Chapter Summaries

Song Jie secured the Lu Family’s mines and left Magic City to intervene in Leng Qing’s investigation of the Black Vatican. In Demon Capital, Beijiang agreed to use a red-clad figure as bait to draw out the Judgment Society’s watchers before killing them.

• Song Jie made the Lu Family declare Lu Zhantian dead and accepted their mines after Zhang Cheng and the Magic Association praised his two Totem divine beasts.
• The Lu Family told the authorities the incident had been a family matter, and rumors spread through Magic City warning clans not to provoke Song Jie.
• Song Jie gave Mu Ning Xue the mining contract, then left to find Leng Qing after learning she was investigating Leng Jue and could be targeted by the Assassin Hall.
• Song Jie booked a flight to Demon Capital and arrived the next day.
• Beijiang met a red-clad figure on a rooftop and agreed to kill the Judgment Society’s watchers after the figure lured them out the following night.

Song Jie rushed to find Leng Qing after her tracking signal was disrupted, while she and the Judgment Society members walked into a Black Vatican ambush. Leng Qing fled the Shadow Element assassin Beijiang and headed toward the light Song Jie had sent, leaving them about to meet.

• Song Jie flew to Demon Capital and asked Ling Ling for Leng Qing's location, then set off when her tracking signal was disrupted.
• Leng Qing and a middle-aged Judgment Society member waited outside a factory for Leng Jue, unaware that a shadowy figure was watching them.
• A Shadow Element assassin ambushed the pair, killed the middle-aged man, and trapped Leng Qing in a field of darkness.
• Leng Qing ran from the assassin, Beijiang, and spotted a faint light that she rushed toward.
• Song Jie used Radiance to signal Leng Qing, followed Ling Ling's updated tracking, and recognized her approaching through the darkness.

Song Jie rescued the injured Leng Qing by breaking Beijiang’s Shadow domain and capturing him. Afterward, he flirted with Leng Qing, agreed to help the Judgment Society question Beijiang about Leng Jue, and learned that Old Xu had survived.

• Song Jie found Leng Qing injured and refused to flee when Beijiang’s darkness approached.
• Song Jie used his Light Element domain to break Beijiang’s Shadow domain, then stopped his escape with Space Lock and crippled his legs.
• Leng Qing contacted the Judgment Society and sent its mages to the factory to treat Old Xu.
• Song Jie teased Leng Qing, kissed her, and agreed to help Little Black extract information from Beijiang about Leng Jue.
• The Judgment Society mages arrived and reported that Old Xu had survived.

Song Jie failed to learn Leng Jue’s whereabouts from Beijiang, then visited Mu Ning Xue and agreed to name their territory Ning Xue City. After bidding farewell to Ai Tu Tu, he learned that northern Demon Beasts were stirring and the Northern Military Command had sealed off the region.

• Leng Qing and Song Jie interrogated Beijiang, but he did not know where Leng Jue was; he did reveal several Black Vatican contact points for the Judgment Society to investigate.
• Song Jie visited Mu Ning Xue, and they agreed to name their nearly completed territory Ning Xue City as a betrothal gift to her family.
• Song Jie spent time with Mu Ning Xue and Ai Tu Tu before their departures, and Ai Tu Tu prepared to leave for the Northern Military Command.
• Song Jie, Mu Nu Jiao, and Ai Jiang Tu saw Ai Tu Tu off at the airport.
• Ai Jiang Tu told Song Jie that northern Demon Beasts had begun stirring and the Northern Military Command was sealing off the north, and Song Jie offered to help.

Song Jie traveled to England, where Ailin told him a mysterious Sea Monster had made her family's Mediterranean shipping route dangerous and killed every Super Level Mage sent to investigate. He sought information before deciding whether to help, but learned little and left the Hunter Alliance to attend dinner with Ailin.

• Song Jie said goodbye to Mu Nu Jiao and flew to London, where Ailin and an elderly man met him.
• Ailin explained that an unknown Demon Beast had appeared along her family's shipping route, and the elderly man challenged Song Jie to solve the problem.
• Song Jie contacted Ling Ling, who found no records of the incident, and learned from Ailin that several Super Level Mages had vanished while investigating.
• Song Jie decided to seek information at the Hunter Alliance and posted a bounty, but received little useful information and considered going to the sea himself.
• Ailin invited Song Jie to a dinner party, and they entered the hotel together.

Song Jie attended a banquet with Princess Ailin, where Locke sought information about Time Fluid and warned him about the Mediterranean. After Song Jie forced Reid to his knees for challenging him over Ailin, they left for a private room together.

