Chapter Summaries

Shui Linlang explained that Fang Ran’s rapidly regenerating Magic Energy was the ability Infinity and warned that Fate would expose his identity sooner or later. Li Ze arrived after his fiancée recognized the limited-edition dress Fang Ran had worn as Night Crow, and Shui Linlang urged Fang Ran to grow stronger by becoming Midnight’s newest Night Watcher.

• Fang Ran learned that his Magic Energy recovery was called Infinity and that increasing his maximum Magic Energy could overcome the strain of The Create.
• Shui Linlang told Fang Ran that she could not conceal him from Fate indefinitely and that his peaceful life could not continue unchanged.
• Li Ze arrived and revealed that his fiancée had identified Fang Ran’s Night Crow disguise as a limited-edition dress she had made.
• Shui Linlang explained that the dress had exposed Fang Ran through a chain of coincidences and warned that someone might discover Infinity next.
• Shui Linlang opened a teleportation formation and asked Fang Ran to become Midnight’s newest Night Watcher.

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Shui Linlang offered Fang Ran the chance to become Midnight’s newest Night Watcher and permanently free himself from the burden of The Create heart. After confronting what growing up had cost him, Fang Ran refused, choosing his ordinary life and the people he cared about.

• Shui Linlang explained that Midnight would make Fang Ran a Night Watcher and use its power to free him permanently from the burden of The Create heart.
• Fang Ran asked why Shui Linlang had helped him, and she confirmed she hoped his power could bring change to the Night Battle world.
• Shui Linlang urged Fang Ran to grow and accept the offer, but he recalled how becoming mature had meant losing his innocent, carefree self.
• Fang Ran decided that his peaceful days with his friends and companions mattered more than the power and opportunities he would gain as a Night Watcher.
• Fang Ran refused Shui Linlang’s offer, left the courtyard, and said he was not a hero and did not want to grow up.

Fang Ran chose to keep his ordinary life rather than enter the Water Mist Array, and a newly awakened Libra Card appeared before him. Afterward, Shui Linlang confronted Ling and revealed that Fang Ran had once paid a price to save her, while the prophet concluded that an unavoidable event was still approaching.

• Fang Ran left the Water Mist Array untouched, decided he would ask Queen for help if danger came again, and received the awakened Libra Card.
• Shui Linlang dispersed the array and garden barrier, then faced Ling, who warned her not to target Fang Ran.
• Shui Linlang told Ling that Fang Ran had paid a price in the future to save her from having her soul perish during hibernation, and gave her a recording projector.
• Shui Linlang teased Shui Lianxin about Fang Ran calling her Grandmother, then watched her granddaughter leave with Yan Jie for a filming location scout.
• Alone in the garden, Shui Linlang reflected on Fang Ran's words and concluded that what she had foreseen could not be avoided.

Fang Ran got lost in Shui Linlang’s villa, and Li Ze guided him through the corridors while asking why he had refused the proposal. Fang Ran explained that Fate’s coincidences could expose him regardless of his choice, then asked Li Ze to pass a bitter reply to Luo Hanrou.

• Fang Ran wandered through Shui Linlang’s villa until Li Ze found him and offered to show him the way.
• Li Ze asked Fang Ran whether he was worried that refusing the proposal would expose his identity and abilities.
• Fang Ran said a chain of coincidences had exposed him already, so joining Midnight or becoming a Night Watcher made little difference.
• Li Ze told Fang Ran that Hanrou wanted him to convey her thanks, and Fang Ran asked him to relay his response word for word.

After leaving the Shui Family estate with Ye Sheng, Fang Ran reflected on the dangers of Night Battles and asked whether Against the Current was connected to the Shui Family. Their car was ambushed, and Ye Sheng sent Fang Ran back to the Night Bureau before facing the attackers.

• Li Ze left the Shui Family villa after greeting Ye Sheng and Fang Ran, and Ye Sheng warned Fang Ran that Li Ze was a powerful, far-from-simple Night Watcher.
• Ye Sheng drove Fang Ran away from the estate, and Fang Ran asked whether the Shui Family and Against the Current were connected.
• Ye Sheng began explaining that the Night Bureau and Against the Current had not existed under those names during the Qing Dynasty, but a projectile struck their car and caused it to explode.
• Ye Sheng protected Fang Ran from the attack, sent him back to the Night Bureau with a pendant and spirit incantation, and the Bureau sounded an intruder alarm.
• Ye Sheng faced Yao He and Huang Chuan, whom she identified as members of Against the Current.

