Chapter Summaries

Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue lured the Sea-Black Pseudo-Dragon from its cave while Lin Lan prepared to deal with the Thunderstorm Squids. The dragon pursued Mu Ningxue through the deep sea, and she tried to slow it with ice barriers as Mo Fan drew its attention away.

• Bobby proposed provoking the Thunderstorm Squid commander, and Ling Ling said she would isolate the submerged reef from lightning.
• Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue descended into the Sea-Black Pseudo-Dragon's territory while Lin Lan went to handle the squids.
• The Sea-Black Pseudo-Dragon emerged from its cave after Mo Fan's Spatial Rhythm and Mu Ningxue's Ice Locks failed to stop it.
• Mo Fan split into three shadows to draw the dragon's attention while Mu Ningxue fled upward.
• The Sea-Black Pseudo-Dragon pursued Mu Ningxue, who raised layers of ice barriers to slow its advance.

Lin Lan provoked the Thunderstorm Squids in the Reef Cave, driving them into a lightning frenzy that forced the Sea-Black Pseudo-Dragon to surface. Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue escaped the beast’s attack by teleporting to Bobby’s ship, leaving the pseudo-dragon searching for them.

• Lin Lan used Silent Thunder Death Ray—Thunderstorm to stir up the Thunderstorm Squids and then swam safely through their lightning toward the surface.
• The Thunderstorm Squids’ lightning storm killed fleeing sea monkeys and forced the Sea-Black Pseudo-Dragon to burst out of the water.
• Lin Lan reached the shallow reef as Ling Ling and Bobby spotted the enormous pseudo-dragon, and Bobby steered the ship away from its waves.
• The Sea-Black Pseudo-Dragon chased Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue and fired a dark lightning breath at them.
• Mu Ningxue raised an ice-crystal shield, while the pseudo-dragon stopped attacking with lightning after sensing the Thunderstorm Squids’ dangerous lightning beneath the sea.
• Mo Fan used Instantaneous Movement—Within Reach to teleport himself and Mu Ningxue onto the ship, and the pseudo-dragon searched the empty air where they had been.

Lin Lan, Mo Fan, and Mu Ningxue combined their magic to trap and weaken the Sea-Black Pseudo-Dragon. Lin Lan launched a lightning-powered meteor strike at the immobilized beast.

• Lin Lan used spatial magic to stop the Sea-Black Pseudo-Dragon's attack, while Mo Fan's fire spells failed to break through its water shield.
• Lin Lan trapped the pseudo-dragon with a Thunder Prison Barrier as Mo Fan struck it with fire and Little Flame Fairy's power, cracking its chest scales.
• Lin Lan summoned Dragon Girl Ji's lightning wings as Mu Ningxue and Mo Fan froze, slowed, and bound the pseudo-dragon with ice and shadow magic.
• Lin Lan charged the Sea-Black Pseudo-Dragon with Thunderclap Meteor Fist, streaking toward it as a violet lightning meteor.

Lin Lan and the others watched the Drowning Curse Evil Maggot devour the Sea-Black Pseudo-Dragon and transform into one, learning that the vaccine was inside its Demon Core. When the new dragon emerged, it immediately fled into the sea rather than fight them.

• The wounded Sea-Black Pseudo-Dragon was consumed by Ant Maggots until only its skeleton remained.
• Lin Lan explained that the mature Evil Maggot could take the form of what it devoured and that the vaccine was inside the transformed dragon’s Demon Core.
• Lin Lan, Mo Fan, Mu Ningxue, Ling Ling, and Bobby waited on the speedboat as the Evil Maggot completed its transformation.
• The Evil Maggot emerged as a Sea-Black Pseudo-Dragon, and Ling Ling confirmed they needed to kill it and take its core to obtain the vaccine.
• The Evil Maggot realized the humans intended to kill it and immediately dove into the sea to escape.

Lin Lan pursued and killed the Evil Maggot Pseudo-Dragon, allowing the group to obtain a vaccine for the Drowning Curse. Ling Ling warned that parasitized sea demons could produce new variants, and the group prepared to collect their reward and return to the National Academy Team.

• Lin Lan stopped the Sea-Black Pseudo-Dragon's waves from crushing the ship, then chased the fleeing creature ahead of the others.
• The Sea-Black Pseudo-Dragon attacked Lin Lan with dragon breath, but he endured it and wounded its dorsal fin with lightning.
• Lin Lan absorbed the creature's black lightning and unleashed it back at the Sea-Black Pseudo-Dragon, killing it and scattering its Ant Maggots across the sea.
• The group recovered the complete Evil Maggot Pseudo-Dragon vaccine, while Ling Ling warned that other parasitized demons might be evolving into new hosts.
• Lin Lan said the group would collect their reward and return to the National Academy Team, surprising Bobby when Mo Fan revealed that he and Lin Lan were contestants.

