Chapter Summaries

Tang Miao and the Ancient Capital mages fought the endless undead while Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou reached the Blood Throne and discovered Fang Gu’s betrayal. As the Ancient King’s armor took control of Sha Yuan, a familiar figure appeared before Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou.

• Tang Miao continued using his many elements to hold back the undead, while Demonization’s backlash began to blur his vision.
• Zhu Meng and Han Ji told Tang Miao to destroy the Undead Barrier beneath the Corpse of the Mountain Peak’s throat, and Zuo Feng led the remaining Imperial Guard Mages into battle.
• Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou crossed the Bridge of Nine Deaths and reached the altar, where they found Fang Gu seated on the Blood Throne.
• Fang Gu revealed that he intended to claim the Ancient King’s power and rule the world, but the black Armor Robe drained him and returned to the throne.
• The Armor Robe began moving Sha Yuan toward the inner city, threatening to turn its million inhabitants into offerings.
• Zhang Xiaohou moved toward the Armor Robe, but Mo Fan stopped him as Zhan Kong suddenly appeared.

Tang Miao and the Super Level Mages nearly killed the Corpse of the Mountain Peak, but the Ancient King intervened and revealed himself as Ying Zheng. After returning Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou, Ying Zheng withdrew with the undead, leaving the city safe and its people celebrating.

• Tang Miao, Han Ji, Zhu Meng, and the other mages attacked the wounded Corpse of the Mountain Peak as it fled, with Han Ji freezing it in place.
• The Ancient King's Chaos Hollow absorbed their attacks and saved the Corpse of the Mountain Peak, which knelt before the figure atop it.
• The Ancient King returned Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou to Tang Miao, then identified himself as no one other than himself and told Tang Miao to honor the Azure Luan's Fire.
• Tang Miao challenged Ying Zheng about his promise to protect the people, but Ying Zheng left without answering and led the Corpse of the Mountain Peak and the undead away.
• The undead armies withdrew from the city and the surrounding directions, and the survivors cheered that they had endured the calamity.

Tang Miao woke after more than a month unconscious from the backlash of saving the Ancient Capital, while officials and powerful allies kept his Demon Element secret. After checking his recovered strength and thanking his caretakers, he left the hospital, eager to release his energy.

• Tang Miao collapsed after Demonization ended, and Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou carried him to seek a Healing Mage.
• Han Ji and other officials helped care for Flame Ji and kept Tang Miao's role in saving the Ancient Capital, along with his Demon Element, hidden.
• After more than a month, Tang Miao woke and learned from Flame Ji and Snow Woman how long he had been asleep.
• Tang Miao checked his magic cultivation and equipment, then thanked the nurse and left using Spatial Teleportation.

Tang Miao returned to the Magic Capital, advanced his Fire Element to the High Level, and then reported to the National Prefecture Competition assembly in the Imperial Capital. He joined the team despite Feng Li’s objections and reunited with Zhao Manyan.

• Tang Miao promised the impatient officials he would join the team within three days, but Tang Yue was away on a mission and Mu Nujiao rejected his advances.
• Tang Miao returned to his apartment and used a Star River Vein to advance his Fire Element to the High Level, bringing him to five High-Level Elements.
• Tang Miao traveled to the Imperial Capital and arrived at the competition grounds after being warned not to delay his report.
• Feng Li questioned Tang Miao’s preselected place, but Song He welcomed him and told him to join the team.
• Zhao Manyan recognized Tang Miao and greeted him, believing his strength had earned him a place on the national team.

Tang Miao joined the National Team gathering and watched Zhao Manyan face scorn for gaining a place through his family’s wealth. Mo Fan arrived after learning Xin Xia had been taken to the Parthenon, and Feng Li gave him seven days to settle things before reporting to the team as a substitute.

• Tang Miao reassured Zhao Manyan after several teammates mocked him for buying his place with family money.
• Mo Fan told the team that Xin Xia had been sent to Parthenon Academy and prepared to leave to deal with it.
• Feng Li granted Mo Fan seven days to resolve his personal affairs and ordered him to report to the team in Little Japan as a substitute.
• Tang Miao and Zhao Manyan joined the team and met captain Ai Jiangtu and Nan Jue.

Tang Miao joined the national team as a regular member while Mu Ningxue and Zhao Manyan remained reserves, and the team began its unfunded expedition. Noticing the Ice Crystal Brake Bow’s backlash overwhelming Mu Ningxue, Tang Miao pulled her into a grove to help, leaving Jiang Shaoxu objecting as the others went ahead.

