Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Chen Hao and CC unleash a combined attack—CC’s Dragon’s Roar paired with Chen Hao’s Tiger-Subduing Arhat Fist—wiping out dozens of vampire servants. CC offers to hold off Lord Holkin so Chen Hao can find Michelle.
• Chen Hao reaches Michelle, who is bedridden and weakened, and demands the cross. A fourth Vampire Lord, Morpheus, attacks, allowing Michelle to escape through a window.
• Chen Hao fights Morpheus while Michelle waits for Elder Victor. Chen’s Golden Cudgel and Divine Dragon Arm overpower Morpheus, but the lord survives the Death God’s Scythe by using his Blood Curse.
• Chen Hao follows up with Purple Thunder Pearls, forcing Morpheus to transform into bats. Though some bats escape the lightning, Chen’s Inferior Fire Kirin Talisman accidentally creates a fiery display that exposes and burns the remaining bats, killing Morpheus.
• With Morpheus dead and Michelle terrified, Chen Hao moves in to demand the cross. Elder Victor arrives as a mass of bats, but Chen teleports behind him after Victor’s attempt to seize him misses. The chapter ends with Victor shocked by Chen’s speed.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao remains confident and resourceful, combining brute force, magical weapons, talismans, and teleportation. His accidental use of the Fire Kirin Talisman nevertheless proves decisive.
• CC shows unusual consideration by volunteering to face Holkin, while remaining proud of his own power.
• Michelle shifts from sneering defiance to fear as his protectors fall and Chen closes in.
• Morpheus initially treats Chen as a serious threat but is ultimately killed. He abandons Michelle once Chen gains the upper hand.
• Elder Victor arrives to rescue Michelle but is immediately surprised when Chen evades his grasp.

Significant themes

• Resourcefulness and improvisation: Chen adapts his tactics as vampire abilities frustrate straightforward attacks.
• Pride versus reality: The vampire lords’ confidence is repeatedly challenged by Chen’s strength.
• Escalating danger: Each apparent victory brings a stronger opponent, ending with the arrival of a senior vampire.
• Loyalty and self-preservation: CC helps Chen, while Morpheus ultimately leaves Michelle to fend for himself.

Plot points and events

• Chen Hao uses Red Boy’s Defective Teleportation Talisman to evade Victor’s attack and reach Michelle, who is too weakened to transform into a bat.
• He impales Michelle with the Golden Cudgel, takes the silver cross containing a trace of Yu Mo’s soul power, and vows to restore her.
• Driven by grief and rage over the Vampire Lord’s murder of Yu Mo and theft of her soul, Chen Hao tortures Michelle in front of Victor. He learns that the Electric Crystal is with Amelia, then kills Michelle by flooding him with spiritual power until he explodes.
• Victor attacks to avenge Michelle. Chen Hao counters with the Divine Dragon Arm, the Demon Edict, and the Earth-Shattering Staff Strike. Their clash badly injures Victor, but his supernatural healing quickly restores him.
• Victor grows a second pair of wings, becoming six-winged, and attacks at overwhelming speed. Chen Hao’s Qi Armor is already broken, and his supply of dragon scales is eventually exhausted; Victor’s repeated strikes leave him badly wounded.
• Victor binds Chen Hao with hundreds of Blood Chains and begins a Blood Sacrifice, using a spinning rune to draw blood from Chen Hao, nearby corpses, and even Xiang Wencun, who is fighting Lord Ryan elsewhere in the castle. Ryan recognizes the ritual as a sign that the battle may soon end.

Character developments

• Chen Hao is consumed by grief and revenge but remains focused on his goals: bringing Yu Mo back and finding the Electric Crystal. Even while gravely injured and restrained, he shows no fear.
• Victor shifts from cautious observer to avenger, then reveals the full extent of his power. His confidence in the Vampire Clan’s healing gives way to a more desperate escalation as Chen Hao proves a formidable opponent.
• Michelle is reduced to helplessness after losing his ability to transform; he gives up the Electric Crystal’s location before Chen Hao kills him.
• Xiang Wencun is shown enduring her separate fight with Ryan, but Victor’s ritual reaches her across the castle and threatens to drain her blood.

Significant themes

• Grief and vengeance: Chen Hao’s brutality is fueled by Yu Mo’s death and the theft of her soul.
• Resilience versus overwhelming power: Chen Hao persists despite injuries, while Victor relies on speed, regeneration, and escalating force.
• The cost of revenge: Chen Hao’s resolve makes him formidable, but his fury leads him to torture and execute Michelle.
• Escalation and suspense: Victor’s transformation and Blood Sacrifice raise the danger sharply, ending the chapter with Chen Hao and others under threat.

Character interactions

• Chen Hao and Victor trade threats and blows, with Chen Hao refusing to be intimidated by the Vampire Clan’s promise of revenge.
• Chen Hao uses Michelle as leverage against Victor, then interrogates and kills him once he reveals Amelia has the Electric Crystal.
• Victor taunts Chen Hao with his regenerative abilities before binding him and initiating Blood Sacrifice.
• Ryan, fighting Xiang Wencun, interprets Victor’s ritual as a sign that the conflict is nearing its conclusion.

Plot and key events

• Vampire Elder Victor unleashes the Blood Sacrifice, a devastating blood-powered attack that destroys the Castle and surrounding area. Chen Hao survives, protected by a faint golden glow, though he is wounded.
• Victor attacks again, but Chen uses his Heavenly Eye’s Crimson Glow to burn most of Victor’s bat forms. Chen’s spiritual power is exhausted, and Victor reforms from the bats that survived.
• Chen reveals that he has learned how Vampire Elders can survive by transforming into bats. He traps himself and Victor inside a golden barrier, then ignites a Samadhi True Fire Talisman. Chen disappears before the flames fill the enclosure, leaving Victor unable to escape. The fire burns every bat—and Victor—to ash.
• With Victor dead, the vampire servants flee, while Ryan escapes during the chaos. Chen returns to the ruined Castle and finds Xiang Wencun and Dong Zhuo escorting the badly injured Roger. CC arrives carrying the head of the other Vampire Lord. Chen then demands to know where Amelia is.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao withstands Victor’s strongest attack and wins through planning rather than brute force. He uses Victor’s explanations of vampire abilities to devise a way to prevent his escape.
• Victor shifts from smug confidence to disbelief and panic as Chen survives, counters his attacks, and ultimately traps him.
• Xiang Wencun survives the battle and reunites with Chen; she reports that Ryan fled.
• CC completes its mission by killing the other Vampire Lord and is promised a reward by Chen.
• Victor’s death leaves the vampire servants terrified and suggests that Arizona may descend into chaos.

