Chapter Summaries

The British Team provoked Dongfang Chen into fighting so they could assess his strength, but he agreed to face four of their players at once. He summoned Xiaoyan Ji, whose Bone Spirit Cold Flame frightened Shade’s Golden Gryphon, and Ailin raised a Water Spirit Domain to suppress his flames.

• Shade’s team challenged Dongfang Chen to learn his abilities, and he accepted the fight.
• Dongfang Chen insisted that all four British players attack him together, and Bai Dongwei refereed.
• Shade sent his Golden Gryphon, William, against Dongfang Chen, who summoned Xiaoyan Ji.
• Xiaoyan Ji transformed and unleashed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, terrifying William and prompting Shade to warn his teammates.
• Ailin used her Seven-Colored Water Spirit Soul Seed to create a domain that suppressed other elements, and Dongfang Chen questioned whether it could contain a Heavenly Flame.

Dongfang Chen shattered Ailin’s Water Element Domain with Xiaoyan Ji’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame, then overwhelmed Xibert’s lightning attack. The British Team realized Dongfang Chen was more powerful than expected, and Shade was stunned when he revealed the Space Element.

• Dongfang Chen ordered Xiaoyan Ji to attack, and her Bone Spirit Cold Flame froze and destroyed Ailin’s Water Element Domain.
• Ailin warned the British Team that Dongfang Chen’s flame surpassed her high-quality Soul Seed, while Shade suspected Xiaoyan Ji had reached the Sub-Commander stage.
• Dongfang Chen taunted the British Team and waited to see their hidden abilities so the instructors could learn their tactics.
• Xibert attacked Dongfang Chen with Thunderbolt, but Dongfang Chen absorbed the lightning and blasted it back, leaving Xibert unable to continue fighting.
• Shade identified Dongfang Chen’s Fire, Summoning, and Lightning Elements, then saw silver-white Space Element light appear around him.

Dongfang Chen defeated the British Team in a National Pavilion sparring match, prompting Ailin to forfeit and become curious about his strength. After Feng Li ordered Dongfang Chen and several alternates to rejoin the team in Peru, Dongfang Chen went shopping with Mu Nu Jiao, Ai Tu Tu, and Feng Nannan, then invited Ailin to join them.

• Dongfang Chen used his Space Element to eliminate Shade and another British Team member, leaving only Ailin on the stage.
• Ailin forfeited, praised Dongfang Chen's abilities, and said she hoped to face him again in Venice.
• Feng Li ordered Dongfang Chen to return to the team in Peru the next morning and selected Mu Nu Jiao and Ai Tu Tu as alternates.
• Dongfang Chen took Mu Nu Jiao, Ai Tu Tu, and Feng Nannan shopping, where they ran into Ailin.
• Dongfang Chen invited Ailin to join their outing, and she left with them under the British Team members' watchful gazes.

Dongfang Chen spent time with the British Team’s Ailin before preparing to leave with Mu Nu Jiao and Ai Tu Tu for the National Institute Team’s journey. After arriving in Hanmi City, he reunited with his teammates, who welcomed him back as their captain.

• Dongfang Chen shared crayfish with Ailin, Ai Tu Tu, Feng Nannan, and Mu Nu Jiao, then promised Ailin they would meet again in Venice.
• Dongfang Chen prepared to leave, planning to bring the Sky Scar White Tiger and retrieve Mofan’s modified Ninghua Evil Pearl from Old Man Bao.
• Dongfang Chen visited Lingling and offered to take her on an international bounty after his affairs settled; she agreed and gave him a parting reward.
• Dongfang Chen, Mu Nu Jiao, and Ai Tu Tu flew to Hanmi City, where Dongfang Chen easily defeated a Demon that attacked their plane.
• Dongfang Chen brought Jiao Jiao and Tu Tu to a tavern and reunited with the National Institute Team, whose members welcomed their captain back.

Dongfang Chen returned to the National Institute Team with new reserve members Mu Nu Jiao and Ai Tu Tu, and introduced the Sky Scar White Tiger he had brought for Mu Ningxue. The white tiger’s intimidating presence frightened Jiang Yu’s usually fearless Night Rakshasa.

• Dongfang Chen reunited with the team, teased Jiang Shaoxu, and introduced Mu Nu Jiao and Ai Tu Tu as new reserve members.
• Dongfang Chen sat beside Mu Ningxue and revealed the Sky Scar White Tiger from his travel bag.
• Dongfang Chen said he had brought the Sky Scar White Tiger for Mu Ningxue and assured her it could withstand the Ice Crystal Bow’s Extreme Cold Power.
• Jiang Yu’s Night Rakshasa approached the white tiger, cried out in fright, and hid behind Jiang Yu.

