Chapter Summaries

Xia Ming, Bluebeard, and Blood Shadow searched the Ghostfire Tower Master’s magic tower and found rare alchemy equipment and a vast collection of dark magic books. They reached the third floor and discovered it was covered with corpses of creatures from the Abyssal Plane.

• Blood Shadow killed the remaining tenth-level dark mages, and Xia Ming’s group continued into the depths of Ghostfire Tower.
• Xia Ming found a room full of alchemy equipment and stored it to give to Teacher Anthony.
• Xia Ming discovered that the tower’s second floor held thousands of books on dark magic, which Bluebeard packed away to take to the Sacred Council.
• Xia Ming, Bluebeard, and Blood Shadow reached the third floor and found it covered in corpses from the Abyssal Plane.

Xia Ming, Bluebeard, and Blood Shadow explored Ghostfire Tower, finding abyssal creature corpses and a fortune of gold before reaching its seventh floor. There, a brilliant light revealed a pseudo-sacred artifact.

• Xia Ming and his companions found corpses of Demon Dragons, corpse demons, and a Horned Demon on the third floor, which Xia Ming suspected were the master of Ghostfire Tower’s research specimens.
• The group climbed to the fourth floor and discovered a mountain of gold that Blood Shadow estimated was worth at least fifty million gold coins.
• Xia Ming, Bluebeard, and Blood Shadow divided the gold among themselves, and Xia Ming promised the little cat it could sleep with his share.
• The group found the fifth and sixth floors empty, then continued to the seventh floor.
• Bluebeard recognized the brilliant object on the seventh floor as a pseudo-sacred artifact.

After destroying Ghostfire Tower, Xia Ming acquired the Falling Star Robe and traveled with Blood Shadow to Emerald City, where the Continental Wind and Cloud Rankings selection was underway. Upon arriving, Xia Ming spotted the familiar old Anthony arguing outside a magic shop.

• Xia Ming and Blood Shadow claimed the Ghostfire Tower's two pseudo-sacred artifacts: Xia Ming took the Star Iron Falling Star Robe, and Blood Shadow took the saber.
• Xia Ming chose to visit Emerald City to find Roland and learn Saladin's dying request; Bluebeard told him the rankings selection was being held there and Augustine was competing.
• Xia Ming sent Lei Ming back to Rhine City with Bluebeard, then traveled with Blood Shadow toward the Southern Continent.
• News of Ghostfire Tower's destruction spread across the continent as Xia Ming and Blood Shadow reached Emerald City after nearly three days.
• Xia Ming entered Emerald City with Blood Shadow and recognized old Anthony arguing over the price of Blazing Sun Finegold outside a magic shop.

Xia Ming reunited with Anthony in Emerald City, where Anthony introduced him to the legendary mage Qi Lin and her disciples. Qi Lin arranged for Suomo'er to take Xia Ming to the Void Tower the next day, and Suomo'er asked him whether he had really defeated Augustine.

• Xia Ming met Anthony and Blood Shadow in a magic shop, where Anthony bought Blazing Sun Finegold for eighty thousand gold coins.
• Blood Shadow left for Twilight Moon City to fight the vampires, while Xia Ming promised to visit once he had handled his immediate plans.
• Xia Ming gave Anthony alchemy tools taken from Tower Master Ghostfire, delighting his master.
• Anthony brought Xia Ming to Qi Lin's estate and introduced him to the legendary mage and her students.
• Qi Lin assigned Suomo'er to take Xia Ming to the Void Tower the next day and aim for a place in its top hundred.
• Suomo'er led Xia Ming around the estate and asked whether he had really defeated Augustine.

Xia Ming learned about the Void Tower and its ancient rankings before going there with Suomo'er and Shasha. At the crowded tower, he encountered Augustine, whose public greeting drew the gathered geniuses’ attention to their past battle.

• Suomo'er told Xia Ming that the Void Tower tested talent and displayed the names of five hundred geniuses, including figures who became Magic Gods.
• Suomo'er reassured Shasha that Xia Ming was exceptionally powerful, then brought them both to the Void Tower.
• On the way, Shasha questioned Xia Ming about his likely rank, and he said he could not predict how he would place.
• Xia Ming, Suomo'er, and Shasha reached the tower, where they found thousands of young geniuses gathered for its annual opening.
• Xia Ming spotted Augustine, who recognized him and called out to him as the crowd turned to watch.

