Recaps

Lu Mingfei slaughtered the Deadpools aboard the subway, then suffered a violent reaction after taking Evolution Potion and began undergoing a dragon-blood transformation. As the train continued toward an unknown danger, Spirit Vision revealed a dead dragon awakening amid visions of ancient dragon conflict.

• Lu Mingfei killed every Deadpool in the subway car with his twin blades, while Su Enxi and Shuuder Mai watched through the surveillance feed.
• After dismissing the Deadpools as weak, Lu Mingfei took ten more vials of Evolution Potion to prepare for facing the Dragon King.
• Lu Mingfei collapsed in agony as dormant effects of the potion erupted, covering his body with white and black scales.
• Lu Mingfei's hair changed, his heart began pumping nonhuman blood, and he entered Spirit Vision.
• Lu Mingfei saw visions of bronze doors, a bound white dragon, and a throne before the supposedly dead dragon opened its eyes and roared.

After surviving the Deadpools, Lu Mingfei confronted the signs that the Evolution Potion and the power suppressing it were transforming him. He left the stopped train and walked through the collapsing, flooding Nibelungen toward his final destination.

• Lu Mingfei changed into Gen Chisei's Executive Trench Coat and saw that his hair, scales, and left eye had changed as dragon blood and his Killing Heart continued to affect him.
• Lu Mingfei checked his status panel and found his enhanced abilities stronger than after his previous use of the Evolution Potion, while the panel warned that accumulated medicine could become a fuse within him.
• The old subway train stopped before colliding with the opposing train, and Shuuder Mai and Su Enxi celebrated in the surveillance room.
• Lu Mingfei called Fingel, warned him that it would soon be unsafe outside, and ended the call after Fingel said he was chasing a man.
• As water flooded the collapsing tunnel and rain drenched the platform, Lu Mingfei walked alone with a longsword and a wakizashi toward the final destination.

Gao Mi, Wan Boqian, and Zhao Menghua remained trapped in a subway maze where they had to win loneliness chips to escape. A terrifying stranger arrived carrying the dead Kamaitachi Queen, leaving the three operatives hiding in fear.

• Gao Mi and Wan Boqian discussed their hopes of escaping the maze together while Zhao Menghua asked when rescue would come.
• Gao Mi and Wan Boqian explained that they could escape only by killing the maze's master or winning enough Texas Hold'em chips.
• Zhao Menghua spotted a black-haired man in a trench coat and rushed to the subway window, but Gao Mi pulled him back and warned him to stay silent.
• The trench-coated man opened the partition door between subway cars while dragging the mutilated corpse of the Kamaitachi Queen.
• Gao Mi, Wan Boqian, and Zhao Menghua stayed hidden until the man disappeared into the tunnel, then breathed again in terror.

Chu Zihang and Xia Mi rode a maintenance cart through the tunnel while Xia Mi joked and wondered about divided consciousness. The cart slowed as they continued toward their destination, with Xia Mi urging Chu Zihang to make it go faster.

• Chu Zihang pushed the handcar along the tracks while Xia Mi alternated between cheering him on, helping pump the lever, and pretending to be its captain.
• Chu Zihang compared Xia Mi’s unpredictable nature to Lu Mingfei and briefly wondered whether they might be genetically related.
• Chu Zihang and Xia Mi discussed why they both felt sleepy, and Xia Mi imagined one part of herself influencing another through the Holographic Universe Theory.
• Xia Mi asked what alternate versions of them might be doing, and Chu Zihang said he should be keeping an appointment to eat at her house.
• As the handcar slowed on level tracks, Xia Mi urged Chu Zihang to speed up and called for them to reunite at the Sabaody Archipelago.

Chu Zihang and Xia Mi discussed their hazy shared past and how to help Lu Mingfei find hope, while growing closer in a dark tunnel. Their quiet moment ended when an aggrieved figure appeared behind them.

• Xia Mi reminded Chu Zihang that they had been classmates before Cassell, but he could barely recall their shared past.
• Chu Zihang agreed to take Xia Mi to an aquarium, and she teased him about performing for dolphins in exchange for movie tickets.
• Xia Mi asked whether Chu Zihang disliked her chatter, and he reassured her before seeking her advice about helping a friend find hope.
• Xia Mi told Chu Zihang to distinguish between wanting Lu Mingfei to have hope in life and wanting him to succeed with a girl, since those goals could conflict.
• Xia Mi wiped blood from Chu Zihang as they stood close together, until a resentful figure appeared behind them and complained that Chu Zihang was keeping company with a beauty.

