Chapter Summaries

Xuan Sheng used Divine Power to explore the Goddess of Seasons’ memories, inadvertently healing her and prompting her to confess her feelings. He refused her offer to become companions, while the Xuan Tribe debated whether to keep introducing goddesses to him.

• Xuan Sheng explored the Goddess of Seasons’ mind and discovered that his Divine Power had depleted while her body and Divine Spark began to heal.
• The Goddess of Seasons told Xuan Sheng to call her Hecate and confessed her love, but he refused to become companions.
• Yetis worried that the Xuan Tribe’s encouragement might lead Xuan Sheng to lose himself in romance, while Shan and the tribe’s administrators defended letting him enjoy himself.
• Hecate emerged from the temple recovered and warmly addressed the Xuan Tribe as children she would help.
• Shan asked whether a deity could have multiple companions, and Hecate explained that such relationships were allowed but that Xuan Sheng had not accepted her.
• Hecate resolved to work hard to make Xuan Sheng acknowledge her, while Yetis felt relieved by his refusal.

Hecate stayed in the divine temple to recover her strength and planned to reopen a passage between worlds in half a year, while Yetis agreed to wait. Back in the Xuan Tribe, Qian returned to work after his daughter’s birth and encountered a remarkably strong blue-haired boy who said he had come from across the sea.

• Hecate asked to stay in the divine temple so she could recover her strength and win over the Xuan God.
• Hecate told Yetis that she needed about half a year to stabilize her power enough to tear through space, and Yetis agreed to wait.
• After his daughter was born, Qian left his wife and infant in their care and returned to serve the Xuan Tribe.
• Qian found workers watching a short blue-haired boy who kept swinging a hoe long after the others had stopped.
• The boy told Qian he had come from across the sea and was working for food, then followed the group to rest.

Nan explained to Qian that the Xuan Tribe would treat the aid workers well but keep them outside the tribe unless they met strict standards for joining. Their discussion turned to a mysterious child from across the sea, whom Rainbow Phoenix identified as a powerful sea magical beast and a switched-at-birth royal heir.

• Qian worried that hiring aid workers from the Sacred Leaf and Morning Wind would cause problems, but Nan said the Xuan Tribe considered them outsiders and would admit only those who changed their thinking and met its standards.
• Nan told Qian that aid workers and their children who failed to qualify would receive supplies and be sent back to their homelands.
• Qian clarified that he had come because a child claimed to be from across the sea, and Nan was surprised to hear it.
• Rainbow Phoenix arrived with two girls and said the child had transformed from a powerful sea magical beast.
• The two girls revealed that someone among the group was a royal heir who had been switched at birth and framed, leaving Qian alarmed.

Xuan Sheng remained troubled by a growing sense of danger after returning to the City of Qi, while You Mi struggled with the feelings stirred by what she had witnessed and her defeat. The group prepared to attend the grand tournament, and Xuan Sheng sensed that they were about to leave.

• Xuan Sheng recalled Hecate’s memories of the distant Land of Divine Favor and concluded that the gods there were unlikely to notice the Xuan Tribe.
• You Mi secretly discovered Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing being intimate, then tried to suppress her flustered thoughts beside Hain.
• Xuan Sheng told Yi Qing that the unexplained danger he felt had grown heavier since he returned to the City of Qi.
• You Li advised You Mi to rest, and Hain agreed to attend the grand tournament despite her unresolved feelings about her family and fellow demons.
• Xuan Sheng arrived with Yi Qing, apologized for being late, and stopped when he sensed that the group was about to leave.

Ling Feng took Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing to the grand competition venue, an ancient demon-race arena outside Lone Star City, and explained the rules and the mysterious deity-like Spokesperson overseeing the matches. As preparations began, Xuan Sheng questioned the bare arena and its restrictions, while Feiyu noticed that Li Xunsheng was missing.

• Ling Feng brought Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing to the competition and explained that students from each main city would fight in a tournament under the protection of the Iron Blood Kingdom's Spokesperson.
• Ling Feng revealed that the Spokesperson possessed some of a deity's powers, leaving Xuan Sheng surprised and reconsidering his assumptions about the kingdom's strongest fighters.
• The group arrived at an ancient demon-race beast arena, where Xuan Sheng saw a barren, exposed battlefield covered in sand and wondered whether it would ruin his plan to pose as a mage.
• Ling Feng placed Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing in a restricted VIP section to conceal their identities, then left to meet the other Legendary experts and competition workers.
• Feiyu noticed that Li Xunsheng had not arrived with Lone Star City's strongest participants, who were supposed to be in the VIP section.

