Chapter Summaries

Ye Sheng and Fang Ran entered a demonized city filled with gigantic black vines and Numbered Monsters, where an enormous Round Cage pulsed at the center. Ye Sheng saw the Night Battle kill directives and discovered that their final target was the A-rank monster A-62.

• Ye Sheng flew over the ruined city as a gigantic black vine attacked her, and she severed it with Absolute Sword - Slash.
• Ye Sheng caught Fang Ran after throwing him into the air, and he saw the city’s central Round Cage, rampant vines, and swarming Numbered Monsters.
• Ye Sheng used Fang Ran’s Silver Severing Dragon Tooth as a platform and split another gigantic vine with Absolute Sword - Leaping Spirit Abyss.
• Ye Sheng opened the Night Battle Scenario interface and read kill directives for D-54, C-46, B-30, and A-62.

Ye Sheng received an A-rank kill order to eliminate A-62, a giant vine-woven Round Cage that was nearing metamorphosis, and fought through the monster-filled city while carrying Fang Ran. With only twelve minutes left, she reached the inner ring, where Fang Ran warned her that she could not kill the monster.

• Ye Sheng learned that A-62 was spreading black vines and would complete its metamorphosis in fifty-seven minutes.
• Ye Sheng carried Fang Ran into the monster-filled city and cut down waves of Numbered Monsters as she raced toward A-62.
• B-30 ambushed Ye Sheng with black spikes, wounded her shoulder, and was destroyed by her Sword Control attack.
• Ye Sheng reached the city's inner ring with twelve minutes remaining before A-62's metamorphosis and set Fang Ran down.
• Fang Ran told Ye Sheng that she could not kill A-62, causing her to freeze.

Ye Sheng refused to abandon the Hunting Scenario despite Fang Ran's warnings, and the two faced another assault from A-62. After Ye Sheng protected him and sealed his ability to speak with a kiss, she went to confront the monster alone.

• Fang Ran warned Ye Sheng that she could not defeat A-62, but she insisted on completing the scenario to prove she was worthy of Spirit Abyss and take control of her Fate.
• Ye Sheng revealed that dying in a Hunting Scenario meant real death, and three enormous vines burst from the ground and destroyed the station.
• Fang Ran begged Ye Sheng to remove his seal so he could help, but she refused and explained that using his Magic Energy Value would expose him as an anomaly and end the scenario.
• Ye Sheng kissed Fang Ran, told him to stay put, and walked toward A-62 to protect him and continue the fight.
• Fang Ran watched Ye Sheng advance and feared that he was seeing a painful scene from his past repeat itself.

Ye Sheng attacked A-62 as it completed its metamorphosis, but her crimson sword strike only wounded the beast and left her falling unconscious. Fang Ran caught her and, inspired by her determination, confronted A-62 and activated the Phantom Card.

• Ye Sheng fought through A-62’s vines and, as the Round Cage opened, unleashed Prosperous Red Lotus, leaving a massive sword scar across the beast.
• Ye Sheng’s physical energy ran out, and she fell from the sky without receiving confirmation that A-62 had been killed.
• Fang Ran caught Ye Sheng before she hit the ground and watched the wounded A-62 emerge from the burning Round Cage.
• As A-62 summoned vines to attack them, Fang Ran summoned Silver Severing Dragon Tooth and drove it into his card.
• Fang Ran ordered the card to release its seal, and the system announced that he had activated the Phantom Card.

Fang Ran fought A-62 while carrying Ye Sheng, then used a vast illusion to make the monster attack a reflected City of Disaster and pierce itself. He killed A-62 and vanished, leaving the city illuminated by the burning Round Cage.

• A-62 pursued Fang Ran and Ye Sheng through the city with giant vines, while Fang Ran tried to escape and attack it with the Mobius Ring.
• A-62 destroyed the Mobius Ring and surrounded Fang Ran with vines, leaving him convinced there was no hope of defeating it.
• Fang Ran pushed his Phantom Card beyond its limits and created an illusion of an identical City of Disaster falling from the sky.
• A-62 formed a colossal vine spear and thrust it upward, piercing its own body through the crimson sword scar.
• Fang Ran's illusion detonated the damage in A-62, and the system confirmed that he had killed it.
• Fang Ran dismissed the illusion, noticed his ability's Magic Energy Value consumption had become fixed at zero for a time, and vanished.

