Chapter Summaries

Lu Mingfei shot Constantine with a Philosopher's Stone bullet to save Lao Tang, killing the Dragon King before he could reach him. As Amon, Angers, and Mai Sakatoku fought over Constantine's body and the Dragon Bone Cross, Mai forced Amon to withdraw.

• Constantine's fear for his missing brother drove him to unleash Flame of the Monarch, but Angers used Time Zero to strike him and sever his arm.
• Lu Mingfei hesitated to shoot Constantine until Constantine transformed and flew toward Lao Tang, then fired a Philosopher's Stone bullet into his forehead eye and killed him.
• As Constantine's body fell, Amon entered Second Degree Blood Rage and rushed to seize the Dragon Bone Cross before Norton could awaken.
• Angers also grabbed the Dragon Bone Cross, and he and Amon froze in a standoff over it.
• Mai Sakatoku attacked Amon with Ame-no-Habakiri and Futsu-no-Mitama, forcing him to pull his hand away from the Dragon Bone Cross.

Norton recovered his memories as the Dragon King and awakened in grief and rage after Lu Mingfei’s bullet killed Constantine. As Norton flew toward Bronze City, Lu Mingfei learned that Lao Tang had always been a Dragon King and began suspecting that his senior brother, Naga, and even he himself might be dragons.

• Angers, Mai Sakatoku, and Amon retreated as Norton awakened, while Angers carried Constantine’s body away.
• A bullet from Lu Mingfei struck Constantine, and Lao Tang remembered his past as Norton and his bond with his younger brother.
• Norton transformed into the King of Bronze and Fire, then flew toward Bronze City rather than pursuing Constantine’s remains.
• Lu Mingfei learned from the Old Cowboy that Lao Tang had always been a Dragon King and blamed himself for killing Constantine.
• Lu Mingfei wondered whether his senior brother, Naga, or even he himself might be a Dragon King.

After Norton fled and the crisis at Kassel College ended, Amon, Angers, and Mai Sakatoku set aside their suspicions while the college began recovering from the battle. Lu Mingfei struggled with the victory’s cost, then learned Amon had left for a personal vacation in Saint Petersburg as doubts about his role in the attack arose.

• Amon withdrew from Blood Rage and let Angers secure the Dragon King's remains, then questioned Mai Sakatoku about the Dragon King in her team.
• Mai Sakatoku claimed she knew nothing of her temporary teammates’ backgrounds, and Angers explained that he had planned the operation with a college board member to test the students.
• NOMA declared the crisis resolved, and Kassel College students celebrated their victory while Lu Mingfei worried that Norton would retaliate over his younger brother’s death.
• The college organized medical aid and cleanup, and Angers invited Lu Mingfei to speak with him the next day after the student was stopped from approaching the Dragon Bone.
• Angers told Lu Mingfei that Specialist He had already left for the airport for a vacation in Saint Petersburg, prompting Lu Mingfei to wonder whether Amon’s departure was connected to the attack.

Amon planned to steal Maria of the Stars from Odin’s control while Odin was distracted by Kassel’s campaign against Norton, and secretly traveled toward Saint Petersburg to board the Yamal. Meanwhile, Angers and the Watchman discussed the security of the Dragon King’s remains and the mysterious blood stored beside them.

• Amon reasoned that Odin would target the Dragon Bone Crosses at Bronze City and saw Maria of the Stars as his true opportunity to gain First Generation Dragon power.
• Amon used Spirit Word: Ghost to slip through Chicago International Airport, leave behind his phone on another passenger’s backpack, and secretly board a flight to Saint Petersburg.
• Amon prepared to board the Yamal, which would dock in Saint Petersburg in two days, using a ticket Caesar had booked through Mint Club.
• Angers and the Watchman examined the boy’s corpse on the altar in the Well of Annihilation, where the Dragon King’s remains were kept under the College’s strongest protections.
• Angers warned that the crimson blood in a glass tube should not be stored beside the corpse, and the Watchman realized they still did not know what it was.

Angers explained that he planned to force the Dragon Kings into a final fight, while the Watchman worried about He Xiaomeng’s unexplained Spirit Words. After last night’s battle, Lu Mingfei struggled with having killed Lao Tang’s younger brother and learned that Amon had left for Saint Petersburg as students speculated about a dragon-slaying operation.

