Chapter Summaries

Mu Tingying and Nanrong Ni became substitutes while Mofan and Zhao Manyan joined the National Institute Team as official members. Dongfang Chen was assigned to train the Huaxia National Pavilion instead of traveling to Peru, but he stayed in Japan for one more day with the team before returning home.

• Feng Li promoted Mofan and Zhao Manyan to official team members after Mu Tingying and Nanrong Ni volunteered to become substitutes.
• Feng Li announced that the team would travel to Peru without Dongfang Chen, with Ai Jiang Tu serving as acting captain.
• Dongfang Chen explained that he had been asked to return to the Huaxia National Pavilion as a Combat Instructor because its students had performed poorly.
• Feng Li allowed Dongfang Chen to stay in Japan for an extra day before returning home, while the rest of the team prepared to leave for Peru.
• Dongfang Chen spent the day with Mu Ningxue, Mu Tingying, and Nanrong Ni, and Jiang Shaoxu and Nan Jue kissed his cheek goodbye.

Dongfang Chen returned to Magic City and reunited with the girls at home, where he welcomed Su Xiaoluo into their circle. The next morning, he set out for the Qingtian Hunter Club to deliver Mofan’s Ninghua Pearl and visit Lingling.

• Dongfang Chen returned home, where Zi Shuang greeted him and the other girls welcomed him back.
• Dongfang Chen found Ai Tu Tu in his room with his underwear on her head and confronted her about what she had been doing.
• Baitingting and Su Xiaoluo returned, and Su Xiaoluo told Dongfang Chen she wanted to be with him like the other girls.
• Dongfang Chen decided to rest before reporting to the National Pavilion and planned to bring Jiao Jiao and Ai Xiao Tu with him.
• Dongfang Chen left for the Qingtian Hunter Club to deliver Mofan’s Ninghua Pearl for Old Man Bao to modify and visit Lingling.

Dongfang Chen returned to Qingtian Hunter Club, where he reconciled with Lingling and told her the Red Demon who killed her father had fled to Huaxia under a false name. Lingling agreed to join the hunt for him, though Dongfang Chen said she would need to calm down and reach Hunter Master rank first.

• Dongfang Chen brought Mo Fan’s Ninghua Pearl to Old Man Bao and persuaded him to study it for a Demon System energy container.
• Dongfang Chen found Lingling waiting in her locked room and coaxed her into forgiving him by promising to spend the day with her.
• Dongfang Chen invited Lingling to join an international bounty and told her to upgrade to Hunter Master rank before accepting it.
• Dongfang Chen revealed that the Red Demon, Iqiu, had escaped to Huaxia under a false name and that he had a general idea where to find him.
• Lingling became eager to avenge her father, but Dongfang Chen calmed her and promised they would pursue the Red Demon together.

Dongfang Chen visited Ye Chang at the Magic City Hunter Union, then spent time with Tang Yue and the Mysterious Snake before returning to the National Pavilion. There, Egypt Team challenger Seyed mistook him for a student and demanded a fight for the National Pavilion Emblem.

• Lingling calmed down, decided to prepare carefully before avenging her father's murder, and planned to call Leng Qing.
• Dongfang Chen visited Ye Chang, who told him she had dealt with Nan Rongkui and asked about Ye Xin Xia; she declined his offer to arrange a meeting with her daughter.
• Dongfang Chen spent the night cultivating with Tang Yue, then asked the Mysterious Snake whether it wanted to see Baxia, but it refused.
• Dongfang Chen fed the Mysterious Snake growth pills and returned to Magic City to train the National Pavilion students.
• Seyed arrived to challenge the Huaxia National Pavilion alone and proposed fighting Dongfang Chen for its emblem.

Dongfang Chen crushed Seyed with his Space Element and forced him to admit defeat, then revealed that he was the Huaxia National Pavilion’s Combat Instructor. Seyed refused to accept that their match settled his challenge, so Dongfang Chen led him into the pavilion, where Seyed hoped to challenge its students.

• Dongfang Chen agreed to Seyed’s duel and took him on outside the Huaxia National Pavilion.
• Seyed summoned an Undead, but Dongfang Chen used powerful gravity to pin him and the summon to the ground.
• Dongfang Chen warned Seyed that his humiliation could cost him his place on the Egypt National Institute Team, and Seyed admitted defeat.
• Seyed learned Dongfang Chen was the Combat Instructor, but argued that their match did not count as a National Pavilion challenge.
• Dongfang Chen led Seyed into the pavilion after warning him that its students could still defeat him.
• The chapter described the pavilion’s sponsors, including the Magic City Mu Family, and noted that the Dongfang Family had invested its sponsorship funds in Venice.

