Chapter Summaries

Zhang Xiaohou led the group through the So Wind to shelter beneath Curtain Trees, but Mountain-Patrolling Feather Demons attacked their refuge during the night. As the wind tore the leaf curtains apart, Li Dexin decided to go outside and deal with the demons.

• The So Wind battered the group, forcing Li Dexin to recall his Earth Sub-Dragon into Contract Space.
• Zhang Xiaohou led the group to a Curtain Tree cliffside and ordered them to rest beneath its leaf tents.
• Mountain-Patrolling Feather Demons arrived during the night and slashed holes in the curtains, letting the So Wind into the shelter.
• Zhang Xiaohou explained that the Feather Demons thrived in the So Wind and that their blood could attract more demons from far away.
• Li Dexin rejected Zhang Xiaohou's warning and set out to deal with the Feather Demons himself.

Li Dexin’s group pushed deeper into the Qinling Mountains as the relentless So Wind and repeated Feather Demon attacks exhausted their defensive mages. At a Curtain Tree rest stop, Tang Miao protected the group from the demons’ cries with a Space Wall, while Yu Shishi learned he could have spared her the mental attacks earlier.

• Li Dexin killed a group of Feather Demons, then discovered that his skin had split into blood-red cracks.
• Li Dexin led the team onward despite Zhang Xiaohou’s warning, and the Forbidden Army’s defensive mages gradually exhausted their magic energy.
• Ling Fei killed another group of Feather Demons but was injured, so Zhao Manyan offered to treat her with Mu Bai’s painful insect method.
• Zhang Xiaohou found a Curtain Tree where the team could rest, and Zhao Manyan took Ling Fei away to treat her wound.
• Tang Miao entered a curtain leaf with Ling Ling, Apas, and Yu Shishi, then blocked the Feather Demons’ cries with a Space Wall.
• Yu Shishi asked why Tang Miao had not told her he could block the cries, and he replied that she had never asked.

The Mountain-Patrolling Feather Demons returned to destroy Curtain Tree, trapping the group under So Wind while the Purple Gold Army fought them. Tang Miao emerged from behind a protected curtain and mocked Li Dexin, leaving the Purple Gold Army furious at his insult.

• The Mountain-Patrolling Feather Demons attacked Curtain Tree again, and Li Dexin led two subordinates out to fight them.
• Zhao Manyan asked Zhang Xiaohou how to stop the birds, while Zhang Xiaohou blamed Li Dexin for provoking them.
• Zhao Manyan ran into a Space Wall outside Tang Miao's curtain, then saw that the curtain had remained untouched by the demons' attacks.
• Tang Miao emerged and said the Purple Gold Army should handle the Feather Demons, while Ling Fei asked whether he had a solution.
• Tang Miao mocked Li Dexin's leadership, and Li Dexin snapped back as the Purple Gold Army glared furiously at him.

Tang Miao destroyed a vast swarm of Feather Demons with one lightning strike, shocking the Purple Gold Army and earning their trust in Zhang Xiaohou’s guidance. The group entered Lu Ling Rift Valley and hurried toward Bai Ba Mountain to carry out the rescue.

• Tang Miao advanced through So Wind and spread a Lightning Net toward the gathered Feather Demons.
• Tang Miao’s Thunderclap obliterated the Feather Demon swarm, while Zhao Manyan shielded himself and the others from the lightning’s spread.
• Zhao Manyan helped the paralyzed Ling Fei up and told her that the lightning she had witnessed was only a fraction of Tang Miao’s power.
• Tang Miao asked Zhang Xiaohou to lead the group, and the staff officer agreed to follow him.
• Zhang Xiaohou led the Purple Gold Army and Tang Miao’s companions into Lu Ling Rift Valley, where they hurried toward Bai Ba Mountain.

