Chapter Summaries

Chen Nian used Death God to slaughter the vampires surrounding him, but Prince Gelan overwhelmed him with his Blood Domain and drained nearly all his blood. As Gelan ordered the fallen Chen Nian thrown to the dogs, Chen Nian suddenly opened his eyes with a sinister red gleam.

• The Chaos Light-Devouring Beast banished the other humans, leaving Chen Nian alone with Prince Gelan and the vampires.
• Chen Nian unleashed Death God, killing many vampires in the darkness while Gelan sealed the castle to prevent his escape.
• Chen Nian taunted Gelan with glasses filled with vampire blood, prompting the furious prince to attack with Red Thread Death Domain.
• Chen Nian used Judgment and Divine Crystal Shield to resist Gelan, but the prince pierced his chest and drained his Type V Blood.
• Gelan ordered the dukes to throw Chen Nian to the stray dogs, but Chen Nian opened his eyes with a sinister red gleam.

Chen Nian used the Blood of Immortality to turn Prince Gelan’s attempt to drink his blood against him, then defeated him and took the sacred artifact Blood Rose. After the vampire hunters arrived at the ruined Castle, Aojia confronted Chen Nian over the prince’s death and the blood he had drunk.

• Chen Nian killed the vampire duke and drank Prince Gelan’s blood, releasing seventy percent of his power.
• Gelan activated the sacred artifact Blood Rose and struck Chen Nian, but Chen Nian survived and cut Gelan apart with Demon Blade Murasame’s Red Moon technique.
• Gelan used his one-time Resurrection and escaped to revive in a vampire coffin, leaving Blood Rose behind for Chen Nian.
• Chen Nian collapsed from exhaustion as Aojia and his hunters arrived at the destroyed Castle and found the dead vampires.
• Aojia recognized the slain prince’s blood on Chen Nian and demanded to know who he was and why he had drunk vampire blood.

After defeating a vampire prince, Chen Nian refused Aojia’s demand to test his blood, fearing it would expose the eldest princess. When Aojia turned to execute the rescued commoners, Chen Nian blocked his saber and challenged him.

• The Chaos Light-Devouring Beast released the rescued Sunlight City commoners, who told the hunters that Chen Nian had saved them and defeated the vampire prince.
• After his blood recovered, Chen Nian refused to let Aojia draw a sample, worried that its vampiric traits could expose the eldest princess.
• Chen Nian stood unharmed in the morning sunlight, easing the hunters’ concerns that he had become a vampire.
• Aojia condemned the commoners for seeking refuge with vampires and moved to kill them.
• Chen Nian blocked Aojia’s saber and defended the commoners, prompting Aojia to challenge him to prove his strength.

The first princess rescued Chen Nian from a confrontation with Aojia, but Aojia remained suspicious of her. Later, Ye Li revealed that she was the last surviving second-generation vampire after Chen Nian asked about vampires stronger than princes.

• The first princess arrived before Chen Nian and Aojia could fight, claimed Chen Nian was on a secret mission, and escorted him and the commoners back to Sunlight City.
• Aojia watched the first princess leave and privately suspected she was not as simple as she seemed.
• The first princess asked Chen Nian for a sip of his blood, but he warned her that Aojia might investigate her and then went to find the second princess.
• Nanako recorded Chen Nian's victory at the vampire prince's castle and noted the ambiguous exchange between him and the first princess.
• Chen Nian asked Ye Li about vampires stronger than princes and questioned the source of her power.
• Ye Li told Chen Nian that she was the last surviving second-generation vampire in the world.

Ye Li revealed that she was the last surviving second-generation vampire and asked Chen Nian to help her reclaim four sacred artifacts so she could recover her power and avenge the others. As Chen Nian and Ye Li planned their next move, Aojia arranged a special-grade hunter assessment that could expose the eldest princess to the strongest sunlight.

• Ye Li told Chen Nian that the second-generation vampires had been poisoned and slaughtered at a blood banquet, and that she survived through her resurrection magic.
• Ye Li explained that the twelve sacred artifacts were made from second-generation vampires' flesh and blood, and that she needed four to regain her strength; Chen Nian gave her the Blood Rose and agreed to help seize three more.
• Ye Li and Chen Nian decided to use the eldest princess as a mole to find the princes, while the revived Gelan sent the princes a warning about a powerful human hunter and concealed that Chen Nian had killed him.
• The Hunter Association praised Chen Nian after news spread that he had slain a prince, and Aojia recommended him for special-grade hunter status with an assessment scheduled for noon the next day.
• Chen Nian realized Aojia planned to use the assessment to investigate the eldest princess by bringing her out under the strongest sunlight.

