Chapter Summaries

Zhang Guangmu used Life Fusion Augmentation Technique to evade Shang Guizang’s attacks and killed him with a single punch. With the Demon Tide’s culprit dead, Zhang Guangmu organized the students to secure the Four Great Academies, then Fang Yi asked to speak with him privately.

• Shang Guizang recognized Zhang Guangmu’s Life Fusion Augmentation Technique and attacked him with the Forbidden Magic Staff, but Zhang Guangmu dodged the Azure Death Rays.
• Zhang Guangmu punched through Shang Guizang’s sorcerous armor, destroyed his heart, and killed him.
• The students checked Shang Guizang’s corpse and confirmed that he was dead, reversing the crisis at the Four Great Academies.
• Zhang Guangmu returned Mooncake to her little black cat form and assigned students to clear monsters, deliver messages, and stabilize the academies.
• Fang Yi approached Zhang Guangmu with an old-looking staff and nervously asked to speak with him in private.

After Fang Yi performed well, Zhang Guangmu offered to teach him the Life Fusion Augmentation Technique, earning Fang Yi’s trust. Fang Yi gave Zhang Guangmu the Fate Staff to study, leaving Zhang with two revealed Divine Artifacts to investigate.

• Zhang Guangmu praised Fang Yi and invited him to learn the Life Fusion Augmentation Technique during the break.
• Fang Yi realized Zhang Guangmu sincerely wanted him to grow stronger and decided to trust him.
• Fang Yi offered Zhang Guangmu the Fate Staff so they could study its secrets together.
• Zhang Guangmu gave Fang Yi another powerful staff to use and took the Fate Staff, bringing his Divine Artifact collection to two.
• Zhang Guangmu assigned tasks to the students, returned Mooncake to his shoulder, and began testing the Fate Staff with Demon Hunting Sorcery.

Zhang Guangmu finished analyzing the Fate Staff and returned it to Fang Yi, then offered to teach the students his improved Fusion Augmentation Technique. Director Feng Chuang reflected on how Zhang Guangmu’s sense of responsibility shaped his performance and worried that it would make it difficult for him to defeat Bai Yongsheng and Sang Shenyou.

• Zhang Guangmu used the Forbidden Magic Staff to analyze the core mysteries of the Fate Staff and committed their sorcery knowledge to memory.
• Zhang Guangmu returned the Fate Staff to Fang Yi and explained that it could let its wielder switch between human and monster forms.
• Zhang Guangmu told Fang Yi to inform the other students that they could learn his improved Fusion Augmentation Technique if their theory grades qualified.
• Fang Yi accepted the Fate Staff and set out to help the others clear monsters, inspired by Zhang Guangmu.
• Director Feng Chuang said the experiment had drawn out Zhang Guangmu’s strong sense of responsibility and blamed himself for giving Zhang Guangmu a role burdened with humanity’s fate.

After the Demon Tide, Zhang Guangmu became acting principal, but leaders from the other academies questioned his claim because he had not inherited the Demon Hunting Divine Body. With Yue Yiji and Tang Lanshan’s help, he mastered the Divine Artifacts’ secrets and perfected a safe second-stage transformation, then ordered Tang Lanshan to watch Sang Shenyou as the other principals prepared to act.

• Zhang Guangmu took the position of acting principal after defeating Shang Guizang and resolving the Demon Tide, though the other academies withheld their support because he lacked the Demon Hunting Divine Body.
• Yue Yiji reported that he had completed his assigned work, and Zhang Guangmu thanked him for helping with post-disaster affairs.
• Zhang Guangmu reflected on how Yue Yiji and Tang Lanshan’s efforts had given him time to study Fang Yi’s Demonization Staff and Shang Guizang’s Seal Demon Staff.
• Zhang Guangmu mastered the principles of demonization and sealing demons, perfected his second-stage transformation, and eliminated its risks.
• Tang Lanshan warned Zhang Guangmu that Bai Yongsheng and Sang Shenyou seemed ready to act, and Zhang Guangmu told her to watch Sang Shenyou.

