Chapter Summaries

Xia Ming discovered that the eldest of the Four Flame Dharma Kings possessed a Lightning Mystery Stone and decided to take it. As the Dharma Kings began an experiment on their captives, Xia Ming recognized Roland among them.

• Xia Ming and Blood Shadow overheard the Four Flame Dharma Kings discussing a special Mystery Stone.
• The eldest Dharma King revealed a Mystery Stone containing the Lightning Profundity, and Xia Ming made it his target.
• The Dharma Kings brought more than a dozen sealed captives out of their tent to begin an experiment.
• Xia Ming recognized Roland among the captives.

Xia Ming and Blood Shadow discovered that Evil Spirit Tower planned to use completed Undead Seeds to turn Roland and other powerful prisoners into obedient undead. They launched an attack just as the first prisoner was about to be given a seed, and the captives recognized Xia Ming as hope for their rescue.

• Xia Ming spotted Roland among the prisoners and learned that Evil Spirit Tower was preparing an undead experiment.
• The third Dharma King brought out Undead Seeds, and the eldest explained that they would consume prisoners’ bodies and minds and turn them into undead.
• Flame King told Xia Ming that the seeds were terrifying products once considered too flawed to use, and warned that they could bring humanity a catastrophe.
• As the eldest prepared to force a seed into a prisoner’s mouth, Xia Ming and Blood Shadow decided to intervene.
• Xia Ming charged the Four Flame Dharma Kings while Blood Shadow moved to rescue the prisoners, and the second brother recognized Xia Ming.
• The prisoners heard Xia Ming’s name and gained hope that they would be saved.

Xia Ming held off the Evil Spirit Tower’s Four Flame Dharma Kings while Blood Shadow went to free the captives. After the Dharma Kings formed an array and unleashed powerful attacks, Blood Shadow returned with the captives to help Xia Ming.

• The Four Flame Dharma Kings surrounded Xia Ming and Blood Shadow, and Xia Ming refused Flame King’s offer to intervene so her identity would remain hidden.
• Xia Ming summoned two Divine Flame Clones and Little Kitty transformed into a winged dragon, giving Blood Shadow an opening to escape and rescue the captives.
• The Four Flame Dharma Kings formed an array, but Xia Ming used Wings of the Wind God and Lightning Profundity to keep them at bay and injure some of them.
• The Dharma Kings summoned a powerful Flame Dragon, which Xia Ming countered with Lightning Profundity before Blood Shadow returned with the rescued captives.

Xia Ming and the freed prisoners cornered the Four Law Kings, but all four self-destructed rather than be captured. Xia Ming recovered the Lightning Profundity Mystery Stone from the eldest’s remains, bringing him closer to the Legendary realm, and then turned his attention to Roland.

• Roland and the other prisoners joined Xia Ming and Blood Shadow, turning the battle against the Four Law Kings and sealing off their escape routes.
• The eldest Law King self-destructed to avoid capture, and Xia Ming survived the blast with a defensive barrier.
• The third Law King self-destructed, destroying one of Xia Ming’s Divine Flame Clones, and the second and fourth followed with further explosions that injured several people.
• Xia Ming found the eldest’s spatial ring and staff, including the Lightning Profundity Mystery Stone, while the rescued prisoners thanked him and Blood Shadow.
• Xia Ming focused his gaze on Roland.

Xia Ming and Blood Shadow rescued a group of powerful captives from the Evil Spirit Tower’s undead experiment, earning their support against the black magician organizations. After the others departed, Xia Ming asked Roland about Saladin, and Roland reacted with shock.

• Blood Shadow asked how the captives had been taken, and Roland explained that the Evil Spirit Tower Master had captured and gravely injured him for use in an undead experiment.
• Roland revealed that the Four Flame Dharma Kings had used Undead Seeds, which could turn people into undead and required the dense undead energy found in the Ancient Battlefield.
• Thompson, Falair, and the other rescued experts thanked Xia Ming and Blood Shadow and offered to help them oppose the Evil Spirit Tower.
• Xia Ming and Blood Shadow decided to report the black magician organizations’ activities to the Grand Speaker, while Xia Ming stayed behind with Roland to ask about Saladin.
• Roland trembled when Xia Ming mentioned Saladin and asked whether Xia Ming knew him.

