Chapter Summaries

Dongfang Chen defended his victory against accusations of cheating, and the Huaxia Team celebrated winning the championship. In Venice, he and Ailin grew closer at the hotel pool before heading to their room together.

• The British mentor accused Dongfang Chen of using forbidden Archmage-level power, but Dongfang Chen, Ailin, and Zheluo testified that he had not broken the rules.
• The Chief Referee announced that the Huaxia Team had won the championship, and the team celebrated by tossing Dongfang Chen and their mentors into the sea.
• The Huaxia Team spent several days celebrating in Venice while Dongfang Chen and Ailin met at the hotel pool.
• Ailin told Dongfang Chen that her family had agreed to let her visit Huaxia because she could bring him back with her.
• Ailin removed the coverings from her swimsuit and asked Dongfang Chen whether it looked good; after he praised it, she suggested they return to the room.
• Dongfang Chen carried Ailin from the pool to the room.

Dongfang Chen and Mofan learned that Zhao Manyan suspected his older brother had withheld a healing pill meant for their father. On the Venice embankment, Dongfang Chen stopped a man who was about to attack them, while the woman with him recognized Dongfang Chen and froze in fear.

• Ailin used a stamina-restoring magic tool during her exhausting time with Dongfang Chen, and the two continued their life together.
• Zhao Manyan asked Dongfang Chen for another Golden Marrow Yuan Nourishing Pill because his father's illness had barely improved.
• Zhao Manyan admitted he had used the extra pill himself and suspected his older brother had not given the first pill to their father.
• Zhao Manyan explained that his older brother resented him because their father intended to leave him the family inheritance, which Zhao Manyan did not want.
• A woman accompanying a man on the embankment recognized Dongfang Chen and became unable to move as the man approached Zhao Manyan for a photo.
• The man's expression turned murderous, but Dongfang Chen seized his wrist and made the killing intent vanish.

Dongfang Chen exposed two assassins targeting Zhao Manyan and forced them to reveal that Zhao Yougan had hired them. Zhao Manyan confronted and beat his elder brother, then learned their bedridden father was still alive as the chapter ended.

• Dongfang Chen recognized the couple as Assassin Hall assassins who had come for Zhao Manyan, and they quickly confessed under pressure.
• The assassins revealed that Zhao Yougan had hired them and was watching from nearby, so Dongfang Chen used Space Force to drag him back.
• Zhao Manyan recognized Zhao Yougan and confronted him about trying to kill his own brother.
• Zhao Yougan blamed their father for favoring Zhao Manyan in the family inheritance and admitted their father was still barely alive.
• Zhao Manyan beat Zhao Yougan, then asked Dongfang Chen and Mofan whether relatives often turned against each other over family wealth.

After Zhao Manyan took control of Zhao Yougan with Dongfang Chen’s Life and Death Pill, Zhao Yougan revealed that Zhao Jing had urged him to attack. The group learned Zhao Jing was a powerful Archmage with Four Element Mastery, while Dongfang Chen dismissed that level of strength as unimpressive.

• Dongfang Chen advised Zhao Manyan to keep Zhao Yougan alive and gave him a Life and Death Pill to control his brother.
• Zhao Manyan forced Zhao Yougan to swallow the pill, and Zhao Yougan woke in agony and begged him for relief.
• Dongfang Chen gave Zhao Manyan an antidote and explained that Zhao Yougan would need regular doses to avoid recurring torment.
• Zhao Yougan named Zhao Jing as the Elder who had urged him to attack Zhao Manyan.
• Zhao Manyan explained that Zhao Jing was an Archmage with Four Element Mastery and nearly as strong as Chief Pang Lai.
• Mofan asked whether he and Dongfang Chen could defeat Zhao Jing together, and Dongfang Chen dismissed Four Element Mastery as nothing special.

