Chapter Summaries

Resurrection reunited with Fang Ran and teased him about his embarrassing behavior while showing him the rebuilt, animal-filled room. She finally asked why he thought she had invited him, leaving him trying to dodge the question with the same awkward greeting.

• Ji Lingyan brought Fang Ran to Resurrection, then left to return to her work at the school.
• Resurrection questioned Fang Ran about his life at Jing City University and repeated embarrassing stories Ji Lingyan had told her.
• Fang Ran asked about the fire that had damaged Resurrection's room, and she said his shield Magic Energy Value had helped most of the animals survive.
• Rabbits and birds gathered around Fang Ran, and Resurrection remarked that his affinity with animals might help him someday.
• Resurrection asked Fang Ran whether he knew why she had invited him, and he tried to change the subject by commenting on her hospital's business.

Fang Ran explained to Resurrection how he became connected to Fies Erde, and she warned him not to trust Veronica or be lured by money and power. Resurrection then asked what had happened in the Night Battle world since Night Crow's declaration to the Night Web.

• Resurrection credited Fang Ran with improving her group's profits and helping raise Holy Heart Group's market value through the Fies Erde partnership and All-City Hot Night.
• Fang Ran explained that he met Veronica O'Brien aboard the Night Pearl and used Fies Erde's resources in Beijing after she learned he was Night Crow.
• Resurrection asked whether Veronica had imposed conditions, then warned Fang Ran that she would try to use his power and that he must not trust her.
• Fang Ran agreed to Resurrection's warning, then nervously changed the subject and asked why she had called him over.
• Resurrection asked Fang Ran what had happened in the Night Battle world during the half month after Night Crow's declaration to the Night Web.

Resurrection told Fang Ran that his actions as Night Crow had caused major upheaval in the Night Battle world while he spent the past half month unaware of the fallout. She showed him the Night Web’s reports and explained that three developments had truly shaken the world, including the early activation of the S-rank Night Artifact Scenario—Old Summer Palace Burning Night.

• Resurrection asked Fang Ran about events in the Night Battle world, then learned he had barely used the Night Web because its intelligence was difficult for him to understand.
• Resurrection explained that Spellcaster and the Night Bureau had spent the past half month handling the aftermath of Fang Ran’s actions while he skipped class and sold shaved ice.
• Fang Ran opened the Night Web’s intelligence section and found a flood of reports about his actions during the All-City Hot Night.
• Resurrection explained that much of the public intelligence was a smokescreen from Covenant or Midnight, while genuine information circulated among powerful Participants.
• Resurrection named the three developments that had shaken the Night Battle world: an A-rank Upper Tier from Song of the Wanderers appearing, Fang Ran’s mysterious top-ten A-rank Night Artifact, and the early activation of Old Summer Palace Burning Night.

Fang Ran learned that the five-pointed star from the Beijing scenario had activated the S-rank Night Artifact Scenario ahead of schedule, drawing intense attention from powerful participants. Resurrection Jie reassured him that the scenario was still years away and explained why outsiders believed Night Crow belonged to Song of the Wanderers, leaving Fang Ran to narrowly avoid asking her age.

• Resurrection Jie explained that the five-pointed star had triggered the Old Summer Palace Burning Night scenario ahead of schedule.
• She told Fang Ran that outsiders were watching Night Crow and assumed she possessed secret knowledge of the S-rank scenario.
• Resurrection Jie reassured Fang Ran that the scenario was not imminent because Night Battle time differed from ordinary time.
• Fang Ran asked why outsiders still thought he belonged to Song of the Wanderers despite joining the Night Bureau.
• Resurrection Jie explained that the Night Bureau was seen as too weak to attract an A-rank Upper Tier participant and that Ye Sheng had held the Bureau together.
• Fang Ran began asking Resurrection Jie her age, then hastily changed the subject to her hospital's business.

Resurrection encouraged Fang Ran to be more confident by explaining how she overcame her fear of Night Battle and founded Holy Heart Hospital to help people like Su Leng Yue. She then began to reveal the real purpose of bringing him to the room, just as Ye Sheng arrived and Fang Ran hurried to hide his identity.

• Resurrection teased Fang Ran about his awkwardness around women and urged him to have more confidence.
• Resurrection told Fang Ran that she had once avoided Night Battle until she learned Su Leng Yue was preparing to kill herself, which inspired her to create Holy Heart Hospital.
• Fang Ran praised Resurrection and accepted her encouragement to trust his abilities as Night Crow.
• Resurrection asked whether something had happened between Fang Ran and Ye Sheng, and Fang Ran choked on his tea in alarm.
• Resurrection began explaining that capturing Fang Ran had another purpose, but Ye Sheng knocked at the locked door.
• Resurrection told Fang Ran to hide quickly and remember her advice as she went to let Ye Sheng in.

