Recaps

Han Shuo ate a Dagmar Fruit and endured a painful transformation that greatly enhanced his vision, hearing, and Mental Power. He returned to the academy, where he joined the crowd watching a magical contest and ended the chapter beside Lisa while searching for Fanny.

• After leaving Dark Curtain, Han Shuo entered the tomb on Back Hill and ate a Dagmar Fruit, using his Demonic Cultivation Art as its power coursed through him.
• Han Shuo passed out from the agony and later awoke with dramatically improved senses and stronger, faster-circulating Mental Power.
• Han Shuo emerged into the snow, changed into warmer clothes, and headed for the Necromancy Department, intending to ask Fanny about intermediate spells.
• At the crowded Darkness Department square, Han Shuo pushed through the audience and knocked away a Swordsman who was trying to take advantage of Lisa.
• Lisa mistook Han Shuo for another man bothering her, but, after recognizing him, she worried she had hurt him and rubbed his chest; Han Shuo smugly taunted the Swordsman.
• Han Shuo watched Darkness Department students battle Light Department students and searched the crowd for Fanny.

When Fred collapsed before the tournament resumed, Dio tried to make Fanny’s Necromancy Department provide a replacement so he could blame them for the Darkness Department’s likely defeat. Han Shuo volunteered to fight in Fred’s place, and Fanny agreed, leaving him set to face the Light Department.

• Han Shuo learned that the Necromancy Department had been excluded from the tournament and heard that Fred’s sudden illness had left the Darkness Department without its strongest fighter.
• Dio asked Dean Emma to postpone the contest, but she refused and ordered him to find a replacement; Dio then suggested that Fanny send a Necromancy Department student.
• Fanny angrily rejected Dio’s attempt to use her department as a scapegoat, and Han Shuo explained the insult to Lisa and the others.
• Han Shuo called out that he wanted to fight in Fred’s place, and Fanny agreed after he said the Necromancy Department needed to appear before everyone again.
• Stories about Han Shuo’s past and his alleged closeness with Fanny spread through the venue, while Dio told Fanny to have Han Shuo fight the Light Department immediately.

Han Shuo entered the department match and used his summoning speed, stealth, and traps to turn the fight against the Light Department. After disguising himself as a Light student and helping the Darkness Department gain the advantage, he led the opponents toward his prepared traps while Fanny watched the spectators’ opinion of her department change.

• Dean Emma recognized Brian as Han Shuo and encouraged him before he entered the arena with the Darkness and Light Department students.
• Han Shuo quickly summoned Skeleton Warriors, Zombie Warriors, and Ghouls, then ordered them to prepare traps in a hidden corner of the square.
• Han Shuo slipped unseen through the darkness, knocked out a Light Department student, took his clothes, and infiltrated the Light group.
• When the match began, Han Shuo helped the Darkness Department incapacitate Delong and then attacked Kiron with rapid Necromancy spells, striking him with a Bone Arrow.
• Han Shuo ran toward his traps with Kiron and two Light students pursuing him, while the four Darkness students joined the chase; outside the arena, spectators praised Han Shuo and Fanny.

Han Shuo used traps and his summoned Dark Creatures to defeat the Light and Darkness Department students, winning the competition for the Darkness Department and earning a Spatial Ring and Magic Wand. Afterward, Emma revealed her connection to Candida and advised Han Shuo to wait until he was stronger before pursuing a relationship with Fanny.

• Han Shuo trapped Kiron and the other students in a pit, using his Dark Creatures to throw in both the Light and Darkness Department teams.
• Emma declared the Darkness Department the winner and awarded the participating students Spatial Rings and Magic Wands; Han Shuo tested his prizes and left the square.
• Lisa followed Han Shuo to the Trial Ground, where he practiced the Bone Prison Spell and encouraged her and the other Necromancy Department students to train.
• Emma appeared at Fanny's Laboratory, thanked Han Shuo for uncovering Camilla's ties to the Black Hades organization, and revealed that she was Candida's wife.
• Emma advised Han Shuo not to become romantically involved with Fanny until he had graduated and grown stronger, then vanished as Fanny approached.

