Chapter Summaries

Xia Ming defeated Nether Ghost, one of the Ghostfire Tower’s four great elders, and captured him alive after rescuing Lin Qi. He revealed his identity to Lin Qi, who began explaining why Nether Ghost had been hunting him.

• Xia Ming used the Wings of the Wind God to evade Nether Ghost’s attacks while Lin Qi watched in astonishment at Xia Ming’s strength.
• Xia Ming unleashed Thunderfire Scorches the Heavens, breaking through Nether Ghost’s Myriad-Mile Ghostfire and grievously wounding him.
• Nether Ghost fled, but Xia Ming caught up and struck him down with Thunderfire Eye, then kept him alive and knocked him unconscious.
• Lin Qi asked how Xia Ming had defeated Nether Ghost, and Xia Ming removed his human-skin mask, revealing that he had used a false identity during their earlier adventure.
• Xia Ming asked why Nether Ghost had been hunting Lin Qi, and Lin Qi began to explain.

Xia Ming rescued Lin Qi from Nether Ghost and invited him to join Rhine Territory after learning that Ghostfire Tower was pursuing him. On their return, they found Rhine City thriving amid Xia Ming’s growing fame, and Xia Ming tasked Lone Wolf with questioning Nether Ghost about Ghostfire Tower.

• Lin Qi explained that he had bought the Green Jade Staff at an auction and that Nether Ghost attacked him because the purchase had angered him.
• After Lin Qi recognized Xia Ming as the man who defeated Augustine, Xia Ming invited him to Rhine Territory, and Lin Qi agreed to join him against Ghostfire Tower.
• Xia Ming and Lin Qi arrived in a rapidly expanding Rhine City, where Xia Ming’s reputation had drawn visitors and spread stories of his exploits.
• Xia Ming returned to the City Lord’s Manor and introduced Lin Qi to the gathered residents, officially making him a member of Rhine City.
• Xia Ming privately asked Lone Wolf to obtain information about Ghostfire Tower from the unconscious Nether Ghost.

Xia Ming learned that Rhine City was flourishing and prepared to choose followers, then had Lone Wolf interrogate Nether Ghost about Ghostfire Tower. Nether Ghost revealed the location and strength of its elders, but the chapter ended before he answered about the Tower Master.

• Lone Wolf took the captured Nether Ghost to the basement to interrogate him about Ghostfire Tower.
• Angel reported Rhine City's growth and introduced the warriors seeking to become Xia Ming's followers, whom he planned to meet at the martial arena.
• Xia Ming reassured Su Weiwei about Ghostfire Tower and spent the night with her.
• Lone Wolf told Xia Ming that Nether Ghost had revealed Ghostfire Tower was based in the Blackwind Mountain Range of the Canglan Kingdom and had fewer than a thousand members.
• Nether Ghost said he was the weakest of the Four Great Elders at the initial stage of Level Eleven, while the other three were stronger but had not passed the middle stage of Level Eleven.
• Xia Ming asked about the Tower Master's strength, but Nether Ghost had not yet answered.

Xia Ming learned more about Ghostfire Tower’s formidable leaders and kept Nether Ghost alive for questioning, then continued cultivating wind-element magic atop the Tower of Hope. His wind profound meaning advanced, bringing him close to fusing with the element and breaking through to level eleven.

• Nether Ghost told Xia Ming that Ghostfire Tower’s master was a peak level-eleven powerhouse, and Xia Ming decided to spare Nether Ghost and report the intelligence to Bluebeard.
• Angel told Xia Ming that Anthony had left Rhine City for Emerald City on the Southern Continent, and Xia Ming planned to visit the Tower of Hope and later seek followers at the training grounds.
• Xia Ming studied the crystal ball from beneath the Wind God King statue and used its trace of wind profound meaning to cultivate.
• Xia Ming’s Wings of the Wind God expanded from three meters to five as his wind-element comprehension improved.
• Xia Ming realized he was only a small step from fusing with wind and reaching level eleven, and decided to look for wind-element essences at auction houses.

Xia Ming tested candidates seeking to become his followers at Rhine City’s training grounds, easily defeating Oliver with a simple defensive spell. As the crowd hesitated to challenge him, a towering young man stepped forward, catching Xia Ming’s interest.

• Xia Ming arrived at the training grounds with Angel and Su Weiwei and asked who was qualified to become his follower.
• Oliver, a peak Level Nine fire-element warrior, challenged Xia Ming to demonstrate his strength.
• Xia Ming stopped Oliver’s saber strike with a simple Ice Flame spell and sent him staggering back.
• Xia Ming helped Oliver up and invited him to serve Rhine City, which Oliver accepted.
• A giant young man stepped forward to challenge Xia Ming, and Xia Ming’s eyes lit up.

