Chapter Summaries

Tang Miao warned Wangyue Mingjian that reinforcements might not be enough to save Japan and promised to help while keeping Qianxun safe. When an alarm announced an approaching horde of Sea Monsters, Tang Miao protected Qianxun and joined Wangyue Mingjian to face the threat.

• Tang Miao questioned whether the reinforcements from the major Magic Associations would be adequate, and Wangyue Mingjian insisted the Asian Magic Association would not abandon Japan.
• Tang Miao said he would do his best to help but would take Qianxun away if the situation became impossible, and Wangyue Mingjian entrusted her to him.
• Tang Miao asked why Japan had sent only three Forbidden Curse Mages against the Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor, and Wangyue Mingjian explained that using Forbidden Curse Magic required international reporting because of its destructive power.
• Warning bells and detection instruments signaled that a large number of Sea Monsters were approaching the West Guardian Pavilion.
• Tang Miao stopped the awakened Qianxun from getting up, helped her return to sleep, and placed a spatial barrier around her before rejoining Wangyue Mingjian.

Tang Miao watched the sea monsters use coordinated attacks to wear down the West Guardian Pavilion’s barrier while Wangyue Mingjian conserved his mages’ strength for a closer assault. After the barrier fell, the defenders struck back, while Apas and Tang Miao suspected the Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor was directing the monsters.

• Tang Miao arrived as Crimson Ling Demons and Sea Crabs attacked the barrier with waterspouts and seawater spheres, steadily draining its power.
• Wangyue Mingjian explained that he planned to wait for the monsters to approach before attacking, despite expecting heavy casualties.
• Apas sensed that a Mind Demon Art was coordinating the sea monsters, and Tang Miao suspected the Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor was behind it.
• The Sea Crabs wore down the barrier until the Crimson Ling Demons, Green Red Fish Demons, and Sea Monkey Monsters broke through.
• Wangyue Mingjian ordered the defenders to freeze the sea, sweep the monsters together with wind, and strike them with lightning.

Wangyue Mingjian and the defenders held the West Guardian Pavilion against waves of Sea Monsters for five hours, relying on repeated mass magic and Super Level attacks. When Tang Miao took over the defense, he froze a vast area of sea and destroyed hundreds of monsters with a single Thunderbolt, stunning the onlookers.

• The defenders used combined Intermediate and Beginner Magics to kill Sea Monsters while Light Shields kept the survivors from reaching the West Guardian Pavilion.
• Wangyue Mingjian cast Cataclysmic Water Roar and wiped out several thousand Sea Monsters after the defenders had held the line for an hour.
• Wangyue Mingjian rejected Tang Miao's suggestion to release the criminals imprisoned behind the defenses.
• After five hours of fighting, Wangyue Mingjian asked Tang Miao to clear the monsters so the exhausted defenders could rest.
• Tang Miao stepped onto the sea, refroze a vast area of ice, and killed several hundred Sea Monsters with a single Thunderbolt.
• Fujikata Nobuko and Koike Shoko watched Tang Miao's attack and were stunned by its power.

Tang Miao massacred thousands of Sea Monsters with his Wind Magic and Little Wind Ji’s fusion, astonishing the mages at West Guardian Pavilion. As more Sea Monsters approached, he concealed his Dark Legion inside a Night Domain and trapped them with Space Compression.

• Tang Miao used Wind Disk and Sandstorm to pull thousands of Sea Monsters into a deadly tornado.
• Tang Miao fused with Little Wind Ji and used Wind Wings—Annihilation to shred the Sea Monsters, then killed the surviving commanders with Wind Blade.
• Wangyue Mingjian and the other mages realized Tang Miao’s earlier attack had been Intermediate Magic and watched in disbelief as he gathered Spirit Essences and Remnant Souls.
• The Shadow Fiend Lord urged Tang Miao to let the Dark Legion fight, so Tang Miao stepped back and set up the Night Domain to hide it from Wangyue Mingjian and the others.
• Tang Miao let the Night Domain swallow another group of Sea Monsters and used Space Compression to hold them without attacking.

Tang Miao used his Dark Domain and Shadow Fiends to wipe out the Sea Monster Army attacking the Twin Guardian Pavilion. As a Flood Dragon Monarch charged at him, Tang Miao immobilized it and struck with Violet Heaven Thunderclaw.

• Tang Miao summoned the Shadow Fiend Lord and Shadow Fiend Army inside his Dark Domain, where they slaughtered the Sea Monsters that entered.
• The Sea Monsters stopped coming ashore, and Tang Miao dispelled his domain to reveal that not a single corpse remained.
• Wangyue Mingjian and the others watched in disbelief as Tang Miao had defeated the Sea Monster Army almost effortlessly.
• A Flood Dragon Monarch charged at Tang Miao, but he restrained it with Space Magic.
• Tang Miao struck the Flood Dragon Monarch with Violet Heaven Thunderclaw, shattering the ice beneath them.

