Chapter Summaries

Chen Lang revealed overwhelming power against Su Lu’s forces as he set out to take the Black Dragon Emperor and eliminate Su Lu. After crushing the mages’ attacks and killing many of them, he faced Su Lu directly.

• Su Lu ordered his mages to kill Chen Lang, and dozens of them attacked from all directions.
• Chen Lang donned the Black Dragon Battle Robe and used Black Annihilation Divine Lightning to destroy their combined magic attack.
• Chen Lang summoned Ten Thousand Jun Lightning Bolt, killing many of Su Lu’s mages and driving the survivors into a panicked retreat.
• Su Lu attacked Chen Lang with a Demonic Flame Giant Python, but Chen Lang split it apart with a black lightning blade.

Chen Lang defeated Su Lu in a devastating battle atop the Tyrant Mountain Range and killed him despite his threats of retaliation from the Magic Association. Chen Lang then turned toward his plan to subdue the Black Dragon Emperor and claim authority in Dubai.

• Su Lu used Blood Sacrifice Demonic Soul and unleashed successive forbidden attacks, but Chen Lang countered them with Black Lightning.
• Su Lu burned all his remaining life force to summon a dark beast for a final attack, and Chen Lang destroyed it with Fallen Lightning—Annihilation.
• Chen Lang confronted the badly wounded Su Lu, who threatened him with the Asian Magic Association's pursuit.
• Chen Lang dismissed the threat, said he would subdue the Black Dragon Emperor and become Dubai's highest authority, then cut off Su Lu's head.

After killing Su Lu, Chen Lang turned to subduing the Black Dragon Emperor, which had partly broken free of its restraints. He reimprisoned the dragon and used the Summoning Vessel to force a contract, leaving it in agony as it resisted.

• Chen Lang confirmed that Apas had likely escaped and faced the Black Dragon Emperor as the ruined Forbidden Curse Dragon Sealing Array began to fail.
• The Black Dragon Emperor broke some of Chen Lang’s dimensional restraints and roared in defiance, but its blocked dragon breath and the array still limited its power.
• Chen Lang bound the dragon’s wings, limbs, and neck with space chains, tightening them until its scales cracked and blood spilled.
• Chen Lang activated the Summoning Vessel and sent Contract Power into the Black Dragon Emperor’s soul to mark it as his subordinate.
• The Black Dragon Emperor fought the contract with its remaining strength, while Chen Lang continued increasing the Contract Power.

Chen Lang continued subjugating the Black Dragon Emperor, but Norman arrived and tried to free it by attacking the Forbidden Curse Dragon Sealing Array. Chen Lang struck Norman down and resumed the subjugation, determined to kill anyone who interfered.

• The Black Dragon Emperor's resistance weakened as Chen Lang's Contract Power marked it for submission.
• Norman emerged from the rubble, recognized Chen Lang was subjugating the Black Dragon Emperor, and resolved to stop him.
• Norman charged toward a weak point in the Forbidden Curse Dragon Sealing Array to try to free the Black Dragon Emperor.
• Chen Lang detected Norman and struck him with a black lightning storm while continuing to suppress the dragon.
• The lightning shattered Norman's defenses and hurled him into a mountain, which collapsed around him.
• Chen Lang turned his attention back to the Black Dragon Emperor and continued the subjugation.

Chen Lang completed the contract that bound the Black Dragon Emperor to his will in the Tyrant Mountain Range. With the dragon under his control, he left with Zu Xiangtian and his men, intending to return and deal with Dubai.

• Zu Xiangtian arrived with his subordinates, and Chen Lang ordered them to secure the area around the Tyrant Mountain Range.
• Norman emerged from the rubble and tried to flee, but Chen Lang stopped Zu Xiangtian from pursuing him.
• Chen Lang completed the contract, binding the Black Dragon Emperor to his divine soul.
• Chen Lang climbed onto the Black Dragon Emperor and confirmed that the dragon could neither rebel nor die without his control.
• Chen Lang ordered the Black Dragon Emperor to fly back so he could deal with Dubai, and Zu Xiangtian and his men followed.

Chen Lang traveled with Apas and Zu Xiangtian's subordinates atop the subdued Black Dragon Emperor, while Apas struggled with the sight of the once-mighty dragon forced to serve him. Chen Lang resolved to build up his forces and looked toward taking control of all of Dubai.

