Chapter Summaries

Kael and Haili met Black Tiger, whose pride was bruised when Haili described Black Wind as an average fourth- or fifth-tier magical beast. Haili joined Yun's group for a mountain expedition, only to learn they planned to gather Spirit Materials in the territory of a seventh-tier magical beast.

• Black Tiger tried to prompt Kael to notice Haili's affection, but Kael mistook his hint as a reminder about their mission.
• Haili identified Black Tiger as a Black Wind and said the species usually reached only the fourth or fifth tier, angering the seventh-tier tiger.
• Kael covered Haili's mouth and reminded her that Black Tiger was a friend and member of the Xuan Tribe.
• Kael and Haili met Yun, and Haili changed into climbing clothes and chose to hike with the group.
• Yun told Haili that they would gather Spirit Materials in the territory of a seventh-tier magical beast, startling her.

Kael explained to Haili that every warrior in the Xuan Tribe expedition was at least Seventh Tier, and that the group was entering the magical beast forest to find materials for cultivating Spirit Beasts. As the team built a supply station, Haili mentioned Colorful Feathered Chickens, and the soldiers eagerly asked her to explain more after learning the birds were used in offerings to the gods.

• Haili learned from Kael that all the Xuan Tribe warriors in the expedition were above Seventh Tier and that they sought Spiritual Materials to cultivate Spirit Beasts.
• Haili followed Kael and the Xuan Tribe deeper into the forest despite her exhaustion.
• Yun led the warriors in clearing an open area to establish a supply station along a safe route into the forest.
• Kael asked Haili what worthwhile items or Spirit Beasts could be found nearby, and she identified unusual mushrooms and Colorful Feathered Chickens.
• Haili described the rare Second-Tier birds as prized food with medicinal benefits and added that they were used in offerings to the gods, prompting the soldiers to demand more information.

Haili revealed that the Colorful Feathered Chickens might be food the gods would enjoy, prompting the Xuan Tribe soldiers to search for them as offerings to the Xuan God. Kael stayed with Haili to protect her, and the soldiers soon returned with the birds.

• Yun urged Haili to tell the Xuan Tribe if she learned of food the gods might like, and the soldiers eagerly searched for Colorful Feathered Chickens to offer the Xuan God.
• Haili realized the soldiers’ interest came from their desire to thank the Xuan God, while Kael remained beside her instead of joining the search.
• Kael told Haili that she was more important than his life and vowed to protect her, leaving her flustered.
• The soldiers returned with colorful birds, and Haili confirmed that they were the kind she meant.
• Kael examined the birds as Haili explained that Colorful Feathered Chickens were dangerous, valuable magical beasts prized for their meat and feathers.

Yun and the Xuan Tribe warriors captured nearly the entire flock of Colorful Feathered Chickens, and Kael proposed using crops nourished by the Soul Cleansing Spring to keep them alive. Yun agreed to return to the village with the birds, while Haili chose to stay with Kael at his farm.

• Yun’s warriors brought back almost a hundred Colorful Feathered Chickens, along with some eggs, and Haili warned that taking the whole flock could leave none to capture later.
• Haili explained that captive Colorful Feathered Chickens wasted away despite being fed well, and she suspected they needed spiritually charged mushrooms.
• Kael asked whether crops watered with the Soul Cleansing Spring could provide the spiritual power the birds needed, and Yun agreed it was worth trying.
• Yun released his peak Eighth Tier aura to subdue a struggling chicken, shocking Haili, then decided the group should return to the village.
• Haili asked to stay with Kael at his farm, and Kael agreed to escort and host her.

Xuan Sheng checked on Qi En and Sola and refused to let Qi En return to the Morning Wind Empire until he reached the Seventh Tier. He then turned his attention to the elves and their affairs.

• Xuan Sheng used the Eye of God to inspect Qi En and Sola, finding Qi En driven by revenge and Sola focused on her brother.
• Xuan Sheng privately spoke to Qi En, who eagerly asked when his mission would begin.
• Xuan Sheng told Qi En he was too weak and could return to the Morning Wind Empire only after reaching the Seventh Tier, while warning him and Sola to conceal their identities.
• Xuan Sheng ordered Sola to supervise Qi En as he continued training.
• Xuan Sheng shifted his attention to the nearby elves and the man who had married into their race.

Qian wrestled with his loss of freedom among the elves, then realized their artistic talent could help them become self-sufficient. He planned to revive elven art and turn the City of Qi into a center that attracted wealthy visitors.

