Chapter Summaries

Lu Mingfei used the Zanbatō 'Wrath' to overpower Norton in a brutal battle on the river. After surviving Norton's explosive defense, Lu Mingfei cut the Dragon King in half and stood amid the waves, leaving the people aboard the SS Von Mania stunned by his savage aura.

• Manstein and Xia Mi recognized that 'Wrath,' forged by Norton to kill Dragon Kings, could inflict severe wounds on him.
• Norton unleashed a powerful explosion that blasted Lu Mingfei into the SS Von Mania, but Lu Mingfei recovered and charged back into the fight.
• Lu Mingfei entered Norton's high-temperature domain and awakened the full power of 'Wrath,' which transformed into a savage Dragon and tore open Norton's body.
• Lu Mingfei pierced Norton with 'Wrath,' dragged him across the river, and smashed him into the water.
• Lu Mingfei delivered a final slash that cut Norton in half, then stood amid the waves as the crew aboard the SS Von Mania felt his overwhelming menace.

Lu Mingfei returned from the river after killing Norton, leaving the survivors to report the mission’s success. As Norton died, Uchiha Sōgetsu offered him a new life with Constantine in exchange for the Bronze and Fire King’s Power and Authority, and Norton accepted.

• Lu Mingfei walked across the waves to the lifeboat, rejected Nono’s offered handshake, handed over his Zanbatō, and left the survivors to handle the rest.
• Manstein reported that Norton had been killed at the Three Gorges Reservoir and that all mission members had survived.
• Norton died on the riverbed, his body and heart destroyed by Lu Mingfei’s Wrath and the blade’s Alchemy Matrix.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu appeared to Norton in a Church of Bones and offered him a new life in exchange for abandoning the Dragon Clan’s glory.
• Norton accepted the deal after Uchiha Sōgetsu said he could give both Norton and Constantine new lives.

Manstein grew suspicious of the Board’s unusual handling of Lu Mingfei and asked Nono to assess Xia Mi, whose knowledge and feelings suggested a connection to Norton. Meanwhile, Uesugi Yue fought through a tunnel full of Kama Itachi and confronted the King of Earth and Mountains.

• Manstein learned that the Board had ordered him to give Bronze Purgatory: Seven Deadly Sins to Lu Mingfei and questioned what Anger was plotting.
• Nono told Manstein that Xia Mi seemed to hide secrets and likely knew Norton, so Manstein decided to report his suspicions to the headmaster.
• Nono privately suspected Xia Mi had a long-standing secret connection with Chu Zihang and held affection for him.
• Uesugi Yue entered a subway tunnel and found tens of thousands of awakened Kama Itachi waiting in the darkness.
• Uesugi Yue used Black Sun to incinerate the Kama Itachi and then greeted the King of Earth and Mountains.

Uesugi Yue delivered Adam’s prophecy that Xia Mi would die by the hand of the person she loved most, then refused to reveal who had sent him. Xia Mi summoned Fenrir to stop him, but Uesugi Yue transformed through the Path to Godhood and attacked them.

• Uesugi Yue told Xia Mi that she would die by the hand of the person she loved most, and she angrily dismissed the prophecy.
• When Xia Mi demanded to know who was behind the message, Uesugi Yue refused to name his master and tried to leave.
• Xia Mi called Fenrir to block Uesugi Yue’s escape and threatened to keep him there until his master arrived.
• Uesugi Yue transformed into a massive dragon-like form and used three Words of Power to amplify his strength.
• Uesugi Yue vanished in a burst of speed and slammed Xia Mi and Fenrir into the tunnel wall.

Cassell College dealt with the aftermath of Norton's death as Lu Mingfei's S-Rank status stirred rumors and Chu Zihang learned the truth about his father. In the Collection Room, Anger handed over Norton's Dragon Bone Cross and received the next target: the King of Earth and Mountains.

• Nono read the forum rumors about Lu Mingfei and laughed at the speculation about whether he could defeat Chu Zihang and Caesar.
• Adam visited Chu Zihang and revealed that the Odin on the overpass had been Chu Tianjiao, who was alive but serving as the real Odin's puppet.
• Anger examined Norton's Dragon Bone Cross and agreed to give it to the unseen voice according to their arrangement.
• The voice named the King of Earth and Mountains as the next target and said the King of Sky and Wind should be saved for last.

