Recaps

The Hidden Wonderland’s entrance opened in the wasteland, and Su Ming’s group jumped inside. Nearby, the vice-leader of Sin gathered Underground Professionals and prepared to act now that the Wonderland had entered the world.

• The mirage struck the ground, creating a vast, bottomless opening as a sandstorm forced nearby teams to retreat.
• After the sandstorm cleared, professionals recognized the opening as the Hidden Wonderland’s entrance and rushed to jump inside.
• Su Ming carried Tong Xinyao into the opening, followed by Mu Yan, Feng Qing'er, and Chi Qian.
• In a nearby mountain, a young girl and a gathering of Underground Professionals watched the events unfold among the bodies of slain Phantom Demons.
• The vice-leader of Sin revealed that he had been waiting for the Hidden Wonderland to enter the world.

A vicious Underground Professionals group led by a Seven-Star Hunter and his seemingly innocent niece, Qingqing, moved toward the Hidden Wonderland, while a section of Tianfeng City's encirclement was mysteriously wiped out. Su Ming and the Azure Mercury group entered the Extreme Night Maze and found its first layer packed with valuable treasures, triggering a frenzy among the arriving Professionals.

• A Seven-Star Hunter told Qingqing that the Hidden Wonderland entrance had opened, and she promised to help him succeed this time with the ancient blade at her waist.
• About half an hour later, a section of Tianfeng City's encirclement lost contact, and its soldiers and S-class Team were later found dead.
• Su Ming carried Tong Xinyao as he and Chi Qian, Mu Yan, and Feng Qing'er landed on the first layer of the Extreme Night Maze.
• Mu Yan, Chi Qian, and Su Ming noted that the dense demon nature made the maze uncomfortable for humans, though Hunters and Warlocks could resist its effects.
• Professionals discovered valuable materials and treasures throughout the maze, and their excitement turned into a frantic search.

On the first day in the Extreme Night Maze, Su Ming led his group away from the entrance and focused on reaching the deeper floors rather than competing for nearby treasures. After they defeated an ambushing pack of Phantom Demons, he told everyone to conserve their strength and avoid unnecessary fights as they searched for the next floor.

• Su Ming led Feng Qing'er, Chi Qian, Mu Yan, and Tong Xinyao away from the entrance, warning that the commotion would attract Phantom Demons and that the deeper floors held better treasures.
• The group navigated the maze’s vast, tangled first floor while keeping track of its passages and chambers.
• A pack of Lesser Phantasmal Demons, including several Mutated Lesser Phantasmal Demons, ambushed the group, but Chi Qian, Mu Yan, Feng Qing'er, Tong Xinyao, and Su Ming defeated them.
• The group noted that the Phantom Demons were unusually strong for the first floor, and Su Ming urged everyone to conserve their stamina and energy.
• Su Ming set their priorities as finding the next floor first, collecting resources second, and avoiding fights whenever possible; he and Tong Xinyao would use spiritual perception to scout ahead.

Su Ming and his companions searched the first level of the Extreme Night Maze for the entrance to the next level while avoiding fights. When Chi Qian and the others captured a group of predatory Professionals, they explained their hard-earned approach to dealing with threats, while a more ruthless group entered the maze.

• Su Ming's group mapped the first level, exchanged information with other teams, and avoided unnecessary fights and treasure hunting.
• A group of ill-intentioned Professionals eyed Su Ming's companions but fled after recognizing Chi Qian, Mu Yan, and Feng Qing'er.
• Mu Yan knocked down the fleeing Professionals, and Feng Qing'er tied them up while Su Ming watched in confusion.
• Chi Qian explained that the women had learned to capture dangerous Professionals after suffering harassment and losses while with 'True Red.'
• Chi Qian warned Su Ming that people could be more frightening than Phantom Demons, and he felt reassured by the girls' resolve.
• A black-clad group entered the first level of the Extreme Night Maze, beginning a slaughter.

Su Ming and Azure Mercury hurried through the Extreme Night Maze, reached the sixth floor, and collected Hazard Breed materials and an Amber Fruit after a fierce battle. As the group rested by a river, Xiao Hai'er emerged from the mist and stared toward something with longing.

