Chapter Summaries

An enormous Undead Army emerged from the Northern Plains and attacked Zhenbei Pass, where Bin Wei activated the Great Wall’s ancient defenses. The wall’s restrictions stopped the horde from climbing, but several Monarch Level Creatures cracked it, leaving Bin Wei unsure whether the defenders could win.

• An ancient voice summoned endless Undead across the Northern Plains and ordered them to crush the living as the army surged toward Zhenbei Pass.
• Guan Pingfang told Bin Wei that all the Beacon Towers were ready, and Bin Wei activated the Great Wall Body, raising the Magnificent City Wall across the plain.
• Bin Wei ordered the mages to attack the Nether Executioners, but the Undead climbed the wall using their fallen comrades’ bodies as steps.
• Bin Wei awakened the Divine Chu Realm restriction, which crushed the corpses at the top of the growing pile and prevented the Undead from reaching the wall.
• A Monarch Level Evil Scale Mummy and other powerful Undead struck the wall, spreading cracks across it and leaving Bin Wei despairing as she watched the distant pyramid.

Dongfang Chen arrived at Zhenbei Pass as the Undead Army threatened to overrun the Northern Plains, and his immense Soul Power silenced the ancient presence inside the pyramid. Though Khufu offered to withdraw the undead, Dongfang Chen refused to let him leave unchallenged.

• Bin Wei rallied the despairing defenders of Zhenbei Pass and prepared to lead a strike against the Monarch Level Undead as residents evacuated.
• The Sphinx appeared among the undead, but Bin Wei restored the soldiers’ resolve by reminding them of the people they were protecting.
• Dongfang Chen arrived with Leng Qing and Lingling, gave Lingling his Ancient King Demon Puppet, and asked Leng Qing to watch over her.
• Khufu’s voice shook the defenders, but Dongfang Chen dispelled its pressure with his Soul Power and annihilated the souls of the undead attacking the Great Wall.
• Khufu offered to withdraw the undead, but Dongfang Chen challenged him for thinking he could come and go as he pleased.

Dongfang Chen crushed Khufu’s Sphinx with a single palm strike, forcing the Egyptian death god to retreat. Lingling and Leng Qing then joined the battle with the Demon Puppet and the Mountain Corpse, leaving Khufu’s army under assault by a new undead force.

• Khufu ordered the Sphinx to attack Dongfang Chen, terrifying the defenders at Zhenbei Pass.
• Dongfang Chen struck the Sphinx with Yellow Springs Palm, destroying it and blasting the pyramid backward.
• Khufu admitted defeat and began retreating through the Underworld Gate, but Dongfang Chen refused to let him leave.
• Lingling directed the Armored Skeleton to unleash an undead army against Khufu’s pyramid.
• The Mountain Corpse rose beneath the Northern Plains, and Lingling and Leng Qing directed it to charge into Khufu’s Underworld Army.

Lingling and the Ancient City’s undead overwhelmed Khufu’s Underworld Army and reached the pyramid. Khufu appeared, unleashed a Chaos Vortex, then abandoned the pyramid and fled toward the Underworld Gate as Dongfang Chen pursued him.

• Khufu restored the Sphinx, but Mountain Corpse smashed its face again while Hai Sha Ming Zhu seized Evil Scale Pharaoh and blasted it, dimming the pyramid’s Netherworld Radiance.
• Lingling directed the Ancient City’s undead as they routed Khufu’s forces, while Nine Nether Empress blocked the Sheep Demon Monarch’s attack and set off to fight it.
• The undead converted fallen Underworld Creatures into allies and advanced to the pyramid, leaving only three thousand Fierce Sword Death Warriors to defend it.
• Khufu appeared above the pyramid, unleashed a massive Chaos Vortex, then fled toward the Underworld Gate and abandoned the pyramid.
• Dongfang Chen warned Khufu that it was too late to run, and Khufu raced even faster toward the gate.

