Chapter Summaries

Fang Cheng dreamed that Izanae offered to use his body as a vessel in exchange for letting him use Word Spirit Art without paying its price, and he theatrically accepted after refusing. He woke in a hotel with the Dark Bible restored, then found Kanzaki Rin bathing and teased her, leaving her alarmed by the Bible's return.

• In a dream, Fang Cheng recognized Izanae behind the many Kanzaki Rins and understood her offer to use his body as a vessel.
• Fang Cheng refused Izanae, then changed his mind when she threatened to kill him and accepted her offer.
• Fang Cheng woke at five in the morning in a hotel, fully dressed, with the supposedly destroyed Dark Bible beside him.
• Fang Cheng broke into the bathroom and found Kanzaki Rin bathing, then teased her before leaving.
• Kanzaki Rin came out dressed and noticed the Dark Bible on the bed, while Fang Cheng told her she had drained him dry the previous night.

Fang Cheng asked Kanzaki Rin for advice about the Evil God’s hold over him and the seemingly invulnerable Aoki Family vampire. He planned to seek help from the Landlady at Fox Immortal House and investigate Settsu Shrine, while Kanzaki Rin ended their talk by striking him with the Dark Bible.

• Fang Cheng told Kanzaki Rin that Izanae had used her appearance in an illusion to force him into a deal, then teased her until they fought and he pinned her down.
• Kanzaki Rin said she would research Fang Cheng’s Evil God problem and recommended asking the Landlady at Fox Immortal House for help.
• Fang Cheng asked how to kill the Aoki Family vampire, and Kanzaki Rin explained that total vaporization or specialized exorcism could work.
• Kanzaki Rin said religious exorcists drew power from the same system as cults and suggested seeking sacred objects at Settsu Shrine, where Minamoto no Yorimitsu was enshrined.
• Fang Cheng discovered that his phone had not recorded the illusion, and Kanzaki Rin hit him on the head with the Dark Bible.

After striking a coercive deal with Izanae, Fang Cheng worried about the Evil God's attention and his combat weaknesses. He sought advice from Tsukikage Hoshi, who proposed a deal of her own.

• The Countermeasure Department investigated Aoki Yusuke's death while rumors spread that Kanzaki Rin had gone to a hotel with Fang Cheng.
• Fang Cheng asked Asaka Akie whether she had experienced dreams or anything connected to an Evil God, and she said she had not.
• Fang Cheng reflected that his deal with Izanae removed the cost of using Word Spirit Art but made him her plaything, and he resolved to improve his combat abilities.
• Fang Cheng visited Fox Immortal House, where Tsukikage Hatsuka complained about her exhausting training and accepted his catnip.
• Fang Cheng told Tsukikage Hoshi that Izanae had taken an interest in him and explained their deal; Tsukikage Hoshi identified Izanae as the Goddess of Compassion and proposed making a deal with him.

Fang Cheng learned that the Ghost Lord of Iron-Cast Palace could remove the Evil God’s power inside him, but entry required being a Monster’s spouse or a trusted confidant. After Tsukikage Hoshi offered to help if he worked for her for ten years, Kanzaki Rin told him the Aoki Family might disrupt the government’s peace treaty with the Yuguang Family and asked him to help her earn credit.

• Tsukikage Hoshi explained that the Goddess of Compassion had likely made Fang Cheng an Anchor and said the Ghost Lord of Iron-Cast Palace could remove the Evil God’s power safely.
• Fang Cheng proposed marrying Tsukikage Hoshi or her cat to gain entry to Iron-Cast Palace, but Tsukikage Hoshi refused a fake marriage and demanded he work for her for ten years in exchange for her help.
• Fang Cheng told Tsukikage Hoshi that he could use Word Spirit Art without paying a price, while keeping his other Evil God benefit secret.
• Fang Cheng looted corpses at the Fox Immortal House, combined Life Fragments, and raised his total lives to thirteen.
• Kanzaki Rin told Fang Cheng that the government would sign a peace treaty with the Yuguang Family next month and that the Aoki Family would likely cause trouble during the signing.
• Kanzaki Rin said the treaty crisis was a chance for her to earn credit and asked Fang Cheng to help her.

