Chapter Summaries

Qin Yuan led Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, Jiang Shaoxu, and Nan Jue through an ancient barrier into a preserved city hidden inside the storm’s eye. As they explored its streets for treasures, Mo Fan found a bowl of Time Liquid and kept it after Qin Yuan explained its effects.

• After Qin Yuan’s group left, Ai Jiangtu and the others were attacked by swarms of strange birds and fought back.
• Qin Yuan led the others through the barrier, revealing a green landscape and a colorful ancient city inside the storm.
• Jiang Shaoxu recognized the Li Fan flower emblem at the city entrance and explained the flower’s rarity and calming properties.
• The group split up to explore, with Mo Fan following the Ninghua Evil Bead toward a warm pool and Zhao Manyan carving his name into the city.
• Mo Fan found Time Liquid inside a broken stone statue, and Qin Yuan explained its use before leaving it for Mo Fan to keep.

Qin Yuan seized the Space-Time Divine Eye and fused it with his Chaos and Space Elements, gaining a new Space-Time Element and reaching the early Eighth Realm in Spiritual Power. After he and his companions escaped the ancient ruin city, Qin Yuan explained that the Nazca Monsters pursued them because someone had taken something from the Nazca Forbidden Land.

• Qin Yuan destroyed part of the hidden town to draw out the Space-Time Divine Eye, then caught it as it vanished from the sky.
• Qin Yuan refined the Divine Eye, causing his Chaos and Space Elements to fuse into a Space-Time Element and raising his Spiritual Power to the early Eighth Realm.
• Qin Yuan told Nan Jue, Jiang Shaoxu, Mo Fan, and Zhao Manyan that he did not know what the eye was, and the five left the town before it disappeared and the ancient ruin city aged.
• Qin Yuan's group returned to the team and heard about the strange bird attack as the storm weakened.
• Qin Yuan identified the birds as Nazca Monsters and said someone had taken an object from the Nazca Forbidden Land, prompting Zhao Manyan to ask who had taken it.

After fleeing the Nazca Forbidden Land, Qin Yuan and the Huaxia National Government Team rested in Hami City, then traveled to Peru to challenge its National Pavilion and report what happened. Their easy victory was interrupted by General Mott, who approached them with obvious hostility.

• Qin Yuan realized that a miner they had encountered in the Nazca Forbidden Land might have provoked the strange birds, and Ai Jiangtu decided the team would return to Hami City and ask Peru to find him.
• The team rested in Hami City for several days before flying to Dalima and heading to Royal Felipe Castle.
• Ai Jiangtu's team defeated Peru's National Pavilion contestants easily, then agreed to further mixed-team sparring for training.
• General Mott arrived at the castle, dismissed Osto, and confronted the Huaxia National Government Team in a hostile manner.

General Mott blamed Ai Jiangtu and the others for bringing the Nazca Strange Bird Tribe to Lima and ordered them to leave, but Qin Yuan sent Queen Yan Ji to face the approaching horde. Queen Yan Ji revealed her Great Monarch strength and unleashed Emperor Yan's Fire, leaving the Nazca monsters scattered and the sea boiling beneath her.

• General Mott led Ai Jiangtu and the others to the watchtower, where they saw the Nazca Strange Bird Tribe approaching in great numbers.
• Mott ordered the group to leave Lima, while Ai Jiangtu explained that someone from Peru had stolen something from the Nazca Forbidden Land, an accusation Mott rejected.
• Qin Yuan stepped forward, said his group would handle the Strange Bird Tribe, and summoned Snow Empress and Flame Belle.
• Snow Empress and Flame Belle decided who would fight with rock-paper-scissors, and Flame Belle won and transformed into Queen Yan Ji.
• Queen Yan Ji's Great Monarch aura shocked Mott and the others before she flew toward the Nazca Strange Bird Tribe.
• Queen Yan Ji unleashed Emperor Yan's Fire across the sky, driving the birds into panic and boiling the seawater below.