Xuan Sheng watched the teams gather for the main-city competition and recognized a mysterious woman whose voice matched the one that had announced the previous competitions. She sensed his Eye of God, and Xuan Sheng wondered what authority she held in Heavenly Silence and whose side she would take.

• Hong Zhu, Feiyu, and Piercing Willow noticed that only eight academy members were present and speculated about who the two missing participants might be.
• Xuan Sheng used the Eye of God to survey the arriving teams and observed that Tongtian City looked weakened, while Hailian City seemed openly hostile toward Axe Mountain City.
• Xuan Sheng saw the princes and academy officials defer to an ordinary-looking golden-haired woman who took the seat of honor and ordered the competition to begin.
• Xuan Sheng recognized the woman’s voice as the one that had announced the rules during earlier competitions and suspected she had a connection to the game system.
• The woman sensed Xuan Sheng’s gaze, but he stopped observing her before she could identify him.

Xuan Sheng watched the city competition begin as Zui Xing, Lone Star City’s first challenger, faced a fighter from Axe Mountain City. Zui Xing was driven backward while drinking, and Xuan Sheng noticed signs that he was preparing to counterattack.

• Ling Feng returned to the VIP seats, and Xuan Sheng learned that Zui Xing, a level 32 Wine Sword Immortal from Lone Star City, would fight first.
• Venerable You Mi appeared beside Yi Qing and claimed her as her grand-disciple, while Ling Feng wondered about her changed behavior.
• A man from Axe Mountain City volunteered to challenge Zui Xing, and the presiding woman raised a barrier that concealed the fighters’ abilities from detection.
• Zui Xing greeted his opponent, but the Axe Mountain City fighter attacked with an iron-boned fan and forced him to retreat.
• You Mi and Ling Feng explained that the Wine Sword Immortal needed alcohol to unleash his strength as Zui Xing kept drinking and cracked the arena sand beneath his steps.

Zui Xing appeared to be losing his duel with Jin Xi Xiong until his Life began recovering faster than Jin Xi Xiong could damage him. He then revealed his strength with a devastating sword strike, and Xuan Sheng suspected he intended to face Axe Mountain City's whole team alone.

• Jin Xi Xiong's attacks steadily reduced Zui Xing's Life, leading spectators to cheer for Axe Mountain City.
• Zui Xing's Life began recovering faster than Jin Xi Xiong could deal damage, while Old Master Ling Feng recognized his former comrade's fighting style.
• Zui Xing planted his feet, struck Jin Xi Xiong with a powerful punch, and followed with a crimson flying sword that cut his Life in half.
• Jin Xi Xiong fled to restore his Life with potions while Zui Xing drank wine and returned to his unsteady, drunken manner.
• Xuan Sheng suggested that Zui Xing was hiding his strength and planned to take on Axe Mountain City's entire team alone.

Zui Xing defeated Jin Xi Xiong in the first match, and Axe Mountain City sent the agile archer Shu Xian to challenge him next. Zui Xing revealed his speed and power, killing Shu Xian’s summoned wolfhound as she faced his charge.

• Zui Xing beheaded Jin Xi Xiong before he could use his golden item, winning the first match for Lone Star City.
• The judge declared that the victor would continue without recovering, and Jin Xi Xiong returned to his group at critical health.
• Axe Mountain City’s leader sent Shu Xian, a level 33 agile archer, to challenge Zui Xing.
• Shu Xian retreated and fired a rapid volley of arrows, but Zui Xing dodged them with startling speed.
• Shu Xian summoned a gray wolfhound to intercept Zui Xing, who unleashed his aura and killed it instantly.

Zui Xing defeated Shu Xian and then overcame Li Fei He’s summons and restraints in the Academy Grand Competition. Lone Star City earned its third point, leaving the match poised to continue.