Dongfang Chen revealed that the enormous Sea Beast beneath Venice was his partner and promised it would protect Zhao Manyan when he returned to the Zhao Family. With the assassins agreeing to support Zhao Manyan, the immediate conflict was settled, leaving Zhao Yougan regretting his decision to target his brother.

• Dongfang Chen dismissed Zhao Jing's Four Element Mastery as unremarkable and promised Zhao Manyan a powerful helper.
• Dongfang Chen called the enormous Sea Beast from beneath the sea, alarming Venice's residents and reminding Mofan and Zhao Manyan of its earlier appearances.
• Dongfang Chen explained that the Sea Beast was his partner and would protect Zhao Manyan when he returned to the Zhao Family.
• Dongfang Chen ordered the two assassins to have the Assassin Hall cooperate with Zhao Manyan, and they agreed.
• Dongfang Chen reminded the assassins to collect their payment from Zhao Yougan, who regretted targeting Zhao Manyan at Zhao Jing's urging.

The Huaxia National Institute Team stayed in Venice to receive their championship reward, a Divine Seal Praise at the Parthenon Temple, while the Goddess Election remained undecided. As they arrived at Shen Shan, the team learned about the temple’s blessings and its Anti-flight Restriction before beginning the climb.

• Jiang Yu told the others that Pang Lai believed the sea beast was one of the most powerful Monarch Level Creatures.
• The organizers replaced the planned blessing from the new Saintess with a Divine Seal Praise from the Hall Mother because the Goddess Election had no clear winner.
• Dongfang Chen kept Xin Xia from revealing her Parthenon Divine Soul, saving it for a critical moment and insisting the temple could not frame her as Salang.
• Feng Li and Pang Lai led the National Institute Team to the Faith Hall at the foot of Shen Shan, where Pang Lai explained the Hall Mother’s blessing could raise their magic foundation multiplier.
• Jiang Yu asked about the Anti-flight Restriction, and Pang Lai and Feng Li warned that flying up Shen Shan would count as challenging the mountain.
• Mofan wondered whether Dongfang Chen could overcome Shen Shan, then considered that Xin Xia becoming Saintess might put Dongfang Chen in control of the Parthenon.

The group climbed Shen Shan and met Ashariyya, who invited them to visit her residence. As they approached the Goddess Hall, Dongfang Chen proposed using Summoned Beasts to bypass the mountain’s suppression, and the group was stopped at the hall’s guarded entrance.

• The group admired the mountain scenery before Ashariyya appeared and greeted Dongfang Chen from her cliffside residence.
• Pang Lai explained that he had once tried and failed to climb Shen Shan because its Suppression Array weakened him and its stone guardians wounded him.
• Dongfang Chen suggested using Summoned Beasts to climb the mountain, while Pang Lai warned that even Monarch-Level beasts might not overcome its guards.
• Ashariyya exchanged a few words with the group and returned to her residence.
• The group reached Goddess Peak, where Knight Hall guards prevented them from entering the Goddess Hall freely.

The Huaxia National Institute Team arrived at the Parthenon to receive the Hall Mother's Divine Seal Praise, where Hailong treated Dongfang Chen with unexpected respect. After Dongfang Chen asked him to arrange a meeting, Hailong agreed to notify the Hall Mother, leaving the team expecting to see her soon.

• Pang Lai explained that Hailong led Knight Hall and discussed how the Parthenon’s Divine Blessing Power affected his strength.
• Hailong initially made the Huaxia National Institute Team wait, but changed his attitude when he noticed Dongfang Chen.
• Feng Li introduced the team, and Pang Lai argued that the champions of the tournament deserved their reward.
• Hailong welcomed Dongfang Chen and offered to notify the Hall Mother, hoping Dongfang Chen might persuade Zi Shi to become his successor.
• Hailong arranged for the team to stay at Knight Hall and said Dongfang Chen’s request could secure an earlier meeting with the Hall Mother.
• Dongfang Chen asked Hailong to pass on his request, and Zhao Manyan remarked on the weight his name carried at the Parthenon.

