Chapter Summaries

After graduating early as a Professional, Su Ming reassured his worried family and prepared to leave Longyao City for Tianfeng City. Just as he sought a detailed map, Xu Qianqian called and told him to come to her place.

• Su Ming's family objected to his early departure for the battlefield but eventually accepted his decision and urged him to stay safe.
• Su Ming left home determined to become powerful enough to protect his family and friends from Phantom Demons.
• At the city-center square, Su Ming rejected the ordinary Professional career path and decided to travel to Tianfeng City.
• Su Ming planned to ask Yun Langyue for a detailed map to Tianfeng City, but Xu Qianqian called first and asked him to come over.
• Su Ming was stunned when Xu Qianqian hung up after asking whether he planned to go to Tianfeng City.

Su Ming visited the heavily fortified Xu Family territory, where Xu Qianqian explained that she could help him reach Tianfeng City by hitching a ride. She led him into the main hall to meet someone, while revealing that the family's heightened security was meant to intimidate unruly elements in Longyao City.

• Su Ming noticed that the Xu Family had rebuilt and fortified its territory with alchemical defenses and guards.
• Xu Qianqian asked whether Su Ming had obtained his professional sorcerer's license, and he showed her his one-star credentials.
• Xu Qianqian offered to help Su Ming reach Tianfeng City, pointing out the immense distance and dangers of traveling there alone.
• Xu Qianqian took Su Ming's hand and led him through the watched main hall to meet someone.
• Xu Qianqian explained that the Xu Family's heightened security was a show of force intended to intimidate unruly elements in Longyao City.

Su Ming learned that the Xu Family was tightening security as powerful outsiders settled in Longyao City, while local factions feared losing their influence. Xu Qianqian revealed that her aunt had returned from Tianfeng City and had agreed to take Su Ming there when she left again.

• Su Ming and Xu Qianqian discussed the pressure on Longyao City's native families and the Xu Family's heightened security.
• Xu Qianqian told Su Ming about her aunt, making him suspect he was being set up on a blind date.
• Xu Qianqian explained that her aunt had been a prodigious Hunter who went to Tianfeng City at twenty-one after receiving a recommendation and sponsorship.
• Xu Qianqian said her aunt had returned with Tianfeng City's powerful figures and would soon leave for Tianfeng City again.
• Xu Qianqian revealed that she had asked her aunt to take Su Ming with her.

Su Ming learned that Xu Qianqian’s aunt, Xu Xiayan, could take him to Tianfeng City in four days and three nights, so Xu Qianqian brought him to meet her. After breaking into her aunt’s room and waking her, Xu Qianqian introduced Su Ming, and Xu Xiayan began sizing him up mischievously.

• Su Ming learned that Xu Qianqian had won a promise from her aunt in a card game and that Xu Xiayan could take him to Tianfeng City within five days.
• Xu Qianqian led Su Ming to Xu Xiayan’s room, broke down the door, and pulled away the covers to wake her aunt.
• Xu Xiayan woke up and admitted she had been sleeping because she felt safe at home after returning from Tianfeng City.
• Su Ming sensed that Xu Xiayan concealed formidable strength, while Xu Xiayan noticed him and learned he was Xu Qianqian’s classmate.
• Xu Xiayan playfully scrutinized Su Ming, making him suspect that she was a little improper.

Xu Xiayan explained that strength, rather than family authority, determined who held real power, and warned Xu Qianqian and Su Ming that Tianfeng City was dangerous for outsiders. When Xu Xiayan doubted Su Ming could thrive there, Xu Qianqian warned that underestimating him would cost her dearly, prompting Xu Xiayan to reveal something from her bosom.

• Xu Xiayan told Xu Qianqian that their grandfather wanted her to become the Xu Family heir, but she feared her brothers would turn against her if she accepted.
• Xu Xiayan explained that powerful Professionals, not family heads, held the greatest authority and urged Xu Qianqian to focus on becoming stronger.
• Xu Qianqian asked Xu Xiayan to take Su Ming to Tianfeng City, and Xu Xiayan warned that an outsider without backing would struggle there.
• Xu Qianqian warned Xu Xiayan not to underestimate Su Ming, saying she would suffer a huge loss if she did.
• Xu Xiayan smiled and pulled something from her bosom, curious to see what made Su Ming so formidable.

Xu Xiayan tested Su Ming’s spiritual potential with a Spirit Energy Tester to judge whether he deserved a chance to go to Tianfeng City. Su Ming’s potential lit up all seven stars, leaving Xu Xiayan stunned.