Lu Mingfei joined Chu Zihang and Xia Mi in Nibelungen, where they reached the end of the subway labyrinth and awoke a colossal Dragon King. As Chu Zihang charged, Lu Mingfei surged ahead to attack the still-emerging dragon.

• Lu Mingfei appeared in the tunnel and reunited with Chu Zihang, who had activated First Blood Rage.
• Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi exchanged jokes and questions as they chased Chu Zihang on the maintenance cart.
• Chu Zihang felt the birthmark on his shoulder blade burn and tried to stop the cart, but they reached the labyrinth's dead end.
• A rock wall crumbled to reveal a colossal black dragon, which called Lu Mingfei "Potato Chips" and appeared with a health bar.
• Chu Zihang charged the dragon in Second Blood Rage, but Lu Mingfei kicked Xia Mi and the maintenance cart aside and rushed forward with his alchemical longsword.

Lu Mingfei, Chu Zihang, and Xia Mi attacked the imprisoned Dragon King Fenrir, exploiting its limited movement to overwhelm it with coordinated Word Spirits. When Fenrir fell, Lu Mingfei discovered that Xia Mi also had a BOSS health bar.

• Lu Mingfei inspected Fenrir’s stats and learned that the Dragon King was powerful but mentally impaired and trapped in the rock wall.
• Fenrir injured Lu Mingfei with a claw swipe, but Lu Mingfei used his speed to dodge its attacks and slash at it.
• Chu Zihang charged Jun Yan while Xia Mi activated Eye of the Wind King, combining their Word Spirits into a powerful attack.
• The combined blast struck Fenrir and made the Dragon King collapse as its health bar diminished.
• Lu Mingfei noticed there was no instance-clear notification, then saw a red BOSS health bar appear above Xia Mi.

Lu Mingfei interrupted Chu Zihang’s attempt to catch Xia Mi and revealed that he had suspected her true identity. Xia Mi transformed into the Dragon King Jormungandr, and she retreated from Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang’s attack after recognizing Lu Mingfei’s domain as a King’s Domain.

• As Xia Mi fell, Lu Mingfei kicked her away from Chu Zihang and into Fenrir’s toy pile.
• Xia Mi asked how Lu Mingfei had figured her out, and Chu Zihang demanded her true name.
• Xia Mi revealed herself as Jormungandr, the Midgard Serpent, and transformed into her dragon form.
• Chu Zihang drew Pride and Envy from the Seven Sins, while Lu Mingfei wielded Wrath and Lust and unleashed Blood Sickle and his Nascent Forbidden Domain.
• Jormungandr evaded their attack, leapt onto a rock ledge, and asked Lu Mingfei which occupant of the Twin Thrones he was.

Lu Mingfei fought Jormungandr while Chu Zihang tried to support him, but the battle left Chu Zihang nearing Deadpool transformation and Jormungandr badly wounded. Jormungandr accused Lu Mingfei of being Odin just as Chu Zihang approached in Third Blood Rage.

• Jormungandr attacked Lu Mingfei, sending Chu Zihang flying aside as the two Kings began fighting.
• Lu Mingfei stopped suppressing the medicine in his body, but it only modestly improved his toughness and recovery.
• Chu Zihang tried to intervene in Second Blood Rage, was knocked away twice, and activated Third Blood Rage.
• Jormungandr recognized Lu Mingfei's burning left eye and asked when he had begun hunting her and Fenrir.
• Lu Mingfei denied being Jormungandr's sister and kept fighting while Chu Zihang approached from behind.
• Jormungandr said Chu Zihang was about to become a Deadpool, then accused Lu Mingfei of being Odin.

Jormungandr exposed Lu Mingfei’s old insecurities and urged Chu Zihang to surrender to his transformation, while Lu Mingfei fled with Fenrir through the subway tunnels. He joined Pazzi and Fingel at a branching junction, where the three prepared to split up.

• Jormungandr mocked Odin’s lonely life and revealed that Lu Mingfei’s feelings for Chen Wenwen had been widely known at Shilan.
• Chu Zihang denied being Odin, told Lu Mingfei to escape, and urged him to keep hope as he began losing himself.
• Lu Mingfei acknowledged his self-deception, then ran as Fenrir revived and chased him through the station.
• Chu Zihang faced Jormungandr with savage murderous intent while Fenrir pursued Lu Mingfei onto a train roof.
• Lu Mingfei met Pazzi and Fingel on the train, shared Fenrir’s expired Potato Chips with them, and proposed that they split up at a tunnel junction.