• Summer Chasing Smoke found the entrance to the second floor, and Su Ming’s group continued descending through the maze while avoiding unnecessary fights.
• Su Ming and the others reached the fifth floor, rested, and then encountered a Greater Phantasmal Demon and its Phantom Demon horde.
• Su Ming burned through the horde, while Mu Yan restrained the Greater Phantasmal Demon and Feng Qing’er killed it.
• Su Ming collected the Hazard Breed’s materials and picked an Amber Fruit, preserving it in his backpack.
• After reaching the sixth floor, the group camped beside a river, where Chi Qian and Mu Yan discussed Su Ming’s seemingly limitless storage ability.
• Xiao Hai’er appeared behind Su Ming and gazed in one direction with longing.

Xiao Hai'er sensed something alluring in the sixth floor of the Extreme Night Maze and led Su Ming and the others toward it. Su Ming caught up with her, but their advance ended when a giant troll-like Phantom Demon appeared and collided with Xiao Hai'er.

• Xiao Hai'er suddenly emerged from concealment, excitedly told Su Ming that something good lay nearby, and urged him to follow her.
• Su Ming agreed to investigate, and Chi Qian, Mu Yan, Feng Qing'er, and Tong Xinyao insisted on going with him despite their fatigue.
• Xiao Hai'er raced ahead so quickly that Su Ming told Chi Qian to watch over the others, then unleashed his full speed to catch up with her.
• Chi Qian wondered whether Su Ming had already reached Six-Star Hunter strength after seeing how fast he moved.
• A giant rock-bodied Phantom Demon resembling a troll rose from the ruins and collided with Xiao Hai'er as she entered its territory.

Su Ming and Xiao Hai'er battled a mutant Hazard Breed Giant Phantasmal Demon blocking their way on the Extreme Night Maze’s sixth floor. After Su Ming strengthened Xiao Hai'er through spiritual resonance, he struck the demon with his Silver Arm, causing a tremendous upheaval across the maze; the Giant Phantasmal Demon exploded.

• Xiao Hai'er clashed with the Giant Phantasmal Demon, while Su Ming recognized it as a mutant Hazard Breed powerful enough to match a Six-Star Professional.
• Xiao Hai'er’s attacks failed to overcome the Giant Phantasmal Demon, and the two became locked in a stalemate.
• Su Ming channeled his Spiritual Power into Xiao Hai'er through spiritual resonance, greatly amplifying her blizzard and forcing the Giant Phantasmal Demon backward.
• Su Ming charged the retreating demon and struck its chest with Silver Arm · One-Tenth · Boxing.
• The impact shook the sixth floor and the adjacent floors, endangering Professional teams and forcing Chi Qian, Mu Yan, Feng Qing'er, Tong Xinyao, and the others to protect themselves.
• The Giant Phantasmal Demon exploded amid the violent upheaval.

After defeating the Giant Phantasmal Demon, Su Ming discovered the treasure Xiao Hai'er had led him to: a pool of Purple Snow Sap Essence. He identified it as an extraordinarily rare treasure that could permanently improve growth and talent, but wondered how it differed from ordinary Purple Snow Sap.

• Su Ming recovered from his attack and stored the Giant Phantasmal Demon's heart in his backpack.
• Su Ming scolded Xiao Hai'er for rushing ahead and provoking the Giant Phantasmal Demon, then learned she had been drawn toward a treasure in its territory.
• Su Ming followed Xiao Hai'er into a cavern, where a fragrant pool of purple-white liquid awaited them.
• Su Ming appraised the liquid and identified it as Purple Snow Sap Essence, a rare treasure that could help lifeforms break through their limits.
• Su Ming recognized the fame and value of Purple Snow Sap but wondered what made Purple Snow Sap Essence different.

Su Ming let Hai'er consume the Purple Snow Sap Essence, which transformed her into an adult Nightmare Breed with a mature human form. The chapter ended with Hai'er freely switching between her human and mermaid forms, confirming that she had become a spirit.

