Chapter Summaries

Su Ming persuaded An Zijin to return to her dormitory, then fled the academy to avoid the commotion surrounding him. An Zijin secretly rejoiced over getting his contact information before running into Xu Qianqian, whom she suspected had come to see Su Ming.

• An Zijin startled Su Ming by asking when they would marry, then muttered darkly about Xu Qianqian being a fox spirit before returning to normal.
• Su Ming convinced An Zijin not to tell people she was his person, exchanged contact information with her, and watched her leave.
• Su Ming requested leave from his instructor and hurried out of the academy to escape the turmoil.
• An Zijin hid nearby and giggled over having reunited with Su Ming and saved his contact information.
• Xu Qianqian encountered An Zijin, who asked whether she had come specifically to see Brother Su Ming.

Xu Qianqian learned that An Zijin believed she and Su Ming were pledged to each other for life, then discovered that An Zijin possessed a power that made her a serious threat. The two left after their confrontation was interrupted, agreeing they would meet again.

• Xu Qianqian asked An Zijin how she knew Su Ming, and An Zijin said they had pledged themselves to each other for life as children.
• Xu Qianqian asked whether Su Ming had told An Zijin about their dealings, provoking An Zijin to question what was between them.
• Xu Qianqian warned An Zijin not to interfere in her affairs with Su Ming, and An Zijin asked whether Xu Qianqian was declaring war.
• Strange patterns appeared on An Zijin, and Xu Qianqian recognized the power they represented as the two prepared to fight.
• Voices searching for Su Ming interrupted the confrontation, and Xu Qianqian and An Zijin parted after exchanging brief remarks.

Su Ming used an Alchemy Tool to search for the Warlocks who had investigated him, then studied Xu Qianqian’s records and decided to pursue the mysterious presence the suspicious group had hunted. At the sealed-off site of their battle, the device’s bees detected a trail and flew off in one direction, which Su Ming followed.

• Su Ming activated a honeycomb-shaped Alchemy Tool that detected residual Spiritual Power and released bees to trace its source.
• Su Ming read Xu Qianqian’s investigation records and learned that she had tracked the suspicious group to a mysterious presence before an attacker wounded her.
• Su Ming decided to investigate the mysterious presence rather than concern himself with Xu Qianqian’s family troubles.
• Su Ming went to the explosion site on the outskirts, where Base City law-enforcement personnel had sealed off the area.
• Su Ming scanned the scene with the honeycomb, and its bees flew in one direction, prompting him to chase after them.

After finding a Phantom Demon scale at one of the battle sites, Su Ming suspected the mysterious entity was a Greater Phantasmal Demon and decided to consult Xu Qianqian. He invited her to his hotel room, where she arrived to find him in a bathrobe, asked if she could still leave, and was pulled inside.

• Su Ming followed his scouting swarm to an eleventh battlefield but found no members of the suspicious group or the mysterious entity.
• Su Ming discovered a damaged scale bearing Phantom Demon aura and suspected the target might be a Greater Phantasmal Demon.
• Su Ming took the scale, continued searching the area, then booked a hotel room and messaged Xu Qianqian to come over.
• Xu Qianqian misread Su Ming’s invitation as an attempt to get her into a hotel room, and her butler condemned his excuse.
• After showering, Su Ming opened the door to Xu Qianqian in only a bathrobe; she asked if she could still leave, and he dragged her inside.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian questioned whether the mysterious group in Longyao City was pursuing a Greater Phantasmal Demon, since no massacre had occurred and the group seemed too weak to hunt one. Xu Qianqian proposed that their target might instead be a Greater Phantasmal Demon cub, and suspected a Longyao Base City insider wanted to claim it secretly.

• Su Ming explained his suspicion about a Greater Phantasmal Demon to Xu Qianqian, who agreed that the lack of mass deaths made its presence in Longyao City unlikely.
• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian reasoned that the suspicious group likely lacked the High-level Professionals needed to subdue a mature Greater Phantasmal Demon.
• Xu Qianqian suggested the group might be pursuing a Greater Phantasmal Demon cub and explained how such cubs could inherit a Greater Phantasmal Demon's power.
• Xu Qianqian concluded that someone among Longyao Base City's higher-ups might have sent private soldiers to capture the cub and monopolize its valuable bloodline.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian discussed the danger surrounding the suspected Greater Phantasmal Demon offspring, and she guessed that he planned to become a Hunter. After Xu Qianqian left, Su Ming revealed that his true goal was the blood of a Nightmare Breed Greater Phantasmal Demon.

