Chapter Summaries

Fang Cheng explored Kanzaki Rin's Nightmare Hell, where he encountered haunting scenes and learned that he could die and return to the corridor. The chapter left him facing a grotesque female ghost in the kitchen, knife in hand.

• Fang Cheng let himself be pulled into Kanzaki Rin's Nightmare Hell and found himself in an unfamiliar house, unable to use his abilities.
• Fang Cheng saw a family portrait resembling Kanzaki Rin and her parents, then answered a phone that repeated news of her parents' deaths.
• Fang Cheng heard a ghostly voice on the television and trapped Sadako beneath the television and a cabinet.
• Fang Cheng encountered a hanging female ghost, died when she bit his throat, and woke again in the corridor.
• Fang Cheng avoided the ghost's corridor, explored a kitchen filled with grisly remains, and raised a kitchen knife at a crawling female ghost.

Fang Cheng fought his way through Nightmare Hell searching for Kanzaki Rin, then found her trapped in the form of a frightened child. He tried to coax her into leaving the bedroom, but she refused.

• Fang Cheng chased down and dismembered a female ghost, then avoided another ghost as his stamina began to run low.
• Fang Cheng heard a child crying and followed the sound to a bedroom guarded by two female ghosts, which backed away when he approached.
• Fang Cheng found Kanzaki Rin transformed into her seven-year-old self, apparently reliving the trauma of learning her parents had died.
• Fang Cheng pretended to be a coworker of Kanzaki Rin's parents and offered to take her somewhere safe, but she hid behind a plushie and refused.

Fang Cheng coaxed Kanzaki Rin out of the bedroom and carried her through the haunted house, seeking a safe way out. After leaving her in a lit room to search alone, he found another Kanzaki Rin waiting in a trap, leaving him unsure which girl had been with him.

• Fang Cheng won Kanzaki Rin's trust by telling her bizarre versions of fairy tales and persuaded her to leave with him.
• Fang Cheng carried Kanzaki Rin through the halls and killed a female ghost that attacked them.
• Fang Cheng escaped the pursuing ghosts with Kanzaki Rin into her parents' brightly lit bedroom, where the ghosts stopped outside.
• Fang Cheng left Kanzaki Rin in the room and searched for the exit, marking the halls with a black marker as he went.
• Fang Cheng saw another Kanzaki Rin spring from beneath a sofa and kill a female ghost with a trap, making him question the identity of the girl he had left behind.

Fang Cheng encountered a hardened seven-year-old Kanzaki Rin and brought her back to the bedroom, where she met a sweet girl who looked exactly like her. Unable to decide which girl was real, he left them together to search for an exit, but a swarm of ghosts chased him into a hallway, where another Kanzaki Rin pulled him into hiding.

• Kanzaki Rin killed a female ghost, and Fang Cheng found her in the living room and offered to take her to safety.
• Fang Cheng brought Kanzaki back to the bedroom, where she and Rin-chan met and Fang Cheng noticed their sharply different personalities.
• Fang Cheng rested with the two girls before deciding to leave them together and search for an exit.
• Fang Cheng returned to the living room, encountered a swarm of female ghosts, and fled down the hallway.
• Another Kanzaki Rin pulled Fang Cheng through a door and signaled for him to stay quiet.

Fang Cheng found the adult Kanzaki Rin in Nightmare Hell and reunited her with the two child versions of herself, who she believed the nightmare had created. As Rin-chan asked him to bring back her parents, Fang Cheng had a sudden flash of inspiration about how to escape.

• Fang Cheng found adult Kanzaki Rin, who recognized him and initially mistook their encounter for a dream.
• Fang Cheng told Kanzaki Rin how he had entered Nightmare Hell to save her, and she agreed to search for a way out with him.
• Kanzaki Rin met the two child versions of herself and concluded that Nightmare Hell had created them.
• Rin-chan asked Fang Cheng to take the children away and bring her parents back, prompting him to realize something.

Fang Cheng suspected answering the call about Kanzaki Rin’s parents might help them escape Nightmare Hell, so he brought Kanzaki Rin and her two younger selves to the living room. The phone rang, and Fang Cheng approached it while the others watched.

