Chapter Summaries

Yan explained the war between the Dragon God Empire and the Demon and Orc races to Lei Xiang, then learned that Tiandu Academy was sending students to support the front. He persuaded Zi Xue and Jin Lili not to volunteer and planned to get Zi Yan excused by asking her father for help.

• Yan told Lei Xiang that the Dragon God Empire had declared war after Fallen Angels massacred retired Dragon Knight Bai Tian and his guards near Kui Si City.
• Tiandu Academy announced a support mission to the front, and Zi Yan was among the top students the dean had required to go.
• Yan told Zi Yan, Zi Xue, and Jin Lili that he wanted them to stay safely in Dragon City, and they agreed not to volunteer.
• Yan proposed claiming that Zi Yan’s sealed power had broken through and that she needed to recuperate, then took the group to the duke’s residence to seek his help.

Yan visited Duke Zifeng’s residence and revealed his strength while proposing a way to keep Zi Yan from joining Tiandu Academy’s battlefield trial. Duke Zifeng agreed to handle the academy, but remained intent on learning who Yan was and when Zi Yan would recover.

• Duke Zifeng returned home, learned Yan was visiting, and became suspicious of his daughters’ relationship with the young man.
• Yan told Duke Zifeng that Zi Yan had been selected for the academy’s battlefield trial and that he wanted to prevent her from risking her life.
• Duke Zifeng rejected Yan as a match for his daughter, but Yan referenced his former name, Lin Feng, and warned that his approval was not essential.
• When Duke Zifeng tried to teach Yan a lesson, Yan struck his palm with seven waves of force and sent him into the seat of honor.
• Yan released some of the power within Zi Yan, causing her to radiate light and appear too unwell to join the trial.
• Duke Zifeng agreed to approach the Headmaster about keeping Zi Yan in Dragon City, then asked when she would recover and who Yan was.

Yan left Tiandu Academy with its reinforcements for the front lines, where the student soldiers witnessed and joined the war at Skrull Fortress. As a female Fallen Angel attacked two academy beauties, Yan intervened with a sudden blast of fire.

• Yan exchanged farewells and protective charms with Zi Xue and Jin Lili before Tiandu Academy's team departed for the front lines.
• The academy's reinforcements joined a vast imperial force at Skrull Fortress, where Rivo welcomed them and arranged five days of battlefield instruction.
• The student soldiers entered combat alongside heavy cavalry as the Beamon Legion and Dragon Knights joined the fighting.
• Fallen Angels attacked the heavy cavalry, forcing Lei Xiang to retreat as the elite demons slaughtered the human troops.
• A female Fallen Angel broke through the students' defenses and moved to seize two academy beauties, but Yan's flames blasted her away.

Yan left the battlefield to pursue Demon Princess Mo Yue, who tried to lure him into a trap and kill him. After injuring and overpowering her, he captured her and carried her away, while Lei Xiang followed them from behind.

• Yan ordered Lei Xiang to lead the Tiandu Academy students and remaining heavy cavalry back to Strull Fortress while he held off the enemy.
• Mo Yue tried to bypass Yan and attack the retreating students, but he blocked her with a fire dragon and pursued her when she fled the battlefield.
• Yan and Mo Yue traveled deep into Demon territory as she tried to tire him out, then she stopped near a forest and revealed how her father had enabled her to cultivate the Demonic God Art.
• Mo Yue stabbed Yan, but he unleashed a fiery blast that injured her, then struck her again and seized control of the fight.
• Yan drained Mo Yue's strength and captured her as she failed to escape, while Lei Xiang continued following them.

Yan took the captive Demon Princess Mo Yue to a border city, where he made her pose as his maid and learned that her relatives Gu Feng and Gu Yun were nearby. After returning with a trove of gemstones taken from the city lord, Yan pinned Mo Yue beneath him, and she began to soften despite her pleas.

• Yan brought Mo Yue to the city's finest hotel and ordered her to serve as his maid.
• Yan and Mo Yue spotted Lei Xiang with Gu Feng and Gu Yun, and Mo Yue identified the brothers and their father, Gu Chuan, as members of the Fallen Angel Legion.
• Yan took Mo Yue back to their room, told her to warm the bed, and left to visit the city lord's residence.
• Yan returned with more than twenty valuable gemstones, astonishing Mo Yue with the haul.
• Yan climbed into bed and pinned Mo Yue beneath him as she pleaded with him to stop, then gradually relaxed against his chest.

Yan and Mo Yue reached a battlefield where four Fallen Angels were attacking Gu Feng, Gu Yun, and Lei Xiang. Yan intervened by appearing to take Mo Yue hostage, forcing both sides to stop fighting as Su Er hesitated to endanger her.

