Chapter Summaries

Mai Sakatoku investigated He Xiaomeng’s bloodied home and found the remains of a Snake-form Dead Servant he had dissected after killing it. She and Su Enxi learned that the mysterious girl connected to He Xiaomeng was a Dragon King, prompting Lu Mingze to identify her as an old friend and Monarch of Earth and Mountain.

• Mai Sakatoku entered He Xiaomeng’s wrecked house, found the dissected Corpse Guardian in his bedroom, and photographed the scene.
• Mai Sakatoku told Su Enxi that He Xiaomeng had killed the Corpse Guardian with exceptional skill and dissected its body.
• Mai Sakatoku and Su Enxi discussed the girl who had stayed with He Xiaomeng, and Su Enxi revealed that He Xiaomeng had hit her with his truck a week earlier.
• Lu Mingze appeared in the car and identified the girl as a Dragon King, a Monarch of Earth and Mountain.
• Mai Sakatoku and Su Enxi wondered whether the Dragon King had sent the Corpse Guardian to take revenge over the accident.

Lu Mingze warned Mai Sakatoku and Su Enxi that Jormungandr’s possession of God's Blood could alter Fate and make her dangerous. While the agents watched Xia Mi and Amon eat, they realized Amon was her brother—and likely the other Twin upon the throne of Earth and Mountains.

• Lu Mingze told Mai Sakatoku and Su Enxi that Jormungandr and Fenrir were the Twins upon the throne of Earth and Mountains, and that the old plan no longer applied.
• Lu Mingze revealed that Jormungandr had stolen Su Enxi’s God's Blood and that it may have caused Mai Sakatoku’s car accident.
• Xia Mi and Amon ate an enormous meal at a buffet while Mai Sakatoku and Su Enxi watched them through surveillance cameras.
• Mai Sakatoku and Su Enxi noticed that Amon showed no reverence toward Xia Mi and questioned whether their relationship fit that of a Monarch and subordinate.
• Xia Mi called Amon her brother, and Mai Sakatoku and Su Enxi realized he was likely the other Twin upon the throne of Earth and Mountains.

Amon arranged for a black-market merchant to find a buyer for the Snake-Person corpse while Xia Mi cleaned their home. Su Enxi and Mai Sakatoku recognized the corpse from their surveillance and worried about the Twins, but learned that someone had already bought it.

• Xia Mi and Amon finished eating and returned home while Su Enxi and Mai Sakatoku concluded that Little Black Rabbit was Fenrir and the siblings were the Twins on the throne.
• Amon photographed the Snake-Person corpse and contacted Lao Luo, who agreed to find a buyer while treating the corpse as ordinary merchandise.
• Amon explained to Lao Luo that people were concealing supernatural creatures from the public, and Lao Luo agreed to pass buyers' contact information to Amon for a broker's fee.
• Xia Mi cleaned the living room, and Amon praised her before letting her sleep in her own room.
• Su Enxi and Mai Sakatoku saw the corpse listing, speculated that Amon was seeking out Dragon Raja-related information, and then learned that someone had bought the corpse.

Amon met the buyer, Mr. Chen, to sell the Snake-Person's corpse and learn about the hidden world. He received access to the Hunter Market website, while Xia Mi worried that Amon's search for a cure was based on her altered memories and that her identity might be exposed.

• Amon told Xia Mi that the corpse had sold for one million dollars, and she realized he believed she had been seriously ill for three years.
• Amon promised to find a cure for Xia Mi, who tried to convince him she was healthy but could not change his mind.
• Xia Mi realized she had not altered her records before Amon contacted Hybrid forces and decided to address it that day.
• Amon met Mr. Chen at the Regent Hotel, confirmed the corpse was real, and gave him his bank card number for payment.
• Mr. Chen agreed to help Amon learn about the hidden world and gave him the Hunter Market website address.

Amon explained how he killed the Corpse Guardian to Mr. Chen, who tested him with his Golden Eyes but learned little from his answers. After the Dead Servant’s corpse was collected, Amon used Mr. Chen’s invitation to access Hunter Market and began exploring its rules.

• Mr. Chen questioned Amon about killing the Corpse Guardian, and Amon claimed he had dealt with it using a handgun.
• Mr. Chen ignited his Golden Eyes to pressure Amon, but Amon remained unaffected and gave consistent answers.
• Mr. Chen’s subordinates packed the Dead Servant’s body and organs into a crate and took them away.
• Amon logged onto Hunter Market using the address Mr. Chen had given him and registered as He Xiaomeng.
• Amon reviewed the site’s mission rules before turning to its chat section.

