Chapter Summaries

The Parthenon Temple tried to take Ye Xin Xia to Greece by force, but Tang Yue, Qin Yuer, and Leng Qing intervened. Qin Yuan arrived at the airfield aboard a giant eagle as Gloken and Dikaios realized Sky City’s power was far beyond what they had assumed.

• Gloken and Dikaios restrained Ye Xin Xia and prepared to take her to Greece, dismissing her warning about Qin Yuan.
• Tang Yue, Qin Yuer, and Leng Qing arrived and demanded that the Parthenon Temple release Ye Xin Xia.
• Qin Yuer froze the plane’s landing gear, while Tang Yue summoned the Totem Black Snake, terrifying Gloken and Dikaios.
• Ye Xin Xia told Gloken that Qin Yuan had arrived as a giant eagle approached the airfield.
• Qin Yuan appeared atop the giant eagle and landed in the middle of the airfield.

Qin Yuan rescued Ye Xin Xia from the Parthenon Temple’s clergy, killed Dikaios, and used Chaluo to bring Gloken and the others under his control. Back at the villa, Ye Xin Xia chose to go to the Parthenon Temple, saying she felt a connection to it.

• Qin Yuan shattered Ye Xin Xia’s halo barrier and brought her safely to his side.
• Qin Yuan killed Dikaios with Space Strangler after Dikaios tried to explain himself.
• Qin Yuan ordered Chaluo to use God Devouring Larvae to control Gloken and the other Parthenon Temple believers.
• Qin Yuer and Tang Yue said their transfer applications to Sky City had been approved, and Leng Qing joked about kissing Qin Yuan as thanks.
• Ye Xin Xia told Qin Yuan she wanted to go to the Parthenon Temple because she felt it belonged to her.

Ye Xin Xia chose to go to the Parthenon Temple, while Qin Yuan supported her and helped her spend her last days with him before they parted. After arriving in the Imperial Capital, Qin Yuan joined the National Government Team as its instructors outlined their training and competition goals.

• Qin Yuan supported Ye Xin Xia's decision to go to the Parthenon Temple and told her about Ye Chang, but she said she did not remember him and was not ready to face him.
• Ye Xin Xia asked Qin Yuan to stay with her, then playfully caused Leng Qing to kiss him; Qin Yuan and the women spent the remaining days together before Ye Xin Xia departed.
• Qin Yuan arrived in the Imperial Capital with Mu Ning Xue and Mu Nujiao and joined the National Government Team at its gathering place.
• Song He explained that the team's training would prepare them to qualify for the World Academy Competition in Venice.
• Feng Li asked Qin Yuan to come with him to discuss some matters.

Feng Li confirmed that Qin Yuan was an Archmage and told him to avoid helping the National Government Team unless lives were at stake. Stranded in a fishing village without money or transport, the team began looking for a way to reach the Island Nation, while Jiang Shaoxu resolved to tempt Qin Yuan after he teased her.

• Feng Li confirmed Qin Yuan’s Archmage status and asked him not to let the team rely on him during training.
• Mo Fan complained that the team had no money or arranged transport, and Jiang Shaoxu suggested finding a port or asking Qin Yuan for help.
• Qin Yuan called Jiang Shaoxu a little fox, provoking her, and joked with her after Ai Jiangtu revealed that relying on Qin Yuan could get them disqualified.
• Ai Jiangtu led the team toward the fishing village to ask for directions.

The National Government Team reached Fei Niao City while Qin Yuan considered buying land there, and Mo Fan proposed solving a local problem to secure passage to the Island Nation. The group had not yet found a ship or resolved their identity issue.

