Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan revealed himself to defend Nine Absolute Mountains, easily defeated the Demon Commander Amovanto, and fought the Three-tailed Scorpion Lion with newly awakened fire powers. The demon army was decimated, but the Three-tailed Scorpion Lion appeared to escape, leaving Fang Yuan holding a piece resembling its tail.

• A Duo warned Liu Mengmei that dormant Demon Seeds could be triggered, while Ji Yin organized the disciples to calm their minds and kill anyone showing signs of infection.
• A disciple died after black tentacles emerged from his mouth, and A Duo pulled a demon spirit from his chest and swallowed it.
• Fang Yuan emerged from hiding and crushed the tentacled giant, then sealed the escaping demon spirit that called itself Amovanto.
• Fang Yuan drove off the phantom serpent and fought the Three-tailed Scorpion Lion, overpowering its black flames with his Chaos Divine Fist.
• Fang Yuan awakened a fire ability, summoned nine Fire Dragons that merged into a sun, and devastated the demon spirit army.
• After the battle, Fang Yuan wondered whether the Three-tailed Scorpion Lion had escaped as he examined a scorpion-tail-like object in his hand.

Fang Yuan returned to Nine Absolute Mountains, entered seclusion to study the Dao of Creation, and emerged after Aduo advanced to Demon Commander. As the Dream Master Alliance began rebuilding and rumors about Gu Chen’s death spread among its leaders, Bai Ze and the Evil Sage suspected Fang Yuan was involved.

• Fang Yuan praised Extreme Yin and Liu Mengmei for defending Nine Absolute Mountains, gave Aduo a sealed Demon Commander to devour, and ordered it to gather surviving demon troops after advancing.
• Fang Yuan entered seclusion to study how his divine swords formed and how to reproduce their creation in the Reality World.
• A month later, Aduo advanced to Demon Commander and gained the Thousand Illusions Mask ability, which could control emotions and command demon armies.
• Extreme Yin told Fang Yuan that Bai Ze Mountain and Evil Saint Sect were seeking Nine Absolute Mountains’ support for rebuilding the Dream Master Alliance, while the Alliance of Realms concealed Gu Chen’s death.
• Bai Ze and the Evil Sage met in secret, concluded Gu Chen was dead, and suspected Fang Yuan was connected to his death and posed a major obstacle to uniting the Dream Master Alliance.

Fang Yuan considered the East Sea Provinces as a future base for Nine Absolute Mountains, then met the Evil Sage and Sage Bai Ze to discuss rebuilding the Dream Master Alliance. He learned that the Heavenly Spirit Association planned to unite the region and that the force was led by the Heavenly Spirit Ancestor.

• Fang Yuan surveyed the East Sea Provinces with A Duo and judged that Nine Absolute Mountains lacked the strength to take them yet.
• Liu Mengmei told Fang Yuan that the Evil Sage and Sage Bai Ze had arrived, and Fang Yuan went to meet them in the main hall.
• Sage Bai Ze and the Evil Sage proposed forming a new Dream Master Alliance with Nine Absolute Mountains and their two sects.
• Fang Yuan questioned the proposal and learned that the alliance intended to establish itself in the East Sea Provinces, where the Heavenly Spirit Association was gathering local forces.
• The Evil Sage revealed that the Heavenly Spirit Association's leader was a True Origin Spirit Scholar called the Heavenly Spirit Ancestor, formerly a medicine slave in the Holy Lotus Sect.

Fang Yuan arrived in Hailan City ahead of the Heavenly Spirit Association’s alliance meeting and weighed how to use the gathering to expand his influence. After sensing powerful Dream Masters nearby and considering a meeting with the Heavenly Spirit Ancestor, he left the dock after frightening Hong’er and her companions.

• The Red Cotton Sect arrived in Hailan City, and its leader hoped the Heavenly Spirit Association could end the fighting over territory.
• Fang Yuan read the signs of fortune and judged that the Heavenly Spirit Association was likely to dominate the eastern coast unless outside forces intervened.
• Fang Yuan sensed concealed Dream Masters near the city and considered speaking with the Heavenly Spirit Ancestor while plotting against the remaining Dream Master Sages.
• Hong’er saw Fang Yuan and screamed, prompting her companions to surround him.
• Fang Yuan’s killing intent overwhelmed the group, and he left after Hong’er apologized.
• The Red Cotton Sect leader warned Hong’er that Fang Yuan had likely killed countless people.

Fang Yuan met Zhang Tianling, the Heavenly Spirit Ancestor, and offered to secretly help the Heavenly Spirit Association kill two Sages as a Dream Master conflict loomed in the East Sea. Zhang accepted his offer but planned to rely on other factions to guard against Fang Yuan’s schemes.