Amon used Hunter Net to investigate Hybrids and Corpse Guardians while leaving a trail that made him appear unfamiliar with Dragon Kind. He then posted a bounty about a friend’s sister developing fish-like scales, and Finn recognized the symptoms as severe Dragon Blood erosion.

• Amon asked Hunter Net users about Hybrids, then offered a bounty for definitions of Hybrids and Corpse Guardians.
• Dragon Slayer of Flame sold Amon information about Hybrids, Corpse Guardians, and the relationship between humans and Dragon Kind.
• Finn collected his payment and joked with EVA about violating the Abraham Bloodline Pact.
• Amon bought the same information from several more hunters and posted a fifty-thousand-dollar bounty about a friend's sister with scales growing on her ears and face.
• EVA alerted Finn to Amon's new bounty, and Finn identified the symptoms as severe Dragon Blood erosion that could lead to becoming a Dead Servant.

Amon asked Finn about Xia Mi’s vanished dragon scales and learned that she might carry a dangerous Dragon Raja bloodline with no known cure. Finn urged him to seek testing, and the chapter ended with Amon greeting Xia Mi warmly as she returned home.

• Amon told Finn that his younger sister had once grown bluish-gray scales, and Finn warned that she was definitely a Hybrid whose Dragon Blood erosion could turn her into a Dead Servant.
• Amon explained that Xia Mi’s scales had disappeared after a period of irritability and violence, and EVA suggested that her condition might involve Deep Blood Rage or a rare spontaneous awakening.
• Finn said Xia Mi’s bloodline could relapse and had no cure, then urged Amon to stabilize her emotions and seek a bloodline test.
• Amon offered Finn increasing sums for a solution, sent him fifty thousand dollars, and said he would consider seeking help from the Chinese authorities.
• EVA warned Finn that his honest explanation of the possible consequences might make Amon hide Xia Mi’s bloodline.
• Xia Mi returned with snacks, and Amon hugged her and asked whether she could feel his love and the warmth of family.

Amon reassured Xia Mi that he would keep her dragon bloodline secret and find a way to cure her, while they discussed the dragons and Hybrids. Xia Mi’s phone exploded, and a hidden drop of God’s Blood entered Amon, triggering a painful transformation and revealing how his power had drawn events and people together.

• Xia Mi decided that Amon vouching for her could help her build a credible identity and planned to use a powerful bloodline to uncover more secrets.
• Amon refused to send Xia Mi for a bloodline test or tell the authorities, and insisted that he would research dragons and Hybrids to cure her.
• Amon and Xia Mi watched Animal World and talked about dragons while sitting in their unrepaired, drafty living room.
• Xia Mi’s charging phone exploded, injuring her hand and sending a glass shard containing hidden God’s Blood into Amon’s left arm.
• Amon collapsed in agony as the God’s Blood transformed him, and he realized its aggregation effect had drawn Xia Mi, Mai Sakatoku, and other events into his path.

Hilbert Jean Ange dealt with a dangerous shipment of exploding phones and narrowly avoided his own phone detonating. Meanwhile, Amon entered the Hall of Truth and learned about its members, but had not agreed to join them.

• Schneider told Hilbert Jean Ange that modified phones meant for the Middle East had been mistakenly sold in China and had caused explosions and injuries.
• Hilbert Jean Ange agreed to contact the Orthodox to help recover the phones and ordered Schneider to compensate the victims and contain the fallout.
• Hilbert Jean Ange realized his own phone was modified and threw it out the window before it exploded above Kassel College.
• Amon arrived in the Hall of Truth, where the Daoist Priest and the Shaman explained the secret meeting space and their organization.
• Amon challenged the invitation to join, calling the Hall of Truth a possible cult or villain organization, and the Daoist Priest answered that they sought truth.

After absorbing God's Blood, Amon joined the Hall of Truth and learned that the group had one other absent member. He woke after fainting and convulsing, then helped Xia Mi document the damage from her phone's explosion while planning to keep their bloodlines secret.

