Chapter Summaries

Le Yu and Qin Leyin fought to the death, and Le Yu drew on Jing Zhengwei’s memories to resist giving up before piercing Qin Leyin’s heart with Demonic Hand. Though Qin Leyin’s final strike tore open Le Yu’s throat, Le Yu survived by drinking Jing Zhengwei’s blood as the rain began to fall.

• Le Yu confronted Jing Zhengwei’s memories of cruelty and despair, then resolved to keep fighting Qin Leyin.
• Le Yu used the darkness to locate Qin Leyin and struck through his chest with Demonic Hand, apparently killing him.
• Le Yu realized Qin Leyin had also torn open his throat, and both men collapsed as their wounds seemed fatal.
• Qin Leyin spoke of accompanying Le Yu on a new journey, and Le Yu accepted what he thought was his death.
• Le Yu woke and drank blood from Jing Zhengwei’s body, which sent Radiance into his wounds and restarted his heart.
• Rain fell over Profound Candle Prefecture as Le Yu lay recovering and lamented how fitting it was.

Ting Ri reflected on Volume Two, explaining how the story changed from a conventional assassin tale into Number Three’s tragic rise and downfall, and discussed what he hoped to write next. He announced a short break before Volume Three, titled “Loyal Minister,” while the in-story system offered a chance to submit the volume’s result, which the player refused.

• Ting Ri described wanting to portray a hero’s rise, peak, and downfall, with regrets and ideals eventually resolved.
• Ting Ri explained that Volume Two’s outline shifted from Le Yu assassinating the Silver Blood Society’s president to Number Three becoming president and dying miserably.
• Ting Ri said most Silver Blood Society characters had been eliminated, clarified Qing Lan’s romantic storyline, and described Lan Yan’s continuing role as the story’s final vehicle.
• Ting Ri announced a day or two of leave while continuing Assassin After and Assassin Extra, and named Volume Three “Loyal Minister.”
• The system awarded the player a score of 70, revealed hidden side missions, and asked whether to upload the result as final.
• The player chose “No,” declaring that the book was not ready to be sealed in its coffin.

After Dongyang's uprising, Mu Qingmei visited Qing Lan, who recorded Yin Yinyin's work with White Night and chose to remain in the city as newspaper editor while waiting for Jing Zhengwei to return. The chapter ended with Qing Lan falling asleep in Mu Qingmei's arms as they reflected on Jing Zhengwei and Yin Yinyin's vanished legacies.

• Mu Qingmei entered Qing Lan's room and found her writing a record of Yin Yinyin's contacts and missions with White Night.
• Mu Qingmei reported that the fires had been extinguished, White Night was restoring order, most Silver Blood Society members had been captured, and Jing Zhengwei remained missing.
• Qing Lan refused to publish Jing Zhengwei's identity or leave for Flame Capital, choosing instead to expand the reporters' department and wait for his return.
• Mu Qingmei explained that Yin Yinyin was the name of an assassin, and she reflected on how Jing Zhengwei and Yin Yinyin had both disappeared after serving Dongyang.
• Qing Lan fell asleep in Mu Qingmei's arms, and Mu Qingmei drew the curtains to keep the sunlight from waking her.

Jing Zhengfeng rejected Wu Renxing’s offer to unite against White Night and chose to remain loyal to the Azure Rainbow Gang’s alliance with them. After killing Wu Renxing and the Black Sun Society members, he left the outer district’s balance of power in White Night’s hands.

• Wu Renxing warned Jing Zhengfeng that White Night would eventually eliminate the Azure Rainbow Gang and offered to support a worker supervisor in taking power.
• Jing Zhengfeng pretended to accept Wu Renxing’s proposal, then shot him in the chest and refused to let him go.
• Jing Zhengfeng explained that he would honor his gang leader’s bet on White Night and preferred dealing with White Night over scheming with Wu Renxing.
• Jing Zhengfeng ordered his men to kill the Black Sun Society members and made the dying Wu Renxing thank the second captain of the Patrol Guards before shooting him dead.

Gao Jin escaped two Statistics Department agents with help from Jing Zhengtang and Jing Feiwei, a married couple who asked to join White Night. After learning more about the couple’s relationship, he left in disguise while the agents continued searching for him.

• Gao Jin realized two Statistics Department agents were following him and hid inside Feiwei Hall.
• Jing Zhengtang and Jing Feiwei concealed Gao Jin from the agents, who searched the shop and left through a back window.
• Gao Jin thanked the couple, and they asked to join White Night in exchange for saving his life.
• Gao Jin agreed to report Jing Zhengtang and Jing Feiwei to the organization for investigation and changed into clothes to disguise himself.
• Jing Feiwei revealed her foul-mouthed side, and Jing Zhengtang explained her behavior and spoke about his love for her.
• Gao Jin left through the window and overheard Jing Zhengtang and Jing Feiwei bickering affectionately.