• Xu Xiayan brought out a stable Spirit Energy Tester and challenged Su Ming to light up at least four stars.
• Xu Qianqian stayed confident because she knew Su Ming was already a High-level Professional, while Su Ming worried about revealing his potential to Xu Xiayan.
• Su Ming agreed to take the test after Xu Xiayan promised not to tell anyone the result, and he asked her to call him “Big Sis Xu.”
• Su Ming placed his hand on the Spirit Energy Tester, which drew in his Spiritual Power and began lighting up stars.
• The Spirit Energy Tester lit up all seven stars, and Xu Xiayan stared at it in disbelief.

Su Ming’s test revealed that his spirituality gave him the potential to become a Seven-Star Warlock, astonishing Xu Xiayan and Xu Qianqian. Xu Xiayan tried to recruit him into her Hunter Family faction, but Su Ming favored the Sorcerer Guild, and Xu Xiayan planned to keep persuading him on the journey to Tianfeng City.

• Su Ming’s Spiritual Energy Tester showed that he had Seven-Star potential as a Warlock, and Xu Xiayan checked that the instrument was not broken.
• Xu Xiayan eagerly decided to recruit Su Ming into the Hunter Family faction behind her, while Xu Qianqian warned her aunt not to underestimate him.
• Xu Xiayan offered Su Ming top resources, freedom, and protection if he joined her faction.
• Su Ming argued that the Sorcerer Guild offered better Warlock training, Spiritual Arts, and access to senior Warlocks than a Hunter Family faction.
• Xu Qianqian pushed Xu Xiayan away and told her to focus on taking Su Ming to Tianfeng City.
• Xu Xiayan agreed, but privately planned to spend the several-day journey persuading Su Ming to join her faction.

Su Ming prepared to leave for Tianfeng City with Xu Xiayan, while Xu Xiayan reflected on the Xu Family’s hostility and her plan to bring Xu Qianqian away. Xu Qianqian vowed to catch up with Su Ming, who promised to wait for her in Tianfeng City.

• Su Ming thanked Xu Qianqian for arranging a ride to Tianfeng City, and Xu Xiayan teased her about her relationship with him.
• Xu Xiayan considered the Xu Family’s marriage expectations and believed Su Ming’s Warlock class made him an unsuitable match for Xu Qianqian.
• Xu Xiayan decided to leave the Xu Family that day because her father and brothers had made her feel unwelcome and tried to control her future.
• Su Ming and Xu Xiayan said farewell to Xu Qianqian before departing for Tianfeng City.
• Xu Xiayan urged Xu Qianqian to reach the peak of Three Stars so she could take her to Tianfeng City.
• Xu Qianqian silently resolved to catch up with Su Ming, and he promised to wait for her there.

Su Ming learned that Xu Xiayan had come to Longyao City to escort Wang Yihan, the Wang Family’s sole survivor, back to Tianfeng City. Wang Yihan recognized Su Ming as the person who had the Demon Emperor Sword and confronted him, and the chapter ended as they returned to find several familiar people waiting with Xu Xiayan.

• Xu Xiayan told Su Ming that her mission was to escort someone to Tianfeng City and revealed that she worked for the Wang Family there.
• Su Ming realized Xu Xiayan had come to collect Wang Yihan, the Wang Family’s direct-line eldest daughter and sole survivor.
• Wang Yihan rushed over, grabbed Su Ming, and accused him of stealing her sword.
• Su Ming pulled Wang Yihan behind an armed helicopter and warned her not to reveal that the Demon Emperor Sword was with him.
• Xu Xiayan called them back when the others arrived, and Su Ming recognized several of the people beside her.

Su Ming joined Xu Xiayan, Wang Yihan, and the Bai Family women aboard a rare Alchemy Airship bound for Tianfeng City. The Ark activated its invisibility and departed Longyao City with the group on board.

• Su Ming recognized Bai Ruxiang, Bai Xiaoyan, and Bai Xuefei, who were traveling with Xu Xiayan after she offered to recommend Bai Xuefei to the Wang Family.
• Su Ming concealed his identity as King Ming from the Bai Family women, and Wang Yihan nearly exposed him.
• Xu Xiayan led the group across the tarmac and revealed a golden Alchemy Airship called the Ark, explaining its defensive, underwater, and invisibility functions.
• Xu Xiayan entered Tianfeng City as the destination and activated the Ark's autopilot.
• The Ark rose from the tarmac, turned invisible, and flew away from Longyao City.