Seven days after the Demon Tide invasion, Zhang Guangmu’s position as acting principal had gained support after he gave Tang Lanshan the Seal Demon Staff. Bai Yongsheng then challenged Zhang Guangmu to a duel, wagering that a victory would annul the Black-Red Protocol.

• Tang Lanshan promised Zhang Guangmu she would keep a close eye on Sang Shenyou, while Yue Yiji avoided joining their discussion.
• Zhang Guangmu gave Tang Lanshan the Seal Demon Staff so she could better guard against Sang Shenyou.
• After seven days of accelerated time, Zhang Guangmu had taught students across all three grades the first-stage transformation method of his Improved Fusion Augmentation Technique.
• Professors came to view Zhang Guangmu as a generous acting principal because he had gifted Tang Lanshan the Divine Artifact.
• Bai Yongsheng approached Zhang Guangmu in the great graveyard, declared his ambition to become Demon Hunting Magic Ring King, and challenged him to a duel with the Black-Red Protocol at stake.

Zhang Guangmu accepted Bai Yongsheng’s challenge, with the Black-Red Protocol and popular support at stake. As their duel began in the Great Graveyard, Bai Yongsheng revealed a new close-combat style, but Zhang Guangmu answered by transforming with the Second-Stage Fusion Augmentation Technique.

• Bai Yongsheng explained that the Black-Red Protocol required Pitch Black Academy to give Crimson Academy forty percent of its food and teaching supplies each quarter, and offered to annul it if Zhang Guangmu won.
• Zhang Guangmu accepted Bai Yongsheng’s challenge, and Bai Yongsheng immediately took a dueling stance in the Great Graveyard.
• Zhang Guangmu spread a Forbidden Magic Domain across the graveyard, preventing the onlookers from using sorcery.
• Bai Yongsheng formed a fiery greatsword from his staff and explained that Zhang Guangmu’s example had inspired him to develop a close-combat style.
• Zhang Guangmu invoked the Second-Stage Fusion Augmentation Technique, surrounding himself and Mooncake with black Demon Forging radiance before reappearing in a new form.

Zhang Guangmu defeated Bai Yongsheng in a duel after revealing his second-stage transformation and effortlessly countering Bai’s attacks. After Bai conceded, Zhang Guangmu noticed Yue Yiji holding a bloodstained bounty notice bearing his portrait and the words “One Hundred Million People.”

• Zhang Guangmu transformed into his second stage, wielding a cloud-patterned saber as Bai Yongsheng assessed his magic resistance and intimidating eyes.
• Bai Yongsheng charged Zhang Guangmu with his crimson greatsword, but Zhang dodged and deflected his attacks with ease.
• Zhang Guangmu dismantled Bai Yongsheng’s sword-and-sorcery techniques while praising his skill and comparing him favorably to Shang Guizang in combat.
• Bai Yongsheng ended the duel and accepted Zhang Guangmu’s victory, though he remained bewildered by how thoroughly Zhang had countered him.
• Zhang Guangmu noticed Yue Yiji holding a bloodstained parchment with his portrait and the words “Zhang Guangmu,” “bounty,” and “One Hundred Million People.”

After defeating Bai Yongsheng, Zhang Guangmu abolished the Black-Red Protocol and announced a new system for distributing supplies among the Four Great Academies. Yue Yiji brought him news that a highly intelligent demonic lord was preparing demons for war and that Zhang Guangmu had been placed on their kill list, just as his Usable Ability Points arrived.

• Zhang Guangmu abolished the Black-Red Protocol and announced that supplies would be distributed weekly according to the Four Great Academies' combined academic and practical scores.
• Bai Yongsheng admitted defeat, recalled that he had chosen Crimson Academy over Pitch Black Academy, and left while planning to transform his bonded staff and reclaim his path to becoming the Law Ring King.
• Yue Yiji told Zhang Guangmu that field-training graduates had discovered a high-intelligence demonic lord teaching demons human writing and forging equipment, and urged him to secure the Demon Hunting Magic Ring King position.
• Yue Yiji showed Zhang Guangmu the demons' bounty notices, which offered one hundred million people for Zhang Guangmu and ten million each for Bai Yongsheng and Sang Shenyou.
• Zhang Guangmu sensed his Usable Ability Points arriving as he examined the bounty notices.