Zhang Xiaohou guided the group through the Qinling Mountains toward Bai Ba Mountain, warning them of the stronger demon beasts ahead and explaining the Feather Demons’ hierarchy. The group reached the Feather Demons’ territory, where the Feather Emperor’s authority and the mountains’ danger became clear.

• Zhang Xiaohou led the group safely through Lu Ling Rift Valley, while they avoided unnecessary fights and Destruction Magic.
• At Da Heng Mountain, Zhang Xiaohou warned the Purple Gold Army that they would face demon beasts at General Level or higher, and Li Dexin agreed to follow his arrangements.
• The group noticed the eerie quiet and spotted a Golden Blue Demon Bird perched above them; Zhang Xiaohou said they should avoid provoking it.
• After crossing Da Heng Ridge, the group reached Bai Ba Mountain and admired its towering peaks and floating vine forests.
• Zhang Xiaohou explained that Bai Ba Mountain was a Feather Demon paradise ruled by the Feather Emperor, who controlled the hierarchy and airspace of winged creatures across the mountain ranges.

Tang Miao's group encountered the weakened Heavenly Crown Purple Fir Divine Tree and learned that Li Dexin's soldiers were trapped by Ice Sky Winged Birds. Tang Miao agreed to rescue them in exchange for their help fighting the demonic tree.

• Tang Miao's group parted ways with Li Dexin after reaching the summit, then spotted the Heavenly Crown Purple Fir Divine Tree in the distance.
• Mo Fan explained the tree's power and history, and Tang Miao proposed killing it while it was weakened.
• A charcoal-faced soldier found the group and asked them to rescue soldiers trapped in a tree hollow by Ice Sky Winged Birds.
• Zhang Xiaohou refused to help, but Mo Fan suggested rescuing the soldiers so they could join the fight against the Devil Tree.
• Tang Miao agreed to the rescue on the condition that the soldiers help him fight the demonic tree, and the charcoal-faced soldier accepted.

Tang Miao rescued Jiang Shaoxu and others from a flock of Ice Sky Winged Birds by demonstrating his overwhelming Wind and Fire magic. After wiping out the flock, he approached the frozen tree hollow where the group was trapped.

• Zhang Xiaohou offered to draw the Ice Sky Winged Birds away so the others could escape, but Tang Miao strode out to fight them himself.
• Tang Miao used a sandstorm tornado to shred hundreds of Feather Demons, stunning Zhang Xiaohou, Mo Fan, Apas, and the charcoal-faced soldier.
• Tang Miao unleashed Thousand Wind Blades and Wind Butcher Slash, killing nearly half the flock, including its Commander Level leader.
• Tang Miao cast Sky Flame Funeral and burned away the remaining Ice Sky Winged Birds.
• The charcoal-faced soldier admired Tang Miao, who then went to inspect the frozen tree hollow where Jiang Shaoxu and the others were trapped.

Tang Miao rescued Jiang Shaoxu from the ice-bound tree hollow and reunited with her in the Qinling Mountains. After learning why she had come to the Feather Demon paradise, the group prepared to leave, and Jiang Shaoxu noticed Apas.

• Tang Miao shattered the ice wall with a Fire Element attack, freeing Li Dexin and the others trapped inside the tree hollow.
• Jiang Shaoxu recognized Tang Miao, embraced him, and reproached him while he told Li Dexin that she was his wife.
• Zhang Xiaohou urged everyone to leave the Demon Beast territory, and Li Dexin agreed.
• Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan learned that Jiang Shaoxu had followed clues left by her brother, Jiang Shaojun, to seek a noble Totem in the Feather Demon paradise.
• Tang Miao told Jiang Shaoxu about searching for a Totem and cutting down the Heavenly Crown Purple Fir Divine Tree, which she had mistakenly thought was harmless.
• Jiang Shaoxu said she would clean herself up, then spotted Apas and called her a little vixen.

