Chapter Summaries

After surviving the battle with Bai Xiaoya, Fang Yue went to check on You Sisi but encountered a Yin Messenger that seized his heart and drained his power. He discovered that only he could see the being, which followed him through Qingsi County and proved immune to his Black Blade.

• Fang Yue accepted the changes to his heart and thumb, put away the Gold Stone from Bai Xiaoya, and hurried to look for You Sisi.
• Fang Yue mourned Lord Han and You Sisi, resolved to become stronger, and feared losing Sister Yuan next.
• A Yin Messenger appeared during a flash of lightning, seized Fang Yue's heart, and drained his soul power and Origin Power into its Yin Candle before letting him go.
• Fang Yue realized Jing Yan, the Qing Guards, and the Anomalies could not see the Yin Messenger, and suspected only he could perceive it.
• The Yin Messenger followed Fang Yue through Qingsi County and reached for his hand, but Fang Yue's Black Blade passed through it without causing harm.

Fang Yue survived the Yin Messenger's attack, only to learn that a stone Anomaly had orchestrated earlier threats against him and intended to claim his Anomaly Fruit. After Night Rain killed the stone Anomaly and the Yin Messenger withdrew as dawn approached, a wormlike Anomaly appeared and resumed its threat to devour Fang Yue.

• The Yin Messenger withdrew after a stone humanoid Anomaly approached and urged it to spare Fang Yue.
• The stone Anomaly revealed that it had sent the Index Finger Ghoul, the Bladeless Anomaly, and others to observe Fang Yue's growth, and said it had come to collect the Anomaly Fruit.
• The stone Anomaly collapsed and Fang Yue discovered that Night Rain had killed it.
• Fang Yue realized the Yin Messenger had likely left because dawn was near and feared he could not survive the rain without Night's Breath.
• A wormlike Anomaly crawled out of the house and told Fang Yue he would be its first prey in over a century.

Fang Yue was overwhelmed by the Black Green Mountain Range after killing its Anomaly, while the survivors mourned their fallen companions. Shaken by the danger she had faced, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu resolved to grow stronger and began eating Anomaly flesh.

• Fang Yue killed the bug-shaped Anomaly, which revealed itself as the Black Green Mountain Range and summoned a horde ordered to capture him alive.
• Jing Yan reunited with the others and received Lord Han's blood-red eyeball from Captain Wu as they mourned Lord Han, You Sisi, and Little Blood Duel.
• Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu remembered her fear of dying and decided to become strong enough to protect herself and help Fang Yue.
• Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu asked the Qing Guards to gather Anomaly corpses, then ate the foul flesh without hesitation.

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu committed to growing stronger after realizing the dangers of the game, while Jing Yan despaired over losing Little Blood Dou and his other sources of support. Qing Chen refused to promise that he could revive Little Blood Dou but offered to investigate transferring her power into Jing Yan, who eagerly volunteered as an experimental subject.

• Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu retched after eating a fifth of the food, and Captain Wu encouraged her to take it slowly.
• Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu decided to train harder rather than quit the game, believing its dangers could reach beyond the game itself.
• Jing Yan lamented that Lord Han, Little Blood Dou, and Brother Ye were gone and admitted that he had neglected opportunities to strengthen himself.
• Jing Yan begged Qing Chen to revive Little Blood Dou, but Qing Chen explained that he had collected her bone powder for research and data preservation.
• Qing Chen said he might be able to transfer Little Blood Dou's power into Jing Yan, and Jing Yan volunteered to be the experimental subject.

Qing Chen refused to use Little Blood Dou bone powder on Jing Yan and instead examined Lord Han's eyeball for residual Origin Power that might help revive him. He found a small, fading reserve and realized they had to act quickly, while Jing Yan agreed to become his experimental subject.

• Qing Chen rejected using Little Blood Dou bone powder on Jing Yan because the method was too uncertain, then asked Jing Yan for Lord Han's eyeball.
• Qing Chen explained that Lord Han's immense Origin Power might have left a remnant in the eyeball, though it would not be enough by itself to bring him back.
• Jing Yan agreed to serve as Qing Chen's experimental subject despite the risk of dying.
• Qing Chen examined the eyeball and found that some Origin Power remained, but it was fading, so Lord Han's rescue could not wait.
• Jing Yan flattered Qing Chen and accepted his judgment, hoping that being his experimental subject would help him turn his fortunes around.