Jormungandr defeated Chu Zihang, and Lu Mingfei arrived after giving them time to say goodbye. He confronted her about his fear of holding back, then injected himself with Ancient Dragon Serum, awakening a supernatural presence around them.

• Jormungandr drove her blade through Chu Zihang, who asked whether she was truly Xia Mi before losing consciousness.
• Lu Mingfei arrived and told Jormungandr he had given her and Chu Zihang time to say goodbye.
• Lu Mingfei explained that he had come to save Chu Zihang and himself by abandoning the safety of keeping options in reserve.
• As Jormungandr moved to attack, Lu Mingfei injected Ancient Dragon Serum into his neck and said goodbye.
• A blood-red lotus appeared as a vast shadow, a phantom train, and a host of spirits surrounded Jormungandr, who heard a proclamation about the King reclaiming the Authority of the four kings.

A boy revived the Black Snake and promised to save and embrace it, while Nibelungen transformed into a frozen domain under the arrival of a terrifying ancient sovereign. Jormungandr and Fenrir sensed the newcomer’s overwhelming presence as the Seven Sins gathered in submission, and a dark-winged figure emerged amid falling fire.

• The boy ordered the dead dragon corpse to wake, and it rose again as the Black Snake.
• Su Enxi and Shuuder Mai watched the changes in Nibelungen and wondered whether the figure rising from the smoke was the boss or Lu Mingfei.
• Nibelungen changed into a frozen landscape as seawater burst through the ground and the Kamaitachi fled.
• Jormungandr and Fenrir sensed the newcomer’s immense majesty, and Jormungandr realized he was neither of the King of Ocean and Water siblings.
• The Seven Sins flew to the newcomer’s path and arranged themselves in submission as an Original Sin Avenue.
• A dark-winged figure appeared amid a rain of fire, spreading massive bony wings into the shape of a cross.

Lu Mingfei defeated Fenrir and Jormungandr, cleared the Beijing Subway Station dungeon, and returned to the silent city. There, he found Lu Mingze waiting in the phone booth and recognized him as his little brother.

• Lu Mingfei pinned Fenrir with Pride and destroyed the dragon’s central nervous system with the Wraths.
• Jormungandr attacked Lu Mingfei, but he broke her wrist and pierced her with Pride to end her pain.
• The dungeon recorded Lu Mingfei’s first clear with an SS rating, and he commanded Chu Zihang not to die.
• Lu Mingfei returned to the silent city and found Lu Mingze in the red phone booth.
• After seeing Lu Mingze’s status panel, Lu Mingfei sat down and called him his little brother.

Lu Mingfei questioned Lu Mingze about his dreams and examined the rewards from the dungeon, including an artifact that could grant temporary authority over Earth and Mountains. Lu Mingze explained the artifact’s limits, then avoided answering how many Dragon Kings existed and announced that his birthday was coming at sunset.

• Lu Mingfei asked Lu Mingze whether he had caused the dreams about future dungeon runs, and Lu Mingze denied it while explaining that they sometimes shared a viewpoint in dreams.
• Lu Mingfei reviewed his dungeon rewards, advanced to Super Mixed-Blood, and unlocked the Emperor Word Spirit.
• Lu Mingze identified Earth and Mountains' Old Covenant as the most valuable reward and explained that it temporarily granted access to the remaining one-tenth of Earth and Mountains' authority.
• Lu Mingfei asked whether there were only eight Dragon Kings, but Lu Mingze changed the subject and said his birthday would begin at sunset.

Lu Mingfei tried to give Lu Mingze a thoughtful birthday gift and staged an imaginary Leonid meteor shower with a bottle of water. The gesture stirred an ancient memory in Lu Mingze, who played along by pointing out the Leo constellation.

• Lu Mingze asked Lu Mingfei for a birthday gift, saying he wanted to cherish every chance to feel loved.
• Lu Mingfei searched for a mille-feuille cake in his backpack but could not find it.
• Lu Mingfei recalled Gen Chisei's story of taking his younger brother to watch the Leonid Meteor Shower and reflected on their tragic bond.
• Lu Mingfei covered Lu Mingze's eyes and offered him a pretend meteor shower by dripping water into them.
• Lu Mingze remembered someone promising to build an immortal kingdom for him, then pointed toward Leo and called it a rain of meteors.

