Chapter Summaries

Qin Yuan explored the Desert Maze Realm, found supplies likely left by the missing students, and gained the Sand Emperor Scepter through a check-in. After the group regrouped, Mo Fan, Jiang Yu, and Zhao Manyan failed to send signals, leaving the others lost in the maze as night fell.

• Qin Yuan found a tattered tent, food, and water that he suspected belonged to the missing students, then left the tent as a marker and turned back.
• Qin Yuan checked in at the Sahara Desert and received the Sand Emperor Scepter, an Earth Element Awakening Card, and a Supreme Star Sea Heavenly Meridian.
• Qin Yuan and Mu Ning Xue returned to Mu Nujiao, and the five-person group regrouped with Nan Jue while waiting for signals.
• Nan Jue realized Mo Fan, Jiang Yu, and Zhao Manyan had stopped signaling, so she kept three people at their position while Qin Yuan searched with a partner.
• Qin Yuan and the others fought several lost demon creatures but found neither the missing men nor the maze's entrance and exit.
• As night fell, Qin Yuan and the four women set up a tent, and Qin Yuan said he would try to break the Chaos Element ability behind the maze.

Qin Yuan and the women tried to understand the Desert Maze Realm and find Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Jiang Yu, while Qin Yuan considered using the Sha Abyss to escape. Jiang Shaoxu distracted him inside their tent as a massive sandstorm swept outside, leaving the group sheltered but still trapped in the maze.

• Qin Yuan explained that the Desert Maze Realm seemed to combine Chaos, Earth, and Space powers, and said he needed time to discover its pattern.
• Qin Yuan told the women he had another way to escape but kept it secret, while stressing that they first needed to find Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Jiang Yu.
• Jiang Shaoxu teased Qin Yuan until he stopped studying the maze and kissed her, while Mu Ning Xue, Mu Nujiao, and Nan Jue turned away in embarrassment.
• A huge sandstorm swept over the area, but Qin Yuan's power held the tent steady against the raging wind and sand.

Qin Yuan discovered that the Desert Maze Realm was controlled by shifting sand and used the Sand Emperor Scepter to dispel the maze in their area. He and the four women found Mo Fan, Jiang Yu, and Zhao Manyan alive but exhausted, and learned Zhao Manyan’s accident had destroyed their magic signals.

• After the sandstorm buried the area beneath towering dunes, Qin Yuan and the four women searched for several days while fending off demon attacks.
• Qin Yuan discovered that the maze’s shifting sand, concealed by spatial and Chaos Element abilities, was its key, and that it could also be escaped by flying beyond its range.
• Qin Yuan used the Sand Emperor Scepter to freeze the sand in their area and restore the maze realm, then led the group toward a magical fluctuation.
• Qin Yuan crushed the demons attacking Mo Fan, Jiang Yu, and Zhao Manyan, then teleported to the three men with the women.
• Zhao Manyan explained that a Sand Rock Phantom Demon had lured him away and destroyed their magic signals, leaving him unable to call for help until he woke up.

Qin Yuan teleported the group out of the Sahara after sensing the Lord of Sahara behind the Sandstorm Fiend, and they returned to Egypt to rejoin their team. As the team prepared for its final Egyptian Training Ground mission, Qin Yuan checked in at Puchini and received three rewards.

• Qin Yuan spotted a powerful aura behind the Sandstorm Fiend and teleported the group away before the Lord of Sahara could approach.
• Qin Yuan told Mu Ning Xue that the aura belonged to an unusually powerful Emperor-level Beast, which he identified as the Lord of Sahara.
• Qin Yuan and the others traveled to Egypt, where the African Mage Association confirmed that the Sandstorm Fiend had killed the rescue team.
• Qin Yuan reunited with Ai Jiangtu and the others, who had obtained the Egyptian National Hall Medal and needed only Egypt’s Training Ground mission to qualify for Venice.
• Qin Yuan and the team set off for Puchini, where Qin Yuan checked in and received a Maya Gargoyle, Pharaoh’s Spring, and a premium Star Sea Heavenly Meridian.

