Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan fights Xu Yan inside the World Book’s illusion but is badly outmatched. His Ghoul Weapon, Venom Scorpion, cracks under her attacks, and she eventually impales him through the collarbones and prepares to eat him alive.
• Bai Xuan attempts a desperate surprise attack with the Black Dragon Blade, but Xu Yan catches his wrist and crushes his bones. She kills and eats him, ending the illusion.
• Though the death was unreal, Bai Xuan retains the pain and terror of the experience. He recognizes that stronger stats cannot compensate for his lack of combat skill and experience, and resolves to prepare better before trying again.
• After the illusion, Xilin behaves strangely: her Succubus features appear, she responds pleasurably to Bai Xuan stroking her hair, and later her heart-tipped tail licks his face while she sleeps.
• The next morning, Xilin claims prayer has helped suppress her restlessness, but she suddenly becomes feverish and nearly collapses. A system message reveals that she is extremely weakened from hunger.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan experiences the limits of his fighting ability and is shaken by a vividly painful defeat. He also grows increasingly concerned about Xilin’s unusual condition and feels responsible for helping her.
• Xu Yan delights in overpowering Bai Xuan, taunting him and savoring the prospect of eating him alive.
• Xilin seems caught between her disciplined Holy Knight identity and her Succubus instincts. She does not appear to remember her tail’s behavior, making the two sides of her nature seem almost separate.
• Bai Xuan’s attempts to comfort and investigate Xilin lead to intimate, confusing moments, but their conversation is cut short by her sudden physical decline.

Significant themes

• Limits of strength: Raw power cannot replace experience and technique.
• Fear and consequence: Even an illusory death leaves Bai Xuan with real emotional and physical-seeming trauma.
• Conflicting nature and identity: Xilin’s vows and conscious self conflict with her body’s apparent Succubus instincts.
• Care and responsibility: Bai Xuan recognizes Xilin’s worsening condition and feels compelled to help her as her Master.

Key plot points and events

• Xilin reveals that, as a Succubus, she needs Life Magic to survive. While serving the Holy See, she was sustained by magical “Life Flowers” made by the Pope; ordinary food—and the milk she had been living on—could not meet her needs.
• Bai Xuan checks her status and discovers that her hunger has made her dangerously weak. The system offers him a spell that might help: Sacred Contract.
• Bai Xuan warns Xilin that the spell requires him to trace a sigil on her lower abdomen. She agrees immediately, showing complete trust in him.
• Activating the spell triggers a hidden pact originally drafted by the Light Pope. Bai Xuan chooses to accept responsibility for sustaining Xilin, and the contract succeeds. Their bond deepens, Xilin’s weakness disappears, her affection rises, and she gains a rare gold-quality Source of Life ability, whose current reserves come from a Life Flower.
• Realizing it is already late, Bai Xuan asks his teacher for the day off and checks in with his sister, Bai Yu, who confirms that she and the others are safe at the Safe House.
• Bai Xuan checks the World Book: Ninghang remains calm, but White Sea City is crowded with more than thirty signs of anomalous activity. He decides to go there and begins choosing a mission.

Character developments

• Bai Xuan acts decisively to help Xilin and accepts the pact’s responsibility. He also shows concern for Bai Yu’s safety and is alert to the growing danger in White Sea City.
• Xilin reveals the strain between her Holy Knight vows and her Succubus nature. Her unwavering trust in Bai Xuan allows the pact to be formed, and she recovers from her hunger.

Significant themes

• Conflicting identities and obligations: Xilin’s vow as a Holy Knight clashes with her Succubus need for Life Magic.
• Trust and responsibility: Xilin’s consent and trust enable the pact, while Bai Xuan’s acceptance makes him responsible for her sustenance.
• Danger and safety: The contrast between quiet Ninghang and crisis-filled White Sea City underscores the unstable, hazardous world.

Character interactions

• Bai Xuan asks Xilin about her diet and learns how the Holy See cared for her.
• He explains the contract’s unusual requirement; Xilin agrees without hesitation, and he performs the ritual carefully.
• Afterward, Bai Xuan checks that she feels better, then contacts Bai Yu and reassures himself that she is safe.

Key events

• At Ninghang City’s military base, Bai Yu discovers her physical fitness has risen by more than 50% since her last test. Liu Qian, anxious because someone is targeting her, says the Investigation Bureau is trying to identify the culprit.
• Li Hongyou arrives to tell Liu Qian she will be evacuated if the situation becomes dangerous. Liu Qian asks that Bai Yu be taken too; Li agrees. When Bai Yu asks whether Li is strong, Li confidently answers that she is “super strong.”
• In White Sea City, a rock monster rampages while two Investigators fail to stop it. Ma Hao’s fire attacks do no damage, and his mentor’s shield strike briefly breaks the monster’s leg before it instantly regenerates. The creature knocks the mentor unconscious and advances on civilians.
• Ma Hao loses his nerve, believing his power is useless against the monster. Xilin, a white-and-gold armored knight wreathed in golden flames, destroys the rock monster and saves the crowd.
• Bai Xuan appears beside Ma Hao, carrying the injured mentor. He reassures Ma Hao that his flames were not inherently ineffective—Ma Hao has not yet mastered his power—and tells him he must learn to use it himself. Xilin reports the threat eliminated, and Bai Xuan prepares to leave.
• Bai Xuan then spots Liu Qian, dressed as medical personnel and helping the wounded, setting up a likely connection between the two storylines.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Yu is surprised by her sudden physical improvement and shows interest in Li Hongyou’s strength.
• Liu Qian remains frightened and frustrated about being targeted, but her concern for Bai Yu is clear when she asks that her friend be evacuated with her.
• Li Hongyou presents herself as confident and capable, while acknowledging the risk of danger.
• Ma Hao moves from fear and helplessness toward reflection after Bai Xuan reframes his failure as a lack of mastery rather than a useless power. He also shows deep concern for his injured mentor.
• Bai Xuan calmly rescues the mentor and offers Ma Hao encouragement, though he admits he is reluctant and poorly suited to teaching.
• Xilin efficiently eliminates the threat and reports back to Bai Xuan.

