Chapter Summaries

The Huaxia National Institute Team arrived in Pushini City to help repel an undead invasion and discovered Ye Xin Xia and her companions treating the wounded. Dongfang Chen reunited with Xin Xia and Zi Shi, but an angry voice interrupted them as someone objected to his touching a Goddess Hall attendant.

• Mu Tingying asked to leave for Venice, but Nan Jue said the team still had to complete its final training mission in Egypt.
• Dongfang Chen told Jiang Shaoxu that his friends had gone ahead to Pushini City, where they had an old friend.
• The team reached Pushini City, saw many injured people, and learned that the local defenders were struggling against an undead invasion.
• At the Parthenon Goddess Hall tents, the team found Ye Xin Xia healing a patient alongside Mu Ningxue, Mu Nu Jiao, Ai Tu Tu, and Zi Shi.
• Dongfang Chen embraced Xin Xia, introduced her and Zi Shi to the team, and kissed them on the cheek.
• An angry voice outside the tent shouted at Dongfang Chen for laying a hand on a Goddess Hall attendant.

Kulun challenged Dongfang Chen to a duel, but Zi Shi knocked him down for threatening her man, and Xin Xia made him apologize. After Kulun recovered and was forgiven, Dongfang Chen introduced Xin Xia and Zi Shi to his team, where Xin Xia’s exceptional potential at the Parthenon became clear.

• Kulun burst into Dongfang Chen’s tent and challenged him for offending a handmaid, but Zi Shi struck him and revealed that Chen was her man.
• Kulun was shocked to learn Zi Shi had a partner, while Zhao Manyan and Ai Jiang Tu admired her strength and Chen’s appeal.
• Xin Xia healed Kulun and ordered him to apologize to Dongfang Chen, and Kulun apologized after recovering.
• Dongfang Chen introduced Xin Xia and Zi Shi to his team, and Xin Xia explained that she was training with the Goddess Hall and completing its Annual Assessment.
• Kulun praised Xin Xia’s talent and predicted she could become a Grand Sage, while Dongfang Chen believed she was destined to become the Goddess Successor.

Ai Jiang Tu’s team learned that a pyramid mirage had drawn Egyptian Undead toward Pushini City, and the military assigned them to fight Poison Gold Mummies. The team worried about the mission after hearing an earlier military squad had vanished, while Dongfang Chen was still away with Xin Xia.

• Ai Jiang Tu led the National Institute Team to report to the Puchini Military Department, which assigned them to support the local garrison in the Undead War.
• Jiang Yu explained to Mofan that Egyptian Undead gathered around pyramids, and the pyramid mirage had brought them toward Pushini City.
• Mofan nearly revealed the secret of Dongfang Chen’s role in controlling the Ancient City Undead, then redirected the conversation to the mirage.
• Nan Jue reported that Poison Gold Mummies were poisoning soldiers and that the military wanted the team to eliminate them.
• The team learned that an earlier military squad sent after the Poison Gold Mummies had not returned, and they asked where Dongfang Chen was while he stayed with Xin Xia.

Dongfang Chen prepared the Huaxia National Institute Team to face the Poison Gold Mummies and negotiated for battlefield spoils with Strategist Fen Na. When Wangkesi doubted his ability to end the Undead Calamity, Mu Ningxue and the others revealed that he had saved the Ancient City, leaving Fen Na surprised.

• Dongfang Chen reunited with the team, heard Nan Jue explain their mission, and distributed Third-grade Detoxification Pills to protect them from the Poison Gold Mummies' poison gas.
• The next morning, Dongfang Chen and the team joined the military force and met Strategist Fen Na, who instructed them to stay with the main army until they encountered the mummies.
• Dongfang Chen asked Fen Na for half of the battlefield's Remnant Souls and Essence Souls, prioritizing Commander Level Essence Souls, but she refused.
• Dongfang Chen offered to end the Undead Calamity, and Wangkesi dismissed his claim as reckless boasting.
• Mu Ningxue, Ai Tu Tu, and Mu Nu Jiao defended Dongfang Chen and revealed that he had ended the far worse Undead Cataclysm in the Ancient City, surprising Fen Na.

Dongfang Chen revealed that he was an Archmage with two Monarch Level Contract Beasts and offered to lead the attack on the Pyramid Mirage in exchange for half the battlefield's Essence Souls. Fen Na accepted, and the Pushini forces prepared to withdraw their vanguard and support his advance.

• Fen Na questioned whether Dongfang Chen could resolve the Undead Calamity, and he demonstrated his Archmage power by forming a Wind Element Star Palace.
• Dongfang Chen summoned Queen Yan Ji and Queen Xue Xi, revealing that both were Monarch Level Elemental Spirits.
• Fen Na accepted Dongfang Chen's offer and ordered Wangkesi to pull back the vanguard and assign them to collect Essence Souls.
• Luoval initially refused to withdraw his troops, but changed his mind when Wangkesi told him Dongfang Chen had two Monarch Level Contract Beasts.

