Chapter Summaries

Lin Lan’s group sailed through the Mediterranean while discussing the hidden dangers of the ocean. When five Monarch Level Jiehai Giant Duke Snakes sent by one of Apas’s sisters attacked, Lin Lan froze the sea and trapped three of them, leaving two for the others to face.

• Mu Bai asked Lin Lan about his Innate Dual Element, and Lin Lan explained that he had concealed his Space Element while revealing his lightning element.
• Lin Lan, Mu Bai, Heidi, Zhao Manyan, and Mo Fan discussed the ocean’s dangers as they traveled aboard Zhao Manyan’s yacht.
• Apas emerged aboard the yacht and warned that five Jiehai Giant Duke Snakes were following them, sent by one of her sisters to test her.
• Mo Fan and Mu Bai assessed the approaching Monarch Level snakes, while Lin Lan said he could handle three of them.
• Lin Lan cast Tears of the Snow Princess, froze several kilometers of sea, and trapped three snakes in the ice.

Blanche saved Lin Lan and his companions from the Jiehai Giant Duke Snakes, and they sailed on to Athens. There, Lin Lan went to an auction with Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan to bid on the Sacred Deer Horn.

• Blanche used Holy Judgment—Heaven-Blessing Sword to block and repel the Jiehai Giant Duke Snakes, and Lin Lan killed them with a Silent Thunder Death Ray.
• Blanche recognized Lin Lan's Divine Seal Praise and learned he had already reached the super level; the group then avoided the approaching Ocean Alliance mages and sailed for Greece.
• On the voyage, Blanche repeatedly visited Lin Lan to talk, while Zhao Manyan and Mo Fan mistook her interest for a romance and teased Mu Bai about breaking through to the super level.
• After the yacht reached Athens City, Heidi and Blanche went sightseeing with Apas while Lin Lan headed to an auction with Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan.
• The auctioneer presented the Sacred Deer Horn, an ancient artifact of uncertain use with a starting bid of thirteen million euros, and Lin Lan prepared to bid using the essence souls he had brought to sell.

Mo Fan and his companions traveled to the Qinling Mountains to search for a totem, with Zhang Xiaohou guiding them through the perilous region. After waiting for the Soaring Wind to subside, they entered the mountains, only to be caught in its renewed assault as they searched for a Curtain Tree.

• Lin Lan and the group returned to the country and joined Mo Fan in searching for a totem in the Qinling Mountains.
• Zhang Xiaohou explained the dangers of the mountains and volunteered to guide the group, but they waited in town while the Soaring Wind blew.
• Mo Fan walked alone through the dark town and looked up at the towering Qinling Mountains as the wind howled above them.
• Three days later, the group entered the mountains after the wind subsided, but the Soaring Wind rose again and began cracking their skin.
• Lin Lan and Ling Ling explained that the group needed to find a Curtain Tree for shelter, and Lin Lan said he could reverse the wind for two and a half hours.

Lin Lan and his companions crossed the Lu Ling Rift Valley and the Great Heng Mountains while avoiding the demons of the Qinling Mountains. They reached Baiba Mountain, a spectacular realm of isolated peaks and forests suspended above the clouds.

• Zhao Huang used Time Reversal to make the Soaring Wind vanish, and Lin Lan explained that his own power could also turn back time.
• Zhang Xiaohou guided the group through the Lu Ling Rift Valley, helping them avoid demons without using Destruction Magic.
• Zhang Xiaohou warned the group that powerful, territorial Feather Demons inhabited the higher Great Heng Mountains and asked them to follow his directions.
• A Golden-Blue Demonic Bird spotted the group, but Lin Lan advised them to contain their auras and pass without provoking it.
• The group crossed Great Heng Ridge and arrived at Baiba Mountain, where isolated peaks and ancient forests rose above the clouds.

Zhang Xiaohou explained Baiba Mountain’s layers and the Feather Emperor’s rule as the group climbed toward the higher regions. After Feather Demons attacked them on a vine bridge, Lin Lan cleared the flock and used Spatial Magic to move everyone to a higher platform, where they faced stronger winds and more powerful demons.

