Chapter Summaries

Mu Ningxue unleashed Jinlin City's Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Array and Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Array against the Demon Tide, annihilating the attacking demons. After witnessing their power, Zhan Kong became eager to learn how Dongfang Chen had created them.

• Mu Ningxue commanded the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Array to hurl White Spiral Balls into the Demon Tide, killing even a Great Commander Level Lizard Demon.
• Mu Ningxue activated the Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Array, whose lightning devastated the demons alongside the White Spiral Balls.
• Li Man and Zhan Kong watched the arrays destroy the Demon Tide without requiring the Military Mages to fight.
• Zhan Kong realized the arrays could offer stronger protection than a Defense Line and imagined using them to counterattack demon territory.
• Zhan Kong decided he would question Dongfang Chen about the arrays when he returned.

While Dongfang Chen continued his breakthrough in Jinlin City, Mofan rose to nineteenth place in the Fire Institute tournament and spotted Yan Ji at the top of the ranking. Believing Yan Ji might be Dongfang Chen’s Contract Beast, he challenged her.

• Dongfang Chen kept cultivating as Zi Shi and Zi Shuang guarded him, while the other girls visited and Lingling surveyed the safer area around Jinlin City.
• Mofan defeated Dongfang Ming with his Level 4 Lightning Seal and took nineteenth place on the Fire Ranking.
• Mofan saw that Ding Yumian had fallen to second and Yan Ji had taken first, and he wondered whether Yan Ji was Dongfang Chen’s Contract Beast.
• Dongfang Lie told Zhou Shuming that Dongfang Chen ranked in the Yellow Ranking Top Ten.
• Mofan challenged Yan Ji, the first-ranked mage on the Fire Ranking.

Mofan challenged the Fire Ranking First without knowing that the title belonged to Xiaoyan Ji, Dongfang Chen’s Contract Beast. As the match began, Mofan insisted he could beat her despite her rapid growth and formidable strength.

• Dongfang Lie and Zhou Shuming discussed Mofan’s challenge, with Zhou Shuming noting that Mofan was seeking a place in the Nomination Competition.
• News of Mofan’s challenge spread through the Fire Institute, where older students wondered why he thought he could defeat the Fire Ranking First.
• Mofan arrived at the Fighting Stage and discovered that Ai Tu Tu was representing the Fire Ranking First, Xiaoyan Ji.
• Ai Tu Tu explained that Xiaoyan Ji had grown into a powerful demon and had won the Fire Ranking under Dongfang Chen’s name.
• Mofan declared that he did not expect to lose to Xiaoyan Ji, and Ai Tu Tu stepped off the stage after giving Xiaoyan Ji instructions.

Mofan struggled against Xiaoyan Ji’s overwhelming Milky White flames and countered with Lightning Magic. When Xiaoyan Ji’s attempt to combine her Fallen Heart Flame with her Calamity Flame failed, she stood dazed, giving Mofan an opening to strike.

• Xiaoyan Ji filled the Fighting Stage with domineering Milky White flames, preventing Mofan from casting Intermediate Magic and forcing the judges to reinforce the barrier.
• Mofan summoned the Swift Star Wolf, but Xiaoyan Ji’s fire scorched it and drove Mofan to flee with it for cover.
• Mofan used a Level Three Lightning Strike—Wild Dance enhanced by his Thousand Jun Spirit Seed, briefly halting Xiaoyan Ji’s assault and leaving her dizzy.
• Xiaoyan Ji combined the Fallen Heart Flame with her Calamity Flame, but the Milky White flame swallowed the Calamity Flame instead.
• Mofan spotted Xiaoyan Ji standing dazed and summoned a Thunder Cloud to strike her with lightning.

Mofan fought Xiaoyan Ji in the Fire Ranking challenge, but Dongfang Chen appeared and took over the match. Mofan forfeited, leaving Dongfang Chen declared the winner and explaining to Xiaoyan Ji why her Buddha Flame Lotus had failed.

• Mofan’s lightning attack engulfed Xiaoyan Ji and damaged the Fighting Stage, but the judges did not announce his victory.
• Dongfang Chen emerged from the dust with Xiaoyan Ji in his arms and asked the judges to let him join the match as her owner.
• Mofan accused Dongfang Chen of cheating, then forfeited rather than face him or risk his Contract Beast being injured.
• The judges declared Dongfang Chen the winner of the challenge match.
• Dongfang Chen explained that Xiaoyan Ji’s flames were too different in level to fuse into a Buddha Flame Lotus and promised to give her another Child Flame as she grew.

After returning from seclusion, Dongfang Chen spent time with Ai Tu Tu and the other girls, then began reviewing his breakthroughs and preparations for the World Academy Tournament. He ended the chapter with his team place secured and two recommendation votes left to give away.

