Chapter Summaries

Koleda and Belobog Heavy Industries recovered the prototype and uncovered a hidden Ethereal that transformed into a massive machine-fused monster. The monster attacked the group, leaving Grace in danger as a cloud of dust swallowed the scene.

• Koleda vowed to uncover the truth behind Uncle Khors's disappearance, and Grace, Anton, and Belle pledged to help her.
• Ben, Friday, and Hans pulled the prototype from the monument, revealing an opening where its pointed structure had stood.
• A strange humanoid Ethereal emerged from the opening and attacked Koleda and the others.
• The Ethereal flashed golden light at Belle, then transformed into a huge monster fused with construction machinery, trapping three machines inside Ether matter.
• The monster struck Koleda and attacked the group, while Belle warned that it was likely a deliberately mutated creature.
• Grace dodged the monster's drill, but its pincers swung toward her as a cloud of dust rose.

Lu Yingheng arrived in time to protect Grace from the Mechanical Sacrifice and joined Koleda and the others in fighting it. As the creature’s drill threatened to strike him, a gigantic cleaver appeared and blocked the blow, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lu Yingheng teleported to Grace and stopped the Mechanical Sacrifice’s pincer tail with one hand.
• Koleda arrived in the prototype and caught the creature’s drill and mechanical claw with its arms.
• Lu Yingheng identified the mutated Ethereal as a Sacrifice, then tore its pincer tail in two while Koleda’s prototype restrained it.
• The Mechanical Sacrifice broke free and knocked Koleda’s prototype into a building, while Grace threw batteries to distract it.
• The Sacrifice’s drill bore down on Lu Yingheng, but a forty-meter cleaver appeared and blocked the attack.

Lu Yingheng exchanged Emotion Points for part of the Black King Bloodline, transformed into a dragon, and rescued Koleda by destroying the mechanical brute. As he descended, Grace wondered whether she should pursue him, while Belle worried about whether he would return to the video store as before.

• Lu Yingheng exchanged 100 million Emotion Points for 10% of the Black Dragon Bloodline, and a giant black dragon appeared behind him as the Hollow's sky darkened.
• Belle introduced Lu Yingheng as Brother Heng, the First-Generation Void Hunter, and the Dragon Emperor, while Anton, Grace, and Ben reacted with shock.
• Lu Yingheng lifted Fury and declared that the mechanical brute would pay for its transgression, making Belle wonder whether he had regained his memory.
• Lu Yingheng struck the mechanical brute once with Fury, splitting it apart and allowing Grace and the others to rescue Koleda.
• Koleda teased Grace about falling for Lu Yingheng, and Grace wondered aloud whether she should try to pursue him.

Lu Yingheng regained much of his combat ability and some childhood memories, but reassured Belle and Wise that he was still himself. Meanwhile, Koleda wrestled with the mystery of her father’s death before Long Yi appeared and insisted that the Dragon Emperor’s plan would lead to the perfect ending.

• Lu Yingheng broke the tense silence with Eous by striking a flamboyant pose and joking with Belle, making her laugh.
• Wise checked on Lu Yingheng, who said his childhood memories were returning and his combat abilities had mostly recovered.
• Belle teased Lu Yingheng about what he had been like as a child as he went to say goodbye to Koleda.
• Koleda reviewed the losses from the mechanical monster and worried about the force behind her father’s death and the Dragon Emperor’s supposed murder.
• Long Yi appeared in Koleda’s office, claimed he served only the Dragon Emperor, and declared that events had to follow the Dragon Emperor’s plan.

Koleda learned that Long Yi's master expected a god to descend and end the calamities, while Vivian ordered an investigation to find the missing Lu Yingheng. Back at the video store, Lu Yingheng was teased awake by his system, whose mention of phone novels caught his attention.

• Koleda questioned Long Yi about the Dragon Emperor's plans, and Long Yi said a god would descend in a destined future to end every calamity.
• Vivian learned the Dragon Emperor's aura had erupted from a Hollow and suspected Belobog Heavy Industries had received help from a Proxy.
• Vivian ordered Long Er to hack the city government and Inter-Knot and search for well-regarded Proxies who had recently disappeared.
• Lu Yingheng remembered Belle stepping on his foot, while Belle regretted that he had enjoyed her attempt to punish him.
• Lu Yingheng's system woke him to ask for his phone, then revealed that it contained novels, making him sit upright in surprise.

