Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yuan and the Hua Xia National Prefecture Team arrived in Egypt and learned that Puccini City was under siege by the undead. After secretly removing Pharaoh’s Curse from a dying girl, Jiang Yuan left without revealing that he had saved her, while preparing to challenge Khufu’s Pyramid.

• The team reached Safaga Port, claimed Egypt’s National Pavilion Chapter, and hurried to Puccini City for their assignment.
• At a Parthenon Temple tent, Jiang Yuan and the others learned that an Egyptian hunter’s daughter was dying from Pharaoh’s Curse and could not be saved by the Temple Mages.
• Jiang Yuan asked whether the curse could be delayed, then reported the team’s arrival and received their assigned section of the city wall.
• Jiang Yuan secretly used his armor’s power to sever the curse and his Healing element to restore the girl, but told her father that he could not save her.
• Jiang Yuan left with Mo Fan and the others, resolved to raise his blade against Khufu’s Pyramid.

The Chinese National Prefecture Team joined Puccini City's advance toward the pyramid mirage to deal with Poison Gold Mummies. When Jiang Yuan charged into their horde alone, Egyptian officers sent a vanguard team to rescue him, but poisonous fog soon engulfed the battlefield.

• Mo Fan suggested Jiang Yuan summon his Chinese undead, but Jiang Yuan refused because they could attract Khufu's attention.
• The next morning, Staff Officer Fenner led the Chinese National Prefecture Team toward the Poison Gold Mummies, which were hindering the Military Department's advance.
• Jiang Yuan charged alone into the undead horde to kill its commander, shocking Staff Officer Fenner and Eastern Commander Wangkos.
• Staff Officer Fenner ordered the Eastern Vanguard Team to rescue Jiang Yuan, while Mo Fan and the others fought the Poison Gold Mummies.
• The Poison Gold Mummies spread dark gold-green poisonous fog, and Mo Fan and the others inhaled some of it as the vanguard team tried to evacuate them.

Jiang Yuan emerged unharmed after defeating the Poison Gold Mummy Commander, then helped the Chinese National Prefecture Team destroy hundreds of Vengeful Sword Dead Attendants. As Fenner ordered the advance to resume, a black-armored rider appeared and unleashed a devastating sword strike at Jiang Yuan.

• Ai Jiangtu and Mo Fan warned the team to retreat from the poisonous mist while Mu Nujiao tried to reach Jiang Yuan.
• Jiang Yuan emerged unharmed after killing the Poison Gold Mummy Commander and sweeping the remaining mummies into a poisonous storm.
• The team completed its five-kilometer advance, then the Chinese National Prefecture Team attacked the Vengeful Sword Dead Attendants near camp.
• Jiang Yuan used Space Magic to slaughter the undead, impressing Fenner and clearing the way for the advance to continue.
• A black swordsman on a ghost horse appeared and aimed its Vertical and Horizontal Nether Sword attack at Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan protected the Egyptian mages from the Dark Sword Master, then invoked an ancient Dark Contract to duel the Lord-level undead alone. He killed it and emerged with a Lord-level Soul Essence, leaving the people to celebrate the removal of the Pyramids’ greatest threat.

• The Dark Sword Master attacked the Egyptian military mages, and Jiang Yuan used Little Cloud Dream’s elemental possession to block its sword aura.
• Jiang Yuan challenged the Dark Sword Master to a duel, and the two were sealed inside a Dark Contract arena that no one else could enter.
• Jiang Yuan used clouds, rain, and freezing cold to expose the Dark Sword Master’s weakness and trap it in ice.
• Jiang Yuan knocked the Dark Sword Master’s sword away and killed it, gaining a Lord-level Soul Essence.
• The Dark Duel Arena collapsed, and the gathered mages cheered because the greatest threat of the Pyramids’ mirage was gone.

Jiang Yuan killed the Dark Sword Master and helped restore Puccini City before the team prepared to leave for Venice. At the victory feast, Mu Nujiao invited him to visit her family, and Mo Fan brought Ye Xin Xia to meet everyone.

• Jiang Yuan defeated the Dark Sword Master, shocking the team and earning Staff Officer Fenner’s gratitude for saving Puccini City.
• Rain washed away the undead’s murky air and dispersed the Pyramids’ mirage as the National Prefecture Team celebrated before heading to Venice.
• Mu Nujiao thanked Jiang Yuan for helping her join the team and gain resources, then said that both she and her family wanted him to visit their home.
• Mo Fan returned with Ye Xin Xia, who greeted Jiang Yuan and explained that she was an intern mage at the Parthenon Temple.