• Ai Tu Tu reunited with Dongfang Chen, and he spent the next few days taking each girl on a special date.
• Mu Ningxue returned to Imperial Capital Academy to compete for a place in the World Academy Tournament.
• Baitingting and Baimanyu spent the night with Dongfang Chen.
• Dongfang Chen reviewed his progress, including reaching Two Stars Dou Ancestor and raising the Flame Mantra to Quasi Heaven Tier.
• Dongfang Chen counted six recommendation votes, securing his place on the National Institute Team and leaving two votes undecided.

Dongfang Chen transformed Liu Ru into a vampire, then agreed to accompany Mofan to Ancient City after Zhang Xiaohou got into trouble. He brought Liu Ru and Liu Xian along, intending for Liu Ru to practice her new powers against the undead.

• Dongfang Chen visited Liu Xian and learned that she had unified Magic City's vampire faction, completing the side quest and earning a seventh-grade Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill.
• Liu Ru asked Dongfang Chen to turn her into a vampire, and he warned her that using his blood as her Blood of First Embrace would bind her to him.
• Dongfang Chen gave Liu Ru his blood, and she transformed into a Commander Level vampire.
• Mofan called Dongfang Chen to report that Zhang Xiaohou was in trouble in Ancient City and asked him to come.
• Dongfang Chen agreed to meet Mofan at the airport and invited Liu Xian and Liu Ru to join him, so Liu Ru could practice against the undead.

Dongfang Chen traveled to the Ancient City with Mofan and the Liu Xian and Liu Ru sisters, hoping to find Mu He and help investigate Zhang Xiaohou’s disappearance. As the group prepared to search the wilderness, the system issued Dongfang Chen a mission after he encountered Xiao Yu.

• Butler Sai told Dongfang Chen that Mu He had been spotted near the Ancient City, prompting Dongfang Chen to decide to kill him before he could harm the Mu Family.
• Dongfang Chen met Mofan at the airport and brought the Commander Level vampires Liu Xian and Liu Ru along to the Ancient City.
• At the Ancient City Military Department, Mofan and Dongfang Chen learned that Zhang Xiaohou had vanished near Yangyang Village and had been declared dead because the military could not confirm whether he survived.
• Mofan went to the Hunter Union to hire local help, and Dongfang Chen agreed to pay the guide eight million.
• The next day, Dongfang Chen noticed a woman in a black lace veil, and the system identified her as Xiao Yu and issued the “Meet Xiao Yu” mission.

Dongfang Chen approached Ashariyya, whom the system identified as Xiao Yu, to complete an encounter quest and received the True Flame Manipulation Art. As the group traveled toward Yangyang Village, night fell and Dazhuang handed out foul Gray Garlic to keep the undead away.

• The system unlocked Xiao Yu’s encounter quest and rewarded Dongfang Chen with the True Flame Manipulation Art, whose flame-merging method made him wonder whether Spirit Seeds could be combined into stronger seeds.
• Dongfang Chen tried to approach Ashariyya, but she ignored him, and Mofan was also rebuffed when he tried to flirt with her.
• Mofan asked the short guide about Ashariyya while Dongfang Chen returned to Liu Xian and Liu Ru and explained that Ashariyya’s strange aura came from black magic.
• The group walked toward Yangyang Village through rugged terrain and reached nightfall after covering only about half the distance.
• Dazhuang handed out Gray Garlic to protect the group from undead, and Dongfang Chen stopped Mofan from spitting out the foul local specialty.

Dongfang Chen used his Undead Magic to drive away the undead emerging from the ground, revealing himself as a powerful Undead Mage to the group. He led the party onward while Liu Xian and Liu Ru left the group to practice Liu Ru’s vampire strength.

• The short man explained that Gray Garlic masked living auras, and the group ate it as undead began crawling out of the soil.
• Dongfang Chen summoned an Undead Killer, whose aura frightened the undead away, and told the short man he was a High Level Mage.
• The short man agreed to refund half the guide fee after Mofan asked him to lower the cost.
• Dongfang Chen told Liu Xian to take Liu Ru aside and help her get used to her vampire strength.
• Liu Xian and Liu Ru left the group, and Dongfang Chen assured Ashariyya that they could protect themselves.

Dongfang Chen learned that Ashariyya went by Ye Meng'e and led the group toward Yangyang Village, where they discovered the village had been reduced to ruins. Undead swarmed around the ruins, including several Commander Level Undead, and a Giant Corpse emerged as the group faced the attack.

• Dongfang Chen pressed Ashariyya for her name, and she told him to call her Ye Meng'e while withholding her real name.
• Fang Youmiao explained Yangyang Village's rules, including the warning not to approach its well, and led the group toward the village.
• Dongfang Chen's Undead Magic helped the group travel safely until they reached the hill overlooking Yangyang Village.
• The group found the village destroyed, and Fang Youmiao ran down the slope in shock.
• Undead rose from the ground around the ruins, and Dongfang Chen warned that several Commander Level Undead were nearby.
• A Giant Corpse burst from the earth as the undead attack began.