• The Watchman handed the God's Blood to Angers, who said he intended to end the war by driving the Dragon Kings to abandon reincarnation and fight to the death.
• The Watchman questioned He Xiaomeng’s two unrelated Spirit Words and Lu Mingfei’s connection to him, but Angers refused to investigate for fear of provoking two Dragon Kings.
• Lu Mingfei mourned Lao Tang and felt guilty that killing his younger brother had created a blood feud between them.
• Fenrir told Lu Mingfei that Naga had not logged on since the previous night, and Lu Mingfei wondered why she was absent.
• Finn told Lu Mingfei that students were discussing a possible dragon-slaying operation and that he, Caesar, and He Xiaomeng were likely candidates.
• Lu Mingfei told Finn that Amon had left for Saint Petersburg on vacation, and Finn admitted he had hidden in the dorm during the attack because he had failed War Survival Course.

Naga searched the Yangtze River for signs of her kin before the story shifted to the Yamal’s arrival in Saint Petersburg. Captain Sasha Rybalko was ordered to clear the ship for seven days, and Amon appeared at the pier as the crew left.

• Naga stood on a cliff above the Yangtze and searched the river and mountains for traces of her kin.
• A photographer aboard a sightseeing cruise ship captured Naga, who vanished from the cliff after meeting his gaze.
• The Yamal returned from its Arctic voyage and docked in Saint Petersburg, where captain Sasha Rybalko watched the passengers disembark.
• Vincent told Sasha that the ship needed seven days of technical adjustments and ordered all crew members to leave, promising them bonuses.
• Sasha suspected Vincent planned to do something in the crew’s absence and saw the order as a chance to uncover the ship’s secrets.
• Amon waited at the pier and checked the time as the crew prepared to leave the Yamal.

Captain Sasha reported the Yamal’s unusual activity to the Federal Security Service, while Amon questioned him about the ship’s delay. Aboard the Yamal, Vincent sealed the transformed Maria inside an alchemically prepared iron box, but a hidden observer reported that she was still alive.

• Sasha told Olev not to alert the authorities and contacted the Federal Security Service, which ordered him to stay undercover and follow the Yamal to its destination.
• Amon approached Sasha at a hotel restaurant and questioned him about the Yamal’s delay and Vincent’s decision to give the crew seven days off.
• Vincent visited Maria, whose Dragon Blood contamination had transformed her body, and told her the Abraham Blood Covenant wanted to inspect the ship.
• Vincent had Hervor and Olrun anesthetize Maria, cut away her overgrown tissue, and bury her torso in a red iron box marked with a skull insignia.
• After Vincent left, a hidden observer reported Maria’s imprisonment to his lord and said she was still alive, so the lord ordered him not to intervene.

Odin let the Yamal resume its voyage while Amon boarded and secretly studied the ship’s layout, drawing Captain Sasha’s attention. Amon then answered the Daoist Priest’s summons to the Hall of Truth, where he met the Shaman and learned Feather Spirit was still absent.

• Odin kept watch over Maria through spies aboard the Yamal and prepared to intervene if she was threatened.
• After confirming the iron box had stayed silent for two days, Vincent canceled the delay, and Amon boarded the Yamal.
• Angers learned that He Xiaomeng had returned to China and told NOMA to focus surveillance on the trouble there.
• Amon mapped the ship’s passages and security blind spots, and Captain Sasha questioned him about his wandering.
• Amon was summoned to the Hall of Truth, where the Daoist Priest and Shaman appeared, but Feather Spirit did not.

The Daoist Priest reported that Red Mercury and Dragon Blood had briefly resurrected a dead human, though the subject soon mutated and died. Naga learned the experiment’s Dragon Blood came from the dragon in a photograph she had been investigating, while Amon revealed that the King of Bronze and Fire had awakened and likely returned to the Three Gorges.

• The Daoist Priest reconvened the meeting and explained that he had resumed his research on God's Blood.
• The Daoist Priest described how a pill made from Red Mercury and Dragon Blood revived a dead human, whose incomplete consciousness soon mutated and perished.
• Naga shared a photograph of a dragon breaking through the water in the Yangtze River basin and said she was tracking the Dragon Kind.
• The Daoist Priest told Naga that the dragon in the photograph was the source of the Dragon Blood in his experiment and pointed her toward a Dragon Raja ruin in the Three Gorges.
• Amon identified the Three Gorges ruin as the King of Bronze and Fire's domain and said the Monarch had awakened in the United States three days earlier.

Amon told Naga that Norton had awakened after Constantine’s death and advised her to wait for Norton and Kassel College to weaken each other. After the meeting, Amon returned to his body aboard a cruise ship and spoke with Captain Sasha about the voyage and Maria of the Stars.

• Amon told Naga that Kassel College had killed Constantine, awakening Norton, who then retreated without devouring his Twin’s remains.
• Amon warned Naga against attacking either Kassel College or Norton and urged her to wait until they had badly wounded each other.
• Daoist Priest asked Naga to share Norton’s blood if she succeeded, offering intelligence support in return.
• Amon left the Gray Fog meeting and went to the ship’s dining hall, where he ate as the guests were called to dinner.
• Captain Sasha chatted with Amon about the cruise and said Maria of the Stars was aboard on the top deck, though her guards kept people away.