Fang Ran escaped the disaster city by casting THE ILLUSION on himself, then returned to reality exhausted and reflected on the people who had protected him that night. He fell asleep on the rooftop as a song began playing across Linfu Block.

• Fang Ran used THE ILLUSION to make himself believe the disaster had ended and woke on a rooftop in Linfu Block.
• The illusion faded, revealing Fang Ran's usual black hair and the Lolita dress beneath his cloak.
• Fang Ran recalled the night’s events, including the girl who had protected him and the tall woman who fought to protect him in the disaster city.
• At AM 00:01, a girl’s song played on the giant screen above Linfu Block while Fang Ran slept beneath his cloak on the rooftop.

Ye Sheng woke after the battle with A-62 and discovered she had obtained its core, while Ling defeated and interrogated Pedro. Li Ze arrived at the Shui Family estate to meet Madam Shui, who greeted him as the chapter ended.

• Ye Sheng woke in her Maserati, found the notification that she had killed A-62, and received its vivid-red core.
• Ling overwhelmed Pedro with her Nanomachine Swarm, stopped his escape, and used mental power to make him answer why the Zero Knights had come to Huaxia.
• Li Ze reviewed the Shui Family’s influence and Madam Shui’s A-rank Participant status as he was driven to their estate.
• A butler escorted Li Ze into the estate, where he met Madam Shui and greeted her.

In Bath, Xiao Yu visited his mother at a convalescent facility, where he confiscated her chocolate and refused her demands for a meat-heavy breakfast. As Xiao Yu slept beside her bed, his mother reflected on the hardships he had endured and wished she could meet his friends.

• Xiao Yu walked through Bath with groceries and visited his mother at the convalescent facility.
• Xiao Yu's mother admitted she had persuaded six young caregivers to leave that month by giving them business advice.
• Xiao Yu confiscated the chocolate his mother had hidden and planned a healthy breakfast instead of the meat she wanted.
• Xiao Yu's mother quieted when he promised to listen to her once she recovered, then watched him fall asleep beside her bed.
• Xiao Yu's mother stroked his hair, regretted the burdens he had carried, and said she wanted to meet his friends.

A withdrawn black-haired boy attended an ordinary winter day at his high school, where classmates discussed his past and kept their distance. Walking home after evening study, he noticed the first snow of the year beginning to fall.

• Students at the northern border city’s high school discussed an incoming transfer student before the quiet black-haired boy entered and went to sleep at his desk.
• Liu Xi warned his friends not to provoke the boy or speak about him behind his back.
• Classmates wondered why the boy had taken a year away from school, and Chen Xue said she remembered hearing that he had skipped a grade.
• The boy spent the school day silent and apart from the other students as classes and evening study passed.
• On his walk home, the boy looked up at the falling snow and murmured that it was snowing this year.

Huo Xuan moved into a villa in a small northern border city and met the neighboring couple, who welcomed her as their new neighbor. After they left, she looked at the villa and hinted that she owed them thanks.

• A middle-aged couple returned from the morning market and spotted movers carrying expensive furniture into a nearby villa.
• Huo Xuan introduced herself to the couple as their new neighbor while holding the leash of her black dog.
• Huo Xuan told her maid, Sailaer, to carry the couple’s shopping bags home, and Sailaer took them effortlessly.
• Huo Xuan watched the couple leave, revealed her violet eyes, and said she was the one who should thank them.

The author reflected on the novel’s sudden success in May, explained the effort behind the Beijing storyline and the designs of Shui Lianxin and Ye Sheng, and defended the book’s anime-style blend of comedy and passionate battles. The volume ended with the author admitting that the next story had once again grown into a grand-scale plot.