Qin Yuan and the others arrived in Puchini, where a surge of undead attacks had left many people injured. In a Parthenon Temple tent, a familiar woman healed a victim’s severed arms, and she recognized Qin Yuan as he approached.

• Jiang Yu explained that undead had been multiplying around Puchini, while Zhao Manyan noticed the many injured locals.
• Qin Yuan identified lingering Death Qi on a woman whose arms had been torn off, and Ai Jiangtu led the group toward the injured.
• At Nanshan Plaza, the group entered a tent marked with the Flower Halo of the Parthenon Temple.
• A Healing Element woman restored the injured woman’s arms and told her to rest for three days.
• Mu Nujiao and Mu Ning Xue recognized the healer, and Qin Yuan walked toward her.
• The familiar woman delightedly called out, “Little Yuan Ge Ge!”

Qin Yuan reunited with Ye Xin Xia at the Parthenon Temple, where she was training and healing people injured by undead. After night fell, they spent an intimate night together in the Space-Time Realm.

• Qin Yuan greeted Ye Xin Xia, lifted her from her wheelchair, and stayed beside her as they reunited.
• Mu Ning Xue, Mu Nujiao, Jiang Shaoxu, and Nan Jue greeted Ye Xin Xia, and Ye Xin Xia explained that a Pyramid mirage had brought undead to the area.
• Ye Xin Xia stopped their conversation to treat an injured woman, then healed many more people brought to the tent.
• Mu Ning Xue and Mu Nujiao listened to the training assignment while Qin Yuan watched Ye Xin Xia work.
• Qin Yuan and Ye Xin Xia spent a sleepless night together on an island in the Spirit Lake within the Space-Time Realm.

After spending time with Ye Xin Xia, Qin Yuan developed Supernatural Powers from his Archmage-level elements, enhancing his body and magic. The next morning, he joined the Huaxia team and the Puchini forces as they advanced toward High Slope to help secure it and deal with the Poison Gold Mummies.

• Qin Yuan checked his status and studied how his Archmage-level Magic Elements could become Supernatural Powers.
• Qin Yuan transformed his Ice, Lightning, Plant, Sound, Space-Time, and Poison Elements into abilities integrated into his body, while noting the powers of his Undead Element and Summoning System.
• Ye Xin Xia woke and asked Qin Yuan what he was doing, and the two embraced again.
• At dawn, Qin Yuan joined the assembled force advancing west under Staff Officer Fennah's direction.
• Nan Jue explained that the team had to reach High Slope's rear, deal with the Poison Gold Mummies during the army's frontal clash, and retreat into the barrier once the main force secured its position.

The National Government Team encountered Poison Gold Mummies on the high slope, but Wangkesi’s squad charged in recklessly and suffered heavy casualties. After Ai Jiangtu’s team rescued them, Wangkesi revealed that his unit had been assigned to fight the Fierce Sword Death Warriors, leaving the National Government Team to take over.

• The National Government Team approached the Poison Gold Mummies, whose coordinated Tide of Poisonous Fog forced Ai Jiangtu to order a retreat.
• Wangkesi led his squad into the Poison Gold Mummies without securing a retreat route, and the creatures surrounded them.
• Jiang Shaoxu spotted a Three-eyed Poison Gold Mummy commanding the horde, so Ai Jiangtu led the National Government Team into the fog to attack it.
• The National Government Team killed most of the Poison Gold Mummies and rescued Wangkesi’s wounded squad, though several soldiers had died.
• Ai Jiangtu rebuked Wangkesi for acting without orders, and Wangkesi revealed that his squad’s mission had been to deal with the Fierce Sword Death Warriors.

Ai Jiangtu led the Huaxia National Government Team to stop the Fierce Sword Death Warriors, with Qin Yuan using his Space-Time Element to devastate them. After the warriors fell, the team joined the main force as it advanced against the collapsing undead army.

