Chapter Summaries

Mochizuki Chiharu used her Water and Plant magic against Lin Lan and his Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle, but her Ghost Punishment failed to take hold as a terrifying power awakened within him. The chapter ended with golden lightning darkening the sky and Mochizuki Meiken realizing that a powerful Lightning Element Creature had possessed Lin Lan.

• Mochizuki Chiharu used Water Flower Sky Curtain—Heavenly Guard to defend against the Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle while preparing another Advanced Plant spell.
• Mochizuki Chiharu sent a Ghost Punishment seed at Lin Lan, and the Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle struck her into the air.
• Mochizuki Chiharu used her Wind Wings to stay aloft and stuck another Ghost Punishment seed onto the Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle.
• Ghost wood seedlings appeared on Lin Lan and the Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle, but Lin Lan's aura grew increasingly powerful instead of letting the spell take effect.
• Golden lightning filled the darkened sky, and Mochizuki Meiken recognized that a Lightning Element Creature stronger than the Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle had possessed Lin Lan.

Lin Lan, possessed by Little Dragon Princess, overwhelmed Mochizuki Chiharu with lightning and ended their duel by shattering the arena while deliberately sparing her. Mochizuki Chiharu admitted defeat but vowed to surpass him, and Lin Lan dismissed her challenge.

• Little Dragon Princess possessed Lin Lan, whose lightning destroyed the ghost trees and stunned the Japanese National Pavilion Team with its power.
• Lin Lan battered Mochizuki Chiharu with Lightning Binds as she tried to evade, while Mochizuki Meiken urged her to surrender.
• Mochizuki Chiharu refused to yield and protected herself with vine walls and Water Flower Sky Curtain.
• Lin Lan's Lightning Sword shattered the water curtain, pierced the vines, and struck beside Mochizuki Chiharu, cracking the Diamond Arena and breaking its barrier.
• Lin Lan held his Lightning Sword to Mochizuki Chiharu's throat, and she admitted defeat while promising to catch up to him.
• Lin Lan told Mochizuki Chiharu that he would remain beyond her reach.

Lin Lan defeated Mochizuki Chiharu with his overwhelming Lightning Domain, then helped treat her hidden ailment. After the arena was repaired and the matches resumed, Mo Fan won another bout while Lin Lan and Mu Ningxue discussed their Ice Element Domains.

• Lin Lan defeated Mochizuki Chiharu, and the Japanese academy team realized his Lightning Domain had suppressed her Plant Domain.
• Jiang Yu, Guan Yu, and Nan Jue praised Lin Lan’s strength as he explained the power of Domains.
• Lin Lan helped Mochizuki Chiharu resolve her hidden ailment, and she apologized to Fujihou Nobuko for losing.
• Mochizuki Meiken predicted Lin Lan could become a young Forbidden Curse Mage, while the Japanese team recognized the threat he posed.
• After repairs, Mo Fan knocked out another Japanese contestant, and Lin Lan asked Mu Ningxue about her Ice Element Domain.
• Mu Ningxue sensed that Lin Lan also possessed a powerful Ice Element Domain, and she accepted some ice cream from him.

The national team traveled to Tokyo and hurried to East Sea Battle City, hoping to earn resources that could help them advance to High Mage. Just after arriving, they were caught in a sudden street disaster, and Lin Lan shattered a flying stone pillar with one kick.

• Jiang Shaoxu tried to persuade the team to spend a day sightseeing in Tokyo, but Ai Jiangtu insisted they go straight to Sea Battle City for their training trial and its Star River Vein reward.
• Mu Tingying and Ai Jiangtu said the resources would not go to substitutes, prompting Zhao Manyan and Guan Yu to argue about the substitutes’ worth.
• The team arrived at East Sea Battle City, where Nan Jue described her earlier experiences as they walked through the mage-filled streets.
• A violent tremor sent a massive stone pillar flying toward the group, and an orange-yellow-haired man rushed to protect Mu Ningxue.
• Lin Lan stepped in and shattered the stone pillar with a flying kick, leaving the group stunned.

Two Blue Valley Fierce Beasts attacked East Sea City, forcing the National Academy Team to fight while evacuating through the streets. As one beast caught up to Jiang Shaoxu, Lin Lan struck it with a Lightning Chain and rescued her.

• A broadcast warned that two Commander Level Blue Valley Fierce Beasts had appeared in the Nineteenth District, and Lin Lan and Ai Jiangtu divided the team’s response.
• The beasts ripped stone buildings from the ground and hurled one toward the National Academy Team, forcing the mages to scatter and retreat.
• The team fled as both beasts pursued them through the ruins, and one caught up to the lagging Jiang Shaoxu.
• Lin Lan cast Heavenly Punishment—Thunderbolt—Lightning Chain and struck the beast pursuing Jiang Shaoxu.

