Chapter Summaries

Tang Miao fought the Savage and his Firewing Sub-Dragon while Flame Ji and Apas faced their own opponents. The battle became a delaying struggle, and Flame Ji finished her fight first.

• Tang Miao used Ice Wall to shield himself from the Savage’s wind blades and the Firewing Sub-Dragon’s Fire Wave, then attacked the Savage with lightning.
• The Firewing Sub-Dragon protected the Savage from Tang Miao’s lightning, but repeated thunderbolts wounded it and sent it plunging through the air.
• Apas tried to attack the Savage, who summoned a peak Primary Monarch Dark Night Fierce Tiger to capture Flame Ji and kept Apas at bay.
• Tang Miao and the Firewing Sub-Dragon exchanged attacks in a prolonged, even fight, while Tang Miao wondered why his opponents were stalling.
• Flame Ji finished off the lesser Demon Beasts before the other battles had ended.

Flame Ji was wounded by the Dark Night Fierce Tiger while Tang Miao fought off the Firewing Sub-Dragon and learned that another powerful demon was approaching. After the tiger was trapped by Tang Miao’s shadow magic, he joined Flame Ji and Snow Woman in a combined ice-and-fire attack.

• The Dark Night Fierce Tiger ambushed Flame Ji, clawing her back before vanishing into the sand, and Flame Ji set a wide area ablaze in anger.
• Apas sensed powerful Demonic Energy approaching and warned Tang Miao that reinforcements were coming.
• Tang Miao trapped the Firewing Sub-Dragon in his Purple Firmament Lightning Domain, severely injuring it and driving it to flee.
• Tang Miao gave Flame Ji the last Sacred Medicine, then used Night Dominion—Black Demon Pool to reveal and restrain the Dark Night Fierce Tiger with his Shadow Fiend Army.
• Flame Ji, Snow Woman, and Tang Miao combined their fire and ice attacks and sent the amplified force toward the Dark Night Fierce Tiger.

Tang Miao escaped the Great Demon’s approaching reinforcements and forced his way into the Feather Demons’ territory, where he set a trap for their flock. He left the Nubian Bustard Monarch and thousands of Feather Demons caught in his Gathering Thunderstorm.

• Tang Miao’s Ice Fire Dragon defeated the Dark Night Fierce Tiger, which dropped a Spirit Essence that gave Little Black a chance to advance.
• Tang Miao pulled Apas away from the Savage as reinforcements approached, then fled toward the Feather Demons’ territory.
• Tang Miao blasted the Feather Demons guarding the sky with Sky Flame Funeral and began laying a Lightning Net.
• The Nubian Bustard Monarch gathered the Feather Demons while an Azurewing Sub-Dragon charged toward Tang Miao.
• Tang Miao activated Gathering Thunderstorm within the Lightning Net, striking more than a thousand Feather Demons in the front of the flock.

Tang Miao fled the Feather Demons after sensing a terrifying Demonic Energy, then reached the Illusory Realm with his mana nearly depleted. Apas led him toward a tribal battlefield, but revealed she could not fight, leaving them to wait and recover or risk crossing it.

• Tang Miao collected Remnant Souls and Spirit Essences from his thunder attack, then fled after sensing an aura he suspected belonged to the true Sahara Emperor.
• Tang Miao raced through the Feather Demons' territory and escaped the pursuing tribes, burning a path with his Fire Element.
• Tang Miao reached the Illusory Realm and summoned Apas to guide him, while his Wind, Space, and Fire Elements were nearly depleted.
• Apas stopped after sensing many Demonic Energies ahead, and Tang Miao chose to continue along their route despite the tribal war.
• Apas revealed that contract backlash had left her unable to fight, so she advised Tang Miao to wait for the fighting to end and recover.

Tang Miao recovered from the Sahara Desert’s Illusory Realm and returned to Egypt to wait for Mo Fan and the others. Another month passed as he waited, and Apas extorted resources from Ethan, which Tang Miao shared among his injured companions.

• Tang Miao followed Apas’s directions and rested in the desert while Apas returned to the Contract Space.
• After three days, Tang Miao crossed out of the Illusory Realm and left the Sahara Desert.
• Tang Miao traveled along the Mediterranean coast to Egypt and found that Mo Fan and the others had not yet emerged.
• Tang Miao waited in Egypt for Heidi and the others, cultivating and buying supplies for Apas, Snow Woman, and Little Flame Ji.
• During the month of waiting, the three companions recovered, and Apas extorted resources from Ethan.
• Tang Miao shared Ethan’s resources among Apas, Snow Woman, and Little Flame Ji, while Apas continued her retreat.