• An old man told Song Jie that the group would sail to Greece in a week, and Song Jie inferred it would be the old man's last voyage.
• Locke introduced himself to Song Jie, asked to buy Time Fluid, and received directions to the town where it could be found.
• Locke warned Song Jie that the Mediterranean had become a disaster zone and that several young men were approaching to cause trouble.
• Reid confronted Song Jie and told him to stay away from Ailin, but Song Jie’s pressure forced Reid to his knees and silenced the others.
• Ailin joined Song Jie, and they went upstairs to a private room, where Song Jie lifted her and carried her toward a table.

After the banquet, Song Jie left for Greece to find the Black Dragon Emperor on Tyrant Mountain and make it his Contract Beast, while Asha Ruiya helped him evade his pursuers and followed him there. Song Jie began fighting the dragon, and Zhan Kong again watched his power being drained in Sha Yuan.

• After agreeing to help Ailin with the Mediterranean crisis, Song Jie told her he would meet her in Greece but left separately to visit Tyrant Mountain first.
• Song Jie called Asha Ruiya in Athens City and asked her to stop the people following him; he revealed he intended to make the Black Dragon Emperor his subordinate, and she drove his pursuers away.
• Song Jie traveled to Tyrant Mountain, where Asha Ruiya caught up with him and warned him that the Emperor-level Black Dragon was too dangerous to underestimate.
• Song Jie teleported to the summit, challenged the Black Dragon Emperor, dodged its claw, summoned Little Yan Ji, and activated Contract Fusion to begin their battle.
• In Sha Yuan, Zhan Kong watched his power being drained again.

Song Jie and Little Yan Ji attacked the Black Dragon Emperor at Tyrant Mountain, with Song Jie amplifying the Flame Ji Queen’s power until she unleashed a devastating sun-like strike. The attack engulfed the mountain and left the Black Dragon Emperor’s fate uncertain as forces across Athens City rushed to investigate.

• Little Yan Ji transformed into the Flame Ji Queen and battered the Black Dragon Emperor with immense fire attacks, destroying Tyrant Mountain and the surrounding hills.
• Song Jie joined the battle with a demonized clone and used Seal of Expansion Amplification and Contract Enhancement to strengthen the Flame Ji Queen.
• The Black Dragon Emperor tried to flee, but Song Jie’s clone blocked his escape while the Flame Ji Queen summoned a blazing sun.
• Asha Ruiya fled the heat, while people in Athens City and the Parthenon Temple noticed the second sun and sent investigators toward the battle.
• The Flame Ji Queen’s blazing sun crashed down on the Black Dragon Emperor, and Song Jie wondered whether Little Yan Ji had killed him.

Song Jie defeated the Black Dragon Emperor with Flame Ji Queen’s help and made him a Contract Summon before traveling to Kras City with Asha Ruiya. There, Song Jie and Asha Ruiya separated from Ailin’s group, then disappeared into a forest together.

• Flame Ji Queen emerged victorious over the Black Dragon Emperor, and Song Jie persuaded the exhausted dragon to become his Contract Summon.
• Song Jie rode the Black Dragon Emperor to find Asha Ruiya, then brought her along as they headed for Kras City.
• Asha Ruiya told Song Jie she was going to Kras City to investigate something, and Song Jie said he had business there too.
• Ailin and her companions arrived in Kras City and prepared to set out the following day while waiting for Song Jie.
• Song Jie and Asha Ruiya reached Kras City, where she tried to leave him, but he pulled her into his arms and took her to a forest.

Song Jie joined a Grand Duke-sponsored voyage across the Mediterranean to investigate a missing merchant ship, despite the danger, while cultivating toward the Super Level. As the ship followed the suspected route, Song Jie sensed that something big was coming.

• Song Jie met Ailin at the hotel, comforted her, and let her sleep while he cultivated.
• The next day, Ailin saw Song Jie off as he boarded the ship with a group of Super Level Mages, including Fred and the leader Hade.
• Fred explained that many aboard had come because they needed money or the Grand Duke’s protection, while Song Jie said he had promised Ailin he would go.
• During the voyage, Song Jie’s Light Element magic evolved into the Super Level spell Holy Armor, though he wanted to improve its defense further.
• Hade directed the group to search along the route where the merchant ship had disappeared, and Song Jie continued cultivating as the ship sailed for two more days.
• Song Jie suddenly opened his eyes while cultivating, sensing that something big was coming.

Song Jie and the mages aboard the ship approached the Sea Monster responsible for the merchant ships’ disappearance. When Song Jie warned that it might be an Emperor-level creature, the others laughed at him.

