Chapter Summaries

Qin Yuan and Ling Ling arrived at the Dragon Tooth Magic Arena as Huaxia prepared to face Spain in the World Academy Competition. After Qin Yuan declined to compete, Prince Banbo challenged his remark about Huaxia's superiority, and their exchange ended with Banbo accusing him of being a puppet.

• Qin Yuan and Ling Ling traveled through Venice Water Capital, and Ling Ling bought souvenirs before they reached the Dragon Tooth Magic Arena.
• Zhao Manyan and Bai Dongwei discussed how the arena's rocky, downward-sloping terrain might affect the match.
• Qin Yuan joined the Huaxia team, where Ling Ling greeted Mu Ning Xue and the other girls.
• Ai Jiangtu asked Qin Yuan whether he would compete against Spain, but Qin Yuan declined and said Huaxia was stronger.
• Prince Banbo took offense at Qin Yuan's comment, and Qin Yuan called him mediocre before Banbo accused him of being a puppet backed by Sky City.

Qin Yuan intimidated Prince Banbo into apologizing, then helped Ai Jiangtu choose the lineup for the upcoming match and warned the team about Pinol’s ability to cast Super-tier Magic. The five contestants entered the preparation area, where Pinol grew uneasy under their watchful attention.

• Qin Yuan pressured Prince Banbo with threats until the prince apologized and fled with his two companions.
• Qin Yuan told Feng Li he had retaliated because Prince Banbo had made him uncomfortable, then asked Ai Jiangtu to arrange the lineup.
• Ai Jiangtu selected Mu Nujiao, Jiang Shaoxu, Nan Jue, Guan Yu, and Mo Fan for the match.
• Qin Yuan warned that Pinol could cast Super-tier Magic once at a cost and told Mu Nujiao to stop him while Mo Fan faced Fran.
• The five contestants entered the preparation area, and Pinol wondered whether the Huaxia National Government Team had discovered his secret trump card.

The Huaxia National Government Team faced the Spanish National Government Team in the flooded Dragon Tooth Magic Arena, where Mu Nujiao built a plant platform and helped her teammates seize the upper hand. Fran was knocked into the water by Mo Fan, while Pinol remained unable to use his high-tier magic because Mu Nujiao kept disrupting him.

• Ten Water Mages flooded the arena, submerging its dragon-tooth platforms and putting the Huaxia team at a disadvantage.
• Mu Nujiao used Blue Silver—Ghostwood Hand to form a plant platform after the Spanish team shattered the remaining dragon teeth.
• Mo Fan opened with Heavenly Flame Funeral—Hellfire Stone as Jiang Shaoxu, Nan Jue, and Guan Yu engaged their opponents.
• Mu Nujiao repeatedly pressured Pinol, preventing him from concentrating on his high-tier magic while her team gained the upper hand.
• Fran challenged Mo Fan with Fire Element Magic, but Mo Fan punched him into the water and nearly struck him again with Fierce Fist.
• Fran asked Pinol if he was ready, but Pinol said Mu Nujiao's attacks kept interrupting him; Prince Banbo angrily watched Fran's defeat from a high platform.

The Huaxia Team defeated Spain after Mo Fan broke Fran’s attempt to shield his teammates, and the team celebrated its victory. Qin Yuan learned that Huaxia planned to bring him into its upper ranks and make Sky City a representative power, then invited everyone to a celebratory meal.

• Prince Banbo’s sister asked him to take her to see Qin Yuan, while his attendant warned him not to provoke the Lord of Sky City again.
• Fran chose to shield Pinol while Peris healed him so Pinol could prepare Cataclysmic Water Roar.
• Mo Fan used Fire God’s possession and Fire God Fist to break Fran’s right hand and eliminate him.
• The Huaxia Team eliminated Peris and Pinol, and the Chief Referee announced Huaxia’s victory.
• Mu Nujiao received praise from Qin Yuan and Ling Ling, while Feng Li and the others discussed how Huaxia’s opponents would grow stronger.
• Qin Yuan learned Huaxia planned to bring him into its upper ranks and elevate Sky City, then invited the team and officials to dinner.

Qin Yuan tracked down the injured Shadow Element Forbidden Mage Essendel and decided to recruit him for Sky City. After Essendel escaped Pang Lai and fled through Venice Water Capital, Qin Yuan confronted him and restrained most of his abilities.