Dongfang Chen left Seyed to challenge the Huaxian National Pavilion students while he approached a woman he mistook for Mu Nu Jiao. After patting her, he realized his mistake and was denounced as a lecherous rogue.

• Seyed arrived at the Huaxia National Pavilion and agreed to face up to three opponents under rules he chose.
• Bai Dongwei sent Lu Yilin to fight Seyed first.
• Dongfang Chen spotted a woman in a dress like Mu Nu Jiao’s and patted her on the buttocks, mistaking her for Mu Nu Jiao.
• The woman turned on Dongfang Chen and called him a lecherous rogue, and he apologized, saying he had mistaken her for someone else.

Dongfang Chen apologized to Mu Nuxin after mistaking her for Mu Nu Jiao and gave her a Youth-Preserving Pill. He brought her to the National Pavilion arena, where Bai Dongwei introduced him as the students’ new Combat Instructor.

• Dongfang Chen realized Mu Nuxin was Mu Nu Jiao’s cousin and apologized for mistaking her for Jiao Jiao.
• Dongfang Chen gave Mu Nuxin a Youth-Preserving Pill, which stunned her, and learned she oversaw the Mu Family’s logistical procurement for the National Pavilion.
• Dongfang Chen invited Mu Nuxin to watch the matches, and she followed him to the Fighting Arena.
• Ai Tu Tu greeted Dongfang Chen affectionately, and Mu Nu Jiao embraced him before welcoming Mu Nuxin.
• Bai Dongwei introduced Dongfang Chen as the National Pavilion students’ new Combat Instructor and said he would serve as his assistant.

Bai Dongwei welcomed Dongfang Chen as the National Pavilion’s new instructor and asked him to rein in the students’ arrogance. After Seyed defeated Lu Yilin in the arena, Mu Nu Jiao offered to fight, but Dongfang Chen unexpectedly chose Ai Tu Tu instead.

• Dongfang Chen declined Bai Dongwei’s offer to make him an assistant, and Bai explained that he had requested Dongfang Chen’s assignment to help train the National Pavilion students.
• Dongfang Chen and Bai Dongwei watched as Seyed used his Undead to suppress Lu Yilin despite Lu Yilin’s higher cultivation and Light Element advantage.
• The Death Saber Mummy’s Black Blade Qi broke Lu Yilin’s shield and injured him, forcing him to surrender the match.
• Seyed urged the National Pavilion to send its remaining fighters, while Bai Dongwei struggled to choose someone who could restore their honor.
• Mu Nu Jiao volunteered to fight Seyed, but Dongfang Chen told her to let Ai Tu Tu go, leaving Ai Tu Tu startled.

Ai Tu Tu entered the National Pavilion match against Seyed to strengthen her combat experience and prove she could keep up with Dongfang Chen’s other companions. She trapped Seyed with Blue Silver Vines and threatened him with her Slaying Magic Equipment, leaving the fight poised for her finishing attack.

• Ai Tu Tu rejected Mu Nu Jiao’s offer to fight in her place and stepped onto the Fighting Stage after Dongfang Chen encouraged her.
• Bai Dongwei allowed Ai Tu Tu to face Seyed, who sent his Gray Cloth Iron Corpse to attack her.
• Ai Tu Tu used Blinding Light and Blue Silver Vines to bind the Gray Cloth Iron Corpse, then ensnared it and the Death Saber Mummy when Seyed ordered his second undead to help.
• Ai Tu Tu tricked Seyed into closing his eyes and used concealed Plant Seeds to bind him with vines.
• Ai Tu Tu raised her Slaying Magic Equipment, Li Guang Zhan, and warned Seyed that she could kill him before his undead returned to free him.

Ai Tu Tu defeated Seyed at the Huaxia National Pavilion after restraining his creatures and threatening him with her Slaying Magic Equipment. Dongfang Chen planned the group’s next training trip, then visited Liu Xian and Liu Ru, where he ran into Huang Xingli.

• Ai Tu Tu restrained Seyed’s creatures and prepared to cut off his arm with her Light Blade, prompting him to surrender.
• Dongfang Chen praised Ai Tu Tu and expected Seyed to return with his team for another challenge.
• Dongfang Chen told Ding Yumian he would take Mu Nu Jiao and Ai Tu Tu to train with the National Institute Team, while Ding Yumian agreed to oversee matters in Jinlin City.
• Dongfang Chen visited Liu Xian and Liu Ru and found Huang Xingli there; she thanked him for helping her advance to High Level with a Star River Pill.
• Huang Xingli left the sisters alone with Dongfang Chen, teasing Liu Xian and Liu Ru as they blushed.

Dongfang Chen grew closer to Liu Xian and Liu Ru, then received two Heaven Tier Dou Techniques from the system. He planned to train Vajra Glazed Body while keeping both techniques as trump cards until his cultivation improved.