Qing Chen explained the risks of using Lord Han’s remaining Origin Power to try to revive him inside Jing Yan, and Jing Yan agreed to become the Experimental Subject. Before the experiment could begin, a massive horde of bizarre creatures advanced on Qingsi County, and Captain Wu chose to flee with Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu.

• Qing Chen explained that he could stabilize Lord Han’s Origin using his eyeball and the Little Blood Hound’s bone powder, then try to nurture it inside Jing Yan, though the experiment could kill them both.
• Jing Yan agreed to become Qing Chen’s Experimental Subject because he needed to grow stronger to survive.
• The ground shook as Qing Chen sensed a huge group of creatures approaching and realized the bizarre were all heading toward them.
• The survivors panicked when they understood they lacked the strength to face another battle and the villagers in the refuge zone were also in danger.
• Captain Wu offered to take Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu out of the city, and she accepted his offer after struggling with the decision.

Fang Yue arrived as Qingsi County faced a swarm of Anomalies and drew them away from the town. He escaped through the city gates on two Black Silk Horses, but the Night Rain was intensifying and sunrise threatened to end his Night's Breath.

• A huge swarm of flying Anomalies approached as Jing Yan and the others feared Qingsi County was doomed.
• Fang Yue appeared, asked where the stone umbrella was, and drew the Anomalies after him.
• Jing Yan and the others mistook Fang Yue's departure for a self-sacrifice, while Captain Wu stopped them from following.
• Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu ate the remaining corpse in tears as she worried Fang Yue would die.
• Fang Yue rode two Black Silk Horses while wielding a stone fan and raced toward the gates, promising to meet everyone in [Chu Nuan City].
• Fang Yue used Black Blade Feiyu to clear a path through the Anomalies and escaped the city as the Night Rain intensified and sunrise neared.

Fang Yue fled across the Black Green Mountain Range as the Black Green Anomaly sent every Anomaly after him and the Severe Rain destroyed everything in its path. When Night's Breath faded and his defenses failed, a bell rang from his transformed thumb, freezing the Dark Rain curse and stopping the thunder and rain.

• Fang Yue raced toward Black Green Gorge while the Night Rain weakened his stone umbrella and Anomalies poured out of Qingsi County to pursue him.
• Anomalies from across the Black Green Mountain Range converged on Fang Yue and grew stronger, while the Severe Rain killed them and dissolved the landscape.
• The Black Silk Horses collapsed after the rain stripped their flesh, and Fang Yue continued running on foot while consuming pills to sustain himself.
• Sunrise arrived before Fang Yue reached Black Green Gorge, and Night's Breath faded as the Severe Rain intensified.
• Fang Yue's Innate Qi Shield and black energy failed, leaving him exposed as the rain corroded his body and the Dark Rain curse spread across his hands.
• A bell rang from Fang Yue's transformed thumb, stopping the Dark Rain curse, the thunder, and the rain.

Fang Yue survived the cursed rain, Black Rain, when his transformed thumb stopped it, then fled on horseback from a vast swarm of anomalies. Across the Black Green Mountain Range, the anomalies ignored everyone else and converged on one target heading toward Qingsi County: Ye Baiyi.

• Fang Yue's transformed thumb halted the cursed rain, Black Rain, and the clouds dispersed, ending the storm.
• Fang Yue, badly injured and pursued by anomalies, spotted a caravan, took a horse, and left a Black Stone as payment.
• The anomalies swept past the caravan without harming anyone and continued chasing Fang Yue.
• An even larger mass of ground and flying anomalies converged on the caravan, but passed it by unharmed.
• People across the Black Green Mountain Range compared what they had seen and realized every anomaly was pursuing Ye Baiyi toward Qingsi County.

Fang Yue fled toward Black Green Gorge as the Black Green Anomaly sent a growing horde after him. After escaping the gorge’s collapsing cliffs, he raced along its summit toward the boundary, where the Anomaly empowered its avatar to stop him.

• Fang Yue rode toward Black Green Gorge while the Anomalies pursuing him grew stronger and his horse was crippled.
• Fang Yue entered the gorge and encountered a black-mist avatar of the Black Green Anomaly.
• The Black Green Anomaly caused the gorge’s cliffs to close together, trapping Fang Yue between the horde and the avatar.
• Fang Yue ran up a cliff and escaped onto the summit as the closing cliffs crushed the pursuing Anomalies and sealed the gorge.
• Fang Yue raced along the gorge’s summit toward the boundary, while the black-mist avatar’s strength surged from Black-level to Rain-grade.

