Chapter Summaries

Tang Miao spent Wangyue Qianxun’s money on gifts for Jiang Shaoxu, then earned money as a Hunter while Venice filled with visitors for the World Academy Competition. As the thirty-two qualifying teams gathered, the chapter left the competition about to begin.

• Tang Miao teased Wangyue Qianxun, accepted ten million from her, and sent her off.
• Tang Miao spent the ten million on gifts for Jiang Shaoxu, who mocked him after their encounter.
• Tang Miao and Mo Fan took separate Hunter missions, and Tang Miao earned three million in just over ten days.
• Teams and visitors arrived in Venice for the World Academy Competition, prompting the city to restrict entry.
• Thirty-two national teams gathered for the final competition, and Tang Miao reflected on Huaxia’s strength.

At the Venice opening ceremony, Tang Miao told Zhao Manyan he planned to establish his own clan and wagered that he could do so within three years. The National Team’s draw paired Huaxia against Little Japan, whose team welcomed the matchup.

• Tang Miao said he had no interest in joining the major factions and wanted to establish his own clan.
• Tang Miao and Zhao Manyan agreed to bet sixty million that Tang Miao could establish a clan within three years.
• The opening ceremony ended, and the National Teams proceeded to draw their first-round matchups.
• Ai Jiangtu drew Little Japan as Huaxia’s first opponent, and the opposing team celebrated the pairing.

Tang Miao skipped the opening match to care for the newly awakened Little Flame Ji, then reunited with Wangyue Qianxun while Huaxia’s team competed. He learned Huaxia had won and left Wangyue chastising her own team under his taunts.

• Fujikata Nobuko worried about facing Tang Miao, while Shao He Gu reassured her that the competition was a team match.
• Ai Jiangtu, Mu Ningxue, Jiang Shaoxu, Guan Yu, and Jiang Yu took the field for Huaxia’s opening match as Tang Miao stayed in reserve.
• Tang Miao returned to the lodgings, where Little Flame Ji had woken because Snow Woman’s frost filled the Contract Space.
• Tang Miao took Little Flame Ji around Venice to eat, then headed back toward the arena with her.
• Wangyue Qianxun pulled Tang Miao aside, and they fooled around while the match took place.
• After Huaxia won, Wangyue Qianxun challenged Tang Miao over his absence, and he mocked her and the team she had raised.

Tang Miao spent time with Wangyue Qianxun before returning to the National Team, where Han Ji offered to recognize his contribution during the Ancient Capital Cataclysm. After the group dispersed, Tang Miao turned his attention to Mu Ningxue, but Jiang Shaoxu stepped in front of him.

• Wangyue Qianxun traded insults with Tang Miao, then became embarrassed when Little Flame Ji floated over and saw them together.
• Tang Miao returned to the National Team and heard Zhao Manyan describe Mu Ningxue's powerful blizzard in the opening match.
• Han Ji approached Tang Miao to offer recognition for his contribution during the Ancient Capital Cataclysm, but Tang Miao's casual attitude frustrated him.
• Little Flame Ji went to Mu Nujiao, who eagerly asked the little girl questions.
• Tang Miao looked toward Mu Ningxue, but Jiang Shaoxu blocked his view and asked what he was looking at.

After spending days hiding away to escape Jiang Shaoxu and Wangyue Qianxun, Tang Miao checked on Mu Ningxue’s condition after she absorbed Ice Crystal Brake Bow fragments. He drove off Bobang, a Spanish prince who had been pestering her, and was reunited with Little Flame Ji.

• Tang Miao spent the days after the opening match avoiding Jiang Shaoxu and Wangyue Qianxun by cultivating in his room.
• When the next competition approached, Tang Miao emerged and asked Mu Ningxue whether absorbing the fragments had caused any problems; she said she occasionally felt cold.
• Bobang confronted Tang Miao for touching Mu Ningxue, and she explained that the Spanish prince had been pestering her.
• Tang Miao used silver light to toss Bobang into the sea and told Mu Ningxue to throw future suitors in as well.
• Little Flame Ji returned and told Tang Miao that she had spent the past few days eating seafood and Japanese food with Mu Nujiao and Wangyue Qianxun.

At the Dragon Tooth Magic Arena, Prince Banbo confronted Tang Miao over being thrown into a river and challenged Huaxia to a match. Feng Li sent Tang Miao to face Spain’s royal students, and Tang Miao raised the stakes by wagering three hundred million on Huaxia.