• Su Ming gave Xu Qianqian a damaged scale and asked her to use her family's connections to identify the Phantom Demon it came from.
• Xu Qianqian warned Su Ming that investigating the Greater Phantasmal Demon bloodline could put him in danger, then suggested he was training to become a Hunter.
• Su Ming admitted Xu Qianqian's guess was close but said he had no interest in an ordinary Greater Phantasmal Demon bloodline because he already had a goal.
• After Xu Qianqian left, Su Ming examined a bottle of Nightmare Breed Greater Phantasmal Demon blood and declared it his real goal.

After returning to Demon Hunter Academy, Su Ming endured his classmates’ jealousy over An Zijin’s attention and tried to remain an obscure Side Character. A Spirit Fiend Abyss entrance was then announced in Huaming District, and the academy prepared to send students to help defend Longyao City.

• An Zijin explained that she and Su Ming were childhood neighbors, easing the students’ murderous hostility but making them jealous of him.
• An Zijin visited Su Ming almost daily to bring him food, clothes, and care, while Lei Hao and Ye Bai grew increasingly envious.
• Su Ming faced hostile stares and threats on the Academy Network, but comforted himself that he remained a mediocre Warlock student and could still be a Side Character.
• The academy announced that a Spirit Fiend Abyss entrance would appear in Huaming District in about six days, and students would form teams before departing in three days to help build a defensive line.
• Su Ming, Lei Hao, and Ye Bai expected to receive rear-area or logistical duties, but Su Ming suspected another factor might have caused the entrance to appear.

With the Spirit Fiend Abyss threatening Huaming District, Su Ming declined Xu Qianqian’s offer to join her team and prepared to sell supernatural items so he could strengthen himself. He planned to form a low-profile team with his roommates, but An Zijin called to ask if she and her roommates could join him.

• The Demon Hunter Academy suspended classes and ordered students to form teams before heading to Huaming District to help establish a defensive line.
• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that she would join a team of top students rather than accompany her family, and she invited him to join her.
• Su Ming refused, saying he would form a team with his roommates and handle logistics, while warning Xu Qianqian to watch out for assassins and dangerous missions.
• Xu Qianqian said their investigation into the suspicious group had been postponed, though Su Ming could still investigate if he encountered them, and she agreed to sell his supernatural items.
• An Zijin called Su Ming and asked to bring her roommates and join his team, leaving him stunned.

Su Ming, Lei Hao, and Ye Bai went to the crowded Mission Hall to prepare for the Huaming District battle, where An Zijin arrived with her roommates and openly clung to Su Ming. Jiang Wanyu confronted Su Ming for stealing Zijin away, leaving him wondering if he had been rejected.

• Su Ming, Lei Hao, and Ye Bai discussed how Su Ming's reputation had kept other students from approaching them to form a team.
• An Zijin entered the Mission Hall with Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu, then sat beside Su Ming and held his arm.
• An Zijin introduced her roommates, and Su Ming greeted Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu.
• Jiang Wanyu accused Su Ming of stealing An Zijin away and asked why Zijin was so infatuated with him.

An Zijin insisted on joining Su Ming's team, and her roommates Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu insisted on joining with her. Despite warning them that the team might earn few Contribution Points during the Huaming District battle, Su Ming and his teammates accepted their decision.

• Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei hugged An Zijin in the Mission Hall, drawing the attention of everyone there.
• Su Ming asked An Zijin to confirm that she wanted to join his team, and she eagerly agreed.
• Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu announced that they would join the team too because they wanted to stay with An Zijin.
• Su Ming realized both roommates belonged to An Zijin's fan club, embarrassing An Zijin.
• Lei Hao and Ye Bai warned the three juniors that the team might only take insignificant missions and earn few Contribution Points, but all three remained determined to join.

Su Ming and his friends formed a team with An Zijin, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei, then Xu Qianqian invited him to trade supernatural items at her family’s luxurious villa. Su Ming arrived bewildered by the lavish welcome and told Xu Qianqian he no longer wanted to work hard.