Dongfang Chen received the Hall Mother's Divine Seal Praise and used his powerful Soul Power to test whether he could control its mark and receive multiple blessings. The blessing entered his Space Element Star Seeds, and he began examining his Soul Body.

• Dongfang Chen arranged for Pamis to hold a public Divine Seal Praise ceremony for the Huaxia National Institute Team.
• Pamis explained the cultivation precautions, while Dongfang Chen recognized her as a Black Church Pope and chose not to expose her.
• Dongfang Chen decided to use his Soul Power to control the blessing's soul mark so he could potentially receive multiple Divine Seal Praises.
• Pamis began the ceremony, stopped the Female Sage from making Dongfang Chen perform the Kneeling Ritual, and guided the sacred aura toward his chosen Element.
• Dongfang Chen directed the radiance into his Space Element Star Seeds and examined his Soul Body.

Dongfang Chen and the Huaxia National Institute Team completed a month of Meditation Cultivation after receiving the Divine Seal Praise, then left Parthenon when the mountain closed for the Feihua Festival. Meanwhile, Ashariyya awoke beside the murdered Penny Jia and realized someone might have framed her.

• Dongfang Chen learned that his Soul Power could preserve Divine Seal Praise imprints, allowing him to maintain the blessing’s full multiplier and potentially receive it across multiple Magic Elements.
• Pamis blessed the Huaxia National Institute Team and its substitutes over three days, then arranged for them to cultivate in Parthenon’s Quiet Rooms for a month.
• After the team’s seclusion ended, Dongfang Chen took the girls back to Magic City when Parthenon closed for the Feihua Festival, though Xin Xia was safe.
• Ashariyya regained consciousness, noticed traces of poison and blood on her clothes, and found Goddess Candidate Penny Jia dead before Parthenon’s high-ranking members.
• Hailong accused Ashariyya of killing Penny Jia, but Ashariyya denied it and suspected someone had framed her to benefit Ye Xin Xia.

Ye Xin Xia defended Ashariyya after Penny Jia was found dead, and Ashariyya was placed in temporary detention while the Holy Court investigated. Back in Magic City, Dongfang Chen reunited with Tang Yue and returned to the Qingtian Hunter Club, where Leng Qing told him that Ashariyya had been accused of killing Penny Jia and that the incident had drawn conspiracy theories involving Xin Xia.

• Ye Xin Xia stood beside Ashariyya and questioned her about Penny Jia's death, while Mei Ruola rejected the possibility that Ashariyya had been poisoned or mind-controlled.
• Hall Mother Pamis ordered Ashariyya held in temporary detention pending a Holy Court investigation, and Ashariyya stayed to uncover who had framed her.
• Dongfang Chen spent time with Tang Yue in Magic City and learned that she had already advanced to Archmage.
• Dongfang Chen returned to the Qingtian Hunter Club and found Lingling exercising on a dance machine; Leng Qing arrived and scolded them with a disdainful look.
• Leng Qing told Dongfang Chen that Ashariyya had been accused of killing Penny Jia and that Xin Xia had become the subject of conspiracy theories because she stood to benefit.

Dongfang Chen went to Parthenon with Old Man Bao to bring Ye Xin Xia back amid the investigation into Ashariyya’s alleged killing of Penny Jia. The Hall Mother hesitated to let Xin Xia leave, and Mei Ruola opposed it outright until Zi Shi confronted her with overwhelming pressure.

• Dongfang Chen suspected Yi Zhi Sha had targeted Ashariyya because she mistook Ashariyya’s Fallen Angel Soul for the Parthenon Divine Soul, then decided to bring Xin Xia home.
• Leng Qing explained that Parthenon Mountain was sealed and the Holy Court had blockaded the area, so Lingling suggested asking Old Man Bao for help.
• Dongfang Chen and Old Man Bao entered Parthenon Mountain during the Feihua Festival and went to the Arbitration Hall, where they found Xin Xia and Zi Shi but not Ashariyya.
• Dongfang Chen reunited with Xin Xia and told her he would handle Ashariyya’s situation while taking Xin Xia back to the country.
• Mei Ruola refused to let Xin Xia leave, and Zi Shi pressured her after Dongfang Chen challenged Parthenon’s ability to protect Xin Xia.