Xia Ming told Roland that Saladin had died and learned that Saladin had been a Human Alliance undercover agent in Shadow Land. Roland recovered much of his strength with Xia Ming’s Water of Life potion, then opened Saladin’s sealed scroll and discovered it contained secret records about the dark magicians’ organization.

• Xia Ming gave Roland a Water of Life potion, which healed most of Roland’s hidden injuries and restored his hope of regaining Legendary strength.
• Xia Ming told Roland that Saladin had been killed by black mages from Shadow Land.
• Roland revealed that Saladin had been his best friend and an undercover agent planted in Shadow Land by the Human Alliance.
• Xia Ming gave Roland the scroll Saladin had left for him, and Roland opened it with his spiritual imprint.
• Roland recognized the scroll as Saladin’s records from Shadow Land, containing secret accounts of the dark magicians’ organization, and Xia Ming read them with astonishment.

Xia Ming and Roland discovered that Shadow Land was preparing an undead army through its Awakening of the Dead plan, and realized the scheme might already be underway. As they prepared to warn the Human Alliance, a powerful wave of undead energy swept through the space.

• Xia Ming and Roland read Saladin's scroll and learned that Shadow Land was conducting Undead Seed experiments and preparing the Awakening of the Dead plan.
• Roland explained that Shadow Land's leader, Lucifer, was powerful and ambitious, and Xia Ming warned that Shadow Land intended to control its own undead legion.
• Roland decided they had to leave the Ancient Battlefield and notify the Human Alliance, but Xia Ming revealed that more than a year had passed since he obtained the scroll.
• Blood Shadow learned about Shadow Land's plan and said they needed to notify his boss.
• The space trembled, and a massive surge of intense undead energy swept toward Xia Ming, Roland, and Blood Shadow.

Xia Ming, Roland, and Blood Shadow discovered a hidden valley where dark mages were turning the Ancient Battlefield’s bones into an undead army. After estimating the danger and deciding not to attack, they hurried back toward the Divine Martial Knights’ main camp.

• Xia Ming, Roland, and Blood Shadow followed a powerful aura of undeath into the depths of the Ancient Battlefield.
• The three discovered a valley filled with tens of thousands of undead working to gather bones and materials.
• Xia Ming saw a newly created undead regiment emerge from a cave and concluded that dark mages were operating an undead factory.
• Xia Ming judged that the undead were individually weak but warned that the factory could soon produce a much larger army.
• Blood Shadow held back from attacking, and Xia Ming led the group toward the Divine Martial Knights’ main camp.

Xia Ming returned from the Ancient Battlefield with Blood Shadow and Roland, then informed Fiery Hand and Bluebeard that the dark mage organization was building an undead army there. After Fiery Hand organized an expedition to destroy the base, Xia Ming meditated and advanced to a strength nearly at the level-twelve Legendary realm.

• Xia Ming and his companions arrived at the Sacred Council camp, where Yuna reported that Bluebeard had brought ten thousand Dark Hall elites as reinforcements.
• Xia Ming reunited with Bluebeard and Fiery Hand, and Bluebeard discovered that Xia Ming had reached half-step Legend.
• Xia Ming and Blood Shadow told Fiery Hand and Bluebeard about the undead base in the Ancient Battlefield and the dark mage organization's plan to build an undead army.
• Fiery Hand decided that he and Bluebeard would gather the Holy Temple and other factions to destroy the undead base, while Xia Ming, Blood Shadow, and Roland stayed to oversee the camp.
• Xia Ming gave Fiery Hand his copied map, returned to his tent, and meditated on his recent battles.
• Xia Ming gained a breakthrough in magic and spiritual power, bringing him close to the level-twelve Legendary realm.

Xia Ming made another minor breakthrough and came close to the legendary realm, but postponed a full attempt until the undead base was destroyed. As the blood clan attacked the main camp alongside the legendary black magician Max, Xia Ming proposed that he and the injured Roland face him together.

• Xia Ming sensed his new breakthrough, discussed the difficulty of reaching the legendary realm with Flame King, and decided to wait until the current crisis had passed before attempting it.
• Fiery Hand and Bluebeard led Dark Hall forces into the Ancient Battlefield to destroy the undead base while Xia Ming, Roland, and Blood Shadow stayed behind to defend the main camp.
• Xia Ming and Roland discussed magic as Blood Shadow organized the Divine Martial Knights against another blood clan assault.
• Xia Ming spotted a green-robed black magician with the attackers, and Roland identified him as Max, a legendary powerhouse from the Shadow Land.
• Xia Ming offered to join Roland in fighting Max, and Roland's eyes lit up.