Yun Langyue revealed that she had spent years preparing to take the Yunliu Merchant Guild to Tianfeng City and fulfill her father's dream, and Uncle Wu agreed to accompany her. Meanwhile, An Zijin and her friends applied for early graduation, while Xu Qianqian intensified her training.

• Yun Langyue told Uncle Wu that she had prepared a safe three-month route to bring the Yunliu Merchant Guild to Tianfeng City.
• Uncle Wu pledged to join Yun Langyue, saying that expanding the guild had also been his dream.
• An Zijin's friends found her asleep with her graduation application submitted, then Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei applied for early graduation too.
• Xu Qianqian ate a Crimson Vein Stone and began training at three times her previous intensity.

Su Ming traveled aboard Xu Xiayan’s Alchemy Airship and joined Bai Ruxiang, Bai Xiaoyan, and Wang Yihan for a meal. When Bai Xiaoyan asked whether he knew where King Ming was, Su Ming denied knowing him, leaving the women still hoping he was safe.

• Su Ming left Xiao Hai'er in his room and went to the dining hall for food.
• Su Ming encountered Bai Ruxiang, Bai Xiaoyan, and Wang Yihan, then accepted Bai Ruxiang’s invitation to eat with them.
• Bai Ruxiang explained that major families knew of Su Ming’s connections to Xu Qianqian and Yun Langyue, including his request for protection for Xu Qianqian.
• Bai Xiaoyan asked Su Ming whether he knew King Ming’s whereabouts, but Su Ming said he did not know him personally.
• Bai Ruxiang and Bai Xiaoyan said they wanted to know whether King Ming was safe because he had saved their lives, and Su Ming reassured them that he was probably fine.

Su Ming explained that he would enter Tianfeng City without backing, while Xu Xiayan’s efforts to recruit him into the Wang Family had failed. As the ark neared its destination, Xu Xiayan showed the group Tianfeng City and described its enormous population and concentration of Professionals.

• Su Ming told Bai Ruxiang, Bai Xiaoyan, and Wang Yihan that he planned to make his way in Tianfeng City alone, and Wang Yihan objected because she expected him to join the Wang Family.
• Su Ming dragged Wang Yihan away when she nearly exposed his plans, then spent the journey making sure she would keep quiet.
• On the fourth day, Xu Xiayan summoned the group as the ark approached Tianfeng City and showed visible frustration that Su Ming still had not agreed to join the Wang Family.
• Xu Xiayan led Su Ming, Bai Xuefei, Bai Ruxiang, Bai Xiaoyan, and Wang Yihan onto the deck, where they saw Tianfeng City for the first time.
• Xu Xiayan explained that Tianfeng City had a population of three hundred million and several million Professionals, then began introducing the city to the group.

Xu Xiayan and Wang Yihan explained Tianfeng City's royal history, powerful families, and other factions to Su Ming and the Bai Family Hunters. The group learned that Contribution Points, earned by hunting Phantom Demons and performing services, were the key currency for supernatural goods in Tianfeng City.

• Xu Xiayan explained that Tianfeng City was governed by a royal family while other families recognized its leadership and helped manage the city.
• Wang Yihan traced Tianfeng City's origins to its defense against the Chaos Demon Den, and Xu Xiayan described how the royal family's sacrifices and the fall of its last Seven-Star Professional led the Wang Family to guard the Terror Breed sealed beneath Longyao City.
• Xu Xiayan explained Tianfeng City's hierarchy of families, including the Eight Great Families, and said the Wang Family ranked near the top and had multiple Seven-Star Hunters.
• Xu Xiayan described the Sorcerer Guild's influence and its two Seven-Star Sorcerers, while Su Ming privately decided that the guild did not fit his goals.
• Xu Xiayan told the group that Contribution Points had become the currency for supernatural transactions and urged them to make earning them a priority.

Su Ming arrived in Tianfeng City with Xu Xiayan and the others but refused her offer to join the Wang Family, choosing to make his way independently. Xu Xiayan gave him advice and a Professional Terminal before departing, leaving him to establish himself in the city.