• Su Ming recognized the Purple Snow Sap Essence as an extraordinary treasure and let Hai'er take it.
• Hai'er kissed Su Ming before drinking the essence, then underwent a transformation that matured her body and strengthened her demonic nature, spirituality, and blood energy.
• Hai'er grew legs, changed her water-blue hair to black, and entered adulthood as a complete Nightmare Breed.
• Su Ming began calling her Hai'er, and she showed that their spiritual resonance had grown stronger.
• Hai'er demonstrated that she could freely switch between human and mermaid forms, leading Su Ming to realize she had become a spirit.

After Purple Snow Sap Essence transformed Xiao Hai'er into a mature Nightmare Breed with a genuine human form, Su Ming discovered that a single cup of the essence was worth more than a million Crystals and collected the entire pool. He planned to help Xiao Hai'er enter human society, but Chi Qian, Mu Yan, Feng Qing'er, and Tong Xinyao arrived and were stunned by her transformation.

• Xiao Hai'er consumed Purple Snow Sap Essence and gained mature mermaid and human forms, each able to conceal either her demonic nature or her spirituality.
• Su Ming exchanged a cup of Purple Snow Sap Essence for 1,083,915 Crystals, then carved out and stored the entire pool in his backpack.
• Xiao Hai'er struggled to walk in her new human form, so she changed back into a mermaid and swam to Su Ming.
• Su Ming decided to teach Xiao Hai'er human language and help her live openly as a High-level Professional with Azure Mercury.
• Chi Qian, Mu Yan, Feng Qing'er, and Tong Xinyao entered the cavern, recognized Xiao Hai'er, and reacted with shock and envy at her appearance.

Su Ming told Chi Qian and the others about Hai'er’s growth and the pool of Purple Snow Sap Essence, then led the team away before others could investigate the battle. Hai'er remained concealed, while other teams arrived at the ruined cave and speculated about what had happened.

• Su Ming explained that Hai'er had matured after consuming Purple Snow Sap Essence and revealed that they had found a large pool of the treasure.
• Chi Qian, Mu Yan, Feng Qing'er, and Tong Xinyao wanted some of the essence, and Su Ming said they could discuss it after returning, hinting that the others would have to pay a price.
• Su Ming decided the team should leave the cave before other teams came to investigate, and told Hai'er to stay hidden until they could resolve her identity problem back in Tianfeng City.
• Hai'er concealed herself in mist, and Chi Qian and Mu Yan noticed her concealment had improved while Feng Qing'er and Tong Xinyao remarked that her personality had changed.
• Several teams arrived at the ruined battlefield, found the Giant Phantasmal Demon and the damaged cave, and speculated about what the fighters had been fighting over.

After discovering the aftermath of a battle in the cavern, Sin’s Vice-Leader learned that Shadow had sensed King Ming’s presence in the Extreme Night Maze. Shadow tracked him to the Azure Mercury camp and vowed to kill him.

• Sin’s Vice-Leader and Shadow left the bloodied cavern with Qingqing and the other Underground Professionals, heading toward the tenth floor.
• Shadow told Sin’s Vice-Leader that King Ming’s explosive Demonic Power residue was nearby and insisted on confronting him himself.
• Sin’s Vice-Leader agreed to let Shadow pursue King Ming, confident that Qingqing could handle any other threat.
• Su Ming and his companions returned to their riverside camp, abandoned Feng Qing’er’s burnt soup, and ate stored provisions.
• Shadow sensed Su Ming’s location near the Azure Mercury camp and rushed toward it, declaring that he would kill him.

Su Ming and the others left the increasingly dangerous sixth floor for the seventh, carrying the exhausted Tong Xinyao along. Crow reached their abandoned campsite too late and pursued them, only to find they had already descended.

• Su Ming sensed the sixth floor filling with demonic nature and warned Chi Qian and the others that powerful Phantom Demons were gathering.
• Su Ming and the group decided to leave for the seventh floor, taking turns carrying the exhausted Tong Xinyao.
• Crow arrived at the abandoned campsite, found traces of his target, and worried that the growing demonic nature would hide them.
• Crow resolved to find and kill Su Ming before Sin's operation began, fearing that King Ming and the Demon Emperor Sword could threaten the plan.
• Su Ming's group found a hollow-tree entrance and descended to the seventh floor; Crow arrived about twenty minutes later and found the entrance too late.

