Chapter Summaries

Tang Miao tricked Heidi into staying with him, and the two became intimate while she struggled to understand her feelings for him. The next morning, Heidi returned to Blanche, while Tang Miao encountered a hungover Zhao Manyan and a busy Mo Fan.

• Tang Miao coaxed Heidi into his room under the pretense of protecting her from another Scorpion Demon attack, then persuaded her that he truly loved her.
• Blanche returned without finding Heidi and assumed she had gone out; Heidi came back the next morning, awkward and unable to explain where she had been.
• Blanche noticed a strange smell, but Heidi hurried away to rest before Blanche could question her further.
• Tang Miao woke feeling refreshed and teased Zhao Manyan, who admitted that he had drunk too much and taken every girl from the drinking table with him.
• Mo Fan declined Tang Miao's invitation because he was focused on summoning an army, and Tang Miao decided not to seek out Mu Bai.

Tang Miao saw the Great Scorpion Queen’s forces besiege New Suzhou City and reunited with Blanche, Heidi, Zhao Manyan, and Mu Bai. When they discovered Mo Fan was missing, Tang Miao led them toward the southern wall to look for him.

• Tang Miao saw the Crimson Alert and a vast army of Scorpion Demons approaching New Suzhou City.
• Tang Miao found Blanche, Heidi, Zhao Manyan, and the others at their lodgings, where Heidi clung to him and asked him not to take risks.
• Mu Bai noticed Mo Fan was missing, and Blanche explained that he had taken her Summoning Ring to hunt Demon Beasts.
• Tang Miao led the group toward the southern wall, guessing Mo Fan had left the city from that side.

Blanche and Zhao Manyan rushed to rescue Mo Fan from the Scorpion Demon horde, and Blanche’s powerful spells cleared thousands of demons. Their rescue was interrupted by the Great Scorpion Queen, which attacked Blanche, but a violent gust swept across the battlefield just as she was struck.

• Blanche flew toward Mo Fan after spotting him surrounded by Scorpion Demons, and Zhao Manyan followed to help.
• Blanche’s golden Holy Sword wiped out a vast number of demons, and she continued attacking with her Thousand Leaf Wind Blade.
• Zhao Manyan carried Mo Fan into the air as Blanche urged them to escape, but the Great Scorpion Queen appeared.
• Blanche tried to restrain the Great Scorpion Queen with plants, then blocked its venomous blades with a golden barrier and Magic Tool armor.
• Mo Fan prepared to help Blanche, but a fierce gust swept across the battlefield and tore nearby Demon Beasts apart.

Tang Miao and Blanche joined forces against the Great Scorpion Queen, using wind, ice, lightning, and light magic to kill the Monarch and turn the tide of the battle. With the Scorpion Demons retreating, Suxin City was no longer under immediate threat.

• Tang Miao entered the poisonous fog and joined Blanche, and together they dispersed it with Wind Element magic.
• Blanche blocked the Great Scorpion Queen's attack with a Super Level Light barrier while Tang Miao began casting his Lightning Element spell.
• Blanche cut down the airborne Scorpion Demons and froze the Great Scorpion Queen and nearby lesser demons with her Wind and Ice magic.
• Tang Miao transformed his Lightning Halberd into a thunder dragon, which struck the frozen Great Scorpion Queen and left it severely wounded.
• Blanche pinned the Great Scorpion Queen with a Super Level Light sword and killed it as the Scorpion Demons retreated and the Egyptian Military Mages celebrated.

After the Scorpion Demons withdrew, Tang Miao and his companions rested in New Suzhou City before setting off for Cairo on Camel Beasts. During the ride, Tang Miao flirted with Heidi and met Vani, a trainee instructor from the European Academy.

• The remaining Scorpion Demons withdrew without any Commander Level leaders, and Tang Miao regretted that Blanche had taken the final kill.
• The Qilin stopped absorbing Demon Beasts Tang Miao had not personally killed, and the officers in New Suzhou City offered him only verbal thanks.
• After two days of rest, Tang Miao and his companions left for Cairo on Camel Beasts, while Blanche went off to handle personal business.
• Tang Miao teased Heidi during the ride, and she scolded him while becoming curious about his suggestion that they sneak off together.
• Vani introduced himself as a trainee instructor from the European Academy, but Heidi turned away after Tang Miao pinched her.