Jiang Yuan received news that the Four-Colored Demon had been found, completing the key components for Feng Zhoulong's Fusion Magic research. In Venice, he toured the city and visited an auction, where Parthenon Temple Candidate Goddess Asha Ruiya approached him to talk privately.

• Nine Nether Queen reported that her undead had found the Four-Colored Demon, and Jiang Yuan sent it to Feng Zhoulong with a letter describing its properties.
• The Huaxia National Prefecture Team arrived in Venice and received an enthusiastic welcome from their mentors, who praised Jiang Yuan's achievements.
• The team settled into a hotel and began training, while Jiang Yuan toured Venice and learned about the National Prefecture Teams arriving for the competition.
• Jiang Yuan entered St. Mark's World Auction House, watched the auction, and briefly bid on Sub-Dragon hatchlings before giving up.
• Asha Ruiya introduced herself to Jiang Yuan as a Parthenon Temple Candidate Goddess, praised his exploits, and asked to speak privately.
• Jiang Yuan agreed and led Asha Ruiya to a private room, curious about why she had sought him out.

Asha Ruiya tried to persuade Jiang Yuan to see the Black Dragon Emperor and offered him valuable magic resources, but he showed no interest until she mentioned a Water element Heavenly Seed. He left after she said it might be found in the Bermuda Triangle, which he dismissed as nonsense.

• Asha Ruiya approached Jiang Yuan in Venice and asked whether he wanted to see one of the world's strongest creatures.
• Jiang Yuan rejected her invitation to see the Black Dragon Emperor, even after Asha Ruiya offered a top-tier Lightning element Soul Seed.
• Asha Ruiya offered information about a Water element Heavenly Seed, prompting Jiang Yuan to ask where it was.
• Asha Ruiya named the Bermuda Triangle as the possible location, and Jiang Yuan vanished from the lounge without believing her.

Jiang Yuan gave Mo Fan the Tyrant Desolate Thunder in exchange for a billion-credit IOU, and Mo Fan tested its power. As the Venice Water City National Prefecture War began, Jiang Yuan stepped forward to draw lots for China.

• Jiang Yuan returned to the hotel and traded jokes with Mo Fan while Mu Ningxue kept her distance from him.
• Mo Fan asked Jiang Yuan to lend him money for a Lightning Soul Seed, and Jiang Yuan revealed the Tyrant Desolate Thunder instead.
• Mo Fan subdued the Tyrant Desolate Thunder, signed Jiang Yuan's one-billion-credit IOU, and went with him to test the Soul Seed.
• The thirty-two national teams gathered in Venice, where the opening ceremony marked the start of the National Prefecture War.
• Jiang Yuan, captain of the Chinese National Government Team, stepped up to draw lots as the ceremony was broadcast live.

Huaxia faced Canada in the opening round of the National Prefecture War, with Mo Fan and the others entering the arena while Jiang Yuan watched from the stands. Feng Li revealed that Jiang Yuan had been placed on Huaxia’s Forbidden Curse seed list and that the National Treasury would open for him after the competition to help all his elements reach the Super Level.

• Xue Musheng praised Jiang Yuan and Mo Fan to the students at Tianlan Magic High School while showing footage of the National Prefecture War.
• Jiang Yuan drew Canada as Huaxia’s first-round opponent, and Feng Li chose Ai Jiangtu, Mo Fan, Mu Nujiao, Mu Ningxue, and Guan Yu to compete.
• Huaxia and Canada entered the Toronto Magic Arena and began their match in a simulated wilderness.
• Ai Jiangtu warned his teammates about Canada’s Curse and Poison magic, and the Huaxia group entered the forest while guarding against traps.
• Feng Li told Jiang Yuan that he had been added to Huaxia’s Forbidden Curse seed list and that the National Treasury would provide treasures to help all his elements break through to the Super Level after the competition.

Jiang Yuan defeated Japan’s team in under a minute with a devastating water spell, then flew with Mo Fan to Croatia to find Xin Xia amid an epidemic. They entered the crowded patient camp, where Mo Fan noted that the illness resembled a cold.

• After Huaxia’s first-round victory, Mo Fan told Jiang Yuan that Xin Xia was in Croatia helping with an epidemic, and Jiang Yuan decided to go there after the match against Japan.
• Jiang Yuan selected four teammates for the lineup, but they left the stage as soon as the match began, leaving him to face Japan alone.
• Jiang Yuan unleashed a massive Cataclysmic Water Roar that swept away the Japanese team and secured Huaxia’s victory in under a minute.
• Jiang Yuan and Mo Fan flew to Croatia, showed their hunter badges to the guards, and entered the epidemic’s patient camp.
• Mo Fan observed that the patients’ symptoms looked like a cold, while Jiang Yuan said they should find Xin Xia first.