After nearly two months of waiting, Tang Miao watched Cairo enter the third phase of its battle with Khufu’s undead while his companions recovered and grew stronger. He returned to the hotel and prepared for Heidi’s return, leaving Apas frustrated by his attention shifting away from her.

• Apas, Little Flame Ji, and Snow Woman recovered, Snow Woman reached mid-level Monarch Level, and Little Black reached Monarch Level after absorbing a Spirit Essence.
• A crimson Nether Glow appeared over Cairo as the battle entered its third phase, and the authorities sealed the city while panicked civilians tried to flee.
• Tang Miao returned to the hotel and used Apas’s claim that she had sent half the snake-scorpion demons into the underworld to obtain resources from Ethan.
• Apas resented Tang Miao for spending the resources on Snow Woman, Flame Ji, and himself, and she threatened him with her teeth after he cut off her milk.
• Tang Miao gave Apas proper clothes and her own room because Mo Fan and the others had finished their journey and Heidi was coming back.
• Tang Miao put Flame Ji and Snow Woman in Contract Space so Heidi would find them absent when she returned.

After returning from the pyramid, Tang Miao reunited with Heidi and told Ling Ling about their adventures and Sha Yuan’s movements. During seven days of rest in Cairo, he noticed he had become stronger, while Zhao Manyan wondered if he had taken some miraculous elixir.

• Heidi reunited with Tang Miao, while Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Mu Bai returned to the hotel after their ordeal in the pyramid.
• Tang Miao spent time with Heidi, who fell asleep, then answered Ling Ling’s call about Sha Yuan drifting through Arabia.
• Tang Miao told Ling Ling about the Ancient King and their recent adventures, and Ling Ling scolded him for leaving her behind.
• Tang Miao reflected on the Ancient King’s power and the world’s inability to stop him, then returned to Heidi.
• The group rested in Cairo for seven days, and Heidi began sleeping with Apas after learning about her.
• Tang Miao realized he could go night after night without tiring, and Zhao Manyan asked if he had taken a miraculous elixir.

Tang Miao told Zhao Manyan that he had reached the Wind Element Super Level in the Sahara Desert, while Ethan fled Egypt after losing his authority and was declared internationally wanted. At the hotel, Tang Miao tried to appease Heidi after his night raid, then refused Apas’s request to end their contract as they prepared to leave the next day.

• Tang Miao told Zhao Manyan that he had survived the Sahara Desert and broken through to the Wind Element Super Level.
• After Mo Fan and the others returned, Ethan lost his authority, fled Egypt, and became the subject of an international wanted notice for diverting Cairo’s soldiers’ supplies.
• Tang Miao enjoyed the hotel pool with Heidi and Apas, and Heidi confronted him about his night raid before leaving.
• Apas asked Tang Miao to release their contract, but he refused and said she had nowhere safe to go.
• Tang Miao told Apas that they would leave the following day and asked what she would miss about Egypt.

Tang Miao’s group left Cairo and traveled toward Greece, where they reunited with Blanche and reached Athens City. Little Wind Ji hatched and became Tang Miao’s third contracted Element Pet, while he resolved to find better cultivation grounds for Flame Ji and Snow Woman.

• Apas accepted that her contract with Tang Miao would remain in place but threatened to bite him if he repeated what happened the previous night.
• Tang Miao’s group left Cairo with Haken’s help and sailed toward Greece, while Heidi reluctantly agreed to visit Athens City.
• The group reunited with Blanche on an island, and Heidi and Blanche planned a shopping trip with Apas after hearing about the group’s recent travels.
• After arriving in Athens City, Tang Miao stayed behind to welcome Little Wind Ji’s hatching while the others went out.
• Little Wind Ji accepted Tang Miao’s contract and a Wind Element Spirit Seed, and Tang Miao decided to take Flame Ji to the Scorching Plains and seek an extreme Ice Element location for Snow Woman.

After delivering Little Wind Ji’s formula, Tang Miao discovered that she had pure wind powers rather than sand, then looked forward to building up his strength with Totems and Contract Beasts. That evening, Heidi drew him into a private encounter, leaving Apas irritated and Blanche awkwardly aware of what was happening.