• The Black Dragon Emperor flew across the territories with Chen Lang, Apas, and Zu Xiangtian's subordinates on its head, and the local Kings and Demon Lords were too intimidated to interfere.
• Apas told Chen Lang that the Black Dragon Emperor was unwilling to serve, and he replied that it was under his command regardless.
• Chen Lang admitted that he had considered using his contractual magic artifact on Apas, prompting her to warn that she would never become his pet.
• Apas fell silent as she considered how easily Chen Lang had subdued the Black Dragon Emperor, whose low whimper seemed to echo her desolation.
• Chen Lang recognized the need to cultivate a force of subordinates and set his sights on taking control of all of Dubai, leaving Zu Hengyao to handle the opposition.

Chen Lang returned to Dubai atop the Black Dragon Emperor and used the dragon’s presence to pressure the Dubai Magic Association into surrendering control. As the dragon hovered over the Dubai Mage Tower, chief Yado and powerful mages, including Xi Zhe, emerged to confront it.

• Chen Lang brought the Black Dragon Emperor and his companions to Dubai without hiding the dragon, sending the city into panic.
• Chen Lang explained that he intended to use the Black Dragon Emperor’s power to make the Dubai Magic Association’s chief hand over the Mage Tower.
• The Black Dragon Emperor unleashed its Dragon Might on the Dubai Mage Tower, shaking its defenses as Chen Lang warned Yado to yield or face force.
• Yado led three Forbidden Curse Mages and eight peak-level mages out of the tower to face the hovering dragon.
• Xi Zhe appeared among the defenders, unaware that Chen Lang had left the Asian Magic Association because Chen Lang’s barriers had blocked his perception.

Xi Zhe and Yado approached the Black Dragon Emperor over Dubai, expecting to find Su Lu, but discovered Chen Lang riding atop it instead. Chen Lang claimed he had killed Su Lu and contracted the dragon, leaving Yado and Xi Zhe stunned as he explained Su Lu’s conspiracy.

• Xi Zhe saw the Black Dragon Emperor over Dubai and assumed Su Lu had subdued it as part of his plan to rule the magical world.
• Yado questioned the dragon, then led the mages upward to approach it while Xi Zhe eagerly searched for Su Lu.
• Yado, Xi Zhe, and the other mages discovered Chen Lang standing atop the Black Dragon Emperor and were shocked by the sight.
• Chen Lang asked whether Yado had come to congratulate him for subduing the dragon, and Yado cautiously asked how the dragon had come under his control.
• Chen Lang accused Su Lu of plotting to seize Yado’s position with a Forbidden Curse array, said he had killed Su Lu at Tyrant Mountain Range, and claimed he had contracted the Black Dragon Emperor.

Chen Lang announced that he had killed Su Lu and contracted the Black Dragon Emperor, leaving Yado and the other mages stunned. He then blamed Yado for Su Lu’s rebellion and demanded that he step down as Chief of the Asian Magic Association, while the Black Dragon Emperor subdued Yado’s supporters.

• Chen Lang announced that he had killed Su Lu and contracted the Black Dragon Emperor, shocking Yado, Xi Zhe, and the assembled mages.
• Yado accepted Chen Lang’s account of Su Lu’s death and praised him publicly to stabilize the situation.
• Chen Lang accused Yado of bearing responsibility for Su Lu’s rebellion and told him to retire from his position as chief.
• Yado’s supporters moved to attack Chen Lang, but the Black Dragon Emperor unleashed its dragon might and forced them back.
• Chen Lang stood atop the Black Dragon Emperor and warned the crowd that he had not fully tamed it, while Yado realized he could not oppose Chen Lang.

Chen Lang used the Black Dragon Emperor’s Dragon Might to force Yado and his subordinates to abandon resistance, then secured Xi Zhe’s support. Yado agreed to resign and recommend Chen Lang to the Holy City as his successor.

• Chen Lang rejected Yado’s warning about the Magic Association and the Holy City, saying Yado should retire and that the councilors could choose a new chief.
• Chen Lang invited Xi Zhe to support his position, and Xi Zhe promptly sided with him and urged Yado to step down.
• Yado realized his resistance was futile and told his subordinates he would resign as Chief of the Asian Magic Association.
• Yado offered to recommend Chen Lang to the Holy City as his successor, and Chen Lang was surprised by Yado’s willingness to help.

