Chapter Summaries

Lin Lan crushed Xu Mingcong in Pearl Academy’s nomination contest, drew the attention of Ai Jiangtu, and offered to support Mu Nujiao as she worried about her family’s demands. Mu Nujiao chose to rely on her own efforts and went upstairs, leaving Lin Lan concerned that she might trade away her freedom for more resources.

• Lin Lan defeated Xu Mingcong and the other contestants with a single move, and news of his high-tier magic and victory spread across campus.
• Ding Yumian met Ai Jiangtu after he asked whether Lin Lan had used high-tier magic, while Lin Lan sensed Ai Jiangtu probing him on the campus path.
• Ai Jiangtu joined Lin Lan, Mu Nujiao, and Ai Tutu for dinner, praised Lin Lan, and accidentally hinted that another National Government Captain candidate had been predetermined.
• Lin Lan found Mu Nujiao drinking alone and heard that she feared losing her freedom if she relied on her family for more resources and failed to meet their expectations.
• Lin Lan offered Mu Nujiao a vote and his support, but she went upstairs, determined to rely on her own efforts.

Lin Lan dominated the second and third nomination matches while growing closer to Mu Nujiao and Ding Yumian. After meeting Mo Fan at the Fire Institute, Lin Lan learned that Mo Fan had not awakened a new element, leaving him seemingly destined for the Demon Element.

• Lin Lan won his second and third matches with ease, while Mu Nujiao also impressed with her performance.
• Lin Lan praised Mu Nujiao and encouraged her to keep striving for victory in the nomination competition.
• Lin Lan and Ding Yumian ran into Mo Fan at the Fire Institute, where Mo Fan bragged that he had won his first three matches.
• Lin Lan asked whether Mo Fan had awakened a new element, and Mo Fan said he had not because he was short on money.
• Lin Lan refused to lend Mo Fan money, explaining that his Little Dragon Princess required expensive Soul Seeds.

After learning that Zhang Xiaohou had disappeared during a rescue mission in the Ancient Capital, Lin Lan and Mo Fan flew to Xi'an to investigate. They learned his unit’s reported deaths had not been verified and prepared to search Yangyang Village, while Aishiya was also in the city to deliver intelligence.

• Lin Lan watched Mo Fan win his third match with a Meteor Fist, then waited outside campus for him.
• Lin Lan told Mo Fan he would go to the Ancient Capital to look for Zhang Xiaohou, and they flew there on Lin Lan’s Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle.
• Lin Lan warned Mo Fan about the scale of the undead threat as they approached Xi'an and saw its newly built outer wall and military checkpoints.
• Lin Lan and Mo Fan went to the Bell Tower Magic Association and learned Zhang Xiaohou had disappeared between Yangyang Village and Hua Village during a rescue mission.
• Lin Lan decided to take experienced people to Yangyang Village, and noted that Aishiya had come to the Ancient Capital to deliver intelligence.

Lin Lan and Mo Fan sought a guide at the Hunter Hall to reach Yangyang Village and find their missing friend. Lin Lan used his Hunter Master status and knowledge of the Fiend Abyss to turn a ten-million fee into a one-million payment to their team, which included Asha Ruiya.

• Lin Lan and Mo Fan visited the Hunter Hall and learned from a short Magic Hunter that rescue commissions outside the city usually meant retrieving corpses.
• Mo Fan asked whether the guide could take them to Yangyang Village, and Lin Lan showed him a bank card and his Hunter Master certificate.
• Lin Lan offered one million to the short Magic Hunter to guide them and protect them from undead attacks, while Mo Fan objected to the guide's ten-million price.
• After learning Lin Lan was a twenty-year-old Hunter Master, the short Magic Hunter agreed to take only one million when Lin Lan mentioned the Fiend Abyss.
• The short Magic Hunter said other people would join the team, and Lin Lan guessed that one of them was Asha Ruiya.

Lin Lan watched the undead assault the Ancient Capital’s outer wall and saw a powerful Dark Shadow lead their army. The next morning, he and Mo Fan joined a group led by a short hunter, including the veiled Saintess Asha Ruiya, and set out on foot for Yangyang Village.

• Lin Lan completed the commission procedure, then went to the outer wall while Mo Fan went off on his own.
• Lin Lan watched the undead swarm the city wall and considered how to profit from the coming catastrophe without exposing his knowledge.
• Lin Lan saw a massive Dark Shadow command the undead army before guards drove him away from the wall.
• Mo Fan joined Lin Lan and expressed shock at the sight of the living and dead clashing around the Ancient Capital.
• Lin Lan and Mo Fan met the short man’s group at the Outer South Gate, where Lin Lan recognized Asha Ruiya among its members.
• The short man led the seven-person group toward Yangyang Village on foot because travel by vehicle or air was considered disrespectful to the Qinling demon tribes.