• Amon accepted Shaman and Daoist Priest's welcome to the Hall of Truth and learned there were four members in total.
• An old Daoist priest watched an ancient sword with a crimson-gold eye and welcomed another suitable candidate to the path.
• A girl in a red dress wondered whether Amon was an old friend, then fondly greeted the Giant Python in the rainforest.
• Amon woke beside Xia Mi after absorbing God's Blood and fainting, and she told him he had convulsed while unconscious.
• Amon photographed Xia Mi's cuts and the broken phone, collected its fragments, and told her they needed to keep a low profile.
• Amon went to clean up his parents' room and remove the traces Corpse Guardian had left behind.

Amon used the Dead Servant’s blood to begin Dragon Blood corrosion, relying on his mental control to protect his body as the blood entered his system. He saw no immediate change in his eyes, then returned to Xia Mi, who asked him to buy her a new phone.

• Amon submerged his hand in the Dead Servant’s blood and endured the pain as it began assimilating with his cells.
• Amon rinsed his wounded hand and concluded that he might now count as a Hybrid, though he could not ignite his Golden Eyes.
• Amon cleaned and aired out the bedroom, then found Xia Mi browsing phone brands on the computer.
• Xia Mi asked Amon to buy her a new phone, and he agreed to discuss compensation and visit the electronics market with her.
• Amon fetched Norse Mythology from the study after Xia Mi took over the computer.

After a defective phone exploded, Amon and Xia Mi secured compensation from the store and left with a replacement phone. Xia Mi insisted they ride a roller coaster, and Amon reluctantly followed her toward the amusement park, fearing she had a plan for him.

• Xia Mi confronted the phone store manager, and Amon showed him the exploded phone fragments and their injuries.
• The manager contacted the manufacturer, which confirmed their account and transferred Amon 200,000 yuan in compensation.
• Xia Mi chose a free replacement phone, then realized the compensation had gone into Amon’s account because He Xiaoyu had no bank account.
• Amon encouraged Xia Mi to go out more and offered to help her open a bank account, but she changed the subject and suggested visiting an amusement park.
• Xia Mi insisted on riding a roller coaster, and Amon reluctantly went with her despite suspecting she might be planning something.

Amon and Xia Mi spent the day at an amusement park, while Mai Sakatoku and Su Enxi watched them under Lu Mingze’s direction. Lu Mingze revealed that Amon was an ordinary human whose memories Jormungandr had altered, and he sent Mai to investigate the Feathered Serpent God in South America.

• Amon and Xia Mi rode a roller coaster, then raced and collided in bumper cars.
• Mai Sakatoku watched the pair from the Ferris wheel with a telescope, while Su Enxi joked that they preferred amusement rides to destroying the world.
• Lu Mingze appeared and told Mai that Amon was an ordinary human, not a Hybrid, and that Jormungandr had altered his memories to forge an identity.
• Lu Mingze asked Mai to complete Jormungandr’s records without leaving loopholes and then investigate the Feathered Serpent God in South America.

Amon received an invitation from Kassel College for Xia Mi to attend its Preparatory Class and learned that the college had traced them through his online investigation. He arranged to meet admissions teacher Professor Von Schneider in three days, while Xia Mi welcomed the chance to approach the Secret Party.

• Dragon Slayer of Flame told Amon that Kassel College considered Xia Mi's bloodline safe in a preliminary assessment and explained how the college had identified them.
• Amon told Xia Mi that the college had invited her to enroll, and she agreed to meet its admissions teacher rather than fear being taken away.
• Amon called Professor Von Schneider, who set a meeting at the Lijing Hotel for three days later and warned that he had other matters to handle.
• After the call, Xia Mi joked about Schneider's strange voice, then protested when Amon asked her to cook turtle stew using her pet Xiao Ba.

Amon took Xia Mi to meet Schneider at the Regent Hotel, but his suspicion led him to draw a live gun on the professor and his armed escorts. After Schneider explained that their weapons used anesthetic rounds, Amon inspected one and collapsed when the anesthetic took effect.

• Amon warned Xia Mi that Kassel might be dangerous and told her to stay behind him during their meeting.
• Amon and Xia Mi entered the conference room and found Schneider with four armed Executive Department members.
• Amon drew his gun and ordered Xia Mi to run, while Schneider and the escorts told everyone to stand down.
• Schneider explained that the escorts carried anesthetic rounds as a precaution against Xia Mi's Dragon Blood reacting to stress.
• Amon inspected one of the alchemical bullets, inhaled its anesthetic after its tip shattered, and collapsed into Xia Mi's arms.

