Chapter Summaries

Amon escaped Odin, harvested blood from Odin and Kukulkan to gain new Spirit Words, and left Nibelungen. At Kassel College, Angers concealed He Xiaomeng’s uncertain fate from Xia Mi, while Frost learned that Pompeii had gone traveling for a month.

• Amon used a spatial gate and Spirit Word: Ghost to ambush Odin, then escaped when Kukulkan emerged and drove Odin away.
• Amon absorbed Odin’s blood and Kukulkan’s blood, improving his bloodline and gaining Time Zero and Mental Parasitism.
• Amon considered taking over the Nippon Stronghold as Wang Jiang, then left Nibelungen without disturbing the Egg of the White King.
• Angers reviewed the mission report, worried about He Xiaomeng’s unknown fate, and decided to keep the news from Xia Mi.
• Angers called Su Enxi to charge her ten million dollars for Mai Sakatoku’s treatment, and Su arranged Mai’s transfer.
• Frost learned that Pompeii had left to travel the world with a woman and would be unreachable for one month.

Mai Sakatoku returned to Su Enxi after the Feathered Serpent God mission, while Amon made his way back to town and reunited with Finn. After concealing what happened to him, Amon asked to return home, leaving Finn with some unspoken suspicion.

• Mai Sakatoku told Su Enxi she had earned ten million dollars selling information to Principal Angers, but Su Enxi revealed the money had come from her account as medical expenses.
• Mai Sakatoku and Su Enxi discussed Amon's strange abilities, his possible connection to God's Blood, and the risks facing Principal Angers.
• Amon reached town in a grass skirt, used Spirit Word: Ghost to obtain clothes, and took a phone from a Brazilian gang member who had threatened him.
• Amon called Angers, met Finn, and joined him for a meal after Finn's driver warned that the man Amon had beaten was a gang boss.
• Amon told Finn he had survived the village's destruction by hiding in a cellar and asked to return home, while Finn quietly suspected his story.

At the Truth Conference, Amon revealed that Feather Spirit was Kukulkan and explained how Odin killed him before God's Blood revived him into madness. Meanwhile, Finn warned Angers that He Xiaomeng was hiding secrets, and Angers assigned Finn to watch him as the college prepared for the new academic year.

• Amon told Daoist Priest and Shaman that Feather Spirit had been Kukulkan, whom Odin ambushed and killed after the Secret Party wounded him, before God's Blood resurrected him and drove him mad.
• Amon said he had witnessed the confrontation and explained that the Secret Party had used fighter jets and Meteor Missiles to wound Kukulkan, prompting Shaman to reconsider hiding in remote places.
• Finn told Angers that he doubted He Xiaomeng was truly hiding in a cellar, and Angers trusted Finn's instincts and ordered him to observe and recruit He Xiaomeng if possible.
• Angers postponed He Xiaomeng's induction until the next academic year and assigned Finn to watch him alongside a new S-rank freshman.
• After ending the call, Finn worried that his bloodline rating might drop below E as the new academic year approached.

Amon returned to Beijing, cooked dinner for Xia Mi, and told her about his dangerous mission in Brazil while concealing his role in what happened. He decided to rest at home until he had to report to Kassel College next year, and Xia Mi reacted warily to his plan to take Fenrir out for a walk.

• Amon returned to his Beijing apartment, napped, and went to the market to buy ingredients for dinner.
• Amon gave Xia Mi a carved sculpture depicting her, Fenrir, and He Xiaomeng, then cooked for her.
• Amon told Xia Mi about the Nibelungen mission and his encounter with Finn, omitting his own key actions.
• Amon mentioned meeting the rich beauty from their car accident, prompting Xia Mi to wonder whether the woman had tracked the God's Blood to her.
• Amon said he planned to stay home with Xia Mi and Fenrir until reporting to Kassel College next year, and Xia Mi worried when he talked about taking Fenrir out as a Dragon Knight.

Amon completed the Kukulkan mission and contacted Fenrir, who wanted to escape Nibelungen and join Amon and Xia Mi. The next morning, Angers told Xia Mi that He Xiaomeng was a Hybrid with an unusual ability to lower his sense of presence, and asked her to monitor him.

• Amon warned Fenrir to avoid the Hunter Market after finding his account there, then promised to visit once it was safe.
• Fenrir wished he could break free from the rock and fight alongside Amon and Xia Mi, but worried that hatching would burden them.
• Ming Jingcheng brought Xia Mi to speak with Angers, who confirmed that He Xiaomeng had returned safely from his mission.
• Angers told Xia Mi that He Xiaomeng was a Hybrid whose Bloodline might be mutated, and asked her to watch for abnormalities.
• Xia Mi agreed to monitor He Xiaomeng and wondered what else her bargain-bin big brother was hiding.

