Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan fought Peter after discovering that the boy had been transformed into a Voodoo Corpse, but Aimeng and Rayne helped Peter suppress his demonization. When the Flame Demon Set emerged over Pig Bay and attacked Fang Yuan, Peter intervened, allowing Fang Yuan to kill a Fire Refining Demon.

• Aimeng warned Rayne that Peter was dangerous, and Fang Yuan cut off the tentacle Peter used to attack him.
• Peter's Voodoo Corpse instincts took over, but he briefly regained control and begged Fang Yuan to kill him before he hurt Aimeng.
• Aimeng embraced Peter while Rayne reassured him, and Peter lost consciousness as his demonization subsided.
• The Flame Demon Set emerged through a portal above burning Pig Bay, and its presence made the ordinary children faint.
• Peter rose again to protect Aimeng and struck the Fire Refining Demon with his tentacle, helping Fang Yuan break through its defenses and behead it.

The Voodoo Corpse and Set overwhelmed Pig Bay until Seris arrived and drove the demon back, giving Fang Yuan a breakthrough in Morning Star Swordsmanship. Fang Yuan then offered Aimeng and the children help and asked them to become his subordinates.

• The Voodoo Corpse broke free and attacked the Demon Hunters while Set's ritual turned Pig Bay into a slaughterhouse.
• Fang Yuan urged the survivors to flee and worried that Set's ritual might be connected to the Mother of Reproduction.
• Seris arrived, destroyed the Voodoo Corpse, and used Starry Sky to wound Set and collapse the spatial gate.
• Fang Yuan realized Seris's swordsmanship had helped him reach Dawn, a new realm of Morning Star Swordsmanship.
• Fang Yuan warned Aimeng that Peter might draw the Demon Hunters' attention, then gave her money and an address in Hulin District.
• Fang Yuan offered Aimeng and the children protection, shelter, and food in exchange for becoming his subordinates.

After Pig Bay’s battle, Fang Yuan was praised by Seris and considered how to use his recovered monster materials. He then attacked black-market merchant Black Jack and began torturing him for information about who had arranged the scheme.

• Fang Yuan attended the Demon Hunters’ memorial for their fallen comrades, and Seris invited him to seek guidance at the branch.
• Fang Yuan considered using his monster materials to commission Yin Flow Flying Claws.
• Black Jack arranged a firearms shipment and planned to sell information about the buyer to a rival heir.
• Fang Yuan killed Black Jack’s guard Hound, seized Black Jack, and demanded to know who had set up the scheme.
• Black Jack denied knowing, so Fang Yuan cut off his palm and gave him three chances to answer.

Fang Yuan learned that the Black Scale Society was helping Demon Hunters oppose a demonic plan to summon the Mother of Reproduction, then returned to the guild and secured a position as Grandmaster Soma's assistant. The chapter left him preparing to study pharmacology and alchemy while weighing the vast gaps between Demon Hunter ranks.

• Fang Yuan questioned Black Jack and used the golden basin to contact his master, who revealed he belonged to the Black Scale Society and explained the threat of the Mother of Reproduction.
• The Sorcerer burned Black Jack and ended the communication, but Fang Yuan traced the group’s location and looted Black Jack’s wealth.
• Fang Yuan returned to the guild, assessed his attributes and the ranks of Demon Hunters and skills, and considered seeking help from Seris if needed.
• Fang Yuan asked Grandmaster Soma to make him an assistant, and Soma agreed to pay him for assignments and offer access to part of his private library.

Fang Yuan completed his first potion and collected the custom-made Flying Claws from Locke. He planned to study alchemy himself and eventually use the Fire Refining Demon's materials to upgrade Starry Night.

• Fang Yuan completed a Basic Hemostatic Salve and raised his Pharmacy skill to Ordinary.
• Fang Yuan arranged for David to escort money to Uncle Jock and dismissed rumors about Maria.
• Fang Yuan collected the lower magic weapon Ghoul's Grasp, made by Locke Lin from ghoul claws and Earth Demon Spider silk.
• Fang Yuan decided to keep the Fire Refining Demon's core materials and use his own alchemy to upgrade Starry Night with possible fire-element attacks.

Fang Yuan discovered that the Demon Hunters’ Holy Water was made from Night Clan Vital Qi and found that the pure version greatly improved his Physical Quality. After visiting Aimeng’s household to check on Peter and offer support, he announced that he would leave Hulin District and agreed to recommend Rayne for Demon Hunter training.