Tang Miao killed the Flood Dragon with his Shadow and Fire magic, then used his Heavenly Seed flames to burn back the Sea Monsters attacking the coast. After holding them off for half an hour, he continued fighting because his magical energy had barely been depleted and he still wanted Spirit Essences.

• Tang Miao wounded the Flood Dragon with ice, then pierced it with Shadow Fiend's blade as it broke free and charged him.
• Tang Miao immobilized the Flood Dragon and burned it to death with Sky Flame Funeral—Hellfire.
• Tang Miao unleashed a rain of fire over the Sea Monsters, evaporating the seawater and killing many near the surface.
• Wangyue Mingjian, Fujikata Nobuko, and the other Super Level Mages realized Tang Miao possessed a Heavenly Seed flame.
• Tang Miao kept fighting the remaining Sea Monsters after holding his ground for half an hour, then froze the sea again as he moved across its surface.

Tang Miao annihilated tens of thousands of Sea Monsters at West Guardian Pavilion, then warned Wangyue Mingjian that the Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor might command far more than Japan’s nearby Sea Monsters. He left for Mochizuki Chihiro’s room while the surviving monsters held back.

• Tang Miao froze the water and killed Sea Monsters with a Lightning Net as the creatures gathered near West Guardian Pavilion.
• Tang Miao unleashed Thunder Domain and Gathering Thunderstorm, destroying tens of thousands of Sea Monsters and collecting Spirit Essences.
• Tang Miao retreated to West Guardian Pavilion after the thunderstorm frightened the remaining Sea Monsters, and the defenders cheered his return.
• Tang Miao asked Wangyue Mingjian about Sea Monsters along Japan’s other coasts and warned that the Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor might command a vast force capable of overwhelming them.
• Tang Miao left with the unconscious Mochizuki Chihiro and went to her room while keeping his Space Magic active.

Tang Miao broke through with his Summoning Element and awakened three new Elements, while Mochizuki Chihiro recovered in the room he had protected for her. The chapter ended with Tang Miao and Apas pinning down a stunned Mochizuki Chihiro as he prepared to celebrate with them.

• Tang Miao carried the exhausted Mochizuki Chihiro to her room, shielded her with spatial power, and began meditating to break through with his Summoning Element.
• Apas returned, and Mochizuki Chihiro woke after a full day of rest to find Tang Miao meditating nearby.
• Tang Miao’s breakthrough awakened the Chaos, Sound, and Light Elements, raised his spiritual realm, and strengthened his Lightning and Ice star oceans.
• Tang Miao carried Apas and Mochizuki Chihiro away, telling them he wanted to celebrate his breakthrough and new Elements with them.
• Apas pinned Mochizuki Chihiro’s hands down as Tang Miao joined in, leaving Mochizuki Chihiro shocked.

Tang Miao searched the sea and found that the Sea Monsters had apparently retreated, then returned to Mochizuki Chihiro and Apas. He left Mochizuki Chihiro exhausted and unsettled during a night-time encounter near the pavilion.

• Tang Miao found Wangyue Mingjian asleep at the West Guardian Pavilion, then searched the surrounding sea and found no Sea Monsters.
• Tang Miao told Wangyue Mingjian that the Sea Monsters seemed to have withdrawn, and Wangyue Mingjian sent his subordinates to search again.
• Tang Miao returned to Mochizuki Chihiro's residence and found her and Apas chatting, then joined their intimate play.
• Apas collapsed from exhaustion after spending the day with Tang Miao and Mochizuki Chihiro.
• Tang Miao carried a groggy Mochizuki Chihiro outside at night, where two patrolling mages briefly sensed Dark Energy nearby.

Tang Miao confronted Apas about her secret trips and learned that Ling Ling had come to Japan and that Apas had hidden treasures she found at Tianshan. Apas led Tang Miao to where Ling Ling was staying, though Tang Miao had grown less eager to see her.

• Tang Miao asked Apas where she had gone after his fight with the Sea Monster, and she claimed she had watched him fight.
• Tang Miao revealed that he knew Apas had been sneaking away, so she admitted that Ling Ling had come to Japan.
• Apas explained that Ling Ling had flown there after learning about the crisis and that she had gone to find her.
• Tang Miao asked why Apas had helped Ling Ling, and Apas confessed that Ling Ling knew she had kept valuable things from Tianshan for herself.
• Apas admitted she had hidden the items because Snow Woman and Flame Ji were growing stronger while she was not.
• Apas led Tang Miao toward Ling Ling's assigned quarters, while Tang Miao considered making them both answer for their trouble.

