Chapter Summaries

Duan Ming prepared to awaken his Divine Mark while his Third Uncle urged him to bring honor to the family. At school, Divine Mark Association captain Du Qinggang arrived to supervise the students, but his shabby appearance and bizarre jokes left them doubting their future.

• Duan Ming's Third Uncle dodged Li Yan's call, and Duan Ming urged him to meet her despite his admitting he had lost interest after learning she was not rich.
• Duan Ming's Third Uncle reminded him that he was the Du family's only Divine Power Master and urged him to revitalize the family through his awakening.
• Duan Ming dreamed again of bloody battles, then went to the city's only Divine Power School the next morning for the annual Divine Mark awakening.
• Du Qinggang introduced himself as the Divine Mark Association's Third Squad captain, but a student recognized him from an internet café where he had played all night.
• Du Qinggang explained he had come to supervise the class because Teacher Lin was absent, then made a crude excuse about smoking that left the students skeptical and dismayed.

Du Qinggang taught the first-year students about Divine Marks and noticed that Duan Ming remained calm while hearing about bloody battles. That night, Jiangcheng City Divine Power School began its Divine Mark awakening ceremony, and the chapter ended as the students noticed Teacher Lin returning.

• Du Qinggang explained how Divine Marks strengthened Divine Power Masters and encouraged the students not to lose hope if they awakened only one.
• Du Qinggang boasted about having five Divine Marks and recounted battles in the Gloomy Swamp, while Duan Ming listened without showing emotion.
• Du Qinggang reflected on the students’ future role in protecting humanity and decided to stay and train them.
• Principal Li Zhengming opened the Divine Mark awakening ceremony at the school’s sports field.
• The first-year students became excited, and class one noticed Teacher Lin standing behind them.

Class 1 students awakened their Divine Marks, and Duan Ming was disappointed when he initially thought he had only one. He discovered a second white mark on his other wrist, despite Lin Qiao insisting that identical Divine Marks were impossible.

• Du Qinggang began the awakening ceremony, and Fang Cheng awakened two Divine Marks, impressing Class 1 and Principal Li Zhengming.
• Several students awakened one Divine Mark, while Zhou Yao also awakened two.
• Duan Ming entered the glass container and emerged with a white Divine Mark on his left wrist, believing he had awakened only one.
• Lin Qiao comforted Duan Ming, explaining that awakening another Divine Mark later was difficult, while students reacted to a girl whose mark appeared on her chest.
• Duan Ming felt burning in his right wrist and discovered a second white Divine Mark there.
• Duan Ming asked Lin Qiao whether someone could have two Divine Marks of the same color, but she dismissed the idea as impossible, so he concealed what he had found.

Duan Ming learned that one new student had awakened three Divine Marks, six had awakened two, and he himself possessed two identical Divine Marks despite the world’s belief that dual marks were impossible. The next morning, Du Qinggang took charge of combat training and began teaching the students how to use Qi.

• Duan Ming watched students awaken their Divine Marks and reflected that he had two identical marks, even though dual Divine Marks were considered impossible.
• Du Qinggang and Principal Li Zhengming discussed the newly awakened students and the old classmate killed by the Demon King, who was expected to return twice more.
• The awakening ended with one student possessing three Divine Marks, six possessing two, and one possessing dual Divine Marks; Lin Qiao dismissed the students to rest and called them to the sports field the next morning.
• Duan Ming woke from a bloody dream of fighting monsters and went to school.
• Du Qinggang praised a boy who had fought a student from Class 3, then Lin Qiao introduced him as the Divine Mark Association’s Third Squad captain and the students’ combat instructor.
• Du Qinggang began teaching the students how to use Qi.

Du Qinggang taught the students how to gather and control Qi, then demonstrated its power. Duan Ming held Qi in his hand for five minutes, astonishing Du Qinggang and Lin Qiao, who questioned whether anyone had taught him before.

• Du Qinggang explained how Qi could strengthen the body and demonstrated its power by lightly setting his foot down hard enough to shatter the ground.
• Du Qinggang asked the students to gather Qi in their left hands and hold it for a minute, and many struggled to keep control.
• Duan Ming held Qi in his hand for more than five minutes, drawing the attention of Du Qinggang, Lin Qiao, and the other students.
• Duan Ming realized his dream-fighting experience had taught him to control Qi, though his body began to tire after several minutes.
• Du Qinggang told Duan Ming to stop and asked whether someone had taught him to use Qi, and Duan Ming denied it.

