Chapter Summaries

Fang Ran rescued Tang Bing from kidnappers and drove them into a high-speed chase, despite having no driver's license and mistakenly driving against traffic. The chapter left them pursued by armed enemies on the highway as Tang Bing feared Fang Ran's driving might kill them first.

• Fang Ran freed Tang Bing from her restraints and sped away in a van as enemy participants attacked the estate.
• Fang Ran drove onto the highway against traffic, nearly collided with an oncoming car, and used Gluttony to shield the van from a guardrail crash.
• Armed pursuers in a Land Rover and Jaguar caught up and fired at the van, forcing Tang Bing to hide.
• Fang Ran continued speeding and dodging gunfire while reassuring Tang Bing that he was steady, then revealed he had no driver's license.

Fang Ran drove Tang Bing in a failing van while two C-Rank pursuers attacked them with supernatural abilities. He prioritized keeping Tang Bing safe as the van was torn apart, and the chapter left them racing with the roof blown off.

• Fang Ran struggled to outrun the Land Rover and Jaguar while Tang Bing screamed in terror from the back seat.
• Fang Ran pulled Tang Bing beside him and held her as he drove one-handed, after the pursuers closed in.
• A C-Rank pursuer used an ability to hurl road signs, guardrails, trees, and streetlamps at the van.
• Fang Ran told Tang Bing that the supernatural attacks were an illusion and swerved to protect her without losing control.
• The van's roof tore away, and Fang Ran blamed the pursuers' ability as Tang Bing realized they were in serious danger.

Fang Ran escaped his pursuers with Tang Bing after using Gluttony to threaten a C-rank Participant. Meanwhile, Ignat discovered the Dark Energy Crystal was missing, and Dick offered to help him kill Fang Ran as Fang Ran rode Tu Er toward the source of a powerful surge.

• Fang Ran rammed the Jaguar, then used Gluttony to force two C-rank Participants to abandon their attack and flee as the van escaped into the wilderness.
• Ignat arrived at the underground manor and found the protected room damaged and the Dark Energy Crystal gone.
• Dick told Ignat that Fang Ran had stolen the Dark Energy Crystal and offered to kill him personally.
• Fang Ran sensed a surge of power from London, identified its direction, and urged Tu Er to head toward it.

Fang Ran escaped his pursuers with Tang Bing and comforted her after the kidnapping left her terrified. Once she fell asleep in the van outside London, he finally had a quiet moment to think about himself.

• Fang Ran drove the damaged van off the road and lost the pursuers after a dangerous, high-speed ride.
• Fang Ran noticed Tang Bing was crying from fear and reassured her as she described being kidnapped while running an errand.
• Tang Bing begged to go home, and Fang Ran promised they would leave the next day.
• Fang Ran made Tang Bing comfortable in the passenger seat, covered her with his coat, and watched her fall asleep.
• Fang Ran settled in the van, held his abdominal wound, and looked up at the stars.

After escaping the manor, Fang Ran reflected on how much he had changed and why he had chosen to stay in the foreign scenario. He guarded the sleeping Tang Bing through the night, still unsure how he should use his power as a Participant.

• Fang Ran examined the Strange Sphere he had taken from the manor and realized he would need to be cautious now that the Covenant knew about Gluttony.
• Fang Ran considered finding a companion and getting Tang Bing back to Huaxia, but he could not contact Sun Shu and remained uncertain what to do.
• Fang Ran recognized that he had chosen to stay because he wanted to act on the extraordinary world he had longed for and could not ignore people in danger.
• Tang Bing woke from a nightmare and asked to hold Fang Ran's hand, and he comforted her until she fell asleep again.
• Fang Ran wondered what he intended to do with his power as a Participant before closing his eyes, while Mechanical Soul and The Dream glimmered nearby.

Fang Ran drove Tang Bing away from London after rescuing her from a kidnapping, and she asked him to explain the supernatural events she had witnessed. He admitted he belonged to Huaxia’s official supernatural organization but had lost contact with home, leaving Tang Bing stunned by his revelation.