Ye Sheng planned to meet Crow to thank her for saving the Night Bureau, while Resurrection knew Crow was actually Fang Ran and decided to arrange a meeting without revealing his identity. Resurrection set the meeting for the next day and began wondering how to persuade Fang Ran to attend.

• Resurrection found Ye Sheng buried in Night Bureau paperwork and reminded her not to blame herself for the bureau's recent danger.
• Ye Sheng admitted she wanted to find Crow and thank her for saving the Night Bureau and its members.
• Resurrection said she could contact Crow and suggested arranging a restaurant meeting for the following noon.
• Ye Sheng agreed to meet Crow the next day, and Resurrection urged her to rest before privately planning how to get Fang Ran to come.

Resurrection left Fang Ran, disguised as Night Crow, alone with Ye Sheng and encouraged him to pursue her, leaving him mortified as they drove to a restaurant. They arrived at a familiar upscale restaurant, where Ye Sheng planned to talk with him.

• Resurrection handed Ye Sheng a restaurant card, then left her alone with Night Crow and urged him to consider pursuing Ye Sheng.
• Night Crow agreed to leave with Ye Sheng while privately worrying that his illusion might fail and expose Fang Ran.
• Ye Sheng drove Night Crow through the Central District, and Fang Ran struggled to make conversation while recalling his embarrassing past with her.
• Ye Sheng offered Night Crow support in Huaxia, and he asked why she had invited him to meet.
• Ye Sheng and Night Crow arrived at an upscale Western restaurant, whose name Fang Ran recognized from earlier visits.

Fang Ran, disguised as Night Raven, met Ye Sheng for afternoon tea, where she thanked him for saving the Night Bureau. He clarified that he would have helped regardless of her call, but Ye Sheng ended by asking if he acted because of Fang Ran.

• Fang Ran followed Ye Sheng into Pelham's and discovered Resurrection Jie had booked them a couples' afternoon tea table.
• Ye Sheng told Night Raven she wanted to thank him for the strength he had spent saving the Night Bureau.
• Night Raven interrupted Ye Sheng and explained that his deal with the Shui Family madam had only been an excuse.
• Night Raven said he would have helped the Night Bureau even without Ye Sheng's call and that the decision had been his own.
• Ye Sheng asked whether Night Raven had acted because of Fang Ran, leaving him flustered.

Ye Sheng confronted Night Crow about repeatedly appearing near Fang Ran and helping him, and Fang Ran avoided suspicion by claiming Wandering Night Angel had asked Night Crow to protect him. Ye Sheng accepted the explanation but then raised another matter, asking whether Night Crow remembered the Hunting Scenario.

• Ye Sheng guessed that Night Crow had a connection to Fang Ran because she had appeared near him and taken his form while protecting him.
• Night Crow claimed that Wandering Night Angel had asked her to look after Fang Ran, and Ye Sheng recognized the name from the Beijing Scenario.
• Ye Sheng apologized for prying and promised to keep the supposed secret confidential.
• Night Crow changed the subject, then learned that Ye Sheng had other matters to discuss.
• Ye Sheng asked Night Crow whether she remembered what had happened in the Hunting Scenario, and Night Crow choked on her ice water.

Ye Sheng apologized to Night Crow for mistreating him and forcing him into the Hunting Scenario, then brought out a red crystal she said belonged to him. Fang Ran mistook the crystal for a love token, and the chapter ended with him asking if she was giving it to him as one.

• Fang Ran panicked when Ye Sheng brought up their past and recalled their encounters in the Hunting Scenario.
• Ye Sheng apologized for misunderstanding Night Crow, dragging him into danger, and pressuring him to kill A-62.
• Ye Sheng said she wanted to return what belonged to Night Crow and sealed off their surroundings with spiritual energy.
• Ye Sheng produced a bright red crystal and offered it back to Night Crow.
• Fang Ran stared at the crystal and asked Ye Sheng if it was a love token.

Ye Sheng offered Night Raven the A-62 Dark Nucleus, but Night Raven insisted Ye Sheng had earned it by fighting A-62. After Night Raven proved with a lie-detecting card that she had not attacked A-62, Ye Sheng still pushed the reward toward her as thanks for saving the Night Bureau.

