Chapter Summaries

Song Jie, Jiang Shao Xu, and Mu Nu Jiao encountered the Red Ornament Guild threatening a village for its vanilla, and Song Jie subdued the bandits with his mental attack. After Jiang Shao Xu and Mu Nu Jiao went to alert the authorities, Zhao Manyan arrived with a woman from the guild, who demanded to know what Song Jie had done.

• Song Jie stayed behind with Jiang Shao Xu and Mu Nu Jiao to explore the village while Ai Jiang Tu led the others onward.
• Song Jie and the two women discovered Xi Ge and the Red Ornament Guild threatening villagers over their vanilla.
• After Xi Ge threatened them, Song Jie used the Array of Penetration to incapacitate the guild members.
• Song Jie sent Jiang Shao Xu and Mu Nu Jiao to contact the authorities so the captured bandits could be turned in for a bounty.
• Zhao Manyan arrived with a woman from the Red Ornament Guild, and she asked Song Jie what he had done to the others.

Song Jie captured Ouni after defeating the Red Ornament Guild bandits, then secretly killed the other captives when the authorities tried to underpay the group. He used Little Black to control Ouni and led his companions toward the guild’s base to capture its leader, Kassou.

• Ouni attacked Song Jie, but Zhao Manyan shielded him while Song Jie trapped her in a Holy Shield and knocked her unconscious.
• Song Jie refused the Military Mage’s reduced reward and left with Ouni, while the authorities discovered the captured Red Ornament Guild members were dead.
• Song Jie told Jiang Shao Xu, Mu Nu Jiao, and Zhao Manyan that Ouni could lead them to the guild’s hideout and explained his plan to target Kassou.
• Song Jie used Little Black to possess Ouni and followed her into the guild’s residential area, where a bandit said the leader had been looking for her.

Song Jie entered the Red Ornament Guild with Ouni and subdued Kassou, the guild leader, using his mental power. After learning where Kassou had hidden his valuables, Song Jie called Jiang Shao Xu, leaving the Temple of Freedom mages waiting outside for news.

• Jiang Shao Xu and the others met Aoluna and a Temple of Freedom mage outside the guild, then explained that Song Jie had gone in alone to capture Kassou.
• Aoluna decided to report the situation to her superiors, while Jiang Shao Xu said they trusted Song Jie.
• Ouni brought Song Jie to Kassou, who reacted angrily when Song Jie insulted him.
• Song Jie overwhelmed Kassou with his mental power, forced him to his knees, and disrupted his attempt to cast a spell.
• Song Jie used Little Black to discover Kassou's hidden valuables, knocked Ouni unconscious, and called Jiang Shao Xu.
• Jiang Shao Xu answered Song Jie's call as Aoluna and the others waited outside for news.

Song Jie captured Kassou and helped the Temple of Freedom round up the Red Ornament Guild, then led his companions to find Kassou’s hidden treasures. While the three National Prefecture Teams agreed to compete for the Dark Duke Cloak by wiping out the guild, Zhao Manyan announced that Song Jie’s group had already done it.

• Song Jie showed Aoluna and the Temple Mages proof that he had captured Kassou, allowing them to capture nearly all of the Red Ornament Guild.
• Song Jie claimed his bounty and took Jiang Shao Xu and the others to search for Kassou’s hidden treasures.
• Fujikata Nobuko, Feng Li, Dean Song He, and Country A’s mentor agreed that whichever National Prefecture Team wiped out the Red Ornament Guild would win the Dark Duke Cloak.
• Ai Jiang Tu and the other team members discussed the guild and negotiated with Mingsong for more specific intelligence in exchange for the cloak.
• Song Jie, Zhao Manyan, and their companions arrived, and Zhao Manyan declared that they had already wiped out the Red Ornament Guild, prompting Mingsong to scoff.

Song Jie’s teammates learned that he had captured Kassou and wiped out the Red Ornament Guild, though Mingsong and the other rival teams refused to believe it. After the news was confirmed, the Temple of Freedom arrived to thank Song Jie, leaving Mingsong stunned.