Dongfang Chen and the National Institute Team prepared to explore the Peru Ruins near Hanmi City, where they hoped to find valuable cultivation resources. After Mu Ningxue formed a difficult contract with Amber, the team set out for Gobi Valley, the dangerous route to the ruins.

• Mu Ningxue named the Sky Scar White Tiger Amber, and Dongfang Chen gave her the Dragon Tiger Profound Water Pill for it.
• Nan Jue explained that the team wanted to investigate the Peru Ruins, but Stone Elemental Spirits and Sunspot Bats had made the route through Gobi Valley too dangerous.
• Dongfang Chen agreed to lead the team through Gobi Valley after Mu Ningxue finished forming her contract with Amber.
• Mu Ningxue formed a contract with Amber despite the vast difference in their strength, and Amber swallowed the pill before entering her Contract Space to digest it.
• The team left Hanmi City for Gobi Valley, and Dongfang Chen gave Mofan the modified Ninghua Evil Pearl and instructions for using it.
• The team reached the narrow, dark-red passage of Gobi Valley, where vultures circled overhead amid a sense of danger.

Dongfang Chen led the National Institute Team into the Gobi Valley, where swarms of Forbidden Moon Stone Demons attacked them. After Mofan cleared the first wave, Dongfang Chen unleashed a powerful Feng Zhan that split the demons’ stone barrier and opened a path toward the valley exit.

• Nan Jue warned the team that the Gobi Valley was filled with Commander-Level Forbidden Moon Stone Demons that sensed vibrations.
• Dongfang Chen agreed to charge through the valley with Mofan, who revealed that he had advanced both his Lightning Element and Shadow Element to High Level Mage.
• Mofan blasted through the first group of Forbidden Moon Stone Demons with Silent Thunder Death Ray—Lightning Arm.
• Ai Jiang Tu moved to shield Ai Tu Tu from the demons and falling rocks, but Dongfang Chen noted that she had become much stronger.
• Dongfang Chen used Mind Control to pull Mofan out of danger, then swept his finger forward and split the demons’ stone wall with Feng Zhan, revealing the valley exit.

Dongfang Chen led the National Institute Team through Gobi Valley and into a Ruined Ancient City, where Mofan’s Ninghua Evil Pearl pointed toward a treasure near a powerful lightning storm. As the team debated whether to approach the storm, a vast flock of Commander Level Strange Birds appeared in the sky.

• Dongfang Chen cut through the Forbidden Moon Stone Demons, collected their Essence Souls and Remnant Souls, and led the National Institute Team out of Gobi Valley.
• Mofan followed the Ninghua Evil Pearl’s signal toward the Ruined Ancient City, while Nan Jue detected increasingly strong Wind Element and Lightning Element readings.
• The team saw a massive tornado accompanied by Purple Gold Lightning, and Mofan persuaded them to continue toward the ruins.
• The team searched the Ruined Ancient City but found only rubble and ancient characters, so Mofan suggested the treasure might be inside the lightning storm.
• Guan Yu warned that approaching the storm could be fatal, but a huge flock of Commander Level Strange Birds arrived and blotted out the sky.

Dongfang Chen identified the strange birds pursuing the National Institute Team as soulless puppets linked to the Scana Forbidden Zone, then offered two ways to survive their attack. The team chose to fight, but their defenses collapsed under the flock, and Dongfang Chen stepped in to handle the crisis.

• Dongfang Chen learned that the strange birds had pursued the National Institute Team since they entered the Scana Forbidden Zone, and Nan Jue suggested the flock believed they had stolen something from a geoglyph.
• Mu Ningxue explained that the birds had no souls, and Dongfang Chen proposed either entering the Lightning Storm or wiping out the flock.
• Ai Jiang Tu chose to fight, and he, Dongfang Lie, and the rest of the team attacked the approaching birds.
• The flock overwhelmed the team's defenses, scattering their formation and injuring Zu Jiming and Guan Yu.
• Dongfang Chen stepped forward to take over as the team struggled to hold back the birds.

Dongfang Chen revealed his Archmage strength and used Heaven Seed-empowered Millennium Wind Blades to wipe out the Strange Bird flock. He then split the Lightning Storm protecting ancient restrictions, leaving the team poised to discover what lay hidden inside.

• Dongfang Chen formed an Archmage Star Palace and cast Millennium Wind Blades, destroying more than ten thousand Strange Birds.
• Mofan, Jiang Shaoxu, Zhao Manyan, and the others reacted with shock to Dongfang Chen’s power, then helped clear the surviving birds.
• Jiang Shaoxu suggested entering the Lightning Storm, and Guan Yu and Zu Jiming agreed to join the team.
• Dongfang Chen split the Lightning Storm with a massive Feng Zhan, revealing an ancient Lightning Restriction Method that Nan Jue recognized.