Significant themes

• Power requires mastery: Ma Hao’s apparent weakness comes from limited control, not an inherently useless ability.
• Courage under pressure: Ma Hao’s struggle contrasts with Xilin’s decisive action, while the civilians’ rescue restores hope.
• Protection and friendship: Liu Qian’s request to include Bai Yu in any evacuation shows their close bond.
• Unexplained transformation: Bai Yu’s sudden physical gains suggest a larger change or emerging ability.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan encounters a woman named Liu Qian working with emergency responders in Ninghang City. She looks and behaves exactly like the Liu Qian living with Bai Yu in White Sea City, but wears Investigation Bureau medical-staff clothing.
• After returning home, Bai Xuan claims rewards for two completed quests: a pendant that can block one hit and a highly toxic potion. He remains focused on the mystery of the two Liu Qians and suspects the Ninghang version may be part of a White Sea City Investigation Bureau operation.
• In Ninghang, Wang Ling receives orders to capture Liu Qian for an organization’s “Life Vessel” research, which seeks to grant immortality. Her blood can activate the experiment, and the organization believes the Investigation Bureau misunderstands its intentions. Though Liu Qian has been moved to a military base, Wang Ling orders the still-experimental Corpse Army deployed to retrieve her.
• At school, Bai Xuan learns that a wealthy transfer student treated the whole school to desserts. A teacher announces that the top thirty students in the city’s selection exam may study in Ideal City, humanity’s jointly built S-Rank stronghold against Anomalous Calamities.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan grows more suspicious of Liu Qian’s identity and possible connection to the Investigation Bureau, but recognizes he lacks enough evidence to draw conclusions. He also learns about the new Ideal City opportunity.
• Xilin finds comfort in bathing and the privacy afterward, while her Holy Robe increasingly feels like a constraint. She tells Bai Xuan she has finished bathing; he puts off investigating until morning.
• Wang Ling is cautious and has unanswered questions about Liu Qian’s records and the bloodline she shares with Liu Mufei, but obeys his organization’s order to capture her.
• Zhao Fan tells Bai Xuan about the transfer student’s generosity and wealth, prompting Bai Xuan’s curiosity.

Significant themes

• Identity and deception: The existence of two apparently identical Liu Qians raises questions about impersonation, hidden records, and competing agendas.
• Science and exploitation: Liu Qian is treated as a necessary biological sample for research promising immortality.
• Security and hidden power: The Investigation Bureau, a secretive organization, appears to be protecting or using Liu Qian, while a rival group prepares a dangerous retrieval.
• Hope amid catastrophe: Ideal City represents humanity’s defense against Anomalous Calamities and offers students a path into its future.

Chapter Summary: “Zombie Legion!”

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan notices birds fleeing north and smells a powerful stench of decay. Worried because his sister Bai Yu is also north of Ninghang City, he messages her; she replies that she is safe.
• At a military base, Bai Yu and her friend Liu Qian are talking when the alarm sounds. Bai Yu discovers a vast Zombie horde approaching.
• The base’s artillery and machine guns initially devastate the ordinary Zombies, but several nearly indestructible Tyrants break through the defenses, allowing Zombies to pour into the base.
• Investigator Huang Xin and two colleagues engage the Tyrants but are overwhelmed. Bai Yu prepares to help, but Li Hongyou arrives and uses Telekinesis to crush hundreds of Zombies and tear apart multiple Tyrants.
• The breach is cleared, and the defenders celebrate—until another group of dark figures appears on a distant hillside, suggesting the attack is not over.

Character developments

• Bai Xuan shows concern for Bai Yu and quickly checks on her when he senses danger.
• Bai Yu remains alert and protective during the attack, moving to assess the threat and preparing to fight when the defenses fail. Seeing Li Hongyou in action deepens her awareness of how powerful Investigators can be.
• Li Hongyou demonstrates overwhelming strength, but repeated use of her ability leaves her eyes bloodshot, indicating a cost or strain.
• Huang Xin and the other Investigators try to hold the breach, but Li Hongyou’s power exceeds their expectations.

Significant themes

• The limits of conventional weapons: Guns and artillery easily kill ordinary Zombies, but prove ineffective against the rapidly healing Tyrants.
• Power and its cost: Li Hongyou’s Telekinesis turns the battle, yet her visible strain hints that even extraordinary abilities have limits.
• False security and escalating danger: The defenders believe they have won, only for another group to appear, keeping the threat unresolved.
• Family concern and loyalty: Bai Xuan’s message reflects his bond with Bai Yu, while Bai Yu’s readiness to join the fight reflects her sense of responsibility.