• Zhao Manyan told the teams that Song Jie had captured Kassou and eliminated the Red Ornament Guild, but Mingsong and the Sakura Country team laughed at him.
• Ai Jiang Tu believed Song Jie and declared that the Huaxia National Prefecture Team would withdraw from the Red Ornament Guild operation.
• Mingsong bet that Zhao Manyan was lying, then heard Fujikata Nobuko confirm over the phone that the Red Ornament Guild had been wiped out.
• Mingsong lost the bet and slapped himself while repeating, “Daddy, I was wrong,” for a full minute.
• Feng Li introduced Aoluna and another Temple of Freedom mage, who thanked Song Jie for capturing Kassou and resolving the threat.

After the Red Ornament Guild was defeated, Song Jie received the Dark Duke Cloak and learned that the National Prefecture Team would still eliminate one member through sparring matches. He helped Mu Nu Jiao prepare to stay on the team by giving her a defensive tool and buying resources to strengthen her magic.

• Feng Li rewarded Song Jie with the Dark Duke Cloak for capturing Kassou, while Mingsong threatened to settle the score with him on the field.
• Feng Li and Dean Song He told the team that one more member would be eliminated after sparring matches, leaving Mu Nu Jiao anxious about her chances.
• Song Jie visited Mu Nu Jiao, reassured her that she would stay, and gave her a Shield Magic Tool made from the Totem Black Snake's scales.
• Song Jie took Mu Nu Jiao to the auction house and bought her three Star River Veins, a domain-bearing Wind Element Soul Seed, and tools to improve her magic and sparring performance.

Song Jie drew Jiang Shao Xu as his sparring opponent and suggested he could go easy on her, while Mu Nu Jiao faced Zu Ji Ming. Mu Nu Jiao revealed her advanced Wind Element and a domain-bearing Soul Seed, defeating Zu Ji Ming and sending him to the losers' bracket.

• Song Jie drew number six and was paired with Jiang Shao Xu, then pointed out that the instructors had not forbidden him from going easy on her.
• Mu Nu Jiao told Song Jie she had advanced her Wind Element and refined a Wind Element Soul Seed before learning she would spar with Zu Ji Ming.
• Guan Yu predicted Zu Ji Ming would win because his Poison and Earth Elements were advanced, and his family had promised him an Earth Element Soul Seed if he secured a spot.
• Mu Nu Jiao revealed her advanced Wind Element, Wind Wings, and Azure Wind Domain, which overwhelmed Zu Ji Ming's attacks.
• Mu Nu Jiao struck Zu Ji Ming with Ghost Wood Hand and knocked him out of the arena, winning the match and sending him to the losers' bracket.

Song Jie and Jiang Shao Xu manipulated their match, but Zu Ji Ming was eliminated after losing to Jiang Yu and Guan Yu. The National Prefecture Team traveled to Lighthouse Country, where Song Jie discovered a new skill and met Aoluna’s younger brother, Fei Luom.

• Mu Nu Jiao defeated Zu Ji Ming, and Ai Jiang Tu defeated Guan Yu, sending both losers to the elimination group.
• Song Jie deliberately lost to Jiang Shao Xu, and the six losing competitors prepared to fight again the next day.
• Guan Yu forfeited to Song Jie, while Zhao Manyan and Jiang Yu won their matches against Zu Ji Ming and Jiang Yu, respectively.
• Zu Ji Ming lost to Guan Yu and then Jiang Yu, so Feng Li sent him home; Mu Ning Xue also told Song Jie that she had reached the Advanced Level in Wind Element.
• The National Prefecture Team traveled through Mexico to Lighthouse Country, where Song Jie learned that his new Painting Wall Replica skill could copy his strength.
• Aoluna brought Song Jie and the others to the National Pavilion and introduced her younger brother, Fei Luom, who looked down on them.

