Chapter Summaries

Lin Lan warned Dean Xiao and Night Hawk that the Black Vatican was targeting Pearl Academy’s Main Campus assessment, then coordinated with Mo Fan to draw out its members. With Leng Qing protecting him, Lin Lan began forming his constellation as the Black Vatican prepared its attack.

• Lin Lan promised Dean Xiao he would root out the Black Vatican at Pearl Academy, and Dean Xiao offered him a Space Element support item as a reward.
• Lin Lan told Night Hawk the Main Campus assessment was likely the Black Vatican’s target and asked him to keep Lin Lan’s identity as a killer secret while the Arbitration Council acted.
• Mo Fan told Lin Lan that Leng Qing and another hunter were protecting him and Mo Fan’s family, and Lin Lan agreed to use the Earth Sacred Spring to lure out the Black Vatican.
• Lin Lan decided to find Xu Zhaoting and save him, while Yu Ang reported to the blue-robed member that Lin Lan had killed four of their people.
• Lin Lan realized Leng Qing was protecting him and began forming his constellation so he could fight High Mages.

Lin Lan ambushed the Black Vatican cultists at a meat-processing plant and destroyed their group, while Xu Zhaoting got revenge on one of them. Mo Fan arrived after the fight, and the chapter left Xu Zhaoting and Zhang Lulu’s fate rewritten.

• Tang Yue reported that the Lingyin Arbitration Council had posted a commission and found leads on the Black Vatican assassin.
• Four Gray-robed Cultists herded Black Beast Demons into a processing plant, planning to lure Mo Fan there and seize the Earth Sacred Spring.
• Lin Lan and Xu Zhaoting revealed their ambush, and Lin Lan killed Gray One and unleashed lightning that destroyed the Black Beast Demons and crippled Hui Er.
• Zhang Lulu entered the plant to find Xu Zhaoting, while Mo Fan arrived on his Ghost Wolf Beast and told Xu Zhaoting to finish Hui Er.
• Xu Zhaoting killed Hui Er with Thunderbolt, then Lin Lan and Mo Fan remarked on his rage as Zhang Lulu watched.

Lin Lan and Mo Fan killed five Black Vatican Gray-robed members, while Yu Ang planned to target them during the Main Campus assessment. Lin Lan then proposed using the Shadow Beast to lure the Black Vatican into an ambush, and Mo Fan said he knew Shen Mingxiao had it.

• Lin Lan, Mo Fan, Zhang Lulu, and Xu Zhaoting examined the bodies of five Gray-robed members, and Lin Lan recorded the kills in his ledger.
• Yu Ang learned that the Gray-robed members were dead and planned to strike at Lin Lan and Mo Fan during the Main Campus assessment.
• Ai Tutu and Mu Nujiao asked Lin Lan to help with the Shadow Beast assessment, but he refused to join their team.
• Lin Lan visited Mo Fan and proposed using the Shadow Beast to draw out the Black Vatican and attack them.
• Mo Fan said he had learned the Shadow Beast was in Shen Mingxiao's hands and planned to steal it.

Shen Mingxiao and Luo Song captured Mo Fan’s Shadow Beast, but Lin Lan’s bait plan began to draw out a Black Vatican killer. Lin Lan ambushed the killer and overwhelmed him with Hellfire Gate, leaving him swallowed by molten flames.

• Shen Mingxiao and Luo Song left the Shadow Beast under guard while they went to eat, then learned the beast had vanished and found their teammates unconscious.
• Lin Lan rode the Blizzard Spirit Eagle toward the beast-taming iron cage, intending to use Mo Fan as bait for the Black Vatican.
• A hooded killer attacked Lin Lan with Ice magic, but Lin Lan evaded and countered with spatial spells and clones.
• The killer recognized Lin Lan as a High Mage and tried to retreat as Lin Lan opened a Magic Scroll and unleashed Hellfire Gate—Red Flame Waterfall.
• The killer was engulfed by the molten flames, and Lin Lan declared that the fully cultivated High Mage would die beneath super-tier magic.

