Chapter Summaries

At Jing City University, Trinity Nereid revealed that Ling had endangered herself to help Fang Ran save the Night Bureau, leaving her in a crisis. Fang Ran broke free of Trinity’s stasis and demanded to know where Ling was.

• Fang Ran confronted Trinity Nereid at the university gate and demanded to know where Ling was.
• Trinity identified Fang Ran as Night Raven and revealed that Ling had helped block Night Web communications across Beijing during All-City Hot Night.
• Trinity trapped Fang Ran in spatial stasis and told him Ling had risked being noticed to help him, leaving her in her current predicament.
• Gluttony emerged and swallowed Fang Ran, breaking Trinity’s stasis.
• Fang Ran released Night's Pilgrimage and, as his strength faltered, shouted at Trinity to tell him where Ling was.

Fang Ran learned that Ling was in danger and chose to leave campus to reach her, asking Veronica to arrange an immediate flight and travel documents. He revealed that he was heading to the Arctic.

• Trinity defeated Fang Ran and left after telling him not to meddle in adults’ affairs, and Fang Ran collapsed at Jing City University’s gate.
• Fang Ran realized his choice had put Ling in trouble, regained consciousness, and decided to go after her.
• Fang Ran flew from campus and called Veronica to ask for a flight departing that night and the necessary travel documents.
• Veronica offered to take Fang Ran to Alaska, but he declined and told her he needed to go to the Arctic.

Fang Ran prepared to leave Beijing for Northern Europe after obtaining Shui Linlang’s mana core and agreeing to become Midnight’s Night Watcher. Ye Lianna arranged his travel and urged him to return safely.

• Ye Lianna gave Fang Ran travel documents, cash, and Fies Erde credit cards, then explained that his flight was ready to depart from Beijing International Airport.
• Ye Lianna introduced herself as the chief of Fies Erde’s Beijing operations and praised Fang Ran for his performance the previous month.
• Fang Ran recalled Veronica offering him control of Fies Erde’s Huaxia operations and questioned whether he should accept that power.
• Fang Ran remembered asking Shui Linlang for the mana core, which she handed to him, and agreeing to become Midnight’s Night Watcher.
• Shui Linlang asked Fang Ran to promise he would return safely as Ye Lianna announced that they were nearing the airport.

Fang Ran explained to Shui Linlang why he had saved Lian Xin, but her warning that someone had been bearing the cost of his use of Infinity left him shaken. He boarded a plane bound for Northern Europe with new clothes, while a mysterious woman awoke in a distant villa and demanded to know who had disturbed her.

• Fang Ran recalled telling Shui Linlang that he saved Lian Xin because he refused to let Ling pay for his choices or become someone he despised.
• Shui Linlang warned Fang Ran that someone had been bearing the cost of his use of Infinity, leaving him stunned as she explained the burden on his magic energy core.
• Ye Lianna told Fang Ran that his plane was ready and presented him with a tailored black trench coat and insignia prepared for his Northern Europe trip.
• A woman in a black dress awoke in a villa, felt pain in her chest, and asked who was responsible.

The author reflected on finishing the tenth volume, which focused on Fang Ran’s daily life before shifting abruptly to his solo journey to the Arctic and the main quest of the second part. The author thanked readers and shared thoughts about the volume’s characters and their university life.

• The author said the volume’s first section followed Fang Ran returning to Beijing, skipping classes at Jing University, and selling shaved ice, while introducing Fang Xiaoran and setting up the Gan Card.
• The author described the second section as covering a day of encounters and unresolved matters involving Ye Sheng, Fusu, and Shui Linlang.
• The author explained that he moved a later plotline forward, sending Fang Ran alone to the Arctic to sharply break from the cheerful daily routine and begin the second part’s main quest.
• The author said Xia Yao had originally been planned as a participant but decided she was better suited to an ordinary life beside Fang Ran.
• The author reflected on Fang Xiaoran’s care for Fang Ran, thanked readers for supporting the novel, and mentioned his final semester at university.

At the Bonfire Party, an unseen woman watched Xia Yao fail to invite a young man to dance and wondered why he had rushed away from the ordinary school life he once tried to protect. Before leaving reality, she looked toward the north and anticipated what would happen next.