Xia Ming and Roland confronted the legendary dark mage Max while Blood Shadow directed the battle against the vampires and dark mages. Max’s Calamitous Black Wind failed to break Xia Ming’s Lightning Guard, leaving him stunned.

• Roland agreed to fight Max alongside Xia Ming while Blood Shadow entrusted them with restraining the green-robed mage.
• Max dismissed Xia Ming and Roland as half-step legends, then recognized Xia Ming and coveted Holy Sovereignty after seeing its light power.
• Xia Ming and Roland attacked Max with Holy Sovereignty and Wrath of the Wind God, forcing Max to answer with Calamitous Black Wind.
• Max’s black wind overwhelmed Roland’s spell, but Xia Ming blocked it with Lightning Guard reinforced by Holy Sovereignty.
• Max stared in disbelief when his Calamitous Black Wind could not advance past Xia Ming’s defense.

Xia Ming and Roland joined forces to defeat Max, whose attacks they had managed to withstand with their magic. As Max fled while gravely wounded, Xia Ming pursued him and killed him with Violet Lightning Blade.

• Max attacked Xia Ming and Roland with Death Spear, but Xia Ming's Lightning Guard blocked the bone spikes after Roland's Wind Spirit Shield was shattered.
• Xia Ming and Roland counterattacked with Wind Thunder Twin Dragons and Wheel of Wind and Fire, overpowering Max's repeated Death Spear.
• Max spat blood and tried to flee as the vampires watched him fall into a gravely wounded state.
• Xia Ming pursued Max with the Wings of the Wind God and struck his back with Violet Lightning Blade, killing him.

Xia Ming killed Max, a legendary black mage, and turned the battle against the vampires into a decisive victory for the Sacred Council. After finding a mysterious map in Max’s spatial ring, Xia Ming and Roland rejoined the fight, leaving the map’s treasure unexplored as the vampires fled.

• Xia Ming killed Max with Lightning Profundity, lifting the Divine Martial Knights’ morale and shifting the battle in their favor.
• Xia Ming searched Max’s spatial ring and found a map drawn on human skin among the undead items and magic crystals.
• Roland identified the map as a partial treasure map showing Flowing Cloud Mountain in the central region of the continent.
• Xia Ming and Roland postponed examining the map and returned to the battlefield to fight alongside the Divine Martial Knights.
• The vampire leader ordered a retreat, and Blood Shadow’s forces pursued the fleeing vampires until the Sacred Council won a decisive victory.

After Xia Ming and Roland helped Blood Shadow rout the vampires and kill Max, they studied a mysterious human-skin map while Xia Ming approached the Legendary realm. Fiery Hand and Bluebeard returned with news of a successful strike on a Shadow Land undead base, and Roland offered to recommend a place for Xia Ming’s breakthrough.

• Blood Shadow praised Xia Ming and Roland for helping the Divine Martial Knights defeat the vampires and kill a Legendary expert.
• Xia Ming and Roland examined a fragmentary human-skin map that appeared to point to Flowing Cloud Mountain, then set it aside when they found no clues.
• Xia Ming’s magical discussions with Roland brought him close to the Legendary barrier as he waited for Fiery Hand and Bluebeard to return.
• Fiery Hand and Bluebeard reported that Dark Hall’s elites had destroyed an undead base in the Ancient Battlefield, capturing dozens of black mages and killing over a hundred.
• Fiery Hand asked Xia Ming to tell the Grand Speaker about the base, and Xia Ming revealed that he planned to leave camp to attempt a breakthrough to the Legendary realm.
• Roland offered to recommend a place for Xia Ming to make his breakthrough.

Xia Ming left Twilight Moon City's military camp with Roland and traveled to Emerald City to prepare for his breakthrough to Legend. The Emerald City Lord agreed to lend him the Star Tower, while Xia Ming also began planning to deal with the Fran Family after gaining enough strength.

• Roland recommended Emerald City's Star Tower as an ideal place for Xia Ming to break through, and Fiery Hand reminded Xia Ming to visit the Sacred Council afterward.
• Xia Ming resolved to confront the Fran Family once he could match its level-twelve Legendary head, then left the military camp with Roland.
• Xia Ming released Little Kitty and gave Roland two bottles of Water of Life potion, helping Roland recover until his strength returned to the Legendary level.
• Xia Ming and Roland found Master Qi Lin's estate empty and learned that Master Qi Lin and Anthony had taken their people to the Rhine Territory.
• The Emerald City Lord agreed to let Xia Ming use the Star Tower, and Xia Ming felt confident about his coming breakthrough.

