Chapter Summaries

Gao Xu overwhelmed Xu Qianqian’s private soldiers while Xu Yanyan tried to capture her. Xu Qianqian evaded a decoy and appeared behind Xu Yanyan with a dagger at her throat, leaving Gao Xu facing a sudden reversal.

• Xu Qianqian refused to surrender, and Xu Yanyan asked Gao Xu to let her handle her sister.
• Gao Xu knocked Lie and Yin into the ground, then swiftly incapacitated Xu Qianqian’s private soldiers.
• Xu Yanyan activated a barrier to trap Xu Qianqian and mistook an Alchemy Tool substitute for her.
• Xu Qianqian appeared behind Xu Yanyan and held a dagger to her neck, warning her not to move.

Xu Qianqian took Xu Yanyan hostage to force Gao Xu to deactivate the Alchemy Device, but the cousins grievously wounded each other when Xu Yanyan refused to fear death. Gao Xu saved Xu Yanyan and moved to capture Xu Qianqian, until a faint sound cut through the air.

• Xu Qianqian seized Xu Yanyan and demanded that Gao Xu deactivate the Alchemy Device, while Gao Xu warned her that she could not escape for long.
• Xu Yanyan declared that she would risk her life to surpass Xu Qianqian, and the two cousins stabbed each other in the throat and abdomen before falling wounded.
• Gao Xu knocked away the private army members who rushed to Xu Qianqian, then used a high-grade recovery potion to save Xu Yanyan.
• Gao Xu shattered the potion Xu Qianqian tried to use and reached for her head as she closed her eyes, resigned to dying.
• A faint sound of something tearing through the air suddenly approached.

Su Ming arrived in time to save Xu Qianqian and clashed with Gao Xu, revealing strength enough to overpower him in a fistfight. Gao Xu drew his famous Alchemy Weapon, Lin Dao, and prepared to fight seriously.

• Su Ming entered the barrier and stopped Gao Xu from attacking Xu Qianqian with a punch.
• Su Ming confronted Gao Xu over Xu Qianqian's injuries, then attacked when Gao Xu said it had nothing to do with him.
• Su Ming and Gao Xu exchanged a barrage of punches, driving the surrounding Hunters back with the shockwaves.
• Su Ming's powerful right-hand punch sent Gao Xu crashing into a boulder, and Gao Xu noticed the difference between Su Ming's hands.
• Gao Xu drew Lin Dao, his red-bladed Alchemy Weapon, and his aura surged as he prepared to use his swordsmanship.

Su Ming summoned his Alchemy Weapon, Fire Fang, and used it to turn his clash with Gao Xu into a fierce blade battle. He countered Gao Xu’s superior technique with the Silver Arm’s overwhelming power, and the chapter ended as he unleashed a five-percent slash.

• Su Ming sensed the danger of Gao Xu’s Lin Dao and recognized that Gao Xu’s blade skill and experience put him at a disadvantage.
• Su Ming summoned his nameless Alchemy Weapon, named it Fire Fang, and charged at Gao Xu as both fighters attacked with their blades.
• Su Ming and Gao Xu exchanged rapid strikes, filling the area with a sandstorm and interweaving blade light.
• Su Ming infused Fire Fang with one percent of his Silver Arm’s power and unleashed a blue slash that destroyed Gao Xu’s blade light and carved a deep chasm into the ground.
• Gao Xu dodged the slash, and Su Ming immediately raised the power to five percent; a thunderous roar shook the sky and earth.

Su Ming’s Silver Arm attack devastated the battlefield but failed to defeat Gao Xu, who revealed that Su Ming was a low-level Hunter and transformed through Demonization. Gao Xu overwhelmed Su Ming and prepared to finish him, leaving the masked fighter badly injured and outmatched.

• The tremors drew nearby professional teams toward the battle site while Xu Qianqian and Xu Yanyan watched the destruction from beyond the barrier.
• Su Ming searched the dust for Gao Xu after his Silver Arm attack, but Gao Xu burst from beneath the rubble in a fully demonized form.
• Gao Xu deduced that Su Ming was a low-level Hunter whose mutated right arm and unusual perception let him challenge a High-level Hunter, then vowed to unmask him.
• Gao Xu used his speed and strength to kick Su Ming into the ground and struck again, forcing Su Ming to block with Fire Fang.
• Gao Xu told the injured Su Ming that Demonization marked the end of his resistance and that a low-level Hunter could not overcome a demon’s power.