Lin Lan, Mo Fan, and their companions traveled through the undead land toward Yangyang Village with Asha Ruiya, whose strength Lin Lan could not gauge. After undead emerged from an ancient tomb in overwhelming numbers, Lin Lan sensed a far more powerful presence below and told Mo Fan to eat the Gray Garlic to hide his living aura.

• Mo Fan guessed that Asha Ruiya cultivated Black Magic, while Lin Lan remained unable to assess her strength.
• As night fell, Big Strong Man handed out Gray Garlic that could mask the living aura and repel undead.
• Lin Lan sensed movement beneath the ground, and Mo Fan spat out the Gray Garlic because it tasted awful.
• Undead heads and then scores of skeletons crawled from an ancient tomb, and Lin Lan kicked two heads away.
• Lin Lan sensed an immense aura beneath the tomb and urged Mo Fan to eat the Gray Garlic, which Mo Fan reluctantly did.

Asha Ruiya, Lin Lan, and Mo Fan learned about the Undead Emperor and the dangers of the Underworld as they traveled toward Yangyang Village. When they arrived, they found the village had vanished, leaving the group unsure what had happened to its residents.

• Asha Ruiya questioned the short man about the gloomy land and learned that people believed the Undead Emperor might have changed.
• The short man said no one had seen the Undead Emperor and recounted how Sacred Court mages had entered the region and never returned.
• Mo Fan and Lin Lan reflected on the dangers facing talented mages and the powerful organizations that might target them.
• The group used Gray Garlic to pass unnoticed by undead and continued toward Yangyang Village to rest.
• At the hill, the group found only scattered abandoned wood where Yangyang Village should have stood, and the burly man ran down to investigate.

Lin Lan and the group traveled toward Hua Village through the undead-infested night, conserving their Gray Garlic until a strange rain stirred the dead into a frenzy. When a Great Corpse General and a horde of Rotten Corpses attacked, Lin Lan’s Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle overwhelmed them and destroyed the general.

• Asha Ruiya and the group agreed to save their remaining Gray Garlic for an undead surge, then continued toward Hua Village while Ye Meng'e and the attendants dealt with wandering corpses.
• The short man asked Ye Meng'e’s name, and she introduced herself as Meng'e.
• A strange, furious rain soaked the group, and Lin Lan warned Mo Fan that the undead would become more dangerous.
• A Great Corpse General appeared and summoned a horde of Rotten Corpses, while Ye Meng'e ordered A Xin and A Li to handle the approaching undead.
• Lin Lan summoned the Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle, whose domain froze and blasted apart the Rotten Corpses and crushed the Great Corpse General.
• Lin Lan kicked the frozen Great Corpse General’s head a hundred meters away.

After finding Hua Village deserted, Mo Fan and his companions discovered its villagers hiding in a well and reunited with Zhang Xiaohou, who pretended to have amnesia. The group left for the Ancient Capital with a small band of villagers, while Lin Lan kept Hong Jun under suspicion.

• The group reached Hua Village and found damaged houses, bloodstains, and no people, until the short man found Hong Jun in the village well.
• Hong Jun brought more than a hundred villagers out of the well and explained that undead had attacked the village, forcing them to hide.
• Mo Fan and Lin Lan reunited with Zhang Xiaohou, who acted as if he had amnesia, and Su Xiaoluo stayed by his side.
• Hong Jun announced that the village was no longer safe, and about thirty villagers, along with Mo Fan, Lin Lan, Zhang Xiaohou, Su Xiaoluo, and Asha Ruiya, set out for the Ancient Capital.
• The undead did not attack the traveling group, and Su Xiaoluo questioned why the village had been attacked despite its well water's protection.

Lin Lan, Mo Fan, and Zhang Xiaohou fought off undead attacking the villagers on their way to Ancient Capital, but many villagers died. At the city gate, the group learned that six other Weiju Villages had been ravaged, while Zhang Xiaohou stayed with Su Xiaoluo instead of going for treatment.

• Undead erupted from the ground and slaughtered villagers, so Lin Lan ordered Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou to protect them.
• Lin Lan used Lightning Calamity to destroy groups of undead, and Zhang Xiaohou raised Rock Barriers to stop the survivors.
• A disguised undead youth tried to stab Lin Lan, but Lin Lan's Spatial Mark killed him before he could turn around.
• Mo Fan killed the remaining undead with lightning and fire, but the survivors mourned villagers who had died in the attack.
• The group reached Ancient Capital, where guards showed village chief Xie Sang a newspaper reporting that six Weiju Villages near Salt Pool had been ravaged.
• Su Xiaoluo thanked Lin Lan and Mo Fan, while Zhang Xiaohou insisted on staying by her side instead of seeking treatment.