Lin Lan killed a Black Vatican blue-robed assassin with a Super Rank Magic Scroll, then joined Mo Fan at the Shadow Beast ambush and overwhelmed the crowd with golden Lightning. He left the students intimidated and called for a healing mage to treat the Thunder Crown Group.

• Lin Lan used the Hellfire Gate to kill the pursuing Black Vatican assassin, and Leng Qing arrived and confirmed the attacker was likely a blue-robed member.
• Lin Lan told Leng Qing he would help close the net during the main campus assessment, then contacted Night Hawk and reported that he had been attacked in the Jiangbei Area.
• Mo Fan drew the students to the Shadow Beast by announcing that it had swallowed his Earth Sacred Spring, then returned the beast to Luo Song and triggered a chaotic fight.
• Lin Lan flew to the melee on the Blizzard Spirit Eagle, but Guan Yi and the Thunder Crown Group attacked him with Lightning spells.
• Lin Lan emerged unharmed and struck Guan Yi and the Thunder Crown Group with golden Thunderbolts, leaving the crowd too afraid to approach.
• Lin Lan called the attack a small lesson and asked for a healing mage to treat the injured students.

Lin Lan waited for the Black Vatican to reveal themselves during the chaotic fight over the Shadow Beast, then used the darkness of Night Dominion to hunt down their members. After Tang Yue told him Night Hawk was closing in on the blue-robed members, a Cursed Beast Demon erupted from the beast-taming iron cage, and Lin Lan headed toward Mo Fan.

• Lin Lan escaped the students' melee with the Blizzard Spirit Eagle, watched from a hilltop with Mo Fan, and waited for the Black Vatican to act.
• Dean Xiao activated the Night Dominion Grand Array, plunging the battlefield into darkness and strengthening the Black Beast Demons as they pursued the Shadow Beast.
• Lin Lan followed the Black Beast Demons, struck them with his lightning, and killed Huang Wei when he found him with two female students.
• Lin Lan told Tang Yue that the Gray-robed and Black-robed members were trapped and learned that Night Hawk was moving to arrest the blue-robed members.
• A Cursed Beast Demon roared from the beast-taming iron cage, and Lin Lan rode the Blizzard Spirit Eagle toward the commotion.

Lin Lan arrived at Pearl Academy and helped Mo Fan defeat Yu Ang and the Black Church’s attackers. With the Earth Sacred Spring revealed and the enemies dead, Mu Nujiao and Ai Tutu reached the scene and confronted the aftermath.

• Yu Ang and two Gray-robed men attacked Mo Fan, but Lin Lan arrived and used his Space and Chaos Elements to turn their magic against them.
• Lin Lan’s Blizzard Spirit Eagle pursued the fleeing Yu Ang while Mo Fan used Giant Shadow Nail and Thunderbolt to kill the Cursed Beast Demon.
• The Blizzard Spirit Eagle froze and impaled Yu Ang, who died after reporting that the mission had failed.
• Mo Fan emerged from the cage and joined Lin Lan as Mu Nujiao and Ai Tutu arrived at the bloodied scene.

Lin Lan captured a Shadow Beast and helped the Arbitration Council defeat Black Vatican forces, earning praise and rewards. After declining Night Hawk’s offer to become an Arbiter before graduation, Lin Lan received a Space Element Crystal from Dean Xiao.

• Lin Lan captured the Shadow Beast, learned that Night Hawk had caught the blue-robed Black Vatican member, and discussed rewards with Mo Fan.
• Shen Mingxiao and Luo Song confronted Lin Lan over the Shadow Beast, but Night Hawk arrived and praised Lin Lan and Mo Fan for their contributions.
• Night Hawk offered Lin Lan an Arbiter position, but Lin Lan declined until after graduation; Night Hawk took the Cursed Beast Demon’s remains and promised an investigation.
• Dean Xiao publicly awarded Lin Lan seven days in the Three-Step Tower, bringing his cultivation eligibility to ten days.
• Dean Xiao gave Lin Lan a Space Element Crystal that could raise his spiritual realm to the next level.