Amon visited Fenrir in the Nibelungen, brought him lamb to roast, and spent the day playing games, cards, and watching a movie with him. Inspired by Home Alone, Fenrir began planning traps for intruders, and Amon encouraged him.

• Amon drove ten lambs to the Nibelungen and roasted them for Fenrir, who admitted he missed Jormungandr's company.
• Fenrir beat Amon repeatedly at StarCraft, and Amon promised to stay and spend the day with him.
• Amon told Xia Mi he was staying overnight with Fenrir, and she warned him not to bring Fenrir outside.
• Amon and Fenrir played cards and watched Home Alone together in the Nibelungen.
• Fenrir took inspiration from Kevin's traps and planned to rig the Nibelungen against intruders, and Amon approved the idea.

Amon promised to find enough food to free Fenrir, while Fenrir played StarCraft online with Lu Mingfei and other Dragon Kings. Su Enxi learned who was in the gaming group, and Naga the Shaman wandered through modern-day BJ searching for someone.

• Amon asked Fenrir how he could restore his freedom, and Fenrir said he needed a very large amount of food.
• Fenrir played StarCraft with Lu Mingfei, who noticed that Fenrir’s controls resembled Lao Tang’s.
• Su Enxi told Lu Mingze that Lu Mingfei was gaming with Fenrir, and Lu Mingze revealed that Lao Tang was Norton.
• Su Enxi saw that Hela and Jormungandr had joined Fenrir’s StarCraft group, while Lu Mingze logged into the game.
• Naga the Shaman walked through BJ at night, marveling at the new era as she searched for someone.

Naga arrived in Beijing searching for the Internet and He Xiaomeng, then found Amon and followed him to an Internet Cafe. The chapter ended with Naga staring in disbelief at a computer playing an uncensored Japanese adult film.

• Naga asked a group of street thugs where she could find the Internet and He Xiaomeng, and they offered to lead her to an Internet Cafe.
• Naga recognized Amon when he approached with a bag of barbecue, and the thugs tried to surround them out of jealousy.
• Amon revealed his Golden Eyes and frightened the thugs into fleeing, then shared a beef skewer with Naga.
• Naga invited Amon to join her ranks, but he told her that feudal state-building was outdated and agreed to show her the Internet.
• Amon paid for two computers at an Internet Cafe, where Naga stopped to stare at a screen showing an uncensored Japanese adult film.

Amon helped Naga learn to use the Internet and arranged temporary lodging for her in Beijing. Naga asked him to keep her whereabouts from Jormungandr, and after spending the night online, she went with Amon to a hotel for a seven-day stay.

• Naga was embarrassed by a man watching an explicit video at the Internet Cafe, then learned the basics of using a computer from Amon.
• Amon agreed not to tell Jormungandr where Naga was and gave her cash and advice before returning to his apartment.
• Xia Mi questioned Amon about the scent of a woman on him, but he avoided explaining that he had met Naga.
• The next morning, Naga told Amon she had learned pinyin and searched online for information about Dragon Raja, but found only myths and fiction.
• Naga asked about Amon's relationship with Jormungandr and Fenrir, and his answers left her puzzled about his identity and status.
• Amon took Naga to a hotel and gave her the key to a room booked for seven days.

Naga began adapting to modern life and asked Amon to help her settle in, while she befriended Fenrir through StarCraft. Su Enxi connected Naga’s online identity to an encrypted rainforest mission and suspected she might be a Dragon King.

• Naga reflected on learning the rules of modern society and asked Amon to help her get an ID and a computer.
• Amon gave Naga money and promised to help her establish herself for three months before she had to make her own way.
• Naga went to an internet cafe and played StarCraft with Fenrir, who enjoyed that she preferred playing against him.
• Naga learned that Fenrir rarely left home and wondered why his sister kept him inside.
• Su Enxi searched for Scarlet Naga, found a mission record connected to He Xiaomeng and a giant snake in the Thai rainforest, and decided to ask Boss about her suspicions.

Naga tried to earn her own money but quickly quit or was turned away from several jobs, leaving her broke and eyeing a bank as a possible last resort. Amon watched her from afar and decided he might have to intervene before she tried to rob it.