Significant themes

• Preparation and adaptability: Chen turns knowledge gathered during the fight into a strategy that exploits Victor’s weaknesses.
• The limits of arrogance: Victor’s certainty in his strength and immortality proves fatal.
• Power and its costs: Chen’s potent abilities are constrained by depleted spiritual energy and the difficulty of controlling Samadhi True Fire.
• The aftermath of violence: Victor’s death resolves the immediate threat but leaves wider disorder—and Amelia’s whereabouts—unresolved.

Key plot points and events

• After Chen Hao kills Vampire Elder Victor, the Vampire Ancestor Marcus awakens in his mountain cocoon. The other Elders, Amelia and Philip, arrive and pay their respects. Marcus orders them to prepare his awakening, then emerges from the shattered cocoon in a grotesque, six-winged form and unleashes a vast swarm of bats.
• Chen Hao retrieves Qin Yumo’s soul from the Crescent Pendant and places it in Guanghan Palace’s Spirit-Gathering Array to restore its strength. Qin Meng warns that reviving her will also require repairing her necrotic body.
• Chen Hao travels with Qin Meng and Xiang Wencun toward Amelia’s castle, with the captive Roger guiding them. Roger describes Amelia as a former scientist who experiments cruelly on vampires and may be stronger than Victor if her research has improved her abilities.
• Worried about facing the surviving Elders, Chen Hao tries to get more talismans from Red Boy. When Red Boy reveals that Princess Iron Fan is away, Chen Hao tricks her into returning by reporting that her son is misbehaving. She sees through his motive but offers to help if he finds her a suitable gift for the Queen Mother of the West.
• Chen Hao buys every handbag in a luxury store—spending nearly thirty million—believing they will make suitable gifts. He jokes with Xiang Wencun about his extravagant spending.
• Meanwhile, Amelia learns Roger has betrayed the vampires. She orders her servants to identify the group’s flight and destroy the plane, intending to kill Chen Hao and his companions before they reach her.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao remains focused on saving Qin Yumo and prepares for the danger ahead, but also relies on scheming and humor to secure help. His handbag purchase shows his impulsive, extravagant approach to solving problems.
• Qin Meng supports Chen Hao emotionally while reminding him that restoring Qin Yumo’s soul alone will not be enough.
• Roger is frightened of Amelia and begs Chen Hao to spare him, but his betrayal has made his fate dependent on his usefulness.
• Amelia is revealed as a ruthless, scientifically minded vampire whose experiments inspire terror even among her own clan. She responds to Roger’s betrayal with a plan to destroy the travelers.
• Marcus’s awakening raises the threat facing Chen Hao, while Princess Iron Fan recognizes Chen Hao’s ploy but negotiates with him rather than simply rejecting his request.
• Xiang Wencun mocks Chen Hao’s spending, and Chen Hao answers with playful bravado.

Significant themes

• The cost of resurrection: Qin Yumo’s possible return depends on both restoring her soul and repairing her body.
• Cruelty disguised as progress: Amelia’s experiments show how scientific ambition can become monstrous when stripped of compassion.
• Schemes, loyalty, and betrayal: Chen Hao manipulates others to obtain help, while Roger’s defection triggers Amelia’s deadly retaliation.
• Escalating danger: Victor’s death has awakened Marcus and placed Chen Hao’s group in the sights of the Vampire Clan’s remaining leaders.

Key events

• Shortly after takeoff, Chen Hao sends Princess Iron Fan a limited-edition handbag. In return, she agrees to discipline Red Boy by grounding him and making him draw talismans.
• Chen Hao persuades Nezha to send him his remaining dragon materials, including a rare dragon source—the condensed essence of a Divine Dragon.
• Nezha says he needs the dragon source for a necklace intended to win the Queen Mother of the West’s favor. Chen Hao denies receiving it, then swallows it, but panics when Nezha warns that dragon essence can make mortals explode.
• Nezha explains that Chen Hao may be able to refine the source with Samadhi True Fire, and that dragon-origin power is needed to absorb its strength. Chen Hao realizes the Water Essence in his kidneys may serve as a catalyst.
• In the airplane bathroom, Chen Hao refines and drinks the dragon source. The Water Essence takes the form of a python and devours the energy, easing the dangerous pressure in his body.
• As Chen Hao absorbs the power, a sudden storm batters the plane. The cabin panics, and Xiang Wencun sees that the aircraft is covered by countless bats.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao shows his usual opportunism and ingenuity: he uses gifts to secure favors, conceals the dragon source from Nezha, and quickly devises a way to harness its power.
• Nezha is revealed to have amassed a vast collection of dragon remains—and dragon sources—for an ambitious gift to the Queen Mother of the West. His warning also exposes the lethal risk of Chen Hao’s plan.
• Princess Iron Fan readily accepts Chen Hao’s advice about disciplining Red Boy, while Chen Hao privately treats the boy’s punishment as a lesson in survival.
• Xiang Wencun and the other passengers shift from ordinary travelers to witnesses of a frightening, unexplained crisis.

Significant themes

• Cunning and opportunism: Chen Hao turns favors and deception to his advantage.
• Power and risk: Seeking a major increase in strength means confronting potentially fatal consequences.
• The gap between mortals and immortals: Divine treasures that seem valuable to Chen Hao can be deadly to ordinary humans.
• Suspense and escalation: Chen Hao’s private cultivation crisis coincides with a supernatural threat endangering the entire plane.