• The author described how two updates a day preceded a surge in subscriptions, clicks, and rankings after an editor recommended the novel on the Qidian App.
• The author explained that the story aimed to combine cheerful daily life with passionate battles and that writing the Beijing scenes required careful work on characters’ emotions.
• The author described Shui Lianxin and Ye Sheng as contrasting but symmetrical characters whose loneliness and strength helped Fang Ran grow.
• The author defended the volume’s chapters and time shifts against complaints about padding and urged readers to support the official version.
• The author admitted that, despite promising a cheerful next volume after Night Pearl, the new story had again expanded into a grand-scale scene.

Qing Ning returned to the Night Bureau with the Magician, where they arrived just as Fang Ran tried to escape his training and treatment. Qing Ning stopped him with an electric flash, then asked what had happened.

• The Magician picked up Qing Ning at Beijing International Airport and drove her to the Night Bureau.
• Qing Ning told the Magician she had come despite her mother’s plans for her cram course, and asked about the Night Pearl incident and Fang Ran.
• The Magician said Fang Ran was training at the Night Bureau and mentioned that he had encountered Blazing Light while handling the incident’s aftermath.
• At the Night Bureau, Fang Ran burst through a wall and fought past Resurrection and Su Qun while trying to flee.
• Ai Ma exposed Fang Ran when he tried to hide among summoned muscular men, but he blocked Ai Ma’s red light and attempted to leap out of the building.
• Qing Ning shot Fang Ran down with an electric flash, then asked Su Qun, Resurrection, and the Magician what had happened.

After Hua Ling gave Fang Ran Louis XIII out of curiosity, he got drunk, caused a scene, and ended up unconscious on Resurrection Jie’s lap. He woke to Qing Ning’s mistaken conclusion that he and Resurrection Jie were together, then worsened the misunderstanding with a remark about papaya milk.

• Su Qun explained that Fang Ran had gotten drunk after Hua Ling gave him Louis XIII and had caused a drunken attempt to escape training.
• Resurrection Jie treated Fang Ran with a branch from the World Tree while the others discussed his poor alcohol tolerance and past drunken antics.
• Qing Ning misunderstood Fang Ran’s words and lap pillow as proof that he and Resurrection Jie were in a relationship.
• Fang Ran woke up, panicked at seeing Resurrection Jie, and tried to explain himself.
• Fang Ran mentioned papaya milk, prompting Resurrection Jie to strike him.

Fang Ran woke up and was dragged back to training by Su Qun while the others discussed Ye Sheng’s secret injuries from a Hunting Scenario. The chapter ended with Resurrection Jie revealing that Fang Ran was the one who was actually a D.

• Resurrection Jie introduced Qing Ning and the Magician to Fang Ran, who was meeting them for the first time.
• Su Qun carried the protesting Fang Ran off to the Training Ground after he tried to flee training.
• The Magician asked about Ye Sheng, and Hua Ling said she had been too busy to see her.
• Resurrection Jie revealed that Ye Sheng had visited her injured after a Hunting Scenario and had asked her to keep it secret.
• Hua Ling left to find Ye Sheng and make her rest, while Resurrection Jie told Qing Ning that Fang Ran was actually a D.

Resurrection told Qing Ning and Magician that Fang Ran had reached D-rank in just over a month and that his two teammates were Origin Users too. Meanwhile, Fang Ran struggled through Su Qun’s increasingly difficult training, and the chapter left him facing extra drills with Qing Ning and Magician.

• Resurrection revealed that Fang Ran had become a D-rank Origin User in a little over a month, shocking Qing Ning and Magician.
• Resurrection added that Fang Ran’s other two teammates were Origin Users, further surprising Qing Ning and Magician.
• Fang Ran completed his fifteenth Three-Dimensional Maneuvering session and collapsed from exhaustion as Su Qun praised his progress and planned to intensify his training.
• Su Qun ended the obstacle course and prepared to move Fang Ran to another training session.
• Qing Ning, Magician, and Resurrection entered, and Qing Ning offered for herself and Magician to help train Fang Ran.
• Su Qun agreed that Qing Ning could guide Fang Ran in combat and Magician could teach him Illusion Techniques, while Fang Ran inwardly despaired at the added training.

