Chapter Summaries

The group faced a host of powerful undead as nearly all the Eight Directions Dead Monarchs gathered around the altar. Ling Xi carved a path through the undead, but the Crimson Skull Demon Lord attacked her, prompting Dongfang Chen to intervene and prepare to take on the remaining enemies.

• Han Ji warned that the approaching shadow was likely the Nine Nether Empress, while Du Xiao and Ling Xi identified several other Eight Directions Dead Monarchs near the altar.
• The Agate Corpse Monarch and the true Ghost Monarch King joined the undead tide, leaving only the Mountain Corpse and Hai Sha Ming Zhu absent.
• Ling Xi unleashed Annihilate Thousand Blades—Wind Slaying Slash, killing more than a thousand undead and cutting a wide path through the horde.
• The Crimson Skull Demon Lord sprang from the undead to attack Ling Xi, but Dongfang Chen stopped it with his bare hands and punched it back.
• Dongfang Chen told the others to protect themselves as Pale White Dou Qi Flame enveloped him and tore dark cracks through the space around him.

Dongfang Chen fought the Eight Directions Dead Monarchs while investigating how they had appeared, and the Nine Nether Empress tried to tempt him with the Ancient King's inheritance. He rejected the offer and considered turning the Evil Spirit inside the Ancient King Armor into a Demon Puppet.

• Dongfang Chen's Bone White Bone Spirit Cold Flame burned the surrounding undead as Zhu Meng and Han Ji cleared the army away from him.
• The White Corpse King attacked Dongfang Chen with skilled spearplay, but Dongfang Chen overpowered and sent it flying.
• The White Corpse King and Crimson Skull Demon Lord attacked together, and Dongfang Chen used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to disarm and knock them back.
• The Nine Nether Empress appeared behind Dongfang Chen, embraced him, and offered to become his consort if he inherited the Ancient King's power.
• Dongfang Chen refused the inheritance and considered using the Evil Spirit in the Ancient King Armor as soul material for a Demon Puppet.
• The Nine Nether Empress continued tempting Dongfang Chen with the wealth, power, and women the Undead Empire could offer.

Dongfang Chen stopped Fang Gu from inheriting the Ancient King's power and captured the Evil Armor Robe. He used the robe's Evil Soul and the Crimson Skull Demon Lord's Essence Soul to create a new Demon Puppet.

• Mofan summoned his Fire Sub-Dragon and attacked Fang Gu, reducing him to ash with a lightning strike.
• The Evil Armor Robe flew toward Dongfang Chen and tried to beguile the others, but Dongfang Chen trapped it with Space Force and suppressed its Evil Soul with Soul Power.
• Dongfang Chen rejected Nine Nether Empress's offer to withdraw the Undead forces if he wore the robe, and began crafting a Demon Puppet.
• Dongfang Chen seized the Crimson Skull Demon Lord, extracted its Essence Soul, and fused it with the Evil Soul to form a new Demon Puppet soul.
• Dongfang Chen completed the Demon Puppet.

Dongfang Chen completed the Ancient King Demon Puppet, gaining control over the undead and ordering the army to withdraw from Ancient City. As the defenders prepared to retreat, they watched the undead march away in formation.

• Dongfang Chen revealed that the Demon Puppet had inherited the Ancient King's authority, prompting the undead in Sha Yuan to kneel and welcome their new king.
• Dongfang Chen assured Zhang Xiaohou, Mofan, Zhu Meng, and Han Ji that he controlled the puppet completely and ordered the undead outside Ancient City to withdraw.
• Dongfang Chen opened a Silver Vortex, and he and the others used it to leave Sha Yuan.
• At Ancient City's North City Wall, Lu Huan and the other mages struggled against Hai Sha Ming Zhu as it rebuilt its body from skeletons, and Yao Ting prepared to order a retreat.
• The undead suddenly stopped attacking, turned around, and marched away in formation, led by the Mountain Corpse and Hai Sha Ming Zhu.