Character interactions

• Bai Xuan checks on Bai Yu by text; she reassures him but is surprised he knows her location.
• Liu Qian jokes about wanting a thoughtful younger brother like Bai Xuan, prompting Bai Yu to recall his mischievous childhood.
• Huang Xin reassures Bai Yu that the base is protected, then relies on Li Hongyou to defeat the Tyrants.
• The defenders’ confidence shifts to panic when the Tyrants break through, then to awe and relief after Li Hongyou intervenes.

• Plot and events: A vastly larger Zombie horde, including dozens of Tyrants, bears down on the Military Base. The Investigators fear they cannot hold the line. Li Hongyou volunteers to delay the attackers, but a piercing mental-energy wave disables her ability. Just as Bai Yu is about to carry her to Liu Qian, Bai Xuan and Xilin arrive. Xilin advances alone and unleashes “Holy Flame—Burn Eternal!”, a sweeping white-gold blaze that annihilates the Zombies and Tyrants. The defenders celebrate their survival. Meanwhile, Bai Xuan reaches Liu Qian’s protection room to question her, but she says she has another guest.
• Character developments: Li Hongyou’s willingness to risk herself underscores her sense of duty, while her sudden vulnerability throws the defenders into despair. Xilin demonstrates power far beyond what the Investigators expected, decisively rescuing the base. Bai Xuan remains calm and trusts her, though he admits he had hoped to fight some enemies himself. Liu Qian appears cheerful and composed, but her mention of an expected guest introduces a new mystery.
• Character interactions: Bai Yu catches the collapsing Li Hongyou and tries to help her reach Liu Qian. Bai Xuan reassures the skeptical Huang Xin that Xilin can handle the horde. After the battle, Liu Qian recognizes Xilin as the knight who has saved her before and greets Bai Xuan with playful curiosity; he begins asking her questions, but she redirects attention to her anticipated visitor.
• Themes: The chapter contrasts overwhelming despair with sudden, decisive hope; highlights courage and self-sacrifice in the face of danger; and shows the awe—and unease—that extraordinary power inspires. The battle’s swift end also reinforces Xilin’s sacred strength against undead enemies.

Key plot points

• Xilin’s devastating sword strike destroys the Zombie horde, stunning Bai Yu and Li Hongyou. Once she recovers from the mental attack, Li Hongyou flies off to find its source.
• Wang Ling, watching from a helicopter, learns that his Zombie army has been wiped out and is ordered by an angry superior to shut down the Malice Emitter and retreat. Li Hongyou intercepts him, pulls him from the helicopter, crushes the aircraft with telekinesis, and takes him back to base.
• A Spatial Rift opens in Bai Xuan and Liu Qian’s room. A criminal known as Three of Diamonds emerges and tries to abduct Liu Qian, but she binds, mummifies, and removes him using several apparent powers.
• Bai Xuan realizes Liu Qian is not an ordinary police officer and suspects she can use multiple Superpowers. She hints that she is connected to the Investigation Bureau and invites him to join, but he declines.
• Xilin arrives, and Bai Xuan and Xilin teleport away. Bai Yu reunites with Liu Qian, while Huang Xin says the culprit has been captured but the group will remain nearby to check for accomplices.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Hongyou moves quickly from recovering from the mental assault to pursuing its source, then decisively captures Wang Ling.
• Liu Qian reveals considerable power and a mysterious identity, while remaining playful and guarded with Bai Xuan. She wants his friendship, but he keeps his distance because he doubts he could protect her.
• Bai Xuan remains cautious and protective of his identity. He recognizes Liu Qian’s unusual abilities but does not press her further.
• Bai Yu is shaken by Xilin’s strength and later reunites affectionately with Liu Qian.
• Wang Ling is reduced from an apparently powerful commander to a defeated captive after his army and escape plan collapse.

Significant themes

• Hidden identities and concealed power: Liu Qian’s abilities and real role remain unclear, while Bai Xuan also hides who he is.
• Power and vulnerability: Even extraordinary characters can be caught off guard—as Li Hongyou is by the mental attack—while decisive strength can rapidly reverse a crisis.
• Trust and connection: Liu Qian seeks friendship with Bai Xuan, but his caution and her secrecy leave their relationship uncertain.
• Threats beyond the immediate battle: The captured attackers may have accomplices, so the danger is not necessarily over.

Key plot points and events

• After completing the Zombie Legion quest, Bai Xuan gains the blue Invisibility trait, which makes his body transparent but does not hide sound or scent. His Strength also rises from rank D to C.
• The ruby Dragon Egg hatches. Instead of finding a dragon inside the shell, Bai Xuan discovers the hatchling hovering above him: Marée Alaira, a small half-dragon girl.
• Marée wakes and eagerly embraces Bai Xuan, declaring that she likes him and loves his scent. She says he saved her from being trapped in the egg forever, though the reason for her confinement is left unexplained.
• Back in White Sea City, Li Hongyou challenges Liu Qian for sending her to Ninghang without explaining the real situation. Liu Qian admits that the assignment helped draw out the high-level criminal Three of Diamonds and promises Li credit.
• Liu Qian reveals that her youthful appearance was a disguise: she transforms into her true form, Liu Mufei. Her teasing comment about her niece’s figure leaves Li Hongyou suspicious and angry.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan gains a useful new ability and is delighted by his increased strength. He is startled by Marée’s hatchling form and overwhelmed by her intense affection, briefly wondering whether her talk of enjoying his scent means she intends to eat him.
• Marée Alaira emerges as affectionate, exuberant, and deeply attached to Bai Xuan, whom she sees as her rescuer.
• Xilin quietly observes Bai Xuan and Marée. Her apparent lack of reaction is explained not as jealousy but as hunger after spending much of her magical energy.
• Li Hongyou remains resentful of Liu Mufei’s secrecy and insists they are not allies, despite Liu’s offer of credit.
• Liu Mufei is playful and provocative, comfortable teasing Li Hongyou even after revealing her real identity.