Dongfang Chen pursued Khufu as he fled toward the Underworld Gate and overwhelmed him with his strength. Khufu offered to surrender, but Dongfang Chen's Yellow Springs Palm struck before he could finish, leaving his fate unclear.

• Khufu fled toward the Underworld Gate, but Dongfang Chen dragged him back with Absorbing Palm and sealed the area with Space Locks.
• Khufu proposed that he and Dongfang Chen join forces to rule the underworld, but Dongfang Chen refused to negotiate.
• Khufu tried to break Dongfang Chen's Space Lock with Dimension Magic, but Dongfang Chen shattered his Dimensional Vortex with Vajra Glazed Body and knocked him to the ground.
• Dongfang Chen launched Yellow Springs Palm, and Khufu began offering to surrender before the strike crashed down and unleashed a vast sandstorm across the Northern Plains.

Dongfang Chen killed Khufu and used a Monarch Undead’s soul essence to create a Demon Puppet that inherited Khufu’s Underworld Authority. Zhenbei Pass survived the battle, and Dongfang Chen had united the land’s Underworld Empires, while Queen Huangsha Dry Bones still ruled the ocean’s Undead Empire.

• Dongfang Chen found Khufu’s corpse had no soul left and chose the Sheep Demon Monarch’s soul essence to make a Demon Puppet.
• Dongfang Chen trapped the Sheep Demon Monarch, destroyed it, and placed its Soul Essence in Khufu’s corpse to create the Khufu Demon Puppet.
• The Khufu Demon Puppet inherited Khufu’s Authority, recalled the Underworld undead into the pyramid, and withdrew with the other Monarchs.
• Lingling sent the Ancient City Undead away, and Dongfang Chen returned to Zhenbei Pass with Lingling and Leng Qing.
• Bin Wei thanked Dongfang Chen for saving the pass, and he credited the defenders’ determination.
• Dongfang Chen had united the land’s Underworld Empires, while Queen Huangsha Dry Bones still controlled the ocean’s Undead Empire.

After defeating Leng Jue, Dongfang Chen advanced his alchemy and soul abilities, then used his time at the Parthenon Temple to strengthen his magic and Dou Qi cultivation. The chapter ended with Ashariyya visiting him on Goddess Peak and playfully inviting him to spend less time relaxing alone.

• Dongfang Chen received Ninth-grade Treasure Pill Alchemist Master experience and advanced to the Heaven Realm Early Stage Soul Realm, though his low Dou Qi cultivation prevented him from refining Ninth-grade Pills.
• Dongfang Chen realized his Heaven Realm Soul Power let him create pure Elemental Power environments and Little Heaven Seeds, and he planned to leave most Heaven Seed cultivation to Yu Shishi.
• Dongfang Chen cultivated at the Parthenon Temple, raising his Wind and Space Elements to Archmage Level 2 and advancing his Dou Qi cultivation to Four-Star Dou Zun by refining Demon Saint Blood Essence.
• Ashariyya visited Dongfang Chen at his villa on Goddess Peak and teased him about calling his frequent relaxation cultivation in seclusion.
• Dongfang Chen swept Ashariyya into his arms as she joked that she would have to work harder.

After resolving crises in the Northern Plains and along the Coastline, Dongfang Chen met with Shao Zheng and learned that Mingzhu Academy had made him a nominal mentor. Dean Xiao invited him to supervise an exchange at Alps Academy, and Ailin later invited him to visit the Victoria Clan, which Dongfang Chen considered for his Tianfu Alliance mission.

• Shao Zheng thanked Dongfang Chen for resolving the Northern Plains crisis and supporting defenses against the rising sea levels along the Coastline.
• Dean Xiao gave Dongfang Chen his Mentor Qualification Certificate and invited him to supervise Mingzhu Academy's exchange with Alps Academy.
• Dongfang Chen said he would consider the exchange invitation because he was unsure he had time to go.
• Ailin called Dongfang Chen and invited him to visit her home, the Victoria Clan.
• Dongfang Chen considered whether the Victoria Clan could qualify as a top-tier faction for his Tianfu Alliance mission.