• Mo Yue woke in Yan’s hotel room and, after breakfast, traveled with him toward the border road.
• Yan sensed a battle ahead and identified four Fallen Angels besieging Gu Feng, Gu Yun, and Lei Xiang inside a Dark Curtain.
• Mo Yue urged Yan to stop the fight, fearing the deaths of Gu Feng and Gu Yun would spark a civil conflict among the demon factions.
• Mo Yue suggested Yan use her as a hostage to make Su Er and his allies halt their attack.
• Yan entered the battlefield with Mo Yue and pretended to hold her hostage, causing both sides to stop fighting.

Yan defeated the Fallen Angels, spared Lei Xiang and the Gu brothers, and took them to a pool to recover. He then carried Mo Yue toward the Orc Empire, seeking a mage’s inheritance and planning to enlist Lei Xiang’s help.

• Su Er and the other Fallen Angels attacked Yan, but his flames and fireballs knocked six of them unconscious and forced them back into their Demon forms.
• Lei Xiang transformed into a Blood-Red Angel and fought Yan, but Yan defeated him and agreed to spare the others in exchange for three lives owed.
• Yan healed the seven unconscious men, freed Mo Yue, and carried Lei Xiang, Gu Feng, and Gu Yun to a deep pool so they would wake safely.
• Mo Yue revealed her hurt over realizing Lei Xiang had been planning something, while Yan remained confused about why she felt deceived.
• Yan told Mo Yue he was traveling to the Orc Empire to seek a mage’s inheritance and might call on Lei Xiang to repay a favor.

Yan and Mo Yue investigated a Bear-Orc settlement in the Orc Empire, where they encountered undead created by a necromancer. Yan destroyed the spirits and sensed the secrets of necromancy in their remnants, then stayed with Mo Yue instead of pursuing the fleeing necromancer.

• Yan and Mo Yue entered a Bear-Orc forest settlement after learning that no news had come from it for a long time.
• Yan restored Mo Yue’s strength and unleashed a fire dragon when strange, pain-insensitive Bear-Orcs charged them.
• A necromancer’s mist and undead surrounded Yan and Mo Yue, but Yan’s flames destroyed the spirits and left behind soul spiritual power.
• Yan examined the spiritual power and recognized the unusual strength and high potential of necromancy in the Mad God Universe.
• Yan chose not to chase the fleeing necromancer and instead shared an intimate encounter and bath with Mo Yue.

Yan and Mo Yue went to the Behemoth King's Residence to find Lei Xiang, but learned he was away on a mission. After Yan defeated Beamon King Leo, Leo escorted them to the Beast Emperor, where Yan revealed he had come to search for traces of the Necromancer lineage.

• Yan and Mo Yue arrived at the Behemoth King's Residence and asked to see Lei Xiang, but Thunder Dragon told them he had left the Orc Imperial Capital on a mission.
• Leo recognized Mo Yue as the Demon Empress's favored Little Princess and confronted Yan, who challenged the Beamon King and pinned his fist with one hand.
• Thunder Dragon pleaded with Yan to spare Leo for Lei Xiang's sake, and Yan released Leo, saying he still had use for him.
• Leo recovered, then led Yan and Mo Yue to the Orc Imperial Palace after Thunder Dragon went ahead to meet the Beast Emperor.
• The Beast Emperor greeted Yan and Mo Yue and promised to tell the Demon Empress that Mo Yue was safe.
• Yan told the Beast Emperor that he had come to the Orc Empire to search for traces of the Necromancer lineage.

Yan exposed the Beast Emperor’s ties to necromancers and forced the Shadowmage to give him his secret scrolls and hunt a wounded advanced necromancer. Yan then took Mo Yue to stay in the palace, leaving Leo and the Shadowmage with the Beast Emperor.

• Leo warned the Beast Emperor that a necromancer’s curse had killed his father, the previous Behemoth King, and had also damaged Leo.
• Yan revealed that the Beast Emperor had recruited the Shadowmage, prompting Leo to question the imperial family’s connection to his father’s death.
• The Shadowmage arrived at the palace, and Yan burned away part of his gray mist when the necromancer probed him.
• Yan demanded the Shadowmage’s secret scrolls and ordered him to find and kill the wounded advanced necromancer whose corpse Yan produced.
• The Beast Emperor agreed to arrange Yan’s stay, and Yan took Mo Yue to the rear hall while Leo and the Shadowmage remained behind.

Lei Xiang returned to the Orc Imperial Palace with the items Yan had requested and asked whether his father’s undead curse could be removed. Yan declined to offer comfort, then prepared to leave the Orc Empire with Mo Yue and returned with her to Dragon City.