Significant themes

• New powers and changing circumstances: Bai Xuan’s quest reward strengthens him just as a major new companion enters his life.
• Rescue and attachment: Marée’s gratitude for being freed from the egg quickly becomes intense affection.
• Secrecy and trust: Liu Mufei’s concealed identity and undisclosed plans deepen Li Hongyou’s distrust.
• Comic contrast: Marée’s enthusiastic affection, Bai Xuan’s startled reactions, and the tense banter between the investigators provide humor alongside the chapter’s revelations.

Plot points and events

• Liu Mufei and Li Hongyou discuss Xilin and Marée Alaira. They agree the female knight is powerful; Liu wonders whether the pair could be recruited, but Li refuses to take on the work, reminding Liu that she serves headquarters, not her.
• That night, Xilin wakes up hungry because using her Life Magic has depleted her reserves. The Sacred Pact and the Light Pope’s words have led her to believe Bai Xuan can replenish them.
• Torn between her knightly vows and succubus instincts, Xilin climbs onto Bai Xuan’s bed and asks permission to feed. Bai agrees, accepting his responsibility as her summoner.
• Xilin’s attempt to draw in his Holy Light is initially difficult, so she uses her tail to make the process easier. Afterward, the system records progress toward her character quest: feeding her three times, with the first feeding complete.
• Xilin thanks Bai Xuan and returns to sleep. The next morning, he is left weak-legged, while Xilin acts composed and Marée Alaira still sleeps beside him, nibbling his arm.
• Bai Xuan squeezes Marée’s tail, finding it soft despite its appearance. Marée wakes, notices, and cheerfully offers him the whole tail.

Character developments

• Xilin struggles to reconcile her disciplined identity as a knight with her succubus hunger. She ultimately accepts feeding from Bai Xuan, though she remains calm and apologetic afterward; her swaying tail hints at her satisfaction.
• Bai Xuan accepts responsibility for sustaining Xilin and willingly lets her feed, though he is overwhelmed by the experience.
• Marée Alaira appears affectionate and trusting toward Bai Xuan, and responds to his interest in her tail with playful generosity.
• Liu Mufei shows interest in recruiting Xilin and Marée, while Li Hongyou maintains firm boundaries and resists being assigned extra work.

Significant themes

• Duty versus instinct: Xilin’s internal debate pits her knightly oath against her succubus nature.
• Trust and responsibility: Bai Xuan’s role as Xilin’s contractor makes him responsible for meeting her needs.
• Contrasting appearances and behavior: Xilin’s cool composure contrasts with her hidden pleasure, while Marée’s formidable dragon features accompany a gentle, affectionate manner.
• Comic embarrassment and intimacy: The feeding scene and the morning-after interaction use suggestive humor to develop the group’s closeness.

Character interactions

• Liu teases Li about her family background, while Li pushes back against Liu’s attempts to delegate.
• Xilin asks Bai Xuan directly for permission to feed, and he agrees without refusing her.
• The next morning, Bai handles Marée’s tail while she sleeps; once awake, she notices and openly invites him to keep touching it.

Plot points and events

• Bai Xuan welcomes Marée Alaira’s affection, pets her, and feeds her meat sausages before leaving for school. He learns from his sister, Bai Yu, that she expects to return the day after tomorrow.
• At school, Bai Xuan meets transfer student Su Yue, who gives him homemade pudding. Eating it triggers a mysterious notification that his affection for her has risen by 20. When he meets her eyes, his heart races involuntarily, making him suspect she has some unusual power or has tampered with the dessert.
• Zhao Fan sees the pudding and reacts dramatically, upset that Su Yue gave Bai Xuan dessert personally.
• At the Safe House, Bai Yu discovers that Liu Qian has left for White Sea City under Li Hongyou’s protection, leaving only a brief goodbye note. Huang Xin invites Bai Yu to test for a latent Superpower and consider becoming an Investigation Assistant, whose pay and benefits are much better than her current police job. Bai Yu is tempted but asks for time to decide.
• After school, Su Yue asks to speak privately with Bai Xuan on the roof and requests his help. He refuses before hearing the details, reasoning that her elaborate approach suggests the favor is not trivial.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan shows warmth toward Marée, but remains cautious around Su Yue: he notices the strange effects of her pudding and does not let her charm or status win his trust. His refusal frustrates Su Yue’s apparent expectations.
• Marée Alaira openly expresses affection for Bai Xuan and happily accepts his care.
• Bai Yu is unsettled by Liu Qian’s abrupt departure and begins weighing a career change that could offer her greater security and opportunity.
• Su Yue is friendly and confident, but her interaction with Bai Xuan hints at a hidden ability or agenda.
• Zhao Fan reacts with comic jealousy and disbelief when Su Yue gives Bai Xuan special attention.