Dongfang Chen agreed to visit Britain after Ailin invited him to see her in her Duke Robe and discuss pills that could accelerate flying dragons’ growth. He rode a Victoria Clan dragon to the clan’s heavily warded estate at Howling Sea Cliff, where his strength and Dragon Bloodline made the proud Palan submit.

• Ailin persuaded Dongfang Chen to visit Britain by promising to wear her Duke Robe and raising her family’s interest in his dragon-growth pills.
• An old butler arrived with two flying dragons to escort Dongfang Chen, while Ailin’s other guests stayed behind to cultivate Dou Qi.
• Dongfang Chen chose the dozing dragon Palan, which lowered its head and affectionately pressed against him because of his strength and Dragon Bloodline.
• The old butler and Dongfang Chen flew for about ten hours across mountain ranges, protected from the high-altitude winds by the dragons’ magical devices.
• The old butler brought Dongfang Chen to the Victoria Clan’s ancient castle near Howling Sea Cliff, which was protected by powerful magical wards.

Dongfang Chen reunited with Ailin at Roaring Castle and learned that the Victoria Clan was destabilized after Forbidden Curse Mage Caven disappeared in the Extreme South Land while investigating the rising sea levels. Ailin asked Dongfang Chen to help secure her position in the Duke Faction, and he promised to protect her from her stepmother’s dirty tactics.

• Dongfang Chen arrived at Roaring Castle, where Ailin greeted him affectionately and brought him inside.
• Ailin told Dongfang Chen that scholars linked the rising sea levels to an upheaval in the Extreme South Land, where Caven had disappeared on an investigation.
• Ailin explained that Caven’s presumed death weakened the Duke Faction and threatened her position as the Victoria Clan’s first-in-line heir.
• Ailin asked Dongfang Chen to help suppress unstable elements in the Duke Faction and prevent her stepmother, Madam Luo Ou, from using her Forbidden Curse Mage status unfairly.
• Dongfang Chen promised Ailin that Madam Luo Ou would not be able to cause trouble.

Dongfang Chen and Ailin searched Roaring Castle for Ailin’s missing father, the Old Duke, but found no trace of him. They headed to dinner with Madam Luo Ou, where Chaos Magic warped the corridor; Dongfang Chen dispelled the distortion and prepared to meet her.

• After spending the afternoon together, Dongfang Chen asked Ailin about her father, and she explained that she suspected Madam Luo Ou had imprisoned him to seize power.
• Dongfang Chen searched Roaring Castle and the surrounding sea cliffs with his Soul Power but could not find the Old Duke.
• A maid invited Dongfang Chen and Ailin to dinner, where Madam Luo Ou wanted to meet Ailin’s husband.
• As the maid opened the Banquet Hall doors, Chaos Magic sent the group back to the start of the corridor.
• Dongfang Chen used his Chaos Magic to dispel the distortion and said they would go meet Madam Luo Ou.

Dongfang Chen and Ailin met Madam Luo Ou in the Victoria Clan’s Banquet Hall, where he demonstrated his unusual Chaos Magic and learned she was maneuvering to control the clan. After discovering Dongfang Chen’s identity, Madam Luo Ou changed her attitude and considered using the Dongfang Family’s influence for herself, leaving her intent to separate him from Ailin.

• A maid led Dongfang Chen and Ailin into the Banquet Hall, where Madam Luo Ou greeted Dongfang Chen with haughty praise.
• Dongfang Chen challenged Madam Luo Ou’s Chaos Magic and used a strange glowing eye to send her into the corridor.
• Madam Luo Ou used a Chaos Force crystal ball to return to the Banquet Hall and boasted that Dongfang Chen was still no match for her.
• Madam Luo Ou asked Dongfang Chen to leave Ailin and join her, prompting Ailin to block her view of him.
• Ailin revealed that Dongfang Chen was the eldest young master of the Dongfang Clan, and Madam Luo Ou recognized his reputation.
• Madam Luo Ou invited them to sit and spoke of a marriage alliance while privately planning to win the Dongfang Family’s support and break up Ailin and Dongfang Chen.