After the Undead Tide retreated, Ancient City rebuilt and its leaders discussed Dongfang Chen’s power and the risks of the Five Continents Magic Association learning about him. Dongfang Chen refused to hide his strength and said the Association meant nothing to him if it chose to provoke him.

• The undead withdrew from Ancient City, and its defenders and residents celebrated surviving the calamity.
• Dongfang Chen ordered the high-level undead into Sha Yuan and left weaker undead behind as training for Ancient City’s mages.
• Reinforcements arrived, and Earth Wood Mages helped rebuild Ancient City, expanding its borders by three kilometers.
• At a leadership meeting, Zhu Meng and the others questioned Dongfang Chen’s physique and discussed whether to conceal his power from the Five Continents Magic Association.
• The Mysterious Gray-White Person said Commander Hua had left the decision to Dongfang Chen, who replied that he would deal with the Association if it provoked him.

Dongfang Chen returned to Magic City with Ling Xi, Su Xiaoluo, and the Liu sisters after the Ancient City crisis, while news of his role spread widely. The Misty Cloud Sect’s reputation quest advanced, bringing the promise of an improved cultivation environment and a future side-effect-free Life Devouring Pill formula.

• Dongfang Chen declined Han Ji and Zhu Meng’s offer of a Councillor position, left the Ancient City with Ling Xi, and arranged for her transfer to the Magic City Hunter Union.
• On the plane, Dongfang Chen told Su Xiaoluo to study Poison magic under Ling Xi, cultivate harder, and master the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
• News of Dongfang Chen’s role in stopping the Undead Emperor spread, and people in Magic City discussed him and Chenxue Pavilion.
• The system announced that Dongfang Chen had completed the Rising to Prominence quest phase and would receive improvements to the Misty Cloud Sect’s environment.
• Dongfang Chen resolved to earn enough reputation through the World Academy Tournament to obtain a side-effect-free Life Devouring Pill formula.

Mu Ningxue confirmed she had become an official member of the National Institute Team and reunited with Dongfang Chen, who told her that Mu He had been exposed as the Black Church's Great Steward Hu Jin. After Mu Ningxue rewarded Dongfang Chen with a private cultivation session, she fell asleep and left him to manage on his own.

• Guan Yu introduced himself to Mu Ningxue and tried to impress her with his National Institute Team status, but she ignored him and went to Dongfang Chen.
• Mu Ningxue confirmed her official team position, asked whether Dongfang Chen had been hurt in the Ancient City, and learned that Mu He had been arrested as Great Steward Hu Jin.
• Mu Ningxue said Chenxue Pavilion was thriving, with new recruits and an Archmage, and Dongfang Chen assured her Mu He's arrest would not harm its reputation.
• At Dongfang Chen's mansion, Mu Ningxue wore a skimpy black swimsuit and joined him for two hours of cultivation with the Yin Yang Twin Flames.
• Exhausted, Mu Ningxue went to sleep and told Dongfang Chen he could use her foot himself.

Ye Xin Xia hesitated to accept an exchange-student place at the Parthenon Temple Academy because she feared being separated from Dongfang Chen. When Parthenon staff tried to take her by force, Dongfang Chen arrived and summoned the Silver Dome Lord to confront them.

• Yuan Jing urged Ye Xin Xia to accept the exchange-student opportunity, but Ye Xin Xia said she wanted to ask Dongfang Chen first.
• Glaucon and Di Kai Er Si entered the instructors' office and ordered Ye Xin Xia to leave with them despite her refusal.
• Di Kai Er Si threatened Ye Xin Xia with Sky Yarn, but Yuan Jing broke and reconstructed the spell to stop him.
• Glaucon invoked the Parthenon Temple's authority, and Yuan Jing stepped aside after noticing someone outside.
• Dongfang Chen entered, greeted Ye Xin Xia, and asked her to bring out the Silver Dome Lord.
• A gigantic Demon head appeared outside the window, and Glaucon began trembling as it stared at him and Di Kai Er Si.