• Qin Yuan sensed powerful shadow energy near the Huaxia National Government Team and decided to bring Essendel into Sky City's service.
• Essendel begged Pang Lai for help escaping the Holy Court, but Pang Lai urged him to surrender and answer for his past crimes.
• Essendel restrained Pang Lai with dark energy and escaped without killing him.
• Jiang Yu and Mo Fan found Pang Lai immobilized after Essendel vanished.
• In a Venice Water Capital alley, the injured Essendel prepared to fight when Qin Yuan appeared and used Time Power and Space Power to weaken him.
• Qin Yuan introduced himself to Essendel.

Qin Yuan recruited the injured Forbidden Mage Essendel into Sky City, renamed him Shadow, and learned of his ties to Ande and the Holy Court. Before Shadow could contact Ande, the Sin Stones seized him and transported him away, so Qin Yuan pursued him by following a magical mark.

• Qin Yuan subdued Essendel with time power and offered to save his life in exchange for his service.
• Essendel accepted immediately, and Qin Yuan used a God Devouring Larva to bring him under control.
• Essendel warned Qin Yuan that the Holy Court would convict him and that Haila would drag him to the Dark Execution Ground; Qin Yuan promised to handle Haila.
• Qin Yuan renamed Essendel Shadow and ordered him to contact Ande of the Parthenon Temple for a meeting.
• Ten Sin Stones appeared, branded Shadow with the Dark Holy Judgment, and took him away.
• Qin Yuan placed a magical mark on Shadow and teleported after him.

Essendel faced Death God Hailuo in the Dark Execution Ground while Durank tried to force him to implicate Ande. Silver radiance shattered the execution ground, and three Great Monarch Bone Dragons emerged from a spatial vortex to attack Hailuo and Durank’s group.

• Durank questioned Essendel about Ande’s involvement in the crimes, but Essendel denied knowing her and refused to cooperate.
• Death God Hailuo approached Essendel as Durank declared the Dark Holy Judgment would proceed.
• Essendel sensed that his master had arrived just before silver radiance struck and shattered the Dark Execution Ground.
• Three Great Monarch Bone Dragons flew from a twisted spatial vortex, and one attacked Durank’s group.
• Another Bone Dragon swallowed Essendel, refined him instantly, and joined the fight against Death God Hailuo.

Qin Yuan watched from concealment as his Bone Dragons fought Haila, then struck the Death God with his halberd and severed its arm. A mysterious black shadow stopped Qin Yuan from killing Haila and negotiated a temporary truce, while the Bone Dragons continued attacking Durank's group.

• Shadow thanked Qin Yuan after Qin Yuan secretly rescued him from the Bone Dragon and made the others believe Essendel had died.
• Qin Yuan ordered Shadow to leave Durank alive, kill the rest of his group, and kill Haila.
• Qin Yuan severed Haila's right arm with a silver halberd strike, and a Bone Dragon killed an Archmage during the chaos.
• Haila fled from Qin Yuan's next attack, but a black shadow emerged from its body and blocked the strike.
• The black shadow communicated with Qin Yuan, and they agreed to stop fighting for the time being.
• Two Bone Dragons tore apart two more Archmages as Durank's group recovered from the shadow's disappearance.

Durank reported the Holy Court’s disastrous battle against the Bone Dragons, while the Magic World received official news that ten Archmages had died and Essendel had been executed. The Treasure Hunting Competition proceeded as scheduled, and Qin Yuan began considering how to improve the costly Space Magic Array as the rules were announced.

• Durank survived after the three Great Monarch Bone Dragons vanished and returned to report the deaths of ten Archmages and the mysterious forces involved.
• The Magic World heard that ten Holy Court Archmages had fallen fighting Sea Demons and that Essendel’s Dark Holy Judgment had been completed, while Han Ji and Pang Lai knew the reports hid more than they revealed.
• Pang Lai confirmed the Treasure Hunting Competition would proceed, and Feng Li warned Qin Yuan’s team to beware of demons, rival teams, and deadly accidents.
• The sixteen remaining national teams gathered before a Space Magic Array, and Qin Yuan recognized its design and considered using his Space-Time Element to create a Spatial Wormhole.
• The organizers announced that the 160 students would enter the Treasure Hunting Space in randomized order and land in different locations.

Qin Yuan entered the Treasure Hunting Competition alone and quickly claimed a valuable Water Sunflower Magic Flower, while spectators and Huaxia officials marveled at his strength and Sky City’s power. Several hours into the competition, he had gathered roughly five hundred million worth of resources, and the Huaxia National Government Team remained far ahead.