• Tang Bing woke to find Fang Ran driving one-handed, panicked, and nearly caused the van to overturn as she shook him.
• Fang Ran asked Tang Bing what she had been doing when she was kidnapped, and she said she had been returning after helping Mrs. Isis.
• Tang Bing asked Fang Ran whether the man and floating objects she saw during the escape had been superpowers, and he confirmed they were real.
• Fang Ran explained that the attackers had been after him and Tang Bing had been caught up in the danger because she was with him.
• Fang Ran told Tang Bing he was a member of Huaxia’s official supernatural organization and had lost contact with home.

Fang Ran revealed his superpowered identity to Tang Bing while they fled London, warning her that she might be in danger if she tried to return home. By dawn, Tang Bing had reluctantly accepted that she was stuck traveling with him, becoming his first companion.

• Fang Ran stopped Tang Bing from asking about his actions the previous night and warned her that the truth might frighten her.
• Fang Ran explained that they needed to reach a town and hide among a crowd, and he warned Tang Bing that officials might use her to track him.
• Tang Bing panicked about being stranded abroad, and Fang Ran reassured her that he would protect her if she became a target.
• Fang Ran tried to lighten the mood by joking about their predicament, and Tang Bing lunged at him in tears, calling him a liar.
• As dawn broke outside London, Fang Ran and Tang Bing continued their escape together, and Tang Bing called him an illegal taxi driver.

After escaping London, Fang Ran and Tang Bing reached Swindon, where Fang Ran prepared to send her home by plane while keeping her close for safety. As night fell and they set out in a rented car, Fang Ran sensed an approaching threat and dragged Tang Bing into the bushes.

• Fang Ran and Tang Bing walked from the outskirts to Swindon, where Tang Bing collapsed from exhaustion and Fang Ran teased her about her embarrassing behavior the previous night.
• Fang Ran decided to get Tang Bing to an international airport and send her home, while Tang Bing worried that doing so would put him in danger.
• Fang Ran and Tang Bing spent the afternoon buying supplies and arranging a rental car, with Tang Bing handling the English-language procedures.
• Fang Ran explained that he planned to travel after dark because his ability could not be used during the day, then jokingly gave Tang Bing the nickname Hulu.
• Fang Ran sensed a threatening presence, covered Tang Bing's mouth, and pulled her into nearby bushes.

Ignat tracked Fang Ran and Tang Bing to Swindon, forcing them to flee across the countryside. Fang Ran realized the Strange Sphere might have exposed his trail, but before he could throw it away, the tiny Black Shadow swallowed it.

• Ignat arrived in Swindon and searched the town for Fang Ran, then used a tracking device to locate him near the southwestern outskirts.
• Fang Ran spotted Ignat’s presence, grabbed Tang Bing, and hurried out of the city, carrying her when she could no longer run.
• Ignat activated his Arcane Machine - Driver First Generation and sped after them across the countryside.
• Fang Ran suspected the Strange Sphere was being used to track them and prepared to throw it away.
• The tiny Black Shadow sprang from Tang Bing’s head and swallowed the Strange Sphere.

Fang Ran sent Tang Bing away and stayed behind to face Ignat, after F-233 swallowed the Dark Energy Crystal and granted him a mysterious ability to realize one “birth.” The chapter left Fang Ran confronting the armored pursuer alone on the wilderness plain.

• F-233 appeared, swallowed the Dark Energy Crystal, and chose Fang Ran, triggering a system message granting him permission to realize one “birth.”
• Ignat tracked Fang Ran and Tang Bing into the wilderness, while Fang Ran realized he could not escape the search without his abilities.
• Fang Ran told Tang Bing to run toward the nearest city and return home, then deliberately fled in the opposite direction to draw Ignat away from her.
• F-233 frolicked around Fang Ran as he summoned Moon God Hunt and prepared to confront Ignat.
• Ignat descended in mechanical armor wreathed in flames, and Fang Ran swung Moon God Hunt to cut through the attack.

Fang Ran faced Ignat in a desperate fight outside Swindon while Tang Bing fled alone, and Ignat exploited Fang Ran’s concern for her to break the stalemate. The chapter ended with Ignat striking Fang Ran and his consciousness fading as he saw a brilliant, sunlike color.