Jiang Yuan discovered that the plague afflicting the patients was caused by spiritual negative emotions and traced it to the Little Red Demon in a Croatian prison. He used the Three-eyed Underworld General to consume the demon’s evil energy, then returned to Xin Xia and Mo Fan after eliminating the source.

• Mo Fan urged Xin Xia to leave the dangerous plague site, but she explained that she had come to help the patients as an official mage of the Parthenon Temple.
• Jiang Yuan identified the plague as spiritual and cured a patient by drawing out their negative emotions, then asked Xin Xia and Mo Fan to gather the patients while he searched for the source.
• Jiang Yuan teleported to a Croatian prison and found the Little Red Demon amid the overwhelming negative emotions.
• Jiang Yuan summoned the Three-eyed Underworld General, which killed the Little Red Demon and absorbed all its evil energy, preventing it from being reborn.
• Jiang Yuan returned to Xin Xia and Mo Fan in less than ten minutes, and Mo Fan marveled at how quickly he had resolved the threat.

Jiang Yuan and Mo Fan helped Xin Xia cure the plague patients gathered in Croatia, then returned to Venice for Huaxia’s match against Spain. Huaxia took an early lead as Mo Fan and Ai Jiangtu overwhelmed the Spanish team, while Captain Fran prepared to act.

• Jiang Yuan summoned the Three-eyed Underworld General and had Xin Xia draw the patients’ negative emotions into it.
• Jiang Yuan used Overclock Resonance to shield Xin Xia as she cleared the negative emotions, and the patients’ plague spots faded as they recovered.
• Jiang Yuan and Mo Fan left Xin Xia in Croatia to receive the patients’ thanks and returned to Venice before Huaxia’s match against Spain.
• Feng Li chose Huaxia’s lineup, and Jiang Yuan stayed off the field as Mo Fan and Ai Jiangtu began the match with powerful attacks.
• Mo Fan and Ai Jiangtu rapidly overwhelmed Spain, and Captain Fran told his teammates to create an opening for him.

The Huaxia team defeated Spain, and Jiang Yuan learned that first place in the Treasure Hunting Competition would earn the Divine Seal Ode. While preparing for the competition, he received Feng Zhoulong’s news that he had successfully developed Fusion Magic.

• Ai Jiangtu teleported past Fran’s attack and sent him flying, allowing Mo Fan to blast Fran out of bounds with Fire Seeds and secure Huaxia’s victory over Spain.
• Mo Fan celebrated the win, and Zhao Manyan asked Jiang Yuan to let him compete in a later match.
• Feng Li revealed the tournament rewards and told the team to gather as many resources as possible in the Treasure Hunting Competition.
• Jiang Yuan asked what would happen if his team took every treasure, and Feng Li urged them to go all out.
• Feng Zhoulong called Jiang Yuan and announced that he had figured out how to fuse magic from different elements, crediting Jiang Yuan with helping him develop Fusion Magic.

Jiang Yuan checked in with Feng Zhoulong about Fusion Magic and arranged for the Nine Nether Queen to watch over his research. In the Treasure Hunting Competition, he raised a towering mountain of water and froze it to signal his scattered teammates, drawing the attention of rival teams as well.

• Jiang Yuan called Feng Zhoulong, learned he was still researching Fusion Magic, and urged him to keep the discovery secret.
• Jiang Yuan asked the Nine Nether Queen to monitor Feng Zhoulong and the Monster Capital Research Association.
• At the start of the Treasure Hunting Competition, Jiang Yuan told his teammates to regroup after entering the independent space.
• Jiang Yuan summoned Little Cloud Dream and formed a huge mountain of water beneath a Water Throne.
• Jiang Yuan froze the water mountain into a conspicuous ice mountain, prompting Mo Fan and the other Huaxia team members to head toward him while rival teams also noticed the signal.

Jiang Yuan gathered the Huaxia team on the iceberg and sent the Three-eyed Underworld General’s Nazca Divine Dogs to search for Mu Nujiao, Zhao Manyan, and treasure. The team then took eight Spirit Crystals from the outnumbered German team, and Jiang Yuan led them onward to search for more.

• Jiang Yuan watched the other teams approach the iceberg, then met up with Mo Fan and the others below it, where they realized Zhao Manyan and Mu Nujiao were missing.
• Jiang Yuan summoned the Three-eyed Underworld General and sent over a thousand Nazca Divine Dogs to find the missing teammates and search for treasure.
• The German team found eight Spirit Crystals, but Jiang Yuan and the Huaxia team came across them soon afterward.
• Jiang Yuan used spatial force to pull the Spirit Crystals from Qiao Sen, and the German team backed down rather than fight the larger Huaxia group.
• Mo Fan celebrated the crystals, and Jiang Yuan led the Huaxia team onward in search of more treasure.