• Fang Yuan watched Roger distribute Holy Water from the imitation Holy Grail and realized it was an alchemical array that processed Vital Qi from Night Clan members.
• Fang Yuan drank the pure Holy Water, felt his body absorb its power, and saw his attributes increase; he also realized rookies received diluted water while senior Demon Hunters got better supplies.
• Fang Yuan delivered prepared materials to Master Soma, then visited Aimeng, Peter, and Rayne with suppressants for Peter and checked the Seal on Peter’s restrained right hand.
• Fang Yuan told Aimeng he had reached a conclusion about why Voodoo Corpses were drawn to her and said he planned to leave Hulin District for a while, leaving money to support them.
• Rayne asked Fang Yuan to let him help, and Fang Yuan agreed to recommend him for training with the children at the Demon Hunter branch.

Fang Yuan traveled to John Town under the alias Hulk, where he encountered a werewolf and the ranger Ferrona. He reached Mayor Bedo’s home to arrange a place to stay and discovered Ferrona was Bedo’s daughter.

• Fang Yuan rode a public carriage toward John Town while suspecting it was connected to the Sorcerer Family and the Night Clan.
• A giant wolf confronted the carriage, but ranger Ferrona arrived and drove it back into the forest.
• Fang Yuan introduced himself to Ferrona as wildlife researcher Hulk, while Ferrona suspected he was lying and noted rising trouble from the Alpha Family.
• Fang Yuan arrived in John Town and presented his credentials to Mayor Bedo, who offered him a room at his house.
• Ferrona rode up to Bedo’s home and greeted Fang Yuan as the two met again.

Fang Yuan joined Beduo and Ferrona’s pursuit of the black wolf that had killed Old Drunkard and abducted a child. He defeated the wolf pack, exposed Ferrona as a sorceress, and left her to explain herself to the other rangers.

• Fang Yuan accompanied Beduo and Ferrona to Old Drunkard’s body and concluded that a larger wolf had killed him as a provocation.
• A black wolf abducted a child, and Ferrona led the rangers into the Black Forest despite Beduo’s warning.
• Beduo hired Fang Yuan to help, and Fang Yuan followed Ferrona and the rangers into the forest.
• Ferrona and the rangers transformed as they chased the wolf, but the wolf attacked Arthur and lured Ferrona into a valley.
• Fang Yuan revealed that he had killed five wolves, then decapitated the black wolf with Starry Night as Ferrona realized he was a Demon Hunter.
• Fang Yuan recognized Ferrona as a sorceress of the Black Scale Society, praised her scales, and left carrying a wolf corpse before the other rangers arrived.

Fang Yuan studied sorcerer bloodlines and joined Ferrona for a nighttime meeting with the Black Scale Society. The society’s president apologized for his followers’ hostility, and Fang Yuan confirmed that the president had been manipulating Black Jack.

• Fang Yuan recorded his theories about sorcerer bloodlines and planned to research how ordinary people could acquire them safely.
• At dinner, Bedo tried to match Ferrona with Fang Yuan, and Ferrona invited him to meet the Black Scale Society’s president.
• Ferrona told Fang Yuan about the society’s factions as they traveled to its secluded manor.
• The Night Demon descendants surrounded Fang Yuan in the dark, so he released a powerful aura and lit Molotov cocktails to illuminate the plaza.
• The president arrived, apologized to Fang Yuan as a disciple of the Sword of Dawn, and Fang Yuan recognized him as the one behind Black Jack.

Fang Yuan defeated Black-Eyed Kaso and the Black Scale Society, then forced Kaso to reveal what he knew about the Dead Sea Scrolls and the threat to the Sword of Dawn. Kaso agreed to lead Fang Yuan to the Society's archive and teach him Black Magic.

• Fang Yuan demanded the truth about the Dead Sea Scrolls and access to the Black Scale Society's archive, then insulted the gathered Bloodkin.
• Fang Yuan cut through the Society's Night Demon Bloodkin and defeated Angre, Lin, and Valen despite Kaso's weakening spell.
• Fang Yuan resisted Kaso's vengeful-spirit spell and knocked him down, leaving the Society's members too afraid to approach.
• Kaso revealed that one Dead Sea Scroll page was jointly guarded by the Black Scale Society and the Alpha Family, and that other forces were seeking it.
• Kaso told Fang Yuan that Demon Set planned to attack the Hulin District Demon Hunter branch with Night Clan forces and a secret weapon.
• Fang Yuan spared Kaso and ordered him to take him to the archive and hand over his Black Magic; Kaso agreed.

Fang Yuan learned the Black Scale Society’s Black Magic secrets, demonstrated that he could master a spell at a glance, and ordered Kaso to lead him to the Dead Sea Scroll page in the Black Forest. At the Misty Land, the Alpha Family confronted them, and its golden-furred leader ordered the wolves to attack Fang Yuan and Kaso.