• Tang Miao fed Little Wind Ji her Spirit Seed Fragment formula and sent her to rest in Contract Space, realizing she had pure wind powers without sand.
• Tang Miao considered his plans to awaken Totems and rely on his Monarch-Level Demons, Element Pets, Medusa, Bola, and Little Black.
• Heidi returned from shopping with Apas and Blanche, then took Tang Miao to show him her new clothes.
• Apas heard sounds from Heidi’s room, guessed what Tang Miao and Heidi were doing, and stormed back to her room in disgust.
• Blanche realized what was happening and walked away, feeling awkward and guilty.
• Tang Miao and Heidi continued their private encounter after Heidi gave up trying to persuade him to behave.

After Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan returned with a Divine Deer antler, Tang Miao recognized it as a totem relic that could help Mo Fan reach the Super Tier. He planned to visit Parthenon Sacred Mountain, but Asha Ruiya found him first, and their teasing reunion turned physical.

• Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan went to the auction house to sell their pyramid spoils while Tang Miao ate a late-night snack.
• Mo Fan showed Tang Miao a deer antler, and Tang Miao recognized it as a Divine Deer totem relic that could help Mo Fan advance to the Super Tier.
• Tang Miao learned that Ye Xin Xia was in the United Kingdom and considered visiting Parthenon Sacred Mountain for divine medicine.
• Asha Ruiya approached Tang Miao, accused him of taking liberties with her, and traded insults with him.
• Tang Miao slapped Asha Ruiya and pinned her against a wall, while she admitted she had kept watch on him.

Tang Miao reunited with Asha Ruiya, accepted medicine for his injuries, and heard her explain a restriction that could block Element Pets from advancing. The chapter ended with Tang Miao learning that contracted pets might overcome the seal by finding the right elemental spirit land.

• Tang Miao and Asha Ruiya kissed, but she escaped his advances with Shadow Escape and teased him about wanting her.
• Asha Ruiya gave Tang Miao top-grade Parthenon medicines for his injuries and asked whether he still remembered her.
• Asha Ruiya told Tang Miao that Element Pets could be sealed from advancing beyond certain realms unless they reached the densest elemental spirit land in their birthplace.
• Asha Ruiya explained that contracted Element Pets could receive their master's help to break the seal, then guessed that one of Tang Miao's pets had encountered the restriction.

Tang Miao learned that Element Pets faced severe limits on reaching higher realms, then stayed with Asha Ruiya and teased her until she bit his arm. After she healed him and gave him medicine, they continued arguing, and Asha Ruiya threatened to fight him.

• Tang Miao asked Asha Ruiya how she learned about the difficulty of Element Pets reaching higher realms, thanked her, and prepared to leave with the medicine.
• When Asha Ruiya seemed lonely, Tang Miao sat beside her and asked what other information she had about him.
• Asha Ruiya offered to share information privately, but Tang Miao suspected she would bite him, and she bit his arm hard enough to draw blood.
• Asha Ruiya asked whether the bite hurt, then used hemostatic medicine to heal Tang Miao's arm.
• Tang Miao asked for more medicine and teased Asha Ruiya about its instructions, prompting her to threaten to fight him.

After spending the night talking with Asha Ruiya, Tang Miao returned to find Heidi furious over a lipstick mark and his supposed drinking with other women. He tried to reassure her, but she shut him out, while Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan took packets of Mu Bai’s concoction for their own reasons.

• Tang Miao spent half the night with Asha Ruiya, and they parted after chatting and embracing.
• Tang Miao returned to the lodging, where Heidi blasted him into a wall with telekinesis.
• Zhao Manyan’s remark about Tang Miao drinking with girls made Tang Miao realize Heidi had seen the lipstick mark on his face.
• Tang Miao insisted he had only been drinking, and Heidi went back to her room and barred him from entering until he cleaned himself up.
• Blanche warned Tang Miao not to let Heidi down, then returned to her room.
• Tang Miao asked Mu Bai for his concoction, and Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan each quietly took a packet.

Tang Miao and his companions saw a desperate Silver Moon Titan approaching the Parthenon’s territory, but he refused to get involved while the others went to intercept it. As Apas warned that the Titan might attack that night, Tang Miao wondered whether to undo her contract and considered the Black Dragon.

• Blanche said her investigation suggested the Alps conspiracy might be connected to a Parthenon candidate, and Heidi condemned the temple.
• A Silver Moon Titan appeared in the distance, shaking the ground as it walked toward the coastal mountains.
• Tang Miao warned Mo Fan that the Titan might attack, but Mo Fan’s call to Ye Xin Xia did not help.
• Blanche, Heidi, Mu Bai, Mo Fan, and Zhao Manyan went after the Titan while Tang Miao stayed behind with Apas.
• Apas said the Titan sounded desperate and might attack that night, while Tang Miao considered undoing her contract and contracting the Black Dragon himself.

