Chapter Summaries

After losing his money and discovering Ai Ma had sabotaged his games, Fang Ran watched Luo Yuanshan leave the hospital in remarkably good health. Li Ze spotted Fang Ran nearby and grew troubled by a memory, while Luo Hanrou and Luo Yiran returned home with their family.

• Fang Ran learned from Su Qun that Ai Ma had arranged for him to lose every game, and realized he had left his earnings in his white coat.
• Luo Yuanshan left the hospital feeling healthy, while Xiao Wang concealed that the consultation fee had only been slightly more than a hundred yuan.
• Luo Yiran and Luo Hanrou arrived to pick up Luo Yuanshan, who asked where his grandson-in-law was.
• Li Ze spotted Fang Ran in a nearby Lamborghini and recalled a warning from a woman at the Shui Family estate, but chose not to explain his reaction.
• Luo Hanrou promised to grant Luo Yiran any request, but refused when Yiran nervously asked about Brother-in-Law.

Fang Ran’s paperwork left Su Leng Yue astonished by his exceptional business plans, prompting her to urge Fusu to bring him into Holy Heart Group. The chapter ended with an invisible sniper locking onto Fusu and reporting her as a target.

• Fusu reviewed Fang Ran’s nearly identical replies to external documents and laughed at his rejection of the research lab’s beach vacation request.
• Fusu apologized to Su Leng Yue for Fang Ran’s conduct, but Su Leng Yue said he had avoided interacting with her rather than causing trouble.
• Su Leng Yue revealed that Fang Ran had handled internal finances flawlessly and produced detailed, highly effective plans for the group.
• Su Leng Yue urged Fusu to recruit Fang Ran, then showed her an agreement bearing Fies Erde’s signature for exporting medical equipment to North America.
• An invisible sniper watched Fusu from a distant rooftop and reported to Priority Two that Night Bureau’s Fusu was locked as a target.

Ye Sheng returned to the Night Bureau with Hua Ling, still haunted by her experience in the Hunting Scenario and surprised to learn Fang Ran had reached D-rank. Meanwhile, Fang Ran’s illusion training with the Magician left him thoroughly fooled again.

• Hua Ling brought Ye Sheng back to the Night Bureau and insisted she rest after learning she had been injured in a Hunting Scenario.
• Ye Sheng remembered Night Crow rescuing her in the disaster city and then heard from Hua Ling that Fang Ran had advanced to D-rank in just over a month.
• Ye Sheng decided to personally train Fang Ran when she returned to the Bureau, while Hua Ling worried that he would panic around her.
• The Magician tricked Fang Ran into searching for an illusion that did not exist, explaining that pretending to use Illusion Technique had been the deception.

Fang Ran’s training was interrupted when Ye Sheng returned to the Night Bureau to take charge of his training. Seeing her brought back memories of their intimate encounter, and he fainted when his Magic Energy Value ran out.

• Su Qun told Qing Ning that Hua Ling had brought Ye Sheng back to the Night Bureau to oversee Fang Ran’s training.
• The Magician paused Fang Ran’s training, and the group went to the participant cafeteria to meet Ye Sheng.
• Su Qun tried to introduce Fang Ran to Ye Sheng, but Fang Ran froze several steps away.
• Fang Ran remembered his intimate encounters with Ye Sheng in the Beijing scenario and at Linfu Block as she approached him.
• Fang Ran’s Magic Energy Value dropped to zero, and he fainted in front of Ye Sheng and the others.

Ye Sheng met Fang Ran at the Night Bureau, where her presence made him faint, and later tried to put him at ease as he recovered. Fang Ran remained overwhelmed by the gap he felt between himself and beautiful women, while privately wondering what had driven Ye Sheng to go so far on the night in Linfu Block.

• Ye Sheng supported Fang Ran after he fainted upon seeing her, and Hua Ling, Qing Ning, Magician, and Su Qun explained his nervousness around beautiful women.
• Ye Sheng asked the others what Fang Ran was like, then told Su Qun to take him to rest so she could help with his training after he woke.
• Fang Ran woke to find Ye Sheng beside him and panicked, remembering his past experiences of waking up after passing out.
• Ye Sheng reassured Fang Ran that they were comrades, while he struggled to look at her and reflected on feeling out of reach of women like her.
• Fang Ran recalled the night in Linfu Block and wondered what had made Ye Sheng go to such lengths.