Lin Lan received a Space Element Origin Crystal from Dean Xiao and agreed to represent the school as an exchange student in the Imperial Capital. After discussing his plans and answering Ai Tutu and Mu Nujiao's questions, he returned to Pearl Academy's Three-Step Tower to cultivate.

• Dean Xiao gave Lin Lan an Origin Crystal and explained that it could help raise his spiritual strength by one stage.
• Lin Lan told Dean Xiao he planned to use the Three-Step Tower to advance his Summoning Element and agreed to go to the Imperial Capital as an exchange student.
• Lin Lan waited for news about Teacher Tang Yue and the Lightning Element lifeform, then spoke with Ai Tutu and Mu Nujiao about his strength and cultivation plans.
• Lin Lan estimated he had a seventy percent chance of reaching the high tier after ten days in the Three-Step Tower.
• Lin Lan returned alone to Pearl Academy's Three-Step Tower and greeted the seniors.

Lin Lan used his ten-day privilege at the Three-Step Tower to break through to high-tier Summoning and strengthen his other elements. After leaving, he heard that people were falsely crediting him with Mo Fan’s victories against the Black Vatican and decided to avoid drawing attention.

• Lin Lan entered the Three-Step Tower and found that its training effects had diminished since his previous visit.
• Lin Lan reached the fourth floor and used the Star River Vein and Star River Magic Tool to break through to high-tier Summoning.
• Lin Lan spent ten days cultivating in the tower and emerged with greatly increased strength.
• The tower guards congratulated Lin Lan for supposedly defeating the Black Vatican and driving off the Cardinal, but Lin Lan said Mo Fan had done it.
• Lin Lan suspected that rumors were making him conspicuous and decided to let Mo Fan take the spotlight.

Lin Lan joined Pearl Academy’s exchange team and traveled to Imperial Capital Academy, where the students toured historic sites before settling into their apartments. Mo Fan then told Lin Lan that Ling Ling had discovered someone secretly protecting Xin Xia, possibly her mother.

• Lin Lan flew to Pearl Academy, where Dean Xiao named him leader of the exchange team bound for Imperial Capital Academy.
• Dean Xiao selected Lin Lan, Mo Fan, Mu Nujiao, Zhao Manyan, Shen Mingxiao, Luo Song, Song Xia, Zheng Bingxiao, and Bai Tingting for the team.
• Lin Lan and the other students traveled to the Imperial Capital and toured the Great Wall and the Forbidden City with Professor Qiu Yuhua.
• Lin Lan noticed that Mo Fan’s Little Mudfish did not react to the Great Wall, which Lin Lan suspected contained the Sacred Totem Azure Dragon’s body.
• Mo Fan visited Lin Lan and said Ling Ling had discovered someone secretly protecting Xin Xia, whom he suspected might be her mother.
• Lin Lan said he had never met Xin Xia’s mother and did not want to meet her biological father.

Lin Lan and Mo Fan discussed the secret protection surrounding Xin Xia before Pearl Academy and Imperial Capital Academy faced off amid rising hostility. As the sparring match began, Lin Lan and Mu Nujiao discussed protecting each other against the opposing team.

• Mo Fan asked Lin Lan why he was reluctant to discuss Xin Xia's mother, and Lin Lan said Xin Xia's protection mattered more than who provided it.
• Pearl Academy and Imperial Capital Academy students exchanged insults, while Gu Han and Lu Yiming tried to manage the growing tension.
• Mo Fan wanted to visit Mu Ningxue, but Lin Lan told him to go alone.
• At the Fighting Arena, Mo Fan welcomed the heated rivalry between Luo Song and Xu Dalong, while Lin Lan asked Mu Nujiao to protect him with Plant Magic.
• Mu Nujiao warned Lin Lan that she might struggle to protect him while defending herself, and Lin Lan offered to protect her from Lightning and Ice mages.