Significant themes

• Affection and influence: The supernatural notification and Bai Xuan’s involuntary reaction raise questions about whether Su Yue can manipulate feelings.
• Trust and boundaries: Bai Xuan stays wary and refuses to commit to a favor without knowing what it entails.
• Opportunity and uncertainty: Bai Yu’s possible move to the Investigation Bureau offers improved prospects, but requires her to reconsider her current path.

Key plot points and events

• Su Yue asks Bai Xuan for his WeChat after her ability mysteriously fails to affect him. Bai Xuan gives her his contact and leaves.
• Back home, Bai Xuan tests his newly summoned Legend, Marée Alaira, by taking her to a World Book mission. She destroys an E-grade Earth Dragon Lizard in a stadium with a single blow, astonishing the Investigators and Bai Xuan.
• Bai Xuan completes the stadium mission and another mission involving a “Strange Rubber Man.” The rewards are the blue Dragon Knight setting and the green Elastic Body setting.
• Bai Xuan equips Dragon Knight for himself, which improves his attributes while riding a dragon and boosts damage against dragon-type enemies. He assigns Elastic Body to Bai Yu instead.
• With his strength increased, Bai Xuan enters his Advancement Mission again and confronts Xu Yan in hotel room 1001, where she is feeding on a victim. She senses his scent and eagerly prepares to attack.

Character developments

• Bai Xuan grows more confident in Marée Alaira’s strength and makes practical use of the mission rewards. He also recommits to challenging Xu Yan.
• Marée Alaira proves far more powerful than Bai Xuan expected, killing a formidable calamity effortlessly. Her enthusiastic obedience and affection for Bai Xuan are emphasized.
• Su Yue is intrigued by her inability to affect Bai Xuan and seeks to keep contact with him.
• Xilin quietly watches Bai Xuan praise Marée Alaira, showing a trace of longing.
• Xu Yan remains a dangerous predator, but her excitement at sensing Bai Xuan suggests she views him as particularly appealing prey.

Significant themes

• Power and escalation: Bai Xuan’s companions and abilities are growing stronger, enabling him to take on greater challenges.
• Loyalty and affection: Marée Alaira’s unquestioning trust contrasts with the mystery surrounding Bai Xuan’s resistance to Su Yue’s ability.
• Strategic growth: Bai Xuan evaluates which rewards suit himself and his companions rather than equipping everything indiscriminately.
• Danger and temptation: Xu Yan’s predatory fascination sets up the next confrontation.

Character interactions

• Su Yue questions Bai Xuan’s unexplained immunity, then asks to exchange contact details.
• Bai Xuan rewards Marée Alaira with food and praise; she responds with enthusiastic loyalty and eagerly follows his lead.
• Xilin watches their affectionate exchange from the sidelines.
• At the chapter’s end, Xu Yan spots Bai Xuan and openly expresses her desire to consume him.

Plot points and events

• Bai Xuan repeatedly challenges Xu Yan in the World Illusion but is defeated. His invisibility fails because she tracks him by scent, and her attacks and cannibalistic treatment leave him in severe pain.
• Remembering a colorless, odorless Venomous Potion, Bai Xuan devises a trap: he coats his body’s “bait” with the poison, knowing Xu Yan habitually begins eating him in the same place.
• He lets Xu Yan bind and undress him, then endures her biting and swallowing the poisoned bait. The poison makes her vomit black blood, overwhelms her with pain, and kills her before she can retaliate.
• The system confirms that Bai Xuan has completed his Advancement Mission and risen to E-grade. His attributes improve, his Legendary Book gains 30% Epic Charge, and he receives the blue Combat Setup Legendary Perspective, which lets him see through Legends’ eyes and communicate telepathically.
• Back in reality, Bai Xuan celebrates. His companions also grow stronger as his power increases, and he discovers he can view what Xilin and Marée Alaira see.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan shifts from relying on direct combat to exploiting Xu Yan’s predictable behavior and the potion’s properties. Though frightened and in pain, he endures the trap to win.
• Xu Yan remains confident and predatory, treating Bai Xuan as prey and teasing him before eating him; her appetite ultimately makes her vulnerable.
• Marée Alaira worries over Bai Xuan during the trial, offers to help, and encourages him when he insists he must face it alone. After his advancement, she embraces him and celebrates.
• Xilin reacts with restrained but clear delight at Bai Xuan’s advancement and confirms the growth in their shared combat strength.

Significant themes

• Cunning over strength: Bai Xuan succeeds by planning around his opponent rather than overpowering her.
• Endurance and sacrifice: He accepts intense pain to complete the trial.
• Progress and shared power: Bai Xuan’s advancement strengthens his companions as well as himself, while his new ability expands their potential for communication.