Zhang Guangmu gained an ability point from the Demon Forging Teaching Diagram, then examined the Demonic Lords’ bounty notices and reassured Yue Yiji that humanity still had a chance. Back in his office, his staff transformed into the Bloodline Staff, giving him the power to enter the second-stage Fusion Augmentation state instantly and the confidence to grasp extraordinary power.

• Zhang Guangmu viewed the Demon Forging Teaching Diagram, gained one usable ability point, and decided to save it.
• Zhang Guangmu learned that Yue Yiji and Tang Lanshan each had a five-million bounty and that Fang Yi had a three-million bounty, then returned the notices to Yue Yiji and told her not to despair.
• Zhang Guangmu returned to his office, where a black-and-red ripple tore up documents as his Destined Divine Artifact finished transforming.
• Zhang Guangmu identified the transformed artifact as the Bloodline Staff and realized it held the power of bloodline and had inherited part of the Demon Hunting Magic Ring’s authority.
• Zhang Guangmu used the Bloodline Staff’s power to resolve the cumbersome preparations and long casting time of the second-stage Fusion Augmentation Technique, allowing him to transform instantly.

Zhang Guangmu pursued a new form of Demon Hunting Sorcery, using his authority and the Four Academies’ resources to research organ modification while Sang Shenyou spread rumors calling him the Mad Principal. Zhang Guangmu completed the research ahead of schedule, published the Guangmu Organ Modification Method, and began a public lecture for the Four Academies.

• Zhang Guangmu decided the Bloodline Staff could help him reach the limits of Demon Hunting Sorcery and began researching a New Bloodline Sorcery.
• Zhang Guangmu used the former principals’ treasuries and issued missions to gather materials for his research.
• Sang Shenyou secretly spread distorted rumors about Zhang Guangmu, prompting people across the Four Great Academies to call him the Mad Principal.
• Zhang Guangmu completed the Guangmu Organ Modification Method in half the expected time and published it in the school newspaper.
• Zhang Guangmu began a public lecture for students and professors of the Four Academies at 8:30 a.m. the next day.

Zhang Guangmu demonstrated his bare-handed sorcery and Demon Forging Organ Modification research, earning recognition as the true Dean of Demon Hunting Academy. Bai Yongsheng resigned to seek a new path, while Sang Shenyou disappeared, and Zhang Guangmu prepared for the finale of “Demon Hunting Academy” with Mooncake.

• Zhang Guangmu demonstrated bare-handed spellcasting during his public lecture, while Fang Yi showcased the results of his living-body modification.
• Bai Yongsheng and Sang Shenyou accepted the significance of Zhang Guangmu’s research, and Zhang Guangmu gained the achievement Sorcery (Steel).
• Bai Yongsheng decided to leave Crimson Academy and later sent Zhang Guangmu a resignation letter explaining that he wanted to help people suffering beyond the academies.
• Zhang Guangmu accepted Bai Yongsheng’s resignation and noted that Sang Shenyou had also vanished without leaving a letter.
• Zhang Guangmu created wings for Mooncake with black flames and asked the cat to ascend the throne of the Demon Hunting Magic Ring with him.

Sang Shenyou led elite students away from the Demon Hunting Academy while vowing to return and take revenge, and his defiant words won him unexpected sympathy. Zhang Guangmu then received a three-year False Memory portraying him as having transformed humanity through the Guangmu Organ Modification Method, but he suspected the scenario’s reassuring tone meant he was destined to lose.

• Sang Shenyou left the academy with elite students he had recruited, intending to build a loyal force and eventually return for revenge against Zhang Guangmu, Tang Lanshan, Yue Yiji, and Fang Yi.
• Sang Shenyou’s paranoid delusions made him suspect that Zhang Guangmu was secretly watching him and that a spy might be among his students.
• Sang Shenyou feigned optimism about his chances, and his words strengthened the students’ resolve and softened the Little White Balls’ view of him.
• Zhang Guangmu suddenly received a False Memory in which three years had passed since Sang Shenyou and Bai Yongsheng left.
• In the False Memory, Zhang Guangmu had used the Guangmu Organ Modification Method to turn the four academies’ professors and students into Bloodline Sorcerers whose talents could pass to their descendants.
• Zhang Guangmu reflected that Director Feng Chuang’s reassuring inner monologue sounded like a hint that he was destined to lose.