After Queen Yan Ji crushed the Nazca Strange Bird Tribe’s attack, Qin Yuan and the Huaxia team decided to leave Peru and let the mines face the Forbidden Land’s retaliation. General Mott apologized and offered a reward for their clues, but the chapter ended before the team decided what to demand.

• Queen Yan Ji burned through the Nazca Strange Bird Tribe while the Snow Empress watched beside Qin Yuan.
• Ai Jiangtu contacted the military district, and Mott learned that Nazca Strange Apes had attacked the Yalie Mine as Huaxia’s mercenaries withdrew.
• Qin Yuan said the team would leave for Mexico and let Peru deal with the Nazca Forbidden Land, and Ai Jiangtu announced their departure.
• Osto urged Mott to apologize, and Mott bowed to Qin Yuan and the others to ask for their clues.
• Mott offered Peru National Government Team resources in exchange for the clues, but Zhao Manyan dismissed the offer and Mo Fan asked whether Osto could authorize better terms.

Qin Yuan forced Mott to agree to Huaxia’s demands, then secretly took control of him and ordered him to arrange the construction of Sky Abyss Pavilion. Qin Yuan set off alone for the Nazca Geoglyphs while the others headed to the Yalie Mine to recover the stolen item.

• Ai Jiangtu demanded half the Yalie Mine’s shares and triple mercenary compensation, and Mott agreed.
• Qin Yuan lured Mott to a concealed spot, restrained him with Psionic Power, and had Chaluo control him with a God Devouring Larva.
• Qin Yuan made Mott his servant and tasked him with handling the mine dispute and finding land for Sky Abyss Pavilion.
• Qin Yuan refused to let the others accompany him to Nazca, told them how to deal with the Strange Apes, and vanished with Space Element magic.
• Ai Jiangtu led the others toward the Yalie Mine while Qin Yuan streaked alone across the Nazca wilderness.

Qin Yuan investigated the Nazca Forbidden Land and discovered an underground altar sustaining an Ancient Indian researcher who had tried to create a new Magic Element by transforming his human aura. Chaluo found that the researcher’s human soul had been annihilated and a demonic soul was forming.

• Qin Yuan arrived at the Nazca Forbidden Land, checked in, and received a Mind Element Awakening Card and a Supreme Star Sea Heavenly Meridian.
• Qin Yuan sensed energy flowing beneath the geoglyphs and burrowed underground to uncover an altar and a stone coffin.
• Qin Yuan read the Silk Book and learned that the geoglyphs and replicated Nazca monsters drew in and harvested souls to nourish the sleeping researcher.
• Qin Yuan ordered Chaluo to use the God Devouring Larva to examine the man in the coffin.
• Chaluo reported that the man’s human soul had been annihilated and a demonic soul was being born.

Qin Yuan rejected the Replication Secret Method, destroyed the dormant Demon Spirit Essence soul and its Silk Book, and collected the giant Demon Spirit Essence into his Space-Time Realm. He reshaped the realm into a new world and invited his summoned creatures to live there.

• Qin Yuan had Little Yan Ji cremate the coffin and Silk Book after deciding the Replication Secret Method was too inhumane to use.
• Qin Yuan collected the giant Demon Spirit Essence into the Space-Time Realm and learned from Ai Jiangtu that Sheldon had stolen the Monster Bird’s Eye.
• Qin Yuan examined the Nazca collection arrays, found they could not be replicated without the Monster Bird’s Eye, and left them intact for future visits.
• Qin Yuan entered the Space-Time Realm, reshaped it into a world modeled on Blue Star, and used the Demon Spirit Essence to nourish it.
• Qin Yuan invited Xue'er, Little Yan Ji, Xiao Yan, and Chaluo to live in the Space-Time Realm.