• Fang Yuan read the Night Demon Family’s research and learned how sorcerers used bloodline power and Spell Templates to cast Black Magic.
• Fang Yuan used Burning Hand, astonishing Kaso and Ferrona, and explained that he could cast Black Magic by reversing the nature of Holy Water.
• Fang Yuan ordered Kaso to take him to the Black Forest to find a page of the Dead Sea Scrolls, despite Kaso’s warnings about the Alpha Family’s barrier.
• At the Misty Land, Uma confronted Fang Yuan, Ferrona, and Kaso for breaking the ancestral pact by bringing an outsider.
• The Alpha Family’s golden-furred leader arrived with a pack of white wolves and ordered them to kill Fang Yuan and Kaso.

Fang Yuan defeated Rogo and forced him to lead the group into Mage Lock, where they opened an ancient tomb and awakened the Night Demon Wolf. The beast incapacitated Kaso, Rogo, and Ferrona, while Fang Yuan stood his ground and attacked it.

• Fang Yuan used Black Magic and swordsmanship to defeat Rogo and the Alpha Family’s giant wolves, then demanded that Rogo take him to the depths of Mage Lock.
• Kaso revealed that a creature created with Black Magic guarded the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Rogo summoned giant wolves to carry the group through the mist.
• Fang Yuan entered an ancient cemetery, and Kaso and Rogo opened its stone tomb using their names, blood, and an ancient contract.
• The Night Demon Wolf emerged, revealed its fused Night Demon and Werewolf bloodlines, and incapacitated Ferrona, Kaso, and Rogo with a mental attack.
• Fang Yuan resisted the Night Demon Wolf’s attack, struck its armored flank with Starry Night, then retreated and hit it with Burning Hand.

Fang Yuan defeated a Hidden Kill Demon and claimed a page of the Dead Sea Scrolls from the Mage Lock. He left the tomb and tried to subdue the dying Night Demon Wolf with a mental imprint.

• Fang Yuan struck Night Demon Wolf with Morning Star Swordsmanship, then used Yin Flow Flying Claws to evade the wolf and the Hidden Kill Demon's ambush.
• Night Demon Wolf and the Hidden Kill Demon wounded each other, and Fang Yuan used Dawn to expose and kill the Hidden Kill Demon.
• Fang Yuan examined the tomb's magic array, took the wooden box, and absorbed its holy mental pressure without harm.
• Fang Yuan found a page of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the box, studied its demonic writing, and put it away.
• Fang Yuan left the tomb and drove a mental imprint into Night Demon Wolf's Sea of Consciousness, ordering it to submit.

Fang Yuan rescued and bonded with the Night Demon Wolf, learned from the Dead Sea Scroll of an impending demon attack, and decided to return to Hulin District. The Demon Hunter branch prepared for Flame Demon Set’s assault, unaware that Fang Yuan was coming back with important warnings.

• Fang Yuan pulled a cursed dagger from the Night Demon Wolf, treated its wound, and named the recovering beast Fenrir.
• Fang Yuan studied the Dead Sea Scroll, discovered clues about demons and bloodline research, and realized John Town was unsafe and Hulin District faced an imminent attack.
• Fang Yuan warned Kaso and Rogo to leave, then rode Fenrir toward Hulin District while Ferrona bid him goodbye.
• Seris, Flock, and Roger discussed reports that Flame Demon Set would attack the branch, and Seris revealed she had arranged for two old friends to help defend it.

Fang Yuan returned to the Demon Hunter branch as it prepared for Set’s invasion and learned that its leaders believed the defenses were secure. Vice President Roger mistook Fang Yuan’s offer to help Master Soma for an attempt to avoid battle and rebuked him, while Fang Yuan quietly coveted Roger’s imitation Holy Grail.

• Fang Yuan met Uncle Jock at the branch and gave him healing potions, Holy Light potions, and Holy Water to help protect his family and fellow Demon Hunters.
• After Fang Yuan left, Jock encountered Lusha, who rejected his offer of Healing Water and reminded him that she still had a score to settle with him.
• Fang Yuan joined Master Soma in the laboratory and learned that the branch president had summoned two Titled Demon Hunters to reinforce its defenses against Set.
• Roger arrived, rejected Soma’s request to make Fang Yuan his assistant, and accused Fang Yuan of trying to dodge battle.
• Fang Yuan did not defend himself and privately focused on Roger’s imitation Holy Grail.