• Ignat confronted Fang Ran and demanded the item and an account of the Simulation Scenario, but Fang Ran refused and summoned Gluttony.
• Tang Bing ran through the wilderness, collapsed from exhaustion, and discovered her phone had shut down.
• Fang Ran struggled against Ignat’s superior speed and strength, using Gluttony to defend himself while recognizing that he could not win in open terrain.
• Fang Ran provoked Ignat by recalling his loss to the Magician, but Ignat stayed composed and questioned why Fang Ran had let his pursuers go the previous night.
• Ignat tricked Fang Ran into thinking he was pursuing Tang Bing, then turned back and attacked while Gluttony was out of position.
• Ignat struck Fang Ran, whose consciousness blurred as he saw a brilliant, sunlike color.

Fang Ran was rescued from Ignat by a spatial teleportation and woke beside Tang Bing, injured but safe. He learned that Osphia Le Guin, his former opponent, had arrived with the Phantom Beast Silver Wolf and saved him.

• Ignat struck Fang Ran after Fang Ran exposed an opening, leaving him dazed and unable to recall Gluttony.
• The Phantom Beast Silver Wolf attacked Ignat, while someone used spatial teleportation to carry Fang Ran away.
• Ignat was trapped by the enlarged pitch-black monster, which stopped just before swallowing him as a woman's voice murmured from within it.
• Fang Ran woke in the forest beside Tang Bing and collapsed again when he tried to stand because of his injuries.
• Osphia Le Guin arrived on the Phantom Beast Silver Wolf and reprimanded Fang Ran for fighting a top-tier B-Rank opponent while severely injured.

Osphia rescued Fang Ran and Tang Bing after Fang Ran’s fight with Ignat, then treated Fang Ran’s injuries. Once he had recovered enough to stand, Fang Ran went to speak with Osphia, who asked whether he was healed.

• Osphia confronted Fang Ran for recklessly attacking an opponent a rank above him and gave him a healing cross from Nevernight Palace.
• Tang Bing explained that Fang Ran had stayed behind to help her escape, while Osphia let the matter drop and asked why he was in England.
• Fang Ran used the cross to ease his injuries and reassured Tang Bing that she was not to blame for what happened.
• Tang Bing thanked Fang Ran for saving her, but he teased her by claiming he had considered leaving her behind.
• After Fang Ran and Tang Bing exchanged jokes about Osphia’s beauty, Fang Ran walked over to ask Osphia some questions.
• Osphia turned to Fang Ran and asked whether his injuries had healed.

Fang Ran learned from Osphia that the Royal Court had fallen after Colossus’s betrayal, leaving them opposed by Europe’s official participants. Ignat agreed to a deal and ordered the release of test subjects as he searched for Fang Ran and Tang Bing.

• Osphia refused to send Tang Bing back to Huaxia because she was cut off from her allies and hunted by the force she belonged to.
• Fang Ran explained that Colossus’s escape method had gone wrong and brought him to England, and Osphia told him that the Royal Court had fallen.
• Ignat accepted an offer to learn the Simulation Scenario’s current state and ordered a search for Fang Ran and Tang Bing, then opened the underground gates to release test subjects.
• Osphia explained that Colossus’s betrayal likely extended to the Royal Court’s highest-level commanders, making the entire Royal Court their enemy.
• Fang Ran realized the crisis could involve all of Europe’s Night Battle world and asked what had happened to Nevernight Palace.

Fang Ran learned that Nevernight Palace had not intervened in the Royal Court’s fall and that Osphia’s teacher was Klausel, the Seventh Zero Knight. After they compared what they knew about the National War and Colossus’s betrayal, Fang Ran suspected the Covenant was involved in deeper events, but Osphia refused to work with him.

• Osphia said Nevernight Palace rarely interfered in Royal Court affairs and revealed that Klausel, the Seventh Zero Knight, was her teacher.
• Fang Ran explained that Colossus had seized control of the Simulation Scenario, trapped its participants amid Yellow Mist, and caused the Observation Room to fall.
• Osphia asked about Aurelia Le Guien, her ancestor, but Fang Ran said he did not know what had happened to the Royal Court members inside.
• Osphia said she had been sent to London to retrieve something from a manor and that Lord Apocalypse had predicted Colossus’s betrayal, though its motive remained unknown.
• Fang Ran recalled the Covenant’s involvement in the Beijing events and began to suspect a deeper connection to Colossus’s actions.
• Fang Ran proposed that he and Osphia act together, but she refused.