• Night Raven deflected Ye Sheng's mention of a love token and learned that Ye Sheng had used part of the A-62 Dark Nucleus after encountering Huang Chuan and Yao He.
• Ye Sheng tried to give Night Raven the Dark Nucleus, but Night Raven argued that Ye Sheng had dealt the decisive blow to A-62.
• Night Raven explained that she had only caught Ye Sheng and used a zero-cost Illusion Technique after Ye Sheng's sword strike badly wounded A-62.
• Night Raven used a disguised Libra Card to confirm that she had not attacked A-62, and Ye Sheng believed its verdict.
• Ye Sheng still offered Night Raven the Dark Nucleus in thanks for saving the Night Bureau and handing over the beast head.

Night Raven returned the Dark Nucleus to Ye Sheng and learned how distant and unapproachable Ye Sheng believed she seemed to others. She nearly asked Ye Sheng why she had risked her life in the Hunting Scenario, then realized she had overlooked the fact that the S-rank Scenario key was still at home.

• Night Raven complained that Ye Sheng was too stubborn to give her the Dark Nucleus back, then described the ways Ye Sheng seemed difficult to approach.
• Ye Sheng admitted she had never realized others might see her as cold and unapproachable, and Night Raven recognized how much Ye Sheng had carried alone for the Night Bureau.
• Night Raven returned the Dark Nucleus and called Ye Sheng a rare friend, joking that the core could be a love token before asking to settle a debt with one question.
• Night Raven started to ask why Ye Sheng had fought so desperately in the Hunting Scenario, but chose to save the question for another time.
• Ye Sheng told Night Raven that she trusted her and pointed out that Night Raven could have kept Si Snake if she had joined the Night Bureau to seize the S-rank Scenario key.
• Fang Ran realized that the key was likely the two metal objects he had left at home.

Fang Ran accidentally caused a chandelier to fall on himself while trying to protect Ye Sheng, leaving him unconscious and dreaming of a vast white world. He woke beside Ye Sheng, immediately wondering whether his disguise had been exposed.

• Ye Sheng tried to lift the spiritual restriction, but an abnormal fluctuation in Lingyuan made it unstable and severed the chandelier’s suspension.
• Fang Ran lunged to push Ye Sheng out of danger as she moved to catch the falling chandelier, and his hand accidentally touched her.
• Ye Sheng let go of the chandelier in surprise, and it struck Fang Ran on the nape, knocking him unconscious.
• Fang Ran dreamed of a white world where his own black hands stood out against the scenery.
• Fang Ran woke in a bed with Ye Sheng sitting nearby and wondered if he had touched her again and whether Huan Pai’s disguise had held.

Ye Sheng accidentally dropped a chandelier on Night Crow, then carried her to a quiet room and kept watch as she slept. Remembering how Night Crow had protected her, Ye Sheng reflected on her gratitude and the unfamiliar comfort of being protected, leaving Night Crow asleep while she read beside her.

• Ye Sheng's spiritual energy caused a chandelier to fall onto Night Crow, and she told the restaurant manager that Night Crow had fainted from fright.
• Ye Sheng carried Night Crow to a private lounge and offered to pay for the chandelier, but the manager recognized her name and refused compensation.
• After laying Night Crow on the bed, Ye Sheng recalled Night Crow's rescue of her and the Night Bureau, and the arguments in which Night Crow insisted on protecting her.
• Ye Sheng wondered what kind of person Night Crow was and realized how safe she had felt when Night Crow protected her.
• Ye Sheng sat beside Night Crow with a book and waited for her to wake.

After waking, Fang Ran fled Ye Sheng’s invitation to inspect the spatial relocation, unaware that she was heading to his home. Ye Sheng arrived at the relocated house on Jing City University’s campus and encountered a girl at the door.

• Fang Ran woke after three hours and learned that he had fallen asleep while unconscious.
• Ye Sheng invited Fang Ran to accompany her to check on the spatial relocation, but he made an excuse and escaped through the window.
• Ye Sheng regretted that she had failed to invite Night Crow to the National War, while Resurrection wondered whether her attempt to bring Fang Ran and Ye Sheng together had worked.
• Ye Sheng drove to Jing City University and discovered that the relocated residence was Fang Ran’s shabby two-story rental house.
• Ye Sheng approached the house’s entrance, where a girl carrying a supermarket bag asked what she needed.

Ye Sheng visited Fang Ran’s home but found him and his companions absent, while Meng Lang hid from her because of their long-standing rivalry. Elsewhere, a woman watched the road for Fang Ran, and Fang Ran arrived at Shui Linlang’s manor in his Night’s Pilgrimage attire.