• Ai Jiangtu agreed to take on the mission and asked Qin Yuan to protect the group from the Fierce Sword Death Warriors.
• Staff Officer Fennah prepared to intervene when Wangkesi's absence threatened the main force, but an adjutant reported that a team had stopped the Fierce Sword Death Warriors.
• The Huaxia National Government Team attacked the Fierce Sword Death Warriors, and Fenner recognized Qin Yuan as an Archmage who had comprehended Supernatural Power.
• Qin Yuan tested his Space-Time Element abilities, using Teleport, Pause, Slow, Accelerate, and Rift to help kill the Fierce Sword Death Warriors.
• Ai Jiangtu led the team to join the main force after the last Fierce Sword Death Warrior fell, and the troops pressed their advantage against the routed undead.

Qin Yuan agreed to help Fennah’s forces fight the Pyramid Undead in exchange for a place where Sky City’s people could study them. After the third camp was secured, the troops prepared to face increasingly dangerous undead as Qin Yuan and Ye Xin Xia quietly planned to establish Sky Abyss Pavilion near the Parthenon Temple.

• Qin Yuan escorted the Parthenon Temple Mages into the Safe Barrier and prepared with the main force to attack the third camp.
• Fennah asked Qin Yuan to help with the war against Puchini's Pyramid Undead, and Qin Yuan agreed in exchange for a place to study Egyptian Undead.
• Qin Yuan and Ye Xin Xia discussed expanding Sky Abyss Pavilion and secretly building Xin Xia’s own faction within the Parthenon Temple’s sphere of influence.
• The main force captured the third camp, but the soldiers worried that the road ahead would expose them to overwhelming undead, including at least five hundred Fierce Sword Death Warriors.
• Mo Fan asked Qin Yuan about the danger, and Qin Yuan explained that the undead threat was less severe than at the Ancient Capital but remained catastrophic for the people there.

The army launched its final assault on the Pyramid, where Qin Yuan’s ice magic tore through the undead and inspired the human forces. The battle continued with morale rising as the others recognized the returning Ice Dragons.

• Mo Fan, Qin Yuan, and Jiang Yu discussed whether Khufu or the Ancient King was stronger, and Qin Yuan said Khufu could not match the Ancient King.
• At dusk, the main force advanced toward the Pyramid through a dense host of undead, with Staff Officer Fennah ordering the charge.
• The army’s orderly formation broke apart as the undead swarmed the battlefield and fighters lost sight of the Pyramid.
• Qin Yuan cast Profound Ice Dragon Soar, summoning two ice dragons that carved through the undead and killed thousands.
• Fennah and the other mages marveled at Qin Yuan’s strength, while Jiang Yu recognized the returning Ice Dragons and the army’s morale surged.

Qin Yuan demonstrated his powerful magic to the women traveling with him and helped the main force reach the Pyramid Mirage. When a Monarch-level Dark Sword Master blocked their advance, Qin Yuan crushed it effortlessly, leaving the others stunned.

• Qin Yuan showed Ye Xin Xia, Mu Ning Xue, Mu Nujiao, Jiang Shaoxu, and Nan Jue his Ice, Sound, and Space spells, then promised to teach them.
• Qin Yuan used Profound Ice Dragon Soar, Dragon's Roar Tiger's Howl, and Space Strangler to kill large numbers of undead as the main force advanced toward the Pyramid Mirage.
• A formation of Fierce Sword Death Warriors and the Dark Sword Master blocked the force near the Pyramid, and the Dark Sword Master attacked Luoval and his subordinates with Vertical and Horizontal Nether Sword.
• Qin Yuan stopped the attack with Myriad Flower Ice Mirror, then told Fenner and Xieluo he would handle the Dark Sword Master while they continued attacking the Pyramid.
• Qin Yuan crushed the Dark Sword Master with Space Power, shocking Fenner, Xieluo, and the assembled force.