Fang Yue escaped the Black Green Mountain Range by using Stillness Space to slow the Black Green Anomaly, which remained trapped by a seal. He headed for Chu Nuan City to rescue An Dong'er from the Phoenix Organization, while the Black Green Anomaly vowed to seek him out once the seal was lifted.

• The Black Green Anomaly created a Rain-grade puppet and attacked Fang Yue before he could leave the mountain range.
• Fang Yue used Stillness Space, slowing the Black Green Anomaly long enough to pass it and escape into the sunlight.
• The Black Green Anomaly tried to pursue Fang Yue but its arm was severed when it crossed the boundary, revealing that the seal still prevented it from leaving.
• The Black Green Anomaly sent lesser Anomalies after Fang Yue, then resolved to confront him after the seal was lifted.
• Fang Yue decided to travel to Chu Nuan City and rescue An Dong'er, who was likely being held by the Phoenix Organization.

Fang Yue reached the road to Chu Nuan City and asked a merchant group for directions, then continued alone. The group, led by Pi Sanzai, was soon attacked by eerie creatures after the creatures rushed past them and a boundary disrupted their formation.

• Fang Yue met five travelers, confirmed he was a Qing Guard, and asked how to reach Chu Nuan City.
• Shui Mei asked whether Fang Yue was going to compete in the ring, and Pi Sanwei gave him a map after refusing to let him join their group.
• Fang Yue left a Black Stone as payment and walked away, while the five discussed his generosity and their caution toward strangers.
• Nearly a hundred Black Grade Intermediate Stage eerie creatures charged toward Pi Sanzai and his companions, who tried to flee before turning to face them.
• The eerie creatures initially rushed past the group, but one snapped a young man's neck, and Shui Mei's screams drew the rest toward them.

After rescuing Pi Sanzai and Shui Mei from anomalies, Fang Yue agreed to escort the two Heilu Sect disciples to Chu Nuan City. He guarded them through the night, killed an invisible ghost, and continued waiting for the Yin Messenger, who never appeared.

• Shui Mei woke beside the Soul Fire and learned from Pi Sanzai that Fang Yue had saved them, though their three fellow disciples had died.
• Pi Sanzai asked Fang Yue to accompany them to Chu Nuan City, and Fang Yue learned that the two were outer disciples of the Heilu Sect on Heilu Mountain.
• Fang Yue agreed to keep watch while Pi Sanzai and Shui Mei rested, and Shui Mei fell asleep feeling safe beside him.
• Fang Yue spotted an invisible ghost with his Analysis Pupil, killed it with the Black Blade, and returned to his post.
• After the Yin Messenger failed to appear for two nights, Fang Yue grieved for Lord Han and vowed to master and pass on his legacy.

After Shui Mei and Pi Sanzai died in the wilderness, Fang Yue fled in fear of the Yin Messenger and joined a merchant caravan bound for Chu Nuan City. On the journey, he realized he had mistaken his borrowed power for his own strength and might have misjudged what had killed his companions.

• Fang Yue reflected on his dwindling lifespan, the dangers of Pill Toxin, and the Yin Messenger he had felt pierce his heart.
• Fang Yue practiced the Dark Moon Blade Technique, and the next morning he found Shui Mei and Pi Sanzai dead without a trace.
• Fang Yue fled day and night until Steward Hai spotted him and suggested that the caravan test his strength.
• The young lady threw an apple at Fang Yue, and he sliced it apart with a blade strike that also cleaved through the lead carriage and horse.
• Fang Yue accepted Steward Hai's offer to travel with the caravan to Chu Nuan City.
• Fang Yue reconsidered the deaths of Shui Mei and Pi Sanzai and realized a powerful anomaly, not necessarily the Yin Messenger, might have killed them.

Fang Yue calmed himself by practicing the Dark Moon Blade Technique while traveling with the Great Yang Merchant Caravan. He abruptly sensed something near a sleeping guard and discovered that the guard was dead.