Chen Nian invited the cleric to witness his special-grade hunter trial, then arranged a scheme involving the eldest princess and the hunters. During the trial, Aojia revealed he suspected the princess was a vampire and aimed an attack at her instead of Chen Nian.

• Chen Nian threatened to expose the cleric's dealings with vampires and invited him to the trial on behalf of the eldest princess.
• The eldest princess and the cleric attended Chen Nian's trial in cloaks, while Chen Nian planned to keep the princess safe from Aojia.
• The Hunter Association president told several hunters that the cleric was a vampire and that they should kill him once he was exposed to sunlight.
• Aojia told Chen Nian that he suspected the eldest princess was a vampire and began the trial by attacking with his phantoms.
• Aojia sent a wide blade ray past Chen Nian, intending to cut the eldest princess's cloak and expose her to sunlight.

Chen Nian protected the eldest princess during his special-grade hunter trial, then exposed the cleric as a vampire. The trial ended with Chen Nian passing and the hunters believing the eldest princess had uncovered the cleric’s identity.

• Chen Nian used his Heavenly Eye and Judgment Domain to block Aojia’s attacks from reaching the eldest princess.
• Aojia broke through the Domain and attacked Chen Nian with seven phantoms, but Chen Nian defeated them with Dragons Battle in the Wild.
• Chen Nian cast Death God, plunging the area into darkness and stopping Aojia from attacking during the trial’s final moments.
• During the darkness, Chen Nian removed the cleric’s cloak and gave it to the eldest princess, exposing the cleric to sunlight.
• The hunters recognized the cleric as a vampire and killed him, while Chen Nian passed the trial and the eldest princess received credit for uncovering the truth.

After Chen Nian’s trial, he used his new status and Ailina’s help to set out with both princesses for the Tenth Prince’s castle, hoping to obtain another sacred artifact. During their first night on the road, Ailina fed on Chen Nian, and he offered Ye Li a sip as well.

• Chen Nian passed the hunter trial, and Aojia warned him not to threaten Sunlight City’s interests before he left with Ailina.
• In the carriage, Ailina asked whether Chen Nian would kill her if they became enemies, then revealed that her name was Ailina and that Gudela had turned her into a vampire and killed her younger sister.
• Chen Nian, Ailina, and Ye Li set out to find the Tenth Prince and take his sacred artifact before the princes’ blood banquet.
• After stopping for the night, Chen Nian let Ailina feed on his neck and offered Ye Li a sip too.

Chen Nian infiltrated the Tenth Prince’s castle and killed Dark Wing using a Holy Silver Gun and Ye Li’s sacred ring. He claimed the prince’s sacred artifact and left the viscount terrified.

• Chen Nian rescued a vampire fleeing a hunter, then learned the man served the Tenth Prince and ordered him to lead the way.
• Chen Nian reached the Tenth Prince’s castle while Ye Li and the eldest princess stayed behind, and he entered alone.
• Chen Nian used his Type V Blood to persuade the viscount to take him before Dark Wing as a gift.
• Dark Wing summoned Chen Nian, but Chen Nian shot him with the Holy Silver Gun and wounded him severely.
• Chen Nian used Ye Li’s ring to shatter Dark Wing’s blood barrier, then killed him with the Dragon Slayer Saber and took his sacred artifact.

Chen Nian and Ye Li destroyed another vampire castle and secured a sacred artifact, then killed the Ninth Prince and learned the resurrected princes had begun discussing how to stop them. With one artifact still needed, Chen Nian chose to target the Eighth Prince before the princes gathered for their blood banquet.

• Chen Nian threatened the castle’s lackey into freeing its human prisoners while Ye Li revealed her second-generation vampire power, forcing the vampires to kneel.
• After the humans escaped, Chen Nian used the Tiankong Divine Cannon to destroy the castle and its vampires, then gave Ye Li the second sacred artifact.
• Seven days later, Chen Nian killed the Ninth Prince and took another sacred artifact; the resurrected Ninth, Tenth, and Twelfth Princes discussed how to counter him.
• With one sacred artifact left, Chen Nian rejected the closer Eleventh Prince’s castle as a likely trap and chose the Eighth Prince instead.
• Chen Nian and his companions reached the Eighth Prince’s castle under cover of night, with the princes’ blood banquet only a day away.