Key plot points and events

• Amelia’s Vampire Lord Broen, enhanced with vulture genes and blood, sends swarms of Black Bats to attack the plane carrying Chen Hao, Xiang Wencun, and Dong Zhuo.
• The bats jam the plane’s elevator controls, sending the aircraft into a plunge and throwing the cabin into chaos.
• Xiang Wencun finds Chen Hao in the lavatory, where he is concentrating on a breakthrough. When she tries to wake him, he awakens and unleashes a Dragon’s Roar, reaching the Fifth Realm, the True Condensation Realm. His Spiritual Power drives the bats away and restores the plane’s controls.
• Chen Hao discovers more bats outside and asks the Heavenly Court Chat Group for a flying artifact he can use. Most suggestions require Golden Immortal cultivation, so they are useless to him.
• The bats destroy both engines, leaving the plane powerless and in a fatal descent. Broen gloats and disappears, believing the passengers doomed.
• Tang Sanzang offers his kasaya, which mortals can use, but spends precious time reminiscing about it. As the plane falls, Chen Hao finally buys it for 100,000 Daoist Merit Points.
• Wearing the foul-smelling kasaya, Chen Hao encourages the passengers, then kicks open the cabin door—only to be swept outside by the wind. He hits the wing, loses his trousers, and tries to fly, but the kasaya does not respond. He continues falling.

Character developments

• Chen Hao advances to the True Condensation Realm and shows greater confidence and responsibility, but remains impulsive and comically unprepared for the dangers of flight.
• Xiang Wencun acts decisively during the crisis, despite knowing that disturbing Chen Hao could interrupt his breakthrough. Her fear and frustration give way to hope when he takes charge.
• Broen is revealed as Amelia’s powerful, genetically enhanced agent. He attacks the plane and leaves once he thinks it is doomed.
• Tang Sanzang is sentimental and long-winded even in an emergency, while ultimately providing the only artifact Chen Hao can use.

Significant themes

• Composure and courage under pressure: Xiang Wencun and Chen Hao respond to a crisis in different ways, while the passengers and pilots panic.
• Power versus practical limits: Chen Hao’s breakthrough and spiritual abilities are impressive, but he still lacks a reliable way to fly or save the plane.
• Humor amid danger: The gods’ banter, the kasaya’s stench, and Chen Hao’s failed attempt to fly contrast sharply with the life-threatening situation.
• Responsibility and hope: Chen Hao’s words briefly reassure the passengers and awaken his sense of duty, even though his rescue plan quickly goes wrong.

Character interactions

• Xiang Wencun tries to protect the passengers by waking Chen Hao, then later scolds him for chatting while the plane is failing.
• Chen Hao consults the Heavenly Court Chat Group, negotiating impatiently with Tang Sanzang as Bajie and other deities contribute jokes and commentary.
• Chen Hao reassures the passengers and presents himself as their savior, but his abrupt exit through the opened cabin door leaves them more terrified than before.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• After opening the plane’s cabin door, Chen Hao is thrown into the air and begins falling. He contacts Tang Sanzang, who tells him to recite the flying incantation embroidered on the back of the Kasaya. Despite struggling to read the strange characters, Chen Hao manages to activate it and fly.
• The plane is still plunging, and rescuing its nearly two hundred passengers one at a time is impossible. Chen Hao tries to steady the aircraft with his strength, but fails. He briefly considers saving only Xiang Wencun and Dong Zhuo, yet cannot bring himself to abandon everyone else.
• In desperation, Chen Hao discovers that he can control the rain. His evolved Water Essence responds to his spiritual power, allowing him to form water chains around the plane. They slow its fall briefly, but the plane’s momentum destroys its tail and wings.
• Chen Hao remembers the Water-Repelling Pearl and crushes it, gaining a dramatic increase in his understanding of water spiritual power. The resulting breakthrough takes him from the Fifth Realm, True Condensation, to the Sixth Realm, Spirit Communion.
• With the plane only a thousand meters above the sea, Chen Hao first forms a vast water net beneath it. The net cushions the impact for a moment but breaks, badly injuring him. He then summons enormous columns of seawater, which cushion the aircraft enough for it to land hard on the ocean instead of crashing into it.
• Seeing that the plane has landed safely, Chen Hao smiles and collapses unconscious.

Character development

• Chen Hao moves from panic and helplessness to determined self-sacrifice. Though he considers saving only his companions, his conscience compels him to keep trying to save everyone. The crisis also triggers a major leap in his cultivation, though he pushes his body to the point of serious injury.
• The captain and first officer remain at their posts despite their fear, trying to control the plane and communicate with the tower. Once the aircraft seems doomed, they accept their fate; the captain closes his eyes before the landing is saved.

Character interactions

• Chen Hao’s frantic exchange with Tang Sanzang supplies the crucial instructions, though Chen Hao’s inability to read the incantation leaves him furious and frightened.
• Chen Hao signals reassurance to the pilots with an “OK” sign, briefly appearing outside their windshield.
• His choices are shaped by his responsibility toward the passengers, including Xiang Wencun and Dong Zhuo, whom he could have prioritized for rescue.

Significant themes

• Responsibility and compassion: Chen Hao refuses to let the passengers die simply because the disaster began with his actions.
• Crisis as transformation: Desperation and the Water-Repelling Pearl turn an impossible emergency into the catalyst for Chen Hao’s breakthrough.
• Perseverance and sacrifice: Chen Hao keeps fighting despite repeated failures, depleted spiritual power, and mounting injuries.
• Power and its limits: His new abilities can affect the plane’s fall, but overcoming its immense momentum demands nearly everything he has.