Dongfang Chen used the Silver Dome Lord to frighten Glaucon and Di Kai Er Si into backing down, and Ye Xin Xia agreed to study at the Parthenon Temple. The visitors were allowed to return for her in a week, with Zi Shi accompanying her.

• The Silver Dome Lord appeared outside the office and terrified Glaucon, Di Kai Er Si, and the people at Mingzhu Academy.
• Dongfang Chen had Ye Xin Xia shrink the Silver Dome Lord back into a sparrow-sized bird, then reassured Dean Xiao that the commotion was over.
• Dongfang Chen asked Ye Xin Xia whether she wanted to attend the Parthenon Temple, and she agreed after Glaucon explained the exchange program would last a little over a year.
• Dongfang Chen said Zi Shi would accompany Ye Xin Xia, and Glaucon overruled Di Kai Er Si's objection to her bringing a companion.
• Dongfang Chen told Glaucon and Di Kai Er Si to return for Ye Xin Xia in a week, and Di Kai Er Si learned that the little white bird was also Dongfang Chen's Summoned Beast.

Dongfang Chen and Ye Xin Xia spent time together before she left to study at the Parthenon Temple, and he arranged protections for her journey. After she departed with Zi Shi, Dongfang Chen returned home and considered the other girls’ cultivation and prospects for the National Institute Team.

• Ye Xin Xia grew exhausted after cultivating with Dongfang Chen, and he comforted her as she fell asleep in his arms.
• Baitingting chose to stay with Dongfang Chen rather than study at the Parthenon Temple, focusing on Poison Element cultivation instead of Healing Element cultivation.
• Dongfang Chen and the girls held a farewell party for Ye Xin Xia before her departure.
• Dongfang Chen sent Ye Xin Xia off with Zi Shi, giving her a violet crystal source fragment and a Space Bracelet containing restrictions that held ten of his full-force attacks.
• Dongfang Chen returned home and reflected on Ding Yumian, Jiao Jiao, and Ai Xiao Tu’s cultivation and chances of joining the National Institute Team.

Dongfang Chen visited Tang Yue in Hangzhou before joining the National Institute Team gathering in the Imperial Capital. There, Mofan learned he was only a substitute, while Dongfang Chen arrived and was warmly welcomed as the designated Captain.

• Dongfang Chen returned to Hangzhou, spent time with Tang Yue, and visited Mysterious Snake at West Lake.
• Mofan arrived late at the National Institute Team gathering and learned that he was a substitute because he had missed the final selection ceremony.
• Song He explained that Mofan could earn a place on the official team through his performance in Academy Training.
• Mofan revealed that he had reached High Level in Lightning and Fire, awakened the Demon System and Space Element, and believed only Dongfang Chen could match him.
• Dongfang Chen arrived, and Feng Li greeted him warmly and gave him the team members' profiles, prompting Mofan to protest that Dongfang Chen was also late.

Dongfang Chen joined the National Institute Team and reunited with familiar teammates before the instructors began their trial by making everyone leave a helicopter in midair. He demonstrated remarkable Space Magic control, while the others found their own ways down to the beach.

• Dongfang Chen reviewed the team roster, which included his cousin Dongfang Lie as an official member and Mofan and Zhao Manyan as substitutes.
• Dongfang Chen greeted Dongfang Lie, Ai Jiang Tu, and Nan Jue, then hugged Nan Jue at her request.
• Feng Li and the instructors confiscated the team's valuables and ordered them to jump from a helicopter above a beach near Fei Niao City.
• Dongfang Chen stepped out and hovered in the air, shocking the instructors with his Space Force control.
• Ai Jiang Tu used Mind Control to slow his fall, and the other members descended using magic, equipment, or other abilities.
• Mofan rode Little Fire Dragon down, prompting Jiang Yu to excitedly question him about the rare Sub-Dragon Contract Beast.

