Chapter Summaries

Dongfang Chen searched Blue Stone Town for Jiang Shaoxu and found her trapped by the Red Ornaments Guild. After rescuing her, he kissed her, and Jiang Shaoxu kissed him back, pushing their relationship beyond teammates.

• Dongfang Chen spread his Soul Power across Blue Stone Town to search for Jiang Shaoxu.
• Jiang Shaoxu resisted Oni and more than a dozen Red Ornaments Guild Mages in a Triangular Water Mirror, but her Magic energy was nearly gone.
• Dongfang Chen appeared behind Oni, killed her, and used a powerful Mind Shock to knock out the other Mages.
• Dongfang Chen caught Jiang Shaoxu as she collapsed and told her he would protect her as his teammate.
• Jiang Shaoxu challenged Dongfang Chen to take responsibility for their past, and he kissed her.
• Jiang Shaoxu kissed Dongfang Chen again and told him his answer was not enough.

Dongfang Chen and Jiang Shaoxu learned that Mayor Lauren planned to fold the Red Ornaments Guild into Baitou City’s forces, despite the guild’s crimes. After restoring Jiang Shaoxu’s Magic energy, they confronted Kaso and Lauren aboard the guild’s Ship Bar.

• Jiang Shaoxu told Dongfang Chen that the Red Ornaments Guild had ties to Mayor Lauren and might gain amnesty as Baitou City’s Military Mages.
• Dongfang Chen said he had found the guild’s base at Baitou Port and gave Jiang Shaoxu a Mana Recovery Pill that replenished her Magic energy.
• Kaso and Mayor Lauren discussed absorbing the Red Ornaments Guild into the city’s forces, while Kaso secretly planned to exploit Baitou City and its residents.
• Dongfang Chen and Jiang Shaoxu arrived on the Ship Bar, and Dongfang Chen announced that the Dongfang Family would take over after he killed Kaso and Lauren.

Jiang Shaoxu and Dongfang Chen confronted Mayor Lauren and Kaso aboard a ship in Baitou City, where the mayor was recruiting pirates to defend against Sea Monsters. Dongfang Chen killed Lauren and defeated Kaso, leaving the Red Ornaments Guild’s forces in disarray.

• Jiang Shaoxu accused Mayor Lauren of working with the Red Ornaments Guild, and Dongfang Chen stopped her argument by killing Lauren with Space Force.
• Kaso ordered the guards and Red Ornaments Guild members to attack, while Dongfang Chen and Jiang Shaoxu overwhelmed them with Mind Element magic.
• Kaso attacked Dongfang Chen with Rock Demon Eye, but Dongfang Chen scattered the sand with Spatial Telekinesis and knocked Kaso into the sea.
• Kaso emerged transformed by his Poison Element into a green, armored monster and challenged the pair.
• Dongfang Chen burned Kaso’s Poison Transformation away with a Bone White Fire Wave.

The Huaxia National Institute Team followed the Japan National Institute Team to the Red Ornaments Guild’s hideout, where Freedom Temple Mage Aoluna explained how dangerous the guild leader Kaso was. At the harbor, Dongfang Chen revealed that he had already killed Kaso and nearly wiped out the guild, astonishing Aoluna.

• Ming Bu Song accused the Huaxia Team of following Japan’s team to steal the mission rewards, but Shao He Gu insisted they focus on the mission.
• Ai Jiang Tu exposed Aoluna, who identified herself as a Freedom Temple Mage and explained that the Temple planned to use the National Institute Teams to weaken the Red Ornaments Guild before capturing Kaso.
• Aoluna warned that Kaso, despite being a High-Tier Mage, could overwhelm any single National Institute contestant and had evaded the Temple for years.
• After a distant explosion and a towering flame, Mofan told Aoluna that Kaso had likely already been reduced to ashes by the Huaxia captain.
• The group reached the Ship Bar and found the guild members dead; Dongfang Chen said he had burned Kaso to nothing and left one minor leader alive for questioning.
• Aoluna recognized Dongfang Chen’s strength and was stunned that he had killed Kaso.

Dongfang Chen secured the Red Ornaments Guild mission’s victory and negotiated plans to support the region after killing Mayor Lauren. In Bonrsa City, the team received compensation and prepared for duels to determine its ten official spots.

• Dongfang Chen told Aoluna he had killed Mayor Lauren and planned to coordinate with local authorities, while Aoluna agreed to report his actions and confirm the mission victory.
• Dongfang Chen handed the Red Ornaments Guild’s surviving minor leader to Aoluna, ending the three-team alliance, and led his team to Bonrsa City three days later.
• The instructors took the Dark Lord Cloak and gave Dongfang Chen and Jiang Shaoxu equivalent compensation, and Jiang Shaoxu publicly declared her relationship with Dongfang Chen.
• The team waited in Bonrsa City for official roster changes, and Feng Li announced that substitutes could challenge any official member for a spot.
• Dongfang Chen watched as the internal duels began and hoped Jiao Jiao and Ai Xiao Tu would earn official positions.