Han Shuo flirted with Fanny in the laboratory, and their kissing led him to confess his feelings despite Emma’s warning about their relationship. Fanny agreed to become his girlfriend if he graduated from Babylon Academy of Magic and Martial Arts, and Han Shuo left after giving her Yuna’s Spatial Ring.

• Han Shuo visited Fanny and playfully asked her for a kiss, and she shyly kissed his cheek.
• Han Shuo kissed Fanny passionately, but she pushed him away when she felt his arousal.
• Han Shuo confessed that he liked Fanny, and she said she would consider giving him a chance if he advanced to High Mage and graduated.
• Fanny admitted she had known about his feelings and agreed to be his girlfriend after he graduated from Babylon Academy of Magic and Martial Arts.
• Fanny refused Han Shuo’s Spatial Ring, so he forced Yuna’s Spatial Ring into her hand and left.

After rapidly learning the Bone Prison Spell, Han Shuo discussed Emily’s hidden past and their secret relationship before agreeing to help her mission involving the Forest Trolls. He collected food for the Dwarves and prepared to travel to the Death Cemetery, leaving Emily to organize the mission and Chester to join her team.

• Han Shuo practiced the Bone Prison Spell for three days, learned to cast it, and began studying White Bone Shield.
• Emily told Han Shuo that she was a widow whose Dark Curtain missions had damaged her reputation, and they agreed to keep their relationship secret for now.
• Emily asked Han Shuo to make the Forest Trolls hand over siege equipment to merchants working with the Medivh Merchant Guild, and Han Shuo arranged for Chester to join the mission.
• Han Shuo decided to secure winter supplies for the Dwarves before visiting the Forest Trolls and went to the Buster Trading Company.
• Fubin'en loaded the stored food into Han Shuo’s Spatial Ring and agreed to prepare more supplies for his return.

Han Shuo brought food and winter clothing to the Dwarves, then learned that the Elves planned to attack the Forest Trolls, who were now under his control. After advancing his cultivation and returning to the academy, he saw Clark courting Fanny and watched her reject him, leaving Han Shuo pleased.

• Han Shuo visited the Dwarves, reassured them that the Forest Trolls would no longer threaten them, and gave them food, supplies, and warm clothing.
• Bennett told Han Shuo that the Elves had invited the Dwarves to join a new attack on the Forest Trolls, prompting Han Shuo to leave and consider how to protect his forces.
• Han Shuo consumed another Sacred Brain Fruit in the Death Cemetery, strengthened his powers, and sensed that he was nearing the True Demon realm.
• Han Shuo went to Babylon Academy of Magic and Martial Arts to consult Fanny and found Clark waiting outside the Trial Ground with flowers.
• Han Shuo ruined Clark's bouquet, and Fanny rejected Clark's advances while reassuring Han Shuo; Clark left dejected, and Fanny playfully pinched Han Shuo.

Han Shuo avoided Clark’s attempt to kill him and discovered that Lawrence had been secretly tracking Clark. After learning Clark had targeted Brian, Lawrence decided to speak with him.

• Han Shuo discussed magic with Fanny, kissed her before leaving, and noticed Clark watching them with jealousy.
• Han Shuo hid in the Supply Storeroom and left a decoy in his dormitory room, anticipating that Clark might attack him.
• Clark entered Han Shuo’s room and stabbed the pillows on the bed, then fled when he realized Han Shuo was not there.
• Han Shuo followed Clark and a mysterious shadow to the Knight Academy, where he discovered the shadow returned to Lawrence’s room.
• After hearing that Clark had gone to kill Brian, Lawrence recognized the target and decided to have a talk with him.

Han Shuo discovered that Lawrence also wanted to kill Clark, and they agreed to discuss a plan. He then visited the Buster Trading Company to meet Phoebe, who had arranged a formal outfit for him.