Jiang Shaoxu refused to return with Li Dexin’s Purple Gold Army and chose to continue with Tang Miao toward the Cangmu Wind Layer. After Jiang Shaoxu exposed Apas’s identity, Tang Miao revealed that she was a true Medusa, and Li Dexin reluctantly agreed to accompany the group as Jiang Shaoxu aimed for the Sacred Waterfall.

• Jiang Shaoxu refused Li Dexin’s request to return and told Tang Miao she would go with him to the Cangmu Wind Layer.
• Apas asked Jiang Shaoxu if she meant Tang Yue, and Jiang Shaoxu sensed Apas’s hidden power and challenged her identity.
• Tang Miao introduced Apas as his contracted partner, a true Medusa from Egypt, shocking Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and the Purple Gold Army.
• Jiang Shaoxu told Li Dexin that her decision to continue was her own and pulled Tang Miao along.
• Li Dexin agreed to follow Jiang Shaoxu, who declared that she would climb to the highest point and see the legendary Sacred Waterfall.

Tang Miao’s group climbed the damaged Heavenly Crown Purple Fir Divine Tree while Feather Demons gathered for their annual ceremony. After Yu Shishi carried Little Moon Moth Phoenix upward, Tang Miao launched a fiery assault on the Devil Tree, leaving the battle underway.

• Zhang Xiaohou reported that countless Feather Demons were gathering in the sky for a ceremony, which Jiang Shaoxu recognized from her brother’s journal.
• Tang Miao urged the group to destroy the Purple Linden Tree so Little Moon Moth Phoenix could be reborn sooner.
• The group climbed the damaged tree, and Tang Miao sent Yu Shishi higher with Little Moon Moth Phoenix.
• Tang Miao signaled the others to attack, and the Devil Tree revealed itself by hurling countless branches at him.
• Tang Miao unleashed a fire dragon and opened Hellfire Gates around the tree, flooding it with molten fire.

Tang Miao used fire and lightning to destroy the Heavenly Crown Purple Fir Divine Tree while Yu Shishi’s Moon Silkworm ate its central leaf and transformed into the Moon Moth Phoenix. Tang Miao found the tree’s purple-red fruit and used the Demon Bead to absorb its energy, bringing the bead to three-quarters capacity.

• Tang Miao unleashed a four-flame Fire Wave and a Lightning Halberd against the Devil Tree as Jiang Shaoxu, Apas, Ling Ling, and the others watched or prepared to handle the Feather Demons.
• Yu Shishi sent the Moon Silkworm to eat the Purple Linden Divine Leaf, and the creature transformed into a radiant Light Silkworm with enormous wings as Feather Demons gathered to witness the Moon Moth Phoenix’s return.
• Tang Miao entered the Heavenly Crown Purple Fir Divine Tree and gathered its residual lightning, causing the damaged tree to crack and collapse.
• Tang Miao followed the Demon Bead’s guidance, found a purple-red fruit still attached to the ruined tree, and let the bead absorb its energy until it reached three-quarters capacity.

After Tang Miao destroyed the Heavenly Crown Purple Fir Divine Tree, the Feather Demons surrounded him and his companions on Bai Ba Mountain. Tang Miao prepared to fight Mo Shan Yu Jun, but the Moon Moth Phoenix intervened and persuaded the Feather Demons to withdraw as powerful winds gathered around the mountain.

• Tang Miao emerged after destroying the Heavenly Crown Purple Fir Divine Tree, and Jiang Shaoxu asked if he was all right.
• Ling Fei noticed the Feather Demons watching the group from above the exposed mountain peak.
• Zhang Xiaohou identified Mo Shan Yu Jun and warned that the Mountain-Patrolling Feather Demons had tracked the group by their scent.
• Tang Miao spread his wings and summoned thunder as Mo Shan Yu Jun and the Feather Demons approached.
• The Moon Moth Phoenix called to the Feather Emperor, and the Feather Demons stopped advancing and withdrew.
• Powerful So Wind converged on Bai Ba Mountain and rushed upward toward the clouds.

