Chapter Summaries

Liu Ru awakened as a Commander-level Demon and reunited with Liu Xian, both of them pledging to serve Fu Ye. Elsewhere, Mo Fan turned the tide against Nie Dong with a powerful lightning spell, leaving Nie Dong badly injured in a crater.

• Liu Ru awoke with heightened senses, blood wings, and Commander-level Demon strength, then learned that Fu Ye had transformed and rescued Liu Xian as well.
• Liu Ru and Liu Xian thanked Fu Ye and agreed to follow him and help with his official business.
• Mo Fan used Thunderclap · Wild Dance and his polarity control to track Nie Dong’s true body and strike him with converging lightning bolts.
• Nie Dong’s Blood Shield broke under the lightning pillar, and he crashed into steel slag as Mo Fan landed, exhausted.

Liu Ru and Liu Xian killed Nie Dong with Dark Element flames, then disappeared after telling Mo Fan they had become vampires. Fu Ye claimed Nie Dong’s Blood-colored Spirit Orb and later watched Ding Yumian’s strength rapidly improve.

• Liu Ru and Liu Xian appeared and bound Nie Dong after he lunged at Mo Fan.
• The sisters burned Nie Dong to ash with Cursefire, and he left behind a Blood-colored Spirit Orb.
• Liu Ru told Mo Fan that she and Liu Xian were vampires and Dark Element users before they vanished.
• Fu Ye took the Blood-colored Spirit Orb, and Ling Ling asked him about monsters that left behind such orbs.
• Over the following days, Ling Ling stayed at the Hunter Agency while Ding Yumian’s combat strength rose to rival a High-tier Mage.

Ding Yumian told Mu Nujiao and Ai Tutu about her dangerous emotion-affecting ability, while Fu Ye prepared to scout for the Flame Fairy in Dunhuang. Fu Ye and Ling Ling drove into the Gobi Desert, where a demon horde chased their vehicle and they encountered two travelers who appeared to be Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan.

• Ding Yumian explained that her emotions had affected those around her since she was eight, and that Dean Xiao had once stopped her before people were harmed.
• Fu Ye told Mu Nujiao and Ai Tutu he might leave soon, then planned to scout for the Flame Fairy and claim it for himself.
• Fu Ye and Ling Ling arrived in Dunhuang to search for the Flame Fairy, with Ling Ling investigating clues and the region’s energy.
• Fu Ye drove a modified off-road vehicle through the Gobi, drawing Sand Howler Tigers and Cave Demon Scorpions into pursuit.
• Fu Ye accelerated to outrun the demons and saw two camel riders ahead who appeared to be Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan.

Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan were caught in a demon horde stirred up by Fu Ye and Ling Ling’s speeding through the Gobi Desert. Fu Ye rescued them and explained that he and Ling Ling had come to investigate a Fire Element spirit and the region’s abnormal earth-vein energy.

• Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan were ambushed by demons chasing Fu Ye and Ling Ling’s off-road vehicle, and Mo Fan used Shadow magic while Zhao Manyan defended himself with a light shield.
• Fu Ye drove past Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan, and Ling Ling waved as the demons shifted their attention to the two men.
• Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan fought the horde while Fu Ye and Ling Ling watched from a dune and ate sunflower seeds.
• Fu Ye used a teleportation array to drop the demons into quicksand, then protected Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan from more attackers with Water Element magic.
• Fu Ye told Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan that he and Ling Ling had come to investigate a Fire Element spirit, and Ling Ling explained that abnormal earth-vein energy had agitated the demons.

Fu Ye and Ling Ling camped beside the dangerous Sand Dune River, teasing and cuddling as they waited through the cold night. Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan arrived from the Gobi Desert and found Ling Ling pretending to sleep in Fu Ye’s arms.

• Fu Ye cooked steak for Ling Ling at the edge of the Sand Dune River, where White Sand Demon Soldiers were said to lie beneath the sand.
• As the night grew cold, Fu Ye pulled Ling Ling close under a blanket, and she gradually relaxed against him.
• Fu Ye and Ling Ling traded teasing remarks about his romantic exploits, and Ling Ling bit his arm in annoyance.
• Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan emerged from the Gobi Desert and found Fu Ye with Ling Ling in his arms.
• Fu Ye questioned Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan for walking deeper into the dangerous area, while Ling Ling’s fluttering eyelashes revealed she had only been pretending to sleep.

Teacher Fu Ye drove Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Ling Ling through the dangerous Sand Dune River at high speed. He defeated the White Sand Giants’ formation and brought them safely to the opposite bank, where his passengers recovered from the terrifying ride.