Lin Lan, Mo Fan, and Mu Ningxue reunited with the National Academy Team in Hamilton City and joined an expedition toward a Peruvian ruin caught in a vast wind-and-lightning storm. At their night camp, Lin Lan gave Zhao Manyan an earth-element essence crystal, and Zhao Manyan revealed that his third element was earth.

• Lin Lan, Mo Fan, and Mu Ningxue met the National Academy Team in Hamilton City, where they heard about a ruin seventy kilometers away that might contain a soul seed.
• Nan Jue led the team through a Gobi Valley occupied by stone elements, and Lin Lan obtained an earth-element essence crystal.
• The team reached the ruin's vicinity and saw a huge hurricane wrapped in lightning covering the ancient city, so they camped nearby until morning.
• During the night watch, Mo Fan told Zhao Manyan that three of his elements had reached the high tier and that he was close to completing his Lightning Element Constellation.
• Lin Lan gave Zhao Manyan the earth-element essence crystal, and Zhao Manyan revealed that his third element was earth before offering Lin Lan a top-tier magic artifact in exchange.

The National Academy Team found little in the ruined city besides a deadly black lightning storm, while Mo Fan’s Ninghua Evil Pearl pointed toward its center. When more than ten thousand Strange Birds surrounded them, Lin Lan led the group into the storm to escape.

• Mo Fan checked the Ninghua Evil Pearl and found its guidance pointing into the black lightning storm, but he refused to approach it.
• The team searched the ruined city and found only mysterious writing on broken stone pillars, so Nan Jue suggested they rest and leave if they found nothing more.
• Thousands of Strange Birds swept in and surrounded the team, and Ai Jiangtu explained that they had been pursued by the birds since entering their territory in Peru a month earlier.
• Lin Lan proposed entering a survivable part of the lightning storm because the Strange Birds could not follow them safely, and Ai Jiangtu agreed.
• Lin Lan led the team into the lightning storm while Mo Fan complained that the crisis had nothing to do with him.

Lin Lan and the team battled a huge flock of Strange Birds in the violent storm as they searched for Time Fluid and the Eye of Time and Space. Jiang Shaoxu drew the flock onto Zhao Manyan, and Lin Lan unleashed Thunder Punishment to annihilate the birds attacking him.

• The team advanced into the storm and formed a defensive formation as a large flock of Strange Birds attacked them.
• Mo Fan used his fourth-tier Giant Shadow Nail to pin five Strange Birds in place.
• Jiang Shaoxu cast Mind Ripple: Frenzy, sending the flock into a rage and drawing it toward Zhao Manyan.
• Zhao Manyan endured the flock's attacks with defensive magic while Mo Fan moved away.
• Lin Lan unleashed Thunder Punishment, vaporizing the Strange Birds surrounding Zhao Manyan.

Lin Lan and the others pushed through the lightning storm, broke a man-made restriction, and discovered an ancient city inside an independent space. After Lin Lan vanished from the group, he reached a fountain containing Time Fluid.

• Lin Lan blasted the Strange Birds with lightning as the National Academy Team pressed toward the storm’s center.
• When the team argued over Jiang Yu’s route and whether to turn back, Mo Fan led a small group deeper into the storm, with Lin Lan at the front.
• Nan Jue recognized a yellow-lightning restriction and began breaking it while Lin Lan protected the group and absorbed lightning.
• The group passed through the restriction and found a flower-filled landscape and a brightly colored ancient city inside an independent space.
• Mo Fan noticed Lin Lan was missing, while Lin Lan reached a fountain at a crossroads and found Time Fluid.

Lin Lan found Time Fluid in the ancient city, and the team returned to Hamilton City before traveling to Peru's National Pavilion at Royal Felipe Castle. As they began their matches, a vast flock of Strange Birds approached the coast, and the team was forced to leave.

• Lin Lan broke open a statue in the ancient city and found a Crystal Cup filled with Time Fluid, while Mo Fan arrived too late to claim it.
• Jiang Shaoxu found the Li Fan Flower, and the six team members left the city without encountering the Eye of Time and Space; giant amber eyes watched them depart.
• Lin Lan explained that Time Fluid could briefly accelerate a living creature's growth, and the team traveled from Hamilton City to Royal Felipe Castle near Lima.
• The Chinese National Academy Team defeated Peru's National Pavilion mages in three matches, and Osto proposed mixed-team sparring.
• General Mott confronted the team as a huge flock of Strange Birds advanced over the Pacific, forcing them to leave the city.

Mo Fan, Lin Lan, and the team fought off a massive flock of Strange Birds while trying to hold the castle entrance and protect the unstable sea cliff. Nan Jue reported that the barrier could be restarted in half an hour, but Lin Lan hinted that he would soon show Mo Fan the mature-phase Dragon Princess Empress.

