Chapter Summaries

Two ghosts, an emperor and a devil, reunited in Nibelungen and waited together for dawn, sharing food and music. As frozen time began to flow again, they wished each other a happy birthday and parted with the knowledge that their separation would last seven days.

• The emperor and the devil met at the end of Nibelungen's subway line and celebrated their reunion over a makeshift meal.
• They wore masks of Emperor Henry V and Pope Callixtus II while waiting for the play and sunrise.
• The emperor and the devil discussed their reunion, farewell, and the seven days they would spend apart.
• Dawn illuminated the ruins, and the emperor passed the devil one end of his wired earphones.
• Time began to flow again, and they wished each other a happy birthday.

Lu Mingfei entered the Nibelungen beneath Oriental Plaza to confront the Dragon King, with Fingel guiding him by phone. After steeling himself and taking more Evolution Potion, Lu Mingfei sensed an attacker and dodged a sudden strike.

• Lu Mingfei called Fingel for help finding Chu Zihang's location and learned Fingel could track the academy's communication devices.
• Fingel directed Lu Mingfei through the dark underground mall toward the entrance to the Nibelungen.
• Lu Mingfei faced his fear of retreating from the Dragon King and resolved to continue into the dragon's nest.
• Lu Mingfei took more Evolution Potion, then dodged an attack after his Golden Eyes detected danger.

Lu Mingfei fought a blond swordsman in the blue mist and overcame his Word Spirit with a relentless series of strikes. He left his opponent battered against a wall, but the man’s concentrated Dustless Land still protected him.

• Lu Mingfei traded blades and grappling attacks with the blond swordsman, then used Blood Sickle to obscure their positions in the mist.
• Lu Mingfei rushed his opponent and struck at Dustless Land, whose force field halted his first slash.
• Lu Mingfei empowered Pride and broke through the Word Spirit’s barrier with converging wind blades.
• Lu Mingfei repeatedly struck the same point on the swordsman’s knife until the man’s hand broke and Augustus flew away.
• Lu Mingfei slammed the blond man into a wall, but the swordsman activated a smaller, more concentrated Dustless Land to defend himself.

Lu Mingfei left after Pazzi Gattuso identified himself as a Secret Party member, while Pazzi faced Mr. KFC, who had been following them. Mr. KFC challenged the injured Pazzi to a fight, and Pazzi fled into the subway with Mr. KFC in pursuit.

• Pazzi Gattuso identified himself to Lu Mingfei as a Secret Party member and explained that the fog had affected his judgment.
• Lu Mingfei asked whether Pazzi was related to Caesar, then left after learning Pazzi was the Gattuso Family's secretary.
• Pazzi told the hidden Mr. KFC to stop following him, and Mr. KFC emerged from the fog.
• Mr. KFC said he had intervened because he wanted to handle Pazzi, then activated his Bronze Throne Word Spirit and challenged him.
• Pazzi asked for fifteen minutes, pulled Augustus from the ground, and ran as Mr. KFC chased him.

Su Enxi and Shuuder Mai watched Lu Mingfei enter Nibelungen, where an unexpected phantom subway appeared. Despite the danger and the voice calling him “Father,” Lu Mingfei boarded the train with Wrath and Lust, whose blade began pulling him toward something.

• Su Enxi and Shuuder Mai tracked Lu Mingfei entering Nibelungen and discussed the fragrance meant to keep Kamaitachi away from him.
• An old-fashioned subway filled with passengers appeared unexpectedly, and Su Enxi realized it was not the train their team had arranged.
• Shuuder Mai and Su Enxi saw that Lu Mingfei had boarded the dangerous train as the expected subway approached from the opposite direction.
• Lu Mingfei heard a mysterious voice calling him “Father” and sensed the roar of an ocean following him through the tunnel.
• Lu Mingfei entered the blood-scented, dark train carrying Wrath and Lust, and Lust began vibrating toward a particular direction.

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.