Lin Lan and the others fought two Commander Level Blue Valley Fierce Beasts in East Sea City while using the streets and alleys for cover. Mu Ningxue rescued Jiang Yu from being trapped between them, and the group learned Lin Lan had already killed one.

• Lin Lan fought a Blue Valley Fierce Beast alone with his Level Five Thunderbolt as the others went to deal with its hidden companion.
• The second Blue Valley Fierce Beast charged the group, and they attacked it together with Intermediate Level Magic while Ai Jiangtu identified a weak spot on its forehead.
• The beast pursued Jiang Yu into an alley, trapping him between itself and the first beast until Mu Ningxue pulled him to safety with Ice Lock.
• Mu Ningxue told Jiang Yu there were still only two beasts and that Lin Lan had killed one; Jiang Yu saw the first beast's pierced forehead and marveled at Lin Lan's speed.

Mu Ningxue and Jiang Yu escaped two Blue Valley Fierce Beasts with help from Nan Rongni and Nan Jue, while Lin Lan watched the team fight from a rooftop. The chapter left Jiang Shaoxu trapped alone by the two monsters as her Rock Demon Armor began to fail.

• Mu Ningxue protected Jiang Yu from the Blue Valley Fierce Beasts’ icy spikes and brought him to Nan Rongni and Nan Jue for healing.
• A Blue Valley Fierce Beast struck through Ai Jiangtu’s dimensional rift and sent him crashing into a shop.
• Lin Lan watched the team from a tall building and decided to intervene only if one of his teammates faced a life-threatening crisis.
• Nan Jue called for the team to report their positions, and Jiang Shaoxu and Zu Jiming revealed they were together before the monsters charged them.
• Zu Jiming’s signal went dark after he fled, leaving Jiang Shaoxu cornered as her Rock Demon Armor began to break.

Mu Ningxue used the Ice Crystal Bow to freeze two Blue Valley Fierce Beasts, and Lin Lan replicated her attack to kill them before they escaped. The three High Mages and the others witnessed the devastation, while Jiang Shaoxu was rescued unharmed.

• Mu Ningxue fired an Ice Crystal Arrow that froze two Blue Valley Fierce Beasts and the buildings around them, while lightning had already killed a third.
• Three High Mages arrived and were stunned by the dead and frozen Commander Level beasts.
• Zhao Manyan and the others found Jiang Shaoxu alive, and Mu Ningxue’s controlled attack had left her unharmed.
• As the two beasts began breaking free, Lin Lan stepped in and revealed that he had replicated Mu Ningxue’s Ice Crystal Bow attack.
• Lin Lan fired a replicated Ice Crystal Arrow that pierced and completely froze both Blue Valley Fierce Beasts.

Lin Lan helped Mu Ningxue save Jiang Shaoxu, then the National Academy Team arrived in East Sea City and learned they would have to work under the local district system. Lin Lan revealed that he had brought three Commander-Level Demon Cores, shocking their Magic Association host, Lai Hengbao.

• Lin Lan used Chaos Element magic to replicate Mu Ningxue's Ice Crystal Bow attack, destroying two Blue Valley Fierce Beasts and helping save Jiang Shaoxu.
• Lin Lan returned with one Soul Essence, two pieces of Mutated Bone, and three Demon Cores, while Mu Ningxue rested after exhausting herself.
• The National Academy Team met Lai Hengbao, who explained that they would need to work as a district team and warned them not to hide Demon Cores.
• Lin Lan produced three crystal-clear Commander-Level Demon Cores, leaving Lai Hengbao stunned.

After learning that their team needed to earn four stars to secure high-grade resources, Lin Lan and the others settled into a better suite. The next morning, Lin Lan spotted a strange parasite in the sea while Mu Ningxue struggled with her worsening cold, and the chapter ended when a man ran into the water.

• Lai Hengbao explained that the team had to reach four stars during training to claim resources and offered to report their three Commander Level kills.
• Lai Hengbao took the Demon Cores to report their value, and Lin Lan received the largest share.
• Mu Ningxue woke to find herself covered in frost and went alone to the seaside.
• Lin Lan told Mu Ningxue that he had spotted a Jellyfish Parasite in the water and offered to share half the Demon Core money with her.
• A short man ran toward the sea while shouting warnings and plunged into the water.

Lin Lan identified the mysterious deaths in East Sea City as the Drowning Curse and believed he could help develop a vaccine, while the National Academy Team prepared for a massive high tide. The tide arrived as a towering tsunami covered with sea demons, and Lin Lan guarded a district using Space magic.

