Chapter Summaries

After three months of seclusion, Chen Lang finished refining 987 Undead Knights and left the Abyss of Evil for Dubai. A mysterious man from the Holy City intercepted him, assessed him as a Forbidden Curse Mage, and marked him as a candidate for an assessment.

• Chen Lang realized that his Demon Beast materials were exhausted and that 987 Undead Knights were the most he could currently refine.
• Chen Lang stored his Undead Knights, concealed the Abyss of Evil beneath the sand, and traveled toward Dubai.
• A gray-robed man appeared in the air and blocked Chen Lang's path, but Chen Lang walked past him without attacking.
• The gray-robed man watched Chen Lang enter the Dubai Mage Tower's range, then vanished after declaring that Chen Lang could serve as an assessment candidate.
• The Holy City had considered Chen Lang a high-risk figure, and the man recognized that Chen Lang had reached the Forbidden Curse level.

After returning to Dubai, Chen Lang suspected the Holy City had sent an angel to test him and decided to travel secretly to Xiamen Island, where trouble seemed to be brewing. He left the mage tower under concealment, while Xi Zhe failed to detect his departure.

• Chen Lang returned to Dubai and concluded that the Holy City angel had been probing his strength and would likely target him later.
• Zu Hengyao reported that heavy rains on Xiamen Island might signal a coming crisis, and Chen Lang decided to return to China.
• Chen Lang ordered Zu Hengyao to keep his trip secret except from Xi Zhe, then secretly told Xi Zhe to hold down the fort.
• Chen Lang cloaked himself in Dark Power and vanished from his office and the Dubai Mage Tower.
• Xi Zhe searched the area for an hour but could not sense Chen Lang's departure.

Chen Lang returned to Great Xia and entered the storm-flooded Xiamen Island, where he found the Sea Monster invasion underway. After confirming the mages could handle the immediate attack, he headed for Wuyuan Bay to confront the Sea Monsters.

• Chen Lang rode the Black Dragon Emperor toward Xiamen Island while Apas hibernated in a Summoning Vessel to digest her cultivation resources.
• Chen Lang reached Xiamen Island beneath a vast tropical storm, concealed himself with a Black Robe, and descended into the flooded city.
• Chen Lang sensed the two Sea Monster Monarchs but decided to postpone fighting them because he had come to collect Sea Monster materials.
• The mages of Xiamen Island and the experts dispatched from Dubai repelled a surge of seawater threatening a bridge.
• Chen Lang left the mages to handle the attack and went to Wuyuan Bay, where he sensed a dense concentration of Sea Monsters.

Chen Lang attacked the organ hunters lurking in Wuyuan Bay, killing large numbers with black lightning as they swarmed him. The survivors regrouped around a gigantic creature whose bronze bell-like opening surfaced at the head of the bay.

• Chen Lang blasted the waters of Wuyuan Bay with black lightning, revealing thousands of organ hunters and killing some of them.
• The organ hunters leaped from the lake and charged Chen Lang, but his lightning strikes and defensive barrier pulverized them in waves.
• Chen Lang noticed that the remaining organ hunters retreated into the water and gathered around several massive shadows approaching the head of the bay.
• A huge beast surfaced a bronze bell-like opening, and its thunderous roar shook the surrounding area.
• Chen Lang realized the creatures were protecting something and welcomed the chance to wipe them out in one attack.

Chen Lang destroyed three Sea Spirit Beasts and thousands of Organ Hunters with his powers, then sent his 987 Undead Knights to fight the last group. The Knights overwhelmed the remaining Organ Hunters while Chen Lang watched, preserving the Sea Monsters’ materials as his reason for holding back.

• Four Sea Spirit Beasts emerged from Wuyuan Bay as Chen Lang faced the Organ Hunters surrounding them.
• Chen Lang killed the first three Sea Spirit Beasts and thousands of Organ Hunters with Destructive Thunder, a hurricane of Rock Blades, and Space Power.
• Chen Lang summoned his 987 Undead Knights and formed a Space Power road across the sea toward the remaining Sea Spirit Beast.
• The Undead Knights charged into battle, cutting down the Organ Hunters with their weapons and the Undead Demonic Birds’ Soul Fire.
• Chen Lang watched without intervening because he wanted to collect Demon Beast materials rather than destroy the remaining enemies’ bodies.

Chen Lang used the Abyss of Evil and his Undead Knights to wipe out Organ Hunter and Sea Spirit Beast, then secretly intervened in the battle against the Chi Ling Demons. After the crisis was resolved, he hunted down and killed the fleeing Qiu Chi and Qiu Zi, leaving the people of Great Xia unaware of who had saved them.