Ye Sheng took over Fang Ran’s summer training after apologizing for the delay, and he braced himself for a harsher schedule. Her proposed training turned out to be far lighter than Su Qun’s, leaving Fang Ran stunned and newly grateful to escape his former routine.

• Ye Sheng thanked Fang Ran for helping recover the Electromagnetic Pulse at the Night Pearl and explained that her training plan was a personal request, not a Night Bureau requirement.
• Ye Sheng apologized for delaying the training and said she would oversee Fang Ran for the final week of summer vacation.
• Fang Ran followed Ye Sheng to the Training Ground and feared that her strict training would be worse than Su Qun’s.
• Ye Sheng proposed four hours of training each morning and afternoon, then offered to reduce it to three hours each session when Fang Ran looked troubled.
• Fang Ran realized Ye Sheng’s schedule was much lighter than Su Qun’s thirteen-hour training days and evening study sessions.

Fang Ran struggled through Ye Sheng’s brutal training and finally completed the Three-Dimensional Maneuvering course, after which Ye Sheng healed his exhausted body. He left the training session grateful to her and even more resentful of Su Qun.

• Hua Ling and the Magician explained to Qing Ning that Fang Ran had learned Ye Sheng’s training schedule was shorter than the one Su Qun had imposed on him.
• Ye Sheng offered to let Fang Ran graduate early if he met his training targets, prompting him to push himself through the ten-thousand-meter run and the Three-Dimensional Maneuvering course.
• Fang Ran completed the course on his forty-second attempt and collapsed from exhaustion.
• Ye Sheng restored Fang Ran’s strength with her spiritual energy, leaving him wishing she had trained him from the start.

Fang Ran continued his brutal puppet training and learned that his Fight Card could not overcome the puppet because his heart was not strong enough. Ye Sheng took over the demonstration, accidentally making the training even harder, while the Spellcaster suffered the effects of her attack from afar.

• Fang Ran complained that the wooden puppet had grown stronger and that he still could not defeat it after a month of training.
• Ye Sheng learned that Fang Ran had never beaten the puppet and offered to demonstrate how to fight it.
• Ye Sheng knocked the puppet down, then revived it with an Immortal Mark, creating an even stronger opponent that quickly battered Fang Ran.
• Fang Ran used his Fight Card against the puppet but still lost because its power depended on the strength of his heart.
• The Spellcaster was struck by Ye Sheng's distant attack while in administrative detention and fainted.

Fang Ran finally defeated the wooden puppet and qualified to end his training early, but Ye Sheng gave him one last test before he could finish. The chapter ended with her challenging him to touch her while she suppressed her power.

• Hua Ling told Qing Ning that the bureau's other members were away or busy, while Su Qun was handling the traffic department mess.
• Fang Ran spotted an opening in the wooden puppet's defense and defeated it with a powerful punch.
• Ye Sheng praised Fang Ran's improved fighting fundamentals and confirmed that his month of training qualified him to finish.
• Ye Sheng announced a final test and challenged Fang Ran to touch her while she limited her power and physical energy to three thousand.

Fang Ran faced an A-rank sparring session with Ye Sheng while Hua Ling teased him, and Luo Yiran complained that her sister Luo Hanrou had beaten her at painting. At the Luo villa, Li Ze received a call from a woman who said it was time for them to meet.

• Ye Sheng challenged Fang Ran to attack her, and Hua Ling mocked him about the rare chance to spar with an A-rank.
• Luo Hanrou and Luo Yiran were called in to eat after painting together, and Luo Yiran complained that her sister had beaten her.
• Luo Yuanshan praised Li Ze and gave him Xuan Mai Gan Jie Granules, which he believed had improved his health and sleep.
• Li Ze answered a call from a woman who told him that it was time for them to meet.

After completing his month-long training, Fang Ran learned that his supposed role as Supernova had attracted dangerous attention, though Midnight had kept most of it from reaching him. Ye Sheng then prepared to take him alone to meet the person handling his affairs in Midnight.