• Qian recalled how marriage to Sylph and his role as a link between the Xuan Tribe and the elves had limited his freedom.
• Xuan Sheng laughed at Qian's frustration, decided his vassal would remain assigned to the elves, and left for Heaven's Silence.
• Qian considered the elves' anxiety about relying on aid from the Xuan Tribe while they struggled to build homes and earn Gold Coins.
• Qian proposed selling elven art to wealthy visitors so the elves could support themselves and the City of Qi could become a renowned center of art.

During a thunderstorm, Xuan Sheng went out after curfew to hunt monsters and grow stronger, hoping to gain Lilith's Recognition. At the city gates, he used his two medals and claimed Teacher Ling Feng had entrusted him with an important errand.

• Xuan Sheng woke at night and decided to take advantage of the quieter wilderness to hunt monsters.
• Yi Qing returned to the Blood Rose and explained that her stealth abilities let her pass the city guards unnoticed.
• Xuan Sheng told Yi Qing he needed to level up because he lacked enough Divine Spark Fragments to safely repair all four abilities at once.
• Yi Qing lent Xuan Sheng her [Lone Star City: Supreme] medal, and he headed for the city gates.
• Xuan Sheng presented the guards with the Supreme Medal and [Lone Star City's Glory], then claimed he was carrying out an important errand for Teacher Ling Feng.

Yetis was overwhelmed by an endless horde of Lightning Element creatures and gave up hope as the Lightning Element Lord prepared to kill her. Xuan Sheng answered her prayer by teleporting to her side, where he blocked the Lord’s attack.

• Xin used his badges and his connection to Ling Feng to pass through the guards’ special exit from Lone Star City.
• A thunderstorm empowered the Lightning Element creatures, and Yetis fought them with her black flames while suffering more and more injuries.
• Exhausted and unable to resist the forming Lightning Element Lord, Yetis believed she would die and whispered a farewell to Xuan Sheng.
• Xuan Sheng sensed Yetis’s prayer, stabbed himself to trigger his teleportation ability, and chose her location.
• Xuan Sheng appeared before Yetis and blocked the Lightning Element Lord’s attack with his halberd.

Xuan Sheng defeated the Lightning Element Lord by exploiting its weaknesses, dodging its attacks, and using the Mechanical Staff to restore mana before striking again. He reached Lv. 18 and found a purple Lightning Element Crystal that might upgrade a suitable staff, though the Eye of God advised him to seek an experienced blacksmith.

• Xuan Sheng fought the berserk Lightning Element Lord with the Halberd of Desolation, using his abilities to stagger it and recover from its damage.
• Xuan Sheng used his domain and See Through to dodge the Lord’s attacks, then struck its zero Magic Resistance with Mana Burst.
• Xuan Sheng let the Lord hit him so the Mechanical Staff could convert the lightning damage into mana, then recovered and cast Mana Burst again.
• Xuan Sheng killed the Lightning Element Lord, gained two levels, and reached Lv. 18.
• Xuan Sheng picked up and appraised a purple Lightning Element Crystal, and the Eye of God warned him to have a proficient blacksmith work on it.

After rescuing Yetis from the Lightning Element territory, Xuan Sheng carried her back to Lone Star City and then to Blood Rose, where Yi Qing helped settle her in. Yetis awoke and recovered enough to walk by herself, while Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing recognized the unusual closeness they felt toward her.

• Xuan Sheng collected a purple-quality crystal, found the exhausted Yetis asleep, and carried her toward Lone Star City while wondering why she was growing stronger so desperately.
• Wild monsters fled in terror when they recognized Yetis, and she briefly awoke on Xuan Sheng’s back before falling asleep again, comforted by his presence.
• At Lone Star City’s gate, Xuan Sheng showed the guard captain a note identifying Yetis as an Upper Realm being, and the captain ordered the guards not to interfere with him.
• Xuan Sheng returned to Blood Rose, placed Yetis in her room, and told Yi Qing that Yetis had risked her life in the Lightning Element territory.
• Yetis refused Yi Qing’s help and walked to the bathroom herself, while Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing remarked that they felt like her parents.

After Yi Qing left, Xuan Sheng questioned Yetis about her reckless search for strength and learned she was rushing to return because she feared disappointing the Xuan God. He reassured her that her safety mattered more than usefulness and promised to support her as she grew cautiously, leaving Yetis comforted by the knowledge that someone cared about her.