• An unseen woman moved through the Bonfire Party crowd, watching the students celebrate and fall in love.
• Xia Yao picked up something the young man had dropped, but she left without voicing her invitation to him.
• The unseen woman observed that Xia Yao seemed like the perfect choice for him, yet he had run away instead of accepting the chance to stay in his daily life.
• The unseen woman wondered whether her expectations had been wrong, then looked north and said she was looking forward to what happened next.

Fang Ran boarded an early international flight to Norway, where his mysterious status prompted the crew to give him special attention. As the plane began its ten-hour journey to Oslo, Fang Ran closed his eyes and quietly marked the time ahead.

• The airline moved the flight forward, and the chief purser assigned Xiaobing to give the first-class passenger special care.
• Miss Le Guin spoke with a young researcher on her tablet and agreed to accompany him to Huaxia, asking whether his research had progressed.
• Xiaobing met Fang Ran, found him less imposing than she had expected, and told him the flight to Oslo would take ten hours.
• Fang Ran watched the clouds from his seat, closed his eyes, and murmured, "Ten hours..."

Fang Ran confronted his fear of leaving ordinary life behind and accepted the strength he had been denying as he traveled toward Ling in Northern Europe. When hijackers attacked the plane, he finally admitted that he was a participant.

• Fang Ran awakened The Dash and recognized that its power reflected his struggle against his own fear.
• As he slept aboard the flight to Norway, Fang Ran confronted his lack of confidence and his anxiety about traveling alone to the Arctic.
• Fang Ran remembered the power and identity he had locked away after losing his heart, and resolved to stop hiding behind the idea that he was ordinary.
• Hijackers stormed the plane, and a flight attendant stumbled into Fang Ran's first-class compartment.
• Fang Ran rose as his old power awakened and accepted that he was a participant.

Fang Ran awakened to his strength during the hijacking and defeated the armed attackers in first class and business class. After the passengers subdued the two men, he continued toward the remaining hijackers, ready to face them as someone no longer ordinary.

• Five hijackers seized control of the cabin, and one chased Xiao Bing into first class.
• Le Guin watched in alarm as a hijacker pursued a fleeing flight attendant into the front room.
• Fang Ran woke, seized the attacker by the neck, and slammed him into the wall.
• Fang Ran entered business class, knocked one hijacker unconscious, and used him to take down another.
• The passengers bound the defeated hijackers, while Fang Ran pushed through the next cabin door toward the two attackers still left.

After the hijacked plane landed safely in Oslo, Li Daina welcomed Fang Ran as a high-ranking Fies Erde figure. Fang Ran reunited with the flight attendant he had saved, thanked her for the hot chocolate, and faced his past with renewed self-acceptance.

• Li Daina demanded that Oslo airport security prioritize Fang Ran’s safety, then learned the hijackers had been subdued and the plane was landing.
• Fang Ran arrived in Oslo, where Li Daina recognized his Fies Erde badge and arranged a formal escort for him.
• Le Guin noticed Fang Ran’s family badge and decided it needed investigation.
• The flight attendant Xiaobing left the crew’s commendation ceremony and hurried after Fang Ran to thank him for saving her.
• Fang Ran reassured Xiaobing, recalled accepting his past, and told her that the hot chocolate had been delicious.

After surviving a plane hijacking, Fang Ran arrived in Oslo and reflected on how his new power and status had changed him. He ordered Li Daina to conceal his involvement and erase traces of his travel before asking whether the Arctic-bound icebreaker was ready.

• Fang Ran recalled Su Qun's lessons about participant abilities and reflected on how far he had come since last summer.
• Fang Ran admired Oslo from his car while Li Daina explained the city and offered to arrange his itinerary.
• Fang Ran learned that Li Daina had graduated from Jing City University and called her his senior before asking to go straight to his hotel.
• Fang Ran instructed Li Daina to suppress news of the hijacking, erase his name from the flight records, and keep the plane in Norway.
• Fang Ran asked Li Daina whether the preparations for the icebreaker bound for the Arctic were complete.