• Fang Ran lay exhausted in the participant restaurant after failing to pass Ye Sheng's final training test.
• Hua Ling and Qing Ning explained that the Night Pearl incident had made the outside world believe Fang Ran was Supernova, bringing potential infiltrators and other dangers.
• Hua Ling said Midnight had managed the Covenant's questions and other trouble, while Qing Ning warned Fang Ran that his reputation exceeded his strength.
• Qing Ning said it would help Ye Sheng if Fang Ran really were Supernova, then Ye Sheng arrived to take him to meet a high-level figure.
• Hua Ling and Qing Ning stayed behind, leaving Ye Sheng to take a panicked Fang Ran alone.

Ye Sheng took Fang Ran out of the Night Bureau to meet someone, while Fang Ran wondered why she had brought him along and where they were going. They arrived at the sprawling MoShui LinLang estate, leaving Fang Ran stunned by its grandeur.

• Fang Ran asked Ye Sheng why the Night Bureau’s garage held so many luxury cars, and she explained that they belonged to someone who had left them there.
• Ye Sheng reassured Fang Ran that the troubles they were investigating were not his fault and said she mainly wanted to ask him a few questions.
• Ye Sheng drove Fang Ran north through Beijing and asked whether he was still in school, then offered to help if he had problems in life.
• Ye Sheng drove beyond the North District and entered a vast estate with gardens, streams, and a villa.
• Fang Ran stared in amazement at the estate and failed to notice its name, MoShui LinLang.

Ye Sheng brought Fang Ran to a wealthy woman's manor to ask her about something, while Fang Ran waited in the parlor and enjoyed the afternoon sun. The chapter left him staring at a fluffy ragdoll cat that had appeared nearby.

• Ye Sheng told Fang Ran that the manor belonged to the woman they had come to meet.
• Fang Ran marveled at the manor's lavish grounds and villa as Ye Sheng and the attendants led him inside.
• Ye Sheng left Fang Ran in the parlor while she went upstairs to speak with the madam.
• A maid served Fang Ran black tea and sugar cubes, and he lounged in the sunlight, eating a sugar cube by itself.
• Fang Ran noticed a white ragdoll cat watching him, and the two stared at each other.

Fang Ran met Shui Lianxin’s ragdoll cat, Chocolate, and enthusiastically fed and petted it before discovering Shui Lianxin was the homeowner he had come to meet. He was left stunned when she said the villa was her home.

• Fang Ran rushed over to the ragdoll cat and lured it with dried sardines.
• The cat climbed into Fang Ran’s arms, and the maid remarked that it rarely warmed to strangers so quickly.
• Shui Lianxin called for Chocolate and found Fang Ran holding the cat also named Chocolate.
• Fang Ran asked why Shui Lianxin was there, and she explained that the villa was her home.

Ye Sheng visited Aunt Shui and asked about Night Crow, hoping to learn what the woman knew about the silver-haired figure she had encountered. Aunt Shui confirmed that she knew Night Crow, leaving Ye Sheng to realize that several of their past encounters had been deliberately arranged.

• Ye Sheng arrived at Aunt Shui’s villa and discussed her recovery and recent activities over tea.
• Aunt Shui kept Ye Sheng talking about her personal life, saying she might have been buying time for her granddaughter.
• Ye Sheng asked Aunt Shui whether she knew Night Crow, and Aunt Shui confirmed that she did.
• Ye Sheng recalled that Aunt Shui had likely arranged her earlier encounter with Night Crow and had influenced events involving Lian Xin.

Ye Sheng learned that Aunt Shui knew the Raven and accepted his contact information, while Aunt Shui offered to help Fang Ran with Night Battle affairs. Before Ye Sheng arrived, Fang Ran visited Shui Lianxin and reflected on their friendship and the unanswered question of what he had told her on the rooftop.

• Ye Sheng realized Aunt Shui had likely protected the Raven and understood why she had withheld what she knew.
• Aunt Shui gave Ye Sheng a card with the Raven’s number and urged her to contact him and make friends with him.
• Aunt Shui promised to handle Fang Ran’s international and Night Battle matters, then asked Ye Sheng to tell her about the Night Bureau.
• Before Ye Sheng arrived, Fang Ran was astonished to learn that Shui Lianxin lived in a huge manor.
• Shui Lianxin teased Fang Ran about reconciling with Ye Sheng and promised to keep his Chocolate identity secret.
• Fang Ran remembered his bond with Shui Lianxin and agreed to try to make up with Ye Sheng if he got the chance.