• The Chief Referee explained the dangers of the competition and how to use Space Scrolls, and Ai Jiangtu advised the team to regroup after entering.
• Qin Yuan entered first and landed alone in a mountain wilderness, where he found a Water Sunflower Magic Flower guarded by a Spine-tail Steel Crocodile.
• Qin Yuan used Psychokinesis to expose the treasure, frightened the Spine-tail Steel Crocodile into submission, and took the flower.
• Spectators watched Qin Yuan’s effortless victory, while Pang Lai, Song He, Feng Li, and Han Ji discussed his strength and Sky City’s mysterious foundation.
• After several hours, Qin Yuan had collected roughly five hundred million worth of resources, while Mu Ning Xue and Mu Nu Jiao had teamed up and helped keep the Huaxia National Government Team far ahead.

Qin Yuan took an Earth Element Soul Seed from the Egyptian, Spanish, and American teams, then turned their attempt to reclaim it into an excuse to rob them. As Qin Yuan prepared to target their teammates too, Feng Li explained that he had spared them so they could keep gathering resources for him to steal.

• Qin Yuan took the Earth Element Soul Seed from the Egyptian, Spanish, and American teams after they failed to stop him.
• The three teams demanded the soul seed and other resources, so Qin Yuan decided to rob them.
• Qin Yuan took Pinol's Space Magic Artifact and threw him aside.
• When the teams attacked, Qin Yuan used Space Power to halt their spells and took another American mage's artifact.
• The Huaxia spectators cheered Qin Yuan on, while Feng Li said Qin Yuan had spared the teams so they could collect more resources for him to rob.

Qin Yuan continued robbing his opponents in the Treasure Hunting Competition, then teased Eileen after catching her watching him. He left her unharmed, but his flirtatious joke unsettled her.

• Feng Li and the other mentors worried that Qin Yuan’s actions would make the Huaxia National Government Team a target for other factions.
• Qin Yuan stripped Mios and the others of their resources and taunted them, but they chose to stay in the competition and search for more.
• Qin Yuan noticed Eileen watching from behind a tree and joked that he would rob her beauty.
• Qin Yuan used Time Power to immobilize Eileen and pretended to approach her, then backed away and admitted he had only been teasing her.
• Eileen glared at Qin Yuan, then privately wondered why she had felt a little anticipation.

Qin Yuan discussed the Victoria Clan’s proposed demon-for-sub-dragon trade with Eileen, offering to tame demons for them instead of giving them the Beast Taming Method. Eileen asked him to marry into her family, but after he rejected her, she bit his shoulder while crying, and he explained that he would not marry into any family.

• Eileen asked Qin Yuan for a weakened Beast Taming Method, but he insisted that he himself was the method.
• Qin Yuan offered to tame demons selected by the Victoria Clan in exchange for one dragon per demon, with priority over other factions.
• Eileen asked whether Qin Yuan would consider marrying into the Victoria Clan and revealed that she meant herself.
• Qin Yuan teased Eileen before rejecting her proposal, making her cry and bite his shoulder.
• Qin Yuan told Eileen he was not interested in marrying into any family.

Eileen and Qin Yuan turned their discussion of cooperation into a romantic encounter, kissing in the forest after Eileen asked what their relationship was. The chapter ended with Eileen springing away in embarrassment after Qin Yuan’s advances went too far.

• Eileen asked Qin Yuan whether he would marry her, then bit his lips and began kissing him.
• Qin Yuan and Eileen discussed a broader alliance between Sky City and the Victoria Clan, including establishing branches in each other's territories.
• Eileen said she would discuss the alliance with her clan after the World Academy Competition and then visit Huaxia Sky City.
• Eileen asked Qin Yuan what their relationship was, and Qin Yuan answered by kissing her.
• Eileen eventually pulled away, blushing and scolding Qin Yuan for going too far.

Qin Yuan and Eileen robbed competitors across the Treasure Hunting Competition, joining forces with the Huaxia and United Kingdom teams and widening their lead in the resource rankings. With rival countries demanding action, Governor Fabio proposed asking the Lord of Sky City to restrain Qin Yuan and compensating participants who had been robbed.

• Qin Yuan took Eileen teleporting around the competition grounds and robbed other contestants of their resources.
• News of the robberies spread, and several National Government Teams were repeatedly plundered until some left the competition early.
• The Huaxia team and members of the United Kingdom team joined Qin Yuan, forming a large group that swept up resources across the grounds.
• The Huaxia and United Kingdom teams surged ahead in the resource rankings, prompting leaders from several countries to report Qin Yuan to the competition officials.
• Governor Fabio concluded that Qin Yuan had broken no rules and proposed asking the Lord of Sky City to request restraint, while offering each affected participant five hundred million worth of cultivation resources.