• Naga decided to get a job because she felt uncomfortable depending on Amon, but she quit her first shift as a waitress after arguing with a customer.
• Naga was turned away from a construction site, then left a bar job after striking a drunken customer who touched her.
• Naga failed to find work at a factory, an office, or a courier station, and spent her remaining money on a plain scallion-oil flatbread.
• While eating by the curb, Naga eyed a bank and considered robbing it as a backup plan, reminding herself that she was an outlaw.
• Amon watched Naga through binoculars and worried that a bank robbery could expose him, Xia Mi, and Fenrir, so he considered sending Naga more money or diverting her elsewhere.

Naga decided to seek work at the Chen Family Technology Park, while the Dragon-Blooded Creatures inside its secret laboratory reacted to a bloodline summons. Chen Moxin suspected a powerful pure-blooded Dragon Kind had passed nearby and arranged to strengthen the park’s defenses.

• Naga wandered through Beijing, spotted the Chen Family Technology Park, and decided to return there that night.
• Chen Moxin inspected the giant serpent undergoing the Technology Park’s secret God's Blood research.
• The giant serpent and other Dragon-Blooded Creatures across the building became agitated, and the research director identified the disturbance as a bloodline summons.
• Chen Moxin ordered guards to kill any test subjects that tried to escape and concluded that a high-ranking pure-blooded Dragon Kind had briefly been nearby.
• Chen Moxin warned the Chen Family patriarch and requested heavy weapons to improve security.
• The Chen Family patriarch refused to deploy sensitive heavy weapons and said he would send Chen Moxin’s two brothers with a team to help defend the Technology Park.

Naga entered Chen Technology Park and unleashed a Spirit Word that drove its Dragon-blooded Subspecies and test subjects into a frenzy. As the mutated Giant Python escaped and attacked researchers, the director of the God's Blood project fled with the project’s core data.

• Wang Xu warned the guards at No. 1 Experimental Building that Chen Moxin expected trouble, while Chen Moxin discussed the possible Dragon Raja threat with Chen Mosheng and Chen Moyin.
• A blizzard swept over the technology park as Naga approached the main gate and killed the two guards with her pressure.
• Naga expanded her domain and used Spirit Word: Servant of the King to strengthen the Dragon-blooded Subspecies throughout the park.
• The mutated Giant Python broke out of its laboratory, swallowed a researcher, and sent the top floor into chaos.
• The director of the God's Blood project encrypted and transmitted core data, gathered key documents in a silver briefcase, and joined the evacuation.

Naga’s power sent the Dragon-Blooded Creatures in the laboratory tower into a rampage, and she confronted Chen Moxin after arriving at the thirtieth floor. She defeated the armed Chen forces and summoned the Giant Python, leaving the three Chen brothers helpless before her.

• Naga’s Servant of the King domain awakened the Dragon-Blooded Creatures’ draconic bloodlines, causing mutations and chaos throughout the laboratory tower.
• Chen Mosheng and Chen Moyin led armed teams to contain the rampaging creatures while Chen Moxin remained on the thirtieth floor.
• Naga entered Chen Moxin’s lounge and revealed that she had come because the Chen Family had taken her pet, the Great Serpent.
• Chen Mosheng and Chen Moyin arrived with guards and ordered them to fire, but Naga stopped the bullets with Glazed Brahma City.
• Naga used King’s Authority to force the Chen brothers and guards to kneel, then burned the guards to ash with red flames.
• The Giant Python arrived and bowed to Naga, who ordered the filthy creature to stay away from her.

Naga confronted the Chen Family brothers while searching for her missing dog, overpowering them and accepting Chen Moxin’s submission. She left after taking a one-million transfer, while Chen Moxin ordered the weakened Dragon-Blooded Creatures captured and wondered what Naga had come to do.

• Naga used her King's Authority to overwhelm the Chen Family brothers, then asked whether they had seen her dog.
• Chen Moyin pretended to know the dog's location before attacking Naga with a seventh-stage Setsuna strike, but she stopped his dagger and the Giant Python swallowed him.
• Naga asked Chen Mosheng about her dog, and the Giant Python swallowed him when he denied knowing where it was.
• Chen Moxin offered to become Naga's obedient dog, and she accepted before asking him to transfer one million to her account.
• Naga left through the shattered window and weakened the Dragon-Blooded Creatures by lifting Servant of the King; Chen Moxin ordered guards to capture them and transferred the money.

