Chapter Summaries

Tang Miao rescued twin sisters Liu Xian and Liu Ru from a vampire ritual, gave them his blood to keep them from becoming monsters, and killed Nie Dong for murdering young women. He warned the local vampire leader Ding Shan, then took the sisters to his apartment, where they stayed with him for several days.

• Liu Xian and Liu Ru lay bound in a cellar, bleeding after Nie Dong’s vampire ritual, until Tang Miao and Bola arrived.
• Tang Miao ordered the sisters freed and offered them his blood; Liu Ru and Liu Xian drank from him and became members of the Blood Clan under his command.
• Tang Miao learned from Ding Shan that Nie Dong had brought the sisters there and ordered Ding Shan to bring him in, threatening his family if he refused.
• Ding Shan returned with Nie Dong, and Tang Miao killed him with a powerful bolt of lightning before warning Ding Shan not to let such crimes happen again.
• Tang Miao left with Liu Xian, Liu Ru, and Bola, then spent the night hunting vampires who had killed young women.
• Tang Miao took the sisters to his apartment, where they stayed for six or seven days as they grew stronger.

Tang Miao spent the morning teasing Liu Xian and Liu Ru before fleeing their apartment to spare himself from exhaustion. He then visited Leng Qing at the Qingtian Hunter Agency, where his flirtation ended with her beating him and chasing him out.

• Tang Miao bantered with Liu Ru and Liu Xian over breakfast, and the three of them became intimate before lunch.
• After lunch, Tang Miao left the apartment, and Liu Ru warned Liu Xian not to let him treat her like a servant.
• Tang Miao visited the Qingtian Hunter Agency and learned that Ling Ling refused to help him because he had left her behind during the dangerous trip to Kunlun Mountain.
• Tang Miao flirted with Leng Qing and joked about marrying into her family, prompting her to grab a baseball bat and beat him.
• Tang Miao ran from Leng Qing when she began drawing a spell, then returned briefly to tease her before fleeing again.

Tang Miao agreed to protect Ding Yumian’s people by bringing them into Moon Snow Town, while setting rules for their conduct. Ding Yumian accepted his protection and planned to remain at Pearl Academy for now.

• Tang Miao returned to the apartment and found Ding Yumian waiting to speak with him.
• Ding Yumian asked Tang Miao to protect her people, and he agreed in exchange for her joining his clan.
• Ding Yumian worried that her identity and abilities would bring trouble to Moon Snow Town, but Tang Miao promised that his people would be safe under his protection.
• Ding Yumian promised that her people would obey Tang Miao’s rules and take only the blood they needed.
• Tang Miao told Ding Yumian to bring her people to Moon Snow Town and said Mu Ningxue would arrange housing for them.
• Ding Yumian asked to stay at Pearl Academy, and Tang Miao allowed it on the condition that she consult him before acting.

Ding Yumian left after speaking with Tang Miao, who later agreed to join Pearl Academy’s exchange visit to Alps Academy in Switzerland and cooperate with the Holy Court of Judgment. The group arrived at the all-girls academy, where the men were required to wear tracking bracelets before entering.

• Tang Miao reassured Ding Yumian and considered the need to find totems and prevent the future sacrifice he remembered.
• Mo Fan told Tang Miao that Pearl Academy was visiting Alps Academy and explained the Holy Court of Judgment’s request for him to cooperate after the Parthenon Sacred Mountain incident.
• Tang Miao agreed to travel to Switzerland, and Mu Bai joined despite Tang Miao warning him about the danger of his destination.
• Tang Miao, Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, Mu Bai, two professors, and Pearl Academy students traveled to Alps Academy, an elite all-girls school affiliated with the Holy Court of Judgment and the Heterodox Court.
• Alps Academy required the visiting men to wear tracking bracelets, and the group accepted the restriction before going up the mountain.

Tang Miao and the others traveled toward Alps Academy, where Sheryl and Edith led them along a route that concealed a challenge at Fellun Grand Waterfall. Tang Miao realized the women were setting him up but continued toward the waterfall, leaving his companions unsure what awaited him.

• Tang Miao, Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Professor Li learned that men needed magic bracelets to enter while women did not, and Tang Miao argued with Sheryl, the Chinese nun assigned to escort them.
• Sheryl grew angry at Tang Miao’s teasing, but Edith arrived and quietly suggested they could deal with him once he was inside the academy.
• Edith told Professor Li that honored guests received a baptism in Alps Water, and Tang Miao overheard the women plotting to lead him into a trap.
• Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan suspected the route was a trap, while Mu Bai remarked on their unusual focus beyond women.
• Professor Li recognized the route toward Fellun Grand Waterfall but let the group continue, trusting Tang Miao to handle the challenge.