After Osphia refused to join him, Fang Ran tried to lead Tang Bing out of the forest, unaware that the royal court had begun teleporting humanoid weapons into the area. He sensed a battle behind them just as Tang Bing blamed him for letting Osphia leave.

• Osphia refused Fang Ran’s offer to travel together and left on the silver wolf, saying she did not want to rely on his power alone.
• Beneath the London manor, a surviving C-Rank ordered the spatial teleportation protocol activated, sending humanoid weapons toward the battle site.
• Fang Ran reunited with Tang Bing, treated her sore legs, and set off with her toward the nearest town.
• Tang Bing complained about walking and blamed Fang Ran for letting Osphia go, but Fang Ran abruptly sensed a battle behind them.

Fang Ran reached Osphia as she was overwhelmed by Faceless Men and a B-Rank construct Puppet, then stayed behind to fight them while she went to find Tang Bing. Facing the attackers, Fang Ran embraced the danger and prepared to unleash Gluttony.

• Fang Ran seized Tang Bing and forced a driver on the A342 to take them toward the forest where Osphia was being pursued.
• Osphia discovered that the Faceless Men carried Nevernight Palace’s quantified arcane weapons and used an earth spell to trap them.
• The Faceless Men broke free and fused into a giant construct Puppet whose attack shattered Osphia’s elven barrier and injured Tu Er.
• Fang Ran arrived and blocked the Puppet’s strike with Gluttony, then told Osphia to take care of Tang Bing while he held off the enemies.
• Fang Ran lowered his shield as the attackers charged and summoned Gluttony’s jagged maw, eager to face the battle.

Fang Ran and Osphia reconciled after he explained that he had lost access to his abilities, and they agreed to work together against Colossus. Osphia revealed their mission centered on a Dark Energy Crystal, and Fang Ran realized it might be the black-liquid sphere he had encountered.

• Fang Ran found Tang Bing dangling from the silver wolf Tu Er’s jaws and confronted Osphia, who accused him of hiding his strength during the National War.
• Fang Ran explained that he currently lacked magical energy and abilities, and admitted Osphia had saved him from Ignat.
• Osphia explained that she had sent Tu Er to protect Tang Bing, who had panicked and run from the wolf.
• Fang Ran proposed that he and Osphia travel together, and she reluctantly agreed to cooperate for the time being.
• Osphia revealed that her mission was to retrieve a Dark Energy Crystal from the London royal court’s manor stronghold and hinder Colossus’s plans.
• Fang Ran nervously asked whether the Dark Energy Crystal was a sphere containing black liquid.

Fang Ran told Osphia that Meow Ball had eaten the Dark Energy Crystal and revealed that the Covenant was involved in the London operation. They decided to leave England, but Fang Ran persuaded Osphia to rest before making their next move.

• Fang Ran explained that he had taken the Dark Energy Crystal from the London manor, but Meow Ball had eaten it and vanished.
• Osphia realized the Royal Court’s plan had failed and that the Covenant’s involvement explained why her teacher and the Nevernight Palace had not responded.
• Fang Ran told Osphia he had identified the Covenant’s Fourth Pillar’s adjutant in a projection beneath the manor.
• Osphia urged Fang Ran to leave England before the enemy’s pursuit intensified.
• Fang Ran argued that they should rest rather than move while the enemy was conducting a large-scale search, and Osphia accepted his reasoning.

After the battles in England, Fang Ran and Tang Bing rested with Osphia and her giant silver wolf, Tu Er, before the Covenant issued a bounty for Fang Ran and Osphia. The Night Web spread the news to participants across the world, setting multiple figures in motion.

• Fang Ran apologized to Tang Bing for leaving her alone and told her they needed to leave England that night.
• Fang Ran and Tang Bing rested beside Tu Er, who allowed them to cuddle against its fur; Tang Bing also asked about Fang Ran's cat.
• Osphia received a Night Web alert and discovered the Covenant had placed a bounty on her and Fang Ran.
• Dick appeared at a liaison meeting and spoke about taking revenge on someone who had reached for something beyond his qualifications.
• Participants across the world saw the bounty, including Ignat, a figure near London, a platinum-haired figure in southern Europe, Shui Linlang, and a silver-eyed figure.