Plot points and events

• Bai Xuan discovers that his Legendary Book now tracks Epic Charge as well as Rare Charge. Ordinary E- and F-grade missions build only Rare Charge, so he concludes he’ll need to attempt missions above D-Rank to advance the Epic charge.
• Marée Alaira asks Bai Xuan to bathe her. While washing her, he learns she was once an adult Dragon who became an egg after fighting an enemy; Bai Xuan’s help freed her. She claims she defeated that enemy and suspects it is dead. Bai Xuan wonders whether it was the black dragon whose bones Li Hongyou gave him.
• Bai Yu discovers that her skin has become unusually stretchy and nearly painless to pinch. She believes she has awakened a Superpower: rubber-like elasticity. She tells Bai Xuan and mentions that they will be safe once they reach Ideal City.
• At the White Sea City Investigation Bureau, Liu Mufei and Li Hongyou discuss the captured Three of Diamonds, who refuses to reveal his organization’s plans. They plan to consult a powerful mind controller in Ninghang City, though she may be difficult to work with and is also being targeted by the Evil Organization.

Character developments

• Bai Xuan gains a clearer understanding of how to build Epic Charge and considers taking on more dangerous missions. His questioning of Marée Alaira also connects her past fight to the black dragon’s remains.
• Marée Alaira reveals her history and her confidence in having defeated a formidable foe. Her closeness with Bai Xuan is shown through her insistence that he personally care for her.
• Bai Yu awakens a new ability and begins exploring what her elastic body can do.
• Liu Mufei and Li Hongyou continue investigating the Evil Organization and shift toward seeking help from a rare, high-ranking Esper.

Themes and interactions

• Changing powers and a changing world: Bai Xuan’s charge system and Bai Yu’s sudden awakening suggest that abilities and threats are evolving.
• Trust and personal bonds: Marée Alaira chooses Bai Xuan for help and credits him with freeing her; Bai Yu shares her discovery with her brother.
• Escalating danger: Progressing to Epic Charge may require riskier missions, while the investigation points to the Evil Organization targeting powerful individuals.
• Key interactions: Bai Xuan and Marée Alaira share a playful, intimate caregiving moment; Bai Xuan and Bai Yu exchange teasing but supportive news; Liu Mufei and Li Hongyou coordinate their next investigative move.

• Plot points and events: On his way to school, Bai Xuan is nearly hit by a speeding Maybach. Four huge wolves chase the car, though they ignore him. At school, he discovers the driver was carrying Su Yue, who apologizes for the near accident. During lunch, he uses Legendary Perspective to check on Xilin and Marée Alaira at home; while Xilin reads peacefully, Marée is making a mess, convincing Bai Xuan he needs a new place to live. Later, he secretly observes Su Yue’s club, where students treat her like an idol. He finds no clear explanation for her influence, but suspects she may be a psychic Esper. Zhao Fan and Lu Meng recruit Bai Xuan for their “Fallen Angel Goddess Club,” and he agrees only when told members receive a monthly stipend. Class then gets a new transfer student, Li Hongyou, whom Bai Xuan seems to recognize.
• Character developments: Bai Xuan remains suspicious and practical: he wants to investigate Su Yue, avoids joining her fan club at first, and worries about finding both a new home and a mount. Su Yue shows a gentle, gracious public manner, but privately regards Bai Xuan’s unusually strong mental field as potentially useful. Zhao Fan and Lu Meng reveal their intense devotion to Su Yue.
• Character interactions: Su Yue apologizes to Bai Xuan, but his cool response leaves her puzzled. Zhao Fan and Lu Meng enthusiastically try to recruit him, praising Su Yue and offering him money. At home, Bai Xuan’s contrasting observations of the quiet Xilin and chaotic Marée highlight the household’s disorder.
• Significant themes: The chapter contrasts appearances with hidden motives: Su Yue seems charming and ordinary, yet her influence and interest in Bai Xuan raise suspicion. It also uses comic exaggeration, from Marée’s destructive antics to the students’ worshipful club culture, while setting up new mysteries through the wolves, Su Yue, and Li Hongyou.

Key plot points and events

• Li Hongyou, a striking new transfer student, arrives and immediately approaches Bai Xuan, calling him “kid.” She confirms she received information he passed along through his sister and says she owes him a favor.
• Bai Xuan agrees to keep her identity quiet. Li says she transferred because of an assignment but refuses to reveal its details. Her arrival leaves the class wondering how she and Bai Xuan know each other.
• At home, Marée Alaira enthusiastically greets Bai Xuan and asks what they will destroy. While checking the World Book, Bai Xuan spots several new F-grade calamities in Ninghang City and accepts an E+ quest to stop a Gale Wolf evolving into a Swiftwind Wolf King.
• Meanwhile, Su Yue and her elderly butler are pursued by Gale Wolves. The wolves destroy one of their cars, but Su Yue and the butler escape in a second Maybach.
• Su Yue explains that her remarkable Superpower has attracted the Investigation Bureau and evil organizations. She refuses to be controlled or return to Ideal City.
• At Qiantang Bridge, a masked woman and more Gale Wolves block Su Yue’s path. The woman says her boss wants to meet her, setting up a confrontation.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan remains cautious about Li Hongyou’s unexpected arrival and anticipates that it will disrupt his school life. He also takes the initiative to pursue the Swiftwind Wolf King quest.
• Li Hongyou is confident and secretive, but openly grateful to Bai Xuan for his help. Their familiarity draws immediate attention from their classmates.
• Marée Alaira remains affectionate and eager for adventure, greeting Bai Xuan with a playful headbutt.
• Su Yue is independent and resistant to powerful groups seeking her ability. Her butler is protective and warns that she may not be able to avoid their influence indefinitely.
• The masked woman confronts Su Yue on behalf of her boss, while the Gale Wolves’ pursuit suggests the attack is coordinated.

