Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye spent ten days in seclusion, using blood, beatings, and electrical stimulation to train his body while cultivating Purple Mist True Qi. After building up seventy years' worth of true qi and pushing his training to 5,000 volts, he admitted he was mentally tired and asked Camilla to make love with him.

• Bai Ye bit his own hand and discovered that consuming his flesh and blood made him feel full, while Camilla introduced herself as Kelly Camilla.
• Smith brought Bai Ye a modified generator, and Bai Ye used its electrical current alongside weights and blows from Camilla to train.
• Bai Ye resolved to stay in the gym until all his attributes reached 2.5 and spent the following days training, cultivating, and feeding on his own flesh and blood.
• Over ten days, Bai Ye increased the weight he could lift, rapidly accumulated Purple Mist True Qi, and became tough enough for Peter's Steel Rod to snap against his back.
• Bai Ye stopped his 5,000-volt training, told Camilla he was mentally tired, and asked her to make love with him.

After ten days of keeping Camilla captive, Bai Ye asked if she wanted to sleep with him, then called Gwen to arrange a movie date instead. He demonstrated his speed and strength to stop Camilla from fleeing, and she accepted that she was his prisoner.

• Bai Ye asked Camilla if she wanted to sleep with him, but she was startled by his sudden offer.
• Bai Ye called Gwen and arranged to pick her up for a movie the next evening, upsetting Camilla.
• Bai Ye warned Camilla that she would die if she left his two-hundred-meter radius, then caught and lifted her with a burst of speed.
• Camilla saw the cracks Bai Ye’s movement had left in the floor and realized he was far faster than Peter Parker.
• Bai Ye fell asleep in the gym, and Camilla gave up on escaping and turned off the lights.

Vampires from around the world gathered in New York for the descent of the Blood God, prompting Matt and Punisher to alert the authorities. Nick Fury learned that at least ten thousand vampires had assembled and sent General Ross to confront them.

• A pale vampire in sunglasses arrived in New York and encountered another vampire from Bangkok as vampires continued gathering in the city.
• Matt and Punisher discussed the vampires’ sudden need for blood and agreed to report their gathering place to the authorities.
• Matt and Punisher forced the New York mayor to submit their vampire investigation report to the authorities.
• Nick Fury learned that at least ten thousand vampires had gathered in New York and decided to send General Ross to deal with them.

Bai Ye took Gwen out for dinner and a movie while keeping Camilla within reach, and Deacon began a vampire sacrifice ritual to create a new bloodline. As the ritual started with Blade’s blood, Ross led an army assault on the gathering.

• Bai Ye took Gwen to a Chinese restaurant and asked whether the police had found the Murder Demon, while Camilla followed at a distance.
• Gwen told Bai Ye that her father, Chief George, expected her home early after the movie.
• Deacon told the gathered vampires that sacrificing twelve Pureblood Vampires with the Daywalker’s blood would let them walk in sunlight, though he planned to use the gathered vampires as resources for repeated rituals.
• Deacon placed twelve Pureblood Vampires beneath the ritual pillars and began the ceremony using Blade’s blood.
• Ross arrived outside the building with thousands of soldiers and ordered them to shoot the vampires with tranquilizer guns.

The American army attacked Deacon’s vampire gathering with ultraviolet weapons and garlic mist while the vampires completed a ritual to transform Deacon. As the Blood God looked through her descendants’ eyes before withdrawing, she spotted Bai Ye with Gwen and fixed her attention on him.

• The American army entered the building and subdued the vampires guarding its perimeter.
• Deacon’s followers sent more than a thousand vampires to fight the soldiers, who unleashed intense ultraviolet light and concentrated garlic mist, killing vampires throughout the building.
• A vampire killed one soldier with a hurled stone before the army escalated its assault with ultraviolet flash grenades and more garlic mist.
• Daywalker’s blood powered the ritual, and the Blood God’s lightning caused the twelve pureblood vampires to explode into bloodline energy that transformed Deacon.
• The Blood God looked through her descendants’ eyes and saw Bai Ye checking tickets with Gwen, while Camilla stared at him with blood-red eyes and a grin.

