Chapter Summaries

Tang Miao traveled toward Osaka with the team, while Wangyue Qianxun followed him after losing their bet and Jiang Shaoxu confronted him over it. On the bus, Ai Jiangtu explained that the team’s Japanese training would begin in Sea Battle City, where performance could earn them resources to advance.

• Tang Miao and the team took the subway and a bus toward Osaka, with Wangyue Qianxun following him after their bet.
• Jiang Shaoxu challenged Tang Miao about Wangyue Qianxun, but he brushed off her jealousy and she vowed to stop flirting with him.
• Wangyue Qianxun promised not to compete with Jiang Shaoxu, then boarded the bus ahead of the others.
• Zhao Manyan asked Tang Miao about the Totem Beast, but Tang Miao refused to explain and went back to sleep on Wangyue Qianxun's shoulder.
• Jiang Shaoxu suggested having fun in Tokyo, but Ai Jiangtu said the team had to go straight to Sea Battle City for training.
• Ai Jiangtu explained that teams could earn shared training resources based on their performance, while Mu Tingying warned Zhao Manyan and Mu Ningxue that substitutes would not receive them.

The National Team arrived at East Sea Battle City, where Tang Miao was eager to hunt Sea Monsters for money. Their arrival was interrupted when two Commander-Level Blue Valley Fierce Beasts appeared in the city, sending civilians fleeing as the team faced an unexpected battle.

• The team learned that Mu Ningxue and Zhao Manyan risked elimination if they failed to reach the Advanced Level during their training in Little Japan.
• The National Team traveled from Tokyo to East Sea Battle City, a crescent-shaped coastal fortress built to defend against Sea Monsters.
• Tang Miao spotted a chance to earn money hunting Sea Monsters, but a flying stone pillar suddenly threatened the group.
• Tang Miao restrained Hirose while Ai Jiangtu used Space Element magic to stop the pillar and lower it safely to the ground.
• The team saw two enormous Sea Monsters in the street, and Wangyue Qianxun explained that Sea Monsters could appear inside East Sea City.
• A broadcast identified the monsters as Commander-Level Blue Valley Fierce Beasts, prompting civilians to panic and Hirose to direct them toward shelter.

Tang Miao and Wangyue Qianxun confronted two Blue Valley Fierce Beasts attacking East Sea War City while the National Team withdrew. Tang Miao’s summoned beasts trapped one creature as he and Wangyue fought the other, which retaliated with a barrage of icy spikes.

• The National Team members saw the two Commander Level Blue Valley Fierce Beasts destroying buildings, but Ai Jiangtu gave up on fighting them because the team risked heavy casualties.
• The beasts hurled buildings toward the National Team, and Tang Miao, Wangyue Qianxun, and Ai Jiangtu tried to stop them before the team blocked the rubble with defensive magic.
• Jiang Shaoxu sensed that the beasts had noticed them, and Tang Miao told the others to retreat while he stayed to fight for the hunting reward.
• Tang Miao summoned the Shadow Demon Tiger, Snow Woman, and Flame Ji to trap and attack one beast, while Wangyue Qianxun joined him against the other.
• Wangyue Qianxun restrained the second beast with vines as Tang Miao struck it with Fierce Fist: Nine Palaces and Heavenly Flame Funeral.
• The beast endured Tang Miao’s flames and launched deep-sea-blue icy spikes at him and Wangyue Qianxun.

Tang Miao and Wangyue Qianxun fought two Blue Valley Fierce Beasts as a Sea Python Pseudo Dragon attacked the National Team and the city. They abandoned one wounded beast and killed the other before leaving to face the broader danger.

• Tang Miao protected Wangyue Qianxun with an Ice Wall and struck a Blue Valley Fierce Beast with his Lightning magic while Snow Woman and Flame Ji battered the second beast.
• The National Team watched Tang Miao's fight until a Sea Python Pseudo Dragon appeared and forced them to flee toward the Safe Barrier.
• The Sea Python Pseudo Dragon pursued the National Team and unleashed nearly a thousand smaller Demon Beasts on the city's residents.
• Tang Miao heard the emergency broadcast and told Wangyue Qianxun to retreat, leaving one Blue Valley Fierce Beast to escape.
• Tang Miao fused with Snow Woman and killed the other Blue Valley Fierce Beast, which was already near death.

Tang Miao collected the spoils and headed toward the others as the Sea Python clan attacked Tokyo. Mu Ningxue saved Jiang Shaoxu’s group with a devastating arrow, but the survivors were surrounded and running out of time.