• Feng Li announced Mo Fan had been demoted to reserve after leaving the team and told Mu Ningxue and Zhao Manyan they could earn regular spots.
• The instructors explained the team’s goal of qualifying for the Venice Water Capital National Government Competition and said the expedition would provide practical experience.
• The team set out with frozen bank cards and no travel funding, arriving at a remote fishing village.
• Tang Miao noticed Mu Ningxue struggling with the Ice Crystal Brake Bow’s backlash, but she refused his help because she feared losing her reserve spot.
• Tang Miao pulled Mu Ningxue toward a nearby grove, assured Ai Jiangtu he had a private matter to discuss, and Ai Jiangtu led the others onward.
• Jiang Shaoxu called for Tang Miao to let Mu Ningxue go.

Tang Miao took Mu Ningxue into the woods and used his Ice Element to suppress the Ice Crystal Brake Bow’s backlash, while his companions discovered his powerful Contract Beasts. Mu Ningxue recovered, but Tang Miao’s help turned into an unwanted kiss and groping before she bit him and he let her go.

• Guan Yu tried to stop Tang Miao from taking Mu Ningxue away, but Tang Miao immobilized him with Space magic and vanished into the woods with her.
• Little Black appeared with the Ice Sky Snow Woman on its head, and Zhao Manyan revealed that both were Tang Miao’s Contract Beasts.
• Tang Miao suppressed the Ice Crystal Brake Bow’s backlash in Mu Ningxue, restoring her ability to move.
• Tang Miao kissed Mu Ningxue and groped her; she bit him, and he released her as she said she was fine.

Tang Miao kissed Mu Ningxue, then explained that he did not blame her for Mu He's actions during the Ancient Capital Cataclysm and warned her not to use the Ice Crystal Brake Bow before reaching the Advanced Mage level. He rejoined the team, where Mu Ningxue kept the encounter private and Jiang Shaoxu studied Tang Miao’s abilities and background.

• Tang Miao kissed Mu Ningxue, but she pushed him away and told him they were not suitable for each other.
• Tang Miao told Mu Ningxue that Mu He’s actions were not her fault and revealed that he had helped capture her uncle during the Ancient Capital Cataclysm.
• Tang Miao warned Mu Ningxue not to use the Ice Crystal Brake Bow until she became an Advanced Mage, then left her alone.
• Tang Miao rejoined Ai Jiangtu and the others, and the Shadow Demon Tiger and little Snow Woman returned to their spaces.
• Jiang Shaoxu teased Tang Miao about how long he had been with Mu Ningxue, while Ai Jiangtu asked Mu Ningxue whether Tang Miao had bullied her.
• Mu Ningxue said Tang Miao had only told her something private, and Jiang Shaoxu confirmed that the two had not done anything further.

Ai Jiangtu led Tang Miao and the others to a fishing village to ask for directions to a large port while they traveled without official identities. After the villagers mistook them for property developers, a young man ran after them to warn them about Sea Monsters.

• Jiang Shaoxu used her Mind Magic to confirm Tang Miao's innocence, and Ai Jiangtu ended the dispute and ordered the group to seek directions in a nearby fishing village.
• Ai Jiangtu and Nan Jue told the villagers they were travelers, and the old fisherman explained that Feiniao Port lay eight or nine li beyond the reefs and a large bay.
• The villagers realized they had forgotten to warn the group about Sea Monsters, and one young man ran after them as Tang Miao and the others headed toward the port.
• Zhao Manyan and Mu Ningxue spotted the exhausted young man, and Zhao Manyan called out so the group stopped.

The group met Liu Meng, a young fisherman who warned them about Sea Monsters threatening the coast, and Jiang Shaoxu teased him as he guided them toward the harbor. After walking most of the day, they reached the bay.

• Liu Meng caught up with Zhao Manyan and the others and warned them that Sea Monsters had damaged coastal areas and fishermen had gone missing.
• Jiang Shaoxu persuaded Liu Meng to guide the group to the harbor and promised to deal with the Sea Monsters.
• Liu Meng explained that his isolated fishing village relied on stored supplies because the villagers were afraid to fish.
• Jiang Shaoxu teased Liu Meng as he praised Mu Ningxue’s beauty and talked about his village’s admiration for Mages.
• Liu Meng guided the group along the difficult road, and they reached the bay after walking most of the day.

Tang Miao and his companions arrived in Fei Niao City and sought a way to reach Japan despite lacking identities. Their plan led them to the Lin Group, where they offered to deal with the building owner’s trouble and agreed to hunt Sea Monsters.