• Chen Lang summoned the Abyss of Evil to empower his Undead Knights and draw in the corpses of the Organ Hunter and Sea Spirit Beast.
• Chen Lang killed the last Sea Spirit Beast, forcing the remaining Organ Hunter to retreat, then vanished before Mo Fan and Ling Ling arrived.
• Chen Lang passed the battle between Baxia and Qiu Chi, then summoned Undead Knights at the landing port to slaughter the Chi Ling Demons and Organ Hunter.
• Chen Lang collected the materials and disappeared, while those present credited a mysterious powerful being with minimizing the city’s losses.
• After Qiu Chi and Qiu Zi were defeated by Baxia and Super-level Mages, Chen Lang decapitated them with the Wind Rock Blade and absorbed them into the Abyss of Evil.

After the Xiamen Island crisis, Chen Lang urged Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, Mu Bai, and Mu Ningxue to seek dangerous trials in Tianshan to break through their stalled cultivation. He then summoned Qin Yuer and Zhan Kong to return with him to Dubai, where he planned to help Qin Yuer reach the Forbidden Curse and gather allies for the coming conflict with the Holy City.

• Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan reflected on how fragile Super-level Mages were after witnessing the Sea Monsters and the Twin Disaster Stars on Xiamen Island, while Zhan Kong reassured them.
• Chen Lang arrived at the Feiniao Base City Mage Headquarters and criticized Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Mu Bai for making little cultivation progress.
• Chen Lang recommended that the group travel to Tianshan, where a newly formed fissure might offer riches and dangerous trials.
• Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, Mu Bai, and Mu Ningxue were tempted by the suggestion and began preparing to travel to Tianshan.
• Chen Lang told Qin Yuer and Zhan Kong to return with him to Dubai, promising to help Qin Yuer break through to the Forbidden Curse as he gathered personnel for the conflict with the Holy City.

Chen Lang traveled to Magic City and recruited Ding Yumian to join him on a mission in Dubai. After she readily agreed, he took her, Qin Yuer, and Zhan Kong to the Imperial Capital, where they arrived at the Chen Clan Manor.

• Chen Lang summoned Qin Yuer and Zhan Kong, then went to Pearl Academy in Magic City to find Ding Yumian.
• Chen Lang asked Ding Yumian to accompany him to Dubai, and she agreed without hesitation.
• Ding Yumian quickly packed her things and left the academy with Chen Lang, Qin Yuer, and Zhan Kong.
• Chen Lang used his Wind Element magic to carry the group rapidly from Magic City to the Imperial Capital, astonishing Zhan Kong.
• The group landed at the Chen Clan Manor, and Ding Yumian recalled her happy time there.

Chen Lang returned to the Chen Family and told Chen Jin that he needed helpers for Dubai and planned to confront the Holy City. Chen Jin learned that the Holy City had targeted Chen Lang, and the two faced the coming conflict with their family’s old blood feud in mind.

• Chen Lang entered the Chen Family grounds with Qin Yuer, Zhan Kong, and Ding Yumian, where the guards greeted him as Chief.
• Chen Lang met Chen Jin in the inner courtyard and shared tea before explaining why he had come back.
• Chen Lang told Chen Jin he needed helpers to accompany him to Dubai and wanted to discuss his conflict with the Holy City.
• Chen Lang said the Holy City had already sent angels to test him and would attack after his breakthrough to the Forbidden Curse level.
• Chen Lang vowed not to retreat, citing both the Holy City’s actions against him and its past purge of the Chen Family.

Chen Lang told Chen Jin that he planned to unite forces against the Holy City using the Chen Clan’s blood feud as justification, and Chen Jin pledged the clan’s support while preparing an evacuation in case of defeat. Chen Lang stayed to share his experiences with his aging grandfather, leaving their companions waiting quietly nearby.

• Chen Jin learned that Chen Lang had taken control of the Dubai Magic Association and agreed to back his plans against the Holy City.
• Chen Jin planned to evacuate some clansmen, while Chen Lang explained he would rally dissatisfied forces by invoking the Holy City’s purge of the Chen Clan.
• Chen Lang said Fourth Master Chen Shan would accompany him, and Chen Jin urged him to let Chen Shan release his long-held anger over his brothers’ deaths.
• Chen Lang chose to spend time with Chen Jin instead of discussing more plans, and began recounting his experiences over the past few years.
• Qin Yuer, Zhan Kong, and Ding Yumian waited quietly as Chen Lang and Chen Jin talked in the courtyard.

Chen Lang reassured Chen Jin that he would avenge the Chen Family against the Holy City, then asked Chen Shan to join him in Dubai. Chen Shan agreed, revealing that his own past actions had brought the Holy City's purge upon the family.