Xia Ming watched Lei Ming demonstrate overwhelming strength without battle aura and recruited him as a retainer. At the training ground entrance, Lan Ning revealed that Lei Ming possessed the legendary Titan Bloodline.

• Lei Ming challenged Xia Ming and shattered Xia Ming’s Level Ten Wall of Flames with a single punch, destroying the training ground’s stone slabs.
• Xia Ming praised Lei Ming and offered him a place as his retainer, promising to provide enough food; Lei Ming accepted and went to pack.
• Xia Ming urged the people at the martial arena to help build Rhine City and promised that capable people would receive important positions.
• Xia Ming met Lan Ning and Soros at the entrance, where Lan Ning identified Lei Ming’s power as the legendary Titan Bloodline.

Lan Ning revealed that Lei Ming likely carried Titan Bloodline and might be the earth follower in a prophecy about a coming continental calamity. He and Soros suspected Xia Ming could be the prophesied Mage God, though Lan Ning could not see Xia Ming’s future, and they left to visit Night of Roses.

• Lan Ning told Xia Ming and Su Weiwei that Lei Ming likely descended from the Titan Clan and possessed Titan Bloodline.
• Xia Ming recruited Lei Ming as his guard in Rhine City, and Lei Ming eagerly followed him after asking for bread.
• Lan Ning and Soros discussed the Grand Prophecy, which foretold a calamity, retreating kings, a Mage God, and four followers of earth, thunder, wind, and fire.
• Lan Ning suggested Lei Ming might be the earth follower and that Xia Ming could be the Mage God, but admitted the prophecy did not identify Xia Ming with certainty.
• Lan Ning and Soros decided to visit Night of Roses.

Xia Ming attended the Myriad Phenomena Trading House auction to obtain a Wind Spirit Crystal that could help him break through his bottleneck. He outbid the Izumo Kingdom's First Prince for the crystal, while Lone Wolf recognized the prince as a leader in the massacre of his family.

• Xia Ming returned to the City Lord's Manor, fed Lei Ming, learned that Lei Ming knew nothing about his background, and went back to cultivating without making progress toward level eleven.
• Su Weiwei told Xia Ming about the auction and its Wind Spirit Crystal, so Xia Ming traveled there with Lone Wolf and Lei Ming.
• At the auction, Lone Wolf recognized the voice of the Izumo Kingdom's First Prince and told Xia Ming that the prince had led the attack that wiped out his family; Xia Ming promised to give Lone Wolf a chance for revenge.
• Xia Ming and the First Prince competed for the Wind Spirit Crystal, and Xia Ming won it with a bid of 1.5 million gold coins.
• The First Prince ordered his attendant to investigate the bidder who had beaten him.

Xia Ming obtained the Wind Spirit Crystal and stayed at the auction, where he drove off a spy sent by the First Prince. When the Star Purple Flame appeared, Xia Ming joined the bidding and left the auction hall silent with a three-million-gold-coin offer.

• Xia Ming paid one and a half million gold coins for the Wind Spirit Crystal and remained at the auction.
• Lei Ming threw a black-robed old man away after catching him spying outside Xia Ming's private room.
• Xia Ming traced the old man to Private Room Number Three and learned he was one of the First Prince's men.
• The First Prince decided to make a move against the occupant of Private Room Number Seven after hearing about Lei Ming's strength.
• The auction host presented the Star Purple Flame, and Xia Ming recognized it as a powerful mutated flame.
• Xia Ming bid three million gold coins for the Star Purple Flame, silencing the auction hall.

Xia Ming won the Star Purple Flame at auction and left with Lone Wolf and Lei Ming. Outside, the First Prince of the Izumo Kingdom tried to buy Xia Ming's Wind Spirit Crystal at a loss, then challenged him to a fight; Xia Ming dismissed him as unworthy.

• Xia Ming bid three million gold coins for the Star Purple Flame, won it, and paid for it.
• Xia Ming left the auction with Lone Wolf and Lei Ming, then encountered the First Prince of the Izumo Kingdom and recognized him through Lone Wolf's reaction.
• The First Prince greeted Xia Ming and offered one million three hundred thousand gold coins for the Wind Spirit Crystal Xia Ming had bought for one million five hundred thousand.
• Xia Ming refused to deal with the First Prince and ordered him to move, pushing him back with a voice infused with magic power.
• The First Prince revealed that he was a level-ten peak wind mage and challenged Xia Ming, who replied that he was not worthy.