Three Commander Level Undead emerged, forcing Ye Meng'e, Mofan, and Dongfang Chen to confront them. Dongfang Chen instantly froze the Axe Corpse General with Bone Spirit Cold Flame, leaving the short man stunned by his power.

• The short man recognized the Axe Corpse General, and Dongfang Chen warned that multiple Commander Level Undead were nearby as two more surfaced.
• Ye Meng'e assigned her guards to fight the surrounding corpses and skeletons, then summoned her Night Knight to face one Commander Level Undead.
• Mofan chose to fight a Corpse-Cloth-wrapped Commander Level Undead while Dongfang Chen took on the Axe Corpse General.
• Dongfang Chen unleashed Bone Spirit Cold Flame and froze the Axe Corpse General, which crumbled into ice shards as the short man stared in disbelief.

Dongfang Chen defeated the Axe Corpse General and helped Ye Meng'e defeat the Butcher Corpse General after her Night Knight vanished. Xiaoyan Ji awakened at Commander Level and destroyed the Butcher Corpse General with Bone Spirit Cold Flame, while Ye Meng'e revealed her real name, Ashariyya; Dongfang Chen then received the reward for completing the first stage of the Xiao Yu Acquaintance Mission.

• Dongfang Chen defeated the Axe Corpse General while Mofan and Ye Meng'e fought the Wrapped Corpse General and Butcher Corpse General, respectively.
• Ye Meng'e's Night Knight disappeared when its summoning time ran out, but she evaded the Butcher Corpse General's Iron Hook and immobilized it with Giant Shadow Spikes.
• Xiaoyan Ji emerged from her space, revealed she had reached Commander Level, and burned the Butcher Corpse General with a Bone Spirit Cold Flame tornado.
• Ye Meng'e told Dongfang Chen that her real name was Ashariyya, and he complimented her name and appearance.
• Dongfang Chen received the True Nongyan Jue reward after completing Stage One of the Xiao Yu Acquaintance Mission.

Dongfang Chen’s group reached Hua Village after learning that a Black Church traitor had stolen Yangyang Village’s Kun Well Water, allowing the undead to attack. They found Hua Village under attack as well, and Mofan rushed toward the villagers after spotting someone who might have been Zhang Xiaohou.

• Xiaoyan Ji used Bone Spirit Cold Flame’s extreme heat to incinerate the Wrapped Corpse General and blast a crater into the ground.
• Dongfang Chen comforted Fang Youmiao and explained how a Yangyang Village traitor had given its Kun Well Water to the Black Church, while Fang Gu had killed the villagers and turned them into undead.
• Mofan proposed traveling to Hua Village to search for Zhang Xiaohou, and the group rested briefly before setting out with Dongfang Chen protecting them from most undead attacks.
• At Hua Village’s entrance, a rotting corpse killed the old gatekeeper, and more undead appeared as the villagers panicked.
• Mofan charged toward the attack after spotting someone among the villagers who might have been Zhang Xiaohou.

Undead attacked Hua Village, and Su Xiaoluo tried to help defend it as the villagers panicked. After Xie Sang arrived and drove back the rotting corpses, a fast Ghost Corpse rushed Hong Jun, who shoved Su Xiaoluo toward it to save himself.

• Aunt Xie warned Hua Village that undead were attacking after Old Zhang was bitten to death, and Su Xiaoluo prepared to fight them.
• Villagers blamed the attack on a curse from Yangyang Village, while Fu Da appeared dazed and unable to help.
• Xie Hongjun blasted a rotting corpse with Fire Burst but failed to kill it, and Su Xiaoluo saved him with a wooden stick.
• Xie Sang swept away the undead at the village fence with Raging Waves and ordered everyone into the cellars.
• A Ghost Corpse rushed Hong Jun, and he shoved Su Xiaoluo toward it to protect himself.

Dongfang Chen arrived at Hua Village, where he confirmed Zhang Xiaohou was hiding his recovered memories and rescued Su Xiaoluo from a Ghost Corpse. He spared Hong Jun at Su Xiaoluo’s request, but planned to use the Black Church informant to lure Mu He out after removing Zhang Xiaohou’s Forget Worm.

• Dongfang Chen confirmed Zhang Xiaohou was in Hua Village and told Mofan that Zhang Xiaohou appeared to have lost his memory.
• Mofan and the others fought the attacking undead while Dongfang Chen went to check on Zhang Xiaohou.
• Dongfang Chen crushed the Ghost Corpse threatening Su Xiaoluo with Mind Control and introduced himself to her.
• Dongfang Chen forced Hong Jun to kneel after learning he had pushed Su Xiaoluo toward the Ghost Corpse, but he let him go when Su Xiaoluo pleaded for him.
• Dongfang Chen recognized Hong Jun as the Black Church’s informant and planned to remove Zhang Xiaohou’s Forget Worm and use Hong Jun to lure Mu He out.