• The half-Forbidden Curse Mage gathered the Super Level Mages on deck and explained that a Forbidden Curse Mage could not approach the Mediterranean without angering its overlord.
• As the creature watched the ship without attacking, the half-Forbidden Curse Mage ordered everyone to fly toward it and investigate.
• Song Jie sensed that the creature’s aura had weakened and warned Fred not to get too close.
• The mages identified the creature’s territory on the shipping route and decided the half-Forbidden Curse Mage would draw it out.
• Song Jie stopped the plan and warned that the Sea Monster might be an Emperor-level creature, but the others laughed at him.

Song Jie sent a clone into the storm vortex and discovered that the Emperor-level Sea Monster was a Deep Sea Giant Whale. After rescuing the Forbidden Curse Mage, Song Jie retreated as the enraged whale began to rise.

• The Forbidden Curse Mage approached the sea monster’s territory and was caught in a storm vortex, prompting the others to realize Song Jie’s warning had been true.
• The fully advanced Super Level Mages tried to rescue the Forbidden Curse Mage while Song Jie rode toward the vortex on the Ice Emperor Wind Eagle.
• Song Jie sent a clone into the storm vortex, where it found the Forbidden Curse Mage and then descended to locate the Emperor-level creature.
• The clone saw the Deep Sea Giant Whale and provoked it with Space Power before escaping back to the Forbidden Curse Mage.
• The clone carried the exhausted Forbidden Curse Mage out of the vortex, and Song Jie moved away as the whale rose; the rescued mage urged everyone to leave.

The Deep Sea Giant Whale emerged as a Minor Emperor, forcing the mages to flee while Song Jie confronted it with the Black Dragon Emperor. The Black Dragon Emperor surged through several Emperor levels and wounded the whale, leaving the battle underway.

• Cao Ban urged the group to retreat when the Deep Sea Giant Whale appeared, and the half-Forbidden Curse Mage realized it was a Minor Emperor.
• The half-Forbidden Curse Mage ordered the others to escape and return with news, while Fred reported that Song Jie was missing.
• Song Jie summoned the Black Dragon Emperor, which blocked the whale's waves and attacked it with Black Flame.
• The group noticed the whale had not chased them, and the half-Forbidden Curse Mage suspected Song Jie was keeping it occupied.
• Song Jie told the Black Dragon Emperor to close in, then used Contract Fusion and Contract Enhancement to raise its strength through several Emperor levels.
• The Deep Sea Giant Whale dove underwater, but the Black Dragon Emperor struck its back and left a severe wound that reddened the sea.

Song Jie and the Black Dragon Emperor killed the Deep Sea Giant Whale, and Song Jie collected its corpse. When an even stronger Emperor-level creature appeared, Song Jie drew it away so Fred and the others could escape.

• Song Jie followed the Black Dragon Emperor into the sea and told it to leave the Deep Sea Giant Whale alive until they surfaced.
• The Black Dragon Emperor defeated the Deep Sea Giant Whale and killed it at Song Jie's command, allowing Song Jie to collect its Essence Soul and corpse.
• Fred and the others saw Song Jie riding the Black Dragon Emperor and realized he had killed the Emperor-level Deep Sea Giant Whale.
• After learning that an even stronger Emperor-level creature was approaching, Song Jie warned Fred and the others to flee.
• Song Jie flew away on the Black Dragon Emperor, and the new creature pursued him instead of Fred and the others.

Song Jie returned from the sea, warned Ailin about the Deep Sea Giant Whale, and went back to C Country to help Leng Qing watch a suspected Black Vatican mole. Cheng Ying attacked Su Qingqing and fled to meet the Ferryman Shepherd, while Song Jie and Leng Qing remained outside the house.

• The Black Dragon Emperor failed to catch the Deep Sea Giant Whale, and Song Jie later gave it the whale's Essence Soul to help it advance.
• Song Jie called Ailin, told her to change her family's shipping route, and said he would return to Britain later.
• After receiving messages from Ling Ling, Song Jie returned to C Country and learned that Leng Qing needed his help watching Inspector Cheng Ying.
• Song Jie and Leng Qing followed Cheng Ying to Su Qingqing's home after she left the Judgment Society.
• Cheng Ying tied up and wounded Su Qingqing, then escaped through the back door to meet the Ferryman Shepherd.

Song Jie tracked Cheng Ying and Shepherd to Leng Jue’s base and uncovered his plan to use the Triangle Dimension to send Egypt’s undead army into China. He mobilized his allies and warned Zhenbei Fortress, preparing to destroy the undead before they reached the border.

