Chapter Summaries

An Yang visited his parents with Xiaochán, prompting Xie Yunqing to scold him for secretly buying cars and a house while asking about his work, Weiwei, and An You. At dinner, Xie Yunqing doted on the shy Xiaochán, who showed her eagerness for meat and quietly refilled An Yang’s rice bowl.

• Xie Yunqing questioned An Yang about his convertible, learned he had bought two cars and a house, and scolded him for keeping the purchases from his parents.
• An Guoshu tried to calm Xie Yunqing and comfort Xiaochán, then sent An Yang to keep the girl company.
• Xie Yunqing asked An Yang about Xiaochán’s guarded behavior, Weiwei’s work, and An You’s summer job at An Shi Network.
• Xie Yunqing filled Xiaochán’s bowl with food at dinner, while Xiaochán eagerly ate a piece of chicken An Yang gave her.
• Xiaochán took An Yang’s empty bowl and went to refill it, astonishing An Yang’s parents.

An Yang spent time at home with Xiaochán, reassuring Xie Yunqing that the girl was educated despite not attending school and preparing to return to Jinguan. Before leaving, he gave An Guoshu a car and a house deed as an early birthday gift, then drove away with Xiaochán.

• Xie Yunqing questioned An Yang about Xiaochán’s age, family, and schooling, and An Yang demonstrated the girl’s knowledge to ease her concerns.
• An Yang had Xiaochán cultivate in his room while he read, and she stayed awake cultivating through the night.
• Xie Yunqing and An Guoshu hosted An Yang and Xiaochán before An Yang prepared to return to Jinguan.
• An Yang gave An Guoshu a car key and a property deed bearing his parents’ names as an early birthday gift.
• An Yang drove away with Xiaochán and passed an old high school acquaintance at the residential compound.

An Yang learned that the state had begun investigating the anomalies in Yizhou, and Xiao Qian promised to handle the threat while he tried to preserve his family’s safety and the real world’s stability. He then took Xiao Qian to Parand, where she was astonished by the vast castle city he had built.

• An Yang finished studying the array portion of the Divine Technique of Seizing Luck and Veins, then overheard Xiao Qian’s phone call and realized the state had taken notice of him.
• Xiao Qian reassured An Yang that she would manage the investigation, and he suggested using special forces or mental influence against key witnesses if needed.
• An Yang and Xiao Qian entered Parand through the Gate of Space, where she was stunned by the city’s scale and its blend of magic, technology, and military defenses.
• An Yang asked Xiao Qian whether she was satisfied with the castle city, and she demurred as mechs flew overhead.

An Yang tested newly awakened Transformers against Watcher mechanical beasts in Silver Moon City's arena, finding that their intelligence could not make up for their weak armor, weapons, and sluggish responses. He then brought an unmanned Blade Mecha and another mechanical beast into the arena to begin testing whether the life-giving cube could awaken a mecha.

• An Yang had a newly transformed passenger plane fight a mechanical spider, and the spider nearly killed the Transformers before a Judgment Mecha destroyed it.
• An Yang staged further fights between Transformers and mechanical scorpions, with the Judgment Mecha intervening when the battles became too one-sided or destructive.
• An Yang concluded that Transformers had inferior armor and firepower and moved clumsily because their life-like processing burdened their response speed.
• An Yang brought an unmanned Blade Mecha and a mechanical beast into the arena, drawing the heavenly soldiers' attention to the cube that could give machinery life.

An Yang tested whether the energy body could convert a Heavenly Soldier Mecha, but the mecha’s advanced defenses and systems resisted the process and triggered a destructive energy conflict. He ordered engineering Heavenly Soldiers to find ways around the interference, while the failed test left the conversion project facing a long road ahead.

• The Heavenly Soldiers analyzed how the energy body transformed a primitive passenger plane and wondered whether it could convert their more sophisticated mechas.
• An Yang had the Judgment Mecha undergo conversion, but its armor, power core, and operating systems resisted the energy waves and treated them as an intrusion.
• An engineering Heavenly Soldier reported that the energy block conflicted with the mecha’s energy system, causing an explosion inside it.
• An Yang ordered engineering Heavenly Soldiers to address the energy-core conflict, optimize transmission circuits, and modify the mecha’s safety systems and programs.
• The Judgment Mecha’s second attempt ended in another explosion, so An Yang left with Comrade Xiao Qian and two silver-white Judgment Mecha.