In the Extreme Night Maze, Qingqing and Lord Crow both claimed King Ming as their prey after Lord Crow sensed his presence, while the ruthless man worried that the Demon Emperor Sword’s chosen host could obstruct Sin. Outside the maze, officials learned the Wang Family had sent a pinnacle to investigate, and a convoy set out from Tianfeng City.

• Qingqing complained that the Professionals and Phantoms she had killed were weak, and the ruthless man promised her stronger prey deeper in the maze.
• Lord Crow returned without finding his opponent and said he would locate King Ming, whom the ruthless man confirmed was somewhere in the Extreme Night Maze.
• Qingqing eagerly claimed King Ming as a toy, but Lord Crow insisted King Ming was his prey, and Qingqing eventually walked away.
• The ruthless man reflected on the Demon Emperor Sword acknowledging King Ming and vowed that no one would stop Sin this time.
• Tianfeng City officials debated the massacre of the army and an S-class Team, then learned the Wang Family had sent a pinnacle to investigate.
• A streak of light and a convoy of off-road vehicles and armed helicopters left Tianfeng City heading north.

Su Ming’s group spent three days searching the ninth floor of the Extreme Night Maze and found valuable materials, including Seven-Colored Eye, which could be refined into a powerful Divine Grade potion. After showcasing his strength to defeat its guardian, Su Ming prepared to take the group to the tenth floor on the seventh day.

• Su Ming halted the group on the ninth floor and ordered them to search for rare treasures.
• Over three days, the group collected valuable materials, including Crimson Flow Crystal and Seven-Colored Eye.
• Su Ming defeated the Hazard Breed guarding the Seven-Colored Eye in ten seconds, revealing his full combat strength to the girls of Azure Mercury.
• Su Ming considered consuming the Purple Snow Sap Essence but decided to study it after leaving the maze.
• On the seventh day, Su Ming prepared to gather with the others on the tenth floor.

Su Ming and the Azure Mercury team reached the Layer Ten camp established by Summer Chasing Smoke ahead of a Rank SS mission. Wang Di welcomed them and explained that most teams, including Jade Dragon Pavilion and Iron Rose, had yet to arrive because the powerful A-class teams were still gathering resources.

• Su Ming led Chi Qian, Mu Yan, Feng Qing'er, and Tong Xinyao to the camp after reminding them that he and Hai'er could protect them or help them retreat.
• Two Summer Chasing Smoke guards verified Su Ming's identity and let the Azure Mercury team enter the camp.
• Wang Di welcomed the team and said Xu Xiayan was confirming the mission plans before the operation began.
• Wang Di reported that only two B-class teams and Azure Mercury had arrived, while Jade Dragon Pavilion and Iron Rose were still absent.
• Chi Qian and Mu Yan explained that the larger A-class teams were likely splitting up to gather resources and would arrive closer to the deadline.

Su Ming and Chi Qian joined the leaders of the assembled teams to hear the details of the Rank SS mission. As Xu Xiayan prepared to begin, the powerful Qiao Liang and Zhu Qian noticed Su Ming, whose composure on the demonic tenth floor had unintentionally revealed that he was far stronger than his official records suggested.

• The leaders and vice-leaders of Jade Dragon Pavilion and Iron Rose arrived at the tenth-floor camp just before nightfall and met Xu Xiayan.
• A messenger summoned Su Ming and Chi Qian to the central tent, where the team leaders gathered for a confidential briefing on the Rank SS mission.
• Su Ming observed Qiao Liang of Jade Dragon Pavilion and Zhu Qian of Iron Rose, both formidable Six-Star Professionals, while they and others studied him.
• Xu Xiayan realized Su Ming's calmness amid the tenth floor's demonic influence showed that he was much stronger than his recorded One-Star rank.
• More attendees filled the tent, and Xu Xiayan stood to begin the meeting.