Fang Ran visited Shui Lianxin at her family estate, where they spent a relaxed afternoon chatting and playing with her ragdoll cat, Chocolate. They grew more comfortable with each other, while Shui Lianxin quietly felt pleased by their growing friendship.

• Shui Lianxin said she had renamed her ragdoll cat Chocolate, and the cat stole dried sardines from Fang Ran's pocket.
• Fang Ran took Chocolate from Shui Lianxin and cuddled it while the maids watched them and wondered about their relationship.
• Shui Lianxin explained that Sheng-jie had given her the cat after a friend rescued it as a kitten.
• Fang Ran joked that the cat was worth over 30,000 yuan and began calling it Thirty Thousand, while Shui Lianxin objected to the name.
• Fang Ran asked whether anyone else in Shui Lianxin's family was home and relaxed when she said only she and her grandmother were there.
• Fang Ran and Shui Lianxin chatted playfully about his transformation into a girl and his history with Sheng-jie as they enjoyed the late summer afternoon.

Ye Sheng found Fang Ran fishing for koi with Shui Lianxin and sent him to meet Lianxin’s grandmother, Shui Linlang. In the villa’s twilight garden, Shui Linlang addressed Fang Ran by his hidden identity, Night Raven.

• Ye Sheng discovered Fang Ran and Shui Lianxin fishing in the pond, where Chocolate had scared the koi away.
• Shui Lianxin told Ye Sheng that she had met Fang Ran during a livestream in Linfu, and Fang Ran said Su Qun had taken him there that night.
• Ye Sheng sent Fang Ran to meet the woman who had requested him, and he followed the butler to a garden atop the villa.
• Shui Linlang introduced herself as Shui Lianxin’s grandmother and said she had wanted to meet Fang Ran for a long time.
• Shui Linlang asked Fang Ran to use the attitude he had shown while chatting with a foreign girl and greeted him as Night Raven.

Shui Linlang revealed that she knew Fang Ran was Night Crow and recounted his past scenarios, challenging him to explain why he participated in Night Battle. Fang Ran confronted her after she exposed his painful memories, and Shui Linlang ended by naming his heart and Infinite Magic Energy as what she wanted to discuss.

• Shui Linlang greeted Fang Ran as Night Crow, leaving him stunned and scrambling to understand how she had discovered his identity.
• Shui Linlang described her long life as a participant and explained that Origin Ones like Fang Ran had been drawn into Night Battle without an awakening scenario.
• Shui Linlang recreated scenes from Fang Ran's past and questioned why he participated, suggesting that he had been passively dragged into events and was hiding behind a mask.
• Shui Linlang showed Fang Ran memories of Xia Yao's shooting and Si Ai's death, prompting Fang Ran to blast apart the watery reflections with lightning.
• Fang Ran inferred that Shui Linlang had divination or precognitive abilities, asked whether she had finished, and Shui Linlang said she wanted to discuss his heart and Infinite Magic Energy.

Fang Ran confronted Shui Linlang after she revealed that she knew his identity and had secretly protected him from outside trouble. She explained the limits of her prophetic ability and told him his Infinite Magic Energy was the ninth extraordinary ability in Night Battle history, known as Infinity.

• Fang Ran threatened Shui Linlang with Silver Severing Dragon Tooth and demanded to know why she had exposed his identity and secrets to him.
• Shui Linlang reassured Fang Ran that she would never force him to leave Huaxia and explained that she could not keep her prophecy active or state her visions directly and plainly.
• Fang Ran realized Shui Linlang had long been blocking disturbances aimed at him, and she admitted that she had been protecting him behind the scenes.
• Shui Linlang said she wanted Fang Ran to believe her and praised him for restraining his killing intent and remaining himself despite his power.
• Shui Linlang warned Fang Ran that others would covet Infinite Magic Energy and revealed that it was the ninth extraordinary ability in Night Battle history: Infinity.