Tang Miao accepted Sheryl and Edith’s challenge to cross the Feren Waterfall, dismissing their warnings and boasting that no student at Alps Academy could match him. He entered the torrent and remained inside long enough that the two women began to suspect he had reached the cavern behind it.

• Professor Li explained that the Feren Waterfall’s force and vibrations tested a mage’s endurance, willpower, and control over magic.
• Edith and Sheryl provoked Tang Miao, who claimed he could defeat Alps Academy’s strongest student and refused to settle for their apology.
• Sheryl challenged Tang Miao to cross the waterfall, saying that only one Alps Academy student had ever made it through and that they would apologize if he succeeded.
• Tang Miao walked across the bridge and entered the strongest part of the waterfall despite the Pearl Academy professors’ attempts to dissuade him.
• Mo Fan said Tang Miao’s level-eight mental strength and demon-enhanced body would let him endure the waterfall.
• Edith and Sheryl watched Tang Miao remain out of sight and grew grim as they considered that he might have reached the cavern behind the waterfall.

Tang Miao entered Heidi’s cave and provoked her, then fought her outside the waterfall after she pursued him. He overwhelmed her magic with his spatial and fire spells, leaving Heidi and the Alps Academy students stunned.

• Tang Miao entered Heidi’s cave, saw her bathing, and angered her by refusing to back down when she demanded he leave.
• Heidi attacked Tang Miao with Space and Sound magic, but he neutralized her strikes and left the cave before she could finish a powerful spell.
• Heidi blasted through the waterfall and pursued Tang Miao while Zhao Manyan and Mu Bai shielded the people on the suspension bridge from the explosion.
• Tang Miao froze Heidi’s water attack and countered her Soul Song with Space Rift before unleashing a rain of fiery petals.
• Heidi absorbed Tang Miao’s fire with Chaos Vortex, but he detonated Hellfire inside it, forcing her to flee and leaving her and the onlookers shocked.

Tang Miao overwhelmed Heidi with powerful Fire Magic during their duel, while Heidi struggled to counter his spells and mental strength. A middle-aged woman in a Golden Green Robe appeared above the waterfall and told them to stop fighting.

• Heidi attacked Tang Miao with rubble and waterfall water while using her Chaos and Sound Elements to disrupt his spellcasting.
• Tang Miao cast Fierce Fist - Nine Dragons, neutralizing Heidi’s attacks and sending her retreating with Instantaneous Movement.
• Zhao Manyan and Mo Fan warned everyone to get away as Tang Miao’s nine fire dragons erupted across the area.
• Heidi used the waterfall as a shield and survived Tang Miao’s powerful attack, but her mental telekinesis and other techniques proved ineffective against him.
• A middle-aged woman in a Golden Green Robe appeared above the waterfall and told Tang Miao and Heidi to stop fighting.

Tang Miao's clash with Heidi at Alps Academy ended when Teacher Jialan intervened and reminded them that he was an honored guest. During dinner, Jialan assigned Heidi to accompany the visitors for a month and use Tang Miao's provocations as training, leaving Heidi to endure his teasing in silence.

• Teacher Jialan descended from the waterfall and stopped Tang Miao and Heidi's fight, explaining that Tang Miao was a guest and that she would not take Heidi's side.
• Tang Miao gave up trying to provoke Jialan into fighting and teased Heidi about their earlier encounter, making Heidi glare at him furiously.
• Teacher Jialan led Tang Miao and the others to dinner, where Tang Miao mocked the academy's vegetarian food and provoked Heidi again.
• Teacher Jialan ordered Heidi to control her emotions and accompany the visitors during their month-long exchange, barring her from offensive magic without permission.
• Teacher Jialan framed Tang Miao's taunts as training for Heidi, who kept her head down and ate in silence while Tang Miao chose not to keep provoking her.

Tang Miao and the others roasted a rabbit on the snowy mountain and complained about Alps Academy’s rules and treatment. Patrolling Female Mages arrived to arrest them, and Tang Miao prepared to resist as the confrontation escalated.

• Tang Miao, Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Mu Bai roasted rabbit and criticized the academy’s food and its students Sheryl and Edith.
• Zhao Manyan and Mo Fan pressed Tang Miao about his fight with Heidi, and he said he had seen her naked in a cave.
• The four discussed teaching Sheryl and Edith a lesson, while Tang Miao told the others not to kill anyone.
• A group of Patrolling Female Mages confronted the four over killing a small creature and ordered them to come to the disciplinary office.
• Tang Miao challenged the Patrolling Female Mages and summoned lightning, while Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Mu Bai prepared for battle.