The group discovered that the barrier concealed an Independent Space containing a pristine ancient city, and Dongfang Chen led them inside. They split up to search for treasures, while Dongfang Chen paused with Xuexue, Jiao Jiao, and Ai Xiao Tu at a fountain.

• Zhao Manyan approached the barrier and was struck by paralyzing yellow lightning before Dongfang Chen diverted it.
• Nan Jue explained that the barrier could be undone but warned that force might destroy the passage, so Dongfang Chen used Space Transfer to remove it safely.
• Dongfang Chen led the group through a waterfall curtain into a lush Independent Space and searched for the Eye of Time and Space without finding it.
• The group entered a pristine ancient city, where Jiang Shaoxu recognized a Li Fan Flower emblem and went off to search for the flowers.
• Dongfang Chen, Xuexue, Jiao Jiao, and Ai Xiao Tu crossed a street to an intersection, where Dongfang Chen stopped at a fountain.

Dongfang Chen found Time Liquid hidden inside a statue and led the National Institute Team out of the ruins, then secretly captured and refined the Yellow Eyes that appeared over the city. He returned looking exhausted with the Eye of Time and Space in his hand.

• Dongfang Chen revealed Time Liquid inside a statue and said it could help Xiaoyan Ji and Xiaoxuexi grow faster.
• Dongfang Chen led the team onward while Mofan arrived at the fountain, found nothing, and returned with a material for a Spirit Condensing Magic Tool.
• The National Institute Team regrouped, and Jiang Shaoxu showed off the Li Fan Flower she had found.
• After the team left through the Water Curtain, Yellow Eyes appeared over the city, and an Energy Hand captured and refined them.
• Mu Ningxue told Mofan that Dongfang Chen had stayed behind to ensure everyone got out safely, and Dongfang Chen soon returned looking exhausted.
• Dongfang Chen revealed an antique bronze-and-silver eye in his palm: the Eye of Time and Space.

After returning to Hanmi City, Dongfang Chen spent the night with several members of his team before they continued their journey. The team reached the Peru National Pavilion at Royal Felipe Castle, where its students welcomed them warmly and hosted them for dinner.

• After confirming the Strange Birds were gone, the team returned to Hanmi City without encountering more Forbidden Moon Stone Demons.
• Dongfang Chen took Ai Tu Tu to his room, where Mu Ningxue and Mu Nu Jiao joined them.
• When Dongfang Chen left the room, Mu Tingying pulled him into hers, and Nanrong Ni soon joined them.
• After resting in Hanmi City, the team traveled to Royal Felipe Castle to visit the Peru National Pavilion.
• The Peru National Pavilion students welcomed the team, served as their sparring partners, and hosted them to a special dinner.

General Mott sought Dongfang Chen’s help after the Skanar Death God threatened Peru. From a watchtower, the team saw a vast flock of Strange Birds approaching the coast.

• The Huaxia National Institute Team stayed at the Peru National Pavilion to spar with the defending students, while Dongfang Chen sat out.
• General Mott arrived looking hostile, then knelt before Dongfang Chen and begged him to save Peru.
• General Mott explained that he knew Dongfang Chen through the Dongfang Family’s business ties with Peru’s Naval Department.
• General Mott led Dongfang Chen and the team to a watchtower after reporting that someone had angered the Skanar Death God.
• Zhao Manyan, Jiang Yu, and Ai Jiang Tu spotted more than a hundred thousand Strange Birds in the northern sky.

A swarm of a hundred thousand Strange Birds approached the city, and General Mott asked Dongfang Chen to help after the team traced the birds’ hostility to a stolen treasure from the Scana Forbidden Zone. Dongfang Chen agreed to face the approaching threat, leaving the city’s fate in his hands.

• General Mott asked the National Institute Team what they had done in the Scana Forbidden Zone as the Strange Birds drew near.
• Dongfang Lie, Zhao Manyan, Mofan, and Jiang Shaoxu recalled a suspicious middle-aged man who had warned them away from the forbidden zone.
• General Mott suspected a worker from the nearby Yalie Ore Vein had stolen a treasure, and Nan Jue drew the man’s likeness for his soldiers to investigate.
• General Mott offered Dongfang Chen the resources under his command in exchange for saving the city and country, and Dongfang Chen agreed.
• Jiang Yu questioned whether Dongfang Chen could handle the swarm, while Zu Jiming suggested hiding in the city; Dongfang Chen confidently said he had the situation under control.

Dongfang Chen used the Eye of Time and Space to destroy the Strange Bird Legion threatening Skanar, leaving General Mott and the National Institute Team stunned by his power. The weapon drained his High Level Space and Chaos Star Rivers, and he estimated he would need Archmage-level elements to use it normally.