Ting Wanjian and Ting Chaozao arrived in Crystal Capital and prepared to join Scardy’s resistance against its ruling elite. Mi Die returned to her sons and reunited with Lisan, leaving their relationship to begin with a sparring match.

• At Rebirth Cemetery, Uncle Shou was seen burning incense at the nameless Jing and Tai graves.
• Ting Wanjian and Ting Chaozao discussed taking control of Crystal Capital and met a Scardy resistance member who had followed Jing Zhengwu’s instructions.
• Ting Wanjian agreed to meet Grand Duke Sven as a merchant and planned to act with the resistance after three days.
• Mi Die returned home, reunited with her sons, and promised she would not leave them again.
• Lisan told Mi Die he had quit his guard job and asked whether she needed a guard, so she challenged him to spar.

Shi Family youths learned that the Qin Family had escaped the Profound Candle Prefecture riot with a large fortune, and Brother Yan persuaded them to demand money from Qin Leyin. The group confronted him on the riverboat, and he turned around in confusion to ask whether they were calling him.

• Shi Family youths mocked the Qin Family after hearing that a riot had burned much of the Profound Candle Prefecture and that Qin Leyin had been carried aboard injured.
• Brother Yan revealed that the Qin Family had brought a great deal of gold, silver, and jewels onto the Shi Family riverboats.
• Brother Yan argued that the Qin siblings were isolated and that the Shi Family youths could demand a travel fee without serious consequences.
• The Shi Family youths agreed to confront Qin Leyin and surrounded him on the stern deck.
• Qin Leyin turned toward them and asked, "Are you calling me?"

Le Yu woke aboard the Shi family’s ship and recovered from the exhaustion caused by the Heart of Nayser. When Shi family youths tried to extort the Qin family, he revealed his standing in Flame Capital and ordered Shi Huaifeng to punish them.

• Le Yu explained how Blood-Drinking Eight Rice Flow had healed Qin Leyin’s fatal wound, though its bloodlust had let Jing Zhengwei turn the fight around.
• Brother Yan and other Shi family members demanded money from Le Yu, claiming the Qin family needed the Shi family’s protection and should pay for it.
• Le Yu refused their demands and tossed them Gold Coins, but they threatened him and the Qin family.
• Qin Yueyang and Shi Huaifeng arrived, and Brother Yan tried to use the Statistics Department agents to pressure the Qin family into giving them money.
• The blue-robed agents knelt and greeted Le Yu as the Red Le Walker, revealing his official standing in Flame Capital.
• Le Yu asked Shi Huaifeng to tie up the Shi family youths and throw them into the sea until the ship reached Flame Capital.

Le Yu, living as Qin Leyin, oversaw the military funds and learned that Qin Yueyang had killed their abusive father before the family left Profound Candle Prefecture. The siblings reached Jing Zhengwei’s corpse, where Qin Yueshi stood in sorrow.

• Le Yu explained to Shi Huaifeng that he enjoyed watching his enemies suffer, while Shi Huaifeng realized he was imitating Jing Zhengwei.
• Le Yu recognized that Yanjing’s blue-robed officials were guarding the military funds and assigned Qin Yueyang to help count them.
• Qin Yueyang told Le Yu that he had killed their father before they left Profound Candle Prefecture, and Le Yu reassured him that revenge could bring release.
• Le Yu and Qin Yueyang found Qin Yueshi standing beside Jing Zhengwei’s corpse.

Le Yu examined Jing Zhengwei’s corpse and learned how Qin Yueshi understood his final smile: she believed he died at peace, trusting others to continue his cause. After everyone left, Le Yu admitted to the corpse that he really had believed in doing good without asking about the future.

• Le Yu and Qin Yueshi examined Jing Zhengwei’s battered corpse, and Le Yu retrieved his iron bracelet and undamaged phone.
• Qin Yueshi challenged Le Yu over betraying Jing Zhengwu and Jing Zhengwei, then said she was not happy about Jing Zhengwei’s death.
• Qin Yueshi argued that Jing Zhengwei smiled because he believed the people would continue his work toward equality after his death.
• Le Yu offered to arrange for Qin Yueshi to study at the Royal Academy, but she refused his kindness and left.
• After Qin Yueyang left Le Yu alone with the corpse, Le Yu spoke to Jing Zhengwei and admitted that he really had believed in doing good without asking about the future.