Fang Cheng visited Settsu Shrine to borrow the demon-slaying sword Dojigiri Yasutsuna and paid the shrine’s priest 100,000 for it. Just as he reached for the sword, a young man in an identical ahegao shirt appeared and claimed he had wanted it first.

• Fang Cheng found Settsu Shrine run-down and learned its famous shrine maiden photo came from an outdated post.
• Fang Cheng entered the main sanctuary after slipping the old priest money and spotted Dojigiri Yasutsuna beside Minamoto no Yorimitsu’s statue.
• Fang Cheng showed his Countermeasure Department ID and asked to borrow the sword, but the priest refused because a previous borrower had nearly damaged it.
• Fang Cheng offered 100,000, and the priest agreed to lend him the sword for demon extermination.
• A young man wearing the same ahegao shirt grabbed the sword scabbard and told Fang Cheng he had his eye on it first.
• The young man sent the priest, Grandpa Gen, away and took charge of the confrontation.

Fang Cheng challenged Kamikawa Takumi to win the right to borrow Dojigiri Yasutsuna, but their contest turned into a series of humiliating gaming losses for Kamikawa Takumi. After Kamikawa finally lost a team match, Fang Cheng took the divine sword from the altar and drew it, then froze at the sight of its blade.

• Kamikawa Takumi told Fang Cheng he had to defeat him to borrow Dojigiri Yasutsuna, and the two traded insults before agreeing to fight.
• Fang Cheng discovered he could not pull Dojigiri Yasutsuna from the altar, while Kamikawa Takumi claimed to be Tokyo’s third strongest and challenged him.
• Fang Cheng repeatedly beat Kamikawa Takumi in a mobile game, prompting Kamikawa to demand a team match.
• Fang Cheng invited Super Cute Super Powerful God to join Kamikawa Takumi’s team, and the player’s sabotage helped cause another crushing defeat.
• Kamikawa Takumi blamed the support player, but Fang Cheng took back his phone and reminded him to honor their bet.
• Fang Cheng easily lifted Dojigiri Yasutsuna from the altar and drew its blade, then froze when he saw it.

Fang Cheng befriended Kamikawa Takumi after their duel and learned the shrine's divine sword was a damaged replica with enough power for one more use. After they parted, Minamoto Kaori revealed Takumi's connection to Kanzaki Rin, while Fang Cheng reflected on the encounter at the foot of the mountain.

• Kamikawa Takumi introduced himself to Fang Cheng as Fujiwara Takumi, and they bonded over their shared interest in manga and God's Pen.
• Fang Cheng criticized Takumi's storylines and recounted the plot of Pure Rondo, which inspired Takumi to draw it.
• Fang Cheng teased Takumi about his sister-in-law and learned the divine sword had only enough spiritual power for one more use because it was a replica.
• Minamoto Kaori asked Takumi about Fang Cheng and learned he had recognized Takumi, the Countermeasure Department's ace.
• At the foot of the mountain, Fang Cheng revealed he had recognized Takumi too and privately judged his looks and gaming skills.

Fang Cheng discovered that Kamikawa Takumi was God's Pen, then returned home and confronted Ye Yuqing for damaging the doll she found under his bed. Kanzaki Rin arrived while Fang Cheng was punishing Ye Yuqing and was startled when he asked her to come help.

• Fang Cheng suspected Kamikawa Takumi was God's Pen after criticizing his work, and Kamikawa pointed out flaws in Fang Cheng's replica of Dojigiri Yasutsuna without charging him.
• Fang Cheng came home and found Ye Yuqing trying to remove the damaged doll from his room.
• Fang Cheng confronted Ye Yuqing, and Asaka Akie apologized before handing control back to her.
• Ye Yuqing agreed to be punished after Fang Cheng threatened to throw out the doll and use her instead.
• Kanzaki Rin entered the apartment, mistook the noises from the bedroom for sex, and heard Fang Cheng ask her to come in and help.