Xia Ming began a dangerous attempt to break through to Legend in the Star Tower, with Roland guarding him and Little Kitty staying quiet. As Xia Ming entered prolonged cultivation, the Fran Family learned he was in Emerald City and began making moves.

• The Emerald City Lord lent Xia Ming the Star Tower for seven days, and Xia Ming entered it with Roland and Little Kitty.
• Xia Ming studied the star patterns in the tower and went to the transparent ninth floor to cultivate.
• Xia Ming asked Roland to guard the eighth floor, then crushed hundreds of magic gems to fill the ninth floor with magical elements.
• Xia Ming used Holy Sovereignty to draw in light energy and crushed a Mystery Stone, releasing the Mystery of Wind as he prepared to break through.
• Xia Ming continued cultivating for days while Roland stood guard and Little Kitty avoided disturbing him.
• The Fran Family learned Xia Ming had arrived in Emerald City and began to act.

The Fran Family head, Goth, decided to kill Xia Ming while he was in Emerald City and his Legendary allies were absent. As Goth approached the Star Tower, Xia Ming grasped Wind Profundity and began comprehending Lightning Profundity while preparing to break through.

• Messi and Gude urged Goth to strike Xia Ming, citing his arrival in Emerald City and his rapid progress toward the Legendary realm.
• Goth declared that he would handle Xia Ming personally and left to find him before he could complete his breakthrough.
• Xia Ming crushed a Wind Profundity Divine Stone and mastered Wind Profundity.
• Xia Ming crushed a Lightning Profundity Divine Stone and focused on absorbing its power to build the accumulation he needed to break through.
• Goth learned that Xia Ming was in the Star Tower and hurried there, drawing the attention of experts across the city.

The Fran Family Patriarch attacked the Star Tower to kill Xia Ming, but Roland blocked him and fought him in the sky. As Mamba of the Evil Spirit Tower arrived to threaten Xia Ming as well, Xia Ming completed his breakthrough and became a Legendary expert.

• The Fran Family Patriarch smashed open the Star Tower gates and demanded that Roland step aside so he could reach Xia Ming.
• Roland refused and fought the Fran Family Patriarch, while Xia Ming stayed inside the tower to avoid disrupting his breakthrough.
• Mamba of the Evil Spirit Tower arrived and recognized that Roland had recovered from his injuries, adding another threat to Xia Ming.
• Xia Ming absorbed the remaining energy of the Lightning Profundity Divine Stone and broke through to become a Legendary expert.

Xia Ming broke through to the Legendary realm while Roland held off Mamba and the Fran Family Head outside the Star Tower. He appeared in time to block their combined attack, leaving both enemies shocked by his new strength.

• Xia Ming consumed several hundred top-grade magic gems and two Mystery Stones before breaking through to the Legendary realm on the ninth floor of the Star Tower.
• Mamba of the Evil Spirit Tower arrived, and he and the Fran Family Head joined forces against Roland.
• Roland blocked their first combined assault but was blasted back and injured, then refused to retreat.
• As Mamba and the Fran Family Head launched another attack, Xia Ming's purple lightning struck between them and Roland, stopping their magic.
• Xia Ming appeared in his Falling Star Robe with the Holy Sovereignty, and the Fran Family Head realized he had reached the Legendary realm.

Xia Ming revealed that he had reached the Legendary Realm and faced the Fran Family Head and Mamba to protect the injured Roland. His mastery of Lightning Profundity let him overpower both enemies in their opening clash, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The crowd learned that Xia Ming had broken through to the Legendary Realm, and Mamba and the Fran Family Head reacted with shock and hostility.
• Xia Ming positioned himself in front of the exhausted Roland and told her to rest while he faced the two Legendary experts.
• The Fran Family Head and Mamba attacked Xia Ming together, while Xia Ming countered with deep-violet lightning and revealed minor mastery of Lightning Profundity and Wind Profundity.
• Xia Ming combined thunder and wind into a Composite Profundity and clashed with the enemies' Curse of the Undead and Blade Mountain Hell.
• The collision sent Mamba and the Fran Family Head flying backward, and the Fran Family Head spat blood as the onlookers stared in disbelief at Xia Ming's advantage.