Le Yu considered his future as Qin Leyin, including whether Qing Lan would accept his changed identity and how he could reunite with her. He decided to seek power and protection in Radiant Capital, where he would wait for Qing Lan, and then examined his updated account panel.

• Le Yu worried that Qing Lan might not recognize or accept him after he became Qin Leyin, but concluded he could try to win her back.
• Le Yu realized returning to Profound Candle Prefecture was too dangerous because White Night could connect him to the riot and its spoils.
• Le Yu remembered that he had instructed White Night to send Qing Lan to Radiant Capital if anything happened to Jing Zhengwei.
• Le Yu decided to gain influence and the power to protect himself in Radiant Capital, then wait for Qing Lan and find a secret way to tell her he was alive.
• Le Yu opened his account panel and saw that he had four deaths, three available points, and a challenge to slaughter 10,000 people for a new life opportunity.

Le Yu examined Qin Leyin’s abilities and Tribulation, rejected a challenge to kill ten thousand people, and left Jing Zhengwei’s corpse behind. On the deck, he spotted the Swift Blade Unit approaching and recognized Lan Yan, so he told the others to run.

• Le Yu learned that Qin Leyin’s many combat skills came from Heart of Nayser, which also prevented them from reaching the advanced realm on their own.
• Le Yu rejected a challenge to kill ten thousand people, then received an apparently impossible challenge to command a large-scale war to victory.
• Le Yu discovered that Qin Leyin’s Tribulation was to take control of Radiance’s authority, partly because he had killed Jing Zhengwei and felt responsible for honoring him.
• Le Yu said farewell to Jing Zhengwei, activated Ice-Blood Physique, and left the corpse-reeking cabin for the deck.
• Qin Yueyang pointed out the approaching Swift Blade Unit, and Le Yu recognized Lan Yan and ordered everyone to run.

Le Yu tried to kill Lan Yan before he could reach the ship, but Lan Yan effortlessly defeated the gun ambush and answered with a long-range sword strike. Lan Yan remained on the shore, facing Le Yu across the water.

• Le Yu learned that Lan Yan had tracked the stolen military funds and caught up with the fleet, so he prepared to fight him.
• Le Yu arranged for himself, a blue-uniformed agent, and Shi Huaisong to use Swallow Reversal Archery against Lan Yan.
• Lan Yan leaped into the air and used the blades of his Swift Blade Boots to deflect all three bullets.
• Lan Yan called out to Qin Leyin, and Le Yu answered him across the lake with Distant Echo.
• Lan Yan drew his sword and sent a streak of light across the water, which Le Yu dodged by tilting his head.

Lan Yan outmaneuvered Le Yu and seized the ship behind them, then let Le Yu’s party continue toward Yanjing. As the travelers arrived, Qin Yueshi and Qin Yueyang saw the Fire Trees and Silver Flowers along the Yan River.

• Lan Yan confronted Le Yu about the military funds and Jing Zhengwei, then leaped over the Yan River in a dazzling display that frightened the people aboard the ship.
• While Lan Yan drew everyone’s attention, his Coastal Army soldiers swam to the ship behind them and boarded it.
• Lan Yan took the ship and half the military funds, promising safe passage to Yanjing for those aboard; Le Yu ordered his people not to resist.
• After Lan Yan left, Le Yu told Qin Yueyang to burn Jing Zhengwei’s corpse and scatter the ashes in the river.
• Qin Yueshi joined Le Yu and Qin Yueyang on deck to admire the Fire Trees and Silver Flowers as they approached Yanjing.

At Tingyun Hall, Righteousness Guard inspector Xianchan Chenchen prepared to meet the returning East Sun people and planned to bring them under his control. After he attacked Xu Yubie for laughing at him, one of the visitors intervened, and Xianchan introduced himself before asking the pair to state their names.

• Xianchan Chenchen waited at Tingyun Hall with Fire Prison Walker and discussed whether to receive the East Sun visitors or make them come to him.
• Xianchan planned to intimidate the visitors and recruit them into the Yanjing Statistics Department, which the Righteousness Guard managed.
• After Xu Yubie laughed at Xianchan, he pointed at her and sent her flying outside, but one of the arriving visitors had apparently saved her from a lethal attack.
• Two visitors entered Tingyun Hall, and the blue-clad operatives shut the doors behind them.
• Xianchan introduced himself as the Righteousness Guard Walker and Yanjing Statistics Department Security Inspector, then asked the visitors for their names.