• Su Ming, Lei Hao, Ye Bai, An Zijin, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei introduced their specialties and officially registered as a team.
• An Zijin, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei rejected other students’ invitations and joined Su Ming’s team.
• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming he did not know much about his fiancée, then offered to trade for his supernatural items.
• Su Ming followed Xu Qianqian’s address to the Xu family villa and was greeted by a butler and a corps of maids.
• Xu Qianqian welcomed Su Ming in the villa’s reception room, and he declared that he did not want to work hard anymore.

Su Ming asked Xu Qianqian to sell a large batch of supernatural goods and buy him cheaper items in bulk, hoping to complete the exchange before their trip to Huaming District. He left Xu Qianqian stunned by producing the goods immediately.

• Su Ming gave Xu Qianqian lists of goods to sell and inexpensive items to buy in large quantities, refusing to explain his plans.
• Xu Qianqian agreed to arrange the transaction through the Xu Family's shops and try to finish before they set out for Huaming District the day after tomorrow.
• Xu Qianqian explained that Butler Grandpa distrusted Su Ming because of his earlier request to take her to a hotel.
• Su Ming said he would hand over the goods immediately, then produced a massive pile of Phantom Demon materials, Alchemy Tools, and other supernatural items, startling Xu Qianqian.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian discussed evidence that a suspicious group was hunting a likely juvenile Greater Phantom Demon, while the Base City authorities prepared to handle the threat. On the eve of the academy’s expedition to Huaming District, Su Ming went to Xu Qianqian’s villa and received a truckload of supernatural items.

• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that experts identified his scale as resembling one from a Rotwater Demon, suggesting its owner might be a mutant or a juvenile Greater Phantom Demon.
• Xu Qianqian said she had reported the matter to the Base City higher-ups, and Su Ming left the investigation and response to them.
• Su Ming, Lei Hao, Ye Bai, An Zijin, Yao Beibei, and Jiang Wanyu prepared supplies and equipment for their expedition to Huaming District.
• On the night before departure, Su Ming received Xu Qianqian’s message and left the academy for her villa.
• Xu Qianqian’s butler handed Su Ming a shipment of supernatural items from a cargo truck.

Su Ming spent nearly all his Crystals opening 147 packages and gained a wealth of supernatural items, including Spiritual Power treasures and powerful Spiritual Arts. He finally obtained a Viridian Elixir that could improve his chances of adapting to Phantasmal Demon Blood, so he planned to refine his Nightmare Breed blood into an elixir.

• Su Ming returned to the dormitory, found Lei Hao and Ye Bai asleep, and spent 147,000 Crystals on 147 packages.
• Su Ming opened packages containing Greater Phantasmal Demon Blood, the Myriad Karma Brahma Vista Spiritual Art, and items that increased his Spiritual Power several times over.
• Su Ming obtained a Hunter-specific weapon and various Spiritual Arts, though he could not use the weapon yet.
• Su Ming found a Viridian Elixir in the one hundred eighteenth package and realized it could greatly improve his chances of adapting to a Phantasmal Demon Elixir.
• Su Ming decided to put refining his Nightmare Breed blood into a Phantasmal Demon Elixir on the agenda, waking Lei Hao and Ye Bai with his excitement.

Su Ming traveled with his classmates toward the battle in Huaming District, but his sleepy behavior and An Zijin’s affectionate remarks drew everyone’s hostility. The arrival of Xu Qianqian, who chose to sit beside him, left Su Ming surrounded by even more jealousy.

• Su Ming boarded the special train with An Zijin, Lei Hao, Ye Bai, Yao Beibei, and Jiang Wanyu, then struggled to stay awake after testing a new Spiritual Art during the night.
• Lei Hao and Ye Bai teased Su Ming about supposedly sleepwalking, but An Zijin defended him by revealing that they used to sleep together and that he hugged her.
• An Zijin chased Lei Hao and Ye Bai away and sat beside Su Ming, prompting more jealous looks from the others.
• Xu Qianqian entered the carriage, asked to sit beside Su Ming, and said she felt more comfortable with him than in the top students’ carriage.
• An Zijin tightened her grip on Su Ming’s arm as the carriage turned hostile, and Su Ming gave up resisting.