After enduring a brutal summer of battles in a war-torn galaxy, Lu Mingfei traveled to Chicago to begin school at Cassell. At the train station, he collected a mysterious birthday gift and discovered that a likely Mixed-blood was watching him and Xia Mi.

• Lu Mingfei told Lu Mingze that his summer training had taken place in a hopeless galaxy consumed by war, then prepared to leave for Cassell with luggage packed by his aunt.
• Lu Mingfei flew to Chicago, where Xia Mi met him and offered to show him the way to Cassell.
• At Chicago Train Station, Lu Mingfei opened a locker and collected a large Black Box with a note calling it a belated eighteenth-birthday gift from Adam.
• Lu Mingfei spotted a furtive figure watching them, and he told Xia Mi the watcher was likely a Mixed-blood.

Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi were confronted by members of the Hermetic Society at Chicago Train Station, who trapped them inside a Nibelungen. Schneider mobilized Cassell College and considered using Chu Zihang and Norton's Dragon Bone Cross to breach the domain.

• Four Hermetic Society members surrounded Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi, demanding that they meet their leader, Tyrant.
• Lu Mingfei refused their invitation, and the attackers threatened them with metal batons as Xia Mi called Norma for help.
• The four attackers struck the ground with their batons, and they, Lu Mingfei, and Xia Mi vanished from the station into a suspected Nibelungen.
• Norma and Schneider identified the disappearance as likely caused by a Nibelungen, and Schneider ordered an evacuation and requested nearby support from Fingel.
• Schneider proposed that Chu Zihang use Norton's Dragon Bone Cross to break into the domain, but Norma reminded him that the principal had to approve borrowing it.

After a mysterious Alchemy Matrix dragged Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi into Nibelungen, they faced a crowd of Death Servants. Lu Mingfei refused to flee and charged into them with a roaring Chainsaw Sword, leaving Lu Mingze shocked by his brother’s blood-soaked frenzy.

• Four men activated metal rods that formed an Alchemy Matrix and transported Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi from Chicago Train Station to Nibelungen.
• The white man in a yellow robe confronted them as nearly a hundred Death Servants emerged from the fog and surrounded them.
• Xia Mi urged Lu Mingfei to run, but he refused a deal from the Little Devil and opened the Black Box.
• Lu Mingfei drew a Chainsaw Sword, declared that he would grant the Xenomorphs death, and charged into the Death Servants.
• Lu Mingfei split a Death Servant with the spinning blade as Lu Mingze watched in shock.

Lu Mingfei slaughtered the Death Servants with his Chainsaw Sword while Xia Mi used her power to destroy one of them. After the white male called Lu Mingfei inhuman, Lu Mingfei charged at him in anger.

• Lu Mingfei charged into the Death Servants and killed them with his Chainsaw Sword.
• When the Death Servants turned on Xia Mi, she found their weak points and shattered one with a punch.
• Lu Mingfei continued killing Death Servants and complained that he wanted a Bolter Gun.
• Lu Mingfei approached the white male after nearly wiping out the horde.
• The white male called Lu Mingfei inhuman, and Lu Mingfei rushed at him, threatening to chop him up.

Lu Mingfei escaped the Nibelungen with Xia Mi after slaughtering the Death Servants who attacked them, then arrived at Cassell College covered in blood. His shocking entrance left Schneider and the welcoming party speechless as he casually invited them to dinner.

• Lu Mingfei killed the white male Death Servant and another attacker who tried to take Xia Mi hostage, then threatened the hidden enemies into releasing the Nibelungen.
• The Little Devil was stunned by Lu Mingfei’s transformation and wondered whether he should join Mr. Adam’s training camp too.
• Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi returned to Chicago Train Station, where Fingel recognized them but recoiled from Lu Mingfei’s blood-covered appearance and refused to ride back with them.
• Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi boarded Train 1000 for Cassell College as Schneider cleared the area and gathered agents to welcome the new S-class student.
• Schneider, the agents, and Nono were stunned by Lu Mingfei’s bloody arrival, but he calmly asked them to go eat with him.