Lu Yingheng bought the Dragon Raja books and tricked the system into reading them by claiming they were sweet, uplifting stories. After the tragic plot upset her, an accidental kiss led to an argument, and Lu Yingheng tried to make peace by offering her milk tea.

• Lu Yingheng spent 5,000 Emotion Points to buy the complete set of Dragon Raja books and convinced the system they were cheerful romances.
• The system read Dragon Raja and became upset by its tragic endings, including Chu Zihang killing Xia Mi.
• After Lu Yingheng uploaded the first three books, the angry system climbed onto his shoulders and tugged his hair while accusing him of lying.
• Lu Yingheng and the system fell, and he accidentally kissed her while protecting her head.
• The system accused Lu Yingheng of stealing her first kiss and called him a two-timing pervert, while he offered to buy her extra-sweet milk tea.

Lu Yingheng got revenge on his system by tricking her into reading the first three Dragon Raja books, then went shopping with Belle and crushed a runaway car with one strike. Zhu Yuan and Qingyi arrived and asked him to go to the Public Security Bureau to give a statement.

• Lu Yingheng returned to the video store with milk tea and found the system distraught over Erii’s fate in the books.
• Lu Yingheng blamed Herzog and author Jiang Nan for Erii’s death, and the system echoed his joke that Jiang Nan and Herzog should get married.
• Belle dragged Lu Yingheng out shopping despite his warning that it was a bad day to go out.
• A car lost control and rushed toward Lu Yingheng and Belle, so Lu Yingheng struck it and crushed its front half.
• Zhu Yuan and Qingyi arrived, asked Lu Yingheng to give a statement at the Public Security Bureau, and listened as Belle explained that he had acted in self-defense.

Lu Yingheng used his connection to New Eridu’s mayor to stop Zhu Yuan and Qingyi from detaining him, then warned Zhu Yuan to investigate the suspicious car accident and introduced Belle as a Proxy. On Mount Yunkui, Ye Shunguang overheard Yijiang and her younger sister Yixuan reunite, and Yijiang scolded Yixuan for addressing her as a sister in front of others.

• Lu Yingheng called New Eridu’s mayor, who laughed at him for smashing the car into the ground and asked to speak with Zhu Yuan.
• Zhu Yuan and Qingyi raised their weapons when Lu Yingheng approached, but he handed Zhu Yuan the mayor’s phone.
• After speaking with the mayor, Zhu Yuan apologized to Lu Yingheng for interfering with his supposed undercover mission.
• Lu Yingheng told Zhu Yuan to investigate the suspicious car accident and introduced Belle as a Proxy who could help with Hollow travel matters.
• Ye Shunguang hid near a courtyard on Mount Yunkui and watched Yixuan greet her sister, Sect Master Yijiang.
• Yijiang told Yixuan that she should call her Sect Master when outsiders were present.

Yixuan told Yijiang that rumors said the Dragon Emperor was alive, prompting Yijiang to resolve to leave Mount Yunkui and search for him. Ye Shunguang escaped down the mountain and went to Chenghui Terrace, where she dismissed the rumors and focused on enjoying the food.

• Yixuan brought Yijiang meat buns and teased her about her feelings for the Dragon Emperor, but Yijiang insisted he had been dead for years.
• Yixuan revealed that dragon might had appeared in a Hollow and that people believed the Dragon Emperor might still be alive.
• Yijiang decided to go down the mountain to search for the Dragon Emperor, while Ye Shunguang overheard them and fled before they found her.
• Ye Shunguang reached the foot of the mountain, set aside what she had heard, and chose to enjoy her day off.
• At Chenghui Terrace, Ye Shunguang heard reports that the Dragon Emperor was alive and that TOPS might have been involved in his disappearance, but she ignored the news and ate grilled squid.

Yijiang learned that the Dragon Emperor’s return might be real and vowed to pursue him, while Lu Yingheng’s hit novel Dragon Raja sent New Eridu into an uproar. The chapter ended with Wise discovering that Lu Yingheng wrote the tragic novel and attacking him over its characters.

• Xiaoguang bought Dragon Raja after a bookstore clerk’s pitch caught her attention, and Yijiang encountered her outside Yum Cha Immortal.
• Hongdou told Yijiang that the rumors about the Dragon Emperor were credible, and Yijiang said Mount Yunkui would act if powerful families tried to claim him through their influence.
• Dragon Raja became a runaway bestseller, and its tragedies provoked furious reactions across New Eridu as rumors spread that TOPS had harmed the Dragon Emperor.
• Wise complained to Lu Yingheng about the novel’s cruelty, and Lu Yingheng revealed that he had written it under the pen name Huanglong.
• Wise wrapped his arm around Lu Yingheng’s neck and declared that he would avenge Erii.

