Chapter Summaries

Black Dragon Emperor overwhelmed the Holy Shadow Apostles until Uriel transformed into an angel and turned the fight against him. Uriel wounded the dragon’s neck, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Black Dragon Emperor shattered the Holy Shadow Apostles’ defenses and incapacitated several of them with his Dragon Might domain and black fire.
• Uriel transformed into his Angel Incarnation, while Wot and the remaining Holy Shadow Apostles rallied to support him.
• Uriel and the apostles pressed Black Dragon Emperor with holy attacks, gradually forcing him onto the defensive and cracking his scales.
• Uriel struck Black Dragon Emperor’s vulnerable neck, opening a wound that spilled golden dragon blood.

After Black Dragon Emperor became stronger from its blood-bathing berserk, Chen Lang emerged from the mineral vein having mastered Lightning Element forbidden spell power. He joined Black Dragon Emperor to turn the battle against Uriel and the Holy Shadow Apostles into a pursuit, leaving Uriel and Wot as the only survivors still fleeing.

• Black Dragon Emperor’s blood triggered its berserk state, allowing it to overpower Uriel and threaten the six Holy Shadow Apostles.
• Chen Lang emerged from the mineral vein with Lightning Element forbidden spell power, and his aura halted the combatants.
• Uriel ordered a retreat, but Chen Lang commanded Black Dragon Emperor to kill them all and pursued the fleeing group.
• Black Dragon Emperor broke through the Holy Shadow Apostles’ defenses, while Chen Lang’s lightning annihilated them.
• Chen Lang and Black Dragon Emperor continued after Uriel and Wot as the only ones still escaping.

Chen Lang trapped Uriel and struck him with a forbidden lightning spell, then dismissed the Black Dragon to test his newly awakened power in a one-on-one duel. Uriel accepted the chance to fight back and launched another attack as Chen Lang continued to gauge his strength.

• Chen Lang sealed Uriel's escape routes with lightning and struck him with the Thunder God Axe, shattering his Holy Light Barrier.
• Chen Lang offered to spare Uriel if he could defeat him and promised the Black Dragon would not interfere.
• Uriel accepted the duel, hoping to defeat Chen Lang and escape the Black Dragon.
• Uriel charged with his Angel Battle Blade, but Chen Lang met him with Black Annihilation Thunder, and their attacks clashed.
• Uriel launched another strike aimed at Chen Lang's neck and heart while concealing a Holy Light Binding Technique.

Chen Lang defeated and killed Uriel after mastering his newly awakened Black Annihilation lightning during their battle. He returned toward Dubai on the Black Dragon Emperor, while the Holy City remained his future target.

• Chen Lang fought Uriel evenly at first, using their clashes to improve his control of lightning power.
• Uriel unleashed Heaven Slash, but Chen Lang met it with a Black Annihilation lightning blade and gained the upper hand as Uriel weakened from burning his soul.
• Chen Lang struck Uriel with a lightning domain and pierced his chest with a Black Annihilation Lightning Spear, killing him and ending his Angel Incarnation.
• Chen Lang concluded that his breakthrough had made him strong enough to crush ordinary beings beyond forbidden spells, even without the Black Dragon Battle Robe.
• Chen Lang mounted the Black Dragon Emperor and headed back toward Dubai, resolving to destroy the Holy City before its Archangel could manifest again.

Chen Lang returned to Dubai after killing Archangel Uriel and eight Holy Shadow Apostles, revealing that he had defeated Uriel using only his newly advanced Lightning Element Forbidden Curse. Three days later, Archangel Remiel led the Holy City’s forces to Dubai and demanded Chen Lang surrender, threatening to wipe out anyone who supported him.

• Chen Lang arrived in Dubai atop the Black Dragon Emperor and walked through the air to the Mage Tower, impressing the city’s mages.
• Chen Lang told Zu Hengyao and Xi Zhe that he had killed Uriel and the eight Holy Shadow Apostles who accompanied him.
• Chen Lang confirmed that he had slain Uriel using only Lightning Element magic after breaking through to the Forbidden Curse level, dispelling Zu Hengyao and Xi Zhe’s fears.
• Three days later, Remiel and Raguel led the Holy City’s forces to Dubai, including Virtue Angels, sacred legions, and judicial forces.
• Remiel accused Chen Lang of murdering Uriel and demanded that he return to the Holy City, threatening to execute anyone who resisted or helped him.

Chen Lang confronted Remiel and the Holy City’s army in Dubai, but Chen Shan suddenly appeared to protect him and challenge the Holy City over its old massacre of the Chen clan. As Chen Shan battled Raguel overhead, Chen Lang turned his attention to Remiel and prepared to settle the blood debt.