• Zui Xing eliminated Shu Xian with a flying sword, earning Lone Star City its second point.
• Li Fei He entered the field to challenge Zui Xing, and Zui Xing charged as Li Fe He summoned golems and turned the battlefield into a mud swamp.
• Li Fei He trapped Zui Xing with stone pillars and repeated rune-paper cages, then summoned a powerful colossus.
• Zui Xing revealed the Wine Sword Immortal’s power and used a giant Immortal Sword to destroy Li Fe He’s constructs.
• Lone Star City earned its third point.

Zui Xing secured three points for Lone Star City with a powerful sword strike, then admitted defeat when Hailian City sent out a formidable challenger. As the competition continued and Hailian tied Lone Star City’s score, King Loser stepped forward to fight.

• Zui Xing forfeited further combat, but Hailian City’s old City Lord warned their Top Three Seat not to underestimate him.
• A white-robed Hailian City fighter challenged Zui Xing, who admitted defeat and told Xuan Sheng that he had repaid his debt to Golden Shovel.
• Axe Mountain City’s players protested the outcome, but the Fourth Prince and their City Lord stopped the commotion.
• The white-robed fighter earned Hailian City a point, while Axe Mountain City continued losing matches and Hailian tied Lone Star City at three points.
• King Loser stood up, lifted the Halberd of Desolation, and volunteered to fight.

King Loser entered the arena to challenge Sala, whose Hailian City equipment restored his battered gear and gave him an edge in the early exchanges. King Loser unleashed his blood-red power, killed Sala, and called for the next opponent.

• Hong Zhu smiled at King Loser’s quick move to enter the arena, while Zui Xing gloomily raised his wine gourd.
• King Loser introduced himself as King Chu and faced Sala, who restored his damaged robe and blade with golden powder.
• Sala coated his blade with a strange liquid and repeatedly damaged King Loser’s halberd as they exchanged attacks.
• King Loser summoned a scarlet flag and struck Sala with a blood-charged blow that badly wounded him and repaired his own equipment.
• Sala healed himself with holy water and launched a final attack at King Chu’s throat, but King Chu trapped his blade and pierced his chest with the halberd.
• Sala’s Life ran out, and King Chu roared for the next opponent.

Mary of Tongtian City used the Jade of Delusion to nullify King Loser’s physical attacks and steadily weaken him. Feiyu entered the arena to replace King Loser and challenge her.

• After King Loser defeated Sarah, the other city lords decided to focus their attacks on Lone Star City’s contestants.
• Tongtian City’s lord secretly sent Mary, one of its Top Three Seats, to fight King Loser.
• Mary’s Jade of Delusion let her ignore physical attacks, while her spells wounded King Loser and left him unable to counter.
• Feiyu jumped onto the arena to replace King Loser and faced Mary.

King Loser recovered from his defeat while Feiyu eliminated Mary and then faced a heavily equipped assassin from Tai Ji City. Feiyu unleashed Core of the Storm against his attacker, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Hong Zhu helped the injured King Loser from the arena, but he refused her potion and resolved to become stronger.
• Feiyu used a sandstorm to defeat Mary, earning Lone Star City its fifth point.
• A short, dark-skinned assassin from Tai Ji City challenged the exhausted Feiyu and shattered his wind shield with one strike.
• Feiyu stood his ground as the assassin attacked again and summoned Core of the Storm.

Feiyu sacrificed his Life to defeat Tai Ji City's assassin, earning Lone Star City a point and leaving the arena champion decision to Ling Feng. Xuan Sheng chose to defend the position, and Feiyu realized Li Xunsheng had finally arrived.

• Feiyu unleashed a life-consuming storm spell that defeated the assassin, bringing the match between Lone Star City and Tai Ji City to a tie.
• The Spokesperson awarded each city one point, and Feiyu was returned to Lone Star City's rest area, where Piercing Willow and Hong Zhu checked on him.
• Ling Feng considered temporarily forfeiting the arena champion position as Lone Star City led the competition, but Xuan Sheng volunteered to fight.
• Xuan Sheng planned to use Li Xunsheng and Golden Shovel to clear the other cities' traps and face their strongest fighters.
• Feiyu saw Li Xunsheng arrive and felt the major competition had finally begun in earnest.