Madam Luo Ou failed to charm Dongfang Chen and resolved to target Ailin instead, while Old Weller brought Dongfang Chen to the Victoria Clan’s Dragon Taming Base. There, Dongfang Chen learned how the clan raised dragons and why taming them to six stars remained difficult.

• At dinner, Madam Luo Ou flirted with Dongfang Chen and arranged Huaxia dishes, while Ailin grew jealous.
• After dinner, Madam Luo Ou realized Dongfang Chen was immune to her charms and planned to undermine Ailin.
• Old Weller visited Ailin and invited Dongfang Chen to tour the Victoria Clan’s Dragon Taming Base.
• Dongfang Chen, Ailin, and Old Weller flew to the island base, where Old Weller explained the clan’s dragon-taming history and methods.
• Dongfang Chen learned the Taming Level scale and that the Victoria Clan generally raised dragons to five stars, with six-star taming depending on a dragon’s temperament.

Dongfang Chen visited the Victoria Clan’s Dragon Base, where Old Weller offered him a Half-Blood Red Dragon and asked for investment. Old Weller offered to reveal a secret about Madam Luo Ou’s plans against Ailin, then said Ailin had a fiancé from the Bai Family.

• Old Weller brought Dongfang Chen and Ailin to the Victoria Clan’s Dragon Base and showed them a Four-Star Half-Blood Red Dragon.
• Old Weller offered to give Dongfang Chen the dragon once it reached Five-Star Level, but Dongfang Chen asked him to say what he really wanted.
• Old Weller asked Dongfang Chen to invest in his Dragon Base, hoping to profit from selling dragons.
• Dongfang Chen refused to invest under Old Weller’s name unless his promised secret was important.
• Old Weller revealed that Ailin had a fiancé from the Bai Family, the family Madam Luo Ou belonged to.

Dongfang Chen and Ailin learned that Ailin had a long-unknown engagement arranged by her father and Madam Luo, and they decided they could refuse it. At a Victoria Clan meeting, Madam Luo announced that they would discuss a marriage alliance with the Bai Clan.

• Old Weller told Dongfang Chen that Ailin had been promised in an engagement arranged by her father and Madam Luo, which Madam Luo might use to threaten Ailin's inheritance.
• Dongfang Chen reassured Ailin that they could reject the engagement because it had no written agreement and the Bai Clan could not force them to honor it.
• Ailin and Dongfang Chen went to the meeting hall after Madam Luo summoned Ailin to meet an honored guest from the Bai Clan.
• Madam Luo called a Victoria Clan meeting and announced that they would discuss a marriage alliance with the Bai Clan.

Madam Luo Ou proposed a marriage alliance with the Bai Clan, offering Ailin’s marriage in exchange for a partnership that could transform the Victoria Clan’s Dragon Taming Industry. The elders began to favor the deal after Mie Bai revealed the Dragon Taming Reins, while Madam Luo Ou expected Ailin’s opposition to turn the family against her.

• Madam Luo Ou proposed marrying Ailin out to the Bai Clan, prompting Old Weller and other elders to object.
• Madam Luo Ou pressured an opposing elder, and Dongfang Chen relieved him of the mental strain.
• Ailin refused Mie Bai’s introduction but agreed to hear the Bai Clan’s offer.
• Mie Bai offered the Victoria Clan a partnership in a new Dragon Taming Company in exchange for thirty percent of its shares.
• Mie Bai demonstrated Dragon Taming Reins that could tame wyverns and explained that his teacher could make three sets of Top-Grade reins annually, each capable of Four-Star dragon taming.
• The elders warmed to the proposal, and Madam Luo Ou mentioned that the Bai Clan would provide an additional dowry.