Plot points and events

• Chen Hao wakes after his rescue of a crashing plane, physically exhausted from overusing his Spiritual Power but otherwise unharmed.
• Xiang Wencun shows him footage of the rescue, which has gone viral: a low camera angle and an added mosaic make his outfit look comically indecent. Chen Hao learns that dozens of fishermen filmed him.
• Xiang asks how his strength suddenly increased. Chen claims he ate a Dragon Source, but she assumes he is joking.
• At a safe villa arranged by Roger, Chen warns that Amelia is likely to strike again and distributes dragon artifacts to help prepare. He gives Xiang a dragon bone suited to amplifying her sonic attacks and a dragon tendon. When she tests the bone, its power blasts a wall out of the villa.
• Chen gives CC dragon meat after the dog complains about being left out. He discovers scales and bulges on CC’s back and suspects he is developing Dragon Wings. CC is more interested in the new possibilities for sexual escapades than in the responsibility of protecting Huaxia.
• Chen checks messages from Red Boy, who has been confined by his mother and made to practice drawing talismans. Chen sends snacks and asks Red Boy to give him the talismans, while falsely denying that he was the one who got Red Boy in trouble.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao shifts quickly from embarrassment and joking to preparing his allies for the coming threat. He is generous with his dragon treasures, but also scheming: he secretly wants Red Boy’s talismans while preserving the boy’s trust.
• Xiang Wencun teases Chen about his viral appearance, then focuses on his unexplained strength. She eagerly tests the dragon bone and is impressed by its effectiveness.
• CC remains irreverent and jealous, though his developing dragon-like traits suggest growing power. Chen briefly imagines him becoming more responsible, only to be disappointed by his crude reaction.
• Roger is devastated when the dragon bone’s test destroys part of his expensive villa; Dong Zhuo dryly points out how sharply its value has fallen.
• Red Boy is bored and frustrated by his confinement, but trusts Chen’s assurances.

Significant themes

• Power and preparation: Chen uses his newfound dragon resources to strengthen his companions ahead of an expected attack.
• Comedy amid danger: Viral embarrassment, property damage, and CC’s crude jokes contrast with the serious threat posed by Amelia.
• Trust and deception: Chen supports Red Boy while concealing his own role in the boy’s punishment and his interest in the talismans.
• Changing abilities and responsibility: CC’s possible transformation hints at new potential, though his priorities remain comically self-centered.

Plot points

• Chen Hao obtains Red Boy’s freshly drawn talismans, then persuades him to keep drawing Evil-Repelling Talismans in exchange for snacks.
• Horse Face brings more ghosts to the Crescent Pendant and discovers that Chen Hao has turned the place into a lively gambling den.
• Horse Face examines Qin Yumo and finds a Blood Curse on her soul. Unless her soul returns to her body before midnight the following night, it may be destroyed. He cannot break the curse himself.
• With only thirty-two hours remaining, Chen Hao resolves to repair Qin Yumo’s body and asks Horse Face to help when the time comes. He then urgently sets off with Roger, Xiang Wencun, and Dong Zhuo to find Amelia.
• At Amelia’s remote villa, the group learns that her research facility lies underground and is guarded by hundreds of vampires. Chen Hao scouts the layout, tells the others to withdraw, and forces open the facility door, triggering its alarms.
• Chen Hao effortlessly stops and returns a barrage of bullets, then uses his power to crush the attacking vampires.
• Watching security footage, Amelia and Philip discuss Chen Hao’s strength, Victor’s death, and the Vampire Ancestor’s imminent awakening. Amelia says the ritual could finish that night and decides to kill Chen Hao beforehand as a gift to the Ancestor.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao is resourceful and opportunistic with Red Boy, but his playful schemes give way to urgency and determination when Qin Yumo’s life is threatened. He is willing to pay a heavy price to save her.
• Red Boy eagerly accepts the snack-for-talisman bargain, becoming Chen Hao’s willing supplier.
• Horse Face delivers the dire news about Qin Yumo and warns Chen Hao about the cost of saving her. His melodramatic speech about love is cut short when Chen Hao rushes away.
• Roger, still despondent over losing his villa, nevertheless agrees to pilot the helicopter. Xiang Wencun and Dong Zhuo join Chen Hao, then retreat when he signals them to keep clear of the facility.
• Amelia and Philip remain calm and calculating as they assess Chen Hao and prepare for the Vampire Ancestor’s awakening.

Significant themes

• Love and sacrifice: Chen Hao’s resolve to save Qin Yumo frames love as a reason to accept immense risk.
• Urgency and mortality: The curse creates a strict deadline, turning the rescue into a race against time.
• Power and confidence: Chen Hao’s overwhelming display contrasts sharply with Amelia and Philip’s belief that they can still eliminate him.
• Humor amid danger: Snack bargaining, the ghosts’ casino, and Horse Face’s theatrical monologue punctuate the increasingly serious crisis.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Hao advances through Amelia’s laboratory, dismissing three powerful Mutated Vampires. He uses a talisman to disappear, then triggers the Samadhi True Fire Talisman, destroying the villa, laboratory, research, and nearly all the vampires inside.
• Amelia and Philip survive by transforming into bats. Amelia spots the frightened, hiding Roger and vows to kill and dissect him for betraying her.
• Chen Hao emerges from the ruins and takes Amelia on, while Xiang Wencun, Dong Zhuo, and CC engage Philip.
• Chen Hao initially outmatches Amelia in close combat, but she shocks him with the Electric Crystal she stole from him.
• Chen Hao reveals he can control the crystal more effectively. His Landmine technique draws in electricity from across the region, unleashing a devastating blast. Amelia survives through Bat Transformation, though she is badly burned, and Chen retrieves the crystal.
• Amelia absorbs bats and mutates into a tentacled monster. Chen Hao repeatedly destroys her tentacles and even blows her body apart, but she regenerates each time.
• Unable to finish her with ordinary attacks, Chen Hao activates a Barrier Talisman, enclosing them both in a golden dome. Amelia remains calm and hints that Chen Hao will learn how Victor died.

Character developments

• Chen Hao demonstrates confidence, tactical cunning, and growing mastery of his tools, turning Amelia’s stolen Electric Crystal against her. He also recognizes that Amelia’s abilities might have been used for good, but that her ambition has driven her into monstrous transformations.
• Amelia shifts from composed confidence to furious desperation as Chen Hao destroys her work and defeats her. Her willingness to absorb bats and deform herself shows how far her obsession with power has taken her; despite her injuries, she remains defiant.
• Roger is exposed as a traitor and is terrified when Amelia threatens him.
• Xiang Wencun and the others move from anxious waiting to active combat, trusting Chen Hao to handle Amelia.