Dongfang Chen and his team swept through the undead around the Pyramid Mirage with Xiaoyan Ji, Xiaoxuexi, and Amber leading the attack. Near the mirage, they encountered a Monarch Level Dark Sword Master, whom the three Contract Beasts quickly defeated.

• Xiaoyan Ji, Xiaoxuexi, and Amber devastated the undead while Mofan explained that Yan Ji and Xue Xi had not yet reached their full potential.
• The team entered the Poison Gold Mummies’ territory, and Xiaoyan Ji burned away their poisonous fog as the group pressed forward.
• Wangkesi collected an Essence Soul while Dongfang Chen ordered him to prepare Light and Water Mages to dispel the Pyramid Mirage.
• Varol spotted a Dark Sword Master leading a formation of Fierce Sword Death Warriors near the mirage.
• Dongfang Chen sent Xiaoyan Ji, Xiaoxuexi, and Amber against the Dark Sword Master, and they knocked him and his horse flat within minutes.

Dongfang Chen killed the Dark Sword Master, helped end the undead crisis in Pushini City, and claimed the victory rewards. After the city celebrated, he stayed behind with Xin Xia and went to join Mu Ningxue and Zi Shi.

• Queen Yan Ji burned the Dark Sword Master's black centipedes, leaving behind an Essence Soul that Dongfang Chen collected.
• Dongfang Chen told Fen Na to handle the Mirage Pyramid and reminded her of their deal; she confirmed that troops were collecting Essence Souls.
• After the Mirage Pyramid disappeared, Zhao Manyan offered to buy the Dark Sword Master's treasures, but Dongfang Chen directed him to the Dongfang Family Store.
• Dongfang Chen decided to sell the Essence Soul and Undead Crystal while keeping the armor and greatsword for his uncle, Dongfang Mo.
• Dongfang Chen agreed to Xin Xia's suggestion that they visit Mu Ningxue and Zi Shi, while Ai Tu Tu gathered Mu Nu Jiao, Nan Jue, and Jiang Shaoxu at their room.

After the National Institute Team arrived in Venice for the World Academy Tournament, Dongfang Chen learned the tournament was still short fifty billion in sponsorship money despite the Dongfang Family contributing over one hundred billion. Venice administrator Giovanni decided to meet Dongfang Chen, hoping the wealthy family could cover the shortfall.

• Dongfang Chen and the girls finished training in Egypt, where he acquired Commander Level Essence Souls and strengthened most of his Intermediate Magic to the fifth level.
• Xin Xia and Zi Shi returned to the Parthenon, while the National Institute Team traveled to Venice for the World Academy Tournament.
• Mofan asked whether hosting the tournament was profitable, and Zhao Manyan explained its sponsorship system and revealed that the Zhao Family had invested around twenty billion.
• Dongfang Chen said the Dongfang Family's sponsorship had exceeded one hundred billion, but Chenxue Pavilion had been rejected as a sponsor because it lacked enough international prestige.
• Giovanni learned Venice still needed fifty billion in sponsorship money and ordered his assistant to arrange a meeting with Dongfang Chen.

Mofan and Zhao Manyan went to Venice’s Saint Mark World Auction House to find a high-quality Soul Seed, where Zhao Manyan reunited with his brother Zhao Yougan and met Dongfang Chen. Zhao Yougan bought a sixth-grade Golden Marrow Yuan Nourishing Pill for their injured father, while the Blue Skirt Maid left after Dongfang Chen dismissed her.

• Mofan and Zhao Manyan headed to the Saint Mark World Auction House to search for a Domain Soul Seed before the Academy Competition began.
• Zhao Manyan’s brother Zhao Yougan met them at the auction house and brought them to a private room to meet Dongfang Chen.
• Dongfang Chen offered Zhao Yougan a sixth-grade Golden Marrow Yuan Nourishing Pill at a discounted price of 2.4 billion.
• Zhao Yougan explained that he was buying the pill for their father, Zhao Anhe, whose assassination injuries had left him with severe internal damage.
• Zhao Yougan accepted the pill and left, and Dongfang Chen dismissed the Blue Skirt Maid, who departed without being called back.

Dongfang Chen warned Zhao Manyan to be cautious of his brother and gave him a life-saving pill, then secured a 50-billion sponsorship deal with Venice mayor Giovanni through Chenxue Pavilion. Afterward, he reunited with Ashariyya in Venice and agreed to take her out to eat.