Fang Cheng learned that Kanzaki Rin was Kamikawa Takumi’s half-sister and reviewed a plan to use his connection to Ugou Mirai at an upcoming charity gala. He agreed to help protect Ugou Mirai and build ties with her, while Kanzaki told him the Countermeasure Department had no affordable way to remove Izanae’s power from him.

• Kanzaki Rin told Fang Cheng that Kamikawa Takumi was her half-brother and asked him to keep their relationship confidential.
• Fang Cheng teased Kanzaki Rin about calling on her brother, then asked why Kamikawa Takumi had met with him.
• Kanzaki Rin gave Fang Cheng Ugou Mirai’s file and asked him to make a good impression on her at an upcoming charity gala where Monsters might appear.
• Kanzaki Rin explained that the Aoki Family might target Ugou Mirai at the gala, and Fang Cheng agreed to help protect her and strengthen their relationship with the Yuguang Family.
• Kanzaki Rin said the only known ways to address Izanae’s power in Fang Cheng required an unaffordable Cardinal or Celestial Master.
• Fang Cheng asked Kanzaki Rin to reimburse him 200,000 yuan for borrowing Dojigiri Yasutsuna.

Fang Cheng developed a blood-flow ability that simulated an adrenaline rush, then attended a charity gala with Sato Hayato disguised as a woman. The chapter ended as Fang Cheng urged the embarrassed Hayato to act confidently while they entered the event.

• Fang Cheng tested a new ability by controlling his blood flow to simulate an adrenaline-fueled state, then punched through the air hard enough to break a hole in a wardrobe.
• Kanzaki Rin visited Fang Cheng, recognized what he was attempting, and gave him two invitations to the charity gala so he could approach Ugou Mirai.
• Fang Cheng arrived at the gala with Sato Hayato, who had been transformed into a young woman and wore an evening dress.
• Fang Cheng reassured the embarrassed Hayato that his disguise was convincing and told him to walk confidently.

Fang Cheng and Sato Hayato went undercover as a couple at a charity gala to lure two suspected Monsters, Sakagawa Kotaro and Sakagawa Rika. They made contact with the targets, while Kujo Go became smitten with Sato Hayato in disguise.

• Fang Cheng persuaded Sato Hayato to attend the gala dressed as a woman so they could approach the suspected Monsters.
• Kanzaki Rin assigned Fang Cheng and Sato Hayato seats beside the targets and told Fang Cheng that Ugou Mirai was at the gala but would stay out of public view.
• Maeda Kenichi, Tozo Taishi, and Kujo Go watched Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin interact, and Kujo Go became attracted to the beautiful girl accompanying Fang Cheng.
• Fang Cheng noticed Sato Hayato felt watched, then led him to their seats in the auction hall.
• Sakagawa Kotaro and Sakagawa Rika sat beside Fang Cheng and Sato Hayato, and Fang Cheng exchanged flirtatious gestures with Rika while Kotaro praised Hayato's appearance.

At a charity auction, Fang Cheng and Sato Hayato dealt with a lecherous guest before socializing and dancing with Sakagawa Kotaro and Sakagawa Rika. After the dance, Fang Cheng and Sakagawa Kotaro each left with their respective partners.

• Ugou Mirai recognized Fang Cheng’s scent and tried to find him, but Yuguang Qingxue reminded her that he had dumped her and stopped her from going downstairs.
• A fat middle-aged man propositioned Sato Hayato, mistook him for a man dressed as a woman, and apologized after Fang Cheng tore up the note and confronted him.
• The auction reached its climax, and Fang Cheng heard that the Yuguang Family had paid twenty million for a painting.
• Fang Cheng and Sato Hayato socialized with Sakagawa Kotaro and Sakagawa Rika, then danced with them at the banquet.
• Fang Cheng left to help Sakagawa Rika sober up, while Sakagawa Kotaro took Sato Hayato to rest.