Pearl Academy opened its friendly match against Imperial Capital Academy by revealing Lin Lan and Mo Fan’s two powerful summoned beasts. After Jingjing trapped Lin Lan with Earthly Forest, he broke free with lightning and prepared to attack.

• Pearl Academy and Imperial Capital Academy began their first friendly match with four students on each side and no magic tools or artifacts allowed.
• Lin Lan summoned his Great Commander-Class Blizzard Spirit Eagle, and Mo Fan summoned his Swift Star Wolf, shocking the opposing students and spectators.
• Lu Zhenghe summoned his Dark Pattern Savage Wolf while Jingjing cast Earthly Forest to imprison Lin Lan.
• Lin Lan blasted apart the vines with lightning and told the Blizzard Spirit Eagle and Swift Star Wolf to attack their opponents.

Lin Lan and the Blizzard Spirit Eagle overwhelmed Imperial Capital Academy in the team battle, forcing its students to surrender. Pearl Academy won the match, and Lin Lan’s teammates celebrated as they prepared for the next one.

• Lu Zhenghe, Liao Mingxuan, Zhao Mingyue, and Qingqing fought Lin Lan’s Blizzard Spirit Eagle while Qingqing trapped them in an Earthly Forest.
• The Blizzard Spirit Eagle’s ice spikes battered the team and fatally wounded Lu Zhenghe’s Dark Pattern Savage Wolf.
• After the Earthly Forest receded, Lin Lan summoned a vast golden Thunderbolt that left the four Imperial Capital Academy students trembling.
• Lu Yiming surrendered on Imperial Capital Academy’s behalf, and the referee declared Pearl Academy the winner.
• Zhao Manyan offered to protect Lin Lan in the next match, but Lin Lan said he would rather take out their opponents directly; Mu Nujiao watched him thoughtfully.

After Pearl Academy won the first round, Gu Han changed the next lineup to include Shen Mingxiao, who took Zheng Bingxiao’s place. Imperial Capital Academy selected Mu Ningxue to fight Lin Lan, and the chapter left both teams preparing for their match.

• Gu Han offered Lin Lan orange juice and announced the next lineup, but Shen Mingxiao argued that he should replace Zheng Bingxiao.
• Zheng Bingxiao willingly gave up his place, and Professor Qiu Yuhua approved the lineup change.
• Lu Yiming assigned four mages to the next round before Mu Ningxue stepped forward and asked to fight.
• Lin Lan and Mo Fan discussed Shen Mingxiao and planned to let him take the lead, while the Pearl Academy students reacted to Mu Ningxue’s appearance.
• Mu Nujiao sensed Mu Ningxue’s powerful icy aura, and Lin Lan prepared for his first fight against her.

Mu Ningxue’s ice domain gave Imperial Capital Academy the upper hand against Pearl Academy until Mo Fan revealed his Fire Element and Lin Lan unleashed his soul-seed lightning. Pearl Academy won the match, and the story left Lin Lan looking ahead to the upcoming wilderness training and his plan to take Lu Nian’s head.

• Mu Ningxue replaced Zhao Mingyue as Imperial Capital Academy’s captain, then entered the battle and spread an ice domain across the arena.
• Shen Mingxiao led Pearl Academy’s attack, but Mu Ningxue’s domain hindered the team while Imperial Capital Academy countered their spells.
• Lin Lan sent the Blizzard Spirit Eagle after Mu Ningxue and the Swift Star Wolf after Xu Dalong, but Mu Ningxue’s Ice Locks could not stop the eagle.
• Mo Fan revealed his Fire Element, melted Mu Ningxue’s domain, and protected the Swift Star Wolf as the crowd realized he had three elements.
• Lin Lan and the Blizzard Spirit Eagle unleashed powerful attacks, prompting the teachers to shield Imperial Capital Academy’s students and ending the match in Pearl Academy’s favor.
• After the match, Lin Lan anticipated the wilderness training and planned to take Lu Nian’s head while keeping the demon as a trump card.