• Lawrence told a shadowy figure that Han Shuo was mysterious and interesting, then decided he might need to strike first against Clark.
• Han Shuo returned to the academy and ate in the Darkness Department dining hall, where Lisa defended him from hostile students and he warned them not to provoke him.
• Lawrence warned Han Shuo that Clark suspected him of killing his younger brother, and Han Shuo revealed that someone had slashed his quilt.
• Han Shuo realized Lawrence shared his desire to kill Clark and arranged to meet him the following afternoon to discuss a plan.
• Han Shuo went to the Buster Trading Company, learned that Phoebe had not returned, and caught up with Jack, who was being trained in bookkeeping and business management.
• Phoebe returned that evening and took Han Shuo to her room to try on the formal outfit she had commissioned for him.

Han Shuo accompanied Phoebe to a banquet hosted by finance minister Ibu Eggart, where Phoebe presented him as her boyfriend and rejected Cameron’s attempt to recruit Buster Trading Company into his alliance. The arrival of Emily, who noticed Phoebe holding Han Shuo’s arm, left their awkward encounter unresolved.

• Phoebe dressed Han Shuo for the banquet and promised to help him leave Buster Trading Company satisfied if he accompanied her there and back.
• On the carriage ride, Phoebe explained that the banquet was hosted by Lawrence’s father, Ibu Eggart, and shared what she knew about Lawrence.
• At Ibu’s estate, Phoebe introduced Han Shuo as her boyfriend and said he knew Lawrence well; Ibu told them Lawrence would join them soon.
• Cameron pressed Phoebe to consider joining his Trade Alliance, but she refused on behalf of Buster Trading Company.
• Emily approached Cameron and Phoebe, then stared at Han Shuo after noticing Phoebe holding his arm.

At Lawrence’s banquet, Han Shuo unexpectedly encountered Emily while attending with Phoebe, and the two secretly reunited before Lawrence interrupted them. Back at the gathering, Han Shuo defended Phoebe from Valerie’s insults, but his mockery drew the attention of a gray-haired old man whom Lawrence recognized.

• Han Shuo met Emily at the banquet while Phoebe held his arm, and Emily later beckoned him away for a private encounter.
• Emily confronted Han Shuo about Phoebe, then she and Han Shuo secretly became intimate behind an artificial rock formation.
• Lawrence approached, forcing Han Shuo and Emily to hurry apart, and then questioned Han Shuo about the woman he had seen leaving.
• Han Shuo returned with Lawrence and insulted Valerie after she mocked his relationship with Phoebe.
• The old man Han Shuo had pointed out addressed him, and Lawrence reacted with surprise and a peculiar smile.

Han Shuo’s reckless jokes at the banquet angered Valerie and nearly caused trouble with Hahn, the head of the Betridge Family, but Cameron and Valerie left after Hahn rejected them. Emily appeared with Hahn, and Phoebe dragged a reluctant Han Shuo onto the dance floor.

• Han Shuo joked that Hahn should be matched with Valerie, and Valerie and Hahn traded insults.
• Lawrence slapped Valerie and ordered Cameron to take her away; after Ibu identified Hahn, Cameron apologized and left with Valerie.
• Hahn told Han Shuo he was petty, then went to dance with Emily, who gave Han Shuo a discreet glance as she left.
• Lawrence reassured Han Shuo and Phoebe that Hahn would not trouble them, and Phoebe pulled Han Shuo toward the dance floor despite his protests.

At a ball, Han Shuo and Phoebe danced together before he spotted assassins targeting Emily and Old Hahn. They disrupted the attack, and Han Shuo stayed with Emily while the others pursued the fleeing attackers; the incident ended with one assassin escaped and Han Shuo’s flying weapon drawing Emily’s astonishment.