After three years as principal, Zhang Guangmu had strengthened his position and mastered the Absolute Corruption Mystery through Yue Yiji’s staff. As the Demon Hunting Magic Ring’s energy began to expand and divination failed, the principals realized the Law Ring was about to choose its master.

• Zhang Guangmu heard reports from Tang Lanshan and Yue Yiji, then guided them as the established principal of Demon Hunting Academy.
• Yue Yiji prepared to leave for Azure Blue Academy, but Zhang Guangmu stopped him and recalled how he had gained Yue Yiji’s full allegiance and studied his Demon Corruption Insulating Staff.
• Zhang Guangmu had named the staff’s secrets the Absolute Corruption Mystery, which let him resist demon corruption and draw more power from his Transcendent knowledge.
• Feng Chuang said the production’s coming conflict would involve four factions and praised Zhang Guangmu’s progress.
• Tang Lanshan reported that her divination could no longer glimpse the future as the Demon Hunting Magic Ring’s energy expanded, and Yue Yiji declared that the Law Ring was choosing its master.

As demonic forces surrounded Demon Hunting Academy, Zhang Guangmu and the professors prepared to defend humanity. The Demon Hunting Magic Ring awakened, and Yue Yiji and Fang Yi urged Zhang Guangmu to claim its throne while Tang Lanshan asked to accompany him.

• Fang Yi reported that demonic creatures had surrounded Demon Hunting Academy and asked Zhang Guangmu for permission to fight at the front line.
• Zhang Guangmu announced that the Demonic Lords had completed their mobilization and ordered the others to drive back the coming attack.
• A violent eruption of Demon Forging Power shook the academy, and Yue Yiji, Fang Yi, and Tang Lanshan recognized that the Demon Hunting Magic Ring had awakened.
• Yue Yiji and Fang Yi urged Zhang Guangmu to go claim the throne of the Demon Hunting Magic Ring while they defended the academy.
• Tang Lanshan asked Zhang Guangmu to let her accompany him and guard against hidden dangers.

Zhang Guangmu reached Kokolo Reservoir, where Bai Yongsheng challenged him for the right to become Lord of the Magic Ring. Zhang left Tang Lanshan to hold Bai off and entered the Weibo River, while Yue Yiji spotted a Three-Faced Demon commanding the Demon Tide outside the castle.

• Zhang Guangmu traveled with Tang Lanshan and Mooncake to Kokolo Reservoir, the entrance to the Demon Hunting Magic Ring.
• Bai Yongsheng appeared and declared that he intended to become Lord of the Magic Ring, revealing his Hope Source Fire-powered Life-Burning Staff.
• Tang Lanshan offered to face Bai Yongsheng so Zhang Guangmu could proceed, but Zhang transformed with Mooncake and entered the Weibo River.
• Tang Lanshan unleashed her Third Stage Pure Black Divination as Bai Yongsheng prepared to fight her.
• Yue Yiji used Star-Gazing Sorcery to see a Three-Faced Demon whose faces changed between Bai Yongsheng, Sang Shenyou, and Zhang Guangmu, and recognized it as the Demon Tide's supreme commander.

Zhang Guangmu endured the Demon Hunting Magic Ring’s power and worked to match its energy frequency so he could reach the throne, while Bai Yongsheng fought Tang Lanshan nearby. When hundreds of magical creatures attacked, Tang Lanshan plunged into the river to protect Zhang Guangmu.

