Recaps

Han Shuo endured Lawrence’s brutal training because his Demonic Essence used his injuries to temper and repair his body. After agreeing to continue the sessions, he left the Trial Ground injured and saw Claude approaching, leaving him to seek a way to avoid him.

• Lawrence battered Han Shuo with Battle Aura-enhanced attacks until Han Shuo fell repeatedly and broke two ribs.
• Han Shuo felt his Demonic Essence rapidly repair and temper his damaged body, confirming that destruction and rebuilding could help him break through the Solid Body stage.
• Han Shuo asked Lawrence to continue their arrangement, and Lawrence agreed to pay him five gold coins for each session.
• Han Shuo recovered enough to leave the Trial Ground and declined Gar’s offer to help him return.
• Han Shuo spotted Claude approaching with a human punching bag and worried that Claude might retaliate while he was injured.

Han Shuo recovered from his injuries through a six-day demonic state and began easing away from his act of madness. Fanny invited him to join an expedition where the students would test their magic, and he agreed.

• Han Shuo disguised his injured ankle to avoid drawing Claude's attention, then returned to the academy and cultivated through the pain.
• Han Shuo entered a peaceful demonic state while practicing the Mystic Ice Demon Flame Art and cultivated for six days without noticing the time pass.
• Jack woke Han Shuo and explained that Fanny wanted to see him; Han Shuo learned that his body had mostly recovered and his demonic essence had grown stronger.
• Han Shuo went to Fanny's laboratory and resolved to gradually stop acting mad and foolish so he could make use of the academy's resources.
• Fanny invited Han Shuo to accompany the students on a trip to test their magic, and Han Shuo accepted.

Han Shuo learned how to mark a summoned dark creature so he could summon the little skeleton again, then used the technique before leaving the academy with Fanny and the others. The mark awakened new memories of Chu Canglan’s Demon-Control Art, and Han Shuo discovered that the little skeleton could control its bone blade.

• Han Shuo asked Fanny how to summon the same dark creature again, pretending Lisa had asked him.
• Fanny gave Han Shuo instructions for placing a magical brand on a summoned creature, and he hurried away with them.
• Han Shuo practiced Bone Arrow in the graveyard and successfully cast the spell before his planned departure the next day.
• Han Shuo used the Darkness Seal on the little skeleton, exhausting his mental power and clarifying memories of Chu Canglan’s Demon-Control Art.
• The little skeleton controlled its bone blade in midair and stabbed the nearby straw dummies, leaving Han Shuo amazed.

Han Shuo and the necromancy group arrived in Zachius City through a Magic Teleportation Array and learned about the dangerous frontier city. Fanny led the group toward Doro Town, while Han Shuo carried their supplies and reassured her that he could keep up.

• Han Shuo arrived in Zachius City with Fanny, Gene, and the necromancy students, and marveled at the Magic Teleportation Array.
• The group learned that Zachius stood between Orc territory and the Dark Forest, attracting merchants and adventurers while facing frequent dangers.
• Fanny warned everyone to stay alert, then led the group through the bustling city toward Doro Town.
• Han Shuo walked under a heavy load of supplies as Lisa asked if he was all right and Bella teased her for showing concern.
• Fanny urged the students to hurry before dark, and Han Shuo said his improved stamina came from eating better.

Han Shuo's party reached Zachius City, where the Necromancy Department was mocked and charged fifty gold coins for six inferior warhorses. Fanny encouraged her students with news of a Death Cemetery in the Dark Forest, and as the group prepared to leave, she chose to share a horse with Han Shuo.

• Han Shuo trained his body while waiting at the city gates as Gene went to request warhorses.
• Gene reported that the officer demanded fifty gold coins because the party belonged to the Necromancy Department, and Fanny paid rather than start a dispute.
• Fanny told the students that a Death Cemetery might hold lost Necromancy books, raising their hopes despite her private doubts about finding it.
• Eileen mocked the Necromancy students, while Bichir and the light magic group departed on better horses.
• Gene returned with six warhorses, and when Bark refused to ride with Han Shuo, Fanny offered to share her horse with him.

On the journey to Doro Town, Han Shuo’s uncontrolled desire led him to violate Fanny, who warned him she would deal with him later. After the group reached town, Fanny summoned him to her room, while Gene spitefully assigned him a disused storeroom and Han Shuo headed toward Fanny’s room with revenge on his mind.