Significant themes

• Power and its cost: Amelia’s pursuit of greater strength leaves her grotesquely transformed, while her lost work and followers reveal the consequences of her ambition.
• Ingenuity over brute force: Chen Hao wins advantages by exploiting his talismans and the Electric Crystal rather than relying only on strength.
• Stolen power turned against its owner: Amelia’s use of Chen Hao’s crystal briefly threatens him, but his deeper knowledge lets him reclaim control.
• Resilience and escalation: Amelia’s repeated regeneration turns the fight into a contest of endurance, setting up the unknown danger behind the Barrier Talisman.

Character interactions

• Chen Hao taunts Amelia and her Mutated Vampires before destroying the laboratory, then confronts Amelia directly.
• Amelia threatens Roger for his betrayal while he hides behind Xiang Wencun.
• Chen Hao directs Xiang Wencun, Dong Zhuo, and CC to fight Philip while he handles Amelia.
• Amelia uses Chen Hao’s stolen crystal against him; Chen Hao answers by activating its full power and taking it back.
• The chapter ends with Amelia challenging Chen Hao inside the barrier and invoking Victor’s death, leaving their next confrontation unresolved.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Chen Hao traps Amelia inside a barrier and burns it with his last Samadhi True Fire Talisman. Amelia appears to be destroyed, but one of her modified bats survives by burrowing underground and allows her to escape.
• Weakened by the loss of most of her bats, Amelia uses her Blood Devouring ability to lift nearby animals and strip the blood from them. She also absorbs the remains of dead vampires to regain strength. Chen Hao’s final dragon spirit cannot stop her.
• When Roger is caught in Amelia’s devouring force, Chen Hao pretends to rescue him. He uproots the tree Roger is clinging to and throws it—and Roger—at Amelia. As Amelia consumes Roger’s blood, she unknowingly takes in Samadhi true fire Chen Hao had planted in it.
• Amelia attacks Chen Hao, but he calmly triggers the fire in her blood. The flames destroy her despite her attempt to escape by transforming into bats. Chen Hao finishes her with a cold remark: “You brought this on yourself.”
• Amelia’s death distracts Philip, allowing Xiang Wencun to punch him into the ground.
• In a cave, the Vampire Ancestor awakens after learning Amelia is dead. Still recovering, he improves his strength by feeding on his vampire servants, then flies out with a swarm of bats.
• The Ancestor arrives as Chen Hao and Xiang Wencun are dealing with Philip. Philip expects protection, but the Ancestor instead pierces his heart and begins consuming him for his blood.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao proves resourceful and calculating: after his direct attack fails, he turns Amelia’s own blood-feeding ability against her. His apparent concern for Roger is a cruel feint, revealing a ruthless streak.
• Amelia is shown to be both exceptionally dangerous and difficult to kill, but her need to feed becomes the weakness Chen Hao exploits. Her confidence gives way to panic and agony.
• Roger appeals to Chen Hao for help and is sacrificed as part of Chen Hao’s plan. His trust is used against him.
• Xiang Wencun continues fighting Philip and gains an opening when Amelia’s death makes Philip falter.
• Philip shifts from confidence to terror when the Ancestor arrives; his hopes of rescue are immediately shattered.
• The Vampire Ancestor emerges as a greater threat: he is ruthless toward his own followers and treats both servants and vampire elders as food.

Significant themes

• Cunning over brute force: Chen Hao wins by exploiting Amelia’s habits rather than overpowering her directly.
• Predation and betrayal: The vampires prey on humans, animals, and even their own kind; the Ancestor’s treatment of Philip shows that loyalty offers no protection.
• Power and vulnerability: Amelia’s ability to grow stronger by consuming blood also exposes her to Chen Hao’s hidden trap.
• Escalating danger: Amelia’s defeat does not end the conflict; it brings the far more powerful Vampire Ancestor into the battle.

Key plot points and events

• Vampire Ancestor Marcus arrives and gruesomely devours Philip, but instead of attacking Chen Hao, calmly asks why he is fighting the Vampire Clan.
• Chen Hao explains that he is trying to save Qin Yumo. Marcus confirms the clan has a way to revive the dead, but says it cannot work if she is already dead.
• Marcus offers a narrow chance: Chen Hao must obtain four things—the blood of Marcus, the Blood Wolf King’s blood, the Blood Wolf King’s Blood Coffin, and a powerful bloodline superior to both vampires and werewolves.
• Marcus proposes an alliance: they will kill the Blood Wolf King together. Chen Hao can take the wolf king’s blood and Blood Coffin; Marcus will claim the rest of the werewolf clan’s assets. Chen Hao agrees, insisting they leave immediately because time is short.
• Xiang Wencun and Dong Zhuo warn of the danger but choose to stand by Chen Hao.
• Marcus arranges transport, then vanishes as a swarm of bats. While waiting, Chen Hao searches Amelia’s damaged underground base, finds ancient stones identified as the Infinite Heavenly Spirit, and receives the ability to double his spiritual energy’s potency. A vessel of dark-green liquid breaks after he leaves, its contents draining away.
• At dawn, the group reaches an American military base. Chen Hao realizes the Vampire Clan’s influence has reached the military and government, raising fears about its wider control.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao remains focused on saving Qin Yumo and accepts a dangerous alliance out of desperation, despite distrusting Marcus. He is moved by his friends’ loyalty and gains a powerful new artifact.
• Marcus reveals a pragmatic, calculating side: he shares crucial knowledge and offers cooperation, but clearly has his own agenda. His fearsome presence leaves Dong Zhuo nearly unable to breathe.
• Xiang Wencun and Dong Zhuo express concern about partnering with Marcus, then reaffirm their commitment to Chen Hao.
• Marcus and Chen Hao shift from apparent enemies to uneasy allies, united only by their shared goal of killing the Blood Wolf King.