Qin Yuan and his companions returned from the Nazca Geoglyphs after Ai Jiangtu’s first helicopter flight went disastrously, and Qin Yuan spoke with Ye Xin Xia from Royal Felipe Castle. The chapter left Ye Xin Xia preparing to join the Servant of Athens, while Qin Yuan learned she might enter the Goddess Hall.

• Qin Yuan safely landed Ai Jiangtu’s wobbling helicopter with Psionic Control, and Mo Fan and the others emerged feeling sick.
• Qin Yuan teased Ai Jiangtu about his flying, and Ai Jiangtu admitted it had been his first real flight before returning the Monster Bird’s Eye.
• Mu Ning Xue told Qin Yuan that the Strange Apes at the Yalie Mine had vanished, and Qin Yuan said he would explain after they returned.
• Qin Yuan summoned a Commander-level flying creature to carry the group back to Royal Felipe Castle, where they rested for the night.
• Qin Yuan reassured Ye Xin Xia during a video call and explained his past with Asharuiya after Ye Xin Xia repeated Asharuiya’s accusations.
• Ye Xin Xia told Qin Yuan that her mentor had asked her to join the Servant of Athens, which might give her a chance to enter the Goddess Hall.

Qin Yuan and the National Government Team traveled through Colombia toward the Caribbean Sea, where he considered exploring Kunlun after the World Academy Competition and visiting Tianshan first. The system detected his arrival at the Caribbean Sea and offered him a check-in.

• Qin Yuan encouraged Ye Xin Xia to pursue becoming the Goddess, then ended their video call and shared an intimate moment with Mu Ning Xue.
• The five instructors confiscated the team's identification and forced them to travel overland toward Mexico, prompting Zhao Manyan to complain about the arduous route.
• Nan Jue explained that a notorious band of thieves operated near the Caribbean, while the team joked about pirates and Qin Yuan wondered whether the check-in reward would be a Black Pearl.
• Zhao Manyan and Mo Fan discussed the mysterious Kunlun Demon Empire, and Qin Yuan said he would explore it after the competition once he was confident, though he planned to visit Tianshan first.
• The team neared the Caribbean Sea by land, and the system asked Qin Yuan whether he wanted to check in.

Qin Yuan received a Sea God Trident replica, the Eternal Demon Spring, and a new check-in mission while traveling with the National Government team. The group stopped at the beautiful Fragrant Herb Small Stockade, where Qin Yuan promised to recreate its scenery in Sky City and show the women an even more dreamlike place.

• Qin Yuan checked in and obtained the Sea God Trident, Eternal Demon Spring, and Supreme Star Sea Heavenly Meridian, then learned the trident was a replica and considered testing it against Cold Big Eye.
• The system assigned Qin Yuan a new check-in mission at Freedom Temple as the group discussed bounties, the Caribbean Sea Area, and Mo Fan's interest in making money.
• Qin Yuan teased Mo Fan, and the two traded jokes about their shamelessness while Ai Jiangtu tried to keep the group moving.
• Jiang Shaoxu admired the Fragrant Herb Small Stockade and suggested resting there, so Ai Jiangtu agreed that the whole team could take a break.
• Mu Nujiao, Jiang Shaoxu, and Mu Ning Xue asked Qin Yuan about planting fragrant herbs in Sky City, and he promised to create an even more dreamlike landscape for them.

The group was denied entry to Fragrant Herb Small Stockade, whose supposed festival was actually a protection-fee scheme. Qin Yuan, Jiang Shaoxu, Mo Fan, and Zhao Manyan sneaked in to investigate, and Qin Yuan recognized the Consort Herbs at the top of the stockade.

• Oni invited Qin Yuan to visit the stockade alone, but he refused after realizing the festival was a cover for collecting protection fees.
• Qin Yuan offered to take Jiang Shaoxu up to investigate, while Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan decided to join them despite Ai Jiangtu's warning not to cause trouble.
• Qin Yuan teleported Jiang Shaoxu to the top, and Mo Fan used Shadow Escape to bring Zhao Manyan in behind them.
• Qin Yuan identified the plants as Consort Herbs, said to be cultivated from a New Zealand consort's tears and used to make psychiatric drugs for depression.