• While riding behind Fanny, Han Shuo pressed against her and ejaculated on her; Fanny angrily warned him to control himself and said she would settle the matter later.
• When Han Shuo developed another erection, Fanny made him take the reins and taught him to ride, then guided him toward Doro Town.
• Fanny told Gene that teaching Han Shuo to ride had delayed them, and she asked Han Shuo to come to her room after stabling the horses.
• Gene refused Bark and the other students permission to explore Doro Town’s entertainment district and took them to the inn.
• Gene assigned Han Shuo a disused storeroom and muttered resentfully about him sharing a horse with Fanny; Han Shuo overheard him and headed toward Fanny’s room with a wicked smile.

Han Shuo used his discovery that he could cast Bone Arrow to distract Fanny from punishing him for the incident on the warhorse. After Fanny coached him into casting successfully and called him a magical genius, he bathed in her room and left after she questioned whether he was really dim-witted.

• Fanny confronted Han Shuo about violating her on the warhorse, and he apologized and offered to accept whatever punishment she chose.
• Han Shuo told Fanny he had cast Bone Arrow after hearing Lisa recite its incantation, prompting Fanny to ask him to demonstrate.
• Fanny corrected Han Shuo's gestures and mental focus until he successfully sent a Bone Arrow through the wooden wall, then praised him as a magical genius.
• Lisa peered through the hole in her wall, and Fanny covered it before offering to examine Han Shuo's body.
• Fanny let Han Shuo wash in her warm bath, then dismissed him and remarked that he did not seem mad or dim-witted; Han Shuo explained that he was normal unless provoked and hurried away.

Han Shuo broke through the final barrier of the Mystic Ice Demon Flame Art, awakening flames at his fingertips before exhaustion overcame him. The next morning, Fanny led the party into the Dark Forest, where Han Shuo heard approaching magical beasts just before Fanny confirmed the danger.

• Han Shuo endured intense pain until the meridians in all ten fingers opened, allowing him to master the Mystic Ice Demon Flame Art and summon purple-red flames.
• Han Shuo fell into a deep sleep, then joined Fanny's party of twelve as they prepared to leave Doro Town for the Dark Forest.
• Lisa questioned Han Shuo about being in Fanny's room, and he claimed Fanny had used him to test Bone Arrow.
• Fanny led the party south into the Dark Forest, while Han Shuo carried the supplies and warned that something was approaching.
• Bark mocked Han Shuo's warning, but Fanny soon heard the approaching magical beasts and ordered everyone to drop their packs and form a defensive circle.

The students encountered Thorn-Tailed Lynxcats, and Han Shuo secretly killed one with the Mystic Ice Demon Flame Art while Gene received the credit. That night, Han Shuo served the group roasted meat, giving the portions to his enemies undercooked and leaving them cursing him.

• Fanny led the students in attacking five Thorn-Tailed Lynxcats, but their panic left one beast free to charge Han Shuo.
• Han Shuo blocked the beast’s claws and struck it with the Mystic Ice Demon Flame Art, killing it as Gene’s bone arrows arrived and took the credit.
• Fanny dismissed the group’s suspicions about Han Shuo’s blow and hurried the twelve students south before more beasts could appear.
• At camp, Fanny scolded the students and Gene for their poor performance while Han Shuo cooked meat for everyone.
• Fanny and Lisa praised Han Shuo’s delicious portions, while Bark, Gene, Bella, and the others received undercooked meat and complained.

Han Shuo’s party debated whether to continue south through the increasingly dangerous Dark Forest in search of the Death Cemetery, and he persuaded them to go a little farther. That night, Han Shuo secretly left camp with Little Skeleton and killed two Wind Blade Demon Wolves for their valuable crystal cores.

• Fanny praised the students’ progress and said their collected beast parts had made the expedition profitable.
• Fanny and Gene proposed turning back because the beasts were growing stronger and the party did not know where the Death Cemetery was.
• Lisa urged the group to continue south, and Han Shuo agreed, so Fanny allowed them to go farther until someone was injured.
• Han Shuo slipped away from camp at night and summoned Little Skeleton.
• Han Shuo and Little Skeleton killed two Wind Blade Demon Wolves, and Little Skeleton began stripping one wolf’s valuable pelt.