• Tang Miao arrived at the Dragon Tooth Magic Arena with Flame Ji as Jiang Yu and Instructor Bai Dongwei discussed the arena’s terrain.
• Prince Banbo confronted Tang Miao, who insulted him and sent him flying out of the resting area again.
• Banbo returned and challenged Huaxia, prompting Feng Li to assign Tang Miao to the next match against Spain’s royal students.
• Tang Miao challenged Banbo to add a wager, then told Zhao Manyan to bet three hundred million on Huaxia to win.
• Banbo was stunned by the size of the wager but felt forced to honor his agreement.

Tang Miao replaced Nan Rongni on Huaxia’s team for its match against Spain, while Prince Banbo wagered one hundred million that Spain would win. After the arena was flooded, Tang Miao froze the lake and Mu Nujiao carried him into the air as the match began.

• Prince Banbo named a wager of one hundred million, and Tang Miao joined Huaxia’s lineup in place of Nan Rongni.
• The Venice organizers flooded the Dragon Tooth Magic Arena, turning it into a lake that Nan Jue warned would favor Spain.
• Tang Miao reassured his teammates that the water would not stop him, then froze the arena’s water before Spain could attack.
• Ferran spread his sapphire-blue wings and flew into the sky, and Tang Miao had Mu Nujiao carry him after him.
• Ferran launched a Fierce Fist at Mu Nujiao and Tang Miao.

Tang Miao overwhelmed Ferran and the Spanish team, first copying Ferran’s fused fire attack through sheer control and then freezing most of the opposing team with an ice drill. The Huaxia team gained the advantage, while Ferran and Pinol remained unfrozen.

• Tang Miao dispelled Ferran’s fire attacks and blocked his Sky Flame Fist Rain with an Ice Wall.
• Tang Miao copied Ferran’s fused fire magic, striking the Spanish team and knocking Ferran onto the ice.
• Tang Miao explained that the attack was not an Innate Talent but a costly feat of control, astonishing Mu Nujiao and the Huaxia team.
• Tang Miao launched an Ice Whirlwind Water Dragon Drill as Nan Jue, Jiang Shaoxu, and Zu Jiming attacked the Spanish team.
• The ice drill froze every Spanish team member except Ferran and Pinol.

Tang Miao led the Huaxia team to defeat Spain and secure a place in the World Academy Competition’s top sixteen, then celebrated the victory with his teammates. He left the chapter with over four hundred million in winnings and a lavish banquet bill to pay.

• Tang Miao and his teammates eliminated Spain’s contestants, and the judges intervened to remove three Spanish players from the match.
• Jiang Shaoxu, Nan Jue, and Mu Nujiao finished off Spain’s remaining players, and the referee declared Huaxia the winner.
• Tang Miao reflected on his winnings and powerful magic, while Jiang Shaoxu teased him for bringing Mu Nujiao along during the match.
• Feng Li praised the team and sent them to rest, while Tang Miao arranged a celebration banquet for the teammates who agreed to attend.
• At the restaurant, Jiang Shaoxu and the others ordered expensive food, leaving Tang Miao to face a hefty bill.

After a drunken celebration, Tang Miao spent the night with Mu Nujiao, then learned that Mo Fan had sent a distress message from Croatia, where an infectious disease had broken out. Tang Miao and Zhao Manyan set off to help him, with Tang Miao also hoping to gather energy from the Red Demon.

• Jiang Yu, Ai Jiangtu, Zhao Manyan, Nan Jue, and reserve team members got Tang Miao drunk at the celebratory banquet while Mu Nujiao stayed sober and took everyone back to their lodgings.
• Mu Nujiao bathed Tang Miao, who pulled her into the bathtub; after she locked him out, a gust of wind magic let him into the room, where he fell asleep.
• The next morning, Tang Miao woke beside Mu Nujiao, and they began their morning together before Zhao Manyan called him away.
• Zhao Manyan told Tang Miao that Mo Fan had sent a distress message from Croatia, the site of an earlier infectious disease outbreak.
• Tang Miao and Zhao Manyan set off for Croatia to help Mo Fan, while Tang Miao thought about using his evolution bead to absorb energy from the Red Demon.