• Tang Miao gathered the Remnant Soul and rode the Shadow Demon Tiger toward the others, while a red alert warned that more Sea Pythons were arriving.
• Zhao Manyan led Mu Ningxue, Jiang Shaoxu, Mu Tingying, and Jiang Yu into the wrong direction, where hundreds of Sea Pythons blocked their way.
• Mu Ningxue fired the Ice Crystal Brake Arrow and froze the Sea Pythons attacking Jiang Shaoxu, leaving her exhausted.
• Jiang Shaoxu thanked Mu Ningxue, and Zhao Manyan raised a shield around the group as the Sea Pythons surrounded them.
• Zhao Manyan warned Ai Jiangtu that they could hold out for at most three minutes, while Ai Jiangtu’s group struggled to fight through the Sea Pythons.

Tang Miao rescued the trapped group from the Sea Python Demons and brought them toward the Safe Barrier, where he explained how he could heal Mu Ningxue. Their escape was interrupted when the Sea Python Pseudo Dragon pursued them, leaving them facing a new threat.

• Tang Miao used fire, lightning, and ice magic to drive off the Sea Python Demons and rescued the group with help from the Shadow Demon Tiger.
• Tang Miao carried the unconscious Mu Ningxue as the survivors rode Little Black toward the Safe Barrier and reunited with Ai Jiangtu's group.
• Tang Miao told Jiang Shaoxu that Mu Ningxue had suffered backlash from using his domain's power in her Ice Crystal Brake Bow, and that he could heal her.
• Someone spotted the Sea Python Pseudo Dragon catching up with them, and Tang Miao admitted he could not defeat the Sub-Monarch without using the Demon Element.

Tang Miao, Ai Jiangtu, and Wangyue Qianxun fought the Sea Python Pseudo Dragon, but their attacks barely harmed it. As the beast closed in, Tang Miao began transforming into a Tiger Demon, and the Shadow Demon Tiger vanished from the group heading toward the Safe Barrier.

• Tang Miao, Ai Jiangtu, and Wangyue Qianxun confronted the Sea Python Pseudo Dragon, but their attacks failed to injure it significantly.
• The Sea Python Pseudo Dragon knocked Ai Jiangtu into a building, where Little Black caught him, and Nan Rongni treated his injuries.
• The Shadow Demon Tiger continued toward the Safe Barrier with the injured mages while Tang Miao and Wangyue Qianxun stayed to fight.
• Wangyue Qianxun explained that the Sea Python Pseudo Dragon grew stronger with each visit and retreated when it sensed a Super Level Mage.
• Tang Miao's Demon Element activated as the Sea Python Pseudo Dragon charged, and he began transforming into a Tiger Demon.
• The Shadow Demon Tiger turned into a shadow and vanished, leaving Jiang Shaoxu wondering where Tang Miao's Summoned Beast had gone.

Tang Miao used Demonization to drive off the Sea Python Pseudo Dragon, then returned to the Safe Barrier with Wangyue Qianxun. The National Team learned he had survived, and Jiang Shaoxu rushed to embrace him.

• Ai Jiangtu sensed Space Power after the Shadow Demon Tiger disappeared, giving the grieving National Team hope that Tang Miao might still be alive.
• Tang Miao punched the Sea Python Pseudo Dragon with overwhelming strength, and the beast fled back toward the sea.
• Tang Miao dropped Demonization, warned Wangyue Qianxun not to ask about his power, and helped her reach the Safe Barrier as the Sea Pythons retreated.
• Tang Miao arrived at the Safe Barrier with Wangyue Qianxun and asked the National Team why they looked so downcast.
• Jiang Shaoxu rushed into Tang Miao's arms and cried with relief that he was alive.

Tang Miao saved Mu Ningxue from the Ice Crystal Brake Bow’s deadly cold by drawing the Cold Air from her body. Mu Ningxue recovered and rejoined the team, while Tang Miao stayed behind to recover.

• Tang Miao took Mu Ningxue to an empty room, where his domain suppressed the Ice Crystal Brake Bow’s cold and the shelter’s security personnel were sent away by Wangyue Qianxun.
• Tang Miao removed Mu Ningxue’s clothes and absorbed the Cold Air until she woke, then continued treating her despite her anger.
• After half an hour, Tang Miao cleared the cold from Mu Ningxue’s heart meridians and dispersed his domain.
• Mu Ningxue thanked Tang Miao, left the room, and sealed the door with thin ice.
• Mu Ningxue told the team she had recovered but that Tang Miao still needed time to recover.

The National Team arrived in East Sea War City and learned that Chinese mages were expected to work for district chiefs defending the city from Sea Monsters. While preparing for the coming high tide, Tang Miao spent the night with Wangyue Qianxun, who remained angry with him afterward.