Belle learned about the runaway-car case and the suspected plot against evidence from the Mechanical Sacrifice incident, then spoke with Zhu Yuan and Qingyi as they tried to decide how to protect it. After hearing that Zhu Yuan had learned swordsmanship from the Dragon Emperor through Hoshimi Miyabi, Belle reacted with jealousy.

• Belle walked in on Wise sprawled over Lu Yingheng, and Wise and Lu Yingheng explained that they had nearly kissed by accident.
• Belle told Wise and Lu Yingheng that stolen electromagnetic controllers had caused the runaway-car incidents, and Lu Yingheng suspected someone in the authorities was involved.
• Belle said Zhu Yuan and her colleagues suspected the controllers were meant to distract from an attempt to steal evidence from the Mechanical Sacrifice incident, but their request to protect it was rejected.
• Zhu Yuan wrestled with whether to attend Chief Bringer's event or protect the evidence, while Qingyi offered to go alone.
• Belle asked Zhu Yuan about the Dragon Emperor and learned that her classmate Hoshimi Miyabi had been taught swordsmanship by him, making Belle jealous.

Belle recovered from a sudden bout of self-doubt, while Lu Yingheng realized his mental influence had failed to control her feelings. He sent Long Yi to deliver a cryptic message to the head of the Hoshimi Family.

• Belle compared herself unfavorably to Hoshimi Miyabi, then pulled herself together and agreed to help Qingyi and Zhu Yuan by controlling Eous.
• Zhu Yuan reaffirmed that she had chosen Public Security to protect others, and she and Qingyi left with Belle.
• After the women departed, Lu Yingheng emerged from hiding and was shocked that Belle had resisted his mental authority.
• Lu Yingheng reflected on his efforts to control important characters and his hope of gaining the power to change right and wrong when his bloodline reached 100%.
• Lu Yingheng gave Long Yi a yellowed slip of paper and ordered him to deliver it to the head of the Hoshimi Family.
• Lu Yingheng told Long Yi the message concerned a god awakening and a beloved fox being reborn, and Long Yi hurried off to carry out the mission.

Vivian discovered that Belle and Wise had used the Dragon Emperor’s card and ordered them watched until Yingheng left. Meanwhile, Hoshimi Souichirou and Hoshimi Kiyohime opened an ancient shrine, where a fox girl awoke and claimed she and Yingheng might be their ancestors.

• Vivian learned Belle and Wise had borrowed the Dragon Emperor’s card and ordered Long Er to watch them until Brother Yingheng went out.
• Hoshimi Kiyohime suggested that the shrine might be connected to the message from Lord Dragon Emperor.
• Hoshimi Souichirou read the words “The beloved fox’s grave” on the shrine’s stone, though Hoshimi Kiyohime could not see them.
• Hoshimi Souichirou shouted the message from the note, opening the shrine and revealing an ice coffin.
• A fox girl awoke from the coffin, and Hoshimi Souichirou and Hoshimi Kiyohime paid their respects to her.
• The fox girl asked whether they were descendants of her and Yingheng.

A mysterious black-cloaked woman revealed herself to Alice and Leoniel as Remi Dan, while Hoshimi Kariichi confronted Hoshimi Miyabi and used Jealousy to find the Dragon Emperor. The chapter ended with Kariichi and Miyabi following Jealousy toward him.

• The cloaked woman bought three milk teas and planned to approach Alice, whom she called the little bunny.
• Alice and Leoniel discussed the Dragon Emperor's return and their inability to find him before Remi Dan arrived at their door and revealed herself as Remi.
• Hoshimi Miyabi told Hoshimi Kariichi how the Dragon Emperor had been framed by TOPS, and Kariichi said he had foreseen the future.
• Kariichi took Jealousy from Miyabi and persuaded it to lead them to the Dragon Emperor, while revealing that he was her husband and teasing Miyabi about her feelings for him.
• Jealousy flew toward the street, and Kariichi urged the stunned Miyabi to follow it.

After learning that Lu Yingheng had left the video store to protect Wise and Belle from danger, Grace was lured toward a possible rescue, while Vivian and the Hoshimi Family rushed to Lumina Square after discovering his likely location. The chapter ended with both groups heading toward a confrontation over Lu Yingheng.