Xia Ming watched Augustine and Suomo'er enter the Void Tower to test their rankings, while learning how its floors and rankings worked. After Suomo'er placed seventy-sixth and Augustine remained inside, Xia Ming finally stepped forward to take the test.

• Augustine confronted Xia Ming before entering the Void Tower, and Suomo'er explained the tower’s trials and the Void Rankings to Xia Ming and Shasha.
• Xia Ming learned that the top three names on the rankings belonged to Orlando, Featherfall, and Flame, while five half-step Legendary powerhouses watched from nearby.
• Suomo'er entered the Void Tower as the crowd watched Augustine continue his test.
• The rankings updated to place Suomo'er seventy-sixth, and she emerged exhausted but satisfied.
• When Shasha questioned why Xia Ming had not entered, Xia Ming stepped forward toward the Void Tower.

Xia Ming entered the Void Tower and cleared its first two trials, showing confidence as he climbed toward the higher floors. Outside, Augustine emerged ranked tenth on the Void Rankings, while Xia Ming had already reached the sixth floor.

• Xia Ming entered the Void Tower as spectators and five half-step Legendary powerhouses debated his strength.
• Xia Ming defeated a white-robed fire mage in the first-floor trial and advanced.
• Xia Ming recognized the second-floor beauties as spiritual illusions and burned them away, then climbed to the third floor.
• Suomo'er said Augustine had likely reached at least the ninth floor, and Augustine emerged from the tower ranked tenth on the Void Rankings.
• Xia Ming continued clearing trials and reached the sixth floor.

Augustine ranked tenth on the Void Rankings after reaching the ninth floor, while Xia Ming continued through the Void Tower and battled his way to the tenth. The tenth-floor space shattered, and the rankings changed, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Augustine claimed tenth place on the Void Rankings, and the crowd realized his silver name meant he had reached the ninth floor.
• Augustine waited outside the tower as the crowd speculated that Xia Ming might still be inside, while Ross and Carl reacted to Augustine’s result.
• Xia Ming defeated three early-stage Level Eleven assassins on the eighth floor, then overcame more than a dozen powerful white-robed mages.
• Xia Ming rested before facing five Level Eleven white-robed mages on the tenth floor and persisted despite their overwhelming pressure.
• Xia Ming shattered the tenth-floor illusory space, and the Void Rankings abruptly changed as the crowd watched in stunned silence.

After Xia Ming ranked fourth on the Void Rankings, Augustine challenged him to a duel at Vermilion Bird Mountain in three months, and Xia Ming accepted. Back at Qi Lin's estate, Xia Ming began using the Star Purple Flame to mutate his fire magic, and deep violet flames emerged from his body as it merged with him.

• Xia Ming emerged from the Void Tower ranked fourth on the Void Rankings, astonishing the crowd and earning Shasha's regret for mocking him.
• Augustine challenged Xia Ming to fight at Vermilion Bird Mountain in three months, and Xia Ming accepted.
• Xia Ming left with Suomo'er and Shasha, while Carl and Ross discussed how quickly the younger generation was growing.
• At Qi Lin's estate, Xia Ming teased Anthony about Qi Lin's affection for him, and Anthony boasted about his youthful fame.
• Xia Ming tried to comprehend the Star Purple Flame, which merged with him and caused deep violet flames to rise from his body.

Xia Ming absorbed the Star Purple Flame, broke through to level ten mid-stage, and gained flames powerful enough to contend with Bluebeard and Blood Shadow. After consolidating his strength, he learned that the Flame King's Palace had appeared near Emerald City and was invited by Suomo'er to explore it.

• Xia Ming fused with the Star Purple Flame, shattered his breakthrough barrier, and absorbed the flame completely, advancing his fire power beyond the Ice Flame.
• Qi Lin and Anthony noticed Xia Ming's breakthrough, while Suomo'er felt pressured by his rapid progress and shut herself away to cultivate.
• Xia Ming spent several days consolidating his strength before leaving the manor and finding Emerald City crowded with powerful cultivators.
• A mage revealed that rumors of the Flame King's Palace emerging had drawn cultivators to Emerald City, and Xia Ming decided the news was worth investigating.
• Suomo'er invited Xia Ming to explore the Flame King's Palace with her.