Xia Ming defeated the First Prince of the Izumo Kingdom and left with Lone Wolf and Lei Ming, while the humiliated prince threatened witnesses to keep the defeat secret. Back in Rhine City, Xia Ming prepared to use the Wind Spirit Crystal to attempt a breakthrough to Level Eleven.

• The First Prince challenged Xia Ming with wind magic, but Xia Ming blocked his storm and evaded his strongest attack with the Wings of the Wind God.
• Xia Ming struck the First Prince with Starfire Scorches the Heavens, breaking through his defense and knocking him from the sky.
• The First Prince recovered, let Xia Ming pass, and threatened the gathered witnesses not to reveal his defeat.
• Xia Ming returned to Rhine City with Lone Wolf and Lei Ming, intending to prepare for a breakthrough to Level Eleven using the Wind Spirit Crystal.

Xia Ming held a magic lecture at the City Lord's Manor and helped Xerxes break through to fifth-level Mana Oscillation. Her newly serene wind magic let him grasp the true essence of wind, and after absorbing the Wind Spirit Crystal at the Tower of Hope, he fused with wind as his second element and advanced to level eleven.

• Xerxes told Xia Ming she was stuck at the peak of fourth-level Mana Oscillation, and he examined her technique during the lecture.
• Xia Ming guided Xerxes through her magic channels, helping her break through to fifth-level Mana Oscillation.
• Xerxes cast Tornado with serene wind elements, prompting Xia Ming to realize wind's true essence included calmness and serenity.
• Xia Ming ended the lecture and flew to the Tower of Hope to use the Wind Spirit Crystal.
• Xia Ming absorbed the crystal's energy, sensed the wind element, and became an eleventh-level mage who had fused with a second element.
• Mages across the Rhine Territory felt Xia Ming's surge of magic power and reacted in shock to his breakthrough.

Xia Ming broke through to the eleventh level, stunning Rhine City and its leaders. After he asked about the Sacred Council and recalled Saladin’s scroll and its destination, Emerald City, Bluebeard arrived with reinforcements for the operation against Ghostfire Tower.

• Xia Ming advanced to the eleventh level on the Tower of Hope, and the resulting magical phenomenon astonished the mages of Rhine City.
• Xia Ming considered visiting Emerald City to find Roland as Saladin had asked, after settling the matter of Ghostfire Tower.
• Yuna and nine other Dark Hall deacons arrived and told Xia Ming that Bluebeard was on his way.
• Bluebeard arrived at the City Lord’s Manor with Lin Qi and was shocked to learn that Xia Ming had reached the eleventh level.
• Bluebeard introduced Blood Shadow, an eleventh-level peak powerhouse, as a reinforcement for the operation against Ghostfire Tower.

Xia Ming met Blood Shadow and learned that Ghostfire Tower was led by a powerful Level Eleven mage, prompting the group to assess their strength before attacking. After sparring with Blood Shadow, Xia Ming proved capable of fighting a peak Level Eleven powerhouse, and Bluebeard concluded their forces could take on Ghostfire Tower.

• Xia Ming greeted Blood Shadow and learned that Augustine had also advanced to Level Eleven.
• Bluebeard shared intelligence about Ghostfire Tower, its formidable master Ghostfire, and four Level Eleven elders.
• Blood Shadow challenged Xia Ming to a spar atop the Tower of Hope to gauge his strength.
• Xia Ming used Wings of the Wind God and powerful magic to fight Blood Shadow without falling far behind.
• Blood Shadow acknowledged Xia Ming's strength, and Bluebeard said their group and Dark Hall stewards could defeat Ghostfire Tower.

Xia Ming and the Sacred Council prepared a secret strike against Ghostfire Tower after interrogating Nether Ghost for intelligence. They found the hidden entrance beneath the Blackwind Mountain Range and entered, leaving the assault underway.

• Bluebeard and Blood Shadow joined Xia Ming to plan Ghostfire Tower’s destruction, and Nether Ghost revealed the organization’s defenses and location.
• Xia Ming and Bluebeard finalized their plan and gathered a force of Dark Hall experts to travel secretly to the Canglan Kingdom.
• Su Weiwei told Xia Ming she had advanced to level nine, and he left after reassuring her he would return victorious.
• Xia Ming, Lei Ming, the little cat, Bluebeard, Blood Shadow, and thirty level-ten experts approached the Blackwind Mountain Range and sensed traces of evil black magic.
• Xia Ming dispelled the illusion array concealing Ghostfire Tower’s underground entrance, and Bluebeard led the group inside.