• Song Jie left Leng Qing to handle the wounded Su Qingqing and secretly followed Cheng Ying, while Leng Qing alerted the Judgment Society.
• Song Jie tracked Cheng Ying and Shepherd north beyond Zhenbei Pass, summoned Baxia, Vine Snake, and Zhan Kong’s undead army, and sent Little Black to scout Leng Jue’s base.
• Leng Jue announced that his plan would soon make his name famous and ordered his forces to prepare for battle.
• Song Jie learned that Leng Jue planned to use the Triangle Dimension to draw Egypt’s undead across, and resolved to annihilate them before they reached the fortress.
• Song Jie warned Commander Shan Wei that Zhenbei Fortress was in danger, arranged for her forces to guard the rear, and promised to stop the undead invasion.
• Song Jie reached the meeting point, where the Ancient King, Baxia, Vine Snake, and his other allies were waiting.

Song Jie secured Zhan Kong’s help to defend the northern lines against the Egyptian undead, while Leng Jue opened a gate and brought the Khufu Pyramid toward Zhenbei Pass. The chapter ended with Song Jie and Shan Wei waiting for the pyramid and its undead forces to arrive.

• Song Jie revealed to Zhan Kong that he had helped preserve Zhan Kong’s humanity and asked him to hold the northern defensive lines against the Black Vatican’s Egyptian undead.
• Zhan Kong agreed to assign the Eight Direction Monarchs to the defenses and joined Song Jie’s plan to invade Egypt when the time came.
• Leng Jue opened a spatial gate outside Zhenbei Fortress, and Underworld Boatmen and Nether Lord Frogs dragged the Khufu Pyramid through it.
• Leng Jue led the Black Vatican toward Zhenbei Pass to witness the fortress’s destruction.
• Song Jie told Shan Wei that the Khufu Pyramid was coming to Zhenbei Fortress, though she doubted him.

Song Jie confronted the undead army approaching Zhenbei Pass and used Vine Snake and Baxia to defeat the Nether Lord Frog. Leng Jue and Unas recognized that Song Jie had two Supreme Monarchs, so Unas proposed sending out the Sphinx.

• A scout confirmed that an undead army was approaching Zhenbei Pass, and Shan Wei asked Song Jie to help defend the fortress.
• Song Jie left the walls and summoned Vine Snake and Baxia, who killed the Nether Lord Frog while Song Jie collected its Essence Soul.
• Shan Wei saw the two totems defeat the Nether Lord Frog and realized Song Jie had brought powerful reinforcements.
• Song Jie ordered Vine Snake and Baxia to attack the remaining undead, prompting the Khufu Pyramid to send out stronger generals.
• Leng Jue and Unas discussed Song Jie's two Supreme Monarchs, and Unas suggested bringing out the Sphinx.

Song Jie and his summoned beasts killed the three Monarchs guarding the pyramid, then advanced on the Sphinx and Leng Jue. He told Leng Jue that he would witness his plan fall apart, hinting that Song Jie had another way to defeat him.

• The Sphinx appeared with ten Shadow Sword Masters, but Song Jie raised Little Yan Ji into the Flame Ji Queen and sent her to fight alongside Baxia and Vine Snake.
• Song Jie's three Supreme Monarchs killed the Ram-headed Monarch, the Evil Scale Mummy, and Scorpion Lord Medusa, leaving the Black Vatican forces stunned.
• Shan Wei and the officers at Zhenbei Pass watched the battle and worried that the real crisis had yet to come.
• Song Jie ordered Vine Snake and Baxia to advance on the pyramid, while the Sphinx attacked them with Golden Lasers and Baxia blocked the attack.
• Song Jie confronted Leng Jue and claimed he was not relying only on Supreme Monarchs, promising to let Leng Jue witness his plan fall apart.

Song Jie’s forces killed the Sphinx and the Shadow Sword Masters, forcing Khufu to emerge, but Song Jie revealed another trump card when Zhan Kong appeared with Sha Yuan. Leng Jue realized that the battle could end in his total defeat.

• Black Dragon Emperor slaughtered all ten Shadow Sword Masters while Vine Snake and Baxia cornered the Sphinx.
• Song Jie told Leng Jue that Khufu would not reach Zhenbei Pass, and Khufu’s pressure swept across the battlefield from the pyramid.
• Song Jie ordered Black Dragon Emperor to kill the Sphinx, then obtained its Essence Soul as Khufu appeared on an ancient golden boat.
• Leng Jue claimed the battle was over now that Khufu had emerged, but Song Jie said he still had a final trump card.
• Zhan Kong appeared with Sha Yuan, and Leng Jue recognized the arrival of Ancient King.