• Chen Lang faced Remiel’s ultimatum atop the Dubai Mage Tower and declared that killing both Archangels could cripple the Holy City.
• Raguel revealed his fourteen sacred wings and charged at Chen Lang.
• Crimson lightning erupted, and Chen Shan appeared between Raguel and Chen Lang, stunning Remiel with his survival.
• Chen Shan recalled Remiel’s role in destroying the Chen clan and attacked Raguel, beginning a battle above Dubai.
• Chen Lang watched Chen Shan fight and told Remiel that he would collect the debt owed to the Chen clan.

Chen Lang’s forces met the Holy City army in a full-scale battle over Dubai, with the Black Dragon Emperor and Chen Shan engaging powerful angelic foes. As Remiel prepared to attack Chen Lang, Chen Lang vanished and appeared in the sky, threatening that Remiel’s end was near.

• Chen Lang summoned the Black Dragon Emperor, which joined Chen Shan in confronting the Holy City’s forces.
• Remiel sent Cai Laien and eight Virtue Angels to attack Chen Lang, but the Black Dragon Emperor swept them aside and fought them.
• Remiel ordered the Holy City legion to target Chen Lang, while Zu Hengyao and Xi Zhe rallied Dubai’s mage legion to defend him.
• The Holy City and Dubai armies clashed above the city as Chen Shan battled Raguel and the Black Dragon Emperor suppressed the Virtue Angels.
• Remiel unfurled his twelve wings and prepared to attack Chen Lang, who vanished and warned Remiel that his final moments had begun.

Chen Lang killed Remiel with a devastating lightning spear, shattering the Holy City mages’ morale as the battle turned against them. He then charged Raguel, who responded by forming an ice spear and swooping toward him.

• Chen Lang shattered Remiel’s Angel Armor Set with a lightning blade and sent him plummeting toward the ground.
• Chen Lang struck Remiel with a black lightning spear, whose explosion destroyed him and shattered Dubai’s defensive arrays.
• The Holy City mages learned that Remiel’s aura had vanished, and fear overtook their army.
• Chen Shan kept Raguel at bay while the Black Dragon Emperor attacked the virtue angels.
• Chen Lang charged toward Raguel, who formed an ice spear and swooped down to meet him.

Chen Lang unleashed the Black Dragon Battle Robe and defeated Raguel, killing the third Archangel to fall at his hands. With the Holy City's forces routed and its remaining Virtue Angels fleeing, the battle's outcome was settled, though other angels could still return to the Holy City.

• Raguel burned his origin power and struck Chen Lang with a full-strength holy-light spear, sending him hurtling downward.
• Chen Lang activated the Black Dragon Battle Robe, greatly increased his power, and overwhelmed Raguel with black lightning.
• Chen Lang killed Raguel with Black Annihilation—Thunder God's Punishment, leaving only Raphael among the Archangels in the Holy City.
• The Holy City's mages lost their will to fight, and the five Virtue Angels fled after the Black Dragon Emperor killed two of their number.
• The Dubai army and clan mages surrounded and killed the Holy City's remaining forces.

After Dubai’s victory over the Holy City, Chen Lang planned for the expected retaliation and ordered a search for resources to help Qin Yuer reach the Forbidden Curse. Back at the Mage Tower, he summoned Apas, who was shocked by how much stronger he had become.

• Chen Lang considered how the Holy City and the other continents might respond to the loss of three Archangels, and decided Dubai needed time to strengthen its forces.
• Chen Lang ordered Xi Zhe to handle the captives and battlefield cleanup, and instructed Zu Hengyao to search for an ice-attribute Earth Core and resources for Qin Yuer’s advancement.
• Zu Hengyao mobilized the Zu Clan and the Asian Magic Association to search, while Xi Zhe began tending to the aftermath of the battle.
• Chen Lang returned to the Mage Tower and summoned Apas from the Summoning Vessel after sensing a fluctuation from her.
• Apas complained about being confined, then reacted with shock at Chen Lang’s increased strength and asked what he planned to do; he replied that he would cultivate.

Chen Lang planned to take Ding Yumian to Africa to seek a Mind System breakthrough at Empress Mother Medusa’s lair, with Apas guiding them from inside an aura-concealing vessel. After arranging for Zu Hengyao and Xi Zhe to aid Qin Yuer and monitor the Holy City, Chen Lang and Ding Yumian set off for Africa aboard the Black Dragon Emperor.