Tang Miao and Apas visited Ling Ling, whose teasing and scuffle with Tang Miao ended when she discovered that millions of Sea Monsters had gathered to attack Tokyo. Tang Miao decided to go see the impending assault while Ling Ling and Apas stayed behind.

• Tang Miao confronted Ling Ling about keeping Apas's situation from him, and Ling Ling teased him before he picked her up and spanked her.
• Ling Ling bit Tang Miao's shoulder and pushed him away after their scuffle turned awkward.
• Ling Ling showed Tang Miao a map indicating that the vanished Sea Monsters had gathered at the Tokyo battlefield.
• Ling Ling warned that several million Sea Monsters could overrun Tokyo's coast, with the Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor possibly among them.
• Tang Miao said he would go look at the Sea Monsters and told Ling Ling and Apas to wait for him.

Tang Miao arrived at East Sea War City and slaughtered waves of Sea Monsters, including Blazing Hellbirds, while searching for the powerful human mages approaching. He hid as several Monarch-level Sea Monsters surfaced, leaving the embattled defenders facing an overwhelming threat.

• Tang Miao pinned the Sea Python Pseudo Dragon with Gravity and killed it with a Super Tier lightning strike.
• Tang Miao incinerated thousands of Blazing Hellbirds with Sky Flame Funeral—Thousand Petal Flame Flowers, then used Space Power and Purgatory Flame Dragon to destroy many more.
• Tang Miao sensed powerful human mages approaching and concealed himself inside a flooded building using Shadow and Space magic.
• A bull-headed, fish-bodied creature, more than ten Thunderblast Squids, and a Frost Turtle surfaced near East Sea War City.
• Tang Miao sensed another top-tier Monarch in the sea as the defenders lost hope at the sight of the Monarch-level creatures.

Wu He, Murata, Inoshita, and other powerful Mages arrived to attack the Sea Monster Monarchs while seeking the Thousand Year Fox, but the fox struck from beneath the sea. Tang Miao realized the Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor was nearby as the Mages prepared for its assault.

• Wu He and the other Mages attacked the Sea Monster Monarchs, but the Frost Turtle and the bull-headed Sea Monster escaped.
• Wu He said they could not spare magic energy to rescue the people of East Sea War City while the Thousand Year Fox remained alive.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor’s furry pillars pierced and killed the middle-aged woman, then attacked the other Mages.
• Tang Miao recognized the attacker as the Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor beneath the sea, and Wu He warned the Mages to be careful.

The Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor emerged from the sea atop a Dark Gold Tiger Shark and overwhelmed the assembled mages with her magic and nine tails. The Forbidden Curse Mages remained protected as they prepared their formation, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor rose from the sea on a Dark Gold Tiger Shark, and the mages recognized her as the Emperor who had killed a Super Tier Perfection Mage.
• Wu He ordered everyone to attack, but the Fox Emperor collapsed the Super Level Mages’ Star Palaces and battered them with her tails.
• The Fox Emperor struck at the three Forbidden Curse Mages, but Murata’s group used a magic tool to defend against her Mind Demon Art.
• The Dark Gold Tiger Shark ignored the Lightning Mage’s attack, while the Fox Emperor’s tail tore open the mage’s abdomen.
• The Fox Emperor neutralized the mages’ combined spells and swept them away with her magic and the shark’s waves.
• The Fox Emperor attacked the three Forbidden Curse Mages, but their Divine Protection barrier stopped her tails as they continued casting.

Tang Miao watched the Nine-tailed Fox battle Japanese mages as three Forbidden Curse Mages prepared a destructive formation, then fled before it struck. The blast devastated the area, but the Fox Emperor appeared to survive, and Tang Miao fought off Sea Monsters and four-eyed gulls with his Shadow Fiend.

• The Nine-tailed Fox froze the sea and overwhelmed the Japanese mages, while a Space Element Mage rescued the Fire Mage from her attack.
• Xiao Ze Jun joined the surviving mages, and the five of them set out to protect the three Forbidden Curse Mages as they completed their formation.
• Tang Miao broke free of the ice and flew away when he sensed the formation's destructive power building.
• The Forbidden Curse formation erupted in a massive blast that swept up Sea Monsters and ice, though the Nine-tailed Fox seemed to survive.
• Four-eyed gulls and Sea Monsters attacked Tang Miao, and he sent out the Shadow Fiend to slaughter them.