Xu Xiayan explained that the Rank SS mission was to help Tianfeng City repair the seal on the Chaos Demon Den, the world’s greatest threat. She revealed that the seal had a problem that had always existed, leaving the team to face the truth about the fragile barrier protecting humanity.

• Xu Xiayan thanked the assembled teams for joining the Summer Chasing Smoke operation and invited them to sit.
• Qiao Zhi and Zhu Yun asked Xu Xiayan to explain the Rank SS mission.
• Xu Xiayan revealed that the mission concerned the Chaos Demon Den, alarming the assembled leaders.
• Xu Xiayan explained that the mission was to help Tianfeng City repair the Chaos Demon Den’s seal.
• Chi Qian questioned how the forbidden seal could have developed a problem, and Xu Xiayan confirmed that it had one that had always existed.

Xu Xiayan explained the history of the Chaos Demon Den’s damaged seal and revealed that Summer Chasing Smoke’s Rank SS mission was to find Golden Silk Dream Demon Thread on the Extreme Night Maze’s tenth floor. She ended by pointing out that the floor was unusual because they had not encountered a single Phantom Demon.

• Xu Xiayan recounted how a Spirit Fiend Abyss King once broke the Chaos Demon Den’s seal and devastated Tianfeng City before humanity sealed it at great cost.
• Xu Xiayan explained that the seal now had gaps and required maintenance every sixty years, with the next effort due the following year.
• Xu Xiayan revealed that Summer Chasing Smoke had accepted a Rank SS commission to find rare Golden Silk Dream Demon Thread for mending the seal.
• Xu Xiayan showed the team the treasure and explained that the tenth floor of the Extreme Night Maze was a likely place for it to grow.
• Qiao Zhi and Zhu Yun questioned why Xu Xiayan had gathered so many powerful teams for a search mission.
• Xu Xiayan noted that the tenth floor was different from the floors above because they had not seen any Phantom Demons, and Su Ming recognized the same anomaly.

Xu Xiayan revealed that the tenth floor of the Extreme Night Maze was the territory of a Mutated Nightmare Breed, a former general of the Spirit Fiend Abyss King who had invaded the surface world. She explained that it remained gravely injured, and that Tianfeng City had tasked her with verifying its condition before sending forces to eliminate it.

• The teams questioned why no Phantom Demons had appeared on the tenth floor, and Xu Xiayan explained that one powerful Phantom Demon had driven all the others away.
• Xu Xiayan identified the lone Phantom Demon as a Mutated Nightmare Breed, prompting the gathered Professionals to fear for their lives.
• Qiao Liang and others confronted Xu Xiayan for withholding the danger, while she clarified that her mission was not to make them fight it.
• Xu Xiayan revealed that the creature had invaded the surface world alongside the Terror Breed Spirit Fiend Abyss King and had been badly wounded by human forces.
• Xu Xiayan explained that Tianfeng City tracked the creature to the Extreme Night Maze half a year earlier and had asked her to confirm its injuries before deciding whether to send forces to kill it.

Xu Xiayan explained why Tianfeng City had sent them to investigate the injured Mutated Nightmare Breed and divided the teams between searching for Golden Silk Dream Demon Thread and investigating the creature. All eleven teams agreed to stay, but after the action plan was set, Xu Xiayan worried that her special Alchemy Tool could not contact the outside world.

• Xu Xiayan explained that Tianfeng City's leaders had delayed deciding whether to subjugate the Mutated Nightmare Breed and sent the teams to investigate while gathering Golden Silk Dream Demon Thread.
• Xu Xiayan proposed splitting the teams into a large search party and a smaller investigation team made up of their strongest fighters.
• Su Ming comforted Chi Qian as she reflected on True Red's past losses and admired Xu Xiayan's cautious leadership.
• None of the eleven teams withdrew, and Xu Xiayan spent the rest of the night arranging the operation with their leaders.
• After the other leaders left, Xu Xiayan told Wang Di that she was concerned because even her special Alchemy Tool could not contact the outside world.