• Nan Rongni used her rare Blessing Element to strengthen Mo Fan's Night Dominion, trapping and scattering the Strange Birds.
• Zhao Manyan shielded Mo Fan and Lin Lan as Lin Lan's Silent Thunder Death Ray and Mo Fan's enhanced Sky Flame Funeral slaughtered the disorganized flock.
• More than ten giant Strange Birds attacked, but Ai Jiangtu crushed them with Spatial Rhythm—Compression while Lin Lan cleared another swath of birds with lightning.
• The team fell back to the castle as the Strange Birds battered the entrance and threatened to collapse the sea cliff.
• Nan Jue reported that the barrier could be restarted in about half an hour, and Lin Lan told Mo Fan he would show him the mature-phase Dragon Princess Empress.

Lin Lan fed Little Dragon Princess Time Fluid, allowing her to transform into the Dragon Princess Empress as the Strange Birds broke through the castle’s barrier. The Dragon Princess Empress unleashed overwhelming lightning and spatial magic against the flock, leaving the battle still underway.

• At Royal Felipe Castle, General Mott and his officers feared that the Strange Birds would breach the barrier and kill the mages inside.
• As the barrier weakened, Ai Jiangtu urged the team to scatter, while Mo Fan said their survival depended on Little Dragon Princess.
• Lin Lan gave Little Dragon Princess one-third of the Time Fluid, and she transformed into the Dragon Princess Empress.
• After the barrier shattered, the Dragon Princess Empress vaporized thousands of Strange Birds with a lightning domain and a massive lightning lotus.
• The Dragon Princess Empress altered gravity to crash the remaining birds onto the reefs, then swept them with a wave of lightning.

Lin Lan’s Dragon Princess Empress devastated the Strange Bird army, allowing the National Academy Team to return safely to Royal Felipe Castle. There, the team confronted General Mott and his officers, whose dismissal arrived just as reports revealed a crisis at Yalie Mine.

• Lin Lan’s Dragon Princess Empress unleashed devastating lightning, killing thousands of Strange Birds and driving the remaining flock into flight.
• General Mott and the officers watched the Strange Birds flee, then were shocked when the National Academy Team returned unharmed.
• Ai Jiangtu confronted Mott over abandoning the team, and the group reclaimed the Peruvian National Pavilion badge.
• Ai Jiangtu crushed the badge, rejected Mott’s defense of his actions, and accused him of surrendering to the Strange Birds.
• Jiang Shaoxu presented official dismissal warrants for Mott and the black female staff officer.
• A new emergency report revealed that several southwestern cities were in distress and thousands of miners were trapped in Yalie Mine, prompting Mott to suspect the team’s return was connected to the disaster.

Osto warned Mo Fan’s group that Nazca would send even larger attacks unless they entered the forbidden zone and uncovered its secret. The team split over whether to go, while Lin Lan revealed that the Strange Birds might all depend on one original bird whose Iridescent Crown Feather could be destroyed.

• Osto urged the team to enter Nazca without military support, warning that troops would provoke an even greater monster attack.
• Mo Fan agreed to go with Lin Lan and the others after Osto promised Peru’s National Academy Team resources and public apologies.
• Zu Jiming, Mu Tingying, Guan Yu, and Nan Rongni refused to board the helicopter, while Mo Fan dragged Zhao Manyan aboard.
• Lin Lan explained that the Strange Birds were phantom duplicates created by an original item and said the Dragon Princess Empress had reached the Great Monarch Level.
• Mu Ningxue deduced that destroying the original Strange Bird with the Iridescent Crown Feather would make its duplicates vanish, and the group wondered how to find it.

Lin Lan and the national team flew over the Nazca Lines and discovered that the ground drawings depicted the Strange Ape, Strange Bird, and a spider. After searching the Strange Bird drawing, Nan Jue concluded that its missing eye had been stolen by someone who had entered the forbidden zone, and that finding the thief could end the monsters’ attacks.

• Ai Jiangtu piloted the helicopter over the Nazca Lines, where the group recognized enormous drawings of a Strange Ape, a Strange Bird, and a spider.
• Lin Lan suggested they search the Strange Bird drawing for a way to lift its curse, but Ai Jiangtu crash-landed the helicopter nearby.
• Mo Fan led the group to search the Strange Bird drawing, but they initially found nothing.
• Nan Jue noticed that the Strange Bird drawing’s eye area was dark and deduced that its eye component had been stolen.
• Nan Jue explained that the Nazca monsters were attacking recent trespassers because they could not identify the thief, and that returning the stolen eye would end the disaster.
• Lin Lan recalled that the thief was in a mine and that Ai Jiangtu and the others had encountered him there.