• Fang Yuan found Zhang Tianling at a peach grove wine shop, saw through his concealed aura, and raised a barrier so they could speak privately.
• Zhang Tianling revealed his open-minded view of Fang Yuan, but grew alarmed when Fang Yuan said he had killed Gu Chen of the World Alliance.
• Fang Yuan warned that Dream Master factions were preparing for war over the East Sea and offered to secretly help Zhang kill two Sages.
• Zhang accepted Fang Yuan’s offer, while Fang Yuan considered bringing the Heavenly Spirit Association under his control.
• After Fang Yuan left, Zhang told four allies that Fang Yuan was far stronger than him and said the Martial Alliance and Spirit Search Palace would attend the coming ceremony to guard against Dream Masters.

Fang Yuan prepared for the coming gathering by expanding his sword array, then traveled to a demon-haunted world to seek power and knowledge. He possessed the injured demon hunter Hulk, killed a Demonkin, and blacked out after the battle.

• Fang Yuan decided he could not dominate the Great Gan World yet and planned to keep the Heavenly Spirit Association and Dream Master Alliance from gaining control.
• He used the World Power in his True Dream Realm to add the Thunder Sword and Ze Sword to the Eight Gates Sword Array, then prepared to dream travel before the gathering.
• Fang Yuan chose a world touched by the Inner Demon Realm, marked a return safeguard, and sent his true spirit into it.
• Fang Yuan possessed the dying demon hunter Hulk in the Alka Continent and fought off a Demon Dog despite his injured, suppressed body.
• A Demonkin killed a veteran demon hunter and charged at Fang Yuan, who struck off its head with his bloodied greatsword before collapsing.

Fang Yuan awoke in the body of the rookie Demon Hunter Hulk, whose wounds resisted Healing Water and left him weakened. After Uncle Jock urged him to retire or seek help from a Sorcerer, Fang Yuan resolved to recover and investigate the strange powers in his body.

• Fang Yuan absorbed Hulk’s memories and learned about the Night Clan, the Dark Offspring, and the Demon Hunters who fought them.
• Fang Yuan examined his status and realized that a Demonic Beast’s power was clashing with Hulk’s vitality, while a higher power suppressed him.
• Uncle Jock brought Fang Yuan food and explained that Healing Water had failed to remove the Demonic Beast’s power from his injuries.
• Uncle Jock offered Hulk a waiter’s job at the Axe Bar, but Fang Yuan refused to give up being a Demon Hunter.
• Uncle Jock advised Fang Yuan to seek help at guild headquarters and mentioned that a Sorcerer might be able to treat him, warning that Sorcerers were dangerous.
• Fang Yuan thanked Jock and became increasingly interested in finding a Sorcerer.

Fang Yuan prepared to leave the Axe Bar and pursue a way to recover from his injuries, despite Uncle Jock’s attempts to stop him. As he walked into the dark streets, he gripped his sword, wary of what lay ahead.

• Fang Yuan reviewed Hulk’s Demon Hunter training, equipped his sword Starry Night and gun Wail, and left his room for the bar.
• Beiqi mocked Fang Yuan’s injuries, but Fang Yuan intimidated him with a show of confidence before ordering soda water and steak.
• Fang Yuan told Uncle Jock he was leaving to seek a way to heal, and he rejected Uncle Jock’s offer to help him enter the guild headquarters.
• Maria told Uncle Jock she had turned cold toward Fang Yuan because he could no longer protect her, and Uncle Jock walked away in disappointment.
• Fang Yuan left the Axe Bar and entered a dark stretch of street, gripping Starry Night’s hilt as he grew wary.

Fang Yuan fought a stray Vampire that had killed Beiqi, using his weapons and a carefully timed shot from Wail to destroy it. He harvested the Vampire’s heart blood, then fled as the gunshot drew attention from the Axe Bar.

• A Vampire’s giant bat servants attacked Fang Yuan, then rushed toward Beiqi’s scream.
• Fang Yuan found Beiqi dead and saw a stray Vampire feeding on his corpse.
• Fang Yuan killed the two bat servants with thrown knives and fought the Vampire while keeping his distance.
• The Vampire used its tongue to pull Fang Yuan close, but Fang Yuan fired Wail into its head and killed it.
• Fang Yuan cut out the Vampire’s heart for its valuable blood, then vanished when people approached from the Axe Bar.

Fang Yuan absorbed the demonic power in his chest wound, overcame the Flame Demon’s influence, and transformed it into pure Demon Hunter power with Holy Water. After recovering and resolving to hunt the Night Clan to grow stronger, he fled when he sensed a Demon Hunter tracking him.