The National Institute Team traveled from a fishing village to Fei Niao City to find a boat to Japan, learning that the port had shut down because of a Sea Monster problem. After a secretary recognized Dongfang Chen as the hero who saved the Ancient City, the team agreed to meet President Lin and help.

• Mofan complained that the instructors had taken the team's money and ID cards, while Zu Jiming mocked him and Zhao Manyan defended him.
• Dongfang Chen suggested they reach a nearby port by helping the locals, and Ai Jiang Tu guided the team along the route toward Fei Niao City.
• The team saw that Fei Niao City's large port was closed and followed Dongfang Lie's suggestion to visit the Lin Mao Building.
• A secretary recognized Dongfang Chen as the hero who saved the Ancient City and asked him to deal with Fei Niao City's Sea Monsters.
• Dongfang Chen agreed to help, and the secretary led the team to meet President Lin.

Dongfang Chen led the National Institute Team to bargain with Lin Junxian for a ship to Japan by clearing the Sea Monsters near Fei Niao City. During the hunt, the team discovered infant corpses with their hearts removed, revealing a disturbing mystery that Dongfang Chen said they would report to their instructors.

• Lin Junxian welcomed Dongfang Lie and learned that Dongfang Chen was the more influential cousin leading the team.
• Dongfang Chen asked Lin Junxian for a cruise ship to Japan in exchange for the team clearing the Sea Monsters, and Lin Junxian agreed after realizing they were on a training mission.
• The team fought more than a hundred Commander Level Sea Monsters, and Mu Ningxue froze most of them with her complete Ice Crystal Bow.
• Mo Fan and Ai Jiang Tu found infant corpses with their hearts cut out inside dead Chiling Yao, and Nan Jue noted that the monsters would not have removed the hearts themselves.
• Dongfang Chen told the team to report the discovery to their instructors while continuing to kill the rampaging Sea Monsters; the heart harvesting was secretly tied to Speaker Su Lu's efforts to control the Black Dragon Emperor.

Dongfang Chen led the team to attack the Chiling Yaos’ lair, where Xiaoxuexi froze the waters between the islands and the group began a one-sided battle. The fight took a dangerous turn when Guan Yu and Li Kaifeng stumbled into a Commander Level Crimson Split Demon’s lair, leaving Nan Jue in its path.

• Jiang Shaoxu flirted with Dongfang Chen, but Mu Ningxue froze her finger and Dongfang Chen took Mu Ningxue’s hand before leading the team toward the Chiling Yaos’ lair.
• Dongfang Chen summoned Xiaoxuexi and assigned her to freeze the waters between the islands while Jiang Yu prepared the Monster Gathering Instrument.
• Xiaoxuexi froze the connecting waters, and the Monster Gathering Instrument drew the Chiling Yaos and Sea Monkey Monsters out of their lair.
• Ai Jiang Tu and the others attacked the monsters as Xiaoyan Ji’s flames melted the ice and Mu Ningxue repaired it.
• Guan Yu and Li Kaifeng escaped a Commander Level Crimson Split Demon with their magic equipment, leaving Nan Jue closest to the demon.

Dongfang Chen rescued Nan Jue and swiftly killed the Crimson Split Demon, ending the Sea Monster threat around Fei Niao City. After the team celebrated, Lin Junxian offered Dongfang Chen a luxury cruise ship, but Dongfang Chen declined to use it for the training trip.

• Ai Jiang Tu rushed to help Nan Jue, but Dongfang Chen used Instant Move to reach her first and catch her after the Crimson Split Demon shattered her shield and sent her flying.
• Dongfang Chen crushed the Crimson Split Demon with Mind Control · Phantom Claw, shocking Nan Jue, Ai Jiang Tu, Guan Yu, and Li Kaifeng.
• Zhao Manyan explained that Dongfang Chen had already been able to kill Commander Level demons the previous year, deepening the others' respect for his strength.
• Nan Jue told Dongfang Chen to remove his arm from her waist, and he apologized for holding her out of habit.
• With the Sea Monster threat gone, Lin Junxian celebrated the National Institute Team and gifted Dongfang Chen a luxury cruise ship, which Dongfang Chen refused for the training trip.