• Liu Xian and Liu Ru offered Dongfang Chen food and a bath, but he teased them before letting them drink his blood.
• The sisters fed from Dongfang Chen, then wore their demon and angel outfits as they spent the night with him.
• The system rewarded Dongfang Chen with Great Heaven Creation Palm and Vajra Glazed Body for completing the sisters’ Growing Closer quests.
• Dongfang Chen learned that the Heaven Tier techniques could drain all his Dou Qi, so he planned to save them as trump cards and begin training Vajra Glazed Body.

Dongfang Chen helped Lingling investigate her father's death after she read the Cold Hunter King's diary, which revealed his pursuit of the Red Demon. They decided to search the Hunter Union for his hidden clues and went with Leng Qing to continue the investigation.

• Dongfang Chen told Lingling that Iqiu, now known as Lu Kun, had helped the First Generation Red Demon ambush and kill the Cold Hunter King, and decided she should capture Lu Kun herself.
• Lingling unlocked her father's diary, and she and Dongfang Chen read his account of encountering the Red Demon and vowing to destroy it.
• Lingling suspected her father had left further clues at the Hunter Union, and Dongfang Chen agreed they should investigate there.
• Lingling went to get Leng Qing, and the three set out for the Hunter Union to search for clues about the Red Demon.

Dongfang Chen brought Lingling and Leng Qing to the Hunter Union, where Elder Ling Xi showed them Cold Hunter King's old commission records. The surviving documents revealed Cold Hunter King's plea to hunt the Red Demon, while a cloud-stored recording preserved proof that the commission had later been canceled.

• Dongfang Chen led Lingling and Leng Qing through the marketplace to the Hunter Union, where Ling Xi welcomed them.
• Ling Xi retrieved photographs of Cold Hunter King's commission and a recording of its cancellation.
• Leng Qing compared the commission photographs with Cold Hunter King's diary and found a passage asking another Hunter to defeat the Red Demon if he failed to return.
• Lingling grew tearful as Leng Qing read Cold Hunter King's plea, and Ling Xi explained that the original cancellation recordings had been destroyed.
• Ling Xi revealed that the Hunter Union had recovered a backup from cloud storage, which Dongfang Chen recognized the Red Demon had not anticipated.

Dongfang Chen, Lingling, and Leng Qing examined the recording of the fake Cold Hunter King and traced his clothes to Master Lin's tailor shop. They met Master Lin to ask about the outfit, while Leng Qing grew jealous of a female attendant's interest in Dongfang Chen and denied liking him.

• After watching the recording, Leng Qing and Lingling concluded that Red Demon could disguise himself as others and might steal their memories, but the footage offered few clues.
• Dongfang Chen noticed that the fake Cold Hunter King's spotless clothes suggested he had changed after a fight, and Lingling identified them as custom-made by Master Lin in Magic City.
• Dongfang Chen drove Lingling and Leng Qing to Master Lin's Tailor Shop in Ling Xi's Lamborghini Poison, with Lingling sitting on his lap because the car had only two seats.
• Dongfang Chen introduced himself as a member of the Dongfang Family, and Master Lin hurried out to welcome him.
• Leng Qing glared at the attendant when she showed interest in Dongfang Chen, then denied to herself that she might like him.

Dongfang Chen, Leng Qing, and Lingling learned that Lu Kun of the Lu Family had commissioned the Cold Hunter King's outfit from Master Lin, making him a possible Red Demon suspect. They planned to investigate the abandoned dock where Lingling's father had fought the Red Demon before attending Lu Qingyao's birthday party in three days.

• Dongfang Chen asked Master Lin about the outfit in a photograph, and Master Lin said Lu Kun of the Lu Family had commissioned it.
• Master Lin revealed that an unknown thug had attacked him shortly after he made the outfit, and Dongfang Chen suspected the Red Demon had been responsible.
• Lingling and Leng Qing concluded that Lu Kun was suspicious, and Dongfang Chen proposed visiting the Lu Family during Lu Qingyao's birthday party.
• Lingling said she wanted to investigate the abandoned dock where her father had fought the Red Demon, and Dongfang Chen agreed to go with her and Leng Qing.
• Lingling settled onto Dongfang Chen's lap in the driver's seat, leaving Leng Qing to wonder about their closeness and Dongfang Chen's interest in feet.

Lingling, Leng Qing, and Dongfang Chen investigated the abandoned battlefield where Lingling’s father had fought the Red Demon, finding clues that could identify Lu Kun as the demon. After returning to Jinlin City, Dongfang Chen encountered Chenying, who had become Chenxue Pavilion’s secretary.