• A woman reached the shallows and died rapidly from the Drowning Curse, horrifying Mu Ningxue and the soldiers who found her body.
• Lin Lan told Mu Ningxue the deaths were caused by the Drowning Curse and said he had a theory for a cure that still needed proof.
• Mu Ningxue and Lin Lan described the curse to Nan Rongni and the others, prompting Jiang Yu to warn that it might become an epidemic.
• Nan Jue directed the team to prepare medicines and antidotes for the coming high tide, while Lin Lan chose to guard a section of buildings alone.
• A towering tsunami swept toward East Sea City with countless sea demons visible in its waters as the National Academy Team stood ready in the twentieth district.

As the tide flooded East Sea City, Lin Lan identified a Bai Qi Demon that imitated an infant’s cries and warned the National Academy Team. Nan Rongni was injured by another Bai Qi Demon before her teammates rescued her, while Lin Lan faced a growing swarm of Warrior Rank Serrated Green Demons.

• Lin Lan saw the rising seawater flood much of East Sea City and killed a Bai Qi Demon disguised as a crying infant.
• Lin Lan warned Old Zhao over the walkie-talkie not to approach anyone crying for help, but learned Nan Rongni had already gone to investigate.
• Nan Rongni pulled a floating sleeping bag toward herself, and a Bai Qi Demon burst out and pinned her calf to a wall with a spike.
• Zhao Manyan blasted the Bai Qi Demon away, Jiang Yu rescued Nan Rongni, and Guan Yu charged into the fight.
• Lin Lan detected hundreds of Warrior Rank Serrated Green Demons beneath the water as they leaped onto the buildings around him.

Lin Lan wiped out nearly a hundred Warrior Rank sea demons with his Soul-Wrangling Melody while the National Academy Team fought elsewhere. When Nan Rongni was poisoned by a Bai Qi Demon, Lin Lan admitted he had destroyed the demon whose flesh tumor could have cured her, and Zhao Manyan urged him to contact Mo Fan.

• Lin Lan used Soul-Wrangling Melody to kill the sea demons around Yunnan, including the Serrated Green Demons and sea urchin-like creatures.
• Jiang Yu explained the Serrated Green Demons' abilities as the National Academy Team prepared to fight them, and Ai Jiangtu left Nan Jue in command.
• Nan Jue warned the team about a powerful Sound Element mage near Lin Lan, while Zhao Manyan and Jiang Yu speculated that Lin Lan might be the mage.
• Mu Ningxue saw the Bai Qi Demon that had wounded Nan Rongni regenerate, and Nan Jue reported that Nan Rongni had been poisoned and her leg was festering.
• Zhao Manyan told Lin Lan that the Bai Qi Demon's flesh tumor could cure Nan Rongni, but Lin Lan said he had already destroyed that demon and was far away in District Three.
• Zhao Manyan told Lin Lan to find Mo Fan, who should have returned, and asked why he had gone somewhere dangerous; Lin Lan said he was searching for Commander Level demons.

Lin Lan annihilated a group of Fierce Shark Demons and drew the fury of their Great Commander Rank leader. He used Phasing to evade every attack, leaving the Commander unable to find a way to fight him.

• Lin Lan struck the Fierce Shark Demons on a rooftop with two Silent Thunder Death Rays, killing them and scorching demons in the surrounding water.
• A Fierce Shark Demon Commander ambushed Lin Lan from underwater, but Lin Lan activated Phasing and escaped its bite.
• Lin Lan taunted the Great Commander Rank demon and dodged its water blades and high-pressure water cannon with Phasing.
• The Commander leaped at Lin Lan with its tail, then trapped the area with waterspouts, but every attack passed harmlessly through him.
• The Fierce Shark Demon Commander realized its attacks could not hurt Lin Lan and struggled to understand how to fight him.

Lin Lan froze a Fierce Shark Demon Commander with Frost Soul Extreme Ice and destroyed it with Little Dragon Princess’s Nine Dragon Lightning Strike. He returned to the National Academy Team and found Mo Fan injured by a Blue Valley Fierce Beast.

• Lin Lan sensed a sea demon horde approaching and froze the Fierce Shark Demon Commander with his Ice Element Domain.
• Lin Lan summoned Little Dragon Princess to possess him, then killed the trapped Commander with golden lightning.
• The two approaching golden-scaled Commanders fled, and Lin Lan headed back toward the National Academy Team.
• Lin Lan arrived to see Night Rakshasa swipe at Mu Tingying after she had mocked Mu Ningxue.
• Lin Lan noticed Mo Fan was pale, and Mo Fan said a Blue Valley Fierce Beast had injured him.

After the sea demons retreated, Lin Lan gave Mu Ningxue money from the battle and asked her to help resolve the Drowning Curse. He then set out to sell his demon corpses in secret, leaving Mu Ningxue behind and promising to take her for sea demon meat afterward.