An Yang oversaw experiments to turn Parlance mecha into Transformers and assigned Engineering Heavenly Soldiers to study the transforming element. He then inspected the Divine Continent Empire and mastered the forbidden Divine Technique of Seizing Luck and Veins before returning to the real world.

• An Yang watched Engineering Heavenly Soldiers convert a mecha into weak, lifeless transforming scrap and ordered them to analyze the energy body and master its transforming element.
• An Yang returned to the villa, took the female demons to the Divine Continent world, and let them explore while he attended to imperial business.
• An Yang briefed officials on the Apocalypse World's time flow, issued policies, and inspected the Divine Continent Empire's education, technology, magic, cultivation, military, industry, agriculture, and livelihoods.
• An Yang met cultivation experts at Kunlun Mountain and insisted on researching the forbidden Divine Technique of Seizing Luck and Veins despite their warnings.
• An Yang spent nearly a month in the Divine Continent Empire refining the technique with the cultivation experts, then returned to the real world having barely mastered it.

Boss Luo tried to flee his courtyard with his heavily armed bodyguard team, but enforcers arrived to take him. Their woman leader sent one uniformed man to deal with the guards, and he began slaughtering them with overwhelming speed and force.

• Boss Luo ordered Chen Guangshui to gather the bodyguards and prepare a bulletproof convoy, warning that their pursuers were not ordinary people.
• Two sedans blocked the intersection as the enforcers arrived, and Boss Luo recognized them and grew terrified.
• A tall woman dismissed the bodyguards as mortals and ordered a uniformed man to deal with them.
• Chen Guangshui prepared his team as the man charged at them, moving at an impossible speed.
• The uniformed man killed the first bodyguard with devastating blows, then lunged toward the others as they froze in shock.

Huang Lan and Xiaochán captured Luo Yonghan and dealt with his bodyguards, while An Yang learned that he would enter a new mission world in 24 hours. The chapter leaves An Yang with a day to prepare, unaware of what happened in Jinguan City.

• Huang Lan approached Chen Guangshui and the bodyguards, whose fear grew as her tiger-shaped shadow appeared.
• Huang Lan subdued Luo Yonghan, showed him a photograph, and threatened his family until he agreed to cooperate.
• Xiaochán used her eyes while a soldier gave Luo Yonghan instructions, and he nodded along.
• Huang Lan ordered the bodyguards dealt with; Chen Guangshui attacked her and was killed, and the soldiers dispatched the others.
• Huang Lan and Xiaochán left Jinguan City with Luo Yonghan and the bodies in their vehicles.
• An Yang received a system notification that he would enter a new mission world in 24 hours.

Huang Lan and Xiaochán returned to Jinguang, where the Rabbit Demon persuaded Xiaochán to demonstrate her mind-bewitching ability. The next day, An Yang entered the Monster Hunt world and reached a village on a mountaintop.

• Huang Lan told the Rabbit Demon about her and Xiaochán’s journey, and the Rabbit Demon pestered Xiaochán until she used her eyes to control the Rabbit Demon’s mind.
• The Rabbit Demon sat quietly afterward, while Huang Lan wondered about Xiaochán’s unusual reluctance to use her natural abilities.
• An Yang was transported to the Monster Hunt world and recognized its mountainous landscape as a setting from the film.
• An Yang rode Green Silk down to the valley, spotted a small lotus-leafed creature, then used his armor to fly to the mountaintop.
• An Yang landed on a broad plateau and saw a village in the distance.

An Yang entered Yongning Village, where he recognized that the villagers were demons living in hiding, and met the limping village head, Song Tianyin. After eating at Song Tianyin’s teahouse, An Yang paid with silver, took over Song’s room to rest, and considered the world and plot of Monster Hunt.

• An Yang entered Yongning Village and sensed that its villagers were demons disguised as humans.
• Song Tianyin approached An Yang, introduced himself as the village head, and led him to his family’s teahouse.
• An Yang ordered duck blood jelly, side dishes, and noodles, then paid Song Tianyin with a small piece of silver.
• An Yang claimed Song Tianyin’s room as a place to rest, leaving Song to sleep on a wooden table.
• An Yang reflected on the Demon Realm’s conflict, the story of Song Tianyin and Hu Ba, and how this world’s demons differed from cultivators.