• Zhang Xiaohou described the Feather Emperor and the Tengguan Mountain Layer, Cangmu Wind Layer, and Cloud Realm Heaven Layer.
• Lin Lan and Lin Lan explained the Oath Tree’s connection to the Cloud Realm Heaven Layer and how its seed helped found China’s Arbitration Council.
• The group climbed the vine paths, where a flock of Feather Demons attacked them in the Soaring Wind.
• Lin Lan used Space Annihilation to kill the Feather Demons after Zhang Xiaohou advised Mo Fan to block their escape routes.
• Lin Lan used Instantaneous Movement—Within Reach to transport everyone to a higher vine platform.
• The group continued upward as the Soaring Wind intensified and stronger Feather Demons began circling them.

Mo Fan and his companions discovered the Heavenly Crown Purple Linden Divine Tree in Feather Demon Paradise and recognized it as the devil that had once preyed on people in the Kunlun Mountains. They resolved to kill it before it recovered, with Lin Lan also seeking its Purple Linden Divine Leaf for Yu Shishi’s Moon Silkworm.

• Zhao Manyan pointed out the towering purple tree, and Ling Ling identified it as the great devil of the Kunlun Mountains.
• Mo Fan explained that the Yan Clan and Moon Moth Phoenix had severed eight of the tree’s nine main trunks, leaving the remaining trunk to hide and feed in the Qinling Mountains.
• Zhang Xiaohou revealed that a squad had vanished after trying to climb near the tree half a year earlier, and Mo Fan suspected the tree had devoured them.
• Ling Ling warned that the tree must be destroyed before it regrew, while Yu Shishi explained that its Purple Linden Divine Leaf could help the Moon Silkworm transform into a moth.
• Lin Lan agreed they had to kill the tree, and Ling Ling called for them to make a plan instead of rushing in.

Lin Lan and Zhao Manyan attacked the Heavenly Crown Purple Linden Divine Tree, exposing its predatory nature while Yu Shishi, Bai Hongfei, and Zhang Xiaohou tried to reach the Purple Linden Divine Leaf. Zhang Xiaohou cleared the parasitic defenders with a Hellfire hurricane, leaving the leaf within reach.

• Lin Lan and Zhao Manyan entered the tree hollow and Lin Lan struck the Heavenly Crown Purple Linden Divine Tree with Thunder Dragon Pool.
• The tree revealed its true form and unleashed Devil Wood Spikes, forcing Lin Lan and Zhao Manyan to teleport away.
• Yu Shishi, Bai Hongfei, and Zhang Xiaohou watched from above as Mo Fan’s demon wolves and the Scale Feather Winged Snake battered the tree.
• Zhang Xiaohou and Bai Hongfei fought off Parasitic Leaf Hedgehogs that guarded the Purple Linden Divine Leaf.
• Zhang Xiaohou combined Bai Hongfei’s Hellfire with his wind magic to form a hurricane that swept away the parasites and cleared a path to the leaf.

Yu Shishi’s Moon Silkworm devoured the Purple Linden Divine Leaf and transformed into the Moon Moth Phoenix. The newly reborn creature purified and destroyed the Heavenly Crown Purple Linden Divine Tree, leaving the tree fallen and the totem’s transformation complete.

• Yu Shishi placed the Moon Silkworm on the Purple Linden Divine Leaf, and it began devouring the leaf.
• The Moon Silkworm transformed inside a radiant cocoon into the Moon Moth Phoenix, stunning Zhang Xiaohou and Bai Hongfei.
• The Moon Moth Phoenix remembered its inherited grief and flew into the Heavenly Crown Purple Linden Divine Tree’s mouth to destroy it.
• The Moon Moth Phoenix’s purifying light burned away the tree’s rotting interior and caused its trunks and branches to collapse into purple ash.
• The Heavenly Crown Purple Linden Divine Tree fell, and the Moon Moth Phoenix completed its transformation.