• Ye Sheng met Fang Xiaoran and Xia Yao at Fang Ran’s home and explained that she was checking on how he and his companions were settling into life in Beijing.
• Fang Xiaoran and Xia Yao discovered that Meng Lang and Gou Yu were missing, and Ye Sheng left after confirming that no one was home.
• Meng Lang and Gou Yu hid beneath the backyard balcony until Ye Sheng departed, and Meng Lang admitted that he had hidden because he could never beat her and wanted Fang Ran to face an interrogation later.
• A woman in a lab coat watched Ye Sheng’s car leave near Jing City University and wondered why Fang Ran had not returned.
• Shui Linlang waited at her manor, and Fang Ran appeared at the garden entrance in black garments marked with Night’s Pilgrimage patterns, carrying the Silver Severing Dragon Tooth.

Fang Ran confronted Shui Linlang about Xia Yao being dragged into his scenario, but she denied causing it and urged him to take responsibility for protecting Xia Yao. After accepting that he might have to protect her himself, Fang Ran asked whether Shui Linlang knew about Huang Chuan and admitted that he had killed him.

• Fang Ran used the Libra Card to confirm that Shui Linlang had not sent Xia Yao into his scenario.
• Fang Ran demanded to know why Xia Yao had appeared in the scenario and explained that he feared she could be left a soulless, vegetative person if she faced danger again.
• Shui Linlang told Fang Ran to protect Xia Yao and said he should accept responsibility rather than expect every problem to have a permanent solution.
• Fang Ran calmed down and appeared to accept the responsibility of protecting Xia Yao for the rest of his life.
• Fang Ran asked whether Shui Linlang knew about Huang Chuan, then told her that he had killed him.

Fang Ran confronted Shui Linlang about Huang Chuan’s schemes and the obsession behind them, having learned that Huang Chuan’s claim of seeking power was a lie and that he had acted to see her again. Shui Linlang revealed she could not leave her estate and did not love Huang Chuan, leaving Fang Ran to wonder whether Huang Chuan’s life had been spent for nothing.

• Fang Ran told Shui Linlang that he had killed Huang Chuan and accused her of knowing what Huang Chuan had done.
• Fang Ran recalled Huang Chuan admitting to arranging attacks against the Night Bureau, then recognized that Huang Chuan had lied about seeking power because he wanted to see Shui Linlang again.
• Fang Ran asked why Shui Linlang had not stopped Huang Chuan, and she explained that meeting him would not have ended his obsession.
• Shui Linlang showed Fang Ran the invisible barrier confining her to the estate and said she would not have visited Huang Chuan even if she could leave, because she did not love him.
• Fang Ran asked whether Huang Chuan’s life had been meaningless, and Shui Linlang told him he would understand when he fell in love.

Fang Ran admitted that guilt over killing Huang Chuan had driven him to question Shui Linlang, then asked what would have happened if he had become a Night Watcher. After he left without taking the core she offered, a mysterious woman threatened Shui Linlang for interfering with her puppet, and Shui Linlang wondered whether Fang Ran’s choice to remain in that night had drawn the attention of another S-rank being.

• Shui Linlang asked Fang Ran whether he regretted killing Huang Chuan, and Fang Ran admitted his question had come from guilt and an attempt to shift responsibility.
• Fang Ran apologized for asking, then prepared to leave Shui Linlang’s garden.
• Shui Linlang offered Fang Ran a magical-energy External Core and described how events might have unfolded if he had become a Night Watcher, concluding that the outcome would have been worse.
• Fang Ran left without taking the core, and a mysterious woman appeared, warning Shui Linlang not to interfere with her puppet again.
• After the darkness vanished, Shui Linlang took back the core and wondered whether Fang Ran’s choice had attracted another S-rank being.

After returning from his assessment, Fang Ran flew over Beijing and reflected on how much he had changed before arriving home at Jing City University. He reassured Xia Yao that she was safe, then went to bed still wondering about the fate of those lost in the scenario and why Ling had been absent.

• Fang Ran flew across Beijing with his newly increased magic energy and considered how his experiences had helped him grow.
• Fang Ran questioned whether accepting Shui Linlang’s proposal would have changed anything and wondered what she had withheld about his senior sister.
• Fang Ran returned to The Cabin and found Xia Yao asleep beside the table, waiting for him.
• Fang Ran told Xia Yao that there should be no problems with her situation and that he and the others would protect her.
• After Xia Yao went downstairs, Fang Ran worried about whether souls vanished with completed scenarios, recalled that Against the Current had been destroyed, and noticed that Ling had not answered him.