After returning to Cassell, Lu Mingfei cleaned up and ate an enormous meal before learning that Caesar and Chu Zihang would miss Free Day. Schneider investigated footage of Lu Mingfei’s fight, then learned that Caesar had allegedly assassinated Pompeii Gattuso and fled with something, prompting the Gattuso family to demand Cassell’s help capturing him.

• Lu Mingfei greeted Schneider and the Executive Department agents after returning from the train, and the sight and smell of him made most of them vomit.
• Schneider sent Lu Mingfei to wash up, then ordered Fingel’s credits deducted for failing the mission.
• Lu Mingfei ate a huge meal with Nono and Xia Mi, who told him that Caesar and Chu Zihang would be absent from Free Day.
• Schneider reviewed station surveillance and had Norma translate writing on a metal rod as, “Those who sleep eternally are not dead, and in the strange aeons, even death itself may die.”
• Norma told Schneider that Caesar had allegedly assassinated Pompeii Gattuso at a family banquet and taken something, and that the Gattuso family wanted Cassell to help capture him.

After Caesar Gattuso allegedly murdered his father and fled Italy with a mysterious object, Cassell College discussed the pursuit. Anger assigned Chu Zihang, Lu Mingfei, Nono, and Xia Mi to join the mission, while Adam approved the decision.

• Frost Gattuso reported that Caesar killed Pompeii Gattuso with Black Blade Dictator and escaped with an unidentified item.
• Schneider and Anger questioned why Caesar had killed Pompeii, what he had taken, and why the Gattuso family wanted him captured alive and unharmed.
• Schneider objected to sending Lu Mingfei after Norma showed Anger footage of him emerging from Chicago Train Station covered in blood and carrying a Chainsaw Sword.
• Anger ordered Chu Zihang, Lu Mingfei, Nono, and Xia Mi to depart for Italy in three days and help pursue Caesar.
• After Schneider left, Anger asked Adam whether he was satisfied, and Adam agreed.

A mysterious woman broke into Cassell College’s Ice Cellar to take Norton’s Dragon Bone Cross, but Anger confronted her and let her have it. He said the Dragon Clan’s age was about to end, leaving his motives unexplained.

• A black shadow entered the Ice Cellar through Cassell College’s water system and destroyed the defenses protecting the collection.
• The woman used her blood and Word Spirit to break the Alchemy Matrix, silenced the revived artifacts, and approached Norton’s sealed Dragon Bone Cross.
• Anger revealed that he had been waiting for the intruder, and she prepared a metal-fragment attack against him.
• Anger told the woman she could take the Dragon Bone Cross, surprising her because he was a renowned Dragon Slayer.
• Anger said the Dragon Clan’s age was about to end and that relics of the old era were no longer worth keeping.

The shadow left the Well of Annihilation uncertain whether Anger had discovered her identity, while Lu Mingfei was ambushed by Cassell students on Free Day. As the students surrounded him, Lu Mingfei embraced the familiar chaos and charged into battle.

• Anger gave the shadow Norton's Dragon Bone Cross, told her not to be late for class, and left her wondering whether Cassell knew who she was.
• The shadow restored the Well of Annihilation's Alchemy Matrix and carefully made her way out.
• Lu Mingfei dodged an ambush outside the cafeteria and knocked several attackers unconscious before realizing he had hit them too hard.
• A sniper and more student squads attacked Lu Mingfei, while Nono coordinated the operation and ordered the teams to surround him.
• Lu Mingfei evaded a rocket and grenades, then charged from cover shouting, "For the Emperor!!!"

Lu Mingfei crushed the ten assault teams sent to hunt him, then infiltrated the underground garage where Nono and Xia Mi were commanding the exercise. He knocked Nono unconscious and brutally defeated Xia Mi, leaving both women at his mercy.

• Lu Mingfei wiped out the first assault squad and fought through the remaining teams under heavy gunfire.
• Lu Mingfei used grenade smoke to ambush more squads, then eliminated all ten teams in less than ten minutes.
• Lu Mingfei warned Nono and Xia Mi over a communicator that he was coming for them, while a sniper reported that he had vanished.
• Nono and Xia Mi prepared a defense in the underground garage after Lu Mingfei smashed through its door.
• Lu Mingfei appeared behind Nono and knocked her unconscious before dodging Xia Mi's shot and striking her into a concrete wall.

