Chapter Summaries

Duan Ming trained privately with Du Qinggang to improve his speed and Qi by trying to cut an apple from his hand. After a week of rapid progress, Du Qinggang prepared to use his second Divine Mark, and Duan Ming challenged him to use his third.

• Duan Ming and Du Qinggang traded jokes about attending each other's funerals as they walked across the training ground.
• Over half a month, Fang Cheng trained harder and learned to wield the power of his second Divine Mark.
• Du Qinggang challenged Duan Ming to cut the apple in his hand and explained that Duan Ming's slow movement was a fatal weakness despite his strong saber technique.
• Duan Ming repeatedly trained against Du Qinggang, forcing him to dodge more quickly each day while improving his speed and Qi.
• On the seventh day, Du Qinggang switched the apple between his hands and said he would use his second Divine Mark next time; Duan Ming urged him to use his third.

Duan Ming learned that the school’s security guard Huang Shanya was the legendary Human Weapon, then continued training with Du Qinggang and showed how much his sword skills had improved. As Du Qinggang drove him toward Zhou Yao’s birthday dinner, he received a serious call and diverted to the City Protection Bureau.

• Huang Shanya revealed that he had beaten up people from the Divine Mark Association headquarters who tried to enter the school, and Du Qinggang identified him as the Human Weapon.
• Duan Ming cut the apple before Du Qinggang finished explaining the challenge, then asked whether his promised time off still counted.
• Du Qinggang gave Duan Ming extra training, and Duan Ming cut the apple while Du Qinggang used his second Divine Mark.
• Du Qinggang said someone needed his help and offered to drive Duan Ming to Zhou Yao’s birthday party afterward.
• Du Qinggang received a grave phone call while driving and sped toward the City Protection Bureau instead.

Duan Ming learned that the Church of the Dark Night planned to sabotage Jiang City's electric grid, and Du Qinggang joined the City Protection Bureau's effort to stop them. As a storm gathered, Duan Ming stayed with Huang Shanya, who revealed he knew about Duan Ming's two Divine Marks and Powers of God.

• At the City Protection Bureau, Li Guozhong told Du Qinggang and the others that the Church of the Dark Night planned to attack Jiang City's electric grid, led by the Ghost Samurai.
• Du Qinggang and Li Guozhong split their forces to guard the northern and southern main switches, while the Bureau asked Divine Power School teachers to help.
• Du Qinggang took Duan Ming toward school, told him to stay there and cancel his birthday party, then drove off with Bureau vehicles to join the operation.
• Duan Ming told Huang Shanya that the Church of the Dark Night planned to sabotage the grid, and Huang Shanya noted that Jiang City would face disaster if it lost power.
• As thunder and fierce winds swept through the area, Huang Shanya's Power of God, Wangcai, appeared and cracked sunflower seeds.
• Huang Shanya asked Duan Ming about his Dual Divine Marks and two Powers of God, and Duan Ming admitted the truth because Huang Shanya already knew.

Huang Shanya confronted the Church of the Dark Night's Ghost Samurai, who had used the power-grid sabotage as a ruse to draw others away and kill him. Their battle began with Huang Shanya under pressure from Ghost Samurai's gravity-affecting sword and multiplying clones.

• Huang Shanya told Duan Ming that he had left the Demon Suppression Army to avoid another regret, then sensed someone approaching.
• Huang Shanya identified the black-clad figure as the Church of the Dark Night's Ghost Samurai, who admitted that he had come to kill him.
• Huang Shanya revealed five Divine Marks and attacked Ghost Samurai, but the katana and red Ghost Samurai Blood Robe blunted his punches.
• Ghost Samurai's sword intensified gravity and cut Huang Shanya as rain fell during their fight.
• Ghost Samurai created five additional copies and attacked with Ghost Shadow Slash, wounding Huang Shanya until he retreated beyond the sword's gravity field.

Huang Shanya fought Ghost Samurai in the rain and revealed that he had disappeared after secretly avenging three murdered comrades. He struggled against Ghost Samurai’s clones as his age and fading strength caught up with him, while Duan Ming watched, unable to help.

• Huang Shanya recalled his years in the Demon Suppression Army and explained that he had promised a surviving child to avenge three comrades whose families were murdered.
• Huang Shanya admitted he had killed four Heaven Pavilion leaders over twelve years, keeping the killings secret to avoid a war between the Dragon Nation and the Yang Nation.
• Ghost Samurai threatened to expose Huang Shanya’s actions, and Huang Shanya challenged him to a fight.
• Duan Ming realized Huang Shanya had disappeared twenty years earlier to carry out his revenge, while Huang Shanya fought six identical Ghost Samurai and searched for the real one.
• Huang Shanya destroyed one clone but continued to weaken under Ghost Samurai’s attacks as Duan Ming watched and Wangcai paced anxiously in the security room.

Huang Shanya defeated the real Ghost Samurai by identifying him among his clones, but his many wounds proved fatal. He died standing with Duan Ming beside him, and Wangcai vanished when Huang Shanya's Qi disappeared.

• Huang Shanya fought on despite losing his left leg and told Duan Ming that a chipped blade could still kill.
• Huang Shanya realized the real Ghost Samurai was the only one who dodged, then struck him while Wangcai bit and marked his shoulder.
• Huang Shanya endured the clones' attacks and killed the real Ghost Samurai with a furious barrage of punches, causing the clones and their clothes to disappear.
• Duan Ming supported the mortally wounded Huang Shanya, who called himself only a microcosm of the Human Weapon and urged Duan Ming to leave fewer regrets.
• Huang Shanya said farewell to Wangcai and died standing; Wangcai vanished as his Qi disappeared, while Duan Ming held his body in the rain.

After Huang Shanya died defeating the Ghost Samurai, Li Zhengming confirmed Jiang City was safe and the country honored Huang as a hero. A few days later, Dong Kai returned from shopping with only one orange, leaving his roommates exasperated.

• Zhang Hongji emerged after the battle and told Duan Ming he had watched Huang Shanya fight the Ghost Samurai.
• Duan Ming and Zhang Hongji saw the principal’s fireball strike the southern part of the city, and Zhang Hongji took Huang Shanya’s body from Duan Ming.
• Li Zhengming arrived with Du Qinggang, explained that the Church of the Dark Night’s attack had caused heavy casualties, and sent Du Qinggang away with Huang Shanya’s body.
• Li Zhengming called someone to report that Jiang City was safe and that Huang Shanya had killed the Ghost Samurai before dying.
• News of Huang Shanya’s death spread nationwide, and a few days later Dong Kai returned from the supermarket with a single orange despite being asked to buy oranges and a watermelon.