• At noon, Teacher Fu Ye took Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Ling Ling into the Sand Dune River while White Sand Demon Soldiers were most active.
• Teacher Fu Ye sped across the sand and expertly dodged twelve White Sand Demon Soldiers’ spears as Zhao Manyan and Mo Fan clung on in fear.
• Ling Ling spotted the White Sand Giant Frenzy Formation, where seven towering giants linked by energy bonds blocked their path.
• Teacher Fu Ye drove through the giants’ attacks, then pierced the core giant with ice-element spikes, causing the formation and all seven giants to collapse.
• Teacher Fu Ye reached the opposite bank safely, while Zhao Manyan dry-heaved, Mo Fan recovered in the SUV, and Ling Ling protested that she would never ride with him again.

Fu Ye waited outside Scorched Plains North Corner for its once-in-a-decade Fire Calamity, which wiped out many demons and left valuable Soul Essences and materials behind. He gave Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Ling Ling twelve hours to collect the treasures before he took everything.

• Fu Ye refused to enter Scorched Plains North Corner and waited with Ling Ling, Mo Fan, and Zhao Manyan as the sun set.
• The sky split open, and waterfalls of flame swept across the plains in the once-in-a-decade Fire Calamity.
• Red Scale Giant Lizards, Lava Giant Turtles, and Fire Feather Birds fled the flames, but many demons were burned to death.
• When the flames subsided, Soul Essences and refined demon materials remained across the land.
• Fu Ye told Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan they had twelve hours to collect the treasures before he claimed everything.

Fu Ye drained Scorched Plains North Corner of its fire resources and drove Ling Ling toward Flame Fairy’s location. Meanwhile, Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan reunited with Chen Ying, who was seeking the Fire Calamity Fruit to cure her mother.

• Fu Ye absorbed the fire-element resources from Scorched Plains North Corner, astonishing Ling Ling and offering to teach her his method.
• Fu Ye placed Ling Ling in the driver’s seat and raced toward the location where he had pinpointed Flame Fairy.
• Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan encountered a hired team of Hunter Mages led by Zhao Manyan’s cousin, Chen Ying, who had come to find the Fire Calamity Fruit for her mother.
• Chen Ying learned that Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan had reached Scorched Plains North Corner and began explaining her clues about Flame Fairy’s appearance.
• Fu Ye stopped beneath a cliff and teased Ling Ling, who returned from a bathroom break and playfully attacked him.

Fu Ye took Ling Ling to the Flame Fairy’s home and explained that the Star Whisper Sky Tree had created her to survive. He offered the Flame Fairy a contract in exchange for taking her to see her daughter, Chen Ying, leaving her hesitant as Fu Ye threatened to take the Fire Calamity Fruit if she refused.

• Fu Ye carried Ling Ling up the cliff to the Flame Fairy’s mountaintop home.
• Fu Ye explained that the Star Whisper Sky Tree had once held Life Energy, transformed through fire, and produced the Flame Fairy as a means of survival.
• Fu Ye told the Flame Fairy that the tree was nearly depleted and that this generation might be the last Flame Fairy.
• Fu Ye offered to form a contract with the Flame Fairy and the unborn little Flame Fairy, and promised to take her to see Chen Ying.
• Fu Ye revealed that a wanted criminal was posing as Chen Ying’s mother and had urged her to stab the Flame Fairy with an ice-element dagger to steal the Fire Calamity Fruit.
• Fu Ye presented the Flame Fairy with an overbearing contract and threatened to take the Fire Calamity Fruit if she refused, leaving her uncertain.

Fu Ye warned Jiang Feng that she could not protect herself, her daughter, or the Fire Calamity Fruit, but she refused his offer to become his summoned beast. A day later, Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Zhao Chenying reached the Starry Giant Tree, where Chenying prepared to attack the Flame Fairy she believed had harmed her mother.

• Jiang Feng rejected Fu Ye's offer, insisting she would protect her daughter herself.
• Fu Ye warned Jiang Feng that Ghost Wife would expose her identity and put Chenying in danger, then waited with Ling Ling behind a Space Barrier.
• Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Zhao Chenying arrived at Flat Top Mountain and saw Jiang Feng guarding the Starry Giant Tree.
• Chenying remembered the false story her impersonating mother had told her and secretly readied the ice blade intended to disable the Flame Fairy.
• Mo Fan asked the Flame Fairy to let them take a Fire Calamity Fruit, while Zhao Manyan feared she would attack them.