Li Xunsheng appeared as one of Lone Star City's Top Three Seats, prompting the other cities to worry about his strength and search for Golden Shovel. The rival City Lords sent Panga to test Li Xunsheng, who welcomed the challenge.

• Feiyu recognized Li Xunsheng, while Hong Zhu worried that Golden Shovel was not among Lone Star City's contestants.
• Zui Xing asked about Golden Shovel, and Hong Zhu and Leopard Head explained that he wore a mask and was wrapped in illusory shadows.
• The woman on the supreme throne called for a city to challenge Lone Star City's academy as the City Lords discussed how to probe Li Xunsheng's abilities.
• The City Lord of Taiji sent Panga to the arena, where he introduced himself to Li Xunsheng.
• Li Xunsheng accepted Panga's challenge with a knowing smile.

Xuan Sheng faced Panga, a heavily equipped anti-mage fighter whose attacks barely dented Xuan Sheng’s unusually large shield. Panga shattered the shield with Spell Break and raised his fists for another attack as Xuan Sheng gathered freezing mana, waiting for the right moment.

• Xuan Sheng inspected Panga’s equipment and saw that his Magic Resistance had been stacked to 60%.
• Panga charged Xuan Sheng, who blocked him with an Ice Shield that spectators thought was unusually weak.
• Feiyu and Piercing Willow considered whether Xuan Sheng had built himself as a tank mage, while King Loser dismissed the idea.
• Xuan Sheng taunted Panga as his attacks barely reduced the shield, then Panga’s black aura empowered him to shatter it with Spell Break.
• Panga raised his fists to attack again as Xuan Sheng gathered freezing mana and waited for the right moment.

Li Xunsheng used an enhanced Frost Ray and Ice Burst to kill Panga in one blow, leaving the spectators and Tai Ji City's representatives terrified. After Panga was revived, Fujii proposed sending Sakura, a conventional assassin, to exploit Li Xunsheng's supposed weakness in close combat.

• Li Xunsheng froze Panga with a multiply cast Frost Ray and shattered him with Ice Burst, earning Lone Star City a point.
• The spectators, Tai Ji City's City Lord, and its academy dean were shocked by Li Xunsheng's overwhelming power.
• Panga was revived and returned to the waiting room, while Ling Feng praised Xuan Sheng's performance and Yi Qing said Xuan Sheng could do everything.
• Fujii told Tongtian City's dean that Li Xunsheng was a traditional mage with poor close-combat skills and suggested a surprise attack by an assassin.
• Fujii sent Sakura into the arena, and she vowed to avenge Ashaji.

Xuan Sheng defeated Sakura with a fast lightning spell, earning Lone Star City a point, before Axe Mountain City's First Seat, Wan Ren Qing, challenged him with a chess-piece ability. The match began with Xuan Sheng unable to damage Wan Ren Qing until he defeated all her summoned chess pieces.

• Sakura challenged Xuan Sheng to avenge her Senior Sister and shattered his shield with a rapid attack.
• Xuan Sheng struck Sakura with Burden and Static Ball, paralyzing her until the spell drained her Life.
• The Spokesperson awarded Lone Star City a point, while the Academy Headmaster confronted Fujii over Sakura's defeat.
• Wan Ren Qing, Axe Mountain City's First Seat, entered the arena and summoned chess pieces that charged at Xuan Sheng.
• Xuan Sheng saw that Wan Ren Qing's King could not be damaged until all the other chess pieces were killed.

Xuan Sheng defeated Wan Ren Qing by freezing her and unleashing a massive Ice Storm that destroyed the arena. Hailian City sent Feng Long, wielding the spell-ignoring Black Emperor Staff, and Xuan Sheng prepared to reveal his own strength with a blood-speckled mask.

• Xuan Sheng dodged Wan Ren Qing’s summoned chess pieces while the City Lords and players questioned whether he was really a mage.
• Xuan Sheng froze Wan Ren Qing with Frost Ray, then used repeated casts of Ice Storm to bombard the arena and shatter her pieces.
• Xuan Sheng claimed victory for Lone Star City, giving it one point.
• The City Lords chose Feng Long, one of Hailian City’s Top Three Seats, to challenge Xuan Sheng with the Black Emperor Staff.
• Xuan Sheng stopped pretending and reached for a pale mask flecked with blood.