Chapter Summaries

Song Jie rescued Heidi from the Little Red Scorpion Queen, killed it with Space Power, and sent Little Yan Ji to finish off the Big Red Scorpion Queen. After collecting both beasts’ valuable remains and the Monarch-level Spirit Essence, he set off with Blanche and Heidi toward the area around Cairo.

• Song Jie sent Little Yan Ji to confront the Big Red Scorpion Queen while Heidi struggled against the Little Red Scorpion Queen.
• The Little Red Scorpion Queen ambushed Heidi with its hidden tail, but Song Jie pulled her to safety and crushed the beast with Space Power.
• Blanche told Heidi that Song Jie had rushed to save her, and Heidi resolved to improve her combat weaknesses.
• Little Yan Ji killed the Big Red Scorpion Queen, and Song Jie collected its Essence Soul and valuable parts from both beasts.
• Song Jie chose to head toward the area around Cairo and flew there with Blanche and Heidi on the Ice Emperor Wind Eagle.

Song Jie and Blanche agreed to clear Snake Mountain near Cairo in exchange for two billion Huaxia Coin. After negotiating Blanche and Heidi a share of the reward, Song Jie left the group preparing to attack the mountain.

• Song Jie and his companions flew toward Cairo, passing a desert group that identified the Ice Emperor Wind Eagle as a Great Commander.
• At Snake Mountain, Song Jie and Blanche sensed many powerful Demon Beasts and agreed to fight them, with Song Jie proposing they clear the entire mountain.
• Song Jie called Fenner and negotiated an additional two billion Huaxia Coin if they took down Snake Mountain.
• Fenner agreed to the deal, and Song Jie told her to send people to take over because they would soon finish the job.
• Song Jie offered Blanche and Heidi thirty percent of the reward, and Blanche thanked him on behalf of the Alps Academy.

Song Jie led Blanche and Heidi to Snake Mountain, where they split up to draw demons away and train his spirits. After slaughtering demons and trapping a Dark Red Duke Snake, Song Jie drew out the hidden Monarch-level Snake King and prepared to claim its Essence Soul.

• Blanche thanked Song Jie for what he had done for Alps Academy, and Heidi agreed to join him in the coming battle.
• Song Jie sent Blanche and Heidi to draw away demons below Commander-level while he entered Snake Mountain's lair with his spirits.
• Song Jie ordered the lightning-element spirits to form an electric web, trapping a Dark Red Duke Snake as his clone harvested souls.
• Song Jie killed a Duke Horned Snake with Space Power and obtained a perfect Essence Soul, then sensed that the Snake King was watching him.
• Song Jie summoned three Seals of Expansion and used Explosive Golden Rain to kill more than a thousand demons, forcing the hidden Snake King to attack.
• Song Jie dodged the Crimson Mother Snake's strike and recognized it as a Monarch-level demon.

Song Jie slaughtered the Demon Beasts on Snake Mountain, captured the Crimson Mother Snake, and gathered valuable Essence Souls and Spirit Essences. After earning a fortune, he left with Blanche and Heidi as a Cairo military team headed to investigate the supposedly cleared mountain.

• Song Jie repeatedly battered the Crimson Mother Snake, then used Xiao Hei to control it and draw nearby Demon Beasts into his attack.
• Song Jie unleashed Explosive Golden Rain, killed the gathered Demon Beasts, and ordered his bracelet to fuse the collected Remnant Souls.
• Song Jie had Xiao Hei make the Crimson Mother Snake kill itself, collected its Essence Soul, and sent Xiao Hei and the elves to finish off the remaining Commander-level beasts.
• Blanche and Heidi joined Song Jie, who photographed the high-ranking Demon Beast corpses and earned 1.08 billion from the kills, in addition to Egypt’s promised two billion.
• Song Jie departed Snake Mountain with Blanche and Heidi aboard the Ice Emperor Wind Eagle, while a Cairo military team told a merchant caravan the mountain might already be cleared.

After Song Jie’s team eliminated the Demon Beasts on Snake Mountain, Fenner paid him and asked him to consider helping Egypt work with the Chinese Undead. Song Jie then took Heidi to Cairo’s Hunter’s Union to look for lucrative work, hoping to pursue the 3.5 billion bounty for Medusa’s Tears.