Lin Lan and Mo Fan reunited with their Bocheng classmates in the Ancient Capital, where Mu Bai had built a business street for fellow survivors. The gathering ended with He Yu asking about Zhang Xiaohou’s disappearance, leaving Lin Lan unsure what to tell her.

• Lin Lan and Mo Fan visited Huili Street and recognized Zhao Kun San, who was shocked to see them.
• Mu Bai arrived, welcomed Lin Lan and Mo Fan, and arranged a reunion with their old classmates.
• Lin Lan, Mo Fan, Mu Bai, Zhao Kun San, Wang Sanpang, Zhou Min, and He Yu gathered for dinner.
• Wang Sanpang and He Yu thanked Lin Lan for helping save people they cared about.
• He Yu asked Lin Lan where Zhang Xiaohou was, and Lin Lan fell silent as he considered what to reveal.

Lin Lan reunited with his Bocheng classmates, who learned about his High Mage breakthrough and talked about Ancient Capital Academy’s undead hunts and rankings. After drinks, the group decided to hunt undead together, and Lin Lan summoned his Commander Level Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle to take them to the outer city wall.

• Lin Lan reassured He Yu that Monkey was safe and had been taken to Xin Xia for healing.
• Zhou Min asked about Lin Lan’s breakthrough, and the classmates discussed their cultivation and Ancient Capital Academy’s Wild Goose Pagoda.
• Mu Bai and He Yu explained that Ancient Capital Academy ranked students by points earned killing undead and assigned them to guard the outer city wall.
• Wang Sanpang suggested that the group hunt undead after their reunion, and Lin Lan agreed to take them to the wall.
• Lin Lan summoned the Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle, and Mu Bai identified it as Commander Level.

Lin Lan brought his classmates to the northwestern city wall on the Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle, where his High Mage badge and Hunter Master certificate stunned the students and overseers. As the group prepared to fight, a large swarm of undead emerged from the darkness outside the wall.

• Lin Lan carried his classmates to the northwestern district on his Commander Level Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle, drawing astonished and envious looks from the mages on the wall.
• Zhou Min led the group to the corner watchtower to collect school badges, where Jiang Li changed his attitude after learning Lin Lan was a High Mage.
• Lin Lan showed his Hunter Master certificate, leaving Jiang Li, the overseers, and his classmates shocked by his credentials.
• A Sky Eagle warned the watchtower mage of undead gathering in the darkness, and Light Shine revealed a growing swarm emerging from beneath the soil.
• Lin Lan divided the fight, assigning the Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle to one group of undead and telling Zhao Kun San and Wang Sanpang to practice on stragglers.

Lin Lan and the city-wall mages attacked the undead, while Mo Fan and his companions fought a Fanged Bone Demon General. Lin Lan rescued Wang Sanpang and Zhao Kun San with Chaos Magic, but the Fanged Bone Demon General broke free of their attacks and charged out of their Intermediate Magic.

• Mages atop the city walls blasted waves of undead with fire spells as Lin Lan sent the Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle to fight a Fanged Bone Demon General.
• Mo Fan, Mu Bai, Zhou Min, and He Yu coordinated their attacks against another Fanged Bone Demon General, while Lin Lan dealt with nearby undead.
• The Fanged Bone Demon General charged into the city wall and launched bone spikes at Wang Sanpang and Zhao Kun San.
• Lin Lan used Chaos Magic to redirect the spikes and drive them into the Fanged Bone Demon General, but it pulled them out.
• Mu Bai bound the Fanged Bone Demon General with Ice Locks, which it shattered before Mo Fan and Zhou Min struck it with lightning and fire magic.
• The Fanged Bone Demon General endured their Intermediate Magic and charged out of the attacks.

Mo Fan and the others fought a Fanged Bone Demon General, but Lin Lan finished it with a golden Lightning Sword. After receiving a rally signal, the group went to the North City Tower, where Zhu Meng recognized Mo Fan.

• Mo Fan drew the Fanged Bone Demon General away from Zhou Min and evaded its attacks with Shadow Dodge.
• Mo Fan suggested freezing the demon's legs, but Lin Lan gathered golden lightning into a sword and shattered it with one strike.
• The group celebrated defeating the Fanged Bone Demon General, and the Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle returned unharmed.
• A rally signal called for aid, so Lin Lan and the others went to the North City Tower.
• Zhu Meng arrived at the tower and recognized Mo Fan, while Lin Lan watched their reunion.

Zhu Meng told Lin Lan, Mo Fan, and the others that the Fiend Abyss had appeared thirty kilometers north of the Ancient Capital. As the group learned how deadly and unpredictable it was, Instructor Fei Jiao arrived and thanked Lin Lan and Mo Fan for helping Zhang Xiaohou.