• Dongfang Chen gave Zhao Manyan a Golden Marrow Yuan Nourishing Pill and warned him that Zhao Yougan might resent him over the family heir position.
• Dongfang Chen accepted Giovanni's invitation and agreed to provide another 50 billion in sponsorship through Chenxue Pavilion in exchange for priority advertising resources.
• Dongfang Chen noticed Ashariyya following him after leaving the hotel and confronted her.
• Ashariyya revealed herself, and Dongfang Chen agreed to find somewhere to eat with her and catch up.

Dongfang Chen agreed to accompany Ashariyya into the Tyrant Mountain Range after she offered him the location of a powerful Soul Thunder. The two left Venice immediately, with Dongfang Chen regretting that he had not asked Ashariyya to cosplay instead.

• Dongfang Chen and Ashariyya ate pizza and talked at an outdoor cafe in Venice.
• Ashariyya asked Dongfang Chen to help her investigate the Tyrant Mountain Range, and he demanded payment.
• Ashariyya offered to reveal the location of the Tyrant Desolate Thunder, but Dongfang Chen said his Scarlet Jade Thunder was already just as powerful or stronger.
• Dongfang Chen accepted Ashariyya's offer and asked when they would leave; she said they should go right away.
• Dongfang Chen messaged the girls that he would be away and traveled with Ashariyya to the Tyrant Mountain Range.

Dongfang Chen and Ashariyya traveled through the Tyrant Mountain Range, where a Mountain Ridge Titan attacked them. Dongfang Chen trapped and nearly defeated a Blue Star Titan with Scarlet Jade Thunder, but two more Blue Star Titans and a Silver Moon Titan appeared, leaving the pair facing a greater threat.

• Ashariyya guided Dongfang Chen around an Eight-Spear Evil Spider nest and warned him about the Titans near the range's main peak.
• A Mountain Ridge Titan attacked, and Dongfang Chen used Instant Move to carry Ashariyya out from under its foot.
• Dongfang Chen trapped the Titan in a Curved Jade Thunder Prison and battered it with Scarlet Jade Thunder until it was nearly defeated.
• Ashariyya urged them to leave before more Titans arrived, but two Blue Star Titans and a Silver Moon Titan emerged nearby.
• Ashariyya feared the Silver Moon Titan's Monarch-level strength, while Dongfang Chen sensed that its aura seemed weaker than a Monarch Level Demon's.

Dongfang Chen killed three Titan Giants while preserving their bodies, astonishing Ashariyya with his mental power. He stored their corpses and continued onward with her, leaving her more curious about his hidden abilities.

• Ashariyya suggested retreating from the Juvenile Stage Silver Moon Titan and two Blue Star Titans, but Dongfang Chen refused because he wanted the Silver Moon Titan's heart.
• Dongfang Chen blocked the charging Titan Giants with a Space Force barrier and told Ashariyya not to interfere.
• Dongfang Chen used the Soul Hand Seal to annihilate the three Titan Giants' souls, killing them without damaging their bodies.
• Ashariyya questioned Dongfang Chen about his powerful mental attack as he stored the corpses and continued onward with her.

Ashariyya led Dongfang Chen to the Tyrant Desolate Thunder and showed him the dangerous route to its habitat. After Dongfang Chen defeated the Wind Flame Thunder Vultures, Ashariyya guided him through a narrow fissure, where close contact left her flustered and her heart racing as he went ahead to face the Soul Seed.

• Ashariyya explained that the black clouds over Tyrant Mountain came from Soul Thunder and led Dongfang Chen to the Tyrant Desolate Thunder's fissure.
• Ashariyya warned Dongfang Chen about the lightning barrier and the nine Wind Flame Thunder Vultures guarding the area.
• Dongfang Chen charged the vultures and killed all nine in three moves, convincing Ashariyya that he had reached the Archmage level.
• Dongfang Chen and Ashariyya squeezed through the narrow fissure together, and Ashariyya became embarrassed when they bumped against each other.
• Ashariyya told Dongfang Chen to approach the Tyrant Desolate Thunder alone while she tried to calm her racing heart.

Dongfang Chen subdued Tyrant Desolate Thunder and followed Ashariyya through the Tyrant Mountain Range to the summit. Ashariyya revealed that she had come to investigate whether an ancient Dark True Dragon still lived beneath the cliff, and Dongfang Chen agreed to help despite her warnings.

• Dongfang Chen endured Tyrant Desolate Thunder's attacks and subdued the Soul Seed, storing it in a separate Storage Ring.
• Ashariyya led Dongfang Chen through a hidden mountain passage toward the summit, where he teased her about making her his little wife.
• Ashariyya explained that she could activate a Spatial Shifting Grand Formation with a Secret Treasure but needed Dongfang Chen's Space Element magic energy.
• Dongfang Chen offered to inspect the area below the cliff, and Ashariyya admitted she suspected an ancient Dark True Dragon lived there.
• Ashariyya warned that even a distant glimpse could attract the Pure Bloodline Emperor True Dragon's attention, but Dongfang Chen calmly agreed to go with her.