• The caravan and Military Mages found Snake Demons slain across Snake Mountain, and the officer reported that all its Demon Beasts had been eliminated.
• Fenner confirmed the report, and Song Jie received 2.29 billion, including payment for the Snake Mountain mission.
• Song Jie met Fenner in Cairo, where she asked him to consider helping Egypt cooperate with the Chinese Undead against the Egyptian Undead.
• Song Jie decided to seek the 3.5 billion bounty for Medusa’s Tears and brought Heidi to the Hunter’s Union after settling Blanche at a hotel.
• Anna welcomed Song Jie at the Hunter’s Union and introduced herself as his assistant.

Song Jie accepted a dangerous bounty to find Medusa’s Tears and hired Anna to gather information about Medusa’s whereabouts. After leaving the hunters’ guild with Heidi, he shared a meal with her and teased her about marrying him and having his child.

• Song Jie told Anna he wanted the bounty for Medusa’s Tears, and she warned him that previous hunters had died trying to complete it.
• Song Jie gave Anna a bank card and asked her to collect information about Medusa and a map of the desert.
• Song Jie revealed to Heidi that he had resolved the Drowning Curse, explaining how he became a Six-star Hunter Master, and invited her to register as a hunter.
• Anna returned with the information she had purchased, and Song Jie left with Heidi after asking her to send updates by Flying Eagle.
• Song Jie took Heidi to a Chinese restaurant, ordered vegetarian dishes for her, and said the bounty’s three-and-a-half-billion reward tempted him.
• Song Jie teased Heidi by suggesting that she marry him, become his woman, and have his child as a way to get revenge.

Song Jie and Heidi shared vegetarian Chinese food, and he taught her to use chopsticks, leaving her flustered by the hand-holding. After delivering food to Blanche, Song Jie accidentally saw her bath towel slip, then kissed her before leaving her room.

• Song Jie teased Heidi before she tasted the vegetarian dishes and praised their flavor.
• Song Jie guided Heidi’s hands as he taught her to use chopsticks, and Heidi blushed when she realized he had touched her hand.
• Song Jie packed food for Blanche and brought it to her hotel room while Heidi went to shower.
• Blanche’s bath towel slipped as Song Jie unpacked the food, and she hurried into the bedroom.
• Song Jie kissed Blanche and left her room, while Blanche stood stunned and then tried the Chinese food.

Song Jie traveled with Blanche and Heidi to the Sunset Temple to capture Apas, a young Medusa, and form a contract with her. After collecting the Corrosive Evil Eye that had been harming anyone near the temple, he prepared to enter the area guarded by Medusas while Blanche and Heidi waited outside.

• Song Jie told Blanche and Heidi that his magical mutation talent had given him another Contract Beast slot, and they agreed to accompany him to find a Medusa.
• Song Jie led Blanche and Heidi to the Sunset Temple, where they learned that an unseen force had been burning the bodies of people who approached it.
• Song Jie flew toward the Corrosive Evil Eye, found that it could not harm him, and collected it.
• Song Jie gave Blanche and Heidi a painted wall to use for escape, then went toward the heavily guarded temple alone.

Song Jie rescued Apas and captured the Maiden Medusa from the Sunset Temple, then headed for Cairo with Blanche and Heidi. Military Commander Sasi learned of the abduction and ordered Cairo’s forces to stop anyone bringing a Snake Person into the city.

• Song Jie found Apas at the Sunset Temple, saw through her story, and captured the Maiden Medusa while Apas waited.
• Song Jie killed the Demon Beasts in the temple, collected Essence Souls, and left with Apas and the unconscious Maiden Medusa.
• Song Jie reunited with Blanche and Heidi, then traveled toward Cairo on the Ice Emperor Wind Eagle.
• Military Commander Sasi was ordered to recover the Maiden Medusa and told his forces to restrain anyone bringing a Snake Person into Cairo.

Song Jie and his companions reached Cairo, where Military Mages detained them under the pretext of an investigation and tried to take Maiden Medusa. Song Jie resisted despite his sealed Magic Energy, rescued her, and brought the corrupt officer to Fenner before heading to Hunter's Union to collect their reward.

• Song Jie, Blanche, and Heidi arrived at Cairo and were stopped by Military Mages, who demanded that they seal their Magic Energy and cooperate with an investigation.
• The officer revealed that he had only brought them in to control them and ordered Maiden Medusa taken away.
• When the officer attacked Song Jie, Song Jie sent him crashing into a wall and immobilized the Military Mages who entered the office.
• Song Jie learned that Maiden Medusa was in a nearby room, freed her, and took the officer with them.
• Song Jie handed the officer to Fenner for safekeeping, then went with Blanche and Heidi to Hunter's Union to collect the 3.5 billion.