• Phoebe led Han Shuo in a dance, and the two soon moved together in perfect harmony while Emily watched jealously as she danced with Old Hahn.
• Han Shuo noticed suspicious waiters converging on Emily and Old Hahn, warned Phoebe, and maneuvered with her toward them.
• The disguised assassins attacked Emily and Old Hahn, but Han Shuo and Phoebe blocked their strikes, and Han Shuo’s Demon-Slaying Edge stopped the dagger aimed at Emily.
• Phoebe and Old Hahn chased the assassins while Han Shuo checked on Emily and refused to leave her; he later told her that the attacker who targeted her was dead.
• Emily saw the Demon-Slaying Edge fly back into Han Shuo’s hand and questioned him about it, while Phoebe reported that one assassin had escaped and the others had killed themselves.
• Old Hahn thanked Han Shuo for saving them, and Han Shuo joked that it repaid him for teasing Old Hahn earlier.

After the banquet assassination attempt, Han Shuo and Phoebe return to the Buster Trading Company, where she supplies him with materials and grain. Back at the academy, Lisa tells Han Shuo she is leaving to visit her sick mother and asks him to come home with her so they can be together.

• Hahn tells Ibu not to investigate the assassination, while Lawrence warns Phoebe not to join Cameron's Trade Alliance.
• Han Shuo and Phoebe leave the banquet, and Phoebe explains that she has prepared his requested materials and grain.
• Han Shuo gives Phoebe another list of materials to collect and returns alone to the academy.
• Han Shuo finds Lisa waiting in the cold, warms her, and learns that she is leaving because her mother is sick.
• Lisa tells Han Shuo that they can be together now and asks him to come home with her.

Han Shuo survived Clark’s ambush, but the three Yuan Demons he used to injure Clark were destroyed. With Clark recovering and their plan to kill him postponed, Han Shuo turned to preparing the Earth Armor Zombie and dealing with the Forest Trolls.

• Han Shuo declined Lisa’s invitation to go home with her, and she left for the girls’ dormitory alone.
• Clark ambushed Han Shuo in his room, wounding him and trapping him behind an ice barrier.
• Han Shuo sent his three Yuan Demons into Clark to devour his vital blood, injuring Clark but losing the demons when Clark’s Battle Aura destroyed them.
• Han Shuo broke through the ice barrier, and Clark fled through the window before Han Shuo could raise the alarm.
• Han Shuo told Lawrence about the fight, and they postponed their plan to kill Clark until he recovered.
• Han Shuo headed for the Back Hill to prepare the Earth Armor Zombie and address the Forest Trolls.

Han Shuo refined an Earth Armor Zombie and advanced to the True Demon realm, gaining new control over his demon flames and greater confidence in facing Clark. He then reached the Forest Trolls’ settlement, where signs of battle, scarce food, and inadequate weapons suggested that their conflict with the Elves had begun.

• Han Shuo set up a formation in the Earth-Extreme Land, chose the strongest of six Zombie Warriors, and buried it in the Corpse Cave to absorb earth essence and become an Earth Armor Zombie.
• After leaving the Death Cemetery, Han Shuo consumed his last Sacred Brain Fruit and endured seven days of cultivation as his Demonic Nascent Soul formed, bringing him into the True Demon realm.
• Han Shuo tested his new powers by wielding the red and purple demon flames and sending the Demon-Slaying Edge through nearby trees and earth.
• Han Shuo traveled deeper into the Dark Forest and found signs that the Forest Trolls and Elves had fought, though he saw no Elves nearby.
• Forest Trolls Warriors welcomed Han Shuo and Little Skeleton into the settlement, where Han Shuo saw that the village had more fighters but lacked weapons and food.

Han Shuo returned to the Forest Trolls with supplies and learned that the Elves had attacked them for the winter. He arranged for the Trolls to hold off the Elves while he led five hundred Forest Trolls toward the Elven village to plunder it.