Tang Miao and Zhao Manyan entered besieged Kaka City to rescue Mo Fan and the others, fighting through the zombie-like victims. They reached Mo Fan’s group just as Mo Fan collapsed, and Tang Miao began using his bead to absorb the Red Demon’s power.

• Tang Miao and Zhao Manyan bypassed the Military Mages’ perimeter and entered Kaka City.
• Tang Miao killed the approaching zombies with lightning, and his bead absorbed their auras as they returned to human form.
• Tang Miao and Zhao Manyan fought deeper into the city, then Zhao Manyan used his Wing Magic Tool to carry Tang Miao over the zombies toward the distant battle.
• Tang Miao and Zhao Manyan found Mo Fan, Ye Xin Xia, Zhang Xiaohou, and a woman dressed in Parthenon attire battered after fighting the Red Demon.
• Mo Fan shattered the Red Demon again, saw Tang Miao and Zhao Manyan arrive, and passed out.
• After Zhang Xiaohou said the Red Demon could not be killed, Tang Miao began absorbing its power with the bead.

Tang Miao, Zhao Manyan, Little Flame Ji, and Little Black fought off the Red Demon’s zombie horde while Tang Miao absorbed the Evil Qi into his bead. Ye Xin Xia began drawing the Evil Qi from the possessed people to save them, but she grew dangerously weak as she continued.

• Tang Miao used his Thunder Domain against the charging zombies, while Zhao Manyan protected the group and Little Flame Ji and Little Black helped destroy the horde.
• Tang Miao told Zhao Manyan they needed to escape, but Zhao Manyan said his Wing Magic Tool could carry only one person out of the city.
• Ye Xin Xia asked Tang Miao whether he could absorb the Evil Qi, and he confirmed that he could.
• Ye Xin Xia used her Mind Magic to guide the Evil Qi from the zombies into Tang Miao’s bead, causing the people who lost it to collapse.
• As the bead absorbed three-fifths of the energy it needed, Ye Xin Xia turned pale and neared collapse, while Tang Miao feared that saving the city would cost her life.

Tang Miao rescued Ye Xin Xia from sacrificing herself to absorb the Evil Qi, then led the group through the zombie-filled city and helped save its inhabitants. After returning to Venice, he secluded himself and advanced his Space Element to the second tier of the High Rank before the Treasure Hunt Competition.

• Tang Miao knocked Ye Xin Xia unconscious, carried her out, and led Zhao Manyan and the others through the zombies.
• Tang Miao’s group escaped after he killed tens of thousands of zombies, and the military began rescuing survivors once the city’s crisis was confirmed.
• Ye Xin Xia woke and argued with Tang Miao over his decision to stop her from sacrificing herself; Zhao Manyan told them Mo Fan was recovering and the city’s people had been rescued.
• After resting, Tang Miao left for Venice with Mo Fan, Ye Xin Xia, and Zhang Xiaohou, then entered seclusion.
• After seven days of cultivation, Tang Miao advanced his Space Element to the second tier of the High Rank.

Tang Miao and the National Team prepared for the postponed Treasure Hunt Competition after the news of Essendell’s conviction. As the competition began, the team gathered at a venue equipped with a designated Space Magic Array that would transport them to a set location.

• Tang Miao heard that the Holy Court of Judgment had convicted Dark Grandmaster Essendell and delayed the Treasure Hunt Competition by two days.
• Tang Miao took Jiang Shaoxu to a swimming pool, and she stayed in her room until the competition, prompting concern from Nan Jue and the other team members.
• Tang Miao and Jiang Shaoxu avoided drawing attention to their private encounter, while Jiang Shaoxu kept her distance from him at the gathering.
• The sixteen remaining nations assembled at the opening ceremony venue, where silver Magic Stones formed a Space Magic Array for the competition.
• Tang Miao and the other Space Element mages recognized that the array was a designated Gate of Space, unlike random spatial gates.

Tang Miao entered the Treasure Hunting Space and sent Little Black and its followers to search for valuables while he rested, planning to rob the other teams instead. The spectators and mentors realized his strategy, and Wangyue Qianxun defended it as a valid approach under the competition rules.