Jiang Shaoxu and the others joined the Feather Demon festival’s soaring competition on Moon Moth Phoenix, where Tang Miao killed the Golden-Blue Sparrowhawk and then attacked the leading Mo Shan Yu Jun. The chapter left them closing in on Mo Shan Yu Jun as it answered with a destructive cry and Tang Miao launched a Lightning Halberd.

• Jiang Shaoxu celebrated as the Feather Demons launched into the rising So Wind, and Moon Moth Phoenix carried the group into the sky.
• Tang Miao recognized the Golden-Blue Sparrowhawk from Da Heng Mountain and killed it with five lightning bolts.
• Zhang Xiaohou and Wind Element mages from the Purple Gold Army helped Moon Moth Phoenix catch up to Mo Shan Yu Jun.
• Tang Miao summoned thunderbolts to hinder the Feather Demons ahead and pursue Mo Shan Yu Jun.
• Mo Shan Yu Jun sent destructive sound waves toward Moon Moth Phoenix, and Tang Miao hurled a Lightning Halberd from the sky.

Tang Miao and the others climbed through the dangerous high-altitude wind layers, where he struck Mo Shan Yu Jun and drove the Silver Dome Lord away. They reached the Oath Tree near the Cloud Sky Layer, and Tang Miao sent the little Moon Moth Phoenix to search for the Divine Deer using the Sacred Deer Horn.

• Tang Miao's Lightning Halberd struck Mo Shan Yu Jun and killed nearby Mountain-Patrolling Feather Demons, but Mo Shan Yu Jun survived and fell away.
• The Silver Dome Lord caught up with the group, and Tang Miao blasted its wing before threatening it with Lightning Halberds, prompting it to flee.
• The group spotted the Oath Tree, which Ling Ling identified as a route toward the Cloud Sky Layer and shelter from the freezing So Wind.
• Tang Miao had Mo Fan take out the Sacred Deer Horn and asked the little Moon Moth Phoenix to search for the Divine Deer.
• Jiang Shaoxu questioned Tang Miao's claim to be the master of all Totems and wondered how Totems could obey a human.

After leaving the Qinling Mountains, Tang Miao parted ways with Mo Fan and returned to Moon Snow New City to cultivate and help strengthen his allies. The Tang Clan had grown to include five Super Level Mages, while the Heavenly Seed recipe and the other Advanced Level Mages’ breakthroughs remained unfinished.

• Little White found the Divine Deer’s antlers and Oath Fruits, but the Qilin said it needed more power to revive the Divine Deer.
• Jiang Shaoxu used her Totem clues to persuade Tang Miao to take her along, and Ling Ling decided to follow her example and hold back information to avoid being left behind.
• After leaving the Qinling Mountains, Mo Fan meditated with his new Totem Power and broke through to the Super Level.
• Tang Miao sent Mo Fan to the Magic Capital to awaken his magic and advised him to meet Feng Zhoulong and occasionally serve as a test subject.
• Tang Miao returned to Moon Snow New City with Yu Shishi and entered seclusion to advance his Lightning Element.
• Tang Miao told Mo Fan to hold off on using the Oath Fruits; Moon Snow New City had five Super Level Mages, and the Tang Clan had become newly established.

Tang Miao and Mu Ningxue attended Fei Niao City's Youth Selection Competition as judges, where the results highlighted Moon Snow New City's strong contenders. He Yao then publicly challenged Mu Ningxue's right to judge and demanded a contest.

• Tang Miao emerged from secluded cultivation after advancing his Lightning Element to the second level and dismissed news about the Black Vatican as unimportant beside the threat of the Sea Monster Empire.
• Mu Ningxue and Tang Miao joined the judges at Fei Niao City's final Youth Selection Competition, where Li Kuang mocked Moon Snow New City for not entering a representative.
• Mu Ningxue noted that the top-ten selection was still underway as Bai Hongfei, Shao Yu, and Xu Zhaoting advanced, prompting Li Jianmo to explain their reputations and strength.
• The competition's top-ten places carried positions in the Southern Wing Mage Corps, giving the contest added importance in the dispute over a commercial street between Moon Snow New City and Fei Niao City's northern district.
• He Yao continued his flawless run by crushing another opponent, then confronted Mu Ningxue over her refusal to accept his challenge letter and demanded a contest.