Bai Ye sensed the Blood God’s presence in Camilla and stopped their cinema outing, while Deacon emerged from his ritual as a powerful new vampire and overwhelmed the American army. A supernatural pull then drove thousands of vampires eastward toward Bai Ye, leaving Deacon unable to control them.

• Bai Ye sensed something dangerous in Camilla, sent Gwen into the cinema, and confronted Camilla after the Blood God briefly controlled her body.
• Camilla said she had sensed the Blood God descending, and Bai Ye released her and went into the cinema alone.
• Deacon completed his ritual using the lives of twelve purebloods and became the progenitor of a new vampire branch.
• Deacon slaughtered more than a hundred American army soldiers, endured their silver bullets, and healed after forcing the bullets back at them.
• Deacon felt an irresistible urge to turn a man to the east, and thousands of vampires surged in that direction despite his protests.

After the vampires transformed and fled east, Ancient One confronted Blood God over her attempt to take someone from this universe and gathered three Infinity Stones. The vampires then converged on Bai Ye, who fought back as they attacked him on a rooftop.

• The transformed vampires overwhelmed General Ross's soldiers and fled east, leaving Deacon and the army behind.
• Ancient One refused to give Blood God the person she wanted and summoned earlier versions of herself to block the dimensional passage.
• Ancient One used a portal to bring the Power Stone and Space Stone to her, joining them with the Time Stone.
• Bai Ye and Camilla encountered the vampire horde in the commercial district, and the vampires targeted Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye shattered three vampires with a punch, then charged into the attacking horde.

Bai Ye slaughtered the vampires attacking him in New York while S.H.I.E.L.D. and other powerful groups watched. After the battle, General Ross thanked him and urged him to present himself well as reporters arrived.

• Bai Ye fought through the vampires, killing them with his bare hands while asking why they had targeted him.
• Nick Fury ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to seal Bai Ye's records and manage the coming public reaction after learning about his criminal past.
• Professor X and an elderly man wearing a metal helmet watched the battle from afar.
• Bai Ye killed the last vampire and prepared to leave the blood-soaked street.
• Thaddeus E. Ross thanked Bai Ye, gave him his business card, and invited him to dinner.
• Reporters arrived and thrust microphones toward Bai Ye as Ross told him to present himself well to the media.

Nick Fury blamed the vampire crisis on a mutant, while Bai Ye faced reporters after killing the blood-drinking monsters and publicly defended mutants. His remarks reached Magneto and an unknown girl, and the chapter ended with Chief George questioning Bai Ye about the battlefield and his plans with Gwen.

• Nick Fury rejected revealing the existence of vampires and ordered the authorities to blame the crisis on a mutant, promising to speak with Professor Charles.
• Bai Ye found reporters waiting at the scene and learned that the authorities had announced a mutant was responsible for transforming civilians into monsters.
• Bai Ye denied being a mutant, promoted his upcoming autobiography, and argued that mutants should not be blamed collectively for the actions of criminals.
• Magneto watched Bai Ye defend mutants on the livestream, while a bundled young girl left a tavern and disappeared into the snow.
• Bai Ye greeted Chief George, who asked why he had not gone to the movies with Gwen and what had happened to the corpses.

After the battle, Bai Ye accepted Kingpin’s offer to cover the damage and agreed to hear out the mayoral candidate’s request. He left Kingpin with an outrageous price for his endorsement: 50 million.

• George told Bai Ye he could go home, though he might have to pay for the damage; he would also receive a bonus and a Glorious Citizen Medal.
• Kingpin offered to cover the damage, and Bai Ye enthusiastically praised him in front of reporters.
• Bai Ye agreed to dine with Kingpin and left with him after assuring George he would visit Gwen.
• Bai Ye picked up Camilla and asked Kingpin what he wanted; Kingpin revealed he was running for mayor and wanted Bai Ye’s endorsement.
• Bai Ye demanded 50 million and promised Kingpin he would become mayor if he paid.

Bai Ye offered Kingpin a cultivation method that could boost his mayoral campaign and demanded payment as proof of sincerity. After demonstrating his power, Bai Ye explained how Kingpin could rapidly build inner force by paying others to transfer their cultivation, leaving Kingpin eager to study the method.