• Old Fisherman mistook the group for people who had built unwanted Temporary Housing units, then apologized and directed them toward Bay Harbor after Nan Jue explained the misunderstanding.
• Jiang Shaoxu tried to seduce Qin Yuan during the journey, but Mu Ning Xue and Mu Nujiao suggested she liked him and predicted the flirtation would last until the Island Nation trip ended.
• Nan Jue led the group to Fei Niao City, where Zhao Manyan identified the harbor and surrounding land as a business opportunity.
• Qin Yuan said he had too much money to spend and might buy the tract of land, then rebuffed Jiang Shaoxu when she offered to help him spend it.
• Ai Jiangtu led the group toward the harbor to look for ships, while Zu Jiming warned that their identities could prevent them from boarding.
• Mo Fan suggested helping the city solve a problem in exchange for passage to the Island Nation, and Zu Jiming challenged whether anyone would take that risk.

Ai Jiangtu's team accepted Lin Junxian's job to deal with the Chi Ling Demons near Fei Niao City, while Qin Yuan privately struck a deal with Lin Junxian to establish Sky Abyss Pavilion. As the team sailed toward the deserted islands to hunt the demons, Qin Yuan began to tell them something.

• Mo Fan suggested finding influential people to help, and Ai Jiangtu agreed to approach the owner of the Twin Towers.
• Ai Jiangtu's team met Lin Junxian, agreed to deal with the Chi Ling Demons, and received information and supplies from the Lin Group.
• Qin Yuan offered to place the Chi Ling Demon Clan under Lin Junxian's control in exchange for the Lin Group building Sky Abyss Pavilion.
• Lin Junxian recognized Qin Yuan after searching his name online and arranged to select a site for the pavilion.
• Ai Jiangtu led the team by cruise ship toward the deserted islands, and Qin Yuan began speaking to the group.

Qin Yuan agreed to handle the extermination of the scattered Chi Ling Demons himself under a personal deal with Lin Group, while the team gathered them. As the group waited aboard the ship, Jiang Shaoxu flirted with Qin Yuan and sat on top of him, leaving him wary that their teasing could go too far.

• Qin Yuan proposed that Ai Jiangtu's team gather the Chi Ling Demons while he dealt with them under his personal agreement with Lin Group.
• Ai Jiangtu and the others accepted Qin Yuan's proposal, and the team settled in to wait aboard the ship.
• Mu Ning Xue and Mu Nujiao began fusing the Wind Element Soul Seeds while Qin Yuan left Snow Empress and Flame Belle to guard them.
• Jiang Shaoxu approached Qin Yuan, revealed her bikini, and asked him to compare her figure with Mu Ning Xue's and Mu Nujiao's; he said hers was the worst.
• Jiang Shaoxu pulled open Qin Yuan's clothes and touched his torso, then sat on top of him after he told her to move aside.

Qin Yuan rejected Jiang Shaoxu’s offer to become his exclusive partner, saying he would never treat the women he loved as bargaining chips. On Rock Island, he sent the others to safety while they lured the Chi Ling Demons together, then returned less than ten minutes later and said he had taken care of the entire clan.

• Jiang Shaoxu offered to help Qin Yuan if he gave up his other women, but he rejected her and said they were not tools for gaining power.
• The team found signs that an earlier attempt to exterminate the Chi Ling Demons had failed, and Ai Jiangtu split everyone into three groups to lure the demons toward the island’s center.
• Qin Yuan gathered the teams and used Space Teleportation to send the thirteen others away before returning alone to face the pursuing horde.
• As they waited, Mo Fan revealed Qin Yuan’s powerful Space and Summoning abilities, his two Advanced Commander-level Elemental Holy Spirits, and his Undead Element.
• Qin Yuan teleported back less than ten minutes later and told the stunned team that he had taken care of the Chi Ling Demons.

After Qin Yuan’s group discovered infants inside Crimson Rift Demons, Ai Jiangtu decided to investigate the disappearances and the forces behind them in Fei Niao City. Qin Yuan secured Lin Junxian’s cooperation for Sky Abyss Pavilion and ordered him to oppose the abuse and cover-ups, leaving Fei Niao City’s investigation underway.