• Chen Jin remembered the Holy City's massacre of the Chen Family and regretted that age kept him from fighting alongside Chen Lang.
• Chen Lang promised Chen Jin he would reclaim everything the Holy City owed their family, and Chen Jin expressed relief at his words.
• Chen Lang left the courtyard with Qin Yuer, Zhan Kong, and Ding Yumian, while Chen Jin asked Li Yan to watch the domestic coastline and put pressure on the Holy City.
• At dawn, Chen Lang visited Chen Shan and told him what had happened.
• Chen Shan agreed to go to Dubai with Chen Lang and revealed that his youthful violation of a Holy City taboo had led to the Chen Family's purge.

Chen Shan agreed to accompany Chen Lang to Dubai, and the group left the Imperial Capital together. When the others questioned how they would cross the ocean, Chen Lang summoned the Black Dragon Emperor, whose immense power left them stunned.

• Chen Shan recalled his guilt over the Chen family's sacrifices and vowed to protect Chen Lang as they prepared to leave for Dubai.
• Chen Shan gathered his travel bag, and he and Chen Lang called Qin Yuer, Zhan Kong, and Ding Yumian before leaving the Imperial Capital.
• As the group walked through the wilderness, Chen Shan, Zhan Kong, and Ding Yumian questioned how Chen Lang planned to reach Dubai and suggested taking an airplane.
• Chen Lang tossed an archaic Summoning Vessel into the air, summoning the enormous Black Dragon Emperor.
• The Black Dragon Emperor lowered its head submissively to Chen Lang, who said its speed and safety made it their ride to Dubai.

Chen Lang brought Chen Shan, Qin Yuer, Zhan Kong, and Ding Yumian to Dubai aboard Black Dragon Emperor and explained how he had obtained the dragon. After arriving, he settled them in his office, where Chen Shan planned to stay hidden and wait for the Holy City, while the others prepared to visit family or the library.

• Chen Lang and the others rode Black Dragon Emperor toward Dubai, and Chen Lang told them how he had gained the dragon after Su Lu's plot against it.
• Chen Lang reflected that the conflict with Su Lu had been a struggle for power in which the victor determined who was called a traitor.
• Chen Lang stored Black Dragon Emperor outside Dubai and brought the group to his office.
• Chen Shan chose to stay hidden and wait for the Holy City, hoping to catch its forces off guard.
• Zhan Kong went to visit Zu Hengyao with Qin Yuer, while Ding Yumian chose to spend time in the library.

After returning to Dubai, Chen Lang checked on the city’s stability and the resources gathered for his cultivation. He learned of an S-rank lightning-attribute ore vein controlled by the Kasa Aristocratic Clan and decided to infiltrate it, leaving Zu Hengyao to provide its location.

• Chen Lang summoned Xi Zhe and Zu Hengyao to ask about Dubai’s security and his requested resources.
• Xi Zhe reported that Dubai remained stable and that he had resolved minor disturbances and jurisdiction disputes.
• Zu Hengyao said he had found no Forbidden Curse-grade treasures but reported an S-rank lightning-attribute ore vein discovered and controlled by the Kasa Aristocratic Clan.
• Chen Lang decided to sneak into the ore vein and absorb its energy despite the risk of antagonizing the Kasa Aristocratic Clan and giving the Holy City a pretext to target him.
• Zu Hengyao gave Chen Lang the vein’s address and looked to Xi Zhe for his reaction.

Xi Zhe pledged to follow Chen Shan against the Holy City, and Chen Shan explained that the Holy City had already marked him as an uncontrollable threat. Zu Hengyao abandoned his hopes of staying neutral and committed the Zu Clan to fighting alongside Chen Shan, who then sent him and Xi Zhe to act on the Kasa Aristocratic Clan's Lightning Vein.

• Xi Zhe rebuked Zu Hengyao for hesitating and swore allegiance to Chen Shan against the Kasa Aristocratic Clan or the Holy City.
• Chen Shan said he had roughly even odds against the Holy City, while Zu Hengyao pressed him about delaying the conflict to gain time.
• Chen Shan revealed that a Holy City angel had tested him near Dubai City and classified him as an uncontrollable-level threat.
• Zu Hengyao realized the Holy City would target him and the Zu Clan as well, then pledged the clan's full support to Chen Shan.
• Chen Shan told Zu Hengyao and Xi Zhe that he knew the location of the Kasa Aristocratic Clan's Lightning Vein and sent them to get to work.