Han Shuo returned from hunting and spoke with Fanny about magic, while she promised to help him escape his servant status if he proved his Necromancy skills. When approaching footsteps revealed a group of Ogres, Fanny and the students formed a defensive line and prepared to fight.

• Han Shuo returned from a successful hunt with a grade-five crystal core and a Wind Blade Demon Wolf's pelt, then sent Little Skeleton back to the other dimension.
• Fanny told Han Shuo that mastering Necromancy could free him from his status as a servant, and he asked her questions about magic.
• Han Shuo heard approaching footsteps and warned Fanny that they sounded human; she hurried to alert the camp and prepare everyone for danger.
• Fanny recognized the approaching creatures as Ogres, and the students and teachers summoned dark creatures to form a defensive ring.
• Eight Ogres appeared carrying spiked clubs and spears, and Fanny shouted for everyone to prepare for battle.

The group struggled to stop eight charging Ogres, and Fanny and Gene’s Corpse Explosions killed four of them before the survivors forced everyone to flee. As the strongest Ogre attacked Fanny from behind, Han Shuo blocked its club with an enormous spiked club.

• The Ogres charged through the defensive ring, shrugging off most attacks as they destroyed the students’ dark creatures.
• Fanny killed one Ogre with a Bone Spear, while two Ogre spears impaled the Abomination Warriors and the students began to panic.
• Fanny and Gene cast Corpse Explosion on a dead Ogre and a Zombie Warrior, killing four Ogres and two Zombie Warriors in the blasts.
• With their mental energy nearly exhausted, Fanny and Gene ordered everyone to flee as the tallest Ogre advanced.
• The students ran in panic, and the tallest Ogre caught up with Fanny and swung its spiked club at her.
• Han Shuo appeared beside Fanny and blocked the Ogre’s strike with an enormous spiked club.

Han Shuo unleashed a savage strength and killed an ogre, then pretended not to remember the fight. The group decided to end their field training, but a cry from the south made them hesitate.

• Han Shuo shoved Fanny out of danger and blocked two of the ogre’s blows with its own strength.
• After Fanny moved away, Han Shuo charged the ogre and fought it with his spiked club, growing stronger as Demonic Essence circulated.
• Han Shuo broke the ogre’s legs and beat it to death, then claimed he could not remember what had happened.
• Fanny ordered everyone to pack, and Gene proposed returning to the academy after the group recognized the danger of continuing south.
• Just as everyone prepared to leave, a mournful cry came from the south, and excitement and greed appeared on their faces.

Gene suggested hunting a Frost Flying Eagle, but the group found Earth Knight Clark had already killed it. After Han Shuo talked Clark into handing over its beast crystal, Fanny accepted Clark’s offer to travel with them, and Han Shuo planned to put the knight to work as they headed deeper south.

• Gene proposed that the group hunt the Frost Flying Eagle, and Fanny asked Han Shuo what he thought before agreeing to pursue it.
• The group found Clark fighting the Frost Flying Eagle, and he killed it alone before introducing himself to the mages.
• Clark offered to travel with the group, and Fanny accepted despite Han Shuo’s misgivings.
• Han Shuo claimed the group had been chasing the eagle, prompting Clark to give up its beast crystal, which Han Shuo passed to Lisa.
• Han Shuo urged Fanny to continue deeper south, and she agreed to rely on Clark’s help while Han Shuo plotted to make him work.

As the group traveled south through the Dark Forest, Han Shuo used his cooking to torment those who had mistreated him while Clark tried to impress Fanny. The chapter ended with Lisa inviting Fanny to swim, apparently because she had secretly begun following Han Shuo’s advice about improving her figure.

• With Clark’s help, the group killed several magical beasts, and Han Shuo claimed their crystal cores and pelts without sharing them with Clark.
• Lisa told Han Shuo she had used Soul Pain on Brian because she wanted him to stop living timidly, while Han Shuo rejected her reasoning.
• Bark and Bella asked to cook their own food after Han Shuo’s badly prepared meals had given them stomach trouble, and Bark apologized for his past behavior.
• Fanny accidentally ate the half-raw meat meant for Gene and Clark, and Han Shuo tried to make Clark take the unpleasant piece.
• Gene and Clark each escaped rather than eat the meat, while Fanny admitted she had enjoyed Han Shuo teasing them because they had annoyed her.
• Lisa invited Fanny to swim and blushed when asked why she had taken up swimming, as Han Shuo realized she was secretly practicing his advice.