Le Yu and Shi Huaifeng arrived in Flame Capital and met the Propriety Guard, where Le Yu fought Xianchan Chenchen after calling him cute. Bai Yu welcomed them into the Propriety Guard and offered Le Yu an assignment that began with a question about going to school.

• Xianchan Chenchen attacked Le Yu after Le Yu introduced himself and rubbed his head, but they fought to a draw in Tingyun Hall.
• Xianchan Chenchen settled the compensation for the lost ship with the black-clad man, then warned Le Yu not to cross his path again.
• The black-clad man revealed himself as Bai Yu, a Propriety Guard Walker, and asked Le Yu and Shi Huaifeng whether their identities had been exposed.
• Shi Huaifeng and Le Yu both pledged to continue serving the Propriety Guard after Bai Yu offered them a chance to avoid its core mission.
• Bai Yu told Le Yu he had an important mission for him and asked whether he was interested in going to school.

After settling into Noisy Alley, Qin Leyin and Shi Huaifeng faced a probing welcome from their local neighbors and realized they needed the Rites Guard’s protection to establish themselves in Flame Capital. Shi Huaifeng planned to inspect the city’s markets before choosing a business, while Shi Huaisong volunteered his ideas.

• Qin Leyin used a vague warning about political intrigue to deflect Steward Liu’s questions and declined the Drinking Ice Manor’s Noisy Banquet invitation.
• Shi Huaisong waited at New Qin Manor, where Qin Yueyang warned him off joking about pursuing Qin Yueshi.
• Qin Leyin explained that Marquis of Drinking Ice might prey on the newcomers if their families lacked influence, convincing Shi Huaifeng that they needed to rely on the Rites Guard and secure an intimidating legal identity.
• Qin Leyin described the Rites Guard’s plan for Shi Huaifeng to become a wealthy merchant and join the National Salvation and Relief Society, with military funds and assistance supporting the Shi family.
• Shi Huaifeng said he would inspect Flame Capital’s markets before choosing a business, and Shi Huaisong enthusiastically suggested selling women’s underwear.

Le Yu assigned Qin Yueyang household duties and agreed to let Qin Yueshi resume her studies at the Royal Academy, while reflecting on his desire to avoid forming bonds. After Le Yu went to bathe, Qin Yueyang killed two servants who had noticed how much Le Yu had changed.

• Shi Huaifeng and Shi Huaisong left to consult a physician, prompting the others to realize Shi Huaifeng had hemorrhoids.
• Le Yu told Qin Yueyang to cultivate his Biting Combat Arts and put him in charge of household affairs.
• Qin Yueshi asked to continue her studies at the Royal Academy, and Le Yu agreed, though their exchange left her angry.
• Le Yu reflected that he needed to sever Qin Leyin's bonds and hoped no one would suffer because of his death.
• Two servants discussed Le Yu's changed habits, and Qin Yueyang caught them in the shadows.
• Qin Yueyang said the servants needed to be replaced, broke their necks, and declared, "You know too much."

Le Yu struggled with missing Qing Lan and considered how to tell her he was alive without revealing the secret of the death substitute. He realized that their identities and past had become barriers to trusting each other, and he remained unwilling to compromise his principles for a perfect new life.

• Le Yu sat down to write Qing Lan a letter but could not find a safe way to explain that Jing Zhengwei was gone but not dead.
• Le Yu considered using a secret code to prove his identity, then realized Qing Lan could suspect Qin Leyin had learned it through torture.
• Le Yu imagined Qing Lan might pretend to trust him while secretly seeking revenge, just as he had once feared from Yin Yinyin.
• Le Yu let ink stain the blank stationery and reflected on how death had erased his body, relationships, and name.
• Le Yu recalled the reward of a perfect new life and decided he would still refuse to distort his moral principles.

Le Yu wrestled with whether to pursue Qing Lan or avoid burdening her with his dangerous, death-defying life, but ultimately chose to keep her close. He wrote her an apology and admitted he would rather be the one to hold her back.

• Qin Yueyang brought Le Yu tea and red juice, and Le Yu told him to find ice and reminded him about the morning martial drill.
• After Qin Yueyang left, Le Yu considered whether he should abandon Qing Lan and seek an easier, unattached life.
• Le Yu weighed the danger his repeated deaths and changing identities could bring to Qing Lan and the White Night Walkers.
• Le Yu rejected the idea of treating relationships as temporary encounters and decided to risk holding Qing Lan back rather than leave her to someone else.
• Le Yu turned on his desk lamp and began writing Qing Lan a letter, apologizing for being born unable to die.