At a banquet, Ugou Mirai received a gift from supplier Aoki Tsuna as human and Monster leaders discussed reconciliation and trade. Meanwhile, Fang Cheng confronted Sakagawa Rika in a hotel room, and Sato Hayato’s disguise was exposed to Sakagawa Kotaro, who remained eager to pursue him.

• Ugou Mirai represented the Yuguang Family at a banquet and listened as powerful human figures expressed interest in working with her.
• Aoki Tsuna presented Ugou Mirai with an antique jade pendant, then left with an ambitious, cold expression.
• Fang Cheng brought Sakagawa Rika to a hotel room, resisted her advances, and beat her after she insisted he hit her.
• Fang Cheng contacted Kanzaki to ask whether they had identified the wrong person.
• Sato Hayato tried to stall Sakagawa Kotaro until reinforcements arrived, but Kotaro discovered he was a man.
• Sakagawa Kotaro reacted to Sato Hayato’s reveal with delight, leaving Sato shocked.

Sato Hayato escaped Sakagawa Kotaro’s advances when Kujo Go and the Countermeasure Department intervened, while the team discovered that their intelligence had been a trap. Kanzaki Rin identified an Enenra attacking the dining hall and ordered the teams to respond as Fang Cheng went to protect Ugou Mirai.

• Kujo Go burst into Sakagawa Kotaro’s room, knocked him unconscious, and caught Sato Hayato when he fell; Hayato gave him the false name Sato Junko before running off.
• Maeda Kenichi realized the team had been tricked, and he and Tozo Taishi hurried downstairs while Sato Hayato followed.
• Kanzaki Rin spotted a suspicious fat man in the dining hall, recognized him as a Monster, and ordered the crowd evacuated.
• The Monster released smoke that spread through the hall and drained guests’ life force, while Kanzaki Rin rescued a noblewoman and identified the Monster as Enenra.
• Kanzaki Rin assigned the teams to fight the Enenra and evacuate guests, then told Fang Cheng to find Ugou Mirai in the emergency exit passage and protect her.

Yuguang Qingxue and Ugou Mirai escaped an attack in the hotel, where Yateppo and an armed young man tried to stop them. Fang Cheng arrived and recognized Qingxue as “Fat Cat,” then destroyed the young man’s mechanical arm with a powerful punch.

• Security personnel evacuated the hotel guests, but an explosion collapsed the passage ahead of Yuguang Qingxue and Ugou Mirai.
• Yuguang Qingxue’s bodyguards broke through a wall, leading them into a banquet hall where Yateppo attacked them with bats.
• Yuguang Qingxue and Ugou Mirai left the hall and encountered a young man who fired cluster bombs, which Qingxue froze before they could detonate.
• Ugou Mirai sensed Fang Cheng nearby, and he emerged from a stairwell while the young man prepared to attack.
• Fang Cheng called Yuguang Qingxue “Fat Cat,” then the young man threw a grenade that engulfed the corridor in flames.
• Fang Cheng emerged in his Blood Battle Suit, used a Blood Thread to pull the young man close, and shattered his mechanical arm with a punch.

Fang Cheng killed the attacker and the Yateppo, then gained a new ability from the Monster. He left with a million-yen promise from Yuguang Qingxue and evidence to investigate the government’s possible role in the attack.

• Fang Cheng used Overload Mode to smash the young man's Mechanical Arm, while Yuguang Qingxue impaled him with ice spikes.
• Yuguang Qingxue fled with Ugou Mirai when the wounded Yateppo emerged, but Fang Cheng stopped her and agreed to fight for one million.
• Fang Cheng blocked the Yateppo's needle attack and killed it by driving Steel Blood into its body and splitting it into spikes.
• Fang Cheng absorbed energy from the Yateppo and gained Flying Rain Needle and fragments of other abilities.
• Fang Cheng photographed the young man and his Mechanical Arm so Kanzaki Rin could ask Takeda Masumi whether the government had helped the Aoki Family.