Tang Miao confronted He Yao after He Yao insulted Mu Ningxue and challenged Moon Snow New City. He Yao agreed to serve the Tang Clan for fifty years if he lost, and Tang Miao stepped forward to fight him.

• He Yao called the World Academy Competition a children's game and declared Mu Ningxue overrated.
• Tang Miao stood up, defended Moon Snow New City, and challenged He Yao's claims.
• Mu Ningxue identified Tang Miao as the true master of the Tang Clan's Moon Snow New City, drawing the crowd's attention to his reputation.
• He Yao said he wanted to fight Tang Miao, and Tang Miao demanded that He Yao serve the Tang Clan for fifty years if he lost.
• He Yao accepted immediately, and Tang Miao used the Wind Element to walk through the air toward him.

Tang Miao defeated He Yao in the Youth Selection Competition, proving the two were nowhere near the same level. Moon Snow New City secured control of Flying Bird Base City’s Southern Wing Mage group, leaving the Da Li Family unable to gain influence through the competition.

• He Yao struck Tang Miao with High-level Lightning Magic, but Tang Miao stood unharmed and mocked him.
• He Yao tried to cast another spell, but Tang Miao shattered his Star Palace with a Fierce Fist and sent him flying into the barrier.
• He Yao admitted defeat after realizing Tang Miao was far stronger than him.
• Tang Miao left the competition, while Moon Snow New City claimed ownership of the Southern Wing Mage group because it had four people in the top ten.
• The Da Li Family failed to place its people in the group and lost its chance to gain influence in Flying Bird Base City.

After the Moon Snow New City celebration, Tang Miao told Mu Ningxue he was heading to the Scorching Plains to seek a way for Flame Ji to advance. He arrived at the Starry Sky Tree with his Element Pets, where Apas immediately confronted him for keeping her in Contract Space.

• Tang Miao delayed joining the celebration while he spent time with Yu Shishi and Apas, then arrived and dominated the drinking.
• Mu Ningxue saw that her father, Mu Zhuoyun, was genuinely happy about their branch of the clan’s improving future.
• Tang Miao told Mu Ningxue he planned to visit the Scorching Plains to investigate a possible advancement method for Flame Ji.
• Tang Miao set out for the Scorching Plains with the Dark Serpent, leaving Zhao Manyan, Mo Fan, and the others to seek a Super Tier breakthrough with Moon Moth Phoenix’s help.
• Tang Miao crossed the Sand River and the fiery-red forest to reach the Starry Sky Tree, where Chen Ying’s mother welcomed him.
• Tang Miao summoned Snow Woman, Flame Ji, Apas, and Little Wind Ji, and Apas angrily complained that he had kept her locked in Contract Space.

Tang Miao followed the Flame Witch into the northern volcanic region to seek the rest of Little Flame Ji’s Heavenly Tribulation Flame. There, they encountered the Totem Beast Jiao, and Tang Miao used the Kirin Jade to reveal the kirin’s soul shadow.

• The Flame Witch revealed that part of Little Flame Ji’s Heavenly Tribulation Flame remained at her birthplace, now occupied by a Great Demon.
• Tang Miao summoned Dark Serpent and followed the Flame Witch north with Apas, Snow Woman, and Little Flame Ji.
• Tang Miao’s group reached the volcanic region, where Snow Woman and Apas retreated into the Contract Space because of the intense heat.
• Jiao, a colossal flame-covered creature, confronted Tang Miao’s group and tried to drive them away.
• Tang Miao took out the Kirin Jade, which revealed a vast soul shadow of the kirin.