A month after replacing Yado as chief of the Asian Magic Association, Chen Lang consolidated his control in Dubai and ordered the association to prepare for the Sea Monster threat to Great Xia. He left Zu Hengyao understanding that protecting Great Xia took priority over defending other countries.

• With Yado and Continental Councilors recommending him, Chen Lang became the new chief of the Asian Magic Association, while the Holy City identified him as a descendant of the Chen Clan of Great Xia.
• Chen Lang transferred Yado's former followers away from key posts, installed loyalists, and made Dubai his personal domain; Xi Zhe remained in his position and became more loyal to him.
• After reviewing reports of the Sea Monsters' attacks, Chen Lang ordered Xi Zhe to mobilize High-level mages across Asia and have the Great Clans supply Great Xia's coastal defenses.
• Zu Hengyao reported that resources and supplies were reaching the coastal mages, then warned that moving senior officials from other countries could leave their Magic Associations unable to contain unrest.
• Chen Lang told Zu Hengyao that protecting Great Xia came first and that they need not worry about other countries' safety.

Chen Lang discussed Dubai’s deployment of foreign mages and dismissed Zu Hengyao’s warnings about the Holy City, revealing his intention to confront its rule. He sent Zu Hengyao to manage the association’s affairs and search for more Lightning Attribute Earth Cores.

• Chen Lang insisted that he would personally deal with any national magic associations that broke away from Dubai’s control.
• Zu Hengyao warned Chen Lang that the Holy City had secretly investigated him and would move against him because of his Chen clan heritage.
• Chen Lang said the coming conflict might leave the Holy City as the one on the chopping block, shocking Zu Hengyao.
• Chen Lang condemned the Holy City’s conservative rule and accused its Archangels of suppressing talented mages outside their ranks.
• Chen Lang told Zu Hengyao to manage the Asian Magic Association’s internal affairs and arrange a search for Lightning Attribute Earth Cores, saying he needed at least three.

Zu Hengyao considered how the search for a Lightning Attribute Earth Core could win Chen Lang’s favor, while reflecting on Shao Zheng’s sacrifices to protect Great Xia’s cities. In the desert, Chen Lang defeated Black Dragon Emperor in a fierce duel and demanded its submission.

• Zu Hengyao accepted the difficult task of finding Chen Lang a Lightning Attribute Earth Core, hoping to strengthen his standing with him.
• Zu Hengyao reflected that Shao Zheng had given up chances to become a Forbidden Mage to use Earth Cores to build safer cities for Great Xia.
• Chen Lang and Black Dragon Emperor fought above a desert, with their clashes tearing at the surrounding space despite Chen Lang’s barrier.
• Chen Lang’s lightning tsunami overwhelmed Black Dragon Emperor’s magma Dragon Breath and sent the dragon crashing into the desert.
• Chen Lang asked Black Dragon Emperor whether it had submitted, and the injured dragon lowered its head after recognizing his strength and the contract’s restraint.

Chen Lang defeated Black Dragon Emperor again and finally made the dragon willingly submit, then returned to Dubai with it. Back in his room, he taunted Apas about her role as his maid, and she vowed to break free from him someday.

• Chen Lang recalled how he had repeatedly defeated Black Dragon Emperor and used rare treasures to heal and temper it.
• Black Dragon Emperor lowered its head and willingly accepted Chen Lang as its master.
• Chen Lang rode Black Dragon Emperor back to Dubai and stored it in the Summoning Vessel.
• Apas teased Chen Lang about taming the dragon, and Chen Lang compared taming it to controlling women.
• Chen Lang reminded Apas that she was serving him as a maid, and Apas admitted she could not refute him before vowing to break free.

Chen Lang asserted control over Apas and told her that her sisters' Scorpion army was aligning with Khufu's Egypt Undead. Apas struggled to accept that her sisters had betrayed Medusa royalty, while Chen Lang reminded her of her powerless position and claimed he was stronger than Khufu.