Chen Nian found the Eighth Prince’s castle empty and pursued him toward the First Prince’s blood banquet. He destroyed the Eighth Prince’s convoy with divine power, leaving the prince as the only vampire still alive.

• Chen Nian learned that the Eighth Prince had left early for the First Prince’s castle and decided to intercept him.
• Chen Nian, the eldest princess, and the second princess rode the Undead Bone Dragon toward the Eighth Prince’s convoy.
• The Seventh Prince and Sixth Prince gathered with the Eleventh Prince, then set out for the blood banquet after Chen Nian failed to appear.
• Chen Nian attacked the Eighth Prince’s convoy and summoned the God Descent Technique and Wrath of the Gods.
• Golden divine swords slaughtered the convoy’s vampires, while the Eighth Prince barely held on behind a blood-red barrier.

Chen Nian’s surprise attack on the Eighth Prince failed when Gudela intervened, forcing Chen Nian to escape with the Chaos Light-Devouring Beast. After Gudela’s presence stirred Ye Li’s memories of his betrayal, Chen Nian proposed attending the twelve princes’ blood banquet instead.

• The second princess recognized the approaching First Prince, Gudela, and trembled with anger and fear.
• Chen Nian attacked the Eighth Prince, but Gudela blocked his last Holy Silver Gun bullet and wounded him with blood magic.
• Gudela trapped Chen Nian in a web of blood-red threads, but the Chaos Light-Devouring Beast swallowed him into an independent space and rescued him.
• Chen Nian realized his surprise attack had failed and that Gudela would now be on guard, while Nanako watched from nearby and worried about him.
• After Gudela left, Ye Li struggled with memories of his betrayal, and Chen Nian suggested they attend the twelve princes’ blood banquet.

Chen Nian, Ye Li, and the eldest princess infiltrated Gudela Castle to obtain the sacred artifact that could restore Ye Li’s power. At the blood banquet, Gudela revealed that he suspected Chen Nian was hunting the princes for their sacred artifacts.

• Chen Nian planned to steal the last sacred artifact for Ye Li, who promised to deal with the princes once her power returned, while the eldest princess agreed to get them inside.
• Ye Li used Blood Magic to disguise Chen Nian’s and her auras, and the eldest princess presented them as her attendants.
• The eldest princess claimed to be a duke who had been undercover in Sunlight City and led Chen Nian and Ye Li past the castle guards.
• At the blood banquet, Gudela and the other princes drank blood from a human slave and discussed Chen Nian’s attacks on them.
• Gudela suggested that Chen Nian was targeting the princes’ sacred artifacts rather than simply trying to kill them.

The princes suspected that Ye Li had survived and was using a human to gather sacred artifacts, while Gudela tried to make the princes surrender their artifacts. Chen Nian entered their banquet disguised as a tribute, then unleashed Divine Art-Death God, which Gelan recognized with terror.

• Gudela proposed that the princes hand over their sacred artifacts for him to safeguard, but they hesitated to give up their power.
• The eldest princess entered and offered the princes a human with Type V Blood as a gift.
• Chen Nian entered the banquet wearing the Thousand Fox Mask and calmly claimed that meeting the princes was an honor.
• Chen Nian recited the incantation for Divine Art-Death God, plunging the banquet hall into total darkness.
• Gelan trembled and recognized the ability, shouting that it was him.

Chen Nian stole Gudela’s Blood King Token and threw it to Ye Li, whose return to the banquet revealed her restored power as a second-generation vampire. Ye Li trapped the princes and began killing them, while Chen Nian watched safely beside her.

• Chen Nian used the darkness of “Death God” to steal Gudela’s Blood King Token and threw it out of the hall.
• Ye Li caught the token, absorbed its power, and revealed herself to the Twelve Princes.
• Ye Li used Domain, Blood Slaughter Palace to bind the princes and killed the Twelve Princes who had challenged her.
• Gudela begged Ye Li for another chance, but she killed the Eleventh and Tenth Princes and warned the survivors she would hunt them after they resurrected.
• Ye Li conjured a chair for Chen Nian and invited him to watch the spectacle.