• Lei Xiang gave Yan the recovered items and reported that the dying undead mage Tian Lu had named his brother Tian Yun as a Grand Magister and the Dragon God Empire’s first dragon mage.
• Lei Xiang explained that Priest Shadow had suppressed the undead curse afflicting his father, Leo, and asked Yan if it could be fully removed.
• Yan challenged Lei Xiang’s reasons for wanting to save Leo, and Lei Xiang fell silent before saying he understood.
• Yan told Lei Xiang to inform the Beast Emperor that he was leaving and to pass news of Mo Yue to the Demon Empress.
• Yan and Mo Yue returned to Dragon City, where their disappearance had previously prompted Strull Fortress to send the Dragon Knight Legion into Demon territory to search for them.

Yan reunited with Mo Yue in Dragon City, then secretly visited Zi Yan and Zi Xue at Duke Zifeng's Residence. The sisters embraced him after believing he had been missing on the battlefield.

• Yan took Mo Yue to a hotel suite and shared a warm bath with her, easing his troubled mood.
• Yan went to Duke Zifeng's Residence to reassure Zi Yan and Zi Xue that he was safe.
• Yan overheard Duke Zifeng and his wife entertaining Riva, who hoped to marry Zi Yan, while the sisters stayed in their courtyard.
• Yan noticed Zi Yan's changed appearance and heard the sisters worry about his disappearance and discuss waiting for his return.
• Yan revealed himself to Zi Yan and Zi Xue, and both sisters rushed into his arms.

Yan reunited with Mo Yue and Jin Lili in Dragon City and learned that Lei Xiang had returned to the empire. After hearing about a five-colored glow over White Smoke Mountain, Yan recognized it as the sign of Mad God Tiomandis’s inheritance and decided to investigate the site.

• Yan spent the night with Mo Yue, then took her to meet Zi Xue and Zi Yan.
• Yan settled into a comfortable routine at his manor, cultivating and studying necromancy while seeking ways to advance beyond Tier 3 God.
• Jin Lili told Yan that Bing Bing and the others had returned from the Four Great Academies exchange tournament and that Lei Xiang had also reappeared.
• Jin Lili described five-colored clouds over White Smoke Mountain near Kui Si City, where the city lord Bai Tian had been killed.
• Yan concluded that Mad God Tiomandis was drawing Lei Xiang toward his inheritance and decided to visit White Smoke Mountain to investigate its secrets.
• Yan and Mo Yue teased Jin Lili before his planned departure, while Jin Lili stayed behind.

Yan and Mo Yue discovered the hidden divine burial ground beneath White Smoke Mountain and found the Mad God Armor, whose remaining will resisted Yan. Yan stayed in the cavern and gave Mo Yue Earth Core Stone Milk to cultivate with.

• Crowds rushed toward the five-colored rosy clouds on White Smoke Mountain, but Yan used his divine sense to locate their source and entered the cave with Mo Yue using Mad God Battle Aura.
• A Dragon Knight found the cave entrance but could not pass its barrier, so he decided to report the discovery to the royal family.
• Yan revealed that the apparently empty stone chamber was an illusion and uncovered a vast cavern containing the Mad God Armor.
• Yan sensed that Tiomandis's remaining divine will was rejecting him, but he chose not to retreat and told Mo Yue to cultivate in the cavern.
• Yan gathered drops of Earth Core Stone Milk from a stalactite and gave them to Mo Yue.

Yan and Mo Yue left the cave to investigate as the Sacred Dragon Knight Order pursued Lei Xiang and Gu Chuan through White Smoke Mountain. A mysterious force rescued the Fallen Angels, prompting Li Feng to order a search of the mountain.

• Yan told Mo Yue that Lei Xiang and a Four-Winged Fallen Angel had arrived, and she worried that the Sacred Dragon Knight Order would attack them.
• Yan and Mo Yue emerged from the cave and saw three Sacred Dragon Knights pursuing Lei Xiang and Gu Chuan while two other Fallen Angels lay near death.
• Gu Chuan explained that Li Feng, Yue Wuya, and Tian Yun were legendary powerhouses, and Lei Xiang remembered that Tian Yun was the younger brother of the Necromancer Tian Lu.
• An earth dragon blocked the Sacred Dragon Knights, allowing Lei Xiang and Gu Chuan to disappear, while the two injured Fallen Angels vanished as well.
• Li Feng ordered the Dragon Knights to search all of White Smoke Mountain for the hidden Fallen Angels.

Lei Xiang’s heart-protecting mirror resonated with the five-colored radiance at White Smoke Mountain, carrying him, Pan Zong, and Gold-Silver into Mad God Cave despite the Dragon Knights’ attempt to stop them. Inside, the armor awakened Tiomandis, who began speaking with Lei Xiang while Yan and Mo Yue watched from hiding.