Fang Ran arrived at Oslo’s Westfjord Hotel while preparing to travel to the Arctic aboard the North Sea Ice Ocean Ship. Memories of dancing with Ling in her golden-glazed Evening Dress stirred his feelings, and he settled in for the night with Li Daina as his aide.

• Fang Ran arrived at Westfjord Hotel with Li Daina and a security convoy, and the hotel manager escorted them to the Presidential Suite.
• Li Daina told Fang Ran that the North Sea Ice Ocean Ship could depart in twenty-two hours, while he declined a meeting and ball proposed by European directors.
• Fang Ran recalled dancing with Ling in her golden-glazed Evening Dress and admitted privately that his heart had pounded when he looked at her.
• Fang Ran said he was preparing to face more than one Zero Knight after Nevernight Palace mobilized, and he asked Li Daina about finding an Arctic guide and translator.
• Li Daina said she would accompany Fang Ran and stay in a room downstairs, and Fang Ran asked her to tell him about Northern European mythology.

Fang Ran prepared to travel to the Arctic, reflecting on Ling’s connection to Nevernight Palace and the danger of confronting the Covenant’s Zero Rider. As he considered how to withstand the polar cold without limiting his movements, he found inspiration in the Night Web trading interface.

• Fang Ran woke in Oslo and recalled that he had to find Ling, whose existence had been exposed after she blocked the Night Web connections of participants in Beijing.
• He identified Nevernight Palace as the force behind Ling’s departure and remembered the European combatant Zero Rider as a likely threat.
• Fang Ran ate long-expired military compressed biscuits and told Li Daina he wanted practical clothes instead of formal wear.
• Fang Ran learned he would reach the Arctic Circle the next day and considered how to endure its extreme cold without bulky clothing.
• After ruling out the Fire Card as too costly to use, Fang Ran got an idea and opened the Night Web trading interface.

Fang Ran completed his preparations in Oslo and fought Volta, a C-rank Upper Level participant who recognized him as a fellow participant. After Volta damaged Fang Ran’s weapons and armor, Fang Ran unlocked the Black Box and armed himself with new technological equipment, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Fang Ran raised his Magic Energy Value, went onto the Westfjord Hotel balcony, and changed his participant status interface to Chinese.
• Volta shot at Fang Ran, recognized him as a participant, and attacked him on the hotel balcony.
• Fang Ran fought back with his Sealer armor, Azure Rose II Type, and Hell Annihilation Hand Cannon as the two participants pursued and attacked each other across Oslo’s rooftops.
• Volta summoned his Black Axe and struck Fang Ran, breaking his weapons and cutting through his force field armor.
• Fang Ran unlocked the Black Box, discarded his damaged equipment, and equipped fresh technological weapons and armor before aiming at Volta.

Fang Ran fought Volta across Oslo, but his advanced equipment was destroyed and he was driven to the brink. When Volta attacked again, Fang Ran released his magic energy and transformed into Ogu Jet Black, leaving the fight poised to continue.

• Fang Ran used his technological weapons and flight equipment to battle Volta over Oslo, but Volta damaged his wings and drove him onto Oslo Cathedral.
• Fang Ran fired at Volta from the cathedral rooftops, but Volta dodged and destroyed nearly all of Fang Ran’s equipment.
• Volta gave Fang Ran ten seconds to surrender his spatial equipment, while Fang Ran recognized that his real fear was lacking the strength to fight back.
• Fang Ran resolved to face Volta with his own strength and let the restriction on his magic energy break.
• Fang Ran’s released magic energy struck Volta and knocked him back, and Fang Ran appeared in Ogu Jet Black with the Silver Severing Dragon Tooth before putting on the Black Rose Mask.

Fang Ran fought Volta without relying on vast reserves of magic energy and began developing his own combat style. As Volta transformed and the battle escalated, Fang Ran unlocked the capped attribute of his exclusive Magic Wand.

