Chapter Summaries

Du Qinggang confronted a scarred former Demon Suppression Army comrade who had murdered human warriors, then used his Slaughter Space to take them both away. Duan Ming was left to fight the scarred man’s young companion, whose stronger qi and twin blades could not overcome Duan Ming’s fast saber techniques.

• Du Qinggang accused the scarred man of murdering human heroes and challenged him to settle their rivalry from the Demon Suppression Army.
• Du Qinggang rolled an even number with his die, activated Slaughter Space, and vanished with the scarred man.
• Duan Ming faced the scarred man’s young companion and found that the opponent had two Divine Marks and stronger qi.
• The young man attacked Duan Ming repeatedly with short blades, but Duan Ming blocked every strike with his saber.
• The young man asked who had taught Duan Ming’s saber techniques, and Duan Ming said he had taught himself in his dreams.

Duan Ming defeated a wanted Divine Power Master by exploiting his speed, while Du Qinggang watched and captured the man. On the drive back, Du Qinggang explained the fugitive’s crimes and spoke about the Demon Suppression Army, prompting Duan Ming to reconsider what it meant to protect his family and the human race.

• Duan Ming dodged the young man’s attacks, avoided his hidden powder, and wounded him while criticizing his slow movements.
• Duan Ming kept evading and cutting the injured young man until Du Qinggang returned with Ghost Face, a captured fugitive whose face was battered.
• Du Qinggang told Duan Ming that the young man was worth eighty thousand alive, so Duan Ming disarmed him and Du Qinggang knocked him unconscious.
• Du Qinggang identified the captured men as Ghost Face and described how he had betrayed and murdered soldiers, then recited the names of others who had died at human hands.
• Du Qinggang praised the honor and solidarity of the Demon Suppression Army, and Duan Ming began to feel that protecting the human race was connected to protecting his family.

After Du Qinggang’s account of the human race’s struggle against demons changed Duan Ming’s outlook, Duan Ming and his friends discussed their futures and endured a month of brutal training. When the school lost power and communications, Zhang Hongji warned Duan Ming that eight unknown intruders had entered the campus.

• Du Qinggang explained the roles of the Demon Suppression Army and Divine Mark Association, and Duan Ming turned down his bounty before reconsidering after Du Qinggang admitted he wanted his own reward.
• Duan Ming asked Fang Cheng, Dong Kai, and Xu Dazhuang about their plans after graduation; Fang Cheng declared he would join the Demon Suppression Army, while Duan Ming reconsidered his own path.
• Du Qinggang put the first-years through four weeks of punishing training, then gave them two days off.
• Fang Cheng told Duan Ming that Gu Chen, a seven-mark Divine Power Master, was a symbol of humanity’s strength.
• The school’s power and communications went out, and Zhang Hongji contacted Duan Ming with his Power of God to report eight unknown intruders on the field while help was still at least ten minutes away.

Duan Ming and Fang Cheng learned that Church of the Dark Night attackers had entered Divine Power School to plant bombs, and Duan Ming went to confront an intruder near their dorm building. The chapter ended with him finding a woman planting a bomb in the stairwell.

• Zhang Hongji warned Duan Ming and Fang Cheng that attackers had entered the school, and Fang Cheng armed himself with his protective gear and electromagnetic gun.
• On Teaching Building No. 1’s roof, a man and Peng Sisi watched eight Church of the Dark Night followers prepare to plant bombs across the school.
• Zhang Hongji alerted Duan Ming and Fang Cheng that a woman carrying a bomb was approaching their dorm building.
• Duan Ming borrowed Fang Cheng’s protective outfit and went to scout the dorm building, leaving Fang Cheng behind.
• Duan Ming met a second-year student on the stairs, then continued downstairs and confronted a woman planting a bomb.

Duan Ming confronted Qiu Yan, a two-Divine-Mark Divine Power Master, while she tried to stop him from leaving a building rigged with a bomb. Their fight left Duan Ming facing her awakened Power of God as Fang Cheng watched from above.

• Duan Ming noticed a bomb fixed to a load-bearing column and tried to leave, but Qiu Yan chased him and repeatedly blocked his escape.
• Duan Ming drew his blade and fought Qiu Yan, whose two Divine Marks gave her a major advantage in Qi, though she struggled to find an opening.
• Qiu Yan launched a needle from her shoe and slashed Duan Ming's chest, but his protective clothing prevented serious injury.
• Fang Cheng fired a shot from the second-floor corridor, forcing Qiu Yan to split her attention between him and Duan Ming.
• With time running short, Qiu Yan's hair grew to about three meters and floated into the air as Duan Ming realized she had awakened the Power of God.