Seris welcomed Rego and Beijie to Hulin District, but the Night Clan’s assault exposed Beijie as the Thousand-Faced Demon Tenishio, who had wounded Seris. Seris began fighting Set as Rego pursued Tenishio, while Fang Yuan sensed a hidden danger just before a gunshot rang out.

• Fang Yuan ignored rumors that Roger would send him to the front lines, while Master Soma’s miserly associate vowed to speak up for him to Flock.
• Seris welcomed his old friends Rego and Beijie as Demon Hunters gathered at the branch hall.
• Set launched an assault on Hulin District, and Seris and the other Demon Hunters fought through swarms of Night Clan creatures.
• Tenishio revealed that it had killed Beijie and disguised itself as her, then wounded Seris with the Thorn of Light.
• Seris used his Sword of Stars domain to drive his greatsword into Set’s chest, while Rego pursued Tenishio.
• Fang Yuan sensed an approaching danger as he fought a werewolf, and a gunshot rang out.

Fang Yuan infiltrated the demons’ trapped bell tower, killed the Hidden Kill Demon king and the traitorous Demon Hunter who had shot Lord Seris, and claimed the legendary musket Devil's Cry. From the tower balcony, he aimed the weapon at the demons overwhelming Rego, ready to join the battle.

• Lord Seris was killed by a sniper firing Devil's Cry, prompting Demon Hunters to charge the bell tower.
• Flock led the assault but was sliced apart by hidden threads, while the sniper kept Rego under threat.
• Fang Yuan exposed and killed a Hidden Kill Demon king with his sword, then attacked the sniper.
• The sniper revealed himself as a fallen Demon Hunter, but Fang Yuan shot him with a short musket and seized Devil's Cry.
• Seeing Rego nearing defeat against the Thousand-Faced Demon and the wounded Flame Demon, Fang Yuan aimed Devil's Cry from the balcony.

Fang Yuan used Devil's Cry to kill Tenishio and drive Set away, then took advantage of the battlefield chaos to kill Roger and claim the spoils. As the fighting spread, smoke rose from the Demon Hunter branch headquarters.

• Rego trapped Tenishio and Set in blood-red ice, allowing Fang Yuan to shoot Tenishio with Devil's Cry while Set escaped by scattering into flames.
• Fang Yuan left the bell tower as the leaderless Demon Hunters and Night Clan retreated and fought over Tenishio's corpse.
• Roger seized Tenishio's skin and planned to claim Devil's Cry, but Fang Yuan confronted him in an alley and killed him after cutting down his two men.
• Fang Yuan took the replica Holy Grail and Tenishio's skin, then saw smoke rising from the branch headquarters.

The Demon Hunter Guild learned that the Chaos, Dark, and Evil Demons had allied with the Night Clan and launched an assault on the Holy Mountain and its branches. As Longinus charged into battle with the Holy Spear, Fang Yuan rescued Jock’s family from the chaos in Hulin District and prepared to flee.

• The Holy Artifact Holders revealed that the Demon Map had stopped working, several branches were under attack, and a horde of mind-controlled people was approaching the Holy Mountain.
• Longinus wielded the Spear of Longinus, incapacitated the walking corpses, destroyed lower-ranking Night Clan members, and charged at the remaining enemies.
• Fang Yuan recognized the demonic barrier affecting Hulin District and decided to evacuate with Uncle Jock and the others.
• Fang Yuan used his Spirit Yuan Power to keep the walking corpses away and knocked out a crazed Demon Hunter at the branch office.
• Jock emerged with Aunt Sophia and Maria, and he asked Fang Yuan when he had become so strong.

Fang Yuan led a group out of Hulin District through the zombie horde, rescuing Locke along the way. After reaching Red Firefly Town, they learned that the Night Clan had launched an all-out war and that headquarters was abandoning its northern branches, leaving Fang Yuan to consider further training while continuing to study alchemy.

• Fang Yuan persuaded Jok, his family, and several Demon Hunters to evacuate the Hulin District branch, while most people chose to stay behind.
• Fang Yuan used his Mental Power to knock down approaching zombies, killed a hidden Vampire, and carved a path through the horde.
• Fang Yuan rescued Locke from Werewolves, and Locke agreed to travel with the group after explaining he had stayed to investigate the formation.
• Fang Yuan's group met Aimeng, Peter, and Fenrir in Red Firefly Town, where Locke reported that the Night Clan had declared all-out war and headquarters had defeated the demons attacking it.
• Locke announced headquarters was ordering Demon Hunters north of the March-Lawton Line to retreat and offering further training at the Holy Mountain to qualified young hunters.
• Jok urged Fang Yuan to seize the training opportunity, and Fang Yuan asked Locke to teach him more about alchemy.