• Zhu Meng questioned Lin Lan about coming to the Ancient Capital, and Lin Lan joked that he had given the Ice Soul Seed to his girlfriend and asked for another.
• Zhu Meng announced that the Fiend Abyss had appeared thirty kilometers north, alarming everyone gathered there.
• Lin Lan explained that the Fiend Abyss was an expanding, spatially unpredictable land of undead, while Zhong Zishan recounted watching a companion be devoured by one.
• Zhu Meng warned that the Fiend Abyss could travel through time and space and might kill even Forbidden Curse Mages.
• Fei Jiao arrived, greeted Lin Lan and Mo Fan, and thanked them on behalf of the Ancient Capital for bringing Zhang Xiaohou back and offering their help.

Zhu Meng recruited the assembled mages to help kill the approaching Ghost Tyrant and protect the Light Mage corps, offering Lin Lan an ordinary Soul Seed for joining the fight. Lin Lan and Mo Fan prepared to fight as the living and the undead began their war outside the Ancient Capital.

• The Ghost Tyrant appeared beneath the northern sky, forcing Zhu Meng and the other leaders to revise their plan and target the White Nether Ghost Minister and its White Yin Ghost horde first.
• Zhu Meng offered Lin Lan an ordinary Soul Seed, and Lin Lan agreed to help; Mo Fan also joined after Lin Lan mentioned the chance to earn essence.
• Lu Xu assigned the High Mages to hold back Commander Level undead and the Intermediate Mages to protect the Light Mage corps while it formed the Light Element formation.
• Lin Lan declined to lead the assembled mages and instead rode the Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle toward the battlefield.
• Zhu Meng, Lu Xu, Fei Jiao, and Du Xiao led the charge, and the human mages advanced toward the undead as the war began.

Lin Lan and the Little Dragon Princess joined the Ancient Capital’s undead battle, using overwhelming lightning attacks to clear the horde and earn resources. As the mages watched their advance, Mo Fan spoke with a short hunter about his motives for fighting despite his wife’s impending childbirth.

• Lin Lan summoned the Little Dragon Princess and fed her a Lightning Element spirit seed before leading her and the Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle toward the undead.
• Mo Fan’s mage team advanced through Rotten Corpses while the scar-faced mage rallied the others to fight.
• Lin Lan directed the Little Dragon Princess to attack Corpse Generals and ordered the Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle to avoid the Ghost Tyrant.
• Lin Lan, the Dragon Princess maiden, and the Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle unleashed powerful lightning attacks that devastated the undead and gathered their remains’ fluorescent glimmers.
• Zhou Min and Mo Fan watched Lin Lan’s overwhelming assault, and Mo Fan asked a short hunter why he had joined the battle with his wife about to give birth.
• The short hunter said he had come partly to earn an Honorary Hunter title that he could sell for eight million.

Lin Lan’s team advanced through the Rotten Corpse army until three Corpse Ministers ambushed them, draining two mages and a Sky Eagle. Lin Lan summoned support and prepared to face the attackers as the battle escalated.

• The mages advanced while Fire Element squads burned through the Rotten Corpses and teams converged on the Light Element mage corps.
• Lin Lan spotted three black-mist clouds, whose flesh tendrils drained a Sky Eagle and a mage before the Dragon Princess girl blasted one apart.
• The mages recognized the attackers as three Commander Level Corpse Ministers, and Demon Man asked Lin Lan how many he could handle.
• Lin Lan assigned Demon Man one Corpse Minister and said he would take the other two, then summoned a Beast Tide for the Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle.
• The Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle led thirteen summoned eagles against one Corpse Minister while Lin Lan merged with the Dragon Princess girl and advanced on the one that had attacked Eagle Uncle.

Demon Man led Mo Fan into battle against the Corpse Minister while Lin Lan confronted it with overwhelming spatial and lightning magic. Lin Lan destroyed the Corpse Minister and its undead forces with a Thunder Dragon formed by fusing two kinds of lightning.

• Demon Man flew Mo Fan toward the battlefield and told him to use the Constellation Book to fight, while the High Mages charged the black mummies.
• Lin Lan halted the Corpse Minister's tentacles with spatial power and destroyed them with Space Annihilation.
• Lin Lan killed the surrounding undead with Thunderbolts and absorbed the Corpse Minister's poison with the Mysterious Snake Magic Armor.
• More Corpse Generals emerged, so Lin Lan fused two kinds of lightning into a Thunder Dragon and blasted them apart.
• The Thunder Dragon chased down the fleeing Corpse Minister and annihilated it inside the black sandstorm.