Duan Ming awakened two Powers of God while fighting the woman from the Church of the Dark Night, turning the battle after she had nearly killed him. He rose with a lightning-charged saber and prepared to face her again.

• The woman used her Power of God and killed Fang Cheng, then battered Duan Ming with her barbed, anesthetic-coated hair.
• The woman offered to spare Duan Ming if he joined the Church of the Dark Night, but he refused and chose to stand with the human race.
• Duan Ming's Divine Marks flared, revealing two white and two green marks and the Powers of God Endless Thunder and Demon Cutter.
• Duan Ming sent a burst of electricity toward the woman, leaving her stunned as he rose to his feet.
• Duan Ming summoned a strange saber, and its inscription glowed green as electricity ran along the blade.

Duan Ming defeated and killed the woman, then joined the others at the No. 1 cafeteria, where a Church of the Dark Night agent with a detonator threatened to destroy the school. The students surrounded him, and the old security guard arrived and revealed his power as golden Qi enveloped him.

• Duan Ming used his demonic blade and electric current to overwhelm the woman, then cut her throat and said he had avenged Fang Cheng.
• Fang Cheng appeared bloodied in the second-floor corridor, while Zhang Hongji told him the agent in the No. 1 cafeteria had four Divine Marks and a detonator.
• Fang Cheng learned that the security guard had dealt with the attackers’ companions as Duan Ming headed to the cafeteria.
• Six Divine Mark students surrounded the middle-aged Church of the Dark Night agent, who threatened to press the detonator and destroy the school.
• The old security guard entered the cafeteria, identified himself, and covered his body in golden Qi.

A powerful security guard named Golden Qi stopped the Church of the Dark Night attack, while Wangcai swallowed the attacker’s bomb and removed the anesthetic from Duan Ming’s hand. Duan Ming left the others to argue over recruiting him and ended up in the infirmary, where Fang Cheng embarrassed himself in front of the doctor.

• The Church of the Dark Night man tried to detonate a bomb, but Wangcai swallowed it, and Golden Qi crushed the attacker.
• Golden Qi sent Wangcai to remove the anesthetic from Duan Ming’s wound, restoring feeling to his hand.
• Zhang Hongji and Meng Jie each tried to recruit Duan Ming, then argued about their groups and Meng Jie’s girlfriend while Duan Ming walked away.
• In the infirmary, Fang Cheng bragged to Duan Ming about his nanny’s breasts, and the female doctor overheard him.

Duan Ming told Fang Cheng that he had awakened his second Divine Mark and the Power of God Endless Thunder, then urged him to overcome his fear and gain combat experience. At a City Protection Bureau meeting, Li Zhengming rejected sending Divine Power School students to clear monsters and offered to lead the teachers instead.

• Duan Ming revealed to Fang Cheng that his Power of God, Endless Thunder, let him fill Qi with electricity without a trigger condition or restriction, but kept Demon Cutter secret.
• Duan Ming pointed out that Fang Cheng could have dodged the woman's attack, and Fang Cheng admitted fear had left him unable to react.
• A female doctor gave Duan Ming a painful anti-inflammatory injection while Fang Cheng hid under the covers.
• Li Zhengming rejected the City Protection Bureau director's proposal to send Divine Power School students on a large-scale monster-clearing operation.
• Du Qinggang said the Divine Mark Association could not provide a squad, and Li Zhengming offered to lead the school's teachers himself.
• Li Zhengming warned the director that the operation risked heavy casualties and Jiang City's safety, then left muttering that recent bureau directors were brainless.

After the Church of the Dark Night’s attack, Duan Ming left school to replace his damaged saber, but Peng Sisi picked him up and tried to recruit him to the Heaven and Earth Society. She offered to date him despite having a boyfriend, leaving Duan Ming stunned and unsure what to say.

• Du Qinggang dismissed the previous night’s invasion as a burglary, and Duan Ming left school to find a new saber.
• The old security guard Huang asked Duan Ming where he was going, then watched him hail a taxi.
• Peng Sisi stopped in her red convertible and drove Duan Ming to a lake, where she asked him to join the Heaven and Earth Society.
• Peng Sisi realized Duan Ming had awakened a second Divine Mark and a saber-related Power of God, which she had deduced from seeing his saber vanish.
• Duan Ming refused to commit to either school organization, saying he wanted to remain free.
• Peng Sisi offered to date Duan Ming if he joined, assuring him that her boyfriend Meng Jie would not mind, and left Duan Ming speechless.