Qin Yuan negotiated with Governor Fabio to end his plundering in the Treasure Hunting Competition in exchange for generous compensation and permission to establish a Sky Abyss Pavilion. He then told his companions that his agreement applied only to him, though Jiang Shaoxu chose to stop as well.

• Governor Fabio offered Huaxia a permanent two percent resource quota increase and tax exemptions, and offered Qin Yuan five billion in resources and a Mind Stone to secure his cooperation.
• Qin Yuan defeated the Monarch Poisonous Creatures guarding the Mind Stone in the miasma lake valley and took it.
• Fei Meng delivered Fabio's proposal to Qin Yuan, who agreed to stop plundering if Sky City could establish a Sky Abyss Pavilion and receive a permanent fifty percent tax exemption on transactions.
• Fabio accepted Qin Yuan's condition, and Qin Yuan agreed to stop taking action without returning the resources he had already taken.
• Qin Yuan told his companions that only he had agreed to stop plundering, but Jiang Shaoxu decided they should stop too.

Qin Yuan and Eileen shared an intimate moment in the Space-Time Realm after the group quit competing for resources. As the Treasure Hunting Competition ended, Athens turned its attention to the Parthenon Temple’s Goddess election, where Ye Xin Xia and Asharuiya discussed their hopes and Qin Yuan’s support.

• Mu Ning Xue, Eileen, Ai Jiangtu, and the others stopped competing for resources, and Qin Yuan set up a barrier so his companions could relax in private.
• Qin Yuan kissed Eileen, carried her into the Space-Time Realm, and the two became intimate among a sea of flowers.
• Several days later, the second round of the Treasure Hunting Competition ended while the National Government Teams cultivated.
• Athens grew divided over the Parthenon Temple election, with Ande, Panne Jia, Asharuiya, and Ye Xin Xia named as the four Saintess candidates.
• Ye Xin Xia told Asharuiya she was looking forward to the election, and Asharuiya said she envied her because Qin Yuan wanted her to become Goddess.

Qin Yuan confronted Saintess Ande and forced her to abandon the Goddess Selection and support Ye Xin Xia. After the God Devouring Larva took control of her, Ande submitted to him as her master.

• Asharuiya teased Ye Xin Xia about Qin Yuan, and the two women playfully revealed each other's secrets.
• Mei Ruola told Ande that Essendel had returned and summoned her, so Ande left the Parthenon Temple with Mei Ruola.
• At a hotel suite, Ande discovered that the disguised Essendel was working for Qin Yuan, while Mei Ruola held her at swordpoint.
• Qin Yuan ordered Ande to withdraw from the Goddess Selection and support Ye Xin Xia, but Ande refused and offered herself in exchange for his backing.
• Qin Yuan used the God Devouring Larva to control Ande, who knelt and called him Master.

Qin Yuan secured Ande’s support for Ye Xin Xia’s bid to become Goddess and discussed Asharuiya’s plan to approach Austin. He then learned that Panne Jia was so interested in the Lord of Sky City that she had offered to withdraw from the Goddess competition in exchange for Qin Yuan.

• Qin Yuan ordered Ande to support Ye Xin Xia and promised to deal with the forces opposing them.
• Qin Yuan told Ye Xin Xia and Asharuiya that he would bring Ande’s remaining allies under control and later deal with Panne Jia.
• Qin Yuan offered Asharuiya the chance to win Austin’s cooperation, and Asharuiya confidently said she would pursue cooperation rather than submission.
• Ye Xin Xia revealed that Panne Jia had offered to withdraw from the Goddess competition if Ye Xin Xia traded Qin Yuan to her.
• Asharuiya admitted that she had accepted Panne Jia’s proposal on Ye Xin Xia’s behalf and called it a good deal.

Qin Yuan returned from the Parthenon Temple to Venice as the World Academy Competition’s Grand Final Battle approached. After the eight teams gathered for the opening ceremony, Grand Speaker Shao Zheng arrived and greeted Qin Yuan.

• Qin Yuan told Ye Xin Xia and Asharuiya that their real opponent had not appeared, then left for Venice without entering the temple.
• Qin Yuan wondered why visiting the Acropolis of Athens had not triggered a Parthenon Temple Check-in Mission and continued toward Venice using Space-Time Power.
• In Venice, Ai Jiangtu explained the Grand Final Battle’s substitution rules, and the Huaxia team prepared for the competition with Qin Yuan assigned to hold the line.
• The eight remaining National Government Teams assembled at the Great Arena, where Feng Li began a pre-match speech about the stakes of the final rankings.
• Grand Speaker Shao Zheng arrived at the arena and greeted Qin Yuan, praising his reputation and remarkable age.