The Huaxia team seized valuable treasures from rival teams, angering viewers and national officials, then entered the Black Forest to rescue Zhao Manyan. After freeing him and fighting off the Black Tree Spirits, the team reached their commander at the Black Lake, where Jiang Yuan sent Mo Fan to fight it.

• The Huaxia team took treasures from French, Italian, and other teams, prompting worldwide protests even as officials recognized that the competition rules allowed seizure.
• Mo Fan urged the team to find more treasures, and Jiang Yuan led them toward Zhao Manyan in the Black Forest.
• Jiang Yuan freed Zhao Manyan from a sphere of branches, and Ai Jiangtu noticed Black Tree Spirits attacking from beneath the ground.
• The team fought through the Black Tree Spirits and reached the Black Lake, where they found the Black Tree Spirit Commander.
• Jiang Yuan assigned the Black Tree Spirit Commander to Mo Fan.

Mo Fan and the Huaxia team defeated a Black Tree Spirit Commander and gathered treasures while rushing to rescue Mu Nujiao. Meanwhile, a coalition of more than a hundred mages planned an ambush for the Huaxia team, and Jiang Yuan learned of a Soul Seed but prioritized reuniting with Mu Nujiao.

• Mo Fan killed the Black Tree Spirit Commander with lightning and fire, took its Spirit Crystal, and prepared to help Mu Nujiao.
• After repeated robberies by the Huaxia team, Angelo, Yak, Qiao Sen, and Said organized an alliance and planned to ambush them near a Soul Seed.
• More than a hundred allied mages headed toward the Soul Seed site while spectators watched, and Feng Li and Pang Lai remained confident in Jiang Yuan.
• Jiang Yuan received the Nazca Divine Dog's message about a high-quality Soul Seed, but he told the team to wait and rescue Mu Nujiao first.

Mu Nujiao was trapped and wounded by Misty Sea Heart Demons that hid in illusion-producing fog until Jiang Yuan’s team found her. Jiang Yuan drew the mist away, exposing the demons and leaving the Huaxia team ready to face them.

• Mu Nujiao entered the fog after spotting an Ice Fire Twin Flower, then was wounded repeatedly by a demon that hid in the mist.
• Jiang Yuan arrived with the Huaxia team, restrained Mu Nujiao, and had Nan Rongni heal her.
• Mu Nujiao warned Jiang Yuan that the fog demons created illusions and attacked anyone who let their guard down.
• Jiang Yuan controlled the mist and dismissed illusions of Teacher Qin Yun and Mu Nujiao without being deceived.
• Jiang Yuan absorbed the fog until the Misty Sea Heart Demons revealed themselves, and Nan Rongni noted the value of their demon gallbladders.

Jiang Yuan’s team defeated the Misty Sea Heart Demons, collected their valuable demon gallbladders, and found a Twinflower before heading toward a Soul Seed. They discovered other teams were lying in wait nearby, but Jiang Yuan sensed a weak curse trap ahead and said he could handle it.

• Jiang Yuan restrained and killed the Misty Sea Heart Demons, then collected their demon gallbladders as the mist cleared.
• Mu Nujiao pointed out a Twinflower, and Mo Fan retrieved it while the team celebrated their haul.
• Jiang Yuan learned from the Three-eyed Underworld General’s hound that many teams were gathered near the Soul Seed, while Angelo and Yak concluded the Nazca Divine Dogs were connected to the Huaxia team.
• Yak led the American team away, but Angelo persuaded the remaining teams to stay and wait in their trap for the Huaxia team.
• Jiang Yuan’s team reached the river, and Jiang Yuan sensed a curse trap ahead and said he could handle it.

Said and ten other National Prefecture Teams lured the Huaxia team into a curse trap, but Jiang Yuan broke free and turned the restraint on their attackers. With the rival teams immobilized, Jiang Yuan freed Mo Fan and the others and began eliminating their opponents while the Huaxia team continued its search for treasure.

• Said activated the curse after the Huaxia team entered the trap, and the allied teams rushed in to attack them.
• Jiang Yuan broke free of the curse, revealing that the other teams had been restrained as well, and said he would eliminate them.
• Jiang Yuan removed the curse from Mo Fan and the other Huaxia members while the rival teams argued and blamed one another.
• Mo Fan taunted the immobilized teams, and Jiang Yuan urged the Huaxia team to resume searching for the competition’s grand treasure.
• Mo Fan began eliminating rival competitors with bursts of flame, sending them out of the competition via their spatial scrolls.