Chen Ying charged for the Fire Calamity Fruit, forcing Jiang Feng to divide her attention, when a group of mages stole the fruit and fled. Jiang Feng pursued them, leaving Chen Ying, Mo Fan, and Zhao Manyan behind as Mo Fan recognized an opening.

• Chen Ying rushed toward the brightest Fire Calamity Fruit, and Jiang Feng tried to stop her without hurting her.
• Several hidden mages ambushed the area with Wind Wings, Smoke Bombs, Flash Bombs, and Shadow Vines, then stole the fruit.
• The mages scattered to escape, and Jiang Feng transformed into a crimson meteor to chase the mage carrying the fruit.
• Chen Ying stared at the empty spot and worried about what would happen to her mother without the fruit.
• Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan were caught off guard, and Mo Fan considered whether Jiang Feng's departure gave them a chance.

Fu Ye and Ling Ling encountered Nan Jue’s battered team after the Fire Calamity Fruit had been stolen. Nan Jue withdrew with her injured comrades, determined to settle the score later.

• Ling Ling asked Fu Ye why he would not intervene in Jiang Feng’s choices, and Fu Ye said he would only take Little Yan after she was born if Jiang Feng refused to work for him.
• Fu Ye and Ling Ling encountered Nan Jue and her injured team as they traveled through the area.
• Nan Jue questioned Fu Ye about where he had come from, and he confirmed that the Fire Calamity Fruit had been stolen by a trained mage team.
• Fu Ye told Nan Jue that the thieves had fled northwest toward Jagged Cliff with Flame Fairy in pursuit.
• Nan Jue decided to withdraw from Scorched Plains North Corner with her comrades and vowed that the failed mission would not be the end of it.

Fu Ye and Ling Ling parted ways with Nan Jue’s team, then encountered a gravely wounded Jiang Feng, who offered to become Fu Ye’s summoned beast in exchange for help. Fu Ye accepted her requests and formed a contract with her, making Jiang Feng his second contracted summoned beast.

• Nan Jue asked Fu Ye his name, then ordered her team to withdraw with the highest level of vigilance.
• Fu Ye told Ling Ling that Nan Jue was an elite military mage and a member of this year’s World University Tournament team.
• Fu Ye and Ling Ling encountered Jiang Feng, whose power had fallen after an ice-blue spike pierced her chest.
• Jiang Feng told Fu Ye that her attackers had taken the Fire Calamity Fruit and asked him to kill the woman impersonating her and help her acknowledge Chen Ying.
• Fu Ye formed a contract with Jiang Feng, making her his second contracted summoned beast.
• As the contract’s energy still lingered, Fu Ye raised his right hand while maintaining the connection with his left.

Fu Ye completed Jiang Feng’s contract, healed her critical injury, and prepared to investigate the Zhao Clan. At the Zhao Clan Manor, Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan questioned their confinement while Zhao Chen Ying grew uneasy about her mother, and Zhao Yulin met the woman in the underground chamber where the Fire Calamity Fruit was ripening.

• Fu Ye used golden Life Energy to destroy the cold-iron spike in Jiang Feng’s chest and stabilize her injuries.
• Fu Ye told Ling Ling that they would return to the city and investigate Mrs. Zhao.
• At the Zhao Clan Manor, Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan tried to understand why Zhao Yulin had confined them and suspected that he and Mrs. Zhao were hiding something.
• Mo Fan detected traces of concealed magical surveillance outside their room.
• Zhao Chen Ying wondered why thoughts of her bedridden mother filled her with fear and unfamiliarity.
• In the underground chamber, Zhao Yulin reassured the woman who asked whether the Fire Calamity Fruit was all right.

Fu Ye waited for the Fire Calamity Fruit to mature so he could expose the Ghost Wife and help Jiang Feng confront her. When the fruit became a newborn Flame Fairy, the Ghost Wife revealed her true nature and attacked Zhao Yulin and the creature, just as a massive crimson fire vortex appeared over the estate.

• Fu Ye and Ling Ling watched the Zhao Clan estate and identified the Ghost Wife, while Fu Ye restrained Jiang Feng from rushing in before the fruit matured.
• Over three days, Fu Ye waited for the Ghost Wife's scheme to reach its peak as Zhao Yulin monitored the fruit and kept his daughter confined.
• The Fire Calamity Fruit split open and revealed a newborn Flame Fairy, stunning Zhao Yulin.
• The Ghost Wife dropped her sickly disguise and lunged at the Flame Fairy while striking at Zhao Yulin with cursed power.
• A thunderous roar shook the estate, and a vast crimson vortex of fire clouds formed above the mountains behind it.