Su Ming revealed that Gao Xu was already injured and countered his Demonized attack with a ten-percent Silver Arm punch, shattering the barrier around their battlefield. The shock wave drew approaching Professionals and swept away Xu Qianqian, who was carried off by a cloaked person as the battle continued.

• Su Ming questioned Gao Xu’s claim that a Low-level Hunter could not defeat a High-level Professional and awakened strange patterns that heightened his Spirituality.
• Su Ming sensed that Gao Xu was injured from Silver Arm’s earlier attack and accused him of using Demonization and taunts to hide his weakness.
• Su Ming struck Gao Xu’s descending Lin Dao with a ten-percent Silver Arm punch, unleashing a shock wave that shattered the transparent barrier and destroyed the alchemical device pillars.
• The earthquake-like impact alerted Professionals approaching on off-road vehicles, while its aftershock hurled Xu Qianqian into a rock and reopened her abdominal wound.
• A cloaked person lifted Xu Qianqian and carried her away through the storm, and the same thing happened on Xu Yanyan’s side.

Gao Xu and Xu Yanyan retreated after the mysterious power protecting Xu Qianqian badly wounded him. Su Ming carried the injured Xu Qianqian to safety, where he offered her a healing potion and they faced each other in silence.

• Gao Xu collapsed after the shock wave and canceled his Demonization while Xu Yanyan helped him up.
• Gao Xu told Xu Yanyan that a mysterious powerhouse was supporting Xu Qianqian and ordered her to retreat with him.
• Xu Yanyan accepted that they could not risk fighting the mysterious powerhouse, and Gao Xu promised to explain the mission’s failure to her father.
• Gao Xu and Xu Yanyan left as the area collapsed, and Gao Xu resolved to report Su Ming’s power to someone.
• Su Ming carried the badly injured Xu Qianqian to a forest in B-2 Area and offered her an Alchemy Potion, but she only looked at him in silence.

Su Ming revealed his identity as a Dual-class Professional to Xu Qianqian, who recognized him through the scent of his blood. After they discussed the time she had risked her life to protect him, Su Ming admitted he was injured from fighting Gao Xu, and they left the area to hide and recover.

• Xu Qianqian recognized Su Ming despite his disguise, and he revealed his face and admitted he had recently become a Dual-class Professional.
• Xu Qianqian drank an Alchemy Potion to heal while Su Ming explained that he had come to repay her for risking her life to protect him on Warehouse Street.
• Xu Qianqian said the Phantasmal Demon Cub had been the one to save Su Ming, but Su Ming insisted that her choice to shield him still mattered.
• Su Ming revealed that Gao Xu had injured him during their fight and explained that he had concealed his Warlock abilities to keep his Dual-class identity secret.
• Xu Qianqian offered to return to camp with Su Ming, but he warned that Gao Xu and Xu Yanyan might still be searching for them.
• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian left for the mountain forest to hide and recover before Gao Xu could attack again.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian recovered in a forest hut while contacting their allies after the battle with Gao Xu. Su Ming learned that his team was safe and Jiang Wanyu’s Alchemy Weapon was protecting them, but his joking call left An Zijin furious, while Xu Qianqian reported that some of her subordinates had survived and the fate of Li Wei and the others remained uncertain.

• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian used Alchemy Potions to recover and spent the night in a forest ranger hut while they contacted their allies.
• Ye Bai told Su Ming that the team was safe and that Jiang Wanyu’s Alchemy Weapon let her kill Phantom Demons with ease.
• Su Ming warned Jiang Wanyu to conceal her Alchemy Weapon around other teams, and An Zijin asked when he would return.
• Xu Qianqian spoke beside Su Ming during his call, and An Zijin overheard him say he would only do happy things before he hurriedly hung up.
• An Zijin grew furious, and Lei Hao, Ye Bai, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei feared her reaction while Lei Hao cursed Su Ming.
• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming that some of her subordinates had survived, but Li Wei and the others might have died after the Xu Family ambush and their vehicle’s explosion.

Xu Qianqian thanked Su Ming for saving her, but warned him that Phantom Demons were still active nearby. Su Ming summoned the Phantom Demons he had subdued to guard their refuge, leaving Xu Qianqian stunned and determined to learn more about him.