• Chen Lang touched Apas's hair and ordered her to pour tea and massage his shoulders, while Apas reluctantly obeyed.
• Chen Lang told Apas that Ethan in Egypt had reported the Scorpion Clan army was aligning with the Egypt Undead.
• Apas vehemently denied the news, but Chen Lang's lack of reason to lie left her considering that her sisters had betrayed their mother's wishes.
• Chen Lang said Apas's sisters had submitted to Khufu despite controlling the two Scorpion empires, and called Apas a fallen princess with nothing.
• Chen Lang claimed he was far stronger than Khufu, leaving Apas angry and helpless.

After learning that her sisters had pledged themselves to Khufu, Apas sank into despair, and Chen Lang confronted her about her lifeless behavior. Apas asked him to help her become stronger and proposed forming a contract with him, leaving Chen Lang willing to seek a suitable vessel.

• Apas spent several days mechanically serving Chen Lang after her sisters pledged themselves to Khufu.
• Chen Lang stopped Apas as she prepared his bed and criticized her lifeless obedience.
• Apas explained that she felt powerless to confront her sisters, Khufu, or the forces they commanded.
• Apas told Chen Lang she wanted to become much stronger and asked for his help.
• Apas suggested finding a vessel so she could form a contract with Chen Lang, and he agreed to look for one.

After three months of cultivation and resource gathering, Chen Lang began using the wind and earth Earth Cores to break through from the super-level toward the forbidden curse. As his star sea battered the barrier, cracks finally appeared, but his breakthrough remained unresolved.

• Chen Lang pushed all the magic systems under his control to the bottleneck during three months of cultivation in Dubai.
• Zu Hengyao obtained wind and earth Earth Cores for Chen Lang, though he still failed to find a second lightning Earth Core.
• Chen Lang sealed off the top floor of the Dubai Mage Tower and began his breakthrough using the two Earth Cores.
• Chen Lang drove the Earth Cores' origin energy into his wind-earth fusion star sea and forced it against the forbidden curse barrier.
• Cracks appeared in the barrier as Chen Lang continued his breakthrough.

Chen Lang broke through to the Forbidden Curse realm after shattering the barrier in his mental world with the origin energy of the wind and earth Earth Cores. He learned that Egypt faced an imminent defeat against the Scorpion and Undead Empires, but left its fate to itself.

• Chen Lang shattered the barrier between the Super-level and Forbidden Curse realms and formed a vast Wind Earth Fusion System starfield.
• Chen Lang emerged from seclusion at the Dubai Mage Tower, where his transformed aura and elemental movement astonished the mages.
• Zu Hengyao congratulated Chen Lang on his breakthrough and reported that Sea Monsters still harassed Great Xia’s coast.
• Zu Hengyao told Chen Lang that the Scorpion Clan had allied with the Undead Empire and that Egypt’s appeals for help had received little support.
• Apas entered the hall and sensed Chen Lang’s changed aura as Zu Hengyao explained that Cairo was likely to fall.
• Chen Lang said Egypt’s fate had little to do with them and left it to face the battle alone.

Chen Lang awakened the Undead System to make use of the Ancient King's heritage and the souls stored in the Abyss of Evil. After binding Apas with a soul contract, he ordered resources for her cultivation, leaving her intent on growing strong enough to reclaim the Medusa royal family's power.

• Chen Lang chose an Undead System Guiding Stone instead of awakening the Water Element, and successfully awakened his fifth magic system.
• Zu Hengyao delivered the Summoning Vessel, and Chen Lang used it to forge a soul contract with Apas.
• Chen Lang ordered Zu Hengyao to provide Apas with all the resources she needed for cultivation.
• Apas accepted the resources as a chance to strengthen herself and eventually settle accounts with her sisters, then followed Zu Hengyao to her cultivation room.

Chen Lang cultivated his newly awakened Undead System inside the Abyss of Evil, using its death qi and fierce souls to rapidly strengthen himself. After three months, he had reached the third level of the High-level and formed an elite force of more than nine hundred Undead Knights.

• Chen Lang left the Dubai Mage Tower in Xi Zhe and Zu Hengyao’s care and summoned the Abyss of Evil beneath the desert.
• Chen Lang entered the Abyss of Evil and absorbed fierce soul essences to cultivate his Undead System.
• Chen Lang spent three months cultivating and advanced his Undead System to the third level of the High-level.
• Chen Lang refined more than nine hundred heavily armored Undead Knights, forming the beginnings of an elite legion.