After Xia Mi woke from a prophetic nightmare involving Chu Zihang and Fenrir, she considered changing her plans and moving to Cassell College. At Cassell, Professor Guderian learned that Lu Mingfei might enroll early, while Von Schneider warned that the decision came with serious safety conditions and scrutiny from the Board of Trustees.

• Xia Mi recalled a nightmare featuring Chu Zihang, Fenrir, and an unidentifiable figure, and feared it was an omen tied to an approaching threat.
• Xia Mi considered advancing to Cassell College so she could stay close to Chu Zihang, despite recognizing that she would be exposing herself to danger.
• Guderian told Von Schneider that Lu Mingfei was about to enroll early and would take the 3E Exam with the preparatory students.
• Schneider pointed out that Lu Mingfei had not received an invitation and that his mentor had not been decided, then warned Guderian not to assume the assignment would bring rewards.
• Schneider explained that the Board of Trustees had questioned the decision and that Lu Mingfei’s early enrollment depended on confirming his safety.

Schneider warned Guderian that the Board of Trustees had prepared an assault team to capture or execute Lu Mingfei if he proved too dangerous, and urged Guderian to earn the boy’s trust. After Guderian left, Schneider investigated an unrelated special-admissions file and discovered that two trustees had anonymously approved freshmen, including Zero Razumovskaya Romanova, Abdullah Abbas, and Ronald Tang.

• Schneider explained that a well-trained assault team answered directly to the Board of Trustees and could capture Lu Mingfei if his danger level crossed a threshold.
• Guderian protested that Lu Mingfei was an innocent student, and Schneider told him to show his student goodwill so the academy would view him as safe.
• After Guderian left, Schneider examined a file for three freshmen whose special admissions had required Executive Department approval.
• Schneider asked Nono to identify the trustees behind the admissions, but she could only confirm that two different approval procedures had been used.
• Schneider read the freshmen’s names: Zero Razumovskaya Romanova, Abdullah Abbas, and Ronald Tang.

Lu Mingfei worked as a temporary assistant coach at a youth center, attracting children to its kendo classes with praise and sparring. A mysterious foreign girl named Zero challenged him and joined the lessons, while Chip Girl and Shuuder Mai watched her from a nearby building and discussed her mission.

• Lu Mingfei sparred with young students, praised their swordsmanship, and persuaded several to sign up for kendo lessons.
• The youth center coaches praised Lu Mingfei's recruiting skills as enrollment rose, crediting Chu Zihang for recommending him.
• Zero arrived for a trial lesson, introduced herself, and struck at Lu Mingfei with a swift, tricky slash.
• Lu Mingfei praised Zero's potential and invited her to train; she agreed to pay for the lessons and left.
• Chip Girl and Shuuder Mai watched from the abandoned Universal Building and debated whether Zero's brief approach had advanced their mission.

Lu Mingfei struggled to save money while weighing whether he would attend Cassell College, then signed a lawsuit against his aunt and uncle after Lu Mingze offered to recover his child support. He asked Lu Mingze to avoid unnecessary trouble and retrieve his old computer mouse, but could not tell whether the devil would honor his wishes.

• Lu Mingfei counted his new wages and worried about the cost of college after questioning how Cassell College judged its students.
• Lu Mingze offered Lu Mingfei money in exchange for a hug, but Lu Mingfei refused and joked that he could profit by selling rumors about himself.
• Lu Mingze presented a lawsuit against Lu Mingfei's aunt and uncle and explained that lawyers were ready to pursue the child support they owed.
• Lu Mingfei hesitated over signing because he still felt sympathy for his uncle, then signed and told Lu Mingze not to cause unnecessary trouble.
• Lu Mingfei asked Lu Mingze to bring him his old computer mouse, and Lu Mingze smiled without saying whether he would comply.

Lu Mingfei learned that Lu Mingze could delay his entry into the next dungeon, but only for a price. Lu Mingze led him through a frozen, sleeping Binhai Town to an abandoned elevated highway and asked him to use an Emperor’s authority to drive away a mounted rider glimpsed in a puddle.

• Lu Mingfei hugged Lu Mingze and joked about wishing to become the hands-off leader of modern hybrids, but Lu Mingze said dragons stood above hybrids and refused the request.
• Lu Mingze offered to delay Lu Mingfei’s entry into the long, two-in-one Grand Escape and Tokyo Tower Dungeon for two days, explaining that it would not disrupt Lu Mingfei’s waking life.
• Lu Mingze froze Binhai Town and asked Lu Mingfei to follow the lights through the sleeping streets as part of a show.
• Lu Mingfei rode to an abandoned toll station at the entrance to elevated highway 10 and glimpsed a mounted rider reflected in a puddle.
• Lu Mingze told Lu Mingfei to order the rider out of his domain using the tone of an Emperor.