Captain Sasha tried to use Amon to create an opportunity to investigate the Yamal’s guarded lower decks, but Amon exposed Sasha as a Russian Federal Investigation Bureau agent and proposed cooperation. After Sasha handed him the ship’s blueprints, NOMA identified Amon and questioned him about his investigation into the Far North, leaving her to consult the Principal.

• Sasha decided to leave the Yamal’s blueprints where Amon would find them, hoping to draw him into causing trouble near the guarded lower decks.
• While whale-watching, Amon identified Sasha as a Russian Federal Investigation Bureau agent and proposed that they work together to uncover the ship’s secret.
• Sasha accepted a temporary alliance and gave Amon the blueprints, then told his team to watch Amon while gathering information from him.
• NOMA recognized Amon from a tourist’s photograph and challenged him about his suspicious actions and his search for the Far North.
• Amon told NOMA that he had heard of religious fanatics seeking an unknown land and the Gate of the Kingdom of God, then asked what she knew; NOMA said she would ask the Principal.

Angers gave He Xiaomeng access to intelligence on the Far North while preserving Kassel College’s plan to confront Norton. As Norton’s return to White Emperor City prompted the Orthodox to approve a high-yield operation, Naga prepared eagerly for the coming battle.

• Angers dismissed NOMA’s concerns about He Xiaomeng, approved access to Far North records, and let him keep his leave.
• Amon read NOMA’s report about the Far North’s search for a Gate of the Kingdom of God and concluded Angers still sought cooperation with him.
• After learning Norton had returned to White Emperor City, the girl with a coiled snake tail prepared to travel and demanded detailed information before authorizing Kassel’s weapons.
• Angers convinced the girl to consider Kassel’s plan by explaining that Constantine had been killed completely and that Norton could destroy the dam in his Wrath.
• Naga received word through the Hall of Truth that the Orthodox had approved Kassel’s operation and declared herself ready for the battle.

Kassel College launched the heavily armed Moriah for the Bronze Project, with Lu Mingfei joining the underwater teams despite his fear and lingering hope of meeting Lao Tang again. As Mans prepared the operation, Wa Master worried that Norton might have already left Bronze City and escaped into the Yangtze.

• Moriah anchored in the Three Gorges Reservoir, and Mans Longdeshited announced the crew and underwater team assignments for the mission.
• Lu Mingfei reflected on volunteering, his fear of confronting Norton, and his hope that Lao Tang might still recognize him.
• Mans received Principal Angers's order to begin the Bronze Project and started explaining the battle plan to the students.
• Wa Master and a young man watched the river and discussed whether Norton remained in Bronze City or had escaped along the Yangtze.

Norton mourned Constantine and resolved to meet Kassel College in a final, direct battle, seeking an end to his pain rather than victory. As the Moriah emerged from the river, Mai Sakatoku prepared to begin her mission to kill Norton and keep Lu Mingfei alive.

• Norton realized that Lu Mingfei had fired at Constantine to protect Lao Tang, and blamed himself for his brother’s death.
• Norton rejected his human caution and chose to face Kassel College’s forces in a battle without schemes or retreat.
• Norton waited in the Bronze City for the coming fight, determined to end his suffering whatever the outcome.
• Mai Sakatoku complained to Su Enxi about the mission’s difficulty but accepted that she had to carry it out.
• Mai Sakatoku spotted the Moriah emerging from the river, cut off communication, and readied her sniper rifle.

Lu Mingfei and Chen Motong descended into the City of Bronze to plant bombs, where a hidden figure triggered the city's destruction. Above them, Norton heated the river and shrouded the Moriah in fog, announcing his arrival as the crew struggled to locate him.

• Mai Sakatoku watched the Moriah from the cliff as Lu Mingfei and Chen Motong prepared to dive; Zero claimed she could not join the mission, while Caesar offered to take her place.
• Professor Mans Longdeshited warned Lu Mingfei and Chen Motong about the dangers below, and they entered the river and made their way to the Dragon King's bedchamber.
• Chen Motong used Profiling to reconstruct the brothers' past, stirring Lu Mingfei's grief over Lao Tang and Constantine.
• A shadowy figure watched Lu Mingfei, activated a mechanism, and walked away as the City of Bronze began to shake and collapse.
• Norton heated the river with Flame of the Monarch, filling it with fog and dead fish; Caesar identified the phenomenon while the crew lost sight of the threat.

Amon learned that Norton’s battle with Kassel College had begun while he was aboard a Russian ship in the Arctic. He left White Wolf with warm liquor and returned to the cabin, where Russian agents discussed whether to keep watching him.

