offered him her old residence, and when he discovered it was a large villa, Su Ming decided to make it the team's headquarters—only for its gate to collapse as he opened it.

• Su Ming calculated that he had 520,500 Contribution Points left and weighed recruiting High-level Professionals for his new team.
• Su Ming considered selling valuable items, including Crimson Vein Stones, Xiao Hai'er's scales and tear, and Spiritual Art spellbooks, to fund recruitment.
• Su Ming found an unread message from Xu Xiayan offering him a place to stay and inviting him to join the Wang Family if he changed his mind.
• Su Ming followed Xu Xiayan's address to a large, aging villa and decided to use it as his team's headquarters.
• Su Ming pushed open the villa's gate, which fell over in a cloud of dust, and realized the place needed cleaning.

Su Ming cleaned up enough of Xu Xiayan’s abandoned villa in Dragon Heart District to move in, then inspected the gifts she had left and began studying an ancient blade manual. He ended the night eager to master the Ancient Blade Technique.

• Su Ming and Xiao Hai'er cleaned the villa and its bathhouse, and Su Ming moved in for his first night in Tianfeng City.
• Su Ming found Xu Xiayan’s gifts: a Spiritual Power potion, a Sequence Fifty formula book, and a Spirit Energy Gun intended for Lesser Warlocks.
• Su Ming tested the gun and judged its quick-fire attacks useful against Phantom Demons, though he was not a Warlock who could benefit from it fully.
• Su Ming read the Ancient Blade Technique manual and realized it covered blade skills, force, control, and the mindset of wielding a blade.
• After reading into the night, Su Ming put away the manual with a sense that it would greatly help him and fell asleep dreaming of wielding a blade.

Su Ming visited the Professional Assistance Center and officially established a team despite He Zhaoyi’s warning that a One-Star Professional might struggle to recruit members. After leaving with directions to the talent market, he planned to build a powerful team in Tianfeng City.

• Su Ming asked He Zhaoyi to help him establish a team and learned that the application required valid Professional identification and 500 Contribution Points.
• He Zhaoyi warned Su Ming that establishing a team was easy but recruiting members and growing it would be difficult for a Low-Star Professional.
• Su Ming reviewed and signed the required Contract Scrolls, agreeing to the team regulations and accepting responsibility for the team.
• The authorities approved Su Ming’s application, making him the leader of an E-class team; He Zhaoyi told him he could name it and recruit members at the talent market on the tenth floor.
• Su Ming thanked He Zhaoyi, flirted with her as he left, and she blushed before her colleagues teased her and she returned to serving the next customer.

Su Ming struggled to recruit High-level Professionals for his new team at the Professional Center’s talent market, refusing to lower his standards despite having no backing. After several fruitless days, a scarred, one-handed woman arrived and stirred the market.

• Su Ming visited the crowded talent market and, after staff directed him to a quieter area, posted a notice seeking only High-level Professionals for his new team.
• A High-level Professional asked whether Su Ming had family or organizational backing, and Su Ming admitted he had none and was starting from scratch.
• The High-level Professional and nearby recruiters dismissed Su Ming’s chances, while Su Ming lounged by his sign and rejected applicants seeking easy benefits.
• Su Ming returned to the market over the next several days but failed to recruit anyone he considered suitable.
• A weary woman with a large facial scar and a severed hand appeared at the talent market, prompting people to recognize her and whisper.

Su Ming learned how Chi Qian rose from an ordinary Hunter to a Five-Star legend before a disastrous Rank S Mission left her disfigured and missing a hand. Now she sought to join a team in exchange for four drops of exceedingly rare Dragon Demon Saliva, and Su Ming realized why no one had accepted her offer.

• Su Ming asked a neighboring recruiter about Chi Qian and learned how she trained herself, became a Hunter, and eventually reached High-level Professional and Five-Star rank.
• The recruiter explained that Chi Qian’s team was nearly wiped out during a Rank S Mission in the Chaos Demon Den a year earlier, leaving her gravely injured.
• Chi Qian placed a résumé beside Su Ming’s booth, offering a lifetime contract to any team that could provide four drops of Dragon Demon Saliva.
• Su Ming learned that Chi Qian had submitted the same offer repeatedly for a year, but Dragon Demon Saliva was nearly impossible to obtain.

Chi Qian searched the talent market for Dragon Demon Saliva and rejected offers from several powerful teams, then left determined to keep searching. Su Ming approached her openly as she considered her next leads.

• Chi Qian rejected Qiao Zhi's offer to join the Jade Dragon Pavilion and insisted that she only wanted Dragon Demon Saliva.
• Leaders from several B-class and A-class teams invited Chi Qian to join them, but she refused every offer.
• Liu Zai insulted Chi Qian, and she struck him with one attack, sending him crashing through recruitment booths.
• Chi Qian left the Professional Center discouraged but renewed her resolve to search the Marsh Mountains, the Myriad Treasures Auction House, and ancient families for Dragon Demon Saliva.
• Su Ming approached Chi Qian and introduced himself as the leader of an E-class Team.