Ye Sheng fought Yao He after Against the Current’s leaders, Huang Chuan and Yao He, ambushed her and revealed that a Night Watcher had left Huaxia. Ye Sheng awakened a scarlet power and wounded Yao He, but Huang Chuan intervened to block her next attack.

• Ye Sheng sent Fang Ran away with her life-saving trump card and faced Huang Chuan and Yao He after they destroyed her car.
• Huang Chuan recalled Ye Sheng’s father, Ye Jiangran, and revealed that Against the Current had acted after discovering a Night Watcher had left the shrine.
• Yao He attacked Ye Sheng with ghostly bone claws, but Ye Sheng destroyed them and countered with sword energy.
• Ye Sheng unleashed Absolute Sword - Leaping Spirit Abyss, and Yao He used a giant ghost claw to catch and hurl back the sword radiance.
• Yao He attacked Ye Sheng from behind, but Ye Sheng’s eyes and Spirit Abyss turned crimson as she seized Yao He and slashed her.
• Ye Sheng pursued the wounded Yao He with a thrust, but Huang Chuan blocked Spirit Abyss with his Immortal Sword.

Ye Sheng was trapped with Huang Chuan and Yao He in a dark version of the Forbidden City, where A-62 appeared alongside the foreign man who had wounded her before. Realizing Night Bureau members might also be in danger, she swallowed her pride and called Night Crow for help.

• Ye Sheng confronted Huang Chuan and badly injured Yao He, while Huang Chuan noted that Ye Sheng had grown stronger after killing A-62.
• A black curtain swallowed Ye Sheng, Huang Chuan, and Yao He, transporting them to the Dark World version of the Forbidden City.
• A-62 appeared in human form and revealed that he had brought them there; Ye Sheng realized she might not escape without help.
• The foreign man who had previously wounded Ye Sheng appeared and implied that others were also being targeted, making her fear for the Night Bureau members.
• Ye Sheng set aside her pride and called Night Crow, asking him to help her.

Qing Ning was ambushed at Jing City University by a technologist whose machinery absorbed her electrical attacks, while Hua Ling was attacked on a rooftop and Su Qun took the blade meant for her. The chapter ended with Hua Ling realizing Su Qun had been seriously wounded protecting her.

• Qing Ning detected a hidden enemy and attacked a mechanical-armored foreign man, but his technology absorbed most of her lightning.
• The technologist revealed that he could neutralize electrical attacks and demanded that Qing Ning become research material for the Executive Officer.
• Hua Ling found Su Qun on a rooftop and walked toward him, ignoring his warning to stay back.
• A concealed attacker lunged at Hua Ling with a technological blade, and Su Qun rushed in front of her.
• Su Qun took the blade in his back while shielding Hua Ling, who stared at him in shock.

Yao He dismissed concerns about Fang Ran and directed Against the Current’s operation against the Night Bureau, while Revival finished work at Holy Heart Group and remained behind as a fire broke out. The chapter ended with Revival finding a headless deer-like figure in her dark room on the thirty-sixth floor.

• Yao He ordered her subordinate to rescue Xin Ya, assist the group in Dongjiang, and keep Night Bureau members occupied while she went to confront Spirit Curse.
• Yao He claimed the Night Bureau had no Supernova, dismissing her subordinate’s fears about Fang Ran and another A-rank joining the fight.
• Revival stayed late at Holy Heart Group to finish processing documents and planned to ask Fang Ran how he secured a major contract with Fies Erde.
• Su Leng Yue left the building, learned a fire had erupted around the thirtieth floor, and rushed back after realizing Revival was still upstairs.
• Revival entered her special Hospital Room on the thirty-sixth floor, found the animal sounds gone, and saw a little deer whose head then fell off.

After returning to the Night Bureau, Fang Ran confronted an intruder from Against the Current while trying to learn what had happened to Ye Sheng and the others. He drew Black Stallion into the Training Ground and revealed Gluttony as the creature emerged from the darkness.

• Fang Ran learned that an unidentified participant had infiltrated the Night Bureau lobby and flew there to confront him.
• Black Stallion disabled Ai Ma and the Night Bureau’s systems before advancing through the building.
• Fang Ran recognized Black Stallion as the hacker who had attacked the Night Bureau and fought him through the dark corridors.
• Fang Ran provoked Black Stallion into revealing that Su Qun and the others might also be in trouble.
• Fang Ran lured Black Stallion into the Training Ground, revealed his altered appearance, and summoned Gluttony from the boiling darkness.

