Chapter Summaries

Van Helsing brought Fang Ran to the Isonzo River battlefield and began explaining Night Battle’s history, revealing that the first A-rank Participant appeared only about a hundred years earlier. She ended with the revelation that Hunting Scenarios opened to Participants.

• Van Helsing told Fang Ran that his unusual power and sword qualified him to enter Night Battle’s upper world, then offered to share what he did not know.
• Fang Ran chose to enter Van Helsing’s spatial circle rather than return to Ling, and she transported him to the Isonzo River battlefield.
• Fang Ran saw a soldier die horribly, vomited from the shock, and received Van Helsing’s help to calm himself.
• Van Helsing explained that Night Battle and the Dark World arose from reality, and that early Participants had simple abilities and struggled to reach D-rank.
• Van Helsing described how Participants gradually developed Night Battle’s systems and revealed that the first A-rank Participant appeared around a hundred years earlier.
• Van Helsing revealed that Hunting Scenarios opened to Participants.

Van Helsing explained how Night Battle evolved and revealed that Numbered Monsters embodied humanity’s darkness. She brought Fang Ran to the Narrow Space, where he learned that the sealed monster from a century ago was A-8, War.

• Van Helsing told Fang Ran that Hunting Scenarios appeared after the first A-rank Participant and that B-rank breakthroughs unlocked travel to the Dark World.
• She explained that Numbered Monsters grew from the real world’s darkness and embodied concepts capable of threatening humanity.
• Fang Ran realized that the darkness of World War I might have created a monster representing war.
• Van Helsing opened a gateway to the Narrow Space battlefield and revealed herself bleeding as she guarded a sealed male figure.
• Fang Ran’s system identified the sealed target as A-8, War, whose powers grew with real-world wars and could force nearby beings into battle.

Fang Ran met Van Helsing in the Narrow Space, where she had sealed an avatar of War, and struggled with whether he could accept the responsibility of becoming her Knight. Van Helsing reassured him that his wish to protect those close to him was its own form of justice, then sent him back with a message for Carol that revealed she knew more about his connections than he had realized.

• Fang Ran found Van Helsing sealing War's weak avatar and learned that War's true body was on the Somme River Battlefield and could spread conflict into reality.
• Van Helsing asked Fang Ran to become her Knight, but Fang Ran admitted he could only bear the responsibility of protecting people near him, not all humanity.
• Van Helsing explained that she was not selfless and would keep Aurelia from a dangerous mission if she could, but respected Aurelia's will and said justice had no distinction of size.
• Van Helsing told Fang Ran to follow his sincere wishes and reassured him that he had disappointed no one.
• Van Helsing opened a spell array to send Fang Ran back before dawn and asked him to give Carol her regards, startling him.

Fang Ran uncovered the truth about Ling’s parents and Van Helsing’s silence, then raced against the scenario’s countdown to return to Ling. He vanished in her arms after saying goodbye, leaving her alone as dawn broke.

• Fang Ran realized Van Helsing had saved Ling as a child and had hidden that her parents died near the cabin; he also connected the battlefield to the blood-red trail Ling once pursued.
• Fang Ran completed the time node inheritance, saw the departure countdown begin, and fought his way across the battlefield to reach Ling’s carriage.
• Fang Ran collapsed beside the carriage, and Ling caught him as his body began dissolving into light.
• Fang Ran told Ling to take care of herself, admitted he had to return, and promised they would meet again in a hundred years.
• Ling promised she would grow up and live happily, but Fang Ran vanished from her arms, leaving her weeping beside the carriage as dawn rose.

Fang Ran woke in the Demoness’s arms after Ling used his Black Box to activate an Arctic base and a spatial coordinate. As the Demoness accepted every choice he might make, a memory beyond time stirred in her, and she whispered that she had found him.

• Fang Ran recalled how his journey to the Arctic had pushed him to stop avoiding Night Battle and become a participant.
• Fang Ran awoke in a blue-lit base at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, gravely weakened, with the Demoness beside him.
• The Demoness explained that Ling had activated the base and the spatial coordinate through Fang Ran’s Black Box.
• The Demoness told Fang Ran she would stand by him whatever he chose and urged him to live according to his own wish.
• When the Demoness touched Fang Ran’s cheek, a memory beyond time came rushing back, and she whispered, “I found you.”