Duan Ming refused Peng Sisi’s invitation to join the Heaven and Earth Society or the Demon-Slaying Alliance, then went with her to the black market to buy a Snake-Tiger Beast tooth for his third uncle. After hearing screams in an old alley, they found a huge humanoid monster dragging a corpse, which Peng Sisi identified as a kid.

• Duan Ming refused to join either organization for now, and Peng Sisi drove him to Jiang City's black market.
• Duan Ming bought a Snake-Tiger Beast tooth for twenty thousand yuan after Peng Sisi negotiated the price.
• Peng Sisi invited Duan Ming to eat, but they stopped in an old district after hearing faint screams.
• Duan Ming and Peng Sisi followed the screams into an alley and saw a two-meter-tall monster dragging a corpse.
• Peng Sisi called the monster a kid, and Duan Ming questioned her identification.

Duan Ming and Peng Sisi tracked a surviving Four-Eyed Ghost through an old district, where it killed two members of the City Protection Bureau. When Duan Ming reached the fight, Zhang You was battling the powerful monster, and it shattered his shoulder with a punch.

• Duan Ming and Peng Sisi found a man killed by a Four-Eyed Ghost, and Peng Sisi explained that one of the monsters the City Protection Bureau had missed three months earlier had survived and grown.
• Peng Sisi urged Duan Ming to pursue the monster while she called the City Protection Bureau, and they searched the maze-like alleys separately.
• Duan Ming got lost in the alleys and followed the sounds of a fight to find Peng Sisi treating an injured young man while Zhang You fought the Four-Eyed Ghost.
• Peng Sisi said the monster was unusually powerful and might be the Ghost King's offspring, while Zhang You refused Duan Ming's help and attacked it himself.
• The Four-Eyed Ghost struck Zhang You's left shoulder and shattered the bones.

Duan Ming killed the Four-Eyed Ghost after Zhang You fought it with reckless determination and was left helpless. As Peng Sisi treated Zhang You, an old man sheltered him with an umbrella, and Zhang You broke down in tears.

• Zhang You fought the Four-Eyed Ghost with one arm, wounded it, and collapsed from exhaustion.
• Duan Ming stepped in, summoned his Demon Cutter, and split the Four-Eyed Ghost in two with a sword strike.
• Peng Sisi treated Zhang You but said she could not save his two dead teammates.
• An old man held an umbrella over Zhang You and told him, “You protect the people, and the people hold an umbrella for you!”

After Duan Ming killed the Four-Eyed Ghost, Peng Sisi told him about her healing ability and agreed to try to help his friend Zhao Jie's disabled brother. In exchange, Duan Ming agreed to kill July, the assassin who had murdered Peng Sisi's father, if he could find and defeat him after graduating.

• The City Protection Bureau arrived to clear the scene, and Captain Sun invited Duan Ming to join the Bureau after graduation.
• Peng Sisi told Duan Ming that she planned to join the Divine Mark Association and explained that her Power of God, Withered Tree Meets Spring, could heal illnesses and injuries at a high cost to her Qi.
• Duan Ming asked Peng Sisi to heal Zhao Jie's brother, and she said she would try if Duan Ming accepted a condition.
• Peng Sisi revealed that July, a member of the assassin organization Year of Calamity, had killed her father and asked Duan Ming to avenge him.
• Duan Ming agreed to kill July after graduation if he could find and defeat him.

After Duan Ming agreed to help Peng Sisi seek revenge, he returned to school exhausted and tried to hide the truth about his Dual Divine Marks. Meanwhile, the school learned that security guard Uncle Huang was the legendary Human Weapon Huang Shanya, whose old killing intent might return when humanity needed him.

• Peng Sisi drove Duan Ming back to school, believing he could grow strong enough to help her get revenge in four years or more.
• Duan Ming returned to the dorm and fell asleep, dreaming that he slew fiends with a flurry of saber strikes.
• Dong Kai and Xu Dazhuang asked Duan Ming about rumors that he had Dual Divine Marks and an awakened Power of God, but Duan Ming denied having Dual Divine Marks and described his power as an electric saber.
• Students crowded into the security office to question Uncle Huang about his five Divine Marks and his identity, while he denied being the missing Human Weapon Huang Shanya.
• Li Zhengming told Du Qinggang that Uncle Huang was Huang Shanya, a renowned Demon Suppression Army fighter who had disappeared for twelve years, and predicted he would fight again when humanity needed him.