• Fang Cheng asked Rin-chan and Kanzaki whether they had answered the call about Kanzaki Rin’s parents, and learned Kanzaki Rin had already heard the news of their deaths.
• Kanzaki Rin rejected Fang Cheng’s theory that answering the call could open a way out, but eventually agreed to bring Rin-chan and Kanzaki to the living room.
• Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin led the two younger girls through the house, fighting off the female ghosts along the way.
• The four reached the living room and waited by the phone; when it rang, Fang Cheng took a deep breath and walked toward it.

Fang Cheng discovered that Nightmare Hell had created Kanzaki Rin to lure him out while the real Kanzaki Rin appeared as both Kanzaki and Rin-chan. He chose to stay behind and pursue Rin-chan, hoping to make her face her parents’ deaths.

• A phone call told Kanzaki that her parents had died on a mission, and she accepted the news and walked through a door into the light.
• Fang Cheng urged Rin-chan to answer the phone, but she refused and ran away as the door began to close.
• Kanzaki Rin tried to pull Fang Cheng through the door, but he realized she was Nightmare Hell’s creation and refused to leave without the real Kanzaki Rin.
• Kanzaki Rin vanished and the door closed, leaving Fang Cheng alone in the darkness.
• Fang Cheng followed his marks to Kanzaki Rin’s parents’ bedroom, found Rin-chan hiding in a closet, and climbed inside with her.

Fang Cheng helped Rin-chan accept that her parents had died by sharing his own loss and promising to stay by her side. After Rin-chan made him a pinky promise, he carried her through the ghost-filled hallway and reached the kitchen badly wounded.

• Fang Cheng told Rin-chan that her parents had passed away, and she ran from the closet before he stopped her.
• Fang Cheng shared how he had coped with his own parents' deaths and reassured Rin-chan that she was not alone.
• Rin-chan agreed to leave with Fang Cheng after he promised never to leave her, and they sealed the promise with their pinkies.
• Fang Cheng covered Rin-chan with a bedsheet and fought through the spider women ghosts blocking the hallway.
• Fang Cheng reached the kitchen with Rin-chan unharmed, but he was severely wounded and missing part of an arm.

Fang Cheng fought through Nightmare Hell with Kanzaki Rin and escaped after learning that her parents had died, sacrificing both legs to get them through the exit. He woke in his Steel Blood hideout still possessing Kanzaki Rin’s body.

• Fang Cheng tied Kanzaki Rin to himself, took a Bone-Cleaving Knife, and fought through the ghosts blocking their way, entering a state of total absorption.
• A ghost resembling Sadako attacked as Kanzaki Rin answered the phone and learned that her parents had died in an accident while on a mission.
• Fang Cheng protected Kanzaki Rin from the ghost’s hair and carried her toward the exit when it appeared.
• The ghost’s hair dragged Fang Cheng back through the doorway, so he severed both his legs and rolled out with Kanzaki Rin.
• Fang Cheng woke in his Steel Blood hideout and realized he was still possessing Kanzaki Rin’s body.

Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin escaped Nightmare Hell and returned to their bodies, then watched the sunrise together. Their teasing and closeness revealed Kanzaki Rin remembered what had happened, while Fang Cheng wondered whether he had brought back the strength he gained in Nightmare Hell.

• Fang Cheng confirmed Kanzaki Rin had recovered, left her body, and returned to his own.
• Kanzaki Rin said she remembered only falling asleep, but privately recalled everything from Nightmare Hell.
• Fang Cheng teased Kanzaki Rin with details from her childhood, and she attacked him before he pinned her down.
• Kanzaki Rin admitted she did not want to think about her childhood again, and Fang Cheng comforted her without pressing her.
• Kanzaki Rin shoved Fang Cheng away after noticing his bodily reaction, then threatened him with a knife as he joked back.

Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin raided the Truth Cult’s vault in Nanmoku Village, then went to rescue Wakamatsu Yuko, her sons, and Tamagawa Shu. They prepared to leave the village with Tamagawa Shu, whose resemblance to Fang Cheng and mysterious “mother” still needed investigating.

• Fang Cheng recalled his Blood Beasts and, with Kanzaki Rin, returned to Nanmoku Village to retrieve the Truth Cult’s money and find Tamagawa Shu.
• Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin drew away the armed followers, entered a hidden vault beneath a chapel, and took the Truth Cult’s fortune and records.
• Wakamatsu Yuko worried that the Truth Cult would target her and her sons if Wakamatsu Kazuki did not return, while she hid Tamagawa Shu in her home.
• Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin broke into Wakamatsu Yuko’s home and told her they had come to take her and her children out of Nanmoku Village.
• Wakamatsu Yuko gathered her sons and Tamagawa Shu, and Tamagawa Shu happily recognized Fang Cheng as Ultraman.