Song Jie and the Huaxia National Prefecture Team prepared to challenge the Lighthouse Country National Pavilion Team after Fei Luom mocked them and boasted about his team’s first-place standing. Aoluna warned that Song Jie’s group might overwhelm Fei Luom’s side, leaving the Lighthouse Country team stunned when she asked Super Level Mage Green to protect them.

• Fei Luom dismissed Song Jie’s capture of Kassou and bragged that the Lighthouse Country team had taken first place from Huaxia.
• Song Jie and Fei Luom traded taunts as the teams arrived at the Lighthouse Country National Stadium.
• Boblin agreed to a five-on-five team battle, and Ai Jiang Tu selected Song Jie, Mo Fan, Mu Ting Ying, Jiang Yu, and Nan Rong Ni for Huaxia.
• Song Jie told his teammates to use their High-level Magic while he held back the Lighthouse Country team, and Mo Fan agreed to fight without holding back.
• Aoluna asked Green, a Super Level defensive Mage, to protect Fei Luom and the others, leaving them shocked when they realized he had come to save them.

Song Jie and the Huaxia National Prefecture Team crushed Lighthouse Country’s team, then a Black Vatican executioner ambushed him outside a café. Song Jie turned the executioner’s attack back on him and vanished, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Song Jie’s Radiance crippled Lighthouse Country’s defenses, allowing Mo Fan, Mu Ting Ying, and the others to overwhelm Fei Luom and his teammates.
• Green stopped the Huaxia team’s final combined attack, and Lighthouse Country’s team conceded the match; Green handed Nan Yu their medal.
• As Song Jie and the others entered a café to escape the hail, Song Jie sensed danger and watched the café counter.
• A blue-robed Black Vatican executioner attacked Song Jie with ice spikes, but Song Jie blocked them with his Holy Shield and shattered another volley with Space Power.
• The executioner launched a massive ice spike, which Song Jie’s Holy Shield counterattacked; the executioner stopped it with Ice Locks, then discovered Song Jie had vanished.

Song Jie outwitted and captured Pei Li, a Black Vatican Blue-robed Deacon sent to assassinate him, then claimed the bounty from the Temple of Freedom. After the group learned their next destination was Tinoah, Jiang Shao Xu found Song Jie waiting in her living room.

• Pei Li froze what he believed was Song Jie, but Song Jie revealed it was a replica and trapped him in the Array of Penetration.
• Song Jie tortured Pei Li with mental attacks, then left him alive for Temple Mages to investigate and asked for the bounty.
• A red-robed figure learned Pei Li had been captured and decided to leave Song Jie to Salang while pursuing another method.
• Song Jie returned to the lodging with Jiang Shao Xu and the others, where Nan Yu identified Pei Li as a Black Vatican executioner and Ai Jiang Tu warned Song Jie to stay cautious.
• Ai Jiang Tu announced the group would head to the coastal city of Tinoah after staying another day or two.
• Jiang Shao Xu returned to her room and found Song Jie in her living room.

Song Jie and his companions traveled to Tinoah, where they discovered a massive Sea Territory Mammoth skeleton and learned that the city was suffering from the Drowning Curse. Song Jie began gathering help to investigate the curse and its bounty, while the group prepared to split up.

• Song Jie’s Advanced Light Element reached the second level, and his Summoned Beasts continued to grow stronger.
• On the flight to Tinoah, Zhao Manyan spotted a colossal skeleton at the port, which Jiang Yu identified as a Sea Territory Mammoth.
• Song Jie contacted Ling Ling about the Drowning Curse and its bounty of more than three hundred million, and she agreed to look into it.
• Ai Jiang Tu let Song Jie and several others leave the team temporarily while the rest headed for the National Stadium.
• Song Jie’s group went to the seaside, where an old man explained that cursed victims ran into the sea and drowned before their bodies turned into skeletons.
• Mu Ning Xue confirmed that the phenomenon was the Drowning Curse, and Song Jie pointed out its large bounty.

Song Jie and his companions investigated the Drowning Curse and discovered that a parasitic Demon Beast called a Jellyfish Vile Maggot caused it. Ling Ling proposed protecting the creature until it matured so she could develop a vaccine, and the group set out to sea to guard it.