• Chen Lang told Apas that the Holy City would likely launch another attack on Dubai and that he needed to grow stronger to protect those around him.
• Apas explained that her Empress Mother’s mind inheritance could help Ding Yumian, but warned that her sisters and their forces guarded the lair.
• Chen Lang proposed hiding Apas inside the antique vessel while he took Ding Yumian to the lair, and promised to help Apas defeat her sisters and Khufu after dealing with the Holy City and sea monsters.
• Chen Lang instructed Zu Hengyao and Xi Zhe to search for Ice-element treasures for Qin Yuer and watch the Holy City’s movements.
• Ding Yumian agreed to go to Africa after Chen Lang explained the chance to advance her Mind System cultivation.
• Chen Lang placed Apas in the vessel, then took Ding Yumian and rode the Black Dragon Emperor toward Africa.

Chen Lang and Ding Yumian reached the unguarded evil temple near Empress Mother Medusa’s former lair, where Ding Yumian began cultivating in a chamber rich with Mind Magic. Chen Lang stayed behind to protect her while Apas seethed over her sisters’ betrayal, and he promised to help her reclaim the Medusa Clan.

• Chen Lang recalled the Black Dragon Emperor and secretly led Ding Yumian toward the evil temple.
• Apas found the temple without guards and grew furious that her elder sisters had abandoned the Medusa Clan’s Holy Land.
• Chen Lang reassured Apas that he would help her take revenge on Khufu and her sisters after handling the Holy City.
• Chen Lang guided Ding Yumian through the temple’s formations to a hidden chamber filled with concentrated mental energy.
• Ding Yumian began cultivating to advance her Mind System while Chen Lang concealed his aura and kept watch at the entrance.

After three Archangels were killed in Dubai, the Holy City's elders debated Chen Lang's mysterious lightning power and prepared a full-scale campaign against him. Uriel took command of the response, while Michael suggested using the crisis to draw out other enemies of the Holy City.

• The Holy City's leaders learned that Uriel, Remiel, and Raguel had fallen in Dubai, and Michael gained authority to command the city and pursue revenge.
• Uriel emerged from seclusion and questioned Michael about Chen Lang, while assuring him he had no interest in taking his power.
• Michael reported that Chen Lang wielded powerful Wind and Earth magic and lightning strong enough to kill Remiel in one strike.
• Uriel rejected the idea that Chen Lang was a Lightning Curse User, and Raphael proposed that he might be a new heretic beyond the existing magical system.
• Uriel ordered the Holy City to summon its angels and gather its elites to destroy Dubai and kill Chen Lang.
• Michael questioned the scale of the mobilization and suggested using the crisis to expose and eliminate other enemies of the Holy City.

Michael argued against rushing to attack Chen Lang, intending to wait until he reached the Sixteen-Winged realm and the Holy City could crush all its dissidents at once. In Egypt, Ding Yumian broke through to the Forbidden Curse level, and Chen Lang left the Medusa clan’s evil temple with her.

• Uriel urged the Holy City to strike Chen Lang immediately, while Michael chose to wait until he could reach the Sixteen-Winged realm and gather all dissidents for a decisive crackdown.
• Chen Lang watched for news from Dubai and worried that the Holy City’s silence meant it was preparing a larger scheme.
• Apas reflected on her weakness and began cultivating while Chen Lang stayed beside Ding Yumian in the evil temple.
• After nearly seven more days, Ding Yumian finished cultivating and told Chen Lang that her Mind System had reached the Forbidden Curse level, though she could not yet control its power.
• Chen Lang agreed to leave with Ding Yumian, and they flew from the evil temple without hiding their departure.

Chen Lang returned to Dubai, judged that the Holy City’s silence was a deliberate pause, and prepared to use the time to strengthen his forces. The Magic World remained tense but quiet, while Zu Hengyao secured an Ice-aligned Earth Core that could help Qin Yuer reach the Forbidden Curse level.

• The Black Dragon Emperor left Africa, and Apas’s two sisters watched him go before strengthening their defenses.
• Chen Lang returned to Dubai with Ding Yumian and Apas, learned the Holy City had not acted, and suspected it was waiting to expose and purge its opponents.
• Chen Lang considered his need for more cultivation resources and the strength of his elite Undead Knight force.
• Great Xia and the other continental Magic Associations stayed quiet as the Magic World awaited the next clash between the Holy City and Chen Lang’s side.
• Zu Hengyao told Chen Lang he had secretly obtained an Ice-aligned Earth Core from the African Magic Association for Qin Yuer, and Chen Lang approved her immediate secluded cultivation.

After Hua Zhanhong explained the Antarctic Emperor’s role in the Sea Monsters’ conspiracy, the Sea Monsters launched a full-scale invasion of Great Xia’s coastline. In Qinhuangdao, Mo Fan and his companions sought guidance from Chen Lang, who pointed them toward awakening the Chongming Divine Bird from a Sea King Skeleton in Magic City.