After the attack on the hotel failed, Aoki Tsuna discussed the cost of the operation with Otu. Fang Cheng reunited with Ugou Mirai, received payment from Yuguang Qingxue, and offered his new agency’s services, leaving the Yuguang Family with a possible future ally.

• Otu criticized Aoki Tsuna for wasting the Lord’s limited reinforcements, while Aoki Tsuna privately believed the attack had drawn attention toward Machine City.
• Kanzaki Rin and her team defeated the Enenra without any deaths, and Maeda Kenichi felt relieved that the hotel guests had survived.
• Ugou Mirai greeted Fang Cheng outside the hotel, and Yuguang Qingxue confirmed that she had transferred a million to him.
• Fang Cheng gave Ugou Mirai a business card for his Integrity Agency and offered to take on any paid job.
• Yuguang Qingxue allowed Ugou Mirai to keep the card, recognizing that Fang Cheng might help the Yuguang Family against its enemies.

After the charity gala attack, Fang Cheng left with Sato Hayato while Kanzaki Rin handled the aftermath, and the Countermeasure Department traced the culprits to Machine City. The chapter ended with Kanzaki confirming that Machine City was real, though the rumors about its power had been exaggerated.

• Yuguang Qingxue denied knowing Tsukikage Hatsuka and dragged Yuguang Mirai away from Fang Cheng.
• Fang Cheng joked with Kanzaki Rin and Sato Hayato before returning to the Training Ground with him.
• Two days later, Kanzaki Rin gathered the group at the Training Ground and showed them a photo of one of the attackers.
• Kanzaki Rin explained that the attackers had targeted the Yuguang family and that the Countermeasure Department had identified them as being from Machine City.
• Sato Hayato described rumors that Cyborgs had seized a military base and city in Hokkaido, and Kanzaki Rin confirmed Machine City existed but said the rumors exaggerated it.

Kanzaki Rin and Fang Cheng investigated Machine City’s possible role in the attack on the Yuguang Family, learning how the city formed and why it might oppose a human-monster peace agreement. Fang Cheng suggested factions within the Iron-Cast Palace could be behind the attack, then received a friend request from Ugou Mirai.

• Kanzaki Rin explained that Machine City began when mechanized soldiers abandoned in Hokkaido declared independence and made an arrangement to coexist with monsters.
• Takeda Masumi told Fang Cheng that Nangong Saya lost her hand on a Countermeasure Department mission and later underwent mechanization, but had no connection to Machine City.
• Takeda Masumi identified Ayan Minoru as a Machine City agent in Tokyo and said Machine City might oppose peace because it feared political pressure and competition.
• Fang Cheng suggested that members of the Iron-Cast Palace who opposed peace could have directed the attack, and Kanzaki Rin reconsidered the possibility.
• Kanzaki Rin told Fang Cheng to get along with Ugou Mirai, and he showed her Mirai’s new friend request.

Ugou Mirai happily reconnected with Fang Cheng, who chatted with her while asking about female Monsters who could help him enter the Iron-Cast Palace. The conversation left Ugou Mirai heartbroken when Fang Cheng insisted that his prospective partner could not be small-chested.

• Ugou Mirai celebrated when Fang Cheng accepted her friend request and sent him an excited message.
• At the Training Ground, Fang Cheng claimed he had dated Hokura Tomomi, and Sato Hayato struggled to hide that she was a character from an eroge.
• Ye Yuqing started to reveal Fang Cheng's secret, but Fang Cheng knocked her down with a shoe and left to reply to Ugou Mirai.
• Fang Cheng cheered Ugou Mirai up with their chat, and she began calling him Big Brother Cheng.
• Fang Cheng asked Ugou Mirai to introduce him to a marriageable female Monster so he could visit the Iron-Cast Palace, then rejected small-chested girls and left her devastated.