Fang Cheng returned to Tokyo with Wakamatsu Yuko’s family and brought Tamagawa Shu with him to investigate the boy’s origins. Back home, he gave Asaka Akie a Soul Stabilizer to protect her from Ye Yuqing, then kissed Ye Yuqing after an awkward mishap with Akie’s shirt.

• Fang Cheng and the others escaped Nanmoku Village with Wakamatsu Yuko, her sons, and Tamagawa Shu, then flew back to Tokyo with stolen cash.
• Fang Cheng learned that Tamagawa Shu had been adopted from the Volunteer Home in Ota Ward, and Kanzaki Rin agreed to investigate.
• Kanzaki Rin left with Wakamatsu Yuko and the children, while Fang Cheng drove home and reunited with Sato Mai and Ugou Mirai.
• Fang Cheng gave Asaka Akie a Soul Stabilizer, which reassured Ye Yuqing that she would be safe as long as she wore it.
• Ye Yuqing accidentally popped a button off Akie’s shirt, and Fang Cheng pulled her onto the bed and kissed her.

Fang Cheng and Asaka Akie shared their feelings, and he told her about two men who resembled him and her younger brother, asking her and Sato Mai to investigate whether they had been adopted. At dinner, Sato Hayato announced he was moving in with Kujo Go for a mission that might be connected to Teacher Takeda.

• Fang Cheng and Asaka Akie kissed, and Akie asked him to wait until tonight before taking things further.
• Fang Cheng told Akie about Tamagawa Shu and Kitaryu Shingen, who resembled him, and asked her and Sato Mai to investigate whether he and her younger brother had been adopted.
• Sato Hayato announced at dinner that he planned to move out, startling Sato Mai and the others.
• Hayato explained to Fang Cheng that he and Kujo Go were pretending to be a couple living together for a mission.
• Hayato told Fang Cheng privately that the mission might be connected to Teacher Takeda.

Fang Cheng learned that Takeda Masumi had secretly met with an armed man from Machine City and questioned her about it. Masumi claimed she had refused to join their plans, but Fang Cheng grew more suspicious when she revealed Kanzaki was busy.

• Sato Hayato told Fang Cheng that he had seen Takeda Masumi secretly meeting an armed man from Machine City while investigating the man's movements in Tokyo.
• Fang Cheng approved Sato Hayato's request to move out and teased him about his close relationship with Kujo Go.
• Fang Cheng waited for Takeda Masumi to return, then invited her to the rooftop balcony to talk.
• Fang Cheng confronted Takeda Masumi about meeting the Machine City man, and she said he was an old comrade who had invited her to join their plans but whom she had turned down.
• Fang Cheng questioned how Takeda Masumi knew Kanzaki was busy when she claimed to spend her days at the Training Ground, leaving her speechless.

Asaka Akie tried to take her relationship with Fang Cheng further, but Ye Yuqing stopped her and asked for more time to decide. Meanwhile, Kanzaki Rin entered Tokyo’s Underground Prison to visit a life-sentenced criminal.

• Asaka Akie prepared to meet Fang Cheng, but Ye Yuqing took control of their body and refused to let her leave the room.
• Asaka Akie argued that Ye Yuqing liked Fang Cheng too and urged her to act before another woman claimed him, while Ye Yuqing worried about his other relationships and asked for more time.
• Kanzaki Rin reflected on her growing feelings for Fang Cheng and the money she had spent before showing her credentials to enter the Underground Prison.
• Kanzaki Rin went to the Underground Prison to meet a criminal serving a life sentence.

Kanzaki Rin visited the Underground Prison to question Nozawa Ritsu about a possible rescue attempt, but he stayed silent until she left and discovered the hidden key she had planted. Meanwhile, Fang Cheng’s household saw Sato Hayato move out with Kujo Go, while Fang Cheng teased them about their relationship.