• Qin Yuan showed Ai Jiangtu several Crimson Rift Demon corpses, and Ai Jiangtu found infant remains inside them; Zhao Manyan purified the bodies with light magic.
• Ai Jiangtu led the group to investigate the demon attacks, missing infants, and Fei Niao City’s military personnel, while Zu Jiming objected to delaying their trip to the Island Nation.
• Qin Yuan and his companions met Lin Junxian, who welcomed Qin Yuan after learning he had brought the Crimson Rift Demon Clan under his control.
• Qin Yuan told Lin Junxian to advance their agreement and explained that Sky Abyss Pavilion would operate under Sky City’s backing, with Lin Junxian managing it initially.
• Qin Yuan informed Lin Junxian about the infants swallowed by demons and ordered him to clean up the Lin Group, prevent further cases, and invoke Sky City if city officials retaliated.

Qin Yuan revealed that Su Lu was behind the infant disappearances in Fei Niao City and warned the National Government Team that their powerful backers would not challenge him. He left with Mu Ning Xue and Mu Nujiao, received a new check-in mission for the Twin Guardian Pavilion in the Island Nation, and joined the team aboard a luxury cruise ship.

• Jiang Shaoxu pressed Qin Yuan about the mastermind and how he had tamed the Crimson Rift Demon Clan, but he kept his answers secret.
• Ai Jiangtu and the team reported that more than a hundred infants had gone missing in three years and that their investigation had been obstructed.
• Qin Yuan named Su Lu as the mastermind, and Zhao Manyan explained Su Lu's influence and Emperor-level power.
• Qin Yuan left with Mu Ning Xue and Mu Nujiao, assuring them that Sky City would oppose Su Lu if he interfered.
• The system issued Qin Yuan a check-in mission at the Twin Guardian Pavilion in the Island Nation.
• The National Government Team traveled on Lin Junxian's luxury cruise ship, where Qin Yuan relaxed by the swimming pool.

Qin Yuan bantered with Jiang Shaoxu, Nan Jue, Mu Nujiao, and Mu Ning Xue about their looks, then privately discussed Nanrong Ni and Mu Tingying with Mu Ning Xue. The chapter ended with Qin Yuan pulling Mu Ning Xue into his arms and secretly massaging her by the pool.

• Jiang Shaoxu asked Qin Yuan to compare her looks with Mu Ning Xue and Mu Nujiao, and he said he liked all the women.
• Nan Jue called Qin Yuan the “Kidney King,” and he took the title as a compliment.
• Mu Nujiao and Mu Ning Xue pressed Qin Yuan to say which of them was prettier, but he teased them instead of choosing.
• Mu Ning Xue told Qin Yuan he could pursue Nanrong Ni, and he said he had plans for Nanrong Ni, Mu Tingying, and their families.
• Qin Yuan pulled Mu Ning Xue into his arms and secretly massaged her while they watched the others at the pool.

Qin Yuan left the women resting by the pool under Snow Empress and Flame Belle’s watch, then invited Ai Jiangtu and the others to try sea fishing with specially made magical rods. The group caught several Sea Demons and continued fishing as Zhao Manyan waited for a bite.

• The women fell asleep on lounge chairs by the pool, and Qin Yuan covered them with blankets before leaving Snow Empress and Flame Belle to guard them.
• Qin Yuan invited Ai Jiangtu, Mo Fan, Jiang Yu, Zhao Manyan, Guan Yu, and Zu Jiming to go sea fishing and handed them magical fishing rods he had commissioned.
• The seven agreed to a small wager and began fishing from the cruise ship’s railing.
• Guan Yu caught a Devil Sea Fish, Jiang Yu reeled in a Water Armor Turtle, and Ai Jiangtu and Mo Fan hauled up a Wolf Eel and a Purple Star Fish.
• Qin Yuan caught a poisonous Poison Puffer, used it to scrub the deck, then kicked it back into the sea.
• Zu Jiming and others began getting bites, including a Giant Lobster, while Zhao Manyan still had not caught anything.