• Zhang Guangmu used his transformed body and techniques to contain the Demon Hunting Magic Ring’s power and adjust to its energy frequency.
• At Kokolo Reservoir, Bai Yongsheng steadily wore down Tang Lanshan while conserving strength for a future fight with Zhang Guangmu.
• The Demon Hunting Academy’s anti-aircraft plating was destroyed, and roughly three hundred flying magical creatures emerged from a breach in the sky.
• Tang Lanshan leaped into the water to block the creatures and vowed to help Zhang Guangmu reach the Demon Hunting Magic Ring’s throne.

Bai Yongsheng blocked the elite demons after Tang Lanshan died defending Zhang Guangmu, while Zhang Guangmu entered the sealed space containing the Demon Hunting Magic Ring. He discovered a powerful pursuer inside and prepared to face them.

• Bai Yongsheng chose to intercept half of the demons, and Tang Lanshan died after exhausting herself fighting the elite squads.
• Bai Yongsheng raised a steel barrier to stop the demons from reaching Zhang Guangmu and fought the 193 elite demons still remaining.
• Zhang Guangmu adjusted his magic power and revealed a doorway at the bottom of the Weibo River.
• Zhang Guangmu entered the sealed space, sensed that approaching the Demon Hunting Magic Ring would be fatal, and confronted a figure who had followed him inside.

Zhang Guangmu confronted Sang Shenyou, who revealed that he had used the Gigantic Staff and demonic allies to become immensely powerful and seize the throne. Sang Shenyou admitted he had betrayed humanity, confident that no one else was present to expose him.

• Zhang Guangmu recognized Sang Shenyou, who explained that he had been waiting to take the throne while Zhang Guangmu was distracted.
• Sang Shenyou revealed that he had fused the Gigantic Staff’s essence into his body and transformed himself into the powerful Ring Lord Divine Body.
• Sang Shenyou attacked Zhang Guangmu with golden lasers, but Zhang Guangmu dodged unharmed and accused him of demonic corruption.
• Zhang Guangmu deduced that Sang Shenyou had made a deal with the Demonic Lords, and Sang Shenyou confirmed that he had promised to feed them the surviving humans in exchange for help taking the throne.
• Sang Shenyou dismissed the risk of exposure, insisting that no one else was there to hear his confession.

Zhang Guangmu exposed Sang Shenyou’s tyrannical plans and provoked him into a breakdown, while the Little White Balls broadcast and reacted to Sang Shenyou’s confession. The two fought on the beach, where Zhang Guangmu’s speed and attacks overwhelmed Sang Shenyou and left him badly wounded.

• Sang Shenyou attempted another surprise Death Laser attack, but Zhang Guangmu dodged and mocked him for using underhanded tactics.
• Sang Shenyou revealed plans to betray his allies, eliminate anyone who resisted him, and raise humanity in captivity; the Little White Balls repeated his confession across the screen.
• Sang Shenyou accused Zhang Guangmu of secretly resenting the students who died, but Zhang Guangmu denied it and said he wanted people to learn how to fight monsters.
• Zhang Guangmu insulted Sang Shenyou’s Gigantification form, enraging him into unleashing Golden Guangyan and Crimson Lasers.
• Zhang Guangmu evaded Sang Shenyou’s attacks with his black wings and cut him repeatedly, then inflicted a deep wound across Sang Shenyou’s cheek and continued attacking.

Zhang Guangmu defeated Sang Shenyou despite his powerful laser attacks, until a hidden figure emerged from Sang Shenyou’s body and killed him. The Three-Faced Demon revealed a face identical to Zhang Guangmu’s and addressed him as humanity’s King of the End.

• Sang Shenyou unleashed his Gigantified body’s Death Lasers and tried to seize the Demon Hunting Magic Ring, but Zhang Guangmu read his movements and wounded him while evading his attacks.
• Sang Shenyou offered to become Zhang Guangmu’s servant and hunting dog, but Zhang Guangmu continued attacking without negotiating.
• A figure formed from the flesh on Sang Shenyou’s neck, detached itself, and beheaded him with pale flames.
• The Demon King silenced Sang Shenyou’s dying curse and burned his body and head to ashes.
• The Three-Faced Demon appeared holding Bai Yongsheng’s head, then revealed a face like Zhang Guangmu’s and praised him for detecting Flesh Migration.