• Fang Ran dropped his technological disguise and attacked Volta as the Black Shadow, using The Dash to knock him into the cathedral.
• Volta activated his ability, grew bull horns, and charged Fang Ran, while Fang Ran used his cards and Night's Pilgrimage to withstand the assault.
• Fang Ran realized that battle strength depended on refining how abilities were used, not simply spending more energy.
• Fang Ran used the Power Card to seize Volta's horns, redirect his charge, and smash him with a knee strike.
• Fang Ran drew his silver longsword and activated the Sword Card, causing the Silver Severing Dragon Tooth entry to change and unlocking his Magic Wand's capped attribute.

Fang Ran discovered how to wield Silver Severing Dragon Tooth as his own fighting style and used its shifting, card-powered attacks to overpower Volta. Volta fled, but Fang Ran pursued him and trapped him in an illusion of a figure from his past.

• Volta transformed into a berserk monster and attacked Fang Ran, who used Silver Severing Dragon Tooth to wound him.
• Fang Ran combined the Freeze and Thunder Cards with the chained blade, freezing and electrifying Volta.
• Volta abandoned the fight and fled, but Fang Ran used the Jump Card, Float, and Dash to chase him through the air above Oslo.
• Fang Ran recognized Silver Severing Dragon Tooth as an essential part of his combat ability and pursued Volta with increasingly varied attacks.
• Fang Ran used the Phantom Card and Shadow Card to make Volta see a pale, silver-haired man who called him useless trash.

Fang Ran overcame his fear and defeated Volta at the Oslo Opera House, then left the unconscious participant for a local responder to handle. After reaching C-Rank and gaining The Silent card, he learned that Li Daina was preparing their departure while Le Guien arrived to capture Volta and feared the Black Rose Mask.

• Volta broke free of the shadows and made a desperate final attack, but Fang Ran chose to face him rather than dodge.
• Fang Ran used his cards and Silver Severing Dragon Tooth to drive Volta into the Opera House floor and knock him unconscious.
• Fang Ran considered killing Volta but could not pull the trigger, then left after sensing someone had arrived.
• Li Daina told Fang Ran that their car and departure preparations were ready, and Fang Ran confirmed he would return soon.
• Fang Ran received The Silent card and saw that his rank had advanced to C-Rank.
• Le Guien arrived at the Oslo Opera House to capture Volta and trembled as she watched the Black Rose Mask disappear into the night.

Fang Ran rescued a kidnapped girl in Longyearbyen and continued toward the harbor, while the chapter ended with Su Qun learning that Fang Ran had gone missing. The circumstances of Fang Ran’s disappearance were not revealed.

• Fang Ran reflected on how losing his heart had let him borrow others’ Magic Energy to use Infinity, and told Li Daina he felt calmer because his preparations were complete.
• After Hugin spotted trouble, Fang Ran stopped the car and found several men threatening him beside an SUV.
• Fang Ran smashed the Buick with a kick, subdued the men, and freed a bound foreign girl from the back seat.
• Fang Ran gave the girl money and told her to find the police, while Li Daina promised to arrange for her safe return to her family.
• The girl ran after Fang Ran as he headed toward the harbor, but she could not find him.
• In Beijing, Su Qun answered a call and learned that Fang Ran had gone missing.

Su Qun and Fang Ran’s friends learned that Fang Ran had vanished after leaving a university party, while the Night Bureau found no trace of him in Beijing surveillance footage. The chapter ended with Fang Xiaoran confronting Meng Lang and demanding to know where Fang Ran had gone.

• Su Qun told Hua Ling that Fang Ran had gone missing after leaving the Jing City University bonfire party and had not contacted anyone since.
• Hua Ling alerted Ai Ma to search surveillance footage and called Ye Sheng, while Magician and Spellcaster also learned that Fang Ran was missing.
• Qing Ning left class after receiving the news, and Su reacted with alarm when Su Qun told her that Fang Ran might have been abducted.
• Ye Sheng abruptly stopped her Maserati after Hua Ling told her that Fang Ran was gone.
• Gou Yu questioned Meng Lang about whether they should tell Su Qun about Queen, but Meng Lang said it might be beyond their ability to handle.
• Fang Xiaoran arrived at Meng Lang and Gou Yu’s apartment and demanded to know where Fang Ran had gone.