Ling Feng and Trinity’s assault on the Zero Knights failed after Bayerdians’s predictions and Le Guien’s energy manipulation turned the battle against them. Ling ordered Trinity to leave, then tried to escape into the Dark World, but Le Guien’s teleportation exposed her and stopped her passage, leaving her trapped without Wandering Night’s protection.

• Ling Feng and Trinity fought the Zero Knights, but Harmon transformed their attacks while Bayerdians’s predictions repeatedly thwarted their strikes.
• Wandering Night intervened with Unit 14’s Psionic Orbit Cluster Cannon, breaking the Zero Knights’ attack and giving the technologists a chance to retreat.
• Trinity and Ling Feng realized Le Guien’s ability was letting her alter the others’ Mystic Side powers, and Le Guien demanded that they hand over Ling.
• Ling told Trinity to leave and promised Ling Feng she would repay his help, then said she would never accept help from Le Guien again.
• Ling opened a passage to the Dark World, but Le Guien teleported her out of Wandering Night, interrupting the passage and leaving her exposed and trapped.

Fang Ran reached Ling’s chamber beneath the Ice Sea and found her sleeping, while the Doll Demoness began a forbidden ritual to summon him onto the Arctic battlefield. Empowered by the seven sin dolls, Fang Ran arrived beside her and unleashed a sword strike that shattered Astervia’s ice beasts.

• Astervia and the Doll Demoness faced off as their forces battled across the frozen field.
• Fang Ran recovered in the sealed chamber beneath the Ice Sea, found Ling asleep in a liquid chamber, and vanished after saying her name.
• The Doll Demoness used her seven sin dolls as sacrifices in a vast Black Magic summoning ritual.
• Astervia ordered five ice beasts to attack and interrupt the ritual, but its completed formation blasted them back.
• Fang Ran appeared in the formation beside the Doll Demoness, linked to the seven dolls and able to wield his power without burden.
• Fang Ran released Silver Severing Dragon Tooth and cut through the charging ice beasts with Heaven and Earth Severed Apart.

Fang Ran was summoned as the Demoness’s strongest puppet and drove Astervia from the Polar Night before being sent away. At the Ice Sea, Ling fell into the warring participants’ reach, and Fang Ran returned to the battlefield as everyone looked up at her.

• Fang Ran’s forbidden summoning completed, and he destroyed the charging Ice Beast and shattered the Ice Hell with the Dragon Spine Greatsword.
• Astervia saw her Frost Giant Beasts disappear and chose to retreat, warning that she and Fang Ran would meet again.
• The Demoness told Fang Ran to do what he wanted, then used the Wheel card to send him away from the Ice Field.
• Ling fell toward the Ice Sea, but Le Guien, Ling Feng, Bayerdians, Yag Nagaen, and Trinity disrupted one another’s attempts to reach or control her.
• Fang Ran appeared on a slab of drifting ice, and the participants halted as he looked up toward Ling.

Fang Ran returned to the battlefield and overwhelmed the Zero Knights’ combined attacks, then used Klausel’s body to break free of their seal. He caught the falling Ling and revealed himself to her at the highest point of the Polar Night.

• Fang Ran appeared above the Ice Sea, and Bayerdians, Le Guien, Harmon, and Ling Feng attacked him with their strongest abilities.
• Fang Ran erased the incoming attacks with a slash and used a spatial ability to charge at the Zero Knights.
• Klausel sealed Fang Ran with the Ten Commandments, but Fang Ran’s power took control of her and made her attack Harmon, Yag, and Bayerdians.
• Klausel threw the Dragon Spine greatsword into the judgment cage, shattering it and freeing Fang Ran.
• Fang Ran reached Ling as she fell from the sky, caught her, and told her, “Ciao~ Queen, I'm here to help you.”

Fang Ran returned to the Arctic battlefield and rescued Ling as his summoned monsters stopped both the Zero Riders and the Covenant’s Executive Officers from attacking. As they fell toward the Ice Sea, Ling confronted him through tears about the danger he had chosen to face and the heart he had sacrificed.