Fang Ran captured Black Stallion and tried to learn Against the Current’s plans, then received a communication device and an energy-storage device from Li Ze. Just as Fang Ran planned to rescue Ye Sheng with the Night Bureau, Ye Sheng called him for help.

• Fang Ran summoned Gluttony to swallow Black Stallion, then questioned him about Against the Current and Ye Sheng.
• Black Stallion admitted that Ye Sheng’s life was at risk but refused to reveal more, so Fang Ran knocked him unconscious and Gluttony swallowed him.
• Li Ze entered the Training Ground and gave Fang Ran an encrypted communication device from Midnight.
• Li Ze lent Fang Ran a device that stored Magic Energy Value and could temporarily raise him to A-rank.
• Fang Ran decided to help the Night Bureau escape before rescuing Ye Sheng, but Ye Sheng called and asked Night Crow for help.

After Ye Sheng secretly begged Night Raven for help, Fang Ran returned to the Night Bureau, rescued Xin Ya, and hurried to support his endangered colleagues. As he faced gunfire outside the bureau, Xu Zheng arrived with an elite force and offered him a ride.

• Ye Sheng pleaded with Night Raven for help before the communication cut off, and Fang Ran decided to act.
• Fang Ran used Gluttony to release Black Stallion, planted a hidden card in Xin Ya’s restraints, and escaped the Night Bureau prison.
• Fang Ran explained to Ling that he was going to help his colleagues, and Ling opened the Night Web to make a call.
• After Ai Ma restored the Night Bureau’s systems, Fang Ran left to confront the mercenaries blocking the entrance.
• Xu Zheng and an elite support force defeated the mercenaries, and Xu Zheng offered Fang Ran a ride.

Ye Sheng fought Adrian in the Forbidden City and resolved to hold off the enemies so her Night Bureau companions could escape. Shui Linlang watched the crises unfolding across Beijing and realized that Fang Ran’s refusal had thrown her plans off course, leaving her to rely on his power to save Ye Sheng.

• Ye Sheng and Adrian clashed in the Forbidden City, and Adrian mocked her for calling for help while questioning how long she could sustain her power.
• Ye Sheng judged that she could not defeat Adrian, Huang Chuan, or the humanoid monster, but chose to keep them occupied so Xiao Ling and the others could escape.
• Ye Sheng remembered her promise to protect everyone at the Night Bureau and entrusted Night Crow with saving the others.
• Shui Linlang tried to intervene from her balcony but was stopped by an invisible force, then used Water Mirrors to observe Qing Ning, Hua Ling, Shui Lianxin, and others in danger across Beijing.
• Shui Linlang regretted that Fang Ran’s refusal had disrupted her predictions and concluded that she had to rely on his power of Infinity to save Ye Sheng.

After the Night Bureau repelled the mercenary attack, Fang Ran set out with Xu Zheng to find the Bureau’s scattered participants and protect the people he refused to lose. Ai Ma located several of them, and Xu Zheng drove the off-road Commander off the highway toward a direct route across Beijing.

• The Night Bureau forces and Diving Dragon Squad defeated the mercenaries, and Xu Zheng sped away with Fang Ran in the black Commander.
• Fang Ran asked Ai Ma to locate the other participants, who were scattered across Jing City University, Holy Heart Group, and the North District, while Spellcaster and Magician were missing.
• Ai Ma reported a suspected fire at Holy Heart Group, where Resurrection was believed to be; Fang Ran ordered her to suppress reports of the fire online.
• Worried that the participants were too far apart for him to reach in time, Fang Ran regained his resolve after Xu Zheng urged him to focus on what he wanted to do.
• Fang Ran requested the shortest route to all the participants, and Xu Zheng had Ai Ma plot a path that ignored the roads.
• Xu Zheng smashed the Commander through a guardrail and drove into the forest toward the participants’ locations.

Fang Ran and Xu Zheng raced to Jing City University, where Fang Ran awakened a new card and reached Qing Ning just as she was about to be captured. The chapter ended with Fang Ran confronting the Covenant technologist after protecting the unconscious Qing Ning with ice.