Su Ming approached Chi Qian about joining his E-class Team, but she demanded four drops of Dragon Demon Saliva in exchange for her lifelong loyalty. After Chi Qian escaped his pursuit and returned to an isolated cottage, the chapter left her alone at the former headquarters of True Red.

• Su Ming concealed his power with the Blue Demon Peace Ring and told Chi Qian he wanted her to join his team.
• Chi Qian demanded Dragon Demon Saliva, saying she would belong to Su Ming for life if he brought her four drops.
• Su Ming questioned why Chi Qian needed the saliva, but she said only that she had things to do and left without explaining further.
• Su Ming followed Chi Qian until she sped away; he tracked her with his spiritual perception to a cottage on the outskirts of Tianfeng City.
• Chi Qian entered the cottage, called out that she was back, and found no one there; she recalled that it had once been True Red's headquarters.

Su Ming followed Chi Qian to her isolated base and persuaded her to talk by offering medicinal wine that eased her internal injuries. Chi Qian revealed that she wanted Dragon Demon Saliva to save several former teammates she had frozen in ice after they were mortally wounded.

• Chi Qian returned to the deserted base, coughed blood, and drank an Alchemy Potion to suppress her injuries.
• Su Ming appeared at the cottage and refused to leave, prompting Chi Qian to let him talk rather than risk a fight there.
• Su Ming produced medicinal wine and snacks, and Chi Qian agreed to answer his questions after the wine eased her pain.
• Chi Qian explained that she wanted Dragon Demon Saliva to save her former teammates, several of whom had survived the disaster but were mortally wounded.
• Chi Qian revealed that she had frozen her surviving companions in ice to keep them alive.

Chi Qian explained that her frozen companions were trapped in the S-rank Poisonous Insect Den, and that Dragon Demon Saliva might distract the insects long enough for her to reach them. She offered to join Su Ming in exchange for the saliva, but Su Ming claimed he might have another way to save them.

• Chi Qian told Su Ming she had frozen her surviving companions and hidden them at the bottom of a lake before the area transformed into the Poisonous Insect Den.
• Chi Qian explained that the Poisonous Insect Queen’s swarming insects drained blood from intruders, making the S-rank wonderland nearly impossible to enter.
• Chi Qian revealed that the insects collected sweet things and planned to use four drops of Dragon Demon Saliva to draw them away while she rescued her companions.
• Su Ming questioned whether Chi Qian’s companions could still be alive, and Chi Qian argued that their frozen bodies might have gone undiscovered underwater.
• Chi Qian demanded Dragon Demon Saliva in exchange for joining Su Ming’s team, and Su Ming asked what she would do if he could save her companions another way.

Su Ming met Chi Qian at the station to leave Tianfeng City and rescue her companion from the Poisonous Insect Den. Chi Qian signed a powerful contract, agreeing to join Su Ming’s team for life if he rescued her companion.

• Su Ming arrived at the Dragon Heart District station and met Chi Qian, who warned him to stay rested on missions.
• Su Ming explained that he had been training with an Ancient Blade Technique and Alchemy Potions, bringing him close to the limit of a Four-star Hunter.
• Chi Qian asked whether Su Ming could rescue her companion from the Poisonous Insect Den, and Su Ming confirmed that she would join his team if he succeeded.
• Su Ming gave Chi Qian a high-quality Contract Scroll, and she checked its terms and signed it.
• Su Ming celebrated securing Chi Qian as his first team member.

Su Ming and Chi Qian reached the S-rank Wonder Realm Poisonous Insect Den, where Chi Qian hoped to rescue her sleeping companions. Su Ming summoned Xiao Hai'er, a powerful Phantom Demon, and proposed sending her inside; the chapter ended with Chi Qian asking whether the den's insect Phantom Demons might attack her.

• Su Ming tested a Spirit Energy Gun on Lesser Phantasmal Demons while Chi Qian drove them toward the Poisonous Insect Den.
• Su Ming sensed the dangerous Phantom Demons and demonic nature inside the den, then admitted he could not safely enter and fight its Poisonous Insect Queen.
• Su Ming summoned Xiao Hai'er, who froze Chi Qian's hand when she reached for her sword, then released her at Su Ming's command.
• Su Ming told Chi Qian that Xiao Hai'er could enter the den as a Phantom Demon and rescue her companions.
• Chi Qian worried that the den's insect-type Phantom Demons might attack Xiao Hai'er, but Su Ming suggested they try.

Su Ming questioned Chi Qian about her frozen companions and learned that one of the three surviving members of Team True Red was a rare Spirit Bearer, a born Warlock. The girl had earned her Professional certificate at ten and was already a Three-Star Warlock, leaving Su Ming stunned by the revelation.