• Jok and the other Demon Hunters found Beiqi’s corpse and discovered Hulk’s throwing knife on the giant bat-like monster, leading them to suspect Hulk had defeated it despite his injuries.
• Fang Yuan studied a Vampire’s heart and used his Fiery Golden Eyes to investigate the demonic power in his chest wound.
• Fang Yuan stopped resisting the demonic power, healed his wounds, and crushed the Flame Demon’s will when it tried to tempt him.
• Fang Yuan drank Holy Water and used it with his Divine Essence to convert the demonic power into pure Demon Hunter power, restoring his health and improving his physical abilities.
• Fang Yuan sensed a Demon Hunter tracking him and fled the culvert, while the toothpick-wielding Demon Hunter arrived and suspected a monster or newly fallen person had been there.

Fang Yuan visited Black Jack in Hulin District to obtain information on Sorcerer Families and agreed to investigate a dark-world problem in exchange for a dossier. After Fang Yuan left with a sheepskin scroll, Black Jack revealed that he was a Night Worshipper who had lured the Demon Hunter toward a trap.

• Fang Yuan entered Hulin District to seek information on Sorcerer Families and noticed that the demonic aura still made him irritable.
• Fang Yuan met Black Jack in the black market and asked for information about families with mysterious powers and unusual wealth.
• Black Jack offered a sorcerer dossier in exchange for Fang Yuan handling a problem from the dark world, and Fang Yuan negotiated for advance payment.
• Fang Yuan accepted the job on condition that it involved the Night Clan, then left with a sheepskin scroll.
• Black Jack dismissed his servants and summoned a pale face through a fire ritual, revealing that he was a Night Worshipper.
• Black Jack told his master that he had lured Fang Yuan to a particular place, and the master ordered him to use the same method on future Demon Hunters.

Fang Yuan reported Black Jack’s dangerous Pig Bay mission to the Demon Hunter branch, where Vice President Flock revealed that a Voodoo Corpse and demon worshippers had been found there. The branch confined Fang Yuan and ordered him to join its coming operation, and he used the situation to request an alchemist and access to the next library level.

• Fang Yuan suspected Black Jack had deliberately steered him toward the Night Clan in Pig Bay and decided to report the information to the Demon Hunter organization.
• Fang Yuan entered the Demon Hunter branch three days later and handed the receptionist the parchment describing the Pig Bay mission.
• Flock told Fang Yuan that a Voodoo Corpse and signs of demon worshippers had been discovered in Pig Bay, prompting preparations for a major operation.
• Flock ordered Fang Yuan to remain at the branch and take part in the mandatory operation, and Fang Yuan agreed.
• Fang Yuan asked for an alchemist to process a Vampire’s heart and permission to access the next level of the library.

Fang Yuan commissioned Master Soma to turn a vampire's heart into Healing Water and asked to study alchemy, but Soma refused. With Flock's clearance, Fang Yuan entered the library's second floor and began exploring its books.

• Flock ordered Fang Yuan's operation to begin in a week and arranged for his request to be processed ahead of schedule, along with access to the library.
• Lisa took Fang Yuan to Master Soma, who agreed to process the vampire's heart in exchange for one of the three standard doses of Healing Water it could produce.
• Fang Yuan asked to watch Soma make the potion, but Soma refused and mocked his hope of learning alchemy by observing.
• Lisa took Fang Yuan to the library, where he used Flock's clearance to access the second floor.
• Fang Yuan surveyed the library's layout and began reading the Night Kin Compendium.

Fang Yuan studied the Night Clan, Demon Hunters, and Sacred Artifacts in the library before beginning to learn potion making. He left the chapter reading the introductory Theory of Three Qi and considering how potions worked in the Alka Continent.

• Fang Yuan read the R'lyeh Text and learned about the Mother of Reproduction, the Lord of Desire, and the Night Clan's bloodline hierarchy.
• Fang Yuan compared Night Clan ranks with Demon Hunter mission classes and learned that the Demon Hunter Guild relied on three Sacred Artifacts, including the Holy Grail, to oppose demons.
• Fang Yuan decided he might obtain Sacred Artifacts or their replicas for study, then opened Fundamentals of Potion Making.
• Fang Yuan read that potion making extracted Natural Qi and Vital Qi from ingredients and harmonized them with the Animal Qi in the human body.

Fang Yuan studied Demon Hunter professions and techniques, then chose Seris’s Morning Star Swordsmanship to adapt before his impending mission against the Voodoo Corpses. He left the chapter resolved to absorb its practical lessons and forge a sword style of his own.

• Fang Yuan learned that potion-making required costly equipment and secret formulas, while alchemy offered another discipline that complemented his interest in Night Clan materials.
• Fang Yuan reviewed Demon Hunter ranks and recognized that he needed to strengthen himself before facing the Voodoo Corpses in Pig Bay.
• Fang Yuan considered Homancet Gun-Fu and Yin Flow Flying Claws, but rejected the former and kept the latter as a backup because both depended on specialized equipment.
• Fang Yuan studied Morning Star Swordsmanship and discovered that its final page revealed the three realms of Seris’s swordsmanship: Morning Star, Moon Sweep, and Break of Dawn.
• Fang Yuan realized that the branch president, the Sword of Dawn, had written the manual, and decided to adapt its practical techniques rather than imitate Seris blindly.