• The chief referee explained that the students would be scattered across the dangerous Demon and Monster Land and could use Space Scrolls to escape mortal danger.
• Tang Miao arrived alone in the Treasure Hunting Space and summoned Little Black and its followers to search for valuables.
• Tang Miao lay down in a tree, intending to wait for other students to find treasures and then take them.
• The spectators questioned Tang Miao's actions, and Han Ji explained that Tang Miao treated the contest as treasure-snatching rather than treasure-hunting.
• Mentor Xinzi criticized Tang Miao, but Wangyue Qianxun pointed out that the rules did not forbid taking treasures from other competitors.

Tang Miao roamed the Treasure Hunt battlefield, robbing teams for their resources before Ailin found him and asked to team up. He agreed to take her along for an eighty-twenty split, and they set off together.

• The old woman accepted that she could do nothing about Wangyue Qianxun’s rebuke and power.
• Tang Miao woke after Little Black had cleared nearby Demon Beasts, then rode it toward a mountain to hunt for resources.
• Tang Miao ambushed several Italians, took their resources, and continued robbing anyone he encountered.
• Tang Miao recognized Ailin when she emerged from the woods and learned she wanted to form a temporary team.
• Ailin kissed Tang Miao’s cheek, and he agreed to team up with her in exchange for eighty percent of their spoils.

Tang Miao and Ailin searched for a rumored priceless treasure after building up a huge haul of resources. They located a poisonous, mist-covered area, and Tang Miao set off with Ailin while leaving Tony behind.

• Pupil Eagles broadcast Tang Miao and Ailin's robberies, which earned them cheers despite angering teams from many countries.
• Tang Miao asked Ailin to find a Healing Mage so he could restore his mana, and she located Tony, a Swedish healer.
• Tang Miao broke Tony's barrier, took his Space Scroll, and pressured him to reveal what he knew about a priceless treasure.
• Tony described the area based on what he had overheard, and Ailin found a poisonous fog that killed the Pupil Eagle she sent to scout it.
• Tang Miao recognized the location and returned Tony's Space Scroll, telling him to stay behind as he and Ailin left for the site.

Tang Miao and Ailin found a poisonous, mist-covered lake gorge where high-level resources might be hidden. Tang Miao brought Ailin down through the poisonous gas, intending to find the group that had entered earlier rather than search for treasure himself.

• Tang Miao and Ailin reached the mountain range and discovered the vast black-mist lake gorge below it.
• Ailin asked how they could descend through the poisonous gas, and Tang Miao suggested she wait while he went down alone.
• Ailin questioned how Tang Miao knew about the place and insisted on accompanying him despite his warnings.
• Tang Miao used the Mystic Snake Magic Armor and Wind Wings to carry Ailin through the poisonous layer and down to the gorge floor.
• Tang Miao and Ailin landed in the swampy basin, where Ailin became frightened by the dark, rugged terrain.

Tang Miao and Ailin searched the Black Poison Ravine and recovered a box from a corpse before encountering two Four-unlike Demon Beasts. Tang Miao killed one and escaped with Ailin, but a much stronger Four-unlike emerged from the ravine to pursue them.

• Ailin illuminated the dark passages as Tang Miao led her deeper into the ravine, where they found a water container left by an earlier group.
• Tang Miao carried Ailin at high speed to a deep pool and took a box from a corpse before turning back.
• Two Four-unlike Demon Beasts blocked their retreat, and Ailin used Light Glory to reveal the second creature behind them.
• Tang Miao attacked with lightning and Thunderstorm, killing one Four-unlike and wounding the other before fleeing as a powerful monster approached.
• Ailin used a treasure to help them escape the poisonous layer, but a stronger Four-unlike burst out of the ravine and pursued them.

Tang Miao and Ailin fought the Four-unlike in a restricted area, then were disqualified from the Treasure Hunt Competition for trespassing. Back in Venice, Ailin accepted Tang Miao’s invitation for drinks, and they met beneath the streetlights.

• Tang Miao used fire and lightning against the Four-unlike while Ailin protected herself and began evolving her Light Element.
• Tang Miao’s Giant Thunderstorm badly wounded the Four-unlike, but it escaped beneath the poisonous miasma.
• Tang Miao and Ailin left the area and were reprimanded by the organizers, Han Ji, and Hunter King; they were disqualified because Ailin had controlled Pupil Eagle and entered a restricted area.
• Ailin thanked Tang Miao and agreed to meet him for a drink that night.
• Tang Miao arrived early at their meeting place and found Ailin already waiting beneath the streetlights.