The National Institute Team held internal challenges without changing its roster, then defeated the Mexico National Pavilion and traveled to New York to face the undefeated American National Pavilion. There, Temple Mage Aoluna welcomed Dongfang Chen and became interested in pursuing him.

• Guan Yu defeated Zu Jiming, while Zhao Manyan held off Mu Tingying until she conceded.
• Mu Nu Jiao and Mu Ningxue fought to a draw, and Ai Tu Tu lost to Ai Jiang Tu after forcing him to reveal his Space Element domain.
• Li Kaifeng used the forbidden Blood Curse against Jiang Yu but still lost and nearly died before the instructors intervened.
• The instructors reassessed the team, and Feng Li and Song He did not reprimand Dongfang Chen for killing Lauren because his family had helped Baitou City.
• Mu Ningxue and Mu Nu Jiao led substitutes to sweep the Mexico National Pavilion before the team traveled to New York to challenge the American National Pavilion.
• Aoluna welcomed the team at the Freedom Temple and decided she wanted to pursue Dongfang Chen.

Dongfang Chen and the Huaxia National Institute Team visited the American National Pavilion, where Aoluna’s younger brother Felom challenged Dongfang Chen and insulted the visiting team. The team prepared to face the pavilion, and Dongfang Chen appeared ready to take matters into his own hands.

• Zhao Manyan teased Dongfang Chen about Aoluna’s interest, and Aoluna offered to guide him and his companions to the National Pavilion.
• Felom confronted Dongfang Chen over pursuing Aoluna and challenged him to a match, while Aoluna apologized for her brother’s behavior.
• At the American National Pavilion, Felom showed the team a board claiming that no challenger had ever defeated them.
• Jiang Shaoxu noticed that the Huaxia team’s record already had an X, and Felom said he expected them to lose.
• Felom dismissed the Huaxia team and declared that respect was only for the strong, prompting the team to grow calm as Dongfang Chen smiled coldly.

Dongfang Chen led the Huaxia Team into a five-on-five battle against Captain Boblin’s American National Pavilion team. He promised to win within three minutes, then summoned Little Flame Belle and Little Snow Blue as the match began.

• Mu Tingying grew angry at the Americans’ arrogance and asked Dongfang Chen to let her compete.
• Boblin dismissed the usual pleasantries and proposed a single-round five-on-five battle, which Dongfang Chen accepted.
• Dongfang Chen chose Ai Jiang Tu, Mu Tingying, Nan Jue, and Nanrong Ni to join him in the match.
• Before the fight, Dongfang Chen flipped over a three-minute hourglass and declared that his team would forfeit if they had not won by then.
• As Aoluna started the match, Dongfang Chen stayed back to protect Nanrong Ni and summoned Little Flame Belle and Little Snow Blue.

The Huaxia Team battled the USA Team, and Nan Jue used Sound Element Magic to incapacitate Wang Chi before Felom interrupted her. When the USA Team targeted Dongfang Chen, he sent Yan Ji and Xue Xi to face them, and the two unleashed a combined attack that trapped Felom and Wanda beneath Yan Ji’s enormous meteor-like fireball.

• Felom attacked Nanrong Ni with Ice Element Magic, but Mu Tingying dispersed it and countered with Ice Crystal Thorns.
• Wang Chi used his Rock Element strength to break the Huaxia Team’s formation, allowing the USA Team to launch Destruction Magic.
• Nan Jue struck Wang Chi with her Soul-Severing Melody, but Felom forced her back before she could fully incapacitate him.
• Wang Chi and Felom planned to attack Dongfang Chen and Nanrong Ni, while Boblin’s teammates moved to hold back Ai Jiang Tu, Nan Jue, and Mu Tingying.
• Dongfang Chen sent Yan Ji and Xue Xi to stop the attackers, and Xue Xi trapped Felom and Wanda in an ice vortex beneath Yan Ji’s giant fireball.

Dongfang Chen and the Huaxia Team defeated the USA Team, forcing its members to surrender and apologize. When Felom challenged Dongfang Chen again, Dongfang pinned him down with gravity and left him trapped as he accepted Aoluna’s invitation to explore New York.