Xia Ming joined Suomo'er in searching the western desert for the Flame King's Palace, whose history she knew from living in Emerald City. Powerful cultivators converged on the wilderness, and the palace appeared when the desert collapsed into a vast crater filled with surging elemental energy.

• Suomo'er told Xia Ming that the Flame King's Palace was likely real and invited him to search for it with her.
• Xia Ming noticed that Suomo'er had advanced toward breaking through level ten, then followed her west using his Wings of the Wind God.
• Suomo'er led Xia Ming to the western desert, where they searched among many other cultivators.
• Xia Ming and Suomo'er spotted Augustine, then saw the half-step legendary powerhouses Ross and Carl arrive.
• A thunderous blast collapsed a vast stretch of desert, opening a crater a thousand meters across as elemental power spread through the wilderness.

Xia Ming and Suomo'er entered the Flame King's Palace beneath the earth as powerful figures gathered outside. They found a vast underground world rich in magical power and rare herbs, and began harvesting them, with the little cat spotting a Moonwatch Leaf by a lake.

• The Flame King's Palace emerged near Emerald City, drawing mages, warriors, half-step legends, and the Black and White Twin Ghosts of the Evil Spirit Tower.
• Xia Ming and Suomo'er entered the cavern after Carl and Augustine, then passed through the magical turbulence into a vast underground world.
• Xia Ming and Suomo'er found a spiritual mountain covered in rare herbs and began gathering them before other explorers arrived.
• Xia Ming released the little cat, which helped search the mountain as Xia Ming uprooted and preserved the herbs.
• The little cat spotted a Moonwatch Leaf beside a small lake, and Xia Ming raced toward it.

Xia Ming took a mature Moonwatch Leaf but was pursued by the pterosaur guarding the area. After injuring it and escaping its attacks, he fled with Suomo'er and kept the Moonwatch Leaf.

• Xia Ming uprooted the five-hundred-year-old Moonwatch Leaf as the little cat watched eagerly.
• A pterosaur appeared and chased Xia Ming, attacking him with a hurricane of wind magic.
• Xia Ming struck the pterosaur with Thunderfire Eye, then evaded its dragon breath as the attacks slowed it down.
• Suomo'er rushed toward the commotion, and Xia Ming grabbed her and fled with her from the pterosaur.
• Xia Ming and Suomo'er escaped, leaving the pterosaur behind as Xia Ming kept the Moonwatch Leaf.

After escaping a wyvern, Xia Ming and Suomo'er discovered a Rootless Tree bearing Divine Heart Fruits, which could improve physiques and aid elemental fusion. As the first fruit neared ripeness, the gathered powerhouses waited to claim it, wary of the tree’s deadly defenses.

• Xia Ming and Suomo'er escaped the wyvern and resumed searching for valuable spirit herbs, while Xia Ming promised the little cat the Moonwatch Leaf.
• Xia Ming and Suomo'er spotted a distant green pillar of light and hurried toward it, passing other powerhouses on the way.
• Xia Ming identified the enormous tree as a Rootless Tree and recognized its pale-golden fruits as Divine Heart Fruits.
• Xia Ming and Suomo'er joined the gathered powerhouses, and Augustine arrived as the group waited for the fruits to ripen.
• A greedy powerhouse entered the Rootless Tree’s range and was torn apart by its protective rays, while the first Divine Heart Fruit began to ripen.

Xia Ming contended with veteran experts for a ripe Divine Heart Fruit and revealed the power of his Star Purple Flame. He gained the upper hand against Eagle Eye and seized the fruit, leaving the other contenders behind.

• Xia Ming identified Eagle Eye, Jason, and Augustine as the strongest contenders gathered around the ripening Divine Heart Fruit.
• Eagle Eye threatened the crowd, then clashed with Jason when the fruit fell; Eagle Eye gained the upper hand.
• Xia Ming and Augustine moved to seize the fruit, and Xia Ming used Wings of the Wind God to confront Eagle Eye.
• Xia Ming's Starfire Scorches the Heavens slightly overpowered Eagle Eye's Dark Apocalypse and astonished the onlookers.
• Xia Ming reached the Rootless Tree, blocked its attacks with a magic shield, and plucked the ripe Divine Heart Fruit.