Significant themes

• Secrecy and hidden identities: Li conceals the nature of her assignment, while Su Yue is pursued because of her coveted power.
• Freedom versus control: Su Yue rejects being claimed by institutions or organizations, even as her butler warns that she lacks the strength to escape their reach.
• Escalating danger: New calamities appear around Ninghang just as Su Yue is targeted, suggesting a growing threat in the city.

Plot points and events

• Su Yue’s car is surrounded by the Three of Spades and her Gale Wolves. Before the wolves can attack, Marée Alaira drops from the sky and kills the lead wolf.
• Bai Xuan appears beside Su Yue’s car, startling her with his Slime Mask. He recognizes her, while she suspects she has met him before and notices his presence affects her unusual ability to sense others’ affection.
• When the Three of Spades orders the wolves to attack, Marée destroys several with crimson lightning. The Three of Spades flees, and Bai Xuan and Marée pursue her through the air.
• Beneath Qiantang Bridge, they find a wind-wrapped cocoon containing tremendous power. The Three of Spades reveals that Su Yue’s blood awakened the Gale Wolves’ ancient bloodline, and she hopes to use more blood to evolve her “children.”
• Bai Xuan orders Marée to destroy the cocoon. The Three of Spades attacks with wind blades, but they vanish against a protective aura around Marée. Marée shields Bai Xuan, then retaliates with a powerful lightning blast that engulfs the enemy.

Character developments and interactions

• Marée Alaira demonstrates overwhelming power, eagerness to please Bai Xuan, and fierce protectiveness: she shields him from the wind blades before attacking the Three of Spades.
• Bai Xuan remains composed, quickly identifies the threat, and directs Marée to destroy the cocoon rather than letting the enemy escape.
• Su Yue is frightened by the Slime Mask but maintains her composure. Her curiosity about Bai Xuan grows, and she orders her driver to follow him.
• The Three of Spades shifts from confidence to fear after witnessing Marée’s power, but remains possessive of the Gale Wolves and their transformation.

Significant themes

• Power and protection: Marée’s strength is matched by her devotion to protecting Bai Xuan.
• Experimentation and exploitation: The Three of Spades treats the wolves as “children” while seeking to exploit Su Yue’s blood to make them evolve.
• Mystery and hidden identities: Su Yue’s connection to the masked Bai Xuan, Marée’s nature, and the cocoon’s impending transformation remain unresolved.

Key plot points and events

• Marée Alaira’s crimson lightning destroys the Gale Wolves and shatters their cocoon, but Three of Spades survives. She reveals that the ritual is complete and summons the Swiftwind Wolf King from a spatial rift.
• The enormous, horned wolf emerges, appearing far more dangerous than the ordinary wolves. Su Yue arrives and considers helping Bai Xuan, but her butler points out that he seems calm and confident. He connects Bai Xuan and Marée to rumors about powerful masked protectors of Ninghang City.
• Three of Spades orders the Wolf King to kill Bai Xuan and Marée. Before Marée can attack, Bai Xuan asks to fuse with her.
• A system prompt activates Bio-Mecha Alpha Form. Bai Xuan and Marée transform into a towering, living-looking red dragon mecha called Crimson of the End α.
• Inside the fused form, Bai Xuan finds himself seated on a throne with screens showing the outside world—but no controls. Marée appears in his lap and tells him to steer her by grabbing her dragon horns.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan remains composed even against the newly summoned Wolf King and eagerly embraces the chance to fuse with Marée, though he is unsure how to operate the mecha.
• Marée Alaira is eager to fight and delighted by the fusion; she takes an active role in explaining how Bai Xuan can control their combined form.
• Three of Spades shifts from apparent defeat to renewed confidence after completing the ritual, treating the Wolf King as her child and ordering it into battle.
• Su Yue feels responsible for the danger facing Bai Xuan and wants to help, but her butler reassures her that the masked pair are capable allies. Their exchange also introduces the city’s rumors about them.
• The Swiftwind Wolf King arrives with a vengeful focus on Bai Xuan and Marée, setting up the next confrontation.

Significant themes

• Transformation and partnership: Bai Xuan and Marée combine their abilities, making their bond the source of a new combat form.
• Confidence versus fear: While Three of Spades and Su Yue react with alarm or uncertainty, Bai Xuan meets the threat with excitement.
• Heroism and public reputation: The rumors of masked protectors suggest that Bai Xuan and Marée’s actions are becoming known across the city.

Plot points and events

• Bai Xuan grasps Marée Alaira’s Dragon Horns, triggering a fusion that lets him control the powerful Crimson of the End α mecha.
• The mecha overwhelms Three of Spades’ Swiftwind Wolf King. Its teeth break against the mecha’s armor, and its tornado attack is brushed aside. Bai Xuan then smashes the wolf’s Wind Horn.
• The wounded wolf collapses onto Three of Spades, killing them both. Bai Xuan and Marée Alaira separate, and he collects the broken horn, which begins crafting a Gale Shield in his World Book.
• Su Yue thanks Bai Xuan and gives him a small gift, asking him to open it at home. She also asks whether they have met before and whether they can become friends who keep each other’s secrets. Bai Xuan remains guarded and teleports away with Marée Alaira.
• At home, Bai Xuan completes the quest and receives a Wolf Mother’s Heart, which can be cooked to moderately increase Agility for up to five people. He decides to make it for dinner, and Marée Alaira eagerly agrees.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan demonstrates calm control of the mecha and keeps his identity and intentions private, even when Su Yue tries to draw closer.
• Marée Alaira shares the fusion with Bai Xuan, relishes the fight, and playfully kicks the defeated wolf before returning to his side.
• Three of Spades’ confidence in her specially raised, bloodline-awakened wolf turns to disbelief as it is easily defeated.
• Su Yue shows curiosity and warmth toward Bai Xuan, while her butler offers to investigate him. She declines, saying she will handle it herself.