Duan Ming and his classmates received medals for defending the school, and he studied the Church of the Dark Night before training with his class. At dinner, a fight broke out after transfer student Zhao Qinghai insulted the cafeteria food, drawing the attention of the students and chef.

• Lin Qiao presented Duan Ming, Fang Cheng, and the other defenders with gold-plated medals of honor.
• Duan Ming denied being present when a monster was killed in the old city district, then answered his classmates’ questions about his powers.
• Duan Ming read about the Church of the Dark Night and searched for information on the assassin organization Year of Calamity, but found little.
• Class one trained on the field, where the students showed improved strength but remained vulnerable to powerful monsters.
• At dinner, Zhao Qinghai punched a class six student after an argument over his insult about the cafeteria food, and the crowd turned against him.

After Zhao Qinghai struck a student and insulted the cafeteria food, the first-years surrounded him and demanded an apology. Zhao Qinghai refused until the crowd cornered him, then challenged Fang Cheng to a fight as green Qi appeared around him.

• Zhao Qinghai hit a student and tried to leave, but students from several classes blocked his way and demanded an apology.
• Director Zhang tried to break up the confrontation and shield Zhao Qinghai, but Fang Cheng and the crowd insisted that Zhao Qinghai apologize.
• Duan Ming stayed out of the dispute while Du Qinggang watched and dismissed Director Zhang’s appeal for help.
• Facing dozens of angry students, Zhao Qinghai agreed to apologize only if Fang Cheng could beat him, then released powerful green Qi.

Fang Cheng accepted Zhao Qinghai’s challenge despite his injured hand and was quickly outmatched, but the students swarmed Zhao Qinghai and beat him badly. Director Zhang rushed Zhao Qinghai to the infirmary, threatening to identify everyone involved.

• Zhao Qinghai challenged Fang Cheng to a one-on-one fight, and Fang Cheng accepted despite warnings about his injured hand.
• Fang Cheng threw a punch, but Zhao Qinghai dodged it and kicked him, showing how much stronger he was after four years of cultivation.
• A boy shouted for the students to get Zhao Qinghai, and the crowd pinned him down and beat him while Director Zhang failed to stop them.
• Director Zhang pulled Zhao Qinghai from the crowd and hurried him to the infirmary, warning the students that he would review the surveillance footage.

After Zhao Qinghai attacked students in the cafeteria, Du Qinggang let the students defend themselves and later chased down and beat Director Zhang. Principal Li Zhengming backed the students and removed Zhang from his post, while Duan Ming arrived at the office after being summoned.

• Du Qinggang allowed the injured students to seek treatment and told the others to keep eating after the cafeteria fight.
• Dong Kai, Xu Dazhuang, Duan Ming, and Fang Cheng discussed the fight and their injuries, with Duan Ming explaining that he had not joined in because there were already many people involved.
• Before evening study, Du Qinggang chased Director Zhang across the sports field and beat him as students watched.
• Duan Ming arrived outside the principal's office after Lin Qiao told him that Li Zhengming wanted to see him.
• Li Zhengming rejected Zhao Qinghai's grandfather's demand to expel the students and insisted Zhao Qinghai had struck first.
• Li Zhengming told Director Zhang that he was being removed as year director, and Zhang did not dare object.

Duan Ming showed Principal Li Zhengming his two Powers of God and received a reward for killing the Four-Eyed Ghost. He learned that most of a recent graduating class had died after joining the Demon Suppression Army, as Li Zhengming returned their heroic souls to Jiang City.

• Duan Ming showed Li Zhengming his electric Power of God and explained that Demon Cutter required him to take a life when he used it.
• Li Zhengming told Duan Ming to keep his Dual Divine Marks secret and gave him a 100,000 check from the City Protection Bureau for killing the Four-Eyed Ghost.
• Du Qinggang told Duan Ming that Li Zhengming had gone to the airport to bring home fallen Demon Suppression Army soldiers.
• Du Qinggang revealed that 163 of the 171 students who had joined the Demon Suppression Army three months earlier had died.
• People across Jiang City watched the passenger plane carrying the fallen soldiers' heroic souls return, and Li Zhengming welcomed them at the airport.