• Han Shuo reassured the Forest Trolls that Great God Daddala would not abandon them and gave them grain, warm clothing, and other supplies.
• Han Shuo ordered the Forest Trolls not to raid during winter unless he chose a suitable target, then questioned the old Priest about the Elven attack.
• The old Priest explained that the Elves had launched a probing attack and that Forest Troll tribes were gathering, potentially bringing their numbers to more than two thousand.
• Han Shuo proposed raiding the Elves' homes rather than killing their warriors, and the old Priest accepted his plan.
• More Forest Trolls arrived, and some stayed to confront the Elves while Han Shuo and Little Skeleton led five hundred Trolls toward the Elven village.

Han Shuo and the Forest Trolls found a Dark Elf settlement beneath a valley and learned that the family was under attack by a Black Dragon. He agreed to inspect the situation and led the Trolls underground with Dana and her people.

• Han Shuo used Life Detection to investigate a valley where the Forest Trolls believed surface Elves lived, but found no signs of life aboveground.
• A Forest Troll fell into a hidden underground passage, and Han Shuo detected many life signs below before Dark Elves emerged and confronted the group.
• The old Priest explained that the Forest Trolls had come to destroy Elves, while Dana said her Dark Elves shared their hatred of surface Elves.
• Dana offered gold, jewels, and the Black Dragon’s remains if Han Shuo and the Trolls helped kill the dragon.
• Han Shuo agreed to inspect the situation, then led the old Priest, Little Skeleton, and five hundred Forest Trolls into the underground world behind Dana.

Han Shuo and the Dark Elves prepared to lure a Black Dragon out of its swamp, while Han Shuo grew suspicious of Dana’s intentions and made his own plans. The dragon emerged and chased the young Dark Elves woman, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• Dana explained that the Lizardmen had hired the Black Dragon to attack the Dark Elves, and Han Shuo questioned her about its weaknesses and their chances of defeating it.
• Han Shuo accepted two carts of gold and jewelry, but noticed a cold, mocking look in Dana’s eyes and became wary.
• Dana proposed that the Forest Trolls hold the front line, but Han Shuo refused and summoned undead creatures to serve as the meat shields instead.
• Han Shuo overheard Dana discussing plans against the Forest Trolls and secretly instructed the old Priest to prepare the Troll Chief for a different plan.
• A young Dark Elves woman approached the swamp and drew out the Black Dragon, which emerged and chased her while calling to her lewdly.

Han Shuo outmaneuvered Dana by sealing the Forest Trolls inside a valley and leaving the dark elves to face Gilbert alone. A dark elf sacrificed his life to wound the black dragon, and Han Shuo prepared to attack as Gilbert staggered, blinded and badly injured.

• Han Shuo sent his summoned Dark Creatures and the dark elves' forces against Gilbert, then ordered the Forest Trolls to retreat from the black dragon's flames.
• Han Shuo led the Forest Trolls to a prepared valley and had them seal its entrance with boulders before Dana and the dark elves could get inside.
• Han Shuo told Dana he was canceling their deal and leaving her forces to fight Gilbert, after realizing she had planned to let the dragon and Forest Trolls destroy each other.
• A male dark elf sacrificed his life to fire a magical arrow that enveloped Gilbert in black vapor and injured him, while the dragon's blind attacks killed many dark elves.
• Han Shuo told the old Priest to prepare to slay Gilbert as the wounded black dragon thrashed among the remaining dark elves.

Han Shuo’s forces ambushed the Dark Elves as they fought the wounded black dragon, then pursued them and subdued the dragon. The dragon, Gilbert, agreed to become Han Shuo’s servant through a Master-Servant Contract, and immediately demanded beautiful women.

• Han Shuo ordered the Troll Warriors to open the stone passage and attack the Dark Elves, killing dozens with a volley of spears and javelins.
• Dana ordered the surviving Dark Elves to retreat, and Han Shuo sent the Troll Warriors after them while Little Skeleton pursued the Dark Elf carrying the strange bow.
• Han Shuo ordered half the Forest Trolls to attack Gilbert, who was trying to escape to the swamp, and the Trolls wounded him until he begged for mercy and transformed into human form.
• Gilbert offered to enter a Master-Servant Contract with Han Shuo in exchange for treasure and beautiful women, and the old Priest urged Han Shuo to accept.
• Han Shuo agreed, Gilbert completed the contract, and he immediately asked his new master to find him beautiful women.