• Lai Hengbao received the National Team, explained the district hiring system, and warned them to prepare for a major high tide in two days.
• Nan Jue relayed the arrangements, and Zhao Manyan criticized the Japanese system for making individual mages bear the risks of defending the city.
• Wangyue Qianxun stayed in East Sea War City because Tang Miao used her incomplete control of the pearl to persuade her not to leave.
• Wangyue Qianxun visited Tang Miao in a kimono, and they spent two hours together while Jiang Shaoxu remained unaware next door.
• Wangyue Qianxun called Tang Miao a bastard afterward, and he tried to appease her by praising her beauty.

Tang Miao sent Wangyue Qianxun away after spending the day with her, then accompanied Mu Ningxue on a morning walk in East Sea War City. Their walk ended when a woman suddenly died from a strange condition the Japanese military called the “Drowning Curse.”

• Tang Miao told the National Team that Wangyue Qianxun was leaving and took her around the city before putting her on the last bus.
• Jiang Shaoxu questioned Tang Miao about whether Wangyue Qianxun had tried to seduce him, and he denied liking her.
• Tang Miao found Mu Ningxue walking alone and insisted on accompanying her.
• Tang Miao and Mu Ningxue saw a woman fall into the sea and die rapidly, and the Japanese military later identified the condition as the “Drowning Curse.”

Tang Miao and the National Team confronted the demonic tide while guarding a district in East Sea War City. After Tang Miao saved Nan Rongni from a disguised White Cry Demon, a vast swarm of Serrated Green Demons surrounded their position.

• The National Team learned that Tang Miao and Nan Rongni had encountered the unpredictable Drowning Curse, and Guan Yu argued that the Japanese authorities should handle it.
• The team saw the demonic tide overwhelm the low embankment and damage buildings as they took positions in their assigned district.
• Tang Miao stopped Nan Rongni from rushing toward a crying White Cry Demon disguised as a baby and killed it with lightning.
• Ai Jiangtu ordered everyone to remain alert and hold formation as Serrated Green Demons appeared below the buildings.
• The National Team realized that an enormous number of Serrated Green Demons were filling the street they had been assigned to guard.

The National Team was ambushed by hundreds of Serrated Green Demons while fighting across the flooded district. Tang Miao rescued Mu Ningxue and devastated the demons with Ice Crystal Spears, leaving the team to finish off the survivors.

• Nan Jue organized the National Team as Serrated Green Demons climbed onto the buildings, and Jiang Yu explained their abilities and paralyzing spines.
• Nan Jue warned Mu Ningxue that demons were near her, and Tang Miao went to her position but initially let her fight on her own.
• Tang Miao sensed an encirclement, pulled Mu Ningxue away, and warned the team as more than a dozen demons emerged and nearly three hundred gathered around them.
• Tang Miao dismissed the threat, completed an Ice Element constellation, and killed over a hundred Serrated Green Demons while freezing many more and the surrounding tide.
• Tang Miao collected Remnant Souls and Spirit Essences, then left the remaining demons to the National Team as Little Flame Ji joined the battle.

The National Team fought a second wave of Serrated Green Demons while Tang Miao held back at Ai Jiangtu’s request. When the tide receded and the Sea Monsters withdrew, Tang Miao left to search the battlefield for Remnant Souls and Spirit Essences.

• Little Flame Ji bombarded the Serrated Green Demons, inspiring the National Team to fight harder for their share of the resources.
• Ai Jiangtu ordered Tang Miao not to join the fight unless someone faced mortal danger, so the National Team prepared to face nearly fifty more Serrated Green Demons on their own.
• The National Team fought for nearly two hours, and all but Ai Jiangtu and Nan Jue collapsed from exhaustion and minor injuries.
• The tide receded, exposing the streets and forcing the Sea Monsters to retreat as Military Mages guarded the seawall and cleanup crews collected the Demon Beast corpses.
• Tang Miao left the group to search the battlefield for Remnant Souls and a possible Spirit Essence.

After Mu Ningxue was abandoned by the Mu Clan, Tang Miao found her in Tokyo and offered to help her improve. She agreed to enter the auction house with him, despite his shameless advances.

• Nan Jue rewarded Mu Ningxue for helping save Jiang Yu, Jiang Shaoxu, and Mu Tingying during the battle.
• Tang Miao sold the loot from his expedition and earned 270 million, then returned to find the team asleep.
• Tang Miao went to Tokyo after discovering Mu Ningxue had left, and met her outside an auction house.
• Tang Miao offered to help Mu Ningxue, who worried that her lack of resources would leave her behind the other National Team members.
• Mu Ningxue agreed to enter the auction house with Tang Miao, who put his arm around her waist and threatened to kiss her if she pushed him away.