Qin Yuan and Jiang Shaoxu concealed themselves near a mountain village where the Red Ornament Guild bandits were extorting the villagers. While the bandits threatened the village, the pair remained hidden in the Consort Herb, and Qin Yuan sensed that two people were already making plans.

• Jiang Shaoxu and Qin Yuan recognized the approaching group as Red Ornament Guild bandits and decided to watch their confrontation with the villagers.
• Qin Yuan used the Sea God Trident’s concealment ability to hide himself and Jiang Shaoxu from sight and detection.
• Jiang Shaoxu teased Qin Yuan and pushed him down into the Consort Herb while the pair remained concealed.
• Xi Ge told the village chief that the bandits had taken the village’s people, houses, land, and herbs and demanded money to buy them back.
• A young girl cursed at Xi Ge, who threatened the villagers with the Red Ornament Guild’s violence.
• Qin Yuan sensed that two people were making plans as Jiang Shaoxu reacted to the distant commotion.

Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan emerged in Fragrant Herb Small Stockade as Xi Ge and the Red Ornament Guild terrorized the villagers. Xi Ge turned his attention to Zhao Manyan, while Mo Fan joked at his expense.

• Jiang Shaoxu and Qin Yuan fervently kissed as the chapter opened.
• Xi Ge threatened the villagers, killed a man with his curse, and doubled the price demanded from them.
• Xi Ge ordered that the village women be taken as payment when the villagers could not afford his new price.
• Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan walked out of the bushes and ignored the Red Ornament Guild's underlings.
• Xi Ge mistook Zhao Manyan for an attractive target and offered Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan a choice of how to die.
• Mo Fan pointed at Zhao Manyan and told Xi Ge to play him, enraging Zhao Manyan.

Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan confronted Xi Ge’s Red Ornament Guild bandits while demanding ransom from both the bandits and villagers, and Mo Fan protected the villagers as the fight escalated. Elsewhere, Jiang Shaoxu teased Qin Yuan about having a child with him, and he promised he would marry her regardless before she declared she wanted a little fox.

• Mo Fan demanded thirty million in ransom from Xi Ge and warned the villagers to prepare payment, while secretly using Psychic Control to save a villager he appeared to throw off a cliff.
• Xi Ge ordered the Red Ornament Guild bandits to attack, and Mo Fan moved the villagers out of danger with Psychic Control.
• Zhao Manyan blocked Xi Ge’s Curse Element with Light Brilliance while Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan overwhelmed the bandits, forcing them to call for reinforcements.
• Jiang Shaoxu rested in Qin Yuan’s arms after tiring herself out, then asked what he would do if she had a child with him.
• Qin Yuan said he would marry Jiang Shaoxu and the other women in his life, and Jiang Shaoxu insisted she wanted a little fox.

Qin Yuan, Jiang Shaoxu, Mo Fan, and Zhao Manyan defeated the Red Ornament Guild attackers, but Qin Yuan killed them instead of collecting a bounty after learning the local government was colluding with the bandits. He then offered the villagers a legitimate deal to buy their Consort Herb, and the chapter ended with them considering his offer.

• Jiang Shaoxu stayed close to Qin Yuan while Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan fought the Red Ornament Guild members.
• Oni demanded compensation and Qin Yuan be handed over, but Mo Fan transformed with the Fire God and captured most of her group.
• Oni fled using a Boot Magic Tool, but Qin Yuan caught and killed her with Psionic Power.
• Qin Yuan killed the remaining Red Ornament Guild members after explaining that the local government was colluding with them.
• Qin Yuan told Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan their training mission would address the Red Ornament Guild.
• Qin Yuan offered to buy all the villagers' Consort Herb, and the village chief and villagers grew interested in the deal.