• Su Ming reassured Xu Qianqian that their losses were better than the worst-case outcome, and she thanked him for his help.
• Xu Qianqian warned Su Ming that Phantom Demons had been spotted nearby and could disrupt their recovery.
• Su Ming whistled for the Phantom Demons he had subdued, and they arrived and submitted to him despite Xu Qianqian preparing to fight.
• Su Ming ordered the Phantom Demons to guard the area and received materials from the Mutated Scalehorn Demon.
• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming she did not understand him well enough and said they would talk after the danger had passed.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian rested in a cottage while Longyao City’s campaign against the Phantom Demons neared victory. During the night, Xu Qianqian suddenly lost control and bit Su Ming, then pounced on him again, pleading for him to give her what she wanted.

• Su Ming recovered quickly from his injuries thanks to his Nightmare Breed bloodline, while Xu Qianqian continued healing slowly from her severe wound.
• Su Ming learned that Longyao City’s defensive lines were advancing to consolidate their forces and expected to join his line the next day.
• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian planned to return to their respective groups once the lines joined, then went to sleep in the cottage.
• Xu Qianqian’s breathing grew ragged as her awareness faded, and she climbed onto the sleeping Su Ming to drink his blood.
• Su Ming pushed Xu Qianqian away and restrained her when she pounced again, but she shoved him down and pleaded, “Give it to me!”

Xu Qianqian lost control and drank Su Ming’s blood, which she found had become exceptionally delicious after his bloodline changed. She left the cabin to calm down after discovering she could no longer tolerate the blood she carried and feared she could only accept Su Ming’s blood now.

• Xu Qianqian pounced on Su Ming and drank his blood while he hugged her and touched her.
• Xu Qianqian stopped drinking, slapped Su Ming’s wandering hand away, and explained that his blood had become richer and more delicious.
• Xu Qianqian left the cabin when she felt herself growing heated again, while Su Ming stayed behind to recover.
• Xu Qianqian tried to drink from her blood bag but spat it out because it tasted awful.
• Xu Qianqian wondered whether she could now accept only Su Ming’s blood, then hurried away to calm down.

Su Ming spent nearly one hundred thousand Crystals on packages, enduring a string of disappointing pulls before obtaining several valuable items. After consuming a Crimson Vein Stone, he felt his bloodline awakening accelerate and decided to learn the advanced Spiritual Art Fallen Flowers of Fu Tian.

• Su Ming recovered his strength and spent nearly one hundred thousand Crystals buying almost a hundred packages.
• Su Ming received many disappointing items, including Straw Men, small amounts of Spiritual Power, an Ornamental Robe, a Youth Restoration Potion, and an armored motorcycle, and grew increasingly frustrated.
• Su Ming obtained a powerful healing Alchemy Potion and several Crimson Vein Stones, then consumed one and felt his bloodline transformation accelerate.
• Su Ming considered how awakening Demonization could help him face Gao Xu and stored the remaining Crimson Vein Stone.
• Su Ming obtained Phantasmal Demon Blood, a dagger, and the advanced Spiritual Art Fallen Flowers of Fu Tian, which he decided to learn.

Xu Qianqian followed a strange chill into the mountain forest and found a wounded, sleeping mermaid on an ice platform in an artificial lake. She called Su Ming to the lake, where he arrived and recognized the beautiful being as a mermaid.

• Su Ming waited anxiously for Xu Qianqian to return to the cabin while she walked deeper into the forest after sensing an unnatural cold.
• Xu Qianqian found an artificial lake where a wounded figure lay on a floating slab of ice, radiating cold and freezing the water.
• Xu Qianqian called Su Ming and asked him to come see the figure and help decide what to do.
• Su Ming hurried to the lake, found Xu Qianqian standing on the frozen surface, and saw the figure on the ice platform.
• Su Ming recognized the figure’s human upper body, blue hair, and fish tail as belonging to a mermaid.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian discovered that the injured mermaid was the Phantasmal Demon Cub who had saved them in Warehouse Street. Unable to ignore her or trust her freely, Su Ming decided to restrain her with a Demon-Binding Formula before deciding what to do next.

• Su Ming recognized the mermaid as the Phantasmal Demon Cub after recalling the mist, her scales, and the cry “Mi-ling” from Warehouse Street.
• Xu Qianqian determined that the cub had tried to flee to the Spirit Fiend Abyss but was wounded by an Alchemy Weapon before she could return.
• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian considered whether the cub had been attacked by the Base City's higher-ups, Evil, or an unrelated professional.
• Xu Qianqian explained that leaving the cub alone could lead to chaos if Longyao City professionals discovered her, while saving her risked an attack.
• Su Ming decided to restrain the cub with a Demon-Binding Formula.