Han Shuo used Little Skeleton to lure Clark to Fanny and Lisa’s swimming spot, making Clark look like a peeping tom. When a Deepwater Venom Python threatened the women, Han Shuo rushed to help them despite the danger.

• Han Shuo sent Little Skeleton to attack Clark’s tent, then followed as Clark chased it toward the pool.
• Clark found Fanny and Lisa swimming, and they angrily accused him of peeping before he left to explain himself.
• Han Shuo watched Fanny emerge from the water, but Lisa soon spotted a Deepwater Venom Python approaching.
• Han Shuo drew his dagger and charged toward the pool to save Fanny and Lisa from the rank-three beast.

Han Shuo fought the Deepwater Venom Python to protect Lisa and Fanny, helping them defeat it before pretending to remain unconscious. Fanny tried to revive him, realized he was awake, and angrily attacked him.

• Han Shuo flung Lisa and pushed Fanny toward the bank, then turned to face the Deepwater Venom Python alone.
• Han Shuo dodged the python's poisonous mist, stabbed its neck, and used the Mystic Ice Demon Flame Art, but the poison briefly left him numb.
• Fanny struck the python with Bone Spear spells while Han Shuo recovered, blinded it with dagger strikes, and swam toward shore.
• The python's tail hit Han Shuo and threw him into the water, while Fanny continued attacking until the creature collapsed.
• Fanny and Lisa dragged Han Shuo ashore and tried to revive him, and Fanny began mouth-to-mouth resuscitation when he appeared unconscious.
• Fanny noticed Han Shuo was awake and cursed at him before shaking him by the neck.

Han Shuo woke after helping Fanny and Lisa defeat a Deepwater Venom Python, then pretended to be paralyzed while the two women argued over his behavior. Fanny grew suspicious of his role in the monster’s death, and when she exposed his act, Han Shuo fled toward the campsite with her chasing after him.

• Han Shuo woke to find Fanny and Lisa half-dressed, and Fanny accused him of pretending to be unconscious when she saw his body reacting.
• Han Shuo claimed he was poisoned and injured while rescuing them, and Lisa persuaded Fanny not to kill him for seeing them naked.
• Lisa mistakenly believed Han Shuo loved her and rejected him, but his dramatic farewell moved her to tears.
• Fanny questioned Han Shuo about the Deepwater Venom Python’s charred brain, but he denied having any power that could have caused it.
• Fanny realized the venom should no longer be paralyzing Han Shuo, and he admitted he could move before rushing toward the campsite.
• Fanny called Han Shuo a wretch and chased him with Lisa.

Han Shuo broke through the first stage of the Demonic Cultivation Art and used the orb in the Jade Box to strengthen his mental power. Following the orb’s shifting arrow south, he discovered that it had led him to a hidden, desolate castle and suspected it was the legendary Death Cemetery.

• Han Shuo avoided Fanny and Lisa and went south to heal his injuries by cultivating Demonic Essence in a tree.
• Han Shuo endured a painful transformation and broke through the Demonic Cultivation Art’s first stage, Solid Body.
• Han Shuo used the orb in the Jade Box to draw in and regain mental strength, increasing it further and seeing an image of a strange castle.
• The orb formed a red arrow that guided Han Shuo south through the dangerous Dark Forest, changing direction along the way.
• The orb revealed a deathly silent wasteland beneath the forest, with bone dragons and a grayish-brown castle, and Han Shuo wondered if he had found the Death Cemetery.

Han Shuo discovered the legendary Death Cemetery and used the dark green orb to enter its hidden aboveground hall. Unable to pass the mental-strength barrier to its underground depths, he left with the teleportation rods and planned to keep the cemetery as his secret base.

• Han Shuo recognized the hidden area as Death Cemetery and stepped inside, causing the green orb to reveal the cemetery before concealing it again outside its boundary.
• Han Shuo used the orb to open the cemetery doors and explored the hall and its six empty storerooms.
• Han Shuo found a hidden passage, six silver magic rods, and a note explaining that the rods formed a teleportation array and a mental-strength barrier guarded the underground route.
• Han Shuo failed to pass the barrier, but used the rods to teleport between the passage room and the hall.
• Han Shuo took the rods and note, left Death Cemetery, and decided to keep its secrets to himself.