• Song Jie organized the team to investigate victims’ families while they waited for Ling Ling to arrive in Tinoah.
• Song Jie and Mo Fan found Kono dead in a basin of blood, and Ling Ling discovered a Jellyfish Vile Maggot in it.
• Ling Ling identified the maggot as the cause of the Drowning Curse and proposed raising it to obtain vaccine tissue.
• Song Jie agreed to protect the maggot for the 300 million bounty, and Ling Ling fitted it with a tracker.
• Bobby found a boat, and Ling Ling released the maggot into the sea while the group followed it and stood ready to protect it.

Song Jie gained the Chaos Element skill Chapter of Imprint: Double Ten, which let him create two copies of a skill, as the Jellyfish Vile Maggot prepared to choose a host. He and Mu Ning Xue lured the Sea Dragon Pseudo away from its lair to give the Jellyfish Vile Maggot a chance to enter its body.

• Song Jie obtained Chapter of Imprint: Double Ten, allowing him to release two Chapters of Imprint and make two copies of a skill.
• Ling Ling warned that the Jellyfish Vile Maggot might choose the Sea Dragon Pseudo as its host, and Song Jie agreed to help it despite Bobby's fears.
• Song Jie and Mu Ning Xue went underwater, where Song Jie protected them with Light Blessing: Guard and used Space Power to approach the Jellyfish Vile Maggot.
• After sensing the Sea Dragon Pseudo near the Jellyfish Vile Maggot, Song Jie proposed drawing it away so the maggot could enter its body.
• Song Jie attacked the Sea Dragon Pseudo at its lair, then fled with Mu Ning Xue as it chased them, creating an opportunity for the Jellyfish Vile Maggot.

Song Jie and Mu Ning Xue lured the Sea Dragon Pseudo to the surface while the Jellyfish Vile Maggot inside it devoured and absorbed it. After waiting three days, the group saw the maggot emerge as a new Sea Dragon Pseudo, and Ling Ling identified its Demon Core as a potential source for studying a vaccine.

• Song Jie and Mu Ning Xue escaped the underwater Sea Dragon Pseudo and returned to the ship, where Song Jie’s golden defensive spell blocked its attack.
• Ling Ling revealed that the Jellyfish Vile Maggot was inside the Sea Dragon Pseudo, and the group waited as it devoured the creature down to its skeleton.
• After three days, Song Jie directed Bobby toward the Jellyfish Vile Maggot, but Ling Ling spotted it approaching the ship.
• The Jellyfish Vile Maggot emerged transformed into a Sea Dragon Pseudo, and Ling Ling said its Demon Core could be used to study a vaccine.
• Song Jie asked Mu Ning Xue to seal off the surrounding waters so the new Sea Dragon Pseudo could not escape.

Song Jie and the others killed the Sea Dragon Pseudo, helping Ling Ling obtain its Demon Core and advance the effort to cure the Drowning Curse. Song Jie then began building an army of Jellyfish Vile Maggots under Xiao Hei’s control.

• Mu Ning Xue expanded her Ice Element domain while Song Jie used Chapter of Imprint to duplicate attacks that wounded the Sea Dragon Pseudo.
• Mo Fan added replicated Thunder Arm strikes, and Song Jie’s Wall Painting Cutting finished off the Sea Dragon Pseudo.
• Ling Ling extracted the Demon Core, while Song Jie returned to Tinoah and asked Xiao Hei whether it could control Jellyfish Vile Maggots.
• Song Jie found a man who had died from the Drowning Curse, then strengthened a Water Element Spirit so it could capture a Jellyfish Vile Maggot.
• Xiao Hei took control of the captured Jellyfish Vile Maggot and sent it to find others, allowing Song Jie to gather more for his planned sea force.

Song Jie and his companions accepted a dangerous mission to rescue a National Prefecture Team lost in the Sahara Desert. They entered the desert’s Mystic Realm Zone in a spaced-out scouting line, where a violent storm suddenly plunged the area into darkness.