Tang Miao and Heidi rejoined the travelers after their camel ride, while Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan flirted with students from the European Academy. As the group continued toward Cairo, Heidi challenged Ferrero’s assumption that Tang Miao needed protection.

• Vani introduced himself as an instructor from the European Academy, but Heidi stayed with Tang Miao while Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan chatted with Vani’s students.
• Tang Miao and Heidi left the group to ride a Camel Beast, and Heidi asked to stop after they had been away for over half an hour.
• Tang Miao and Heidi returned to find the others waiting, and Oni saw Heidi’s shy expression and realized what had happened.
• Oni led the group onward after the European Academy’s presence made the travelers feel safer.
• Ferrero warned the group about undead near Cairo and suggested they travel with his group, so Heidi asked whether he thought they were weak.

Tang Miao clashed with Ferrero after Ferrero insulted people from the east and tried to win over the travelers with Wonder Flower Dew. Tang Miao attacked Ferrero and challenged the European Academy instructor Oni, leaving a fight on the verge of breaking out.

• Ferrero insulted people from the east and handed out Wonder Flower Dew to the travelers, especially the women.
• Tang Miao tossed Ferrero's gift aside, mocked him, and used Space Power to lift him into the air.
• Oni ordered Tang Miao to release Ferrero and apologize, but Tang Miao slapped Ferrero into the sand.
• Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan warned the European Academy students that Oni should not provoke Tang Miao.
• Oni offered Tang Miao another chance to apologize, but Tang Miao demanded that they fight or move on.

Tang Miao and Oni nearly fought before Heidi and Mo Fan persuaded them to move on, and the caravan continued toward Cairo. As they approached the war zone, Old Hala agreed to lead the merchants onward for a higher fee, while Tang Miao warned Heidi that the European Academy's students might not protect strangers from serious danger.

• Tang Miao's arrogance unsettled Oni, but Heidi and Mo Fan urged them not to fight in Demon Beast territory, and Oni left with the European Academy students.
• The caravan reached sight of the dark clouds over Cairo, and Old Hala warned that the route ahead was dangerous enough to require turning back.
• A merchant offered Old Hala increasingly high payments, and Hala agreed to lead the caravan toward Cairo.
• Vani asked the European Academy students to protect the travelers, and Heidi praised their willingness to help.
• Tang Miao told Heidi that Vani's group might abandon strangers if they encountered a Monarch-level Demon Beast, leaving her uncertain about the academy's reputation.

The group traveled toward Cairo through damp, dangerous territory as Old Hala warned them about Scorpion Demons and urged them to stay on their Camel Beasts. Near Snake Mountain, Mu Bai noticed that the mass of snakes was spreading out.

• Old Hala explained that the damp route would help them avoid snake-scorpions, while Vani reassured the merchants and Chad scorned the European Academy students.
• Ferrero suggested walking across the damp sand, but Old Hala warned that Scorpion Demons could detect footsteps and swarm toward people.
• Chad told the group to follow the mercenaries’ orders, while Tang Miao continued teasing Heidi and Old Hala cautioned everyone not to attack monsters unless provoked.
• Old Hala warned the group to stay quiet as they approached Snake Mountain and explained its origins to Mo Fan.
• Mu Bai noticed that Snake Mountain appeared to be spreading out, and Old Hala clarified that the moving mass consisted of snakes.

Snake Mountain's snakes discovered the caravan after Ferrero's Wonder Flower Dew attracted them, and the group struggled to keep the merchants from fleeing into danger. Chad used the perfume to bait the swarm with his Ironclad Beast, but Tang Miao warned that the snakes would not be attracted to it.

• Old Hala spotted a vast swarm of snakes advancing from Snake Mountain and realized the caravan had been discovered.
• Mu Bai explained that the Wonder Flower Dew contained a scent similar to realgar, which had drawn the snakes toward them.
• Old Hala and Chad stopped the frightened merchants from leaving their Camel Beasts, warning that fleeing could attract underground Scorpion Demons.
• Chad ordered Ferrero to hand over all the Wonder Flower Dew and summoned his Ironclad Beast.
• Chad poured the perfume over the Ironclad Beast and made it drink some, intending to use it as bait, but Tang Miao warned that the snakes would not favor it.

Tang Miao fought off the snakes and scorpions pursuing the merchants and their escorts as they raced toward Cairo, shocking the European Academy students with his power. The group crossed into the city’s defensive line, where the military froze the trench, but a gigantic female snake watched them from outside.