On the train to Huaming District, Xu Qianqian’s bloodlust toward Su Ming intensified, and her impulsive blood-sucking provoked An Zijin into a confrontation. As the two prepared to fight, Su Ming angrily demanded that they stop dragging him into their conflict.

• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that he seemed different and that her attraction to his blood had grown stronger.
• Xu Qianqian pulled Su Ming’s hand to her mouth and sucked his blood, shocking the watching students.
• An Zijin confronted Xu Qianqian, who apologized but admitted Su Ming smelled too good to resist.
• An Zijin declared that Xu Qianqian had challenged her for the second time, and Xu Qianqian accepted the challenge.
• As An Zijin and Xu Qianqian prepared to settle their conflict, Su Ming stood up and angrily demanded that they find a place on the train so he could deal with both of them at once.

Su Ming angrily rebuked Xu Qianqian and An Zijin for treating him as the cause of their conflict, then slept until the group arrived in Huaming District. As the students entered the militarized disaster zone, Hunter Department chief Li Wei approached and greeted Xu Qianqian.

• Su Ming told Xu Qianqian and An Zijin to settle their disputes without involving him, then put on an eye mask and went to sleep.
• Students spread news online about Su Ming yelling at the two School Belles while the train traveled to Huaming District.
• An Zijin woke Su Ming upon arrival, and he learned Xu Qianqian had stayed beside him; he said he was no longer angry and left the train with the group.
• Su Ming and the other students entered evacuated Huaming District, where soldiers and military vehicles were preparing defensive lines against the coming Spirit Fiend Abyss entrance.
• Li Wei, the Hunter Department chief, approached the group, greeted Xu Qianqian warmly, and said he had been searching for her.

Su Ming met Li Wei, the Hunter Department’s powerful chief, while Li Wei came to bring Xu Qianqian back to their team. Li Wei tested Su Ming after learning Xu Qianqian considered him a friend, and Su Ming ended their handshake with a joke that left the group stunned.

• Li Wei approached Xu Qianqian and reminded her that the academy’s top students had formed a team, while she insisted she had only gone to talk with her friend.
• Xu Qianqian called Su Ming her friend, surprising Li Wei and the assembled top students.
• Li Wei greeted Su Ming and said he wanted to get to know the person Xu Qianqian valued, prompting the others to watch with concern.
• Su Ming politely shook Li Wei’s hand and downplayed his abilities as Li Wei probed him about what made him special.
• Su Ming joked that Li Wei might think Xu Qianqian had terrible taste for befriending an ordinary student, and Li Wei laughed while tightening his grip on Su Ming’s hand.

Su Ming withdrew from his tense exchange with Li Wei, then joined his teammates as the Demon Hunter Academy arrived in Huaming District to support the battle against the Phantom Demons. After the principal required every student to earn 10,000 Contribution Points or face expulsion, the team settled into a luxurious suite, where Su Ming claimed the largest room.

• Su Ming apologized to Li Wei and left with An Zijin, while Xu Qianqian laughed and then departed with Li Wei.
• The academy students arrived at their camp in Huaming District, where the principal explained the facilities and required everyone to earn 10,000 Contribution Points before the battle ended or be expelled.
• Su Ming and his teammates entered their luxurious six-room suite and admired its amenities and sea view.
• Su Ming worried aloud that Room 404 might make them disappear, then rushed into the largest room and locked the door ahead of Lei Hao and Ye Bai.

Su Ming welcomed An Zijin into his dorm room and eased the tension between them after his earlier outburst. An Zijin admitted she disliked Xu Qianqian because she believed Xu was trying to steal Su Ming, then left after he dismissed her concern.

• An Zijin nervously visited Su Ming and suggested they make hot pot together, using the idea as an excuse to speak with him.
• Su Ming recalled An Zijin's childhood habit of watching him cautiously when he was angry, softened toward her, and assured her that he was no longer upset.
• An Zijin clung to Su Ming's arm, then said she had started competing with Xu Qianqian because she thought Xu had ulterior motives toward him.
• Su Ming told An Zijin she had misunderstood Xu Qianqian, but An Zijin called him an idiot and ran out of his room.