Lu Mingfei defeated the last opponents in Cassell’s Free Day, including a sniper who tried to kill him with a Barrett rifle. The battle left nearly the entire student body injured, while Lu Mingfei became the only student still able to attend class and earned the nickname “Death Angel.”

• Lu Mingze praised Lu Mingfei’s transformation, and Lu Mingfei refused his offer to break Discipline before heading to the plaza for a final duel.
• A young woman fired a Barrett M82A1 at Lu Mingfei from a building five hundred meters away, but he split her first bullet with his katana.
• Lu Mingfei charged through the plaza and sliced apart the sniper’s second shot as she reloaded.
• Lu Mingfei launched himself toward the building and split the sniper’s final bullet before knocking her unconscious with the back of his blade.
• Manstein condemned the outcome of Free Day after Lu Mingfei defeated the Student Union and Lionheart Society, leaving nearly every other student injured.
• Cassell’s students dubbed Lu Mingfei the “Death Angel,” and he became the only student able to attend class.

In Naples, Bruno Frigo stole a silk-wrapped black book from an injured stranger, but a strange influence from its symbols nearly overwhelmed him before the stranger intervened. After Caesar collapsed, Bruno treated him and learned his name, while Caesar kept the book and revealed he had no surname.

• Bruno Frigo cut open a stranger’s briefcase and stole the silk-wrapped black book inside.
• As Bruno lifted the cloth, the book’s symbols made him hear an eerie song, but the stranger stopped him and reclaimed it.
• The injured stranger warned Bruno to keep their encounter secret, then collapsed after coughing up blood.
• Bruno brought the unconscious man to his room and treated his wounds; the man woke as Caesar and checked that the book was safe.
• Bruno introduced himself as Bruno Frigo, and Caesar said he had no surname.

Caesar recovered in Bruno’s shelter and learned that Bruno dreamed of becoming a proper man, while warning that powerful pursuers were searching for him. Bruno was soon confronted by Damon’s men, who were looking for someone with Dragon Blood and expected help from a specialist arriving from headquarters.

• Bruno gave Caesar coffee, and Caesar apologized after Bruno explained that he wanted to become a proper man.
• Caesar warned Bruno that his pursuers were more dangerous than the Mafia, but Bruno persuaded him to stay and recover for a few days.
• Bruno noticed several unfamiliar men in black suits and was confronted by Damon, who choked and kicked him before sending him away.
• Damon told his companion that headquarters would send a man with the Word Spirit Bloodline Ketsuro to help search for the person with Dragon Blood.

Albert Gatosso used his Word Spirit to search for Caesar Gattuso and discovered that a supposedly weak, unawakened Mixed-blood had traces of high-grade Dragon Blood. Damon realized the thug he had let go might have been protecting Caesar, while Bruno struggled home and began showing signs of awakening.

• Albert Gatosso arrived to help Damon search for Caesar Gattuso and used Bloodline Ketsuro to sense nearby Mixed-bloods.
• Albert detected an unawakened Mixed-blood with high-grade Dragon Blood traces and learned Damon had recently encountered a suspicious thug.
• Damon ordered the Execution Team to surround the slum district and vowed to punish the thug once he caught him.
• Bruno, injured and limping toward home, sensed he was being watched and kept going because he needed to warn Caesar.
• Bruno collapsed after his heart began pounding, then saw that his pupils had turned gold and his presence had changed.

Bruno helped Caesar escape through the harbor, but his own body began showing signs of a Dragon Bloodline awakening. Damon Gatuso tracked Bruno down and tortured him for Caesar’s whereabouts, revealing that contact with Caesar’s blood had given Bruno Golden Eyes.

• Bruno warned Caesar that men in Black Suits were searching for him, gave him a map and necklace, and sent him to find Apachi at the harbor.
• After Caesar left, Bruno discovered his eyes had turned gold and fled to another hideout after cleaning away Caesar’s traces.
• Bruno found Charles dead in a pool of blood, while Damon Gatuso and two others confronted him from the darkness.
• Damon demanded Caesar’s whereabouts and beat Bruno when he denied knowing him.
• Damon explained that Bruno’s Golden Eyes marked a Mixed-blood, and that Caesar’s blood had awakened the Dragon Bloodline in him.