Xia Ming and the Sacred Council team infiltrated Ghostfire Tower’s underground caverns and silently eliminated a group of guards. The group then encountered a swarm of dangerous Explosion Ghost Insects blocking their path.

• Little Kitty sensed guards ahead, and Bluebeard led Xia Ming, Blood Shadow, and Tulip to eliminate them quietly.
• Xia Ming used Wind Feather Blade to kill two guards without making a sound.
• When four guards threatened Yuna, Xia Ming stopped one from calling out with a Gravity Spell and killed all four with Wind Feather Blade.
• Bluebeard and Blood Shadow led the group deeper into the cavern, where Little Kitty sensed a powerful evil force.
• Xia Ming illuminated the path and revealed at least a thousand enormous black beetles, which Blood Shadow identified as Explosion Ghost Insects.

Xia Ming and the others crossed a swarm of explosive Abyssal insects when his lightning magic drove them back. They reached Ghostfire Tower’s inner grounds and prepared to attack its core forces.

• Blood Shadow explained that the Explosion Ghost Insects were Abyssal creatures that traveled in swarms and exploded with the force of a Level Eight expert.
• Blood Shadow led the group through the insects, but their explosions released corrosive green smoke that began eating through Bluebeard’s battle aura barrier.
• Xia Ming raised a Thunder Wall, and the insects retreated from his lightning magic, allowing the group to pass through unharmed.
• Bluebeard outlined the enemy forces inside Ghostfire Tower and ordered Yuna to lead the Dark Hall deacons against the lower-level mages.
• Bluebeard and Xia Ming took the Ghostfire Tower Master as their target, while Blood Shadow prepared to fight the three elders.

Xia Ming, Bluebeard, Blood Shadow, and the Dark Hall launched a surprise attack on Ghostfire Tower. The Ghostfire Tower Lord and his three elders arrived to defend it, and Xia Ming moved to confront the Lord as Bluebeard and Blood Shadow engaged the others.

• Xia Ming and Bluebeard sent Lei Ming and the Dark Hall members to attack Ghostfire Tower while they advanced to face its leaders.
• The Dark Hall caught Ghostfire Tower’s mages off guard, and Tulip Yuna led the deacons in killing several of them.
• The Ghostfire Tower Lord appeared with his three elders and recognized Bluebeard, Blood Shadow, and Xia Ming as Sacred Council attackers.
• The Ghostfire Tower Lord charged at Xia Ming’s group and revealed that he had comprehended the Red Moon Divine Runes.
• Bluebeard met the Ghostfire Tower Lord, Blood Shadow blocked the three elders, and Xia Ming used the Wings of the Wind God to appear before the Lord.

Xia Ming and Bluebeard fought the Master of Ghostfire Tower, combining their powers to defeat him. Just as they believed he was dead, his body became shrouded in black mist and began transforming into an undead.

• The Master of Ghostfire Tower attacked Xia Ming and Bluebeard with Ghost Domain Fire, while Bluebeard engaged him in close combat.
• Xia Ming cast Thunder Wall to protect Bluebeard, helping him overpower the Master of Ghostfire Tower's emerald phoenix.
• The Master of Ghostfire Tower unleashed Undead Wind, and Xia Ming countered it with Thundercloud Storm as Bluebeard struck him and caused a magical backlash.
• The Master of Ghostfire Tower fell, and Xia Ming and Bluebeard believed they had killed him.
• The Master of Ghostfire Tower's body became wrapped in black mist, revealing that he was transforming into an undead.

Xia Ming and Bluebeard defeated the Ghostfire Tower Master after he used the Undead Curse Spell to return as an undead, and Blood Shadow killed the last of the tower’s elders. With the Ghostfire Tower’s forces routed, Xia Ming proposed searching the tower.

• The Ghostfire Tower Master transformed into an undead, but Xia Ming’s Thundercloud Storm overwhelmed him with lightning and destroyed him.
• Blood Shadow killed the last surviving Ghostfire elder, while the Sacred Council’s forces gained the upper hand over the dark mages.
• Xia Ming praised Blood Shadow, who praised Xia Ming’s lightning magic and recognized his exceptional strength.
• Xia Ming and the others watched Lei Ming defeat numerous powerful enemies, and Blood Shadow called him a fierce general.
• Xia Ming suggested that they search the Ghostfire Tower for its treasures.