Qin Yuan helped Fenner’s forces defeat the undead and erase the Pyramid Mirage, then told Ye Xin Xia that the Parthenon Divine Soul inside her was why she could not walk. He left her questioning whether she was the Goddess, though Qin Yuan insisted she was even prettier.

• Qin Yuan reminded Fenner and Xieluo that the Pyramid Mirage remained after the Dark Sword Master’s death, and the forces defeated the remaining undead.
• Qin Yuan’s white light dispelled the Pyramid Mirage, causing the undead to scatter as Puchini celebrated its victory.
• Fenner thanked Qin Yuan and promised honored treatment and help for the people of Sky City, and Qin Yuan collected his spoils.
• Qin Yuan walked with Ye Xin Xia through the rain and explained that the Parthenon Divine Soul within her prevented her from walking normally.
• Ye Xin Xia told Qin Yuan she had dreamed she was the Goddess, and he teased that she was even prettier than the Goddess.

Qin Yuan and Ye Xin Xia shared an intimate farewell before he received check-in missions for Venice Water Capital and Tyrant Mountain Range. In Venice, he checked in and joined the Huaxia National Government Team as they arrived ahead of the World Academy Competition, where Zhao Manyan encountered a familiar man outside the auction hall.

• Ye Xin Xia teased Qin Yuan about the Goddess Hall and said she would not stop others from liking him if she became the Goddess, then the two entered the Space-Time Realm together.
• Qin Yuan received check-in missions for Venice Water Capital and Tyrant Mountain Range.
• Several days later, Qin Yuan and the Huaxia National Government Team arrived in Venice Water Capital, where the water beast driver explained that about half the city's residents knew Water Element spells.
• Qin Yuan checked in at Venice Water Capital and obtained a Holy Water Guardian, a Water Element Awakening Card, and a Premium Star Sea Heavenly Meridian.
• At St. Mark Square, Jiang Shaoxu took the girls shopping, Ai Jiangtu, Jiang Yu, and Guan Yu left separately, and Zhao Manyan and Mo Fan headed to the auction hall to buy a Lightning Element soul seed.
• As Qin Yuan, Zhao Manyan, and Mo Fan reached the auction hall, a man who resembled Zhao Manyan called out to him.

Zhao Manyan reunited with his older brother Zhao Yougan at the Saint Mark World Auction Hall, where Zhao Yougan eagerly greeted Qin Yuan because of his ties to Sky City. While Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan went to the VIP reception room, Qin Yuan explored the exhibition corridor and was quietly followed by a familiar woman.

• Zhao Manyan introduced Zhao Yougan to Mo Fan and Qin Yuan, but Zhao Yougan focused his attention on Qin Yuan and welcomed him enthusiastically.
• Zhao Yougan left to receive a distinguished guest after promising to host Qin Yuan another day.
• Zhao Manyan complained to Qin Yuan and Mo Fan that his brother cared only about accumulating wealth, then bickered with Mo Fan about his dangerous adventures.
• Qin Yuan left the others and wandered alone through the auction hall's exhibition corridor, examining magical relics.
• A woman recognized Qin Yuan and secretly followed him using Space Magic as he stopped to inspect a small, star-speckled black stone.

Qin Yuan reunited with Asharuiya, teased her, and listened as she explained the Holy Court’s Verdict Stone and the judgment of Wen Tai. When Qin Yuan revealed that Ye Chang had told him Wen Tai willingly entered the Dark Plane, Asharuiya asked whether Salan was still alive.

• Asharuiya surprised Qin Yuan from behind, and he recognized her after teasingly guessing several names.
• Qin Yuan and Asharuiya exchanged flirtatious banter and shared a brief embrace.
• Asharuiya explained that the Verdict Stone recorded the tie in Wen Tai’s trial and that the Parthenon Goddess had cast the deciding black stone against her brother.
• Qin Yuan told Asharuiya he had heard Wen Tai willingly entered the Dark Plane after meeting Yi Zhi Sha.
• Asharuiya asked Qin Yuan where he learned that and then wondered whether Salan was still alive.