• Kanzaki Rin entered the Underground Prison and warned Nozawa Ritsu that his sister’s rescue attempt would get them both imprisoned, but he did not respond.
• After Kanzaki Rin left, Nozawa Ritsu found a metal-detector-blocking substance she had slapped onto the cell door, opened it, and discovered a key marked 24 inside.
• Fang Cheng waited all night for Asaka Akie, then received a secret kiss from her the next morning.
• Sato Mai urged Sato Hayato to find a girlfriend or boyfriend, while he prepared to move out to keep his distance from the women in Fang Cheng’s household.
• Kujo Go arrived to take Sato Hayato, promised to take care of Hayako, and heard Fang Cheng tease him about living with a boyfriend.

Kanzaki Rin told Fang Cheng that her investigation into Tamagawa Shu had reached a dead end, then fell asleep while he massaged her. After Asaka Akie caught Fang Cheng undressing Rin and misunderstood the scene, the misunderstanding was cleared, and Fang Cheng and Akie kissed.

• Sato Hayako moved into Kujo Go's car and left with him, while Kanzaki Rin returned from an all-nighter and showed little interest in Sato Hayato moving out.
• Kanzaki Rin reported that Tamagawa Shu had been abandoned at an orphanage, suffered brain damage from a fever, and had an anonymous donor whose identity she could not trace.
• Kanzaki Rin fell asleep as Fang Cheng massaged her, and Asaka Akie walked in while he was removing Rin's jacket and miniskirt.
• Kanzaki Rin woke, understood what had happened, punched Fang Cheng, and returned to her room to sleep.
• Fang Cheng confronted Asaka Akie about entering to check on them, then kissed her as Ye Yuqing complained in his mind.
• Fang Cheng trained his Heart-Body-Technique and played games with Ugou Mirai until he received a call from someone he had not heard from in a long time.

Fang Cheng rushed to rescue the badly wounded Nangong Saya from armed soldiers in an abandoned factory and healed her with the Word Spirit Art. After saving her, he teased her into choosing whether to devour him or be devoured by him.

• Nangong Saya called Fang Cheng for help, and he flew toward the location she sent while telling Ugou Mirai and Yuguang Qingxue to stay home.
• Wounded and losing blood in an abandoned factory, Nangong Saya was found by nine soldiers and used her last grenade as they entered her room.
• Fang Cheng burst through the wall and shot the soldiers in the room, then sent two Blood Eagles after the remaining soldiers.
• Fang Cheng healed Nangong Saya's bullet wound and scrapes with the Word Spirit Art, removing the bullet and leaving no scars.
• Fang Cheng reminded Nangong Saya that she had promised to devour him and made her choose between keeping her promise and letting him devour her.

After Nangong Saya told Fang Cheng that Takeda Masumi was in danger, they searched the suburbs and found Masumi’s comrades under attack. They learned Masumi might be at a hospital in Black Dragon Town, where Fang Cheng arrived to find a battle between SOT troops and Cyborgs.

• Fang Cheng healed Nangong Saya, learned the soldiers were from the government’s SOT Unit, and discovered Takeda Masumi might be in danger.
• Fang Cheng carried Nangong Saya into the suburbs, where they found government troops attacking a reinforced building.
• Fang Cheng used Blood Eagles and Flying Rain Needles to destroy the force of over a hundred soldiers and disable its armored vehicle.
• Nangong Saya’s comrades said Takeda Masumi might have gone to a hospital in Black Dragon Town, and Fang Cheng immediately flew there with Saya.
• Fang Cheng reached Black Dragon Town and saw more than five hundred SOT troops using armored vehicles and drones against Cyborgs defending the town.

Fang Cheng entered the town under siege by the SOT Unit and met Takeda Masumi at the hospital. After asking her to speak privately, he removed his Blood Battle Suit and knocked her down, leaving Nangong Saya stunned.

• The SOT Unit used drones to attack the Cyborgs hiding in town, while the Cyborgs used EMP Equipment to disable most of the drones.
• Fang Cheng flew into town, destroyed the armed drones with Blood Eagles, and brought Nangong Saya to the hospital.
• Nangong Saya told the Cyborgs that Takeda Masumi should meet Fang Cheng, and Takeda left a dispute with the Cyborg leaders to see him.
• Takeda Masumi recognized Fang Cheng and agreed to speak with him privately despite his commanding tone.
• Fang Cheng took off his Blood Battle Suit and quickly knocked Takeda Masumi to the ground as Nangong Saya watched in shock.