After Naga’s attack devastated the Chen Family’s Technology Park, Chen Moxin and his father debated her motives and decided to secretly appease her while relocating their forbidden research. The chapter leaves Xia Mi hungry in Amon’s apartment, complaining that he will not buy her a midnight snack.

• Chen Moxin reported Naga’s attack, the deaths of Xiao Shisan and Xiao Shisi, and his false submission to the Chen Family head.
• After reviewing the surveillance footage, the Chen Family head rejected a plan to expose or attack Naga and ordered the park’s forbidden research relocated.
• Chen Moxin and his father agreed to keep Naga’s identity secret, satisfy reasonable demands, and send her a modest gift to show the family’s obedience and intelligence-gathering ability.
• Xia Mi told Amon she was hungry after playing StarCraft instead of eating dinner, but he refused to buy her a midnight snack.

Xia Mi claimed in the StarCraft group that she was making money raising dogs, prompting Amon to worry she might be in trouble. When Amon visited her the next morning, he found Wang Xu delivering a fortune from Young Master Chen and persuaded him to ask Chen to subdue the snake demon.

• Xia Mi told the StarCraft group she was making money raising dogs, while Amon decided to check on her in case she had been scammed.
• Amon went to Xia Mi's residence the next morning and encountered Wang Xu, who had delivered a Citibank card containing ten million yuan and two million US dollars from Young Master Chen.
• Xia Mi accepted the money and Chen's business card, then told Wang Xu she was satisfied with his young master's offering.
• Amon and Wang Xu went to a restaurant, where Amon described how Xia Mi had revealed herself as Scarlet Naga and made him serve her after he had helped capture her subordinate.
• Amon asked Wang Xu to request that Young Master Chen subdue the snake demon, while Wang Xu privately doubted Chen could handle her.

Amon learned that the Chen Family had sent Naga a large anonymous gift, then discussed her ambitions and plans with her. After reporters gathered at Chen Technology Park over the previous night's incident, Chen Moxin learned that Naga had recruited He Xiaomeng and asked to meet him.

• Wang Xu told Amon that Chen Moxin had sent Naga ten million yuan and two million US dollars, then asked what Amon knew about her.
• Amon visited Naga, who described her plans to use capital and workplace rules to build a kingdom of her own.
• Naga privately wondered whether He Xiaomeng had enough power to enter the Hall of Truth and thought about the whereabouts of Amon and the Daoist Priest.
• Chen Moxin told reporters that the park would hold a press conference about the previous night's incident.
• Wang Xu reported that He Xiaomeng was working for Naga, and Chen Moxin asked Wang Xu to arrange a meeting with him.

Chen Moxin tried to contain the Technology Park crisis while speculating that Amon and Naga were plotting to infiltrate the Chen Family. After meeting Amon, he left convinced that the family needed to prove its value to Naga and considered bringing his father into the effort.

• Chen Moxin told reporters the Technology Park explosion was an equipment accident, then learned from his father that he had three days to remove or destroy anything that should not exist there.
• Chen Moxin ordered the Transport Team to speed up its work and argued with Chen Motong, who used Profiling to deduce that a dragon had attacked the park and demanded news of her dog.
• Chen Motong realized the crisis was serious after hearing Chen Moxin's reaction, while Chen Moxin arranged to meet He Xiaomeng.
• Chen Moxin met Amon at a Japanese restaurant and suspected that Amon had secretly joined Naga and was helping her infiltrate the Chen Family.
• Amon joked about Chen Moxin trying to become Lord Xu, and Chen Moxin misread the remark as a possible proposal from Naga, deciding that his father should demonstrate the family's value to her.

Amon used Chen Moxin’s loyalty to Naga to sow doubt about the Chen Family patriarch, then warned Naga against provoking the King of Earth and Mountains or acting rashly against a possible Dragon King. After months of peace, Angers called to end Amon’s paid leave and asked him to serve as an interviewer.

• Chen Moxin told Amon that he personally was loyal to Naga and that the Chen Family had tacitly allowed his choice, and Amon suggested that Chen Moxin could make the family follow his will.
• Naga confronted Amon for using her name and interfering with her followers, but accepted his warning that further action against them could provoke the King of Earth and Mountains.
• Naga considered whether a hidden Dragon King behind the Chen Family might be Norton or Odin, then decided to wait for a better opportunity.
• Amon spent a quiet stretch of months checking Xia Mi’s homework and visiting Fenrir while Naga stayed home and the Daoist Priest remained absent.
• In 2009, Angers called Amon and said his paid vacation was ending, asking him to return to work as an interviewer.