Lin Lan’s group recovered Nazca’s gemstone and exposed Shelton’s betrayal of the Li Fan Flower before continuing their training journey toward Mexico. Along the way, they learned of the Crimson Ornament Guild, and Mo Fan eagerly proposed hunting its High Mage leader for the bounty.

• Lin Lan led the group through the mine, killed hundreds of Strange Apes with one Thunderbolt, and helped find Shelton and uncover Nazca’s gemstone.
• Lin Lan confronted Shelton over his ancient Indian bloodline and his betrayal of the Li Fan Flower’s legacy.
• After settling the matter, Lin Lan decided to save the Star Sea Vein and strengthen his other elements before attempting to advance his Space Element to Super Rank.
• The instructors sent the group on foot toward Mexico, and Zhao Manyan, Jiang Yu, and Nan Jue discussed the dangers along the route.
• After crossing into the Caribbean region, the group noticed bounty notices for the Crimson Ornament Guild, and Mo Fan urged Lin Lan to help capture its High Mage leader.

Mo Fan and his companions followed the Ninghua Evil Pearl to a picturesque vanilla village, where they discovered the Crimson Ornament Guild terrorizing its residents. The group prepared to confront the guild after witnessing its leader threaten a village girl.

• Jiang Shaoxu persuaded the group to stop at the beautiful village, but a woman at the entrance refused them because the village was celebrating a festival.
• Mo Fan told Lin Lan that the Ninghua Evil Pearl had reacted, and they returned toward the village with Jiang Shaoxu and Mu Nujiao while Zhao Manyan wandered off.
• Mo Fan used Shadow Element magic to sneak the four of them into the village, where they saw hundreds of villagers surrounded by red-robed mages.
• Xi Ge claimed the Crimson Ornament Guild owned the village and demanded the residents pay to redeem their people, homes, land, and vanilla.
• After a girl spat at Xi Ge, he threatened her, and Lin Lan identified the guild as the group they had been seeking.
• Mo Fan, Lin Lan, and Mu Nujiao condemned the guild's cruelty and prepared to fight its members.

Lin Lan and Mo Fan confronted the Crimson Ornament Guild bandits holding villagers hostage, while Zhao Manyan flew with Oni to help after learning the bandits had run into two High Mages. The chapter left both groups heading toward the same confrontation.

• Lin Lan told Mo Fan to handle the bandits while Mu Nujiao and Jiang Shaoxu stayed hidden to protect the villagers.
• Mo Fan killed the red-haired mage with Rose Flame after the bandits threatened Lin Lan.
• Lin Lan demanded money from the bandits, and Xi Ge realized the pair were High Mages as his men began to flee.
• Zhao Manyan flirted with Oni until a communicator reported that two High Mages had defeated the bandits and were robbing them.
• Zhao Manyan unfolded his Wing Demon Tool, lifted Oni into the air, and flew with her to support the bandits.

Lin Lan and his companions fought the Crimson Ornament Guild while Zhao Manyan mistakenly tried to defend the pirates, provoking Oni’s fury. As Oni prepared a High Mage attack, Zhao Manyan formed golden armor to protect himself.

• Xi Ge offered Lin Lan’s group money to spare him, but Oni arrived with Zhao Manyan and mistook the villagers for bandits.
• Zhao Manyan declared that he and his companions would protect Oni’s village, so Lin Lan and Mo Fan tricked Oni into thinking he was helping the pirates.
• Oni attacked Zhao Manyan with wind magic while Lin Lan’s group struck the Crimson Ornament Guild and drove the fight away from the villagers.
• Oni’s subordinates bombarded Zhao Manyan, but his layered Water Guard and Rock Barrier shields kept him unharmed.
• Oni began forming a High Mage attack, and Zhao Manyan summoned Light Element magic that became golden armor around his body.

Lin Lan and his allies killed Oni and the Crimson Ornament Guild members who attacked them, then joined a three-country mission to eradicate the guild. At White Head Port, Mayor Lauren blocked the student teams from reaching Kaso’s stronghold and defended his plan to grant the pirates amnesty.

• Zhao Manyan’s defenses repelled the Crimson Ornament Guild mages, and he realized Oni and her followers were pirates.
• Lin Lan summoned the Extreme Frost Lightning Eagle, and his group killed Oni and the surrounding guild members within minutes.
• Government personnel arrived, removed the corpses, and questioned the villagers, while Mu Nujiao, Jiang Shaoxu, and Mo Fan suspected the officials were protecting the guild.
• The three countries issued a mission to wipe out the Crimson Ornament Guild, and Lin Lan resolved to claim its Dark Noble Cloak reward.
• At White Head Port, Mayor Lauren’s Military Mages sealed off the route to Kaso’s steamship, and Lauren refused Shao He Gu and the other students entry.
• Nan Jue and Shao He Gu challenged Lauren for shielding the pirates, but he defended his decision to amnesty them as a way to resist Sea Monsters.