Dongfang Chen secured permission to take Xin Xia to Huaxia and asked Old Man Bao to help him meet the condemned Ashariyya, whose hidden message said she could clear her name with his help. At the Arbitration Hall, Hailong protested the Holy Court’s guilty verdict, but the judges stood by it.

• Mei Ruola remembered Zi Shi’s ties to the Dongfang Family and superior rank, then retreated after Pamis ordered her to step back.
• Pamis agreed that Xin Xia could return to Huaxia with Dongfang Chen until Ashariyya’s trial was over, subject to Holy Court approval.
• Old Man Bao agreed to try to arrange a meeting between Dongfang Chen and Ashariyya after Dongfang Chen explained that he had deciphered her hidden message.
• Zi Shi took Xin Xia to Huaxia while Old Man Bao brought Dongfang Chen back to the Arbitration Hall.
• Hailong argued that the Holy Court should not execute Ashariyya, but Durank defended the verdict and another judge said it could no longer be changed.

Dongfang Chen challenged the Star River Mountain Road to earn the right to see Ashariyya, despite warnings that failure could ruin his cultivation. The mountain’s restrictions activated and suppressed his Magic Cultivation, but his Soul Power shattered the suppression and restored him to the Super-class Realm.

• Old Man Bao brought Dongfang Chen to Rayna and asked her to let him see Ashariyya, but Grand Judge Durank objected and warned that Dongfang Chen might try to rescue her.
• Dongfang Chen invoked Parthenon’s rule allowing anyone who passed the sacred mountain to meet someone there, then set out to challenge the Star River Mountain Road.
• Hailong warned Dongfang Chen that the mountain was dangerous and that reaching Ashariyya would not undo the Holy Court’s verdict, while Old Man Bao told him not to use his Summoned Beast.
• Dongfang Chen entered the mountain road as its restrictions sealed Goddess Peak and suppressed his Magic Cultivation from the Super-class Realm to around Second-level High-rank.
• Dongfang Chen released his Soul Power, destroyed the suppression binding his Star Sea, and restored his Magic Cultivation to the Super-class Realm.

Dongfang Chen challenged Sacred Mountain to reach the Holy Maiden, easily defeating the first two Guardian Statues with his Space Force and lightning. He reached the third checkpoint, where Vampire Bora sensed the aura of a high-level-bloodline vampire on him and asked about the two vampires by his side.

• Hailong and the onlookers watched as Dongfang Chen used Space Force to fling the Greek Bronze Beast into the mountainside at the first checkpoint.
• Dongfang Chen restrained the gargoyle at the second checkpoint, crushed its Shadow Puppet, and destroyed it with Thunderbolt Magatamas.
• Old Man Bao praised Dongfang Chen's progress while Hailong warned that the third Guardian Statue was Vampire Bora, who had lived for over two thousand years.
• Vampire Bora sensed the aura of a high-level-bloodline vampire on Dongfang Chen and asked about the two vampires by his side.

Dongfang Chen fought Vampire Bora, who sought the source of the superior demonic vampire auras he sensed on him. Bora surrendered after Dongfang Chen overwhelmed him, then asked if Dongfang Chen was the master of the two High-Grade Bloodlines.

• Old Man Bao and Hailong discussed Vampire Bora’s Demon Bloodline and the Parthenon Temple’s role in preserving him.
• Vampire Bora sensed superior demonic vampire auras on Dongfang Chen and demanded to know where they came from.
• Dongfang Chen refused to answer, and Bora transformed into a purple bat and attacked him.
• Dongfang Chen evaded Bora with his speed, then kicked him through the stone wall and struck him with Crimson Lightning and holy light.
• Bora begged Dongfang Chen to stop, and Dongfang Chen spared him because he might be useful.
• Bora asked whether Dongfang Chen was the master of the two High-Grade Bloodlines.