An Yang left Yongning Village after warning Song Tianyin about the demons and demon hunters he would soon encounter. As he set out to learn about the world’s power system, he considered where to find high-ranking demon hunters in an age when their order had declined.

• An Yang ate breakfast with Song Tianyin and warned him that the outside world was dangerous, then demonstrated a flame at his fingertip.
• An Yang told Song Tianyin that a man and a woman who were demons would soon visit his inn, and that a female demon hunter would become his future wife.
• An Yang paid for his meal and left the village to travel the world, while Song Tianyin ran outside but could not find him.
• An Yang considered the demon hunters’ coin-based ranks and the decline of their order after the Demon Hunter Hall was abolished.
• An Yang decided to seek high-ranking demon hunters among secluded mountain dwellers, powerful nobles, or the imperial court.

An Yang met Huo Xiaolan and Luo Gang while seeking directions to Shuntian Prefecture and asking about powerful Demon Hunters. After gathering leads and reaching Xiaodong Town, he flew north and arrived at Shuntian Prefecture.

• An Yang encountered Huo Xiaolan on the mountain and asked her for directions and information about a Six-Coin Demon Hunter.
• An Yang revealed that Luo Gang was following Huo Xiaolan, offered her a bounty lead, then flew away with Green Silk before she could learn more.
• An Yang met Luo Gang, got directions to Shuntian Prefecture, and heard of possible Six-Coin Demon Hunters kept by the imperial court, living in Licheng, or serving Rongguo Mansion.
• An Yang gave Luo Gang a piece of silver, then flew to Xiaodong Town, bought a map, and confirmed Shuntian Prefecture's location.
• An Yang summoned his armor and flew north, reaching Shuntian Prefecture.

An Yang entered Shuntian Prefecture to study the capital and plan a visit to Rongguo Mansion before risking the Imperial City. While exploring the streets, he collided with a disguised young woman and recognized the encounter as an organized scam.

• An Yang entered Shuntian Prefecture, bought a map, and marked the Imperial City, Kunzhou's Licheng, and Rongguo Mansion.
• An Yang decided to visit Rongguo Mansion first because the Imperial City and Imperial Palace might hold valuable information but posed greater danger.
• An Yang explored the capital's crowded streets, observing demon-related trade and sensing a concealed demon among the people.
• A disguised young woman deliberately bumped into An Yang, fell to the ground, and accused him of breaking her bones.
• An Yang noticed the crowd and nearby constables being guided against him and concluded the staged accident was an organized scam.

An Yang exposed a group of con artists who used a disguised Heavenly Master to extort him, then revealed the woman as a demon and escaped as constables and Heavenly Masters converged. Outside Rongguo Mansion, he caught up with the group and demanded answers in exchange for letting them go.

• An Yang saw through the staged accident and identified the apparent old man as a woman and Heavenly Master.
• When the gang incited the crowd against An Yang, he used magic to reveal the woman’s disguise and then her demon form.
• Constables and nearby Heavenly Masters rushed to capture the demon while An Yang left and made his way to Rongguo Mansion.
• An Yang encountered the fleeing gang outside Rongguo Mansion and pursued them with his Green Jade Ancient Sword.
• An Yang demanded that the group find a place to talk and answer his questions, warning that they would not escape if they refused.

An Yang questioned Luo You, Chen Ze, and Chen Rou about six-coin demon hunters, then infiltrated Rongguo Mansion to find one. He met Zhou Tong, who challenged why someone as powerful as An Yang had sought him out, leaving their purpose unresolved.

• An Yang learned from Luo You, Chen Ze, and Chen Rou that Rongguo Mansion likely employed a six-coin demon hunter and that powerful demon hunters might still live in seclusion in Shuntian Prefecture.
• An Yang planted invisible marks on the three demon hunters, entered Rongguo Mansion under concealment, and questioned a maidservant about Duke Rong’s guards.
• An Yang found the six-coin demon hunter in a pavilion and identified him as Zhou Shen, but the man corrected him and gave his name as Zhou Tong.
• Zhou Tong drew a black iron spear, then set it aside and asked why An Yang, whose strength seemed to exceed six coins, had come to find him.

An Yang convinced Zhou Tong that demons were preparing to challenge humanity and learned that Demon Hunter records were kept in a tower inside the Imperial City. He killed the tower’s Seven-Coin guardian with his sniper rifle and prepared to enter.