Significant themes

• Desperation and sacrifice: Chen Hao accepts grave risks because Qin Yumo’s rescue may be his only priority.
• Trust and uneasy alliances: Cooperation with a dangerous enemy may be necessary, but each side has separate motives.
• Loyalty and friendship: Xiang Wencun and Dong Zhuo choose to face the danger alongside Chen Hao.
• Hidden power and corruption: The Vampire Clan’s reach into American institutions suggests a threat extending beyond the immediate conflict.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Hao separates Xiang Wencun, CC, and Dong Zhuo from the main force by sending their helicopter off course, hoping to keep them out of danger. Xiang realizes the deception and protests, but the pilot refuses to disobey Marcus’s orders.
• Marcus reveals that the group will reach the Blood Wolf King’s lair in six hours. At the mountain base, he orders the peak bombarded, provoking the werewolves within.
• The werewolves counterattack, destroying a helicopter and killing its vampire occupants. Marcus swiftly kills a powerful black wolf and overpowers Bates, a white werewolf and the Blood Wolf King’s second-in-command, while demanding that William—the Blood Wolf King—appear.
• Marcus orders Chen Hao into a fissure in the mountain to face the werewolf guardians. Inside, Chen Hao is overwhelmed by seemingly endless waves of wolves. His weapons and Crimson Glow kill many, but the attackers’ numbers and fearlessness exhaust him. He retreats, and Marcus admits this was only the first level, with several more below.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao shows concern for Xiang, concealing his plan to protect her because he has already lost Qin Yumo. He then faces the guardians bravely, but their sheer numbers force him to retreat.
• Xiang Wencun refuses to accept being left behind and threatens the pilot, demonstrating her determination and attachment to Chen Hao. She can do nothing once the pilot refuses.
• CC tries to comfort Xiang with comic confidence in Chen Hao’s “plot armor,” while jokingly assigning her the role of looking after his wives. Chen Hao is visibly annoyed.
• Marcus remains domineering and manipulative. He uses Chen Hao to clear the guardians, treating the confrontation as a test rather than offering genuine support.
• Bates initially tries to prevent a clan war through negotiation, but Marcus dismisses his authority and defeats him with ease.

Significant themes

• Protection versus agency: Chen Hao’s attempt to keep Xiang safe conflicts with her wish to share the danger.
• Power and hierarchy: Marcus’s effortless dominance over Bates establishes the gulf between the clans’ elites and their lower ranks.
• Endurance against overwhelming odds: Chen Hao’s skill and power are tested not by one opponent, but by relentless numbers and the guardians’ lack of fear.
• Manipulation and mistrust: Marcus’s hidden purpose becomes clear only after Chen Hao enters the cave, turning the mission into a calculated ordeal.

Key plot points

• Marcus and Chen Hao enter the cave, where wolf-like creatures—products of the Blood Coffin—attack intruders. Marcus shields them with a swarm of bats until his power begins to fail, then leaves Chen Hao to fight.
• Chen Hao uses his Golden Cudgel and the technique Myriad Transformations to create more than a hundred clones. The decoys distract the wolves while he uses an Invisibility Talisman to evade them and scout the tunnels.
• After searching through the tunnels, Chen Hao finds a passage to a lower level and catches up with Marcus in a silent cavern. The wolves refuse to follow them down.
• The lower cavern contains a vast pool of blood. A Giant Sea Demon erupts from it and swallows Chen Hao, but he pries its jaws open with the Golden Cudgel and escapes.
• Chen Hao attacks the beast, severing one of its tentacles, but discovers it has dozens more. Marcus identifies it as a supposedly extinct deep-sea creature that the Blood Wolf King has kept and fed blood. They must defeat it to reach the next level.
• Marcus charges the demon and slices through several tentacles with wing-shaped attacks before reaching its head and striking it.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao resents being used as Marcus’s muscle, briefly considers turning his cudgel on him, but ultimately cooperates. He shows resourcefulness and improved power through his clones and invisibility, though his bravado fades when faced with the demon’s many tentacles.
• Marcus remains composed and pragmatic, relying on Chen Hao to handle the wolves before pressing ahead. He recognizes the demon and takes the lead in attacking it, while acknowledging Chen Hao’s escape and combat skill.
• Their partnership remains tense and teasing: Chen Hao challenges Marcus to fight the demon himself, and Marcus responds by immediately attacking.

Significant themes

• Trust and reluctant teamwork: The two depend on each other despite suspicion and irritation.
• Adaptability and survival: Chen Hao combines strength, decoys, and stealth to overcome overwhelming odds.
• Escalating danger: The journey moves from swarming wolves to a far more powerful guardian in the blood-filled depths.

Key plot points and events

• Marcus demonstrates his overwhelming strength by killing the Giant Sea Demon with a single punch. He and Chen Hao then descend into the blood pool, with Chen protected by the Water-Repelling Pearl.
• The supposedly dead Sea Demon regenerates in the pool and attacks them alongside numerous smaller creatures. Its tentacles restrain Marcus, but he breaks free in a violent blast and tears the monster apart with swarms of bats.
• While Marcus battles the Sea Demon, Chen reaches the pool’s bottom, follows a tunnel upward, and finds an ancient cavern covered in symbols. At its center stands a blood-red coffin that appears to feed the pool.
• Marcus opens the coffin and awakens William, his “dear brother.” William notices Chen and suggests that Chen caused Marcus to awaken decades early.
• Marcus confirms this, then suddenly stabs William through the heart. William appears unsurprised, knocks Marcus away, and instantly heals with white flames. Chen recognizes the flames as Underworld Fire.

Character developments

• Chen Hao sees firsthand how dangerous Marcus is, but remains focused on reaching the next level and finding what he needs to save Qin Yumo. His suspicions that Marcus may have brought him here for a hidden purpose intensify.
• Marcus shifts from composed guide to ruthless combatant, revealing immense strength and a volatile response to being hurt. His attack on William suggests a concealed agenda, though its purpose is not yet clear.
• William awakens as a powerful, apparently untroubled figure. His calm reaction to being stabbed and rapid healing imply that Marcus’s betrayal may not have caught him off guard.