Dongfang Chen defeated Bora, recruited him to find Mofan in exchange for three years of service, and continued toward the final challenge at Shen Shan. At the stone steps, Dongfang Chen discovered that the hill behind the woods was actually a gigantic Titan.

• Bora begged Dongfang Chen for mercy and asked for a drop of his blood, believing he had awakened the Demon Bloodline.
• Dongfang Chen told Bora he lacked the Demon Bloodline but offered to introduce him to Mofan if Bora served him for three years.
• Bora accepted and flew down the mountain to meet Song Qiming, who agreed to take him to Mofan in Huaxia.
• Hailong realized Dongfang Chen had reached the final challenge and struggled over whether to help him or protect the Parthenon's reputation and Saintess Ashariyya.
• Dongfang Chen reached the final stone steps and saw that the hill behind the woods was a gigantic Titan.

Dongfang Chen challenged the Sacred Mountain and confronted Haobu, a Silver Moon Titan guarding Goddess Peak. After testing his magic against Haobu, he prepared to attack with his Super-class Wind Element empowered by a top-grade Heaven Seed.

• Haobu revealed itself after realizing Dongfang Chen had seen through its camouflage, alarming believers at the Faith Hall.
• Faith Mages calmed the crowd by claiming Haobu was Parthenon's Mountain Guard Giant, while Hailong explained its Titan origins and Bora insisted Dongfang Chen would win.
• Haobu struck Dongfang Chen with a devastating fist, but he blocked it with Mind Control—Air Shield.
• Dongfang Chen dodged Haobu's stomp with Instant Move and hit it with Scarlet Thunder, cracking its silver armor but causing only minor injuries.
• Dongfang Chen switched to his powerful Wind Element and formed a Star Palace to cast Millennium Wind Blades.

Dongfang Chen defeated the Silver Moon Titan with his Heaven Seed, conquered Shen Shan, and claimed the Titan’s body. Durank and Mei Ruola initially blocked him from seeing Ashariyya, but Durank then unexpectedly agreed, leaving Mei Ruola questioning his motives.

• Dongfang Chen used Millennium Wind Blades to cut the Silver Moon Titan in half, astonishing the spectators and revealing the power of his Heaven Seed.
• Hailong and Old Man Bao recognized Dongfang Chen’s strength, while Durank and Mei Ruola grew angry that he had overcome Shen Shan’s four guardians.
• Dongfang Chen collected the Titan’s corpse and went to Goddess Peak, asking to see Ashariyya after conquering Shen Shan.
• Durank and Mei Ruola refused, saying Ashariyya was a prisoner, as Durank considered how her execution could also eliminate Dongfang Chen.
• Durank suddenly agreed that Dongfang Chen should be allowed to see Ashariyya, prompting Mei Ruola to ask why he had changed sides.

Dongfang Chen gained permission to meet Ashariyya before her execution and entered Saintess Hall under guard. Yafa sealed the hall behind him, leaving Dongfang Chen in darkness as he went to find her.

• Mei Ruola and the other Female Sages persuaded Hall Mother Pamis to let Dongfang Chen meet Ashariyya, while Mei Ruola ordered him followed.
• Hailong assigned two Silver Moon Knights to escort Dongfang Chen and secretly hoped he would help Ashariyya escape.
• At Penny Jia's funeral, Pamis told Xiao Shen that Ashariyya's execution had to wait until Dongfang Chen met her.
• Dongfang Chen noticed that Hailong's knights had left a possible escape route, then arrived at Saintess Hall and faced Yafa.
• Yafa ordered the doors shut and the magical restriction activated after Dongfang Chen entered, leaving the hall dark.