• Bai Ye told Kingpin that making his cultivation method public would win overwhelming public support and help him become mayor.
• Kingpin threatened Bai Ye, who stopped the speeding sedan by forcing his foot through its floor and braking against the road.
• Kingpin offered to transfer two hundred million dollars to make amends, and Bai Ye agreed to continue their discussion.
• Bai Ye showed Kingpin the cultivation manual on his phone and demonstrated its power by cutting the sedan’s roof away with sword qi.
• Kingpin questioned how long it would take to reach Bai Ye’s level, and Bai Ye explained that paying others to transfer their true qi could grant him decades of cultivation quickly.

Bai Ye and Kingpin planned to turn the Purple Mist Divine Skill into a worldwide internal-energy economy, with different versions sold to the public. Kingpin agreed to handle publicity and support Bai Ye’s training, while Bai Ye prepared to strengthen himself before the manual attracted powerful attention.

• Bai Ye explained to Kingpin how cultivated internal energy could become scarce, transferable currency and a source of immense profit.
• Bai Ye described weakened, standard, and upgraded versions of the Purple Mist Divine Skill, including the upgraded version’s ability to absorb Purple Mist True Qi through physical contact.
• Kingpin agreed to cooperate, and Bai Ye set the manual’s release for one month later, with Kingpin responsible for media publicity.
• Bai Ye asked Kingpin to provide mechanical and electrical experts and equipment so he could bulk up; Kingpin also offered to buy a field near Bai Ye’s home for training.
• Bai Ye declined Kingpin’s dinner invitation and asked to be taken to the Mainz Club, while Kingpin arranged for the requested resources to arrive the next morning.

Bai Ye spent the night with Camilla, while Kingpin tested Bai Ye’s Purple Mist Divine Skill with his subordinates and discovered that they could cultivate and transfer internal energy. The chapter ended with Is finding that transferred energy below one thread could not be retained.

• Bai Ye brought Camilla into the club, and she asked to drink his blood while they were intimate, but he refused because he feared becoming a vampire.
• Kingpin returned to his villa and ordered Tombstone, Bullseye, Scorpion, and several Level Three Mutants to memorize the Purple Mist Divine Skill.
• A bald mutant successfully cultivated internal energy, prompting the others to take the manual seriously and cultivate it themselves.
• Kingpin learned that the mutants cultivated internal energy faster than human experts and explained that cultivation could be transferred between people.
• Tombstone transferred his two threads of internal energy to Is, who found that only a faint thread remained because smaller amounts could not be retained.

Kingpin planned to publicize Bai Ye’s Purple Mist Divine Skill while buying people in Africa to train, as videos of Bai Ye’s vampire fight made him a celebrated hero. After a night with Camilla, Bai Ye went to inspect a custom-built training machine and prepared to test it.

• Kingpin decided to keep the cultivation technique’s details quiet for a month, then release it as Bai Ye’s method to win public favor, and ordered his men to buy one hundred thousand people in Africa.
• Videos of Bai Ye defeating the vampires went viral, earning him widespread praise and recognition as the hero who had saved a bank.
• Bai Ye woke at dawn, told Camilla about the blood bags in the refrigerator, and ran to Aiken Sports Field to meet Yak’s team and explain his equipment requirements.
• Bai Ye left Yak’s team to modify the equipment and went to Smith’s factory to inspect a stamping machine designed for continuous training.
• Bai Ye secured himself onto the machine and told Smith to start it.

Bai Ye trained in his machine while hiring Smith and planning to bring his former club owner into his business. Meanwhile, All-Knowing and All-Powerful Immortal upgraded the Chat Group after discovering Deep Blue had reached Level 2, and Bai Ye began considering revenge once he reached Level 4.

• Bai Ye endured the machine's punishment while lifting weights and learned that Smith's boss wanted to meet him.
• Bai Ye offered Smith a job for twenty thousand US Dollars a month, and Smith accepted pending the end of his contract.
• All-Knowing and All-Powerful Immortal noticed Deep Blue had reached Level 2 and guessed he had gained power rapidly in a supernatural world.
• All-Knowing and All-Powerful Immortal upgraded the Chat Group to Level 2, raising its member capacity to 20.
• Master Luo, Kimishima Kana, and Gentleman Sword reacted to the upgrade and Deep Blue's new level in the group.
• Bai Ye resumed training and noticed Crimson's Level 4 title, deciding he could consider revenge against the administrator when he reached Level 4.