• Grace visited the video store to thank Lu Yingheng, but Wise told her that he had gone out.
• Wise and Belle read Lu Yingheng's letter explaining that he had left because someone had accessed their old account and might put them in danger.
• Grace left the store, but a hidden figure told her to go alone to an alley in Lumina Square if she wanted to save Lu Yingheng.
• Vivian learned that Hoshimi Miyabi had gone to Lumina Square with guards and ordered Long Er to send the elite team there.
• Vivian decided to go to Lumina Square herself, determined to stop the Hoshimi Family from taking Lu Yingheng.

Lu Yingheng arranged to distance himself from Belle and Grace while setting up a confrontation among the women vying for his favor. Vivian attacked Hoshimi Kariichi and Hoshimi Miyabi after learning Kariichi was Yingheng’s wife, and Remiel arrived to join the conflict.

• Lu Yingheng planned to leave the video store, steer Belle against TOPS and the Order of Glorification, and have Long Yi hold off Hoshimi Kariichi and Remiel.
• Hoshimi Kariichi told Vivian she was Yingheng’s wife, and Vivian rejected the claim before drawing Lust and attacking her.
• Hoshimi Kariichi fought Long Yi while Hoshimi Miyabi exchanged blows with Vivian, who insisted Yingheng belonged to her.
• Remiel arrived on the rooftop with Pride and announced that she would help the little rabbit compete to become Yingheng’s third madam.

Lu Yingheng pretended to have lost his memory when Alice reached him, but she claimed to be his wife and used the ruse to get close to him. Vivian arrived injured and found Alice kissing him, leaving her furious and accusing Alice of lying.

• Alice reached Lu Yingheng and threw herself into his arms, calling him Brother Yingheng.
• Lu Yingheng pretended to have amnesia, and Alice claimed she was his only wife.
• Alice told Lu Yingheng that Vivian was his adopted younger sister and that the other women were his relatives, comrades, or student.
• Hoshimi Miyabi sent Vivian flying into the room, where she saw Alice kissing Lu Yingheng.
• Vivian confronted Alice, while Alice told Lu Yingheng that Vivian was his younger sister.
• Vivian accused Alice of lying and claimed she was Lu Yingheng's child bride.

Lu Yingheng faced Alice, Vivian, and Hoshimi Miyabi as each claimed a different romantic relationship with him, leaving him convinced none of them were telling the truth. The standoff ended with Hoshimi Miyabi kissing him, provoking Alice and Vivian to attack her.

• Alice claimed Vivian was joking and insisted she was Lu Yingheng’s wife, while Vivian said she was his child bride and lunged at Alice with Lust.
• Lu Yingheng stopped Vivian and demanded that Alice and Vivian stop trying to deceive him.
• Hoshimi Miyabi arrived and claimed she was Lu Yingheng’s fiancée, saying they had met her parents and chosen an auspicious date before he lost his memory.
• Alice accused Hoshimi Miyabi of pursuing her master, and Vivian demanded that Lu Yingheng believe her.
• Hoshimi Miyabi put away Jealousy, rushed to Lu Yingheng, and kissed him.
• Alice and Vivian rushed at Hoshimi Miyabi, each furious that she had kissed Lu Yingheng.

Lu Yingheng tried to stop Vivian and the others from fighting by insisting he would uncover his memories and warning Vivian that he would despise her if she hurt anyone. His threat left Vivian frozen as she remembered how he had rescued and adopted her, the moment that had made him the center of her world.

• Hoshimi Kariichi caught Hoshimi Miyabi as Alice accused the fox spirits of scheming and Remiel teased Lu Yingheng about seducing the others.
• Remiel claimed Lu Yingheng had been involved with her and Hoshimi Kariichi, while Vivian and the others argued over their relationships with him.
• Lu Yingheng shouted for them to stop, then said he would investigate his memories and warned Vivian not to hurt anyone or he would never see her again.
• Vivian froze at Lu Yingheng's threat and remembered how he had publicly adopted her as his younger sister after rescuing her from the Order of Glorification.

Vivian endured prolonged beatings and starvation after Tina took control of the Order of Glorification and imprisoned her in a basement. When a high-ranking young man rescued her, his gentleness moved her to give him her name.

• Tina blamed Vivian for Lord Landon's death, had her locked in a basement, and led the other children in beating her.
• Tina kept Vivian alive with moldy bread so she could continue using her as a punching bag.
• Vivian grew numb from hunger, pain, and isolation, and thought death might bring relief.
• A black-haired young man in a military greatcoat kicked open the basement door and approached Vivian.
• The young man asked Vivian's name, and she struggled to answer, "Vi... vi... an."