Lin Lan prepared for a dangerous training expedition while trying to advance his spiritual power, but Elder Lei told him the Thunderbird had returned to attack Thunder Town. The chapter ended with Lin Lan offering to return and help evacuate the townspeople.

• After Lin Lan's battle raised Pearl Academy's reputation, students ranked him tenth among talented mages, and Mo Fan argued that he deserved first place in combat ability.
• Teachers warned the gathered Pearl Academy and Imperial Capital Academy students that their training in abandoned Jinlin City would take place outside the Safe Zone without protection.
• With five days remaining before the expedition, Lin Lan used an origin crystal to cultivate, but his spatial power showed that he had not yet reached Fifth Realm Spiritual Power.
• Elder Lei called Lin Lan and revealed that the Thunderbird had returned for revenge, asking him to help evacuate Thunder Town's people.
• Lin Lan immediately offered to return, but Elder Lei told him to handle his other obligations first.

Seventeen students from Pearl Academy and Imperial Capital Academy traveled toward Jinlin City for a training mission and argued over how to handle a dark railway tunnel. Lin Lan’s caution exposed a Cave Demon Slave nest, and the group prepared to attack it.

• The students followed the abandoned railway toward Jinlin City, and Lu Zhenghe claimed command while Zheng Bingxiao said Pearl Academy would follow Song Xia.
• Song Xia proposed climbing over a tunnel after estimating demons might be inside, but Lu Zhenghe and Zheng Bingxiao wanted to pass through it.
• Lin Lan proposed using the Blizzard Spirit Eagle to carry four girls over the mountain, and Zhao Mingyue, Qingqing, Mu Nujiao, and Bai Tingting crossed first.
• The group prepared to enter the tunnel with Zheng Bingxiao’s Rock Human at the front, while Mo Fan and Song Xia burned away the vines.
• Cave Demon Slaves fled through the flames, revealing a nest inside the tunnel, and Lu Zhenghe ordered the group to prepare to charge once the fire died down.

Lin Lan and the others advanced through a cave filled with hidden Cave Demon Slaves, where Lin Lan revealed his Hunter Master status and unleashed powerful lightning and sound magic. The group fought its way forward, with Lin Lan keeping the rear clear as his Kill Music left the remaining demons writhing on the ground.

• A burning Cave Demon Slave charged from the tunnel, but the group struck it with Lightning Seal and Fire Burst, then cautiously entered the cave.
• Mo Fan warned Lin Lan about ambushes, and Lin Lan revealed his Demon Hunter Master identification booklet, embarrassing Liao Mingxuan.
• Zhao Manyan and Song Xia cast Light into side tunnels, revealing Cave Demon Slaves hidden among tangled black vines.
• Lin Lan paralyzed and killed Cave Demon Slaves with Lightning Field and lightning attacks while Mo Fan used Fire Burst to burn others.
• Dozens of Cave Demon Slaves charged Lin Lan, who blasted open a path with Thunder Halberd and used Kill Music to overwhelm them with sound waves.

Lin Lan and the others fought through the Cave Demon Slaves in the train tunnel, with Lin Lan wiping out a nest using Spatial Magic and the group defeating the swarm. Mu Ningxue urged everyone to move on after the Blizzard Spirit Eagle sealed the exit and froze the fleeing demons.

• Mo Fan followed Lin Lan through the dark tunnel after Lin Lan cleared the Cave Demon Slaves behind them.
• Lin Lan sent Mo Fan ahead with Shadow Dodge, then flanked a side tunnel and slaughtered its Cave Demon Slaves with five spatial swords.
• The mages in the main tunnel held off the Cave Demon Slaves and rallied as Song Xia, Mu Nujiao, and others unleashed powerful magic.
• Mu Nujiao arrived with reinforcements, and the group routed the Cave Demon Slaves at the front.
• The Blizzard Spirit Eagle froze demons fleeing toward the exit, and Mu Ningxue told the group to move on.