Significant themes

• Deception and uncertainty: Marcus’s motives remain unclear, and Chen fears he may be part of a trap.
• Monstrous resilience and power: The blood pool restores the Sea Demon, while William survives a seemingly fatal wound.
• Urgency and divided attention: Chen must navigate the danger while racing against time to save Qin Yumo.
• Old rivalries: The encounter between the two vampire ancestors hints at a long, complicated history between the brothers.

Character interactions

• Marcus tests Chen with his display of strength, then competes with him in descending the pool.
• Chen and Marcus are briefly forced to face the Sea Demon’s renewed attack together, though Marcus bears the brunt of the fight.
• William questions Marcus about his early awakening and Chen’s role. Marcus confirms Chen’s importance, then attacks William—turning the brothers’ reunion into an apparent confrontation.

Key events

• William and Marcus confront one another over the three portions of the underworld fire, which they and a third party acquired centuries ago. Each has one portion; the last is in China.
• They fight fiercely. William transforms into a giant wolf, while Marcus uses his six wings and black energy. Both display exceptional strength and regeneration.
• At Marcus’s urging, Chen Hao summons his Six-Winged Stone Statue Ghoul. The creature initially kneels before William, leading Marcus to suspect William has secretly orchestrated events.
• The Ghoul attacks Marcus and reveals the underworld fire, apparently bringing all three portions together. Marcus becomes convinced William planned the reunion.
• Chen Hao pretends to battle the Ghoul, using ketchup as fake blood, and urges Marcus to attack William. Marcus believes him and resumes their fight, while Chen Hao and the Ghoul quietly withdraw to watch.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao stays out of the main fight and exploits the rivals’ suspicions. His deliberately poor performance succeeds because neither Marcus nor William recognizes the act.
• Marcus is aggressive and increasingly convinced that William is behind the Ghoul’s appearance. Chen’s feigned loyalty wins his trust and redirects his anger toward William.
• William is genuinely confused by the Ghoul’s behavior and cannot convince Marcus that he had no part in the plan. He transforms and fights back when Marcus attacks.
• The chapter’s central interaction is the escalating conflict between Marcus and William, fueled by Chen’s deception and their mutual mistrust.

Significant themes

• Deception and misdirection: Chen manipulates the rivals by staging a fake rescue.
• Mistrust and misunderstanding: The Ghoul’s unexplained actions make both men suspect one another.
• Power and ambition: Marcus seeks to unite the underworld fire, while its full potential remains unknown.

Key plot points and events

• Marcus and William’s prolonged fight stalls: both can heal rapidly, leaving them exhausted but neither defeated. Chen Hao pretends to be trapped and injured while secretly directing the Stone Statue Ghoul to damage the cave and keep up the act.
• Chen Hao eventually intervenes, using his Heavenly Eye to burn away most of William’s body. Marcus warns him not to kill William before extracting the Blood Wolf King’s blood.
• While Marcus is distracted by the Stone Statue Ghoul, Chen Hao drains William’s blood into the Blood Coffin. He then repeatedly burns William to weaken him and pulls the underworld fire from his chest with his Divine Dragon Arm.
• Without the fire, William dissolves and dies. His death also kills the wolves in the cave and werewolves across America.
• Chen Hao draws the underworld fire into the Golden Cudgel. It fuses with the cudgel’s samadhi true fire, creating a powerful red-and-white flame.
• Marcus breaks through the Stone Statue Ghoul and attacks Chen Hao, but stops when he senses the new flame’s power. Chen Hao launches it at Marcus’s night-demon shield; the fire pierces and tears the construct apart. The chapter ends with the uncanny flame remaining in the cave.

Character developments

• Chen Hao shifts from feigning helplessness to taking control of the fight. He proves calculating and ruthless, using deception, the Heavenly Eye, and the Divine Dragon Arm to secure William’s blood and underworld fire.
• Marcus becomes increasingly furious as he realizes Chen Hao has manipulated him and is responsible for the Stone Statue Ghoul’s presence. His confidence turns to alarm when he sees the fused flame.
• William is weakened and killed after Chen Hao exploits the brief opening created by Marcus and the Stone Statue Ghoul.
• The Stone Statue Ghoul serves as Chen Hao’s accomplice, first sustaining the deception and then repeatedly delaying Marcus.

Significant themes

• Deception and misjudgment: Marcus mistakes Chen Hao for a victim and only gradually realizes he has been tricked.
• Power and cost: Healing prolongs the duel but drains both fighters; the underworld fire is dangerous even to its former wielders.
• Ingenuity and transformation: Chen Hao turns the stolen fire into a new weapon by combining it with the Golden Cudgel’s existing flames.
• Consequences of death: William’s death instantly wipes out werewolves connected to him across America.

Character interactions

• Chen Hao manipulates Marcus by pretending to need rescue, while Marcus treats him as an ally and focuses on William.
• Marcus and William clash repeatedly, each unable to overcome the other’s healing.
• The Stone Statue Ghoul blocks Marcus while Chen Hao extracts William’s blood and underworld fire.
• After William dies, Marcus attacks Chen Hao in anger, but Chen Hao answers with the newly fused flames.