• Wang Chi and Felom surrendered under Xiaoyan Ji’s Meteor Fireball and Xue Xi’s ice vortex, and Dongfang Chen sent them off the Fighting Arena.
• Dongfang Chen offered the remaining USA Team members more time to fight, but Boblin and his teammates surrendered and admitted defeat.
• Mofan and Zhao Manyan mocked the USA Team, while Aoluna told its students to train harder and Boblin apologized for their arrogance.
• Felom refused to accept the loss and challenged Dongfang Chen to fight without his Contract Beasts.
• Dongfang Chen used gravity to pin Felom to the ground with one move, then chatted with Aoluna as she presented the challenge badge and invited him to explore New York.

Dongfang Chen, Jiang Shaoxu, and Aoluna were caught in a Black Church attack on a New York street, where a blue-hooded Ice Mage targeted Dongfang Chen. Dongfang Chen overwhelmed the attacker’s Ice Spike Domain with fire and prepared to retaliate.

• Zhao Manyan invited Mofan and other teammates to explore New York, while Dongfang Chen went sightseeing with Jiang Shaoxu and Aoluna.
• Hailstones began falling in summer, and Aoluna recognized the abnormal weather as an Ice Mage’s attack.
• The hailstones gathered above Dongfang Chen and became ice spikes, but he stopped them in midair with his silver eyes.
• A blue-hooded Black Church mage appeared, threatened Aoluna, and trapped the group in an Ice Spike Forest.
• Dongfang Chen melted the Ice Spike Forest with intense heat and challenged the hooded mage to face the consequences of attacking him.

Dongfang Chen annihilated a hooded attacker with his Black Wind Sword, then confronted John, a Freedom Temple mage who tried to take him in for questioning. The chapter ended with Dongfang Chen pinning John to the ground and demanding to know who had given him the nerve to speak that way.

• The hooded man used an Ice Blade Storm and a Mental Attack against Dongfang Chen, but the mental attack backfired.
• Dongfang Chen summoned the Black Wind Sword, erased the surrounding elements except Wind, and killed the hooded man with a devastating slash.
• Aoluna praised Dongfang Chen and kissed his cheek, while Jiang Shaoxu remained confident in his strength.
• John arrived late, questioned Aoluna about Dongfang Chen, and scolded him by accusing him of colluding with the attacker.
• Dongfang Chen showed John his team badge and warned him about the consequences of detaining a Huaxia team captain, but John threatened to use force.
• Dongfang Chen crushed John to the ground and planted a foot on his face.

Dongfang Chen confronted John after the Temple Mage attacked him, then learned that the Black Church had stolen the Triangle Dimension Mirror despite the Executioner’s death. Before leaving New York, Dongfang Chen spent time with Aoluna and invited her to join Chenxue Pavilion.

• Dongfang Chen threatened John, but Burke arrived, heard Aoluna’s account, and apologized for John’s behavior.
• Dongfang Chen handed John to Burke and secretly planted Yin Fire in him, then suggested the Black Church might be targeting Freedom Temple treasures.
• Dongfang Chen called Ye Chang, who speculated that the Executioner had wanted information and hinted she might attend the World Academy Tournament.
• The Black Church sent Black Beast Demons to distract Temple Mages and stole the Triangle Dimension Mirror.
• Aoluna told Dongfang Chen about the theft, spent time with him, and heard his offer to recruit her to Chenxue Pavilion before he left the next day.

Dongfang Chen and the Huaxia National Institute Team traveled to Portugal for the Academy Competition, where the team spotted what might be the remains of a Giant Demon near the harbor. After Jiang Shaoxu and Nan Jue fought over Dongfang Chen, he ended their argument in their hotel room.

• Aoluna agreed to return to Huaxia with Dongfang Chen after the Academy Competition.
• The team flew across the Atlantic to Tinoaya, Portugal, and Jiang Shaoxu confronted Dongfang Chen for missing her the previous night.
• Mofan and Zhao Manyan noticed enormous white shapes in the harbor, and Jiang Yu suspected they were Giant Demon remains.
• Ai Jiang Tu took Guan Yu, Zu Jiming, and Li Kaifeng to challenge Portugal's National Pavilion while the others split up to find lodging or inspect the harbor.
• Jiang Shaoxu and Nan Jue argued over Dongfang Chen and went with him to a hotel, where he wore them out in two hours of flexible ranking matches.

Dongfang Chen reunited with Lingling in Tinoaya City to investigate the Drowning Curse, whose international bounty pool had reached 350 million. After examining the case, Lingling identified the culprit as a Jellyfish Vile Maggot.

• Dongfang Chen met Lingling at Tinoaya Airport after she arrived to help resolve the Drowning Curse case.
• Lingling reviewed her collected information and explained how the bounty pool had grown to 350 million.
• Mofan and Zhao Manyan joined Dongfang Chen and Lingling, and Mofan explained that he had found a suspected victim whose roommate was still alive.
• Lingling investigated the case and identified the transparent Jellyfish Vile Maggot as the culprit.