Peter Parker learned that Bai Ye had been invited back to Midtown High School to give an outstanding alumnus speech, but Bai Ye refused. A week later, Charles Francis Xavier contacted Bai Ye and asked him for a favor.

• Peter Parker received an intern ID for Osborn Industries and heard that the principal wanted Bai Ye to give a speech at school.
• Peter went to the Mainz Club and learned that Bai Ye was training at a factory on Fifth Avenue and would soon move to a villa on Broadway Avenue.
• Punisher and Daredevil confronted Bai Ye over his cooperation with Kingpin, so Bai Ye broke their limbs and threw them out of the factory.
• Peter relayed the school's invitation, and Bai Ye told him to decline it.
• A week later, Charles Francis Xavier introduced himself to Bai Ye and asked for his help.

Professor X contacted Bai Ye through Smith and asked him to rescue a newly awakened mutant named Mary from Sabretooth. Bai Ye agreed after realizing Magneto’s machine from the X-Men 1 plot was involved, then rushed toward Mary’s location near St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

• Professor X spoke to Bai Ye through Smith and explained that Bai Ye’s unusually strong mental will had made him easy to locate.
• Charles asked Bai Ye to bring Mary, a frightened mutant fleeing home, to Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters.
• Charles revealed that Sabretooth, a mutant working for Magneto, was hunting Mary and that she was near St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue.
• Bai Ye recalled Magneto’s machine for turning humans into mutants and eagerly agreed to help rescue Mary.
• Smith returned to himself, and Bai Ye told him to stay behind before vanishing to find Mary.

Rogue fled from Sabretooth, who was sent by Magneto to bring her in, until Bai Ye arrived and knocked him down. Bai Ye took Rogue’s hand despite her power, healed her injury, and revealed that he had come to find her too, before asking her to wait while he dealt with Sabretooth.

• Sabretooth cornered Rogue in a New York alley and tried to force her to come with him.
• Rogue ran, and Sabretooth pursued her and prepared to slash her Achilles tendon with his bone claws.
• Bai Ye struck Sabretooth down with a powerful kick just before he reached Rogue.
• Bai Ye took Rogue’s hand despite her power draining him, and her scraped palm healed.
• Rogue thanked Bai Ye and introduced herself as Mary, or Rogue, and he told her he had come to find her.
• Bai Ye asked Rogue to wait outside the alley while he spoke with Sabretooth.

Bai Ye confronted Sabretooth and sent Magneto a warning about the flawed machine he was building. He then explained Rogue’s ability and offered to take her to Mutant Academy, leaving with her at Wezel Academy for Gifted Youngsters the next morning.

• Bai Ye told Sabretooth to warn Magneto not to test his machine and arranged to meet him in three days.
• Bai Ye explained Rogue’s power to absorb strength, vitality, and mutant abilities, and said another mutant had asked him to escort her to a mutant school.
• Bai Ye offered Rogue the choice of staying with him and visiting Mutant Academy or going her own way, and Rogue chose to stay with him.
• Bai Ye took Rogue to Wezel Academy for Gifted Youngsters the following morning.

Bai Ye brought Rogue to Xavier's school, where he reassured her and boosted her powers, but she chose to stay by his side. Meeting Professor X, Bai Ye defended mutants as fellow humans while rejecting Charles's peaceful approach and praising Magneto's methods, then asked the wheelchair-bound professor to stand up.

• Jean Grey and two other teachers greeted Bai Ye and Rogue at the school and led them inside.
• Bai Ye enhanced Rogue's power, but she declined an invitation to play basketball and said she wanted to stay with him.
• Students recognized Bai Ye, and Jean used her psychic power to quiet the crowd before escorting the visitors to Professor X.
• Charles asked whether seeing the school had changed Bai Ye's view of mutants, and Bai Ye said mutants were still human but criticized Charles's approach and praised Magneto's methods.
• Cyclops objected to Bai Ye's support of Magneto, and Bai Ye asked Charles to stand up before calling everyone else in the room trash.