Ye Li massacred the Twelve Princes, but Gudela escaped by using Blood Magic and fled to the castle where the princes' resurrection coffins were kept. He then trapped the other princes in a blood-colored magic circle, apparently to use their strength against Ye Li.

• Ye Li killed the princes one by one while Chen Nian knocked out the eldest princess, leaving Gudela alone.
• Gudela used Blood Magic, Shadow Blood Escape to melt into the ground and flee, and Ye Li pursued him by following his blood scent.
• Chen Nian left to find Ye Li, while the eldest princess woke and Nanako recorded what she had witnessed.
• The resurrected princes gathered at the castle and argued over how to escape Ye Li.
• Gudela arrived and claimed a forbidden Blood Magic spell could help defeat Ye Li if he borrowed their strength.
• Gudela activated the magic circle and imprisoned the other princes inside it.

Gudela absorbed the princes with an otherworldly spell and fought Ye Li, using their lives to revive whenever she killed him. As Ye Li weakened, Gudela struck her from above, but someone caught her before she hit the ground.

• Gudela trapped the princes in a magic circle and absorbed their power, revealing that his spell would let him use them as lives.
• Ye Li entered the castle and attacked Gudela, but he reformed after she crushed him and claimed he would make her his.
• Ye Li unleashed powerful Blood Magic that destroyed the castle and tore Gudela apart, but he revived using one of the princes through Life Blood Sacrifice.
• Gudela revived repeatedly as Ye Li grew exhausted, eventually overpowering her with a Blood Magic storm and a surprise sword strike.
• An unknown person caught Ye Li before she hit the ground, and she asked why they were there.

Chen Nian drank Ye Li’s blood and recovered his full strength, then used his divine arts to kill Gudela despite the vampire prince’s seven lives. Nanako recorded the encounter as Gudela reappeared and was trapped in Chen Nian’s golden Cage until all his lives were gone.

• Chen Nian held Ye Li in midair and drank her blood while banishing Gudela into another dimension with the Chaos Light-Devouring Beast’s Banishment ability.
• Ye Li helped Chen Nian drink her blood, and Nanako caught up and recorded what looked like a passionate kiss.
• After drinking Ye Li’s blood, Chen Nian recovered one hundred percent of his strength and prepared to face Gudela when he returned.
• Chen Nian used Divine Descent Art and Sequence-132, Divine art, Cage, to trap Gudela in a shrinking sphere of golden threads.
• The Cage repeatedly killed Gudela as he revived, until it exploded and consumed his final life.

Chen Nian killed Gudela at the castle and helped Ye Li prepare to lay the dead vampires’ sacred artifacts to rest, but Gudela resurrected in Sunlight City by draining the blood of thousands. Gudela awakened the mysterious being who had empowered him, only for it to seize him and demand to know why he had awakened it early.

• Chen Nian and Ye Li returned to Gudela Castle, where Chen Nian told the eldest princess that Gudela was dead and Ye Li gathered the sacred artifacts for burial.
• Nanako recorded Chen Nian’s victory and tracked his location as he and Ye Li handled the aftermath.
• Hunters in Sunlight City discovered a vast magic array, which drained the blood of the city’s sleeping civilians and killed thousands.
• Gudela resurrected beneath Sunlight City using the blood essence and revealed he had secretly built a second resurrection array there.
• Gudela entered an underground chamber, awakened a strange being from a coffin, and was grabbed by the throat as it demanded to know why he had awakened it ahead of time.

Cain awakened in Gudela’s body and summoned vampires carrying his blood to Sunlight City. Chen Nian and Ye Li rushed back as the city’s hunters discovered drained corpses and learned a vampire attack was imminent.

• Cain killed Gudela and began summoning everyone tainted by his blood to pay homage.
• Chen Nian, Ye Li, and the eldest princess were affected by Cain’s summons, but Ye Li imprisoned the princess and Chen Nian dispelled the force with divine fire.
• Chen Nian identified the summon’s source as his mission’s target, and he and Ye Li flew toward Sunlight City on the Undead Bone Dragon.
• Chen Nian saw vampires converging on Sunlight City as the Hunter Association sounded its alarm over thousands of residents found drained of blood.
• Aojia sent hunters to patrol in pairs, and a scout reported that vampires would attack Sunlight City within half an hour.