• After the tide receded, cleanup crews cleared the ruined streets and collected the sea demon corpses for the district teams.
• Jiang Shaoxu and Nan Rongni gave their shares to Mu Ningxue, bringing her total commission to twelve million.
• Lin Lan gave Mu Ningxue a card containing one hundred million from the essence soul of the Blue Valley Fierce Beasts, asking her to help resolve the Drowning Curse in return.
• Mu Ningxue reflected on how the Mu Clan had cast her aside and agreed to help Lin Lan when he called.
• Lin Lan declined Mu Ningxue's offer to visit the magic market with him because he needed to sell demon corpses confidentially, and promised to treat her to sea demon meat afterward.

Lin Lan sold demon materials in Japan and advanced most of his elements to the third level of High Mage before returning to East Sea City. Zhao Manyan told him about an upcoming Star Sea Vein auction, giving Lin Lan a chance to prepare for a possible breakthrough to Super Mage.

• Lin Lan set up a stall in Sea Battle City, priced his Fierce Shark Demon materials high, and later traveled to Tokyo to sell his goods.
• After selling everything, Lin Lan cultivated six elements to the third level of High Mage, then spent time traveling around Japan.
• Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan burst into Lin Lan's room, where Zhao Manyan revealed that he had used three Star River Veins to become a High Mage and had been caught trying to obtain a fourth.
• Zhao Manyan urged Mo Fan to help Mu Ningxue with a Star River Vein, then discovered Mo Fan had already given her one and teased him about being rejected.
• Zhao Manyan told Lin Lan that his family's auction house would auction a Star Sea Vein and offered to help him acquire it.
• Lin Lan said he still planned to strengthen his third-tier High Mage spells before attempting to break through to Super Mage.

Lin Lan and his teammates discussed their backgrounds and growing strength as Mu Tingying reached the High Mage level in Ice. After the team’s success in Japan, the mentors gathered them to distribute rewards and decide whom to eliminate, but everyone had advanced to High Mage, complicating the choice.

• Lin Lan explained that he had gathered enough servant-level soul essences to enhance his Lightning spell, while Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan discussed the powerful forces backing their teammates.
• Mu Tingying broke through to High Mage in Ice and believed she could surpass Mu Ningxue and reclaim the Mu Clan’s attention.
• The team continued completing missions in East Sea City, growing stronger and killing three Commander Level demons in one battle.
• Mentor Feng Li praised the team’s performance and gathered them to distribute resource rewards.
• Mu Tingying saw that Mu Ningxue had also reached High Mage with Lin Lan’s help and recognized she could not match Lin Lan’s hidden power.

Feng Li assigned Mu Ningxue to the National Pavilion Team, and Mo Fan and Lin Lan chose to leave the National Academy Team to accompany her. Lin Lan agreed to guide the National Pavilion students while returning home to handle the Drowning Curse, and Feng Li arranged resources and travel for him and Mo Fan.

• Feng Li decided to send Mu Ningxue to the National Pavilion Team because her strength warranted a place, despite her lack of influential backing.
• Lin Lan told Mo Fan that returning home would let them deal with the Drowning Curse, and Mo Fan was relieved to hear it.
• Jiang Shaoxu defended Mu Ningxue, but Feng Li still told her to pack and return home.
• Lin Lan and Mo Fan announced that they were leaving the National Academy Team, shocking the other members.
• Mo Fan left the team after arguing with Feng Li, while Lin Lan explained that he needed to handle matters at home and offered to guide the National Pavilion students.
• Feng Li granted Lin Lan leave-from-the-team status, agreed to provide him extra resources, and arranged for him and Mo Fan to return home.

Lin Lan reassured Mu Ningxue about returning to the Ancient Capital, while Mo Fan chose to leave the National Academy Team and accompany her. The team reacted to their departure, and Tang Zhong informed Feng Li that Mo Fan had left, leaving Feng Li furious but willing to meet Lin Lan.

• Guan Yu offered to bring Mu Ningxue into his family, but Lin Lan interrupted and later encouraged her to face the Drowning Curse and return to the Ancient Capital.
• Mu Ningxue said she still wanted to prove herself and fight her way back onto the National Academy Team with Mo Fan.
• As Lin Lan, Mo Fan, and Mu Ningxue departed in the rain, Jiang Shaoxu taunted Guan Yu for failing to act on his feelings.
• Jiang Yu, Nan Jue, Nan Rongni, and Zhao Manyan reacted to the team’s losses, with Zhao Manyan praising Mo Fan’s devotion to Mu Ningxue.
• Tang Zhong told Feng Li that Mo Fan had left the team, prompting Feng Li to erupt in anger before agreeing to go see Lin Lan.