Tang Miao clashed with Alps Academy after he and the Pearl Academy group received poor meals, and Blanche confronted him over his defiance of the academy’s rules. Teacher Jialan stopped their near-fight and promised proper meals, while privately warning Blanche that accommodating Tang Miao was for the academy’s good.

• Tang Miao used his lightning domain to paralyze the patrolling female mages after they challenged him over refusing the academy’s rules.
• Blanche arrived, accused Tang Miao and his companions of disrespect, and argued with him over their treatment and the poor food.
• Tang Miao and Blanche prepared to fight in the air, but Teacher Jialan arrived and made them stop.
• Teacher Jialan admitted the academy had mishandled the guests, promised proper meals, and asked everyone to disperse.
• After the Pearl Academy group left, Jialan told Blanche that tolerating Tang Miao was for Alps Academy’s good because of his past actions at Parthenon Sacred Mountain.

Tang Miao confronted Alps Academy over its treatment of Pearl Academy and then focused on training in the cave behind the waterfall. He left the other students to attend a lecture as he pursued a breakthrough in his Space Element.

• Blanche demanded an explanation from Jialan, who sent Heidi and the others away and kept Tang Miao from facing further confrontation.
• Tang Miao told Professor Li and Professor Zheng that Pearl Academy should not bow to Alps Academy, and the professors accepted his view.
• At breakfast, Tang Miao kicked Shi Junsheng aside and forbade him from eating meat, while Blanche chose not to intervene.
• Tang Miao asked Jialan for permission to train in the cave behind the waterfall, and she agreed.
• Tang Miao went to the waterfall to train his Space Element while the rest of the group attended a lecture.

Tang Miao cultivated in the waterfall cave for seven days and advanced his Space Element to Advanced Level Three, unaware that a gardener had been murdered outside. He emerged to find Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan had won an exchange match, then recommended the cave to Mo Fan as a place to cultivate Dimensional Magic.

• Tang Miao meditated in the waterfall cave while Snow Woman cultivated beside him, drawn by the cave’s Space Power and seeking relief from Flame Ji’s heat.
• A commotion outside revealed that a gardener familiar to the academy had been murdered, but Tang Miao and Snow Woman remained in the cave and did not learn of it.
• After seven days, Tang Miao’s Space Element stabilized at Advanced Level Three, and he left the cave while Snow Woman stayed behind.
• Tang Miao went to the Alps Academy arena, where Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan were fighting Heidi and a Kasa Clan retainer in an exchange match arranged over naval cooperation.
• Zhao Manyan held off both opponents with his defenses while Mo Fan charged his magic and defeated them, securing the match for his side.
• Tang Miao told Mo Fan that the waterfall cave was an excellent place to cultivate Dimensional Magic and improve mental strength.

Tang Miao and his group left Alps Academy and traveled to the Holy Court of Judgment, where he met High Priest Leisde. The chapter ended with Leisde revealing that Song Qiming had told him about Tang Miao’s achievements, though Tang Miao remained wary of him.

• After Mo Fan solved the case involving the poisoned Kasa Clan duke, a Kasa Clan elder destroyed Feren Academy’s bell tower and demanded the culprit’s arrest.
• Mo Fan questioned whether his deduction had missed something, while Tang Miao kept his suspicions to himself; over the following days, Mo Fan pursued women at Alps Academy and Tang Miao cultivated until his Wind Element neared a breakthrough.
• Blanche and Heidi joined the group, and after Tang Miao provoked Heidi, the party set off for the Holy Court of Judgment on Professor Zheng’s Mangshan Beast.
• At the Holy Court of Judgment, Tang Miao met High Priest Leisde, who praised his battle against Khufu and said Song Qiming had told him about Tang Miao’s achievements.
• Leisde said he would not act against Tang Miao, but Tang Miao remained unconvinced by the High Priest’s assurances.

Tang Miao stood up to Rayst at the Holy Court of Judgment while hiding that his Demon Element was unusable, but Yi Zhisha intervened and secured his release. Afterward, Tang Miao and Mo Fan discussed the forces behind the Alps Academy affair and planned to leave the next morning.

• Tang Miao challenged Rayst to try dealing with him, though he privately feared a confrontation without his Demon Element or Totem Beasts.
• Yi Zhisha entered and argued that Mo Fan’s capture of Leng Jue offset his offense, while the power struggle involving Durank and the others excused Tang Miao’s involvement.
• Rayst accepted Yi Zhisha’s proposal and let Tang Miao leave with a warning against future trouble.
• Outside the Holy Court of Judgment, Mo Fan told Tang Miao he understood his earlier warning and asked how he had identified the mastermind behind the affair.
• Tang Miao explained why he had deduced Edith’s role and said that only strength let people decide what happened; Mo Fan dismissed the idea of becoming a savior.
• Tang Miao and Mo Fan stayed in the Holy Court’s lodgings for the night, and Tang Miao planned to gather everyone and leave for Alps Academy in the morning.