Dongfang Chen and Ashariyya encountered the Black Dragon Emperor at Long Cliff, where he protected her from its attack and opened a Space Passage. He left the dragon wounded and unable to interfere as the passage closed.

• Dongfang Chen went to the edge of Long Cliff and saw the Black Dragon Emperor moving in the clouds below.
• Ashariyya tried to activate her Teleportation Secret Treasure with Dongfang Chen’s Space Element magic energy, but the dragon attacked before they could escape.
• Dongfang Chen protected himself and Ashariyya with a Crimson Shield that withstood the Black Dragon Emperor’s claw and the destruction of the mountain peak.
• Dongfang Chen opened a Space Passage and led Ashariyya inside to get her away from the dragon.
• The Black Dragon Emperor struck at the passage, but a fist from within twisted its claw and wounded it before the passage closed.

Dongfang Chen helped Ashariyya recover after they escaped the Black Dragon Emperor, while she wondered at his strength. In Venice, Mu Tingying revealed that Dongfang Chen had given her a powerful Soul Seed, and her father remembered that he and her mother had come to capture a Mu Clan traitor.

• Dongfang Chen gave Ashariyya pills to heal her injuries and regulate her disrupted Magic energy, and she was surprised by their effectiveness.
• Ashariyya told Dongfang Chen that she had supported the Parthenon Temple cooperating with the Dongfang Family over its pills.
• Zhou Yilin saw Mu Tingying's Domain Soul Seed and learned that Dongfang Chen had given it to her.
• Mu Tingying asked Zhou Yilin about the family task, and he said he and her mother had come to capture a traitor to the family.

Mu Ningxue learned that Pan Xi had betrayed the Mu Clan and sought the Ice Crystal Bow inside her to pursue the Archmage realm. When Pan Xi attacked her in Venice, Mu Ningxue declared she would defeat him within ten minutes.

• Mu Yilin told Mu Tingying that Pan Xi had betrayed the Mu Clan after losing his chance to use the Ice Crystal Bow, and that he might be in Venice.
• Mu Tingying tried to reach Mu Ningxue, then called Dongfang Chen when she got no answer.
• Pan Xi found Mu Ningxue alone on a Venice bridge and demanded the complete Ice Crystal Bow fused into her body.
• Mu Ningxue warned Pan Xi that his soul could not withstand the Ice Crystal Bow, but he prepared to extract it anyway.
• Mu Ningxue summoned fierce snow winds and vowed to cut Pan Xi down within ten minutes.

Mu Ningxue fought Pan Xi, a veteran High Level Mage and Mu Clan traitor, while Dongfang Chen arrived with Mu Yilin, Mu Tingying, and Nanrong Ni. Dongfang Chen trusted Mu Ningxue to win and waited outside Pan Xi’s Ice Mist Domain as the duel continued.

• Pan Xi mocked Mu Ningxue and attacked her with Ice Crystal Flying Wheels, but Mu Ningxue countered with her Ice Domain and the Ice Crystal Bow’s power.
• Pan Xi activated his Ice Mist Domain, obscured the battlefield, and launched surprise attacks that Mu Ningxue blocked with her domain and Ice Locks.
• Mu Yilin arrived with four Mu Clan Disciplinary Mages, while Mu Tingying and Nanrong Ni offered to help Mu Ningxue.
• Dongfang Chen appeared and told Mu Yilin’s group not to intervene because he trusted Mu Ningxue to defeat Pan Xi.
• Mu Ningxue and Pan Xi continued fighting inside the mist while Dongfang Chen waited outside, confident the battle would end soon.

Mu Ningxue used her Mental Power to locate Pan Xi inside the Ice Mist Domain and defeated him with the Ice Crystal Bow. Afterward, Dongfang Chen accepted Mu Yilin’s apology on the Mu Clan’s behalf and received the reward for Pan Xi’s capture.

• Pan Xi attacked Mu Ningxue with Ice Crystal Flying Wheels inside the Ice Mist Domain, but she remained airborne with her Wind Wings.
• Mu Ningxue used techniques she had learned from Dongfang Chen to pinpoint Pan Xi through the mist and summoned the Ice Crystal Bow.
• Mu Ningxue froze Pan Xi’s ankles and struck him with an arrow, defeating him.
• Dongfang Chen reunited with Mu Ningxue, and she noted that her strength had improved while still trailing his.
• Mu Yilin apologized for the Mu Clan’s failure to contain Pan Xi, and Dongfang Chen warned the clan to keep its people in check.
• Mu Yilin gave Mu Ningxue a bank card containing eight hundred million as the reward for Pan Xi’s capture.