Lin Lan and his companions reached the Oath Tree, where they uncovered the Sacred Deer’s complete totem horn and received Oath Tree Fruits. After returning to town, Zhao Manyan lamented that he had gained no breakthrough and got drunk with Lin Lan and Zhang Xiaohou.

• Little Moon Moth Phoenix led the group to the Oath Tree and purified a stone-covered antler, revealing the Sacred Deer’s true horn.
• Mo Fan joined his Sacred Deer Horn fragment to the antler and discovered that it completed about one-fifth of the totem horn, whose power stirred Little Mudfish.
• Zhao Manyan found that his Wooden Fish showed no response to the Sacred Deer’s totemic power, while Lin Lan suggested he search at sea for a suitable totem.
• Little Moon Moth Phoenix gave each person an Oath Tree Fruit, which Yu Shishi and Lin Lan explained could provide a lasting blessing or serve as Heavenly Seed material.
• Back in town, Zhao Manyan got drunk and complained to Lin Lan that he was the only one among their three Pearl Institute heroes who had not gained a Super-tier opportunity.
• Zhao Manyan staggered around with Zhang Xiaohou and promised to walk back upright like a soldier.

Lin Lan joined Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou in Xiamen as the Twin Disaster Stars threatened Jimei Cross-Sea Bridge. Zhao Manyan brought Baxia to face Qiu Chi and Qiu Zi, and the battle left Baxia under attack from Qiu Chi’s charge and poisonous Magic Leeches.

• Lin Lan met Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou in Xiamen after the East Sea Magic Association issued a purple warning.
• A colossal demonic wave threatened Jimei Cross-Sea Bridge, but a Super Rank Mage’s silver force of thought held it back.
• Zhao Manyan arrived with Baxia, which ignored his command and focused on the Twin Disaster Stars, Qiu Chi and Qiu Zi.
• Qiu Chi charged into Baxia and drove it toward the bridge, but Baxia increased its weight and held its ground.
• Qiu Zi attacked Baxia’s neck while Qiu Chi pinned it, but Baxia’s totem shield broke Qiu Zi’s gums and forced it to retreat.
• Qiu Chi’s Magic Leeches crawled onto Baxia and exploded, coating its Stone Muscle with corrosive poison.

Baxia returned to the East Sea with Zhao Manyan and the others to face its old enemies, Qiu Chi and Qiu Zi, while sea demons gathered to attack the bridge. The group exterminated Qiu Chi’s Magic Leeches, drawing its attention to the humans on Baxia’s back.

• Baxia explained through Zhao Manyan’s role that it had returned to challenge Qiu Chi and Qiu Zi after gaining strength from Zhao Manyan’s Super Rank cultivation and Sea Father’s Skeleton.
• Lin Lan sensed Qiu Zi summoning sea demons, and the mages saw tens of thousands of them approaching the strait.
• The Grand Tutors assigned Zhao Manyan and his companions to hold off Qiu Chi while the other mages protected the bridge and confronted the sea demon army.
• Zhao Manyan, Mo Fan, Zhang Xiaohou, and Lin Lan used their magic to wipe out the Magic Leeches crawling over Baxia.
• Qiu Chi noticed the humans had destroyed its parasites and focused its attention on them.

As the sea demon army invaded Xiamen, Lin Lan, Mo Fan, and Zhang Xiaohou joined the defense while civilians evacuated and the Jimei Bridge barrier was completed. Lin Lan reached Jimei University to attack the demons gathering at the strait entrance.

• Lin Lan brought Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou to a mountaintop, where they saw Qiu Zi’s sea demon army advancing through the flooded areas of Xiamen.
• A military commander ordered Zhang Xiaohou to Gaoqi Airport to stop the Crimson Ling Demons, while Lin Lan said they had to hold key landing points until the eight-hour evacuation deadline passed.
• More than a hundred High Mages completed an Ice Element barrier over Jimei Cross-Sea Bridge, allowing civilians to evacuate safely as the Sound Element commander rallied the defenders.
• Lin Lan chose to attack the sea demons from Jimei University, and Zhang Xiaohou went to command the military.
• Lin Lan used Instantaneous Movement to reach Jimei University, where he found sea demons packed into the strait entrance and positioned to strike their flank.