Han Shuo led his party out of the underground world after Dana escaped, while injured Gilbert recovered with Gorgon blood essence. Along the way, they met Lizardmen who rewarded Gilbert with crystals, which Han Shuo took for safekeeping as they continued toward the surface.

• The old Priest told Han Shuo that Dana had escaped with a third of the Dark Elves, so Han Shuo ordered the party to leave before she could return with reinforcements.
• Gilbert explained how he had helped the Lizardmen attack the Dark Elves and was wounded by a powerful arrow; Han Shuo gave him Gorgon blood essence to aid his recovery.
• Han Shuo guided the Forest Trolls through the caves from memory, and the old Priest praised Little Skeleton after Han Shuo jokingly credited their route to Daddala's guidance.
• Han Shuo spotted Lizardmen in a cave, and Gilbert recognized them as the ones who had promised to lead him out of the underground world.
• The Lizardmen gave Gilbert a chest of crystals and offered him three female Lizardmen; Gilbert accepted the crystals but refused the women.
• Han Shuo snatched the chest from Gilbert and put it in his Spatial Ring, then led the party onward toward the surface.

Han Shuo returned from the underground world, reunited with Emily in Warren City, and learned that the Dark Curtain suspected the Griffin Legion’s commander of plotting rebellion. He and Emily planned to find evidence linking the commander to stolen siege equipment, while Han Shuo also sought to kill Clark.

• Han Shuo returned to the Forest Troll village, learned that the trolls had driven off an elven attack, and left with Little Skeleton and Gilbert.
• Han Shuo stored Gilbert in the Death Cemetery, returned to Osen City, and followed Emily’s message to meet Chester at the Dark Curtain’s base.
• Han Shuo and Chester used the Dark Curtain’s Teleportation Array to reach Warren City and met Emily at an inn.
• Emily told Han Shuo that Bobby Aski, commander of the Griffin Legion, was suspected of rebellion and ties to the Kasi Empire.
• Emily explained that finding the siege equipment stolen from Madwin on the commander’s property could provide grounds for arrest.
• Han Shuo asked whether Clark was in Warren City and said he wanted to kill him.

Emily took Han Shuo to Warren City’s largest slave market, secretly owned by Griffin Legion commander Bobby Aski, to gather evidence against him. At the auction, Han Shuo recognized Lisa, the enslaved young lady of the ruined Addison Family.

• Emily warned Han Shuo to be careful about Clark and promised to tell him if Clark returned to Warren City.
• Han Shuo gave Emily a red agate necklace, and she took him and Chester by carriage to the slave market in southern Warren City.
• Emily explained that Bobby Aski secretly owned the market and that evidence of his slave-trading could help the Empire prosecute him.
• Emily led Han Shuo and Chester into a private auction box, where bidders competed for a powerful Barbarian.
• The auctioneer presented Lisa of the Addison Family as a slave, and Han Shuo saw her in a cage.

Han Shuo bought Lisa at the slave auction to save her from captivity, then met Lawrence, who had come to rescue his cousin. Lawrence was relieved to learn Lisa was already with Han Shuo and said he owed him a favor.

• Han Shuo learned from Emily that Bobby Aski had destroyed the Addison Family and framed them for treason.
• Han Shuo bid one thousand gold coins for Lisa, and Emily paid through a safer Crystal Card to conceal his identity.
• Han Shuo and his companions prepared to collect Lisa, but he spotted Lawrence arriving and went to meet him.
• Lawrence explained that he had come to rescue Lisa, believing she would otherwise fall into the hands of Kalfet.
• Han Shuo told Lawrence that Lisa was with him, and Lawrence thanked him for saving his cousin.