Song Jie collected the Medusa's Tears bounty while revealing that he had already contracted Apas, the real Maiden Medusa. He persuaded Apas to lead him to her lair, where he planned to kill her sisters and mother, leaving both of them with their own plans for the journey.

• Song Jie brought a captured Medusa maidservant to the Hunter's Union, where Anna and an elder prepared to verify the tears.
• Song Jie revealed that he had contracted Apas and forced her to obey him and produce tears.
• Song Jie handed the elder Medusa's Tears and clarified to Anna that Apas was Maiden Medusa, while their captive was her maidservant.
• Song Jie agreed with Anna to dispose of the maidservant, who had preyed on humans.
• Song Jie offered to kill Apas's sisters and mother, and Apas agreed to guide him to the Snake Clan's lair.

Song Jie sold Maiden Medusa, asked Apas to gather evidence of her dealings with Ethan, and later received the money. Apas secretly recorded Ethan discussing their plans, while Song Jie returned to Fenner with evidence that could ruin Ethan’s ambitions.

• Anna told Song Jie that Maiden Medusa had sold for a hundred million Huaxia Coins, and he gave Anna a five-million-coin tip.
• Song Jie asked Apas to gather evidence of her dealings with Ethan, and she left to meet him.
• Anna told Song Jie that Medusa’s Tears would be ready within half an hour, then offered him additional services.
• Apas went to Ethan’s office and prepared a voice recorder as they discussed their plans.
• Song Jie collected the money and went to Fenner’s workplace, where Blanche said Fenner had gotten an officer to confess.
• Song Jie told Fenner he had brought her a gift, while Heidi went to look for Apas after Song Jie claimed she had gone shopping.

Song Jie gave Fenner evidence against Ethan and prepared to hunt in the Scorpion Empire before heading to the Cairo War Zone. He set out with Apas and Heidi, leaving Blanche to hope the trip would help Heidi find an opportunity to break through.

• Song Jie told Blanche and Fenner that he might go to the Cairo War Zone for money, and Fenner asked him to wait before arranging help for her war zone.
• Heidi returned with Apas, who gave Song Jie a voice recorder containing evidence against Ethan.
• Song Jie handed the recording to Fenner, who promised to submit it and confirmed their agreement to pay him for killing Commander-level and Monarch-level Demon Beasts.
• Song Jie told Fenner he would visit the Scorpion Empire to kill scorpions and avenge the Egyptians before going to the war zone.
• Song Jie took Apas and Heidi with him after Blanche agreed to let Heidi go, and Apas guided the Ice Emperor Wind Eagle toward the Scorpion Empire.

Song Jie, Heidi, and Apas entered the Scorpion Empire, where Apas’s sisters Xisina and Yurielly confronted them. Song Jie attacked the sisters and killed the snake people who rushed him, while Xisina and Yurielly called for more fighters.

• Song Jie reassured Heidi that Apas’s resemblance to a Scorpion Empire descendant would let them enter, and the group traveled there on the Ice Emperor Wind Eagle.
• The snake guards recognized Apas as the Third Princess and escorted her, Song Jie, and Heidi to the main hall, where Xisina and Yurielly were waiting.
• Xisina and Yurielly mocked Apas and tried to claim Song Jie and Heidi as gifts, but Song Jie attacked them with Space Power.
• Song Jie told Heidi to protect Apas, then killed the snake people, including the Commander-level guards, who charged at him.
• Xisina and Yurielly exchanged a glance and called for more of their people to help them fight Song Jie.

Song Jie fought Xisina and Yurielly’s forces in the Scorpion Empire, killing several Monarch-level snake people and leaving the two sisters badly injured. As he prepared to finish them, a far stronger scorpion arrived and challenged him.

• Xisina and Yurielly summoned their forces, and Apas told Song Jie that other factions in the Scorpion Empire had not joined them.
• Song Jie merged with Little Yan Ji and killed a Monarch-level snake person with a Flame Sword.
• Song Jie unleashed his fiery Domain and a massive fireball, killing three Monarch-level creatures and severely injuring Xisina and Yurielly.
• Song Jie collected the fallen creatures’ Essence Souls and approached Xisina and Yurielly while Apas watched without intervening.
• A powerful scorpion arrived and shouted at Song Jie for threatening her daughters.