Lin Lan organized Jimei’s mages into a coordinated assault on the Crimson Ling Demons landing across the strait, using a Space Bridge to overcome the distance. As the Lightning Mages prepared to strike, Lin Lan unleashed power so immense that the teachers recognized it as a Heaven Seed.

• Bi Ling and the teachers discussed how the sea demons were beyond most mages’ attack range, and Lin Lan proposed using Space magic to compress the spells’ flight paths.
• Lin Du and the other mages learned that Lin Lan was their commander, and Lin Lan demonstrated his strength before assigning the elemental mages to attack squads.
• Lin Du’s group erected a Space Bridge, while Lin Lan ordered Bi Ling and the unassigned students to guard the museum and hillside.
• Lin Lan watched the Crimson Ling Demons flood toward Gaoqi Airport and ordered the Wind and Ice Mages to funnel them into a narrow strip of water.
• Lin Lan commanded the Lightning Mages to cast Mass Thunderbolt, then released lightning power that dwarfed theirs, leading the observers to identify it as a Heaven Seed.

Lin Lan demonstrated overwhelming power against the Crimson Ling Demon swarm attacking Gaoqi Airport, then accepted Jimei University’s Dark Moon Condensation Crystal. The crystal shattered and its dark energy flowed into him, leaving him poised to gain a surge of power.

• Lin Lan unleashed Twelve Thunder Punishments, wiping out the Crimson Ling Demons in the strait and stunning the students and teachers.
• Lin Lan revealed that he had reached the Super Rank in eight Elements and destroyed nearly seven hundred more Crimson Ling Demons.
• Lin Lan told Lin Du that his mental strength was at the Eighth Realm and asked about the dark aura he had sensed on campus.
• Lin Du explained that Jimei University had a Dark Moon Pavilion, and Deng Yongchuan gave Lin Lan a Dark Moon Condensation Crystal.
• Lin Lan crushed the crystal, and its fragments transformed into streams of dark light that entered his body.

Lin Lan absorbed the Dark Moon Condensation Crystal and reached the second level of Super Tier Shadow. He then trapped the sea demon horde in his Void Dark Execution Ground and decapitated them all.

• Lin Lan absorbed the Dark Moon Condensation Crystal as Lin Du, Deng Yongchuan, and Bi Ling watched in alarm.
• The crystal’s dark energy receded, and Lin Lan announced that he had reached the second level of Super Tier Shadow.
• Lin Lan used Instantaneous Movement to appear above the strait, drawing the Crimson Ling Demons and Crimson Rift Demons away from Gaoqi Airport.
• Lin Lan activated Void Dark Execution Ground, trapping the gathered demons in a darkness-filled execution plaza.
• Lin Lan commanded the Execution Axe to fall, and the demons’ heads separated from their bodies as the darkness withdrew.

Lin Lan used his Shadow Element to summon the Shadow Elder and devour the Coral-Finned Demon Lord, while Baxia returned to the strait after Qiu Chi fled. Seeing a chance to destroy Qiu Zi, the East Sea president began to consider joining the attack.

• Lin Lan evaded the Mutant Ling Demon's attacks by hiding in his shadow and using Instantaneous Movement.
• Lin Lan summoned the Shadow Elder, which trapped and devoured the Coral-Finned Demon Lord, including its soul.
• Qiu Chi fled toward the depths of the East Sea, and Baxia surfaced before turning back toward Qiu Zi.
• The old Sound Element mage realized Baxia intended to attack Qiu Zi with support from the human mages.
• The East Sea president overcame his hesitation and considered killing Qiu Zi to deter future invasions.