Tang Miao teased Apas at the restaurant and used lightning to knock out a diner who intervened. When the Silver Moon Titan attacked Haixi Urban Area, Tang Miao offered Apas a choice, and she chose to go see what was happening.

• Tang Miao told Apas he preferred her to a stronger Contract Beast, then pulled her onto his lap despite her protests.
• A diner offered to help Apas, so Tang Miao shocked him unconscious and warned the man's companion to stay quiet.
• After nearly an hour, the restaurant broadcast announced that the Silver Moon Titan had rolled a boulder into Haixi Urban Area, flattening four streets.
• As the customers fled toward the Safe Barrier, Tang Miao asked Apas whether she wanted to return to the hotel or see the attack, and she chose to go look.

Tang Miao and Apas watched Parthenon’s knights defeat a Silver Moon Titan after it rampaged through Athens. The survivors received treatment, and Tang Miao returned to the hotel with Blanche and Heidi while Mo Fan and the others went to Parthenon Sacred Mountain.

• Parthenon’s knights trapped the Silver Moon Titan with coordinated spells, but it broke free and charged deeper into the city.
• Lord Norman appeared and killed the Silver Moon Titan with a precise Space Death Axis strike.
• Norman reprimanded the Wind Element Knight who had commanded the battle and vanished before the knight could explain himself.
• Tang Miao and Apas found Heidi and the others, who had suffered injuries while trying to stop the Titan, though Zhao Manyan’s efforts had helped prevent deaths.
• Blanche and Heidi refused Parthenon’s divine medicine, so Tang Miao returned to the hotel with them while Mo Fan and the others went to Parthenon Sacred Mountain for treatment.

Tang Miao forced Heidi to take Parthenon medicine and spent the night with her while Blanche tried not to intrude. In Athens, Mu Ningxue investigated the disappearance of children and confronted Asha Ruiya, who claimed she could provide information.

• Tang Miao applied Parthenon medicine to Heidi despite her protests, and she recovered enough to fight back against his teasing.
• Blanche heard Heidi snorting angrily outside the room and left, then later found the pair still spending the night together.
• Mu Ningxue told Mu Nuxin about her investigation into children who had disappeared near Moon Snow Town and rejected advice to stop digging.
• Asha Ruiya joined Mu Ningxue and Mu Nuxin, said she knew about the missing-children case, and offered information.
• Mu Ningxue grew suspicious and hostile when Asha Ruiya asked whether she was investigating the missing children.

Mu Ningxue investigated a heart-stealing group and learned from Asha Ruiya that the trail could lead to a trap or her death. After Mu Nuxin warned Tang Miao that Mu Ningxue was in danger near Mu Lan Mountain, he hurried off to help, leaving Heidi and Blanche unaware of Apas’s contract.

• Asha Ruiya told Mu Ningxue that the heart-stealing villains had formed a guild and warned her that pursuing them could get her killed.
• Mu Ningxue asked Asha Ruiya for the identity and location of one of the heart collectors.
• Mu Nuxin called Tang Miao and told him that Mu Ningxue and Jiang Yu were investigating the infant-heart thefts near Mu Lan Mountain.
• Tang Miao left the hotel to help Mu Ningxue and refused Heidi and Blanche’s offers to accompany him.
• Blanche asked Heidi to persuade Tang Miao to let Apas return to school, and Heidi said Apas refused to leave him.

Tang Miao arrived at Lan Mu Mountain and helped Mu Ningxue and Jiang Yu defeat Basham with his Lightning Element magic. After Basham died, Tang Miao revealed that he knew where the infant hearts had gone and warned that Su Lu was behind the crimes.

• Tang Miao reached Lan Mu Mountain as Mu Ningxue attacked Basham with her Ice Feather Sky Sparrows, badly injuring him.
• Basham launched Saint's Absolute at Mu Ningxue and Jiang Yu, but Tang Miao appeared and countered it with his fire magic.
• Tang Miao struck Basham with a Lightning Halberd, destroying him and devastating Lan Mu Mountain.
• Mu Ningxue worried that Basham's death had erased their trail to the stolen infant hearts, so Tang Miao offered to take her to them.
• Tang Miao revealed that Su Lu was the mastermind and said they were already involved, so they would have to face the danger.