Significant themes

• The overwhelming power gap between Bai Xuan’s mecha and ordinary enemies.
• Trust, secrecy, and the beginnings of a possible connection between Su Yue and Bai Xuan.
• The practical rewards of adventuring, as combat yields both craftable equipment and a useful food item.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan cooks the enormous Wolf King heart, following the World Book’s instructions. He wonders how much he and Bai Yu should eat to gain its benefits.
• Bai Yu messages that she is coming home. Bai Xuan hastily tells Marée Alaira to hide, claiming Bai Yu is the planet’s “queen.” Marée takes the idea literally and wants to challenge her, but eventually agrees to stay quiet.
• Bai Yu returns, mistakes the cooking heart for donkey meat, and goes to shower. Marée tries to spy on her, but Bai Xuan sends her back into hiding.
• At the Investigation Bureau, officials argue over the recent attack: the Gale Wolves and their Wolf King, the death of an Evil Organization member, and the appearance of the Crimson Dragon Mecha. They connect the mecha to the mysterious Slime Mask figure and worry that these powerful, unidentified figures may be beyond the bureau’s ability to control.
• Bai Xuan divides the heart into portions and serves some to Marée and Xilin, then plates portions for himself and Bai Yu. Bai Yu tastes hers and loves it.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan is resourceful in preparing the unfamiliar heart, but nervous about Bai Yu discovering Marée. He tries to keep the two apart and jokingly addresses Bai Yu as “Your Majesty.”
• Bai Yu returns in good spirits, pleased with her newly flexible fingers and her newfound power, though she has not yet told Bai Xuan about it. She is casual and unembarrassed around him, brushing aside his reminder that they may not be blood relatives.
• Marée Alaira remains impulsive and curious, interpreting Bai Xuan’s warning as an invitation to confront a planetary ruler. She also attempts to observe Bai Yu before being stopped.
• The investigators, especially the deputy director and Shen Mei, confront the problem of tracking powerful unknown actors. Their disagreement gives way to shared concern about the city’s vulnerability.

Significant themes

• Power and uncertainty: The bureau fears that extraordinary, unidentified figures could act beyond its control.
• Secrecy and concealment: Bai Xuan hides Marée from Bai Yu, while the investigators struggle to uncover the identities and affiliations of mysterious combatants.
• Domestic comedy amid danger: Cooking a monster’s heart and managing Marée’s antics contrast with the serious threat discussed at the bureau.
• Ambiguous family boundaries: Bai Xuan’s reminder that he and Bai Yu may not be related by blood is met with her unconcerned “So what?”, suggesting their closeness is not defined by biology.

Plot points and events

• Bai Xuan and Bai Yu eat suspiciously delicious meat sold as donkey. Bai Yu suspects it may come from a monster, while Bai Xuan nervously changes the subject.
• Bai Yu demonstrates her Elastic Body ability, wrapping herself around Bai Xuan. She explains that it helps her squeeze through tight spaces and withstand impacts.
• That night, Bai Xuan’s remaining Wolf Mother’s Heart takes effect. Near dawn, he wakes drenched in sweat, with intense Holy Light, and asks the sleeping Xilin for a Holy Knight’s prayers.
• Xilin agrees to perform the ritual. By about 7:30, Bai Xuan has recovered and his agility has risen to C-Rank. Xilin’s agility has also increased to A+, apparently through the prayer.
• Worried that the meat affected Bai Yu too, Bai Xuan checks on her. She claims she is fine, but after closing her door, reveals that the meat has left her overwhelmed by desire. She takes a day off from work.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan is casual and evasive about the meat’s source, but becomes concerned when its effects hit him and possibly Bai Yu. His request to Xilin shows his reliance on her unusual abilities.
• Bai Yu displays her new Elastic Body power and acts as the sensible, protective older sister. Though she hides her reaction from Bai Xuan, she is clearly affected by the meat.
• Xilin calmly fulfills Bai Xuan’s awkward request; the ritual benefits her as well as him.
• Marée Alaira enjoys the meat and eats what Xilin leaves behind.
• Bai Xuan and Bai Yu’s teasing, caring sibling relationship contrasts with Bai Xuan’s private embarrassment and Bai Yu’s concealed distress.

Significant themes

• Power growth and unexpected consequences: The Wolf Mother’s Heart improves agility, but its effects are intense and unpredictable.
• Mystery surrounding monsters: The meat’s unusual taste and effects suggest it may be monster meat.
• Trust and care: Bai Xuan relies on Xilin and worries about Bai Yu, while Bai Yu looks after him despite her own discomfort.
• Secrecy and comic misunderstanding: Both siblings conceal what they are experiencing, creating an ironic, comedic ending.