Duan Ming concealed that he could use both Divine Marks, while Du Qinggang and Principal Li recognized his unusual potential and considered how to guide him. The chapter ended with Principal Li insisting that the academy should train Duan Ming if his talent proved exceptional.

• Du Qinggang taught the students to use their Divine Marks and observed that Duan Ming's Qi was more than twice as strong as theirs when he activated both marks.
• Duan Ming realized his two Divine Marks were independent and decided to hide his ability while he grew stronger.
• Classmates questioned Duan Ming about his stamina and strong Qi, and he deflected their questions by recommending books about Qi.
• Du Qinggang told Lin Qiao that Duan Ming might be an unprecedented monster if he had never learned about Qi before.
• Principal Li said the academy should train Duan Ming into a qualified Divine Power Master if his talent was truly exceptional.

Du Qinggang pushed the students through an exhausting Qi-training session while reflecting on the fifteen graduates who died defending Sea of Clouds City. By the end of the day, the class was spent, but Duan Ming recovered quickly and left ahead of everyone else.

• Du Qinggang and Li Zhengming discussed Sea of Clouds City’s rescue and learned that fifteen recent graduates had died there.
• Du Qinggang led the students through harsh Qi training, warning that weak teammates could endanger their future companions.
• Duan Ming endured the session, and Du Qinggang and Lin Qiao suspected he had trained in Qi before.
• The students finished training at five-thirty and collapsed, while Duan Ming recovered and walked away before the others.

Duan Ming endured Du Qinggang’s harsh Qi training and remained calm when Du Qinggang tried to startle him in a dinosaur costume. Du Qinggang used the prank to test the other students’ reactions, then Principal Li Zhengming summoned him to his office.

• Duan Qinggang told Lin Qiao that Duan Ming alone had kept his Qi from leaking during the three-hour training session.
• Duan Ming went to foreign language class, where Du Qinggang tried to scare him in a dinosaur costume, but Duan Ming recognized him and stayed calm.
• Du Qinggang frightened the arriving students and explained that staying calm in unexpected situations was part of their training.
• Du Qinggang praised Duan Ming as the only student who had reacted like a Divine Power Master and warned the class to stay alert.
• Du Qinggang asked Dong Kai to buy him cigarettes, but Principal Li Zhengming arrived and called him to his office.

Principal Li Zhengming and Du Qinggang organized a large search operation after a monster entered Jiang City and killed more than thirty people. As the school’s forces departed, Duan Ming decided to go home to check on his unresponsive third uncle, and Lin Qiao sent the remaining students back to class.

• Principal Li Zhengming told Du Qinggang that the electric fence was undamaged and the City Protection Bureau had detected no monster entering through the air, while they worried that an underground breach could admit more monsters.
• Li Zhengming asked the Divine Power School to help the City Protection Bureau search for the monster, and Du Qinggang agreed to lead the school’s fourth-year students and half its teachers.
• More than four hundred people from the bureau and school assembled to search Jiang City and protect its residents.
• Students worried about the monster’s presence in the city, and Dong Kai urged Duan Ming to stay at school for safety.
• Duan Ming chose to go home because his third uncle had called and then failed to answer, while Zhao Jie asked to accompany him.
• After Du Qinggang led the assembled force away by bus, Lin Qiao told the students in the corridor to return to class.

After Lin Qiao called the events at school a joint exercise, Duan Ming walked home with Zhao Jie and learned about his difficult circumstances and desire to earn money. Duan Ming returned home and heard Zhao Jie scream for help from the dark shortcut.

• Lin Qiao told the students that the City Protection Bureau exercise would keep them from leaving school without permission, though Duan Ming doubted her explanation.
• Duan Ming called his third uncle, then walked with Zhao Jie and encouraged him to apply for the enrollment grant.
• Duan Ming and Zhao Jie agreed to be friends and exchanged phone numbers, and Zhao Jie gave Duan Ming a bottle of homemade liquid for his painful Divine Mark.
• Duan Ming showed Zhao Jie a shortcut through a dark residential alley to the Neon District, and Zhao Jie headed that way.
• At home, Duan Ming began researching double Divine Marks, then heard Zhao Jie scream, “Run! Run!”

Duan Ming rushed into the alleys to find Zhao Jie after hearing screams and discovered a demonic creature attacking residents. He reached Zhao Jie, but a giant spider impaled him before they could escape, leaving Duan Ming facing the monster.