After recovering from the Xiamen disaster, Lin Lan took Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan to the Tianshan Mountains to seek the Heavenly Mountain Sacred Lotus, Totem clues, and Si Shiying, who could help save Mu Bai. The group reached the Scar of Heavenly Mountain and found a beautiful, frozen landscape unlike the terrifying place they had expected.

• Lin Lan woke at Jimei University and decided he needed the Heavenly Mountain Sacred Lotus to create an earth-element Heavenly Seed and save Mu Bai by bargaining with the Dark King.
• Lin Lan told Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan that Si Shiying was in the Tianshan Mountains, and the group agreed to search for her and investigate the Totems there.
• The group set off for the Tianshan Mountains, overcoming monster attacks and other obstacles along the way.
• After crossing Heavenly Lake, Lin Lan and his companions entered the Scar of Heavenly Mountain and saw its silent, ice-covered holy land.

Lin Lan, Mo Fan, Apas, and the others found an eagle nursery hidden beneath the Extreme Cold Ancient Eagle nest, where Apas sensed an unusual aura and they encountered a small glowing creature. A Heavenly Ridge White Tiger appeared and drew the enraged eagles away, leaving Zhao Manyan wondering if it had come to help them.

• Lin Lan led the group through a hidden shaft into an icy cavern filled with fledgling eagles and a pool of Extreme Cold Ancient Eagle eggs.
• Apas sensed an unusual aura and spotted a glowing, moving creature carrying a crystal in its mouth.
• The group saw a Heavenly Ridge White Tiger, and Ling Ling and Jiang Shaoxu explained its connection to the Heavenly Mountain Sacred Tiger and ancient totems.
• The white tiger roared at the eagle nest, bringing more than a hundred Extreme Cold Ancient Eagles out of the ice cloud.
• The Heavenly Ridge White Tiger fled across the glacier with the enraged eagles pursuing it, and Zhao Manyan wondered if it was helping them.

Lin Lan and his companions survived the mountain-sealing snowstorm and escaped the Tianshan Mountains with a seven-hundred-year-old Heavenly Mountain Sacred Lotus. They returned to Wanggui Town badly damaged by the cold, with the lotus’s remaining parts distributed among the group and its usable portion reserved to save Mu Bai.

• Lin Lan sent Little White Tiger to find the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus as the mountain-sealing snowstorm trapped the mages in the Wild Ice Territory.
• Little White Tiger returned unharmed from the Deadly Desolate Wind and Deadly Desolate Ice Silk, carrying a seven-hundred-year-old Heavenly Mountain Sacred Lotus.
• Lin Lan kept the portion of the lotus needed to make a Heaven Seed for Mu Bai and gave the remaining parts to the others.
• Lin Lan and the group escaped the Tianshan Mountains as the storm spread toward the lower elevations.
• The group returned to Wanggui Town and discovered that frost had left their skin cracked and their bodies numb.

Yu Shishi forged an earth-element Heavenly Seed for Lin Lan, who spent nearly a year assimilating its fourfold effects and reaching twelvefold magic power. Ling Ling then asked him to take on a double-S Hunter Alliance commission tied to the Red Demon, and Lin Lan set out for the Lu Family in Magic City.

• Lin Lan gave Yu Shishi the Heavenly Mountain Sacred Lotus and Oath Fruit to help create an earth-element Heavenly Seed.
• Lin Lan revealed that he had gathered ten earth-element Soul Seeds, and Yu Shishi confirmed she had enough spirit moths to temper them.
• Yu Shishi forged the Heavenly Seed within a few months, and Lin Lan spent nearly a year mastering its four effects: Solid Stone, Shattering Stone Circle, Earth Blood Pact, and Kingdom of Sand.
• Ling Ling asked Lin Lan to help complete a double-S world-class Hunter Alliance commission whose advance payment was a half-finished Star Sea Vein.
• Lin Lan recognized the commission as the Red Demon’s trap for luring in Super Rank experts and immediately headed to the Lu Family in Magic City.