Dongfang Chen exposed the Dragon Taming Reins as a dangerous mind-control tool rather than a true wyvern-taming device, ruining the Bai Clan’s marriage proposal to Ailin. After the Bai Clan fled, Ailin rejected Madam Luo Ou’s criticism and proposed improving the Victoria Clan’s dragon-taming methods with the Parthenon Temple’s Mind Method.

• Dongfang Chen and Old Weller challenged the Dragon Taming Reins’ claimed purpose, and Mie’s panic revealed that they controlled wyverns’ minds instead of taming them.
• Mie insulted Dongfang Chen and tried to intimidate him, but Dongfang Chen’s immense pressure pinned the Bai Clan to the ground.
• The Bai Clan recognized Dongfang Chen’s identity, apologized, and left the Victoria Clan’s meeting in defeat.
• Madam Luo Ou accused Ailin of costing the family a profitable opportunity, and Ailin argued that the reins violated the Victoria Clan’s inherited dragon-taming principles.
• Ailin announced that she would cooperate with the Parthenon Temple and use its Mind Method to improve the Victoria Clan’s Dragon Taming Technology.

Ailin proposed that the Victoria Clan cooperate with the Parthenon to develop its dragon-taming industry, and the clan elders supported her. Madam Luo Ou visited her frozen husband, the Old Duke, and decided to ask Dongfang Chen to help secure the Parthenon's Resurrection Divine Art, but he appeared before she could leave.

• Ailin proposed cooperation between the Victoria Clan and the Parthenon, and the clan elders welcomed the idea.
• Madam Luo Ou worried that Ailin's growing influence would cost her control of the family.
• Dongfang Chen sensed Madam Luo Ou leaving the castle and followed her to a secluded manor.
• Madam Luo Ou spoke to the frozen Old Duke and admitted she had injured him out of jealousy and fear of losing him.
• Madam Luo Ou resolved to seek Dongfang Chen's help in obtaining the Resurrection Divine Art for her husband.
• Dongfang Chen appeared before Madam Luo Ou in the ice cellar, startling her.

Dongfang Chen revealed that he could heal the Old Duke without Resurrection Divine Art and demanded Madam Luo Ou swallow the Life and Death Pill in exchange. Madam Luo Ou refused and attacked him, but Dongfang Chen shattered her Ice Snow Storm Field and brought down the Ice Cell.

• Madam Luo Ou confronted Dongfang Chen for following her and worried he had heard that she had injured the Old Duke.
• Dongfang Chen said he could heal the Old Duke and demanded a price, rejecting Madam Luo Ou's offers of political concessions and half her assets.
• Dongfang Chen offered to heal the Old Duke if Madam Luo Ou took the Life and Death Pill and stopped plotting against Ailin.
• Madam Luo Ou refused the pill, declaring she would rather leave her husband frozen than let Dongfang Chen control her.
• Madam Luo Ou launched an Ice Snow Storm Field at Dongfang Chen, who shattered it with a punch and brought down the Ice Cell.

Dongfang Chen battled Madam Luo Ou, whose Chaos Magic and Causality Reversal challenged his powerful Space and Wind Magic. After testing his magic against her, he defeated her with Dou Qi and made her surrender and agree to take the Life and Death Pill.

• Dongfang Chen emerged from the destroyed Ice Cell as Madam Luo Ou rescued the Old Duke's ice sculpture from the ruins.
• Madam Luo Ou attacked Dongfang Chen with Chaos Blades, but he stopped them with Space Lock, revealing Mental Power beyond that of a Forbidden Curse Mage.
• Dongfang Chen used gravity and a powerful Wind Slash against Madam Luo Ou, whose Causality Reversal failed to turn the battle in her favor.
• Dongfang Chen tested more magic against Madam Luo Ou, then defeated her with Dou Qi when his spells proved insufficient against Forbidden Curse Magic.
• Madam Luo Ou surrendered to Dongfang Chen and agreed to take the Life and Death Pill.