Qin Yuan stole the Sin Stone and told Asharuiya that her adoptive father, Wen Tai, might no longer be himself if they met in the Dark Plane. After reassuring Asharuiya that he would prevent such a fate for her, Qin Yuan agreed to help her with Austin in exchange for a favor.

• Qin Yuan revealed that he had taken the Sin Stone and used Space Power to escape with Asharuiya before the staff arrived.
• Qin Yuan and Asharuiya shared fast food on a date while discussing the reliability of his information.
• Qin Yuan asked Asharuiya what she would do if she met Wen Tai in the Dark Plane and suggested that Wen Tai might no longer be himself.
• Asharuiya asked what Qin Yuan would do if she entered the Dark Plane and changed, and Qin Yuan promised there would be no such possibility.
• Asharuiya asked Qin Yuan to help her with Austin, and he agreed after asking what she would offer in return.

Qin Yuan and Asharuiya shared a kiss before leaving Venice for the Tyrant Mountain Range, where Qin Yuan received powerful check-in rewards. He planned to test his strength against Austin, while Asharuiya wagered that Qin Yuan would have to obey her if he failed to subdue the True Dragon.

• Asharuiya kissed Qin Yuan, and he pulled her close and shared her first kiss.
• Qin Yuan told Asharuiya that he planned to beat Austin, but she worried about the danger and doubted he could defeat the True Dragon.
• Qin Yuan left Venice with Asharuiya for the Tyrant Mountain Range after informing the National Government Team and warning Mu Tingying and Nanrong Ni.
• Qin Yuan checked in at the mountain range and received an Unknown Dragon Egg, Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and a God-Tier Smelting Card.
• Asharuiya wagered that she would do whatever Qin Yuan wanted if he subdued Austin, while Qin Yuan agreed that he would obey her if he failed.

Qin Yuan and Asharuiya entered the Tyrant Mountain Range, where he easily subdued the Wind Flame Thunder Vultures guarding the Tyrant Desolate Thunder. They continued toward the peak, where Qin Yuan planned to take the soul seed and confront the Black Dragon Emperor.

• Asharuiya and Qin Yuan approached the main peak, and Qin Yuan sensed powerful Demons in the mountains.
• A Tyrant Titan nearly startled Asharuiya, and Qin Yuan admitted he had let it scare her on purpose.
• Qin Yuan learned that the valuable Tyrant Desolate Thunder lay in a mountain crevice halfway up the peak.
• Nine Wind Flame Thunder Vultures attacked Qin Yuan and Asharuiya, but Qin Yuan subdued all of them within moments.
• Qin Yuan and Asharuiya continued toward the summit, where Qin Yuan intended to take the soul seed and meet the Black Dragon Emperor.

Qin Yuan approached the Black Dragon Emperor, Austin, after sending Asharuiya into the Space-Time Realm for safety. He revealed his Nether King Demonic Armor and faced Austin, whose roar devastated the Tyrant Mountain Range, as Qin Yuan prepared to rely on his Sacred Weapon Vessel.

• Qin Yuan sent Asharuiya into the Space-Time Realm and continued alone toward the cliff where the Black Dragon Emperor slept.
• Asharuiya watched Qin Yuan through the Space-Time Realm’s canopy and told him to be careful, then admitted she would accept him if he defeated Austin.
• Qin Yuan donned the Nether King Demonic Armor and unleashed his aura at the cliff’s edge.
• Qin Yuan used Space Power to disperse the sea of clouds, revealing the enormous Black Dragon Emperor, Austin.
• Austin roared at Qin Yuan, killing countless creatures across the Tyrant Mountain Range, while Qin Yuan assessed Austin as an Orthodox Emperor near the peak of the Lesser Emperor level and prepared to use his Sacred Weapon Vessel.