Jiang Feng descended in her full Flame Queen form, destroyed the mountain, and captured Ghost Wife before she could seize the newborn Flame Fairy. As Jiang Feng exposed Ghost Wife’s true face, Zhao Yulin realized the woman he had believed was his wife had been an impostor, while Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Chen Ying witnessed the upheaval.

• Jiang Feng unleashed Heavenly Fire and erased the mountain behind the manor while sparing the estate.
• Jiang Feng bound Ghost Wife with golden fire threads, and the newborn little Flame Fairy flew up to her.
• Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan felt the confinement barrier weaken and worked together to break it, while Chen Ying saw Jiang Feng and her father from the window.
• Jiang Feng lifted Ghost Wife into the air and burned away her disguise and bandages in front of the manor’s occupants.
• Zhao Yulin saw Ghost Wife’s unscarred, monstrous face and realized that the woman he had lived with was not his wife.

Jiang Feng crippled Ghost Wife with heavenly fire, and Zhao Yulin realized that Flame Fairy might be his wife, whom he had mistakenly betrayed. As Zhao Chen Ying faced the Flame Queen, Mu Dao arrived with eight Mu Clan mages and targeted Jiang Feng.

• Jiang Feng burned away Ghost Wife's limbs and threw her body down before Zhao Yulin.
• Zhao Yulin recognized familiar traits in Flame Fairy and asked if she was Jiang Feng, then broke down as he realized he had been deceived and harmed her.
• Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan broke through the confinement barrier and emerged from the western guest rooms.
• Zhao Chen Ying looked up at the Flame Queen, whose gaze briefly softened with longing and motherly love.
• Mu Dao arrived with eight Mu Clan High-tier Mages, used ice magic to target Jiang Feng, and disrupted the scene.

Jiang Feng confronted Mu Dao after he declared her a demon and ordered his forces to capture or kill her. She fought off his ice magic, but Mu Dao remained determined to bring her down.

• Mu Dao warned Zhao Yulin that Jiang Feng was a Ghost Wife impersonator and accused her of deceiving him.
• Jiang Feng prepared to leave with the newborn Little Flame Fairy, but Mu Dao and his subordinates began gathering magic to attack her.
• Mu Dao ordered eight High-tier Mages to form the Mystic Ice Spirit-Locking Array and sent ice spears toward Jiang Feng.
• Jiang Feng unleashed Calamity Flame—Heaven Incineration, overpowering the ice formation and injuring the eight Mages.
• Jiang Feng charged through Mu Dao’s ice storm with Flame Sword—Army Breaker, and Mu Dao was shocked by her strength but grew even more eager to capture her.

Jiang Feng defeated Mu Dao’s forces and reunited Chen Ying with her through Fu Ye’s Mind System magic. The chapter ended with mother and daughter understanding the truth of Jiang Feng’s death and their long separation.

• Jiang Feng used her flames and speed to defeat several High-tier Mages, forcing the wounded survivors to flee.
• Mu Dao abandoned his attempt to capture Jiang Feng and escaped with his remaining subordinates under cover of a blizzard.
• Jiang Feng rescued Chen Ying from the devastated estate and brought her to Fu Ye and Ling Ling.
• Fu Ye used Mind System magic to connect Jiang Feng and Chen Ying, allowing Jiang Feng to explain her death and what had happened since.
• Chen Ying thanked Fu Ye and embraced the truth of her mother’s identity, while Jiang Feng shared her relief and sorrow through their mental link.

Fu Ye recruited Zhao Chenying and forced the Little Flame Fairy to sign an employment contract before returning to Modu. Ai Tutu and Mu Nujiao told him how their training had strengthened them, then Ai Tutu began explaining the stricter rules for the World Academy Competition nomination qualifiers.

• Fu Ye promised to fund Zhao Chenying’s cultivation and send her abroad to manage operations after she reached High Tier.
• Fu Ye immobilized Jiang Feng and spanked her, frightening the Little Flame Fairy into signing his contract.
• Ai Tutu welcomed Fu Ye home and reported that her Plant Element had reached half-step High Tier and her Ice Element had reached Intermediate Tier 3.
• Ai Tutu said she and Mu Nujiao had used their soul essences to strengthen their magic, and that both had registered for the nomination qualifiers.
• Mu Nujiao came downstairs, checked that Fu Ye was unharmed, and praised his return while Ai Tutu explained that the qualifiers’ rules were stricter this year.