Song Jie killed Xisina and Yurielly, then used the Black Dragon Emperor to force Snake Mother to name Apas her successor. He took Apas with him to seek a way to extend Snake Mother's life, leaving for the Cairo War Zone and its pyramid.

• Song Jie crushed Xisina and Yurielly with Space Power despite Snake Mother's arrival.
• Song Jie summoned the Black Dragon Emperor, and Snake Mother conceded that she could not defeat him.
• Song Jie demanded that Snake Mother support Apas's claim to the throne, and Snake Mother agreed.
• Snake Mother told Apas to leave with Song Jie and grow stronger before returning to rule the Scorpion Empire.
• Song Jie said he would look for something in a pyramid that could extend Snake Mother's life, and Apas agreed to go with him.
• Song Jie called Heidi over and announced that they were heading to the Cairo War Zone to investigate its pyramid.

Song Jie, Heidi, and Apas headed for the Hailaf Pyramid to seek the Death Crystal, while Song Jie agreed to help Egypt in exchange for long-term business partnerships. He flew beyond the defense lines toward the undead army, leaving Fenner and Commander Haken hoping he could stop the attack.

• Song Jie explained that the Death Crystal could extend Snake Mother's lifespan but might turn her into an undead creature after death, with no guarantee she would keep her consciousness or how long the process would take.
• The undead overwhelmed Cairo's defenses, and Commander Haken took over Ethan's post as Fenner reported that the Chinese undead had not replied.
• Song Jie arrived with Heidi and Apas, then agreed to help Egypt in return for long-term partnerships between his forces and Fenner's and Haken's families.
• Song Jie invited Heidi and Apas to join him at the Hailaf Pyramid and promised Fenner that the undead would retreat when he was done.
• Fenner showed Haken photos of Song Jie defeating Monarch-Level Creatures, giving him hope as the Ice Emperor Wind Eagle carried Song Jie, Heidi, and Apas past the defense lines toward the undead army.

Song Jie and his companions killed the undead Monarch and forced the army to retreat, then fought their way toward the Hailaf Pyramid. After Little Yan Ji defeated its Dark Sword Masters, Song Jie led the group inside, collecting souls as they advanced.

• Song Jie had Space Power crush a Commander-level undead, then Little Black caused a Monarch-level undead to smash its own Undead Crystal; Heidi photographed both kills for their reward.
• The undead army retreated after the Monarch died, and Fenner and Commander Haken decided to contact the families and cooperate with Song Jie and his group.
• Song Jie sent Little Yan Ji, temporarily strengthened with Time Fluid, to kill the two Monarch-level Dark Sword Masters guarding the Hailaf Pyramid.
• Song Jie landed at the pyramid, led Heidi, Apas, and Little Yan Ji inside, and used his Light Element to clear undead while collecting Remnant Souls and Essence Souls.

Song Jie fought through the Hailaf Pyramid, defeated its Monarch-level undead with the Black Dragon Emperor, and forced Hailaf to reveal the Death Crystal. As the pyramid’s inner space collapsed, Song Jie chose to take the crystal while Hailaf escaped.

• Heidi told Apas how she had met Song Jie, and Apas teased her about liking him.
• Song Jie encountered three Monarch-level undead and summoned the Black Dragon Emperor to destroy them and collect their Essence Souls.
• Song Jie and the Black Dragon Emperor overwhelmed Hailaf, a Minor Emperor, and forced it to reveal where the Death Crystal was.
• Hailaf led Song Jie to the blood-red Death Crystal and activated the collapse of the inner space.
• Song Jie chose the Death Crystal, while Hailaf fled to escape the collapsing space.

Song Jie escaped the Hailaf Pyramid and killed its ruler, Hefra, with the Black Dragon Emperor’s help. He gave Hefra’s Emperor-level Essence Soul to the Black Dragon Emperor and returned to the Cairo War Zone with proof of his victory.

• Heidi and Apas worried about Song Jie until Hefra emerged from the pyramid and claimed Song Jie was dead.
• Song Jie appeared behind Heidi and Apas, then pursued Hefra as he fled using the pyramid.
• The Black Dragon Emperor caught Hefra and burned him to death, ending the Hailaf Pyramid.
• Song Jie collected Hefra’s Essence Soul and gave it to the Black Dragon Emperor to refine.
• Song Jie, Heidi, and Apas returned to the Cairo War Zone, where Fenner and Haken recognized Hefra’s corpse and promised to honor their agreement.