• Yi Qing told Xuan Sheng she would leave Yetis to him, kissed his cheek, and returned to her room.
• Xuan Sheng waited for Yetis to finish changing, then asked why she had entered such a dangerous place to grow stronger.
• Yetis explained that she wanted to return sooner because she felt she had disappointed the Xuan God and done nothing for him.
• Xuan Sheng told Yetis that the Xuan God would care about her safety and would be proud of her if she returned safely.
• When Yetis said no one else cared about her, Xuan Sheng told her that he cared and promised to support her as long as she stayed safe.

Xuan Sheng asked Mo Rui for a monster distribution map so he could grow stronger before entering Lilith's Sealed Page, then Song Qing arrived to escort him to the City Lord's Mansion. She revealed that Ling Feng had repeatedly asked about him, likely because of Yetis, leaving Xuan Sheng wondering whether they intended to discuss keeping her in the city.

• Xuan Sheng told Mo Rui he wanted to reach around level twenty before entering Lilith's Sealed Page and asked her for a map of nearby monsters.
• Mo Rui handed Xuan Sheng the map, while he stayed wary of her increasingly aggressive succubus allure and considered the danger Lilith posed.
• Song Qing arrived at Blood Rose and invited Xuan Sheng to the City Lord's Mansion on Ling Feng's behalf.
• Song Qing said Ling Feng had asked about Xuan Sheng more than a dozen times a day and guessed his interest stemmed from Yetis being from the Upper Realm.
• Xuan Sheng agreed to go with Song Qing and wondered whether Ling Feng and the others planned to discuss keeping Yetis in Lone Star City.

Xuan Sheng and Song Qing met City Lord Sun and Mage Ling Feng in Lone Star City, where they discussed the demons’ unpredictable invasions and the need to rebuild the War College. City Lord Sun raised the difficulty of recruiting teachers from the other main cities, leaving Xuan Sheng wondering what they expected him to do.

• Song Qing and Xuan Sheng entered Lone Star City’s heavily fortified inner city after showing the guards Mage Ling Feng’s invitation.
• Song Qing explained that demons could invade directly through spatial rifts and that the inner city served as a refuge.
• Song Qing brought Xuan Sheng to the true City Lord’s Mansion, where City Lord Sun and Mage Ling Feng welcomed them.
• Mage Ling Feng asked about Yetis, and Xuan Sheng explained that she might have her own reasons for refusing their help.
• City Lord Sun said he had invited Song Qing and Xuan Sheng to discuss rebuilding the War College and the difficulty of recruiting teachers from the other main cities.
• Xuan Sheng asked what they should do about the problem.

Xuan Sheng learned that Song Qing had revealed his Spirit Crystals to City Lord Sun and Ling Feng, who wanted to use them to entice powerful figures out of seclusion. He agreed to provide some in exchange for powerful Spirit Defense equipment, hoping to prepare for his coming confrontation with Lilith.

• City Lord Sun and Ling Feng asked Xuan Sheng for Spirit Crystals after deciding that valuable incentives were needed to recruit powerful figures.
• Xuan Sheng realized Song Qing had told them about his crystals, then discovered she was urging him to negotiate for the best deal.
• City Lord Sun and Ling Feng offered to buy the crystals at a premium or trade valuable items for them.
• Xuan Sheng decided he needed protection from mental attacks and asked for powerful Spirit Defense equipment in exchange for the Spirit Crystals.

Xuan Sheng agreed to buy Ling Feng’s damaged Heart Protection Mirror after learning it could grant powerful mental resistance once repaired. Ling Feng and City Lord Sun then questioned him about Yetis and revealed that their true concern was the Abyss, asking what he knew lay beneath it.

• Ling Feng offered to repair and sell Xuan Sheng the Heart Protection Mirror for one hundred Spirit Crystals, plus fifty more for its repair.
• Xuan Sheng agreed to pay the Spirit Crystals, and Ling Feng arranged for Song Qing to deliver the repaired mirror to the Blood Rose.
• City Lord Sun and Ling Feng asked Xuan Sheng what he had learned about Yetis, and he said she wanted to grow stronger and return to her own world.
• Xuan Sheng said he had no interest in joining a fight against demons, since he had never seen them threaten humanity.
• Ling Feng and City Lord Sun clarified that they meant the Abyss, not the demons, and City Lord Sun asked what lay beneath it.