• The group surveyed Fei Niao City and its port, and Zhao Manyan questioned why the area was less prosperous than its location suggested.
• Ai Jiangtu led the group toward the port to find a ship to Japan, while Tang Miao proposed earning passage by solving someone’s problem.
• Tang Miao mocked Zu Jiming for doubting his plan and warned him not to provoke him.
• At the Lin Group headquarters, the secretary sent a guard to ask why the group had come, and Tang Miao’s companions said the building’s owner was in trouble.
• After the secretary challenged them to hunt Sea Monsters, the group agreed, and Zhao Manyan approached her and began chatting.

Lin Junxian sent the thirteen mages to investigate the Sea Monsters threatening Fei Niao City, and they sailed beyond the Safe Zone toward Rock Island. As the team prepared for a possible underwater fight, Mu Ningxue offered to freeze part of the sea.

• Lin Junxian warned the mages about the Sea Monsters and arranged supplies while making clear he would not take responsibility for their mission.
• Tang Miao learned how Fei Niao City's shrinking Safe Zone had damaged its trade and considered buying the city someday.
• Ai Jiangtu pointed out Rock Island, where a previous hunting party had suffered heavy losses in a Sea Monster attack.
• Jiang Yu worried that non-Water and non-Ice mages would be at a disadvantage underwater, while Tang Miao stayed silent.
• Mu Ningxue said she could freeze part of the sea if needed, and Guan Yu praised her strength.

Tang Miao teased Jiang Shaoxu aboard the ship as the team sailed beyond the Safe Zone toward the Rock Island where Sea Monsters had been sighted. After Liu Meng helped the ship avoid dangerous reefs, Ai Jiangtu and Nan Jue discussed how to approach the unknown Sea Monster group, and Ai Jiangtu rejected using the Monster Gathering Instrument before they knew its size.

• Mu Tingying mocked Mu Ningxue as a substitute, but Mu Ningxue ignored her and Guan Yu let the insult go.
• Tang Miao groped Jiang Shaoxu while she teased him, then escaped to the ship's roof as she angrily threatened him.
• After the ship passed the Safe Zone, Liu Meng warned the pilot about dead-spike Bamboo Shoot Reefs and helped steer the ship around them.
• Ai Jiangtu said the team was nearing Rock Island, where Sea Monsters had previously been encountered.
• Nan Jue suggested using the Monster Gathering Instrument, but Ai Jiangtu refused because it could attract more Sea Monsters than the team could handle.

Ai Jiangtu’s group encountered a pack of General Level Crimson Ling Demons on Rock Island and killed them. After Ai Jiangtu found an infant swallowed alive inside one demon, Zhao Manyan purified the two infant corpses with light.

• Jiang Yu identified the claw marks on Rock Island as belonging to Crimson Ling Demons, and several adult demons appeared and attacked the group.
• Guan Yu and the other team members fought and killed the Crimson Ling Demons while Liu Meng collapsed in fear.
• Ai Jiangtu used spatial force to pin a wounded Crimson Ling Demon against a cliff, then tore open its belly after spotting a tiny leg protruding from the wound.
• Ai Jiangtu removed the dead infant from the demon’s stomach and said it had been swallowed alive.
• Zhao Manyan used a beam of light to purify and reduce both infant corpses to ash.

After discovering that Crimson Ling Demons had eaten infants inside Fei Niao City's Safe Zone, Tang Miao and the team tracked the monsters to their island lair. They prepared to attack the clan by freezing the surrounding sea, with Tang Miao's Contract Pet guarding Mu Ningxue as she did so.

• Ai Jiangtu sent Jiang Yu and Mu Tingying to investigate the infants' deaths while Tang Miao left to look for clues.
• Tang Miao returned with a Crimson Ling Demon, and Jiang Shaoxu marked it so the team could follow it to its lair.
• The team followed the creature by ship to four small islets, where Guan Yu found Sea Monkey Monsters on three and Crimson Ling Demons on the central island.
• Guan Yu estimated that two to three thousand Sea Monkey Monsters and around one to two hundred Crimson Ling Demons inhabited the islets.
• Mu Ningxue offered to freeze the sea between the islets, and Tang Miao promised to have his Contract Pet guard her while the others fought.

Tang Miao lured the Sea Monkey Monsters and Crimson Ling Demons away from the team, then unleashed Advanced Level Fire Magic that burned hundreds of monsters. The flames devastated the islands and nearby sea, while Mu Ningxue’s plan to freeze the waters began and some Sea Monkey Monsters escaped.