Su Qun arranged an ability-combat lesson in which Qing Ning taught Fang Ran practical ways to use electrical energy, leaving him impressed by her skills and disappointed by the limits of electrical manipulation. The chapter ended with Fang Ran learning that basic electrical applications could be useful in combat, while advanced physics often was not.

• After Su Qun finished relieving Fang Ran’s training-induced muscle fatigue, he replaced the planned combat session with an ability lesson against Qing Ning.
• Qing Ning demonstrated how to attack with lightning, while Fang Ran blocked and dodged poorly and failed to land his own attacks.
• Qing Ning used electricity to lift and hurl training cubes at Fang Ran, prompting Su Qun to remind her not to damage the floor.
• Qing Ning explained that precise, complex electrical applications were difficult to use in combat and that simple attacks were often more effective.
• Qing Ning showed Fang Ran how basic electrical knowledge could attract and throw objects, especially against Technologists.

Qing Ning spent the afternoon teaching Fang Ran advanced ways to use lightning, but her dangerous demonstrations left him with little understanding and an embarrassing new skill. Fang Ran ended the lesson convinced that the Thunder Card was dangerous and that some abilities depended on talent.

• Qing Ning demonstrated numerous lightning techniques and physics principles while Fang Ran watched in alarm.
• Qing Ning explained that she could compress electrical energy to increase its power, then wondered how Night Crow had controlled amplified lightning with a small ring.
• Fang Ran was distracted by Qing Ning's mention of the Mobius Ring, and leaked static electricity from his Thunder Card shocked him through his body.
• Qing Ning explained that she neutralized the charge with electric charges, while Fang Ran recovered with his hair standing on end.
• Qing Ning asked how much he had learned, and Fang Ran realized that his only new technique was using a weak current to give someone an intensely tingling shock.

Fang Ran returned to his luxurious Night Bureau room after exhausting training and found Ling waiting for him. Ling restrained him and demanded to know what trouble he had caused while she was away, leaving him about to explain after asking to put on clothes.

• Fang Ran reflected on the Night Bureau’s extravagant facilities and his grueling daily training under Su Qun.
• Ling appeared in Fang Ran’s room and caught him leering at the bed after his shower.
• Fang Ran screamed and tried to flee, but Ling seized him with telekinesis and wrapped him in a blanket.
• Ling demanded to know what Fang Ran had done on the day she left, and he agreed to tell her.
• Fang Ran asked Ling to let him put on clothes first.

Fang Ran faced Ling’s questions about why her Night Web had disconnected, but his explanation that he had “got hard” provoked her into beating him. The chapter ended with Ling pinning him face-down on the bed while he accused her of lying about not hitting him.

• Ling questioned Fang Ran about sneaking off and causing her Night Web to disconnect.
• Ling explained that the system could not have selected Fang Ran for another scenario so soon and demanded to know what he had done.
• Fang Ran claimed he had “got hard,” and Ling struck him with a silver-white object.
• Fang Ran tried to escape using Caterpillar Dash, but Ling used telekinesis to throw him onto the bed.
• Ling stepped on Fang Ran’s head and pressed his face into a pillow while he protested that she had promised not to hit him.

Fang Ran explained to Ling how he became D-rank, blaming Su Qun for forcing him to take a day off, while Ling investigated his status and worked out that his training and growing combat skills had finally met the system's requirements. The chapter left Ling considering whether Fang Ran's changed mindset had also contributed to his advancement.

• Ling demanded that Fang Ran explain how he had been caught by the system and become D-rank.
• Fang Ran claimed Su Qun had insisted on giving him a day off, prompting Ling to dismiss his excuses and ask what he had done to rank up.
• Ling grabbed Fang Ran and questioned him closely, then released him when he insisted he had done nothing unusual.
• Ling checked Fang Ran's interfaces and saw that his rank was listed as D, while his physical attributes had risen only somewhat.
• Ling concluded that Fang Ran's training under Su Qun, improved combat foundations, abilities, and possible change in mindset had enabled him to reach D-rank.