• Song Jie, Ling Ling, Mo Fan, and Mu Ning Xue received the bounty for solving the Drowning Curse immunity research, and Song Jie shared his large reward with the others.
• The National Prefecture Team praised Song Jie and his companions, while Guan Yu left in anger and jealousy.
• Ai Jiang Tu announced that a National Prefecture Team had gone missing in the Sahara Desert, and Song Jie, Nan Yu, Mo Fan, Jiang Yu, Zhao Manyan, Mu Ning Xue, Mu Nu Jiao, and Jiang Shao Xu agreed to search for them.
• Nan Yu led the group to the missing team’s last known location and explained how they could scout the Mystic Realm Zone in a spaced-out line.
• Song Jie chose to take the lead, kissed Mu Ning Xue before she entered the zone, and watched the team move deeper inside.
• A sudden gale swept through the Mystic Realm Zone, and a violent storm plunged the area into darkness.

Song Jie fought the sand-bodied Elemental Wraith in the Mystic Realm Zone while his companions were swept away by its tornado. After the storm subsided, Song Jie caught up with the group, who were still trapped in the realm.

• Song Jie blocked the Elemental Wraith’s ambush and attacked it, but its sand body quickly reformed after his spells.
• The Elemental Wraith unleashed a tornado that swept Song Jie’s companions into the Mystic Realm Zone, where they gathered and worried about him.
• Song Jie entered his demon form, resisted the tornado, and destroyed the Wraith’s sand serpents, but he could not kill it.
• The Elemental Wraith fled into the Mystic Realm Zone, and Song Jie pursued it, intending to find its vessel and seal it away.
• After the Wraith left, the storm weakened, but Song Jie’s companions could not find a way out and saw a fast-moving shadow.
• Song Jie found the group and approached them, relieving Jiang Shao Xu, Mu Nu Jiao, and Mu Ning Xue.

Song Jie trapped the Elemental Wraith inside its conch vessel in System Space, then escaped the Mystic Realm Zone with the others and reported the National Prefecture Team’s likely fate. After reuniting with Ai Jiang Tu’s team, Song Jie learned they would head to Puchini for their final trial, where undead were attacking and a woman from the Goddess Palace healed an injured mage.

• Song Jie sent Mo Fan, Jiang Shao Xu, and the others out through his painted wall, then continued tracking the Elemental Wraith while Jiang Shao Xu warned him to be careful and kissed him goodbye.
• Song Jie followed the Elemental Wraith to its conch vessel and stored the conch in System Space, trapping the Monarch-Level wraith inside.
• Song Jie emerged from the Mystic Realm Zone, told the group the National Prefecture Team members were likely dead, and gave them their tattered clothes and medals before they left.
• The group encountered a rescue team, but continued on after Nan Yu explained what had happened and their mission was complete.
• Song Jie reunited with Ai Jiang Tu’s team, learned they had gathered Egypt’s medals, and agreed to head to Puchini for their instructor’s final trial before Venice.
• As undead invaded Puchini, a long-haired woman in the Goddess Palace uniform healed an injured mage’s legs.

Song Jie reunited with Ye Xin Xia in Puchini City and used his Space Power to subdue her Guardian Knight, Kulen. He then joined Ai Jiang Tu and the others as they discussed a dangerous mission to defeat the Poison Gold Mummy, and Ai Jiang Tu asked whether Song Jie’s Light Element could protect them from its poison.

• Song Jie found Ye Xin Xia in a military camp tent, dismissed Kulen, and shared an affectionate reunion with her.
• Song Jie left Ye Xin Xia and crushed Kulen to his knees with Space Power after Kulen challenged him.
• Ai Jiang Tu and the others learned that a pyramid mirage had drawn the undead to Puchini City and were assigned to eliminate the Poison Gold Mummy.
• Guan Yu proposed capturing the Poison Gold Mummy’s leader, while Nan Yu warned that its poison made the plan dangerous.
• Ai Jiang Tu asked Song Jie whether his Light Element could protect the group from the Poison Gold Mummy’s poisonous gas.