Zhao Manyan hooked a colossal Monarch-level turtle while deep-sea fishing, frightening the group before it calmly returned to the ocean. Qin Yuan and the others resumed fishing, while Zhao Manyan moved beside Mo Fan to offer advice.

• Zhao Manyan struggled to reel in a powerful catch as Mo Fan and the others watched.
• A gigantic turtle surfaced, and Qin Yuan recognized it as Baxia while the group realized it was a Monarch-level creature.
• The Giant Turtle glared at Zhao Manyan, looked deeply at Qin Yuan, and sank back into the ocean.
• Zu Jiming angrily blamed Zhao Manyan, while Ai Jiangtu and the others expressed their relief and shock.
• Qin Yuan and Mo Fan continued fishing, and Ai Jiangtu, Jiang Yu, and Guan Yu chose spots far from Zhao Manyan.
• Zhao Manyan moved beside Mo Fan and began offering to teach him how to fish.

Qin Yuan and the National Government Team spent a day fishing, easing tensions among the group while Zu Jiming grew increasingly isolated. A few days later, they reached the Island Nation and went ashore, where the team joked about their knowledge of Japanese.

• Qin Yuan caught a Great Slave Golden Fin Spearfish as the team’s fishing trip lifted everyone’s spirits, though Zu Jiming remained apart from them.
• Jiang Shaoxu asked Qin Yuan to teach her to fish hand in hand, and together they hauled a Minor General Blue Silver Dragon Lobster onto the deck.
• Zhao Manyan won the fishing contest by catching a General Grade Hunter King Crab, and the team shared a seafood feast while Zu Jiming became more isolated.
• A few days later, the National Government Team reached the Island Nation and stepped ashore after entering its Maritime Safety Zone.
• The team joked about how much Japanese they knew, and Jiang Shaoxu asked Qin Yuan whether he knew the proper kind.

The National Government team reached Xixiong City and took shelter at Yanming Temple, where Mo Fan reported seeing a ghost. Qin Yuan and Jiang Shaoxu explored the city and learned that young men had been losing their souls at the temple, while Qin Yuan kept the wooden fish artifact and Zhao Manyan’s opportunity in mind.

• Jiang Shaoxu punched and kicked Qin Yuan after their arrival, but the group avoided trouble when Qin Yuan and Jiang Shaoxu explained themselves to Japanese police.
• Ai Jiangtu led the group through Xixiong City, where they went to Yanming Temple because most of them had blacklisted identities and could not stay at hotels.
• Mo Fan told the others that he had encountered a ghost in the temple, leaving Ai Jiangtu and the others on guard.
• Qin Yuan took Jiang Shaoxu into the city, where they shopped and drank sake at an izakaya.
• The Kimono Woman warned Qin Yuan and Jiang Shaoxu that young men visiting Yanming Temple had been left unconscious like living empty shells, and advised them not to respond if they encountered anything.
• Qin Yuan teased Jiang Shaoxu about staying at a hotel, then continued walking with her as she grew quiet.

Jiang Shaoxu and Qin Yuan kissed and arrived at Yanming Temple, where they learned that Zhao Manyan had fallen into a mysterious, deathlike sleep. The group suspected Soul Snatching, and Mo Fan wondered if Zhao Manyan had been targeted because he had used his name earlier that day.

• Jiang Shaoxu asked Qin Yuan whether he disliked her personality, then kissed him and declared that he belonged to her.
• Qin Yuan and Jiang Shaoxu reached Yanming Temple, where Mu Ning Xue and Mu Nujiao acknowledged their relationship.
• Nan Jue explained that Mo Fan had found Zhao Manyan unconscious and unnaturally cold, while Nanrong Ni said healing magic could not wake him safely.
• Jiang Yu reported that an old monk had fled in fear after seeing Zhao Manyan, and Jiang Shaoxu suggested that Soul Snatching might be responsible.
• Jiang Shaoxu told the group what she had heard from an izakaya owner, and Mo Fan privately wondered whether Zhao Manyan had been targeted because Mo Fan had used his name when meeting Miyata.