• Duan Ming overcame his fear and jumped from his window with a knife to search for Zhao Jie.
• Duan Ming ran through the alleys and found bloodied bodies while Zhao Jie warned him to flee from the creature.
• A young woman tried to escape the giant spider, but it pierced her with one of its legs.
• Duan Ming found the exhausted Zhao Jie, who said he had lost his backpack, and urged him to leave.
• A three-meter-tall spider impaled Zhao Jie through the chest and dropped him into a pool of blood.

After Zhao Jie died in the Human-Faced Spider’s attack, Duan Ming used the saber techniques he had practiced in his dreams to maim the monster and drive it away. The City Protection Bureau arrived, Zhao Jie’s body was taken away, and Duan Ming was left facing his grief as Third Uncle approached.

• Zhao Jie told Duan Ming to go, then died from his wounds as Duan Ming watched.
• Duan Ming awakened two white Divine Marks, dodged the Human-Faced Spider’s attacks, and severed its legs and most of its head before letting it flee.
• Zhang You and the other City Protection Bureau members arrived and watched Duan Ming’s astonishing saber technique and dual Divine Marks.
• Duan Ming confirmed Zhao Jie had been his friend, and the Bureau took Zhao Jie’s body away.
• Lin Qiao apologized to Duan Ming for concealing the truth, while Du Qinggang praised him for avenging his friend.
• Third Uncle called out to Duan Ming as he approached.

After killing the Human-Faced Arachnid, Duan Ming confessed to Zhao Jie’s brother that he had suggested the shortcut that led to Zhao Jie’s death, and he learned more about his friend’s difficult life. At the principal’s office, Li Zhengming confirmed Duan Ming’s Dual Divine Marks and warned him to keep them secret, then asked where he had learned his saber technique.

• Duan Ming asked Lin Qiao to keep his bloodied appearance from Third Uncle, then dreamed that Zhao Jie forgave him.
• Duan Ming visited Zhao Jie’s brother and admitted that he had told Zhao Jie to take the shortcut; Zhao Jie’s brother said he did not blame him and told him about Zhao Jie’s life.
• Lin Qiao explained that Zhao Jie’s brother had once made a mistake on a mission that cost six teammates their lives, and that he gave most of his retirement allowance to their families.
• Duan Ming told Third Uncle that he wanted to give his enrollment allowance to Zhao Jie’s family if his application was approved.
• At the principal’s office, Duan Ming showed Li Zhengming his two white Divine Marks, and Li Zhengming told him to keep them secret.
• Li Zhengming asked where Duan Ming had learned his saber technique, and Duan Ming replied, “Do you want the truth or a lie?”

Duan Ming told Li Zhengming that he learned saber techniques by fighting monsters in dreams for eleven years, leaving the principal uncertain but impressed by his talent and honesty. After Duan Ming returned to class, Li Zhengming told Du Qinggang about the dream explanation and said Du Qinggang could worry less about Duan Ming going astray.

• Duan Ming told Li Zhengming that he had dreamed of fighting monsters and people with a saber since he was eight, and that he had learned saber techniques and Qi in those dreams.
• Li Zhengming said Duan Ming’s explanation remained unverified, apologized for concealing the monster incident as a drill, and encouraged Duan Ming to return to his waiting classmates.
• Duan Ming accepted responsibility for Zhao Jie’s trouble, and Li Zhengming called him a hero before sending him back to class.
• Du Qinggang asked Li Zhengming about his conversation with Duan Ming, and Li Zhengming recounted the dream explanation.
• Li Zhengming praised Duan Ming for admitting his mistake and told Du Qinggang that the boy seemed decent, easing his worries about Duan Ming becoming a dangerous opponent.

After killing a demon, Duan Ming received praise from his classmates and left flowers on Zhao Jie's desk. During combat training two days later, a tall student from Class 3 challenged him to a saber contest, and Duan Ming faced the choice of accepting.

• Du Qinggang decided Duan Ming should receive priority training, though he worried his own saber skills might be inferior.
• Duan Ming entered class to cheers, accepted flowers from his classmates, and placed them on Zhao Jie's desk.
• Duan Ming spoke with his third uncle, who was being interviewed about Duan Ming's demon-killing feat and worried about his safety.
• Two second-year students mocked Duan Ming, but he ignored them while Fang Cheng brought water for the class.
• A tall boy from Class 3 challenged Duan Ming to a saber contest and offered to allow Qi and Divine Marks; Duan Ming's classmates warned him against going.