• Xu Zheng drove the Commander through the wilderness and Beijing traffic while Fang Ran used a card to send the vehicle over a highway guardrail.
• Xu Zheng praised Fang Ran for his performance at Night Pearl, and Fang Ran leaped from the Commander toward Jing City University.
• Fang Ran awakened the Jump Card and bounded across campus as Xu Zheng entered through the university's back gate.
• The Covenant technologist overpowered Qing Ning, who struggled to stay conscious and fight back.
• The technologist moved to capture Qing Ning, but Fang Ran dropped a massive Ice Cone and formed an ice barrier around her.
• Fang Ran landed atop the Ice Cone and faced the shocked technologist while Qing Ning passed out beside Hugin.

Fang Ran confronted Smith, the Covenant technologist who had attacked Qing Ning, but his lightning was absorbed by Smith’s shield. With his Magic Energy nearly depleted, Fang Ran used Li Ze’s External Core to unleash far greater power and turned the giant ice spike into a weapon, leaving Smith trapped as it came crashing down.

• Smith recognized Fang Ran as Supernova and revealed himself as the head of the Covenant’s Workshop Third Department.
• Fang Ran’s lightning and ice attacks failed to break through Smith’s defenses, while Smith tried to stall him.
• Fang Ran installed Li Ze’s External Core, gaining a massive energy reserve despite the core beginning to suffer damage.
• Fang Ran used the Book of Creation to create magnets inside the giant ice spike and formed an Ice Prison around Smith.
• Fang Ran used lightning to lift and control the giant ice spike, then slammed it down toward the trapped Smith.

Fang Ran defeated Smith, but Smith used a fragment to trap Jing City University in the Narrow Space, where Numbered Monsters poured in from the Dark World. Pedro and Guneiweier held off the monsters as Fang Ran escaped with Qing Ning to continue rescuing the Night Bureau team.

• Fang Ran used lightning to swing a giant ice cone into Smith and shatter the Ice Prison, leaving Smith gravely injured.
• Smith crushed a dark-glowing fragment, opening the Narrow Space around the sports field and allowing Numbered Monsters to enter.
• Fang Ran learned from Ai Ma that the Narrow Space connected the Dark World and the real world, then attacked the monsters while guarding Qing Ning.
• Pedro arrived and offered to hold back the monsters, allowing Fang Ran to escape with the unconscious Qing Ning.
• Guneiweier joined Pedro in the Narrow Space as the Numbered Monsters continued to gather.

Fang Ran rescued the badly injured Qing Ning and, with Ji Lingyan and Xu Zheng, rushed toward Holy Heart Group after learning Yan Xi was in danger. Unable to use his abilities openly among the crowds surrounding the building, he called Eber and mobilized Fies Erde’s assets to stage a grand live broadcast.

• Fang Ran emerged from the Narrow Space carrying Qing Ning, ordered Ai Ma to secure the athletic field, and discovered that Smith had escaped and was hiding nearby.
• Smith tried to activate a charged spatial crystal, but Ji Lingyan shot him, knocked the crystal away, and subdued him before Fang Ran could stop his escape.
• Ji Lingyan treated Qing Ning’s wounds while Fang Ran and Xu Zheng drove toward Holy Heart Group, where drone footage showed a crimson-lit floor and Fang Ran sensed that Yan Xi was in danger.
• Ji Lingyan warned Fang Ran that the crowds and media around Holy Heart Building prevented him from openly using his abilities without exposing the Night Battle world.
• Fang Ran remembered the incident at Linfu Block, called Eber using Li Ze’s tablet, and ordered him to gather Fies Erde’s Beijing assets for a grand live broadcast.

Fang Ran asked Eber to assemble Fies Erde’s forces in Beijing and stage a ceremony at Holy Heart Group within thirty minutes, while a familiar ally volunteered to organize it. Eber struggled to win cooperation from Beijing’s leaders until Fang Ran’s Scarlet Empress appeared, giving Eber the authority to demand their attention.

• Fang Ran told Eber to arrange a grand ceremony at Holy Heart Group in thirty minutes, and Eber mobilized Fies Erde’s Beijing forces.
• Eber admitted he lacked experience organizing a ceremony, and a familiar voice offered to handle it before greeting Fang Ran as Captain.
• Eber rushed to Elegant River Club and gathered Albert, Black, and Ye Lianna, then asked them to mobilize their companies and resources.
• Black rejected Eber’s demands and prepared to leave, while Albert and Ye Lianna questioned Eber’s authority and purpose.
• After receiving Fang Ran’s message to find a place where he could see the night sky, Eber watched Munin deliver the Scarlet Empress.
• Eber turned to Ye Lianna, Albert, and Black with the Scarlet Empress in hand and asked them to listen to him.