Han Shuo left the Death Cemetery and discovered Fanny and the students had already departed, so he followed their route out of the Dark Forest. He encountered Forest Trolls attacking a mercenary company and agreed to rescue a fat merchant for two hundred gold coins.

• Han Shuo found Fanny's note explaining that the group had left after spotting Ogres and realized he had spent several days practicing the Demonic Cultivation Art.
• Han Shuo hurried along the group's original route and heard fighting near a rocky campsite.
• Han Shuo reached a battle where Forest Trolls were overpowering a group of mercenaries and noticed a fat man hiding behind them.
• When the Forest Trolls attacked Han Shuo, he killed two warriors with a spear and frightened the rest with his brutality.
• The fat man offered Han Shuo increasing sums to save him, and Han Shuo accepted two hundred gold coins.

Han Shuo tried to escort Fubin'en through the Forest Trolls while carrying him on his back, then summoned Little Skeleton when the Trolls overwhelmed them. Little Skeleton revealed extraordinary strength, but the Trolls launched a barrage of weapons at him, leaving Han Shuo fearing for his safety.

• Fubin'en paid Han Shuo a hundred gold coins to rescue him, and Han Shuo bound him to his back and charged toward the perimeter.
• Han Shuo fought through the Troll Warriors, killing several Trolls while using Fubin'en as a shield and ignoring his protests.
• As the Troll Chief led more Trolls against him, Han Shuo summoned Little Skeleton, prompting Fubin'en and the Troll Chief to mock the small skeleton.
• Little Skeleton hurled his Bone Blade through three Troll Warriors, then rushed among them and cut down more foes.
• The Troll Chief ordered the Trolls to retreat and bombard Little Skeleton with spears, javelins, and battle-axes, while Han Shuo worried that the attack would hit him.

Han Shuo and Little Skeleton defeated the Forest Trolls, and Han Shuo collected his remaining payment before selling his gathered goods to Fubin'en. He left with Little Skeleton after receiving a Crystal Card and Fubin'en's merchant address.

• Little Skeleton used his seven Bone Spikes to block the Forest Trolls' weapons, then pierced seven trolls and sent the survivors fleeing.
• Han Shuo demanded the remaining hundred gold coins from Fubin'en and made him pay after threatening him with a javelin.
• Little Skeleton looted the Forest Trolls while Han Shuo gathered their goods and agreed to sell them to Fubin'en for two thousand gold coins.
• Fubin'en gave Han Shuo a Crystal Card imprinted with the name Brian and shared his Buster Merchant Guild address.
• Han Shuo and Little Skeleton departed, and Fubin'en turned toward the wounded mercenaries to resume their business.

Han Shuo returned to Doro Town after twelve days of cultivation and travel, then used his gold to improve his lodging and buy weapons and supplies. As he enjoyed food and wine at a tavern, Claude and Eileen arrived and spotted him.

• Han Shuo emerged from the Dark Forest alone after advancing to the Meridian Expansion stage of the Demonic Cultivation Art.
• He found the warhorses still at the stable and rented Fanny's former room at the inn by paying the innkeeper a gold coin.
• Han Shuo bought new undergarments, a dagger, steel needles, a miniature crossbow, and several potions and powders.
• He entered a tavern, paid a waiter with a gold coin, and began eating roasted meat and drinking Purple Fierce Orchid.
• Claude and Eileen entered the tavern, saw Han Shuo, and walked toward his table.

Han Shuo laced Claude’s wine with a hallucinogenic aphrodisiac and followed him through Doro Town, hoping to expose him to Eileen. When Katie spotted Claude entering an alley with a provocatively dressed woman, she brought Eileen and others to confront him.

• Claude and Eileen joined Han Shuo at his tavern table, where Han Shuo concealed his resentment toward Claude and let the pair mock him.
• Han Shuo slipped hallucinogenic aphrodisiac powder into Claude’s wine after a waiter stumbled, then left the tavern and followed Claude and Eileen.
• Claude left the inn alone, struggled to resist the drug, and entered an alley with a scantily dressed older woman.
• Katie recognized Claude entering the alley and rushed to tell Eileen, while Bichir tried to lead the Light Department students away.
• Eileen, Katie, Bichir, and the students entered the alley to catch Claude, and Han Shuo approached the entrance with a grin.