Key plot points and events

• A mysterious red-and-white blast devastates the mountain, triggering a massive collapse. Chen Hao escapes the cave with the Blood Coffin, while the Stone Statue Ghoul carries the badly burned Marcus to safety.
• Vampires attack Chen Hao, but the Ghoul shields him from gunfire and catches and throws back two missiles, destroying helicopters. Chen Hao uses the distraction to collect Marcus’s blood and restrain him.
• With only minutes before midnight, Chen Hao places Qin Yumo’s body in the Blood Coffin and adds dragon blood—the final ingredient Marcus believed could not exist. The coffin begins restoring Qin Yumo’s flesh, meridians, and shattered bones.
• Horse Face arrives to reunite Qin Yumo’s soul with her body. When the soul will not merge, he extracts a powerful white light from Chen Hao, which completes the resurrection.
• The sacrifice leaves Chen Hao aged, gray-haired, and severely weakened. Marcus breaks free and threatens him, but Chen Hao reveals he had secretly planted samadhi true fire in Marcus. He ignites it, and Marcus burns to ashes.
• The chapter ends with an unexplained sound coming from the Blood Coffin.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao risks everything to save Qin Yumo, accepting the painful loss of the white light and the resulting dramatic aging. Even depleted, he stays composed and ensures Marcus cannot escape justice.
• Qin Yumo is physically restored and her soul is returned to her body, though her condition after resurrection remains unclear.
• Marcus shifts from confident captor to helpless prisoner, then briefly believes he has the upper hand before Chen Hao’s hidden trap kills him.
• The Stone Statue Ghoul repeatedly protects Chen Hao, first helping him escape and then shielding him from the vampires. Its power appears to run out after the fight.
• Horse Face warns Chen Hao about the cost of restoring Qin Yumo, then carries out the reunion of her soul and body.
• The vampires attack Chen Hao to rescue Marcus, but their weapons fail against the Ghoul.

Significant themes

• Love and sacrifice: Chen Hao willingly endures a severe personal cost to bring Qin Yumo back.
• Loyalty and protection: The Ghoul’s service contrasts with Marcus’s betrayal and predatory ambition.
• Justice and consequences: Chen Hao frames Marcus’s death as payment for the Vampire Clan’s atrocities.
• Hope amid uncertainty: Qin Yumo’s restoration appears successful, but the Blood Coffin’s final sound leaves the outcome unresolved.

Plot points and events

• Qin Yumo awakens in the Blood Coffin after Chen Hao’s desperate effort to bring her back to life.
• Mistaking Chen Hao’s aged, battered appearance for that of a pervert, she beats him before recognizing him.
• The two reunite emotionally, confess their feelings, and kiss. Chen Hao then pushes her away, insisting that his duty is finished and they should part.
• Qin Yumo refuses to leave him, but Chen Hao reveals that he may die soon. His appearance and frailty are the result of sacrificing nearly all his Yang Lifespan to restore her soul; the second such exchange cost him fifty years.
• Xiang Wencun arrives by helicopter. On learning that Qin Yumo’s return caused Chen Hao’s condition, she punches Qin Yumo and charges after her, despite Chen Hao’s attempt to intervene.

Character development

• Chen Hao is relieved and moved to find Qin Yumo alive, but his sacrifice has left him aged and close to death. Though he loves her, shame and fear about his condition lead him to reject her.
• Qin Yumo awakens disoriented and defensive, then recognizes Chen Hao and responds with love and gratitude. She accepts his appearance and insists on staying with him.
• Xiang Wencun arrives overjoyed to see Qin Yumo alive, but her concern for Chen Hao turns to anger when she learns Qin Yumo was responsible for his transformation.

Themes and interactions

• The chapter emphasizes love expressed through sacrifice: Chen Hao gives up his lifespan for Qin Yumo, while she accepts him regardless of his appearance.
• It contrasts self-worth and devotion: Chen Hao believes he is no longer worthy of Qin Yumo, but she rejects that judgment.
• The reunion shifts from comic misunderstanding—Qin Yumo beating the man she does not recognize—to grief, affection, and conflict.
• Xiang Wencun’s attack creates a new confrontation just as Chen Hao and Qin Yumo’s relationship remains unresolved.

Key plot points and events

• After discovering Chen Hao gravely weakened by the Vampire Ancestor’s attack, Xiang Wencun blames Qin Yumo and attacks her. Qin initially accepts the beating, but her wounds heal rapidly. When CC warns that Chen Hao is close to death, Qin unleashes a powerful burst of spiritual energy and knocks Xiang away.
• Chen Hao stops the conflict, explaining that Qin is not responsible and asking everyone to take him home. Xiang agrees, though she remains distressed.
• As they depart, wild animals in the forest below turn violently aggressive. Xiang hopes Ancient Dragon’s spirit beasts can prolong Chen Hao’s life, but he believes there is no time. CC’s crude attempt to mourn him adds an absurd, comic note to the crisis.
• The group returns to Huaxia after news reports reveal widespread chaos in America. Chen Hao’s killing of the Vampire Ancestor and Blood Wolf King has also doomed their families, contributing to the turmoil.
• Back at Heavenly Gate, Chen Hao shuts himself in his room. Though he appears to have given up, he is secretly panicking because the deities in the Heavenly Court Chat Group have stopped responding.
• Liu Yan arrives, learns that Chen Hao may be dying, and breaks down. Remembering that he had warned her his mission might be fatal, she suspects he knew more about the cause of his condition than he has admitted. Qin Yumo shares that suspicion, and the women resolve to uncover the truth.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao is physically failing and outwardly resigned, but privately desperate for help. He shields Qin Yumo from Xiang’s blame and continues to conceal something about his condition.
• Xiang Wencun begins furious at Qin Yumo, then redirects her concern toward saving Chen Hao. Her anguish shows how deeply she cares for him.
• Qin Yumo initially seems willing to suffer, but her immense power emerges when Chen Hao is threatened. She supports him, respects his request to stop fighting, and later recognizes he may be hiding something.
• Liu Yan grieves for Chen Hao but contributes a key insight: his earlier warning may mean his current state was anticipated.
• CC provides comic relief with blunt, inappropriate remarks, while also alerting the group to Chen Hao’s dire condition.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and consequences: Chen Hao’s actions saved Qin Yumo and helped prevent a larger threat, but brought catastrophic consequences and may cost him his life.
• Love, loyalty, and rivalry: The women’s conflict gives way to shared concern and cooperation as they focus on protecting Chen Hao.
• Hope amid apparent despair: Chen Hao believes he is beyond help, yet the women suspect his condition has an explanation—and perhaps a solution.
• Hidden knowledge and uncertainty: His silence about what he foresaw, combined with the deities’ disappearance, leaves the cause and remedy of his condition unresolved.