Fang Yuan collected his Healing Water and used his new skills and precise control to attempt extracting Vital Qi from Bat-Eared Rat blood in Master Soma’s laboratory. His first attempt failed safely at the final stage, leaving Soma impressed by how far he had gotten.

• Lisa informed Fang Yuan that his Healing Water was ready, and he reflected on his rapidly improved strength and Moon Sweep swordsmanship.
• Master Soma gave Fang Yuan two doses of Healing Water and explained their ability to heal severe external injuries, including reattached limbs.
• Fang Yuan recognized that Soma was trying to extract Vital Qi from Bat-Eared Rat blood and persuaded him to allow three attempts.
• Fang Yuan carefully analyzed and heated the blood, reaching a stage Master Soma had never achieved before.
• Fang Yuan spotted an impending failure and placed the beaker in a safety box, where it exploded; Soma praised his progress.

Fang Yuan demonstrated his talent for processing alchemical ingredients, but Vice President Flock refused to let him withdraw from the dangerous Voodoo Corpse operation. After making preparations and reaching Pig Bay, Fang Yuan began searching for a lead on the creature.

• Fang Yuan successfully purified another batch of ingredients, impressing Master Soma, who offered him a place as an alchemy assistant.
• Fang Yuan told Master Soma that Vice President Flock had assigned him to a dangerous mission, prompting Soma to confront Flock and seek his withdrawal.
• Lisa explained that a Black Market Merchant had sold the Voodoo Corpse intelligence and that Black Jack remained useful to the branch, though Fang Yuan still distrusted him.
• Master Soma returned with news that Flock would not release Fang Yuan from the operation, then gave him potions and a potion belt.
• Fang Yuan commissioned a Demon Hunter to return his Healing Water to Uncle Jock, then traveled with Lisa to Pig Bay three days later.
• Fang Yuan surveyed Pig Bay and considered how to find the Voodoo Corpse while avoiding danger.

Fang Yuan investigated the disappearances in Pig Bay, questioned the thief Aimeng, and learned of abandoned warehouses that might shelter the Voodoo Corpse. After Flock sent the Demon Hunters out on patrol, Fang Yuan followed the tracking powder he had planted on Aimeng into the night.

• Fang Yuan recalled what he knew about Voodoo Corpses and searched Pig Bay for places where one might hide.
• Aimeng pickpocketed Fang Yuan, but he followed her into an alley, recovered his wallet, and questioned her about the nighttime disappearances.
• Aimeng said her friends John and Jona had vanished and pointed Fang Yuan toward abandoned warehouses in the east.
• Fang Yuan brought Flock a map marked with dark-aura traces, and Flock assigned the Demon Hunters to patrol in three teams while Fang Yuan stayed at the inn.
• After the others left at night, Fang Yuan used tracking powder to follow Aimeng's scent trail.

Aimeng prepared to take the children away from Pig Bay after suspecting a monster was behind the disappearances of John and Jona. A Voodoo Corpse attacked their hut, and Fang Yuan fought it until Flock and the other Demon Hunters arrived.

• Aimeng fed the children and refused Rayne’s offer to work as a Gold Finger, then decided they would leave for Hulin District.
• Aimeng woke from a nightmare and discovered Peter was missing, just as a Voodoo Corpse burst into the hut and seized children.
• Fang Yuan arrived, freed Aimeng, and fired a signal flare to summon other Demon Hunters.
• Fang Yuan cut a tentacle holding Rayne, rescued him, and continued fighting the Voodoo Corpse.
• Flock arrived with a group of Demon Hunters as Fang Yuan braced against the monster’s attack.

Fang Yuan rescued Peter from the Voodoo Corpse, but Pig Bay erupted into a demon-summoning ritual and a Night Clan attack. After fighting off monsters outside the harbor, he saw Aimeng react in terror when Peter woke, leaving the boy’s identity or condition in doubt.

• Fang Yuan rescued Peter from the Voodoo Corpse while Flock’s Demon Hunters fought the monster and set it ablaze.
• Aimeng insisted that she and the children flee Pig Bay, and Fang Yuan escorted them as the fire spread through the harbor.
• Stone Gargoyles and other monsters attacked the residents, and Fang Yuan killed a Stone Gargoyle while Rayne resolved to become a Demon Hunter.
• Flock discovered that Pig Bay was a ritual site meant to sacrifice people to Set, then used the Frost Dagger to freeze the Voodoo Corpse as the battle intensified.
• Outside Pig Bay, Fang Yuan killed a Ghoul disguised as a refugee and collected its fangs and claws before Peter woke and Aimeng cried out, “No... don't!”