• Ai Jiangtu used his Advanced Level Space Element to scout the route, and Nan Jue led the team ashore while Nan Rongni stayed behind to guard the ship.
• Nan Jue explained that Mu Ningxue would freeze the sea between the islands, and Tang Miao volunteered to draw the monsters away.
• Tang Miao left Little Black with Mu Ningxue, fused with Little Flame Ji, and cast Sky Flame Funeral on the Sea Monkey Monsters and Crimson Ling Demons.
• The fire rain burned hundreds of Sea Monkey Monsters and dozens of Crimson Ling Demons, astonishing the team and revealing Tang Miao’s Advanced Level Fire Magic.
• After the flames passed, the nearby sea began to freeze, but some Sea Monkey Monsters escaped.

A Commander Level Crimson Rending Demon attacked Nan Jue, but Tang Miao arrived in time and struck it with powerful fire magic. The demon survived and kept pursuing him as the battle continued across the frozen sea.

• A Commander Level Crimson Rending Demon burst from near the cave and charged at Nan Jue while she was fighting three Crimson Ling Demons.
• Zhao Manyan reached Nan Jue and used his defenses to block the demon's first attack, then called for Tang Miao when it charged again.
• Tang Miao appeared using Space Magic and sent the Crimson Rending Demon flying with a fire-infused punch.
• Tang Miao equipped his Cloud-Treading Boots and Mystic Snake Magic Armor, then unleashed Sky Flame Funeral as Zhao Manyan and Nan Jue retreated and Ai Jiangtu harassed the demon.
• The Crimson Rending Demon endured the flames and charged Tang Miao, who vanished before it; Ai Jiangtu then attacked with two boulders, which the demon shattered.

Tang Miao badly wounded the Crimson Rending Demon and saved Jiang Shaoxu from its boulder, but the beast escaped into the sea and struck at Mu Ningxue. Tang Miao froze it in place so the team could attack, but their magic failed to break the ice before a Black Shadow shattered it and knocked the demon down.

• Tang Miao blasted the Crimson Rending Demon onto the island, stunning the team with his power and three High-level elements.
• The wounded Crimson Rending Demon tried to escape and hurled a boulder at Jiang Shaoxu, but Tang Miao shielded her with his ice domain and rescued her.
• Jiang Shaoxu clung to Tang Miao, giving the Crimson Rending Demon time to dive into the sea and flee with the remaining monsters.
• The Crimson Rending Demon attacked Mu Ningxue from beneath the ice, but she dodged and Tang Miao froze the area, trapping the beast in an ice sculpture.
• Ai Jiangtu lifted the frozen demon and ordered everyone to attack, but their magic could not break the ice before a Black Shadow shattered it and knocked the demon down.

Little Black killed the Commander-level Crimson Rending Demon, and the National Team wiped out most of the Sea Monsters before returning to Fei Niao City. Lin Junxian recognized the group as the newly selected National Team members.

• Little Black pinned down and killed the Crimson Rending Demon while the National Team fought off the Sea Monsters that came to rescue it.
• Jiang Shaoxu used Mind Magic to keep the fleeing Crimson Ling Demons fighting until nearly all of them were killed.
• Tang Miao collected Remnant Souls and discovered that he had obtained a Commander-level Spirit Essence.
• Nan Rongni treated the injured team members, and Jiang Shaoxu flirted with Tang Miao before Ai Jiangtu led everyone back to Fei Niao City.
• Lin Junxian welcomed the group and deduced that they were members of the National Team.

Jiang Yu and Mu Tingying uncovered evidence that Fei Niao City officials had concealed a long-running pattern of infant disappearances tied to Sea Monsters, but the investigation stopped after a scapegoat was handed to the Judgment Society. The team sailed away, and Jiang Shaoxu flirted with Tang Miao while questioning his background.

• Jiang Yu and Mu Tingying told the team that officials had altered records and hidden more than a hundred infant disappearances over several years.
• Ai Jiangtu and the others agreed to investigate, but their trail ended in Fei Niao City, where the exposed official was sent to the Judgment Society and the instructors took over the wider case.
• Tang Miao suspected the exposed official was a scapegoat for someone powerful, but the instructors ended the students’ investigation.
• The team boarded Lin Junxian’s cruise ship and sailed toward the Pacific Ocean, leaving Fei Niao City behind.
• Jiang Shaoxu admitted she liked Tang Miao, teased him, and asked what his family did; Tang Miao claimed he was a country bumpkin, but she doubted him.