• Nanrong Ni offered to strengthen the team's magic with her newly awakened Blessing Element, while Ai Jiang Tu reported that Skanar's defenses could help hold off the Strange Birds.
• Dongfang Chen revealed that the Strange Birds were soulless puppets created by a Chaos Element Imprint and decided to counter them with the Eye of Time and Space.
• Dongfang Chen activated the Eye of Time and Space, causing the surrounding world to freeze as the Strange Birds rapidly weathered into dust.
• A Giant Bird among the legion tried to flee but also turned to sand, and Jiang Yu asked Dongfang Chen how he had done it.
• Dongfang Chen explained that using the eye had drained his High Level Space and Chaos Star Rivers, while General Mott marveled at his strength after seeing him erase a hundred thousand Strange Birds.

Dongfang Chen helped defeat the Strange Bird puppets and learned that General Mott’s forces had captured the thief Sheldon. After leaving Peru through a transatlantic Space Passage, he reunited with Ye Xin Xia and Zi Shi in Athens, where their affection drew jealous stares.

• Dongfang Chen explained that the Strange Birds would not return because he had killed the marked puppets that could create more of them.
• General Mott thanked Dongfang Chen and rewarded him and the National Institute Team Members, while his Military Mages reported finding Sheldon at the Yalie Ore Vein.
• After several days in Peru, Dongfang Chen left while Xuexue, Jiao Jiao, and Ai Xiaotu cultivated, then opened a Space Passage to Greece.
• Ye Xin Xia and Zi Shi welcomed Dongfang Chen in Athens, and he asked whether anyone had harassed them at the Parthenon Temple Academy.
• Dongfang Chen kissed Zi Shi in a Milk Tea Shop, and Ye Xin Xia suggested finding somewhere more private while Zi Shi proposed going to a nearby hotel.

Dongfang Chen stayed behind with Ye Xin Xia and Zi Shi while the National Institute Team crossed the outskirts of the Amazon Demon Country without him. After Mu Ningxue’s Sky Scar White Tiger helped the team survive, they continued toward the Caribbean Sea, shaken by the danger they had faced.

• Ye Xin Xia told Dongfang Chen she planned to compete to become an Attendant of Athens and enter the Goddess Hall, and he supported her plans while trusting Zi Shi to protect her.
• Dongfang Chen abandoned the National Institute Team to spend Ye Xin Xia’s leave with her and Zi Shi, angering Feng Li, who ultimately let him go.
• The National Institute Team crossed the Amazon Demon Country’s outskirts and nearly lost a member before Mu Ningxue’s Sky Scar White Tiger drove back the demons.
• Zhao Manyan and Mofan swore they never wanted to return to the rainforest after the team escaped its dangers.
• Nanrong Ni asked about Mu Ningxue’s Contract Beast, and Mu Ningxue said Amber’s bloodline and strength rivaled Dongfang Chen’s Yan Ji.
• Nanrong Ni grew envious of Amber and became more determined to stay close to Dongfang Chen.

The National Institute Team rescued Vanilla Village from the Red Ornaments Guild, then learned that the guild was a powerful force requiring a joint operation. The team waited in Blue Stone Town for the Japan and India National Institute Teams and Dongfang Chen to join them in the hunt for a rare Shadow Cloak.

• The National Institute Team stopped the Red Ornaments Guild from raiding Vanilla Village and turned the captured pirates over to the local government for a small bounty.
• At Blue Stone Town, the team members split up, and Mofan and Zhao Manyan accidentally entered a gay bar while looking for a dance club.
• Nan Jue told the team that their new assignment was to wipe out the Red Ornaments Guild alongside the Japan and India National Institute Teams, with a Shadow Cloak as the reward.
• Nan Jue explained that the guild had over a thousand Mages, including High-Tier Mages, and said she had arranged for Dongfang Chen to return.
• Mofan asked whether the guild had an Archmage, and Nan Jue clarified that Dongfang Chen was being recalled to help the team compete for the reward.

Dongfang Chen clashed with Shao He Gu over the teams’ plans to attack the Red Ornaments Guild, then learned Jiang Shaoxu was missing. He set out to find her while ordering the others to follow the Japan National Institute Team and steal their kills.

• Shao He Gu greeted Dongfang Chen with jealousy and announced that Japan would keep its intelligence on the Red Ornaments Guild to itself, leaving the other teams to provide support.
• Dongfang Chen, Nan Jue, and Ai Jiang Tu rejected Shao He Gu’s terms and ended the meeting without agreeing to cooperate.
• Nan Jue discovered Jiang Shaoxu was missing, and Mofan suspected the Red Ornaments Guild might have targeted her after she was left alone.
• Dongfang Chen went to search for Jiang Shaoxu and told the others to follow the Japan National Institute Team, then attack the Red Ornaments Guild and steal the kills.