Tang Miao took Mu Ningxue around East Sea War City, where they ate, drank, and grew closer before he stopped when he realized she was uncomfortable. He gave her a Star River Vein to help her advance, leaving her with the precious gift after she tried to refuse it.

• Mu Ningxue bought several items at the marketplace, while Tang Miao admitted he could not judge their value and suggested they try Sea Monster meat.
• Tang Miao took Mu Ningxue to a restaurant, where she tried the meat, drank with him, and returned to their lodgings slightly tipsy.
• Tang Miao carried Mu Ningxue into his room and kissed her, but stopped when he noticed she was upset.
• Tang Miao told Mu Ningxue he would wait until she was willing and gave her a Star River Vein he had bought after learning the Mu Clan had abandoned her branch.
• Mu Ningxue tried to refuse the Star River Vein, but Tang Miao left it with her and walked out of the room.

Mu Ningxue struggled with her family’s disgrace and accepted Tang Miao’s Star River Vein so she could keep advancing. Tang Miao took her acceptance as a sign that she might welcome his future help and pursuit, then turned to cultivating his unusual Wind Element.

• Mu Ningxue learned from Mu Zhuoyun that the family had been forced to change its surname after the scandal surrounding the Mu Clan.
• Mu Ningxue told Mu Zhuoyun that others would not decide their surname, then chose to accept Tang Miao’s Star River Vein and cultivate.
• Tang Miao wandered East Sea War City after leaving Mu Ningxue, reasoning that her acceptance might make her more receptive to his help and pursuit.
• The National Team members spent the following days cultivating and preparing to break through to the Advanced Stage with support from their backing forces.
• With the others cultivating in seclusion, Tang Miao began cultivating his Wind Element, which he suspected might be mutated.

Mu Tingying reached the Advanced Level in Ice Magic and celebrated, believing she had finally surpassed Mu Ningxue. When she discovered Mu Ningxue had also advanced, Nan Rongni revealed her own dealings with the Mu Family, leaving the two rivals to discuss their shared hostility toward Mu Ningxue.

• Mu Tingying advanced her Ice Element and decided she had finally won against Mu Ningxue.
• Mu Tingying arrived to defend the streets and froze when she saw that Mu Ningxue had also reached the Advanced Level.
• Ai Jiangtu assigned the team members their positions, and Mu Tingying went to guard her area while questioning how Mu Ningxue had advanced.
• Nan Rongni told Mu Tingying that someone might be supporting Mu Ningxue despite her family's abandonment.
• Nan Rongni began telling Mu Tingying about her dealings with the Mu Family.

Mu Tingying and Nan Rongni discussed Mu Ningxue’s vulnerability, while Tang Miao let Mu Ningxue hear Nan Rongni’s betrayal. After a Sea Monster attack, Tang Miao accompanied Jiang Shaoxu shopping in Tokyo, where she began steering him into a jewelry shop.

• Mu Tingying told Nan Rongni that Mu Ningxue could be excluded from the National Prefecture Competition because her uncle was tied to the Black Vatican and the Ancient Capital dead remained unavenged.
• Tang Miao revealed that Mu Ningxue had overheard Nan Rongni, and Mu Ningxue chose to leave rather than confront her former friend.
• Sea Monsters attacked, and the Japanese side easily slaughtered the smaller tide, which included White Cry Demons, Serrated Green Demons, and sea serpents.
• Jiang Shaoxu dragged Tang Miao away after the battle and took him shopping in Tokyo, making him pay for more than a million in purchases.
• Jiang Shaoxu linked arms with Tang Miao and led him into a jewelry shop as he tried to leave.

Tang Miao accompanied Jiang Shaoxu on a shopping trip, spending nearly twenty million on jewelry after she confronted him about helping Mu Ningxue. Their date continued through a movie and a bar, where they grew increasingly intimate, leaving them together in a lively Tokyo bar.

• Jiang Shaoxu asked Tang Miao whether he had slept with Mu Ningxue and accused him of treating Mu Ningxue more generously than her.
• Tang Miao tried to explain himself, but Jiang Shaoxu insisted that he accompany her on a date and took him shopping.
• Tang Miao spent nearly twenty million on jewelry for Jiang Shaoxu, and they had a meal afterward.
• At the movie theater, Tang Miao kissed and touched Jiang Shaoxu, who complained that she had only seen the opening of the film.
• Tang Miao and Jiang Shaoxu went to a bar, where they sat close together and continued their flirtation.