Su Ming bound the wounded Mermaid Maiden with Demon Binding, and Xu Qianqian healed her by feeding her blood. After the Mermaid Maiden woke and fled, Su Ming’s binding caused her to fall into the lake, which surged into towering waves; Su Ming stayed behind to protect Xu Qianqian and shattered the waves with a powerful punch.

• Xu Qianqian learned that Su Ming had used Demon Binding, an Extracurricular Sequence Spiritual Art, to control Phantom Demons.
• Su Ming pierced the Mermaid Maiden with a Spiritual Power spear, successfully binding her, then explained that human Alchemy Potions could not heal Phantom Demons.
• Xu Qianqian fed the Mermaid Maiden drops of her blood, and the girl’s wounds rapidly healed as the surrounding cold and moisture gathered around her.
• The Mermaid Maiden woke, fled across the lake, and fell into the water when Su Ming activated the binding in her heart.
• As the lake thawed and sent enormous waves toward them, Su Ming charged forward and destroyed the waves with Silver Arm: One Percent Strike.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian decided to keep the Mermaid Maiden with them rather than let her become a prize in Longyao City's power struggles. Su Ming tracked her beneath the artificial lake and captured her, leaving the frightened youngling at their feet.

• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian reached the lakeshore soaked, and they realized the Mermaid Maiden had hidden at the bottom of the lake.
• Xu Qianqian worried that leaving the Mermaid Maiden alone would bring chaos to Longyao City, and she decided they should keep her with them for now.
• Su Ming used Forty-Five Forms: Ascension Restraint Flow to detect the Mermaid Maiden beneath the lake.
• Su Ming used Stagnation Lock and Abyssal Steaming Stew to trap the Mermaid Maiden and pull her out of the water.
• The captured Mermaid Maiden trembled before Su Ming and Xu Qianqian.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian tried to convince the frightened Mermaid Maiden to come with them, explaining that they had saved her before and feared others would capture her. Despite Su Ming repeatedly alarming her, they brought her back to the cabin, though she never explicitly agreed.

• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian felt guilty about restraining the Mermaid Maiden, and Xu Qianqian left Su Ming to speak with her.
• Xu Qianqian stopped Su Ming from frightening the Mermaid Maiden and confirmed that the child understood human speech.
• Xu Qianqian reminded the Mermaid Maiden that they had saved each other before, and the Mermaid Maiden recognized them.
• Xu Qianqian said they could not let the Mermaid Maiden go because others might capture her, and invited her to come with them.
• Su Ming's teasing frightened the Mermaid Maiden into trying to run, so Xu Qianqian calmed her down and took her back to the cabin with Su Ming.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian brought the injured Mermaid Maiden to their mountain cabin, where the Phantasmal Demons’ fear of her revealed her superior bloodline. They considered how to protect her and get her out of Huaming District, and Xu Qianqian realized she could be moved alongside captured Phantasmal Demons.

• The Phantasmal Demons reacted fearfully to the Mermaid Maiden’s arrival, and Xu Qianqian explained that her inherited Greater Phantasmal Demon bloodline caused Bloodline Suppression.
• Su Ming sent the other demons away and used Binding Demons to make the Mutated Scalehorn Demon return to guarding the gate.
• Inside the cabin, the Mermaid Maiden fell asleep from depleted blood vitality, and Xu Qianqian planned to ask her who had injured her when she woke.
• Su Ming urged Xu Qianqian to decide how to protect the Mermaid Maiden and get her through the Huaming District battle.
• Xu Qianqian said the Mermaid Maiden could leave Huaming District by traveling with people transporting captured Phantasmal Demons.

Su Ming and Xu Qianqian discussed how to hide the Mermaid Maiden and get her out of Huaming District, while Xu Qianqian named her Xiao Hai'er. After Xu Qianqian recovered, Su Ming decided to return to Area B-5 with her and Xiao Hai'er, wary that Gao Xu might attack again.

• Xu Qianqian said authorities had channels for transporting living Phantom Demons and mentioned her connections, though she could not contact them while in danger.
• Xu Qianqian recovered from her wound after drinking Su Ming's blood, and she named the Mermaid Maiden Xiao Hai'er.
• Su Ming caught Xiao Hai'er trying to escape and warned her that the Phantom Demons outside might eat her.
• Su Ming said he needed to regroup with his teammates in Area B-5 and urged Xu Qianqian to come with him to avoid Gao Xu.
• Xu Qianqian questioned why Su Ming was so strong despite being a year younger, then left with Xiao Hai'er as Su Ming and the Phantom Demons followed.