Qin Yuan bought all the Consort Herb in a village and left with Jiang Shaoxu. At the Asian Mage Association, mentors argued over who should receive the Dark Lord Cloak before agreeing that the Huaxia, Island Nation, and India teams would compete by joining forces to pursue the Red Ornament Guild in the Caribbean Sea.

• Qin Yuan and Jiang Shaoxu denied taking a patch of Consort Herb that they had used as a bed, while the village chief and villagers gathered the remaining herbs for Qin Yuan.
• Qin Yuan paid for all the Consort Herb, stored it in the Space-Time Realm with the Sea God Trident, and left with Jiang Shaoxu.
• At the Dubai Mage Tower, Tofuji Nobuko argued that Akihito Matsu deserved the Dark Lord Cloak, while Feng Li cited the Huaxia team's contributions in East Sea City and Nazca.
• The white-robed old man proposed that the Huaxia, Island Nation, and India teams earn the cloak by working together to capture Red Ornament Guild criminals in the Caribbean Sea.

Huaxia, the Island Nation, and the Third Uncle Nation agreed to join forces against the Red Ornament Guild, with hidden Freedom Temple mages assigned to protect the students. In Blue Stone Town, the teams prepared to compete for the Dark Lord Cloak, while Qin Yuan charmed Haiyuan Lan during their meeting.

• Feng Li and Tofuji Nobuko agreed to send their teams against the Red Ornament Guild, and the white-robed elder said Freedom Temple mages would secretly provide backup.
• Qin Yuan and his companions spent several days in Blue Stone Town and the Space-Time Realm before meeting the others for their new assignment.
• Nan Jue explained that the Red Ornament Guild had over a thousand mages and that Huaxia, the Island Nation, and the Third Uncle Nation would compete for the Dark Lord Cloak while suppressing the bandits.
• The Island Nation and Third Uncle Nation teams arrived at Seagull Park, where representatives began negotiating the joint operation.
• Haiyuan Lan chatted with Qin Yuan about cosplay, and his compliments made her blush and grow more interested in him.

Qin Yuan spent his free evening with Jiang Shaoxu before the Bandit Suppression operation, while Kaso pressured Mayor Lauren for compensation and official protection for his men. The chapter ended with Kaso accusing Lauren of setting a trap after receiving alarming news.

• Haiyuan Lan gave Qin Yuan her contact information, and Zhao Manyan and Mo Fan argued over their failed attempts to attract women.
• Qin Yuan left with Jiang Shaoxu for the evening after the others declined to join them.
• Kaso demanded compensation from Mayor Lauren for his dead lover and men, and Lauren agreed to pay forty percent of the city's tax revenue for five years.
• Kaso insisted that incorporation wait until Lauren obtained a revocation order, while Lauren agreed to apply for one and warned that the next Red Tide was approaching.
• After a mage in black whispered to him, Kaso accused Lauren of using incorporation to lure his group into a trap and threatened to drown the city in blood.

Mayor Lauren tried to secure the Red Ornament Guild’s help against the coming Red Tide while Kaso privately planned to leave White Head City once he was paid. At the ship plaza, Lauren blocked Shao He Gu and the allied team from attacking the guild, and their accusations of collusion set off his fury at Freedom Temple.

• Kaso denied that the men who had approached him belonged to the Red Ornament Guild, then ordered his members to board the ship and said he would leave once the withdrawal order came.
• Mayor Lauren told his Female Deputy Officer that he had no choice but to rely on Kaso’s guild against the Red Tide, then ordered his mages to secure the passage to the ship.
• Shao He Gu led the allied team to the ship plaza to wipe out the Red Ornament Guild, but Lauren’s mages barred their way.
• Shao He Gu and the others accused Lauren’s government of colluding with the guild, while Lauren insisted the guild members had been recruited as White Head City Military mages.
• Lauren rejected the team’s warning about Freedom Temple and angrily condemned its failure to protect the Caribbean Sea Area from Sea Demons.