• Fang Ran’s darkness shot down the Zero Riders, while Yag protected the group from the fall and Bayerdians realized Fang Ran had held back.
• Greed restrained Bayerdians on the Ice Field, and Pride and the dragons blocked Trinity and Ling Feng’s attack from above.
• Fang Ran descended from the sky carrying Ling, and she recognized him and asked why he had returned to the battlefield.
• Ling told Fang Ran that his choice would endanger the everyday life and people he wanted to protect, while he answered that he knew and fell with her toward the Ice Sea.
• Ling learned Fang Ran had traded away his heart and tearfully asked why he had not told her and why he had come to help her.
• As Pride and Lust followed them downward, Ling warned Fang Ran that his reckless use of abilities could stop his heart and recalled her fear that he would never come back.

Fang Ran rejected the Nevernight Palace Queen’s offer to become her Knight and stood against her power to protect Ling. After Ling’s memories of their shared past returned, he declared his will at the northernmost point of the world.

• The Seven Deadly Sins’ dolls gathered around Fang Ran, but the Nevernight Palace Queen ordered the Zero Knights to withdraw.
• The Queen asked Fang Ran to become her Knight, and he silently refused.
• The Queen unleashed a vast tide of light and told Fang Ran to show her his will.
• Ling urged Fang Ran to flee, but he shielded her and told her he would stay by her side and protect her.
• Ling’s memories of her life with Fang Ran returned as she was lifted away from him.
• Fang Ran faced the Queen and shouted, “You are my Queen forever.”

Fang Ran faced Saint Van Helsing above the Arctic Ice Sea and awakened a power that raised a vast seawater domain around him. The chapter ended as the Water King's Court manifested and Le Guien recognized the battle had reached the fourth level.

• Ling returned to Night Cruise after Fang Ran stayed behind, and his words left her crying out as her soul-data projection vanished.
• Fang Ran summoned a second, colossal Mobius Ring from the Ice Sea while Night Cruise remained in the sky.
• Fang Ran released Infinity and faced Saint Van Helsing, who unleashed radiance against him.
• Fang Ran awakened a card that raised seawater into a gigantic court-like cage around the battlefield.
• A mermaid-like figure appeared amid the awakened waters, and Le Guien murmured that Fang Ran had reached the fourth level.

Fang Ran challenged Van Helsing’s torrent of light with the power of Infinite and unleashed 1% Deadlock Release, forcing her to withdraw and vanish from the North Pole. He survived the clash but lost his magic energy and sank unconscious into the Ice Sea.

• Fang Ran used the Shadow Card, the Clow Cards, and Mobius to hold back Van Helsing’s torrent of light in a clash of their domains.
• Van Helsing urged Fang Ran to prove his will, and he unleashed 1% Deadlock Release as Mobius melted and his mask shattered.
• Van Helsing withdrew control of the light, and her figure vanished after she looked toward the Night Roamer mech.
• Fang Ran’s Dual Cards and Night’s Pilgrimage protected his true body, but he entered a three-minute magic-energy vacuum and sank unconscious into the Ice Sea.
• The Water Card, marked with harmony and the power to open others’ hearts, dissolved into glimmers before reaching Fang Ran.

After the dark figure drove back the Nevernight Palace Queen's phantom, the Zero Knights prepared to resume the battle against Ling Feng and Trinity. Two powerful arrivals intervened, leaving the Zero Knights facing new opponents.

• The exhausted dark figure stood on the ice after the forbidden ritual's power and his weapon vanished, while Le Guien ordered the Zero Knights to prepare to continue their mission.
• Ling Feng told Trinity he would hold off the Zero Knights while she tried to teleport the Wandering Night Angel away, then charged Arc Light into battle.
• A Cross Ancient Spear pierced the Divine Art Light, and an unfamiliar man appeared, declaring that he would not let anyone bully the Night Bureau's newcomer.
• A woman with wine red hair descended with the Spirit Abyss Sword and destroyed the holy-light crosses and Magic Puppets.

Ye Sheng arrived on the Ice Sea and declared that Midnight would guarantee the Wandering Night Angel’s safety, while Fang Ran drifted unconscious and nearly drowned after exhausting his Magic Energy. The chapter left Fang Ran being dragged toward the surface by two white creatures as the author announced the volume’s completion.