• Su Ming and the others disembarked from the Alchemy Airship at Tianfeng City's airport after four days and three nights of travel.
• Xu Xiayan asked Su Ming to join the Wang Family, but he refused because he did not want to be bound by a powerful organization.
• Bai Xuefei and Bai Ruxiang urged Su Ming to accept the opportunity, but he stood by his decision.
• Xu Xiayan advised Su Ming to join a team and earn Contribution Points, then gave him a Professional Terminal for managing missions and transactions.
• Xu Xiayan and the others left, and Su Ming said he would make a name for himself in Tianfeng City.

Su Ming arrived in Tianfeng City and saw how much stronger and better equipped its Professionals were than those in Longyao City, awakening his ambition to make a name for himself. He decided to form his own team to earn Contribution Points, then set off to begin the plan.

• Su Ming walked through Dragon Heart District, where Xiao Hai'er grew nervous among the many Professionals, and he noticed their superior equipment, techniques, and combat experience.
• Su Ming concluded that Tianfeng City's resources and Contribution Points could help him acquire supernatural items and build up Crystals.
• After studying the team system, Su Ming decided that leading his own team would let him accept and distribute missions without joining another faction.
• Su Ming determined that he first needed Contribution Points to attract talented members and began walking toward a destination he had chosen.

Su Ming disguised himself as the forceful young lord Wang Yue and went to Myriad Treasures Auction House to sell items. After gaining access to the third floor, he stunned Steward Yu and the appraiser by producing a table full of Alchemy Weapons.

• Su Ming used the Ornamental Robe and Heavenly Illusory Mask to disguise himself as a noble young lord.
• Su Ming headed straight to the third floor, where guards stopped him for lacking an invitation.
• Su Ming revealed his High-level Professional aura, prompting Steward Yu to intervene and apologize.
• Su Ming claimed he had come to sell something and gave Steward Yu the false name Wang Yue.
• Su Ming laid out numerous Alchemy Weapons, astonishing Steward Yu and the appraiser.

Su Ming brought eighteen alchemy weapons to the Myriad Treasures Auction House, where they were appraised and valued at 108,500 Contribution Points. He then presented the ranked weapon Fierce Boar for a third-floor auction and stayed to attend.

• Su Ming asked the appraiser to assess the alchemy weapons he had collected from packages and Underground Professionals.
• The appraiser determined that all eighteen weapons were low quality and priced them at a total of 108,500 Contribution Points.
• Su Ming sold the eighteen weapons directly to the Myriad Treasures Auction House.
• Su Ming revealed Fierce Boar, ranked ninety-ninth on the Weapon Ranking, and the appraiser confirmed it was among the finest fine-quality weapons.
• Steward Yu arranged for Fierce Boar to be auctioned on the third floor and gave Su Ming a seat there.
• Su Ming remained at the auction house and went to the third-floor auction hall that afternoon.

Su Ming attended the third-floor auction at Myriad Treasures Auction House and became interested in a complete Ancient Blade Technique Legacy that could strengthen his weak combat skills. As the bidding climbed, he entered the contest at 50,000 Contribution Points.

• Su Ming settled into a private suite and ignored the attendant’s attempts to seduce him.
• Chief Auctioneer Qin Qing opened the auction, captivating the audience with her beauty and sultry voice.
• Qin Qing presented a complete Ancient Blade Technique Legacy, prompting intense interest from the major families and factions.
• Bidders drove the legacy’s price beyond 40,000 Contribution Points while Su Ming considered how badly he needed a stronger battle technique.
• Su Ming joined the bidding at 50,000 Contribution Points.

Su Ming spent nearly all his Contribution Points winning an Ancient Sword Art Legacy and body-tempering Alchemy Potions, then watched Fierce Boar and a Hazard Breed egg sell for enormous sums. Fierce Boar sold for 500,000 Contribution Points, giving Su Ming the startup capital he needed to begin forming a team.

• Su Ming won the Ancient Sword Art Legacy for 88,000 Contribution Points and the body-tempering Alchemy Potions for 75,000, leaving him deeply in debt.
• Su Ming resolved to earn Contribution Points to buy useful resources and decided that forming a team would help him earn and move around Tianfeng City more efficiently.
• Qin Qing presented Fierce Boar, a premium Alchemy Weapon ranked ninety-ninth on the Weapon Ranking, and a woman and her younger companion declared that they would reclaim it for their clan.
• The woman bid 500,000 Contribution Points, winning Fierce Boar and giving Su Ming the startup capital he had hoped for.
• The final auction item, a Hazard Breed egg, sold for 550,000 Contribution Points, and Su Ming comforted Xiao Hai'er after she became dispirited.