• Su Ming asked Chi Qian where her companions were frozen and examined the map and photographs she showed him.
• Chi Qian identified the three surviving members of Team True Red in the photos, including a girl who looked only twelve or thirteen.
• Su Ming doubted that the young girl could have joined a team, and Chi Qian explained that she had received her Professional certificate at ten and reached Three-Star rank.
• Chi Qian told Su Ming that the girl was a born Warlock called a Spirit Bearer, an exceptionally rare person who inherited special spirituality.
• Chi Qian explained that Spirit Bearers were guaranteed to grow into High-level Professionals and that, according to legend, some could awaken Pattern Sight innately.

Chi Qian explained why her former companion was such a coveted Spirit Bearer, then sent Xiao Hai'er into the Poisonous Insect Den to retrieve three missing girls. Xiao Hai'er recovered them from the bottom of a lake, but the Poisonous Insect Queen intercepted her as she tried to leave.

• Chi Qian explained that Spirit Bearer traits passed down through only one person per generation, and said the Sorcerer Guild had protected the young Spirit Bearer before she joined Chi Qian's team.
• Su Ming confirmed that Chi Qian wanted to save three former companions, and Xiao Hai'er entered the Poisonous Insect Den while its insects recoiled from her bloodline suppression.
• The Poisonous Insect Queen sensed Xiao Hai'er entering her territory, awakened, and sent her insect nest and swarms into motion.
• Xiao Hai'er found three bloodied girls frozen in ice coffins at the bottom of a lake and used currents to bring them to the surface.
• As Xiao Hai'er tried to leave with the girls, the Poisonous Insect Queen attacked with an insect tide, and the two faced each other above the lake.

Su Ming detected the Poisonous Insect Queen and left the area with Chi Qian, while Xiao Hai'er fought the Queen inside the Poisonous Insect Den. Su Ming’s Spiritual Power flowed to Xiao Hai'er through their compatible spiritualities, allowing her to resist the stronger Nightmare Breed.

• Su Ming sensed the Poisonous Insect Queen’s presence and told Chi Qian they should leave before the Queen pursued them.
• Xiao Hai'er confronted the Poisonous Insect Queen, who attacked her for trespassing into her territory and protecting the three ice coffins.
• The Poisonous Insect Queen’s greater experience and power pushed Xiao Hai'er back as ice and poisonous insects devastated the surrounding region.
• Su Ming transferred Spiritual Power to Xiao Hai'er through their mysterious connection, amplifying her Phantom Demon abilities and enabling her to withstand the Queen.

The Poisonous Insect Queen summoned her forces and pursued Xiao Hai'er, but Su Ming struck her with an empowered punch and forced her to abandon the chase. Su Ming and Xiao Hai'er escaped toward Tianfeng City while the injured queen returned to her den.

• The Poisonous Insect Queen called the insects and insect-type Phantom Demons of her territory to attack Xiao Hai'er, who fled with the ice coffins.
• Su Ming and Chi Qian spotted the pursuing swarm as Xiao Hai'er caught up with them, and Chi Qian drove toward Tianfeng City.
• The Poisonous Insect Queen caught up with the vehicle and launched a devastating attack, so Su Ming leapt into the air and countered with his empowered Silver Arm: One-Half—Punch.
• The collision severely injured the Poisonous Insect Queen, and Xiao Hai'er caught Su Ming before carrying him away.
• The Poisonous Insect Queen gave up the pursuit and returned to her den, while surviving insects and Phantom Demons fought over the casualties and carried spoils back to help her recover.

Su Ming and Xiao Hai'er escaped the Poisonous Insect Queen and returned to Tianfeng City with Chi Qian’s three frozen companions. Chi Qian learned that Su Ming was a remarkably powerful young Dual-class Professional, then began preparing treatment before unsealing her companions.

• Xiao Hai'er returned Su Ming to the off-road vehicle, and Chi Qian realized he had heavily injured the Poisonous Insect Queen.
• Su Ming revealed that he was a rookie and teased Chi Qian to keep his suspected Dual-class status secret from her regiment leader.
• Xiao Hai'er brought the three ice coffins to the vehicle, and Chi Qian apologized to her companions before they headed back to Tianfeng City.
• At the forest cottage, Chi Qian explained that her companions’ fatal injuries made it dangerous to unseal them before arranging treatment.
• Su Ming agreed to let Chi Qian handle her companions’ recovery before taking up her duties on his team.

After three days of training, Su Ming welcomed Chi Qian and the three women he had rescued from the Poisonous Insect Den to his villa. They questioned how he had saved them, making clear they had come to understand what Chi Qian had risked for them.

• Su Ming and Xiao Hai'er trained hard for three days, with Xiao Hai'er using most of his Crimson Vein Stone to strengthen herself.
• Tianfeng City investigated the ruins of Su Ming's battle with the Poisonous Insect Queen but could not identify who had fought her.
• Chi Qian visited Su Ming's villa with Feng Qing'er, Mu Yan, and Tong Xinyao, the three women he had rescued.
• Chi Qian introduced her former teammates and described Tong Xinyao as Tianfeng City's only Spirit Bearer and youngest Three-Star Sorcerer.
• Feng Qing'er questioned how Su Ming, a seemingly weak rookie, had rescued them, and Mu Yan said she could not ignore that Chi Qian had risked her life for them.