Qin Yuan explained to Jiang Shaoxu how NaraHara Sora and Miyata were connected to the soul snatching at Yanming Temple, then encountered Miyata and confronted NaraHara Sora. NaraHara Sora appeared but refused to return Zhao Manyan’s soul, setting up a confrontation.

• Ai Jiangtu split the team into groups to investigate Zhao Manyan’s disappearance and question the temple’s monks.
• Qin Yuan told Jiang Shaoxu that Zhao Manyan’s soul was trapped in a ghost hand and explained the history involving NaraHara Sora and Miyata.
• Qin Yuan and Jiang Shaoxu continued along the path, joked together, and dismissed a strange chill with Qin Yuan’s aura.
• Miyata appeared before Qin Yuan, who recognized her and announced that he had been planning to snatch her soul.
• Qin Yuan called out NaraHara Sora, who emerged through Miyata and was ordered to return Zhao Manyan’s soul.
• NaraHara Sora refused Qin Yuan’s demand and challenged him.

Qin Yuan freed Miyata’s soul by destroying NaraHara Sora’s spirit, then guided the team toward Yanming Temple’s Back Mountain to investigate Zhao Manyan’s stolen soul. The team prepared to search there while Guan Yu and Zu Jiming stayed behind to guard Zhao Manyan.

• Qin Yuan used the White Tiger Vessel to destroy NaraHara Sora’s soul and release Miyata, who thanked him before fading away.
• Qin Yuan and Jiang Shaoxu returned to Yanming Temple and rejoined the others, who had found nothing during their search.
• Guan Yu told the group that the monks said NaraHara Sora had died years ago and had returned for revenge.
• Nan Jue asked Qin Yuan to tell a fortune, and he claimed NaraHara Sora had stolen Zhao Manyan’s soul but that Zhao Manyan was not in immediate danger.
• Qin Yuan urged the team to investigate Yanming Temple’s Back Mountain, and Ai Jiangtu ordered Guan Yu and Zu Jiming to guard Zhao Manyan.

Qin Yuan, Mo Fan, Ai Jiangtu, Nan Jue, and Jiang Yu investigated the Back Mountain and found a powerful wooden fish vessel protected by an ancient restriction. While Mo Fan and Ai Jiangtu entered its inner world to seek answers about the Soul Snatching, Qin Yuan sensed a nearby statue that might be connected to another Totem Vessel.

• The group cleared the overgrown path and discovered a small Temple Hall containing a wooden fish protected by a lightning restriction.
• Nan Jue identified the wooden fish as a high-grade Shield Magic Tool that might contain an Artifact Spirit and explained how to enter its inner world.
• Mo Fan and Ai Jiangtu let Nan Jue hypnotize them, then sent their consciousness into the Wooden Fish World.
• Qin Yuan used his Blue Silver Domain to detect an unusual energy source a few kilometers east, near a statue that might hold a Totem Vessel.
• Qin Yuan left Nan Jue and Jiang Yu to keep watch while he went to investigate the statue.

Qin Yuan and Nan Jue discovered a concealed Sacred Totem Black Tortoise statue in a poison-filled valley on the Island Nation and learned that something inside it was a vessel. Qin Yuan’s bracelet resonated with the statue’s restriction, leaving them poised to investigate further.

• Qin Yuan used Instant Movement to take Nan Jue to a damp valley after reassuring Jiang Yu that he could return quickly if needed.
• Qin Yuan gave Nan Jue a drop of his blood to protect her from the valley’s powerful damp poison.
• Qin Yuan identified the rare, toxic Xuanming Grass and cleared the vines covering a large statue.
• Qin Yuan revealed that the statue depicted the Sacred Totem Black Tortoise and explained the hierarchy of totems and the Four Great Sacred Totems.
• Qin Yuan touched the statue, whose black Water Element restriction rejected him, and explained that the vessel was inside the statue.
• Qin Yuan’s bracelet enveloped him in white light, which resonated with the statue’s restriction instead of being rejected.