Duan Ming defeated Chen Yong in a saber match with one stroke, then agreed to teach his classmates saber skills. After training, he received a friend request from Zhang Hongji.

• Chen Yong challenged Duan Ming to a saber match, and Duan Ming went behind the classroom building to face him.
• Duan Ming cut Chen Yong’s saber in half with a single stroke, and Chen Yong admitted defeat.
• Duan Ming’s classmates praised his saber skills and asked him to teach them, which he agreed to do.
• Duan Ming reflected that he wanted to grow stronger so he could protect his family and the people around him.
• After class, Duan Ming received a friend request from Zhang Hongji.

Duan Ming rejected Zhang Hongji’s invitation to join the Demon-Slaying Alliance and later avoided Peng Sisi’s dinner invitation from the Heaven and Earth Society. The society’s leaders resolved to approach him again, while Duan Ming continued investigating Dual Divine Marks.

• Zhang Hongji invited Duan Ming to join the Demon-Slaying Alliance, but Duan Ming refused and left.
• Lin Qiao taught Duan Ming’s class about common wilderness monsters, and Duan Ming’s third uncle warned him to put safety first.
• Duan Ming searched for information about Dual Divine Marks and declined Peng Sisi’s invitation, claiming his dog was missing.
• Peng Sisi and a Heaven and Earth Society member discussed recruiting Duan Ming, whose saber skills the man said surpassed his own.
• The Heaven and Earth Society member urged Peng Sisi to invite Duan Ming to eat alone the next day.

Du Qinggang led the first-year students through training that tested their strength and speed, while Duan Ming learned to use Qi and adapt his technique. The students completed the day's exercises, and Duan Ming went to sleep dreaming of fighting monsters.

• Du Qinggang told the 129 first-year students to break ten stones using only their bodies before class ended.
• Duan Ming broke stones with his fist and Divine Mark, then switched to stomping them after seeing Dong Kai do it.
• Du Qinggang sent the student who had struck a stone with his head to the infirmary and ordered the others to gather at the sports field.
• Du Qinggang had the students run two 500-meter laps within two minutes, and they met the training requirement using Qi and their Divine Marks.
• Duan Ming fell asleep after the day's training, while someone said they would visit him in the classroom the next day.

Duan Ming moved into the school dormitory and learned why Fang Cheng had chosen to live there, then heard Fang Cheng declare that he wanted to fight demonic creatures. When Peng Sisi invited Duan Ming to eat and the others explained the rivalry between her Heaven and Earth Society and Zhang Hongji’s Demon-Slaying Alliance, Duan Ming rejected both groups and their offers.

• Duan Ming moved into the dormitory at his third uncle’s insistence, sharing a room with Dong Kai, Fang Cheng, and Xu Yun, whom everyone called Xu Dazhuang.
• Fang Cheng explained that he preferred the dorm to his lonely home, where his father had found a young stepmother who was now pregnant.
• Fang Cheng said he wanted to become independent and fight demonic creatures, prompting Xu Dazhuang to praise his resolve.
• Peng Sisi invited Duan Ming to eat, and Dong Kai revealed that she was vice president of the Heaven and Earth Society, which opposed Zhang Hongji’s Demon-Slaying Alliance.
• Duan Ming learned that both groups had approached him but said he wanted to join neither, despite Dong Kai explaining that membership could help him enter the Divine Mark Association.

Du Qinggang took Duan Ming beyond the city grid to hunt an A-rank wanted criminal, bringing him to a remote camp where two men emerged from the darkness. The chapter ended as Duan Ming faced the scarred man and his younger companion.

• Fang Cheng showed Dong Kai and Xu Dazhuang his dangerous weapons and offered them one each if they helped him with something.
• Du Qinggang arrived at the dormitory and asked Duan Ming to join him outside the city; Duan Ming refused until Du Qinggang promised to protect him.
• Duan Ming took his blade and rode with Du Qinggang beyond the power grid, where Du Qinggang said they were hunting an A-rank wanted criminal.
• Du Qinggang led Duan Ming through a restricted zone to a campfire beside a monster's corpse and called for the people hiding nearby to come out.
• A scarred man and a young man in their early twenties emerged from the darkness.