Tang Miao returned from the destruction of East Sea War City and investigated the Heavenly Ranking with Ling Ling, while Apas explained why Demon Emperors rarely risk fighting humans directly. Ling Ling found Tang Miao ranked ninety-ninth on the Earth Ranking, and the chapter ended with them beginning to identify the Sea Monsters involved in the city’s fall.

• Tang Miao watched the battle between Forbidden Curse Mages and the Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor from afar, then returned to Twin Guardian Pavilion after finding East Sea War City destroyed.
• Tang Miao asked Ling Ling to look up the Heavenly Ranking, where he found Jiang Tianyuan, Hua Zhanhong, Ai Junhua, and Wu He among the top hundred.
• Apas explained that Demon Emperors avoided personally attacking humans because rival Emperors could exploit their injuries, and that creatures above the False Emperor threshold could absorb Origin Force.
• Ling Ling showed Tang Miao that he ranked ninety-ninth on the Earth Ranking, prompting him to complain about his placement.
• Tang Miao described the Sea Monsters and Feather Demons he had seen, and he and Ling Ling began investigating how East Sea War City had fallen.
• Ling Ling sent Tang Miao and Apas away after catching them getting too familiar, and the pair went to find Mochizuki Chihiro.

Tang Miao told Wangyue Qianxun that Sea Battle City had fallen and Japan’s top mages were likely dead, while the Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor had been injured. Wangyue Qianxun learned that Land Demons had also seized two major cities, leaving Japan’s surviving humans facing an even greater threat.

• Tang Miao told Wangyue Qianxun that the Sea Monsters had gathered at Sea Battle City and that its defenses and reinforcements were likely lost.
• Wangyue Qianxun tried to report the danger at Twin Guardian Pavilion, but Tang Miao stopped her and said he would take her away if the monsters attacked.
• Wangyue Qianxun later confirmed that Sea Battle City had been destroyed and that the Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor appeared injured.
• Wangyue Qianxun told Tang Miao that Land Demons had captured two major cities, shrinking the territory where humans could live by nearly half.

Tang Miao and Apas joined the defenders at the Twin Guardian Pavilion after alarms sounded, where they discovered a force of Sea Monsters waiting offshore. As the sea rapidly rose, Tang Miao warned that the creatures might be flooding the city and began searching for other Demon Beasts underwater.

• Tang Miao wondered whether he could contract the injured Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor, and Apas explained that an Emperor could break a bond with someone weaker.
• Alarms rang at the West Guardian Pavilion, and Tang Miao and Apas went to see what was happening.
• Wangyue Mingjian told Tang Miao that Tokyo had fallen and a force of Demon Beasts had gathered near the Twin Guardian Pavilion.
• Tang Miao determined that the force was only one tribe with no Monarch, but the Sea Monsters waited outside the defenders' attack range instead of attacking.
• As the seawater rose rapidly, Tang Miao warned that Sea Battle City had fallen after being flooded and agreed to search underwater for other Demon Beasts.

Tang Miao discovered and destroyed the Sea Spirit Beasts threatening West Guardian Pavilion, then annihilated the Sea Monster tribe with his Lightning and Dark magic. Wangyue Mingjian and Wangyue Qianxun learned that Tang Miao possessed at least two Great Heavenly Seeds, while the battle ended with his Dark Legion replenished.

• Tang Miao found more than ten Sea Spirit Beasts and flew out to kill them before they could cause a tidal disaster.
• Wangyue Qianxun started to follow him, but Tang Miao's Lightning Domain killed thousands of Sea Monsters before she could help.
• Tang Miao unleashed his Dark Domain and sent the Shadow Fiend Army to slaughter the Sea Monsters.
• Apas explained that Tang Miao's lightning was empowered by a Great Heavenly Seed and revealed that he had more than two Heavenly Seeds.
• Tang Miao finished off the remaining Sea Monsters with lightning, and the battle ended after half an hour with none left on the sea's surface.

Tang Miao destroyed another passing Sea Monster tribe and returned to Twin Guardian Pavilion, where he discussed East Sea War City's destruction and made Ling Ling stop researching to get some rest. Apas teased Wangyue Qianxun about Tang Miao, then he carried Apas off, promising her his attention that night.

• Tang Miao flew after a migrating Sea Monster tribe and pursued its scattered members until he had killed them.
• Wangyue Qianxun followed Tang Miao, found the battle already over, and said she had come because she was worried about him.
• Back at Twin Guardian Pavilion, Tang Miao told Ling Ling that the Nine-tailed Fox Emperor was the likely cause of East Sea War City's destruction.
• Tang Miao carried Ling Ling to bed and got her to fall asleep by threatening to stay and cuddle with her.
• Apas revealed Wangyue Qianxun's private thought about Tang Miao, then ran when he noticed; he caught her and promised to reward her that night.