Xu Xiayan organized the Professionals into a massive search for the Golden Silk Dream Demon Thread and a smaller scouting team to investigate the Mutated Nightmare Breed. At the canyon entrance, the Six-Star Professionals prepared to enter first, while Wang Di and Wang Qian questioned why Su Ming and Tong Xinyao had joined them.

• Xu Xiayan gathered the teams and divided them into a treasure-hunting force of more than a thousand Low-level Professionals and a scouting team of more than sixty High-level Professionals.
• The treasure-hunting teams spread across the tenth level to search for the Golden Silk Dream Demon Thread, while the scouting team headed to a canyon filled with thin black fog.
• Xu Xiayan announced that everyone except the Six-Star Professionals would wait outside while the strongest entered to investigate the Mutated Nightmare Breed.
• Xu Xiayan, Wang Di, Wang Qian, Qiao Liang, Zhu Qian, Su Ming, and Chi Qian stepped forward to enter the canyon.
• Wang Di and Wang Qian questioned Su Ming's presence, while Bai Ruxiang and Bai Xiaoyan carried instruments to assist with the investigation.

Su Ming and Tong Xinyao revealed that they could both use advanced Spiritual Arts, silencing the gathered Professionals and securing their place on Xu Xiayan’s mission. The group prepared to set out against the mutated Nightmare Breed, hoping the two Warlocks’ power could give them a chance to fight.

• Chi Qian announced that Su Ming and Tong Xinyao could use advanced Spiritual Arts, and Tong Xinyao demonstrated seven arrays by preparing Green Vine Breath.
• The gathered Professionals recognized Tong Xinyao’s talent, while Xu Xiayan asked Su Ming if he could also use an advanced Spiritual Art.
• Su Ming displayed seven arrays, dispelling doubts about his abilities and leaving Qiao Zhi, Wang Di, Wang Qian, and the Bai Family Hunters astonished.
• Chi Qian asked whether anyone still objected to Su Ming and Tong Xinyao joining them, and the crowd fell silent.
• Xu Xiayan accepted Su Ming and Tong Xinyao’s help and ordered everyone to set out against the mutated Nightmare Breed.

Su Ming and the team entered the canyon at the center of the Extreme Night Maze’s tenth level to investigate the Mutated Nightmare Breed, with Su Ming using his Spiritual Power to help Bai Ruxiang and Bai Xiaoyan endure the dense demonic nature. In the basin, they discovered countless corpses recreated from the blood of the Hell Beast and finally saw the wounded, sleeping creature surrounded by them.

• Su Ming used his Spiritual Power to disperse the demonic nature invading Bai Ruxiang and Bai Xiaoyan, allowing them to continue into the canyon.
• Xu Xiayan distributed premium Alchemy Potions that concealed the group’s auras as they stealthily advanced toward the basin.
• Su Ming’s spirituality warned him of a terrifying presence ahead, but the group pressed on toward the basin despite their unease.
• The team found countless human and Phantom Demon corpses wandering together, and Xu Xiayan explained that the Hell Beast recreated forms of lives whose blood it had absorbed.
• Wang Qian spotted the Hell Beast lying wounded and asleep at the basin’s deepest point, surrounded by the walking corpses.

Su Ming and the others approached the sleeping Hell Beast through a basin filled with powerful walking corpses. They reached a sheltered spot a hundred meters away, where Bai Ruxiang and Bai Xiaoyan began setting up reconnaissance equipment.

• Xu Xiayan explained that the walking corpses would remain inactive while the Hell Beast slept, and the group agreed to approach it.
• Su Ming sensed tens of thousands of corpses with formidable auras and resolved to be ready to retreat if the Hell Beast awoke.
• Xu Xiayan led the group into the basin, while Su Ming and Chi Qian encouraged and protected the frightened Bai Ruxiang and Bai Xiaoyan.
• The group carefully passed human and Phantom Demon corpses without provoking them and reached a spot near the Hell Beast.
• Xu Xiayan stopped the group at a mountain wall exactly a hundred meters from the Hell Beast, and Bai Ruxiang and Bai Xiaoyan set up the instruments.