After returning from the Holy Court of Judgment, Tang Miao joined Mo Fan and the others on a trip to Cairo, where they planned to face Khufu’s pyramid. On the plane, Tang Miao flirted with Heidi and learned that Teacher Jialan had hoped the two of them would make a good match.

• Yi Zhisha’s group left the Holy Court of Judgment, and the others returned to Alps Academy.
• Mo Fan told Qin Shuo that the Nine Nether Queen wanted him to open the passage to Khufu’s underworld; Tang Miao decided to go with him.
• Professors Li and Zheng returned to Pearl Academy with Li Ximei and the chastened simp, while Tang Miao, Mo Fan, Mu Bai, Zhao Manyan, Blanche, and Heidi boarded a plane to Cairo.
• Zhao Manyan panicked when Mo Fan explained that they were heading to Khufu’s pyramid, but Mo Fan said the Ancient Capital could face another disaster if they did nothing.
• Tang Miao flirted with Heidi on the plane and told her that Teacher Jialan thought they would make a good match, leaving Heidi embarrassed but not rejecting him.

Tang Miao flirted with and kissed Heidi during the flight while Zhao Manyan and Mo Fan mocked him. Their journey toward Cairo was disrupted by a war and a Demon Beast attack near New Suzhou City, forcing the plane to turn back.

• Tang Miao drew Heidi close and kissed her while Zhao Manyan and Mo Fan called him a scumbag and envied him.
• Tang Miao continued teasing Heidi, who asked him to behave but then wanted him to keep flirting with her.
• The flight crew announced that Cairo was at war and that the plane would land early at New Suzhou City.
• An Arab passenger told Heidi that scorpion people and snake people often raided the area to gather energy for their eggs.
• The crew announced that Demon Beasts had occupied the area south of New Suzhou City, and passengers looked out to see the beasts attacking the city.
• The flight crew ordered the plane to return along its original route.

A passenger plane carrying Tang Miao, Heidi, Blanche, Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Mu Bai was forced to land in New Suzhou City amid a Demon Beast invasion. The plane landed among the creatures instead of near the military, and small Demon Beasts began entering as everyone waited for help.

• The announcement informed the passengers that the plane would make a forced landing in New Suzhou City, where Demon Beasts were attacking.
• Tang Miao explained to Blanche and Heidi that Demon Beasts dominated the world and often invaded human cities.
• Blanche told Tang Miao that Heidi feared densely packed crawling creatures and asked him to look after her.
• The plane veered off course and landed among the Demon Beasts, while Heidi clung to Tang Miao in fear.
• Deformed Scorpion Bugs crawled over the windows, and tiny Demon Beasts began pouring into the plane as the chief flight attendant urged everyone to stay calm.

Tang Miao led the passengers away from the airport while protecting them from the attacking Demon Beasts. He stayed behind with Heidi and unleashed a massive lightning strike that wiped out the horde, leaving only one red scorpion nearby.

• Mo Fan urged the captain to open the cabin door, and Tang Miao used lightning to clear a path as the passengers fled the plane.
• Tang Miao forced the passengers to move in an orderly fashion and burned a large wave of Demon Beasts with Sky Flame Funeral.
• Tang Miao formed a Lightning Net while the passengers, Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Mu Bai moved farther away.
• Tang Miao blocked the closing horde with Ice Crystal Prison as Heidi struggled to cast a spell.
• Tang Miao completed the Lightning Net and cast Giant Thunderstorm, shielding Heidi as the strike destroyed the Demon Beasts around them.
• Heidi opened her eyes to find that only one red scorpion remained nearby.

Tang Miao killed the Lesser Scorpion Queen with a Super Level lightning spell, ending the Scorpion Demon attack but risking a revenge assault on the city. He and the others reached New Suzhou City, where they rested while the fate of the remaining Scorpion Demons remained uncertain.

• Tang Miao blasted the fleeing Lesser Scorpion Queen with his Lightning Halberd and killed it, while Blanche arrived and was stunned by the destruction.
• Tang Miao recognized that killing the Scorpion Queen's offspring could provoke a massive Scorpion Demon assault, but he showed little concern for the Egyptian city.
• Tang Miao, Heidi, and the others entered the city, where he encountered Mios and saw that New Suzhou City remained calm despite the nearby battle.
• Tang Miao took Heidi to rest, Blanche thanked Mo Fan and planned to give him a gift, and Zhao Manyan and Mu Bai went their separate ways.