• Tang Miao ordered the European Academy students to help the Camel Beasts and told Zhao Manyan, Mo Fan, and the others to protect the group, then took to the air with Wind Wings.
• Tang Miao blasted the snake swarm with four kinds of Soul Fire and used Sky Flame Funeral to destroy most of the snakes and Mad Scorpions.
• Oni recognized Tang Miao’s destructive thunder in the distance as Super Level Magic and had the European Academy students help drive back the pursuing beasts.
• The merchants and their escorts reached Cairo’s trench, where a military commander angrily ordered Ice Mages to freeze the crossing and let the group pass.
• A much larger female snake fixed its yellow eyes on the people who had crossed the defensive line.

Tang Miao cut through the Snake and Scorpion Clans’ forces, drawing two Intermediate Monarchs into the battle. As the others watched from the defensive line, Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, Mu Bai, and Heidi prepared to go help him.

• Old Hala told Mo Fan and the others that the Great Serpent had cursed them with the Snake Clan’s deadly Eye of Vengeance.
• Tang Miao charged through the Snake and Scorpion Clans’ horde, killing thousands of Demon Beasts as the military commander and his troops watched in shock.
• A giant scorpion and a Great Serpent appeared, revealing themselves as Intermediate Monarchs enraged by Tang Miao’s slaughter.
• Oni refused to help Tang Miao, saying he could not face the two Monarchs and the surrounding Demon Beasts.
• Heidi decided to go help Tang Miao, and Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Mu Bai prepared to join her.

Mu Bai sensed a powerful Ice Element as Tang Miao and the others prepared to leave, and the Snow Woman appeared at her mature, Monarch-level stage to freeze the nearby demons. Tang Miao fought the giant scorpion and unleashed his Shadow Legion, which overwhelmed the demon horde as the scorpion tried to flee.

• Mu Bai sensed a powerful Ice Element, and the Snow Woman appeared behind Tang Miao, freezing the surrounding Snake and Scorpion Demons in her Ice Domain.
• Tang Miao attacked the giant scorpion with lightning, but it endured the strike and sent him flying with its pincers.
• Tang Miao used Ice Crystal Prison and his magic tools to defend against the scorpion's attacks and poison, then tried to cast Lightning Magic while evading its summoned reinforcements.
• When the demons disrupted Tang Miao's Star Palace, he formed a Shadow Element star constellation and summoned a black lake that drew out Commander-level Dark Specters.
• Tang Miao activated Night Dominion—Darkness Descends, and the Shadow Legion slaughtered the lesser demons before turning on the Commander-level demons and the giant scorpion, which attempted to escape.

Tang Miao drove off the giant scorpion monarch and then turned his attention to the Great Serpent, using Snow Woman’s power to freeze it with Ice Palace Seal. He left the serpent trapped in ice as he unleashed Five Seals Unite—Icе Palace Burst.

• Tang Miao’s Dark Domain overwhelmed the giant scorpion monarch’s forces until his magic ran out, giving the wounded monarch a chance to escape underground.
• Tang Miao fought off the remaining Scorpion Demons with repeated spells while the people on the city wall watched in shock.
• After the scorpion horde retreated, Tang Miao merged with Snow Woman and used Thousand Miles of Ice to block the Great Serpent’s escape.
• Tang Miao cast Ice Coffin—Ice Palace Seal, trapping the serpent monarch in ice despite its attempts to break free.
• Tang Miao merged the five ice seals and fired Five Seals Unite—Icе Palace Burst at the frozen serpent.

Tang Miao and his companions entered Cairo after he defeated the remaining Ruler, then settled into a luxurious hotel in the city center. The chapter left off when Heidi woke screaming from the curse’s snake illusion, and Tang Miao comforted her.

• Tang Miao approached Cairo after the remaining Ruler died, and the military commander opened the gates for him and his companions.
• Zhao Manyan urged the group to stay in the city center, then booked presidential suites at a luxury hotel for himself and the cursed companions.
• Zhao Manyan invited Mo Fan to share a room, while Mu Bai declined and the European Academy students booked rooms at the same hotel.
• Tang Miao took Heidi to their room, and they spent time together before she fell asleep.
• Heidi woke screaming about a snake, and Tang Miao recognized that the curse had taken effect and reassured her.