• Amon shared vodka and a conversation with White Wolf while the ship crossed the Arctic ice.
• Amon received the message “Fire,” signaling that Norton’s battle with Kassel College had begun.
• Amon concluded that Lu Mingfei’s warning had likely been intercepted by NOMA or Lu Mingze.
• Sasha questioned Oleg and the other Russian agents about Amon’s whereabouts and suggested keeping him under observation.
• Oleg refused to follow Amon into the cold, and Sasha let the matter drop.

Norton devastated the Moriah with Sansun’s attacks and Flame of the Monarch, leaving the ship near collapse. As Wa Master considered using the Dragon-Severing Platform to intervene, Norton fused with Sansun, while Mai Sakatoku and Su Enxi recognized the fusion’s fatal weakness.

• Sansun breached the Moriah’s hull, and Norton struck it with Flame of the Monarch, causing severe damage and injuries.
• Mai Sakatoku watched the battle from the mountain, while Wa Master demanded Zhou Minhao give her the Dragon-Severing Platform; he refused to let her risk her life with it.
• Sansun emerged from the river with Norton standing atop its head, and Norton removed its iron mask before plunging his burning hands into its skull.
• Mai told Su Enxi that Norton had taken over Sansun’s body through fusion, and Su Enxi agreed that the power came with a fatal weakness.
• A hidden young girl questioned why Norton had fused with Sansun to fight a few humans, and the shadowed figure mourned Sansun’s death.

Lu Mingfei used a hidden map to escape the collapsing City of Bronze, then encountered Lu Mingze as Norton returned in Sansun's dragon body. Lu Mingze tried to discuss a devil's bargain, but Lu Mingfei's unexpected composure disrupted his plan.

• Norton revived Sansun's dragon body and returned as the Dragon King, while Zhou Minhao and the little girl reacted with alarm.
• Lu Mingfei used the cheat code “Blacksheepwall” to reveal a route through the collapsing City of Bronze and led Chen Motong toward safety.
• Lu Mingze appeared underwater, introduced himself as a devilish salesman, and tried to recruit Lu Mingfei as his first customer.
• Lu Mingfei surfaced to find Lao Tang fused with Sansun, and Lu Mingze brought him onto the dragon's head through what seemed like an illusion.
• Lu Mingze asked whether Lu Mingfei would grieve if he died, and Lu Mingfei admitted he would be sad.
• Lu Mingfei agreed to hear Lu Mingze's business proposal, but said he no longer loved Chen Wenwen, leaving Lu Mingze visibly perplexed.

Lu Mingfei negotiated a contract with Lu Mingze for four summons in exchange for his life, then returned to Bronze City with Chen Motong and chose to investigate a hidden branch on their escape route. They found a heavy metal case in the hall where Ye Sheng and Aki had discovered the Dragon King's Bone Cinerary Urn, and Chen Motong carried it onward.

• Lu Mingfei challenged Lu Mingze's abilities and learned that he could not defeat the Black Dragon Emperor or resurrect the dead, but offered four summons to deal with the Four Monarchs at the cost of a quarter of Lu Mingfei's life each.
• Lu Mingfei accepted Lu Mingze's contract, agreeing that Lu Mingze would claim his life after fulfilling the wishes or when Lu Mingfei felt lonely in the world.
• Lu Mingfei declined Lu Mingze's offer to deal with Norton immediately and returned to Bronze City as time resumed.
• Lu Mingfei followed the escape route with Chen Motong, then chose to take a detour toward a marked hidden reward.
• Lu Mingfei and Chen Motong reached the hall where Ye Sheng and Aki had found the Dragon King's Bone Cinerary Urn, and Chen Motong picked up the heavy metal case there.

Lu Mingfei made a deal with Lu Mingze, trading a quarter of his life for a plan and abilities to fight Norton. He charged toward Norton in a boat as the dragon’s Spirit Words failed, beginning their final duel.

• Norton’s King's Domain melted Caesar’s Alchemical Blades, while Wa Master restrained Zhou Minhao and asked him to provide her with computers, games, and entertainment after her death.
• Lu Mingfei agreed to trade a quarter of his life for Lu Mingze’s help, choosing to act despite the devil’s attempt to make him let Caesar die.
• Lu Mingze explained that Norton’s weakness was his human body and that the Seven Deadly Sins contained Wrath, the blade made to kill him; he gave Lu Mingfei the Noglues ability and a temporary speed boost.
• Lu Mingfei took the case from Chen Motong, left her in the water, and sped toward Norton in a wooden boat.
• Lu Mingfei used Noglues to stop Norton’s Spirit Words and Dragon Breath, then charged straight at the dragon as Norton rushed to meet him.
• An old Daoist on the riverbank wondered where his boat had gone.