Xia Ming claimed the first Divine Heart Fruit, defeated and killed Eagle Eye after Eagle Eye attacked him, then seized the second fruit as it ripened. He left the others unable to compete with his speed and strength.

• Xia Ming used the Wings of the Wind God to claim the first Divine Heart Fruit before the others could react.
• Xia Ming rejected Eagle Eye's demand for the fruit, and Eagle Eye attacked him with dark magic.
• Xia Ming shattered Eagle Eye's defense with Thundercloud Storm, then killed him with another strike as he fled.
• Xia Ming took Eagle Eye's spatial ring while Augustine and Jason watched warily.
• When the second Divine Heart Fruit ripened, Xia Ming reached it ahead of Augustine and Jason and claimed it.

Xia Ming secured three Divine Heart Fruits while Augustine claimed one, but the arrival of the Black and White Twin Ghosts put his plans to leave in jeopardy. The peak Level Eleven experts claimed the Rootless Tree for themselves.

• Xia Ming kept watch as the third and fourth Divine Heart Fruits neared maturity, while Augustine and Jason prepared to compete for them.
• Augustine revealed that he had fused light and dark magic, then charged for the fruits as Xia Ming confronted him and Jason was forced back by their power.
• Xia Ming took one fruit and Augustine took the other, bringing Xia Ming's total to three and Augustine's to one.
• Xia Ming considered leaving as the crowd grew covetous, but the Black and White Twin Ghosts arrived and the White Ghost declared that the Rootless Tree belonged to them.

The Black and White Twin Ghosts arrived to seize the Divine Heart Fruits, but the Rootless Tree burrowed away before they could claim any. They targeted Xia Ming and Augustine for the fruits, and the chapter ended with the pair fleeing in separate directions as the twins split up to chase them.

• The Black and White Twin Ghosts approached the Rootless Tree and demanded the Divine Heart Fruits, while Xia Ming and Augustine stayed on guard.
• The Rootless Tree suddenly burrowed underground and vanished, leaving Xia Ming with three of the four ripe Divine Heart Fruits.
• Black Ghost demanded that Xia Ming and Augustine hand over their fruits, and White Ghost threatened them as the crowd withdrew.
• Xia Ming told Suomo'er to leave, and she departed with the other onlookers.
• Xia Ming and Augustine fled in separate directions, and White Ghost chose to pursue Xia Ming while Black Ghost went after Augustine.

Xia Ming escaped White Ghost by using the forest as a decoy, then hid in a cave and consumed a Divine Heart Fruit to purify his magic pathways. After half a day, his strength had increased, and he set out to make White Ghost suffer.

• White Ghost pursued Xia Ming while the Black and White Twin Ghosts split up, with the other twin chasing Augustine.
• White Ghost cast Death Netherwater, but Xia Ming shattered it with Violet Lightning Thousandfold Force and continued to outrun him.
• Xia Ming used the forest to mislead White Ghost and then hid in a concealed cave with the little cat keeping watch.
• Xia Ming swallowed a Divine Heart Fruit, which purged impurities from his body and made his magical elements purer.
• After half a day of purification, Xia Ming emerged stronger despite not advancing in realm and decided to make White Ghost suffer.

After absorbing the Divine Heart Fruit, Xia Ming became stronger and hunted down White Ghost. He killed White Ghost with Star Purple Flame, leaving only the enemy’s spatial ring behind.

• Xia Ming confirmed that the Divine Heart Fruit had strengthened him and cleared magical impurities from his body.
• Xia Ming and the little cat searched for White Ghost, whom Xia Ming intended to kill before he could join Black Ghost.
• Xia Ming ambushed White Ghost, but White Ghost blocked the attack with Blackwater Shield.
• White Ghost attacked with Gloomwind Blackwater, and Xia Ming evaded it with the Wings of the Wind God.
• Xia Ming engulfed White Ghost in Star Purple Flame and killed him with Starfire Scorches the Heavens.
• White Ghost’s body, robe, and staff burned away, leaving his spatial ring behind.