Mofan complained about the ship and watched Dongfang Chen relax with the women, while Jiang Shaoxu later tried to seduce Dongfang Chen and was pinned down by Nan Jue as he applied sunscreen. The chapter ended with Jiang Shaoxu realizing that Dongfang Chen had touched her intimately and feeling humiliated.

• Mofan complained that their cargo ship was slow and shabby compared with the luxury cruise ship, and Zhao Manyan explained that sightseeing ships were slower.
• Mofan persuaded Zhao Manyan to fly up and look for islands, while Jiang Yu went below deck to play cards.
• Jiang Shaoxu came onto the deck in a revealing swimsuit and asked Dongfang Chen to apply sunscreen to her back.
• Nan Jue grew angry when Jiang Shaoxu squeezed between her and Dongfang Chen, then held Jiang Shaoxu down while Dongfang Chen spread sunscreen over her body.
• Jiang Shaoxu realized the sticky substance on Dongfang Chen's hand was hers and felt mortified.

Dongfang Chen teased Nan Jue while Jiang Shaoxu used her mind element to help him apply sunscreen, and Nan Jue secretly stopped resisting. The playful moment ended when Dongfang Chen sensed a gigantic presence approaching beneath the sea, and Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan spotted something rising from the water.

• Jiang Shaoxu tried to help Dongfang Chen pin Nan Jue down, but he told her to leave him alone.
• Jiang Shaoxu used her mind element to control Nan Jue and urged Dongfang Chen to take advantage of her.
• Dongfang Chen praised Nan Jue's wheat-colored skin and applied sunscreen, while Nan Jue secretly pretended she was still controlled.
• Dongfang Chen sensed a huge presence beneath the sea and gave Jiang Shaoxu his jacket as he covered Nan Jue.
• Nan Jue and Jiang Shaoxu looked out at a dark patch of seawater, then Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan shouted that something underwater was rising.

Dongfang Chen communicated with the injured Totem Beast Baxia beneath the team’s ship and fed it healing pills. Baxia left after asking him to retrieve something important on the Japanese island, and the team continued toward the coastline.

• Mofan and Zhao Manyan landed on the deck, and the team discovered a gigantic shadow following their ship underwater.
• Dongfang Chen recognized the creature as Baxia, used Mind Element Magic to communicate with it, and told Zhou Xu to stop the ship.
• Dongfang Chen reassured the team that Baxia meant no harm and threw healing pills into the sea for it.
• Baxia told Dongfang Chen that something important awaited it on the island ahead and that Zhao Manyan could retrieve it if Dongfang Chen declined.
• After Baxia left, Dongfang Chen told the team they were nearing Japan’s Defense Line, and they continued toward the coastline.

The team reached West Bear City, where Dongfang Chen used forged documents and a bribe to get them past the police, then helped the women explore the city. They returned to Yan Mingsi to find Zhao Manyan unconscious, and Dongfang Chen revealed that his Soul Perception had already located the suspected ghost Miyata.

• At the harbor, Dongfang Chen spoke Japanese, presented forged landing papers and the Dongfang Family emblem, and bribed the officers with pills so the team could enter West Bear City.
• Because their documents could not withstand scrutiny, the team stayed at Yan Mingsi after donating incense money.
• Dongfang Chen accompanied the women sightseeing while Mofan disappeared and Zhao Manyan remained at the temple.
• When the team returned, Ai Jiang Tu explained that Zhao Manyan had fallen into an unexplained deep sleep, and Nanrong Ni said his soul seemed to have been taken away.
• Mofan described meeting a monk and a female ghost named Miyata, and Dongfang Chen said his Soul Perception had already found her.