• Lei Xiang’s mirror flared as the five-colored radiance turned toward him, and he led Pan Zong and Gold-Silver into it.
• The radiance repelled Li Feng and the other Dragon Knights, after which Li Feng ordered Tian Gang to summon the Sacred Dragon Knight Order and prepare Star Dragon Rain.
• Lei Xiang, Pan Zong, and Gold-Silver entered Mad God Cave unconscious, and golden light from the armor restored the missing heart-protecting mirror and transformed Lei Xiang.
• Yan concealed himself and Mo Yue while Lei Xiang awoke and heard the armor’s remnant soul introduce itself as Tiomandis.
• Tiomandis bristled at Mo Yue’s comparison to a necromancer, but Yan suppressed the pressure he directed at her.

Tiomandis transferred the Mad God inheritance to Lei Xiang and gave Yan his remaining memories and insights. Outside White Smoke Mountain, Tian Yun recognized the divine inheritance and ordered the Sacred Dragon Knight Order not to attack.

• Tiomandis began the Mad God inheritance, placed the divine rune on Lei Xiang, and transferred the Mad God Armor and source energy to him.
• Lei Xiang's body swelled under the power of the inheritance, and he fainted as Tiomandis addressed Yan as a deity.
• Yan asked for Tiomandis's remaining memories and insights, and Tiomandis willingly sent them into Yan's sea of consciousness.
• The divine inheritance caused multicolored phenomena across White Smoke Mountain, and the Sacred Dragon Knight Order gathered outside the cave.
• Li Feng urged Tian Yun to use Star Dragon Rain to destroy the mountain, but Tian Yun recognized the divine inheritance and stopped him.
• Tian Yun sealed the strange phenomena and ordered the Sacred Dragon Knight Order not to act rashly or destroy the cave.

After Lei Xiang inherited the Mad God’s divine position, Tiomandis’s divine soul dissipated, while Yan protected the new Mad God from the Sacred Dragon Knight Order. Yan teleported the Dragon Knights away from the cave and held them at White Smoke Mountain’s foot as Lei Xiang and his companions fled.

• In the Heaven Realm, Sophia told Raphael that Tiomandis had either dispersed his divine consciousness or transferred it, and warned the Archangels not to interfere in the mortal realm.
• In the Underworld, Lucifer asked Hades to let him search for Tiomandis, but Hades persuaded him to wait for the Mad God’s possible return.
• Lei Xiang completed the inheritance and became the second-generation Mad God; Tiomandis gave his final instructions, then dissipated while Lei Xiang wept.
• Yan and Mo Yue left the cave, and Yan shattered the Light Guardian Barrier before teleporting Tian Yun, Li Feng, Yue Wuya, White Light, and the other Dragon Knights to White Smoke Mountain’s foot.
• Yan told Tian Yun he had promised Tiomandis to help Lei Xiang escape, while the Nine-Headed Serpent, the two-headed wolf, and Lei Xiang fled the mountain.

Yan defeated the Sacred Dragon Knight Order after Li Feng attacked him, then revealed that Tian Lu was dead and questioned Tian Yun about his connection to Sudiman. The chapter left Tian Yun facing Yan’s demand to show what Sudiman had taught him.

• Li Feng attacked Yan with wind-element battle aura, but Yan countered with the Earth Dragon Flip and forced Li Feng to retreat injured.
• Yan summoned earth dragons against Li Feng and Qinglin, and Li Feng’s Wind Severance failed to prevent the Sacred Dragon Knight Order from being overwhelmed.
• Tian Yun led the order’s Star Dragon Rain formation against Yan’s Thousand Dragons Dancing Formation, but Yan crushed them and buried the knights and dragons in an earthy mire.
• Yan spared the defeated order, and Tian Yun acknowledged that Yan had surpassed the limits of the human world.
• Yan told Tian Yun that Tian Lu had died and asked whether Tian Lu was his elder brother; Tian Yun confirmed it.
• Yan praised Tian Yun’s composure and asked him to demonstrate what Sudiman had taught him.

Yan and Mo Yue left Tian Yun after exchanging Tian Lu’s relic for Tian Yun’s magic pouch, then spent time shopping and resting in Kui Si City. At the city gate, they encountered Lar, who had come to see Lei Xiang and learned that the being who recognized him had entered eternal slumber.

• Yan gave Tian Yun Tian Lu’s relic, took Tian Yun’s magic pouch, and left with Mo Yue.
• Tian Yun broke down in grief, blamed himself for his brother’s fate, and clutched the red robe.
• Yan and Mo Yue arrived in Kui Si City, shopped, and spent the night together at an inn.
• Yan and Mo Yue returned to the streets, where they saw Lei Xiang, Pan Zong, and Gold-Silver near the city gate.
• Lar introduced himself to Yan, confirmed he had come for Lei Xiang, and learned that the being who had recognized Lei Xiang was gone.