Xia Mi reassured Schneider that Amon’s violent reaction came from concern for her and accepted Kassel College’s invitation. Schneider examined her fading dragon scales and explained the college’s bloodline rankings, while learning that Finn had fallen to E-rank but remained enrolled because his creditors wanted him there.

• Schneider assured Xia Mi that Amon was only asleep after being hit by a tranquilizer round, and Xia Mi claimed his gun was a replica.
• Xia Mi explained Amon’s fears about her condition, and Schneider said dragon scales did not necessarily mean she was becoming Dragon Kind.
• Schneider described Kassel College and the Sorrow of Blood, and Xia Mi agreed to enroll.
• Xia Mi showed Schneider a few small dragon scales, and he said their reduced area suggested her Dragon Blood activity had declined.
• Schneider learned that Finn’s bloodline rating had dropped to E and that his creditors had petitioned against his expulsion.

Xia Mi agreed to join Kassel College while Amon woke and learned that she would need to attend the Preparatory Class and pass the 3E Exam before entering the main division. After Schneider explained the school’s curriculum, Amon enthusiastically took Xia Mi to buy a mountain of study materials, leaving her overwhelmed.

• Schneider corrected his explanation of Kassel’s admissions and told Xia Mi that students had to meet at least the D rank requirement.
• A burly man injected Amon with an Awakening Agent, and Amon woke to find that Xia Mi had decided to join Kassel College.
• Schneider explained that Xia Mi had to attend the Preparatory Class, make up missed schooling, and pass the 3E Exam before entering the main division.
• Amon apologized to Schneider and urged Xia Mi to study hard to preserve their family’s honor.
• After Schneider treated them to lunch, Amon took Xia Mi to Xinhua Bookstore and bought a towering pile of supplementary books, then went back for more.

Amon kept Xia Mi busy with school exercises before indulging her requests for lunch and a new backpack. At Kassel, Finn learned that his intelligence about Xia Mi had been unreliable because her brother had threatened Professor Schneider with a gun, ruining Finn’s hopes of earning internship credit.

• Amon made Xia Mi complete five subject papers while he browsed the web, and she complained about his strict supervision.
• After finishing her work, Xia Mi asked Amon to buy prawns, crab, strawberry Häagen-Dazs, and a backpack, and he agreed.
• Amon returned with the food and a backpack printed with Gatanothor, then cooked lunch while Xia Mi ate ice cream and called out her preferences.
• A member of Kassel's Executive Department told Finn that Xia Mi would not enroll until 2010 and questioned his inaccurate report.
• Finn learned that Xia Mi's brother had pointed a gun at Professor Schneider, and he realized his intelligence would not earn him internship credit.

Amon saw Xia Mi off as she left to study in BJ, then accepted a dangerous Hunter Net mission to capture a Snake for thirty million US dollars. He planned to use the hunt to strengthen his newly awakened Hybrid bloodline, relying on his Spirit Word, Psychological Invisibility.

• Amon gave Xia Mi advice, a bank card, and a warm farewell at the train station as she departed for BJ.
• After returning home, Amon applied for jobs on Hunter Net and was invited onto a team mission to capture a Snake alive.
• Amon recognized the employer's ID as possibly belonging to Mr. Chen, who had bought the Dead Servant corpse from him.
• Amon considered the mission a chance to obtain dragon blood and improve his bloodline while avoiding attention from powerful beings in the Dragon Raja world.
• Amon's Dead Servant blood had transformed him into a weak F-rank Hybrid, and he revealed that his awakened Spirit Word was Ghost, which he called Psychological Invisibility.

Amon traveled to Thailand for Mr. Chen’s mission to capture a giant python called the Scarlet Naga. After the full team assembled, Wang Xu revealed that they would earn the full bounty for capturing the snake alive, which was believed to be over forty meters long.

• Amon chose the Spirit Word "Ghost" for protection against ordinary wildlife and flew to Thailand to meet Mr. Chen’s guide.
• The security captain brought Amon to a hotel and explained that twelve hunters would form four teams, with the Sand Scorpion team leading most decisions.
• Amon ate grilled fish and slept lightly in his hotel room while waiting for the rest of the team to arrive.
• The Sand Scorpion team arrived, and Wang Xu gathered the hunters to explain their target: a giant python called the Scarlet Naga, with the full bounty payable only if they captured it alive.
• Wang Xu described reports of a snake over forty meters long, then revealed golden light in his eyes as he asked whether the hunters knew of Dragon Kind.