• An Yang met Zhou Tong and warned him that the Demon Realm had changed rulers and demons were gathering in Shuntian Prefecture.
• An Yang urged Zhou Tong to help train Demon Hunters, and Zhou Tong agreed after An Yang showed him that Boss Ge was an old demon.
• Zhou Tong told An Yang that Demon Hunter records were stored in Demon Hunter Tower and that a Seven-Coin Demon Hunter guarded its entrance.
• An Yang found the tower in the Imperial City and shot the guardian from a distance with his Electromagnetic Sniper Rifle.

An Yang infiltrated the Demon Hunter Tower, killed its Seven-Coin guardian Shu, and stole demon hunter records before leaving the Imperial City undetected. After the theft triggered an uproar, he met Zhou Tong, learned Zhou had sent him after Shu to avenge his family, and offered to share his copied records while he watched the old demon at the Ascension Tower.

• An Yang killed Shu, concealed her body, and used universal methods to break the Demon Hunter Tower's restrictions.
• He searched the tower's books and took most of its demon hunter records before escaping near dawn.
• The Imperial City discovered the killing and theft, and news of the breach enraged the Emperor and spread through the capital.
• An Yang ate breakfast at the Ascension Tower and met Zhou Tong outside the Rongguo Mansion.
• Zhou Tong admitted he had directed An Yang to Shu because she had killed his wife and child.
• An Yang offered to stay at the Ascension Tower, watch the old demon, and have his stolen records transcribed for Zhou Tong.

An Yang studied Hu Ba’s unusual bloodline and the conflict between humans and demons while deciding not to interfere in the coming rescue. He learned Ascension Tower was holding a Ten Thousand Longevity Demon King Banquet and expected Song Tianyin and Huo Xiaolan to fight their way to Hu Ba.

• Song Tianyin and Huo Xiaolan brought Hu Ba to Shuntian Prefecture, where An Yang briefly spoke with them and examined the Little Demon King.
• An Yang reasoned that Hu Ba’s bloodline might be connected to the looming war between humans and demons, and noted its unusual ability to resist eating humans.
• An Yang compared Demon Hunter practices with the Daoist and martial traditions of the Divine Continent, then continued researching arcane magic.
• A maidservant invited An Yang to Ascension Tower’s Ten Thousand Longevity Demon King Banquet, which had been arranged to celebrate the Demon King’s son.
• An Yang decided not to help Song Tianyin and Huo Xiaolan rescue Hu Ba, trusting them and Zhou Tong to handle the coming battle.

An Yang watched the Ten Thousand Longevity Demon King Banquet collapse into a battle that exposed Ascension Tower’s demonic Boss Ge and ended with Zhou Tong defeating him. After learning the tower had been seized, An Yang left Shuntian Prefecture and flew south toward the Demon Realm, where he began noticing more signs of demons.

• An Yang refused another invitation to the banquet and watched it through a mechanical eye while enjoying Ascension Tower’s pastries and fruit wine.
• Song Tianyin and Huo Xiaolan stormed the banquet, and the fight exposed Boss Ge as a demon and drew Zhou Tong into battle.
• Song Tianyin’s grandmother produced the Song family’s ancestral sword, and Zhou Tong used Hu Ba’s blood to unseal it and defeat Boss Ge.
• The authorities seized Ascension Tower and uncovered hidden wealth and weapons, while An Yang prepared to leave for the Demon Realm.
• An Yang bid farewell to Zhou Tong and flew south across the imperial dynasty and snowy mountains toward the remote Demon Realm.

An Yang explored the Demon Realm’s deepest reaches and discovered signs that its demons were preparing to reclaim the human world, including immense war behemoths and a powerful new Demon King. After collecting samples from a giant demon, he continued investigating demon society and powers, then left with several demon corpses for analysis.

• An Yang reached the deepest part of the Demon Realm and watched a mountain-sized giant demon pass through the wilderness.
• An Yang realized the Demon Realm had gathered numerous giant demons while the imperial dynasty’s defenses had weakened.
• An Yang flew onto the giant demon’s back, wounded it with a spear, and collected and preserved its blood before taking a piece of meat.
• Over the following three days, An Yang explored the Demon Realm’s capital, glimpsed its new Demon King, and studied demon life and abilities.
• Demons discovered An Yang and fought him, but he won and obtained several demon corpses for analysis.