Dongfang Chen found Zhang Xiaohou in Dangerous Dwelling Village, where he had been living as the injured, amnesiac Fu Da. After reuniting with Mofan and meeting Ashariyya, Dongfang Chen gave Mofan pills to try to restore Zhang Xiaohou’s memories.

• Su Xiaoluo told Dongfang Chen that Widow Wang and she had found the badly injured Fu Da, and she led him to see the young man.
• Dongfang Chen recognized Zhang Xiaohou and tested whether he remembered him, but Zhang Xiaohou appeared confused.
• Mofan arrived, embraced Zhang Xiaohou, and was pulled away by Widow Wang, while Dwarf Man tried unsuccessfully to reconnect with Widow Wang.
• Ashariyya asked Dongfang Chen about his friend and agreed to be his friend after he offered, while Su Xiaoluo watched with disappointment.
• Mofan asked Dongfang Chen to help Zhang Xiaohou regain his memories, and Dongfang Chen gave him Soul Clearing and Soul Restoration Pills, which Mofan fed to Zhang Xiaohou despite Widow Wang’s protests.

Mofan and Dongfang Chen helped Zhang Xiaohou recover his memories and discovered that Mu He planned to use Sha Yuan to unleash an undead riot against the Ancient City. They arranged to expose the Black Church spy in Hua Village, and Dongfang prepared to reveal the identity of the village’s attacker.

• Mofan gave Zhang Xiaohou pills that restored his memories, and Zhang Xiaohou pretended they had not worked until Dongfang Chen called him out.
• Zhang Xiaohou revealed that the Black Church had targeted him, and Dongfang Chen burned the Forget Worm from his wrist with the Fallen Heart Flame’s Heart Fire.
• Zhang Xiaohou remembered seeing Mu He near Sha Yuan and warned that Mu He intended to unleash an undead riot and destroy the Ancient City.
• Zhang Xiaohou confirmed that he had pretended to have amnesia because a Black Church spy was nearby, and Dongfang Chen shared a plan with him and Mofan to expose the spy.
• Dongfang Chen agreed to escort the villagers to the Ancient City and announced that they would learn who attacked Hua Village, while Hong Jun reacted to Mofan’s claim that Zhang Xiaohou’s memories had returned.
• Liu Xian and Liu Ru dragged a surprise toward Hua Village as Dongfang Chen sensed their approach.

Fang Gu’s undead attack on Hua Village was exposed, and Liu Xian and Liu Ru captured him for Dongfang Chen. As Dongfang Chen tried to calm the villagers, a hidden intruder entered Widow Wang’s house and approached the sleeping Zhang Xiaohou with murderous intent.

• Fang Gu discovered that Liu Xian and Liu Ru had destroyed his undead, and the sisters used Blood Threads to capture him.
• Dongfang Chen brought Fang Gu to Hua Village and told the villagers that he had controlled the undead attack.
• Fang Gu accused Hua Village’s elders of abandoning Yangyang Village when its Kun Well Water ran out.
• Fang Gu suggested Dongfang Chen had massacred the other villages, so Dongfang Chen dislocated his jaw before he could say more.
• The villagers grew frightened of Liu Xian and Liu Ru, but Dongfang Chen and Mofan reassured them that the sisters were not undead.
• While everyone was distracted, a furtive figure entered Widow Wang’s house and approached the sleeping Zhang Xiaohou with murderous intent.

Dongfang Chen and the villagers caught Hong Jun trying to murder Zhang Xiaohou and exposed his ties to the Black Church. A Judgment Department member took Hong Jun and Fang Gu away, while Zhang Xiaohou was told to bring Hua Village’s villagers to the Hunter Union for shelter.

• Hong Jun sneaked into Widow Wang’s house and tried to stab the unconscious Zhang Xiaohou, but Dongfang Chen’s magic stopped the dagger.
• Dongfang Chen and Mofan entered with the villagers, and Zhang Xiaohou revealed he had been pretending to be unconscious before kicking Hong Jun down.
• Dongfang Chen used Mind Magic to make Hong Jun confess his connection to the Black Church, while Xie Sang begged for his son to be spared.
• A gray-white-robed member of the Judgment Department revealed himself, warned Xie Sang that shielding Hong Jun could make him an accomplice, and took Hong Jun into custody.
• Zhang Xiaohou shared Mu He’s intelligence, and the Judgment Department member left with Hong Jun and Fang Gu while directing Zhang Xiaohou to lead Hua Village’s villagers to the Hunter Union.