Chen Lang left Dubai for the Americas to pursue an S-grade lightning-attribute mineral vein and complete his lightning-system Forbidden Curse breakthrough. At the Holy City, the Archangels debated how to respond to him, while Remiel dismissed Uriel’s call to act quickly.

• Chen Lang ordered the Asian Magic Association and Zu Hengyao to search for ice-attribute resources to help Qin Yuer and Ding Yumian.
• Chen Lang decided to prioritize the lightning-attribute mineral vein in the Americas, took the lightning-attribute Earth Core, and secretly left Dubai on the Black Dragon Emperor.
• Xi Zhe looked forward to Chen Lang’s return, while Zu Hengyao worried that the trip would intensify the conflict with the Holy City and the Kasa Aristocratic Clan.
• Uriel warned the Archangels that Chen Lang had reached the Forbidden Curse tier and urged them to eliminate him before he grew stronger.
• Remiel dismissed Uriel’s concern and recalled how the Holy City had nearly annihilated the Great Xia Chen clan under his leadership.

The Holy City’s leaders debated whether Chen Lang and the Black Dragon Emperor threatened them, and Uriel chose Chen Lang as his return assessment target. Remiel approved the operation and assigned Holy Shadow Apostles to help Uriel, while Michael returned to cultivate, already possessing fourteen wings.

• Remiel, Raguel, and Raphael noted that Chen Lang had stabilized the Asian magic world and had not openly sought revenge, while Uriel warned that Chen Lang had captured the Black Dragon Emperor.
• Uriel declared that Chen Lang and the Black Dragon Emperor must be eliminated and chose them as his assessment target.
• Remiel agreed to provide Uriel with a team of Holy Shadow Apostles to support the eradication operation.
• Uriel left the conference room to organize his forces and plan the attack on Chen Lang and the Black Dragon Emperor.
• Michael returned to his residence to cultivate, where he had already reached the fourteen-wing realm and surpassed Raguel in strength.

Chen Lang seized the Kasa Aristocratic Clan’s S-rank Lightning Vein, ordering the Black Dragon Emperor to destroy its guards before he descended to the vein’s core. He began absorbing the Lightning Essence Crystal Core’s immense energy, causing his Lightning Element star sea to expand.

• Chen Lang ordered the Black Dragon Emperor to clear the valley and guard the ore vein while he cultivated.
• The Black Dragon Emperor incinerated the Kasa Aristocratic Clan’s mage guards and their camp with its True Dragon Breath.
• Chen Lang entered the Lightning Vein and traveled toward its richest source of Lightning Attribute energy.
• Chen Lang reached the Lightning Essence Crystal Core and pressed his hand against it.
• Chen Lang used the Earth Core to absorb the Crystal Core’s energy, rapidly expanding his Lightning Element star sea.

After Chen Lang seized the Kasa Aristocratic Clan’s S-rank Lightning Vein, the European and American Magic Associations demanded an explanation, and Holy City moved to exploit the conflict. Chen Lang remained in seclusion at the vein, nearing a Lightning Element Forbidden Curse breakthrough as Uriel was ordered to kill him.

• The Kasa Aristocratic Clan’s First Elder learned that an Emperor-level black dragon had destroyed Heluo and the others and taken their S-rank Lightning Vein.
• The First Elder discovered that Chen Lang had subdued the black dragon and called on the European and American Magic Associations to pressure him.
• Zu Hengyao rebuffed the two associations’ demands in Dubai, saying Chen Lang was in secluded cultivation and cutting off their communication.
• The European and American association presidents appealed to Remiel, who ordered Uriel to lead the Holy Shadow Apostles to the American Lightning Vein and execute Chen Lang.
• Chen Lang continued cultivating inside the Lightning Vein while the Black Dragon Emperor guarded its entrance, and he neared a Lightning Element Forbidden Curse breakthrough.

Chen Lang broke through to the Lightning Element Forbidden Curse and continued absorbing energy to stabilize his realm. As Uriel and eight Holy Shadow Apostles arrived to seize him, the Black Dragon Emperor confronted them outside the valley.

• Chen Lang shattered the Lightning Element barrier using the S-grade lightning vein and Earth Core, then resumed absorbing the remaining energy to consolidate his new realm.
• The Black Dragon Emperor guarded the valley entrance while Chen Lang's aura grew stronger inside the vein.
• Uriel and eight Holy Shadow Apostles reached the wilderness and met the Black Dragon Emperor as it rose to confront them.
• The Black Dragon Emperor's roar shattered Uriel's Holy Light barrier and sent him flying.
• Uriel ordered the eight Apostles to attack, and their Holy Light Verdict clashed with the Black Dragon Emperor's black flames, leveling the surrounding forest.