• Dongfang Chen, Lingling, and Leng Qing cleared Sea Monsters from the abandoned battlefield outside Magic City’s Defense Line.
• Lingling and Leng Qing found six-toed claw marks and signs of Space Element Magic among the battle wreckage.
• Dongfang Chen located traces of blood, and Lingling took samples for testing against Lu Kun’s blood.
• Dongfang Chen returned to Jinlin City and sensed the dense Dou Qi within the city’s formation.
• Dongfang Chen visited Chenxue Pavilion, where Chenying greeted him and said she had become the pavilion head’s secretary.

Dongfang Chen visited Chenxue Pavilion, gave Chenying a cultivation manual, and then left Jinlin City. Three days later, he attended Lu Qingyao’s birthday party with Ai Tu Tu and Mu Nu Jiao, where the Lu Family’s head welcomed him.

• Chenying told Dongfang Chen that Chenxue Pavilion had recruited three Archmages and ten High-Tier Mages, and he reminded her to prioritize loyalty.
• Dongfang Chen gave Chenying a Yellow-Tier Dou Qi Cultivation Method, declined her offer to tour Jinlin City, and left after saying goodbye to Flame Witch Jiang Feng.
• Lu Qingyao invited Mu Nu Jiao and Ai Tu Tu to her birthday party because the Lu Family hoped to connect with Dongfang Chen through them.
• Ai Tu Tu said she planned to show off Dongfang Chen at the party, and he persuaded Mu Nu Jiao to take a break from National Pavilion training.
• Lu Qingfeng personally welcomed Dongfang Chen at the Lu Family estate and called Lu Zhengxin and Lu Qingyao over to greet him.

At Lu Qingyao’s birthday banquet, she flirted with Dongfang Chen and traded barbs with Ai Tu Tu, while Dongfang Chen secretly collected Lu Kun’s blood. After the banquet, Dongfang Chen brought the drunken Ai Tu Tu home and turned his attention to Mu Nu Jiao.

• Lu Qingyao openly asked Dongfang Chen if he would keep her, and Ai Tu Tu confronted her and mocked her figure.
• Lu Kun greeted Dongfang Chen before leaving to entertain other guests, and Dongfang Chen secretly collected a sample of Lu Kun’s blood.
• At the banquet, Lu Qingyao and Ai Tu Tu traded sarcastic remarks until Lu Qingyao announced she would steal Ai Tu Tu’s boyfriend.
• Ai Tu Tu and Lu Qingyao turned their argument into a drinking contest, leaving Ai Tu Tu drunk after barely drinking while Lu Qingyao finished three beers.
• Dongfang Chen carried the drunken Ai Tu Tu home, then insisted Mu Nu Jiao was drunk and began taking care of her.

Lingling, Leng Qing, and Dongfang Chen investigated Imprisonment Mountain after confirming that Lu Kun was Red Demon. They found a Ninghua Evil Pearl controlling the prisoners, and the chapter left them facing a hostile crowd of powerful mages.

• Lingling tested Lu Kun's blood against the bloodstains from the battle with the Cold Hunter King and confirmed he was Red Demon.
• Dongfang Chen told Lingling and Leng Qing what he had learned at East Guard Pavilion, and they decided to investigate Imprisonment Mountain for evidence and another Evil Pearl.
• Dongfang Chen used his Soul Power to guide Lingling and Leng Qing past the mountain's wards and into the prison factory, where they saw emotionless prisoner laborers wearing Magic Shackles.
• Lingling suspected the prisoners' condition meant an Evil Pearl had formed, and Dongfang Chen located its likely source in the Guard Tower at the center of Pit No. 1.
• The Ninghua Evil Pearl stripped away Lingling and Leng Qing's emotions with its red light, but Dongfang Chen's soul-shaking shout restored them.
• The pearl then controlled the prisoner laborers, who growled and turned their bloodshot eyes on Dongfang Chen, Lingling, and Leng Qing.

Dongfang Chen and Leng Qing fought the prisoners controlled by the Ninghua Evil Pearl after the Magic Shackles stopped suppressing their magic. Dongfang Chen reached the Guard Tower and plucked out the Ninghua Assistant, leaving the prison’s controlled prisoners without their source of control.

• The Magic Shackles’ anti-magic effect lifted, allowing the prisoners to use magic and attack Leng Qing, Dongfang Chen, and Lingling.
• Dongfang Chen summoned Xue Yue to protect Lingling while Leng Qing attacked the prisoners with Stone Spires.
• Dongfang Chen used Fusion Magic—Curse Song to kill prisoners, including an Archmage whose Water Magic flooded Pit No. 1.
• Dongfang Chen charged toward the Guard Tower, breaking through the prisoners’ spells and bodies as the Ninghua Evil Pearl trembled.
• Dongfang Chen plucked the Ninghua Assistant from atop the Guard Tower.