Lu Mingfei used the Emperor Word Spirit to destroy Odin’s Shaking Road to Heaven, while Lu Mingze revealed that the power had come from Lu Mingfei himself. Afterward, Lu Mingfei invited Lu Mingze to supper and rode off with him through the city.

• Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze opened their Golden Eyes and commanded the world to get lost, causing the overpass and Odin’s rider to vanish into a vortex.
• Lu Mingze explained that the Shaking Road to Heaven, or Bifrost, had been severed and Odin would need time to rebuild it.
• Lu Mingze praised Lu Mingfei and said that no one in the current era could truly use the Emperor Word Spirit, then claimed Lu Mingfei’s power exceeded his own.
• Lu Mingfei offered to spend his seven hundred yuan on supper to celebrate Lu Mingze’s release, and suggested braised intestines and grilled chicken wings.
• Lu Mingze asked for yellow peach ice cream, and Lu Mingfei pedaled onward with him as the city lit up again.

Lu Mingfei learned that Lu Mingze's world was a dream where he could rest for up to seven days, but he refused to stop training. He jumped through the bronze door into the Grand Escape and Tokyo Tower Dungeon, with Lu Mingze following him.

• Lu Mingze told Lu Mingfei they were in his dream world and offered him up to seven days of rest there.
• Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze competed over the last grilled chicken wing while discussing the dream's comforts.
• Lu Mingfei explained that he could not afford to slack off and recalled choosing to keep fighting rather than seek a normal life.
• Lu Mingfei grabbed two Desert Eagles and jumped through the bronze door into the Grand Escape and Tokyo Tower Dungeon.
• Lu Mingze followed Lu Mingfei as the dungeon activated in Normal Mode and warned that the challenger possessed a cheat.

Lu Mingfei wandered through rainy Tokyo with Erii after Lu Mingze left to visit old friends, and he struggled to understand why the outing felt so gentle and easy. The chapter left Lu Mingfei following Erii toward their plans for the day, worried that he was becoming too attached to her.

• Lu Mingze gave Lu Mingfei Japanese Proficiency and warned him to keep Erii safe before leaving to visit two cats.
• Lu Mingfei remembered that Caesar and Chu Zihang had given him yen earned through work in Tokyo, though he suspected their jobs were more compromising than they admitted.
• Erii asked to hold the umbrella, but Lu Mingfei told her to keep writing in her notepad and continued carrying it.
• Lu Mingfei and Erii headed toward Sensoji and a restaurant, while Lu Mingfei repeatedly checked that she was still nearby.
• Erii turned back and waited for Lu Mingfei as he followed her through the rain.

Angers visited Uesugi Etsu’s ramen stall to question him about God’s Hatching Ground and the Snake-Branch Eight Families. Uesugi revealed the danger of God’s emergence and planned to leave for Paris, while a mysterious child with a cat overheard their conversation.

• Angers arrived at Uesugi Etsu’s stall, teased him, and urged him to defend Tokyo from the revived Holy Remains.
• Uesugi said he had grown content with his life as a ramen seller and no longer had a reason to draw his sword.
• Angers asked about God’s Hatching Ground, and Uesugi sketched what he knew about the Divine-era Ruins’ drilling plan.
• Uesugi warned that completed God would rival the Black King and said he had booked a ticket to Paris because he doubted they could defeat it.
• A child with a cat appeared beside Angers and laughed after overhearing their discussion.

Uesugi Etsu feared that the White Emperor might have returned, while Angers left to meet an old friend in Tokyo. Lu Mingfei and Erii were swept into an inexplicable matchmaking spectacle, which ended with Lu Mingfei realizing the artists were being pressured by a powerful boss.

• Uesugi Etsu heard an unexplained laugh and wondered whether the White Emperor had begun moving through Tokyo.
• Angers said an old friend had come to Tokyo, then left after wishing Uesugi Etsu happiness in Paris.
• Lu Mingfei and Erii posed together in a Tokyo pavilion as painters and photographers treated them like a couple.
• Lu Mingfei reassured Erii by holding her hand and passing her prepared notes.
• A painter showed Lu Mingfei a portrait depicting him and Erii as newlyweds, while the artists fawned nervously under pressure from their boss.