• Ye Sheng arrived with the Spellcaster and ordered Fuxing to confirm Fang Ran’s whereabouts while she confronted Nevernight Palace and the Covenant.
• Ye Sheng told both sides that Midnight would guarantee the Wandering Night Angel’s safety, and the Spellcaster held back from attacking.
• Fang Ran drifted beneath the Ice Sea with his heart stopped, unable to move or use a recovery potion despite desperately trying to stay conscious.
• Fang Ran recalled Fuxing’s words about his unusual constitution as two white creatures bit his coat and dragged him toward the surface.
• The author celebrated finishing the volume and graduating.

Ye Sheng invoked Midnight’s protection for the Wandering Night Angel, and Heavenly Fox arrived to confirm the guarantee. As the conflict ended, Ling’s Night Color Mecha returned to action, while the Demoness took away a mysterious black figure before Ye Sheng could speak to him.

• Ye Sheng declared that Midnight would protect the Wandering Night Angel, prompting Bayerdians to question whether she could speak for Midnight.
• Heavenly Fox appeared, confirmed that she represented Midnight, and reassured the gathered factions that they need not worry.
• The Wandering Night Mecha reactivated as its owner returned in her complete state and sped away across the Arctic.
• Heavenly Fox cryptically warned Ye Sheng that someone else might take what she did not pursue.
• The Demoness appeared beside the mysterious black figure, embraced him, and vanished with him before Ye Sheng could approach.

Resurrection and Li Ze searched the Arctic for the critically injured Fang Ran, finding him sheltered by polar bears just before time ran out. After Resurrection stabilized him, a gigantic mech arrived, and Fang Ran briefly saw an aurora and a girl in a white dress before losing consciousness again.

• Resurrection and Li Ze began a desperate fifteen-minute search for Fang Ran across the Arctic ice, using Mu Cheng's uncertain direction and Li Ze's radar and probes.
• A young Polar Bear led Resurrection to its mother, who had sheltered the unconscious Fang Ran beneath her body.
• Resurrection discovered Fang Ran's extensive injuries and used her healing ability while Li Ze supplied emergency equipment and warmth.
• Fang Ran briefly regained consciousness and spoke Resurrection's name as the mother and cub comforted her.
• The complete form of 'Night Roam' arrived, and Fang Ran glimpsed a golden aurora and a barefoot girl in a white dress before falling unconscious again.

After witnessing the unreachable power of the Arctic battle, Klim prepared to return to Europe with Le Guien and the others, but the arrival of the Youye mech renewed his longing for that world. He found a dark crystal embedded in the ice as he boarded the Light Shuttle.

• Klim watched the Arctic battle end and felt helpless before the power he had witnessed.
• An elderly man arrived with several companions and asked Klim how Sylvester was; Klim said Sylvester was resting aboard the Light Shuttle.
• Le Guien apologized for failing to show Klim a participant's battle, but Klim said he had already seen her world.
• A young girl descended from the Youye mech and boarded the Light Shuttle, and Le Guien told Klim they were returning to Europe.
• Klim turned away from the Youye mech, remembered the black figure's words, and tripped over a dark crystal embedded in the ice.

Astervia learned that the attempt to capture the Wandering Night Angel had failed, while Espeus ordered the Alliance to stop pursuing her because the plan’s true objective had already been achieved. The conspirators prepared the first step of the God Descent Plan in Rome.

• Astervia discussed the Wandering Night Angel’s return to Nevernight Palace with an alchemical Magic Puppet.
• Espeus appeared and announced that the Alliance Master had ordered all actions against the Wandering Night Angel abandoned.
• Astervia accepted the order but remained curious about what she had sensed during her clash with the Wandering Night Angel.
• Espeus asked about preparations in Europe, and the Magic Puppet said the first step of the God Descent Plan would take place in Rome.

After Fang Ran sacrificed himself in the false world, the ancient male figure restored the world’s memories and experiences, which reached Ling in the real world. The woman in the Black Mist watched Ling reunite with the unconscious Fang Ran and decided to encourage the feelings of the women around him.

• Fang Ran disappeared after leaving Ling his belongings and urging her to live happily, and Ling wept alone on the country path.
• The woman in the Black Mist and the ancient male figure watched the frozen false world, and he said Fang Ran had chosen his own fate.
• The ancient male figure restored the false world’s experiences as memories and emotions, then sent them branching into the real world.
• Ling emerged from Ultimate Power on the Ice Field and rushed to the injured Fang Ran, calling for him to wake up as memories of another life surfaced.
• The woman in the Black Mist saw the women who had feelings for Fang Ran and decided to spur on their love.