• Hua Zhanhong warned Mo Fan that the Antarctic Emperor threatened the whole world with a coming global cold snap and explained that the Sea Monster Dynasty was Great Xia’s direct enemy.
• Hua Zhanhong told Mo Fan that the attacks around Bohai had begun, though they were only the Sea Monsters’ vanguard legion.
• The Sea Monsters launched a widespread invasion along nearly twenty thousand kilometers of Great Xia’s coastline, overwhelming regions with attacks.
• Mo Fan, Mu Bai, Zhang Xiaohou, and Zhao Manyan regrouped in Qinhuangdao, where Hua Yue Zhu reassured them that their efforts had reduced the danger around Bohai.
• Mo Fan called Chen Lang for advice, and Chen Lang revealed that fire could awaken the Chongming Divine Bird from a Totem Mark on the Sea King Skeleton’s bones in Magic City.

The battle outside the Magic City sea wall showed that Sea King Skeleton could withstand massive human attacks and regenerate with seawater. Chen Lang saved three Peak Mages from a hidden sea claw, while Hua Zhanhong prepared to draw out and kill the Dragon King Ant Mother.

• A squad of Light Element Mages struck Sea King Skeleton with Sky-Rending Sword, but it regenerated its shattered body by drawing in seawater.
• The commander ordered Water Element Mages to imprison the seawater and sent High-level and Super-level mage teams against Sea King Skeleton, which tore through them.
• Three Peak Ranker mages from the Oriental Pearl Tower drove Sea King Skeleton back, but a sea claw nearly killed them.
• Chen Lang destroyed the sea claw with black lightning and told Hua Zhanhong that their opponent had left as anticipated.
• Hua Zhanhong said he would handle the greatest threat to the coastline and planned to use himself as bait to kill the Dragon King Ant Mother.

Chen Lang sent his puppet to help Mo Fan’s group awaken the Sea King Skeleton’s mark, then visited Feng Zhoulong’s research room and revealed that he knew Shaja’s identity. He warned Shaja and Feng Zhoulong that the Holy City might target Fusion Magic, but promised to announce their research to the world once it was complete.

• Chen Lang led three Peak Mages to Mo Fan and ordered them to help awaken the mark on the Sea King Skeleton.
• Chen Lang revealed that he was in Dubai and that the figure who had helped them was a puppet, then vanished.
• Chen Lang told Shaja that he had known her identity from their first meeting and trusted her intentions despite her ties to the Holy City.
• Shaja and Feng Zhoulong explained that they had grasped the basic principles of Fusion Magic, and Shaja said it could help humanity fight the Demon Clan.
• Chen Lang warned that the Holy City’s Archangels might kill Feng Zhoulong to prevent Fusion Magic from threatening their authority.
• Chen Lang told Shaja and Feng Zhoulong to continue their research without fear and promised to announce Fusion Magic to the world when it was finished.

Chen Lang urged Shaja to return to the Holy City and investigate whether its leaders were suppressing Fusion Magic and neglecting humanity’s survival. Shaja decided to go back and fulfill her mission, while Feng Zhoulong stayed to finish the research and bring its results to Chen Lang in Dubai.

• Shaja questioned Chen Lang’s claims about corruption in the Holy City, and he suggested she verify them by returning and raising the subject of Fusion Magic.
• Shaja asked what Chen Lang would do if he overthrew the Holy City, and he said he would return home to face the Sea Monsters.
• Shaja said some Archangels opposed the status quo, but Chen Lang insisted that entrenched leaders had to be removed before new regulations could emerge.
• Shaja told Feng Zhoulong she would return to the Holy City, and he agreed to complete their Fusion Magic research without her.
• Shaja left for the Holy City, and Chen Lang instructed Feng Zhoulong to bring the completed research to him in Dubai.

Chen Lang reflected on humanity’s need to innovate in magic and resolved to protect Feng Zhoulong and bring him to the Asian Magic Association. After learning that Mo Fan had killed the Sea King Skeleton and fused with the Chongming Divine Bird’s origin, Chen Lang contacted Mo Fan and Feng Zhoulong to pursue Fusion Magic for his own power.

• Chen Lang’s Dark Puppet dissipated after he decided that Feng Zhoulong deserved National Treasure Level protection and should be assigned to the Asian Magic Association.
• Three days later, Chen Lang learned that Mo Fan had killed the Sea King Skeleton at a volcano in Japan, while the Chongming Divine Bird had fused with Mo Fan and made its origin into a Heavenly Seed.
• Chen Lang considered Mo Fan’s sincere drive to help others and recognized that he could count on Mo Fan to answer a request.
• Chen Lang contacted Mo Fan and Feng Zhoulong, hoping Fusion Magic would greatly increase the power of his Innate Dual Element.