Tang Miao told Heidi that Medusa’s tears could break the curse and reassured her with stories of his Element Pets, while the others gathered in the hotel lobby, unable to sleep, meditate, or even relax. The curse continued to torment everyone as Tang Miao and Heidi finally left their room to join the group.

• Tang Miao explained to Heidi that Medusa’s tears could break the curse and described how his Element Pets had helped him in Peru.
• Heidi stayed close to Tang Miao because the curse left her too frightened to rest or meditate.
• Oni questioned Mu Bai and Chad about Tang Miao and whether they knew how to break the curse, while the cursed group gathered in the hotel lobby.
• Zhao Manyan and Mo Fan discovered that their fear of snakes prevented them from enjoying themselves with the girls in their rooms.
• Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan wondered whether Tang Miao had been cursed, and Tang Miao eventually came out of his room with Heidi.

Tang Miao led a group toward Bai Ge Great Land to find Little Snake Girl, and they reached the ruins of Sunset Temple while avoiding Medusa’s patrols. After the group’s skin began to rot, Tang Miao left to disable the Corrosive Evil Eye and fought off its guardian, the Night Blood Bat.

• Tang Miao organized supplies and a route to Bai Ge Great Land, while Mo Fan secured the military’s Hidden Grass Potion to suppress the curse’s effects.
• After resting, Tang Miao’s group traveled through Bai Ge Great Land with Chad and Old Hala guiding them on Camel Beasts.
• Chad warned the group to avoid Silver Snake Warriors near Sunset Temple, and they used Dusk Demon Rats to slip past the patrol.
• At the ruins, the group’s skin began to rot, so Tang Miao went alone to find the source of the effect.
• Tang Miao suppressed the Night Blood Bat, took the Corrosive Evil Eye, and fought the creature when it pursued him.
• The Night Blood Bat fled after Tang Miao overwhelmed it, but Tang Miao pursued rather than letting it escape.

Tang Miao killed the Night Blood Bat, then sent Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan to search for Medusa’s Tears. Following their clues, he found the Little Snake Girl alone in a ruined stone hall and confronted her.

• Tang Miao used Dark Magic to kill the Night Blood Bat and absorb it.
• Tang Miao told the others that the Evil Eye’s attack was a mechanism and had them heal while they waited for dawn.
• At dawn, Tang Miao sent Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan to search for Medusa; they returned with Medusa’s Tears and clues to her location.
• Tang Miao revealed that Medusa’s Tears carried a reward of 3.7 billion and set off without involving the European Academy.
• Tang Miao followed freshly shed hair to a ruined stone hall, where he found the Little Snake Girl hiding and heard her claim she was not Medusa.
• The Little Snake Girl emerged under the moonlight, and Tang Miao regarded her as his prey.

Tang Miao forced Apas to become his Contract Pet, then obtained Medusa's Tears and freed the group from their curse. The group left Sunset Slope and prepared to ride Camel Beasts toward Cairo.

• Tang Miao found Apas in her weakened state and forced her to accept a contract under threat of death.
• Apas entered the Contract Space, while Tang Miao captured a Commander Level Young Medusa and obtained Medusa's Tears without killing it.
• Tang Miao regrouped with the others and lifted the curse using Medusa's Tears.
• The group left Sunset Slope without encountering Demon Beast ambushes, and Tang Miao knew Apas had kept the small fry in check.
• The group reached the Camel Beasts Chad had hidden beneath a sand dune, ready to travel across Cairo's outskirts.

After returning to Cairo from the bounty mission, Tang Miao agreed to let Heidi join Mo Fan’s expedition into an Egyptian pyramid and gave Mo Fan the Hand of Silent Thunder for protection. The group prepared to wait for the war to end, while Tang Miao stayed behind because Khufu’s power made his presence too dangerous.

• Chad and Old Hala led the group safely across the Scorpion Demon Tribe’s sand pits, and everyone returned to the city.
• Tang Miao and his companions checked into a hotel after the bounty money arrived.
• Mo Fan told Tang Miao that the Egyptian military needed a Chaos Element mage for the pyramid mission, and Heidi hoped to join.
• Tang Miao approved Heidi’s participation and gave Mo Fan the Hand of Silent Thunder, which could convert incoming elemental attacks into energy he could use.
• Mo Fan relied on the Nine Nether Queen as an ally and planned to enter the pyramid after the war, while Tang Miao judged that Khufu could not safely be confronted.