After helping develop a vaccine for the Drowning Curse, Dongfang Chen led a small team toward a rescue mission on the Sahara Desert’s outskirts while the rest of the Huaxia National Institute Team headed for the Mediterranean Sea. The chapter ended as Dongfang Chen, Nan Jue, Jiang Shaoxu, Mofan, and Zhao Manyan reached the desolate desert region.

• With Lingling’s help, the group captured a mature Jellyfish Vile Maggot and developed a vaccine against the Drowning Curse.
• Dongfang Chen and Lingling’s Hunter titles were upgraded, earning Dongfang Chen and Chenxue Pavilion more publicity.
• The Huaxia National Institute Team received a rescue mission in the Sahara, and its members debated whether to risk entering the dangerous region.
• Dongfang Chen chose to lead the mission, while Ai Jiang Tu took the other team members toward the Mediterranean Sea.
• Dongfang Chen, Nan Jue, Jiang Shaoxu, Mofan, and Zhao Manyan traveled across the dunes and arrived at the rescue mission’s location on the Sahara’s outskirts.

The team reached the edge of the Sahara’s Desert Maze Realm while searching for the missing African National Institute Team. Dongfang Chen explained how he could guide them through its distortions, and the group prepared to follow him inside.

• Zhao Manyan and Mofan worried about the dangers of the Sahara, and Nan Jue explained the Desert Maze Realm’s disorienting effects.
• Nan Jue led the team to the designated rescue site, where they learned the missing team had entered the maze to escape a sandstorm.
• Dongfang Chen explained that his strong Soul Power and knowledge of Chaos Magic let him resist the maze’s interference and guide the others.
• Mofan stepped into the maze alone and was displaced hundreds of meters before he found his way back to Dongfang Chen and the team.
• Dongfang Chen told everyone to stay within five meters of him and keep their eyes on his back as they entered the maze together.

Dongfang Chen confronted the Lord of Sahara inside the Desert Maze Realm, then led Mofan and the others to rescue cadets from the African National Institute Team. As they headed onward to escape a vast sandstorm, the real rescue team approached the desert and Archmage Devon recognized the storm as a sign of danger.

• Dongfang Chen entered the Desert Maze Realm alone and endured the Lord of Sahara's sandstorm without harm.
• Dongfang Chen challenged the Lord of Sahara to fight, but the Lord withdrew when Dongfang Chen released his full aura.
• Dongfang Chen returned and guided Mofan, Zhao Manyan, Jiang Shaoxu, and Nan Jue through the maze toward the African cadets.
• Dongfang Chen's group found and rescued African National Institute Cadets buried beneath a tent, then gave them water and food.
• A huge sandstorm rose in the distance, and Mofan urged everyone to leave before it changed course.
• Archmage Devon's rescue team approached the desert, and Devon was alarmed to see a terrifying sandstorm sweeping out from the Sahara.

A Monarch-level Sandstorm Evil Spirit pursued Dongfang Chen and the others toward the Mediterranean coast, alarming the African Mages and cadets. Dongfang Chen said the spirit would retreat at the shore, and it stopped as soon as it reached the coast.

• Devon and his Mages spotted the Sandstorm Evil Spirit in the approaching sandstorm, and Devon recognized it.
• Mofan and the others emerged from the Desert Maze Realm and saw the spirit driving the enormous storm toward them.
• Nan Jue identified the spirit as a Monarch-level creature, while Dongfang Chen said it would retreat when it reached the Mediterranean.
• Devon’s rescue team summoned Arrow Water Turtles, but the beasts cowered in fear and refused to move.
• Dongfang Chen told the Huaxia team to wait, and the Sandstorm Evil Spirit halted at the edge of the shore.

The Sandstorm Vengeful Spirit captured Devon on the Mediterranean coast before fleeing back toward the Sahara, while a roar from a powerful sea creature drove it away. After the team reunited in Egypt and recounted what had happened, Mofan and Dongfang Chen shared truths that the others dismissed as boasts.

• The Sandstorm Vengeful Spirit swept Devon into a sand tornado, then retreated toward the Sahara after a roar from the Mediterranean raised monstrous waves.
• Si Jia and the others watched the sea cautiously, but it soon returned to calm, and Zhao Manyan vowed to avoid both the Sahara and the Mediterranean.
• Dongfang Chen led the team along the coast to Egypt, where the instructors distributed rewards and the African Magic Association questioned the survivors about the Monarch-level spirit and the unknown sea Demon.
• Nan Jue and Zhao Manyan discussed Devon's history with the Sandstorm Vengeful Spirit, while Mofan said it was only an Intermediate Monarch and that stronger creatures existed in China.
• Dongfang Chen claimed that the Monarch Snow Woman had contracted with him, but Zhao Manyan and most of the others did not believe him.