Ling Feng revealed to Xuan Sheng and Song Qing that the power called demonic energy came from beneath the Abyss, not from the demon race, and that the gods had concealed the truth. He said the gods had disappeared while fighting evil gods beneath the Abyss, and that the War College was being rebuilt to combat the worsening spread of demonic energy.

• Ling Feng sealed off the area and explained that only a few humans knew the truth about the Abyss and demonic energy.
• Ling Feng revealed that the gods had falsely blamed the demon race for demonic energy, which could corrupt and harm demons as well as humans.
• Song Qing was devastated by the revelation, while City Lord Sun defended the gods’ actions as a way to prevent panic.
• Xuan Sheng doubted City Lord Sun’s account of the demon race and privately leaned toward the demons’ side, though he reserved judgment.
• Ling Feng said the gods had vanished while suppressing evil gods beneath the Abyss and asked Xuan Sheng to help the War College confront the worsening spread of demonic energy.

Xuan Sheng learned that Great Mage Ling Feng and City Lord Sun wanted to rebuild the War College and needed him to serve as its banner. He accepted a trial that would strip away his profession bonuses, and the chapter ended as he prepared to begin immediately.

• Great Mage Ling Feng told Xuan Sheng that the Abyss's monsters threatened all of humanity and that the War College had to be rebuilt.
• Ling Feng explained that the former War College elders could be drawn back by profit and by the promise of talented successors.
• Ling Feng said Xuan Sheng's victory over a nearly level-thirty Lightning Element Lord showed he could become the War College's banner in place of the upper-realm girl.
• Xuan Sheng accepted the proposed trial after asking what he would gain, and Ling Feng explained that the elders would observe his performance through projections.
• Xuan Sheng triggered the quest and chose to begin the trial at once, despite temporarily losing his profession and its bonuses.

Xuan Sheng prepared to enter the Trial of the Unemployed while Ling Feng summoned eleven legendary former powerhouses to discuss rebuilding War College and confronting the abyss. Ling Feng offered them Spirit Crystals as an incentive, and several seemed interested, though one refused because she was searching for her disciple.

• City Lord Sun urged Xuan Sheng to prepare for the trial, but Ling Feng trusted his judgment and let him proceed without outside help.
• Xuan Sheng examined the Trial of the Unemployed scroll, and Ling Feng raised a barrier before summoning the legendary seniors through projection stones.
• Ling Feng reunited with the eleven projected legends and asked them to help address the abyss by taking posts at War College.
• Ling Feng offered one hundred Spirit Crystals to persuade the legends, and several showed interest in the reward.
• One old woman declined Ling Feng's request because she was searching for her disciple and might not arrive in time.

Xuan Sheng entered a trial before the War College’s legendary figures, hoping to earn their recognition and a powerful reward. He revealed extraordinary physical strength by smashing through the first obstacle, while Ling Feng realized that strength alone could not explain his victory over a Lightning Element Lord.

• Ling Feng called Xuan Sheng to the arena, and Xuan Sheng entered the trial through the white scroll, deciding not to conceal his abilities.
• The legends watched Xuan Sheng appear in a narrow valley without equipment and learned that he had to find a passage or mechanism before lava filled the space.
• Xuan Sheng punched through the stone gate, astonishing the legends, who noted that breaking it required one hundred Strength.
• A warrior legend praised Xuan Sheng’s apparent Strength talent, while the others lost interest because they believed it had little connection to their inheritances.
• Ling Feng recalled that a Lightning Element Lord would have an enhanced Lightning Body during a thunderstorm and concluded that Xuan Sheng’s strength must go beyond what he had shown.

Xuan Sheng deliberately showcased his abilities during the trial, impressing the watching legends and prompting them to argue over who should take him as a disciple. He continued into a room of hidden arrows, where his swordplay amazed them further, leaving the mage-side legend envious.

• Xuan Sheng crossed a swinging-axe bridge at extraordinary speed and agility, stunning the watching legends.
• A hot-tempered man and an old woman argued over whether Xuan Sheng should become their disciple, while Ling Feng watched with delight.
• Xuan Sheng entered a hidden-arrow trap room and used a white-grade longsword to knock every arrow out of the air.
• The legends who had held back joined the argument over claiming Xuan Sheng as a disciple.
• A royal city legend lamented that Xuan Sheng seemed destined for strength and agility rather than becoming a mage.