• Fang Yue decided to seek information about the Yin Messenger from the Phoenix Organization after reaching Chu Nuan City.
• Fang Yue went outside and practiced his blade while Steward Hai, Yang Hongxia, and the caravan watched.
• Steward Hai warned Yang Hongxia that Fang Yue would not be easily persuaded to join the Martial Competition.
• Fang Yue suddenly interrupted his blade practice, rushed to a drunk sleeping guard, and said the guard was dead.

Fang Yue protected Yang Hongxia’s caravan from an unseen anomaly while practicing the Dark Moon Blade Technique, and he mastered it before dawn. The chapter ended with him striking the anomaly just before it attacked Yang Hongxia.

• Fang Yue sensed an anomaly near the bonfire, and the caravan discovered that a guard had died without anyone noticing.
• Fang Yue told Steward Hai to gather everyone around him, then continued practicing his blade while the group stood watch.
• Fang Yue mastered the Dark Moon Blade Technique and gained 1,000 Control Power.
• Near dawn, Fang Yue sensed the anomaly again and rushed toward the sleeping Yang Hongxia.
• Fang Yue stopped his slash inches from Yang Hongxia’s forehead as it struck the unseen anomaly, whose black blood dripped onto her face.

Fang Yue killed a White Transparent Anomaly that attacked the caravan and learned that information about unknown Anomalies could be sold for a reward. Yang Hongxia thanked him for saving her life by giving him a valuable Glow Pearl, leaving him with a new source of light for nighttime travel.

• Fang Yue knocked a White Transparent Anomaly off Yang Hongxia and killed it, earning stat increases and a year of Lifespan.
• Steward Hai examined the Anomaly's skin and explained that the caravan could sell information about the unknown creature.
• Fang Yue realized that Anomaly intelligence was a profitable trade in the Chaoyang Avenue region, and Steward Hai said the reward would belong to him.
• Yang Hongxia thanked Fang Yue for saving her and gave him a Glow Pearl.
• Fang Yue recognized the pearl as genuine and tucked it into his belt so he could use it for nighttime illumination.

Fang Yue concealed his identity while traveling with the Great Yang Merchant Group, planning to investigate the Phoenix Organization in Chu Nuan City and rescue An Dong'er. When night bandits abducted Yang Hongxia, Fang Yue pursued them to seize their horses.

• Fang Yue learned from Steward Hai that the Phoenix Organization might be tied to Chu Nuan City's powerful merchant groups and decided to hide his identity.
• Fang Yue donned his Mist Black Robe and warned Steward Hai to keep his identity secret.
• Fang Yue killed three anomalies that attacked the merchant group during the next two days.
• Night bandits rode up and abducted Yang Hongxia before Fang Yue could stop them.
• Fang Yue raced after the night bandits, declaring that he would take their horses.

Fang Yue chased down King Hun and the night bandits, killed them, and rescued Yang Hongxia. After she thanked him, he told her to get off his horse and choose one of the surviving Blazing Red Horses.

• King Hun kidnapped Yang Hongxia and rode away from the official road, planning to deliver her to his sponsor in exchange for fifteen Blazing Red Horses.
• Fang Yue caught up to the bandits, cut down King Hun’s men, and killed King Hun as he tried to flee.
• Fang Yue caught Yang Hongxia when she fell and stopped his horse after rescuing her.
• Yang Hongxia thanked Fang Yue, but he celebrated his strength instead of listening to her.
• Fang Yue told Yang Hongxia to get off his horse and choose from the surviving Blazing Red Horses.

After discovering that killing Night Thieves raised his attributes, comprehension, and Anomaly Realm progress, Fang Yue embraced the idea of hunting criminals in Chu Nuan City. He learned that his anomalous abilities grew with his realm progress, while his martial strength had not declined.

• Fang Yue saw that killing King Hun and other Night Thieves had increased his attributes, slightly improved his comprehension, and advanced his Anomaly Realm progress to 1.2%.
• Fang Yue asked Yang Hongxia about safety in Chu Nuan City and learned that the city became dangerous at night, which delighted him because it promised more criminals to hunt.
• Fang Yue took King Hun's head and returned toward the merchant caravan with Yang Hongxia and the horses while studying his Abnormal Spiritual Root.
• Fang Yue realized that advancing his Anomaly Realm strengthened his anomalous abilities and that he could combine black aura with his martial techniques.
• Fang Yue considered the risks posed by the Yin Messenger and declining strength, then realized his martial strength had not actually weakened.